Strong winds on Wednesday afternoon tore a roof section off a Fort Worth
apartment complex. No one was injured at the Wayside Plaza apartments, but some
residents were displaced. Inspectors are still assessing damage to the
two-story apartment complex on Ninth Avenue. Meantime, strong thunderstorms
caused power outages for thousands and prompted officials to divert 65 flights
at D/FW Airport.
Less than 24 hours after being shot in the head during a standoff, a member of
the Arlington SWAT team was released from the hospital. Officer Bryan Graham
greeted a steady stream of hospital visitors on Wednesday. The suspect in the
standoff, 23-year-old Alexzander Coan died of his injuries. Coan's girlfriend
who was in the apartment at the time, was arrested Wednesday on aggravated
kidnapping charges. Police say the two were holding another woman against her
will.
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is in Afghanistan, taking stock of progress in
the war and talking with U.S. commanders and Afghan leaders about plans to pull
U.S. combat troops out of the country. Panetta acknowledged increasing violence
in the southern part of Afghanistan. However he insists the overall level of
violence is down.
Defense attorneys for the soldier accused of leaking thousands of classified
documents to WikiLeaks are expected to start calling witnesses today when they
return to a military court at Fort Meade, Maryland. Private First Class Bradley
Manning faces charges of aiding the enemy and wrongfully causing intelligence to
be published.
The jury is in place for the Jerry Sandusky child sex abuse trial. Four more
jurors were chosen yesterday, filling out the 12-member panel for the
high-profile trial. Four alternates were also selected. Sandusky is a former
Penn State assistant football coach who faces more than 50 counts of child
sexual abuse.
Investors will be hoping for a repeat of Wall Street's big day yesterday when
the markets open this morning. Stocks posted some of their biggest single-day
gains of the year on Wednesday. The Dow Jones Industrials Average surged 287
points closing the day at 12-thousand-415 putting it back into positive
territory for the year.
Thursday, June 7, 2012
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