NOGALES ( HEROIN Bust - strapped to womans body ) 77,000 worth -see photo

 

Heroin smuggling

Photo courtesy of Customs and Border Protection

Packages of heroin were found strapped to a woman's body as she attempted to cross into the U.S. at the Dennis DeConcini Port Entry in Nogales.

2012-10-22T12:05:00Z2012-10-22T12:02:22ZWoman arrested in heroin smuggling attempt in NogalesArizona Daily StarArizona Daily Star

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A Mexican national was arrested Friday for attempting to smuggle more than $77,000 worth of heroin through the Dennis DeConcini Port in Nogales.
Customs and Border Protection officers selected Beatriz Adriana Torres-Valenzuela, 28, for an additional inspection when she attempted to enter the U.S. through a pedestrian lane, the agency said in a news release.
During the search, a female CBP officer found nearly six pounds of heroin wrapped around Torres’ mid-section, the release said.
Torres-Valenzuela was turned over to the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement

MOSCOW (Punk ROCK band members get 2 years in JAIL ) For protesting

MOSCOW (Reuters) - Two female members of Russian punk group Pussy Riot convicted of protesting against President Vladimir Putin in a cathedral have been sent to prisons far from Moscow despite requesting to serve out their terms in the capital, a lawyer said on Monday.

Maria Alyokhina, 24, and Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, were convicted of "hooliganism motivated by religious hatred" in August and sentenced to two years in jail, a punishment that many in the West said was too harsh.

Their stunt - bursting into Moscow's main Russian Orthodox Cathedral to urge the Virgin Mary to rid Russia of Putin - infuriated the church and many Russians. But Kremlin critics said their trial was part of a crackdown on dissent orchestrated by Putin, who began a six-year presidential term in May.

The two women lost their appeals on October 10.

The women's lawyers said they had tried to argue that they should be allowed to remain in jail in Moscow, saying it would have permitted them to be closer to their small children. They had also cited health and safety concerns at far-flung penal colonies.

RUSSELL Means ( AIM Leader past away ) Throat cancer

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — Russell Means never shunned attention. Whether leading Native Americans in railing against broken federal treaties, appearing in a Hollywood blockbuster or advocating a sovereign American Indian nation within U.S. borders, the activist who helped lead the 1973 uprising at Wounded Knee reveled in the spotlight.

But it was only on his terms. Openly critical of mainstream media, the onetime leader of the American Indian Movement often refused interviews and verbally blasted journalists who showed up to cover his public appearances. Instead, he chose to speak to his fan base through YouTube videos and blog posts on his personal website.

When he did speak out publicly, he remained steadfast in his defense of AIM. He found himself dogged for decades by questions about the group's alleged involvement in the slaying of a tribe member and the several gun battles with federal officers during the 71-day occupation of Wounded Knee, but denied the group ever promoted violence.

"You people who want to continue to put AIM in this certain pocket of illegality, I can't stand you people," Means said, lashing out an at audience member question during an April gathering commemorating the uprising's 40th anniversary. "I wish I was a little bit healthier and a little bit younger, because I wouldn't just talk."

Means, who announced in August 2011 that he had developed inoperable throat cancer but told The Associated Press he was forgoing mainstream medical treatments in favor of traditional American Indian remedies, died early Monday at his ranch in in Porcupine, S.D., Oglala Sioux Tribe spokeswoman Donna Salomon said. He was 72

TEMPE Az ( MAN pulls out Samurai SWORD to break up Fight ) See video

TEMPE, Ariz. -

A man pulled a Samurai sword in the middle of passengers on the light rail early Saturday morning.

One of the light rail riders caught the whole thing on tape.

The man who took the video was taking the light rail home from a night of partying in Tempe.

A fight broke out and a man pulled a sword around 2 a.m., when the light rail was near Central Avenue and Camelback Road,

 

"I was like, 'What the hell, who carries a sword?'," said Juan Vargas.

Juan Vargas took the video, just inches from the sword.

"I kinda took a step back first so I could get back a little more and I just gotta keep recording this because I don't know what's gonna happen," said Vargas.

"As soon as that guy pulled out the sword, everybody was like,'Whoa'. It got really quiet and everybody was like 'Okay..okay, I guess don't do nothing to get him mad or don't upset him," said Vargas.

BROOKFIELD Wis. ( MASS Shooting Brookfield Square Mall NOW)

BROOKFIELD, Wis. (AP) — Deputies in Wisconsin are responding to reports of a shooting near a major mall in suburban Milwaukee.

 

WISN-TV reports a mass shooting has taken place near the Brookfield Square Mall.

A spokeswoman for a local hospital says it has received four patients from the shooting, none critical, and expects three more.

A woman who answered the phone at the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department on Sunday told The Associated Press that deputies are looking for an active shooter.

A spokeswoman for the Waukesha County Sheriff's Department told The Associated Press that deputies are looking for an active shooter.

According to WTMJ-TV, authorities are searching for "a 6'1", 270 lb. African-American with a bald head and brown eyes" who was reportedly driving a black 2003 Mazda.

Fire and rescue officials responded to the scene, and a rescue helicopter landed in the mall's parking lot.

ARIZONA ( GRAND Canyon Tour BUS Crashes ) 1 Dies 6 hurt

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Associated Press/Julie Jacobson - An Arizona Highway Patrol officer examines the exterior of a tour bus that careened off the highway and crashed off northbound highway 93, Friday, Oct. 19, 2012, near Willow …more Beach, Ariz. The crash killed the driver and left at least four passengers with serious injuries. About 45 other passengers were less seriously hurt and not all of them required hospital treatment, the Arizona Highway Patrol said. (AP Photo/Julie Jacobson) less

 

WILLOW BEACH, Ariz. (AP) — The bus was on a routine tour of the Grand Canyon, taking tourists from the lights and glamour of Las Vegas to the beauty of the natural wonder. On such trips, passengers get a glimpse of the Hoover Dam and the northern Arizona wilderness, maybe even see a deer or two.

That was the agenda for the 50 or so passengers aboard a charter Silver State Trailways bus on Friday. But as the bus was returning from the Grand Canyon that evening, investigators said something went terribly wrong.

As the bus traveled northbound on Highway 93 and approached the Nevada state line, the driver suffered a medical episode and lost control of the bus, authorities said.

"We believe the driver experienced some sort of the medical condition and he just went off the road," the Arizona Highway Patrol said in a statement. No other vehicles were involved in the crash, which occurred on the main highway leading to the Hoover Dam.

The vehicle hit a ravine, tore up a small hill, then bounced and lurched over rough terrain for more than 700 feet before stopping, investigators said. Its front end was damaged, but the bus remained upright.

Silver State Trailways said their driver, whose name has not been released, may have suffered a heart attack.

The driver died and 48 passengers, mostly from Asia and Europe, were injured, authorities said. The six most seriously hurt were flown by helicopter to Las Vegas, where University Medical Center spokeswoman Danita Cohen said they were being treated for nonlife-threatening injuries, such as broken bones and lacerations. She described them as being mostly over 50 years old.

LOS ANGELES ( 82 yr old woman gets 6 Years in PRISON ) Rap Sheet

LOS ANGELES — An 82-year-old woman whose rap sheet goes back more than 50 years has been sentenced in Los Angeles to six years in state prison.
District attorney’s spokeswoman Sandi Gibbons says Doris Ann Gamble was sentenced Thursday after pleading guilty to one count of petty theft and admitting to four prior burglary convictions.

Authorities said the 5-foot-3 woman stole about $17,000 from doctors’ offices between March and August by hiding out until closing time, then pilfering from the cash drawers.
Gamble was arrested in August at a motel in Torrance after a police detective recognized her from a previous case as he looked at surveillance video.
Gamble, who has also gone by the name Doris Thompson and other aliases, has a criminal record dating back to 1955.