Thursday, April 4, 2013

[U.S.] Holmes' doctor warned police before Colo. movie attack

Holmes' doctor warned police before Colo. movie attack
http://nation.time.com/2013/04/04/holmes-psychiatrist-warned-of-threat-before-attack/
New judge in Colo. theater massacre responds to media requests for arrest, search warrants. James Holmes, shown in a March 12 appearance at a hearing in Centenntial , Colo.

URI lockdown ends, no evidence of gunman on campus
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/uri-campus-lockdown-reports-gunman-article-1.1307702
A building at the University of Rhode Island was cleared room-by-room Thursday as state police investigated -- then dismissed -- reports of a man with a gun in or around Chafee Hall on the Kingston campus.

Majority of Americans favor legalizing pot, poll shows
http://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2013/04/the-war-on-drugs-is-far-more-immoral-than-most-drug-use/274651/
For the first time since it began asking the question four decades ago, the Pew Research Center has found that a majority of Americans support marijuana legalization.

Psychotherapist: Arias wasn't stalking her lover
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57577992-504083/jodi-arias-trial-murder-defendant-wasnt-stalking-her-lover-travis-alexander-psychotherapist-testifies/
(AP) PHOENIX - A psychotherapist is testifying in Jodi Arias' murder trial that the defendant and victim appeared to be in a comfortable relationship and Arias wasn't stalking him.

Obama praises Kamala Harris: 'Best-looking attorney general in the country'
http://www.politico.com/politico44/2013/04/obama-praises-kamala-harris-bestlooking-attorney-general-160880.html?ml=al_4
President Obama, speaking at his last California fundraiser Thursday, apparently couldn't help but gush about California Attorney General Kamala Harris.

Texas town locks down schools, conducts massive manhunt after jailbreak
http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/Hunt-for-Texas-fugitives-turns-to-stolen-vehicle-4405373.php
Schools in an East Texas town are on lockdown after two prisoners escaped jail Tuesday morning, prompting a massive manhunt for the suspects police are considering very dangerous.

Texas Gov. Rick Perry offers new reward in prosecutor killings
http://abcnews.go.com/US/texas-governor-vows-hunt-prosecutors-killers/story?id=18882361
Kaufman County, Texas (CNN) -- Calling the slayings of two Kaufman County prosecutors "direct attacks on the core of our civil society," Texas Gov.

Hillary Clinton signs book deal, will release memoir on years as secretary of ...
http://arts.nationalpost.com/2013/04/04/hillary-clinton-signs-book-deal-will-release-memoir-on-years-as-secretary-of-state-in-june-2014/
So what does it all mean? Hillary Rodham Clinton has a deal for a memoir and policy book about her years in the Obama administration, Simon & Schuster told The Associated Press.

Obama Administration Seeks to Overhaul International Food Aid
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2013/04/04/176154775/a-political-war-brews-over-food-for-peace-aid-program
WASHINGTON - An Obama administration plan to change the way the United States distributes its international food aid has touched off an intense lobbying campaign by a coalition of shipping companies, agribusiness and charitable groups who say the ...

Another New York lawmaker charged in corruption case
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Feds-announce-charges-against-2-NY-assemblymen-4409372.php
NEW YORK -- For the second time in three days, prosecutors announced corruption charges Thursday against a New York state lawmaker, this time accusing a legislator of accepting bribes from businessmen who wanted his help in running and maintaining ...

NYC 'zombie' finds Long Island cat in Times Square
http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/zombie-saves-cat-lame-times-square-article-1.1307739
NEW YORK - A worker who dresses as a zombie found a cat in Times Square that went missing from his Long Island owner's home two years ago.

Former Enron CEO may have his prison sentence shortened
http://www.philly.com/philly/business/20130404_ap_possibledealcouldimpactexenronceossentence.html
Former Enron Chief Executive Jeffrey K. Skilling, who is serving a 24-year prison sentence for his part in the collapse of the energy giant, could win an early release under a possible deal with the Justice Department.

Colbert-Busch will target Sanford's other indiscretions
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/04/04/colbert-busch-will-target-sanfords-other-indiscretions/
Former South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford answers questions from reporters after voting in Charleston, S.C., on Tuesday, April 2, 2013.

Job at McDonald's franchise in Massachusetts DOESN'T requires bachelor's ...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/mass-mcdonald-requires-college-degrees-article-1.1307514
Turns out you don't need a college degree to work at this McDonald's after all. The owner of a fast-food franchise location in Winchendon, Mass.

Newly-released film shows the arrest of MLK's assassin
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57578007/newly-released-film-shows-the-arrest-of-mlks-assassin/
Previously unseen video has been released showing the arrest of James Earl Ray, the man who assassinated Martin Luther King in 1968.

'Craigslist Killer' Sentenced To Death
http://www.sfgate.com/news/texas/article/Ohio-man-sentenced-to-death-for-Craigslist-plot-4408365.php
An Ohio judge on Thursday accepted a jury's recommendation of the death penalty for Richard Beasley, the former Ohio preacher who was found guilty last month in the deaths of three men who had been lured in through Craigslist in 2011.

In a Budget Gesture, Obama Will Return 5% of His Salary
http://www.nytimes.com/2013/04/04/us/politics/to-highlight-pain-of-budget-cuts-obama-to-return-of-part-of-pay.html
President Obama plans to return 5 percent of his salary to the Treasury in solidarity with federal workers who are going to be furloughed as part of the automatic budget cuts known as the sequester, an administration official said Wednesday.

President Barack Obama visits Bay Area after making case for tougher gun laws
http://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Obama-raises-California-cash-for-Democrats-4408416.php
President Barack Obama landed at San Francisco International Airport on Wednesday evening for a fresh round of fundraisers, hours after making his case for tougher federal gun laws in Denver.



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