James Vellanti: Death From An Escalator

At the Pier Shops at Caesar's in Atlantic City, New Jersey, James Vallanti, the chief opertaing officer for JNF Asset Management LLC in New York, had fell to his death from an escalator. "Police are investigating...

White Cop Gets Desk Duty For Cornrows

A white Philadelphia police officer has been forced to do desk duty and cut his hair by his black superior after showing up for work with cornrows, traditionally a black hairdo. Thomas Strain, who has five years experience in his job, got taken to the inspector's office and...

So we're not all going to die of swine flu after all:- offical

" Deaths from swine flu could be less than half the annual toll from the usual winter flu, it emerged last night. The news came as an expert accused ministers of an 'alarmist' response to the outbreak. ...

Ursula Burns: First Black Woman to become CEO to a Fortune 500

On July 1st 2009, Ursula Burns became the first African American women to become a CEO of a Fortune 500 Company, from being a mechanical engineer summer intern in 1980, then moving on to become senior vice president of corporate stategic services in 2000, then seven years...

Police: Tornado collapses Texas retail store roof

" Police say a tornado has collapsed a department store roof, overturned cars and scattered debris throughout a mall parking lot, sending several people to the hospital with minor injuries.Holmes says video from a...

Grenade blast injures 8 in Cotabato

" COTABATO CITY (Updated) – A grenade exploded in front of a grocery store along Figueroa St. around 11:30 a.m. Monday, wounding a police officer and seven others, including an 11-year-old boy. Cotabato City...

Officer Down: Chesapeake police officer recovering

Monday evening on Interstate 64 as they showed from the air the police vehicle that belonged to the officer that was shot. It wasn't known if it was a state trooper or a city police officer, the car was...

Oklahoma Highway Trooper faulted for ambulance incident and fight

Update: June 16th 2009Maurice White Jr., the ambulance driver who confronted an Oklahoma Highway Trooper for stopping his ambulance on the way to the hospital had this to say on the The Early Show this morning."White...

Obama protesters arrested at Notre Dame

" SOUTH BEND, Indiana - Graduation festivities have gotten under way at the University of Notre Dame — as well as another day of arrests. A Notre Dame police officer, left, instructs anti-abortion protestors to leave the campus during an anti-abortion protest Saturday,...

Returning Officer Rejected My Nomination ... Who Managed Him ?

Note how the Returning Officer of the Election Commission stopped me from contesting the Elections. I argued with the RO, showing documents, why he could not Reject my Nomination ... BUT he rejected it.See images of documents, which I showed him...

Police officer who hit woman during G20 protest is suspended

The police officer who struck a woman during the G20 protests in London earlier in the month is suspended according to Scotland Yard. In a video of the incident, the officer appears to hit the woman in the face...

Female flag officers honor first woman four-star

WASHINGTON (Army News Service, Feb. 9, 2009) -- More than 50 retired and current female general and flag officers attended a lunch in honor of Gen. Ann E. Dunwoody, Saturday, at the Women in Military Service for America memorial at Arlington National Cemetery. In November,...

Commentary - Good NCOs: you know them when you see them

It's harder to list the qualities of a good noncommissioned officer than you might think. But everyone who has been in the Army can name NCOs they think are great. NCOs are the leaders who most directly affect our lives in uniform. Whether you are a commissioned officer...

Welcome to the NCO Corps

"Fort Lee, Va. (Jan. 22, 2009) -- "Now you're an NCO - a part of the backbone of the Army.  Never forget where you came from." Those words, from guest speaker Command Sgt. Maj. Nathan J. Hunt III, served as a reminder to a group of recently-promoted sergeants who were...

Prince Harry caught on film calling Asian soldier 'Paki'

Prince Harry, third in line to the British throne, is once again caught up in a racist situation, as he has been caught on file using the term 'Paki' to refer to a fellow Asian soldier. Prince Harry was filming...

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