Teen, suspect stood out in wilderness

BOISE, Idaho (AP) ? Almost from the moment he laid eyes on 16-year-old Hannah Anderson and her abductor, James Lee DiMaggio, former Idaho county sheriff Mark John was swept with the feeling that something just didn't seem right about the pair.

Initially it was the lack of openness on the trail, a reluctance to engage in the polite exchange of banter or adventures like so many other recreationists John has encountered during his various horseback excursions into Idaho's rugged backcountry.

Then John and his partners on horseback puzzled why Anderson and DiMaggio were hiking in the opposite direction of their stated destination, the Salmon River.

But more than anything, it was their gear, or lack of it. Neither was sporting hiking boots or rain gear. The 40-year-old DiMaggio, described as an avid hiker in his home state of California, was toting only a light pack. It even appeared Anderson was wearing pajama bottoms.

"They just didn't fit," said the 71-year-old John, who retired as Gem County sheriff in 1996. "He might have been an outdoorsman in California but he was not an outdoorsman in Idaho ... Red flags kind of went up."

At a news conference Sunday in Boise, John and his three riding mates shared the kind of details from their encounters with Anderson and DiMaggio that helped focus the massive manhunt and rescue effort on a southwest corner of wilderness in the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness, a 2.3 million acre roadless preserve in the heart of Idaho.

On Saturday, after searchers spotted the pair by air, two highly-specialized FBI hostage teams moved in on ground, ultimately rescuing Anderson and killing DiMaggio in a shootout at their encampment at a remote, alpine lake.

Anderson was immediately transported to an unidentified hospital. She was expected to be reunited with her father, Brett Anderson, earlier Sunday, but authorities did not disclose any details of their meeting.

DiMaggio is also suspected of killing Anderson's mother and brother at his home in Southern California.

On Sunday, FBI agents returned to process the scene at the camp at Morehead Lake, about 8 miles inside the wilderness border and 40 miles east of the central Idaho town of Cascade.

But authorities made clear Sunday that the rescue may have taken longer if not for the chance encounter with John and the other riders, who included John's wife Christa, 68; Mike Young, 62, and his wife, Mary Young, 61.

The four riders had a second encounter with Anderson and DiMaggio later Wednesday, this one at the lake as they were getting ready to head back down the trail. The Youngs and Johns recalled seeing Anderson soak her feet in the lake and again avoid interaction. Still, nothing about their behavior raised suspicion that DiMaggio was wanted for murder and kidnapping.

"If she was sending us signals that she was in trouble, we didn't key in on it," said Mary Young.

It wasn't until Thursday afternoon when the Johns returned home and saw the girl's photographs on the news that they made a connection. After confirming with the Youngs, Mark John immediately called Idaho State Police, setting off the investigation in Idaho.

On Friday, police found DiMaggio's car, hidden under brush at a trailhead on the border of the wilderness area. Details about the operation that ended in Hannah's rescue are being released slowly.

FBI spokesman Jason Pack said the rescue teams were dropped by helicopter about 2.5 hours away from where Anderson and DiMaggio were spotted by the lake. Pack said the team had to hike with up to 100-pounds of tactical gear along a rough trail characterized by steep switchbacks and treacherous footing.

The teams then surrounded the camp and waited until Anderson and DiMaggio were no longer near each other before moving in, and ultimately killing DiMaggio. Few other details about the shootout are being released pending an automatic investigation by FBI agents of everything that occurred before, during and after the shooting.

Valley County Coroner Nathan Hess said he hadn't yet received DiMaggio's body, but would be responsible for issuing a death certificate and determining whether an autopsy should be performed. Hess said he wasn't sure when his part in the investigation would begin.

The case began when the charred bodies of Hannah Anderson's mother, Christina Anderson, 44, and the teen's 8-year-old brother, Ethan Anderson, were found in DiMaggio's burning house outside San Diego, near the Mexico border.

DiMaggio was close to the family. Christina Anderson's husband, Brett Anderson, has described him as a best friend and said the children thought of him as an uncle.

Authorities have said DiMaggio had an "unusual infatuation" with Hannah, although the father said he never saw any strange behavior.

An Amber Alert was issued, and tips led investigators to Oregon after DiMaggio and the teen were reportedly spotted there.

Brett Anderson has not returned telephone messages left Sunday by The Associated Press. But he issued a statement to the media Saturday expressing relief his daughter is safe.

Hannah Darby, one of Hannah Anderson's closest friends, was elated by the news.

"I'm probably going to make a really big basket with all of her favorite things in it," she said. "It will have candy and things that are pink."

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Associated Press reporters Elliot Spagat contributed from San Diego, Tami Abdollah from Los Angeles and Rebecca Boone from Cascade, Idaho.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/teen-abductor-stood-idaho-wilderness-210931803.html

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OTHER: Formula E secures Fox Sports TV deal

By Jamie O'Leary

Friday, August 9th 2013, 12:36 GMT

The FIA's Formula E Championship has agreed a deal with Fox Sports that will ensure coverage in over 80 countries next year.

The new series for all-electric vehicles will be broadcast live exclusively on the network in the USA and across a series of exclusive and non-exclusive platforms in other regions.

Alejandro Agag, CEO of series promoter Formula E Holdings, said: "We are very proud to announce this major agreement between Fox and the FIA Formula E Championship and to be partnering a truly global organisation that fully believes in the future of racing."

"America is a key market for electric cars and to show our races live in the US will be central to promoting this type of mobility."

No announcement has been made on the broadcasting of the series in Britain.

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Last chance for summer camps through Southborough Rec (8/12-8/16)

by beth on August 8, 2013

Golf camp is available for two more weeks. Other summer programs offered by Southborough Rec wrap up the week of August 12th. (Photo posted to Flickr by tony_the_bald_eagle)

Next week is your last chance to take advantage of most camps offered by the Southborough Recreation Department this summer.

Availability may change. To register, go to their?website. For more details, check out their?brochure.

Open sports camps/classes:

• Golf at Juniper Hill and Pine Crest (Note: Juniper Hill is the only Rec camp still offered the week of 8/19)
• Swim Lessons at McCarthy Pool
• Junior farmers and horseback riding at Lil? Folk Farm

Kid?s Klub:

• Woodward School (kids entering grades 2 ? 5)
• Theme for the week:?Carnival Week?- We will spend this week preparing a big carnival that you will enjoy for the last day of camp. In?addition to regular activities, extra highlights will include fun carnival games and crafts and face painting. Frolic?in the bubbles from the giant bubble machine. Special snacks will include snow cones, cotton candy and popcorn! We will also include a fun inflatable amusement slide.

Full day kids can still enjoy the half day camp?s special activities:
Maybe you think your children would Woodward camp ? but you need them to be supervised all day.

Southborough Recreation and Extended Day have teamed up this summer. Each week there are 8 available spots for children to attend the Rec Department?s morning camp, then be transported to Extended Day?s camp that runs until 4:30 pm. Children must be registered by Friday of the prior week to participate. For more details, click here.

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Dick Cheney's Keeping His Head Down in Daughter's Senate Bid

To most people, he's the former vice president of the United States. But in Liz Cheney's underdog campaign for the U.S. Senate from Wyoming, he's "Liz's dad."

That's the only reference to Dick Cheney in her biography, which briefly mentions his 1978 bid for Congress but not his two terms as arguably the most powerful No. 2 in American history. And it reflects the backseat role he's taking in his daughter's bid to oust three-term Sen. Michael Enzi--his former fly-fishing pal--in the 2014 Republican primary.

Top campaign advisers say there are no plans for the former vice president to campaign on her behalf or to help raise money. She doesn't mention him in the six-minute video that launched her campaign last month, and he's said little about her in recent appearances.

"Both of them are bending over backwards to show that she is the candidate. He's trying to stay out of it," said Cheney campaign Cochairman Bill Thomson, a prominent Wyoming Republican and family friend since that 1978 campaign. "Of course, he thinks she would make a great senator, but this is something she needs to do on her own."

Her avowed independence reinforces the image she is cultivating of a tea-party-like Washington outsider. That's quite a stretch for the daughter of a vice president, an official in both Bush administrations, a hawkish Fox News contributor, and a longtime Northern Virginia resident, but it's probably a smart strategy at a time when views of Congress are in the doldrums. In an unwanted bit of publicity for an accused carpetbagger, a Wyoming newspaper reported Tuesday that she got a resident fishing license even though she has lived there for less than one year as required.

But supporters say Cheney's age (47, to Enzi's 69 years), her role as the mother of five children, and her casting off by the Republican establishment will allow her to make the leap from legacy candidate to insurgent populist. Capitol Hill closed ranks around Enzi immediately after Cheney announced her campaign last month, with endorsements coming rapid fire from the National Republican Senatorial Committee, Sen. John Barrasso of Wyoming, and Rep. Cynthia Lummis, Wyoming's at-large member of the House. Even Republican Sens. John McCain of Arizona and Rand Paul of Kentucky--who don't agree on much--both threw their support to Enzi.

"She has the ability to shake things up, and there are people in Washington who don't want her to do that," said another campaign adviser, Cheyenne lawyer Harriet Hageman. "They are reacting to someone who will upset and challenge the status quo."

In contrast, some top Republicans in what some call "the Cowboy State" are welcoming the primary battle. Wyoming's Republican National Committee member, Marti Halverson, said she and other party leaders plan to urge the RNC at its summer meeting in Boston to stay out of the race. Cheney has been endorsed by conservative talk-show hosts Sean Hannity and Mark Levin, and the footprint of the national party could set off a grassroots uprising like the one that helped Marco Rubio defeat NRSC-endorsed Charlie Crist in Florida's 2010 Senate race.

"It's already a real race, and Republicans in Wyoming don't mind a good primary contest," said Halverson, who is staying neutral. "We're not going to make the mistake Florida did. This race will be fought in Wyoming, by Wyomingites, for Wyomingites."

The former vice president remains a popular figure in his home state, Republicans say, and he headlined the state party's dinner in February. The daughters and sons of prominent politicians walk a tightrope on the campaign trail, eager to capitalize on their familiar surname but hesitant to carry their parent's political baggage. When Vice President Cheney left office in 2009, frustrations with the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan were running high and his approval rating was pegged at only 13 percent. The last time Gallup included him in a national poll was 2010, and his ratings had improved to 36 percent favorable and 52 percent unfavorable.

"What's not to like about a guy that you run into at the dry cleaners, as I did last week?" Halverson said. "He's a real down-to-earth guy. Some people find fault with his politics but, bottom line, he's a popular figure. Now whether that translates to Liz, I don't know."

The former vice president's absence from the fundraising circuit may not matter as much to his daughter in a small state, where campaigns are relatively inexpensive and even statewide candidates go door to door. Enzi had less than half a million dollars in his campaign account as of the end of June.

Cheney's campaign finance chairwoman, Margaret Parry, said the vice president's low profile in his daughter's race "has nothing to do with the Bush administration or how they went out. It has to do with her wanting to do it on her own. She has got to run on her own merit."

"The vice president is incredibly supportive of Liz's efforts and very excited about the race," said campaign manager Kara Ahern. "The vice president has told Liz he is ready to do whatever she'd like him to do to help, but they both understand this is her campaign and her race to win."

Her candidacy and that of George P. Bush for Texas land commissioner is sparking talk of a Bush-Cheney revival, though he is running with the Republican Party's blessing for an open seat. The third sentence of his campaign biography acknowledges his lineage and tries to put it into context: "While many know him as grandson of President George H.W. Bush, son of former Gov. Jeb Bush, and nephew of President George W. Bush,?George P. is a native-born Texan and leader with strong convictions and fresh perspectives."

Substitute the surnames, and Liz Cheney couldn't ask for a better review.

CORRECTION: An earlier version of this story misidentified the state Bill Thompson represents as well as the location of the newspaper that reported where Liz Cheney got her fishing license. Bill Thompson is from Wyoming and the Casper Star-Tribune?in Wyoming reported that Liz Cheney got her resident fishing license early.

Source: http://news.yahoo.com/dick-cheneys-keeping-head-down-daughters-senate-bid-121436667.html

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