FRIDAY August 16, 2013
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Weather Plenty of sun today with a high of 75. More sun and warmer temperatures on the way. Page A10
GOOD MORNING New mammal species found ‘in plain sight’ WASHINGTON (AP) — Imagine a mini-raccoon with a teddy bear face that is so cute it’s hard to resist, let alone overlook. But somehow science did — until now. Researchers announced Thursday a rare discovery of a new species of mammal called the olinguito. The reddish-brown animal is about 14-inches long with an equally long tail and weighs about 2 pounds. It belongs to a grouping of large creatures that include dogs, cats and bears. The critter leaps through the trees of mountainous forests of Ecuador and Colombia at night, according to a Smithsonian researcher who has spent the past decade tracking them. But the adorable olinguito (oh-lihn-GEE’-toe) shouldn’t have been so hard to find. One of them once lived in the Smithsonian-run National Zoo in Washington for a year in a case of mistaken identity.
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AUBURN — The DeKalb County Sheriff’s Department found a local woman and her two young children safe, ending an alert that they might be missing and in danger, said sheriff’s Detective Adam Friedel. Police located Madeline
Holmes, 20, and her sons, ages 3 years and 7 months, at their residence in a campground south of Auburn around 9 a.m. Thursday, Friedel said. Officers also spoke with Holmes’ husband, James Holmes, 24, by telephone, confirming his whereabouts.
Friedel said some type of domestic incident apparently occurred early Thursday morning at the family’s residence. “It appears the parties separated last night,” he said. No criminal charges have been filed, and the incident remains under investigation, Friedel said. He added that James Holmes allegedly is wanted on a warrant from Wisconsin charging him with
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Firefighters attempt to gain entry into a rural Butler garage to fight a blaze just after 2 a.m. Thursday. The two-car detached garage and the
pole barn behind it were destroyed, firefighters said.
Fire destroys garage, barn BY JEFF JONES jjones@kpcmedia.com
BUTLER — Firefighters don’t know what sparked an early morning blaze that destroyed a two-car garage and nearby pole barn Thursday. The fire was reported at 2:01 a.m. at the Amos Steury residence, 1407 S.R. 1, north of Butler. Firefighters from six departments spent several hours battling the flames. The homeowner awoke to a crackling noise, looked outside
and saw flames coming from the detached garage, said Butler Fire Department Capt. Brent Miller. A vehicle inside the garage also was destroyed. Miller did not know what was inside the pole barn. Heat radiating from the garage fire likely ignited the pole barn, he said. Miller did not have a damage estimate, but said both structures were total losses. There were no injuries.
Firefighters from Hamilton, Waterloo, Southeast (Concord Township and Spencerville), and Edgerton, Ohio, and Florence Township (Edon), Ohio also responded. DeKalb EMS personnel and Butler Police also responded. Auburn firefighters covered Butler’s station, and Jackson Township covered Southeast Fire’s territory. The fire was declared under control at 4:18 a.m., but firefighters remained at the scene until about 6 a.m., Miller said.
Pence names state’s auditor INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Gov. Mike Pence announced Thursday that the president of the Brownsburg Town Council, in central Indiana, will serve as the new state auditor. Pence praised Dwayne Sawyer’s experience in local government and Republican Party politics at a Statehouse news conference. Sawyer replaces Tim Berry, who was elected auditor in 2006 and again in 2010. Pence picked Berry to run the Indiana Republican Party earlier this summer and Berry has served in both roles until this week. He stepped down as auditor Tuesday to run the party full time. “Dwayne’s professional background, experience in public service, strong character, and involvement with the Republican Party make him the best choice to serve as auditor for the people of Indiana,” Pence said. Sawyer was picked from a long list of candidates, including a state representative, a top aide in the state pension system and others, to fill the 17 months left in Berry’s term. “This is truly a very monumental opportunity to serve the entire Hoosier state, and all my fellow Hoosiers,” Sawyer said. Pence’s pick effectively blocks Treasurer Richard Mourdock from making the same transition Berry did seven years ago, from the treasurer’s office to the auditor’s. Mourdock and Berry were both term-limited from seeking re-election to their respective offices next fall. Berry’s double duty over the last month led Indiana Democratic Party
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Egypt death toll rises
Police hand out Doritos at Hempfest SEATTLE (AP) — A few things will be different at this year’s Hempfest, the 22-yearold summer “protestival” on Seattle’s waterfront where tens of thousands of revelers gather to use dope openly, listen to music and gaze at the Olympic Mountains in the distance. The haze of pot smoke might smell a little more like victory, after Washington and Colorado became the first states to legalize marijuana use by adults over 21. Having won at the state level, speakers will concentrate on the reform of federal marijuana laws. Oh, and the Seattle police — who have long turned a lenient eye on Hempfest tokers — don’t plan to be writing tickets or making arrests. They’ll be busy handing out Doritos. “I think it’s going to be a lot of fun,” said Sgt. Sean Whitcomb, department spokesman and junk-fooddispenser-in-chief. “It’s meant to be ironic. The idea of police passing out Doritos at a festival that celebrates pot, we’re sure, is going to generate some buzz.” The idea isn’t just to satisfy some munchies. The department has affixed labels to 1,000 bags of Doritos urging people to check out a question-andanswer post on its website.
simple assault, but police have not taken him into custody. The episode began Thursday at approximately 12:20 a.m. Friedel said Madeline Holmes called 911 and reported that someone in a white Dodge pickup truck was breaking into her vehicle. The call was disconnected before DeKalb County dispatchers could determine her
UNITED NATIONS (AP) — Weeping relatives in search of loved ones uncovered the faces of the bloodied, unclaimed dead in a Cairo mosque near the smoldering epicenter of support for ousted President Mohammed Morsi, as the death toll soared past 600 Thursday from Egypt’s deadliest day since the Arab Spring began. World condemnation widened for the bloody crackdown on Morsi’s mostly Islamist supporters, including an angry response from President Barack Obama, who canceled joint U.S.-Egyptian military maneuvers. Violence spread Thursday, with government buildings set afire near the pyramids, policemen gunned down and scores of Christian churches attacked. As turmoil engulfed the country, the Interior Ministry authorized the use of deadly force against protesters targeting police and state institutions. The Muslim Brotherhood, trying to regroup after the assault on their encampments and the arrest of many of their leaders, called for a mass rally on Friday in a challenge to the government’s declaration of a monthlong state of emergency and a dusk-to-dawn curfew. At least 638 people were confirmed killed and nearly 4,000 wounded in the violence sparked SEE EGYPT, PAGE A10
Warrants fuel questions in teen’s disappearance Dwayne Sawyer, middle, speaks with his wife, Melissa, after being named as the Auditor of State for Indiana by Gov. Mike Pence during a news conference at the Statehouse Thursday.
Chairman John Zody to file a public records request with the auditor’s office Thursday, saying there were concerns about how tax dollars were being spent. Zody said he’s worried about new evidence of workers campaigning on state time. He cited a campaign tweet sent from Secretary of State Connie Lawson’s official state Twitter account and an email sent last year by former schools Superintendent Tony Bennett directing top staffers to do research against his opponent. “Hoosiers need to be able to trust that their elected officials are putting public service first and engaging in
politics on their own time,” Zody said in a statement. “The integrity of our government depends on it.” Pence said Thursday he was confident Berry put his state work first while serving as party chairman on a “volunteer” basis The governor’s announcement of Sawyer as auditor completes a bit of shuffling triggered earlier this summer, when former party Chairman Eric Holcomb announced he was leaving, along with a number of other top party officials who had worked closely with former Gov. Mitch Daniels. Holcomb took a job running U.S. Sen. Dan Coats’ office.
SAN DIEGO (AP) — The California man who abducted a teenage family friend and tortured her mother and 8-year-old brother before killing them exchanged more than a dozen calls with the 16-year-old girl in the hours before the slaying. Exactly how James Lee DiMaggio tortured them or why he and Hannah Anderson exchanged about 13 calls wasn’t immediately clear, but the new details in court papers fueled questions about how and why he targeted his best friend’s family and fled with a girl who has said she felt uncomfortable around him. Firefighters found the body of Christina Anderson, 44, near a crowbar and what appeared to be blood next to her head. DiMaggio is believed to have shot and killed their family dog, found under a sleeping bag in the garage with blood close to its head. SEE WARRANTS, PAGE A10