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'Over 20 lecturers, relations kidnapped in Delta varsity' - Vanguard
CHAIRMAN, Academic Staff Union of Universities, ASUU, Delta State University, DELSU, Abraka branch, Dr. Emmanuel Mordi, at the weekend, said at least 20 lecturers, their spouses and relations, had been kidnapped in the last two years by gunmen.
He stated this in Abraka while briefing the Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr. Ikechukwu Aduba, who visited the university, just as the Vice Chancellor, Prof Eric Arubayi, confirmed that the university and Abraka community were under siege.
Aduba, however, explained the role police were playing to stem crime in the state, especially in the university community, and pleaded for support in passing useful information to the police.
Mordi, worried by the manner kidnappers had zeroed-in on lecturers, feared they might destroy the academic environment.
He made particular reference to a lecturers in science education, Dr. (Mrs) Mercy Mokobia, kidnapped, on April 9, at about 1.00a.m. in her bedroom and has not been found till date, as well as Dr. Ugochukwu Uzuegbe, abducted, on May 9, in Edo State, but regained freedom after payment of ransom.
His words, ?It is unfortunate and very frightening that it has become our lot in recent years to be saddled with the burden of combating kidnapping and related nefarious acts which have posed? danger to the security of lives and property of our members?.
He regretted that since 2011, ASUU members had been in constant danger of losing their lives to kidnappers and armed bandits.
Aduba took time to explain the measures police had taken to secure the academic community and how it traced the kidnappers of Mokobia to Ozoro, where one of the suspected kidnappers was shot dead and three of the female members arrested with part of the ransom collected by the gang.
He said the police were doing everything to locate the lecturer while detectives were trailing the two fleeing suspects.
The police boss, however, vowed to crush kidnappers and warmed that any building owned by kidnappers or used to hold victims hostage would be demolished.
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Police: Suspect arrested in La. parade shooting
NEW ORLEANS (AP) ? Authorities have arrested the man wanted in a Mother's Day parade shooting that wounded 19 people in New Orleans after he was identified in surveillance video that showed him running from the scene as the crowd scattered in all directions, police said.
Akein Scott, 19, was arrested Wednesday night in the Little Woods section of eastern New Orleans, police department spokeswoman Remi Braden said. She said no additional details were available and would not be until Thursday morning.
A possible motive has not been disclosed, and authorities have not publicly identified any other suspects. Investigators launched an intense search for Scott, with Police Superintendent Ronal Serpas urging him to surrender at a news conference Monday and warning the teen that "we know more about you than you think we know." At one point, SWAT team members and U.S. marshals served a search warrant at one location but did not find Scott.
Police offered a $10,000 reward in the case, and investigators received several tips after images from the surveillance camera were released.
Police previously said Scott had an arrest record involving drug and weapon charges.
Court records show some had been dropped but he was facing a felony charge of illegally carrying a weapon while in possession of a controlled dangerous substance. Scott was scheduled for a court hearing on motions related to that case Thursday. It was not immediately known whether he would be present for that hearing or whether it would be rescheduled.
Video released Monday showed a crowd gathered for the Sunday parade suddenly scattering in all directions, with some falling to the ground. They appear to be running from a man in a white T-shirt and dark pants who turns and runs out of the picture. Police said they identified the suspect from the surveillance camera images.
Police initially said three people were spotted running away from the shooting scene, though Scott has been the only suspect identified publicly.
As many as 400 people had come out for the event. Officers were interspersed with the marchers, which is routine for such events. The crime scene was about a mile-and-a-half from the heart of the city's French Quarter.
Two children were among those wounded.
The mass shooting showed again how far the city has to go to shake a persistent culture of violence that belies the city's festive image.
Gun violence has flared at two other city celebrations this year. Five people were wounded in a drive-by shooting in January after a Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade, and four were wounded in a shooting after an argument in the French Quarter in the days leading up to Mardi Gras. Two teens were arrested in connection with the MLK Day shootings; three men were arrested and charged in the Mardi Gras shootings.
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/police-suspect-arrested-la-parade-shooting-040846143.html
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Friday, May 17, 2013
Growth stocks in command as Wall Street rally gallops on
By Leah Schnurr
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Growth sectors led Wall Street's advance on Friday as encouraging economic data put major U.S. stock indexes on track to close out their fourth week of gains in a row.
Data showed Americans felt better about their economic and financial prospects in early May, with consumer sentiment at its highest in nearly six years, while a gauge of future economic activity rose in April to a near five-year high.
"Sentiment was way higher than expected, so obviously that's good, and that speaks to the fact people are getting more confident," said Doreen Mogavero, CEO of Mogavero, Lee & Co in New York.
The rate of growth in the U.S. economy has been expected to slow in the second quarter as tighter fiscal policy starts to bite. But recent improvement, including in the labor market and retail sales, has suggested the recovery remains resilient.
As slow as it is, "we are still recovering," Mogavero said. "The U.S. (market), for all its woes, is still the best place to be at this moment."
Boeing
Earlier in the session, the Dow hit another all-time intraday high at 15,308.79 and the Nasdaq Composite hit its highest since October 2000.
"Investors are looking toward growth sectors," said Bruce Zaro, chief technical strategist at Delta Global Asset Management in Boston.
The Dow Jones industrial average <.dji> gained 72.57 points, or 0.48 percent, to 15,305.79. The Standard & Poor's 500 Index <.spx> rose 10.95 points, or 0.66 percent, to 1,661.42. The Nasdaq Composite Index <.ixic> added 20.80 points, or 0.60 percent, to 3,486.04.
JPMorgan raised its year-end target on the S&P 500 to 1,715 from 1,580, implying a gain of just under 3.5 percent for the index for the rest of the year.
"We realize investors are apprehensive about making fresh money purchases, but we see the risk/reward as particularly attractive in Technology, Healthcare, and Financials," said the client note from JPMorgan's U.S. equity strategist Thomas Lee.
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(Additional reporting by Rodrigo Campos; Editing by James Dalgleish)
Source: http://news.yahoo.com/stock-futures-rise-ahead-umich-leading-indicators-data-120747073.html
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Rumors mount for white Nexus 4, may launch with next version of Android
The white Nexus 4 is stuff that dreams are made of, and the lucky son of a gun at Android and Me, Taylor Wimberly, has one in hand. According to Wimberly's description, it'll be a "carbon copy" of the black Nexus 4, with the same specs and hardware wrapped into the sparkly, snow white casing. That's not the only juicy detail to emerge from Google I/O, however, as Wimberly reports that the smartphone will debut in the Google Play Store on June 10th with Android 4.3. We're currently unable to confirm the rumor, but a growing number of server logs add to the speculation that Android 4.3 could be around the bend. With less than a month to go, it won't be long to know whether this one pans out, but you can be sure that we'll be dreaming of unicorns in the meantime.
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NGC Proves Concept for New B-2 Satellite Communication System
- Laboratory Demo Proves Design, Performance of New Company-Designed Antenna
Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE:NOC) has successfully completed a ground demonstration of a communication system that would allow the U.S. Air Force's B-2 stealth bomber to operate with the Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) satellite network.
A photo accompanying this release is available at http://media.globenewswire.com/noc/mediagallery.html?pkgid=18680
The end-to-end tests prove the maturity of the technologies required to begin full-scale development of a new satellite communications system.
Northrop Grumman conducted the demo April 18 at its Space Park facility in Redondo Beach. It included a prototype active electronically scanned array (AESA) antenna developed by the company, a government-furnished Navy Multi-band Terminal and an AEHF engineering model payload.
Northrop Grumman is the Air Force's prime contractor for the B-2, the flagship of the nation's long-range strike arsenal, and one of the world's most survivable aircraft.
"Our tests suggest that once a B-2 is equipped with our new antenna and an extremely high frequency [EHF] radio, communication will occur accurately and securely with the AEHF satellite network during all phases of the aircraft's mission," said Maria Tirabassi, Northrop Grumman's product manager for B-2 EHF antenna systems. "This capability would allow it to operate more effectively in anti-access/area-denial environments."
The company conducted the tests at EHF frequencies using secure transmission techniques, added Tirabassi. Her test team plans to repeat the laboratory demos in the near future using other B-2 satellite terminal candidates, including a government-furnished Family of Beyond Line-of-Sight Terminal.
The AEHF engineering model payload is representative of EHF satellite payloads currently on orbit. It is used by the U.S. Air Force, Navy and Army to test new EHF satellite terminals prior to testing them with operational satellites.
Earlier this year, Northrop Grumman validated the performance of the AESA antenna on instrumented test ranges. The tests verified the antenna's performance over its entire transmit and receive frequency band, and over its required range of scan angles. The AESA antenna will allow the B-2 to send and receive battlefield information at data rates significantly faster than its current satellite communications system.
Following completion of the current AEHF laboratory demos, Northrop Grumman plans to demonstrate the ability of the AESA antenna and a terminal to communicate directly "over the air" with an operational AEHF satellite.
The B-2 is the only long-range, large-payload U.S. aircraft that can penetrate deeply into access-denied airspace, and the only combat-proven stealth platform in the current U.S. inventory. In concert with the Air Force's air superiority fleet, which provides airspace control, and the Air Force's tanker fleet, which enables global mobility, the B-2 can help protect U.S. interests anywhere in the world. It can fly more than 6,000 nautical miles unrefueled and more than 10,000 nautical miles with just one aerial refueling, giving it the ability to reach any point on the globe within hours.
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Source: http://www.asdnews.com/news-49102/NGC_Proves_Concept_for_New_B-2_Satellite_Communication_System.htm
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Dell's 1Q earnings fall 79 pct as PC sales sag
ROUND ROCK, Texas (AP) ? Dell's earnings plunged 79 percent in the latest quarter as the shift to smartphones and tablets reduced demand for the company's personal computers.
The dismal performance announced Thursday actually might work to the advantage of Dell Inc.'s board. That's because Dell's directors are trying to persuade shareholders to accept a $24.4 billion buyout offer from CEO Michael Dell and other investors. Some shareholders say the sales price of $13.65 per share is too low, but Dell's board contends it's a good deal in light of challenges facing the company.
The results for the fiscal first quarter, which ended May 3, should reinforce the board's point. At the same time, opponents of that proposal may question whether the company is deliberately finding ways to make the results look as bleak as possible in an effort to get the deal done.
A shareholder vote is supposed be held by Aug. 2. Two of Dell's largest shareholders, billionaire Carl Icahn and Southeastern Asset Management, are trying to block the sale to Michael Dell with an alternative proposal that would keep the company public traded. If Michael Dell's offer is accepted, it would end Dell's 25-year history as a publicly traded company.
Dell earned $130 million, or 7 cents per share, in the latest quarter, compared with $635 million, or 36 cents per share, a year earlier.
If not for certain items unrelated to its ongoing business, Dell said it would have earned 21 cents per share. That figure was below the average estimate of 35 cents per share among analysts polled by FactSet.
The shortfall doesn't come as a shock. Speculation that Dell missed analysts' earnings target mounted earlier this week after the Round Rock, Texas, company disclosed that it would release its results ahead of schedule. The report originally was supposed to be released next Tuesday.
Dell's revenue for the period dipped 2 percent to $14.1 billion, about $600 million above analyst predictions.
The company benefited from an improvement in business software and other technology services, an area that Michael Dell wants to expand. Revenue in that business rose 12 percent from last year.
But as the world's largest seller of PCs, Dell's business still revolves around laptop and desktop machines, which are going out of style as more people embrace smartphones and tablets. Dell's revenue in its PC division dropped 9 percent in the latest quarter.
Dell's stock shed 6 cents in extended trading to $13.37.
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