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MIDDLETOWN (CT) — A city man was arrested Sunday after reportedly choking his girlfriend after she wouldn’t let him watch what he wanted on TV, police said. Orayne Campbell, 25, was taken into custody after police responded to a reported domestic dispute at his home on Traverse Square. Campbell began arguing with his girlfriend after he returned home from work and wanted her to change the channel, police said. She refused, and when Campbell attempted to change channels, she reportedly pushed his hands away. At that point he became angry, police said, grabbing the woman by the throat and shoving...

Hello, friends. This week I am writing to you about some experiences that I had at my hunting camp. Tuesday, Nov. 10 High 56, low 21 I arrived at my camp in the Meadow Valley Wildlife Area about noon today for a 24-hour visit to try to harvest a deer with a bow and do some important thinking. Yesterday, I talked to a group of four bow hunters that had yet to harvest a deer after six days. I really had no cares, as this hunt was more for therapy then tagging a deer. I spent the afternoon sitting in...

What may be the oldest and priciest cheddar in America was released Friday by a world champion Mineral Point cheese maker, just in time for holiday entertaining and gift-giving. It's the single malt scotch of cheddar. Hook's 15-year-old cheddar, which made its debut Friday at Larry's Market in Brown Deer for $50 a pound, will be available in tony Beverly Hills starting next week. Older cheddars may exist, but if they do, they're the stuff of private stashes in cheese maker cellars - not available to the general public, said John Umhoefer, executive director of the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association,...

ROGERSVILLE, Tenn. - A Hawkins County man is asking police to help stop cows from damaging his residence.

AN OLYMPIC medallist has blown the lid on what he calls "child sex abuse cover-up" at the highest levels of Australian swimming which spanned 12 Olympic Games. The former Australian swim team captain has spoken out in frustration after a police strike force set up to investigate allegations against the late coach Terry Buck was wound up in mysterious circumstances. The explosive allegations were never destined to be made public until The Daily Telegraph began its own inquiries three months ago after a tip-off from a police informant involved in protecting children from predatory sporting coaches. He put The Daily...

Houston Police Officer Carl Black still remembers getting ready to fight the hulking 6-foot-6, 280-pound thug who was threatening him about 17 years ago. The suspect readied to attack as he ripped off his shirt and shouted “You're not going to take me to jail!” Then he looked at Black's uniform, fell to his knees and gave up. After putting him in his police car, the young officer asked why he had surrendered. “I ain't fighting the devil,” the man said. The suspect had caught a glimpse of Black's badge number. It was 666. (snip) Black specially requested the number...

TIGER Woods‘ wife Elin Nordegren wants the golf superstar to seek treatment for “sex addiction” — according to a new report. Following on from claims Woods has cheated on her with no less than EIGHT mistresses, former Swedish model Nordegren has urged her husband to see therapist. “She wants to forgive Tiger but she has told him he needs help,” a source told Britain’s Daily Express newspaper. “There are so many women that he is obviously addicted to sex. He has got to get help if the marriage is to continue. Like any wife, Elin is feeling betrayed. “If this...

When three white women were said to be romantically involved with Woods in addition to his blonde, Swedish wife, blogs, airwaves and barbershops started humming, and Woods' already tenuous standing among many blacks took a beating. On the nationally syndicated Tom Joyner radio show, Woods was the butt of jokes all week. "The question everyone in America wants to ask you is, how many white women does one brother waaant?" The darts reflect blacks' resistance to interracial romance. They also are a reflection of discomfort with a man who has smashed barriers in one of America's whitest sports and assumed...

MADISON, Wis. (AP) - A powerful state senator called Dec. 3 for wildlife officials to fire anyone involved with deer management after hunters killed the fewest deer in years during Wisconsin's traditional November hunt. Senate Majority Leader Russ Decker, D-Weston, said the Department of Natural Resources' has draconian herd-control policies that have devastated the deer population, leaving hunters empty-handed. The experts who designed the regulations deserve to lose their jobs, he said. "They've earned what they got coming. They've screwed us over too many years in a row now," Decker told The Associated Press. "They got what they wanted. They...

In June, McChrystal noted, he had arrived in Afghanistan and set about fulfilling his assignment. His lean face, hovering on the screen at the end of the table, was replaced by a mission statement on a slide: "Defeat the Taliban. Secure the Population." "Is that really what you think your mission is?" one of those in the Situation Room asked. On the face of it, it was impossible -- the Taliban were part of the fabric of the Pashtun belt of southern Afghanistan, culturally if not ideologically supported by a significant part of the population. "We don't need to do...

Cushing - Officials have released the 911 tape from this morning's home invasion shooting that left an intruder dead from a shotgun blast. It happened in Cushing, about 50 miles west of Tulsa in Lincoln County. Police say the female homeowner was awakened by her barking dog and called 911. While she was on the phone with dispatchers, police say she warned the intruder that she had a rifle. Authorities say the intruder, identified as Billy Dean Riley, ignored the woman's warning and threw a chair through the window. That's when the woman opened fire. The 911 call details the...

[F]orecasters say the Southland is about to get soaked two, or maybe three, times in the coming days. And forecasters say a network of 29 catch basins in the foothill areas of Los Angeles County will be tested to their limits if the rains fall as heavy as is expected. Separate weather systems are forecast starting with a drizzle Sunday and real rain on Monday, the National Weather Service said. Rainfall predictions for Monday and Tuesday were increased today, when forecasters saw the first storm taking a westerly swing that will keep it over the ocean off Oregon longer. Forecasters...

NEW YORK — A New York City woman faces charges that she tricked her husband's pregnant mistress into taking a drug that would cause an abortion. Police say Kisha Jones of Brooklyn used a doctor's prescription pad to order the medication, then phoned the victim pretending to be from her obstetrician's office and told her to pick up the drug at the pharmacy and take it. The woman fell for the trick, took the drug and went into labor, authorities said. The baby was born two months early, but survived. Jones then tried again, according to prosecutors.

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A youth minister is charged with violently raping a girl who attends his Lower East Side church, and authorities believe there are other victims. Detectives from the Manhattan's Special Victims Unit arrested 27-year-old Jeremy Fulton Thursday night. Fulton was charged with rape, predatory sex assault against a child, criminal sex act and acting in a manor injurious to a child. Prosecutors say when the victim turned 12, Fulton touched her and exposed himself. Police say they had sexual intercourse for the first time when the victim was 12. According to police, the investigation further revealed that Fulton's conduct came to...

Murder sentencings are often emotional affairs, full of tears and anger from the victim's family followed by a lawyer's calm and measured statement on behalf of the defendant. Not so on Friday at San Francisco's Hall of Justice when defendant Joseph Caldwell, 42, spoke directly to the court. He admitted to fatally stabbing his 60-year-old roommate, Rodney Wild, on Aug. 4, 2006, but insisted it was manslaughter, not murder. Then he went a little further. After saying, "My time in prison will be short'' -- he expects to die of AIDS behind bars if he isn't freed on appeal --...

The nine-month search for a Gastonia pastor charged with raping and molesting young girls ended Friday when police found him holed up in a Lincoln County home. Lawmen from Gaston and Lincoln counties arrested 46-year-old Robert Lee Adams shortly after 3 p.m. Authorities received an anonymous tips that Adams was staying at the house, said Gaston County Police Sgt. Myron Shelor. “It was just a tip that came into our office — somebody called it in,” Shelor said. “We’re very appreciative to the public.” Police arrived with Lincoln County sheriff’s deputies to find a vehicle pulling up to the house...

Here is video from the local Fox affiliate in New York reporting on a multi-car accident involving former NBC Anchor Tom Brokaw and his wife. The Brokaws were unhurt, but a 28 year-old woman was thrown from an SUV as a result of the accident and died. . . . (VIDEO)

Maria doesn't know much English, but she understands the language of the gun. That was about her only moment of clarity when Maria - with her three little kids in tow - was held up by a 10-year-old boy at mid-afternoon near an East Bluff shopping center. I interviewed Maria with a mingling of my lackluster Spanish and her even-worse English. But in any tongue, you can comprehend the sad, alarming oddity of a junior-size robber striking in broad daylight in a high-traffic area. Maria, 23, grew up in Mexico. She immigrated to Chicago five years ago. She and her...

Here is video showing a 72 year-old Walmart Greeter being savagely punched in the face by a passerby at a Pennsylvania Walmart. The video also discusses the attack, which was carried out by a man who had been refused "check-cashing" assistance inside the store. As he walked outside the store, the man then punched the elderly greeter, breaking bones in the man's face. . . . (VIDEO)

The city of Concord, California is holding its Christmas tree lighting ceremony this weekend.  And from the looks of the tree, it will barely be alive for its big moment. Instead of a beautiful freshly cut tree like in years past, Concord opted to use an existing tree in the town's square. The switch saved the city $20,000.  Not a bad idea in these tough economic times. The mean-spirited would  best describe the tree as pathetic. Those on the nicer side of life are likely reminded of the old classic "A Charlie Brown Christmas." The tree was scraggly to begin...

WELLINGTON, New Zealand – The tsunami that killed more than 200 people in the Samoan islands and Tonga earlier this year towered up to 46 feet (14 meters) high — more then twice as tall as most of the buildings it slammed into, scientists said Friday.

The victim told authorities she and her little brother were standing at a bus stop at South Upland Avenue and Newton Street in River Ridge about 7:30 a.m. on Nov. 13 when she noticed a "purple" car following them. The driver, a man, rolled down his window and asked the little boy for the girl's name, which the boy provided, the arrest report said. The girl, who got scared, got on the bus. The girl told authorities she noticed the car following the bus to her school, Hazel Park Elementary School, 8809 Jefferson Highway, in River Ridge, the arrest report...

Finger on the Button President Barack Obama gets some help from his first ladies, Sasha, Malia, and Michelle, when lighting the national Christmas tree in D.C. today. Image via AP

It's 32°F and snowing like a fiend in the Clear Lake, League City, Friendswood, Alvin, and other areas south of Houston.Algore was not available for commentThat is all.

Tarboro, N.C. — A Tarboro woman was recovering on Thursday after being run over by a herd of deer over the weekend. Michelle Brewer said she was opening Brewer’s Fine Jewelry, 228 N. Main St., the store she co-owns with her husband, on Saturday morning when the incident occurred.

A longtime Fargo dentist and former School Board member is accused of molesting a teenage patient in a lawsuit argued in front of the North Dakota Supreme Court earlier this week. The alleged sexual abuse by Trueman Tryhus Jr., a 78-year-old who now lives in Arizona, occurred more than 40 years ago in a dentist’s chair in his office, according to Jeffrey Dunford, the former patient who filed the suit. Dunford’s lawsuit seeks compensation for the post-traumatic stress disorder and other emotional injury he says he suffered due to the assault he remembers happening in the late 1960s, according to...

The St. Augustine High School JROTC is leading the Christmas parade on Saturday. Today was the last chance to practice. This is my grandson drilling some of the troops. His patience is amazing, they keep recruiting people with two left feet! I forgot that the mic would pick up the radio program, that's the Paul Porter Show in the background. Paul is our local Patriot talk show host. CLICK THE RED LINK

Like many toddlers, Zak Hessey was a fussy eater who refused his mother's healthy home cooking. Concerned about his falling weight, his parents sought the advice of doctors. That simple act triggered a shocking chain of events that led to the youngster being put into foster care for four months. Paul and Lisa Hessey believe in the long-term benefits of healthy eating and rejected advice to feed their two-year-old son high-calorie snack food To their horror, social workers put Zak into foster care 'to assess his needs' and allegedly threatened the couple with the loss of their parental rights if...

Portland has the 19th worst traffic congestion in the country, with 23 percent of the city’s roads having “heavy delays,” according to a report released Wednesday.Seattle’s road woes are the worst, followed by Los Angeles at No. 2, with 38 percent of its roads having heavy delays, followed by Chicago (37 percent), San Francisco (35 percent) and New York City (31 percent), according to global positioning system (GPS) company TomTom of Concord, Mass.The company ranked cities as most to least congested according to how fast cars could travel on the street network. Traffic was defined as congested if drivers...

WATERBURY — In the weeks leading up to Walsh Elementary School's Dec. 21 "winter celebration," staff will carefully avoid religious and secular symbols of Christmas such as Santa Claus and Christmas trees. Walsh Principal Erik Brown has banned Christmas parties in classrooms and many decorations since arriving at the school five years ago. These, he said, can offend some students, who would be forced to leave while celebrations are ongoing. "It is a state law that a public school can't knowingly exclude children," Brown said. "This is not a church. It's a school and it's a public school. I have...

WOLCOTT — A U.S. Postal Service letter carrier, assisted by two friends, delivered a strong message to a man accused of getting drunk at a house party and kissing a 10-year-old girl. Andy S. Markure, 28, of 10 Francis Drive, was at a party on County Road when he allegedly went into the bedroom of the 10-year-old, started whispering to her and then kissed her on the cheek, according to court documents obtained Wednesday. The party, on Sept. 5, was to celebrate the return of a friend from military service. During the party, Markure drank about 12 beers, he told...

Congressional candidate Lieutenant Colonel West speaking at the American Freedom tour in Fort Lauderdale Florida at the Revolution Nightclub. Lieutenant Colonel Allen West (US Army, Retired) was born and raised in Atlanta Georgia and is third of four generations of military servicemen in his family. His parents instilled in him a very basic principle, love of God and Country. In 2004, when it was time to retire from more than twenty years of service in the US Army, he brought his wife and two young daughters to Broward County, Florida, where he taught high school for one year. He then...

When a small church comes to the Bowery Mission bearing fried chicken with trans fat, unwittingly breaking the law, they’re told “thank you.” Then workers quietly chuck the food, mission director Tom Bastile said. “It’s always hard for us to do,” Basile said. “We know we have to do it.” A Manhattan deli going out of business delivered a pickup truck’s worth of lettuce, sundried tomatoes, hamburgers, sausages and other food to the Holy Apostles Soup Kitchen last week. With 1,400 meals to serve daily, Operations Manager Michael Ottley was extremely grateful. He didn’t check the trans fat content of...

The Diocese of Portland, Maine has reached a $200,000 settlement with a woman who was allegedly molested by a priest in 1976 in South Berwick. The announcement was made Wednesday by Mitchell Garabedian of Boston, an attorney who has dedicated his recent years to reaching large settlements with Catholic dioceses around the country. The victim, who lives outside of New England, was 11 years old at the time and one of the first female altar servers in the state. Sue Bernard, spokesperson for the diocese, said the settlement money came from insurance. She also said that the diocese received its...

Some Boulder library employees and supporters are up in arms this week about plans to shut down all four branches on Friday for a mandatory, all-staff training session that includes yoga lessons, a catered lunch and extra paid hours for some workers. But Library Director Tony Tallent defended the get-together, saying it’s a chance for the library system’s 80 employees to bond, relax and learn.

This squib appeared on the KHOU website on November 18 but is seems to be only a fraction of the story. Read the comments below the story please. ATLANTA -- AirTran Airways says a flight from Atlanta to Houston with more than 70 passengers on board was delayed when a passenger refused to end a cell phone call. ... Flight 297, a Boeing 717, was taxiing on the runway in Atlanta Tuesday afternoon when a crew member asked a passenger to turn off his phone. ... after several failed attempts by the crew member to end the conversation, the captain...

Lackawanna County improperly reduced the paid lunch break for about 200 employees from an hour to 30 minutes, according to an arbitration ruling in favor of Service Employees International Union Local 668. The Monday ruling restored the six-hour workday for union employees and returned the full hour break. The employees are paid for a seven-hour workday. The ruling mentions no back pay for the 30-minute break the county mandated in March. The county reduced the lunch hour after signing a new contract with Local 668 in February. County spokeswoman Lynne Shedlock said the administration sought to enforce language in the...

SYDNEY (AFP) – The rotting carcasses of thousands of wild camels who have died of thirst in Australia's desert Outback are polluting vital waterholes and sacred sites, according to a report. The Central Land Council, which administers Aboriginal land in the nation's arid centre, said the corpses were poisoning water supplies, describing scenes of mass carnage. "Some fall into waterholes and won't be able to get out so they'll rot within the water, others will chase the last remains of any water in these areas and start to compete with each other," the council's land management chief David Alexander told...

WALHALLA — A former Oconee County minister is headed to prison for 10 years after pleading guilty today to committing sexual acts on his 6-year-old granddaughter. Loyce Leon Petty Sr., 53, a carpenter and former pastor of Faith Training Center in Walhalla, drew the sentence from Judge Alex Macaulay. Members of Petty’s family and congregation asked for mercy for him, saying he had suffered from psychological troubles that surfaced as a result of his acts. But Macaulay stuck to the full 10-year sentence recommended by Assistant Solicitor Lindsey Simmons as part of a plea deal with Petty. Macaulay said he...

SNIP However, the Salahis' assertion that they would never stoop to gatecrash a White House dinner appears to be contradicted by an email exchange with the director of a TV show about blagging. Tim Burke, who directed MTV Blaggers! – in which a group of friends gatecrash high profile events and parties - said he was contacted by Mr Salahi a week before the White House incident. In an email from a "Mr Salahi" and sent by the same YouTube account holder who posted a film of the Salahis' wedding ceremony, the sender said he had watched internet clips from...

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The continuing revelations of alleged Tiger Woods infidelities has placed the golfing megastar's management team in what one insider called "panic mode" early Wednesday morning. Despite the release of photographs of Woods looking a bit too friendly with a woman in a Las Vegas nightclub, and a recording — allegedly of a phone call Woods made to former "Tool Academy" reality show alum Jaimee Grubbs — the Woods source insists "Tiger still believes stonewalling the press on this is the best approach." • Also, don't look for Woods' wife, Elin, to be moving out of the couple's Windermere, FL., mansion...

Michigan State has suspended eight football players in the wake of a fight at a campus residence hall. University police have identified 10 suspects in the Nov. 22 incident and hope to identify five more suspects. Michigan State head coach Mark Dantonio last week dismissed sophomore running back Glenn Winston and junior safety Roderick Jenrette from the team, citing an unspecified violation of team rules. Michigan State confirmed Tuesday that both Winston and Jenrette were present during the incident. The other players present during the incident are: wide receiver Mark Dell, wide receiver B.J. Cunningham, wide receiver Fred Smith, running...

BENBROOK — Dustin Womble was a toddler when his mom found Copper in a gutter along a busy highway. The kitten and the child took to each other immediately and, for the next 15 years, shared a special bond. Even as the family grew — three siblings, two dogs and another cat joined the household — Dustin and Copper remained steadfast companions. So when Copper died unexpectedly in his sleep recently, Dustin, 16, was distraught. "It was really hard to watch," said Tami Hubbard, Dustin’s mother. "They were very, very attached to each other." Wanting to honor Copper’s life and...

Thanksgiving night ended bizarrely for a Redwood City family after a man who thought he was protecting his children against would-be burglars is now facing a chance of misdemeanor charges himself for brandishing a weapon. Edmond and Melissa Zencirci, their three children and Edmond’s mother, were settling down for bed after a long Thanksgiving day, when the family heard a loud bang in the alley on the side of their house. The father of three, dressed only in his underwear, immediately reached for his gun out of the bedroom nightstand and a clip that was stored separately to protect his...

This Saturday, 5 December, Senator Mary Landrieu is scheduled to be the keynote speaker at an event co-sponsored by two groups that have been tied to Jihad by the Justice Department: the Muslim Students Association and the Islamic Circle of North America. The Muslim Students Association and ICNA were both listed as unindicted co-conspirators by the Justice Dept in the largest terrorism financing trial in US history...the Holy Land Foundation Trial, in which defendants were convicted on all counts and sentenced to 65 years in federal prison. During that trial, in documents uncovered by the FBI and stipulated to by...

As expected, deer registrations were down opening weekend of the nine-day gun deer season. Statewide registrations were down 25 percent. Hunters registered a preliminary total of 100,330 deer statewide during opening weekend, down from 133,828 last year. The fog on opening morning affected what hunters could see and wet leaves affected what they could hear, but most of the change can be attributed to fewer deer and fewer antlerless permits issued this year, state biologists said. Buck registrations varied, however, with some counties seeing increases, said Kris Belling, Department of Natural Resources wildlife specialist in the west-central region. Several western...

<p>WAUKGAN -- A historic World War II F6F-3 Hellcat fighter plane was raised from Lake Michigan on Monday and was greeted by the CEO who financed the operation, the grandson of the pilot and the son of the man who built the airplane to challenge Japanese Zeros.</p>