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15th Named Atlantic Storm of Season May Be Forming
By Paul Yeager - AOL News(Oct. 5) -- An area of low pressure in the western Atlantic is showing signs of becoming more organized this afternoon and may become the 15th named storm of the season. It would be Tropical Storm Otto, and initial indications are that the storm will not be a direct threat to the United States. Weather Resources:- Get Your Forecast- National Doppler Radar Upper-level conditions in the vicinity of the low pressure system, centered about 225 miles to the north of San Juan, Puerto Rico, are becoming more conducive for tropical development. National Hurricane Center meteorologists are giving ...
Colbert's Congressional Appearance Is Over, But Don't Forget the Migrant Workers
By Paul Wachter - AOL News(Oct. 1) -- Many have expressed umbrage at comedian Stephen Colbert appearing -- largely in character -- before a congressional panel to discuss migrant farmworkers. But of course his celebrity status brought attention, however briefly, to the plight of these farmworkers, many of whom are illegal immigrants. And his most salient point was made out of character, when he said: I like talking about people who don't have any power, and it seems like one of the least powerful people in the United States are migrant workers who come and do our work but don't have any rights as a result. But yet we ...
ATF Defends Agent Facing Virgin Islands Murder Rap
By Allan Lengel - AOL News(July 21) -- From Capitol Hill to the Caribbean, a controversy is growing over a decision by Virgin Islands officials to charge a federal agent with second-degree murder in a 2008 shooting. The agent, William Clark, remains on the job at the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives -- and his agency is adamant that he has done nothing wrong. The ATF responded to the charge by removing its agents, including Clark, from the U.S. territory. And in Washington, U.S. Rep. Chris Lee, R-N.Y., on Monday night introduced a congressional resolution applauding Clark for his "heroic action" in ...
Tropical Storm Bonnie Cometh! (Maybe)
By Dana Chivvis - AOL News(July 20) -- Planning to vacation in the Caribbean this week? So is Tropical Storm Bonnie -- if she can get her act together in time. Surge Desk answers seven questions about the weather front that could be the season's next tropical depression that could be the season's next tropical storm. 1. Where is the storm system now? The storm system, which consists of showers and thunderstorms, currently spans from the northern Leeward Islands west to Hispaniola in the Caribbean. 2. What's the likelihood it will turn into a tropical depression or tropical storm? The National Hurricane Center says ...
Arrest Made in Killing of Tourist in US Virgin Islands
By Terence Neilan - AOL News(July 14) -- A 22-year-old suspect has been charged in the shooting death of a teenage tourist in the U.S. Virgin Islands after turning himself in to the police, and more arrests are anticipated, a police spokeswoman told AOL News today. Steven Tyson has been charged with the murder of 14-year-old Lizmarie Perez Chapparro, who had been visiting the popular Coki Beach in St. Thomas with her Puerto Rican parents and brother to mark her upcoming quinceanera, a coming-of-age ceremony similar to a Sweet 16 celebration. Lizmarie was on an open-air tour bus when she was caught in a gunfight on ...
Gang Shootout Kills Teen Tourist in US Virgin Islands
By not in system - AOL NewsCHARLOTTE AMALIE, U.S Virgin Islands (July 12) -- A 14-year-old Puerto Rican tourist was killed in front of her horrified family when she was caught in the crossfire of a gunfight attributed to warring gangs on the U.S. Virgin Islands. Gov. John deJongh identified the slain tourist as Lizmarie Perez Chapparro from Puerto Rico, who was struck by a bullet as she rode with her relatives on a packed "safari bus" that ferries tourists across the three-island territory. The girl and her family arrived in St. Thomas aboard the Carnival Victory, a Carnival Cruise Line ship that departed Puerto ...
Obama Pulls Away as McCain Treads Water
By Tommy Christopher - Politics DailyWith landslide victories in Nebraska, Louisiana, Washington, and the U.S. Virgin Islands yesterday, Barack Obama is beginning to pull away from Hillary Clinton, at least in the perception game, while John McCain struggled against upstart preacher Mike Huckabee, losing two of the three nominating contests and deadlocking in the third. Huckabee won Kansas by a nearly 3 to 1 margin, 60. He edged Senator McCain in Louisiana, 43%-42%, while Washington remains too close to call. Results are from Politico. While Obama and Clinton remain essentially deadlocked in the delegate count, the state ...
Obama Takes Out the Broom
By David Knowles - Politics DailyAnd sweeps Saturday's Democratic contests in convincing fashion. Numbers. Obama wins Washington by nearly 36 pts. Takes Nebraska with a 36 pt. spread. And as of this writing, is ahead in Louisiana by 22. Not exactly what you'd call a nail-biter. Will these margins start to sway Clinton's support in Maine, Texas and Ohio? Stay tuned... ...
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