Monday, April 1, 2013

[U.S.] Kaufman County officials, courts under tight security after DA killing

Kaufman County officials, courts under tight security after DA killing
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-18563_162-57577382/texas-county-on-edge-as-police-probe-assassinations/
KAUFMAN, Texas -- As a team of investigators swarmed the north Texas home where Kaufman County Dist. Atty. Mike McLelland was gunned down with his wife over the weekend, courthouse staff returned to work Monday under armed guard.

Death Penalty Is Sought in Shooting at Colorado Theater
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Colo-prosecutors-seek-execution-in-theater-attack-4399195.php
CENTENNIAL, Colo. - James E. Holmes deserves to die for killing 12 people in a storm of bullets inside a packed Colorado movie theater last July, prosecutors said in a hearing here on Monday.

Suspect in Colo. prison chief's death mistakenly released early
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57577386/suspect-in-colo-prison-chiefs-death-mistakenly-released-early/
A clerical error allowed the man suspected of killing Colorado's prisons chief to be released from custody about four years early, officials said Monday.

'Buckwild' production shut down after cast member Shain Gandee found dead in ...
http://abcnews.go.com/Entertainment/Entertainment/mtvs-buckwild-star-found-dead-wheeling/story?id=18856087
One of the “totally wild and carefree” participants in MTV's reality series “Buckwild” has died. Shain Gandee was among three men found dead in a vehicle Monday in the Sissonville area of West Virginia - about 31 hours after he and his uncle, David Gandee ...

Conn. Proposals on Guns, Other Items After Newtown
http://www.sfgate.com/news/crime/article/Conn-reaches-deal-on-tough-gun-laws-after-Newtown-4400026.php
Share. 0. Connecticut lawmakers announced a deal Monday on what they called some of the toughest gun laws in the country that were proposed after the December mass shooting at a school in Newtown.

Dead man found dangling from Calif. high rise
http://www.bakersfieldnow.com/news/local/Man-found-dead-hanging-off-Sacramento-high-rise-200933211.html
Sacramento police say body found in rope harness near 14th floor may be graffiti tagger who was accidentally asphyxiated. Body. Sacramento firefighters Monday recovered the body of a man found hanging in a rope harness on the side of an 18-story tower ...

10 Seriously Hurt After Car Hits Vegas Restaurant
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57577389/car-slams-into-las-vegas-restaurant-during-lunch/
Share. 0. A car plowed through a restaurant's patio during the lunch hour Monday, injuring 10 people before it came to rest with its engine revving and its hood inside a shattered plate glass window, authorities said.

Aereo Wins a Court Battle, Dismaying Broadcasters
http://www.theglobeandmail.com/report-on-business/international-business/us-business/online-tv-service-aereo-wins-another-court-battle/article10625423/
AEREO challenges one of the most basic tenets of the television business. Broadcasters have been trying to sue it out of existence for a year.

Arkansas: Veto of Voter ID Law Is Overriden
http://tv.msnbc.com/2013/04/01/gop-legislature-overrides-arkansas-governors-voter-id-veto/
The Republican-led State House voted Monday to complete an override of a veto by Gov. Mike Beebe, a Democrat, of a law requiring voters to show photo identification.

For Immigration, Timing Could Be Tricky
http://www.rollcall.com/news/for_immigration_timing_could_be_tricky-223547-1.html?pos=hln
Leahy, chairman of the Judiciary Committee, will have to help shepard an immigration rewrite through the Senate using regular order.

Suspects in kidnapping, sexual assault of girl have long records
http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-504083_162-57577353-504083/calif-kidnapping-update-daniel-martinez-arrested-in-connection-with-kidnapping-of-10-year-old-girl-report-says/
The two suspects in the kidnapping and sexual assault of a 10-year-old girl have extensive criminal records. The prime suspect in last week's kidnapping and sexual assault of a 10-year-old Northridge girl may be in the San Diego area, authorities said ...

Video: Kid President Ends Up in the White House, Google's Smell Search, and ...
http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/white-house-plays-april-fools-day-prank-article-1.1304451?localLinksEnabled=false
From Google to the White House everyone is playing some sort of April Fools' pranks today, and we have rounded up all of the best.

Opinion: On baseball, hope and opening day
http://www.northjersey.com/news/opinions/ejdionne_040213.html
The sun rising over Yankee Stadium before opening day baseball game between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox Monday. THE OBLIGATIONS of religious toleration and pluralism require all who care not a bit about baseball to accept that ...

Appeals court denies ReDigi appeal, says music downloads can't be resold
http://www.npr.org/blogs/money/2013/04/01/175924514/update-is-it-legal-to-sell-your-old-mp3s-judge-says-no
ReDigi took a gamble that it could resell legally purchased song downloads, much as you would that one-hit wonder CD you bought in high school.

Race is on for H-1B visas
http://au.news.yahoo.com/technology/news/article/-/16486331/us-visa-day-sparks-new-debate-on-tech-workers/
The annual race for H-1B visas is under way, but if you're only starting your application now, it's probably already too late.

Boy Scouts: Utah gay pride center can't sponsor troop
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/01/17556143-boy-scouts-utah-gay-pride-center-cant-sponsor-troop?lite
By Miranda Leitsinger, Staff Writer, NBC News. The Boy Scouts of America said Monday that the Utah Pride Center - an LGBT advocacy group - could not charter a Boy Scout troop, even though the group said it would comply with the youth organization's ...

Attacks on Mag Mile, CTA dim glow from 69% drop in murder rate
http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/04/01/17554426-murders-fall-42-percent-in-americas-deadliest-city-chicago?lite
Basking in the glow of a 69 percent drop in Chicago's March murder rate, Mayor Rahm Emanuel and Police Supt. Garry McCarthy were confronted by a troubling reality: the return of downtown mob attacks that seem to be turning into a rite of spring.

Paperwork problems keep Atlanta schools defendants from surrendering
http://abcnews.go.com/US/atlanta-schools-cheating-scandal-suspects-set-surrender/story?id=18856607
At least two former teachers indicted in the Atlanta Public Schools cheating scandal were ready to turn themselves in Monday, but they couldn't because the warrants needed to take defendants into custody weren't ready.

Fla. Senate panel OKs 'parent trigger' bill
http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/04/01/3318110/fla-senate-panel-oks-parent-trigger.html
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. -- A Florida Senate panel has approved a contentious bill aimed at giving parents a stronger voice in charting a turnaround for failing public schools.



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