Category Archives: Violence

Images of a captured Gadhafi, bloodied and dazed, broadcast

By doris | Published: October 20, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.msn.com SIRTE, Libya — Moammar Gadhafi, the man who ruled Libya with a dictatorial grip for 42 years, was seen on Arab television pinned against a car, being struck on the head with a pistol while a group of fighters manhandled him. Video footage showed Gadhafi, dazed and bloodied but still clearly [...]

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After a decade of grief and recovery, nation remembers 9/11

By doris | Published: September 11, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com New York (CNN) — Thousands gathered Sunday morning at New York’s Ground Zero, stood still in silence, some crying as they listened to the names of victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks were read aloud. “They were our neighbors, our friends, our wives, children and parents,” said New York Mayor [...]

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After 9/11: A decade of deaths, marriages, war and peace

By doris | Published: September 8, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Six-year-olds often times forget their own last names, but I remember Tuesday, September 11, 2001, like it was last week. I remember wearing my favorite jumper and my mother braiding my hair. I remember eating scrambled eggs off a yellow plate. And then I remember the radio anchor said, ‘Wow! Have [...]

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Bin Laden hideout location challenges Pakistan credibility

By doris | Published: May 2, 2011

Full Story at msnbc.com Osama bin Laden’s presence in an elaborately fortified million-dollar compound “raises questions” about what some Pakistani officials might have known about the al-Qaida leader’s presence prior to Sunday’s raid that killed him, the top White House counterterrorism adviser said Monday. The pointed comments by White House advisor John Brennan come amid [...]

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New terrorism alert system will offer specific warnings

By doris | Published: April 20, 2011

Full Story atCNN.com New York (CNN) — A new terrorism warning system will provide the public with information on specific threats, replacing the color-coded alerts put in place after the September 11, 2001, attacks, Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano said Wednesday. In announcing the new system at New York City’s Grand Central Terminal, commonly known [...]

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At least 18 charged in alleged sexual assault of Texas girl

By doris | Published: March 8, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Thirteen adults and five juveniles have been arrested as part of an investigation into the alleged sexual assault of a Texas girl, police said. Darrell Broussard, assistant police chief for the Cleveland, Texas, police department, said Monday that the investigation into the incident “is continuous,” with more significant developments [...]

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Rodney King beating 20 years later: Can’t we all just get along?

By doris | Published: March 3, 2011

Full Story at thegrio.com This week marks the twentieth anniversary of the Rodney King beating, an incident which shone the spotlight on police brutality and race relations in Los Angeles and throughout the United States. On March 3, 1991, King — who was driving with two of his friends in his white Hyundai — was [...]

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18 days of protest culminate in Mubarak’s ouster

By doris | Published: February 11, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com Cairo, Egypt (CNN) — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak stepped down Friday and handed over power to the military, his nearly three decades of iron rule ended by a groundswell of popular protests that began January 25. In a somber one-minute announcement on state television, Vice President Omar Suleiman announced Mubarak’s resignation [...]

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Gas pipeline to Jordan set ablaze in Egypt

By doris | Published: February 5, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A pipeline that sends natural gas to Jordan was set on fire in the Egyptian Sinai town of El Arish on Saturday, and the suspected act of sabotage has forced its temporary closing, officials said. Ghaleb Al Maabreh, head of Jordan’s national electricity company, confirmed the closing. He said [...]

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Stacy Pagli, N.Y. Woman, Pleads Guilty to Killing Teenage Daughter Who “Pushed My Last Button”

By doris | Published: February 2, 2011

Full Story at CBS News.com CBS/AP) Stacy Pagli, a suburban New York woman who said she strangled her 18-year-old daughter because she “pushed my last button,” pleaded guilty Tuesday to first-degree manslaughter. Pagli, 38, had been charged with murder in the Feb. 22, 2010 killing of her daughter Marissa at Manhattanville College in Purchase. PICTURES: [...]

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Nevada councilwoman found dead faced possible sanctions

By doris | Published: January 25, 2011

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — A Nevada city councilwoman who faced possible sanctions over a travel expense voucher and public comments was found dead with her husband Tuesday, hours before a city council meeting that had the issues involving her on its agenda, officials said. Donna Fairchild and Bill Fairchild were found in a [...]

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Fiery package in DC triggers memories of anthrax

By doris | Published: January 8, 2011

Full Story atmsnbc.com WASHINGTON — Postal workers who returned to work Saturday said a package that ignited at a government mail facility conjured painful memories of the anthrax attacks that killed two of their colleagues in 2001. The fiery package found Friday, which was addressed to Homeland Security Secretary Janet Napolitano, followed two packages that [...]

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All hostages freed from Wis. classroom

By doris | Published: November 30, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com MARINETTE, Wis. — A student armed with a handgun held nearly two dozen students and a teacher hostage in a Wisconsin high school for about five hours before shooting himself when police broke into the classroom, authorities said Monday. No other injuries were reported. Officers who were outside the Marinette High [...]

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Ex Arrested in NY in Death of Missing Student

By doris | Published: November 28, 2010

Full Story at aolnews.com CLAY, N.Y. (Nov. 27) — A 20-year-old Pennsylvania dance student who vanished last week while on Thanksgiving break in her hometown was killed by her on-again, off-again boyfriend, who then dumped her body in a park “like garbage,” a prosecutor said Saturday. Onondaga County District Attorney William Fitzpatrick said 21-year-old Steven [...]

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N. Korea fires on S. Korea, killing 2 and injuring more than a dozen

By doris | Published: November 23, 2010

Full Story atCNN.com Seoul, South Korea (CNN) — North Korea fired artillery toward its tense western sea border with South Korea on Tuesday, killing two South Korean marines, the South’s Defense Ministry said. Fifteen other South Korean soldiers were wounded, five of them seriously, defense officials said. Three civilians were injured in the attack. At [...]

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Bodies of missing Ohio trio found in hollow tree

By doris | Published: November 19, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com MOUNT VERNON, Ohio — An unemployed tree-trimmer — arrested after a teenage girl was found bound and gagged in his basement — pointed the way Thursday to a hollow tree where the bodies of her brother, mother and another woman were hidden in garbage bags. The three victims and the rescued [...]

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Court weighs state law banning ‘violent’ video games from children

By doris | Published: November 3, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com Washington (CNN) — “Postal 2″ features the adventures of the “Postal Dude,” an interactive video game character who, under the control of the player, must confront everyday tasks. But it is how he handles these errands — with the power to behead girls, shoot police, and urinate on victims — that [...]

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Clinton: U.S. can do more to help Mexico fight drug cartels

By doris | Published: October 17, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said the U.S. can do more to help Mexico battle drug cartels that have started operating more like terrorists and insurgent groups. “It is one of my highest priorities,” Clinton said Friday during a speech in San Francisco at the nonpartisan Commonwealth Club. “This [...]

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Half a billion eggs have been recalled

By doris | Published: August 21, 2010

Full Story at CNN.com (CNN) — The number of eggs recalled in a nationwide salmonella scare has grown to more than half a billion. Iowa egg producer Hillandale Farms of Iowa is voluntarily recalling some 170.4 million eggs distributed to stores and companies that service, or are located in, 14 states, a spokeswoman at the [...]

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Mexican woman granted asylum for domestic abuse

By doris | Published: August 14, 2010

Full Story at msnbc.com SAN FRANCISCO — A Mexican woman who claimed she was beaten and raped for decades by her common-law husband has won the right to stay in the United States in a case that experts say makes clear that domestic violence is valid grounds for asylum. The Department of Homeland Security found [...]

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