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Today I read about Sirens that are wailed and people bowed their heads and wept along Japan's devastated northeast coast Monday as they marked a month since the tsunami that killed up to 25,000 people and unleashed a persistent nuclear crisis. With thousands of bodies yet to be found, a tsunami-flooded nuclear power plant still spewing radiation and more than 150,000 people living in shelters, there was little time for reflection on Japan's worst disaster since World War II. "My chest has been ripped open by the suffering and pain that this disaster has caused the people of our prefecture," said Yuhei Sato, the governor of Fukushima, which saw its coastal areas devastated by the tsunami and contains the damaged plant at the center of the nuclear crisis. People in hard-hit towns gathered for ceremonies at 2:46 p.m., the exact moment of the magnitude-9.0 quake that spawned the tsunami March 11.
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Today I read about , Authorities located four new mass graves in northern Mexico over the weekend after the arrest of a suspect in the kidnapping and killings of bus passengers, the Mexican military said. Sixteen bodies were discovered in the clandestine graves in San Fernando, in the state of Tamaulipas, which borders Texas. The most recent find brings to 88 the total number of bodies recovered from mass graves in the area. The military announced Sunday that it had captured Armando Cesar Morales Uscanga the day before in San Fernando.
Today I read about Farooque Ahmed, the man accused of attempting to help bomb Metro stations. Ahmed was sentenced to 23 years in prison. He had pleaded not guilty last year. In changing his plea, Ahmed admitted to attempting to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization.
He also pleaded guilty to collecting information to assist in planning a terrorist attack on a transit facility. Authorities found three weapons at Ahmed's home at the time of his arrest: a Smith & Wesson pistol, a 12-gauge double-barrel shotgun and a Remington rifle, along with ammunition.
4-11-11 Today I read about Japan to evacuate more towns around crippled nuclear plant. They are steel evacuating people from Japan. Japan's government called for evacuations Monday from several towns beyond the danger zone. Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said. The municipalities are likely to see long-term radiation levels that exceed international safety standards. He also said and warned that the crisis of fukushima is not yet over. Things are relatively more stable, and things are stabilizing. But however they need to be ready for the possibility that things may turn for the worse.
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A 15-month-old was hospitalized after a behind-the-bar mix-up at a Michigan Applebee's restaurant that left the toddler sipping alcohol instead of apple juice.Police were called to the Madison Heights restaurant on Friday evening after the parents of Dominic Wilson Jr. noticed their son acting strange during a family dinner.
4-11-11
On today’s newspaper I read how on Thursday authorities said how the killing of U.S immigration agent in Mexico last week elicited a forceful and coordinated response from law enforcement as thousands of officers raided suspected from Drug trafficking organization, in cites through Latin American and the United States. Eight people were arrested in San Diego and Spring Valley since Wednesday are among more than 500 people taken into custody in raids in cities that include Atlanta, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Miami, St’ Louis, San Antonio, and Newark N.J. Four of them were arrested on suspicion of various drug-related charges and booked into court jails. Mexican authorities have arrested one person in connection with the attack, which is believed to be the work of members of Mexico's Zetas Gang. Former Mexican special forces soldiers are among its members.” We are basically going out to disrupt narcotics distribution here in the United States no matter what cartel their allegiance is to.” said Carl Pike, assistant special agent in charge of the DEA’S special operation division.
Monday- today I read about the deaths of two U.S. service members in southern Afghanistan last week being investigated as a possible friendly-fire incident, a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force told CNN. The U.S. military has informed relatives it believes the men were inadvertently killed Wednesday by a missile fired from a U.S. military drone outside Sangin in Afghanistan's Helmand Province, according to spokesman Capt. Ryan Donald. The men were identified as Marine Staff Sgt. Jeremy Smith, assigned to the 4th Marine Division of Houston, and Navy Corpsman Benjamin Rast of the 2nd Marine Division out of San Diego. Donald strongly emphasized Monday the circumstances of the incident remain under investigation and no formal findings have been reached.
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Today I read about Japan's government called for evacuations Monday from several towns beyond the danger zone already declared around the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant, warning that residents could receive high doses of radiation over the coming months.Chief Cabinet Secretary Yukio Edano said the municipalities are likely to see long-term radiation levels that exceed international safety standards, and he warned that the month-old crisis at Fukushima Daiichi is not yet over."Things are relatively more stable, and things are stabilizing," he said. "However, we need to be ready for the possibility that things may turn for the worse."And about an hour after he spoke, a fresh earthquake rattled the country, forcing workers to evacuate the plant and knocking out power to the three damaged reactors for about 40 minutes, the plant's owner, the Tokyo Electric Power Company, reported. The magnitude 6.6 tremor came a month to the day after the magnitude 9 quake and tsunami that knocked out the plant's cooling systems, and followed a magnitude 7.1 aftershock Thursday night. Neither the 6.6 quake nor any of the smaller ones that rippled across the region in its wake inflicted any more damage to the plant, Tokyo Electric officials told reporters.Japan's government said it did not know how many people would be displaced by the new evacuation orders. Evacuation orders have so far covered about 85,000 people inside the 20-kilometer (12.4-mile) zone, while another 62,000 within 30 kilometers have been told to stay inside, Fukushima Prefecture officials told CNN.
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Monday- Today I read about A 15-month-old was hospitalized after a behind-the-bar mix-up at a Michigan Applebee's restaurant that left the toddler sipping alcohol instead of apple juice .Police were called to the Madison Heights restaurant on Friday evening after the parents of Dominic Wilson Jr. noticed their son acting strange during family dinner .He was saying ‘ hi ’ and ‘ bye ’ to the walls , “ Said Wilsons Mother , Taylor Dill Reese , 18 . “He laid his head down like he was sleepy , then he woke up hyper . At first, Dill-Reese blamed his odd behavior on lack of sleep. But at the end of the meal, she said Wilson's father was stunned by what he tasted after taking a sip of his son's juice. The juice was an alcoholic concoction that was stored in a mislabeled container, according to a Madison Heights Police Department news release. "The container was apple juice but it had margarita mix in it," Dill-Reese said. Wilson was immediately rushed to the hospital, where his blood alcohol content was measured at 0.10, Dill-Reese said.
Jose Cesena
The padres are .500 they won 4 games and lost 4 games too. They started the first series off 2-1 against the cardinals in St. Louis . The padres almost won their division last year but then they started to slack off then they didn’t even make the playoffs, I hope that woke them up and got them hyped up this year to, not just win their division but to make a run for the World Series. They sure do have a great team this year even with trading franchise player from San Diego Adrian Gonzales..
eddie haro 4/12/11
Today i read about Japanese authorities Tuesday "provisionally" declared the country's nuclear accident a level-7 event on the international scale for nuclear disasters -- the highest level -- putting it on par with the 1986 Chernobyl disaster.
Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency announced the new level Tuesday morning. It had previously been at 5.
Regulators have determined the amount of radioactive iodine released by the damaged reactors at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant was at least 15 times the volume needed to reach the top of the International Nuclear Event Scale, the agency said. That figure is still about 10 percent of the amount released at Chernobyl, they said.
4-12-11 Today I read about Japan’s Nuclear Disaster I read that many people are steel being evacuating. For the cause of the earthquake and the tsunami. That caused Japan damage on the nuclear power stations. People that leave from 12 to 50 miles have to evacuate. They have to evacuate because of the chemical the radiations have, and that could cause severe damage on human. Officials are checking for radiation by scanning them with a device called Geiger counter. People expose to unsafe levels of radiation have a higher then normal risk of getting cancer. Officials have used helicopters, fire trucks and water cannons to spray water on the reactors to cool the fuel rods.
Today I read about Japan's struggle. Honshu was struck by a big aftershock. The strenght of this earthquake was a 6.5 out of a scale of 10. There was also a 6.3 earthquake in New Zealand. On March 11th of 2011, there was a huge 9.0 earthquake. A tsunami was also reported. About 11,000 people have been reported dead, but there is 18,000 still missing, and 240,000 have been reported homeless.
Tuesday- today I read about japans destruction and how bad it is over there. Radiation is causing panic in Japan and those surrounding it. They are taking iodine pills and moving away from Japan. The generators keeping the uranium cool failed during the tsunami, and the back up generators are also failing, causing a nuclear meltdown. Workers are trying hard to prevent leaks in the plant, tons of water is being poured onto the plant to try and keep it cool. Many people fled Japan, others stayed to rebuild the people of Japan are in a crisis because of the tsunami.
4-12-11
Today I read about the Japans Nuclear disaster, Japan struggle, and Devastation in Japan. Last Friday Japan suffered a deadly earthquake and tsunami that struck the two nuclear power stations. The powerful earthquake started in japans east coast, creating a series of waves. The magnitude of the quake was 6.5 out of the scale 10 used to measure earthquakes. The initial earthquakes was on march 11, was a 9.0 was one of the strongest record. It was powerful they believed that the country actually shifted more then 8 feet. People exposed to unsafe levels of radiation have a higher then normal risk of getting cancer. Japanese government have been distributing potassium pills to calm down the radiation in the area. The pills help to crowd down bad iodine in the body that might have been infected.
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Tuesday-Three people were arrested in Serra Mesa on Monday in connection with a Carlsbad homicide, authorities reported. The Carlsbad Police Department received a tip that led them to a Serra Mesa-area home in the 2200 block of Ron Way at about 5 p.m. Three people in a white pickup truck parked in front of the home were questioned and cuffed, including one young woman. As officers transferred the woman from a San Diego patrol car into a Carlsbad patrol car, 10News reporter Itica Milanes asked the woman if she was involved in the shooting death of 63-year-old of Michael Sahagun on April 1
4-12-11
Today I have read about the nuclear disaster in Japan. Many thousand people had to evacuate because of high radiation in the air. 750 workers were evacuated from the Fukushima Daiichi plant, but only 50 workers were brave enough to stay. These brave citizens are proud enough to stay and save other peoples lives there decaited for there country. Also if the people would have stayed they were guaranteed to get cancer cause from the radiation. Are on the other hand the radiation could cause the people to have there family come out deformed are something like that. Now officials are now working on a power line to restore electricity to the plant. They hope this will help restart the plant’s cooling system and stop the fuel rods from leaking radiation.
april 12, 2011
Today I read about the devastation in Japan. They are recovering after one of the strongest earthquakes ever measured hit the country. The quake began in the Japan’s east coast, creating a series of enormous waves. There are more than 1,800 people confirmed dead and almost 2,300 have been reported missing from the earthquake. They estimate that more than 10,000 have died. The quake struck Japan at 2:46 p.m. local time and scientist measured the quake’s magnitude at 9.0. The tsunami’s first wave crashed against the shore near Sendai it was more than 33 feet high. Around 350,000 people are now homeless because of the disaster. Many buildings caught on fire after gas pipelines exploded when the tsunami’s impact.
eddie haro 4/12/11
Today I read about the nuclear disaster in Japan . Last Friday
Japan suffered a deadly earthquake and tsunami that struck the two nuclear power stations . The powerful earthquake started in Japan east coast creating a series of waves . The magnitude of the quake was 6.5 out of the scale 10 used to measure earthquake. The initial earthquake , on march 11 was a 9.0 and one of the strongest ever record .
4/12/11
Today I read about devastation in Japan. A 9.0 earthquake hit Japan and 1,800 people were confirmed dead and almost 2,300 have been reported missing. More than 10,000 people have died and police are in fear of numbers raising. Nuclear power can safely create electricity, but damage power stations may poison the air with radiation. They are removing people from the areas that might be affected. Around 350,000 people are now homeless, highways airports and train transportation have been shut down and many buildings have caught on fire after pipes exploded. One ship with more than 100 people aboard was swept away by the powerful waves.
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Today I read about Japan’s nuclear disaster , on Friday March 14 Japan was hit by deadly 9.0 earthquake and tsunami that destroyed parts of the island . As Japan tries to recover from the natural devastation that has hit the island over a hundred of aftershocks have occurred . Also Japan is going through a nuclear disaster due to the damage caused by the earthquakes and tsunami . Officials are evacuating areas around nuclear power plants that were damaged . People have been recommended that no one is within 50 miles of the nuclear . People exposed to unsafe levels of radiation have a higher then normal are at risk of getting cancer .
04-12-2011
Last Friday in Japan there was a deadly earthquake witch caused a tsunami . The tsunami also damaged two nuclear power stations . Japan’s 54 nuclear reactors are built to withstand the many small or moderate earthquakes the country faces each year . But Friday’s earthquake was one of the most severe earthquakes ever recorded , and the power station were damaged despite their safeguards . The Japanese government has been distributing potassium iodide pills to people in the surrounding areas to protect those who may have come in contact .
3/14/11
Austin Residents of Long Island, New York, neighborhoods where bodies have been found in a suspected string of serial killings said Tuesday the findings are "eerie" and "frightening" and have left some families shaken. It's just crazy," said Walter Arnold, 65, who -- along with his wife Dolores -- brought up five children in a house on Long Island's West Gilgo Beach. My wife is scared to come home for the first time. My daughter is frightened. It's just horrible. But other residents said that because of what's known about the killings and the victims, they are not afraid of being targeted.
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Residents of Long Island, New York, neighborhoods where bodies have been found in a suspected string of serial killings said Tuesday the findings are "eerie" and "frightening" and have left some families shaken. It's just crazy," said Walter Arnold, 65, who -- along with his wife Dolores -- brought up five children in a house on Long Island's West Gilgo Beach. My wife is scared to come home for the first time. My daughter is frightened. It's just horrible. But other residents said that because of what's known about the killings and the victims, they are not afraid of being targeted.
By Jose Cesena
The padres are 4-5 they are now under .500 this start of the season is not as good as last but remember the beginning doesn’t mean anything. But The padres are a solid team and I believe that they will make a run for the World series, and be the first San Diego Professional champions. They are one of the best defensive teams and remember Defense wins Championships. They lost yesterday to the reds by 1 run.
Today I read about how a 77 year old man was charged in 4 killings of women dating on 1977. A Reno, Nevada, man is charged with four counts of murder in the deaths of four northern California women dating back more than three decades, authorities said Tuesday. He was arrested Monday by Marin County. Naso is charged in the 1977 murder of Roxene Roggash in Marin County; Pamela Parsons and Tracy Tofoya of Yuba County, California, whose bodies were found in 1993 and 1994, respectively; and the death of Carmen Colon in Contra Costa County, California, whose body was found in 1978, Berberian said. He is eligible for the death penalty. Although authorities have yet to link Naso to any slayings in Nevada, Chris Perry, acting director of the Nevada Department of Public Safety, left open the possibility of more victims. A tip line will be set up for people to offer information, Washoe County, Nevada, Sheriff Mike Haley told reporters.
4-13-11
Last Friday in Japan there was a deadly earthquake witch caused a tsunami . The tsunami also damaged two nuclear power stations . Japan’s 54 nuclear reactors are built to withstand the many small or moderate earthquakes the country faces each year . But Friday’s earthquake was one of the most severe earthquakes ever recorded , and the power station were damaged despite their safeguards . The Japanese government has been distributing potassium iodide pills to people in the surrounding areas to protect those who may have come in contact
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Today I read about, Two people suspected of involvement in the deadly bombing at a Minsk subway station were detained late Tuesday night, Belarus Deputy Prosecutor General Andrei Shved said at a news briefing Wednesday. These are two people with whom investigative procedures are being conducted, who have undergone first interrogations in the presence of lawyers, and first testimony has been obtained from them," Shved said. Shved said the recording clearly reveals that one of the two suspects arrived at the Oktyabrskaya subway station, left a bag at a bench and retreated. Soon after the bomb went off.
4-13-11 Today I read about Tail of Air France jet found in Atlantic. Teams have found the tail section of Air France Flight 447. Two years after the jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, victims. Agency head Jean Paul Troadec told the families the piece of wreckage included the area. Where the flight data recorders should be, but he could not confirm whether they had been found. Even if the "black boxes" are recovered, experts say there is no guarantee they will still work, after so long under water. Flight recorders are not designed to withstand pressures of the depths that this aircraft actually went to.
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Today I read about- President of Tokyo Electric says cash payments to people forced to flee their homes and businesses. He made the comments after meeting with about 20 people who arrived at the plant with a letter demanding compensation.
A group of angry residents gathered in protest at the Tokyo headquarters.
There's growing frustration with the utility's handling of the nuclear crisis that began last month when an earthquake and tsunami wrecked the plant's cooling systems.
Shipments of produce from 16 cities, towns and villages around the plant have been banned because of radiation contamination.
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A convicted sex offender who was on the run for nearly a week with his 14-year-old niece is now in the custody of Texas law enforcement, according to authorities. Matthew Mallory, 35, of Kingfisher County, Oklahoma, is being held in a San Antonio jail. Bexar County Sheriff's Office deputies caught the fugitive Tuesday night outside the city limits, Deputy U.S. Marshall Tom Smith said on HLN's Nancy Grace. Mallory's niece, identified by the Kingfisher County Sheriff's Office as Airel Daphane Ann Mallory, was "okay" but a little dehydrated, Smith said. Airel had been missing since April 5, according to authorities. Oklahoma authorities had issued an arrest warrant against Matthew Mallory for abandoning another child. A rancher spotted Airel and Matthew Mallory, her uncle by marriage, on Tuesday and immediately called a relative who works for the Bexar County Sheriff's Office. The rancher, said Smith, "was out feeding his stock and he saw them behind a trailer changing clothes.'‘ Smith said Airel and Mallory did not see the rancher. Sheriffs' deputies arrived, "snuck up on him, tackled him and got him in handcuffs. End of story,'' Smith said
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As police on New York's Long Island were sending dive teams to search for clues in a string of suspected serial killings Wednesday, area residents were trying to come to terms with the grisly crimes. People who live near where bodies have been found said the "eerie" and "frightening" findings have left some families shaken."It's just crazy," said Walter Arnold, 65, who -- along with his wife Dolores -- brought up five children in a house on Long Island's West Gilgo Beach. "My wife is scared to come home for the first time. My daughter is frightened. It's just horrible.“But others said that because of what's known about the killings and the victims, they are not afraid of being targeted. The four victims who have been identified thus far were all women who advertised prostitution services on websites such as Craigslist, police have said.Tourism and real estate professionals on Long Island said the apparent string of killings does not seem to have affected business. Police said Monday they were examining a skull found on the outskirts of a bird sanctuary in Long Island's Nassau County, potentially the ninth set of remains discovered in the probe. About four hours earlier, a New York state police officer and his cadaver dog spotted another set of remains about a mile and a half away. On Tuesday, police said both the skull and the remains were determined to be human. Since December, eight sets of human remains have been found in Suffolk County, just to the east of Nassau County and roughly five miles from the sites of Monday's discoveries.
eddie haro 4/13/11
Today I read about Delegates representing Arab and African nations and NATO coalesced behind the Libyan rebels at a summit in Qatar Wednesday, promising more humanitarian aid and money channeled through a temporary trust fund of sorts.Members of what is called the Libya Contact Group agreed that a temporary financial mechanism could provide a way to get money to the Libyan opposition. German Foreign Minister Guido Westerwelle said participants in the Qatari capital, Doha, were discussing the possibility of using frozen Libyan assets for the fund.
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Starting Wednesday, first lady Michelle Obama and Jill Biden, the wife of Vice President Joe Biden, plan to visit four states in two days to raise public awareness of the needs of families of military service members. The tour marks the launch of "Joining Forces," a new initiative to encourage institutions, businesses and individuals to do more to help military families. Obama and Biden are scheduled to make stops in North Carolina, Texas, Colorado, and Ohio. The first lady and Biden will be joined at various stops by such celebrities as Jessica Simpson, Nick Jonas, Martha Stewart and the cast of Sesame Street."This campaign is about all of us," said Obama at a Tuesday White House ceremony, "all of us joining together, as Americans, to give back to the extraordinary military families who serve and sacrifice so much, every day, so that we can live in freedom in security."
Wednesday- Today I read about protests in Yemen and how five people were killed in clashes between rival forces in the Yemeni capital Sanaa as nationwide protests against the government continued Wednesday. Of the dead in Sanaa, two were loyal to Gen. Ali Muhsen Al-Ahmar, who has defected to the opposition. The other three were regime soldiers. Government forces were sending in armored vehicles as reinforcements to the demonstrations in Sanaa. In addition to the dead in Sanaa, two people were killed in Aden, according to medical staff at the city's Naqeeb Hospital.
april 13, 2011
Today I read about Egyptians exulted Wednesday over the detention of their ailing former president and his two sons in a probe exploring the killing of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the center of the country's dramatic uprising earlier this year.Former President Hosni Mubarak and his sons, Gamal and Alaa, were taken into 15-day detainment Tuesday in connection with the protesters' deaths, according to Ahmed Hemeida with the Justice Ministry. Mubarak has decried accusations of his responsibility in the deaths, saying the probe is aimed at tarnishing his reputation and that of his family. The detention and questioning of the former authoritarian leader is unprecedented in the modern Arab world. Saddam Hussein, Iraq's late leader, was captured by U.S. troops and put on trial after his regime was toppled more than eight years ago. People on the street in Cairo saw the arrest as a positive sign. One smiling taxi driver stopped in traffic, crossed his wrists in front of himself as if he was handcuffed and yelled "Mubarak 'cuffed!'" in Arabic.
april 13, 2011
Today I read about Egyptians exulted Wednesday over the detention of their ailing former president and his two sons in a probe exploring the killing of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the center of the country's dramatic uprising earlier this year.Former President Hosni Mubarak and his sons, Gamal and Alaa, were taken into 15-day detainment Tuesday in connection with the protesters' deaths, according to Ahmed Hemeida with the Justice Ministry. Mubarak has decried accusations of his responsibility in the deaths, saying the probe is aimed at tarnishing his reputation and that of his family. The detention and questioning of the former authoritarian leader is unprecedented in the modern Arab world. Saddam Hussein, Iraq's late leader, was captured by U.S. troops and put on trial after his regime was toppled more than eight years ago. People on the street in Cairo saw the arrest as a positive sign. One smiling taxi driver stopped in traffic, crossed his wrists in front of himself as if he was handcuffed and yelled "Mubarak 'cuffed!'" in Arabic.
Today I read about a free spirit named Kirby Brown who died trying to find her enlightenment. She was a free-spirited adventurer who lived in Mexico in an octagonal art-filled house on "Gringo Hill," overlooking the Sea of Cortez. Her high-end interior painting business was taking off. And on many mornings, she shared the waves at Old Man's break with the legends of long board surfing. "She was constantly looking for ways to make herself better, even though she already was an amazing person," said Billy Dahly, a commercial real estate appraiser from Denver, and one of her surfing friends in Mexico. So she headed to Sedona's mystical red rocks in search of enlightenment. There, she would be asked to get a buzz cut, go without sleep and fast for 36 hours before squatting in her bikini on the dirt floor of a makeshift sweat lodge. At the end of the five-day seminar, Kirby Brown's life wasn't enriched. It was over. Prosecutors allege Ray was negligent in the way he operated the sweat lodge. They say he didn't monitor the temperature inside or the well-being of participants and was indifferent to those clearly having trouble. They allege that his recklessness caused the deaths of Brown; James Shore, 40, of Milwaukee; and Lizbeth Neuman, 49, of Prior Lake, Minnesota.
Naso is charged in the 1977 murder of Roxene Roggash in Marin County; Pamela Parsons and Tracy Tofoya of Yuba County, California, whose bodies were found in 1993 and 1994, respectively; and the death of Carmen Colon in Contra Costa County, California, whose body was found in 1978, Berberian said. He is eligible for the death penalty. Roggash's murder was considered unsolved until Naso was arrested in April 2010 by Nevada parole and probation authorities, Berberian said. During that arrest, police found items that implicated Naso "in multiple murders of young women," he said. Berberian was tightlipped about details Tuesday, citing the ongoing investigation. He said Marin County has agreed to prosecute Naso for all four murders
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Today I read about , tail of Air France jet found in Atlantic . Search teams have found the tail section of Air France Flight 447, two years after the jet plunged into the Atlantic Ocean, victims' families say . All 228 passengers and crew on board Air France Flight 447 were killed when the plane disappeared on its way from Rio de Janeiro in Brazil to Paris, France, on June 1, 2009. The Airbus A330's pilots lost contact with air traffic controllers while flying across an area of the Atlantic Ocean known for its storms and turbulence . Soulas has previously called for the bodies of those killed in the crash to be left on the sea bed, rather than brought to the surface, which he fears will reopen old wounds for the bereaved.
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Today I read about Japan raised the severity level of its nuclear crisis to the maximum level seven on Tuesday, putting the Fukushima Daiichi power plant disaster on a par with the Chernobyl accident in 1986.
The decision to raise the crisis level up from five to seven came after a review of the amount of radiation released in the month since the plant was severely damaged by the earthquake and subsequent tsunami, says Japan's official nuclear watchdog, the Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency (NISA).
Level seven on the International Nuclear Event Scale (INES) incidents involve a major release of radiation with widespread health and environmental effects, according to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
3/13/11
Egyptians exulted Wednesday over the detention of their ailing former president and his two sons in a probe exploring the killing of protesters in Cairo's Tahrir Square, the center of the country's dramatic uprising earlier this year.Former President Hosni Mubarak and his sons, Gamal and Alaa, were taken into 15-day detainment Tuesday in connection with the protesters' deaths, according to Ahmed Hemeida with the Justice Ministry.Mubarak has decried accusations of his responsibility in the deaths, saying the probe is aimed at tarnishing his reputation and that of his family. The detention and questioning of the former authoritarian leader is unprecedented in the modern Arab world. Saddam Hussein, Iraq's late leader, was captured by U.S. troops and put on trial after his regime was toppled more than eight years ago.
Today I read about how two Korean War soldiers received posthumous Medals of Honor. Two U.S. soldiers will receive posthumous Medals of Honor for their actions during the Korean War, the White House announced Wednesday. Relatives of Pfc. Anthony T. Kaho’ohanohano and Pfc. Henry Svehla will receive the medals from President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony on May 2. Kaho’ohanohano is being commended for his actions on September 1, 1951. As his unit, Company H, 17th Infantry Regiment, 7th Infantry Division, fell back under superior enemy numbers near Chopra-Ri, Kaho’ohanohano ordered his squad to move to a more defensible position and provide covering fire for the retreating forces, according to a White House news release."He then gathered a supply of grenades and ammunition and returned to his original position to face the enemy alone - delivering deadly accurate fire into the ranks of the onrushing enemy. When his ammunition was depleted, he engaged the enemy in hand-to-hand combat until he was killed. His heroic stand so inspired his comrades that they launched a counterattack that completely repulsed the enemy," the release reads. Svehla's sisters, Dorothy Mathews and Sylvia Svehla, will receive the medal from Obama.
eddie haro 4/14/11
Today I read about Pakistan has issued a strongly-worded statement condemning a deadly, suspected U.S. drone strike in the country's tribal region."Drone attacks have become a core irritant in the counter-terror campaign," a statement from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Wednesday. "We have repeatedly said that such attacks are counter productive and only contribute to strengthen the hands of the terrorists."Pakistan's Foreign Secretary has lodged a strong protest with the U.S. Ambassador, according to the statement, and the government has "taken up the matter with the U.S. at all levels."
Today I read about, a photography of a nuclear evacuation zone in Japan , a time stop that was found when photographer Athit Perawongmetha found when he entered the Fukushima evacuation zone to document the ghost town left behind in the wake of the nuclear crisis in Japan. The traffic lights were still on and air conditioners were running, but there were no people. taking photos of the destruction from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which knocked out the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's cooling systems, leaving operators with no way to keep the three operational reactors from overheating after they shut down. He came back with photos of empty streets, abandoned houses left open, cats and dogs forsaken by their owners, and shoes left in a doorway, waiting for their owners’ return – but no people.
Today I read about the Fukushima evacuation zone, they went to document the ghost town that was left behind in the wake of the nuclear crisis in Japan. The traffic lights were still on and air conditioners were running, but there were no people at all. “The city is untouchable. Everything I see is like a dream,” someguy said. Perawongmetha documented the scene with his camera, taking photos of the destruction from the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, which knocked out the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant's cooling systems, leaving operators with no way to keep the three operational reactors from overheating after they shut down.
Today I read about 16 police officers in Mexico getting added to a mass grave. Sixteen municipal police officers from the northeastern Mexican town of San Fernando have been arrested for allegedly protecting those responsible for the mass graves uncovered there, the country's attorney general said. The police officers worked to cover up the killings of the Zetas drug cartel, Attorney General Marisela Morales said. Authorities began finding the graves earlier this month during an investigation into a report of the kidnapping of passengers from a bus in late March. The investigation led them to San Fernando, Tamaulipas -- the same place where in August of last year, the bodies of 72 immigrants were found at a ranch.
4-14-11
Today I read about, 16 police officers arrested in connection with Mexico mass graves. The police officers worked to cover up the killing of the Zetas Drug cartel. Authorities recovered 10 more bodies from the mass graves Wednesday and Thursday, bringing the total number of bodies found to 126. The Zetas have been blamed for the killings of the 72 migrants found in San Fernando last year. Morales said that to date, investigators have identified 17 people who participated in the executions of the victims, who have been arrested.
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In today’s reading, there were moments after the mother of 4 young children drives her minivan into the Hudson river. After driving into the river, the mother started to have second thoughts about killing herself and her four children. Luckily one of her children the 10 year old escaped the sinking minivan. He was what they now call him the soul survivor. He had to leave his mom and his 3 brothers and sisters there dead.
Thursday- today I read about North Korea has identified a detained American man, who was arrested last year for "committing a crime" against the reclusive nation, according to state-run media. "U.S. citizen Jun Young Su was arrested in November 2010 and has since been investigated by a relevant organ for committing a crime against (North Korea) after entering it,"the KCNA news agency reported Thursday. "He admitted his crime in the course of investigation."
4-14-11 Today I read about Severe weather in store for central Plains and Deep. I read that A significant tornado outbreak could be in store. For parts of the southern and central Plains, as well as the Deep South. Because of a powerful storm system intensifying over the middle of the country. The system will system will set the stage for severe weather over the next few days. According to CNN meteorologist Sean Morris. The Storms are expected to develop along the I-35 corridor. In central Oklahoma and become severe late Thursday afternoon.
4-14-11 Today I read about Severe weather in store for central Plains and Deep. I read that A significant tornado outbreak could be in store. For parts of the southern and central Plains, as well as the Deep South. Because of a powerful storm system intensifying over the middle of the country. The system will system will set the stage for severe weather over the next few days. According to CNN meteorologist Sean Morris. The Storms are expected to develop along the I-35 corridor. In central Oklahoma and become severe late Thursday afternoon.
EDDIE HARO 4/14/11
Today I read about Pakistan. Pakistan is lame because it has no fun thing to know about . Pakistan has issued a strongly-wordstatement condemning a deadly, suspected U.S. drone strike in the country's tribal region. Pakistani tribesmen chant slogans during a protest rally on march 18 against a U.S drone attack . Pakistan's Foreign Secretary has lodged a strong protest with the U.S. Ambassador, according to the statement, and the government has "taken up the matter with the U.S. at all levels."
eddie haro 4/14/11
Today I read about Pakistan. Pakistan is lame because it has no fun thing to know about . Pakistan has issued a strongly-wordstatement condemning a deadly, suspected U.S. drone strike in the country's tribal region. Pakistani tribesmen chant slogans during a protest rally on march 18 against a U.S drone attack . Pakistan's Foreign Secretary has lodged a strong protest with the U.S. Ambassador, according to the statement, and the government has taken up the matter with the U.S. at all levels' would not go vista over there . To end this I would like u to know that I'm really hungry ;( .
4-14-11
Moammar Gadhafi’s forces again pounded Misrata on Thursday, targeting the port that serves as the besieged Libyan City’s only lifeline, residents said. To the west, in Tripoli, antiaircraft fire followed several thunderous explosions, and Libyan state television reported civilian casualties from NATO airstrikes. The attack came as the alliance chief asked for more precision fighter jets in order to avoid civilian deaths. In Misrata, at least 23 people were killed and more than 100 were wounded in the dawn attack at the port and a nearby residential area said director of one the four clinic open in the city.
4/14/11
Today I read about that a man who was stabbed in 2006 by an accuser has just died. Reginld Daye was 46 and he died Wednesday at duke university hospital. The stabbing happened earlier this month. Crystal Mangum has been accused of rape against three Duke athletes. Officers said that they later arrested that magnum described the mans girlfriend after they responded to a call
Thursday 4-14
Today I read about a mom who allegedly plunged her minivan into the Hudson River , living her and three out of her four young kids dead . The only survivor is her ten year old son , who escaped the sinking van through the driver-side window , then swam to shore were he was found and taken to a nearby fire station . The boy said that his mom was going through a hard time , that she was frantic and very upset over her boyfriend cheating on her . The boy also said that has the van sank in the river , his mother was having second thoughts about what she had done .
Thu.- today I read about ciudad Juarez. En Mexico encontraron 39 gente muerta. El viernes y el lunes y tres policias muertos.
En unos de los mas altos homicidios Ismael Sergio Apodaca, cordinador de la policia de chicuahua fue ejecutado el viernes. Hors antes un official monicipal feue attacado seria mente y feu yevado al hospital. . El sabado pasado 16 personas fueron ejecutadas incluyendo 6 victims matados a tiras orgnales. Otros cuatro fueron matados en freante del garage. Mexico culparon a Los ZETAS por sus nuevas trajerias. Un cosa seria que ay 600 muertos desde el ano que entro. El ano 2010 que fue el pasado avia 3,000 personas que fueron matadas por el uso de drogas.
april 14, 2011
Today I read about the pirates attacks. The attacks mostly happen near the waters of Somalia. There have been 142 pirate attacks world wide in the first 3 months of this year. According to the report from the international Chamber of Commerce’s International Maritime Bureau. 97 attacks came off the coast of Somalia. During these attacks 18 vessels were hijacked and 344 crew members were taken hostage. In the first 3 months of 2011, seven crew members have been killed and 34 injured. One of the deadly attacks happen in February when four Americans were killed after Somali pirates hijacked their yacht off the coast of Oman.
3/15/11
An Italian humanitarian activist and journalist who was kidnapped in Gaza has been found dead and one person is in custody, the Hamas Interior Ministry said Friday in a statement. Police investigating the case learned where 36-year-old Vittorio Arrigoni was being held and went to the location, where they found the body, the statement said. An autopsy revealed that he had been killed hours before police entered the location, it said. Medical sources said his body was taken to Shifa Hospital in Gaza
4-15-11
Today I read about, Mexican drug cartels considered terrorists? Most drug cartels are involved in murder, plot, kidnap, and dismember bodies. They're also responsible for shootouts, explosions, fires and other atrocities. U.S. Rep. Michael McCaul, R-Texas, the chairman of the Homeland Security Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. Mexican officials have repeatedly said that drug cartels are neither an insurgency nor terrorist organizations because their purpose is neither to destabilize the government nor promote a political ideology. Their level of cruelty is unprecedented, but they don't hate a particular group. Their only motive, Mexican authorities say, is hard, cold cash.
4/14/11
Help me! Help me!" a woman pleaded when he opened the door, shaving cream still on his face. Coletti says he dialed 911 as the woman bolted, tripping halfway down his steep wooden staircase before unsuccessfully seeking help at a neighbor's home. Now, a year later, Coletti is convinced that the woman he saw that morning was Shannan Gilbert, a prostitute whose disappearance triggered an investigation that led police to discover at least eight bodies on a remote stretch of beach in Long Island. In an interview months ago, however, he said he couldn't be sure it was Gilbert at his door that day. Police say they suspect a serial killer or killers. Authorities in New York's Suffolk and Nassau Counties and in New Jersey, along with the FBI, are still searching for Gilbert, a resident of Jersey City, New Jersey. If Coletti did see Gilbert, he may have been the last person known to have seen her before she vanished. Yet he says it took Suffolk County police four months to question him, an assertion the police deny.
4-15-11 Today I read about Thursday's L.A. Dodgers' game was safe. I read that after security was beefed up in the wake of a March 31 attack. In which a San Francisco Giants fan was seriously injured. Stow, 42, was put in a medically induced coma following the attack. About 100 witnesses saw Stow attacked as he left a stadium parking lot. The two suspected assailants fled after the beating in a light-colored. Four-door car driven by a woman with a young boy inside, authorities have said. Los Angeles Police Chief Charlie Beck told reporters Thursday. He appealed to those with information to come forward, saying they can do so anonymously.
april 15,2011
Today I read about micro-entrepreneurs emerge ahead of crucial Cuban congress. With a few taps of the hammer and some expertly placed glue, Elio Mendoza can extend the life of even the most well-worn shoes. Now, he hopes the Cuban government can do the same for the country's sagging economy when it holds the first Communist Party Congress in nearly 14 years, starting on Saturday."It's up to the Congress to improve things," Mendoza says as he replaces the heel on a pair of red flats. "We need a new culture: If you work you get ahead. If you don't work, you lose."Mendoza is part of a small, but growing class of micro-entrepreneurs, self-employed barbers, plumbers, taxi drivers and other artisans in a country where nearly 90 percent of the economy is still run by the state. A former steelworker, Mendoza says he wouldn't go back to working for the state."It's better than before," he says. "Before it was, yes boss, no boss. Now I'm the boss."President Raul Castro has begun the biggest shakeup of the Soviet-style economy in decades. The government plans to eliminate more than one million state jobs-- a full 20 percent of the workforce -- by 2015.At the same time, it has set down guidelines for the expansion of the private sector to soak up some of the unemployed, allowing Cubans to take out licenses for 178 different occupations
Today I read about the living conditions and what it’s like to be an air traffic control. There are 15,475 air traffic controllers, according to the FAA. They get paid well: The average annual salary for air traffic controllers was $109,000 in 2009. "You can have an extremely intense day, where you can actually hear your heart pounding in your ears while you're working," One worker said. Workers state things such as "I used to feel that I was so tired that I actually felt sore," and "It was very difficult to stay awake, extremely difficult.”
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.
4-15-11
Last Friday in Japan there was a deadly earthquake witch caused a tsunami . The tsunami also damaged two nuclear power stations . Japan’s 54 nuclear reactors are built to withstand the many small or moderate earthquakes the country faces each year . But Friday’s earthquake was one of the most severe earthquakes ever recorded , and the power station were damaged despite their safeguards . The Japanese government has been distributing potassium iodide pills to people in the surrounding areas to protect those who may have come in contact .
Friday 4-15
Today I read about The mother of a woman police identified as one of eight found dead on an isolated strip of waterfront property on Long Island, New York, told CNN a man using the victim's cell phone made taunting calls and claimed he killed 24-year-old Melissa Barthelemy.
"Do you think you'll ever see her again?," the unidentified male caller asked Barthelemy's sister on August 26, 2009, according to Steve Cohen, an attorney for the victims mother.
"You won't. I killed her," he added and hung up. The phone call ended after less than a minute.
Barthelemy was last seen alive in the Bronx Borough of New York and was later identified among three other bodies found on a quarter-mile stretch of waterfront property near Oak Beach, Long Island.
The other three bodies have since been identified as Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, of Norwich, Connecticut; Amber Lynn Costello, 27, of North Babylon, New York; and Megan Waterman, 22, of Scarborough, Maine.
4-15-11
The mother of a woman police identified as one of eight found dead on an isolated strip of waterfront property on Long Island, New York, told CNN a man using the victim's cell phone made taunting calls and claimed he killed 24-year-old Melissa Barthelemy. "Do you think you'll ever see her again?," the unidentified male caller asked Barthelemy's sister on August 26, 2009, according to Steve Cohen, an attorney for the victims mother. "You won't. I killed her," he added and hung up. The phone call ended after less than a minute. Barthelemy was last seen alive in the Bronx Borough of New York and was later identified among three other bodies found on a quarter-mile stretch of waterfront property near Oak Beach, Long Island. The other three bodies have since been identified as Maureen Brainard-Barnes, 25, of Norwich, Connecticut; Amber Lynn Costello, 27, of North Babylon, New York; and Megan Waterman, 22, of Scarborough, Maine. The remains of at least four other people have been found on Long Island but have not been identified in an investigation that stretches back to December. The grisly finds occurred as police searched for Shannan Gilbert, 24, who was last seen alive in May 2010 in the neighboring Gilgo Beach area. Gilbert has not been located. The massive search by police and federal agents in Suffolk and Nassau counties, where the human remains located so far have been found, comes two years after the alleged phone call.
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