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Today I read about residents across 13 states reported feeling a 4.0-magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Missouri early Tuesday.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports the temblor struck at 3:58 a.m. Central time with an epicenter nine miles east-southeast of Sikeston, Missouri, and 16 miles southwest of Cairo, Illinois. The quake was at a depth of 3.1 miles.
It was felt in 13 states, with the furthest location from the epicenter being New Bern, North Carolina, more than 800 miles to the east, according to reports to the USGS. Besides Missouri, Illinois and North Carolina, residents in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma reported feeling the quake.
today i read about There's a war going on in cyberspace. It's vast, complicated, and the foot soldiers are not exactly your usual suspects. To understand just one of the ways in which this war is waged, consider the far-ranging impact of social media, and a story recently put forward by a government employee who works for a U.S. defense agency. The story was about a Special Forces raid in 2009 that involved U.S. troops freeing a hostage in what was deemed a "successful" rescue operation at an undisclosed location overseas. The problem, said the program manager, who can't be named because of the sensitivity of his work, came after the troops left. Within about 45 minutes, the "bad guys" moved in, rearranged the bodies of the hostage-takers that had been killed, took photographs, wrote a press release and posted it on a social media website.
today i read Residents across 13 states reported feeling a 4.0-magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Missouri early Tuesday.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports the temblor struck at 3:58 a.m. Central time with an epicenter nine miles east-southeast of Sikeston, Missouri, and 16 miles southwest of Cairo, Illinois. The quake was at a depth of 3.1 miles.
It was felt in 13 states, with the furthest location from the epicenter being New Bern, North Carolina, more than 800 miles to the east, according to reports to the USGS. Besides Missouri, Illinois and North Carolina, residents in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma reported feeling the quake.
2/21/12
Today I read about chavez says he will undergo surgery after doctors detect lesion. Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez said Tuesday that he will need to undergo surgery to remove a lesion from the same area where doctors removed a cancerous tumor from his body last year. Doctors in Cuba detected the lesion during a follow-up exam over the weekend, Chavez said. He did not specify where the lesion was found but said it was roughly two centimeters in diameter. He announced in October that treatment had cured him of cancer, but the Venezuelan government has released few details about his health.
Today i read that Residents across 13 states reported feeling a 4.0-magnitude earthquake that struck southeastern Missouri early Tuesday.
The U.S. Geological Survey reports the temblor struck at 3:58 a.m. Central time with an epicenter nine miles east-southeast of Sikeston, Missouri, and 16 miles southwest of Cairo, Illinois. The quake was at a depth of 3.1 miles.
It was felt in 13 states, with the furthest location from the epicenter being New Bern, North Carolina, more than 800 miles to the east, according to reports to the USGS. Besides Missouri, Illinois and North Carolina, residents in Pennsylvania, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Kentucky, Indiana, Wisconsin, Kansas, Arkansas and Oklahoma reported feeling the quake.
today i read A man entered a suburban Atlanta spa and shot four people to death before turning the gun on himself, police said Wednesday.
Police said they do not yet have a motive for the murder-suicide at the Su Jung Health Spa in Norcross, Georgia, on Tuesday night.
Officers responded to a call at the spa about 8:45 p.m. and found four people dead when they arrived. A fifth person who was wounded but conscious later died at a hospital, said Norcross police Capt. Brian Harr.
In all, three men and two women died in the incident, Harr said. Authorities withheld their names until they could notify family members.
Officials hope to release more information on the case Wednesday morning.
Today I read about least 49 people killed and more than 600 people were injured Wednesday morning when a train packed with rush-hour commuters plowed head-on into a barrier at a station in Buenos Aires, Argentina, state media said.The crash caused the train's second section to be pushed 6 meters into the first section, Transportation Secretary Juan Pablo Schiavi said, according to the Buenos Aires Herald.
today i read about Somalia's Al-Shabaab has brushed aside accusations from Human Rights Watch that the Islamist militia recruits child soldiers, saying that Islam considers people to be adults from the age of 15. "The allegations from Human Rights Watch say that Al-Shabaab recruits young children at the age of 14, 15 and 17 as soldiers. In Islam, a person becomes adult at the age of 15 so he or she must do what all other adults have to do,'' said Abu Musab, the group's military spokesman. ''If the territories of the Muslims are attacked, it is incumbent on the women and children to take up arms to fight the enemies, so we don't care what Human Rights Watch says,'' Abu Musab said, speaking to Alfurqan radio, which supports the group. Islamic scholars consider a boy becomes a man at 15, or even younger if signs of puberty appear before then. Human Rights Watch said this week that children as young as 10 increasingly face horrific abuse in war-torn Somalia as Al-Shabaab targets them to replenish its diminishing ranks of fighters. The Somali insurgent group's recruitment of child soldiers is not new, but the report said the scale of child abductions over the past two years is like nothing documented in the past. Shocking patterns have also emerged of children serving as human shields on the battlefields, according to the Human Rights Watch report released Tuesday. "We're beginning to see more and more instances where children are essentially being used as cannon fodder," Tirana Hassan of Human Rights Watch told CNN.
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2/22/12
Today I read about 5 dead in suspected murder-suicide at Georgia spa. four people to death before turning the gun on himself, police said Wednesday. Officers responded to a call at the spa about 8:45 p.m. and found four people dead when they arrived. A fifth person who was wounded but conscious later died at a hospital, said Norcross police Capt. Brian Harr. In all, three men and two women died in the incident, Harr said. Authorities withheld their names until they could notify family members
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- After more than a year in the making, the Obama administration on Wednesday released its plan to overhaul the corporate tax code.
The main proposal for reform would slash the corporate tax rate to 28% from 35% and pay for the reduction by eliminating "dozens" of business tax breaks. There are currently more than 130 on the books.
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The Obama administration's plan is in sync with Republicans in terms of wanting to lower the top rate. But Republicans want to lower the corporate rate even further to 25%.
There are also many other differences between their plans, and with Congress stuck in election-year gridlock, the odds of passage of any corporate tax reform plan this year are long.
Today i read about Children as young as 10 years old increasingly face horrific abuse in war-torn Somalia as the Islamist militant group Al-Shabaab has targeted them to replenish its diminishing ranks of fighters,While the recruitment of child soldiers by the Somali insurgent group is not new, the report said the scale of child abductions over the past two years is like nothing documented in the past.
Shocking patterns have also emerged of children serving as human shields on the battlefields, according to Human Rights Watch.
An Indiana lawmaker who opposes celebrating the centennial anniversary of the Girl Scouts of America says the group "sexualizes" young girls, promotes homosexuality and is a tactical arm of Planned Parenthood.
In a letter sent to members of the Republican Caucus, Indiana state Rep. Bob Morris said many parents were "abandoning the Girl Scouts because they promote homosexual lifestyles."
Today I read that on Wednesday police said that a man went into a suburban Atlanta spa & shot four people then turned the gun to himself . They still know what was the motive for the murder-suicide at the su Jung health spa in Norcross, Georgia on Tuesday night . They responded to call from the spa at 845 pm they found 4 dead people and 1 wounded and died later on in the hospital , in all there was three men killed and two women killed .
2-23-12
Today I read about, Hardin delivered a baby on Wednesday afternoon and is under armed guard at a local hospital, said Jimmie Harp, Etowah County District Attorney. Harp said his office is in contact with the Department of Human Services, and together they are working on a "safety plan" for the newborn and a 3-year-old who lived in the house.
The United Nations and U.S. Embassy in Baghdad condemn the attacks
More than 200 people are injured
Official: More coordinated attacks have been seen since U.S. troops withdrew
Iraq hosts an Arab summit on March 29
A series of explosions and shootings killed 44 people and injured more than 200 in Baghdad and elsewhere Thursday morning, Iraqi police said.
Police believe the wave of attacks, most of them within a two-hour time frame, were a coordinated effort by militants.
While most of the Baghdad attacks targeted majority Shiite neighborhoods, explosions also took place in the majority Sunni provinces of Salaheddin, Diyala, and Mosul.
No militant group claimed responsibility for the attacks, but authorities believe they may be attempts to unnerve Iraqis and erode their confidence in the ability of Iraq's army and police, a police official said.
The country has seen more coordinated attacks since American troops withdrew from Iraq at the end of 2011, the official said.
Today I read about seven U.S. Marines were killed in the midair collision of two U.S. military helicopters along the Arizona-California border, officials said Thursday.The crash occurred during routine training operations Wednesday night, the Marine Corps said in a statement.The collision, which occurred near the Marine Corps Air Station Yuma, involved an AH-1W "Super Cobra" attack helicopter and a UH-1Y "Huey" utility chopper.The aircraft were part of the 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing and based in Camp Pendleton in California.Six of the Marines killed in the crash were from Camp Pendleton, and one was from Yuma, the Marine Corps said.Authorities were investigating the collision. "We won't know exactly what happened until the investigation is complete, and we can't make any assumptions right now," said 1st Lt. Maureen Dooley, a Marine Corps spokeswoman.The Marines onboard were preparing for deployment to Afghanistan, she said.
2/23/12
Today I read about Argentina declares two-day mourning period after train crash kills 50 . The government and people of Argentina give their solidarity and weigh the pain felt by the families of the victims," President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner said in a statement declaring the mourning period. Memorials will be held outside Argentina's Government House and Olivos, the presidential residence, the state news agency Telam reported. The crash injured 676 people,Telam reported. Family members flooded local hospitals, clamoring for news of missing loved ones. Earlier Wednesday, Schiavi said authorities believed there were problems with the train's brakes that caused it to smash into a barrier at the station.
But the 35-year-old would never reach his destination. At an intersection near his home, he was ambushed and shot to death.
Investigators found 34 bullet casings at the scene. Juarez was found facing down with multiple bullet wounds in his head, chest and left side of his body.
His death made headlines in the Mexican city across the border from El Paso, Texas. Not only was the victim a police officer, but he was also the eighth member of the force to be murdered in two weeks.
In the weeks prior to Juarez's death, banners had appeared in Ciudad Juarez threatening to kill one officer per day unless Police Chief Julian Leyzaola resigned. Leyzaola, some of the banners claimed, was only targeting members of one cartel while its rivals roamed free.
2-24-12
Today I read about, An Alabama judge on Thursday abruptly dismissed the murder case against a man accused in the scuba-diving death of his newlywed wife off Australia's coast.The decision from Judge Tommy Nail came near the end of the second full week of David Gabriel "Gabe" Watson's trial in Birmingham. His 26-year-old wife, Tina, died October 22, 2003, while the pair were diving at a historic shipwreck off the Great Barrier Reef -- some 9,000 miles from Birmingham, where the two had wed 11 days earlier.
The Postal Service is in debt due to declining first-class mail volumes and a congressional mandate to prefund retirement health care benefits.
The agency was reaching out to employees on Wednesday, officials said. Not all of the workers affected by the plant closings will lose their jobs. Many will be offered posts at other processing plants miles away or even in other states. Some will be urged to retire.
Today i read a former Rutgers University student went on trial Friday in New Jersey on hate crimes charges and other counts for allegedly using a webcam to spy on his roommate's sexual encounter with another man.
The roommate, Tyler Clementi, committed suicide by jumping off the George Washington Bridge just days after Dahrun Ravi allegedly streamed the encounter remotely and allowed others to view it.
Ravi, 19, faces a 15-count indictment in connection with Clementi's 2010 death that includes charges of invasion of privacy, bias intimidation, tampering with physical evidence, witness tampering and hindering apprehension or prosecution.
2/24/12
Today I read About long buried landmines surface in Chile. Torrential rains washed long-buried landmines onto a heavily traveled highway near Chile's border with Peru this week.No one was injured, but activists say the incident is a reminder of the risks such explosive devices pose. In the 1970s, Chile placed mines along the South American nation's borders with Peru, Argentina and Bolivia as regional tensions rose during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship, which lasted until 1990. In 2010, landmines injured or killed 4,191 people, a 5% increase from the previous year, according to an International Campaign to Ban Landmines report issued late last year. Globally, tens of thousands of victims are living with injuries caused by landmines, Wiggans said, and many of them are seriously maimed and living in poor countries with limited infrastructure and resources to support them.
Today I read About long buried landmines surface in Chile. Torrential rains washed long-buried landmines onto a heavily traveled highway near Chile's border with Peru this week.No one was injured, but activists say the incident is a reminder of the risks such explosive devices pose. In the 1970s, Chile placed mines along the South American nation's borders with Peru, Argentina and Bolivia as regional tensions rose during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship, which lasted until 1990. In 2010, landmines injured or killed 4,191 people, a 5% increase from the previous year, according to an International Campaign to Ban Landmines report issued late last year. Globally, tens of thousands of victims are living with injuries caused by landmines, Wiggans said, and many of them are seriously maimed and living in poor countries with limited infrastructure and resources to support them.
Today I read About long buried landmines surface in Chile. Torrential rains washed long-buried landmines onto a heavily traveled highway near Chile's border with Peru this week.No one was injured, but activists say the incident is a reminder of the risks such explosive devices pose. In the 1970s, Chile placed mines along the South American nation's borders with Peru, Argentina and Bolivia as regional tensions rose during Gen. Augusto Pinochet's military dictatorship, which lasted until 1990. In 2010, landmines injured or killed 4,191 people, a 5% increase from the previous year, according to an International Campaign to Ban Landmines report issued late last year. Globally, tens of thousands of victims are living with injuries caused by landmines, Wiggans said, and many of them are seriously maimed and living in poor countries with limited infrastructure and resources to support them.
2-24-12 Today I read an article with the title of Braun blasts 'fatally flawed' baseball drug testing system. I read that Milwaukee Brewers outfielder Ryan Braun blasted Major League Baseball's drug testing system Friday, one day after an arbitration board tossed out a 50-game suspension imposed as the result of drug tests conducted last year. This is a process where players are "100% guilty until proven innocent," and in this case it "was fatally flawed," Braun said. "We won because the truth is on my side.“ Braun, the 2011 National League MVP, said he is still considering all possible legal options. My name's been "dragged through the mud," he told reporters. Countless "inaccurate, erroneous, and completely fabricated stories" have been circulated, and the league's response has been "a little bit sad and disappointing."
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille submitted his resignation Friday, President Michel Joseph Martelly announced.
Conille just assumed the position in October after being ratified by the country's Senate. His reasons for stepping down were not immediately clear.
Martelly's two previous prime ministerial nominees-- businessman Daniel Rouzier and lawyer Bernard Gousse -- had been rejected by the Haitian Senate. The inability to form a working government raised concerns about Haiti's ability to move forward after a devastating earthquake in January 2010.
Conille, a former United Nations development specialist, served as chief of staff for former President Bill Clinton when the latter served as special U.N. envoy in Haiti.
In that role, he was involved in international aid delivery to Haiti following the earthquake.
In a post on his official Facebook page, Martelly said only that his office received Conille's resignation.
Martelly is expected to address the nation Friday evening.
Conille, a gynecologist, earned a master's degree in health administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. He worked for the U.N. Development Program and is a protege of economist Jeffrey Sachs, director of The Earth Institute at Columbia University.
When he assumed the position in October, Conille was welcomed in many corners as someone knowledgeable about development challenges with experience in working with the global community.
The United Nations estimates the 2010 earthquake affected nearly 3 million people and killed about 220,000. More than 1.5 million people were left homeless in a country that was already the poorest in the Western hemisphere and wracked by crisis.
Today i read about Yemen will swear in its new president Saturday, cementing a power transfer deal reached in November to end months of protests and violence over outgoing leader Ali Abdullah Saleh's longtime rule. A formal inauguration will take place in Sana'a one that Saleh, who left the United States Thursday, is expected to attend. As of Saturday morning, Hadi will be Yemen's president and the inauguration on Monday will only be ceremonial and a celebration in support for Yemen's new leader.
2-28-12
Today I read about, A second victim has been pronounced brain dead from wounds suffered in the school shooting in Chardon, Ohio. Student by the name of Daniel Parmertor died Monday from this shooting. Three other students were wounded in the shooting. One, identified by MetroHealth Medical Center as Demetrius Hewlin, remained in critical condition Tuesday, according to the hospital.
Joanna Ramos, a fifth-grade student at Willard Elementary School, died of blunt force trauma to the head six hours after an altercation with a female classmate that lasted less than a minute, said Long Beach Police spokesman Sgt. Rico Fernandez.
Today I read about total death toll in Syria climbed past 7,500, according to U.N. estimates, U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Syrian President Bashar al-Assad could be tried for war crimes.
However, Clinton said Tuesday, pursuing charges against al-Assad might hinder efforts to persuade him to cede power.
The United Nations has credible reports that "the death toll now often exceeds 100 civilians a day, including women and children. The total is certainly well over 7,500."
Opposition activists and world leaders believe thousands of Syrians have died since March in a sustained government crackdown on dissenters.
2/28/12
Today I read about third student dies after Ohio school shooting. Police have yet to identify the alleged shooter, but many students some of whom said they were steps away when the shooting began described him as a withdrawn boy named T.J. Lane. Police Chief Tim McKenna said the motive remained unclear. He hoped prosecutors could provide more information after a hearing in juvenile court Tuesday afternoon.The suspect was scheduled to appear in juvenile court at 3:30 p.m. Two other students wounded in the shooting remained hospitalized Tuesday. They were being treated at Hillcrest Hospital in Mayfield Heights. Police said Monday that one was in serious condition and the other in stable condition. Their names have not been released.
Today I read that a ten year old. The fight she was involved last week may have been a homicide. Her name was Joanna Ramos, she was a fifth-grade student at Willard Elementary School, she died of blunt force trauma to the head six hours after an altercation with a female classmate that lasted less than a minute, said Long Beach Police spokesman Sgt. Rico Fernandez. In a statement, police said Ramos and her unidentified classmate had challenged each other to a planned fight when their school session ended Friday. "The two girls met in a nearby alley next to a church and began hitting each other," Fernandez said. The fight was brief, and no weapons were involved, authorities said. No arrests have been made.
Today I read about Joanna Ramos, a fifth-grade student at Willard Elementary School, died of blunt force trauma to the head six hours after an altercation with a female classmate that lasted less than a minute. The death of a 10-year-old girl who got into a fight last week to be a homicide. police said Ramos and her unidentified classmate had challenged each other to a planned fight when their school session ended Friday.
Officials have ruled the death of a 10-year-old girl who got into a fight last week to be a homicide, authorities said Monday.
Joanna Ramos, a fifth-grade student at Willard Elementary School, died of blunt force trauma to the head six hours after an altercation with a female classmate that lasted less than a minute, said Long Beach Police spokesman Sgt. Rico Fernandez.
Authorities have identified the other girl, who is 11, as well as several onlookers, and they are continuing to investigate what happened.
"There are several accounts of what transpired based on interviews with witnesses, but we have not concluded the precise motive," Fernandez said.
In a statement, police said Ramos and her unidentified classmate had challenged each other to a planned fight when their school session ended Friday. "The two girls met in a nearby alley next to a church and began hitting each other," Fernandez said.
The fight was brief, and no weapons were involved, authorities said.
According to Long Beach Unified School District spokesman Chris Eftychiou, Ramos finished her regular school session at 2:12 p.m. Friday and was supposed to remain on campus to begin her scheduled after-school program at 2:30.
"We believe the altercation occurred during that 15-minute window because she apparently left and returned for the session, which involves help with homework and academic-related activity," said Eftychiou.
After the fight, the girls left and went their separate ways.
Ramos stayed in the afternoon session for about an hour but did not exhibit obvious signs of physical trauma, said Eftychiou. "When she did complain of not feeling well, her cousin picked her up, but we had no indication she was involved in an altercation," he said.
"Only when she was at the hospital did we get word about the altercation, and there is no indication that bullying was a factor," said Eftychiou.
Once the investigation and autopsy are complete, the findings will be turned over to the Los Angeles County District Attorney's Office for review and to determine whether charges will be filed in the case.
No arrests have been made, authorities said.
On Monday, grief counselors were brought into Willard Elementary to assist instructors and students. "It was a somber day," said Eftychiou.
Ramos had been enrolled at the school for about a year and a half, he said.
today i read abourt...The two men do have some common background. Both were Egyptian military officers who joined the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Makkawi was a major and an explosives expert in Egypt's Special Forces. He went on trial in 1987 for his Islamist connections and was dismissed from the army. Both he and al-Adel - then a lieutenant and apparently a more active militant - left for Pakistan and joined Osama bin Laden's jihad. By 1988, Makkawi was fighting Soviet forces and their surrogates in Afghanistan. "I last saw Makkawi in 1989 when we fought together," Mohamed Omar Abdel Rahman, another former jihadist from Egypt, told CNN Wednesday. "I also knew al-Adel well and fought alongside with him during our jihad," added Abdel Rahman, who is also the son of the blind sheikh now serving a jail term in the United States for his involvement in the 1993 attempt to blow up the World Trade Center.
According to a source who followed al Qaeda at the time, Makkawi fell out with bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri, al Qaeda's current leader, soon after arriving in Pakistan. By about 1990, the source says, Makkawi had given up the gun in favor of contributing to a magazine in Islamabad - Akdas Wakadaya or "Events and Issues."
The two men do have some common background. Both were Egyptian military officers who joined the Egyptian Islamic Jihad. Makkawi was a major and an explosives expert in Egypt's Special Forces. He went on trial in 1987 for his Islamist connections and was dismissed from the army. Both he and al-Adel - then a lieutenant and apparently a more active militant - left for Pakistan and joined Osama bin Laden's jihad. By 1988, Makkawi was fighting Soviet forces and their surrogates in Afghanistan.
"I last saw Makkawi in 1989 when we fought together," Mohamed Omar Abdel Rahman, another former jihadist from Egypt, told CNN Wednesday. "I also knew al-Adel well and fought alongside with him during our jihad," added Abdel Rahman, who is also the son of the blind sheikh now serving a jail term in the United States for his involvement in the 1993 attempt to blow up the World Trade Center.
According to a source who followed al Qaeda at the time, Makkawi fell out with bin Laden and Ayman al Zawahiri, al Qaeda's current leader, soon after arriving in Pakistan. By about 1990, the source says, Makkawi had given up the gun in favor of contributing to a magazine in Islamabad - Akdas Wakadaya or "Events and Issues."
Opening statements in the trial of actress Nicollette Sheridan's claim that her "Desperate Housewives" character was killed off because she complained about mistreatment by the TV show's creator were delayed Wednesday morning as the judge considered an evidence dispute.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Elizabeth Allen White tossed reporters from the courtroom while she heard arguments over whether the jury should hear conversations that may have been protected by attorney-client privilege.
Once lawyers deliver their openings to the jury, Sheridan is expected to testify in her wrongful termination lawsuit against series creator-producer-writer Marc Cherry and ABC.
Several of Sheridan's former cast mates -- including Eva Longoria, Marcia Cross, James Denton, Felicity Huffman and Neal McDonough -- are on the list of witnesses expected to defend Cherry.
The suit contends that Cherry created "a hostile work environment" from the show's beginning in 2004.
"Cherry has a reputation for behaving in an extremely abusive and aggressive manner toward the individuals who work on the show, and is known for regularly demeaning the writers and staff in front of others on the show, including Sheridan," the suit says.
'Desperate Housewives' court drama
'Desperate Housewives' the movie? Cherry focused his hostility on Sheridan in the fifth season when "Cherry consistently behaved in a dismissive, demeaning and unprofessional manner toward Sheridan, not only in front of the other cast and crew on the show, but before the public at large," it says.
This "hostility and aggression toward Sheridan culminated" on the set of the show on September 24, 2008, the suit says.
The suit alleges that "during a rehearsal for the show, when Sheridan questioned Cherry about something that was in the script, Cherry took her aside and forcefully hit her with his hand across her face and head."
Sheridan complained to ABC executives about the September 2008 incident, but "nevertheless, Cherry's abusive and aggressive behavior towards Sheridan not only persisted, it worsened," the suit contends. "He continued to behave in a derisive and condescending manner toward Sheridan."
Eleven episodes later, in March 2009, her character, Edie Britt, was electrocuted after a car crash, ending Sheridan's employment on the series.
Defense lawyers argue that Cherry "lightly tapped her head in giving her direction for a scene," and "the decision that the character of Edie would die was made before the incident and was primarily a creative decision."
Sheridan's lawyers contend it is "exceptionally unusual for a popular character to be killed off or written out of a television series unless the actor has requested to be released from his or her contract."
Sheridan lost at least $20 million by missing out on the last three seasons, the suit says. Her pay was to be $250,000 for each episode in the eighth year, which is the final season for the series, it said.
Lawyers estimated in court filings that testimony in the trial could last more than two weeks.
Today I read that Texas is getting its own navy. Next month, the state's Department of Public Safety will deploy the first of a fleet of six gunboats on the Rio Grande, the river that forms the border between the state and Mexico, CNN affiliate WFAA-TV reports. The 34-foot-long boats, each powered by three, 300-horsepower outboard engines, will have bulletproof plating and six machine guns apiece, not unlike the river patrol boats the U.S. Navy used during the Vietnam War. The vessels will be able to operate in as little as 2 feet of water, according to the report, and will work with U.S. Customs and Border Protection to combat drug smuggling coming across the Rio Grande. "They're finding out when those people are coming across, and one of the things they need to be able to do is interdict them on the water," Texas state Rep. Paul Workman told CNN affiliate KVUE-TV when the first of the boats, the JD Davis, was christened in December. If you're trying to suppress organized smuggling activity, there's no substitute for putting people on the ground," Texas Department of Public Safety Director Steven C. McCraw said at the December ceremony. "The way they're operating right now, you need them on the water as well."
A group of American, European and Palestinian pro-democracy activists accused of fomenting unrest in Egypt left Cairo on a U.S. military jet Thursday after being allowed to post bail, U.S. and Egyptian authorities said.
The group had been under a travel ban that Egypt's government lifted Wednesday, two months after a series of raids that targeted international nongovernmental organizations.
U.S. State Department spokeswoman Victoria Nuland said the groups posted bail on behalf of their workers -- an amount that had been set at 2 million Egyptian pounds (about $332,000) each -- and whether they would return to face trial was "an issue that each one of them will have to make their own decision about."
One of the organizations involved praised the decision, but expressed concern for its Egyptian staffers who remained behind. And Nuland said the departure "doesn't resolve the legal case or the larger issues concerning the NGOs," which have strained ties between Cairo and Washington, its leading ally.
3/1/12
Today I read about students who died after stabbing incident at Chicago public school. The process, which includes the use of an electronic wand to screen entrants, takes place between the first and second set of school doors. The alleged attacker, a 17-year-old male, is suspected of stabbing his victims inside the front door but prior to going through the wand screening. The student who died was an 18 year old male who had been previously listed in critical condition after the attack. A 17 year old male student was also listed in serious condition.
3/1/12
Today I read about students who died after stabbing incident at Chicago public school. The process, which includes the use of an electronic wand to screen entrants, takes place between the first and second set of school doors. The alleged attacker, a 17-year-old male, is suspected of stabbing his victims inside the front door but prior to going through the wand screening. The student who died was an 18 year old male who had been previously listed in critical condition after the attack. A 17 year old male student was also listed in serious condition.
Today I read about U.S. Senate voted Thursday to kill a controversial proposal pushed by Republicans that would have allowed employers to opt out of providing health care coverage they disagree with on moral grounds.
By a 51-48 mostly party line vote, the motion by Democrats to table the amendment succeeded, effectively killing it. Three Democrats joined Republicans in opposing the tabling motion, while one Republican -- retiring moderate Sen. Olympia Snowe of Maine -- voted with Democrats in favor.
3-1-12 Today I read an article with the title of Charges laid over illegal sale of human kidneys in China . I read that a Beijing court has prosecuted more than a dozen people for organizing the illegal sale of 51 human kidneys worth about 10 million yuan (US$1.6 million) in one of China's biggest organ trafficking cases. The ring, headed by Zheng Wei, allegedly helped scores of customers find organs by paying mostly young and poor men approximately 25,000 yuan each. Their kidneys were then sold for about 200,000 yuan, according to the state-controlled People's Daily.
The Beijing Haidian District People's Procuratorate prosecuted Zheng and 15 others involved in the scam, including some doctors from state-run hospitals.
According to reports, an operation room from a township hospital in Jiangsu Province was set up between March and June of 2010, where more than 20 kidneys were removed from living "sellers" and sent to Beijing for patients suffering from kidney disease.
today i read that After this week's massive storm system, which spawned tornadoes that killed 12 people, you might appreciate this: NASA and NOAA (the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration) have teamed up to launch a new GOES weather monitoring satellite: the GOES-R series, which will help warn people about severe weather sooner.
GOES stands for Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite. As they orbit Earth, the satellites monitor atmospheric conditions. They're basically fixed in place over a single spot on the planet, with a wide-angle view, collecting data around the clock. This lets meteorologists identify triggers for severe weather like hurricanes, flash floods, hailstorms and tornadoes.
today i read In last year’s parliamentary (Duma) elections, current Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s United Russia party had to stuff ballot boxes just to avoid falling too far below the 50 percent mark. Now, as Putin presents himself to voters this Sunday as the once-and-future president, there’s clearly a bottom-up backlash brewing among the urban young and middle-class. Will it prevent a Putin win? Hardly. The only uncertainty here is how far Putin’s United Russia party will have to go to ensure a respectable victory margin. Whether anyone - at home or abroad - will actually respect the process is another thing. So, stipulating that Putin 2.0 is a given, here’s Wikistrat's weekly crowd-sourced examination of what all this may mean for Russia and the world at large
Today I read about president Barack Obama says he isn't bluffing when he says Iran shouldn't have a nuclear weapon, but he cautions against a premature Israeli strike against the Islamic republic.
"At a time when there is not a lot of sympathy for Iran and its only real ally, (Syria) is on the ropes, do we want a distraction in which suddenly Iran can portray itself as a victim?" he said this week in an interview with the Atlantic.
Obama, who will be meeting Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, said a permanent solution is necessary.
"The only way historically that a country has ultimately decided not to get nuclear weapons without constant military intervention has been when they themselves take (nuclear weapons) off the table. That's what happened in Libya, that's what happened in South Africa," Obama said.
Baghdad (CNN) -- A Kurdish student shot and killed his American teacher at a Christian school in the northern Iraqi city of Sulaimaniya, then turned the gun on himself, the local mayor said Thursday.
Witnesses reported that the student and teacher had argued a few minutes before the shooting, Sulaimaniya Mayor Zana Mohammed Saleh told CNN. He said an investigation was still under way, but the attack did not appear to have any political motivation.
Sulaimaniya is in Iraq's autonomous and relatively secure Kurdish region. In Baghdad, the U.S. Embassy said the American consulate in Erbil was trying to confirm the details and the identity of the victim.
The shooting occurred at a campus of the Classical School of the Medes, a private, Christian, English-based network of schools operating in the Kurdish region of northern Iraq.
Saleh said that after the student and teacher had argued, the student pulled a pistol and shot the teacher. Then he started screaming and shot himself, dying a few hours later at a local hospital.
"This is not a religious or political motivation behind this shooting. It's just another criminal incident," the mayor said. "However, the investigation is still ongoing."
today i read
The cafeteria table where the deadly Ohio high school shooting began became a somber memorial for grief-stricken students returning for Friday first full day of classes since the incident.
A boy at Chardon High opened fire on Monday and killed three classmates. Two other students were hospitalized and another was grazed by gunfire.
The shooting rocked the school and the community of 5,100 people located 30 miles east of Cleveland. Teens heading back to their daily routines noticed some changes designed to reassure and calm them.
Senior Garrett Szalay told CNN the lunchroom table where the shooting began hasn't been moved. Flowers and stuffed animals are sitting on top of it, he said.
Today, I read about the results of the upcoming parliamentary elections in Iran, scheduled for March 2, will tell us much about Iranian Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei’s ambitions and concerns, but little about what the people of Iran want.
This is because in all likelihood, these elections will be anything but democratic. It will be the Iranian supreme leader who decides who the winners and losers of these elections will be, and he won’t want to leave things to chance. With U.S.-led sanctions hurting his regime and undermining his legitimacy since the fraudulent 2009 presidential election, control of the regime is now more important than ever for Khamenei. This’s why he won’t want – or allow – the results of tomorrow’s election to be decided by anyone other than himself. Fearing a low turnout, the Iranian regime will also likely come up with its own figure for how many people voted, so expect the official figure to be at least 60 percent, if not much higher.
today i read that Family and friends of 16-year-old Demetrius C. Hewlin, one of three students killed in an Ohio school shooting, were preparing Monday to say their final goodbyes.
A visitation was set for Hewlin at Burr Funeral Home in Chardon ahead of Tuesday's funeral mass, the same day accused shooter T.J. Lane heads back to court.
Hewlin was killed last week when a lone gunman opened fire on students in Chardon High School's cafeteria. Two other students were hospitalized and another was grazed by gunfire
On the gridiron of Russian presidential politics, Vladimir Putin was the heavy favorite and he did not disappoint. Despite months of anti-regime protests and a relatively transparent voting process, Putin appears to have won well above 60% of the vote, with a respectable turnout of just over today i read about 56%. This means that Putin will not only return to the Kremlin in May, but will claim a mandate to govern based on the will of the Russian people. As in sports betting, this outcome promises a big payoff for some, and a long, cold winter for others.
So who were the winners and losers after Sunday’s blowout
3-5-2012 Today I read an article with the title of Ammo dump explodes in Congo, killing 200. I read that A series of explosions at an ammunition depot killed 200 people and wounded about 2,000 more in Brazzaville, the capital of Africa's Republic of Congo, Congolese officials said Monday. The explosions occurred shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday (2 a.m. ET) when a fire at the depot set off a cache of tank shells, said Betu Bangana, director of protocol for President Denis Sassou-Nguesso. Bangana said at least 200 people had been confirmed dead by Monday morning, and many bodies may be "unfindable.“ Ministry of Information press attache Bruno Impene said hospitals were overflowing, with the wounded lying in the corridors. The blasts destroyed numerous homes in the neighborhoods surrounding the installation, Bangana said.
President Barack Obama and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday their nations stand together in their efforts to prevent Iran from having a nuclear weapon.
The two leaders met at the White House to discuss Iran's nuclear program and other Middle East issues amid talk that Israel may attack nuclear sites in Iran.
In comments to reporters before the meeting, Obama said both he and Netanyahu prefer a diplomatic solution to the Iranian issue.
Today I read about when Michael Dukakis beat his main Democratic rivals in a slew of March primary states, "Super Tuesday" has usually played a pivotal role in determining presidential nominees in both parties.
This year, it will not.
That's because the mechanics of the 2012 Republican race are beginning to resemble those of the 2008 Democratic nomination fight, a grind-it-out battle for delegates that could last through well into the spring.
"It's a muddle," said Jack Lindley, the Republican Party chairman in Vermont, one of 10 primary and caucus states that will vote Tuesday. "Mitt Romney will probably pick up the most delegates on Super Tuesday and then it goes on, state by state, drip by drip. It's like water torture."
Today I read that Recovery crews in southern New Mexico were working to reach a child's body at the bottom of a 30-foot-deep hole Sunday. Authorities believe the child is Samuel Jones, who went missing Saturday, Carlsbad Police Department spokeswoman Lt. Jennifer Moyers said in a statement. Officials think the child died when he fell into the hole in his neighbor's yard, CNN affiliate KOAT reported. "We initially began with rescue procedures. Unfortunately, it was discovered that the conditions inside the hole were not survivable, the amount of oxygen that was there, the temperature, that type of thing," Carlsbad Police Chief Daniel Fierro told CNN affiliate KRQE . A detective searching for the 4-year-old Sunday morning spotted the body when he shined a light into the neighbor's well, KOAT reported. It could take a day for mining crews to reach the body safely, state police said. "It breaks my heart, that little boy down there," heavy equipment operator Paul Kartscner told KOAT. Crews were digging a trench from the side of the hole and shoring up the sides, KOAT said. Investigators, who said Saturday that they feared the boy had been abducted by a stranger, said Sunday that they were treating the case as a homicide until they determine a cause of death, KRQE reported.
today i read that For former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney, who's riding the wave of three wins in a week, Super Tuesday provides an opportunity to break away from his rivals in the Republican presidential race.
"After weeks of 'must-wins,' Super Tuesday actually earns that description," said GOP strategist Doug Heye, a former communications director for the Republican National Committee.
In all, 419 delegates are up for grabs when 10 states hold primaries and caucuses -- more than all the contests to date combined, and more than a third of the 1,144 delegates needed to clinch the nomination.
Today I read about a man that survive from a tornado. This man tried to save 5 kids that was in his house. He says that life would never be the same for him anymore. After losing those 5 he says that it's hard. Jason Miller (tornado survivor) says he was 50 feet in the air and all he can see is wood flying around him. After that he was found in a field and his kids were found by him in a pile of mud.
A decorated U.S. soldier died Tuesday morning along with his two young daughters as he attempted to rescue the girls from their burning North Carolina home, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said.
Chief Warrant Officer II Edward Duane Cantrell, 36, was a member of the 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg.
The Green Beret had returned in August from his latest overseas deployment, said Lt. Col. April Olsen, spokeswoman for U.S. Army Services Command at Fort Bragg.
His wife, Louise, told officials the family was upstairs when the fire broke out just before 2 a.m. Tuesday in Hope Mills, a suburb of Fayetteville.
She jumped from a second-floor window and ran next door to call for help while her husband went to get their daughter, ages, 4 and 6, said Debbie Tanna, spokeswoman for the sheriff's office.
"They never made it out," Tanna said.
Local media reports say Cantrell and his two young daughters, Natalia and Isabella, died from smoke inhalation.
Louise Cantrell was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, Tanna told CNN affiliate WRAL.
Officials believe the family's century-old home had tinderbox conditions that led to "a very intense fire."
Military officials said the Fort Bragg soldier had completed six deployments, including one to Iraq and five to Afghanistan.
He had four Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart for his service, according to the Army Special Operations Command.
"There are no words to express the sorrow felt in our close-knit community when one of our families suffers such a loss," Olsen said.
A decorated U.S. soldier died Tuesday morning along with his two young daughters as he attempted to rescue the girls from their burning North Carolina home, the Cumberland County Sheriff's Office said.
Chief Warrant Officer II Edward Duane Cantrell, 36, was a member of the 3rd Special Forces Group at Fort Bragg.
The Green Beret had returned in August from his latest overseas deployment, said Lt. Col. April Olsen, spokeswoman for U.S. Army Services Command at Fort Bragg.
His wife, Louise, told officials the family was upstairs when the fire broke out just before 2 a.m. Tuesday in Hope Mills, a suburb of Fayetteville.
She jumped from a second-floor window and ran next door to call for help while her husband went to get their daughter, ages, 4 and 6, said Debbie Tanna, spokeswoman for the sheriff's office.
"They never made it out," Tanna said.
Local media reports say Cantrell and his two young daughters, Natalia and Isabella, died from smoke inhalation.
Louise Cantrell was taken to Cape Fear Valley Medical Center in Fayetteville, Tanna told CNN affiliate WRAL.
Officials believe the family's century-old home had tinderbox conditions that led to "a very intense fire."
Military officials said the Fort Bragg soldier had completed six deployments, including one to Iraq and five to Afghanistan.
He had four Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart for his service, according to the Army Special Operations Command.
"There are no words to express the sorrow felt in our close-knit community when one of our families suffers such a loss," Olsen said.
Today I read that on Tuesday morning a decorated U.S. soldier and his two daughters died. He attempted to rescue them from their burning North Carolina home. His wife, Louise, told officials the family was upstairs when the fire broke out just before 2 a.m. Tuesday in Hope Mills, a suburb of Fayetteville. She jumped from a second-floor window and ran next door to call for help while her husband went to get their daughters, ages, 4 and 6, said Debbie Tanna, spokeswoman for the sheriff's office. They never made it out, Local media reports say Cantrell and his two young daughters, Natalia and Isabella, died from smoke inhalation. Officials believe the family's century-old home had tinderbox conditions that led to "a very intense fire.“ Military officials said the Fort Bragg soldier had completed six deployments, including one to Iraq and five to Afghanistan. He had four Bronze Stars and a Purple Heart for his service, according to the Army Special Operations Command.
3/6/12
Today I read about A nursing home fire that killed one person and injured several others in Ohio was caused by a clandestine methamphetamine laboratory" in one of the facility's rooms, a fire official said Monday.Ashtabula, Ohio, Fire Department Chief Ron Pristera made the statement in a news release Monday, hours after a Sunday-night blaze hit the Park Haven Home in the town some 60 miles northeast of Cleveland.
A tearful Peyton Manning announced the end of his 14-year career with the Indianapolis Colts on Wednesday, but said he plans to be playing in the NFL again.
In a press conference with Colts owner Jim Irsay, the four-time NFL Most Valuable Player said circumstances had brought his time with the Colts to an end, despite both the wishes of him and Irsay that things could have worked out differently.
"It wasn't his decision. It wasn't my decision. Circumstances kind of dictated it," Manning said.
Manning did not play during the entire 2011 season after having surgery to repair a neck injury. With their longtime leader off the field, the Colts plummeted to a 2-14 record and earned the top pick in April's NFL Draft. That makes Stanford quarterback Andrew Luck and Baylor QB Robert Griffin III available to them. Both are considered franchise quarterbacks, much like Manning was when the Colts selected him with the No. 1 overall pick in the 1998 draft. The Colts are expected to take Luck or Griffin and begin to rebuild the team.
Irsay said Wednesday keeping Manning during that rebuilding process wouldn't be fair to Manning and would prevent the team from having the money necessary to revamp its roster. The Colts would have owed Manning a $28 million bonus if he'd remained on their roster past Wednesday.
Today I read about France has too many foreigners and is not integrating them properly, President Nicolas Sarkozy said in an interview on French television.
"Today we have a problem," Sarkozy said Tuesday night on France 2 TV.
"Our system of integration is working worse and worse, because we have too many foreigners on our territory and we can no longer manage to find them accommodation, a job, a school," he said.
France places a premium on national identity, pressing the population to put "Frenchness" before religion or national background.
Sarkozy is running for a second term in office, with voting set for April 22. He faces a strong challenge from Francois Hollande of the Socialist party and a range of candidates from smaller parties, including the far-right Marine Le Pen.
today i read about Imagine controlling Syria's equivalent of Verizon, its duty-free stores, a chunk of its oil industry, a TV network and its choicest property developments. Rami Makhlouf, a cousin of President Bashar al Assad, did - and maybe still does. He is by all accounts the richest man in Syria, worth some $5 billion before the Syrian economy entered what U.S. Ambassador Robert Ford calls its "sharp downward spiral." The Makhlouf family is one of a business elite that has done exceptionally well during the Assad dynasty. And its spectacular enrichment has fed resentment among ordinary Syrians. "It's not a question right now of Alawites versus Sunnis," U.S. Assistant Secretary of State Jeffrey Feltman told a Senate hearing Thursday. "It's a question of the Assad-Makhlouf mafia that has basically hijacked the entire state of Syria for four decades in order to enrich itself and protect itself against the Syrian people." At a tearful news conference in June, Makhlouf announced he was giving up his business interests and investing the proceeds in charities to help victims of the unrest. He said then the gesture was because he was "so keen on preserving the nation, its land, its people and its leadership."
Today i read that the New Orleans Saints admitted Tuesday to paying bonuses for hits that would knock opposing players out of a game, vowing the practice won't be repeated.
Saints Head Coach Sean Payton and General Manager Mickey Loomis said they take "full responsibility" for the practice, which they said "happened under our watch."
"These are serious violations, and we understand the negative impact it has had on our game," Loomis and Payton said in a statement issued Tuesday evening.
"Both of us have made it clear within our organization that this will never happen again, and make that same promise to the NFL and most importantly to all of our fans."
Today I read that on Wednesday three people, including a deputy, were injured afternoon after a man exchanged gunfire with officers on a plaza outside the Tulsa County, Oklahoma, Courthouse, officials said. The gunman, the deputy and a bystander were hospitalized, said Sgt. Shannon Clark of the Tulsa County Sheriff's Office. The incident began around 2;39 when the gunman discharged a handgun into the air. Clark said the deputies confronted him and he began shooting. The officers returned fire . The deputy suffered non-life-threatening injuries , a woman was in fair conditions. A fourth person at the seen was treated for emotional distress.
3/8/12
Today I read about Stephanie Decker, an Indiana mother who shielded her two children from tornadoes and lost her two legs after being pinned by her collapsing house. Some wanted to know if they could help pay for her medical bills, others wanted to wish her well, and others hoped to help her and her children because of Decker's act of bravery. Stephanie Decker was at home Friday when her husband texted her that a tornado was hurtling directly toward their three-story home in Henryville, Indiana. Just minutes before the tornado swept through, Decker and her young son and daughter huddled in the basement. She covered them with a blanket to try to shield them from debris. Then, another storm came roaring through. She again covered her children the best she could, taking the brunt of the debris as her home collapsed around her.
Today I read that a cardiologist might have his medical license revoked by state authorities who accused him of performing illegal stem cell therapy treatment on a elderly patient who died during the procedure . On Wednesday Florida's department of health ordered the emergency suspension of dr.zannos grekos’ medical license . accusing the Bonita Springs doctor of violating an emergency order against using stem cell treatments in Florida and allegedly causing the death of an unnamed elderly patient. Grekos can appeal the order
A current article is claiming that several recent explosions on the sun or CME activity may result in some damage to satellites. The least this solar flare activity of February 17, 2011 might do suggests the article is to set up a auroral light show for many people who are not accustomed to viewing these dancing lights in the sky which are dependant on the activity of the sun.
2012 is full of speculation about coronal mass ejections.
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Today I read about a documentary detailing accusations of vile acts committed by the Ugandan warlord has spread like wildfire on social media (at the time of writing it has had more than 50 million views), prompting international outrage and a groundswell of support for his capture.
In the documentary, "Kony 2012," which was posted online by the U.S.-based group Invisible Children, the tales of atrocities are horrifying: armed supporters force abducted children to kill their own parents, brutal mutilations include the hacking off of lips and limbs, and the sexual slavery of young girls stolen from their families. The group says its aim is to raise awareness and bring Kony to justice.
While some critics question whether the film captures the full scope of the conflict, one matter is without debate: Kony now ranks as one of the International Criminal Court's most wanted men, facing arrest on charges of crimes against humanity after a 26-year campaign of brutality in his failed bid to overthrow the Ugandan government.
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The economy added 227,000 jobs in February, but the unemployment rate didn't change at all.
Woe is the White House -- which would love to have the lowest rate possible heading into the general election.
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Obama battles job crisis
Before Obama even took office, America had lost 4.4 million jobs. Track his progress since then.But why didn't the unemployment rate change if the economy added jobs?
The unemployment rate measures the percent of the labor force that is unemployed.
The unemployed are individuals who have actively looked for work over the previous four weeks. Looking for work can mean having a job interview, sending out resumes, or even something as simple as calling friends or relatives in hopes of finding a job.
The number of unemployed is then divided by the total labor force. And in February, the size of the labor force increased -- possibly as discouraged workers started looking for work again.
today i read about One year ago, the world watched as a massive tsunami engulfed entire communities in northern Japan. Live television footage showed waves as high as 30 feet rushing into coastal cities, tossing around boats, cars and rooftops just an hour after one of the largest earthquakes ever recorded. "I thought Japan would disappear," one elderly survivor said in the immediate aftermath. "I thought Japan would disappear under water." Earthquakes are not uncommon for Japan, which rests on one of the world's most active fault lines. But the one that triggered the tsunami on March 11, 2011, had a magnitude of 9.0, making it the fourth-largest earthquake in the world since 1900. "My wife and I stood outside and basically held on to the outside of our house," resident Matt Alt said on the day of the quake. "We couldn't even stand up. We have never ever felt anything on the magnitude of what we experienced today." The videos from last year's disaster are still astonishing today. One shows a man trapped in rushing waters, desperately clinging to a telephone wire. Another shows people running away from the tsunami, barely escaping before a wall of water barrels into their homes. Many other people, however, were not so lucky. As of Friday, the official death toll was 15,854. An additional 3,167 people are still missing.
today i read about "The broken glass has been swept away, the building cracks have been filled and repaired, the pavements have been evened out and to all appearances here in Tokyo, on the surface, everything continues as normal," Nicky Washida wrote on CNN iReport. "The 'wa' -- harmony -- has been restored. But scratch away just underneath and this is a city that has figuratively and literally been rocked to its core." In the quest to rebuild their lives, Washida and four others found inner strength, compassion, community, new love and even a new life. Faith, love and motivation Christina Ras nearly left Japan for her native Philippines after the earthquake. "During this one year period of time, the consequences and effects of the earthquake affected my plans, perspective and attitude of dealing with life, especially as a foreigner in Japan," she wrote in her iReport. "I had to make a plan B. I was very frustrated that living in Japan will be worthless. It was traumatizing and depressing."
Today I read about the second time in five months, a U.S. soldier from a Washington military base is accused of committing atrocities against civilians in Afghanistan.
The unidentified soldier, an Army staff sergeant, is accused of firing on civilians, killing 16, in a house-to-house shooting rampage in two villages on Sunday, according to officials from NATO's International Security Assistance Force.
He had been stationed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, a sprawling military installation between Tacoma and Olympia, Washington.
today i read Pacific Gas & Electric Co. will pay San Bruno, California, $70 million in restitution for the pipeline rupture that killed eight people and destroyed dozens of homes in September 2010, the utility and city said Monday.
"This money will be used for the benefit of all the citizens of our city and to help us, as a community, get beyond the tragedy and devastation caused by PG&E's explosion and fire," San Bruno Mayor Jim Ruane said in a joint news release.
Federal officials said in August that a faulty pipe, flawed operations and inadequate government oversight led to the natural gas explosion in the San Francisco suburb.
"The community of San Bruno has suffered through a terrible tragedy and we understand that this accident will affect this community forever," PG&E President Chris Johns said.
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Long before the sun even hinted at lighting the sky Sunday, an American soldier left the remote combat outpost of Camp Belambay, allegedly headed for two villages in the Panjwai district of Afghanistan's Kandahar Province.
The district is notorious as a hotbed of Taliban activity, even considered the cradle of the militant movement, though one resident swore she hadn't seen Taliban fighters in months.
Today I read that a recent rash of killings of people perceived to be gay or emo in Iraq has stoked fear within those communities, which worry the government might be unwilling or unable to protect them.At least 14 such victims were killed in Baghdad in the past three weeks, according to a senior Interior Ministry official, who was not authorized to talk to the media. Rights activists claim the number is actually much higher, with some suggesting dozens or more than 100 have been killed since February.The killings appear to target people perceived to be gay, or emo -- shorthand in Iraq for an in-your-face style of Western dress that favors tight clothes, long hair and the color black.Most of the killings have taken place in Shiite neighborhoods like Sadr City, Shulaa, Ameen and Tariq, activists said.Open Mic: Iraqis' message to U.S.Iraq: Camp Bucca's new business"Ten days ago, I received a letter from militiamen threatening me that if they found me then they will not kill me like other 'perverts,' but they will cut my body into pieces," a gay activist told CNN on Sunday.The activist, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of safety concerns, showed CNN a copy of a letter he said was distributed in Sadr City, identifying 33 potential "gay and emo" targets."We strongly warn every male and female debauchee, if you do not stop this dirty act within four days, then the punishment of God will fall on you at the hands of Mujahideen," it read.CNN could not confirm the authenticity of the letter. The anonymous threats and murders come less than a month after the Interior Ministry released a statement on the so-called emo phenomenon, blasting it as Satanic.
Today I read about six fingers from a child found in a Hawaii trash bin have been examined by experts at the military's Joint POW/MIA Accounting Command at Pearl Harbor, but there are no new leads in the case, CNN affiliate Hawaii News Now reports.Robert Mann, director of the forensics academy at the military unit, said the fingers give investigators only scant information on where to take an investigation."It's not a complete hand. It's not a complete body. And so the less you have of an individual to try to identify or to work with, the harder our job is," Mann told Hawaii News Now.
Today i read at least one person was killed and at least two others were injured in a shooting Wednesday at a Texas courthouse, a judge said.
The shooting occurred outside a courthouse in Jefferson County, Texas, Judge Larry Gist said.
Witnesses saw an elderly woman dead on the sidewalk in front of the courthouse, said Kevin Steele, a reporter for CNN affiliate KBMT-TV.
"There was a defendant on trial. It was break time, lunchtime, and he apparently shot three people, maybe four," Gist told CNN.
A witness in the case against the suspect was one of those shot, said Gist, who had left the courthouse for lunch and heard shots fired from a block away.
Today I read that a judge said that at least on person was killed and two were injured in a shooting at a courthouse shooting in Texas. The shooting happened outside the courthouse in Jefferson county , judge Larry gist said . There was a elderly woman dead on the sidewalk in front of the courthouse. "There was a defendant on trial. It was break time, lunchtime, and he apparently shot three people, maybe four," Gist said. A witness in the case against the suspect was one of those shot, said Gist, who had left the courthouse for lunch and heard shots fired from a block away. Police shot the suspect, and the courthouse was evacuated after the shooting, Gist said. The suspect was in police custody Wednesday afternoon.
Today I read about twenty-two children and six adults died when a bus crashed into the wall of a tunnel in Switzerland, police said. Another 24 children were injured in Tuesday night's wreck, authorities said. Three children are hospitalized in critical condition, Jean-Pierre Deslarzes, medical chief of the Canton Valais rescue organization, told a news conference Wednesday afternoon. Others are expected to be discharged from the hospital in the coming days. The bus was on its way back to Belgium after a ski trip when it slammed into the side of a highway tunnel in Sierre in the Swiss canton of Valais. It was carrying 52 people: two drivers, four other adults and 46 children, aged 11 and 12 years old. Prosecutor Olivier Elsig told reporters at the news conference that the cause of the crash was still under investigation, but initial inquiries indicated the bus, which was new, was not speeding and that the road conditions were good.
today i read about Americo Lopes, a New Jersey construction worker who scored a Mega Millions lottery jackpot in 2009, tried to cheat his fellow workers out of their share of the pool by claiming the ticket as exclusively his own, a jury has ruled. Five other construction workers based in Elizabeth, New Jersey, will share the jackpot after a state court ruled unanimously that Lopes had fraudulently claimed the entire bounty. The $38.5 million ticket amounted to $24 million after Lopes chose the cash option. The plaintiffs were identified as Candido Silva Jr., Carlos Fernandes, Daniel Esteves, Candido Silva Sr. and Jose Sousa, according to court spokeswoman Sandra Thaler-Gerber. They are expected to be awarded about $2 million each, after taxes and attorneys' fees, she said. "They feel vindicated," said attorney Rubin M. Sinins, who said the group of workers had chipped in on the pool since 2007. New Jersey's The Star-Ledger newspaper reported that Lopes responded to the ruling by saying "They robbed me." His wife, Margarida, added that "justice was not served today," the newspaper reported. After scoring the winning ticket, Lopes apparently told his boss at Berto Construction Inc. that he needed extended time off because of foot surgery, according to testimony.
today i read about Americo Lopes, a New Jersey construction worker who scored a Mega Millions lottery jackpot in 2009, tried to cheat his fellow workers out of their share of the pool by claiming the ticket as exclusively his own, a jury has ruled.
Five other construction workers based in Elizabeth, New Jersey, will share the jackpot after a state court ruled unanimously that Lopes had fraudulently claimed the entire bounty. The $38.5 million ticket amounted to $24 million after Lopes chose the cash option.
The plaintiffs were identified as Candido Silva Jr., Carlos Fernandes, Daniel Esteves, Candido Silva Sr. and Jose Sousa, according to court spokeswoman Sandra Thaler-Gerber.
They are expected to be awarded about $2 million each, after taxes and attorneys' fees, she said.
"They feel vindicated," said attorney Rubin M. Sinins, who said the group of workers had chipped in on the pool since 2007.
New Jersey's The Star-Ledger newspaper reported that Lopes responded to the ruling by saying "They robbed me."
His wife, Margarida, added that "justice was not served today," the newspaper reported.
After scoring the winning ticket, Lopes apparently told his boss at Berto Construction Inc. that he needed extended time off because of foot surgery, according to testimony.
today i read about the syrian city of homs that has showed killing
and other inceedents that are apparently committed by security forces in neighborhoods that have opposed the government.They have noticed that the killings were a sectarian massacre carried out by thugs allied to the regime.CNN has attempted to reach the Syrian Foreign Ministry for reaction but there was no answer. The Syrian government has in the past blamed armed gangs for such attacks.
today i read Police in Lufkin, Texas, have made an arrest in the case of a barista abducted from an Anchorage, Alaska, coffee stand in early February, Anchorage police said Friday.
Israel Keyes, a construction worker from Anchorage, was arrested after a traffic stop in the Texas city on Tuesday, Anita Shell, Anchorage Police Department public information director, told CNN.
“He was arrested for fraud and related activity in connection with access devices, which is a felony,” said Shell, adding that she couldn't comment further because the arrest warrant in the case has been sealed
Today I read that feds grant native American tribe permit to kill bald eagles for a religious purpose. The u.s government has given native americans a permit to kill two bald eagles. Native americans are going to kill our symbol . The eagle "flies higher then any other creature. It sees many things. It's closer to the Creator," said Robert Holden, deputy director of the National Congress of American Indians. Holden said he was bothered by the comments he was hearing: that this permit would lead to a mass killing of bald eagles. "How stupid can that be?" he said. "It's a religion. It's what we do. We're more concerned about the eagle population than any culture in this Western Hemisphere. Why would we want to kill all the eagles?“ Hogan said the permit's issuance will have little effect on the powerful raptor. Taking two eagles from the wild "will not in any way jeopardize the status of the eagle population, either in the state of Wyoming or nationwide," he said, "and the good news is bald eagles are doing quite well.“ That wasn't the case some 70 years ago, when the species was threatened with extinction, leading Congress to pass a law prohibiting the killing, selling or possession of the bird. In 2007, the bald eagle was removed from the threatened and endangered species list.
A teacher was gunned down along with his two children at a Jewish school in southern France Monday, while the director of the school saw his daughter shot and killed in front of him, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a somber appearance at the school.
It is the third time in the past 10 days that a gunman on a motorcycle has fired on members of ethnic minorities in the southwest of France. Authorities believe the cases are linked, and a court in Paris has opened an investigation under anti-terrorism powers.
Monday's killing of four people at Ozar Hatorah school in Toulouse was a "national tragedy," Sarkozy said. He called for a minute's silence in French schools on Tuesday
. The gunman pulled up in front of the Jewish school just before 8 a.m. and started shooting, authorities said.
The dead included a 3-year-old child, and a 17-year-old was wounded, according to local prosecutor Michael Valet.
today i read about An avalanche in northern Norway swept six French skiers down a mountain, killing at least two of them, police said Monday. "We have located two dead people in the avalanche, and one has been dug out alive," Astrid Nilsen with the Troms Police District told CNN. "We have also located three more avalanche pagers that we are working on digging out, but we are not sure that there will be anyone with them in case they lost their pagers in the avalanche." Skiers carry pagers to help authorities locate them in such situations. Police, civilians and helicopters were involved in the search in the mountains of Djupvik in the community of Kafjord in Troms. "It is a good weather here today so we are hopeful we'll find them," said Torstein Skogvang, a police spokesman. Authorities were notified around 2:30 p.m. (9.30 a.m. ET) of the avalanche, he said. "According to the initial reports, (there) are six persons from France who were out skiing and got caught in the avalanche," Skogvang told CNN. He said the six were among a group of 12 on the mountain.
Today I read about A teacher was gunned down along with his two children at a Jewish school in southern France Monday, while the director of the school saw his daughter shot and killed in front of him, French President Nicolas Sarkozy said in a somber appearance at the school.Monday's killing of four people at Ozar Hatorah school in Toulouse was a "national tragedy," Sarkozy said. He called for a minute's silence in French schools on Tuesday.It is the third time in the past 10 days that a gunman on a motorcycle has fired on minorities in the southwest of France.
An avalanche in northern Norway swept six French skiers down a mountain, killing at least two of them, police said Monday.
"We have located two dead people in the avalanche, and one has been dug out alive," Astrid Nilsen with the Troms Police District told CNN. "We have also located three more avalanche pagers that we are working on digging out, but we are not sure that there will be anyone with them in case they lost their pagers in the avalanche."
Skiers carry pagers to help authorities locate them in such situations.
Police, civilians and helicopters were involved in the search in the mountains of Djupvik in the community of Kafjord in Troms.
"It is a good weather here today so we are hopeful we'll find them," said Torstein Skogvang, a police spokesman.
Authorities were notified around 2:30 p.m. (9.30 a.m. ET) of the avalanche, he said.
"According to the initial reports, (there) are six persons from France who were out skiing and got caught in the avalanche," Skogvang told CNN.
He said the six were among a group of 12 on the mountain.
Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- In Najabyan village, a visitor's eye is immediately drawn to the turquoise and green sheets blanketing mounds of dirt, and the red, green and gold flag flying above it all.
Those are the only bits of color in the otherwise gray and brown landscape of Afghanistan's Kandahar province.
But underneath the colorful cloth is a stark reminder of a terrible moment in the village's history.
The sheets cover the graves of victims from a March 11 massacre that is being blamed on a U.S. soldier who is accused of sneaking off his base and going on a shooting rampage in the dead of night, killing 16 civilians, including children.
Ali Ahmad, one of the villagers, holds a blood-stained pillow in his home, then goes to his neighbor's home and shows blood splatter on a wall as he describes what he remembers.
Authorities are investigating the possibility that neo-Nazis are behind a shooting spree that left three children and a teacher dead at a Jewish school in France, Interior Minister Claude Gueant said Tuesday.
That is one of several ideas authorities are following after the Monday killings -- the third fatal attack on people from minority groups in the south of France in the space of eight days.
The country's southwest region remained on scarlet alert, the highest possible level, after the teacher and three children were gunned down at the Ozar Hatorah school in Toulouse.
The gunman at the Jewish school wore a camera on his chest during the attack, Gueant told Europe 1 in an interview Tuesday.
The minister said a witness had told authorities about the device. Gueant did not know if the gunman recorded the attack.
President Sarkozy will receive the bodies of the victims when they arrive in Paris
Interior Minister Claude Gueant says authorities are probing possible neo-Nazi involvement
The gunman who killed 4 at a Jewish school was wearing a camera, the minister says
Southwest France remains on scarlet alert, the highest terror threat level
Today I read about death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen who was shot while walking in his neighborhood in Sanford, Florida, has sparked allegations of racial profiling and calls for the gunman to be charged.Federal prosecutors and the FBI will investigate the incident.George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who has acknowledged shooting Martin, has not been charged and says it was self-defense
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Today I read about The National Weather Service has issued a flash flood watch for sections of Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas. Severe thunderstorms are forecast across much of the same area. The Medina County, Texas, Sheriff's Office said it received more than 300 calls about damages or injuries. Authorities, though, are "in rescue mode" searching for a motorcycle rider who is unaccounted for since the system came through, said Lawrence Trevino, San Antonio's emergency manager who is assisting neighboring counties in the response. The unsettled weather pattern brought snow to the western United States over the weekend and more was forecast for Tuesday.
Renegade soldiers in Mali declared Thursday that they have seized power in the West African nation and dissolved public institutions because of the government's handling of an insurgency.
Soldiers wearing fatigues said on state media that they have suspended the constitution, closed the borders and imposed a curfew in the country, which U.S. officials have previously described as "one of the strongest democracies on the continent."
"Considering the incapacity of the regime in effectively fighting against terrorism and restoring dignity to the Malian people, using its constitutional rights, the armed forces of Mali, along with other security forces, have decided to take on their responsibilities to put an end to this incompetent regime of President Amadou Toumani Toure," said Amadou Konare, the spokesman for the soldiers.
Toure's whereabouts were unclear. Hours before the military announcement, the president's official government Twitter feed denied reports of an attempted coup.
The developments drew condemnation from world leaders who expressed support for the beleaguered Toure.
"The United States strongly condemns the violence initiated by elements of the armed forces of Mali," said a White House statement. "We call for the immediate restoration of constitutional rule in Mali, including full civilian authority over the armed forces and respect for the country's democratic institutions and traditions."
today i read Nearly one month ago, few people knew the name Trayvon Martin.
The teen, who was walking to the house of his father's fiancée in Sanford, Florida, with a drink and Skittles in hand, was shot by George Zimmerman, a neighborhood watch captain who had called police to report suspicious activity. If you had looked on February 26, it would have been hard to find much discussion or major national coverage about the shooting.
On its face, that day, it was simple: Zimmerman told police that Martin, who was unarmed, attacked him, so he shot Martin in self-defense, which can be a protected activity under Florida law.
But now, this case, at least in terms of the conversations swirling around it, is anything but simple. And Trayvon Martin's name has now become part of the vocabulary of a debate on attitudes about race.
What began as a local shooting has turned into a global story that you couldn't miss, even if you tried. It is a story that has sparked outrage, cries of racism, accusations of vigilantism and questions about gun laws and whether police properly investigated the case. It has in many ways turned into a full-scale moment of reflection for Americans, of all races, as to whether we as a nation have moved forward in our quest for equality among races.
today i read about The death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen who was shot while walking in his neighborhood in Sanford, Florida, has sparked allegations of racial profiling and calls for the gunman to be charged. Federal prosecutors and the FBI will investigate the incident. George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who has acknowledged shooting Martin, has not been charged and says it was self-defense. Martin, 17, was killed while walking to his father's fiancee's house in Sanford from a nearby convenience store. Zimmerman first called police at 7:09 p.m. ET with concerns about a suspicious teen in the area, according to 911 tapes released by the Seminole County Sheriff's Department. A 16-year-old girl who was on the phone with Martin most of the day last spoke to him around the time the incident allegedly began and lasted until 7:16 p.m. ET, when the call dropped. Almost immediately, 911 calls began coming in. Police arrived on the scene at 7:17 p.m. Several witnesses called 911 at 7:16, 7:17, 7:18 and 7:19 p.m. ET. Below are the transcripts of the calls as Zimmerman and witnesses describe what they saw and heard that night.
Today I read about the death of Trayvon Martin, an unarmed teen who was shot while walking in his neighborhood in Sanford, Florida, has sparked allegations of racial profiling and calls for the gunman to be charged.Federal prosecutors and the FBI will investigate the incident.George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who has acknowledged shooting Martin, has not been charged and says it was self-defense.Martin, 17, was killed while walking to his father's fiancee's house in Sanford from a nearby convenience store.
Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales will face 17 counts of murder and six counts of assault and attempted murder when he is charged Friday for his alleged role in the killings of Afghan villagers, a senior U.S. official said.
Bales, 38, stands accused of leaving a remote outpost in Kandahar province's Panjwai district on March 11 and going on a deadly house-to-house rampage.
U.S. and Afghan officials initially said 16 people, including nine children, were killed. While the counts indicate that one more person could have died, officials in United States and Afghanistan could not confirm that.
The U.S official, who spoke Thursday on condition of anonymity because of the nature of the case, could not explain why there will be 17 counts. Afghan government officials in Kabul said the death toll remains at 16, and added they have no record of another death. The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force declined to comment on the report of pending charges.
Of the six people wounded in the attack on the villages, two have been released from a hospital, said Ahmad Javed Faisal, a Kandahar provincial government spokesman.
today i read that President Barack Obama spoke out Friday for the first time on the growing controversy over the shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager in Florida, saying that the incident requires national "soul-searching."
"When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids," Obama said. "And I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this and that everybody pulls together, federal, state and local to figure out exactly how this tragedy happened."
Trayvon Martin, 17, died February 26. Police say he was shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Florida, who said he was acting in self-defense. Martin was unarmed, carrying a bag of Skittles candy and an iced tea, according to police.
President Barack Obama spoke out Friday for the first time on the growing controversy over the shooting of an unarmed African-American teenager in Florida, saying that the incident requires national "soul-searching."
"When I think about this boy, I think about my own kids," Obama said. "And I think every parent in America should be able to understand why it is absolutely imperative that we investigate every aspect of this and that everybody pulls together, federal, state and local to figure out exactly how this tragedy happened."
Trayvon Martin, 17, died February 26. Police say he was shot by a neighborhood watch volunteer in Sanford, Florida, who said he was acting in self-defense. Martin was unarmed, carrying a bag of Skittles candy and an iced tea, according to police.
Today I read about The first instance of injustice surrounding the Trayvon Martin tragedy occurred February 26, the night George Zimmerman decided to pursue, confront and ultimately shoot and kill Martin. The second started the moment the Sanford police failed to properly investigate what, given the 911 tapes, is clearly a questionable claim of self-defense made by Zimmerman. But seeing that Martin's parents were forced to sue the police department just to hear the tapes, it seems as if Zimmerman isn't the only questionable component in this case.
Today I read about Army Staff Sgt. Robert Bales could be sentenced to death if convicted on any of the 17 counts of murder filed against him Friday for allegedly embarking on a bloody shooting rampage in Afghan villages, the U.S. military said.
In addition to the charges of murder "with premeditation," the 38-year-old faces six counts of attempted murder and two counts of assault.
Authorities say Bales left a remote outpost in Kandahar province's Panjwai district early March 11 and went house-to-house, gunning down villagers. U.S. and Afghan officials initially said 16 people died in those attacks.
Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. Supreme Court on Monday began three days of potentially landmark oral arguments over the constitutionality of the sweeping health care law championed by President Barack Obama, with a majority of justices appearing to reject suggestions they wait another few years before deciding the issues.
In one of the most politically charged cases in years, the health care reform case drew people who waited in line starting Friday for the chance to attend, and sparked competing news conferences by supporters and opponents of the 2010 law passed by Democrats over united Republican opposition.
Hear oral arguments before the high court in the landmark case
The public sessions started Monday with 90 minutes of lively debate on a legally dense, but nonetheless important, question.
It boils down to whether the health care law's key provision is a "tax" that could prevent the court from considering the broader constitutional questions.
today i read about Syrian President Bashar al-Assad is the face of his country's regime, but his family members are also believed to wield a powerful influence on issues facing the country. In the past year, as pressure on the regime increased, al-Assad's inner circle has become more of a family affair, said David Lesch, a professor of Middle East history and author of "The New Lion of Damascus: Bashar al-Assad and Modern Syria." "That's part of what Bashar has been doing ever since he came to power," Lesch said. "He has put members of his extended family ... in various parts of government and military security apparatus. If the day came -- and it did come -- where there was a threat to the regime, he could count on the loyalty of those closest to him." Here is a closer look at the al-Assad family, an authoritarian dynasty that has been in place for more than 40 years.
Today i read about A man alleged to be a local Afghan policeman killed a NATO service member in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, the second fatal shooting of NATO service members in a day, both apparently at the hands of their Afghan comrades.
Two British members of NATO's International Security Assistance Force were shot and killed earlier in the southern province of Helmand by an Afghan army soldier,
The incident happened outside the Provincial Reconstruction Team's headquarters in the city of Lashkar Gah. Coalition forces then fatally shot the gunman.
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A drug counselor at California high school pleaded not guilty Wednesday to secretly videotaping students engaged in sexual activity with each other, and to possessing child pornography.
Gilbert Olivares, 34, turned himself in late Monday, according to his attorney and the Salinas Police Department. His bail was set at $1 million.
He entered his plea in Monterey County Superior Court to 19 felony charges brought by the district attorney.
Staff Sgt. Robert Bales, who is suspected in the shooting deaths this month of 17 Afghans, sneaked off his remote outpost twice during his alleged 90-minute rampage in two Afghan villages, two senior U.S. officials told CNN on Monday.
The officials said that, after the March 11 shootings in one village in Kandahar province, Bales sneaked back onto his base. They said Bales was seen at that point by fellow troops.
One official said investigators believe Bales told other soldiers he had just killed military-aged Afghan men. The officials said they did not know whether those troops told anyone else.
Then Bales sneaked out again and headed to the second village; he was apprehended by a search party as he attempted to re-enter the combat outpost the second time, the officials said.
Before this account, an Afghan guard was believed to have been the sole person who saw Bales that night. The guard alerted U.S. troops on base.
That is an allegation, of course. It's certainly not proof of anything and, obviously John, I can't tell you what my client remembers or [doesn't] remember other than telling you that he has some memory problems about everything that happened that night," Bales' lawyer John Henry Browne told CNN's John King in response to a question about the new account.
Browne said members of Bales' defense team are on the ground in Afghanistan right now, "gathering information and interviewing witnesses and getting information from the military prosecutors."
He also said the team will get Bales' medical records to determine what medications he may have taken recently, or been on in the past. When Bales spoke to Browne, he was unable to recall that part of his medical history, the attorney said.
todOrange County, Florida, authorities say they have finished the investigation into the suspected hazing-related death of Robert Champion, the 26-year-old Florida A&M University student and drum major who died in November.
The case has now been handed over to prosecutors who will make a decision on possible charges.
"During the course of this investigation, Orange County Sheriff's Office investigators have worked over 1000 man hours and over 40 individuals have been interviewed," Orange County Sheriff's Office said in a statement Monday. "We have worked closely with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement and on numerous occasions investigators have traveled to and from Tallahassee to meet with witnesses and gather statements."
The Florida State Attorney's Office said it has received the investigation but could not give a timeline of when a decision will be made in the case that has FAMU and other universities contemplating how to end violent hazing ritual
today i read The JetBlue pilot whose behavior prompted an emergency landing Tuesday has been suspended pending further investigation, the company told CNN on Wednesday.
Clayton Osbon was captain of Flight 191 from New York to Las Vegas, which landed in Amarillo, Texas, after crew and passengers subdued him.
He has been taken off active duty and is still being paid, JetBlue spokeswoman Tamara Young added.
He has worked for the company for 12 years, she said.
CEO Dave Barger said he has known Osbon for "a long time" and that he has always been a "consummate professional."
On NBC's "Today" show, Barger was asked about Osbon's reported erratic behavior, which allegedly involved him screaming and trying to get back into the cockpit after his co-pilot locked him out.
"What happened at altitude is we had a medical situation," he said. But, he added, "it became a security situation."
Without using Osbon's name, Barger said the captain was receiving medical care under the custody of the FBI.
Today I read about long-imprisoned Nobel laureate Aung San Suu Kyi's political party claimed victory Monday in parliamentary elections in Myanmar, a dramatic development in the southeast Asian country's efforts to end its international isolation.
The National League for Democracy won 40 of the 44 seats that it contested, according to results announced by the National Electoral Commission on state television.
The party had claimed earlier Monday it won at least 43 seats -- including Suu Kyi's.
The man accused of killing seven people execution-style at a small religious college in Oakland, California, "does not appear to be remorseful at all," the city's police chief said Tuesday.Goh took the woman into the classroom, but when he realized the administrator was not there, he shot the secretary and ordered the students to line up against the wall. Not all of them cooperated, Jordan said, and so he began shooting.
Campus shooter target was female admin.
Seven dead following university shooting
"I'm going to kill you all," the gunman said, according to CNN affiliate KTLA.
George Zimmerman told his lawyers that he whispered "punks," not a racial slur, in the moments before he shot Trayvon Martin, his lawyers told CNN Thursday.Some people interpreted the police recording of Zimmerman's call to 911 as evidence the fatal shooting was racially motivated.Zimmerman lawyers Hal Ulrig and Craig Sonner told CNN their client told them he said "These f---ing punks always get away."Forensic audio expert Tom Owen, who analyzed 911 recordings, agreed that the garbled word that raised controversy was "punks," not the racial slur some people said they heard.When Owen, chairman emeritus of the American Board of Recorded Evidence, used a computer application to remove cell phone interference, the word became clearer, he said. After discussions with linguists, he became convinced that Zimmerman said "punks," he said.He provided CNN with a copy of the newly processed audio.CNN also enhanced the sound of the 911 call, and several members of CNN's editorial staff repeatedly reviewed the tape, but could reach no consensus on whether Zimmerman used a slur.
Sanford, Florida (CNN) -- Special prosecutor Angela Corey has decided against using a grand jury in the case involving the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, her office said Monday.
"The decision should not be considered a factor in the final determination of the case," the office said in a statement.
The grand jury, set to convene Tuesday, was "previously scheduled by the former prosecutor," the statement said.
Corey said the investigation into the case continues. The state attorney has maintained that a grand jury is not needed to file possible criminal charges against George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volunteer who killed the teen February 26.
"We were anticipating that there would be no grand jury, because the family has always been hopeful that there would just simply be an arrest," said Benjamin Crump, an attorney for the Martin family. "We believed, from day one, that they had enough evidence to arrest the killer of Trayvon Martin and now, as the evidence has continued to unfold, we think there has been a plethora of evidence to simply effect probable cause to do an arrest -- not for a conviction, but for an arrest."
March 2012 will go down as the warmest March in the United States since record keeping began in 1895 NOAA said Monday.The three month period of January February and March was the warmest first quarter ever recorded in the Lower 48 states
Today i read about a 6-year-old child has been killed following an accident with a wood chipper in Salem. It happened Tuesday morning on a job at a house on Brookside Drive.
Bourgeois and his two older siblings had gone to work with their father who was using the wood chipper to do some tree work on the Salem property. The boy's father is the owner of a tree removal service.
A police chief from southeastern New Hampshire who planned to retire in a few days has been shot to death while trying to execute a search warrant, authorities said Friday. Two suspects, a man and a woman, were found dead in the home after a long stand off, Delaney said. Investigators believe the deaths came from either a "murder-suicide" or a "double suicide," he said
today i read about A man who neighbors say was devoted to caring for the swans of a Des Plaines area apartment complex might have paid for that devotion with his life.
CBS 2′s Mike Puccinelli has the story of a Villa Park man who died in what witnesses say was a freak incident.
Five members of America's elite Army Special Forces are among those under investigation in a prostitution scandal in Colombia, two U.S. officials said Wednesday, as the controversy continues to swirl in both countries.
Eleven Secret Service members have been implicated in the probe, while as many as 10 U.S. military personnel from all branches of the armed forces are being questioned about potential misconduct after an alleged prostitute complained about a lack of payment
Five members of America's elite Army Special Forces are among those under investigation in a prostitution scandal in Colombia, two U.S. officials said Wednesday, as the controversy continues to swirl in both countries.
Eleven Secret Service members have been implicated in the probe, while as many as 10 U.S. military personnel from all branches of the armed forces are being questioned about potential misconduct after an alleged prostitute complained about a lack of payment
today i read about two school caretakers after more than 170 women and girls were hospitalized with suspected poisoning.A total of 171 women and girls were hospitalized Tuesday, and four remained semi-conscious in the hospital Wednesday. Some 25 women and girls returned to the hospital Wednesday morning, complaining of more stomach pains, fever and vomiting. They were given medication and released.
U.S. troops have fired into Pakistani territory at least four times in the last 10 months in cross-border skirmishes that they say are in response to shelling from inside Pakistan, CNN has learned.
The revelation is likely to stoke already tense relations between Pakistan and the United States, which hit a new low after a NATO airstrike last year killed 24 Pakistani soldiers along the volatile border.
While the Taliban and Haqqani network, an Afghan militant group operating from Pakistan's Waziristan province, are generally believed responsible for cross-border attacks against troops, an Afghan army commander says Pakistani soldiers opened fire on him and his men as recently as April 14.
"When we went near the border, we were attacked with an anti-aircraft gun and mortars by the Pakistani army from their checkpoints. We are not only attacked from the Pakistani soil, but we are also attacked by the Pakistani army," Masoud Karimi, an Afghan army commander, told CNN.
"We just saw them with our own eyes that the Pakistani soldiers were firing at us and on the same day we reported to the Americans. But the Americans told us that it was from the other side of the border and they didn't have the permission to conduct operations ... there," he said.
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A Wauwatosa West High School food fight. A student said that a kid picked up a pieace of salad with dressing on it and threw it a this kid face named Cater.
and the boy stood up and said 'Don't throw food at me.'Police said a cafeteria worker stepped in and stopped the confrontation, but Carter said the other student continued to grab at her.Carter said the brief incident led to both girls arrested and placed in handcuffs. However Carter's mother, Kimberly Smith, believes the incident was taken too far.
The process to extradite Joran van der Sloot from Peru to the United States to face criminal charges has begun, according to Maximo Altez, van der Sloot's Peruvian attorney.
Peruvian judges in January sentenced the Dutchman to 28 years in prison for the murder in 2010 of Stephany Flores. He is also the prime suspect in the disappearance of American Natalee Holloway. U.S. authorities want to try van der Sloot on charges of extortion and wire fraud in the Holloway case.
According to court documents obtained through Altez, a Peruvian judge has approved a U.S. request for provisional detention. This is the first step in the extradition process between Peru and the United States. The document says a formal extradition request has yet to be submitted, but will follow.
The document names the U.S. Embassy as a party in the proceedings. InSession reached out Monday for comment but did not receive a response. The Peruvian Justice Ministry also did not return a request for comment.
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The only hold-up to the extradition is van der Sloot's appeal, which should be finished in about a month, Altez said.
"I think he will be extradited within the next three months," said Altez. "He will go to trial in the United States. Once he is sentenced, he
British girl Madeleine McCann, who vanished during a 2007 family vacation in Portugal, may still be alive, UK authorities said Wednesday.
Madeleine was a few days shy of her fourth birthday when she disappeared from her family's holiday apartment in Praia da Luz as her parents dined in a nearby tapas restaurant with friends. Despite a huge police investigation, massive coverage in the Portuguese and British media, and a public riveted on social media, she remains missing.
London's Metropolitan Police on Wednesday released a new image of the girl created in collaboration with the family that shows how Madeleine might look at age 9. Her ninth birthday is May 12.
An investigative review formed in May last year has been going through details from the case.
Today i read about son of a Mexican Navy admiral won't spend any time in jail after Roswell police pulled him over on suspicion of drunken driving and excessive speeding.According to a police report obtained by Channel 2's Mike Petchenik, Mariano Saynez-Ruiz-Duran was spotted speeding on Georgia 400 near Holcomb Bridge Road early Friday morning.
"He was clocked going 91 mph in a 65 mph speed zone. That’s super speeder law violation," said Officer Lisa Holland of the Roswell Police Department
A wooden ship believed to be over 200 years old was discovered during a recent exploration of the northern Gulf of Mexico, according to a press release from the U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).
Scientists were able to view the remains of "anchors, navigational instruments, glass bottles, ceramic plates, cannons, and boxes of muskets" aboard the ship, NOAA stated.
"Artifacts in and around the wreck and the hull's copper sheathing may date the vessel to the early to mid-19th century," said Jack Irion, a maritime archaeologist with the Interior Department's Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.
Scientists aboard the NOAA ship "Okeanos Explorer" were able to view the wreckage using advanced multi-beam mapping sonar technology and a remotely operated underwater vehicle, named "Little Hercules." Little Hercules made 29 dives during the 56-day mission in March and April, according to NOAA.
It's the first time the Myanmar opposition leader has been outside the country, also known as Burma, in more than two decades after a long period of detention by the ruling military junta.
Several thousand people gathered to hear her speak, many of whom had spent years living in exile to escape poverty and the country's oppressive regime.
From a balcony high above the crowd, Suu Kyi said that the onus was on the government of Myanmar and Burmese people everywhere to build a new country to encourage their return.
A Libyan militia group said it was withdrawing forces from an airport tarmac in the country's capital Monday after successful negotiations with the government.
A spokesman for the Tarhouna militia, which seized control of the international airport in Tripoli, said the situation was resolved after officials agreed to release a detained militia leader.
Earlier Monday, government vehicles armed with anti-aircraft weaponry were seen heading toward the facility.
Two platoons of the Tarhouna militia moved in overnight because of an ongoing dispute with the national government, sparked by the disappearance of a militia leader on the airport road Sunday, a security source said.
The Libyan government sent emissaries to meet with the militia group Sunday night, Deputy Foreign Minister Abdul Karim Ahmed Bazama said.
At the time, the deputy foreign minister said he did not know where the militia leader was or the circumstances of his disappearance.
Before the situation was resolved, local journalists who have worked with CNN in the past said armed militia members escorted passengers at the airport to cars and described it as an evacuation of the terminal. It was unclear whether flights had been canceled.
They stopped flour, gas and medicine from coming in, and they continue to cut off electricity because the main supplying plant was hit by the sporadic shelling. ... We call on relief and human rights organizations to help us and open humanitarian corridors for basic items so you do not become collaborators in the [regime's] massacres
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