| Escaped art dealer surrenders in R.I.
PROVIDENCE, R.I. -- A former art dealer from Rhode Island has surrendered in Providence after escaping from a federal prison in New Jersey. Investigators say Rocco DeSimone turned himself in to the U.S. Marshal's office in Providence on Wednesday, four days after escaping from a minimum-security prison camp in Cumberland County. .
Call of Jihadi Interview by Simon Parkin
In September 2006 Al-Qaeda became a game developer. Its first release? First-person shooter "Night of Bush Capturing", a game free to anyone with an Internet connection and an open mind. Its six-mission campaign is constructed from genre features familiar to any gamer: work your way deep into enemy territory, shoot enemy soldiers before they shoot you and assassinate the leader. Only, in this case the territory is America, the enemy soldiers are US troops and the leader in question is George W. Bush. Oh, and the developer is a notorious Islamic militant terrorist alliance. Programmed by a team from Al-Qaeda's Global Islamic Media Front, Night of Bush Capturing is in fact a modded version of an older, US-made game, Quest for Saddam, released by Petrilla Entertainment in 2003.
Education
BETTSVILLE — The Bettsville Local School District is to accept open enrollment applications during the month of May for children who wish to enroll in the district next year. The board of education permits students from any Ohio district to apply and enroll free of any tuition obligation, provided they meet open enrollment procedures. Applications are to be accepted through May 31. Parents are to be notified of acceptance by June 15. Students currently attending Bettsville through open enrollment must submit a new application each year. Applications are available in the main office or can be mailed upon request. Call (419) 986-5166. SYCAMORE — Mohawk FFA attended the sub-district speaking contest at Van Buren High School. Contestants included Robert Gilliland, Alex Colich, Ellen Gilliland, Dustin Griffin, Anna Gilliland and Susan Daniel.
Welcome to SAN ANTONIO
The Golden Goose, like the recession we�re not in and the peace dividend promised an undeclared war ago, is a wraith. Here today, in Timbuktu tomorrow. How do we know when we�ve starved or overburdened it? When it might disappear over the westerly horizon with the last drop of pure spring water sliding down its gullet? Surely that�s the fear that haunts those tourism-invested businesspeople who have spoken so candidly with the Current the past few months � off the record � about the proposed Visitor Tax extension that voters will face in the May 10 election. If you continue to tax the second-biggest driver of the local economy (only recently, and by a hair, backseat to the biomedical industry) without buying it a new � venue now and then, will the vacationing families from Texas�s farther reaches and nearby states reset the GPS for Arkansas? �Venue Tax,� in fact, is the recently outmoded shorthand for the local rainmaking device the state legislature enabled in 1997 � with assistance, tweaking, and advocacy from San Antonio�s delegation � and that Bexar County made quick use of to fund construction of the AT&T Center sports arena.
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