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Sunday, February 03, 2013

EXCLUSIVE: Alabama 'survivalist killer' Jimmy Lee Dykes wants a reporter sent into his bunker to tell his story in exchange for releasing his 5-year-old hostage | Mail Online - Laura Collins - MailOnline has learned that Jimmy Lee Dykes made the extraordinary offer on the first day of what has now turned into a siege situation with the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team on site, emergency services and a host of media focused on the piece of Alabama bluff under which Dykes and the boy, Ethan, are holed up. - A source with the local sheriff's office has revealed that a CID Lieutenant spoke with Dykes for the first four hours of the hostage situation, communicating via a pipe sticking out from the ground – the only surface sign of the bunker’s location. - In those first crucial hours, Vietnam veteran Dykes attempted to strike his bargain – the boy in return for a reporter to tell his story of ‘how the government had screwed him.’


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Feb 2, 2013: Rickey Stokes Live on Fox News Channel with Elizabeth Prann - Midland City residents await hostage update | Fox News Video


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Fox News Skewers NRA Chief - The Daily Beast - Yes, that’s right, even Fox News has sided with President Obama over the NRA on gun control. On Sunday, host Chris Wallace called out NRA CEO Wayne LaPierre for arguing that American children deserve the same amount of protection that President Obama’s daughters get. “That’s ridiculous and you know it, sir,” said Wallace, referring to the organization’s contentious TV ad proposing to put armed guards in all schools. Wallace also refuted LaPierre’s claims that inner-city gangs are responsible for America’s gun problem.

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Alabama RB commit Tyren Jones suffers broken jaw in altercation | www.ajc.com - Michael Carvell - Tyren Jones, who is one of the state’s top college prospects and committed to Alabama on a football scholarship, suffered a broken jaw after an altercation at his high school, according to multiple reports.

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Alabama sheriff: 5-year-old hostage gets chips, toys as standoff enters 6th day - CNN.com


http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/03/us/alabama-child-hostage/index.html?hpt=hp_t2


Midland City: Day 6, no developments, news conference postponed - WSFA.com


http://www.wsfa.com/story/20791656/authorities-say-they-are-in-constant-contact-with-ala-child-hostage-suspect


Colin Kaepernick: Mother of Super Bowl star gave up son for adoption | Mail Online - Laura Collins


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2271385/Colin-Kaepernick-Mother-Super-Bowl-star-gave-son-adoption.html#axzz2JhmyfBrO


Boxing legend Muhammad Ali 'could be dead in days' warns distraught brother | Mail Online


http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2272760/Boxing-legend-Muhammad-Ali-dead-days-warns-distraught-brother.html


Bus Driver Planned To Buy Car When Route Finished-----Never Made It :: RickeyStokesNews.com


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EXCLUSIVE: Alabama 'survivalist killer' Jimmy Lee Dykes wants a reporter sent into his bunker to tell his story in exchange for releasing his 5-year-old hostage | Mail Online - Laura Collins - MailOnline has learned that Jimmy Lee Dykes made the extraordinary offer on the first day of what has now turned into a siege situation with the FBI’s Hostage Rescue Team on site, emergency services and a host of media focused on the piece of Alabama bluff under which Dykes and the boy, Ethan, are holed up. - A source with the local sheriff's office has revealed that a CID Lieutenant spoke with Dykes for the first four hours of the hostage situation, communicating via a pipe sticking out from the ground – the only surface sign of the bunker’s location. - In those first crucial hours, Vietnam veteran Dykes attempted to strike his bargain – the boy in return for a reporter to tell his story of ‘how the government had screwed him.’

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Survivalist tricked Alabama school bus driver into stopping by 'promising a gift of home-grown broccoli' before he shot him dead and took a little boy hostage | Mail Online - Laura Collins - Survivalist Jimmy Lee Dykes set his plan to ambush a Midland City school bus in motion by telling the driver that he was 'going to give him a gift', it was revealed today. - The detail has emerged as the hostage situation in Alabama continues into its fifth day. - The day before Dykes, 65, acted, he told driver, Charles Poland, that he was going to give him some broccoli he had grown on his land. - His intention was to ensure that his approach caused no alarm when he boarded the vehicle on Tuesday afternoon armed with a gun.


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Super Bowl 2013: How CBS plans to bring you the game of the year - Richard Deitsch - SI.com -- Jim Nantz and Phil Simms will handle the Super Bowl game broadcast for CBS on Sunday.


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