AIDS and Ebola Viruses Were ‘Man-Made:’ Expert Shocks National Radio Audience

‘AIDS and Ebola viruses did not originate from monkeys left alone in the wild – they were bioengineered in American laboratories. So says an internationally known public health authority with Harvard credentials, Dr. Leonard G. Horowitz, based on a review of more than 2,500 government documents and scientific reports, some gained through the Freedom of Information Act and never before revealed to the general public.’
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Detroit to send crews for water service shutoff today as moratorium ends

‘Detroit says the last of a series of ‘water fairs’ has helped at least 1,300 residents avoid having their taps run dry as a shutoff moratorium ends.
Monday marked the end of the water shutoff moratorium, and the Detroit Water and Sewerage Department was expected to send crews out Tuesday to turn off service to customers who owe money and haven’t made a payment arrangement.’
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Tax discs are being scrapped – but millions don’t know and could be fined

‘Car tax laws are changing in little over a month but with more than two thirds of drivers unaware of the new rules, millions could be risking fines of up to £1,000.
The paper tax disc is being scrapped after 93 years on 1 October, although tax will still need to be paid, and it will no longer be transferred when buying a second-hand vehicle.
A poll of more than 1,000 drivers found that 40 per cent were completely unaware of the impending changes and of those who were, half were unsure when they were coming in and many were not planning to find out more.’
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How your iPhone is tracking your every move

‘Inbuilt GPS is an essential feature of most modern mobile phones, with Google Maps, one of the most widely-downloaded apps on the App Store, a must for pinpointing your location and getting around.
But did you know that your iPhone is using that GPS to track your every move, and store data about your whereabouts every time you use your device?
Privacy campaigners were outraged in 2011 when two British software developers discovered that Apple had been tracking users’ location in a hidden data file.’
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RBS to pay £15m fine over mortgage selling

‘Royal Bank of Scotland will on Wednesday be fined around £15m by the City watchdog for failures at the taxpayer-owned bank that meant customers were give poor advice when buying mortgages.
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is expected to announce the fine this morning following an investigation into mis-selling in the run-up to the financial crisis.
It is believed to relate to staff being improperly trained to sell mortgages, meaning that in certain cases, buyers received incorrect advice.’
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Pravda.Ru freelance correspondent arrested in Ukraine

‘Yesterday, it became known that editor-in-chief of the Luhansk Pravda, Oksana Lashchenova, who was a freelance correspondent of Pravda.Ru for ten years, was detained at a checkpoint in the village of Schastye in Ukraine.
We did not take the risk to write about it immediately, as we were afraid of harming Oksana by letting everyone know that she was cooperating with Russian mass media. However, it was said today on the website of the Ukrainian Pravda that Lashchenova was ‘a correspondent of a hideous Russian publication Pravda.Ru.”
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US Congressman Bill Posey says ‘incestuous relationship’ between CDC and vaccine manufacturers needs to be scrutinized

‘A Florida congressman known for taking on corruption in the political establishment is calling for a full investigation of the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), which was recently exposed for concealing data linking the MMR vaccine with autism.
Congressman Bill Posey from Florida’s 8th District says the CDC simply can’t be trusted to honestly investigate vaccine safety, because the agency has an ‘incestuous relationship’ with the vaccine industry.’
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