Bank of America said it agreed to buy Merrill Lynch in a stock deal worth $ 50 billion, snagging the world of the largest retail brokerage after a weekend of the worst ever on Wall Street.
Bofa [BAC 33.74 0.68 (2.06%)] is buying approximately 44 billion dollars in shares of Merrill [MER 17.05 -2.38 (-12.25%)] and $ 6 billion options , Convertibles and stock units.
Bank of America said he expects to reach $ 7 billion euro will not be the savings on the cost of fully realized in 2012, and expects the deal to profit in 2010. The transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of next year.
The price, amounting to about $ 29 per share represents a premium of 70 percent of Merrill recovery rate on Friday, while Merrill shares were trading at $ 50 in May and more than $ 90 in early January 2007. The agreement was approved by the directors of both companies. Merrill three directors will join the Bank of America board.
Merrill plans to establish a single communication to employees somewhere between 8 and 9 pm New York Monday.
Merrill has come under pressure to find a merger partner came after its liquidity began to leak its Friday and the company was concerned about a sharp drop in share price on Monday, according to the people 'within the company.
Merrill expects huge job losses with the merger. The brokerage division remains intact, but there will be large-scale reductions in manpower. CEO John Thain is also expected to leave.
"There is more," said a senior official Merrill.
The deal is that Lehman Brothers Holdings [LEH 3.65 -0.57 (-13.51%)] is preparing for bankruptcy after failing to find a buyer.
A spokesman for Merrill Lynch and Bank of America spokesman could not immediately be reached for comment. (See Charlie's panel of the purchase of Merrill Bofa on the left)
Merrill, wrestling with some of the same toxic debt - largely in connection with the mortgage - which torpedoed Lehman stock was hit hard by the credit crisis and says more than 40 billion dollars in the past year.
Last month, Thain prepared to more than $ 30 billion in debt repackaged in Dallas-based private equity firm Lone Star Funds.
"I'm surprised at the fact that Merrill Lynch would sell at the moment," said Bill Fitzpatrick, an analyst at Optique Capital in Milwaukee. "They seem to take steps to improve their business. They sold much of their Toxic. Merrill seems to be for me to move forward."
Despite these risks, the bank is considered by some as undervalued, partly because of its huge brokerage business, which analysts say is worth more than $ 25 billion.
The brokerage is the largest in the world with assets under management and the number of brokers.
Merrill has about 45 percent Thursday in the profitable asset manager Black Rock, with a value of more than $ 10 billion.
"It can be a powerful fit," said Rick Meckler, chief investment Liberty View Capital Management in New York.
But he added: "Merrill Lynch has made significant progress and the Bank of America shall have sufficient assets to be treated."
Meckler also noted that "due diligence" Bank of America should be on the books of Merrill would be a major undertaking, given the complexity of the exposure of the company in connection with mortgage securities and other complex debt.
With the mediation and share with a value of more than $ 35 billion combined, and Merrill on the market capital of about $ 26 billion, investors assigning a negative value of the investment bank, this implies a huge potential board losses.
On the other hand, it would not be the first time that the Bank of America made a rapid takeover.
In 2005, the Bank bought MBNA credit card company after less than a week of the due diligence, with Lewis saying that the company was comfortable with the takeover, because he knew that people and businesses.
Bank of America in the context of Lewis has in fact become known for large acquisitions and has more than $ 100 billion since 2004 buying other companies.
More recently it acquired troubled mortgage lender Financial Corp., and each country - although many are skeptical about this purchase - veteran analyst Dick Bove said last week, the recovery could prove a master stroke Lewis, as the Government takeover of the mortgage agencies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac May fuel for other lenders.
September 15, 2008
September 14, 2008
Lehman Brothers Bankruptcy
Lehman Brothers said he intends to bankruptcy, but the Chapter 11 will not apply to the filing of its broker-dealers and other units, including Neuberger Berman.
Lehman [LEH 3.65 -0.57 (-13.51%)] shall consider the sale of its broker-dealer and is in advanced talks with several potential buyers of its investment management division.
Bankruptcy is the end of a 158-year-old who survived two world wars and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management, but could not survive the global credit.
Investors in recent weeks increasingly worried Lehman 46 billion dollars of mortgages and asset-backed securities, and its credit rating and ability to raise capital.
Officials of the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury steps to reduce the risks to the system and ensure the proper functioning of markets in the United States at the opening Monday. And the Federal Reserve has also agreed to accept lower quality assets in exchange for loans from the government.
Establish banks $ 70 billion credit facility
In addition ten Wall Street banks have decided to make a provision for guarantees on loans, and committed to fund $ 7 billion.
The banks Bank of America, Barclays, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS. These banks have said they are committed to the funding of $ 7 billion each for a total of $ 70 billion in loan guarantee facility.
The banks say that they work together to help maximize liquidity of the market by means of continuous commercial relations, dealer credit terms and committed capital markets. This will also include orderly resolution of derivatives traded on the counter between the Lehman exhibition and its counterparties.
The ten banks say they intend to use the Federal Reserve SVT credit extended this week. The banks say their actions reflect "extraordinary environment."
Wall Street is preparing for Monday Grim
Wall Street traders returned to their offices Sunday afternoon to prepare for the impact on the market a package of bankruptcy and the interrogation of Lehman stock of approximately $ 700 million.
A Wall Street trader involved in discussions with officials of the Federal Reserve said that each company has given their exposure to Lehman Sunday morning and prepare for federal assistance in the outcome of the operations.
But Fed officials have said they will not participate in such a relaxing - they said the Wall Street firms themselves to determine what the best way to business with Lehman.
Bank of America sent a note to the operators derived Sunday saying: "Banks, brokers Lehman began clearing operations by 2 pm today ... net trades from the bankruptcy of Lehman midnight." The memo continued: "If a bankruptcy Lehman , Clearing transactions to be canceled, "namely the Bank of America Lehman hypothesis on the side of the trader would end.
"This is a way to the press before Wall Street opens tomorrow. The more they can the amount of the brokerage Lehman's book, the least bad heart, will counterparties as the files Lehman," Carlos Mendez, CEO of CPI Capital in New York .
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has a special session from 2 pm to 4 pm, but traders said it was purely symbolic. They intend to trade through the night.
The cost of insuring the obligations of the investment bank blew in trading on Sunday.
Barclays withdraws
Earlier in the day, the United Kingdom to Barclays Bank's withdrawal from talks to buy Lehman. Barclays, which was regarded as the main candidate to buy Lehman would have been unable to agree on safeguards to protect against possible losses.
Top Wall Street executives arrived Sunday for another round of talks to resolve the crisis Lehman, and sources said the group has continued to work on how to deal with the possibility of an agreement not to do before Monday.
In mid-morning, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would have been involved in several telephone conversations with senior Washington officials gathered at the New York Federal Reserve. In addition, Bernanke said he made several calls to foreign central banks to carefully monitor the procedure.
New York Federal Reserve President Tim Geithner and Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson was already on the Fed in New York when the senior Wall Street firms have begun to arrive.
Working the night to a written agreement Saturday to a consortium of banks Lehman support of the bad assets and sell the rest of the bank to Bank of America and Barclays. But sources said key elements of the transaction remains controversial Sunday morning. As indicated, the support of the banks' bad loans are balking at the amount of capital required of banks and they have supported a large part of Barclays and Bank of America.
The largest group was divided into several working groups to develop responses to different results. Among them is the way markets can prepare for the possibility that Lehman could not find a buyer before Monday.
Lehman [LEH 3.65 -0.57 (-13.51%)] shall consider the sale of its broker-dealer and is in advanced talks with several potential buyers of its investment management division.
Bankruptcy is the end of a 158-year-old who survived two world wars and the collapse of Long-Term Capital Management, but could not survive the global credit.
Investors in recent weeks increasingly worried Lehman 46 billion dollars of mortgages and asset-backed securities, and its credit rating and ability to raise capital.
Officials of the Federal Reserve and U.S. Treasury steps to reduce the risks to the system and ensure the proper functioning of markets in the United States at the opening Monday. And the Federal Reserve has also agreed to accept lower quality assets in exchange for loans from the government.
Establish banks $ 70 billion credit facility
In addition ten Wall Street banks have decided to make a provision for guarantees on loans, and committed to fund $ 7 billion.
The banks Bank of America, Barclays, Citibank, Credit Suisse, Deutsche Bank, Goldman Sachs, JP Morgan, Merrill Lynch, Morgan Stanley and UBS. These banks have said they are committed to the funding of $ 7 billion each for a total of $ 70 billion in loan guarantee facility.
The banks say that they work together to help maximize liquidity of the market by means of continuous commercial relations, dealer credit terms and committed capital markets. This will also include orderly resolution of derivatives traded on the counter between the Lehman exhibition and its counterparties.
The ten banks say they intend to use the Federal Reserve SVT credit extended this week. The banks say their actions reflect "extraordinary environment."
Wall Street is preparing for Monday Grim
Wall Street traders returned to their offices Sunday afternoon to prepare for the impact on the market a package of bankruptcy and the interrogation of Lehman stock of approximately $ 700 million.
A Wall Street trader involved in discussions with officials of the Federal Reserve said that each company has given their exposure to Lehman Sunday morning and prepare for federal assistance in the outcome of the operations.
But Fed officials have said they will not participate in such a relaxing - they said the Wall Street firms themselves to determine what the best way to business with Lehman.
Bank of America sent a note to the operators derived Sunday saying: "Banks, brokers Lehman began clearing operations by 2 pm today ... net trades from the bankruptcy of Lehman midnight." The memo continued: "If a bankruptcy Lehman , Clearing transactions to be canceled, "namely the Bank of America Lehman hypothesis on the side of the trader would end.
"This is a way to the press before Wall Street opens tomorrow. The more they can the amount of the brokerage Lehman's book, the least bad heart, will counterparties as the files Lehman," Carlos Mendez, CEO of CPI Capital in New York .
The International Swaps and Derivatives Association has a special session from 2 pm to 4 pm, but traders said it was purely symbolic. They intend to trade through the night.
The cost of insuring the obligations of the investment bank blew in trading on Sunday.
Barclays withdraws
Earlier in the day, the United Kingdom to Barclays Bank's withdrawal from talks to buy Lehman. Barclays, which was regarded as the main candidate to buy Lehman would have been unable to agree on safeguards to protect against possible losses.
Top Wall Street executives arrived Sunday for another round of talks to resolve the crisis Lehman, and sources said the group has continued to work on how to deal with the possibility of an agreement not to do before Monday.
In mid-morning, Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke would have been involved in several telephone conversations with senior Washington officials gathered at the New York Federal Reserve. In addition, Bernanke said he made several calls to foreign central banks to carefully monitor the procedure.
New York Federal Reserve President Tim Geithner and Treasury Secretary Hank Paulson was already on the Fed in New York when the senior Wall Street firms have begun to arrive.
Working the night to a written agreement Saturday to a consortium of banks Lehman support of the bad assets and sell the rest of the bank to Bank of America and Barclays. But sources said key elements of the transaction remains controversial Sunday morning. As indicated, the support of the banks' bad loans are balking at the amount of capital required of banks and they have supported a large part of Barclays and Bank of America.
The largest group was divided into several working groups to develop responses to different results. Among them is the way markets can prepare for the possibility that Lehman could not find a buyer before Monday.
Palin's Project List Totals $453 Million
Last week, the Republican presidential candidate, Senator John McCain said that his running mate, Alaska, Gov. Sarah Palin, did not seek or affect special interest spending of Congress, serving as a fiscal conservative. But the administration of the State Gov. Palin has the American taxpayer to finance $ 453 million in projects from Alaska in the past two years.
These projects include more than $ 130 million in federal funds that could benefit from the Alaska fishing industry and another $ 9 million to help oil companies in Alaska. It has also requested $ 4.5 million to improve an airport on an island in the Bering Sea with a year-round population of less than 100.
[Gov. Sarah Palin has more than 130 million dollars in federal funds for the fishing industry in Alaska.]
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Gov. Sarah Palin has more than 130 million dollars in federal funds for the fishing industry in Alaska.
Senator McCain, the fight against wasteful spending and provides a central point of his campaign. He has never tried to withdraw his state of Arizona and vows to veto pork-barrel spending bills to his office as president, says these projects to go through the normal budget review. And he decided the argument that states that they are often the financing of major projects.
"If they are good projects, they can be admitted and opened in a New York minute, he says on his campaign bus earlier this year, before Gov. Palin to the ticket." If they are worthy projects that I know they are financed. "
During an appearance Friday on ABC, The View, "said Senator McCain Gov. Palin's vision, and has not asked Congress allocates." Not as governor, she did not, "he said.
In fact, in the current fiscal year, is seeking $ 197 million for 31 projects, records show. In the previous year, the first year in office, she requested 256 million dollars for dozens of other projects ranging from research on redfish and port attached genetics and sanitation in rural areas of obesity prevention. In comparison, his predecessor, Governor Frank Murkowski, asked more than 350 million dollars in its last years of his mandate.
The McCain campaign said Sunday that the governor Palin is generally one of the budget discipline. "His case is to reduce the number of applications for the allocation of the previous administration sizably," said McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds, the state has a veto unnecessary spending.
What Senator McCain comments on television on Friday, Mr. Bounds said: "If he gave viewers a wrong impression, certainly not the intention."
In an interview with ABC News on Friday, Governor Palin itself suggested that it is no longer to his condition. "The abuse of the reserves, American United Nations, it is undemocratic and it will not be accepted in a McCain-Palin administration. Book abuse stops."
If you press the record as governor, she said: "We have drastically reduced our request to reserve since my arrival in power. That's what I said residents of Alaska for those years that I was in power, is more".
The success of Alaska with the reserves is partly due to the power of Senator Ted Stevens, the top Republican in the Senate Appropriations Committee. The state of the attention in part because the state government is one of the richest in the United States Flush with oil and gas royalties, it is not to impose income tax or sales. In fact, the flow of money in the other direction: every man, woman and child this year, a check for $ 3200.
The McCain campaign is also under fire for his remarks on the stump and in television ads Gov. Palin killed the controversial "Bridge to Nowhere", $ 223 million reserve linking the mainland to an island with a low population density. In fact, they project initially and killed after he was widely criticized and Congress allowed the state to use the funds for other projects.
On the campaign, Governor Palin has repeatedly attacked Senator Obama on the reservation. "Our opponent has invited nearly one billion dollars in the reserve of three years. This is about one million euros for each working day," she said during a rally in Albuquerque, NM
Senator Barack Obama called for a total of $ 860 million in reserve in his Senate years to taxpayers based on common sense. This does not apply to $ 78 million for projects that are national in scope and was asked by many legislators. Senator Obama stop put all affect applications in fiscal 2009.
It is difficult to compare Senator Obama affect register with Governor Palin - States differ in size, for example, and both candidates have different roles in the process. But using the same calculation that the campaign of McCain, the total amount of dollars, divided by the number of working days so that each held office (assuming a five day working week for both), asked the governor Palin $ 980000 per day, compared with about $ 893000 for Senator Obama.
M. Bounds, spokesman for the McCain campaign, said this "apples and oranges, because Senator Obama has asked Governor Palin, and because it has the ear applications.
These projects include more than $ 130 million in federal funds that could benefit from the Alaska fishing industry and another $ 9 million to help oil companies in Alaska. It has also requested $ 4.5 million to improve an airport on an island in the Bering Sea with a year-round population of less than 100.
[Gov. Sarah Palin has more than 130 million dollars in federal funds for the fishing industry in Alaska.]
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Gov. Sarah Palin has more than 130 million dollars in federal funds for the fishing industry in Alaska.
Senator McCain, the fight against wasteful spending and provides a central point of his campaign. He has never tried to withdraw his state of Arizona and vows to veto pork-barrel spending bills to his office as president, says these projects to go through the normal budget review. And he decided the argument that states that they are often the financing of major projects.
"If they are good projects, they can be admitted and opened in a New York minute, he says on his campaign bus earlier this year, before Gov. Palin to the ticket." If they are worthy projects that I know they are financed. "
During an appearance Friday on ABC, The View, "said Senator McCain Gov. Palin's vision, and has not asked Congress allocates." Not as governor, she did not, "he said.
In fact, in the current fiscal year, is seeking $ 197 million for 31 projects, records show. In the previous year, the first year in office, she requested 256 million dollars for dozens of other projects ranging from research on redfish and port attached genetics and sanitation in rural areas of obesity prevention. In comparison, his predecessor, Governor Frank Murkowski, asked more than 350 million dollars in its last years of his mandate.
The McCain campaign said Sunday that the governor Palin is generally one of the budget discipline. "His case is to reduce the number of applications for the allocation of the previous administration sizably," said McCain spokesman Tucker Bounds, the state has a veto unnecessary spending.
What Senator McCain comments on television on Friday, Mr. Bounds said: "If he gave viewers a wrong impression, certainly not the intention."
In an interview with ABC News on Friday, Governor Palin itself suggested that it is no longer to his condition. "The abuse of the reserves, American United Nations, it is undemocratic and it will not be accepted in a McCain-Palin administration. Book abuse stops."
If you press the record as governor, she said: "We have drastically reduced our request to reserve since my arrival in power. That's what I said residents of Alaska for those years that I was in power, is more".
The success of Alaska with the reserves is partly due to the power of Senator Ted Stevens, the top Republican in the Senate Appropriations Committee. The state of the attention in part because the state government is one of the richest in the United States Flush with oil and gas royalties, it is not to impose income tax or sales. In fact, the flow of money in the other direction: every man, woman and child this year, a check for $ 3200.
The McCain campaign is also under fire for his remarks on the stump and in television ads Gov. Palin killed the controversial "Bridge to Nowhere", $ 223 million reserve linking the mainland to an island with a low population density. In fact, they project initially and killed after he was widely criticized and Congress allowed the state to use the funds for other projects.
On the campaign, Governor Palin has repeatedly attacked Senator Obama on the reservation. "Our opponent has invited nearly one billion dollars in the reserve of three years. This is about one million euros for each working day," she said during a rally in Albuquerque, NM
Senator Barack Obama called for a total of $ 860 million in reserve in his Senate years to taxpayers based on common sense. This does not apply to $ 78 million for projects that are national in scope and was asked by many legislators. Senator Obama stop put all affect applications in fiscal 2009.
It is difficult to compare Senator Obama affect register with Governor Palin - States differ in size, for example, and both candidates have different roles in the process. But using the same calculation that the campaign of McCain, the total amount of dollars, divided by the number of working days so that each held office (assuming a five day working week for both), asked the governor Palin $ 980000 per day, compared with about $ 893000 for Senator Obama.
M. Bounds, spokesman for the McCain campaign, said this "apples and oranges, because Senator Obama has asked Governor Palin, and because it has the ear applications.
LA: Audio Sheds Light On Deadly Train Wreck
Federal investigators said Sunday that records audio from a commuter train needed missing verbal safety between the engineer and leader in the seconds before the train collided with a freight engine, 25 dead.
Records obtained by the National Transportation Safety Board Metrolink dispatch center, the engineer and the chief called and confirmed light signals along the road, but the tapes are missing this call and response for the last two fires passing of the train just before the sinking of the fire, said Kitty Higgins, director of the NTSB.
Investigators also determined Sunday that train did not stop at red signal finally, making the train on a track where the Union Pacific freight traveling in the opposite direction, Higgins said during a press conference. The announcement confirmed earlier statements Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell said Saturday that the engineer who walked the red signal and caused the accident.
NTSB experts are also plans for the mobile phone records of two teenagers and the engineer, who died in the accident, after the teenager told KCBS-TV has received a message from the engineer to 4: 22 pm Friday. The disaster took place moments later.
Higgins said that his institution is still not ruling out any possible cause of the collision. She said usually an investigation into a train accident last one year.
"There are a lot of things. In every accident I was concerned, it has never been a major factor. I call it the perfect storm. We try not to jump to conclusions," said Higgins.
The accident Friday was the nation worst rail disaster in 15 years. Besides the 25 deaths, 135 injuries, many critical, when the Metrolink train with 220 passengers cylinders in a Union Pacific freight train north of Los Angeles.
Higgins said the conductor and engineer were invited to call signals to each other as the train moved, but there was silence on sound recordings as the train passed a red light or yellow Last tag.
The couple has asked the light just right for these two, or a flashing yellow light signals approach.
"We did not register a Callout or confirmation of these two signals," she said.
She warned, however, that the train in May in a dead zone where the recording was interrupted.
Higgins said the NTSB for measuring the distance between points along the track on Monday.
She also said investigators wanted to talk to the chef, who was wounded in the shooting.
"It will be able to tell us if he recalled the engineer of the profession and the confirmation of these signals," she said.
Higgins said experts are still examining whether the signal was working properly and were Metrolink engineer in the line of sight. Investigators will also examine the data to ensure that the signals are fully operational.
But she stressed that obedience to signals on the runway was an engineer, their responsibilities at the head of a train.
"My view is that it is very unusual for an experienced technician to run a red light," she said.
Metro Link said earlier Sunday that a dispatcher tried to warn the engineer of the train he was on the brink of collision with a freight train, but the call came too late. The sender has a driver at the rear of the train, but he had already crashed into the oncoming Union Pacific, Metrolink officials.
However, the NTSB report contradicts the Metro Link. Higgins said the dispatcher noticed something was wrong, but before he could contact the train, the conductor - who survived - called to report the wreck.
Higgins said she believed the crash could have been avoided with the technology that stops a train on the tracks when a signal is obeyed. The technology, known as Positive Train Control, is not in when the collision took place.
"I believe that this technology could have avoided the accident. If he signal the train is stopped. I saw the test. It makes a difference," she said.
Rescue teams recovered two data recorders Saturday of the Metrolink train and a data recorder and a video of the freight train. The video images of the future cameras and data recorders have information on speed, braking, patterns and whether the horn was used.
Two days after the accident, men wearing green and orange safety vests and walk the track on Sunday in an early morning fog, while others broke photos and climbed into the tank wreck of the car's front passenger.
There were no reports of deaths Sunday hospitals and the scene was cleared of the bodies, said Lt. Cheryl MacWillie County coroner's Office. Two other victims were identified, leaving only two of whose names were not released pending notification of family.
The collision happened at a horseshoe part of the track in Chatsworth, on the western tip of the San Fernando Valley, nearly 500 meters long tunnel under Stoney Point Park. There is a rail connection to one end of the tunnel where a train can wait for another, said Tyrrell.
Was the train in downtown Los Angeles to Ventura County. The impact broke the Metro Link engine to the rear, jamming deep into the first car.
It was the deadliest accident involving passenger trains since September 22, 1993, when the Amtrak Sunset Limited plunged off a trestle into a swamp near Mobile, Ala., moments after the blunder was damaged by a tug, 47 people died.
Records obtained by the National Transportation Safety Board Metrolink dispatch center, the engineer and the chief called and confirmed light signals along the road, but the tapes are missing this call and response for the last two fires passing of the train just before the sinking of the fire, said Kitty Higgins, director of the NTSB.
Investigators also determined Sunday that train did not stop at red signal finally, making the train on a track where the Union Pacific freight traveling in the opposite direction, Higgins said during a press conference. The announcement confirmed earlier statements Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell said Saturday that the engineer who walked the red signal and caused the accident.
NTSB experts are also plans for the mobile phone records of two teenagers and the engineer, who died in the accident, after the teenager told KCBS-TV has received a message from the engineer to 4: 22 pm Friday. The disaster took place moments later.
Higgins said that his institution is still not ruling out any possible cause of the collision. She said usually an investigation into a train accident last one year.
"There are a lot of things. In every accident I was concerned, it has never been a major factor. I call it the perfect storm. We try not to jump to conclusions," said Higgins.
The accident Friday was the nation worst rail disaster in 15 years. Besides the 25 deaths, 135 injuries, many critical, when the Metrolink train with 220 passengers cylinders in a Union Pacific freight train north of Los Angeles.
Higgins said the conductor and engineer were invited to call signals to each other as the train moved, but there was silence on sound recordings as the train passed a red light or yellow Last tag.
The couple has asked the light just right for these two, or a flashing yellow light signals approach.
"We did not register a Callout or confirmation of these two signals," she said.
She warned, however, that the train in May in a dead zone where the recording was interrupted.
Higgins said the NTSB for measuring the distance between points along the track on Monday.
She also said investigators wanted to talk to the chef, who was wounded in the shooting.
"It will be able to tell us if he recalled the engineer of the profession and the confirmation of these signals," she said.
Higgins said experts are still examining whether the signal was working properly and were Metrolink engineer in the line of sight. Investigators will also examine the data to ensure that the signals are fully operational.
But she stressed that obedience to signals on the runway was an engineer, their responsibilities at the head of a train.
"My view is that it is very unusual for an experienced technician to run a red light," she said.
Metro Link said earlier Sunday that a dispatcher tried to warn the engineer of the train he was on the brink of collision with a freight train, but the call came too late. The sender has a driver at the rear of the train, but he had already crashed into the oncoming Union Pacific, Metrolink officials.
However, the NTSB report contradicts the Metro Link. Higgins said the dispatcher noticed something was wrong, but before he could contact the train, the conductor - who survived - called to report the wreck.
Higgins said she believed the crash could have been avoided with the technology that stops a train on the tracks when a signal is obeyed. The technology, known as Positive Train Control, is not in when the collision took place.
"I believe that this technology could have avoided the accident. If he signal the train is stopped. I saw the test. It makes a difference," she said.
Rescue teams recovered two data recorders Saturday of the Metrolink train and a data recorder and a video of the freight train. The video images of the future cameras and data recorders have information on speed, braking, patterns and whether the horn was used.
Two days after the accident, men wearing green and orange safety vests and walk the track on Sunday in an early morning fog, while others broke photos and climbed into the tank wreck of the car's front passenger.
There were no reports of deaths Sunday hospitals and the scene was cleared of the bodies, said Lt. Cheryl MacWillie County coroner's Office. Two other victims were identified, leaving only two of whose names were not released pending notification of family.
The collision happened at a horseshoe part of the track in Chatsworth, on the western tip of the San Fernando Valley, nearly 500 meters long tunnel under Stoney Point Park. There is a rail connection to one end of the tunnel where a train can wait for another, said Tyrrell.
Was the train in downtown Los Angeles to Ventura County. The impact broke the Metro Link engine to the rear, jamming deep into the first car.
It was the deadliest accident involving passenger trains since September 22, 1993, when the Amtrak Sunset Limited plunged off a trestle into a swamp near Mobile, Ala., moments after the blunder was damaged by a tug, 47 people died.
Nearly 2,000 Brought To Safety In Texas After Ike
The number of victims of Hurricane Ike rose to 25 in nine states Sunday as rescuers said they had registered nearly 2,000 people from the water streets and houses. Glass strewn Houston was placed under a curfew week, and millions of people on the path of the storm remained in the dark.
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As the waters began with the indentation of the first hurricane to make a direct hit on a major American city since Hurricane Katrina, the authorities have planned to go door to door in the night to reach untold numbers of people across the coast of Texas , Which on both sides of the storm and are still in their homes, many without power or supplies.
Many of those who do the safety of buses without knowing where they would end, and without knowing when they can return to what remains of their homes, if anything.
"I do not know what I'm going back. I have nothing," said Arma Eaglin, 52, who was waiting for a bus to a shelter in San Antonio after leaving his home and wade through chest deep water with nothing but her clothes. "I'm confused. I do not know what to do."
The hurricane also hit the heart of the oil industry in the United States: Federal officials said Ike destroyed a number of production platforms, but it was still too early to know what it would have serious consequences for the oil and gas.
Ike was downgraded to a tropical depression as it moved to the people and left Midsection more trouble in its wake. Roads were closed in Kentucky as a result of fierce winds. In the north, to Chicago, dozens of people in the suburbs had to be evacuated by boat. Two million people without electricity in Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.
Of the 25 deaths, five in the hardest hit barrier island town of Galveston, including a body found in a vehicle immersed in water at the airport. Many deaths are outside Texas as the storm slogged north.
Ike 110 mph winds and waves hit Galveston without electricity, gas and communications base - and officials estimated in May can not be repaired for a month.
"We want our citizens to stay where they are," a tired Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas said. "We must not return to Galveston. You can not live here now."
Houston, the fourth largest city, has been reduced to a paralysis of the neighborhood, in some places. The power is in the center of the office towers Sunday afternoon, and the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical complex, was spared and remained open. These places were under power lines.
Its two airports - including George Bush Intercontinental, one of the busiest in the United States - were to reopen Monday with service limited, but the schools were closed until further notice, and the business district was part.
Five people were arrested at a pawn shop north of Houston and charged with burglary in what sheriff of Harris County, the spokesman Capt. John Martin described as looting, but there was no generalization peak crime.
The authorities said Sunday noon that 1,984 people were rescued, including 394 by air. In addition to people who were literally pulled to safety, the figure includes those who have been affected by the crew as they waded through water trying to get dry.
Still others chose to stay in their houses along the coast of Texas, even after the danger of the storm had passed. There was no immediate Sunday to count how many people remained in their homes, or how many are in danger. The Red Cross reported 42,000 people were on the state and the Red Cross shelter Saturday night.
The search and rescue effort was the largest in the history of Texas, more than 50 helicopters, 1,500 researchers and teams of federal, state and local agencies.
Once the refugees safe and dry, there was another problem - where they go. Some buses are in shelters in San Antonio and Austin. Shelters in Texas scurried to find enough cots, and some arrived with little money and no idea what the coming days held.
From the town of Orange alone, near the Louisiana line, more than 700 people have tried to dry - "a heroic attempt to organize an evacuation that nobody had expected," said Mayor Brown Claybar.
Hundreds of people have been around a secondary school in Galveston, some with pets, overstuffed Duffel bags and medicine while waiting to board a bus to a shelter. Some did not know where they are and still not know when they can return.
"I have nowhere to go," said Ldyyan Jonjocque, 61, waiting for a bus with maintaining the straps of her four Australian shepherd dogs. She said she had to leave two dogs at home. She wept as she told officers his rescue in a dump truck.
The rescue teams pledged to keep searching until they knocked on all doors and planned to work throughout the night for the second day in a row. They were helped by a lower water, but there were constantly surprised when people sloshed ranks and cities.
Two people who took a flat-bottomed boat to look at a funeral home in the city of Orange, identified by the local cemetery and found dozens of coffins have jumped above the ground water. Only a fence to drag the area.
"I have not seen any bodies, coffins," said one man, Warren Claybar.
The storm also has a toll in Louisiana, where hundreds of houses were flooded and power outages that compounded the state struggling to recover from Hurricane Gustav, which hit on Labor Day.
In Hackberry, La, about 15 miles from the coast, the dismissed employees of a large shrimp boat off the road with a bulldozer, but the team had to stop because of the strong currents in water and see the difficulty of the road.
Ike, which more than 80 deaths in the Caribbean before reaching the United States, has slain seven people in Texas, including a 4-year-old Houston boy who died of poisoning by carbon monoxide from the generator of his family was used to power. Six people died in Louisiana, including a 16-year boy caught in rising water.
Two players were slain by a falling tree in Tennessee, Indiana had four deaths and two Illinois reported storm-related deaths. One person was slain in Arkansas when a tree fell on a mobile home and a tree fell on a house, a person slain in Ohio, where three deceased.
President Bush plans to visit the region Tuesday. On his trip to Texas, Bush said he intends "to express support for the federal government - on the one hand, sympathy and support from the other - for this recovery and reconstruction effort."
The oil industry would like to know how severe damage was inflicted to at least 10 production platforms destroyed by the storm. Characteristics of the size and production capacity of the destruction of the platforms are not readily available, but the damage was a fraction of the 3,800 platforms in the Gulf. By comparison, Hurricane Katrina destroyed 44 platforms.
As the remnants of the hurricane and listened to the north, heavy rains caused floods and power outages in parts of Kansas, Missouri and Illinois.
More rain fell in Chicago on top of 6.6 inches Saturday, the teams and 30,000 sand bags placed along the Chicago River was 2 meters above the normal level Sunday. Forty people in the suburbs of Albany Park had to be evacuated by boat.
SWAT commander Sgt. Rodney Harrison and five other members of the Port Arthur Police Department have 2 1/2-ton truck in the waters, looking for victims in Louisiana Sabine Pass, near the border Sunday morning.
The waters were so intense and roads blocked, so that the gear broke in the hand of the driver. After two hours of struggle, the team had little to show for their work than others sopping clothes and exhaust stripes faces. They dodged an even alligator.
"You have people who have families that their home life on the line to come here and save someone a bad decision," said Harrison. "I do not think the law. I do not think fair to everyone."
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As the waters began with the indentation of the first hurricane to make a direct hit on a major American city since Hurricane Katrina, the authorities have planned to go door to door in the night to reach untold numbers of people across the coast of Texas , Which on both sides of the storm and are still in their homes, many without power or supplies.
Many of those who do the safety of buses without knowing where they would end, and without knowing when they can return to what remains of their homes, if anything.
"I do not know what I'm going back. I have nothing," said Arma Eaglin, 52, who was waiting for a bus to a shelter in San Antonio after leaving his home and wade through chest deep water with nothing but her clothes. "I'm confused. I do not know what to do."
The hurricane also hit the heart of the oil industry in the United States: Federal officials said Ike destroyed a number of production platforms, but it was still too early to know what it would have serious consequences for the oil and gas.
Ike was downgraded to a tropical depression as it moved to the people and left Midsection more trouble in its wake. Roads were closed in Kentucky as a result of fierce winds. In the north, to Chicago, dozens of people in the suburbs had to be evacuated by boat. Two million people without electricity in Texas, Arkansas and Louisiana.
Of the 25 deaths, five in the hardest hit barrier island town of Galveston, including a body found in a vehicle immersed in water at the airport. Many deaths are outside Texas as the storm slogged north.
Ike 110 mph winds and waves hit Galveston without electricity, gas and communications base - and officials estimated in May can not be repaired for a month.
"We want our citizens to stay where they are," a tired Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas said. "We must not return to Galveston. You can not live here now."
Houston, the fourth largest city, has been reduced to a paralysis of the neighborhood, in some places. The power is in the center of the office towers Sunday afternoon, and the Texas Medical Center, the largest medical complex, was spared and remained open. These places were under power lines.
Its two airports - including George Bush Intercontinental, one of the busiest in the United States - were to reopen Monday with service limited, but the schools were closed until further notice, and the business district was part.
Five people were arrested at a pawn shop north of Houston and charged with burglary in what sheriff of Harris County, the spokesman Capt. John Martin described as looting, but there was no generalization peak crime.
The authorities said Sunday noon that 1,984 people were rescued, including 394 by air. In addition to people who were literally pulled to safety, the figure includes those who have been affected by the crew as they waded through water trying to get dry.
Still others chose to stay in their houses along the coast of Texas, even after the danger of the storm had passed. There was no immediate Sunday to count how many people remained in their homes, or how many are in danger. The Red Cross reported 42,000 people were on the state and the Red Cross shelter Saturday night.
The search and rescue effort was the largest in the history of Texas, more than 50 helicopters, 1,500 researchers and teams of federal, state and local agencies.
Once the refugees safe and dry, there was another problem - where they go. Some buses are in shelters in San Antonio and Austin. Shelters in Texas scurried to find enough cots, and some arrived with little money and no idea what the coming days held.
From the town of Orange alone, near the Louisiana line, more than 700 people have tried to dry - "a heroic attempt to organize an evacuation that nobody had expected," said Mayor Brown Claybar.
Hundreds of people have been around a secondary school in Galveston, some with pets, overstuffed Duffel bags and medicine while waiting to board a bus to a shelter. Some did not know where they are and still not know when they can return.
"I have nowhere to go," said Ldyyan Jonjocque, 61, waiting for a bus with maintaining the straps of her four Australian shepherd dogs. She said she had to leave two dogs at home. She wept as she told officers his rescue in a dump truck.
The rescue teams pledged to keep searching until they knocked on all doors and planned to work throughout the night for the second day in a row. They were helped by a lower water, but there were constantly surprised when people sloshed ranks and cities.
Two people who took a flat-bottomed boat to look at a funeral home in the city of Orange, identified by the local cemetery and found dozens of coffins have jumped above the ground water. Only a fence to drag the area.
"I have not seen any bodies, coffins," said one man, Warren Claybar.
The storm also has a toll in Louisiana, where hundreds of houses were flooded and power outages that compounded the state struggling to recover from Hurricane Gustav, which hit on Labor Day.
In Hackberry, La, about 15 miles from the coast, the dismissed employees of a large shrimp boat off the road with a bulldozer, but the team had to stop because of the strong currents in water and see the difficulty of the road.
Ike, which more than 80 deaths in the Caribbean before reaching the United States, has slain seven people in Texas, including a 4-year-old Houston boy who died of poisoning by carbon monoxide from the generator of his family was used to power. Six people died in Louisiana, including a 16-year boy caught in rising water.
Two players were slain by a falling tree in Tennessee, Indiana had four deaths and two Illinois reported storm-related deaths. One person was slain in Arkansas when a tree fell on a mobile home and a tree fell on a house, a person slain in Ohio, where three deceased.
President Bush plans to visit the region Tuesday. On his trip to Texas, Bush said he intends "to express support for the federal government - on the one hand, sympathy and support from the other - for this recovery and reconstruction effort."
The oil industry would like to know how severe damage was inflicted to at least 10 production platforms destroyed by the storm. Characteristics of the size and production capacity of the destruction of the platforms are not readily available, but the damage was a fraction of the 3,800 platforms in the Gulf. By comparison, Hurricane Katrina destroyed 44 platforms.
As the remnants of the hurricane and listened to the north, heavy rains caused floods and power outages in parts of Kansas, Missouri and Illinois.
More rain fell in Chicago on top of 6.6 inches Saturday, the teams and 30,000 sand bags placed along the Chicago River was 2 meters above the normal level Sunday. Forty people in the suburbs of Albany Park had to be evacuated by boat.
SWAT commander Sgt. Rodney Harrison and five other members of the Port Arthur Police Department have 2 1/2-ton truck in the waters, looking for victims in Louisiana Sabine Pass, near the border Sunday morning.
The waters were so intense and roads blocked, so that the gear broke in the hand of the driver. After two hours of struggle, the team had little to show for their work than others sopping clothes and exhaust stripes faces. They dodged an even alligator.
"You have people who have families that their home life on the line to come here and save someone a bad decision," said Harrison. "I do not think the law. I do not think fair to everyone."
Sarah Palin Fever
Tina Fey Sarah Palin on Saturday Night Live was only the latest example of fever Palin. A hot photos Sarah Palin Sarah Palin action figure, the position of America about the new celebrity prompted more than one million views on our website. Accordingly, we once again celebrate the beauty queen with a slideshow of photographs of Sarah Palin and controversy.
At first the world would have led to the idea of a Vice President hot .. therefore, that she was a fighter, a beauty queen and mother of a pregnant teenager. Oh my.
If Saturday Night Live Tina Fey loves it, you should.
At first the world would have led to the idea of a Vice President hot .. therefore, that she was a fighter, a beauty queen and mother of a pregnant teenager. Oh my.
If Saturday Night Live Tina Fey loves it, you should.
Palin Catches SNL
Palin on the plan tonight that we moved from Reno, Nevada to Denver Saturday Night Live is with us and Jet Blue television we could catch.
Tonight was the first year and she wasted no time poking fun at the GOP vice presidential candidate. The show opened with Tina Fey Palin Thursday impeccably and is a dead-ringing McCain for the number two. She appeared with Amy Poehler is very funny and Hillary Clinton to hilarity.
We were able to confirm that Sarah Palin has also watched SNL, but no idea when it appreciates the pests.
Barack Obama was to appear on SNL tonight, but canceled because his campaign has said it would be inappropriate due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Ike caused in Texas and the Gulf Coast.
Tonight was the first year and she wasted no time poking fun at the GOP vice presidential candidate. The show opened with Tina Fey Palin Thursday impeccably and is a dead-ringing McCain for the number two. She appeared with Amy Poehler is very funny and Hillary Clinton to hilarity.
We were able to confirm that Sarah Palin has also watched SNL, but no idea when it appreciates the pests.
Barack Obama was to appear on SNL tonight, but canceled because his campaign has said it would be inappropriate due to the devastation caused by Hurricane Ike caused in Texas and the Gulf Coast.
Danny Bonaduce v Rev Bob Levy Fight
Small Dick Danny Partridge "Bonaduce Partridge hit the Rev. Bob" Fat "Levy within two rounds of their famous" screaming all that. "Now, Danny" Ginger "" Hard man "Bonaduce wants to fight against Gary" Arnold Dwarf "Coleman in his next fight, according to the" Internet Chat ".
"It just goes to show that boys fat, high on Xanax, not red head slap former child star in the face - just because they" think "they are hard," said a sad kiss who watched the battle.
Bonaduce, who has a small snack (You need Danny, we have seen) said he believes that justice was served, despite beating Johnny Fairplay - and now Levy wants to step up in class.
"I want the midget Coleman - I want the little bastard bad, put it on Arnold. What are you talking about, huh? What are you talking about Willis?" ginger bitch said.
"It just goes to show that boys fat, high on Xanax, not red head slap former child star in the face - just because they" think "they are hard," said a sad kiss who watched the battle.
Bonaduce, who has a small snack (You need Danny, we have seen) said he believes that justice was served, despite beating Johnny Fairplay - and now Levy wants to step up in class.
"I want the midget Coleman - I want the little bastard bad, put it on Arnold. What are you talking about, huh? What are you talking about Willis?" ginger bitch said.
Baby Mama Star Amy Poehler Is Pregnant
Yes, Baby Mama star Amy Poehler is pregnant! People that the reports of 36 years and her husband Will Arnett, expect their first child after five years of marital happiness. Amy is an American Emmy Award-nominated actor and actress. It is a cast member and parody Press anchor on NBC television program Saturday Night Live. In 2008 Poehler star in the movie Baby Mama.
Poehler is married to Will Arnett, FOX comedy Arrested Development, and had a recurring role in the series as the name of the wife of Arnett George Oscar "GOB" Bluth II. Arnett and Poehler also played a quasi-incestuous brother-sister team of skating in 2007 film Blades of Glory. They live in New York City.
In the movie Baby Mama, Amy Poehler stars as Angie Ostrowski from mother to child played by Kate Holbrook Tina Fey, a successful businesswoman single. Baby Mama was reported that much success.
Poehler is married to Will Arnett, FOX comedy Arrested Development, and had a recurring role in the series as the name of the wife of Arnett George Oscar "GOB" Bluth II. Arnett and Poehler also played a quasi-incestuous brother-sister team of skating in 2007 film Blades of Glory. They live in New York City.
In the movie Baby Mama, Amy Poehler stars as Angie Ostrowski from mother to child played by Kate Holbrook Tina Fey, a successful businesswoman single. Baby Mama was reported that much success.
David Foster Wallace Was Found Dead
A police spokesman says writer David Foster Wallace was found dead in his home in southern California. He was 46.
Jackie Morales, a clerk with the police records of Claremont, said Wallace's wife found her husband had hanged himself on his return home on Friday 9:30 pm.
Wallace, the first roman''De sweeper system'', gained at the national level, but his most famous work of 1996 was Infinite jest''.''
He received a genius grant from the MacArthur Foundation in 1997 and has taught creative writing and English at nearby Pomona College.
Jackie Morales, a clerk with the police records of Claremont, said Wallace's wife found her husband had hanged himself on his return home on Friday 9:30 pm.
Wallace, the first roman''De sweeper system'', gained at the national level, but his most famous work of 1996 was Infinite jest''.''
He received a genius grant from the MacArthur Foundation in 1997 and has taught creative writing and English at nearby Pomona College.
September 13, 2008
A Massive Hurricane Ike Ravaged Southeast Texas - Galveston
Ike a huge hurricane ravaged southern Texas early Saturday, Batter the coast with rain and fierce winds that decided that the residents too late, they should have heard calls to evacuate appealed in vain for relief.
Although this would be the beginning of the storm toll was already clear, the damage has been significant. Thousands of homes were flooded, roads were washed away and several fires have burned without the crew could not reach. But the greatest fear was that thousands of people are entered for the relief flight would be submerged houses and neighborhoods.
"The sad truth is that we should go ... and our people in difficult circumstances to save people who have not chosen wisely. We will probably be the largest search and rescue operation ever conducted in the state of Texas," says Andrew Barlow, spokesman for the Governor Rick Perry.
The eye of the storm powered ashore at 3:10 am EDT Galveston with 110 mph wind, a strong Category 2 storm.
More than 1.3 million customers - 2.9 million people - lost power, and warned suppliers could be weeks before all service was restored. There was also concern wind could break the windows of skyscrapers that the sparkling profile of the city America's fourth largest city. Forecasters said the worst winds and rain will come after the center came ashore.
Although 1 million people fled the coastal residents near where the storm was landing, the three countries said only about 90,000 remained. As the storm front moved to Galveston, fire crews rescued nearly 300 people who changed his mind and fled at the last moment water wade through the execution of clothing and other goods.
"We do not know what we find. We hope to find people who are left alive," Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas said. "We keep our fingers crossed all the people who remained on the island of Galveston managed to survive."
Storm surge was pushing in the vicinity of an elementary school in nearby Johnson Space Center in Houston, where Mayor Bill White has made waves earlier with a bullhorn trying to force people to leave. Thousands of homes may be damaged, a spokesman for the mayor said, but it was too dangerous to go out and collect the district at the height of the storm.
A historic restaurant, Brennan's of Houston, was destroyed by a fire when firefighters were thwarted by a strong wind. The restaurant was an institution in the city center for more than four decades.
On the side of the far east of Houston, Claudia Macias was raised with her newborn and was tried in vain not to think of swaying trees outside its doors, wind or through its lively windows. She had been through other storms, but this time was different, because it was a new mother.
"I do not know who sleep here tonight, maybe the baby," said Macias, 34.
Before joining the shore, the storm about 600 miles, almost as big as Texas itself. As a result of the hurricane size, the shallow coastal waters and largely unprotected coastline, forecasters said the biggest threat would be flooding and storm surges, with Ike should launch a wall of water two storeys high - 20 to 25 meters -- the coast.
The fire left three buildings in Galveston burn because the water was too high for fire trucks to reach. Six meters of water collected in the Galveston County Court House, on the island of Montreal, according to reports on the storm National Weather Service Web site.
But there was some good news: a freighter failed with 22 men aboard, they have the bulk of the storm safety, and a tug was on the way to save them. And an evacuee Calhoun County gave birth to a baby girl in the toilets of a shelter with an expert in the field of geriatric psychiatry, who delivered her first baby in two decades.
"It's a bit like mounted on a bicycle," Dr. Mark Burns told the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung after he helped Ku Paw pleased with his fourth child.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said more than 5.5 million prepackaged meals are sent to the region, with more than 230 generators and 5.6 million liters of water. At least 3,500 FEMA agents were stationed in Texas and Louisiana.
If Ike is just as bad as feared, the storm could travel up Galveston Bay and send an increase in the Houston Ship Channel and the Port of Houston. The port is the country's second largest, is economically vital and complex of ports, pipelines, depots and warehouses that receive, cars, consumer electronics, industrial equipment and other goods across the world and on ships large quantities of petrochemicals and agricultural products .
The storm could also force the water up to seven bayous by wire Houston, flooding neighborhoods to flood, that they are flooded during ordinary storm.
The oil and gas industry was almost Ike, because it was addressed to the nation's largest refineries and petrochemical plants. Wholesale gasoline rose about $ 4.85 per gallon for fear of shortages.
Ike is the first hurricane hit a metropolitan area of the United States since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans three years ago. For Houston, it would be the first major hurricane since Alicia in August 1983 came on earth Galveston Island, killing 21 people and caused 2 billion dollars of damage. Houston has a population explosion, many residents of the now in the storm track has never experienced anger, full of a hurricane.
Although Ike's Center was to Texas, gave birth to the storms, the closure of schools and knocked on the power in the south of Louisiana on Friday. An estimated 1,200 people were in shelters in Monroe and Shreveport, and another 220 in the medical needs shelters.
In the south, near Houma, Louisiana, Ike breached dikes and flooded more than 1,800 homes. More than 160 people had to be rescued from the site of severe flooding, and Gov. Bobby Jindal said he expects the numbers to grow. In extreme cases, residents of low water, where communities have continued to rise continued to refuse the help of the National Guard to flee their homes, authorities said.
No deaths were officially reported, but the crew would resume the search at dawn near Corpus Christi for a man believed swept to sea as Ike closed in.
Although this would be the beginning of the storm toll was already clear, the damage has been significant. Thousands of homes were flooded, roads were washed away and several fires have burned without the crew could not reach. But the greatest fear was that thousands of people are entered for the relief flight would be submerged houses and neighborhoods.
"The sad truth is that we should go ... and our people in difficult circumstances to save people who have not chosen wisely. We will probably be the largest search and rescue operation ever conducted in the state of Texas," says Andrew Barlow, spokesman for the Governor Rick Perry.
The eye of the storm powered ashore at 3:10 am EDT Galveston with 110 mph wind, a strong Category 2 storm.
More than 1.3 million customers - 2.9 million people - lost power, and warned suppliers could be weeks before all service was restored. There was also concern wind could break the windows of skyscrapers that the sparkling profile of the city America's fourth largest city. Forecasters said the worst winds and rain will come after the center came ashore.
Although 1 million people fled the coastal residents near where the storm was landing, the three countries said only about 90,000 remained. As the storm front moved to Galveston, fire crews rescued nearly 300 people who changed his mind and fled at the last moment water wade through the execution of clothing and other goods.
"We do not know what we find. We hope to find people who are left alive," Galveston Mayor Lyda Ann Thomas said. "We keep our fingers crossed all the people who remained on the island of Galveston managed to survive."
Storm surge was pushing in the vicinity of an elementary school in nearby Johnson Space Center in Houston, where Mayor Bill White has made waves earlier with a bullhorn trying to force people to leave. Thousands of homes may be damaged, a spokesman for the mayor said, but it was too dangerous to go out and collect the district at the height of the storm.
A historic restaurant, Brennan's of Houston, was destroyed by a fire when firefighters were thwarted by a strong wind. The restaurant was an institution in the city center for more than four decades.
On the side of the far east of Houston, Claudia Macias was raised with her newborn and was tried in vain not to think of swaying trees outside its doors, wind or through its lively windows. She had been through other storms, but this time was different, because it was a new mother.
"I do not know who sleep here tonight, maybe the baby," said Macias, 34.
Before joining the shore, the storm about 600 miles, almost as big as Texas itself. As a result of the hurricane size, the shallow coastal waters and largely unprotected coastline, forecasters said the biggest threat would be flooding and storm surges, with Ike should launch a wall of water two storeys high - 20 to 25 meters -- the coast.
The fire left three buildings in Galveston burn because the water was too high for fire trucks to reach. Six meters of water collected in the Galveston County Court House, on the island of Montreal, according to reports on the storm National Weather Service Web site.
But there was some good news: a freighter failed with 22 men aboard, they have the bulk of the storm safety, and a tug was on the way to save them. And an evacuee Calhoun County gave birth to a baby girl in the toilets of a shelter with an expert in the field of geriatric psychiatry, who delivered her first baby in two decades.
"It's a bit like mounted on a bicycle," Dr. Mark Burns told the New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung after he helped Ku Paw pleased with his fourth child.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency said more than 5.5 million prepackaged meals are sent to the region, with more than 230 generators and 5.6 million liters of water. At least 3,500 FEMA agents were stationed in Texas and Louisiana.
If Ike is just as bad as feared, the storm could travel up Galveston Bay and send an increase in the Houston Ship Channel and the Port of Houston. The port is the country's second largest, is economically vital and complex of ports, pipelines, depots and warehouses that receive, cars, consumer electronics, industrial equipment and other goods across the world and on ships large quantities of petrochemicals and agricultural products .
The storm could also force the water up to seven bayous by wire Houston, flooding neighborhoods to flood, that they are flooded during ordinary storm.
The oil and gas industry was almost Ike, because it was addressed to the nation's largest refineries and petrochemical plants. Wholesale gasoline rose about $ 4.85 per gallon for fear of shortages.
Ike is the first hurricane hit a metropolitan area of the United States since Hurricane Katrina devastated New Orleans three years ago. For Houston, it would be the first major hurricane since Alicia in August 1983 came on earth Galveston Island, killing 21 people and caused 2 billion dollars of damage. Houston has a population explosion, many residents of the now in the storm track has never experienced anger, full of a hurricane.
Although Ike's Center was to Texas, gave birth to the storms, the closure of schools and knocked on the power in the south of Louisiana on Friday. An estimated 1,200 people were in shelters in Monroe and Shreveport, and another 220 in the medical needs shelters.
In the south, near Houma, Louisiana, Ike breached dikes and flooded more than 1,800 homes. More than 160 people had to be rescued from the site of severe flooding, and Gov. Bobby Jindal said he expects the numbers to grow. In extreme cases, residents of low water, where communities have continued to rise continued to refuse the help of the National Guard to flee their homes, authorities said.
No deaths were officially reported, but the crew would resume the search at dawn near Corpus Christi for a man believed swept to sea as Ike closed in.
Train Crash In Los Angeles - At Least 12 Dead
Los Angeles Fire say at least 12 people were killed in the crash of a Metrolink commuter train and a freight train in the San Fernando Valley.
Dr. Marc Eckstein, medical director of the fire department, also said early Saturday at least two other people still trapped in a car, but he was not sure whether they are alive.
Los Angeles police Lt. John Romero says that the number of deaths may be as high as 20.
The reports of deaths increased for several hours as firefighters continue to work on the wreck of the Friday noon Los Angeles train crash.
As many as 135 people were injured.
It is a BREAKING NEWS update. Check back soon for more information. AP's earlier history is below.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A commuter train carrying 222 people collided head on with a freight train wreck in the rush on Friday afternoon, killing at least 10 people, injured more than 100 and trapping an unknown number of others in car crushed by its own engine.
Firefighters extinguished a fire under part of the wreck and freed people from the suburbs Metro Link destroyed the car, which had come to rest on the left side of the train engine pushed inside. Two other cars in the passenger in the train accident remained in space.
"It was horrible," says Leslie Burn Stein, a psychologist who saw the collision from his home and rushed to pull victims from the wreck. "Blood was everywhere. ... I heard people shouting, screaming in pain, begging for help."
Firefighters worked on the wreck hours after the collision and 4:23 pm, shortly after 11 pm Fire Chief Dennis Barry said during a press conference that firefighters were still in the rescue and phase of the withdrawal, "although he did not indicate whether a victim was known is that they live in the wreck.
The Union Pacific freight train engine was turned on its side, with the rest of the train departed as an accordion behind him.
The cause of the collision was under investigation. It was not clear how the two trains ended up on the same track toward each other.
Estimates of the number of people injured varied. Fire Captain Armando Hogan said that 82 to 87 seriously injured and 20 with minor injuries. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said about 135 people were injured.
Villaraigosa said at the scene that 10 people were confirmed dead.
"This is the worst accident I've ever seen," said Villaraigosa. "Obviously injuries are mounting and therefore death."
Metrolink, the locomotive is deeply rooted in the car, the fire boss.
"We victims on the victims," said Barry.
One of the dead was a policeman Los Angeles, and later in the evening, officers and sheriff's deputies formed lines in the vicinity of the wreck and was hailed as one body was packed past.
The accident "a terrible sound, like a bomb, a huge noise," said Julio Pedraza, 35, who lives and works in a horse near the boarding facilities. He said he saw the passengers from the wreck, and others, and he helped the wounded, including one with peeling the skin of his forehead.
"They were screaming for help and tears," Pedraza said in Spanish.
Firefighters treated the wounded yard three areas in the vicinity of the wreck, and helicopters flying in and near landing area on a medical evacuation flights.
The rescuers worked on the roof of the wreck and through holes in the car of the victims. Dazed and injured passengers seated on the ground and ground on both sides of the track.
Surgeons were sent to the scene.
Ms. Stephanie Hall, chief physician in Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, said three people in critical condition - two females and one male - were treated in the hospital.
"These are tremendous injuries," she said.
Seven men and one woman were taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. "We are, we hope to get through the night with all the survivors of their injuries," said Dr. Mark Morocco. Eight others were transported to cedars-Sinai Medical Center. None of their conditions were immediately known.
A male passenger told KNBC-TV he Metrolink aboard the train in the suburb of Burbank and spoke with another passenger when the accident occurred.
"In an instant, I was at my friend from the tower. It was so fast. It was devastating," he said. The man was visibly injured, but could walk with the help of firefighters. The man said he was involved in a devastating 2005 Metrolink crash in Glendale and was in conversation with other passengers during Friday's accident took place.
Trains collide in the Chatsworth area of the San Fernando Valley.
Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell said there were 220 passengers on board the passenger train, with a driver and driver.
"I do not know what the cause of the disaster. It is clear that two trains are not supposed to be on the same track at the same time," Tyrrell said that erupted in tears and trembling.
The speed limit for freight and passenger trains on the part of the track is 40 mph, Tyrrell said, and if both trains traveling at the border they beaten with a total strength of 80 mph.
Tyrell said Union Pacific told her that four crew members on the freight train, which was a "local" from Oxnard and a trip to Chatsworth.
The status of the crew of the cargo was not immediately known.
Union Pacific spokesman said Zoe Richmond, than it is in California for freight and commuter trains share the same path.
"You see a lot in California, where commuter trains share tracks with freight trains," she said, adding that she could not speculate on the cause of the crash.
Tyrrell said the Metrolink train left Union Station in the center of Los Angeles and was headed north-west of Moorpark in Ventura County.
The accident occurred in an area where the tracks form a "U", approximately 2500 meters wide. At the top of the curve is 500 meters long tunnel that runs under the Stoney Point Park, popular with climbers for its large boulders.
On the north side of the rail tunnel is connected with a length of the track where trains can wait for another, said Tyrrell.
The area where the accident occurred, which is used by freight and commuter trains, has a reputation for difficulty, said Najmedin Meshkati, a professor of engineering at the University of Southern California.
"This piece of the track - 18 miles - had lots of accidents at railway crossings, many other accidents in the past 10 years," Meshkati said.
The federal investigation into the accident will be conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board, said Steven Kulm, a spokesman for the Federal Railroad Administration. The FRA will proceed with an investigation into whether a federal rail safety rules were violated, he said.
When asked about how the two trains ended up on the same track, Kulm said, "We are still far from all the information."
The overthrow of cars is part of a Bombardier black and white coach, which are often used for regional railways. Each double-decker car is about 16 meters high and 10 meters wide and up to 160 passengers, depending on the configuration.
The worst disaster in the history of Metro Link held on January 26, 2005, in the suburb of Glen Dale, when a man parked a petrol soaked SUV on the tracks. A Metrolink train derailed and beaten the SUV, hitting another Metrolink train traveling in the opposite direction, 11 people slain and wounded about 180 others. Juan Alvarez was sentenced this year for the assassination cause of the accident.
Dr. Marc Eckstein, medical director of the fire department, also said early Saturday at least two other people still trapped in a car, but he was not sure whether they are alive.
Los Angeles police Lt. John Romero says that the number of deaths may be as high as 20.
The reports of deaths increased for several hours as firefighters continue to work on the wreck of the Friday noon Los Angeles train crash.
As many as 135 people were injured.
It is a BREAKING NEWS update. Check back soon for more information. AP's earlier history is below.
LOS ANGELES (AP) - A commuter train carrying 222 people collided head on with a freight train wreck in the rush on Friday afternoon, killing at least 10 people, injured more than 100 and trapping an unknown number of others in car crushed by its own engine.
Firefighters extinguished a fire under part of the wreck and freed people from the suburbs Metro Link destroyed the car, which had come to rest on the left side of the train engine pushed inside. Two other cars in the passenger in the train accident remained in space.
"It was horrible," says Leslie Burn Stein, a psychologist who saw the collision from his home and rushed to pull victims from the wreck. "Blood was everywhere. ... I heard people shouting, screaming in pain, begging for help."
Firefighters worked on the wreck hours after the collision and 4:23 pm, shortly after 11 pm Fire Chief Dennis Barry said during a press conference that firefighters were still in the rescue and phase of the withdrawal, "although he did not indicate whether a victim was known is that they live in the wreck.
The Union Pacific freight train engine was turned on its side, with the rest of the train departed as an accordion behind him.
The cause of the collision was under investigation. It was not clear how the two trains ended up on the same track toward each other.
Estimates of the number of people injured varied. Fire Captain Armando Hogan said that 82 to 87 seriously injured and 20 with minor injuries. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said about 135 people were injured.
Villaraigosa said at the scene that 10 people were confirmed dead.
"This is the worst accident I've ever seen," said Villaraigosa. "Obviously injuries are mounting and therefore death."
Metrolink, the locomotive is deeply rooted in the car, the fire boss.
"We victims on the victims," said Barry.
One of the dead was a policeman Los Angeles, and later in the evening, officers and sheriff's deputies formed lines in the vicinity of the wreck and was hailed as one body was packed past.
The accident "a terrible sound, like a bomb, a huge noise," said Julio Pedraza, 35, who lives and works in a horse near the boarding facilities. He said he saw the passengers from the wreck, and others, and he helped the wounded, including one with peeling the skin of his forehead.
"They were screaming for help and tears," Pedraza said in Spanish.
Firefighters treated the wounded yard three areas in the vicinity of the wreck, and helicopters flying in and near landing area on a medical evacuation flights.
The rescuers worked on the roof of the wreck and through holes in the car of the victims. Dazed and injured passengers seated on the ground and ground on both sides of the track.
Surgeons were sent to the scene.
Ms. Stephanie Hall, chief physician in Los Angeles County-USC Medical Center, said three people in critical condition - two females and one male - were treated in the hospital.
"These are tremendous injuries," she said.
Seven men and one woman were taken to Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. "We are, we hope to get through the night with all the survivors of their injuries," said Dr. Mark Morocco. Eight others were transported to cedars-Sinai Medical Center. None of their conditions were immediately known.
A male passenger told KNBC-TV he Metrolink aboard the train in the suburb of Burbank and spoke with another passenger when the accident occurred.
"In an instant, I was at my friend from the tower. It was so fast. It was devastating," he said. The man was visibly injured, but could walk with the help of firefighters. The man said he was involved in a devastating 2005 Metrolink crash in Glendale and was in conversation with other passengers during Friday's accident took place.
Trains collide in the Chatsworth area of the San Fernando Valley.
Metrolink spokeswoman Denise Tyrrell said there were 220 passengers on board the passenger train, with a driver and driver.
"I do not know what the cause of the disaster. It is clear that two trains are not supposed to be on the same track at the same time," Tyrrell said that erupted in tears and trembling.
The speed limit for freight and passenger trains on the part of the track is 40 mph, Tyrrell said, and if both trains traveling at the border they beaten with a total strength of 80 mph.
Tyrell said Union Pacific told her that four crew members on the freight train, which was a "local" from Oxnard and a trip to Chatsworth.
The status of the crew of the cargo was not immediately known.
Union Pacific spokesman said Zoe Richmond, than it is in California for freight and commuter trains share the same path.
"You see a lot in California, where commuter trains share tracks with freight trains," she said, adding that she could not speculate on the cause of the crash.
Tyrrell said the Metrolink train left Union Station in the center of Los Angeles and was headed north-west of Moorpark in Ventura County.
The accident occurred in an area where the tracks form a "U", approximately 2500 meters wide. At the top of the curve is 500 meters long tunnel that runs under the Stoney Point Park, popular with climbers for its large boulders.
On the north side of the rail tunnel is connected with a length of the track where trains can wait for another, said Tyrrell.
The area where the accident occurred, which is used by freight and commuter trains, has a reputation for difficulty, said Najmedin Meshkati, a professor of engineering at the University of Southern California.
"This piece of the track - 18 miles - had lots of accidents at railway crossings, many other accidents in the past 10 years," Meshkati said.
The federal investigation into the accident will be conducted by the National Transportation Safety Board, said Steven Kulm, a spokesman for the Federal Railroad Administration. The FRA will proceed with an investigation into whether a federal rail safety rules were violated, he said.
When asked about how the two trains ended up on the same track, Kulm said, "We are still far from all the information."
The overthrow of cars is part of a Bombardier black and white coach, which are often used for regional railways. Each double-decker car is about 16 meters high and 10 meters wide and up to 160 passengers, depending on the configuration.
The worst disaster in the history of Metro Link held on January 26, 2005, in the suburb of Glen Dale, when a man parked a petrol soaked SUV on the tracks. A Metrolink train derailed and beaten the SUV, hitting another Metrolink train traveling in the opposite direction, 11 people slain and wounded about 180 others. Juan Alvarez was sentenced this year for the assassination cause of the accident.
September 4, 2008
Tropical Storm Hanna Takes Aim At Southern Bahamas
Tropical Storm Hanna power to disturb and the southern Bahamas on Wednesday and officials of Nassau in South Carolina warned residents to prepare for possible evacuation as it moves north and develops into a hurricane.
The storm, with winds near 65 mph, to the northwest after continuing for days near Haiti, where it caused floods which 26 people slain. Bahamas National Security Minister Tommy Turnquest cancelled all leave for the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, so our soldiers are on stand-by for the disaster response. "I urge the public to take necessary precautions," Turnquest said during a press conference Wednesday. Hanna was aimed at the heart of this archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, islanders have also been followed by two other storms churning to the west in the ocean, including Ike, who grew rapidly late Wednesday evening in a fierce Category 4 hurricane With winds near 135 mph (215 kph).
Ike was bustling road in the Atlantic Ocean, 610 miles (980 kilometers) north-east of the Leeward Islands, and forecasters said it was still too early to say whether it is a threat to the earth. It is moving west-northwest at 17 mph (28 kph). Ike is the third major hurricane of the Atlantic season, which runs from June 1 to 30 november. The other two are Bertha and Gustav.
Forecasters say Josephine, tropical storm behind Ike, is weakened. "We have three of them on the road. We just have to be prepared," said Frank Augustin, a 47-year old practice, the store manager, as he bought 10 five-gallon jugs of water under a blue sky with a deposit of Nassau.
Only a few dozen of the Bahamas' 700 islands are inhabited around, but they are close to the sea and have little natural protection. In the south, Hanna found electricity on the island of Mayaguana and the forced closure of some small airports, including Long Island and Acklins Island.
The storm is expected to only near or above the central Bahamas on Thursday before reaching hurricane strength. But the National Hurricane Center in Miami warned its scope to expand, with tropical storm winds extending up to 290 miles (465 kilometers) from the centre.
"Hanna has become a major tropical cyclone," said the centre.
End Wednesday evening, Hanna was centered 355 miles (575 kilometers) south-east of Nassau, Bahamas. The hurricane center said Hanna was moving north-northwest of 13 mph (20 kph) and could become a hurricane on Thursday. The hurricane center said a hurricane watch may be required for some of the south estern United States early Thursday.
Long distance call forecasts for the storm to hit anywhere from Georgia to North Carolina on Saturday and curve along the eastern coast of the United States. The storm drenched the Turks and Caicos Islands and Puerto Rico, but the most sown chaos in the storm-las Haiti, where the flooded west of the city of Gonaives.
The storm, with winds near 65 mph, to the northwest after continuing for days near Haiti, where it caused floods which 26 people slain. Bahamas National Security Minister Tommy Turnquest cancelled all leave for the Royal Bahamas Defence Force, so our soldiers are on stand-by for the disaster response. "I urge the public to take necessary precautions," Turnquest said during a press conference Wednesday. Hanna was aimed at the heart of this archipelago in the Atlantic Ocean, islanders have also been followed by two other storms churning to the west in the ocean, including Ike, who grew rapidly late Wednesday evening in a fierce Category 4 hurricane With winds near 135 mph (215 kph).
Ike was bustling road in the Atlantic Ocean, 610 miles (980 kilometers) north-east of the Leeward Islands, and forecasters said it was still too early to say whether it is a threat to the earth. It is moving west-northwest at 17 mph (28 kph). Ike is the third major hurricane of the Atlantic season, which runs from June 1 to 30 november. The other two are Bertha and Gustav.
Forecasters say Josephine, tropical storm behind Ike, is weakened. "We have three of them on the road. We just have to be prepared," said Frank Augustin, a 47-year old practice, the store manager, as he bought 10 five-gallon jugs of water under a blue sky with a deposit of Nassau.
Only a few dozen of the Bahamas' 700 islands are inhabited around, but they are close to the sea and have little natural protection. In the south, Hanna found electricity on the island of Mayaguana and the forced closure of some small airports, including Long Island and Acklins Island.
The storm is expected to only near or above the central Bahamas on Thursday before reaching hurricane strength. But the National Hurricane Center in Miami warned its scope to expand, with tropical storm winds extending up to 290 miles (465 kilometers) from the centre.
"Hanna has become a major tropical cyclone," said the centre.
End Wednesday evening, Hanna was centered 355 miles (575 kilometers) south-east of Nassau, Bahamas. The hurricane center said Hanna was moving north-northwest of 13 mph (20 kph) and could become a hurricane on Thursday. The hurricane center said a hurricane watch may be required for some of the south estern United States early Thursday.
Long distance call forecasts for the storm to hit anywhere from Georgia to North Carolina on Saturday and curve along the eastern coast of the United States. The storm drenched the Turks and Caicos Islands and Puerto Rico, but the most sown chaos in the storm-las Haiti, where the flooded west of the city of Gonaives.
Sarah Palin Convention Speech: "It Went Very Well"
The controversy over Bristol Palin daughter of pregnancy gave Republicans the chance to railroad the media Wednesday night.
The night formerly known as the Night of the Three Republican National Convention was devoted to "The reform and prosperity." But even more important was the party and the country, first significant look at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who in no time has become not only a national politician, but a controversial figure and a symbolic import.
It was the night of its history, the way they care to talk teleprompter: "But we'll see, because we are open-minded about what we will be to anticipate," CNN Wolf Blitzer. Far from being an obstacle to the event, the unexpected news of the pregnancy Palin Bristol is a gift, both for the party and the press. It is a projector on a favorite Republican enemy, "the media", in which criticism of slightly more than they deserved, for a story about a story. And he gave the press, which was boring for a convention, both a story and the operation of a new opportunity to talk about themselves.
Mitt Romney, the parade of former opponents who have preceded Palin. It was a little dour and warmongering. Mike Huckabee followed, measured and somewhat humorous and pastoral. He opened with a good joke: "I am very happy to speak here on behalf of my second choice for the Republican candidate for the presidency."
Rudy Giuliani later stand-up comedy routine had another, much sour tone, even his statement that Barack Obama was the emergence of "remarkable" played like a chain reaction. (Never have the words "community organizer" is pronounced in this horror as they were Wednesday evening in St. Paul.) It was frequently interrupted by chants of "USA" and other things I could not do that.
Palin immediately followed Giuliani, his introductory video nixed to save time. It is expandable, but in any case, as his speech at the same time a family album and a clarification of his case. They very well with the teleprompter, given the speed with which it has been hustled in this position. He secured an impressive performance, both friendly and brutal people into the ranks.
When Palin was up to the end of McCain and his wonderful family - it looks like Grandpa in this mixture is perhaps not a bad thing - it is difficult to see how it could be a valuable asset to the campaign.
The night formerly known as the Night of the Three Republican National Convention was devoted to "The reform and prosperity." But even more important was the party and the country, first significant look at Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, who in no time has become not only a national politician, but a controversial figure and a symbolic import.
It was the night of its history, the way they care to talk teleprompter: "But we'll see, because we are open-minded about what we will be to anticipate," CNN Wolf Blitzer. Far from being an obstacle to the event, the unexpected news of the pregnancy Palin Bristol is a gift, both for the party and the press. It is a projector on a favorite Republican enemy, "the media", in which criticism of slightly more than they deserved, for a story about a story. And he gave the press, which was boring for a convention, both a story and the operation of a new opportunity to talk about themselves.
Mitt Romney, the parade of former opponents who have preceded Palin. It was a little dour and warmongering. Mike Huckabee followed, measured and somewhat humorous and pastoral. He opened with a good joke: "I am very happy to speak here on behalf of my second choice for the Republican candidate for the presidency."
Rudy Giuliani later stand-up comedy routine had another, much sour tone, even his statement that Barack Obama was the emergence of "remarkable" played like a chain reaction. (Never have the words "community organizer" is pronounced in this horror as they were Wednesday evening in St. Paul.) It was frequently interrupted by chants of "USA" and other things I could not do that.
Palin immediately followed Giuliani, his introductory video nixed to save time. It is expandable, but in any case, as his speech at the same time a family album and a clarification of his case. They very well with the teleprompter, given the speed with which it has been hustled in this position. He secured an impressive performance, both friendly and brutal people into the ranks.
When Palin was up to the end of McCain and his wonderful family - it looks like Grandpa in this mixture is perhaps not a bad thing - it is difficult to see how it could be a valuable asset to the campaign.
FBI Seeks Winter Hill Gang Boss, James “Whitey” Bulger - $2 Million Reward
The FBI is so desperate to catch James "Whitey" Bulger, the boss of the Winter Hill Gang, they are a doubling of the reward. They offer 2 million dollars for the capture of the Mafia boss in the time of his 79th birthday.
James Whitey Bulger was an FBI "Ten Most Wanted" list of murders in connection with his leadership of the Winter Hill Gang, an organized criminal group in Boston. The gangsters are mostly Irish-American, although some are Italian-American, and their name comes from the Boston area north of the Winter Hill from the band was formed in the years 1970.
The Winter Hill Gang is best known for fixing horse races, but the FBI is more disturbances in the 19 murders James "Whitey" Bulger only is sought.
The gallery shows photographs of James Whitey Bulger, most of which are of a few years ago.
James Whitey Bulger was an FBI "Ten Most Wanted" list of murders in connection with his leadership of the Winter Hill Gang, an organized criminal group in Boston. The gangsters are mostly Irish-American, although some are Italian-American, and their name comes from the Boston area north of the Winter Hill from the band was formed in the years 1970.
The Winter Hill Gang is best known for fixing horse races, but the FBI is more disturbances in the 19 murders James "Whitey" Bulger only is sought.
The gallery shows photographs of James Whitey Bulger, most of which are of a few years ago.
September 2, 2008
Jacksonville Jaguars Offensive Tackle Richard Collier Was Shot And Critically Wounded
Jacksonville Jaguars offensive tackle Richard Collier was shot in serious injuries Outside a building early Tuesday in len he a former teammate Jacksonville waited two women die they met in a nightclub, police said.
Collier, 26, a former Jaguar defensive END Kenneth Pettway Wachtendonk in a Cadillac Escalade when a gunman fired on the vehicle, said Jacksonville Sheriff's Office spokesman Ken Jefferson. Collier was shot several Keren, but we do not know where he was hit.
Collier was in critical condition at Shand Jacksonville Medical Center, a nursing supervisor said early Tuesday. Later, Chris Turner, said the spokesman for the Hospital was no longer providing updates on the status of Collier. There are a number reasons are dying CAN, such as a request of the family.
Wayne Weaver, owner of Jaguar, in a statement released by the team: "We are deeply shocked by this morning in affected news about Richard Collier. We have learned that Richard has undergone an operation and it is of vital importance, but in a stable state. The whole family prays for Jaguar Richard and his family at this time. "
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The motive behind the attack is unknown, the sheriff of the office was investigating. Pettway, was released in dying Final Reduction of SATURDAY, was not injured.
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The women who appear to be in their 20s, wore robes nightclub when she accompanied Were door to the Police complex midmorning Tuesday, but they refused comment. Jaguar spokesman Dan Edwards declined comment to the Hospital. The team planned to issue a statement later in the day.
Collier is the third NFL player to Will sex in the past 18 months. Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor was shot during what the police said was a botched burglary attempt in his house in Miami area november. BRONCOS cornerback Darrent Williams was slain when his limousine was sprayed rent met Bullets minutes after leaving the year a new party at a club in downtown Denver in 2007.
In her after the third year also a team undrafted rookie free agent, Collier competed met on the job left face, but the door was beaten Barnes Khalife in the preseason.
However, Collier believes Jaguar, a future starter. They signed a contract extension earlier this year, despite a ruling of last season.
The 6-foot-7, 345 pond liner was arrested on 3 november after officers found him asleep behind the SEND at a McDonald's drive-thru window. Collier failed field sobriety tests alcohol in the blood of a .096, aldus the Police. In Florida, it is illegal to drive compliance with an alcohol level in the blood of the lake of .08.
Collier was suspended for two matches a fine of one coach Jack Del Rio.
Collier's lawyer challenged the Police and the report recommended that his client for the court, but not Collier did not want the team to keep themselves BUSY complied with the negative, then they would have generated. So he pleaded no contest in Six Months accepted probation.
He has publicly promised Have no problems, not wanting to revive his chances for an all-in starter in the NFL.
In the Abandoned of secondary school to Shreveport, noting, Collier does not have the qualities of the test scores to attend most colleges, he remained at home with his mother and got a job in the production department at Wal-Mart.
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He worked there for two years before deciding to another chance of football. He enrolled at Tyler Junior College in Texas, about 90 ten miles west of Shreveport. He showed a weight of 390 kilos, failed to meet a weight lifted because of the high school.
Collier quickly earned the largest body in shape and has its way into the line of departure. He transferred to Valdosta State in 2004 helped to Blazers, winning Division II national championship season said. He was all praise of the United States also a senior in 2005.
But he has not much impression on NFL scouts.
From the Jaguars were the only team to Collier for a training programme for the draft to Jacksonville NOTIFIED met an undrafted rookie also was an easy decision. His only other choice, in his opinion, the return of the products.
"It has everything to lose me to recognize how much I had," said Collier During his rookie season. "It was a blessing, really. Discovered how I would have little or no hard I work in the APPLICATION itself."
Collier, 26, a former Jaguar defensive END Kenneth Pettway Wachtendonk in a Cadillac Escalade when a gunman fired on the vehicle, said Jacksonville Sheriff's Office spokesman Ken Jefferson. Collier was shot several Keren, but we do not know where he was hit.
Collier was in critical condition at Shand Jacksonville Medical Center, a nursing supervisor said early Tuesday. Later, Chris Turner, said the spokesman for the Hospital was no longer providing updates on the status of Collier. There are a number reasons are dying CAN, such as a request of the family.
Wayne Weaver, owner of Jaguar, in a statement released by the team: "We are deeply shocked by this morning in affected news about Richard Collier. We have learned that Richard has undergone an operation and it is of vital importance, but in a stable state. The whole family prays for Jaguar Richard and his family at this time. "
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The motive behind the attack is unknown, the sheriff of the office was investigating. Pettway, was released in dying Final Reduction of SATURDAY, was not injured.
From recording happened around 2:45 pm in a High-middle class neighborhood west of the net ten city blocks of Jacksonville in St. Johns River. From players went to the apartment, so that women CAN deposit their vehicle, authorities said.
The women who appear to be in their 20s, wore robes nightclub when she accompanied Were door to the Police complex midmorning Tuesday, but they refused comment. Jaguar spokesman Dan Edwards declined comment to the Hospital. The team planned to issue a statement later in the day.
Collier is the third NFL player to Will sex in the past 18 months. Washington Redskins star Sean Taylor was shot during what the police said was a botched burglary attempt in his house in Miami area november. BRONCOS cornerback Darrent Williams was slain when his limousine was sprayed rent met Bullets minutes after leaving the year a new party at a club in downtown Denver in 2007.
In her after the third year also a team undrafted rookie free agent, Collier competed met on the job left face, but the door was beaten Barnes Khalife in the preseason.
However, Collier believes Jaguar, a future starter. They signed a contract extension earlier this year, despite a ruling of last season.
The 6-foot-7, 345 pond liner was arrested on 3 november after officers found him asleep behind the SEND at a McDonald's drive-thru window. Collier failed field sobriety tests alcohol in the blood of a .096, aldus the Police. In Florida, it is illegal to drive compliance with an alcohol level in the blood of the lake of .08.
Collier was suspended for two matches a fine of one coach Jack Del Rio.
Collier's lawyer challenged the Police and the report recommended that his client for the court, but not Collier did not want the team to keep themselves BUSY complied with the negative, then they would have generated. So he pleaded no contest in Six Months accepted probation.
He has publicly promised Have no problems, not wanting to revive his chances for an all-in starter in the NFL.
In the Abandoned of secondary school to Shreveport, noting, Collier does not have the qualities of the test scores to attend most colleges, he remained at home with his mother and got a job in the production department at Wal-Mart.
This document provides door of shows NFL Jacksonville Jaguars football player Richard Collier. Collier was slain Wachtendonk While some women Outside an apartment early Tuesday, 2 september, 2008 in Jacksonvile, Florida, sustained life-threatening injuries, authorities said.
This document provides door N…
AP - Sep 2, 9:25 am EDT
He worked there for two years before deciding to another chance of football. He enrolled at Tyler Junior College in Texas, about 90 ten miles west of Shreveport. He showed a weight of 390 kilos, failed to meet a weight lifted because of the high school.
Collier quickly earned the largest body in shape and has its way into the line of departure. He transferred to Valdosta State in 2004 helped to Blazers, winning Division II national championship season said. He was all praise of the United States also a senior in 2005.
But he has not much impression on NFL scouts.
From the Jaguars were the only team to Collier for a training programme for the draft to Jacksonville NOTIFIED met an undrafted rookie also was an easy decision. His only other choice, in his opinion, the return of the products.
"It has everything to lose me to recognize how much I had," said Collier During his rookie season. "It was a blessing, really. Discovered how I would have little or no hard I work in the APPLICATION itself."
Google Chrome - The GBrowser Vs Mozilla Firefox
Undoubtedly, Google, in addition to the open source browser - known as the "CHROME" - is under pressure from other open source browsers such as Firefox. It can be a devastating blow to Firefox, which has accrued and has about 18 percent market share away from the Internet Explorer browser in a short period of time.
Although Google is a fervent supporter of the Mozilla team, it seems that the online giant has decided to take on Microsoft with a complete portfolio of web applications, instead relying on other open source projects to fill in gaps. Could this explain the recent release of Mozilla vice president, engineering Mike Schroepfer on Facebook?
Or is it a prelude to the takeover of Google Mozilla? Google finally, was recently extended funding of Mozilla and someone must have been informed that Chrome. In a recent blog reflective on Mozilla 10 years, Mitchell Baker stressed the support of Google as an important indicator for the success: "Another important element is the financial resources Mozilla enjoys. We have to renew our agreement with Google for a period additional period of three years. This agreement is now an end in november 2011 instead november 2008, we have the stability of income, "Baker wrote."
Chrome, which facilitated the launch of a beta test today is a very comprehensive open source Firefox browser and is unique in several respects.
Firstly, they have a specific function of shipping known as Incognito, which allows users to navigate in total privacy. There is no record sites visited or any aspect of the Web session. (Firefox is preparing for this feature in FF 3.1, but it's not there yet).
Google has the tab-style navigation metaphor used by Mozilla and Microsoft to a new level. Chrome user interface features tabs at the top, instead windows using tabs. The research group - called a omnibox - is the URL box at the top of each tab. Some pop-ups can be attributed to each tab to protect the integrity of each process. Just as Mozilla and Adobe AIR Prism, Chome allows Web applications are launched in their own window without the Web search bar for Web applications to run alongside the software at the same time.
Chrome also multi-process and includes a virtual machine Javascript.
Multi-support has been said that a significant improvement in the stability of the browser, because it can support multiple Web applications at the same time and isolate any process in its own tab. If a web application crashes, for example, would not in the browser together - all corrupt tab. Surfers can begin a process in a tab and ga at work in another. The V8 Javascript Virtual Machine is designed for speed and supports the largest web applications today.
Chrome Google also has an open source rendering engine known as Webkit, the same engine used in the Google Android. This will undoubtedly easier to integrate Google next mobile platform - Android - Google Desktop, now equipped with its own browser. That can not be good news for Firefox "Fennec" team.
Larry Dignan of ZDNet show perhaps that Google and Mozilla are working together as a team tag defeat of Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google May and perhaps buy the team from Mozilla Firefox and the integration of the two bases for a code punched Kock Microsoft 's Internet Explorer. Mozilla browser, Google Labs? Given the close cooperation of both projects, it is more than possible.
If not, but the beginning of Chrome can not be good news for Firefox. Google has so dynamic market that is not necessarily the best open source Firefox browser to move. And at first glance, Chome seems pretty good.
Although Google is a fervent supporter of the Mozilla team, it seems that the online giant has decided to take on Microsoft with a complete portfolio of web applications, instead relying on other open source projects to fill in gaps. Could this explain the recent release of Mozilla vice president, engineering Mike Schroepfer on Facebook?
Or is it a prelude to the takeover of Google Mozilla? Google finally, was recently extended funding of Mozilla and someone must have been informed that Chrome. In a recent blog reflective on Mozilla 10 years, Mitchell Baker stressed the support of Google as an important indicator for the success: "Another important element is the financial resources Mozilla enjoys. We have to renew our agreement with Google for a period additional period of three years. This agreement is now an end in november 2011 instead november 2008, we have the stability of income, "Baker wrote."
Chrome, which facilitated the launch of a beta test today is a very comprehensive open source Firefox browser and is unique in several respects.
Firstly, they have a specific function of shipping known as Incognito, which allows users to navigate in total privacy. There is no record sites visited or any aspect of the Web session. (Firefox is preparing for this feature in FF 3.1, but it's not there yet).
Google has the tab-style navigation metaphor used by Mozilla and Microsoft to a new level. Chrome user interface features tabs at the top, instead windows using tabs. The research group - called a omnibox - is the URL box at the top of each tab. Some pop-ups can be attributed to each tab to protect the integrity of each process. Just as Mozilla and Adobe AIR Prism, Chome allows Web applications are launched in their own window without the Web search bar for Web applications to run alongside the software at the same time.
Chrome also multi-process and includes a virtual machine Javascript.
Multi-support has been said that a significant improvement in the stability of the browser, because it can support multiple Web applications at the same time and isolate any process in its own tab. If a web application crashes, for example, would not in the browser together - all corrupt tab. Surfers can begin a process in a tab and ga at work in another. The V8 Javascript Virtual Machine is designed for speed and supports the largest web applications today.
Chrome Google also has an open source rendering engine known as Webkit, the same engine used in the Google Android. This will undoubtedly easier to integrate Google next mobile platform - Android - Google Desktop, now equipped with its own browser. That can not be good news for Firefox "Fennec" team.
Larry Dignan of ZDNet show perhaps that Google and Mozilla are working together as a team tag defeat of Microsoft Internet Explorer, Google May and perhaps buy the team from Mozilla Firefox and the integration of the two bases for a code punched Kock Microsoft 's Internet Explorer. Mozilla browser, Google Labs? Given the close cooperation of both projects, it is more than possible.
If not, but the beginning of Chrome can not be good news for Firefox. Google has so dynamic market that is not necessarily the best open source Firefox browser to move. And at first glance, Chome seems pretty good.
What The Bristol Palin's Sexologist Say
First things first. Full details: I am pro-comprehensive sexuality education for choice (I think that people are entitled to their choice when it comes to their bodies) for same-sex marriage, and I firmly believe that faith is not a place in public education. And quite frankly, the appointment of Sarah Palin excites Obama me as a fan, but he scares me crap, as a woman.
When I was sixteen, two years before I had sex for the first time, I made a free sheet with the words "Support vaginal Pride," plastered across the front. I had chosen, sticker on the choice of rally somewhere in 1992. I am always been pro-choice in theory, but until you became pregnant with my son, I do not have any idea how to choice-I really do not. Although I love my son, pregnancy is excruciating for me. I was depressed, daily haul of twenty weeks, uncomfortable, my body felt like it does not belong to me, and I tried to become pregnant! I could not imagine that you go through this (let alone raising a child at the end) if I am not ready physically let alone emotionally. Although pregnancy is right for me to a certain point in my life, it certainly is not good for anyone, especially a teenager.
Going through with the pregnancy - whether the fetus with special needs or not - not even women characters. This makes it not brave. What is courageous is honest with them and determining whether or not you are able to yet another life in this world and unconditionally to care for him. He is as brave and fair to acknowledge that it is unable to care for the baby, and so decide to stop. Palin is not martyr. To make sure that no place on pedestal of their activities. It made my decision and many other women, make them. I am a fan of all elections and Palin is not better than anyone else.
However, from a political point of view of gender equality, Palin is terrifying. Sarah Palin is anti-choice located on board. She did not believe in abortions for girls and women who are victims of rape or incest.
As for Bristol Palin, manager of a pregnant 17 - the age, it follows the footsteps of many girls this year, still another event, the prize of pregnancy. I do not know when he became the fashion for girls to forgo protection is knocked and refuse to consider the possibility of termination, but clearly our policy on reproductive health and sexuality education services (especially abstinence only movement) have made large damage to our youth. Very frankly this incident highlights the fact that Governor Palin adherence to abstinence-only until-marriage sexual education is the loss of time and money.
Let's try to remember that those of us who support a woman the right to choose not to imply that all women of the project and to end during pregnancy. We believe that every woman is entitled to its decision, and for some, this means that the termination, for others it means a continuation of the pregnancy. Ultimately, that I (and have all these politicians?), Koito suggest that women not able to do this? What is right for Palin (a questionably her daughter) was definitely not the right solution for everyone.
When I was sixteen, two years before I had sex for the first time, I made a free sheet with the words "Support vaginal Pride," plastered across the front. I had chosen, sticker on the choice of rally somewhere in 1992. I am always been pro-choice in theory, but until you became pregnant with my son, I do not have any idea how to choice-I really do not. Although I love my son, pregnancy is excruciating for me. I was depressed, daily haul of twenty weeks, uncomfortable, my body felt like it does not belong to me, and I tried to become pregnant! I could not imagine that you go through this (let alone raising a child at the end) if I am not ready physically let alone emotionally. Although pregnancy is right for me to a certain point in my life, it certainly is not good for anyone, especially a teenager.
Going through with the pregnancy - whether the fetus with special needs or not - not even women characters. This makes it not brave. What is courageous is honest with them and determining whether or not you are able to yet another life in this world and unconditionally to care for him. He is as brave and fair to acknowledge that it is unable to care for the baby, and so decide to stop. Palin is not martyr. To make sure that no place on pedestal of their activities. It made my decision and many other women, make them. I am a fan of all elections and Palin is not better than anyone else.
However, from a political point of view of gender equality, Palin is terrifying. Sarah Palin is anti-choice located on board. She did not believe in abortions for girls and women who are victims of rape or incest.
As for Bristol Palin, manager of a pregnant 17 - the age, it follows the footsteps of many girls this year, still another event, the prize of pregnancy. I do not know when he became the fashion for girls to forgo protection is knocked and refuse to consider the possibility of termination, but clearly our policy on reproductive health and sexuality education services (especially abstinence only movement) have made large damage to our youth. Very frankly this incident highlights the fact that Governor Palin adherence to abstinence-only until-marriage sexual education is the loss of time and money.
Let's try to remember that those of us who support a woman the right to choose not to imply that all women of the project and to end during pregnancy. We believe that every woman is entitled to its decision, and for some, this means that the termination, for others it means a continuation of the pregnancy. Ultimately, that I (and have all these politicians?), Koito suggest that women not able to do this? What is right for Palin (a questionably her daughter) was definitely not the right solution for everyone.
Hurricane Hannah Threat The Bahamas And U.S. East Coast
Tropical Storm Hannah, which started in the south Atlantic Coast of Bahamas Islands, is strengthening to hurricane of the first degree. According to the National Center for forecasting in Miami wind speed is 75 miles per hour (120km/h).
As a Category I hurricane strengthens and heads toward the East Coast, local officials are asking residents to be prepared for what might come.
Hurricane Hanna formed Monday, hitting the Caribbean with maximum sustained winds near 80 mph. A hurricane warning went into effect in the central Bahamas, the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Much of Virginia is likely to see some rain, as a result of Hurricane Hanna, on Friday night and into Saturday, said National Weather Service meteorologist Anita Silverman of Blacksburg, adding that the Appalachian Mountains are projected to get 2 to 4 inches.
“There’s a low probability at this point,” for excessive rainfall in the state, she said. Nonetheless, she said people who live near areas prone to floods should: “be prepared to move if you need to.” Charlottesville spokesman Ric Barrick wrote in a statement, “It is never too early to start preparing for any weather-related emergency.”
“Although Hanna’s arrival is still questionable for our area, there are several other storms brewing in the Atlantic that may pose a risk to our East Coast,” Barrick wrote.
On the city’s Web site, viewers can sign up for emergency e-mails and text messages, and read tips on how to prepare for emergencies.
By Friday, Hurricane Hanna is projected to hit somewhere near Georgia’s border with South Carolina — which some say could change — and it’s too early to know just how strong the hurricane will be when it hits the coast, Silverman said.
As a Category I hurricane strengthens and heads toward the East Coast, local officials are asking residents to be prepared for what might come.
Hurricane Hanna formed Monday, hitting the Caribbean with maximum sustained winds near 80 mph. A hurricane warning went into effect in the central Bahamas, the southeastern Bahamas and the Turks and Caicos Islands.
Much of Virginia is likely to see some rain, as a result of Hurricane Hanna, on Friday night and into Saturday, said National Weather Service meteorologist Anita Silverman of Blacksburg, adding that the Appalachian Mountains are projected to get 2 to 4 inches.
“There’s a low probability at this point,” for excessive rainfall in the state, she said. Nonetheless, she said people who live near areas prone to floods should: “be prepared to move if you need to.” Charlottesville spokesman Ric Barrick wrote in a statement, “It is never too early to start preparing for any weather-related emergency.”
“Although Hanna’s arrival is still questionable for our area, there are several other storms brewing in the Atlantic that may pose a risk to our East Coast,” Barrick wrote.
On the city’s Web site, viewers can sign up for emergency e-mails and text messages, and read tips on how to prepare for emergencies.
By Friday, Hurricane Hanna is projected to hit somewhere near Georgia’s border with South Carolina — which some say could change — and it’s too early to know just how strong the hurricane will be when it hits the coast, Silverman said.
John McCain And Sarah Palin After The Scandal
17-year daughter of candidate of Republican Party for Vice President of the United States Sarah Palin is pregnant, reported Palin and her husband, quoted by the Associated Press.
Sarah Palin voluntarily told John McCain's campaign about her pregnant teenage daughter and her husband's 2-decade-old DUI arrest during questioning as part of the Republican's vice presidential search. The Alaska governor also greatly detailed the dismissal of the state's public safety commissioner that has touched off a legislative investigation.
Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr., the lawyer who conducted the background review, told The Associated Press in an interview Monday that Palin underwent a "full and complete" background examination before McCain chose her as his running mate. Asked whether everything that came up as a possible red flag during the review already has been made public, Culvahouse said: "I think so. Yah, I think so. Correct."
McCain's campaign has been trying to tamp down questions about whether the Arizona senator adequately researched his surprise vice presidential selection or whether he chose the first-term governor without fully looking into her background.
Since McCain publicly disclosed his running mate on Friday, the notion of a shoddy, rushed review has been stoked repeatedly. First, a campaign-issued timeline said McCain initially met Palin in February, then held one phone conversation with her last week before inviting her to Arizona, where he met with her a second time and offered her the job Thursday.
Then came the campaign's disclosure that Palin's unmarried 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, was pregnant. The father is Levi Johnston, who has been a hockey player at Bristol's high school, The New York Post and The New York Daily News reported in their Tuesday editions.
In addition, the campaign also disclosed that Todd Palin, then age 22, was arrested in 1986 in Alaska for driving under the influence of alcohol. Shortly after Palin was named to the ticket, McCain's campaign dispatched a team of a dozen communications operatives and lawyers to Alaska. That fueled speculation that a comprehensive examination of Palin's record and past was incomplete and being done only after she was placed on the ticket.
Steve Schmidt, a senior adviser, said no matter who the nominee was, the campaign was ready to send a "jump team" to the No. 2's home state to work with the nominee's staff, work with the local media and help handle requests from the national media for information, and answer questions about documents that were part of the review.
At several points throughout the process, McCain's team warned Palin that the scrutiny into her private life would be intense and that there was nothing she could do to prepare for it.
Culvahouse disclosed details of his examination in a half-hour interview with the AP.
First, a team of some 25 people working under Culvahouse culled information from public sources for Palin and other prospective candidates without their knowledge. For all, news reports, speeches, financial and tax return disclosures, litigation, investigations, ethical charges, marriages and divorces were reviewed.
For Palin specifically, the team studied online archives of the state's largest newspapers, including the Anchorage Daily News, but didn't request paper archives for Palin's hometown newspaper. "I made the decision that we could not get it done and maintain secrecy," Culvahouse said.
Reports, 40-some pages and single-spaced, on each candidate then were reviewed by McCain, Schmidt, campaign manager Rick Davis and top advisers Mark Salter and Charlie Black.
Among the details McCain's campaign found: Palin had once received a citation for fishing without a license.
Palin, like others on the short list, then was sent a personal data questionnaire with 70 "very intrusive" questions, Culvahouse said. She also was asked to submit a number of years of federal and state tax returns, as well as any controversial articles she had written or interviews she had done. The campaign also checked her credit.
Then, Culvahouse conducted a nearly three-hour-long interview. He said the first thing she volunteered was that her daughter was pregnant, and she also quickly disclosed her husband's DUI arrest.
Early on, the public search unearthed details of the investigation by the Republican-controlled legislature into the possibility that Palin ordered the dismissal of Alaska's public safety commissioner because he would not fire her former brother-in-law as a state trooper.
Culvahouse said that he asked follow-up questions during the interview, and "spent a lot of time with her lawyer" on the matter. "We came out of it knowing all that we could know at the time," he said.
As for the financial records review, Culvahouse said: "It was very clean. We had no issues there." Throughout the process, the campaign said, Davis had multiple conversations with Palin.
Sarah Palin voluntarily told John McCain's campaign about her pregnant teenage daughter and her husband's 2-decade-old DUI arrest during questioning as part of the Republican's vice presidential search. The Alaska governor also greatly detailed the dismissal of the state's public safety commissioner that has touched off a legislative investigation.
Arthur B. Culvahouse Jr., the lawyer who conducted the background review, told The Associated Press in an interview Monday that Palin underwent a "full and complete" background examination before McCain chose her as his running mate. Asked whether everything that came up as a possible red flag during the review already has been made public, Culvahouse said: "I think so. Yah, I think so. Correct."
McCain's campaign has been trying to tamp down questions about whether the Arizona senator adequately researched his surprise vice presidential selection or whether he chose the first-term governor without fully looking into her background.
Since McCain publicly disclosed his running mate on Friday, the notion of a shoddy, rushed review has been stoked repeatedly. First, a campaign-issued timeline said McCain initially met Palin in February, then held one phone conversation with her last week before inviting her to Arizona, where he met with her a second time and offered her the job Thursday.
Then came the campaign's disclosure that Palin's unmarried 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, was pregnant. The father is Levi Johnston, who has been a hockey player at Bristol's high school, The New York Post and The New York Daily News reported in their Tuesday editions.
In addition, the campaign also disclosed that Todd Palin, then age 22, was arrested in 1986 in Alaska for driving under the influence of alcohol. Shortly after Palin was named to the ticket, McCain's campaign dispatched a team of a dozen communications operatives and lawyers to Alaska. That fueled speculation that a comprehensive examination of Palin's record and past was incomplete and being done only after she was placed on the ticket.
Steve Schmidt, a senior adviser, said no matter who the nominee was, the campaign was ready to send a "jump team" to the No. 2's home state to work with the nominee's staff, work with the local media and help handle requests from the national media for information, and answer questions about documents that were part of the review.
At several points throughout the process, McCain's team warned Palin that the scrutiny into her private life would be intense and that there was nothing she could do to prepare for it.
Culvahouse disclosed details of his examination in a half-hour interview with the AP.
First, a team of some 25 people working under Culvahouse culled information from public sources for Palin and other prospective candidates without their knowledge. For all, news reports, speeches, financial and tax return disclosures, litigation, investigations, ethical charges, marriages and divorces were reviewed.
For Palin specifically, the team studied online archives of the state's largest newspapers, including the Anchorage Daily News, but didn't request paper archives for Palin's hometown newspaper. "I made the decision that we could not get it done and maintain secrecy," Culvahouse said.
Reports, 40-some pages and single-spaced, on each candidate then were reviewed by McCain, Schmidt, campaign manager Rick Davis and top advisers Mark Salter and Charlie Black.
Among the details McCain's campaign found: Palin had once received a citation for fishing without a license.
Palin, like others on the short list, then was sent a personal data questionnaire with 70 "very intrusive" questions, Culvahouse said. She also was asked to submit a number of years of federal and state tax returns, as well as any controversial articles she had written or interviews she had done. The campaign also checked her credit.
Then, Culvahouse conducted a nearly three-hour-long interview. He said the first thing she volunteered was that her daughter was pregnant, and she also quickly disclosed her husband's DUI arrest.
Early on, the public search unearthed details of the investigation by the Republican-controlled legislature into the possibility that Palin ordered the dismissal of Alaska's public safety commissioner because he would not fire her former brother-in-law as a state trooper.
Culvahouse said that he asked follow-up questions during the interview, and "spent a lot of time with her lawyer" on the matter. "We came out of it knowing all that we could know at the time," he said.
As for the financial records review, Culvahouse said: "It was very clean. We had no issues there." Throughout the process, the campaign said, Davis had multiple conversations with Palin.
September 1, 2008
Google Chrome: The “GBrowser” Comes To Life And Takes Aim To Microsoft
Google's new browser is going to change the web. "Today, most of what we use the web for on a day-to-day basis aren't just web pages, they're APPLICATIONS!"
Google Inc. is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its market-leading search engine.
So the tech blogosphere is all abuzz about Google’s new Web browser that goes by the name of "CHROME". The thing that I find absolutely hilarious about the whole thing is the fact that Google used a comic book to promote it. How can you take seriously a product when it comes by the way of a comic book announcement.
Anyways, such is the case with Chrome, as this morning saw Philip Lenssen from Google Blogoscoped where he let us know how he discovered the latest major initiative from the search giant:
“Today there was a comic book in my mail, sent by Google and drawn by no less than Scott McCloud, creator of the classic Understanding Comics. Within the 38 pages, which I’ve scanned and put up, in very readable format Google gives the technical details into a project of theirs: an open source browser called Google Chrome.”
Although Google is using a cartoonish approach to promote Chrome, the new browser underscores the gravity of Google's rivalry with Microsoft, whose Internet Explorer is used by about 75 percent of Web surfers.
Of course, this sounds like the long-rumored “GBrowser” project which Google has denied for ages. According to the comic, this will be an open source project based on the existing Webkit engine, just like Apple’s Safari browser. Much like Philip thinks the browser is a good idea, Mathew Ingram noted:
“Although there will likely be some concerns raised about Google — the prism through which many people see the Internet — developing its own browser (will it build features that render its pages and search results better than others?), I think competition is overall a good thing. I can hardly wait to see some of the other features that Mozilla, Google and Microsoft will come out with as the browser becomes a kind of OS for the webtop or “cloud” desktop.”
While there is no firm release date for Chrome, it definitely shows that Google is continuing its march forward to dominate in all things relating to your desktop and the Web. Whether this is a good thing remains to be seen.
You can see the comic book here: Google Books
Google Inc. is releasing its own Web browser in a long-anticipated move aimed at countering the dominance of Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer and ensuring easy access to its market-leading search engine.
So the tech blogosphere is all abuzz about Google’s new Web browser that goes by the name of "CHROME". The thing that I find absolutely hilarious about the whole thing is the fact that Google used a comic book to promote it. How can you take seriously a product when it comes by the way of a comic book announcement.
Anyways, such is the case with Chrome, as this morning saw Philip Lenssen from Google Blogoscoped where he let us know how he discovered the latest major initiative from the search giant:
“Today there was a comic book in my mail, sent by Google and drawn by no less than Scott McCloud, creator of the classic Understanding Comics. Within the 38 pages, which I’ve scanned and put up, in very readable format Google gives the technical details into a project of theirs: an open source browser called Google Chrome.”
Although Google is using a cartoonish approach to promote Chrome, the new browser underscores the gravity of Google's rivalry with Microsoft, whose Internet Explorer is used by about 75 percent of Web surfers.
Of course, this sounds like the long-rumored “GBrowser” project which Google has denied for ages. According to the comic, this will be an open source project based on the existing Webkit engine, just like Apple’s Safari browser. Much like Philip thinks the browser is a good idea, Mathew Ingram noted:
“Although there will likely be some concerns raised about Google — the prism through which many people see the Internet — developing its own browser (will it build features that render its pages and search results better than others?), I think competition is overall a good thing. I can hardly wait to see some of the other features that Mozilla, Google and Microsoft will come out with as the browser becomes a kind of OS for the webtop or “cloud” desktop.”
While there is no firm release date for Chrome, it definitely shows that Google is continuing its march forward to dominate in all things relating to your desktop and the Web. Whether this is a good thing remains to be seen.
You can see the comic book here: Google Books
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