So someone please tell me what is this world coming to? Kind of scares me that the world is seriously so violent today.
By C.J. SULLIVAN
MOMENT OF DEATH: Images from a surveillance video show a gang member stalking, shooting and running away from 17-year-old victim Cory Squire early yesterday.
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A troubled teenage father struggling to turn his back on the Bloods street gang was gunned down as he walked away from an argument on a Harlem street yesterday -- a horrific execution-style killing caught in chilling detail on video obtained exclusively by The Post.
Police said 17-year-old Cory Squire, the father of a 3-year-old boy, died instantly after being shot once in the head from behind on West 141st Street around 4:30 a.m.
The video, recorded by a surveillance camera in the building at 101 W. 141st Street, shows Squire walking along, wearing a hooded sweatshirt when another man calls out to him.
The two talk for about a minute, then separate.
But as Squire continues on his way the other man silently runs up behind him, methodically clutching a gun in his right hand, and puts a bullet in the teen's head.
The young father falls to the ground and rolls over motionless as the cowardly attacker flees.
A short time later, another unidentified man walks past the body, looks down, then callously continues on his way.
Squire's shocked girlfriend, Atiya Hallman, 18, said the slain teen had fought to escape the street gang after becoming a dad.
"Once he had a child, he wanted to get out of the game and quit the gang," Hallman said, as she cradled the couple's son, Camren.
"He joined the Job Corps and was training to be an electrician, but he always knew the only way he could get out of that gang was the way he got out."
An official motive remained unclear, but police could not rule out retribution for trying to sever his gang ties.
Squire's mother, Melinda Chirinos, said he had been honored by Police Commissioner Ray Kelly in 2005 when he was named Commanding Officer for the Day for the 32nd Precinct, but fell in with the Bloods recently and began stealing from her.
"I basically told him he could live here if he chose not to see those friends and follow the rules of the house," she said. "He chose his friends over his family."
The hard-luck teen crashed with his girlfriend during the day but wandered the streets after dark because her strict mother didn't allow overnight visits.
"I saw his death coming," said his sister, Allayah, 14. "He kept telling me, 'I got to get off the streets.' He didn't think he'd make it to 18. He was right."
The video does not provide a clear picture of the killer, but police were hoping that friends and associates of Squire might recognize the shooter.
One eyewitness, a 66-year-old woman whom The Post is not identifying, said she saw the victim and killer argue.
"The teenager walked away, and the guy pulled out a gun, ran up to him and shot him in the back of the head," she said. "I ran into my apartment and called 911. It was terrible seeing a young man get killed like that."
Additional reporting by Jamie Schram and Larry Celona
Monday, May 4, 2009
Not the father (News Article # 14)
So i couldn't find an article on this but its a follow up to one I already posted about the the 13 year old boy in Britain becoming a father... HE ISNT THE DAD AFTER ALL!
Car accident or shooting? (News Article # 13)
Man thought to have died in wreck was shot, police say
BY DEANNA BOYD
dboyd@star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH — Police are investigating the slaying of a 66-year-old Houston-area man who was initially thought to have died as the result of an auto accident.
Daniel Obrine was pronounced dead at 1:42 a.m. April 26 at the scene of what appeared to be a single-vehicle wreck in the 1700 block of South Riverside Drive in Fort Worth.
Fort Worth police Sgt. Cheryl Johnson said police are still looking for witnesses to the wreck, in which Obrine’s 1999 Ford pickup overturned.
Homicide investigators were assigned to the case Friday after Tarrant County Medical Examiner Dr. Nizam Peerwani notified police that Obrine’s death was the result of a homicide, not an accident, according to a police report.
Obrine died from a gunshot wound to the face, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office.
Johnson said Obrine lived in Cleveland, about 45 miles north of Houston, but had been working in the area for the Texas Department of Transportation. She said homicide investigators are trying to trace where Obrine was in the hours leading up to the wreck.
BY DEANNA BOYD
dboyd@star-telegram.com
FORT WORTH — Police are investigating the slaying of a 66-year-old Houston-area man who was initially thought to have died as the result of an auto accident.
Daniel Obrine was pronounced dead at 1:42 a.m. April 26 at the scene of what appeared to be a single-vehicle wreck in the 1700 block of South Riverside Drive in Fort Worth.
Fort Worth police Sgt. Cheryl Johnson said police are still looking for witnesses to the wreck, in which Obrine’s 1999 Ford pickup overturned.
Homicide investigators were assigned to the case Friday after Tarrant County Medical Examiner Dr. Nizam Peerwani notified police that Obrine’s death was the result of a homicide, not an accident, according to a police report.
Obrine died from a gunshot wound to the face, according to the Tarrant County medical examiner’s office.
Johnson said Obrine lived in Cleveland, about 45 miles north of Houston, but had been working in the area for the Texas Department of Transportation. She said homicide investigators are trying to trace where Obrine was in the hours leading up to the wreck.
swine flu grows (News Article #12)
Confirmed swine flu cases in U.S. jump to 245 in 35 states
BY MALCOLM RITTER
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The tally of confirmed swine flu cases in the United States jumped Sunday to 245 in 35 states, but officials said that’s largely from catching up on a backlog of lab tests rather than a spurt in new infections.
The new count reflects streamlining in federal procedures and the results of tests by states, which have only recently begun confirming cases, said Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
Because states are now contributing their results, and because there are many cases to analyze, "I expect the numbers to jump quite a bit in the next couple days," she told reporters Sunday.
Beyond eating into the backlog, the new number also reflects that "we do think this virus is fairly widespread," she said.
"Virtually all of the United States probably has this virus circulating now," Schuchat said. "That doesn’t mean that everybody’s infected, but within the communities, the virus has arrived."
Early Sunday, the CDC updated its number to 226 cases in 30 states, up from 160 in 21 states. Later, five more states reported confirmed cases.
Scientists are still gathering information on the nation’s 30 hospitalized cases. They are mostly older children and young adults, in contrast to ordinary flu, which tends to send the elderly and very young to the hospital, Schuchat said.
The only swine flu death in the U.S. is that of a Mexican toddler who was visiting Texas.
Authorities announced more school closings Sunday, including all 24 schools in a district west of Detroit.
BY MALCOLM RITTER
The Associated Press
NEW YORK — The tally of confirmed swine flu cases in the United States jumped Sunday to 245 in 35 states, but officials said that’s largely from catching up on a backlog of lab tests rather than a spurt in new infections.
The new count reflects streamlining in federal procedures and the results of tests by states, which have only recently begun confirming cases, said Dr. Anne Schuchat of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in Atlanta.
Because states are now contributing their results, and because there are many cases to analyze, "I expect the numbers to jump quite a bit in the next couple days," she told reporters Sunday.
Beyond eating into the backlog, the new number also reflects that "we do think this virus is fairly widespread," she said.
"Virtually all of the United States probably has this virus circulating now," Schuchat said. "That doesn’t mean that everybody’s infected, but within the communities, the virus has arrived."
Early Sunday, the CDC updated its number to 226 cases in 30 states, up from 160 in 21 states. Later, five more states reported confirmed cases.
Scientists are still gathering information on the nation’s 30 hospitalized cases. They are mostly older children and young adults, in contrast to ordinary flu, which tends to send the elderly and very young to the hospital, Schuchat said.
The only swine flu death in the U.S. is that of a Mexican toddler who was visiting Texas.
Authorities announced more school closings Sunday, including all 24 schools in a district west of Detroit.
Monday, April 13, 2009
Friday, March 27, 2009
Circus
I woke up this morning and decided for some reason to look out my window. When I did, there was a circus right behind Whitley Hall. Me and Frances walked out there and took some picture. Well here one, mind you im not done editing.
Thursday, March 26, 2009
a wife, a husband, an ex husband, and 2 daughters
This made me laugh. yes its kind of long but read it I think its funny. I got to give these people props for being able to do this though...
(CNN) -- Struggling to make ends meet, trying to dig themselves out of debt, Nicole Thompson-Arce and her husband have moved in with her ex-husband.
Together, the unlikely threesome of Omaha, Nebraska, is raising two young daughters from the first marriage.
It's the kind of situation that has left cable guys howling.
"They'd never heard anything like this," Thompson-Arce, 28, remembered with a laugh. "And they're in people's homes everyday."
When she and Craig Thompson, 42, were going through a divorce in 2005, this was not a deal either of them could have imagined striking. It was a messy divorce, the kind involving a custody dispute. But once they ironed out that battle, agreeing to joint custody, Thompson-Arce said they were able to move on and forward. iReport: Read Thompson-Arce's post
By the time she married Mathew Arce last July, she said she and her ex were friends. In fact, they were so close that his mother -- meaning Thompson-Arce's ex-mother-in-law -- was in (not just at) the second wedding ceremony.
Soon after the Florida wedding, the new lovebirds flew into a financial mess. She had left a job, and as soon as she found another (a temp position), her 22-year-old husband was fired from his higher-paying gig. iReport.com: Job hunt stories
They fell behind in rent. The bills stacked up. The credit card debt grew. iReport.com: What are you cutting from budget?
A couple months later, Arce, landed a temporary Wal-Mart cashier position, which has since turned into a full-time job. But finances remained shaky and digging themselves out of debt seemed insurmountable. Tell us how you're surviving in this economy
In walked the ex with an offer, just in time for Christmas. Thompson, an 18-year bakery employee at Wal-Mart, lives in a three-bedroom, one-bath home.
"I knew they were having money problems, so I just asked them to move in," he said. "I figured I'd get to see my girls, my daughters, more often. And Nicole said yes right away."
Besides the economic savings, the benefits are many.
No longer do they have to shuttle Victoria, 7, and Caitlyn, 6, between two households. As a team, they can parent and be on the same page. Finding a baby sitter is never a problem. They take turns making meals, which they all share.
Thompson and Arce, who are 20 years apart -- "I had to get the whole spectrum going there," Thompson-Arce joked -- have become the best of friends, and share a similar sense of humor. They have tackled home improvement projects, run around together on days they both have off and often hang out at the kitchen table building plastic models.
"We just clicked," Thompson said. "When I tell people, 'I'm living with my ex-wife and her husband,' I get some really strange looks. ...It's different. It's unusual, but it works."
The transition has been smooth and great for the kids, Thompson-Arce said. And for their benefit, irrespective of finances, she thinks it's a living situation they'll stick with for at least five to 10 years. It has, however, taken a little time for the little ones to get the story straight.
Seven-year-old Victoria went back to school after winter break -- and after the whole team had blended under one roof -- and started telling people this: " 'My mommy has two husbands,'" Thompson-Arce remembered. "I was like, 'No, honey, don't tell them that!'"
What she and both men hope the girls are learning is that divorced parents can work together and be friends.
"There are so many families that go through divorce and can never let it go," she said. "I'm thankful, and hopefully our situation can help people rethink things because if they have kids, it's in their best interest to get along."
One might wonder whether the couple, who've been married for less than a year, get enough time alone together, given where they're living. Thompson-Arce points out that her ex works a shift that sends him to bed at 7 p.m., so the evenings -- after the kids are asleep -- are for her and her husband to share. Watch restaurant holds date night event »
"When they do have a romantic evening, I don't hear them, so we're not going there," Thompson quipped. "There's a bathroom between our two bedrooms."
The ex-husband hasn't dated since the divorce. He said it's because he's been focused on work and taking care of the kids. Thompson-Arce, however, said that she and her husband are forever trying to get Thompson on the dating scene and want him to meet someone special.
Special, and understanding, she would most definitely need to be.
"He'd have to find a very open-minded woman because we don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon," Thompson-Arce said.
(CNN) -- Struggling to make ends meet, trying to dig themselves out of debt, Nicole Thompson-Arce and her husband have moved in with her ex-husband.
Together, the unlikely threesome of Omaha, Nebraska, is raising two young daughters from the first marriage.
It's the kind of situation that has left cable guys howling.
"They'd never heard anything like this," Thompson-Arce, 28, remembered with a laugh. "And they're in people's homes everyday."
When she and Craig Thompson, 42, were going through a divorce in 2005, this was not a deal either of them could have imagined striking. It was a messy divorce, the kind involving a custody dispute. But once they ironed out that battle, agreeing to joint custody, Thompson-Arce said they were able to move on and forward. iReport: Read Thompson-Arce's post
By the time she married Mathew Arce last July, she said she and her ex were friends. In fact, they were so close that his mother -- meaning Thompson-Arce's ex-mother-in-law -- was in (not just at) the second wedding ceremony.
Soon after the Florida wedding, the new lovebirds flew into a financial mess. She had left a job, and as soon as she found another (a temp position), her 22-year-old husband was fired from his higher-paying gig. iReport.com: Job hunt stories
They fell behind in rent. The bills stacked up. The credit card debt grew. iReport.com: What are you cutting from budget?
A couple months later, Arce, landed a temporary Wal-Mart cashier position, which has since turned into a full-time job. But finances remained shaky and digging themselves out of debt seemed insurmountable. Tell us how you're surviving in this economy
In walked the ex with an offer, just in time for Christmas. Thompson, an 18-year bakery employee at Wal-Mart, lives in a three-bedroom, one-bath home.
"I knew they were having money problems, so I just asked them to move in," he said. "I figured I'd get to see my girls, my daughters, more often. And Nicole said yes right away."
Besides the economic savings, the benefits are many.
No longer do they have to shuttle Victoria, 7, and Caitlyn, 6, between two households. As a team, they can parent and be on the same page. Finding a baby sitter is never a problem. They take turns making meals, which they all share.
Thompson and Arce, who are 20 years apart -- "I had to get the whole spectrum going there," Thompson-Arce joked -- have become the best of friends, and share a similar sense of humor. They have tackled home improvement projects, run around together on days they both have off and often hang out at the kitchen table building plastic models.
"We just clicked," Thompson said. "When I tell people, 'I'm living with my ex-wife and her husband,' I get some really strange looks. ...It's different. It's unusual, but it works."
The transition has been smooth and great for the kids, Thompson-Arce said. And for their benefit, irrespective of finances, she thinks it's a living situation they'll stick with for at least five to 10 years. It has, however, taken a little time for the little ones to get the story straight.
Seven-year-old Victoria went back to school after winter break -- and after the whole team had blended under one roof -- and started telling people this: " 'My mommy has two husbands,'" Thompson-Arce remembered. "I was like, 'No, honey, don't tell them that!'"
What she and both men hope the girls are learning is that divorced parents can work together and be friends.
"There are so many families that go through divorce and can never let it go," she said. "I'm thankful, and hopefully our situation can help people rethink things because if they have kids, it's in their best interest to get along."
One might wonder whether the couple, who've been married for less than a year, get enough time alone together, given where they're living. Thompson-Arce points out that her ex works a shift that sends him to bed at 7 p.m., so the evenings -- after the kids are asleep -- are for her and her husband to share. Watch restaurant holds date night event »
"When they do have a romantic evening, I don't hear them, so we're not going there," Thompson quipped. "There's a bathroom between our two bedrooms."
The ex-husband hasn't dated since the divorce. He said it's because he's been focused on work and taking care of the kids. Thompson-Arce, however, said that she and her husband are forever trying to get Thompson on the dating scene and want him to meet someone special.
Special, and understanding, she would most definitely need to be.
"He'd have to find a very open-minded woman because we don't plan on going anywhere anytime soon," Thompson-Arce said.
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