2 injured, 1 dead in Fort Bliss shooting
By Maggie Ybarra and Chris Roberts El Paso Times
Posted: 09/20/2010 11:54:09 PM MDT
Click photo to enlargeA military police vehicle blocked traffic on Cassidy Road on... (Victor Calzada / El Paso Times)123 FORT BLISS -- A man shot two women in the head at a Fort Bliss convenience store before he was killed by military police Monday.
Garrison Commander Col. Joseph Simonelli said military police received reports of several shots fired at one of the Army post's convenience stores about 3 p.m. The military police responded to the shooting in less than three minutes, he said.
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2 injured, 1 dead in Fort Bliss shooting
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Lady Gaga fights for 14,000 discharged over don't ask don't tell
Lady Gaga's Rally To Feature Testimonial From Discharged Marine
'I got the chance to meet her in D.C., and she genuinely cared about the issue,' former Marine Danny Hernandez says of Gaga.
By Kyle Anderson
Since she first broke into the mainstream two years ago, Lady Gaga has used her fame to bring gay rights issues to the forefront. In the past few weeks, she has focused squarely on the repeal of the U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, including bringing several casualties of the law to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles and recording a video that encourages her fans to contact their senators to oppose the policy. On Monday (September 20), Gaga will host a rally in Portland, Maine, organized by the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), in an effort to get the two senators from the state — Republicans Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins — to vote to break a filibuster and repeal the DADT policy in Tuesday's procedural vote in Washington, D.C.
Those gathered at the rally will also hear testimonial from Danny Hernandez, a former Marine who was discharged from the military for "don't ask, don't tell" violations. "I was in the Marine Corps and was under investigation for violating 'don't ask, don't tell,' and I ended up working with SLDN in Washington," Hernandez explained to MTV News in a Skype interview from Portland.
'I got the chance to meet her in D.C., and she genuinely cared about the issue,' former Marine Danny Hernandez says of Gaga.
By Kyle Anderson
Since she first broke into the mainstream two years ago, Lady Gaga has used her fame to bring gay rights issues to the forefront. In the past few weeks, she has focused squarely on the repeal of the U.S. military's "Don't Ask, Don't Tell" policy, including bringing several casualties of the law to the 2010 MTV Video Music Awards in Los Angeles and recording a video that encourages her fans to contact their senators to oppose the policy. On Monday (September 20), Gaga will host a rally in Portland, Maine, organized by the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network (SLDN), in an effort to get the two senators from the state — Republicans Olympia Snowe and Susan Collins — to vote to break a filibuster and repeal the DADT policy in Tuesday's procedural vote in Washington, D.C.
Those gathered at the rally will also hear testimonial from Danny Hernandez, a former Marine who was discharged from the military for "don't ask, don't tell" violations. "I was in the Marine Corps and was under investigation for violating 'don't ask, don't tell,' and I ended up working with SLDN in Washington," Hernandez explained to MTV News in a Skype interview from Portland.
Though Hernandez was a victim of a "don't ask, don't tell" discharge — one among 14,000 similar cases — he hasn't let that get in the way of his dream of service. "I've been wanting to serve in the military for as long as I can remember," he said. "My brother, my cousins — everybody is in the Marine Corps. It's a family thing.
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Lady Gaga Rally
Searching for Stolen Marine's Truck
Searching for Stolen Marine's Truck
Reported by: Polo Sandoval
Last Update: 12:24 am
WESLACO - A Valley Marine's mother is making a plea to whomever stole her son's truck.
Sylvia Salazar borrowed her son's truck and parked it in a lot on east frontage road yesterday morning.
When she came out of the store, the truck was gone. Salazar is upset and angry that someone would steal the truck of a United States Marine deployed overseas.
Salazar says, "That truck means a lot to him. [It] means a lot to us because he left it under our care, and I lost it. So that hurts, that hurts a lot."
The truck is a dark grey four-door Dodge Ram.
It has Texas license plates ANO-5210.
If you’ve seen it, you’re asked to call Weslaco CRIMESTOPPERS at 968-8477.
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Reported by: Polo Sandoval
Last Update: 12:24 am
WESLACO - A Valley Marine's mother is making a plea to whomever stole her son's truck.
Sylvia Salazar borrowed her son's truck and parked it in a lot on east frontage road yesterday morning.
When she came out of the store, the truck was gone. Salazar is upset and angry that someone would steal the truck of a United States Marine deployed overseas.
Salazar says, "That truck means a lot to him. [It] means a lot to us because he left it under our care, and I lost it. So that hurts, that hurts a lot."
The truck is a dark grey four-door Dodge Ram.
It has Texas license plates ANO-5210.
If you’ve seen it, you’re asked to call Weslaco CRIMESTOPPERS at 968-8477.
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Florida has 18,000 homeless veterans
"Where they live many times is in the woods or on the street. In the state of Florida, there are 18,000 homeless veterans, 4,500 in Central Florida and about 1,000 Brevard County alone." George Taylor
Homeless veterans get some much needed help
By Margaret Kavanagh, Reporter
Last Updated: Saturday, September 18, 2010 10:25 PM
TITUSVILLE
They put their lives on the line, served our country and now don't have a place to live.
The problem of homeless veterans plagues our state. News 13 attended an event run by the National Veterans Homeless Support Group in Titusville called Stand Down. The group is working to teach other veteran groups around the state how to organize similar events.
Veteran Philip Campbell received a brand new motorized bike. It will help him get to classes at Brevard County Community. The veteran is homeless and living in a tent in the woods.
"Such a shock, the honor that they gave me, the bike, it's a, I'm amazed, I'm amazed," Campbell said.
He was one of 350 veterans that attended the Stand Down event run by the group National Veterans Homeless Support. They received clothes, food, toiletries, medical and legal advice.
The founder of the organization, George Taylor, once lived in the woods himself. He understands what it's like to be a homeless veteran, but said now-a-days it's tougher for the soldiers coming home.
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Homeless veterans get some much needed help
Monday, September 20, 2010
Bronx Church prays for comfort after deadly crash that claimed Bishop, his wife and others
Bronx Church Looks to Prayer After Deadly Crash
By
Mara Gay
(Sept. 20) -- Even after a horrible accident took the lives of their bishop, his wife and four other congregants, the members of a devastated Bronx church trust that God has a plan.
"We know God knows best and doesn't make mistakes, but it's still hard," church member Delores Tulloch told the New York Daily News. But, she said, "I'm still trying to figure out how this is part of his plan."
Bishop Simon White, 55, his wife, Zelda, 52, and four other members of Joy Fellowship Christian Assemblies were killed Saturday when their van blew a tire and rolled across a New York State highway, sending eight people flying out of the vehicle. Sunday, worshippers at the church looked to music and praise to push through their grief.
Members of the evangelical church sang "Such a good God" and gave thanks. "We take life and death for granted, but this is a wake-up call," Associate Pastor Recardo Millwood told grieving church members Sunday, according to The Wall Street Journal. "It's serious, serious business. No one knows when your number is going to come up."
Fourteen church members were traveling to a sister church in upstate New York when the van flipped at least three times. Police said the aftermath was horrific.
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Bronx Church Looks to Prayer After Deadly Crash
By
Mara Gay
(Sept. 20) -- Even after a horrible accident took the lives of their bishop, his wife and four other congregants, the members of a devastated Bronx church trust that God has a plan.
"We know God knows best and doesn't make mistakes, but it's still hard," church member Delores Tulloch told the New York Daily News. But, she said, "I'm still trying to figure out how this is part of his plan."
Bishop Simon White, 55, his wife, Zelda, 52, and four other members of Joy Fellowship Christian Assemblies were killed Saturday when their van blew a tire and rolled across a New York State highway, sending eight people flying out of the vehicle. Sunday, worshippers at the church looked to music and praise to push through their grief.
Members of the evangelical church sang "Such a good God" and gave thanks. "We take life and death for granted, but this is a wake-up call," Associate Pastor Recardo Millwood told grieving church members Sunday, according to The Wall Street Journal. "It's serious, serious business. No one knows when your number is going to come up."
Fourteen church members were traveling to a sister church in upstate New York when the van flipped at least three times. Police said the aftermath was horrific.
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Bronx Church Looks to Prayer After Deadly Crash
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