April 3 1 Comment
When people think of the term working out, they often are bogged down by the thought of going to the gym. Going to the gym isn’t for everybody, as some people simply dislike the idea of a crowded gym and having to weight to use the machines. This reason alone deters people from exercising, which [...]
July 20, 2012 Leave a Comment
A day of horror
Oct. 31, 2011 Leave a Comment
DENVER — After the Occupy Denver camp was shut down by police on Saturday, the protestors have returned to Civic Center Park to rebuild and continue the movement. On Sunday the new camp held less than half the number of protestors that were present for Saturday’s violent struggle with the Denver Police Department. The camp’s [...]
Oct. 30, 2011 Leave a Comment
DENVER — Yesterday afternoon riot police clashed with protestors at the Occupy Denver camp in Civic Center Park, resulting in minor injuries and the arrest of 20 protestors. The violence began when riot police moved into the park to tear down the protestors’ tents. Police say officers were kicked by the protestors, and one officer [...]
Oct. 18, 2011 Leave a Comment
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — AccuWeather.com — Whipping winds will threaten more dust storms and fires across Texas through the middle of this week. Gusts greater than 40 mph across much of Texas will follow a potent cold front, keeping the threat high for these dangers. The howling winds will help pick up dust due to [...]
Aug. 29, 2011 1 Comment
DALLAS — A Texas firefighter was killed in a car accident Sunday. Angelina River Volunteer Firefighter Anthony Quinten Meyers, 38, was working a Jasper County wildfire when the ATV he was riding in was struck by pickup truck that was also working the fire. Meyers ran a stop sign and was hit by the truck, [...]
Aug. 23, 2011 Leave a Comment
Aftershocks from Tuesday’s 5.8 magnitude earthquake have been light and sporadic so far, affording to the U.S. Geological Survey. The main quake struck at 1:51 p.m. A 2.8 struck the same area at 2:46 and a 2.2 struck at 3:20. Elsewhere, a very mild 2.2 quake struck just west of Albany at 6:35 a.m. Tuesday. [...]
Aug. 23, 2011 3 Comments
A magnitude 5.8 earthquake as struck the East Coast of the United States, with tremors felt here in Boston and up and down the coast. The quake was originally reported as a 5.9 but was later reduced. The quake struck at 1:51 p.m. southeast of the center of Louisa, Va., according to the U.S. Geological [...]
Aug. 14, 2011 Leave a Comment
A Dallas firefighter was killed Sunday while battling an apartment fire in southwest Dallas, officials said. The multiple-alarm fire broke out at the Ridgecrest Apartments at 4:15 p.m. Fire Lieutenant Todd Krodle, a 17-year member of the department, fell through the roof of the building while cutting a ventilation hole. Krodle, 41, fell to the [...]
June 23, 2011 Leave a Comment
DALLAS — A 35-year-old city firefighter died Thursday morning after he was found unresponsive in the station. Chris Pham, 35, was found in his bunk during the shift change at Fire Station 49. Fellow firefighters found him and performed CPR. He was taken to Methodist Charlton Medical Center where he later died. No cause of [...]
May 30, 2011 Leave a Comment
A Wharton county, Texas, Judge recently ruled that a transgender widow’s marriage to a Wharton Firefighter was not legal at the time of the firefighter’s death, leaving the widow ineligible to receive her husband’s death benefits. Firefighter Thomas Araguz died in the Line of Duty during a fire at an egg farm in Wharton, in [...]
May 24, 2011 Leave a Comment
DALLAS — Several tornadoes hit Oklahoma City and nearby communities during the busy afternoon rush hour Tuesday, leaving at least two people dead and seriously hurting several children. Canadian County, Okla. County emergency director Jerry Smith told the Associated Press that the storm hit the communities of El Reno and Piedmont, just west of the [...]
May 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
Massachusetts State Police took a Texas woman into custody on Wednesday at a highway rest stop in Chelmsford in connection with the death of her son. Julianne McCrery of Irving, Texas was detained on Interstate 495 southbound and questioned by investigators from Maine, New Hampshire and Massachusetts. She has since been charged with second degree [...]
April 12, 2011 Leave a Comment
A northern Texas firefighter was critically burned fighting a wildland fire last weekend, according to FirefighterCloseCalls.com, which reports on firefighter fatalities and injuries. Elias Jacquez, a member of the Cactus, Texas Volunteer Fire Department, suffered third-degree burns over 60 percent of his body on Saturday while battling the blaze that burned 60,000 acres, or about [...]
March 8, 2011 Leave a Comment
Had appeared on “Celebrity Rehab”
March 8, 2011 Leave a Comment
DENVER — A Colorado woman faces 15 years in prison on federal charges of conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists. Jamie Paulin ramirez, 32, a US citizen, pleaded guilty Tuesday in federal court. Ramirez was charged in an indictment filed in April, along with co-defendant Colleen R. LaRose, of Montgomery County, Pa. On Feb. [...]
Feb. 15, 2011 Leave a Comment
A pair of U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement special agents were shot, one fatally, while they were driving in Mexico Tuesday afternoon. “I am deeply saddened to report that two of our agents assigned to the ICE Attaché Office in Mexico City were shot today in the line of duty. One of those agents has [...]
Jan. 26, 2011 Leave a Comment
A multi-agency law enforcement team in Phoenix had an early start this morning, when their task force arrested 20 defendants out of a 53-count indictment. The indictment states that from about September 2009 to December of 2010, the defendants conspired to purchase hundreds of firearms to be illegally exported to Mexico. “Our office is committed [...]
Jan. 19, 2011 Leave a Comment
TUCSON , Ariz. — A federal grand jury in Tucson, today returned an initial three-count indictment against Jared Lee Loughner for attempting to kill U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, and two of her aides, Ron Barber and Pamela Simon on January 8. “Today, the Grand Jury returned an initial three-count indictment against Jared Lee Loughner in [...]
Jan. 17, 2011 1 Comment
Astronaut Mark Kelly, the husband of Rep. Gabrielle Giffords, says his wife has improved so much that she gave him a 10-minute neck rub recently. Giffords, conscious, has been unable to speak because of a throat tube helping her breathe. “She’s in the ICU. You know, gone through this traumatic injury. And she spent 10 [...]
