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NYC Has Paid Firefighter $125,000 for More Than 2 Years to Do Nothing: Report
A New York City firefighter has been getting paid since 2013 while not having to do any work, the New York Post reports. Arnaldo Rodriguez, 40, has been at home for the past two-and-a-half years, culminating in some $125,000 in salary plus benefits, while the Fire Department of New York decides what to do with…
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Mich. State Workers in Flint Got Fresh Bottled Water 8 Months Before Residents Were Told Water Wasn’t Safe
In January 2015, while cries from residents of Flint, Mich., that something was wrong with the tap water went ignored, state officials made provisions to have watercoolers installed at the State Office Building in Flint. It would be some eight months before city officials would admit that the tap water was unsafe to use, according…
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Watch: ‘Mean’ Joe Greene Reunites With Coke Kid From Iconic Super Bowl Ad
A lot has changed in 37 years. You just have to look back at the famous 1979 Coca-Cola commercial featuring Pittsburgh Steelers legend “Mean” Joe Greene and the little kid who offered him a Coke to drink, which gained iconic status after it aired during Super Bowl XIV in 1980. That being said, Tommy Okon…
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‘Affluenza’ Teen Ethan Couch Back in US, Booked in Texas Juvenile-Detention Center
Infamous “affluenza” teen Ethan Couch is officially back in the U.S. and was booked into a Texas juvenile-detention center after he was deported from Mexico on Thursday morning, the Associated Press reports. Couch, 18, who is accused of fleeing the country with his mother while prosecutors were investigating a possible probation violation, was brought into…
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No Cash? No Problem! Homeless Detroit Man Accepts All Major Credit Cards for Donations
Abe Hagenston, who has been homeless in Detroit for about seven years, has found a very efficient way to help not only himself but also others in his little community. “Honest Abe,” as he calls himself, who calls the 8 Mile overpass on Interstate 75 home, accepts credit and debit card donations from those passersby…
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Texas Woman, 26, Killed in Road Rage Shooting
Texas police are searching for a man who shot and killed a woman driving on a busy highway. According to KHOU, the incident happened Wednesday evening as traffic during rush hour was coming to a crawl. Twenty-six-year-old Brittany Daniel was driving on busy Arlington, Texas, Interstate 30 to take a co-worker home when a car,…
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Robert ‘LaVoy’ Finicum, Killed in Ore. Arrests, Reached for Gun, Authorities Say
Oregon authorities say it was the fact that Robert “LaVoy” Finicum reached for his waistband, which held his gun, that prompted officers to open fire on the group of armed Oregon wildlife-refuge occupiers, CNN reports. Authorities caught up with the leaders of the group on U.S. Route 395, some distance away from the wildlife refuge…
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Va. Mother Arrested After Allegedly Knocking Assistant Principal Unconscious During Meeting
Virginia police arrested a mother Tuesday after she reportedly punched an assistant principal, knocking the woman unconscious, during a meeting at her child’s elementary school. According to ABC 13, 43-year-old Tracy Lawrence of Portsmouth went to Lakeview Elementary School demanding to speak to the assistant principal about a matter concerning her child. The news station…
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SC Judge Orders Jury Pool of 600 People to Be Summoned in Trial of Accused Charleston Shooter Dylann Roof
A South Carolina judge has ordered a jury pool of 600 people summoned for the trial of Dylann Roof, who is charged with murder in the Emanuel African Methodist Episcopal Church shooting that took place last summer, The Guardian reports. Roof, 21, is facing nine counts of murder, three counts of attempted murder and a…
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Chicago Cop Involved in Fatal Shooting of Quintonio LeGrier, Bettie Jones to Sue Teen’s Estate
A Chicago police officer who shot and killed a black teenager is planning to sue the teen’s estate, claiming that the teen attacked him, CBS Chicago reports. Chicago Police Officer Robert Rialmo’s lawyer, Joel Brodsky, told the news station that he plans to file a counterclaim against the estate of 19-year-old Quintonio LeGrier on the…