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FTSE Bursa Malaysia update: 9.30am Posted: 13 Aug 2013 06:38 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: At 9.30 a.m. today, there were 201 gainers, 99 losers and 246 counters traded unchanged on the Bursa Malaysia. The FBM-KLCI was at 1,797.37 up 2.28 points, the FBMACE was at 5,364.50 up 11.47 points, and the FBMEmas was at 12,544.01 up 15.95 points. Turnover was at 398.379 million shares valued at RM175.718 million. -- BERNAMA

Bursa extends gains at opening Posted: 13 Aug 2013 06:44 PM PDT KUALA LUMPUR: Stocks extended gains at opening today, riding on yesterday's bullish momentum, shored up by firmer regional markets amid hopes for further stimulus to stabilise the Chinese and Japanese economies, dealers said. At 9.05 am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) rose 5.02 points to 1,800.11, after opening 4.86 points higher at 1,799.95. HwangDBS Vickers Research said riding on a two-day cumulative gain of 15.8 points or 0.9 per cent, the benchmark index appears technically ready to challenge the psychological barrier ahead. "1,800 could be the resistance level that the FBM KLCI is targeting to breach next," it said in a note today. The research house said providing a further boost to sentiments will be the positive vibe from external front whereas leading US equity indices rose between 0.2 per cent and 0.4 per cent aided by a better retail sales report. On the scoreboard, the Plantation Index gained 5.641 points to 8,336.57, the Industrial Index rose 16.1 points to 3,050.32 and the Finance Index garnered 27.35 points to 17,097.79. The FBM Emas Index firmed 30.881 points to 12,558.94, the FBM100 Index advanced 28.59 points to 12,284.56 and the FBM 70 Index gained 10.21 points to 14,441.01. Gainers outpaced losers 136 to 36, with 137 counters unchanged, 1,264 untraded and 11 suspended. Turnover totalled 141.48 million shares worth RM62.37 million. Among actives, MAS added 1.5 sen to 33 sen, TH Heavy Engineering gained five sen to 93.5 sen and Astral Supreme earned one sen to 26.5 sen. Asia Media and Luster Industries were unchanged at 16 sen and 10.5 sen, respectively. Heavyweights, CIMB added three sen to RM8.10, Axiata gained one sen to RM6.94, Sime Darby earned four sen to RM9.52 and Petronas Chemicals improved two sen to RM6.63. Maybank was unchanged at RM10.48. -- BERNAMA

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Justice Department challenges American US Airways merger - USA TODAY Posted: 13 Aug 2013 08:50 AM PDT The Justice Department and several states have filed a lawsuit to halt the proposed merger of American Airlines and US Airways. The airlines had anticipated merging within months to create the world's largest airline to compete against United and Delta airlines. But the lawsuit will hinder those plans. PHOTOS: The new look of American Airlines The Justice Department filed the case in U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia with states of Arizona, Florida, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Texas and the District of Columbia. The lawsuit contends that the merger would hurt consumers. "Because of the size of the airline industry, if this merger were approved, even a small increase in the price of airline tickets, checked bags, of flight change fees would cause hundreds of millions of dollars of harm to American consumers annually," the lawsuit says. "Millions of passengers benefit each year from head-to-head competition that this merger would eliminate." Spokesman for US Airways and American didn't immediately respond to requests for comment. But in defending the merger plans before congressional hearings, US Airways CEO Doug Parker, who would lead the new company, said few routes overlap between the carriers so that a merger wouldn't hurt competition. The airlines sought to merge because of recent mergers of Southwest and AirTran, United and Continental and Delta and Northwest airlines. US Airways and American officials had been optimistic about their plans because the Justice Department approved each of those previous mergers. But the Justice Department said US Airways Advantage Fares are significantly lower than American Airlines. For a trip from Miami to Cincinnati on Aug. 13 and returning Aug. 14, the US Airways Advantage Fare was $471 for one stop compared to $740 on a non-stop American flight, according to the Justice Department. "By further reducing the number of legacy airlines and aligning the economic incentives of those that remain, the merger of US Airways and American would make it easier for the remaining airlines to cooperate rather than compete on price on service," the 56-page lawsuit said. As examples of the benefits of competition, the Justice Department noted that US Airways tickets from Washington Reagan National Airport to Boston Logan Airport dropped significantly after the entry of JetBlue competition. Average US Airways tickets dropped from $366 in October 2010 to $236 in December 2010, or 36%, according to the Justice Department. The price of a walkup ticket dropped from $1,222 to $488, or 60%, according to the Justice Department. Justice noted that the merged airline would control 69% of the slots at Reagan, which would be six times more than the closest competitor "This would eliminate head to head competition at the airport between American and US Airways," the lawsuit said.

Juror says Bulger jury shouted about defense argument that government was on ... - Boston.com Posted: 13 Aug 2013 08:07 AM PDT By Maria Cramer, Globe Staff A juror in the James J. "Whitey" Bulger trial says the defense argument that the government was also on trial resonated with jurors. "It worked!" said Scott Hotyckey in an interview at his Framingham home. Jurors were "shouting about that" during deliberations, he said. Hotyckey also said this morning that one of the biggest struggles in the jury room was over the murder of Debra Davis. He said some of the female jurors couldn't believe that Bulger would strangle the young woman. The jury was unable to make a finding on whether Bulger murdered Debra Davis, who was the girlfriend of Bulger's crime partner, Stephen "The Rifleman" Flemmi. Flemmi testified that Bulger had murdered Davis, but jurors doubted Flemmi's credibility, Hotyckey told WBZ radio Monday. Hotyckey also said many of the jurors on the four-man, eight-woman panel were terrified of the witnesses, many of them former associates of Bulger, who, among them, had pleaded guilty to dozens of murders. Bulger was convicted Monday of 31 of 32 counts in a sweeping racketeering indictment. The jury in US District Court in Boston found that Bulger had committed 11 murders, but also found that prosecutors had not proven his involvement in seven others. The jury was unable to reach a verdict in the case of Davis.

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FTSE Bursa Malaysia update: 9.30am Posted: 12 Aug 2013 06:53 PM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content]KUALA LUMPUR: At 9.30 a.m. today, there were 222 gainers, 93 losers and 188 counters traded unchanged on the Bursa Malaysia. The FBM-KLCI was at 1,792.43 up 7.86 points, the FBMACE was at 5,317.02 up 12.13 points, and the FBMEmas was at 12,494.88 up 47.31 points. Turnover was at 269.397 million shares valued at RM137.412 million. -- BERNAMA

Bursa opens lower but gains momentum thereafter Posted: 12 Aug 2013 07:01 PM PDT [unable to retrieve full-text content]KUALA LUMPUR: Bursa Malaysia opened lower but rose thereafter extending its gains frolm yesterday aided by regional strength and investors returning from the Hari Raya Aidilfitri holidays to pick up good bargains, dealers said. At 9.07 am, the FTSE Bursa Malaysia KLCI (FBM KLCI) was 0.85 of-a-point higher at 1,785.42, after opening 0.11 of-a-point lower at 1,784.46. A dealer said bluechips were likely to remain in consolidation mode while small caps in the construction and oil and gas sector would highlight trading with keen rotational play. "On the chart, the benchmark FBM KLCI's next resistance will be at the all-time high of 1,826 while immediate support stays at 1,772," he said. On the scoreboard, the Plantation Index fell 12.08 points to 8,284.55 and the Industrial Index slipped 0.02 of a point to 3,017.87 but the Finance Index gained 1.17 points to 16,985.68. The FBM Emas Index firmed 5.05 points to 12,452.62, the FBM100 Index added 4.96 points to 12,187.41 and the FBM 70 Index earned 2.521 points to 14,339.58. Gainers outpaced losers 124 to 54, with 139 counters unchanged, 1,256 untraded and 11 others were suspended. Turnover totalled 80.08 million shares worth RM37.34 million. Among actives, Astral Supreme, Flonic and Luster Industries added half-a-sen each to 24 sen, 17.5 sen and 10 sen, respectively, AWC gained 1.5 sen to 29.5 sen while Nextnation Communication was unchanged at nine sen. Heavyweights, CIMB added three sen to RM7.99 while both Axiata and Sime Darby gained one sen each to RM6.91 and RM9.49, respectively. Maybank lost four sen to RM10.44 while Petronas Chemicals was unchanged at RM7.27. -- BERNAMA

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NY police's 'stop-and-frisk' tactics violate rights, judge rules - Reuters Posted: 12 Aug 2013 08:29 AM PDT Demonstrators hold signs protesting the New York Police Department's ''stop and frisk'' crime-fighting tactic outside of Manhattan Federal Court in New York, March 18, 2013. Credit: Reuters/Lucas Jackson By Bernard Vaughan NEW YORK | Mon Aug 12, 2013 11:28am EDT (Reuters) - In a stinging rebuke to the Bloomberg administration, a federal judge ruled on Monday that the New York City Police's "stop and frisk" crime-fighting tactics violate the constitutional rights of minorities, despite claims by the mayor and police commissioner that it has driven down rates of violent crime. U.S. District Judge Shira Scheindlin ruled that the police adopted a policy of "indirect racial profiling" by targeting racially defined groups for stops, resulting in the disproportionate, discriminatory stopping of tens of thousands of blacks and Hispanics, and that the city's highest officials "turned a blind eye" toward this result, she said. "No one should live in fear of being stopped whenever he leaves his home to go about the activities of daily life," Scheindlin wrote in her opinion. Police personnel felt or were aware of pressure to increase the number of stops when Mayor Michael Bloomberg took office in 2002 and brought in Raymond Kelly to be NYPD Commissioner, the judge wrote. As a result, officers often frisked young minority men for weapons or searched their pockets for contraband before letting them go, in a violation of the Constitution's Fourth Amendment that protects against unreasonable searches and seizures, the judge said in a 195-page decision. A 2012 New York Civil Liberties Union report showed a sharp, steady increase in police stops over the course of Bloomberg's three terms in office - to 685,724 in 2011 from 160,851 stops in 2003, with about half of the 2011 stops resulting in physical searches. Bloomberg and Kelly countered that the practice has driven down violent crime and limited the number of illegal guns being carried on the streets on New York. Scheindlin's major decision follows an exhaustive nine-week trial that ended in May that pitted the NYPD's interest in keeping New York's crime rate down against black and Latino plaintiffs who felt discriminated against. Scheindlin presided over the trial without a jury. The NYPD did not immediately comment on the decision. As part of her ruling, Scheindlin ordered the appointment of an independent monitor to oversee compliance with other remedies she ordered. The other remedies include the NYPD adopting a written policy specifying circumstances where stops are authorized; adopt a trial program requiring the use of body-worn cameras in one precinct in each of the city's five boroughs; and to set up a community-based remedial process under a court-appointed facilitator. (This story was refiled to fix typo in headline) (Reporting by Bernard Vaughan, Chris Francescani, Jonathan Stempel; Editing by Philip Barbara)

Condos collapse into sinkhole near Disney World - USA TODAY Posted: 12 Aug 2013 08:08 AM PDT Engineers on Monday were trying to determine the extent of the damage after luxury resort condominiums crumbled into a massive sinkhole a few miles from Disney World. Dozens of guests at the Summer Bay Resort in Clermont, Fla., had only 10 to 15 minutes to escape the cracking, collapsing building, the Orlando Sentinel reports. No injuries were reported, but many fleeing guests left behind all their belongings -- including medications. About 30% of the three-story structure had collapsed by early Monday, Lake County Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Tony Cuellar said. "My heart sunk. I was sick to my stomach," resort president Paul Caldwell told the Sentinel after getting a call about 10:30 p.m. Sunday that the 15-year-old building full of guests was splintering. "No doubt there would've been injuries if they hadn't gotten the building evacuated." The sinkhole is about 50 feet in diameter and 15 feet deep. Firefighters went door-to-door of Building 104, a three-story building of garden-style units, to help guests escape. Security guard Richard Shanley told the Sentinel he ran through the building waking up guests. "While you are running by, pieces of the building are falling down behind you," he said. "So you just do what you can and get out. " He said guests were afraid that the building might cave in with people inside. "Kids were crying. They were saying, 'We don't want to get trapped here. Mommy, we're on vacation. We're here to have fun. This is not what we expected. We don't want to get trapped here,'" Shanley told the newspaper. The building houses 24 units and about 20 people were staying in it at the time, Cuellar said. The building was sheared nearly in half. Caldwell told the Sentinel the displaced guests were relocated to other buildings. An adjacent building was also evacuated and 16 people had to leave, Cuellar told the Sentinel. The American Red Cross was providing assistance at the scene. Sinkholes, common in Florida, are a function of soft limestone disintegrating from acidic rainwater. Development, heavy rains and removal of groundwater can accelerate the erosion. In March, a 50-foot deep sinkhole swallowed a home near Tampa. Jeffrey Bush, 37, was sleeping in that home at the time and was declared dead. Luis Perez, who was staying at a condo building near the sinking one, said he was in his room when the lights went off around 11:30 p.m. He said he was on his way to the front desk to report the outage when he saw firefighters and police outside. "I started walking toward where they were at and you could see the building leaning and you could see a big crack at the base of the building," said Perez, 54, of Berona, N.J. Contributing: Associated Press

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Calif. teen found safe, suspected abductor killed in Idaho wilderness, police say - Fox News Posted: 11 Aug 2013 09:07 AM PDT Missing California teen Hannah Anderson has been found safe in Idaho, while her suspected abductor James Lee DiMaggio has been killed, San Diego County Sheriff's officials say. San Diego Sheriff William D. Gore said San Diego sheriff's authorities have notified the teen's father that she was rescued. "He was very relieved and very excited and looking forward to being reunited with his daughter," Gore said.  Speaking by phone on Fox News' "Justice with Judge Jeanine" Saturday night, Brett Anderson further articulated his emotions, saying "I'm ecstatic that my daughter and I will soon be reunited. I'm saddened by what happened to my wife and son, and I'm worried about what my daughter has been put through." DiMaggio, 40, was killed by FBI tactical agents at the north end of Morehead Lake after a campsite was spotted from the air and an FBI hostage recovery team was sent to the site, according to Gore. According to Fox40.com, DiMaggio was killed around 7:15 p.m. ET on Saturday.  The FBI told the Associated Press it was sending a team to investigate what unfolded before, during and after the shooting roughly 40 miles from the tiny town of Cascade. FBI policy calls for an investigation whenever an agent fires a weapon. Authorities offered few details of the confrontation with DiMaggio Saturday night. Ada County Sheriff's Department spokeswoman Andrea Dearden, who is helping the Valley County sheriff's department handle the case, said she didn't know whether DiMaggio had fired at any officers prior to his death.  Anderson has no apparent physical injuries, but she was taken to a hospital where crisis counselors, victim witness coordinators and health care providers are assisting her. "We will make sure she gets as much care as possible, physically and emotionally," said Andrea Dearden. A contingent of about 270 law enforcement officers from the FBI, the Valley and Ada County sheriffs' offices, Idaho State Police, the U.S. Marshals Service, and the Border Patrol, aided by experts from federal land management and wildlife agencies, worked around the clock to figure out the best way to track DiMaggio and the teen in the roadless area. "No one really knows where an investigation like this will lead," said Mary Rook, special agent in charge of the FBI's Salt Lake City division. "In this case, our team faced a very challenging situation." DiMaggio is suspected of killing Hannah's mother, 44-year-old Christina Anderson, and her 8-year-old brother Ethan Anderson, whose bodies were found Sunday night in DiMaggio's burning house in California near the Mexico border. The discovery of the car came about two days after a horseback rider reported seeing the man and girl hiking in the area. Dearden said the rider didn't realize the pair were being sought until he got home and recognized them in news reports. Investigators believe that after killing Christine and Ethan Anderson, DiMaggio set fire to his log cabin and detached garage and fled with Hannah Anderson in tow. As the week went on, the manhunt expanded to Washington, Nevada, British Columbia and Mexico's Baja California. As tips poured in from up and down the coast, police cautioned that with Amber Alerts issued in five states for the car, DiMaggio may abandon the car and leave it rigged with explosives. A friend of Hannah Anderson claimed the girl was "creeped out" by a crush the suspect had on her. The friend said DiMaggio explained that he didn't want the girls to think he was weird in an effort to defend himself after noticing he and the teen exchanged glances. She said he spoke while driving them home from a high school gymnastics meet a couple months ago. Authorities have said DiMaggio had an "unusual infatuation" with Hannah, although Brett Anderson, said he never saw any strange behavior. If he had, Anderson said, "we would have quashed that relationship in an instant." A neighbor also told Fox5SanDiego.com that Hannah was afraid of DiMaggio and did not want to be around him anymore, but 'she didn't know how to tell anyone.' DiMaggio, a telecommunications technician at The Scripps Research Institute in San Diego, was planning to move to Texas and invited Christina Anderson and the children to his home last weekend to say goodbye, Christopher Saincome, Christina Anderson's father, told AP. It's unclear how Christina Anderson and her son Ethan were killed, though police believe the crime was planned. Brett Anderson said his friend is an outdoorsman, and Gore noted that DiMaggio bought camping gear a few weeks ago. Click For More From Fox40.com Click For More From Fox5SanDiego.com The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Two killed, 2-year-old kidnapped in Johnston, RI - Boston.com Posted: 11 Aug 2013 09:20 AM PDT By Gal Tziperman Lotan, Globe Correspondent A 22-year-old man kidnapped a 2-year-old boy after a double homicide in Johnston, R.I., this morning, according to an Amber alert from the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children. Police are looking for Malcolm W. Crowell, whom they described as a black man, 5 feet 6 inches tall and about 145 pounds. Police say he kidnapped 2-year-old Isaih Perez from 3 Oaktree Drive in Johnston around 5:20 a.m. They did not release any details about the homicide. Anyone with information about Crowell can call 911 or Rhode Island State Police at 401-462-6237. Gal Tziperman Lotan can be reached at gal.lotan@globe.com.

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4 bodies pulled from wreckage of Conn. plane crash - USA TODAY Posted: 10 Aug 2013 09:05 AM PDT Four bodies have been pulled from the site where a plane crashed into two Connecticut homes, fire officials said Saturday. Anthony Moscato of the East Haven Fire Department said the bodies of two people from the plane and two people in one of the homes were recovered overnight. The deputy chief says authorities now believe those were the only victims. Earlier officials had warned that as many as six people were feared dead. The small, twin-engine plane slammed into two homes near New Haven while attempting to land Friday morning. A family member identified two of the dead as former Microsoft executive Bill Henningsgaard and his teenage son, Maxwell, who were on the plane traveling to the East Coast to visit colleges. The family learned it was Bill Henningsgaard's plane through the tail number, Blair Henningsgaard, the city attorney in Astoria, Ore., and brother of Bill Henningsgaard told the Associated Press. Authorities previously said that two children in one of the homes hit were missing. They were ages 1 and 13. The Hartford Courant reported Saturday that officials confirmed the two children were among the dead. The other home was empty at the time of the plane crash, East Haven Fire Chief Douglas F. Jackson told the Courant. Bill Henningsgaard worked for Microsoft for 14 years and had been a vice president of sales for the Western United States, Australia and New Zealand. He lived in Medina, Wash., a Seattle suburb, with his wife, Susan Sullivan, and their three children. It wasn't the first time Henningsgaard had been in a plane crash. In April 2009, he and his 84-year-old mother — who couldn't swim — survived a crash into the Columbia River after their plane's engine died. They were rescued by a bar pilot who had watched the crash from shore. Contributing: Michael Winter, USA TODAY; The Associated Press

Hunt for abducted teen centers on Idaho wilderness - USA TODAY Posted: 10 Aug 2013 08:29 AM PDT A massive search is underway in the remote Idaho backcountry for California murder suspect James DiMaggio and the 16-year-old he's believed to have kidnapped following the grisly murders of her mother and younger brother. More than 100 law enforcement officials are descending on a 320-square-mile area of the Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area, a mostly roadless, rugged, heavily wooded forest in central Idaho about 70 miles north of Boise where motorized vehicles are prohibited. Crews are searching the area by foot, horse and helicopter. More than 100 people are either working on the search or are on their way to help. Agencies working on the search include the Valley County and Ada Cuonty Sheriff's departments U.S Marshals Service, Homeland Security, FBI, Idaho Army National Guard and Idaho State Police. DiMaggio's Nissan Versa, covered with brush and missing its California license plates, was found about five miles from a trailhead into the area Friday morning. Authorities had suspected the car may have been booby-trapped, but no explosives were found in or around the vehicle by a Boise bomb squad. The discovery came about two days after a horseback rider reported seeing DiMaggio and teen Hannah Anderson hiking with backpacks. Idaho authorities say the rider didn't realize the pair were being sought until he got home and recognized them on news reports. San Diego Police say they believe DiMaggio, 40, kidnapped Hannah after killing her mother, Christinia Anderson, and her brother, Ethan, last weekend. Their bodies were found in DiMaggio's burning California home near the Mexican border Sunday. On Friday night, San Diego County Sheriff's Office confirmed that the remains found in the home matched the DNA of Ethan, 8. The Frank Church-River of No Return Wilderness Area was named after the late Idaho senator who sought the Democratic nomination for president in 1976. At more than 2.3 million acres, its the second-largest protected wilderness area in the lower 48 states, coursing through mountain ranges, deep canyons and the middle fork of the Salmon River, a popular waterway for rafters and kayakers. DiMaggio, a friend of the Andersons, is an experienced outdoorsman, according to Hannah's father, Brett Anderson. Follow Strauss on twitter @gbstrauss An Idaho State trooper stops traffic on a road 35 miles east of Cascade, Idaho, on Friday.(Photo: Darin Oswald, AP)

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Two British women injured in Zanzibar acid attack - ITV News Posted: 08 Aug 2013 02:30 PM PDT 10:28pm, Thu 8 Aug 2013Zanzibar acid attack pair in UK - last updated Fri 9 Aug 2013 Two British teenagers have sustained injuries after having acid thrown at them in Zanzibar. Katie Gee and Kirstie Trup, both 18, had a corrosive substance thrown at their heads and chests by men on a moped. ITV News' Africa Correspondent Rohit Kachroo reports: The teenagers had to be treated in hospital after the incident after sustaining injuries to their hands, faces and chests, although their conditions are not believed to be life-threatening. The pair, who both have Jewish roots, were in the final week of their trip to the east African island where they were volunteering as teachers. The British nationals were due to fly back to the UK this evening. The attack occured on the island of Zanzibar which is around 22 miles off the coast of Tanzania. Credit: Google There were reports that the victims may have been targeted after a previous incident during Ramadan. Katie Gee was reportedly attacked two weeks ago for singing during Ramadan, but decided she decided to stay and continue her voluntary work. One of the girls' friends told the Telegraph that the girls were singing during Ramadan when a Muslim lady became violent and hit Miss Gee in the face. Katie Gee was reportedly attacked two weeks ago for singing during in Ramadan. Credit: Facebook The father of Katie Gee said the level of burns sustained by his daughter in the attack were "beyond imagination". Read: Acid victim father: Level of burns 'beyond imagination' In a joint statement, the victim's families said they were "extremely distressed" over the "unprovoked attack": Both families are extremely upset and distressed at this completely unprovoked attack on their lovely daughters who had only gone to Zanzibar with good intention. We understand they will be flying home overnight. We appreciate all the interest and support from the media but we would ask that we are left alone until we have been reunited with our daughters. Kirstie Trup was in Zanzibar volunteering as a teacher. Credit: Facebook The President of Tanzania is reported to have visited the women in hospital and vowed to find the men responsible for the "shameful" attack. Acid attack girls arrive at hospital in London

South Miami man kills wife, posts photo of bloody body, then turns himself in to ... - MiamiHerald.com Posted: 09 Aug 2013 08:25 AM PDT Derek Medina's life was open to the world. On YouTube, the 31-year-old South Miami man posted scores of videos of himself enjoying sports. He authored six online books, with long-winded titles about spirituality, saving the world and hunting ghosts. Medina snapped photos of his arm tattoos, meals, boating trips and drinks poolside with his wife. But on Thursday, Medina shocked South Florida by making one last announcement on Facebook: that he had shot and killed his wife before posting a photo of her twisted, bloodied body lying on a linoleum floor. "I'm going to prison or death sentence for killing my wife. Love you guys. Miss you guys. Take care. Facebook people you'll see me in the news," Medina wrote in a Facebook post that remained public for hours Thursday evening before the site removed his profile page at the request of police. Even in a world accustomed to intimate details of people's lives plastered on social media, Medina's posts — which went viral — were shocking. Medina walked into the South Miami police station around noon Thursday, then spent the evening speaking with homicide detectives about what led up to the shooting death of his wife, Jennifer Alfonso, 26. Investigators, armed with a search warrant, began documenting the crime scene inside the couple's townhouse at 5555 SW 67th Ave., then charged Medina with first-degree murder late Thursday. Alfonso's 10-year-old daughter from a previous relationship was upstairs at the time of the killing, but was unharmed. Officers quickly escorted her out of the home, with a blanket wrapped around her, after finding Alfonso's body. Medina is likely to claim self-defense. His father, Derek Medina Sr., told reporters his son killed Alfonso only after she brandished a knife. In the younger Medina's Facebook post, he did not mention a knife, but wrote: "My wife was punching me and I'm not going to stand anymore with the abuse so I did what I did. Hope u understand me." But according to an arrest report, Medina admitted to investigators he got into an argument with Alfonso. The report said he went upstairs, fished his pistol from a closet and pointed it at Alfonso. Alfonso yelled she was "leaving him," according to the report by Detective Jonathan Grossman. Then, Medina — still brandishing the weapon — followed her downstairs to the kitchen, where she grabbed a knife. Medina said he disarmed Alfonso, put the knife in the drawer, then shot her several times after she began punching and kicking him, the report said. The photo Medina posted on Facebook shows Alfonso, wearing all black and pink socks, on her knees, twisted backward in a bloody heap. Alfonso's former boss at a West Miami-Dade Denny's told the Miami Herald that the husband was extremely jealous and had hit Alfonso in the past. "She would be bruised up," said Amada Cooper, who described Medina as a controlling husband who tried to force her to quit her job as a server because he didn't want her working nights. After several violent episodes, another co-worker implored Alfonso to leave him. "He would always come back, begging her … come back," said Cathy LaBella. "She would say he was going to change. She was in love with him." Medina and Alfonso initially married in early 2010 after dating only a few months. The marriage was stormy and friends said he would often kick her out. The two always got back together, however.

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