TSA confiscates record number of guns at US airports in 2012

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Travelers have attempted to carry more than 1,500 firearms through U.S. airports and?on?board airplanes in 2012, according to the Transportation Security Administration.?

As of Friday, TSA's gun?tally sat at 1,527?? 1,295 of which were loaded ? and this week?s count will likely bring the final tally just past 1,550 before the year ends.

Once a weapon is found, the TSA?s job ends, David Castelveter, the agency?s director of external communications, told Skift.??We are not an arresting authority. We don?t have detention authority. If somebody comes through with a weapon the immediate procedure is to call the local authority,? he said. ?There are some states where they just tell you to take it back to the car; in others you?ll end up at Rikers.?

Beyond the weekly tallies, which the TSA posts every Friday afternoon on its blog,?TSA does not follow arrests, indictments?or convictions stemming from firearms violations.??We just keep track of the confiscations, because the police don?t always keep us apprised of what happens,? Castelveter said.??We don?t pay attention to the arrest unless it turns into an indictment and we have an agent give testimony in a trial.?

The second half of 2012 has seen an increase over gun activity in the first six months: In July?On the National Security Beat, a project of Medill Journalism School, reported that 697 guns had been found, 170 of which were not only loaded but had rounds in their chambers.

Skift reported?earlier this month?that of the top 11 airports for firearms confiscation, five were in Texas, two were in Florida, and the most-confiscated title went to Atlanta?s?Hartsfield ? Jackson International.

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Contact 6: Man steals from real estate investors through Ponzi ... - WITI

Posted on: 9:10 pm, December 25, 2012, by Katrina Cravy, updated on: 10:25pm, December 25, 2012

MILWAUKEE ? He promised investors big returns in a house flipping business, but instead, he ran a Ponzi scheme that took millions from over 170 people. So, how did he do it? FOX6?s Contact 6 offers a closer look.

Investing in real estate can be a sound investment ? so when investors heard they could make a 12% return on their money by investing in a business that was buying and then quickly selling houses, hundreds signed up.

The problem: Donald Lacey, the former police officer who pitched them wasn?t trying to make them money.

?What Mr. Lacey didn?t tell his investors was that the money was going to three entities under his control, and he took the money for personal use,? U.S. Postal Inspector Meredith Newman said.

Postal inspectors say Lacey?s investment scam cost over 200 people over $9 million.

?That money was spent on homes, vehicles, boats ? things along those lines,? Newman said.

Authorities say Lacey used his position as a former police officer to cheat those around him.

?Mr. Lacey was highly-regarded in the community. The people he solicited from were people he knew very well based on his reputation,? Newman said.

Postal inspectors say it is so important for investors to do their due diligence before investing any money.?

Those who believe they may be a victim of a Ponzi-related scheme or any crime related to the U.S. Mail can call 1-877-876-2455 or file a complaint with postal inspectors online.?

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Mexican regulator approves $1.6 billion deal for BBVA pension fund

MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's antitrust agency approved the $1.6 billion acquisition of BBVA's pension fund by Grupo Financiero Banorte and the Mexican Social Security Institute (IMSS), Banorte said on Wednesday.

Banorte and the IMSS, a state-run health organization, will operate Mexico's biggest pension fund, with nearly one-third of the total market.

The deal, announced late last month and already approved by Mexico's pension fund regulator, has all the necessary authorizations to complete the acquisition, the bank said.

Banorte, which runs Mexico's No. 4 bank by assets, has been actively bulking up its operations in the country. Last year, it bought boutique bank Ixe, which gave it access to a portfolio of wealthy clients.

(Reporting by Alexandra Alper and Veronica Gomez; Editing by Jeffrey Benkoe)

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Starbucks to Congress: 'Come together' on fiscal cliff

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Starbucks Corp will use its ubiquitous coffee cups to tell U.S. lawmakers to come up with a deal to avoid going over the "fiscal cliff" and triggering automatic tax hikes and spending cuts.?

Chief Executive Howard Schultz is urging workers in Starbucks' roughly 120 Washington-area shops to write "come together" on customers' cups on Thursday and Friday, as U.S. President Barack Obama and lawmakers return to work and attempt to revive fiscal cliff negotiations that collapsed before the Christmas holiday.?

Starbucks' cup campaign aims to send a message to sharply divided politicians and serve as a rallying cry for the public in the days leading up to lawmakers' January 1 deadline to deliver a plan to avert harsh across-the-board government spending reductions and tax increases that could send the United States back into recession.?

"We're paying attention, we're greatly disappointed in what's going on and we deserve better," Schultz told Reuters in a telephone interview.?

The CEO said he has joined a growing list of high-powered business leaders, politicians and financial experts in endorsing the Campaign to Fix the Debt, (www.fixthedebt.org) a well-funded nonpartisan group that is leaning on lawmakers to put the United States' financial house in order.?

Starbucks plans to amplify its "come together" message via new and old media, including Twitter and Facebook posts, coverage on AOL's local news websites and advertisements in The Washington Post and The New York Times.?

"If (talks) do not progress, we will make this much bigger," Schultz said of the messaging campaign.?

Schultz is no stranger to using the world's biggest coffee chain as a platform to advocate for more political cooperation in Washington.?

During the debt ceiling debate in August 2011, he made a splash by calling for a boycott of political contributions to U.S. lawmakers until they struck a fair and bipartisan deal on the country's debt, revenue and spending.?

"We are facing such dysfunction, irresponsibility and lack of leadership" less than two years after the debt ceiling crisis, Schultz said.?

Washington narrowly avoided a U.S. government default, but not before down-to-the-wire wrangling prompted the country's first-ever debt rating downgrade.?

"There is something so wrong that we can be here again and not have the ability to put party aside for the betterment of the country," said Schultz. "We have the same language and rhetoric. Unfortunately we aren't learning much."?

Source: http://www.nbcnews.com/business/starbucks-congress-come-together-fiscal-cliff-deal-1C7661430

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Shopular?s New App Alerts You To Nearby Deals, No Coupon Clipping Required

shopular_ios_circulars1_whiteShopular, a mobile shopping startup coming out of Y Combinator's Winter 2012 batch, is today formally launching its smart couponing application on both iOS and Android. Founded by two former Shopkick engineers, Shopular soft-launched its app a few weeks ago, but with today's update, it now offers national coverage at retailers and malls across the U.S.

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Apple debuts new, more detailed status page for iCloud and other services

Apple debuts new, more detailed status page for iCloud and other services

As those affected by recent iMessage outages no doubt noticed, Apple's status page for its various services hasn't exactly been the most detailed around. That's changed a bit today, however, with the company rolling out a new page that promise to offer a better look at what's working and what's not across iCloud, iTunes and Apple's other services. As you can see above, that includes a grid that provides a quick look at any outages currently occurring, below which is a more detailed timeline that lets you look back at any past outages and how long they lasted.

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Video: Top stories that had women talking in 2012

>>> the economy, hurricane sandy and the presidential campaign were all big conversation starters this year. what were the top stories that had women talking? ivillage.com has been keeping track and chief correspondent ankle kelly wallace is here with the results.

>> good morning to you.

>> good morning. let's start with number five, that controversial breast feed ing cover on "time" magazine.

>> oh, my god, women were talking about this. women who said oh, my goodness, that's too old.

>> how old is too old?

>> this is a champion for breastfeeding. others thought maybe even if they support breast feeding this isn't the way to go to get support. people are so passionate about it, for or against.

>> number four, a book that got a lot of attention even at the white house apparently. michelle obama talked about t"the fifthy shades of grey" phenom.

>> you know, not having read it, it's hard to know exactly what's going on.

>> right.

>> it's obviously tapped into something and given people permission to explore parts of themselves that maybe felt a bit taboo.

>> i mean, hello, even the first lady is talking about it. it is something that sparked more conversation in the bedroom.

>> that's true. number three involved comments about rape by those two senate candidates, todd akien and richard mourdock . whitney houston 's death.

>> loss of a talent but also mourning the loss of this woman who now is leaving behind a daughter who no longer has a mother.

>> number one was same-sex marriage.

>> something everyone is talking about. women seem to be leading the charge. more women than men support same-sex marriage and helping to pass ballot measures legalizing same-sex marriage.

>> kelly wallace, more on ivillage.com.

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Redbox Instant headed to iOS, Android, many other devices; costs $8 per month for streaming and discs

Redbox Instant is almost here, and when it arrives sometime in early 2013, it'll cost around $8. Redbox announced pricing for its disc + streaming package this morning, pinning an $8 monthly charge to unlimited streaming, as well as access to four free one-night disc rentals at any Redbox kiosk ($9 a month turns those four discs into Blu-ray releases, magically). The service seeks to undermine streaming's 800 pound gorilla, Netflix, by undercutting its service offering -- Netflix's base streaming-only package starts at $8, whereas Redbox offers four disc rentals as well for the same price.

Redbox also announced that its instant service will head to Samsung-manufactured Blu-ray players and SmartHub TVs, as well as LG's Blu-ray players / Smart TVs, as well as Google TV devices. No word is given on the previously leaked Xbox 360 player, but we expect to hear more on that as Redbox Instant rolls out on an invitation-only basis later this month.

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Wolf Paw: My Mate

Wolf Paw: My Mate

A wolf mates for life, but lycan's have no choice in their mates. The spirits of Artemis the goddess of the moon and the hunt choice who is best for who. It is their soulmate, their one and only, the person they were made for, that is what a mate is.

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Is Susan Rice the next Robert Bork?

By Chris Wilson

For someone who hasn?t been nominated for anything recently, United Nations ambassador Susan Rice seems to be running into an awful lot of confirmation trouble.

Rice has been widely discussed as a potential successor to Hillary Clinton as secretary of state, a prospect that has come under assault from multiple flanks.

Prominent Senate Republicans launched a preemptive strike on the idea of a Rice nomination in November, saying she had misled the public by casting the assault on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi as a mob response to an inflammatory anti-Islam video rather than a terrorist attack, as it was later proven to be. Nearly 100 House Republicans helpfully added their support to that cause, even though the House of Representatives has nothing to do with confirming presidential nominations.

In Monday?s New York Times, Rice enjoyed the distinction of unflattering coverage from both ends of the A section. In the news pages, a story dissected Rice?s support for Rwandan president Paul Kagame, whom many blame for escalating violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo. On the opinion pages, an Eritrean-American journalist called on President Barack Obama to nominate someone else based on Rice?s support for the late Ethiopian autocrat Meles Zenawi.

Nominating candidates to high-profile government posts is one of the most politically exposed responsibilities of the presidency, and bringing down a nominee is an easy way for a political rival to ding a new or newly reelected president. Should Obama nominate Rice to replace Clinton, she could join Robert Bork and Harriet Miers in the pantheon of two-term presidents? botched nominations.

I built a database of all civilian presidential nominations in the Library of Congress?s legislative depot, which has searchable info on nominations going back to the 100th Congress, the last of President Ronald Reagan?s tenure.

Presidents are responsible for nominating a huge number of positions, from the chief justice of the Supreme Court to members of the National Museum and Library Services Board. That means the Senate receives between about 700 and 1,400 nominations each session to approve. I limited my investigation to a president?s most prominent nominations: Cabinet secretaries, Supreme Court justices, federal appeals judges, and United States attorneys.

In the following interactive, you can see how those nominations fared in each session of the Senate. The nominations are divided by type on the left and by result on the right.

The Senate rarely rejects nominations. Instead, they typically die one of two ways: The president could decide the nomination is a lost cause and withdraw it, as President George W. Bush did with Miers, who was cast as too inexperienced by some senators and insufficiently conservative by many Republicans.

The Senate can also refuse to put the president?s nomination to a vote. In this case, Senate rules hold that the nomination is dead in the water and must be resubmitted in the next session.

But some nominees have faced outright rejection by the Senate.

They include Robert Bork, a conservative federal appeals court judge Reagan nominated to the Supreme Court in 1987, who was voted down by the Democratic-controlled Senate by margin of 58-42.

John Tower, the former Republican senator from Texas whom President George H. W. Bush tapped for secretary of defense in 1989, was rejected by a margin of 53-47 amid allegations of Tower?s alcohol abuse and womanizing.? It was the first time the Senate had rejected a newly elected president?s Cabinet nominee. ?

But Tower at least survived without having his name turned into a verb for political rejection.

How nominations fare has a lot to do with whether the president?s party controls the Senate.

President Bill Clinton, who had a Democratic House and Senate during his first two years in office in 1993-94, had only five major nominations returned without a verdict during that period. Clinton also withdrew his nomination of Zoe Baird to be attorney general amid evidence she had hired illegal immigrants to work as household help.

Democrats lost both chambers of Congress in the 1994 midterm elections, and the Republican Senate that followed confirmed only about half of Clinton?s major nominations.

Obama may be the first president since Franklin Roosevelt to serve two full terms with a Senate controlled by his own party, given that Republicans presently face an uphill battle to retake the upper chamber in 2014. Even with that buffer, the potential for a Rice confirmation may already be in jeopardy, if for no other reason than that the opposition senses the opportunity for a political victory.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/presidential-nominations-interactive-susan-rice-next-robert-bork-210309988.html

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