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'Eat a Koala' Campaign Promotes Business, Creates Controversy
By Matthew Hall - AOL NewsWant to succeed in business and real estate development? Eat a koala. That's the message promoted by an angry Australian businessman who contends that local government is more interested in protecting cute marsupials than "saving" business. Queensland local Graham Parker has designed and distributed car stickers encouraging Australians to "Save the Redlands ... Eat a Koala," making reference to his area's wild koala population and struggling businesses. "The stickers I have been making are a protest against the council's single focus on koalas and lack of interest in protecting ...
Mayor, Police Chief of New Mexico Border Town Indicted in Firearm Ring
By not in system - AOL NewsALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- The mayor and police chief of a tiny New Mexico border town best known for a raid by Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa nearly a century ago were among 11 people accused Thursday of participating in a ring that illegally sent firearms to Mexico. A federal indictment alleges the defendants have engaged in a conspiracy -- based in Columbus, N.M. -- to buy the firearms since January 2010. Law enforcement officers executed search warrants Thursday at eight residences, a business and the Columbus Police Department. The indictment, which stems from a yearlong investigation, ...
Illinois Mayor Died After Self-Inflicted Gunshot Wound, Autopsy Finds
By Christopher Weber - Politics DailyResidents of Springfield, Ill., received startling news Wednesday that an autopsy found Mayor Tim Davlin apparently killed himself with a single gunshot to the chest. Davlin, 53, was pronounced dead at his home Tuesday morning, after police responded to a 911 call, according to the State Journal-Register. CNN reported Davlin was discovered just before he was due in court to present an accounting of his late cousin's $845,000 estate. The two-term Democrat was executor of the assets. Illinois State Police have not released any details about the death. The coroner said toxicology tests on ...
Fire at California Mall Deals Blow to Region
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ROSEVILLE, Calif. (Oct. 22) - A fire that erupted during a police standoff at a suburban Sacramento mall did more than destroy part of a regional shopping hub. It also provided an economic setback to a region of Northern California struggling to emerge from recession. City leaders in Roseville, about 17 miles east of the state capital, pledged to make a speedy recovery after the Roseville Galleria was set ablaze just as the stores were gearing up for the crucial holiday shopping season. Police descended on the mall at midmorning Thursday when a man claiming to have a gun entered the video ...
Accused Purse-Snatching Mayor Resigns
By David Knowles - AOL News(Oct. 19) -- The mayor of San Gabriel, Calif., resigned on Tuesday after being arrested for an alleged instance of purse-snatching, among other crimes. "The unwanted media attention from this private occurrence has greatly affected my family," Albert Y.M. Huang said at a news conference at which he announced his resignation. "It's a tough decision we, as elected officials, have to make." Huang's troubles started around 1 a.m. Friday, when Huang got into an argument with a former girlfriend at New Taste Dumpling House in San Gabriel, the Los Angeles Times reported. After the woman, whose ...
Chicago Mayor Daley Not Running for Re-Election
By Steven Hoffer - AOL News(Sept. 7) -- Chicago Mayor Richard Daley announced Tuesday that he will not run for re-election when his term concludes. If he had continued his run in office, Daley, 68, would have been running for his seventh term. His career as mayor at its conclusion will exceed 21 years in office, making him the longest-serving mayor in the city's history. Daley is the son of the late Richard J. Daley, who served as Chicago's mayor from 1955 to 1976. "The truth is, I have been thinking about this for the past several months," said Daley as he addressed an audience at Chicago's City Hall. "In the end, ...
Mayor Richard Daley of Chicago Will Not Run Again
By Lynn Sweet - Politics DailyCHICAGO -- Mayor Richard Daley on Tuesday announced that he would not seek another term when he is up for re-election next year. Daley, 68, first elected mayor in 1989, had been expected to hold off on deciding whether to run again until after the November elections. In City Hall, the bombshell came in a short statement from Daley during a brief press conference that was called to make a cabinet announcement. "The truth is, I have been thinking about this for the past several months. In the end, this is a personal decision, no more, no less," Daley said. He was flanked by his wife, Maggie, ...
Mexico Mulls Dissolving City Police Forces
By Emily Schmall - AOL News(Aug. 25) -- Few mayors are keen to see their own municipal police forces abolished. But few have faced the violence and corruption Jose Reyes Ferriz has seen as mayor of Ciudad Juarez in Mexico. "City police have names, they have faces," Reyes Ferriz said in an interview with AOL News. "They are very vulnerable to organized crime." That's why Reyes Ferriz, whose border city has the highest murder rate in Mexico, is part of a group of local and state leaders that this week endorsed a fundamental reorganization of Mexico's police forces. The vote of the Special Commission of the National ...
Bill Haslam Wins GOP Gubernatorial Nod in Tennessee
By not in system - AOL News(Aug. 6) -- Knoxville Mayor Bill Haslam handily won the Republican nomination for governor of Tennessee on Thursday, beating two more conservative opponents in a primary that also decided the candidates for three U.S. House seats that the GOP believes it is poised to win. ...
Texas Mayor Kills Teen Daughter, Kills Self
By David Knowles - AOL News(July 14) -- Police in Coppell, Texas, say the town's mayor, Jayne Peters, shot and killed her 19-year-old daughter Tuesday evening before turning the gun on herself. The apparent murder-suicide was discovered Tuesday when authorities went to Peters' home after the mayor did not show up for a city meeting, Fox News reported. Today, the Dallas County Medical Examiner's office confirmed that Peters had killed herself after killing her daughter, The Associated Press said. Corinne Peters, the mayor's daughter, had just graduated from Coppell High School. She was to begin her freshman year ...
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