Retail gas prices across the country soared an average of nearly 17 cents in the past two weeks, according to a survey released Sunday in Camarillo. Self-serve regular averaged $2.67 a gallon. Mid-grade cost $2.76 a gallon while premium hit $2.86 a gallon, said Trilby Lundberg, who publishes the semimonthly Lundberg Survey of 7,000 gas stations in the country.
Illinois: Pilot suing Air Force
A decorated pilot involved in a friendly-fire bombing in Afghanistan in 2002 that killed four Canadian soldiers filed suit in Springfield against the Air Force. National Guard Maj. Harry Schmidt says military officials should not have released to the public the scathing letter of reprimand he was given for the bombing. The Canadians were firing weapons on a training range in Afghanistan but Schmidt mistook them for Taliban forces and dropped a 500-pound, laser-guided bomb.
Michigan: Lawsuit over 911 call
A lawyer said he plans a lawsuit today over the death of a Detroit woman whose young son called 911 to report she had collapsed, only to be told by the operator that he shouldn’t be playing on the phone. Geoffrey Fieger, best known for defending assisted-suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian, said Sherrill Turner, who had an enlarged heart, would have survived Feb. 20 if help had been sent immediately when her son, Robert Turner, who turned 6 last month, telephoned 911.
Alleged police assault was taped
A Flint police officer was charged with assault and fired after authorities said he was videotaped by a school bus camera striking a 15-year-old student. A prosecutor said the videotape shows Andrew L. Gauthier, 40, at Central High School grabbing the teen’s head and pushing the youth’s head against a window. The prosecutor said Gauthier apparently thought the student was not supposed to be on the bus or at the school.
New York: Birthday party shooting
A 14-year-old girl dancing at a friend’s birthday party in North Amityville was shot through a window by someone in the back yard and died in her younger sister’s arms, police said. The Saturday night house party was attended by about 50 people, said police, who found Danielle Baker dead inside. No arrests had been made by Sunday evening.
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