A gunman  shoots: Three dead, two wounded in Pasadena, California.

Three people were killed and two wounded in a shooting late on Saturday afternoon in Pasadena, California before the gunman surrendered, police said.

Police responded to multiple 911 calls from residents about shots being fired and found a man barricaded in a home after “shooting indiscriminately" at people passing by, said Lt. Vasken Gourdikian of the Pasadena Police Department. The man also fired heavily upon officers arriving at the scene, he said..............

Metalworkers' Union of South African  is going to call a  wider strike

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South Africa's metalworkers' union NUMSA rejected the latest pay offer from engineering and steel sector employers on Sunday, saying black workers were still underpaid, and threatened to widen its two-week old strike.

Industrial action by 220,000 NUMSA members, which followed on the heels of a crippling five-month strike in the platinum sector, has already forced General Motors to close its assembly plant in the southern city of Port Elizabeth..................

Japan Has Been Shacked With Strong Quake :Occur Small Tsunami.

TOKYO: A strong earthquake hit Japan's northern coast Saturday near the nuclear power plant crippled in the 2011 tsunami. At least one person was injured and a small tsunami was triggered, but no damage was reported.
Japan's Meteorological Agency said the magnitude-6.8 quake struck 10 kilometers (6 miles) below the sea surface off the coast of Fukushima. The 4:22 a.m. (1922 GMT Friday) quake shook buildings in Tokyo, about 250 kilometers (120 miles) southwest of the epicenter.
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Largest greenway along the Los Angeles River

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Largest greenway  along the Los Angeles River

WINNETKA — The headwaters of the mighty Los Angeles River once harbored fenced-off service roads lined with graffiti, broken glass and trash. Now it teems with residents enjoying a 1 ¼-mile stretch of parkway that may one day stretch into 51 miles of greenway to the sea. “Beautiful,” said Donald Yocum, 77, of Canoga Park, who has lived along the river since 1956, astride his mountain bike Saturday. “I’ve been riding this trail every morning at 6:30 a.m. since it opened two months ago. “The problem was that we had gangbangers breaking glass bottles, leaving trash and graffiti. It’s all gone.”...........

World Cup 2014: Against Germany, Argentina’s Alejandro Sabella says ‘Perfect game’ required

 

 

 

RIO DE JANEIRO — Argentina coach Alejandro Sabella is looking for perfection against Germany in Sunday’s World Cup final. Describing the Germans as “very powerful” physically, mentally and tactically, Sabella said Saturday that there’s no room for error. “We must play a perfect game,” Sabella said. Elborating on how to accomplish that, the 59-year-old coach turned poetic for a moment. “We will give everything we’ve got,” Sabella said. “Through humility, sacrifice, hard work, simplicity. By giving instead of taking, by forgiving instead of complaining.”...............................