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Russia says its evidence points to rebels in Aleppo chemical attack – UPI.com

The statement also warned the United States and its allies against conducting a military strike against Syria until the United Nations completes its investigation into the Aug. 21 chemical attack in Damascus suburbs. The United States said its evidence indicates forces loyal to President Bashar Assad used chemical weapons in the August attack.

The statement also raised the specter of U.S. claims of weapons of mass destruction being hidden in Iraq that later proved false.

“The Russian report is specific,” the ministry statement said. “It is a scientific and technical document.”

U.S. officials did not immediately comment, McClatchy said, which reported that independent chemical weapons experts it had contacted said they had not had time to read the Russian document.

A U.N. team spent four days late last month investigating the Aug. 21 incident. Samples it collected are being examined at OPCW labs in Europe. U.N. Secretary General Ban Ki-moon has urged the United States to delay any response until results of the U.N. investigation are known.

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Recalls, Market Withdrawals, & Safety Alerts > Cains Foods Issues an Allergen Alert for Undeclared Milk and Egg in Olde Cape Cod Chipotle Ranch Dressing

Cains Foods Issues an Allergen Alert for Undeclared Milk and Egg in Olde Cape Cod Chipotle Ranch Dressing

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Sorry – grin – what should one expect of some goofy Olde Cape Cod Chipotle Ranch Dressing – mishmash!

Profile of Turkish Protest Movemet Icon Erdem Gündüz – SPIEGEL ONLINE

Erdem Gündüz feels somewhat uncomfortable as he stands in front of the Atatürk statue once again, worried that it might be too contrived. But he doesn’t need convincing. “I know the power of photos and what you journalists want,” he says with a smile.

via Profile of Turkish Protest Movemet Icon Erdem Gündüz – SPIEGEL ONLINE.

The Gun Report: September 5, 2013 – NYTimes.com

An 81-year-old man who was lying in wait with a .22-caliber rifle for a raccoon accidentally shot himself after sneezing and falling from a chair in New Haven, Conn., Saturday night. James Pace Sr. told authorities that a raccoon had been scratching at his back door for several days. Detectives seized the rifle and are investigating the incident.

via The Gun Report: September 5, 2013 – NYTimes.com.

The Gun Report: September 5, 2013 – NYTimes.com

Megan Bookstaver, 23, was shot in the head and killed while examining firearms with her boyfriend and two others in a townhouse in Tarrytown, N.Y., Monday. The gun involved was a “long gun” that did not have to be registered, but there were other unregistered guns found in the home. Police are calling the shooting “suspicious.”

via The Gun Report: September 5, 2013 – NYTimes.com.

The Gun Report: September 5, 2013 – NYTimes.com

7-year-old Desirae Macias was left brain dead after gunmen opened fire on her family following a fight at a Palmdale, Calif., gas station, early Wednesday. Sheriff’s deputies said the conflict began when the boyfriend of the victim’s mother got into an argument with three men. Though he tried to disengage from the fight, citing his family in the car, the suspects followed them for several miles before opening fire. The gunmen were arrested.

—KABC

A 10-year-old girl was accidentally shot and wounded during a family hunting trip in Burley, Idaho, Sunday morning. The sheriff’s office investigated the shooting and ruled it was accidental. No word on whether anyone will be charged.

via The Gun Report: September 5, 2013 – NYTimes.com.

The Gun Report: September 5, 2013 – NYTimes.com

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September 5, 2013, 11:29 am 4 Comments

The Gun Report: September 5, 2013

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According to the Centers for Disease Control, 31,672 people were killed by firearms in America in 2010. Slate’s gun-death tally, which we include at the end of each post, has recorded 7,897 deaths since the Newtown massacre last December—almost three times the total killed on Sept. 11, and nearly double the number of U.S. soldiers killed over the course of the nine-year-long Iraq War.

Sobering as this tally is, there’s still a glaring disparity between the C.D.C. figures and S

via The Gun Report: September 5, 2013 – NYTimes.com.