Paragould, Arkansas to Have Armed Unit Patrolling Streets

Paragould, Arkansas has a new plan to deal with growing crime.

Mayor Mike Gaskill and Police Chief Todd Stovall announced a new police unit would begin on January 1.

The new street crimes unit will have officers patrol, on foot, through areas where crime is the highest.

Officers will be wearing full SWAT gear and be carrying AR-15s.

They will also have the ability to ask anyone they see for ID and be able to question them on the spot over their reason for being out and about.

According to Stovall, individuals who do not produce identification when asked could be charged with obstructing a governmental operation.

However, City Attorney Allen Warmath said that arrests would not be made for people who simply did not have an ID.

Warmath said that the focus of being able to stop anyone for questioning, would be to get information from any potential witnesses.

Gaskill said that the focus of the unit would be to ensure criminals and citizens know that the police are there, ready to protect the city. 

More Schools Considering Allowing Teachers to Concealed Carry

For the last five years one Texas school district has allowed teachers and staff to carry concealed weapons.

In October of 2007, the trustees for the Harrold Independent School District approved a policy which allowed faculty to defend the school from attack.

As part of the program faculty must have a Texas license to carry a concealed handgun, must be authorized to carry by the district, must receive training in crisis management and hostile situations, and must use ammunition that is designed to minimize the risk of ricochet in school halls.

Harrold's became the first district in the US to have such a policy.

Now, after yet another school shooting in the country, other districts are looking at Harrold's program and considering starting similar ones.

Opponents say that having guns in classroom is just too dangerous.

Supporters state that people would be less likely to attack and armed school, and that the amount of training protects everyone involved.

Peyton Manning the New Voice of DIA

Peyton Manning is now the new voice of Denver International Airport's trains.

Normally Denver Mayor Michael Hancock's voice welcomes travelers to the eleventh busiest airport in the world.

As of Friday, DIA had switched over to Manning saying, "Welcome to the mile high city".

He also can be heard singing Jingle Bells, accompanied by a piano.

Manning is set to be the heard through January 2, then it will be back to the mayor.

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.