All posts for the month February, 2012
Ear Therapy: “Doctor’s Advocate” by The Game featuring Busta Rhymes
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on February 29, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/02/29/ear-therapy-doctors-advocate-by-the-game-featuring-busta-rhymes/
North Korea agrees to halt nuclear programme in exchange for US aid | World news | guardian.co.uk
North Korea has agreed to suspend nuclear missile tests and uranium enrichment, and submit to international monitoring, in return for US food aid. Washington described the deal, which breaks with the US’s previous assertion that large-scale deliveries of food are not tied to North Korea curbing its nuclear programme, as “important, if limited”. Under the [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on February 29, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/02/29/north-korea-agrees-to-halt-nuclear-programme-in-exchange-for-us-aid-world-news-guardian-co-uk/
Syrian troops ‘mop up’ resistance in Homs; Bombardment strikes opposition
By AL ARABIYA WITH AGENCIES Syrian ground forces have continued their offensive on the rebel city of Homs, mopping up the last pockets of resistance, a security source said on Wednesday, as the army bombardment resulted in a wounded opposition member. Soldiers shot and wounded a member of the Syrian National Council, the country’s largest [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on February 29, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/02/29/syrian-troops-mop-up-resistance-in-homs-bombardment-strikes-opposition/
BBC News – Syria unrest: Death toll passes 7,500, UN says
More than 7,500 people have died in Syria since security forces launched a crackdown on dissent last March, a senior United Nations official says. Under-Secretary-General for political affairs Lynn Pascoe said there were “credible reports” the toll often exceeded 100 civilian deaths per day. Syrian forces pounded residential areas in Homs and elsewhere, on Tuesday, [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on February 28, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/02/28/bbc-news-syria-unrest-death-toll-passes-7500-un-says/
Stocks: Dow closes above 13,000 – Feb. 28, 2012
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — U.S. stocks closed at multi-year highs, as investors weighed a small pullback in oil prices and improving consumer confidence against a worse-than-expected drop in durable goods orders. The Dow Jones industrial average (INDU) closed above 13,000 for the first time since May 19, 2008, after narrowly missing that finish line for [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on February 28, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/02/28/stocks-dow-closes-above-13000-feb-28-2012/
Death of 10-year-old involved in school fight declared a homicide – CNN.com
Los Angeles (CNN) — Officials have ruled the death of a 10-year-old girl who got into a fight last week to be a homicide, authorities said Monday. Joanna Ramos, a fifth-grade student at Willard Elementary School, died of blunt force trauma to the head six hours after an altercation with a female classmate that lasted [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on February 28, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/02/28/death-of-10-year-old-involved-in-school-fight-declared-a-homicide-cnn-com/
Israel won’t warn U.S. before pre-emptive strike against Iran’s nuclear facilities
By Al Arabiya with Agencies Israeli officials say they won’t warn the U.S. if they decide to launch a pre-emptive strike against Iranian nuclear facilities, according to one U.S. intelligence official familiar with the discussions. The pronouncement, delivered in a series of private, top-level conversations, sets a tense tone ahead of meetings in the coming [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on February 28, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/02/28/israel-wont-warn-u-s-before-pre-emptive-strike-against-irans-nuclear-facilities/
Daytona 500 halted by fiery jet drier explosion – ESPN
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. — The Daytona 500 has been halted by a fiery explosion caused when Juan Pablo Montoya slammed into a jet dryer under caution. It’s the latest mess to hamper NASCAR’s season-opening race. Montoya was driving well behind the rest of the field when something on his car broke, and he started sliding [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on February 27, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/02/27/daytona-500-halted-by-fiery-jet-drier-explosion-espn/
White House, NSA weigh cybersecurity, personal privacy – The Washington Post
By Ellen Nakashima, Updated: Monday, February 27, 3:06 PM The National Security Agency has pushed repeatedly over the past year to expand its role in protecting private-sector computer networks from cyberattacks but has been rebuffed by the White House, largely because of privacy concerns, according to administration officials and internal documents. The most contentious issue [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on February 27, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/02/27/white-house-nsa-weigh-cybersecurity-personal-privacy-the-washington-post/
Yemen’s Saleh formally steps down after 33 years at helm, hands over power to Hadi
By Al Arabiya with Agencies Yemen’s former president Ali Abdullah Saleh backed his successor Abdurabuh Mansur Hadi and said that the fight against al-Qaeda should continue. “I hand over the banner of revolution… to safe hands,” said Saleh, the fourth veteran Arab leader to fall in just over a year, standing beside Hadi. Saleh urged [...]
Posted by Evan Trowbridge on February 27, 2012
http://evantrowbridge.com/2012/02/27/yemens-saleh-formally-steps-down-after-33-years-at-helm-hands-over-power-to-hadi/
