Liberty News
Florida Turns To Facebook To Catch Poachers
TALLAHASSEE, Fla., Aug. 2 (UPI) — Florida wildlife officials have turned to Facebook and other social media to catch poachers who display photos of their illegal catches. “People go on Facebook bragging about their exploits. They think they’re protected,” Lt. George Wilson, who oversees the Internet Crimes Unit of the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation […]
Senate To Vote On Compromise Debt Ceiling Bill Today
Today at noon EDT, the Senate is expected to vote on the compromise bill to raise the debt limit and reduce the deficit. The House passed the bill yesterday, 269 to 161.
Canada Again Debates Assisted Suicide
VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Aug. 2 (UPI) — The debate to legalize assisted suicides has resurfaced in Canada, where two challenges are in provincial courts this week in British Columbia. The Farewell Foundation, which advocates supervised and regulated assisted suicide for terminally ill patients, is challenging the provincial government for denying it non-profit status, the Globe […]
11-foot Python Captured At Florida Farm
HOMESTEAD, Fla., Aug. 2 (UPI) — An 11-foot Burmese python suspected in the disappearance of several chickens, goats and pet cats was captured in Florida’s Miami-Dade County, authorities said. Firefighters were the first to respond to a call of the snake being spotted at a farm in Homestead near the Everglades, the South Florida Sun-Sentinel […]
Consumers Curbed Spending In June
WASHINGTON, Aug. 2 (UPI) — Consumer spending dropped 0.2 percent in June, a clear indication the U.S. economy is sputtering, The Bureau of Economic Analysis said Tuesday. Consumer spending is often cited as making up 70 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product, which the government said last week rose by only 1.3 percent in […]
Autopsy Awaited On 11-year-old Celina Cass
WEST STEWARTSTOWN, N.H., Aug. 2 (UPI) — As a New Hampshire town awaited Tuesday’s autopsy report on Celina Cass, it emerged that her stepfather has a history of crime and insanity. The 11-year-old girl’s body was found Monday in the Connecticut River near the home in West Stewartstown, N.H., where she lived with her mother, […]
Woman’s Corpse Gnawed By Cats In Russia
ABAKAN, Russia, Aug. 2 (UPI) — Authorities in Russia say cats chewed on the corpse of an 85-year-old woman after her daughter left the body in a locked room with the animals. Police in Siberia said the daughter, who is said to have a drinking problem, covered her mother’s body with a blanket and locked […]
Woman's Corpse Gnawed By Cats In Russia
ABAKAN, Russia, Aug. 2 (UPI) — Authorities in Russia say cats chewed on the corpse of an 85-year-old woman after her daughter left the body in a locked room with the animals. Police in Siberia said the daughter, who is said to have a drinking problem, covered her mother’s body with a blanket and locked […]
Spanish Pilots Blamed For Plane Crash
MADRID, Aug. 2 (UPI) — An investigation into one of the worst plane crashes in Spanish aviation history revealed the accident could have been avoided, officials said. A new report from Spain’s Accident Investigation Commission shows the pilot for Spanair flight JK-5022, which was bound for Gran Canaria from Madrid in 2008, lost control on […]
Mullen Lauds Iraqi Leaders’ Work
BAGHDAD, Aug. 2 (UPI) — The chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff, speaking in Baghdad Tuesday, blamed Iran for the violence he said is meant to destabilize Iraq. “The Iranian regime continues to violate Iraqi sovereignty by intervening in Iraqi social and political affairs, training and equipping militias to conduct attacks on Iraqi […]
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