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Re: News from your neck of the woods
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10/11/08 01:34 AM
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I was born in this hospital, my dad worked there since it opened over 40 years ago, and I could walk there from here... and hell, my mom just spent a few days there -- on the second floor -- last week...!  Elderly man shoots ailing wife in Toms River hospitalby Mary Ann Spoto/The Star-Ledger
Friday October 10, 2008, 7:09 PM
An 88-year-old Ocean County man walked into the Community Medical Center in Toms River this afternoon and shot his 87-year-old wife to death before turning the gun on himself, authorities said.
The shooting occurred at 12:20 p.m. on the hospital's second floor. The gunman, whom authorities have not yet identified, was airlifted to the trauma center at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune, Toms River Police Chief Michael Mastronardy said. He remains in critical condition this evening.
Mastronardy said a small-caliber weapon was recovered in the second floor room where the shooting occurred. He said he could not confirm the woman's medical condition, that he did not know why she was hospitalized or whether it had anything to do with the shooting.
The scene outside the Community Medical Center in Toms River.
When police arrived they found the man on the floor and his wife in the bed, both with bullet wounds. A female patient who also was in the room at the time of the shooting was unharmed and police said they were interviewing her about what happened.
The couple lived in Holiday City, an adult community in Berkeley Township, Mastronardy said.
Eugenio Diaz, who was at the hosptial today to visit his ex-wife, also a patient on the second floor, said he heard the slain woman was suffering from cancer. Diaz said he spent time with the son of the elderly couple in the hospital's waiting room Thursday night, and saw the son again in the waiting room this afternoon. He said the son was crying.
Diaz said he asked the son what happened, and the son said "My father shot my mother."
Although many patients in the hospital were unaware of the shooting, visitors who arrived at the hospital slowly discovered what had unfolded after being denied entrance.
Bernice Gaspari of North Vale who was at the hospital yesterday afternoon to visit her father said she was initially directed away from the front door to the emergency room entrance.
"We figured a bomb threat. We never thought a shooting," said Gaspari. "Somebody said there was somebody on he second floor with a gun."
A man standing nearby, who declined to be identified, said he saw 40 to 50 police vehicles drive up to the hospital at about the same time security guards appeared to react to a call to enter the hospital.
"By the time security got to the door, cops were all over the place, fully armed," he said.
Gaspari said that, during the commotion, she managed to get inside the hospital and to the fourth floor to visit her father. She found him in his room with her two uncles, but none of them were aware of the situation.
"I got up there and it looked like nobody knew," she said.
At Holiday City, a collection of 3,300 ranch-style houses, residents said they were both disturbed and saddened hear about the shooting.
"It disturbs me to hear that, but who knows what is the reason?" said Rosa Cuomo, a resident of the development. "If it was the wife was sick, rather than live a cripple, I could understand someone doing that. The courage it would take to do that..." When I was recently there, and also previously the past few years post-9/11... it was always so obvious to me how lax the security was there. Any hospital, really, when you think about it. I've always easily walked wherever I wanted and was never bothered, if I looked like I knew where I was going. "Authorized Personnel Only"? No problem, I'd just walk thru the doors if my mom or dad were on the other side, and no one ever bothered me. How about some metal detectors? Forget it. Somehow hospitals think they're broke, like they don't make enough money. Please. You could get the best suite and service in Atlantic City for less! lol But what kills me is this: "The gunman, whom authorities have not yet identified, was airlifted to the trauma center at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune" -- ummmm... the gunman shot someone IN A HOSPITAL... but had to be airlifted to ANOTHER hospital??? WTF?
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey!  lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: News from your neck of the woods
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10/13/08 01:38 AM
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An 88-year-old Ocean County man walked into the Community Medical Center in Toms River this afternoon and shot his 87-year-old wife to death before turning the gun on himself, authorities said.
The old man died yesterday. Apparently he couldn't face living without his wife.
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Re: News from your neck of the woods
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10/14/08 04:12 PM
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MC, I heard that they want to wait to impose the smoking ban, fearing it would drive away even more business. I believe they put that ban into effect for a week. Now, they're putting a moratorium (sp?) on the ban for one year.
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Re: News from your neck of the woods
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10/14/08 04:17 PM
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The PA casinos have put a dent into the AC gambling revenue. How are the casinos in PA, klyd??
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Re: News from your neck of the woods
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10/15/08 09:13 AM
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The PA casinos have put a dent into the AC gambling revenue. How are the casinos in PA, klyd?? I haven't been to them. I'm not a big casino guy, but I have friends, who go regularly and enjoy it. My wife went with some friends recently, and she had a good time. Apparently, it's mostly slot machines, but it attracts the older folks, who used to pile into buses daily from all over eastern PA and go to AC for the day. A few months ago, our local news did a story about how the bus lines' business has decreased. The bus trips were a pretty good bargain. Upon arrival people would be given gambling tokens equal to the cost of the bus fare, plus a voucher for a free buffet dinner. I always thought it was worth it even if you didn't gamble.
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Re: News from your neck of the woods
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10/25/08 10:59 AM
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MC, I heard that they want to wait to impose the smoking ban, fearing it would drive away even more business. I believe they put that ban into effect for a week. Now, they're putting a moratorium (sp?) on the ban for one year. The city council is voting on it in light of the economic impact. The casinos have reported the lowest % drop in revenue EVER. The smoking ban, gas prices, PA gambling have all contributed. The vote will extend smoking for a year. Stay tuned.
Whoever exalts himself will be humbled, whoever humbles himself will be exalted - Matthew 23:12
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Re: News from your neck of the woods
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11/01/08 07:10 AM
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A young boy from our neighbourhood died the day before Halloween. We just found out this morning. He took some sort of fit and choked apparently. How very sad  He was only 13 and was well known around the doors as a nice kid,loved his football! Like i said,very,very sad....
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Re: News from your neck of the woods
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12/01/08 06:51 PM
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Christine Beatty, the former chief of staff for (and mistress of) disgraced former Detroit mayor Kwame Kilpatrick decided to take a plea deal on the perjury and obstruction of justice charges. She'll get the same time in jail (4 months) that the former mayor received. She might even get an adjacent cell...
Tearful Beatty apologizes in text message scandal
George Hunter / The Detroit News
SOUTHFIELD -- She famously rolled her eyes and struck a defiant pose throughout the whistle-blower lawsuit against her and her former boss. But Christine Beatty broke into tears and spoke of contrition today during a press conference at her attorney's office.
"I am extremely sorry for all the people who were harmed in this ordeal," said Beatty, former chief of staff for ex-mayor Kwame Kilpatrick, as she read a prepared statement. Beatty spoke at attorney Mayer Morganroth's Southfield office.
Beatty pleaded guilty earlier today to two counts of obstructing justice for lying on the witness stand during a police whistle-blower lawsuit in the text message scandal. As part of the plea deal with Wayne County Prosecutors, Beatty will serve a 120-day jail sentence; remain on probation for five years; and pay $100,000 restitution to the city.
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She explained why she took the deal, saying, "After many long months, I decided to end this ordeal. I decided not to go through that, and not take a chance ... of being there for my daughters."
Beatty said she wanted to "especially apologize to the people of the great city of Detroit. I am truly sorry. Detroit is my home, and I hope one day the work that was accomplished will eventually show through."
To her supporters, Beatty said, "Please continue to pray for me and my family," and she gave a special thanks "to my mother, my family, my church family and my friends. You have stuck by me at every turn and I could not have made it through a single day without you. I thank God you were with me during that time.
"This has been a very trying time but also a very spiritual one."
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Re: News from your neck of the woods
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12/04/08 05:52 AM
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I have never liked the government taking property in civil cases where there was no criminal conviction so this news was sort of grimly humorous to me. The local real estate market , with very few exceptions, is almost dead right now.http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081204/ap_on_re_us/meltdown_selling_assetsFeds nix plan to sell Detroit houses tied to drugs By ED WHITE, Associated Press Writer Ed White, Associated Press Writer DETROIT – Federal prosecutors twice pursued a former autoworker suspected of running a multimillion-dollar drug operation. The first attempt fizzled when Clarence Carson died shortly after an indictment. The second? Blame it on the collapse of Detroit's real-estate market. The government recently abandoned a plan to sell nearly three dozen properties — land, houses and strip malls — believed to have been acquired by Carson through heroin, marijuana and cocaine sales. "The market tanked," Assistant U.S. Attorney Peter Ziedas said. "If we were able to effectively market these and come up with some kind of return, we would have done it." Like any seller, the U.S. Marshals Service, which is in charge of getting rid of assets grabbed by the Justice Department, is finding that location is the key to real estate these days. "We are dealing with markets that have either declined slightly or tanked in different regions," said Dave Turner, a Marshals Service spokesman in Washington. "Clearly the market in Los Angeles comes to mind, the market in southern Florida and Las Vegas," he said. "It's really unfortunate when we find a neighborhood or a city facing that situation." Michigan is in the top 10 states for home foreclosures; a recent list of Wayne County properties inserted in the Sunday newspaper was as thick as the paper. The state's unemployment rate rose to 9.3 percent in October, well above the national figure, as the auto industry sheds jobs. Against this gloomy background, the government tried to dismantle Carson's real-estate holdings, mostly rentals, a miniature empire alleged to have been the tainted fruit of two decades of drug trafficking. Investigators claim his commercial buildings were large enough to conceal truckloads of marijuana from Mexico. Carson died of cancer at age 54 in January 2004, two months after he was charged with financial crimes. His demise, however, did not stop federal authorities from returning in 2007 with a civil lawsuit to seize his properties. Carson "drove an associate around the city of Detroit on several occasions and showed the associate all of the properties he owned," the government alleged. "Carson bragged about the fact that he had purchased the ... properties with narcotics proceeds." Defense lawyer David DuMouchel said his client denied any involvement in drugs. "Seemed like a nice guy who worked hard," DuMouchel said. "The government apparently had a different view." Rodney Carson, 35, said the family was stunned by the government's decision to pursue the real estate after his father's death. "I'm not going to say I spent 24/7 with my father, but I never knew of a drug investigation," he said. Unlike a criminal case, where guilt must be established beyond a reasonable doubt, the threshold in a forfeiture case is much lower. The government must show a "substantial" connection between certain assets and a crime, not necessarily a direct link. Carson's widow, Ida, "screamed at the top of her lungs, `This is not true!' She's denied it completely," Rodney Carson said of the government's allegation. "But our lawyer told us to settle or they'll bottle you up. I believe we were bullied. That's the only polite way to classify it." By November 2007, the U.S. attorney's office reached an agreement with the Carson family: Thirty-one properties, most in Detroit, would be sold, with the government keeping 55 percent of the money after debts were paid. But nearly a year later, a judge threw out the deal at the request of both sides. Some properties had thousands of dollars in unpaid taxes, and many were in poor condition even for people willing to bet on a fixer-upper. Nothing had moved. A low-rise apartment complex next to a Roman Catholic seminary has no tenants. Front doors are missing or damaged, and the alley has become a drive-by dump for mattresses and trash. A notice for more than $50,000 in back taxes and penalties is nailed to a window frame. "The Marshals said this is not doable," said Ziedas, the government lawyer. "Should we have understood a year-and-a-half ago that it wasn't doable? I don't know how to answer that. There was supposedly value." Rodney Carson blames the government. He said the properties withered because tenants fled when authorities claimed the homes were tied to drugs. "Rental income dried up. Plumbing was getting stolen," Carson said. "We got them back now, but unless we can sell them in these horrible conditions — it's just more debt." Any hope? "Not at all," he replied. Real-estate agents elsewhere also say the market has forced sellers, including the government, to lower expectations. Robert Cusmano of Miami said he's close to selling a duplex in the Liberty City area for $175,000, more than a year after the Marshals Service got the property. Earlier listing prices exceeded $250,000, which he called "ridiculous." "Vandalism is a big problem," Cusmano said. "This needs a new kitchen, new bathroom, new floor, paint inside and out." But he's grateful for a deal. "When I go to conferences," Cusmano said, "they say inner-city stuff can't be given away."
"When the snows fall and the white winds blow, the lone wolf dies but the pack survives."
Winter is Coming
Now this is the Law of the Jungle—as old and as true as the sky; And the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die.
As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk, the Law runneth forward and back; For the strength of the Pack is the Wolf, and the strength of the Wolf is the Pack.
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Re: News from your neck of the woods
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12/11/08 07:16 PM
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Nuts! Chipmunk takes over woman's car December 10, 2008 By Carrie Napoleon Post-Tribune correspondent When the turn signal and windshield wipers went out on Hope Wideup's car, she didn't think much of it. It was a 2004 with about 60,000 miles, just about the right age and mileage for some minor problems to crop up. » Click to enlarge image Hope Wideup's engine compartment was filled with thousands of black walnuts by an enterprising chipmunk. It cost the DeMotte woman more than $200 to get the car cleaned out and repaired. What the DeMotte resident didn't expect was what she discovered under the hood of her vehicle. Nuts, black walnuts, and lots of them. "There were thousands in there. They were everywhere," Wideup said. Now, $242 in car repairs and towing later, Wideup thinks she has figured out just how those walnuts made their way to her car. Wideup speculates it all started in the fall when a chipmunk snatched a garden glove from her yard. She tried to chase the creature and get it to drop the glove, but then decided since winter was coming the chipmunk might need it for a nest. She later found the glove in the engine compartment of her car when she was trying to repair the broken turn signal. Since she couldn't fix the turn signal, Wideup let the car sit unused for a couple weeks before dealing with the minor repairs. When she went to start the vehicle, the engine made a huge revving sound. It was at that time she looked under the hood again to find a sea of black walnuts filling the entire engine compartment. "Apparently this little guy stuffed a bunch of these nuts in the accelerator throttle," Wideup said, which caused the engine revving. Wideup said she was surprised an animal would do this in a car. She moved to DeMotte in March from Hobart, where she said she saw the occasional chipmunk but never had a problem. Bryan Overstreet with the Jasper County Purdue Extension said animal problems are not uncommon, especially in vehicles that are not used often. However, more often it is mice that take up residence in a vehicle. Once an animal finds its home it can be difficult to stop it from returning. With a vehicle it is important to not let it sit unused. The best bet to stop the animal from continuing the behavior is relocating the creature. "The biggest key is you probably want to keep it from coming back there. You have to move him," Overstreet said. Wideup said so far the chipmunk hasn't returned. She is alternating her two cars so one doesn't sit too long. In the meantime, she is taking the situation in stride. "This time of year I surely wasn't prepared for that $242.08 expense," she said. "It's funny, but it's not."
 Long as I remember The rain been coming down.
Clouds of Mystery pouring Confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages, Trying to find the sun;
And I wonder, Still I wonder, Who'll stop the rain.
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Re: News from your neck of the woods
[Re: Longneck]
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12/19/08 05:44 AM
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A local man,who is disabled and only gets around with the help of crutches was sitting in his house waiting for his grandkids to arrive. So imagine his surprise when a scruffy stranger burst into his front room and started pinching bottles of booze out of his cabinet? The burglar tried to get back out of the house but the hopalong hero caught him (somehow),wedged him in the front door and bashed him up with his crutch. Good on him. He deserves a medal  The miscreant got a suspended jail sentence. No surprise there either!
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Re: News from your neck of the woods
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12/19/08 08:26 AM
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It's one thing to break in to steal cash, jewels or furs -- but booze??! Don't you have the death penalty there??  
I studied Italian for 2 semesters. Not once was a "C" pronounced as a "G", and never was a trailing "I" ignored! And I'm from Jersey! lol Whaddaya want me to do? Whack a guy? Off a guy? Whack off a guy? --Peter Griffin My DVDs | Facebook | Godfather Filming Locations
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Re: News from your neck of the woods
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Admittedly I have never heard of Chris Brown and vaguely have heard of his girlfriend Rhiannon. This guy is a real ass. While not necessarily news in my area, I heard the L.A. radio station talk about it today. This girl had two black eyes several concussions including two on her face and bite marks.  WTF What's sad is, according to the news story she is refusing to press charges (probably scared to death of the MFer. Yet her parents, from another country (can't remember where) want her to come home (obviously). Anyway, what a scum of the earth, lowlife, cowardly piece of shit asshole this guy is. Thanks for letting me vent. This pisses me off. TIS Chris Brown & Rhiannon
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VALPARAISO | A man who was clearing a drain in the roadway near his house got soaked with water when a motorist drove through a puddle and splashed him.
Police said the man became angry and threw his shovel at the car, causing $500 damage.
Police are requesting a warrant to arrest the man, a 53-year-old resident of the 500 block of Napoleon Street, on a misdemeanor criminal mischief charge.
The incident occurred at 10:45 a.m. Saturday on Napoleon Street. The driver of the car, Rachel Lucas, 25, of Valparaiso, told police she was northbound on Napoleon Street at about 30 mph when she drove past the man and the puddle, then heard what she thought was a snowball strike her vehicle.
Lucas told police she stopped in the Emerson parking lot to check for damage to her Chevrolet Impala, at which time a witness -- a motorist who had been driving two car lengths behind her -- told her the man threw his shovel, not a snowball, at her car.
Lucas saw that her car was scratched and dented, so she called police and went to talk to the man. Lucas told police the man began to yell at her and call her names, then shouted, "I'm going to put another shovel in the side of your car."
Police arrived a short time later and spoke to the suspect. He said he was using a shovel to clear the sewer drain when Lucas drove past him and a puddle at 50 mph and soaked him. He told police he then hit Lucas' car with his shovel.
The witness told police Lucas was driving at 20 mph when she soaked the man, and the man threw his shovel at Lucas' car. The witness also said someone was standing on the opposite side of the road, saw the man get soaked and "fell down laughing."
Long as I remember The rain been coming down.
Clouds of Mystery pouring Confusion on the ground.
Good men through the ages, Trying to find the sun;
And I wonder, Still I wonder, Who'll stop the rain.
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02/12/09 11:13 AM
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Every year the RSPCA (Royal Society of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals) publishes its reports of how many people prosecuted and the like. Every year unfortuneatley,the north East of England where i come from is top of the list for offences committed. This year one of the worst cases caught my eye. A young thug forced 2 chickens to drink whiskey and smoke cannabis before he snapped their necks Where do these people come from? Scum doesn't even begin to describe them!!!
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