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| COMMENTARY - "Fighting For Dear Life" Debuts, The Untold Story Of Terri Schiavo
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The State of Florida has strict penalties for starving pets.
How then could a Florida judge using Florida law permit----in fact, order, Terri Schiavo to be starved to death, to become the first victim of a civil death order by a judge in the history of America?
It's the question we, as a nation, ought to ask, David C. Gibbs III and Bob DeMoss say in their new book, "Fighting For Dear Life: The Untold Story of Terri Schiavo and What It Means For All Of Us".
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| Op-Ed - Charlie Crist Let My Daughter Die By Robert Schindler Sr.
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As most Americans know, on March 31, 2005, my daughter, Terri Schindler Schiavo died of starvation and thirst after having her feeding tube removed by court order. The sad chain of events that concluded with Terri's death ignited a media firestorm nationally and internationally. What few saw or heard was the callous inaction of aspiring governor Charlie Crist.
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| Cynthia's Law Will Punish Reckless Assaults of Children
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ALBANY---Cynthia's Law, which creates the new crime of reckless assault of a child in order to appropriately punish someone who recklessly causes serious physical injury to the brain of a young child by shaking, slamming or throwing the child, has been signed into law by Gov. George E. Pataki.
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| Report: GE Discharge of PCB's Harms Champlain Canal
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ALBANY---A draft report outlining how General Electric Company's (GE) discharge of PCBs has led to persistent navigation problems in the Champlain Canal has been released.
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| 17 Busted For No-Fault Insurance Fraud Scheme
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NEW YORK---Seventeen people and three corporations have been indicted on charges that they engaged in an elaborate scheme to defraud no-fault insurance carriers.
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| Agreement Resolves Last Of IPO Spinning Cases
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ALBANY---An agreement to resolve the last in a series of fraud cases stemming from an investigation of the practice known as IPO spinning has been announced by the state Attorney General's office.
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| Judge: Can't Pat-Down Buccaneer Spectators
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TAMPA, FLA---U.S. District Judge James Whittemore is familiar with the U.S. Constitution after all, even though he denied due process and equal protection rights to Terri Schiavo and the American Civil Liberties Union helped fund Michael Schiavo's obsession to end the disabled woman's life.
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| Mother Of Disabled Twins Released On Bail
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CITRUS COUNTY, FLA-The mother of two disabled teenage boys, charged with trying to kill them in May after apparently becoming overwhelmed by their care, has been released on $1,000 bail after a judge decided she needed mental treatment rather than incarceration.
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| Duo Arrested For Possession Of Weapons Arsenal
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WEST ISLIP---Two men are in custody after being arrested on weapons possession charges after a search of their homes in West Islip and Queens turned up over 100 guns, including illegal assault weapons and a grenade launcher.
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| Attorney's Sex Conviction Reversed
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MANHATTAN-It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words.
In the case of Manhattan real estate attorney, it was the difference between a conviction and an acquittal.
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| Study: Key Eyewitness ID Reforms Effective
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NEW YORK--- Results of a new study published in an academic review show that eyewitness identification reforms advocated by a cross-section of organizations and leaders can help protect innocent people and improve the accuracy of police lineups and other identification procedures. The study is the first to use scientifically valid research techniques to evaluate the eyewitness identification reform in the field - in a "real world" application, rather than an academic setting.
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COMMENTARY - When A Mother Loves By Pamela F. Hennessy
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Linda Evans Shepherd is a nationally-booked speaker, the author of some 20 books and the host of a daily radio program. She is also the mother of a profoundly disabled, 20-year old daughter by the name of Laura. To hear Shepherd talk about her daughter is to hear a mother beam with unconditional love and devotion to her child.
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| COMMENTARY - Schiavo Death Benefits----Where's The Money?
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Has Michael Schiavo collected death benefits on the life insurance policy that Prudential Insurance Company had issued to Terri Schiavo as one of their employees?
Or was there a viatical settlement years ago in the case of Terri Schindler-Schiavo, the brain damaged Florida woman who died on March 31 by court order from injuries suffered in a suspicious incident at her home 15 years earlier?
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EXCLUSIVE - Michael Niesen---Ticket To Murder - Part I By June Maxam
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It's been 29 years.
Michael Niesen's brother and his mother know the truth about his death.
Now they want justice. They want the persons responsible for his death held accountable.
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| COMMENTARY - Sheriff Cleveland's Promotion Of Major Shine Not 'Exactly Right'
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Warren County Sheriff Larry J. Cleveland has adamantly denied that he exercises any favoritism in the Warren County Sheriff's Department.
But let's consider the appointment of John Shine.
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| Ex-Councilman Says Sex Abuse Charges Politically Motivated
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WASHINGTON COUNTY---A former member of the Lake George Park Commission and past town board member for the northern Washington County town of Dresden has been indicted on 25 charges which accuse him of sexually abusing three young girls over seven years, including while he was serving on the town board.
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| Report Shows Priest Allegedly Misspent $1.4 Million
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BRIDGEPORT, CONN----A Diocese-ordered investigation has revealed that the former priest of an affluent Roman Catholic parish in Darien may have helped himself to up to $1.4 million in donations prior to his resignation in May.
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| Mistrial In Cell Phone Assault Case
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INDEPENDENCE, MO-A man charged with assaulting his girlfriend by shoving a cell phone down her throat told the jury that the woman had intentionally swallowed the phone in order to keep him from seeing whom she had been calling.
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Revitalized Scaroon Manor Has Rich Resort History By June Maxam
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WARREN COUNTY----You've heard the saying that good things come to those who wait?
Well, such is the case of the revitalization of Scaroon Manor, once a privately-owned sprawling resort area along the western shore of Schroon Lake in the Adirondacks, now a day use area owned by the state providing recreational opportunities for people of all ages.
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Hope Interrupted---Laura's Story By Linda Evans Shepherd
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It was the day after Christmas and my mom and I had spent the day shopping with baby Laura in tow and now we were heading home for dinner.
As I drove down the highway, I peeked in the rear view mirror and into the happy face of Laura, my 18-month old baby, snuggled safely in her car seat. I smiled.
"Honey, we'll be at Grandma's house soon."
Suddenly, taillights blinked red just ahead. My foot pressed the brakes and the car lurched, skidding into the path of an oncoming minivan. My mother's screams pierced the air as I fought the car for control. The minivan tried to serve out of our path, but to no avail. Our car lunged toward it at 60 miles-per-hour.
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| State Employee Admits To Licensing Illegal Aliens
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MIAMI---A 17-year veteran of the Florida Division of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles has pleaded guilty to conspiring to unlawfully produce and transfer Florida drivers' and commercial drivers' licenses.
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| Judges Can Order Attendance At Parent Education Programs
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NEW YORK-Judges in New York State will have the authority to mandate parents involved in custody or visitation disputes to attend certified parent education programs, following a new court rule. The programs, designed to give parents practical tools to reduce the stress of family break-up on their children and protect them from the negative effects of parental conflict, have been available for several years, but until now, judges have only been able to make referrals, not order participation. As a result, compliance with these program referrals has been lower than optimal.
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| Commission Named To Suggest Court System Reforms
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NEW YORK - Modernizing the archaic structure of New York State's trial court system-which has gone virtually unchanged for 45 years-will be the focus of a special commission appointed by Chief Judge Judith S. Kaye. The Special Commission on the Future of the New York State Courts has been charged with assessing the effectiveness of the state's current court structure and proposing reforms that will enable the courts to better meet the needs and expectations of New Yorkers in the years and decades ahead.
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EXCLUSIVE - Schiavo Judge's Wife Contributes To Jim King's Senate Campaign By June Maxam
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Follow the money.
The fate of Terri Schindler-Schiavo was ironically decided over a meal of fried chicken and salad in a Tallahassee restaurant when former Senate President James E. King Jr. and eight other Republicans of the Florida Senate met and resolved not to support legislation being introduced by Sen. Daniel Webster to help save the 41-year-old disabled woman from her death by court-ordered starvation and dehydration, the death penalty verdict rendered by Pinellas County probate court judge George Greer.
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Op-Ed - Middle East Unrest By Oz Forbes
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One can go back in history as far as the Phoenicians and find a trail of blood that would probably fill the Euphrates River.
How sad, how ignorant, how selfish, how horrific the vengeance man imposes upon his perceived enemy. Hatred is so deeply embedded in their souls from birth to death, and from one generation to the other, their very existence is based on inflicting misery to their fellow man.
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| EDITORIAL - The Worse of Two Evils
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He didn't have to endorse anyone in the campaign for the Florida Senate, 8th district which includes Jacksonville.
However, Gov. Jeb Bush endorsed former state Senate President Jim King.
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| From Schiavo Case To Judgeship?
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PINELLAS COUNTY---Two attorneys with connections to the Terri Schiavo case are among the 26 applicants seeking appointment to one of two vacant circuit judge positions in the Sixth Judicial Circuit of Pinellas and Pasco Counties.
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| Op-Ed - Schiavo Again Campaigning Against Honoring Life
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Michael Schiavo put himself first in the issue of disability rights and decided that his incapacitated wife had to die.
Now he's putting himself first again, ahead of the Democratic party, the party to which he claims to belong.
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Inside The First Amendment - When The Censor Within Reaches Out, Watch Out By Paul K. McMasters
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Have you run into a censor lately? If not, you probably don't get out much. Or perhaps you just don't recognize censorship when you see it.
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| AG Sues Cops For Bogus Retirement Claim
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WESTCHESTER---The state Attorney Generals office has sued two local police officers in connection with making fraudulent filings for retirement benefits.
The lawsuit, filed in State Supreme Court in Westchester County, names as defendants Dennis Mahoney, a former police officer in the Town of New Castle, and John Vize, currently a lieutenant in the town police department.
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| Audit: Rochester Officials Ignored Fast Ferry Warning Signs
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ROCHESTER---A State Comptroller's audit of the Rochester fast ferry found that former Rochester city officials ignored many clear warnings that the project had a very high potential for failure and made several missteps that hindered the city's ability to protect itself when the project went awry, according to State Comptroller Alan G. Hevesi.
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| EPF Grants Awarded For Central NY Recreation Projects
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ALBANY---Environmental Protection Fund (EPF) grants totaling $1,616,172 for 11 open space, recreation, preservation and waterfront revitalization projects in Oneida, Onondaga, Oswego and Madison counties have been announced by the Governor's office.
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| Two Charged With Stealing $90K From Social Security
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MINEOLA---Two Nassau County residents have been accused of stealing more than $90,000 from the U.S. Social Security Administration and a life annuity pension after they allegedly failed to give notification of the deaths of their mothers.
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| Vehicle ID of Florida's Sex Offenders Now On Web Site
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TALLAHASSEE--- For the first time, Florida families for the first time now have access to information to help them identify sexual predators' vehicles via the state's sex offender web site. The nearly 39,000 offenders currently listed on the site have victimized children as well as adults and the elderly.
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| Florida AG Awards $24.3 Million In Crime Grants
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TALLAHASSEE --More than $24.3 million for grants to private and public agencies to help crime victims throughout Florida has been awarded by the Florida Attorney General's office. The funds, provided through the federal Victims of Crime Act (VOCA), will provide direct services to help victims stabilize their lives.
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| Homicide Charges In Baby's Death Dismissed
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NORTH CREEK---Sheriff Larry Cleveland and the Warren County Sheriff's Department have lost another case.
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| Ohio Supreme Court Strikes Down Eminent Domain Statute
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CINCINATTI--- In an historic ruling, the Ohio Supreme Court unanimously held that the City of Norwood could not use eminent domain to take Carl and Joy Gamble's home of 35 years, as well as the rental home of Joe Horney and tutoring center owned by Matthew Burton and Sanae Ichikawa Burton, for private development-specifically, a complex of chain stores, condominiums and office space planned by millionaire developer Jeffrey Anderson and his Rookwood Partners.
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| EDITORIAL - Trampling The Constitution-Ohio Style
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If at first you don't succeed, try, try again.
That seems to be the motto of assistant Cuyahoga County prosecutor Daniel Kasaris.
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| NTSB: Instability, Sharp Turn, Passenger Shift Sunk Ethan Allen
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LAKE GEORGE---The probable cause of the capsizing of the Ethan Allen tour boat on Lake George last October was the vessel's insufficient stability to resist the combined forces of a passing wave or wave, a sharp turn and the resulting involuntary shift of passengers to the port side the vessel.
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| Toledo Councilman Takes Bribe, Then Attends Ethics Seminar
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TOLEDO---Former Toledo City Council Member-at- Large Robert A. McCloskey, 60, of 2137 Valentine Street, Toledo, Ohio, has been sentenced to a prison term of 27 months, a 3-year period of supervised release, a $200 special assessment and a $5,000 fine for his guilty plea to two counts of bribery in violation of the Hobbs Act.
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| Man Charged For AOL Instant Messaging Conservation
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MINEOLA---Conducting an allegedly sexually-explicit conversation over America Online's (AOL) Instant Messaging servie with an investigator with the Nassau County district attorney's office will get you arrested.
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| Former State Banking Officials Indicted For Corrupt Scheme
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MANHATTAN--Three individuals and five companies have been indicted for bribery, money laundering and other charges involving former New York State Banking Department officials and C.L.B. Check Cashing, Inc., one of the largest check cashing companies in New York State.
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| Mr. Ding-A-Ling Driver Deported For Sexual Abuse
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TROY---A former Mr. Ding-A-Ling driver has been found guilty of free ice cream and rides in his ice cream truck to sexually abuse a nine year old girl.
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| It's Not About Ability, It's About Love
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When Linda Evans Shepherd's 18-year-old daughter was 18 months old, she was ejected from their car during a violent car crash. While Laura was still hospitalized, 27 health care professionals concurred that Laura was in a persistent vegetative state and that there was no hope for recovery. Their opinion was wrong.
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| Investigative Reports Available
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Do you have evidence of judicial corruption, police or prosecutorial misconduct that other media refuses to report or investigate? Do you feel that you or a family member has been unjustly convicted? Do you have a case involving First Amendment rights? Would you like your story published?
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| Guilty Pleas Entered In Identity Theft Ring
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MANHATTAN---Lanare Elekede, aka "getting2k@yahoo.com," and "getting2k@hotmail", has pleaded guilty in Manhattan Federal Court to his participation in a sophisticated scheme to steal the identities of hundreds of people, and then use those stolen identities to commit fraud.
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| New Conference Center Due For Lake Placid
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LAKE PLACID---The state has committed $20 million for the construction of a new, state-of-the-art conference center to be located in the Village of Lake Placid. The funds for the project will be administered by the New York Olympic Regional Development Authority (ORDA), which manages the Olympic Center where the new conference center will be built in the footprint of the existing Lussi Rink, will measure 65,000 square feet in total and be able to accommodate groups of 1,000 or more.
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| NTSB To Release Ethan Allen Report Tuesday
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LAKE GEORGE---The National Transportation Safety Board will release its long awaited final report Tuesday, July 25 concluding their investigation of the capsizing of the tour boat Ethan Allen.
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| AG Spitzer Settles Waddell & Reed Inside Trading Suit
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ALBANY---One of the nation's oldest mutual fund management companies has agreed to settle charges brought by the state Attorney General's office that the firm permitted illegal trading of its funds.
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| Veteran Boston Cops Busted In Drug Sting
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BOSTON-- Three veteran Boston Police Department officers have been charged in federal court with conspiring to possess with intent to distribute 100 kilograms of cocaine. The men were arrested in Miami, Florida late Sunday where they went to receive a $35,000 payment for protecting a Massachusetts drug shipment as part of an FBI undercover sting operation.
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| Merrill Lynch Broker Bilked Elder Of $320,000
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QUEENS---A former Merrill Lynch broker has pleaded guilty to defrauding an elderly client out of more than $320,000 by stealing checks from the victim's account, forging her signature on them and then depositing the proceeds his own bank accounts.
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| Biology Teacher Convicted Of Sex With Student
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PENSACOLA, FLA---She did a little more than just teach about the birds and the bees.
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| SIC: Watertown Police Inadequately Handled Cop's Domestic Dispute
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ALBANY---The state Commission of Investigation has determined that the Watertown Police Department's handling of a domestic violence incident involving a Watertown police officer was inadequate and that the officer was given preferential treatment because he was a police officer.
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| Consumers Can Compare Rates For LTC Insurance
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ALBANY---consumers in the market for long-term care (LTC) insurance can go online effective immediately to compare sample premium rates in New York.
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COMMENTARY - Another Reward For Schiavo Judge? By June Maxam
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Looks like Judge George Greer is the recipient of another award of sorts.
Pinellas County has become known throughout the country as the home of judicial tyranny in the persona of probate court Judge Greer, death judge in the Terri Schiavo case.
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| Husband Charged In Carrot Assault of Wife
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MONROE, CONN---Carrots are supposed to be good for your vision.
However, a Monroe woman would no doubt argue the point.
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| Vampire Fan Charged With Cemetery Rape
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CENTRAL ISLIP-A man who allegedly lured underage girls to cemeteries via a vampire-related website has been indicted for rape and sodomy charges.
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EXCLUSIVE - Ticket To Murder - Part I By June Maxam
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It's been 29 years.
Michael Niesen's brother and his mother know the truth about his death.
Now they want justice. They want the persons responsible for his death held accountable.
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| Legislation Gives Tax Incentive For Boat Safety
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CLIFTON PARK---Rep. John E. Sweeney (R-NY) has unveiled HR 5274, the Boating Safety Tax Incentive Act, designed to boost boat safety in response to the deaths of 20 people aboard the Ethan Allen last October.
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| Ex-Cop Sentenced For Unlawful Use Of Computer Database
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TAMPA---A former Hillsborough County deputy sheriff has been sentenced to eight years in prison for making false statements to federal agents.
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| Police Officer Pleads Guilty To Kiddie Porn Charges
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ORANGE COUNTY, CA---A former deputy with the Orange County Sheriff's Department pleaded guilty Friday to a federal charge of possession of child pornography for having more than 600 images on his home computer and computer media.
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| State Housing Agencies Provide $45 Million For Flood Victims
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ALBANY---An unprecedented effort from the State's three housing agencies, Division of Housing and Community Renewal (DHCR), State of New York Mortgage Agency (SONYMA) and Affordable Housing Corporation (AHC), will provide approximately $45 million in funding for capital projects and housing programs for the 12 counties hardest-hit by the floods of 2006. The funds will provide both immediate and long-term housing assistance to those victims whose homes have been completely destroyed or have suffered major damage. In addition, small retail business owners who have sustained flood damage to their stores and storefronts will receive assistance for rehabilitation and repairs.
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| Cipriani VP Indicted For Stealing $90,000 From Social Security
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MANHATTAN---The vice president of Cipriani USA has been indicted on charges of defrauding insurance companies of over $1 million in an insurance fraud scam and stealing over $90,000 from the Social Security Administration.
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| Teen Zapped By Computer Mouse
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CANTONMENT, FLA---If the odds for a Florida teen to win at poker are the same of being struck by lightning, he might want to think twice about playing cards.
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Inside the First Amendment - Our Motto Risks Becoming "Over God We Fight" By Charles C. Haynes
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Lest we forget, our first national motto (adopted by the Founders in 1782) was E pluribus unum - out of many, one. But look around America these days and you'll see plenty of "pluribus" but very little "unum."
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| NTSB To Release Ethan Allen Report Tuesday
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LAKE GEORGE---Ten months after the capsizing of the tour boat Ethan Allen on Lake George which took the lives of 20 senior citizens, the National Transportation Safety Board will meet Tuesday, July 25 at 9:30 a.m. to consider a final accident report in the case.
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| Charge Reduced For Queens Senator
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ALBANY---Charges against Sen. Ada Smith, accused of assaulting a former staff member, have been reduced to a non-criminal violation of second degree harassment.
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| New Website Focuses On Keeping Children Safe On Internet
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TALLAHASSEE, FLA--A new poll finds Florida parents perceive their children to be at greater risk than ever before as they go out in the community, rove the World Wide Web, or participate in after school programs and summer camps.
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| Woman Suing Her Parents For Icy Driveway
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DARLINGTON, WIS---Would you sue your parents?
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| Grants Awarded For Build Now-NY
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ALBANY---A total of 23 sites in 13 counties will receive a total of $2 million in matching grants under the fourth round of New York's innovative Build Now-NY initiative.
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| Krueger Calls For NY To Take Lead In Stem Cell Research
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NEW YORK---Upon learning of President Bush's decision to use his veto-power for the first time of his presidency-to block federal funding of stem cell research-New York State Senator Liz Krueger reiterated the need for the New York State Legislature to take the lead and pass legislation to further potentially life-saving research.
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| Federal Judge Subject Of Impeachment Proceedings
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LOS ANGELES---The chairman of the House Judiciary Committee has begun impeachment proceedings against an 82-year-old judge in California accused of misconduct in a bankruptcy case.
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| COMMENTARY - TerriPAC: The Big Fizzle
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Michael Schiavo appeared in Colorado last week to raise money for former state legislator Peggy Lamm, a former member of the the Hemlock society and now Democratic candidate for the 7th Congressional District in Colorado.
Schiavo and his political director, Derek Newton may not be contributing money to anyone's political campaign in the coming months as according to the quarterly report filed with the Federal Election Commission for TerriPAC for the second quarter, the political action committee has only $1,405 on hand.
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| 104 Charged In Major Drug Distribution Network
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In a joint effort of the Attorney General's office and prosecutors from Onondaga, Oswego, Monroe, Lewis and Oneida Counties, narcotics trafficking charges have been filed against 104 defendants alleged to be figures in major drug distribution networks that stretch across New York State.
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| Funds Allocated For On-The-Job Training For Vets
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ALBANY---Funds totaling $2 million have been earmarked for a Reemployment Services for Veterans Program (RSVP) designed to provide On-the-Job Training (OJT) funding opportunities for unemployed and underemployed honorably discharged veterans who served on active duty on or after March 1, 2003.
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| Campaign Treasurer Admits To Stealing Funds
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TAMPA, FLA---The former treasurer of a campaign committee has pleaded guilty to a wrongful conversion of campaign funds.
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| Assisted Living Facility Resident Charged In Murder
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DUNEDIN, FLA---Several days after the former owner of an assisted living facility was charged with multiple counts including neglect and the elderly and disabled, a former resident of the facility has now been charged with the murder of another resident by overdosing her on hydrocodone.
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| Ex-Oswego Mayor Headed To Federal Prison
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SYRACUSE---Former Oswego Mayor John Gosek will be spending the next 37 months in federal prison for using a city owned cell phone to try to solicit sex from two 15-year old girls.
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Op-Ed - Blatant Inaccuracies
By Bobby Schindler
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I read the July 5 column, "Drum the Culprits Out", written by Stephen Goldstein of the South Florida Sun-Sentinel, I can't say that I am surprised to read that Mr. Schiavo continues to disparage my family; however I am very surprised that Mr. Goldstein would choose to print these slanderous statements about my family without verifying whether or not they are true.
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| FEMA Hotline For Flood Victims
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ALBANY-- A disaster-information Helpline is available to New York residents who have already applied for disaster aid from the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
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| Three Arrested For Euthanasia Deaths After Katrina
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NEW ORLEANS, LA---A doctor and two nurses have been arrested for the alleged euthanasia deaths of patients at a New Orleans hospital following Hurricane Katrina.
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| FDLE: Former Homicide Detective, Daughter Exploited Elderly
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MELBOURNE, FLA---A crime scene technician with the Brevard County Sheriff's office and her mother, a former domestic violence investigator for the Brevard County state attorney's office, are free on bond are being arrested on charges of grand theft and exploitation of the elderly involving real estate.
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EXCLUSIVE - Baumgartner Out Of Jail, Judge Reverses Himself On Ruling By June Maxam
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Ohio whistleblower Elsebeth Baumgartner is like a Timex watch.
She takes a licking but keeps on ticking.
And so does the clock for her statutory and constitutional right for a speedy trial which appears to have been violated in Erie County where she's being prosecuted for grand theft of her own corporate vehicle.
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| Op-Ed - Why Won't He Just Go Away?
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"I am proud of Michael Schiavo's support".
Ms. Peggy Lamm, Former member of the Hemlock Society and currently a Democratic congressional candidate
You would think that Michael Schiavo would have been content to walk away after he successfully killed Terri Schiavo.
But not Michael Schiavo.
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| Police: Firefighter Groped Children In Pool
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ORLANDO---One participant in a game of water touch football allegedly got carried away with his touching.
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| Insurance Employee Admits To Ripping Off Firm, Clients
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MINEOLA--A former employee of the insurance firm Geo. V. Bullen and Son. Inc. of Great Neck has admitted stealing over $668,000 from the firm and its clients.
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| Ex-Priest Pleads In Sex Sting
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MINEOLA---An ex-priest from Pennsylvania has pleaded guilty to multiple counts as the result of a sex sting after he arrived in Mineola in March to meet a teenager for a sexual tryst at a hotel.
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| More Businesses Eligible For Flood Recovery Grants
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ALBANY---Businesses in seven additional counties are now eligible for flood recovery grants, bringing the total counties statewide to 20 counties.
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| Owner Of Assisted Living Facility Faces Neglect Charges
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PINELLAS COUNTY---The former owner of an assisted living facility is facing multiple counts including neglect of the elderly and disabled as the result of a six month investigation of the facility.
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| SEC Says Real Estate Scheme Bilked Seniors
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WASHINGTON---The Securities and Exchange Commission has filed an emergency enforcement action to halt a fraudulent real estate investment scheme that bilked senior citizens and retirees out of millions of dollars since 1996.
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| Study: NY's Civil Justice System Among Worst In Nation
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New York's liability climate is among the worst in the nation, and could be damaging the state's already fragile economy, a new report by the Pacific Research Institute has found.
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| Not Dead Yet Protests At Albany Bioethics Parley
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ALBANY--- Protesters from the national disability rights group Not Dead Yet who oppose assisted suicide and euthanasia made their voices known last week at the annual conference of the American Society for Bioethics and Humanites held at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Albany by the Alden March Bioethics Institute at Albany Medical College.
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| Michael Schiavo Supporter Threatens NCG Publisher
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The day following last week's publishing of "Word Games", a commentary regarding the Bill Clinton-Michael Schiavo connection, the publisher of The North Country Gazette was made the subject of an defamatory blogspot powered by Google Inc. and targeted with libelous and defamatory advertisements placed with Google on the search pages for The North Country Gazette and publisher June Maxam.
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| The Michael Niesen Death-Ticket to Murder?
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It was 29 years ago this month that 18-year-old Michael Niesen and Clearwater Police officer Ronald Mahoney died in Pinellas County following an automobile accident.
Did Michael Niesen die as the initial autopsy report says of severe head injuries suffered in a motor vehicle accident or as the result of a beating by officers of the Clearwater Police Department in retaliation for the death of their fellow officer as a third autopsy report completed after an exhumation suggests, saying that "Niesen received his head injuries some time after the motor vehicle accident and while in the custody of local authorities"?
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| Ex-Teacher Gets 7 Years For Sending Nude Photos
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MCMINNVILLE, TENN---A former physical education teacher who had served 198 days of jail time after being convicted last year of having sexual intercourse and oral sex with a 14-year-old student, will be spending the next seven years in jail for allegedly sending sexually explicit photos of herself to the boy.
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Op-Ed - Political Correctness By Oscar Forbes
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Political correctness has silently evolved toward the disintegration of free-speech, and public assembly.
As Glenn Beck stated recently, political correctness has caused us discomfort and to be uncomfortable in speaking with others who may be different than us, or words to that effect.
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Op-Ed - Like Lambs To The Slaughter By Jason Troyer |
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Being pro-life activists, we see lambs being lead to the slaughter on a daily basis. In the Colorado pro-life community Lamb can also be spelled Lamm. Unfortunately, the second Lamm is the enemy of the first, because it was Dick Lamm, the state legislator who, in 1967, authored the first law to legalize abortion for rape and incest. He has gone on to become "Duty to Die" Lamm explaining the elderly should kill themselves, "…and let the other society, our kids, build a reasonable life." Dick Lamm will turn 71 later this year.
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| Female Cop Whistleblowers Sue For Retaliation
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NEW YORK - The American Civil Liberties Union has filed a lawsuit against the New York City Department of Correction (DOC) on behalf of two female officers who have faced departmental discrimination and retaliation for following procedures and reporting sexual and physical assaults by male officers.
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| COMMENTARY - The Political Exploitation Of Terri Schiavo
By June Maxam
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"I'm a very private person. I'd be happy if no one outside my immediate circle of friends and coworkers knew my name".
So said Michael Schiavo in the opening pages of his book, Terri: The Truth", the first chapter in his shameful exploitation of his late disabled wife Terri Schindler Schiavo who died last March at his hand after a judicial degree was secured at his behest and that of the nation's culture of death led by such individuals as George Soros, George Felos and the late Dr. Ronald Cranford.
Schiavo's book is full of lies and misrepresentations.
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| Hevesi Challenger Seeks Probe Of "Quid Pro Quo" Claim
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ALBANY---The political mudslinging is escalating as State Comptroller Alan Hevesi's opponent is asking the state's Attorney General to investigate which he terms is a case of quid pro quo.
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| Ex-Lobbyist Convicted At Oil-For-Food Trial
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A federal jury in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has convicted former South Korean lobbyist Tongsun Park in connection with his participation in a conspiracy to act in the United States as an unregistered agent of the government of Iraq, to assist the Iraqi Government with respect to the creation of the United Nations' Oil-for-Food Program.
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| Guard Charged With Violating Inmates' Rights
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MIAMI---A former correctional officer employed by the State of Florida at the Everglades Correctional Institution has been arrested on federal civil rights charges.
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| $40 Million Lawsuit Filed In Boot Camp Death
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TALLAHASSEE---The family of the 14-year-old boy who died in January following a beating at a Bay County boot camp in Panama City has sued the Department of Juvenile Justice and the Bay County Sheriff's office for $40 million.
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| Bush Supports Schiavo Nurse, DOH Seeks Dismissal Of Complaint
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PINELLAS COUNTY---The Florida Department of Health has asked the Board of Nursing to dismiss the agency's finding of probable cause that Carla Sauer-Iyer had improperly disclosed confidential patient information regarding Terri Schindler Schiavo on national television.
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| COMMENTARY - Time For A Schiavo Polygraph
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According to Michael Schiavo, everyone else is lying.
If he's so adamant he's the only one telling the truth, why hasn't he taken a lie detector test to prove his innocence and professed honesty?
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Double Standards By June Maxam
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The St. Petersburg Times, long an advocate for Michael Schiavo, has gone on the attack against one of his accusers, registered nurse Carla Sauer Iyer, a former caregiver of Terri Schindler Schiavo.
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| Ohio Supreme Court Rules Against Rent-A-Judges
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COLUMBUS---In a ruling which could affect the Elsebeth Baumgartner case, the Ohio Supreme Court has ruled 6-1 that private judges such as retired visiting judges Richard Markus and Richard Knepper can only preside over trials without juries.
Knepper is the presiding judge in the criminal charges against disbarred Oak Harbor attorney Baumgartner, charged with grand larceny for the alleged theft of her own vehicle, felony fleeing and other charges emanating from an invalid defective arrest warrant executed last year.
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| Court To Review Cost Of Prisoners' Phone Calls
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ALBANY---The Court of Appeals has agreed to review a lawsuit seeking an order prohibiting the state and Verizon/MCI from charging exorbitant rates to the family members of prisoners to finance a 57.5% kickback to the state.
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Inside The First Amendment - Rating Shock And Awe At The Movies By Paul K. McMasters
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Millions of Americans every weekend consider it a real delight to settle into the soft, popcorn-fragrant darkness of a movie theater, to bask in the silver screen's soothing glow, to escape - for a couple of hours at least - all that turmoil outside.
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| Convicted Veterinarian Avoids Jail Time
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GREENWICH---A Washington County veterinarian, convicted of neglecting a horse that is a granddaughter of the legendary racehorse Seattle Slew, has been sentenced to 300 hours of community service and three years on probation.
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| Manhattan Lawyer Indicted For Stealing From Estates
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MANHATTAN---A Manhattan lawyer has been indicted for stealing over $1.6 million from seven clients.
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| Disaster Training Center Opens Ahead Of Schedule
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ONEIDA COUNTY--- The new state-of-the-art New York State Preparedness Training Center which serves as the hub for emergency response training for natural, technological and terrorism related disasters for first responders at all levels of government has opened in Oneida County ahead of schedule and has begun conducting training classes this week.
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| Albany Medical Center To Reform Billing Practices
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ALBANY---The state Attorney General's office has reache |