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Archive for November, 2011


Pakistan has blocked vital supply routes for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan and demanded Washington vacate Shamsi Air Base, used by American drones that target al-Qaida and Taliban militants in Pakistan’s tribal region, after coalition aircraft allegedly killed up to 28 Pakistani troops at two military outposts along a mountainous frontier that serves as a safe haven for militants.



Summary: The child sexual abuse scandal at Penn State University, in which former assistant football coach Jerry Sandusky is charged with 40 sex crimes against minors while running a program for at-risk kids raises new questions about the unsolved disappearance of Joshua Guimond nine years ago today, on Nov. 10, 2002, from the campus of St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on November 10, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that Maple Lake, Minn., student Joshua Guimond had been missing eight years from the campus of St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minnesota. He noted that Josh still remained missing and that his case appeared no closer to resolution than the day he vanished. As a consequence, Immelman contended that to move Josh’s case forward, it was imperative that the Stearns County Sheriff’s Department refer the case to FBI behavioral scientists promptly for review and investigative recommendations.


Nov 5th, 2011

Summary: Dateline November 5, 2011. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on November 5, 2010, Aubrey Immelman provided his weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars.


Nov 4th, 2011

Summary: Weekly report of U.S. military deaths in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, compiled from U.S. Department of Defense news releases and iCasualties.org. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on November 4, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that independent candidate Tom Horner came up short in his bid for governor of Minnesota.


Nov 3rd, 2011

Summary: Dateline November 3, 2011. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on November 3, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that the Islamic State of Iraq, an al-Qaida front group, threatened more attacks on Christians after a siege on a Baghdad Catholic church left 68 people dead.


Nov 2nd, 2011

Summary: Dateline November 2, 2011. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on November 2, 2010, Aubrey Immelman reported that 16 bombs exploded in at least 10 neighborhoods across Iraq’s capital of Baghdad, many at restaurants and coffee shops full of civilians. The death toll climbed to 76 in the first hours following the blasts, with nearly 300 wounded.


Nov 1st, 2011

Summary: Dateline November 1, 2011. … One-year retrospective: One year ago today, on November 1, 2010, Aubrey Immelman observed that Rep. Michele Bachmann’s criticism of Barack Obama for attending the church of the “anti-American” Rev. Jeremiah Wright, was rank hypocrisy, considering that for many years she sat in the pews of a church that professes that the Pope is the anti-Christ.