The U.S. Army is trying to find 14,000 rounds of ammunition missing from Fort Bragg, North Carolina. It was under the control of the 1st Brigade Combat Team, 82nd Airborne Division.
The ammo is .223 caliber (5.56mm), used in the M16 and M4 weapons.
3,500 people were placed on lockdown after a tip to Fort Bragg leadership. The 1st Brigade Combat Team is also known as “Devils in Baggy Pants”.
The Idaho State Board of Education unanimously decided to pursue the possibility of making online classes mandatory for graduation from High School.
The board is considering requiring two credits to be taking online. If it becomes reality, it would make Idaho the first state to require two online credits.
The Idaho State Board of Education is planning a 21 day comment period before making a final decision. State officials say despite the 21 day comment period, they will probably approve the plan anyway.
The U.S. Department of Agriculture says 14.5% of U.S. households don’t have enough food (food insecure). That’s based on data for 2010, the number is little changed from 2009.
Of the 17.2 million households without enough food, about half (59%) get help from government programs.
There are 6.4 million households experiencing ‘very low food security’. Very low food security means: “…food intake of some household members was reduced and normal eating patterns were disrupted due to limited resources.”-USDA, report summary
“I’m looking for a quiet, calm, sane, civilized society to start the next phase of my life.”-Michael, from Michigan
Canadian officials say the number of U.S. citizens applying for temporary work visas doubled between 2008 and 2010.
Since the beginning of 2010 nearly 30,000 U.S. citizens moved to Canada, they make up the second-largest group of temporary workers in Canada, behind only Filipinos.
Reports from Washington DC: Hillary Clinton has called the Egyptian Foreign Minister to remind him of Egypt’s duty to obey the Vienna Convention. That convention relates to the protection of diplomatic buildings.
Also, Leon Panetta has talked the Israeli Defense Minister, who has demanded the United States defend the Israeli embassy in Egypt.
Live video, 04:00 Egyptian time, shows police vans trying to run over “Correcting the Path” protestors, in another live video it looks like protestors have riot police backed into a corner.
Police admit they are using live bullets.
Health officials say more than 520 people wounded. Most of the wounded coming from the areas around the Security Police HQ, and the now former Israeli embassy.
Many protestors say nothing had changed after the downfall of Mubarak, the pro-U.S. military government continued the same policies.
Egyptians have broken through part of a wall built around the Israeli embassy. Latest reports say protestors have torn down the Israeli flag.
Unnamed Egyptian security officials say the building which houses both residential apartments and the Israeli embassy, has been stormed by at least 30 protestors.
The protestors have ransacked offices and are throwing documents printed in Hebrew out the windows. Reporters have tried contacting Israeli officials in the embassy, but no one is answering the phones.
Egyptians are still angry about Israel killing at least eight Egyptian border patrol troops last month. Egyptians are also accusing the pro-U.S. military rulers of Egypt of being puppets of Israel.
The unincorporated U.S. territory of Puetro Rico, has one of the worst police violence records in the United States, that’s according to the U.S. Department of Justice.
The DoJ report accuses the Puerto Rico Police Department of regularly: “…using force, including deadly force, when no force or lesser force was called for.”
The DoJ report says police officials reasons for the violence does not justify it: “Puerto Rico officials maintain that drug trafficking and social deterioration are fueling the wave of violent crime. However, increasing crime cannot be used to justify continued civil rights violations or the failure to implement meaningful reforms.”
One problem identified in the report was the use of swat teams for standard community policing. Puerto Rico has the second largest police force in in the United States.
“This was not a deliberate act. The employee was just switching out a piece of equipment that was problematic.”-Daniel Froetscher, Arizona Public Service
At least 2.5 million people in the U.S. and Mexico, lost power because of maintenance at a Yuma, Arizona, substation.
Around 15:30 September 8, monitoring equipment was replaced. That caused power to go out for about 56,000 customers. Ten minutes later, after an attempt to restore power, the lights went out for 2.5 million customers from Yuma, Arizona, to San Diego, California, to Tijuana, Baja California.
Apparently circuits were shorted out. Power company officials are trying to find out why such actions would have created a “cascade” effect along the power grid.
The power outage also shut down the San Onofre nuclear plant, and caused a 3.2-million gallon sewage spill San Diego beaches.
On September 7, moderator Brian Williams opened up a question for Governor Perry by first reminding him that his state has executed 234 men under his watch, a bodycount much greater than any other governor, but before Williams could get to his question, the crowd broke into applause to laud Perry for his accomplishment.
“Have you struggled to sleep at night with the idea that any one of those might have been innocent?” Williams asked Perry.
“No sir,” responded the ‘christian’ governor Rick Perry, “I’ve never struggled with that at all.”
Now realize that Texas has executed innocent people! Which makes these Texas ‘christians’ even more sick in the head!
Other Texans are going to make sure everyone knows that innocent people have been executed under ‘christian’ Rick Perry’s watch: The 12th Annual March to Abolish the Death Penalty is October 22, in Austin at the Texas Capitol.