blog-heap o' links
At least 38 Warao Indians
have died in remote villages in Venezuela, and medical experts suspect an
outbreak of rabies spread by bites from vampire bats... wcbstv.com/ ... 15:27:47
Jul 27... NEW YORK... One man died, while nine others are
injured after being struck by lightning in various parts of the tri-state
area... wnbc.com/ ... 15:27:07July 27...
NEW YORK -- The toll of swimmers caught up in treacherous ocean currents in the
metro region over the weekend grew to at least 10 on Saturday... 
Aug
6... ACAPULCO, Mexico... woman said she fought a 500-pound lion with a
machete... lion had escaped from a private zoo owned by a former local
congressman... 
Army Sgt. Jose E.
Ulloa, 23, of New York, N.Y., died Aug. 9 in Sadr City, Iraq, of wounds
suffered when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device Aug. 8 in
Sadr City. He was assigned to the 515th Transportation Company, 28th
Transportation Battalion, Mannheim, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:43:09Navy Petty Officer
Second Class Anthony M. Carbullido, 25, of Agat, Guam, died Aug. 8, in
Sangatesh, Afghanistan, from injuries suffered when his convoy vehicle hit an
improvised explosive device. He was assigned to the Naval Hospital Corps School
in Great Lakes, Ill. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:42:55Army Master Sgt.
Danny E. Maybin, 47, of Columbia, S.C, died Aug. 7 at Camp Arifjan,
Kuwait, as the result of a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to
Headquarters, U.S. Forces Command, Fort McPherson, Ga. The incident is under
investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:42:45Army Sgt. Errol M. James, 29, of St. Croix, Virgin Islands, died
Aug. 4 at Forward Operating Base Torkham, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in
a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 527th Military Police
Company, 709th Military Police Battalion, Grafenwoehr, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:42:01Army Spc. Ronald
A. Schmidt, 18, of Newton, Kan., died Aug. 3 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries
sustained in a vehicle accident in Ashraf, Iraq, on Aug. 2. He was assigned to
the 1st Battalion, 161st Field Artillery, Kansas Army National Guard, Kingman,
Kan. The incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:41:53Army Pvt. Timothy
J. Hutton, 21, of Dillon, Mont., died Aug. 4 in Baghdad, Iraq, of injuries
suffered in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 54th Engineer
Battalion, 18th Engineer Brigade, Bamberg, Germany. The incident is under
investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:41:43Marine Capt.
Garrett T. Lawton, 31, of Charleston, W.V., died Aug. 4 while supporting
combat operations in Herat province, Afghanistan. He was assigned to U.S.
Marine Corps Forces Special Operations Command, Camp Lejeune, N.C. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:41:28Army Sgt. Gary M.
Henry, 34, of Indianapolis, Ind.Army Spc. Jonathan D. Menke, 22, of
Madison, Ind.Army Sgt. Jaime
Gonzalez, Jr., 40, of Austin, Texas, died Aug. 3 in Kabul, Afghanistan, of
injuries suffered when his vehicle encountered a mine. He was assigned to the
436th Chemical Company, Texas Army National Guard, Laredo, Texas. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:39:22Army Staff Sgt.
Brian K. Miller, 37, of Pendleton, Ind., died Aug. 2 in Abd Allah, Iraq,
of injuries suffered in a vehicle accident. He was assigned to the 1st
Battalion, 293rd Infantry Regiment, 76th Brigade Combat Team, Indiana Army
National Guard, Fort Wayne, Ind. The incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:39:14Army Sgt. Ryan P.
Baumann, 24, of Great Mills, Md., died Aug. 1, on Route Alaska,
Afghanistan, of wounds sustained when his vehicle encountered an improvised
explosive device. He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 320th Field Artillery
Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault), Fort
Campbell, Ky. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:39:04Army Pfc.
Jennifer L. Cole, 34, of American Canyon, Calif., died Aug. 2 in Bayji,
Iraq, of injuries suffered in a non-combat related incident. She was assigned
to the 426th Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 101st Airborne
Division (Air Assault), Fort Campbell, Ky. The incident is under investigation.
defenselink.mil/ ... 15:38:54Army Spc. Andre
D. Mitchell, 25, of Elmont, N.Y., died July 31 in Mosul, Iraq, of injuries
sustained in a vehicle accident. He was assigned to the 2nd Battalion, 3rd
Armored Cavalry Regiment, Fort Hood, Texas. The incident is under
investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:38:46Army Spc. David
J. Badie, 23, of Rockford, Ill., who was assigned to the Special Troops
Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood,
TexasArmy
2nd Lt. Michael R. Girdano, 23, of Pennsylvania, who was assigned to the
Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort
Hood, TexasArmy Spc. William J. Mulvihill, 20, of Leavenworth, Kan.,
who was assigned to the Special Troops Battalion, 3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st
Infantry Division, Fort Hood, TexasArmy Pvt. Jair De Jesus Garcia, 29, of
Chatsworth, Calif., who was assigned to the 6th Squadron, 4th Cavalry Regiment,
3rd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Infantry Division, Fort Hood, TexasArmy Spc. Kevin
R. Dickson, 21, of Steelville, Mo., died Aug. 2 in Balad, Iraq, of injuries
suffered in a non-combat related incident. He was assigned to the 10th Special
Forces Group (Airborne), Group Support Battalion, Group Service Support
Company, Fort Carson, Colo. The incident is under investigation. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:37:28The
Department of Defense POW/Missing Personnel Office (DPMO) announced today that
a U.S. serviceman, missing from the Vietnam War, has been identified.Navy Hospital
Corpsman 3rd Class Manuel R. Denton, U.S. Navy, of Kerrville, Texas,
will be buried as part of a group on Thursday in Arlington National Cemetery
near Washington, D.C. On Oct. 8, 1963, Denton was one of six men who crewed a
UH-34D Choctaw helicopter that was on a search-and-rescue mission. While over
Quang Nam Province, Vietnam, the helicopter came under intense enemy ground
fire and crashed. There were no survivors.... defenselink.mil/ ... 15:35:52Army Sgt. James
A. McHale, 31, of Fairfield, Mont., died July 30 at the National Naval
Medical Center, Bethesda, Md., of wounds suffered July 22 in Diyala Province,
when his vehicle encountered an improvised explosive device. He was assigned to
the 40th Engineer Battalion, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division,
Baumholder, Germany. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:35:05Marine Staff Sgt.
Faoa L. Apineru, 31, of Yorba Linda, Calif., died July
2, 2007, from wounds sustained while supporting combat operations in Al Anbar
province, Iraq. He was assigned to Headquarters Company, 23rd Marines, 4th
Marine Division, Marine Forces Reserve. Staff Sgt. Apineru was wounded on May
15, 2005. After his death on July 2, 2007, the initial medical examiner
concluded that Apineru did not die from injuries sustained during his
deployment, but a subsequent opinion by the Armed Forces Institute of Pathology
indicated that his death was a result of his injuries sustained in Iraq. defenselink.mil/ ... 15:33:26Army Spc.
Seteria L. Brown, 22, of Orlando, Fla., died July 25 in
Sharana, Afghanistan, of injuries sustained in a non-combat related incident.
She was assigned to the 62nd Engineer Battalion, 36th Engineer Brigade, Fort
Hood Texas. The incident is under investigation. 
If
you're a senior citizen and earn less than $50,000 a year, Barack Obama has a
deal for you: a life free of federal income tax. Sounds appealing, right? Maybe
to many seniors. But tax policy experts in Washington are giving it bad
reviews. They see it as another subsidy for senior citizens, who already get
federal help through Social Security and Medicare and often have economic
advantages over other demographic groups... [But what a demographic he's
pandering to!] ipetitions.com/ ... 19:57:20The
signers of this petition request the Federal Elections Commission and Mr.
Donald McGahan, FEC chairman, to take responsibility to verify the eligibility
of Mr. Barack H. Obama to be President of the United States. Mr. Obama has
refused to produce a physical certified, stamped copy of his birth certificate.
An electronically-displayed image displayed by his official campaign website
has been alleged to be a forgery... ft.com/ ... 16:57:11
John McCain, the Republican presidential nominee, on
Monday upstaged George W. Bush’s administration over the Georgia crisis
with his strongest statement so far calling on the US and its allies to come
together in "universal condemnation of Russian aggression"... "Russia’s
aggression against Georgia is both a matter of urgent moral and strategic
importance to the United States.... The implications go beyond their threat to
. . . a democratic Georgia. Russia is using violence against Georgia, in part,
to intimidate other neighbours such as Ukraine, for choosing to associate with
the west..." politico.com/ ... 16:54:36Either Obama's campaign didn't quite know how to respond
or didn't initially think it necessary to push back against McCain's
"Celebrity" rap. But now, two weeks later, they're going on the air seeking to
turn the attack around on the Republican, calling McCain "Washington's biggest
celebrity..." [That's sure not going to work...!] abcnews.go.com/ ... 16:53:13
Sen. Hillary Clinton would be the Democratic presidential
nominee if John Edwards had been caught in his lie about an extramarital affair
and forced out of the race last year, insists a top Clinton campaign aide,
making a charge that could exacerbate previously existing tensions between the
camps of Clinton and Sen. Barack Obama... sctimes.com/ ... 15:32:08Aug 9...
On Friday... a roundtable on veterans issues at Brigitte’s Cafe his [U.S.
Senate candidate Al Franken's] campaign scheduled drew only one participant...