by newsroom — published on June 30th, 2009
Ousted Honduran President Jose Manuel Zelaya will return to his country this week despite warnings from the provisional government that he will be arrested, he said at a news conference at the United Nations on Tuesday.
“I am going to return on Thursday because they expelled me by force, and I am going to return as always: as a citizen and as president,” Zelaya told reporters after the United Nations unanimously adopted a resolution stating that Zelaya should be restored to power.
Zelaya, speaking to the general assembly, called it a historic resolution.
“Your servant has several accusations against him in Honduras,” he said. “But nobody has given me a trial. Nobody has convened a tribunal.”
The deposed president said he would travel to Washington on Tuesday to attend a meeting of the Organization of American States.
by newsroom — published on June 30th, 2009
Seven people, at least five of them students, were shot Tuesday at a bus stop in Detroit, Michigan, officials said.
“Two perpetrators, possibly three, pulled up in a vehicle, exited their vehicle with weapons, asked for a person by name and then opened fire onto the crowd,” said Police Chief Roderick Grimes.
“They got back in their vehicle and exited the scene.”
Police Officer Leon Rahmaan described the vehicle as a green minivan and said the incident occurred about a mile from Cody High School at 2:30 p.m., as summer-school classes were ending for the day.
Two of the victims were in critical condition; the others were in serious condition at area hospitals, Grimes said. The shooters — both of them male — covered their faces with either masks or T-shirts, he said.
Robert Bobb of the Detroit Public Schools said summer school would continue Wednesday as scheduled.
“Tomorrow, we’ll have new leadership in place at the school,” he told reporters. “We want parents to bring their children, have their children continue to come to summer school here tomorrow.”
No one was immediately taken into custody, said police spokesman Dan Donakowski.
by newsroom — published on June 30th, 2009
Saying he poses a “serious flight risk,” a federal court refused Tuesday to release billionaire financier Robert Allen Stanford on bond.
Stanford, 59, was indicted earlier this month on charges of criminal conspiracy to commit mail, wire and securities fraud. Prosecutors allege his actions earned his company, Stanford Group Co., an estimated $7 billion. He is charged in connection with a long series of alleged frauds outlined in a 21-count indictment.
A magistrate judge had set his bond at $500,000, with a $100,000 cash deposit. But prosecutors contested that, saying Stanford was a flight risk. A hearing on the matter was held Monday.
by newsroom — published on June 30th, 2009
ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) — Former Sen. Norm Coleman gave up his challenge to the November election results Tuesday, clearing the way for satirist Al Franken to take the state’s remaining U.S. Senate seat.
by newsroom — published on June 30th, 2009
Noah Spaulding of Greenville won Saturday’s Great American Super Kids Soap Box Derby for special needs children in Sharon.
He will move on to compete in an Akron Ohio Event at a later date.
Other finishers:
• Prestin Allen, Masury, second place.
• Nathan Bortner, Hermitage, third place.
• Bryan Cornelius II, Sharpsville, fourth place.
• Simon Moore-Watson, Erie, fifth place.
• Lauren Plummer, Oil City, sixth place.
• Megan Freeze, Hubbard, seventh place.
• Dillon Hamilton, Hermitage, eighth place.
A total of 37 children raced, and 125 volunteers helped out.
