The publisher of a book purporting to chronicle an insider account of the Navy SEAL operation to raid Osama Bin Laden’s Pakistan compound will begin sales on Tuesday, ignoring the Pentagon’s legal threats against the author.

Despite a potential lawsuit against the author of “No Easy Day,” Penguin Books is not delaying or canceling its highly anticipated release.

“At this time, we see no reason to change our plans,” Christine Ball, spokeswoman for Penguin Group USA’s Dutton imprint, said in a statement. Rather than delay the book’s release, the publisher moved up its sale date from September 11 to September 4 “to let the book speak for itself.”

The publisher has also increased its initial print run from 200,000 copies to 575,000.

“No Easy Day” is a first-person account of the execution of the one of the world’s most notorious terrorist leaders, written from the perspective of Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette. It includes descriptions of the raid against Bin Laden that directly contradict the US government’s official version.

Although the book doesn’t come out for several more days, its pre-orders have already brought it to the No. 1 spot on Amazon’s best-seller list, and some advance copies have already been released to the media.

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Palm Springs, CA – MIX 100.5, The Desert’s Best MIX, is giving listeners the chance to experience an up close and personal show with major recording artist and former ROXY model Tristan Prettyman.  But you can’t buy tickets to this show. You have to listen to MIX 100.5 for a chance to call in and win.  Approximately 100 lucky listeners will win their way into the show which takes place at Agua Caliente Casino on Wednesday, September 5th.

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Tristan Prettyman’s third studio album Cedar+Gold will be released on October 2, 2012 and her single “My Oh My” can currently be heard on MIX 100.5.  She is one of a long line of major recording artist that have performed private shows for MIX 100.5 listeners.  Other artist and bands that have performed include Grammy Award winner Macy Gray, Ryan Starr, Gavin DeGraw, Ed Sheeran, Uncle Kracker, Tonic, Blue October, Hanson, Gin Blossoms, Third Eye Blind and many more.  MIX 100.5 has also brought in famous bands for private Q&A sessions with listeners.  Most recently members from Duran Duran sat down with lucky MIX 100.5 listeners and answered questions from the audience.

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In response to recent exposures of the West Nile Virus, The San Bernardino Sheriff’s Department has launched a program in coordination with the County’s Public Health- Vector Contro.  This will help identify areas likely to breed mosquitoes.

In their day to day duties, Sheriff’s Aviation flight crews will be actively looking for areas of standing water and swimming pools that are obviously not being maintained.  Both are the primary breeding grounds for mosquitoes.

Aviation helicopters have updated mapping systems that are downloaded with the County’s parcel information.  If an area is observed, the flight officer can obtain the specific address information.  Once identified, the information will be forwarded to Vector Control fo any enforcement action.

Over the summer months, The Aviation Unit has noticed an increased number of pools that are not being maintained.  This could be attributed to the increased number of residential foreclosures.  The Sheriff’s Department hopes the information given to Vector Control will assist them in issuing corrective notices in a timely manner.

ROD HOOPS, Sheriff-Coroner
San Bernardino County Sheriff-Coroner Department
Emergency Operations
909-387-0641