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on August 10, 2013 in World News

Tiger Woods’ Jupiter Island home is sinking

                        Tiger Woods’ Jupiter Island home is sinking HOBE SOUND — While Tiger Woods was chasing his 15th major golf title Thursday at this week’s 95th PGA Championship in Pittsford, N.Y., contractors were working 1,340 miles away on his sinking Jupiter Island home, according to multiple reports. Woods moved into his $54.5 million, 12-acre home in the summer of 2011. Recently, Woods and his girlfriend, Lindsey Vonn, noticed that doors were scraping along floors when they were opened and closed, and the two also noticed cracks in walls, according… View Article

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on August 10, 2013 in World News

Store owner pulls gun on thieves, may lose lease

                      Store owner pulls gun on thieves, may lose lease A Memphis, Tenn., business owner is under fire and may lose his lease after he chased three robbers from his store with a 9 mm handgun – all because his cookie shop is located in a mall with a “no firearms” policy. Police are still looking for the thieves who stole $45 from a cash register in the Southland Mall Cookie Bakery on Aug. 7. After the men made off with the money, the store owner chased them into the… View Article

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on August 10, 2013 in World News

Americans rejecting US citizenship as tax hikes loom

Americans rejecting US citizenship as tax hikes loom The number of Americans who decided to renounce their citizenship in the second quarter of 2013 increased sixfold the same period in 2012, a number the federal government attributes to strict impending financial disclosure rules. The United States is the only country out of 34 in the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) that continues to tax citizens regardless of where they live around the world. Now, facing a high national debt and drastic cuts in government spending, US tax enforcers are employing stricter asset-disclosure laws under the Foreign Account Tax… View Article

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on August 10, 2013 in World News

PetroChina joins Exxon to dominate Iraqi oil industry

PetroChina joins Exxon to dominate Iraqi oil industry China’s biggest oil producer PetroChina will be developing Iraq’s giant oil field West Qurna with American Exxon Mobil. The deal could make Chinese energy giant the biggest foreign investor in Iraq’s oil industry. China already dominates the oil fields around southern Iraq, Reuters reports. PetroChina was the first foreign company to strike an oil deal in Iraq after US-led forces overthrew Saddam Hussein. It is now developing Iraq’s biggest oilfield Rumaila with BP. The PetroChina-Exxon agreement could be announced in weeks. “PetroChina will participate in developing the field,” Reuters quotes an industry… View Article

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on August 10, 2013 in World News

Video of Cop Slapping 10-Year-Old Boy Stirs Outrage

A YouTube video of a police officer in Oregon slapping a 10-year-old boy as he removed the child from the care of his mother has stirred outrage. The clip shows an officer from the Eugene Police Department hauling away the child as onlookers tell the boy to run. The officer then appears to slap or lightly punch the boy in the face, before claiming the boy had bit his hand. “You do not hit an underaged child,” shouts one bystander as others threaten to file lawsuits against the cop. “You don’t know who you’re messing with!” shouts another youth as… View Article

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on August 10, 2013 in World News

Bloomberg want to ban e-cigarettes too?

Does New York City Mayor Bloomberg want to ban e-cigarettes too? New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg doesn’t just want to limit the use of cigarettes – but electronic cigarettes as well. In a newly leaked draft of three tobacco-related bills soon to be voted on by the NYC City Council, the new definition of “tobacco products” under city law would be changed to include e-cigarettes and related components, parts and accessories. If the ordinances pass, the display of e-cigarettes and smokeless tobacco would be banned in retail stores. Also, while tobacco and menthol flavored e-cigarettes would still be available… View Article

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on August 10, 2013 in World News

Florida’s Sheriffs Backs State’s Stand Your Ground Law

Earlier this week, Florida’s Sheriffs Association voted to support the state’s Stand Your Ground law in the aftermath of the George Zimmerman Trial. The association’s new president, Polk County Sheriff Grady Judd, announced it agreed to support the law without opposition as written. Tuesday’s voice vote came with 57 Sheriffs in attendance. This is the first public stance the association has taken on the law since it was first passed in 2005. Sheriff Judd said in a prepared statement, “Our current judicial system is comprised of multiple checks and balances to ensure fair and equitable application of all laws, including… View Article

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