Month: April 2013

Multiple people injured in Texas college stabbing incident

Multiple people were injured in a stabbing incident Tuesday morning at a Houston-area college, prompting officials to urge students to take shelter, the school said. At least 12 people and as many as 14 have been injured in the incident at Lone Star College's CyFair campus in Cypress, according to CNN affiliates KHOU, KTRK and KPRC, who are citing authorities. CNN has the full story here......

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I traded my trench coat in yesterday!

I received a message and a tease a couple weeks ago with DoingItLocal.com logo being sewn on something.  Kate Mucherino invited me to meet the crew at Safeguard/Langer Corporation.  They specialize in promoting your business in promotional item services, printing service, and screen printing .  they can get your company name on a wide variety of products, you can see some samples on the table in front of us. I had a number of appointments today thinking if its only in the high 60's temperature wise and I'm dying in the trench coat what should I do for the summer?  Well that embroidered surprise was a polo shirt in our colors!  I think I'll be ordering a few more because…

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Broadcasters worry about zero TV homes

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Some people have had it with TV. They've had enough of the 100-plus channel universe. They don't like timing their lives around network show schedules. They're tired of $100-plus monthly bills. A growing number of them have stopped paying for cable and satellite TV service, and don't even use an antenna to get free signals over the air. These people are watching shows and movies on the Internet, sometimes via cellphone connections. Last month, the Nielsen Co. started labeling people in this group "Zero TV" households, because they fall outside the traditional definition of a TV home. AP has the full story here.........

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Police Identify Shooting Victim

(Bridgeport, CT – April 8, 2013) – Police Monday released the identity of a man shot in the leg over the weekend. The victim was identified as Daquan Brown, 19, of Seaview Avenue. Police Officer Esther Hailey was dispatched at 2:36 a.m. Sunday to the 1000 block of Park Avenue and found Brown there. He was shot in the left leg. He told Hailey that he was walking with his brother in the area of Iranistan Avenue and Laurel Avenue when they encountered a male arguing with several people. The man pulled out a gun and started firing it, the victim stated. The victim and his brother then ran, he stated, and got separated. At the hospital, the victim was…

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