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On today’s news I read about how A large grass fire in Santana, Kansas, made an evacuation for over 1,200 residents as the blaze damaged at least three homes. It was said that the fire began about Sunday noon and burned about 12 to 15 square miles, although No injuries were reported. Residents were asked to seek shelter at a nearby high school as emergency workers worked to contain the fire from getting any worst. The Residents were allowed to return to their homes Sunday night, though some roads remained closed "due to continued fire flare-ups.“ Sharon Watson of the Kansas Division of Emergency Management said” Weather conditions Sunday were described as "extremely windy.” Watson said similarly windy conditions last month fueled a grass fire that consumed 38,000 acres.
eddie haro 4/4/11
Today I read about Eman al-Obeidy, the woman who said she was raped by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, spent 72 hours under interrogation after being dragged away from the Tripoli hotel where she tried to tell journalists of her alleged abuse, she told CNN by telephone Monday.Interrogators poured water on her face and threw food at her during the relentless questioning, which ended only after she was examined by a doctor to prove she had been raped, she told CNN's AC360."And when the test came it verified that I was raped and tortured, and then I was freed," she said, speaking by telephone through a translator.Al-Obeidy said that in contrast with the brutality she endured at the hands of Gadhafi loyalists, her treatment after being taken from the hotel was more abusive psychologically than it was physically.But she said the public statements from a state TV anchor and government officials, who initially called her mentally ill, drunk and a prostitute, have ruined her reputation. Al-Obeidy said people laugh at her now and that her spirits and morale are low. She said she has nightmares.
4-4-11
Today I read about , Nearly two years after an Air France plane mysteriously fell out of the sky, killing 228 people, the bulk of the wreckage has been found with bodies still aboard, French officials said Monday. The human remains will be brought to the surface and identified, French Ecology and Transportation Minister Nathalie Kosciusko-Morizet said at a news conference. The fact that we found various pieces, a lot of pieces of the plane in a quite concentrated area is a good hope for finding the black boxes, but we have no assurance.
4/4/11
Today I read about two sisters released from a Mississippi prison with the stipulation that one donates a kidney to the other said Saturday they will continue fighting for a full pardon. Haley Barbour, who ordered the release of the women in January, wants her and sister Jamie to first admit guilt in an 1993 armed robbery that may have netted as little as $11. I would not admit that I am guilty. I am innocent," Gladys Scott said. "Me and my sister have proclaimed our innocence since day one. And we are going to keep on."The sisters both served 16 years of their life imprisonment sentence before being released in January due to Jamie Scott's severe kidney failure. Barbour, upon suspending the armed robbery sentences, said the transplant surgery "should be scheduled with urgency."
4-4-11
Heavy rain and thunderstorms pummeled the Deep South Wednesday morning, spawning a suspected tornado in Alabama and a confirmed twister in Mississippi, and prompting wide-ranging flash flood warnings in several areas, the National Weather Service said. Damage in Terry, Mississippi, early Wednesday morning was caused by a tornado, a National Weather Service survey crew from Jackson, Mississippi said. The tornado was rated an EF-2 on the Enhanced Fujita Scale with winds of 115 mph. Numerous trees were uprooted, and several homes and sheds were damaged by the tornado. An apparent tornado in Theodore, Alabama, caused extensive damage to several businesses, but no fatalities and only minor injuries, according to Lena Phillips with the Theodore Fire Department. It was "30 seconds of pure hell," said a man who witnessed the scene at a service station in the town of Theodore, Alabama. The station's awning collapsed, the roof was ripped off and trucks were flipped over, he told CNN affiliate WALA in Mobile. "I'd been through some weather ... but nothing like that," Larry Bosarge told WALA. "It was loud and we had just enough time to take cover." One bystander said he saw a tornado form and went to find shelter. Tornado warnings issued by the National Weather Service were in effect at various times for parts of southern Alabama and the western Florida Panhandle as the line of storms pressed toward Pensacola. The warning areas are at the lower end of a stretch of severe weather that is forecast to bring plenty of rain as it moves from the Gulf Coast to the Northeast. Flood watches were in effect in much of the mid-Atlantic region, where the heavy rain is expected to arrive later Wednesday into early Thursday. Winds with gusts of 40 to 50 mph were recorded Wednesday morning on the edge of a continuous band of intense storms stretching from southeastern Louisiana into northeastern Georgia.
34/4/11
Today I read about a male University of Arizona student was found dead in a fraternity house this weekend there was no indication of foul play or a threat to the community. Police and fire department officers responded to a call for medical assistance on Saturday morning and found the man at the Phi Gamma Delta fraternity house, he said. Tucson fire officials declared him dead, Alvarez said. Alvarez did not identify the student and said no other information was available at this time.
4/4/2011
Today I read about Less than 24 hours after suspected kidnappers in Cairo seized a 14-year-old girl who is a grandniece of assassinated Egyptian President Anwar Sadat, a relative said early Monday that Zeina Sadat was back home with her family. "Zeina has come back to home," Zein Sadat, the girl's great-uncle and one of the slain president's surviving brothers, said in a brief 1 a.m. phone call to CNN. "I am telling you that our girl is home."Zeina Sadat was on her way to school in the upscale neighborhood of Heliopolis on Sunday when at least two men stopped the car in which she was traveling and beat up her driver, Zein Sadat said. Sadat said the kidnappers had been in telephone contact with Zeina's father, and had demanded a ransom of 5 million Egyptian pounds (some $840,000) for her safe return. He offered few details to CNN about the details of her release. Kidnapping is extremely rare in Egypt. And the targeting of a prominent political family is likely to raise fears in a country struggling with instability after the revolution that ousted Hosni Mubarak in early February. Zein Sadat denied there were political motives for the kidnapping, saying the suspects appeared "unprofessional.” Anwar Sadat was assassinated in 1981.
Monday- Today I read about a woman who said she was raped by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, spent 72 hours under interrogation after being dragged away from the Tripoli hotel where she tried to tell journalists of her alleged abuse. Interrogators poured water on her face and threw food at her during the relentless questioning, which ended only after she was examined by a doctor to prove she had been raped.
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Today I read about Eman al-Obeidy, the woman who said she was raped by forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, spent 72 hours under interrogation after being dragged away from the Tripoli hotel where she tried to tell journalists of her alleged abuse, she told CNN by telephone Monday.
Interrogators poured water on her face and threw food at her during the relentless questioning, which ended only after she was examined by a doctor to prove she had been raped, she told CNN's "AC360."
"And when the test came it verified that I was raped and tortured, and then I was freed," she said, speaking by telephone through a translator.
Al-Obeidy said that in contrast with the brutality she endured at the hands of Gadhafi loyalists, her treatment after being taken from the hotel was more abusive psychologically than it was physically.
But she said the public statements from a state TV anchor and government officials, who initially called her mentally ill, drunk and a prostitute, have ruined her reputation.
4-4-11 Today I read about Japan dumps thousands of tons of radioactive water into sea. Japan began dumping thousands of tons of radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean on Monday. About 11,500 tons of radioactive water. That has collected at the nuclear facility will be dumped into the sea. Workers also try to deal with a crack that has been a conduit for contamination. The radiation levels were highest in the water that was being drained from reactor # 6. These are the latest but hardly the only challenges facing workers at the embattled power plant and its six reactors.
Jose Cesena
Today is the NCAA Basketball tournament, I bet nobody predicted the final 2 teams that are going to play tonight at 9 ET. UCONN and Butler are the teams that still have a chance to win the Championship, UCONN beat our local University SDSU, in the Sweet Sixteen. Kemba Walker is the UCONN star but he’s not the only talented player on the team. Butler has a very talented team even though they call them the Cinderella team, But I think they are going to win not just because They knocked out SDSU from the tournament.
4-5-11 Today I read about Obama and Boehner clash over budget negotiations. The president Barack Obama said that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and House Speaker John Boehner will meet at 4 p.m. ET. To discuss the budget and the looming government shutdown. And that if they could reach an agreement he expects them to return to the White House on Wednesday for further talks. Also that the white house will put in "whatever resources are required in terms of time and energy" to reach an agreement. Obama also urged a greater spirit of compromise in the ongoing budget negotiations.
4-5-11
Today I read about, the most dangerous city in Mexico Ciudad Juarez. There have been homicides in a four-day period, among them a 10-year-old boy who was shot and killed during an attack meant for his father. On Friday, a group of suspects launched Molotov cocktail bombs into a second bar, causing it to go up in flames. Five people inside the business were burned or died from asphyxiation. Another three people were injured in that attack.
Wednesday- today I read about a leader of a group for families of those lost in the crash of an Air France jet and how he said Tuesday that despite the discovery of their remains on the floor of the Atlantic Ocean, he wants the bodies of his loved ones left where they are. French officials announced Monday that the bulk of the wreckage was found with bodies still aboard. Only 50 bodies and scattered debris had been recovered on the surface after the crash. The human remains will be brought to the surface and identified, French Ecology and Transportation
April 5, 2011
Today I read about an attempt to plug a leak of highly radioactive water from a Japanese nuclear reactor has shown a "significant difference," despite the material not setting as hoped, officials said late Tuesday. Tokyo Electric Power Company, which runs the damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, said the injection of a silica-based polymer dubbed "liquid glass" had reduced the amount of highly radioactive water that was leaking into the ocean. The utility's assessment comes after the country's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency said that the substance had not hardened as expected. The material had been pumped from below into the leaking shaft at the plant's No. 2 reactor. Though water continued to pour into the ocean, photographs released by TEPCO showed a thinner, less powerful stream. The company says it has no estimate of the rate of the leak, however, so the amount of reduction was unclear.
daniela sanchez
In today’s reading, A man and a woman were taken into custody and another person was killed Monday morning after a multi-agency response following a shooting at Otay Ranch Town Center in Chula Vista. Chula Vista police officers and Border Patrol agents responded to the Otay Ranch Town Center in Chula Vista where a shooting happened early Monday around 6:45 a.m. Two men and woman attempted to rob the Apple Store in a "smash and grab" style, in which glass doors and windows are broken and merchandise is grabbed quickly, Chula Vista Police Department Capt. Gary Ficacci said.
Today I read about Baja California authorities that are investigating the shooting deaths of two San Diego workers who were gunned down as they sat in a pickup truck waiting to enter the United States at the San Ysidro border crossing. Kevin Joel Romero, 28, and Sergio Salcido Luna, 25, were each shot repeatedly in the head, chest and arms with a 9mm weapon about 2:40 a.m. Monday, according to the Baja California Attorney General's Office. The men's boss said the victims were U.S. citizens who lived in Tijuana and worked for West Coast Beverage Maintenance, a company on Morena Boulevard that services and cleans draft beer equipment for bars and restaurants, reported The San Diego Union-Tribune.
San Diego Gas & Electric reported that power usage rose to 4,083 megawatts at 3:24 p.m., surpassing the previous record of 4,065 megawatts set on Sept. 10, 2004. A megawatt is sufficient to power about 650 typical homes. Record temperatures for July 14 were set in three areas yesterday. In El Cajon, it was 101 degrees, breaking the 2005 record of 96 degrees; at the Wild Animal Park, it was 101, breaking a 1983 record of 98 degrees; in Campo, it was 107 degrees, breaking the 2005 record of 105. Elsewhere in the county, it was 99 in Julian; 91 in Rancho Bernardo; 75 at Sea World and 82 at Lindbergh Field. A spokesman for the utility said late yesterday afternoon it was able to handle the heat and record power demand largely without problems, with just eight of its 1.3 million customers losing electric service because of weather-related causes. Ed Van Herik, the SDG&E spokesman, added that it was too early to predict whether electricity demand might reach even higher levels if the heat wave continues through Monday as expected. Weekend electricity usage is usually lower than weekday demand. The county's deserts, valleys and lower mountain slopes will be baking today, prompting the National Weather Service to issue an excessive heat watch through the evening.
Only one survivor in a U.N. plane crash with 32 others that were dead. The plane crashed early Monday afternoon. At the Kinshasa airport after a flight from Goma in the eastern part of the vast nation in central Africa. Most of those on board were U.N. personnel; five worked for other agencies. a stable and prosperous future for the DRC must begin with peace for its people, and U.N. personnel have worked courageously to strengthen the protection of the nation's women, men and children after years of strife," Rice said
4-5-11
The most dangerous city in Mexico Ciudad Juarez suffered one of its bloodiest stretches this year, finishing with 41 homicides in a four day period, among them a 10-year-old boy who was shot and killed during an attack meant for his father, the spokesman for the Chihuahua state prosecutors office told CNN. On Thursday the 31st of March, we had a day with many violent attacks. There was an attack at a bar where 10 people were killed and four more died in different attacks," spokesman Arturo Sandoval said. On Friday, a group of suspects launched Molotov cocktail bombs into a second bar, causing it to go up in flames. Five people inside the business were burned or died from asphyxiation. Another three people were injured in that attack. Late Monday, prosecutors said their investigation into the attacks on the bars has not advanced. "We are doing research and conducting interviews with family and friends of the victims," Sandoval added. By the end of Sunday, April 3, there were 41 homicides in a 96-hour span, approximately one person killed every 2.3 hours, according to Sandoval.
4/5/11
Today I read about Twenty-year-old Alexander Alfaro was convicted Tuesday on 16 of 17 charges related to the 2007 execution-style killings of three college friends, according to Katherine Carter, a New Jersey prosecutor's office spokeswoman. He is the third person found guilty in the killing of Terrance Aeriel, 18; Dashon Harvey, 20; and Lofemi Hightower, 20, by shooting them in the head after making them kneel against a wall on the grounds of an elementary school in Newark. Carter said Godinez was involved in gang recruiting and characterized himself as the ringleader who used a handgun and a machete in the slayings. He was sentenced in May 2010 and is currently serving 216 years in prison.
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today i read a bout''''''' The Ecuadorian government on Tuesday declared the U.S. ambassador in that country, Heather Hodges, persona non grata and asked her to leave as soon as possible. According to Patino, he met with Hodges over revelations in the leaked cable, which said Ecuadorian President Rafael Correa allegedly was aware of acts of corruption by the police high command.
Patino said that this act "is not against the government of the United States but against a diplomat who made serious statements
Today I read about how 41 people died in four days in Juarez in a killing spree. The most dangerous city in Mexico -- Ciudad Juarez -- suffered one of its bloodiest stretches this year, finishing with 41 homicides in a four-day period, among them a 10-year-old boy who was shot and killed during an attack meant for his father, the spokesman for the Chihuahua state prosecutors office told CNN. "On Thursday the 31st of March, we had a day with many violent attacks. There was an attack at a bar where 10 people were killed and four more died in different attacks," spokesman Arturo Sandoval said. By the end of Sunday, April 3, there were 41 homicides in a 96-hour span, approximately one person killed every 2.3 hours, according to Sandoval. Last year, prosecutors said more than 3,000 people were killed in Juarez, most of those killings drug-related. In 2010 Juarez averaged eight to 11 murders a day, according to the state prosecutors office. In 2011, Juarez has averaged five to six murders a day, Sandoval said. "In March, we had an average of five a day. Throughout the year, approximately, there have been between five to six homicides a day," he added.
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Today I read about the most dangerous city in Mexico -- Ciudad Juarez -- suffered one of its bloodiest stretches this year, finishing with 41 homicides in a four-day period, among them a 10-year-old boy who was shot and killed during an attack meant for his father, the spokesman for the Chihuahua state prosecutors office told CNN.
"On Thursday the 31st of March, we had a day with many violent attacks. There was an attack at a bar where 10 people were killed and four more died in different attacks," spokesman Arturo Sandoval said.
On Friday, a group of suspects launched Molotov cocktail bombs into a second bar, causing it to go up in flames. Five people inside the business were burned or died from asphyxiation. Another three people were injured in that attack.
Late Monday, prosecutors said their investigation into the attacks on the bars has not advanced.
eddie haro 4/5/11
Today I read about Almost two years after Air France Flight 447 plunged into the southern Atlantic Ocean killing all 228 people aboard, search teams have located what they believe to be the actual wreck site.Investigators have not yet determined what caused the airliner -- which was en route to Paris from Rio de Janeiro -- to crash. Large parts of the plane, including both flight recorders, have never been found, despite an extensive search operation that included a French navy submarine
4-5-11
There was a car crash on the freeway and it was crazy and there was pigs and every thing at the scene and I saw every thing and it was cool and some body died at the scene and it was crazy but it was cool and the are weird because they left the body's out in the road and it was weird to me because it is not profession and that’s not cool.
Jose Cesena
THE title game was yesterday and if you didn’t know who was playing it was 8 ranked Butler VS 3 ranked UCONN. The game was a good one till the 2 half of the game when butler just forgot how to play basketball and stopped making shots from anywhere in the court, then Jeremy Lamb and star Point Guard Kemba Walker took advantage and started making baskets like if it was practice. Butler had the lead at the half, but at the end of the game Jeremy Lamb and Kemba Walker cut the net off the basket, Because the UCONN Huskies are NCAA Champions.
4-6-11 Today I read about Decapitated bald eagle found in Louisiana ditch. A brutal, fatal case of suspected cruelty to animals is under investigation in Louisiana. This brutal case doesn't involve a typical household pet. This time, the United States' national bird was victimized. Agents from the Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries. Found a beheaded bald eagle Sunday in a drainage. The agents believe the bird had been dead for a couple of days before it was found. Agents are unsure if the bird was killed there, or slain somewhere else and dumped there.
4/6/2011
Boeing engineers had anticipated the aluminum skin and "lap joints" on certain Boeing 737s would need to be inspected for cracks after roughly 60,000 take-off and landing cycles, but the company drastically altered that estimate in the wake of the fuselage rupture on a Southwest Airlines flight with only 39,000 cycles.
Boeing this week issued a bulletin advising operators of similar aircraft to inspect the planes for subsurface skin cracks after only 30,000 cycles.
Wednesday-Today I read about Eman al-Obeidy, the woman who claims forces loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi raped her, spoke Tuesday with her mother, who has come to her defense, for the first time since her ordeal began. Al-Obeidy told Aisha Ahmad that a court employee pulled a weapon on her when she went to a courthouse. Al-Obeidy, who burst into a Tripoli hotel last month to tell her harrowing story to journalists, told CNN's Anderson Cooper in an emotional phone interview that the administrative court employee threatened her life.
4-6-11
Today I read about, Nick Charles Facing death and embracing it. Over the last 40 years, Charles has covered every major sporting event, from the Olympics to the Super Bowl to the Kentucky Derby. He's covered some of the most classic boxing matches when Buster Douglas knocked out Mike Tyson, when Tyson bit Evander Holyfield's ear, when Roberto Duran quit and told Sugar Ray Leonard, "No mas.“Charles cries when he talks about the strength of boxers. He knows the sport is barbaric; he readily admits that. Yet when he looks at the ring, he sees young men like him from the inner city.
april 6,2011
Today I read about the Yemeni protesters and military and pro-government gangs clashed in several areas Tuesday, with at least six killed and hundreds more injured, as the future of President Ali Abdullah Saleh remained uncertain. The United States has no intention of stopping its military aid to Yemen, despite the unrest, Pentagon spokesman Geoff Morrell said Tuesday. The aid, in support of Yemeni counterterrorism efforts, continues to be essential because of the "real threat" from al Qaeda in the country, he said. In Sanaa, the capital, eyewitnesses and field medical teams told CNN that security forces and anti-riot police used batons to attack protesters among 40,000 people marching on Zubairy Street Tuesday evening. In addition, pro-government gangs attacked protesters on Tuesday near a military base.Four people were killed -- three pro-government demonstrators and one anti-government demonstrator. Windows were shattered on an ambulance carrying some of the 56 injured protesters to a hospital, witnesses said. "The government forces are killing us," said Abdullah Salem, a youth activist who was at the protest. "Saleh and his militia will not succeed, and every blood spilt will be accounted for in international courts."In the city of Taiz, meanwhile, at least two anti-government protesters were killed when security forces and Republican Guards fired on protesters, according to medical teams. Hundreds of people were injured, 55 of them from gunshot wounds.
4-6-11
An elderly Philadelphia woman is in the hospital after being stuck on a toilet for as many as four days. The 84-year-old woman was discovered Tuesday morning at her home in the Tioga Presbyterian. The woman lives alone in one of the apartments. Her family had been trying to reach her since last Friday. On Tuesday morning, her social worker and the building manager went to check on her. They used a master key to enter the apartment and found the woman trapped in her bathroom. She had apparently fallen through the toilet seat and couldn't get out. Rescue workers say the woman was tired, dehydrated and hungry. They rushed her to Temple University hospital just a few blocks away where she was last reported in stable condition. There was a pull cord alarm right next to the woman's toilet that she could have used to call for help. Staff members say they've tested the cord and it worked. So, it appears that, for some reason, the woman did not pull the cord. This is an independent living facility, not assisted living, so the staff doesn't make regular rounds to check on residents.
Wednesday 4-6
Today I read about the forces loyal to Ivory Coast's elected President Alassane Ouattara stormed the residence of his rival, Laurent Gbagbo, on Wednesday, an Ouattara spokeswoman said, potentially heralding the end of a bloody conflict in the West African country.
The Ouattara forces are inside Gbagbo's residence but have not captured him, Affoussy Bamba said from the main city, Abidjan. They discovered heavy weapons inside the residence, she said.
A spokesman for Gbagbo, Ahoua Don Mello, confirmed the residence was under attack, expressing amazement at the assault.
Gbagbo is prepared to discuss African Union proposals for a handover of power but cannot talk about surrender before discussions even begin, Mello said.
He would not confirm Gbagbo is in the residence under attack but said he was in Abidjan.
4/6/11
The defense rested Wednesday in Barry Bonds' perjury trial, and jurors are expected to begin deliberations Thursday after hearing closing arguments from the prosecution and Bonds' defense attorney. Bonds, 46, has been standing trial since last month in a San Francisco federal court less than two miles from the ballpark where he broke Hank Aaron's major league home run record in August 2007. Three months later, Bonds, a star on the San Francisco Giants who ended up with 762 career home runs, was indicted. One of the perjury charges against Bonds has been dropped at the request of the prosecution, leaving two charges that accuse him of lying about knowingly taking performance-enhancing drugs, another perjury charge alleging he lied about being injected by anyone but his doctors, and one count of obstruction of justice.
daniela sanchez
San Diego police are evacuating a Bay Terraces neighborhood after a device believed to be a pipe bomb was found at a house where the San Diego County District Attorney's Office was serving a search warrant Wednesday.
Police said the district attorney's office was serving a search warrant on two homes in the 7200 block of Big Oak Street when the bomb was discovered at about 8:20 a.m. in the chimney of one of the homes.
Police said the warrant was served by a special weapons and tactics team as part of a financial crimes investigation
eddie haro 4/6/11
Today I read about Radioactive iodine in seawater around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant dropped sharply even before workers plugged a water leak believed to be from its crippled No. 2 reactor, the plant's owner said Wednesday night.Stopping the flow of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean was a key victory for workers who have struggled to keep the earthquake-damaged plant's reactors from overheating for nearly four weeks. But the Tokyo Electric Power Co. and a top Japanese official warned the fight was far from over. Concentrations of iodine-131 had been as high as 7.5 million times legal standards in water directly behind the plant after the leak was discovered Saturday. They had dropped to less than 4 percent of that amount in the 24 hours before the leak had been cut off Wednesday morning, according to figures released by Tokyo Electric.
eddie haro 4/6/11
Today I read about Radioactive iodine in seawater around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant dropped sharply even before workers plugged a water leak believed to be from its crippled No. 2 reactor, the plant's owner said Wednesday night.Stopping the flow of highly radioactive water into the Pacific Ocean was a key victory for workers who have struggled to keep the earthquake-damaged plant's reactors from overheating for nearly four weeks. But the Tokyo Electric Power Co. and a top Japanese official warned the fight was far from over. Concentrations of iodine-131 had been as high as 7.5 million times legal standards in water directly behind the plant after the leak was discovered Saturday. They had dropped to less than 4 percent of that amount in the 24 hours before the leak had been cut off Wednesday morning, according to figures released by Tokyo Electric.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials teamed up with businesses on Wednesday to address threats and vulnerabilities within the cargo shipping industry. Millions of pounds of cargo enter the U.S. every day. The cargo includes clothing, food and other essential items. However, safely importing these items into the country can be a challenge. There are people who try to use legitimate cargo to do bad things, whether it's weapons of mass destruction smuggling narcotics, the senior vice president of government and trade for Hanesbrands, . Cook and hundreds of others are in downtown San Diego this week for the conference. C-TPAT, which stands for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, is a partnership between CBP and those who deal with cargo shipments. This is a critical program. It’s one that says we can have security, we can have economic prosperity, and competiveness at the same time, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner. CBP officials demonstrated to the media the safety checks they perform on any shipment coming into the country. According to CBP statistics, on a typical day, CBP will process more than 47,000 truck, rail and sea containers. They seize more than 11,000 pounds of drugs and arrest about 1,900 people for illegal entry. Officials do admit that smugglers are becoming more sophisticated in their methods.
"Due to the tragedy, more than 20,000 people are either dead or still missing," Kiichi Saitoh, a Plattsburgh State student from Japan and president of the Japanese Association, said in a press release. One of those events took place last Saturday, when 150 people attended a Japanese dinner night at a dining hall on campus, raising $820 and bringing in a $900 donation. "All the revenue and the donation will be sent to the Japanese people in northeast Japan where the earthquake happened," Saitoh said . Through this week, a table is set up in Angell Center where donations can be made for the same cause.The candlelight vigil, set for 8 p.m. Friday in Amity Plaza outside Angell Center on campus, is also intended to raise awareness about the horrendous tragedy, Saitoh said. Tomohiro Tsurumaki, another Japanese international student and association officer, will offer some remarks about the current situation, and faculty member Lauren Eastwood, who was in Japan when the temblor struck, will share her experiences there.Also, Shoko Fukuhara, another Japanese student, will talk about the Great Hanshin Earthquake, which she remembers from her childhood.
Today I read about the President that talks to House speaker, Senate majority leader on the budget stalemate
An expected meeting between President Obama and Speaker John Boehner didn't occur
White House and congressional budget negotiators have no agreement so far
Without an agreement, the government will shut down after Friday
4-6-11
On today's news I read about how a venomous Egyptian cobra from New York's Bronx Zoo, has gone missing. It is said that I can take days or weeks before finding it. Staffers hold out hope that the 20-inch, pencil-thin snake is hiding out somewhere in the zoo's reptile house. The zoo learned the adolescent Egyptian cobra was missing from an off-exhibit enclosure Saturday. The zoo director thinks that the snake will seek food and water once she feels completely secure. The Bronx Zoo case is reminiscent of an incident at Zoo Atlanta last year when a tiger rattlesnake went missing. The Egyptian cobra is most commonly found in North Africa. Its venom is so deadly that it can kill a full-grown elephant in three hours, or a person in about 15 minutes. The venom destroys nerve tissue and causes paralysis and death due to respiratory failure. Scholars believe the Egyptian cobra was known in ancient times as the asp. Legend has it that Cleopatra, the ancient Egyptian queen, used an asp to commit suicide.
4-7-11 Today I read about When a headache really is a brain tumor. It was about that when many people have a headache and they think is normal. Or that when many worry to much and think they are being paranoid. But in this case John’s headache. Was diagnosed initially as dehydration or a flu bug, turned out to be a cancerous tumor. In this case, paranoia -- or some would call it mother's intuition -- paid off. One Sunday 16-year-old John Tonich, a high school sophomore, started having short, sharp headaches. At first they lasted 10 sec and he had like three of them a day. He went to the doctor and was told that he had some other kind of sickness. But he’s head kept on hearting so he went to the doctor and was diagnose a tumor in his head.
Today I read about the “dark side of chocolate.” Before you bite into a chocolate bar or take a sip of hot cocoa, consider, where did it come from? It may be that the treat is the product of someone else's hard labor. The person who may have sold it or who may have made it may not even be an adult. The International Labour Organization estimates between 56 and 72 million African children work in agriculture, many in their own family farms. The seven largest cocoa-producing countries are Indonesia, Nigeria, Cameron, Brazil, Ecuador, the Ivory Coast and Ghana. Those last two together account for nearly 60 percent of global cocoa production. And right now, you can still find children working in the cocoa fields as Romano and his crew did to film "The Dark Side of Chocolate."So, what should you as a consumer do? "I'd like you to buy either a fair trade chocolate or a direct trade chocolate," Romano says. "I'd like you to buy something where you, as a consumer, can vote responsibly for better treatment of these farmers. And also with fair trade, you know that they're going to be at least on the road to being paid a decent wage. And with the inspections that go on, you know that their children aren't working and are getting an education."
4-7-11
Today I read about, Airstrikes killed at least three people in eastern Libya on Thursday, and rebel fighters and civilians made a wild, panicky retreat from a major city.Aircraft fired missiles on a rebel formation between al-Brega and Ajdabiya on the eastern Libyan battlefront, witnesses said Thursday, an act that left the opposition wondering whether NATO aircraft conducted mistaken airstrikes on the forces they are trying to protect.
Jaycee Lee Dugard, abducted as a girl in 1991 and held captive for 18 years, failed to get her first measure of justice as surprise legal wrangling Thursday delayed – or perhaps derailed – an expected guilty plea by the Antioch man accused of kidnapping her and fathering her two children by rape.Convicted sex offender Phillip Garrido had been expected to plead guilty as part of a deal with prosecutors, but legal manuevers involving the grand jury indictment against him and his wife, Nancy Garrido, prevented that deal from moving forward.Instead, Phillip Garrido entered a surprise not guilty plea during Thursday’s court hearing and an Aug. 1 trial date was set. Deputy Public Defender Susan Gellman, who represents Phillip Garrido, contended the grand jury was improperly selected and did not act appropriately during its proceedings. The case attracted international attention after Dugard surfaced in August 2009 and authorities said she and her children had lived in a hidden compound of tents and sheds in the Garridos backyard in Antioch, never attending school or receiving medical attention.The Garridos were both charged initally with 18 counts of kidnapping, rape, false imprisonment, child pornography and committing lewd acts on a child.If convicted at trial on all counts, the maximum sentence for Nancy Garrido would be 181 years in prison, while Phillip Garrido could get 431 years, according to Deputy District Attorney James Clinchard.Up until Thursday, Phillip Garrido had yet to enter a plea after his criminal proceedings were halted for more than four months while his mental competency to stand trial was under evaluation.
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In today's reading, A Carmel Valley mother who led a double life after escaping from a Michigan prison is breaking her silence. For the past three decades, Marie Walsh lived a double life and hid her criminal past from her husband, three children and her community. "It was a lot harder than I thought. I thought in a couple years I would get evidence and resolve it. I didn't think it would take 30-something years and it was much more painful that I expected," said Walsh.
when the soldiers hovered over Lynsey Addario, Stephen Farrell, Tyler Hicks, and Anthony Shadid with automatic weapons as they lay on the ground.
They have been treating them not good but something like you wouldn't like to be into.
They were inside a car and they started to get them out and put them down on the ground.
They thought they weren't not live but yes they did. “They came and groped me ... I've never been touched like that in the Muslim world, and I've been working 11 years in the Muslim world," she said. "
Today I read about a man that was arrested in Los Angeles County Monday in connection with a hit-and-run crash that killed an 18-year-old woman on Interstate 805 in the North Park area last month. Armando Figueroa, was arrested by the California Highway Patrol. He was charged with hit-and-run causing death or injury, vehicle theft and possession of a stolen vehicle. He pleaded not guilty to the charges and is being held at San Diego's Central Jail on $500,000 bail.
4-7-11
Brazil's president announced three days of national mourning in the aftermath of a mass shooting at a Rio de Janeiro school, as the motives behind the killings remained unclear. A gunman opened fire Thursday inside the school, killing 11 students before taking his own life, officials said. Thirteen others remained injured, four in critical condition, Rio Health Secretary Sergio Cortes said. "The greatest difficulty is the family's pain. It is very hard to identify a son or a daughter in a situation like this," Cortes said. "It's a state of general commotion here, families, doctors, everyone.“The shooting happened at the Tasso da Silveira Municipal School in the western neighborhood of Realengo, a middle- and lower-middle-class area located between the Pedra Branca and Mendanha mountains. The school is now a crime scene, and will remain so for an undisclosed amount of time, police said. According to a military police officer, he was approached on the street two blocks from the school by a student who had been shot in the face. He asked for aid and said there was a shooter at the school. Police heard shots and found the gunman walking up the stairs to the third floor, the officer said. The man was identified as Wellington Menezes de Oliveira, 23, a former student at the school, the government said. He was allowed to enter the school by saying he was there to obtain transcripts. Police shot Menezes de Oliveira in the leg, causing him to fall on the stairs. At that point, the policeman said, the gunman shot himself in the head.
april 7,2011
Today I read about Suicide attackers stormed a police compound with AK-47s, grenades and an explosives-rigged ambulance in southern Afghanistan Thursday in an escalation of fighting that coincides with demonstrations - some of them deadly - over the burning of a Quran in Florida. Six Afghan security troopers died in the attack in Kandahar province. Riots in the same province incited by the Quran burning killed 10 people on Saturday, part of a wave of protests that has forced international aid organizations and embassies to virtually lock down their facilities for more than a week. More protests are expected Friday. Last month's book burning at the Gainesville, Florida, church led by the Rev. Terry Jones further inflamed anti-Western sentiment in Afghanistan, where many people were already fed up with the presence of foreign military forces and civilian casualties. Outrage at the desecration also spurred a deadly assault on a U.N. headquarters in the northern province of Mazar-i-Sharif last week that killed seven staff workers.
eddie haro 4/7/11
today i read about It has been almost two weeks since Eman al-Obeidy burst into our hotel in Tripoli, desperate for the world to hear her story of rape and torture. We had been trying since then to interview her in person and were finally able to speak to her Wednesday, against the explicit wishes of the Libyan government.
"You should not be allowed to do this," government spokesman Musa Ibrahim told me.
The interview with al-Obeidy was facilitated by Gadhafi's son Saadi and was subject to a government review. We asked al-Obeidy if she would be willing to come to Saadi Gadhafi's office. She agreed and Gadhafi sent a car to pick her up.
She and Gadhafi met privately before our interview, the first time the two had met. Gadhafi appeared shocked afterward. He commented on her strong character and willingness to challenge him when they disagreed.
4/7/11
Today I read about Phillip Garrido a man charged with the kidnapping and rape of a young girl. She was held captive from ages 11 until 29, pleaded not guilty. Garrido is facing at least 18 counts, including kidnapping, rape and false imprisonment, according to court documents. Phillip Garrido, a registered sex offender on parole at the time of his arrest, is accused of fathering two daughters with Dugard during her captivity.
Today I learned Former NFL lineman Shane Dronett's transformation from an affable prankster, quick to flash a wry smile, to a person who was often frightened and frightening was subtle at first. Chris tried to dismiss the incident as isolated, except that two weeks later, there was another outburst, then another, until they were an almost-nightly occurrence. And as Shane's fear and paranoia began overwhelming him, so did episodes of confusion and rage that sometimes turned violent. And Scientists at the Boston University School of Medicine's Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy tested Shane's brain tissue and confirmed that before he died he was suffering with a brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy that seems to afflict football players.
Thursady 4-7
Today I read about Brazil's president announced three days of national mourning in the aftermath of a mass shooting at a Rio de Janeiro school, as the motives behind the killings remained unclear.
A gunman opened fire Thursday inside the school, killing 11 students before taking his own life, officials said.
Thirteen others remained injured, four in critical condition, Rio Health Secretary Sergio Cortes said.
"The greatest difficulty is the family's pain. It is very hard to identify a son or a daughter in a situation like this," Cortes said. "It's a state of general commotion here, families, doctors, everyone."
The shooting happened at the Tasso da Silveira Municipal School in the western neighborhood of Realengo, a middle- and lower-middle-class area located between the Pedra Branca and Mendanha mountains.
The school is now a crime scene, and will remain so for an undisclosed amount of time, police said.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials teamed up with businesses on Wednesday to address threats and vulnerabilities within the cargo shipping industry. Millions of pounds of cargo enter the U.S. every day. The cargo includes clothing, food and other essential items. However, safely importing these items into the country can be a challenge. There are people who try to use legitimate cargo to do bad things, whether it's weapons of mass destruction smuggling narcotics, the senior vice president of government and trade for Hanesbrands, . Cook and hundreds of others are in downtown San Diego this week for the conference. C-TPAT, which stands for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, is a partnership between CBP and those who deal with cargo shipments. This is a critical program. It’s one that says we can have security, we can have economic prosperity, and competiveness at the same time, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner. CBP officials demonstrated to the media the safety checks they perform on any shipment coming into the country. According to CBP statistics, on a typical day, CBP will process more than 47,000 truck, rail and sea containers. They seize more than 11,000 pounds of drugs and arrest about 1,900 people for illegal entry. Officials do admit that smugglers are becoming more sophisticated in their methods. And the project still continues.
Thursday- today I read about Tunusian iman found hiding in the trunk of a BMW. He was ousted from Canada three years ago. He was found in the back of a BMW trying to illegally cross the border into san diego from mexico. A court date is expected and Tunisian imam is expected to testify against the man driving the vehicle.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials teamed up with businesses on Wednesday to address threats and vulnerabilities within the cargo shipping industry. Millions of pounds of cargo enter the U.S. every day. The cargo includes clothing, food and other essential items. However, safely importing these items into the country can be a challenge. There are people who try to use legitimate cargo to do bad things, whether it's weapons of mass destruction smuggling narcotics, the senior vice president of government and trade for Hanesbrands, . Cook and hundreds of others are in downtown San Diego this week for the conference. C-TPAT, which stands for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, is a partnership between CBP and those who deal with cargo shipments. This is a critical program. It’s one that says we can have security, we can have economic prosperity, and competiveness at the same time, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner. CBP officials demonstrated to the media the safety checks they perform on any shipment coming into the country. According to CBP statistics, on a typical day, CBP will process more than 47,000 truck, rail and sea containers. They seize more than 11,000 pounds of drugs and arrest about 1,900 people for illegal entry. Officials do admit that smugglers are becoming more sophisticated in their methods. And the project still continues.
U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials teamed up with businesses on Wednesday to address threats and vulnerabilities within the cargo shipping industry. Millions of pounds of cargo enter the U.S. every day. The cargo includes clothing, food and other essential items. However, safely importing these items into the country can be a challenge. There are people who try to use legitimate cargo to do bad things, whether it's weapons of mass destruction smuggling narcotics, the senior vice president of government and trade for Hanesbrands, . Cook and hundreds of others are in downtown San Diego this week for the conference. C-TPAT, which stands for the Customs-Trade Partnership Against Terrorism, is a partnership between CBP and those who deal with cargo shipments. This is a critical program. It’s one that says we can have security, we can have economic prosperity, and competiveness at the same time, Customs and Border Protection Commissioner. CBP officials demonstrated to the media the safety checks they perform on any shipment coming into the country. According to CBP statistics, on a typical day, CBP will process more than 47,000 truck, rail and sea containers. They seize more than 11,000 pounds of drugs and arrest about 1,900 people for illegal entry. Officials do admit that smugglers are becoming more sophisticated in their methods. And the project still continues.
On today’s news I read about how news reporters say that the trash of the tsunami that occurred at Japan, can reach Hawaii Island. Researchers in Hawaii have created a simulation showing exactly how the houses, tires, chemicals and trees washed to sea by the March 11 tsunami will float across the Pacific and eventually hit the U.S. coast. The first wave should begin washing up on beaches in Hawaii within a year. After it passes Hawaii it should begin hitting beaches stretching from Vancouver down through Oregon, Washington and to the tip of Baja California in 2014, before bouncing back toward Hawaii for a second impact. That second impact five years from now could be even more concentrated and harmful to Hawaii's beaches and reefs. The flotsam and trash eventually makes its way into what's called the North Pacific Garbage Patch, a sort of circulating whirlpool of garbage hundreds of miles in diameter. The trash will eventually decomposes and breaks up in collisions over many years.
Friday- Today I read on the latest news in Ciudad, Juarez where forty-one homicides took place in a period of four days, all throughout a ninety-six hour time span. As well a ten year old boy was shot and killed in the attack meant for his father. On March thirty-first ten people were killed in an attack at near by bar out in the town of Ciudad. Later in the week, a group of suspects had launched Molotov Cocktail Bombs into another bar causing it to burst into flames. Five people inside were burned or had died of asphyxiation. Last year prosecutors said more than 3,000 people were killed in Juarez over drug related activities. In 2011, Juarez has had an average of five to six murders a day.
4-8-11
Friday- Today I read on the latest news in Ciudad, Juarez where forty-one homicides took place in a period of four days, all throughout a ninety-six hour time span. As well a ten year old boy was shot and killed in the attack meant for his father. On March thirty-first ten people were killed in an attack at near by bar out in the town of Ciudad. Later in the week, a group of suspects had launched Molotov Cocktail Bombs into another bar causing it to burst into flames. Five people inside were burned or had died of asphyxiation. Last year prosecutors said more than 3,000 people were killed in Juarez over drug related activities. In 2011, Juarez has had an average of five to six murders a day.
4-8-11
Today I read about, The list of collateral effects of a potential government shutdown keeps growing and people are none too pleased about it. Here are just a few of the negative impacts that could arise if Congress and the White House fail to reach an agreement on the budget. The lawmakers who hold the cards will still get paid. Their staffers might be furloughed, though. That has prompted a few lawmakers to announce they'll refuse shutdown pay ,but even that has elicited critiques of political posturing. As the shutdown looms, some political leaders are taking the opportunity to fundraise and rally their supporters. The executive director of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee sent out an appeal asking for a minimum $5 donation saying the organization wants to raise $100,000 in the next 36 hours.
4/8/11
Today I read about police said Thursday that they are nearly done with at least one part of a search effort in which investigators scoured a remote stretch of beach in Long Island, New York, where the bodies of eight prostitutes were found."Our search for her will continue, even though this component of the search is nearly over," Dormer said, promising investigators would be back. Gilbert's sisters told CNN that Shannan was an escort who was visiting a client a few miles away from Gilgo Beach. They said that for some reason, Shannan ran from his house and called 911, saying that someone was trying to hurt her. Several neighbors also called 911. Witnesses say police came more than 30 minutes later. By then, Gilbert was gone and has never been heard from again. Earlier this week, police discovered the remains of three more women. A woman's body was also found on March 29 off Ocean Parkway, west of Cedar Beach. The first four bodies were discovered stuffed into bushes on a quarter-mile stretch of waterfront property on Oak Beach, indicating "they were dumped there by the same person or persons," said Dormer in December. "It's too coincidental that there were four bodies in the same location."
4/8/11
Today I read about police said Thursday that they are nearly done with at least one part of a search effort in which investigators scoured a remote stretch of beach in Long Island, New York, where the bodies of eight prostitutes were found."Our search for her will continue, even though this component of the search is nearly over," Dormer said, promising investigators would be back. Gilbert's sisters told CNN that Shannan was an escort who was visiting a client a few miles away from Gilgo Beach. They said that for some reason, Shannan ran from his house and called 911, saying that someone was trying to hurt her. Several neighbors also called 911. Witnesses say police came more than 30 minutes later. By then, Gilbert was gone and has never been heard from again. Earlier this week, police discovered the remains of three more women. A woman's body was also found on March 29 off Ocean Parkway, west of Cedar Beach. The first four bodies were discovered stuffed into bushes on a quarter-mile stretch of waterfront property on Oak Beach, indicating "they were dumped there by the same person or persons," said Dormer in December. "It's too coincidental that there were four bodies in the same location."
4-8-11 Today I read about 10 things that could ruin your day if the government shuts down. I read that collateral effects of a potential government shutdown keeps growing and people are none too pleased about it. The lawmakers who hold the cards will still get paid. Their staffers might be furloughed, though. That has prompted a few lawmakers to announce they will refuse shutdown pay. That includes people who work in national parks because they’ll be closed, ruining countless long family road trips. In fact, anything that requires permits probably will not be processed. You'll still get your Social Security checks but don't expect anyone to be around to answer your questions about benefits.
4/8/11
Today I read about A shooting on board the HMS Astute, a British nuclear submarine making a visit to Southampton, left one person dead and another critically wounded, authorities said Friday.One man was arrested after the shooting, said police, who were contacted by the Ministry of Defense about the incident."I am greatly saddened to hear of this tragic incident and of the death of a Royal Navy serviceman," Defense Secretary Liam Fox said in a statement Friday. "It is right and proper that a full police investigation is carried out and allowed to take its course."My thoughts and sympathies are with those who have been affected and their families."No other details of the incident were immediately released. The Astute made headlines last year when it ran aground off the Isle of Skye, in northern Scotland, while doing sea trials. Its nuclear propulsion system was not damaged in the incident, and its reactor was declared safe, with no environmental impact. It was eventually pulled free and escorted back to port. The submarine can carry a mix of as many as 38 Spearfish heavyweight torpedoes and Tomahawk land-attack cruise missiles, according to the ministry.
Friday- today I read about four long months the Ivory Coast's internationally recognized president was confined to a besieged Abidjan hotel, at the mercy of United Nations troops for protection. Now it is his rival who's holed up in a basement bunker, refusing to take blame for the nation's chaos. Alassane Ouattara moved forward as president of Ivory Coast urging citizens to help rebuild even as Laurent Gbabgo remained in his residential bunker, unwilling to surrender. More than 100 bodies were recovered in the past 24 hours in western Ivory Coast, the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights said Friday. The victims are believed to have been mostly or all of Guerre people, who have traditionally supported Laurent Gbagbo, the defiant president who refuses to step down. Some of the victims were burned alive.
4-8-11
Thirteen more bodies of men have been uncovered from a series of mass graves in northeastern Mexico, bringing the total to 72, officials in Tamaulipas state said Friday. Eight mass graves were found near the town of San Fernando on Wednesday, and two more had been found by Friday, according to the Tamaulipas secretary of state. All the bodies appear to be those of Mexican nationals. Authorities found the graves during an investigation into a report of the kidnapping of passengers from a bus in late March. The investigation led them to San Fernando, the same place where in August of last year, the bodies of 72 immigrants were found at a ranch. This time, authorities arrested 11 suspects and rescued five hostages, the state attorney general's office said. Forensic investigators will examine the bodies in an attempt to identify them and to see if they are the missing bus passengers. Tamaulipas Gov. Egidio Torre Cantu has condemned the violence, saying he would work with federal authorities to find and punish those responsible. "These reprehensible acts underline the cowardice and the total lack of scruples of the criminal organizations, which generate violence in our country, and especially in the state of Tamaulipas," the office of Mexican President Felipe Calderon said in a statement.
Democrats complain that Republicans want to let states redirect federal money away from abortion providers such as Planned Parenthood and eliminate $317 million from the funding program. Republicans insist spending levels, not policy issues, are the sticking point. Reporting from Washington— As the countdown clock toward a deal to avert a federal shutdown neared zero, and for all the talk of reducing the size of government and scaling back federal spending, Democrats complained Friday that House Republicans were again fixated an age-old sticking point: Abortion."Republicans want to shut down the government because they want to make it harder for women to obtain the health services they need," Sen. Harry Reid, the majority leader, said Friday on the Senate floor.At issue is a provision, known as Title X, that sends federal dollars to Planned Parenthood for family planning and health services such as cancer screenings. Republicans want to allow states to redirect that money away from abortion providers. They also want to eliminate $317 million from the program for the 2011 fiscal year.
Today I read about how more bodies were discovered in Mexico. Thirteen more bodies of men have been uncovered from a series of mass graves in northeastern Mexico, bringing the total to 72, officials in Tamaulipas state said Friday. Eight mass graves were found near the town of San Fernando on Wednesday, and two more had been found by Friday, according to the Tamaulipas secretary of state. All the bodies appear to be those of Mexican nationals. Authorities found the graves during an investigation into a report of the kidnapping of passengers from a bus in late March. The investigation led them to San Fernando, the same place where in August of last year, the bodies of 72 immigrants were found at a ranch. This time, authorities arrested 11 suspects and rescued five hostages, the state attorney general's office said.
eddie haro 4/8/11
Today I read about Security forces fired on protesters in a show of force after Friday prayers in Daraa, leaving at least 22 unarmed civilians dead, a doctor told CNN.But the government had a different account, saying 19 security force members were killed in the violence.A tense calm settled on the restive southern city as evening approached,but it seethed over the bloodshed and conflict. The doctor said more than 40 people were injured, and of the dead, five had been returned to their families for burial. Dozens of people complained of breathing problems from tear gas.Wissam Tarif, a human rights activist outside Damascus who had received reports about the unfolding violence, said security forces also were arresting protesters.Daraa was one of several cities where protesters took to the streets Friday, and Amnesty International said unarmed people calling "for greater freedoms were reportedly attacked by security forces firing live ammunition."
Friday 4-8
Today I read about Thirteen more bodies of men have been uncovered from a series of mass graves in northeastern Mexico, bringing the total to 72, officials in Tamaulipas state said Friday.
Eight mass graves were found near the town of San Fernando on Wednesday, and two more had been found by Friday, according to the Tamaulipas secretary of state. All the bodies appear to be those of Mexican nationals.
Authorities found the graves during an investigation into a report of the kidnapping of passengers from a bus in late March. The investigation led them to San Fernando, the same place where in August of last year, the bodies of 72 immigrants were found at a ranch.
This time, authorities arrested 11 suspects and rescued five hostages, the state attorney general's office said.
Forensic investigators will examine the bodies in an attempt to identify them and to see if they are the missing bus passengers.
Today I read about the military members that based in San Diego, they could go without temporarily pay if the looming shutdown of the federal government actually happens on Friday, federal officials said. The question isn't whether the sailors, Marines and airmen will be paid, but how much and when.Because the Friday falls halfway within a pay period, service members could receive one week's pay, but the delay after that would be dependent on the length of the possible shutdown, according to The San Diego Union-Tribune.
Monday- today I read that Eight mass graves were convene near the town of San Fernando on Wednesday, and two more had been found by Friday, according to the Tamaulipas secretary of state. All the bodies appear to be those of Mexican nationals. The investigation led them to San Fernando, the same place where in August of last year, the bodies of 72 immigrants were found at a ranch dead.
Friday- The owners of the crippled Fukushima Daiichi power plant must start paying up to 1 million yen ($12,000) per household to residents displaced or forced indoors by the nuclear accident there, Japan's government ordered Friday. The Tokyo Electric Power Company will start handing out checks "as smoothly and as early as possible," hopefully by April 28, its president, Masataka Shimizu, told reporters. Sole residents will receive 750,000 yen and multi-person households will get 1 million, Shimizu said, with the company's interim cost estimated at about $600 million. A government committee ordered the payments as an advance on the compensation that Tokyo Electric will owe nearby residents and businesses for the month-old crisis at Fukushima Daiichi, Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said Friday. Edano said the government hopes to have payments in residents' hands by Japan's "Golden Week," a string of national holidays that begins April 29.
Tuesday- Today I read on a number of at least two hundred homes in the colony of San Isidro & L.A. Providence in Mexico, remaining flooded Sunday because a crack in an Area Sewage canal caused water to overflow the city. Three minors were injured, the crack in the wall of the canal De La Compania is about thirty meters long, the crack is located at the 27. 5 kilometers marker of Puebla Highway, is allowing the output of about 6,000 cubic meters per second of raw sewage.
Wednesday- Today I read on how a helicopter caught fire on touchdown in India’s remote southwestern mountainous region Tuesday, killing seventeen people. Including the pilot & the co-pilot, were injured in the crash that happened at around 2 p.m. The incident happened when the helicopter belonging to the State-Run Pawan Hans company missed the helipad on the landing and caught fire.
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