| Mysterious $100 'Supernote' Counterfeit Bills Pop Up Worldwide
In August 2005, the Secret Service found Chinese crime gangs smuggling some of the bills into New Jersey and Los Angeles. John Bolton, former U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, said he didn't see evidence that North Korea was behind the supernotes but pointed out their distribution of them. Meanwhile, banks continue seizing the supernotes, with about $50 million worth found so far. .
Bush Blasts Democrats Over Mukasey Delay
McClatchy reports, "If the Senate rejects Mukasey because of his stand on waterboarding, Bush said, 'they would set a new standard for confirmation that could not be met by any responsible nominee for attorney general and that would guarantee that America would have no attorney general during this time of war.'" Bush counselor Ed Gillespie said on CNN's The Situation Room, "We believe that if Judge Mukasey is given an up-or-down vote on the floor of the Senate, he will be confirmed." In his "Washington Sketch" column for the Washington Post, Dana Milbank writes, "Americans, many of whom get their information about medieval torture from Monty Python and Mel Brooks, might be inclined to agree with Cheney: 'Waterboarding,' after all, sounds like a benign cross between water skiing and snowboarding." Reid: No Vote Without Committee Approval The Politico reports Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said yesterday "that the Senate would not hold a floor vote on" the Mukasey nomination if it "is rejected by the Judiciary Committee." The Wall Street Journal says Mukasey "would likely still win a majority vote in the Senate." USA Today reports "Sen.
Guilty in complicity to murder of 3-year-old
YOUNGSTOWN — After 11 hours of deliberations over three days, a jury has found Damon K. Clark guilty of complicity in the murder of 3-year-old Cherish M. Moreland last May 5 on the city's East Side. The nine-man, three-woman jury rendered its verdict this morning before Judge Maureen A. Sweeney at the end of a trial that began Jan. 7. Clark, the driver of the car from which the fatal shot was fired, faces 20 years to life in prison when he is sentenced at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The jury found Clark, 23, of Dogwood Lane, guilty of the complicity to murder charge with a firearm specification and guilty of complicity to discharging a firearm at or into a habitation. However, the jury acquitted Clark of complicity to two counts of aggravated murder, one alleging he purposely caused Cherish's death with prior calculation and design and the other specifying she was under age 13.
Radio Talk
I do have to say it's so early in HD radio's life, it's hard to say how long it will take to penetrate the mainstream mind. I suspect it's going to be awhile and won't become a big deal until it starts becoming standard. Very few people are going to go out of their way to get HD radio right now. Here are some technical feedback from a skeptical reader. I'm no technical expert so if anyone wants to challenge David, feel free: Mr. Ho —- A few salient points, requiring only a minimum of research, went missing from your piece on HD Radio: 1) Ibiquity made generous deals with the big radio station owners to get HD broadcasting equipment installed. In turn, radio station owners have additional avenues (i.e., stations or channels) for ad revenue without needing more bandwidth from the FCC.
Espresso stand robbers hit Mill Creek, Martha Lake
The same easy access has made them a target for crime, Mill Creek police spokesman Steve Winters said.
"It's a crime of opportunity," he said.
The robberies often come in clusters. They happen in all parts of the county, early morning, noon and night.
Sometimes police sketches and surveillance video lead to arrests.
In September, a Stanwood couple was arrested for allegedly robbing several Marysville espresso stands.
At the Mill Creek stand Monday, the man went into the small yellow-and-red shack in the 4400 block of 132nd Street SE just after 2 p.m. and pulled up the front of his sweatshirt, revealing a silver-and-black handgun tucked into his waist. He then demanded cash, Monroe said.
When a customer pulled up, the man ran away, she said.
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