A substance that was found at a motel in Las Vegas, NV may be the deadly substance – ricin. Authorities do not believe that it was placed there by terrorists. “This event does not appear to be terrorism related,” FBI spokesman Richard Kolko in Washington said Friday morning. Kolko said the FBI was assisting local police in the investigation.
Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger has asked a most unusual request from the Ohio museum. He asked them to return is Austrian army tank back to him so that he could make sure it would receive the proper care it needs to stay in good condition and so that he might be able to offer any rides to schoolchildren who need it.
Prince Harry has been raised in one of the most prestigious and famous families in the world. He can choose to do what he wants with his life and instead of staying in his home country he has chosen to help the troops in Afghanistan. Prince Harry has seen combat after being deployed 10 weeks ago.
The prince’s status is currently being reviewed, the Ministry of Defense said. Harry is third in line to the British throne and a lieutenant in the Blues and Royals.
We all know and respect the life and the work that Anne Frank did. We are all familiar with her story – which was written into a book – but there are some things in it that we have always wanted to know. One of the most intriguing part of her life was the ‘beautiful brown eyes’ of a boy that she called her ‘one true love’. She wrote about the young boy in her diary while she was hiding in the Netherlands while under control of the Nazi regime.
Army chief of staff will be going before Senators today while the lawmakers vote on a new proposal on how they will be cutting the funding for the way in Iraq over the next 120 days. The most important speaker will be General George Casey. He will be going before the Senate panel and will report the impact that the most recent and repeated deployments are affecting the troops.
German treasure hunters discovered some buried treasure this week at a man made cavern just next to the Czech border. Hans-Peter Haustein stated that his friend was given a notebook that revealed the location of the treasure. According to a very sophisticated metal detector he believes that there is the treasure of gold or silver is 20 meters below the surface. The treasure is believed to have been hidden and taken from the Nazis during WWII.
The trial against three New York officers who allegedly shot an unarmed man began this week. The victim was to be married the day he was shot in what the prosecutor – Charles Testagrossa calls “a tale of carelessness verging on incompetence.” The Queens State Supreme Court Judge Arthur Cooperman will be hearing the case without the presence of a jury.
A woman died last week on an American Airlines flight from Haiti to JFK. Carnine Desir had told the American Airlines crew that she was feeling ill – but they refused to do anything about it until she was seriously showing signs stated a cousin who was flying with the sick woman.
Antonio Oliver says crew members twice refused to administer oxygen to the 44-year-old. When they did agree to help, Oliver says two oxygen tanks and a defibrillator failed to work.
Three children, a man, and a woman were found dead this week at a condominium in Orange County, California. Police are still investigating – but they believe that it was a murder suicide.
Police were alerted to the multiple shootings last night by a 14-year-old boy who was wounded. He told them that his father had shot him and a brother.
A man from Florida has been arrested and charged with three counts of first degree murder. Last weekend three men were found dead stated the Putnam County Sherriff’s Office. They believe that 28 year old – Duane Demaris Crittenden II was being cheated by the three victims during their private poker game.
They believe that he returned the next morning and killed them all in a rage. The victims were 48 year old Jerome Anthony Henry, 50 year old Robert Erwin Ford, and 50 year old Richard David Smith.