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Va.Tech: Gunman in police killing wasn't student
Police said Crouse called in the traffic stop at 12:15 p.m. After a few minutes passed without hearing from the officer, dispatch tried to get in touch with him, but didn't get a response. About 15 minutes later, police received the first call from a witness who said an officer had been shot at the Cassell Coliseum parking lot and the gunman had fled on foot.
Family struggled before in Texas welfare shoting
What seems clear is that Grimmer became increasingly desperate. When Rodriguez led police inside the home early Tuesday, it looked as if the place had been ransacked. All the cabinets were flung open. The drawers had been pulled out and ransacked. A dirty pail of water in the kitchen caught Rodriguez's eye.
"Things were falling out of the doors. Blankets were thrown this way and that," Rodriguez said. "It's like she was looking for something she couldn't find." On a table, in plain sight, was a box of bullets.
NM man talks of ordeal in Arizona mountains
"They accidentally ended up on a different highway. Realizing their mistake, the couple consulted a map and decided to take a forest road that connects back to the main road. "I should have turned around right then and gone about five miles back to where I had turned in," Dana Davis said. "So, I goofed right there.
"Its amazing, don't you think," daughter Lani said. "He's 86, and I think it bodes well for my brother and I, for our lives. Our family's always had humor, and that's what gotten us through the last 36 hours since we got to town here, and we're hugely proud."
Man condemned to death for Conn. home invasion
One juror, Tashana Milton-Toles, told The Associated Press that all the panelists wept during the deliberations. She said everyone wanted to find a way to avoid sentencing Komisarjevsky to death and the fact he has a 9-year-old daughter weighed on her mind.
His lawyers said they did not believe it was in his best interest to take the stand. "The severity of his damage would have been obvious and it would have alienated him from the jury," Bansley said. The defense focused heavily on the family's evangelical Christian religion and on Komisarjevsky's mental health. The family's church believed that the end of the world was near and that outsiders were potential agents of the devil, according to testimony.
An uncle, Chris Komisarjevsky, expressed "apologies and sorrow" to the victims' family. "The crime was monstrous and beyond comprehension. There are no excuses," he said. "As a family, we believe that each individual bears personal responsibility for the decisions he makes."
Missing ex-FBI agent in hostage video: 'Help me'
In the hostage video, which the family received in November 2010, Levinson pleaded with the U.S. government to meet the demands of the people holding him, whom he did not identify. The 54-second hostage video showed Levinson looking haggard but unharmed, sitting in front of what appeared to be a concrete wall. He had lost considerable weight, particularly in his face, and his white shirt hung off him. There were no signs of recent mistreatment. But Levinson, who has a history of diabetes and high blood pressure, implored the U.S. to help him quickly.
Now, those efforts appear to have stalled, U.S. relations with Iran have worsened and Levinson's family has stepped out of diplomatic channels to appeal directly to the kidnappers. "We are not part of any government and we are not experts on the region," David Levinson says. "No one can help us but you. Please help us."
Over the past year, the hopefulness that initially followed the arrival of the video has faded. The meetings with the Iranians have not provided a breakthrough and U.S. officials said the government was no longer as optimistic about the future of those talks.
"We don't know what else to do," David Levinson says in the video released Friday. "Please tell us what you want." Some U.S. officials believe the Iranian government routed the video through Pakistan as a way to blame Levinson's disappearance on someone else — most likely the anti-Iran terrorist group Jundallah. But as with every other possibility, the U.S. has no proof.
U.S. authorities have repeatedly analyzed the video and the apparently scripted remarks Levinson made, looking for clues. For instance, Levinson said a "group" had held him for three and a half years, a word choice that could suggest a criminal organization or terrorist group, rather than a government. And he said he had been held "here" for that time, suggesting he had not been moved.
"All I want is for our family to be whole again," Christine Levinson said in the video, in a message directed toward her husband. "We love you. We miss you every day. We will not abandon you."
US report dismisses cancer-Navy link on Vieques
The 361-page report by the U.S. Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry nearly concludes a federal investigation into health problems on Vieques, but critics said they would continue to fight for those who are ill."We have people from Vieques who got sick through exposure that could have been prevented if the agency had done its job," said local scientist Arturo Massol, who was invited to consult on the review but said he was never contacted. "As a result of that reality, this agency, which has dragged its feet, has become in part responsible for the damage to their health."
Vieques Mayor Evelyn Delerme said the report lacked credibility and offered no new information. "It appears that this report is intended to be 'inconclusive by design,'" she said in a statement. Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico's nonvoting in the U.S. House of Representatives, said he would request a congressional hearing to discuss the report's findings and obtain an update on the cleanup of unexploded munitions that began in 2005.
Vieques Mayor Evelyn Delerme said the report lacked credibility and offered no new information. "It appears that this report is intended to be 'inconclusive by design,'" she said in a statement. Pedro Pierluisi, Puerto Rico's nonvoting in the U.S. House of Representatives, said he would request a congressional hearing to discuss the report's findings and obtain an update on the cleanup of unexploded munitions that began in 2005.
"We're very disheartened," he said. "We thought the agency was truly going to take a fresh look as was promised." The Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry is seeking public comment through March before issuing a final report that would include recommendations for unidentified future work to be done in Vieques.
Fire at Indian hospital kills 89 as staff flees
December 09, 2011 — KOLKATA, India (AP) — Fleeing medical staff abandoned patients to a fire that killed 89 people Friday as black smoke poured through the seven-story hospital in this city in eastern India, officials said. Six administrators were arrested.
Six hospital directors surrendered to police and were charged with culpable homicide, according to police who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media. Mamata Banerjee, chief minister of the state of West Bengal, ordered the hospital's license withdrawn.
The hospital denied that any safety measures were violated.
However, safety regulations are routinely ignored at hospitals throughout India, where it is common for fire extinguishers, if present at all, to be several years old and never serviced. Few buildings have fire stairways, and drills are virtually unheard of.
Cops: NY teen set fire that killed dad, 2 brothers
The judge agreed to a prosecutor's request that Pilato undergo a mental evaluation before being sent to a juvenile lockup. He was ordered held without bail. During a brief court appearance, the slightly built Pilato answered the judge's questions with a simple "yes" or "no" in a soft, even voice.
Pilato's mother, Elaine, 59, and a 13-year-old sister, Elizabeth, escaped with injuries. The mother was in guarded condition, and the girl was in satisfactory condition at a hospital. A Webster town judge entered a not guilty plea for Pilato and ordered him to return to court Thursday to decide if he can be represented by a public defender
"At this time of year, when you see all the Christmas lights and the sleigh and then you see them carrying out these kids, it was just a terrible, terrible scene," said neighbor Patti Pasquarella, a products buyer at Xerox Corp.'s manufacturing hub in Webster.
"It makes you appreciate what you have," said Pasquarella, a mother of three.
Pageant contestant not guilty of girlfriend murder
After deliberating for two days, a California jury found 47-year-old Brian Randone not guilty of the murder and torture of 31-year-old Felicia Lee, who was found dead Sept. 11, 2009, in their apartment in Monrovia near Pasadena.
Prosecutors argued that Randone had severely beaten and suffocated Lee, while his defense attorneys insisted she died of a drug overdose. Lee appeared in several adult films under the name Felicia Tang, and had bit roles in the mainstream movies "Rush Hour 2" and "The Fast and the Furious."
Randone was a losing contestant on "The Sexiest Bachelor in America," a 2000 special on the Fox network.
Widow OKs no death penalty for Mumia Abu-Jamal
The 57-year-old former Black Panther convicted of gunning down white police Officer Daniel Faulkner will now spend the rest of his life in prison, without the possibility of parole. "My family and I have endured a three-decade ordeal at the hands of Mumia Abu-Jamal, his attorneys and his supporters, who in many cases never even took the time to educate themselves about the case before lending their names, giving their support and advocating for his freedom," Maureen Faulkner said. "All of this has taken an unimaginable physical, emotional and financial toll on each of us."
"There is no question that justice is served when a death sentence from a misinformed jury is overturned," Ritter said. "Thirty years later, the district attorney's decision not to seek a new death sentence also furthers the interests of justice."
Faulkner lashed out at the judges who overturned the death sentence, calling them "dishonest cowards" who, she said, oppose capital punishment. The widow also vowed to fight any special treatment for Abu-Jamal behind bars, saying he should be moved to the general population after being taken off death row.
"I will not stand by and see him coddled, as he has been in the past," Faulkner said. "And I am heartened that he will be taken from the protective cloister he has been living in all these years and begin living among his own kind — the thugs and common criminals that infest our prisons."
Faulkner lashed out at the judges who overturned the death sentence, calling them "dishonest cowards" who, she said, oppose capital punishment. The widow also vowed to fight any special treatment for Abu-Jamal behind bars, saying he should be moved to the general population after being taken off death row.
"I will not stand by and see him coddled, as he has been in the past," Faulkner said. "And I am heartened that he will be taken from the protective cloister he has been living in all these years and begin living among his own kind — the thugs and common criminals that infest our prisons."
Family of wounded toddler wants time for recovery
A hospital can disconnect life support on a patient without family approval if the patient is declared dead, Bramstedt said. A hospital has no legal or ethical obligation to provide futile interventiDoctors have provided a grim prognosis about the boy, whose family is seeking a second opinion from a pediatrician after seeing what they considered positive signs of reduced swelling, hand movements and higher blood pressure when he heard his father's voice.on, she said.Ivan Golde, the family's attorney, said the hospital has given the impression the child could be brain dead. "If we find physical evidence that this baby could possibly recover, one option for us would be to go to court and ask a judge to order the hospital to keep the baby on life support," Golde said.
Calif. prison psychologist accused of faking rape
Martinez began crying hysterically when police arrived, according to court papers. Martinez's two lawyers in the family court actions, Russell Carlson and Ben Ramsey, did not immediately return telephone messages seeking comment. Her husband's attorneys in the family law case declined to comment.
BLM: Mustangs mistreated but not inhumanely
But the groups also expressed concern that the BLM didn't find some of the more egregious incidents to be "inhumane" treatment. "What is their definition of inhumane?" asked Anne Novak, founder of the California-based advocacy group Protect Mustangs.
"They are stepping up to the transgressions and treatments that occurred — finally fessing up to some major problems," added Roy. "But now, what are they going to do about it? How it translates to an agency-wide policy is the big open question."
Laura Leigh, the federation's vice president, remained skeptical that the issues would be resolved. "This is just words, not action," said Leigh, who also founded Wild Horse Education, an Internet clearinghouse for information on roundups.
"They say, 'We found this wrong, but we did nothing wrong,' which is typical BLM contradictory speech. Nothing has changed," she told The Associated Press said. The review team said it analyzed the footage and acknowledged a "small number of videos indicated incidents that did not rise to the level of inhumane treatment but which the team did determine amounted to poor practices that should be improved."
The review team recommended the videotapes be used to help educate workers about acceptable and unacceptable practices. The report emphasized that the inappropriate treatment constituted "only a small percentage of overall gather operations."
"Without the video, this report wouldn't have ever been done," said Bolbol, whose own video is cited extensively in the BLM report. "This is how this Sun J crew worked knowing that observers were videotaping, knowing that BLM personnel were around," she told the AP. "So when there are no observers and no cameras, what is happening?"
Gingrich's unpredictability raises concerns
December 02, 2011 — WASHINGTON (AP) — At last, Rep. Phil Gingrey thought as he watched the most recent presidential debate. His candidate, Newt Gingrich, had moved beyond scolding journalists to talking ideas and looking like a contender. But then Gingrich seemed to embrace a form of amnesty for illegal immigrants. And Gingrey, who opposes amnesty like most conservatives, froze.
"I thought, 'Aw, I hope he's not really saying that," recalled Gingrey, R-Ga. Unpredictability is as much a part of Gingrich as his signature snowy mane, a quality that has vexed anyone who has supported him for anything — be it speaker of the House or president of the United States. The history professor from Georgia may have, as he claims, matured over three dramatic decades in public life. But one constant is a mercurial personality.
"I don't claim to be the perfect candidate," Gingrich told WSC-FM this week. "I just claim to be a lot more conservative than Mitt Romney and a lot more electable than anyone else." Gingrey agrees. But Gingrich's remarks on immigration left him with questions.
Rep. Tom Price, another Georgia Republican who has endorsed Gingrich, suggested the former speaker has acquired the self-awareness to compete in the presidential arena. "Newt has always been an idea machine, and I think he clearly appreciates the gravity of the situation before us," Price said. "There isn't any sense that this (nomination) is a fait accompli. There's an appreciation that there's a long road to go yet."
Conference in overtime on future of climate talks
Small island countries and the world's poorest nations lined up behind an EU plan to begin talks on a future agreement that would come into effect no later than 2020. As negotiations progressed, the United States and India eased objections to compromise texts, but China remained a strong holdout, EU officials said on condition of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the continuing talks.
But the text was too soft for the Europeans and for the most vulnerable countries threatened by rising oceans, more frequent droughts and fiercer storms. With passion rarely heard in a negotiating room, countries like Barbados pleaded for language instructing all parties to dig deeper into their carbon emissions and to speed up the process, arguing that the survival of their countries and millions of climate-stressed people were at risk.
Radioactive water leaks inside Japan plant
Tetsuya Saito, spokesman for Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency, said 1.8 tons of radioactive water leaked from a pump in Genkai's No. 3 reactor, and the cause was still under investigation.
The water was funneled into a storage area and posed no safety risk, he said. Kyushu Electric issued a statement Friday about a pump problem but did not mention the leak. Officials at the utility were not immediately available for comment Saturday.
"The local government needs to know," Kyodo News agency quoted him as saying. "I have repeatedly demanded the utility change its ways." Last month, Kyushu Electric restarted Genkai's No. 4 reactor after it automatically shut down following an abnormality in a steam condenser that did not cause any radiation leaks or injuries. The No. 3 reactor was halted for a routine inspection when the pump problem developed.
On Friday, Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda said work to stabilize the tsunami-hit Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant was on track. Noda said temperatures in the three melted reactor cores have fallen below the boiling point and radiation leaks have declined. But some experts say the state of the cores won't be known for years.
