A University of Oregon grad student was arrested early Saturday morning after his neighbors reported hearing gunfire coming from inside his campus-area home. Officers arrested 30-year-old Jack McDowell on 39 counts of unlawful use of a weapon and second-degree disorderly conduct. McDowell is a candidate for a Political Science Doctorate and serves as a graduate teaching fellow for the university.
One of McDowell's neighbors, Ellis Montague, told KVAL News he went over to the house just before 3 a.m. Saturday after he heard three or four shots.
"Every light in the house was on, all of his windows were open - no curtains drawn - and he was just sitting at his computer, shooting his gun into the air," said Montague. "(He fired) sporadically, you know. Three or four shots, then he would stop for a few minutes, then three or four more."
That's when Montague said he called the UO Campus Police Department. McDowell continued shooting at his ceiling even after police arrived to the scene. Officers reported that they called McDowell out of his house and put him into custody. Investigators said they found at least 39 bullet holes in the ceiling, and later seized several firearms and other evidence from inside the house.
[An Nahar] Authorities say a New York police officer who tried to rescue a cat stuck in a tree got caught himself and needed a little help getting back down to the ground. As far as I know, no cat has ever starved to death in a tree.
The Fire Department of New York says it happened Monday afternoon in the borough of Queens.
A call came in that a man attempting to get a cat out of a tree had gotten stuck. Fire department personnel used a bucket ladder to get the man and the cat down.
The fire department says the man is a police officer.
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Many years ago, one of our fire department dispatchers said something about never saw a cat skeleton in a tree to a woman who called about her cat up her tree. :-D
He did get into a little trouble with the chief - who agreed with the sentiment, but the dispatcher was a crusty old SOB who sounded like (and was) a jerk. We all got a good laugh out of it (the remark, and the trouble).
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That is the standard law enforcement response to these requests. My father used it 30 years ago, my brother uses it now.
Children pick spouses who suit them and their own aspirations, not what the parents might have wanted for them... at least in America, where class is a fluid thing.
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Hypergamy (colloquially referred to as "marrying up") is the act or practice of marrying a spouse of higher caste or status than oneself.
The term is often used more specifically in reference to a perceived tendency among human cultures for females to seek or be encouraged to pursue male suitors that are higher status than themselves.
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However, one waitress on hand said she could not believe the wedding party had opted for a buffet, saying: 'Youd think that theyd splurge on a five-course, sit-down meal! I thought theyd all be much richer!'
Just after 10pm, John Boehner was spotted asking the groom to allow him to dance with his daughter as a three-piece band played The Turtles So Happy Together. The congressman also cut a rug with his younger daughter, Tricia.
The Jamaican side of the family, it seems, including Dominic's sister Delicia, reportedly stayed off the dance floor.
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That is some inside info, extensive background, and long range photo taking. If there was only a profession which supported this sort of investigating journalism.
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Soooo.... Boehner's daughter, who *isn't* a politician, married a black guy from Jamaica who happens to be a construction worker. He's a Rastafarian who once got arrested for smoking pot, and he has a reasonably nice home in a reasonably nice neighborhood. They had a pleasant, private wedding and their both in their late 30's.
[Al Ahram] An independent forensic reports suggests that Egyptian journalist El-Husseini Abu-Deif, who died in hospital after being injured in festivities in December, was probably killed by a bullet fired by a "professional."
Negad El-Borai, a human rights ...which are usually open to widely divergent definitions... activist and head of human rights NGO the United Group, said that the bullet that hit Abu-Deif during festivities outside the presidential palace in Cairo was "highly developed," reported Ahram's Arabic news website.
Speaking at a presser held on Tuesday to present an advisory forensics report on the journalist's death prepared by the United Group, El-Borai stated that the bullet that penetrated El-Husseini's skull was a "dum-dum" or expanding bullet, which changes form inside the victim's body.
The advisory report says, however, that the change of form of the bullet makes it impossible to identify its calibre or the weapon which fired it. El-Borai asserted that expanding bullets are prohibited by international law.
Fakhri Saleh, former head of the justice ministry's forensics department, wrote the advisory report.
Despite the highly developed ammunition used to kill El-Husseini, El-Borai said that the state had not taken any action to identify the perpetrators, and argued that there had been an intentional neglect of the case with the aim of shelving it.
As the legal representatives of Abu-Deif's family, El-Borai said the United Group would pursue the issue and asked for an independent investigation judge to be appointed to look into the case.
He also requested that the advisory forensics report be recognised in official investigations.
Abu-Deif, a photojournalist for Al-Fagr newspaper, was critically injured last December during festivities between President Mohamed Morsi's supporters and protesters opposing him.
The Moslem Brüderbund contend that Abu-Deif was killed by "paid thugs." Mahmoud Abdel-Kader Mahmoud, who was with Abu-Deif when he was shot, has said that the pair were facing the president's supporters at the time.
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"the bullet that penetrated El-Husseini's skull was a "dum-dum" or expanding bullet, which changes form inside the victim's body"
You mean a normal soft point hunting bullet? Yeah, those are hard to find.
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El-Borai asserted that expanding bullets are prohibited by international law.
banned in warfare by GC only, IIRC
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[Al Ahram] Opinion poll conducted last month shows Egyptian public's growing dissatisfaction with President Morsi's performance ten months into presidential term
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Detroit --A Saudi Arabian traveler who was arrested Saturday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with a pressure cooker in his luggage is not a terrorist, his defense lawyer said Tuesday.
"He is a poor, unfortunate young guy caught up in a situation in which he was innocently carrying a pressure cooker," attorney James Howarth told reporters in federal court.
Al Khawahir's arrest and the contents of his luggage drew international attention Monday when prosecutors charged him with using an altered passport and lying to a U.S. Customs and Border Protection officer about the pressure cooker. A similar cooker was a key component used in the Boston Marathon bombing last month.
Howarth faulted overzealous agents for arresting his 33-year-old client, a married father of three.
"He is not a terrorist," Howarth said. "That's crazy."
Al Khawahir wore a green Wayne County Jail uniform and ankle chains during his brief court hearing. He spoke through an Arabic interpreter, telling U.S. Magistrate Judge Mark Randon that he attended 12 years of school.
Al Khawahir arrived at the airport Saturday from Saudi Arabia, via Amsterdam, according to a criminal complaint filed Monday in federal court.
He was traveling with a B1/B2 visa, which lets him travel to the U.S. temporarily for business or tourism. He told agents he was visiting his nephew, who attends the University of Toledo.
"He is a poor man with a 12th-grade education visiting his nephew." So poor that he had to fly here from Saudi Arabia in steerage and cook his own halal meals far below decks every day.
During the baggage exam, officers found a pressure cooker.
Al Khawahir said he brought the pressure cooker for his nephew because the devices are not sold in the United States, according to the complaint.
"I don't believe he ever said that," Howarth said Tuesday. "If he did, then we must charge him with being a fool." Works for me. And can we extend that charge to government officials?
Al Khawahir does not speak English and Howarth believes the government misunderstood his client.
"It's a discrepancy," Howarth said. "It's garbage."
Later, he changed his story and admitted that his nephew had purchased a pressure cooker in the U.S. but it was cheap and broken.
His nephew says the case is a misunderstanding, and that his uncle was bringing him the pressure cooker so he could make lamb.
Al Khawahir has traveled previously with a pressure cooker and was unaware the devices were used in the Boston Marathon attack.
"He doesn't read the Boston Globe," Howarth said.
Since being hired by an unnamed New York City law firm Monday, Howarth said he has heard from other Saudis who said it is common to travel with a pressure cooker. They don't want to use someone else's cooking equipment, Howarth said. Not even the cooking equipment of the relatives they visit!
The man's nephew told the Associated Press on Monday that he'd asked his uncle to bring him the cooker. Apparently the nephew in Toledo doesn't read the Boston Globe nor any other infidel media source. Or maybe the nephew is a fool in a family of fools.
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Since being hired by an unnamed New York City law firm Monday, Howarth said he has heard from other Saudis who said it is common to travel with a pressure cooker.
Is it now. That's some impressive lawyering up, between Saturday and Tuesday, for a "poor, unfortunate, young lad" who doesn't speak English.
I've never requested a graphic before, but may I suggest the "smells like bullshit" lady?
He is a poor man with a 12th-grade education visiting his nephew.
Er, "12th grade education"? In other words, he's relatively well educated. And 33 years old is not "young".
I'll accept the possibility there's an innocent explanation for preferring a heavy, cheap cooking vessel over other luggage -- but we're not getting it from Howarth.
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I'm not a professional cook but I have lots and lots and lots of cookware, prep tools, etc. and limited space prevents me from getting even more stuff. A pressure cooker is the last thing a cook needs in the kitchen.
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heard from other Saudis who said it is common to travel with a pressure cooker. They don't want to use someone else's cooking equipment, Howarth said.
might have Joooo Cooties on em
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"He is a poor, unfortunate young guy caught up in a situation in which he was innocently carrying a pressure cooker," attorney James Howarth told reporters, with a straight face,in federal court.
See? Law school is good for something.
I couldn't even think up the words "innocently carrying a pressure cooker" without LMAO.
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Ima going to Iceland next month. I am just bringing a mesh bag, as there are lots of sources of boiling water to cook in. I will eschew the usual pressure cooker.......
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I thought Iceland had figured out clean water and seweres years ago?
[WashFreeBeacon] A computer science laboratory at China's Wuhan University has been linked by U.S. intelligence agencies to Chinese military cyber attacks on the West.
According to U.S. officials, the Key Laboratory of Aerospace Information Security and Trusted Computing at Wuhan's Computer Science School in central China's Hubei Province is the latest cyber warfare research and attack center to be identified from within China's secret cyber warfare program.
The Pentagon's latest annual report on China's military, made public last week, for the first time confirmed that Chinese cyber attacks on the U.S. government appeared "attributable directly to the Chinese government and military."
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Federal authorities have opened a criminal investigation of whether Internal Revenue Service employees broke the law when they targeted conservative groups seeking tax-exempt status the latest setback for an agency that is the subject of withering bipartisan criticism and multiple congressional inquiries.
Attorney General Eric H. Holder Jr. said Tuesday that the Justice Department and the FBI began the probe after the IRS acknowledged that it selected conservative groups with the words tea party and patriot in their names for special reviews.
We are examining the facts to see if there were criminal violations, Holder said at a news conference. Another day, another cover-up.
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Seems completely up-and-up, with no reason whatsoever to not trust that one partisan government group would give a truthful, unbiased appraisal of another partisan government group. [/sarc]
I'll help them by preparing a draft of their expected results: "Nope. Nothing weird going on. Everything appears just fine here."
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So its up to Holder to "investigate" the wrongdoing by IRS personnel in support of liberal politics? The same Holder that intervened to call off the investigation of voter intimidation by the Black Panthers? The failure to prosecute any of the bankers involved in the scams that caused the near collapse of the banking system? Left off the inside dealers (Like the former Senator from NJ)?
[Dawn] Returning Officer Khalid Mehmood Bhatti on Tuesday dismissed an application of PTI candidate Hamid Khan for NA-125, for recounting of votes.
Pakistain Mohammedan League -- Nawaz (PML-N) leader Khwaja Saad Rafique was announced as the winner from NA-125 after counting of votes.
Earlier, Hamid Khan's counsel Ahmad Owais appearing before the Returning Officer alleged rigging at various polling stations of the constituency and of bogus voting.
He pleaded the returning officer to issue directions for recounting of votes.
However, a woman is only as old as she admits... Saad Rafique's counsel contended that all allegations were baseless. He pleaded to dismiss the application.
The returning officer after hearing the arguments dismissed the application.
Meanwhile, ...back at the precinct house, Sergeant Maloney wasn't buying it. It was just too pat. The whole thing smelled phony, kind of like a dead mackeral but without the scales... Returning Officer Javed ul Hassan Chishti also dismissed an application of PML-N candidate Khawaja Ahmad Hasaan for NA-126, for recounting of votes.
The appellant through his application alleged rigging and bogus votes and pleaded to issue directions for recounting of votes.
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[Dawn] US President Barack Obama Republicans can come along for the ride, but they've got to sit in the back... on Tuesday night telephoned Pakistain's prime minister-elect Nawaz Sharif ... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf... to congratulate him on his recent victory in the polls, said a blurb issued by the Pakistain Moslem League-Nawaz.
The US president expressed his wish to meet Sharif soon while conveying his best wishes on behalf of the people of the United States. He praised the PML-N chief's courage for running the election campaign in adverse circumstances.
"America respects the mandate you have been given," said Obama. "I have heard great things about you......and I wish that we get to meet soon," he added.
The US president further said that America is looking forward to even stronger friendly and economic ties with Pakistain.
Sharif thanked President B.O. for the friendly gesture of felicitating him. Man, did I read the last part of that sentence wrong the first time... Meanwhile, ...back at the argument, Jane reached into her purse for her .38... Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina ...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as the Battling Begums.. also congratulated Sharif on his victory at the just concluded elections in Pakistain.
In a message of felicitations, the Bangladesh premier said that the victory is reflective of the trust of the people of Pakistain for Mr Sharif's party.
Moreover, Rahul Gandhi of India's Congress party also felicitated the PML-N chief on his recent victory in the polls.
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Obama wishes to meet Nawaz soon....before The One is Thrown Out of Office
For several hours Monday, police shut down Ford Road and others surrounding Westland City Hall because of a bomb threat.
Most of the employees were at a nearby funeral in Dearborn Heights for fallen firefighter Brian Woelke, who died fighting a blaze last week.
During this time, investigators say Sean W. Quigley, 37, entered the municipal building and demanded to speak with William Wild, not the first time Quigley had done this.
Wild was unavailable, and upon being told this Quigley claimed to have a bomb strapped to his body, ClickOnDetroit.com reported after interviewing the mayor. Quigley entered the Mayor's office and took his assistant hostage, eventually asking her to get him some coffee at which time she took the opportunity to flee.
Quigley later exited City Hall and was arrested without incident. Police found no explosives on the premises.
Quigley is charged with terrorism, which carries a sentence of up to life in prison, kidnapping, which carries a sentence of up to life in prison; false reporting of a bomb and threat of terrorism, both four-year felonies.
Philadelphia abortion provider Kermit Gosnell was sentenced Wednesday to life with no parole in the death of one of three babies who died in his clinic.
He received the same sentence in the two other deaths Tuesday. Gosnell, 72, was convicted Monday on three consecutive counts of first-degree murder for killing babies by cutting their spinal cords with scissors.
Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams said he doubts there would be a doctor that would think three consecutive life sentences "is not a deterrent," but admitted that there might be criticism that Gosnell didn't get death.
"We have shown him mercy where he failed to show mercy," Williams told reporters Wednesday. Williams' office announced Tuesday that Gosnell agreed give up his right to appeal in exchange for avoiding a possible death sentence.
A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
A University of Oregon grad student was arrested early Saturday morning after his neighbors reported hearing gunfire coming from inside his campus-area home. Officers arrested 30-year-old Jack McDowell on 39 counts of unlawful use of a weapon and second-degree disorderly conduct. McDowell is a candidate for a Political Science Doctorate and serves as a graduate teaching fellow for the university.
[Al Ahram] Opinion poll conducted last month shows Egyptian public's growing dissatisfaction with President Morsi's performance ten months into presidential term
Detroit --A Saudi Arabian traveler who was arrested Saturday at Detroit Metropolitan Airport with a pressure cooker in his luggage is not a terrorist, his defense lawyer said Tuesday.
[WashFreeBeacon] A computer science laboratory at China's Wuhan University has been linked by U.S. intelligence agencies to Chinese military cyber attacks on the West.
Nawaz Sharif
...Bangla dynastic politician and current Prime Minister of Bangladesh. She has been the President of the Bangla Awami League since the Lower Paleolithic. She is the eldest of five children of Sheikh Mujibur Rahman, the founding father of Bangla. Her party defeated the BNP-led Four-Party Alliance in the 2008 parliamentary elections. She has once before held the office, from 1996 to 2001, when she was defeated in a landslide. She and the head of the BNP, Khaleda Zia show such blind animosity toward each other that they are known as 
