By Calvin Palmer
The half-brother of President Barack Obama was arrested today at his home for alleged possession of marijuana, police said.
George Obama was arrested in Nairobi with one joint of marijuana, police chief Joshua Omokulongolo said.
“He is not a drug peddler,” Omokulongolo said. “But it’s illegal, it’s a banned substance.”
George Obama, who is in his [...]
Entries from January 2009
January 31, 2009
Obama’s half-brother arrested on drug charge
January 31, 2009
Texas Republicans propose a return to days of the Wild West
By Calvin Palmer
The class roll-call at colleges across Texas may soon reverberate with the names of Colt, Glock, Beretta, Walther, Smith and Wesson, if the state’s lawmakers allow guns to be carried on campuses either as concealed weapons or openly brandished.
State Sen. Jeff Wentworth, R-San Antonio, is preparing the campus concealed-carry gun measure to be [...]
January 30, 2009
Seven die in Arizona tour bus crash
By Calvin Palmer
Seven people died and 10 others suffered serious injuries after a tour bus crashed this afternoon on U.S. Highway 93 about 27 miles south of the Hoover Dam.
Arizona Department of Public Safety officer Robert Bailey said the DW Tours bus was heading north when it crossed the center desert median and rolled over into the [...]
January 30, 2009
Albanian refugee gets 36 years in prison for sexual assaults on teenage girl
By Calvin Palmer
An Albanian refugee was sentenced yesterday to 36 years in prison for sexually assaulting a teenage girl and getting her pregnant.
It could turn out be a life sentence for Skender Mustafaj, 53, of Manchester, Connecticut, who was found guilty in December of 16 counts of sexual assault on a 15-year-old girl and impairing [...]
January 30, 2009
Philly’s bowl full of wings and breasts
By Calvin Palmer
In Philadelphia, Super Bowl Sunday is preceded by Wing Bowl Friday. For the past 17 years, thousands have turned up to see the annual fast food-eating contest. That is fast food-eating rather than consuming the fare served up by Burger King, Taco Bell or KFC.
A crowd of 20,000 turned up this morning at [...]
January 30, 2009
Traffic-light camera inventor arrested as motorists the world over see red
By Calvin Palmer
An Italian engineer, who invented intelligent traffic lights that detect cars which go through a red light, is under house arrest after it emerged the lights had been fixed to catch drivers who were not, in fact, breaking the law.
Stefano Arrighetti, 45, an engineering graduate from Genoa, created the “T-Redspeed” system, a configuration [...]
January 30, 2009
Exxon Mobil reports record $45.2bn profit
By Calvin Palmer
Exxon Mobil Corp., headquartered in Irving, Texas, today reported a record $45.2 billion profit for 2008. But an indication of tougher times ahead came with a 33 percent fall in earnings for the fourth-quarter compared to a year ago.
The massive full-year profit, a record of a U.S. company, was no big surprise with [...]
January 30, 2009
Mother of octuplets already has six children
By Calvin Palmer
The southern Californian woman who gave birth to octuplets on Monday already has six children, her mother revealed yesterday.
Angela Suleman said her daughter, whose identity still remains uknown, never expected the fertility treatment would result in eight more babies.
“They all happened to take,” said Suleman, acknowledging that raising 14 children will be big [...]
January 30, 2009
Man threatened staff of international bank over investment losses
By Calvin Palmer
A 60-year-old man from Stamford, Connecticut, yesterday pleaded guilty in federal court to threatening employees of an international bank after his investments fell in value.
Stephen Montalvo, of Washington Blvd., admitted to telephoning the September 30 threat, which was recorded on an answering machine of an HSBC employee.
“I’ll walk in that office with a [...]
January 29, 2009
Former Texas sheriff forced arrested woman to perform sex act
By Calvin Palmer
A former North Texas sheriff pleaded guilty in federal court today to sexually assaulting a woman, telling her sex was the only way to avoid going to jail for drug possession.
Former Montague County Sheriff Bill Keating, 62, faces up to 10 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. He will be sentenced in [...]
