Six cows shot in the face and rump; angry neighbor accused




















A Florida man is in trouble after six cows were shot in the face in Flagler County.

Justin Deloach is responsible, according to the state attorney’s office.

Two of the six Bunnell cows were badly injured, according to WESH.com.





Deloach told authorities he fired into the air to scare the animals after the cows broke through a fence and ate his horse feed.

But the bullets hit the cows in the face, rump and ribs and bled all over the field.





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Andrew Rannells Out 100 Ingenue of The Year Exclusive Photo


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The New Normal star has been selected as one of 2012's OUT 100 and ETonline has your exclusive first look at his OUT photoshoot and interview!

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"I feel very proud to be a part of The New Normal," Rannells says in the issue. "I hope that it's considered to be a part of the evolution of gay relationships on television. Coming from Nebraska, it's exciting to me that people I went to grade school with, people that I grew up going to church with, are watching the show."


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Petraeus claims he never shared state secrets with mistress, calls affair 'dishonorable'








Former CIA chief David Petraeus insisted he never passed any state secrets to his mistress, and called his secret love life “something dishonorable,” according to a broadcast report today.

The disgraced spymaster spoke to Headline News reporter Kyra Phillips following his shocking resignation six days ago, over an extramarital affair he had with his biographer Paula Broadwell.

“[Petraeus] had told me he had engaged in something dishonorable. He sought to do the honorable thing in response,” according to Phillips, quoting the retired four-star general and former Afghanistan commander.





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David Petraeus and Paula Broadwell





Petraeus also said his stunning resignation had nothing to do with the heat he and the White House have been feeling since terrorists attacked the US consulate in Benghazi, Libya.

Some Congressional Republicans have wondered out loud if Petraeus’ move was signed to dodge testimony about the attack that killed ambassador Craig Stevens and three other Americans.

“He has said this has nothing to do with Benghazi. He wants to testify. He will testify,” Phillips said.

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“He has maintained to me all along that this was a personal failing … he has made it very clear that this was an extramarital affair and not over classified information or Benghazi.”

The HLN reporter said she’s known Patraeus for years on the job, and they’ve worked closely on charitable efforts on behalf of military families.

“It’s been really disappointing and shocking,” Phillips said. “This is somebody of great discipline and great leadership and I never ever expected, of all the men and women I know in uniform, this is an individual that I would have never expected this to happen.”

Petraeus told Phillips that he hasn’t spoken to Broadwell since the scandal broke.

Petraeus’ insistence that he never passed secrets to Broadwell could contradict an ABC News report, that investigators found a substantial amount of classified information improperly secured on her personal computer.

The files were discovered on a machine removed from Broadwell’s Charlotte, NC, home as the feds investigated her sordid affair with the military commander whose biography she co-wrote, investigators told ABC News.

Investigators also found documents Broadwell admitted taking from secure government buildings, a source the network, adding the government demanded that they all be returned.










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Dream South Beach wins hotel design award




















The Dream South Beach hotel, which opened in 2011, recently won an award for design at the New York International Hotel, Motel and Restaurant Show.

The hotel at 1111 Collins Ave., formerly the Tudor House and Palmer hotels, won the Gold Key Award for Best Guest Room Design. The ceremony was held Monday.

Designers were Kelly Ogden of Elk Collective and Michael Czysz of Architropolis.








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Police: 1 dead, 2 wounded in car shot up in Miami




















One man was killed and two wounded in a shooting in Miami that left a car pocked with bullet holes.

Miami police responded to a call reporting shots fired at about 11:50 p.m. Monday at the corner of Northwest 11th Place and 43rd Street where they found a Nissan Altima with three young males inside.

The car was “shot up numerous times,” said Officer Kenia Reyes, Miami police spokeswoman.





One of the victims died on the scene and the others were transported to Jackson Memorial Hospital’s Ryder Trauma Unit. The second victim is listed in stable condition and the third was treated and released.

Several blocks away at Northwest 15th Avenue and 44th Street, police canvassed the area where they discovered gunshot casings. It’s not known yet if the incidents are related.

Reyes said the names of the victims are being withheld until the next of kin is notified.

Police have no suspects or motives so far and are asking anyone with information to call 305-471-TIPS (8477).





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Oscars Flashback: Tom Hanks 1989

Tom Hanks has been adorned with awards in his cherished film career, so awards ceremonies have become an annual event for him. However, we take you back to 1989 to Hanks' first Academy Awards, when he could only dream of his future acting success.

"This came just as it's supposed to. It was a surprise and a real thrill. It was an honor. We were both on the couch in the morning there blubbering before we had to go to work," Hanks says alongside newlywed wife Rita Wilson of his first Oscar nomination.


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His nomination that year was for the 1988 fantasy film Big, in which Hanks portrays the transformed version of a 12-year-old boy who wants to become an adult. For the convincing role, Hanks also received a Golden Globe nomination amongst other nods.

"Oh, no, if they're going to give away vacuum cleaners I'll take one home. It's as simple as that," the then-32-year-old actor says of his thoughts on potentially going home with an award.


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While he received his first Golden Globe that year for Big, Hanks didn't win the Oscar. However, he would win his first Oscar in 1993 on his next nomination for Philadelphia and leave the Academy Awards with more than just a vacuum cleaner.

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Army deciding if Bales' Afghan rampage will go to court-martial, defense calls case incomplete








JOINT BASE LEWIS-McCHORD, Wash. — As Army officials weigh whether a case against a staff sergeant accused of killing 16 Afghan villagers in a pre-dawn rampage will proceed to a court-martial, Robert Bales' defense team says the government's case is incomplete.

And outside experts say a key issue going forward will be to determine whether Bales, who served tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan, suffered from post-traumatic stress disorder.

"There are a number of questions that have not been answered so far in this investigation," defense attorney Emma Scanlan told the investigating officer overseeing the preliminary hearing during closing arguments Tuesday.





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Staff Sgt. Robert Bales





Scanlan said that it's still unknown what Bales' state of mind was the evening of the killings. Prosecutors say Bales, 39, slipped away from his remote base at Camp Belambay in southern Afghanistan to attack two villages early on March 11. Among the dead were nine children.

An Army criminal investigations command special agent testified last week that Bales tested positive for steroids three days after the killings, and other soldiers testified that Bales had been drinking the evening of the massacre.

"We've heard that Sgt. Bales was lucid, coherent and responsive," Scanlan said in her closing argument. "We don't know what it means to be on alcohol, steroids and sleeping aids."

But prosecutors, in asking for a court-martial trial with the option of the death penalty, pointed to statements Bales made after he was apprehended, saying that they demonstrated "a clear memory of what he had done, and consciousness of wrong-doing."

Several soldiers testified that Bales returned to the base alone just before dawn, covered in blood, and that he made incriminating statements such as, "I thought I was doing the right thing."

The slayings drew such angry protests that the US temporarily halted combat operations in Afghanistan, and it was three weeks before American investigators could reach the crime scenes.

"Terrible, terrible things happened," said prosecutor, Maj. Rob Stelle. "That is clear."

The investigating officer said Tuesday that he would have a written recommendation by the end of the week, but that is just the start of the process. That recommendation goes next to the brigade command, and the ultimate decision would be made by the three-star general on the base. There's no clear sense of how long that could take before a decision is reached on whether to proceed to a court-martial trial.

If a court-martial takes place, it will be held at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, the Washington state base south of Seattle, and witnesses would be flown in from Afghanistan.










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No touch screen? Stick with Windows 7




















Q. I recently had to replace my 9-year-old Windows XP computer, and am having trouble adapting to Windows 7.

What are the advantages, if any, for me to upgrade to Windows 8, which I’ve read has touch-screen capability and works with other equipment besides desktop computers? Since I don’t have a touch screen, I’m wondering if there is any point in upgrading.

Peter Robinson Chaska, Minn.





Different versions of Windows 8 are being offered on PCs, tablet computers and smartphones. But in every case the new operating system is primarily aimed at people who are using touch-sensitive screens.

So unless you’re planning to buy a touch-screen device in connection with upgrading to Windows 8, you’re probably better off continuing to use Windows 7. By most accounts, using the touch-screen-oriented Windows 8 with a mouse and keyboard is more difficult than using previous Windows versions with a mouse and keyboard.

In addition, if you find the changes in Windows 7 to be challenging, I suspect you won’t enjoy the more radical changes embodied in Windows 8 (i.e., much different start screen.)

I’m not saying you should never upgrade to Windows 8; just let Microsoft deal with some of these usability issues first.Q. I disagree with your warning to never click the unsubscribe link to put a stop to spam emails. Totally inundated with spam, I began unsubscribing and cut my spam down from more than 50 a day to one or two.

Some spam senders were more difficult to shake than others. I threatened a nonexistent Florida corporation that I would go to their state attorney general’s office, but never heard from them again. I gave a dental company a taste of their own medicine until they finally stopped sending me email. Others just took me off their lists pronto. It has been well worth the effort.

Deborah Gray Mitchell North Miami

Your strategy will work with legitimate companies and with spammers who can be located and threatened with legal action.

Unfortunately, most spam producers are neither legitimate nor traceable. When you respond to their emails, you confirm that yours is a working email address, and therefore fair game.

At the same time, you’ve essentially challenged some spammers to a duel, a risky business because they know your email address. Make sure you have a strong email password to prevent tampering.

Congratulations on your success, but I can’t recommend your approach to others.





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Florida man describes being shot by police Taser as he sprayed fire with garden hose




















The fire was all around Dan Jensen.

He could see it. He could smell it. He could hear it.

It was close enough to touch. It was burning down his neighbor's house. It was creeping toward Jensen's own fence 10 feet away, and he started spraying the fire with his hose.





Police ordered Jensen to get back, and he complied.

But after a few minutes passed without firefighters arriving, a frustrated Jensen stepped forward and leaned down to grab the skinny gray garden hose once again.

That's when he heard the order.

"Hit 'em! Take him down! Tase him!"

Within moments, Jensen was on the ground. He felt electric.

"It was all over me," Jensen said. "Crawling all over me."

The 42-year-old commercial fisherman is still struggling to comprehend exactly how things deteriorated so quickly Thursday. He said he doesn't understand why police shot him with a Taser that night as he tried to battle a house fire at 3420 Beechwood Ter. N.

Jensen's family, friends and neighbors have been quick to defend him and accuse police of crossing a line.

"It was wrong," he said. "There's no way around it. … I was fighting a fire. I wasn't fighting police. I thought they were here to help me. Instead, they hurt me."

Police said they can sympathize with the stress Jensen was under. But they said he put himself and officers in danger when he refused to back down from fighting the fire.

Pinellas Park Capt. Sanfield Forseth told the Tampa Bay Times authorities could have even charged Jensen with obstruction, but decided against it.

Jensen's attorney, Heidi Imhof, said she believes authorities are trying to deflect attention from their actions that night. She called the Taser use "excessive force."

"They can't just Taser anyone," she said. "He's an unarmed person on his private property trying to fight a fire."

Imhof said the officers had other options. They could have yanked Jensen away, she said, or just turned off the water.

The agency's policy says officers must issue a warning before using a Taser, "except when such warning could provide a tactical advantage to the subject."

Imhof said her client was never warned.

Jensen said he's "disappointed" in police.

He said that when they arrived on the scene, they told him to back off and let insurance take care of it. He did for a few minutes but grew impatient and irate. He picked up the hose again because he thought firefighters weren't getting there soon enough.

Officials told the Times it took six minutes for fire fighters to respond.

"That's my home," Jensen said Monday, his voice breaking. "That's my family."





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Keira Knightley Topless For Allure Magazine

Keira Knightley has been battling eating disorder rumors since her Love Actually days, but that didn't stop the Anna Karenina star from posing topless for Allure magazine.


"I'm quite rigorous about what gets exposed. No bottom half!" Knightley says of her nudity rules. "I don't mind exposing my t*ts because they're so small -- people really aren't that interested."


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She adds, "For King Arthur, for a poster, they gave me these really strange droopy t*ts. I thought, 'Well, if you're going to make me fantasy breasts, at least make perky breasts.'"


So, how much skin is too much skin for this British beauty? "I think it's much easier as you get older," the 27-year-old actress admits. "You can say, 'No.' 'Yes.' 'No.'"


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As for the criticism about her small frame, Knightley confesses that the eating disorder gossip does bother her. "The anorexic stuff -- all of that -- it's always going to have an impact, so I think it did hit pretty hard. Because you go, 'Oh, maybe that's right!' I knew I wasn't anorexic, but maybe my body is somehow not right. Or my face is not right. Or the way I speak is not right. When you're going through a period where you're really getting a lot of criticism, you go, 'Maybe all this is right! You just kind of want to hide it all.'"

The acclaimed actress will take on yet another period piece when Anna Karenina hits theaters Friday, Nov. 16.

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