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Aug. 6th, 2004 01:14 am
Aug. 6th, 2004
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Aug. 6th, 2004 01:17 amAn Eminem fan was banned from owning a stereo, radio or TV after Birgmingham's City Council issued an order because she routinely played Slim's music too loud.
Sharon McCloughlin reportedly kept bumping Em's "Stan" loud enough that it caused her neighbors' furniture to vibrate across the floor. Following complaints, the Birmingham, U.K City Council repeatedly raided her apartment and confiscated thousands of pounds of hi-fi equipment, including a karaoke machine. Since she kept buying more equipment and bumping the music, the Council sought an antisocial behavior order to stop her antics.
Consequently, McCloughlin is now barred from owning a stereo, radio or TV and causing harassment alarm or distress in England and Wales for the next two years. The mother of three was also evicted from her apartment.
Environmental health staff measured the noise from the apartment above and estimated it at roughly 65 dB, ten times louder than normal background music and the equivalent of a passing train.
"My settee moves across the living room, my son's cot moves across the floor and the constant music has me permanently on edge," Sadie Renenhan, who lives above McCloughlin told ThisisLondon.com. "My GP prescribed me anti-depression tablets to cope."
Sharon McCloughlin reportedly kept bumping Em's "Stan" loud enough that it caused her neighbors' furniture to vibrate across the floor. Following complaints, the Birmingham, U.K City Council repeatedly raided her apartment and confiscated thousands of pounds of hi-fi equipment, including a karaoke machine. Since she kept buying more equipment and bumping the music, the Council sought an antisocial behavior order to stop her antics.
Consequently, McCloughlin is now barred from owning a stereo, radio or TV and causing harassment alarm or distress in England and Wales for the next two years. The mother of three was also evicted from her apartment.
Environmental health staff measured the noise from the apartment above and estimated it at roughly 65 dB, ten times louder than normal background music and the equivalent of a passing train.
"My settee moves across the living room, my son's cot moves across the floor and the constant music has me permanently on edge," Sadie Renenhan, who lives above McCloughlin told ThisisLondon.com. "My GP prescribed me anti-depression tablets to cope."
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Aug. 6th, 2004 01:18 amPostman Kept 21,000 Letters Undelivered
A Malaysian postman kept 21,000 letters undelivered for up to four years in a room of his house, newspapers said Thursday. Police were now searching for the missing man.
The former employee of Pos Malaysia Bhd, fired in March, left mail such as telephone bills, bank statements and magazines in a room of a house in which he once lived in a Kuala Lumpur suburb. Some of the letters were four years old.
A Malaysian postman kept 21,000 letters undelivered for up to four years in a room of his house, newspapers said Thursday. Police were now searching for the missing man.
The former employee of Pos Malaysia Bhd, fired in March, left mail such as telephone bills, bank statements and magazines in a room of a house in which he once lived in a Kuala Lumpur suburb. Some of the letters were four years old.
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Aug. 6th, 2004 01:22 amRepublican Sen. John McCain, a former prisoner of war in Vietnam, called an ad criticizing John Kerry's military service "dishonest and dishonorable" and urged the White House on Thursday to condemn it as well.
The White House declined
"It was the same kind of deal that was pulled on me," McCain said in an interview with The Associated Press, comparing the anti-Kerry ad to tactics in his bitter Republican primary fight with President Bush.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan declined to condemn the ad. He did denounce the proliferation of spending by independent groups, such as the anti-Kerry veterans organization, that are playing on both sides of the political fence.
"The president thought he got rid of this unregulated soft money when he signed the bipartisan campaign finance reform into law," McClellan said. A chief sponsor of that bill, which Bush initially opposed, was McCain.
In 2000, Bush's supporters sponsored a rumor campaign against McCain in the South Carolina primary, helping Bush win the primary and the nomination. McCain's supporters have never forgiven the Bush team.
McCain said that's all in the past to him, but he's speaking out against the anti-Kerry ad because "it reopens all the old wounds of the Vietnam War, which I spent the last 35 years trying to heal."
"I deplore this kind of politics," McCain said. "I think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable. As it is, none of these individuals served on the boat (Kerry) commanded. Many of his crew have testified to his courage under fire. I think John Kerry served honorably in Vietnam. I think George Bush served honorably in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War."
The White House declined
"It was the same kind of deal that was pulled on me," McCain said in an interview with The Associated Press, comparing the anti-Kerry ad to tactics in his bitter Republican primary fight with President Bush.
White House spokesman Scott McClellan declined to condemn the ad. He did denounce the proliferation of spending by independent groups, such as the anti-Kerry veterans organization, that are playing on both sides of the political fence.
"The president thought he got rid of this unregulated soft money when he signed the bipartisan campaign finance reform into law," McClellan said. A chief sponsor of that bill, which Bush initially opposed, was McCain.
In 2000, Bush's supporters sponsored a rumor campaign against McCain in the South Carolina primary, helping Bush win the primary and the nomination. McCain's supporters have never forgiven the Bush team.
McCain said that's all in the past to him, but he's speaking out against the anti-Kerry ad because "it reopens all the old wounds of the Vietnam War, which I spent the last 35 years trying to heal."
"I deplore this kind of politics," McCain said. "I think the ad is dishonest and dishonorable. As it is, none of these individuals served on the boat (Kerry) commanded. Many of his crew have testified to his courage under fire. I think John Kerry served honorably in Vietnam. I think George Bush served honorably in the Texas Air National Guard during the Vietnam War."
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Aug. 6th, 2004 01:22 amJack Nicholson may be an Oscar winner, but according to one Los Angeles prostitute the actor's most convincing role is that of an assailant -- and he's a cheap one at that. In this Superior Court lawsuit, Catherine Sheehan alleges that after a night of sex with the actor, Nicholson refused to pay. He then allegedly turned violent, smacking Sheehan and threatening to toss her (and Sheehan's little black dress) into Mulholland Drive. Nicholson, who turned 60 on April 22, denies the charges.
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Aug. 6th, 2004 01:25 amOn 7-year-old Cheyenne Gilliam's first day at Mount Vernon Elementary yesterday, her new principal, Leon Davidson, explained to her classmates that the dog she brought to school isn't a pet: It's a working dog trained to respond to Cheyenne's epileptic seizures.
But the pair's first day in second grade ended abruptly when Rockcastle County Schools Superintendent Larry Hammond notified Cheyenne's parents, Jennifer and Anthony Gilliam, that the dog was, in a manner of speaking, being suspended.
Two hours after the day began, the family took the dog, and their daughter, home.
But the pair's first day in second grade ended abruptly when Rockcastle County Schools Superintendent Larry Hammond notified Cheyenne's parents, Jennifer and Anthony Gilliam, that the dog was, in a manner of speaking, being suspended.
Two hours after the day began, the family took the dog, and their daughter, home.
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Aug. 6th, 2004 01:27 amMan says he didn't mean to board plane with gun, knife
A man pleaded not guilty Monday to knowingly attempting to board a plane with a loaded handgun, folding knife, and 10 syringes in his carry-on bag.
Ali Reza Khatami, 65, was arrested June 24 when the .38-caliber pistol and 3.5-inch knife were found during a security screening, Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Staples said. He had been preparing to board a United Airlines flight to Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.
Defense attorney Ben Wasserman said at Khatami's bail hearing last month that his client had forgotten he was carrying the weapons. He said his client was on his way to Virginia to sell some property.
Khatami told authorities he had planned to put the gun and knife in his bag to take them to a safe in his garage, but didn't remember. Then he planned to leave them at his son's house, he said, but he was in such a rush that he forgot again.
A man pleaded not guilty Monday to knowingly attempting to board a plane with a loaded handgun, folding knife, and 10 syringes in his carry-on bag.
Ali Reza Khatami, 65, was arrested June 24 when the .38-caliber pistol and 3.5-inch knife were found during a security screening, Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Staples said. He had been preparing to board a United Airlines flight to Reagan National Airport in Washington, D.C.
Defense attorney Ben Wasserman said at Khatami's bail hearing last month that his client had forgotten he was carrying the weapons. He said his client was on his way to Virginia to sell some property.
Khatami told authorities he had planned to put the gun and knife in his bag to take them to a safe in his garage, but didn't remember. Then he planned to leave them at his son's house, he said, but he was in such a rush that he forgot again.
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Aug. 6th, 2004 01:35 am
I'm sure I've tortured your friends pages with links long enough tonight. No more, after the unbearably cute puppy.
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Aug. 6th, 2004 03:29 pmThe radio calls went out at 7:45 a.m. yesterday asking Boston police officers to look out for two white limousines repeatedly smashing into each other during a violent chase through lower Dorchester.
Police said the man, Wayne Gethers, 38, of Roxbury, told them he had parked at 20 Ripley Road, and was ''enjoying the company of an unidentified female" in the back seat when his wife drove up in another limo the couple owns together. Wayne Gethers's four children were riding in the limo with his wife, police said.
That's when Yvesnane Gethers, 27, of Norwich, Conn., became enraged and slammed her limo into her husband's limo several times before Wayne Gethers tried to escape, said Boston police spokesman John Boyle. When Wayne Gethers drove off, his wife followed, ramming him at least five to seven times during a pursuit that reached speeds of 40 to 50 miles per hour, police reported.
Reached yesterday at his home, Wayne Gethers said he and his wife of three years are separated but had been trying to reconcile. She was visiting the past four days from Connecticut, but they argued Sunday in a supermarket about the way she was dressed.
After several more arguments, he said, he left the home and was having a beer and watching television with a female friend in the back seat of his limousine yesterday morning when his wife arrived.
''I was not having sex with no woman," Wayne Gethers said, adding that the couple owns the limousines as personal vehicles.
He acknowledged that the female friend was still in the car during the car chase and then got out after it ended.
As for mending his relationship with his wife, Wayne Gethers said, ''I'm afraid of her right now. I don't want nothing of it."
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A family whose shop in West Bromwich was raided by a 12-year-old boy brandishing a gun have been praised for their "remarkable bravery" by a judge.
CCTV footage revealed the boy burst into the store on 8 May with a scarf around his face and hood over his head.
He told the shopkeeper, Jasbir Guliani, to fill a black plastic bag with cash.
Mr Guliani said there was no money in the till and, on instruction to load the bag with cigarettes instead, told the boy he was underage.
The retailer later offered him sweets and crisps instead.
During the raid Jasbir's father, Sudha Guliani, entered the shop and slipped out to call the police on his mobile phone.
The boy was disarmed by two officers who found the weapon was unloaded.
Judge Onions said: "I have never seen someone of his age and of his build with such a fearsome weapon."
He also rejected suggestions that the child had not been aware of the gravity of his offence.
He went on: "This young man had that gun for some time. He knew what a sawn-off shotgun was.
"He had his hood up when he went into the shop. He had time to think about what he was doing."
Police said the man, Wayne Gethers, 38, of Roxbury, told them he had parked at 20 Ripley Road, and was ''enjoying the company of an unidentified female" in the back seat when his wife drove up in another limo the couple owns together. Wayne Gethers's four children were riding in the limo with his wife, police said.
That's when Yvesnane Gethers, 27, of Norwich, Conn., became enraged and slammed her limo into her husband's limo several times before Wayne Gethers tried to escape, said Boston police spokesman John Boyle. When Wayne Gethers drove off, his wife followed, ramming him at least five to seven times during a pursuit that reached speeds of 40 to 50 miles per hour, police reported.
Reached yesterday at his home, Wayne Gethers said he and his wife of three years are separated but had been trying to reconcile. She was visiting the past four days from Connecticut, but they argued Sunday in a supermarket about the way she was dressed.
After several more arguments, he said, he left the home and was having a beer and watching television with a female friend in the back seat of his limousine yesterday morning when his wife arrived.
''I was not having sex with no woman," Wayne Gethers said, adding that the couple owns the limousines as personal vehicles.
He acknowledged that the female friend was still in the car during the car chase and then got out after it ended.
As for mending his relationship with his wife, Wayne Gethers said, ''I'm afraid of her right now. I don't want nothing of it."
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A family whose shop in West Bromwich was raided by a 12-year-old boy brandishing a gun have been praised for their "remarkable bravery" by a judge.
CCTV footage revealed the boy burst into the store on 8 May with a scarf around his face and hood over his head.
He told the shopkeeper, Jasbir Guliani, to fill a black plastic bag with cash.
Mr Guliani said there was no money in the till and, on instruction to load the bag with cigarettes instead, told the boy he was underage.
The retailer later offered him sweets and crisps instead.
During the raid Jasbir's father, Sudha Guliani, entered the shop and slipped out to call the police on his mobile phone.
The boy was disarmed by two officers who found the weapon was unloaded.
Judge Onions said: "I have never seen someone of his age and of his build with such a fearsome weapon."
He also rejected suggestions that the child had not been aware of the gravity of his offence.
He went on: "This young man had that gun for some time. He knew what a sawn-off shotgun was.
"He had his hood up when he went into the shop. He had time to think about what he was doing."