UPDATE: three killed, four hurt in Puddingstone Lake watercraft crash

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SAN DIMAS – Three women died and four other people suffered injuries when a personal watercraft collided with a boat on Puddingstone Lake Saturday, authorities said.The dead women were initially described as being in their 20s, 30s and about 60 years old, Los Angeles County Fire Department Dispatch Supervisor Bernard Peters said.The crash was reported about 4:20 p.m. Read all post…

Ethics Panel Recommends Indefinite Suspension for Ex-Kansas AG

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Former Kansas Attorney General Phill Kline should be indefinitely suspended from practicing law for his alleged misconduct in the handling of criminal investigations of abortion providers in the mid-2000s, a professional ethics panel says.

A three-member panel of the state Board for Discipline of Attorneys says Kline repeatedly misled other officials or allowed subordinates to mislead others, including a Kansas City-area grand jury, to further investigations of abortion providers. It also said Kline made a false statement to the office investigating the misconduct claims against him and even attempted to mislead the panel itself as it considered his case.

“The respondent’s dishonest and selfish motives aggravate the misconduct in this case,” the panel wrote in its 84-page report, released Thursday, the Associated Press reports.

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Officials: Pentagon shooter tried to dig out of jail

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The man accused of firing shots at the Pentagon and other military facilities tried to dig his way out of jail, officials said.

 

Yonathan Melaku, 22, of Alexandria, was charged with damaging his jail cell in an apparent escape attempt after jail officials in Loudoun County noticed damage to a cinderblock wall Friday. Melaku, a Marine reservist, is charged with damaging 27 vehicles in the Leesburg area and taking items from them in the early-morning hours of May 26.

He was charged in June in a series of five overnight shootings at military facilities in Northern Virginia.

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Bachmann and Perry court N.C. support

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Texas Gov. Rick Perry and U.S. Rep. Michele Bachmann will bring their GOP presidential campaigns to Charlotte on Thursday.

Perry, making his first visit to North Carolina as a contender for the White House, will be at San Antonio’s restaurant in SouthPark mall at noon to raise money for his campaign. As the newest candidate in the GOP field and the leader in most polls of Republican voters, Perry hopes to make a splash with his fundraising total for the quarter ending this week.

Charlotte-area supporters willing to pay $1,000 will get lunch and a speech from the governor. Those who pay more – $2,500 per individual, $5,000 per couple – also will attend a VIP reception and get their photo taken with Perry.

Not invited: news media.

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Accused Pentagon Shooter Tries to Dig Out of Cell

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10:1 odds hes a big fan of Shawshank Redemption: The Marine Reservist accused of shooting at the Pentagon and other military sites last year tried to dig his way out of jail, reports the Washington Post. He didnt come close. Officials at the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center described Yonathan Melakus wall-chipping progress as “minimal.” They charged him with damaging his cell in an attempt to escape and possessing an instrument to aid escape. They didnt say what that instrument was, however.