Man thought to be Karachi suicide bomber walks home!

ISLAMABAD – One of the two men suspected to be involved in Thursday’s suicide attack on a shrine in Pakistan’s Karachi city has returned home, a media report said Saturday.

Naseebullah Gul, whose name police had announced as one of the suicide bombers who struck at Hazrat Abdullah Shah Ghazis shrine in Karachi, arrived home … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Man thought to be Karachi suicide bomber walks home!.

No word from China’s imprisoned Nobel winner as wife’s phone cut off

No word from China’s imprisoned Nobel winner

JINZHOU, China – The world’s newest Nobel Peace Prize winner remained unreachable in a Chinese prison Saturday, while his wife’s mobile phone was cut off and the authoritarian government continued to censor reports about democracy campaigner Liu Xiaobo’s honor.
Police kept reporters away from the prison where Liu is serving …. Read the original article  : No word from China’s imprisoned Nobel winner as wife’s phone cut off.

Kelly Elementary Carlsbad Shooting Fiasco

CARLSBAD (GaeaTimes.com)- The Carlsbad shooting episode which rocked the Kelly elementary School left a deep impression on the students as well as their parents. A gunman whose identity is yet to be revealed came to the school campus and before anyone could suspect what he would do got into the campus and opened fie. … Read more : Kelly Elementary Carlsbad Shooting Fiasco.

27 more NATO oil tankers destroyed in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD – Twenty-seven more oil tankers carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan were destroyed by gunmen in Pakistan, a media report said Saturday.

The tankers caught fire after gunmen opened fire at the vehicles late Friday in the Mithri area of Balochistan province, Geo TV reported.
This is the fifth attack on NATO …. Source article  : 27 more NATO oil tankers destroyed in Pakistan.

Gunmen attack NATO tankers in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD – Several NATO oil tankers were destroyed Saturday when unknown armed men attacked them in Pakistan’s Balochistan province, a media report said.

According to sources, the assailants fired a rocket, targeting the tankers parked near a hotel in the Mithri area of Bolan district early Saturday, Dawn News reported. Several tankers immediately caught … Original article on : Gunmen attack NATO tankers in Pakistan.

FBI: Tractor-trailer in Conn. is carrying no explosives and is not a danger to the public

FBI: Semitrailer in Conn. not a danger to public

BRANFORD, Conn. – FBI agents and police officers surrounded a tractor-trailer at a travel stop on Interstate 95 in Connecticut on Friday night after a report of suspicious activity, but they found that the truck posed no danger to the public, authorities said.
A town official had said [..] Read the original article: here.

Court tells Madonna fan who tried to show signs of his love near her NY apartment to stay away

Fan told to stay away from Madonna’s NYC home

NEW YORK – He might want to tell Madonna he’s crazy for her, but a fan who was arrested while proclaiming his love near her New York City apartment is being told to stay at least 10 blocks away.
A judge made that a condition as he set … Read more : Court tells Madonna fan who tried to show signs of his love near her NY apartment to stay away.

Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy case against lawyer-boyfriend, 2 doctors goes to jury

Anna Nicole drug conspiracy case goes to jury

LOS ANGELES – The Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy case, charging her lawyer-boyfriend and two doctors with providing the former Playboy model with excessive amounts of drugs, was placed in the hands of a jury Friday.
In a full week of final arguments, opposing lawyers battled over whether the …. Source article  : Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy case against lawyer-boyfriend, 2 doctors goes to jury.

California man who looted home of family killed in crash gets 8 years in prison

8 years for Calif man who stole from family killed

SONOMA, Calif. – A 27-year-old Redwood City man who admitted to looting the home of four family members days after they were killed in a car crash has been sentenced to eight years in prison.
The Santa Rosa Press Democrat reports that Michael Gutierrez was sentenced Thursday …. Original source  : California man who looted home of family killed in crash gets 8 years in prison.

APNewsBreak: Source says grand jury eyeing broader case tied to Kan. abortion doctor’s murder

AP source: Grand jury probing anti-abortion murder

WICHITA, Kan. – A federal grand jury is investigating whether last year’s murder of a Kansas abortion doctor was connected to a broader case involving radical anti-abortion activists, a federal law enforcement official familiar with the case said Friday.
The official spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity … Read the original article on Gaea Times at : APNewsBreak: Source says grand jury eyeing broader case tied to Kan. abortion doctor’s murder.

Irish police arrest 9 suspected IRA dissidents, seize bomb parts and gun

Irish police arrest 9 IRA dissidents, seize arms

DUBLIN – Ireland’s police force says its detectives have arrested nine suspected Irish Republican Army dissidents and seized weapons.
Friday’s arrests follow a British government decision to raise its warning of possible attacks by IRA splinter groups in England. Irish authorities say they agree with that threat assessment.
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Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy case charging lawyer-boyfriend, 2 doctors, goes to jury

Anna Nicole Smith drug case goes to jury
LOS ANGELES – The Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy case, charging her lawyer-boyfriend and two doctors with providing the former Playboy model with excessive amounts of drugs, in the hands of a jury.

After nine weeks of testimony and arguments, the last word to jurors Friday came from the …. Source  : Anna Nicole Smith drug conspiracy case charging lawyer-boyfriend, 2 doctors, goes to jury.

Former 49ers running back Glen Coffee, who left team for ministry, arrested on gun charge

Former 49ers RB Glen Coffee arrested in Florida

FORT WALTON BEACH, Fla. – Former San Francisco 49ers running back Glen Coffee has been arrested on a gun charge in the Florida Panhandle.
Fort Walton Beach police say he was arrested Thursday night and charged with possession of a concealed firearm. He was released from jail Friday morning.
According …. Source article  : Former 49ers running back Glen Coffee, who left team for ministry, arrested on gun charge.

Calif man pleads guilty to sending military equipment to Yemen, faces up to 5 years prison

Calif man admits illegally working as Yemeni agent

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. – A California man has admitted to working illegally as a Yemeni agent.
Amen Ahmed Ali of Bakersfield pleaded guilty Thursday to illegally exporting military equipment, possession of stolen U.S. property and conspiracy to act as an illegal agent for a foreign country.
In his plea agreement, Ali … Read more >>>.

Lawyer for GOP candidate for Minn. governor calls ex-client’s malpractice lawsuit ’shakedown’

Ex-client sues GOP candidate for Minn. governor

ST. PAUL, Minn. – It’s a late-campaign distraction Minnesota gubernatorial candidate Tom Emmer vigorously tried to head off, even to the point of enlisting a private investigator.
With less than four weeks left, the Republican has found himself confronting a recently filed malpractice lawsuit by a former client, Steven Hackbarth, …. Original article  : Lawyer for GOP candidate for Minn. governor calls ex-client’s malpractice lawsuit ’shakedown’.

Bahamas jury finds man guilty of attempted murder in shooting of vacationing US police officer

Bahamian found guilty in shooting of US policeman

NASSAU, Bahamas – A jury in the Bahamas has convicted a 19-year-old man of attempted murder in the 2008 shooting of a New Jersey police officer who tried to prevent a robbery while on vacation.
Ebenezer Sherman is expected to be sentenced in November. His lawyer, Godfrey Pinder, says … Read this article on Gaea Times at : Bahamas jury finds man guilty of attempted murder in shooting of vacationing US police officer.

2 students injured as man opens fire at SoCal school, construction workers tackle suspect

2 injured when man opens fire at SoCal school

CARLSBAD, Calif. – A gunman opened fire on a crowded school playground Friday, striking two children before construction workers tackled him, authorities said.
The suspect parked his car around noon, jumped a fence and opened fire as he walked across campus in the north San Diego suburb, said … Read : 2 students injured as man opens fire at SoCal school, construction workers tackle suspect.

2 students injured when man opens fire at San Diego-area school; suspect tackled

2 injured after man opens fire at SoCal school

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Police say two students were injured when a man opened fire at a San Diego-area elementary school.
He was quickly tackled by bystanders, and the children suffered only minor injuries to their arms.
Carlsbad police spokeswoman Fiona Everett couldn’t immediately say if the injuries were gunshot … Original article on : 2 students injured when man opens fire at San Diego-area school; suspect tackled.

Police: Shots fired at San Diego-area school; no report of death; suspect in custody

Police: Shots fired at San Diego-area school

CARLSBAD, Calif. – Police say a man suspected of firing a gun at or near a San Diego-area elementary school has been taken into custody after being tackled by bystanders.
Carlsbad police spokesman Fiona Everett says it is unknown if anyone was injured or killed when the man opened fire … Read more >>.

Witnesses say police issued threat, sought evidence destruction in Pa. immigrant beating

Pa. police accused of cover-up in beating case

SCRANTON, Pa. – The trial of two white teenagers charged with a federal hate crime in the beating death of a Mexican immigrant focused Friday on an alleged cover-up orchestrated by police officers with close ties to the defendants.
Shenandoah police threatened witnesses, sought the destruction of evidence and … Original article on : Witnesses say police issued threat, sought evidence destruction in Pa. immigrant beating.