Will Millar

Scientists Are Poisoning Feral Hogs With Bacon Preservatives

The estimated 5 million feral hogs currently laying waste to the American Countryside may have finally met their match in sodium nitrate, a chemical compound used to presereve bacon. The hybrid descendants of escaped domestic pigs and imported Eurasian boars, feral hogs cost the U.S. approximately $1.5 billion a year in damages. These massive, shaggy […]

10y ago

california

Liquid Meth Is Flooding Central California

Drug traffickers are disguising massive amounts of meth as a liquid to smuggle it into the US from Mexico. Dissolved in a solution, the meth is sealed in tequila bottles and detergent containers to fool border guards and the CHP. Once deep in California’s Central Valley, meth cooks convert it into crystal form. While the […]

10y ago

Columbia

Monkey Death Mystery – Six Perish In Oregon Zoo

Six rare monkeys dropped dead soon after their arrival at the Oregon Zoo, officials said on Friday. The six dead cotton top tamarins, an endangered species native to Central America, were in a group of nine of the tiny squirrel-like primates that arrived at the zoo on May 22. They were placed in quarantine at […]

10y ago

Alleged Gulf Cartel Boss ‘Juan Perros’ Captured In Nova Leon

Mexican security forces captured a man who has been tentatively identified as a commander of the Gulf Cartel in Reynosa, who controlled illegal trafficking of drugs, guns, and money as well as kidnapping of migrants in a frontier region bordering Texas. On Sunday, Federal Security Commissioner Monte Alejandro Rubido identified the suspect as Juan Manuel […]

10y ago

afghanistan|al-Qaida|memorial day

Afghan President Karzai Refused To Meet Obama In Bagram

Afghan President Hamid Karzai declined to meet with President Barack Obama at Bagram Air Base outside Kabul, according to a statement from US officials. Obama arrived at the base on a surprise visit after night fell on Sunday in order to meet with troops in honor of Memorial Day. Officials in Washington were not surprised […]

10y ago

Iran Extends Nuclear Program, Vows Jihad Will Continue

Iran’s supreme leader, Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, intimated on Sunday that negotiations over the country’s illicit nuclear program are over and that the Islamic Republic’s ideals include destroying America. “Those (Iranians) who want to promote negotiation and surrender to the oppressors and blame the Islamic Republic as a warmonger in reality commit treason,” Khamenei is reported […]

10y ago

gulf of mexico

Can The US Eliminate Invasive Species By Eating Them?

Currently across America, lakes, rivers and offshore waters are teeming with invasive species; aggressive fish and crustaceans originally from other parts of the world that eat and multiply so fast that they are starving out the indigenous fauna. Many of these invasive species are potential sources of food, raising the question – Why not control […]

10y ago

marijuana|texas

Texas Teen Faces Life Sentence Over Hash Oil Brownies

A 19-year-old Texan accused of making and selling brownies laced with marijuana and hash oil is facing a first degree felony charge that could land him anywhere from five years to life in prison. It was also his first offense. 19-year-old Jacob Lavoro was arrested in April when police in Round Rock, TX searched his […]

10y ago

Easy Rider Festival Thrown In Honor Of American Icon Dennis Hopper

Bikers and film buffs from across the US and Canada celebrated Dennis Hopper and his iconic counterculture film, Easy Rider, at a gathering in Taos New Mexico this weekend. Dozens of motorcycles gathered Saturday in Ranchos de Taos, a historic square marked by dusty streets and adobe churches built like fortresses just 4 miles south […]

10y ago

murder

Los Rojos Cartel Boss Arrested In Mexico

Mexican Federal Police have captured the alleged leader of the Los Rojos cartel, a dangerous criminal gang in the southern state of Guerrero, according to a statement released on Saturday. Suspected Los Rojos cartel boss Leonor Nava Romero, who also goes by the names “The Claw” and “El Tigre,” was arrested by police in Tecpan […]

10y ago

guatemala|mexico

Alleged Zetas Cartel Leader Arrested In Guatemala

A suspected Zetas cartel boss wanted in the US was arrested following a firefight in Guatemala, according to reports released on Friday. In a statement issued by Interior Minister Mauricio Lopez Bonilla, Jairo Orellana Morales was captured in Zacapa, an eastern province on the border of the Rio Grande de Zacapa, after a shootout with […]

10y ago

mexico|texas

Zetas Cartel Founder Killed In Mexican Border Town Shootout

One of the founding members of Mexico’s notorious Zetas Cartel is believed to have been among six people killed during a gunbattle in a Mexican border town, a Tamaulipas state security official said Sunday. The official said authorities confirmed that Galindo Mellado Cruz was one of five gunmen who died Friday in a hail of […]

10y ago

texas|Texas Rangers

Texas Cop Fired For Shooting 93 Year Old Woman

Stephen Stem, the police officer who shot and killed a 93-year-old woman as she brandished a loaded handgun in a small Texas town was fired on Saturday, according to an official statement from the Hearne City Police Department. Officer Stephen Stem was dismissed Saturday by the Hearne City Council, four days after long-time resident Pearlie […]

10y ago

Germany|Twitter

Detergent Pulled From Shelves Over Neo-Nazi Label Code

Detergent manufacturer Procter & Gamble has managed to create a whole lot of tension in Germany after launching a new label design, complete with a neo-Nazi code emblazoned front and center. Seething with rage, German consumers have taken to the internet, posting pictures online of the offending detergent boxes, some of which feature a large […]

10y ago

Hash Oil Explosions Are Skyrocketing Across Colorado

The number of residential hash oil explosions has skyrocketed in the 1st state to legalize marijuana. In a statewide case of not-quitting-while-you’re-ahead, ever since January 1, when doors all across Colorado swung open for the first-in-the-nation recreational marijuana industry, the Rocky Mountains have resounded with the booms of exploding households, as the more hardore breed […]

10y ago

Facebook|FCC|google

The End Of Net Neutrality Means The Death Of Your Internet.

FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler has penned a proposal that will gut the current net neutrality laws, effectively authorizing cable and phone companies to discriminate among websites, charging the current Web giants for “fast lanes” while keeping the rest of us in a “slow lane.” Here’s how the death of net neutrality is going to kill […]

10y ago

New York City

‘Trouble’ Zone? NYC Subway Derailed Despite Brand New Rail

The NYC subway that derailed Friday morning in Queens, near the Woodside Station at 65th St and Broadway, occurred in a stretch of track that has been plagued with broken rails and maintenance issues going back at least a decade, and maybe even longer. The site of yesterday’s derailment, along with four other areas, were […]

10y ago

FedEx Shooting Witnesses: Suspect Armed ‘Like He Was Rambo’

In the wake of the shooting spree at an Atlanta FedEx warehouse yesterday, witnesses are coming forward saying that the gunman arrived at the plant looking “like he was heading into war.” The shooter – identified as 19-year-old Geddy L Kramer, a baggage handler from Acworth, Ga. – arrived at the 500,000 square foot FedEx […]

10y ago

south dakota

South Dakota Plane Crash Kills Four, Raises Questions

In the wake of the South Dakota plane crash that claimed 4 lives on Sunday, the NTSB now plans to focus on why the airplane was flying so low when it apparently hit the blade of a wind turbine. The Piper 232 single-engine plane crashed in foggy weather Sunday evening 10 miles south of the […]

10y ago

cairo|egypt|middle east|Saudi Arabia

The Deadly MERS Virus Outbreak Is Spreading Worldwide

With yesterday’s announcement that the MERS virus has been found for the first time in Cairo Egypt, the World Health Organization has warned countries across the globe to be on the the lookout for cases of the deadly SARS-like illness. Egypt’s Ministry of Health identified the patient as a 27-year-old Egyptian man, who had been […]

10y ago