Blog Heap of Links for the day 30 May 2015

Authorities say a man wanted in connection with the shooting of an Oklahoma police officer was found hiding in a closet of a house in southeast Kansas.

The Montgomery County Sheriff's Office says 22-year-old Alejandro Garcia was captured without incident early Friday in a house east of Liberty, Kansas.…

The rebel group that has seized power in Yemen has taken at least four U.S. citizens prisoner, according to U.S. officials who said that efforts to secure the Americans’ release have faltered.…

…Even the Daily Mail almost glosses over the background to this story until the very end of the article (below all the fine pictures of Lucas and Frazier) that’s where you’ll find this quote.

“We’ve been stressing this for months and months now. It’s no different from last week. We get a BOLO (be-on-the-lookout) from the state alerting us that the Black Gangster Disciples have put out an SOS, or Shoot on Sight, for police officers,” he said.”

Thanks for clarifying that British tabloid.

The Montgomery County Kansas Sheriff's Office has released mug shots of the three people arrested in the shooting of an Oologah police officer Thursday night.

Officer Charles Neill was shot in the head during a pursuit after another officer tried to arrest three people in a Talala traffic stop. Alejandro Garcia, 22; Cesar Rios; 23, and Roxanne Mendoza, 20, were arrested by Kansas law enforcement after fleeing from the Oklahoma law enforcement officers. …

The incident began in Talala when an officer clocked a vehicle going 58 in a 45 mph zone. When he pulled the vehicle over, the driver gave him a license that was good only in Mexico. The officer said the driver also smelled of alcohol. He called Oologah for backup and the chase began. …

…Paul McCartney says he has given up marijuana after many years of indulgence and now prefers wine or "a nice margarita." …doesn't want to set a bad example for his children and grandchildren…

Oklahoma authorities say a state trooper has fatally shot a man who was involved in a fight with officers who came to evacuate him and another man from floodwaters. … two troopers were dispatched to help men who were trying to remove a vehicle stalled in rising water. They were upset that troopers wanted them to get out of the water, and one attacked a trooper.…

…107-year old Lona Collins … Born in a rural part of Oklahoma in 1907… "We used to go in a horse and buggy!" …has beaten cancer twice and was married 65 years. Today even her great-grandchildren have children of their own. Her advice? "Don't go crabbin'!" she says with a smile.

Former President John Tyler, born 221 years ago, still has two living grandchildren. … President Tyler was also a prolific father, having 15 children (8 boys and 7 girls) with two wives.

Kelly File, America’s Finest Under Fire… Cleveland Police Union… Obama Policy Failures… Trifecta… Elizabeth Warren’s House Flipping… Krauthammer… Lt Col Ralph Peters… Slurs on Zo… Black on white crime…

…On this day in 1431 in Rouen, France, the 19-year-old Joan of Arc was burned at the stake by a tribunal led by a French Bishop who favored England in the Hundred Years War. She was later cleared of all charges…