New Details As Office Shooter Arrested
November 6, 2009
Florida (ChattahBox) - Police have arrested a 40-year-old former employee of an office where a shooting occurred this afternoon.
BREAKING: Gunman Opens Fire In Orlando Office Buiding
November 6, 2009
Florida (ChattahBox) - In the second tragic massacre in as many days, at least 2 people have been killed, and at least 6 injured, in an office shooting in Orlando.
Officials Looking at Possible Suicide in Census Worker’s Death
November 6, 2009
(ChattahBox)—Nearly two-months after the naked body of census worker, Bill Sparkman, 51, was found hanging from a tree in a remote forest in Kentucky with the word “fed,” scrawled on his chest, authorities are no closer to solving the case. And they still are investigating Sparkman’s death, as a suicide despite the fact that his hands were bound and he was hanging from a tree. Read more
Female Fort Hood Police Officer: Stopped Malik Hasan Cold
November 6, 2009
ChattahBox)—Civilian Fort Hood police Sgt. Kimberly Munley is being hailed as a hero today, for immediately opening fire upon alleged mass murderer, Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, who was in the process of gunning down unarmed soldiers waiting to be processed, before being shipped out to serve their country overseas. The petite police officer, was the first responder on the scene and she didn’t hesitate, shooting Maj. Hasan four times, stopping him cold, despite being wounded herself in both legs in an exchange of gunfire with the shooter. Read more
Unemployment Rate Highest in 26 Years - Jumps To 10.2 Percent
November 6, 2009
(ChattahBox) — The unemployment rate surpassed 10 percent for the first time since 1983, rising to a deeper than expected 10.2 percent in October from 9.8 percent a month earlier. Nearly 16 million people can’t find jobs and employers cut a net total of 190,000 jobs in October, an improvement from a revised estimate of 219,000 job losses in September, according to figures released from the US Labor Department Friday.
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Details emerge but motive still a mystery in Fort Hood rampage
November 6, 2009
(ChattahBox) — Investigators are now trying to figure out why a U.S. Army major who worked as a psychiatrist, trained to treat soldiers under stress, allegedly opened fire Thursday on fellow troops in the heart of the giant army base here, killing at least 12 people and wounding at least 30 in one of the worst incidents of soldier-on-soldier violence in U.S. military history. The shooting rampage, allegedly carried out by Maj. Malik Nadal Hasan, 39, was with two pistols, one of them semi-automatic, which explains the high casualty count, when you consider most on base were unarmed. He was put down by a female civilian police officer who shot him, said Lt. Gen. Robert Cone, the top military commander on the base. The woman is expected to recover from wounds sustained in the gun battle, he said.
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Bachmann’s Capitol Tea Party: Offensive Anti-Obama Signs and Arrests
November 5, 2009
(ChattahBox)—Right-wing wacky lawmaker, Rep. Michele Bachmann (R-MN) planned an anti-health care reform tea party rally on the steps of the Capitol building on Thursday. The event to fight the “crown jewel of socialism,” was endorsed and promoted by Fox News and funded by the Astroturf corporate lobbying groups Americans for Prosperity (AFP) and Dick Armey’s FreedomWorks.
About 4,000 tea party protesters, many transported in free buses provided by AFP, shouted “kill the bill” carrying signs questioning Obama’s birth certificate, calling him a Marxist and offensively comparing health care reform to the Holocaust. Read more
GOP Rep Deal to Send Letter to Obama Demanding Birth Certificate
November 5, 2009
(ChattahBox)—Right-wing Rep. Nathan Deal (R-GA) is known for his xenophobia and frequent campaigns against undocumented immigrants. Now, Rep. Deal who is running for governor of Georgia, plans to jump on the birther express in a big way, by sending a letter directly to the President of the United States to demand he produce a copy of his birth certificate. Read more
Mass Shooting at Fort Hood Texas, 12 Dead, 31 Wounded
November 5, 2009
(ChattahBox)— The details are still sketchy, as the event is still ongoing, but media outlets are reporting on a deadly mass shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, that left 12 people dead and at least 31 wounded. The reports say a gunman armed with two hand guns began shooting at 1:30 PM this afternoon at the Soldiers Readiness Processing Center and Howze Theater. The victims were all soldiers said, Lt. Gen. Bob Cone, during a press conference from Fort Hood.
One of the shooters was reported to be in custody and another gunman was said to be “cornered.” Now, it’s being reported that one of the gunmen is among the dead and two other suspected gunmen are in custody. Read more
Mexican Drug Cartels Move Pot Farms to U.S. Indian Reservations
November 5, 2009
(ChattahBox)—Tribal authorities are now besieged with a growing number of illegal pot farms cultivated on large tracts of uninhabited land found on Indian reservations. As increased border patrols, have slowed the rate of illegal immigration, it’s become much harder for Mexican drug cartels to smuggle marijuana across the border to the U.S. Consequently, drug cartel members have simply moved their “grow” operations into the United States. Read more