Dahved Levy "rocking you"'s Blog – September 2011 Archive (10)

A video has surfaced that appears to clearly show an Omaha man being brutally beaten by police, even though he is subdued.



Robert Wagner was at Creighton University Medical Center to see a cousin, an alleged gang member, who had been murdered. Wagner reportedly became upset when his girlfriend wasn't allowed to see his relative.…

Police in Arizona have conducted a six-month investigation of the Phoenix Goddess Temple that has resulted in 20 arrests, CNN reports. A police spokesman says the temple was "trying to hide behind religion or church, and under the guise of religious freedom." Evidence showed that "male and female 'practitioners' working at the Temple were performing sexual acts in exchange for monetary 'donations,' all on the pretense of providing 'neo tantric' healing therapies." Luckily,…

U.S. officials are investigating a “credible but unconfirmed” terrorist threat, with Washington and New York City being mentioned as possible targets, law enforcement and other officials said late Thursday.

President Obama was briefed on the threat Thursday morning and updated throughout the day, even as he prepared to address a joint session of Congress, a White House official said. Officials would not specify…

A pilot was communicating by radio with her boyfriend before their planes collided in the air over Alaska last week, killing him, a federal investigator said.



The two pilots took off from different western Alaska villages Friday but met up in the air on the way to Bethel, Alaska, National Transportation Safety Board investigator Clint Johnson told the Anchorage Daily News Sunday.…

While the World Health Organization (WHO) is now reporting that tobacco consumption is killing over 5 million people annually, a figure that could reach 8 million by 2030, Cuba has announced its first therapeutic vaccine against lung cancer, one of the most frequent types of the disease at the world level and the one with highest prevalence among smokers.

Successful clinical tests have proven the…

Several Caribbean islands are under a tropical storm watch as

Maria races westward across the Atlantic.

The government of Antigua has issued a tropical storm watch for Antigua, Barbuda, Montserrat, Nevis and Saint Kitts.



According to the 11p.m. AST advisory from the NHC, Tropical Storm Maria is moving toward the west at 23…

 A private jet carrying a Russian professional hockey team to its first game of the season crashed shortly after takeoff Wednesday, killing 43 people - including European and former NHL players - in one of the worst aviation disasters in sports history. Two people survived the accident.



The crash also was the latest tragedy to befall the sport of hockey -…