Daily Archives: November 26, 2011

Cain to Develop Clear Foreign Policy

November 26, 2011   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain has vowed to gain a better understanding on national security and foreign policy after a mistake on Nov. 14 concerning Libya.

On his first trip to Iowa since sexual harassment allegations surfaced, Cain told more that 200 people at an Iowa restaurant the the U.S. needed to leave no doubt about its allies and enemies.

Cain said this a day after he hesitated during an interview with the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel editorial board.  He first stated that he disagreed with President Obama’s decision to back Libyan rebels, but then added that he would’ve done the same.

A Cain aide blamed the mistake on a lack of sleep, but Cain told reporters that the reversal was a result of his contemplative process.

This is just the latest in a series of bumps the businessman has faced in the recent weeks.  Aside from sexual harassment allegations, Cain has been questioned on his weak abortion rights stance.

Cain currently has a narrow lead in Iowa.

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Second Orbital Docking Complete for China

November 26, 2011   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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On Nov. 14, China completed its second space docking moving them closer to their desire to set up a space station.

This came 12 days after the nation successfully completed it’s first venture in space.  This was when the Shenzhou VII spacecraft met up with the Tiangong-1 experimental module 213 miles above Earth.

The two vehicles are unmanned and have been traveling together since the maneuver on Nov. 3.  The Shenzhou vehicle is a modified version of the capsules that took Chinese astronauts into space the first time.

China hopes to complete construction of a space station in 2020, which requires to country to perfect their docking technique.

If the current mission is successful, China will launch two more spacecraft next year, with at least one manned.

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Norway Extremist Custody Extended

November 26, 2011   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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Anders Behring Breivik, the anti-Muslim extremist who confessed to the bomb and shooting attacks that killed 77 people in Norway in July, has had his custody stay extended by 12 weeks by a Norwegian court.

Despite having his custody prolonged to Feb. 6, the Oslo District Court voted to gradually lift the restriction of media access, visitors, and mail for the 32-year-old Breivik.

The Norwegian right-wing extremist tried to declare himself a resistance movement leader on Monday, Nov. 14, at his first public court hearing, but he was cut off by the judge.  At the end of the hearing, Breivik asked Judge Torkjel Neshein if he could speak to the survivors and victim’s relatives, but he was rejected.

All prior proceedings before this have been private, but the judge lifted the ban on reporting the trial.

Breivik has confessed to the crimes, but is pleading not guilty to terror charges. He is adamant that he belongs to a group of crusaders who want to prevent Europe from being taken over by Muslim immigrants.  Investigators however say they have found no such evidence to support his claims.

On July 22, Breivik set off a fertilizer bomb outside government headquarters, which killed eight people.  He then disguised himself as a police officer and opened fire on the panicked youth on Utoya island.  Sixty-nine people were killed before he surrendered to a SWAT team.

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Prehistoric Whales Unearthed in Chile

November 26, 2011   Joanelle Navarro   1 Comment

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Chile has released images of prehistoric whale fossils found in the Atamataca Desert in the country.  This area has been called “one of the world’s best-preserved graveyards of prehistoric whales.”

There are 75 whales in the area and all are right next to one another.  They died roughly two million years ago.  It is unknown if the whales are beached, were trapped in a lagoon by a landslide or storm, or whether they just died their over a period of time.

The whales were found in June 2010 during a highway-widening project.  The area is the size of two football fields and there are more than 20 fully intact skeletons there.

The Smithsonian National Museum of National History, with funding from the National Geographic Society, are using high-tech photography and laser scanners to make life-sized models of the whales.

Other animals have been found in the same area, which include an extinct dolphin that had two tusks, an extinct aquatic sloth, and a seabird with a wingspan of five-meters.

 

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Hollywood Casting Assistant is a Convicted Sex Offender

November 26, 2011   Joanelle Navarro   1 Comment

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A casting assistant, who has helped find young actors in films such as “Super 8” and “School of Rock,” has been discovered to be a convicted sex offender.

Jason James Murphy was convicted of kidnapping and molesting an 8-year-old boy in 1996 in the Seattle area.  The show “America’s Most Wanted” helped track him down after a manhunt, which landed him in prison for five years.  He moved to Los Angeles in 2005 and registered as a sex offender under his full name.  But Murphy began using Jason James as his professional name to prevent co-workers from finding out his past.

“It’s shocking and it’s devastating, not just as a filmmaker, but as a father and someone who is entrusted to make sure that everyone I work with, especially children, are safe,” said “Super 8” director, J.J. Abrams.

So far there have been no complaints that Murphy acted inappropriately with any of the minors he cast.  But, according to California law, sex offenders whose victims were younger than 16 cannot work directly and unaccompanied with children.

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