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Most Amazing thing, I have Ever Seen..Dog saves another Dog by Dragging him off the Highway This Doggie is this scripture! Greater love has no one than this, that he lay down his life for his friends. John 15:13 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwSeq2VT3Ps&feature=player_embedded

ZANESVILLE, Ohio - Several schools announced that they will not have school on Wednesday after exotic animals escaped a Muskingum County animal farm. The schools are: Maysville Local Schools, Zanesville City Schools, Foxfire Community Schools and West Muskingum Local Schools. Police said they had shot at least 25 of at least 48 escaped exotic animals on Tuesday night. Terry Thompson, the owner of the farm, was found dead outside of his home on the animal farm property. Police said the fences had been left unsecured. According to police, the animals escaped at about 6 p.m. from an animal farm near...

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Homeland Security's Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) and the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) will conduct the first nationwide test of the Emergency Alert System (EAS). The nationwide test will occur on Wednesday, November 9 at 2 p.m. eastern standard time and may last up to three and a half minutes. The EAS is a national alert and warning system established to enable the President of the United States to address the American public during emergencies. NOAA's National Weather Service, governors and state and local emergency authorities also use parts of the system to...

Cryptic messages written in the sky over lower Manhattan - part of a kooky art project - mystified and unnerved New Yorkers Sunday afternoon. Just after 4 p.m. a plane wrote the words "Last Chance" in the air. The message was preceded by"Lost Our Lease" and followed by "Now Open." Some Twitter users thought the "Last Chance" message was a terrorist threat. Others assumed the Wall St. protesters were behind it. "Call me crazy," Allie Herzog tweeted, "but I don't think ominously writing 'Last Chance' in smoke over NYC constitutes as 'art." Some New Yorkers panicked.

Tonight’s moon is only a prelude to the full Hunter’s Moon that will grace North American skies tomorrow – on Tuesday evening, October 11, 2011. But the moon looks plenty full tonight, too, as it parades across the sky from dusk till dawn. The moon will reach the crest of its full phase tomorrow, Tuesday, October 11, at precisely 10:06 p.m. EDT, 9:06 p.m. CDT, 8:06 p.m. MDT, and 7:06 p.m. PDT. Elsewhere in the Northern Hemisphere, the full Hunter’s Moon will fall in the wee hours after midnight on Wednesday (October 12) in Europe, and during the daylight hours...

Anak Krakatau, a volcanic island in the Sunda Strait between the islands of Java and Sumatra in Indonesia, erupted on Tuesday sending columns of ash and rock hurtling high into the air. The rise in volcanic and earthquake activity prompted authorities to put in place a 2km exclusion zone for tourists and local fishermen. The Indonesian Volcanology and Geology Disaster Mitigation Centre reported that an estimated 6,000-7,000 volcanic earthquakes were recorded daily during the weekend and on Monday. Daily earthquake totals usually do not exceed 100-200. Seismologists are still attempting to determine the type and scale of the ongoing eruption...

Four men, one calling: To serve and protect. As law enforcement officers, Adam Mitchell, Nathan Hayes, David Thomson, and Shane Fuller are confident and focused. Yet at the end of the day, they face a challenge that none of them are truly prepared to tackle: fatherhood. While they consistently give their best on the job, good enough seems to be all they can muster as dads. But they're quickly discovering that their standard is missing the mark. When tragedy hits home, these men are left wrestling with their hopes, their fears, their faith, and their fathering. Can a newfound urgency...

GEOMAGNETIC STORM: A strong-to-severe geomagnetic storm is in progress following the impact of a coronal mass ejection (CME) at approximately 12:15 UT on Sept. 26th. The Goddard Space Weather Lab reports a "strong compression of Earth's magnetosphere. Simulations indicate that solar wind plasma [has penetrated] close to geosynchronous orbit starting at 13:00UT." Geosynchronous satellites could therefore be directly exposed to solar wind plasma and magnetic fields. High-latitude sky watchers should be alert for Northern and Southern Lights after nightfall. Aurora alerts: text, voice. aurora photos: from Minoru Yoneto of Queenstown, New Zealand; from Ole Ambrosiussen of Hvinningdal, Silkeborg, Denmark; from...

Breaking News: People from San Diego to Los Angeles to Las Vegas, Nevada reported seeing a large, greenish, fiery object shooting across the sky Wednesday night. There is no word yet on exactly what it was. A witness told NBCLA, "I saw something that looked like a falling star but it must have been a fireball in the atmosphere. It was huge. It had a green glow in front of it and a white tail. It like green fireworks going across the sky." Witnesses said they saw the fireball around 7:45. The FAA and the National Weather Service say they...

The Emergency Committee for Israel has been ramping up its criticism of the Obama administration, launching ad campaigns in the run-up to today’s NY-9 election and the Palestinian unilateral statehood declaration at the UN. The group’s latest billboard ads, which went up today, feature a giant photo of President Obama and Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas sharing a jovial handshake in front of a Palestinian flag. “Attacking Israel at the United Nations: Not Pro-Israel,” blares one of the billboards. “Calling for a divided Jerusalem: Not Pro-Israel,” reads another. The billboards have popped up at locations across the city, including 11th...

Heads up! That's the word from NASA today (Sept. 7) given the impending re-entry of a 6.5-ton satellite through Earth's atmosphere. The huge Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) is expected to re-enter Earth's atmosphere in an uncontrolled fall in late September or early October. Much of the spacecraft is expected to burn up during re-entry, but some pieces are expected to make it intact to the ground, NASA officials said. The U.S. space agency will be taking measures to inform the public about the pieces of the spacecraft that are expected to survive re-entry. "It is too early to say...

As deadly fires continue to burn across bone-dry Texas and eight inches of rain from tropical storm Lee falls on New Orleans, the US is beginning to count the cost of nine months of unprecedented weather extremes. Ever since a massive blizzard causing $2bn of damage paralysed cities from Chicago to the north-east in January, nearly every month has been marked by a $1b+-weather catastrophe. According to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric administration (Noaa), there have been 10 major disasters already this year, leaving more than 700 people dead and property damage of over $35bn (£22bn

Robert Jeffress, pastor of First Baptist Church of Dallas, will be starting a new sermon series on Sept. 11 titled, "Twilight's Last Gleaming," in hopes of getting the message across to Christians that "we are not going to save America." The sermon series kicking off on the 10th anniversary of the 9/11 terrorist attacks is actually based on a book of the same name to be released in January 2012 by Worthy Publishing. The book's subtitle, "How to make America's last days your best days," is actually meant to be encouraging, according to Jeffress. Jeffress, who has authored several books...

Filmed mostly in Sydney, “Suing the Devil” centers around Luke O'Brien, a washed-up janitor turned night law student, who decides to sue Satan for $8 trillion dollars. On the last day before Luke files a default judgment, Satan appears to defend himself – backed by ten of the country’s best trial lawyers. For too long the devil has almost been a non-existent entity in so many Christian churches," says one pastor, "but this movie really brings out the reality of the spiritual battle we all face against the enemy... I've had so many people tell me how therapeutic the film...

'... there will I deal with and execute judgment upon them for their treatment of My people and of My heritage Israel, whom they have scattered among the nations and because they have divided My land.' -Joel 3:2 The Trailer http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tUHu-GYVC8o

Texas governor Rick Perry hosting huge prayer event in Houston.... (UPDATE) ... A Flash Flood Warning remains in effect until 1100 PM CDT for southeastern Lubbock County... At 1005 PM CDT... National Weather Service Doppler radar continued to indicate a thunderstorm producing heavy rainfall over southeast Lubbock County around Slaton. Although rainfall rates have tapered off to near 1 inch per hour... some localized flooding will still be possible near the city of Slaton. Across the city of Lubbock... rainfall has tapered off significantly but many streets and underpasses continue to have standing water especially along curbside lanes. Local law...

“O generation of vipers, how can ye, being evil, speak good things? for out of the abundance of the heart the mouth speaketh.” Matthew 12:34 The following quotes from Obama should let you know exactly how he feels. “To the millions of Muslim Americans across the United States and more — the more than one billion Muslims around the world, Ramadan is a time of reflection and a time of devotion. It’s an occasion to join with family and friends in celebration of a faith known for its diversity and a commitment to justice and the dignity of all human...

Texas Gov. Rick Perry will make "a definitive announcement that he is in the 2012 race for the presidency Saturday," aides told Fox News. The language is significant. For several days the Perry camp has said he would signal his intentions and announce later. "This is it," the sources explain. No exploratory committee, no more deliberation.

LAS VEGAS (FOX5) - NV Energy crews rushed to turn on the lights (and air conditioning) for nearly 1,500 customers affected by power outages Friday morning. The utility said 1,400 customers had lost power in the area of Desert Inn Road and Eastern Avenue, 46 customers were without power near Desert Inn and Nellis Boulevard, and 62 were affected by an outage near Rainbow Boulevard and Washington Avenue. The cause of the outages was not immediately known. Stay with FOX5 for updates to this developing story ADD: CME IMPACT--NOW: NASA's ACE spacecraft, which measures the speed of the solar wind...