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October 14, 2006 LOS ANGELES - A private jet reportedly carrying New York Yankees star player Alex Rodriguez overshot the runway at a Los Angeles area airport on Friday, just days after teammate Cory Lidle died in a small plane crash in New York City.
"There were seven people on board and no injuries," said Victor Gill, director of public affairs at the Bob Hope Airport in Burbank, outside Los Angeles. Comment: Two Yankees are involved in airplane accidents only days apart... Coincidence? We think not.
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AP
Oct. 14, 2006 FONTANA, Calif. - A fight between two high school students erupted into a riot of 500 people, prompting officers to fire bean bags and rubber pellets to scatter the crowd, police said. No major injuries were reported.
About 100 officers rushed to Fontana High School after students threw rocks and bottles at other officers and one another, according to Fontana police Sgt. Doug Wagner. |
Sunday October 15, 2006
Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) - Authorities were questioning a man arrested in Illinois after his parents and three teenage sisters were found shot to death at their home in southeastern Iowa.
Shawn Bentler, 22, was arrested Saturday in Quincy, Ill., on an unrelated charge of possession of drug paraphernalia, according to the Adams County, Ill., sheriff's office. The Iowa Department of Public Safety said Bentler is considered a suspect in the slayings, but did not disclose a motive. Quincy is about 60 miles southeast of the family's home. The victims were found early Saturday near Bonaparte, according to the Van Buren County sheriff's office. They were identified as Michael Bentler, 53; his wife, Sandra, 47; and their daughters Sheena, 17; Shelby, 15; and Shayne, 14. Autopsies were planned for Sunday. The slayings shocked residents of this tiny town, located about 145 miles southeast of Des Moines. "The whole town knew the family,'' resident Marilyn Thomas said. "This is only a town of 465 people.'' Thomas said she didn't see any indications of strife in the family. The teens - a freshman, sophomore and senior - attended Harmony High School. School officials said they will have counselors available Monday to speak with grieving students. |
Sunday October 15, 2006
Associated Press FORT PIERCE, Fla.- Yessica Guerrero Escobedo and Jose Luis Escobedo were high school sweethearts, a relative said, who fell in love and married. Recently, they packed up their two children and left their Texas home, headed for Florida in search of a new life.
"Everybody loves them. They would do anything for anybody. There's not enough words - they were just funny, caring, very lovely people,'' said Lisa Salazar, a relative in Brownsville, Texas. On Saturday, authorities were trying to figure out how they were fatally shot along Florida's Turnpike in Port St. Lucie, about 100 miles north of Miami. The body of Yessica Guerrero Escobedo, 25, was found Friday clutching her two sons in an apparent effort to protect them. Her husband, who was to turn 29 on Saturday, was found nearby. Salazar said the couple, married for three years, didn't have any enemies. She showed photos of the family, including the 3- and 4-year-old sons, at a news conference. They had hoped to return to Brownsville for Christmas, she said. Investigators were watching 480 hours of surveillance tapes from toll booths along the turnpike hoping to spot any clues to lead to the suspects. Bullets found at the scene also were being analyzed to see if the same kind had been used in any other crimes. |
By Michael Abramowitz
Washington Post Sunday, October 15, 2006 Amid widespread panic in the Republican establishment about the coming midterm elections, there are two people whose confidence about GOP prospects strikes even their closest allies as almost inexplicably upbeat: President Bush and his top political adviser, Karl Rove.
Some Republicans on Capitol Hill are bracing for losses of 25 House seats or more. But party operatives say Rove is predicting that, at worst, Republicans will lose only 8 to 10 seats -- shy of the 15-seat threshold that would cede control to Democrats for the first time since the 1994 elections and probably hobble the balance of Bush's second term. In the Senate, Rove and associates believe, a Democratic victory would require the opposition to "run the table," as one official put it, to pick up the necessary six seats -- a prospect the White House seems to regard as nearly inconceivable. Comment: What to do Bush and Rove know that you don't?
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