Morning News – 01/13/15

KENTUCKY

Follow-up: A Shell gas station in Paris was robbed early yesterday morning following a brutal attack upon the station’s store clerk; the offender–a former employee whom was recently fired. According to management, Donna Whisman (36) entered the building around 1:30 a.m. and began beating the woman working the register, Lisa Eubanks, with a metal pipe. Management states that Whisman was hired and shortly thereafter fired a few weeks ago due to her allowing for multiple people to “drive-off”; management has stated that they are unsureas to whether the violent attack was directed at the establishment or a vendetta against Eubanks.

Eubanks has been released from the hospital, but coworkers report that her back and arms are badly bruised, and that she has numerous staples in her head.

http://www.wkyt.com/home/headlines/Fired-Paris-employee-accused-of-robbing-former-workplace-attacking-clerk-288293851.html

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Attorney General Jack Conway filed candidacy papers to run for governor with the Secretary of State’s office Monday morning. Conway announced his candidacy in May and has been raising funds since, but Monday’s filing officially puts him on the ballot for the May 19 Democratic primary. Conway is the second person to file for Kentucky’s chief executive officer; former congressional candidate Geoff Young filed in December. Candidates have until 4 p.m. on Jan. 27 to file for the race. At least three Republicans have said they will run, but none have filed yet.

http://wuky.org/post/conway-files-papers-run-ky-governor

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ENTERTAINMENT

Music-based game producer Harmonix has released three new titles to their Rock Band catalog after a two-year hiatus. In February of 2013, Harmonix had announced that there weren’t any planned releases beyond April 2nd of that year, due to the company devoting time and efforts to other projects. Today, however, Rock Band gamers have the opportunity to purchase Avenged Sevenfold’s “Shepherd Of Fire”, Arctic Monkeys’ “R U Mine?”, and Foo Fighters’ “Something From Nothing”. While it was not explicitly stated in Harmonix’ press release, it can be assumed that the new titles will only be compatible with Rock Band 3–the last title released in the Rock Band family. The songs are priced at $1.99, and are currently available for download/purchase for the Xbox 360 and Playstation 3 consoles. No word, yet, as to whether Harmonix is planning on releasing any further titles in the future.

http://arstechnica.com/gaming/2015/01/harmonix-adds-new-dlc-songs-to-rock-band-after-nearly-two-year-break/

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THIS DAY IN HISTORY

• 1815 – War of 1812: British troops capture Fort Peter in St. Marys, Georgia, the only battle of the war to take place in the state.
• 1833 – President Andrew Jackson writes to Vice President Martin Van Buren expressing his opposition to South Carolina’s defiance of federal authority in the Nullification Crisis.
• 1840 – The steamship Lexington burns and sinks four miles off the coast of Long Island with the loss of 139 lives.
• 1842 – Dr. William Brydon, an assistant surgeon in the British East India Company Army during the First Anglo-Afghan War, becomes famous for being the sole survivor of an army of 4,500 men and 12,000 camp followers when he reaches the safety of a garrison in Jalalabad, Afghanistan.
• 1847 – The Treaty of Cahuenga ends the Mexican–American War in California.
• 1869 – National convention of black leaders meets in Washington, D.C.
• 1910 – The first public radio broadcast takes place; a live performance of the opera Cavalleria rusticana is sent out over the airwaves from the Metropolitan Opera House in New York, New York.
• 1942 – Henry Ford patents a plastic automobile, which is 30% lighter than a regular car.
• 1942 – World War II: First use of an aircraft ejection seat by a German test pilot in a Heinkel He 280 jet fighter.
• 1966 – Robert C. Weaver becomes the first African American Cabinet member when he is appointed United States Secretary of Housing and Urban Development.
• 1968 – Johnny Cash performs live at Folsom State Prison
• 1978 – U.S. Food & Drug Administration requires all blood donations to be labeled “paid” or “volunteer” donors.
• 1982 – Shortly after takeoff, Air Florida Flight 90, a Boeing 737 jet crashes into Washington, D.C.’s 14th Street Bridge and falls into the Potomac River, killing 78 including four motorists.
• 1988 – Lee Teng-hui becomes the first native Taiwanese President of the Republic of China.
• 1990 – Douglas Wilder becomes the first elected African American governor as he takes office in Richmond, Virginia.
• 1991 – Soviet Union troops attack Lithuanian independence supporters in Vilnius, killing 14 people and wounding 1000.
• 1993 – Space Shuttle program: Endeavour heads for space for the third time as STS-54 launches from the Kennedy Space Center.