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In the wake of the wildly successful Spirit and Opportunity rover missions, you would think NASA would approach the landing of the next Martian probe with high confidence. But the truth is sometimes not what you would think. "I do not feel confident. But in my heart I'm an optimist, and I think this is going to be a very successful mission," said principal investigator Peter Smith, an optical scientist with the University of Arizona. "The thrill of victory is so much more exciting than the agony of defeat." Indeed, the truth is that the planetary scientists and engineers who make up the Mars Phoenix Lander team will be biting their nails Sunday evening as they cluster around computer monitors in mission control at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California. That's when their spacecraft, which launched to Mars last August, will finally arrive on the Red Planet. Everyone on the team is primed and ready to get down to business, putting the suite of scientific instruments aboard Phoenix to work analyzing the soils and permafrost of Mars' arctic tundra for signatures of life, either past or present.
An appellate court decision upended the custody case that sent more than 440 children from a polygamist sect's ranch into foster care, but it's not clear whether the children might soon return home. The Third Court of Appeals in Austin said the state failed to show the youngsters were in any immediate danger, the only grounds under Texas law for taking children from their parents without court action. Texas District Judge Barbara Walther now has 10 days to release the youngsters from custody, but the state could appeal to the Texas Supreme Court and keep the children from immediately going back to their parents. The decision Thursday in one of the biggest child-custody cases in U.S. history was a humiliating defeat for the state Child Protective Services agency. It was hailed as vindication by members of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, who claim they are being persecuted for their religious beliefs.
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Wednesday, May 14, 2008
5/14/08
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At least 14 people were injured, including a child, when a rocket fired from Gaza exploded in a shopping mall in southern Israel Wednesday, just as the Israeli prime minister was warning against such attacks. e rocket struck the top floor of the Hutzot Shopping Center in Ashkelon, trapping several people under rubble, the Jerusalem Post reported.
A hospital official said a woman and her young daughter were seriously wounded, along with another child. Another woman was seriously wounded, and several other people were slightly wounded, said the official, Leah Malul of Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon.
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the rocket attack in a statement on its Web site.
Rescue service director Eli Bean said a young girl was among the wounded. Witnesses told Israeli radio stations that the rocket caused considerable damage.
With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music.
But Cavalin is only 10 years old. And at 4-foot-7, his shoes don't quite touch the floor as he puts down a schoolbook and swivels around in his chair to greet a visitor.
"I'm studying statistics," says the alternately precocious and shy Cavalin, his textbook lying open on the living room desk of his parents' apartment in this quiet suburb east of Los Angeles.
Within a year, if he keeps up his grades and completes the rest of his requirements, he hopes to transfer from his two-year program at East Los Angeles College to a prestigious four-year school and study astrophysics.
At least 14 people were injured, including a child, when a rocket fired from Gaza exploded in a shopping mall in southern Israel Wednesday, just as the Israeli prime minister was warning against such attacks. e rocket struck the top floor of the Hutzot Shopping Center in Ashkelon, trapping several people under rubble, the Jerusalem Post reported.
A hospital official said a woman and her young daughter were seriously wounded, along with another child. Another woman was seriously wounded, and several other people were slightly wounded, said the official, Leah Malul of Barzilai Hospital in Ashkelon.
Islamic Jihad claimed responsibility for the rocket attack in a statement on its Web site.
Rescue service director Eli Bean said a young girl was among the wounded. Witnesses told Israeli radio stations that the rocket caused considerable damage.
With the end of another school year approaching, college sophomore Moshe Kai Cavalin is cramming for final exams in classes such as advanced mathematics, foreign languages and music.
But Cavalin is only 10 years old. And at 4-foot-7, his shoes don't quite touch the floor as he puts down a schoolbook and swivels around in his chair to greet a visitor.
"I'm studying statistics," says the alternately precocious and shy Cavalin, his textbook lying open on the living room desk of his parents' apartment in this quiet suburb east of Los Angeles.
Within a year, if he keeps up his grades and completes the rest of his requirements, he hopes to transfer from his two-year program at East Los Angeles College to a prestigious four-year school and study astrophysics.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
5/13/08
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Rescue workers sifted through tangled debris of toppled schools and homes Tuesday for nearly 19,000 victims buried or missing after China's worst earthquake in three decades, where the death toll soared to more than 12,000 people in the hardest-hit province alone, state media reported. Hope that many survivors would be found was fleeting. Only 58 people were extricated from demolished buildings across the quake area so far, China Seismological Bureau spokesman Zhang Hongwei told the official Xinhua News Agency. In one county, 80 percent of the buildings had been destroyed. "Survivors can hold on for some time. Now it's not time to give up," Wang Zhenyao, disaster relief division director at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, told reporters in Bejing. A day after the powerful 7.9 magnitude quake struck Monday afternoon, state media said rescue workers had reached the epicenter in Wenchuan county, but the number of casualties there was still unknown. The quake was centered just north of the Sichuan provincial capital Chengdu in central China, tearing into urban areas and mountain villages.
Multiple blasts kill at least 25 in India. Explosions hit crowded walled city often frequented by tourists. At least six bombs exploded in the western Indian city of Jaipur on Tuesday evening, most within a few minutes of each other, killing at least 25 people and injuring around 100, police, officials and witnesses said, according to Reuters. The Associated Press reported that police said 30 were killed and 100 wounded in blasts. The NDTV news channel said 35 people had been killed. The bombs all exploded in Jaipur's crowded walled city, an area often frequented by tourists. One was beside a Hindu temple. India's Junior Home Minister Shri Prakash Jaiswal told local television that the blasts were caused by bombs and said 100 people had been injured.
Rescue workers sifted through tangled debris of toppled schools and homes Tuesday for nearly 19,000 victims buried or missing after China's worst earthquake in three decades, where the death toll soared to more than 12,000 people in the hardest-hit province alone, state media reported. Hope that many survivors would be found was fleeting. Only 58 people were extricated from demolished buildings across the quake area so far, China Seismological Bureau spokesman Zhang Hongwei told the official Xinhua News Agency. In one county, 80 percent of the buildings had been destroyed. "Survivors can hold on for some time. Now it's not time to give up," Wang Zhenyao, disaster relief division director at the Ministry of Civil Affairs, told reporters in Bejing. A day after the powerful 7.9 magnitude quake struck Monday afternoon, state media said rescue workers had reached the epicenter in Wenchuan county, but the number of casualties there was still unknown. The quake was centered just north of the Sichuan provincial capital Chengdu in central China, tearing into urban areas and mountain villages.
Multiple blasts kill at least 25 in India. Explosions hit crowded walled city often frequented by tourists. At least six bombs exploded in the western Indian city of Jaipur on Tuesday evening, most within a few minutes of each other, killing at least 25 people and injuring around 100, police, officials and witnesses said, according to Reuters. The Associated Press reported that police said 30 were killed and 100 wounded in blasts. The NDTV news channel said 35 people had been killed. The bombs all exploded in Jaipur's crowded walled city, an area often frequented by tourists. One was beside a Hindu temple. India's Junior Home Minister Shri Prakash Jaiswal told local television that the blasts were caused by bombs and said 100 people had been injured.
Friday, May 9, 2008
5/9/08
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U.S. Army Sgt. Jacque Keeslar lost both legs in Iraq nearly two years ago. To get around, he relies on a wheelchair and a pair of artificial legs, which help him walk in short bursts."If I have to do a half mile or mile of walking, it just exhausts me," Keeslar said. Now, thanks to a specially designed Segway, the battery-powered transporter, Keeslar says he can ditch his wheelchair and get around without people looking down on him. Keeslar was among 30 vets who received their own modified Segways this week, courtesy of Disability Rights Advocates for Technology. The nonprofit group presented its latest batch of Segways to the veterans in a ceremony Wednesday at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia. That brings the number of Segways they have donated to vets to about 150. Leonard Timm, who founded DRAFT in 2005, calls the mission "Segs-4-Vets."
Missiles, tanks and other heavy weaponry rolled through Moscow's Red Square in the Victory Day parade Friday, the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union that they have appeared in the annual event.Victory Day, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany, is Russia's most important secular holiday, both honoring the enormous sacrifices of World War II, in which nearly 9 million Red Army soldiers are estimated to have died, and asserting the country's military strength. Russia has nearly quadrupled its defense spending in recent years, aiming to resuscitate the military forces that deteriorated in the post-Soviet period. Topol missiles, which have the capacity to carry nuclear warheads, were part of the display of more than 100 tanks, mobile missile units and armored vehicles that was aimed at underlining the military revival. But many of the heavy weapons shown were only slightly modernized versions of equipment developed decades ago.
U.S. Army Sgt. Jacque Keeslar lost both legs in Iraq nearly two years ago. To get around, he relies on a wheelchair and a pair of artificial legs, which help him walk in short bursts."If I have to do a half mile or mile of walking, it just exhausts me," Keeslar said. Now, thanks to a specially designed Segway, the battery-powered transporter, Keeslar says he can ditch his wheelchair and get around without people looking down on him. Keeslar was among 30 vets who received their own modified Segways this week, courtesy of Disability Rights Advocates for Technology. The nonprofit group presented its latest batch of Segways to the veterans in a ceremony Wednesday at the Army-Navy Country Club in Arlington, Virginia. That brings the number of Segways they have donated to vets to about 150. Leonard Timm, who founded DRAFT in 2005, calls the mission "Segs-4-Vets."
Missiles, tanks and other heavy weaponry rolled through Moscow's Red Square in the Victory Day parade Friday, the first time since the collapse of the Soviet Union that they have appeared in the annual event.Victory Day, marking the defeat of Nazi Germany, is Russia's most important secular holiday, both honoring the enormous sacrifices of World War II, in which nearly 9 million Red Army soldiers are estimated to have died, and asserting the country's military strength. Russia has nearly quadrupled its defense spending in recent years, aiming to resuscitate the military forces that deteriorated in the post-Soviet period. Topol missiles, which have the capacity to carry nuclear warheads, were part of the display of more than 100 tanks, mobile missile units and armored vehicles that was aimed at underlining the military revival. But many of the heavy weapons shown were only slightly modernized versions of equipment developed decades ago.
Wednesday, May 7, 2008
5/7/08
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The latest battle in the war on illegal immigration isn't over the smuggling of undocumented workers, it's over the trash they leave behind. Government officials and border activists say the garbage dumped in the desert by illegal immigrants and their smugglers is staggering. And the cleanup is costing taxpayers millions. In 2006 alone, more than 1.18 million pounds of trash was collected along southern Arizona border, many in the meeting spots where immigrants rest, change clothes and wait to hitch a ride further north with a smuggler.Border Patrol's Tucson sector, which covers most of the Arizona border, doesn't have statistics about how many people cross through each year, but on average, agents apprehend 1,500 people a day, with 378,000 undocumented immigrants caught in 2007 alone.
San Diego State University has suspended six fraternities after a sweeping drug investigation that landed members of three fraternities in jail on suspicion of openly dealing drugs on campus.
The probe -- prompted by the cocaine overdose death last year of a freshman sorority member -- led to the arrests of 96 people, 75 of them San Diego State students. A second drug death occurred during the investigation. Twenty-nine people were arrested early Tuesday in raids at nine locations including the Theta Chi fraternity, where agents found cocaine, Ecstasy and three guns. Eighteen of those arrested were wanted on warrants for selling to undercover agents.
Theta Chi and five other fraternities have been suspended pending a hearing on evidence gathered during the investigation, dubbed Operation Sudden Fall.
The latest battle in the war on illegal immigration isn't over the smuggling of undocumented workers, it's over the trash they leave behind. Government officials and border activists say the garbage dumped in the desert by illegal immigrants and their smugglers is staggering. And the cleanup is costing taxpayers millions. In 2006 alone, more than 1.18 million pounds of trash was collected along southern Arizona border, many in the meeting spots where immigrants rest, change clothes and wait to hitch a ride further north with a smuggler.Border Patrol's Tucson sector, which covers most of the Arizona border, doesn't have statistics about how many people cross through each year, but on average, agents apprehend 1,500 people a day, with 378,000 undocumented immigrants caught in 2007 alone.
San Diego State University has suspended six fraternities after a sweeping drug investigation that landed members of three fraternities in jail on suspicion of openly dealing drugs on campus.
The probe -- prompted by the cocaine overdose death last year of a freshman sorority member -- led to the arrests of 96 people, 75 of them San Diego State students. A second drug death occurred during the investigation. Twenty-nine people were arrested early Tuesday in raids at nine locations including the Theta Chi fraternity, where agents found cocaine, Ecstasy and three guns. Eighteen of those arrested were wanted on warrants for selling to undercover agents.
Theta Chi and five other fraternities have been suspended pending a hearing on evidence gathered during the investigation, dubbed Operation Sudden Fall.
Tuesday, May 6, 2008
5/6/08
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Kilauea's toxic gas kills crops, sickens islanders
For eight years, Tony and Sam Bayaoa have grown thousands of bright red, yellow and pink protea flowers on their farm. Then in March, Kilauea volcano opened a new vent and began spewing double the usual amount of toxic gas.Now about 70 percent of their crop is dried, brown and brittle. "The first reaction was -- did someone poison the plants?" said Tony Bayaoa, whose two-acre farm is 35 miles from the volcano. "I've lost my livelihood." Big Island crops are shriveling as sulfur dioxide from Kilauea wafts over them and envelops them in "vog," or volcanic smog. People are wheezing, and schoolchildren are being kept indoors during recess. High gas levels led Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to close several days last month, forcing the evacuation of thousands of visitors. Residents of this volcanic island are used to toxic gas. But this haze is so bad that farmers are thinking about growing different crops, and many people are worrying about their health
GI's Graphic Afghan Firefight Recorded on Family's Voice Mail
The Otis, Ore., soldier was stationed halfway around the world in Afghanistan, part of a military police detail. But technology — in this case, a cell phone — gave Sandie Petee the comfort that her MP son was no more than just a call away. Until, that is, a simple glitch — the inadvertent redial — sent the family into panic. Phillips was on patrol when his unit engaged the Taliban. Not only did a firefight ensue, but his cell phone automatically called the Petee home, leaving a three-minute frightening message laced with the sounds of gunfire and panicked soldiers yelling for "more ammo." "His friend died a year ago in Iraq," Sandie Petee told KPTV, "and I'm thinking, 'Oh my God, this may be the last time I hear my son's voice on the phone.' " To make matters worse, at the end of the heart-wrenching message, "you could hear a guy saying 'Incoming! RPG!' And then it cut off," Phillip's brother John Petee said
Kilauea's toxic gas kills crops, sickens islanders
For eight years, Tony and Sam Bayaoa have grown thousands of bright red, yellow and pink protea flowers on their farm. Then in March, Kilauea volcano opened a new vent and began spewing double the usual amount of toxic gas.Now about 70 percent of their crop is dried, brown and brittle. "The first reaction was -- did someone poison the plants?" said Tony Bayaoa, whose two-acre farm is 35 miles from the volcano. "I've lost my livelihood." Big Island crops are shriveling as sulfur dioxide from Kilauea wafts over them and envelops them in "vog," or volcanic smog. People are wheezing, and schoolchildren are being kept indoors during recess. High gas levels led Hawaii Volcanoes National Park to close several days last month, forcing the evacuation of thousands of visitors. Residents of this volcanic island are used to toxic gas. But this haze is so bad that farmers are thinking about growing different crops, and many people are worrying about their health
GI's Graphic Afghan Firefight Recorded on Family's Voice Mail
The Otis, Ore., soldier was stationed halfway around the world in Afghanistan, part of a military police detail. But technology — in this case, a cell phone — gave Sandie Petee the comfort that her MP son was no more than just a call away. Until, that is, a simple glitch — the inadvertent redial — sent the family into panic. Phillips was on patrol when his unit engaged the Taliban. Not only did a firefight ensue, but his cell phone automatically called the Petee home, leaving a three-minute frightening message laced with the sounds of gunfire and panicked soldiers yelling for "more ammo." "His friend died a year ago in Iraq," Sandie Petee told KPTV, "and I'm thinking, 'Oh my God, this may be the last time I hear my son's voice on the phone.' " To make matters worse, at the end of the heart-wrenching message, "you could hear a guy saying 'Incoming! RPG!' And then it cut off," Phillip's brother John Petee said
Monday, May 5, 2008
5/5/08
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The death toll from the Myanmar cyclone is more than 10,000 people, Myanmar's Foreign Ministry office said.Diplomats were summoned to a government briefing Monday as the reclusive southeast Asian country's ruling military junta issued a rare appeal for international assistance in the face of an escalating humanitarian crisis. A state of emergency was declared across much of the country following the 10-hour storm that left swathes of destruction in its wake. The staggering death toll would make the cyclone the deadliest natural disaster to hit Myanmar in recent history, according to figures compiled by a United Nations-funded disaster database. The government of neighboring Thailand said Myanmar's leaders had already requested food, medical supplies and construction equipment, AP reported. The first plane-load of supplies was due to arrive Tuesday, a Thai spokesman said
The police chief in Riverdale accidentally shot himself in an ankle while demonstrating how to dislodge a jammed handgun. Chief Dave Hansen was taken to McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden for surgery. The 54-year-old chief accidentally fired a gun during a training exercise inside a conference room at Riverdale police headquarters. A fire captain and Riverdale Mayor Bruce Burrows confirmed the chief shot himself Saturday in an ankle bone. They said he was trying to fix a gun with a jammed round when the bullet fired. Riverdale police officers carry .40-caliber pistols. Hospital supervisor Rohn Larsen said Hansen was in stable condition Sunday. Larsen said he couldn't reveal which ankle — left or right — the chief shot. A Weber County dispatcher said nobody from the Riverdale police department was available Sunday to release any information on the accident. A patrol officer on duty Sunday said he didn't know anything about it. The chief's brother, a state lawmaker, said Hansen is a 23-year veteran and chief of the Riverdale police force since 2006.
The death toll from the Myanmar cyclone is more than 10,000 people, Myanmar's Foreign Ministry office said.Diplomats were summoned to a government briefing Monday as the reclusive southeast Asian country's ruling military junta issued a rare appeal for international assistance in the face of an escalating humanitarian crisis. A state of emergency was declared across much of the country following the 10-hour storm that left swathes of destruction in its wake. The staggering death toll would make the cyclone the deadliest natural disaster to hit Myanmar in recent history, according to figures compiled by a United Nations-funded disaster database. The government of neighboring Thailand said Myanmar's leaders had already requested food, medical supplies and construction equipment, AP reported. The first plane-load of supplies was due to arrive Tuesday, a Thai spokesman said
The police chief in Riverdale accidentally shot himself in an ankle while demonstrating how to dislodge a jammed handgun. Chief Dave Hansen was taken to McKay-Dee Hospital in Ogden for surgery. The 54-year-old chief accidentally fired a gun during a training exercise inside a conference room at Riverdale police headquarters. A fire captain and Riverdale Mayor Bruce Burrows confirmed the chief shot himself Saturday in an ankle bone. They said he was trying to fix a gun with a jammed round when the bullet fired. Riverdale police officers carry .40-caliber pistols. Hospital supervisor Rohn Larsen said Hansen was in stable condition Sunday. Larsen said he couldn't reveal which ankle — left or right — the chief shot. A Weber County dispatcher said nobody from the Riverdale police department was available Sunday to release any information on the accident. A patrol officer on duty Sunday said he didn't know anything about it. The chief's brother, a state lawmaker, said Hansen is a 23-year veteran and chief of the Riverdale police force since 2006.
Friday, May 2, 2008
5/2/08
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Police have linked the disappearance of a Florida teen with the murder of a senior citizen.
Florida officials now believe that the April 22 disappearance of Morgan Amanda Leppert, 15, of San Mateo, Fla., is linked to the murder of a 66-year-old Melrose, Fla., man found dead on Thursday, according to a news release by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.
The body of James Thomas Stewart was found Thursday morning in his Melrose home by Putnam County Sheriff's deputies, the department said. It was apparent that foul play had occurred, officials said. Police linked Leppert's disappearance to the death after finding Stewart's phone number on a phone belonging to the teen. An Amber Alert was issued April 22 for Leppert and her 22-year-old boyfriend Toby Lee Lowry. Police believe Lowery stole Stewart's 2003 Toyota Tacoma with the Florida license plate 193 KLR.
Storms rolled across Arkansas, killing at least three people including a teenager crushed by a tree while she slept, officials said Friday, while the region remained on alert and a tornado was spotted touching down south of Little Rock just before 1 p.m. ET. Earlier, storms late Thursday and early Friday seriously damaged homes and businesses in the Kansas City, Mo., area, and tornadoes were also reported in Oklahoma and Texas, although there were no immediate reports of severe damage. In Siloam Springs, Ark., a 15-year-old girl was killed when a tree fell through her home. A 10-year-old boy survived the tragedy.
Police have linked the disappearance of a Florida teen with the murder of a senior citizen.
Florida officials now believe that the April 22 disappearance of Morgan Amanda Leppert, 15, of San Mateo, Fla., is linked to the murder of a 66-year-old Melrose, Fla., man found dead on Thursday, according to a news release by the Putnam County Sheriff's Office.
The body of James Thomas Stewart was found Thursday morning in his Melrose home by Putnam County Sheriff's deputies, the department said. It was apparent that foul play had occurred, officials said. Police linked Leppert's disappearance to the death after finding Stewart's phone number on a phone belonging to the teen. An Amber Alert was issued April 22 for Leppert and her 22-year-old boyfriend Toby Lee Lowry. Police believe Lowery stole Stewart's 2003 Toyota Tacoma with the Florida license plate 193 KLR.
Storms rolled across Arkansas, killing at least three people including a teenager crushed by a tree while she slept, officials said Friday, while the region remained on alert and a tornado was spotted touching down south of Little Rock just before 1 p.m. ET. Earlier, storms late Thursday and early Friday seriously damaged homes and businesses in the Kansas City, Mo., area, and tornadoes were also reported in Oklahoma and Texas, although there were no immediate reports of severe damage. In Siloam Springs, Ark., a 15-year-old girl was killed when a tree fell through her home. A 10-year-old boy survived the tragedy.
Wednesday, April 30, 2008
4/30/08
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New York Rangers forward Sean Avery has been hospitalized after lacerating his spleen during a playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In a statement Wednesday, the team said the noted agitator was taken to St. Vincent's hospital after New York's 5-3 loss Tuesday night and was admitted following a CT scan. Avery will be sidelined for the remainder of the season, the Rangers said, but is expected to make a full recovery. The Daily News first reported on its Web site Wednesday morning that Avery was taken to the hospital in cardiac arrest. The newspaper said the 28-year-old was unconscious and not breathing when he was taken to the medical center. He arrived about 3 a.m. Wednesday, a person at the hospital told the newspaper.
The Rangers trail the Penguins 3-0 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series with Game 4 scheduled for Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.
Exams were canceled and students were told to stay in their dormitories Wednesday as authorities searched Florida Atlantic University for a man who fired a gun at a party on campus.
Shots were fired shortly after 1 a.m. at a party in the student apartments on the Boca Raton campus, police said. "An altercation broke out and ultimately our suspect pulled out a firearm and, we believe, fired two shots," FAU Police Chief Charles Lowe said. One person was slightly injured but did not need treatment at a hospital, Lowe said. It's not immediately clear if the injured person, who was not a student, was hit by a bullet, officials said. It also was not known whether the unidentified male suspect was a student. Officers responding to the scene minutes after a 911 call found shell casings on the floor, Lowe said. Soon after, sirens, mass e-mails and other announcements over the school's public address system notified students of an emergency and warned them to remain indoors.
New York Rangers forward Sean Avery has been hospitalized after lacerating his spleen during a playoff loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins. In a statement Wednesday, the team said the noted agitator was taken to St. Vincent's hospital after New York's 5-3 loss Tuesday night and was admitted following a CT scan. Avery will be sidelined for the remainder of the season, the Rangers said, but is expected to make a full recovery. The Daily News first reported on its Web site Wednesday morning that Avery was taken to the hospital in cardiac arrest. The newspaper said the 28-year-old was unconscious and not breathing when he was taken to the medical center. He arrived about 3 a.m. Wednesday, a person at the hospital told the newspaper.
The Rangers trail the Penguins 3-0 in the best-of-seven Eastern Conference semifinal series with Game 4 scheduled for Thursday night at Madison Square Garden.
Exams were canceled and students were told to stay in their dormitories Wednesday as authorities searched Florida Atlantic University for a man who fired a gun at a party on campus.
Shots were fired shortly after 1 a.m. at a party in the student apartments on the Boca Raton campus, police said. "An altercation broke out and ultimately our suspect pulled out a firearm and, we believe, fired two shots," FAU Police Chief Charles Lowe said. One person was slightly injured but did not need treatment at a hospital, Lowe said. It's not immediately clear if the injured person, who was not a student, was hit by a bullet, officials said. It also was not known whether the unidentified male suspect was a student. Officers responding to the scene minutes after a 911 call found shell casings on the floor, Lowe said. Soon after, sirens, mass e-mails and other announcements over the school's public address system notified students of an emergency and warned them to remain indoors.
Wednesday, April 23, 2008
4/23/08
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Noel Bosse and Ken Davis watch as the numbers keep spinning at the gas pump -- 70 bucks, 80 bucks. Gulp, guzzle, then it stops: $101 for about 25 gallons.The $100 fill-up has arrived in the United States. "I think it's absolutely ridiculous," Bosse says with disgust. Bosse and Davis are returning from Las Vegas, Nevada, heading back to their home near Seattle, Washington. They're pulling a trailer full of Arabian horses in their passenger van. The 1,200-mile trek is costing nearly $1 a mile. Bosse says they're averaging 200 miles every fill-up, or 10 miles to the gallon.
A grizzly bear that appeared in a recent Will Ferrell movie killed a 39-year-old trainer with a bite to his neck Tuesday and had to be subdued with pepper spray.
Three experienced handlers were working with the bear at Randy Miller's Predators in Action facility when the bear bit 39-year-old Stephan Miller on the neck, said San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Beavers. Stephan Miller is Randy's cousin, she said.
The center's staff used pepper spray to subdue and contain the bear and there were no other injuries, she said. A county Fire Department traumatic injury response unit responded about 3 p.m., but could not revive Miller. The Department of Fish and Game will decide the bear's fate after an investigation, Tiffany Swantek, a spokeswoman for the Big Bear Sheriff's Station, told the San Bernardino Sun Tuesday.Sheriff's Sgt. Dave Phelps said the bear was a 5-year-old male named Rocky. The Predators in Action Web site says Rocky is 7 1/2 feet tall, weighs 700 pounds and appeared in a scene in "Semi-Pro" in which Will Ferrell's character wrestles a bear to promote his basketball team
Noel Bosse and Ken Davis watch as the numbers keep spinning at the gas pump -- 70 bucks, 80 bucks. Gulp, guzzle, then it stops: $101 for about 25 gallons.The $100 fill-up has arrived in the United States. "I think it's absolutely ridiculous," Bosse says with disgust. Bosse and Davis are returning from Las Vegas, Nevada, heading back to their home near Seattle, Washington. They're pulling a trailer full of Arabian horses in their passenger van. The 1,200-mile trek is costing nearly $1 a mile. Bosse says they're averaging 200 miles every fill-up, or 10 miles to the gallon.
A grizzly bear that appeared in a recent Will Ferrell movie killed a 39-year-old trainer with a bite to his neck Tuesday and had to be subdued with pepper spray.
Three experienced handlers were working with the bear at Randy Miller's Predators in Action facility when the bear bit 39-year-old Stephan Miller on the neck, said San Bernardino County sheriff's spokeswoman Cindy Beavers. Stephan Miller is Randy's cousin, she said.
The center's staff used pepper spray to subdue and contain the bear and there were no other injuries, she said. A county Fire Department traumatic injury response unit responded about 3 p.m., but could not revive Miller. The Department of Fish and Game will decide the bear's fate after an investigation, Tiffany Swantek, a spokeswoman for the Big Bear Sheriff's Station, told the San Bernardino Sun Tuesday.Sheriff's Sgt. Dave Phelps said the bear was a 5-year-old male named Rocky. The Predators in Action Web site says Rocky is 7 1/2 feet tall, weighs 700 pounds and appeared in a scene in "Semi-Pro" in which Will Ferrell's character wrestles a bear to promote his basketball team
Monday, April 21, 2008
4/21/08
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U.S. and Bahamian rescue workers found the bodies of 20 people floating in open waters Sunday near the Bahamas, U.S. Coast Guard officials said Monday. Authorities received an alert about 5 a.m. ET Sunday of people stranded and screaming in the water 15 miles northwest of Nassau, Bahamas, the Coast Guard said. Helicopters, jets and patrol boats were deployed in a search, and about 20 people were located by 3:45 p.m. Sunday. Rescue workers discovered three survivors and are searching for others, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Nick Ameen in Miami. All of the dead were Haitians, authorities said. Two of the survivors are Haitians, and the other is a Honduran, they said. Rescuers did not find the vessel that the people were on before becoming stranded, Ameen said. Authorities are trying to find out what type of vessel it was from survivors. Bahamian officials will question the survivors, said Luis Diaz, a spokesman for the Coast Guard. If a criminal investigation needs to be initiated, authorities in the Bahamas would handle it, Diaz said. The people were heading from Haiti, he said.
U.S. Pastor Given More Than 3 Years in Prison for Bringing Rifle Shells Into Russia. A Moscow court on Monday sentenced a U.S. pastor to more than three years in prison for smuggling hunting ammunition into Russia. Phillip Miles, from South Carolina, has been in custody since his arrest on Feb. 3. He was arrested several days after customs agents at a Moscow airport found a box of 20 rifle shells in his luggage. The court sentenced him to serve three years and two months in prison, with the sentence calculated from his detention date. Miles has said he brought the .300 caliber cartridges for a friend who had recently bought a Winchester rifle. He said he did not know bringing such ammunition into Russia was illegal. Judge Olga Drozdova accepted in her 20-minute summation that Miles had brought the ammunition for a friend, "as they are both inveterate hunters." The cartridges were not initially found as he flew into Moscow. They were detected a day later as airport security put his luggage through an X-ray machine while he was on his way to check in for a flight to Perm, a city in Siberia. Miles was dressed in a gray jacket and clerical collar for his sentencing.
U.S. and Bahamian rescue workers found the bodies of 20 people floating in open waters Sunday near the Bahamas, U.S. Coast Guard officials said Monday. Authorities received an alert about 5 a.m. ET Sunday of people stranded and screaming in the water 15 miles northwest of Nassau, Bahamas, the Coast Guard said. Helicopters, jets and patrol boats were deployed in a search, and about 20 people were located by 3:45 p.m. Sunday. Rescue workers discovered three survivors and are searching for others, said Coast Guard Petty Officer Nick Ameen in Miami. All of the dead were Haitians, authorities said. Two of the survivors are Haitians, and the other is a Honduran, they said. Rescuers did not find the vessel that the people were on before becoming stranded, Ameen said. Authorities are trying to find out what type of vessel it was from survivors. Bahamian officials will question the survivors, said Luis Diaz, a spokesman for the Coast Guard. If a criminal investigation needs to be initiated, authorities in the Bahamas would handle it, Diaz said. The people were heading from Haiti, he said.
U.S. Pastor Given More Than 3 Years in Prison for Bringing Rifle Shells Into Russia. A Moscow court on Monday sentenced a U.S. pastor to more than three years in prison for smuggling hunting ammunition into Russia. Phillip Miles, from South Carolina, has been in custody since his arrest on Feb. 3. He was arrested several days after customs agents at a Moscow airport found a box of 20 rifle shells in his luggage. The court sentenced him to serve three years and two months in prison, with the sentence calculated from his detention date. Miles has said he brought the .300 caliber cartridges for a friend who had recently bought a Winchester rifle. He said he did not know bringing such ammunition into Russia was illegal. Judge Olga Drozdova accepted in her 20-minute summation that Miles had brought the ammunition for a friend, "as they are both inveterate hunters." The cartridges were not initially found as he flew into Moscow. They were detected a day later as airport security put his luggage through an X-ray machine while he was on his way to check in for a flight to Perm, a city in Siberia. Miles was dressed in a gray jacket and clerical collar for his sentencing.
Friday, April 18, 2008
04/18/08
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Sect girls pregnant as young as 13. Raucous hearing over fate of 416 children seized from polygamist ranch. After hours of lawyers popping up with similar objections and questions, a custody hearing for 416 children seized from a polygamist sect finally turned to whether they were abused: A child welfare worker said some women at the sect’s ranch may have had children when they were minors, some as young as 13. The testimony came late Thursday, the first day of a court hearing to determine whether the children, swept up in a raid on the ranch two weeks ago, will remain in state custody. Child welfare officials claim the children were abused or in imminent danger of abuse because the sect encourages girls younger than 18 to marry and have children.
The quake — one of the strongest ever recorded in Illinois — occurred just before 4:37 a.m. and was centered six miles southeast of West Salem, Ill., and 45 miles west of Evansville, Ind.
Initially pegged as a 5.4 earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey revised its estimate to give it a value of 5.2.Two aftershocks during the next three hours measured 2.6 and a 2.5, the agency reported.The strongest earthquake recorded in Illinois was in 1968, a 5.3-magnitude temblor centered near Dale in Hamilton County, about 75 miles southeast of St. Louis, according to the USGS. Minor damage was widespread, but there were no serious injuries or fatalities.
West Salem is in Edwards County, and dispatcher Lucas Griswold said the sheriff's department received several calls about the earthquake but only reports of minor damage and no injuries
Sect girls pregnant as young as 13. Raucous hearing over fate of 416 children seized from polygamist ranch. After hours of lawyers popping up with similar objections and questions, a custody hearing for 416 children seized from a polygamist sect finally turned to whether they were abused: A child welfare worker said some women at the sect’s ranch may have had children when they were minors, some as young as 13. The testimony came late Thursday, the first day of a court hearing to determine whether the children, swept up in a raid on the ranch two weeks ago, will remain in state custody. Child welfare officials claim the children were abused or in imminent danger of abuse because the sect encourages girls younger than 18 to marry and have children.
The quake — one of the strongest ever recorded in Illinois — occurred just before 4:37 a.m. and was centered six miles southeast of West Salem, Ill., and 45 miles west of Evansville, Ind.
Initially pegged as a 5.4 earthquake, the U.S. Geological Survey revised its estimate to give it a value of 5.2.Two aftershocks during the next three hours measured 2.6 and a 2.5, the agency reported.The strongest earthquake recorded in Illinois was in 1968, a 5.3-magnitude temblor centered near Dale in Hamilton County, about 75 miles southeast of St. Louis, according to the USGS. Minor damage was widespread, but there were no serious injuries or fatalities.
West Salem is in Edwards County, and dispatcher Lucas Griswold said the sheriff's department received several calls about the earthquake but only reports of minor damage and no injuries
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
4/16/08
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Several women from the polygamist retreat raided more than a week ago defended their lifestyle Wednesday in an exclusive interview with FOX News, calling it "a wonderful pure life," and saying government officials deceived them when they raided the ranch where they live.
Six women from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints spoke to FOX News from the ranch in Eldorado, Texas, raided April 3 by government officials as part of a wide-ranging abuse investigation.
The women, who would only give their first names, told FOX News that the allegations have "no foundation."
"We want the world to know the truth," said Ada, one of the women from the ranch.
A bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a canal in western India on Wednesday, killing at least 44 children and three adults, police said.
Rescuers pulled four surviving children from the 20-foot deep canal but several bodies remained missing.
The accident occurred in Vadodara, about 55 miles southwest of Ahmedabad, Gujarat's main city.The state-owned public bus was carrying more than 60 children and some passengers from three villages in the region, officials added.
Several women from the polygamist retreat raided more than a week ago defended their lifestyle Wednesday in an exclusive interview with FOX News, calling it "a wonderful pure life," and saying government officials deceived them when they raided the ranch where they live.
Six women from the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints spoke to FOX News from the ranch in Eldorado, Texas, raided April 3 by government officials as part of a wide-ranging abuse investigation.
The women, who would only give their first names, told FOX News that the allegations have "no foundation."
"We want the world to know the truth," said Ada, one of the women from the ranch.
A bus veered off a bridge and plunged into a canal in western India on Wednesday, killing at least 44 children and three adults, police said.
Rescuers pulled four surviving children from the 20-foot deep canal but several bodies remained missing.
The accident occurred in Vadodara, about 55 miles southwest of Ahmedabad, Gujarat's main city.The state-owned public bus was carrying more than 60 children and some passengers from three villages in the region, officials added.
Friday, April 11, 2008
4/11/08
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It was just 2½ years ago when Elaine Sonnen found out that her 16-year-old son, Richard, had been planning a Columbine-style attack at his high school.It would be a fitting payback to his high school classmates who Richard says relentlessly bullied him."I always wanted to get back at them," Sonnen said of his classmates. "I always wanted to strangle them ...I was always mad. I was always angry and I would come home and cry to mom and dad."Both Richard and Elaine Sonnen spoke to CNN at the 45-acre family farm.Unlike the Columbine killers and recent school shootings at Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech -- Elaine Sonnen did see the warning signs in her son and was able to stop him.Elaine and her husband, Tom, adopted Richard from a Bulgarian orphanage when he was just 4 ½ years old.
The Bush administration is likely to move its research on one of the most contagious animal diseases from an isolated island laboratory to the U.S. mainland near herds of livestock, raising concerns about a catastrophic outbreak.
Skeptical Democrats in Congress are demanding to see internal documents they believe highlight the risks and consequences of the decision. An epidemic of the disease, foot and mouth, which only affects animals, could devastate the livestock industry.
One such government report, produced last year and already turned over to lawmakers by the Homeland Security Department, combined commercial satellite images and federal farm data to show the proximity to livestock herds of locations that have been considered for the new lab. "Would an accidental laboratory release at these locations have the potential to affect nearby livestock?" asked the nine-page document. It did not directly answer the question
It was just 2½ years ago when Elaine Sonnen found out that her 16-year-old son, Richard, had been planning a Columbine-style attack at his high school.It would be a fitting payback to his high school classmates who Richard says relentlessly bullied him."I always wanted to get back at them," Sonnen said of his classmates. "I always wanted to strangle them ...I was always mad. I was always angry and I would come home and cry to mom and dad."Both Richard and Elaine Sonnen spoke to CNN at the 45-acre family farm.Unlike the Columbine killers and recent school shootings at Northern Illinois University and Virginia Tech -- Elaine Sonnen did see the warning signs in her son and was able to stop him.Elaine and her husband, Tom, adopted Richard from a Bulgarian orphanage when he was just 4 ½ years old.
The Bush administration is likely to move its research on one of the most contagious animal diseases from an isolated island laboratory to the U.S. mainland near herds of livestock, raising concerns about a catastrophic outbreak.
Skeptical Democrats in Congress are demanding to see internal documents they believe highlight the risks and consequences of the decision. An epidemic of the disease, foot and mouth, which only affects animals, could devastate the livestock industry.
One such government report, produced last year and already turned over to lawmakers by the Homeland Security Department, combined commercial satellite images and federal farm data to show the proximity to livestock herds of locations that have been considered for the new lab. "Would an accidental laboratory release at these locations have the potential to affect nearby livestock?" asked the nine-page document. It did not directly answer the question
Monday, April 7, 2008
4/7/08
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Authorities who took 220 women and children from a polygamist compound weren't sure whether the teen girl whose phone call prompted the raid was among them.
State troopers raided the 1,700-acre West Texas ranch on Friday to look for evidence that the teen, who called authorities a week ago, was married. They planned to continue interviews Monday with some of the women and children, who were transported to a historic San Angelo museum, said Child Protective Services spokeswoman Marleigh Meisner.
So far, 18 children have been taken legally in state custody, Meisner said, who explained Friday that the children had either been harmed or were in imminent danger at the compound. She would not give details. The children remain with relatives, and no arrests had been made as of Sunday.
The FBI said Friday it obtained arrest warrants for an employee of an armored car company and his girlfriend as they investigate the disappearance of $7 million in cash and checks from safes.
The FBI appealed for tips on finding Roger Lee Dillon, 22, and his girlfriend, Nicole Boyd, 24. Dillon was charged with bank larceny, and Boyd was charged with aiding and abetting, the FBI said in a statement.
The couple may be accompanied by Boyd's mother, Sharon Gregory, 57. All three are from Youngstown. No arrest warrant has been issued for Gregory, the FBI said.
A pickup truck belonging to Dillon was found in a parking lot in Salem after a resident recognized it from news reports, police said. The FBI towed the truck on Thursday.
The disappearance of the money was discovered Monday at an armored car garage of AT Systems International. Two drivers discovered the safes had been cleaned out and called police.
Officials said the alarm system was deactivated, safes were opened and money to be delivered to banks was gone. Then the alarm system was reactivated. Dillon didn't show up for work Tuesday, the FBI said.
Authorities who took 220 women and children from a polygamist compound weren't sure whether the teen girl whose phone call prompted the raid was among them.
State troopers raided the 1,700-acre West Texas ranch on Friday to look for evidence that the teen, who called authorities a week ago, was married. They planned to continue interviews Monday with some of the women and children, who were transported to a historic San Angelo museum, said Child Protective Services spokeswoman Marleigh Meisner.
So far, 18 children have been taken legally in state custody, Meisner said, who explained Friday that the children had either been harmed or were in imminent danger at the compound. She would not give details. The children remain with relatives, and no arrests had been made as of Sunday.
The FBI said Friday it obtained arrest warrants for an employee of an armored car company and his girlfriend as they investigate the disappearance of $7 million in cash and checks from safes.
The FBI appealed for tips on finding Roger Lee Dillon, 22, and his girlfriend, Nicole Boyd, 24. Dillon was charged with bank larceny, and Boyd was charged with aiding and abetting, the FBI said in a statement.
The couple may be accompanied by Boyd's mother, Sharon Gregory, 57. All three are from Youngstown. No arrest warrant has been issued for Gregory, the FBI said.
A pickup truck belonging to Dillon was found in a parking lot in Salem after a resident recognized it from news reports, police said. The FBI towed the truck on Thursday.
The disappearance of the money was discovered Monday at an armored car garage of AT Systems International. Two drivers discovered the safes had been cleaned out and called police.
Officials said the alarm system was deactivated, safes were opened and money to be delivered to banks was gone. Then the alarm system was reactivated. Dillon didn't show up for work Tuesday, the FBI said.
Monday, March 10, 2008
3/10/08
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Highway and utility crews cleared major highways in time for Monday morning commuters following the snowstorm that buried parts of Ohio in as much as 20 inches of snow during the weekend.
Cleanup crews had to work overtime to remove snow that started falling Friday and finally let up Saturday evening. While many Ohio workers returned to their offices Monday, schools in Columbus and other central Ohio districts were closed because sidewalks and side streets were still jammed by heaps of snow.
“We’ll have slick spots out there,” cautioned Mary Carran Webster, assistant public service director for Columbus.
The House of Representatives filed a federal lawsuit Monday to compel former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten to testify on the 2006 firing of nine U.S. attorneys.
The two had already been found in contempt of the Democratic-led Congress, but the Justice Department last week declined to convene a grand jury to order the contempt citations be handed down.
Making good on her threat to take action if the Justice Department didn't permit the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia to prosecute the case, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had the House general counsel file the suit against the Bush administration.
"Congress, on behalf of the American people, is clearly entitled to the information that is being sought -- it involves the politicization of the Justice Department and law enforcement, not national security information nor communications with the president. The president has no grounds to assert executive privilege," Pelosi said in a statement.
The lawsuit says Miers is not immune from the obligation to testify and both she and Bolten must identify all documents that are being withheld from Congress
Highway and utility crews cleared major highways in time for Monday morning commuters following the snowstorm that buried parts of Ohio in as much as 20 inches of snow during the weekend.
Cleanup crews had to work overtime to remove snow that started falling Friday and finally let up Saturday evening. While many Ohio workers returned to their offices Monday, schools in Columbus and other central Ohio districts were closed because sidewalks and side streets were still jammed by heaps of snow.
“We’ll have slick spots out there,” cautioned Mary Carran Webster, assistant public service director for Columbus.
The House of Representatives filed a federal lawsuit Monday to compel former White House Counsel Harriet Miers and White House chief of staff Joshua Bolten to testify on the 2006 firing of nine U.S. attorneys.
The two had already been found in contempt of the Democratic-led Congress, but the Justice Department last week declined to convene a grand jury to order the contempt citations be handed down.
Making good on her threat to take action if the Justice Department didn't permit the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia to prosecute the case, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi had the House general counsel file the suit against the Bush administration.
"Congress, on behalf of the American people, is clearly entitled to the information that is being sought -- it involves the politicization of the Justice Department and law enforcement, not national security information nor communications with the president. The president has no grounds to assert executive privilege," Pelosi said in a statement.
The lawsuit says Miers is not immune from the obligation to testify and both she and Bolten must identify all documents that are being withheld from Congress
Friday, March 7, 2008
3/7/08
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Florida, Michigan re-votes come down to money.Democrats agree that new voting is needed to determine convention delegates for Florida and Michigan, but they can't figure out how to pay for it.Both states held their Democratic presidential preference primaries early, in January. For that, the Democratic National Committee followed through on its warning and stripped both of their delegates for violating party rules by scheduling their primaries too early.The Democratic candidates agreed not to campaign in either state, and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, who won both states, was the only top-tier candidate on the ballot in Michigan.
Samantha Power has resigned her position from Barack Obama's campaign after calling Hillary Clinton a 'monster,' the Illinois senator's campaign announced.
“With deep regret, I am resigning from my role as an advisor the Obama campaign effective today," Power said in a statement issued by the campaign. "Last Monday, I made inexcusable remarks that are at marked variance from my oft-stated admiration for Senator Clinton and from the spirit, tenor, and purpose of the Obama campaign. And I extend my deepest apologies to Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, and the remarkable team I have worked with over these long 14 months."
Florida, Michigan re-votes come down to money.Democrats agree that new voting is needed to determine convention delegates for Florida and Michigan, but they can't figure out how to pay for it.Both states held their Democratic presidential preference primaries early, in January. For that, the Democratic National Committee followed through on its warning and stripped both of their delegates for violating party rules by scheduling their primaries too early.The Democratic candidates agreed not to campaign in either state, and New York Sen. Hillary Clinton, who won both states, was the only top-tier candidate on the ballot in Michigan.
Samantha Power has resigned her position from Barack Obama's campaign after calling Hillary Clinton a 'monster,' the Illinois senator's campaign announced.
“With deep regret, I am resigning from my role as an advisor the Obama campaign effective today," Power said in a statement issued by the campaign. "Last Monday, I made inexcusable remarks that are at marked variance from my oft-stated admiration for Senator Clinton and from the spirit, tenor, and purpose of the Obama campaign. And I extend my deepest apologies to Senator Clinton, Senator Obama, and the remarkable team I have worked with over these long 14 months."
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
3/4/08
Police who forced their way into a small brick house discovered the bodies of four adults and two children, as well as three children found clinging to life.
Police said they were investigating the case as a multiple homicide but otherwise released little information early Tuesday, including whether they believed the killer was at large. Children ages 7 and 4 and a 10-month-old baby were taken to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center, Memphis Fire Department spokeswoman Melanie Young told The Associated Press. She did not know the ages or sexes of the other victims, but police told The Commercial Appeal newspaper all the children were under the age of 12. "We just don't know the motive or cause of death, but we do have four adults and two children (dead)," Memphis police Lt. Jerry Guin told the newspaper. Young said the victims had been shot. At least one of the children had been stabbed, police said. The Commercial Appeal reported on Monday night that one of the children had been upgraded to stable condition and another upgraded to critical while the third remained in extremely critical condition.
A high school football star described as "a Houdini on the football field" was shot dead on Sunday in random gang violence and his mother was returning from her second tour of duty in Iraq.
Jamiel Andre Shaw, 17, was shot multiple times on a sidewalk a few yards from his home after he didn't respond when two men pulled up in a car and asked him, "Where you from?" — code for which gang did he belong to, police said. He was not a gang member. Authorities are calling the shooting a random, unprovoked gang attack. Shaw, a standout running back at Los Angeles High School and the Southern League's most valuable player last season, was shot about 8:40 p.m. Sunday in the Crenshaw area. He died later at a local hospital. Known to his friends as "Jazz," Shaw was heading places, said his father, Jamiel Shaw Sr. "He was going to make something out of himself," Jamiel Sr. told MyFOXLA.com. "All he had to do was get out of high school." His mother, Army Sgt. Anita Shaw, on Monday was on her way back from Iraq, where she has been serving her second tour of duty. Jamiel Shaw Sr. said he called Jamiel on Sunday night, telling him to hurry home from the mall. A few moments after hanging up, Jamiel Sr. said, he heard the shots outside.
Tuesday, February 26, 2008
2/26/08
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Virus on cruise ship sickens dozens. A highly contagious virus sickened more than 100 passengers on a Holland America cruise ship that returned to San Diego on Monday from a 10-day trip to Mexico.Passengers on the ship, the ms Ryndam, first showed signs of the norovirus six days into the trip, said Erik Elvejord, a spokesman for Holland America Line Inc.The virus causes nausea, vomiting and diarrhea and lasts 24 to 48 hours.The virus sickened 104 passengers and six crew members, Elvejord said. The ship was carrying 1,226 passengers and 556 crew members. It visited several ports in Mexico's Sea of Cortez after leaving San Diego on February 15.
'Sorry' killer's life in the jury's hands. A jury has begun deciding whether to spare the life of a a former Canton, Ohio, police officer who killed his pregnant girlfriend and tearfully asked them for mercy. In closing arguments Tuesday, prosecutor Dennis Barr told jurors he had provided sufficient evidence that Bobby Cutts Jr., 30, deserved to die for the murders of Jessie Marie Davis, and their unborn daughter, Chloe. "He took an oath to serve and protect all people," Barr said, pointing at Cutts. "But he did not serve and protect. He destroyed life. He took an innocent child who did not even have a chance to take a breath outside his mother's womb."
Virus on cruise ship sickens dozens. A highly contagious virus sickened more than 100 passengers on a Holland America cruise ship that returned to San Diego on Monday from a 10-day trip to Mexico.Passengers on the ship, the ms Ryndam, first showed signs of the norovirus six days into the trip, said Erik Elvejord, a spokesman for Holland America Line Inc.The virus causes nausea, vomiting and diarrhea and lasts 24 to 48 hours.The virus sickened 104 passengers and six crew members, Elvejord said. The ship was carrying 1,226 passengers and 556 crew members. It visited several ports in Mexico's Sea of Cortez after leaving San Diego on February 15.
'Sorry' killer's life in the jury's hands. A jury has begun deciding whether to spare the life of a a former Canton, Ohio, police officer who killed his pregnant girlfriend and tearfully asked them for mercy. In closing arguments Tuesday, prosecutor Dennis Barr told jurors he had provided sufficient evidence that Bobby Cutts Jr., 30, deserved to die for the murders of Jessie Marie Davis, and their unborn daughter, Chloe. "He took an oath to serve and protect all people," Barr said, pointing at Cutts. "But he did not serve and protect. He destroyed life. He took an innocent child who did not even have a chance to take a breath outside his mother's womb."
Monday, February 25, 2008
2/25/08
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Cousin: Dying woman twice refused oxygen on flight.Struggling to breathe, American Airlines passenger Carine Desir asked for oxygen, but a flight attendant twice refused her request, the woman's cousin said.He said the flight attendant finally relented but various medical devices on the plane failed, including two oxygen tanks that were found to be empty and what may have been a defibrillator that seemed to malfunction.American Airlines confirmed the flight death and said medical professionals had tried to save the woman. A spokeswoman for the airline, Sonja Whitemon, wouldn't comment Sunday on Oliver's claims of faulty medical equipment.
Three Men, Juvenile Held in Alleged Gang-Rape of Woman at Hawaii Capitol.Four suspects, one of them a juvenile, were arrested Sunday after they allegedly gang-raped a woman on the grounds of the Hawaii State Capitol, KITV.com reported. The attack reportedly began at a bus stop in Honolulu, where the 43-year-old victim encountered two of the suspects. Police told KITV.com that another adult suspect and a teenage boy joined them and lured the woman to a grassy area near the government buildings, where they allegedly sexually assaulted her. The reported attackers were later arrested. A sheriff’s deputy apparently witnessed the incident near the Korean War Memorial. The suspects were identified as Edward Eter, 26, of Honolulu; Turan Sirom, 23, and Makichi Aiwo, 19, of Kalihi, KITV.com reported. The identity of the 16-year-old suspect is not being released because he is a juvenile.
Cousin: Dying woman twice refused oxygen on flight.Struggling to breathe, American Airlines passenger Carine Desir asked for oxygen, but a flight attendant twice refused her request, the woman's cousin said.He said the flight attendant finally relented but various medical devices on the plane failed, including two oxygen tanks that were found to be empty and what may have been a defibrillator that seemed to malfunction.American Airlines confirmed the flight death and said medical professionals had tried to save the woman. A spokeswoman for the airline, Sonja Whitemon, wouldn't comment Sunday on Oliver's claims of faulty medical equipment.
Three Men, Juvenile Held in Alleged Gang-Rape of Woman at Hawaii Capitol.Four suspects, one of them a juvenile, were arrested Sunday after they allegedly gang-raped a woman on the grounds of the Hawaii State Capitol, KITV.com reported. The attack reportedly began at a bus stop in Honolulu, where the 43-year-old victim encountered two of the suspects. Police told KITV.com that another adult suspect and a teenage boy joined them and lured the woman to a grassy area near the government buildings, where they allegedly sexually assaulted her. The reported attackers were later arrested. A sheriff’s deputy apparently witnessed the incident near the Korean War Memorial. The suspects were identified as Edward Eter, 26, of Honolulu; Turan Sirom, 23, and Makichi Aiwo, 19, of Kalihi, KITV.com reported. The identity of the 16-year-old suspect is not being released because he is a juvenile.
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
2/20/08
The national headquarters of Delta Chi Fraternity has suspended the University of Colorado-Boulder chapter following the weekend arrests of 10 pledges in Estes Park. The pledges were arrested early Sunday on suspicion of underage drinking and felony criminal mischief. A police report says officers were called to a Super 8 Motel about 2:30 a.m. Sunday, and found destroyed furniture in two adjoining rooms, large holes in the walls, blood and vomit throughout, and a coffee pot full of urine.
Obama continues to chip away at Clinton's base.Sen. Barack Obama continued his winning streak since Super Tuesday two weeks ago, picking up his ninth and tenth states in a row -- Wisconsin and Hawaii.
But as significant as Obama's accelerating momentum is how he is increasingly swaying voters that Clinton could count on at the beginning of February.
While Obama has been solidifying his base of younger, college-educated, higher-paid voters, he has steadily been chipping away Clinton's base of blue-collar, older, working-class voters.
On Tuesday, Obama captured 53 percent of Wisconsin's white voters compared to 41 percent of those voting on Super Tuesday. He won 48 percent of women in Wisconsin compared to 41 percent on Super Tuesday.
Obama continues to chip away at Clinton's base.Sen. Barack Obama continued his winning streak since Super Tuesday two weeks ago, picking up his ninth and tenth states in a row -- Wisconsin and Hawaii.
But as significant as Obama's accelerating momentum is how he is increasingly swaying voters that Clinton could count on at the beginning of February.
While Obama has been solidifying his base of younger, college-educated, higher-paid voters, he has steadily been chipping away Clinton's base of blue-collar, older, working-class voters.
On Tuesday, Obama captured 53 percent of Wisconsin's white voters compared to 41 percent of those voting on Super Tuesday. He won 48 percent of women in Wisconsin compared to 41 percent on Super Tuesday.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
2/19/08
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-- Fidel Castro announced his resignation as president of Cuba and commander in chief of Cuba's military Tuesday, according to a letter published in the state-run newspaper, Granma.The resignation ends nearly a half-century of iron-fisted rule that inspired revolutionaries but frustrated 10 U.S. presidents. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said the U.S. embargo on Cuba will not be lifted in the near term.
A former middle school teacher was sent to prison for six years Tuesday for having sexual encounters with five teenage boys.
Authorities said Allenna Ward, 24, met 14- and 15-year-old boys at the school where she taught as well as at a motel, a park and behind a restaurant.
"I apologize from the depths of my heart," Ward said in court.
Police began investigating last year after school officials found a note believed to have been written by Ward to one of the boys. Some of the victims were students at Bell Street Middle School in Clinton, where Ward taught. She was fired about a year ago
-- Fidel Castro announced his resignation as president of Cuba and commander in chief of Cuba's military Tuesday, according to a letter published in the state-run newspaper, Granma.The resignation ends nearly a half-century of iron-fisted rule that inspired revolutionaries but frustrated 10 U.S. presidents. Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte said the U.S. embargo on Cuba will not be lifted in the near term.
A former middle school teacher was sent to prison for six years Tuesday for having sexual encounters with five teenage boys.
Authorities said Allenna Ward, 24, met 14- and 15-year-old boys at the school where she taught as well as at a motel, a park and behind a restaurant.
"I apologize from the depths of my heart," Ward said in court.
Police began investigating last year after school officials found a note believed to have been written by Ward to one of the boys. Some of the victims were students at Bell Street Middle School in Clinton, where Ward taught. She was fired about a year ago
Monday, February 11, 2008
2/11/08
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Tinley Park police tonight released a composite drawing of the suspect in the shooting deaths of five women at a Lane Bryant clothing store last weekend.The sketch of the man is based on a description provided by the sole survivor of the shootings. Authorities have described the gunman as a black man, between 5 feet 9 and 6 feet tall and between 200 to 230 pounds with thick braided hair and a receding hairline. Meanwhile, the former manager of the store who died in the shootings was remembered as a woman of faith at her funeral today in Crest Hill. More than 600 people attended services for 42-year-old Rhoda McFarland.
Florida Panthers forward Richard Zednik required lifesaving surgery after severing his carotid artery, his agent told The Associated Press on Monday. Zednik had surgery Sunday night and was in stable condition at a Buffalo hospital after losing a significant amount of blood during the game at Buffalo earlier in the day, agent David Schatia said. Schatia didn’t have further details because he had just arrived in Montreal following a trip oversees. Zednik was sliced across the right side of the throat by teammate Olli Jokinen’s skate in a frightening accident midway through the third period of Buffalo’s 5-3 victory.
THESE ARE TWO VERY SAD AND TRAUMATIZING STORIES
Tinley Park police tonight released a composite drawing of the suspect in the shooting deaths of five women at a Lane Bryant clothing store last weekend.The sketch of the man is based on a description provided by the sole survivor of the shootings. Authorities have described the gunman as a black man, between 5 feet 9 and 6 feet tall and between 200 to 230 pounds with thick braided hair and a receding hairline. Meanwhile, the former manager of the store who died in the shootings was remembered as a woman of faith at her funeral today in Crest Hill. More than 600 people attended services for 42-year-old Rhoda McFarland.
Florida Panthers forward Richard Zednik required lifesaving surgery after severing his carotid artery, his agent told The Associated Press on Monday. Zednik had surgery Sunday night and was in stable condition at a Buffalo hospital after losing a significant amount of blood during the game at Buffalo earlier in the day, agent David Schatia said. Schatia didn’t have further details because he had just arrived in Montreal following a trip oversees. Zednik was sliced across the right side of the throat by teammate Olli Jokinen’s skate in a frightening accident midway through the third period of Buffalo’s 5-3 victory.
THESE ARE TWO VERY SAD AND TRAUMATIZING STORIES
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
2/6/08
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The state of Florida is trying to dissolve a community of sex offenders living under a bridge that includes a gym, kitchen, living room and two dogs. The men have lived under the Julia Tuttle Causeway for a year. They say limited money and strict local ordinances make it nearly impossible for them to live anywhere else.But state officials are telling them to leave."We're urging them to find a residence. We want them to be able to reintegrate into society," said Gretl Plessinger, a spokeswoman for the Florida Corrections Department.
Democratic and Republican Presidential Primaries and CaucusesTwenty-four states are holding presidential primaries or caucuses on February 5: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia. For the Democrats, 1,681 delegates are at stake in 16 primaries and seven caucuses. The Republicans have 1,020 delegates at stake in 15 primaries and six caucuses.
The state of Florida is trying to dissolve a community of sex offenders living under a bridge that includes a gym, kitchen, living room and two dogs. The men have lived under the Julia Tuttle Causeway for a year. They say limited money and strict local ordinances make it nearly impossible for them to live anywhere else.But state officials are telling them to leave."We're urging them to find a residence. We want them to be able to reintegrate into society," said Gretl Plessinger, a spokeswoman for the Florida Corrections Department.
Democratic and Republican Presidential Primaries and CaucusesTwenty-four states are holding presidential primaries or caucuses on February 5: Alabama, Alaska, Arizona, Arkansas, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Delaware, Georgia, Idaho, Illinois, Kansas, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, North Dakota, Oklahoma, Tennessee, Utah and West Virginia. For the Democrats, 1,681 delegates are at stake in 16 primaries and seven caucuses. The Republicans have 1,020 delegates at stake in 15 primaries and six caucuses.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Barack Obama and Hillary Rodham Clinton fought for a breakout in their eyeball-to-eyeball Democratic duel while Republican John McCain hoped to bury his rival’s presidential hopes in a blur of voting Tuesday from Alaska to the Atlantic. An enormous cache of delegates was at stake — not enough to clinch a nomination but plenty enough to mint a runaway favorite, or even twoSen. John McCain seeks to seal the GOP presidential nomination in across-the-nation voting Tuesday.
Monday, February 4, 2008
2/4/08 my bday
Very preliminary findings from 49 of the nation's biggest markets showed that ratings for this year's Super Bowl, with the New York Giants' thrilling win over the New England Patriots, were up 6 percent over last year's big game, according to Nielsen Media Research on Monday.Very preliminary findings from 49 of the nation's biggest markets showed that ratings for this year's Super Bowl, with the New York Giants' thrilling win over the New England Patriots, were up 6 percent over last year's big game, according to Nielsen Media Research on Monday.
Wednesday, January 30, 2008
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http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/30/fl.primary/index.html
Sen. John McCain's Florida win essentially turns the GOP presidential race into a two-man contest between the Arizonan and Mitt Romney as the campaigns geared up Wednesday for next week's Super Tuesday races. Sen. John McCain celebrates his win in Florida's Republican primary Tuesday night in Miami. With 99 percent of Republican precincts reporting from Florida after Tuesday's voting, McCain held a five-point lead, 36 percent to 31 percent, over Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/30/body.parts.ap/index.html
A woman's severed head was found Tuesday in a trash bag along an interstate highway, one of eight bags containing body parts discovered beside expressways in northeastern Pennsylvania, authorities said.The parts are believed to belong to the same victim. It was unclear whether all the body parts have been found, investigators said. The first bag was found Tuesday morning near the Mount Pocono exit of Interstate 380 by a worker salting the highway, investigators said. More remains were found later Tuesday along I-80.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/01/30/fl.primary/index.html
Sen. John McCain's Florida win essentially turns the GOP presidential race into a two-man contest between the Arizonan and Mitt Romney as the campaigns geared up Wednesday for next week's Super Tuesday races. Sen. John McCain celebrates his win in Florida's Republican primary Tuesday night in Miami. With 99 percent of Republican precincts reporting from Florida after Tuesday's voting, McCain held a five-point lead, 36 percent to 31 percent, over Romney, the former governor of Massachusetts
http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/01/30/body.parts.ap/index.html
A woman's severed head was found Tuesday in a trash bag along an interstate highway, one of eight bags containing body parts discovered beside expressways in northeastern Pennsylvania, authorities said.The parts are believed to belong to the same victim. It was unclear whether all the body parts have been found, investigators said. The first bag was found Tuesday morning near the Mount Pocono exit of Interstate 380 by a worker salting the highway, investigators said. More remains were found later Tuesday along I-80.
Monday, January 28, 2008
1/28/08
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