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2006/10/31

Media looking for election-night blogging responses

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An event aimed at getting instant reaction from online opinion makers is but a part of cable channels' efforts. — Who says the mainstream media don't respect the blogosphere?

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Twist of Events For Former Cop Wanted By FBI

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"...COULD A CRIME SCENE EXPERT HAVE COVERED UP THE SCENE OF HIS OWN CRIME?"... as time passed, the abusive, controlling John Addis reemerged. Before long, Joann realized she couldn't tolerate being treated like a slave and tried to break the relationship off.  On August 19, 1995, Joann Albanese disappeared. So did John Addis... The night before she vanished, police say Joann told a girlfriend she was breaking up with John, and was going to tell him... a hunter stumbled across human skeletal remains in the Arizona desert. DNA tests proved it was Joann Albanese... Investigators have since learned that in 1997, Addis was living in Guadalajara, Mexico under the aliases... he began dating a Mexican woman named Laura Liliana Padilla Squares,... Addis and Laura vanished...
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Former trooper dead in Guatemala
ALASKA DIGEST
Anchorage Daily News, AK
Published: October 28, 2006
 
CENTRAL AMERICA -- A former Alaska state trooper on the run for years from a charge that he killed a girlfriend in Nevada in 1995 has been found dead in Central America, the FBI said.
 
Meanwhile, his current girlfriend and the couple's two children were found slain in a nearby city.
 
The body of John Patrick Addis was positively identified this week by fingerprints, said David Staretz, spokesman for the FBI in Nevada.
 
Addis, 56, had been on the lam since Joanne Albanese vanished in 1995. Her remains were found three years later in Arizona, and he was charged with killing her. A nationwide manhunt began.
 
Addis moved all over the country and resettled in Mexico, according to authorities.
 
Authorities said they are investigating Addis's death as a suicide and the death of his family as murder.
 
Addis' body was found in a hotel room in Guatemala City, Guatemala, several hours away from the city in Mexico where his girlfriend and children were found dead, according to material on the "America's Most Wanted" Web site. The television show has featured Addis multiple times.
 
Addis had been teaching English and tennis in Mexico, according to the Web site.
 
Addis was a homicide investigator with the Alaska State Troopers in the 1970s and 1980s. He was an instructor in crime scene and death investigations.
 
He was an Alaska fugitive at the time Albanese disappeared, having violated parole after a 1987 conviction on parental abduction charges.

-- Anchorage Daily News
 
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/8351592p-8247077c.html
AMERICA'S MOST WANTED UDATE:

Fugitive Ex-Cop Dead: New Family Murdered
Suspected killer and former police officer John Addis has been discovered dead of an apparent suicide in Guatemala. Tragically, it appears Addis continued his murderous ways even with a new life: Police also discovered the bodies of his new wife and two small children.
http://www.amw.com/fugitives/capture.cfm?id=24462
NTED BY THE FBI
 
UNLAWFUL FLIGHT TO AVOID PROSECUTION - MURDER, FIRST DEGREE KIDNAPPING

JOHN PATRICK ADDIS

 
Aliases: John H. Edwards, John Elliot, John Elliott

DESCRIPTION

Date of Birth Used:  September 19, 1950 Hair: Light brown
Place of Birth: Flint, Michigan Eyes: Blue-green
Height: 6'0" to 6'1" Sex: Male
Weight: 180 to 200 pounds Race: White
NCIC: W113824913 Nationality: American
Occupations: Former Alaska State Trooper, Ex-Police Investigator, Personal Fitness Trainer
Scars and Marks: None known
Remarks: Addis has ties to the following geographical areas: California; Florida; Arizona; Washington; Alaska; Las Vegas, Nevada; Michigan; Canada; and Mexico. Addis is extremely health conscious, physically fit, and an avid body-builder who has established himself in health clubs as a member or personal trainer. Once certified as an instructor in crime scene and death investigations, Addis is also a skilled marksman, survivalist, and small plane pilot. Addis claims to write science fiction novels and screen plays on UFOs. Addis reportedly believes in UFOs and Ra, the sun god in Egyptian mythology.

CAUTION

John Patrick Addis is wanted for his alleged involvement in the murder of his girlfriend in Nevada. Both Addis and the victim were reportedly together when she disappeared on August 19, 1995, from her Las Vegas residence. In October of 1998, the remains of the victim's body were discovered by a hunter in a remote region of Yavapai County, Arizona.
Addis was charged with murder and first degree kidnapping in a state arrest warrant which was issued on July 31, 1998, by the District Court, Clark County, Nevada. On October 30, 1998, a federal arrest warrant was issued by the United States District Court, in the District of Nevada, charging Addis with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.

REWARD

The FBI is offering a reward for information leading directly to the arrest of John Patrick Addis.
SHOULD BE CONSIDERED ARMED AND DANGEROUS
IF YOU HAVE ANY INFORMATION CONCERNING THIS PERSON, PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL FBI OFFICE OR THE NEAREST AMERICAN EMBASSY OR CONSULATE.

ROBERT S. MUELLER, III
DIRECTOR
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
TELEPHONE: (202) 324-3000 
 
AMERICA'S MOST WANTED
 
AMW FUGITIVE DATA FILE FOR  
 John Patrick Addis 
 
EX-COP GONE BAD WANTED FOR MURDER
 
Overview
Ex-Cop Gone Bad Wanted For Murder
As a state trooper in Alaska in the 80s, John Addis excelled in crime scene investigation and forensics.
John Patrick Addis is an intriguing individual. In the 1980s, Addis was a state trooper in Alaska. He rose quickly from patrolling the highways of the Alaskan interior to homicide detective.
His former colleagues remember him as highly intelligent, but somewhat eccentric. During his stint as a trooper, Addis lived on the outskirts of Fairbanks with his wife and two young children. He played the French horn, flew his own small airplane, hunted, fished, studied UFOs and worshipped the deity RAH. Police say he abused his wife, both physically and emotionally. According to investigators, she became a prisoner in the log cabin they shared. The marriage finally ended in a bitter divorce.
After the divorce, his wife received custody of the children, but Addis kidnapped them and flew his plane to Montana. When police caught up with Addis, he was convicted of custodial interference. He did a few months in jail, effectively ending his career in law enforcement.
Could a crime scene expert have covered up the scene of his own crime?
A New Life -- And A Crime Scene That's Just Too Clean
 
Addis and Joann Albanese in happier times.
 
By 1995, Addis had relocated to Las Vegas, and reinvented himself as a body-builder and personal trainer. While working at a local gym, Addis met an attractive divorcee named Joann Albanese. 
At first, Addis seemed like the perfect boyfriend. He was attentive, wrote love letters, and moved into her lovely home. However, as time passed, the abusive, controlling John Addis reemerged. Before long, Joann realized she couldn't tolerate being treated like a slave and tried to break the relationship off. 
On August 19, 1995, Joann Albanese disappeared. So did John Addis. Initially, the case was classified as missing persons because there was no crime scene, no witnesses, and most importantly, no dead body. But when Detective Larry Hanna of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department Homicide Unit learned of Addis's background as a former cop and homicide investigator, Joann's vanishing without a trace and the absence of a crime scene made him very suspicious. 
Addis became the prime suspect in Joann's disappearance. The night before she vanished, police say Joann told a girlfriend she was breaking up with John, and was going to tell him.
The only clue police had was Joann's car. It had been found in Little Hell's Canyon near Prescott, Ariz. An extensive search of the desert area near the car turned up nothing.
But in mid-1998, a hunter stumbled across human skeletal remains in the Arizona desert. DNA tests proved it was Joann Albanese.
On July 31, 1998, a grand jury in Clark County, Nev., charged John Addis with the murder and kidnapping of Joann -- but there was still no sign of him. 
Accused Killer Moves South of Border
Addis started dating this woman in Guadalajara, Mexico. The two have since disappeared.
Investigators have since learned that in 1997, Addis was living in Guadalajara, Mexico under the aliases John Charles Elwars and John Charles Stone. There, he began dating a Mexican woman named Laura Liliana Padilla Squares, who was 26 at the time. 
But Addis and Laura vanished from Guadalajara and have not been seen since. Her family believes Addis kidnapped Laura. Detective Hanna and Laura's family fear the worst, but are holding out hope that she could still be alive and traveling with Addis.
Wanted For
Information valid as of last update.
Kidnapping, Las Vegas, NV; Aug 19, 1995
Murder, Arizona; Jul 31, 1998
SOURCE:www.BEHINDTHEBLUEWALL.BLOGSPOT.COM
 

2006/10/30

Haunted Houses aim to Scare to Salvation

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Ten years ago a Colorado preacher wrote a manual about how to stage a Christian-themed haunted house. It sold for $199.
Like everything else, scaring the hell out of teens is getting more expensive.
The Hell House Outreach kit now costs $299.

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2006/10/29

Parent Use Rottweilers To Babysit 6-Year Old

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MERRILLVILLE, IN -- The parents of a Merrillville boy attacked by a family dog told police they chose to leave the boy alone with their two Rottweilers rather than risk hiring a baby sitter they didn't know, police said Wednesday.

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Turning Back Time

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2006/10/27

Now, They're 'Tickling' Elmo with Meth!

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Principal in a bind after giving kid wedgie

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LIVINGSTON, Mont. -- A high school principal received a six-day suspension and a letter of reprimand for giving one of his students a wedgie.

Eric Messerli pulled a Park High School senior's soccer jersey over his head and yanked upward on the waistband of the boy's underwear at a soccer game Oct. 5. Other school officials said he was joking around with the student and did it playfully.

He was suspended for two days without pay and four days with pay before the school board decided Monday to let him return. He tearfully told the board: ''I've made mistakes in my life, but none have had the impact that this one has had.''

Messerli, who was back on the job Tuesday, will be required to talk with students and staff members about the incident to restore respect and authority.

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2006/10/26

Judge Make's Ruling on 9 year old boys circumcision

@ 04:47 AM (20 months, 18 days ago)

CHICAGO, IL-- A judge in a case closely watched by those who oppose circumcision sided Tuesday with a divorced man who did not want his 9-year-old son to undergo the procedure.

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We Need To Change Current Reporting Laws

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I am all for positive change, but one read of the article in the Cleveland Plain-Dealer has changed my mind. If ever there were a case for maintaining juvie criminal records for a lifetime, this is a good example.

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Computer Addiction?

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2006/10/25

West Virginia OFFICER Murders Stepdaughter & Beat Wife

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...Lisa Pierson was still alive when a relative found her shortly after noon, but she died on the way to the hospital, officials said. Her daughter was dead at the scene. A large hand tool believed to be the weapon was recovered from the house, authorities said. Fearing Pierson jumped off the bridge, authorities searched the Kanawha River Sunday, finding him in his uniform on the river bank downstream about 11 p.m... Lucy Barker said her daughter Lisa Pierson was at least five months pregnant... State Police are gaurding the suspect's room at Charleston Area Medical Center’s General Hospital. He is being treated for a shoulder injury and hypothermia after it is believed he jumped off the Yeager Bridge.
 
Police: Officer suspected of beating wife, stepdaughter to death before suicide attempt
SOUTH CHARLESTON, W.Va. (AP) — A state corrections officer is suspected of beating his wife and stepdaughter to death shortly before he apparently jumped off a bridge in a suicide attempt, state police said.
 
Stanley Pierson, 38, was in stable condition Monday at a Charleston hospital, said State Police Cpl. J.D. Perry at a news conference. He was found in his uniform on a riverbank late Sunday and was taken to the hospital in handcuffs, officials said.
 
Pierson's wife may have been pregnant, officials said.
 
State police are working with prosecutors to determine how to charge Pierson in the bludgeoning deaths of his 39-year-old wife, Lisa, and her daughter, Casey Barker, 20, at their home near Malden, five miles southeast of Charleston.
 
He is cooperating with troopers, Perry said.
 
The charges may depend on the outcome of an autopsy. Neighbors told investigators that Lisa Pierson was pregnant, state police Sgt. J.C. Lee said.
 
If she was, Pierson could be charged under the 2005 Unborn Victims Act, which says an embryo or fetus is considered a victim, separate from the mother, in cases of murder, voluntary manslaughter, battery and domestic assault.
 
It was unclear Monday whether Pierson had a lawyer.
 
State police believe the incident occurred between the time Pierson left work at 6 a.m. Sunday and when his vehicle was reported parked on a bridge on the West Virginia Turnpike about 11 a.m.
 
Lisa Pierson was still alive when a relative found her shortly after noon, but she died on the way to the hospital, officials said. Her daughter was dead at the scene.
 
A large hand tool believed to be the weapon was recovered from the house, authorities said.
 
Fearing Pierson jumped off the bridge, authorities searched the Kanawha River Sunday, finding him in his uniform on the river bank downstream about 11 p.m.
 
Pierson has been a correctional officer at the Charleston Work Release Center for seven years. Before that, he worked three years at Mount Olive, a maximum-security state prison, said Joe Thornton, a spokesman for the Department of Military Affairs and Public Safety.
 
Thornton described Pierson as a model employee. He was cited for his "excellent interpersonal skills" in being named employee of the quarter in the Division of Corrections newsletter in May.
 
 
Slain Kanawha Woman Was Pregnant, Mother Says
Police await confirmation from medical examiner
 
CHARLESTON – A Kanawha County woman beaten to death with a farm tool over the weekend was pregnant, her mother said.
 
Lucy Barker said her daughter Lisa Pierson was at least five months pregnant.
 
Pierson, 39, and her daughter Casey Barker, 20, were found beaten to death inside their Campbells Creek home Sunday afternoon.
 
Pierson’s body has been sent to the State Medical Examiner’s Office in South Charleston. Police are still waiting for the results of an autopsy to determine if she was pregnant.
 
Investigators said two counts of first-degree murder charges may be filed against Stanley Pierson, Lisa's husband and Barker's stepfather, as early as Wednesday.
 
State Police are gaurding the suspect's room at Charleston Area Medical Center’s General Hospital. He is being treated for a shoulder injury and hypothermia after it is believed he jumped off the Yeager Bridge.
 
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2006/10/24

Police Officer and The Beating of 2 Year Old Girl Near Death

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..The girl- was listed in critical condition Friday at Children’s Mercy Hospital. Authorities said she suffered brain injuries and a skull fracture. Doctors performed emergency surgery to relieve pressure in the child’s brain. The child also had healing bruises on her forehead, back and neck, and an adult bite mark on her left leg... a brain scan revealed that the left-side of her brain is beginning to swell. He said doctors do not believe there is much hope... Eickmeier said she is upset that she is being kept from seeing her child. "I'm the one who she's used to holding her when she gets hurt," said the mother...
 
 
2 year-old Alyssa Eickmeier
 
EXCERPT:
...He said that the girl’s mother and he were concerned that they would not be able to afford the cost of hospital bills and funeral arrangements, so his best friends Matt and Jessicia Myers were setting up a fund for his daughter. Late Saturday night, he said he was going over to their home to help set up a myspace.com page to help memorialize his daughter with photographs and tell people about the fund. To donate to the Alyssa Eickmeier Fund, contact Hillcrest Bank in Overland Park at (913) 492-7500.
 
 
 
City Police Officer Nicholas Minet
 
 
 
 
 
Condition of abused girl worsens
Father says 2-year-old is near death. Authorities have accused a Kansas City police officer.
By JOYCE TSAI
The Kansas City Star
Oct. 22, 2006
 
The condition of an abused 2-year-old girl took a deadly turn for the worse Saturday — despite hopes that she had been improving a night earlier, her father said.
 
“She is definitely going to die,” said her father, Chris Eickmeier. “There’s just no chance.”
 
Alyssa Eickmeier was injured early Thursday in her Clay County residence and taken to Children’s Mercy Hospital. Authorities have accused Kansas City police officer Nicholas A. Minet, 28, of shaking her and throwing her down because she would not stop crying. He is charged with first-degree assault and abuse.
 
The change in Alyssa’s condition was a terrible blow to her father and the rest of the family, Eickmeier said, because they had hoped she would recover.
 
“Yesterday, before everyone left the hospital, she was showing eye movement. She was moving on her own,” he said. But by Saturday morning, that had all changed, he said. Tests showed that the other side of her brain had swollen, he said.
 
Although doctors plan to perform another test this morning, it’s clear that Alyssa won’t make it, he said.
 
She suffered brain injuries and a skull fracture Thursday, and doctors performed emergency surgery to relieve pressure in her brain, authorities said Friday. She also had older bruises on her forehead, back and neck that were healing and an adult bite mark on her left leg, court records said.
 
According to the documents, Minet was babysitting the girl at her home in the 400 block of Northwest 71st Terrace, and he had become frustrated with her when she started to cry and shook her.
 
“This was just a shocking thing. No one was ready for this,” Eickmeier said.
 
He said that the girl’s mother and he were concerned that they would not be able to afford the cost of hospital bills and funeral arrangements, so his best friends Matt and Jessicia Myers were setting up a fund for his daughter.
 
Late Saturday night, he said he was going over to their home to help set up a myspace.com page to help memorialize his daughter with photographs and tell people about the fund.
 
“Any loving father in his right mind — it makes you insane it’s for real,” he said. “Three days of crying, three days of up and down emotions, how would you feel?”
 
“I’m used to my daughter happy and all over the place,” he said.
 

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How to help
 
To donate to the Alyssa Eickmeier Fund, contact Hillcrest Bank in Overland Park at (913) 492-7500.
 
 

The Pumpkin Caper

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Bam!!! The school door’s of Fairmount school smashed behind Kevin as he walked out. Everyone had already left, but he stayed behind studying really hard for his math test. Kevin hopped onto his sky blue Schwin bike and peddled furiously to get home. He saw some early trick or treater’s run by, crunching on delicate orange-brown leaves. He smelled crisp, clean October air. It was a darn dark day today, thought Kevin. A leaf fell from a tree. Maybe the day of Halloween is cursed just like Patrick, (Kevin’s best friend) said. As Kevin heard the familiar skid of his bike stopping in the driveway, he remembered how bad last year's Halloween was. He'd gotten squat for candy, And Mr. Winslow’s house was stupid but cool. I wonder if I'll go next year. he thought.
Drip. Drip. Drip. The toxic potion slowly and steadily dripped onto the test subject under the full moon in California. “This potion will make this pumpkin way cool, and super big,” said the weird wacky wacko scientist as he dripped the potion onto the pumpkin. Whoosh!!! BEEP... BEEP... BEEP. The scientist jumped at the sound of the pumpkin radar whooshing into action. This radar showed any results from the pumpkin, and a beep meant high results. Suddenly, the pumpkin sprang alive and the scientist thought he was going to eat him with his teeth gnashing out. Instead, he threw him into a closet, but he grew to the size of an elephant and he burst through the closet door. “I can talk, and I love candy. Said the pumpkin. The pumpkin gazed at a map of Downers Grove IL. “My target is to steal candy from that town!!!” He said as he took the map.

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2006/10/22

Was Baltimore Chief Wrongfully Terminated?

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...The state's highest court agreed this week to hear the lawsuit filed by a former Baltimore police commissioner who claimed that he was wrongfully terminated by the mayor nearly two years ago... Mayor Martin O'Malley removed Clark from office after saying that allegations of domestic abuse had eroded his ability to lead the department...
 
 
(TO SEE LIST OF 42 PREVIOUS POSTS ON CLARK & GERENA SCROLL DOWN BENEATH TODAY'S ARTICLE)
 
Clark's longtime fiancee, Blanca Gerena, reportedly accused him of assaulting her inside the couple's North Baltimore condominium. Both later denied that the incident occurred.
 
 
 
Court to hear former city police chief's lawsuit
Baltimore Sun, MD
By Gus G. Sentementes
October 20, 2006

The state's highest court agreed this week to hear the lawsuit filed by a former Baltimore police commissioner who claimed that he was wrongfully terminated by the mayor nearly two years ago.

The lawsuit was filed by Kevin P. Clark, a top police commander in New York City who was recruited to run Baltimore's Police Department in 2003.

A city Circuit Court judge ruled in favor of the city's right to terminate Clark based on terms in his contract.
 
But a Court of Special Appeals judge in June reinstated the lawsuit, saying the earlier judge erred in ruling that the termination provision in Clark's contract was "valid and enforceable."
 
The city petitioned the Court of Appeals to review the lawsuit.
 
Mayor Martin O'Malley removed Clark from office after saying that allegations of domestic abuse had eroded his ability to lead the department.
 
Neil M. Janey Sr., Clark's attorney, said the former commissioner wants his job back, as well as back pay and compensatory damages for "the embarrassment and humiliation for the manner he was removed from office."
 
He said oral arguments are expected to take place early next year. Ralph S. Tyler, Baltimore's city solicitor, said he believed the city would prevail in the case.
 
"We have always believed, and continue to believe, when Kevin Clark entered into this contract, he agreed to this term," Tyler said. "The term is valid, and we're optimistic that that will be the ultimate determination in the case."
 
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2006/10/20

A Small Town, A Big Tragedy

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There are nine obituaries in today's issue of the Van Buren County, Iowa Register, a weekly newspaper that chronicles life in Bonaparte and the rest of the southeast Iowa county.

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2006/10/19

Gruesome Outcome For Young Woman

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New Orleans police thought was a suicide turned out to be one of the most gruesome murders post-Katrina in New Orleans.

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2006/10/18

The Gun Culture and American Democracy

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2006/10/17

Hollwood Brat Pack Out of Control

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Hollywood is a town that always has known how to feud. You do it behind closed doors or, if you must go public, you spend massive legal fees to do it in courtrooms or for free with angry words and insinuations in gossip columns. So what is it with the twentysomethings these days? The feuding of Young Hollywood has taken a tawdry turn, combining the nastiness of middle-school Queen Bee behavior with an ugly, menacing physical element. http://aolsearcht11.search.aol.com/aol/imageDetails?invocationType=imageResults&query=shanna+moakler+photo&img=http://www.b-cool.co.il/_fck_uploads_/Shanna-Moakler.jpg&site=www.b-cool.co.il&host=http://www.b-cool.co.il/?module=39&action=show_article&id=694&b=image?invocationType=wscreen-searchbox&query=shanna%20moakler%20photoshanna Moakler
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2006/10/16

House Tour of Murder Scene is Absolutely Disgusting

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The "Ghastly Walking Tour" of downtown Naperville, IL, offers spine-tingling tales of a phantom galloping horse and broken-hearted ghosts, but no story is as shocking to the community as word of the tour's newest stop: the home where Marilyn Lemak murdered her three young children in 1999.

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2006/10/14

Dental Assistant at office where 5-year-old died had no training

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At The Hearing, to see if the Dentist should have his license reinstated his assistant, a woman actually asked th Board-- What's a stethoscope?
 Her dentist gave 5-year-old Diamond Brownridge four times the amount of anesthesia for her size, then left her alone with a dental assistant who had no formal training and didn't even know what a stethoscope is, according to testimony Friday at a state hearing over whether the dentist should lose his license.

The state suspended the dental license of Hicham Riba on Sept. 29, two days after Diamond died on life support.

Attorneys for the state Department of Financial and Professional Regulation on Friday told an administrative law judge that Riba gave Diamond a fatal overdose of oral and intravenous sedatives that put the 35-pound kindergartner into an irreversible coma, and that the dentist isn't even licensed to practice deep sedation -- only conscious sedation.

"Although these doses were already high, additional doses were given," said veteran oral surgeon and University of Illinois Professor William Flick, testifying as the state's expert witness. "All of the effects of these drugs are additive. The more drugs, the more you're going to see the negative side effects . . . respiratory and cardiovascular depression."

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New System Warns Victims of Violence

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In the State of Washington Victims of crime often live in fear that the person that attacked them may do it again, but now Washington State has a new tool to help keep crime victims safe.
 
The new tool is VINE, which stands for “Victim Information Notification Everyday” and it allows crime victims to go to the website - or pick up the phone - and find out when an offender is scheduled for release. Victims’ advocates say it’s an invaluable tool in the healing process.
 
If anyone should have known her attacker was about to be released it would be Julie Harmia. She was attacked 25 years ago by South Hill rapist Kevin Coe and she had no idea her attacker's release date was imminent until the state attorney general's office called about the civil commitment process.
 
"I lived in blissful ignorance for basically 20 years," Harmia said during a recent interview. “The fear that he's coming to kill me is very close to the surface."
 
Victims’ advocate Maria Gallucci says more needs to be done.
 
“Anything we can do to empower the victims so they can plan their life, feel safe or have time to implement a safety plan and have a little more control of their life,” Gallucci said.
 
One way to help empower them is through VINE, which Washington State plans to have available in all 58 counties across the state by the end of the year. The system allows victims to find out online or by phone that an offender's release date is approaching.
 
Right now, the state Department of Corrections has a fairly sophisticated system of notifying victims but many counties - including Spokane - do not, meaning victims often find out too late that someone is being released.
 
“They don't know how to get a hold of the person whose life is affected or they've moved or there's some reason they can't get the information until much later,” Gallucci said.
 
And though it's too late for a lot of victims it could mean peace of mind for many more.
 
Spokane County should have the VINE system online by the end of the year with training on the system planned for early December. Hopefully other States will follow and implement the same program.  If you are a victim of domestic violence and the abuser is about to be released, it is important to create a safety plan.  Go to you local library and pick uo a copy of "Defending Our Lives" getting away from domestic violence and staying safe.  Or consider contacting the National Coalition against domestic violence, at 1-800-799-SAFE.  Services are free and confidential where you live in the united states.   

2006/10/13

Project Runway Rantings of a Pregnant Mother

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Last night Bravo's Project Runway aired part 1 of 2 in for the final episode, with part two airing next week. And of course it ended with a tease. Contestants might have design sophistication, they apparently have less people sophistication. Teaching/ learning research shows that people perform quite differently in different situations - e.g. some people need more time to take tests cuz they work slowly/ poorly under pressure.

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2006/10/12

Piece of Garbage Charged in Triple Slaying's of Family

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A 30-year-old man is charged in the murders of his grandmother, mother and uncle at a home in the Gresham neighborhood.

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Foley Walking on The Wild Side

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How not to do it, perv .....

Barenaked Joe's post, Mark Foley: Worst Coming Out Story Ever, hits the mark (no pun intended). A snippet:
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2006/10/11

Doctored Photos Allegedly Compared Man To Bin Ladin Confidante

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A former sales manager for a Lincolnshire pharmaceutical company claims he was ridiculed at a sales meeting two years ago when his face was superimposed on the body of an Osama Bin Laden confidante during a slide presentation. The company's regional sales manager also superimposed the face of Michael V. Childress onto the body of a munchkin from the movie "The Wizard of Oz," according to a lawsuit filed in federal court Tuesday.

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Reuters Fires Author for new Book Bashing Ann Coulter

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@ 02:51 AM (21 months, 3 days ago)
On Tuesday, Joe Maguire, one of two editors in charge of markets coverage at Reuters, handed his bosses the galleys of his new book, “Brainless: The Lies and Lunacy of Ann Coulter.” On Wednesday, Mr. Maguire discovered he would have plenty of free time to promote his book, which comes out this week. Neither side in this dispute would say that he was fired.

“There was a difference of opinion about the approval I received to write this book,” Mr. Maguire said. “I thought I had met the conditions, and proceeded accordingly. As a result, I no longer work there.”

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2006/10/10

Another Police Chief Arrested

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VIDEO: Jack Kuenzie on Lexington police chief arrested on CDV charges -
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"HE WILL KILL ME.  I'M TELLING YOU HE WILL KILL ME."
ONE OF THE KIDS TEXT MESSAGED GRAMA ASKING HER TO "COME HELP US"
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Police Chief Stace Banks Day just resigned after his dv arrest

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...The report says Stace Day disabled the truck in the backyard, took his wife's drivers license, credit cards, checks, her jewelry and broke her cell phone so she could not make calls. The report stated he also broke the victims cell phone so she could not make calls. Later, the report says Stace Day threw his wife to the floor twice, the second time, knocking her out. The next thing she remembered, according to the report, was having water thrown in her face and hearing Day make the statement, "She's only faking, your mamma is such a drama queen"... the front door of the house had been broken in. The victim is said to have bruises on her leg and arm... Laurie Day is quoted as saying she believed her husband would kill her, and that he told her several times, "It doesn't matter where you go, I will find you, you know I have friends in high places, you can't hide from me"...  If you are in an abuvive relationship please contact the National Domestic Violence Hotline at 1-800-799-SAFE .  Services are free and confidential they will direct you to legal, housing and counseling to an area where you would be safe.
 
 
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"Madonna and Child with Bird" This year's new Christmas Stamp

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The Pueblo Chieftain Online
Colorado residents will become the first nationally to see and buy the U.S. Postal Service's 2006 national Christmas Stamp. The stamp will be sold at nationwide post offices the on October 18th.

The painting that is pictured on the stamp - "Madonna and Child with Bird" - is on display at the museum. Dating back to around 1765, the oil-on-canvas painting is attributed to Ignacio Chacon, an artist who painted from about 1745 to 1775 in Cuzco, Peru.

The painting is part of the Engracia and Frank Barrows Freyer Collection of Peruvian colonial art at the museum.

The colorful 39-cent stamp shows the words “Christmas,” along with the image of the painting, the artist’s name and the words “Denver Art Museum.”

 

2006/10/9

God Hates Blogs and we are All Going to Hell

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According to a blog...Bloggers are going to hell one entry at a time, according to Kevin D. Denee of the Restored Church of God's Ambassador Youth magazine:

Should teenagers and others in the Church express themselves to the world through blogs? Because of the obvious dangers; the clear biblical principles that apply; the fact that it gives one a voice; that it is almost always idle words; that teens often do not think before they do; that it is acting out of boredom; and it is filled with appearances of evil -- blogging is simply not to be done in the Church. It should be clear that it is unnecessary and in fact dangerous on many levels.

Let me emphasize that no one—including adults -- should have a blog or personal website (unless it is for legitimate business purposes).

Amish Mourn and Forgive Gunman

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@ 03:45 AM (21 months, 5 days ago)
As I read the story about those in the Amish community it made me stop and think about how much anger and hate we all walk around with in our lives.  I realize if this were my child I would be out of mind with grief and could never even think of forgiving such a person.  We only have once chance in this lifetime, although sometimes I wish we could have a dress rehearsal, first.  Walking around being angry serves no purpose.  And the Amish community believe that God has a great plan for them.  The Amish don't hear the same voices of self destruction many of us do at difficult times in our lives.  They know they have God's love and their actions have spoken volumes to a country whose people have turned to the click of a remote control or the delete button on the computer board or the newest technology of the day, in order to make their lives, better.

But, what better example is there to learn from a God loving community who not only practice what they preach, but live it, each and every day.

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2006/10/8

HELP DENY PAROLE FOR PATRICIA COLUMBO

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@ 08:18 AM (21 months, 6 days ago)
On May 4th, 1976, Mary, Frank, and Michael Columbo were all shot and bludgeoned to death in their Elk Grove Village, Il home by their 19 year old daughter, Patricia Columbo, and her 37 year old lover, Frank DeLuca.

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Law Firm Puts Citizenship On Line-What's Next?

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Seize the opportunity the ads says..but shouldn't it all so say, Must Speak & Understand English to enter the United State's? 

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2006/10/7

Girls Do The Right Thing By Telling Principal

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CHICAGO -A man suspected ot stalking young girls outside a Chicago elementary school has been arrested. A 19-year-old man tried to lure three girls into his car, but the girls refused and they are now bonafide heroes -- praised by the school's principal and police.

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Can You Help I.D. This Little Girl?? Murdered in '79

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This computer-generated illustration provided by the Livingston County Sheriff's Department shows what an unidentified murder victim may have looked like in 1979 when her body was found in Caledonia, N.Y. The girl, believed to be about 15 years old, was shot in the forehead beside a country road in Caledonia the night of Nov. 8, 1979, then was dragged into the field and shot again in the back, police said. To try to unmask the identity of a teenage girl found slain in a cornfield in western New York in 1979, investigators have turned to a pollen-analysis technique rarely used in the United States in hopes of pinpointing where she once lived. (AP Photo/Livingston County Sheriff's Department)

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2006/10/6

Arming Teachers With Guns is Just Plain Dumb

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With the recent rash of school violence a lawmaker in Wisconsin is proposing that teacher's be allowed to carry weapons to school with them.  Can you see the campaign headlines now?  Or perhaps instead of the prestigious Golden Apple Teacher Award, we can expect the Silver Shot Take Aim and Shoot Awards.  Or your dinner conversation was your 6-year old describing the cool 357 magnum they got to see and touch during "show and tell". 

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2006/10/5

Giving Permission to Copycat Crimes

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In the details of Monday's school shooting in Nickel Mines, Pa., they mirror last week's tragedy at Platte Canyon High School in Bailey. And according to experts,  Duane R. Morrison's deadly actions at the Colorado high school Wednesday may have garnered the attention of a copycat killer determined to do worse.

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Meet Mr. Gay from the UK

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A Yorkshire Policeman by the name of Mark Carter 23 has been crowned Britain’s Mr Gay UK.

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2006/10/4

Icky, Sticky, Smelly & Dangerous

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Kent State's college degreed Professor Julio Pino begins today on one of his opening posts said "Inside the brain of George Bush: icky, sticky, smelly and dangerous:" Yes Bloghi's  Global War.  A real receipe for danger even when he is only capable of cutting and pasting news stories from around the globe. To use his own words, one wonders just how icky, sticky, smelly and dangerous this professor of history is while teaching at the University.  Shaping minds with his views is a receipe for disaster.   Afterall, he claims to be an American.  And yet, he dances like a clown at a circus when our men and women who are fighting for our country, posting cheers, when blood is shed.  Maybe the Professor should look outside his computer screen and realize the damage he does when he supports people like Osama bin Ladin.  And the University Board Members who support his daily posting often in the hundred's, look at his words and how he is not shaping and creating a healthy environment, for the university and it's student body.   Sword throwing is dangerous, especially when your wearing a blindfold, unable to see the truth.    Makes one wonder what kind of brains are at the helm of our state funded Universities, doesn't it? 

This is the muslim terrorist sympathizer:

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2006/10/3

Angry: My View on the Insanity of School Tragedies

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Yet another day passes and innocent children, once, again are killed.  This time in a quiet Amish community in Pennsylvania.  The shooter, just as in the other recent tragedy, seperated the girls from the boys.  I watched nightline tonight as they reported on the shootings.  The children wisked away by helicopters taken to other hospitals for immediate medical attention.  Faxes sent by hospitals to the police department so they could notify the parents in this community whose residents do not have the internet or cell phones or cable television. They lead a simple quiet life.  That was up until, today.  Another officer as he carried a 6-year old girl out to safety, died in his arms.  And the reporter at the scene covering the story, barely able to complete his report, overcome with emotion.

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2006/10/2

State Suspends Dentist Riba's License After 5-year old Dies

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Report alleges he didn't monitor girl's pulse or breathing.....
A dentist failed to monitor the pulse, breathing and blood pressure of the 5-year-old girl who slipped into a coma and eventually died when she received a sedative mix of Valium, nitrous oxide and several other drugs, according to a state report.

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'Cruelty Olympics' Causing International Outrage

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A bear struggles to retain its balance while gripping the two metal hoops, which look more like shackles than acrobatics equipment, as a wildlife park worker looks on and laughs.

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2006/10/1

Judge Use's Poor Judgement-should be removed from bench

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A rural Nevada judge was extorted for money after having sex in his Reno hotel room with a known drug user and former legal client.

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