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| A sellout at ‘Spirits in the Cave’ Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:47:34 -0500 Lost River Cave came to life Thursday night with the seventh annual Spirits in the Cave fundraiser for Big Brothers Big Sisters of South Central Kentucky. |
| Shift sought for TVA addition Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:47:35 -0500 Alvaton residents didn’t seem happy about plans displayed Thursday night for a new 161-kilovolt power line to serve their growing area, but many were resigned to seeing it built somewhere nearby - they just asked that it be shifted a few feet or yards onto someone else’s property. |
| Unemployment creeps up Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:47:35 -0500 While unemployment rates for June rose in Warren and 107 other Kentucky counties, Warren County’s rate still is one of the lowest in the state at 5.8 percent. |
| Edmonson sheriff Honeycutt retires Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:47:36 -0500 Edmonson County Sheriff B.J. Honeycutt has left his position after taking a medical retirement. |
| KSP celebrates long history, tradition Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:47:37 -0500 Retired troopers shared stories, looked at pictures and talked about how things used to be during an open house Thursday celebrating the 60th anniversary of Kentucky State Police. |
| Voting machines ready Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:47:39 -0500 Kentucky Secretary of State Trey Grayson stopped in Warren County Clerk Dot Owens’ office Thursday to display and demonstrate the optical-scanning voting machines that will be used here this fall. |
| Red Cross to provide CPR/PR course Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:47:40 -0500 The South Central Kentucky Chapter of the American Red Cross will conduct a CPR/PR instructor course for current lay responder instructors, at the Red Cross Chapter, 430 Center Street, Bowling Green. |
| Portion of Eighth Avenue to be closed Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:47:40 -0500 Eighth Avenue will be closed to through traffic beginning Monday from Center Street to Adams Street. |
| POLICE NEWS: Pizza delivery man tells police he was robbed Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:47:41 -0500 A Domino’s Pizza delivery man was robbed between 10 p.m. and 10:45 p.m. Tuesday in the 1300 block of Blue Lake Road. |
| Life Hurts...God Heals Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:01:51 -0500 Broadway United Methodist Church is launching a new ministry to teach middle and high school students how to cope with life’s hurts, in hopes of preventing them from resorting to drugs, alcohol or other destructive behavior. The program, Life Hurts … God Heals, is a series of two-hour classes taught once a week for 13 weeks. The course outline originated at Saddleback Church in Lake Forest, Calif. It reduces the traditional 12-step recovery program to eight steps, which are integrated with scripture and designed to be easier for youth to understand. Broadway Methodist modified the course to better suit southern Kentucky’s needs, according to Larry Sensing, pastoral care assistant at Broadway. “Bowling Green is a different culture and has a different way to approach things than California,” he said. “Theirs is pretty heavy. It’s for kids who have used drugs or are getting off drugs, or who’ve been into suicidal behavior or cutting. But our approach is tailored to prevention. If students who have had problems want to come, that’s fine, too.” Life Hurts … God Heals teaches adolescents how to deal with the problems associated with growing up, such as denial, depression, loneliness, anger and rejection by concentrating on eight steps based on the beatitudes of Christ. The first letter of each step is an acronym for God Heals: 1. Get help 2. Open your heart (to God) 3. Depend on Christ 4. Hear and speak (evaluate your faults and confess them to God and someone you trust) 5. Embrace God’s way 6. Ask for forgiveness 7. Live for God 8. Share with others. The classes are open to anyone, according to Tracy Gingras, the program director. “It’s not just for Broadway members,” she said. “It’s for any child that’s hurting. If they’re struggling with life, whether it be that their parents are not understanding them or they’re having relationship problems, maybe their boyfriend is possessive or they’re being picked on, then this is a place where they can learn how to express their feelings in a more appropriate way.” The sessions will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. Thursday nights, beginning Aug. 28. They will begin with an open forum then break into smaller groups, separated by gender and grade level, where the students can discuss the evening’s topic and record their thoughts in a journal. “It’s a comfortable environment for the adolescents,” Gingras said. “It’s very laid back; not a formal thing by any means. They can say as much as they want or as little as they want and it’s all held confidentially. Their workbooks are locked up after each session so no one can read them.” Gingras said she’s hoping to have between 50 to 70 students. Registration deadline is Aug. 22. Broadway has previously conducted two trial runs of Life Hurts … God Heals, according to Dee Downing, one of the adult leaders and former program director. “We intentionally limited the number of youth to around 12 students before just to build the leadership and learn how to best run the program,” he said. “What we’d like to do now is reach out further into the community.” Sensing, who is also a clinical psychologist, said he’s excited about the caliber of leadership that has stepped forward to teach the adolescents. “We have police officers, social workers, juvenile justice workers and teachers,” he said. “There’s no other program or ministry that I know of like it in Bowling Green.” One of those leaders, retired schoolteacher Sally Carwell volunteered because she knew a young adult who did not learn how to accept life’s hurts and died of an overdose. “I feel called to do this,” she said. “I want to make (his) life worth something. I’m tired of being a spectator Christian. It’s out in the ditches; you’ve got to get down and dirty where there are problems and needs. It’s imperative for me to give these children some venue and some skills on how to deal with what is inevitably going to hurt them. And there are going to be those hurts. Anytime you’re given the tools to do something correctly, you’ve got a better chance … This tool is a series of lessons. “Kids are going to have a better chance of facing the train that’s going to come down the track toward them if they go through this program,” she said. “And that train is going to come down the track.” To register, call 842-3942, Ext. 109 More adults are also welcomed to volunteer. www.broadwayunited.org e-mail: lhgh@bellsouth.net |
| Church news Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:01:53 -0500 A listing of services, seminars and special music in our area. Special services |
| Cleodis Curry Jr. Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:29:32 -0500 HORSE CAVE — Cleodis Curry Jr., 49, of Franklin died at 4 a.m. July 30, 2008, at his brother-in-law’s home in Bowling Green. The Hart County native was a wood furniture craftsman, owned and operated C & C Janitorial and was a member of the Simpson County Democratic Executive Committee and Horse Cave First Baptist Church. He was also an eight-year veteran of the Army. He was a son of the late Cleodis Curry Sr. and Mildred Shirley Curry. Memorial service is at 10 a.m. Monday at Pleasant Oak Ridge Baptist Church, with burial in Pleasant Oak Ridge Cemetery. Military rites will be conducted by DAV Chapter 20 of Glasgow. Visitation is from 1 p.m. to 8 p.m. today at Winn Funeral Home, with a wake at 6 p.m. today. There is no visitation Saturday or Sunday. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the American Lung Association or the American Cancer Society. Survivors include his wife, Donna Landreth-Curry; a son, Cleodis Dwayne Boyd III and his wife, Kara, of Horse Cave; a grandson, Zackery of Horse Cave; two sisters, Brenda Curry of Franklin and Betty Wood and her husband, Kenny, of Cave City; a brother, James Edward Curry and his wife, Sherry, of Glasgow; two brothers-in-law, David Landreth and his wife, Tessa, of Bowling Green and Alan Landreth and his wife, Denise, of Franklin; and several nieces, nephews, cousins and godchildren. |
| Robert L. Deweese Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:29:32 -0500 MORGANTOWN — Robert L. Deweese, 62, of Roundhill died at 3:59 p.m. July 31, 2008, at Commonwealth Regional Hospital in Bowling Green. Funeral arrangements, which are incomplete, are under the direction of Jones Funeral Chapel. |
| Dorothy M. Forbis Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:29:33 -0500 PARK CITY — Dorothy Marie Forbis, 82, of Cave City died July 31, 2008, in Cave City. The Edmonson County native was a retired sales clerk for Mammoth Cave National Park Concessions and a member of Cave City Church of Christ. She was a daughter of the late Willie Freeman and Eldora “Peggy” Cooper Freeman and the wife of the late William Henry Forbis. She was preceded in death by three sisters, Frances Cooper, Ora McDaniel and Ruby Sauer. Funeral is at 3 p.m. Sunday at Patton Funeral Home, Park City Chapel, with burial in Cave City Cemetery. Visitation is from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Saturday and from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to the American Cancer Society or Christian Relief Fund, P.O. Box 19670, Amarillo, TX 79114. Online condolences may be made at www.pattonfuneralhome. com. Survivors include a daughter, Peggy Nims and her husband, Donald, of Glasgow; two sons, Bobby Bunnell and his wife, Wilma, of Cave City and Terry Bunnell and his wife, Debbie, of Glasgow; a stepdaughter, Trinna Lawkins and her husband, William, of Middlesboro; and three grandsons, Kyle Bunnell of Cave City and Matthew and Jonathan Bunnell, both of Glasgow. |
| Shirley T. Graydon, former Adairville mayor, dies at 72 Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:29:35 -0500 ADAIRVILLE — Shirley Thurtell Graydon, 72, of Adairville died July 30, 2008, at her home. The Logan County native was born May 12, 1936. She served on the Adairville City Council in 1982 and 1983, was mayor of Adairville from 1984-87 and was a member of Millertown Church of Christ. She was a daughter of the late Clarence Hallman and Ella Richardson Hallman and the wife of the late Walter Thurtell and Kenneth Graydon. She was preceded in death by a son, Lincoln Elliott Thurtell. Funeral is at 1 p.m. Saturday at Dean Funeral Chapel, with burial in Greenwood Cemetery. Visitation is from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. today and begins at 10 a.m. Saturday at the funeral home. Survivors include a son, Keith Thurtell and his wife, Ann, of Springfield, Tenn.; a daughter, Carla Quick and her husband, Bruce, of Bowling Green; a brother, Dan Hallman of Adairville; a sister, Delores Violette of Adairville; and four grandchildren, Kayla Schultz and Lauren, Elliott and Lincoln Quick. |
| Thomas J. Mracek Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:29:36 -0500 Thomas John Mracek, 79, of Bowling Green died at 6:15 p.m. July 30, 2008, in Bowling Green. The Chicago native was born May 11, 1929. He was the chief landscape architect for the state of Illinois. He was a member of the Elks Lodge, graduated from Michigan State University in 1952 and served two years in the Army. He was a son of the late Emil Mracek and Josephine Mracek. A private celebration of life is at a later date. Cremation was chosen. There is no visitation. J.C. Kirby & Son Funeral Home, Broadway Avenue chapel, is in charge of arrangements. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to Minnie Pearl Cancer Research, 2410 Patterson St., Suite 110, Nashville, TN 37203. Online condolences may be made at www.jckirbyandson.com. Survivors include his wife of 57 years, Shirley Pytlik Mracek; two sons, Tim Mracek and his wife, Barbara, and Tom Mracek and his wife, Kim, all of Riverside; a daughter, Cindy Myrick and her husband, Keith, of Waterloo, Ill.; grandchildren, Sarah and Katie Mracek and Megan and Monica Myrick; and a great-granddaughter, Baleigh Mracek. |
| Sarah J. Mullins Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:29:37 -0500 FRANKLIN — Sarah Joyce Mandrell Mullins, 61, of Franklin died July 31, 2008, at her home. The Westmoreland, Tenn., native was a CSR with R. Lorin Mullins Agency and worked actively with Child Abuse Prevention (CAPS) in Simpson County. She was a daughter of the late Delbert W. Mandrell and Myrtle Ruth Cannon Mandrell. She was preceded in death by two brothers, James David Mandrell and Roy Mandrell. Funeral is at 6 p.m. today at Crafton Funeral Home. Memorial celebration is at 6 p.m. Saturday at New Hope Cemetery in Westmoreland. Visitation is in progress today at the funeral home. Expressions of sympathy may take the form of contributions to St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital or Hospice of Southern Kentucky. Online condolences may be made at www.craftonfuneralhome. com. Survivors include her husband, R. Lorin Mullins; two sons, Shane Bomar of Tampa, Fla., and Austin Bomar of Lexington; two sisters, Joann Sircy of Gallatin, Tenn., and Frances Simmons of Russellville; a brother, Frank Mandrell of Indianapolis; and two grandchildren, Coeda and Daetyn Bomar, both of Copperas Cove, Texas. |
| James T. Souders Sr. Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:29:38 -0500 LOUISVILLE — James T. “Ted” Souders Sr., 53, of Louisville died July 29, 2008. Funeral is at 6 p.m. EDT today at Owen Funeral Home, with burial at 1 p.m. CDT Saturday at Sweeden Cemetery in Brownsville. Visitation is from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. EDT today at the funeral home. Survivors include his children, Christina Deleon and her husband, Tony, and James Souders Jr.; his father, Paul Souders and his wife, Kathryn; grandchildren, Dejia and Tamia Deleon; a sister, Rose Milburn; and his girlfriend, Melinda. |
| Jesse F. Steenbergen Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:29:38 -0500 GLASGOW — Jesse F. Steenbergen, 91, of Glasgow died Aug. 1, 2008, at T.J. Samson Community Hospital. Funeral arrangements, which are incomplete, are under the direction of A.F. Crow & Son Funeral Home. |
| Dr. Michael P. Stevens Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:29:40 -0500 RUSSELLVILLE — Dr. Michael Patrick Stevens, 45, of Russellville died July 28, 2008, in Cold Water, Mich. He was born May 14, 1963. He was a former anesthesiologist at Logan Memorial Hospital and was employed with H & H Sheet Metal in its safety department. He was certified in pain management and anesthesiology and a member of Dripping Spring Baptist Church. He was a son of Robert Stevens of Oregon, who survives, and the late Joanne Wyman Stevens. A life celebration service is at 3 p.m. Sunday at Young Funeral Home, Russellville chapel. Visitation is from noon to 3 p.m. Sunday at the funeral home. Other survivors include his wife, Jody K. Stevens; two daughters, Jennifer Anderson and Jamie Smith, both of Russellville; two brothers, James Nighswonger of Arizona and David Stevens of Oregon; two sisters, Cindy Kuhne of Missouri and Sue Ladson of South Carolina; and three grandchildren. |
| Hazel V. Stoker Fri, 1 Aug 2008 11:29:42 -0500 MORGANTOWN — Hazel V. Stoker, 78, of Morgantown died July 29, 2008, at The Medical Center at Bowling Green. The LaFayette, Ga., native was born March 19, 1930. She was a carpet mill worker and a Baptist. She was a daughter of the late Gladys Louise Proctor Kilgore and Orvill Glen Kilgore and the wife of the late Jim Stoker. She was preceded in death by two sons, Roger Dale Ballew and William Glen Ballew; a daughter, Angela Ballew Wallace; four brothers; and a sister. Funeral is 3 p.m. EDT Sunday at Wallis Memorial Chapel in LaFayette, with burial in Estell Cemetery in LaFayette. Visitation is from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m. EDT today and from 8 a.m. to 9 p.m. EDT Saturday at the funeral home. Jones Funeral Chapel is in charge of local arrangements. Online condolences may be made at www.jonesfuneralchapel. com. Survivors include three sisters, Dorothy Neighbors of Bowling Green and Betty Jo Moore and Opal McClure, both of Georgia; and a brother, Marshall D. Kilgore of Georgia. |
| Dave Matthews Band plays Slugger Field Sat, 02 Aug 2008 00:40:00 EST Friday night at Louisville Slugger Field, the Dave Matthews Band delivered everything its fans expected. It was the band's first performance in Louisville since the 1995 Farm Aid concert. |
| Janish two-run double keys Bats' rally, 7-5 Fri, 01 Aug 2008 23:34:00 EST Paul Janish drove in the go-ahead run with a two-run double during a four-run eighth inning as the Louisville Bats rallied to a 7-5 victory over the Charlotte Knights tonight. |
| Govt. officials could seize your laptop and iPod Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:10:00 EST Border officials may seize laptops, cell phones, and personal devices without a warrant or probable cause and keep them for an indefinite amount of time, according to the documents. |
| Depauw couple charged with tax evasion Fri, 01 Aug 2008 18:29:00 EST Federal agents seized more than $1.8 million from the home and business of Gregory and Donna Gurtz. |
| Teens always have something to say Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:26:00 EST Join other teens on our High School Round Table. It's easy to apply. |
| Talk TARC Fri, 01 Aug 2008 17:03:00 EST J. Barry Barker, executive director of the Transit Authority of River City (TARC)will be here at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 5 to answer your questions about TARC's service and hear what you want the future of public transportation in Louisville to look like. |
| Breeders' Cup bans steroids Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:55:00 EST The Breeders' Cup today announced a new policy aimed at eliminating the use of anabolic steroids in its season-ending horse racing championships. Violators would be banned from the event for a year. |
| Comair trial called off amid settlements Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:40:00 EST With virtually all cases settled, the trial of lawsuits filed by the families of the victims of Comair Flight 5191 has been called off. |
| Metromix: Don't leave work without planning your weekend Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:25:00 EST Check out some options for live music |
| Floyd gets money to widen Old Vincennes Road Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:11:00 EST Award of $1.8 million announced this week. |
| Non-profit provides groceries at discounted prices Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:54 EDT Earlier this year, Glenda Miller of Lexington was barely making ends meet, feeding herself and the two adults who lived in her home. Then her son and his two children moved in. Soon after, a friend who lost her home and her two children joined Miller's household. Before the end of each month, all the food would be gone. Then Miller learned about Angel Food Ministries, a non-profit, non-denominational organization that provides groceries at discounted prices to people in Lexington, Central Kentucky and 34 other states. .Now I tell everybody . everybody . about it,. said Miller, 57. .I couldn't afford to feed my family without it.. |
| Police arrested woman who left her wallet in stolen purse Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:54 EDT RICHMOND . A Berea woman who left her wallet in a purse she allegedly tried to steal was arrested Thursday. Police say Kimberly Jo Kirby, 44, stole a purse and hid other merchandise inside it Thursday evening while she was in the JC Penney in Richmond Mall. When a store employee confronted Kirby outside the store, she dropped the purse and tried to punch the employee with keys in her fist, police say. She then sped away in a vehicle. The employee discovered that Kirby left her wallet, which included her identification, inside the purse, and turned over the items to police. |
| Radisson to become Hilton and undergo renovation Fri, 01 Aug 2008 22:54 EDT The Radisson Plaza Hotel in downtown Lexington will soon become a Hilton hotel, the owners of the 367-room facility said Friday. Interstate Hotels & Resorts said it has formed a joint venture with an affiliate of Madison W Properties Inc. that will lead to a $13 million renovation of the complex built by The Webb Companies in 1982. Webb, a Lexington-based developer and property manager, will continue as a partner in the venture. Woodford Webb, a partner in Webb Companies, said Radisson is no longer operating the hotel, which is now called the Lexington Downtown Hotel & Conference Center. |
| Georgetown College cuts staff Fri, 01 Aug 2008 19:44 EDT Several staff positions at Georgetown College have been cut because philanthropic donations are declining, college officials said Friday. Six full-time employees and one part-time employee were let go earlier this week at the 2,000-student liberal arts college. Three other full-timers are being moved to part-time status. In addition, four full-time and two part-time positions that have been vacant for some time will not be filled, said Jim Allison, associate vice president for institutional advancement. The school has about 350 employees, Allison said. |
| Social service offices to keep security Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:54 EDT LOUISVILLE . After public outcry by employees who feared for their safety, the state has decided to keep security guards at a welfare office in Louisville rather than cut them to save money. The cuts were to take effect Friday and included eliminating nine of 11 security guards at the building. But Janie Miller, secretary for the Cabinet for Health and Family Services, reversed course Thursday and said the building would open Friday with all 11 security guards on duty, the Courier-Journal reported. .I have to say our employees have expressed strong concerns, and we have to listen to those concerns,. Miller said. |
| Gov. hopes to save KET courses Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:54 EDT Gov. Steve Beshear said Friday that he hopes to find a way to preserve a 30-year-old program that has allowed thousands of Kentuckians to take college courses on Kentucky Educational Television. The KET College Courses program, which began in 1978, will continue through the fall semester but shut down at the end of the year because of budget cutbacks, officials say. .I want to get the facts and see if there's anything we can do about that,. he said. .The educational thrust of KET obviously is an essential part of their mission, and something that moves Kentucky along.. Beshear said the KET program is another example of program cutbacks that people have complained about at Town Hall meetings he's attended recently. Many have expressed a willingness to support a cigarette tax increase to raise more revenue, he said. |
| Ky.-based health firm seeks millions from N.M. Fri, 01 Aug 2008 10:51 EDT A Kentucky-based health care company has sued the state of New Mexico, contending its contract was terminated without fundamental fairness or due process. Louisville, Ky.-based Res-Care had provided services to the state's developmentally disabled for more than a decade. The state abruptly canceled Res-Care's agreement in July 2006 and moved clients to other providers. Res-Care's lawsuit was filed in U.S. District Court in Albuquerque last week. It says the state has failed to pay for $5 million in services and that it is owed $3 million in other costs. The state Departments of Health, Human Services, and Children, Youth and Families are named as defendants in the lawsuit. A spokeswoman for the state Health Department said state officials had not been served with the complaint. |
| Museum honoring former vice president closing Fri, 01 Aug 2008 12:20 EDT The Alben Barkley Museum in Paducah is closing and artifacts concerning the former vice president will be offered to another museum. The historic home that houses the museum is being sold to the city. Barkley served as vice president from 1949 to 1953 under President Harry Truman. Lake Barkley on the Cumberland River is named in his honor. Former Barkley Museum board chairman Dan Boaz said the Barkley artifacts are being offered to the Market House Museum. |
| AP News Alert Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:01 EDT Court official: Lawsuits over Ky. Comair crash have been settled; Monday trial canceled. |
| Mother sues over public defenders Fri, 01 Aug 2008 16:41 EDT A Lexington woman has filed suit in federal court challenging the constitutionality of a plan by public defenders to withdraw from some cases. Public defenders began withdrawing from certain cases on July 1 because of state budget cuts. The woman filed the suit after public defenders representing her child in a juvenile court tried to withdraw from the case. Attorneys for the woman say the Department of Public Advocacy should spend all of its funds before attempting to withdraw from cases. They also want a judgment that the case withdrawals are unconstitutional. Damon Preston, the agency's trial division director, says the department doesn't want anyone to be without legal representation, but that the state has not adequately funded the agency to provide such services. |
| Georgetown College cuts positions Fri, 01 Aug 2008 20:46 EDT Officials at Georgetown College say a drop in fundraising dollars forced them to cut several staff positions, but none from the faculty ranks. Jim Allison, associate vice president for institional advancement at the 2,000-student liberal arts college, says on the Lexington Herald-Leader Web site seven employees were let go earlier this week. Six of those were full-time and one was part-time. Allison says three other full-time staff members were moved to part-time status, and some positions that had been vacant will be left unfilled. He says the Baptist central Kentucky college has about 350 employees. Allison says the nation's economic downturn has resulted in a decline in giving. As a result, he says college officials are trying to reduce by $2 million gift money used in the school's operating budget. Overall, he says the college remains financially stable. |
| Man held in three riverside killings Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:54 EDT NIAGARA, Wis. . A gunman suspected of opening fire on a group of young swimmers gathered along a riverbank was arrested Friday after he emerged from woods near the scene where three teenagers were slain and a fourth person was wounded. Scott J. Johnson, 38, was dressed in camouflage when deputies confronted him after an all-night manhunt. He dropped his assault rifle as officers approached. .We believe he was in the woods and near our officers, who were also in the woods all night,. said Jerry Sauve, chief's deputy sheriff in Marinette County. Nine young people had gathered at a railroad bridge to go swimming in the Menominee River when the gunman appeared Thursday afternoon and opened fire, authorities said. Investigators have not determined a motive. |
| Man held in 3 killings at Wisconsin river Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:54 EDT NIAGARA, Wis. . A man suspected of opening fire on a group of young swimmers gathered along a riverbank was arrested Friday after he emerged from woods near the scene where three teenagers were slain and a fourth person was wounded. Scott J. Johnson, 38, was dressed in camouflage when deputies confronted him after an all-night manhunt. He dropped his assault rifle as officers approached. .We believe he was in the woods and near our officers who were also in the woods all night,. said Jerry Sauve, chief's sheriff's deputy in Marinette County. Nine young adults had gathered at a railroad bridge to go swimming in the Menominee River when the gunman appeared Thursday afternoon and opened fire, authorities said. |
| Yosemite fire is 60% contained Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:54 EDT FRESNO, Calif. . A day after nearly 100 evacuees returned to their homes in the Sierra Nevada foothills, other anxious residents near Yosemite National Park still waited Friday to see whether their houses had been destroyed by a blaze that charred the forest ringing the park. The 53-square-mile wildfire sparked by a target shooter last week was 60 percent contained as firefighters shored up lines around residential areas along its southern and eastern edges. It has reduced 21 homes to ruin and forced the evacuation of 350. For days, the blaze spat up clouds of smoke that obscured the park's granite peaks. The evacuation order was still in place Friday for about 45 homes. Ken Wagner, 63, was among the unlucky residents still unable to view the ashy remains of his second home, a cabin tucked in the dry brush and woodlands lining the Merced River canyon. |
| Anthrax victims, families try to make sense of suicide Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:54 EDT WASHINGTON . Survivors of the anthrax attacks and relatives of the victims expressed relief Friday that the long-running case appears finally to be closed, but they wondered about questions that may never be answered because of the suicide of suspect Bruce Edward Ivins. .It's either made right on this side of the grave or the other,. said Mary Morris, widow of Washington, D.C., postal worker Thomas Morris Jr. .Nobody gets by with anything. But we do just have to wait on the Lord.. Five people died as a result of the anthrax mailings in 2001, which came soon after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11. Another 17 people were sickened with respiratory and skin infections. Mark Cunningham, op-ed editor for the New York Post, developed an infection on his face after being exposed to the pathogen at work. He woke up Friday morning, turned on the television and heard that a previously unknown government scientist had taken his life after the FBI focused on him as the chief suspect in the case. |
| School's jumpsuit plan may backfire Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:54 EDT GONZALES, Texas . Violating Gonzales High School's dress code is not a crime, but some of the offenders are about to start looking a lot like convicts. Soon after classes begin Aug. 25, violators of the district's beefed-up dress code must don navy blue coveralls unless they get another set of clothes from home . or serve in-school suspension. The outfits aren't just styled like prison jumpsuits . they're actually made by Texas inmates. .We're a conservative community, and we're just trying to make our students more reflective of that,. said Larry Wehde, Gonzales Independent School District deputy superintendent. The new policy in Gonzales, about 70 miles east of San Antonio, has drawn plenty of criticism . along with some speculation that all the district will accomplish is to set off a new fashion trend. |
| Canadian bus attack suspect appears in court Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:54 EDT TORONTO . A 40-year-old man who witnesses said stabbed and beheaded his seat mate on a Greyhound bus in Canada made his first court appearance Friday, while police offered no motive for the savage attack against the 22-year-old carnival worker. Vince Weiguang Li, of Edmonton, Alberta, has been charged with second-degree murder. He shuffled into the courtroom Friday in Portage la Prairie, Manitoba, his head bowed and feet shackled. He did not reply when the judge asked him if he was going to get a lawyer, and only nodded slightly when asked whether he was exercising his right not to speak. He was not required to enter a plea. The prosecutor asked for a psychiatric assessment, but the judge said he wanted to give Li a chance to meet with his lawyer. Li's next court appearance is scheduled for Tuesday. |
| U.S. pressures Pakistan to cut ties with terrorists Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:54 EDT WASHINGTON . The Bush administration and its allies are pressing Pakistan to end its support for Afghan insurgents linked to al-Qaida, but Pakistani generals are unlikely to be swayed because they increasingly see their interests diverging from those of the United States, U.S. and foreign experts said. The administration sought to ratchet up the pressure last month by sending top U.S. military and intelligence officials to Pakistan to confront officials there with intelligence linking Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence to the Taliban and other militant Islamist groups. When that failed to produce the desired response, U.S. officials told news organizations about the visit, and then revealed that the intelligence included an intercepted communication between ISI officers and a pro-Taliban network that carried out a July 7 bombing of the Indian Embassy in Kabul, the Afghan capital. The United States and Britain privately have demanded that Pakistan move against the Taliban's top leadership, which they contend is based near Quetta, the capital of Pakistan's Baluchistan Province, said a State Department official and a senior NATO defense official, who both requested anonymity because they weren't authorized to speak publicly. |
| Solar eclipse cheered by Chinese ahead of Games Sat, 02 Aug 2008 01:54 EDT XI'AN, China . Finally, China had an act of nature it could celebrate. After an Olympic year of freakish natural disasters, crowds of Chinese watched a total solar eclipse along the country's ancient Silk Road on Friday, one week before the start of the Summer Games in Beijing. It was a welcome respite after a 2008 that began with heavy snowstorms at the Chinese New Year, followed by China's deadliest earthquake in a generation, then river flooding . and even a huge algae bloom at the Olympic sailing site. Online, some Chinese murmured about curses. But on Friday evening, the eclipse . once a bad omen for China's imperial rulers . was cheered by a country eager for any auspicious sign before the games. State media called China's first solar eclipse of the century the .Olympics eclipse,. and TV stations broadcast it live. |
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