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DeLay Gets Three Years in Prison

DeLay Gets Three Years in Prison The Austin-American Statesman reports : Judge Pat Priest sentenced Tom DeLay to three years in prison. The three-year sentence was on the charge of conspiring to launder corporate money into political donations during the 2002 elections. On …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 10, 2011

Shooting Victim Died Saving Wife

Shooting Victim Died Saving Wife Huffington Post reports : The longtime pastor of 76-year-old Dorwan Stoddard, one of the six victims of Saturday's Arizona shooting, says he had a conversation with Stoddard's wife in the hospital that leads him to believe Stoddard died trying to …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 10, 2011

Wife of WH Adviser Found Dead in Car

Wife of WH Adviser Found Dead in Car The Washington Post reports: A Washington lobbyist who was the wife of a White House adviser has been found dead inside a burning car in southeast Washington. Progress Energy said in a statement Monday that Ashley Turton had died. Property …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 10, 2011

Supreme Court Rejects Birther Appeal

SCOTUS Rejects Birther Appeal The AP reports : The Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from a lawyer who has been in the forefront of the challenge to President Barack Obama's citizenship. The high court on Monday did not comment in refusing to hear the appeal filed by …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 10, 2011

Palin Tells Beck: 'I Hate Violence'

Palin to Beck: 'I Hate Violence' Politico 's On Media blog reports : Sarah Palin reached out to Glenn Beck over the weekend, and Beck read some of their email exchange on his radio show this morning. “Sarah, as you know, peace is always the answer. I know you are felling the …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 10, 2011

Sheriff: Loughner Not Cooperating

Sheriff: Loughner Not Cooperating NBC News reports : A 22-year-old man charged with trying to assassinate a U.S. congresswoman in a shooting spree that left six people dead has remained silent and has not been cooperating with the investigation, according to a sheriff. Jared …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 10, 2011

Biden Makes Surprise Visit to Afghanistan

Biden Makes Surprise Visit to Afghanistan The Washington Post reports : Vice President Biden flew into Kabul on Monday night for a round of high-level meetings as the Obama administration seeks assurance that its Afghanistan strategy is taking hold. Biden's unannounced visit …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 10, 2011

Obama Leads Moment of Silence

Obama Leads Moment of Silence Wall Street Journal reports : President Barack Obama led the nation in a moment of silence Monday morning, gathering with White House staff on the South Lawn to honor the victims of the Saturday shooting rampage in Arizona. The president …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 10, 2011

Friend: Loughner Had Grudge Against Giffords

Friend: Loughner Had Grudge Against Rep. Giffords Mother Jones reports : At 2:00 a.m. on Saturday—about eight hours before he allegedly killed six people and wounded 14, including Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), in Tucson—Jared Lee Loughner phoned an old and close friend with …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 10, 2011

Unabomber's Lawyer to Represent Loughner

Loughner Gets Unabomber's Lawyer The Arizona Republic reports : When Jared Loughner faces a judge in federal court in Phoenix this afternoon, he will be accompanied by the same high-powered defense attorney who represented the "Unabomber," the Atlanta Olympics bomber and Susan …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 10, 2011

Avlon: Southern Sudan Celebrates Referendum Vote

Avlon: Southern Sudan Celebrates Referendum Vote John Avlon writes at The Daily Beast: After walking across Sudan during two decades of civil war, 17 “Lost Boys” took a final step toward liberty on Sunday morning, joining their fellow Southern Sudanese in a long-awaited …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 10, 2011

Loughner Letter Claims: 'I Planned Ahead'

FBI: Loughner Letter Claims: 'I Planned Ahead' The Wall Street Journal reports : Accused gunman Jared Lee Loughner appeared to have been long obsessed with U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords. A safe at Mr. Loughner's home contained a form letter from Ms. Giffords' office thanking …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 10, 2011

Student: Loughner Brought Weapon to Class

Student: Loughner Brought Automatic Weapon to Class The Washington Post reports: In early June, Lynda Sorenson, 52, had gone back to community college in Tucson in hopes of getting back on the job market. One of her classes was a basic algebra class--and one of her classmates was …

Written by FrumForum News on Monday January 10, 2011

Sheriff Releases 911 Call

Sheriff Releases 911 Call Huffington Post reports : A 911 caller witnessing the mass shooting outside a grocery store in Tucson describes a frantic scene and says, "I do believe Gabby Giffords was hit." In a tape of the call released Sunday by the Pima County Sheriff's Office, …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 9, 2011

Mother of 9-Yr Old Victim Speaks

Mother of 9-Yr Old Victim Speaks Fox News reports : The mother of a 9-year-old girl gunned down in Saturday’s shooting rampage outside an Arizona grocery store described her grief as “beyond words,” saying her daughter was a beautiful and intelligent child who was interested in …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 9, 2011

Army Rejected Suspect Over Drug Use

Army Rejected Loughner Because of Drug Use The Washington Post reports : Jared Lee Loughner, the suspect in Saturday's mass shooting in Tucson, was rejected from enlistment in the U.S. Army because of issues related to his history of drug use, military officials said Sunday. …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 9, 2011

Cops Clear Second Suspect

Cops Clear Second Suspect The New York Times reports : My colleague Marc Lacey reports the following about the second suspect in the Arizona shooting: The Pima County sheriff said on Sunday that the search for a second person had ended. He said that a man seen in a security …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 9, 2011

Charges Filed Against Loughner

Charges Filed Against Loughner The New York Times reports : Prosecutors accused Jared Lee Loughner, a troubled 22-year-old college dropout, of five serious federal charges on Sunday, including the attempted assassination of a member of Congress, for his role in a shooting …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 9, 2011

Obama Calls for Moment of Silence

Obama Calls for Moment of Silence Huffington Post reports : On Sunday, President Obama announced a national moment of silence for the victims of the mass shooting in Arizona on Saturday. The full White House press release is below. President Obama Calls for Moment of …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 9, 2011

Giffords Able to Communicate

Giffords Able to Communicate ABC News reports : Doctors say that while the bullet that struck Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords did not hit any critical parts of the brain, whether she will survive and how fully she will recover are still unknown. "This was a devastating wound that …

Written by FrumForum News on Sunday January 9, 2011