Dozens attend vigil for Texas shooting victims

DALLAS -- Dozens of mourners have attended a vigil for the four slain and four wounded in two Dallas-area shootings that are being blamed on one man.

Dallas County Jail records show Erbie Bowser was being held Sunday on $6.5 million bond on three counts of capital murder and two counts of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon.

Police allege Bowser on Wednesday fatally shot his girlfriend and her daughter in Dallas, then drove to DeSoto and killed his estranged wife, Zina Bowser, and her daughter. Two youths at each home were also wounded.

Family and friends gathered Saturday outside the DeSoto home where Zina Bowser and her daughter were killed to light candles and remember the victims.

Source: http://www.miamiherald.com/2013/08/11/3556083/dozens-attend-vigil-for-texas.html

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Health Insurance And You: Finding The Information You Need ...

It is very risky to live without health insurance. If you break your leg or have a serious illness, you could end up with massive medical bills. Having a proper health insurance policy is key to keeping yourself healthy, so read on to find tips which will help you secure the coverage you need for a great price.

When choosing health insurance, it is important to know what your coverage will encompass. It is vital to have extra coverage if it turns out that you are not able to return to work for a considerable amount of time.

Open Enrollment

If an open enrollment period is available to you, take advantage of it by reassessing your requirements in a health insurance policy. Perhaps your situation has changed and your policy is no longer adequate. Open enrollment offers you the ability to change vision and dental coverage, too, if you have that option.

If you, or any of your family members, have vision issues, then it is a good idea to get optical insurance. Some of your visits and eye care purchases, such as glasses or contacts, will be covered. Vision insurance isn?t mandatory, so some people spend less cash by not having this kind of coverage.

Hints If you are a recent college graduate and you are looking into health insurance, there are a couple of options for you to consider. If you are employed by a large enough business, you are probably eligible for company provided coverage.

Expect health insurance policies to have hidden loopholes within the fine print. Make sure you read the policy thoroughly, so there are no surprises about what it doesn?t cover. Be prepared to pay for some things that will not be covered, such as some medications or procedures.

When your health insurer telephones you during the insurance application process, do not volunteer any extra information. Answer only the questions they ask you directly, and keep your answers focused and short to offer nothing more than the specific answer. By volunteering extraneous details, it is likely that they will note them in your file and possibly increase your policy costs or deny coverage altogether depending on the information you provided.

Health Insurance Policy

Hints When open enrollment time comes, review your health insurance plans and needs. As your medical needs and family dynamics change, your health insurance should be adjusted to meet those needs.

Unforeseen circumstances make having a health insurance policy essential. You could contract a disease or get hit by a car anytime. These tips will help you to decide on the correct health insurance policy for you and your family, at the right price.

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"Red Wings won for the first time in over 40 years, and the parade in Detroit was followed by over a..."

"Red Wings won for the first time in over 40 years, and the parade in Detroit was followed by over a million people. Older men stood in the street and cried because we had brought home the Stanley Cup to town. It was an incredible feeling."

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I cried when they won.? I still remember the Dead Things era.? I was just happy that Stevie finally got his name on the Cup!

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Lightning strikes spark more Washington wildfires

MALAGA, Wash. -- A Chelan County community just now recovering from a fast-moving wildfire is being threatened once again.

A weekend lightning storm sparked more than 60 new fires in Washington, and the largest of them is now forcing evacuations in a community near Malaga.

Firefighter Roy Varney's crew is standing guard in case the Mile Post 10 fire makes a run at any area homes. They're safe for now, but that could change in a moment's notice.

"Prevention is the name of the game," Varney said.

Don Kasel and his wife were able to safely get out of the area Saturday night. They grabbed their family photos and their two dogs when it looked like the entire ridge was burning.

"We've got a mess out here," Kasel said. "We're evacuated right now. A level three, the highest evacuation that they have."

The fire is threatening roughly 80 homes, and Kasel is grateful for the men and women who have stepped up to fight it.

"It's just amazing the people that are parked in our driveway," he said. "There's three fire trucks."

Nearly an hour's drive away in the town of Cashmere, a helicopter spent Sunday dropping water on what appears to be another spot fire caused by lightning.

Varney said the half-inch of rain that fell with the thunder storms isn't enough to help prevent the fire from spreading further.

"It's enough rain to soak the grass," he said. "When sun comes out, the grass dries like that. Two hours later you're right back to where you were before the rain."

The Mile Post 10 fire has burned 5,226 acres so far.

Source: http://www.komonews.com/news/local/Lightning-strikes-spark-more-Washington-wildfires-219199991.html

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Austin Snyder: Florida teen killed after ATV hits tree in Colorado

A 14-year-old Volusia County boy who was killed in an all-terrain vehicle crash in Colorado will be remembered during a service next week in DeLand.

Austin Michael Snyder, 14, of DeLeon Springs, died in Ouray County, Colo. while on vacation after his all-terrain vehicle struck a tree Aug. 2.

He attended St. Barnabas Episcopal School in DeLand, his obituary said.

A celebration of Austin's life will be held at 5:30 p.m. Monday at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church in the Harwood Center.

"The family encourages attendees to wear purple,'' his obituary says.

A funeral service was held on Wednesday at Canyon View Baptist Church, Montrose, Colo. interment followed at Dallas Park Cemetery in Ridgway, Colo.

He was visiting family members in Montrose, Colo. at the time of the crash.

The Montrose Daily Press said he was riding in a group of five when the crash occurred.

A cousin saw Austin hit a bump in the road, authorities said.

"Unfortunately, just beyond the bump where he came down, he had to negotiate a right-hand curve. He was unable to negotiate the curve," Ouray County Undersheriff BB Burk is quoted as saying.

After his ATV hit a tree, he was thrown from the vehicle and into another tree, Burk told the Montrose Daily Press.

The newspaper said his grandfather and legal guardian? Greg Snyder ? was in the group Austin was riding in.

Greg and Carolyn Snyder adopted Austin in 2008 after the death of Austin's father, Justin Snyder, in 2005.

Justin Snyder died March 14, 2005 after he stepped out of a moving truck in Montana for unknown reasons and was hit or run over by the truck, according to an Associated Press report.

The younger Snyder sustained severe internal injuries, lost consciousness and was pronounced dead by the time a rescue helicopter arrived, the Montrose Daily Press said.

The boy's obituary said he "lived life to the fullest."

"He particularly loved the outdoors, sports, and, above all, spending time with family and friends," it said.

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Firefighters battle Jasper church fire

A Jasper church went up in flames Friday evening.

The fire happened at the First Church of the Nazarene.

According to the church's Facebook page, the main church building was destroyed.

Right now, the National Weather Service believes the fire was caused by lightning.

Please stay with Alabama's 13 and? alabamas13.com for the very latest on this developing story.

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Apple announces iPhone 5, bigger screen, 2X speed A6, aluminum and glass ?best phone ever?

Apple executives are now live on stage at the Yerba Buena Arts Center in California, where the company just unveiled the iPhone 5.

?Today we?re introducing iPhone 5? It?s made entirely of glass and aluminum,? announced Apple Worldwide Marketing Senior Vice President Phillip Schiller.??You see we?re able to add a fifth-row of icons.?

Additional iPhone 5 specs:

• Retina display:?4-inch (diagonal) widescreen Multi-Touch display,?1136-by-640-pixel resolution at 326 ppi,?44 percent more color saturation,?800:1 contrast ratio, and fingerprint-resistant oleophobic coating on front.
• HSPA+, DC-HSDPA
• LTE (Sprint, Verizon, AT&T for LTE. In Canada, Rogers, Telus, and Bell)
• Wi-Fi (2.4ghz and 5ghz on 802.11n)
• A6 chip (compared to the A5? it is two times faster but?22 percent smaller)
• AirPlay Mirroring to Apple TV support at 720p
• Built-in rechargeable lithium-ion battery: 225 hours of standby, 8 hours of LTE, 10 hours of Wi-Fi, 8 hours of 3G, and 10 hours of video.
• iSight: 8-megapixel, backside flash, hybrid IR filter, five-element lens, sapphire lens, f/2.4 aperture, next-generation ISP, spatial noise reduction, smart filter, better low-light performance, 40 percent faster on photo capture, and?HD video recording (1080p) up to 30 frames per second with audio.
• FaceTime HD camera with 1.2MP photos and HD video (720p) up to 30 frames per second, improved video stability, face detection, FaceTime over cellular, the ability to snap photos while shooting video, etc.
• Audio system: improved speaker design?20 percent smaller speaker and wideband audio
• Connector: ?Lightning? (so?Apple will have Thunderbolt and Lightning), all-digital, 8-signal design, adaptive interface, improved durability and reversible.
• Apple EarPods with Remote and Mic
• iOS 6: Passbook, GPS, Maps?(?iPhone 4S, 4, 3GS, new iPad, iPad 2? upgrade for free to iOS 6).
• More specs available at?Apple?s website.

Source: http://imattic.com/2012/09/apple-announces-iphone-5-bigger-screen-2x-speed-a6-aluminum-and-glass-best-phone-ever/

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At Samsung hearing, Apple seeks precedent in patent cases

By Alina Selyukh

WASHINGTON | Fri Aug 9, 2013 4:06pm EDT

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A U.S. appeals court wrestled on Friday with a request by Apple Inc for a permanent injunction on sales of some phones made by its archrival, Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, in a case that could have a deep impact on patent litigation.

Friday's hearing came hours ahead of an expected ruling by the International Trade Commission in a separate case on whether certain mobile devices made by South Korea's Samsung violate Apple patents. The ruling is expected around 5 p.m. EDT (2100 GMT).

Apple is appealing a lower court ruling that rejected the iPhone maker's request that some older-model Samsung phones be permanently banned because they violate an Apple patent.

At stake is whether judges can permanently ban the sale of a complex device like a smartphone if a court finds that it violates a patent that covers just one of the device's hundreds of features. Samsung and other smartphone makers say a decision in favor of Apple could cripple the market.

At an hour-long hearing in Washington, U.S. Federal Circuit Court of Appeals Judge William Bryson questioned whether Apple wanted to use the appeal to set a precedent that would allow it to seek sales bans for newer Samsung phones in an expedited fashion.

"Is that really what we're dealing with?" Bryson asked.

The current case has dragged on for two years.

Apple lawyer William Lee acknowledged that if the iPhone maker's injunction request was granted, the company would seek a so-called contempt proceeding to go after newer Samsung phones.

The case is one of many between the two phone makers as they accuse each other of patent violations in a bid to dominate a fast-growing market for mobile devices.

Samsung's popular Galaxy smartphones and tablets run on Google's Android operating system, which Apple's late co-founder, Steve Jobs, once denounced as a "stolen product." Apple says Samsung has infringed its patents and caused financial losses. Samsung denies it copied Apple's patented features.

The three-judge panel on Friday weighed whether the lower court was right in requiring Apple, when requesting a sales ban, to prove a "causal nexus" connecting a dip in iPhone or iPad sales to Samsung's alleged specific patent infringements.

"I can't imagine that you wouldn't have some nexus requirement, regardless of how you define it, in every case of injunction," Judge Kathleen O'Malley said.

But O'Malley also questioned whether Apple even could prove that one feature of a complex product is the single driver of consumer demand, as demanded by the lower court. She said that if Apple proves one patented feature - such as "pinch-to-zoom" -to be the most important driver of consumer demand, it would automatically disprove the same about other patents.

LONG LEGAL HISTORY

Samsung has said that all of the phones involved in the ongoing patent litigation are either no longer in the market or include design workarounds. Apple says the newer phones continue to rely on the same features at stake in this case.

Apple last year won a big monetary verdict against Samsung from a Northern California jury in the patent infringement case but the iPhone maker has been less successful in convincing judges to order injunctions.

The Federal Circuit last year rejected Apple's request for a pretrial sales ban against Samsung's Galaxy Nexus phone. With that, it raised the bar for injunctions on device sales based on narrow patents for the devices' features.

It also put Samsung in a much stronger position by allowing its products to remain on store shelves while it fights the global patent battle.

U.S. District Judge Lucy Koh last December used that Federal Circuit's new, tough pretrial injunction standard when she rejected Apple's bid for a permanent post-trial injunction on several Samsung phones. She also slashed Apple's $1.05 billion jury verdict.

In its appeal, Apple says Koh's ruling would "create a bright-line rule" and argues she should not have used that tougher standard.

Google Inc, HTC Corp and others have chimed in on Samsung's behalf, arguing that an Apple victory would return patent law to the days "when injunctive relief automatically followed a finding of infringement."

The appeals court is expected to issue a written opinion but did not indicate a timeline.

The case is Apple Inc v. Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Federal U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 13-1129.

(Editing by Ros Krasny, Vicki Allen, Bernadette Baum and Matthew Lewis)

Source: http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/09/us-apple-samsung-patent-idUSBRE9780QP20130809?feedType=RSS&feedName=businessNews

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China Mobile's First Self-Branded Smartphone is Powered by Marvell

Using QR Codes to Deliver Maps Electronically - cartographers are tapping into technology in the form of Quick Response Codes (QR codes) to help promote, sell and deliver maps electronically. Ted Florence discusses QR codes, what they are and how they are useful for maps and map producers.?

10 Resources To Help You Get Started Programming with Python - There's no question that if you want a head start in your career as a GIS Analyst, programmer, or other technology professional that Python programming is a must. Just look around on twitter, follow some geo hacks on Google +, check out the developer resources, and attend a GeoGeek meetup of WhereCamp and you'll hear about python.

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58% Use Location-based Apps Despite Privacy Concerns - A telephone poll of 1,000 Americans shows that many people are concerned about geolocation, which uses data from a computer or mobile device to identify a physical location

The Really Big List of Mapping, Geo location Mobile developer resources, APIs and Tools? - The Mobile Ecosystem... no question that mobile is huge and the opportunity for developers, in particular, geo developers! There's loads of developer resources on the web so to help the developer, here's a listing of just some of the fine dev resources, blogs, toolsets and more to consider when developing or porting your app to a smartphone or Tablet.

Mobile Technology Feature - Top 10 Business Apps for Android - Android has become one of the most popular mobile operating systems in the world due to advanced software, competitive manufacturers, and an app market that is filled with exciting and useful applications. Read on for this fine Top 10 List compiled by tech writer, Blake Sanders

ArcGIS.com Mashup Tutorial with Flickr and Foursquare data - Here's a simple "how to" tutorial on working with the free ArcGIS.com to easily import KML or RSS data from Flickr and foursquare into ArcGIS to create your own custom map mashup.

Most Users of Free Photo Apps Say Adding Cool Effects is Most Useful? - Adding cool effects to photos was rated as the most useful thing by more than half of consumers surveyed using free online photography services, according to CatchFree a free online service that helps people find the best free mobile and web applications to perform useful tasks.

10 Things That You Should Be Including In Your Press Release - We'd like to share a short list of 10 items that anyone creating a press release might/should consider including in their press release.?

Flickr GPS Photo Tag Tip? - Here's a tip for Flickr users who want to share their GPS information with their photos. note, in order to do this you'll need to be capturing photos using a GPS-enabled or GPS-aware camera (see you're smartphone hardware settings to ensure that GPS or location sharing is turned "ON)".?

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NBA veteran defends Shabazz Muhammad on Twitter

NBA veteran defends Shabazz Muhammad on Twitter

by Sean Highkin on Aug. 07, 2013, under Sports

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Desperate father starts bone marrow donation campaign

The following story has been translated from Yahoo! Spain and is, unfortunately, about a relatively common tragedy: a child with leukemia who needs to find a compatible bone marrow donor. The key to finding a donor is having lots of people get their blood tested. So rather than simply view this story as a local event, Yahoo.com has decided to publish it in English with the hope that just one more U.S. reader will be touched, get tested, and actually be that match. Please click here to learn more about how to help.

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"Impossible is just a big word thrown around by small men who find it easier to live in the world they've been given than to explore the power they have to change it. Impossible is not a fact. It's an opinion. Impossible is not a declaration. It's a dare. Impossible is potential. Impossible is temporary. Impossible is nothing."

Eduardo Schell hears this legendary quote from Muhammad Ali everyday in his mind when he wakes up. His son Matthew, who is three months old, suffers from Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia and desperately needs a bone marrow transplant to survive. Without a transplant, Matthew will live two or three more months. Doctors only gives a 1 percent chance to find someone compatible, but his family still has hope.

"I thought it was just an episode of fever," Eduardo, who is 35 and lives in Madrid with his wife Elena, said. "We would never expect something like that, but you only have two choices in your life when that kind of thing happens to you: sink or fight."

Since he learned of the bad news, Eduardo, who is a sports journalist, looked for support in his profession. He found it. In two hours, he became trending topic on Twitter thanks to the hashtag #M4M and a battery of famous athletes (Rafael Nadal, Iker Casillas, Fernando Torres, etc.) who helped.

That's when Eduardo and his family decided to create a website to help Matthew and many other leukemia patients. Since it was launched a week ago, it has received nearly 700,000 visits.

The goal is clear: they want to simplify the information as much as possible to enable people to get tested. "There is not much marrow donation, and we believe it is more due to ignorance," says Matthew's father. He?s right: to donate, you just have to get a blood test, which is sent to the Bone Marrow Donors Worldwide. Then, if they find you are compatible to a leukemia patient in the world, they tell you and you can save a patient's life with a simple cord blood collection.

Lack of resources
The awareness movement has generated a huge success: more than 2,600 people have already donated. Unfortunately, some centers in Spain have been overwhelmed. ?Many people has told us they have called the centers for four days, but they haven?t picked up the phone," Eduardo says.

In several parts of the country health teams are working overtime, setting up field hospitals in different locations. "I wish that everyone who wants to donate bone can do despite the impediments," he pleads.

Help from all over the world
The aid, however, not only comes from Spain: Eduardo and his family had the web translated into English, which explains the steps to donate in each of the regions. What's very moving from this difficult situation is that actually this initiative will have a global impact, as will generate more people willing to contribute, not only for Matthew.

Since Matthew became ill, his parents also have been in touch with other families stricken by leukemia: "Everyone has his own campaign, but we are looking at what can we do together; the more people will donate bone, the more options there are for all,? notes Edward.

After all this tireless work, all Matthew?s family waits for a phone call which could tell Eduardo that one a match has been found: "We know that it?s very hard; we have many times of downturn, it's like a roller coaster, but if you fall seven times, you have to get up eight, each time with a smile."

For more information on how to be tested, visit http://marrowformathew.com.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/facing-long-odds-for-the-survival-of-his-son--desperate-father-starts-bone-marrow-donation-campaign-125047239.html

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Get on base now with At Bat 13, the official app of Major League Baseball, on Windows Phone 8

You don?t have to hunker down in front of a TV or spend a day at the stadium to keep up with your favorite baseball teams, now that At Bat 13, the official app of Major League Baseball, is on Windows Phone 8.

Watch live baseball games through the free MLB.TV Game of the Day or access your MLB.TV Premium subscription to watch every out-of-market game. You can also listen to radio broadcasts covering games, and keep track of league action through a live scoreboard, standings, and schedules. Pin your favorite team to your Start Screen for quick access and get scoreboard updates right on your Lock screen.

Install it now for free from the Windows Phone Store. Also check out subscription options if you need more.

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Source: http://blogs.technet.com/b/firehose/archive/2013/08/08/get-on-base-now-with-at-bat-13-the-official-app-of-major-league-baseball-on-windows-phone-8.aspx

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Slaughterhouse Play London Show On 18th August 2013

The Hip Hop supergroup spearheaded by Eminem with its all-star line-up of rap heavyweights Joe Budden, Royce Da 5'9, Joell Ortiz and Crooked I hit the UK for two special dates at London's The Garage and Manchester's Gorilla.

Fresh off a sold out tour in 2012, a #1 Shady records release Welcome to: OUR HOUSE and an upcoming third studio album helmed by super-producer Just Blaze, all the bases are ready for a set of explosive shows and another classic Hip Hop album.

Joe Budden, Royce Da 5'9, Joell Ortiz and Crooked are masters of their craft with over a decades worth of classic material under their belts as solo artists, #1 albums, legendary mixtapes and a reputation build on delivering an elite level of Hip Hop touched by few others. These shows are not to be missed!

This is Hip Hop!
Time: 19:00 - 23:00
Venue: The Garage, 20-22 Highbury Crescent, London, N5 1RD

This event is strictly 14+ and proof of ID will be required

MORE INFORMATION:

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7-Eleven worker severely injured saving others after tornado

Posted on: 10:15 pm, July 30, 2013, by Ali Meyer, updated on: 03:41pm, July 31, 2013

MOORE, Okla. -?E.H. Pittman, a soldier with the 45th Infantry Brigade, had just returned from a year in Afghanistan when he went to work at the newest 7-Eleven location; the corner of S.W. 4th St.?and Telephone Rd. in Moore.

Uninjured in combat, he almost met death inside that store.

Pittman got to work early that day.

He was unprepared, unaware of the monster storm that was forming just a few miles away.

When the sirens sounded, and the lights went out, Pittman rushed his co-workers and some customers into the bathroom. Even inside the convenience store, the wind was deafening.

?It?s like you?re standing next to a freight train, literally standing next to it,? Pittman said. ?The noise, it?s intense.?

?It sounds like there?s no way you can escape anything. It?s right there at you,? Bri Bellman said, another 7-Eleven employee who was working that day.

There was no escape for those victims; eight adults and a baby.

Terri Long, Megan Futrell and her infant son, Case did not survive.

?We had seen her trying to protect her baby and so I was on top her,? Bellman said. ?And (Pittman) was on top of me. He was holding onto me, grabbing me, trying to help all of us. He was trying to help all of us.?

?Her and her baby was under my right arm,? Pittman said. ?I was just trying to hold onto them and Bri. You just, you really, you can?t hold onto much.?

Pittman was the first to be rescued.

A stranger snapped a photo as he was being pulled from the rubble.

Even as his life was being saved he told rescuers how to locate the other victims.

He told them to look for Megan Futrell and her baby boy.

?When they found me I still had a hold of her shirt. I don?t know where they found her at,? Pittman said.

They tried so hard to save everyone.

They are heartbroken that it wasn?t enough.

?They told me they found her still holding her baby in the cooler, or where it should have been,? Bellman said. ?They said they found her wrapped around her baby like a cocoon.?

Pittman?s injuries were critical; debris wounds covered his body, both shoulder blades fractured, both lungs collapsed and his back was broken.

?After they pulled me out and set me on the concrete, (they) told me I stood up and took a couple of steps and sat down and said I can?t feel my legs. I don?t remember that. I guess that was my last three steps right there,? Pittman said.

Doctors said he is paralyzed, though he has some feeling in his legs which makes him hopeful he?ll walk again.

Pittman initially went to Norman Regional Hospital for his injuries but he has done the majority of his recovery here at Jim Thorpe Rehabilitation.

Doctors said they are not yet sure when he?ll be strong enough to go home.

Pittman does therapy four hours a day at Jim Thorpe.

He is learning to live without the use of his legs and working desperately hard to get their function back.

He wants to walk.

?When I got here they asked me if I had any goals,? he said. ?I told them my goal was to walk out of here.?

Pittman?s wife Jean has been by his side the entire time.

He has two kids who are ready for dad to come home.

It will be a long journey, in every way.

He still has nightmares.

The victims are still haunted by the images, the sounds and the pain of what happened that afternoon at work.

?It?s terrifying to look at all the damage that was there and think I was right there,? Bellman said.

The sky over Moore still churns with sadness; signs of lives lost and hope for those who have been given the gift of life.

E.H. Pittman and Bri Bellman have had their medical bills paid as part of workers comp because they were both on the job at 7-Eleven when they were injured.

However, Pittman will have many long-term expenses.

Click here to make a donation to the Pittman family.

Source: http://kfor.com/2013/07/30/7-11-worker-severely-injured-saving-others-after-tornado/

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Peugeot Citroen losses mount in H1

PARIS (AP) ? PSA Peugeot Citroen says its losses mounted in the first half as Europe's recession ate into car sales just as it attempts to battle back from last year's record 5 billion euro ($6.6 billion) loss.

The maker of Peugeot and Citroen sedans, hatchbacks and light trucks says it lost 426 million euros in the first half amid a continued slide in car sales and disruption at a key car plant near Paris where workers went on strike over the group's plans to shut factories and shed up to 8,000 jobs.

In a statement Wednesday Peugeot Citroen boss Philippe Varin said he "sees the first signs of the group's recovery," with the automotive division trimming its operating loss even as sales continue to shrink.

Associated Press

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McCaskill: bill would cut red tape, get projects moving, put people to ...

Sen. Claire McCaskill has unveiled a bill to cut permitting and get projects moving. She says the bill is common-sense and bipartisan.

McCaskill is working with Republican Senator Rob Portman of Ohio on what they?re calling the Federal Permitting Improvement Act, which she says has the support of the Chamber of Commerce, The Business Roundtable, and the labor community. She says building safe and environmentally structures are a source of American pride, but the current permit process has ?way to many tentacles,? impeding economic growth and job creation.

?When you have that many cooks in the kitchen without a chef it never has a good ending, and what we?re doing with this legislation is putting someone in charge,? she said at a press conference in Washington.??I think this is a terrific piece of legislation. We ought to be able to get it through here quickly, especially with the partners we have, both Republicans and Democrats. I think a lot of members will want to join in on this legislation. There?s nothing new here. There?s nothing different, other than a commitment that the Federal Government can do a more efficient job of permitting projects so we can get more of Americans back to work and we can then hopefully do the other piece of this, which is additional investment in our infrastructure.?

Sen. Roy Blunt agrees with McCaskill when she says the current process is ?laden with uncertainty and unpredictability that hinders investment, economic growth, and job creation,? and says streamlining government and increasing efficiency needs to be a priority.

He wouldn?t say whether he would approve the measure ? yet.

?I?m in favor of the concept,? he said in a conference call. ?I haven?t looked in depth at the act, but it?s something I?ve been talking about for a long time.?

Blunt says businesses who ran like they did 20 years ago would not survive in today?s market, and yet the government still runs like it did 20 years ago, with many policies and regulations that are outdated and outmoded.

In many ways, he said, ?We don?t even have an analog government in a digital world, we have a carbon-paper government in a digital world.?

AUDIO:?Jessica Machetta reports (1:10)

AUDIO:?Blunt talks about need for government efficiency with Missouri reporters (2:01)

Source: http://www.missourinet.com/2013/07/31/mccaskill-bill-would-cut-red-tape-get-projects-moving-put-people-to-work-audio-video/

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