Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Reward For Cherry Tree Vandalism

Sometime between 5pm Sept 18th and 5pm Sept 19th 639 Seaquist orchard cherry trees were chopped down.  The trees were cut 1 foot from the ground and seem to have been cut by a pruning loppers. The co-owners step brother Zach Moore there was nothing wrong with the trees when he went to take his dog for a walk in the evening of Sept. 18th. Around 5pm the next day though Seaquists son called him to tell he about the down trees.  Seaquist orchards is offering a 2,000 reward for anyone that has any information leading to the arrest of the person who committed the crime.
http://www.doorcountyadvocate.com/article/20130923/ADV01/309230288/Reward-cherry-tree-vandals-now-2-000

Monday, September 16, 2013

Miss America

Last night, 9/15/2013, a new Ms. America was crowned. Nina Davuluri is her name and she was crowned Ms. New York previously. The major controversy that has recently come upabout her is that she is from Indian decent. Although she is not the first Asian-American to be crowned this has struck a chord on some people. Some tweets are calling her and Arab and a terrorist. Davuluri is quoted saying " “I have to rise above that. I always viewed myself as first and foremost American.”  Dauluri is a Syracuse native that hopes to become a doctor with the help of the 50,000 dollar scholarship she wins as a result of becoming Miss America. 
http://www.washingtonpost.com/national/2014-miss-america-pageant-underway-in-atlantic-city-back-after-a-6-year-stint-in-las-vegas/2013/09/15/327e1da4-1e6c-11e3-9ad0-96244100e647_story.html

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Newlywed wife charged with second-degree murder in death of husband in Montana

On Monday Jordan Linn Graham was charged with second degree murder of her recently married husband.  She was charged with pushing her husband off a cliff in Glacier National Park during an argument, just a week after their marriage. Documents suggest that around the time of the murder Jordan was having second thoughts about their marriage.  Graham says at one point in their argument she turned to leave but Johnson, her husband, grab her arm which she removed and "due to her anger, she pushed Johnson with both hands in the back, and as a result, he fell face first off the cliff" Throughout the investigation Graham has changed her story many times and now admits lying about her husbands death. Johnson's family was not shocked at the news that Graham had killed him because "She’d been telling people she knew she never wanted to be married, she just wanted to have a wedding" says Johnson's family. 

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2013/09/10/newlywed-wife-charged-with-second-degree-murder-in-death-husband-in-montana/#ixzz2eUyv9OCe

Tuesday, September 3, 2013

US Naval Academy Sexual Assault Hearing Nears End


3 former navy football players allegedly sexually assault a women at a party on April 2012. The victim said that she was drinking heavily that night and doesn't have any clear recollection of the events that occurred that night. She says she doesn't remember having sex with the men but started to get concerned when she started hearing rumors Navy investigators are set to testify Tuesday, which is a week after the hearing began. Over the trial more than 100 interviews have been conducted as well as 20-30 midshipmen interviewed at least twice. This case has drawn has drawn the attention of the White House because of the recent focus on the issue of sexual assault in the military. 


http://www.wandtv.com/story/23321328/us-naval-academy-sexual-assault-hearing-nears-end