Hostage standoff ends with child safe in Alabama
A 65-year-old gunman killed a school bus driver and held a 5-year-old boy Ethan in an underground bunker near Midland City Alabama for seven days. FBI agents rescued the child after a stun or flash grenade was used. The boy, unharmed, was treated at a hospital as authorities confirmed the gunman died during the incident. Local sheriff Walley Olson described the suspect Jimmy Lee Dykes as having a complex story while negotiations continued prior to the rescue.
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Midland City
Ala
Alabama
FBI
Steve Richardson
Mobile
Jimmy Lee Dykes
Richardson
Vietnam
Sheriff's Department
Ethan
Dale County
Wally Olson
Olson
Sheriff's Office
UI to pay up to 550 an hour for Jordan defense
The University of Iowa signed a retainer with Ali Sharif Zu'bi Advocates to defend two administrators charged in Jordan. The firm will bill 475 to 550 per hour for partners and 350 to 475 for associates plus expenses including Jordan's 16 percent sales tax. The case stems from allegations by fired professor Malik Juweid regarding communications with Lois Geist and Paul Rothman.
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Iowa City
University of Iowa
Jordan
Amman
Ali Sharif Zu’bi
Paul Rothman
Lois Geist
Associated Press
Amman Criminal
Iowa
Juweid
Geist
Rothman
Jean Robillard
Tom Moore
College of Medicine
Moore
Cole
Des Moines
Sally Mason
Allamakee Supervisors OK Frac Sand Moratorium
Allamakee County supervisors approve a temporary 18 month moratorium on frac sand mining to study impacts and update zoning rules. Planning and Zoning will report by July 2014 with strong resident support cited. opponents pledge continued effort to stop mining.
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Allamakee
Waukon
County Board of Supervisors
Planning and Zoning Commission
Larry Schellhammer
Tom Blake
Dennis Koenig
Ric Zarwell
Lansing
Allamakee County
Tri-State
Zarwell
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Frec
Maynard Johnson
Johnson
Pattison Sand Company
Clayton
Mississippi River
Clayton County
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