Arkansas authorities are investigating a shipment of 40 to 60 human heads found by a Southwest Airlines employee at the Little Rock airport.
Southwest said the incident began last week when the carrier refused to carry a container because it was not properly labeled. When the heads were discovered, the employee called police, and the body parts were turned over to the county coroner.
NBC TV DFW reports the heads were being shipped in three containers by an Arkansas-based consulting firm, JLS Consulting, to the Fort Worth office of Medtronic, a top research and technology company based in Minnesota. The shipping parties claim the heads were to be used for educational and research purposes.
A spokesman for Medtronic said it is common for body parts for research to be shipped, but rare for the shipment to be seized.
But Arkansas authorities want to make sure everything is on the up and up.
"We’ve come to the conclusion that there is a black market out there for human body parts for research or for whatever reason," Pulaski County coroner Garland Camper told the NBC station. "We just want to make sure these specimens here aren’t a part of that black market and underground trade." (source: aol news)

The bride wore white. The guests wore orange smocks. A southern California couple were married Saturday in front of more than 100 guests at a Home Depot store where they work. The wedding party for 56-year-old Carolyn Weatherly and Audwin Mosby, who’s 55, marched down an aisle of light bulbs, grills and paint to the outdoor garden section, where a wedding arbor and stage had been built from the store’s lumber and supplies.
The bride said the store in Lake Forest is like a second home and her colleagues are like family.
A regional manager said it’s only the second wedding in a Home Depot.

  (source: cbs)

A number of the passengers from Turkey’s IHH flotilla plan to speak in New York City on Sunday, June 13th.
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A California mother whose children were kidnapped 15 years ago was reunited with them through Facebook.

The woman said her husband, Faustino Utrera, kidnapped her two children and said she would never see them again.

She said she looked everywhere for them, and she ultimately found out through Facebook that they were in Central Florida.

Police said Utrera disappeared from San Bernardino, Calif., with his then 3-year-old daughter and 2-year-old son. The mother said she has not seen them since.

In March, the children’s mother searched for her daughter on Facebook and found her page. She added her as a friend, and they messaged back and forth.

San Bernardino Deputy District Attorney Kurt Rowley said the mother immediately contacted his office.

"We did some additional investigation until we located Mr. Utrera and the kids in Florida," he said.

Utrera was arrested and the children were placed in the custody of the Department of Children and Families. With the father in jail, custody of the two teenagers was given to their mother.

Carrie Hoeppner, of DCF, said that’s where things get complicated.

"There is no relationship there," Hoeppner said. "You don’t have that immediate joyful reunification. If in fact that is what will progress, it will take time. These children will have to build a relationship, and that is something that will not happen overnight."

The children are working on a relationship with their mother, officials said.  (source: wesh.com)

Passengers from the 7th flotilla ship arrive at the Ashdod Port accompanied by the IDF Naval Special Forces. The ship had been boarded by the IDF forces and with full compliance of the crew, instructed the ship’s captain to sail to the Ashdod port after it had attempted to break the maritime closure of the Gaza Strip.
Nineteen people were on board the boat, including eight crew members, all of whom will be transferred to the custody of the appropriate authorities in the Interior Ministry. The cargo found on board will be transferred to the Gaza Strip following security inspection.  

In this audio recording of the radio transmission between the Israeli Navy and the 7th flotilla ship, the Israeli Navy offers to transfer all humanitarian supplies on board to Gaza through land crossings in coordination with a third party (including a number of independent aid organisations), so that the Navy would not have to board the ship. Additionally, the Israeli Navy offers that if the ship redirects to dock at Ashdod Port, the cement on board will be transferred into Gaza in coordination with an aid organization to ensure that it is used for civilian purposes. 

Apple Inc. Chief Executive Steve Jobs unveiled a thinner version of the company’s popular smartphone, dubbed the iPhone 4, as he looks to extend the company’s momentum in the mobile market.

The iPhone 4 is 9.3mm thick (a quarter thinner than the iPhone 3GS) with two built-in cameras (one on the front and one on the back with an LED flash), two mics and a noise cancellation button. Its IPS display is 4x resolution of previous models and has 800:1 contrast ratio. Also features the same A4 chip found inside the iPad.

The glass and stainless steel phone has a camera on the front and back, and an enhanced screen display. Mr. Jobs said the device is 24% thinner than existing iPhone 3GS. He was expected to discuss pricing later in his presentation.

Mr. Jobs showed the device at Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference held in San Francisco. The iPhone has become the primary driver of Apple’s spectacular profit growth since its launch in June 2007.

The CEO also said the company’s App Store, which sells downloadable programs that run on the machine, now features 225,000 apps. He added that 15,000 apps are submitted each week and that 95% of them are approved in seven days, responding to criticism that the app approval process can be cumbersome. He said developers had made more than $1 billion selling Apple apps.

As for the iPad, Mr. Jobs said the company has sold more than 2 million iPad tablets world-wide since its launch, making it the company’s fastest-selling new product and a potential leg of new growth for the consumer electronics giant.

Mr. Jobs said more than 5 million books have been downloaded in the device’s first 65 days. "We’ve seen tremendous interest from publishers," Mr. Jobs said.

In response to a radio transmission by the Israeli Navy warning the Gaza flotilla that they are approaching a naval blockade, passengers of the Mavi Marmara respond, "Shut up, go back to Auschwitz" and "We’re helping Arabs go against the US, don’t forget 9/11"
In the early hours of the May 31st 2010, IDF soldiers boarded the ships of the "Free Gaza" Flotilla, after the ships refused to redirect their course. Aboard the Mavi Marmara, the soldiers encountered serious violence when, in a pre-planned attack, the activists on board attempted to lynch the soldiers with knives, metal rods and stole two of their guns. As a result 7 soldiers were injured and 9 demonstrators were killed.

This Saturday night, June 5th, undefeated World Boxing Association super-welterweight champion, Yuri Foreman will face off against former Welterweight champion Miguel Cotto in Yankee Stadium. This marks the first boxing match in Yankee stadium since Muhammad Ali fought Ken Norton in 1976.
Foreman, born in Gomel, Belarus, learned to box at the young age of 7.
When some schoolchildren called him "Jew" and beat him during swim class, his mother grew concerned for his safety and enrolled him in boxing class at the gym.  Later, at the age of 10, he moved to Israel and continued his training at a local Arab gym.
"The first time I walked in, I saw the stares. In their eyes, there was a lot of hatred. But I needed to box; and boy, did they all want to box me," Foreman said in an interview with JTA. After winning a few national boxing championships, Foreman, at the age of 19, moved to Brooklyn, New York to continue his boxing career.
Foreman, a Yarmulka clad observant Jew, is part of the IYYUN Chabad community in Brooklyn.  He wears Tzizit, and wraps Tefilin daily. He is also studying to become a rabbi and hopes to be finished within three years.
This Saturday night, Foreman will enter the ring to the voice of the Lubavitcher Rebbe singing Psalm 63:1-3. The recording will be of the Rebbe singing Tzama Lecha Nafshi-"My soul thirsts for You"(G-d).
Foreman and his Rabbi, DovBer Pinson, pay a visit to the burial place of the Lubavitcher Rebbe before every fight.

   (source: lubavitch.com)

Judging by the 26-page recipe booklet for brownies and cookies published by the Department of Defense, sweet treats can be just as complicated as combat.
The Internet is buzzing with commentary on the government’s lengthy, unclassified document, reported by NPR, which details exact instructions for baking brownies and oatmeal cookies for military consumption.
The recipe, or, as it’s called in official parlance, the "formula," leaves nothing to chance.
Brownies, it states, must be cut to dimensions not exceeding 3-1/2 inches by 2-1/2 inches by 5/8 inch. The oatmeal cookies, served as rectangles, are similarly restricted.
Even the ingredients are strictly regulated. Walnuts, for example, must be shelled and, "shall be of the small piece size classification, shall be of a light color, and shall be U.S. No. 1 of the U.S. Standards for Shelled English Walnuts." Eggs in frozen or liquid form are permissible, but must conform to "Regulations Governing the Inspection of Eggs and Egg Products."
Jeremy Whitsitt, a Pentagon food specialist, told NPR that the recipe is intended to produce food capable of withstanding the most brutal field conditions.
"What would happen if you cooked a meal, stored it in a stifling hot warehouse, dropped it out of an airplane, dragged it through the mud, left it out with bugs and vermin, and ate it three years later?" Whitsitt asked NPR rhetorically, highlighting the bombproof nature of his brownies.
By Whitsitt’s estimation, brownies baked from the lengthy government recipe could last as long as three years.
The recipe has become an Internet sensation, garnering attention from news outlets, bloggers and Twitter users alike.
One Twitter user, "rbbrown," noted they would like to try the Pentagon’s recipe, but wasn’t willing to put in the work: "I will pay someone to make me Pentagon Brownies."
According to NPR, the 26-page document isn’t even the most up to date; it was amended recently to 31 pages and now includes lemon poppy seed cake and chocolate banana nut muffin-tops. (source: cbs)

Check out a special Hannity Report video on Fox here.

"With a startled shout from the outcrop above, the Hezbollah fighter bounded down the rocky slope and cocked his AK-47 rifle in a dramatic flourish as he drew near. ‘What are you doing here?’ he demanded, his face a mix of anger and astonishment. ‘This is a military zone. You should not be here.’"

These are the opening lines of an article by Time magazine’s Nicholas Blanford, following his visit to south Lebanon. The report mainly focuses on the Shiite organization’s military preparations at an observation post that overlooks the town of Jezzine.

This post’s location was hand picked due to its view over the hills and valley of the Bekaa region, where fighting in the next conflict with Israel is expected to take place.

As for the question of whether or not such a conflict will erupt, the journalist says this depends less on the situation on the ground, and more on the United States and Iran.

On the field, the impending war seems to be a given. "The next war is coming, 100%, but we don’t know when," said Ali, one of the Hezbollah fighters interviewed by Blanford. "We have big plans for it. God willing, you will see the end of Israel."

Blanford writes that he got the impression that the Hezbollah fighters do not fear the next round of clashes, and that they "actually look forward to it".

Not afraid of war: ‘We can always rebuild’

As for the possibility of great devastation in the country, such as that which was left after the last war, the fighters are not deterred. "It doesn’t matter. We can always rebuild. Our dignity is more important than roofs over our heads," a unit commander by the name of Haj told Branford.

Ali comes off as even more fanatic, and the years of devout Islamic education are evident in his beliefs that he is "walking the path of the Prophet Muhammad" and that "you cannot understand the joy of jihad unless you are in Hezbollah."

Blanford goes on to analyze Hezbollah’s weapons arsenal, and reviews recent reports of the organization’s obtaining of surface-to-surface missiles and surface-to-air missiles. But ultimately, he finds that the Hezbollah fighters still rely on older weapons, such as the RPG-7 grenade launcher.

"The RPG-7 is old but still a good weapon," says Ali. "It’s how you use them that counts. We are always studying new combat techniques."

The movement’s battle plan, Blanford learns, may also include sending terrorist cells to infiltrate Israel and carry out attacks. "God willing, we will go into Palestine next time," says Ali.

(source: ynet)

Hendon’s Chabad House is expecting more than 100 guests at tonight’s Shabbat meal – most of them passengers grounded because of the volcanic dust cloud preventing flights taking off from London.

“We’ve had a lot of people calling up wanting a place to eat, a place to sleep,” said Chabad’s Rabbi Dovid Katz. “We have a massive pot of chicken soup ready.”

Having recently run a Seder for 300 people, mostly Israelis, in Golders Green, Rabbi Katz said: “It makes me feel like Pesach is happening again!”

Anyone still needing a Shabbat meal can phone Rabbi Katz up to 6 tonight on 07868-741235 (source: thejc.com)