Saturday, April 27, 2013

Friday's Eye-catching headlines

Just before 8:00 p.m., a magnitude 3.2 earthquake, centered in the Marina del Rey area, shook a wide portion of the Los Angeles area.

Country singer George Jones has died at the age of 81.  He lived a turbulent, difficult life and many thought he would not live as long as he did.  With #1 hits on the country charts in five decades, his singing and won him a fan base diverse enough to include both Frank Sinatra and Pete Townshend.

A piece of aircraft landing gear was discovered in Manhattan and is believed to be from one of the two planes that crashed into the Twin Towers on 9/11.

The U.S. seems unable to determine whether or not Syria used Sarin gas against the rebels.

Congress has passed a bill to allow the FAA to re-allocate funds so that furloughed air traffic controllers can return to work, to alleviate flight delays.  But other sequestration budget reductions remain in force and it appears that no progress is being made in resolving this budget mess.

A Garden Grove woman faces life in prison with the possibility of parole, for charges of aggravated mayhem and torture.  She served her husband a drug-laced dinner and then as he slept bound him to the bed.  When he awoke, she cut off his penis and put it down the garbage disposal.  Emergency surgery attempting to reattach is was unsuccessful.   She had pled not-guilty.

No word on whether or not the disparaging comments actor Angus Jones made about his hit sitcom "Two and a Half Men" had anything to do with the decision to not bring him back as a regular for season 11.

An Australian man who picked up a snake to move it off of the field hockey practice area died from a snakebite.  Seems he didn't realize the snake was venomous and when he went for a training run, he sped up the spread of the venom through his body.

Disney Parks will be open 24 hours on May 24th, to kick off the Memorial Day weekend.  Bet the line for Space Mountain is very short at 4 in the morning.  If it's working that is.