May 27 2012 - AWOL Muslim soldier guilty in Fort Hood bomb plot
WACO, Texas—A federal jury on Thursday convicted a Muslim soldier on six charges in connection with a failed plot to blow up a Texas restaurant full of Fort Hood troops, his religious mission to get "justice" for the people of Iraq and Afghanistan. |
May 27 2012 - AWOL Muslim soldier guilty in Hood bomb plot
WACO, Texas — Walking around a gun store one day last summer, the young man never took off his sunglasses as he asked questions about items he piled on the counter — behavior that struck the manager as odd. |
May 27 2012 - Prosecutors: Soldier targeted Fort Hood troops
WACO, Texas—A Muslim soldier on the run for three weeks after going AWOL from a Kentucky Army post found no help from friends in his Dallas-area hometown, where he hatched a plan and bought supplies to blow up a restaurant filled with Fort Hood troops, according to testimony at his federal trial Tuesday. |
May 26 2012 - Childhood friends reunite
Wayne County, Pa. — Sixty-two years ago, Jack Leonard and Clarence Turner got off the school bus in Rock Lake and were not to meet again until they met in Charleston, S.C. in March of this year. |
May 25 2012 - Letter: Walmart: How cheap is cheap?
You have likely heard many arguments against a Wal-Mart moving into Watertown – its effect on traffic, crime, property values and the flavor of our neighborhoods. And perhaps you've read about how Wal-Mart won't really net Watertown much revenue – far less than originally imagined – and may even cost us money in the long run by boarding up local businesses and making our town less inviting for ... |
May 25 2012 - The Gravity of Abuse - chapter 3: No Contact
What if no one showed up? In early October 2009, Brandy Sweeney stood outside a grocery store in an unfamiliar neighborhood, her belongings gathered around her feet, her three-day-old son cradled in her arms. |
May 24 2012 - Jolley Trolley to add northern Pinellas routes in the fall, but competitors cry foul
By Drew Harwell, Times Staff Writer Thursday, May 24, 2012 A sketched prototype of the Jolley Trolley’s electric “circulator” minibus, planned for communities along the north Pinellas coast. CLEARWATER — Electric people-movers could soon arrive at doorsteps as part of a Jolley Trolley expansion into the neighborhoods of north Pinellas County. Called "circulators," the 12-seat minibuses could ... |
May 20 2012 - Squad car, CTA bus collide on South Side
Nine people, including a Chicago Transit Authority bus driver and two Chicago Police Department officers, were injured this morning when a bus and a police squad car collided in the Gresham neighborhood on the South Side. |
May 20 2012 - Ceremony marks start of streetcar line construction
Ceremony marks start of streetcar line construction By cathy mckitrick The Salt Lake Tribune Published May 9, 2012 05:04PM MDT Under the warm spring sun Wednesday, a crowd gathered at 2235 Main St. in South Salt Lake to celebrate the beginning of the long anticipated return of streetcars to the Salt Lake Valley. U.S. Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood joined several city officials, transit ... |
May 18 2012 - Parents appeal decision to make Iowa City kids walk to new school
The Iowa City school district has been formally asked to review a decision not to bus students from the Miller-Orchard neighborhood to Horn Elementary School next fall. David Dude, the district’s executive director of operational services, said he received identical letters Wednesday afternoon from four families asking that their children be bused. District administrators will [...] |
May 17 2012 - Busloads of protesters head to Chicago for NATO Summit
They’re here, and more are coming — lots more. The first major busload of out-of-town anti-NATO protesters arrived in Chicago Wednesday evening. Sixteen hours after they pulled off from a dark New York street corner at 4 a.m., more than 40 tired but excited Occupy Wall Street activists stepped down onto a leafy Lincoln Park block at 7 p.m. wearing Robin Hood masks. “It’s been fun to ride with ... |
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