Snake Variation (Alec Fincham #10)

Preview — Octopus Knight by Roger Cave. Now a new poison emanates from the region in the form of one man, Phoenix Dante. If he fails, a batch of lethal surface to air missiles will fall into the hands of terrorists. His life, and those of his family, are on the line.

Failure is not an option. Approximately words Independent Book Review: Octopus Knight is the fifth in the Alec Fincham series. The prologue of Octopus Knight begins with a creatively detailed and outstandingly researched account of Chernobyl in April of Cave shoves the reader into the heart of the explosive event.

Then, Over a period of over twenty years nature started to reclaim the land, as buildings and roads started to crumble. The local football stadium now had a forest instead of a pitch. Animals and birds started to move into the area, taking over what had been left behind.

The only humans to enter the area were scientists, who monitored radiation levels, and kept detailed information on the surrounding lands…Until now, when a new power entered the ghost town. Twenty years later we meet Debra Walsh, an accountant for a man whom she believes is truly evil.

Waiting patiently for a late visit from Phoenix Dante, she is soon gruesomely murdered at her desk by the evil man. Phoenix Dante, sticking out like a sore thumb, transferring millions in a money-laundering racket. After days of investigating the Walsh murder, Craddock calls for the help of Alec Fincham, a team leader in the Special Boat Service and a professional combat soldier.

In a race against time, Fincham must bring the dealer to justice before lethal missiles fall into evil hands. Octopus Knight is a thoroughly enjoyable read for fans of mystery and crime. Cave successfully creates a twisted plot of crime with realistic characters that will leave the reader winded and wanting more.

Kindle Edition , pages. There's really few very much more important. And I need your vote for Ron Estes on Tuesday. Thompson is leveraging his past as a US Army veteran who went homeless as a child and became a civil rights attorney. You can look at the early vote numbers. As of Monday morning, Republicans led the early vote by less than 3,, with about 3, ballots from unaffiliated voters that could tip the balance either way. Democrats would need to pick up 24 seats to get a majority in the House of Representatives. Kansas votes in special election to replace Pompeo in House upi. In a press release, the comedian made a tongue-in-cheek reference to the president's Twitter style, saying: Trump announced in February that he wouldn't attend this year.

Sean Spicer gives daily press briefing upi. District Judge Avern Cohn criticized a plea deal reached between federal prosecutors that left no room for a lesser sentence for Matthew Kuppe. Cohn faulted prosecutors for treating Kuppe as a child molester even though there was no evidence the counselor sexually assaulted any of the three male victims. The plea deal, which includes seven years of supervised release, spared Kuppe from trial and the possibility of being convicted of producing child pornography, which carries a mandatory minimum sentence of 15 years in federal prison.

Kuppe, wearing a dark suit, apologized and said he has undergone therapy during the 17 months he has been free on bond. Nothing like this will ever happen again. They also faulted the Jewish Community Center for ignoring concerns raised about Kuppe in summer and failing to protect children. One mother said her son was photographed naked in the locker room while a second son appeared in footage with his clothes on.

A second mother said Kuppe posted footage of her 5-year-old son, identified him by name and treated pictures of his body and private parts as currency online to receive explicit footage from others on the Russian website. We trusted the JCC On Tuesday, the judge gave the former counselor more freedom, removing an electronic monitoring device and allowing Kuppe to travel outside his home.

Ahead of the sentencing, Kuppe underwent a polygraph examination April 1, during which he was asked whether he had sexual contact with a child. Kuppe denied molesting any child and the polygraph examiner concluded Kuppe was telling the truth, according to a report filed in federal court. According the plea agreement, on Aug. In one photograph called MV-1, the child is completely naked. He is nude from the waist down, according to the agreement.

Kuppe also posted two photos of a different 5-year-old boy. In one photo, the child is urinating into a toilet.

Snake Variation (Alec Fincham #10) by Roger Cave

Kuppe also sent the images over email to other internet users. Kuppe came under investigation after he allegedly chatted online with an undercover officer on a public photo-sharing website. Kuppe and the undercover officer then spoke about sexual desires and fantasies involving the young boys, court records show. Former Jewish Community Center camp counselor sentenced in child porn case wxyz. A judge has moved the criminal trial of Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton to Houston after uprooting the case from the Republican's hometown.

State District Judge George Gallagher made the decision Tuesday after special prosecutors argued they couldn't get a fair trial in the conservative Dallas suburb of McKinney, where Paxton lives. Paxton was indicted in on felony securities fraud charges over allegations he duped investors in a tech startup.

His trial was originally scheduled for May before the judge granted a venue change. A new trial date hasn't been set. Gallagher says he chose Harris County because it can accommodate the trial and because attorneys on both sides are based in Houston. Paxton has pleaded not guilty. If convicted, he faces 5 to 99 years in prison. The supplier of the wooden eggs that are a party favor staple, sent a tweet out in February tagging the first family with a message: What about military families, which used to account for 3, tickets?

Congress members have also not been contacted about tickets for their constituents. Here are 7things you need to know before you go. Tuesday, April 11 abc7news. A county judge was fatally shot outside his Chicago house Monday morning. Police were searching for the person who killed Cook County Associate Judge Raymond Myles, 66, and seriously wounded his year-old female companion. He, too, had words with the suspect. A neighbour told the Chicago Tribune that he woke to a volley of gunshots and a woman screaming: The judge was dying on the porch.

Chicago saw homicides last year. Myles had ruled on high-profile murder cases since joining the bench in — after a long career that led him from child abuse investigation in the s to a private law practice, according to information provided by the court. A handful of men awaiting hearings were sent to another courtroom. Evans wrote in a statement released to The Washington Post.

Mystery surrounds murder of Chicago judge Video abcnews. Embed Share Florida's governor declared a state of emergency Tuesday in response to the wildfires burning around the state.

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Rick Scott said the proclamation will make it easier for state, regional and local agencies to"quickly work together to protect our families, visitors and communities. Agriculture Commissioner Adam Putnam said this is the most active wildfire season since Scott's executive order is expected to speed government assistance in hard-hit Polk, Collier, Marion, Nassau, Broward, Hernando and Glades counties. Even before the governor's emergency declaration, aid was already headed to the Treasure Coast, said Melissa Yunas, spokeswoman for the Florida Forest Service.

Ten state volunteer firefighters and five bulldozers have been moved into her six-county region that includes Martin, St. Lucie and Indian River counties, she said Tuesday. Three of the bulldozers are at the Florida Forest Service facility in St. Lucie County, making them quickly available for use on the Treasure Coast. Volunteers are standing by. Statewide there are more than active wildfires, totaling 23, acres, state records show. Florida Forest Service has responded to seven wildfires on the Treasure Coast and Okeechobee County over the past week. Most of the fires were started by lightning.

All Treasure Coast wildfires are in St. Lucie and Martin counties and are under control, Yunas said. Firefighters are watching them to make sure no embers ignite, potentially enlarging the acres that have burned since April 3. Lightning caused most all of the fires during what has been an unusually dry year, leaving woodlands dry and fire prone, Yunas said. To her, the current conditions make her think of large wildfires that burned around Martin County's Indiantown during and , she said.

Thousands of acres burned, at times close to homes. The additional firefighters are coming from such places as Gainesville and from Lake and Jackson counties. While in use, bulldozer tracks can get out of alignment. I am glad the state is taking a proactive response at this time of year," she said. She said Forest Service officials anticipate it could get drier in the next month, making conditions worse. The state's wildfire index ranks Brevard County as extreme, the highest in a scale of 1 to 5, with 5 the worst. Indian River and Martin counties are 4: Lucie is 3, meaning there is a high risk.

Since February, wildfires have swept across 68, acres in the state. That's higher than the average acreage burned over the past five years. The largest blaze right now is the one known as the Cowbell Fire in South Florida's Big Cypress National Preserve, which has spread to more than 8, acres just north of Interstate A link has been posted to your Facebook feed.

One fire near Oviedo in Central Florida over the weekend resulted in evacuations of nearly 40 homes and harrowing moments for firefighters. And a Hernando County brush fire apparently sparked by lightning on Saturday had widened to 1, acres by Monday.

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The dry conditions mark a sharp contrast to , when the state was drenched by two hurricanes. Many areas are experiencing drought and authorities said that's a big factor in why so many wildfires have ignited. April and May are traditionally Florida's driest months. Putnam said about 90 percent of the fires this year have been sparked by humans.

State health officials warn that wildfire smoke affects people with chronic lung and heart problems and asthma. Doctors have advised people with these conditions should limit their outdoor activities if fires are burning nearby. Wildfires scorch parts of Florida; gov. Florida wildfires spur emergency declaration dailymail. April 11 Reuters - Daily Ifop-Fiducial poll: Le Pen, Macron tied in run-up to French election -Elabe poll dailymail.

According to the Financial Times, Chinese officials say their leader is offering to lift the year ban on U.

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In the pork market, China is giving long-term support to U. It just might take a while. He advises cattle producers to buy put options to have some protection. China Lifts Ban on U. It is one of the most dramatic discoveries on Jupiter, the largest planet in the Solar System, since the Great Red Spot was identified in This creates a region of cooling in the boundary layer between the underlying atmosphere and the vacuum of space. Second'Great Spot' found at Jupiter news Newly found cold weather system could be thousands of years old dailymail. In the US, the next steps remain a relative mystery.

Trump administration officials appear at cross purposes over the basic strategic -- or was it tactical? But even with little changed at present and less known about the future, Trump has, with 59 Tomahawk cruise missiles, authored an abrupt rejiggering of the domestic political dynamics that governed his first months in office.

Republican critics and some US allies welcomed the attack with hopeful praise, while Trump's right-wing populist base -- like the broader movement abroad -- blanched at his sudden internationalist turn. Here is a quick breakdown of how assorted political factions -- and the key players therein -- have responded, and in many cases shifted, following last week's intervention.

Republican hawks are crowing GOP Sens. As such, the senators, who hail from Arizona and South Carolina, respectively, have been among the few high-profile Republicans to openly promote investigations into the Trump campaign's alleged ties to Moscow and operatives adjacent to Russian President Vladimir Putin. When informed of the strikes on Assad, an ally of Russia, they were predictably sanguine.

And he's surrounded by national security advisers who give him the best advice. Marco Rubio, was similarly enthused. If those questions were a warning to the administration, Rubio's statement after the missile attack represented a firm pat on the back. Right wing populists and the alt-right are turning While the GOP establishment mostly lined up behind Trump, some of the President's most loyal -- and vocal -- supporters have been critical.

Conservative radio host Laura Ingraham, once rumored to be on the short list for a place in the administration, tweeted her contempt. A complete policy change in 48 hrs," she wrote. Further toward the fringe, InfoWars contributor and conspiracy theorist Paul Joseph Watson was less mad than, well, disappointed. His writings since have lent Trump his hedged support Mike Cernovich, a social media personality associated with the alt-right and one of Trump's most dependable backers, suggested the White House had betrayed its base.

NoMoreWars" Democrats are mostly paralyzed Back in Washington, Democrats who had bought in to the anti-Trump resistance movement animating their base thought -- or hoped -- the end of the week would be dominated by their efforts to filibuster Trump's Supreme Court nominee, Neil Gorsuch. But Senate Republicans went"nuclear," Gorsuch was confirmed with a simple majority, and the whole episode was washed out by the Syrian situation. Most Senate Democrats responded to the strikes with cautious praise. Majority Leader Chuck Schumer's statement was representative of his tepid colleagues, including the typically more critical Massachusetts Sen.

Bernie Sanders, an independent who caucuses with the Democrats, was also surprisingly mild in his response. She rapped Trump during remarks Friday, essentially calling him a hypocrite for bombing Syria while seeking to close American doors to its refugees. But she is not opposed to military action, telling the audience at the"Women in the World" summit in New York City on Thursday, not long before Trump launched the attack,"I really believe that we should have and still should take out his air fields and prevent him from being able to use them to bomb innocent people and drop sarin gas on them.

The progressive activist group MoveOn. There's no doubt that Bashar Assad is a brutal dictator who has slaughtered his own people and is complicit in the use of chemical weapons," said Ilya Sheyman, executive director of MoveOn. These are missiles ordered by a flailing president with plummeting approval ratings, trying to show how'tough' he can be. They also pointed a finger at Clinton's remarks, telling supporters,"It is noteworthy that in the hours before Trump ordered military strikes on Syria, Hillary Clinton emerged back into the public spotlight to demand that Trump carry out military strikes against Syria.

Their suggestion that Western powers were either overeager for, or working intentionally to create, new conflict in the region, was shared by at least one federal official. Tulsi Gabbard, who held a controversial meeting with Assad during a visit to Syria months ago, said she is"skeptical" of the US government assessment, pointing to past intelligence failures in Iraq. Libertarians are even more upset Libertarian holdouts, typically at the forefront of any Republican ideological backlash against Trumpism, were also openly hostile. Their gripe centered as much on Trump's approach as the wisdom behind the strikes.

Rand Paul and Mike Lee were both adamant that the President needed congressional approval and had overreached by acting without it. Do you support the U.

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Boyd took a no-hitter into the sixth before Robbie Grossman broke it up by lining a clean single to left field with two out. The Detroit left-hander struck out six and walked two before turning the game over to the bullpen. Tigers relievers have struggled so far this season, but they were able to close this game out. Francisco Rodriguez allowed a run in the ninth but recovered for his third save in four chances. Pinch hitter Max Kepler hit a popup with two on to end it. The Tigers picked him over the more experienced Anibal Sanchez for a spot in the rotation, and they'll hope this start was more indicative of what he'll provide going forward.

Detroit pulled even with the Twins atop the AL Central and has won four of five. McCann, who hit 12 home runs last season, has provided some power for the Tigers in the early going with Miguel Cabrera struggling. His one-out drive to left in the fifth gave Detroit a lead. It was his third homer of the year. Jason Castro hit an RBI single with one out in the ninth for Minnesota, but right fielder Mikie Mahtook made a nice play to cut the ball off in the gap and prevent him from going to second. Pinch hitter Joe Mauer followed with a bloop single to left, but Rodriguez retired Eddie Rosario on a flyout before Kepler's popout.

The team was off Monday, and he did not pitch Tuesday with Minnesota trailing. He was warming up in the bullpen while the Twins batted in the ninth. Martinez sprained right foot swung in the batting cage Monday. He had a no-decision in his first start of the season, Thursday against Kansas City. He threw six scoreless innings Friday against Boston but did not factor into the decision.

Matthew Boyd's no-hit bid ends in 6th as pitch count climbs mlive. A man suspected of robbing a Pennsylvania credit union was caught on camera dropping some of the money while frantically cycling away from the crime scene. The video is from a security camera on a business on a nearby street, about 10 minutes after the robbery.

The video clip posted on the police department's Facebook page shows the suspect riding down the sidewalk and dropping cash. The suspect then stops, gets off the bike, and returns to scoop up the loot. Police have not yet charged anyone in the heist. Springettsbury Township police also released photos of the man suspected of carrying out the robbery.

Authorities wrote on Thursday: Authorities spent hours in the rain looking for the suspect, the newspaper said. Robbery suspect flees on a bike and stops to pick up the cash he drops charlotteobserver. But if the Democratic candidate can, by some small miracle, pull off an upset in the deeply red state, it will be thanks in large part to Kansas Republican Gov.

Last month, in a stunning rebuke of Brownback, Republicans passed a bill to expand Medicaid in the state — an extremely popular move that Brownback vetoed. It may very well be the longest of longshots, but for the first time in a long time, Democrats actually have a shot in the district that houses Koch Industries, owned by right-wing billionaires Charles and David Koch.

In addition to a six-figure ad buy by the National Republican Congressional Committee, Vice President Mike Pence and the president both recently recorded robo-calls for the Republican candidate, state treasurer Ron Estes. Don McLean said his stepson, Joseph Jakubowski, has never had a good relationship with police and that he and his wife are concerned for his safety. More than state and federal law enforcement officers have been searching for the year-old Jakubowski since April 4, when they believe he took 18 firearms from a gun store in Janesville in southwestern Wisconsin.

Related Articles Teen who shot young father, left him paralyzed, gets prison time Burnsville High School teacher accused of sexually explicit communication with student St. Thomas student who accidentally shot roommate had gun permit Moorhead suspect snorted meth, then shot tenant dead, charges say Court affirms another discharge from Minnesota Sex Offender Program Rock County Sheriff Robert Spoden has said Jakubowski threatened to attack schools and public officials in the page manifesto that he mailed to President Donald Trump.

Janesville Police Chief David said Jakubowski has had several run-ins with law enforcement, mostly for traffic violations, and that he once tried to disarm an officer in Authorities are urging the public to call with information on his whereabouts but are warning people not to approach him.

I mean, he was all right. Then as he grew up, adolescence took over. You get to an age where you know more than your parents. Stepfather of suspect in Wisconsin manhunt: Snap shares sank Tuesday after Facebook -owned Instagram rolled out new features, including one that lets users send disappearing photos and videos.

The stock is down more than 8 percent this month, according to FactSet. On Tuesday, Instagram announced an update to improve the app's Direct messaging feature. Text conversations will now appear in the same thread as disappearing videos and photos. Self-destructing messages are a hallmark of Snap founder Evan Spiegel's application. Senders will also be notified if the viewer takes a screenshot, another Snapchat-like feature. Instagram The update came as Facebook has been trying to steal Snapchat's thunder.

The social media giant, which has some 1. Bond yields fell and the price of gold rose as investors monitored heightened tensions between the U. Oil prices recovered after an early slide. The Dow Jones industrial average slid 12 points, or 0. The Nasdaq composite index lost 17 points, or 0. Small-company stocks bucked the downward trend. The Russell index edged up 2 points, or 0. North Korea said there could be"catastrophic consequences" after the U.

Nerves were already on edge with U. Wall Street's so-called"fear index," known as the VIX, surged 8. Government bonds also reflected growing unease among investors. The yield on the benchmark U. As bond prices rise, yields drop. United Continental slid 2. MTS Systems slumped Hub Group sank Britain's FTSE gained 0. Earlier in Asia, Japan's Nikkei stock index slipped 0. South Korea's Kospi fell 0. It closed higher Monday for the fifth day in a row, adding 84 cents. It jumped 74 cents the day before. The precious metal, which is often sought out by investors as a safe haven in times of global uncertainty, was up 1.

The dollar fell to Banks, tech lead declines on Wall Street dailymail. April 11 UPI -- A fire destroyed an encampment which housed about 1, migrants at the Grande-Synthe Dunkirk camp in northern France, camp officials said. At least 10 people were injured on Monday when the fire tore through about closely packed huts housing mostly Afghan and Kurdish migrants. At least half the camp was destroyed, and at least people were evacuated, authorities said.

It began hours after French police were called to the camp to intervene is clashes between the two ethnic groups; six people sustained knife injuries in the fighting. The camp, built by the Doctors Without Borders foundation and opened in , has grown since the closure in October of a larger camp near the city of Calais and known as the Jungle, 25 miles away. Those left homeless by the fire will be taken to emergency housing, Michel Lalande, prefect of France's Nord region, said.

It will be impossible to put the huts back where they were before," Lalande said. Some migrants in the Grand-Synthe camp attempted to block area roads with trees and branches last week in an effort to stop traffic and climb aboard vehicles traveling through the tunnel under the English Channel to Britain.

Huge fire burns French refugee camp to the ground edition. Attorney General Jeff Sessions toured the U. The nation's top law enforcement official outlined a series of changes that he said mark the start of a new era to rid American cities and the border of what he described as"filth" brought on by drug cartels and criminal organizations.

He announced the changes at a news conference following a morning tour of the border that included visiting a port of entry, where he exited an SUV in a white shirt and baseball cap before entering a restricted area. He later visited with Customs and Border Protection officers and agents. Sessions credited Trump for a steep drop-off of border apprehensions this year and said the administration will bring more felony prosecutions against immigrants entering the country illegally.

This is the Trump era," he said. He said all prosecutors would carefully protect the civil rights of people charged with crimes, and he defended Trump's proposed border wall, saying it will be another tool to fight illegal immigration amid efforts within the Justice Department and other branches of government to punish and deter border crossers. Sessions has been expanding the Justice Department's role in the anti-immigration agenda of the Trump administration.

But his speech Tuesday during his first visit to the border offered the most comprehensive look yet at his plans for federal prosecutions of those in the country illegally. He directed the nation's federal prosecutors in a Tuesday memo to prioritize immigration-related cases, with an eye toward targeting people who cross the border illegally and those who come back after being deported.

Sessions urged federal prosecutors to intensify their focus on immigration crimes such as illegal crossing or smuggling others into the U. Half of federal arrests in were for immigration-related offenses, according to a Pew Research analysis released this week, based on the most recent federal statistics.

Critics blasted the initiatives announced by Sessions as fear-mongering and anti-immigrant rhetoric not rooted in facts. He and President Trump are wasting more federal taxpayer dollars going after illegal border crossers instead of protecting the American public," said Gregory Z. Chen, director of government relations for the American Immigration Lawyers Association. Sessions made the announcement in Nogales, a border city that has witnessed a dramatic drop in immigrant and drug smuggling in recent years as more people enter the country in Texas, many of them Central Americans fleeing violence in Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador.

The Border Patrol's Tucson sector, which comprises most of Arizona, saw about 65, arrests of immigrants last fiscal year, roughly half the number agents made in , according to Border Patrol data. Marijuana seizures have also dropped by about 28 percent from 1 million pounds in to , last year.

Following the border tour, Sessions was scheduled to deliver a keynote speech at an International Association of Chiefs of Police conference outside Phoenix. Much of what Sessions outlined in his far-ranging speech is also addressed in the Justice Department's proposed budget. Marshals to focus on border cases. That would speed up removal proceedings for people in the United States illegally and address a backlog of more than , pending cases.

A judge denied bail Tuesday to a Canadian man accused in a massive hack of Yahoo emails, arguing that he would likely flee if released from jail. Karim Baratov, 22, has alleged ties to Russian agents and access to significant amounts of cash, making him a serious flight risk if freed on bail, a prosecutor said Tuesday. Baratov was arrested last month and faces extradition to the U. He was indicted in the United States for computer hacking along with three other people, including two alleged Russian intelligence agents. American officials have said Baratov has the money to leave Canada and the ability to destroy evidence while on the run.

Justice Alan Whitten denied bail in a written decision, saying Baratov appeared to be highly skilled at hacking and calling the U. He could instantaneously access the funds," the judge wrote. Prosecutor Heather Graham noted earlier that Baratov owned a number of luxury cars and flaunted his lifestyle on social media. She also said he has webmail and PayPal accounts with"large unknown sums of money" accessible anywhere. She also said there is evidence Baratov may have been trafficking in identity information. And there are allegations he continued hacking while on vacation in Jamaica.

Graham also noted Baratov faces up to 20 years in a U. Baratov's connections to Russian officials exponentially elevate the flight risk in this case,' Prosecutor Heather Graham said. He has Kazakh origins, arriving in Canada in and becoming a citizen in Baratov would appear to be a valuable operative for the FSB. The young man's attorney Deepak Paradkar argued Baratov would have never been alone because his father Akhmet Tokbergenov works at home.

The father had agreed to turn off the internet in the family home if the court requests. The breach at Yahoo affected at least a half billion user accounts, but Paradkar said Baratov is only accused of hacking 80 accounts. He said the charges against his client have been"inflated" and said he financed many of his luxury cars. Paradkar maintains an Instagram account under the name'Cocaine Lawyer" and has often used the hashtag bestcocainelawyer. In a scheme that prosecutors say blended intelligence gathering with old-fashioned financial greed, the four men targeted the email accounts of Russian and U.

In some cases using a technique known as"spear-phishing" to dupe Yahoo users into thinking they were receiving legitimate emails, the hackers broke into at least million accounts in search of personal information and financial data such as gift card and credit card numbers, prosecutors said. The case, announced amid continued U. Officials said those investigations are separate. Alexsey Belan, one of the others accused, is on the list of the FBI's most wanted cybercriminals and has been indicted multiple times in the United States. It's not clear whether he or the other two defendants, Dmitry Dokuchaev and Igor Sushchin, will ever step foot in an American courtroom because there's no extradition treaty with Russia.

Belan and Baratov were paid hackers directed by the FSB to break into the accounts, prosecutors said. Canadian judge in Yahoo hack case to reach decision on bail charlotteobserver. The Latest on the planned deportation of a Mexican mother of four U. An attorney for a Mexican woman facing deportation says the mother of four American children is being moved from Ohio to an immigration detention facility in Louisiana. Attorney Emily Brown says the information comes from Mexican consular officials. Attorneys are asking the Cincinnati-based 6th U.

Circuit Court of appeals to halt the deportation for the year-old Trujillo Diaz. Federal authorities contend she entered the United States illegally in and has exhausted her appeals. Attorneys have asked a federal appeals court to halt the deportation of a Mexican mother of four U. Attorneys are seeking the emergency action from the Cincinnati-based 6th U. She is facing imminent deportation. Federal authorities contend Trujillo Diaz entered the United States illegally in and has exhausted her appeals.

The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati has appealed for mercy, saying she has made positive contributions to her church and community. A spokeswoman for Democratic U.

Sherrod Brown of Ohio says he has urged immigration authorities to reconsider. A spokeswoman for Republican Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio says his office is trying to help"facilitate a solution. Attorneys seek to halt deportation of Mexican mom of 4 kids dailymail. Former President Barack Obama will take part in a discussion event with Chancellor Angela Merkel in Berlin next month as Germany marks the th anniversary of the Reformation, organizers said Tuesday.

The May 25 Protestant conference will take place in front of Berlin's landmark Brandenburg Gate, where Obama delivered a speech as president in , Germany's Lutheran church and organizers of the German Protestant Kirchentag conference said. The discussion is being organized jointly by the conference, which is held every two years, and the Obama Foundation.

Obama spokesman Eric Schultz confirmed the former president's plans to join Merkel for'a moderated conversation on the importance of democracy and taking on responsibility locally and globally. Martin Luther was a German monk who is credited with spreading Protestantism. Luther's revolt against Catholic Church practices started in Germany in Obama was in Berlin in mid-November on his last European trip as president. This will be the second official event at which Obama will appear and make remarks. Schultz said that'additional details' about Obama's upcoming visit to Europe will be relayed in the coming weeks.

Also Tuesday, German market research group Media Control said Obama has been awarded its German Media Prize for for embodying a'vision of a world in which there is hope and change for the better is possible. Previous winners include Merkel and, in , President Bill Clinton. Obama's successor, Donald Trump, is expected to visit Germany for the first time as president when Merkel hosts the Group of 20 summit in Hamburg in July. Since leaving office, the 44th president has been photographed vacationing in exotic locales.

The former president was also spotted in Manhattan on a few occasions. He was seen catching dinner and a Broadway show with his daughter, Malia, who lives in New York and works for Hollywood movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.

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Just this past week, the Obamas were seen swimming and paddleboarding in the pristine waters of the South Pacific in French Polynesia. There will most likely be great anticipation to hear Obama's thoughts on current events and the job performance of his successor - though it is unclear if the former president will delve into those specific topics. Trump's visit will give him an opportunity to press his case for why many NATO allies need to boost defense spending to help spread the cost of the security umbrella.

National Transportation Safety Board is recommending an independent audit of the Baltimore schools' transportation department after a crash that killed six people. The agency made recommendations Tuesday to state and city school officials as a result of its investigation of the November collision between a school bus and a transit bus. The school bus driver and five people on the transit bus were killed.

No students were on board the school bus. The school bus driver had been in at least 12 crashes in the past five years. He had a history of health issues, including a recent seizure. In addition to the audit, the agency said the state should mandate that it be notified when drivers are found to be not qualified to drive during pre-employment screenings.

Students at risk in Baltimore school buses charlotteobserver. Glass is always in fashion— and comes in practically all colors, shapes and sizes these days. They can be cheery, and they can be somber. Big clear vase—We used a short, cylindrical one, but you can use a taller version or even a square one. A trio of colored bottles A few floral cuttings Moss Boiled quail eggs or some artificial ones available in the craft section of National Book Store or other craft stores 1. Deep Blue Alec Fincham 7 - A giant, blue diamond sets off a chain of events.

Death and destruction follow this stone, wherever it goes. Does Fincham protect the man, the team, or go after the threat directly? However, little does he know, but the chain of events started much closer to home. In a country so fractured, Fincham has threats coming at him from all sides. He's a crime boss, drug lord, and a collector of antiquities. Fincham has a simple task, watch him! But as he gets closer to the target, things suddenly spiral out of control.

Suddenly his short vacation becomes a living nightmare. However, that's not what everyone is actually buying. Fincham must obtain the diamonds, but the Russians, Chinese, and Israelis will quite happily kill him to get to the diamonds first. There's plenty of action, with both Fincham, and his team, running around the globe protecting British interests, and protecting his Government.

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Next up is the new American designed hypersonic aircraft, the SR maybe, the Son of Blackbird possibly, or for those who read about this sort of thing Project Aurora, which was supposedly finished in the mid s just after the SR retired. Anyhow, at some mph, that's London to New York in an hour. The old SR holds the air speed record at The Bell XD flew at mph in Yep, 50 years ago. It doesn't hold the record as t can't take off on its own, it's just experimental. Then there is the X unmanned aircraft which clocked mpg, which is London to New York AND back in just a little over an hour, but again only for short distances and was an experimental tester.

Anyway, enough of my boring nonsense. The put on a really good display and it looks like they're still really good. Sections of this page. Email or Phone Password Forgotten account? See more of Roger Cave on Facebook.