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Storm spreads rain, damage across Indiana
State Police say wind and heavy rain might also have been a factor in a fatal crash in New Albany. The head-on collision killed 41-year-old Charles Ennis of New Albany. Marilyn Prince of Poseyville says she was fixing dinner when the storm was suddenly upon her. She says there are no warning sirens in the rural area, so she and her husband had no time to get to the storm cellar. The storm destroyed their house as they cowered near the refrigerator. The highest recorded wind gust was 81 mph in Greencastle. Hail more than a half-inch in diameter was reported in some areas. National Weather Service meteorologist Michael Koch says severe weather in January is rare. He says moisture from the Gulf powered last night's storm. Martinsville damage Tuesday night's unusually powerful storms ripped off part of the roof of the Morgan County courthouse in Martinsville and sheared off the tops of trees.
Colts Neck man arrested after threatening to shoot police
Court home after receiving a call about a domestic disturbance there, authorities said. When police arrived at the home just after 5 p.m. Thursday, Leon Murray opened a second-floor window and told police he had a gun, said Detective Sgt. Joseph Whitehead.
Murray threatened to kill the officers so he could be on the news, police said.
The Monmouth County Emergency Response Team was called, but before they arrived, the 50-year-old tried to jump head-first out of the window, police said.
But police used a ladder to secure him, and then they took him into custody, Whitehead said.
Murray was charged with terroristic threats and criminal mischief.
The domestic dispute began when Murray tried to take another family member's car without permission, police said.
My week: Justin Cartwright
To make my day complete The Song Before It Is Sung received a wonderful accolade in the Boston Globe. Whatever they may say about not reading reviews, all writers crave some affirmation that somebody, somewhere, appreciates them. The following day, I was on Radio 4's Today programme trying to explain why novelists get better with age while mathematicians are washed up at 40. I had planned some interesting observations about the nature of truth, the empirical versus the deductive et cetera, but it didn't quite come out as I had hoped. I left White City a little despondent and headed for Bar Italia for the consolations of the best coffee in Soho. My son - the dinner jacket arsonist - rang to say he had heard me and I was very good. He is a fearless critic, so I was cheered.
The life and Times of Marie Benoit
He is forever helpful and kind and long-suffering and drops everything to come to my aid. And yes, sometimes he performs minor miracles as well.
My windscreen had to be changed this time round. It had a small crack which, ironically enough, was not inflicted by me but by another mechanics shop years ago. I did not realise that they had dropped a spanner or whatever on it and cracked it until days later. I am hardly the sort to spit and polish my car and look at it with love every morning. As long as it functions I am happy. So, I went to one of those car people down from the office and he said that it would cost me Lm35 for the windscreen to be fixed. I would have to purchase a windscreen as well. Now my old Fiat has an old-type windscreen and not the new and apparently more complicated variety.
Desperation pitch
But my guess is that these were just the sentiments of one star-struck congressmen. Committee chair Henry Waxman (D-CA) has struck me as a serious person, not some fawning fan. The same goes for Tom Davis (R-VA) and the rest of the other 40 who aren't Towns. If he thinks he can get a majority of congressmen to roll over for him, he should think hard about that. They already showed they are willing to play hardball with a star when they recommended the Justice Department investigate Miguel Tejada for possible perjury, who told them back in 2005 he never took performance-enhancing drugs and didn't know of anyone who did. In the end, the question isn't whether Clemens can act like a groovy guy in a meet and greet, or sign a few baseballs; it's whether an American hero perjured himself, which is serious business.
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