A lot is being lost here from the original story. Rolo left a scratch on the victim, if he was a vicious dog he would have taken a huge chunk out of her. I can understand her being afraid, but to have a dog destroyed over a scratch is sad. Put the owner in training, put the victim in counseling, socialize the dog better and get on with life.

Fuel for Karimov's Support

The main goal of Miller's visit to Tashkent today is to conciliate the latest versions of the agreement giving Gazprom the development of the three largest gas deposits in Uzbekistan, Urga, Kuanysh and the Akchalakskoe group, on a product-sharing basis. Gazprom is proposing to increase gas imports from Uzbekistan from the current 5-6 billion cu. m. to 17-18 billion cu. m. per year with the development of the deposits. The negotiations are so important to Gazprom that Miller is discussing the product-sharing agreement with the president of Uzbekistan himself.

Gazprom is already developing deposits in the same region on the Ustyurt Plateau near Kungrad and Shakhpakhty, although the projected capacity there is less than 500,000 cu. m. per year. Total Gazprom investment in the development should reach $1.2 billion.

Fire sale as credit crunch hits MFS

EMBATTLED Gold Coast tourism and funds management group MFS has started the fire sale of assets to stave off corporate collapse.

Former chief executive Michael King has gone to ground at his $20 million Elysian Fields Polo Estate near Canungra in the Gold Coast hinterland as the group that liked to promote itself as a fast growing Queensland version of Macquarie Bank has unravelled.

Local man under arrest in double homicide on Riley Drive

I saw Calvin every day. He would walk past my house when he worked at the furniture store on West Market Street," said friend Nicole Francis. Calvin Walls worked at Warehouse Furniture in Bloomington, Kimmerling said in a statement.“He was a nice guy, kind of quiet and easy going," Francis said.Francis said she was shocked to learn Wednesday that Calvin Walls was one of the shooting victims.“He came from a big family, I know that. You never heard anything negative about them," said Francis.Court records show Brown was sentenced in December 2002 to 180 days in jail, 30 months of probation and 50 hours of community service work on a charge of unlawful use of a weapon. He was accused of having a concealed 9 mm pistol, which was later forfeited to Normal police, in 2001.Brown was also accused in August 2001 of beating and trying to rob a man outside a Normal convenience store.

Obama's Double Bubble Trouble

We also faced severe budget challenges, having to cut programs and services, including many jobs, year after year.

In this context, despite my generally well-to-the-left-of-center-leanings, I came to conclude, most reluctantly, that the teacher's union was part of the problem, not the solution. This is not to absolve the elected board of education or the administration of any responsibility, but the union steadfastly refused to work with either in addressing the educational and budgetary issues. In the mind of the leadership, cooperation was capitulation. Even between negotiations, it pursued an adversarial strategy designed to undermine the authority of management which, in practice, meant it wanted administrators to fail and, by implication, setting back educational progress for the kids.

'Dangerous Not to Be Aware How It Sounds on Television'

You know, it's always, it's always dangerous in politics to talk to the crowd, and not be aware how it looks or sounds on television.