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Hard Target

Sanders said police shot the gunman outside a Target department store. Investigators have no clue as to his motive, Sanders said.

Thou Shalt Allways Kill

False Flag Event

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) -- Colombia's electrical grid collapsed Thursday, causing a nationwide blackout that briefly halted stock trading, trapped people in elevators and left authorities struggling to determine the cause.

President Alvaro Uribe told journalists in the southern city of Cali that the blackout, which began at midmorning, "appears to have affected the entire country."

Luis Alarcon, manager of state-controlled electricity distributor ISA, issued a statement that the power outage apparently began with an undetermined technical glitch at a substation in Bogota and quickly spread to the rest of the country.

He said work crews had re-established power to about 20 percent of the country and hoped to reconnect the rest in a few hours.

Bogota's stock exchange resumed trading around noon as power returned. It said trading would be extended for an hour to make up for the suspension.

RCN television reported that power had returned to central Bogota, and to parts of the city's northern districts, where many companies have their headquarters.

Rosa Ortiz, who runs a cigarette stand at a busy intersection in Bogota, said that with traffic lights knocked out, "we've seen a few near accidents, but so far the drivers seem to be adapting to the situation."

There was no indication of a terrorist attack, though leftist rebels routinely sabotage electric transmission lines as part of their four-decade old campaign to overthrow the government.

Operation 50 Egg

I don't care if it rains or freezes,
long as I got that plastic Jesus,
sittin' there on the dashboard of my car.

It don't matter if the window's up,
'cos it's held on with a suction cup,
sittin' there on the dashboard of my car.

KID HELD IN THREAT ON HS PROM

By LARRY CELONA and TIM PERONE

April 25, 2007 -- A Queens high-school student who allegedly threatened to turn his prom into a Virginia Tech-like massacre was yanked out of English class and busted yesterday.

Police say Michael DiGiovanni, a senior at Long Island City's Middle College HS, used the school computer lab to print out dozens of leaflets that twistedly boasted: "You think Virginia Tech was bad? Just wait for MCHS prom."

DiGiovanni, 17, was hit with charges of making a false report on school grounds and aggravated harassment.

Schoolmates described DiGiovanni, of Glendale, as a chubby kid who loves comedy, especially Dave Chappelle's brand.

-"He's the funniest kid in school. I just hope he doesn't get in trouble," said senior Miguel Gonzalez, 17.

Melissa Jeanty, 18, said DiGiovanni "is always joking around. He probably didn't think anyone would find it."

A close friend of the suspect who asked that his name be withheld said he was not surprised.

"I thought it was him the whole time," said the senior. "He's definitely not serious. I'm relieved that it was a joke and nothing real."

Asked if DiGiovanni had the coldblooded nature to pull off a school massacre, the friend said, "He's too soft - he's probably crying right now."

* In Deer Park, L.I., school officials reinstated a high school variety show that had been cancelled after organizers pulled a video clip parodying "Scary Movie." It showed dead students in hallways.

Additional reporting by Hasani Gittens

Operation Eternal Vigilance

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Noble Resolve '07

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We’ve created the most complex simulated environment in history,” Burns said.

The simulation includes 2 million individual entities, such as people and cars. In that environment, people wake up in their homes in the morning, go to work and create morning traffic jams. Religious people pray at mosques five times a day.

“In a counterinsurgency, one of the fundamental facts is that the population is the center of gravity,” said Maj. Gen. Larry Budge, program manager for Urban Resolve.

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Operation Enduring Vigilance

Breaking Away

Psychic TV

Buck Hunter

FEAST BEAST

EPCOT

This Is Why I'm Hot

Woot!

"About ten days after 9/11, I went through the Pentagon and I saw Secretary Rumsfeld and Deputy Secretary Wolfowitz. I went downstairs just to say hello to some of the people on the Joint Staff who used to work for me, and one of the generals called me in. He said, “Sir, you’ve got to come in and talk to me a second.” I said, “Well, you’re too busy.” He said, “No, no.” He says, “We’ve made the decision we’re going to war with Iraq.” This was on or about the 20th of September. I said, “We’re going to war with Iraq? Why?” He said, “I don’t know.” He said, “I guess they don’t know what else to do.” So I said, “Well, did they find some information connecting Saddam to al-Qaeda?” He said, “No, no.” He says, “There’s nothing new that way. They just made the decision to go to war with Iraq.” He said, “I guess it’s like we don’t know what to do about terrorists, but we’ve got a good military and we can take down governments.” And he said, “I guess if the only tool you have is a hammer, every problem has to look like a nail.”

"So I came back to see him a few weeks later, and by that time we were bombing in Afghanistan. I said, “Are we still going to war with Iraq?” And he said, “Oh, it’s worse than that.” He reached over on his desk. He picked up a piece of paper. And he said, “I just got this down from upstairs” -- meaning the Secretary of Defense’s office -- “today.” And he said, “This is a memo that describes how we’re going to take out seven countries in five years, starting with Iraq, and then Syria, Lebanon, Libya, Somalia, Sudan and, finishing off, Iran.” I said, “Is it classified?” He said, “Yes, sir.” I said, “Well, don’t show it to me.” And I saw him a year or so ago, and I said, “You remember that?” He said, “Sir, I didn’t show you that memo! I didn’t show it to you!” "
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