Sylvester Stallone I'm Grief-Stricken

Sylvester Stallone tells TMZ he is devastated by the death of his son Sage Stallone and wants "the speculation and questionable reporting" to stop.

Stallone -- who gave us this picture of him with Sage taken in 1991 by famed photog Bruce Weber -- says, "When a parent loses a child there is no greater pain. Therefore I am imploring people to respect my talented son's memory and feel compassion for his loving mother Sasha."

Sly goes on to say, "This agonizing loss will be felt for the rest of our lives," adding, "Sage was our first child and the center of our universe and I am humbly begging for all to have my son's memory and soul left in peace."    - source >  http://tiny.cc/fjjthw

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THE MASSACRE in Aurora, Colorado

THE MASSACRE:

Mass Shooting at Colorado Movie Theater:

12 People Dead; 58 Remain Hospitalized

A lone gunman dressed in riot gear burst into a movie theater in Aurora, Colo., at a midnight showing of the Batman film "The Dark Knight Rises" and methodically began shooting patrons, killing at least 12 people and injuring at least 59.

The suspect, James Holmes, 24, of Aurora, was caught by police in the parking lot of the Century 16 Movie Theaters, nine miles outside Denver, after police began receiving dozens of 911 calls at 12:39 a.m. MT. Police said the man appeared to have acted alone.

Witnesses in the movie theater said Holmes crashed into the auditorium through an emergency exit about 30 minutes into the film, set off a smoke bomb, and began shooting. Holmes stalked the aisles of the theater, shooting people at random, as panicked movie-watchers in the packed auditorium tried to escape, witnesses said.

"You just smelled smoke and you just kept hearing it, you just heard bam bam bam, non-stop. The gunman never had to reload. Shots just kept going, kept going, kept going," one witness told ABC News.

"I'm with coworkers and we're on the floor praying to God we don't get shot, and the gunshots continue on and on, and when the sound finally stopped, we started to get up and people were just bleeding," another theatergoer said.

Police said 10 victims died inside the theater, while dozens of others were taken to local hospitals, including a child as young as 6 years old. (Yahoo News)

- From a Prayer Partner in Colorado:

"Thank you for your prayers for the families of the victims, for the salvation of those who committed these crimes, that these crimes not be used for political purposes, and for many to be saved unto Yeshua, Jesus Christ because of these massacres."

- Father, we pray, too, and ask that YOU place a HEDGE around this event, so that NO COPYCATS are attempted this weekend or ever again! We ask for Your Hand of Mercy to be upon us all, in Jesus' Wonderful Name, amen.

- " . . . 'This far you may come and no farther; here is where your proud waves halt'?" (Job 38:11)

"You set a boundary they cannot cross . . . " (Psalm 104:9)
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Boy dies after sand tunnel collapse in New Jersey

A 12-year-old boy who was rushed to the hospital after a sand tunnel collapsed on him at a New Jersey beach has died.  - see video

The boy and his brother were digging a tunnel at the Long Branch, N.J., beach late Tuesday when it collapsed on him, trapping him under the sand, police and witnesses said. Lifeguards pulled the boy out of the sand and began administering CPR. He was unconscious "with blood trickling from his nose," a witness told the Ashbury Park Press.

The boy was rushed to Monmouth Medical Center, where he was placed in the pediatric intensive care unit. He was pronounced dead on Wednesday afternoon, hospital officials told the paper.  - read more 

"Please PRAY the News and ACT Responsibly."

Little relief forecast for drought-damaged U.S. crops

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CHICAGO (Reuters) - Midday weather updates on Wednesday indicate more hot, dry weather for the U.S. Midwest, where corn and soybean crops are rapidly deteriorating amid the harshest drought in more than half a century.

"It's a little wetter for next week in the west and southwest but even if the rains fall they would only be 0.50 inch or less so not much relief and confidence is low in that forecast," said Don Keeney, a meteorologist for MDA EarthSat Weather.

Keeney said some rains over the next few days would improve crops in the east and south including Ohio, Kentucky and eastern Indiana.

However, "Heat and dryness will continue to lower yield potential for corn and soybeans across western areas, including Missouri, Iowa, Illinois, southern Minnesota, Nebraska and South Dakota," Keeney said.

Temperatures in the 90s to low 100s degrees Fahrenheit will blanket Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska, Missouri and Kansas, Andy Karst, World Weather Inc meteorologist, predicted. That will put even more stress on crops already deteriorating rapidly from the worst drought in 56 years.

"There are no soaking rains in sight, nothing to relieve the drought," said Karst.

An isolated thunderstorm overnight Tuesday produced up to 1.50 inches of rain in around Aberdeen, South Dakota, and the rain extended into portions of western Minnesota.

"There will be some light rains today through Friday in the eastern Midwest of maybe a half inch or less with locally heavier amounts," Karst said.

However, updated forecasts on Wednesday indicated nothing in sight that would stem overall deterioration of the corn and soy crops.

Commodity Weather Group (CWG) on Wednesday said corn and soybeans in the central and southwestern Midwest growing area will encounter severe stress over the next 10 days due to continued dryness.

U.S. corn production has decreased 7 percent from the government's downgraded estimate of a week ago, a Reuters poll of analysts projected on Tuesday, with a worsening drought expected to cause even more damage before the month is out.

As the drought, rated the worst since 1956, expands to the northern and western Midwest, areas that had previously been spared, analysts were slashing corn yield estimates by the hour. Some were also starting to cut their forecasts on the number of acres that will be harvested as farmers opt to plow under some of their parched fields to claim insurance.

The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), in its weekly crop progress report issued on Monday, said that just 31 percent of the corn crop was in good to excellent shape, down from 40 percent a week earlier and below analysts' average estimate of 35 percent.

Soybean conditions fell to 34 percent from 40 percent in the good-to- excellent category, likewise below estimates for 35 percent.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) said in a report on Monday that, based on the Palmer Drought Index, 55 percent of the contiguous United States was under moderate to extreme drought in June. That is the largest land area in the United States to be affected by a drought since December 1956.

Chicago Board of Trade corn prices have soared more than 40 percent in six weeks as crop prospects have plunged.

(Reporting By Sam Nelson; Editing by John Picinich and Bob Burgdorfer)

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A Judeo-Christian Prayer Mobilization Response to Disasters.

A Judeo-Christian Prayer Mobilization Response to Disasters:  Our Mission is to invite praying people and organizations from disaster areas to post an Emergency Prayer Alert at this Facebook location for others to pray.

You may send your national, regional Emergency Prayer Alerts to:  EmergencyPrayerAlert@gmail.com .  You can also post here under Comments, or goto  www.facebook.com/EmergencyPrayerAlerts

-----Original Message----- From: Sue Duncan Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2012 14:03:28
Subject: Large Rain Prayer Circle -Prayer Changes Things!!!!    

WE ARE PRAYING FOR RUNNING WATER RAIN, ENOUGH TO FILL LAKES AND STREAMS.  THEN A LIGHT SHOWER TO SOAK OUR LAND.  Lets be specific!!!        

AMEN TO THIS!!!! Isiah 41:10 This is a prayer for rain in those dry areas  of America .....join in!!!

As evidenced by people living in Oklahoma , West Texas, SouthWest Kansas,   and South Texas, Arkansas, Colorado and New Mexico ever-increasing areas in other parts of the country, the drought condition is reaching critical status; cattle are being auctioned off; crops have burned up; and drinking water is becoming a concern.

Please join us in this prayer circle.  Lets make this one of the largest prayer circles ever. It will be as though everyone is holding hands around the world . . .           

Dear Heavenly Father,  You said whatsoever any two or more come together and agree and ask in Your Son's name, it shall be given. We come to you, humbly, and ask that you bring down the rain to our parched lands. Our farmers and ranchers need it desperately, as well as our firefighters. We ask this all in Jesus' name. Amen.      

You may adopt this prayer and evidence your participation in this gathering by simply passing this prayer request on to your circle of friends!   PLEASE forward this if you believe in the power of prayer