Daily Record – by Peggy Wright

A Morris Catholic High School honor student and athlete who claims her parents threw her out of their Lincoln Park home when she turned 18 has taken the highly unusual step of suing them for immediate financial support and to force them to pay for her college education.

Private high school senior Rachel Canning, a cheerleader and lacrosse player who has aspirations to be a biomedical engineer, filed a lawsuit last week in the Family Part of state Superior Court in Morristown that seeks a judge’s declaration that she is nonemancipated and dependent as a student on her parents for support.   Continue reading “Morris Catholic senior sues her parents”

The Real News – by Kevin Zeese

McMillan was sexually assaulted, beaten unconscious and into seizures by NY Police, but the city is charging her with felony assault over the incident.

Occupy participant Cecily McMillan is being prosecuted for felony police assault and may face up to 7 years in prison. In reality, it is the NYPD that should be on trial for their assault on McMillan. The trial has already been delayed because of the credibility of the arresting officer, however, New York City should review the case and drop all charges against McMillan.   Continue reading “NYPD Shame Of New York: Drop The Charges Against Cecily McMillan”

Main Entry ImageHuffington Post

BEIJING, March 2 (Reuters) – At least 28 people were killed in a “violent terrorist attack” at a train station in the southwestern Chinese city of Kunming by a group of unidentified people brandishing knives, five of whom were shot dead, state media said on Sunday.

Another 162 people were injured, the official Xinhua news agency added. It said the attack had taken place late on Saturday evening.   Continue reading “China Knife Attack Kills Dozens: Report”

The Sun

LOS ANGELES — Intermittent heavy rain and possible thunderstorms were expected today, causing power outages, dangerous mudslides, localized flooding, high surf and evacuations as the strongest storm in three years continued to pound the Southland.

The saturating rain from this series of storms and wet roads may have been contributing factors in a number of serious accidents overnight, one of them fatal.   Continue reading “Heavy rain, thunderstorms to pound Southland on Saturday”

Yahoo News – by Edward Morrissey

Remember “I feel your pain” – Bill Clinton’s plaintive response to the woes of Middle America turned into a signature line for his administration, which became a cliché in American politics?

Every politician wanted to connect to the pain of Americans, even in good economic times, and especially during and after the Great Recession. The biggest political attack against Mitt Romney in the 2012 presidential election related to the exposure of his remarks about the “47 percent” and how out of touch it made the wealthy Republican nominee to the plight of the struggling working classes.    Continue reading “Obamacare Victims Are ‘Liars,’ Says Top Democrat”

CBS New York

LIDO BEACH, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — A Lido Beach, Long Island family’s nightmare has gone to court.

As CBS 2’s Carolyn Gusoff reported, Lynn Eskanazi and her family are battling for damages after a neighbor’s oil tank leaked, and sent a toxic plume next door. Staggering legal bills are now the issue.   Continue reading “Long Island Woman Fights Huge Legal Bills After Neighbor’s Oil Tank Spilled”

Winter WeatherAOL – by Accuweather

March may not come in like a lion everywhere across the nation, but winter will roar during the first several days of the month and impact more than 100 million people.

Early indications are that a long-duration snow event will expand from the northern Rockies and central Plains to portions of the Midwest and Northeast in the days ahead.   Continue reading “Long-Duration, Disruptive Snow Awaits Midwest, East”

AlcatrazBBC News – by Rebecca Morelle

It was America’s most notorious prison.

Perched on a rocky outcrop in the middle of San Francisco Bay, from the 1930s to the 1960s the Alcatraz Federal Penitentiary was reserved for the “worst of the worst”.

A who’s who of the criminal underworld were incarcerated there: George “Machine Gun” Kelly, Mickey Cohen and Al Capone all spent time locked up in the tiny cells.   Continue reading “Hidden history found beneath Alcatraz”

Top News Photos of the WeekNBC News

U.S. Attorney General Eric Holder was taken to a Washington, D.C. hospital Thursday morning as a precaution.

A Justice Department official released the following statement: “During his regular morning meeting with senior staff, the Attorney General began experiencing symptoms including faintness and shortness of breath. As a precaution, the Attorney General was taken to MedStar Washington Hospital Center to undergo further evaluation.”   Continue reading “Attorney General Eric Holder Taken to MedStar Washington Hospital Center”

Cody Lee Williams (left) was wrongly arrested for sexual battery. Cody Raymond Williams (right) is due to appear in court on the charge Monday. The Florida Times Union – by Topher Sanders

Cody Williams was arrested in late August, charged with the sexual battery of someone younger than 12.

The 18-year-old Clay High School student spent 35 days in jail.

One problem: He was the wrong Cody Williams.   Continue reading “Name mix-up in sexual battery case sends wrong Clay County teen to jail for 35 days”

Examiner – by Penny Tilton

In Hohenwald Tennessee the Galloway family is still in mourning after their neighbor, Wendell Kelley, an off-duty postal worker, shot their Labrador Retriever Bryan, in front of their daughter 13-year-old Peggy Galloway on Monday.

Janice Galloway, Peggy’s mother had taken her husband to work that morning, leaving Peggy in bed because she had not feeling well. Janice had just dropped her husband off at work when she received a phone call from a neighbor that had witnessed the shooting, telling her that Bryan was dead, and Peggy was distraught.   Continue reading “Neighbor shoots family’s dog in front of 13-year-old girl”

Huffington Post- by YURAS KARAMANAU

SIMFEROPOL, Ukraine (AP) — Police struggled to keep apart rival groups holding competing rallies Wednesday in Ukraine’s largely pro-Russian Crimea region where the regional parliament was to hold a crisis session on the turmoil that has gripped the country.

In the regional capital of Simferopol, 10,000 Muslim Crimean Tatars rallied in support of Ukraine’s interim leaders, waving Ukrainian flags and chanting “Ukraine is not Russia” and “Allahu Akbar,” while a smaller pro-Russian rally nearby called for stronger ties with Russia and waved Russian flags.   Continue reading “Ukraine Berkut Riot Police Disbanded As Rival Groups Protest”

Huffington Post – by MARK SHERMAN

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court ruled Tuesday that police may search a home without a warrant when two occupants disagree about allowing officers to enter, and the resident who refuses access is then arrested.

The justices declined to extend an earlier ruling denying entry to police when the occupants disagree and both are present.

Justice Samuel Alito wrote the court’s 6-3 decision holding that an occupant may not object to a search when he is not at home.   Continue reading “Supreme Court Makes Big Decision On When Cops Can Enter Your Home”