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G+ Intros

Tue Jul 19, 2011 1:41 PM EDT

By Division by Zero (Clipped by fugitive247)

Are you a Viner who has gotten into G+? Do you want some of your Newsvine friends to follow you? Do you want to know who those strange people are who seem like they know you on G+ but you don't recognize them? Alright, this is the place to meet, greet, and share. You can find me …

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Region 8 man named Arkansas State Police's Trooper of the Year

Seeded on Mon Jul 18, 2011 2:05 AM EDT (KAIT - Jonesboro, AR)

From the article:

arkansas, hero, us-news, the-ozarks, medal-of-valor, mammoth-springs, corporal-ronnie-stewart

A Smaller-scale Reflection of Bigger Societal Ills

Sat Jul 9, 2011 3:07 AM EDT

The following is an open letter sent to Arkansas Attorney General Dustin McDaniel.

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arkansas, us-news, fire-department, emergency-services, fire-fighters, dysfunction, public-safety

Mammoth Spring, Arkansas designated a Preserve America Community

Seeded on Thu Jun 9, 2011 11:03 AM EDT (Area Wide News)

From the article: Mammoth Spring earned its Preserve America designation along with eight others in May, including Tiverton, Rhode Island, which restored a complex of vacant 1880s buildings into commercial and residential space.

arkansas, us-news, the-ozarks, mammoth-spring, preserve-america

BREAKING NEWS: Dr. Frank Fennel to run for President.

Tue May 17, 2011 2:25 AM EDT

By Walt D (Clipped by fugitive247)

"If we are all still alive after May 22nd, I'll take it as a sign from Jesus that America needs me now". Dr.

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campaign, politics, president, gingrich, obama, romney, republican, democrat, libertarian, conservative

Hackers Change Millions of Passwords to "password"!

Seeded on Mon Apr 4, 2011 1:30 PM EDT (The Hacker News)

Have you checked your password security strength lately?

technology, security, hacking, stupidity, password, obvious

Geologists actively seeking cause of Arkansas earthquakes

Seeded on Mon Oct 11, 2010 3:45 PM EDT (Log Cabin Democrat)

From the article: Geologists with the Arkansas Geological Survey are looking into the cause of a series of earthquake events occurring daily in Faulkner County, including a 4.0 magnitude earthquake recorded two miles southeast of Guy early Monday morning. (read more)

arkansas, earthquake, us-news, geology

AA original manuscript reveals profound debate over religion

Seeded on Fri Sep 24, 2010 12:30 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

Addiction (generic, all-inclusive) is considered to be a three-fold condition which attacks its sufferers physically, mentally and spiritually. One cannot treat only one or two of these facets and claim tangible success.

health, recovery, addiction, spirituality, alcoholics-anonymous, twelve-step, hazelden, big-book, fobw, aa-history

The names and faces behind the Twitter worm attack

Seeded on Wed Sep 22, 2010 3:06 PM EDT (Sophos)

From the article: There is no legitimate reason why live JavaScript should ever be allowed inside a Tweet, and sensible security would have dictated that any offending code should be neutered before being published as tweets on the site.

technology, security, internet, javascript, exploits, worm, onmouseover, twitter, pearce-delphin, magnus-holm

Doctor Who gains two more world records

Seeded on Wed Sep 15, 2010 6:34 PM EDT (Digital Journal)

Seeded by spudpundit (Clipped by fugitive247)

Guinness World Records have awarded Doctor Who, the BBC's long-running science-fiction drama series, two new world records.

arts, guinness-world-records, doctor-who, matt-smith

Fulton/Izard County Drug Court Becoming a Reality

Seeded on Wed Sep 15, 2010 5:40 AM EDT (Area Wide News)

From the article: "Drug courts are expanding all over the nation because studies show they work," said Daniel Brightwell, the assistant prosecutor who will handle Izard/Fulton Drug Court cases.

arkansas, us-news, fulton-county, addiction-treatment, 12-step, drug-court, the-ozarks, izard-county

Social Engineering Bill in Senate Will Force You Into a City

Seeded on Tue Sep 14, 2010 3:41 AM EDT (Global Political Awakening)

From the article: A social engineering bill to restrict residence in the suburbs and rural areas and force Americans into city centers has passed the United States Senate Banking Committee and is on the fast track to passage in the Senate. (read more)

politics, united-nations, social-engineering, new-world-order, christopher-dodd, agenda-21, federal-housing-control, liberty-for-grants, livable-communites-act

Meat Meets Vegetables

Seeded on Mon Sep 13, 2010 12:09 PM EDT (YouTube)

Lady Gaga makes a statement with her carnivorous couture and Ellen Degeneres offers a vegan alternative.

odd-news, ellen-degeneres, vegan, lady-gaga, meat-dress, fashion-roadkill

FDA Food Safety Modernization Act (S.510)

Seeded on Mon Sep 6, 2010 12:07 AM EDT (OpenCongress.org)

Proposed Senate bill S.510, known as the FDA Food Safety Modernization Act is definitely for real. Forward news about this P.O.S. far and wide. Hell, scream it from the rooftops.

senate, food, fda, produce, agriculture, us-news, big-brother, dhs, home-grown, food-safety-modernization-act

Pentagon's cybersecurity plans have a Cold War chill

Seeded on Thu Aug 26, 2010 3:57 AM EDT (The Washington Post)

From the article: William J. Lynn III, the deputy secretary of defense, explained the new approach, known as "Cyberstrategy 3.0" within the Pentagon, in an interview this week and in an article that appears in the new issue of Foreign Affairs.

internet, homeland-security, cold-war, us-news, nsa, dhs, martial-law, cyber-command, pcnaa

Social Media: Huge, and Here to Stay

Seeded on Thu Jul 29, 2010 2:25 AM EDT (Live Science)

From the article: For those out of the loop, social media sites – such as blogs, social networking sites and photo and video sharing platforms -- have predominately user-generated content, encourage interaction and collaboration between users and integrate easily with other sit …

technology, privacy, impact, internet, analysis, trends, growth, social-media, interaction, social-networks

Walking To D.C. For Alcohol Addiction Awareness

Seeded on Wed Jul 7, 2010 11:11 AM EDT (WCCO.com)

From the article: A Minnesota man set out on a 1300-mile journey to raise awareness about alcohol addiction.

health, minnesota, addiction, washington-dc, film-maker, alcoholism, john-overby

Guest blog: Musings on Obama's 'kill-switch for the internet'

Seeded on Tue Jun 29, 2010 4:11 PM EDT (Sophos)

Guest blogger Carole Theriault, a senior security consultant at Sophos, ruminates on the big red switch that President Obama might want installed in the Oval Office. (read article)

technology, internet, homeland-security, foia, communication, martial-law, cyber-policy, pcnaa

Protecting our children is basis behind law

Seeded on Sat Jun 26, 2010 10:16 PM EDT (Area Wide News)

There's been increased discussion lately on the effectiveness (or lack thereof) of mandatory sex offender registries, thanks to a recent article in Forbes.

arkansas, children, crime, us-news, molestation, pedophile, mandatory, sex-offender-registry

Internet 'Kill Switch' Approved By Senate Homeland Security Committee

Seeded on Fri Jun 25, 2010 3:58 PM EDT (The Huffington Post)

Seeded by Digits (Clipped by fugitive247)

The Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs has approved a cybersecurity bill, Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act (PCNAA), that would give the president far-reaching authority over the Internet in the case of emergency.

media, senate, privacy, internet, homeland-security, journalism, government, cybersecurity, obama, internet-freedom

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Double Trouble in Recovery

Seeded on Thu Jun 24, 2010 12:08 PM EDT (RecoveryIsSexy.com)

The initial findings tend to bear out what many of us in recovery have known for a long time: mental illness is not an "outside issue".

health, research, addiction, alcoholism, mental-illness, 12-step, dual-diagnosis

"Hella" Gets Huge

Seeded on Mon Jun 21, 2010 5:01 PM EDT (good.is)

From the article: The English language is a world champ at slangifying the specific (while disappointing math teachers everywhere).

slang, science, mathematics, english-language, hella, austin-sendek, quantitative-value

Bloody Sunday: the 'defining story' of the British army in Ireland

Seeded on Sun Jun 20, 2010 4:34 AM EDT (Green Left Weekly)

From the article: The publication of the Saville Report, the inquiry into the British army massacre of 14 civil rights protestors in Derry in the north of Ireland in 1972, confirmed what the victims' families had always known — that those shot had been unarmed and posed no th …

history, ireland, ira, civil-rights, nationalism, irish-republican-army, sinn-fein, gerry-adams, oppression, bloody-sunday

Protecting Cyberspace as a National Asset Act (S.3480) on OpenCongress

Seeded on Tue Jun 15, 2010 2:32 PM EDT (OpenCongress.org)

Can you say "Internet Communications Martial Law"? Uh-huh. Yes, folks. Members of the United States government are seeking to disable this nation's citizens' internet access per a legislated re-write of DHS policies. Please note that the Newsvine CoH is in effect, thanks.

technology, internet, homeland-security, foia, communication, wtf, martial-law, cyber-policy, pcnaa

In Arkansas runoff for U.S. Congress, who's "truths" are actually true?

Fri Jun 4, 2010 3:50 AM EDT

The runoff election for Arkansas District 1 will be held on June 8. I'll be the first to admit that even after nearly five years as an Arkansas resident, I'm not as aware as I'd like to be about Arkansas politicians. That point was driven home this evening while researching U.S.

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arkansas, election, politics, runoff, us-congress, chad-causey, tim-wooldridge

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