Black Bears and Texting do not mix !!

Astonishing video of California man so distracted by sending a text he walks into a BEAR 11 Apr 2012 Texting while walking down the street can be dangerous - traffic, lamp posts and even pot holes can lead to accidents. But for one California man the danger was even bigger. TV helicopter crews in California managed to capture an oblivious phone user walking into the path of a 500lb black bear.

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FBI Agents Approach CLG's Webhoster in Bomb Threat Investigation --'Even if we could cooperate, we wouldn't.' Posted by Lori Price, www.legitgov.org 12 Apr 2012 Emphasizing: CLG's webhoster, MayFirst, was approached by two FBI agents, not CLG itself. MayFirst responded, "We will not cooperate with any investigation into the identities, activities or perspectives of any of our members or any of the users of our systems."

CIA and FBI win blackout on rendition claims 11 Apr 2012 Intelligence services in the US have won a legal ruling to allow them to withhold evidence about suspected British involvement in the arrest and torture of terror suspects from MPs in the UK, it was reported. A judge in Washington DC has allowed the CIA, FBI and National Security Agency to use a loophole to keep information from MPs that might include information about the complicity of UK authorities in extraordinary rendition. Under US freedom of information laws, the release of documents to anyone representing a foreign government can be blocked.

Two protesters killed in anti-US rally 12 Apr 2012 Two people have been killed in clashes between Afghan security forces and protesters, demonstrating against the killing of a school teacher by US-led forces, in the northern province of Faryab, Press TV reports.

Use of Common Pesticide Linked to Bee Colony Collapse 05 Apr 2012 The likely culprit in sharp worldwide declines in honeybee colonies since 2006 is imidacloprid, one of the most widely used pesticides, according to a new study from Harvard School of Public Health (HSPH). the authors, led by Chensheng (Alex) Lu, associate professor of environmental exposure biology in the Department of Environmental Health, write that the new research provides "convincing evidence" of the link between imidacloprid and the phenomenon known as Colony Collapse Disorder (CCD), in which adult bees abandon their hives.

CT House Votes to Repeal Death Penalty, Governor Will Sign 12 Apr 2012 Lawmakers in the House of Representatives have voted to repeal Connecticut's death penalty, 86-62. The legislation will be signed into law by Gov. Dannel P. Malloy (D). Wednesday's discussion continued into the evening. House Republicans, the minority party in the chamber, focused heavily on how the bill that is supposed to affect only future crimes and not the 11 men currently on death row. Connecticut's Senate passed the measure last week.

Romney's wooing of female vote hits early snag --Wage-law query shows challenge for dog-torturing sociopath 11 Apr 2012 With the general election campaign unofficially under way, Mitt Romney's effort to win back female voters got off to a rocky start Wednesday when his campaign was stumped temporarily over whether he supports the 3-year-old Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act. Democrats jumped on the incident... saying it calls into question the former Massachusetts governor's own commitment to a fair shake for the fairer sex. The Romney staffers paused when asked what Mr. Romney's position was on the law, then promised to get back to reporters with an answer. Within an hour, they had it: Mr. Romney would not repeal the law, which was the first legislation Mr. Obama signed in 2009. [Right, they needed time to shake the Etch A Sketch. --LRP]