Saturday, April 25, 2009
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Fiancée of man who allegedly kill woman through Craiglist supports him
BOSTON, Mass. - While more evedince is piling up on Philip Markoff, the 22-year-old medical student who is accused of killing a woman who he may have found through a Craigslist.com advertisement, this does not stop people from supporting him.
Prosecutors said they found a semiautomatic weapon at his home, as well as ammunition and materials exactly like those used in a prior attack.
He has been fully backed up by his friends and especially his family. They all say that he is an all-American kid.
Now, his Fiancée has been supporting him, saying "He Could Not Hurt a Fly," but her remarks won't help him from getting innocent.
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Barack Obama on the cover of the Washingtonian Magazine shirtless on a Hawaii beach
The President of the United States, Barack Obama, appeared on the Washingtonian shirtless. The picture was from last December while he was on a beach during a vacation to Hawaii.
The picture that the Washingtonian put on the cover is not the original raw picture - they changed the color of his bathing suit to red, and gave him a sort of an airbursh touch up to his skin.
It is also believed that they gave him a bigger six pack, but this was later proven as false.
Barack Obama is the first president to ever appear on the cover of a magazine shirtless. But, he is not the first president to get his picture taken without a shirt on a beach.
Bill Clinton's picture was taken on the beach just leaving the water with a smile on his face.
Ronald Reagan's picture was taken on the beach throwing a football with some "snazzy" white trunks.
Finally, some real news.
Craigslist killing suspect seemed 'all-American'
BOSTON, Mass. - Friends and family of Philip Markoff, the medical student who is being accused of killing a woman he may have met through a Craigslist advertisement, has described the 23-year-old as a model medical student.
"My girlfriend actually rode the elevator with him a lot alone; it's kind of freaking her out now," said Patrick Sullivan, who lived in the same apartment building as Markoff in Quincy, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston.
"She thought he was kind of the all-American, good-looking guy," Sullivan said. "When she saw him on TV yesterday, she even remarked, 'I can't believe it's him. I always thought he had such a great smile, and he was so nice to me.'"
James Kehoe, who is a friend of the Markoff family from the State University of New York at Albany where both had attended college, said that Markoff was probably "one of the best students I've probably ever encountered."
"He would never put anything in front of his work," he said. "He had great aspirations to be a doctor."
Markoff is charged with killing 26-year-old Julissa Brisman of New York on April 14, 2009 at Boston's Copley Marriott Hotel with a gun.
Markoff was arraigned Tuesday and is being held without a bail.
A Boston University spokeswoman said the school suspended Markoff, who has no criminal record, when it learned of the charges on Monday.
Daniel Conley, who is the Suffolk County District Attorney, told reporters that a procedural not-guilty please was entered on Markoff's behalf.
It is said that Brismann "put up a fight," from the crime scene. Brismann, who was a model, advertised as a masseuse on Criagslist.
She had suffered blunt head trauma, and was shot three times at close range. The fatal shot was the one bullet that passed through her heart.
Markoff is also charged in connection with the April 10 robbery of a woman at a Westin Hotel in Boston. In that case, the woman made arrangements to meet a man through Craigslist for a massage at the hotel, but was held at gunpoint and bound, Hickman said. She was robbed of $800 and personal items and left tied to a door handle with duct tape over her mouth, the prosecutor said in court Tuesday. Although, the victim was not identified.
Megan McAllister, who identified herself as Markoff's fiancee, maintained his innocence in an e-mail sent to ABC News. McAllister said Markoff "is the wrong man" and "was set up."
"Unfortunately, you were given wrong information as was the public," she wrote. "All I have to say to you is Philip is a beautiful person inside and out and could not hurt a fly!"
She accused Boston police of "trying to make big bucks by selling this false story to the TV stations. What else is new??"
Authorities believe the motive in Brisman's death was robbery, Conley told reporters. In executing a search warrant at Markoff's home, police found a firearm, along with restraints and duct tape, he said.
Surveillance videos from the hotel where Brisman was killed showed a tall, clean-cut young blond man in a black windbreaker leaving the property, according to Boston police, who had sought public assistance in identifying the man.
Police traced the Internet communications with Brisman to an e-mail account that had been opened the day before her death, Conley said. Using Internet provider information, they found the computer was at Markoff's residence in Quincy. Authorities put the home under surveillance, Conley said, and "the case just begins to build from there."
Markoff, meanwhile, is "bearing up," Salsberg said. "It's obviously a difficult time for anybody in these circumstances with the charges that have been brought against him. ... He's pleaded not guilty. He is not guilty."
Authorities in Boston are working with police in Warwick, Rhode Island, on what could be a related case. On April 16 at a Holiday Inn Express in Warwick, a man tied up and demanded money from a 26-year-old dancer who had posted a Craigslist advertisement, Warwick Police Chief Col. Stephen McCartney said.
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The robbery was interrupted when the woman's husband entered the room. After pointing his gun at the husband, the suspect fled, McCartney said. He said the incident "may be related to similar crimes occurring in the Boston area," but that had not been determined.
Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster told CNN the company is "horrified and deeply saddened that our community services have been associated in any way whatsoever with a crime of violence." He promised that Craigslist will evaluate the incident to see whether additional measures could be introduced to protect users.
"My girlfriend actually rode the elevator with him a lot alone; it's kind of freaking her out now," said Patrick Sullivan, who lived in the same apartment building as Markoff in Quincy, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston.
"She thought he was kind of the all-American, good-looking guy," Sullivan said. "When she saw him on TV yesterday, she even remarked, 'I can't believe it's him. I always thought he had such a great smile, and he was so nice to me.'"
James Kehoe, who is a friend of the Markoff family from the State University of New York at Albany where both had attended college, said that Markoff was probably "one of the best students I've probably ever encountered."
"He would never put anything in front of his work," he said. "He had great aspirations to be a doctor."
Markoff is charged with killing 26-year-old Julissa Brisman of New York on April 14, 2009 at Boston's Copley Marriott Hotel with a gun.
Markoff was arraigned Tuesday and is being held without a bail.
A Boston University spokeswoman said the school suspended Markoff, who has no criminal record, when it learned of the charges on Monday.
Daniel Conley, who is the Suffolk County District Attorney, told reporters that a procedural not-guilty please was entered on Markoff's behalf.
It is said that Brismann "put up a fight," from the crime scene. Brismann, who was a model, advertised as a masseuse on Criagslist.
She had suffered blunt head trauma, and was shot three times at close range. The fatal shot was the one bullet that passed through her heart.
Markoff is also charged in connection with the April 10 robbery of a woman at a Westin Hotel in Boston. In that case, the woman made arrangements to meet a man through Craigslist for a massage at the hotel, but was held at gunpoint and bound, Hickman said. She was robbed of $800 and personal items and left tied to a door handle with duct tape over her mouth, the prosecutor said in court Tuesday. Although, the victim was not identified.
Megan McAllister, who identified herself as Markoff's fiancee, maintained his innocence in an e-mail sent to ABC News. McAllister said Markoff "is the wrong man" and "was set up."
"Unfortunately, you were given wrong information as was the public," she wrote. "All I have to say to you is Philip is a beautiful person inside and out and could not hurt a fly!"
She accused Boston police of "trying to make big bucks by selling this false story to the TV stations. What else is new??"
Authorities believe the motive in Brisman's death was robbery, Conley told reporters. In executing a search warrant at Markoff's home, police found a firearm, along with restraints and duct tape, he said.
Surveillance videos from the hotel where Brisman was killed showed a tall, clean-cut young blond man in a black windbreaker leaving the property, according to Boston police, who had sought public assistance in identifying the man.
Police traced the Internet communications with Brisman to an e-mail account that had been opened the day before her death, Conley said. Using Internet provider information, they found the computer was at Markoff's residence in Quincy. Authorities put the home under surveillance, Conley said, and "the case just begins to build from there."
Markoff, meanwhile, is "bearing up," Salsberg said. "It's obviously a difficult time for anybody in these circumstances with the charges that have been brought against him. ... He's pleaded not guilty. He is not guilty."
Authorities in Boston are working with police in Warwick, Rhode Island, on what could be a related case. On April 16 at a Holiday Inn Express in Warwick, a man tied up and demanded money from a 26-year-old dancer who had posted a Craigslist advertisement, Warwick Police Chief Col. Stephen McCartney said.
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The robbery was interrupted when the woman's husband entered the room. After pointing his gun at the husband, the suspect fled, McCartney said. He said the incident "may be related to similar crimes occurring in the Boston area," but that had not been determined.
Craigslist CEO Jim Buckmaster told CNN the company is "horrified and deeply saddened that our community services have been associated in any way whatsoever with a crime of violence." He promised that Craigslist will evaluate the incident to see whether additional measures could be introduced to protect users.
Freddie Mac CFO found dead
FARIFAX, Va. - Police in Fairfax, VA have said that the acting head of Freddie Mac, David Kellerman, has commited suicide. He was 41-years-old.
The wife allegedly called police, and the police went to the Kellerman home in response to the call.
Sabrina Ruck, a Fairfax County police spokesman, was the women that confirmed that Kellerman was dead, but she originally did not confirm that he had committed suicide.
Freddie Mac is a government controlled company that owns or guarantees about 13 million home loans. CEO David Moffett resigned last month.
Kellerman was named acting chief financial officer in September 2008.
Tuesday, April 21, 2009
Supreme Court hears arguments in school strip-search case
WASHINGTON - The case for the girl who was strip-searched in school when she was only 13 for suspicion that she had extra-strength ibuprofen in her underwear went all the way to the Supreme Court, where they gave a skeptical hearing.
Most of the justices only voiced their concerns about drugs, specifically heroin and crack cocaine, and they said that they were wary of limiting officials' authority to search students for any drugs they may have.
"How is a school administrator supposed to know?" Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. asked. "He sees a white pill and doesn't know if it is something terribly harmful, even deadly, or if it's prescription-strength ibuprofen."
In earlier years before this case, a vice principal at an Arizona middle school in 2003 told a school nurse to take one of the students Savana Redding to an office and to not only search her, but search her underwear as well if she was hiding any pills. She had nothing to hide.
She and her mother later sued Safford school officials on grounds, for the reason that they had subjected her to a completely "unreasonable search."
Just before the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last year, she had won the case which ruled that the strip-search of an eighth-grader was unreasonable and that the school officials who were ordered to do the search were liable for damages.
If affirmed, that ruling will put a new limit on school searches nationwide.
A ruling in the case of Safford School District vs. Redding is scheduled to be issued by late June.
Most of the justices only voiced their concerns about drugs, specifically heroin and crack cocaine, and they said that they were wary of limiting officials' authority to search students for any drugs they may have.
"How is a school administrator supposed to know?" Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. asked. "He sees a white pill and doesn't know if it is something terribly harmful, even deadly, or if it's prescription-strength ibuprofen."
In earlier years before this case, a vice principal at an Arizona middle school in 2003 told a school nurse to take one of the students Savana Redding to an office and to not only search her, but search her underwear as well if she was hiding any pills. She had nothing to hide.
She and her mother later sued Safford school officials on grounds, for the reason that they had subjected her to a completely "unreasonable search."
Just before the U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals last year, she had won the case which ruled that the strip-search of an eighth-grader was unreasonable and that the school officials who were ordered to do the search were liable for damages.
If affirmed, that ruling will put a new limit on school searches nationwide.
A ruling in the case of Safford School District vs. Redding is scheduled to be issued by late June.
OFFICIAL - Boston med student held without bond for possibly being involved with the Craigslist killing
BOSTON, Mass. - A medical student was arrested Tuesday and was arraigned in Boston Municipal Court for being connected with the death of a women who police say may have been contacted through a Craigslist.com advertisement.
Suspect Philip Markoff, 22, did not speak at all during the court appearance. He stood there wearing a blue-striped shirt, with a somber look on his face. A procedural not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf.
He will be held without bail on a murder charge, but separate bonds were filed of armed robbery and kidnapping stemming from an incident involving a different woman.
Suspect Philip Markoff, 22, did not speak at all during the court appearance. He stood there wearing a blue-striped shirt, with a somber look on his face. A procedural not-guilty plea was entered on his behalf.
He will be held without bail on a murder charge, but separate bonds were filed of armed robbery and kidnapping stemming from an incident involving a different woman.
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Bank Gets Robbed, FBI is Now Involved
EL PASO, Texas - The FBI is currently seeking a suspect in the robbery of an El Paso, TX bank at about 9 a.m. MST on Tuesday morning.
The suspect was seen entering the First Savings Bank on 5430 Doniphan, and gave the teller a note which said hat he had a gun, FBI officials stated. The teller gve him the money and the suspect left the bank.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic man in his mid-30s, 5'7" tall, about 200 lbs. with a mustache. He was wearing a black T-shirt with a logo on the front, red baseball cap, blue jeans, black work boots and sunglasses.
The FBI has said the the suspect fled the scene in a car headed west on Doniphan. The vehicle is said to be as late as a 1990s model four-door Chevrolet Lumina with dark purple tint on the windows.
If you have any information on the whereabouts of the suspect, please contact the El Paso FBI at 915-832-5000.
The suspect was seen entering the First Savings Bank on 5430 Doniphan, and gave the teller a note which said hat he had a gun, FBI officials stated. The teller gve him the money and the suspect left the bank.
The suspect is described as a Hispanic man in his mid-30s, 5'7" tall, about 200 lbs. with a mustache. He was wearing a black T-shirt with a logo on the front, red baseball cap, blue jeans, black work boots and sunglasses.
The FBI has said the the suspect fled the scene in a car headed west on Doniphan. The vehicle is said to be as late as a 1990s model four-door Chevrolet Lumina with dark purple tint on the windows.
If you have any information on the whereabouts of the suspect, please contact the El Paso FBI at 915-832-5000.
Franklin High School Teacher is Fired for Allegedly Showing the Horror Movie "Saw 2" to her Students
EL PASO, Texas - A Franklin High School teacher is out of the classroom after allegedly showing students a gory horror film.
The teacher has been relocated to El Paso Independent School District Central Office pending an investigation by district officials after she allegedly showed the horror and torture movie "Saw 2" to students.
"My teacher was complaining that it really messed up some kids minds and, you know, that it was a horrible movie to show," said Franklin High School student Cassie Imai.
Because of those complaints, an El Paso ISD spokeswoman spoke out to journalists, saying that Christina Leyva-Dand has been relocated to Central Office for "not following appropriate practices in the classroom."
Besides allegedly showing the R-rated film, which is against school policy, Leyva-Dand is accused of using inappropriate language around her students. Specifically, curse words.
One student says it was last week when Leyva-Dand was told about the allegations. "She came in crying and that was it. To get her stuff and she left the building and that's the last that we saw of her."
"If she didn't get permission from students and you have a student who is really sensitive and doesn't like those movies then I guess, yeah, it would cause a problem."
An El Paso ISD spokeswoman said it could take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks to complete the investigation.
The teacher has been relocated to El Paso Independent School District Central Office pending an investigation by district officials after she allegedly showed the horror and torture movie "Saw 2" to students.
"My teacher was complaining that it really messed up some kids minds and, you know, that it was a horrible movie to show," said Franklin High School student Cassie Imai.
Because of those complaints, an El Paso ISD spokeswoman spoke out to journalists, saying that Christina Leyva-Dand has been relocated to Central Office for "not following appropriate practices in the classroom."
Besides allegedly showing the R-rated film, which is against school policy, Leyva-Dand is accused of using inappropriate language around her students. Specifically, curse words.
One student says it was last week when Leyva-Dand was told about the allegations. "She came in crying and that was it. To get her stuff and she left the building and that's the last that we saw of her."
"If she didn't get permission from students and you have a student who is really sensitive and doesn't like those movies then I guess, yeah, it would cause a problem."
An El Paso ISD spokeswoman said it could take anywhere from a few days to a few weeks to complete the investigation.
Flight Control is Still the Number 1 App in the iTunes App Store
Flight Control is still the #1 paid app in the iTunes App store. This is a strategy game where you need to lead different color planes into the correct landing track.
The developers of this game is firemint.
Flight Control is, and if not it should be, heard by every iPhone and iPod Touch fans.
Other developers and writers of extremely popular sites, such as Jason Parker of CNET saying, "...makes brilliant use of the iPhone and iPod Touch's interface... surprisingly rich and devilishly addictive gameplay... and exceptionally entertaining and satisfying game."
Flight Control is being considered the number 1 game ever to have step foot in the iTunes App store.
The game is incredibly simple, but it is amazingly engaging. It lets you experience all the glamor of the golden era of aviation, and it has some of the best graphics for almost any game in the entire app store.
The game's rankings stand at an amazing 4,732 5-star ratings, 906 4-star ratings, 329 3-star ratings, 229 2-star ratings, and finally 670 1-star ratings. These are incredible numbers for an app.
The only thing that is 'wrong' about this game is it's insane addictive gameplay, or the 'one more go'.
This game is rated 5-stars by the News Enlightened team, and is HIGHLY recommended for you to try and get that high score.
The developers of this game is firemint.
Flight Control is, and if not it should be, heard by every iPhone and iPod Touch fans.
Other developers and writers of extremely popular sites, such as Jason Parker of CNET saying, "...makes brilliant use of the iPhone and iPod Touch's interface... surprisingly rich and devilishly addictive gameplay... and exceptionally entertaining and satisfying game."
Flight Control is being considered the number 1 game ever to have step foot in the iTunes App store.
The game is incredibly simple, but it is amazingly engaging. It lets you experience all the glamor of the golden era of aviation, and it has some of the best graphics for almost any game in the entire app store.
The game's rankings stand at an amazing 4,732 5-star ratings, 906 4-star ratings, 329 3-star ratings, 229 2-star ratings, and finally 670 1-star ratings. These are incredible numbers for an app.
The only thing that is 'wrong' about this game is it's insane addictive gameplay, or the 'one more go'.
This game is rated 5-stars by the News Enlightened team, and is HIGHLY recommended for you to try and get that high score.
Monday, April 20, 2009
New York Yankee Stadium to Have a Memorabilia Room
BRONX, NY - The New York Yankee organization has been working on creating the new Yankee Stadium for the comfort of the New York Yankees and their fans. This stadium includes a closet that is labeled "Authentication Room" that has a concrete hallway with limited access, where the door is always locked.
Leading into the room, you can see extremely valuable pieces of memorabilia. These pieces could be sold for a total of millions of dollars. It starts off at valuable baseball cards, and ends at broken bats.
An in-depth tour of this room can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/sports/baseball/21authenticate.html?_r=1&hp
Leading into the room, you can see extremely valuable pieces of memorabilia. These pieces could be sold for a total of millions of dollars. It starts off at valuable baseball cards, and ends at broken bats.
An in-depth tour of this room can be found here: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/04/21/sports/baseball/21authenticate.html?_r=1&hp
Touch Ski 3D App Review
Something ski-related has been highly anticipated for someone that dreams about skiing during summer, or even lazy people that want to get the feeling of skiing. Specifically, some of these people would like to see this on an iPhone application. Well, that has finally come.
Touch Ski 3D was reviewed by the NE team, and it offers visuals and effects that are stunning, and instead of just rocking your device to get down a mountain, you need to maintain a straight line to be able to win. You have to be pretty slick to win, though - it requires you to be ready for some pretty tricky turning and some mogul jumping.
This is another app that is highly recommended by the NewsEnlightened team.
Touch Ski 3D was reviewed by the NE team, and it offers visuals and effects that are stunning, and instead of just rocking your device to get down a mountain, you need to maintain a straight line to be able to win. You have to be pretty slick to win, though - it requires you to be ready for some pretty tricky turning and some mogul jumping.
This is another app that is highly recommended by the NewsEnlightened team.
Boston Celtics Beat Chicago Bulls to Win Game 2 of their Playoff Series
BOSTON, Mass. - The Boston Celtics won Game 2 of their playoff series against the Chicago Bulls. Playoff series for all teams competing goes to the best of 7 games.
It was a game that came down to the final second - the entire stadium was shaking.
It was a game that came down to the final second - the entire stadium was shaking.
For everyone out there who thought Ray Allen's 1-of-12 shooting performance in Game 1 was a sign of things to come, think again. The doubters have been silenced.
Allen erupted for 28 points in the second half and drilled the go-ahead three-pointer with 2.0 seconds remaining to send the Boston Celtics to an emotional 118-115 win and knot the series at one game apiece heading to Chicago.
The series is now at an even 1-1 tie.
10th Anniversary of Columbine Massacre Brings Hundreds Together
LITTLETON, Colo. - Today marked the 10th anniversary of the Columbine Massacre.
The Columbine Massacre happened on April 20, 1999 when 2 students who attended Columbine High School walked in and killed 12 students and a teacher.
The gunmen, Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, committed suicide.
Bill Clinton, who was president at the time of the shootings, addressed the crowd in videotaped remarks.
The Columbine Massacre happened on April 20, 1999 when 2 students who attended Columbine High School walked in and killed 12 students and a teacher.
The gunmen, Eric Harris, 18, and Dylan Klebold, 17, committed suicide.
Bill Clinton, who was president at the time of the shootings, addressed the crowd in videotaped remarks.
"It's changed you, your community, your fellow Americans," Clinton said of the tragedy.
Our thoughts are with all who are and were effected by the Columbine Massacre.
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