Cash-strapped city looks to sell off historic landmarks... / Storm clouds of nuclear war gathering on horizon: Iran threatens ‘total annihilation’ of Israel if it attacks /Seismic activity triples at Chile’s Ilaima volcano – yellow alert / Fault dangers: Sunday’s 3.1 tremor triggers ‘unusual event’ at Virgina’s North Anna nuclear plant / 'AFTER MY ELECTION I HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY' / 2 small asteroids give Earth close shave... / Flesh Eating Disease In Cocaine Found In New York, Los Angeles / Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano emits 3 km ash cloud amidst explosions / Unprecedented events seen on Earth in first three months of 2012 / 'I've Never Seen Anything Like That Before,' Unidentified Creature Washes Ashore /Wisconsin "Booms" Are A Sign Of The End Of The World"

Cash-strapped city looks to sell off historic landmarks...
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Storm clouds of nuclear war gathering on horizon: Iran threatens ‘total annihilation’ of Israel if it attacks
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Seismic activity triples at Chile’s Ilaima volcano – yellow alert
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Fault dangers: Sunday’s 3.1 tremor triggers ‘unusual event’ at Virgina’s North Anna nuclear plant
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New report claims Venice sinking five times faster than previously thought
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'AFTER MY ELECTION I HAVE MORE FLEXIBILITY'
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2 small asteroids give Earth close shave...
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Japan Armed Forces on Alert Ahead of N.Korea Satellite Launch

Japan’s armed forces received an order to put on alert its missile interceptors ahead of a planned North Korean satellite launch in April, Japanese Defense Minister Naoki Tanaka said on Tuesday. The Defense Ministry has been already taking preparations including deploying its Aegis-equipped destroyers and the land-based Patriot Advanced Capability-3 missile systems on the Sakishima islands. Minister Tanaka earlier warned that he might issue orders to shoot down the rocket if it posed a danger to Japan. Earlier in the month, North Korea...
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TBTF Get TBTFer: Top 5 Banks Hold 95.7%, Or $221 Trillion, Of Outstanding Derivatives

Every quarter the Office of the Currency Comptroller releases its report on Bank Derivative Activities, and every quarter we find that the Too Big To Fail get Too Bigger To Fail. To wit: in Q4 2011, of the total $230.8 trillion in US outstanding derivatives, the Top 5 banks (JPM, BofA, Morgan Stanley, Goldman and HSBC) accounted for 95.7% of all Derivatives. In some respects this is good news: in Q2, the Top 5 banks held 95.9% of the $250 trillion in derivatives. Unfortunately it is also bad news, because $220 trillion is more than enough for the...
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European Debt Crisis - The Hidden Risks Lurk in ECB's Accounts

Some economists warn that the German central bank faces hidden liabilities of 500 billion euros in the form of unsettled claims within the European payments settlement system, and could lose that sum if the euro zone breaks apart. According to SPIEGEL, the German government has said it sees no such risks. But a Greek euro exit could still cost the German central bank billions. The federal government in Berlin has denied a warning from the president of Germany's Ifo economics institute, Hans-Werner Sinn, that the German central bank,..
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The man machines? Scientists develop plastic skin that BLEEDS red liquid - and can even heal itself

Robots that 'bleed' like Arnold Schwarzenegger's Terminator have come one step closer to reality. Scientists have created a plastic 'skin' that oozes red blood when cut. It can also 'heal' itself, building tiny molecular bridges inside in response to damage. The red 'blood' might sound like a pointless Halloween novelty - but the idea is that the 'skin' can warn engineers that a structure such as an aicraft wing has been damaged. The material could provide self-healing surfaces for a multitude of products ranging from mobile phones and laptops to cars,..
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Brics’ Move To Unseat US Dollar As Trade Currency
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Flesh Eating Disease In Cocaine Found In New York, Los Angeles
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Ecuador’s Tungurahua volcano emits 3 km ash cloud amidst explosions
---6.0 magnitude earthquake strikes off coast of Japan
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Unprecedented events seen on Earth in first three months of 2012

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Storm clouds of nuclear war gathering on horizon: Iran threatens ‘total annihilation’ of Israel if it attacks
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Unidentified Creature Washes Ashore

"I thought it was a dead possum until I saw it's feet," said the man who spotted the mysterious carcass on the banks of the St. Johns River.
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Outrageous!… Hollywood Kills Off Tea Partiers and Conservative TV Hosts in Latest Disgusting Snuff Film “God Bless America”

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Wisconsin "Booms" Are A Sign Of The End Of The World"