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Nov 26, 2005	Two die after falling through ice near Sheboygan I feel so sorry for the child, but this guy was a very stupid man. What kind of person goes out onto new ice with small children?
Nov 26, 2005	Teacher under investigation for alleged liberalism BENNINGTON, Vt. --The school superintendent whose district includes Mount Anthony Union High School has labeled "inappropriate" and "irresponsible" an English teacher's use of liberal statements in a vocabulary quiz.
Nov 11, 2005	A Salute to United States Veterans * For the Guardians of Honor *
Oct 18, 2005	PETA workers face 25 felony counts in North Carolina WINTON, N.C. - The cats and dogs two PETA employees have been charged with euthanizing and dumping in an Ahoskie garbage bin were killed by injections of pentobarbital, a barbiturate commonly used to put down animals, according to new warrants issued and served on Friday.
Aug 27, 2005	Vigil for troops EXETER - The rainy weather ended just in time for Natalie Healy and about 20 others to gather on the front steps of the Exeter Town Hall Wednesday evening, in a vigil supporting U.S. troops in Iraq.
July 30, 2005	Brazilian killed by police in London is mourned Menezes' family and the Brazilian government reacted angrily to a statement from the British Home Office implying that he was in Britain illegally because his student visa expired two years ago.
July 29, 2005	UFO saga continues EXETER - There has been a considerable response to Tuesday's article in the News-Letter about a recent UFO sighting.
July 26, 2005	UFO sighting in Exeter - again EXETER - There was something odd in the sky last week, something that caused a Navy veteran with 10,000 hours of flight experience to have his own close encounter.
July 24, 2005	The Shooting in London. OK, I'm sick and tired of hearing about this horrible tragedy or so-called error made by the London Police.
June 29, 2005	Residents warned of bear, rattlesnake sightings PEPPERELL -- The second week of June proved a potentially dangerous one for unsuspecting residents afoot when a black bear and two timber rattlesnakes were seen in Pepperell.
June 28, 2005	Could a hotel be built on the land owned by Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter? Weare, New Hampshire (PRWEB) Could a hotel be built on the land owned by Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter? A new ruling by the Supreme Court which was supported by Justice Souter himself itself might allow it. A private developer is seeking to use this very law to build a hotel on Souter's land.
June 12, 2005	Eagle Scout charged in BB gun spree PLAISTOW - Police expect to arrest two people they believe went on a BB gun shooting spree of people, houses and cars in Plaistow and Atkinson on Tuesday night.
June 6, 2005	Ann-Margret's Spontaneous Tribute to Vietnam Vets at a Book Signing-Truth! A warm story about a Vietnam vet who wanted actress Ann-Margret to sign a snapshot he had taken of her when she once performed for troops in Vietnam.
May 30, 2005	A Salute to United States Veterans * For the Guardians of Honor *
May 29, 2005	Leaving the Left "Leading voices in America's "peace" movement are actually cheering against self-determination for a long-suffering Third World country because they hate George W. Bush more than they love freedom."
May 08, 2005	Missing Chicken From: barnmanager - To: ALL - Sometime yesterday, during a high wind gust, Phyllis the chicken was launched out into the world.
April 29, 2005	Police Charge Man From Mexico With Criminal Trespass Supreme Court ruling sparks debate about local police enforcing immigration laws
April 24, 2005 6:08 pm	Teen Abuse Of Legal Drugs On The Rise Gone are the days when teens used to catch their drug fix in the back of an alley or on a street corner. Nowadays, most are looking no further than their parents' medicine cabinet to get high.
April 23, 2005	Anti-depressants Teacher's final moments detailed in court
April 22, 2004	Mother: 'Your brother is going insane'
April 17, 2005	Wendy's ups award in chili incident Fast-food chain to pay $100,000 to solve finger case
Mar 25, 2005 6:45 pm	Minn. massacre teen taking Prozac The 16-year-old Minnesota outsider who killed nine people before taking his own life was being treated with the controversial anti-depressant Prozac.
Mar 24, 2005 5:51 pm	A Hawk in Boston I was having lunch when something flew over the van and landed on a building.
Mar 13, 2005 9:12 am	Looting "sophisticated" after Saddam's fall Satellite imagery analyzed by two U.N. groups - the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission - confirm that some of the sites identified by al-Araji appear to be totally or partly stripped, according to senior officials at those agencies.
Feb 5, 2005 6:38 pm	U.S. Drops One Charge Against Abu Ghraib Defendant FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - The U.S. government dropped the main charge on Saturday against a female soldier who posed in front of a pyramid of naked Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison.
Feb 5, 2005 6:08 pm	Teens Fined for Giving Cookies to Neighbor DURANGO, Colo. (Reuters) - A Colorado judge ordered two teen-age girls to pay about $900 for the distress a neighbor said they caused by giving her home-made cookies adorned with paper hearts.
Jan 19, 2005 5:16 pm	CDC Overstated Obesity-Related Deaths ATLANTA - Blaming a computer software error, the government says it overstated the nation's weight problem in a widely reported study last year that said obesity was about to overtake smoking as the No. 1 cause of death in the United States.

Nov 26, 2005	`Two die after falling through``ice` `near Sheboygan``The 44-year-old man and his two daughters, ages 9 and 6, were skating on the football-field size pond Friday morning when the older girl fell through the ice, Sheboygan County Sheriff's Sgt. Doug Tuttle said. The father fell in while apparently trying to rescue her, Tuttle said. The 6-year-old then ran to a nearby home and someone called 911. Two die after falling through ice near Sheboyganhttp://www.kare11.com/news/news_article.aspx?storyid=111926I feel so sorry for the child, but this guy was a very stupid man. What kind of person goes out onto new ice with small children? Wis. Man, Daughter Die After Girl Falls Through Ice In Waldo, Wis., an 11-year-old on an ATV also went through the ice. He was taken to an area hospital by Flight For Life. Wis. Man, Daughter Die After Girl Falls Through Icehttp://www.thekansascitychannel.com/news/5403436/detail.html`Again I feel sorry for the child, but who let's an 11 year old go off on an ATV unsupervised? If they were supervised, then we have more stupid people. In NH a child under 12 years old is not allowed to operate any motorized vehicle at any time. Children between 12 and 14 years old can operate recreational vehicles as long as they are in voice control of an adult. Children 14 to 16 years old can operate recreational vehicles as long as they have attended a safety course. Children 16 and older are allowed to operate recreational vehicles. These laws are broken on a regular basis and children are paying the price for it. Instead of penalizing the offenders NH decides to force everyone to take a boater safety course. They are working on something for ATV's. Another example of NH's socialistic tendencies. Anyway with winter approaching here is a good reference on Ice safety. Loads on Ice (Based on Good Ice) Required Minimum Ice Thickness in inches - Description of Safe Moving Load 1-3/4 One person on skies 2 One person on foot or skates 3 One snowmobile 3 A group of people walking single file 7 A single passenger automobile 8 A 2-1/2 ton truck 9 A 3-1/2 ton truck 10 A 7 to 8 ton truck Ice Thickness and Strength for Various Loads U.S. Army Cold Regions Research & Engineering Laboratory`http://www.mvp-wc.usace.army.mil/ice/ice_load.htmlWhen you read this website it also discusses the distance of load separation. For the one person on foot the separation is seventeen feet!`
Nov 26, 2005	`Teacher under investigation for alleged``liberalism`BENNINGTON, Vt. --The school superintendent whose district includes Mount Anthony Union High School has labeled "inappropriate" and "irresponsible" an English teacher's use of liberal statements in a vocabulary quiz. "I wish Bush would be (coherent, eschewed) for once during a speech, but there are theories that his everyday diction charms the below-average mind, hence insuring him Republican votes," said one question on a quiz written by English and social studies teacher Bret Chenkin. Teacher under investigation for alleged liberalism
Nov 11, 2005	A Salute to United States Veterans * For the Guardians of Honor * `The Virtual Wall- An Internet Memorial The Dream or A Visitor From the Past Two Soldiers, A Picture, and the Torment of War USS Cole Floats A Day Ahead of Schedule A Christmas Requesthttp://www.countrypondfishandgameclub.com/vets_honor.htm`
Oct 18, 2005	`PETA``workers face 25 felony counts in North Carolina`WINTON, N.C. - The cats and dogs two PETA employees have been charged with euthanizing and dumping in an Ahoskie garbage bin were killed by injections of pentobarbital, a barbiturate commonly used to put down animals, according to new warrants issued and served on Friday. Additionally, the two employees were charged with three felony counts of obtaining property by false pretenses. The charges allege that they euthanized three cats from an Ahoskie veterinarian after promising to find the animals new homes, according to the new warrants. PETA employees Andrew B. Cook, 24, of Virginia Beach, and Adria J. Hinkle, 27, of Norfolk, were served with warrants on 22 felony charges of animal cruelty and the three felony charges of obtaining property by false pretense in court on Friday. A grand jury is expected to consider formal indictments Oct. 31, Assistant District Attorney Donnie Taylor said. PETA workers face 25 felony counts in North Carolina`http://home.hamptonroads.com/stories/story.cfm?story=93730&ran=57036`
Aug 27, 2005	`Vigil` `for troops`EXETER - The rainy weather ended just in time for Natalie Healy and about 20 others to gather on the front steps of the Exeter Town Hall Wednesday evening, in a vigil supporting U.S. troops in Iraq. Healy, of Exeter, is the mother of Dan Healy, the Navy SEAL who died in Afghanistan this summer. She said she organized the vigil because she wants other Americans, al-Qaida, the Iraqi people and the Bush administration to know that not everyone shares the same opinion as Cindy Sheehan. Vigil for troops`http://www.seacoastonline.com/news/exeter/08262005/news/59761.htm`
July 30, 2005	`Brazilian``killed by police in London is mourned``Menezes' family and the Brazilian government reacted angrily to a statement from the British Home Office implying that he was in Britain illegally because his student visa expired two years ago. He had a stamp in his passport, apparently granting him indefinite leave to remain in Britain, but the stamp was not in use by British immigration officials at the time, the British Home Office said. Brazilian killed by police in London is mourned`
July 29, 2005	`UFO` `saga continues``EXETER - There has been a considerable response to Tuesday's article in the News-Letter about a recent UFO sighting. Interested local residents and skeptics joined UFO enthusiasts commenting from throughout the nation, and reaction was even received from a French "Ufologist" who recalled two similar sightings in Europe. UFO saga continueshttp://www.seacoastonline.com/news/exeter/07292005/news/55154.htm"Local Federal Aviation Administration officials could not be reached for comment." Could not be reached?`
July 26, 2005	`UFO` `sighting in Exeter - again``EXETER - There was something odd in the sky last week, something that caused a Navy veteran with 10,000 hours of flight experience to have his own close encounter. The former flight engineer, who wished to be identified only as "David," said of the experience, "this was like nothing I've ever seen before." UFO sighting in Exeter - againhttp://www.seacoastonline.com/news/exeter/07262005/news/54621.htm`
July 24, 2005	`The Shooting in` `London``.`OK, I'm sick and tired of hearing about this horrible tragedy or so-called error made by the London Police. This Brazilian came from an area of London where it is suspected that some of the terrorist suicide bombers lived. These bombers had explosives under their clothes or in backpacks. This guy was wearing a jacket during the summer. He was wearing a jacket during the summer. He was wearing a jacket during the summer. Then he started acting suspiciously. He acted suspiciously. He acted suspiciously. Then when he spotted someone following him he ran. He ran. He ran. Then he jumped a barrier. He jumped a barrier. He jumped a barrier. He was wearing a coat during the summer, he acted suspiciously, he started running, and he jumped a barrier. Then to top it all off he ran to a train and tried to board. He tried to board a train. He tried to board a train. Now if you were a cop in London and you have had several suicide bombers target the train system in London, and you follow this suspicious guy who was wearing a jacket in the summer, who acted suspiciously, ran away, jumped a barrier, and then tried to board a train, how would you feel when you tackled him? I would be a little worried about him blowing me up and the people on and around the train. If you were the cops how would you know if he had a bomb or not? What would you do? I know what I would do, I'd put 5 in his head. Now if all of this information is correct, then there was no error and there were no mistakes made by the police. The only error in judgment was made by the dead guy. The police in London did exactly what they had to do.`(This mailing is the opinion of the CPF&G Webmaster and does not necessarily reflect the position of Country Pond Fish and Game Club.)`
June 29, 2005	`Residents warned of bear,``rattlesnake` `sightings`PEPPERELL -- The second week of June proved a potentially dangerous one for unsuspecting residents afoot when a black bear and two timber rattlesnakes were seen in Pepperell. Joshua Yenetchi, emergency medical technician (EMT) administrator, said Wednesday state officials have confirmed reports that two timber rattlesnakes have been seen near Nashua Road. "The biggest thing [if bitten] is to get an antidote," he said. "Call 911 immediately." Yenetchi said the closest hospital that has the antidote is St. Joseph's Hospital in Nashua, N.H. "We've contacted them to make sure," he said, "The other option [EMTs have] is to fly to [the University of Massachusetts Medical Center in] Worcester," he added. "Don't try to capture the snake." He said training Officer Jean Taubert has notified all EMTs of the sightings and sent out treatment information. In a training update, Taubert wrote timber rattlesnakes have been seen in the past in Townsend State officials have confirmed they have been seen in Groton. Residents warned of bear, rattlesnake sightings
June 28, 2005	Could a hotel be built on the land owned by Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter? For Release Monday, June 27 to New Hampshire media For Release Tuesday, June 28 to all other media Weare, New Hampshire (PRWEB) Could a hotel be built on the land owned by Supreme Court Justice David H. Souter? A new ruling by the Supreme Court which was supported by Justice Souter himself itself might allow it. A private developer is seeking to use this very law to build a hotel on Souter's land. Justice Souter's vote in the "Kelo vs. City of New London" decision allows city governments to take land from one private owner and give it to another if the government will generate greater tax revenue or other economic benefits when the land is developed by the new owner. On Monday June 27, Logan Darrow Clements, faxed a request to Chip Meany the code enforcement officer of the Towne of Weare, New Hampshire seeking to start the application process to build a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road. This is the present location of Mr. Souter's home. Clements, CEO of Freestar Media, LLC, points out that the City of Weare will certainly gain greater tax revenue and economic benefits with a hotel on 34 Cilley Hill Road than allowing Mr. Souter to own the land. The proposed development, called "The Lost Liberty Hotel" will feature the "Just Desserts Café" and include a museum, open to the public, featuring a permanent exhibit on the loss of freedom in America. Instead of a Gideon's Bible each guest will receive a free copy of Ayn Rand's novel "Atlas Shrugged." Clements indicated that the hotel must be built on this particular piece of land because it is a unique site being the home of someone largely responsible for destroying property rights for all Americans. "This is not a prank" said Clements, "The Towne of Weare has five people on the Board of Selectmen. If three of them vote to use the power of eminent domain to take this land from Mr. Souter we can begin our hotel development." Clements' plan is to raise investment capital from wealthy pro-liberty investors and draw up architectural plans. These plans would then be used to raise investment capital for the project. Clements hopes that regular customers of the hotel might include supporters of the Institute For Justice and participants in the Free State Project among others. # # # Logan Darrow Clements Freestar Media, LLC Phone 310-593-4843`logan@freestarmedia.comhttp://www.freestarmedia.com`
June 12, 2005	`Eagle` `Scout` `charged in BB gun spree``BBs target public, cars``PLAISTOW - Police expect to arrest two people they believe went on a BB gun shooting spree of people, houses and cars in Plaistow and Atkinson on Tuesday night. EXCERPT Baldwin said "the damage to personal property will likely fall under criminal mischief charges and the shots fired at people would fall under reckless conduct." EXCERPT The suspects also allegedly broke a picture window in a home on Line Brook Road in Atkinson while a person stood behind the window BBs target public, carshttp://www.seacoastonline.com/news/rock/06102005/news/46965.htm`Teen charged in BB gun spree, honored as Eagle Scout ATKINSON - A Timberlane High School senior who faces a felony charge for his role in a two-town BB gun shooting spree earlier this week was honored for his Eagle Scout work with a day named after him. Town officials had proclaimed yesterday "Timothy Ryan Murphy Day" before the incidents or the arrest. EXCERPT Donald Murphy said neither he nor his son would comment about the arrest. It was unclear whether it will affect his Eagle Scout status. EXCERPT "These kids aren't bad kids, they just a had night where they made a lot of bad choices," said Atkinson police Sgt. William Baldwin, who is also a family friend of the Murphys. "They are going to have to do restitution and see punishment as the court sees fit. ... They are not troublemakers and they are not repeat offenders but they did commit some criminal actions and unfortunately they didn't think about them before they did it. In light of all that, I am hoping that the public will have some understanding and forgive them down the road. And let the court system do its job." Teen charged in BB gun spree, honored as Eagle Scout
June 6, 2005	Ann-Margret's Spontaneous Tribute to Vietnam Vets at a Book Signing-Truth! Summary of the eRumor: A warm story about a Vietnam vet who wanted actress Ann-Margret to sign a snapshot he had taken of her when she once performed for troops in Vietnam. He and his wife went to a bookstore where Ann-Margret was autographing books, but an announcement was made that she would be signing books only, not other memorabilia. The vet decided to get in line anyway to at least show her the picture and tell her how much visits like hers meant to troops so far from home. When she saw the photo, tears came to her eyes and she called him one of her "gentlemen from Vietnam" and said she would sign the photo for him. She gave him a kiss and told the crowd how much she appreciated the veterans for what they had done. It was emotional for those in the crowd, but especially so for the vet who later told his wife it had been the first time anyone had thanked him for his service in the Army. Like other Vietnam vets, he returned to an America that had been tormented by the controversial conflict and did not offer the warmth, gratitude, and enthusiasm enjoyed by soldiers returning from other military actions. The Truth: This story is true. Ann-Margret's Spontaneous Tribute to Vietnam Vets at a Book Signing-Truth! http://www.truthorfiction.com/rumors/a/annmargret.htm Ann of a Thousand Knights Claim: At a book signing, actress Ann-Margret autographed a tattered photo presented to her by an ex-G.I. and thanked him for serving his country. Status: True. Ann of a Thousand Knights http://www.snopes.com/military/margret.htm
May 30, 2005	A Salute to United States Veterans * For the Guardians of Honor * The Virtual Wall- An Internet Memorial http://countrypondfishandgameclub.com/vets_honor.htm#Virtual_Wall The Dream or A Visitor From the Past http://countrypondfishandgameclub.com/vets_honor.htm#The_Dream Two Soldiers, A Picture, and the Torment of War http://countrypondfishandgameclub.com/vets_honor.htm#The_Torment_of_War USS Cole Floats A Day Ahead of Schedule http://countrypondfishandgameclub.com/vets_honor.htm#USS_Cole A Christmas Request http://countrypondfishandgameclub.com/vets_honor.htm#A_CHRISTMAS_REQUEST
May 29, 2005	Leaving the Left Keith Thompson Sunday, May 22, 2005 "Leading voices in America's "peace" movement are actually cheering against self-determination for a long-suffering Third World country because they hate George W. Bush more than they love freedom." "A turning point came at a dinner party on the day Ronald Reagan famously described the Soviet Union as the pre-eminent source of evil in the modern world. The general tenor of the evening was that Reagan's use of the word "evil" had moved the world closer to annihilation. There was a palpable sense that we might not make it to dessert." "When I casually offered that the surviving relatives of the more than 20 million people murdered on orders of Joseph Stalin might not find "evil'" too strong a word, the room took on a collective bemused smile of the sort you might expect if someone had casually mentioned taking up child molestation for sport." Leaving the Left http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2005/05/22/INGUNCQHKJ1.DTL Making a Dent in Liberal Disinformation: Leaving the Left Behind Written by Lester Dent Tuesday, May 24, 2005 "Keith cites as his watershed moment January 30, 2005 as he listened to the left minimize the historic nature of the Iraqi elections. Mine came a few years ealier, although I cannot set the date exactly. " "Understated in Keith's excellent piece is something that I had a hard time understanding, but which eventually allowed me to take the big step of changing my label from "liberal" to "conservative." I was a liberal because liberals cared about people. I believed in equality. I believed in protecting the weak, and giving people as much opportunity as possible. Liberals have been very good at demonizing conservatives and claiming to be the sole possessors of compassion. Whether it is Bush gleefully harming the elderly on Social Security, or ruthless Republicans "cutting" education spending (a $3 billion increase which is less than what educators want is hardly a "cut"), conservatives have been effectively branded as people who just don't care." "What I came to understand in my political journey is that I was better able to pursue my values as a conservative than as a liberal." Making a Dent in Liberal Disinformation: Leaving the Left Behind http://www.chronwatch.com/content/contentDisplay.asp?aid=14723&catcode=13
May 08, 2005	Missing Chicken From: barnmanager To: ALL Sometime yesterday, during a high wind gust, Phyllis the chicken was launched out into the world. Philis is a very special chicken. Most chickens have very little intelligence. Phil in an exception, she has none at all. We suspect she cannot see very well as she is constantly walking into things. Getting stuck in the bushes unable to find her way out. She will come toward the sound of a human voice. Phyllis cannot fly and if she landed in a tree she, most likely, can't get down. If anyone finds her they can either keep her as a pet [once in a while she lays a white egg] or call me xxx-xxxx or the animal control officer. From: Bowana To: barnmanager BARNMANAGER HOW COULD YOU? You dare to call yourself Barnmanager. As The Donald would say, "You're Fired!" Phyllis, Phone Home. And yes, Barnmanager is a friend of mine. :>/
April 29, 2005	Police Charge Man From Mexico With Criminal Trespass Supreme Court ruling sparks debate about local police enforcing immigration laws Depending on the cases, information may be referred to the Immigration and Customs Enforcement Office, but if people who are here illegally don't commit crimes, they may never appear on the radar of immigration authorities. "We investigate crimes they may commit when they're here, living illegally," said Marlborough Police Chief Mark Leonard. "We don't investigate them because they're here illegally. Immigration violations are a federal issue. We enforce the laws of the commonwealth. We have limited authority and limited resources." But a police chief in New Hampshire thinks differently. New Ipswich, N.H., Police Chief Garret Chamberlain has recently charged Mexican native Jorge Mora Ramirez, 21, of Waltham, with criminal trespass, after stopping him for a routine inquiry and learning he was an illegal immigrant. In anAssociated Press report, Chamberlain was quoted saying that his department spoke to several immigration officials, none of whom wanted to take custody of the man. Last year, Chamberlain's department also detained nine illegal immigrants, but let them go when immigration officials said they couldn't take them into custody unless they are suspected of a crime. Supreme Court ruling sparks debate about local police enforcing immigration laws http://www.dailynewstranscript.com/localRegional/view.bg?articleid=55298 Police Charge Man From Mexico With Criminal Trespass Man Admits He Is In Country On Forged Documents NEW IPSWICH, N.H. -- Police have charged a man from Mexico with criminal trespass after he admitted that he was in the country on forged documents. "He's in the country illegally so obviously he's in New Ipswich illegally," said Police Chief Garrett Chamberlain of the arrest, which was made after a routine inquiry Friday. Ramirez's truck was stopped along the side of a road and the hazard lights were on. Ramirez, 21, who is living in Waltham, Mass., but is from Mexico, admitted to police that he was in the country illegally, Chamberlain said. It's not clear whether courts will allow police to prosecute people for crossing international borders by using a law more commonly applied to domestic disputes. Because Ramirez was not indoors, the criminal trespass is a violation, a level of severity less than a misdemeanor. "It's a novel theory," said state Assistant Attorney Robert Carey. "We aren't aware of any sort of contrary authority to it, if you look at the statute." Chamberlain said police spoke to several Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials, none of whom wanted to take custody of Ramirez. The officials said the information would be forwarded to the agency's Boston office. Police Charge Man From Mexico With Criminal Trespass http://www.thechamplainchannel.com/wnne/4393465/detail.html
April 24, 2005	Teen Abuse Of Legal Drugs On The Rise Gone are the days when teens used to catch their drug fix in the back of an alley or on a street corner. Nowadays, most are looking no further than their parents' medicine cabinet to get high. A new study released by the Partnership for a Drug-Free America on Thursday revealed that America's teens are now becoming a pill-popping nation, snagging prescription drugs and over-the-counter meds to score a fix. "A new category of substance abuse is emerging in America. For the first time, our national study finds that today's teens are more likely to have abused a prescription painkiller to get high than they are to have experimented with a variety of illicit drugs, including Ecstasy, cocaine, crack and LSD. In other words, 'Generation Rx' has arrived," Roy Bostock, chairman of the Partnership, said in a statement. The study - based on a survey of 7,300 teenagers - found that as many as one in five between the ages of 12 to 17 (nearly 4.4 million nationwide) admit taking prescription painkillers, such as Vicodin, at least once in the past year. One in 10, or 2.3 million, report taking a prescription stimulant like Ritalin, and another one in 11 (2.2 million) have abused over-the-counter medication like cough syrup to get high. The average age for users to start is now between 13 and 14 years old, and the younger a child begins experimenting with medication, the more likely they are to develop a drug habit. 'Generation Rx': Teen Abuse Of Legal Drugs On The Rise http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1500605/20050422/index.jhtml?headlines=true
April 23, 2005	Anti-depressants Teacher's final moments detailed in court BRENTWOOD - Calandra Staszewski woke up in the middle of the night to her mother's screams. When the 13-year-old ran downstairs, she saw her mother, Nickoletta, kneeling in front of the couch, blood coming from her shoulder, holding down her brother who had been brandishing a kitchen knife. Nickoletta screamed to her daughter, "Get out of the hous. Call 911! Your brother is going insane!" Richard "Richie" Staszewski, who had been taking anti-depressants and had days earlier visited Exeter Hospital claiming his heart had stopped, was about to kill his mother, according to court documents released yesterday. http://www.ecnnews.com/cgi-bin/05/ntstory.pl?-sec-Pageone%20+fn-narraign">Teacher's final moments detailed in court http://www.ecnnews.com/cgi-bin/05/ntstory.pl?-sec-Pageone%20+fn-narraign
April 22, 2004 6:54 pm	Mother: 'Your brother is going insane' BRENTWOOD, N.H. -- Calandra Staszewski woke up in the middle of the night and heard her mother scream, "Get out of the house! Call 911! Your brother is going insane." She saw her mother kneeling in front of the couch, holding her brother down. Blood was coming from her mother's shoulder. Calandra, 13, grabbed a phone, ran to the garage and locked herself in a car. She called 911. When police arrived Thursday, they saw Richard Staszewski, who was naked, walking along the street with blood dripping from his arms. He yelled, "Just shoot me!" and that he had stabbed his mother and that she was dead. Mother: 'Your brother is going insane' http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/04/22/mother_your_b\ rother_is_going_insane/ Son, 21, charged with stabbing mom to death at Brentwood home BRENTWOOD - The stabbing death of a 47-year-old mother shattered the early calm of upscale Robinson Street Thursday morning when police apprehended the woman's son and charged him with second-degree murder Son, 21, charged with stabbing mom to death at Brentwood home http://www.fosters.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20050422/NEWS07/50421117 My wife heard that this kid got caught stealing from a Radio Shack. I found this on the net. Richard Staszewski, 19, was charged with shoplifting at Wal-Mart. http://www.seacoastonline.com/2003news/hampton/09162003/police_l/50467.htm
April 17, 2005	Wendy's ups award in chili incident Fast-food chain to pay $100,000 to solve finger case SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) - Wendy's International has doubled the amount of an award it will pay for information that could put an end to the mystery surrounding a woman's claim that she found a portion of a finger in a bowl of chili from one of its restaurants. Wendy's (WEN: news, chart, profile) said Friday it will pay $100,000 to the first person to provide "verifiable" information about the origin of the "foreign object" found in the chili. The incident has caused sales to drop in the area and has bruised the chain's reputation nationally, said Wendy's. Las Vegas resident Ana Ayala, 39, said she bit into the finger while eating at a Wendy's restaurant in San Jose, Calif. on March 22. Ayala's lawyer said earlier this week that she has decided not to file a lawsuit against the company, according to media reports. Wendy's ups award in chili incident http://www.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7B69972718-ED1D-47A5-AE8E-B11CE8\ 2FB8CB%7D&siteid=mktw Things that make you go Hmmmmm. Waiter, There's a . . . Never Mind Suspicion then turned to the woman who found the well-manicured, well-cooked digit -- Anna Ayala, 39, whose Las Vegas home was searched by police. The San Jose Mercury News reported that Ayala had been involved in many other lawsuits, including one against another fast-food chain. Waiter, There's a . . . Never Mind http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A59573-2005Apr16.html Wendy's is keeping a hotline open for finger tips.
Mar 25, 2005 6:45 pm	Minn. massacre teen taking Prozac The 16-year-old Minnesota outsider who killed nine people before taking his own life was being treated with the controversial anti-depressant Prozac. The revelation yesterday by Jeff Weise's aunts, Shauna and Tammy Luscher, on CBS News' "The Early Show" revived the debate over whether such drugs induce homicidal and suicidal thoughts in children and teens. Eric Harris, one of the teen gunmen in the infamous Columbine massacre in 1999, had been prescribed Prozac, as had Kip Kinkel, who killed his parents and classmates at Thurston High School in Oregon in 1998. Minn. massacre teen taking Prozac http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/293247p-250999c.html
Mar 24, 2005 5:51 pm	A Hawk in Boston I was having lunch when something flew over the van and landed on a building. It was a hawk in Boston. Pictures of A Hawk in Boston http://newsfromnh.com/digital_camera.htm
Mar 13, 2005 9:12 am	Looting "sophisticated" after Saddam's fall The New York Times Satellite imagery analyzed by two U.N. groups - the International Atomic Energy Agency and the Monitoring, Verification and Inspection Commission - confirm that some of the sites identified by al-Araji appear to be totally or partly stripped, according to senior officials at those agencies. Those officials said that they could not comment on all of al-Araji's assertions, because they had been barred from Iraq since the invasion. The disclosures by the Iraqi ministry added new information about the thefts, detailing the timing, the material that was taken and the apparent skill of the operations. Al-Araji, whose work was respected internationally even when he worked for Saddam's government, said equipment capable of making parts for missiles as well as chemical, biological and nuclear arms was missing from eight or 10 sites that were the heart of Iraq's dormant program on unconventional weapons. Looting "sophisticated" after Saddam's fall http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2002206103_looting13.html Looting at Iraq Weapons Plants After Invasion: NYT Mar 12, 2005 - NEW YORK (Reuters) - Looters systematically removed tons of equipment from Iraqi weapons facilities, including some with components capable of making parts of nuclear arms, in the weeks after Baghdad fell in 2003, The New York Times reported in Sunday editions. Looting at Iraq Weapons Plants After Invasion: NYT http://abcnews.go.com/International/wireStory?id=575531
Feb 5, 2005 6:38 pm	U.S. Drops One Charge Against Abu Ghraib Defendant Sat Feb 5, 2005 03:43 PM ET FORT HOOD, Texas (Reuters) - The U.S. government dropped the main charge on Saturday against a female soldier who posed in front of a pyramid of naked Iraqis at Abu Ghraib prison. The charge against Sabrina Harman, over viewing and failing to prevent other soldiers from forcing detainees to masturbate, was dropped without discussion. The charge carried a maximum sentence of five years. Harman now faces five counts of maltreatment, one count of conspiracy and one count of dereliction of duty. When charges were filed in March, she faced a maximum 17-year sentence. The latest dropped charge reduced the possible maximum sentence to 6.5 years, said Capt. Patsy Takemura, Harman's military lawyer. EXCERPT She is also accused of attaching wires to a hooded detainee and telling him he would be electrocuted if he fell off the box on which he was standing. U.S. Drops One Charge Against Abu Ghraib Defendant http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=topNews&storyID=7547623 OK, sexual abuse is unacceptable, but attaching wires to a terrorist and threatening him with electrocution? THIS IS WAR! Hussein would have done much worse and already has. Now actually electrocuting them? That would depend on the amperage. (These views are the views of the webmaster and not of the Country Pond Fish and Game Club)
Feb 5, 2005 6:08 pm	Teens Fined for Giving Cookies to Neighbor DURANGO, Colo. (Reuters) - A Colorado judge ordered two teen-age girls to pay about $900 for the distress a neighbor said they caused by giving her home-made cookies adorned with paper hearts. The pair were ordered to pay $871.70 plus $39 in court costs after neighbor Wanita Renea Young, 49, filed a lawsuit complaining that the unsolicited cookies, left at her house after the girls knocked on her door, had triggered an anxiety attack that sent her to the hospital the next day. Teens Fined for Giving Cookies to Neighbor http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=domesticNews&storyID=7543994 That's it; I'm jumping.
Jan 19, 2005 5:16 pm	CDC Overstated Obesity-Related Deaths ATLANTA - Blaming a computer software error, the government says it overstated the nation's weight problem in a widely reported study last year that said obesity was about to overtake smoking as the No. 1 cause of death in the United States. The study, conducted by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (news - web sites) and published last March in the Journal of the American Medical Association (news - web sites), said that obesity-related deaths climbed between 1990 and 2000 to 400,000 a year - an increase of 100,000. In Wednesday's issue of the journal, the government ran a correction, saying the increase was a more modest 65,000 deaths or so. "The combination of diet, physical inactivity and tobacco are all leading causes of death, causing far more than a majority of total deaths in this country in the year 2000," said Donna Stroup, acting director for the CDC's coordinating center for health promotion. "Regardless of the controversy, it's clear to people these are the three underlying causes of death most important to the country." The errors in the study were discovered soon after it was published, as scientists inside and outside the agency began to dispute its findings. CDC Overstated Obesity-Related Deaths http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20050119/ap_on_he_me/obesity_error Thanks to Trent Loos for this story. I read this in his Loos Tales newsletter. Loos Tales http://www.loostales.com/ Faces of Agriculture is a non-profit organization with the mission of returning the human element to food production. Faces of Agriculture http://www.facesofag.com/