Colleen LaRose, an American woman who authorities say called herself "Jihad Jane" pleaded not guilty this morning to charges she conspired to support terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country.
LaRose, in a green jail jumpsuit, pleaded not guilty to all four charges she was facing. A trial date was set for May 3. With her hair pulled straight back in several rows of braids and tied into ponytail, LaRose smiled and nodded to her lawyers during the quick court hearing.
The Justice Department said Colleen LaRose and five co-conspirators recruited men on the Internet "to wage violent jihad in south Asia and Europe."
If convicted, LaRose would face a possible life sentence in prison and a $1 million fine.
Last year, LaRose agreed to kill a resident of Sweden, according to the indictment against her. A U.S. government official familiar with the case identified the target as Lars Vilks, a cartoonist who outraged some by drawing the Muslim prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog in 2007.
That cartoon prompted al Qaeda to offer a reward to anyone who killed Vilks.
Authorities have not identified LaRose's five alleged co-conspirators, but police in Ireland arrested seven people last week, which the U.S. official said was directly related to the plot involving LaRose. Two of those have since been charged.
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is urging Democrats in Washington, D.C., to reconsider the use of the “deem and pass” rule to approve health care reform and is threatening a state suit against any such comprehensive bill.
Ken Cuccinelli In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Cuccinelli, a Republican, calls the “deem and pass,” or “self-executing rule” procedure something that “would raise grave constitutional questions.”
Citing Pelosi’s justification that such a measure would shield members of Congress from a recorded vote on a health reform bill, Cuccinelli said the move is “improper” under the U.S. Constitution and to be valid, the Senate’s bill would have to be accepted by the House in a form “that is word-for-word identical.
“Should you employ the deem and pass tactic, you expose any act which may pass to yet another constitutional challenge,” the attorney general wrote. “A bill of this magnitude should not be passed using this maneuver. As the president noted last week, the American people are entitled to an up or down vote.” (more at title story link above)
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says small-business owners especially will benefit from a jobs bill awaiting his signature.
Obama was signing the bill Thursday at the White House.
In prepared remarks, Obama said many small businesses are on the fence about whether to hire new workers, but tax incentives in the jobs bill should make the decision that much easier.
The White House released Obama's remarks ahead of a signing ceremony in the Rose Garden.
The Senate passed the bill Wednesday with 11 Republicans among the 68 senators who voted to send it to the president. The bill includes about $18 billion in tax breaks and pumps $20 billion into highway and transit programs.
More than a million high chairs have been recalled. Reporter: KKCO Posted: 10:49 AM Mar 18, 2010
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - More than a million high chairs have been recalled.
The government says 1.2 million chairs pose a fall hazard to children.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the voluntary recall Thursday.
It involves the product made by Graco Children’s Products, Inc. of Atlanta.
The regulatory agency says screws holding the front legs of the high chair and loosen and fall out and says cracking plastic brackets can cause the high chair to tip over unexpectedly.
These tip-overs resulted in 24 reports of injuries including bumps and bruises to the head, a hairline fracture to the arm and cuts, bumps, bruises and scratches to children.
American Idol delivered its first Ford commercial set to an unlikely tune last night — the Hives’ “Tick Tick Boom” — which was quite appropriate for Rolling Stones week since the Swedish garage rockers’ charismatic frontman Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist has borrowed 70 percent of his mind-blowing stage show from Mick Jagger. If Idol can somehow get even one percent of its massive viewership to revisit the band’s incredible 2000 disc Veni Vidi Vicious, Season Nine has redeemed itself.
The show also featured amped-up version of the Rolling Stones’ “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” by Season Seven winner David Cook, plus Orianthi performed her single “According to You.” And Ke$ha rocked her feather headdress alongside dancers balancing giant TVs for heads during a rendition of Animal single “Blah Blah Blah” that featured an uncredited cameo by 3Oh!3 (perhaps Ryan Seacrest didn’t recognize them?).
But the night’s real task was Season Nine’s first Top 12 elimination. Paige Miles, Tim Urban and Lacey Brown landed in the bottom three, and minds were certainly blown when Urban — who turned “Under My Thumb” into pseudo-reggae slop — was declared safe. Miles, who struggled with laryngitis but managed to pull out a decent “Honky Tonk Woman,” triumphed over Brown, who had sung a surprisingly interesting “Ruby Tuesday” set to a string quartet on Tuesday night. Randy Jackson, Ellen DeGeneres, Kara DioGuardi and Simon Cowell unanimously agreed not to use their one-time Judges’ Save to keep Brown in the competition.
That means, of course, that Siobhan Magnus (who Rock Daily declared “Lady Lambert” but our readers seemed to perceive more as “Gal Gokey” for her “Paint It Black” screech) will sing another week, along with strong contenders Crystal Bowersox and Didi Benami. Was Brown’s time really up? Give RS your take in the comments.
People Magazine Reports Bullock Has Left Husband Jesse James Amid Reports of Marital Problems By SHEILA MARIKAR and EMILY FRIEDMAN March 18, 2010
Following reports that his wife Sandra Bullock has left him because of an alleged affair, Jesse James has released a statement to ABC News in which he expressed remorse and asked for forgiveness.
(More at Story Link above)
Wikipedia on Jesse James: Jesse Gregory James (born April 19, 1969) is an American television personality and CEO of West Coast Choppers, a manufacturer of custom-made motorcycles. James is the current host of Jesse James is a Dead Man on Spike TV, focus of documentary Motorcycle Mania and former host of series Monster Garage, both on the Discovery Channel.
Sandra Annette Bullock (pronounced /ˈbʊlək/; born July 26, 1964) is an American actress who came to fame in the 1990s, after roles in successful films such as Speed and While You Were Sleeping. She has since established her career with films such as Miss Congeniality and Crash, which received critical acclaim. In 2007, she was ranked as the 14th richest female celebrity with an estimated fortune of $85 million.[1] In 2009, Bullock starred in the most financially successful films of her career, The Proposal[2] and The Blind Side.[3] Bullock was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, and the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side.
Story Published: Mar 18, 2010 at 2:48 PM PDT Story Updated: Mar 18, 2010 at 3:36 PM PDT FOX ISLAND, Wash. - A boy's body has washed up in South Puget Sound, and a Thurston County official said it's possible that a missing 8-year-old boy could have washed ashore there.
The body was found Thursday afternoon on the shore of Fox Island, near the 1040 block of Paiute Road, said Nanette Tatom, spokesperson for the Gig Harbor Fire Department.
Lt. Chris Mealy of the Thurston County sheriff's office said tidal currents could have carried a body from the Budd Inlet area, where 8-year-old Azriel Carver went missing late Saturday, to Fox Island over a period of days.
"Yes, absolutely," he said, when asked about the possibility.
However, Pierce County Sheriff's Office spokesman Ed Troyer cautioned that no positive identification of the body has been made, and that the dead boy appears to be about 10 years old.
Carver vanished Saturday night, along with his mother, Shantina "Kat" Smiley, 29, while on their way to Castle Rock from Silverdale.
Deputies have been searching for the missing pair ever since their minivan was found submerged in a small cove off Bud Inlet near North Olympia, with the doors open.
Bloodhounds also searched the roads and the area surrounding the beach, but were unable to pick up a scent.
Deputies did recover several items that washed up on the beach in Budd Inlet on Tuesday night that belonged to Smiley, including leather shoes, an inhaler and an orange ball. A half-full and corked wine bottle also was found.
The missing boy's father, Jay Carver, was on the scene of the search on Wednesday, hoping for any signs of his son. Carver flew in from Buffalo, N. Y. late Tuesday night in hopes of aiding searchers.
Smiley and her son were headed to her stepfather's home when they disappeared over the weekend.
"It's almost like she vanished out of thin air," said stepsister Chelsie Woodard, 32, of Castle Rock, whose father used to be married to Smiley's mother.
Detectives have determined that Smiley turned off Interstate 5 in the Olympia area while enroute to Castle Rock, and was seen by several people who described her as appearing to be confused and lost.
A wallet containing Smiley driver's license, some cash and credit cards were found in the minivan, but neither Smiley nor her son was anywhere in sight.
"Apparently she got stuck and abandoned the car," Mealy said. There was no indication that a crime took place inside the 2005 Dodge Caravan, he added.
Mealy said Smiley had called her fiance Saturday night in northwest Olympia to update him on her location because she had left her cell phone at home.
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In Other NEWS:
"Jihad Jane" aka Colleen LaROSE pleads NOT GUILTY today in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Pennsylvania is the KEYSTONE state of the USA
[Manitoba is the KEYSTONE province of Canada]
Colleen LaRose, an American woman who authorities say called herself "Jihad Jane" pleaded not guilty this morning to charges she conspired to support terrorists and kill a person in a foreign country.
LaRose, in a green jail jumpsuit, pleaded not guilty to all four charges she was facing. A trial date was set for May 3. With her hair pulled straight back in several rows of braids and tied into ponytail, LaRose smiled and nodded to her lawyers during the quick court hearing.
The Justice Department said Colleen LaRose and five co-conspirators recruited men on the Internet "to wage violent jihad in south Asia and Europe."
If convicted, LaRose would face a possible life sentence in prison and a $1 million fine.
Last year, LaRose agreed to kill a resident of Sweden, according to the indictment against her. A U.S. government official familiar with the case identified the target as Lars Vilks, a cartoonist who outraged some by drawing the Muslim prophet Mohammed with the body of a dog in 2007.
That cartoon prompted al Qaeda to offer a reward to anyone who killed Vilks.
Authorities have not identified LaRose's five alleged co-conspirators, but police in Ireland arrested seven people last week, which the U.S. official said was directly related to the plot involving LaRose. Two of those have since been charged.
In Other NEWS:
Virginia AG opposes ‘deem and pass,’ will sue to block health mandates
Virginia Attorney General Ken Cuccinelli is urging Democrats in Washington, D.C., to reconsider the use of the “deem and pass” rule to approve health care reform and is threatening a state suit against any such comprehensive bill.
Ken Cuccinelli
In a letter to House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), Cuccinelli, a Republican, calls the “deem and pass,” or “self-executing rule” procedure something that “would raise grave constitutional questions.”
Citing Pelosi’s justification that such a measure would shield members of Congress from a recorded vote on a health reform bill, Cuccinelli said the move is “improper” under the U.S. Constitution and to be valid, the Senate’s bill would have to be accepted by the House in a form “that is word-for-word identical.
“Should you employ the deem and pass tactic, you expose any act which may pass to yet another constitutional challenge,” the attorney general wrote. “A bill of this magnitude should not be passed using this maneuver. As the president noted last week, the American people are entitled to an up or down vote.”
(more at title story link above)
In Other NEWS:
President OBAMA Speaks from the ROSE Garden on the Jobs Bill - The HIRE ACT
(AP) – 49 minutes ago
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama says small-business owners especially will benefit from a jobs bill awaiting his signature.
Obama was signing the bill Thursday at the White House.
In prepared remarks, Obama said many small businesses are on the fence about whether to hire new workers, but tax incentives in the jobs bill should make the decision that much easier.
The White House released Obama's remarks ahead of a signing ceremony in the Rose Garden.
The Senate passed the bill Wednesday with 11 Republicans among the 68 senators who voted to send it to the president. The bill includes about $18 billion in tax breaks and pumps $20 billion into highway and transit programs.
As the President spoke from the ROSE Garden at the White House this morning - at 11:22 am - the DOW was 33.33 up (Green)
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President Obama signed the "HIRE ACT" in the ROSE Garden this morning at 11:29-30 AM (EDT).
11:29:00 DT Thursday March 18, 2010 in America/Washington, DC converts to
15:29:00 Thursday March 18, 2010 in UTC
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Set you PVRs Folks...
Tonight is the 2hr season premiere of FLASH FORWARD on ABC, "Revelation ZERO".
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Tom FOREman on CNN reports again today from MONT-go-mery Alabama...
This time from the HoR-I-ZON Shipyard.
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Correction:
The Hor-I-ZON Shipyard is in Bayou La Batre, Alabama (on Hwy# 188)
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In Other NEWS:
RECALL ALERT: 1.2 million high chairs recalled
More than a million high chairs have been recalled.
Reporter: KKCO
Posted: 10:49 AM Mar 18, 2010
GRAND JUNCTION, Colo. (KKCO) - More than a million high chairs have been recalled.
The government says 1.2 million chairs pose a fall hazard to children.
The Consumer Product Safety Commission announced the voluntary recall Thursday.
It involves the product made by Graco Children’s Products, Inc. of Atlanta.
The regulatory agency says screws holding the front legs of the high chair and loosen and fall out and says cracking plastic brackets can cause the high chair to tip over unexpectedly.
These tip-overs resulted in 24 reports of injuries including bumps and bruises to the head, a hairline fracture to the arm and cuts, bumps, bruises and scratches to children.
See Bayou La Batre on Google Maps.
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Be sure to ZOOM in 2 to 3 clicks on the Bayou La Batre google map...
HoR-I-Zon Shipyard is near the junction @ the West End of CAIN ST.
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Sure enough...
Rolling STONE magazine also covers Ke$ha on American Idol...(with video)
“American Idol” Eliminates Lacey Brown, Gets a Visit From Ke$ha
3/18/10, 8:52 am EST
American Idol delivered its first Ford commercial set to an unlikely tune last night — the Hives’ “Tick Tick Boom” — which was quite appropriate for Rolling Stones week since the Swedish garage rockers’ charismatic frontman Howlin’ Pelle Almqvist has borrowed 70 percent of his mind-blowing stage show from Mick Jagger. If Idol can somehow get even one percent of its massive viewership to revisit the band’s incredible 2000 disc Veni Vidi Vicious, Season Nine has redeemed itself.
The show also featured amped-up version of the Rolling Stones’ “Jumpin’ Jack Flash” by Season Seven winner David Cook, plus Orianthi performed her single “According to You.” And Ke$ha rocked her feather headdress alongside dancers balancing giant TVs for heads during a rendition of Animal single “Blah Blah Blah” that featured an uncredited cameo by 3Oh!3 (perhaps Ryan Seacrest didn’t recognize them?).
But the night’s real task was Season Nine’s first Top 12 elimination. Paige Miles, Tim Urban and Lacey Brown landed in the bottom three, and minds were certainly blown when Urban — who turned “Under My Thumb” into pseudo-reggae slop — was declared safe. Miles, who struggled with laryngitis but managed to pull out a decent “Honky Tonk Woman,” triumphed over Brown, who had sung a surprisingly interesting “Ruby Tuesday” set to a string quartet on Tuesday night. Randy Jackson, Ellen DeGeneres, Kara DioGuardi and Simon Cowell unanimously agreed not to use their one-time Judges’ Save to keep Brown in the competition.
That means, of course, that Siobhan Magnus (who Rock Daily declared “Lady Lambert” but our readers seemed to perceive more as “Gal Gokey” for her “Paint It Black” screech) will sing another week, along with strong contenders Crystal Bowersox and Didi Benami. Was Brown’s time really up? Give RS your take in the comments.
Caryn Ganz
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In OTHER NEWS:
ABC NEWS report Jesse James and Sandra Bullock have split...
Jesse James Asks for Forgiveness Amid Reports of Marital Woes
People Magazine Reports Bullock Has Left Husband Jesse James Amid Reports of Marital Problems
By SHEILA MARIKAR and EMILY FRIEDMAN
March 18, 2010
Following reports that his wife Sandra Bullock has left him because of an alleged affair, Jesse James has released a statement to ABC News in which he expressed remorse and asked for forgiveness.
(More at Story Link above)
Wikipedia on Jesse James:
Jesse Gregory James (born April 19, 1969) is an American television personality and CEO of West Coast Choppers, a manufacturer of custom-made motorcycles. James is the current host of Jesse James is a Dead Man on Spike TV, focus of documentary Motorcycle Mania and former host of series Monster Garage, both on the Discovery Channel.
Wikipedia on Sandra Bullock:
Sandra Annette Bullock (pronounced /ˈbʊlək/; born July 26, 1964) is an American actress who came to fame in the 1990s, after roles in successful films such as Speed and While You Were Sleeping. She has since established her career with films such as Miss Congeniality and Crash, which received critical acclaim. In 2007, she was ranked as the 14th richest female celebrity with an estimated fortune of $85 million.[1] In 2009, Bullock starred in the most financially successful films of her career, The Proposal[2] and The Blind Side.[3] Bullock was awarded a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress, a Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Female Actor in a Leading Role, and the Academy Award for Best Actress, for her role as Leigh Anne Tuohy in The Blind Side.
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In Other NEWS:
Boy's body washes up on Fox Island beach
Story Published: Mar 18, 2010 at 2:48 PM PDT
Story Updated: Mar 18, 2010 at 3:36 PM PDT
FOX ISLAND, Wash. - A boy's body has washed up in South Puget Sound, and a Thurston County official said it's possible that a missing 8-year-old boy could have washed ashore there.
The body was found Thursday afternoon on the shore of Fox Island, near the 1040 block of Paiute Road, said Nanette Tatom, spokesperson for the Gig Harbor Fire Department.
Lt. Chris Mealy of the Thurston County sheriff's office said tidal currents could have carried a body from the Budd Inlet area, where 8-year-old Azriel Carver went missing late Saturday, to Fox Island over a period of days.
"Yes, absolutely," he said, when asked about the possibility.
However, Pierce County Sheriff's Office spokesman Ed Troyer cautioned that no positive identification of the body has been made, and that the dead boy appears to be about 10 years old.
Carver vanished Saturday night, along with his mother, Shantina "Kat" Smiley, 29, while on their way to Castle Rock from Silverdale.
Deputies have been searching for the missing pair ever since their minivan was found submerged in a small cove off Bud Inlet near North Olympia, with the doors open.
Bloodhounds also searched the roads and the area surrounding the beach, but were unable to pick up a scent.
Deputies did recover several items that washed up on the beach in Budd Inlet on Tuesday night that belonged to Smiley, including leather shoes, an inhaler and an orange ball. A half-full and corked wine bottle also was found.
The missing boy's father, Jay Carver, was on the scene of the search on Wednesday, hoping for any signs of his son. Carver flew in from Buffalo, N. Y. late Tuesday night in hopes of aiding searchers.
Smiley and her son were headed to her stepfather's home when they disappeared over the weekend.
"It's almost like she vanished out of thin air," said stepsister Chelsie Woodard, 32, of Castle Rock, whose father used to be married to Smiley's mother.
Detectives have determined that Smiley turned off Interstate 5 in the Olympia area while enroute to Castle Rock, and was seen by several people who described her as appearing to be confused and lost.
A wallet containing Smiley driver's license, some cash and credit cards were found in the minivan, but neither Smiley nor her son was anywhere in sight.
"Apparently she got stuck and abandoned the car," Mealy said. There was no indication that a crime took place inside the 2005 Dodge Caravan, he added.
Mealy said Smiley had called her fiance Saturday night in northwest Olympia to update him on her location because she had left her cell phone at home.
(Story continues at link above)
Great post SE. I like it! I like it!...just like Mikie! lol
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