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On Today’s news I read about a suicide bombing at an Iraqi military base north of Baghdad, this killed at least 10 people and 25 were injured. It was said that Most of the dead and wounded were Iraqi soldiers, truck bomber ran into a barracks. Police combed through the rubble of the building looking for victims. The attack took place in the town of Kanan about 10 kilometers, south of Baquba in Diyala province, which is ethnically mixed. The province used to be an al Qaeda stronghold, especially during the peak of sectarian violence in the country between 2005 and 2007. On Monday afternoon, a string of roadside bombings targeted Baghdad communities. One person was killed and two others were injured. The Minister said “Eight other people were wounded earlier Monday when three roadside bombs exploded in Baghdad neighborhoods”.
In a nation besieged with grief over mounting casualties, fears of possible radiation and the threat of more earthquakes, the nightmare grew for Japanese residents Monday as thousands of bodies reportedly were found and crews struggled to keep damaged nuclear plants under control.
3-14-11
Today I read about, Rescue teams fanned out across northern Japan on Monday -- in efforts coordinated and improvised attempting to reach untold numbers of people still trapped three days after a massive earthquake and tsunami shattered the region. In areas cut off from the outside world by the disaster, people whose homes are lost or inaccessible camped out in shelters. Many others were still trapped, exposed to the elements and in need of food and water.
Today I read about the anxiety in Japan that grows as rescue workers find more bodies. At least 3,002 people were missing Monday, the National Police Agency said. Friday's earthquake and tsunami led to problems at three nuclear power plants. The epidemic’s just keep getting devastating. "The earthquake was horrible. Then the tsunami was horrible. And that's not enough. Now there's a nuclear fear."
Since the initial earthquake, the country has endured 44 aftershocks of a magnitude greater than 6.0, the point at which seismologists define an earthquake as "strong."
3/14/10
Today I read about a Texas woman who mysteriously disappeared more than two weeks ago after her home and vehicle were destroyed by fire has been found. The family of a 16 year old woman has been reported missing on march 3rd. She was found 13 days later about 100 miles southeast of where she disappeared at the Texas home of Jeffrey a man who previously lived in the area near the victim. The woman was bound, restrained, and repeatedly assaulted," after being forced from her home at gunpoint. Officials say a blue compact car witnesses reported seeing outside the woman's home the day she went missing led to an extensive investigation and eventually the arrest of Maxwell, 58.
Anthony Aguilar
Today I read that a space shuttle contract worker fell to his death Monday morning while working at the launch pad, preparing the space shuttle Endeavour for its final flight, according to a NASA official.
United Space Alliance, the prime contractor for the U.S. space shuttle program, said in a press release that the victim was one of its employees, James Vanover.
"He fell at the pad, and NASA emergency medical personnel responded but were unable to revive him," said Kennedy Space Center spokeswoman Candrea Thomas.
3-14-11
As we may all know about the tragic that happen in Japan on Friday March 11. An earthquake of 8.9 hit Japan and ensuing tsunami killed thousands, based on official and Japanese media reports, but an exact accounting of the disaster remains hidden beneath widespread damage that rescuers are only beginning to penetrate. The confirmed death toll, rising every few hours, reached 1,897 on Monday. But that didn't account for thousands of bodies Japan's Kyodo News said had been found in the hard-hit Miyagi Prefecture on Japan's northeast coast. The number of dead is expected to go up as rescuers reach more hard-hit areas. At least 3,002 people were missing Monday, the National Police Agency said,. Public broadcaster NHK reported that 450,000 people were living in shelters. Friday's earthquake and tsunami led to problems at three nuclear power plants, one of which remained a serious concern Monday as crews continued a seesaw battle to control a damaged nuclear reactor complex. Do to all of nature disasters us human are terrified of what the earth has for us all.
3-14-11
A Texas woman who mysteriously disappeared more than two weeks ago after her home and vehicle were destroyed by fire has been found sheriff's officials said Monday.
The family of the 62yearold victim reported her missing on March 3 the day her property was set ablaze in rural Parker County west of Fort Worth Texas said Parker County Sheriff Larry Fowler.
She was found 13 days later about 100 miles southeast of where she disappeared at the Corsicana Texas home of Jeffrey Allan Maxwell a man who previously lived in the area near the victim a statement from the sheriff's office said.
The woman was bound restrained and repeatedly assaulted after being forced from her home at gunpoint according to the sheriff's investigators and Texas Rangers who collected evidence, including several restraints from Maxwell's home.
daniela Sanchez
Law enforcement witnesses testified last August that they went to the defendant's mother-in-law's home on Campo Truck Trail and found the baby lying on her back on the living room floor, near a pile of blankets. The infant could not be revived
eddie haro 3/14/11
Today I read about The driver of a tractor-trailer who passed a tour bus before it crashed denies the two vehicles clipped each other, as the bus driver has claimed, according to a law enforcement source involved in the investigation."We're treating him as a witness, not a suspect," the law enforcement source told CNN, referring to the truck driver.
Today I read aboMore than 1,000 bodies washed ashore Monday in Miyagi prefecture, the northeastern area hardest hit by the magnitude 8.9 quake that struck offshore on Friday and the devastating tsunami it triggered. Search-and-rescue crews, now finding few survivors among the waterlogged debris, extracted about 2,000 corpses on the fourth day of the disaster that Prime Minister has proclaimed Japan's greatest national tragedy since world war 2. The fate of tens of thousands of residents of the worst-hit areas remained unknown, authorities reported, stirring fears that the death toll, still officially under 2,000, would greatly exceed the 10,000 predicted over the weekend.
ASHLEY CARACOZA--MONDAY-- Today I read about a 22-year-old man that was shot to death in South crest on Sunday, a police homicide detective said. The man, whose name was withheld pending notification of his family, was shot multiple times around 11:45 a.m. in the 3500 block of Boston Avenue, said Lt. Ernie Herbert of the San Diego Police Department. He was declared dead at 12:23 p.m. at Scripps Mercy Hospital. Witnesses said the man was riding a minibike when a man walked up to him and shot him several times. The shooter fled on foot, was picked up by a passing car and then fled on foot again at National Avenue, Herbert said. The shooter was described as a Hispanic man in his early 20s, about 5 feet 6 inches and 145 pounds with long curly hair and a thin mustache.
Today I read- how there was a earth quake in Japan and a man when back to his house to grab some stuff and his wife was wiped away but she wasn’t the only one thousand of people die it was a 8.9 earth quake.
Jose Cesena
It all started on selection Sunday then its march madness time all of the bet NCAA Basketball teams play in the Big Dance. San Diego St. is one of the top elite teams in the tournament. Experts think that San Diego St. could have run on the tournament and make it past the sweet 16. They play Northern Colorado next and if they win they most likely play Penn St..
On Today’s news I read about how Japan is doing, and who is doing what. World governments and international aid groups come together to bring relief to the island nation. 91 countries and regions and 6 international organizations have extended offers of assistance. The United States, South Korea, Australia, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, China, Hungary, Singapore and the United Kingdom have offered their 11 urban search and rescue teams. Japan's own search and rescue team was in New Zealand, assisting with recovery from the recent Christchurch earthquake, when the 9.0 magnitude quake and tsunami struck on Friday. The United State send navy ships. The navy ships are now at work off the Japanese coast. Two search-and-rescue teams from the United States are working in the hard-hit coastal city of Ofunato. Ofunato received several damaged in the quake.
Rodriguez Stephanie'
On Today’s news I read about how Japan is doing, and who is doing what. World governments and international aid groups come together to bring relief to the island nation. 91 countries and regions and 6 international organizations have extended offers of assistance. The United States, South Korea, Australia, Germany, Mexico, New Zealand, China, Hungary, Singapore and the United Kingdom have offered their 11 urban search and rescue teams. Japan's own search and rescue team was in New Zealand, assisting with recovery from the recent Christchurch earthquake, when the 9.0 magnitude quake and tsunami struck on Friday. The United State send navy ships. The navy ships are now at work off the Japanese coast. Two search-and-rescue teams from the United States are working in the hard-hit coastal city of Ofunato. Ofunato received several damaged in the quake.
Today I read about oil gas investment in which three productive oil zones in the Hope at 1820’, Patio Sand at 3134’ and Morris Sand at 3420’. This was another well for the 59 well package. Our samples we caught in the Hope oil zone looked to be productive at about 80 barrels of oil per day. The Patio was the weaker show at about 40 barrels a day. The lower Morris sand looks like a 200 initial barrels of oil + 450 mcf of natural gas per day. The magnetic came in strong at 19 for the formations which indicated the strong presence of oil. We will run the gamma ray log later this afternoon . Gas prices and oil prices are raising up now in days.
daniela Sanchez
A paradise valley nurse was fired after calling the police for self defense. The hospital said that she dint follow a hospital policy. They stated the policy and bueno the nurse that was fired said she had no idea about that policy. Bueno told 10 news that the patient attacked her after she tried to the patient there medicine. She said she only called the police because he was threatening her and her family. Bueno says “ I didn’t know we could defend our self's” the hospital fired her that same day. I think that’s wrong because the nurse was only trying to protect herself. She could have hit the patient back and would have got into more trouble. But in my eyes I think she made a good choice.
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Today I read about , a funeral set for 7 children killed in a Pennsylvania farmhouse fire . The children -- ages 7 months to 11 years -- died March 8 when the fire fully engulfed the Mennonite family's two-story house in Loysville , about 25 miles northwest of Harrisburg . Their parents were both outside the house at the time of the fire . Mother Janelle Clouse was milking cows in the barn and father Ted Clouse was making deliveries on his milk route . The mother went to two neighbors' houses before she could get someone to call 911 , he said . She then found her husband sleeping in his milk truck and they rushed back to the home to find their home engulfed in flames and firefighters trying to put out the blaze . The children -- six girls and a boy -- were found dead inside the house. The 3-year-old was the only child who survived . The funeral is scheduled for the Perry Mennonite Reception Center in Elliottsburg . Burial will be at the Church of the Living Christ cemetery . "It's just hard to explain how somebody could lose their whole family in a wink of an eye like that,"
ASHLEY CARACOZA--TUESDAY-- today i read about A former Camp Pendleton Marine who fatally stabbed an Oceanside businessman in a dispute over a refurbished classic car was sentenced Monday to life in prison without the possibility of parole. Raphael Ramey, 21, was convicted last month of first-degree murder and torture in the Aug. 23. 2009, death of Charles Evan Williams, who was stabbed and slashed more than 50 times. Ramey was given an extra year by Vista Judge Joan Weber for using a deadly weapon.
The growth of the Hispanic population in the United States is outstripping pre-census estimates, the Pew Hispanic Those states combined Census 2010 total of 38.7 million Hispanics was higher by 590,000 people, the report says. Data on the remaining states will be released by the end of March.
March 15
Today I read about what to do if a nuclear disaster was to occur. 1). You must decide whether to stay or to evacuate. 2). You need to assign different tasks to different family members (gathering food, water, supplies, etc.) so they can be accomplish them all at once. 3). Send someone to the store to purchase essentials. Use credit cards to conserve your cash for you will need it when you need to use it. 4). Begin storing water. 5). Seek shelter
3/15/11
Today I read about a 11 year old girl who 18 people are accused of sexually assaulting her In Texas. This month 13 adults and 5 juvinials have been arrested to have been arrested to events related to their arrest. They ask “where was her mother? Were was her father?” those men could face 25 years to life in prison.
3-15-11
Ten people died and more than 8,000 people were left homeless in Southern Brazil due to heavy rain on Friday. Two whom had died were buried Sunday in a mudslide cause by rain in Parana state. In Parana, more than 23,000 people were affected by the rain, and at least 8,453 people were left homeless, civil defense officials said. More than 2,700 homes were destroyed by the weather, the agency said. Mudslide blocked major highways in the state, but authorities managed to clear some on Sunday. In the neighboring state of Santa Catarina, one death was reported, officials there said. The victim was driving a car that fell in a river on Saturday and was not recovered until Monday, civil defense officials said. The driver had drowned.
Today I read about how the earth quake in Japan. There was a story about a man and his wife. was trapped and the quake the went back to there house to grab some stuff and his wife was swiped away .from the water there thousand of people killed in the fatal earth quake it was a 8.9.
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3-15-11
Today I read about the attacks that happened in 2010 pirates and they are scared to transport anything over the Indiana ocean and that’s not good and it is bad that there scared the us and its because the underestimated the pirates and that’s bad there scared and shit like that.
Today I read about Just two months ago, California residents living near a controversial nuclear power plant grilled nuclear regulators over the reactor's safety at a public hearing. At issue was the 2008 discovery of a previously unknown earthquake fault located less than a half mile off shore from the plant. Just two months ago, California residents living near a controversial nuclear power plant grilled nuclear regulators over the reactor's safety at a public hearing.
Jose Cesena
The big Dance is a tournament of the best college basketball teams in the nation only the best teams get invited to play, San Diego St. who is one of the elite teams in the nation got an invitation and a #2 seed they play a team that is not as good as them they are my favorite to win the Championship
Rodriguez Stephanie
On Today’s news I read about a fire that happened on March 8. in the fire in Pennsylvania will say goodbye to 7 children's. They died when the fire fully engulfed the Mennonite family's two-story house in Loysville, about 25 miles northwest of Harrisburg. The children’s ages was 7months to11 years. Their parents were both out of the house when this occurred. On of their children’s came running to her mother who was milking the cows and told her their was smoke in the house, that when she realized the whole house was on fire. Instead of calling 911 their mother ran to two neighbors’ house trying to get help. She found her husband sleeping in his car, than rushed to see firefighters trying to put the flames out. Six girls and 1 boy were found dead only the 3 year old survived. The funeral is scheduled for the Perry Mennonite Reception Center in Elliott burg. Burial will be at the Church of the Living Christ cemetery.
Today I read about how the emperor of Japan gave a speech and stated that they will never give up hope. Japan's beloved emperor dramatically took to the national TV airwaves Wednesday and buoyed the spirits of his disaster-stricken citizens, an extraordinary address before a nation grappling with the aftermath of an epic earthquake and a devastating tsunami and growing fears of a nuclear catastrophe. "I truly hope the victims of the disaster never give up hope, take care of themselves, and live strong for tomorrow," said the dignified and understated Emperor Akihito, a calm and poignant oration delivered from the Imperial Palace. The blaze was discovered Wednesday morning in the No. 4 reactor building at the plant, a Tokyo Electric Power Company official told reporters. It renewed concern over spent fuel rods sitting in an uncovered pool inside, which would release dangerous radiation if they caught fire. Even workers who remained at the plant evacuated temporarily as radiation levels there fluctuated "hour by hour," Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Wednesday. To Kiyota and thousands like him, Emperor Akihito expressed his admiration."I am deeply impressed to see people who have survived, and are suffering from the biggest disaster, encourage themselves to live for tomorrow. This is so courageous."
The government should make a policy stopping all legal nuclear plants, and legislate for more economic ways. Pushing for efficiency and advance technology and that is bio friendly. Nuclear plants are bad for future generations to come. We are already making a hole in are atmosphere exposed to higher ultraviolet waves. Then taking more years of getting rid of toxic waste form nuclear plants people being exposed to radiation with higher risk’s to cancer.
A suspected U.S. drone strike in Pakistan's tribal region killed six alleged militants Monday, intelligence officials Two intelligence officials said the drone fired two missiles on a militant hideout in the Miran Shah area of North Waziristan, one of the seven districts of Pakistan's volatile tribal region bordering Afghanistan.
3-16-11
Today I read about the fear of radiation on the West Coast because of the recent Japan epidemics. This was caused by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake hit Japan last week, unleashing a tsunami that damaged the nuclear plants Damaged nuclear power plants in Japan are releasing radiation into the air. The western U.S. are buying potassium iodide as a possible remedy to exposure. Many pharmacies and health food stores are selling out of the supplement.
3-16-11
This week, the U.S. Labor Department announced that raw import grain prices rose 1.4% this past February that makes an 8.5% increase over the past twelve months. Keystone food commodities like corn, soybeans and wheat have already increased 149% this past decade, according to the New America Foundation's Smart Strategy Initiative Director Patrick Doherty. "With persistent high unemployment, oil fueling more than 95% of America's transportation system, and transportation costs running 24% of income in suburbia and in exurbia, 35%, America's middle class is extraordinarily exposed," writes Doherty. "If prices go up any more, you are going to see more people here and other food banks," says Community Market director Elsie Lott. "You can see it every day. People that used to give us food are now asking for it.“Over the past year in Lee County, Alabama, more than 3,000 families accessed the Community Market food bank. Nationwide, the Gallup Organization reports 16%have gone hungry during the year due to finances. We don’t need nor have children starving anymore nevertheless there is someone dying every three seconds of starvation.
3/16/11
Today I read about Clark, 26, of Branford, Connecticut, is accused in the slaying of Annie Le, 24, who was pursuing a doctorate in pharmacology at Yale when she went missing September 8, 2009. Le's body was discovered inside a wall of a Yale lab building four days later after an extensive search by the FBI and police. Clark was not a Yale student but had worked as a lab technician at the university since 2004, after graduating from high school. He lived with his girlfriend, who also is a Yale lab technician, according to police.
3-16-11
Today I readied about a mother that killed her kids and set the house on fire and then killed her self .she first shot the her oldies kid first she was 14, her name is jasmine and then she shot her other kid she was 9, and her name was katelynn and then she shot her other kid he was 4 and his name was ryan and after she shot them she set the house on fire and then she shot her self. The police said that they did not find any thing like a suicide note any thing like that I think that was so
3-16-11
Today I read about, Many West Coast residents came up empty handed in their search of potassium iodide this week as fears over radiation spreading from Japan took hold. Last week's 9.0-magnitude earthquake unleashed a deadly tsunami that wiped out large sections of northeastern Japan. The waves damaged a nuclear power plant that has released radiation into the air and could release more if workers can't control runaway temperatures.
daniela sanchez
As the rest of the world waits with bated breath to see if Japan can avert a nuclear catastrophe, a small band of experts is putting their lives at risk to prevent the disaster. Thousands of people living near the troubled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant have been evacuated from their homes because of the risk of radiation leaks from reactors damaged by last week's devastating earthquake and tsunami. But while most hurry in the opposite direction, about 180 plant workers are staying put despite the fact that doing so could result in serious illness or even death to battle the meltdown threat.
eddie haro 3/16/11
Today I read about An explosion Tuesday at the plant elevated the situation there to a "serious accident," on a level just below Chernobyl, a French nuclear official said, referring to the international scale that rates the severity of such incidents and to an incident 25 years ago in what is now Ukraine. His comments came before a fire was reported Wednesday in the No. 4 reactor building at the Japanese plant.
Today I read the tsunami caused ten of million of dollars of damage of Hawaii government Neil the tsunami that devoted Japan brought powerful waves to the Hawaii island last week
This morning I read about how Ian Kerner, a counselor and New York times best selling author blogs about sex on Thursday on The Chart. Does sex get better with age? According to a study in the November 2008 issue of Psychological Science, marital satisfaction may improve once the kids have left the nest. In fact, many of my colleagues in the world of sex therapy attest that empty nesters tend to have more disposable income and more opportunity to enjoy quality time with their partner, including sex. Sex therapist David Schnarch writes about the difference between a person’s “genital prime” and his or her “sexual prime.” For most of us, the genital prime happens during adolescence and our 20s, when the body is in its best shape, however, the mind may not be as well-developed sexually. Schnarch says that a person’s sexual prime is actually well beyond what most of us think of as the hot-and-heavy sex years - more like middle age than high school. As we age, we benefit from accepting ourselves as we are, knowing what we like, and not being afraid to ask for it. In fact, slower can actually be better for your sex life. When the physical markers of arousal aren’t instantly obvious, it gives partners more time to play and connect with each other in bed. The behaviors we usually think of as foreplay can become the main event during sex, and give couples the opportunity to rediscover themselves and each other sexually. As men age, testosterone levels go down, while estrogen levels go up. This means that many older men are able to focus more and appreciate the tender side of sex.
Stephanie Rodriguez
On today’s news I read about a lab technician charged in the strangling of a Yale graduate student, Less than a week before she was to be married. “He plans to plead guilty Thursday,” his attorney said. Raymond Clark III will plead guilty at a court in New Haven, Connecticut. The 26-year-old had pleaded not guilty in January 2010. Le's body was discovered inside a wall of a Yale lab building four days later after an extensive search by the FBI and police. She had planned to marry Columbia graduate student Jonathan Widawsky on the day her body was found. Clark was not a Yale student, but had worked as a lab technician at the university since 2004. he lived with his girlfriend who was a a lab technician as well. Calls to the New Haven district attorney's office and Yale University seeking comment were not immediately returned.
Google famously gives its engineers "20% time," allowing them one day a week to work on side projects that interest them. That arrangement launched one of the most critical online tools in the Japanese relief effort: which allows people to search for and post information about missing loved ones.
maricela
United Nations forecast obtained by The New York Times showed the plume would reach Southern California on Friday, the level of radiation is not expected to be hazardous, and there's no reason to take iodine tablets, said Dr. Eric McDonald, the county's deputy public health officer. Residents of San Diego County do not need to take potassium iodide tablets to protect themselves from Japan's nuclear emergency, county health officials advised Thursday. "Potassium iodide is used to protect the body from one specific type of radioactive material known as radioiodine," McDonald said. "Potassium iodide should only be used in cases of exposure to significant amounts of radioiodine."County health officials said they will update the public on the situation as needed.
3-17-11
This morning I read about 7 teenagers that were in custody on Tuesday for attacking a 13 year—old when he was walking home from school earlier this month in a Philadelphia suburb. Six of the youngsters were arrested Monday at an alternative program at upper Darby High School. The attack took place January 11, the security heard a lot of noise and let police know. There’s a video that shows the boy being kicked, dragged through the snow and stuffed into a tree, then hung from his jacket on a tall wrought-iron fence. On the video, the boy can be heard screaming when the other boys keep laughing at him. They are all in an alternative school so they hope to make better decisions in their life.
eddie haro 3/17/11
Today I read about The State Department announced late Wednesday that it has approved the departure of family members of U.S. government personnel from certain areas of Japan in the aftermath of the earthquake, the tsunami and the nuclear power plant crisis.Charter flights will be made available to the approximately 600 people, according to Under Secretary of State Patrick Kennedy."When we do a voluntary authorized departure, the State Department bears the expense of the transportation," Kennedy said.
ASHLEY CARACOZA-THURSDAY-Today I read about that the economic hub of northern Japan. Thousands of Japanese settled perhaps indefinitely into shelters as the government scrambled to avert a nuclear disaster and foreigners sought to get out of the disaster-struck nation. Foreign nationals formed long lines at the Tokyo immigration office for permits to temporarily leave and the U.S. Defense Department Thursday authorized the voluntary departure of some relatives of service members stationed in Japan. The potential number of U.S. military evacuees is "in the thousands," Pentagon spokesman Col. Dave Lapan said, adding that the authorization only applies to family members living on the island of Honshu -- site of the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant -- and will not cover those who are simply visiting.
3-17-11
Today I read about , a second explosion rocked a troubled nuclear power plant today. the explosion blowing the roof off a containment nuclear officials announced a policy to the public television. The explosion underscores the difficulties in Japans legal authorization. When the tsunami hit it, northeast coast and shut down the electricity that runs the critical cooling system.
Today I read about a man pled guilty to first degree murder on Thursday 2009 after attempting sexual assault and killing of graduate student Annie le in 2009 Raymond Clark 111 was sentenced to 44 years in prison
3-18-11
Today I read about, Even as Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the ultimate goal for the U.S. was to see Libya's president cede power, a senior administration official says the U.N.-mandated no-fly zone and military action to support it would not necessarily last until Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi steps down. The purpose of the no-fly zone, the administration official said, is to prevent Gadhafi from attacking his own people.
eddie haro 3/18/11
Today I read about A Wisconsin judge issued a temporary restraining order Friday halting the state's controversial budget repair law that curbs the union power of most public employees, the Dane County district attorney's office said.Gov. Scott Walker, who championed the measure and signed it into law last week, said he was confident the initiative would eventually prevail in the court system, a spokeswoman said.
daniela Sanchez
A bogus report that a South Bay man had killed his fiancee at their condominium Thursday prompted a two-hour SWAT standoff that ended when the supposed victim showed up, unharmed, and told officers her husband-to-be was at work. Chula Vista police received a 911 about 3 p.m. from a man who said he had killed his wife-to-be at the residence in the 2500 block of Garnet Peak Road and was planning to commit suicide, CVPD Lt. Fritz Reber said.
3-18-11
Instead of worrying about the unlikely event of harmful radiation drifting from Japan, Californians should focus on preparing for earthquakes and other emergencies common in their own state, officials said. Radiation from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan will dissipate over the more than 5,000 miles separating it from California, but eventually it may be detected in small, non-harmful amounts, said Dr. Howard Backer, interim director of the state Department of Public Health. "We do not anticipate any amounts of radiation that will cause any health effects," Backer said Thursday. In Washington, President Barack Obama went further in telling Americans not to worry. Whether it's the West Coast, Hawaii, Alaska or U.S. territories in the Pacific, we do not expect harmful levels of radiation," Obama said. "That's the judgment of our Nuclear Regulatory Commission and many other experts.“There has been no detection of elevated levels of radiation on the West Coast, and experts say there is no way to predict how long it would take for radiation drifts to cross the Pacific. Even if that happens, the amount may be too small to be detected, experts said.
3-18-11
For the first time the Pakistani military has publicly acknowledged that US drones are targeting militants on Pakistani soil.In a press briefing for Pakistani reporters Thursday a military commander said US drone strikes were killing mostly militants and al Qaeda fighters not civilians. Since 2007, 164 drone strikes have killed 964 militants, Mehmood told reporters in the militant stronghold of North Waziristan.Of those, 171 of the fatalities were al Qaeda fighters from mostly central Asian and Arab countries, he said. Mehmood didn't provide any statistics on civilian casualties and didn't say how the military collected its data on drone strikes. Despite the Pakistani military's claim of a high militant death toll in drone strikes, Mehmood told reporters the attacks have a negative impact on Pakistan's security
3-18-11
A Washington elementary school student who allegedly brought cocaine to school and shared it with other children has been charged with possession of a controlled substance, the school system said Friday.
Fred Lewis said a child brought to school "an undetermined amount of cocaine" and shared it with others in his class. Neither the school system or the police would release the names or ages of the children involved. Thomson has students from pre-kindergarten through fifth grades.
The new California reading came from a measuring station of the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization, and the monitor was apparently located in Sacramento. A diplomat who has access to radiation tracking by the U.N.'s Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty Organization told The Associated Press in Vienna that initial readings show tiny amounts of radiation have reached California. But it's not dangerous in any way - "about a billion times beneath levels that would be health threatening," the diplomat said, speaking on condition of anonymity because the organization does not make its findings public.U.S. government experts also insist there's no threat to public health from the plume, but they are still closely monitoring the situation with detection monitors deployed along the West Coast. Government experts in the United States are keeping a close eye on any radioactive particles that could travel from Japan, and they may already be seeing trace amounts.
3-18-11
Today I read about the violence that rages in Libya. At least 28 people died and hundreds were wounded as fighting raged in the Libyan cities of Mistrata, Ajdabiya and Zintan on Friday. Obama is insisting that American troops will not be deployed in Libya. The citizens state things such as "This morning, they are burning the city," the doctor said. "There are deaths everywhere.” and “ Everybody around us is on very high alert, still expecting the worst," Obama stated that he will take military force if they don’t comply. "These terms are not negotiable," Obama said. If Gadhafi doesn't comply, the U.N. resolution will be imposed through military action.
Fast-food chain Jack in the Box's first food truck will be making the rounds in San Diego areas like the Gas lamp Quarter for the next month before the crew hits the road and heads to Orange County and Los Angeles. "Really giving our customers what they are asking for, and if they want the truck at their wedding, we will be there," said Jennifer Kennedy, associate marketing manager with Jack in the Box. The 34-foot long truck is inspired by 1970s van art. On the outside is a menu displayed on a flat-screen TV, while the inside is equipped with a grill, fryer and toaster for employees to prepare the food. Like other food trucks, Jack in the Box wants to come to the customers even when there isn't a restaurant in sight. Customer Barry Charles isn't convinced, and he told 10News, "It's hamburger joint. There's a thousand of them everywhere.“
Monday- today I read about a woman and her accident with an eagle ray. This huge, 300 lb sting ray landed on this lady while enjoying her day on the ocean with her family. She was taking pictures of the fish when all of a sudden shes slammed down. "Next thing I know, it hit me square in the chest. I fell backwards and fell down," she said. Eagle rays can measure as much as 10 feet across and 17 feet long -- from their snout to the end of their barbed tails -- and weigh up to 500 pounds, according to the Florida Museum of Natural History. The spines on the tails are venomous and can inflict serious wounds.
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