Kenya Mall Attack: 39 Dead And Hostages Still Held

 Reports comfirmed by the Kenyan president (Uhuru  Kenyatta) say that so far 39 people have died and  more than 150 injured in an upscale mall attack by  armed terrorists.

Mr. Uhuru Kenyatta who added his close relatives are  among the killed said that the security forces are  going to do any thing possible regards responding to  the attack. He also called it a delicate operation by  saying that their top priority was to safeguard the  lives of those still being held hostage. Two gunmen,   Who were detained are also reported deed after being  shot.

Abbas Gullet, one of the Kenya Red Cross officials  said that there are fears the death toll could rise  further.

Al-Qaida-linked Somali militant group Al-Shabab has  claimed responsibility for the attack. They said that  the attack was a punishment for Kenyan forces' 2011  push into Somalia. They threatened more attacks.

Elijah Kamau, who was at the mall at the time of the midday attack said that gunmen asked the victims if they were  Muslims: several witnesses said that if your answer was yes, you were free to go. The non Muslims remained hostages.

According to the reports, at least five gunmen  including a woman  first attacked a cafe at the  shiny, new shopping center that hosts Nike, Adidas  and Bose stores "Westgate Mall". The mall's ownership  is Israeli, and security experts have long said the  structure made an attractive terrorist target.

The Mujahideen (Al-Shabab) said late Saturday via  Twitter that "All praise is due to Allah!" however,  they are still holding their grounds inside Westgate  Mall.

The national government's cabinet secretary  for interior and coordination (Joseph Ole Lenku),  said that security their forces have taken control of  the situation and the worst should be over.

The  national police earlier tweeted that the attackers "have been isolated and pinned down in a room by security forces. They added on that via Twitter that the attackers of Westgate shopping mall have been isolated and pinned down in a room by security forces in the ongoing operation.

However, Kenya's president (Uhuru Kenyatta) blasted  "the despicable perpetrators of this cowardly act  (who) hoped to intimidate, divide and cause  despondency among Kenyans and would like to (create)  a closed, fearful and fractured society."

In 1998, over 213 were reported dead in the U.S.  Embassy bombing attack in Nairobi, and other attacks  before since tied to al-Qaeda and related groups.  This indicates that Kenya is no stranger to terrorism

Kenyatta promised Kenyans on a televised speech  late Saturday, that his nation has "overcome" such  attacks before, refusing to budge from its values or  relinquish his security. And it will do so again.

"We shall hunt down the perpetrators wherever they  run to," the president said, adding;
"We shall get them, and we shall punish them for this heinous crime.

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Caught On Tape: School Bus Driver Suspended For Texting While Driving

A Florida school bus driver has been suspended after  she was recorded on cellphone video, texting while  driving a bus with one hand, packed with students.

The footage was covered last Friday by Venus Cotto  Silva's 14-year-old daughter, who recorded the  Hillsborough County school bus driver allegedly  looking down at her smartphone while driving the school  bus.

Cotto-Silva said said that when the daughter showed  her the video, she just couldn't believe it. "The  scary part is, see how quickly she grabbed the  wheel?" Cotto-Silva said, pointing to the video.  However, a Florida law to ban texting while driving  still goes into effect October 1, though bus drivers  will be exempt.

The school district Called this a policy violation, by  putting it clearly in a statement that; the driver was  looking at her cellphone, which is a very bad  distraction for any driver. The potential danger was   even more greater because the bus was full of  children.

The 14-year-old girl said that she was shooting this  video with an intention of gathering some evidence on how  the driver curses. However, the video appears to show  the driver drifting into a wrong lane while texting. It  appeared like the driver finally looked up from her  phone and suddenly grabbed the wheel with both hands  just in time trying to avoid traffic.

The suspended driver has not been identified.

Despite the driver's suspension, Cotto-Silva said  that not only was she going to kill her self, she was  also going to kill the children on the bus.

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Authorities Find 850 Illegal Snakes In animal Control Officer’s Home

The Long Island animal control officer was (Richard  Parrinello) is accused of illegally housing 850 snakes  according to the New York state and county  authorities.

According to the reports, Richard Parrinello, 44, kept  850 snakes in his home garage, including three small  frozen alligator carcasses which were to be fed to the  reptiles, two Burmese pythons (6-foot-long). All these  were forbidden by the law in the state.

The Deputy town attorney David J. Moran and other  Officials raided Richard Parrinello's home after a  monthlong workers' compensation probe. officials said  that they raided his home stemming from allegations  that he had a second job while on disability leave.

For seven years, Parrinello has been a full-time town  employee, but he now faces multiple  counts of violating town laws by running a reptile  sales business at his home without a permit. He  cooperated with the authorities and was not arrested,  the officials said, Parrinello faces possible  termination from his town job.

He has also been managing a website called Snake Man  Exotics, Which since has been suspended.

  The Suffolk County SPCA Chief (Roy Gross) announced  that the two pythons will be transferred to an out of- state-sanctuary. However, the rest of the reptile's  fate remains undecided.

Gross told the press that he has never seen so many  snakes in one place before, not even in a zoo. He  added that they were called in to see whether there  was an animal cruelty or neglect [but] the animals  appeared to be healthy and well-cared for.

Gross noted that the two Burmese pythons (6-foot-long)  were being handled separately from the other reptiles,  because they are dangerous. "Two escaped pythons in  Canada recently strangled to death a pair of young  children." He concluded.

Parrinello who owns two vans with personalized number  plates reading “SNAKEVAN” and “SSSSNAKE,” is   cooperating with  the authorities from the state's Department of  Environmental Conservation and the United States Fish  and Wildlife Service.

Long Island has made recent efforts of convincing  people to hand over reptiles owned illegally.
Neighbors were shocked and they never even thought of  him doing stuff like that because he seemed like a  nice, quiet guy.

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5.3-Magnitude Earthquake Hits Japan's Fukushima.

A 5.3 moderate earthquake has hit Japan near the country's no longer  existing Fukushima nuclear power plant which was crippled in the March  2011 tsunami and earthquake.

The United States Geological Service (USGS) measured this quake which   took place at 17:25 GMT at a 5.3 magnitude. The Japan Meteorological Agency, however,  opposed the measurements of the The United States Geological Service by  saying that the actual magnitude of the earthquake was 5.8.

According to the United States Geological Service (USGS) survey, the  earthquake's epicentre was 22 kilometers blow the ground, "thats about 14  miles." The quake hit 20 kilometers west of Iwaki city, bordering the  Pacific Ocean, at 17:25 GMT.

The Japan Meteorological Agency which put its magnitude at 5.8 said that  the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center did not issue an alert. The  involuntary quivering movement of the quake caused the shaking of building  in Tokyo which is around 175 kilometers way.

The company in charge of the site's cleanup operations (TEPCO) has  reported that it is monitoring the plant, and it added that so-far no  occurrences have been discovered.

 

  

The quake hit the Fukushima nuclear power plant just hours after the Japanese  Prime Minister "Shinzo Abe" visited on Thursday, ordering the TEPCO to scrap  all the reactors and fix radioactive water leaks.

The disaster that occurred in 2011 caused the plant's three reactors to  melt which damaged a fuel cooling pool at another. The TEPCO officials  have confirmed that radiation contaminated the groundwater. The  contaminated water has been seeping beneath the Pacific Ocean since the  meltdowns and the reports say that the attempts to collect and store  polluted water have not been successful.

The Fukushima nuclear power plant lies in the 4 major tectonic plates  commonly known as the "Ring of Fire" the North America plate; Eurasia  plate; and Philippine Sea plate and Pacific plate, this means that it is  highly exposed to being attacked by tsunamis and earthquakes. According to  the reports, its about 90% of the world's earthquakes occur in this  region. 

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'Infomercial King' Kevin Trudeau Sent To Jail

The controversial American author (Kevin Trudeau) violated court orders of paying a fine of $37 million. This fine was for the alleged false marketing claims. The federal judge in Chicago told him that he can't talk his way out of this. Kevin  Trudeau has claimed that he has no money to pay the fine, which started from alleged false claims about his weight-loss book.

The FBI reported that for years Mr. Kevin Trudeau has been living in a in the lap of luxury even if he claimed he was broke and refused to pay the court's fine. The Federal Trade Commission presented bank statements showing Kevin Trudeau’s latest extravagances and added allegations that Trudeau hid a bank account in Australia containing $20,000. This was in the days after a July court hearing at which he was taken to jail.
 

On Wednesday, the Federal Trade Commission Lawyers presented evidence that Trudeau spent $900 at a liquor store, $359 on two haircuts, and $920 on cigars.

Earlier this summer, Judge Robert Gettleman wrote that he has seen evidence that Trudeau is living a much more Luxurious life than the broke man he professes to be. He witnessed this by saying that Trudeau uses top-dollar attorneys and that he drives a $340,000 Bentley in addition to employing two personal chefs plus his suburban Chicago home based butler.

Kevin Trudeau’s lawyer (Thomas Kirsch) asked  the Judge (Robert Gettleman) to reconsider, telling them that Trudeau doesn't have the $37 million he was extracted to pay as a penalty five years ago. The judge told Kirsh that he is asking for Trudeau's honesty, and has not got it yet.
 

 These long-time standing legal difficulties on the infomercial king started from his book called "The Weight-Loss Cure", which he falsely advertised as giving simple solutions on how to lose weight.

It is said that If Kevin Trudeau ever pays the fine, the money shall be shared among readers who purchased the book.

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Mysterious Metal Bar Falls From The Sky And Crashes Into A Seattle Home

A three pound metal bar from the sky crashed through the roof of a Seattle area home earlier this week living a box-sized hole in the ceiling. No one was injured but this left everyone wondering where it came from.

The Seattle area home called police later on and reported the oddity. According to the Seattle Police Department's site, the metal has been identified as a part of a tree-chopping "tub grinder." A tub grinder is used to pulverize wood and construction of debris into shreds. 

 Residents are still are still wondering how a part of a wood chipper would crash through a roof. 

 The Federal Aviation Administration announced on Thursday that the object was not a part of a plane coming loose.

The state Department of Labor and Industries said that they were likely going to begin an investigation into the damage but nobody was hurt.

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Good Samaritan Who Saved Young Girl Dies From Injuries

The 43-year-old father from Georgia (Mike Patterson), who was paralyzed when he dove into a a narrow, sheltered water way to save a young girl earlier this month, died early Friday morning as a result of the injuries sustained.

Mike Patterson injured his spinal cord when he dove in to the Euharlee Creek in Rockmart, on June 8th to save a 4-year-old young girl who was drowning. He was with his 9-year-old son and heard the girl screaming in the creek, when Good Samaritan dove in to save 4 year old, he hit the bottom and hurt his spinal cord. He was still able to save the young girl despite suffering paralysis in both of his legs.

In addition to his severed spinal-cord, he also battled pneumonia, respiratory acidosis, a blood clot while in intensive care for over 20 days at a hospital in Rome and a bacterial infection.

Mike Patterson made a big sacrifice to save a life. He will always be remembered as a hero. May his soul rest in peace.

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Ariel Winter's Mother says Ariel claimed Sexual Abuse

The 14 year old "Mordan Family" star Ariel Winter Workman best known as Alex Duphy was, was earlier this week reported living under the custody of her 34 year old sister Shanelle Gray. Ariel was temporally removed from home after filling a restraining oder against her mother (Chrystal Workman) in the early October. Mrs. Workman was accused of emotional and ongoing physical abuse.

Chrystal Workman and Ariels brother had to hit back, claiming to the press that all the allegations of the abuse were not true. They also added that Ariel made up the whole thing with her 18-year-old boy friend, Cameron Palatas.  

Now Chrystal Workman says that she so surprised to here her daughter acusing her of "sexual abuse." She added that she adamantly deny the accusations, perhaps Ariel has never talked about sexual abuse in her allegations. She only accused her of emotional and ongoing physical abuse. Its really surprising as to why Mrs. Chrystal Workman is denying case which wasn't accused in court.

Mrs. Workman told the press earlier this week that she has proof of "stylists' letters" proving that her daughter was never abused.

On Thursday, Chrystal offered up a statement, in which she claimed that her daughter filed a restraining order against her because she refused to allow her to have a sexual relationship with her 18-year-old boy friend, Cameron Palatas.  

The distraught mother said in a statement;

"My fourteen year old daughter has been dating [an eighteen-year-old] man and when I caught them engaging in behavior that I feel my daughter is too young mentally and physically to understand and fully grasp I put a stop to it immediately.

Being a teenager ‘in love' I thought she would cry and sulk and eventually her broken heart would heal. I would have never [have] dreamed, that she would take it to this level.

Yes, I filed charges against him because legally he is an adult and if he wants to engage in adult behavior with a minor [then] he should also be ready to suffer adult consequences for his actions and poor judgment. I will not apologize for protecting my daughter, as she means the world to me and I will always be there for her and I will always protect her to the best of my ability until the day I die."

As for my estranged daughter, who has come out of the woodwork once it was announced that the kids on the show got a big raise recently, I will only say this, she has only seen her little sister maybe ten times in the last fourteen years, they have no relationship and her motives are not out of love, but out of spite.

I made a conscious decision years ago to distance her from the family because of the lies she told on me so many years ago. I never wanted her unstableness to effect [sic] Ariel or anyone else in the family. My biggest nightmare is now being played out in the public arena for people to make judgments on me and my daughter and our family...I only hope that as quickly as this blew up, that it will go away just as fast and Ariel will come home and we can move forward with love as a family…"

Now, all the much talking seems not have done anything for Chrystal, because she is has finally been banned from having contact with her 14 year old until a the 20th November court hearing.

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Legendary Auto Dealing Icon, Calvin Worthington, Dies at 92.

The west coast best known car dealer Calvin Coolidge "Cal" Worthington best known for his unique radio and television commercials of the Worthington Dealership Group died on Sunday at his ranch in Orland, California. He was 92.

Worthington sold more than a million cars of various makes by his count. In the 1960’s, Worthington ran an empire of 29 dealerships from San Diego to Anchorage. He later sold the most of them and still operates the Anchorage, Carlsbad, and Long Beach outlets.

For almost 25 years, Worthington ran a series of offbeat television and radio advertisements for his auto dealerships known as “My Dog Spot” ads. They were called “My Dog Spot” because of each commercial’s introduction. Mr. Worthington was introduced with his dog Spot, but however the "dog" was never a dog. In most cases, it was just an exotic animal, such as an elephant or a tiger. All the while, He also used a song that featured an infectious chorus for fabulous deals: 

If you need a better car, go see Cal.
For the best deal by far, go see Cal.
If you want your payments low, if you want to save some dough,
Go see Cal, go see Cal, go see Cal. 

 

Calvin Coolidge "Cal" Worthington was born in Shilder Oklahoma on Nov. 27 1920, almost a month Calvin Coolidge had been elected vice president of the states. He was raised up in a poor family of nine children leading him to drop out of school at an early age of 13, later Cal worked on a road construction crew as a water boy marking it his first job. He also worked for the Civilian Conservation Corps at 15. 

During the world war two, Worthington commissioned a second lieutenant in the US Army Air Corps. He was later discharged as a captain awarded with an Air Medal five times.

After the Second World War, Worthington sold his car for $500 and purchased a gas station which later didn’t work out. He then started dealing in used cars by selling them in front of a post office in Texas. He made some little profits their and decided to make car sales his career.

During 1949, Worthington established Hudson Motor Car dealership in California. He then entered a Television advertising field. His first ad was played on a live country music show on Los Angeles TV station. The Television advertising field worked out and he became a Ford dealer with one and a half minutes commercials.  

By the 1970’s, Worthington’s commercials were playing on four of the seven Television stations in Los Angeles. Worthington would also do a stunt for a sale in some ads, for example eating a bug or stand upon his head until his ears turn red. The Television Bureau of Advertising spokesman said that Worthington was probably the best known car dealer pitchman in television history.

Calvin Coolidge "Cal" Worthington passed away on September 8, 2013 survived by his sons Rod, Cal Jr., and Coldren; his daughters Barbara, Susan, and Courtney and nine grandchildren. May his Soul rest in eternal peace.

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Jane Lynch's Estranged Wife Wants $94,000 in Monthly Spousal Support

Jane Lynch's estranged wife (Dr. Lara Embry) wants $94,000 per month in spousal support following the breakdown of their marriage in February this year.

The Glee star separated from Dr Lara Embry, and filed for divorce in July, citing "irreconcilable differences". Embry responded to the divorce filing by asking for 94,000 per month as financial support.

In TMZ obtained legal documents; Lynch’s average monthly income over the three years of marriage has been $234,688. “Lynch told me she had $400,000 in her savings and 401K combined, and owned her home.” Says Dr. Lara Embry.

Embry claims that she should be given more than $93k a month and she wants Lynch to support her in the luxurious lifestyle to which she became.

Embry added that income Jane Lynch's income, investments and assets highly increased with her new acting success.” She also backed more explanation to that by saying that Lynch supported her during their marriage in a luxurious life style by paying for everything, including expensive vacations.

Their marriage didn’t have a prenuptial agreement, meaning that all assets acquired during their gay marriage will be split 50/50.

According to the latest reports, Lynch is providing Embry and her 10-year-old daughter, Haden, with support. They are also living in the house that Lynch bought, where as the Glee actress temporarily moved somewhere else.

Jane Lynch and Dr. Lara Embry got married in a small ceremony in Sunderland, in the early Jun of 2010. In 2010, Lesbian marriage wasn’t legal in California, so the 52 year old actress and 44 year old psychologist were just registered as domestic partners. The couple later legalized their marriage.

Lynch announced their divorce in June, and officially filed it in July, citing “irreconcilable differences”. Though the marriage lasted for only 3 years, Jane Lynch says she still believes in gay marriage.

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Shellie Zimmerman to Live on Legal Defense Fund

George Zimmerman will continue to pay his estranged wife’s living expenses from his legal defense fund, and he may even use money from the fund to pay her alimony if it comes to that.

Shellie Zimmerman received $4,300 after the couple separated for living expenses, and the money came from the George Zimmerman Legal Defense Fund.  Solicitations for the fund stated that money could be used for their living expenses, but that’s when they were still together.

TMZ reported that sources connected with the couple tell them that Shellie is not a gold digger and only wants necessary expenses.  TMZ added that they were told George will continue to pay her way from his fund, but the monthly amount will vary and every penny will be backed up with a receipt.

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Late Easy E performs in L.A

The late Easy E made a posthumous return as a hologram at Rock the Bells concert in San Bernardino on Saturday (Sept. 7th). E performed on stage alongside his protégé’s Bone Thugs-N-Harmony and former NWA crony DJ Yella. The rapper performed Bone Thugs-N-Harmony on what would have been his 50th birthday.

Easy E’s son, Eric Wright Jr., admitted that he was skeptical at first of how the organizers were going to pull it off but after watching his late father’s virtual performance, he was happy that audiences had a chance to notice how Eazy was such an influential figure in hip-hop.

“I was nervous to see what it is,” Wright Jr told HipHopDX adding. “I definitely was in the beginning. I’m glad the crowd loved it. [It was a] good reaction. Individuals said they wanted to walk up there and ask him questions. I’m beautiful for the response. It’s a blessing.”

According to billboard, Dj Yella introduced Easy E who appeared onstage and asked the crowd, “What’s Up L.A.?”  The group then reunited to jam on songs like "Boyz-n-the-Hood" and "Straight Outta Compton".

Layzie Bone who is also a member of the Bone Thugs-n-Harmony group said that not only was it the eve of E’s death but it was his birthday too. He added that E would have been 50 years old if still lived by now. “Its actually 18 years since we laid eyes on E in the physical. Who would have thought that technology would have moved that fast”. Says Layzie Bone.

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