Archive for September, 2009

Teen Attacked, Beaten to Death in Melee

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Video: Teen Attacked, Beaten to Death in Melee
Help Police Find Derrion Albert’s Killers
Updated: Tuesday, 29 Sep 2009, 2:26 PM CDT
Published : Saturday, 26 Sep 2009, 9:00 PM CDT
* By Darlene Hill, FOX Chicago News
This is the hard lesson some students at Fenger High School have to deal with after a day [...]

Sheriff’s Office Bans Use Of Tobacco

TAMPA | You know that designated smoking area? Kiss it goodbye.
That’s what’s happening at the Hillsborough County Sheriff’s Office, where the administration has decided to eliminate all on-campus tobacco use effective Oct. 1.
It is the latest and strictest move involving the ever-shortening leash Tampa Bay area law enforcement agencies are giving their smoking and tobacco-using [...]

Mom Locked Teen in Closet for Years

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A woman was arrested after her 14-year-son told authorities he escaped from a home where he’d been kept for 4 1/2 years, spending most of his time locked in a bedroom closet, police said Monday.

Laser Lipo Complication Leaves Woman Brain Dead

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A Broward County woman went in for a laser liposuction-type procedure but is now clinging to life after something went horribly wrong. Her family faces the tough choice of taking her off life support.
The family of 37-year-old Rohie Kah-Orukotan says she went in for the common outpatient surgery with a Weston doctor, when she started [...]

Brawl Breaks Out on College Campus in Florida, Dozens Evacuated

DAYTONA BEACH – Five people were treated for minor injuries Tuesday and a student was arrested after a brawl on the campus of Bethune-Cookman University.
Almost 150 students were evacuated from a dormitory on the campus of the historically black university after a sprinkler was accidentally set off by someone who had hung clothes from it, [...]

State releases more Casey Anthony case documents

Orlando Sentinel– A stain in the trunk of Casey Anthony’s Pontiac appeared to be the outline of a child in a fetal position, according to an e-mail between FBI officials released today.
The e-mail was just one of 1,000 pages of documents released by the State Attorney’s Office on Tuesday in the first-degree murder case against [...]

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Yesterday on the show… Bubba won the football pool by getting 15 correct games, Matt Yocum was on the phone, and read about what some women will do for Metallica tickets! Don’t forget to tune into today’s show!!!

Polanski asks Swiss court to free him from custody

ZURICH (AP) – Lawyers for Roman Polanski filed a motion in court Tuesday asking that the Oscar-winning director be released from Swiss custody – the first step in his legal battle to avoid extradition to the United States for a 1977 statutory rape case.
The Swiss Federal Criminal Court announced the filing and said “the [...]

Medical examiner: boy died of rare lake infection

POLK COUNTY (Bay News 9) – A 10-year-old that died last month of an infection likely picked it up while swimming in Lake Arietta.
According to the Polk County Health Department, Philip Thomas Gompf swam in the lake and developed symptoms a week later.
Gompf died of primary amoebic meningoencephalitis, which is caused by a natural occurring [...]

Obama wants a longer school year for U.S. students

Washington – Students beware: The summer vacation you just enjoyed could be sharply curtailed if President Barack Obama gets his way.
Obama says American kids spend too little time in school, putting them at a disadvantage with other students around the globe.
“Now, I know longer school days and school years are not wildly popular ideas,” [...]