The News You Missed Pressroom5.com: September 2006
Thursday, September 28, 2006
Hostage Dies After SWAT Storms Building
A girl has been shot dead by a gunman after a siege at a school in the tiny mountain town of Bailey, Colorado.
The man, who also shot himself, opened fire when police stormed the building in a bid to free the girl and a classmate.
Six girls were taken hostage by the armed man at the high school and were used as human shields for several hours and sexual assaulted before the siege came to its violent end.
The gunman, believed to be between 30 and 50-years-old, was cornered with the girls in a second-floor classroom of Platte Canyon High School and he released four of them, one by one.
Park County Sheriff Fred Wegener said authorities decided to enter the school after the man cut off negotiations and set a deadline.
"Within seconds the suspect shot at entering SWAT officers then shot one of the two female hostages and then shot himself.
Earlier this month a shooting occurred on 13 September, 2006 at Dawson College, near downtown Montreal, Quebec, Canada. The perpetrator, Kimveer Gill, began shooting outside the entrance to the school, and then moved towards the atrium.
One victim died at the scene, while another 19 were injured, eight of whom were listed in critical condition with six requiring surgery. The gunman later committed suicide by shooting himself in the head, after being shot in the arm by police.
The latest beverage to break from the pack is the Cocaine Energy Drink, created by Redux Beverages of Las Vegas. So far sold mostly in New York and California clubs, it will become available online, according to its Web site (drinkcocaine.com).
The drink has the caffeine of about 3 1/2 cups of coffee but no narcotics, and boasts on its Web site, "Instant Rush. No Crash!" Drug experts and nutritionists are appalled.
Jamey Kirby, the drink's inventor, said the 8-ounce energy drink does not promote or glamorize drugs. "Kids already know what's out there," he said.
"Cocaine" energy drink contains vitamins C, B-6 and B-12, according to the Web site. The same vitamins used to cut Cocaine by street dealers in order to profit, "Ironic." YouTube members view story non members click photo.
Ramadan began Saturday. It is the ninth month of the Islamic calendar. Ramadan is special to Muslims because it is the month that the Islamic holy scripture, the Quran was revealed. Ramadan typically lasts 30 days and concludes in communal prayers and Eid Al-Fitr, which can become a three-day celebration. The end of Ramadan depends on the sighting of the new moon.
During Ramadan, Muslims abstain from food, drink and other sensual pleasures from the break of dawn to sunset. So sex is allowed when the sunsets, but no afternoon delight.
It is easy to greet a Muslim observing Ramadan. Say: "Ramadan mubarak," or "happy Ramadan." At Eid Al-Fitr, it is nice to say, "Eid mubarak" or "happy Eid." If those words are to difficult for you to speak, say it with your wallet and enjoy a Mecca Cola from Citgo after you fill your SUV with petro.
Three young children were found dead Saturday, hours after a woman was charged with killing their pregnant mother and her fetus in a grisly attack in which authorities believe her womb was cut open after she was knocked unconscious.
Bodies of the two boys, ages 7 and 2, and their 1-year-old sister were found together in an apartment in the public-housing complex where their mother lived.
The kids were last seen Monday with family friend Tiffany Hall, 24, now charged with first-degree murder in the death of their mother, who is believed to have been slain days before her children disappeared. Hall is also charged with intentional homicide of an unborn child.
Stories like this where the suspect is presumed guilty by admission or overwhelming evidence require the death penalty. Why kill defenseless little kids let alone an adult.
A newspaper in France says Al Qaida leader Osama bin Laden died of typhoid in Pakistan, but there is no confirmation of the report.
Offices of the French President Jacques Chirac and French Prime Minister Dominique de Villepin have made no comment.
And, Pakistan, where bin Laden is believed to be hiding, said it has no information about his death.
The regional newspaper quoted French secret service reports saying that Saudi Arabia is convinced that bin Laden died a month ago. It said he died of a very serious case of typhoid causing partial paralysis of his internal organs.
Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez called President Bush "the devil" in a speech to the United Nations on Wednesday of this week, making the sign of the cross in a dramatic gesture and accusing him of "talking as if he owned the world."
"Yesterday, the devil came here," Chavez said, referring to Bush's address before the U.N. General Assembly on Tuesday. "Right here. Right here. And it smells of sulfur still today, this table that I am now standing in front of."
Chavez's words drew tentative giggles at times from the audience, but also applause at the end of the speech and when he called Bush the devil -- a word he used no fewer than eight times.
Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said Chavez's remarks were "not becoming for a head of state." "I am not going to dignify a comment by the Venezuelan president to the president of the United States," Rice told reporters in New York.
A girl has been shot dead by a gunman after a siege at a school in the tiny mountain town of Bailey, Colorado.
