HUNTER KILLS NOTORIOUS WOLF, RESCUES WOLF’S LUNCH

A hunter saved the lives of an old lady and her granddaughter yesterday after killing a notorious wolf and finding both women alive in the wolf’s stomach.

The hunter came across the wolf after hearing loud snoring inside the old woman’s
cottage and thought the loud snoring might have meant that the frail grandmother needed help. Upon entering the cottage, which had its door left open, the hunter found the wolf asleep with a bulging stomach. The hunter gutted the wolf upon realizing the bulge was probably the old lady, who seemed to be missing from the house. The granddaughter, Elisabeth, was also found in the stomach. “I was so scared; it was so dark in there.”

Elisabeth had been tasked that morning, by her mother, with bringing fresh bread, sweet butter, and a bottle of wine to her sick grandmother. Elisabeth, who is from the Town, and approximately a thirty minute walk from her grandmother’s forest cottage, originally met up with the wolf a mile from the cottage. She was unaware of the devious plot laid out by this fiendish creature though.
She said the wolf came off as a gentle and friendly creature who gave her the great idea to pick wildflowers for her grandmother. Elisabeth gave the wolf the location to her grandmother’s cottage during this brief conversation. While picking the forests wildflowers, which are protected by the state, she got so off track and into the woods that the wolf was able to arrive at the cottage before Elisabeth.
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The older lady, Old Red Riding Hood, has recently had a series of illnesses. Her daughter, Middle Red Riding Hood, decided to send her daughter with a basket of goods she thought would cheer up her mother.
Upon entering her grandmother’s cottage though, Elisabeth said, “Something didn’t feel right, which is weird because I always loved going to my grandmothers.” Indeed something was not right in the household. When Elisabeth approached her grandmother she noticed her grandmother had grown giant ears, fangs, and hair all over her body.

When Elisabeth questioned her grandmother why she had such big teeth, her grandmother replied, “The better to eat you with!” and quickly gobbled up the small child. Elisabeth eventually found her grandmother in the beast’s stomach, prompting her to realize that she had been fooled by the wolf.
It wasn’t soon afterward though that the hunter heard the loud snoring of the full bellied beast.

It was clear to the hunter that this grandmother was no grandmother but a wolf he had been hunting for some time now. Using his hunter instincts he was able to gut the creature and safely remove the two women, who had been swallowed in one bite, freeing them of imminent death.

Refugee Alerts Police, Helps Saves Mans Life

A Sudanese refugee and Old Orchard Beach resident, James Laboke, is being praised after helping to save the life of, Francois Truffaut, after Laboke alerted the police to Truffaut's 1987 Cadillac Seville, which was stalled on the local train tracks.

Laboke, who was on his way to work, found the car at 6 a.m., approximately five minutes before the Downeaster train zoomed over the tracks.

After finding the car stalled on the tracks, Laboke, pounded on the windows of the locked car to get the attention of Truffant who was unconscious at the wheel. Laboke sprinted one hundred yards to the police station where he reported the car after his attempts of waking the driver failed.

A captain on the local police force, Janet Paradiso was the first on the scene and rammed the Seville off the tracks with her police cruiser, only thirty seconds before the train came through the section of tracks. Paradiso said she heard the whistle of the train in the distance and "there was no time. I had to do something."

Upon reaching the hospital, Truffant, said he was diabetic. He most likely went into insulin shock just as he reached the railroad crossing according to the police report.

Had Paradiso not rammed the Seville off the tracks, the train surely would've sped into the car.

The conductor, Shirley Temple, of the Downeaster train that almost rammed into the car of Truffant said that she, "had a lump in my throat," as she saw the Seville sitting helplessly on the tracks.

When questioned what she would've done to prevent the accident had Paradiso not rescued Truffant she said, "When this baby gets a head of steam it takes a mile to stop. I couldn't have pulled the brake because it could have injured passengers on the train."

Laboke, seventeen, works at the Eezy Breezy Restaurant and walks four miles to work every day. His boss, and owner of the Eezy Breezy, Charles Champaigne, described Laboke as, "one of my most responsible employees," and "a great kid."

Neither of those descriptions will be questioned after Laboke's heroism that he described casually saying, "I never thought about it. I just knew I couldn't let that man get crushed by a train. Laboke has lived in Old Orchard Beach for three years.

The Downeaster train, which is operated by Amtrak, goes to Boston from Portland everyday and leaves Portland at 5:55a.m. It makes a stop at Old Orchard Beach during the summer.

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For Paterson Confidant, Fast Rise and Questions
First of all is an interesting profile piece on New York Director of Executive Services, David W. Johnson. This was an interesting article because it feels like a rags to riches stories, even though it never says that Johnson was ever poor. What it does say though is that he's from a poor family but Johnson is from Harlem and was convicted of multiple crimes. Johnson's troubled past and rough upbringing make this profile all the more novel. Reading this article inspires the reader because Johnson is a human trying his hardest not only to improve his life but the lives of all New York citizens. rawr

Even Before Filming, Kennedy Series Stirs Anger
The History Channel's newest mini-series, "The Kennedys," is stirring up a lot of a drama and I can see where it's coming from. Presidents personal lives are always a touchy subject and after they leave office their personal life should be just as open as any other Americans. The problem here is that the writers are making up events or tweaking events. Couldn't they just say that the series is "loosely" based off the life JFK and change names to make it less controversial. This anger is all based off politics and people thinking other people are trying to slur their party. If that's true, than it's a project that should stop now, but I don't think "The Kennedys" is about slandering anyone.

Politics As Usual

The article on the Congressional Black Caucus is just politics as usual. It's already widely-known that politicians use their positions of power to pocket money from major companies so it comes as no surprise that the Congressional Black Caucus is doing the same. The real surprise is how little of the money that the Caucus is using on philanthropic work. The fact they spend more money on a lights show than scholarships is a bit questionable.
I'm not criticizing the C.B.C. for their practices because every politician is doing what they do. That's the problem with politics though, it seems the companies are the ones making the real decisions in Washington and that no politician is clean of "dirty money."

Wall St. Helped Greece to Mask Debt
While American politicians are pocketing millions of dollars from major corporations, politicians all across Europe are scrambling for money to help repay Greek debts. Why are politicians all across the world so sneaky? Aren't they supposed to be helping build up a country so why do they have to be so secretive with with they're doing with the country's money? Just a question.

Another blatant attack on the US Government, this time coming from within it's own boundaries. This time in New York, where senator Hiram Monserrate(D) is trying to be expelled from the senate after being accused of felony assault charges. The biggest issue I have with this article is that it doesn't poke at the obvious, the fact that an American senator is being accused with a felony assault charge for apparently leaving a large gash in the face of a woman.
I understand that the New York State Senate is wrong to go against the Constitution and expel a senator but what's even more wrong to me, as an American, is that a man like Monserrate is still a senator. How is it that we don't have laws stating that any senator charged with a felony is under suspension from his senator position? Don't we have hundreds of lawmakers to help protect our legal system against people like Monserrate?
The part that gets me is Monserrate's lawyer calling the New York State Senators "unconstitutional" when his client is running rampant around New York cutting women's faces and blackmailing senators about his political allegiance. I'm sorry but that type of criminal activity should result in more than the "expulsion" being threatened against Monserrate.

On to a lighter subject now, health care. The Republicans, who have been scoffing about anything Obama has come up with are finally set to unveil their "solution" to health care. Finally! After complaining for long enough about how bad Obama's plan was it's good to see them actually taking a step in the right direction and offer ideas. Now call me crazy but hopefully the Democrats and Republicans can review each other plans and work something out that really makes a difference.

Stoke Crime Wave

Halloween has become one of the biggest traditions at the University of New Hampshire. Over the years it has become more of a night of mischief than ever before, as thousands of students roamed the night. Halloween 2009 changed the definition of mischief for some students though.
For Adam Bermingham, who was visiting his friends, it was a night he'll never remember. After being jumped by a group of men he was beaten unconscious and had to have his jaw wired after the attackers broke his jaw along with his nose and eye bone.
The assault happened between Stoke Hall and Sawyer Hall on Ballard Street, a location that has become a hot spot for assaults and other crimes this year. Including the Halloween attack at least four other assaults have been reported and in December a girl on the seventh floor of Stoke was almost raped. So why is Stoke experiencing this crime wave?
First of all, this hotbed of violence is on the edge of campus sandwiched between part of "frat row" and the New England Center. This area is a heavily wooded area which allows people to escape into cover easily. Another problem is with the people tasked to stopping the crime. Now the police do all they can to protect the campus it's rare to see them patrol behind Stoke but nearly impossible to count the cops patrolling Main Street, especially on Main Street. The police have done a good job of patrolling the woods behind Stoke but obviously more action needs to be taken.
So how are students responding to this recent crime wave? Wes Martin, who is currently living in Stoke for his fourth consecutive semester says that, "People have now adopted a buddy system so as not to be as vulnerable."  Meaning students in Stoke have realized the perils that surround them at night.  Not all students in Stoke are concerned though. Igor Khuzeykin, a freshman living in Stoke says that crime, "hasn't affected his social life. The Stoke crime wave isn't affecting all students but it has certainly made a large impact on some students.