Friday, December 31, 2010

Globe Going South

Just like their circulation.

Virginia

Va. man pleads guilty to terror charges 

FBI says military-related shootings linked

Shooting at Coast Guard office in Va. similar to four other recent incidents 

Va. sturgeon may be key to fish’s recovery

Va. Tech could face fine in shootings

Third suicide at William and Mary illustrates challenge of prevention

Granddaughter allegedly thrown to her death

Man accused of D.C. threat to be evaluated

Also see: DC Metro

Time to get off this train.

North Carolina

N.C. murder suspect arrested in N.Y.

Judge orders N.C. school to admit girl with nose piercing

Missing N.C. girl not seen in weeks, police say

Case of missing N.C. girl called homicide 

Police match remains with girl’s DNA

Life for man accused in scaring death 

N.C. city wages battle to restore Christian flag to war memorial

Authorities worked to contain two buffalo yesterday that had been roaming the streets of flooded Windsor, N.C.
Authorities worked to contain two buffalo yesterday that had been roaming the streets of flooded Windsor, N.C. (Jim R. Bounds/ Associated Press)."

Looks like I'm stuck with the buffalo. Watch where you step.

South Carolina

S.C. governor still seeing lover, ex-wife says

South Carolina governor uncertain about plans

Confederate flag roils S.C. neighborhood

Man, 78, accused of threat to kill Obama

South Carolina secession gala is target of protest

Secession gala evokes pride and anger in South Carolina   

Ever get the feeling that the divisive, supremacist, elitist, regionally-prejudiced Globe is pushing a certain agenda about a certain group of people? 

Also see: South Carolina's Saving Grace 

Yeah, can we put the selective manipulation and distorted prism of the past behind us for once, Globe?

Mass. sex offender arrested in S.C.

They caught one of our perverts?  Did they even get a thank you?

Back to the mind mold:

Georgia 

Georgia office to remove paintings of slaves

Apologies sought for Jim Crow-era rapes 

So when is the AmeriKan military going to start apologizing?

Court considers forcing suspect’s medication 

Isn't that a form of rape?  

US judge accused of buying drugs, sex

Judge pleads guilty to 2 drug charges

Huge haul of meth seized in Georgia

Ga. school district wins $1m top prize

Atlanta zoo’s panda pregnant

Pastor vows to fight accusations of sexual misconduct

Pastor, 3 others die in church van crash

I guess that's the end of the sermon. God called him home.

Alabama  

"Ala. children tortured, warrants say" by Associated Press / December 10, 2010

An Alabama man charged with murdering his two young children allowed their stepmother to torture them by binding the little girl and boy with duct tape, stuffing one in a suitcase, and forcing the other to stand in a corner all night, according to arrest warrants.

Too bad he didn't work for the state. Then there would be no charges and he would be absolved.

John DeBlase, 27, is charged with two counts of murder, child abuse, and corpse abuse. Scattered bones and a skull found in the woods of rural Mississippi on Wednesday are believed to be the remains of his 3-year-old son, Chase. Authorities are still searching for the remains of his 5-year-old daughter, Natalie.

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Related: Woman to be extradited in child deaths

Also see:

Father of missing Ala. youths charged with murder

Ex-trooper pleads guilty in civil rights killing

Man’s extradition to Ala. held up over death penalty

State senators indicted in Ala. bingo plot

I think I just hit it because I'm moving on to.... 

Mississippi  

Kidnapping case draws attention to lack of database of deceased

Man declared dead in ’94 is alive, held in slaying

Miss. man dies weeks after exoneration

Miss. governor will free convict if she donates kidney to sister 

WTF?  He a front man for the organ-running ring?

Louisiana 

Fire in abandoned La. building kills eight 

Chinese drywall maker to repair 300 homes

Officer called looters animals, witness says  

Nothing like a good whiff of state fascism wherever it is found, 'eh?  

Arkansas  

Ark. school official accused of antigay posting

Evangelist’s sex-crimes verdict upheld

Sandy Buchanan (left) and Dana Richardson waved to the bus carrying the jury yesterday after evangelist Tony Alamo’s conviction on 10 accounts of sex abuse in Texarkana, Ark.
Sandy Buchanan (left) and Dana Richardson waved to the bus carrying the jury yesterday after evangelist Tony Alamo’s conviction on 10 accounts of sex abuse in Texarkana, Ark. (Evan Lewis/Texarkana Gazette via Associated Press)

"Shouts of “Bye, bye, Bernie’’ - Alamo was born Bernie Lazar Hoffman - came from a crowd gathered on the Arkansas side of the courthouse, which straddles the Texas-Arkansas border."

Let's cross over then:


Texas   

Texas priest charged with seeking hit man to kill teen who accused him of abuse

DNA test casts doubt on guilt of Texas man executed 10 years ago for 1989 murder

Gunman at University of Texas fires shots, kills self; no one else injured

Body found on Texas ranch is that of former governor’s son

Polygamist sect leader arraigned in Texas on sex charges 

Texas panel votes to limit references to Islam

Bighorn sheep get new Texas home

In Texas, peyote dealers struggle with dwindling supply


I've been knocked out by too many Boston Globes.

Tennessee 

Ignored Tenn. fire fuels debate nationwide 

Rescued miner headed to Graceland

Man convicted of murdering 6 in Memphis

Manhunt underway after 2 postal workers slain in Tennessee

Smoke forces AirTran jet to divert to Memphis 

Maybe the Globe can help 'em shovel out of the snow.