Thursday, April 25, 2013

Officials: Suspect admits role in bombings

BOSTON (AP) ? The surviving suspect in the Boston Marathon bombings acknowledged to the FBI his role in the attacks but did so before he was advised of his constitutional right to keep quiet and seek a lawyer, U.S. officials said Wednesday.

Once Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was read his rights on Monday, he immediately stopped talking, according to four officials of both political parties who were briefed on the interrogation but insisted on anonymity because the briefing was private.

After roughly 16 hours of questioning, investigators were surprised when a magistrate judge and a representative from the U.S. Attorney's office entered the hospital room and read Tsarnaev his rights, the four officials and one law enforcement official said. Investigators had planned to keep questioning him.

It is unclear whether any of this will matter in court since the FBI says Tsarnaev confessed to a witness and U.S. officials said Wednesday that physical evidence, including a 9 mm handgun and pieces of a remote-control device commonly used in toys, was recovered from the scene.

But the debate over whether suspected terrorists should be read their Miranda rights has become a major sticking point in the debate over how best to fight terrorism. Many Republicans, in particular, believe Miranda warnings are designed to build court cases, and only hinder intelligence gathering.

Christina DiIorio Sterling, a spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, said in an email, "This remains an ongoing investigation and we don't have any further comment."

Before being advised of his rights, the 19-year-old suspect told authorities that his older brother, Tamerlan Tsarnaev, 26, only recently had recruited him to be part of the attack, two U.S. officials said.

The CIA, however, named Tamerlan to a terrorist database 18 months ago, officials said Wednesday, an acknowledgment that will undoubtedly prompt congressional inquiry about whether investigators took warnings from Russian intelligence officials seriously enough.

The U.S. officials who discussed the terrorist database and other details of the investigation are in addition to those who discussed the Miranda warning. They were close to the investigation and insisted on anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case with reporters.

Tamerlan Tsarnaev, whom authorities have described as the driving force behind the plot, was killed in a shootout with police. Dzhokhar is recovering in a hospital from injuries suffered during a getaway attempt.

Authorities had previously said Dzhokhar exchanged gunfire with them for more than an hour Friday night before they captured him inside a boat covered by a tarp in a suburban Boston neighborhood backyard. But two U.S. officials said Wednesday that he was unarmed when captured, raising questions about the gunfire and how he was injured.

More than 4,000 mourners at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology paid tribute to a campus police officer who authorities say was gunned down by the bombing suspects.

Among the speakers in Cambridge, just outside Boston, was Vice President Joe Biden, who condemned the bombing suspects as "two twisted, perverted, cowardly, knockoff jihadis."

Investigators have said the brothers appeared to have been radicalized through jihadist materials on the Internet and have found no evidence tying them to a terrorist group.

Dzhokhar told the FBI that they were angry about the U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq and the killing of Muslims there, officials said.

Dzhokhar's public defender had no comment on the matter Wednesday. His father has called him a "true angel," and an aunt has insisted he's not guilty.

Investigators have found pieces of remote-control equipment among the debris and were analyzing them, officials said. One official described the detonator as "close-controlled," meaning it had to be triggered within several blocks of the bombs.

That evidence could be key to the court case. And an FBI affidavit said one of the brothers told a carjacking victim during their getaway attempt, "Did you hear about the Boston explosion? I did that."

Officials also recovered a 9 mm handgun believed to have been used by Tamerlan from the site of a Thursday night gunbattle that injured a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority officer, two U.S. officials said.

The officials told the AP that no gun was found in the boat. Boston police Commissioner Ed Davis said earlier that shots were fired from inside the boat.

Asked whether the suspect had a gun in the boat, Davis said, "I'm not going to talk about that."

Kurt Schwartz, director of the Massachusetts Emergency Management Agency, did respond to the report.

"Within half a mile of where this person was captured, a police officer was shot. And I know who shot him." Schwartz said. "And there were three bombs that went off, and I know where those bombs came from. ... To me, it does not change anything. This guy was captured alive and will survive. True or not true, it doesn't change anything for me."

The suspects' parents, Anzor Tsarnaev and Zubeidat Tsarnaeva, plan to fly to the U.S. from Russia on Thursday, the father was quoted as telling the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti. The family has said it wants to take Tamerlan's body back to Russia.

In Russia, U.S. investigators traveled to the predominantly Muslim province of Dagestan and were in contact with the brothers' parents, hoping to gain more information.

Investigators are looking into whether Tamerlan, who spent six months in Russia's turbulent Caucasus region in 2012, was influenced by the religious extremists who have waged an insurgency against Russian forces in the area for years. The brothers have roots in Dagestan and neighboring Chechnya but had lived in the U.S. for about a decade.

While in the U.S., the brothers received welfare benefits.

The Office of Health and Human Services in Massachusetts confirmed a Boston Herald report Wednesday that Tamerlan, his wife and daughter had received welfare benefits up until last year, when he became ineligible based on family income.

The state also says Tamerlan and his brother received welfare benefits as children through their parents while the family lived in Massachusetts.

Neither was receiving benefits at the time of the bombing.

At MIT, bagpipes wailed as students, faculty and staff members and throngs of law enforcement officials paid their respects to MIT police Officer Sean Collier, who was ambushed in his cruiser three days after the bombing.

Biden told the Collier family that no child should die before his or her parents, but that, in time, the grief will lose some of its sting.

"The moment will come when the memory of Sean is triggered and you know it's going to be OK," Biden said. "When the first instinct is to get a smile on your lips before a tear to your eye."

The vice president also sounded a defiant note.

"The purpose of terror is to instill fear," he said. "You saw none of it here in Boston. Boston, you sent a powerful message to the world."

In another milestone in Boston's recovery, the area around the marathon finish line was reopened to the public, with fresh cement still drying on the repaired sidewalk. Delivery trucks made their way down Boylston Street under a heavy police presence, though some damaged stores were still closed.

"I don't think there's going to be a sense of normalcy for a while," Tom Champoux, who works nearby, said as he pointed to the boarded-up windows. "There are scars here that will be with us for a long time."

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Jakes and Dozier reported from Washington. Associated Press writers David Crary, Bridget Murphy and Bob Salsberg in Boston, Lynn Berry in Moscow and Matt Apuzzo, Adam Goldman, Eric Tucker, Pete Yost and Eileen Sullivan in Washington contributed to this report.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/officials-suspect-stopped-talking-miranda-044858309.html

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Friday, March 8, 2013

New Description of Truck That Followed and Shot Florida Sikh

New Description of Truck That Followed and Shot Florida Sikh
Gurdwara Sets up the Kanwaljit Singh Fund

By Anju Kaur, SikhNN staff writer, Washington Bureau
Posted: Thursday, March 07, 2013 | 05:13 pm

The vehicle involved in the shooting of Kanwaljit Singh of Port Orange, Florida, is a Chevrolet S-10 or GMC Sonoma-style truck, which differs from the initial description of the larger Ford truck that was circulated earlier, police said today.

Port Orange police detectives have obtained multiple surveillance videos showing Kanwaljit Singh?s car being followed by the suspect truck from International Speedway Boulevard in Daytona Beach to the area where the shooting occurred on Dunlawton Bridge, the March 6 police report says.

Kanwaljit Singh was followed for about 10 miles, Capt. David Meyer told SikhNN. He had closed his new convenience store and was heading home.

Just before midnight on Feb. 23, police responded to a 911 call from Kanwaljit Singh saying he had been shot.

According to the first police report on Feb 26, the shooting occurred on the bridge while Kanwaljit Singh was driving westbound. The suspect truck pulled alongside his 2005 Ford Focus and fired multiple shots. Six were found in the driver?s side of the car. Two hit Kanwaljit Singh, one in the thigh and one in the lower torso.

The truck attempted to turn around and come after him again, said Navtej Singh Khalsa, Southeast regional director for the Sikh American Legal Defense and Education Fund, and a family friend from the same area, in a previous interview. But it then fled westbound on Dunlawton Avenue and then turned southbound on Halifax Drive.

Kanwaljit Singh?s 13-year-old son was in the passenger seat and watched the entire incident unfold. He was not hurt.

The initial description was based on information received by the victim?s son, but it was during a ?tense moment when everything was going on,? Meyer said. ?The son is (now) in agreement (after) seeing the videos.?

Separate videos show a single-cab, dark blue or black truck, Meyer said. They also show that the license plate is on the right rear bumper, not as typically positioned in the center of the bumper, the police report says.

The surveillance video obtained from the police and published on SikhNN shows the light colored 2005 Ford Focus, the second car to drive by, followed by the truck, a few seconds later.

Kanwaljit Singh pulled over on the shoulder of the bridge and realized he had been shot, the earlier police report says. He called 911 at approximately 11:50 p.m. as he drove to the 200 block of Dunlawton Avenue where he pulled off to the side of the road. He was transported to Halifax Hospital in Daytona Beach.

Kanwaljit Singh came home on Tuesday. He is still recovering from the surgeries, and taking some calls from media. They are mostly doing ?human interest stories,? Navtej Singh said today. Navtej Singh also was part of a broadcast news story and took the opportunity to educate the public about Sikhs, he said.

Kanwaljit Singh?s wife is now running their convenience story, but only limited hours. His son also tries to help.

?She is concerned about their financial wellbeing,? Navtej Singh added. They do not have any health insurance. And with her husband unable to work, it is difficult to make ends meet.
?They had invested quite a bit into store,? he said. They just opened it about two weeks earlier. The local gurdwara, the Sikh Society of Central Florida, in Oviedo, has started a fund for the family.

Police are investigating this as a possible hate crime and believe that Kanwaljit Singh was shot because of his religiously mandated unshorn beard and turban. The FBI is assisting the Port Orange Police Department in the investigation.

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Any information on this vehicle or crime can be forwarded to Detective Jeff Wenzel at (386) 506-5884 or email jwenzel@port-orange.org.

To make a donation to the family, send a check to:
The Sikh Society of Central Florida
2527 W. State Road 426
Oviedo, FL 32765
c/o Kanwaljit Singh Fund

Source: http://www.sikhnn.com/headlines/2466/new-description-truck-followed-and-shot-florida-sikh

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'Twilight: Breaking Dawn' Gets Taken Down A Notch By Honest Trailers

The love story of Shovelface and Mouth Breather comes to an end in the final installment of Honest Trailer's take on "The Twilight Saga," "Breaking Dawn." The hilarious takedown of the final two "Twilight" movies doesn't just mock Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart, but also the Cullens, the "Snow Dogs" and the fact that vampires [...]

Source: http://moviesblog.mtv.com/2013/03/07/twilight-breaking-dawn-honest-trailers/

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Thursday, March 7, 2013

Twitter updates mobile apps with better search, improved browsing

Twitter has updated the search and web browsing capabilities for its official iOS and Android apps and its mobile website.

The tweet tweak, announced by the company on Wednesday, builds on the ability to capture "important Twitter moments" by showcasing older, notable tweets within search results. Wednesday's update brings a Top Tweet from the past while also allowing users to "view more from this time"

On its official blog the company wrote: "We recently introduced the ability to see older tweets in search results. Now when you search for important Twitter moments, you may see a Top Tweet separate from the rest of the results. This Tweet is the best match for your query based on relevance and engagement. To see additional Tweets from this time period, tap on ?View more from this time.? Try searching for ?four more years? or ?deep challenge? on your phone to see an example."

Another improvement involves the app's built-in web browser. Now, when users click a web link or load a video from within a tweet, the original tweet will also be visible at the foot of the screen.

The company says keeps the webpage in context for readers (and viewers) and allows them to easily quote, retweet or reply to the post without returning to their timeline.

"If you don?t want to see the Tweet, simply tap the page and the Tweet will slide away from view. By pulling up or down on the tray icon, the Tweet will appear or disappear from view," wrote software engineer Nick Takayama.

The update, which also features an improved auto-complete mechanism, comes in a week when Twitter has come under fire for removing support for the popular TweetDeck app it bought in 2011.

As it continues to discourage access from anything but its official suite of apps, Twitter will need to continue rolling out new and enticing features for its mobile apps to prevent users seeking alternatives.

Source: http://www.trustedreviews.com/news/twitter-updates-mobile-apps-with-better-search-improved-browsing

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Wednesday, March 6, 2013

"Second Chance Animal" group rescue horses from animal cruelty

Published: Mar 5, 2013 at 9:00 AM PST
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Starving colt rescued.
PECK, ID - There is outrage from animal lovers after three young horses starved to death in Clearwater County.

This is a Facebook picture from the animal rescue group, "Second Chance Animal." Allegedly, this horse was one of three that recently perished due to in-humane treatment. The animals were originally on a property in the Peck area, and then moved to Clearwater county.

Police said these horses were under weight and lived in deplorable conditions. It is still unconfirmed Monday night just how much the Clearwater county sheriff's office knew about the case, or the owner.
Deputies said an investigation is on-going.

Source: http://www.klewtv.com/news/local/Horses-suffer-animal-cruelty--195273941.html

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Skating to where the customers are going to be

"Skating to where the puck is going to be" is an old Wayne Gretzky saying that Steve Jobs once quoted, and so it gets rehashed a lot when discussing Apple's strategy for moving into new markets. Typically that's with hardware like iPhone, iPad, or potential hardware like the rumored iWatch, or with features like iTunes, AirPlay or Passbook. It's also an apt way to describe Apple's commercial strategy.

Time was, if you wanted to buy an Apple product, you had to search out one of the few, though often incredibly enthusiastic authorized resellers, or scour the dusty back shelves of a department retailer. Then Apple started building Apple Stores. They gave customers a place to go, and provided them with a great experience when they got there. But it wasn't enough. Even with stores in the hundreds, not everyone had one conveniently nearby. Apple Online could ship almost anywhere, but getting real products in real stores would take more. Apple knew that, so they built-out "stores within stores" at big boxes. And they kept going, getting their consumer devices on the shelves of popular electronics stores, megamarts, and this year, office depots.

They even made an Apple Store app because a growing segment of the market doesn't even go to the web anymore. They go to apps.

Apple's early retail strategy was unfocused and ineffective. They stepped back, regrouped, carefully built out something that could not only scale, but adapt, and then they began to deploy.

Time was, if you wanted to see Apple's ads you had to catch them on TV, hunt through Apple.com, or search out a bootleg online. Transformative campaigns like Think Different, Get a Mac, and App for That either required you to seek them out in unfriendly, hard-to-share formats, or suffer through a version uploaded at low quality, often with ancillary ads, commentary or agendas. Now Apple has a YouTube channel where they upload not only their own ads, but promotional videos and keynotes as well, in good quality, often the same day they air on TV or at events.

Even though it's owned by one of Apple's biggest competitors, Google, it's also the second biggest search engine in the world, enjoys massive mainstream awareness, and is almost a community unto itself.

Time was, if you wanted media and apps from Apple you had to go to iTunes and the App Store. Now iTunes is on Facebook, and Apple has multiple Twitter accounts for everything from movie trailers to podcasts, music to apps. They've even begun featuring iBooks inside the popular social reader, Flipboard.

Apple figured out that people coming to their stores were likely already customers, and already predisposed to buy. Putting their wares on social networks allowed them to push beyond the boundaries of their web site and devices, to where potential customers could be found. A like or a re-tweet here, and chance flip there, and someone who may not have even thought about visting an Apple Store or buying something suddenly sees a link, and maybe, curiously, clicks or taps on it.

Some have criticized Apple for these moves, accused them of devaluing their brand or tarnishing the premium aura of their products. By like Daring Fireball's John Gruber has often said, Apple is all about mainstream luxury. The iPod, iPhone, and iPad, and everything that rounds out the product line, has never been about snooty exclusivity but about exceptionally well made accessibility.

People used to joke, sometimes disparagingly, about seeing Apple products at the local quicky mart. That's not a joke. It's just constrained to gift cards. For now.

Apple is skating hard, not just to where their customers are, but to where they're customers are going to be.

Note to devs: I said YouTube instead of video because not putting your app videos on YouTube is like making your website exclusive to Bing. Apple's on YouTube for a reason. You should be too.



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Tuesday's Three Burning Legal Questions - Legal Blog Watch

Tuesday's Three Burning Legal Questions

Here are today's?three burning legal questions, along with the answers provided by the blogosphere.

1. Question:?I just entered the court for my argument before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, but all of the judges present for the argument are from the Third Circuit. Am I in the wrong place? Am I being Punk'd?

Answer:?No, sometimes every?judge serving on a federal appellate court finds it necessary to recuse themself from an appeal pending in their court, and federal appellate judges serving on a neighboring circuit will be assigned to sit by designation to resolve the appeal.?(How Appealing,?Third Circuit judges to decide Second Circuit case)

2. Question:?I just saw the security guards at my local Wal-Mart chasing some guy around the parking lot. Honestly, I'm not even sure why they are chasing him but count me in! I am carrying a concealed weapon -- can I fire a few shots at the guy's car so that the car will be?marked for the police?

Answer:?No, sir, your?life is not in immediate danger nor are you trying to defend someone else whose life is being threatened. Shooting up the car will get you charged with?charged with aggravated assault and shooting into an occupied vehicle. (The Daytona Beach News-Journal, Police: Shopper shoots at fleeing Walmart shoplifting suspect's car)

3. Question:?I'm a mine worker. Can my fellow workers and I create an underground mine Harlem Shake video??

Answer:?No, you will likely all end up getting fired for?breaching the mining company's "core values of safety, integrity and excellence." (Reuters,?Australian miners fired for dancing the Harlem Shake underground)

Posted by Bruce Carton on March 5, 2013 at 12:00 PM | Permalink | Comments (0)

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