LONG BEACH (CBS SF) – Speaking from the prestigious TED Conference in Long Beach Wednesday, Sausalito activist Stewart Brand said scientists are developing the ability to reassemble an extinct animal’s genome, and even recreate the animal itself. Brand, who gained fame after he campaigned to have the original NASA space photos of earth published, and subsequently created the Whole Earth Catalog, said Wednes ...

Designated terrorist group Hamas has warned President Obama against visiting the holy Temple Mount site in Jerusalem when he visits Israel next month, saying the action would be “a diplomatic catastrophe.” Mr. Obama hasn’t confirmed a visit to the Temple Mount. But Muslim leaders have heard rumors and have issued a blunt statement nonetheless, The Times of Israel reports. Hamas said a visit by Mr. Obama to ...

New Senate bill imposes punishment for “trafficking” firearm to “prohibited person” Paul Joseph Watson Infowars.com March 1, 2013 A draconian new gun control bill in the US Senate could see people who unknowingly sell guns to pot smokers be sent to jail for up to 20 years. Gun Show. Image: Wikimedia Commons S. 54, or the Stop Illegal Trafficking in Firearms Act, introduced by Judiciary Committee Chairman Pa ...

At midnight tonight, a bevy of steep spending cuts will hit the federal government unless Congress and the White House agree to an alternative deficit-cutting proposal. Although the national media has been relentlessly focused on this deadline, Mayor Michael Bloomberg said it will only affect New York City if the so-called “sequestration” continues for a significant length of time. “It depends on how long,” ...

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There is a media blackout on the lawsuit journalist Tangerine Bolen and seven other plaintiffs against Barack Obama’s National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA). Bolen, Executive Director of STOPNDAA.org, says that th NDAA has been called the death of our republican form of government. Gary Franchi of Next News Network, who interviewed Bolen today, reports, “It contains a provision allowing the president to ...

Abby Martin talks to Christian Stork of WhoWhatWhy.org about the case of online activist, Barrett Brown, and US government's fixation on preemptive prosecution of anyone exposing government wrongdoing. ...

JASPER COUNTY - State police discovered hundreds of thousands of dollars during a traffic stop in Jasper County Thursday. Senior Trooper Aaron Trammel stopped a 2013 Chevrolet Tahoe for traffic violations on I-65 northbound at the 225 mile marker. Trammel became suspicious of possible drug activity while talking with the driver of the car, 30-year-old Charles Allen and his passenger, 26-year-old Sivon Smith ...

A Texas high-school student is suing her local school district after she was punished for refusing to stand and recite Mexico's pledge of allegiance as part of a Spanish class assignment. The lawsuit charges that the McAllen Independent School District violated 15-year-old Brenda Brindson’s constitutional guarantees when her Spanish teacher required her to recite the Mexican pledge and sing its national ant ...

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