How do you feel about your experience in this class? Have you enjoyed it? What aspect of this class did you enjoy most/least? Do you feel that you learned something? What are your thoughts on my teaching style? Any suggestions that you can offer me for next year?
The way i feel about the experience in this class is happiness. Yes i did injoyed it, the aspects of this class that i injoyed was the fact that everybody got along and everybody got to know each other some not to good and some really good but everybody know who everybody is. Yes, i did feel that i had learned something. My thoughts on Mr.Martinez teaching style was that he's a great teacher and the way he teaches is amazing and i injoy every bit of it. My suggestions that i have is not please dont yell so mush cause you never know if i student have headche problem but other then that just don't change, stay the way you are, amazing and different
Wednesday, May 28, 2008
Thursday, May 22, 2008
May 22, 2008
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Tsvangirai to return despite death plot fears
WHO: Morgan Tsvangirai
WHAT: Zimbabwe's opposition leader will return home this weekend despite fears of a possible assassination attempt, he said Thursday.
WHERE: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
WHEN: May 22, 2008
WHY: "I am going home .... Saturday," Morgan Tsvangirai told a crowd of Zimbabweans seeking protection at a Johannesburg police station after a wave of anti-foreigner attacks in South Africa.
Tsvangirai faces a runoff election against President Robert Mugabe June 27. He won the first round of voting at the end of March but not by an absolute majority. He has spent most of the time since then outside the country. He planned to return to Zimbabwe last Saturday but delayed the trip after his Movement for Democratic Change party said there was a plot to assassinate him.
HOW: Tsvangirai's spokesman George Sibotshiwe said Thursday that the threat had not necessarily declined, but "at a certain point you have to take the risk." Independent human rights groups say opposition supporters have been targeted in a campaign of violence aimed at ensuring that 84-year-old Mugabe wins the presidential runoff. The economic and political crisis in Zimbabwe has led to an exodus from the country, with more than 3 million of its people believed to be in neighboring South Africa. Resentment that foreigners are competing for scarce jobs and houses has led to a wave of anti-foreigner attacks in South Africa in the past 10 days. Zimbabweans have born the brunt.
Tsvangirai to return despite death plot fears
WHO: Morgan Tsvangirai
WHAT: Zimbabwe's opposition leader will return home this weekend despite fears of a possible assassination attempt, he said Thursday.
WHERE: JOHANNESBURG, South Africa
WHEN: May 22, 2008
WHY: "I am going home .... Saturday," Morgan Tsvangirai told a crowd of Zimbabweans seeking protection at a Johannesburg police station after a wave of anti-foreigner attacks in South Africa.
Tsvangirai faces a runoff election against President Robert Mugabe June 27. He won the first round of voting at the end of March but not by an absolute majority. He has spent most of the time since then outside the country. He planned to return to Zimbabwe last Saturday but delayed the trip after his Movement for Democratic Change party said there was a plot to assassinate him.
HOW: Tsvangirai's spokesman George Sibotshiwe said Thursday that the threat had not necessarily declined, but "at a certain point you have to take the risk." Independent human rights groups say opposition supporters have been targeted in a campaign of violence aimed at ensuring that 84-year-old Mugabe wins the presidential runoff. The economic and political crisis in Zimbabwe has led to an exodus from the country, with more than 3 million of its people believed to be in neighboring South Africa. Resentment that foreigners are competing for scarce jobs and houses has led to a wave of anti-foreigner attacks in South Africa in the past 10 days. Zimbabweans have born the brunt.
Tuesday, May 20, 2008
May 20, 2008
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Report: Woman freed from rubble after 195 hours
WHO: womans
WHAT: A woman who survived on rainwater has been freed after being trapped in rubble for 195 hours in the aftermath of the Chinese earthquake, which has now killed more than 40,000. The 60-year-old woman escaped with just facial bruises and a minor fracture during her eight-day ordeal.
WHERE: CHENGDU, China
WHEN: may 20, 2008
WHY: The official Xinhua news agency identified her as Wang Youqun, a retiree, and said she had been unconscious for a day when a falling girder hit her head in the May 12 quake, The Associated Press reported. She was apparently trapped in a landslide that swept away a temple in the city of Pengzhou and was intially able to move, but a later aftershock trapped her between two rocks, according to AP. Her dramatic discovery came hours after rescue teams pulled two men men from the rubble in Sichuan province. One of the men was found in a mine in Qingchuna county and a second in a hydroelectric plant in Wenchuan county, state-run media reported.
HOW: The rescues give a glimmer of hope amid the rising daily death toll. Official figures show the number of victims has risen to 40,075 in the Sichuan province alone.
The United States announced Tuesday it would send a shipment of specialized recovery equipment and a team of specialists to southwestern China this week. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) says more than $815,000 worth of additional assistance will be sent to China. That brings the total USAID assistance to China to more than $1.3 million. Last weekend, the United States sent U.S. Air Force C-17s carrying aid to China, including tents and generators.
Report: Woman freed from rubble after 195 hours
WHO: womans
WHAT: A woman who survived on rainwater has been freed after being trapped in rubble for 195 hours in the aftermath of the Chinese earthquake, which has now killed more than 40,000. The 60-year-old woman escaped with just facial bruises and a minor fracture during her eight-day ordeal.
WHERE: CHENGDU, China
WHEN: may 20, 2008
WHY: The official Xinhua news agency identified her as Wang Youqun, a retiree, and said she had been unconscious for a day when a falling girder hit her head in the May 12 quake, The Associated Press reported. She was apparently trapped in a landslide that swept away a temple in the city of Pengzhou and was intially able to move, but a later aftershock trapped her between two rocks, according to AP. Her dramatic discovery came hours after rescue teams pulled two men men from the rubble in Sichuan province. One of the men was found in a mine in Qingchuna county and a second in a hydroelectric plant in Wenchuan county, state-run media reported.
HOW: The rescues give a glimmer of hope amid the rising daily death toll. Official figures show the number of victims has risen to 40,075 in the Sichuan province alone.
The United States announced Tuesday it would send a shipment of specialized recovery equipment and a team of specialists to southwestern China this week. The U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) says more than $815,000 worth of additional assistance will be sent to China. That brings the total USAID assistance to China to more than $1.3 million. Last weekend, the United States sent U.S. Air Force C-17s carrying aid to China, including tents and generators.
Friday, May 16, 2008
May 16, 2008
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Millions left homeless by China quake
WHO: the people of China
WHAT: A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington said Friday that a devastating earthquake in southwest China destroyed or heavily damaged 436,000 properties leading to 4.8 million homeless, according to official figures.
WHERE: BEIJING, China
WHEN: May 16, 2008
WHY: At a news conference in the U.S. capital, Wang Baodong said the disaster had led to 500 deaths outside Sichuan province, the hardest-hit area. The official death toll now stands at 22,000, with 14,000 still buried. A German has been confirmed as among those killed by Monday's quake, said Baodong. The suffering of Sichuan's inhabitants has been prolonged by repeated aftershocks, some 4,400 since the quake hit, according to Baodong.
HOW: The latest aftershock hit quake-damaged areas Friday, triggering landslides, blocking roads, knocking out phone lines and burying vehicles, state-run media reported. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake rattled Sichuan shortly after President Hu Jintao arrived in the quake zone to get a first-hand look at the devastated region. Baodong said that rescuers now have reached all 58 counties and towns in southwest China that were stricken by Monday's earthquake. Quoting from a statement by the president, he said, "Saving lives is still the top priority," and the nation has to make more efforts to treat the injured. Hu described the current situation as "the most crucial phase" of the rescue effort. "We must race against time to overcome all difficulties." The original magnitude 7.9 earthquake hit Sichuan Province the hardest, shattering communities, leveling dozens of schools and burying transportation routes with landslides
Millions left homeless by China quake
WHO: the people of China
WHAT: A spokesman for the Chinese Embassy in Washington said Friday that a devastating earthquake in southwest China destroyed or heavily damaged 436,000 properties leading to 4.8 million homeless, according to official figures.
WHERE: BEIJING, China
WHEN: May 16, 2008
WHY: At a news conference in the U.S. capital, Wang Baodong said the disaster had led to 500 deaths outside Sichuan province, the hardest-hit area. The official death toll now stands at 22,000, with 14,000 still buried. A German has been confirmed as among those killed by Monday's quake, said Baodong. The suffering of Sichuan's inhabitants has been prolonged by repeated aftershocks, some 4,400 since the quake hit, according to Baodong.
HOW: The latest aftershock hit quake-damaged areas Friday, triggering landslides, blocking roads, knocking out phone lines and burying vehicles, state-run media reported. The 5.5-magnitude earthquake rattled Sichuan shortly after President Hu Jintao arrived in the quake zone to get a first-hand look at the devastated region. Baodong said that rescuers now have reached all 58 counties and towns in southwest China that were stricken by Monday's earthquake. Quoting from a statement by the president, he said, "Saving lives is still the top priority," and the nation has to make more efforts to treat the injured. Hu described the current situation as "the most crucial phase" of the rescue effort. "We must race against time to overcome all difficulties." The original magnitude 7.9 earthquake hit Sichuan Province the hardest, shattering communities, leveling dozens of schools and burying transportation routes with landslides
Thursday, May 15, 2008
May 15, 2008
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Teen alleging rape turns to YouTube
WHO: Crystal
WHAT: The video is hard to turn away from. A sobbing 16-year-old sits in her bedroom and, staring into a camera, says she has been raped
WHERE: Orange County, Florida
WHEN: May 15, 2008
WHY: The teen, whom CNN interviewed but is not identifying by her last name, is among dozens of young people who are turning to social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to talk about sexual assault. For an online generation, the Web offers what traditional counseling does not. It's a chance to communicate without having to face someone or fear their judgment. Some people are seeking legal advice and medical information, and many younger victims believe they can warn others about their accused attacker, counselors say.
HOW: "Young victims, particularly girls, turn inward. They are going to reach out and try to connect in the isolation of their dorm room or their bedrooms," said Jennifer Dritt, the director of the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence. "Most young women feel like they want somebody to know that someone did this to them." One in four American women under the age of 25 report that they have been sexually assaulted, according to the nation's largest rape crisis counseling organization, RAINN, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network.
Teen alleging rape turns to YouTube
WHO: Crystal
WHAT: The video is hard to turn away from. A sobbing 16-year-old sits in her bedroom and, staring into a camera, says she has been raped
WHERE: Orange County, Florida
WHEN: May 15, 2008
WHY: The teen, whom CNN interviewed but is not identifying by her last name, is among dozens of young people who are turning to social networking sites like Facebook and MySpace to talk about sexual assault. For an online generation, the Web offers what traditional counseling does not. It's a chance to communicate without having to face someone or fear their judgment. Some people are seeking legal advice and medical information, and many younger victims believe they can warn others about their accused attacker, counselors say.
HOW: "Young victims, particularly girls, turn inward. They are going to reach out and try to connect in the isolation of their dorm room or their bedrooms," said Jennifer Dritt, the director of the Florida Council Against Sexual Violence. "Most young women feel like they want somebody to know that someone did this to them." One in four American women under the age of 25 report that they have been sexually assaulted, according to the nation's largest rape crisis counseling organization, RAINN, the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network.
Tuesday, May 13, 2008
May13,2008
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Serial bomb blasts leave 60 dead in India
WHO: Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal
WHAT: India is on high alert after a series of near-simultaneous explosions killed at least 60 people and wounded 150 others in the northwestern city of Jaipur Tuesday night, government and local officials told CNN-IBN.
WHERE: DELHI, India
WHEN: May 13, 2008
WHY: Bicycles and rickshaws were strewn about the streets near some of the blast sites, with pools of blood nearby. There has been no claim of responsibility, but Indian government officials including Home Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal -- were quick to label it a terrorist attack. The seven explosions started at about 7:30 p.m. (1400 GMT, 1000 ET) and detonated within 12 minutes of each other, police said. The bombs exploded within about 500 meters (0.3 mile) of each other in Jaipur's old city, which is frequented by tourists.
HOW: An eighth bomb was defused, according to H.G. Raghavendra, a Jaipur city official. He described all the bombs as "medium intensity.""There is no reason to panic," he told CNN-IBN. "Everything is under control." One blast struck near Hanuman Temple, which was crowded with Hindus who worshipping Hanuman, the religion's monkey god. Another struck near a market area inside Jaipur's walled city where tourists and locals frequent restaurants and shops.
Serial bomb blasts leave 60 dead in India
WHO: Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal
WHAT: India is on high alert after a series of near-simultaneous explosions killed at least 60 people and wounded 150 others in the northwestern city of Jaipur Tuesday night, government and local officials told CNN-IBN.
WHERE: DELHI, India
WHEN: May 13, 2008
WHY: Bicycles and rickshaws were strewn about the streets near some of the blast sites, with pools of blood nearby. There has been no claim of responsibility, but Indian government officials including Home Minister Shriprakash Jaiswal -- were quick to label it a terrorist attack. The seven explosions started at about 7:30 p.m. (1400 GMT, 1000 ET) and detonated within 12 minutes of each other, police said. The bombs exploded within about 500 meters (0.3 mile) of each other in Jaipur's old city, which is frequented by tourists.
HOW: An eighth bomb was defused, according to H.G. Raghavendra, a Jaipur city official. He described all the bombs as "medium intensity.""There is no reason to panic," he told CNN-IBN. "Everything is under control." One blast struck near Hanuman Temple, which was crowded with Hindus who worshipping Hanuman, the religion's monkey god. Another struck near a market area inside Jaipur's walled city where tourists and locals frequent restaurants and shops.
Friday, May 9, 2008
May 9, 2008
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Death toll from virus reaches 32 in China
WHO: childrens
WHAT: The death toll from China's outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease has risen to 32 -- all of them children -- the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Friday, citing provincial health officials.
WHERE:BEIJING, China
WHEN: May 9, 2008
WHY: The latest reported deaths occurred in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southwestern China and in Guangdong province in the country's southeast, the agency said.
Authorities reported 24,934 cases of the disease on Thursday a 25 percent increase from a day earlier. The official count of infections has increased dramatically in recent days, since an order issued late last week by the Ministry of Health mandating that all cases be reported. Chinese health authorities have been dispatched to the worst-hit province, Anhui, in rural eastern China, where 22 of the 32 fatalities have occurred. The deaths are blamed on enterovirus 71, or EV-71, one of the most common causes of HFMD. All of the deaths occurred in Fuyang City.
HOW: The provincial government has quarantined people exposed to the virus and limited movement into and out of Fuyang, where the outbreak was first reported in mid-March.
Authorities there have also closed schools and sprayed streets with disinfectant. HFMD is not related to foot-and-mouth disease, which affects farm animals. HFMD can be caused by a number of intestinal viruses, of which EV-71 and Coxsackie A16 are among the most common. In mild cases, EV-71 causes cold-like symptoms, diarrhea, and sores on the hands, feet and mouth. Severe cases can cause fluid to accumulate on the brain, resulting in polio-like paralysis and death. There is no treatment for severe EV-71 infections nor does a vaccine exist. Adults with well-developed immune systems can usually fend off the virus, but children are particularly vulnerable to it, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Death toll from virus reaches 32 in China
WHO: childrens
WHAT: The death toll from China's outbreak of hand-foot-mouth disease has risen to 32 -- all of them children -- the state-run Xinhua news agency reported Friday, citing provincial health officials.
WHERE:BEIJING, China
WHEN: May 9, 2008
WHY: The latest reported deaths occurred in the Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in southwestern China and in Guangdong province in the country's southeast, the agency said.
Authorities reported 24,934 cases of the disease on Thursday a 25 percent increase from a day earlier. The official count of infections has increased dramatically in recent days, since an order issued late last week by the Ministry of Health mandating that all cases be reported. Chinese health authorities have been dispatched to the worst-hit province, Anhui, in rural eastern China, where 22 of the 32 fatalities have occurred. The deaths are blamed on enterovirus 71, or EV-71, one of the most common causes of HFMD. All of the deaths occurred in Fuyang City.
HOW: The provincial government has quarantined people exposed to the virus and limited movement into and out of Fuyang, where the outbreak was first reported in mid-March.
Authorities there have also closed schools and sprayed streets with disinfectant. HFMD is not related to foot-and-mouth disease, which affects farm animals. HFMD can be caused by a number of intestinal viruses, of which EV-71 and Coxsackie A16 are among the most common. In mild cases, EV-71 causes cold-like symptoms, diarrhea, and sores on the hands, feet and mouth. Severe cases can cause fluid to accumulate on the brain, resulting in polio-like paralysis and death. There is no treatment for severe EV-71 infections nor does a vaccine exist. Adults with well-developed immune systems can usually fend off the virus, but children are particularly vulnerable to it, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Monday, May 5, 2008
May 5, 2008
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Arrest warrant against FLDS member dropped
WHO: Dale E. Barlow
WHAT: An arrest warrant has been dropped for a man thought to be the husband of a teenage girl whose report of abuse triggered a raid on a polygamous sect's Texas compound, authorities said.
WHEN: May 5, 2008
WHERE: ELDORADO, Texas
WHY: A Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman would not say why the warrant was dropped for Dale E. Barlow, 50, who lives in Colorado City, Arizona. Barlow has denied knowing the 16-year-old girl who called a crisis center.The girl reported that she was a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and that she was beaten and raped at the sect's Eldorado ranch.
HOW: An investigation led to the April 3 raid, in which state welfare workers took 463 children living at the Yearning For Zion Ranch. A boy was born to one of the sect's mothers Tuesday; he and the other children remain in state custody. Authorities have not located the 16-year-old girl and are investigating the source of the call. Public Safety spokesman Tom Vinger would not say when the warrant for Barlow was dropped, only that "it is no longer active." Rob Parker, an FLDS spokesman, said the dropped warrant shows the weakness of the state's case against residents of the ranch. "I think that's just one more piece of evidence that the whole basis on which this raid was premised was unfounded and was inadequately checked out, to the formulation of what basically amounted to an army that went in there and took their children," Parker said. The phone number used to call the crisis center is the same one once used by a Colorado woman, identified as 33-year-old Rozita Swinton of Colorado Springs, accused of making previous false reports of abuse. Investigators have not said whether Swinton made the call to Texas authorities, though Vinger said she is "still considered a person of interest." "There is an investigation centering on that," Vinger said. "We have quite a bit of evidence that still needs to be analyzed." A judge has ruled that children removed from the ranch should stay in state custody until all can have a hearing.
Arrest warrant against FLDS member dropped
WHO: Dale E. Barlow
WHAT: An arrest warrant has been dropped for a man thought to be the husband of a teenage girl whose report of abuse triggered a raid on a polygamous sect's Texas compound, authorities said.
WHEN: May 5, 2008
WHERE: ELDORADO, Texas
WHY: A Texas Department of Public Safety spokesman would not say why the warrant was dropped for Dale E. Barlow, 50, who lives in Colorado City, Arizona. Barlow has denied knowing the 16-year-old girl who called a crisis center.The girl reported that she was a member of the Fundamentalist Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints and that she was beaten and raped at the sect's Eldorado ranch.
HOW: An investigation led to the April 3 raid, in which state welfare workers took 463 children living at the Yearning For Zion Ranch. A boy was born to one of the sect's mothers Tuesday; he and the other children remain in state custody. Authorities have not located the 16-year-old girl and are investigating the source of the call. Public Safety spokesman Tom Vinger would not say when the warrant for Barlow was dropped, only that "it is no longer active." Rob Parker, an FLDS spokesman, said the dropped warrant shows the weakness of the state's case against residents of the ranch. "I think that's just one more piece of evidence that the whole basis on which this raid was premised was unfounded and was inadequately checked out, to the formulation of what basically amounted to an army that went in there and took their children," Parker said. The phone number used to call the crisis center is the same one once used by a Colorado woman, identified as 33-year-old Rozita Swinton of Colorado Springs, accused of making previous false reports of abuse. Investigators have not said whether Swinton made the call to Texas authorities, though Vinger said she is "still considered a person of interest." "There is an investigation centering on that," Vinger said. "We have quite a bit of evidence that still needs to be analyzed." A judge has ruled that children removed from the ranch should stay in state custody until all can have a hearing.
Thursday, May 1, 2008
May 1, 2008
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Parents in suspected kidnapping plead for son
WHO: Robert Wiles
WHAT: Growing more anxious with each passing day, the parents of a suspected kidnap victim in Florida are increasing the reward for their son's return from $10,000 to $250,000.
WHERE: TAMPA, Florida
WHEN: May 1, 2008
WHY: Robert Wiles, 26, of Lakeland, Florida, disappeared April 1. He was last seen at National Flight Services at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, where he worked for his family's flight maintenance company as a business development manager. Two days later, his father received a ransom note demanding money. The FBI won't say how much, nor will it release the name on the note because it doesn't want to spark copycats. The bureau only describes the name as unique and specific.
HOW: "It threatened Robert with harm if the terms were not complied with exactly as they say," said Thomas Wiles. "I think when I first looked at it, I felt it wasn't for real, but then subsequently I realized it was for real, and I'd best comply with the terms." The FBI will say only that the family tried to follow instructions but heard nothing more -- and that the case is unusual. "These types of kidnappings [of adults for ransom] are extremely rare," said Steve Ibison, Tampa FBI special agent in charge. He said he had no statistics. "We have some individuals of interest, we'll call them at this point, that we are aggressively pursuing," Ibison added. The FBI is tracking leads in several states and outside the U.S., Ibison said.
By offering $50,000 for their son's safe return and another $200,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible, Wiles' parents said they're hoping to spark leads.
"We're willing to work with them and do anything to get him back. We just want Robert back," Thomas Wiles said. The Wiles own plane-maintenance companies in Ohio, Florida, Texas, Missouri and Canada. Robert Wiles is a pilot who sometimes would fly a company plane to meetings throughout the U.S. and Caribbean. Co-workers at the Florida airport facility said they're baffled by the kidnapping. They said they can't think of a reason for kidnapping the young man.
Parents in suspected kidnapping plead for son
WHO: Robert Wiles
WHAT: Growing more anxious with each passing day, the parents of a suspected kidnap victim in Florida are increasing the reward for their son's return from $10,000 to $250,000.
WHERE: TAMPA, Florida
WHEN: May 1, 2008
WHY: Robert Wiles, 26, of Lakeland, Florida, disappeared April 1. He was last seen at National Flight Services at Lakeland Linder Regional Airport, where he worked for his family's flight maintenance company as a business development manager. Two days later, his father received a ransom note demanding money. The FBI won't say how much, nor will it release the name on the note because it doesn't want to spark copycats. The bureau only describes the name as unique and specific.
HOW: "It threatened Robert with harm if the terms were not complied with exactly as they say," said Thomas Wiles. "I think when I first looked at it, I felt it wasn't for real, but then subsequently I realized it was for real, and I'd best comply with the terms." The FBI will say only that the family tried to follow instructions but heard nothing more -- and that the case is unusual. "These types of kidnappings [of adults for ransom] are extremely rare," said Steve Ibison, Tampa FBI special agent in charge. He said he had no statistics. "We have some individuals of interest, we'll call them at this point, that we are aggressively pursuing," Ibison added. The FBI is tracking leads in several states and outside the U.S., Ibison said.
By offering $50,000 for their son's safe return and another $200,000 for information leading to the arrest and conviction of those responsible, Wiles' parents said they're hoping to spark leads.
"We're willing to work with them and do anything to get him back. We just want Robert back," Thomas Wiles said. The Wiles own plane-maintenance companies in Ohio, Florida, Texas, Missouri and Canada. Robert Wiles is a pilot who sometimes would fly a company plane to meetings throughout the U.S. and Caribbean. Co-workers at the Florida airport facility said they're baffled by the kidnapping. They said they can't think of a reason for kidnapping the young man.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
April 29, 2008
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You may now kick the bride
WHO: Dentist David W. Wielechowski, Christa Vattimo
WHAT: A newlywed couple spent the night in separate jail cells -- she in her wedding gown -- after police said they brawled with each other, then members of another wedding party, at a suburban Pittsburgh hotel.
WHEN: April 29, 2008
WHERE: PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania
WHY: The fight started Saturday night after a reception when he knocked her to the floor with a karate kick in the seventh-floor hallway of a Holiday Inn, according to police. It escalated when she attacked two guests from another wedding party who came to her aid, police said. The melee moved to an elevator and then to the lobby, where the couple threw metal planters at the two guests of the other party, causing minor injuries, police charged. "It was pretty wild," Ross police Sgt. Dave Syska said. Dentist David W. Wielechowski, 32, of Shaler, and Christa Vattimo, 25, had married a month earlier in the Bahamas but repeated their vows Saturday at a reception for 150 guests. They were checking into their room when the argument began, police said.
HOW: Authorities charged them both with simple assault, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, and the bride with an additional count of public intoxication. They face a May 7 preliminary hearing. A district judge considered issuing a restraining order against Wielechowski, but his new bride declined the measure. The couple declined comment upon their release Sunday morning.
You may now kick the bride
WHO: Dentist David W. Wielechowski, Christa Vattimo
WHAT: A newlywed couple spent the night in separate jail cells -- she in her wedding gown -- after police said they brawled with each other, then members of another wedding party, at a suburban Pittsburgh hotel.
WHEN: April 29, 2008
WHERE: PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania
WHY: The fight started Saturday night after a reception when he knocked her to the floor with a karate kick in the seventh-floor hallway of a Holiday Inn, according to police. It escalated when she attacked two guests from another wedding party who came to her aid, police said. The melee moved to an elevator and then to the lobby, where the couple threw metal planters at the two guests of the other party, causing minor injuries, police charged. "It was pretty wild," Ross police Sgt. Dave Syska said. Dentist David W. Wielechowski, 32, of Shaler, and Christa Vattimo, 25, had married a month earlier in the Bahamas but repeated their vows Saturday at a reception for 150 guests. They were checking into their room when the argument began, police said.
HOW: Authorities charged them both with simple assault, criminal mischief and disorderly conduct, and the bride with an additional count of public intoxication. They face a May 7 preliminary hearing. A district judge considered issuing a restraining order against Wielechowski, but his new bride declined the measure. The couple declined comment upon their release Sunday morning.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
April 22, 2008
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Mental evaluation sought for teen in school bomb plot
WHO: Ryan Schallenberger
WHAT: A prosecutor urged a mental health evaluation for a teenager whose alleged plot to bomb his high school was foiled when his parents discovered he had ordered explosive materials on the Internet.
WHEN: April 22, 2008
WHERE: CHESTERFIELD, South Carolina
WHY: Ryan Schallenberger, 18, was arrested Saturday after his parents called police because he had ordered 10 pounds of ammonium nitrate, which they retrieved after getting a delivery notice from the postal service, authorities said. His parents had sought help earlier in the week from mental health experts when he slammed his head into a wall, but the clinic offered no help, authorities said Monday. His parents took him to a hospital.
HOW: Schallenberger was not badly injured, though he made a 4-inch indentation in the wallboard, according to prosecutor Jay Hodge, who said he would request at a bail hearing Tuesday that the teen undergo a mental health evaluation. A spokesman for the mental health clinic would not confirm or deny any contact with Schallenberger's family, citing state law. Ammonium nitrate is an explosive commonly used as fertilizer and was employed in the deadly 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Authorities said Schallenberger bought the ammonium nitrate off eBay. Police said they discovered a hate-filled journal lauding the Columbine killers, an audiotape to be played after Schallenberger died during his rampage and a year's worth of plans for the bombing that included a hand-drawn map of the school. "He's just a soft-spoken little kid," Hodge said at a brief hearing Monday, adding that Schallenberger threatened to do something "very violent."
Mental evaluation sought for teen in school bomb plot
WHO: Ryan Schallenberger
WHAT: A prosecutor urged a mental health evaluation for a teenager whose alleged plot to bomb his high school was foiled when his parents discovered he had ordered explosive materials on the Internet.
WHEN: April 22, 2008
WHERE: CHESTERFIELD, South Carolina
WHY: Ryan Schallenberger, 18, was arrested Saturday after his parents called police because he had ordered 10 pounds of ammonium nitrate, which they retrieved after getting a delivery notice from the postal service, authorities said. His parents had sought help earlier in the week from mental health experts when he slammed his head into a wall, but the clinic offered no help, authorities said Monday. His parents took him to a hospital.
HOW: Schallenberger was not badly injured, though he made a 4-inch indentation in the wallboard, according to prosecutor Jay Hodge, who said he would request at a bail hearing Tuesday that the teen undergo a mental health evaluation. A spokesman for the mental health clinic would not confirm or deny any contact with Schallenberger's family, citing state law. Ammonium nitrate is an explosive commonly used as fertilizer and was employed in the deadly 1995 Oklahoma City bombing. Authorities said Schallenberger bought the ammonium nitrate off eBay. Police said they discovered a hate-filled journal lauding the Columbine killers, an audiotape to be played after Schallenberger died during his rampage and a year's worth of plans for the bombing that included a hand-drawn map of the school. "He's just a soft-spoken little kid," Hodge said at a brief hearing Monday, adding that Schallenberger threatened to do something "very violent."
Friday, April 18, 2008
April 18, 2008
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Witness: Teens at ranch said any age OK to marry
WHO: Angie Voss
WHAT: A child protection supervisor testified Thursday that she encountered several pregnant teen girls at a polygamist ranch who called each other "sister wives" and who believed it was acceptable to be "spiritually united" with a man at any age.
WHERE: SAN ANGELO, Texas
WHEN: Fri April 18, 2008
WHY: "It was the belief that no age was too young to be married," said Angie Voss, a supervisor for investigation at Texas Child Protective Services. Thursday's hearing was aimed at determining who gets custody of more than 400 children who were removed from the YFZ (Yearning for Zion) Ranch in an April 4 raid. The hearing took longer than expected because of objections from some of the 350 attorneys representing the children.
HOW: Voss said about 130 of the children removed were under the age of 4 and that girls as young as 13 had conceived children at the ranch.
Boys were also removed from the ranch, Voss testified, because "I believe that the boys are groomed to be perpetrators." "I was concerned," Voss said of her visit to the ranch. "It was a scary and intimidating environment. I was afraid. I saw men all over." She said she saw men in a guard tower looking down on them as they entered the ranch, and men escorted the women to the schoolhouse for the interviews.
Witness: Teens at ranch said any age OK to marry
WHO: Angie Voss
WHAT: A child protection supervisor testified Thursday that she encountered several pregnant teen girls at a polygamist ranch who called each other "sister wives" and who believed it was acceptable to be "spiritually united" with a man at any age.
WHERE: SAN ANGELO, Texas
WHEN: Fri April 18, 2008
WHY: "It was the belief that no age was too young to be married," said Angie Voss, a supervisor for investigation at Texas Child Protective Services. Thursday's hearing was aimed at determining who gets custody of more than 400 children who were removed from the YFZ (Yearning for Zion) Ranch in an April 4 raid. The hearing took longer than expected because of objections from some of the 350 attorneys representing the children.
HOW: Voss said about 130 of the children removed were under the age of 4 and that girls as young as 13 had conceived children at the ranch.
Boys were also removed from the ranch, Voss testified, because "I believe that the boys are groomed to be perpetrators." "I was concerned," Voss said of her visit to the ranch. "It was a scary and intimidating environment. I was afraid. I saw men all over." She said she saw men in a guard tower looking down on them as they entered the ranch, and men escorted the women to the schoolhouse for the interviews.
Tuesday, April 15, 2008
April 15, 2008
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Rape a child, pay with your life, Louisiana argues
Who: Patrick Kennedy
What: He is not a killer, but the state of Louisiana is determined to execute for his crime.
When: April 15, 2008
Where: ANGOLA, Louisiana
Why: The New Orleans native faces that reality as he sits on death row at Louisiana's maximum security prison, the largest prison in the nation. The Louisiana State Penitentiary, or Angola Prison, is the size of Manhattan and surrounded on three sides by the Mississippi River.
Unlike the 3,300 inmates awaiting execution nationwide including the 94 other men at Angola Kennedy, 43, is a convicted rapist. The victim was his 8-year-old stepdaughter.
How: For the first time in 44 years, a state is preparing to execute a man for a felony other than murder. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on whether Louisiana can use capital punishment in child rape cases. The constitutional question before the justices is whether the death penalty for violent crimes other than homicide constitutes "cruel and unusual" punishment. The high-profile examination of the death penalty also raises anew a national debate over selective prosecution and race.
Rape a child, pay with your life, Louisiana argues
Who: Patrick Kennedy
What: He is not a killer, but the state of Louisiana is determined to execute for his crime.
When: April 15, 2008
Where: ANGOLA, Louisiana
Why: The New Orleans native faces that reality as he sits on death row at Louisiana's maximum security prison, the largest prison in the nation. The Louisiana State Penitentiary, or Angola Prison, is the size of Manhattan and surrounded on three sides by the Mississippi River.
Unlike the 3,300 inmates awaiting execution nationwide including the 94 other men at Angola Kennedy, 43, is a convicted rapist. The victim was his 8-year-old stepdaughter.
How: For the first time in 44 years, a state is preparing to execute a man for a felony other than murder. The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments Wednesday on whether Louisiana can use capital punishment in child rape cases. The constitutional question before the justices is whether the death penalty for violent crimes other than homicide constitutes "cruel and unusual" punishment. The high-profile examination of the death penalty also raises anew a national debate over selective prosecution and race.
Friday, April 11, 2008
April 11, 2008
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Teachers say district fails to act after students hit them
Who: Two teachers
What: Two teachers at a Baltimore, Maryland, high school say they were attacked by students, and one says such assaults are commonplace, according to CNN affiliate WBAL.
When: Thu April 10, 2008
Where: Baltimore, Maryland, high school
Why: The school district says it is investigating and will take appropriate action, but both art teacher Jolita Berry and English teacher Marc Standish say the administration has failed to protect and support them. "I looked over, and her friends were cheering her on. And before I knew it, she hit me in the face," Berry told WBAL. She showed the station a cell-phone video depicting what she said was a student beating her last Friday.
How: Berry said her principal told her she brought the attack on herself. "On one hand, she told me that she is sorry that this happened to me," Berry told WBAL. "But then she turned right around and told me that telling a student that I was going to defend myself was a trigger word. I triggered them."
Teachers say district fails to act after students hit them
Who: Two teachers
What: Two teachers at a Baltimore, Maryland, high school say they were attacked by students, and one says such assaults are commonplace, according to CNN affiliate WBAL.
When: Thu April 10, 2008
Where: Baltimore, Maryland, high school
Why: The school district says it is investigating and will take appropriate action, but both art teacher Jolita Berry and English teacher Marc Standish say the administration has failed to protect and support them. "I looked over, and her friends were cheering her on. And before I knew it, she hit me in the face," Berry told WBAL. She showed the station a cell-phone video depicting what she said was a student beating her last Friday.
How: Berry said her principal told her she brought the attack on herself. "On one hand, she told me that she is sorry that this happened to me," Berry told WBAL. "But then she turned right around and told me that telling a student that I was going to defend myself was a trigger word. I triggered them."
Thursday, April 10, 2008
April 10, 2008
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Hollywood heavyweight behind threat, writer testifies
Who: Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants.
What: A former reporter testified Wednesday that she believed one-time Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz was behind at least one threat on her life.
When: april 10, 2008
Where: LOS ANGELES, California
Why: The testimony came during the wiretapping trial of private investigator Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants. Anita Busch recalled that in June 2002 she found a dead fish with a rose in its mouth on her car along with a sign reading "stop" and a bullet-sized hole in the windshield.
How: Busch said she believes Ovitz and Pellicano had orchestrated the threat because she and reporter Bernard Weinraub had written articles in the New York Times detailing alleged financial troubles at Ovitz's Artists Management Group while it was in talks to be acquired.
"You believe (Ovitz) was the client who hired Mr. Pellicano to put the fish on your car?" asked attorney Chad Hummel, who represents one of the defendants, former Los Angeles police Sgt. Mark Arneson.
Hollywood heavyweight behind threat, writer testifies
Who: Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants.
What: A former reporter testified Wednesday that she believed one-time Hollywood superagent Michael Ovitz was behind at least one threat on her life.
When: april 10, 2008
Where: LOS ANGELES, California
Why: The testimony came during the wiretapping trial of private investigator Anthony Pellicano and four co-defendants. Anita Busch recalled that in June 2002 she found a dead fish with a rose in its mouth on her car along with a sign reading "stop" and a bullet-sized hole in the windshield.
How: Busch said she believes Ovitz and Pellicano had orchestrated the threat because she and reporter Bernard Weinraub had written articles in the New York Times detailing alleged financial troubles at Ovitz's Artists Management Group while it was in talks to be acquired.
"You believe (Ovitz) was the client who hired Mr. Pellicano to put the fish on your car?" asked attorney Chad Hummel, who represents one of the defendants, former Los Angeles police Sgt. Mark Arneson.
Monday, April 7, 2008
April 7, 2007
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Woman gets death sentence in fetus-snatching murder
Who: Lisa Montgomery
What: A woman convicted of murdering an expectant mother and kidnapping the baby from her womb received a federal death sentence.
When: Fri April 4, 2008 at 2:01 p.m.
Where: WASHINGTON
Why: U.S. District Judge Gary Fenner handed down the sentence in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday. Lisa Montgomery becomes only the third woman on federal death row. Montgomery was convicted in October of the gruesome 2004 killing of Bobbie Jo Stinnett. The 23-year-old woman was found strangled in her rural home in Skidmore, Missouri. Her womb was cut open and the unborn child was missing.
How: A nationwide search and intense media coverage followed. Montgomery was found in neighboring Kansas, where she had claimed the baby, which survived, as her own. Prosecutors claimed at trial that Montgomery had first contacted Stinnett on the Internet, through their mutual interest in breeding rat terrier dogs, and later went to Stinnett's house.
Woman gets death sentence in fetus-snatching murder
Who: Lisa Montgomery
What: A woman convicted of murdering an expectant mother and kidnapping the baby from her womb received a federal death sentence.
When: Fri April 4, 2008 at 2:01 p.m.
Where: WASHINGTON
Why: U.S. District Judge Gary Fenner handed down the sentence in Kansas City, Missouri, on Friday. Lisa Montgomery becomes only the third woman on federal death row. Montgomery was convicted in October of the gruesome 2004 killing of Bobbie Jo Stinnett. The 23-year-old woman was found strangled in her rural home in Skidmore, Missouri. Her womb was cut open and the unborn child was missing.
How: A nationwide search and intense media coverage followed. Montgomery was found in neighboring Kansas, where she had claimed the baby, which survived, as her own. Prosecutors claimed at trial that Montgomery had first contacted Stinnett on the Internet, through their mutual interest in breeding rat terrier dogs, and later went to Stinnett's house.
Friday, March 14, 2008
March 14, 2008
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Killer smiles, families weep as jury recommends death
WHO: Derrick McFarland, Morva
WHERE: ABINGDON, Virginia
WHEN: Thu March 13, 2008
WHAT: A jury recommended the death penalty Thursday for a man who murdered a hospital security guard and a sheriff's deputy after escaping from custody.
WHY: Families of his victims and his own mother wept as the verdicts were read, but William Morva smiled slightly and snapped his fingers. He nodded to jurors and patted his attorney after he learned his fate. "He seemed to be acting like he won the lottery," said Harold McFarland, whose son Derrick was one of Morva's victims. It took about three hours for the Washington County jury to agree that Morva, 26, should be executed rather than face life in prison without parole. That's slightly less than it took the panel Tuesday to convict him of capital murder in the August 2006 killings.
HOW: Morva was a jail inmate who had been taken to a Blacksburg hospital for treatment of an injury when he overpowered a Montgomery County sheriff's deputy there. He used the deputy's pistol to shoot security guard Derrick McFarland, 32, who was unarmed. A day later in the manhunt that followed, Morva shot 40-year-old sheriff's Cpl. Eric Sutphin, who was searching for the fugitive on a walking trail near the Virginia Tech campus.
Killer smiles, families weep as jury recommends death
WHO: Derrick McFarland, Morva
WHERE: ABINGDON, Virginia
WHEN: Thu March 13, 2008
WHAT: A jury recommended the death penalty Thursday for a man who murdered a hospital security guard and a sheriff's deputy after escaping from custody.
WHY: Families of his victims and his own mother wept as the verdicts were read, but William Morva smiled slightly and snapped his fingers. He nodded to jurors and patted his attorney after he learned his fate. "He seemed to be acting like he won the lottery," said Harold McFarland, whose son Derrick was one of Morva's victims. It took about three hours for the Washington County jury to agree that Morva, 26, should be executed rather than face life in prison without parole. That's slightly less than it took the panel Tuesday to convict him of capital murder in the August 2006 killings.
HOW: Morva was a jail inmate who had been taken to a Blacksburg hospital for treatment of an injury when he overpowered a Montgomery County sheriff's deputy there. He used the deputy's pistol to shoot security guard Derrick McFarland, 32, who was unarmed. A day later in the manhunt that followed, Morva shot 40-year-old sheriff's Cpl. Eric Sutphin, who was searching for the fugitive on a walking trail near the Virginia Tech campus.
Monday, March 10, 2008
March 10, 2008
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Law to make tongue kissing minors a sex offense
WHO: Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, Delegate Riley Ingram, R-Hopewell.
WHEN: Sun March 9, 2008
WHERE: RICHMOND, Virginia
WHAT: State legislators passed a law Saturday that would require adults who French kiss a child younger than 13 to register as a sex offender.
WHY: Those convicted of tongue-kissing a child would be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $2,500 fine. The House of Delegates passed the legislation 96-1 and the Senate 39-0.
HOW: The only crime prosecutors could charge the man with was contributing to the delinquency of a minor, which did not require that he register as a sex offender. Ingram and other members of the House fought to make the crime a felony, but later gave in to senators who thought that classifying it as a felony was too harsh. Delegate Phillip Hamilton, R-Newport News, cast the lone nay vote, refusing to back down from his belief that the crime should be a felony.
Law to make tongue kissing minors a sex offense
WHO: Gov. Timothy M. Kaine, Delegate Riley Ingram, R-Hopewell.
WHEN: Sun March 9, 2008
WHERE: RICHMOND, Virginia
WHAT: State legislators passed a law Saturday that would require adults who French kiss a child younger than 13 to register as a sex offender.
WHY: Those convicted of tongue-kissing a child would be guilty of a misdemeanor, punishable by up to one year in jail and a $2,500 fine. The House of Delegates passed the legislation 96-1 and the Senate 39-0.
HOW: The only crime prosecutors could charge the man with was contributing to the delinquency of a minor, which did not require that he register as a sex offender. Ingram and other members of the House fought to make the crime a felony, but later gave in to senators who thought that classifying it as a felony was too harsh. Delegate Phillip Hamilton, R-Newport News, cast the lone nay vote, refusing to back down from his belief that the crime should be a felony.
Friday, March 7, 2008
march 7, 2008
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BBQ-smoker-turned-'Robocop' chases off drug dealers
WHO: Robocop, Rufus Terrill
WHEN: March 7, 2008
WHERE: ATLANTA, Georgia
WHAT: It's midnight on the streets of Atlanta, and bar owner Rufus Terrill patrols his neighborhood with a rolling crime fighter of his own creation. Meet "Bum-bot," as Terrill describes it; others in his neighborhood call it simply, "Robocop."
WHY: It's a barbecue smoker mounted on a three-wheeled scooter, and armed with an infrared camera, spotlight, loudspeaker and aluminum water cannon that shoots a stream of icy water about 20 feet. Operated by remote control, the robot spotlights trespassers on property down the street from his bar, O'Terrill's. Using a walkie-talkie, Terrill belts out through the robot's loudspeaker, "That's private property.
HOW: But during the day, it's where young children frolic on a nearby playground at a the Beacon of Light Daycare Center in downtown Atlanta. It has become a nightmare for day care operator Lydia Meredith. "This whole square is enveloped with homeless people and drug dealers, defecating, urinating, prostituting -- the whole nine yards. And the overflow of that behavior, we get to cleanup every morning," she says. Meredith says people often toss used syringes and condoms onto the playground. Terrill, an engineer by trade, is also a board member at the day care center. Tired of cleaning up after the shady characters, he decided to take action. That's when he built his downtown Darth Vader of sorts.
BBQ-smoker-turned-'Robocop' chases off drug dealers
WHO: Robocop, Rufus Terrill
WHEN: March 7, 2008
WHERE: ATLANTA, Georgia
WHAT: It's midnight on the streets of Atlanta, and bar owner Rufus Terrill patrols his neighborhood with a rolling crime fighter of his own creation. Meet "Bum-bot," as Terrill describes it; others in his neighborhood call it simply, "Robocop."
WHY: It's a barbecue smoker mounted on a three-wheeled scooter, and armed with an infrared camera, spotlight, loudspeaker and aluminum water cannon that shoots a stream of icy water about 20 feet. Operated by remote control, the robot spotlights trespassers on property down the street from his bar, O'Terrill's. Using a walkie-talkie, Terrill belts out through the robot's loudspeaker, "That's private property.
HOW: But during the day, it's where young children frolic on a nearby playground at a the Beacon of Light Daycare Center in downtown Atlanta. It has become a nightmare for day care operator Lydia Meredith. "This whole square is enveloped with homeless people and drug dealers, defecating, urinating, prostituting -- the whole nine yards. And the overflow of that behavior, we get to cleanup every morning," she says. Meredith says people often toss used syringes and condoms onto the playground. Terrill, an engineer by trade, is also a board member at the day care center. Tired of cleaning up after the shady characters, he decided to take action. That's when he built his downtown Darth Vader of sorts.
Thursday, March 6, 2008
march 6, 2008
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Surviving kids in Memphis killings guarded
WHO: Cecil Dotson, 30, who was renting the house; Hollis Seals, 33; Shindri Roberson, 20, and Marissa Rene Williams, 26. The children were ages 9, 5, 4, 2 and 2 months.
WHERE: MEMPHIS, Tennessee
WHEN: Thu March 6, 2008
WHAT: Three youngsters found wounded but alive in a house where six other people were slain are under police protection, and not even their relatives can visit them in the hospital.
WHY: Police have offered no motive for the killings, which apparently occurred over the weekend at a small brick house in a neighborhood where low-income homes sit near cheap motels and junkyards. Authorities identified the adult victims Wednesday as Cecil Dotson, 30, who was renting the house; Hollis Seals, 33; Shindri Roberson, 20, and Marissa Rene Williams, 26. They declined to identify the children.
HOW: Billy E. Gunn, whose house is behind the home where the bodies were found, said he heard five rapid gunshots and then three slow ones around 9 p.m. Sunday. He said he didn't call police because it's such a common sound. "It wouldn't have mattered; it takes the police so long to get out here," he said. Ricky Hall, 52, who lives near the home where the bodies were found, says the neighborhood has grown more unkempt and dangerous in the past few years, with many rental homes sitting empty. Investigators say they have few leads to work with. The Memphis City Council announced a $30,000 reward Wednesday for anyone who can help solve the case. Police refuse to say if the slayings could be connected to Dotson's violent past.
Surviving kids in Memphis killings guarded
WHO: Cecil Dotson, 30, who was renting the house; Hollis Seals, 33; Shindri Roberson, 20, and Marissa Rene Williams, 26. The children were ages 9, 5, 4, 2 and 2 months.
WHERE: MEMPHIS, Tennessee
WHEN: Thu March 6, 2008
WHAT: Three youngsters found wounded but alive in a house where six other people were slain are under police protection, and not even their relatives can visit them in the hospital.
WHY: Police have offered no motive for the killings, which apparently occurred over the weekend at a small brick house in a neighborhood where low-income homes sit near cheap motels and junkyards. Authorities identified the adult victims Wednesday as Cecil Dotson, 30, who was renting the house; Hollis Seals, 33; Shindri Roberson, 20, and Marissa Rene Williams, 26. They declined to identify the children.
HOW: Billy E. Gunn, whose house is behind the home where the bodies were found, said he heard five rapid gunshots and then three slow ones around 9 p.m. Sunday. He said he didn't call police because it's such a common sound. "It wouldn't have mattered; it takes the police so long to get out here," he said. Ricky Hall, 52, who lives near the home where the bodies were found, says the neighborhood has grown more unkempt and dangerous in the past few years, with many rental homes sitting empty. Investigators say they have few leads to work with. The Memphis City Council announced a $30,000 reward Wednesday for anyone who can help solve the case. Police refuse to say if the slayings could be connected to Dotson's violent past.
Tuesday, March 4, 2008
march 4, 2008
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4 adults, 2 kids killed in Memphis home
WHO: Four adults and two children
WHERE: Memphis, Tennessee
WHEN: Monday March 4, 2008
WHAT: The four dead adults were shot and the two dead children were stabbed, sources told CNN affiliate WMC-TV. At least one of the wounded children also was stabbed, police told the Commercial Appeal newspaper.
WHY: Memphis Fire Department spokeswoman Melanie Young said firefighters responded to a 911 call at a home at 6:11 p.m. Monday and found the bodies and wounded children. A 7-year-old boy, a 10-month-old girl and a 4-year-old whose gender wasn't immediately known were taken to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. The Commercial Appeal newspaper said one child was upgraded to stable condition late Monday, another was upgraded to critical and the third was still in extremely critical condition.
HOW: The newspaper reported that the shooting appeared to be the city's deadliest mass killing since 1973, when 28-year-old David Sanders randomly shot and killed five people before being shot dead by police. In 2000, police said firefighter Frederick Williams confessed to a shooting in Memphis in which four people were killed -- his wife, a sheriff's deputy and two fellow firefighters.
4 adults, 2 kids killed in Memphis home
WHO: Four adults and two children
WHERE: Memphis, Tennessee
WHEN: Monday March 4, 2008
WHAT: The four dead adults were shot and the two dead children were stabbed, sources told CNN affiliate WMC-TV. At least one of the wounded children also was stabbed, police told the Commercial Appeal newspaper.
WHY: Memphis Fire Department spokeswoman Melanie Young said firefighters responded to a 911 call at a home at 6:11 p.m. Monday and found the bodies and wounded children. A 7-year-old boy, a 10-month-old girl and a 4-year-old whose gender wasn't immediately known were taken to Le Bonheur Children's Medical Center. The Commercial Appeal newspaper said one child was upgraded to stable condition late Monday, another was upgraded to critical and the third was still in extremely critical condition.
HOW: The newspaper reported that the shooting appeared to be the city's deadliest mass killing since 1973, when 28-year-old David Sanders randomly shot and killed five people before being shot dead by police. In 2000, police said firefighter Frederick Williams confessed to a shooting in Memphis in which four people were killed -- his wife, a sheriff's deputy and two fellow firefighters.
Monday, February 25, 2008
feb.25,2008
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New York mother charged in deaths of 3 children
WHO: Leatrice Brewer, Jewell Ward, 6, Michael Demesyeux, 5, and Innocent Demesyeux
WHERE: NEW YORK
WHEN: Mon February 25, 2008
WHAT: A mother has been charged with murder in the death of her three children on Long Island
WHY: Investigators charged Leatrice Brewer on Sunday with one count of first-degree murder and and three counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Jewell Ward, 6, Michael Demesyeux, 5, and Innocent Demesyeux, 18 months, the Nassau County Police Department said in a news release. The one charge of first-degree murder alleges that Brewer intentionally caused the deaths of more than one person, police said. After a caller told police about the incident shortly before 9 a.m., a woman directed officers to the apartment, where they found the three bodies, police said.
HOW: Authorities told the AP that Brewer wasn't home but was found later. Police did not say where they arrested her.
Brewer, who cared for the children alone, had been overwhelmed, neighbors told AP. "She neglected them," Cornisha Robinson told AP. "She used to leave them in the house all the time by themselves." Robert McCord, Brewer's brother, came to her defense. "My sister's not crazy," he told AP. "She's not ballistic. This is a shock to all of us
New York mother charged in deaths of 3 children
WHO: Leatrice Brewer, Jewell Ward, 6, Michael Demesyeux, 5, and Innocent Demesyeux
WHERE: NEW YORK
WHEN: Mon February 25, 2008
WHAT: A mother has been charged with murder in the death of her three children on Long Island
WHY: Investigators charged Leatrice Brewer on Sunday with one count of first-degree murder and and three counts of second-degree murder in the deaths of Jewell Ward, 6, Michael Demesyeux, 5, and Innocent Demesyeux, 18 months, the Nassau County Police Department said in a news release. The one charge of first-degree murder alleges that Brewer intentionally caused the deaths of more than one person, police said. After a caller told police about the incident shortly before 9 a.m., a woman directed officers to the apartment, where they found the three bodies, police said.
HOW: Authorities told the AP that Brewer wasn't home but was found later. Police did not say where they arrested her.
Brewer, who cared for the children alone, had been overwhelmed, neighbors told AP. "She neglected them," Cornisha Robinson told AP. "She used to leave them in the house all the time by themselves." Robert McCord, Brewer's brother, came to her defense. "My sister's not crazy," he told AP. "She's not ballistic. This is a shock to all of us
Friday, February 22, 2008
February 22, 2008
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Dad choked teen, stuffed her in burning boiler
WHO: Miguel Matias, 14-year-old daughter Ana
WHERE: NEW YORK
WHEN: Fri February 22, 2008
WHAT: Police said Matias, 34, was being held at Bellevue Hospital Center and awaiting arraignment on charges of murder and manslaughter. It wasn't clear if he had an attorney.
WHY: But the unassuming building supervisor also had a dark side, including a history of violence and mental problems. Police said his torment peaked last week when he grew so enraged that his 14-year-old daughter, Ana, was sending text messages to a boy that he choked her and stuffed her body into a burning furnace boiler. The killing shocked friends and family especially a cousin who received a phone call from Matias in which he calmly described what he had done.
HOW: Family members said it was only after one of his sons said goodbye to his sister that Matias changed his mind and decided not to torch the car. It was not clear why he continued to have visitation rights. Family members said that before Ana's death, Matias wanted to seek psychiatric help. They said he had applied for Medicaid insurance to cover the expense of counseling, but was denied. Matias also tried to hang himself while in police custody last weekend.
Dad choked teen, stuffed her in burning boiler
WHO: Miguel Matias, 14-year-old daughter Ana
WHERE: NEW YORK
WHEN: Fri February 22, 2008
WHAT: Police said Matias, 34, was being held at Bellevue Hospital Center and awaiting arraignment on charges of murder and manslaughter. It wasn't clear if he had an attorney.
WHY: But the unassuming building supervisor also had a dark side, including a history of violence and mental problems. Police said his torment peaked last week when he grew so enraged that his 14-year-old daughter, Ana, was sending text messages to a boy that he choked her and stuffed her body into a burning furnace boiler. The killing shocked friends and family especially a cousin who received a phone call from Matias in which he calmly described what he had done.
HOW: Family members said it was only after one of his sons said goodbye to his sister that Matias changed his mind and decided not to torch the car. It was not clear why he continued to have visitation rights. Family members said that before Ana's death, Matias wanted to seek psychiatric help. They said he had applied for Medicaid insurance to cover the expense of counseling, but was denied. Matias also tried to hang himself while in police custody last weekend.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
February 21, 2008
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Girl who took bullet for mom slowly heals
WHO: Seliethia Parker, Alexis Goggins
WHERE: DETROIT, Michigan
WHEN: Wed February 20, 2008
WHAT: Alexis Goggins climbed aboard a special bicycle and maneuvered through hospital hallways, beginning the months of physical therapy she needs to recover from six gunshot wounds.
WHY: To many people, the soft-spoken 7-year-old is a hero after she threw herself across her mother just as a gunman was about to shoot the woman in an SUV. The young girl bears several scars from the December 2 shooting, including a long, thin surgical line stretching from one side of her hairline to the other. Her right eye, which was blinded in the attack, has also been removed.
HOW: The mother and daughter were getting a ride from a friend when Parker's former boyfriend emerged from the shadows outside Parker's house and jumped into the vehicle. He then forced the friend to drive at gunpoint for several minutes. Under the pretense of needing fuel, Parker's friend stopped at a Detroit gas station to call 911. Inside the SUV, Parker pleaded with the gunman not to shoot. As he was about to open fire, Alexis cried, "Don't hurt my mother!" and jumped into her mother's arms from the back seat. Despite her daughter's efforts, Parker was shot twice. Alexis is learning-disabled and lags behind other youngsters her age. As a result, police say, it may never be known whether Alexis meant to shield her mother from the bullets. But Parker has said that if her daughter had not put herself in between she might have been killed.
Girl who took bullet for mom slowly heals
WHO: Seliethia Parker, Alexis Goggins
WHERE: DETROIT, Michigan
WHEN: Wed February 20, 2008
WHAT: Alexis Goggins climbed aboard a special bicycle and maneuvered through hospital hallways, beginning the months of physical therapy she needs to recover from six gunshot wounds.
WHY: To many people, the soft-spoken 7-year-old is a hero after she threw herself across her mother just as a gunman was about to shoot the woman in an SUV. The young girl bears several scars from the December 2 shooting, including a long, thin surgical line stretching from one side of her hairline to the other. Her right eye, which was blinded in the attack, has also been removed.
HOW: The mother and daughter were getting a ride from a friend when Parker's former boyfriend emerged from the shadows outside Parker's house and jumped into the vehicle. He then forced the friend to drive at gunpoint for several minutes. Under the pretense of needing fuel, Parker's friend stopped at a Detroit gas station to call 911. Inside the SUV, Parker pleaded with the gunman not to shoot. As he was about to open fire, Alexis cried, "Don't hurt my mother!" and jumped into her mother's arms from the back seat. Despite her daughter's efforts, Parker was shot twice. Alexis is learning-disabled and lags behind other youngsters her age. As a result, police say, it may never be known whether Alexis meant to shield her mother from the bullets. But Parker has said that if her daughter had not put herself in between she might have been killed.
Tuesday, February 19, 2008
February 19, 2008
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Teacher gets 6 years for sex with teens
WHO: Allenna Ward, 14- and 15-year-old boys
WHERE: LAURENS, South Carolina. Bell Street Middle School in Clinton
WHEN: Tuesday feb. 19,2008
WHAT: A former middle school teacher was sent to prison for six years Tuesday for having sexual encounters with five teenage boys.
Authorities said Allenna Ward, 24, met 14- and 15-year-old boys at the school where she taught as well as at a motel, a park and behind a restaurant.
WHY: Police began investigating last year after school officials found a note believed to have been written by Ward to one of the boys. Some of the victims were students at Bell Street Middle School in Clinton, where Ward taught. She was fired about a year ago.
HOW: Ward pleaded guilty in September to three counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and three lewd acts on a minor.
She was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for each lewd act count, but the punishments were suspended to six years. She also was sentenced to six years on each second-degree criminal sexual conduct count. The sentences are to run concurrently.
Teacher gets 6 years for sex with teens
WHO: Allenna Ward, 14- and 15-year-old boys
WHERE: LAURENS, South Carolina. Bell Street Middle School in Clinton
WHEN: Tuesday feb. 19,2008
WHAT: A former middle school teacher was sent to prison for six years Tuesday for having sexual encounters with five teenage boys.
Authorities said Allenna Ward, 24, met 14- and 15-year-old boys at the school where she taught as well as at a motel, a park and behind a restaurant.
WHY: Police began investigating last year after school officials found a note believed to have been written by Ward to one of the boys. Some of the victims were students at Bell Street Middle School in Clinton, where Ward taught. She was fired about a year ago.
HOW: Ward pleaded guilty in September to three counts of second-degree criminal sexual conduct with a minor and three lewd acts on a minor.
She was sentenced Tuesday to 15 years in prison for each lewd act count, but the punishments were suspended to six years. She also was sentenced to six years on each second-degree criminal sexual conduct count. The sentences are to run concurrently.
Friday, February 15, 2008
feb.15,2008
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Ex-cop guilty in murders of girlfriend, unborn baby
WHO: officer Bobby Cutts Jr
WHAT: murdering his pregnant girlfriend, Jessie Marie Davis, and their unborn child.
WHERE: Canton, Ohio
WHEN: Friday, feb. 15,2008
WHY: Jurors found Cutts guilty of aggravated murder for the unlawful termination of Davis' pregnancy and the aggravated murder of a child under the age of 13.
But the jury found him guilty of a lesser murder count in the death of Davis
HOW: Jurors found that baby Chloe was killed during the commission of another crime, making Cutts eligible for the death penalty.
The penalty phase of the trial is set to begin February 25. Cutts will face a sentence of either 25 years to life with the possibility of parole, 30 years to life with the possibility of parole, life without parole or death
Ex-cop guilty in murders of girlfriend, unborn baby
WHO: officer Bobby Cutts Jr
WHAT: murdering his pregnant girlfriend, Jessie Marie Davis, and their unborn child.
WHERE: Canton, Ohio
WHEN: Friday, feb. 15,2008
WHY: Jurors found Cutts guilty of aggravated murder for the unlawful termination of Davis' pregnancy and the aggravated murder of a child under the age of 13.
But the jury found him guilty of a lesser murder count in the death of Davis
HOW: Jurors found that baby Chloe was killed during the commission of another crime, making Cutts eligible for the death penalty.
The penalty phase of the trial is set to begin February 25. Cutts will face a sentence of either 25 years to life with the possibility of parole, 30 years to life with the possibility of parole, life without parole or death
Thursday, February 14, 2008
feb.14,2008
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8th grader faces adult charges in school shooting
WHO: Lawrence King
WHAT: Lawrence shot one of his classmate
WHERE: OXNARD, California (AP)
WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 12,2008
WHY: The District Attorney's office expected to file charges Thursday morning, and the suspect was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon, the Ventura County Star reported.
Police have not alleged a motive for the shooting, but said there appeared to have been "bad blood" between the teens. Police said a handgun was used in the attack, which occurred with more than 20 other students in the room.
King had been under the care of the county foster care system and lived at Casa Pacifica, a nearby center for abused and neglected children, said Steve Elson, the facility's chief executive.
HOW: King had been receiving help from school support staff, district Superintendent Jerry Dannenberg said. He had no details on the type of assistance the teen needed.
About three-quarters of the junior high's 1,150 student body showed up Wednesday for school, where psychologists held counseling sessions.
8th grader faces adult charges in school shooting
WHO: Lawrence King
WHAT: Lawrence shot one of his classmate
WHERE: OXNARD, California (AP)
WHEN: Tuesday, Feb. 12,2008
WHY: The District Attorney's office expected to file charges Thursday morning, and the suspect was scheduled to be arraigned Thursday afternoon, the Ventura County Star reported.
Police have not alleged a motive for the shooting, but said there appeared to have been "bad blood" between the teens. Police said a handgun was used in the attack, which occurred with more than 20 other students in the room.
King had been under the care of the county foster care system and lived at Casa Pacifica, a nearby center for abused and neglected children, said Steve Elson, the facility's chief executive.
HOW: King had been receiving help from school support staff, district Superintendent Jerry Dannenberg said. He had no details on the type of assistance the teen needed.
About three-quarters of the junior high's 1,150 student body showed up Wednesday for school, where psychologists held counseling sessions.
Thursday, February 7, 2008
February 7, 2008
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Five killed in fiery Los Angeles standoff
WHO: Five people, including a SWAT officer and the gunman
WHERE: LOS ANGELES, California
WHEN: Feb 7,2008; The standoff began at 9 p.m.
WHAT: Five people, including a SWAT officer and the gunman, are dead after a nightlong standoff at a Los Angeles home, according to police.
WHY: Los Angeles police killed a man who had shot two officers and barricaded himself in a house after calling police to say he had killed three relatives. Ten hours after he called police, the house caught fire.
After the man and police exchanged gunfire just after midnight, he apparently remained in the house.
HOW: Flames shot out of the windows and smoke was coming out on several sides of the house.
Firefighters sprayed the house with water, but did not go into the home. It was unclear how the fire started, although tear gas had been used.
Five killed in fiery Los Angeles standoff
WHO: Five people, including a SWAT officer and the gunman
WHERE: LOS ANGELES, California
WHEN: Feb 7,2008; The standoff began at 9 p.m.
WHAT: Five people, including a SWAT officer and the gunman, are dead after a nightlong standoff at a Los Angeles home, according to police.
WHY: Los Angeles police killed a man who had shot two officers and barricaded himself in a house after calling police to say he had killed three relatives. Ten hours after he called police, the house caught fire.
After the man and police exchanged gunfire just after midnight, he apparently remained in the house.
HOW: Flames shot out of the windows and smoke was coming out on several sides of the house.
Firefighters sprayed the house with water, but did not go into the home. It was unclear how the fire started, although tear gas had been used.
Tuesday, February 5, 2008
Feburary 5, 2008
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Choosing radical cancer surgery
WHO: When Cheryl Lawrence and other woman.
WHEN: Tues. Feb. 5, 2008,3:55 a.m.
WHERE: University of Washington, University of Minnesota.
WHY: Cheryl Lawrence got a diagnosis of breast cancer, her surgeon told her she could save her breast. But Lawrence decided to have it removed anyway. And then she decided to have the healthy one removed, too. She had said this "I didn't want to ever have to deal with this again," said Lawrence, 40, of Olympia, Wash. "I just didn't want to have to worry about it. For me, it was a matter of peace of mind."
HOW: Lawrence is not alone: The proportion of breast cancer patients who are opting for double mastectomies when far less radical surgery would suffice has increased sharply, a trend that disturbs some experts. They say too many women may be taking the drastic step in the panic that often follows a cancer diagnosis, or with the mistaken belief that more aggressive surgery will improve their survival odds.
Choosing radical cancer surgery
WHO: When Cheryl Lawrence and other woman.
WHEN: Tues. Feb. 5, 2008,3:55 a.m.
WHERE: University of Washington, University of Minnesota.
WHY: Cheryl Lawrence got a diagnosis of breast cancer, her surgeon told her she could save her breast. But Lawrence decided to have it removed anyway. And then she decided to have the healthy one removed, too. She had said this "I didn't want to ever have to deal with this again," said Lawrence, 40, of Olympia, Wash. "I just didn't want to have to worry about it. For me, it was a matter of peace of mind."
HOW: Lawrence is not alone: The proportion of breast cancer patients who are opting for double mastectomies when far less radical surgery would suffice has increased sharply, a trend that disturbs some experts. They say too many women may be taking the drastic step in the panic that often follows a cancer diagnosis, or with the mistaken belief that more aggressive surgery will improve their survival odds.
Monday, February 4, 2008
Feburary 4, 2008
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3 killed after Super Bowl argument
WHO: Three men were killed by a gunman
WHERE: LARGO, Maryland (AP)
WHEN: Feb. 3, 2008
WHY: The shooting happened Sunday night at the Uno Chicago Grill restaurant, part of a dining, shopping and entertainment complex near FedEx Field in the Largo area, Prince George's County police said Two of the men were shot in the restaurant's bar area and the third was shot outside in a parking lot.
Police said they believe all three men were killed by a single shooter.
HOW: Investigators were trying to determine what prompted the argument, which witnesses said occurred after one team scored during the Super Bowl, won by the New York Giants over the New England Patriots.
3 killed after Super Bowl argument
WHO: Three men were killed by a gunman
WHERE: LARGO, Maryland (AP)
WHEN: Feb. 3, 2008
WHY: The shooting happened Sunday night at the Uno Chicago Grill restaurant, part of a dining, shopping and entertainment complex near FedEx Field in the Largo area, Prince George's County police said Two of the men were shot in the restaurant's bar area and the third was shot outside in a parking lot.
Police said they believe all three men were killed by a single shooter.
HOW: Investigators were trying to determine what prompted the argument, which witnesses said occurred after one team scored during the Super Bowl, won by the New York Giants over the New England Patriots.
Tuesday, January 29, 2008
jan 29, 2008
The way i feel about the change is kind of unfare but at the same time is the right thing. The reason why i feel that it's not fare because the fact that the student do good in their classes and they get kicked out from school and start all over again and its unfare because they should at least give one chance to the students that are good in school. But in the other hand i feel its good cause it's the parents and students fult and they shouldn't be absent in the first place but thing happen out of notice and they should give a chance to the students that are good in school.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
jan 22,2008
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Scientists make cloned embryos from skin cells
WHO: Dr. George Daley, Dr. Samuel Wood
WHAT: they have produced embryos that are clones of two men, a potential step toward developing scientifically valuable stem cells. But it's not the first time human cloned embryos have been made. In 2005, for example, scientists in Britain reported using embryonic stem cells to produce a cloned embryo.
WHERE: California
WHEN: Thu January 17, 2008
WHY: Scientists say stem cells from cloned embryos could provide a valuable tool for studying diseases, screening drugs and, perhaps someday, creating transplant material to treat conditions like diabetes and Parkinson's disease.
HOW: The cloning approach involves inserting DNA from a person into an egg, and then growing the egg into an embryo about five days old before extracting the stem cells. At that stage, the embryo is a sphere of about 150 cells. In the new work, researchers took skin cells from Wood and another volunteer and produced three embryos with DNA matching the men's. Further DNA testing on one of these embryos strengthened the case that it was a clone.
Scientists make cloned embryos from skin cells
WHO: Dr. George Daley, Dr. Samuel Wood
WHAT: they have produced embryos that are clones of two men, a potential step toward developing scientifically valuable stem cells. But it's not the first time human cloned embryos have been made. In 2005, for example, scientists in Britain reported using embryonic stem cells to produce a cloned embryo.
WHERE: California
WHEN: Thu January 17, 2008
WHY: Scientists say stem cells from cloned embryos could provide a valuable tool for studying diseases, screening drugs and, perhaps someday, creating transplant material to treat conditions like diabetes and Parkinson's disease.
HOW: The cloning approach involves inserting DNA from a person into an egg, and then growing the egg into an embryo about five days old before extracting the stem cells. At that stage, the embryo is a sphere of about 150 cells. In the new work, researchers took skin cells from Wood and another volunteer and produced three embryos with DNA matching the men's. Further DNA testing on one of these embryos strengthened the case that it was a clone.
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