Video of HS Fight Making Rounds on Social Media

Tammy Mutasa, NBC 5 Rockwall Reporter

Both students were charged with Class C Misdemeanors after a fight is caught on video and posted on Facebook.

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A fight between two high school students is the talk of Rockwall after video of the altercation was posted on social media sites.

Sixteen-year-old Kierra Perry, a junior at Rockwall-Heath High School, said it's a moment she hates to relive.

"I honestly thought she was going to kill me," she said. "I'm sorry, but when I was on the ground and she was pounding me, I feel like she was reaching like trying to kill me."

Now that the video is on Facebook, Perry said she can't escape it.

"I don't understand how people, like, find humor out of someone getting in a fight," she said.

She and the other student have been charged with Class C misdemeanors. Both have been suspended.

Perry said it started in the cafeteria when the other student commented about her clothes. Fists started flying when Perry confronted the girl moments later for bumping her in the hallway.

Perry said it has been going on for years.

"You can only take so much of someone's bullying," she said.

The Rockwall Independent School District is investigating all sides of the incident. It said it could not comment on the details of the fight.

The school district also sent NBC 5 this statement:

The Rockwall Independent School District takes any allegation of bullying extremely seriously. Although we cannot discuss individual student discipline issues, I can tell you that we are investigating the allegations in question both at the campus and district levels. It is always our goal to work in partnership with parents and students to quickly address and resolve such issues.

The Heath Department of Public Safety has charged both students with disorderly conduct.

"It is not tolerated by anyone," Sgt. Scott Trammell said. "That's why the court system is in place, so that both stories can be heard and any evidence that's found -- video and such like statements and witnesses -- they can be heard, and a proper decision can be made."

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Visually Impaired Athletes Compete in Irving

Christine Lee, Irving Reporter

The 14th annual Sports Extravaganza will feature hundreds of athletes at Nimitz High School in Irving.

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Visually impaired students from around the state are coming to North Texas. The 14th Annual Sports Extravaganza will feature hundreds of athletes at Nimitz High School in Irving.

The competition has been growing over the years, from just 40 athletes during its first year to more than 250 athletes in 2012.

Steven Daugherty from Mesquite has been blind since birth but hasn't let his disability slow him down. The 13-year-old said training for the games kept him active and happy.

"It's actually a break from being with people that are my age every other day that are completely different that I am," he said.

Christy Householter with the Region 10 Education Service Center said the track and field competition for kids with visual impairments help those who are involved to feel a sense of accomplishment.

"We want to showcase their athletic ability. We want them to come and win medals," she said.

Householter said the competition includes several athletic activities including a couple that have been developed just for those with visual impairments.

"Goalball is like a big part of my life. It's huge for me," said 14-year-old Libby Daugherty. "It's something I can belong to and be good at -- and I want to be the best I can be at it."

Tom Westerman, who is a part of the local Lion's Club, said it's been a rewarding experience to help sponsor the games.

"You see the parents with tears in their eyes, you see the children with tears in their eyes, you know that's all the reward we need. We as Lions serve, and that's our motto, so that's what we do when we come support this event," he said.

The event costs roughly $20,000 and is expected to draw more than 1100 people. The games begin on Friday at 6 p.m. and continues on Saturday.

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Contractor Investigating FW Siren Malfunction

Mark Schnyder, NBC 5

Fort Worth is working with the manufacturer and contractor for the city's siren system to determine why sirens inadvertently went off Thursday.

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Fort Worth is working with the manufacturer and contractor for the city's siren system to determine why sirens inadvertently went off early Thursday morning.

At about 1:30 a.m., 153 sirens in Fort Worth went off when there was not an emergency.

Juan Ortiz, city emergency management coordinator, said city is trying to figure out what went wrong and how to prevent it from happening again.

"Obviously, yesterday was a unique situation," he said. "We actually had a complete system failure."

The system is about 10 years old but should last about 25 years, he said.

Within an hour of the malfunction, Fort Worth informed people signed up for its Nixle mobile messaging system that the sirens were "inadvertently activated."

The city hopes to have a better idea of what caused the malfunction next week.

"We have sent the data we have collected through our computers that day so they (the contractor) can look at the data and see what commands were sent out and why to give us an idea of why those commands were sent out to the sirens," Ortiz said.

Ortiz said it's important for people know the system is reliable or else they may ignore the sirens in a real emergency.

Right now, the system is in "sleep mode" so it doesn't go off again by mistake. In the meantime, the Emergency Management Division can manually activate the sirens if there is an emergency.

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Plano Loses "50 Best Cities" Spot

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For a city like Plano, which is used to being ranked among America's safest and one of the best areas for young professionals, being ranked 11^th in BusinessWeek.com's "America's 50 Best Cities" list was par for the course.

The surprise, however, was falling completely off the rankings in 2012.

"If we fell off that list, I definitely think they should reconsider," said Terrie Bables, who has worked in Plano for years.

Plano-ites will tell you their city has a reputation for excellence.

"I've definitely heard of it being one of the most affluent cities, one of the safest," said Andrew Hazelip, who has lived in Plano much of his young life. "It's been a great experience growing up here."

Bables says she's considering relocating her family to the area, partly because of its standard for public education.

"Plano has the reputation for having really good schools," she said.

However, this year's BusinessWeek.com list left out some of the factors it considered in 2011.

For example, criteria like crime and poverty rates were not measured, nor was public school district performance.

Plano excels in those categories, but falls short of other criteria, like number of bars and restaurants and professional sports teams, all of which played a more prominent factor in placing San Francisco at the top spot.

However, the rankings come with a disclaimer that a city's rise or fall does not mean "it's gotten better or worse".

"It's a list – whoever made that list probably doesn't live here, doesn't know a whole lot about Plano," Bables said.

"It's still home – no matter how it's ranked," Hazelip agreed.

Irving also fell off of the rankings list between 2011 and 2012.

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President Suggests Opponent Has “Romnesia”

Julie Carey

President Barack Obama started using a new attack on Republican candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney Friday, saying "Romnesia" was the reason for his changing positions. Northern Virginia Bureau Chief Julie Carey found out how it played with local Democrats and Republicans.

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There's a new buzzword in President Barack Obama's re-election campaign: "Romnesia."

Thousands of supporters who went to the second rally at George Mason University in just two weeks roared as the president introduced the new term, one he says describes Republican candidate and former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney's shifting position on certain issues.

"He's changing up so much, backtracking, sidestepping," Obama said. "We've got to name this condition he's going through. I think it's called Romnesia."

Obama then used his new word in a series of sentences.

"If you say you are for equal pay for equal work but you keep refusing to say if you'll sign a bill that protects equal pay for equal work, you might have Romnesia," he said.

The President wrapped up his riff saying, "If you come down with a case of Romnesia, here's the good news: Obamacare covers pre-existing conditions.

"We've got a cure," he shouted. "We can make you well Virginia!"

But the Romney campaign had some choice words of its own, calling the president's speech a "comedy routine" intended to distract from the nation's economic woes.

"When you have no record to run on, you try to distract, divert and to attack the other side," said Del. Barbara Comstock, a Romney campaign co-chair. "And that's clearly what the campaign has done all summer and now through the fall you've seen that again. We're focused on talking directly to the American people."

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Riders Stranded on Stratosphere for 2 Hours

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This raw video shows the lowering to the ground of the 24 riders who were stranded on the Stratosphere at the State Fair of Texas when the ride lost power late Friday night.

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Stratosphere Stalls With 24 Riders

One of the State Fair of Texas' tallest rides stranded two dozen riders in the air after it lost power.

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It just wasn't the State Fair of Texas' day.

About 11 hours after fair icon Big Tex went up in flames, one of the fair's tallest rides malfunctioned, stranding two dozen riders in the air for just more than two hours on Friday.

Riders in the Stratosphere's hanging seats were stuck dangling about 165 feet in air when the ride lost power at about 9:11 p.m.

Carol Stradtman, one of the stranded riders, told NBC 5 by phone that all of the lights went off and the ride just stopped.

"It's extremely scary," she said.

The 24 riders were all on the ground by 11:20 p.m. Dallas Fire-Rescue said all of the occupants were safely removed from the ride after it was manually lowered.

Dallas police said fair officials provided the riders with blankets and refreshments once they were on the ground and that the fire department was on hand to provide any needed medical attention.

State Fair of Texas representatives said the Stratosphere would remain closed for the remainder of the fair's run.

This year's fair ends Sunday.

Power was restored to the ride by 10:50 p.m., but there appeared to be some issue that prevented the ride from immediately lowering its passengers.

Stradtman told NBC 5 that someone had climbed the center of the tower at about 9:40 p.m. and appeared to manually try to bring them down. She said a friend who was not on the ride said there was some kind of mechanical difficulty.

No injuries were reported, Dallas police said. Two Dallas Fire-Rescue technical rescue trucks were at the fair to help.

The Stratosphere, a 200-foot tall tower, turns and swings riders out over the fair.

Friday's woes are not the first for the Stratosphere.

The Dutch-made ride stalled at the Minnesota State Fair twice in as many days in August, the Minneapolis Star Tribune reported, as well as during the ride's debut in Wisconsin.

NBC 5's Ray Villeda and Ellen Goldberg contributed to this report.

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Madonna Cancels Saturday Dallas Show

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Singer Madonna performs at Staples Center on October 10, 2012 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Kevin Winter/WireImage)

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Concert promoter Live Nation says the Material Girl won't be singing on Saturday.

Madonna has canceled her Saturday night show at the American Airlines Center due to "severe laryngitis," according to the promoter.

All tickets for the Oct. 20 show will be refunded at the point of purchase and tickets bought online will be refunded directly.

Sunday's scheduled show is expected to go on.

There are a very limited number of still available seats for that show.

Madonna says she regrets any inconvenience to her fans.

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Amtrak Train Hits 111 Mph During Test Run

About 75-percent of the route between Chicago and St. Louis will be high-speed ready by 2015, dropping travel times between Chicago and St. Louis to 3 hours and 49 minutes. Anthony Ponce went along for the ride.

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Quinn Touts High Speed Rail

Gov. Pat Quinn says it's important that high speed rail is a part of 21st Century American transportation system.

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An Amtrak train zoomed past drivers on I-55 Friday during a historic run, clocking in at a speed of 111 miles per hour as it traveled on the new high-speed rail.

"What we're celebrating here is the next generation of transportation for the next generation," said U.S. Transportation Secretary Ray Lahood at the record-setting test run on Amtrak's hi-speed rail.

The 15-mile stretch of track between Dwight and Pontiac, Ill., is equipped to handle speeds of 110 miles per hour. The 111 mile per hour speed the train reached during the test run "is the fastest time of a passenger train outside the Northeast in American history," according to Governor Pat Quinn, who received credit for securing the necessary funding for Illinois.

While the high-speed capability is officially here, it's technically still in "test mode."  Amtrak's goal is to have the first section of 110 miles per hour service in place for its riders in time for Thanksgiving.

About 75-percent of the route between Chicago and St. Louis will be equipped by 2015, dropping travel times between Chicago and St. Louis to 3 hours and 49 minutes.

"Four years ago, we were nowhere," LaHood said.  "Illinois and the country was a wasteland when it came to high-speed rail."

Illinois secured over $2 billion for the project. The amount was the third highest amount of federal high-speed rail funding from the President's stimulus package, behind California and the Northeast Corridor, LaHood said.

Ridership between Chicago and St. Louis is already up 11-percent since last year and expects 110 mph speeds to boost it even further, according to Amtrak.

"When the project is complete, we anticipate that the Chicago to St. Louis route will be one of the busiest state-supported routes in the country," said Amtrak Chairman Tom Carper.

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U.S Attorney Talks About Terror Plot

The U.S District Attorney Loretta Lynch gave the first interview on recent plot to bomb the Federal Reserve. Jonathan Dienst reports.

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Fed Reserve Targeted in Van Bomb Plot

A suspected terrorist parked a van packed with what he thought was a 1,000-pound bomb next to the Federal Reserve building in Lower Manhattan and tried to detonate it Wednesday morning before he was arrested in a terror sting operation, authorities said. News 4's Jonathan Dienst reports.

Terror Plot Suspect's Queens Neighbors Shocked

The terror plot suspect Quazi Mohammad Rezwanul Ahsan Nafis had been living in Queens for the past two months as a transfer student. Neighbors are now reacting to the news. Gus Rosendale reports.

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The student from Bangladesh who allegedly plotted to set off a truck bomb outside the New York Federal Reserve Bank is one of the most dangerous terrorists the United States has faced since the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks, the U.S attorney handling the case said Friday.

"He came here wanting to carry out a terrorist attack and he came here already radicalized," U.S Attorney Loretta Lynch told NBC 4 New York in an interview.  She added that Mohammed Nafis is likely more dangerous than the group of terrorists in the 2009 suicide bomb plot who targeted New York City's subway system.

"Nothing was going to stop him," Lynch said. "This defendant was thinking ahead about how if he survives he can carry out bigger and better plots in the future."

Speaking publicly for the first time, Lynch said federal authorities were a bit lucky that Nafis unknowingly contacted an informant about building a terror cell to carry out bombings in New York. She said Nafis was plotting and reaching out to others weeks before the FBI knew he was in the country.

"This defendant came here to build his terror network," she said. "It was only through some luck that he did make a connection through law enforcement and that we were then able to pretend to join his group."

Nafis was arrested Wednesday morning after allegedly parking a van he thought was loaded with more than 1,000 pounds of explosives. But the device was inert because the FBI had secretly provided nonworking components. Officials say the public was not in any immediate danger as Nafis was being closely monitored.

Lynch said the investigation continues into whether Nafis had al-Qaida contacts overseas. She said he did try to recruit others here in the United States but was not immediately successful. And she pointed out he thought he had the FBI undercover agent as a terrorist accomplice.  

FBI, NYPD and Homeland Security officials have said Nafis was radicalized by watching online jihadist videos and reading al-Qaida's "Inspire" magazine.

"He was not someone who learned sitting at the feet of bin Laden but he was inspired by him," Lynch said.  

Investigators said he was capable of building a bomb and had been mapping targets for weeks.

His attorney has declined to comment.

Lynch said: "It's not the government that is targeting these young people. It is al-Qaida that is targeting these people. And we've got to break that hold."

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