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Man arrested after barricading himself inside northeast Atlanta home

11 Alive - Sat, 05/11/2013 - 6:17am
Atlanta Police and SWAT negotiators are on the scene where a man has barricaded himself inside a home in northeast Atlanta.
Categories: Atlanta News

Next 'Star Wars' Film to Be Made in Britain

CNBC - Sat, 05/11/2013 - 6:06am
May the force be with...UK. The next "Stars Wars" movie is set to be filmed in Britain.
Categories: US News

Washington man damages 4 homes in bulldozer rampage, authorities say

FOX News - Sat, 05/11/2013 - 5:10am

A man angry at his neighbors went on a rampage in a bulldozer Friday on Washington's Olympic Peninsula, damaging four homes, knocking one off its foundation and cutting power to thousands of people, authorities said.

Barry Alan Swegle was booked into the Clallam County Jail for investigation of malicious mischief following the incident in Port Angeles, 65 miles west of Seattle. A voice mail message left at a phone listing for the 51-year-old was not immediately returned.

"This of course is above what we're normally used to and someone just snapped and jumped on a bulldozer and started taking out people's houses," Ron Peregrin, the county's undersheriff told Q13Fox.com.

Authorities said investigators were told that Swegle and his neighbors had a long-running dispute, but it's not clear over what. The rampage knocked over a utility pole and left a pickup truck destroyed, and the downed power lines were preventing authorities from fully evaluating the damage to the homes.

In just a few minutes, there was hundreds of thousands of dollars worth of damage, Q13Fox.com reported.

Authorities said the machine was an International Harvester TD-25, similar to a Caterpillar D-9. Investigators were looking into whether the man owned it.

Keith Haynes lives near one of the damaged homes and told the Peninsula Daily News  that the man "just went nuts." Haynes said a woman inside one of the homes escaped unharmed.

"He took a skidder and took out two houses," Haynes said. "I mean demolished."

At one point thousands of people were without power, but within a few hours it had been restored to all but 200 customers, said Clallam County Public Utility District spokesman Mike Howe. He said power would remain out to those customers at least through early Saturday morning.

Swegle has a lengthy rap sheet that includes burglary, stalking and public indecency, the Q13Fox.com report said.

"We all said one of these days Barry is going to take that dang cat and he's going to start tearing up people's property and that's what he did," Barbara Porter, a neighbor said.

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The Associated Press contributed to this report

Categories: US News

Sandy Hook school may be demolished

CNN - Sat, 05/11/2013 - 5:06am
To erase some of the emotional scars from the shooting, an advisory board wants the building torn down and replaced.
Categories: US News

Gatsby Mania Spins Retail Gold

CNBC - Sat, 05/11/2013 - 4:34am
Inspired by the glitz and glamour of the 1920s, several retailers are launching Great Gatsby-themed lines.
Categories: US News

N. Calif. officers seek triple homicide suspect

FOX News - Sat, 05/11/2013 - 4:13am

Law enforcement officials hunting a man suspected of killing his wife and two young daughters in Northern California have sought help from neighboring agencies.

In an ongoing search, officers from at least a dozen state and federal law enforcement agencies fanned out on Friday across an area of rugged terrain along California's remote north coast where they believe 45-year-old Shane Franklin Miller has taken cover.

Miller, considered armed and extremely dangerous, knows well the tree-lined canyons of Humboldt County where he grew up. Investigators found his pickup truck abandoned near Petrolia, about 200 miles west of the home that Miller shared with his wife, Sandy, 34, and daughters, Shelby, 8, and Shasta, 5.

"It's very strategic how we're moving through that forest area," said Lt. Dave Kent of the Shasta County Sheriff's Office.

Miller is suspected of slaying his family Tuesday night in the rural community of Shingletown, then fleeing to Humboldt County, where low fog and dense brush offer plenty of cover. His mother told The Associated Press she had no idea whether her son and daughter-in-law had suffered marital problems or why Miller might turn on his family.

Kent said detectives continue to search the home where the killings occurred for evidence and clues as to where Miller might have been headed.

In 1996, Miller was convicted of felony cultivation of marijuana in a county known worldwide for the high quality pot grown in the same hard-to-reach forests authorities now are combing.

In 2002, Miller was charged with making and selling marijuana for distribution, being a felon in possession of a firearm, possessing a machine gun and money laundering, according to court records. He pleaded guilty to being a felon in possession of a gun and served 46 months in federal prison for being a felon in possession of a firearm, court records show.

Categories: US News

Barclays in Probe Over Saudi Links

CNBC - Sat, 05/11/2013 - 4:01am
A prominent member of the Saudi royal family is at the heart of a U.S. criminal probe into Barclays. The FT reports.
Categories: US News

Hampton Moving Sale

Showcase Events - Sat, 05/11/2013 - 12:25am
Hampton Moving Sale – Wednesday, Thursday & Friday, May 8-10, 8am-6pm. 12711 Panhandle Road. Antiques, furniture, oil and paint framed art. 1962 Fairlane, lots of silver, flatware, and memorabilia. Much more. Call anytime. 404-645-2961.
Categories: Showcase

Guitars Not Guns: Changing the World, One Kid at a Time

Fayette Woman - Fri, 05/10/2013 - 11:49am
By Sharon Ricks Music is powerful. It can fill up a restaurant on a slow night, bring joy to a child’s face, or send an urgent message to a violent world. On a Tuesday evening in early April, it did all three at once at the Pizza Hut Restaurant on Crosstown Court in Peachtree City. [...]

The Amazing Machu Picchu, Peru with Fayette Woman Magazine

Fayette Woman - Thu, 05/09/2013 - 4:13pm
Last July, Mamie Smith of Peachtree City visited Machu Picchu, Peru, with Girl Scouts from across the country. “It was an amazing, life-changing journey,” she says. “I think it’s wonderful that Girl Scouts have the opportunity to travel the world if they fundraise and work hard. I had to sell a lot of cookies, but [...]

Southern-Fried Sleuthing

Fayette Woman - Thu, 05/09/2013 - 4:03pm
Peachtree City Library will host a book signing with local mystery author Larissa Reinhart on Saturday, May 18, at 2 p.m. Reinhart’s latest, Still Life in Brunswick Stew (Henery Press, 2013), is the second installment in her Cherry Tucker Mystery series. The first book in the series, Portrait of a Dead Guy (Henery Press, 2012), [...]

Into the Montana Mountains with Fayette Woman Magazine

Fayette Woman - Thu, 05/09/2013 - 3:43pm
Brenda and Jeff Stephens with their copy of Fayette Woman magazine at Elk Mountain in Missoula, Montana.

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