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A new study has found that the Northeast is seeing more frequent "extreme precipitation events" in line with global warming predictions, including storms like the recent ones that have brought floodwaters to neighborhoods and businesses across New England.
The study does not link last week's devastating floods to its research, however it looked at 60 years' worth of National Weather Service rainfall records in nine Northeastern states and discovered that storms that produce an inch or more of rain in a day are occurring more often.
"It's almost like 1 inch of rainfall has become pretty common these days," said Bill Burtis, spokesman for Clean Air-Cool Planet, a global warming education group that released the study Monday along with the University of New Hampshire's Carbon Solutions New England group.
UNH associate professor Cameron Wake said the study's results are consistent with what could be expected in a world warmed by greenhouse gases. However, he did acknowledge it would take more sophisticated studies to cement a warming link.
"I can't point to these recent storms and say, that is global warming," he told the Associated Press (AP).
Researchers said the potential economic impact is more certain if the 60-year trend continues and requires billions of dollars in infrastructure improvements to things in the region like roads, bridges, sewers and culverts.
The study used precipitation data from 219 Weather Service reporting stations in Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island and Vermont from 1948 to 2007.
The study discovered that in all but 18 of the stations, "extreme precipitation events," defined as storms that produced at least an inch of rain over a 24-hour period or the water equivalent of snow, are occurring at a more frequent rate.
Average annual precipitation increased by nearly three-quarters of an inch per decade over the 60-year period. That period included a marked drop-off in rainfall during the 1960s, when much of New England experienced drought, and again during a regional drought in 2001.
The study also found that the storms which produced 2 to 4 inches in a 24-hour period occurred more regularly than in the past.
Wake said that as the world warms, there is more energy to evaporate water, creating more water vapor in the air. He said that as a result, that can increase the number of storms and the amount of precipitation those storms produce.
The March storms seem out of whack even with the findings in the report. Providence, R.I. and other cities set a monthly record for precipitation, while Boston experienced its second-rainiest month since record keeping began.
"It's consistent, but it's way more than even the trends we've seen," he said. "It's anomalous for sure."
Global warming skeptic Patrick Michaels told AP that it would be unfair to use the recent floods as an example of what's in the study.
"You can't take an individual event and say it's a product of a certain trend," Michaels said.
Michaels, a senior fellow in environmental studies at the Cato Institute, said previous studies have shown that New England's wettest days of the year are getting wetter over time, but there was no net change nationwide, raising doubt as to whether global warming is the culprit.
Some experts say that whether warming is the cause or not, if rainstorms are getting fiercer, there will be a price to pay.
"If you're spending more on dealing with extreme weather events, what does that take away from?" said Ross Gittell, an economics professor at UNH and executive committee member of Carbon Solutions New England.
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As a part of President Obama's Climate Action Plan to promote American leadership in renewable energy, and coupled with the Interior's "Smart from the Start" wind energy initiative for the Atlantic Coast, the Interior has announced the Nation's largest offshore wind energy area available for commercial development. The Interior and Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) announced on 06/17/14 that more than 742,000 acres offshore Massachusetts will be available for commercial wind energy leasing. By far, this proposed area is the largest in federal waters and will nearly double the federal offshore acreage available for commercial wind energy projects.
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Terrence Malick's 'The Tree of Life' finally has a release date – July 8 – after a complicated legal wrangle threated to keep it from our screens when it opened across world. But David Jenkins was taking no risks. He decided the only way to see the film was to hop on a ferry to France…
Some context: way, way back in the late 1970s, America's foremost philosopher-poet-filmmaker, Terrence Malick, was planning to make a film called 'Q'. It was to be about life, God, existence, creation, the cosmos, the whole damn thing. But funds were not forthcoming, a situation which perhaps fuelled Malick's refusal to pick up a camera in the 29 years between 1979's 'Days of Heaven' and 1998's 'The Thin Red Line'.
Malick's new film, 'The Tree of Life', won the Palme d'Or at Cannes last month. It opened in French cinemas the same week. It opened in the US two weeks ago. It opened in Ukraine last week and in Taiwan this week. Surely it will be coming to British cinemas imminently? Well, that's the point. Nobody knew. Right up until last Tuesday, it didn't have a release date and had fallen prey to a complicated, hush-hush legal wrangle. This Malick fan was getting more desperate by the minute.
If you've been monitoring film release schedules closely, you'll know that 'The Tree of Life' was first scheduled to come out in the UK on May 4, a week prior to its premiere at Cannes. That itself was strange. Cannes ordinarily doesn't allow premieres anywhere else before their own. And why would this hugely anticipated American film be getting a release first in the UK? Something was up. Yet as we inched closer to May 4, clock-watching cinephiles began to believe it was going to happen: UK citizens would sample this work ahead of every other mortal on the planet.
Yet not only did the release come and go, but the UK was nudged from the front of the distribution queue to the back. So, what the hell was a film fan to do? Chain a severed pig's head to the doorstep of the distributor in protest? Surreptitiously resort to morally dubious internet-based means? Hop on a boat and see the film in France?
Organising the trip was simple: it was a textbook bank holiday jaunt, only with a darkened room as its goal. A handy French website dedicated to all films shown in English across France helped identify the locations where it was being shown in the 'Version Originale'. Alas, the multiplexes of Calais were not yet catering to British film buffs and were only screening a dubbed version. The road trip would have to extend further inland, to Lille. With timings planned to the minute, ferry tickets booked, petrol purchased, Thermos flasks filled and a stack of Google Maps the size of 'Ulysses' printed off, I took to the road with my father at the wheel to see Malick's elusive latest.
To make it there and back in a day involves strict time keeping, a sturdy constitution and not a little dose of insanity. Eurostar may have taken the sting out of the journey, but it would also have made it prohibitively expensive. So having set off at 5.30am, we arrived in Lille for midday where, in radiant heat, we grabbed some croque monsieurs and a couple of white wines. The car park sat next to a downmarket brasserie called Les 400 Coups, which was a good omen. Also, I liked that the cinema we'd picked – Le Majestic – printed a portrait of the late Claude Chabrol on the reverse of their ticket stubs: can you imagine seeing Michael Powell's face on Odeon popcorn buckets?
While in town, we also took in Woody Allen's new comedy, 'Midnight in Paris', which was an absolute delight, a whimsical Parisian fantasy with Owen Wilson. But Woody, it turned out, was just an amuse-bouche before the meaty Malick main course. With just ten fellow audience members at the Monday 4.15pm screening, we were treated to what I believe the French call 'un chef d'oeuvre', a film unlike anything I'd seen before, and (deep breath) probably the best thing I've seen in my career as a film journalist.
'The Tree of Life' is the latter-day progeny of the long-forgotten 'Q'. It's a tremendous, semi-abstract symphony of breathtaking sound and imagery which daringly juxtaposes the life of a close-knit suburban family in 1950s Texas with the origins of life on Earth. It's a film made by someone who clearly has no preconceptions about what cinema should be and someone unafraid to question whether the diverse richness of our experience on Earth can be rationalised by religion or philosophy.
My father was not too hot on it. It was 'too clever-clever', apparently. But – questionable, over-priced ferry fry-ups aside – this pilgrimage to kneel at the altar of cinema was a copper-bottomed success. The announcement, a week after the trip, that the film has been given a UK release on July 8 seemed inevitable. But this was still a film whose grand philosophical intimations deserved crossing water for. Would I resort to our culturally enlightened French cousins for my cinema needs again? I'm not sure. When's the next Malick film out?
Read our review of 'The Tree of Life'
Author: David Jenkins
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INDIANAPOLIS Tubby Smith was facing the same predicament Friday night as he was one year ago.
Minnesota's coach sat in stoic disbelief, trying to figure out how another Big Ten tournament game got away and whether it would doom the Gophers' postseason hopes.
The Gophers blew a nine-point lead in the final 4:37 of regulation. They botched two chances to win it in the closing seconds, couldn't stop Trey Burke, and gave up a stretch of five straight 3-pointers as No. 10 Michigan rallied for a 73-69 overtime victory in Indianapolis.
"We made some mistakes, we gave up those 3s, where we just, really, got lost," he said. "You have to make those plays in the games, you have to make the stops and that's sort of what we've had all year long."
And now, with the Gophers (19-14) heading home from Indianapolis, they'll have two days -- and possibly the entire offseason -- to figure out how to correct those mistakes.
Freshman guard Andre Hollins scored 21 points to lead the Gophers for the second straight game. He also had six assists.
Rodney Williams finished with 20 points and six rebounds, but missed an off-balance 10-foot buzzer-beater that would have won it at the end of regulation. Austin Hollins scored 11 points.
It just wasn't enough.
"I said, let's hold out hope, let's keep hope alive that we will get an opportunity to play, but fate was in our hands and we just didn't get it done," said Smith, who was denied his 100th victory since taking the Minnesota job in 2007. "So we'll just have to wait and see what happens."
The difference in this quarterfinal matchup was the other freshman guard, Burke, who scored seven of his career-high 30 points in overtime, including the last 3-pointer in that late flurry.
Michigan (24-8) now faces archrival Ohio State on Saturday for a ticket to Sunday's title game. The Buckeyes defeated Purdue 88-71 in Friday's final game.
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Burke started fast, scoring 11 of Michigan's first 12 points, and finished strong. He was 11 of 14 from the field, 3 of 4 from beyond the arc, had three assists, two rebounds, two blocks and two steals. He also had help.
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Suprerbly bright6/7/2009
Pros: For the price paid (<$20) this flashlight is superb. Compared to the brightness of the 1 watt Craftsman flashlight I own, this Smith & Wesson completely knocks its socks off. Outside at night, this flashlight produces a visible beam in the dark sky and I lit up the tree tops from a distance of at least 250 feet. The construction feels very solid--it has good weight to it and does not feel like cheap imported junk. There is a powerful magnet on one end, which is handy. Cons: The battery life is listed as 12 hours. Using rechargeable batteries, I noticed diminished light output after only a few hours. But I think this is not unusual for cree lights.2 Helpful | 0 Not Helpful


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the facts guy
if wlad has a glass chin then why hasn't he been even close to knocked down in nearly 10 years? time to let go of the past, dumb ass, and realize that wlad is making history. won't be stopping anytime soon either as he has a good 4-5 years left. larry holmes, say bye bye to your defense record soon…Posted May 4, 2013 9:49 pm
Wlad = All class.Posted May 3, 2013 4:43 pm
It seems obvious to me why Wlad picked Pianetta, he obviously admires the guy for having battled cancer and coming back into the ring.
The Old Country
Britain has nothing. Look elsewhere.Posted May 3, 2013 3:11 am
Vitaly is the superior boxer of the brothers, I like his style, audience friendly, but he is aging.
On the other hand, I can't remember a single exciting moment, in a WK fight. Not one.
To compare WK with a HW great, like Lennox Lewis, is just not logical.
It's Me, Ernie
OK Fact hole guy- What ATG's has Wladdie fought? You say he has cleaned out the division, well if you mean one of the weakest line-ups in history and a bunch of cruisers, then I see your point.Posted May 2, 2013 11:02 pm
It's Me, Ernie
Lennox defeated EVERY OPPONENT HE HAS FACED.Posted May 2, 2013 10:58 pm
He could have at least fought his mandatory, but no. He wants an easy payday first. As for vitali, everyone knows he is ducking hate. Thats an alternativePosted May 2, 2013 8:26 pm
Pathetic fight. No interest whatsoever. Easiest payday in sportPosted May 2, 2013 6:44 pm
the facts guy
i guess haye was a "beer belly" too eh? i think he said that about the k's opponents before flopping his way to a loss. sosnowski was in excellent shape as was damaek and charr and as has been most of the kbros opponents. just none of them are good enough to beat the great K-2.Posted May 2, 2013 6:39 pm
the facts guy
vitali, never down or knocked out (unlike lewis), never behind on the cards in any fight, taken on all that he has been asked to (ducked valuev, lol) and a future hall of famer. just let the whiners and complainers try to convince themselves otherwise on this forum.Posted May 2, 2013 6:37 pm
K-2- Fan
MK ; obviously an " expert " !Posted May 2, 2013 6:30 pm
I think it'll look a lot like big brother Vittles fight with Sosnowski. 10th round koPosted May 2, 2013 5:54 pm
Vitaly has never met anyone close to his size except Lewis. His technic is poor, no KO punch, and his only advantage is a reach. He avoided even Valuev, who was a very bad boxer. I wouldn't even consider Vitaly as a great boxer, and of course would not compare him with anyone who could box. Wlad is a different story. He has glassy chin, but managed to stay as a champion for long time. Thanks to Emanuel Stewart he has good defence, also KO punch from both hands, speed and brain. He could be compared to some champions.Posted May 2, 2013 5:19 pm
Fight with povetikin is expected to be in moscow. Klit must KO povetkin, otherwise they will give victory to Povetkin, even if he is beaten as a goat.Posted May 2, 2013 5:03 pm
WK and VK are the superior HWs, in this period, but the HW division is filled with beer bellies and eastern European bums.
WKs style is almost impossible to do anything about (Stiff jab, hold and move), but his fights are as exciting as Andre Ward fights.
A prime VK, whom I am a fan of, had great trouble with an old Lennox Lewis, who was getting to him, but a prime Lewis would obviously beat him, along with a prime Tyson and a prime Holyfield, on neutral grounds.
WK would not stand a chance against the above 3 fighters, in their prime.
WK has met 0 top class boxers
My opinion: The HW division is historically weak.Posted May 2, 2013 3:10 pm
all fights are nice safe fights for wlad including a fight with povetkin. author is a clown.Posted May 2, 2013 11:50 am
Stan the Man
The champ looks in shape in this photo. I understand he feels good as well which will mean a long (or a short) night for the challenger. Real nice of Wlad to give the cancer survivor Pianeta a chance to take those belts. The Klitschko brothers are a class act in and out of the ring.Posted May 2, 2013 11:23 am
Redmond is a cancer on this site and in society. A bottom feeding scumbag.Posted May 2, 2013 9:04 am
All the k2 haters are bottom feeders of society. Real lowlives.Posted May 2, 2013 9:03 am
Brainless is insulting to the comments section. Klitschko in your dreams boy? Needless to say in some folks case it is more a nightmare than a dream. Being the best like K-2 seems to cause all sorts to come out of the woodwork.Posted May 2, 2013 4:59 am
who cares about this fight. 1 – 50 on Wlad is a joke and insult to boxing.Posted May 1, 2013 10:12 pm
K-2- Fan
Bears sounds like he's got Sred's number . I think everybody else is pretty
The Ticket Guy
No tickets available for this one, try the brokers, they may be able to get you in.Posted May 1, 2013 3:10 pm
Bears sounds like he has a serious inferiority complex.Posted May 1, 2013 1:50 pm
The Author says "Pianeta, a weak puncher without hand speed, defense or stamina"… Has he watched Pianeta at all? The guy has mad power and excellent shell defense and has never shown to been gassed in a fight since his fighting style is low output countering… Seriously…
That being said. Pianeta's style isn't the type to beat Wlad. Pianta likes to keep a high guard while absorbing punishment and then exploding upon his opponent. Wlad will find his way around this guard and wreck Pianeta. Though Wlad should probably make sure to avoid gassing out and pace himself. Many boxers have not given Pianeta's power enough respect and have gotten Ko'd
I think they are rushing Pianeta. He needs to fight some top 10 opponents again before fighting Wlad.Posted May 1, 2013 1:22 pm
If Pianeta were an American he would be the best HW out of USA…..Posted May 1, 2013 1:18 pm
Pulev-Wlad 2013!Posted May 1, 2013 12:48 pm
Big Dan–how about a free agent, NBA player (albeit non-Slav) instead? (Mondays news in the U.S.)Posted May 1, 2013 11:08 am
yeah. I have only one issue with the KBros and it is there opposition. But it is clearly undeniable that they are freaking awesome champs in and out of the ring. Sred come on mate. Give them some credit. If you think Lennox can beat then ok but who else could. Not many is any at all. They would be great in any era and are great right now.Posted May 1, 2013 8:06 am
Big G A Y Dan
I could just melt into those big slavic arms, Pianeta is a lucky guy up close and personal with all that sweaty hot clinching. Love you WK, toodles D-RafPosted May 1, 2013 4:49 am
who cares about the crackpot redmond. he is east side's version of the homeless guy standing at the street corner with a sign that reads "the end is near". he's the resident delusional crackpot. he talks all this klitschko detracting but everything and everyone around him disputes it. the money, the statistics, the turnout at the fights (even the money making mandatories like mormek), the records, the professionals around the sport and sports professionals just talk up the klitschKOs saying things like"you would ko ali". there is NOBODY in the professional world of sports detracting from the klitschKOs. and if you can find someone let me know. CAUSE YOU CANT. all you cant find is the solo crackpot on the corner with his detractor sign. all alone. a delusional clown. his name, SREDMOND. ask him to furnish just one person who concurs with his views. he is unable to. he is not even worth responding to. he's in his own little world that is OWNED BY THE KLITSCHKOs. what a pathetic existence. redmond is actually a slave to the klitschKOs. he gives them his whole attention day in and day out. he has klitschKOs on his head and in his mouth 24-7. THEY HAVE DEFILED HIS SOUL AND WEARIED HIS HEART.Posted May 1, 2013 4:14 am


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Beach Huts at Sunset"The sun sets over the beach in Cromer, England. The landscape's beauty and vibrant colors of the sky, grass, and huts helped make every night in Cromer a memorable one. Cromer had gorgeous sunsets, private huts, a beach, and a beautiful English village that keep the family busy and happy for our entire stay!" -- Skywall 960 1280
Winner: A Europe Roundabout
Winner: A Europe RoundaboutA small little lighthouse, shining out over the Edinburgh coast line. A beautiful sunset for a beautiful night. After saving for 2 years, my wife and I are traveling Europe for the summer. It's a crazy adventure for a young couple in love. We are trying to hit 17 countries before we leave Europe. Can we do it?" -- Shem702 960 1280
Seeing Our Roots in Switzerland
Seeing Our Roots in Switzerland"These are some sheep that had already posed for me as I was on a morning run in the Lauterbrunnen Valley. Back in 2010, I saw a cousin of mine that I have only seen once since 1976. We knew that our family originated in Switzerland, so we decided to plan a trip to the home of our ancestors, Merishausen, in 2013." -- Switzerland 2013 960 1280
Winner: Floating in Paradise
Winner: Floating in Paradise"My husband and I went to the beautiful island of Bora Bora on our honeymoon. Each morning, I would jump off of our balcony into the blue lagoon below. One morning my husband saw me floating and snapped my favorite shot of the trip!" -- Tiffaney 960 1280
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by Ron Grattopp…..
This is a follow up to my teammate Woody's posting on Jan 10th, Are you signed up to sell BPOS?? Have you associated yourself with your Distributor of Choice???? It is easy & worthwhile! – if you haven't already read his post I encourage you to read it.
I recently had the opportunity to share, on one of our regional partner monthly webcasts, some more about the Distribution partner (Disti) value proposition. Like Woody, I highly encourage you to take advantage of our Distribution partners' expertise and offerings. Distis can help you capture your share of the MOS reselling opportunity; among other things, here's a short list of some of the distributor resources and benefits that you can take advantage of:
One thing Woody's post didn't include is that our Distribution partners are recommended as an enrollment option on MPN. In fact, if you aren't already enrolled in MOSPA, rather than use the RSC steps, you should go to the MPN Online Services home page and click on the "Enroll Now" button (see screenshot below).
That will take you to the page below where you see the links for the participating Distribution partners.
Clicking on those links will take you to the individual Disti site. If you enroll thru the Disti's site, in most cases you will automatically be "associated" with that Disti and you won' t have to go thru the affiliation process described in Woody's post. Oh, and btw, did I forget to mention that all these resources and benefits of Disti association don't cost you even a single point off of your MOS fees – in other words they don't reduce your BPOS revenue by a cent, talk about a deal!
I clicked on all five of the Disti links and, if you don't already have an existing relationship with one (that you'd like to stick with), I would commend Synnex and TechData for having the easiest paths to begin the MOSPA sign up and Disti affiliation process. As you can see from the screenshots below, the links for signing up, and other resources, are right on the linked page to make it easy to get started (IngramMicro required a login that I didn't have and D&H and WestCon Group required additional site navigation so I couldn't show their pages). Of course, you will do your own research to find out which disti is the best fit for you and your business, but at least these provide some examples of the disti value-add proposition.
Don't forget once you've become a BPOS reseller, you get 250 FREE seats of BPOS for your internal use! You can visit www.microsoftcloudpartner.com to claim your seats (Part of the Microsoft Cloud Essentials Pack). (Note: I should point out here that the internal use BPOS is not for demo purposes, you should sign up for free demo accounts separately, see Woody's post, Want to demonstrate BPOS to customers?–As a Microsoft Partner you can get a free demo account, EASY!). And, in the future, CRM Online and Windows Intune and Azure access rights will also be included as part of the Cloud Essentials Pack.
And, did you know 59% of interviewed SMBs agree they would move to the Cloud with the guidance of a trusted partner? You can download the white paper here: http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/download/features/2011/01-12CloudSurvey.docx. What an opportunity for you, Microsoft partner, to expand your business!
Well, hopefully, if you haven't already enrolled in MOSPA reseller program, you can use the info I've provided here to not only get started as a MOS/BPOS reseller, but also leverage one of our Distribution partner resources to make that startup process simpler and also make your progress in that new business model more efficient and productive.
Cheers, Ron


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Hooks Notebook: 08.18.06
Hooks catcher Brian Peterson received a three-game suspension on Thursday following his bumping of home-plate umpire Barry Larson and subsequent ejection during the 10th inning of Wednesday's game.
The Hooks were informed of the suspension before their pregame workouts. Peterson began his suspension on Thursday and will be eligible to return on Sunday at Wichita. He didn't seem to have a reaction one way or another to his ban, which was a result of his protesting Larson's safe ruling on a squeeze play with the bases loaded and two outs.
"I don't know how they (came up) with it," Peterson said. "I got a game in 2002 for a similar thing."
Manager Dave Clark said he didn't think the suspension was lenient.
"I didn't think (the incident) looked that bad," Clark said. "There was a little contact, but it was more of a heat-of-the-moment thing. (Peterson) would tell you he overreacted. He feels pretty bad about it because we had to pinch-hit with a pitcher because of that."
Kevin Davidson started at catcher on Thursday and infielder Derek Nicholson was activated off the inactive list and will serve as the emergency catcher. Pitcher Ronnie Martinez, whose next start isn't until Tuesday, was placed on the inactive list.
In addition to Peterson's suspension, the Hooks were without first baseman Walter Young. While he was in uniform, Young was not available for even pinch-hitting duty after having a wisdom tooth removed earlier in the day. His status for the upcoming road trip to Wichita is unknown.
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Hooks starter Juan Gutierrez had another sharp outing in his second outing since returning from the disabled list.
Gutierrez went three innings, allowing only a double to Jud Thigpen, while striking out four and walking none. He once again showed good velocity, hitting 95 miles per hour when he struck out Joe Koshansky during the second inning. Gutierrez had been expected to throw up to 60 pitches, but departed after throwing 34, as manager Dave Clark said his threshold had been changed.
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His voice may not be in the movie, but teen heartthrob Justin Bieber was the fan favorite at the Megamind premiere in Hollywood Saturday, and you can see pictures from the event right here on RadarOnline.com.
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The singer seemed to be having a blast, carrying a video camera around as he joked with Will Ferrell and other stars of the animated 3D blockbuster-to-be.
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South Dakota woman guilty of manslaughter in childâs death
April 11, 2014 at 9:15 pm in Uncategorized
CHAMBERLAIN, S.D. â A Gann Valley woman was found guilty on one count of first-degree manslaughter and one count of aggravated assault Friday in the death of 4-year-old Mason Naser.
Donika Gonzales, 23, stood trial this week at the Brule…continue reading on dglobe.com