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bathroommonkey76's JournalLevon Helm dead at age 71
Source: recordonline.com
Levon Helm, Woodstock resident and drummer, the former leader of The Band, has died at age 71.
Helm died at 1:30 p.m. Thursday at Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York.
"We lost Levon at 1:30 today surrounded by friends and family and his musicians have visited him," said Larry Campbell, Helm's longtime guitarist and band leader. "As sad as this was, it was very peaceful."
Campbell, who has played with everyone from Bob Dylan to BB King, said his greatest honor was not only helping lead Helm's band, but knowing him.
Read more: http://www.recordonline.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20120419/ENTERTAIN/120419640
In Facebook post, Robbie Robertson writes of visiting Levon Helm
After decades of not speaking with each other, former Band guitarist Robbie Robertson and former Band drummer Levon Helm, who is dying of cancer, shared the same room over the weekend.
Robertson, a former Woodstock resident, posted his message on his Facebook page this afternoon:
"Last week I was shocked and so saddened to hear that my old band mate, Levon, was in the final stages of his battle with cancer. It hit me really hard because I thought he had beaten throat cancer and had no idea that he was this ill. I spoke with his family and made arrangements to go and see him.
On Sunday I went to New York and visited him in the hospital. I sat with Levon for a good while..., and thought of the incredible and beautiful times we had together. It was heartwarming to be greeted by his lovely daughter Amy, whom I have known since she was born. Amy’s mother, Libby Titus, and her husband, Donald Fagen, were so kind to help walk me through this terrible time of sadness. My thoughts and prayers are with his wife Sandy.
Read more here:
http://www.poughkeepsiejournal.com/article/20120418/ENT04/120418012/In-Facebook-post-Robbie-Robertson-writes-visiting-Levon-Helm?odyssey=nav|head&nclick_check=1
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Levon's family has been reading the online dedications to him; if you want to offer up a message then you can post it on his Facebook page. May love and light bless him as he crosses over.
https://www.facebook.com/pages/Levon-Helm/99136623527
Warren Buffett Cancer: Berkshire Hathaway CEO Diagnosed With Prostate Cancer
Source: Huffington Post
Famed billionaire investor Warren Buffett has been diagnosed with stage-1 prostate cancer, according to Bloomberg TV. Berkshire Hathaway, the firm where the 81-year-old Buffett is CEO, said the diagnosis "isn't remotely life threatening."
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/17/warren-buffett-cancer-prostate_n_1432689.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003
Levon Helm in 'Final Stages' of Battle With Cancer
A very sad note just appeared on the website for Levon Helm, the drummer-singer of the Band. "Levon is in the final stages of his battle with cancer," says the note. "Please send your prayers and love to him as he makes his way through this part of his journey. Thank you fans and music lovers who have made his life so filled with joy and celebration...he has loved nothing more than to play, to fill the room up with music, lay down the back beat, and make the people dance! He did it every time he took the stage."
Read more here:
http://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/levon-helm-in-final-stages-of-his-battle-with-cancer-20120417
Levon's website:
http://levonhelm.com/
Secret Service Scandal Investigation Involves Brother Of GOP Senate Candidate
Source: Huffington Post
Former agent and current Maryland Republican candidate for U.S. Senate Dan Bongino spoke out Monday about his former colleagues at the currently scandal-plagued U.S. Secret Service. The agency is facing scrutiny over allegations that agents brought prostitutes back to their Colombia hotel during the president's visit to the country last week.
The Secret Service announced later Monday that it had pulled the top security clearance of 11 agents and uniformed division personnel over the incident.
Bongino said Monday on NBC's "Nightly News With Brian Williams" that the scandal "was devastating to me along with the fraternity of Secret Service brothers out there."
Bongino went on to call the incident "a national embarrassment."
But the GOP senate candidate concluded on a more sympathetic note. "I know everyone in the case," he said. "I'm not apologizing for anybody's behavior ... But lives are changed permanently. The ones I've talked to -- their families are just beaten up by this."
Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/04/17/secret-service-scandal-gop-senate-candidate_n_1431488.html
Woodward Struck By Tornado, Reports Of People Trapped
Source: KTUL
Woodward -
Spotters say a tornado has struck Woodward, leaving heavy damage and reports of people trapped inside collapsed homes and apartment buildings.
The tornado formed around midnight in Harper, Ellis and Woodward counties and rapidly moved to the northeast and was described as a "large and dangerous" tornado.
The Woodward News reports on its Twitter feed that there are power lines down, reports of people trapped in collapsed homes in area of 34th Street and Oklahoma Avenue, reports of houses destroyed on Cheyenne Drive and people covered by debris, working to start rescue efforts.
Oklahoma Department of Emergency Management spokesperson Keli Cain has reported several injuries, but the severity of those injuries was not known. Search and rescue efforts are underway.
Read more: http://www.ktul.com/story/17454084/midnight-brings-new-tornado-warnings-in-western-oklahoma
You can also watch the News9 live stream here:
http://www.news9.com/Global/category.asp?C=207228&BannerId=436
Keep these people in your thoughts and prayers.
Woodward, Oklahoma is going to need your help.
There have been a lot of updates coming up on Twitter about the Woodward tornado. It looks and sounds devastating.
Woodward, Oklahoma live Twitter feed:
https://twitter.com/#!/search/woodward%2C%20oklahoma
News 9 live stream:
http://www.news9.com/Global/category.asp?C=207228&BannerId=436
Shell reports oil sheen in central Gulf
Source: Fuel Fix
Federal officials are investigating reports of a light oil sheen in the central portion of the Gulf of Mexico.
Shell Oil reported the light sheen to the government’s National Response Center Wednesday, but said in a statement that the company had “no current indication” that it originates from the firm’s nearby wells. The source of the sheen is unclear.
The sheen is located between two existing oil production sites — the Mars and Ursa projects — about 130 miles southeast of New Orleans. Shell operates both projects, but BP has a working interest in the Mars field. BP, Exxon Mobil Corp., and ConocoPhillips each have working interests in the Ursa project.
Shell said in its statement that it has mobilized an oil spill skimming ship — the Marine Spill Response Corp.’s Louisiana Responder – “out of prudent caution.”
Read more: http://fuelfix.com/blog/2012/04/11/shell-reports-oil-sheen-in-central-gulf/
Raleigh student asks Gingrich to 'Newt-er' Obama
RALEIGH (WTVD) -- A student at Raleigh's Broughton High School used a play on Republican presidential candidate Newt Gingrich's name to make a request Monday.
Gingrich was speaking to an auditorium full of students during a campaign stop and was taking questions when it happened.
A student at the back stood up and told Gingrich "I'm a big fan of you" and that President Obama is running an "unsustainable economy."
He then asked: "I was wondering if you could do us all a favor and Newt-er Obama?"
Read more here:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/story?section=news/politics&id=8617026&rss=rss-wtvd-article-8617026&utm_source=twitterfeed&utm_medium=twitter
Video of the exchange:
http://abclocal.go.com/wtvd/video?id=8617025
Donald Rumsfeld Fundraising For Candidate Accused Of War Crimes
Ilario Pantano became a conservative cause celebre after he survived war crimes charges in Iraq stemming from his shooting of unarmed Iraqi prisoners. He parlayed his story into a book and then a highly competitive, but unsuccessful, run for Congress in 2010 in North Carolina against Rep. Mike McIntyre (D-NC). Pantano is running again in 2012 and has a powerful ally fundraising for him this month in Washington: former Defense Secretry Donald Rumsfeld.
“There is no greater honor than to have received the encouragement of the former Secretary of Defense. We are humbled that Secretary Rumsfeld would make the time and the effort to single out our race for support,” Pantano said in a statement, per Politico.
http://livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com/entries/donald-rumsfeld-fundraising-for-candidate-accused-of-war
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An additional link:
The New Jack Bauer Republicans
Call them the Jack Bauer Republicans.
Two Iraq veterans who left the military after surviving charges of crimes against detainees are running credible campaigns for Congress. And far from minimizing the incidents, both candidates have put the accusations front and center in their campaigns, attracting rock-star adulation from conservatives nationwide in the process. But critics, including human-rights activists, veterans, and now even defeated primary opponents, warn that their records should disqualify them from office.
Last week, Ilario Pantano won the Republican nomination in North Carolina’s 7th District, setting up a challenge to incumbent Democrat Rep. Mike McIntyre in November. In 2001, immediately following the 9/11 terror attacks, Pantano, a veteran who had previously fought in the Gulf War, left his career as a successful producer and media consultant in his native Manhattan to rejoin the Marines and was eventually deployed to Iraq. In April 2004, Pantano killed two unarmed Iraqi detainees, twice unloading his gun into their bodies and firing between 50 and 60 shots in total. Afterward, he placed a sign over the corpses featuring the Marines' slogan “No Better Friend, No Worse Enemy” as a message to the local population.
Read more:
http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2010/05/13/renegade-soldiers-for-congress.html
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