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dipsydoodle

(42,239 posts)
8. 'tis on UK tv news
Sat Feb 2, 2013, 08:08 PM
Feb 2013

and this is from Friday here.

Police step up presence in Alabama hostage standoff.

Police have stepped up their presence near an underground bunker where an Alabama man is holding a five-year-old boy hostage.

A team in military-style uniforms, many with weapons, moved into a staging area nearby on early Friday.

Jimmy Lee Dykes, 65, is accused of boarding a school bus and shooting the driver before taking the boy.

Officials are talking to Mr Dykes and delivering medication to the boy through a 4in (10cm) ventilation pipe.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-21299193



I will tell you why nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #1
Great answer! Orrex Feb 2013 #2
Auto correct. Starting to despise it nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #3
Haha! I assumed it was media slang for "reporting that has been pared down" arcane1 Feb 2013 #11
this is what i was thinking also, the tv people JI7 Feb 2013 #4
I write for an online paper nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #6
This message was self-deleted by its author busterbrown Feb 2013 #5
I believe you are correct Still Sensible Feb 2013 #7
Trust me, press is reporting the very little nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #9
'tis on UK tv news dipsydoodle Feb 2013 #8
Those are the generic, staging area. Military style uniforms nadinbrzezinski Feb 2013 #10
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