MEXICO CITY: An American citizen, two policemen, four young men and a local government official were among those killed in attacks scattered across Mexico, as a wave of violence associated with powerful drug cartels continues.
Police identified U.S. citizen German Norman Hall on Thursday as one of two men murdered by gunmen with assault rifles in the border town of Piedras Negras across from Eagle Pass, Texas. Police said Hall was shot eight times in the Wednesday attack.
Four men sitting down to eat in the Mexican state of Sinaloa died when attackers burst into the restaurant with assault rifles and sprayed them with gunfire.
One victim tried to fire back with a handgun before he was killed in the Wednesday afternoon attack, said Martin Gastelum, prosecutor for drug-plague state on Mexico’s West Coast.
The killings don’t represent a new wave of terror _ about 17,900 people have been killed since President Felipe Calderon launched an offensive against drug trafficking in December 2006.
But they reflect the ongoing wars for local turf and drug routes to U.S. markets among entrenched gangs.
Much of the attention in recent weeks has been centered around the border town of Reynosa _ across from McAllen, Texas _ where federal authorities warned residents to avoid certain neighborhoods after three people were killed in two separate shootings Wednesday.
In Chilpancingo, capital of Mexico’s southern Guerrero state, two commanding police officers were killed Wednesday when gunmen opened fire on the car they were riding in, peppering it with more than 70 bullets, according to police reports. Their murders follow the killings of six other police officers in the region since last weekend.
Soldiers killed a government employee and arrested three other men, including a former politician, during a Wednesday shootout in northeastern Nuevo Leon state.
Mexican military officials say the men were traveling in the town of Apodaca in a pickup that had been reported stolen and were armed with pistols. The shootout erupted after soldiers tried to stop them. Instead of pulling over, the pickup truck driver opened fire and tried to flee.
Empty shell casings were found scattered around the vehicle following the pre-dawn attack. Apodaca Mayor Benito Caballero confirmed the dead man, aged 20, was an events organizer for the city.
“It’s regrettable that an a local official was involved in this type of activity,” Caballero said.
Brittney Griner, TEXAS- Baylor’s Brittney Griner, who has recently been the talk of the tinsel town after the Brittney Griner Punch video went on doing rounds on the internet, might face disciplinary action after she allegedly punched Texas Tech’s Jordan Barncastle right on the face during a match on Wednesday. Although the Baylor’s sealed victory against the Techs, but the win was marred by the seemingly unprofessional attitude of Brittney Griner. The officials had to withdraw the player from the court after she allegedly punched her opponent.
Soon after the incident, the Brittney Griner Punch Video was put up on YouTube, which in one sense earned the player some sort of unwelcomed publicity. Baylor’s coach Kim Mulkey expressed disappointment over Brittney Griner’s irresponsible and eccentric behavior during Wednesday’s game against the Techs. Kim Mulkey reportedly described Brittney Griner’s incident as “ugly for women’s basketball.” The altercation took place when Jordan Barncastle fouled Brittney Griner. As the Texas Tech player began to move away from Brittney Griner, the latter turned and landed a punch right on Jordan Barncastle’s face. Following the incident, the officials pulled out Brittney Griner from the court with only 9:01 minutes left to play. Sources revealed that the Texas Tech player was did suffer minor injuries although it is yet to be known how severe her injury is.
Brittney Griner’s Punch thrown at her rival teammate has come as a shock for the basketball aficionados. But still the player has been successful to earn a fair bit of negative publicity from the disgraceful incident. It is yet to be known what disciplinary actions will be taken against her.
United States Postal Service is asking Congress to approve a five-day mail week that will eliminate Saturday delivery services, Your mailbox is going on strike.
There are more than 36,000 post offices, stations and branches in the United States, and the number of customers who use a post office is dwindling, officials say. To cut costs, the postal service has farmed out duties including sale of stamps, which now are available at more than 56,000 alternative locations, such as supermarkets, drug stores, and other retailers.
Additionally, nearly 18,000 ATMs are equipped to sell stamps.
In the 2009, officials said, nearly 30 percent of postal retail transactions took place in locations other than a post office.
All the talk about cutting Saturday delivery is preliminary, said Gary Sawtelle, the U.S. Postal Service spokesman in Tampa.
“No decisions have been made on that,” he said this morning. “It all still has to play out.”
Dr Seuss Birthday, Theodor Seuss Geisel (pronounced /??a?z?l/; March 2, 1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American writer and cartoonist most widely known for his children’s books written under the pen name Dr. Seuss.[1] He published over 60 children’s books, which were often characterized by imaginative characters, rhyme, and frequent use of trisyllabic meter. His most celebrated books include the bestselling Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. Numerous adaptations of his work have been created, including eleven television specials, three feature films, and a Broadway musical.
Geisel also worked as an illustrator for advertising campaigns, most notably for Flit and Standard Oil, and as a political cartoonist for PM, a New York City newspaper. During World War II, he worked in an animation department of the U.S Army, where he wrote Design for Death, a film that later won the 1947 Academy Award for Documentary Feature.
Read Across America is an initiative on reading created by the National Education Association. One part of the project is National Read Across America Day, an observance in the United States held on March 2, the birthday of Dr. Seuss.
Texas Independence Day is the celebration of the adoption of the Texas Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836. With this document, settlers in Mexican Texas officially broke from Mexico, creating the Republic of Texas. Texas Independence Day is an official holiday in the State of Texas.
Bill Cosby Dead, William Henry “Bill” Cosby, Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer, musician and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a starring role in the 1960s action show, I Spy. He later starred in his own series, The Bill Cosby Show, in 1969. He was one of the major characters on the children’s television show, The Electric Company, for its first two seasons, and created the humorous educational cartoon series, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, about a group of young friends growing up in the city. Cosby has also acted in a number of films.
During the 1980s, Cosby produced and starred in what is considered to be one of the decade’s defining sitcoms, The Cosby Show, which aired eight seasons from 1984 to 1992, and is still seen in syndication. The sitcom highlighted the experiences and growth of an upper-middle-class African American family. He also produced the hit sitcom, A Different World, which became second to The Cosby Show in ratings. In the 1990s, he starred in Cosby, which aired from 1996 to 2000, and during the show’s last two seasons, hosted Kids Say the Darndest Things.
His good-natured, fatherly image has made him a popular personality and garnered him the nickname of “America’s Dad”. He has been a sought-after spokesman over the years, and has endorsed a number of products, including Jell-O pudding, Kodak film, Ford, Texas Instruments, and Coca-Cola, including New Coke. In 2002, scholar Molefi Kete Asante included him in his book, the 100 Greatest African Americans.
In 1976, Cosby earned a Doctor of Education degree from the University of Massachusetts. For his doctoral research, he wrote a dissertation entitled, “An Integration of the Visual Media Via ‘Fat Albert And The Cosby Kids’ Into the Elementary School Curriculum as a Teaching Aid and Vehicle to Achieve Increased Learning”.
Toyota Recall List: Toyota Suspends Sales – See this first: Toyota Recall List January 2010. Toyota released the recall list last week with included 8 Toyota models. Today, Toyota suspends sales. Toyota ordered US dealers to temporarily stop selling the following models:
Toyota is suspending production of the models for the first week of February at plants in North America. The plants are located in Indiana, Texas, Kentucky, and in Ontario.
James Fortune, the gospel music singer, is one of the performers at the 10th “Celebration of Gospel” tonight at 8PM on BET. The event takes place at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles and will be hosted by Steve Harvey.
James Fortune is a gospel singer, graduated from Kempner High School in Sugar Land, Texas and attended California State University, Northridge. His debut album “You Survived” was released in September 2004. The hit single of the same album brought him honors at the 19th American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers (ASCAP) Rhythm and Soul Music Awards. The same track topped as the second most popular Gospel song in the country and still now it stands among the top 7 songs since the last three years!
James Fortune was awarded in 2006 the ASCAP Writers Award for “You Survived” and FIYA has been nominated for four consecutive times as the Texas Gospel Youth & Young Adult Choir of the year.
Texas Alabama Score updates :- Alabama withstood a late rally by Texas, but forced a late turnover and Mark Ingram’s second touchdown of the night finished off Texas’ run and secured the Crimson Tide’s 13th National Championship with a 37-21 win.
Mark Ingram, the Heisman trophy winner, was awarded the game’s Offensive MVP award. Defensive MVP honors went to Marcell Dareus who knocked Colt McCoy out of the game and returned an interception for a touchdown.
Texas Stars (21-11-2-4, 48 points) defeated the Houston Aeros (18-15-5-1, 42 points) 3-2 in overtime on Tuesday night in front of 4,927 fans at Cedar Park Center. Texas defenseman Ivan Vishnevskiy scored with 38 seconds left in overtime to lift the Stars over the Aeros. Stars forward Warren Peters started a three-goal Texas rally with a power-play goal in the first period. He also added an assist on the game-winning goal as the Stars ended a five-game winless skid (0-3-0-2). Texas Stars goalie Matt Climie (10-10-3) stopped 19 Houston shots in the team’s 10th home win of the year. Texas forward Mathieu Beaudoin also scored in the victory, the Stars first win at home since Dec. 11. Aeros goalie Anton Khudobin (9-11-2) made 21 saves in the overtime loss. Texas will play in Abbotsford, BC at 9:30 pm (CST)
Over 43.5: Boundary! Syed Rasel to S Raina, full toss, drives that straight with mid off and mid on up in the circle and there is no stopping that from a boundary! 30 from 37
Over 43.4: Single. Syed Rasel to M S Dhoni, good length delivery, stays back and flicks it to deep squareleg. 34 from 38
MEXICO CITY: An American citizen, two policemen, four young men and a local government official were among those killed in attacks scattered across Mexico, as a wave of violence associated with powerful drug cartels continues.
rounds on the internet, might face disciplinary action after she allegedly punched Texas Tech’s Jordan Barncastle right on the face during a match on Wednesday. Although the Baylor’s sealed victory against the Techs, but the win was marred by the seemingly unprofessional attitude of Brittney Griner. The officials had to withdraw the player from the court after she allegedly punched her opponent.
1904 – September 24, 1991) was an American writer and cartoonist most widely known for his children’s books written under the pen name Dr. Seuss.[1] He published over 60 children’s books, which were often characterized by imaginative characters, rhyme, and frequent use of trisyllabic meter. His most celebrated books include the bestselling Green Eggs and Ham, The Cat in the Hat, and One Fish Two Fish Red Fish Blue Fish. Numerous adaptations of his work have been created, including eleven television specials, three feature films, and a Broadway musical.
Declaration of Independence on March 2, 1836. With this document, settlers in Mexican Texas officially broke from Mexico, creating the Republic of Texas. Texas Independence Day is an official holiday in the State of Texas.
Bill Cosby Dead, William Henry “Bill” Cosby, Jr. (born July 12, 1937) is an American comedian, actor, author, television producer, musician and activist. A veteran stand-up performer, he got his start at various clubs, then landed a starring role in the 1960s action show, I Spy. He later starred in his own series, The Bill Cosby Show, in 1969. He was one of the major characters on the children’s television show, The Electric Company, for its first two seasons, and created the humorous educational cartoon series, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, about a group of young friends growing up in the city. Cosby has also acted in a number of films.
Toyota Recall List: Toyota Suspends Sales – See this first: Toyota Recall List January 2010. Toyota released the recall list last week with included 8 Toyota models. Today, Toyota suspends sales. Toyota ordered US dealers to temporarily stop selling the following models:
James Fortune, the gospel music singer, is one of the performers at the 10th “Celebration of Gospel” tonight at 8PM on BET. The event takes place at the Orpheum Theatre in Los Angeles and will be hosted by Steve Harvey.
