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John G. Kays

	Should Hannah Elizabeth Graham`s Missing Persons` Case Be Compared With That of Morgan Harrington`s? - The disappearance of Hannah Elizabeth Graham, 18, a University of Virginia (in Charlottesville, Virginia) sophomore early Saturday morning is cause for a great deal of concern to fellow students, and especially for family members; I most certainly will need to add myself to this set of people who feel worried about this evolving situation.
	Why Does Jill Halliburton Su`s Murder Scene Look As If Was Staged To Look Like a Bungled Burglary? - A homicide case - initially and incorrectly called in as a suicide - that of Jill Halliburton Su, 59 (who lived in Davy, Florida, 12 miles distance from Ft Lauderdale), just came to my attention last night, via HLN. I come across quite a few cases on a weekly (if not a daily) basis, some of which are of interest to me, while others I just as soon could forget about.
	In the Austin Police Shooting of Robbery Suspect, Tyler Caraway, Why Are We Hearing Two Conflicting Versions ? - What`s a true account of how 24-year-old robbery suspect, Tyler Caraway, was shot and killed by law enforcement officers (literally, the Central Texas Violent Task Force), early Monday evening (in the 13700 block of Maye Place, in North Austin)? I wish I could tell you, since what I`m hearing so far...
	APPLE STILL NUMBER ONE! Is Steve Jobs Smiling After Tim Cook`s Presentation Yesterday? - When I checked a Google search for Apple News, I came up with 7,500 articles on the computer company. This made me realize, if I write a short piece on Apple, most likely very few people will see it; stubbornly, I`ll plod forward with this futile spillage of words!
	In Christina Maria Morris`s Strange Disappearance, Why Did Her Boyfriend, Hunter Foster, delay Reporting Her Missing? - The defining moment in the baffling disappearance of 23-year-old Christina Marie Morris appears to have occurred in the parking garage of The Shops at Legacy (5717 Legacy Drive, in Plano, Texas), at 3:55 AM, early Saturday morning, on the 30th of August.
	Finding Troubled Frisco Couple ( Pallavi and Sumeet Dhawan) Dead, Blows Open the Lid! - A very disturbing story, emerging out of the Dallas-Ft Worth Metroplex (specifically, Frisco), is a tragically hard one to contemplate; Sumeet Dhawan and his wife Pallavi Dhawan were found dead on Wednesday, at their upscale home in Frisco, Texas (15000 block of Mountain View Lane).
	Who Murdered Eight-Year-Old Isabella Bella Grogan-Cannella, From Bullhead City, Az? - A great deal of mystery and confusion (for me, and probably for you too) prevails in the case of eight-year-old Isabella Bella Grogan-Cannella, who was missing as of Wednesday, Noon (September 3rd) , but was probably found (unfortunately, deceased) around that time, in what they`re calling a wash...
	In the Murder of 15-Year-Old Dominique Allen, Why Does IMPD Not Believe Her Killer Was a Local? - The burned body of 15-year-old Dominique Allen was found by a man walking his dog on Sunday, at 12:30 PM; the location of the terrible discovery is given as the 1100 block of North Elder Avenue, in Indianapolis, Indiana (The Indianapolis Star looks like our best Source).
	Is An Abstract Wall Carving Discovered in Gorham`s Cave (Gibraltar) a First Example of 'Modern Art?' - A recent discovery (July of 2012) of an abstract wall carving (dating back in time 40,000 years), in a grotto known as Gorham`s Cave, which is located on the Mediterranean island of Gibraltar (still run by the British), is garnering a great deal of press coverage, and stimulating considerable thought and discussion in scientific circles (that would be the discipline of cultural anthropology, I suppose).
	In the 'Cops` Story,' Why Would Omaha PD Allow a TV Crew In During a Real 211? - I`m in need of repeated examinations of the upside-down Cops` Story in Omaha, Nebraska (I believe there`s a Wendy`s Hamburgers restaurant chain that requires consideration also), unfolding in the news, cautiously, ever so gingerly, requiring, as we do, a careful separation of what`s Real, or rather, what may be Unreal.
	'Bullets and Burgers?' A Nine-Year-Old Accidentally Shoots Her Instructor With an Uzi! NRA Spin? - The tragic story of a nine-year-old girl accidentally shooting and killing her instructor (Charles Vacca, 39) with an Uzi, at a business that goes by the name of Bullets and Burgers (actually, Arizona Last Stop), is a difficult one not to spin, but I shall try, even if unsuccessfully. Alright, so I suppose Bullets and Burgers is more of a nickname (such as Burger King`s is Home of the Whopper).
	Why Did Ferguson Police Officer Darren Wilson Shoot His Service Revolver Ten Or Eleven Times? - Wilson probably fired more like ten or eleven rounds from his service revolver; the shocking part of this is, there`s a noticeable pause of about two seconds between these two rather thick clusters of sound, comprising gunshot volleys.
	Tuesday`s St. Louis Police Shooting of a Disturbed Young Black Man, Is Hardly Benign! - Once again, while we`re hearing the unrest in Ferguson is beginning to diffuse, this latest shooting of a mentally disturbed black man, apparently wielding an ordinary kitchen knife, by two St Louis Police Officers (on Tuesday, at around 12:30 PM), is cause for concern, in terms of an obvious abuse of their powers of Deadly Force.
	In a Domineering Digital Era, Why Is It Bob Moog`s Minimoog Model D Hasn`t Retired to the Keyboard Boneyard? - Visiting the This Day In Music web site is becoming a nice little hobby of mine; while many of the entries for today, August 21st, were interesting, the one that most tickled my fickle fancy (with a soft and silky feather)...
	'I Am Apple as You Are Apple as You/Me Are Jobs And We Are All Together!' - I am Apple! You are Apple! We are Apple! This is not a business report, nor is it a history of the home computer company, started by mainly Steve Jobs, but, as you know, Stephen Wozniak played a big role also.
	As Ferguson, Mo.`s Social and Racial Unrest Festers, What Role Is Played By the Media? - Ferguson, Mo. isn`t Ferguson, Mo. anymore! Now it`s a staging ground for those who seek out justice for Michael Brown and for young African-American males in general, who appear to have been specifically targeted by the police (not just in Ferguson, but throughout the United States).
	As Far As The Woodstock Music Festival Goes, I Fall In The 'Worship It As A Cosmic Event' Camp! - The Woodstock Music Festival (An Aquarian Exposition: 3 Days of Peace & Music) turned 45 years-old-today; as such, I had to read up on some of the stuff that was posted on the internet, as well as pull out my 40th Anniversary Edition (two discs, the director`s cut) in storage...
	Is Ferguson Police Chief Tom Jackson the Only One Who Can Quell the Riotous Fires of Unrest There? - Rather than diffusing, the tense situation in Ferguson is gaining momentum, if not snowballing, as the collective eyes of a vigilant and concerned nation steer their focus on an outraged community in a suburb of St. Louis, as The People try and sort out what happened on its streets last Saturday.
	Why Does Dorian Johnson`s Version of Michael Brown`s Shooting Sound Like the Absolute Honest Truth? - What`s going on in Ferguson, Mo. is starting to look more like The Civil Rights Movement from the 1960s, than it does just a mere angry reaction to Saturday`s execution-like shooting of Michael Brown, Jr., by an, as yet, unidentified white police officer of the law. I`m seeing this situation projecting out of St. Louis...
	In Michael Brown`s Shooting by a Ferguson Police Officer, How could the Two Versions of Events Contrast So Starkly? - It`s doesn`t make much sense to me; with the police shooting (in Ferguson, Mo., northwest of St. Louis) of African-American teenager, Michael Brown, Sr., we have two completely unique versions of the event that left Big Mike dead, as the result of multiple gunshots from an as yet unidentified police officer`s service revolver.

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