OMAHA, Neb. — The man who Omaha police said shot officer Paul Latschar Wednesday night will appear in court Friday.

Corey T. Allen, 30, faces attempted first-degree murder, use of a weapon to commit a felony and possession of a weapon by a felon.Allen’s criminal history includes 20 separate entries. He has served two state prison terms and one stint in a federal penitentiary.

Meanwhile, surgeons said Latschar’s condition continues to improve. Source>>>

DENVER (JTA)—Before he announced his vice presidential pick on Saturday, U.S. Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) said he wanted someone to spar with but who ultimately would be loyal enough to create a comfortable working relationship.

No one knew then that he had picked U.S. Sen. Joe Biden (D-Del.), 65, but his ISO ad fit Biden’s relationship with the Jewish community perfectly.

The loquacious Biden, who has served in the U.S. Senate since 1973, has sparred frequently with the pro-Israel community and with Israelis, particularly on the issue of settlements. But he has a sterling voting record on pro-Israel issues, and has as chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee helped shepherd through key pro-Israel legislation.

His straightforwardness is considered an asset, even among those supporters who have disagreed with him.

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FORT MYERS — It has been 16 months since a 3-year-old Lee County boy — only recently returned to his mother from foster care — died of a severe beating.

This week, the accused killer, Kashon Scott, will stand trial on charges of first-degree murder and aggravated child abuse.

The trial is set to start Tuesday, said Samantha Syoen, spokeswoman for the State Attorney’s Office.

The boy, Zahid Jones Jr., was the youngest of three children of Nicole Brewington, 33.

All of Brewington’s children had been taken from her by the Florida Department of Children and Families, and as a condition of their return to her care in April 2007, a judge had ordered her to keep her boyfriend, Scott, out of her Cape Coral home. Continued>>>

MOSCOW - President Dmitry Medvedev says Russia will follow the recognition of Georgia’s breakaway provinces with agreements on economic and military aid.

Medvedev says Russia is preparing to sign deals with Abkhazia and South Ossetia that would spell out Moscow’s obligations on providing assistance to the two regions.

He said in Sunday’s televised remarks that the agreements will lay the basis for “allied” relations with Abkhazia and South Ossetia.

Medvedev doesn’t say when the documents will be signed but Russian news reports say it could happen in the next few days. Source>>>

As hurricane Gustav bears down on New Orleans, local residents prepare to leave to neighboring states. However, are neighboring states prepared for the second flood of crime and theft of government services that was seen during Katrina?

The stories of “Katrina victims” who abused the system, shop lifted local stores, and brought drug deals to areas where crime was previously manageable are too numerous to list. In Houston Texas, a city that received more than its share of evacuees, local Blacks asked for New Orleans residents to leave since they could not stand them!

Hopefully the predominantly White cities who naively stretched out their hand to welcome this black plague to their town will remember it being bit.

MARLIN- A 13-year-old girl is back with her family after she was kidnapped Sunday evening by an illegal immigrant.

Marlin Police said Jesus Diaz-Lopez convinced the girl to get in his car before traveling to North Carolina Sunday evening.

The girl was found Monday around 8:30 p.m. in Berryville, Ark. with Diaz.  He has been charged with sexual assault of a child and kidnapping. Police also say Diaz, who is between the ages of 18 and 26, could also be face charges of taking a minor across state lines. Source>>>

BELLMEAD - A teenager is in the McLennan County jail following an aggravated robbery on Tuesday in the 5200 block of Concord in Bellmead. Officers told News Channel 25 that the victim came to the police department where he told officers that Christopher Dantae Parr robbed him at gunpoint.The victim alleged that Parr exited a vehicle, pointing a large black handgun and robbed him.
On Wednesday, Bellmead police arrested Parr for aggravated robbery and taken to the county jail.
La Vega will play in zero week against Marlin.
Parr’s bond is set for $75,000, however he cannot bond out due to a juvenile hold.

REDZIKOWO, Poland: Poland’s prime minister sought to reassure worried residents near the site of a planned U.S. missile defense base on Friday, pledging that they and the country would be more secure, despite threats from an angry Russia.

Before facing residents at a town hall meeting in the city of Slupsk, Prime Minister Donald Tusk visited the former Polish air base in Redzikowo — just 115 miles (180 kilometers) from Russia’s westernmost edge — that is to host the facility.

“In case of war, Redzikowo and Slupsk will be more secure than other places, and not less secure,” Tusk told reporters.

Still, some people in Slupsk — a city of 100,000 about 3 miles (5 kilometers) away — needed more convincing. Source>>>

Sidney, Australia — The immigration department said Wedesday it was conducting a character assessment of Snoop Dogg, including his criminal history, as Australia considers whether to grant the rapper a visa for a concert tour later this year. A department spokesmen said reports the visa had already been granted were false. He said the rapper, whose birth name is Cordozar Calvin Broadus Jr. , applied for a visa in July and the department carried out a preliminary assessment. Snoop Dogg and fellow hip-hop star Ice Cube plan an Australian concert in October. Story>>>>

A US court in Dayton, Ohio, has convicted a mother of murdering her one-year-old daughter by burning her to death in a microwave oven. China Arnold, 28, showed no emotion when the jury announced its guilty verdict, only lowering her head. The prosecution said that Arnold had killed her daughter, Paris Talley, in 2005 after a fight with her boyfriend. The jury will reassemble next Tuesday to decide if Arnold, convicted of aggravated murder, should face death.  More>>>>

The British finance minister has warned the country is facing “arguably the worst” economic downturn in 60 years and says it will be “more profound and long-lasting” than people had expected. Chancelor of the Exchequer Allister Darling also admits in an interview with Saturday’s Guardian newspaper that he had no idea how serious the credit crunch will become. Darling also concedes that the beleaguered ruling Labour Party of Prime Minister Gorden Brown is partly to blame for its own woes because it has failed to properly communicate its aims to the country, leaving voters “pissed off.”  More>>>>

WASHINGTON - Almost 12 percent of the deaths among Native Americans and Alaska Natives are alcohol-related — more than three times the percentage in the general population, a new federal report says.

The report released Thursday by the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, found 11.7 percent of deaths among Native Americans and Alaska Natives between 2001 and 2005 were alcohol-related, compared with 3.3 percent for the U.S. as a whole. Source>>>

NEW YORK CITY, USA — A respected former NYPD detective now battling liver cancer has been charged in connection with a string of bank heists that has earned the robber the nickname the “bling bandit.” Kelly Kelson, 59, a 35-year veteran of the NYPD with many past awards and honors, was arraigned Friday afternoon in Queens criminal court on a charge of third-degree robbery. MORE>>>>>

HARARE (Reuters) - Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe on Friday handed the country’s only Olympic medalist in Beijing a $100,000 cash reward for her performance at the games.

Swimmer Kirsty Coventry smashed the world record to win gold in the women’s 200 meters backstroke. She also captured three silver medals.

Mugabe handed the U.S-based swimmer the cash at a ceremony in Harare carried live on state television.

“Our national spirit must exude joy and pleasure and say you have done well, daughter of Zimbabwe. We are proud of you, we wish you well. She’s our golden girl … take care of her,” he said at the ceremony. Source>>>

MEXICO CITY — In a sign of the spreading violence in Mexico, 11 decapitated bodies were found late Thursday near the colonial city of Merida on the Yucatan peninsula, officials said.

The bodies bore signs of torture and some were unclothed. Yucatan state officials said a 12th decapitated body was found later about 120 miles south of Merida, a city that is often used as a tourist gateway to the famed Maya ruins at Chichen Itza. Source>>>

America  is certainly not a free country when a duly elected American is denied his office because of his opinions.

Derek Black, 19, a registered Republican of West Palm Beach, Florida was duly and legally elected on August 26 by the voters of his district to represent them on their county’s Republican Executive Committee.

Even though legally the Republican Party cannot deny voter registration or political participation to anyone on the basis of his opinions, it has been announced by the Palm Beach Chairman of the Republican Party, Sid Dinerstein,  that he would deny the legally-elected Derek Black, to take his position on the committee.

Sid Dinerstein, a Jewish-extremist loyalist to Israel, has the chutzpah to think that he has the right  to deny Derek Black his legally elected office because he doesn’t like Mr. Black’s views.

Sid Dinerstein is a member of many Jewish organizations that unashamedly support the perceived interests of the Jewish community and the interests of the Jewish State of Israel. Why should he be allowed to deny a duly elected seat to a European American who does exactly the same thing for European Americans that Mr. Dinerstein does for the Jewish people and Jewish State of Israel? Source>>>

An elusive serial killer, linked to 10 slayings  in South Los Angeles and Inglewood over nearly two decades, resurfaced early last year to kill again, Los Angeles police officials said. Long stretches of time between known  killings and a disjointed, often dormant investigation that spanned different generations of detectives left police unclear for years that a single man was behind the slayings. The latest slaying was tied conclusively to the others by DNA analysis in May 2007. Except for one black man, the killer has targeted young black women. He sexually abused the women, detectives said, and left almost all their bodies in a corridor along Western Avenue in South Los Angeles, often in alleys. Detectives suspect  that most of the women were working as prostitutes at the time they were killed. MORE>>>>

Colorado Representative Douglas Bruce presented this approach to the massive illegal alien invasion of Colorado as follows. Colorado General Assembly; HB-1325 by Rep. Douglas Bruce: THE ALIEN IMPORTATION ACT OF 2008.

Note; the author, an official Member of the Colorado House of Representatives, was not allowed to offer this commentary on the floor. The Speaker of the House, Representative Andrew Romanoff, prevented the action. The subject legislation was offered by Representative Marsha Looper, in behalf of her local electorate. The Colorado General Assembly has always invited and encouraged discussion on each bill, until this day. Here is the brilliant tongue-in-cheek floor-speech that was prevented.

“Thank you for offering this important bill, Representative Looper.”

Doug Bruce said, “Immigration is a very hot topic. Every time I go to Wal-Mart, I have constituents approach.

They say,

“Doug, you have to do something about immigration.

“The lines are too short at hospital emergency rooms. My children don’t hear enough foreign languages in the classroom or during recess. Our school taxes aren’t high enough to pay for building new classrooms for our guests. Our jails are not completely full.

“We have a shortage of communicable diseases. There is not enough traffic on the roads. We don’t have enough people driving under the influence, or without licenses or car insurance. We don’t have enough people with false identity cards. We aren’t paying enough Social Security benefits to people retiring in foreign countries. We don’t send enough dollars abroad.

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WOBURN - A Stow man has been indicted by a grand jury on charges that he murdered a Framingham man during a fight.

Kevin Porter was charged on Thursday with first degree murder, assault and battery with a deadly weapon causing serious bodily injury and assault and battery.

The 26-year-old Porter allegedly stabbed 38-year-old Jeffrey Weaver on June 24. Weaver was stabbed several times and taken to the MetroWest Medical Center’s Framingham Union campus where he was pronounced dead. Source>>>

The dos and “do-nuts” of running a family business: Do follow in your grandfather’s footsteps by making delicious pastries. Do not hire illegal immigrants to do so.

Lawrence W. Shipley III, the president of Shipley Do-Nuts, pleaded guilty to federal charges Thursday in one of the latest cases against employers accused of hiring illegal immigrants.

“Immigration is necessary, there is no alternative”

Immigration will be the only source of population growth in the European Union in just seven years according to a new EU report. European countries wonder how they will foot the bill of their aging populations. Deaths will overtake births in Europe just seven years from now, according to an official EU study conducted by Eurostat. The shrinking population is due to “persistently low fertility,” according to the report. Once deaths outnumber births, migration will become the only source of population growth. SOURCE>>>>

Hip Hop mogul, Marion ‘Suge’ Knight founder of Death Row Records, has been released from the Clark County jail on $19,000 bail after being arrested in Las Vegas early Wednesday morning.

The hip hop entrepreneur was charged with felony charges of assault with a deadly weapon, possession of a controlled substance, and misdemeanor charges of possession of dangerous drugs without a prescription and domestic violence.

The hip hop notable had the drugs Ecstasy and hydrocodone when he was arrested, police officials say. Source>>>

LOS ANGELES — Immigration authorities on Friday ended a trial offer not to jail illegal immigrants who had been ordered to leave the country if they surrendered at government offices. In the three weeks that the federal immigration agency tested the program in a handful of cities, only eight people came forward.

How, why and even whether the program flopped was debated by the agency, Immigration and Customs Enforcement, and advocates for immigrants. The latter called the program a publicity stunt and predicted that the agency would now stage more of the raids that have forcibly removed record numbers of illegal immigrants over the last few years.

Jim Hayes, who supervises deportation for the agency, said advocacy groups had undermined the program by counseling immigrants not to take part as a protest against immigration laws.

“What the advocates state is that what we don’t like is enforcement of the law itself,” Mr. Hayes said in a telephone news conference. “Congress has mandated enforcement of the law, and that is what we are going to continue to do.” Source>>>

DENVER - Former President Bill Clinton laid to rest any speculation Wednesday night that he would not enthusiastically back Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois for president by making a forceful call for voters to elect Obama because “Barack Obama is ready to lead America and restore American leadership in the world.”

“I am here first to support Barack Obama,” Clinton said, opening his address in characteristic fashion by deviating from the prepared text aides distributed to reporters ahead of time. Source>>>

IOWA FLOODS, WHERE’S THE MEDIA & CELEBRATORY OUTCRY?
Where are the Hollywood celebrities holding telethons asking for help
in restoring Iowa and helping the folks affected by the floods?
Where’s the media asking the tough questions about why the federal government hasn’t solved the problem?
Asking where the FEMA trucks (and trailers) are?
Why isn’t the Federal Government relocating Iowa people to free hotels in Chicago and Minneapolis ?
When will Spike Lee say that the Federal Government blew up the levees that failed in Des Moines ?
Where are Sean Penn and the Dixie Chicks?
Where are all the looters stealing high-end tennis shoes and big screen television sets?
When will we hear Governor Chet Culver say that he wants to rebuild a ‘vanilla’ Iowa , because that’s the way God wants it?
Where is the hysterical 24/7 media coverage complete with reports of cannibalism?
Where are the people declaring that George Bush hates white, rural people?
How come in 2 weeks, you will never hear about the Iowa flooding ever again?

Editors Note, Does anyone notice the tone of this article? “creating panic among dozens of families” does Mexican crime imported over the border not create panic, does the fact that our children are being crammed into schools that are busting at the seams with illegals, not create panic among Americans?)

LAUREL, Miss. (Aug. 27) - A day after the largest single-workplace immigration raid in U.S. history, Elizabeth Alegria was too scared to send her son to school and worried about when she’d see her husband again.

Nearly 600 immigrants suspected of being in the country illegally were detained, creating panic among dozens of families in this small southern Mississippi town.

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EVANSVILLE, IN (WFIE) - A suspect in a spring of summer arsons is behind bars.

The SIFA African Children’s Choir might need to add some Chicago blues to its repertoire after thieves again struck the traveling group of Ugandan orphans.

Two days after laptops and memory sticks — which held photos of the children’s dead or dying parents — were stolen from one of the group’s vans in Lawndale, they realized Tuesday their spare tires had been swiped, too.

“They all looked under the vans and said, ‘Not again!’ ” said Carrie Harless, the choir’s tour director. “We’re just ready to leave Chicago.”

The spare tires — worth about $400 each — were bolted under the vans when the choir reached Chicago nine days ago, she said.

They could have been stolen before Sunday’s heist — or after it. The group performed Tuesday in Bridgeport, and after the show, they spotted the empty clamps that had held the spares under their unmarked, white Ford Econoline rental vans. Under the rental agreement, Harless said, the tires cost less then the deductible. Source>>>

DENVER - They were a ragtag collection of racist rednecks, armed with guns, methamphetamines and hatred of the idea of a black president.

U.S. federal law enforcement firmly insisted yesterday the three men arrested this week could never have credibly followed through on a plan to assassinate Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama at his party’s national convention.

“The law recognizes the difference between a true threat, one that can be carried out, and the racist rantings of drug abusers,” said U.S. Attorney Troy Eid, calling the arrested men a “group of meth-heads.” Source>>>

Unemployment rates are rising across the United States, except Oklahoma. That state is experiencing the most dramatic reduction in unemployment since 2007, an improvement many in Oklahoma attribute to the passage last year by the state legislature of a strong employment-focused immigration reform law.

The U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics on Friday reported unemployment in Oklahoma had fallen to 3.1 percent in March, down from 4 percent in March last year, while unemployment nationwide was 5.1 percent, up from 4.4 percent in March last year.

“Oklahoma is no longer ‘OK’ for illegal aliens,” said State Rep. Randy Terrill, who sponsored House Bill 1804 which passed by overwhelming majorities last year in both the House (84-14) and Senate (41-6) of the Oklahoma Legislature.

“The bottom line is illegal aliens will not come here if there are no jobs waiting for them,” Terrill said. “They will not stay here if there is no government subsidy, and they certainly won’t stay here if they know that if they ever encounter our state and local law enforcement officers, they will be physically detained until they are deported.” Continued>>>

The Niagara Falls Department of Public Works is now conducting an internal investigation after an employee discovered a racist sign posted near a water fountain at the Niagara Falls Department of Public Works garage. The director of the DPW, David Kinney says the sign was posted late Wednesday night or early Thursday morning during an overnight shift.

“There was a sign put on a new drinking fountain in the back by the streets division,” said Kinney. “The sign said basically “whites only”, ” for use by whites only.”

The Niagara Falls DPW now taking action and sending a clear message to their employees.

“In this case, I will absolutely go to every avenue and every strength to make sure that individual will never even have the opportunity to do anything like that again,” added Kinney. “I will not tolerate it, the city administrator will not tolerate it, and the mayor certainly won’t tolerate it.” Source>>>

Security is being heightened along the southern U.S. border because of a threat that warring Mexican cartels may send hit men into the United States, authorities said Monday. “We received credible information that drug cartels have given permission to hit targets on the U.S. side of the border,” El Paso police spokesman Officer Chris Mears said. Drug cartel violence has claimed thousands of lives in Mexico this year. Nearly 800 people have been killed in Ciudad Juarez, a hardscrabble city of about 1.3 million people across the Rio Grande from El Paso. Law enforcement officials this year in New Mexico and Texas said they had received a purported cartel hit list identifying 15 to 20 potential targets in those states. More>>>

Federal immigration officials vowed to intensify efforts to track down illegal immigrants after scrapping a trial “self-deportation” program that attracted only eight volunteers. The self-deportation pilot program gave illegal immigrants up to 90 days to leave the country and was intended to quell criticism that its enforcement is heavy-handed and disruptive to families. The program applied to only about 457,000 of the estimated 12 million illegal immigrants nationwide. It was open only to those who have ignored judicial orders to leave the country but have no criminal record. The program was offered in five cities: Charlotte, N.C., Chicago, Phoenix, San Diego and Santa Ana. ICE estimates that 30,000 eligible immigrants live in those areas. ICE spent $41,000 to advertise the program. The government said it saved money because the cost of detaining the eight who turned themselves in would have been $54,000. More>>>

A man who wrote hundreds letters to black and mixed race men — including Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas and New York Yankees shortstop Derek Jeter — was sentenced Tuesday to 3 years and 10 months in prison. Prosecutors said David Tuason, who is of Filipino descent, sent more than 200 hateful letters or e-mails, many to black or mixed-race men seen with white women. Tuason, who lived in the Cleveland suburbs with his parents, sent threatening communications to high school, college and professional athletes, coaches, celebrities, musicians, news anchors, hospitals, police departments and lawyers. Source>>>

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