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Yahoo
20-03-2025
- Yahoo
St. Louis County man caught sharing child porn with undercover officer
ST. LOUIS – A St. Louis County man appeared in U.S. District Court on Wednesday and admitted being caught sharing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) with an undercover police officer. Prosecutors with the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Missouri said James C. Asotrian, 40, shared several images and videos containing illicit material with a St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department officer in January 2020 through a peer-to-peer network. St. Louis County police obtained a court-approved warrant to search Astorian's home. They seized electronic devices containing 6,110 images and 728 videos containing CSAM. Brush fire reaches Potosi Charcoal facility in Cadet, Missouri According to court documents, Astorian told investigators that he'd been searching for and downloading child pornography for approximately two years. Astorian faces up to 20 years in federal prison when he's sentenced on Aug. 13. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
20-02-2025
- Business
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In One Ear: Millionaire prince
Financier John Jacob Astor III, 67, grandson of Astoria's founder, died unexpectedly on Feb. 22, 1890, in New York, of heart failure. According to The Evening World, America lost its 'chief of millionaire princes.' It's estimated he was worth around $200 million at the time of his death (about $6.9 billion now). A glimpse of the man's character shows in a story in the Feb. 23, 1890, edition of The Daily Morning Astorian: ' ... Several years ago a distinguished Astoria clergyman, on a visit to New York, called upon the millionaire, told him of the city by the sea founded by his grandfather of precisely the same name as himself. He suggested (Astor) fund or endow an institution of learning in the city that will perpetuate the name and fame of the Astors, when their scattered millions will have been forgotten. 'The millionaire looked coldly contemptuous at the reverend gentleman when he had concluded his kindly plea, and told him he would give him an order on his cashier for $100 (about $3,500 today). The Astorian disclaimed any desire to pecuniarily embarrass the munificent patron by the acceptance of so princely a sum and bowed himself out. 'The millionaire lies dead in his marble palace this morning, and his millions lie idly in the massive vaults, as cold as the clay that so lately clung to them.'
Yahoo
31-01-2025
- General
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In One Ear: 'Wrecked on a reef'
Welcome news from The Daily Morning Astorian, Jan. 30, 1887: The bark Diana left Port Gamble, Washington Territory, in July 1886, bound for Sydney, Australia, and vanished. Presumed lost at sea, the Diana was officially listed on the maritime registers as 'missing.' News received in late January from Sydney revealed that the Diana had actually wrecked on a reef near Kiribati, in Micronesia, on Aug. 11. After constructing a raft, all aboard safely reached the shore. On Oct. 11, eight men, including Capt. Meyer, sailed away in two boats saved from the ship. Lacking room, the other four men were left behind. On Oct. 30, the two boats landed safely on Manihiki, an atoll in the Cook Islands, where they were picked up by the schooner Jerfalcon and taken to Melbourne, Australia, arriving Dec. 19. 'Steps were at once taken,' the Astorian noted, 'to rescue the four unfortunates left on the island.' (Painting: Antonio Jacobsen)
