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Emails tie top Christie aide to GWB closures --'Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee' 08 Jan 2014 Gov. Chris Christie's deputy chief of staff had advance knowledge of a plan to shut down local access lanes to the George Washington Bridge in September, and was aware that the closures would snarl traffic on Fort Lee streets, according to documents obtained by The Star-Ledger. "Time for some traffic problems in Fort Lee," read an email message from the deputy, Bridget Anne Kelly, dated Aug. 13, nearly a month before the Sept. 9-13 closures, which snarled traffic and sparked a scandal that has drawn national attention. The email was sent to David Wildstein, the former official at the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey who gave the direct order to the bridge manager close the lanes. Wildstein received the 7:34 a.m. email on his personal Gmail account from Kelly's personal Yahoo account. Wildstein responded, "Got it."

EMS responses delayed by GWB lane closures in Fort Lee 08 Jan 2014 Emergency responders were delayed in attending to four medical situations - including one in which a woman lay unconscious – due to traffic gridlock caused by unannounced closures of access lanes to the George Washington Bridge, according to the head of the borough's EMS department. In at least two of those instances, response time doubled, noted EMS coordinator Paul Favia, who documented those cases in a Sept. 10 letter to Mayor Mark Sokolich, which The Record obtained.

Rand Paul to introduce legislation to repeal Iraq War law --Paul seeking Senate co-sponsors 08 Jan 2014 Sen. Rand Paul, R-Ky., plans to introduce legislation Friday to repeal the law that green-lighted the March 2003 U.S. invasion of Iraq, and which remains on the books two years after President Barack Obama declared that war over, Paul's office said Wednesday. Paul's announcement came one day after Yahoo News reported the White House favors scrapping the Authorization for the Use of Military Force in Iraq, signed into law in late 2002 by then-President [sic] George W. Bush. "This bill will ensure that our chapter of action in Iraq is officially closed, and that any future President seeking to engage in the region will be required to come to Congress to gain authorization and support, as is Constitutionally required," Paul wrote in a letter to colleagues obtained by Yahoo News.

Two killed, one missing as US navy helicopter goes down off Virginia coast 08 Jan 2014 Two crew members died and another was missing Wednesday after a US navy helicopter with five people on board crashed in the Atlantic off the coast of Virginia. The navy said the crewmen died Wednesday hours was some explosion triggered by some sort of chemical reaction during plant operations," said a police spokesman in Mie, central Japan. "It seems a number of people were killed or injured," he said, adding they were not sure of exact numbers.

Fatal Case of H5N1 Bird Flu Reported in Canada 09 Jan 2014 Canadian health officials said Wednesday a fatal case of H5N1 bird flu has been reported in Canada, the first such case in North America. The victim was travelling from China when symptoms first appeared. Officials said the person began to feel ill on a flight to Canada from Beijing on Dec. 27. They said it was the first case of H5N1 circulating in Beijing and said China looking is looking into it.

Captive Goodyear bosses holed up at French site 07 Jan 2014 Two Goodyear bosses held captive by workers spent the night inside a factory in northern France that the company wants to close. The plant, which Goodyear has tried to sell or shutter for five years, has become an emblem of France's labor issues, and the seizure of the two managers -- the plant's director and human resources chief -- resurrected the once-common practice of boss-napping.

Senate moves ahead with measure to extend long-term unemployment benefits 07 Jan 2014 The Democratic effort to extend federal benefits for the long-term unemployed got a surprise boost Tuesday as skeptical Republicans in the Senate voted to allow the proposal to advance, with issues of poverty and economic opportunity emerging as a central battleground between the parties. The bill, sponsored by Sens. Jack Reed (D-R.I.) and Dean Heller (R-Nev.), calls for an estimated *6.5 billionafter they were hauled from the sea about 20 miles east of Virginia Beach and taken to hospital in Norfolk. Two other crew members were being evaluated at the Sentara Norfolk General hospital. One was said to be in a serious condition, while the other was "described" as fair, the Navy said in a news release.

US air force helicopter crashes in Norfolk, killing four crew 07 Jan 2014 At least four people have been killed after a US military helicopter crashed during a training exercise near a Royal Air Force base on the east coast of England. A 400m area was cordoned off by police following the incident, which happened around 6pm near the Norfolk village of Cley-next-the-Sea. The incident involved a HH-60 Pave Hawk helicopter, a derivative of the better-known Black Hawk aircraft, whose primary role is the transport of special forces.

Navy sends reporter details on how to avoid his FOIA request regarding Navy Yard shooting 08 Jan 2014 A US Navy official mistakenly forwarded an email to a local news reporter this week outlining the Navy's method of avoiding the very Freedom of Information Act requests that reporter had filed. Scott MacFarlane, a news reporter for NBC 4 in Washington, DC, had filed a FOIA request with the Navy in an attempt to compel authorities to turn over documents related to the Navy Yard shooting [false flag] in September. MacFarlane was seeking memos written by higher-ups at Naval Sea Systems Command from September, October, and November 2013--messages sent by the same officials in the hours directly after the shooting occurred, and images of building 197 at the Navy Yard, where the gunman killed 12 people and injured three others.

Former New York City Cops Held Over 9/11 Fraud [Too bad the actual architects of 9/11 weren't held, as well.] 08 Jan 2014 Former New York police officers and firefighters, who falsely claimed they were disabled as a result of the September 11 attacks, have been arrested in a sweeping fraud investigation. They are among more than 100 people charged over the "massive" Social Security fraud worth hundreds of millions of dollars. Of the 106 charged in the scam, 80 were retired New York police officers or firefighters.

'Multiple' casualties in Japan chemical factory explosion 09 Jan 2014 A number of people were killed or injured in an explosion at a chemical factory in Japan Thursday, police and reports said. "There  to grant an additional three months of benefits for the long-term unemployed. Seemingly poised for defeat, the legislation instead cleared an early hurdle by the narrowest of margins as six Senate Republicans sided with Democrats to advance it.

Judge Blocks Part of N.Y.U.'s Plan for Four Towers in Greenwich Village 08 Jan 2014 A state judge on Tuesday unexpectedly blocked about half of New York University's large and hotly debated expansion plan to build four towers in the school's leafy and largely low-scale Greenwich Village neighborhood. The judge, Donna M. Mills, of State Supreme Court in Manhattan, ruled that the administration of Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg had wrongfully agreed to turn over three public parks to the university to enable construction without first obtaining approval from the State Legislature. Still, the university [insanely] insisted that the ruling would permit it to move forward with its largest building, a one-million-square-foot academic tower that would be erected on the site of the university's gym.

Backers of ballot measure to legalize marijuana in Alaska turn in signatures 08 Jan 2014 Backers of a ballot initiative that could make Alaska the third state to legalize marijuana for recreational use turned in some 46,000 signatures to the state election officials Wednesday -- putting the question one step closer to the Aug. 19 ballot. The Alaska measure is modeled on the 2012 Colorado initiative that paved the way for a recreational pot industry that threw open its doors there on Jan. 1, when the law went into effect.

Utah Says It Won't Recognize Same-Sex Marriages It Licensed 09 Jan 2014 The fortunes of 1,300 newlywed same-sex couples in Utah were thrown into turmoil on Wednesday after the governor's office announced that it would not recognize their marriages while it presses its legal efforts to limit marriages to one man and one woman. It was the latest twist in the 19-day tale of same-sex marriage in one of the country's most socially conservative states.

Record freeze extends to eastern United States, at least nine dead 08 Jan 2014 A deadly blast of arctic air shattered decades-old temperature records as it enveloped the eastern United States on Tuesday, snarling air, road and rail travel, driving energy prices higher and overwhelming shelters for homeless people. At least nine deaths have been reported across the country connected with the polar air mass that swept over North America during the past few days. Authorities have put about half of the United States under a wind chill warning or cold weather advisory.

3 Amtrak trains halted by snow drifts --The train came to a halt near Mendota, paralyzed by an 8- to 12-foot snow drift. 07 Jan 2014 More than 500 passengers spent all of Monday night stranded aboard three snowbound Amtrak trains -- the Southwest Chief from Los Angeles, the Illinois Zephyr from Quincy and the California Zephyr from the San Francisco Bay Area.

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