Fort Hood Victims List

Fort Hood Victims List: The following is a list of victims of the shooting Thursday at Fort Hood slaughter that left 13 dead and 38 wounded, of whom 30 were hospitalized. The list is compiled from various media reports around the country. Authorities have not released the names of victims until Friday at noon.

Dead:
Grant Michael Cahill, 62, of Cameron – before Spokane, Washington, – was a medical assistant who was working at the post of civilian contractors
Sgt. Justin M. Crow, 32, of Plymouth, Ind.
Reservist John Gaffaney, 56, of Serra Messa, California
SPC. Jason Dean Hunt, 22, of Tipton, Oklahoma
Sgt. Amy Krueger, 29, of Kiel, Wisconsin
PFC. Nemelka Aaron Thomas, 19, of West Jordan, Utah, was killed.
PFC. Michael Pearson, 21, of Bolingbrook, Illinois
Russell Seager, 51, of Racine, Wisconsin
PVT. Francheska Velez, 21, of Chicago. She was pregnant.
Military medical assistant Juanita Warman, 55, of Pittsburgh,
SPC. Kham Xiong, 23, of St. Paul, Minnesota

Injured:
Eclectic officer Chris Birmingham, Alabama, was shot three.
Sgt. Patrick Blue III, 23, of Belcourt, ND, was beaten in the face by bullet fragments during the attack,
Amber Bahr, 19, of Random Lake, Wisconsin, was shot in the stomach.
Bono Keara Torkelson, 21, of Ostego, Missouri, was shot in the shoulder again on the left.
Alan Carroll, 20, of Bridgewater, New Jersey, was shot three.
U.S. Army Reserve Dorothy “Dorita” Carskadon of Rockford, Ill., was seriously wounded.
Sgt. Joy Clark, 27, of Des Moines suffered a gunshot wound
SPC. Matthew Cook, 30, of Binghamton, New York, was shot in the abdomen
Sgt. Chad Davis, of Eufaula, Ala., was injured.
PVT. Joey Foster, 21, of Ogden, Utah, was shot in the hip
Cpl. Nathan Hewitt, 26, of West Lafayette, Indiana
Justin Johnson, 21, of Punta Gorda, Fla., was shot in the chest and leg.
Staff. Sgt. Alonzo Lunsford, Richmond County, North Carolina, was shot several times.
Shawn Manning, 33 years before Redman, Oregon, was shot six times
Army 2nd Lt. Brandy Mason, of Monessen, was wounded.
Reserve SPC. Grant Moxon, 23, of Lodi, Wis., was shot in the leg.
Sgt. Kimberly Munley, 34, of Killeen is the police officer in Fort Hood, in civilian was shot several times by the suspect.
Royal Warrant Officer Christopher Elmore County, Alabama, was shot three.
Major Randy Royer, of Dothan, Alabama, was shot.
PVT. Raymundo “Ray” Saucedo, 26, of Greenville, Mich., had a bullet grazed his arm.
George Stratton III, 18, of Post Falls, Idaho, was shot in the shoulder.
Patrick Zeigler, 28, Orange County, Fla., was seriously injured.

Orlando Shooting

Orlando Shooting: Orlando police say an armed man has been arrested after killing one person and wounding five others in an office building downtown, where he was fired two years ago.
Police Chief Val Demings says age 40, Jason Rodriguez surrendered to police at his mother’s house after officers saw him through a window and asked to leave.

It is confirmed that one person died in the shootout in the downtown office building Place of the Legion. Five others were wounded.

THIS IS AN UPDATE TO LAST MINUTE NEWS. Check back soon for more information. Previous article from the AP is down.

ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) – A gunman opened fire on Friday at the offices of an engineering company, which was released over two years. At least six people were injured and police were seeking a gunman in a sport utility vehicle.

People came out of the 16-story office building Legion place around lunchtime and some local television stations said they had barricaded themselves inside their offices.

Orlando Fire Department Chief District Michael Droege said an unknown number of people were still in the building and could be injured. He said the SWAT team was trying to get people out.

“The building is not safe now,” he said. “It’s still unfolding.”

Police spokeswoman Barbara Jones Orlando identified the gunman as Jason Rodriguez, 40, and said it could be in a silver 2002 Nissan truck with registration D119UX. She said she used to work in the building but did not say when or where she went.

“I consider him armed and dangerous,” Jones said. She said that at least five people were taken to a hospital and another had chest pains, but not go to hospital. Orlando Regional Medical Center, said four people were treated in the emergency department.

Confirmed witnesses told police the shooting started Reynolds, Smith & Hill, a consulting firm in transportation engineering in the building.

Company spokesman Mike Bernof CNN all people were shot in the office of the company. He could not say whether he died.

Rodriguez, an engineer, was released in June 2007 for performance issues, Bernof said. He could not say why. The company performs work of transportation engineering with the Florida Department of Transportation.

Gerry Gilg, who works on the floor where the incident occurred, told The Associated Press that the meeting was a coworker in the elevator for lunch.

Chris Hayes Miami

Latest News updated, Chris Hayes Miami: Every walk-on playing college football has to ask himself that question at some point. He is not on scholarship. He is actually paying the school to be cannon fodder for the guys who are getting their tuition paid. He is a practice dummy with a jersey.

Why?

There can only be one answer.

“You have to have love for the football game,” said Miami head coach Randy Shannon. “The life of a walk-on is very brutal.”
It’s so tough that Miami only brings in about six walk-ons per season.

Four years ago, Chris Hayes wanted to be one of the six. At 5-foot-9 and 160 pounds, he seemingly didn’t have the size.

But he had the love.

“I’ve always been joking about it since like my freshman year of high school that I would try out for the Miami Hurricanes,” Hayes said. “All my friends thought I was crazy.”

So did his parents. “We just went, ‘Sure,’” his mother, Kathie Hayes, said sarcastically.

They all had a point. Hayes’ high school, Out-of-Door Academy in Sarasota, Fla., didn’t even have a football team when he attended.

He not only tried out for the Hurricanes, but he made the team as a wide receiver. It’s unlikely more than a few of his new teammates noticed. Just another walk-on. What kind of impact could he make, anyway?

Hayes didn’t care. He was living the dream. He called his father, Mike, to share the news.

“He’s a man that rarely swears at all,” Hayes said. “He goes, ‘Pardon my French,’ and then just goes on this tirade about just how amazing this is.”

Hayes’ mom was just as shocked. “This can’t happen. He’s going to get killed.”
If Hayes was ever going to get hurt, it would have to happen in practice. Despite never missing a workout, meeting or practice throughout his first two years on the team, he never played in a game.

He never even suited up for a game.

“Chris is a try-hard guy. He goes out there and he gives you all the effort he can,” said Joe Pannunzio, Miami’s special teams coordinator and tight ends coach. “Not everybody is good enough to play at this level.”

Hayes kept working. He returned for his third season with the Canes in 2008. Coaches and teammates knew who he was by now. They liked him. Shannon said they nicknamed him “Make-A-Wish” because, “when you look at him, you say, ah, he can’t really do anything.”

He inspired teammates by bringing energy, enthusiasm and toughness to practice. Despite playing only on the scout team in practice and not in games, he was a Hurricane. He had become part of the Miami family.
Last October, as Miami prepared to play Wake Forest, Hayes got a call from his mom.

“She just said, ‘Your father is gone,’” Hayes said.

Silence.

“I told him that this was a suicide,” Kathie Hayes said. “I mean, I did not keep that from him. I couldn’t, really.”

Silence.
“What do you mean?” Chris Hayes said. “What do you mean? He did this?”

Hayes had lost his biggest fan and had no idea why. He turned to his team, which he needed more now than ever. Pannunzio said exactly what Hayes needed to hear, “Chris, you got me — whatever you need, I’ve always been here for you.”

Hayes said Pannunzio provided a “safe place” for him. The Miami family was looking out for him. Teammates volunteered to drive Hayes home.

“We were putting it all down for him,” Pannunzio said. “This kid had never suited out. He had never played in a game, but he was that important because this is a football family here … and that’s what he is to us.”

Pannunzio helped make sure Hayes made it home safely to Sarasota.
Four days later, his father was buried.
Source: sports.espn.go.com

Kathy Gloddy

Latest news Updated, Kathy Gloddy: Kathy Gloddy,Michael Oher Football Player:The ABC News magazine 20/20 will bring national eyes to the November 1971 unsolved murder of Kathy Lynn Gloddy, the 13-year-old girl who was beaten, raped, hit over the head, and run over by a car at least four times and left on a logging road.
Kathy Lynn’s family has never given up the hope that those responsible for the brutal murder of their youngest sister would be brought to justice.

“We are excited that 20/20 has chosen to take on Kathy’s case,” remarked Janet Gloddy Young, one of Kathy’s three sisters. “We are hoping through continued media exposure and through the creation of the Kathy Lynn Gloddy Reward Fund we will be able to find some answers and peace for our family.

Kathy GloddyNews crews spent some time in Franklin filming the area off Webster Road where Kathy Lynn’s body was found and taping the candlelight and daisy vigil family and friends held for Kathy Lynn this past summer.

In addition, retired Massachusetts Police Chief and Detective Thomas Shamshak has been helping the family not only with their search for justice but with their efforts to create and fund the first-ever cold-case unit in the state.

After the Gloddy sisters spent months testifying in both the state Senate and the N.H. House of Representatives, Gov. John D. Lynch signed the New Hampshire Cold Case unit into law in the Governor and Council’s room with the family invited as special guests.

The murder investigation has taken a number of twists and turns recently, most notably when elderly Florida resident Ernest Dukette went into a police department and said he believed he was with Kathy Lynn when she died but could not remember if he had raped her.

Although Dukette later recanted his statements, saying he was ill and confused from various medications he was taking, New Hampshire authorities reopened the case and exhumed Kathy Lynn’s body in hopes modern DNA mapping techniques could be used to either confirm or deny his statements.

Dukette died in August at Old Town, Fla., and never spoke another public word about Kathy Lynn and what he may have known about her murder.

Kathy Lynn’s brother, Roger, now living in Colorado, has said Dukette had a reputation for drinking and being rough with women.

While Dukette took his secrets to the grave with him, Senior Assistant State Attorney Will Delker said the case would continue to be open and his investigators had reason to believe that more than one person was involved in KathyLynn’s murder.

The last night of Kathy Lynn’s life, the young athlete, poet, and conservationist took her German Shepherd out for a walk and stopped by a variety store for ice cream and a can of potato sticks — her favorites. She never made it back to her home.
Source: citizen.com

Chan Ho Park

Chan Ho Park has been activated for the NLCS baseball playoffs and he may see action against his former team the LA Dodgers.  He’s a middle inning relief pitcher for the defending world champions Philadelphia Phillies.   He was injured during the month of September and after a rehabbing for the past few weeks, he’s being thrust into the heat of the baseball playoffs.

Park said yesterday he felt healthy enough to return to the active roster.

“I’m ready,” said Park, who went 2-2 with a 2.52 ERA in 38 relief appearances during the regular season. “I’d be glad if I had more time to face hitters.”

Park spent the NLDS working out in Clearwater, Fla., where he threw two bullpen sessions.

“From everything that they say and the way that he was throwing the ball in Florida, he’s ready to go,” manager Charlie Manuel said. “He’s ready to pitch. They felt like he is 100 percent.”
Source: koreanbeacon.com

Lsu Vs Florida 2009

Current score on LSU vs. Florida 2009 game is 3-0 with just minutes left in the 2nd Quarter. LSU vs. Florida numbers so far show Jordon Jefferson delivering 6 for 7 pass completions and 56 yards total passing, with Tim Tebow bringing merely 2 for 4 and only 18 yards.
Rushing has made the difference so far for Florida. Gators have rushed 87 yards compared to LSU with 48. Gators’ Moody and Demps both have brought 28 yards each, while Scott delivered 26 yards and Jefferson 18 for LSU.

On receiving, James for Florida has 20 yards, LaFell with a huge 37 yards for LSU.

UPDATE #1 – LSU has tied it up with 3 minutes left in the half.

UPDATE #2 – Here are your numbers at Halftime:
Florida 10 – LSU 3
Passing: Tim Tebow 4 for 6, 62 yards | Jordan Jefferson 6 for 8, 56 yards
Rushing: Florida 114 yards, LSU 62 yards – Demps (FLA) 41 yards, Moody (FLA) 38 yards, Scott (LSU) 26 yards, Jefferson (LSU) 22 yards.
Receiving: Florida 62 yards, 56 yard – Cooper (FLA) 24 yards, James (FLA) 20 yards, LaFell (LSU) 37 yards
Source: news.lalate.com

Stephen Strasburg

Stephen Strasburg struck out two and retired the first three batters he faced in his first professional inning for the Washington Nationals in Viera, Fla., Monday afternoon. Against the Detroit Tigers in Florida’s instructional league, Strasburg threw nine strikes and three balls — his first offering to each batter — in the first inning at Space Coast Stadium in front of about 50 fans.

He struck out Gustavo Nunez looking to open the game; then Luis Castillo hit a hard fly ball to left field on a 1-0 count. Strasburg then struck out Audy Ciriaco swinging on a 1-2 count. No radar readings were immediately available.
Source: voices.washingtonpost.com

Bright House Orlando

ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35) - Bright House Networks customers throughout Central Florida reported cable outages Friday evening. Beginning around 8:15 p.m. and lasting for about an hour, cable customers from Orlando to Ormond Beach and Ocala experienced intermitent outages and frozen images on their television sets.
“There is an issue with video right now,” said Bright House Networks spokesperon, Sara Brady adding that engineers were trying to identify the cause. There have been no reports of Internet or phone outages at this time.

It is still unclear exactly how many customers were affected. Some reported that certain channels were displaying properly while others remained frozen. Some reported that high definition and select digital tier channels were working properly during the outage.

Tonight’s outage comes less than two weeks after Bright House Networks reported widespread Internet outage on September 25.

By 9:15 p.m., the problem appeard to be corrected; however, FOX 35 will stream our 10 p.m. newscast live on MyFoxOrlando.com as we do with every newscast.  We will have more information as this story develops on MyFoxOrlando.com and during FOX 35 News at 10 p.m.
Source: myfoxorlando.com

120909, March on Washington

Thousands of people marched in downtown Washington Saturday to protest what they call out-of-control government spending. The conservative activists from around the country are seeking to continue their momentum in shaping the national debate on everything from health care to White House staffing.
The line of protesters stretched several blocks, with people chanting “enough, enough” and “we the people.” Others were waving U.S. flags and holding signs reading “Go Green Recycle Congress,” “I’m Not Your ATM” and “Obamacare makes me sick.”
Some men were dressed in colonial costumes with tri-colored hats, and the protesters planned to march to the U.S. Capitol.

The event came on the heels of antitax gatherings, dubbed tea parties, in April, and a series of congressional town-hall meetings nationwide last month that elicited angry criticism of health-care proposals favored by President Barack Obama and his Democratic allies.

“I can’t figure out to save me what [Mr. Obama and the Democrats] are trying to accomplish, unless they want socialism,” 73-year-old Joseph Wright, a retired paper-mill worker, said this week. Mr. Wright rode from Tallahassee, Fla., to Washington on one of the many chartered buses bringing in demonstrators from states as far-flung as Massachusetts and Arkansas.

Saturday’s rally came just a few months after Mr. Obama’s victory seemed to have left the conservative movement in disarray. But in recent weeks, critics of the administration’s programs and spending have succeeded in putting Mr. Obama on the defensive, threatening his health-care drive, prompting parents to boycott a routine presidential speech to schoolchildren and forcing the resignation of a White House adviser with a left-leaning past.

While the movement has gotten considerable attention, it is unclear just how broad it is.
White House officials on Friday professed to know nothing of the planned demonstrations. White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs queried reporters about the planners and their issues. “I don’t know who the group is,” he said with a shrug.

Other Democrats suggested the protesters are embittered, fringe conservatives fueled by radio and TV talk-show hosts. “There’s a lot of energy, but it’s negative energy,” said Democratic strategist John Lapp. “At the end of the day, Republicans are left with bomb-throwing, screaming, frothing and a lot of opposition.”

For their part, Republican leaders have been grappling with whether to embrace or distance themselves from the mounting protests. Most of Saturday’s scheduled speakers are little-known activists. But Sen. Jim DeMint (R., S.C.) and Reps. Mike Pence (R., Ind.), Tom Price (R., Ga.) and Marsha Blackburn (R., Tenn.) will address the crowd, as will former Texas Rep. Dick Armey, now president of FreedomWorks, a Washington-based group advocating smaller government and lower taxes that took the lead in organizing the event.

The 54 riders on the Tallahassee bus provided a window into the new conservative energy. On the road, they listened to reminiscences of President Ronald Reagan’s life, including his battle against Soviet-style communism. It is a fight they say must now be waged at home, against an administration and Congress that is inserting government deeply into banking, car making and, perhaps, health care.

“There really should be a smaller role for the federal government, and a larger role for the state government and local governments,” said one rider, Mary Mangan, 24, who owns a baby-sitting company in Tallahassee. “Keep it simple. Keep it constitutional.”

Forty-four of the riders identified themselves as Republicans, with eight independents and two Libertarians. The average age was 56 years old. Fifty-one said they voted for Republican John McCain in his White House bid last year, though several said they did so to support his running mate, then-Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin. The remaining three riders said they voted for Libertarian Bob Barr.

In interviews, they gave an almost uniform diagnosis of the country’s problems: The Obama administration and congressional Democrats are spending too much money on programs that insert government too far into people’s lives. And Washington, they say, ignores or vilifies those who object.

“This is not about being anti-Obama, even though I personally dislike his policies,” said Constance Campbell, 58, a retired state administrator who organized the Tallahassee bus. “It’s about a feeling of powerlessness in We the People.”
Source: online.wsj.com