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Monday, February 9, 2009

Did you know a South Dakot man listed robbery as occupation?

A Rapid City, S.D., man arrested in western Nebraska on a charge he held up a bank had nearly $3,000 cash with him and listed his occupation as “robbery,” according to a court document.Hours before his arrest, he used false documents to seek treatment at the Veterans Affairs hospital in Hot Springs, where a police officer spotted the money, the document states.Lonnie Pannell, who also goes by the last name King, 49, of Rapid City, pleaded not guilty Friday in federal court to one count of bank robbery for Thursday afternoon’s holdup of Dakotah Bank in Rapid City.
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A Nebraska State Patrol trooper arrested him that evening near Chadron.According to an FBI agent’s affidavit filed with the complaint, King was identified as the man who walked up to a teller, opened an accordion-type folder and told the woman it was a robbery and he didn’t want any dye packs with the money, then added he wasn’t kidding.He didn’t show a gun, she complied and he took off. more

Did you know this woman wasaccused of practing medicine without a license?


TAMPA -- Sheriff's deputies are seeking a Tampa woman they say illegally injected silicone and saline into two women's buttocks.
Sharhonda L. Lindsay, 32, of 9827 Blue Palm Way, left, was not licensed when she administered the cosmetic enhancements on Jan. 29, according to Sheriff's spokesman J.D. Callaway.
Lindsay met the women, Andrea Nicole Lee, 30, and Zakiya Thema Teagle, 33, at Lee's home, 7907 Savanah Palm Place in Tampa, where the victims agreed to pay Lindsay to inject them with Hydrogel and saline solution, Callaway said.
Lee paid $500 for 40 injections, Callaway. And Teagle paid $250 for 20 injections.
After Lindsay left, Callaway said, the victims experienced pain and discomfort, and were taken to Town & Country Hospital for internal injuries, where they remain. Lee is in serious condition, while Teagle is stable, Callaway said.
Unliscensed woman providing shots sent two women two the hospital
Lindsay is wanted on two counts of practicing medicine without a license. more

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Did you know man is paid $93, 803 a year to do nothing?

ALBANY -- As he tells it, Randall Hinton is paid $93,803 a year to do nothing.
He spends much of his workday at the State Insurance Fund donning headphones, listening to rock 'n' roll, blues or classical tunes and his superiors are cool with that.
His work agenda involves placing his feet up on his desk, staring out his office window and counting cars on the New York State Thruway. He arrives at 7:30 a.m., leaves at 3:30 p.m., sees no one and talks to no one.
He never does any work. It's been this way for Hinton for most of this decade.
"I just sit here," said Hinton, 55, of Niskayuna, a 27-year state employee who has held several high-level posts at various agencies.
At 6 feet 4 inches and 265 pounds he is an imposing figure who will begin to tear up when he discusses his situation. A member of the Passamaquoddy Tribe in Maine, he said he is being discriminated against because of his national origin and retaliated against for having sued the state.
Since February 2002, Hinton has been director of investigations for the Insurance Fund, but he said he has never been allowed to investigate anything. Instead, he builds up pension credits, year after year, but is unproductive at work because his superiors are blackballing him, he and his former boss say.
Hinton contends he is without portfolio as retaliation for suing Gov. George Pataki's administration 10 years ago, alleging discrimination then, too. That was after getting stuck in a storeroom for two years for refusing to leave his post at the Department of Environmental Conservation heading investigations to make room for a Republican appointee, he said.
In a January 2002 settlement in his suit against then-DEC Commissioner John Cahill (who later became Pataki's top deputy) and then-Assistant DEC Commissioner James W. Tuffey (now Albany's police chief) he was guaranteed state employment as a director of investigations.
"We didn't offer to settle, they did," said Tuffey. "They said just transfer him." Tuffey said the friction between Hinton and DEC officials developed because he wanted to go to the police academy to become a sworn DEC officer, but had not taken the civil service tests required. more

Did you know 60 year old woman had twins?

CALGARY, Alberta — A 60-year-old woman in the Western Canadian city of Calgary has given birth to twins after going to India for fertility treatments, the Canadian Broadcasting Corp reported on its website on Thursday.
The report said the twins, both boys, were seven weeks prematurely delivered by Caesarean section. Though one is breathing with the help of special equipment, doctors said the twins are doing well but will be kept in hospital until they gain weight and both can breathe on their own.
The woman, originally from India, traveled back to that country for in vitro fertilization using donor eggs after being refused the treatment in Canada because of her age. The CBC said she had tried for years to get pregnant but had miscarried three times, even after surgery to correct a problem with her womb.
While unusual, a 60-year old woman giving birth is nowhere near a record. ABC News reported in July that a 72-year-old woman in India, who already had five grandchildren, gave birth to twins after in vitro fertilization, making her the world's oldest mother.
The CBC report said the Calgary woman's obstetrician thought it was a joke when she was referred to him before she showed up at his office. He is still questioning the implications of someone having children at an advanced age. more

Did you inow Girl Says Mother Allowed Father to Rape, and Impregnate Sister

HARRISONVILLE, Mo. — The older sister of a girl allegedly molested and impregnated four times by their father said Thursday their mother allowed the abuse and should face more than a child-endangerment charge.
"I want her to get more charges," the 20-year-old said outside a western Missouri courthouse. "I want her to pay as much as my father. I don't want either of them to get away with a slap on the wrist."
The mother is charged with one count of endangering the welfare of a child. Cass County prosecutors said additional charges were possible but declined to elaborate. The woman is free on $10,000 bond.
The Associated Press is withholding the names of the suspects and other family members to protect the identity of the daughter who was allegedly sexually assaulted. Neither the mother nor the father has entered a plea in the case.
The 47-year-old mother was allowed to miss a scheduled court appearance Thursday; a preliminary hearing was set for March 5. Her public defender, Angela Weatherford, declined to comment on the case.
Her husband, also 47, faces charges including second-degree murder in the death of a boy born in November 2006. The infant is believed to have died months later after not receiving medical treatment for pneumonia.
The baby's remains were found last month in a cooler on a rural property where the family once lived near Harrisonville, a town of about 9,000 people about 40 miles south of Kansas City.
Two other babies the man is suspected of fathering with his now 19-year-old daughter also died. Charges have not been filed in those cases.
The body of one of those babies was found in a different cooler last month on the Harrisonville property. The other infant is believed to have been buried in Oklahoma, where the family briefly lived.
A surviving child — a 3-year-old boy — is in state custody.
The man also is charged with endangering the welfare of a child, statutory rape and two counts each of incest and abandoning a corpse. He is being held on $500,000 bond. more

Did you know this War vet pulls 13 of his teeth out ?

A BRITISH Gulf War veteran pulled out 13 of his teeth with pliers when he could not find an NHS dentist.
TA soldier Ian Boynton could not afford to go private for treatment after suffering with excruciating toothache since 2006.
So instead he took drastic action and removed them himself.
The 42-year-old, from Beverley, East Yorks, had not had his teeth looked at since seeing the army dentist in 2003.
And he has not registered with a dentist of his own since 2001.
He said: “I’ve tried to get in at 30 dentists over the last eight years but have never been able to find one to take on NHS patients.

Root of the problem ... Ian's pulled teeth
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“I started having pain in a front tooth, which protruded slightly more than the others. I was constantly fiddling with it and wiggling it because it hurt so much.
“In the end I knew it had to come out and had to use the pliers to pull it.
“Amazingly, it did not hurt as much as you might think. I think I’d been prising it that much in the meantime that I’d been killing the nerve.”
As he could not find a dentist his teeth were deteriorating and in the last two years Ian has pulled out 13 top teeth – including molars, incisors and canines.
He now only has two teeth left in the roof of his mouth.
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Did you know that doctor was injured when his car blew up?



(CNN) -- An explosion that critically injured the chairman of the Arkansas Medical Board on Wednesday was caused by a bomb, police said.

Dr. Trent Pierce was injured outside his home Wednesday, authorities and local media say.

Dr. Trent Pierce was wounded when the car blew up in front of his West Memphis, Arkansas, home, authorities said.
Earlier, police told CNN affiliate WREG that they did not believe foul play was involved.
Pierce, a family practitioner who specializes in asthma, was flown to a Memphis, Tennessee, hospital in extremely critical condition, the station reported, citing police. The blast occurred at about 8 a.m. as Pierce got into the car, affiliate WMC-TV reported.
Aerial footage from the scene showed the white SUV with its hood blown up and its front end extensively damaged.
Medical board spokeswoman Peggy Cryer said the board heard Pierce was flown to the hospital but had no definite information beyond that.
"We do not know enough to give any kind of statement," she said.
Callers to Pierce's office received an answering machine message saying the office is closed, but the call repeatedly disconnected during the recording, preventing messages from being left.
Doris Davis, who works in an eye doctor's office next door, said Pierce's office staff is swamped trying to deal with patients who arrived for their appointments.
FBI spokesman Jason Pack said agents were en route to the scene, along with personnel from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. The FBI is assisting local authorities in their investigation, he said.
West Memphis, Arkansas, and Memphis, Tennessee, are separated by the Mississippi River.
Pierce was described as a pillar of the community in West Memphis, a small town of about 30,000 people.
Davis said Pierce is well-liked, active in his church and is married with two adult children.
She said the FBI was at her office and interviewed her boss, Dr. Eddie Bryant. Bryant is a close friend of Pierce's and went to medical school with him, Davis said.

Did you Know

Did you know that the average human brain contains approximately 86 billion neurons? These remarkable cells form intricate networks, allowing us to think, feel, and experience the world around us. Each neuron communicates with others through electrical impulses, creating a symphony of thoughts, memories, and emotions. So next time you ponder life’s mysteries, remember that your brain is orchestrating a cosmic dance of neurons!