Author: Angel - NYC

Brandon Patch – by Sherri Lonon

A Casselberry woman got quite a shock recently while surfing Facebook posts.

It seems her 18-year-old son was rather recognizable in a particular post that caught her attention. Two photos of the teen were displayed inside a wanted poster added to the Casselberry Police Department’s page.

The poster was created in an attempt to solve a Jan. 31 shoplifting incident at the Casselberry Target. The person pictured, the wanted poster stated, was accused of swiping seven PlayStation 4 controllers and two Xbox One controllers valued at $670.   Continue reading “Facebook Post Prompts Mom to Turn in Son, Cops Say”

Washington Post – by Terrence McCoy

“What did I do wrong?”

That was the question a 9-year-old, Sinai Miller, asked after she was shot on Tuesday in Indianapolis while selling Girl Scout cookies.

She had only just left her apartment with her sisters around 4 p.m. to knock on neighbors’ doors when a blue Ford Expedition drove past on the street out front. An arm stuck out. It held a gun.   Continue reading “9-year-old girl shot while selling Girl Scout cookies”

Homewood-Flossmoor Patch – by Lauren Traut

Park Forest police officer Craig Taylor, accused of bean-bagging an irate, confused, knife-wielding 95-year-old man to death in his nursing home, has been found not guilty of reckless conduct charges.

“There was nothing criminal about his actions,” said Cook County Associate Judge Luciano Panici in his ruling Wednesday.

Taylor, 43, bowed his head, then hugged his wife. Both were in tears. Wrana’s family also wept and embraced as the verdict was announced. The Associated Press reports that the courtroom was filled with Taylor’s fellow officers.   Continue reading “Cop Cleared in Beanbag Shooting of 95-Year-Old World War II Vet”

Wired – by Tom Wheeler

After more than a decade of debate and a record-setting proceeding that attracted nearly 4 million public comments, the time to settle the Net Neutrality question has arrived. This week, I will circulate to the members of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) proposed new rules to preserve the internet as an open platform for innovation and free expression. This proposal is rooted in long-standing regulatory principles, marketplace experience, and public input received over the last several months.   Continue reading “FCC Chairman Tom Wheeler: This Is How We Will Ensure Net Neutrality”

Fox 2 Now – by Chris Hayes

ST. LOUIS COUNTY, MO (KTVI) – A St. Louis County man says he just found out he was never married to the woman he thought was his wife.  That`s because during divorce proceedings, he found out she was already married.

Ken Cherry said, ‘What kind of dummy was I to get myself caught up in something like this? ` He added, ‘I was supposed to be husband number five.’   Continue reading “During divorce, man realizes wife of nine years was already married”

ABC News – by AVIANNE TAN

This Instagram photo shows a man missing a humpback whale surface two feet away from him because he was glued to his phone.

The moment was caught during a whale watch in Redondo Beach, California, professional photographer Eric Smith told ABC News today.   Continue reading “Man Misses Whale 2 Feet Away Because He Was Glued to His Phone”

Earth Sky – by Bruce McClure

Tonight – February 3, 2015 – no matter where you are on Earth, look eastward as soon as darkness falls. The full moon and the dazzling planet Jupiter will couple up together just above the eastern horizon at nightfall. Think photo opportunity!

In North America, we call the February full moon the Wolf Moon, Snow Moon or Hunger Moon. Watch as this February full moon climbs upward with Jupiter throughout the evening hours. The brilliant twosome will reach its high point for the night around midnight, and will descend westward in the wee hours after midnight.   Continue reading “Full moon plus Jupiter on February 3-4, 2015”

Tarpon Springs Patch – by Sherri London

A Tarpon Springs mom is up in arms after she says her daughter was barred access to the bathroom, forced to pee her pants and then diapered by school officials.

The incident at Sunset Hills Elementary occurred on Wednesday, causing 6-year-old Chloee Kingett embarrassment and her mother, Goldie, outrage, WPTV.com reported.   Continue reading “Mom ‘Irate’ By School’s Decision to Diaper 6-Year-Old”

Fox News

NEW YORK –  Nicholas Guido was showing off his new car outside his mother’s home on Christmas Day 1986 when he was gunned down because he’d been mistaken for a mobster with the same name. The bad information, prosecutors said, came from two decorated police detectives who would later be convicted of moonlighting as hit men for the mob.

Twenty-nine years later, the city has reached a $5 million settlement with Guido’s family in part of the fallout from one of the most stunning police corruption cases in New York history.   Continue reading “NYC to pay $5 million to kin of man killed in ‘Mafia cops’ case; he was mistaken for mobster”

Daily News John Marzulli

The family of slain Bronx teen Ramarley Graham agreed to accept $3.9 million from the city Friday to settle their wrongful death lawsuit, the Daily News has learned.

The settlement comes amid an ongoing federal investigation by Manhattan U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara into possible civil rights violations against the NYPD cops involved in the Feb. 2, 2012 fatal shooting.

Officer Richard Haste, who fired the fatal shot after chasing Graham, 18, from the street into his home, was initially indicted by the Bronx district attorney for manslaughter, but a judge threw out the case on a legal technicality.    Continue reading “Family of Ramarley Graham settle lawsuit with city for $3.9 million”

New York Daily News – by PETE DONOHUE, ERIK BADIA, RICH SCHAPIRO

The Harlem cop charged with assaulting a rookie subway conductor in the Bronx walked out of court on a misdemeanor rap Friday — infuriating transit union officials.

Officer Mirjan Lolja, 37, was hit with a top charge of third degree assault for the Dec. 23 attack on female conductor Fatima Futa, 28.   Continue reading “Cop who allegedly attacked Bronx subway worker busted on misdemeanor charges — to transit union’s fury”

Vern works hard at the Phone Company but spends two nights each week bowling, and plays golf every Saturday.

His wife thinks he’s pushing himself too hard, so for his birthday she takes him to a local strip club.

The doorman at the club greets them and says, “Hey, Vern! How ya doin?”

His wife is puzzled and asks if he’s been to this club before.   Continue reading “Vern’s Funeral”

New York Times – by ROBERT D. McFADDEN

Charles H. Townes, a visionary physicist whose research led to the development of the laser, making it possible to play CDs, scan prices at the supermarket, measure time precisely, survey planets and galaxies, and even witness the birth of stars, died on Tuesday in Oakland, Calif. He was 99.

His death was confirmed by his daughter Linda Rosenwein.

In 1964, Dr. Townes and two Russians shared the Nobel Prize in Physics for their work on microwave-emitting devices, called masers, and their light-emitting successors, lasers, which have transformed modern communications, medicine, astronomy, weapons systems and daily life in homes and workplaces.   Continue reading “Charles H. Townes Dies at 99; He Envisioned the Laser, Bringing It Into Daily Life”

U.S. Air Force

WASHINGTON (AFNS) — Secretary of the Air Force Deborah Lee James, in coordination with the Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall, has determined the Boeing 747-8 will serve as the next presidential aircraft, commonly known as Air Force One.

“The presidential aircraft is one of the most visible symbols of the United States of America and the office of the president of the United States,” James said. “The Boeing 747-8 is the only aircraft manufactured in the United States (that), when fully missionized, meets the necessary capabilities established to execute the presidential support mission, while reflecting the office of the president of the United States of America consistent with the national public interest.”   Continue reading “AF Identifies Boeing 747-8 platform for next Air Force One”

AOL – by SUSAN COOPER EASTMAN

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (Reuters) – A Florida woman who says she fired a warning shot at her abusive husband was released from a Jacksonville jail on Tuesday under a plea deal that capped her sentence to the three years she had already served.

Marissa Alexander, 34, was initially sentenced to 20 years in prison in 2012 but her conviction was later overturned. She faced another trial on charges that could have put her behind bars for 60 years before she agreed to a plea deal in November.   Continue reading “Marissa Alexander, Florida woman in ‘warning shot’ case, released from jail”

There is a very, very tall coconut tree, and there are four animals…,
A Lion, A Chimp, A Giraffe … AND… A Squirrel

They decide to compete to see who is the fastest to
get a banana off the tree.

Who do you guess will win?   Continue reading “The Banana Test”

Think Progress – by Nicole Flatow

At least professionally, the Bernalillo County District Attorney’s office has already paid for filing murder charges against two cops who shot and killed a homeless man in Albuquerque, New Mexico.

Just a day after DA Kari Brandenburg announced for the first time in recent memory that she would pursue criminal charges against cops for an on-duty deadly shooting, there was another police shooting in the city, which has seen a spate of fatal police shootings since 2010 at eight times the rate of New York City.   Continue reading “The Prosecutor Who Filed Murder Charges Against The Cops Is Becoming A Police Target”