A shooter at a Delaware courthouse killed two women and wounded police officers before being fatally shot by police. The shooting began before he reached the metal detectors at the Delaware courthouse.
By Randall Chase,?Associated Press / February 11, 2013
Heavily armed police enter the New Castle County Courthouse, in Wilmington, Delaware, Monday morning after a shooting.
William Bretzger / News Journal / AP
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A gunman who spent years in court battles over child custody disputes opened fire Monday in the lobby of a?Delaware?courthouse, leaving two women dead before police fatally shot him, authorities said.
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"It happened so fast," said Jose Beltran, 53, an employee at the New Castle County Courthouse who was entering the lobby when he heard two shots. He said he turned around and heard three or more shots as he ran.
Delaware?State Police Sgt. Paul Shavack said the suspected gunman and two women are dead. Wilmington Mayor Dennis Williams said in a phone interview that one of the women killed was the shooter's estranged wife, but Shavack said police had not confirmed that was the case and cautioned against information from other sources.
Shavack did not say how the gunman died. He said two police officers suffered non-life-threatening injuries.
Delaware?Attorney General Beau Biden said at an afternoon news conference that the?shooting?was not a random act of violence but the result of a custody dispute.
"It's developed out of a long ? over the course of many years ? custody dispute in the courts of this state," he said.
Earlier, Shavak said the gunman opened fire before he passed metal detectors in the lobby.
Chick Chinski, 62, of Middletown said he was entering the courthouse to report for jury duty when he heard popping sounds.
"It didn't sound like gunfire first at all," said Chinski, adding that he saw the gunman pointing his weapon.
He said it seemed that the shooter deliberately targeted the two women who were shot as they stood in the middle of the lobby.
"Absolutely," he said. "It's right what he went after when he come in the door. That's exactly what he did instantly."
Chinski said that before the?shooting, he shared an elevator with the gunman and others from the parking garage. The gunman was quiet and did not appear agitated, Chinski said.
In the hours after the?shooting, dozens of police cars and emergency vehicles were on the streets surrounding the courthouse. Police searched the courthouse room by room as a precaution.
LONDON (Reuters) - Barclays' new chief executive pledged a fresh course for the lender on Tuesday, axing at least 3,700 jobs and pruning its investment bank as he seeks to rebuild its reputation and boost profitability after a series of scandals.
In an attempt to distance Britain's third biggest bank from the aggressive, high-risk culture championed by his predecessor, Antony Jenkins said Barclays would put ethics above earnings at the bank, which has become a focus for public anger at the excesses of the financial sector.
"Barclays is changing. There will be no going back to the old way of doing things. We are changing the way we do business. We are changing the type of business we do," Jenkins said.
"I understand why there is cynicism and scepticism out there, given the track record of banks in the past. You should judge us by what we deliver in the next one, two, five or 10 years," he said at a news conference.
Jenkins unveiled his grand plan, dubbed "Project Transform", at London's Royal Horticultural Halls, an Edwardian exhibition space well away from the bank's skyscraper headquarters in Canary Wharf and just a short walk from parliament, where MPs have heavily criticised the bank for its misdeeds.
Keen to show change is afoot, Jenkins cut pay for investment bankers, halted speculative trading in agricultural commodities and closed a profitable tax advisory unit, which one lawmaker said advised clients on "industrial-scale tax avoidance".
Jenkins, wearing a bright blue tie and sober grey suit, gave a precise presentation but rarely strayed into awkward territory. He declined to answer questions about the future of Rich Ricci, head of the investment bank and one of the last remaining senior executives of the previous era.
"I can't predict the future," Jenkins said.
He committed to keeping the investment bank, which contributes more than half of group earnings, and did not go as far as rivals such as UBS or RBS in cutbacks in this area. He said the division was one of "an increasingly small group" of firms winning business and should deliver future returns on equity of 14-15 percent.
Investors applauded the bank's plans to raise its dividend and cut 1.7 billion pounds in annual costs, including eliminating 1,800 jobs in corporate and investment banking and 1,900 in its European retail and business banking.
He aims to cut compensation to around 35 percent of earnings, from 38 percent last year and 42 percent in 2011.
"This statement redresses the balance. It is not just about the (dividend) payout ratio going up, it is also a function of the compensation ratio going down," said Dominic Rossi, chief investment officer for Fidelity Worldwide Investments, one of the bank's 15 biggest investors.
"That was of course what shareholders had been arguing for ... (The) balance of distribution between staff and shareholders was inappropriate and disproportionate towards employees," Rossi told Reuters.
Barclays shares surged to close up 8.6 percent at 327.35 pence, their highest level for two years and helping pull the European bank index up 2 percent. The bank's shares are up 75 percent since Jenkins took the helm at the end of August, lifting its value to $62 billion.
POSITIVE FOR UK BANKS
Jenkins, 51, has said he expects "Project Transform", his plan to revamp the bank, to take five to 10 years and has told staff they should leave if they do not want to sign up to the new standards.
He cut the average bonus for investment bankers to 54,100 pounds for last year, down 17 percent on the year. It will pay a total 1.85 billion pounds in bonuses, down 14 percent.
"We need to give our investors a bigger share of the income we generate," he said.
But he warned there would be no quick fix and the bank would not deliver his target of a return on equity above 11.5 percent until 2015.
Jenkins will focus investment in Britain, the United States and Africa, and cut back in continental Europe and Asia.
Nearly one in three Barclays branches across Italy, Spain, Portugal and France will close, or about 340 branches and sales centres, and remaining retail operations there will focus on affluent customers.
Jenkins will scale back the investment bank's equities and advisory businesses in continental Europe and Asia.
He said his "root and branch" review of 75 business units will result in four being closed, covering old assets held in fixed income and European corporate and retail loans.
A further 17 units, which contribute 2 billion pounds of income, could be sold or will need a significant transition to make the grade, including the tax unit and a raft of European retail operations.
Another 15 units will need restructuring, while 39 are performing well and will get investment to grow, the bank said.
Jenkins aims to cut the bank's cost base to 16.8 billion pounds in 2015, excluding one-off costs to achieve that of 2.7 billion over the next three years, and lift its dividend to achieve a 30 percent payout ratio.
The bank will pay a dividend of 6.5 pence per share for 2012 from 6p in 2011, or a payout ratio of 19 percent, which analysts said was an encouraging signal for it and UK rivals, given that regulators are telling banks to conserve capital.
Barclays is still recovering from the political furore that followed its $450 million fine for manipulating benchmark interest rates in June. The ensuing storm cost the jobs of its then chief executive, former Wall Street trader Bob Diamond, and chairman Marcus Agius.
Its bill, meanwhile, to compensate customers for mis-sold products has hit 3.5 billion pounds, and investigations are continuing into whether it correctly disclosed fundraisings from Middle East investors.
The Financial Services Authority and Serious Fraud Office are probing certain commercial arrangements between Barclays and Qatari investors related to two 2008 fundraisings.
The bank reported a 2012 pretax profit of 246 million pounds, down from 5.9 billion in 2011 due to the cost of compensating customers and losses on the value of its own debt.
Its adjusted pretax profit for 2012 was 7.05 billion pounds, up 26 percent on the year and in line with the average forecast by analysts, and the bank said it had a good January.
Pretax profit at the investment bank rose by 37 percent to 4.1 billion pounds, stronger than expected, with income down 2 percent from the previous quarter but up 13 percent on the year.
(Additional reporting by Sinead Cruise; Writing by Carmel Crimmins; Editing by Giles Elgood and Will Waterman)
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"Sonos Unveils Playbar, a $700 Home Theater Soundbar"?PC Magazine?10:36 AM
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"Dish to Sell Wireless Spectrum If Network Plans Fail"?Bloomberg?10:02 AM
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"Macworld 2013 ? Slope Is A Simple, Effective Stand for Your iPad"?MacVoicesTV?8:32 PM
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"Power users vs. empowered users"?iMore?7:21 PM
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"Cook Brushes Off Worries About iPad Cannibalization, Says PC Market Is In Much Bigger Trouble"?BGR?10:48 AM
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"Why Mailbox Won't Fix Your E-Mail"?Wired?8:36 AM
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"Here's all of the public information on Apple's watchmaking activity"?9 to 5 Mac?3:52 PM
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"What Apple iWatch?"?Fortune?8:32 AM
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"How You Will Be Hacked"?Forbes?10:18 AM
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"The Best Cookbooks for Your iPad"?Mashable?4:02 PM
"Kickstarter: The SIMPLcase Is An iPhone 5 Case For The Globetrotting SIM Switcher"?TechCrunch?4:02 PM
"HBO Adds AirPlay To Stream HBO GO From iPhones And iPads To The Biggest Screen In The Home"?TechCrunch?4:02 PM
"Pok?mon TV App Brings Popular Episodes to iOS"?Mac|Life?3:54 PM
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"This Portrait Of Russian General Steve Jobs Is Now Ready To Grace Your Living Room"?Cult of Mac?3:54 PM
"Yes, You Can Now Buy A Cutting Board With A Built-In iPad Stand"?Cult of Mac?3:53 PM
"Inkling Launches Publishing Tool To Compete With Apple and Amazon"?PadGadget?3:53 PM
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"iWALK Unveils Eclectic Lineup of iPhone 5 Cases"?Run Around Tech?3:48 PM
"Divoom Unveils ONBEAT-X1 Ultimate Bluetooth Gaming Speaker"?Thomas PR?3:44 PM
"Kickstarter: The SIMPLcase Is An iPhone 5 Case For The Globetrotting SIM Switcher"?TechCrunch?2:31 PM
"San Francisco's Exploratorium Teaches iPad Users About Sound With New App"?TechCrunch?11:49 AM
"Westminster app a mobile user's best friend"?USA Today?11:06 AM
"Adobe VideoBite ? Free Video Editor for iPhone"?Best App Site?11:05 AM
"Exec Launches A Cleaning-Only App, Expands to Seattle As Housework Makes Up 50% Of Sales"?TechCrunch?11:02 AM
"50 Apps That Can Make You More Productive: Get the most out of yourself and your time with these apps that will help you work more efficiently and boost your productivity." [Slideshow]?PC Magazine?10:45 AM
"Livestream releases software version of Studio video switcher, gives producers an even more portable option"?Engadget?9:18 AM
"Adobe Valentine's Day Deal: Photoshop, Premiere Elements for 50% Off [EU]?FairerPlatform?10:42 AM
"Buy One, Get One iPhone Accessory; Colored Lightning Cable, $8.99"?FairerPlatform?8:56 AM
"Caplin Enhances Trading and Data Support for Android and iOS devices"?Business Wire?8:52 AM
"Your Health Has Met Its AppSM: Cigna Launches Health Plan App for Apple and Android Devices"?Business Wire?8:52 AM
"Citrix Extends Line of Mobile Apps to Help Users Work More Effectively Anytime, Anywhere, on Any Device"?Business Wire?8:52 AM
"Pages+ Customizes Your iPhone Home Screen Wallpaper on Each Page"?Lifehacker?8:42 AM
"Public Radio Player 3.0 Brings Remarkably Refreshed Interface And More"?App Advice?8:20 AM
"Sonos app gets universal favorites, Android widget and iPhone 5 tweaks"?Engadget?8:15 AM
"Meet Winston, an iOS app that aggregates, curates and then reads you the news"?The Next Web?8:14 AM
"Winston, Siri's Little Brother, Launches In App Store To Give You The Morning Scoop"?TechCrunch?8:06 AM
"Critic Markup Brings Markdown-Like Change Tracking To Plain Text"?Cult of Mac?8:06 AM
"Scumbag Turned Scholar Creeps into the App Store"?prMac?9:18 AM
"New Adventure: Chronos Salvation 1.0 for iOS"?prMac?9:18 AM
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If you saw Dr. Oz last month, you may have seen his new enzymeboosting green drink.
A diet rich in enzymes can increase energy and stamina, as well as support weight loss, healthy skin, and overall good health.
A lot of the symptoms of low enzymes that Dr. Oz described, are some of the very ones that I have experienced personally, so I started asking around and I found a lot of people were experiencing the exact same symptoms. ?Funny how none of us realized that they may be caused by low enzyme?activity.
How many of these symptoms do you have on a regular basis?
Shocking isn?t it, things that may have made you think ?I?m getting old?, ?I need to go to bed earlier?, ?I need some Ex-Lax or?Imodium?? whatever your thoughts were, your symptoms might just indicate low enzyme?activity. Dr. Oz made me wonder more about enzymes?(What are they? Why do I need them? Why are mine low?), so I started checking it out.
I discovered just how important enzymes are to my health and my body?s happiness. ?Low enzymes can be directly linked to chronic disease, low energy, aches and pains, weight gain ? and you just thought you we?re just getting old ? I know, who knew.
You may remember as a child, an abundance of energy ? ?those were the good ol? days when you had an abundance of enzymes; as a matter of fact you had enzymes to burn. ?But, as we get older, our enzymes begin to deplete due lifestyle and environmental factors.
Lifestyle and dietary habits that require excessive amounts of enzymes to digest our foods?
Poor dietary habits
Fast food obsessions
Excessive intake of fat and sugars
Stress
Environmental pollution?has an effect on our immune system, as does time. ?In fact, time is a huge?factor; just living uses up enzymes that must be replaced.
All is not lost ? you can still enjoy the youthful lifestyle that you enjoyed in years gone by.
One of the best and easiest ways is to choose foods that are high in enzymes?(like raw pineapple). ?That?s why I love Dr. Oz?s Enzyme Boosting Breakfast Drink. ?It?s quick, easy, and yummmmy!
This ?green drink recipe? is high in fiber, low-calorie and rich in vitamins.
Ingredients:
Makes 3-4 servings (about 28-30 oz)
2 Cups Spinach
1/2 Cucumber
1/4 Head of Celery
1/2 Bunch Parsley
1 Bunch Mint
3 Carrots
2 Apples
1/4 Orange
1/4 Lime
1/4 Lemon
1/4 Pineapple
Directions Combine all ingredients in your Vitamix blender. ? Serve and enjoy! Watch and see if you don?t begin to feel better; lose weight, have more energy; less aches and pains ??Life can be good?(even as we get older), just by taking this simple step.
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PERTH (Reuters) - Brent oil futures dipped slightly in Asia early on Monday in thin trading due to the Chinese New Year holiday, but data showing stronger than expected demand growth in China limited losses.
On Friday, Brent crude prices hit a nine-month high near $119 per barrel after news that Chinese oil imports rose in January to their third-highest daily rate on record.
The higher than expected oil imports were interpreted as a sign of an accelerating economic rebound in the world's second-biggest oil consumer.
"(Oil price gains) are happening against a backdrop of an overall moderate improvement in world economic growth outlook and demand," Ric Spooner, chief market analyst at CMC Markets in Sydney said.
Brent dipped 5 cents to $118.85 per barrel by 0400 GMT, after reaching $119.17 per barrel on Friday, the highest since May.
U.S. crude futures dipped 2 cents to $95.70 per barrel.
Traders will be closely watching U.S. retail sales and industrial production figures due out later this week for further indications of economic growth in the world's largest economy, Spooner said.
With many Asian markets shut for Chinese New Year, however, analysts said they expected trade to be relatively light this week.
Oil markets could get some support from stormy weather in the heavily-populated U.S. Northeast, where a blizzard dumped up to 40 inches (1 meter) of snow with hurricane force winds, leaving hundreds of thousands of people without power.
Washington and Tehran may have more time to negotiate around Iran's disputed nuclear programme after news that Iran appears to have resumed converting small amounts of its higher-grade enriched uranium into reactor fuel.
Slowing a growth in stockpiles of material that could be used to make weapons is one of the few ways in which the nuclear dispute could avoid hitting a crisis by the summer.
The ongoing nuclear dispute has sparked supply worries for years. Iran has threatened to block oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz in the event it is attacked. Some 40 percent of the world's globally traded oil passes through the Strait of Hormuz.
SEOUL (Reuters) - North Korea conducted its third nuclear test on Tuesday in defiance of existing U.N. resolutions, drawing condemnation from the United States, Japan, Europe and Pyongyang's only major ally, China, which summoned the North Korean ambassador to protest.
The North said the test had "greater explosive force" than the 2006 and 2009 tests. Its KCNA news agency said it had used a "miniaturized" and lighter nuclear device, indicating that it had again used plutonium which is more suitable for use as a missile warhead.
North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, the third of his line to rule the country, has presided over two long-range rocket launches and a nuclear test during his first a year in power, pursuing policies that have propelled his impoverished and malnourished country closer to becoming a nuclear weapons power.
U.S. President Barack Obama labeled the test a "highly provocative act" that hurt regional stability and he and other states that are members of U.N. Security Council pressed for new sanctions against the isolated country.
"The danger posed by North Korea's threatening activities warrants further swift and credible action by the international community. The United States will also continue to take steps necessary to defend ourselves and our allies," Obama said in a statement.
The Security Council will meet on Tuesday to discuss its reaction to the test, although North Korea is already one of the most heavily sanctioned states in the world and has few external economic links that can be targeted.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe said the test was a "grave threat" that could not be tolerated. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the test was a "clear and grave violation" of U.N. Security Council resolutions.
China, which has shown signs of increasing exasperation with the recent bellicose tone of its neighbor, summoned the North Korean ambassador and protested sternly, the Foreign Ministry said.
Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi said China was "strongly dissatisfied and resolutely opposed" to the test and urged North Korea to "stop any rhetoric or acts that could worsen situations and return to the right course of dialogue and consultation as soon as possible."
China is a permanent member of the Security Council.
NATO condemned the test as an "irresponsible act" that posed a grave threat to world peace.
South Korea, still technically at war with the North after the 1950-53 civil war ended in a mere truce, said the size of the seismic activity indicated a nuclear explosion slightly larger than the North's two previous tests at 6-7 kilotons. The Hiroshima bomb was around 20 kilotons.
The magnitude was roughly twice as large as that of 2009, Lassina Zerbo, director of the international data centre division of the Vienna-based Comprehensive Nuclear-Test Ban Treaty Organization, said.
The U.S. Geological Survey said that a seismic event measuring 5.1 magnitude had occurred on Tuesday, with North Korea later confirming the nuclear test.
"It was confirmed that the nuclear test that was carried out at a high level in a safe and perfect manner using a miniaturized and lighter nuclear device with greater explosive force than previously did not pose any negative impact on the surrounding ecological environment," KCNA said.
Despite China's tame response, it likely to be a major embarrassment for Beijing, the North's sole major economic and diplomatic ally.
"The test is hugely insulting to China, which now can be expected to follow through with threats to impose sanctions," said Mark Fitzpatrick of the International Institute for Strategic Studies think tank.
North Korea trumpeted the announcement on its state television channel to patriotic music against the backdrop of an image of its national flag.
It linked the test to its technical prowess in launching a long-range rocket in December, a move that triggered the U.N. sanctions, backed by China, that Pyongyang said prompted it to take Tuesday's action.
February 11, 2013Updated Feb 11, 2013 at 5:15 PM CST
St. Paul, MN (NNCNOW.com) - Several Minnesota leaders are calling on the state's congressional delegates to support President Obama's gun control legislation.
A rally held Monday in St. Paul came on the eve of the President's State of the Union Address.
Community leaders and concerned citizens delivered their own State of the Union address on the importance of tackling gun violence, in the wake of recent shooting tragedies like Sandy Hook.
The proponents of gun control say more needs to be done, pointing to stats that show 33 people are gunned down in the United States each day.
Speakers at Monday's event included St. Paul Mayor Chris Coleman and Jane Kay with the One Million Moms for Gun Control.
"The state of our union is bereaved, shocked and horrified, by the problem of gun violence," said Rabbi Amy Eilberg with the University of St. Thomas.
"Instead of asking whether every single life will be saved, ask if one life could have been saved," said Kay.
The rally also follows a series of House committee hearings in St. Paul focusing on a number of gun control bills that featured passionate testimony for and against gun control.
The Senate is also expected to take up a number of bills in the coming weeks.
Opponents of gun control legislation say the proposed legislation is an infringement on their 2nd Amendment rights.
The president is seeking universal background checks for gun purchases, plus a ban on the sales of semi-automatic, military-style assault rifles.
