Cr edit note: ” ..You just can’t make this stuff up…” msnbc.com and NBC News A conservation group demonstrating an anti-poaching method for reporters in South Africa accidentally killed the rhinoceros they were using in… more »

  FoxNews.com A U.S. drone has crashed in the island nation of Seychelles, an incident that comes just over a week after a U.S. drone went down in Iran.  The U.S. Air Force confirmed that the unarmed MQ-9 drone crash-landed at the Seychelles… more »

UK Telegraph By Ambrose Evans-Pritchard German finance minister Wolfgang Schauble said it would be a folly to boost the EU’s bail-out machinery (EFSF) beyond its €440bn lending limit by deploying leverage to up to €2 trillion, perhaps by… more »

The dour resemblance to the “Messiah"  is, indeed, remarkable~BLS Here the President prepares to demonstrate his “dark-side force lightning” technique By Kerry Picket Washington Post The Framingham Police Department in… more »

  Reuters   * S&P 500 turns negative for year * S&P closes below 200-day moving average * Global growth fears weigh on stocks * Dow off 2.2 pct, S&P off 2.6 pct, Nasdaq 2.8 pct * For up-to-the-minute market news see [STXNEWS/US]… more »