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M.N.: Very strange accident: were there any witnesses of his fall off the treadmill, were any cameras installed in the gym? Did he have any business related conflicts or impending deals? Is FBI going to investigate this death?

Dave Goldberg, husband of Facebook exec Sheryl Sandberg, dies overnight, family says
Tuesday May 5th, 2015 at 1:44 PM

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Dave Goldberg, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey and the husband of Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg, died suddenly Friday night, according to a public Facebook post from his brother, Robert Goldberg.
Although details surrounding  Goldberg’s death weren’t immediately available, the statement suggested it was unexpected.
“It’s with incredible shock and sadness that I’m letting our friends and family know that my amazing brother, Dave Goldberg, beloved husband of Sheryl Sandberg, father of two wonderful children, and son of Paula Goldberg, passed away suddenly last night,” Goldberg writes.
“In this time of sorrow, we mourn his passing and remember what an amazing husband, father, brother, son and friend he was,” the statement added.
“Dave’s genius, courage and leadership were overshadowed only by his compassion, friendship and heart. Our sympathy goes out to them and to all who were touched by this extraordinary man,” SurveyMonkey said in a statement. “We are all heartbroken.”
Goldberg’s bio on the company’s Web site says the CEO:
“Has been a successful entrepreneur, venture capitalist, and technology and music industry executive. He has run, and successfully grown, several online consumer businesses.”
Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg shared Goldberg’s statement on his page and added one his own:
“Dave Goldberg was an amazing person and I am glad I got to know him,” Zuckerberg wrote. “My thoughts and prayers are with Sheryl and her family. I hope friends will join me in celebrating his life by sharing your memories of Dave on his proflle, as his brother Rob suggests.”
An outpouring of sadness quickly spread online among members of the tech community.
Goldberg grew up in Minneapolis, the son of a law school professor, according to Business Insider. He attended Harvard, where he graduated with a degree in history and government. After a winding career in the music industry, he ended up at Yahoo, where he met his future wife.
“I met my wife in ’96 in LA,” he told Business Insider in a profile last month. “But we didn’t start dating until 2002. We went on a trip and we started dating. I was still in LA and she had moved to the Bay Area. I lost the coin flip as to where we were going to live. I liked L.A. and my job was in L.A.”
Goldberg joined SurveyMonkey in 2009 and and grew the closely held company from 12 employees to more than 450, according to the Journal. During that time, Goldberg has been an outspoken advocate of equal pay in the workplace and an ardent supporter of his wife’s high-profile career. Understanding the difficulties Sandberg had faced as a woman in business, he told the Miami Herald, is one of the reason he aimed to make SurveyMonkey a company that attracted and retained senior level female talent.
“On the day–to-day stuff we both ask each other for advice,” Goldberg told the Los Angeles Times in 2013. But it is great having one of the smartest people in business as your partner. I don’t have to make an appointment to ask what you think about this or whatever, it’s good with my team. I always say, ‘Well Sheryl said.'”
Sandberg detailed many of the challenges she faced as a woman in the workplace in her book “Lean In,” which brought her even more global recognition. She also devotes an entire chapter in the book to the importance of women choosing a spouse who will be an equal partner at home, a role that Goldberg publicly embraced.
Despite his massive success, Goldberg told the Times that he aimed for a work-life balance so he could spend more time with his family. Having a close partnership with his wife, he told the Miami Herald, was what made that balance possible.
“We made the decision on this particular thing, that we are going to be home with our kids,” he told the Times. “I am at home with my kids from 6 to 8. If I have a work dinner, I’ll schedule to have dinner after 8. But we’re working at night. You’ll get plenty of emails from me post-8 p.m. when my kids go to bed.”
Peter Holley is a general assignment reporter at The Washington Post. He can be reached at <a href="mailto:peter.holley@washpost.com">peter.holley@washpost.com</a>.
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Dave Goldberg died from head injuries sustained when he fell off a treadmill
Tuesday May 5th, 2015 at 1:42 PM

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It is highly unusual for an accomplished executive to be remembered first as a spouse. But that was the case for Dave Goldberg, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey, who died unexpectedly Friday in Mexico at the age of 47, evidently sustaining severe head injuries after falling off a treadmill while on vacation.
The manner of death was reported by the Associated Press on Monday. Goldberg was the husband of Sheryl Sandberg, Facebook’s chief operating officer and author of the women’s empowerment book “Lean In.” Their marriage was an object of admiration for two-career couples and those who aspire to have such a bond.
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Dave Goldberg, one half of the Silicon Valley power couple with Sheryl Sandberg, is being mourned as a respected tech executive and progressive male feminist. Dave DiMartino, executive editor of Yahoo Music, shares memories of his former boss and friend. (Jorge Ribas/The Washington Post)
That partnership was a central theme of Sandberg’s best-selling, support-group-generating book, in which she tells women that their most important career move is choosing the right life partner.
“Dave taught me how to change a diaper when our son was eight days old,” she wrote, highlighting the even footing of their marriage.
As Sandberg became a female icon, Goldberg boasted about her success and echoed her mantras, often telling reporters how he, too, left work at 5:30 p.m. to have dinner with their two children — but was working again by 8 p.m., when they were in bed.
His work alone would be reason for attention to be paid to his early death, especially within Silicon Valley. After graduating magna cum laude from Harvard and spending a few years at consulting firm Bain & Company and Capitol Records, Goldberg struck out on his own in the early ’90s.
He founded Launch Media, one of the first companies to venture into streaming music online. Goldberg could envision the future, said Jimmy Pitaro, who worked a cubicle away from him at Launch (which was acquired by Yahoo) and is now president of Disney Interactive.
“If you think about what Launch was doing as early as 1998, it’s everything that is popular today,” Pitaro said in an interview. “Video on demand, there’s Vevo. Personalized music, there’s Pandora. Subscription music, there’s Spotify.”
Goldberg’s key to success, as he moved to Yahoo, the venture capital firm Benchmark and SurveyMonkey? He seemed to stay calm and organized no matter how busy he was, Pitaro said.
His desk was always very messy. But he would call me from the road and say, ‘Hey, I need that document,’ and I would walk over to his desk, and he would know exactly where it was,” Pitaro said.
Goldberg became chief executive of SurveyMonkey in 2009 and is credited with taking it from a 12-employee company to a 500-employee enterprise valued at $2 billion. Those who depended on him for advice say his personality was as helpful as his business savvy.
“For someone who was involved in so many things, there was never a time that I felt a call or e-mail to Dave was an inconvenience to him,” said Tim Sullivan, chief executive of <a href="http://Ancestry.com" rel="nofollow">Ancestry.com</a>, where Goldberg was a board member. (And according to Sullivan, Goldberg was a user long before he joined the company. He liked to explore his family history with his mother, Paula.)
Goldberg also served on the board of The Washington Post Co. before it was sold to Amazon founder Jeffrey P. Bezos. Don Graham, the chairman of that board and The Post’s former publisher, said he felt that in knowing Goldberg, he knew a great secret: Goldberg was one of the most brilliant people in Silicon Valley.
And Graham couldn’t help but be impressed with Goldberg’s marriage, too. As the son of Katharine Graham, the paper’s longtime publisher and chairman, “I’ve been in a good position to watch the reactions of men to very successful women,” Graham said.
“As Sheryl succeeded, Dave was simply so secure about his worth that he was able to take pride in everything she did and be unaffected in his love for her.”
Perhaps he would not have minded that even in his death, it was his marriage that many admired most.
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Dave Goldberg’s death points to rise and risks of treadmills in era of smartphones
Tuesday May 5th, 2015 at 1:29 PM

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Details on Dave Goldberg’s death are still murky. The entrepreneur and husband of Facebook’s chief operating officer, Sheryl Sandberg, was found bleeding out in a Mexican hotel gym on Friday. He died shortly afterward at a nearby hospital, but the strange circumstances are only slowly emerging.
Despite the darkness surrounding the incident, it is nonetheless shining a spotlight on the contraption at the center of the tech executive’s death: your run-of-the-mill treadmill.
Goldberg slipped and fell while using one of the machines at a swanky Four Seasons near Puerto Vallarta. He hit his head and died from brain trauma and blood loss, local authorities told CNN.
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Dave Goldberg, one half of the Silicon Valley power couple with Sheryl Sandberg, is being mourned as a respected tech executive and progressive male feminist. Dave DiMartino, executive editor of Yahoo Music, shares memories of his former boss and friend. (Jorge Ribas/The Washington Post)
But his freakish accident actually isn’t that rare. Every year, tens of thousands of Americans are injured on treadmills. Thousands are taken to the emergency room. A handful die.
Data suggest that the problem is getting worse. As high-tech, high-powered treadmills proliferate, so, too, do the digital distractions that make the machines even more dangerous.
“We have to weigh the costs and the benefits of these types of activities and just be aware of what some of the risks are,” says Janessa M. Graves, a professor at the College of Nursing at Washington State University who led a 2013 study of exercise machine injuries.
Treadmills are almost as old as Western civilization. The Romans used them to grind grain. They were later adapted to horses, then prisoners. It wasn’t until after World War II that cardiologists started recommending their use. When the first cheap home treadmill was invented in 1968, the trend was off and running.
Today, treadmills are the nation’s most popular type of exercise equipment. More than 50 million Americans now use them, CBS reported. The exercise industry grew by 3.5 percent in 2014 to a total of $84.3 billion, and “treadmills continue to be the largest selling exercise equipment category by a large margin,” according to the Sports & Fitness Industry Association.
But exercise equipment — and treadmills in particular — can also be dangerous.
“Almost 460,000 people were sent to the hospital in 2012 for injuries related to exercise equipment,” according to USA Today. “The vast majority — nearly 428,000 were treated and released for their injuries — but about 32,000 were hospitalized or were dead on arrival.”
Treadmills account for the majority of such exercise equipment injuries, Graves told The Washington Post in a phone interview. In a study of 1,782 injury reports from 2007 to 2011, she found that “treadmill machines comprise 66% of injuries but constitute approximately only one-fourth the market share of such equipment.”
“Mechanical belt-driven equipment may present disproportionate injury risk in mechanical home exercise equipment,” she wrote in her study. “While we do not have data on the use of these machines, our study suggests the need to consider the hazards associated with in-home mechanical exercise equipment in the context of exercise recommendations.”
Graves says she was shocked not only by the proportion of injuries caused by treadmills but also by the victims. “We were surprised by the number of pediatric injuries that we saw,” she says. “There was a pretty high incidence among kids, especially 0 to 4 years old, also 5 to 9 years old.” In many cases, kids turned on their parents’ treadmills, only to burn their hands on the fast-moving tracks or, worse, get their fingers caught in the powerful machines.
According to data from the National Electronic Injury Surveillance System (NEISS), roughly 19,000 people went to emergency rooms in 2009 because of treadmill injuries, including nearly 6,000 children.

Sheryl Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, and her husband, David Goldberg, chief executive of SurveyMonkey, attend the Allen & Company Sun Valley Conference on July 9, 2014, in Sun Valley, Idaho. (Scott Olson/Getty Images)
Incidents like Goldberg’s death are outliers, Graves argues. Instead, most treadmill injuries among adults are simply sprains or strains to the lower extremities. “I don’t think our data suggests that those incidents that make the news are common,” she says. Those incidents are the ones that tend to stir debate, however. In 2009, Mike Tyson’s 4-year-old daughter, Exodus, died after getting her neck caught in a treadmill cord, setting off a national discussion over the safety of the devices.
What is concerning is the increase in exercise equipment injuries, Graves says. According to NEISS data, these injuries nearly tripled from 1991 to 2012. The same is true of treadmill injuries, she adds.
The rise in exercise-equipment-related injuries could be due to two factors: the spread in fitness equipment as devices have gotten cheaper and more powerful, and the proliferation of smartphones and other mobile electronic devices that may distract us as we try to run. The iPhone was introduced in 2007, for example, and exercise equipment injuries increased 45 percent over the next three years.
Commercial treadmills at health clubs also feature an increasing number of buttons to be pushed and monitors to be checked, not to mention built-in television controls for built-in screens.
Unfamiliarity with increasingly complex treadmills can be a factor in injuries, says Jared Staver, a Chicago personal injury attorney who says he has handled more than 100 cases involving gym injuries.
“Clearly if there’s not someone there to instruct a user, especially a novice user, in how to use a machine, then I think the technology and the knowledge of how to set the speeds and so forth could certainly play a role in an accident,” he said, stressing that he has no knowledge of Goldberg’s death beyond what he has heard from news accounts.
“There is an inherent risk to working out. We all know that. If you overdo it, you may hurt yourself and obviously you may even die,” Staver says. “It’s kind of ‘user beware.’ If you’re going to go on a foreign machine that you’ve never used before, you have a duty to yourself to make sure you are instructed on that machine’s particular use and you use it accordingly. If you don’t do that but instead go ahead full steam, you may suffer the consequences.”
Graves points out, however, you can get hurt using something as innocuous as a yoga ball or an elastic band — as Sen. Harry Reid (D-Nev.) did on New Year’s Day.
She says more research needs to be done to see if treadmills are really any more dangerous than other types of exercise equipment, and if cellphones are really a distraction to treadmill runners.
“I don’t think it’s outside the realm of possibility that if you’re running on a treadmill and you get this text from a reporter at The Washington Post, then you’ll stop and get thrown off the back,” she says. “So I don’t think it’s outside the realm of possibility that an injury can occur while being distracted by a mobile or electronic device.”
Goldberg’s family has not said how his fatal injury occurred or whether he was using a cellphone at the time.
Michael E. Miller is a foreign affairs reporter for The Washington Post. He writes for the Morning Mix news blog. Tweet him: @MikeMillerDC
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Tuesday May 5th, 2015 at 12:38 PM

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Tuesday May 5th, 2015 at 12:36 PM

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Dave Goldberg, Head of Web Survey Company and Half of a Silicon Valley Power Couple, Dies at 47
Tuesday May 5th, 2015 at 12:34 PM

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SAN FRANCISCO — Dave Goldberg, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey and the husband ofSheryl K. Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, died on Friday night. He was 47.
His death was confirmed by SurveyMonkey, which is known for its web-based survey technology. The company did not disclose the cause. Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook and a friend of the family, said it occurred while Mr. Goldberg was on vacation abroad with Ms. Sandberg.
Mr. Goldberg’s brother, Robert, shared news of his death in a Facebook post and urged people who knew him to post memories on Mr. Goldberg’s memorial Facebook profile.
“To this day, he is the leader and person by which I measure all others,” Karin Gilford, a top executive at Disney ABC Television Group who worked with Mr. Goldberg at a previous start-up and at Yahoo, wrote on his Facebook page.
Mr. Goldberg, a serial Silicon Valley entrepreneur and venture capitalist, lived with Ms. Sandberg in Menlo Park, Calif. They have two children. He is also survived by his mother, Paula Goldberg.
Mr. Goldberg was always quick with a wisecrack, and he kept a sense of humor about being the less famous half of one of Silicon Valley’s pre-eminent power couples. Ms. Sandberg, who achieved global fame with her book “Lean In,” about the challenges faced by women in the workplace, often said she would not have been as successful in her career without his substantial assistance at home.
“We made the decision on this particular thing, that we are going to be home with our kids. I am at home with my kids from 6 to 8,” he told The Los Angeles Times in 2013. “But we’re working at night. You’ll get plenty of emails from me post-8 p.m. when my kids go to bed.”
Mr. Goldberg joined SurveyMonkey in 2009 after stints at Benchmark Capital and Yahoo.
At the time, the company had 14 employees. He built it into a provider of web surveys on almost every topic imaginable, be it customer service or politics, with 500 employees and 25 million surveys created. News reports said it was valued at nearly $2 billion when it raised a round of funding last year.
“Online surveys have come a long way,” he said in a lunch interview last month. “We have investors use it to figure out things like the customer churn at Netflix, what Ugg sales are doing.”
Mr. Goldberg was particularly proud of his company’s ability to predict election results through its surveys, noting that SurveyMonkey was sometimes more accurate than traditional pollsters.
He viewed online surveys as an inexpensive way for companies to gather data about their customers and competitors.
“We could tell Google Glass would be a tough sell,” he said in the April interview, discussing Google’s experimental computer mounted on eyeglass frames. “The cameras made people feel weird, and they thought the look interfered with people, like technology was getting in the way.”
But one weakness of such surveys, he said, is that “people are terrible at telling you what they want.” He added, “They can say what they don’t want.”
Mr. Goldberg grew up in Minneapolis and graduated from Harvard in 1989 with a degree in history and government. He joined the consulting firm Bain & Company, then moved to Capitol Records as a marketer. In 1993, he and his best friend from high school started Launch Media, a digital music magazine that was initially distributed by CD-ROM.
In 2001, Yahoo bought Launch, and Mr. Goldberg became head of Yahoo Music, living in Los Angeles. Around that time, he began dating Ms. Sandberg, then an advertising executive at Google, in the Bay Area. “I lost the coin flip as to where we were going to live,” he told Business Insider in a recent interview.
In 2007, he quit Yahoo and joined Benchmark Capital as an entrepreneur in residence, where he spent a couple of years before becoming chief executive of SurveyMonkey.
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Dave Goldberg, Silicon Valley Executive, Died of Head Trauma, Mexican Official Says
Tuesday May 5th, 2015 at 12:33 PM

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SAN FRANCISCO — Dave Goldberg, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey and husband of Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, died of head trauma Friday night after he collapsed at the gym at a private resort in Mexico, according to a Mexican government official.
Mr. Goldberg, 47, was on vacation with family and friends at a private beach-front villa near the Four Seasons Resort in Punta Mita, a large development with two hotels and numerous private residences close to Puerto Vallarta in southwest Mexico, according to a spokesman for the prosecutor’s office in Nayarit State.
Mr. Goldberg left his room around 4 p.m. on Friday, collapsed while exercising and died of head trauma and blood loss, said the spokesman. His brother, Robert Goldberg, found him on the floor of a gym at around 7 p.m., with blood around him. The spokesman said it appeared “he fell off the treadmill and cracked his head open.”
Mr. Goldberg was transported to Hospital San Javier in Nuevo Vallarta, with weak vital signs, and died there, said the spokesman, who added that the episode appeared to be an accident. Mark Zuckerberg, chief executive of Facebook and a friend of the family, had said the death occurred while Mr. Goldberg was on vacation with Ms. Sandberg.
Mr. Goldberg’s death was announced by his brother and by SurveyMonkey on Saturday, but no cause or details of where it occurred were disclosed at that time. The lack of information prompted a wave of speculation about what happened to Mr. Goldberg, who was well regarded as an entrepreneur and mentor and was the less famous half of one of Silicon Valley’s most prominent power couples.
Ms. Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, has made no public statements about her husband’s death.
John O’Sullivan, general manager of the Four Seasons Punta Mita, said in a phone interview that there had not been any incident at the areas of the resort managed by the company.
The family is planning an invitation-only celebration of Mr. Goldberg’s life on Tuesday at Stanford Memorial Auditorium. Men planning to attend were urged not to wear ties “in keeping with Dave’s lifelong hatred of ties,” according to an emailed invitation sent to friends of the couple. The invitation added, “Out of respect for the family, please do not take pictures or post to social media” from the event.
The Walt Disney Company said it would move the time of its second-quarter earnings release on Tuesday so executives could attend the funeral. Ms. Sandberg is a Disney board member.
Mr. Goldberg, who worked at Yahoo and at a venture capital firm before running SurveyMonkey, lived with Ms. Sandberg in Menlo Park, Calif. They have two children. He is also survived by his mother, Paula Goldberg.
SurveyMonkey, a start-up that makes web survey technology, has not yet named an interim successor to Mr. Goldberg. Selina Tobaccowala is the company’s president, and Tim Maly is its chief operating officer and chief financial officer.
Correction: May 4, 2015
An earlier version of this article misstated the Mexican state represented by a prosecutor’s office spokesman who gave details of Mr. Goldberg’s death. It is Nayarit, not Jalisco.
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Race, Class and Neglect - NYTimes.com
Tuesday May 5th, 2015 at 12:30 PM

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Every time you’re tempted to say that America is moving forward on race — that prejudice is no longer as important as it used to be — along comes an atrocity to puncture your complacency. Almost everyone realizes, I hope, that the Freddie Gray affair wasn’t an isolated incident, that it’s unique only to the extent that for once there seems to be a real possibility that justice may be done.
And the riots in Baltimore, destructive as they are, have served at least one useful purpose: drawing attention to the grotesque inequalities that poison the lives of too many Americans.
Yet I do worry that the centrality of race and racism to this particular story may convey the false impression that debilitating poverty and alienation from society are uniquely black experiences. In fact, much though by no means all of the horror one sees in Baltimore and many other places is really about class, about the devastating effects of extreme and rising inequality.
Take, for example, issues of health and mortality. Many people have pointed out that there are a number of black neighborhoods in Baltimore where life expectancy compares unfavorably with impoverished Third World nations. But what’s really striking on a national basis is the way class disparities in death rates have been soaring even among whites.
Most notably, mortality among white women has increased sharply since the 1990s, with the rise surely concentrated among the poor and poorly educated; life expectancy among less educated whites has been falling at rates reminiscent of the collapse of life expectancy in post-Communist Russia.
And yes, these excess deaths are the result of inequality and lack of opportunity, even in those cases where their direct cause lies in self-destructive behavior. Overuse of prescription drugs, smoking, and obesity account for a lot of early deaths, but there’s a reason such behaviors are so widespread, and that reason has to do with an economy that leaves tens of millions behind.
It has been disheartening to see some commentators still writing as if poverty were simply a matter of values, as if the poor just mysteriously make bad choices and all would be well if they adopted middle-class values. Maybe, just maybe, that was a sustainable argument four decades ago, but at this point it should be obvious that middle-class values only flourish in an economy that offers middle-class jobs.
The great sociologist William Julius Wilson argued long ago that widely-decried social changes among blacks, like the decline of traditional families, were actually caused by the disappearance of well-paying jobs in inner cities. His argument contained an implicit prediction: if other racial groups were to face a similar loss of job opportunity, their behavior would change in similar ways.
And so it has proved. Lagging wages — actually declining in real terms for half of working men — and work instability have been followed by sharp declines in marriage, rising births out of wedlock, and more.
As Isabel Sawhill of the Brookings Institution writes: “Blacks have faced, and will continue to face, unique challenges. But when we look for the reasons why less skilled blacks are failing to marry and join the middle class, it is largely for the same reasons that marriage and a middle-class lifestyle is eluding a growing number of whites as well.”
So it is, as I said, disheartening still to see commentators suggesting that the poor are causing their own poverty, and could easily escape if only they acted like members of the upper middle class.
And it’s also disheartening to see commentators still purveying another debunked myth, that we’ve spent vast sums fighting poverty to no avail (because of values, you see.)
In reality, federal spending on means-tested programs other than Medicaid has fluctuated between 1 and 2 percent of G.D.P. for decades, going up in recessions and down in recoveries. That’s not a lot of money — it’s far less than other advanced countries spend — and not all of it goes to families below the poverty line.
Despite this, measures that correct well-known flaws in the statistics show that we have made some real progress against poverty. And we would make a lot more progress if we were even a fraction as generous toward the needy as we imagine ourselves to be.
The point is that there is no excuse for fatalism as we contemplate the evils of poverty in America. Shrugging your shoulders as you attribute it all to values is an act of malign neglect. The poor don’t need lectures on morality, they need more resources — which we can afford to provide — and better economic opportunities, which we can also afford to provide through everything from training and subsidies to higher minimum wages. Baltimore, and America, don’t have to be as unjust as they are.
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What Is Your Purpose? - NYTimes.com
Tuesday May 5th, 2015 at 12:30 PM

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Every reflective person sooner or later faces certain questions: What is the purpose of my life? How do I find a moral compass so I can tell right from wrong? What should I do day by day to feel fulfillment and deep joy?
As late as 50 years ago, Americans could consult lofty authority figures to help them answer these questions.
Some of these authority figures were public theologians. Reinhold Niebuhr was on the cover of Time magazine. Rabbi Abraham Joshua Heschel wrote about everything from wonder to sin to civil rights. Harry Emerson Fosdick wrote a book called “On Being a Real Person” on how to live with integrity.
Other authority figures were part of the secular priesthood of intellectuals.
John Dewey advocated pragmatism. John-Paul Sartre and his American popularizers championed existentialism. Hannah Arendt wrote big books on evil and the life of the mind.
Public discussion was awash in philosophies about how to live well. There was a coherent moral ecology you could either go along with or rebel against.
All of that went away over the past generation or two. It is hard to think of any theologian with the same public influence that Niebuhr and Heschel had. Intellectuals are given less authority and are more specialized. They write more for each other and are less likely to volley moral systems onto the public stage.
These days we live in a culture that is more diverse, decentralized, interactive and democratized. The old days when gray-haired sages had all the answers about the ultimate issues of life are over. But new ways of having conversations about the core questions haven’t yet come into being.
Public debate is now undermoralized and overpoliticized. We have many shows where people argue about fiscal policy but not so many on how to find a vocation or how to measure the worth of your life. In fact, we now hash out our moral disagreement indirectly, under the pretense that we’re talking about politics, which is why arguments about things like tax policy come to resemble holy wars.
Intellectual prestige has drifted away from theologians, poets and philosophers and toward neuroscientists, economists, evolutionary biologists and big data analysts. These scholars have a lot of knowledge to bring, but they’re not in the business of offering wisdom on the ultimate questions.
The shift has meant there is less moral conversation in the public square. I doubt people behave worse than before, but we are less articulate about the inner life. There are fewer places in public where people are talking about the things that matter most.
As a result, many feel lost or overwhelmed. They feel a hunger to live meaningfully, but they don’t know the right questions to ask, the right vocabulary to use, the right place to look or even if there are ultimate answers at all.
As I travel on a book tour, I find there is an amazing hunger to shift the conversation. People are ready to talk a little less about how to do things and to talk a little more about why ultimately they are doing them.
This is true among the young as much as the older. In fact, young people, raised in today’s hypercompetitive environment, are, if anything, hungrier to find ideals that will give meaning to their activities. It’s true of people in all social classes. Everyone is born with moral imagination — a need to feel that life is in service to some good.
The task now is to come up with forums where these sorts of conversations can happen in a more modern, personal and interactive way.
I thought I’d do my part by asking readers to send me their answers to the following questions: Do you think you have found the purpose to your life, professional or otherwise? If so, how did you find it? Was there a person, experience or book or sermon that decisively helped you get there?
If you have answers to these questions, go the website for my book, “The Road to Character,” click on First Steps and send in your response. We’ll share as many as we can on the site’s blog called The Conversation, and I’ll write a column or two reporting on what I’ve learned about how people find purpose these days.
I hope this exercise will be useful in giving people an occasion to sit down and spell out the organizing frame of their lives. I know these essays will help others who are looking for meaning and want to know how to find more of it.
Mostly the idea is to use a community of conversation as a way to get somewhere: to revive old vocabularies, modernize old moral traditions, come up with new schools and labels so that people have more concrete building blocks and handholds as they try to figure out what life is all about.
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» Dave Goldberg, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey - Google Search
05/05/15 13:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Dave Goldberg , Silicon Valley Executive , Died of Head Trauma ... New York Times - 11 hours ago SAN FRANCISCO — Dave Goldberg, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey and husband of Sheryl Sandberg of Face...
» Tech executive Goldberg died after hotel gym accident: official
05/05/15 13:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
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» Dave Goldberg, Head of Web Survey Company and Half of a Silicon Valley Power Couple, Dies at 47
05/05/15 13:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . SAN FRANCISCO — Dave Goldberg, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey and the husband of Sheryl K. Sandberg, the chief operating officer of Facebook, died on Friday night. He was 47. His death was confirme...
» Dave Goldberg, Silicon Valley Executive, Died of Head Trauma, Mexican Official Says
05/05/15 13:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Continue reading the main story SAN FRANCISCO — Dave Goldberg, the chief executive of SurveyMonkey and husband of Sheryl Sandberg of Facebook, died of head trauma Friday night after he collapsed at the ...
» Race, Class and Neglect - NYTimes.com
05/05/15 13:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Every time you’re tempted to say that America is moving forward on race — that prejudice is no longer as important as it used to be — along comes an atrocity to puncture your complacency. Al...
» What Is Your Purpose? - NYTimes.com
05/05/15 13:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Every reflective person sooner or later faces certain questions: What is the purpose of my life? How do I find a moral compass so I can tell right from wrong? What should I do day by day to feel fulfillment a...
» Marine Selected to Head Joint Chiefs
05/05/15 12:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . President Obama plans on Tuesday to name Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr., a former top commander in Afghanistan who now serves as commandant of the Marine Corps, to be the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staf...
» Congress Launches Probe Into White House Data Breaches
05/05/15 12:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Sen. John Thune / AP BY: Adam Kredo Congress has launched a probe into cyber attacks on White House computer networks that are believed to have exposed personally identifiable infor...
» Islamic State Takes Responsibility for Texas Cartoon Exhibit Attack
05/05/15 12:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. The area around a car that was used the previous night by two gunmen is investigated by local police and the FBI in Garland / Reuters BY: Reuters By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters)...
» President Obama’s choice of Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, the commandant
05/05/15 12:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from United States Defense and Military Forces - News - Times Topics - The New York Times. President Obama’s choice of Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, the commandant of the Marine Corps and a former commander in Afghan...
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05/05/15 12:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from United States Defense and Military Forces - News - Times Topics - The New York Times. 69365 Search 69,365 Articles: White House Looks to Ease Arab Fears Over Iran Nuclear Pact By HELENE COOPER One option w...
» Taliban 'welcome' Afghan peace efforts after Qatar talks
05/05/15 12:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Taliban militants who have been waging war on the Afghan government for more than a decade on Monday expressed a willingness to soften their position on a range of issues, an apparent sh...
» US military: No indication civilians killed in Syria strike
05/05/15 12:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. The U.S. military denied Monday reports that civilians were killed in U.S.-led coalition airstrikes last week on a village controlled by the Islamic State group in northern Syria. Meanwh...
» In the face of Islamic State successes, al-Qaida adapts, grows stronger
05/05/15 12:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. When al-Qaida overran the Yemeni port city of Mukalla last month, the group's commanders immediately struck a deal to share power with the area's tribesmen. The approach was a stark cont...
» Ex-CIA official: GOP distorted agency analysis of Benghazi
05/05/15 12:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. A former CIA deputy director says Republicans repeatedly distorted the agency's analysis of the Benghazi attack in 2012 that killed the U.S. ambassador to Libya and three other Americans...
» Official identifies gunman in Muhammad cartoon event attack
05/05/15 12:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. One of two gunmen who opened fire with assault rifles at a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas has been identified by a law enforcement official as a man who was on the FBI's radar...
» Russia's new Armata tank makes debut in parade rehearsal
05/05/15 12:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. Russia's new Armata tank has appeared in public for the first time Monday, time, rumbling down a broad Moscow avenue on its way to Red Square for the final rehearsal of the Victory Day p...
» Former CIA leader defends drone strikes, torture
05/05/15 12:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Stars and Stripes. President Barack Obama ordered a barrage of CIA drone strikes in Yemen in 2013 that killed the al-Qaida operatives behind the most serious plotting against American interests in years, a...
» Iran: U.S. Navy Escorting British Ships Through Strait After Detention Dispute
05/05/15 12:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. The Navy has been accompanying United States-flagged ships through the strait in response to last week’s detention of the MV Maersk Tigris by Iranian Rev...
» ISIS Claims Link to Attack at Texas Event Showing Muhammad Cartoons
05/05/15 12:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The Islamic State called the assailants in Garland “soldiers of the caliphate,” but whether the extremist group was involved remained unclear.
» US Navy Carrier Drone Snagged by Delays, Indecision on Features
05/05/15 12:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. The multi-billion dollar UCLASS is the Navy's project to develop an unmanned aircraft able to be launched from aircraft carriers to provide strike capability, surveillance and air suppo...
» Latvian Military Claims to Have Spotted 2 Russian Warships, Sub Near Border
05/05/15 12:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. The Latvian National Armed Forces claim to have detected two Russian military ships and a submarine near Latvia's border.
» Major War Games Kick Off in Estonia
05/05/15 12:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. A major drill, involving a record-breaking number of troops began in Estonia Monday, the General Staff of the Estonian Defense Forces said in a statement.
» US Awards $600 Million for NATO's Ballistic Missile Defense Kill Vehicle
05/05/15 12:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. The US Missile Defense Agency awarded a $600 million contract for 44 anti-ballistic missiles to be placed in Romania as part of the NATO's missile defense shield, US defense contractor ...
» Canada's Navy Modernization Ends Up a Costly Drawn-Out Nightmare
05/05/15 12:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. In the ever amplifying race for domination of the world's oceans, the Canadian government had set aside a small fortune to upgrade its navy. But after a series of snags, Ottawa may be f...
» Airstrikes Continue Against ISIL Terrorists in Iraq
05/05/15 12:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. U.S. and coalition military forces have continued to attack Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant terrorists in Iraq, Combined Joint Task Force Operation Inherent Resolve officials repor...
» US Examines Report on Saudi Arabia Cluster Bombs Use in Yemen
05/05/15 12:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. The Human Rights Watch report said that available video, photographs and other credible evidence had shown that the Saudi-led coalition had used cluster bombs near villages in northern ...
» Coalition: No Major Ground Force In Yemen
05/05/15 12:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. The Saudi-led coalition battling rebels in Yemen denied a major ground force had landed Sunday after reports of the deployment of troops in main southern city Aden.      ...
» Kerry: US Will Defend Against Iran Aggression
05/05/15 12:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Whether through diplomacy — it's preferred route — or a potential military option, Washington is "intent on guaranteeing" that Iran won't get a nuclear weapon, said US Secretary of Sta...
» Army, Marines Pressured To Use Same Ammo
05/05/15 12:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. The Army and Marine Corps will conduct comprehensive testing this year to determine the viability of adopting common rifle ammunition, a potential cost-cutting initiative that could ha...
» Yemen Unchanged Weeks Into Air War
05/05/15 12:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Saudi-led airstrikes against rebels in Yemen have destroyed much of their military capabilities, but almost six weeks into the campaign the situation on the ground remains unchanged, a...
» Dunford Tapped as Joint Chiefs Chair, Selva for Vice
05/05/15 12:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. President Obama will announce Tuesday that he will nominated Marine Corps Commandant Gen. Joseph Dunford as the next chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, sources told Military Times....
» First Turkish-Made Helos To Battle Kurds
05/05/15 12:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Two T129 Turkish-made attack helicopters were deployed at a southeastern military base in Turkey to support anti-terror operations against Kurdish rebels fighting for autonomy, the Tur...
» Mo Brooks, Dave Brat Denounce Illegals in Military
05/05/15 12:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Brooks, Brat Denounce Amendment to Allow Illegal Immigrants to Serve in Military. In a statement Monday, Brat and Brooks announced their intention to remove language added as an amendment to t...
» Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. - Google Search
05/05/15 12:18 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . In the news Marine General Joseph Dunford chosen as Joint Chiefs chairman Fox News ‎ - 11 hours ago March 12, 2014: File photo, Gen . Joseph F . Dunford , Jr . testifies on Capitol Hill in ... Mari...
» JCS Chairman Says Russian Fighter Intercept ‘Reckless and Unprofessional’
05/05/15 12:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey, left, accompanied by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, right, speaks during a news conference at the Pentagon, Thursday, April 16 / AP BY: ...
» general martin dempsey - Google Search
05/05/15 12:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . NBCNews.com Obama picks Marine commander for next chairman of the Joint Chiefs Washington Post - 14 hours ago Martin Dempsey , who will step down this fall after four years on the job. ... The president will ...
» Obama to tap Gen. Joseph Dunford to top military post
05/05/15 12:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . (CNN) President Barack Obama plans to name a trusted military adviser with ties to his drawdown of troops in Afghanistan as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, multiple officials confirmed to CNN on Mo...
» Obama picks Marine commander for next chairman of the Joint Chiefs
05/05/15 12:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Marine Gen. Joseph F. Dunford Jr. speaks during a 2012 hearing of the Senate Armed Service Committee on Capitol Hill. President Obama is expected to announce that Dunford is his nomination to be the new chair...
» New Way the U.S. Projects Power Around the Globe: Commandos
05/05/15 11:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MAO, Chad—“Is this good?” yelled the U.S. Special Forces sergeant. “No!” He waved a paper target showing the dismal marksmanship of the Chadian commandos he was here to teach. Do...
» Obama Calls for New Commitment to Help Minority Youths Succeed
05/05/15 00:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. President Barack Obama said Monday that recent urban protests show the United States needs to do more to make sure its youth – particularly black and Latino boys and young men – have an e...
» US ‘Old Thinking’ Leads to Conflict With China
05/05/15 00:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. While Beijing is seeking to link its growing economic power to geopolitical ambition, Washington is still refusing to treat China as an equal; the US, ...
» US Horrified by Russian Missile Shield Program
05/05/15 00:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The European Union Times - World News, Breaking News. Actions of the United States of America predetermined Russia’s military cooperation with China and Iran. Now, should a conflict occur, Moscow, Be...
» Obama to name Marine general to become top US military officer - Reuters
05/05/15 00:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Reuters Obama to name Marine general to become top US military officer Reuters WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama on Tuesday will nominate Marine Corps' Commandant Jos...
» Baltimore police: Man arrested near scene of recent riots
05/05/15 00:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 10:53 p.m. EDT. BALTIMORE (AP) -- Days after riots crippled Baltimore, tensions again escalated Monday after police said they arrested a man who appeared to be armed. The arrest drew a ...
» Homeless Shelter For LGBT Youth Opens in Washington
05/05/15 00:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from VOAvideo's YouTube Videos. A new homeless shelter called Casa Ruby is opening in Washington, DC that is specifically for the LGBT community - lesbian, gay, bi-sexual and transgendered young people. Jan...
» Maya Plisetskaya suspected of spying for the British
05/05/15 00:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Maya Plisetskaya, a former principal dancer at the Bolshoi, was the greatest ballerina of her day, but her life was more akin to the plot of a Cold War spy novel.
» Elton Simpson: FBI had monitored Texas gunman since 2006
05/05/15 00:50 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Elton Simpson and Nadir Soofi were roommates, while Simpson had court record resulting from lengthy surveillance centred on his ambitions of violent jihad Federal agents had f...
» World Briefing: Iran: U.S. Navy Escorting British Ships Through Strait After Detention Dispute
05/05/15 00:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. The Navy has been accompanying United States-flagged ships through the strait in response to last week’s detention of the MV Maersk Tigris by Iranian Revolutionary Guards patrol boats.
» France, Saudi Arabia: Iran nuclear deal must avoid destabilizing region
05/05/15 00:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. RIYADH (Reuters) - France and Saudi Arabia believe that any future deal between Iran and six major powers must ensure not to destabilise the region further and threaten Iran's neighbou...
» China military says army yet to fully embrace rule of law
05/05/15 00:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BEIJING (Reuters) - China's armed forces, the largest in the world, have yet to become a military which fully follows the law, its official newspaper said on Tuesday, underscoring the ...
» Yazidi Activists, Lawmaker Slam 'Irresponsible' Mass Killing Claims
05/05/15 00:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Yazidi activists and a lawmaker have sharply criticized reports that Islamic State (IS) gunmen have carried out a fresh massacre of hundreds of Yazidis in northern Iraq, ...
» US Forcing Russia, China And Iran Into Eurasian Military Alliance - ValueWalk
05/05/15 00:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. ValueWalk US Forcing Russia , China And Iran Into Eurasian Military Alliance ValueWalk Russia's decision to sell the S-300 anti-aircraft missile system to Iran is clearly a game-chang...
» German spy chief defends record
05/05/15 00:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Gerhard Schindler denies BND acted as ‘submissive tool’ or was guilty of ‘treason’ in work with NSA
» 68-year-old Frenchman faces rape charges after posing as male model on dating site
05/05/15 00:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. A 68-year-old Frenchman is facing rape charges after accusations emerged that he had "tricked" women into sex by posing as a young, handsome male model.
» Hate Seethes as Russia Marks One Year Since Deadly Odessa Inferno
05/05/15 00:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. When When about 200 protestors gathered Saturday in Moscow to mark one year since 48 people were killed in Odessa during street battles between pro-Russia and pro-Ukraine acti...
» Sponsor of Muhammad Cartoon Contest Known for Controversial Views on Islam
05/05/15 00:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. The American Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI) which sponsored the “Muhammad Art Exhibit and Cartoon Contest” in Texas is no stranger to the media spotlight. For years before the attack o...
» Putin Raises 'Extremism' Fines for Russian Media Tenfold
05/05/15 00:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. President Putin signed legislation Saturday that will increase tenfold the maximum fine that can be levied on Russian news organizations accused of inciting extremism.
» Moscow shows military mettle
05/05/15 00:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Display of cutting-edge weapons sends powerful message about Russia’s intent to project power
» NYT: глава сената Нью-Йорка задержан по подозрению в мошенничестве - РИА Новости
05/05/15 00:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РИА Новости NYT: глава сената Нью-Йорка задержан по подозрению в мошенничестве РИА Новости Сенатор обвиняется в том, что он лоббировал определенные законы и оказывал поддержку прое...
» Obama To Name Dunford Joint Chiefs Chairman
05/05/15 00:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. U.S. President Barack Obama May 5 will nominate Marine Corps' Commandant Joseph Dunford, a commander in both the Afghan and Iraq wars, as the next chairman of the Joint C...
» Gunman In Texas Muhammad Shooting Well-Known To FBI
05/05/15 00:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. The U.S. government extensively investigated a gunman who opened fire at a Prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Texas, and prosecuted him in 2010 for lying about his inten...
» FBI Investigates Gunmen Killed Outside Texas Event
05/05/15 00:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. FBI agents continue to investigate the two men who opened fire outside a free speech event Sunday in Garland, Texas, before being shot to death by a police officer on the scene. The shoot...
» Police killed in attack in Russia's Chechnya
04/05/15 23:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Al Jazeera English. A suicide bomber has killed five police officers and injured several more in a reported attempt to attack a concert hall in the Russian region of Chechnya. The attack happened outside o...
» Six gunmen, three police killed in Russia's Chechnya, leader says
04/05/15 23:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . MOSCOW (Reuters) - At least six gunmen and three policemen were killed in gun battles in which a building was stormed in the Chechen capital Grozny on Thursday, the leader of the turbulent southern Russian re...
» police killings in russia - Google Search
04/05/15 23:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Police killed in attack in Russia's Chechnya - Al Jazeera ... <a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/.../four-" rel="nofollow">www.aljazeera.com/.../four-</a> killed -chechnya-suicide-blast-2014... Cac...
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» White House Looks to Ease Arab Fears Over Iran Nuclear Pact
04/05/15 22:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. One option would put in writing, but not send to Congress, language agreeing to the defense of Arab allies if they came under attack from outside forces.
» Saudi-Led Group Said to Use Cluster Bombs in Yemen
04/05/15 22:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. Human Rights Watch said it had found evidence that the Saudi-led coalition had used a type of munition in Yemen that is banned by much of the world becau...
» Marine Corps Commandant Named to Lead Joint Chiefs
04/05/15 22:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > United States Defense and Military Forces. President Obama’s choice of Gen. Joseph F. Dunford, a former commander in Afghanistan, must be confirmed by the Senate.
» Strikes on Syria Tied to Deaths of 52 Civilians
04/05/15 22:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The toll from attacks by the American-led coalition on Friday included at least nine children, a rights group reported on Saturday.
» Stumbling Into a Wider War
04/05/15 22:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). Further expansion of the campaign against ISIS and other militant groups must be debated rigorously and openly by Washington and its coalition partners.
» Fertilizer, Also Suited for Bombs, Flows to ISIS Territory From Turkey
04/05/15 22:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS). The fertilizer ammonium nitrate, which was used in explosives at the Oklahoma City federal building in 1995, has been moving into an extremist-controlled Sy...
» Russian Official Severely Beaten After Reporting Electoral Fraud | News
04/05/15 21:06 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . An observer who recorded violations in a Moscow-region local election has been hospitalized with a ruptured spleen after being attacked by a group of men, a news report said. Sta...
» Did Liberal Insanity Cause the Baltimore Riots?
04/05/15 20:55 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. Can you believe the incredibly stupid statement by Baltimore Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake? As hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of her city, to protest the death of a 25-year-old black m...
» USA Freedom Act to End NSA Records Collection Clears Committee
04/05/15 20:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. On April 30, the House Judiciary Committee approved the USA Freedom Act by a vote of 25-2. A description of the legislation on the Judiciary Committee website notes that it would prohibit bulk collect...
» AP Poll: Most Americans Agree With Killing Citizens With Drones
04/05/15 20:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. An Associated Press poll found that most Americans agree with killing other Americans with drones.
» U.S. Military: Put in Harm's Way for Global Empire
04/05/15 20:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. The the U.S. military is deployed in over 80 countries around the world. But why? And should they be there?
» BBC: States Assert Sovereignty to Shut Down NSA Facilities
04/05/15 20:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. The BBC reports on several state efforts to shut down NSA facilities.
» The Founders' View on Sen. Tom Cotton's Fascination With War
04/05/15 20:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. The craving for combat by U.S. Senator Tom Cotton (R-Ark.) contradicts the counsel fo the Founders.
» GOP Senators Isakson and Sessions Duel Over TPP “Trade” Scheme
04/05/15 20:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. Senator Johnny Isakson recently advocated passage of Trade Promotion Authority (TPA) while Senator Jeff Sessions posted a “Critical Alert” articulating his concerns with TPA.    
» DOJ Lifting Veil on Secret Cellphone Tracking
04/05/15 20:53 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from rss. Thanks to increasing pressure from the public and from publications such as ARS Technica and the Wall Street Journal to disclose just how the Justice Department is obtaining and using their cell phone...
» USA Freedom and the Surveillance Reform That Almost Was
04/05/15 20:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Just Security. Elizabeth Goitein Committee markups can be a dry affair, an opportunity for political showboating, or both. Yesterday’s markup of the USA Freedom Act in the House Judiciary Committee was nei...
» Hillary Clinton’s Emails and State Department Daylight
04/05/15 20:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Just Security. Andy Wright The controversy regarding Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while serving as Secretary of State has largely centered on any effects it may have had on the Benghazi ...
» Colombian ex-spy head sent to prison over wiretapping scandal
04/05/15 20:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from intelNews.org. The former director of Colombia’s intelligence service, who recently surrendered after being on the run for five years, has been sentenced to 14 years in prison for organizing an illegal wir...
» Irina Prokhorova: “Enlightment and education are the major political
04/05/15 20:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Institute of Modern Russia. Irina Prokhorova: “Enlightment and education are the major political goals today” On April 25 in St. Petersburg, Open Russia hosted a talk with Irina Prokhorova, a literary hist...
» Mikhail Khodorkovsky: “The Russia we dream of seeing is completely
04/05/15 20:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Institute of Modern Russia. Mikhail Khodorkovsky: “The Russia we dream of seeing is completely different” On April 13, Mikhail Khodorkovsky, the founder of Open Russia, visited Stanford University’s Center...
» Sergei Aleksashenko: “Like homeopathy, sanctions work slowly”
04/05/15 20:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Institute of Modern Russia. Sergei Aleksashenko: “Like homeopathy, sanctions work slowly” 04 May 2015 Leonid Martynyuk The Institute of Modern Russia continues its series of interviews with Russian and Wes...
» Video: Mohammed Cartoon Event Organiser Slams CNN Host – “The First Amendment protects all speech not just the speech that we like”
04/05/15 20:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. "Increasingly we are abridging our freedoms so as not to offend savages."
» Bill Clinton Defends His Foundation’s Foreign Money
04/05/15 20:47 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Saudi Arabia gave them millions.
» The FBI wants us to have computer security so strong that only they can break in…
04/05/15 20:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. US intelligence agencies have no objection to us encrypting messages – as long as they can still read them.
» Russian Official Severely Beaten After Reporting Electoral Fraud
04/05/15 20:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Claimed to have witnessed ballet-box stuffing...
» » Russian Official Severely Beaten After Reporting Electoral Fraud Alex Jones' Infowars: There's a war on for your mind!
04/05/15 20:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Russian Official Severely Beaten After Reporting Electoral Fraud Claimed to have witnessed ballet-box stuffing... by The Moscow Times | May 4, 2015 23 25 0
» The Justice Department is reviewing its Stingray phone-tracking programs
04/05/15 20:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Justice Department may be about to reveal significant details about how and where the devices are typically deployed.
» Garland Terror Attack: New York Times Blames Event Organisers
04/05/15 20:45 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Columnist says incident should be looked at "Free Speech Aside." Aside"
» Garland Attack: Neocon Network Baits Jihadists and Pumps Up the Clash of Civilizations Agenda
04/05/15 20:44 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. "Draw Mohammad" contest sponsored by neocon network propagandizing for war.
» The Secret Behind the Muhammad Garland, TX Shooting
04/05/15 20:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Are we creating the terrorists we are supposed to be protecting ourselves from?
» Want a lawless police force? Federalize it.
04/05/15 20:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Accountability comes from having law enforcement under multiple umbrellas.
» Savage on Garland Shooting: There’s a Link Between White House and ISIS
04/05/15 20:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. "Someone on that team in the White House is playing for the other side," syndicated radio host says.
» Michael Savage Speaks Out Against Islam And The Coming World War
04/05/15 20:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Renowned talk show host discusses the planned clash of civilizations .
» Hillary to Testify Before Congress
04/05/15 20:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Presidential candidate to talk about her secret e-mail server which bypassed law.
» Michael Savage: Civil War Is Here
04/05/15 20:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Infowars. Talk show host discusses terrorism and the downfall of America.
» ​Arrest to death: What happened to Freddie Gray
04/05/15 20:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. Prosecutor's timeline emerges, giving clearer picture of arrest and role 6 officers allegedly played in death of Gray
» Facebook exec's husband dies suddenly
04/05/15 20:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. SurveyMonkey CEO David Goldberg, husband to Facebook executive Sheryl Sandberg, has died
» Baltimore police tensions: One officer's perspective
04/05/15 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. Amid intense scrutiny following the death of Freddie Gray, one police officer warns against painting cops with too broad a brush
» NYPD officer dies two days after being shot in the head
04/05/15 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. Brian Moore had been in coma after suspect known as "Hellraiser" fired shots at officer and his partner in unmarked police car
» Obama says "powerlessness" behind protests across U.S.
04/05/15 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Home - CBSNews.com. The president spoke at the launch of a nonprofit foundation intended to help young men of color succeed
» Ukrainian trooper killed in east: Military spokesman
04/05/15 20:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. At least one Ukrainian soldier has been killed and six others have been wounded as a result of heavy shelling in Ukraine's restive east, military sources say.
» Ukraine Crisis Opens Up Wiggle Room For Lukashenka
04/05/15 20:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. The May 9 Victory Day parade in Moscow to mark the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II in Europe will be a big, international prestige moment for Russian President Vladimir Putin.
» Russian Sky Defenders to Receive Pantsir-S and Other Simulators
04/05/15 20:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Russian air defense specialists will boost their mastery with cutting edge simulators.
» US Senate at Crossroads on Iran Nuclear Bill
04/05/15 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. This week could decide the fate of a bipartisan bill allowing the U.S. Congress to review and vote on any final nuclear accord with Iran. The Senate can either vote on the original bill...
» Mediterranean Naval Exercises to Strengthen Russia, China Relations
04/05/15 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Chinese Defense Ministry spokesman Geng Yangsheng said that they would be focused on navigation safety, at-sea replenishment, escort missions and live fire exercises. Nine ships from th...
» Poland's president signs law on establishing Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian military brigade
04/05/15 20:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. President of Poland Bronislaw Komorowski has signed a resolution on establishing the Polish-Lithuanian-Ukrainian military brigade, the Polish leader's office reported on Monday.
» NATO's large-scale anti-submarine exercises start in Norway
04/05/15 20:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. NATO's large-scale anti-submarine drills dubbed Dynamic Mongoose 2015 have started off Norway's western coast, the NATO Allied Maritime Command reported on Monday.
» Taliban Claims Responsibilty for Attacks that Kill 18 Afghans
04/05/15 20:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Afghan officials have confirmed at least 16 soldiers are dead and more than a dozen wounded after a Taliban attack in a northeastern border region.
» Hollande oversees signing deal to sell fighter jets to Qatar
04/05/15 20:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. French President Francois Hollande has overseen a major military deal with Qatar which will supply the Arab country with dozens of state-of-the-art fighter jets.
» Arab states want additional US arms to back Iran nuclear deal: Report
04/05/15 20:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Arab countries in the Persian Gulf are reportedly seeking more weapons in order to support a potential nuclear agreement with Iran during an upcoming meeting with US President Barack Ob...
» Taliban Attacks 10 Police Stations in Afghanistan, 100 Officers Missing
04/05/15 19:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. At least 10 police stations in northeast Afghanistan have come under attack by the Taliban and as many as 100 missing police officers are feared dead, an Afghan military official said M...
» Russian Tu-160 Heavy Bomber to Be Invisible to Air Defense
04/05/15 19:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Russian KRET concern is developing a new aircraft guidance system, a targeting and navigation complex, a weapons control system and other electronic equipment. A total of 800 firms and ...
» US, Denmark Inspectors to Fly Over Russia in Observation Aircraft
04/05/15 19:17 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from GlobalSecurity.org. Within the framework of the Open Skies Treaty, a joint mission of the United States and Denmark will fly over Russian territory in an American OC-135B aircraft.
» The ISIL is in Ukraine: America’s “Agents of Chaos” Unleashed in Eurasia
04/05/15 19:16 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Global Research. Is the so-called Islamic State in Iraq and Syria (ISIS)/Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) / Islamic State (IS) / Al-Dawlah Al-Islamiyah fe Al-Iraq wa Al-Sham (DAISH/DAESH) active...
» Baltimore: Unverified ‘Threats,’ Uncritically Reported – A Tradition as Old as Protest
04/05/15 19:15 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Global Research. Baltimore gang members denied evidence-free claims that they had declared a truce to “take out” police officers. (WBAL-TV) As I discussed in my previous post on the Baltimore Police Depart...
» ISIL is Using Ukraine as a Forward Base into Caucasia and Entry into Europe
04/05/15 19:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Global Research. “In the West, most look at the war in Ukraine as simply a battle between Russian-backed separatists and the Ukrainian government. But the truth on the ground is now far more complex, parti...
» The Decline and Fall of the United States
04/05/15 19:14 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Global Research. Some say the world will end in fire, Some say in ice. From what I’ve tasted of desire I hold with those who favor fire. But if it had to perish twice, I think I know enough of hate T...
» Igor
04/05/15 19:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Euromaidan Press | News from UkraineEuromaidan Press |. Igor Putin teaches geography: ‘All the former USSR is Russia’ Igor Putin teaches geography: ‘All the former USSR is Russia’ Igor Putin teaches geogra...
» Norway To Boost Annual Budget by $500M
04/05/15 19:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Norway will bolster defense spending by a further US $500 million annually in direct response to Russia's growing military strength in the High North and its aggression in Ukraine and ...
» Finland Contacts Reservists, Denies Move Due To Security Concerns
04/05/15 19:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Finland has contacted nearly a million reservists by e-mail but an armed forces spokesman on Saturday denied the move was motivated by security concerns.         &#...
» Israel's Northern Border Poses Challenges
04/05/15 19:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Israel's decision last week to enforce just two of its three red lines driving deterrence at its northern border illustrates the challenging balancing act of maintaining those lines wh...
» EU, NATO Try To Counter Russian Propaganda
04/05/15 19:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Western powers are getting set to counter an expertly crafted Russian disinformation campaign over Ukraine which has left them wrong-footed too many times for comfort.     &#...
» US Navy Bolsters Presence In Gulf
04/05/15 19:10 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. US warships protecting American-flagged ships in the Strait of Hormuz may extend assistance to other countries' vessels, officials said Friday, after reports of Iranian forces harassin...
» NSA Director: Snowden’s Leaks Helped Terrorists Avoid Tracking
04/05/15 19:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Washington Free Beacon. Edward Snowden addresses an ACLU-sponsored event in Hawaii / AP BY: Bill Gertz Disclosures of National Security Agency secrets by the former contractor Edward Snowden have damaged U...
» Snowden's Leaks Hurt Efforts to Track Terrorists
04/05/15 19:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Edward Snowden's leaks of classified information from the National Security Agency's top secret surveillance program has compromised the ability of the United States to track down terrorists. According to NSA...
» NSA Chief Mute on Spyware, Critical on Snowden
04/05/15 19:08 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from U.S. News - News. National Security Agency Director Mike Rogers on Monday defended his agency's online spying tactics to an audience of technologists in the nation's capital, but faced criticism about whet...
» DoD's New Cyber Strategy
04/05/15 19:05 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. The Atlantic Council's Steve Grundman and Capital Alpha Partners' Byron Callan discuss Defense Secretary Ash Carter's recently unveiled cyber initiative for the Pentagon.    ...
» Report Cites Shift in Israeli War Doctrine
04/05/15 19:04 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Defense News - Home. Eyewitness accounts published Monday from last summer's war in Gaza paint a disturbing portrait of overzealous, often indiscriminate fire on the part of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF)...
» Google Vice President Vint Cerf on the Future of the Internet
04/05/15 19:03 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from C-SPAN.org | National Politics | History | Nonfiction Books. Google Vice President Vint Cerf on the Future of the Internet Internet pioneer and Google Vice President Vint Cerf delivers remarks and responds...
» FBI Tried to Put Texas Shooter on No-Fly List in 2010
04/05/15 19:02 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: FBI Tried to Put Texas Shooter on No-Fly List in 2010. The FBI has confirmed Phoenix native Elton Simpson, a Muslim convert from Phoenix, Arizona, as one of the shooters responsible for attack...
» Report: NYPD Cop Shot in Face by Ex-Con Dies From Injuries, Suspect Brags He's a 'Hell Raiser' When Arrested - Breitbart
04/05/15 19:01 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Report: NYPD Cop Shot in Face by Ex-Con Dies From Injuries, Suspect Brags He’s a ‘Hell Raiser’ When Arrested. Report: NYPD Cop Shot in Face by Ex-Con Dies From Injuries, Suspect Brags He’...
» Jeff Sessions Warns America Against Potentially Disastrous Obama Trade Deal
04/05/15 19:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: ‘Critical Alert': Jeff Sessions Warns America Against Potentially Disastrous Obama Trade Deal. “Congress has the responsibility to ensure that any international trade agreement enter...
» Baltimore Is Liberalism’s Epic Fail
04/05/15 19:00 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Sheriff David Clarke: Freddie Gray Cops ‘Offered as Red Meat to Angry Mob’. Sheriff David Clarke: Freddie Gray Cops ‘Offered as Red Meat to Angry Mob’ Share on facebook 115 Share o...
» Breaking: Terror Attack Near Terror Conference in Jerusalem
04/05/15 18:58 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Breaking: Terror Attack Near Terror Conference in Jerusalem. Joel Pollak / Breitbart News by Joel B. Pollak 4 May 2015 25 The man, who had brandished a knife, according to Ynet , was shot in t...
» Peter King Criticizes Hillary: We Are at War and Police Need Weapons of War
04/05/15 18:57 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Comments on: Peter King Criticizes Hillary: We Are at War and Police Need Weapons of War. by Pam Key 4 May 2015 36 Monday on Fox News Channel’s “Fox and Friends,” in light of  Sunday...
» The U.S.-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism Newsletter: November 2014-April 2015
04/05/15 18:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs - The US-Russia Initiative to Prevent Nuclear Terrorism. Belfer Center hosts a conference on nuclear disarmament and non-proliferation; Alexei Arbatov ur...
» obama - Google Search
04/05/15 18:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . myfoxny.com Obama Unveils Nonprofit for Young Minorities After Baltimore Unrest New York Times - 13 minutes ago WASHINGTON — President Obama on Monday addressed the racially charged turmoil in Baltimore...
» Obama in New York City
04/05/15 18:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . President Barack Obama arrived in New York City Monday afternoon for several speaking engagements including a taping of the Late Show with David Letterman. First stop, Mr. Obama was scheduled to launch the My...
» Obama Unveils Nonprofit for Young Minorities After Baltimore Unrest
04/05/15 18:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Amid the raw emotions and festering wounds of recent racial unrest, President Obama on Monday helped create a new organization to help him devote his remaining time in the White House as well as his post-pres...
» Police Start to Reconsider Longstanding Rules on Using Force
04/05/15 18:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . WASHINGTON — During a training course on defending against knife attacks, a young Salt Lake City police officer asked a question: “How close can somebody get to me before I’m justified in us...
» war on police - Google Search
04/05/15 17:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results Peter King Criticizes Hillary: We Are at War and Police Need ... Breitbart News - 4 hours ago King said, “When people like Hillary Clinton say that police should not have weapons of war ,...
» Carson slams rioters: 'It makes no sense' to declare war on police
04/05/15 17:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Ben Carson, a former neurosurgeon and possible 2016 GOP presidential candidate, is questioning the rationale of Baltimore rioters after violence and looting swept the city. ADVERTISEMENT “We need to get...
» Rethink your war on cops
04/05/15 17:30 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WND. The West Memphis NAACP has legitimized and inflamed the war on cops by urging blacks to arm up against them. “Law enforcement has to understand, you cannot do what you please when you see us, ...
» Safir: The War on Police Hurts the War on Terror
04/05/15 17:19 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story .
» War on police makes us all less safe
04/05/15 17:09 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Toledo Blade Latest Headlines. Published: Sunday, 9/7/2014 GUEST COMMENTARY BY JAY McDONALD Other than a handful of eyewitnesses who have yet to be subjected to the rigors of cross-examination, none of us ...
» Communists Lead Protest Against Baltimore Police - YouTube
04/05/15 17:07 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on May 1, 2015 Alex Jones witnessed a protest march led by communists bearing the infamous hammer and sickle flag. Oblivious of the dark meaning behind the standard, dozens of people marched shoutin...
» Brian Moore, New York Police Officer Shot in the Head, Has Died
04/05/15 16:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Continue reading the main story The plainclothes New York City police officer who was shot in the face Saturday as he approached an armed man on a Queens street died from his injuries on Monday, the police co...
» Lawmakers urge Obama to stop Russian missile system sale to Iran - The Hill
04/05/15 15:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Hill Lawmakers urge Obama to stop Russian missile system sale to Iran The Hill The leaders of the House Foreign Affairs Committee on Friday released a letter to President Obama ur...
» Ashes of ballerina Plisetskaya to be spread over Russia - U-T San Diego
04/05/15 15:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. U-T San Diego Ashes of ballerina Plisetskaya to be spread over Russia U-T San Diego Maya Plisetskaya, 89, widely regarded as one of the greatest ballerinas of her time, died Saturday,...
» Russia is creating a $100 billion rival to the IMF - Business Insider
04/05/15 15:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Business Insider Russia is creating a $100 billion $100B rival to the IMF Business Insider Russia Russian President Vladimir Putin IMF Managing Director International Monetary Fund Ch...
» Russian warships accused of 'chasing away' Swedish vessel to prevent Baltic States from achieving energy dependence
04/05/15 15:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from - Europe RSS Feed. Russia has been accused of using its warships to deliberately disrupt the construction of undersea power cables that would reduce the energy reliance of Baltic states on Moscow.
» Annexation of Crimea has magnified divisions inside Kazakhstan
04/05/15 15:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. The Russian population in the north of the central Asian nation is dwindling, but some fear Moscow has reasons to bring the region back within its borders Petropavlovsk is in many wa...
» Russian warships accused of 'chasing away' Swedish vessel to prevent Baltic ... - The Independent
04/05/15 15:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Independent Russian warships accused of 'chasing away' Swedish vessel to prevent Baltic ... The Independent Lithuania has complained each time, and on this latest occasion summone...
» Anniversary message from west to Russia
04/05/15 15:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. The Soviet role in the defeat of Nazism must never be forgotten
» Russian Oil Production Remains at Post-Soviet High in April
04/05/15 15:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The Moscow Times Top Stories. Russian oil and gas condensate production remained at a post-Soviet record level of 10.71 million barrels per day in April, underpinned by a recent recovery in oil prices, Ene...
» МИД Украины опровергает причастность военных страны к обстрелу Донецка - BFM.Ru
04/05/15 15:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. СЕГОДНЯ МИД Украины опровергает причастность военных страны к обстрелу Донецка BFM.Ru Украинский МИД опровергает причастность украинских военных к обстрелу Донецка, сообщает ТАСС с...
» Russia, Brazil Mistakes Show How Inflation Can Still Arise - Wall Street Journal (blog)
04/05/15 15:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Wall Street Journal (blog) Russia , Brazil Mistakes Show How Inflation Can Still Arise Wall Street Journal (blog) Russia and Brazil's governments both must take action to inspire conf...
» Thousands Of Moldovans Protest Over Missing Bank Funds
04/05/15 15:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Thousands have protested in the streets of the capital of Moldova over the disappearance of $1 billion -- about one-fifth of the country's gross domestic product -- from ...
» 'Italy can't afford to close doors to Russia' – Italian Foreign Minister - RT
04/05/15 15:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. RT 'Italy can't afford to close doors to Russia ' – Italian Foreign Minister RT Italian Foreign Minister Paolo Gentiloni has said that “Italy can't afford to close the doors to Russia...
» David Cameron and Ed Miliband Enter Final Straight in British Election
04/05/15 15:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. Mr. Cameron, the Conservative leader, and Mr. Miliband, Labour’s leader, have pulled their parties back to the past in a personal and often poisonous campaign.
» Long Before British Vote, Financiers Weigh In
04/05/15 15:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. No political party has done more for hedge funds and bankers recently than Britain’s Conservatives, and the party in turn has been well rewarded.
» 13 тысяч военнослужащих примут участие в учениях «Еж 2015» на территории Эстонии - Комсомольская правда
04/05/15 15:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Зеркало недели 13 тысяч военнослужащих примут участие в учениях «Еж 2015» на территории Эстонии Комсомольская правда В Эстонии начинаются военные учения Siil 2015 - "Еж 2015&q...
» Ukraine Live Day 440: More Heavy Fighting in Donetsk, More Heavy Weaponry in Lugansk
04/05/15 15:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here . An archive of our liveblogs can be found here . For an overview and analysis of this developing story s...
» Russian Economy May Be Stumbling Back To Its Feet - OilPrice.com
04/05/15 15:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Daily Star Russian Economy May Be Stumbling Back To Its Feet OilPrice.com The Bank of Russia has cut interest rates for the third time so far this year, reinforcing forecasts by s...
» Two Gunmen Killed Outside US Muhammad Cartoon Contest
04/05/15 15:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Police in the southern U.S. state of Texas killed two men they said began shooting at a school security officer late Sunday outside the site of a contest for cartoons depicting Islam's Pr...
» Украинские военные не намерены отводить войска из Широкино - Коммерсантъ
04/05/15 15:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Lenta.ru Украинские военные не намерены отводить войска из Широкино Коммерсантъ Руководство спецоперации в Донбассе не собирается отводить войска из Широкино под Мариуполем. Об это...
» ДНР объявила о встрече контактной группы в Минске 6 мая - РБК
04/05/15 15:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. РБК ДНР объявила о встрече контактной группы в Минске 6 мая РБК Очередные мирные переговоры по Украине пройдут в Минске 6 мая, сообщил представитель ДНР в контактной группе Денис П...
» Did Kim Jong-un snub Putin because Russia refused to sell him anti-aircraft missiles?
04/05/15 15:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russian news, all the latest and breaking Russia news. Russia apparently refused request to sell 1970s-era weaponry to North Korean regime regime*
» Did Kim Jong-un snub Putin because Russia refused to sell him anti-aircraft ... - Telegraph.co.uk
04/05/15 15:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. Telegraph.co.uk Did Kim Jong-un snub Putin because Russia refused to sell him anti-aircraft ... Telegraph.co.uk It is not clear what North Korea was offering in return for the missile...
» Ukraine Live Day 441: Shelling of Donetsk ‘As Intense as Before February Ceasefire’
04/05/15 15:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. Yesterday’s live coverage of the Ukraine conflict can be found here . An archive of our liveblogs can be found here . For an overview and analysis of this developing s...
» An Uphill Campaign in Norway to Promote LSD as a Human Right
04/05/15 15:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Europe. An advocacy group wants to manufacture psychedelic drugs to prove they are safe and beneficial, part of a global movement to revise drug policies set decades ago.
» Возле территориальных вод Латвии зафиксирована российская эскадра - Ведомости
04/05/15 15:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from В мире – Новости Google. Ведомости Возле территориальных вод Латвии зафиксирована российская эскадра Ведомости Вооруженные силы Латвии в ночь на воскресенье идентифицировали у границ страны российские воен...
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04/05/15 15:29 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . The current House defense authorization bill is targeting Russia ’s aggressive information warfare operations in Ukraine , along with propaganda activities by Islamist terrorists. The House Armed Servic...
» Introduces $30 Million Bill To Finance Counter Campaigns Against Russia And ISIS
04/05/15 15:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from International Business Times AU. The U.S. has admitted that it is lagging behind Russia when it comes to information and propaganda war. As a remedy to it, the U.S. law makers have now introduced a new bil...
» Finnish military reaches out to reservists, denies Russia link - Yahoo News
04/05/15 15:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. International Business Times AU Finnish military reaches out to reservists, denies Russia link Yahoo News But the move also comes at a time when Russian air force sorties, spy accusat...
» Suicide Bomber Dies in Attack on Syria Military Site
04/05/15 15:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A small group of insurgents, including a suicide bomber, carried out an attack in Damascus on Monday targeting a Syrian military logistics and supply facility, militants and activists sai...
» Belarus Rights Record Criticized At UN
04/05/15 15:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Diplomats at a UN review of Belarus's rights record have urged authorities in Minsk to ensure free and fair elections and decried an "atmosphere of intimidation."
» Wars' Legacy Endures for Belarus City
04/05/15 15:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > Russia. Politics again weighs on the memory of armed conflict in Europe.
» Campaign Raises Money to 'Uncuff' Journalists
04/05/15 15:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. Beginning Sunday – World Press Freedom Day – the Committee to Protect Journalists, a private U.S. group, is launching a campaign to bring attention to their plight and encourage efforts t...
» When History Rhymes: Putin’s Ideological Crusade
04/05/15 15:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from The InterpreterThe Interpreter. One of my colleagues once remarked that Russia is what the French anthropologist Claude Levi-Strauss called a frozen culture. This does not mean that Russian history merely ...
» Russia looks to the war to rekindle pride
04/05/15 15:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Europe News. Victory Day helps unite a nation struggling to define its identity since fall of the Soviet Union
» Belarusian Opposition Figure Faces More Hard Time
04/05/15 15:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Alleged rules violations at a penal colony have jailed Belarusian opposition politician Mikalay Statkevich facing a return to maximum-security prison.
» Russia: the unsustainable superpower
04/05/15 15:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia | The Guardian. As Russia’s economy shrinks, will sustainability end up even further on the backburner? Brazil struggles with drought and pollution as the Olympics loom large China makes strides wit...
» Russia: the unsustainable superpower - The Guardian
04/05/15 15:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Russia - Google News. The Guardian Russia : the unsustainable superpower The Guardian The country's infrastructure, building and manufacturing stock all suffer from extreme energy inefficiency: a recent Wo...
» No One Jailed In Iran For Their Opinions? Many Take To Social Media To Disagree
04/05/15 15:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. While Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif believes Iran does not jail people for their opinions, many disagree with his assessment.
» The ISIS boy 'executioner': Terror group releases chilling new video appearing to show teenager shooting alleged Iraqi spy
04/05/15 15:13 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Slickly edited footage shows the teenager, of Western appearance, loading a handgun then appearing to shoot the victim, who is accused of spying for the Iraqi army.
» Sleepwalking is in the genes: Children are SEVEN times more likely to stroll at night if their parents do
04/05/15 15:12 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Researchers from the Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal analysed sleep data from a group of 1,940 children. Sleep terrors and sleepwalking were assessed through questionnaires.
» The Latest on Texas attack: FBI searches 2nd Phoenix vehicle
04/05/15 15:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 2 p.m. EDT. 11:45 a.m. CDT...
» Police officer 'probably saved lives' in Texas shootings – video
04/05/15 15:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Police planned security for months before a Texas exhibit of caricatures of the Prophet Mohammad, where two men who fired at a police car were shot dead by police, police...
» Skelos surrenders to face corruption charges - The Daily Gazette
04/05/15 15:11 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. The Daily Gazette Skelos surrenders to face corruption charges The Daily Gazette New York Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos arrives at FBI offices, Monday, May 4, 2015, in New Y...
» House Judiciary Committee schedules hearing on police conduct - Lauren French
04/05/15 14:54 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from POLITICO - TOP Stories. Getty The House Judiciary Committee will hold a hearing later this month focused on police accountability and attacks on law enforcement after a week of protests in Baltimore follow...
» A Bill’s Surveillance Limits - NYTimes.com
04/05/15 14:52 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Bipartisan legislation passed by the House Judiciary Committee would reauthorize mass surveillance programs revealed by the former National Security Agency contractor Edward J. Snowden, but impose new limits ...
» FBI: More million-dollar gold bars, stolen in highway heist, may be in Miami
04/05/15 14:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . It’s not exactly Fort Knox — not even close. But an acre-sized white building in an Opa-locka industrial district boasts of being among the largest precious-metal refineries in the world. And now,...
» FBI replies to Stingray Freedom of Information request with 5,000 blank pages
04/05/15 14:51 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Boing Boing. The Stingray -- a fake cellphone tower that gathers identity/location information on everyone who passes it -- is the worst-kept secret in law enforcement, but that doesn't stop feds from goin...
» ‘It’s Ridiculous and Enough Is Enough’: Fed-Up Former FBI Official Chews Out Baltimore Protesters for ‘Basically Advocating Anarchy’ | Video
04/05/15 14:49 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TheBlaze.com - Blog. Tom Fuentes, a former FBI assistant director and former police officer, chewed out Baltimore protesters and city officials during an on-camera interview at a rally Saturday. Tom Fuente...
» ‘Well known by FBI’: Suspect in Garland shooting ID’d as Elton Simpson; Update
04/05/15 14:48 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Twitchy. ABC News is reporting this morning that one of the two gunman shot last night in Garland, Texas has been identified as Elton Simpson, a many previously investigated by the FBI for links to te...
» The US opens up on its use of phone surveillance hardware
04/05/15 14:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Engadget RSS Feed. It seems as if we're not alone in thinking that America's spies may have trodden on a few too many civil liberties of late. That's why senior officials at the Justice Department are call...
» Dean Skelos, New York Senate Leader, and Son Are Arrested on Corruption Charges
04/05/15 14:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Continue reading the main story Dean G. Skelos, the leader of the New York State Senate, and his son were arrested on Monday morning by federal authorities on extortion, fraud and bribe solicitation charges, ...
» Dean Skelos - Google Search
04/05/15 14:43 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Search Results In the news Dean Skelos, New York Senate Leader, and Son Are Arrested on Corruption Charges New York Times ‎ - 4 hours ago Dean G. Skelos , the leader of the New York State Senate, and hi...
» New York Senate leader taken into custody by FBI in corruption case
04/05/15 14:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Business Insider. AP Photo/Mike Groll Senate Republican leader Dean Skelos, R-Rockville Centre, talking about the state budget with the media at the state Capitol on in Albany, N.Y. NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ne...
» FBI Issues $3 million Bounty for Russian Hacker
04/05/15 14:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from IBTimes.co.uk : Top News. A $3 million reward for information on the FBI's most wanted cyber criminal was issued in Washington yesterday. 31-year-old Evgeniy Mikhailovich Bogachev is alleged to have coordi...
» Netanyahu whose Ethiopian Jewish soldier whose beating by police sparked violent unrest in Israel
04/05/15 13:46 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. Prime Minister met Israeli soldier Damas Pakada day after Tel Aviv unrest Footage of his beating by two policeman brought thousands of protesters onto the streets over perceived police ...
» RFERL Video Roundup, May 4, 2015 - YouTube
04/05/15 12:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on May 4, 2015 Protests after a billion dollars vanish from banks in Moldova, a new trial for prominent imprisoned opposition leader in Belarus, a suicide bomber targets a busload of government empl...
» Barracking Barack: Obama accused of leaving 'mess' for next president - YouTube
04/05/15 12:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on May 4, 2015 US President Barack Obama is counting down the months until he leaves office. At last month's star-studded Correspondents Dinner he entertained guests with an array of jokes about his...
» Two gunmen are shot dead outside an anti-Islam art show in Texas - YouTube
04/05/15 12:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story . Published on May 3, 2015 Two gunmen have been shot dead in a shooting incident in Texas. The men had opened fire outside the Curtis Culwell Center in the city of Garland where an anti-Islam art exhibition was...
» Buff German man, 21, is this year’s Mr. Gay World winner
04/05/15 11:42 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top News. Share this URL Here he comes, Mr. Gay World! The muscular 21-year-old from Germany, Klaus Burkart, is this year’s winner of the all-male competition held in South Africa. The big win for Bu...
» Buff German man, 21, is this year's Mr. Gay World winner - New York Daily News
04/05/15 11:41 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from world - Google News. New York Daily News Buff German man, 21, is this year's Mr. Gay World winner New York Daily News Here he comes, Mr. Gay World ! The muscular 21-year-old from Germany, Klaus Burkart, is...
» Ex-C.I.A. Official Rebuts Republican Claims on Benghazi Attack in ‘The Great War of Our Time’
04/05/15 11:40 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. Michael J. Morell says there is “no evidence” to support the charge that “there was a conspiracy between C.I.A. and the White House to spin the Benghazi story.”
» Margaret and the problems of being the 'spare' Princess
04/05/15 11:39 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. What happened to Princess Margaret is a salutary lesson in the problems that can befall the throne's 'spare' — as opposed to its heir.
» DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Miliband and his 8ft monument to hubris
04/05/15 11:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from News | Mail Online. DAILY MAIL COMMENT: Even by the standards of Ed Miliband, a politician who cannot eat a bacon sandwich and falls off the stage during a live election debate, yesterday was beyond satire.
» In Baltimore, National Guard Pullout Begins as Citywide Curfew Is Lifted - New York Times
04/05/15 11:38 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. New York Times In Baltimore, National Guard Pullout Begins as Citywide Curfew Is Lifted New York Times BALTIMORE — In a pair of gestures on Sunday that suggested that this riot-scarred...
» Gunmen Killed Outside Muhammad Cartoon Contest
04/05/15 11:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Authorities near Authorities near the southern U.S. city of Dallas say two armed men have been shot dead after opening fire outside of a contest for cartoon depictions of...
» Ethiopian Israelis clash with police as anti-racism rally turns violent
04/05/15 11:37 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Tensions boil over in central Tel Aviv on Sunday after footage emerged last week of an Ethiopian Israeli in an army uniform being beaten by police Police on horseback charged ...
» No Progress At Taliban, Afghan Talks
04/05/15 11:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Afghan government officials and members of the Taliban have held two days of talks in Doha.
» Iran Nuclear Talks Open a Tangled Path to Ending Syria’s War
04/05/15 11:36 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. World leaders are linking the nuclear talks with Iran to the possibility for peace in Syria, but Staffan de Mistura, the United Nations envoy who is pursuing a resolution, has a loud chorus...
» Ex-CIA Official: Republicans Politicized Benghazi
04/05/15 11:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Voice of America. A former CIA deputy director has written in a new book that Republicans rapeatedly distorted the agency's analysis of the Benghazi attack in 2012, it has been reported. Michael Morell sai...
» China's Xi calls for "equal" political talks with Taiwan
04/05/15 11:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BEIJING (Reuters) - Chinese President Xi Jinping offered the head of Taiwan's ruling Nationalist Party on Monday "equal" talks to resolve their political differences, but only if Taiwa...
» Texas police shoot dead two gunmen at exhibit of Prophet Mohammad cartoons - Reuters
04/05/15 11:35 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Reuters Texas police shoot dead two gunmen at exhibit of Prophet Mohammad cartoons Reuters GARLAND, Texas (Reuters) - Texas police shot dead two gunmen who opened fire on Sunday outsid...
» NYPD arrest retraining: 'Talking people into their cuffs'
04/05/15 11:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 10:20 a.m. EDT. NEW YORK (AP) -- Two New York City cops approach a gray sedan with a suspected drunken driver slumped over the wheel. They ask him to get out, and that's when the troubl...
» Former CIA deputy director says US misjudged Al Qaeda's resurgence after bin ... - Fox News
04/05/15 11:34 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. Fox News Former CIA deputy director says US misjudged Al Qaeda's resurgence after bin ... Fox News A forthcoming book by the former deputy director of the Central Intelligence Ag...
» GOP field grows: Fiorina, Carson to launch presidential bids
04/05/15 11:33 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 10:20 a.m. EDT. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former technology executive Carly Fiorina and retired neurosurgeon Ben Carson are set to launch their runs for president on Monday, each with the pote...
» Win or lose, Cameron's political career hangs by a thread
04/05/15 11:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. LONDON (Reuters) - Prime Minister David Cameron is Britain's most popular major party leader and his Conservative Party the most trusted on the economy after helping revive it. But win...
» Column Of Heavy Weapons Drives Through Donetsk
04/05/15 11:32 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. At around 1 p.m. At around 13:00 local time on May 3, a column of six Ural trucks pulling howitzers was were filmed driving through central Donetsk, heading toward toward...
» China's Xi To Visit Russia, Kazakhstan, And Belarus
04/05/15 11:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. Chinese President Xi Jinping is due to visit Russia, Kazakhstan, and Belarus on an upcoming trip.
» Obama presidential legacy begins to take shape
04/05/15 11:31 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 10:20 a.m. EDT. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Piece by piece, President Barack Obama is trying to build the foundation for the legacy he wants to leave, putting in place decisions that will reverb...
» Nepal Urges Foreign Rescue Workers in Capital to Return Home
04/05/15 11:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from TIME. (KATHMANDU) — Nepal’s government urged foreign rescue workers in the quake-hit capital to return home Monday as hundreds of people visited Buddhist shrines and monasteries to mark the birthday of Gau...
» Suicide bombing hits Syrian capital in possible assassination attempt - Fox News
04/05/15 11:28 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World - Google News. Al-Bawaba Suicide bombing hits Syrian capital in possible assassination attempt Fox News DAMASCUS, Syria – An activist group and a state-owned Syrian TV station say a suicide bomber ha...
» Israeli protest turns violent
04/05/15 11:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from CNN.com - World. A protest in Tel Aviv over alleged police mistreatment of Ethiopian Jews turned violent . CNN's Oren Liebermann reports.
» Israeli guards shoot Palestinian attacker in Jerusalem: police
04/05/15 11:27 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. JERUSALEM (Reuters) - Israeli security guards shot and wounded a Palestinian who tried to stab one of them on Monday at a light railway station in Israeli-occupied East Jerusalem, poli...
» Violent clashes in Tel Aviv during anti-racism rally - video
04/05/15 11:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World news + Video | The Guardian. Israeli riot police used tear gas and water canon in violent clashes on the streets of Tel Aviv on Sunday night. The violence broke out during an anti-racism rally by Eth...
» Ed Miliband urges voters to focus on big issues
04/05/15 11:26 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Labour leader says election is choice between running the country for the rich and powerful or putting working people first Ed Miliband has urged voters to think about the big...
» NYPD officer shot in the head remains critical but stable - seattlepi.com
04/05/15 11:25 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. seattlepi.com NYPD officer shot in the head remains critical but stable seattlepi.com NEW YORK (AP) — An NYPD police officer remains in critical but stable condition two days aft...
» Bill Clinton Defends His Foundation's Foreign Money - NBCNews.com
04/05/15 11:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. NBCNews.com Bill Clinton Defends His Foundation's Foreign Money NBCNews.com Bill Clinton says he has no regrets about taking millions in foreign cash for his foundation — even th...
» Israeli President Says Jewish Ethiopian Protest Exposes 'Wound'
04/05/15 11:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Israel’s ceremonial president said that an outbreak of violent protests by Ethiopian Jews has “exposed an open, bleeding wound in the heart of Israeli society” and that the country mus...
» Tehran stock exchange prepares for flood of foreign investment
04/05/15 11:24 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from World News. Bourse on alert for end of sanctions if nuclear deal is signed
» Syrian Forces Kill Attackers in Damascus
04/05/15 11:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from NYT > World. One armed man blew himself up, state news outlets reported, in a type of clash that remains rare in the capital even after over more than four years of war.
» Tajikistan Jails 10 As Members Of Banned Islamic Group
04/05/15 11:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Radio Free Europe / Radio Liberty. A court in the Sughd region of northern Tajikistan has sentenced 10 local men to 8 1/2 years in jail each after convicting them of being members of a banned Islamic group.
» Czech President: ISIS Is Greater Threat Than Russia
04/05/15 11:23 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from WSJ.com: World News. Islamist terrorism poses a greater threat to Europe’s security than Russia’s belligerence over eastern Ukraine, Czech President Milos Zeman said.
» Bill Clinton: Foundation has done nothing wrong
04/05/15 11:22 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from AP Top Headlines At 10:20 a.m. EDT. WASHINGTON (AP) -- Former President Bill Clinton defended his family's charitable foundation, saying there's nothing "sinister" about getting wealthy people to spend the...
» NATO starts anti submarine exercise in North Sea as tension with Russia rise
04/05/15 11:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. ABOARD THE USS VICKSBURG, North Sea (Reuters) - NATO launched one of its biggest-ever anti-submarine exercises in the North Sea on Monday, inviting non-member Sweden for the first time...
» Merkel defends German intelligence cooperation with NSA
04/05/15 11:21 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Reuters: World News. BERLIN (Reuters) - Chancellor Angela Merkel defended Germany's BND intelligence agency against accusations that it violated laws by helping the United States spy on officials and firms...
» Texas attack on Muhammad cartoon event rattles Muslim community
04/05/15 11:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Network Front | The Guardian. Attack on event hosted by anti-Islam group in which two gunmen killed by police the latest in a series of incidents involving US Muslim communities Two unnamed gunmen were kil...
» Aurora theater shooting trial begins second week of testimony - The Denver Post
04/05/15 11:20 from Mike Nova's Shared Newslinks
mikenova shared this story from Top Stories - Google News. U-T San Diego Aurora theater shooting trial begins second week of testimony The Denver Post It is a wet and rainy morning outside Arapahoe County Justice Center, in Centennial, b...


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POLITICS F.B.I. Evidence Is Often Mishandled, an Internal Inquiry Finds By  MATT APUZZO  and  MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT DEC. 19, 2014 Photo The J. Edgar Hoover F.B.I. building in Washington. Auditors have found many problems with how the bureau handles evidence.   Credit Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times Continue reading the main story Continue reading the main story Share This Page Email Share Tweet Save More Continue reading the main story F.B.I.  agents in every region of the country have mishandled, mislabeled and lost evidence, according to a highly critical internal investigation that discovered errors with nearly half the pieces of evidence it reviewed. The evidence collection and retention system is the backbone of the  F.B.I. ’s investigative process, and the report said it is beset by problems. It also found that the F.B.I. was storing more weapons, less money and valuables, and two tons more drugs than its records...
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