The Final Hour: April 2014

Email Shows White House Planned Benghazi Video Deception

The email is black-and-white evidence of deception and spin by top White House officials, who have denied since shortly after the 2012 attack that they tried to portray it as an out-of-control protest. In fact, the Cairo demonstration — which was not blocked by the Obama-supported Muslim Brotherhood government of Egypt — was organized to demand the release of a jihadi locked up in a U.S. jail.

Read More: http://dailycaller.com/2014/04/29/email-shows-white-house-planned-benghazi-video-deception/

Small Earthquake Recorded Near Enid

According to the U.S. Geological Survey, a 3.1 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 2:48 a.m. Its epicenter was located 13 miles north, northeast of Enid, 39 miles west, southwest of Ponca City, 50 miles northwest of Stillwater, and 76 miles north of Oklahoma City.

Read More: http://www.news9.com/story/25388363/small-earthquake-recorded-near-enid

Solar eclipse set to cast its shadow

Australian star-gazers will be treated to a rare celestial spectacle from late Tuesday afternoon, as an annular solar eclipse casts its shadow across the land down under. Perth will be the first to welcome what will be seen here as a partial eclipse at 1.17pm, followed by Adelaide (3.25pm), Hobart (3.51pm), Melbourne (3.58pm), Canberra (4.08pm), Sydney (4.14pm) and Darwin (4.21pm).

Read More: http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/technology/sci-tech/solar-eclipse-set-to-cast-its-shadow-20140429-zr155.html

Ukraine crisis: Mayor of second city Gennady Kernes fights for life after murder attempt is blamed on Kremlin

The day began with the police station and administration building Konstantinovska being overrun; next the airport at Kramatorsk was attacked with rocket propelled grenades and then the mayor of Kharkiv was shot in the back. It ended in a vicious ambush on a demonstration in Donetsk. While America and the European Union impose new sanctions on Russia, violence and turmoil continues unabated in eastern Ukraine.

Read More: http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/ukraine-crisis-mayor-of-second-city-gennady-kernes-fights-for-his-life-after-assassination-attempt-blamed-on-kremlin-9299210.html

Report: Pentagon to destroy $1B in ammo

It's impossible to know what portion of the arsenal slated for destruction — valued at $1.2 billion by the Pentagon — remains viable because the Defense Department's inventory systems can't share data effectively, according to a Government Accountability Office report obtained by USA TODAY. The result: potential waste of unknown value.

Read More: http://www.armytimes.com/article/20140428/NEWS05/304280015

Filipino Protesters Burn Effigy of Barack Obama to Protest New Defense Deal

"No-bama, no bases, no war," chanted an angry crowd of protesters in Manila Monday, infuriated by a ten-year defense deal in which the United States promised support for the Filipino army in the event of any dispute with the country's neighbors growing violent.

Read More: http://www.breitbart.com/Big-Peace/2014/04/28/Filipino-Protesters-Burn-Effigy-of-Barack-Obama-To-Protest-New-Defense-Deal

Israeli Institute Prepares Priests for Jerusalem's Third Temple

Rabbis and experts, including Rabbi Yisrael Ariel, the head of the Temple Institute in the Old City of Jerusalem, the leading body preparing for the establishment of the third temple, will teach the audience the laws of the Passover sacrifice. Alongside Ariel, the ritual slaughterer (shohet) Rabbi Yehudah Giatt will teach the audience about the unique elements of the slaughter of the Passover sacrifice. After the lessons, the real thing will start: the simulation of the Passover sacrifice.

Read More: http://www.usnews.com/news/articles/2014/04/10/israeli-institute-prepares-priests-for-jerusalems-third-temple

Wyoming gas plant explosion sends entire town fleeing

A gas explosion at a processing plant in southwesters Wyoming sent an entire town into evacuation mode and on Thursday, emergency responders were will waiting for the fire to burn itself out.

Read more: http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/apr/24/wyoming-gas-plant-explosion-sends-entire-town-flee/#ixzz2zo9CfCHd

Hospital Attack Kills 3 US Doctors in Afghan Capital

An Afghan security guard has opened fire at a hospital in Kabul, killing three American doctors, in the latest attack on foreigners in Afghanistan.

Thursday's attack took place at a hospital run by the U.S.-based Christian charity CURE International. In a brief statement on Twitter, the U.S. Embassy said with "great sadness, we can confirm that three Americans were killed in the attack on CURE hospital."

Read More: http://www.voanews.com/content/hospital-attack-kills-3-us-doctors-in-afghan-capital/1900108.html

IRS gives free pass to famous Obama leftist group

On Monday, USA Today published an IRS document confirming that in February the IRS revoked the tax-exempt status for the Patrick Henry Center for Individual Liberty, a small, conservative group founded in 1997 and based in Manassas, Va., that had operated for years as a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt organization. The center advertises itself as “committed to fostering, promoting, and advocating the restoration of Liberty as the primary object of American society.”

Read More: http://www.wnd.com/2014/04/irs-gives-free-pass-to-famous-obama-leftist-group/?cat_orig=politics

US troops arrive in Poland for drills amid rising tensions over Ukraine

The first wave of US troops has arrived in Poland to begin military drills “promoting peace and stability” across Eastern Europe. Tensions continue to mount in the region, as Ukraine teeters on the brink of a civil war.

Read More: http://rt.com/news/154556-us-troops-drills-poland/

Israeli army to start calling up Christians

Israel is to start sending call-up papers to all Christian Arabs of military service age, the army said on Tuesday, angering Arab MPs who accused the government of seeking to divide Christians from Muslims. Military service will remain voluntary for Israel's 130,000 Christian Arabs as it is for its more than 1.3 million Muslim Arabs but only Christians will receive the call-up papers, an army spokesman said.

Read More: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/middleeast/israel/10781444/Israeli-army-to-start-calling-up-Christians.html

Antibiotic-Resistant MRSA 'Superbug' Spreading Into US Homes

An anti-biotic resistant “superbug” that has long affected hospitals and other health care locations around the world has now found a new “reservoir” location: inside U.S. homes.

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‘Editing DNA’ to eliminate genetic conditions now a reality

Scientists have employed a revolutionary genome-editing computer technique that accurately identifies one faulty genetic “letter” among billions and effortlessly repairs a genetic condition in animals, paving way for human trials. The success, by MIT in Boston, is the latest achievement in the field of genome editing that has been catapulted into the spotlight through a technology that can pinpoint genetic faults in chromosomes and literally fix them by changing tiny segments.

Read More: http://rt.com/news/153952-dna-editing-crispr-mice/

Why Chris Christie Will Never Be President of the United States

Chris Christie, the New Jersey governor since 2010, has qualities and achievements that appeal to mainstream conservatives, from his direct style to his impressive budget cutting. As a result, he has won support to run as a Republican candidate for president of the United States.

Read More: http://balfourpost.com/why-chris-christie-will-never-be-president-of-the-united-states/

Nearly 90% of Syria's Chemical Arms Have Been Removed

Nearly 90 percent of the chemicals in Syria’s weapons arsenal have now been removed from the war-torn country, with only two or three shipments left for export, the group responsible for policing the global treaty that bans chemical munitions reported on Tuesday.

Read More: http://www.nytimes.com/2014/04/23/world/middleeast/syria-chemical.html?_r=0

Fearing the Icefall: On Everest, dangers are clear

On Everest, everybody knows that the Icefall is dangerous. They’ve known it for generations, since the first great Everest mountaineer, George Mallory, turned away from the Khumbu Icefall in 1921, insisting it was impossible to pass.

It is a river of ice, a kilometer (half mile) or so of constantly shifting glacier punctuated by deep crevasses and overhanging immensities of ice that can be as large as 10-story buildings. It can move two meters (six feet) in just one day. Crossing it can take 12 hours.

Read More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/fearing-the-icefall-on-everest-dangers-are-clear/2014/04/22/2a29c936-ca25-11e3-b81a-6fff56bc591e_story.html

Swarm of deadly Asian hornets could be heading to Britain

Swarms of deadly Asian hornets which have already killed six in France could be on their way to Britain, experts have warned. Southern parts of England are likely to be among the first hit by the invasive non-native species, who may be able to cross the channel from France, where the hornets first arrived in 2005 and are spreading “rapidly”.

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3.6 Magnitude Earthquake Recorded Near Helena

HELENA, Oklahoma - An earthquake rattled residents near Helena, Oklahoma, Thursday morning. According to the Oklahoma Geological Survey, a 3.6 magnitude earthquake was recorded at 6:50 a.m.

Read More: http://www.news9.com/story/25271773/36-magnitude-earthquake-recorded-near-helena

Fifiteen in contact with MERS-CoV quarantined

Fifteen people who came in contact with the 54-year-old man who died from Middle East Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus (MERS-CoV) have been placed under quarantine.

Read More: http://www.thesundaily.my/news/1020604

'Deeply Ashamed' Ferry Captain Among First to Abandon Ship

The captain of a ferry that sank off the coast of South Korea Wednesday, leaving nearly 300 people missing, is under investigation as a possible criminal and was one of the first people to escape the doomed vessel, Coast Guard officials said.

Read More: http://abcnews.go.com/International/deeply-ashamed-ferry-captain-abandon-ship/story?id=23357650

Ukraine: 3 killed after Black Sea base attack

The turmoil in Ukraine dominated the European landscape Thursday, as three protesters were killed in a clash in southern Ukraine, high-level talks were held in Geneva and Vladimir Putin weighed in on his neighbor’s future for hours from Moscow.

Read More: http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/pro-russian-gunmen-make-inroads-in-eastern-ukraine/2014/04/16/0c4d329c-c5c8-11e3-b708-471bae3cb10c_story.html

Saturn Spotted Giving Birth to Possible New Moon

While there is still no complete, positive identification of the new moon, scientists have already baptized the moonchild with Peggy for a nickname.

"We have not seen anything like this before," said Carl Murray, of Queen Mary University of London.

Japan Earthquake 2014 Today Strikes Near Kamaishi

Officials tell news that a 4.4 magnitude Japan earthquake today started just after 9:16 pm local time today. The quake was shallow. Reps tell news that the quake started only twenty-two miles below sea level. As a result the quake could be felt across the region, and on land to the west.

Read More: http://news.lalate.com/2014/04/16/japan-earthquake-2014-today-strikes-near-kamaishi/

5 dead after stabbings at house party in Calgary, police say

Police say five people are dead after multiple stabbings at a house party in Calgary. Emma Poole, a Calgary police spokeswoman, said Tuesday three males were found dead at the home.

Read More: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/04/16/police-say-5-are-dead-after-stabbings-at-house-party-in-calgary/?intcmp=latestnews

Jordanian jets strike vehicles on Syrian border

This photo provided by the anti-government activist group Aleppo Media Center (AMC), which has been authenticated based on its contents and other AP reporting, shows a Syrian man carrying the body of a child killed by a government forces airstrike

Read More: http://www.chron.com/news/world/article/Jordanian-jets-strike-vehicles-on-Syrian-border-5405871.php

Rescuers search dark, cold sea for survivors of shipwreck off South Korea

Military dive teams worked the dark, cold waters of the Yellow Sea on Wednesday night in a desperate effort to find nearly 300 people who are missing after the ferry they were taking to a South Korean island resort sank with breathtaking speed.

Westboro Baptist Church to picket funeral of Kansas Jewish center shooting victims

The Westboro Baptist Church...announced Wednesday that it would picket the funeral of two of the three victims of Sunday’s shooting attack at a Jewish Community Center in Overland Park. The church, which is considered “homophobic, anti-Semitic hate group” by the Anti-Defamation League, is infamous for picketing the funerals of American servicemen killed in Afganistan and Iraq and for its vocal anti-homosexual position.

Read More: http://www.jpost.com/Jewish-World/Jewish-News/Westboro-Baptist-Church-to-picket-funeral-of-Kansas-Jewish-center-shooting-victims-348638

Hundreds of earthquakes strike central Idaho, rattling nerves

The recent earthquake swarm, beginning on March 24 and climaxed by a 4.9 magnitude tremor on Saturday, has produced no reports of injuries or severe damage but has rattled nerves in a region where Idaho's most powerful known quake, measured at 6.9, killed two children in 1983.

Read More: http://news.yahoo.com/hundreds-earthquakes-strike-central-idaho-rattling-nerves-012504135.html

Vials of deadly SARS virus 'go missing' in France

More than 2,300 tubes containing samples of the potentially deadly SARS virus have gone “missing” from a high-security laboratory at the Pasteur Institute in Paris. The research body insists there is no cause for alarm as the samples have “no infectious potential”, but it has filed a complaint against “persons unknown” in an attempt to resolve the mysterious disappearance.

Read more: http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/europe/france/10768179/Vials-of-deadly-SARS-virus-go-missing-in-France.html

U.S. warns Beijing over currency weakness

The Obama administration on Tuesday told Beijing it was watching the value of China's currency closely, expressing concern over its recent drop and saying it remains "significantly undervalued." In a semiannual report to Congress, the U.S. Treasury stopped short of declaring China a currency manipulator, but singled it out among large U.S. trading partners for its currency practices.

Read More: http://www.cnbc.com/id/101586410

Tens of millions watch heavenly sign

From the humid lowlands of Brazil to the intensely cold and clear air of the Colorado Rockies at 10,000 feet elevation, tens of millions early Tuesday watched a lunar eclipse, the first of a “tetrad” of four blood moons that are to occur over the next 18 months.

Read More: http://www.wnd.com/2014/04/tens-of-millions-watch-heavenly-sign/

Ben Carson: White House wanted me to apologize for 'offending' Obama

Conservative sage Dr. Ben Carson is claiming the White House was offended by his now-famous keynote address at the 2013 National Prayer Breakfast and asked at the time for an apology call to President Obama -- which he didn’t make.

Read More: http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2014/04/15/carson-wh-says-his-prayer-breakfast-speech-offended-obama-asked-for-apology/?intcmp=trending

'Blood moon' sets off apocalyptic debate among some Christians

Could a series of “blood moon” events be connected to Jesus’ return? Some Christians think so.

In the wee hours of Tuesday (April 15) morning, the moon slid into Earth’s shadow, casting a reddish hue on the moon. There are about two lunar eclipses per year, according to NASA, but what’s unusual this time around is that there will be four blood moons within 18 months — astronomers call that a tetrad — and all of them occur during Jewish holidays.

Voices of gratitude, defiance at Boston bombing memorial

U.S. Vice President Joe Biden was among elected leaders and survivors of last year's Boston Marathon bombing sharing messages of thanks and defiance on Tuesday at a tribute to the three people killed and 264 injured in the largest mass-casualty attack on U.S. soil since September 11, 2001.

Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/04/15/us-usa-explosions-boston-memorial-idUSBREA3E0OP20140415

A NEW MOON NAMED 'PEGGY'

NASA's Cassini spacecraft has photographed a small icy object forming at the edge of Saturn's rings.

Read More: http://www.spaceweather.com/

NSA Exploited Heartbleed Bug For YEARS, Leaving Consumers Vulnerable To Attack

Top computer and internet experts say that NSA spying breaks the functionality of our computers and of the Internet. It reduces functionality and reduces security by – for example – creating backdoors that malicious hackers can get through. Remember, American and British spy agencies have intentionally weakened security for many decades. And it’s getting worse and worse. For example, they plan to use automated programs to infect millions of computers.

Read More: http://www.washingtonsblog.com/2014/04/nsa-exploited-heartbleed-bug-years-leaving-consumers-vulnerable-attack.html

Chile fire toll: 12 dead; 2,000 homes destroyed

Firefighters struggled for a second night early Monday to contain blazes that have killed 12 people, injured 500, destroyed 2,000 homes and forced 10,000 people to flee the densely populated hills that gave this Chilean port city its unique beauty.

Read More: www.raptureready.com/rapnews_db.php

Deadly Virus's Spread Raises Alarms in Mideast

Saudi Arabia on Sunday confirmed a surge of cases of a deadly virus in the kingdom over the past two weeks, even as it tried to counter criticism that it wasn't doing enough to contain the outbreak. The United Arab Emirates over the weekend separately announced six confirmed cases of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, or MERS, among paramedics there, one of whom died of the illness.

Read More: http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB10001424052702303887804579499831393801054

Deadly Yellow Fever Mosquito Resurfaces In Menlo Park

A deadly mosquito that hasn’t been seen in the Bay Area since the 70s has been detected in San Mateo County. It’s called aedes aegypti and it was found last January in the Holy Cross cemetary in Menlo Park. It’s the mosquito that spreads yellow fever, chicken fever, the dengue fever and other diseases. Officials call it “one of the worst most effective vectors of disease around the world.”

Read More: http://sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/2014/04/12/deadly-yellow-fever-mosquito-resurfaces-in-menlo-park/

Tsunami warning follows strong quake near Solomons

Solomon Islands — A tsunami warning has been issued for some Pacific islands following a powerful magnitude-7.6 earthquake near the Solomon Islands.

Read More: http://newsinfo.inquirer.net/593954/tsunami-warning-follows-strong-quake-near-solomons

LUNAR ECLIPSE, TUESDAY MORNING

The mainstream media is abuzz with reports of a "blood moon" on Tuesday morning. The scientific term is "lunar eclipse." On April 15th at 6 minutes past midnight Pacific Time (3:06 a.m Eastern Time), the Moon will enter the sunset-colored colored shadow of Earth, producing a total eclipse of the Moon:

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Europe’s Top Banks Cut 80,000 More Staff

Ah yes, it’s nearly time for riot season in Europe. Europe’s largest banks cut their staff by another 3.5 percent last year and the prospect of a return to pre-crisis employment levels seems far off, despite the region’s fledgling economic recovery.

Read More: http://www.blacklistednews.com/Europe%E2%80%99s_Top_Banks_Cut_80%2C000_More_Staff/34467/0/38/38/Y/M.html

Nancy Pelosi's secret hand in IRS stonewall

Cummings, in addition, has accused one of the groups targeted by the IRS, Catherine Engelbrecht’s True the Vote, of being racist. In short, he’s provided plenty of vitriol to create headwinds for the GOP-led committee trying to investigate government wrongdoing. But that was the job he reportedly was placed there to do by House Minority Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

Read More: http://www.wnd.com/2014/04/nancy-pelosis-secret-hand-in-irs-stonewall/

Up to 22 people stabbed at Pennsylvania high school

An attacker armed with two knives has gone on a rampage at a high school in the US state of Pennsylvania, stabbing 21 students and a security guard. A suspect, named as Alex Hribal, 16, was arrested at Franklin Regional High School in Murrysville near Pittsburgh, police said. He was later charged with four counts of attempted homicide and 21 counts of assault.

Read More: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-26959628

Nevada Governor Calls Federal Cattle Roundup ‘Intimidation’

Nevada’s governor is criticizing a federal cattle roundup and what he calls “intimidation” in a dispute with a rancher who claims longstanding grazing rights on open range outside Las Vegas. Federal Bureau of Land Management and National Park Service officials didn’t immediately respond Wednesday to Republican Gov. Brian Sandoval’s call for the BLM to “reconsider its approach.”

Read More: http://lasvegas.cbslocal.com/2014/04/09/nevada-governor-calls-federal-cattle-roundup-intimidation/

A Powerful Cyclone Is Heading For Australia's Far North Coast

A powerful category three cyclone is tracking towards Australia’s north Queensland coast. Tropical Cyclone Ita is intensifying as it approaches the coast north of Port Douglas and is the most powerful storm the region has seen since Cyclone Yasi hit in 2011.

Read More: http://www.businessinsider.com.au/a-powerful-cyclone-is-heading-for-australias-far-north-coast-2014-4

Incredibly rare “back-to-back” maximum eclipses are coming

If you’ve been paying attention, you might have heard that we’re in store for a total lunar eclipse just next week here on Earth, and that it will be prominently visible from most of North and South America.

Read More: http://scienceblogs.com/startswithabang/2014/04/09/incredibly-rare-back-to-back-maximum-eclipses-are-coming-synopsis/