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http://www.cnn.com/2013/02/03/us/alabama-child-hostage/index.html?hpt=hp_t2Sunday, February 03, 2013
Amid standoff, Alabama town mourns slain bus driver - CNN.com - "I'm sad to see you gone. You didn't deserve to die, but you died knowing you kept everyone safe," read a letter from a student. - Donny Bynum, the superintendent of Dale County schools, read the letter and several others at Poland's funeral, which was held at the Ozark Civic Center. - "Being on your bus has been some of the best times of my life," read a second letter. - "I will miss your big, smiling face," read a third. - Poland was remembered as a loving husband, father and "paw-paw," who would do anything for his grandchildren. He was the type who brought students ice water on hot days.
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.’
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.
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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