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http://www.nola.com/crime/index.ssf/2013/07/new_orleans_rapper_booked_with.html#incart_river

DeGruy had fled to California after arrest warrants alleged that he had shot at, and narrowly missed, an eastern St. Bernard man he knew on April 29. He allegedly had beaten and robbed that man and another eastern St. Bernard man of cash and their cellphones, Pohlmann said.

Detectives have not released information about a possible motive in the shooting and robberies, and the Sheriff’s Office did not immediately release the name of the alleged victims, stating fears about possible retaliation.

DeGruy performs with his band The Flamez (or the Flame Gang Muzik) and has released several mix tapes after the release of his first solo mix tape, Heroic Volume 1, in 2009, according to his website. He also appeared on Lil Wayne’s “Sorry 4 The Wait” and “Dedication 4” mix tapes, according to the website.

In the U.S., they’re much more likely to wear a Guy Fawkes mask, carry an SIEU card or a Federal badge.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/jul/02/mongolian-neo-nazis-rebrand-environmentalists

“A Mongolian neo-Nazi group has rebranded itself as an environmentalist organisation fighting pollution by foreign-owned mines, seeking legitimacy as it sends swastika-wearing members to check mining permits.

“Tsagaan Khass, or White Swastika, has only 100 or so members but it is one of several groups – others have names including Dayar Mongol (Whole Mongolia), Gal Undesten (Fire Nation) and Khukh Mongol (Blue Mongolia) – that are linking nationalism and resources as foreign firms seek to exploit the mineral wealth of the vast country, landlocked between Russia and China.

“Based in an office behind a lingerie store in the Mongolian capital, the shaven-headed, jackbooted Tsagaan Khass stormtroopers launch raids on mining projects, demanding paperwork or soil samples to be studied for contaminants.

“’Before, we used to work in a harsh way, like breaking down doors,’ the group’s leader, Ariunbold Altankhuum, 40, told Reuters. ‘But now, we have changed and we use other approaches, like demonstrations.’ On a patrol to a quarry two hours’ drive from the capital, members wore black, SS-style Nazi uniforms complete with lightning flashes and replica Iron Crosses.

“They questioned a mine worker about paperwork, opting to return in a week’s time, when the owner had returned.”

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/07/01/sports/olympics/london-tokyo-athens-tulsa-a-mid-american-olympic-dream.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytimes&_r=0

But Tulsa, its boosters argue, offers something that big-ticket American rivals like Los Angeles, Boston and Dallas can only dream of — the vast frontier of America.

This part of the country produced Woody Guthrie and Jim Thorpe. Neon signs still glow along Route 66. J. Paul Getty made his first million in Tulsa nearly a century ago, and the city’s Art Deco buildings have survived booms, busts and tornadoes. “The larger cities aren’t truly representative of what the real America is,” said Jennifer Jones of the Tulsa 2024 bid committee. “The real America is the midsize cities, and we want people to see America.” …

Tulsa would be among the smallest cities to host the Summer Games in the modern era, and even some of Tulsa’s strongest advocates acknowledge that this might not be the most Olympian of cities at first glance. Mayor Dewey F. Bartlett Jr. originally had a hard time picturing Tulsa joining the ranks of London; Tokyo; Athens; Barcelona, Spain; and other hosts of the Summer Games.

“I thought, what are you, nuts?” he said in an interview in City Hall.

Everyone, regardless of the mode of expression, has a constitutionally protected right to free speech. But when it comes to freedom of the press, I believe we must define a journalist and the constitutional and statutory protections those journalists should receive.

The media informs the public and holds government accountable. Journalists should have reasonable legal protections to do their important work. But not every blogger, tweeter or Facebook user is a “journalist.” While social media allows tens of millions of people to share information publicly, it does not entitle them to special legal protections to ignore requests for documents or information from grand juries, judges or other law enforcement personnel.

A journalist gathers information for a media outlet that disseminates the information through a broadly defined “medium” — including newspaper, nonfiction book, wire service, magazine, news website, television, radio or motion picture — for public use. This broad definition covers every form of legitimate journalism.

 

Source.

Freedom of the press was not designed by the Founding Founders (!) to protect only the owners of printing presses.

Methinks Sen. Durbin’s interest in demarking Journalists vs. citizen journalists extends beyond being able to force bloggers to reveal their sources.

And if traditional Journalists would do their jobs (as in, “inform[ing] the public and hold[ing] government accountable”), we would not need so many citizen journalists.

I was honored to see Slim perform live, ca. 1985, in a baby blue western-cut suit. Man, was it ever clean.

http://www.journalgazette.net/article/20130619/ENT10/130619471/-1/ENT05

His version of “Rose Marie,” the title song from the venerable operetta that spawned “Indian Love Call,” became a huge hit in England in 1955, staying at No. 1 on the charts for 11 weeks.

Whitman’s other hits included “Have I Told You Lately That I Love You,” “Red River Valley,” “Danny Boy” and “I’ll Take You Home Again, Kathleen.” …

Whitman told the AP in 1991 that he wanted to be remembered as “a nice guy.”

“I don’t think you’ve ever heard anything bad about me, and I’d like to keep it that way. I’d like my son (Bryon) to remember me as a good dad. I’d like the people to remember me as having a good voice and a clean suit.”