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14-year-old student shot in neck, teacher wounded at Atlanta middle school

Christian Boone
Atlanta Journal-Constitution
Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:26 UTC
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A 14-year-old student shot in the head at an Atlanta school Thursday is "alert, conscious and breathing," said police.

The shooting occurred outside Price Middle School in southeast Atlanta, said Atlanta police spokesman Carlos Campos.

The victim has been taken to Grady Memorial Hospital.
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Brick Wall

No new developments in 2-day child hostage standoff

John Shryock and Mark Wilder
WSFA
Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:20 UTC
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Authorities and the suspected killer of a school bus driver and abductor of a 6-year-old kindergartner remain locked in a hostage standoff in southeastern Alabama that's spanned nearly 2 days.. The child is said to be "okay", having been given access to medicine and the box of crayons and a coloring book he requested.

The child, whose name isn't being published due to the ongoing investigation, has remained in an underground bunker with his captor since Tuesday afternoon when he was plucked from the school bus he was riding home. The abductor, identified as 65-year-old Jimmy Lee Dykes, is accused of boarding the child's bus in the town of Midland City where he fatally shot the bus driver before kidnapping the boy.

Hostage negotiators have pleaded with the suspect to hand over the child and give himself up to police. Communication with Dykes, via a PVC pipe connected to his bunker, has so far yielded no movement.

At this time, federal law enforcement officials say FBI hostage negotiators are working with local law enforcement to try and bring the ordeal to a close.

The child is said to have a medical condition, for which authorities were successful Wednesday morning in getting medication. The situation remains "static".
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Arrow Up

Unemployment claims rise as fragile US jobs market takes hit

Dominic Rushe
Guardian
Thu, 31 Jan 2013 11:12 UTC
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© Photograph: Mike Groll/APClaims above 400,000 signal a deteriorating jobs market
Jobless claims increased by 38,000 to 368,000 last week - more than forecasters expected and the largest rise since November

The number of people filing their first claim for unemployment benefits in the US has risen by more than forecasters expected.

Initial jobless claims increased by 38,000 to a seasonally adjusted 368,000 in the week ended January 26, the Labor Department said Thursday. The rise was the largest since early November, when claims spiked in the wake of Hurricane Sandy.

The rise was higher than the 365,000 figure forecast by economists, but the jobs market still appears to be slowly recovering. Claims above 400,000 signal a deteriorating jobs market. The latest weekly figures come ahead of Friday's monthly non-farm figures, which give a far more comprehensive picture of the US jobs market.
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Red Flag

With 42 homicides, Chicago sees most violent January in 11 years


Raw Story
Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:49 UTC
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Rahm Emmanuel
One month into the new year Chicago has already set an ignominious record for homicides.

By late Tuesday, the Chicago Police Department had logged 42 such killings, making this the second consecutive January to top 40 homicides and the most violent first month of the year since 2002. By sheer happenstance, the 42nd victim was a teenage girl who had performed with her high school band at President Obama's inauguration earlier this month.

The January report does not bode well for turning the corner from last year, when homicides totaled 513 - the highest since 2008. Last summer, as the body count rose - primarily in marginalized swaths of Chicago where joblessness and poverty seem entrenched - Mayor Rahm Emmanuel and Police Superintendent Garry McCarthy stood together to blame the epidemic of shootings on squabbles between multiplying gang factions and a proliferation of illegal guns.

Measures they have introduced to address the surge in homicides include partnering with CeaseFire, the nonprofit group that mediates street conflicts, and demolishing more than 200 vacant buildings that the city considers to be breeding grounds for crime. The police are also refocusing efforts from general sweeps of certain gangs and areas to hotspots or individuals deemed key to the shootings. Central to that strategy is an effort to determine when retaliation to a shooting may happen happen and who might be involved.
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Health

Brazil night club owner attempts suicide


Raw Story
Thu, 31 Jan 2013 10:47 UTC
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An owner of the Brazilian night club where 235 people perished in a weekend fire tried to commit suicide, police said Wednesday, as the number of survivors seeking medical treatment after the disaster continued to rise.

Elissandro Sphor tried to kill himself with a plastic shower hose, said senior police official Lilian Carus in the town of Cruz Alta 125 kilometers (about 80 miles) from Santa Maria, where the club owner is hospitalized.

"It was clear he wanted to hang himself," Carus told AFP, adding that a police officer arrived at the scene - a hospital where Sphor is being treated for gas poisoning - before anything happened.

Police took Sphor and three others into custody as they pieced together what caused the inferno at the Kiss nightclub, which was packed with partying students when the blaze broke out early Sunday.

About 75 injured victims of the fire are clinging to life, some in critical condition, in the college town of Santa Maria.
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Pistol

Gun advocate tells Senate: AR-15 is the 'weapon of choice' for women

David Edwards
Raw Story
Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:23 UTC
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Gayle Trotter speaks to U.S. Senate
A senior fellow from the conservative Independent Women's Forum (IWF) on Wednesday told a Senate committee that assault weapons should not be outlawed because they were the "weapon of choice" for young mothers who need a "scary-looking gun."

At Senate Judiciary Hearing on gun violence, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-IA) asked IWF's Gayle Trotter, who also writes for The Daily Caller, if it would "disproportionately burden women" to ban assault rifles like the Bushmaster AR-15 used to slaughter 20 children in Newtown, Connecticut.
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Pistol

SOTT Focus: Behind the Headlines: Gun Control USA: Do Guns Protect Freedoms?

Sott Editors
Sott.net
Thu, 31 Jan 2013 06:05 UTC
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In this second SOTT Talk Radio show, co-hosts Joe Quinn and Niall Bradley discuss the recent furor over proposed US government gun control legislation in the wake of the Sandy Hook massacre, and the implications for Americans' right to bear arms. Many 2nd Amendment advocates insist that a 'well-armed citizenry' is the last defense against tyrannical government, but are 80 million armed Americans really the solution to the problems of a corrupt government? An armed populace has not hindered the destruction of other civil liberties in the US to date, so is it a question of the curtailment of gun rights opening the way to tyrannical government, or is tyrannical government already here?

Along with their special guest, Jason Martin, a life-long student of martial arts and the history of warfare and combat theory, Joe and Niall discuss the root causes of the culture of violence in the USA, the history that gave rise to the US constitution and the Bill of Rights, citizens' justified fears that they cannot rely on the corrupt authorities to protect them and what kind of a revolution it would take for people to achieve real justice.

Running Time: 02:23:00

Download: MP3

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Black Magic

Satan worshiper facing harassment charges

Laurel J. Sweet
Boston Herald
Wed, 30 Jan 2013 01:20 UTC
Christopher Cori
© Nancy Lane‘Delusional’: Christopher Cori, 21, stands outside the courtroom as he is arraigned in Brighton District Court yesterday.
An alleged devil worshiper has been charged with harassing and threatening to kill a 25-year-old fitness instructor he met at Faneuil Hall, and then carving satanic symbols on the glass of his holding cell after his arrest, authorities said today.

"Enjoy your dreams, sweetheart. Chances are you will never wake up," and "How would you like to find out what it's like to be burned alive?" are two of several disturbing text messages and voicemails Christopher Cori is alleged by Boston police to have sent the terrified victim over a two-day period.

Cori, 21, of Rockaway Beach, Queens, N.Y., was ordered held on $100,000 bail today on charges of making threats to kill, criminal harassment, making annoying and harassing phone calls and willful and malicious destruction of property.

He was arraigned today in Brighton District Court where he was also sent to Bridgewater State Hospital for observation.
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Rep. Gohmert calls for Obama's former students to file class-action lawsuit for Constitutional violations

Eric W. Dolan
The Raw Story
Tue, 29 Jan 2013 15:53 UTC
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Republican Rep. Louie Gohmert of Texas said Monday night that President Barack Obama had a poor understanding of the Constitutional despite teaching constitutional law at one of the most prestigious universities in the country.

Gohmert, along with Rep. Marsha Blackburn (R-TN), appeared on Fox News' Hannity to discuss a recent court ruling that found Obama had violated the Constitution when making recess appointments to the National Labor Relations Board (NLRB). The three-judge panel said the Senate remained formally in session when Obama made the appointments during Christmas break.

"It is part of the Constitution," Gohmert said. "I think one of the big legal ramifications that should come out of this is a class-action lawsuit by all of those who had him as a constitutional law instructor to get their money back. I think it would be a lay-down case for them."

Obama was a professor of constitutional law at the University of Chicago Law School before launching his political career.

"This guy does not respect the Constitution, he does not abide by the Constitution, and we've seen it repeatedly," Gohmert added.

Blackburn also alleged the President didn't respect the Constitution and tried to circumvent Congress.
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Fox news January ratings lowest since 2001

David Ferguson
The Raw Story
Wed, 30 Jan 2013 08:43 UTC
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The Fox News Channel, the largest conservative media outlet, suffered its worst month since 2001 in January among the most coveted viewer demographic, according to the latest ratings figures. A press release from the NBC Media Center reported that Nielsen ratings for the month of January showed Fox News viewership at a 12-year low, while rival MSNBC gained ground in all categories in 2012.

The right-leaning news juggernaut continues to dominates most cable news categories, hosting 9 of the top 10 programs, but it has lost considerable ground among the 25 to 54 demographic, turning in the worst ratings since the terror attacks of September 11, 2001 and its lowest total day ratings since 2008.

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