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BMW and VW Results Show Money Is Still in Selling ... - New York Times Posted: 11 Mar 2010 08:50 AM PST Sorry, readability was unable to parse this page for content. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
CrimeTracker 15: Burglary Suspects Arrested - nbc15.com Posted: 11 Mar 2010 08:07 AM PST Posted Thursday, March 11, 2010 --- 10:10 a.m. Press Release from the Rock County Sheriff's Office: On March 9, 2010, Detectives from the Rock County Sheriff's Office, along with Deputies from the Rock County Special Investigations Unit, served search warrants at 424 and 426 Center Avenue in the City of Janesville. Detectives were looking for stolen property that was being kept in these residences. Detectives had been investigating burglaries to storage facilities since November 2009. The storage facilities were located in townships outside the City of Janesville. Individual storage units were being burglarized at numerous storage facilities. Items that were being stolen during the burglaries ranged from tools, luggage, vehicle wheels, automotive racing parts, motorcycles and snowmobiles. During the investigation, Detectives developed suspects in these burglaries. The investigation culminated on March 9 when Detectives were able to recover a significant amount of stolen property. The property was recovered during consent searches and during two search warrants. Over $40,000 worth of property was recovered. Property was also recovered from burglaries that occurred in the City of Janesville and Beloit Township. Recovered items include: A snowmobile, a motorcycle, high performance racing parts, a flat screen TV, luggage, tools, collectible coins, a go-kart, several sets of vehicle wheels, golf clubs, and an assortment of other items. These items will be returned to their respective owners. At this point in the investigation, four subjects were arrested as a result of this investigation. They are: Gregory C. Lehr, 18 years of age Dylan R. Lambert, 18 years of age All four subjects were initially arrested on one charge of burglary and theft each. The investigation is continuing and it is anticipated that more counts of burglary and theft will be referred to the District Attorney's Office on all four subjects. Initial Appearance: Monday, April 12, 2010, at 1:00PM. Pursuant to the directive of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, as found in Supreme Court Rule 20:3.6, Trial Publicity, you are advised that a charge is merely an accusation and that a defendant is presumed innocent until proven guilty. Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
Winningest Female In Professional Motorsports History ... - The Auto Chanel Posted: 11 Mar 2010 08:00 AM PST NEW ORLEANS, March 11, 2010: Angelle Sampey, who is the winningest female in professional motorsports history, is hanging up her helmet and leathers as she announces her retirement as a professional drag racer. Sampey, who totaled 41 victories during a 13-year NHRA Pro Stock Motorcycle career, said she's planning to pursue other career opportunities while looking to start a family with her fiancé, Seth Drago. "I'm ready for a new challenge, including opening Coral Fever, a store specializing in fish, coral and aquariums," said the 39-year-old. "I made the ultimate sacrifice to postpone starting a family when I began racing. Now, I'm going to make the ultimate sacrifice to stop racing to get married (in June) and then try and start a family." The Louisiana native made her NHRA debut in 1996 at Bandimere Speedway outside of Denver and immediately raised eyebrows by advancing to the semifinals. She recorded her first win in her first final round later that season at Reading, Pa. in the fourth event of her career. "I will take away so many great memories from racing," she said. "I'm certainly going to miss being around my fellow racers and, of course, the fans. I really enjoyed meeting the fans at every race. They were always there for me through the good times and the bad times." To be sure, Sampey did not experience many bad times since '96. In fact, she captured three world championships and banked 18 wins between 2000 and 2002. "Obviously, that was an extraordinarily exciting time period," she offered. "I never imagined I could have that kind of success. I was very fortunate to be surrounded by a lot of talented people including George Bryce (her crew chief during each championship season)." It was in 2001 when Sampey became the winningest female in NHRA history, moving past Shirley Muldowney on the list. She went on to pocket seven wins that season which remains the most wins ever recorded in a single season by a female competitor in NHRA history. "To be honest, it was tough to comprehend what I had done after I surpassed Shirley's win total (18)," she said. "After all, Shirley is one of the sport's legends. I look up to her." Among Sampey's final stats will be a staggering 364 round wins out of 506 total rounds of competition or a win roughly 72 percent of the time she blasted down the quarter-mile. "Again, I want to emphasize that I had a bunch of people help me along the way," she related. "I could spend a day or more thanking each and every one. I'll never forget any of them." Perhaps, the one mark Sampey wishes she could have broken before exiting the sport was the most wins in the Pro Stock Motorcycle class – 45 – as established by the late Dave Schultz. "That's probably true," she said. "I clearly could've hung around just to try and break that record. But, as I stated, it's time for a change." Five Filters featured article: Chilcot Inquiry. Available tools: PDF Newspaper, Full Text RSS, Term Extraction. |
It’s no mystery that writing is Oklahoma woman’s ... - Daily Oklahoman Posted: 11 Mar 2010 06:06 AM PST ©2009 Produced by NewsOK.com. All rights reserved. Mary Cash leaned over a hospital bed to hear what she thought were her mother's last words. MultimediaMore Info Books written by Mary Ellen Cooper • "Unlikely Assassins" (1992).
Cooper wrote short stories included in these anthologies:
She also compiled a cookbook titled "In the Kitchen with Oklahoma First Ladies 1907-1957," published in 2008.
"'Black Pearl,'" her mother whispered through a respirator. "What's 'Black Pearl'?" Cash asked. "Send the manuscript to New York," her mother requested. That was 1992. Doctor's were telling Cash's mother, Mary Ellen Cooper, now 77, who had been in an auto accident, that she wouldn't walk again, but instead, the Stillwater-based writer had her books on her mind. Today, both Marys laugh about this story. "Black Pearl" is a romance novel set in India about a young woman who was orphaned and walked across much of India in 1859. An editor expressed interest in publishing the book a couple of days before Cooper's accident. Cash delivered "Black Pearl" immediately, but it never was published. But that wouldn't set Cooper back. She would have 14 of her books either published or self-published after "Black Pearl" and would soon start work on a true-crime book, "Blood and Pity." The back flap of the book reads, "In the tradition of 'Sleeping With the Enemy,' here's the terrifying true story of a conman-turned-killer who murdered his two wives — and possibly others." But Cooper's car accident would bring news almost as chilling as anything on the pages of "Blood and Pity." Cooper said doctors told her she broke 19 bones. "One doctor said, 'We're not working with broken bones, we're working with shattered bones,'" Cooper said. "It's kind of odd. I never doubted I would recover." Cooper seems as if she's used to defying expectations. Cooper is the kind of person who's quick to pour a glass of cranberry juice, which matches the color of her sweater and pants, and won't hesitate talking about her grandchildren and extended family. Many of Cooper's books present a harsh contrast to the warm, endearing home she lives in and resembles. The same woman who wrote "Fatal Trust" and "Deadly Patterns" has numerous pictures of smiling family members hanging on her walls. She owns a rosary so large, it could fit around the necks of all 12 apostles. The board game "Is the Pope Catholic? And Other Catholic Trivia" sits atop one of the several bookshelves overflowing with literature. Nothing about the place points to a person interested in mystery or intrigue. But people turn to Cooper to tell their sometimes horrifying personal stories. She has interviewed hundreds of people, from ex-convicts to the mothers of murderers, to complete her stories. Cooper's car accident and the unpublished book "Black Pearl" are footnotes to the pages of her life. Before Cooper retired at 59 to become a full-time writer, she worked with her husband, Charlie Cooper, to maintain a motorcycle shop, bicycle shop and locksmith business in Stillwater. The two shared a passion for motorcycles. She recalled her days working at a beauty shop in Stillwater before marrying Charlie in 1952. He would jump on his motorcycle and leave his family bike shop. When he passed the beauty shop, he would lean around the corner of W Sixth Avenue and S Main Street while his foot pegs sparked against the asphalt. This is the part of the story where Cooper puts her hands over her heart. "I thought he was the most dashing, handsome man in Payne County," Cooper said. After getting married, Cooper managed the local motorcycle shop while her husband ran the bicycle and lock shop. Her eight children also kept her busy. Between staying on top of business matters and rearing the couple's eight children, Cooper didn't get much time to work on writing, but she read heavily. "She has always been a multitasker," said Linda Bartram, Cooper's daughter and owner of Cooper's Locksmith. "When we were growing up, I remember her having a baby on her hip, a book in the hand (while) stirring a pot. That's just Mom, always reading." Cooper said starting her full-time writing career was rough. "I'd say (to my husband), 'You want to hear what I've written?'" she asked. He replied with a no. "He was not at all encouraging," Cooper laughed. Bartram remembered an article her mother wrote in the '80s that combined several family road trips into one tale. The Coopers traveled in a large motor home nicknamed the Titanic. Bartram said during one trip the Titanic smashed into a black cow, and the animal embedded the motorcycle mounted to the front of the Titanic into the motor home's grill. "From there, the trip went downhill," Bartram said. Running on a tight schedule, the family couldn't stop for repairs. The Coopers continued with the motorcycle stuck to the hood. It acted like a scary, expensive hood ornament all the way to Los Angeles. "My dad didn't appreciate (her writing) that one," Bartram said. Cooper said her husband's attitude changed after her book "Unlikely Assassins" came out. In an Ohio hotel lobby, a woman hollered at Cooper and asked for an autograph. "After that happened, he would start telling people, 'My wife writes books,'" Cooper said. "Before that, he thought I was being silly." "Unlikely Assassins" wasn't a silly story. Cooper detailed the story of Francine Stepp and Cindy Lynn, two teens who murdered a Stillwater couple. On June 8, 1988, Mark and Delores Stepp were found naked in their bedroom. Mark Stepp had been shot, and the couple had been stabbed a combined 27 times. Cooper said she tried to get her son-in-law Billy Bartram, one of the investigating officers at the time, to write a book about the case. She said he was sick of the case and never wanted to hear about it again. Cooper did. She said she began her work on the story the following fall. She interviewed teachers, sat through the court hearings and talked to several of the suspects' friends. She even visited the Mabel Bassett Correctional Center in Oklahoma City where the girls were held. Cooper also assists others in writing stories. Once a month, the Stillwater Writers' Group meets to edit and discuss stories. Local science-fiction writer Dennis Gronquist has visited Cooper's home for writers' group sessions for about eight years. "It takes someone that cares and has patience (to help with writing)," he said. "She is such a moral support. She is the most important mentor I've ever met." Not only has Cooper and her writing helped others, the books have helped Cooper, her daughter said. "The books have been good for her," Bartram said. "A lot of people shut themselves off from the world. She has kept her mind functioning by being a part of things." Although Cooper said she doesn't recall how many books she has sold, she does know why she writes. "Many of the writers I know make a little bit (of money)," Cooper said. "I think (the important thing is) the satisfaction of seeing your work in print, knowing you researched it and wrote it. If somebody likes it, then it warms your heart."
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