From The Wire
Five Plead Not Guilty In Alleged Jihad Plot
NEW BERN, N.C., Aug. 15 (UPI) — Five North Carolina men Monday pleaded not guilty to being part of a local terrorism ring that planned jihad overseas. Two other defendants have pleaded guilty, The (Raleigh) News & Observer reported. Daniel Patrick Boyd, described as the ringleader of the group, pleaded guilty in February to conspiracy […]
Pakistan Gave China Peek At U.S. Copter
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Aug. 15 (UPI) — Pakistan gave Chinese military experts access to a top-secret U.S. stealth helicopter used in the Osama bin Laden raid, Financial Times reported Monday. The British business newspaper said it learned Chinese military engineers were allowed to take photographs and remove pieces of the high-tech aircraft U.S. forces left behind […]
Retailers Expect Flat Back-to-school Sales
WASHINGTON, Aug. 15 (UPI) — A national trade group said U.S. retailers could expect back-to-school sales on par with 2010 or just slightly under that. The National Retail Federation predicted back-to-school shopping to average $604 per family, just $2 shy of what was predicted a year ago, The Detroit News reported Monday. Many stores this […]
Obama Meets, Eats With Veterans
CANNON FALLS, Minn., Aug. 15 (UPI) — President Obama lunched with five recent military veterans while he was in Cannon Falls, Minn., on a bus tour to rural America. Obama emerged from his bus, parked in front of the Old Market Deli, waving and smiling to onlookers, some chanting “Obama, Obama.” The lunch provided Obama […]
Report: Canada Renaming Military Branches
OTTAWA, Aug. 15 (UPI) — Canadian officials have decided to go back to the country’s old names for its military branches, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Monday. The CBC said it obtained a document revealing the Maritime Command and Air Command will revert to their old names of Royal Canadian Navy and Royal Canadian Air […]
Man Arrested In Oklahoma Pipe Bomb Attempt
OKEMAH, Okla., Aug. 15 (UPI) — An Oklahoma man has been arrested after authorities said he called 911 and reported he put a pipe bomb on a natural gas pipeline. Daniel Wells Herriman, 40, of Konawa, was arrested Friday, the FBI said, The (Oklahoma City) Oklahoman reported. Special Agent in Charge James Finch said the […]
Obama Quizzed About Choosing Cannon Falls, Minn.
CANNON FALLS, Minn., Aug. 15 (UPI) — The final questioner at President Obama’s town hall meeting in Cannon Falls, Minn., Monday didn’t ask about healthcare or taxes but about Cannon Falls. Why come to Cannon Falls to discuss jobs, building the economy and rural America-related issues, the inquiring pre-teen girl wanted to know. “Well, I […]
Jailed Mob Boss Suspected In Philly Ring
PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 15 (UPI) — A jailed mob under-boss is suspected of financing part of a South Philadelphia drug-trafficking and loan-sharking ring, court documents show. The Philadelphia Inquirer Monday identified the under-boss as Joseph “Mousie” Massimino, 61. In a motion this month, authorities said a state investigation was focused on William “Billy” Andrews, a convicted […]
Cherokee Nation Swears In Acting Chief
TAHLEQUAH, Okla., Aug. 15 (UPI) — The Cherokee Nation has sworn in an acting principal chief, who will hold the post until a winner is declared in the chief’s race, officials said. S. Joe Crittenden of Stilwell was sworn in Sunday as deputy chief and will act as temporary principal chief until a winner is […]
Thirty-one Fish Killed, Mutlilated On School Campus
WOODLAND HILLS, Calif., Aug. 15 (UPI) — Police in California say they are searching for someone who killed and mutilated 31 catfish being raised at a high school as part of a student project. A student working on a Future Farmers of America project arrived at the school in Woodland Sunday to find a gate […]
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