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Update: It was two barges carrying natural gas that exploded on the Mobile River in Alabama. Injury total still 3 with burns transported to the hospital Breaking News: A fuel barge has exploded on the Mobile River in Alabama. The explosion took place around 8:30 this evening. The twitter account of the Mobile FD says 3 injuries have been reported. Check back for update here on FPV.

Paul Kevin Curtis was released on Tuesday after charges were dropped in the case of the ricin letter sent to Obama and members of congress. The Feds are citing "new information" with few other details. The charges were dropped  "without prejudice," so they can recharge him later.  Since his arrest last Wednesday he and his attorney have denied all involvement the the sending of these letters. Curtis's attorney  Christi McCoy  claimed in an interview with CNN that her client had be framed.  "I do believe someone who was familiar and is familiar with Kevin just simply took his personal information and did this to him," -McCoy He was released after a search if his home, his car and his ex-wife's home turns up no evidence. The FBI said they found no evidence of ricin, castor beans or any apparatus to produce ricin.  "There was no apparent ricin, castor beans or any material there that could be used for the manufacturing, like a blender o...

News this afternoon is that the only living suspect of the of the Boston bombing, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, was charged today by a federal court. He was charged with Use of a weapon of Mass Destruction and Malicious Destruction of Property Resulting in Death , according to the complaint filed by the Federal Government. In other news, the White House said that the bombing suspect would NOT be treated as an enemy combatant. Thus, he will tried in the civilian legal system instead of a military tribunal. Though many in our government are calling for the suspect to be treated as an enemy combatant, we must also remember the murder/terrorist  suspect  was an American citizen. Either way he could face the death penalty if convicted. (Dzhokhar Tsarnaev Boston bombing suspect) Earlier in the day, we learned the suspect was at moments alert and answering question by nodding his head and possibly via writing although some reports were not clear. Check back here at F.P.V. for furth...

Fourth AMENDMENT: " The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized . " Last week while Americans were focused mainly on the disasters in Boston, MA and West, TX. The U.S. House voted 288-127 to pass the Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act , better known by its acronym CISPA.  CISPA is aimed to preventing cyber attacks but could it be infringing on your 4th amendment rights? Proponents of CISPA say this bill would make it easier to detect a cyber attack before it became an issue or prevent them altogether  They cite recent cyber attacks by North Korea(DPRK) and even China as reason for CISPA. Others say it could even help gather intel to help prevent futu...

(via people.com) First responders rescue little boy in aftermath of Boston bombings It is the end of a very rough week here in our United States. The events of this week between the Boston bombing that killed 3 and left many many more horribly injured. As well as the devastating explosion that leveled a large part of the small town of West, Texas that killed 14 people and injured a large number of folks. This has been a tough week, but as we Americans always do we'll pull together and get through these tragedies as a family. This is just what we do. Let's not focus on the bad, let's shift our sights to the heroes of Boston and West. The first responders to both of these events. People of all kinds civilians, EMTs, military and police. Some of these folks gave their lives to help their fellow Americans. When the chips were down these folks ran in simply to save lives. In Boston spectators and runners alike jumped in to rescue people. In We...

                       "We got him!"   This was the headline out of Boston last night. This headline brought a sense of relief to residents of Boston and everyone across the U.S.. The speculation has now moved on to the why and who else may have been involved if any. To this point the authorities seem confident that these two acted alone. Of course this is still an ongoing investigation if things change we will update this post. We must not jump to any speculation we here from the mainstream media. Nor should we jump to a conclusion of why they did this until all facts have come out. Here at FPV blog we are not going to get into all the Alex Jones type conspiracy theories. We are trying to find all facts we can before posting anything on the bombing. There has been much misinformation from the news on this subject, mostly caused by CNNs John King not vet...

via.     UPWORTHY The  FBI – Federal Bureau of Investigation  has identified two suspects in the Boston Marathon attack. If you have any information, please either submit it here:  http://bit.ly/fbishare  or call them at 1-800-CALL-FBI. Please share these photos and help capture them. To see a full update of their investigation go here: http://www.fbi.gov/news/ updates-on-investigation-into-m ultiple-explosions-in-boston

46 just a number right? No, in this case it is very significant. It is the exact number of U.S. Senators who voted to support a filibuster against a bill supported by 90% of Americans, including many NRA members. They voted no on the Universal Background Check bill yesterday In a 54-46 vote. Yes you read that right the bill lost by winning the vote. Due to some procedural finagling in the deal that got the senate to open debate without filibuster. These provisions required a 60 vote supermajority to make the bill law or it would be filibustered. 46 senators including 4 democrats voted to not prevent criminals or the severely mentally ill from obtaining firearms. Before the vote, the NRA had spread lies to many paranoid gun owners, saying the bill would create a national database of gun owners. This was completely bunk as this had already been made illegal in 2006 and again in this new background check bill was reiterated. These senators ignored the people wh...

Yesterday evening around 8pm a major explosion ripped through a fertilizer plant in the small town of West, Texas. According to news reports from WFAA in Dallas, Texas up to 4 blocks of the town have been damaged or destroyed.Reports at last check put the injured at 200 or more and early reports of 60-70 dead. Neither had been confirmed. According to Waco PD they had only confirmed 15 deaths from the blast. The fertilizer plan had some how caught on fire and led to the explosion. It cased more fire as the embers blew into the sky. At one point reports said the entire town was being evacuated out of fear of another possible tank explosion. We will update as we get more news. UPDATE: 8:45 am: Waco PD spokesman says the deaths are 5-15 but can not confirm the number as of yet.

As we all know there was a bombing at the Boston Marathon on Monday. In the attack 3 were killed including an 8year old boy. When these events take place we as a nation always pull together and this time will be no different. This blog refuses to get wrapped up in the ever changing story of this tragic event. We will post a well rounded piece on the Boston attack when more of the facts are nailed down in order to bring you the best information. What we will talk about here and now are two things that both sicken many and irritate rational people no matter your political leanings. One is the Westboro baptist church the other is Alex Jones. First, The Westboro Baptist Church has decided they will protest the funerals of the victims, Including the innocent 8 year old child. Claiming God killed the because of gay rights. These folks are the lowest form of scum the earth has to offer. They do have a right to free speech sure, but they could simply learn some respect for others who are...

Many in the US seem to think their gun rights are under attack. They feel that the federal government is trying to take their Second Amendment rights away. Even more seem to think that president Obama's call for gun control reform is simply code for some sort of socialist power grab. This is not the case by any stretch of the imagination. Many appear to just simply being misinformed on what the president has really asked for.  President Obama never called for anyone to have their guns taken from their homes. However, he did call for a ban on the manufacture of assault weapons and limit on the size of magazines. As most know an assault weapons ban is nothing new to the US. One was in effect between the years of 1994 and 2004 when the Bush administration allowed to lapse. During that 10 year period we did not see the end of the world as gun owners knew it, the federal government didn't come in and steal everyone's guns, and in some instances crimes involving these pa...

Many view addicts as losers who can not control themselves or are bad people in general. This view is completely off-base. There are many factors that may lead a person down the path of addiction. In this segment of Decriminalize marijuana? We will look at a few of these factors. The Mayo clinic says there are two main factors to drugs use including marijuana. These factors are Genetic and environmental. Some people's genetic make-up make them more likely to become addicted to one substance or another. For others family norms and peer groups can lead them to try drugs for the first time. There is also a link between drug use and mental health disorders. Many try illegal drugs to self-medicate things like depression. Also, some have tried the drugs from the big pharmaceutical companies for depression or anxiety and they have either failed or had very unpleasant side-effects. So many try marijuana and it can lessen the effects of depression and anxiety and for many with few...

A recent story from Fairview Texas via. WFAA.com of of Dallas Texas pitted locals verses a local Nail Salon in Fairview. Without going into to many nit picking details the story goes like this. The nail salon owner placed a sign in her window that states "American Operated, American Staffed. Some local Asian business owners as well as a local man who has adopted his kids from Asia are feel offended or singled out. According to WFAA 8 of Dallas the offended parent has offered to buy a new sign that is less offensive. The nail salon owner has said no because to her it is not offensive. She said she just wanted folks to know her business was American run. So a stalemate is the result. The story from WFAA.com  http://www.wfaa.com/news/local/collin/Patriotic-or-offensive--Nail-salon-sign-at-center-of-Fairview-flap-200933761.html The FPV take: First, people need to stop being so easily offended by every little thing they see or hear. Second, as long as she isn't disc...

Many high profile Texas politicians including Rick Perry, Ted Cruz and John Cornyn have been adamantly against this program from the Federal Government. Many other states run by republicans and democrats a like have signed up for the expansion of Medicaid most notably Arizona and New Jersey. Texas along with most of the south has been refusing to sign on. The issue in Texas is that state lawmakers are not seeing it the same way as the governor and the representatives in congress. Many state legislators would like to sign on.This may be due to many of their constituents supporting the expansion as well. Even a large number of Doctors and hospitals in the state support this move. So this may be pushing the folks on the state level, minus Rick Perry, to support this expansion. Also, many in the Texas health care industry say that the Medicaid expansion will create some 200k jobs if signed on to. The job creation seems to be creating the biggest buzz among Texans on bot sides of t...