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Onassis half brother accused of having child porn By JEFF BARNARD and WILLIAM McCALL Associated Press Writers AP Photo AP Photo/Jeff Barnard Advertisement Buy AP Photo Reprints Your Questions Answered Ask AP: New cars that don't sell, government czars ASHLAND, Ore. (AP) -- Jamie Auchincloss is well known and well liked in this storybook town for his longtime support of local theater, his videos of Democratic political events, and being the half brother to Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis. So when authorities announced Tuesday that Auchincloss had been indicted on charges of encouraging child sexual abuse by possessing, duplicating and disseminating child...

Click link for video - Special thanks to Youtube user Firejack007: The Commander-in-Chief along with the Secretary of Defense, Secretary of State, and many high ranking generals, gave a speech to the troops in a surprise visit to Iraq. The sound is somewhat distorted by some of the applause and cheers from the troops in the audience. I also added a very fitting piece from LOTR.

KCRA.com Related To Story SHINGLE SPRINGS SHOOTING LIVE: Latest Coverage Three Deputies Injured In Shingle Springs Shootout Incident Occurs Just South Of Highway 50 POSTED: 12:07 pm PDT June 5, 2007 UPDATED: 1:21 pm PDT June 5, 2007 SHINGLE SPRINGS, Calif. -- As many as three sheriff's deputies and a police dog were injured in a shootout in Shingle Springs shortly before noon on Tuesday, the El Dorado County Sheriff's Department said. The nature of their injuries was not immediately clear, but at least one deputy was taken to Sutter Roseville Medical Center for treatment. A neighbor told KCRA 3...

The Arizona Daily Star Published: 03.23.2007 UFOs flew over Phoenix in '97, Symington says By Tom Beal ARIZONA DAILY STAR "The universe is a big place, and we're conceited to think we're alone." Fife Symington, former Ariz. governor Former Gov. Fife Symington says now that those strange lights that appeared over Phoenix a decade ago were from another world and that he had a close encounter with an alien craft on March 13, 1997. "I'm a pilot and I know just about every machine that flies. It was bigger than anything that I've ever seen. It remains a great mystery....

Aaron Glantz, OneWorld US Thu Dec 21, 11:41 AM ET SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 21 (OneWorld) - The richest 2 percent of adults in the world own more than half the world's wealth, according to a new study released by the Helsinki-based World Institute for Development Economics Research of the United Nations University. ADVERTISEMENT The study's authors say their work is the most comprehensive study of personal wealth ever undertaken. They found the richest 1 percent of adults owned 40 percent of global assets in the year 2000, and that the richest 10 percent of adults accounted for 85 percent of...

Indonesia quake sparks tsunami alert From staff writers and wires 17jul06 AN earthquake measuring 7.2 on the richter scale has raised a tsunami alert for Christmas Island and Indonesia, the Associated Press has reported. Tall buildings reportedly swayed for at least two minutes in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta and on Java as the quake hit at 3.24pm, AP said.

Analysis: France's attitude to terror London may be convulsed by controversy over police clampdowns on terror suspects, but Charles Bremner, The Times's Paris correspondent, says that the French police take a tougher line without the same public soul-searching "There is a big difference between the French and British policy and approach to terrorism. The DST, the equivalent to MI5 as well as the police intelligence, keep a very close watch on the housing estates where the majority of the Muslim population live. "Until last summer the French were very unhappy with what they saw was incompetence by the British. The...

A Carmichael plastic surgeon was being held on sex and weapons charges Wednesday after police found an armor-penetrating rocket launcher, machine guns and dozens of other weapons in his sprawling ranch home. Dr. Scott Takasugi, known by neighbors for his lavish Halloween parties, dapper clothes and luxury car collection, was being investigated for sexual exploitation of patients when the cache was found. Click here for more... Federal and military investigators worked until dawn Wednesday assessing and hauling out weapons. Among them were a live a shoulder-fired battlefield weapon called a "LAW Rocket," along with machine guns, guns equipped with laser...

Bali bomb cleric freed from jail A Muslim cleric convicted over the 2002 nightclub bombings on Indonesian island Bali, which killed 202 people, has been released from prison in Jakarta. Abu Bakar Ba'asyir was found guilty in March 2005 of conspiracy in connection with the bomb plot, but he was cleared of more serious charges. Security experts say the cleric is a founding member of a regional Islamic militant group Jemaah Islamiah (JI). Supporters gathered outside the prison, cheering as he left the building. Australia, from where the majority of those killed in the Bali nightclub bombs came, has said...

Nothing if not controversial, Mark Williams figured to have plenty to say Wednesday about the cancellation, effective immediately, of his weeknight conservative talk-radio show on KFBK (1530 AM). Turns out, though, the talker who made a name nationally on cable TV news shows for his inflammatory opinions on immigration and terrorism was mostly gracious in discussing his parting with KFBK after five years. Williams produced solid numbers for KFBK, Sacramento's top-rated station, but his contract and added bonuses, called "talent fees," made him expensive for the station to keep, sources say. He will be replaced on an interim basis by...

Here’s the smokin’ 411 on 420 Hearne Christopher Jr. * More Hearne Christopher, Jr. April Fools’ Day, tax day — what’s next? May Day? Not quite. First we have to slip past April 20, or “420” in stoner parlance. That’s the date many marijuana smokers celebrate in recognition of 420 being the unofficial but widely recognized term for the time to light up a joint. Which brings us to the 420 event planned by our friends at Munchiez in Westport, Brandi and Lisa Blair. The couple dishes up Ding Dongs, Ho Hos, Gummi Bears, cheese puffs, sandwiches and other munchies...

Why Am I Tired?For a couple years I've been blaming it on lack of sleep, not enough sunshine, too much pressure from my job, earwax build-up, poor blood or anything else I could think of. But now I found out the real reason: I'm tired because I'm overworked. Here's why:. . .The population of this country is 273 million. 140 million are retired. That leaves 133 million to do the work. There are 85 million in school. Which leaves 48 million to do the work. Of this there are 29 million employed by the federal government. Leaving 19 million to...

IBM, Intel, Royal Philips, SAP Tapped For DHL RFID ProjectBy Laurie Sullivan TechWeb.comWed Mar 8, 7:31 PM ET DHL has tapped several companies to expand its radio frequency identification technology (RFID) projects within the supply chain. The logistics provider Wednesday said it's collaborating with IBM Corp., Intel Corp., Royal Philips Electronics N.V. and SAP AG. IBM's Sensor and Actuators business unit has been appointed to help develop specific "proof of concepts," along with Intel, Philips, and SAP, said Scott Burroughs, solutions executive with sensor and actuators solutions at IBM. "We're bringing intellectual capital and technology into the mix," he said....

'Bush boys' leave unpaid hospital bills in Canada Associated Press Published 6:49 am PST Friday, February 17, 2006 VERNON, British Columbia - The "bush boys," two young men from Roseville who convinced residents and authorities in the Okanagan region for a time that they had been raised in the woods, owe more than $43,000 in unpaid hospital bills. Kyle Horn and his younger brother Roen racked up about $58,700 in of medical costs at Vernon Jubilee Hospital before they returned home to Roseville two years ago. Click here for more... Authorities say the boys' father, Rodger Horn, convinced the U.S....

<p>In early November, the FBI and Houston police learned that six suspected members of Mara Salvatrucha, a violent Central American gang known as MS-13, were raiding a house on Liberty Street where a rival gang had stashed drugs.</p> <p>MS-13 - the focus of a nationwide crackdown by FBI and federal immigration agents - has become known in recent years for home invasion robberies, drug dealing and machete attacks on its enemies. But what happened in Houston on Nov. 2, FBI and Houston police officials say, has heightened concerns that MS-13 could be far more dangerous than thought.</p>

Idaho probes sudden deaths from rare brain disease Mon Aug 15, 2005 06:23 PM ET By Adam Tanner TWIN FALLS, Idaho (Reuters) - In late May Marjorie Skinner played golf well enough to place fourth in a Memorial Day weekend golf tournament. Yet within weeks, the previously vibrant retiree suddenly started losing her ability to speak. By the time her family buried her on Friday, she was the fifth suspected victim in the same sparsely populated area of Idaho of Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease (CJD), a rare brain-wasting disease that typically afflicts only one in a million people. As word of this...

County Takes West Nile Fight To The Air Aerial Spraying Over Sacramento To Begin Monday Night POSTED: 6:56 am PDT August 8, 2005 UPDATED: 6:44 pm PDT August 8, 2005 SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- Sacramento Vector Control officials Monday will begin aerial spraying over a large part of Sacramento County in an effort to fight mosquitoes and the West Nile virus. A 71,000-acre area from Interstate 5 to Citrus Heights will be sprayed beginning at 8 p.m. The spraying is expected to last until midnight. The pesticide that will be sprayed is a pyrethins, derived from chrysanthemums. It is the same...

West Nile warning in Citrus Heights Residents are being urged to 'fight the bite' of infected mosquitoes, but City Council members downplay the risk. By Edgar Sanchez -- Bee Staff Writer Published 2:15 am PDT Saturday, July 30, 2005 Story appeared in Metro section, Page B1 Get weekday updates of Sacramento Bee headlines and breaking news. Sign up here. An alert has been issued in Citrus Heights in response to what an official called a "significant outbreak" of West Nile virus found in mosquitoes.

Claims of brainwashing, child abuse and a cult-like sex ring to be aired in court Austin Bernard III is one of nine defendants who prosecutors say were part of a cult-like church that abused children. His defense says he was brainwashed. By Emanuella Grinberg Court TV Authorities in the small, rural Louisiana town of Ponchatoula were shocked when a local pastor walked into their office in mid-May and allegedly confessed to having sex with children, cats and dogs at his Hosanna Church. Louis Lamonica allegedly implicated eight other members of his flock, including a deputy sheriff, in "cult-like" rituals involving...

We could use a security wall like Israel's James P. Pinkerton July 14, 2005 Tuesday's suicide bombing in Israel should not obscure a fundamental fact: Walls work. Walls are not perfect, but if they are robust enough, they mostly succeed in keeping dangerous people out of the homeland. The U.S. should get the hint and start building its own walls, before it's too late. The bombing in Netanya that killed four Israelis was only the third lethal suicide bombing this year. By contrast, in 2002 there were more than 50 such atrocities. Israeli officials credit much of this reduction to...