Author: Angel - NYC

New York Daily News – by DAREH GREGORIAN

A corrupt former cop whose dirty dealings led to a massive ticket fixing investigation into the NYPD was sentenced to prison Wednesday — despite his lawyer’s “he didn’t choke anybody” defense.

“You have utterly disgraced your badge and your uniform,” Bronx Supreme Court Justice Michael Gross told now ex-NYPD officer Jose Ramos as he sentenced him to 12 and a half to 14 and a half years behind bars on attempted robbery and drug charges.   Continue reading “Corrupt ex-NYPD cop who sparked the massive ticket fixing investigation sentenced for attempted robbery and drug charges”

AOL – by CHRISTINE ARMARIO

LOS ANGELES (AP) — Police in a San Diego suburb Thursday tackled an abduction suspect to the ground and rescued four children after a highway pursuit and standoff in California.

California Highway Patrol troopers began pursuing a black Nissan sought in the case of a missing Southern California family at about 8:30 a.m.

The vehicle came to a stop near a highway onramp near Santee. Two of the children escaped and officers then used armored trucks to surround the suspect’s vehicle.   Continue reading “Police swarm abduction suspect on San Diego freeway, children rescued”

Newtown Patch – by Jason Claffey

A widow this week dropped her wedding ring in a Boston Salvation Army kettle to honor her late husband.

She included an anonymous note:

“I’ve dropped my wedding ring in your Red Kettle knowing that the money from its sale will buy toys for needy children,” she wrote. “In all seasons, my husband was a giver. I especially remember his joy in giving at Christmastime, especially to those in need.   Continue reading “Widow Drops Wedding Ring in Salvation Army Kettle to Honor Husband”

Alliance for Natural Health

It will cost twice as much, but they say it will be healthier and more sustainable. Let’s examine those claims.

The Coca-Cola Company has created what they claim is a more nutritious milk product called “fairlife” (no capitals, please!), and they plan to sell it for twice the price of regular milk. Calling it the “premiumization of milk,” they say their new milk will have 50% more natural protein, 30% more natural calcium, and 50% less sugar. They also claim that their product is made on sustainable and more humane dairy farms.   Continue reading “Coca-Cola Is Getting into the Milk Business”

Alliance for Natural Health

They’re also telling doctors to supplement with drugs that don’t work and have terrible side effects. This is the same government that wasted billions stockpiling these very drugs.

The flu shot is not a static formulation. It changes each year based on the World Health Organization’s assessment of which flu virus strains (usually three or four) will be the most prevalent that season.The CDC is admitting that the flu shots distributed this year may not be a good match for the viruses currently in circulation.   Continue reading “Government Says This Year’s Flu Shot Is a Dud—But Still Won’t Allow Any Discussion of Natural Alternatives”

Huffington Post Korea

Over the past few years, Samsung Corporation has faced a number of troubling allegations about the health of some of its workers in the company’s home base, South Korea.

Former workers and their families, along with labor activists, have said that conditions at the company’s semiconductor factories have led to higher occurrences of illnesses such as leukemia and other cancers among former semiconductor workers.   Continue reading “Samsung’s Devastating Secret: The Tears Of ‘Semiconductor Children’”

Huffington Post – by MICHAEL FELBERBAUM

RICHMOND, Va. (AP) — What do you get when you combine water, American persimmons and hops and ferment it with yeast? A beer based on a 300-year-old recipe scribbled in a cookbook kept by Virginia’s prominent Randolph family.

Ardent Craft Ales in Richmond recently brewed “Jane’s Percimon Beer” unearthed from the book in the Virginia Historical Society’s collections from the 1700s that contains food, medicinal remedies and beer recipes. The formula for the Colonial-era concoction is one of thousands of alcoholic recipes in the society’s collection that provide a glimpse into what Virginians and others were drinking in the 18th century and other points in history.   Continue reading “Virginia Brewery Releases Beer Made From 300-Year-Old Recipe”

Huffington Post – by Audrey McAvoy

PEARL HARBOR, Hawaii (AP) — The USS Arizona is one of the nation’s most hallowed sites, an underwater grave for more than 900 sailors and Marines killed when Japan bombed Pearl Harbor and sank their ship in 1941.

Now, it’s the scene of alleged rampant mismanagement.   Continue reading “Allegations Of Rampant Mismanagement At Pearl Harbor Memorial”

Care 2 – by Kevin Matthews

People eligible for public assistance in Michigan better be prepared to urinate in a cup for the government. The state has just approved a questionable pilot program supposedly designed to ensure that people aren’t using taxpayer money to pay for recreational drugs.

Approved in both Michigan’s Senate and House, the drug testing program will roll out in three counties later next year. In doing so, Michigan will join nearly a dozen other U.S. states in “checking up” on welfare recipients.   Continue reading “Why is Michigan Ready to Drug Test Welfare Recipients?”

AOL – by MARK GILLISPIE and JOHN SEEWER

The family of a 12-year-old who had a pellet gun when he was shot by a Cleveland police officer filed a wrongful death lawsuit Friday, saying two officers acted recklessly when they confronted the boy in a terrifying manner and fired within seconds.

The federal lawsuit filed against the city and the two officers also said the officers waited four minutes before anyone provided medical help to Tamir Rice after he was shot outside a city recreation center.   Continue reading “Family of Tamir Rice files wrongful death lawsuit against Cleveland Police Department”

KFOR 4 News

MARLOW, Okla. – A seemingly innocent picture of a cat and a Benjamin Franklin quote has a Marlow history teacher in hot water.

Right now, he’s suspended and could possibly lose his job over the controversial picture hanging in his classroom.

Steven Alcorn has been a teacher for nearly 40 years.   Continue reading “Oklahoma teacher suspended over controversial quote”

USA Today – by Chris Woodyard

How low are gas prices going? So low that “gas wars,” a term not heard in many places since the early 1970s, are breaking out.

With gasoline prices crashing, stations are scrambling to stay ahead of each other when it comes to price cuts. It’s a boon to consumers who have long griped about sky-high gas prices.   Continue reading “‘Gas war’ breaks out when price falls below $2”

AOL

‘Tis the season for giving and good cheer — but it looks like one shopping mall Santa and his not-so-friendly little helper may have missed that memo.

Abcde Santos, 7, who has been diagnosed with autism, was at the shops in Mission Viejo, California, last Sunday when she was told she couldn’t take a picture with the shopping center’s Santa Claus.

Santos stood in line for 30 minutes with her pit bull service dog, Pup-Cake, when she was shooed away because of Santa’s fear of pit bulls.   Continue reading “Santa, elf fired after refusing to pose with little girl and her service dog”

Washington Post – by Abby Ohlheiser and Elahe Izadi

Larry McQuilliams had “let me die” written in marker across his chest when he fired more than 100 rounds in downtown Austin early Friday morning.

McQuilliams, who Austin Police officials called a “homegrown American extremist” with ties to a Christian identity hate group, was shot dead on Friday by a police officer outside the department’s headquarters.

Austin Police Chief Art Acevedo told reporters on Monday that officers who searched the gunman’s home found a map with 34 targets, including two churches. McQuilliams had fired bullets into Austin police headquarters, a federal courthouse and the Mexican consulate in downtown Austin on Friday. He also tried to set the Mexican consulate building on fire.   Continue reading “Police: Austin shooter was a ‘homegrown American extremist’”

New York Daily News – by Thomas Tracy

A Bronx man allegedly brutalized by cops for defending his brother is suing the NYPD for an assault that “exceeded all reasonable bounds of decency,” court papers show.

Troy Gerard, 46, was hospitalized for five days after cops fractured his face and shattered his eye socket during a Memorial Day weekend clash in East Harlem, according to hospital records and court documents.   Continue reading “Bronx man suing NYPD over assault”

New York Daily News – by Thomas Tracy

New York City’s largest police union lashed out against the Legal Aid Society’s new database that catalogues the misdeeds of bad cops.

“Compiling a list of police officers who are alleged to be ‘bad’ based upon newspapers stories, quick-buck lawsuits and baseless complaints does nothing more than soil the reputation of the men and women who do the difficult and dangerous job of keeping this city and its citizens safe,” Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association President Pat Lynch said in a statement Thursday.   Continue reading “New York Patrolmen’s Benevolent Association strikes back against ‘bad cop’ database”

New York Daily News – by ROCCO PARASCANDOLA

The NYPD has another layer of accountability to deal with — the Legal Aid Society has created a database of cops who behave badly.

The group’s lawyers, who represent those who can’t afford to pay for an attorney, contend police do a poor job tracking cops who are accused of wrongdoing and repeatedly sued.

The Cop Accountability Program, or CAP, will collect information about cops accused of wrongdoing, then share it with Legal Aid lawyers and attorneys from outside firms.   Continue reading “NYPD cops accused of wrongdoing will have information collected into Legal Aid Society’s database”