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Cole Gentry

Sheriff's deputy, 2 others arrested in Arizona human trafficking bust - CNN.com - 0 views

  • Authorities in Arizona have arrested three employees of a sheriff's office known for its tough stand on illegal immigration, accusing them of aiding human traffickers and drug smugglers.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      It's crazy to think that police officers would be invloved in such an operation.
  • A sheriff's deputy and two detention officers were among 12 people arrested in an operation Tuesday
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I wonder what these people were benefiting out of this? Money, drugs, pleasure? It just sounds wrong to me.
  • "That a deputy sheriff would provide information and associate with these drug and human traffickers is despicable,"
    • Cole Gentry
       
      This probably makes this police station look terrible to the public.
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  • faces felony charges connected to human smuggling, money laundering and participating in a crime syndicate, Arpaio said.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Why was he even a cop? Sounds pretty corrupt to me.
  • Hernandez had more than $16,000 in her purse when she was taken into custody,
    • Cole Gentry
       
      That's alot of money to just me carrying around. Seems lke there guilty to me.
  • Many of his prisoners are housed in tents and forced to wear pink underwear, and he once boasted of feeding them on less than a dollar a day per prisoner.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Wow. That's crazy! Less than a dollar a day. That isn't right.
  • Earlier this month critics called for his resignation after an audit found he used nearly $100 million designated for jail funds to pay deputies' salaries.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Yea i think this police station should close down.
Cole Gentry

Mexican authorities find 513 illegal immigrants in 2 tractor-trailers - CNN.com - 0 views

  • Mexican authorities said they found and detained more than 500 illegal immigrants from Central America and Asia who were crammed inside two tractor-trailers heading toward the United States on Tuesday.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      500 people in two trucks!! That's amazing. The conditions must have been so poor. How could they go to the bathroom, eat, etc.
  • The drivers of both trucks sped away after authorities ordered them to stop, but police apprehended them nearby.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Why would the drivers try to speed away? There in big 18 wheelers. They weren't going to outrun the cops.
  • found 513 people from El Salvador, Ecuador, China, Japan, Guatemala, India, Nepal, Honduras and the Dominican Republic.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      That's crazy there from all over the world? I wonder how they all came together on the same trucks.
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  • Each of them had paid $7,000 to travel to the United States
    • Cole Gentry
       
      That stinks that they didn't make it and they paid all that money.
  • In 2010, Mexican authorities apprehended about 25,000 illegal immigrants there,
    • Cole Gentry
       
      That's so many people. I wonder if they the numbers are decreasing over increasing over the years.
Cole Gentry

Bin Laden death photos to be shown to some members of Congress - CNN.com - 0 views

  • Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee, as well as those in the equivalent House committees, will be allowed to view the photographs taken of Osama bin Laden after he was killed, a U.S. official told CNN Tuesday
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I'm glad that some other people are allowed to see the photos. This will rensure that the photo's are actually real.
  • U.S. Navy SEALs killed the al Qaeda leader last week in an attack on his compound in Abbottabad, Pakistan.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I can't believe he was living in a compound this entire time.
  • President Barack Obama decided on Wednesday that he would not release photos of the body.
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  • "We have no need to publish those photographs to establish that Osama bin Laden was killed."
    • Cole Gentry
       
      True, but I would believe if our country was lying about his death.
  • It is not in our national security interest ... to allow these images to become icons to rally opinion against the United States,"
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I think this is a good idea. If we just showed it to the public, I think this would give us a bad image. Like if someone killed the president and showed pictures of them. How would you feel? How would Ameica react?
Cole Gentry

Widely distributed death photo of Osama bin Laden is fake - CNN.com - 0 views

  • A graphic image of what was reported to be Osama bin Laden's bloodied face, which went viral on the Internet and was plastered on the front page of newspapers around the world, is a fake.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I got this picture through facebook and i thought it was fake. It looked real but i knew that the government would of addressed the offical photo release and they didn't. So I assumed it wasn't real.
  • "I have seen a great number of poorly Photoshopped images in my time as a photographer and I can tell by the pixels that it is a fake,"
    • Cole Gentry
       
      People to the untrained eye couldn't tell but I'm sure professionals can tell that it is fake.
  • The Guardian newspaper in Britain reported the picture is actually a combination of two photographs: a bloodied corpse and a real image of bin Laden that was taken in 1998 and used by the Reuters news agency.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Can this newsgroup get in trouble for making this fake photo?
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  • The doctored image blanketed the Internet in the hours after bin Laden's death and was picked up by news groups far and wide, in places like Pakistan, Afghanistan, Senegal and Iraq.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I'm sure there many people thought this was real around the world and believed that this was the real picture.
  • A photograph could help to convince doubters about his death, but it also could inflame passions against the United States.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I think that should show th photo for like one day and delete it forever.
Cole Gentry

Three arrested in Atlanta subway mugging - CNN.com - 0 views

  • Authorities have arrested three suspects in the assault of two Delta Air Lines employees who were mugged and beaten on Atlanta's subway earlier this month.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Why would you assult employees on a train? Why don't people just relax and sit on the train till they leave?
  • The suspects include a 16-year old male whose name is not being released because of his age and two brothers, Zantavious Sanchez Scott, 20, and Jarquez Scott, 19,
    • Cole Gentry
       
      These young boys ruined there lives over this inncodent. I wonder if it was gang related?
  • They said they have warrants for at least two other suspects, ages 19 and 14.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      A 14 year old! That's crazy. They need help because they are going down the wrong path at such a young age.
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  • As many as 20 to 25 people attacked the two men.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      That's so many people. I think they should try find something better to do with their time.
  • We intend to find you and will prosecute you to the full extent of the law."
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I'm glad that they are prosecuting these kids. They deserved to be punished.
  • young people who had been attending a party at a club near downtown Atlanta.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I wonder if they were under the influence of any drugs and/ or alcohol.
  • "But I've never felt unsafe on MARTA. I've ridden it before, and I will ride it again in the future. Actually, I rode it after this happened."
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Wow the one kid just keeps riding the train. He probably just wants to look cool in front of everyone.
Cole Gentry

Colt 45's fruit flavored Blast drink comes under fire - CNN.com - 0 views

  • The makers of Colt 45 malt liquor have stirred up a controversy with their new beverage that some fear will encourage kids to drink.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I feel like tobacco companies did this a long time ago. I'm surprised Alcohol brand companies are just starting
  • The drink in a colorful 23.5-ounce can resembles soda pop but has an alcohol content of 12%, more potent than a typical can of beer.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Sounds like another alcoholic beverage I know called Four Lokos.
  • Popular rapper Snoop Dogg is the front man endorsing Blast who -- according to a distributor marketing video -- "has the ability to take Colt 45 brands to a whole new level."
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Rappers have the power to make some alcoholic drinks very popular through lyrics and music videos. Like Patron. Snoop Dogg alone could make this drink very popular
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  • "I'm sure that you don't want people marketing to your children to have them drink this alcohol pop,"
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I agree alcohol companies shouldn't advertise to minors and only responsible adults.
  • "It's bigger than a normal can size, people don't take that into account when they're drinking it,"
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I agree, some people don't realize how much alcohol they're consuming in this can. But then again there has to be some responsibility too
  • "They dressed it up to look like a soda drink. I think the design is pretty cool. I would probably assume it's a sports drink and gone for it," the 21-year-old said.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I feel like it does attract to minors. I wonder if there is ever going to be a law about the designs of alcoholic containers/ cans.
Cole Gentry

77-year-old man charged in four slayings dating to 1977 - CNN.com - 0 views

  • A Reno, Nevada, man is charged with four counts of murder in the deaths of four northern California women dating back more than three decades
    • Cole Gentry
       
      This story sounds like something from a movie. I can't believe the he never got caught and nw he lives on the other side of the country
  • Naso is charged in the 1977 murder of Roxene Roggash in Marin County; Pamela Parsons and Tracy Tofoya of Yuba County, California, whose bodies were found in 1993 and 1994
    • Cole Gentry
       
      What did he do with the bodies? And why did he kill them? did he have any reason or were they just random?
  • He is eligible for the death penalty.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      That's crazy that he can recieve the death penailty. I wonder if he will get it? We were just talking about this in class!
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  • . A search of his home turned up photographs and writings tying him to the deaths,
    • Cole Gentry
       
      This guy reminds me of the movie that we just watched. And that's crazy that he still has photos of the murders/ women
  • "We're hoping that people who have missing relatives will take a look at this and maybe put a couple of the pieces together and get that information to us so we can follow up on it,"
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I think that he killed more women but the authorites don't know about it yet. I hope they look into it more and people call in about missing people.
Cole Gentry

Afghanistan, pushed to the edge - CNN.com - 0 views

  • Deadly protests sweeping Afghanistan in reaction to the Quran-burning by Florida Pastor Terry Jones are a defeat for those on all sides fighting for Afghanistan's peaceful future.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I perviously heard about this. Only in Amercia would a pastor burn the Quran. I like how America is trying to bring peace to their country and then we burn the Quran.
  • American soldiers created "kill teams" that targeted Afghan civilians for sport and captured their murders on video, in some cases even posing with their corpses.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      So the taxpayers of America are paying millions of dollars for these soliders to stay in Afghanistan so they can do this?
  • Many Afghans don't realize that these few do not stand for the majority of Americans
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Sounds like how Americans don't realize that "terrorist" aren't the majority of Muslims.
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  • American television has rediscovered Afghanistan, following weeks in which the nuclear disaster in Japan and turmoil in the Middle East dominated the airwaves.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Yes I feel that many Americans tend to forget about the Afghanistan becuase of what has been happening in Japan.
  • nd that in a December 2010 opinion poll, about 60 percent of Afghans said they continue to support the U.S. military presence in their country and oppose the Taliban, despite growing insecurity.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Only 60 percent? Almost half the country doesn't want American Support, thats saying something about America and not in a good way.
Cole Gentry

2 Chicago police officers face sexual assault investigation - CNN.com - 0 views

  • Two Chicago police officers are under investigation for alleged sexual assault and have been "relieved of their police powers,"
    • Cole Gentry
       
      That's just very uncalled for. Your a police officer, you are suppose to help people from crime not cause it.
  • Chicago's top law enforcement officer on Thursday called their actions "inappropriate."
    • Cole Gentry
       
      If the top law enforcement officer believes the two cops did, then Im sure they did
  • Thursday that the alleged attack on a 22-year-old woman took place Wednesday morning after she accepted a ride home from the on-duty officers.
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  • According to the report cited by WLS, the woman initially did not reject sexual advances from the officers.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I don't know if she just wanted money out the situation by going along with it them accusing them or if she really was scared.
  • "At this point in time it is an active ongoing criminal investigation, but we also need to have the evidence worked up prior to any charging,"
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I wonder what type of evidence they are going to fine. I hope the jury and judge make the right decision.
Cole Gentry

Health care's hidden costs: $363 billion - Mar. 23, 2011 - 0 views

  • a new industry report revealed that consumers may be paying billions of dollars more in out-of-pocket health care expenses than was previously thought.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Figures. The government always trys to get us to believe that all of these programs are better than they really are. There is always so many hidden cost and fees with everything the government does.
  • These "hidden" costs of health care -- like taking time off to care for elderly parents -- add up to $363 billion
    • Cole Gentry
       
      363 billion dollars? How does that much money comsidered "hidden" cost. That absured knowing that we already pay a lot for health care and plus these "hidden" cost.
  • That amounts to $1,355 per consumer, on top of the $8,000 the government says people spend on doctor fees and hospital care.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      An extra $1,355 per consumer?! How knows how this is saying money.. Probably for the people that need to go to the hospital and aren't even a citizen of a America or just not a tax paying citizen.
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  • The report estimates the value of unpaid care is $12.60 per hour, or $199 billion a year.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      199 billion dollars in unpaid care?! That's crazy. How is so much unpaid and why do we let it get that high?
  • The average household income fell 1.9% last year while health care costs rose 6%, he said."This is a perfect storm in which consumers' hidden costs will only increase exponentially in the near future."
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Honesty, this country is going to fall apart. Forsurew within the next century. The government is to corrupt and so is all the major stock market industrys. This care plan isn't gonna do that much better. Besides it will just get apprealed and they will try to reform the current healthcare plan when a repbluican goes back into office.
Cole Gentry

New York governor orders probe of crash, given bus driver's past - CNN.com - 1 views

  • how a Brooklyn man got licensed to drive a bus that crashed over the weekend, leading to the deaths of 15 people.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      A bus crash that killed 15 people. That's crazy, I can't believe that i didn't hear about this. Probably beause of all the global news.
  • he bus then flipped on its side and smashed into the poles, which cut through two-thirds of the vehicle
    • Cole Gentry
       
      That sounds like a serious crash. I wonder how fast the bus was moving? The bus was cut by the poles, i have never heard of a bus crashing like that.
  • The driver of the tractor-trailer denied that two vehicles collided before the bus crashed, a law enforcement source told CNN.
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  • Federal investigators are considering other potential causes of the crash, including mechanical problems, steering and brake issues as well as the possibility the driver fell asleep
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I think that the driver fell asleep and the driver is just trying to come up with an excuse.
  • Two UPS couriers told CNN affiliate WABC-TV that they twice saw the bus traveling very fast on the highway before the accident.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      If two different UPS couries saw the bus speeding then it probably was. If they were lying, they would lose their job. So I do believe there telling the truth
Cole Gentry

At least 18 charged in alleged sexual assault of Texas girl - CNN.com - 0 views

  • Thirteen adults and five juveniles have been arrested
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Thirteen adults and five juveniles! That's a lot of people! I wonder how they all got involved?
  • There have been leads during our investigation that have alerted us to other possible persons of interest,"
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I bet they had a lot of leads. If they already arrested 18. I can't even imagine how many leads and complex the investigation is.
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  • 14 and 27 years old, he said.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Why would 27 year olds be hanging around and even commiting crimes together? Thats such a huge age difference.
  • CNN affiliate KHOU, which reported the girl was 11 years old.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      11 years old? These people have some issues!
  • "I just hope everything comes out well, because some of these kids are innocent."
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I believe one of the sons mom convected because 18 people seems to be too many people to be charged. But who knows?
Cole Gentry

Lawyers try to block release of autopsies in Arizona shooting spree - CNN.com - 0 views

  • Federal prosecutors are trying to bar a medical examiner in Arizona from releasing autopsy results for the six people killed during the Tucson shooting rampage
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Im glad that the federal prosecutors are trying to stop the medical examiner from releasing the autopsy. It is already hard enough on the families.
  • Jared Lee Loughner, who is accused of shooting a Tucson congresswoman and 18 other people, six of them fatally.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      How did people not identify this man.He should have been locked up days after the shooting. And i didn't realize that 18 people were shot.
  • They argued that releasing statements or the autopsy reports to the media could hamper the court's ability to have a fair trial.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I agree. If the media got ahold of the autopsy they would report it nonstop and keep bringing up that tragic day that everyone wants to forget.
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  • The judge in the case has not yet made a decision on prosecutors' request.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I don't know why he even has to think about it. He should rule that they can't be released.
  • Giffords is recovering at a Houston hospital.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I hope she is doing okay and making a speedy recovery.
Cole Gentry

Fiscal discipline or the end of unions? - CNN.com - 0 views

  • Washington (CNN) -- For many in labor unions, the political battles in Wisconsin, Ohio and now Indiana are seen as nothing short of a frontal assault on their very existence.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Will it spread it other states? What is the likely hood of pennsylvania?
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Is this happened just in these locations or is it happening other places in America?
  • shows that 61 percent of Americans oppose eliminating or restricting collective bargaining rights for public employee unions.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I figured that the percentage would have been higher than only 61 percent
  • "We don't think that retirement security is wrong," Henry said. "What's really wrong is that 50 percent of us don't have access to it and that corporate CEOs earn 400 times what the average American worker earns."
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Thats crazy how 50 percent of Americans don't have retirement security. And it's crazy how CEOs make that much money. But I personally believe that America needs a higher, middle, and lower middle class
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  • "Despite a lot of the rhetoric we've heard over the past 11 days, the bill I put forward isn't aimed at state workers, and it certainly isn't a battle with unions," he said.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Well then what is it aimed towards? I wish he would explain.
  • Walker threatened that if Democrats don't return to the statehouse by Friday, he'll lay off as many as 1,500 public employees.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Wow that would be crazy if he did that! I hope he doesn't do that. It would destroy their government.
  • "We've got a projected $8-plus billion budget deficit that we have to deal with," she said. "And we're not like Washington. We can't just print more money and pawn it off on our children. We've got to balance these budgets."
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I completely agree. I think that the government on all levels just looks out for themselves and just lets the "future" worry about it.
Cole Gentry

Chechen claims responsibility for attack on Russian airport - CNN.com - 0 views

  • Similar special operations will be taking place in the future,
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Doku Umarov is claiming there will be more attacks on Russia! If i lved in Russia I would be very scared and fearful of travel. Also, I wonder how the Russian government is handling this.
  • Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov claimed responsibility Monday for last month's deadly attack on Moscow's main international airport that left 36 people dead.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Do the Chechen rebels work with any other similiar groups? Why did Doku Umarov wait a month to post the video? The the terrorist bombing probably went as planned if it left 36 people dead!
  • "I won't tell you there are hundreds of us prepared for jihad. But 50 or 60, God willing, we will find," said Umarov. "Those operations will be conducted monthly or weekly, as Allah allows us,"
    • Cole Gentry
       
      50 or 60 "bombers" are already prepared to attack! Thats crazy especially with operations that are conducted monthly or weekly! I wonder if Russia will declare war if the attacks continue.
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  • But he told Russian state television the alleged bomber was under the influence of drugs before the attack.
    • Cole Gentry
       
      I personally think it doesn't matter if the bomber was on drugs. I believe he had planned on bombing the airport before he was on drugs and that the drugs didn't effect his decision to proceed with the attack.
  • "I would like Putin and Medvedev and all other kaffirs and enemies to understand that there are many of us who will follow in our footsteps and give their lives for Allah,"
    • Cole Gentry
       
      Are kaffirs a group of people? Where are "they" located? Does "enemies" mean Russia? And if a country or group was considered as Chechen's enemy I would be very scared.
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    Why did it take so long for this video to be released? And does the Chechen work with any other "terrorist" group?
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    Doku Umarov is making threaten and serious attack towards Russia. I wonder if he will pull through and if i was Russia I would be very scared.
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    50 or 60 are ready to attack to die for there god! That's crazy!!
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    I think the guy intending on blowing up the airport before he was on drugs. I don't think he was forced to or had no control of what was going on.
Cole Gentry

Illegal Immigration population levels off - 0 views

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    I'm glad to see that the illegal immigration rates are declining. But I think as the economy starts to show more growth and a lower unemployment rate; the illegal immigration rates will increase.
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