Latest news:-The questions that’s been bugging everyone in the united states, What Time is the Health Care Vote? When will the Results of the Health Care Vote launch? I don’t know and I think no one can truly knows precisely when the results is going to be launched, we will just settle for the next best thing. We’ve got been scouring the net for information regarding today’s Health Care Vote and we can do just a little compilation. This could shed some light as to the outcome of today’s Health Care Vote.
Below are the unofficial results of the Health Care Vote. These were compiled using news articles from other news sites.
Votes announced earlier today, the votes may not come from votes that will actually be counted but it’s nice to see how they view the Health Care Reform Bill. (unverified)
Rep. Dennis Cardoza still remains UNDECIDED
Rep. Joe Donnelly switches from his “Yes” vote to NO
Rep. Dennis Kucinich from No to “YES”
Rep. Eliot Engel says YES
Rep. Mike Shuler is UNDECIDED
Rep. Charlie Wilson also UNDECIDED
Rep. Betty Sutton undecided but leaning on a YES
John Tanner – NO
Bart Gordon -NO
Brian Baird – NO
Vice President Biden an obvious YES
Rep. Luis Gutierrez says “YES”
Rep. Mark Schauer still “YES”
White House Press Secretary Robert Gibbs, Conform he still in “Yes” positions.Read more....
Sunday, March 21, 2010
Manchester United VS Liverpool live
Latest News:- United Vs Liverpool highlights of EPL football from Old Trafford, Manchester on 21-03-10, Kick-Off 13:30 UK Time. Watch free online live streaming of this English Premier League football match. Also you can watch highlights and goals video which will be available after the live action. So enjoy this exciting match between Man Utd and Liverpool.
Liverpool and Manchester United both had great results in Europe in the recent week. Man Utd demolished Italian Serie A giants AC Milan in both legs of the knock-out fixture. While Liverpool came from a goal down in the first leg to beat the French opposition comfortably 3-0 in the return leg at Anfield, which ensured their place in the quarter finals of the Europa League football competition...Source...
Liverpool and Manchester United both had great results in Europe in the recent week. Man Utd demolished Italian Serie A giants AC Milan in both legs of the knock-out fixture. While Liverpool came from a goal down in the first leg to beat the French opposition comfortably 3-0 in the return leg at Anfield, which ensured their place in the quarter finals of the Europa League football competition...Source...
Bristol Motor Speedway
Latest news:-I’m real proud of Justin. He ran a good hard race. He had the opportunity on the last restart to use me up and he did. That’s cool because I wrecked him here last year, so I had one coming (smiles). He’s been running great and I’m really happy for his team and for Roger Penske.
A great effort for our Nationwide Series team. I hope everyone back home is really proud of that one at Penske Racing. I’m glad to have another solid finish with the Discount Tire/Ruby Tuesday Dodge. This gets us right to where we need to be in points. I’m sure we’re closing in on the point lead. I feel really good about our effort and feel really good on how we’re running. I’m real proud of this team.”Read More....
A great effort for our Nationwide Series team. I hope everyone back home is really proud of that one at Penske Racing. I’m glad to have another solid finish with the Discount Tire/Ruby Tuesday Dodge. This gets us right to where we need to be in points. I’m sure we’re closing in on the point lead. I feel really good about our effort and feel really good on how we’re running. I’m real proud of this team.”Read More....
Los Angeles Marathon
Latest update news:-While Sunday morning marks the Annual Los Angeles Marathon there is also usually Bike Tour. Traditionally the Bike tour is held the same morning as the runner’s marathon. Unfortunately this year the Bike Tour will not be held the same day as the marathon. It has been postponed you can get to the official bike tour page for updatesWhile Sunday morning marks the Annual Los Angeles Marathon there is also usually Bike Tour. Traditionally the Bike tour is held the same morning as the runner’s marathon. Unfortunately this year the Bike Tour will not be held the same day as the marathon. It has been postponed you can get to the official bike tour page for updates.Read More....
Ncaa Hockey Tournament 2010
Miami University came thisclose to capturing its first NCAA hockey championship last April at the Frozen Four in Washington, D.C. But the RedHawks couldn't hold on to a 3-1 lead in the final minute of the third period and lost in overtime and in heartbreak fashion to Boston University.
Enrico Blasi's club responded this season with the nation's most consistent performance and now Miami (27-7-7) has a chance to make another run at next month's Frozen Four and an elusive national title. This will mark the RedHawks' fifth consecutive and eighth overall NCAA appearance.
When the pairings for the 2010 NCAA men's hockey tournament were announced on ESPN2 Sunday morning, the No. 1 seeds went to -- in order -- Miami University (Midwest), Denver (East), Wisconsin (West) and Boston College (Northeast).
2009 NCAA Hockey Tournament Results Scores
Midwest (Ft. Wayne)
1 Miami vs. 4 Alabama-Huntsville
2 Bemidji St. vs. 3 Michigan
Northeast (Worcester)
1 Bsoton College vs. 4 Alaska
2 North Dakota vs. 3 Yale
West (St. Paul)
1 Wisconsin vs. 4 Vermont
2 St. Cloud St. vs. 3 N. Michigan
East (Albany)
1 Denver vs. 4 RIT
2 Cornell vs. 3 New Hampshire
2010 Division I information.Read More....
Enrico Blasi's club responded this season with the nation's most consistent performance and now Miami (27-7-7) has a chance to make another run at next month's Frozen Four and an elusive national title. This will mark the RedHawks' fifth consecutive and eighth overall NCAA appearance.
When the pairings for the 2010 NCAA men's hockey tournament were announced on ESPN2 Sunday morning, the No. 1 seeds went to -- in order -- Miami University (Midwest), Denver (East), Wisconsin (West) and Boston College (Northeast).
2009 NCAA Hockey Tournament Results Scores
Midwest (Ft. Wayne)
1 Miami vs. 4 Alabama-Huntsville
2 Bemidji St. vs. 3 Michigan
Northeast (Worcester)
1 Bsoton College vs. 4 Alaska
2 North Dakota vs. 3 Yale
West (St. Paul)
1 Wisconsin vs. 4 Vermont
2 St. Cloud St. vs. 3 N. Michigan
East (Albany)
1 Denver vs. 4 RIT
2 Cornell vs. 3 New Hampshire
2010 Division I information.Read More....
La Marathon Road Closures
Latest Updates La Marathon Road Closures the Los Angeles Marathon goes to the sea, passing UCLA along the way. A few years back, when I lived on Crenshaw Blvd., I got tired of being under house arrest because of the marathon so I move to the west side. Looks like the marathon has a thing for me. Yet again, the LA Marathon will force me to be productive on Saturday and stay in (or out) on Sunday, watching out for road closures and bus route changes.
“Stadium to the Sea” – the 26 mile marathon from Dodgers Stadium to the Santa Monica Pier will pass by 24 Los Angeles landmarks, hitting Westwood along Santa Monica Blvd, Sepulveda, Sawtelle and Ohio, cutting through the Veteran’s Administration before getting on San Vicente for the last stretch.Read More....
“Stadium to the Sea” – the 26 mile marathon from Dodgers Stadium to the Santa Monica Pier will pass by 24 Los Angeles landmarks, hitting Westwood along Santa Monica Blvd, Sepulveda, Sawtelle and Ohio, cutting through the Veteran’s Administration before getting on San Vicente for the last stretch.Read More....
Margaret Moth
Latest Updates Margaret Moth is Coverage Cnn But the two articles and a video documentary clearly demonstrate that she was not a woman who would want to rest in peace, so I won't wish that for her. The CNN camerawoman died today in Rochester, MN, three years after she was diagnosed with colon cancer.
"She said she never aspired to be a photojournalist. Rather her path, she explained, was mostly driven by a love of history and her desire to see it unfold firsthand."
And so she did. As today's article says:
"Beyond her rich personality, which included deep optimism and kindness, she brought to her profession top-notch technical abilities, unmatched dedication and an approach to work that inspired others to push themselves.
Moth sought out, even demanded, assignments in conflict zones. She barely survived being shot in the face in Sarajevo in 1992, only to go back as soon as she was physically able.
Last September, I posted my recommendation for CNN's short documentary about Margaret Moth. I was surprised when it drew not just one but ten comments from former colleagues, friends, and strangers who wanted to send their good wishes to her, and to thank her for being such an inspiration in their own lives. A former war correspondent in Central America, a journalist in Nigeria, a survivor from Bosnia and Herzegovina, a friend from New Zealand, and more.
"Dying of cancer, I would have liked to think I'd have gone out with a bit more flair," she said with a laugh last spring during an interview with a CNN documentary crew that had traveled to Texas, where she was visiting friends. Read More...
"She said she never aspired to be a photojournalist. Rather her path, she explained, was mostly driven by a love of history and her desire to see it unfold firsthand."
And so she did. As today's article says:
"Beyond her rich personality, which included deep optimism and kindness, she brought to her profession top-notch technical abilities, unmatched dedication and an approach to work that inspired others to push themselves.
Moth sought out, even demanded, assignments in conflict zones. She barely survived being shot in the face in Sarajevo in 1992, only to go back as soon as she was physically able.
Last September, I posted my recommendation for CNN's short documentary about Margaret Moth. I was surprised when it drew not just one but ten comments from former colleagues, friends, and strangers who wanted to send their good wishes to her, and to thank her for being such an inspiration in their own lives. A former war correspondent in Central America, a journalist in Nigeria, a survivor from Bosnia and Herzegovina, a friend from New Zealand, and more.
"Dying of cancer, I would have liked to think I'd have gone out with a bit more flair," she said with a laugh last spring during an interview with a CNN documentary crew that had traveled to Texas, where she was visiting friends. Read More...
Ing Marathon Atlanta
Latest Updates:-Deep in the heart of winter, we must be eager to get outside. A press release yesterday from organizers of the ING Georgia Marathon and Half Marathon said race registration is 20 percent higher this year than it was at this time last year.
The March 21 races take 18,000 runners past Atlanta landmarks and through neighborhoods like the Old Fourth Ward, Inman Park, Decatur, Druid Hills, Virginia Highland and Midtown. (For those looking for a lighter race, the Publix 5K and Kids Fun Run is March 21 in Grant Park.)Read More.....
The March 21 races take 18,000 runners past Atlanta landmarks and through neighborhoods like the Old Fourth Ward, Inman Park, Decatur, Druid Hills, Virginia Highland and Midtown. (For those looking for a lighter race, the Publix 5K and Kids Fun Run is March 21 in Grant Park.)Read More.....
Iceland Volcano Eruption
The eruption is a small one,” said Agust Gunnar Gylfason, a risk analyst at the Civil Protection Department.
“An eruption in and close to this glacier can be dangerous due to possible flooding if the fissure forms under the glacier,” he said. “That is why we initiated our disaster response plan.”
A volcano has erupted in Iceland, authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland’s civil protection agency said Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
All flight traffic to and from Iceland has been stopped because of the volcanic eruption. About a thousand Icelandair passengers which were going to Europe this morning are now stranded in Iceland, according to mbl.is. These are flights to London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Oslo and Stockholm.
The last time the volcano erupted was in the 1820s.
Scientists can see lava flows in the half-mile long fissure, and authorities are watching for further activity.
Authorities evacuated some 450 people in the area 100 miles southeast of the capital, Reykjavik, as a precaution, said Vidir Reynisson, the department manager for the Icelandic Civil Protection Department.
Rash occurred next to the glacier Eyjafjallajökull, the fifth largest in Iceland. Las autoridades dijeron que la erupción estuvo por debajo del glaciar, lo que provocó temores de que podría dar lugar a inundaciones por deshielo de los glaciares, pero los científicos llevar a cabo un reconocimiento aéreo en la luz del día encuentra la erupción y dijo que no occur below ice.
“The eruption is small,” said Agust Gunnar Gylfason, an analyst of risk in the civil protection department.
“An eruption in and near this glacier can be dangerous due to flooding is possible if the shapes of crack in the glacier,” he said. “That’s why we started our disaster response plan.
The last time the volcano erupted was in the 1820s.
Iceland volcano eruption triggers fears for glacier. Iceland volcano. A volcano that has been dormant for almost 200 years has erupted in Iceland. Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in Iceland.
Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland’s civil protection agency said on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
Iceland is noted for subglacial and regional fissure eruptions related to the rifting process between the separating plates.
RUV also reported the airports in the capital Reykjavik, Keflavik and Akureyri were closed after the eruption, which occurred shortly after midnight on Sunday.
A volcano in the area of the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier last erupted in 1821 and 1823.Read More....
“An eruption in and close to this glacier can be dangerous due to possible flooding if the fissure forms under the glacier,” he said. “That is why we initiated our disaster response plan.”
A volcano has erupted in Iceland, authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland’s civil protection agency said Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
All flight traffic to and from Iceland has been stopped because of the volcanic eruption. About a thousand Icelandair passengers which were going to Europe this morning are now stranded in Iceland, according to mbl.is. These are flights to London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Oslo and Stockholm.
The last time the volcano erupted was in the 1820s.
Scientists can see lava flows in the half-mile long fissure, and authorities are watching for further activity.
Authorities evacuated some 450 people in the area 100 miles southeast of the capital, Reykjavik, as a precaution, said Vidir Reynisson, the department manager for the Icelandic Civil Protection Department.
Rash occurred next to the glacier Eyjafjallajökull, the fifth largest in Iceland. Las autoridades dijeron que la erupción estuvo por debajo del glaciar, lo que provocó temores de que podría dar lugar a inundaciones por deshielo de los glaciares, pero los científicos llevar a cabo un reconocimiento aéreo en la luz del día encuentra la erupción y dijo que no occur below ice.
“The eruption is small,” said Agust Gunnar Gylfason, an analyst of risk in the civil protection department.
“An eruption in and near this glacier can be dangerous due to flooding is possible if the shapes of crack in the glacier,” he said. “That’s why we started our disaster response plan.
The last time the volcano erupted was in the 1820s.
Iceland volcano eruption triggers fears for glacier. Iceland volcano. A volcano that has been dormant for almost 200 years has erupted in Iceland. Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in Iceland.
Authorities evacuated hundreds of people after a volcano erupted beside a glacier in southern Iceland, Iceland’s civil protection agency said on Sunday, but there were no immediate reports of damage or injuries.
Iceland is noted for subglacial and regional fissure eruptions related to the rifting process between the separating plates.
RUV also reported the airports in the capital Reykjavik, Keflavik and Akureyri were closed after the eruption, which occurred shortly after midnight on Sunday.
A volcano in the area of the Eyjafjallajoekull glacier last erupted in 1821 and 1823.Read More....
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
haiti earthquake update
Haiti and Earthquake Breaking news updates :- Haiti’s president ‘alive’ after massive quake: official, The Haitian capital has largely been destroyed in the most powerful earthquake to hit the country in more than 200 years.
Journalists from The Associated Press described severe and widespread casualties after a tour of streets where blood and bodies could be seen.
The damage is staggering even in a country accustomed to tragedy and disaster. The Associated Press reporters said the National Palace was a crumbled ruin and tens of thousands of people were homeless.
Read More:www.123breakingnews.com
Many gravely injured people sat in the street, pleading for doctors many hours after the quake. Thousands of people were singing hymns and holding hands in public squares.
The 7.0-magnitude quake struck at 4:53 p.m. Tuesday, leaving large numbers of people unaccounted for. The quake collapsed a hospital where people screamed for help and heavily damaged the National Palace, U.N. peacekeeper headquarters and other buildings.
United Nations officials said hours after the quake struck that they still couldn’t account for a large number of U.N. personnel.
Haiti’s President Rene Preval “is alive” after a massive earthquake that destroyed the presidential palace and other buildings in Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s ambassador to Mexico said.
“All I can confirm is that president and his wife are alive and well,” Ambassador Robert Manuel said.
“The situation is very serious,” he added at a press conference after meeting with Mexico’s Deputy Foreign Minister Salvador Beltran.
Alexis Cohen Death
American Idol contestant Alexis Cohen was found dead Saturday morning at around 4 a.m. in Seaside Heights, New Jersey.
Alexis Cohen was struck and killed by a car. Authorities also believes it to be a possible homicide,her body was 300 yards away from her car.
Ocean County prosecutors office believes Cohen might be a hit by a truck or a car.
She sustained “chest and abdominal injuries, along with a closed head injury “.
Mohel said medics took Cohen to Community Medical Center in Tom’s River, where she was pronounced dead at 6:35 a.m. “July 25
Playboy babes strip down naked for a raunchy cave bath
Los Angeles: The hot and saucy Playboy show ‘Girl Next Door’ just got hotter as playmates Holly Madison, Kendra Wilkinson and Bridget Marquardt striped naked for a raunchy bath in the caves.
According to the Sun, in the uncensored show, the girls would have water cascading down on them in the tropical-style setting, even as they will share cheeky glances, rubbing suds over their bare bodies.
The show that is aired at midnight will sure boast of a high TRP rating, considering the no holds bar bare all session from its sizzling playmates.Sad for Hefner, who was not present to watch the live shooting but then, hasn’t the mogul watched it hundred times before?Read More
Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Richard Ausley
The police photograph is chilling. In grainy black and white tones, it shows 13-year-old Martin Andrews sitting in a makeshift box, his leg chained. The look in his eyes is one of fear, fatigue and disbelief. He had just been rescued from a nightmare.
"I was abducted by a sexually violent predator by the name of Richard Ausley, who had been twice convicted for sexually assaulting young boys, and he had taken me for eight days," Andrews recalled of his ordeal 37 years ago this month. "I was left to die."
As a survivor of a sex crime, Andrews is one face of an issue the Supreme Court will revisit Tuesday: civil commitment, which allows the government to keep sex offenders in custody even after they have served their sentences. Twenty states have such laws, including Virginia, where Andrews was held captive and repeatedly assaulted.
CNN normally doesn't name victims of sex crimes, but Andrews, now a victims' advocate, agreed to tell his story.
On the other side of the debate is the first sex offender released from Virginia's civil commitment program, and one of just a handful nationwide.
"I served my time for what I did, and I didn't feel like I should be incarcerated again," said this man, who asked that his identity not be revealed for fear of retribution. "It was a scary thing to know that you could be committed to a mental institution for the rest of your life."
The man said mandatory therapy helped him, but he thinks that could have been initiated while he was in prison.
There is widespread disagreement on whether civil commitment is a Catch-22. In discussions of the effects of sex crimes, nothing is simple or dispassionate.
The practice of confinement in mental hospitals or treatment centers for those with severe mental illness has been around the United States since its founding. Around the turn of the 20th century, many laws dealing with sexual psychopaths were passed. Over the decades, the laws were repealed or rarely applied.
Then, in 1990, Washington state became the first to pass an innovative civil commitment law specifically for violent sex offenders. California, Wisconsin and New York, among others, later followed. Such "predator laws" focused on risk assessment and prevention of re-offending. It is a concept that the general public may not be aware exists.
Video: What to do with sex offenders?
The Supreme Court has upheld the use of such laws when the individual goal is rehabilitation, not further "punishment." But it has another, broader purpose.
"The primary goal is incapacitation, that is, protecting society from people who are predicted to be dangerous in the future," said Eric Janus, author of "Failure to Protect" and dean at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. "The second goal is to provide treatment to these individuals."
Critics of these programs say behavioral rehabilitation centers amount to prisons, are often overcrowded and understaffed, and rarely meet the stated goal of treating the "worst of the worst" offenders to the point they can rejoin society.
"The evidence is showing that it's only becoming a detainment center for people they do not went on the streets," said Derek Logue, a sex offender who was released and now advocates for offender rights through his Web site, oncefallen.com. "They have no hope of getting out, and the odds are stacked against you."
According to Justice Department statistics, 20 states use civil confinement, involving about 4,000 rapists, pedophiles and other sex offenders nationwide. Estimates are that these programs cost taxpayers more than $700 million a year, almost $150,000 per individual. That is about four times more than confining them in prison.
Virginia passed its civil commitment law in 1999 but had never fully funded it. Andrews found out from a reporter in 2002 that his attacker was just weeks away from being released after 29 years behind bars. Once a victim, now an empowered advocate, Andrews realized he had to act.
"I didn't know about other sex offenders. I didn't know about the extent of the problem. I only knew one, but I knew that one needed to be dealt with," Andrews, 50, said from his northern Virginia home, where he works as a program manger for a defense contractor. State officials, he said, "all told me there was nothing to be done; he was going to be set free; that was it."
But Andrews mobilized, lobbying lawmakers to quickly fund the program, despite a budget shortfall. It worked, and the state has become a national model, using a tool called "Static 99" that assesses which offenders qualify for civil commitment.
Andrews' attacker remained behind bars but was killed by a fellow inmate before ever going into the treatment program.
The catalyst for the state's change were once-dormant memories for Andrews, who now knew that he had to tell his story.
As a teenager in Portsmouth in 1973, Andrews was walking to the store in snowy weather when a van pulled up and the man inside asked the boy whether he wanted to earn some extra money moving furniture. Andrews agreed but instead was taken to a rural area and a metal box dug into the side of a hill.
"He looked at me, and he said, 'I've got bad news for you. You've just been kidnapped.' "
He looked at me, and he said, 'I've got bad news for you. You've just been kidnapped.'
What followed was days of brutal rapes and beatings. Ausley eventually left, and Andrews would certainly have died if some rabbit hunters had not stumbled upon him after hearing his screams.
Andrews believes that civil commitment is not the best tool, but for the most dangerous predators, "it is the only tool we have that is 100 percent effective, because they are removed from society. They are removed from their triggers."
The case before the Supreme Court on Tuesday deals with a federal law that has kept as many as 77 inmates held in federal prison in North Carolina under indefinite commitment.
The justices will decide whether the program enacted under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 is constitutional by infringing on a traditional state function. The law was named after the son of "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh.
The justices said in 2007 that a Kansas law was neither double jeopardy (second criminal punishment for the same crime) nor "ex post facto" (new punishment for a previous crime).
"We have never held that the Constitution prevents a state from civilly detaining those for whom no treatment is available but who nevertheless pose a danger to others," Justice Clarence Thomas said.
Courts have since been at odds with what kind of treatment must be provided and to what extent, to pass constitutional muster.
Janus worries about the slippery slope if such laws -- federal or state -- are allowed to continue without strong judicial checks.
"The main danger of civil commitment of sex offenders is that it provides a precedent for doing an end run around those governmental protections, and we all may be comfortable right now because we say, 'Well, this is those people. It's not us. It's not our rights that are at stake,' " he said.
"I think we all ought to be cognizant of the fact that these laws set a precedent that greatly expands the power of government to take away our liberty, not for something we've done in the past, not after we've been convicted and punished, but out of fear that we might commit a crime in the future, and this is a very very powerful and dangerous idea," Janus said.
These laws set a precedent that greatly expands the power of government to take away our liberty.
The white-haired man sitting with his lawyer outside Richmond says he is no longer a danger to society. He served nearly eight years in prison for molesting three girls and nearly five years in forced civil commitment. Despite that state confinement, including being the first of only about four men to be released from it, he says post-prison treatment helped him.
"I think that civil commitment is unfair," he said. "I'm not against treatment. I have done everything in my power to help myself" understand the effects of sexual abuse.
He said that being told just days before his scheduled 2003 release that he was being civilly committed left him feeling "hopeless."
Shortly afterward, the man castrated himself with a razor in his jail cell. After the transfer and years in the rehabilitation unit, he was freed and lives a quiet life -- albeit under constant electronic surveillance -- with no further reported incidents, says his attorney.
Lawyer David Hargett convinced the Virginia Supreme Court that his client had a constitutional right to contest his civil commitment.
"I have found talking with people they are shocked to hear somebody can be sentenced by a judge, serve out that entire sentence and then say, 'Wait a minute, we're not going to let you go,'
"This treatment facility ... is a prison, let's be honest. It has barbed wire and locked doors." He said most in the Virginia facility realistically will never get out.
"I was abducted by a sexually violent predator by the name of Richard Ausley, who had been twice convicted for sexually assaulting young boys, and he had taken me for eight days," Andrews recalled of his ordeal 37 years ago this month. "I was left to die."
As a survivor of a sex crime, Andrews is one face of an issue the Supreme Court will revisit Tuesday: civil commitment, which allows the government to keep sex offenders in custody even after they have served their sentences. Twenty states have such laws, including Virginia, where Andrews was held captive and repeatedly assaulted.
CNN normally doesn't name victims of sex crimes, but Andrews, now a victims' advocate, agreed to tell his story.
On the other side of the debate is the first sex offender released from Virginia's civil commitment program, and one of just a handful nationwide.
"I served my time for what I did, and I didn't feel like I should be incarcerated again," said this man, who asked that his identity not be revealed for fear of retribution. "It was a scary thing to know that you could be committed to a mental institution for the rest of your life."
The man said mandatory therapy helped him, but he thinks that could have been initiated while he was in prison.
There is widespread disagreement on whether civil commitment is a Catch-22. In discussions of the effects of sex crimes, nothing is simple or dispassionate.
The practice of confinement in mental hospitals or treatment centers for those with severe mental illness has been around the United States since its founding. Around the turn of the 20th century, many laws dealing with sexual psychopaths were passed. Over the decades, the laws were repealed or rarely applied.
Then, in 1990, Washington state became the first to pass an innovative civil commitment law specifically for violent sex offenders. California, Wisconsin and New York, among others, later followed. Such "predator laws" focused on risk assessment and prevention of re-offending. It is a concept that the general public may not be aware exists.
Video: What to do with sex offenders?
The Supreme Court has upheld the use of such laws when the individual goal is rehabilitation, not further "punishment." But it has another, broader purpose.
"The primary goal is incapacitation, that is, protecting society from people who are predicted to be dangerous in the future," said Eric Janus, author of "Failure to Protect" and dean at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul, Minnesota. "The second goal is to provide treatment to these individuals."
Critics of these programs say behavioral rehabilitation centers amount to prisons, are often overcrowded and understaffed, and rarely meet the stated goal of treating the "worst of the worst" offenders to the point they can rejoin society.
"The evidence is showing that it's only becoming a detainment center for people they do not went on the streets," said Derek Logue, a sex offender who was released and now advocates for offender rights through his Web site, oncefallen.com. "They have no hope of getting out, and the odds are stacked against you."
According to Justice Department statistics, 20 states use civil confinement, involving about 4,000 rapists, pedophiles and other sex offenders nationwide. Estimates are that these programs cost taxpayers more than $700 million a year, almost $150,000 per individual. That is about four times more than confining them in prison.
Virginia passed its civil commitment law in 1999 but had never fully funded it. Andrews found out from a reporter in 2002 that his attacker was just weeks away from being released after 29 years behind bars. Once a victim, now an empowered advocate, Andrews realized he had to act.
"I didn't know about other sex offenders. I didn't know about the extent of the problem. I only knew one, but I knew that one needed to be dealt with," Andrews, 50, said from his northern Virginia home, where he works as a program manger for a defense contractor. State officials, he said, "all told me there was nothing to be done; he was going to be set free; that was it."
But Andrews mobilized, lobbying lawmakers to quickly fund the program, despite a budget shortfall. It worked, and the state has become a national model, using a tool called "Static 99" that assesses which offenders qualify for civil commitment.
Andrews' attacker remained behind bars but was killed by a fellow inmate before ever going into the treatment program.
The catalyst for the state's change were once-dormant memories for Andrews, who now knew that he had to tell his story.
As a teenager in Portsmouth in 1973, Andrews was walking to the store in snowy weather when a van pulled up and the man inside asked the boy whether he wanted to earn some extra money moving furniture. Andrews agreed but instead was taken to a rural area and a metal box dug into the side of a hill.
"He looked at me, and he said, 'I've got bad news for you. You've just been kidnapped.' "
He looked at me, and he said, 'I've got bad news for you. You've just been kidnapped.'
What followed was days of brutal rapes and beatings. Ausley eventually left, and Andrews would certainly have died if some rabbit hunters had not stumbled upon him after hearing his screams.
Andrews believes that civil commitment is not the best tool, but for the most dangerous predators, "it is the only tool we have that is 100 percent effective, because they are removed from society. They are removed from their triggers."
The case before the Supreme Court on Tuesday deals with a federal law that has kept as many as 77 inmates held in federal prison in North Carolina under indefinite commitment.
The justices will decide whether the program enacted under the Adam Walsh Child Protection and Safety Act of 2006 is constitutional by infringing on a traditional state function. The law was named after the son of "America's Most Wanted" host John Walsh.
The justices said in 2007 that a Kansas law was neither double jeopardy (second criminal punishment for the same crime) nor "ex post facto" (new punishment for a previous crime).
"We have never held that the Constitution prevents a state from civilly detaining those for whom no treatment is available but who nevertheless pose a danger to others," Justice Clarence Thomas said.
Courts have since been at odds with what kind of treatment must be provided and to what extent, to pass constitutional muster.
Janus worries about the slippery slope if such laws -- federal or state -- are allowed to continue without strong judicial checks.
"The main danger of civil commitment of sex offenders is that it provides a precedent for doing an end run around those governmental protections, and we all may be comfortable right now because we say, 'Well, this is those people. It's not us. It's not our rights that are at stake,' " he said.
"I think we all ought to be cognizant of the fact that these laws set a precedent that greatly expands the power of government to take away our liberty, not for something we've done in the past, not after we've been convicted and punished, but out of fear that we might commit a crime in the future, and this is a very very powerful and dangerous idea," Janus said.
These laws set a precedent that greatly expands the power of government to take away our liberty.
The white-haired man sitting with his lawyer outside Richmond says he is no longer a danger to society. He served nearly eight years in prison for molesting three girls and nearly five years in forced civil commitment. Despite that state confinement, including being the first of only about four men to be released from it, he says post-prison treatment helped him.
"I think that civil commitment is unfair," he said. "I'm not against treatment. I have done everything in my power to help myself" understand the effects of sexual abuse.
He said that being told just days before his scheduled 2003 release that he was being civilly committed left him feeling "hopeless."
Shortly afterward, the man castrated himself with a razor in his jail cell. After the transfer and years in the rehabilitation unit, he was freed and lives a quiet life -- albeit under constant electronic surveillance -- with no further reported incidents, says his attorney.
Lawyer David Hargett convinced the Virginia Supreme Court that his client had a constitutional right to contest his civil commitment.
"I have found talking with people they are shocked to hear somebody can be sentenced by a judge, serve out that entire sentence and then say, 'Wait a minute, we're not going to let you go,'
"This treatment facility ... is a prison, let's be honest. It has barbed wire and locked doors." He said most in the Virginia facility realistically will never get out.
Jean Biden Funeral
Funeral Services: President Barack Obama and First Lady Michelle Obama will join Vice President Joe Biden and his family in Wilmington, Del., today to attend the funeral of Biden’s mother, Jean Biden, who died Friday at the age of 92.
Sarah Palin at a December 2009 book signing event . (AP Photo/Andy King)
Take Two: The U.S. House reconvenes today for the second session of the 111th Congress.
Ready for Primetime: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will make her debut as a Fox contributor tonight on “The O’Reilly Factor.” The former Alaska governor’s deal, first reported Monday, will add her to a list of political analysts and commentators on Fox News, Fox Business Network, and special programs including Fox’s “Real American Stories.” Fox is owned by News Corp., which also owns The Wall Street Journal.
Eyes on the Road: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and National Safety Council President Janet Froetscher will announce a national nonprofit group, FocusDriven, aimed at raising awareness about the dangers of distracted driving. LaHood said that “just as groups like MADD changed attitudes about drunk driving, I believe FocusDriven can help raise awareness and change the way people think about distracted driving.” In 2008, nearly 6,000 people died in crashes involving a distracted or inattentive driver, and more than half a million were injured, according to the Transportation Department.
Money in Politics: The Supreme Court might rule today in the closely watched case of Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission, which could expand the role of corporations and labor unions in financing elections. If a ruling comes down, government watch-dog groups included Common Cause and Public Campaign will hold a press conference on the steps of the Supreme Court to offer immediate reaction.
Trip Highlights: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will lead a news conference today on Capitol Hill to discuss a recent congressional delegation to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Michael Crapo of Idaho, Roger Wicker of Mississippi, and GOP Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware will also participate.
Remember Him?: The LaRouche Political Action Committee holds a news conference today at the National Press Club to introduce three of their movement’s 2010 candidates and to discuss their support of Lyndon LaRouche’s call for impeachment proceedings against Obama. The candidates, running on the Democratic ticket, are Rachel Brown, in Massachusetts’s 4th District, Kesha Rogers, in Texas’s 22nd District, and Summer Justice Shields, in California’s 8th District.
Sarah Palin at a December 2009 book signing event . (AP Photo/Andy King)
Take Two: The U.S. House reconvenes today for the second session of the 111th Congress.
Ready for Primetime: Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin will make her debut as a Fox contributor tonight on “The O’Reilly Factor.” The former Alaska governor’s deal, first reported Monday, will add her to a list of political analysts and commentators on Fox News, Fox Business Network, and special programs including Fox’s “Real American Stories.” Fox is owned by News Corp., which also owns The Wall Street Journal.
Eyes on the Road: U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood and National Safety Council President Janet Froetscher will announce a national nonprofit group, FocusDriven, aimed at raising awareness about the dangers of distracted driving. LaHood said that “just as groups like MADD changed attitudes about drunk driving, I believe FocusDriven can help raise awareness and change the way people think about distracted driving.” In 2008, nearly 6,000 people died in crashes involving a distracted or inattentive driver, and more than half a million were injured, according to the Transportation Department.
Money in Politics: The Supreme Court might rule today in the closely watched case of Citizens United vs. the Federal Election Commission, which could expand the role of corporations and labor unions in financing elections. If a ruling comes down, government watch-dog groups included Common Cause and Public Campaign will hold a press conference on the steps of the Supreme Court to offer immediate reaction.
Trip Highlights: Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell will lead a news conference today on Capitol Hill to discuss a recent congressional delegation to Afghanistan and Pakistan. Sens. Lisa Murkowski of Alaska, Michael Crapo of Idaho, Roger Wicker of Mississippi, and GOP Rep. Mike Castle of Delaware will also participate.
Remember Him?: The LaRouche Political Action Committee holds a news conference today at the National Press Club to introduce three of their movement’s 2010 candidates and to discuss their support of Lyndon LaRouche’s call for impeachment proceedings against Obama. The candidates, running on the Democratic ticket, are Rachel Brown, in Massachusetts’s 4th District, Kesha Rogers, in Texas’s 22nd District, and Summer Justice Shields, in California’s 8th District.
Morehead City Nc
Morehead City NC! NC port closed after containers are punctured -- Officials shut down a North Carolina port and urged people to leave the area Tuesday after nine containers with highly explosive materials were punctured. Morehead City Fire Chief Wes Lail told television station WTVD that the chemical involved is pentaerythritol tetranitrate, a powerful explosive.
Survey: Half of China's moms-to-be have C-sections -- Nearly half of moms-to-be surveyed in China were delivering by cesarean sections, the world's highest rate recorded by the World Health Organization, which warned Tuesday that a boom in unnecessary surgeries is jeopardizing women's health. Rates of C-sections have reached "epidemic proportions" in many countries worldwide, the WHO said in a report surveying nine Asian nations. After reviewing nearly 110,000 births across the region, it found 27 percent of women sampled were giving birth under the knife, partially motivated by hospitals eager to make more money.
Bomb kills Iran nuclear physicist tied toMousavi -- A nuclear physics professor who publicly backed Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi in the disputed June presidential election was killed Tuesday when a bomb-rigged motorcycle blew up outside his home. The blast, apparently set off by a remote trigger, left a puzzling mix of clues about why a 50-year-old researcher with no prominent political voice, no published work with military relevance and no declared links to Iran's nuclear program would be targeted.
Survey: Half of China's moms-to-be have C-sections -- Nearly half of moms-to-be surveyed in China were delivering by cesarean sections, the world's highest rate recorded by the World Health Organization, which warned Tuesday that a boom in unnecessary surgeries is jeopardizing women's health. Rates of C-sections have reached "epidemic proportions" in many countries worldwide, the WHO said in a report surveying nine Asian nations. After reviewing nearly 110,000 births across the region, it found 27 percent of women sampled were giving birth under the knife, partially motivated by hospitals eager to make more money.
Bomb kills Iran nuclear physicist tied toMousavi -- A nuclear physics professor who publicly backed Iranian opposition leader Mir Hossein Mousavi in the disputed June presidential election was killed Tuesday when a bomb-rigged motorcycle blew up outside his home. The blast, apparently set off by a remote trigger, left a puzzling mix of clues about why a 50-year-old researcher with no prominent political voice, no published work with military relevance and no declared links to Iran's nuclear program would be targeted.
Monday, January 11, 2010
Julia Gilbert Edmond
Julia Gilbert,21, was a student,and scheduled to graduate in May at the University of Oklahoma, a missing OU student since friday(she had last seen at about 3:30 a.m. Friday, leaving a friend’s house in the 600 block of Belle Air Avenue in Edmond) was found dead inside her wrecked silver Jetta by Edmond police on Sunday 10th January 2010.
Julia Gilbert, was found upside down in a creek bed near Waterloo and Morgan Road in Kingfisher County at about 3 p.m.on Sunday. A passerby saw the car and notified authorities,officials say Gilbert apparently hit a guardrail which caused her car to flip. Police say it was lucky anyone saw the car at all because of where it landed in the ravine.
Julia Gilbert, was found upside down in a creek bed near Waterloo and Morgan Road in Kingfisher County at about 3 p.m.on Sunday. A passerby saw the car and notified authorities,officials say Gilbert apparently hit a guardrail which caused her car to flip. Police say it was lucky anyone saw the car at all because of where it landed in the ravine.
Rance Allen Group
BET Networks makes a joyful noise on Sunday, January 10 at 8:00 p.m.* with the premiere of CELEBRATION OF GOSPEL. Taped at the Orpheum Theater in Los Angeles and hosted once again by host and author Steve Harvey, the night included uplifting performances, powerful duets and soulful choirs. Aptly themed "Ten Years, Faithfully Yours," in honor of the show's 10th anniversary, CELEBRATION OF GOSPEL featured breathtaking performances and spoken word segments by both mainstream and gospel greats including Fantasia and her mother Diane Barrino Barber performing "He's Done Enough"; Anthony Hamilton and his wife Tarsha Hamilton singing "Better", and The Rance Allen Group performing a soulful rendition of "Something About the Name Jesus."
Additionally, BET SUNDAY BEST winner Y'Anna Crawley teamed up with Dr. Bobby Jones and the Nashville Super Choir for "The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow"; Kelly Price and Ledisi performed "How Great Thou Art"; Yolanda Adams, GRAMMY(TM) award winners BeBe and CeCe Winans, Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Marvin Sapp, James Fortune & FIYA, Tye Tribbett & Greater Anointing, and The City of Refuge P.S.A.L.M.S. Choir all set the stage on fire with soul-stirring performances; and actresses Sherri Shepherd and Elise Neal lent their hearts with inspirational spoken words.
Additionally, BET SUNDAY BEST winner Y'Anna Crawley teamed up with Dr. Bobby Jones and the Nashville Super Choir for "The Lord Will Make a Way Somehow"; Kelly Price and Ledisi performed "How Great Thou Art"; Yolanda Adams, GRAMMY(TM) award winners BeBe and CeCe Winans, Fred Hammond, Donnie McClurkin, Pastor Shirley Caesar, Marvin Sapp, James Fortune & FIYA, Tye Tribbett & Greater Anointing, and The City of Refuge P.S.A.L.M.S. Choir all set the stage on fire with soul-stirring performances; and actresses Sherri Shepherd and Elise Neal lent their hearts with inspirational spoken words.
Obama Says no Plans for U.S Troops in Yemen, Somalia
The United States does not plan to send U.S. troops into Yemen or Somalia as those countries struggle to contain Islamic militants, President Barack Obama said in remarks published on Sunday.
“I have no intention of sending U.S. boots on the ground in these regions,” Obama told People magazine, referring to Yemen and Somalia.
“I have every intention of working with our international partners in lawless areas around the globe to make sure that we’re keeping the American people safe,” Obama added, according to a transcript provided by the magazine.
Obama has said Al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula, based in Yemen, appears to have trained, equipped and directed the Nigerian man accused of trying to blow up a U.S. airliner bound for Detroit on Dec. 25, using explosives sewn into his underwear.
Al Shabaab, an al Qaeda-inspired insurgency, has seized large areas of south and central Somalia, the Horn of Africa nation situated across the Gulf of Aden from Yemen, which is located at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula.
“We’ve known throughout this year that al Qaeda in Yemen has become a more serious problem. And, as a consequence, we have partnered with the Yemeni government to go after those terrorist training camps and cells there in a much more deliberate and sustained fashion,” Obama said.
“The same is true in Somalia, another country where there are large chunks that are not fully under government control and al Qaeda is trying to take advantage of them,” he added.
The United States already has large contingents of ground forces in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Balls Deep in Love
I'm gonna ramble about my garden design. It might not be elegant, but since I have to be smart next week as a teacher again, I'm feeling a bit, oh, je ne sais quoi. Grrrr.
1) Next time I start planting a garden, shrubs are the first priority. This is made obvious by the fact that for 4 months in the spring and summer my garden looks more like a field of dandelions. I'm talking height here. Even texture. It's most disconcerting. Blah blah blah. No structure or interest. (I do have around 20 shrubs out there, mind you.)
2) As a play off of one, I want to add a yellow twig dogwood in a position now occupied by the most slowly-growing 'Isanti' red twig dogwood I've ever seen. It's sibling 20' away gets less sun and is easily three times as big--both were planted on the same day. Deal is, any yellow twig dogwood, even some of these smaller varieties, are just too big. At least, too big in the summer. Come winter, the garden--being overly perennial--looks like a desert of brown vomit. So, in the winter, it'll work. But perennials are neater in the late summer and fall--my fall garden is heaven. The 'Isanti' began to get crowded out this year by wild bergamot, iron weed, eupatorium....
A person just can't go plugging shrubs back into a nearly established perennial garden. It's like putting a baby back into its mother.
3) Trees. More trees. Charming, different, butterfly and bird attracting small trees that grow. See, I got this 'Coralburst' crabapple I rescued for half off from Home Depot. Deal is, it grows slower than the 'Isanti' dogwood. It's even refusing to root well. So I made the mistake of planting a ninebark by it. Already I am envisioning what 2010 will look like in this corner of the garden--crabapple in a ninebark. Maybe it will be a new design fad. Did I mention a 'Snowbank' boltonia is on the other side, and that I hate to cut it back because I like those puppies tall? Crabapple sandwich.
Tall perennials are like a strong narcotic. Low perennials are like sugar in a stick.
4) A higher fence. Much higher. Say, 30'. Neighbor's dog toys shall not bombard my garden like meteors. Better, yet, a moat. A 5 acre moat.
Machine guns that sense movement, zero in, and blast tennis balls out of the air seem appropriate. I've seen these on Ebay.
5) The garden is too small. Not really. But it is. To have shrubs I need fewer perennials. This won't happen. I had so many more insects this year as my perennials matured. Butterflies galore, honeybees en masse. I am becoming entangled in the web of my perennials.
I need more shrubbery to detox me. Ni!
6) Machine guns that also target rabbits. However, I am getting some winter trimming done on my willow 'Nana' don't you know. However, the trimming is becoming most over the top--as in, where did that half of the willow go that was there yesterday?
Ratta tatta tatta rabbit shrapnel.
7) A divine number. What I feel most stupid about is basically a design quandary. Most designers say that in a smaller space like mine (is 1500 feet small?), you should go for repetition, use swaths of the same plants, or at least similar textures and colors. Whatever. I don't think my garden--or most prairies I've seen--look like cottage gardens, so what do I have to fear? But, I do have repetition in plants around the garden, just not together. Is it cohesive enough, or too chaotic to the eye? I'll find out for certain this year, barring a hail storm.
A private backyard garden cannot be a prairie. I'm learning this painfully slow. Native plants or not, I have a manicured garden like those English uptight snobs who have poisoned this country's sense of its natural and ecological self. You can check me on this if you want, because I'll agree with you tomorrow. Hate mail from England in 3, 2....
But I worry too much. I think about my garden late at night when I can't sleep, thus making me stay awake longer doing calculations and line drawings and doodles of shrubs in my head. Let it go. If you love something, just let it grow.
1) Next time I start planting a garden, shrubs are the first priority. This is made obvious by the fact that for 4 months in the spring and summer my garden looks more like a field of dandelions. I'm talking height here. Even texture. It's most disconcerting. Blah blah blah. No structure or interest. (I do have around 20 shrubs out there, mind you.)
2) As a play off of one, I want to add a yellow twig dogwood in a position now occupied by the most slowly-growing 'Isanti' red twig dogwood I've ever seen. It's sibling 20' away gets less sun and is easily three times as big--both were planted on the same day. Deal is, any yellow twig dogwood, even some of these smaller varieties, are just too big. At least, too big in the summer. Come winter, the garden--being overly perennial--looks like a desert of brown vomit. So, in the winter, it'll work. But perennials are neater in the late summer and fall--my fall garden is heaven. The 'Isanti' began to get crowded out this year by wild bergamot, iron weed, eupatorium....
A person just can't go plugging shrubs back into a nearly established perennial garden. It's like putting a baby back into its mother.
3) Trees. More trees. Charming, different, butterfly and bird attracting small trees that grow. See, I got this 'Coralburst' crabapple I rescued for half off from Home Depot. Deal is, it grows slower than the 'Isanti' dogwood. It's even refusing to root well. So I made the mistake of planting a ninebark by it. Already I am envisioning what 2010 will look like in this corner of the garden--crabapple in a ninebark. Maybe it will be a new design fad. Did I mention a 'Snowbank' boltonia is on the other side, and that I hate to cut it back because I like those puppies tall? Crabapple sandwich.
Tall perennials are like a strong narcotic. Low perennials are like sugar in a stick.
4) A higher fence. Much higher. Say, 30'. Neighbor's dog toys shall not bombard my garden like meteors. Better, yet, a moat. A 5 acre moat.
Machine guns that sense movement, zero in, and blast tennis balls out of the air seem appropriate. I've seen these on Ebay.
5) The garden is too small. Not really. But it is. To have shrubs I need fewer perennials. This won't happen. I had so many more insects this year as my perennials matured. Butterflies galore, honeybees en masse. I am becoming entangled in the web of my perennials.
I need more shrubbery to detox me. Ni!
6) Machine guns that also target rabbits. However, I am getting some winter trimming done on my willow 'Nana' don't you know. However, the trimming is becoming most over the top--as in, where did that half of the willow go that was there yesterday?
Ratta tatta tatta rabbit shrapnel.
7) A divine number. What I feel most stupid about is basically a design quandary. Most designers say that in a smaller space like mine (is 1500 feet small?), you should go for repetition, use swaths of the same plants, or at least similar textures and colors. Whatever. I don't think my garden--or most prairies I've seen--look like cottage gardens, so what do I have to fear? But, I do have repetition in plants around the garden, just not together. Is it cohesive enough, or too chaotic to the eye? I'll find out for certain this year, barring a hail storm.
A private backyard garden cannot be a prairie. I'm learning this painfully slow. Native plants or not, I have a manicured garden like those English uptight snobs who have poisoned this country's sense of its natural and ecological self. You can check me on this if you want, because I'll agree with you tomorrow. Hate mail from England in 3, 2....
But I worry too much. I think about my garden late at night when I can't sleep, thus making me stay awake longer doing calculations and line drawings and doodles of shrubs in my head. Let it go. If you love something, just let it grow.
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Colt Mccoy Injury
olt McCoy injury update: Texas Longhorn quarterback Colt McCoy is back on the field, encouraging his team during their match against the Crimson Tide. Colt McCoy’s injury took place when he took a helmet to his throwing shoulder during the first four minutes of the game.
Click here to read about Colt McCoy’s injury
So far, the loss of McCoy could be to blame for the beating that the Longhorns are taking against the Crimson Tide. A true freshman has taken over Colt McCoy, a two time Heisman Trophy nominee’s, spot – and things aren’t looking so hot.
Even though Colt McCoy’s injury wasn’t serious enough to send him to the hospital, he’s not going to play during the rest of the game. With a 13-0 record, the injury could cost his team their unbeaten streak.
Alabama has taken football by storm this year, and is even responsible for the meltdown of Tim Tebow – who was seen crying after Florida’s loss to Alabama at the SEC championship game.
So far, Colt McCoy’s x-rays are said to be negative, and that the shoulder injury could be a sprain. The trainers won’t let him back in the game, as they need to make sure that they confirm that the injury isn’t serious. After all, this young man has a possible NFL career to worry about!
For now, Colt McCoy’s injury doesn’t appear to be too awful bad. Let’s just hope it doesn’t have permanent repercussions for the promising young football player.
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