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Idaho Falls Man Indicted on Multiple Federal Charges of Fraud
Defendant's Investment Scheme Allegedly Caused $4 Million Loss to Investors
|U.S. Attorney's Office November 15, 2012
BOISE—Gene Edward Hinsley, II, 63, of Idaho Falls, Idaho, was indicted by a federal grand jury in Boise yesterday on multiple counts of wire fraud, mail fraud, and interstate transportation of property taken by fraud, U.S. Attorney Wendy J. Olson announced. Hinsley is scheduled to make his first appearance in federal court in Pocatello on November 27.
The 19-page indictment charges Hinsley with six counts of wire fraud, three counts of mail fraud, and one count of interstate transportation of property taken by fraud. The indictment alleges that between 2004 and 2008, Hinsley schemed to defraud investors by obtaining money in connection with what Hinsley represented as securities issued in the form of investment contracts for speculating in the silver market. The indictment alleges that Hinsley knowingly transmitted by wire the U.S. Postal Service account statements and letters regarding the status of investments. The indictment also alleges that Hinsley did not register the securities he was selling, and he was not a registered securities broker-dealer.
According to the indictment, beginning in 2004, Hinsley, as the sole owner and operator of Galaxy Coin LLC in Idaho Falls, began offering an investment program to people wanting to invest in silver. The program purportedly used Hinsley's expertise to buy and sell silver and generate a return on investment by selling the silver for more than what it was purchased for. The indictment alleges that the agreements between Hinsley and investors provided that the investor would earn a profit by investing money with Hinsley; the investor was not expected to expend any effort to obtain the return, other than providing investment funds. The indictment alleges that Hinsley misrepresented to investors that the investment was low-risk, risk free, or moderately risky; that the investors' only risk was that they might end up with the silver; and that the investors could withdraw all or part of the invested funds upon notice. The indictment alleges that these representations were false as investors were unable to withdraw their funds, and Hinsley did not return the money when requested by investors to do so. Hinsley's investment scheme allegedly was structured to pay investors 80 percent of profits and Hinsley 20 percent. As Hinsley gained investors and conducted more transactions, he eventually switched to a fixed rate of return of 13 percent every two months, or 78 percent annually.
The indictment alleges that Hinsley initially paid investors the returns he promised and, based on the reliability of generous investment returns and bi-monthly, e-mailed account statements, misled investors into believing he was investing prudently, and obtaining consistent monthly returns. The indictment further alleges that because Hinsley made these false representations, investors did not attempt to remove their investment and thus generated a positive image to attract new investors.
The indictment alleges that on April 7, 2008, Hinsley advised investors that he was unable to purchase silver due to its declining price, and no one would sell to him. He also advised investors that he was reducing the return he was paying to two percent per month, or 24 percent annually, and that he would not return their investments until October 2008. In September 2008, Hinsley advised investors that he would continue to pay the two percent per month return but would postpone payouts of principal for an additional six months. Because Hinsley allegedly failed to maintain accurate business records, the government estimates that Hinsley issued investment contracts to over 100 investors of over $4 million. The indictment alleges that the estimated net loss on investment was between $1.5 million and $2 million.
Wire fraud and mail fraud, per count, is punishable by up to 20 years in prison; interstate transportation of property taken by fraud is punishable by up to 10 years. The charges each carry a maximum fine of $250,000 and up to three years of supervised release.
The case is being investigated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Today's announcement is part of efforts underway by President Obama's Financial Fraud Enforcement Task Force (FFETF), which was created in November 2009 to wage an aggressive, coordinated, and proactive effort to investigate and prosecute financial crimes. With more than 20 federal agencies, 94 U.S. attorneys' offices, and state and local partners, it is the broadest coalition of law enforcement, investigatory, and regulatory agencies ever assembled to combat fraud. Since its formation, the task force has made great strides in facilitating increased investigation and prosecution of financial crimes; enhancing coordination and cooperation among federal, state, and local authorities; addressing discrimination in the lending and financial markets; and conducting outreach to the public, victims, financial institutions, and other organizations. Over the past three fiscal years, the Justice Department has filed more than 10,000 financial fraud cases against nearly 15,000 defendants including more than 2,700 mortgage fraud defendants. For more information on the task force, visit www.stopfraud.gov.
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|During June 2002, Donna and I spent a few days exploring Old Order Amish communities in Michigan. As we dodged buggies on the back roads and observed horse-drawn farm implements being used in the fields, we began to see the bountiful benefits and weighty burdens that flowed from the folklore binding together Amish society. While loggers here in Siskiyou County might exchange colorful jargon, or Native Americans along our Klamath River might inherit slices of custom and material lore, the Michigan Amish appeared to be members of a relatively complete, fairly stable, and mostly closed society--a folk society structured in such a manner that its members do not often have either the opportunity or desire for significant exchange of lore with other folk groups. Instead, the many traditional threads of Amish oral, customary, and material folklore weave a complex Amish persona, keep a reign on their behavior, and have helped their population steadily increase to about 200,000 in 250 settlements in 25 states (though about 75% of all the Amish live in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana, Wisconsin, and Michigan). Interestingly, it was America's relative tolerance of religious differences that first brought the Amish here, and this same tolerance now yokes their future existence to the continuation of a pluralistic America accepting of unpopular and unchanging religious beliefs.
The Christian myth system's history is rife with the arrest, torture and execution of those whose interpretation of its myths were somehow out of favor, and 16th century Swiss Anabaptists endured branding, loss of property, and being sold into slavery for following what they believed to be the correct teachings of Jesus: adult baptism, nonviolence, and separation of church and state. In the late 17th century, Jacob Amman's Anabaptist congregation (the Amish) delineated from other Anabaptists when he demanded the shunning of those expelled from the sect and required members to partake in a ritualistic washing of the feet. The relentless persecution of all Anabaptist sects, by Catholic and Protestant alike, led to significant 18th and 19th century emigration to America by Anabaptists from Switzerland, and what is present-day France, and Germany.
|In America, while the life and property of the Amish was generally safe, behaviors stemming from their religious myths were problematic for state authorities dealing with safety, education, and national security. The problem, simply put, was that most Amish behavior is founded in religious belief, and the Amish were adamant they could not compromise religious belief and remain true to God. Core Amish beliefs against compulsory school attendance and military service clashed with state interests. From the Amish point of view, education beyond the small, one-room schoolhouse could expose the Amish child to the wisdom of the world--a wisdom that according to the Bible would be viewed as "foolishness " by God (I Cor. 3:19). Service in the military would not only put the Amish member in continuous contact with worldly ways, it would conflict with religious prohibition against swearing an oath and resorting to violence. So far, major collisions with state interests have been decided in favor of the Amish, both in the courtroom and in the public mind, but the unwillingness of the Amish to allow the state to compromise Amish myths, customs, and material folk traditions make it clear their future in America is dependent on friendly court rulings and public support. Having taken a constitutional law class, I recognize the fragility and impermanence of such a relationship-a dependency that could easily fall victim to any number of compelling state interests having to do with homeland security, health and safety, and social welfare.
As someone who freely borrows everything from calendar customs to proverbs from other folk groups, I generally view the adoption of borrowed lore as a natural and potentially positive diffusion of human creativity. I am quick to quote Irish wit and eager to celebrate revolutionary ideals on Cinco de Mayo. The Amish, on the other hand, are dedicated in their efforts to isolate themselves and inoculate their myths and other lore from those who would pollute them--those they refer to as "the English." They understand well the significance of Mark Twain's oft repeated quip: "Let me make the superstitions of a nation and I care not who makes its laws or its songs either." Though limited to an eighth grade education, they know better than most that even the thinnest supernatural soup, such as the popular New Age mythic system recipe that willy-nilly blends together bits of Buddhism, a cup of Christianity, and a splash of Shirley McLane, is still meaty enough to become a competitor in the marketplace of belief systems-a marketplace not often visited by the Amish. In fact, the encroachment of such competing belief systems is largely prevented by the religious, social, and occupational isolation of the Amish. Like stones in a wall, it was easy to see how the distinctive costume of its members, the use of Pennsylvania German, and the desire for self-sufficiency each help build a barrier to lore exchange. It was also obvious that the wall was not impermeable, that economic dependency on the English, as well as neighborly interaction with those outside the faith, has created chinks in the wall.
While I do not believe that neighborly interaction posses a threat to the Amish way of life, I do think the Amish's growing economic interaction with outsiders holds more danger. To quote Twain again, "'You tell me where a man gets his corn pone and I will tell you what his opinions is." Twain's obvious point about human nature, that a person's opinion is often determined by his source of income, should be disconcerting to the Amish.
The Amish desire to remain self-sufficient has certainly fallen victim to economic realities, and Donna and I bought cookies and needle work at Amish farmhouses, shopped at Amish hardware and general stores, and lamented we could not carry back one of the rustic hickory chairs sold by Amish craftsmen everywhere. Of course, the increased interaction with tourists has not only brought in money and potential exposure to worldly ideas, it has done much to create a vast network of positive feeling toward the Amish throughout the greater non-Amish society, and few would deny there is much about the Amish to admire.
As an outsider looking in, it seemed to me that the Old Order Michigan Amish are living in a relatively stable, fulfilling, and attractive pastoral society held together by folklore. They appear significantly less troubled by the alienation, ambiguity of roles, and other stressors common to mainstream life. I was also charmed by their modesty, impressed by their work ethic, and intrigued by the high level of family interaction. On the other hand, I am disturbed by the lowly place reason occupies in their epistemological hierarchy, and their counterculture stance against technology and progress seems intellectually inconsistent. Further, one could surely argue against the rigidity of their gender roles, the obvious loss of individuality, and the heavy hand of the "Ordnung"-the unwritten but omnipresent rules they live under. Other detractors might rightly wag their finger at the documented increase in hereditary disorders and rash of adolescent rebellion that currently confronts the Old Order Amish.
|Donna and I very much enjoyed our short encounter with the
Amish, but the interaction was so brief and limited that my observations
should only be viewed as an introduction to the Old Order Amish and their
lore. Students wanting a much more worthy analysis of Amish history and
social structure, as well as a fair look at both the benefits and burdens
of Amish society, should read John Hostetler's excellent fourth edition
of Amish Society. For a general overview of Old Order Anabaptist
sects, i.e., the Hutterites, Mennonites, Amish, and Brethren, see On
the Backroad to Heaven by Kraybill and Bowman. Lastly, while I did take
a few unobserved photos of the Amish during our trip, I generally honored
the Amish's wish to not involve them in "graven images." Subsequently,
most of the Old Order Amish photos used here were taken with a very long
telephoto lens and contributed by Galen
R. Frysinger, and I appreciate his willingness to share his photos with
this online class.

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Tavrin had previously purchased the 12% stake from VKontakte founder Pavel Durov for an undisclosed price. The deal increased Mail.ru Group's stake in VKontakte to 51.99%, although according to the company's accounts the deal did not give it control of VKontakte. Mail.ru Group has owned shares in VKontakte since 2007.
In 2011 Durov fell out with Mail.ru's General Manager Dmitry Grishin, when the latter announced that the group intended to take over VKontakte. Durov also later fell out with his partners Levieev and Mirilashvili, leading to the sale of their stake in the company to Alexander Shmelev's fund UCP, who consequently own the other 48% of the social network.
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Gourmet Airfare, which has been in business for 15 years, serves 12 major airports in southeast Michigan and Ohio and more than a dozen smaller airfields. "It's always a challenge," said owner, executive chef and president Eric Carlson, who recalled that his single toughest assignment probably came last May, when Grand Rapids, Mich.-based marketing giant Amway celebrated its 50th anniversary by flying in its top sales performers from all over the world. "We had to research the favorite dishes of a dozen countries, find the proper ingredients and learn how to prepare them," Carlson said. "We did 16 charter aircraft all on the same day-eight morning departures and eight evening departures." As if that weren't enough to deal with, that one day just happened to be Memorial Day.
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SAN ANTONIO - Bettina Bergmann, the Helene Phillips Herzig '49 Professor of Art, Mount Holyoke College, will be the first speaker of Trinity University's 2012 Lennox Lecture Series on the topic of Love and Desire in Antiquity. She will speak on "Landscapes of Venus," at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 2, in the Ruth Taylor Recital Hall. All events are free and open to the public.
Bergmann, an expert on Greek and Roman art, has published articles on the relationships among Roman architecture, painting, and literature. She coedited The Ancient Art of Spectacle with Christine Kondoleon. She is currently preparing two books for publication, one on Roman ensembles and the other on Roman landscape. Bergmann received her doctorate and a master of philosophy from Columbia University.
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- Do-It: DO-IT serves to increase the success of individuals with disabilities in challenging academic programs and careers by promoting the use of computer and networking technologies to increase independence, productivity, and participation in education and employment.
- Career Connect, a resource from the American Foundation for the Blind, allows job seekers to learn about the range and diversity of jobs performed by adults who are blind or visually impaired, including current job opportunities.
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Reasonable accommodations refers to modifications or adjustments made to the job or working environment that allow a person with disabilities to perform the job duties, without causing undue hardship on the employer. The ADA requires that employers provide employees with disabilities with reasonable accommodations. See this link for details: http://www.eeoc.gov/policy/docs/accommodation.html#general. It is your responsibility to determine your needs and to request accommodations. The job description can be a good resource for determining what types of accommodations you may need. Once hired, be sure to follow up with the employer about reasonable accommodation and assist the employer by suggesting ways he or she can provide you with the accommodations that you need.
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Good luck: we are battling against an age-old tradition of incompetence, brutality & immunity from justice. Quis custodiet ipsos custodies?
A Year After Ramarley Graham's Murder, a Movement Against Police Brutality Grows
On Feb. 1, 2012, 18 year old Ramarley Graham was gunned down in his own home by New York City police in front of his grandmother and 6 year old brother. The unarmed black teenager was killed with a bullet to the chest by officer Richard Haste after police broke into his family's apartment claiming Graham had a gun.
On Friday, the one year anniversary of Graham's murder, his family filed a suit against Haste, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly and other officers for use of the discriminatory stop-and-frisk tactic and for allegedly covering up evidence from the day their son was murdered.
Unlike many other cases surrounding police violence, Haste faces a maximum sentence of 25 years in prison on first and second degree murder charges; he is the first NYPD officer to face criminal charges for a fatal shooting since 2007 when three officers were indicted for the murder of Sean Bell, another black victim who was shot 50 times.
Police violence hits communities of color
Graham's murder is a familiar nightmare to many communities across the United States terrorized by police violence. From Harlem to Oakland, youth are subjected to legalized racial profiling, known as stop-and-frisk, which disproportionately targets 87 percent black and Latino people. Harassment and violence from area police forces have been a reality for communities of color for decades.
But families rarely see justice for their slain loved ones; officers typically receive what amounts to a slap on the wrist with paid leave. One such instance was the murder of black Oakland teenager Alan Blueford, who was shot three times by Oakland police and left dead in the street for four hours in May 2012, weeks before Blueford was set to graduate from high school.
Another was the shooting of Anaheim resident Manuel Diaz in July 2012. During a chase, police shot Diaz once in the leg and another time in the back of his head. Two days later, Anaheim police shot and killed Joel Acevedo during a car chase. Community members were outraged at the killings and demanded justice. According to Orange County DA records, there were 40 shootings by Anaheim police from 2003 to February 2011. Not one officer has been charged.
In New York City, incidents like these without reprimand occur all too often. Last June, NYPD narcotics detective Phillip Atkins shot 23 year old Shantel Davis in the chest as the unarmed woman held her arms up crying out, "Don't shoot me." In September, NYPD officers opened fire and killed 20 year old Reynaldo Cuevas as his Bronx bodega was being robbed. A month later, Noel Polanco was shot point blank after he was pulled over in his neighborhood in Queens.
The NYPD has led the way in police violence, paying a staggering $550 million to settle 8,882 lawsuits in 2011 alone. At the beginning of this year, a Manhattan Federal Court judge ruled that the tactic of stop-and-frisk was unconstitutional outside private residential buildings. However, shortly after, another judge lifted the ban on stops and searches of "suspicious looking people," allowing stop-and-frisk to continue until the case goes to trial in March.
Families organize for justice
Families afflicted by police violence have responded by brewing up a social justice movement to put an end to unwarranted searches, frisks and shootings. Communities are organizing, storming courtrooms and police precincts to demand accountability and justice for the brutal acts. Organizations like All Things Harlem, Stop Police Brutality and NYC resistance are developing tactics to counter and prevent these attacks in their neighborhoods.
Activist Joseph "Jazz" Hayden of All Things Harlem has created a network of resistance by documenting police interactions and has been a strong voice against NYPD racial profiling and violence. Although he has directly been targeted by police for filming arrests and harassment in his neighborhood, Hayden continues to share incriminating videos of officers in an attempt to hold police responsible for civil liberties violations.
"Police violence in our black and brown communities isn't anything new. They have tried to incriminate our youth, but we aren't backing down," Hayden said. "We have to continue to fight for our futures."
Baltimore civil rights activist Reverend Annie Chambers has been a leading anti-police brutality advocate, organizing community members and families ever since her great grandson was murdered near her home in a case of mistaken identity.
"You look outside my window and see police cars at any time of the day," Chambers said. "I have seen them with their brutality over and over again. Young people are now at the part where they won't take it anymore."
And now, family members of the slain are increasingly taking the justice system into their own hands. Ramarley Graham's parents continue, one year on, to lead marches to police precincts reminiscent of the Civil Rights era, not only in remembrance of their son but for all those who have died at the hands of uniformed officers.
Alan Blueford's parents have created Justice 4 Alan Blueford and hold weekly meetings to end racial profiling and police violence in the Bay Area.
Their case, and similar ones, are now pushing law enforcement officers into the national discussion about gun control and violence, spurring a new form of resistance by communities and neighborhoods long terrorized by unaccountable police brutality.


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If for some reason or another you find yourself no longer among the "happily married" in Christendom, then give thanks. Yes, that's scriptural. Remember 1 Thessalonians 5:18?, ..."Give thanks in all things for this is God's will concerning you who are in Christ Jesus."
Giving thanks to God for being divorced allowed me to begin a great journey of Kingdom discovery. Maybe you, as did I, discover divorced Christians are often "shocked and dismayed," by the prejudice they encounter within the fellowship of believers. Some fortunate ones may get by without getting the looks, comments, and opinions of those who refuse to recognize divorce as an option recognized by both the testaments of the Bible. Still, they probably, in some format or another encounter the usual phrases about divorce.
Unfortunately, confusion over the covenant of marriage still abounds within the Christian community. And, remains a highly divisive subject. Therefore, many, (probably most) divorced people stay away from church. I did for a while until recognizing the pathway I was following led in a direction I did not want to go.
Before divorce the much taught story about the woman at the well, when being used as an example, brought my keenly trained female ear to alert to hear the same old garbage and fortunately, also, brought up a wall as high as heaven because it had about it the chill of prejudice and biblical abuse. Still, I wasn't divorced so could disregard the slanting sermon.
After divorce, whenever it was again being used as an object lesson passage, it still brought the same sense of it being used to keep women in subjection to male dominance. But with a vastly different message. The message was always negative even though positively set. Biblical submission is very valued in most the minds of most Christians even though they may give voice to it otherwise.
The non-spoken passive-agressive message always was, "the woman was a gentile, a Jewish outcast, and Jesus had mercy on her." Factual to be sure, but I always braced myself for knowing I was going to have to sit through another life lesson taught not about Christ but really all about how to control females through biblical abuse. This week, I encountered the lesson again being taught only this time it was from a totally different perspective. The perspective was a cultural one and did not set the woman and her choices as the object lesson of the story. The lesson focused on the culture and the messenger.
No mistaking this focus; the lesson was about living water, its' source, and its' eternal value not about the evils of women refusing to live under the control of men.
I listened with the rapt attention only real hunger for The Word can produce because finally the truth of God was being approached. That is until the very last statement when the speaker added quietly, "She was maybe not a very nice woman." The story is often set with the concept the woman drew water at a time when she would have had the least of interactions with other women drawing water. The speaker had to throw a rock, even if it was just one (yes, it was a male teaching).
Gentile culture was very different from Jewish culture. It was pagan and pagans do what they want without consideration of God's laws. Biblical expositors have taken the content and added context because Jesus spoke to her about her choices. Give me more than supposition and I'll reconsider the previous slants. The fact is, Jesus, the author of all purpose in life, stepped outside the barriers of Jewish culture to make a request from a gentile so he could offer her Living Water. He chose her. Let that be a lesson to us all.
Never thirsting again for truth in life is the most astounding gift anyone could ever be given. Even through divorce, Living Water never leaves. And Jesus is living water in the life of the believer.
Christ gave his life. Did you hear? Christ gave his very life so all people could speak truth and fact to one another. May God have mercy on those who prevent truth and fact by but also continue to tell us of himself in honor of His Holy Name.


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PITTSBURGH (AP) — Prescription drug abuse is an epidemic in Pennsylvania, and legislators and law enforcement officials are scrambling to address the rapidly growing problem.
"I think we're in a culture in which everything gets fixed — there is no level of uncomfortableness that we think we should have to endure," said Elaine Stano, treatment specialist with the Fayette County Drug and Alcohol Commission, referring to the use of prescription narcotics for pain relief. "It's a quick way to alleviate discomfort. There's just an idea that we don't ever have to be uncomfortable, and I think that's a major reason drugs are a problem."
Addiction to prescription pills — mainly to narcotic painkillers such as oxycodone, sold as Percocet and other brands, and hydrocodone, sold as Vicodin and other brands — has proven to be more deadly than some illegal drugs. According to the Centers for Disease Control, prescription drug overdoses in 2007 resulted in four times as many deaths as heroin overdoses and twice as many as cocaine. And that trend has continued.
Across the region, the number of overdose deaths from prescription and illegal drugs has increased dramatically, according to the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Bureau of Health Statistics and Research, with Fayette County leading the way.
Fayette County has one of the highest death rates from drug overdoses in the country, more than that of West Virginia, the state with the highest rate of overdose deaths in the nation.
And in Westmoreland County, drug overdose deaths for the first time have surpassed all other types of unnatural deaths combined, including car accidents, homicides and fires.
In 2011, the most recent data available for research, drug overdose deaths in Allegheny County totaled 243, a rate of 20.5 per 100,000 residents. That's up from 2010 and 2009, when 228 and 222 people died from overdoses, respectively. Compare that to the rate in 1990, when 87 people, or 6.3 per 100,000 residents, died of an overdose in the county.
The numbers for outlying counties also have climbed. In 1990, a total of 18 people died of drug overdoses in six counties in the region — Beaver, Butler, Fayette, Greene, Washington and Westmoreland.
Three of the 18 died in Fayette County that year. By 2009, the number in Fayette County had reached 23. It rose to 28 in 2010, then to 43 in 2011 — representing 33.5 per 100,000 residents, surpassing West Virginia's nation-leading rate of 28.9 overdose deaths per 100,000 residents.
"I think we have some stronger prescription drugs now," said Jana Kyle, executive director of the Fayette County Drug and Alcohol Commission, about the increase in that county. "We have Opana, oxymorphone, Oxycontin . Doctors prescribe these highly addictive drugs and aren't aware that people are becoming addicted."
In the region's other counties, the number of overdose deaths from both prescription and illegal drugs in 2011 was, listed from the highest rate to lowest: Greene, 10 deaths, or 28.2 per 100,000 residents; Beaver, 37 deaths, or 24.2 per 100,000 residents; Washington, 40 deaths, or 21.2 per 100,000 residents; Westmoreland, 78 deaths, or 20.4 per 100,000; and Butler, 30 deaths, or 17 per 100,000 residents.
All counties in southwestern Pennsylvania outpace the state in the number of deaths per 100,000 people. Statewide, the rate is 15.3 — 14th highest in the nation, according to a recent study by the nonprofit, Trust for America's Health.
In Westmoreland County, Coroner Ken Bacha is on a mission to educate the public about prescription drug abuse.
"If you take all of the other types of unnatural death and put them together, they don't equal the number of drug overdoses we had in 2013," he said of his county.
When Bacha took office in 2002, 22 people died of drug overdoses that year, mostly from heroin use. In less than 10 years, that number had risen to 78 deaths. Last year, the county saw about 92 people die from drug overdoses, and so far in 2014, seven people are suspected to have died as a result of a drug overdose.
What is perhaps most striking about the data, Bacha said, is that about two-thirds of the overdoses now involve prescription drugs, with about a third caused by illicit drugs.
"The biggest problem is that people think it's prescription medication that comes from a doctor — it's OK," he said.
The two drugs most often involved in overdose deaths are hydrocodone and oxycodone, Bacha said. Sometimes added to the deadly cocktail are the "benzo" family of drugs — benzodiazepine, sold as Valium or Xanax — which are sometimes used to treat anxiety and depression. Both are central nervous system depressants that can cause a person to stop breathing.
Bacha is sponsoring prescription drug summits in schools throughout the county. He said the problem crosses demographic divides.
"This addiction does not discriminate," he said. His youngest overdose victim was a 15-year-old who died from heroion use, while the oldest was a 72-year-old woman who overdosed on prescription drugs, he said. "It affects down-and-out people and people who live in million-dollar houses. Our biggest percentage of deaths is among white males, ages 41 to 60."
Bacha is among those advocating legislative overhaul, and lawmakers are hearing the outcry. They have introduced several bills aimed at creating a prescription drug monitoring program and database that could alert doctors and pharmacists to abuse. In particular, the efforts would expose so-called "doctor shopping"— when a patient visits multiple doctors to obtain duplicate prescriptions.
Pennsylvania does not do a good job of monitoring, Bacha said. "It is essential. It will help cut down on the supply, but on the negative side, we think it's going to push people to use heroin."
He and other addiction experts believe heroin use will increase because patients who are exposed as doctor shoppers will need another way to feed their addiction.
U.S. Attorney David Hickton said the law treats addicts and dealers differently.
"We're highlighting addiction awareness and addiction education because addiction is an illness that's determined largely by your DNA. Once you become an addict to these powerful medications, you can't stop taking them any more than you can stop breathing," he said.
"The goal of law enforcement and the Obama administration is not to jail drug users but to rehabilitate them through treatment programs and close monitoring," he said.
"This administration has realized the distinction between the illness of addiction and people who are trafficking drugs. The treatment option is a huge piece of the equation."
Hickton's office has been concentrating its efforts on the supply-side of prescription narcotics. In 2012, he secured a conviction against Oliver Herndon, 41, a doctor from Peters who pleaded guilty to accusations that he prescribed powerful narcotics to patients without obtaining their medical history and without a thorough examination.
Investigators had described the Stanford-educated physician as a major supplier of narcotics in Western Pennsylvania, so much so that after his arrest in March 2012, the street value of oxycodone doubled to $40 per pill. He was sentenced to 11 years and 3 months in prison.
"What we're finding is the use of these pills is just increasing geometrically in all areas," said Hickton, who helped launch a drug take-back program in which boxes are located throughout the state where people can drop off leftover prescription drugs. "The data shows that most people are beginning their pill problem right out of the medicine cabinet."
Several bills pending in the state Legislature would create a prescription drug database, including House Bill 1694, introduced last year by state Rep. Matthew Baker, R-Tioga. It passed the House by a 191-7 vote and is now being considered by the state Senate Public Health and Welfare Committee.
The bills vary in how much access law enforcement would have to such a database. In Baker's bill, a search warrant would be required in most cases. He and others point out the importance of the bill's objective — to help addicts, not necessarily to punish them.
Baker said he hopes the bill moves quickly through the Senate because Pennsylvania is lagging behind other states that have already addressed the monitoring of prescription opiates. Pennsylvania, along with every other state except Missouri, has a prescription drug monitoring program but it does not monitor Schedule II, III, IV or V drugs, such as hydrocodone or oxycodone.
The bills are supported by industry groups, including the Pennsylvania Pharmacists Association, which represents 1,200 pharmacists statewide.
"I would say that we're pretty strongly supportive of it," Pat Epple, CEO of the association, said of the efforts.
The group had concerns early on about whether pharmacists would be required to investigate all patients through the database system. Ms. Epple said the group favors a voluntary approach.
But some groups don't want to see any of the bills move too quickly through the Legislature due to privacy concerns.
"It's extremely concerning that the government wants to collect this type of personal information about people," said Andy Hoover, legislative director of the American Civil Liberties Union in Pennsylvania. "There needs to be some serious privacy controls, and the existing bills don't have them."
Hoover is concerned that any patient, including a child, who gets routine dental work or takes medication for attention deficit disorder will end up in the system.
"The medications on this list are very common," he said. "It goes all the way down to prescription cold and flu medications because it's based on the federal Controlled Substances Act."
Schedule II drugs that would be covered by the monitoring bills include the highly addictive painkillers such as oxycodone and hydromorphone, sold as Dilaudid and other brands. But the bills also would cover drugs in the Schedule V category, which include cough suppressants and anti-diarrheal medications and are considered to have a low potential for abuse.
"Millions of people will end up on this database," Hoover said.
He also expressed concern about abuse of the database, citing information from the Medical Identity Fraud Alliance that indicates medical identity theft is on the rise, increasing 20 percent between 2012 and 2013.
The ACLU also takes issue with the search warrant requirements for law enforcement access to the database. Right now, Baker's bill provides a search warrant requirement but not for all police inquiries.
"We think it should be broader. It should cover any attempt from a prosecutor into this database. If they want this type of information, they should have to explain to a court what they want," Hoover said. "They can't get into our personal medicine cabinets without a warrant."
Ron and Judi Owen of O'Hara have taken up the cause of combatting drug abuse. Their daughter Sarah overdosed on heroin 10 years ago at age 23, leaving behind a 5-year-old daughter.
"We are part of fraternity of many families who have lost kids who pushed the envelope and never thought they had a problem," Owen said. "Our Sarah was a loving mother and a caring daughter, but she always wanted to have an extra rush. It's a dangerous road."
He said his daughter began taking drugs while she was a student at Fox Chapel Area High School.
He and his wife have been active since their daughter's death, serving on nonprofit boards and speaking to groups about the way drug use tears families apart.
"It takes over your desire to live a normal life," said Owen, who serves on the board of directors for Gateway Rehabilitation. "It takes one shot too much of that stuff and it's over. Your family and friends mourn for life."
The couple has created an organization devoted to giving young women a chance to move beyond their addictions. It is called R.O.S.E.S from Sarah, which stands for Recovery Or Single-Mother Educational Support.
"People need to be educated about what they're taking," said Erica Usher, a prevention supervisor with the Fayette County Drug and Alcohol Commission. "We have to be responsible for what we put in our bodies."
Kenneth Martz, director of the Bureau of Treatment, Prevention and Intervention, part of the state Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs, believes the problem must be addressed from many different angles, including drop-off boxes to collect unneeded prescription medicines, expanded treatment options to address addiction and a monitoring program to track possible abusers.
"No one element will be the silver bullet that will stop this," said Martz, who noted that treatment options can be outpatient or inpatient and most insurance covers substance abuse treatment.
"It usually takes them getting arrested to get forced into treatment," Bacha said of those who are addicted.
He added: "Parents need to be in their kids' business with tough love or they'll be picking out their casket."
Information from: Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, http://www.post-gazette.com


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On a drive up to a local restaurant last week to celebrate our friend's final Master's class, my wife and I were listening to this segment of Marketplace [3] on commuter bikes. The segment talked about how more people are biking to work and how expensive these commuter bikes were. They range anywhere from a couple hundred to five figures! It's an astonishing price to pay for a bicycle but here's the truly astonishing part about it – many pay without any reason to.
First, Marketplace talked to Richard Fries of Bikes Belong [4], a bicycling advocacy group, and he said that you just need a simple bike to get you from A to B. All you need "is the bike that Curious George had. You know what I mean? Fenders, chain guard, a little rack to strap your books onto. Does wheelies. Gets around town."
Then they talked to Susan Brady, just a regular Jane consumer who bikes every day to work:
Brady: I mean, the cool thing about bikes is you can spend a little or spend a lot, and they're all gonna pretty much do the same thing.
Cole (Marketplace reporter): That's what I'm wondering, why you would spend a lot.
Brady: Cause I thought I'm never gonna be able to buy a house, so I might as well buy a nice bike.
Woah. Now, it's one thing to justify the price with good reasons and another to justify it like that. For example, high end mountain bikes are expensive because they are made of carbon fiber (to be lighter), have high end shock absorbers (to handle the rugged terrain), and other similar characteristics that improve performance and durability. While you do pay a premium, it's likely that most seasoned mountain bikers recognize what they are getting for their money. This is the very reason why I advocated Acting Your Age Financially [5] and how you shouldn't hit the premium aisle before checking out the discount bin.
While the Marketplace segment might have had some editing involved, the fact that Brady's best response was that "she can't afford a house" is astonishing. That reasoning isn't uncommon though. I had a friend once email out to a bunch of our friends lamenting the fact that home prices are so high in our area. There's no way he could afford a home here. That's when someone pointed out that the reason he can't afford a home is because he has a boat and a new truck to tow the boat.
We all make decisions and trade offs, don't say you can't afford a house and then go out and buy a ridiculously expensive bicycle. You sound foolish and it's insulting, especially to all the hard working Americans scraping by and saving all of their money so they can afford a place of their own.
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This will be two maps of coastal cities. I have already developed an overland map and need help with the cities. If anyone is willing to assist that would be awesome.
This is the overland map :
I need a map of Camwyn (large port, capital of the nation of Camwyn)
And Theria (large city with several districts and a port)
Picture the Camwyn somewhat like Venice with a large Senatorial palace near the land side of the city and a large temple dedicated to a God of light at the center of the town. The source for the canals all flows from the temple and all the main roads in town should lead to the temple. It
The city of Theria itself is divided into 'districts' and the only restricted access is given to the Evgenis district where the King's castle is located as well as the grounds of the college. The Emporos district is home to many middle and upper class merchants that are not actually of the nobility and the Astegos district is known for housing the poor. All of this is surrounded by a high wall, over sixty feet in height that was built with magic long ago when Drakewyld was ruled by one King and their wizards knew more then modern men could dream. The roughest part of town is the Varka district outside the wall against the sea. All sea trade with the elves and the wild lands north of the Drakewyld mountains comes through this port and the slave markets are here showing and selling newly captured slaves from the Northern Expanses. The Evgenis docks are well patrolled and guarded day and night and only nobles and their guests can even approach the great elven ships that trade with the Lords of Theria.
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I'm trying to install Quicken 2011 on a Windows 7 machine, but I keep getting an error about half way through the install claiming it cannot access the network location '
I've read through the knowledge base article about this problem and have verified all the registry entries detailed in this table. Everything looks to be correct. I have even installed and run the "Fix it for me" package linked on the same page, but it seems to have no effect.
I have also both run the installer as administrator and logged off and back on using an administrator account. I get the exact same error in all cases.
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I should also mention that an older version of Quicken (2004) was previously installed on this machine. I ran the uninstaller but it did not complete successfully. I tried manually cleaning out the registry after the failed uninstall, but I'm wondering if there is a remnant of the previous version still lurking which is causing these issues.
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LONDON (AP) — Olympic organizers have sold 1.6 million tickets for the men's and women's soccer tournaments, and 500,000 are still available.
The sales exceed the 1.4 million sold at this summer's European Championship, London organizing committee spokeswoman Jackie Brock-Doyle said Wednesday.
Soccer is one of two sports that kick off the London Games early, along with archery.
More tickets have been sold for soccer than any other sport — largely because of the size of the venues — despite some concerns that the tournaments wouldn't be much of a draw.
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Hometown: Rockville Centre, NY
Occupation: Catering Chef
What is the first dish you ever mastered?
A simple pasta dish. It was the perfectly cooked orchiette pasta, crumbled sausage and fresh spinach. The garlic was caramelized to perfection, finished the dish with just a touch of parmesan cheese. So simple, but it was my grandmother's favorite and she loved it!
What is your signature dish?
This is a hard one. I think my signature dishes are always changing. My most requested dish right now is a grilled, stuffed flank steak with a mesclun salad with caramelized pears. The pears take up to six hours to caramelize. When you add them to the salad with Gorgonzola cheese, mandarin oranges, pine nuts, sun-dried cranberries and my balsamic vinaigrette, the flavor combination just all works. The flank steaks also take a lot of time to prepare, but I feel it is all worth it.
Who was your first cooking inspiration?
My first cooking inspiration is easy, it's my Dad and still is to this day. Even at 46-years old, I still marvel at how talented he was. I had no idea when I was a kid what it took to be an executive chef. I didn't know until much later on, when I went out on my own, the valuable tools that he had taught me without ever holding my hand. I think he was even harder on me than the others in the kitchen. Most people didn't even know we were related at times. I wish he was still here today to see what I have become and for me to still ask him questions. I think he would be proud. He taught me never to back away from a challenge and I guess I must have listened.
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Pros: Finally updated graphics (not next gen but still on par with 360 and PS3). Great interface even though sometimes it is somewhat slow. I got this system for 220 $.
Cons: It came with Skylanders =P (Not saying Skylanders isn't a good game, but i haven't played it and don't plan on playing it). This console is not next gen.
Other Thoughts: I personally like the Wii more than PlayStation and Xbox because it seems to have games that don't get released on PC. I don't seen Bayonetta 2, X, or Smash Brothers ever coming to PC. So that's why i bought a Wii U, I can play next gen games on my PC.
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Pros: Nintendo does it again! It may not get all the titles xbox and sony will create which can be annoying, but they are making strides at developing their "adult" rated gaming titles. But you can only play Mario in the Wii - so that is reason enough for most of us to grab a WiiU.
Cons: you will probably have to buy accessories to complete your experience. Only comes with the One massive control pad. No WiiMotes are included and are definitely needed to fully enjoy the system. Make sure you have good netwrok connections as the system as well as many of the games require updates before you can play.
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Pros: seems everything is included including HDMI cable. Nintendo land is a good game. My 7 year old boy loves it. The white matches the old remotes from the Wii. Included Skylanders is interesting and challenging.
Cons: wished it they had preloaded Nintendoland instead of having another disc to take care of. No charging stand for the pad like deluxe model. The skylander portal is not wireless and the cable seems short at about 10 feet.
Other Thoughts: bought a charging stand on AMZ for $7 but it was not white. I don't miss the 32 G since buying the games retail thru sale/used is cheaper than downloading it. Haven't tried any original Wii games yet.
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Originally Posted by mj4cy
Can Campos do any center work?
Lalk is a capable backup
Originally Posted by Rabbuk
Bummer. Was he backup center?
Yup, Lalk has been taking his reps with the 2nd team since his injury, IIRC. He will do well but that still stinks for Ben and the team as a whole.
Originally Posted by Rabbuk
Bummer. Was he backup center?
Hopefully this question doesn't matter at all this year. We need Tom Farniok on every play.
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Originally Posted by CyTwins
Lalk is a capable backup
Yeah, and if last year was any indication, Lalk was probably going to play over Loth if Farniok went down.
Originally Posted by Doc
Yeah, and if last year was any indication, Lalk was probably going to play over Loth if Farniok went down.
Just a guess, but I think that Severs would have eventually beaten Loth out too.
Originally Posted by CyTwins
Welp that sucks
Camel dongs, man.
Thanks for being a Cyclone, Mr. Loth, and glad your are one. So sorry your playing ended this way. Still other ways to be teammate this season, but sucks you cannot end it shoving people around on the field.
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Originally Posted by Doc
Yeah, and if last year was any indication, Lalk was probably going to play over Loth if Farniok went down.
Bite your tongue!!!!
Ah, that sucks. Thanks for everything you put into the program, Ben. Good luck to you whatever you do after football.
Damn. Was a bit upbeat as the last thing I heard was Tuesday with a bunch of talk from "so and so close to the OL" that it may not have been as serious as first anticipated.
Did they operate on him this morning and find it to be worse?
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Good grief that's terrible for him. From a team perspective this hurts, he really had to play a lot last year under bad circumstances and gained a lot of experience. IIRC, Farniok has been pretty injury prone too so cross your fingers.
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That's surprising; we were being led to believe it wasn't that bad.
Sorry to hear about this
Originally Posted by Wesley
Did they operate on him this morning and find it to be worse?
I think they were waiting for the swelling to go down and they had an MRI on thursday, probably found it to be bad then.
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I hope the strength and conditioning coaches will help him with getting his weight down sooner rather than later. Since he apparently can't play anymore it would be best for his knee if he was carrying around less weight on it.
Sorry about the tough break, Ben. Thanks for being a Cyclone. Hopefully you can find ways to contribute to the team in the meeting room and on the bench.
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So sorry, Ben. Good luck for your future!
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In a major setback for the Sahara group, the Supreme Court today dismissed its petition on release of its Chief Subrata Roy and two other directors, who had been jailed for more than two months in connection with a contempt case on non- refund of investors' money.
A bench of Justices K S Radhakrishnan and J S Khehar held Sahara's habeas corpus petition was not maintainable in law and that the group deserved no relief in view of its persistent defiant and non cooperative attitude.
The court also threw out Sahara's theory on having already redeemed the investors, pointing out not only a previous order had junked this proposition but also since Sahara failed to adduce any authenticated documents to corroborate this.
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The bench "deprecated" the group's "mindgames" to nudge the judges recuse from hearing this petition and slammed it for disobedience of court orders.
A court of law, the bench said, had the powers under the Code of Civil Procedure, to enforce it's judicial order by directing detention of a person and hence there was nothing illegal in ordering detention of Roy and directors.
Expressing concerns over spending more than 100 hours spanning over 80 days, the court also suggested slew of steps to the legislature to help save the precious judicial time.
When mentioned by Sahara's counsel, the bench said they could move a new proposal for the court's consideration.
Roy and two directors are in Delhi's Tihar jail in judicial custody since March 4 for not abiding by the apex court's order for depositing Rs 20,000 crore of investors money with SEBI
The apex court had earlier imposed a condition that Roy will be freed on bail only if he pays Rs 10,000 crore out of which Rs 5,000 crore has to be in bank guarantee and rest Rs 5,000 crore in cash.
Sahara group had submitted that Roy be released forthwith to facilitate negotiations with people for the purpose of raising money to comply with the apex court's order. It also pleaded that its bank accounts be defreezed which was frozen by the court on November 21 last year.
In his petition, 65-year-old Roy had said that the apex court's order for detaining him for not paying over Rs 20,000 of investors' money with SEBI was illegal and unconstitutional and sought quashing of the order.
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April 1, 2013
Top 5 Games At GDC
The Game Developers Conference (or GDC) may be over but that doesn't mean the excitement has to be. Last week was stuffed with gaming goodness, so why don't we celebrate all of this with a little count down of the top 5 games from GDC.
It's a great time to be a gamer.
Lego Marvel Super Heroes – Yep, you knew this was coming. The Lego brand has finally invaded the likes of the Marvel Comics. This iteration looks a wee bit more interesting than previous Star Wars or Lord of the Rings incarnations since you can play as over 100 of Marvel's most iconic heroes (that's going to add up to a ton of clean up time). Of course, the game will sport its signature gameplay style, so players should just fall straight in to this one. Get your toy boxes ready for fall of this year.
Daylight – Zombies? Playstation 4? Case closed! Running on the Unreal 4 game engine, Daylight puts players inside of an insane asylum that is conveniently haunted, as well. Oh, and guess what else. You don't have a gun, or even a knife, for that matter. You have a flashlight and a smartphone filled with apps to get you to safety (it's time for those angry birds to show someone who's boss). Your mission is to make it out of this cryptic place alive (good luck with that).
Oh you made it out?
That's great, why don't you go ahead and do it again? But before you do I should mention this; the dangers as well as the hallways change every time you play a new campaign.
Look for this game later this year.
Battlefield 4 – If you haven't been hearing the collective gasps of gamers everywhere by now then you probably live in a maximum security prison with exactly zero access to the internet. Running on the Frostbite 3 engine, the next chapter in EA's top shooter franchise will send a team of US armed forces (dubbed the Tombstone Squad) to shoot it out on the lands of China, Azerbaijan and Russia during the course of the campaign. EA has been a bit mum on the online multiplayer, but I'm sure that it will be just as addictive as ever. Battlefield 4 will drop sometime in fall of this year.
Infinite Crisis – Inspired by the DC comic storyline of the same name, Infinite Crisis is a free to play battle arena game headed for the pc. Up to five players can team up against five other players to fight it out with some of DC comics' most valuable and iconic characters. Jump in the fun and play as one of twelve Dc characters including Batman, Green Lantern and Wonder Woman. These characters will also support six variations of themselves since the original storyline jumps the boundaries of dimensions. There are only three maps available at launch, but the developer, Turbine, plans to release more maps and characters post release. As with most games on this list, Infinite Crisis can be yours sometime in the fall.
Thief – First-person, stealth gaming is looking to make a big mark in the industry pretty soon. In this remake, Eidos Montreal looks to reimagine the classic game for the current generation. The gist is this; you are in control of a master thief named Garret and will traverse through a steam-punk inspired world where you use such skills to progress through the campaign. The developer boasts that you will be to complete the game without committing a single murder, if you are good enough of course. Thief will hit store shelves sometime early next year.
There it is guys, the best from GDC this year. Hopefully that can contain those of you out there.
Don't worry, I know what you are waiting for and it is almost here.
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The community is asked to take time to give blood this week. The gift will actually be multiplied through donations from a business.
At the same time, you will also being donating to the Blair E. Batson Children's Hospital in Jackson.
For every pint of blood donated through Saturday, United Blood Services in Meridian will donate $10.00 to the children's hospital. This is in memory of
Johnathan Mars, who died in 2002 after a lengthy battle with cancer.
"We spent four years at that hospital," said Johnathan's mother, Robin Mars. "He received all of his treatments there, so that is a big part of my life. My life was lived at that hospital for four years."
"I would love to have people standing outside the door waiting to getting to donate," said Director of UBS operations, J.W. Chapman. "And I would like to write a $1,000 check to the hospital, We won't set a cap. We would love the whole city of Meridian to come out if possible."
The blood drive will end Saturday at 2 p.m.
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Mayfield tracks missing fees
MAYFIELD - Borough council hopes recovered records from now-defunct tax collection agency Centax will explain a refuse fee shortage.
During 2010 and 2011 when Centax collected refuse fees, Mayor Al Chelik said the borough was approximately $112,000 short of what should have been collected.
A court order last month stated that all boroughs must be given an opportunity to retrieve copies of the company's records before they were destroyed, Mr. Chelik said at Wednesday's council meeting. Mr. Chelik and Councilman Donald Mosley traveled to Berwick and Kingston last month to copy the records.
Mr. Chelik said he hopes to report on the findings by the March meeting.
Trial delayed for W-B Twp. fire chief
WILKES-BARRE - Simmering tensions between Luzerne County Judge Joe Sklarosky Jr. and lead prosecutor Michael Melnick peaked Wednesday, forcing an indefinite delay in the theft case against Wilkes-Barre Twp. fire Chief John Yuknavich.
During more tense back-and-forth Wednesday, Mr. Melnick demanded Judge Sklarosky be removed from the case for recently dining with Mr. Yuknavich's defense attorney, Barry Dyller. The judge denied Mr. Melnick's recusal motion, saying the dinner party included 12 people and the case wasn't discussed.
Judge Sklarosky followed through with a warning he gave a day earlier and held Mr. Melnick in contempt of court as they argued over evidence. The judge ordered Mr. Melnick to jail but immediately stayed the order, pending an appeal.
The jury was then dismissed from duty and the much-anticipated trial ended even before it began.
The theft case against Mr. Yuknavich is in limbo. Authorities allege he illegally wrote himself $11,865 in fire department checks and spent $3,706 on the fire company's Sam's Club credit card.
Boy suspended in after-school fight
WILKES-BARRE - The after-school fight late last month between two boys in Luzerne Borough that resulted in a two-day hospital stay for the younger child has not yet resulted in an arrest, but the older boy has been suspended from Wyoming Valley West High School.
However, the 14-year-old boy was not suspended from school for the fight that put a younger Wyoming Valley West Middle School student in intensive care for two days with an enlarged spleen, according to police. He has since returned to school.
Wyoming Valley West Superintendent Charles Suppon said school officials are unclear on the particulars of the incident and are still investigating.
"I'm certain of one thing," Mr. Suppon said. (The high school student) "boarded a bus he didn't belong on. That's what he's been suspended for."
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The site reminds Latinos that Obama has "kept nearly 2 million Latinos out of poverty, doubled the amount spent on Pell Grants so 150,000 more Latino students can afford their educations" and promises that, "by 2014, Obamacare will provide health coverage to 9 million Latinos who are currently uninsured."
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Jessica Alba arrived at Lincoln Center for `An Evening With Ralph Lauren` event, wearing a strapless velvet gown.
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