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PINEVILLE, Mo. —
A hearing in the appeal of Sheena Eastburn before the Missouri Supreme Court has been removed from the docket and will not be heard on Feb. 28.
According to a court spokeswoman, the court did not state a reason for its action. A new date for the hearing was not set by the court.
Kent Gipson, attorney for Eastburn, said he is hopeful the court will reset the hearing date for later this spring.
A brief in support of the appeal for Eastburn — a McDonald County woman who at age 17 was charged in 1992 with first-degree murder in her ex-husband's death and then in 1995 was sentenced to life in prison with no chance for parole — was filed in late December.
Gipson, of Kansas City, filed a motion to expedite the hearing and put it on the same track as a similar case on appeal from St. Louis. The state Supreme Court granted the motion. The cases were to be heard on Feb. 28. Now, neither case is to be heard on that date.
A spokeswoman for Missouri Attorney General Chris Koster also said the court did not state a reason for its action. The attorney general's office will represent the state before the court.
The St. Louis case is a direct appeal case that did not ask the court to rule on the issue of "retroactivity" with regard to a June 2012 decision by the U.S. Supreme Court in Miller v. Alabama. The court ruled that the Eighth Amendment forbids sentencing that mandates life in prison without the possibility for parole for juvenile homicide offenders. The court's decision found statutes such as that in Missouri and similar statutes in other states that permitted that sentencing to be unconstitutional.
After the ruling, a spokeswoman for Koster said the attorney general's office was taking the position that the court's decision did not apply retroactively. The Eastburn case, according to Gipson, would address that issue. The court expedited Eastburn's hearing for that reason.
Gipson said he will argue that Eastburn's first-degree murder conviction should be vacated and that she should be found guilty of second-degree murder. Such a ruling could open the door for Eastburn, a prisoner at Chillicothe Correctional Center, to be sentenced to life in prison with the possibility of parole.
The appeal to the high court was filed after Circuit Judge Tim Perigo in McDonald County denied a motion for a new trial that was based on claims of ineffective counsel during Eastburn's 1995 trial.
Eastburn was accused of luring her ex-husband, Tim Eastburn, into the kitchen of his home near Rocky Comfort on Nov. 19, 1992, setting him up to be shot by Terry Banks and Matthew Myers. Myers was sentenced to 67 years in prison on a reduced charge of second-degree murder. Banks was convicted of first-degree murder and was sentenced to life without parole.
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If the appeal before the Missouri Supreme Court goes forward and is upheld, the matter would revert to Circuit Judge Tim Perigo. He would be tasked with deciding whether a new trial is warranted or whether Sheena Eastburn's conviction on the first-degree murder charge should be overturned because of the U.S. Supreme Court ruling.


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With free agency having cost the Houston Texans defense three solid starters — OLB/DE Mario Williams, ILB DeMeco Ryans and OLB Connor Barwin – in the last two years — there's legitimate concern surrounding where the team is at linebacker heading into the 2013 season. Brian Cushing, the team's best linebacker, who is in the final stages of rehabbing a torn ACL, says there's a big reason why fans shouldn't worry. Wade Phillips' grasp of talent. "The one thing I've learned about Wade is he knows exactly what he's doing when he drafts a player, Cushing told Paul Kuharsky of ESPN.com last week. "He sees things in people and prospects other coaches and scouts don't. He will always play the best players and we have a lot to pick from now." The Texans added two outside linebackers in the recent draft — Sam Montgomery and Trevardo Williams . . . Houston, by the way, is favored in nine of its first 15 games next season, is the underdog in three and is rated a tossup in three. Yes, they already have lines posted in Vegas for all but the final week of the NFL season. Biggest surprise on that early betting line was Seattle being a one-point favorite over the Texans in Houston. AFC favorites Denver and New England are pick-em in their games at Reliant Stadium. Houston is also pick-em when it plays at Indianapolis. Other teams favored over the Texans are San Francisco (5.5) and Baltimore (3.5). Dallas, meanwhile, is favored in six games, an underdog eight times and a pick-em once. Interestingly enough, the Cowboys are favored in their first three games. Guess the oddsmakers figure Tony Romo will be spending a lot of extra time at Valley Ranch early in the season
Beaumonter Kendrick Perkins' latest problem in the NBA playoffs is one that couldn't have been found on a scouting report. Perkins, obviously unimpressed with Shaquille O'Neal's mumbling and sometimes self-serving commentary on TNT halftime and post game shows, tweeted "Do Shack (sic) ever stop talking?" O'Neal, who has never been short on sarcasm, was told about the tweet and didn't take it well. Following Oklahoma City's game two loss to Memphis, he said, "I need more out of the great Kendrick Perkins. He really dominated tonight. Four points. I won't talk about myself, Kendrick, I'll just talk about you." . . . It was noted in this space a few weeks ago that first LSU, then Alabama offered a scholarship to 6-1, 215-pound Baton Rouge eighth grade running back Dylan Moses. Not to be outdone, Mack Brown and the University of Texas have jumped into the fray, making Moses the first middle school player UT has ever offered. Meanwhile, the Longhorns, according to the Dallas Morning News, already have 14 commitments for the Class of 2014 and are ranked No. 1. Sounds like old Mack is fighting back . . . Wonder how astronomical the odds are that a school which spends as much on athletics as Texas does, and has facilities other schools can only dream of, would be so across-the-board feeble in football, basketball and baseball in the same year? Whatever those odds are, the parlay has hit. Following a season in which football again got routed by Oklahoma and settled for the Alamo Bowl, and basketball finished near the bottom of the Big 12 and didn't get any post-season invites, Longhorn baseball has finished last in the Big 12. Collectively, that has to be close to historical ineptness.
Cleveland Indians' Hall of Famer Bob Feller was supposedly the first pitcher to throw a baseball over 100 miles per hour. But, without radar guns, how did anybody really know? According to AARP magazine, here's how the guy known as "Rapid Robert" was first clocked in Chicago's Lincoln Park in 1940. With Feller into his windup, a Chicago police officer roared by at 86 mph on his Harley Davidson. Feller's fast ball beat the cop to home plate, 60-feet, 6 inches away, by three feet. Assembled mathematicians then estimated the pitch traveled between 98.6 and 104 mph. Here's a trivia question to go with that piece of information. What Southeast Texas sportswriter once belted a Feller pitch to the right field wall at Vincent Beck Stadium in 1983 ? ? ? Sounds like Lumberton ex Clay Buchholz may be in line to get rewarded with a commercial from the manufacturer of Bullfrog Sunscreen. Coming off a so-so year with the Red Sox in 2012, Buchholz has been virtually unhittable while posting a 6-0 record and a 1.60 ERA in the first five weeks of 2013. He's been so tough to hit, in fact, it's led to charges that he's doctoring the baseball by applying Bullfrog to his arm, then mixing it with powered rosin while on the mound. In theory, the mixture allows him to get a better grip on the baseball. Whether it gives him an edge or not, Buchholz certainly has a leg up when it comes to getting into the head of hitters.
Everybody who knows anything about baseball expected the Astros to be terrible and they haven't disappointed. But what about the Los Angeles Angels team that narrowly missed the numbing embarrassment of getting swept in a three-game series in Houston this past week? Angels' management in the last two off-seasons committed to $365 million long term in risky free-agent deals with Albert Pujols and Josh Hamilton. This year alone, the Angels are paying Hamilton $17.4 million, Pujols $16.2 million and pitcher Jered Weaver $16.2 million. Their payroll is a whopping $141,896,250. Yet if they hadn't come from behind in the eighth inning Thursday night, they'd have left Houston with a 10-21 record, only a half game ahead of the last-place Astros . . . Some really sad and tragic things have happened to those attending sporting events — a man falling to his death at a Texas Rangers game in 2011 trying to catch a ball for his son, a fan tumbling to his death from a fifth-level escalator at a Texans game last season and, of course, the spectator deaths at the Boston Marathon, just to name a few. Add what happened at a Chicago Cubs game Tuesday to the list of hard-to-fathom fan deaths. A 28-year-old Chicago middle school teacher, who was such a big Cubs fan she often had team dress-up days for her students, choked to death on a hotdog shortly before the national anthem at the Cubs-Cardinals game she was attending with her brother. In tragedy, however, there was life. Maureen Oleskiewicz was kept alive long enough for organs to be taken. Her heart went to a 14-year-old girl who was near death.
Kevin Costner, who has been terrific in the four sports movies he's done — Bull Durham, Field of Dreams, For the Love of the Game and Tin Cup — is branching out to the NFL. In Draft Day, due out next year, he plays the general manager of a struggling team — the Cleveland Browns — who is dealing with the chaos surrounding the overall No. 1 pick. To add reality, NFL commissioner Roger Goodell shot a scene for the movie at last month's draft. Among Costner's supporting cast are Chadwick Boseman, the guy who played Jackie Robinson so well in "42", Texans running back Arian Foster, Jennifer Garner and Ellen Burstyn . . . Lest Notre Dame linebacker Manti Te'o delude himself into thinking the fake girlfriend stuff is about to die out, Maxim magazine nailed him pretty good in the current issue built around its world 100 hottest women list. Manti's imaginary girlfriend came in at No. 69 on the list, with a pictorial featuring an empty black bikini hovering over the ocean . . . Not so funny was the Internet hoax about the Texans J.J. Watt. A false report Thursday night that was picked up by a Houston media outlet had Watt being severely injured in an automobile accident in Miami. Among other things, he was said to have suffered two broken legs. "I'm perfectly fine, relaxing after morning training session and headed to an event for Houston Children's Charities," Watt tweeted on Friday.
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PERU — Robert Paul "Bob" Davidson, 47, of the Bear Swamp Road, Peru, died Friday, April 19, 2013 at the CVPH Medical Center with his loving family by his side.
He was born in Plattsburgh, Oct. 5, 1965, the son of John "Dewey" and Lucille T. (Martin) Davidson.
Bobby grew up in Peru and graduated from Peru Central High School in 1983. He was employed for many years with local business. In his spare time he enjoyed watching people, especially from his perch on the 6th floor at CVPH.
Survivors include his mother, Lucille Davidson of Peru; sisters, Teri Hart of Peru and Jim Wilson of Lyon Mountain, and Carol Dufford and her husband Paul of Tega Cay, S.C.; and nephews, Sgt. Erick Hart USMC and his wife Lori Babbie-Hart of Richlands, N.C., Matthew Hart of Plattsburgh, Joshua Dufford of Charlotte, N.C., and ABEAN Tyler Dufford USN stationed aboard the USS George Washington in Japan.
He was predeceased by his father, John "Dewey" Davidson.
Relatives and friends may call from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Wednesday, April 24, 2013 at the Hamilton Funeral Home, 294 Mannix Road, Peru. A memorial Mass will follow at Noon at St. Augustine's Church in Peru with Rev. William G. Reamer, celebrating. Burial will follow in the parish cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, donations in his memory may be made to the CVPH Skilled Nursing Unit, 75 Beekman Street, Plattsburgh, NY, 12901.
Arrangements are in the care of the Hamilton Funeral Home, 294 Mannix Road, Peru.
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Del Bittle, who has DJĺd more weddings, reunions and high school dances than anyone in the Kennett area over the past 30 years, has decided to stop spinning.
Bittle, who turns 65 in April, said the lyrics in some of the songs today are damaging children and he wants no part of it. The Kennett High School Class of 1972 was his last reunion, and he DJĺs his last wedding a few weeks ago.
ôI knew this day would come,ö Bittle said, but it really hit home a couple of months ago at the Red Clay Room (in Kennett Square) when I was asked if I had any Pitbull, Jaz-Z or Beyonce. I didnĺt have them, and this person reaches in his pocket and pulls out an IPhone. I tell him there better be no bad language on this song, itĺs got to be clean. I give them only one shot.ö
Bittle knows music. When most people dream about sheep, he dreams about clef notes.
ôYou get me in a certain era, and Iĺm tough,ö he said.
Bittle said he knows the words to just about every one of the 275 Beatles songs, and can even name most of the songs on the flip side of the original vinyl 45s.
Bittle saw the Beatles perform live at JFK in the 1960s. A few years ago, he took his daughter Megan to see Paul McCartney (Beatlesĺ lead singer) at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, and paid $15 to park. ôI told her I just paid more for parking than I did for two tickets to see the Beatles,ö Bittle said. ôThe Chiffons opened for them. I still remember it .I still have my $5 ticket stubs.ö
Bittle started his interest in music at an early age. He took drum lessons at Unionville Elementary in fourth grade. In High School, Unionville High didnĺt have a marching band back then, so he started a garage band called the Nebulas. Bittle was the drummer.
ôWe played cover music, old three- and four-chord rock and roll, Chuck Berry and local tunes,ö he said.
Bittleĺs band once opened for The Beach Boys in 1964.
ôBy todayĺs standards, we werenĺt that good,ö Bittle said. ôIĺve seen todayĺs music and never appreciated the talent and what it takes to play. Todayĺs music is tough, there are all sorts of different tunings, different chord progressions, and the speed of the music. At my age, Iĺve learned to appreciate todayĺs music.ö
Today, that appreciation is Bittleĺs favorite groups, the Killers, Cold Plan, Muse and Rage Against the Machine.
Though heĺs hung up the headphones and microphone, Bittle still maintains his music store located on family property off Route 842 in Pocopson Township. He sells musical instruments, and he gets more satisfaction out of helping young, aspiring musicians than making money at the store.
ôThey are going to have to carry me out of here feet first,ö he said. ôI love coming in here every day. And now (without DJ responsibilities), I donĺt have pressure or commitments to make.ö
Bittle moved to the Pocopson location after having a music store in Kennett Square for more than a decade. It was located on Union Street next to Fragaleĺs Barber shop, and it opened in the mid-1980s.
ôI had a back room filled with nothing but oldies,ö he said. ôJukeboxes were popular. In the front of the store I had albums and tie dye T-shirts and posters. But it wasnĺt a head shop.ö
Back when he had his Kennett Square store, Bittle saw the trend of music with disturbing lyrics. He wanted to keep those lyrics from the ears of impressionable young children.
ôOne day I was at the counter at the Kennett store, and a little guy comes in with a $20 bill and tells me he wants the new 2 Live Crew CD. I told him, Ĺson, I canĺt sell it to you.ö This was before the warnings came on the labels. So he walks out of the store and before I know it, in comes this drop-dead gorgeous blond dressed to the max, who throws a $20 bill on the counter and tells me to sell her the 2 Live Crew CD. She said she was bothered by having to get out of the car.ö
Bittle said that was a sign that he needed to get out of selling music.
ôIĺm trying to protect these kids,ö he said. ôParents donĺtĺ have a clue to what their kids are listening to.ö
Back in the 1960s and 1970s, Bittle said, profanity in songs was extremely rare. But Bittle said he remembers a group from Coatesville called the Eddie and the Galaxies (also went under the name Pit Town 5) who recorded under the Parliament label who used a single instance of the word damn.
ôAnybody who wanted that record had to buy it under the counter of the Downingtown Farmerĺs Market,ö Bittle said. ôBack then, it was forbidden.ö
Being a DJ back in the days of vinyl was a challenge, Bittle said.
ôI remember in the early 90s I had a wedding and I had to carry 20 crates (filled with CDs and vinyl albums) up a fire escape to the top floor to get to the banquet hall,ö Bittle said. ôToday, the DJs walk in with a laptop and they are all set. Thereĺs been a lot of changes in the music business.ö
Bittle still has some of those old vinyl albums at his store in Pocopson, but doesnĺt sell them. He estimates he has 60,000 45s and 10,000 albums.
ôWhen parents come in here with their kids, the kids see the albums and donĺt know what it is,ö Bittle said. ôItĺs sad because itĺs a format thatĺs only been gone for 15 to 20 years, but I guess thatĺs an entire generation.ö
Bittle said he gets two or three calls a week for older people who want to donate their old albums to him. ôI donĺt want them,ö Bittle said. ôI tell them Iĺm happy to look through their collection. I see a lot of Lawrence Welk, Al Martino, and even the First Family.ö
The First Family was a comedy album released in 1962 that was a good-natured parody of then-president John F. Kennedy. It was the fastest selling record in the history of the record history selling more than a million copies in the first six weeks following its release.
To this day, one of Bittleĺs favorite moments was playing in his band. The band lasted about five years, breaking up in the late 1960s when some members were called to serve in Vietnam. Bittle went to Penn State, then to Goldey Beacom College to pick up some business credits. But when Pathmark offered him a job for $150 an hour to work in the health and beauty aids department, he couldnĺt pass it up because he wanted to buy a 1968 Plymouth Roadrunner.
Bittle got his start in the DJ business when he decided he needed to compliment his income a few years after his Pathmark job. He bought a mixer at Radio Shack for $90, brought his turntable and milk crates filled with albums and began to disc jockey at the old Anvil Inn in Kennett. Anyone who grew up in Kennett knows the Anvil Inn was the place to be on Thursday nights.
Bittle, who grew up in Unionville off Indian Hanna Road, became a household name. He began volunteering in the community, something he continues to this day. He was named honorary Grand Marshall of the 2011 Mushroom Festival, which he called ôa great honor.ö
ôMaybe Iĺm missing something, but our next generation is not as civic-minded,ö he said. ôThey donĺt step up to the plate like we do.ö
Though he enjoys helping his community, Bittle said he has lost faith with some aspects of todayĺs society, and itĺs the reason he cancelled Del Stock.
Del Stock was a bluegrass festival that was held on the grounds of his 52-acre property off Route 842. It attracted upward of 400 people yearly. Groups would come in and sing. It was a free event, and Bittle even had free food.
But after 13 years, he was sued after someone fell on his property at the event.
ôIt just killed my spirit,ö he said. ôI thought I was doing something nice for the community. This was like the Old Fiddlerĺs Picnic, only more laid-back. People brought yard chairs and we had antique tractors and it was a really good run.ö
Bittle won the lawsuit, but it took three years and plenty of money to defend against.
For aspiring young musicians in the Unionville area, Bittle can be their best friend. He enjoys mentoring them, and is more interested in seeing them advance musically than in making money.
His family is close by. He and his wife Shiela have a daughter, Megan, 29 who is a first-grade teacher in Elkton, Md. and Jason, who works for a construction company.
His property was recently put into a conservation easement, something his late mother, Alta Bailey Bittle, would have appreciated. His mother wrote a book on the history of Pocopson Township. She died at age 103 at the Pocopson Home, which was built on her grandfatherĺs farm.
ôI have all my family and friends near me,ö Bittle said. ôIt canĺt get any better than that.ö


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We've got murder in our schools, murder in our fast food restaurants, murder in the street, murder on the job, murder in the religious cult, murder on the battlefield.
We have murder at the rally, murder in the family home, murder on the jogging trail, murder on the way home. There's murder in the ghetto, murder in the suburbs, murder at the courthouse, murder in the big house, murder at the mall.
There are murderous gangs, murderous drug cartels, murderous boyfriends, murderous mobsters, murderous abductors, murderous fascists, murderous terrorists, murderous teens, murderous vagrants, murderous adulterers, murderous racists and murderous predators.
There is tragedy in the morning, tragedy at noon, tragedy under cover of darkness tragedy on Christmas Day. There's tragedy in all four seasons, tragedy for the single mom, tragedy for the do-gooder tragedy, for the border patrol, tragedy for officers of the law. Then, there's tragedy for newlyweds, tragedy for the aged shut-in, tragedy for the vacationers, tragedy for the homecoming soldier, tragedy for the college student, tragedy for the shooter-suicide desperado.
There are tears in a mother's eyes, tears in a father's eyes, tears in the grandparent's eyes tears, in the policeman's eyes. There are tears in the soldier's eyes, tears in the surgeon's eyes, tears in the executioner's eyes, tears in the detective's eyes, tears in the athlete's eyes tears in the reporter's eyes tears in the captain's eyes tears in the dispatcher's eyes.
The death and lawlessness and calamity of bloodied victims of murderous killers in a beautiful land saturated with innocent blood — reported by newsprint in television studios or via electronic avenues — is a solemn destruction of sacred humanity. Yet corporate insanity numbs the mind to consider if life is no more than a cacophony of sorrow and leaden-eyed despair.


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— The seventh annual Fourth Fest is scheduled tonight in Royse City. Festivities begin at 7:30 p.m. at the Royse City High School football stadium, with inflatables, a climbing wall, a watermelon-eating contest and more. The fireworks are set to begin at 9:30 p.m. at the football stadium.
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Pride, Prejudice, and Online Dating Deception
A woman commits online dating fraud and toys with the female psyche.
Amy Webb, you're no Elizabeth Bennet.
In a world of woe, Amy Webb's Internet dating fraud will not make it into the State of the Union address tonight. But she is a creature of the culture, a ruthless character that would make Jane Austen drop her pen if she only knew how far our fall is since the novel Pride and Prejudice was published 200 years ago. You see, Austen's favorite heroine Elizabeth Bennet actually has to compete as she is for Mr. Darcy—Fitzwilliam to his closest friends. The young lady showed off her sparkling wit while dancing with proud Mr. Darcy. Her bright spirit and confession that she dearly loves to laugh, combined with "a pair of fine eyes," as he himself put it, proved matchless.
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This century has wrought the crafty Amy Webb who, on the other hand, broke every trick in the book, and then some, to trap a member of the male species. Then she wrote a nonfiction book about her triumph, discussed in the Sunday Washington Post Outlook section. Her tell-all doesn't have quite the same ring: Data, A Love Story: How I Gamed Online Dating to Meet My Match.
(At her writing desk in Chawton Cottage, Jane Austen is reaching for her smelling salts.)
Here's how it happened. Ms. Webb desperately wanted to meet a man with 72 qualities, and joined the Jewish dating site, JDate, as a man—or men. In the fashionable style of fake verisimilitude, she created several different male profiles—variations on the theme of her dream man. The object of the gaming was to attract women so she could see what works to catch fish—or catfish—in a female profile. As Webb writes, "My goal in this experiment wasn't just to observe other women on JDate. It was to understand them deeply enough to understand their behavior. I didn't want to hide who I was or to pretend to be someone else."
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Hold on, she did do exactly that, weaving a tangled web (if you will) of trickery and deception.
At least, be honest about your dishonesty, Ms. Webb.
Here's the rub: The imposter interacted with 96 women for a month, and used them for all they were worth to her reshaping her own profile. Let's just say, 96 Elizabeths looking for their Mr. Darcys, hoping to meet and flirt with them like real people on a level dancing floor. Instead, they may wonder why they never heard from him again as he vanished into the ether. That does damage to the female psyche. And I am not fond of women who treat other women shabbily.
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(Perhaps the gamer told them after the fact what she had done. But I don't have $25.95 to spend to find out.)
All's fair in love and war, they say, even in this modern ploy—excuse me, opposition research on unsuspecting strangers. In the end, the winning version of Ms. Webb stripped her own profile of her job, resorting to a kind of dreamyspeak: She's equally comfortable in jeans and a little black dress. She's seeking an "insanely clever adventurer" who makes her laugh as they "venture off the beaten track together." Fake verisimilitude at work again, based on her character theft.
Isn't it romantic?
Take me back to 1813 any day, where there are truths universally acknowledged.


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In "All the President's Men," reporter Bob Woodward conducts late-night meetings with a source in a parking garage.
That source, Deep Throat (later revealed to be high-ranking FBI official Mark Felt), was worried that he would be exposed as a tipster in the Watergate scandal.
The idea of a clandestine chat in a dark, empty parking garage sounds a bit silly when you stop and think about it. One would suppose the two men could find some quiet, out-of-the way location to meet and still enjoy privacy.
But Felt wasn't taking any chances. And perhaps he had good reason to be cautious. What's happening now with the Justice Department and The Associated Press is a lesson in journalistic prudence and the power of government.
As you may know, Justice officials obtained a vast array of AP phone logs, without ever telling the news organization it was gathering the information. While these records did not reveal actual conversations, they show who was talking to who over a period of time.
The reason for the search involves a news leak last year regarding a terrorist case in Yemen, where an unidentified source told The AP about the thwarting of an attack and the infiltration of the al-Qaida organization in that country.
Supposedly, The AP report had the effect of exposing an undercover agent, thus threatening national security. This prompted the Justice Department investigation to identify the source and possibly charge that individual with violating national security laws.
Now, the government may have legitimate concerns about this leak. But what it did with the AP appears to be little more than a fishing expedition — except instead of using a hook, Justice employed dynamite — on the chance something might float to the surface.
This isn't how law enforcement and criminal investigations are supposed to work in an America with a Bill of Rights. Such matters as probable cause and search warrants come into play. The power of government to gobble up private records and sift through them is supposed to be limited.
Defenders of the Justice action argue that phone records tell very little. But an enterprising and ethically challenged intelligence agent could have a field day with this sort of data. And it may have absolutely nothing to do with national security. Sources contact The AP with all manner of tips and information.
But perhaps they won't in the future if they worry someone in government is going to be able to track them down and expose them. That's the real danger of using heavy-handed tactics to scoop up the records of news organizations.
The revelation regarding The AP's phone records has caused quite a dustup in Washington, with Republicans attacking the Obama administration for what happened. Interestingly, the president turned around and renewed his support for a federal shield law that would help to protect journalists from such government intrusion in their activities.
Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., has reintroduced shield law legislation in Congress. It will be interesting to see if lawmakers who are attacking the administration are willing to back that up with votes to protect the press.
They should. This isn't about one national security incident. This is about the ability of a free press to do its job and ultimately hold government accountable. If the powers that be can frighten sources into silence, all Americans suffer.
Mitchel Olszak is a columnist for the New Castle (Pa.) News.


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Health care reform discussion
Gina Upchurch of Senior PharmAssist will lead a discussion of health care reform at 10 a.m. at United Church of Chapel Hill, 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. 919-942-3540, unitedchurch.org.
Triangle Recorder Society
The Triangle Recorder Society will meet from 2:30 p.m. to 5 p.m. every third Sunday of the month until June at Carol Wood Retirement Center, 750 Weaver Dairy Road, Chapel Hill. This is open to all skill levels. Bring a recorder and a music stand to join this session led by Pat Petersen of Durham. trianglerecorder.org.
Overeaters Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous meets from 4 p.m. to 5 p.m. at Carrboro United Methodist Church, 200 Hillsborough Road. 919-448-7010.
Yoga Class
A yoga class for people new to yoga, people in treatment for cancer, caregivers or cancer survivors, is from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. by the UNC Comprehensive Cancer Support Program at Carolina Pointe II, 6011 Farrington Road. Cost is $5 per session. unclineberger.org.
Monday Noon Book Group
The Monday Noon Book Group will begin its meetings with a discussion of Eboo Patels Sacred Ground: Pluralism, Prejudice and the Promise of America at noon at United Church of Chapel Hill, 1321 Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd. The group will meet with Rev. Richard Edens in the Church Library. Bring a bag lunch. unitedchurch.org.
Breastfeeding Group
Breastfeeding Cafe, an informal drop-in gathering of breastfeeding moms, is from 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. at the Red Hen, University Mall, 201 South Estes Drive.
Restorative Yoga
Cornucopia House Cancer Support Center, 5517 Durham-Chapel Hill Blvd., offers a free Restorative Yoga class for anyone affected by cancer from 3 p.m. to 4:30 p.m. 919-401-9333.
Walking Group
A walking group for women 55 and older will walk trails in Meadowmont at 3:30 p.m. 919-967-4054, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Canine Playtime
The Chapel Hill Small Dog Meetup Group will gather from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m. at the Southern Village Dog Park, 1000 Dogwood Acres Drive. This is for dogs under 25 lbs. firstname.lastname@example.com.
WordPress informational meeting
Learn the basics of WordPress, an online publishing system, at 6 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Public Library. Registration is required. meetup.com/wordpress-chapel-hill.
Divorce Support Group
DivorceCare, a seminar and support group offering information in a small-group setting for people experiencing divorce, will meet from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Orange United Methodist Church. Book fee is $12, scholarships available. 919-942-2825, firstname.lastname@example.com.
Nar-Anon, a 12-step support group for family and friends of addicts, will be from 8 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church, 3638 Chapel Hill Road, Durham. 919-596-2915, nar-anon.org.
Gamblers Anonymous
Gamblers Anonymous meets at 7:30 p.m. at Amity United Methodist Church, 825 Estes Drive. 888-862-1298.
Overeaters Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous meets from 7:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Carrboro United Methodist Church, 200 Hillsborough Road. 919-933-1355.
Knitting for Charity
Knitting for Charity, a needlework group that provides knitted and crocheted items for various charities, meets from 1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. in Meeting Room A at the Chapel Hill Public Library, 100 Library Drive. Bring acrylic yarn and knitting needles or crochet hook. 919-968-2780.
Residents 50 and up can register to play bingo from 2 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the Carrboro Century Center, 100 N. Greensboro St. Call 919-918-7364.
Dr. Peter Rizzolo at Bulls Head Bookshop
Dr. Peter Rizzolo will speak about his book Forbidden Harvest at 3:30 p.m. at Bulls Head Bookshop in the Student Stores at UNC.
Farmers Market
The Fearrington Farmers Market at Fearrington Village on U.S. 15-501 South is held at 4 p.m.
Chatham County Together! annual meeting
Chatham County Together!, a local nonprofit that mentors kids, will hold its annual public meeting from 5 p.m. to 6:15 p.m. at the Chatham Community Library, 197 N.C. Highway 87, Pittsboro. chathamcountytogether.com.
Overeaters Anonymous
Overeaters Anonymous meets from 6 p.m. to 7 p.m. at Evergreen United Methodist Church, U.S. 15-501. 919-933-1355.
Aging in Community discussion
The Orange County Department on Aging will discuss alternative housing options for seniors at 6:30 p.m. at the Seymour Center, 2551 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill. Author and architect Sarah Susankah will speak.
Durham Garden Forum
The Durham Garden Forum will meet from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. at the Sarah P. Duke Gardens, 420 Anderson St., Durham. Tony Avent of Plant Delights will discuss New and Unusual Plants. firstname.lastname@example.com.
Stress Seminar
Flawless Day Spa and Heart Empowered Living will host a free seminar on stress-related health issues and prevention from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Chamber of Commerce office, 104 S. Estes Drive. Registration is required. 919-213-1772, flawlessdayspa.com.
Meditation 101
This class will introduce beginners to meditation from 7 p.m. to 8:15 p.m. at Kosala Buddhist Center, 711 W. Rosemary St., Suite E, Carrboro. Walk-ins are welcome. For details, go to meditationinchapelhill.org or email Monica Heiser at firstname.lastname@example.com.
Support Group
The Depression and Bipolar Support Alliance support group meets from 7:30 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Binkley Baptist Church, 1712 Willow Drive. 919-428-6296.
Support Group
SMART Recovery sponsors a free recovery group for drinking and other addictive behaviors at 7:30 p.m. at Binkley Baptist Church, 1712 Willow Drive. trianglesmartrecovery.org.
Pickleball games will be held from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Community Center, 120 S. Estes Drive, Chapel Hill. Beginners are welcome. email@example.com.
Email Basics class
A free class on using email will be taught from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. at the Chapel Hill Public Library. Registration is required. 919-968-2780.
General Meditation Class
This class for anyone interested in Buddhist meditation will be held from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at Kosala Buddhist Center, 711 W. Rosemary St., Suite E, Carrboro. The classes provide an introduction to Buddhist philosophy, psychology and meditation. meditationinchapelhill.org, email@example.com.
Tom Rankin reading
Tom Rankin will discuss the book One Place: Paul Kwilecki and Four Decades of Photographs from Decatur County, Georgia at 7 p.m. at the Burwell School Historic Site, 319 N. Churton St., Hillsborough.
Carolina Mountain Dulcimers
The Carolina Mountain Dulcimers will meet at 7 p.m. at the Carol Woods Retirement Community, 750 Weaver Dairy Road, Chapel Hill. Players with all skill levels and all stringed instruments are welcome. For details or directions, contact Shirley Ray at 919-929-5359 or email@example.com.
Fall Film Festival
The Seymour Centers first Fall Film Festival will begin at 10:30 a.m. with a showing of the documentary Without a Fight at 2551 Homestead Road, Chapel Hill.
Program on hearing loss in older adults
The Meadowmont Aging in Place Project presents a program with Dr. Angela Byrd on coping with hearing loss and communicating with older people with hearing loss from 3 p.m. to 4 p.m. at 100 Sprunt St., Chapel Hill. This event is free and open to the public. Seating is limited; call 919-966-5500 to register.
Tiger CHill
Chapel Hill High School will host its second annual Tiger CHill carnival from 3 p.m. to 7 p.m. at 1709 High School Road. The schools clubs, bands, sports teams and student government will provide food, games and activities for families. The event will raise funds for the schools clubs, sports and arts.
Chapel Hill Farmers Market
The Chapel Hill Farmers Market will be open from 8 a.m. to noon every Saturday at 201 S. Estes Drive.
Carrboro Candidate Forum
The Candidate Forum, sponsored by the Orange County Voter Services and the League of Women Voters, will be from 10 a.m. to noon in the Carrboro Town Hall Meeting Room, 300 W. Main St., Carrboro. Candidates who are running for alderman seats on the Carrboro Town Council will answer questions. This is open to the public.
Dog Swim
The Orange County Animal Services Departments annual Dog Swim will be from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the A.D. Clark Pool in the Hargraves Community Center, 216 North Robertson St., Chapel Hill. Admission is $5 for dogs and free for dog owners.


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An environmental group claims undue political influence was applied in a state decision on whether to approve a $180 million reservoir project in Cleveland County.
The state Department of Environment and Natural Resources took the unusual step in July of granting a waiver for construction of a proposed Cleveland County reservoir, a controversial project that has been discussed since at least 2000. The project still has to be approved by the Army Corps of Engineers before it can be built.
On Friday, the Southern Environmental Law Center appealed DENR's waiver to the Office of Administrative Hearings. Earlier, the same group wrote a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency also objecting to DENR's actions. The appeal was brought on behalf of American Rivers, an environmental advocacy group.
"In an unprecedented move following pressure, DENR abdicated its responsibility to uphold water quality protections for the people of North Carolina," said D.J. Gerken, senior attorney for the environmental group. "DENR waived its review of an incomplete application for an unneeded reservoir with no public notice. The county's own consultants for the project found that, even in the worst drought conditions, its water needs could be met with existing supplies and less harm to water quality."
A spokesman for DENR said Friday that the agency just received a copy of the statement and could not comment.
But Tom Reeder, who signed the waiver, told The Charlotte Observer this month that the likelihood that the corps would deny approval drove the decision.
"The state of North Carolina looked at all of this and said there's really no value added to us getting involved in this whole thing," said Reeder, director of the N.C. Division of Water Resources. "Cleveland County would have had to spend more money that would not go to any good purpose."
Cleveland County Water, a public utility, is pushing for a proposed John Cline Reservoir that would flood 24 miles of First Broad River, streams, wetlands and 1,200 acres of forest and agricultural wetland. Besides providing water, some real estate developers are looking at it for land sales.
The project has some politically well-connected backers. Clyde "Butch" Smith, the general manager of Cleveland County Water, was appointed by House Speaker Thom Tillis to the N.C. Environmental Management Commission. The commission oversees the state's water quality permits and certifications. The legal counsel for Cleveland County Water is Rep. Tim Moore, a Republican from Kings Mountain and the chairman of the powerful House Rules Committee.
The environmental group cites an email from Smith to a legislative staffer in August 2012, saying that "we feel like this election in November is going Republican and if that's the case we will get the 401 permit."
The appeal notes there are several, cheaper alternatives, including a proposal by the town of Forest City, which has excess water capacity, to provide water for the area.
The environmental group says that Rep. Mike Hager appeared before the Forest City council in March 2012 and "threatened" it with legislation to prohibit nearby water districts from selling water to Cleveland County. Hager is chairman of the House Public Utilities Committee and Energy Committee and vice chairman of the House Environment Committee and is considered a serious candidate for House speaker in 2015.
Hager listed on his 2012 economic statement that he received income in excess of $5,000 from a real estate venture, John Cline Res, that the environmental group said "is poised to profit from lakefront real estate development if the reservoir is constructed."
In an interview Friday, Hager said he supports the reservoir but added that the environmental group's description of his appearance before the Forest City council was "a total mischaracterization of what went on."
Hager said he had been approached by a state senator, then Sen. Wes Westmoreland, "who was actually thinking about running legislation like that." He said the legislation was aimed at "trying to force the hand of the Corps of Engineers.'
Hager said he did some limited consulting for the development company a couple of years ago, and he believed he was paid $5,000 to $6,000. He said that is the kind of work he does.
"They asked me to do some research for them, which I did, on the amount of rainfall, on amount of river flow that either increased or decreased over the last three or four decades, which I did," Hager said. "That was the extent of anything I had to do with those folks."
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Happy Mid-Morning! I'm really excited to share with you guys a video project I've been working on with Quaker and Goodbite to raise up to $25,000 for Share Our Strength, a charity dedicated to ending childhood hunger. This project was perfect for me since I love all kinds of creative oatmeal toppings! Watch below! I […]
You asked for it: a quick tour of KERFLAND I'll be home for dinner tonight!
Here's the first of the videos!! (Thomas is very soft spoken so you'll want to crank up the volume!) The finished product:
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ELYSBURG -- When all the activities are concluded in this year's 122nd Pennsylvania State Trap Shoot at the Valley Gun and Country Club, some of the world's top shooters will have fired at about 1.3 million clay targets.
The figure changes slightly, depending upon the number of competitors.
What may be even more surprising to those unfamiliar with the sport is that the supplier of these targets, for what is the second-largest trap shoot in the country, can be found in our own backyard along Trevorton Road in Coal Township.
Reagent Chemical and Research Inc. entered the clay target market in 1979 with the purchase of White Flyer Targets from Olin Industries, the manufacturer of Winchester ammunition.
Currently White Flyer operates four state-of-the-art target manufacturing facilities in the United States and the plant in Coal Township services the Eastern portion of the country.
But why White Flyer?
"Quality is what makes our product the best in the market," said Eastern Sales Manager Josh Taylor, who is participating in this year's shoot. "And in the case with the five shoots located here in Elysburg we are able to not only supply the targets for each event, but if additional targets are needed, our plant in Coal Township is close enough that one quick phone call is all that's needed to have a shipment sent immediately down to VGCC.
"We have five other competitors in the United States but they work out of one facility while we have four total plants allowing us to be able to supply targets wherever needed."
The other White Flyer plants are located in San Bernadino, Calif.; Webb City, Mo.; and Knox, Ind.
Taking advantage of a customer base that stretches coast-to-coast, White Flyer currently serves more gun clubs and shooters than any other target manufacturer in the world.
"We try to promote clay target shooting wherever possible from the big shoots like the one here in Elysburg right down to the small club organizations," Taylor said. "All of our upper management people were or are shooters and know the sport and how to promote it.
"In addition, we are very active sponsors at all the shoots throughout the country as well as big promoters of our two big youth organizations, SCTP and AIM, who play a big role in grooming the future trap shooters in the country."
White Flyer supplies all the targets for all the major shoots in the country and Canada and also produces the International Target for the Olympics.
Its product is made primarily from petroleum pitch and limestone and goes through a quick process once the mixed ingredients are poured into the mold.
The company began operations in 1892.
"We will continually strive to improve the quality of our targets and service through our quality assurance program. Our company believes in fostering great community relationships," added Taylor, who compete in the handicap event. "We consider the Valley Gun and Country Club to be our home club."


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Spring 2010: Competed in four events with an average of 80.1 strokes per round ... Carded a career low round of 73 in the second round of the Kiawah Island Intercollegiate on the way to a 12-over 228 to finish tied for 35th (out of 169) in the event.
Fall 2009: Competed in three tournaments with a stroke average of 81.9 ... Fired a low round of 74 in the opening round of the UAB Fall Beach Blast en route to a nine-over 153, good enough to place 16th (out of 60).
Five year letterwinner under Kevin Maggard and Jim Carter at Davidson Academy ... Garnered All-State accolades three times ... Won state individual championships as both a sophomore and a junior.
Full name is Stephanie Elaine Smith ... Birthday is May 8th ... Daughter of Bobby and JoAnne Smith.