Author: Angel - NYC

Breitbart – by AWR Hawkins

On April 9, Michael Bloomberg delcared his friend Jeb Bush the best GOP candidate for president.

To be precise, Bloomberg cited Bush and Hillary Clinton as the only truly “worthy” candidates, in his view.

According to The New York Times, Bloomberg was attending a party in his honor after receiving an honorary knighthood from from Queen Elizabeth II. During the party, at which Bloomberg said he had “always admired the sophistication and fortitude of the British people,” the former mayor also singled out Bush and Clinton as the only two candidates for him.   Continue reading “Michael Bloomberg Declares His Friend Jeb Bush the Best GOP Candidate”

What to Expect – by Whitney Harris

No parent expects to find a small piece of glass in their jarred baby food, but that’s exactly what happened to one consumer of the Beech-Nut brand.

The incident was immediately reported and now Beech-Nut has issued a voluntary recall of nearly 2,000 pounds of product that were shipped nationwide and may be contaminated with small glass pieces, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS). Just one baby food variety is included in the recall: 4-oz. glass jars of Stage 2 Beech-Nut CLASSICS sweet potato & chicken.   Continue reading “Beech-Nut Recalls Baby Food After Glass Found in Jar”

Huffington Post – by Kim Bellware

Texas on Wednesday night executed Manuel Garza Jr. by lethal injection for killing a police officer, the second time in less than a week the state has put a convicted cop-killer to death.

Garza, 34, was pronounced dead at the Texas State Penitentiary at Huntsville at 6:40 p.m., the Texas Department of Criminal Justice said. Asked to make a final statement, Garza said he was sorry for causing pain to his family, friends and “especially police officers,” according to the Department of Criminal Justice.   Continue reading “Texas Executes Manuel Garza Jr. For Killing San Antonio Cop”

Huffington Post – by Jeffrey Young

WASHINGTON — It’s been called “dumb,” “bad policy” and “common-sense-defying.” And that’s by the people in charge of it. It’s also called the “doc fix,” and it’s finally letting out its death rattle.

At long last, Congress on Tuesday killed off a policy with no defenders that has served as an excuse for crisis-motivated legislating for years.   Continue reading “Good Riddance To One Of Congress’ Dumbest Rituals: The ‘Doc Fix’”

MLive – by Brad Devereaux

OAKLEY, MI — A name commonly heard shouted over a rap/rock mix of drums, bass, guitars and turntables is one that the village of Oakley fought to keep quiet for years.

Robert James Ritchie, known by the stage name Kid Rock, is listed on an application for the village police reserve force that Hemlock Attorney Philip Ellison received in the mail from Oakley earlier this month.

The name is perhaps the most famous one associated with the Oakley Police Department’s reserve unit, which includes many well known Michigan professionals and Miami Dolphins player Jason Fox.   Continue reading “Kid Rock named on Oakley Police reserve application, attorney says”

Huffington Post – by Mat Ferner

Opponents of legalizing marijuana can’t be happy about several new polls released Tuesday. Majority support for making cannabis legal is holding steady, while young adults are legalization’s biggest fans. And that’s true both nationally and in several swing states.

Nationally, 53 percent of Americans support legalization, according to a new Pew Research Center survey. Pew found essentially the same result, 54 percent in favor, in a similar poll last year.   Continue reading “Foes Of Marijuana Legalization Can’t Like These New Numbers”

AOL

GOLDSBORO, N.C. (AP) — Police said Tuesday they were investigating the fatal shooting of a gay community college worker as a possible hate crime.

The shooting victim, 44-year-old campus print shop director Ron Lane, was gunned down by former student Kenneth Morgan Stancil III on Monday morning, police said. Lane dismissed Stancil from the print shop’s work-study program in March because he had too many absences.   Continue reading “Police: College shooting possibly hate crime; victim was gay”

Bronxville-Eastchester Patch – by Alfred Batch

A Manhattan woman who said “I do” to as many as 10 different men is facing criminal charges because she didn’t legally say “I don’t” anymore, and may have been married to as many as eight men at the same time, according to Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson.

The case caught the attention of the Department of Homeland Security and the Joint Terrorism Task Force because several of the grooms are from so-called “red-flagged” countries, Johnson added, and one husband was even deported back to Pakistan.   Continue reading “Woman Had 10 Husbands at Once: DA”

West Orange Patch – by Anthony Bellano

A New Jersey school teacher has been suspended by her district and denounced by the head of the New Jersey State Police union after having her students write “get well” letters to Mumia Abu-Jamal, a former death row inmate and convicted cop-killer.

Marylin Zuniga, a teacher at Forest Street Elementary School in Orange, had her third grade students write letters to Abu Jamal, who is suffering from complications related to diabetes, according to a report on nj.com.   Continue reading “Teacher Suspended for Having Third Graders Write ‘Get Well’ Letters to Convicted Cop Killer”

Huffington Post – by  Lucy McCalmont

The National Basketball Association said Saturday that it is calling for more details following the arrest earlier this week of Atlanta Hawks’ Thabo Sefolosha, which ended with the player enduring a broken ankle.

“We are working with the Hawks organization and local law enforcement to obtain more information about the circumstances surrounding Thabo’s arrest,” NBA spokesman Mike Bass said in a statement.   Continue reading “NBA Looking Into NYPD Arrest Of Thabo Sefolosha”

Indoctrination.

NJ.com – by Laura Herzog

WEST NEW YORK — As the firefighters used the “jaws of life” to demonstrate how to rip open a car, the group of disciplined West New York kids who were watching remained standing at attention. But some of their eyes lit up a bit.

North Hudson Regional Fire and Rescue’s Acting Captain Peter Mancini later let a few of the kids touch the “jaws of life” emergency rescue tool, which helps extract people pinned in vehicles after car accidents.    Continue reading “West New York academy lets kids see how police, fire officials ‘really are’”

New York Daily News – by Rachelle Blidner

The U.S. Capitol Building was on lockdown Saturday for 2 1/2 hours after a man killed himself outside, officials said.

The unidentified man shot himself and was “neutralized,” Lt. Kimberly Schneider said in an email to reporters.

The shooter was protesting outside the building with a sign taped to his hand, ABC News reported.   Continue reading “Lockdown lifted at U.S. Capitol Building after apparent suicide, police investigate ‘suspicious package’”

AOL

HOUSTON, Texas– He’s had it for three years. Now, a Texas driver is being told to hand over his license plate, or it will be suspended. The state has deemed the plate unacceptable.

There are more than 120,000 personalized license plates available in Texas. Safeer Hasaan has had one on his Lamborghini for the last three years, according to KPRC. It reads, “370h55V.”   Continue reading “Is this offensive? DMV revokes man’s license plate after finding ‘hidden’ message Apr 10th 2015 9:58AM”

Bethesda-Chevy Chase Patch – by Deb Belt

When 10-year-old Rafi Meitiv saw a police car at his school recently, he ducked to hide.

That’s not the reaction his mother, Danielle Meitiv, wants her son to have when he sees police officers. But after his father was threatened with arrest in December, the boy is skittish around police, even having nightmares.   Continue reading “‘Walk Heard Around the World’: Parents Face 5 Years of Legal Purgatory”