Ponzi schemer Stanford injured in jail fight

And in what I call entertainment news, ABC reports that Allen Stanford, the former Texas billionaire of the infamous Stanford financial group incarcerated for perpetrating fraud amounting to a “massive Ponzi scheme,” was hospitalized after a jail fight with another inmate in the private detention facility north of Houston where he is serving time. His injuries reportedly were non life-threatening. I’m sure many of Stanford’s victims are singing the praises of the guy who gave him a beat down.

Update: NYDaily News on how Bernie Madoff is doing…

Stanford (right) used to stock "Brilliant Brunette" shampoo in his office bathroom. Moral: never take the claims of your shampoo too seriously.

FBI and NYPD raid home in Queens for bomb materials

CBS and NYDailyNews.com report that as part of a joint terror task force investigation, the FBI and NYPD raided homes in Queens, NY amid terror threats and pursuant to a search warrant. One of the homes belonged to an Assad Niazi, a self-employed antiques dealer, who insisted that he was not the target of the search but “has roommates that may have been targeted.”

“The raids came after an individual under surveillance for alleged links to al-Qaida came to New York City over the weekend and left the area, Rep. Peter King, R-N.Y., said.”

Fighting terrorism in Silicon Valley

Silicon Valley start-up Palantir makes news with the WSJ (click to view video) as it contracts with the CIA and other agencies. Recently their data analysis software was used to expose a network of suicide bombers.

H/T: Rhetorican.com

Now watching: Police Women of Broward County

…the new TLC show focusing on female members of the force and ” the more confrontational perks of police work.”

Click here for an article critiquing the reality series.