If Roger Ailes does it, it isn't a scandal

"Imagine waking up to this breaking news alert: "In spring 2011, Phil Griffin, president of MSNBC, advised Sec. of State Hillary Clinton to abandon her plans for life outside the public sector and run for president against Barack Obama in 2012."

The next breaking news alert you'd be likely to receive is this one: "Phil Griffin, president of MSNBC, to step down."

That would likely be true if it were the president of CNN, ABC, NBC, CBS, NPR, The New York Times or any other news organization. But Roger Ailes, the president of Fox News, makes his own rules. Last night, The Washington Post's Bob Woodward reported that in spring 2011, Ailes tried to enlist then-Gen. David Petraeus to run for president. Yet since news broke, Ailes has received no substantial criticism and the reputation of Fox News remains intact."

Roger "I'm not in politics any more" Ailes

Bob Woodward, David Petraeus, Roger Ailes, and hidden agendas

"Now, Woodward has revealed that Ailes approached Petraeus in 2011. But when did Woodward become aware of this? After the 2012 election? That's not clear from his article.

It makes me wonder if there's more to this than meets the eye. Because when Woodward is at the centre of a surprising revelation, I've become accustomed to suspecting that someone in the backrooms, including the CIA backrooms, has a reason for bringing it to the public's attention."

Mark Sanford Mulls Second Act in South Carolina

Don’t rule it out. In an interview, the former South Carolina governor said he’d been by bombarded Thursday by calls and emails from former donors and allies encouraging him to consider a run in the 2014 election for Mr. DeMint’s seat. And, guess what? He’s not dismissing the idea.

“It’s not a ‘no,’ but it’s not a ‘yes,’ ” Mr. Sanford said.

The “love guv” is best known nationally for the embarrassing disclosure in 2009 of an extramarital affair, after he was intercepted at the airport flying back from Argentina – after aides had claimed he was hiking the Appalachian Trail.

Mark Sanford, the "Love Guv"

On Fox, Journalist Tom Ricks Accuses The Network Of Operating As A Wing Of The Republican Party Ricks Rips Fox's Overblown Coverage Of The Benghazi Attack

National security journalist Tom Ricks appeared on Fox News to blast the network's incessant coverage of the attack on the U.S. diplomatic compound in Benghazi, Libya. After saying that "Benghazi was hyped, by this network especially," Ricks went on to say that "the emphasis on Benghazi has been extremely political, partly because Fox was operating as a wing of the Republican Party."

Thomas Edwin 'Tom' Ricks

Can Fox Still Hand-Pick a President?

Fox News chief Roger Ailes is seen in the popular imagination as a genius in two ways: He promotes the conservative cause, and he creates amazing television. But in the last few years, it seems his first goal has become entangled with his second. Ailes asked David Petraeus to run for president in early 2011, The Washington Post's Bob Woodward reports today, and advised him through an intermediary to turn down an offer he expected from President Obama to be director of the CIA. Fox correspondent Kathleen McFarland told Petraeus at the end of a 90-minute interview in Afghanistan that Ailes might resign from Fox to run Petraeus's presidential campaign, and News Corp. head Rupert Murdoch would "bankroll" it. Petraeus took the CIA post instead. By pushing for Petraeus, it seems Ailes was after a candidate with more centrist appeal. Of course, Fox did no favors to the eventual Republican candidate, Mitt Romney, in his struggle to appeal to the center. It's all a fascinating look into how Ailes doesn't just reflect so much as try to shape the Republican Party. But the question remains: Does Fox's behind-the-scenes political power actually work?

Roger "I'm no longer in politics" Ailes with Bill O'Reilly, proponent of the
pseudo-controversy "The War on Christmas."

Roger Ailes uses 'fair and balanced' Fox for a political pitch

Just a little more than a week ago, military affairs journalist Tom Ricks outraged the right-wing faithful by saying that Fox News Channel obsessed on the terrorist attack on Benghazi, Libya, in part because the station “was operating as a wing of the Republican Party.”

Roger Ailes

 Former CIA Director David Petraeus and his biographer, Paula Broadwell.

Oh the rudeness! The gall! The sheer outrage it took for one of America’s most honored reporters on military affairs to suggest, while a guest on Fox News, that Fox News was not quite on the up-and-up.

Decatur police arrest 2 more suspects in Krystal double murder

Decatur police arrested two more suspects in the armed robbery and double murder at Krystal Wednesday morning. Police said a total of three suspects, all employees of the restaurant, were involved.

The suspects in the August 2011 Krystal murders, Jordaan Creque, left, Ezekiel Gholston and Cassandra Eldred are escorted to the Morgan County Courthouse by deputies Wednesday afternoon for their arraignments on capital murder charges in the August 2011 slayings of Jeffrey Mark Graff, 50, of Huntsville and Jessie Aguilar, 23, of Decatur at the Sixth Avenue Krystal.

The restaurant reopens after the armed robbery and murders.

Petraeus affair rattles US intelligence elite

The CIA, the FBI and the White House are all facing questions in the wake of the resignation of CIA director David Petraeus over an extra-marital affair, as details emerge of how it was uncovered

 David Petraeus resigned after his affair with Paula Broadwell (pictured) was uncovered (ABC News)

General Petraeus has been married to Holly Petraeus for 37 years. (AFP: Win McNamee)

Ukrainian Model Has Supposedly Barbified Herself Through Plastic Surgery

"I want to tentatively promise — tentatively because no doubt some of you could have already perused some weird internet stuff this morning — that this video, if you haven't jumped the gun and watched it already, might be the weirdest thing you see all day. It chronicles, using gloriously bizarre Sims animation, the many supposed surgeries that 21-year-old Ukrainian model, musician, and astroplanner Valeria Lukyanova has undergone to turn herself into a living, breathing Barbie."

Police Identify Toddlers Killed In School Bus Crash

Kentucky State Police have identified the two preschoolers killed in a Head Start school bus crash in Carroll County on Monday.  Four other children were injured in the crash.

Police say three year old Ryder Deitz and three year old Caroline Tuttle, both of Carrollton, where killed when the bus rolled over and smashed into a tree on Boone Road around 4:30 p.m. Monday. According to investigators the bus left the roadway for some reason and quickly came back but partially flipped onto its side and slammed into a tree. 

The Kentucky State Police were back on the scene today to go through the bus to look for evidence.

Prosecutors file charges in Ridgeway case

A teenager who prosecutors say confessed to killing a 10-year-old Westminster girl and attacking a runner has been charged as an adult.
    
Prosecutors filed 17 counts against Austin Sigg on Tuesday.

Judge denies theater shooting victims' request

A judge is refusing to let some victims of the theater shooting in Aurora see sealed court documents in the case against the suspect.
    
The judge on Tuesday denied their request to see arrest warrant and search warrant affidavits, an inventory of what was found after the search warrant was executed, and disclosure of transcripts of 911 calls related to the shooting.
    
The documents are covered under the judge's gag order in the case.

Grenade Found Near Hoover Reservoir

WTTE FOX 28 - Columbus News :: News - Top Stories - Grenade Found Near Hoover Reservoir

Police found what they say is a grenade on Smothers Road at Hoover Reservoir.

It happened Monday morning, and crews had to close the road.

The bomb squad was called in to handle the situation.

No word on where the grenade actually came from or whether or not it was dangerous.

Search Underway For Man Missing From Correctional Facility

Crews are searching for a man who walked away from the Community Based Correctional Facility on Alum Creek Dr. Monday evening.

Mom of 16, charged with battery, opts for pretrial program

Angel Adams, who gained local notice when her story of living in a single motel room with 12 of her children came to light, has agreed to enter a pretrial intervention program rather than face charges of battering a law enforcement officer and resisting arrest.

There was no testimony in court Monday morning after Adams agreed to the intervention program. The program is a common option for first-time offenders.

Adams, 39, was 8½ months pregnant with her 16th child during the May incident, in which police accused one of Adams' sons of throwing rocks in the neighborhood.

Body of 11-year-old student found in Riverview

Deputies searched on horseback, with police dogs and from helicopters. Teachers and janitors opened lockers and peered into every closet at Rodgers Middle School.

They all were looking for a 5-foot, 90-pound girl with Down syndrome and black pigtails who walked out of a crowded school gym and disappeared.

Less than six hours later, they found the body of Jennifer Caballero in a pond near campus.

Colorado Springs Police say arrests may be made after a neighborhood dispute between in the area of 1500 South Corona Avenue.

Colorado Springs Police say arrests may be made after a neighborhood dispute between in the area of 1500 South Corona Avenue.

Part of grenade found in Springs neighborhood

Colorado Springs Police tell KRDO NewsChannel 13 that the bomb squad was called to the 400 block of South Hancock Avenue as a precaution after the top half of a grenade was found.

The grenade part posed no threats, police said.  Officials searched the area and found nothing dangerous.

Local man implicated in counterfeit air bag ring expected to plead guilty

Fake airbag investigation

Federal court documents show the local man implicated in an international counterfeit air bag ring is expected to plead guilty.

Igor Borodin is accused of buying and selling more than 7,000 counterfeit air bags. Federal agents raided his Indian Trail home in August. 

Borodin has been behind bars since his arrest following that raid.

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NOPD: Mother confessed to drowning one child, shooting another

Police booked the mother of a 3-year-old boy and 4-year-old girl found dead Wednesday night in a bathtub in Gert Town after they say the mother confessed to killing the children.

Apartment building where the children were found in the 3300 block of Audubon Court (photo by Jessica Holly)

Police booked Chelsea Thornton, 23, with two counts of first-degree murder.

Investigators said Thornton admitted to shooting her son and drowning her daughter.  The coroner's office identified the victims as Kendall Adams and Kelsey Adams.

Grandmother charged in connection with toddler's death

Grandmother charged in connection with toddler's death

The grandmother of the toddler who died Wednesday afternoon after being run over by an SUV, has been charged in connection with the incident.

Investigators said 52-year-old Rebecca Jane Elrod of Mt. Olive Road in Albertville, was driving the Ford Explorer when she ran over 2-year-old Brayden Lucas Daniel at 3:29 p.m. on Diane Avenue. Elrod was under the influence of prescription medication at the time of the accident, according to investigators.

WHEEL OF JUSTICE: Allee Toles

WTTE FOX 28 - Columbus News :: News - Top Stories - WHEEL OF JUSTICE: Allee Toles

The Wheel of Justice has landed on a fugitive who's a no show in court.

Allee Toles, 33, is accused of forgery, and has been on the run since February 2011, when he failed to appear in front of a judge.

Toles is 5'10", 200 lbs, and has brown eyes and black hair.

Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at 614-461-TIPS

Stockton woman found guilty of murder in boy's hit and run death

A Stockton woman charged with murder for driving her car into a 3-year-old boy during an argument with another woman was found guilty by a Stockton jury Wednesday afternoon.

 Aushua McDuff-Brown, 23, was convicted of second-degree murder with an enhancement for use of a deadly weapon (her car) in the Oct. 3, 2011 death of Ruben Ramirez. Jurors also found her guilty of hit and run resulting in death and the attempted murder of Shakara Daan, the woman she was fighting with and her intended target, according to the prosecution.

Officers indicted on corruption charges; 6 arrested

FBI walks six men into Federal Court on Tuesday

Six men, including four local law enforcement officers, were indicted on major corruption charges Wednesday in Gaston County.

The six men are accused of helping transport thousands of dollars in stolen goods and cash across the county.  Three of the men work with the Cherryville Police Department while one is a sheriff's deputy with the Gaston County Sheriff's Office.

Police in Cherryville took bribes, helped transport stolen goods and extorted money in a multi-state operation that raked in at least $750,000, according to federal indictments unsealed Wednesday.

FBI-NYPD task force foils Federal Reserve bomb plot

Federal agents Wednesday arrested a 21-year-old Bangladeshi man in Manhattan who authorities said planned to detonate what he thought was a massive bomb outside the New York Federal Reserve Bank building.

The man, who was identified as Quazi Mohammad Reswanul Ahsan Nafis, claimed to have ties to Al Qaeda and was in New York trying to recruit people, according to a complaint.

Quazi Mohammad Reswanul Ahsan Nafis

In voter registration fraud case, it's not Mickey Mouse you have to worry about

The obviously fraudulent applications filed by a vendor hired by the Republican Party of Florida have gained wide attention in a case that's now being investigated by law enforcement.

The dead woman registered to vote in Santa Rosa County. Phony addresses in Palm Beach County for voters that lead to a gas station, a Land Rover dealership and the Port Everglades administration office.

But it's not blatant fraud like this that has elections experts worried about possible voting mayhem come November. Rather, it's the re-registration of voters, where personal information such as someone's party affiliation, signature or address could have been changed without the person's knowledge.

3-year-old, 4-year-old found dead in bathtub

The New Orleans Police Department says that a 3-year-old and a 4-year-old were found dead Wednesday night in a bathtub in Gert Town.

The children were found after 6 p.m. in the 3300 block of Audubon Court.

The deaths, according to police, are currently unclassified, and there's no word of any charges filed in this case.

Neigh way! Man busted for having sex with a horse...twice, deputies say

Whoa! What's going on?

This is the second time Patrick Louis Linn has been busted for sneaking into a neighbor's barn and having sex with a horse, reports WCTV CBS News-6 in Tallahassee.

A sure sign of the misdeed was when the wife of the horse's owner reportedly saw some lubricant on the stall door.

Report: Florida Keys Sheriff's daughter accused of fraud

Allison Marie Peryam, 26,  the Monroe County sheriff's daughter is accused from stealing from The Home Depot in Key West, where she had been employed, reports The Florida Keys News.

A loss prevention manager told cops  that Peryam had printed copies of customers' receipt after their purchases, then conducted return transactions with those receipts worth $348 before pocketing the money, according to the report.

Poll finds support for same-sex marriage, but not gambling

Five weeks before the election, a measure to legalize same-sex marriagelegalize same-sex marriage in Maryland has seen a surge of support and is now favored by likely voters, 49 percent to 39 percent, a new Baltimore Sun poll has found.

But at this stage, most voters are opposed to the gambling expansion law, according to the poll. And the electorate is conflicted about a measure to give illegal immigrants more access to higher education, with similar percentages supporting the law and opposing it.

East Baltimore death in police custody ruled a homicide

The state medical examiner has determined that an East Baltimore man's death in police custody last month was a homicide caused by blunt force trauma, according to police, an account that contrasts with earlier assertions that he died from choking on drugs.

Police have said that Anthony Anderson, 46, suffered at least one broken rib, and the autopsy found that his spleen was ruptured, chief spokesman Anthony Guglielmi confirmed.

The significance of a homicide finding remains unclear; by definition, a homicide means the death was caused by another person, though it does not speak to intent, or whether the death was an accident. Police and prosecutors are still investigating the circumstances to determine whether officers acted improperly during the arrest.

Springfield powerbroker William Cellini was sentenced to a year and day in prison today for his role in corruption tied to imprisoned former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich.

Cellini, 77, a longtime Republican lobbyist and fundraiser, had operated for years in the shadows of Illinois government, cozying up to politicians in both parties to build formidable clout before he was taken down in the scandal-plagued Rod Blagojevich administration.