Daily Archives: October 15, 2011

California Bans Public Display of Guns

October 15, 2011   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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California Gov. Jerry Brown has banned the public display of handguns.

Brown said that he signed the bill at the request of law enforcement officials and it will go into effect on Jan. 1.

Prior to the signing of the law, California allowed weapons to be displayed in public, as long as they were not loaded.  This law created confusion amongst cops as they would receive calls about people with guns who were not actually using them.

With Brown signing the bill, he took a position in the fun debate.  Currently, forty-two states allow people to openly carry guns.

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BET Founder’s “RLJ Rule”

October 15, 2011   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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BET founder Robert Johnson has come up with a plan called the “RLJ Rule,” which he believes will provide African-Americans jobs.

The “RLJ Rule” would make all Fortune 1000 companies interview at least two black candidates for high-level positions and talk to two black-business owners before making contracts.

The rule is being compared to the NFL’s “Rooney Rule,” which requires the NFL to interview at least one person of color for coaching and executive positions.  The rule is name after Pittsburgh Steelers owner Art Rooney and has led to five black head coaches being in the Superbowl, and to two wins.

Johnson came up with the rule after noting that plans implemented by President Barack Obama haven’t worked.

Currently the only negatives to the plan is that the plan only addresses higher level jobs and not entry-level work.

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Police Falsely Charged People to Make Quota

October 15, 2011   Joanelle Navarro   No comments

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It has been revealed by a former NYPD narcotics detective that it was common to falsely charge people with drug possession in order to meet quota.

Stephen Anderson, the former police officer, revealed this in a testimony at the court case involving eight cops for false arrests in the Brooklyn South and Queens squads.

Anderson was busted for planting cocaine on four men at a bar in Queens.

The city has already had to pay $300,000 to Jose Colon and his brother Maximo who were falsely arrested that night by Anderson and fellow cop Henry Taravez.

NYPD officers would not comment on the situation.

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Convicted Marine Granted Temporary Release for Birth of Child

October 15, 2011   Samantha Kauffman   4 Comments

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Sgt. Larry Hutchins, a convicted marine, has been granted temporary release to witness the birth of his second child, according to Fox News.

Hutchins was convicted in 2006 for leading an eight-man squad that kidnapped an Iraqi man from his home, brought him into a ditch and killed him, according to Fox News.

Hutchins’ wife became pregnant after he was released by an appellate decision, however after the decision was overturned several months later, he returned to prison, according to Fox News.

Hutchins is currently facing an 11-year sentence, according Fox News.

This story contains information from Fox News.

 

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Scottish Teenager Dies Unexpectedly Dyeing Hair

October 15, 2011   Samantha Kauffman   10 Comments

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Twenty minutes after applying hair dye, 17-year-old Tabatha McCourt of Airdrie, Lanarkshire –located in central Scotland-started experiencing strange symptoms and later died.

In an interview with Fox News, McCourt’s best friend, Heather Goodhall, recalled the situation.

According to Fox News, McCourt had placed the hair dye in her hair and approximately 20 minutes later she began to pull the foil out of her hair and started repeating the word “no,” said Goodhall.

According to the interview, McCourt had begun screaming in pain, pulling her hair and vomiting.

McCourt’s friends stated she later had to be held down while she began to have what was described as a “violent fit,” according to Fox News.

Goodhall called the ambulance where she was later taken to Monklands General Hospital where she later died, according to Daily Record.

According to Daily Record, police find the teenager’s death unexplainable and is under investigation.

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Young Vietnamese Woman Ages Rapidly

October 15, 2011   Joanelle Navarro   1 Comment

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A Vietnamese woman has aged rapidly in over a matter of days.

Nguyen Thi Phuong, a 26 year-old, has a strange condition that has given her a puffy face and skin folds all over her body.  Her appearance makes her appear 50 years older than she actually is.

Phuong says she believes the rapid change in appearance came from a bad allergy reaction to seafood.  She took some medication and immediately experienced side effects.

Doctors believe she could have a rare skin condition called lipodystrophy, which is when a layer of fat under the skin goes away, but the skin continues to grow.  Only around 2,000 people have the condition.

Phuong now refuses to leave the house without a mask on and despite her condition, her husband has remained devoted to her.

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Employee Told to Stop Giving CPR to Dying Co-Worker

October 15, 2011   Madeleine Bromiley   No comments

Last month, in Garfield Heights, Ohio, a Time Warner Cable customer service rep passed away at her desk.  She was slumped down in her chair when a co-worker attempted to give her CPR to save her.  The co-worker was then told by her boss to stop while trying to give CPR to 67-year-old Julia Nelson and to “get back on the phone and take care of customers.”  The co-worker was also told that if she had kept going that she could’ve been held accountable if anything went wrong.  However, a law was passed in Ohio called a “Good Samaritan” law that “protects bystanders who provide emergency aid from being sued for unintentional injury or wrongful death.”  Nelson did not receive the help that she should have.  The police are still reviewing this incident and hope to find out more information.

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