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Additional charges filed against White House shooter (20 years for 'injury to a dwelling')
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Additional charges filed against White House shooterBy Justin Sink - 05/11/12 04:57 PM ET The man accused of shooting an assault rifle at the White House in November has been indicted on two additional counts, according to a report from The Associated Press. Oscar Ramiro Ortega-Hernandez, 21, a resident of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was already facing 17 charges stemming from an incident in which he is accused of firing at the presidential residence. Neither President Obama nor first lady Michelle Obama were at the White House at the time. The Secret Service said one of the bullets fired by Ortega...
Published on Wednesday 16th of May 2012 10:47:29 PM
Betty White supporting Obama
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Actress Betty White is a big fan of President Barack Obama, the AP reports: As she prepares to visit the Smithsonian Institution and National Zoo next week, White told The Associated Press she "very, very much favors" President Barack Obama in the election. The 90-year-old actress said Friday she is very bi-partisan and has stayed away from politics all of her life. She usually never says who she is for or against because she doesn't want to turn off any of her adoring fans. White says in this year's election, she likes what Obama has done and "how he represents...
Published on Wednesday 16th of May 2012 10:47:29 PM
Rare white buffalo calf killed in North Texas
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Authorities are investigating the death of a rare white buffalo on a North Texas ranch just days shy of its first birthday. Lakota Ranch owner Arby Little Soldier says he found the buffalo, named Lightning Medicine Cloud, dead Monday. The buffalo's mother was found dead the next day.
Published on Wednesday 16th of May 2012 10:47:29 PM
White Killer Whale Spotted—Only One in the World?
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The headline-grabbing all-white adult killer whale spotted off Russia this month may well be one of a kind. But the sighting may not be the first time he's been caught on camera. Scientists were studying acoustic and social interactions among whales and dolphins off the North Pacific's Commander Islands (map) when the team noticed a six-foot-tall (nearly two-meter-tall) white dorsal fin jutting above the waves—hence the whale's new name: Iceberg. "The reaction from the team for the encounter, which happened on an ordinary day for spotting and photographing the whales, was one of surprise and elation," researcher Erich Hoyt said...
Published on Wednesday 16th of May 2012 10:47:29 PM
Hate Crime Charges for Alleged Oak Park Robber
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<p>Oak Park, Ill. - An 18-year-old man has been charged with a hate crime for his part in a robbery of a man on an Oak Park street this week.</p><p>Alton L. Hayes III, of 1233 N. Woodbine Ave., was allegedly one of two people who attacked a man walking on the 600 block of North Kenilworth Avenue at 12:45 a.m. Tuesday.</p>
Published on Wednesday 16th of May 2012 10:47:29 PM
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