Sunday, January 23, 2011

Various headlines and some breaking news in Detroit

4 Detroit police officers shot at precinct

Detroit's police chief says four officers including a commander have been wounded in a shooting at a precinct.

Chief Ralph Godbee says the four do not have life threatening injuries, and it appears all of the officers will be OK.

A gunman opened fire in the Detroit precinct on Sunday. Officers returned fire, killing the man.

http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-01-23-detroit-police-officers-shot_N.htm

Winner of 10th Billionth App Download Sweepstakes Hangs Up On Apple

The British woman who won $10,000 for downloading the 10,000,000,000th app from the iTunes store hung up on Apple when the company called to break the news to her, Cult of Mac is reporting exclusively.

“I thought it was a prank call,” says Gail Davis of Orpington, Kent, UK told Cult of Mac editor Leander Kahney. “I said, ‘Thank you very much, I’m not interested’ and I hung up.” http://www.cultofmac.com/10k-itunes-winner-hung-up-phone-on-apple-exclusive/78231

China’s Chengdu J-20 Stealth Fighter Jet

Does the US really think China may have stolen some ideas for their newly released stealth fighter, known as the Chengdu J-20, from an American F-117 Nighthawk that was shot down over Serbia in 1999? Read more: http://www.foxnews.com/world/2011/01/23/chinas-new-stealth-fighter-use-technology/#ixzz1BuLU7PM3

Rep. Gabrielle Giffords was transferred to Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center in Texas

Docs say she has surprised them with the progress she has already made.

http://www.cnn.com/2011/CRIME/01/23/arizona.shooting/index.html?hpt=T2

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