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The police-detecting Target Blu Eye device; Police see red over gizmo that blows their cover
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/3219918/posts
IT COULD be every crook’s must-have gadget — a device that can warn when a police car is nearby. The small dashboard-mounted display alerts the driver by bleeping and lighting up when it senses police radio transmissions. It also reveals when ambulances and fire engines are near. The maker claims that it is useful for telling drivers that an emergency vehicle needs to overtake. Target Blu Eye has its critics, who predict that the device will be used by irresponsible drivers to make sure that the coast is clear while they speed or use mobile phones... [snip]
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Will GOP billionaire Sheldon Adelson bankroll Mike Huckabee in 2016?
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-gop/3219919/posts
The casino magnate and big Gingrich booster in 2012 may have his eyes on a new candidate in 2016. Billionaire casino magnate Sheldon Adelson and his wife Miriam spent an astonishing $98 million trying to elect conservative candidates during the 2012 election cycle. The Adelsons threw more than a fifth of that total at Winning our Future, a super PAC supporting GOP presidential hopeful Newt Gingrich. We all know how Gingrich’s primary campaign against Mitt Romney turned out, but the Adelsons’ contributions kept Gingrich’s campaign afloat far longer than the former House Speaker would otherwise have survived... [snip]
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STUDY: Plants Can Tell When They’re Being Eaten...
http://modernfarmer.com/2014/10/plants-can-tell-theyre-eaten/
[Those evil vegetarians!]
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CHOCOLATE ‘IMPROVES MEMORY’ [would be nice if true]
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/health-science/compound-in-chocolate-found-to-reverse-age-related-memory-loss-study-finds/2014/10/26/cee91aac-5bcb-11e4-bd61-346aee66ba29_story.html
Monster Research Thread of Ebola [Ebola Surveillance Thread]
Earlier highlights coming up.