| Replica guns seized from collector
Armed police swooped on the flat of a 54-year-old replica pistol collector in Battersea. They seized 17 replica guns but police admit the man posed no threat to the community. Wandsworth crime squad Inspector Matt Phelps said police had raided the flat about 10.20am on October 10 after a tip-off from the public. "This action was taken to pro-actively reduce the threat of firearm incidents in the borough and to prevent any possible tragic consequences should they have made their way into the wrong hands," Insp Phelps said after the weapons had been handed over. "Most imitation weapons are exact copies of the real thing and this places armed officers in the almost impossible position of having to make an instant judgment on whether a gun is real or not.
Rudy's Bus Pal Admits Paying Mob
Gatto topped out in donations to Giuliani's presidential bid ($3,000), just as he did back in 1999 ($2,000) when Giuliani thought he wanted to be a U.S. senator. For Giuliani's re-election drive in 1997, Gatto provided a gleaming white school bus. The bus had a specially designed open platform at the rear so politicians could stand there and wave. It drove around the borough toting a huge banner with Giuliani's picture, alongside a couple of local pols, under a headline: "Reelect the Winning Team." Not to miss an advertising opportunity, Gatto put a nice plug for his own company on the back. "Atlantic Express," it read. "Your children's safety is our business." At the time, Gatto was trying to land a city franchiseand accompanying subsidiesto let him run express buses from Staten Island to Manhattan.
Vegas Clinic May Have Sickened Thousands
Washington describes his virus as a "creeping death sentence" and worries that others will hear his story and think twice before getting preventive care they need.In letters that began arriving this week, patients who received injected anesthesia at the endoscopy center from March 2004 to mid-January were urged to get tested for hepatitis B and C, and HIV.Because all three viruses are transmitted by blood, they could have been passed from one patient to the next by the unsafe practices at the clinic.The mass notification is the result of a health district investigation that began in January when officials linked an uptick of unusual hepatitis C cases to the clinic.Health officials say they are most worried about the spread of hepatitis C, which targets the liver but shows no symptoms in as many as 80 percent of infections.Hepatitis C results in the swelling of the liver and can cause stomach pain, fatigue and jaundice.
Spring Training: For McCutchen, being No. 1 no sweat
But McCutchen remains, without question, a work in progress, as his tumultuous 2007 illustrated. Coming off a strong spring, he was sent back to Class AA Altoona and went hitless in his first 15 at-bats. His average was .189 through April, .230 through May. The minor-league evaluators blamed the wicked cold in Ohio and Western Pennsylvania in that early going for icing McCutchen, and he shared that view. After that, the thinking went, he was so eager to get his average up to a respectable level that he reached out of the zone to grasp for hits. Big mistake. "That's not my game," McCutchen said. "It just snowballed." He settled eventually and, after a .301 run in his final 41 games with the Curve, was promoted to Indianapolis in late August and batted .313 in 17 games.
Under the Hood With Knight Rider 2.0: Trans Am vs. Ford Mustang ...
Well reading these comments has proven one fact, YOU PEOPLE REALLY NEED TO STOP BICKERING OVER THIS ISSUE!!!! NBC made there decision, and I think they made a GREAT one. New times call for changes. I have loved KR since I was a small kid and I think that this updated sequel is gonna be great. To everyone who agrees w/ me, let's just sit back and enjoy the NEW ride. To everyone else, try to be open-minded, and in the meantime, lose your virginities. 2619. RE: Under the Hood With Knight Rider 2.0: Trans Am vs. Ford Mustang (Featuring Exclusive New KITT Specs—and Classic Hasselhoff!) You people need to shut your traps and do some car research. Yeah, it has a Mustang body, but once SHELBY gets a hold of it, it's a totally different car...May as well not have anything to do with Ford as much as it's changed around.
Editorial cartoons from Mike Luckovich.
There should then be a joint international push to get the Iraqis to make the kinds of political deals that will turn the ceasefires into lasting peace. Over the next year if the violence continues to decline, countries like India, Poland and South Africa could be persuaded to relieve American troops. With sustained and focused efforts, over time, American forces could draw down substantially. The mission could then become what it was always billed as, a genuinely international effort to assist the Iraqi people in founding a new nation.}}}} I can't believe people still take these strokers in the drive by media seriously. Talk about living in a bubble. Imagine this as-shole two years from now, "they only won in Iraq cause of what I told them to do." Jag off.
The Most Wanted List: International Terrorism
During periods of desperation, people often make hasty choices, and this is now such a period, but not a time for hasty decisions. May Nader run if it's what he wishes to do! Anyone opposed to it and using this to trying to tell others whether or not they can, or not, vote for him is just another pointy-headed pion fascist dictator wannabe. And they only deserve to be told this, that they're taking the anti-[democracy] position. I don't know anything about his campaign yet, and wonder if he's teaming up with Cynthia McKinney. I don't know why he wouldn't choose to do so, for she's a good candidate as far as I'm aware, and he's run for the Green Party before; although they burned him "good" last time. Not all supporters of the GP went along with that bad decision of the GP pointy-headed-bosses, PHBs, though.
Yoga helps young offenders deal with stress
CIRCUMSTANCES landed them in Juvenile Hall and many are angry. Some have been traumatized by violence. Some are coming off addictions. Just about all worry about what is next in their lives. These extreme stresses experienced by incarcerated youth are why county health officials thought yoga would help. So, each morning, 20 teenagers in the Alameda County Juvenile Justice Center, Unit 6, participate in hour-long yoga classes. The classes are taught by Niroga Institute, an Oakland-based nonprofit whose purpose is to bring yoga to at-risk youth and other groups that might benefit from the discipline but are unlikely to seek it out, such as senior citizens and cancer patients. The teenagers in the program are in a unit for recently detained teens awaiting hearings. They also are youth who have been identified as needing assistance with mental health issues.
Keeping track of online passwords is wise to do
Dear Abby: Allow me to draw your readers' attention to the importance of keeping track of their online log-in information. We all know it's smart to keep photocopies of our driver's license, credit cards, etc. With as much time as some of us spend online, in addition to the billions of dollars we spend there as a nation, it's wise to keep track of sundry log-in details as well. I keep track of the various Web sites from which I make purchases -- the Web site name, user name and my password -- because various Web sites require different information. Please suggest that your readers compile this information in a single document and print it out from time to time. Keep a hard copy in a safe place with other important papers. That way, if anything should happen to them, family members will be able to access these Web sites, delete saved credit card information and close the accounts.
Reviews: Preschool to Grade 4
Tr $15.95. ISBN 978-1-55885-486-4. LC 2007061476. PreS—Simple sentences in English and Spanish describe the experiences of being part of an extended Latino family. There are definitely some drawbacks, such as having to share hand-me-down clothes. Grandpa's lap also has to be shared, but Grandma's hugs are big enough for everyone. Toys aren't always shared and others are blamed when something goes wrong. But regardless, these cousins have a strong bond. Rodriguez's illustrations attempt to re-create the chaos that ensues when a large family gets together, but the figures often appear stiff and lifeless. The Spanish translation has some missteps, especially the sentence, "We sing and dance in make-believe parades." The Spanish translation renders this as "…desfiles de mentira," literally "parades of lies." Surely there is a gentler way to translate this idea.
The save the Sonics mailbag
Big Smooth always looking stoned and refusing to jump on his jump shots, but inexplicably making most of them. Detlef imitating Dirk before anyone knew who Dirk was. Mac 10 providing the spark off the bench with gritty D and timely threes. And do not forget about the heart and soul of the team ... Steve 'The Chef' Scheffler, who was an 11 out of 10 on the Bill Simmons Unintentional Comedy Scale. If you were at the Key for any of those playoff games in the mid-'90s, you would understand that Seattle is a basketball town. You think the 12th man at Seahawks games are loud? Try listening to the KeyArena crowd when Karl Malone was at the stripe in Game 7 of the Western Conference finals. City: Seattle
Name: Kyle PLEASE tell me why this city should get its team ripped from them? You can't hear the announcer over the cheering ...
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