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8/22/11
Today I read about Protesters plan to gather again Monday at a downtown San Francisco train station, a continuation of demonstrations by those angered by shootings by the train system's police officers.Bay Area Rapid Transit system officials say they plan to beef up security at the Civic Center station because of the planned protest.The demonstration is scheduled to start at about 5 p.m., according to organizers OpBart. At past protests, crowds have gathered outside and inside train stations. Several protesters were seen trying to climb on trains. There also have been several other attempts at protests including one earlier this month that BART officials quelled by cutting cell phone signals at some subway stations. That decision to cut cell phone service elicited criticism from civil liberty organizations, the San Francisco Chronicle's editorial page and others.
Monday. Today I read about a Mexican soccer match, between Santos and Morelia. The team tied 0-0 due to a gunman, who attacked a nearby police station in Torreon City. Forty minutes into the game, shot pierced throughout the rowdy stadium. People were ducking under the seats, laying on the ground, and running into the stadium. The President of the soccer team Santos. Went into the middle of the field to apologize for what had happened. HE told the people to not let it ruin their spirits.
Daniela Sanchez
Today's blog is about, a protest that happened at a downtown san Francisco train station. The shooting that the train officers were doing did not affect or stop the angry people on the train. Some train stops are planned to be temporarily closed for a wile. More people protested and gathered outside. Some people were even trying to climb on the trains. BART has been at the center of controversy about shootings by its officers, the latest being last month that resulted in the death of Charles Hill, 45.
Monday. Today I read about Verizon Communications Inc. and union leaders announced Saturday an end to the acrimonious two-week strike that left thousands of workers without paychecks and customers with long waits. The 45,000 unionized employees who walked out on the company will return to work Monday night, according to a Verizon press release, although the two parties have not yet agreed to a contract. Verizon employees will return to work Monday night.
8-23-11
Today I read about, Police in Orange, California, have charged a woman with one count of attempted murder for allegedly throwing a seven-month-old baby boy from a children's hospital parking garage Monday night, according to a statement from local authorities. Investigators later interviewed several witnesses and reviewed a surveillance video from the garage. The image of a license plate on a 2000 Chevy Blazer seen leaving the garage shortly after the incident led police to Hermosillo.
Tuesday. Today I read about A 24-year-old woman who was injured in a stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair this month has died, authorities said Tuesday. Meagan Toothman died Monday afternoon, the Marion County Coroner's Office said. She had been on life support Monday since the August 13 incident. Five people died in the immediate aftermath of the collapse. A sixth victim died Friday.
8/23/11
Today I read about Tuesday's Virginia earthquake triggered the shutdown of a nearby nuclear power plant and "unusual event" declarations at nine others across the East Coast, U.S. authorities reported. Dominion Virginia Power said both reactors at its North Anna plant, less than 20 miles from the epicenter of the magnitude-5.9 quake, shut down after the first tremors. Amanda Reidelbach, an emergency management spokeswoman for Louisa County, said the plant was running on emergency power and was venting steam, but there was no release of radioactive material. Dominion Virginia said reactors at its other nuclear station, the Surry plant near Newport News, were still running.
Today Tuesday I read about A moderate 5.3-magnitude earthquake that rattled southern Colorado early Tuesday morning was the largest to hit the state in more than 40 years, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The quake's epicenter was seven miles southwest of Cokedale, and 180 miles south of Denver. There were no immediate reports of casualties. A dispatcher at the sheriff's office in Las Animas County, which includes Cokedale, said the quake lasted almost 30 seconds. The office received reports of rocks falling on a highway and of some structure damage.
Today Tuesday I read It was the deathbed request from the mother of a longtime fugitive that finally led the FBI to William Walter Asher III. For 36 years, Asher had been on the run -- ever since he escaped from a prison camp in 1975 rather than serve time for a deadly robbery.
But last week, federal agents caught up to him. He had changed his name, worked for a trucking company and lived with a woman who had no idea about his criminal past. He was tried , convicted and sentenced to life in prison.
The file would have closed there. But eight years into his sentence, Asher escaped from a prison in El Dorado County, California -- aided by a female accomplice. On Friday, agents saw Asher leaving the home and confronted him.
"After some initial discussion Asher admitted his true identity," the FBI said.
He had been living with a woman for more than a decade. She was unaware of his fugitive status, the FBI said.
Asher was taken into custody and to a Tracy, California, facility that processes inmates newly committed to state prison.
Tuesday. Today I read about a man who was found by the F.B.I. after 36 years since he had escaped from prison camp. When he was just 20 year old, William Walter Asher and some of his friends beat a bartender to death and stole money. He had fled to Chicago and was captured a year later. He was tried and sentenced to life in prison. A female accomplice helped him escape from prison. At age 66, he had changed his name, worked for a trucking company and lived with a woman who had no idea about his criminal past. The Federal Bureau of Investigations tracker Walter down at the Northern Territories of Canada. He is now in state prison, in Tracy, California.
8-24-11
The Washington Monument remained closed Wednesday as engineers studied ways to repair cracks at the top of the capital's iconic structure one day after a rare 5.8-magnitude East Coast earthquake.Washington's National Cathedral also was closed after sustaining what its staff described as "substantial damage," including numerous cracks in the building's limestone blocks and broken pinnacles on its towers.
Daniela Sanchez
Almost a decade after the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center, a new set of remains from the site has been identified, the New York City medical examiner's office announced. The remains are those of Ernest James, 40, said Ellen Borakove, the spokeswoman for the office. "The identification is a result of our ongoing efforts," Borakove said in a statement Tuesday. An IT consultant, James worked with professional services company Marsh & McLennan on the upper levels of the North Tower, according to his fiancée Monique Keyes.
8-24-11 Today I read an article with the name of U.S. braces for 'huge' Hurricane Irene. I read that Hurricane Irene intensified into a Category 3 storm Wednesday. It battered the Bahamas and threatened to lash much of the United States' East Coast in coming days. I also read that Irene could reach Category 4 strength by Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph as of 2 p.m. ET Wednesday, and is expected to strengthen "in the next day or so," the National Hurricane Center said .
8-24-11 Today I read an article with the name of U.S. braces for 'huge' Hurricane Irene. I read that Hurricane Irene intensified into a Category 3 storm Wednesday. It battered the Bahamas and threatened to lash much of the United States' East Coast in coming days. I also read that Irene could reach Category 4 strength by Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph as of 2 p.m. ET Wednesday, and is expected to strengthen "in the next day or so," the National Hurricane Center said .
Today I read about Six Russian soldiers were killed and another 12 injured by an explosion during the disposal of ammunition at a firing range, the Russian Defense Ministry said Tuesday. A commission, led by Southern Military District Commander General Alexander Galkin, has been ordered to the scene at the Ashuluk firing range by Russian Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov, a press statement said.
Today I read abouta russian space freighter carrying cargo to the International Space Station has crashed in a remote area of Siberia. The unmanned Progress cargo craft, which launched at 7 p.m. in Kazakhstan from the Baikonur Cosmodrome, was due to dock with the ISS on Friday. Officials could not immediately confirm whether the crash might have caused any damage on the ground. Russia's Interfax news agency reported that the rocket had come down in the Altai region. Earlier on Wednesday, Russian government space agency Roscosmos reported that the cargo ship had deviated from its planned trajectory shortly after takeoff, failing to reach the target orbit, and had disappeared from radars. The engine system's erratic functioning and its subsequent breakdown occurred during the operation of the third stage at the 325th second of the flight of the Soyuz-U carrier rocket with the Progress M-12M resupply vehicle.
andrew negrete
Today I read about Officials with San Francisco's transit system have scheduled a special meeting Wednesday to discuss the agency's decision earlier this month to cut off cell phone signals at select stations to ward off protests. The Bay Area Rapid Transit's board of directors will discuss whether its officers should continue to use the controversial move that has riled up free speech activists. On August 11, demonstrators had planned a rally to bring attention to a number of transit police officer shootings, including the death of 45-year-old Charles Hill. Hill was shot July 3 after a confrontation with officers.
jose montufar
Lawyers for former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn said they are not worried about a pending civil suit from his accuser after a New York judge dropped criminal charges against him.
"She doesn't have much, if any, chance in a civil case," William Taylor told CNN's Piers Morgan Tuesday night, the same day that a New York judge dismissed sexual assault charges against Strauss-Kahn. "The same difficulties, the same lies will come back to haunt her in a civil case."
A grand jury indicted Strauss-Kahn in May over allegations he sexually assaulted housekeeper Nafissatou Diallo in his suite at the swanky Sofitel hotel in New York.
Wednesday. Today I read about a boy who had killed his father’s pregnant fiancée. The judge in Pennsylvania reversed a decision he made early on in trial, and is trying the boy as a juvenile. The boy is thirteen years of age, and is suspected in the death of Kenzie Houk. Houk was eight months pregnant. The boy, was arrested in February 2009. The boy was only eleven at the time of the shooting. Henzie’s four year old daughter, found her lying in the bed, and went outside to alert landscape workers near the home. They immediately called authorities. The gun used in the crime was a youth model 20-gauge shotgun. It was designed to be used by children, and it belonged to the boy. If he is convicted as a juvenile, he could be held in custody until he turns 21. If he did try as an adult he would probably face life in prison. No trial date has been scheduled yet.
Wednesday. Today I read about More than 4,800 families were out of their homes in Lincoln, California, on Wednesday morning as a railroad tank car loaded with propane burned nearby. The tank car, loaded with about 29,000 gallons of propane, caught fire around noon Tuesday. Firefighters were spraying the tank car with water to keep it from burning more. About 4,800 homes within a one-mile radius of the burning tank car were evacuated. Businesses within that radius were also closed. The cause of the fire has not yet been determined.
Today I read that Hurricane Irene intensified into a Category 3 storm Wednesday as it battered the Bahamas and threatened to lash much of the United States' East Coast in coming days. Irene would reach 4 strength by Thursday. “The clouds field is more than 800 miles across , This is a huge storm," A Meteorologist from CNN said “ The tropical storm-force winds extend out 200 miles from the center."The last major hurricane to strike the United States was Wilma in 2005, which was a Category 3 at landfall, Jeras said. Hurricane Katrina, earlier the same year, was also a Category 3 at landfall.
The most recent hurricane to make landfall in the United States was Ike in 2008, which hit near Galveston as a Category 2.
Hurricane Floyd in 1999 was the most recent major hurricane to hit North Carolina's Outer Banks. It was a Category 2 at landfall.
Hurricane Gloria in 1985 was the most recent hurricane to hit New York. it was a Category 3 at landfall, the National Hurricane Center said. In 1991, Hurricane Bob hit Massachusetts, a Category 2 at landfall.
8/24/11
Today I read about an Indiana school district might appeal a summary judgment that said it violated two students. First Amendment rights by punishing them for posting racy photos to social The female students, then both rising sophomores, took a series of photos featuring phallic-shaped rainbow lollipops at several sleepovers during summer 2009. None of the photos were openly accessible to non-friends or those who did not have a photo-sharing password. The pictures got into school officials' hands after a parent printed them and complained to the district's superintendent that they had caused divisiveness on the plaintiffs volleyball team. The American Civil Liberties Union is representing the students. Ken Falk, legal director of the ACLU's Indiana chapter, said just because schools have access to information about students' behavior outside school does not mean they have the authority to discipline that behavior. One of the major issues in the case was whether the girls' pictures qualify as a substantial disruption to school operations, which would then not be protected speech. Simon's opinion said the photo shoots, conducted off school property without portraying any school insignia and not shared with the wider school community, were not such a disruption.
Today I read an article with the name of U.S. braces for 'huge' Hurricane Irene. I read that Hurricane Irene intensified into a Category 3 storm Wednesday. It battered the Bahamas and threatened to lash much of the United States' East Coast in coming days. I also read that Irene could reach Category 4 strength by Thursday, the National Hurricane Center said. The storm had maximum sustained winds of 120 mph as of 2 p.m. ET Wednesday, and is expected to strengthen "in the next day or so," the National Hurricane Center said
Today I read about San Diego County authorities have concluded that a man found hanging in the playground of an Oceanside school committed suicide. The North County Times reported that the medical examiner's office identified him as 51-year-old Stanley Cunningham.
8/25/11
Today I read about after months of psychological torment by guards loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, when a commotion arose outside the door of his solitary confinement cell in Tripoli's most notorious prison, Matthew VanDyke was sure he was going to be executed. At first he thought it was a trap, he told his mother by phone, maybe a ruse to get him in greater danger. But then the realization dawned: He had a chance to escape. The group made their way to a mosque. There, the imam and other neighborhood leaders were handing out cash, trying to help people desperately short of supplies amid the chaos and electrical blackout in the area. She and Fischer, 28, expect VanDyke, who first went to Libya in 2008, to complete a book about the people he has met and places he has seen in Mauritania, Iraq, Turkey, Afghanistan, Egypt and other countries. He toured several of those nations by motorcycle.
Today I read about The University of Central Florida announced Thursday that a student was found unresponsive in her dorm room and pronounced dead at the hospital. CPR was performed and emergency units took Hefferin, 18, to Florida Hospital East, where she was pronounced dead. Hefferin lived at the Lake Claire dorms near the Nicholson School of Communications. She is from Maitland. The Tri Delta sorority confirmed that Hefferin was one of its new members. Sorority rush at UCF was held last week and new members were given bids on Saturday. The university said UCF police are investigating the death, but they do not believe there is a threat to the campus. Hefferin's cause of death has not been determined.
8-25-11
Today I read about, Since France's Dominique Strauss-Kahn was arrested in New York three months ago on sexual assault charges, the drama surrounding his case has gripped the United States, France and the world.The case appeared to pit the word of the archetypal powerful white man against that of a poor black woman, in the form of his accuser, hotel maid and immigrant Nafissatou Diallo.
Today I read about psychological torment by guards loyal to Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi, when a commotion arose outside the door of his solitary confinement cell in Tripoli's most notorious prison, Matthew VanDyke was sure he was going to be executed. But what happened next is sure to be the Baltimore-based adventure writer's wildest chapter yet. Reached by phone in a safe house in Tripoli, VanDyke, 32, described a harrowing 30 hours that took him from Abu Salim prison to the safe house under the protection of anti-Gadhafi rebels. The freelance journalist and aspiring travel writer had not been heard from since mid-March, shortly before he was arrested in the city of Brega by forces loyal to Gadhafi. He had been without contact with any family member, government official or aid organization since March 12. Early Wednesday in Tripoli.
jose montufar
The African Union plans to host a delayed summit Thursday to raise funds for famine victims amid mounting criticism over the continent's weak response to the disaster.
The meeting originally planned for August 9 was postponed this month even as the organization called on urgent aid to the drought-struck Horn of Africa region.
"Urgent humanitarian assistance is crucial to alleviate the impact of the drought, which has deprived people from water, sanitation, health, basic food and nutritional needs," the 54-nation body said in a statement announcing the delay.
Today I read the best methods for adding volume, thickness and shine come from Asian cities like Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul. The Asian obsession with luxurious hair might be attributed to the average Asian hair strand being 5 times thicker than the average Western strand. With thicker hair, there is higher demand for products that provide fluid movement and manageability. One system of hair products that is renowned in Asia and is being touted by American celebrities is OOKISA. This line of products blends proven ingredients into special, highly effective formulas. Key Asian botanicals create hair like you've never experienced before. Through a series of clinical studies, the ingredients of OOKISA have been shown to have remarkable results on hair strength, resistance and follicle life. Results show the system.Increases hair strength by 142 percent, Fortifies hair resistance by 59 percent, Reduces dead follicles by 35 percent.
Today I read that researchers from Alfred Kinsey to local nonprofits have tried for decades to count how many gay, lesbian, and bisexual people are in the united states. For the first time the decennial census results report counts of same sex partners , regardless of whether same sex marriage is legal or not. Gay couples are rising sharply in new jersey , in south Carolina family make up is changing , in Iowa , same sex households up to 77%. Provincetown , Massachusetts is Americas gayest city. The U.S. Census Bureau has been releasing the state data since June, along with information about how many children are being raised in same-sex parent households. National figures will be released in November.
8-26-11
Today I read about, Stan Lee Media, Inc., a company founded by comic book legend Stan Lee, wants a judge to rule that it is still the rightful owner of the character "Conan the Barbarian." In a lawsuit filed August 19 in federal court in L.A. and obtained by EW, SLMI is demanding 100% of the film's proceeds. The company claims its bankruptcy in 2001 would have prevented anyone from taking the rights to the Conan character away.
8-26-11 Today I read an article with the title of When will we ever learn the lessons of hurricanes. I read that Orrin Pilkey is the James B. Duke Professor Emeritus of Earth Science at Duke University. Hurricane Irene is on its way up the U.S. East Coast and, if the storm follows the current path projections, one thing is certain. Many buildings are soon to be destroyed. Perhaps numbering in the hundreds and thousands more will be damaged. Dozens of artificial beaches nourished beaches that cost millions of dollars per mile will be narrowed and some will disappear altogether including possibly some that are a few months old like the new beach at Nags Head, North Carolina.
Today I read about A gang member who fatally shot a rival more than four years ago in southeast San Diego because the victim had "disrespected" the defendant's gang was convicted Friday of first-degree murder. Maurice David Tucker faces 50 years to life in state prison when he is sentenced Sept. 26 by Judge Michael Smyth. Jurors also found true allegations that the murder was carried out for the benefit of a street gang and that Tucker used a gun in the June 9, 2007 attack on 20-year-old Stephen Cleveland
Today I read about Mexican President Felipe Calderon condemned Friday the torching of a Monterrey casino that killed at least 52 people as the most serious attack on civil society that the country has seen in a long time. Meanwhile, authorities in the northern state of Nuevo Leon, where Monterrey is the capital, released a video showing how armed men arrived in vehicles and were carrying what appeared to be gallons of gasoline. They burst into the casino, and seconds later, dozens of people fled the casino, which was clouded with smoke and fire. Nuevo Leon's Civil Protection Director Jorge Camacho Rincon confirmed that the final death toll was 52, but some officials were putting the death toll at 53 because one female victim was pregnant. At least 35 of the victims were women and at least 10 were men. Authorities have yet to determine the gender of the remaining victims.
8/26/11
Today I read about a Mexican President Felipe Calderon condemned Friday the torching of a Monterrey casino that killed at least 52 people as "the most serious attack on civil society that the country has seen in a long time."Calderon said the Thursday torching of the Monterrey Casino Royale was perpetrated by "terrorists" motivated by greed. Speaking from his official residence of Los Pinos, Calderon said he will increase the presence of federal forces in Monterrey and northeastern Mexico to "restore to the people of Nuevo Leon the peace that has been lost."Calderon also urged lawmakers to approve his proposed reforms to improve national security. Nuevo Leon and the neighboring states of Coahuila and Tamaulipas have been the scene of clashes between organized crime groups. The Gulf Cartel and Los Zetas are vying for control of trafficking routes into the United States. Nuevo Leon, in northeastern Mexico, has been the scene of recent violence.
Thursday. Today I read about all the people who are still stranded in New York, after Hurricane Irene washed out roads and bridges. The hurricane also flooded the homes and businesses and left the town cut off massively. One person from a rescue team said that their might be a lot of people still stranded there. Many airports had to cancel their flights, and people stayed at the airport as shelter.
Friday. Today I read about a Muslim family, who grieves the death of a family member, who died on September 11, during the terrorist attack on the twin towers. The man’s youngest son never met his father, so a badly photo shopped picture was created where they put him and his father together. It is like the only memory he will ever have of him. His daughter who is now, 15, still remembers on that day as he was leaving, the promise he had made to take her to Chuck E. Cheese.
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