Daily Misfortune Sunday August 17, 2014

Daily Misfortune Sunday August 17, 2014 ---
Misfortune Timeline August 2014

*Today

1. August 17, 2014 Head-On Train Crash in Arkansas Kills 2 Wall Street Journal Two Union Pacific Corp. freight trains carrying toxic chemicals collided head-on before 3 a.m. Sunday in northeast Arkansas, killing two train crew members and injuring two others, authorities said. No toxic material is believed to have leaked as a result of the crash or a subsequent fire that burned for hours.
2. 4 shot, injured August 17, 2014 Chinatown shootings put focus on a tiny street Boston Globe Four men were hospitalized with non-critical injuries after a shooting on Edinboro Street. Melvin Smith, 27, of Mattapan, was arrested after nearby police officers heard gunshots shortly before 3 a.m. Sunday and allegedly saw him flee the scene... They released no motive for the shootings of the four men... Gambling and violence have a long history in Chinatown, where five people were shot to death — a sixth survived — at a card game in 1991. Two men are serving life sentences in the slayings.
3. 14 shot: 2 killed 14 injured August 17, 2014  Weekend Shootings Plague New York New York Times  Six of the victims were in northern Manhattan, including two young men who were killed in front of a deli just before 3 a.m. Sunday, shot by a gunman who fired several times before speeding off in a waiting car. Earlier in a crowded East Harlem park, a 17-year-old and two 18-year-old men were wounded as bullets flew. And at a Bronx apartment building on Sedgwick Avenue, uniformed police officers shot a man who they said was beating and stabbing his girlfriend with an eight-inch knife; both were expected to survive. All told, at least 14 people in New York were struck by bullets overnight, adding to a tally of shooting victims that is an increase of more than 10 percent over last year, to more than 822 citywide.
4. August 17, 2014 Bank accounts of 4 missing MH370 people transferred to Pakistani mechanic account  Police are still searching for a Pakistani national Ali Farran, who last worked as a car mechanic over the alleged theft of money from bank accounts belonging to four people aboard missing Malaysia Airlines Flight 370, according to Malaysian investigators. Authorities have arrested two people in relation to the alleged theft: an HSBC bank officer and her husband. The bank officer is accused of using Internet banking to transfer money from four passengers' bank accounts into another passenger's account. About $10,000 (35,000 Malaysian ringgit) was then allegedly transferred to a fifth account belonging to Farran, police said
5. 1 killed August 17, 2014 Fatal stabbing at fast-food restaurant in Bellevue The Seattle Times  The stabbing occurred at the overlake Burger King on 24th Street. The victim staggered out of the restaurant and collapsed with multiple stab wounds
6. 1 injured, 1 animal killed August 17, 2014 Massachusetts police shoot, kill bull after goring Boston Herald In Littleton, Massachusetts police shot and killed an out-of-control bull that gored a 74-year-old man at a livestock yard. Ronald Pollock was attempting to load the bull on a truck when it turned on him and tried to gore him with its horns.
7. August 17, 2014 Pennsylvania Church Doors Shot Up Troopers from Kane say officials at Faith Church in Liberty Township arrived to find someone had shot through both front doors of the church, no suspects identified. Two guns were used, one a .357 caliber, the other a 9mm — and that one of the shots resulted in a bullet found lying on a pulpit seat. 30 empty shell casings were found in the church parking lot.
8. August 15, 2014 shooting, August 17, 2014 arrest 1 killed, 1 arrested TwinCities.com-Pioneer Press arrested boarding bus out of state was charged Wednesday in the fatal shooting of a man in South Minneapolis. Rico Patrick Howard, 59, of Minneapolis was arrested Sunday at a downtown bus station in the death of Kenneth Madison, 53, of Minneapolis, according to Minneapolis police. He had a one-way bus ticket to Los Angeles in someone else's name and was carrying a large amount of cash... was imprisoned in 2000 for  third-degree murder, released in 2011 and convictions for assault and illegally posessing firearm (thug-as-terrorist attack?)
9. August 17, 2014 Bandits rob Saudi convoy in Paris and torch vehicles As many as eight robbers flashed handguns but fired no shots as they robbed the Mercedes of its valuables, then set the vehicle on fire. The car had about $334,000 in cash... assailants were well-informed about the car’s itinerary nydailynews

*News

1. light posts and bus bench destroyed August 10, 2014 Pasadena pickup truck falling asleep wrong-way crash. 18-year-old driver apparently fell asleep at the wheel, crossing traffic colliding with a bus bench and two light poles
2. Paul Craig Roberts Commits Treason On PressTV, Paul Craig Roberts spews anti-American propaganda by stating the United States and the Israeli regime are the major criminal elements in the global arena and the international community must boycott them. Paul Craig Roberts wrote in a recent article for the Press TV website that the world “prepares its own demise” by tolerating “endless slaughters and endless lies” of the United States and Israel. “The only hope for life and truth is that the world unite against these two criminal governments, isolate them diplomatically and economically, and make it impossible for their…officials to travel abroad without being arrested and placed on trial,” he said, adding, “Why does the world need Washington and Israel? Unless the world has a death wish, the world does not need Washington and Israel.”
3. Islamic State Vows To Reconquer Spain Gatestone
4. Ferguson Police Chief Releases New Info That Turns Michael Brown Shooting Case On Its Head westernjournalism Barack Obama spoke out on behalf of Brown and his family but “did not release a statement offering sympathy to the police officer who was allegedly attacked” or “to the business owners whose stores were burned and looted.” Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson confirmed the still unidentified officer who shot him was serious injured by the teen. The “side of his face was swollen” after Brown struck him...The teen reportedly initiated an altercation, pushing the officer back into the vehicle and struggling to retrieve his weapon. A fatal shot was then fired from within the car.
5. August 16, 2014 1 killed, 2 injured in Calif. car-to-car shooting on 60 Freeway in Rubidoux San Bernardino Sun One person was fatally wounded and two other people were injured during a car-to-car shooting on the 60 Freeway in Rubidoux as the suspects fled. The driver was grazed by a bullet, as his friends got into some sort of verbal dispute with another group at a drive-in restaurant, and were followed onto the freeway by people in a dark-colored car.
6. 3 killed 16 injured night August 16-17, 2014 In one night in Chicago Three people were killed, including a 16-year-old boy, and sixteen others injured in shootings across the city between late Saturday morning and early Sunday morning.near Pulaski Road about two miles apart. The first was about 11:45 p.m. Saturday as three people were shot, two fatally one shot in the head and one in the back, after someone on a sidewalk fired several shots toward a car. At 1:15 a.m. victim, Kardeon Glover died in the hospital after being shot in the face.  Three men and a 15-year-old boy were wounded in the South Chicago neighborhood about 2 a.m. Sunday in at least the third attack at the same home where two teens had been shot in May and another man shot a few weeks ago. The Chicago Tribune noted 10 wounded in 9 other shooting incidents that night.
7. August 15, 2014 A Cop Is Killed Every 58 Hours National Review Online Michelle Malkin The National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial Fund (NLEOMF) reports that a total of 1,501 law-enforcement officers died in the line of duty during the past ten years, an average of one death every 58 hours, or 150 per year. These include local and state police officers, federal officers, correctional officers, and military law-enforcement officers. Last year, 100 law-enforcement officers were killed (on every 3 days). On average, over the past decade, there have been 58,261 assaults against law enforcement each year (160 per day), resulting in 15,658 injuries. New York City has lost more officers in the line of duty than any other department, with 697 deaths. Texas has lost 1,675 officers, more than any other state. Just this week, NLEOMF released preliminary fatality statistics from August 2013 to August 2014. Total fatalities are up 14 percent, from 63 last year to 72 this year. “Five officers were killed in ambushes, which continue to be a major threat to law enforcement safety"
8. August 14, 2014 Cascade County Montana deputy killed during high-speed chase Great Falls Tribune Cascade County Attorney John Parker confirmed Thursday night that a deputy had been killed during the incident. 
9. August 16, 2014 6 Hurt in Salt Lake City Nightclub Shooting - ABC News  Police are looking for a gunman who opened fire at 11:45 p.m Saturday night at a crowded nightclub in downtown Salt Lake City, shooting six people. The gunman fled with at least one other person in a stolen Cadillac CTS that was found 5 miles away. 
10. August 15, 2014 Officials: Deputy badly beaten by suspect at Lakewood mall  In Los Angeles County, a sheriff’s deputy was suffered critical injuries when he was badly beaten in an unexpected attack when a suspect under arrest turned on him, knocked him down and stomped on him with his foot at the Lakewood Center shopping mall. Frankie Estrada, 21, was ultimately arrested on suspicion of attempted murder of a peace officer Deputies went to the mall to investigate a report of a domestic disturbance between a man and woman. 
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	Boston Globe Boy, 12, hit and killed by truck in Brockton Boston Globe BROCKTON — A boy celebrating his 12th birthday by trying out his new roller blades was struck and killed by a truck Thursday afternoon, said officials ... Boy killed by tractor-trailer in Brockton was celebrating 12th birthday - WCVB Boston Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	CBS Local Lawyer: Family of Missouri teen killed by cop asking Justice Department to oversee 2nd autopsy Fox News FERGUSON, Mo. – The family of a Missouri teenager fatally shot by police is asking the U.S. Department of Justice to oversee a second autopsy. Flag as irrelevant
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	Motorcyclists killed in Antelope-area crash identified Sacramento Bee Motorcyclists killed in Antelope-area crash identified ... Kirk and McQuay were pronounced dead at the scene. The driver of the Jeep was not injured. 2 motorcyclists killed in Antelope crash identified - News10.net Full Coverage Flag as irrelevant
	SFGate Girl, 2, killed, in SF hit-and-run crash SFGate (08-16) 06:15 PDT SAN FRANCISCO -- A 2-year-old girl was struck and killed by a hit-and-run in San Francisco's South of Market neighborhood, ... Flag as irrelevant
	NY1 New Clues In Case Of Brooklyn Rabbi Killed In Miami CBS Local MIAMI (CBSMiami) – Residents in a northeast Miami-Dade neighborhood remain on edge almost a week after a rabbi was shot and killed in broad ... Flag as irrelevant
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	19-Year Old Killed in Ferguson, MO Implicated in a Strong-Armed Robbery That Took Place ... EconomicPolicyJournal.com ⋅ Robert Wenzel Ferguson police have released pictures from a video camera at a local Ferguson convenience store where a strong-arm robbery took place. Flag as irrelevant
	HEMET: 4 injured in Valle Vista collision PE.com Blogs ⋅ Darrell R. Santschi HEMET: 3 injured in head-on collision (UPDATE) ... Three people were injured Thursday evening in a head-on traffic collision in Valle Vista east of ... Flag as irrelevant
	Officials: Woman, girl killed in New Jersey porn pics case Times Free Press stories: Latest News A New Jersey ex-con was charged with strangling his cousin and her 10-year-old foster daughter after the woman found him taking pornographic ... Flag as irrelevant
	Israeli Assault killed Half of all Chickens in Gaza, Damaged Agriculture Informed Comment ⋅ contributors BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) — The Food and Agriculture Organization on Thursday warned that the Israeli assault on Gaza had caused extensive damage ... Flag as irrelevant

• Five drivers arrested for DUI at Glendora checkpoint
• Elderly Altadena man OK after crashing car into backyard swimming pool
• Officials: Deputy badly beaten by suspect at Lakewood mall
• UPDATED: Arcadia family jumps from roof to escape home-invasion robbers
• UPDATED: Three wounded in shooting following festivities at Robinson Park in Pasadena

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Chicago mass shootings

Chicago shootings: 40 shot, four dead - Press TV

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Jul 20, 2014 - There seems to be no end for violent and bloody weekends in the US city of Chicago where at least forty people are shot between 6 p.m. Friday ...

11 wounded in Chicago shootings - Press TV

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6 days ago - Shootings leave 11 people wounded US city of Chicago ... Two people were shot near the Bud Billiken Parade about 12:40 p.m. Saturday and ...

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Jul 20, 2014 - Connect with your friends — and other fascinating people. Get in-the-moment updates on the things that interest you. And watch events unfold, ...

Chicago shootings: 40 shot, four dead - the Rebel

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