TAMPA Bay ( Man arrested for putting -Kittens in freezer ) Rodney Blanchard

Man charged after kittens found in freezer

The Associated Press

 

ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. -- A Tampa Bay area man faces charges after authorities say a visitor found four kittens - one of which was dead - in his freezer.
The Pinellas County Sheriff's Office reports that 38-year-old Rodney Blanchard asked a friend to get a beer out of his freezer Sunday. Instead of beer, the friend said she found kittens in individual sandwich bags. When the friend tried to remove the kittens, she said Blanchard made her leave. That's when she contacted authorities.
Deputies reported finding three orange and white males, which were still alive, and a dead, calico female. They were approximately six weeks old.
The surviving kittens were taken to a local animal hospital. Officials also removed an adult cat from the home.
Blanchard was charged with four counts of animal cruelty and one count of misdemeanor battery. He was being held on $8,500 bail

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SINGAPORE ( Man goes on STRIKE over job- Gets 6 weeks in prison ) No justice

SINGAPORE (AP) — Singapore sentenced a Chinese immigrant bus driver to six weeks in prison Monday for his involvement in the city-state's first labor strike in 26 years.

Pushing for the jail term as a deterrent, the prosecution argued in court that although Bao Feng Shan, 38, was not an instigator of the strike, he was "far from a mere passive participant."

The prosecution said a lenient approach may encourage others to think that they can commit similar offences and "conveniently express remorse to escape custodial sentence."

A total of 171 Chinese bus drivers went on strike last Monday in protest at being paid nearly a quarter less than Malaysian bus drivers who work for the same transport company.

More than half continued to protest on Tuesday but the strike was over by Wednesday. It disrupted about 5 percent of the city-state's bus services.

Walking off the job in protest is almost unheard of in Singapore, which requires essential service workers such as bus drivers to give 14 days' notice of a strike. The last strike was in 1986 by shipyard workers.

Bo was one of five bus drivers charged for involvement in the strike. The other four are scheduled to appear in court on Thursday and are currently being held at the central police station.

If convicted, they can be fined up to $2,000 and sentenced to up to a year in prison.

On Sunday, 29 other drivers had their permits revoked and were deported to China. The government said a police investigation found that the strike was premeditated and that the drivers had been absent from work without reason.

Others involved in the unrest will be issued warnings but no further action will be taken and they will be allowed to remain and work in the country.

Singapore relies on hundreds of thousands of immigrants from countries such as Indonesia, Bangladesh and China to work as maids, construction workers and at other jobs deemed unappealing by many locals.

TUCSON Az ( Awarded 65 million contract- Raytheon Air to ground Missile ) JAGM-multi-billion dollar program

Tucson-based Raytheon Missile Systems has been awarded a $65 million contract to continue development of the nation’s next-generation air-to-ground missile.
Raytheon is in a competition with Lockheed martin to develop and produce the Joint Air-to-Ground Missile (JAGM), a potentially multi-billion-dollar program to replace three older missiles. The Army-led program was nearly canceled amid Pentagon budget-cutting but instead has been put on an extended development track.

Raytheon’s contract award by the Army Aviation Missile Command was expected, since Lockheed Martin was awarded a similar contract worth $64 million in August.
Raytheon said that under the contract for “continued technology development," the company will develop and deliver a next-generation guidance section for the JAGM, with four months devoted to updating its design and a preliminary review, followed by two years for a critical design review, guidance section qualification and testing, and delivery of JAGM guidance sections

VENTURA Ca ( U.S Coast Guard member Killed by smuggler's vessel ) Terrell Horne

VENTURA, Calif. (AP) — A U.S. Coast Guard member was killed and another was injured when their small boat was rammed by a smuggler's vessel before dawn Sunday off the Southern California coast.

Terrell Horne III of Redondo Beach was pronounced dead after being brought ashore at the Port of Hueneme (why-NEEM-mee), said Ventura County chief deputy medical examiner James Baroni. He suffered a traumatic head injury, Coast Guard officials said.

The second man was treated for minor injuries. His name wasn't released.

The smuggler's panga, which was running without lights, maneuvered at a high rate of speed directly at the small boat before fleeing, according to a Coast Guard statement. Both Coast Guard members were thrown into the water.

Another Coast Guard vessel stopped the fleeing panga, and detained two suspects.

"Our fallen shipmate stood the watch on the front lines protecting our nation, and we are all indebted to him for his service and sacrifice," said Admiral Robert J. Papp, Coast Guard Commandant.

The small Coast Guard boat was deployed by the cutter Halibut, which was conducting an investigation into suspected smuggling near the Channel Islands west of Malibu.

The smuggler's vessel was initially detected by a Coast Guard maritime patrol aircraft.

MEXICO (Sinaloa Hit man arrested- He Killed 8 in Chihuahua last week )

Sinaloa Cartel Sicario Arrested for 8 Murders in Chihuahua

| Borderland Beat ReporterChivis

Posted on Borderland Beat forum by Siski you kid

 

Chihuahua, Chihuahua. - Ministerial Police agents captured an alleged Sinaloa cartel hit man who allegedly participated in the execution of eight people who were 'kidnapped' last weekend in the municipalities of Jiménez and Valle de Allende, Chihuahua.

The arrest of Oscar Ontiveros Fernando Ruiz-Esparza , who was arrested by an intelligence operation conducted in Parral, where he sold drugs.

An undercover was used to capture the defendant at the address located on the street 57 of the colony Madrid Miguel Hidalgo.

He said a .40 caliber handgun with 10 cartridges, 1 charger with 72 disk cartridges 7.62x39 caliber, .40 caliber 34 rounds of ammunition, a smoke grenade, a goat horn (AK47), a bulletproof vest and a communication radio.

Ruiz Esparza said to belong to the Sinaloa cartel, and his companions left their fingerprints embodied in a cardboard with a message in which he adjudged the crime to someone known as the M-10.

"The fingerprints were analyzed in the national database Identification System AFIS and information platform crossed with Mexico and that's how they came up with Oscar Fernando Ruiz Esparza , "the state official said.

He noted that the prosecution has a video where the detainee is involved in the uprising of the now deceased in Jimenez, Chihuahua, and leap from vehicles and persons involved in this crime.

Authorities released this kidnapping video that will be used in trial:

CLEVELAND (NFL News - Browns Employee Kills himself at Teams Facility ) Ohio

Cleveland Browns Employee Kills Himself at Team’s Practice Facility

• Posted on December 2, 2012 at 1:54pm by Madeleine Morgenstern
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BEREA, Ohio (AP) — A member of the Cleveland Browns’ grounds crew killed himself at their practice facility, the team said in a statement Sunday.
The man’s body was found Saturday morning at the facility in suburban Cleveland, the same day Kansas City Chiefs linebacker Jovan Belcher committed suicide in front of his coach and general manager after earlier killing his girlfriend. Fox Sports’ Jay Glazer reported the body was found hanging in an equipment shed.
Browns spokesman Neal Gulkis released a statement calling the man a good friend and an outstanding employee and saying the team’s heartfelt condolences go out to his family.
“This is a terrible tragedy,” the statement said. “He will be missed by everyone in the Cleveland Browns organization.”
The Browns play in Oakland against the Raiders on Sunday.
A spokesman for the Cuyahoga County Medical Examiner said they were called to the practice facility to investigate a suicide Saturday morning, but would not release any further details.

U.S CONGRESS ( Prisoner of War - Sgt Bowe Bergdahl ) Afghanistan

The Honorable Patty Murray               

Sgt Bowe Bergdahl, US Army, was captured in Afghanistan on 30 June 2009 by members of the Haqqani network, a Taliban allied insurgent group. He is currently being held as a prisoner of war.

988 Jackson Federal Building
915 2nd Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98174
Dear Senator Murray:
Army Sergeant Bowe R. Bergdahl has been a prisoner of the Taliban for nearly three and a half years. I have closely followed the details of his situation for quite awhile now. I’m very concerned that he continues to be held captive. I know that I’m not alone in my concern. I realize that there are details that the general public doesn’t know that are likely going on in secrecy- I do hope so. I respectfully ask that you would be an advocate for Sergeant Bergdahl and that you would support every opportunity that would present itself to bring him home. Senator Murray, I’m counting on you to do this. Supporting Sergeant Bergdahl is the right thing to do.
Sincerely,
Karen P.