Monthly Archives: October, 2010
Court appointed guardians and elderly abuse
When courts appoint guardians, for the elderly, who are no longer able to care for themselves, or their finances, we are finding that there is now a billion dollar business, in a new oversight report, detailing the abuse, and it also suggests that the government isn’t doing enough to stop the crimes. The GAO, looked …
New York Judge rules 6-year-old can be sued
Now of all things….where is this judge’s head? A girl can be sued over allegations that she ran over an elderly woman with her training bicycle when she was four years old….all this from the New York Supreme Court. The ruling comes from King’s County Supreme Court Justice Paul Wooten is about an incident that …
Harriet Harmon apologizes over “ginger rodent” comment
Deputy Labour leader Harriet Harmon has apologized over her comment in which she called Chief Treasury Secretary Danny Alexander a “ginger rodent”. Harmon made the comment at the Scottish Labour conference in Oban. A spokeswoman for Ms Harman said later: “Harriet Harman has today apologised for her comment about Danny Alexander and says it was …
Immigrant Workers Gain Economic Ground While U.S. Natives Slip
A study just released by the Pew Hispanic Center has just confirmed that immigrants are benefiting before native-born workers from the slow-paced economic recovery. In total, 650,000 foreigners have gained jobs, while 1.2 native born Americans lost their jobs, according to the analysis. So what this means is that unemployment for immigrant workers fell to …
N.Y. Teachers Spend $9M in Taxpayer Cash in ’09 on Cosmetic Surgery
If this doesn’t make you mad, nothing will. In Buffalo New York, school teachers, have spent $9 million in taxpayer money last year, on cosmetic surgery, that involved chemical peels, and other skin treatments that climbed in cost from $1 million in 2004 to $9 million last year. These procedures are provided under the teachers’ …
Authorities Investigating Suspicious UPS Packages in Philadelphia Airport, NYC Truck
This is a developing story. Authorities are investigating suspicious packages found on UPS planes at Philadelphia International Airport and Newark Liberty International Airport and another on a UPS truck in Queens, NY. Also, UPS Reporting that a second plane is being investigated in Philadelphia and that the Newark plane has been cleared and has already …
Boy, 7, says he got bullets at school
A woman in Las Vegas said that her 7 year old son was suspended from school when he and his father turned over ammunition the boy had been given by another child. Sabrina Palafox said the other boy, also a student at Ruthe Deskin Elementary School, warned her son not to talk about the ammunition. But …
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