Lynn Herrmann
Digital Journalist based in Texas hill country, United States.
Joined on Mar 1, 2010
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Austin -
“The Global Intelligence Files,” a new release by WikiLeaks of more than five million emails from the intelligence analyst firm called Stratfor, has brought an immediate response from its CEO, George Friedman, who calls the action “deplorable.”
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New Orleans -
After failing to reach a settlement by the scheduled court date, on the books since the autumn of 2010, a federal judge has given BP and a plaintiff steering committee representing scores of private parties another week to settle their differences.
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Washington -
WikiLeaks has announced the release of more than 5 million emails, called “The Global Intelligence Files,” and includes communications from the American-based intelligence analyst group Stratfor and its “web of informers.”
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The "world's craziest bike race" begins with a stunning view atop a hill overlooking the Chilean city of Valparaíso and the Pacific Ocean, includes bone-jarring jumps, nerve-rattling descents in an urban landscape, and a sudden end at Plaza Anibal Pinto.
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Moscow -
Less than a week before Russia’ presidential elections, reports are surfacing the country’s intelligence agencies have acted in response to a plot at assassinating Prime Minister Vladimir Putin.
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Washington -
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has accused Western powers’ escalated rhetoric over Iran’s nuclear program as an attempt at disguising their true intent, government involvement in “regime change.”
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Abbottabad -
The three-story Pakistan compound near Abbottabad, where Osama bin Laden was murdered by United States special forces last year, has been demolished with backhoes and cranes by Pakistani authorities.
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Amsterdam -
GOP presidential candidate Rick Santorum’s “demagogic” social message of women flying small planes, worship of Israel and winking at Iran has another bizarre twist and includes elderly Dutch people wearing “Do not euthanize me” bracelets.
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Washington -
In our weekly attempt at making sense of American political malfeasance, our focus shifts from Barack Obama’s ineptitude to bigotry associated with the country’s currently leading GOP presidential hopeful, one Rick Santorum.
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Mexico -
Facing heavy criticism over his handling of the country’s drug war, Mexico President Felipe Calderon’s popularity has plummeted, is widely seen as losing the presidential election in July, and now needs a major event to boost his party’s popularity.
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Denver -
With both teams coming off road losses against Western Conference foes, the Denver Nuggets hosted San Antonio on Thursday night and discovered why the hottest team in the NBA is the Spurs, who cruised to a 114-99 win in the Mile High City.
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Stockholm -
Travel nurses seeking a fun-filled experience in Sweden would do themselves a favor by checking out Stockholm South General Hospital’s advertising campaign seeking vacation cover for the 2012 summer, with the prerequisite of being “TV-series hot.”
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Edmonton -
A battle continues intensifying over Enbridge’s proposed Northern Gateway pipeline which would transport Alberta tar sands oil to the Pacific coast of British Columbia, with opponents of the project noting “it’s going to be war.”
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Salt Lake City -
Hosting the Spurs on Monday, the Utah Jazz became the latest victim in San Antonio’s current string of last-second dramatics, a 106-102 affair which stretched the visitors win streak to 11, longest in the NBA this season.
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Riyadh -
Saudi Arabia is preparing to re-open its oldest oil field for the first time in three decades due to “tight market conditions” brought on over fears of a possible conflict in the Middle East involving Israel, Iran and the United States.
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Los Angeles -
Letting certain victory slip through their hands, literally, the Los Angeles Clippers watched the San Antonio Spurs win their 10th straight game, a hard-fought overtime battle before a stunned sellout crowd at the Staples Center, 103-100.
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Damascus -
A funeral procession in Damascus on Saturday turned deadly when security forces began rapid and repeated firing on the crowd, killing at least one and sending thousands fleeing for their lives.
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Westport -
Chronic malnutrition, a deadly and widespread crisis largely overlooked in the face of food scarcity, currently impacts one in four children across the globe and places almost half a billion children at risk of permanent damage within the next 15 years.
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Washington -
Running neck and neck in their race to initiate war with Iran, America’s two leading dailies continue churning out propagandistic headlines designed to dupe, once again, citizens into supporting the waste of their own taxpayer dollars.
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Washington -
Shell Oil won a major consideration on Friday when the Obama administration approved the oil giant’s oil spill response plan for drilling in the waters of the Arctic’s Chukchi Sea, now opening up a drilling process set to begin as early as this summer
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