Co-defendant in Aaron Hernandez case ordered held without bail

This booking photo released via the website of the Broward County Sheriff's Office shows Ernest Wallace, arrested June 28, 2013 when he surrendered at a police station in Miramar, Fla.

By Daniel Arkin, Staff Writer, NBC News

A Florida man prosecutors say was an accessory the evening former New England Patriots tight end allegedly murdered Odin Lloyd was ordered held without bail Monday.

Ernest Wallace, 41, known as "Fish," turned himself in to Miramar, Fla., police June 28 and was handed over Friday to officials in Massachusetts, where the Bristol County District Attorney's Office charged him with being an accessory after the fact of the June 17 slaying.

Wallace mouthed "I love you" to some people sitting in the courtroom during the arraignment, according to NBC affiliate WHDH. He pleaded not-guilty and will be held without bail until a July 22 pre-trial hearing.

Hernandez, charged with first-degree murder, is accused of orchestrating the execution-style killing of Lloyd, 27, near the NFL star's North Attleboro, Mass., home.

Prosecutors say Hernandez was upset that Lloyd, a semi-pro football player, talked with the wrong people at a nightclub.

Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to the murder charge and his lawyers contend that the case against him is circumstantial. He was denied bail and is being held in a Massachusetts jail.

Authorities in late June charged another man in connection with Lloyd's murder ? Carlos Ortiz of Bristol, Conn., the city where Hernandez grew up. He was charged as a fugitive and agreed to return to the Bay State, authorities said, where he was arraigned June 28.

Authorities discovered Lloyd riddled with bullets in an industrial pit a half-mile from the residence where Hernandez lived with his fianc?e and their eight-month-old daughter, according to prosecutors.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. NBC News' Richard Esposito, Elizabeth Chuck, and Erin McClam also contributed.

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Former New England Patriots player Aaron Hernandez is charged in a Massachusetts court with murder and several counts of unlawful possession of firearms.

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Snowden's fate unclear despite asylum offers

FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. President Barack Obama brushed aside sharp European criticism on Monday, suggesting all nations spy on each other, as the French and Germans expressed outrage over alleged U.S. eavesdropping on European Union diplomats. American analyst-turned-leaker Edward Snowden, believed to be stranded for the past week at Moscow?s international airport, applied for political asylum to remain in Russia. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

FILE - This June 23, 2013 file photo shows a TV screen shows a news report of Edward Snowden, a former CIA employee who leaked top-secret documents about sweeping U.S. surveillance programs, at a shopping mall in Hong Kong. President Barack Obama brushed aside sharp European criticism on Monday, suggesting all nations spy on each other, as the French and Germans expressed outrage over alleged U.S. eavesdropping on European Union diplomats. American analyst-turned-leaker Edward Snowden, believed to be stranded for the past week at Moscow?s international airport, applied for political asylum to remain in Russia. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu, File)

Venezuela?s President Nicolas Maduro speaks during a military promotion ceremony at the 4F military museum in Caracas, Venezuela, Friday, July 5, 2013. Venezuela marks on Friday the 202 anniversary of independence from Spain. (AP Photo/Ariana Cubillos)

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MOSCOW (AP) ? Edward Snowden has found supporters in Latin America, including three countries who have offered him asylum. But many obstacles stand in the way of the fugitive NSA leaker from leaving a Russian airport ? chief among them the power and influence of the United States.

Because Snowden's U.S. passport has been revoked, the logistics of him departing are complicated. Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia have made asylum offers over the past two days, but the three countries haven't indicated they would help Snowden by issuing a travel document, which he would need to leave Russia.

The former NSA systems analyst, who is charged with violating U.S. espionage laws, is believed to be stuck in the transit area of Moscow's main international airport after arriving June 23 from Hong Kong.

Russia doesn't appear willing to help him leave the airport, with Kremlin spokesman Alexei Pavlov saying Saturday the issue of Snowden's travel documents is "not our business." On Monday, President Vladimir Putin said Snowden would be offered asylum in Russia if he stopped leaking U.S. secrets. Snowden then withdrew his Russian asylum bid, a Russian official said.

While President Barack Obama has publicly displayed a relaxed attitude toward Snowden's movements, saying last month that he wouldn't be "scrambling jets" to capture him, other senior U.S. officials have used unusually harsh language that they want him back.

White House spokesman Jay Carney said China had "unquestionably" damaged its relationship with Washington for not returning Snowden, who recently turned 30, from semi-autonomous Hong Kong while he was still there.

"The Chinese have emphasized the importance of building mutual trust," Carney said last month. "We think that they have dealt that effort a serious setback. If we cannot count on them to honor their legal extradition obligations, then there is a problem."

China may be reluctant to further complicate its relationship with the U.S. by allowing Snowden back in Hong Kong, even if only as a transfer point to Latin America.

Snowden has asked for asylum in more than 20 countries and many have turned him down. WikiLeaks, which has been helping Snowden, said Friday he had submitted asylum applications to six new countries, which the secret-spilling website declined to identify "due to attempted U.S. interference."

The asylum offers from Venezuela, Nicaragua and Bolivia came after leftist South American leaders gathered to denounce the rerouting of Bolivian President Evo Morales' plane over Europe amid reports that the fugitive American was aboard.

Spain says it had been warned along with other European countries that Snowden was aboard the Bolivian presidential plane, an acknowledgement the manhunt for the fugitive leaker had something to do with the plane's unexpected diversion to Austria. It is unclear whether Washington warned Madrid about the Bolivian president's plane.

On Saturday, Morales offered asylum to Snowden, but didn't say if Bolivia had received a request from him.

"I want to tell those Europeans and North Americans that as a just protest we now will give asylum to that North American who is persecuted by his compatriots," Morales said during an appearance in the indigenous town of Chipaya.

U.S. officials have declined to comment on the grounding of Morales' plane. They said they won't give details about their conversations with European countries, except to say that they have stated Washington's general position that it wants Snowden back.

Snowden, who on Saturday afternoon wasn't on an Interpol list of people for whom international arrest warrants have been issued, had booked a seat on a Havana-bound flight on June 24, but never made it.

Direct Havana flights, operated by Aeroflot from Moscow's main airport five times a week, are the easiest option of reaching Latin America from Moscow. But the Moscow-Havana's travel path passes over mainland U.S., raising the chances of it being grounded. There are other routes, but there is no assurance he'd have free passage.

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AP writer Carlos Valdez contributed to this report from La Paz, Bolivia.

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Golf Notebook: By one stroke, Radnor?s Walker claims state?s junior girls crown

By TOM McNICHOL
tmcnichol@delcotimes.com, @Tom_McNichol

Radnor High sophomore Brynn Walker fired a final-round 69 Tuesday to claim the Pennsylvania Golf Association Junior Girls? Championship.

Walker, playing out of St. Davids Golf Club, opened with a 76 Monday over the 5,685-yard, par-71 East Course at Hershey Country Club and trailed Jane Hopkinson-Wood by two shots.

Walker, who helped Radnor capture the PIAA Class AAA team title last fall, opened her final round with a birdie-bogey start. A birdie at the par-3 eighth hole enabled her to make the turn at 1-under 35. After a bogey at the 11th dropped her back to even for the day, Walker made birdies at the par-3 13th and the par-5 14th and parred in for a 2-under total that enabled her to finish at 3-over 145. That was one shot clear of Spring-Ford C.C.?s Hopkinson-Wood, who added a 1-over 72 to her opening-round 74 for a 4-over 146 total.

The next-best finisher was Macky Fouse of The Club at Shadow Lakes, who was 11 shots back of Hopkinson-Wood in third at 157.

Walker follows in the footsteps of Jackie Calamaro, Radnor?s 2009 PIAA champion who won the Pennsylvania Junior Girls? crown in 2008 and 2009. Walker is coming off a freshman season at Radnor that culminated in a tie for seventh at the PIAA Class AAA Tournament.

Walker?s Radnor teammate, Julia Curley, playing out of Philadelphia Country Club, had rounds of 84 and 81 at Hershey to finish in a tie for seventh at 165. Garnet Valley junior Annika Vandayar (82-86) was another three shots back of Curley in 11th place at 168.

On the boys side, recent Episcopal Academy graduate Sean Fahey, playing out of Overbrook G.C., had rounds of 72 and 73 over Hershey?s East Course (which measured 6,743 for the guys) for a 3-over 145 total that gave him third place. Fahey is headed for Dartmouth in the fall to continue his academic and golf pursuits.

Mike Hoare, a Cumberland Valley senior playing out of Carlisle C.C., fired a final-round of 4-under 67 to cruise to a four-shot victory. Combined with an opening-round 73, it gave Hoare a 2-under 140 total. Lancaster C.C.?s Walker Kirk (75-69) finished second at 2-over 144.

Haverford School senior Jake Van Arkel held a share of the lead after the opening round as he matched par with a 71. Van Arkel, playing out of Merion G.C., fell back with a 77 in the second round and ended up in a tie for 11th at 148.

Penncrest senior Ethan Heller, playing out of White Manor C.C., had rounds of 73 and 77 to finish in a tie for 14th at 150. Newtown Square resident Michael Davis (76-75), a senior at Malvern Prep, was another shot back in a tie for 20th at 151. Continued...

Other Delco finishers included recent Springfield graduate Brian Todaro (76-76?152, tied for 24th); Edgmont C.C.?s Nick Calabrese (78-78?156, tied for 44th); Rolling Green G.C.?s Matthew Bastian Jr. (80-78?156, tied for 56th); Merion G.C.?s Peter Bradbeer (84-76?160, tied for 65th); Bonner-Prendergast junior Quinn Dolan (85-79?164, tied for 81st), who plays out of Rolling Green; Episcopal Academy junior Trey Croney (85-80?165), who plays out of Overbrook and Merion G.C.?s JB Bradbeer (82-83?165), both of whom finished tied for 83rd; Aronimink G.C.?s Teddy Selverian (80-91?171, tied for 108th); Rolling Green?s Andrew Todaro (90-85) and Ryan Brennan (88-87), both of whom finished tied for 117th; and Aronimink?s Jack McAleese (95-92?187, 126th).

Berman earns U.S. Junior Amateur spot

Cole Berman, the reigning Daily Times Player of the Year, made a calculated decision to take a road trip in his fourth bid to make it the U.S. Junior Amateur Championship.

And when Berman holed a five-foot putt on the 195-yard ninth hole at Bethesda Country Club Monday on the first hole of a sudden-death playoff with Edric Wung from McLean, Va., the Haverford School senior secured his trip to the U.S. Junior Amateur, which will be played July 22 to 27 at Martis Camp Club in Truckee, Calif.

Berman, a Georgetown recruit, joins two other Delco standouts in earning tickets to Martis Camp as Radnor All-Delco Carey Bina and Michael Davis, the Newtown Square resident who won the Inter-Ac Tournament as a freshman at Malvern Prep, each qualified at different sites late last week. (That news broke too late for last week?s Golf Notebook, but appeared on my golf blog T Mac Tees Off at delcotimes.com).

Berman, a two-time winner of the Inter-Ac League Tournament, had rounds of 71 and 72 for a 3-over 143 total. Jack Fitzgerald of Wilmington, N.C., claimed medalist honors and the other qualifying berth with a pair of 71s for a 2-over 142 total.

Wung opened with a 73, but got into the playoff with Berman by firing an even-par 70 in the second round for the day?s lowest round. Wung missed a putt on the playoff that was just outside of Berman?s ball and Berman dropped his putt to advance.

Bina, an All-Delco as a junior at Radnor who is headed for Wake Forest, also survived a playoff in the qualifier conducted by the Golf Association of Philadelphia at Indian Valley C.C. June 28. Bina had rounds of 75 and 73 at the 6,864-yard, par-72 Indian Valley layout for a 148 total that left him in a three-way playoff for the final qualifying berth. Bina promptly ended the playoff by draining a 10-foot birdie putt on the first extra hole.

Wissahickon senior Jalen Griffin capped a hot week on the GAP circuit by claiming medalist honors at Indian Valley with rounds of 73 and 70 for a 1-under 143 total.

A day earlier, Davis, who plays out of Aronimink G.C. and Merion G.C., teed it up at a U.S. Junior Amateur qualifier at Springdale Golf Club in Princeton, N.J. and Davis claimed medalist honors with a 139 total. Continued...

It will be the second trip to the U.S. Junior Amateur for Davis. He was the Inter-Ac League champion as a freshman in the league?s final spring campaign. He was hampered by back problems during the scholastic season last fall, but appears to be fully healed.

Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour

Jacob Liberman of Radnor posted an 87 in a Philadelphia PGA Junior Tour stop at LedgeRock G.C. near Reading Monday to finish seventh in the 13-to-15 division.

Among the nine-holers, William Blatchford of Wayne carded a 50 to finish fifth.

Tournaments and outings

JOHN MORSCHELLA TOURNAMENT ?FORE THE KIDS? will be held Saturday, Aug. 3 at Becket G.C. in Swedesboro, N.J. for the benefit of the Folcroft Boys Club. Cost is $100 per player and includes greens fee, cart, individual and team awards, door prizes and beverages and lunch on the course. Registration is at 10 a.m. with a shotgun start at 11 a.m. A buffet awards dinner will follow golf at the Red Lantern?s Tiki Bar, 41 Oak Lane. Individual and corporate hole sponsorships are available. Call: Don ?Gabby? Hartnett 215-778-0360 or email him at don@balford.com

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Home price gains bring sellers off the sidelines

SAN DIEGO (AP) ? Soaring prices are leaving fewer homeowners owing more money than their properties are worth, bringing them off the sidelines of the nation's surging housing market.

Real estate data firm CoreLogic Inc. says nearly 20 percent of the nation's mortgaged homes were underwater at the end of March. That's down from nearly 24 percent a year earlier and 25 percent during the same period of 2011. Gains spread across the country, though regions that rose high and crashed hard remained saddled with homeowners who bought near the peak.

Nevada has the highest percentage of homes underwater, followed by Florida. Among major metropolitan areas, Tampa Bay and Miami were highest.

The gains are welcome news for buyers who are frustrated by bidding wars over slim pickings. Inventories remain unusually low.

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Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg Nearly Boarded Flight That Crashed in San Francisco

As you're probably well aware by now, Asiana Airlines Flight 214 bound from South Korea crash-landed onto the runway at San Francisco International Airport yesterday, killing two passengers and injuring dozens more. Including the crew, there were over 300 people on board the flight, and had things gone to plan, Facebook's Chief Operating Officer (COO), Sheryl Sandberg, would have been one of them. Fortunately for her, she switched flights at the last minute in order to accumulate miles on United.

Sandberg revealed in a Facebook post that she was originally scheduled to fly on Flight 214, but ended up on a different airline that landed 20 minutes prior.

"Taking a minute to be thankful and explain what happened. My family, colleagues Debbie Frost, Charlton Gholson and Kelly Hoffman and I were originally going to take the Asiana flight that just crash-landed," Sandberg posted to Facebook. "We switched to United so we could use miles for my family's tickets. Our flight was scheduled to come in at the same time, but we were early and landed about 20 minutes before the crash. Our friend Dave David Eun was on the Asiana flight and he is fine. Thank you to everyone who is reaching out - and sorry if we worried anyone. Serious moment to give thanks."

All 307 people on board the flight that went down are now accounted for. According to ongoing coverage by CBS News, San Francisco General Hospital said it received 53 patients, including 26 children. Six of them were reported in critical condition. The two people who perished were both 16-year-old girls from China.

It's still not clear what caused the crash, though the FBI has said there have not been any indications of terrorism at this time.

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New Research Paves the Way for Arthritis and Cancer Treatments

Researchers from the Imperial College London note that arthritis drugs have long been associated with potentially fatal cardiovascular side-effects in patients. (Photo : Flickr.com/Novartis AG)

Scientists recently discovered through recent research that the development of some new medications may help create better and potentially safer treatments for arthritis.

Drugs such as Vioxx, diclofenac, ibuprofen and Celebrex work by blocking an enzyme known as COX-2 that's presence in blood vessels is held responsible for numerous side effects associated with the medications. New research carried out in mice suggests that COX-2 is largely absent from the major blood vessels and instead found in the brain, gut and kidney as well as the thymus gland in the chest.

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Now that researchers have been able to pinpoint the areas of the body where these drugs are causing problems, they are hoping to develop new medications and treatments for patients with arthritis and cancer without so many of the harmful side effects.

Researchers from the Imperial College London note that arthritis drugs have long been associated with potentially fatal cardiovascular side-effects in patients. Health concerns led to the anti-inflammatory Vioxx that was withdrawn from the market back in 2004 and this week medical regulators have adviced some patients to stop using the painkiller diclofenac, as well.

Background information from the study shows that researchers have often believed that COX-2 prevented the formation of blood clots, a drug that inhibited the enzyme and was thought to lead to an increased risk of clotting.

Lead study author Professor Jane Mitchell of Imperial's Faculty of Medicine believes that by further studying the active ingredients in the medication, they can more easily understand the possibilities associated with developing better treatments.

"This study does not provide all the answers, but once we understand exactly how COX-2 affects the cardiovascular system we will be in a position to design new therapies," she said, according to a press release. "This will not be easy but all the tools are available and we could be looking at new leads within five to ten years."

The researchers used mice whose COX-2 gene had been replaced with a gene called luciferase, which gives fireflies their glow. This allowed researchers to create detailed images of the distribution of COX-2 throughout the body.

Co-author of the study and a professor at the University of Manchester, Anna Nicolaou, added that researchers are hopeful that this study can add to the development of new research and treatments in years to come.

"This study is the first to use such sophisticated techniques to determine the locations of COX-2 within the body," she said, via the release. "The use of mass spectrometry and genetically modified mice in this way represents a significant advance in the field."

More information regarding this study can be found in the journal PLUS ONE.?

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