Encinitas, CA, United States (AHN) - The North Korean government has released Robert Park, the American missionary who was detained in North Korea. Parks is back at home with his family after more than a month of being detained, officials said.
The 28-year-old Park was held in North Korea when he attempted to cross the border from South Korea carrying letters demanding the release of political prisoners and the resignation of North Korean leader Kim Jong II, reports stated. Park sought to personally deliver the letters himself.
Park\'s release was in part to him taking responsibility for his actions and for having nothing but positive things to say about how treatment while detained, according to reports.
Park and his family are celebrating his release and return to the United States in Encinitas, California, where his parents live, according to reports.
Encinitas, CA, United States (AHN) - The North Korean government has released Robert Park, the American missionary who was detained in North Korea. Parks is back at home with his family after more than a month of being detained, officials said.
The 28-year-old Park was held in North Korea when he attempted to cross the border from South Korea carrying letters demanding the release of political prisoners and the resignation of North Korean leader Kim Jong II, reports stated. Park sought to personally deliver the letters himself.
Park\'s release was in part to him taking responsibility for his actions and for having nothing but positive things to say about how treatment while detained, according to reports.
Park and his family are celebrating his release and return to the United States in Encinitas, California, where his parents live, according to reports.
Tacoma, Washington, United States (AHN) - Authorities in Washington report a United States soldier allegedly water boarded his 4-year-old daughter because she could not recite the alphabet all the way through.
Yelm police authorities reported 27-year-old Joshua Tabor was taken into custody on assault charges after he allegedly held his daughter\'s head backwards in a sink of water. According to Tabor, he chose this method of punishment because of his daughter\'s phobia of water, reports stated.
Officials stated Tabor\'s daughter has been placed in the custody of Child Protective Services as of his arrest Sunday.
Tabor is stationed at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma, Washington. Authorities did not specify his rank or duty.
Tabor\'s girlfriend, whose identity was not released along with that of his daughter, said Tabor has a history of struggling with anger issues and has beaten his daughter in the past, according to reports.
Tacoma, Washington, United States (AHN) - Authorities in Washington report a United States soldier allegedly water boarded his 4-year-old daughter because she could not recite the alphabet all the way through.
Yelm police authorities reported 27-year-old Joshua Tabor was taken into custody on assault charges after he allegedly held his daughter\'s head backwards in a sink of water. According to Tabor, he chose this method of punishment because of his daughter\'s phobia of water, reports stated.
Officials stated Tabor\'s daughter has been placed in the custody of Child Protective Services as of his arrest Sunday.
Tabor is stationed at the Joint Base Lewis-McChord in Tacoma, Washington. Authorities did not specify his rank or duty.
Tabor\'s girlfriend, whose identity was not released along with that of his daughter, said Tabor has a history of struggling with anger issues and has beaten his daughter in the past, according to reports.
Toledo, OH, United States (AHN) - A strip club in Toledo, Ohio raised $1,000 in donations for Haiti\'s earthquake victims through a lap dance.
Marilyn\'s on Monroe, located at 715 Monroe St., raised the amount on Saturday\'s event dubbed "Lap dances for Haiti." General Manager Kenny Soprano said the club collected $10 charges and the donation was coursed through the International Services of Hope, or ISOH/IMPACT, of Waterville.
According to Soprano, it took the club a month to think of and plan the event.
Meanwhile, two strip clubs in the Detroit area are taking the cue from Marilyn\'s on Monroe. The Landing Strip in Romulus and Subi\'s Place in Southgate will try to raise $5,000.
Toledo, OH, United States (AHN) - A strip club in Toledo, Ohio raised $1,000 in donations for Haiti\'s earthquake victims through a lap dance.
Marilyn\'s on Monroe, located at 715 Monroe St., raised the amount on Saturday\'s event dubbed "Lap dances for Haiti." General Manager Kenny Soprano said the club collected $10 charges and the donation was coursed through the International Services of Hope, or ISOH/IMPACT, of Waterville.
According to Soprano, it took the club a month to think of and plan the event.
Meanwhile, two strip clubs in the Detroit area are taking the cue from Marilyn\'s on Monroe. The Landing Strip in Romulus and Subi\'s Place in Southgate will try to raise $5,000.
Melbourne, Australia (AHN) - For allowing contestants of a reality game show to kill and eat a jungle rat, a British TV network was fined and made to pay $4,845, local reports said Monday.
iTV also issued an apology for the incident in the show "I\'m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" in which celebrity chef Gino D\'Acampo and Hollyoaks actor Stuart Manning killed the rat for food. A spokesman said the network was unaware that killing a rat is illegal.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) said the killing of the rat was in violation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. The animal died after 90 seconds causing it to suffer, said an RSPCA spokesman.
Melbourne, Australia (AHN) - For allowing contestants of a reality game show to kill and eat a jungle rat, a British TV network was fined and made to pay $4,845, local reports said Monday.
iTV also issued an apology for the incident in the show "I\'m A Celebrity... Get Me Out of Here!" in which celebrity chef Gino D\'Acampo and Hollyoaks actor Stuart Manning killed the rat for food. A spokesman said the network was unaware that killing a rat is illegal.
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) said the killing of the rat was in violation of the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Act. The animal died after 90 seconds causing it to suffer, said an RSPCA spokesman.