He was injured in a vehicle accident at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
It was his first deployment.
McClure was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division out of Fort Carson, Colorado.
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Saturday, May 4, 2013
US Army: Private First Class Charles P. McClure
He was injured in a vehicle accident at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
It was his first deployment.
McClure was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division out of Fort Carson, Colorado.
US Army: Specialist Trinidad Santiago Jr.
He was injured in a vehicle accident at Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
Santiago was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 42nd Field Artillery Regiment, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division out of Fort Carson, Colorado.
His decorations included: Joint Service Achievement Medal, Joint Meritorious Unit Award, Meritorious Unit Commendation, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Ribbon, Afghanistan Campaign Medal with Campaign Star, Army Service Ribbon, Overseas Service Ribbon, and NATO Medal.
US Army: Staff Sergeant Michael H. Simpson
Simpson's unit was attacked on April 27th, in Arian, Afghanistan. and he was injured by an improvised explosive device.
He was assigned to the 4th Battalion, 1st Special Forces Group (Airborne) out of Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Washington.
Among his completed courses were: Special Forces Qualification Course, Warrior Leader Course, Advanced Leader Course, Combat Life Savers Course; Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape Course; Hazmat Driver Instructor's Course, Joint Armorers Training Course, and Basic Airborne Course.
His awards included: Army Commendation Medal with two oak leaf clusters, Army Achievement Medal with three oak leaf clusters, Good Conduct Medal with three oak leaf clusters, National Defense Service Medal, Iraq Campaign Medal, Global War on Terror Service Medal, Overseas Service Ribbon, Non-commissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon with numeral 2 device, Army Service Ribbon, Special Forces Tab, Combat Infantryman Badge, Expert Infantryman Badge, Parachutist Badge, and a posthumous Purple Heart.
Friday, May 3, 2013
Teacher in Colorado Accused of Taping Students Mouths Shut
Aurora Public Schools are investigating claims that a teacher taped students mouths shut, on Thursday.It reportedly happened at Fulton Academy of Excellence, in a second grade classroom.
According to parents, all twenty-eight children had scotch tape placed over their mouths.
The teacher has been placed on paid administrative leave, while the investigation takes place.
Colorado Scientists Creating H7N9 Vaccine
The strain of bird flu has killed twenty-seven and sickened one hundred and twenty people, in China.
Greffex was sent the genetic makeup of the virus, in March.
They believe that their vaccine will be capable of blocking and perhaps curing H7N9.
Tests will continue for the next two to three months, then clinical trials can begin.
If all goes well mass production could begin by October.
California Pizza Kitchen and Digiorno Pizza Recall
They are being recalled due to plastic fragments that have been found in some of them.
The plastic pieces were mixed in with spinach, which the company used.
Pizzas were made between February 26 and March 9, and then sold all across the United States.
The pizzas facing recall are:
California Pizza Kitchen Limited Edition Grilled Chicken with Cabernet Sauce, UPC 71921 00781; the production code is 3059525952.
California Pizza Kitchen Crispy Thin Crust White, UPC 71921 98745; the production codes are 3062525951, 3062525952 and 3063525951.
DiGiorno Crispy Flatbread Pizza Tuscan Style Chicken, UPC 71921 02663; the production codes are 3057525922 and 3058525921.
DiGiorno pizzeria! Bianca/White Pizza, UPC 71921 91484; the production code is 3068525951.
China Arrests 904 in Fake Meat Crackdown
Nine hundred and four people have been arrested for involvement in three hundred and twenty-eight incidents.
Some of those incidents was portraying rat, fox, or mink meat as beef or mutton.
In others chemicals or drugs were added to meat.
Springs Fire Over 10,000 Acres
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| The Springs Fire reaches the ocean |
The fire, which on Thursday morning, has burnt fifteen buildings, a parking lot of RVs, and left a trail from the 101 to the Pacific Coast Highway.
More than a thousand firefighters are battling the blaze.
Santa Ana winds pushed the flames and are expected to do so again on Friday. Temperatures in the nineties and humidity below ten percent are going to help things either.
Hundreds of residents of the Deer Creek and Yerba Buena communities have been evacuated, with the fire threatening their homes, as well as the California State University Channel Islands campus.
Also in danger, from the blaze, is Naval Base Ventura County. The base hasn't been evacuated, but the personnel have been warned to stay indoors to avoid breathing in the smoke.
US Refueling Plane Explodes Over Kyrgyzstan
The remnants of the KC-135 refueling plane came down over a three mile area, near the village of Chaldovar.
At the time of the explosion, the plane had about eighty tons of fuel aboard.
Captain Mark T. Voss, Captain Victoria A. Pinckney, and Technical Sergeant Herman Mackey III were killed in the crash.
Military officials are investigating what could have caused the explosion.
Thursday, May 2, 2013
Sixteen Year Old Arrested for School Chemistry Experiment
Then the Bartow, Florida teen was expelled, arrested, and charged with multiple felonies.
Her crime? She caused smoke and a small explosion in a chemistry experiment, on Monday.
No one was hurt and nothing was damaged yet Kiera was expelled and arrested on charges of possessing a weapon on school grounds, discharging a weapon on school grounds, and discharging a destructive device.
Making matters worse, the district attorney is attempting to charge her as an adult.
School and district officials are taking national heat for their treatment of Kiera.
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