Snowden to Moscow, Wing Walker Crash
Sunday, June 23, 2013
Vol.2, No. 175
On the Move: NSA leaker Edward Snowden left Hong Kong for Moscow. The NY Times reports he will fly on to Cuba, then Venezuela. He could end up in Ecuador or Iceland, countries that will not send him back to the US. Hong Kong said the US request to arrest Snowden wasn’t legal.
Retaliation: Gunmen in Pakistan killed 11 people, including at least nine foreigners, at the base camp for one of the world’s tallest mountain. The Taliban claimed the massacre was retaliation for a drone strike that killed their second in command. The victims were from Russia, China and Ukraine. Pakistan is using helicopters to evacuate roughly 25 mountain climbers who are still in the area.
National: Police searched the home of New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez looking for evidence in the murder of a friend whose body was found a mile from the Hernandez home. The victim, Odin Lloyd, was a semi-professional football player for the Boston Bandits.
- A wing walker and pilot were killed at a Dayton, Ohio air show when their plane crashed and burned. The plane was flying upside down and close to the ground when it punched in. The stuntwoman was identified as Jane Wicker whose full-time job was working as a budget analyst for the federal aviation administration.
Trayvon: The judge ruled this week that testimony of voice analysts who listened to a 911 call with a male calling for help will not be allowed in evidence. One analyst said the voice was Trayvon Martin, the teenager shot to death, and the other analyst only said it was not the defendant George Zimmerman. In one victory for the Florida prosecution, the judge ruled they may refer to Zimmerman as a “vigilante”. The lawyers picked an all-female jury, five white, one minority.
Ice: Chicago scored on an open net with seconds left on the clock to seal the 5th game 3-1. They have a chance to win the Cup Monday in Boston.
Rise of the Interns: Three former interns for the website Gawker are suing claiming they did unpaid work. They said they wrote and edited articles, doing the work of regular employees without pay. Interns are increasingly used as an unpaid labor force. A judge recently ruled that interns on the movie production “Black Swan” should have been paid.
High and Tight: Tightrope walker Nik Wallenda plans today to walk a quarter mile cable over the Little Colorado River near the Grand Canyon. He’s one of the “Flying Wallendas”, the famous circus family that makes its living challenging gravity. He says he’s not worried.
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