Possible New Rules for Dogs Swimming in Colorado

A series of new rules have been proposed by the Pet Animal Care Facilities Act.

PACFA is a division of the Colorado Department of Agriculture and oversees pet welfare.

The three new rules go over swimming regulations for dogs.

One of them would require that dogs at boarding and day care facilities wear a life jacket if they are in a pool.

Another that dogs would not be allowed to swim if the bottom of the pool is not clearly visible, from the surface.

The third rule would require a lifeguard be present if life jackets haven't been provided.

Colorado state laws already require that a dog handler supervise any dogs that are swimming.

At this point the rules have not been approved, nor has a time table for the implementation been submitted.

Man Claiming to be Marine Stealing Toys for Tots

Police throughout the Denver metro area are looking for a male suspect who's stealing toys.

Claiming to be a Gunnery Sergeant Mix, a black male of age from forty to fifty is going to Toys for Tots pickup locations.

He arrives in uniform and says he's there to pick up the toys, but also takes the collection box.

According to the Marines, real pickup personnel have credentials proving that they are with Toys for Tots, whilst this man does not.

So far he has hit locations in Boulder, Denver, and the Southlands area of Aurora.

Stores are being warned to be on the lookout for this man.

Colorado Sees Largest Number of Background Checks for Gun Purchases Ever

Over the weekend, Colorado saw the largest number of back ground checks submitted, in order to buy guns, within a forty-eight period, in state history.

According to the Colorado Bureau of Investigations, Saturday was the biggest single day, ever.

With the month of December, being not quite two thirds of the way gone, it already is the biggest month, in Colorado history.

The CBI says that out of 285,424 submissions, from January through November, 279,149 have been approved.

Meaning that by the end of 2012, over three hundred thousand new applications are likely to have been approved, in Colorado alone.

It should be noted that that's just submissions and approvals, not necessarily gun purchases.

Once someone has been approved they can buy multiple firearms.

4 Dead in Longmont in Triple Murder and Suicide

Weld County, Colorado 911 dispatchers received a call just after 4am from a female caller.

As they listened, she and two others were murdered, then a male came on the phone said he was going to kill himself and another shot was fired.

When police arrived at the home, in Longmont, they found four people dead from bullet wounds.

Due to the audio evidence, police are treating the crime scene as a triple murder and suicide.

Three of the dead were adults, one of the females may be a teenager, according to police.

Some neighbors reported hearing the shots, but didn't think anything of it, as they regularly hear hunters nearby.

Nine Afghan Girls Killed by Taliban Mine

Nine young girls were killed in Nangarhar, Aghanistan, while searching for fire wood, on Monday.

During their search they managed to set off a buried explosive device.

Two other girls were taken to the hospital, with serious injuries.

The girls ranged from nine years old, up to thirteen.

Security forces later found two more unexploded devices nearby.

They believe that the Taliban had temporarily placed them there, to be moved to a target, at a later time.

19 Killed in Pakistan Explosion

Nineteen people were killed in an explosion, Monday, in Pakistan.

At least seventy more were injured when a car, filled with explosives, suddenly blew up.

It happened at the Fauji Market in Jamrud area of Khyber Agency.

Shops nearby were damaged and ten other cars were destroyed.

Wounded and injured were taken to a hospital in Peshawar.

No one has taken responsibility for the attack.

Benghazi Police Targeted

Four Libyan police were killed Sunday night when rpgs landed in their security compound, in Benghazi. It is believed that the attack was an attempt to break into the detention center, to free prisoners kept there.

Monday saw two police stations attacked at nearly the same time. In both instances an explosive device was thrown at the building, luckily causing no injuries and only minor damage.

At the same time Derna's police chief suffered an attack on his car. Neither he or his driver were wounded, but the car was torn to pieces by gunfire and a small explosion.

During Sunday, Libya's parliament voted to close borders with Chad, Niger, and Sudan. They also declared the southern part of the country, which borders the others, to be a military zone. Their hopes is that in doing so they'll be able to cut off the flow of weapons, to terrorist and militant groups.

Two Injured in San Antonio Movie Theater Shooting

A shooting at a San Antonio, Texas mall left two people injured.

Nineteen year old Jesus Manuel Garcia showed up to his work, the China Garden, and began firing at fellow employees.

The employees ran outside a side door of the restaurant, towards the Mayan Palace theater, across the parking lot.

Garcia followed them, shooting as he went, including at a marked police car.

After entering the theater, he continued searching for his coworkers and firing his gun, injuring one person.

An off duty Bexar County Sheriff's Department officer, Sergeant Lisa Castellano, was working security at the theater.

When she heard the shots she went to find them, and upon seeing a gunman, shot him four times.

Garcia required surgery, but is now in stable condition, as is the person he shot.

Once he is released from the hospital, Garcia will be facing charges of attempted capital murder and aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

His bail has been set at ten million dollars.

Two Topeka Officers Shot Down on Duty

Gogian, left, Atherly, right

Two police officers were killed Sunday night while investigating a suspected drug deal, in Topeka, Kansas.

Corporal David Gogian, fifty, and Officer Jeff Atherly, twenty-nine, approached a vehicle in a grocery store parking lot.

As they neared, bullets were fired from a gun, inside the car, striking both officers, and then the vehicle sped off.

Both officers died from head wounds.

Later in the night, Topeka police received a tip to the whereabouts of the shooter, and surrounded the house.

Twenty-two year old David Tiscareno refused to come out, and police lobbed tear gas inside.

Tiscareno then came out, but would not drop his gun.

At least one of the officers fired and struck Tiscareno, who was declared dead on arrival, at the hospital.

Read more here: http://www.kansascity.com/2012/12/16/3969206/2-topeka-police-officers-shot.html#storylink=cpy

Cyclone Evan Runs Through Samoa and Fiji

Samoa and Fiji have been feeling the brunt of Cyclone Evan.

Over the weekend Evan took it's turn with Samoa, killing four, and leaving twelve still missing.

Houses were destroyed and heavy flooding hit most of the islands.

Now, it's Fiji's turn, and things are much of the same with heavy flooding, bridges washed out, and damage to buildings.

People are crediting the government's advance preparation for saving lives and ensuring that those who needed to evacuate had done so before the time came.