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Jackpot-fixing inquiry spreads
to 5th state as prosecutor says
insider fixed 2 Kansas prizes
Associated Press, by Ryan J. Foley
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Posted By:Ribicon, 12/21/2015 10:23:18 PM
Iowa City, Iowa — The former security chief for a national group that operates state lotteries personally bought two prize-winning tickets in Kansas worth $44,000, investigators said Monday, bringing to five the number of states where he may have fixed games to enrich himself and associates. Investigators recently linked the winning 2010 Kansas tickets to Eddie Tipton, former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association, Iowa assistant attorney general Rob Sand disclosed in court documents. The evidence will show that Tipton associates who claimed the prizes returned half of the money in cash directly to him in early 2011, he
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Jackpot-fixing inquiry spreads
to 5th state as prosecutor says
insider fixed 2 Kansas prizes
Associated Press, by Ryan J. Foley
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Posted By: Ribicon– 12/21/2015 10:23:18
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Iowa City, Iowa — The former security chief for a national group that operates state lotteries personally bought two prize-winning tickets in Kansas worth $44,000, investigators said Monday, bringing to five the number of states where he may have fixed games to enrich himself and associates. Investigators recently linked the winning 2010 Kansas tickets to Eddie Tipton, former security director of the Multi-State Lottery Association, Iowa assistant attorney general Rob Sand disclosed in court documents. The evidence will show that Tipton associates who claimed the prizes returned half of the money in cash directly to him in early 2011, he
Teaneck woman charged in pipe attack
over parking spot at Garden State Plaza
The Record [Hackensack, NJ], by Stefanie Dazio
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Posted By: Ribicon– 12/21/2015 9:29:11
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Paramus — A 48-year-old Teaneck woman hit a Paterson teenager in the head with a 15-inch metal pipe during a fight over a parking spot at the Garden State Plaza mall over the weekend, authorities said Monday. Kenia E. Nicolas-King was charged with aggravated assault and was released, said Deputy Chief Robert Guidetti of the Paramus police. (Snip) The Paterson woman, whose name was not released, was waiting for a parking spot in an underground garage beneath the movie theater around 5:30 p.m. Saturday when Nicolas-King cut her off and pulled into the spot, Guidetti said.
Nutley police: Condom
shoplifter had 100 aliases
Nutley Sun [NJ], by Hasime Kukaj
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Posted By: Ribicon– 12/21/2015 4:14:56
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Nutley police arrested an Irvington man for allegedly shoplifting 22 boxes of condoms. He also had 100 aliases and 60 Social Security numbers, according to authorities. Harry Jackson, 56, was charged with fourth-degree shoplifting of the Trojan condoms, valued at $395, police said. While on patrol on Dec. 14, officers saw a male walking with a cane and wearing a long green coat, matching the description from a previous shoplifting incident at the same location. As the Sun previously reported, detectives were called Dec. 9 to the Harrison Street area regarding a shoplifting. The manager stated that a black elderly man
One third of ‘terrorist response
vehicles’ to be scrapped
Independent [UK], by Andy McSmith
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Posted By: Ribicon– 12/20/2015 9:12:12
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One third of all the fire brigade vehicles that would be called out if terrorists set off a “dirty bomb” are being scrapped to save money. The decision – which has provoked protests because of the secrecy surrounding it – comes at a time when the Government has been warning of the danger of terrorists threats to the UK, after the 13 November attack on Paris. The Incident Response Units (IRUs), with their distinctive red colouring with yellow stripes, were introduced at a cost of £54m in 2004, when the government feared that terrorists would strike in revenge for the Iraq war.
Obama’s liberal agenda gets
federally funded ride through the arts
Washington Times, by Kellan Howell
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Posted By: Ribicon– 12/19/2015 10:55:25
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Taxpayers are forking over $27 million next year for federally funded arts projects that include a performance by a San Francisco drag queen, art installations with climate change themes and theater plays that showcase food stamps, President Obama’s immigration amnesty, lesbianism and gun rights opposition. The National Endowment for the Arts, the federal agency that provides government assistance for artistic endeavors across the country, announced its latest round of grants for fiscal year 2016 last week, leaving some spending critics in disbelief. The grants include: $10,000 for the world premiere of “Cocked,” a play about a pair of lesbians whose
Norway offers immigrants a
gentle lesson in how to treat women
New York Times, by Andrew Higgins
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Posted By: Ribicon– 12/19/2015 10:44:34
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Sandnes, Norway — When he first arrived in Europe, Abdu Osman Kelifa, a Muslim asylum seeker from the Horn of Africa, was shocked to see women in skimpy clothes drinking alcohol and kissing in public. Back home, he said, only prostitutes do that, and in locally made movies couples “only hug but never kiss.” Confused, Kelifa volunteered to take part in a pioneering and, in some quarters, controversial program that seeks to prevent sexual and other violence by helping male immigrants from societies that are largely segregated or in which women show neither flesh nor public affection to adapt to more open
Accused rapist at Miami-Dade
assisted living facility no
stranger to justice system
Miami Herald [FL], by David Ovalle
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Posted By: Ribicon– 12/19/2015 10:41:30
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A mentally ill drifter with a history of sexual violence, Eric Fields stands accused of savagely raping an employee at a South Miami-Dade assisted living facility in June. He is no stranger to the criminal justice system. Time and again, the system could not safeguard against his behavior — underscoring the challenges authorities face in dealing with sex offenders suffering from severe mental illness. Consider: Fields served little more than half of a 30-year prison term for raping a child relative in June 1988. (Snip) In 2011, Fields attacked a woman on a street in suburban New York, bashing her head
Opa-locka’s “shell game”
masked millions in debts
Miami Herald [FL], by Michael Sallah and Jay Weaver
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Posted By: Ribicon– 12/19/2015 10:37:30
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For Opa-locka Mayor Myra Taylor, it was a triumphant night of hugs and photo-ops when she declared during her packed state-of-the-city speech that the long-struggling community was no longer broken like “Humpty Dumpty.” Uplifted by the thunderous Miami Northwestern Senior High School marching band, Taylor told the crowd of supporters gathered in late January that the city was on course “to make its mark in history.” (Snip) FBI agents have been investigating allegations of kickback schemes involving other municipal deals for the past year, but the purchase of the four-story modern structure in the heart
Jeb Bush: ´Donald Trump is a jerk´
CNN, by Ashley Killough
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Posted By: Ribicon– 12/19/2015 5:55:18
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Although Jeb Bush has been railing against Donald Trump all week, he still had more to say on Saturday, uttering perhaps his strongest comments yet about the Republican presidential front-runner. “Just one other thing — I gotta get this off my chest — Donald Trump is a jerk,” Bush said to laughter and applause at his town hall Contoocook, New Hampshire. The outburst came after a man who said he had Asperger´s Syndrome asked the former Florida governor how he would help people with disabilities as president. Bush talked about the work he did in Florida with the state legislature to obtain more
Immigration officers give up
hunting 10,000 missing asylum seekers
Telegraph [UK], by Tom Whitehead
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Posted By: Ribicon– 12/19/2015 5:41:01
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Immigration officers have given up trying to find more than 10,000 asylum seekers who are missing in Britain, a watchdog has revealed. Staff are not even checking last known addresses because it is “not a priority” and a “drain on resources”, the chief inspector of borders and immigration found. (Snip) In a separate report from Mr Bolt, it emerged immigration officers are not allowed to chase suspected illegal workers if they run off during a raid. Enforcement teams are also powerless if additional suspects discovered on premises refuse to answer questions and want to leave. Staff have been ignoring the
Students at Lena Dunham’s college
offended by lack of fried chicken
New York Post, by Melkorka Licea and Laura Italiano
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Posted By: Ribicon– 12/18/2015 10:01:16
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Students at an ultra-liberal Ohio college are in an uproar over the fried chicken, sushi and Vietnamese sandwiches served in the school cafeterias, complaining the dishes are “insensitive” and “culturally inappropriate.” Gastronomically correct students at Oberlin College — alma mater of Lena Dunham — are filling the school newspaper with complaints and demanding meetings with campus dining officials and even the college president. (Snip) Worse, the sushi rice was undercooked in a way that was, according to one student, “disrespectful” of her culture. Tomoyo Joshi, a junior from Japan, was highly offended by this flagrant violation of her rice. “If people
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Hillary Clinton Went Missing
From Democratic Debate (Briefly)
Wall Street Journal, by Natalie Andrews
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Posted By: Honeybadger– 12/20/2015 7:10:40 AM
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Hillary Clinton went missing during the Democratic debate, and it did not go unnoticed. After the first commercial break – almost an hour into the third Democratic debate on Saturday night, ABC returned with two candidates at the podium, Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley. The former secretary of state was missing. Rather than waiting, moderator David Muir moved forward, asking Mr. Sanders a question. Mrs. Clinton came walking in, and said “sorry” into the microphone. The reason why Mrs. Clinton was late hasn’t been disclosed, but her calm apology was received with laughter and cheers by the audience. In
Obama Accuses Trump of Exploiting
Working-Class Fears
New York Times, by Julie Hirschfeld Davis
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Posted By: earlybird– 12/21/2015 9:04:26 AM
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President Obama said in a radio interview airing on Monday that Donald J. Trump, a leading contender for the Republican presidential nomination, is exploiting the resentment and anxieties of working-class men to boost his campaign. Mr. Obama also argued that some of the scorn directed at him personally stems from the fact that he is the first African-American to hold the White House. Demographic changes and economic stresses, including “flatlining” wages and incomes, have meant that “particularly blue-collar men have had a lot of trouble in this new economy, where they are no longer getting the same bargain that they got
Trump’s liberal, America-slandering meme
Power Line, by Paul Mirengoff
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Posted By: Pluperfect– 12/20/2015 5:09:44 AM
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Donald Trump is a standard-issue liberal-leaning businessman who, having decided that his best chance for glory lies with the GOP, found a few hot button issues that appeal to conservatives. If you move beyond these issues and get him off-message, he reverts to the liberal notions and cliches that predominate among the rich and famous. His support of “affirmative action,” which led him to criticize Justice Scalia for asking about “mismatch,” is an unfortunate example. Far more unfortunate is his slander of the United States. You’ve probably heard about it. As Peter Wehner recounts, when Trump was asked on MSNBC’s “Morning Joe”
Don’t count out Jeb Bush
Tampa Tribune, by Editorial
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Posted By: Hazymac– 12/20/2015 1:05:07 PM
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Many national commentators were quick to dismiss Jeb Bush’s effective performance in last week’s Republican debate as “too little, too late.” This strikes us as dumbfounding, given that the first primary vote has not taken place, and the GOP presidential campaign remains fluid. Beyond a zealous core of David Trump supporters, most Republican voters still seem to be making up their minds. There definitely has been unanticipated resistance to the Bush name, and he seemed rusty in the early going, but the former Florida governor retains a robust war chest and still possesses, in our view, the most impressive leadership resume of
Republican Lindsey Graham of SC
drops out of presidential race
State [Columbia, SC], by Jamie Self
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Posted By: Attercliffe– 12/21/2015 11:01:39 AM
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U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham has suspended his bid for the Republican presidential nomination. Saying “this is not my time,” the Seneca Republican announced his decision Monday in an email from the campaign. In a video message, Graham said he ran to make foreign policy a top issue and succeeded. Graham said early on in his campaign, he said that “Any candidate who did not understand that we need more American troops on the ground in Iraq and Syria to defeat ISIL is not ready to be commander in chief.” “At that time, no one stepped forward to join me. Today,
Bathroom Distance Was Cause For Concern
For Clinton Campaign Before Debate
Daily Caller, by Chuck Ross
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Posted By: MissMolly– 12/21/2015 4:04:13 PM
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A gender gap of sorts is being blamed for an embarrassing moment during Saturday’s presidential debate when Hillary Clinton returned late to the debate stage after taking a bathroom break. According to The New York Times, Clinton campaign vice chairwoman, Huma Abedin, expressed concern to debate organizers before Saturday’s contest, held in the gymnasium of St. Anselm College in New Hampshire, over the relatively long trek the Democratic front-runner would have to make to go to the bathroom. Facilities for Clinton’s debate opponents, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and former Maryland Gov. Martin O’Malley, were “significantly closer” to the debate venue, The Times
Hillary Clinton caught in another video lie
Canada Free Press, by Judi McLeod
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Posted By: snowcloud– 12/20/2015 10:18:32 AM
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Hillary Clinton—who infamously blamed the deaths of four Americans in Benghazi, including Ambassador Christopher Stevens on an anti-Muslim video—is at it again. In Clinton’s own words, at last night’s Democratic debate, ISIS jihadists are going door to door, showing videos of Donald Trump “insulting Islam and Muslims in order to recruit more radical jihadists”. This outrageous Clinton conspiracy theory is the one that tops all others. And just to think that if her own spun conspiracy were true, it would mean that ISIS is working hand-in-hand with the Democrats to keep Donald Trump from ever being elected president. Hillary Clinton owns the 45th presidency,
Ex-DNC head: Kasich-Rubio ticket
would scare me most
The Hill (Washington, DC), by Bradford Richardson
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Posted By: JoniTx– 12/20/2015 11:37:55 AM
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Former Democratic National Committee (DNC) general chairman Ed Rendell says his party’s scariest opposition in 2016 would be a GOP presidential ticket comprised of Ohio Gov. John Kasich and Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.). “In terms of who we fear the most, the Democratic side, just speaking for myself, I would fear John Kasich and Marco Rubio as vice president,” Rendell told host John Catsimatidis on “The Cats Roundtable” on New York’s AM-970 on Sunday. “That would be the ticket I would fear the most.” The former Pennsylvania governor said Rubio at the top of the ticket would also be fearsome,
Clinton’s brief absence at the
Democratic debate explained
Boston Globe (MA), by Annie Linskey
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Posted By: JoniTx– 12/20/2015 8:43:19 PM
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Coverage of the Saturday night Democratic debate has focused on Bernie Sanders’ apology to Hillary Clinton for his staff’s poor judgment in viewing her campaign’s proprietary data. But Clinton issued a “sorry’’ of her own — although for a far less serious matter. Clinton apologized to a live television audience for returning late from the ladies’ room after the break. The reason is one many women are familiar with: An unexpected line for the loo. While Clinton waited for the ladies’ room to clear out, time ticked down and the debate organizers allowed the show to go on without her.
Last Chance: Will Mitt
Romney Jump Into the
Presidential Race?
Townhall, by Rachel Alexander
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Posted By: Desert Fox– 12/21/2015 7:04:00 PM
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The Republican establishment and its power brokers are starting to panic about the likelihood of Donald Trump winning the presidential nomination, and even the respected Club for Growth is now running ads against Trump. It is not so much Trump’s over-the-top statements that bother them, but the fact he could lose to Hillary Clinton. In general election polls, Trump is losing by as much as double digits to her, in contrast to a couple of the other Republican candidates who are tied or ahead of her. Many large donors have stayed out of the race, too unsure of the outcome.
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