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BULLETIN -- NEW YORK POLICE AND FBI RAID HOMES IN QUEENS IN TERRORISM INVESTIGATION.6 minutes ago from BNO Headquarters

SNIPPET: "U.S. counterterrorism officials have linked one of the nation's most wanted terrorists to last year's thwarted plot to bomb the New York City subway system, authorities said Wednesday. Current and former counterterrorism officials said top al-Qaida operative Adnan Shukrijumah met with one of the would-be suicide bombers in a plot that Attorney General Eric Holder called one of the most dangerous since the 9/11 terror attacks."

A stunning set of maps from Doug McCune renders San Francisco crime as elevation. Land peaks and crests, according to the SFPD's 2009 incident data. The stories told here aren't especially surprising. Certain crimes, like car theft and assault, are more or less evenly distributed across the city (yes, even in Pac Heights), whereas others, like drugs (see below), are confined to specific areas--making for a sort of mini mountain range in the poorer parts of town. But as a concise guide to San Francisco, these maps beat anything Rand McNally prints. They ought to pass them out at the...

To the untrained eye, U.S. Army radar-generated maps may look like a bird's-eye view of a city at night; however, these images contain useful intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information that reveal concealed objects by penetrating foliage, buildings and some terrain while overcoming camouflage, concealment and deception techniques. These maps, which highlight boundaries not visible to traditional electronic sensors, are made possible by the U.S. Army's Tactical Reconnaissance and Counter Concealment Enabled Radar, or TRACER. Developed by the Research, Development and Engineering Command's communications and electronics center, TRACER is a mid-range, long wavelength synthetic aperture radar system that provides all-weather persistent...

Portuguese police have seized half a tonne of explosives at a house that they say was being used as a base by Basque separatist group Eta. The discovery, which also included bomb-making equipment, was made in the central Portugal town of Obidos. Fake licence plates, detonators and maps were also found, officials said. A militant group fighting for an independent Basque homeland, Eta has been blamed for more than 820 deaths during its campaign in Spain. "The material was stored in secure conditions which indicates the work of professionals," local police chief Helder Barros said. Several of the explosives were...

New FEMA flood plain maps are full of mistakes that could prove costly ___ More than a year and a half after a massive flood left a huge swath of eastern Iowa underwater, the tiny farming community of Oakville is clinging to survival. Many of the town's 400-or-so residents moved on after the June 2008 disaster, leaving local leaders desperate to lure new faces to the community. But they say their efforts are being harmed by an ambitious government initiative to update and digitize the nation's flood plain maps. The Federal Emergency Management Agency started the $200 million-per-year project in...

A Virginia man who once spent eight years on the run from naval investigators was arrested in Somerset County early today with a trove of high-powered weapons, including a grenade-launcher and two assault rifles, along with maps of a U.S. military base and a civilian neighborhood, authorities said. The federal government’s Joint Terrorism Task Force quickly joined the investigation into Lloyd R. Woodson, 43, who had been staying at a Branchburg motel since last week. Woodson, whose last known address was in Reston, Va., was wearing a bullet-proof vest and carrying one of the assault rifles — customized to shoot...

The Appearance Of The United States Will Change Stephen Hanson Jan. 30, 2005 [21] For then there will be great distress, unequaled from the beginning of the world until now--and never to be equaled again. [22] If those days had not been cut short, no one would survive, but for the sake of the elect those days will be shortened. Matt. 24 “There is a place that you can run to and hide when the storms come upon this world. There is a place that you will be sheltered from the storms. I tell you that you can run to...

Hideous monsters devouring ships? Old map symbols, correctly showing storm fronts & dangerous currents I’ve always been fond of maps, from those antique ones showing sea serpents and hideous monsters devouring ships in the vast expanses of the ocean, to those showing what the world looked like in the distant, and not so distant, past. Maps have, of course, been with us in one form or another, for a long time. Jerusalem is in the center - from "Itinerarium Sacrae Scipturae", by Heinrich Bunting, 1545-1606 Here’s a world map according to Posidonius, from around 150-130 B.C. - Ptolemy's version of...

NATO's new map game has horrible geography. China owns chunks of Pakistan and several countries are underwater. I hope their planning maps are better.

Jihadist websites recently carried a series of maps displaying strategic, military and nuclear facilities in many countries around the world, including Israel. Other items shared by jihadists over the Internet include newspaper clippings about alleged Israeli army bases in Africa. The detailed maps are presented by Islamic fundamentalists alongside calls to carry out strikes against the named targets, according to a report released Monday by the Institute of Terrorism Research and Response (ITRR). One recent message specifies "important nuclear facilities and military bases that...

Swine Flu Map

I don't know who or if anyone already knows about this site, but it is pretty cool. Just put your mouse on a city anywhere in the world and the newspaper headlines pop up... Double click the dot and the page gets larger. I thought everyone would like to know about this site, if you don't already. I also found you can read the entire paper on some if you click on the right place. You can spend forever there! lol oops forgot the link World Wide Newspaper Map

I don't know who or if anyone already knows about this site, but it is pretty cool. Just put your mouse on a city anywhere in the world and the newspaper headlines pop up... Double click the dot and the page gets larger. I thought everyone would like to know about this site, if you don't already. I also found you can read the entire paper on some if you click on the right place. You can spend forever there! lol

Imagine if all the hospitals, schools, churches, and government buildings that appear on online maps were nothing but blurs. That would not only reduce the usefulness of things like Google Maps and Google Earth, but it would be a huge undertaking for Google and would probably violate the First Amendment. But that's exactly what California Assemblyman Joel Anderson, a Republican from El Cajon, is proposing in a measure dubbed "AB-255." The measure would apply to Web site operators and online services that make "a virtual globe browser available to members of the public" and fails to define what that is....

After detailed maps of local military operations and anti-government slogans were found in a south Minneapolis apartment, federal authorities are now involved in the investigation. The three tenants were evicted from the property this weekend, but what they left behind has caught the interest of the FBI and Homeland Security. A cleaning crew made the discovery shortly before 12 p.m. on Tuesday. One of the workers told 5 EYEWITNESS NEWS they noticed maps on the walls with government chains and commands. Inside a closet, they found numerous rolls of maps. Authorities said the details are disturbing. "We ran into a...

Here are Maps where you can track the pork projects that the House of Representatives passed in the Omnibus bill last week. One map is for pork in the Commerce, Justice and State Bill the other map covers Energy and Water bill earmarks. Warning! May be dangerous to your health, High fat content.

An Iraqi Soldier demonstrates the proper way to insert a 60mm mortar round into an indirect fire weapon system during a familiarization training class at Forward Operating Base Garry Owen, Feb. 5. Photo by Kevin Wolf, Multi-National Division – Center. FOB GARRY OWEN — Iraqi Army (IA) troops participated in mortar-familiarization training with U.S. Soldiers here, Feb. 5. “Every day we are learning [new skills] about the mortar indirect fire system and how to read a map,” said Iraqi Cpl. Ali Huthoof. The two-week course focused on map reading and the fundamentals of mortar-indirect fire accuracy on enemy targets. The...

Whether you’re heading to D.C. for the Inauguration or simply looking for an exclusive piece of presidential memorabilia, the President Barack Obama Commemorative Inaugural fabMAP® from Rand McNally is the perfect Obama collectible or Obama gift to celebrate the historic occasion. Made of microfiber, the waterproof fabMAP® features the Inauguration site and surrounding area. It’s tear-proof, won’t wrinkle, and has many uses including cleaning glasses, mobile device screens and camera lenses. This napkin-sized fabric map easily fits into a purse or pocket but also features intricate mapping detail. The President Barack Obama Commemorative Inaugural fabMAP® is more than a unique...

A fascinating new atlas, featuring cities that are renamed to reflect their etymological origins, is now on sale. Etymologists and wordsmiths will take particular interest in a new set of maps going on sale in time for Christmas. The traditional names for the world's cities, countries, rivers and mountains have been altered on an atlas to reflect their origins and literal meaning. Chicago, for example, is renamed Stink Onion and Cameroon is called the Land of Shrimps. The logic behind each place name is explained on the back of the maps. Cameroon comes from the Portuguese word camaroes, meaning...