Saturday, April 13, 2013

[U.S.] After home searched, Texas man charged with threat

After home searched, Texas man charged with threat
http://abcnews.go.com/US/police-kaufman-county-official-charged-making-terroristic-threat/story?id=18947645
KAUFMAN, Texas (AP) - Authorities investigating the death of a Texas district attorney arrested a former justice of the peace and charged him Saturday with making a "terroristic threat" after searching his home.

Funeral Held for NJ Boy, 6, Shot Dead by...
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130411_ap_questionsremaininaccidentalshootingofnjboy.html
Share. 0. A funeral has been held for a 6-year-old southern New Jersey boy who authorities say was accidentally shot dead by a 4-year-old playmate.

5 Killed in Florida Crash off I-95
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/news/four-dead-two-injured-after-accident-at-i-95-and-blue-heron-boulevard
Share. 0. Five people have been killed in a two-vehicle crash on an interstate exit ramp in South Florida. The Florida Highway Patrol reports that a Mercedes ran a red light as it exited Interstate 95 in Riviera Beach early Saturday and struck a Lexus.

Minneapolis SWAT officer convicted of assault
http://www.startribune.com/local/north/202799531.html
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A Minneapolis police SWAT team leader has been convicted of assaulting a man while off-duty at a bar. The Anoka County District Court jury decided Saturday that Sgt.

2 Victims in Va. Shootings in Stable Condition
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/injured-custody-shooting-va-mall-18942738
Share. 0. Two women who were shot by a gunman at a community college in a mall in southwest Virginia, causing students and shoppers to flee in a panic, were reported to be in stable condition Saturday.

Sandy Hook and grief: Gun control advocates plead their case
http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2013/04/mother-of-sandy-hook-victim-delivers-white-house-weekly-address/
WASHINGTON--The White House turned over the president's weekly address to a stand-in Saturday, airing on its website gripping video of Francine Wheeler talking about the life and death of her 6-year-old son, Ben, shot in his classroom at Sandy Hook ...

Mayors vs Illegal Guns to air gun control ad
http://thinkprogress.org/politics/2013/04/13/1859161/the-gop-amendment-that-could-kill-gun-reform/
NEW YORK - The group Mayors Against Illegal Guns says it will be airing a new TV ad urging senators to support gun control legislation.

Gay Rights Advocates Increasing
http://www.wschronicle.com/2013/04/gay-rights-advocates-increasing/
You can call it the “bandwagon effect,” or “political opportunism” or, the “wake-up-call effect,” or, less cynically, an old American tradition.

Efforts to Curb Cheating Bog Down
http://www.wbir.com/news/article/264611/16/School-cheating-scandal-shakes-up-Atlanta
In the wake of testing scandals in Atlanta and other cities, efforts to stop cheating by school staff have been constrained by factors including bureaucratic inertia, budget constraints and, sometimes, staff and community resistance.

Fun and Games in Kentucky
http://www.politico.com/story/2013/04/progress-kentucky-accuser-changes-story-90024.html?ml=al_4
As we all know, a few days ago MoJo's David Corn scored yet another scoop based on a secret recording when he published a story about an oppo meeting held by Sen. Mitch McConnell's staff back when Ashley Judd was considering running against him.

Fire rips through Bronx apartment tower
http://newyork.newsday.com/news/new-york/bronx-apartment-fire-injures-26-child-among-5-seriously-hurt-1.5066661
NEW YORK (AP) - At leave five people were hospitalized after a three-alarm fire sent suffocating smoke billowing through a high-rise apartment tower in the Bronx.

Saratoga girl's suicide fuels cyberbullying debate
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/crime/teen-commits-suicide-rape-endless-bullying-family-article-1.1314786
SARATOGA -- It has become a depressingly familiar story in the digital age. An alleged sexual assault occurs. Images brazenly are shared electronically.

Nebraska bus driver arrested for beating, dragging rider off bus
http://abclocal.go.com/kabc/story?section=news/national_world&id=9063843
LINCOLN, Neb. (KABC) -- A bus driver is facing assault charges after he was caught on tape beating a passenger repeatedly in Lincoln, Nebraska.



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