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FEDERAL GOVERNMENT INDICTS FOUNDER OF LIBERTY RESERVE
(WWW.TICOTIMES.NET) By: Derrick Broze Arthur Budosky, founder of digital currency system Liberty Reserve, was arrested in Spain last week. The United States government indicted Budosky and six other...
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STATE DEPARTMENT CANCELS DRONE SURVEILLANCE CONTRACT
By Julie Wilson According to the U.S. government’s Federal Business Opportunities website, the U.S. State Department has canceled its $1 billion surveillance drone competition contract, claiming none...
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CONNECTICUT PASSES GMO-LABELING BUT WON’T ENFORCE UNTIL FOUR MORE STATES FOLLOW
By Julie Wilson In a landslide vote of 134-3, the state of Connecticut amends and passes a bill that will require labeling of genetically-engineered foods. This new bill will require producers to...
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IRS OFFICIALS WINED AND DINED LAVISHLY WHILE ATTENDING TRAINGING CONFERENCE
By Julie Wilson The Associated Press reports that IRS officials lavished in luxury while attending a $4.1 million training conference three years in a row. IRS officials enjoyed high-class hotel rooms...
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NEW WIFI SYSTEM DETECTS BODY MOVEMENTS
By Julie Wilson A new Wi-Fi system developed by the University of Washington detects movements within the home and allows you to convert them to commands and control connected devices. Some of the...
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CALIFORNIA SENATE APPROVES INDUSTRIAL HEMP BILL
BY: Derrick Broze The California Industrial Hemp Farming Act unanimously passed the California Senate on Tuesday. Similar bills have passed in 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, and 2011, only to be vetoed by...
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NEW LEGISLATION WOULD REQUIRE CONGRESS TO APPROVE DHS MASSIVE AMMO PURCHASES
By Julie Wilson Republican Mark Meadows has proposed an amendment to the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) spending bill that would require the agency to report to Congress regarding the need and...
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FORMER MICROSOFT MANAGER PLANS TO MARKET FIRST U.S. MARIJUANA BRAND
BY: Derrick Broze Jamen Shively, a former Microsoft corporate strategy manager, plans to create the first U.S. national marijuana brand. Shively held a press conference with former President of Mexico...
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TARGET BECOMES LATEST COMPANY TO VOLUNTARILY REMOVE GMOS FROM PRODUCTS
BY: Derrick Broze In a recent press release, retailer Target detailed their plans to introduce Genetically Modified Organism (GMO) free store brands. The company announced it would be introducing a...
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FACEBOOK BREACH LEAKS 6 MILLION USERS INFORMATION OVER ONE YEAR PERIOD
BY: Derrick Broze Last Friday Facebook Inc publicly acknowledged that an inadvertent leak exposed 6 million users’ phone numbers and email addresses to unauthorized viewers over the past year. The data...
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WHITE HOUSE ANNOUNCES OBAMACARE MANDATE WONT START UNTIL 2015
BY: Derrick Broze In a surprise announcement the Obama Administration has announced that the ObamaCare employer mandate requiring businesses to provide their workers with health insurance will be...
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Indian Government says no to Monsanto Climate Resilient Patent
BY: Derrick Broze India’s patent appeals board, the Intellectual Property Appellate Board has denied American company Monsanto Co. a patent for a genetically-engineered method of increasing climate...
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Oil rig catches fire off the coast of Louisiana
BY: Derrick Broze On Wednesday a shallow-water Gulf of Mexico drilling rig partially collapsed off the coast of Louisiana after catching fire from a ruptured natural gas well. The well, owned byt...
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Federal Reserve to make announcement this week regarding Quantitative Easing
BY: Derrick Broze On Wednesday the Federal Reserve’s Federal Open Market Committee will release a policy statement that is expected to detail the winding down of Quantitative Easing, an $85...
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New York regulator issues subpoenas for Bitcoin, wants regulation for virtual...
BY: Derrick Broze The New York Department of Financial Services has issued a subpoena to several companies involved with virtual currency Bitcoin. The Wall Street Journal reported that Coinbase Inc,...
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U.S. government tries to block Ben Bernankes testimony in AIG case
BY: Derrick Broze A lawsuit dealing with the 2008 bailout of insurance corporation American International Group (AIG) may result in Ben Bernanke becoming the first sitting Federal Reserve chairman to...
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IRS clarifies final rules on Obamacare Individual Mandate
BY: Derrick Broze On Tuesday the Internal Revenue Service issued final rules for the individual mandate of President Barack Obama’s healthcare law, the Affordable Care Act. The Individual mandate is a...
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BRAKING NEWS: Feds Arrest Alleged Creator of Silk Road Seizing $3.6 Million...
Editor’s note: The Liberty Beat reported BTC trading around $126 at 8:30 AM CST today, at the time of this posting at 12:44 PM CST, BTC has fallen to $100. From: Washington Post Federal prosecutors...
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Over 20,000 Barrels of Oil Spill in North Dakota
By: Derrick Broze The State Department released a statement Thursday discussing the recent spilling of 20,600 barrels of oil in northwestern North Dakota. The oil spilled from a Tesoro Corp. pipeline...
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C.E.T.A: Canada and European Union Sign Massive Trade Agreement
By: Derrick Broze Friday morning Canada and the European Union revealed the signing of a long fought for trade agreement that the Canadian government promises will eliminate tariffs and boost the...
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