Month: September 2013

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Obama: On Syria, US, world credibility is on line

September 4, 2013 admin 0

WASHINGTON (AP) — In an impassioned appeal for support both at home and abroad, President Barack Obama said Wednesday the credibility of the international community and Congress is on the line in the debate over how to respond to the alleged use of chemical weapons in Syria. As Obama made his case overseas, legislators on Capitol Hill debated whether a proposed resolution authorizing military force would shift the momentum after more than two years of Syrian civil war…. […]

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Cleveland kidnapper Ariel Castro found hanged after one month in jail

September 4, 2013 admin 0

Man who imprisoned Amanda Berry, Gina DeJesus and Michelle Knight for years received life sentence a month ago
The Associated Press
The Ohio man who kidnapped three young women and repeatedly raped them in his home for nearly a decade was found hanging in his cell and is believed to have killed himself, a prison official said Wednesday.

Ariel Castro, 53, had started serving a life prison term after being sentenced last month to life in prison plus 1,000 years on his guilty plea in one of the country’s most sensational criminal cases in recent history.

Castro was found in his cell Tuesday night,… […]

Business

Ford recalls 370,000 cars

September 4, 2013 admin 0

NEW YORK — Ford is recalling 370,000 cars due to potential corrosion to their steering shaft that may result in loss of steering.

No incidents or injuries have been reported.

The cars include 2005 to 2011 Ford Crown Victoria, Mercury Grand Marquis and Lincoln Town Cars. About 355,000 are in the U.S. and 15,000 in Canada… […]

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New Orleans Saints’ roster loaded with fresh faces headed into season-opener with Atlanta

September 4, 2013 admin 0

METAIRIE, Louisiana – (AP) — New Orleans Saints coach Sean Payton seems likely to open the regular season by throwing a dose of youth and inexperience at the visiting Atlanta Falcons.

As of Monday, 10 rookies — six of them undrafted — and three other players who have yet to be on the field for a regular season snap were on the Saints’ 53-man roster.

Some of those players may not be active on Sunday, but the Saints will need several of them to suit up.

Asked if he found it unusual to head into Week 1 with zero regular season experience on more than one-fifth of the roster, Payton said, “We don’t pay much attention to that, really.”…. […]

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U.N. says Syria refugees top 2 million mark; U.S. argues for strike

September 3, 2013 admin 1

BEIRUT (AP) — The number of refugees fleeing Syria’s violence has surpassed the 2 million mark, the U.N. refugee agency said Tuesday, as top U.S. officials prepared to argue before a key Senate committee for a punitive strike against the regime of Syrian President Bashar Assad.

Earlier, the U.S. administration won backing from French intelligence and reportedly also from Germany’s spy agency for its claim that Assad’s forces were responsible for suspected chemical weapons attacks on rebel-held areas near Damascus that are believed to have killed hundreds of Syrian civilians…. […]

Buzz Report

State inmate is beaten to death

September 3, 2013 admin 0

Pearl, Miss. – (AP) –An inmate fatally beat another prisoner at the Central Mississippi Correctional Facility in Pearl, state prison officials said Monday.

Mississippi Department of Corrections Commissioner Christopher Epps said “breaches in security” at the prison allowed 20-year-old Tyler Smith to fatally beat the other inmate, 35-year-old Clifton Majors, about 8 p.m. Sunday…. […]

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Bond hearing set in Hattiesburg housing fraud case

September 2, 2013 admin 0

HATTIESBURG, Mississippi – (AP) — A bond revocation hearing is scheduled Tuesday for a man charged in Mississippi with fraud related to a federal housing program for the poor and elderly.
Timothy Shane Bryant and Angela Bryant were indicted May 29. The indictment says she was a bookkeeper at a business that managed properties for people in a U.S. Department of Agriculture housing program…. […]