[PITTSBURGH.CBSLOCAL] An 82-year-old woman went home Thursday after spending two weeks first in the hospital, and then in rehab.
She was discharged hours after 18-year-old Michael Duku of the North Side was taken into custody on charges including robbery, assault and conspiracy.
Police say Duku and another man shoved the elderly woman to the sidewalk two weeks ago after she attended Sunday church services in Homestead. Duku ran off with her purse.
Rev. Robert Buczak of St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, where the woman has been a long-time member of the congregation, said he paid several visits to the woman since she was assaulted.
Buczak told KDKA-TV's Ralph Iannotti that she's in good spirits, adding, "She suffered a broken shoulder, broken orbital bones in her face and a big cut above her eye. She'll be in a sling for six to eight weeks now."
Buczak said the woman forgives the robbers who attacked her, and then he said he felt "they would have gotten more in church, than they got out of her purse."
Duku was identified by an eyewitness who recognized his mug shot. He was picked up by a constable.
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Duku could also have been Obama's son
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"they would have gotten more in church, than they got out of her purse."
[BBC] A box containing the head and two human hands covered in blood also had the message: "Kavuludi, you are next". The police say they are interpreting it as a death threat. A most valid interpretation ek se.
[STLOUIS.CBSLOCAL] A lawyer for Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning said in a blog post on Thursday the soldier is doing well as he she goes through processing at the military prison at Fort Leavenworth.
David Coombs wrote that he spoke on Wednesday with Manning, previously known as Bradley Manning, while he she goes through the three-to-four-week period known as indoctrination at the Kansas prison. Coombs, who lives in Rhode Island, also said he plans to travel there in the coming weeks to meet with medical staff and the leadership in the quest to allow Manning to receive hormone therapy and other treatment for his her gender dysphoria -- the sense of being a woman trapped in a man's body.
Coombs went on the "Today" show last week, a day after Manning was sentenced to 35 years in prison for giving government secrets to WikiLeaks, to announce that Manning wants to live as a woman named Chelsea and begin hormone treatment as soon as possible.
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Leavenworth. The next 35 years as a bend over bowling alley for all your cell mates.
he can dig it.
Who vetted this shirley for Security work? But then the Green Berets or whatever apparently ain't what it used to be. Or the Rangers for that matter.
Army, be all you can be.
Probably totally unfair. Butt then you never know, He does wear a beret. And so does Kerry , by the way.
HOW do men like Alexander Haig and John Kerry rise so high in this country? What IS it that raises such men to the top of our government?
Ever ask yourself questions like that?
For that matter what about Obama and men like John Edwards, the Breck Boy. Men of real achievement and fine character. REAL leaders. Men you want alongside you in a tight place.
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Bend over is much more unlikely at the USDB where control is in effect. The inmates don't run the floor there. IIRC the inmate to guard ratio exceeds what you'll find at most civilian lock ups. Also, no sense of humor or distractions. Remember this article is based upon what supposedly Manning told his/her lawyer. Manning is still going through processing and classification at this point and is not among the general population or daily routine. Denial is not a river in Egypt.
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3 to 4 weeks indoc for prison? I only got 9 for the USN, and a real job.
How hard can it be to get up, commute 3 feet to the bars, grab the tray of slop, commute 3 feet to the bed to eat, then repeat to get the dishes done?? do that 3x/day plus the overbearing stress of havng to fight the masses to the exercise yard for 1 hour / day.
I see real budget savings in the prison indoc department.
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Uncle might be able to save the taxpayers a few bucks by shipping himher it to this place...
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"Forgot species, Uncle."
I'll take Golden Retriever. ;-p
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Ever since that pic with the wig showed up , whenever I read a Manning article, "Rocky Raccoon" starts playing, ".... but everyone knew her as Bradley." Make it stop.
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What galls me over this is how the NYT et al. are tripping over themselves to give in to Manning's request demand to be named Chelsea and referred to as "she".
I can demand everyone address me as Lord High Master of All That I Survey, but nobody will listen to me. Why not?
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I can demand everyone address me as Lord High Master of All That I Survey, but nobody will listen to me. Why not?
Because the name doesn't really fits you. Now, if you asked people to call you Gwendolyn...
Banks and credit card companies use their access to the banking system to try to kill businesses engaged in the firearms industry. Now, McMillian Firearms is saying they will provide credit card services.
One individual was hurt and one was taken into custody at a shooting in Winston-Salem, North Carolina Friday. The good news is that the other 50 million firearms helpfully did not participate in the shooting.
President Obama bypasses Congress with a new executive order that stops re-importation of firearms into the USA, presumably military surplus firearms. The executive order is aimed at the Civilian Marksmanship program, they say.
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Chris Covert writes Mexican Drug War and national political news for Rantburg.com and BorderlandBeat.com. He can be reached at grurkka@gmail.com
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The executive order is aimed at the Civilian Marksmanship program, they say.
It is my understanding that the CMP turns a small profit each year. Can't have that. I have to ask, when was the last time an M1 Carbine, Garand, or M1A3 was linked to a crime ?
For the thing about corporations, what does that do to the private security companies? Sounds racist.
I wasn't just looking at that warehouse of crated Korean M-1...everyone I told about it who is an afficionado and history buff was excited too. So I ask this question to such steamed leaders:
Does this mean you cannot re-purchase Fast and Furious weapons?
[MAGHAREBIA] Algeria's ruling National Liberation Front (FLN) on Thursday (August 29th) named Amar Saïdani as its new secretary general, APS reported. The 63-year-old former speaker of the National People's Assembly (APN) was the sole candidate for the post, vacant since Abdelaziz Belkhadem quit in January.
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A multi-volume chronology and reference guide set detailing three years of the Mexican Drug War between 2010 and 2012.
Rantburg.com and borderlandbeat.com correspondent and author Chris Covert presents his first non-fiction work detailing
the drug and gang related violence in Mexico.
Chris gives us Mexican press dispatches of drug and gang war violence
over three years, presented in a multi volume set intended to chronicle the death, violence and mayhem which has
dominated Mexico for six years.
Rantburg was assembled from recycled algorithms in the United States of America. No
trees were destroyed in the production of this weblog. We did hurt some, though. Sorry.
[PITTSBURGH.CBSLOCAL] An 82-year-old woman went home Thursday after spending two weeks first in the hospital, and then in rehab.
[STLOUIS.CBSLOCAL] A lawyer for Army Pvt. Chelsea Manning said in a blog post on Thursday the soldier is doing well as 
