http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/domestic/ en-us Sun, 19 May 2013 03:52:02 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021216/posts LAKELAND --  A Lakeland mother shot her son in self-defense on Friday night, deputies said. According to reports, 86-year-old Nancy Pennypacker told deputies she had shot her son, William Pennypacker, 64, in self-defense after he punched her in the face and fired a gun at her. Deputies said moments later the two began shooting at each other, leaving Nancy with a bullet wound that shot through her finger to her shoulder.William Pennypacker was found dead inside the home at Citrus Woods Estates off Orange Blossom Circle in Lakeland. Nancy’s long time friend and neighbor, Sue Robbins, wasn't surprised and said... baynews9.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3021216/posts#comment Sun, 19 May 2013 03:52:02 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018705/posts The US Navy's quieter way to spy, the Ion Tiger, just bested its own 2009 flight record with a key assist from liquid hydrogen. The unmanned aerial vehicle had previously relied on 5000-psi compressed hydrogen for fuel, but for its latest flight test the Naval Research team swapped that out for a new cryogenic tank and delivery system that relies on the liquid stuff; a choice made for the element's increased density. With that one significant change in place, the craft was able to outperform its last endurance run of 26 hours and two minutes by almost double, lasting 48... engadget http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3018705/posts#comment Mon, 13 May 2013 11:30:06 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011486/posts The last time there was a terrorist attack on America, we got the Department of Homeland Security and the Transportation Security Administration. Each entity has spent billions to keep us safe, but neither could stop two brothers, Tamerlan, a permanent resident, and Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, a newly minted U.S. citizen, who lived in America and, reportedly, became radicalized jihadists, from killing and maiming innocent people at the Boston Marathon last week. According to Dana Priest and William M. Arkin of The Washington Post, "Some 1,271 government organizations and 1,931 private companies work on programs related to counterterrorism, homeland security and... Townhall.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011486/posts#comment Tue, 23 Apr 2013 21:14:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011378/posts An important clarification from Senator Rand Paul, who made headlines for a rare talking filibuster challenging Barack Obama to explain the difference between using drones against American citizens overseas and using them in the United States. Neil Cavuto asked Paul about the distinction yesterday in light of the manhunt for American citizen Dzhokhar Tsarnaev on Friday, in which a drone or two with real-time infrared downlook capabilities above Watertown might have saved a little time. Paul told Cavuto that this wasn’t the use to which he objected: “If there’s a killer on the loose in a neighborhood, I’m not against... Hot Air http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011378/posts#comment Tue, 23 Apr 2013 16:54:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011285/posts FEDERAL WAY, Wash. — Police said a man shot and killed by officers in Federal Way first shot and killed his girlfriend and then fatally shot three men at an apartment complex. Investigators said they believe the series of slayings began with a domestic violence incident in which the man first fatally shot his girlfriend in the head at their shared apartment in the complex. He then left their apartment armed with a shotgun. Once outside the apartment he encountered two men. Police said he shot both of them. The resident of another apartment in the building, a 62-year-old man,... kirotv.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011285/posts#comment Tue, 23 Apr 2013 13:02:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011257/posts President Barack Obama wasn’t shy about invoking Osama bin Laden’s killing during the 2012 campaign — but when it comes to his larger approach to terrorism he’s pursued a policy of speaking softly and ordering lots of drone strikes. That delicate balance was shattered by the Boston Marathon attack, thrusting a downplayed anti-terror campaign into the spotlight and the issue of terrorism to the top of Obama’s second-term priorities, at least in the short term. Obama, whose 2008 election was propelled by opposition to the Iraq War, has jettisoned the clash-of-civilizations rhetoric favored by George W. Bush — even as... POLITICO http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3011257/posts#comment Tue, 23 Apr 2013 12:12:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3008731/posts Prosecutors say a Billings woman used a gun to fend off an intruder who forced his way inside her home through a back door. The man was later arrested and is being held in the Yellowstone County jail on a $100,000 bond. Travis Bridger Soderberg, 38, has been charged with felony burglary and misdemeanor criminal mischief. He is expected to be arraigned on the charges in District Court next week. According to charging documents, a woman called police shortly after 8 p.m. on April 6 to report an intruder at her home. The woman, identified only by her initials in... billingsgazette.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/3008731/posts#comment Wed, 17 Apr 2013 02:44:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2995459/posts The Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office says a homeowner shot a suspect after he kicked in his front door. The shooting happened around 6:30 p.m. on Friday night at 532 Hwy 14 in Landrum. Master Deputy Kevin Bobo tells 7 On Your Side, the suspect’s wife was inside the residence with the homeowner. The suspect has been identified as Dakota Hester. Authorities say he kicked in the door, assaulted his wife then proceeded upstairs. Deputies say the homeowner, Jonathan Wofford went into his bedroom and locked the door. Deputies say Hester kicked open the door and then was shot by Wofford. wspa.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2995459/posts#comment Sun, 10 Mar 2013 20:02:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2987768/posts NORMAN, Okla.—The family of a man who was questioned by police for a shooting Saturday afternoon says he shot another man in self-defense. Police were called to the 4000 block of Mayfair Dr. around 10 a.m. Saturday, regarding a fight. While officers were on their way to the scene, the fight intensified to a shooting. Authorities took the suspected shooter, 47-year-old Todd William Hoss into custody at that time. After investigating the shooting, police learned that Hoss may have fired the weapon in self-defense. kfor.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2987768/posts#comment Tue, 12 Feb 2013 16:43:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2985902/posts KALISPELL — Police in Whitefish continue to investigate a weekend shooting death while the woman who reportedly told neighbors she shot her boyfriend has been released from custody. helenair.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2985902/posts#comment Wed, 6 Feb 2013 18:04:35 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2984456/posts n what appears to be a slap in the face for gender equality, the report found the divorce rate among couples who shared housework equally was around 50 per cent higher than among those where the woman did most of the work. “What we’ve seen is that sharing equal responsibility for work in the home doesn’t necessarily contribute to contentment,” said Thomas Hansen, co-author of the study entitled “Equality in the Home”. The lack of correlation between equality at home and quality of life was surprising, the researcher said. “One would think that break-ups would occur more often in families... Telegraph http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2984456/posts#comment Sat, 2 Feb 2013 02:44:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2982853/posts Nikki Y. McNeil, 33, was trying to leave an Ocala residence Saturday evening when Lamark D. Tucker Sr., 36, her ex-boyfriend -- and father of her three children -- took away both McNeil’s car keys and cell phone, according to a news release from the Marion County Sheriff's Office. McNeil then used spare keys to leave, but as McNeil pulled away, Lamark jumped onto the hood of the car and held on while continually threatening McNeil as she drove nearly ten miles, the release stated. McNeil, deputies said, stopped at least twice asking people for help. sun-sentinel.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2982853/posts#comment Mon, 28 Jan 2013 23:22:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2972408/posts EVANSVILLE — A 79-year-old Evansville man shot and killed a 19-year-old who was attacking his granddaughter, Evansville Police said in a news release. Davon Obryant Gee was pronounced dead at a home in the 500 block of South Denby Avenue on Sunday night, according to the Vanderburgh County Coroner's Office. The name of man who shot and killed Gee has not been released by police because the man has not been charged with a crime, according to city police officials. Police said Gee got into an argument with a 17-year-old girl at the Denby Avenue home on Sunday evening. Gee... courierpress.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2972408/posts#comment Wed, 26 Dec 2012 19:48:30 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2966985/posts WEST JORDAN — What appeared to be a fight between a couple turned into a much more serious shooting after an armed neighbor apparently tried to intervene. Police say a they were called to the shooting at about 1 a.m. A man was arguing with his girlfriend in a car just outside the Woodgate apartment complex at 3581 W. Cobble Ridge Drive. As the argument got more heated, a man walking his dog passed by, saw the argument, and asked the female if she needed help, according to West Jordan officer J.C. Holt. An ensuing argument between the two men... ksl.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2966985/posts#comment Sun, 9 Dec 2012 01:10:22 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2966211/posts The Grand Forks County Sheriff's Department has received a federal license to use a miniature helicopter drone as a law enforcement tool across 16 northeastern North Dakota counties. The drone carries a camera and no weapons. It weighs 2 pounds and can easily be carried in a squad car. The drone could have many uses, Sheriff Bob Rost said. Those could include finding lost children or escaped prisoners, monitoring a hazardous material spill or checking flood conditions, according to the Grand Forks Herald. pioneer press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2966211/posts#comment Thu, 6 Dec 2012 16:02:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2965689/posts A Florida teen armed with a handgun shot and killed his father, and in turn prevented his mother from being strangled on Nov. 24. Although the evening ended in tragedy, it seemed to have started pleasant enough as a small group of family and friends gathered around a bonfire outside the family's home near Tampa. But the tone changed sometime around 10 p.m. when the mother Jill Thorpe, 35, went inside their mobile home and her husband Christopher Thorpe, 36, followed suit, according to the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office. The couple began arguing inside the house and the fight quickly... guns.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2965689/posts#comment Wed, 5 Dec 2012 02:20:08 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2963632/posts Cellphones seem to be increasingly attractive to the Department of Justice, documents obtained by the American Civil Liberties Union show. Agencies affiliated with the department used more than 37,600 court orders in 2011 to gather cellphone data, a sharp increase from previous years. They were almost equally divided between “pen register” data, which captures outgoing phone numbers, and “trap and trace” orders, which refer to incoming phone numbers, which means one phone could have two separate orders associated with it. The total number has roughly doubled since 2007, when cellphone communications were more limited. By law, the data can be... NY TIMES http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2963632/posts#comment Wed, 28 Nov 2012 09:51:57 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2959322/posts The unmanned aerial vehicles have become a mainstay of the U.S. military. In combat zones, the pilotless craft perform everything from surveillance to missile strikes against U.S. enemies in Iraq, Afghanistan and Pakistan. Now, just as our troops are coming home, so is their most advanced technology. And it's bringing with it a cargo of safety, privacy and civil liberty concerns. Benjamin Wittes, a Washington, D.C., national security analyst, has been asking that what-now question and expects to pose it to Minnesota leaders at the second annual Robotics Alley conference in Edina, Thursday, Nov. 15 -- a conference designed to... pioneer press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2959322/posts#comment Wed, 14 Nov 2012 13:34:52 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2956940/posts INDIANAPOLIS (WISH) - A spokesperson with the Marion County Prosecutor’s Office says an intruder who was fatally shot on the city's west side on Oct. 26 was shot in a case of self defense. Police received a call that someone had kicked in the door of a residence in the 7600 block of Wyckford Court. Officers found one person fatally shot and IMPD later identified him as Clint Anderson , 31. Police officials say there were children at the home, but none were injured. The Prosecutor’s Office says the shooter was not the ex-girlfriend who had a protective order against... wishtv.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2956940/posts#comment Thu, 8 Nov 2012 13:22:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2949754/posts By Reason Foundation, Wed, October 24, 2012 Critics of "castle doctrine" laws are blaming Montana's for the decision not to prosecute Brice Harper, who shot and killed Dan Fredenberg last month during a confrontation over Harper's affair with Fredenberg's wife. But as with the Trayvon Martin case in Florida, it is not clear why the legal provisions cited by the law's detractors are relevant. According to Harper, an enraged (but unarmed) Fredenburg charged into the garage at Harper's home in Kalispell on the night of September 22 "like he was on a mission." In an October 9 letter explaining why... Reason Foundation http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2949754/posts#comment Thu, 25 Oct 2012 01:33:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2947949/posts The domestic violence in Shepard’s past is both shocking and repulsive in detail. On February 15, 1998, police were called to then-Mrs. Shepard’s house (the couple had been separated since June of the previous year) by a girlfriend. According to the police report (.pdf file), Mrs. Shepard said of her husband: Read on. Joseph entered my home. I told him to leave. He came up to me looking angry. I put my hands up to protect my breasts as they are sore (cancer). He has hit me before in the breast. He grabbed my wrist and arm and pushed me... Red State http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2947949/posts#comment Sun, 21 Oct 2012 02:19:56 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2947685/posts While Jimmy Terry fights for his life at a hospital in Modesto, his uncle Robert will not be charged with felony assault, as the District Attorney’s Office deemed he acted in self-defense when he shot his nephew in the stomach from 15 feet away Sunday. Sheriff’s investigators are aware Jimmy Blake Terry, 25, suffered significant injuries and is expected to have an extended stay in the hospital, Calaveras County sheriff’s Sgt. Chris Hewitt said, adding the hospital has not released any further information. According to sheriff’s reports, Terry, who is wanted for parole violations, confronted his uncle Robert at a... calaverasenterprise.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2947685/posts#comment Sat, 20 Oct 2012 15:17:38 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2939564/posts A Senate Homeland Security subcommittee reviewed more than 600 unclassified reports over a one-year period and concluded that most had nothing to do with terrorism. (Associated Posers)- WASHINGTON DC- Walter Travis, of Travers City, Michigan had just forgot to put the gas cap back on his Chevy Malibu. He was pulled over within a few minutes of being back on the road by a DHS officer. The officer informed him of the gas cap and that this could have EPA fines as a consequence. “How did you know about the gas cap when I didn't?” he asked “We know everything... Associated Posers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2939564/posts#comment Wed, 3 Oct 2012 15:42:28 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2939471/posts WASHINGTON—A multibillion-dollar information-sharing program created in the aftermath of 9/11 has improperly collected information about innocent Americans and produced little valuable intelligence on terrorism, a Senate report concludes. It portrays an effort that ballooned far beyond anyone's ability to control. What began as an attempt to put local, state and federal officials in the same room analyzing the same intelligence has instead cost huge amounts of money for data-mining software, flat screen televisions and, in Arizona, two fully equipped Chevrolet Tahoes that are used for commuting, investigators found. The lengthy, bipartisan report is a scathing evaluation of what the Department... Pioneer Press http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2939471/posts#comment Wed, 3 Oct 2012 12:21:47 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2938638/posts An 18-year-old Keokuk man has been acquitted for shooting another man while trying to protect his mother during an argument this summer. The Hawk-Eye reports ( http://bit.ly/OxwQpF) a jury found Colton Dobson not guilty on Thursday after a three-day trial. He had been charged with willfully injuring 27-year-old Tim Mondon with a shotgun on July 14. qctimes.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2938638/posts#comment Mon, 1 Oct 2012 15:11:59 GMT