Daily Archives: October 13, 2012

NEW ORLEANS —

Orleans Parish Sheriff Marlin Gusman and officials from a company that provides ankle monitors held a news conference Friday afternoon to address questions surrounding how a juvenile charged with a number of crimes was roaming the streets of New Orleans while under house arrest.

The official report into the matter said cellular network issues or environmental conditions caused the problem and allowed the suspect to be where he wasn’t supposed to be.

Investigators said the rash of crimes happened over a week ago and included several robberies, an attempted carjacking and a shooting. A 14-year-old and a 16-year-old were arrested. The 14-year-old was under house arrest but was not in his home.

Gusman initially said the equipment provided by Omnilink failed. The company quickly said that wasn’t true, and they handed out a report Friday blaming the cell towers and the weather.

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MIAMI (AP) – It’s not that body parts never wash ashore on Florida beaches. But usually it’s not an eye the size of a softball.
State wildlife officials are trying to determine the species of a blue eyeball found by a man Wednesday at Pompano Beach, north of Fort Lauderdale.

Agency spokeswoman Carli Segelson says the eyeball likely came from a marine animal, since it was found on a beach. Possible candidates include a giant squid, a whale or some type of large fish.

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Published on Oct 12, 2011 by AssociatedPress

Highlights of this day in history: Cornerstone laid for what becomes the White House; Britain’s Margaret Thatcher born; Boston wins baseball’s first World Series; TV variety show host Ed Sullivan dies; Musician Paul Simon born. (Oct. 13)

Published on Oct 12, 2012 by LANationalGuardNews

BELLE CHASSE, La. — Airmen of the Louisiana National Guard’s 159th Fighter Wing were welcomed home by family and friends at the Naval Air Station, Joint Reserve Base, New Orleans in Belle Chasse, La., Oct. 11.

More than 230 Airmen from the 159th FW, based in New Orleans, returned from a deployment to the Middle East in support of Overseas Contingency Operations.

While deployed to the United Arab Emirates, they were part of the 380th Air Expeditionary Wing and carried out the mission of providing air superiority in support of national military objectives.

The entire 159th FW is comprised of 1,200 Airmen from the Louisiana Air National Guard who provide worldwide deployable aircraft and combat resources that are operated, maintained and supported by professional Guardsmen dedicated to supporting both federal and state missions.

Date: October 11th, 2012
Broadcaster: Ramon Madrid
http://www.geauxguard.com

Published on Oct 12, 2012 by CBSNewsOnline

The space shuttle Endeavour began its 12-mile trek at 2-mph through Los Angeles on its way to retirement at the Science Center. Bill Whitaker reports

Published on Oct 12, 2012 by goprapidresponse

Ed Henry of Fox News asks the White House about how much Pres. Obama and VP Joe Biden knew about the security requests in Libya before the attack (October 12, 2012).

“I don’t care, if she want to be a man,  I’m going to treat you like a man!”

A Cleveland municipal bus driver has been suspended after video surfaced this week showing him decking a mouthy female rider with a bolo punch.
The confrontation between the Greater Cleveland Regional Transit Authority (RTA) worker and the unidentified woman was apparently filmed by another rider. It is unclear from the above clip, however, what triggered the dispute.

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Published on Oct 11, 2012 by David Codrea

ATF managers terminating whistleblowing special agent Vince Cefalu.

Special Agent Vince Cefalu has worked for the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco and Firearms for more than 25 years. On top of successfully placing dozens of hard criminals behind bars throughout his career, Cefalu has received promotions and consistently positive evaluations. When he started raising his voice about ATF corruption and illegal wiretapping in 2005, things changed.  Tuesday evening, Cefalu was asked to meet Special Agent in Charge of the San Francisco Field Division Joseph Riehl at a Denny’s Restaurant near Lake Tahoe. When he arrived, he was served termination papers in the parking lot. Classy move. The exchange was secretly recorded by a confidential source. David Codrea has more:

The video, shaky at times from being handheld, and with color imbalance streaking happening inadvertently in the uploading to YouTube, was recorded by a confidential source and shows Cefalu approached by two ATF management representatives including Joseph M. Riehl, Special Agent in Charge of the San Francisco Field Division, which encompasses Northern California and Nevada field offices.
Riehl, seen talking to Cefalu through his Jeep window and reportedly telling him he couldn’t leave because he had to sign papers, had been criticized on the CUATF forum, and Gun Rights Examiner is attempting to track down audit reports to determine what an independent assessment reveals about the allegations there. But the bottom line is, an employee with over 25 years of service who has been a leading spokesman for whistleblowers was unceremoniously canned in a public parking lot by senior division management.

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Published on Oct 13, 2012 by itnnews

The aftermath after a shot was fired at the Denver, Colorado campaign headquarters of US President Barack Obama. . Report by Katie Lamborn.

Published on Sep 4, 2012 by CNN

“Invisible Obama’s chair” is now haunting the Democrats’ convention. CNN’s Jeanne Moos reports on empty chairs everywhere.