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  1. SomewayOuttaHere profile image60
    SomewayOuttaHereposted 15 years ago

    good stuff....mornin' irish....it's a beautiful summer day here...am going to head out soon for a ride and to take some pics of mbikes...a rally - about 800 bikes (not huge - but fun)...

    I'll leave you with this...was listening to it last night...Long as I Can See the Light - CCR....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Q1809vqz3zA

  2. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 15 years ago

    No I did not get to see him but got great feed back - thats why I am listening to him today - this is great music smile

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nuQA9gLh … re=related

  3. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 15 years ago

    Johnny Cash/Willie Nelson - what a combination - come on now shake off the blues - smile

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VEW6HIa9 … eature=fvw

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    theirishobserver.posted 15 years ago

    Right now we are singing in the rain in the mid Atlantic smile

  5. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 15 years ago

    rain rain rain here in the mid Atlantic....hope you are all well....kick back and listen to Purple Rain..... yea.... smile

  6. SomewayOuttaHere profile image60
    SomewayOuttaHereposted 15 years ago

    ...beautiful sunshine here....off to start the day early...it's gonna be a great day!

    some more Donovan - Sunshine Superman....

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hTuPbJLqFKI

  7. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 15 years ago

    Cool here at 4.50pm on this rather dull Monday afternoon....hope your day is good.....heres Stevie Wonder smile

  8. Jane@CM profile image59
    Jane@CMposted 15 years ago

    Its a cool morning here - waiting for it to climb to 100*

    Love Stevie Wonder.  How about some Stevie Nicks?

  9. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 15 years ago

    Something a little special right now -

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgeUcnt0 … re=related

  10. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 15 years ago

    Exercise Time:

    What's Next for Let's Move!

     


    Good afternoon,

    As a mother, I know there is nothing more important than a child's health. But today, obesity threatens the health of one out of three American children. That's why we launched Let's Move! -- a nationwide effort to solve the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation.

    Today I'm excited to introduce the new and improved LetsMove.gov -- an online resource for parents, teachers and community leaders to help our children eat better and become more active:


    Tomorrow, I'll be hosting a live chat at 10 a.m. EDT to talk about Let's Move! and answer your questions about the initiative.

    Here are a few new features on the site that you should check out:

    Simple steps to success for parents, teachers, local officials, community leaders and chefs with easy, achievable ways to make changes in your day to day lives to improve the health of our nation's kids;
    The Let's Move! blog with the latest news, events and videos that are easy to share with friends and family;
    Ideas and resources for parents and families to get moving in the great outdoors;
    Links to Let's Move! on Facebook where you can connect and share tips with others that are concerned about this issue; and 
    Healthy, affordable weekly menu plans and video cooking demonstrations for busy families created by some of the country's top chefs. 
    Let's Move! is off to a great start. The President's Task Force on Childhood Obesity announced an action plan to solve the challenge of childhood obesity within a generation. We launched the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (co-chaired by Olympian Dominique Dawes and NFL Quarterback Drew Brees) broadening the scope of the Council to include a focus on healthy eating in addition to active lifestyles. Chefs are lining up to help schools in their area develop healthier lunches in their cafeterias as part of the Chefs Move to Schools program.  And the food industry is getting involved too -- pledging to cut 1.5 trillion product calories by 2015.

    I hope you'll join me and the thousands of teachers, doctors, chefs, community leaders, athletes and parents from across the country to help raise a healthier generation of kids.

    Sincerely,

    Michelle Obama

  11. LeanMan profile image73
    LeanManposted 15 years ago

    They will never leave McDonalds for long enough...

    Play a nice tune Irish, something rocky to put some life into things

  12. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 15 years ago

    lean man - here is something real special -


    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NgeUcnt0 … re=related

    1. LeanMan profile image73
      LeanManposted 15 years agoin reply to this

      sorry Irish.. link not full...

  13. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 15 years ago

    sorry about that lean man - it was the Boom Town Rats smile

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    theirishobserver.posted 15 years ago
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    theirishobserver.posted 15 years ago

    Yesterday I spent my day in Dublin (capital of Ireland) with my camera and I will be posting some of the pictures later in a new hub....mean while have  agood day smile

  16. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 15 years ago

    Have a good day folks......Guns and Roses kicking off on this wet but warm Saturday morning her ein the mid Atlantic smile

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago
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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    7.15pm on this Tuesday evening - warm - listening to Tina Turner......... smile

    1. lorlie6 profile image71
      lorlie6posted 14 years agoin reply to this

      Sounds HOT rather than warm with Tina on! smile  Good evening, Irish!

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Lorlie how are you - it if Friday 2.30pm warm and dry - Gareth Brooks playing way down low...... smile

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    DoorMattnomoreposted 14 years ago

    beautifull sunny 930 Friday morning. listening to http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zu9qurNo0Ow

    Just about done on the computer for today. going to take a shower.

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Suspected serial killer to walk free in 19 days -

    http://hubpages.com/hub/Why-Suspected-S … In-Ireland

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    What is the answer when a person belived to be a serial killer is about to be released from Prison -

    http://hubpages.com/hub/Why-Suspected-S … In-Ireland

    Need your ideas here smile

  23. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Here is a special song for you special people -

    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLKDFKRT … re=related

    Kenny Rogers.....you know he is the King of Country smile

    http://hubpages.com/hub/Why-Suspected-S … In-Ireland

  24. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    In 17 days this suspected serial killer will be released and free to roam the streets -

    http://hubpages.com/hub/Why-Suspected-S … In-Ireland

  25. Alota profile image60
    Alotaposted 14 years ago
  26. akirchner profile image81
    akirchnerposted 14 years ago

    For some soothing music, let's try some Andrea Bocelli - I love it because I don't have to know all the words!

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Andrea Bocelli on the disc..... smile

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago
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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Breaking News -

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    Florida Couple Guilty in $13.7 Million HIV Infusion Clinic Fraud Scheme
    Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:15:58 -0500

    Miami, Florida-area husband and wife Modesto and Victoria de la Vega pled guilty to their participation in a $13.7 million HIV infusion Medicare fraud scheme.



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    Minnesota Couple Convicted of Abusing Their Baby
    Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:24:26 -0500

    Charles William Prentice, Jr. and Showy Shalette Johnson, both of Red Lake, Minnesota, were convicted on assault and child endangerment charges in connection with their abuse of their baby.



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    Former D.C. Correctional Officer Sentenced in Bribery Case
    Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:31:20 -0500

    Former Correctional Officer Quincy Hayes, of Alexandria, Virginia, was sentenced to 12 months and one day in prison for accepting bribes in exchange for smuggling contraband into the Correctional Treatment Facility in Washington, D.C.



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    Georgia Man Pleads Guilty in D.C. in Advance Fee Wire Fraud Scheme
    Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:34:47 -0500

    Kenneth Lane Milstead, of Atlanta, Georgia, pled guilty in Washington, D.C. to one count of wire fraud for obtaining $315,080.25 through an advance fee scheme in which he promised--but never made--loans to potential borrowers across the United States.



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    Texas Men Sentenced in New Hampshire for Role in Significant Cocaine Conspiracy
    Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:41:27 -0500

    Texas residents Ciro Lopez Garcia and Marco Garcia were sentenced in New Hampshire to 18.5 years and 16.5 years in prison, respectively, following their convictions on charges of engaging in a conspiracy to distribute and possess with intent to distribute in excess of five kilograms of cocaine.



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    Missouri Attorney Charged in Kansas with Attempting to Entice a Minor
    Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:46:30 -0500

    Attorney Samuel P. Logan, of Kansas City, Missouri, was charged in Kansas City, Kansas with one count of attempting to entice a minor to have sex and one count of sending and receiving child pornography.



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    New Jersey Man Pleads Guilty to Possessing Child Pornography
    Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:51:12 -0500

    Edmund Arnold, of Burlington County, New Jersey, pled guilty to possession of child pornography, admitting he had more than 600 criminal images.



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    Former Pennsylvania Police Officer Sentenced on Drug and Gun Charges
    Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:52:57 -0500

    Former Philadelphia police officer Alhinde Weems was sentenced to 15 years in prison in connection with distributing and attempting to distribute crack cocaine and for planning the armed robbery of a drug dealer.



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    Pennsylvania Felon Indicted on Drug and Firearm Charges
    Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:55:37 -0500

    Alex Ferguson, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, was indicted on charges of being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm and possession of crack cocaine.



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    Georgia Woman Sentenced in Pennsylvania on Mortgage Fraud Charges
    Fri, 23 Jul 2010 11:58:37 -0500

    Nancy Barlet, of Atlanta, Georgia, was sentenced to 18 months in prison for her role in a Luzerne County, Pennsylvania mortgage fraud scheme in 2005 and 2006.



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    Army Sergeant Pleads Guilty in Washington to Sex Trafficking Juveniles
    Fri, 23 Jul 2010 12:41:00 -0500

    Sterling Terrance Hospedales, a U.S. Army sergeant based at Fort Lewis, Washington, pled guilty to sex trafficking of a child and attempted sex trafficking of a child.



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    Connecticut Bookkeeper Sentenced for Embezzling from Employer
    Mon, 26 Jul 2010 14:58:56 -0500

    Peter C. Yarasavich, of Milford, Connecticut, was sentenced to 15 months in prison followed by three years of supervised release for embezzling nearly $150,000 from a company where he worked as a temporary employee in the position of bookkeeper.



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    Kansas Cattleman Sentenced for Multi-Million-Dollar Bank Fraud
    Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:04:28 -0500

    Joseph C. Donohue, of Greeley, Kansas, was sentenced to six months in federal prison followed by six months of house arrest and was ordered to pay $10 million in restitution following his guilty plea to bank fraud.



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    Texas Physician Assistant Convicted of Conspiring to Defraud Medicaid
    Mon, 26 Jul 2010 15:10:43 -0500

    Physician assistant Manuel Puig, of McAllen, Texas, pled guilty to his role in a conspiracy to defraud the Texas Medicaid program, admitting that he submitted or caused to be submitted over 6,000 fraudulent claims to Medicaid for which Medicaid paid approximately $173,830.56 between May 2005 and January 2006.

  30. LeanMan profile image73
    LeanManposted 14 years ago

    No news please... just want some rock babeeeeeeeeee

  31. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    News Flash - followed by Guns and Roses -

    A serial killer was caught after he became a Facebook friend with the daughter of one of his victims.

    Mark Dizon, a 28-year-old computer technician in the Philippines, was charged with killing nine people - six Filipinos, an American, a Canadian and a Briton - in three different robberies at hotels and homes this month in Angeles city.

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago
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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Breaking News:


    Cyber Chief Describes Efforts to Combat Cyber Crime on Social Networking Sites
    Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:33:42 -0500

    Gordon Snow, assistant director of the FBI's Cyber Division, says, "Cyber criminals are using a variety of schemes to defraud or victimize innocent social networking site users

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    Former Carpenters Union Leader Pleads Guilty to Over a Decade of Racketeering
    Wed, 28 Jul 2010 15:33:41 -0500

    Michael Forde, the former Executive Secretary-Treasurer of the District Council of New York City and Vicinity (the "District Council") of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners (the "Carpenters Union") and Chairman of the District Council benefit funds, pleaded guilty in Manhattan federal court to participating in a 15-year racketeering scheme.

  34. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Breaking News:

    In 12 Days Larry Murphy will be released from an Irish Prison, this article is not written in order to single out Larry Murphy, but rather to highlight the failings in the Criminal Justice System, failings put in place by weak and self serving politicians such as John O'Donoghue TD. Larry Murphy will strike again of that I have absolutely no doubt, Larry has had a lot of thinking time and this time there will be no stumbling and fumbling, the pure frustration of getting caught the last time will ensure that Larry will this time leave his name etched in the history books. Will any of the self serving politicians who have spent fortunes of tax payers money on their lavish life styles, yet have failed to provide a small portion of that sum to ensure rehabilitative care for those like Larry Murphy who could have been stopped, take responsibility when Larry strikes again, the simple answer is No, they wont.



    There has been much speculation in sections of the Irish media recently that suggests that when suspected serial killer Larry Murphy is released from jail (11th August 2010) having served 15 years for the rape and attempted murder of a young women he will be obliged to tell the Gardai (Irish Police) where he is living at all times. There is also speculation that the nation's women need not be concerned about Murphy's release as he will be under constant Garda supervision and surveillance. Many Irish Serial killers such as those facilitated within the 'republican' movement were under 24/7 surveillance yet they were able to murder at will.


    However, Larry Murphy will not be required to give his details to Gardai and he most certainly won’t be under 24/7 surveillance by a team of up to 12 detectives, as suggested by some ill-informed sources.

    Background: Larry Murphy is a carpenter by trade and by all accounts very good at his trade even while in prison where he under took further courses and classes in carpentry. Before being caught trying to suffocate a young woman with a plastic bag in the Wicklow Mountains in 2000 Larry Murphy appeared to all who knew him as a happily married man with a young family. However, Larry Murphy's double life was exposed in 2000 when he was witnessed by two huntsmen in the Wicklow Mountains as he tried to suffocate a young business woman from Carlow whom he had just kidnapped and repeatedly raped.


    Murphy was duly arrested by Gardai and remanded to Cloverhill Prison to await his trial. While in Cloverhill Remand Prison in Clondalkin in Dublin Larry Murphy quickly made friends in the prisons E-Wing which is a protection wing for those people who do not wish to be in the general prison population due to concerns for their own safety, although Murphy would just as easily fitted in with the general population as so many of them view the rape of women as a normal part of their criminal and drug infested culture. As Larry Murphy walked around the small yard of Cloverhill's E-Wing with fellow sex offenders he had few words, although when pushed he would say that his only regret was that he had been caught. He was able to swap stories with Noel Cawley who had been charged with the unlawful imprisonment and rape of a young woman (Noel Cawley is now serving a sentence for the manslaughter of an old age pensioner in Westmeath last year) and so on.

    Eventually Larry Murphy was sentenced to 15 years for the kidnap, repeated rape and attempted murder of the young business woman he had taken into the Wicklow Mountains. People who knew Larry Murphy including a close friend who was at that time a serving prison officer were shocked and stunned by the details of Larry Murphy's double life. Murphy had fooled many and had it not been for the two huntsmen on the night of his capture, Larry Murphy's reign would have continued. Since Larry Murphy was convicted in 2000 he has been questioned on a number of occasions about the disappearance of a number of young women in the Leinster area on various dates in the 1993 to 1998 periods. It is said that Larry Murphy has refused to co-operate with Gardai in relation to their investigations into the disappearance of these women.



    This writer has no idea whether Larry Murphy did or did not have anything to do with these disappearances of young women, yet this writer does know that when Larry Murphy is released he will be able to roam free without legal obligation.



    Why Larry Murphy will be able to roam free?


    In 2001, the Sex Offenders Act was introduced; this Act had been in the pipe line for a number of years as Ireland tried to deal with the ever evolving extent of sexual crime in Ireland. As we now know this Act was delayed and then diminished in order to facilitate those within the Catholic Church who had raped children. It is clear now from both the Ryan and Murphy Reports that there was serious collusion at the highest levels in Ireland to protect religious child rapists. Indeed following the revelations about Father Brendan Smyth in the early 1990s the Government of the day moved quickly to reduce the sentence for sexual assault from 10 years to 5 years, this sentence was increased in the Sex Offenders Act 2001, after many ‘religious’ rapists had been given what appeared to be soft/token sentences.


    When the 2001 Act was introduced by the then Minister for Justice, John O Donoghue TD, it was heralded by many ill-informed groups and individuals as a major step forward in the fight against sexual crime, in fact following the introduction of the 2001 Act sexual crime has continued to increase in every facet of its existence. While John O Donoghue had been warned by the Attorney Generals office not to introduce the 2001 Act in its form at that time, O Donoghue dancing to the tune of his cheer leaders (lurid tabloids) introduced the Sex Offenders Act 2001. Under the terms of the 2001 Act a person in jail at the time of its enactment or later convicted would be under an obligation to notify the Gardai within seven days of their release from prison the address at which they intend to live.


    However, the Act also makes it legal to tell the Gardai that you live at NO FIXED ABODE, many sex offenders released since 2001 have used this loophole and some like Patrick (Paddy) O Driscol was able to roam freely among the people of Cork until he eventually struck again and smashed a young woman's head in with a brick before raping her for over an hour. On the night in question Paddy O Driscol was in the company of another convicted rapist (who had no part in this latest rape) Patrick Moorehouse (O Driscol and Moorehouse had meet while serving sentences for rape in Wheatfield Prison). Paddy O Driscol is now serving 18 years for his latest rape. This ‘no fixed abode’ clause runs contrary to international standards of good practice when managing high risk offenders. In Northern Ireland for example, such offenders must take up a place in a half way house upon their release from prison if they have no permanent address of their own.



    Upon Release Larry Murphy will be able to tell Gardai that he has no fixed abode and he will be able to roam the country as he feels fit. The Gardai have neither the man power nor the financial resource to follow Larry Murphy indefinitely, however, it is the introduction of an ill-considered 2001 Sex Offenders Act that will let Larry Murphy of the leash.


    Notes of Importance: There are presently 1,100 persons on the sex offenders register in Ireland including both men and women, up to 15% of these persons have given no fixed abode as their address, others have left the country (Patrick Barr, Patrick O Riordan), it is further clear from the Ryan and Murphy reports and the recent scandal surrounding the family of Sinn Fein President, Gerry Adams that there are many thousands of sex offenders in Ireland who have never and will probably never see the inside of a court house. The reasons why so many known and confirmed sex offenders are not prosecuted are complex, however, the lack of political will and the introduction of ill-considered legislation are two of the main contributory factors in this regard.


    Many Government Ministers spend much of their time trying to please the lurid tabloids, a tabloid industry that makes its bread and butter from exploiting men, women and children through their advertised perverted sex chat lines and sexual imagery. These same tabloids help normalise and facilitate sexual deviance and this is why they are the biggest selling media in the sex offender’s wings of Ireland’s Prisons. The reality is of course that the vast majority of people who read the tabloids don’t even vote, yet due to the contrived ‘moral panics’ created by the lurid tabloids weak Government Minister’s feel the need to go on bended knee to their banner headlines. We then have the perverse situation where the lurid tabloids are in effect dictating social policy, while the voting public are left to pick up the pieces.


    In 2005, the Editor, Ger Colleran, of The Irish Star (tabloid) paid 400 Euro to a sex offender who had just been released from prison. The released sex offender had asked a friend to take some pictures of him as he walked in O Connell Street, the released sex offender then sold his own pictures to the Star for 400 Euro, and the following day the Star published the pictures stating that their photographer had taken the pics. What Colleran did not know was that when the Star was handing over the money for the pics, the released sex offender had someone taking pics of the transaction. Yet Colleran and other similar hypocrites are given regular platforms on RTE and other media as a man set upon high moral ground.



    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=395N1qf7K9Q


    The lyrics and music for this song were written by The Irish Observer and this song is performed by The Irish Observer.

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Kicking off this morning with the theme song from the A Team - FOOOOOL - got to love Mr T - First this weeks top stories from the FBI -

    FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending July 30, 2010

    Los Angeles: Goleta Man Indicted in Connection with Murder-for-Hire Plot Targeting Bel Air Resident and Others

    A Goleta resident, Eugene Temkin, was charged and arrested at his residence without incident. At that time, a criminal complaint was filed outlining the scheme by Temkin to hire a third party to murder his former business partner, the man’s wife and the man’s business partner. Full Story

    Charlotte: MS-13 Gang Member Sentenced to Death After Conviction on Racketeering Charges Related to Double Murders

    Alejandro Umana was sentenced to the death penalty on murder charges for the deaths of Ruben and Manuel Salinas. He is the first MS-13 member in the country to receive the death penalty. Full Story

    Honolulu: Founding Member of Abu Sayyaf Group Pleads Guilty to 1995 Hostage Taking Involving U.S. and Philippine Citizens

    Madhatta Haipe, a citizen of the Philippines and founding member of Al-Harakat Al-Islamiyyah, also known as the Abu Sayyaf Group (ASG), pled guilty to four counts of hostage taking in connection with the 1995 abduction of 16 people, including four U.S. citizens, in the Philippines. Full Story

    FBI Headquarters: FBI, Slovenian and Spanish Police Arrests Mariposa Botnet Creator, Operators

    The FBI, in partnership with the Slovenian Criminal Police and the Spanish Guardia Civil, announced significant developments in a two-year investigation of the creator and operators of the Mariposa Botnet. Full Story

    Birmingham: Former Jefferson County Commissioner Gary White Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison

    Former Jefferson County Commissioner Gary White was sentenced to 10 years in prison on 2008 convictions for accepting bribes from a sewer contractor whose company had about $50 million in contracts with the county. Full Story

    Washington Field: Drug Kingpin Sentenced to Life Imprisonment Co-Conspirator Sentenced to 10 Years

    Lonnell Glover was sentenced to life in prison for his role as leader of a Phencyclidine (PCP) and heroin distribution organization in the District of Columbia and Maryland. He is also required to forfeit $1,050,000 as proceeds from his drug conspiracy. Full Story

    Sacramento: Sacramento Man Ordered to Pay Victims and Government Responders for Costs Related to Anthrax Hoax

    Marc M. Keyser was ordered to pay nearly $7,000 in costs that various victims and government agencies incurred in response to Keyser’s fake anthrax mailings in October 2008. He was sentenced to prison in April, but deferred determination of the amount of restitution to be paid back. Full Story

    Houston: Former Manager of Local Medical Group Sentenced to Prison for Tax Evasion

    A former office manager for a local medical group was sentenced to 24 months in prison, followed by a three year term of supervised release for tax evasion. The individual failed to pay taxes on approximately $1 million embezzled from the employer, and ordered to pay $297,855 in back taxes. Full Story

    New York: Former Fugitive in Multi-Million-Dollar New Square Fraud Scheme Sentenced in Manhattan Federal Court to 27 Months in Prison

    Avrum Friesel was sentenced to 27 months in prison for his participation in a long-running scheme to defraud millions of dollars from a number of federal and state programs. Friesel fled from the United States in 1997, was arrested in 2008 and extradited to the United States in August 2009, over 12 years after he was initially charged. Full Story

    Seattle: Entertainment Club Corporations and Associates Sentenced for RICO Conspiracy and Prostitution Related Charges

    Three associates and co-owners of the Colacurcio strip clubs were sentenced for conspiracy to commit RICO – Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations. The men, and the corporations they formed, are forfeiting more than $7.5 million in property. The clubs closed in May 2010. Full Story

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    heres U2 ....yea Rockin smile

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Thanks for calling in - this evening we are live from Chelsea Clintons wedding and listening to the Wedding Singer - great gig Bill smile

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago
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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    listening to David Gray and his White Leather album - easy - like a Monday morning smile have a good day smile

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago
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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago
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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    People are in a state of fear in part of our wee country as a suspected serial killer is about to be released:

    http://hubpages.com/hub/Why-Suspected-S … In-Ireland

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Good morning from the mid-Atlantic we are taking it real easy this wet but warm Friday morning...its 8.43am and we are listening to Smokey Joe Robinson......... smile

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Breaking News:

    FBI’s Top Ten News Stories for the Week Ending August 6, 2010

    Minneapolis/Mobile/San Diego: Fourteen Charged with Providing Material Support to Somalia-Based Terrorist Organization al Shabaab

    Four separate indictments were unsealed charging 14 individuals with terrorism violations for providing money, personnel, and services to the foreign terrorist organization al Shabaab. Full Story

    Chicago: Chicago Man Arrested for Attempting to Provide Material Support to a Terrorist Organization

    Shaker Masri was arrested by members of the Chicago Joint Terrorism Task Force. Masri was charged in a criminal complaint with one count each of attempting to provide material support to a designated terrorist organization (al Shabaab) and attempting to provide material support through the use of a weapon of mass destruction. Full Story

    Multiple Field Offices: Department of Justice Releases First National Strategy for Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction

    The National Strategy to Combat Child Exploitation Prevention and Interdiction was announced. It provides a comprehensive threat assessment of the dangers facing children from child pornography, online enticement, child sex tourism, commercial sexual exploitation and sexual exploitation in Indian Country. Full Story

    New York: American and Guyanese Citizens Convicted of Conspiracy to Launch Attack at JFK Airport

    Russell Defreitas and Abdul Kadir were convicted of conspiring to attack John F. Kennedy International Airport by exploding fuel tanks and the fuel pipeline under the airport. Full Story

    Tampa: Bradenton Bomb Maker Pleads Guilty to Murder-for-Hire Charge

    John Nicholas pled guilty to one count of use of interstate commerce facilities in the commission of murder-for-hire. The case stemmed from a tip received by the Joint Terrorism Task Force that Coors was involved in making explosive devices. He faces a maximum penalty of 10 years in prison. Full Story

    New Orleans: Ten-Count Federal Indictment for Carjacking - Murder, Witness Tampering Resulting in Murder, and Gun Violations Unsealed

    A 10-count indictment against Steven Earl Hardrick was unsealed this week. If convicted, Hardrick faces maximum penalties of life in prison or the death penalty. Full Story

    Cincinnati: Six Charged with Crimes Including Operating a Continuing Criminal Enterprise, Conspiracy, Drug Trafficking, and Fraud in Connection with Waverly "Pill Mill"

    A federal grand jury charged six individuals in connection with the operation of a fraudulent pain management clinic, Ohio Medical and Pain Management, LLC. Full Story

    San Francisco: Blackhawk Resident Sentenced to 15 Years in Prison for Investment Fraud Scheme

    A Blackhawk resident was sentenced to 15 years in prison for conspiracy to commit wire fraud and conspiracy to commit money laundering. He was also sentenced to serve three years of supervised release following his prison term and ordered to pay restitution. Full Story

    Norfolk: The Last Indicted Bounty Hunter Gang Member Pleads Guilty

    James Martin Harris pled guilty to one count of racketeering and one count of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a crime of violence. Harris will be sentenced on November 9, 2010 and faces a maximum penalty of life in prison. Full Story

    Kansas City: Former Wichita Municipal Court Worker Pleads Guilty to Falsifying Bail Bond Records

    A Wichita Municipal Court collections officer pled guilty to changing computerized court records so that bondsmen wouldn’t have to pay bond forfeitures. Full Story

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    5 days until suspected serial killer is free -

    http://hubpages.com/hub/Why-Suspected-S … In-Ireland

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    For God's sake turn that bloody hoover off........are we off air?......sorry folks I thought we were off air......

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    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Dont Like Mondays by the Boom Town Rats....eazzy..... smile

  48. Teresa McGurk profile image59
    Teresa McGurkposted 14 years ago

    Hi, this is Teresa from Lady's Island. Can you play "Man of the World" by the original Fleetwood Mac?  Thanks. . . and I'd like to dedicate it to Peter Green, too, if that's all right?
    T.

  49. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Teresa - that is on the turn tables right now and a big hello to Peter..... smile

  50. theirishobserver. profile image60
    theirishobserver.posted 14 years ago

    Suspected Serial Killer had this morning been freed from Prison in Ireland......

    http://hubpages.com/hub/Why-Suspected-S … In-Ireland

 
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