INDIANAPOLIS — A woman was arrested Wednesday night in a road rage beating of an elderly driver earlier in the day, police said. Jessica Vasquez (pictured), 19, was taken into custody after she assaulted Evelyn Page, 81, who she thought was driving slowly in the 6200 block of South Meridian Street, on Indianapolis’ south side, according to Indianapolis Metro police.Police said Vasquez sped around Page and then slammed on her brakes, forcing the elderly woman to stop.

Then, according to police, Vasquez jumped out of her car, opened the driver’s-side door of Page’s car and began beating her. Read more »

Hispanics might be the most visible growing population here in Iowa, but it’s not the only one. Another immigrant group in Iowa has grown even faster the past year. The African immigrants are still getting used to electricity and running water.160 Burundian refugees have resettled in central Iowa in the past year. Back in 1972, many families escaped the ethnic violence and genocide taking place in Burundi, and resettled in refugee camps in neighboring Tanzania, another impoverished country that could provide earth to live on, but little else.

“These families are coming from war-torn countries where awful, awful things have happened to them. And to be able to be part of an organization that provides new hope and new life to those individuals is such an honor,” said Jill Stuecker of Lutheran Services in Iowa. Read more »

JERUSALEM (AFP) - Israel’s attorney general on Sunday announced the indictment of a former finance minister and close ally of Prime Minister Ehud Olmert over charges of embezzling over one million dollars.

Attorney General Menachem Mazuz published the indictment in a letter sent to parliament speaker Dalia Yitzik requesting the removal of Avraham Hirshson’s parliamentary immunity in view of the indictment.

The 37-page indictment included charges of embezzlement, graft and money laundering of over one million dollars that Hirshson had allegedly carried out when he headed the National Workers Federation between 1998 and 2005. Read more »

TUCSON - Some surprising news came from the United States Border Patrol.

The Patrol has purchased 1,000 guns that fire non-lethal paintball or pepper pellets. The goal of a target practice session was to hit the white rag at the end of a hall with paintballs. Border Patrol agents may soon use paintballs to defend themselves against smugglers along the border due to an increase in violence.

Surveillance video from an incident last year in El Paso shows a Border Patrol agent retreating after people pelt him with rocks. Some could argue the same about being hit by a paintball without protective gear, where a projectile from a paintball gun leaves a small welt on the flesh.

Small welt or not, human rights activists say it is a bad idea, even for a line of defense.  SOURCE>>>

WTVG — According to police, this time around 29-year-old Deon Brown is charged with domestic violence, and accused of beating his baby’s mother.

A Toledo woman is brutally beat, and police are describing this incident as a string of assaults. It’s all part of a domestic violence case they are still investigating. It first began early this morning in the parking lot of CJ’s club on Phillips and North Detroit.

The suspect is a regular here at the jail. He’s being led away in cuffs for the 123rd time. According to police, this time around 29-year-old Deon Brown is charged with domestic violence, and accused of beating his baby’s mother. Read more »