Breaking News Tues. Sept. 18, 2012

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Peak Oil and Energy News
CommoditiesAndFutures: The West cannot keep Iran away from global Crude Oil markets

Global Conflict
StarTribune: 50,000 vehicles, 100,000 metal containers: US troops pack up gear to ship out of Afghanistan 
WSJ: Panetta Calls for Calm in China-Japan Dispute
Hosted: Newsweek 'Muslim Rage' cover sparks wave of scorn
Reuters: NATO halts work with Afghan allies to stem insider attacks  

VOA: Taiwan Seeks Peacekeeper Role in Island Dispute
JPost: Video: Republican Mitt Romney lambasts 2-state solution 
NYT: Suicide Bomber Strikes Vehicle Carrying Foreigners in Kabul

Guardian: China-Japan row over disputed islands threatens to escalate  
NYT: Scores of Japanese Stores Close Over China Protests
Telegraph: China may take 'further action' against Japan

GlobeAndMail: Video: Prophet film protest hits Bangkok  
NBC: US-Afghan military operations suspended after attacks
GlobeAndMail: Prince Harry got extra security during Taliban attack on Afghan base

OWS/Protests
Alternet: It's Alive! Occupy Actions Across the Country Show the Movement's Impact
ChicagoTribune: Chicago teachers anxious as union meets on contract offer


Hacker News/Wikileaks
CNNMoney: Your smartphone will (eventually) be hacked

Domestic Financial News
WSJ: Dole to Sell Businesses to Itochu
BusinessInsider: Look How Much Less Americans Can Afford Now Compared To Six Years Ago 
FT: The Next President Will Step into Deficit Hell
CNBC: New York Manufacturing Level Keeps on Falling

CNNMoney: Obama's jobs record: Better than Bush's

GlobeAndMail: The hidden risks of QE3
BusinessInsider: Top EIA Analyst: 'These Numbers Do Not Tell Me That We Are In A Recovery'


Global Financial News
Guardian: Merkel's hero, the thrifty Swabian housewife
GlobeAndMail: Canadian economy stuck in ‘soft patch,’ TD warns 
Spiegel: Plan to Avoid More Bailouts EU Considers Splitting Up Major Banks 

SeattleTimes: WHY IT MATTERS: China's auto parts industry 
BBC: Japan-China row: Media worried about economic impact


Environmental
USGS

M 2.6, 62km S of Larsen Bay, Alaska

M 2.9, 22km SSE of Pahala, Hawaii

M 3.2, 67km N of Isabela, Puerto Rico

M 4.9, 24km NE of We, New Caledonia

M 2.7, 18km SE of Emajagua, Puerto Rico

M 4.3, 14km SW of Samara, Costa Rica

M 4.2, 20km SSW of Samara, Costa Rica

M 4.5, 135km SW of Puerto El Triunfo, El Salvador

M 5.1, 143km SE of Sarangani, Philippines

Guardian: Arctic expert predicts final collapse of sea ice within four years 

As sea ice shrinks to record lows, Prof Peter Wadhams warns a 'global disaster' is now unfolding in northern latitudes
CNN: 2012 hottest year on record, federal agency says 

MSNBC: Huge Greenland iceberg starts to go to pieces  - Manhattan-sized chunk broke away from glacier in July
Telegraph: Halliburton loses radioactive rod in Texas
Halliburton engineers have lost a radioactive rod used to survey oil and gas drilling sites somewhere in Texas, sparking a search operation involving the National Guard, FBI and Environmental Protection Agency.
NBC: Power East Coast via wind? Doable with 144,000 offshore turbines, study says

America in Decline
Alternet: Shocking Report Explodes 5 Myths About American Education


Food and Water
TheScientist: Agriculture-Ecology Initiative Announced


Science and Technology
CosmicLog: How the Curiosity rover's robotic arm is blazing a trail on Mars ... and Earth

Medical and Health
CNNHealth: Cancer now No. 1 killer of U.S. Hispanics
Vitals: Superbug kills 7th patient at NIH hospital in Maryland
HealthToday: New love or drug use? It's all the same to your brain


Other News
USAToday: Bomb threat prompts LSU to evacuate campus
Alternet: Will Pennsylvania Execute a Man Who Killed His Abusers? 
Guardian: Video: Controversial video shows 18-month-old girl playing with gorillas 

NBC: 132 inmates tunnel out of Mexico prison near US border

Politics
Boston.com: Secretly filmed video of Mitt Romney, apparently at fundraiser, reveals  unguarded views

WASHINGTON – Mitt Romney, during a private fundraiser captured on video, told a group of donors in much blunter terms than he does publicly how he feels about the election. He joked about his wealth, and quipped that he would have a better shot at victory if he were Latino.

But the most striking portion of the video -- clips of which were apparently taken surreptitiously earlier this year, began surfacing online in recent weeks, and appeared in more depth this afternoon on the website of Mother Jones -- shows Romney talking in disparaging ways about nearly half of the electorate.

Guardian: Mitt Romney 'victims' gaffe: key players
USAToday: Romney's 47 percent comment opens debate
Alternet: Sins of a "Good Mormon Boy"  

Guardian: Who are Romney's 47% that don't pay tax?
Rawstory: Trump filmed unaired ‘you’re fired’ video with Obama impersonator for RNC  
BusinessInsider: The Worst Thing Mitt Romney Said In That Leaked Fundraising Video
MotherJones: SECRET VIDEO: Romney Tells Millionaire Donors What He REALLY Thinks of Obama Voters

SecurityBlogs: Where Obama, Romney stand on foreign policy challengesHosted: Romney looks to steady shaky campaign


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