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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 29, 2008 7:39:30 GMT -5
Concrete will be poured at the Volkswagen plant site at the Enterprise South Industrial Park next month, though the entire site will not be ready until the second or third week of November, officials said Tuesday. VW had set a Nov. 1 (this Saturday) deadline on getting the site work done for the huge facility. Bill Payne, city engineer, said despite the best local efforts that the site work is at 69 percent completion. He said over five million cubic yards of dirt have been moved. Mr. Payne said the west branch of Poe Branch was diverted last Thursday and fill work is now underway where the creek formerly ran. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137874.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 29, 2008 7:39:01 GMT -5
A section of freeway patroled by Fox Team of the Chattanooga Police Department has been named for slain officer Julie Jacks. Officer Jacks was shot with her own service revolver on May 6, 2002. Rep. Vince Dean, who sponsored a bill in the Legislature on the naming, made a presentation before the City Council on Tuesday night. He presented copies of the highway signs and a plaque to the parents of the slain officer. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137911.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 28, 2008 6:36:15 GMT -5
WASHINGTON – Ted Stevens, a pillar of the Senate for 40 years and the face of Alaska politics almost since statehood, was convicted of a seven-felony string of corruption charges Monday — found guilty of accepting a bonanza of home renovations and fancy trimmings from an oil executive and then lying about it. Unbowed, even defiant, Stevens accused prosecutors of blatant misconduct and said, "I will fight this unjust verdict with every ounce of energy I have." The senator, 84 and already facing a challenging re-election contest next Tuesday, said he would stay in the race against Democrat Mark Begich. Though the convictions are a significant blow for the Senate's longest-serving Republican, they do not disqualify him, and Stevens is still hugely popular in his home state. The jury — itself a daily drama, trying to expel one of its own members — convicted Stevens of all the felony charges he faced, accusations based heavily on the testimony of a wealthy oil contractor who for years had been a fishing and drinking buddy. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081028/ap_on_re_us/stevens_trial;_ylt=AggDQGOADOUaBB8JCbHwAVwDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 28, 2008 6:35:18 GMT -5
WASHINGTON – The government has cleared the way to ship out $125 billion this week to the country's largest banks, beginning the biggest government bailout in history. "The money will go out the door for those institutions early this week," predicts Assistant Treasury Secretary David Nason, one of the chief architects of the rescue plan. Not only is the money ready to be sent to nine major financial institutions, including Bank of America, Citigroup Inc. and JPMorgan Chase, but the government is reaching preliminary agreements with a group of more than a dozen major regional banks, who will share a part of an additional $125 billion the government hopes to pump into the banking system. Before the end of the year, Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson intends to have spent $250 billion of the $700 billion bailout package buying ownership stakes in U.S. banks. The goal is to improve their balance sheets so that they will resume more normal lending practices and prevent the country from sliding into a deep recession. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081028/ap_on_bi_ge/financial_meltdown;_ylt=Agmd4eZetY604rdYl4xQOKcDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 28, 2008 6:35:33 GMT -5
WESTFIELD, Mass. – With an instructor watching, an 8-year-old boy at a gun fair aimed an Uzi at a pumpkin and pulled the trigger as his dad reached for a camera. It was his first time shooting a fully automatic machine gun, and the recoil of the weapon was too much for him. He lost control and fatally shot himself in the head. Now gun safety experts — and some gun enthusiasts at the club where the shooting happened — are wondering why such a young child was allowed to fire a weapon used in war. Local, state and federal authorities are also investigating whether everyone involved had proper licenses or if anyone committed a criminal act. "It's easy to lose control of a weapon like that ... they are used on a battleground for a very good reason," said Jerry Belair, a spokesman for Stop Handgun Violence, based in Newton, Mass. "It's to shoot as many times as you possibly can without having to reload at an enemy that's approaching. It's not a toy. It's not something to play with." news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081028/ap_on_re_us/boy_shoots_himself;_ylt=AoIOYCbmrausQcBhScaN7LcDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 28, 2008 6:34:48 GMT -5
Chattanooga police make an arrest in a weekend shooting that wounded a five-year-old girl. It happened Sunday night in the Emma Wheeler Homes. Investigators charged 20-year-old Jeffrey House with reckless endangerment. House told police he was driving past a home on Woodland View Circle when someone shot at him. He returned fire and a stray bullet entered the home hitting the little girl in the arm. House is related to the victim. Lt. Kim Noorbergen says, "No rhyme, no reason. No evidence that there was anyone else in the area shooting at him. We still haven't located anything like that. He just pulled his gun and began shooting." This is the second time in less than a week a child was hurt during an adult altercation. Last Wednesday a six month old baby was injured in College Hill Courts when it's mother was hit by an open car door. wdef.com/news/chattanooga_police_make_arrest_in_child_shooting_second_time_in_a_week_child_injured/10/2008
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 28, 2008 6:34:01 GMT -5
Glenda Edwards says she was shocked to hear about the Friday night arrest of three LaFayette high school coaches at a football game. A school employee complained that four men in the press box at Southwest Whitfield High School smelled of alcohol. Parent Glenda Edwards, "That leaves our children a bad impression and we don't need that." The coaches, Michael Dunfee, Norman Hodge, Rob Neal, and Neal's brother Benjamin took breath tests and were all arrested. Melissa Mathis, School Superintendent, "The only comment I have about this matter at this time is that it is under full and deep investigation." School superintendent Melissa Mathis would not say much more about the investigation, only that she received a call about the incident Friday night while she was out of town. Mathis, "We are looking into all rumors, everything that's out there and spinning about this and we're seeking the truth, the absolute truth and then appropriate action will be taken when we discover the truth." Mathis would not confirm or deny that the coaches returned to work today, but students say they were at school. Senior Dusten Bishop says he's disappointed but it doesn't change his opinion of the coaches. Student Dusten Bishop, "We're supposed to look up to them, I understand they have lives outside of school but a school function event, not cool." wdef.com/news/lafayette_high_school_coaches_arrested/10/2008
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 27, 2008 14:06:02 GMT -5
A Columbus, Ga., bank has obtained a $11.5 million judgment against McKenzie Trucking & Leasing operated by Toby McKenzie and others of Cleveland, Tn. The judgment in favor of Columbus Bank and Trust Company was obtained in Federal Court in Columbus. An action was brought in Federal Court in Chattanooga to seek to enforce the judgment. It is brought against Mr. McKenzie, Brian E. Allsmiller, Daniel C. Trott, William S. Campbell and Greg L. Steele. It says the bank is entitled to take possession of all trucks, trailers and other assets of the trucking firm that was set up in 2004. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137798.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 27, 2008 14:04:56 GMT -5
TOKYO (Reuters) – A Japanese man set fire to the hotel where he was due to get married at the weekend, rather than go through with the ceremony later the same day, newspaper reports said Monday. Tatsuhiko Kawata, 39, had gone along with wedding plans despite already having a wife, the Yomiuri newspaper said. "I thought if I set a fire I wouldn't have to go through with the wedding," the Yomiuri quoted him as telling police. Guests at the hotel were evacuated and no one was injured when he set the fire in the early hours of Sunday morning at the resort hotel in Yamanashi Prefecture, west of Tokyo. news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081027/wl_nm/us_japan_wedding_fire;_ylt=AnOUZl5i9vjjAeJFIQHmfDgDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 27, 2008 14:04:18 GMT -5
The city of Chattanooga is considering a $65 million bond issue to pay for a number of projects, including development of the Volkswagen plant site at the Enterprise South Industrial Park. The City Council is due to consider a resolution on the bond issue on Tuesday night. There was discussion of a $40 million bond issue last Tuesday, but Finance Director Daisy Madison said the amount would likely be raised. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137735.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 25, 2008 9:14:54 GMT -5
LONDON – About half of American doctors in a new survey say they regularly give patients placebo treatments — usually drugs or vitamins that won't really help their condition. And many of these doctors are not honest with their patients about what they are doing, the survey found. That contradicts advice from the American Medical Association, which recommends doctors use treatments with the full knowledge of their patients. "It's a disturbing finding," said Franklin G. Miller, director of the research ethics program at the U.S. National Institutes Health and one of the study authors. "There is an element of deception here which is contrary to the principle of informed consent." The study was being published online in Friday's issue of BMJ, formerly the British Medical Journal. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081024/ap_on_he_me/med_placebo_ethics;_ylt=AgrJOjYJmyh8c7KT5BVbhJOs0NUE
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 25, 2008 9:14:23 GMT -5
This week the Hamilton County School Board took a step towards firing an elementary school teacher accused of showing up to school with alcohol in her system. Johanna Hughes is a tenured teacher at Hixson Elementary School, but some school board members say that the behavior that's she is accused of cannot be tolerated. One by one school board members vote to support terminating Johanna Hughes if the charges against her turn out to be true. Dr. Jim Scales issued a memorandum earlier this week stating that on May 14 the Hixson Elementary School teacher "reported to work smelling strongly of alcohol". The report says that Hughes first denied having any alcohol but "when the breathalyzer indicated the presence of alcohol in her system, Ms. Hughes admitted that she had been drinking the night before." "We just can't have this kind of behavior around our children that's just basically what it is, as a school board member my first charge is to provide a safe learning environment for our children and to be sure that someone, a responsible adult, is there taking care of there children," Rhonda Thurman says. www.newschannel9.com/news/school_972610___article.html/hughes_board.html
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 25, 2008 9:12:44 GMT -5
The latest roundup of Tennessee Valley fugitives has wrapped up with more than 50 arrests over the two day period. Those multi-agency operations began last year, targeting known felons. Officers from the Hamilton county Sheriff's department led the round-up this time with participation from Chattanooga police, FBI, ATF, Tennessee Highway Patrol, Secret Service and several surrounding counties. Hamilton County Sheriff Jim Hammond summarized the roundup at a news conference Friday morning, "The breakdown for the arrests that were made yesterday were 54 total arrests, clearing 79 charges, 15 fugitives were also located, additional fugitives already incarcerated in other facilities." wdef.com/news/area_law_enforcement_conduct_another_fugitive_roundup/10/2008
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 25, 2008 9:11:42 GMT -5
Federal Judge Sandy Mattice has denied a motion in behalf of former Sheriff Billy Long asking for a psychological examination of government cooperating witness Eugene Overstreet. In a 10-page opinion, Judge Mattice also declined to allow the defense access to any past psychological examinations of Overstreet. He said the Overstreet psychological examinations would have little or no relevance to sentencing, and he said he could not find where any other court in the land had ordered such an exam. He said, "The court is unable to discern how a psychological evaluation of the cooperating witness would further Mr. Long’s sentencing entrapment argument.” www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137682.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 25, 2008 9:09:15 GMT -5
A Janet Wilson restaurant review: Wayne and I recently went down to the Broad Street Grille at the Chattanoogan (1201 South Broad Street) to check out their new menu. As you’ve probably read on Chattanoogan.com, Matt Pinner has recently been named the new Executive Chef, with Rick Shell moving to Director of Food and Beverage (Rick held both titles until Mark’s recent promotion). First off, the service we received was excellent. Our server was courteous, knowledgeable, and efficient. He removed our used dishes as soon as we were finished, while keeping our glasses filled, as well as a constant check (without being intrusive) to see if we needed anything. To start my meal, I ordered the Crayfish Gumbo with Okra Hushpuppy ($4 cup/$6 bowl). The gumbo was good, although quite different from any gumbo I have eaten. It’s a bit difficult to describe – maybe more of a sauce poured over the ingredients rather than on the “bowl of soup” side. I loved the Okra Hushpuppy. It was moist and delicious, although had I not been told it was okra, I wouldn’t have been able to specifically note it. Wayne ordered the Potato Soup (same price as gumbo), which was the soup of the day. The soup was very thick and pasty. He said it had a delicious taste, but was far too thick to enjoy and reminded him more of a thick gravy. Complete review at www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137671.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 22, 2008 10:22:58 GMT -5
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – About 3 million U.S. children have a food or digestive allergy -- an 18 percent increase over the past 10 years, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported on Wednesday. Eight types of food account for 90 percent of these food allergies: milk, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, fish, shellfish, soy and wheat, the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics found. Reactions range from a tingling sensation around the mouth and lips, to hives and sometimes even death in the most severe cases. Children with a food allergy are two to four times more likely than other children to have asthma and other allergies, as well. The report found that in 2007, 29 percent of children with a food allergy also had asthma, compared to 12 percent of children without food allergies. news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081022/us_nm/us_allergies_usa
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 22, 2008 10:13:29 GMT -5
County Commissioner Curtis Adams said information he requested from the county Water and Wastewater Authority about payments to attorney John Anderson are incomplete. Commissioner Adams, in a letter to County Attorney Rheubin Taylor, said, "The report I received today from Henry Hoss of the WWTA pertaining to the legal bills for John Anderson contains 92 pages with 313 entries marked out with a magic marker. Only the date remains that is readable." "Also, the months of August and September of 2008 have been omitted entirely." "With 313 entries marked out with a magic marker, there is an average of 3.4 entries per page marked out. The report is useless. I do not understand why this information is so difficult to obtain." www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137516.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 22, 2008 10:11:47 GMT -5
SAN ANTONIO – A new $15 million veterinary hospital for four-legged military personnel opened Tuesday at Lackland Air Force Base, offering a long overdue facility that gives advanced medical treatment for combat-wounded dogs. Dogs working for all branches of the military and the Transportation Safety Administration are trained at the base to find explosive devices, drugs and land mines. Some 2,500 dogs are working with military units. Like soldiers and Marines in combat, military dogs suffer from war wounds and routine health issues that need to be treated to ensure they can continue working. Dogs injured in Iraq or Afghanistan get emergency medical treatment on the battlefield and are flown to Germany for care. If necessary, they'll fly on to San Antonio for more advanced treatment — much like wounded human personnel. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081022/ap_on_re_us/war_dogs;_ylt=AsNYadv7tjSAQeZ62Y2fp1ADW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 22, 2008 10:10:59 GMT -5
CHANTILLY, Va. – A new drug store at a Virginia strip mall is putting its faith in an unconventional business plan: No candy. No sodas. And no birth control. Divine Mercy Care Pharmacy is among at least seven pharmacies across the nation that are refusing as a matter of faith to sell contraceptives of any kind, even if a person has a prescription. States across the country have been wrestling with the issue of pharmacists who refuse on religious grounds to dispense birth control or morning-after pills, and some have enacted laws requiring drug stores to fill the prescriptions. In Virginia, though, pharmacists can turn away any prescription for any reason. "I am grateful to be able to practice," pharmacy manager Robert Semler said, "where my conscience will never be violated and my faith does not have to be checked at the door each morning." news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081021/ap_on_re_us/no_contraceptives_pharmacy;_ylt=AnDxaq2OO2M8A_M_GSKnGZMDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 22, 2008 10:10:10 GMT -5
With America's obesity problem among kids reaching crisis proportions, even junk food makers have started to claim they want to steer children toward more healthful choices. In a study released earlier this year, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported that about 32 percent of children were overweight but not obese, 16 percent were obese, and 11 percent were extremely obese. Food giant PepsiCo, for example, points out on its website that "we can play an important role in helping kids lead healthier lives by offering healthy product choices in schools." The company highlights what it considers its healthier products within various food categories through a "Smart Spot" marketing campaign that features green symbols on packaging. PepsiCo's inclusive criteria--explained here--award spots to foods of dubious nutritional value such as Diet Pepsi, Cap'n Crunch cereal, reduced-fat Doritos, and Cheetos, as well as to more nutritious products such as Quaker Oatmeal and Tropicana Orange Juice. But are wellness initiatives like Smart Spot just marketing ploys? Such moves by the food industry may seem to be a step in the right direction, but ultimately makers of popular junk foods have an obligation to stockholders to encourage kids to eat more--not less--of the foods that fuel their profits, says David Ludwig, a pediatrician and the co-author of a commentary published in this week's Journal of the American Medical Association that raises questions about whether big food companies can be trusted to help combat obesity. news.yahoo.com/s/usnews/20081020/ts_usnews/10thingsthefoodindustrydoesntwantyoutoknow;_ylt=Aii4Zrvc7Fu4KPb.SEQAzEsDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 22, 2008 10:08:57 GMT -5
Chattanooga City Council members vote to pass an updated towing ordinance. Changes to make the current ordinance more fair and to promote safety have been under consideration for a while. The new code requires crashed to be cleaned up in 90 minutes. A trained first responder would decide what type of towing device is needed. Phil Noblett, City Attorney, "Clearly someone that is in charge at the scene of an accident has to make that decision. We're trying to make sure that's not just any person that shows up at an accident scene there can call for a recovery class wrecker and there was some concern that that was a little bit broad before." wdef.com/news/city_council_members_approve_changes_to_towing_ordinance/10/2008
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 22, 2008 10:07:41 GMT -5
This afternoon at about 2:45 the Hamilton County Sheriff's Dept. was notified by Rhea County that they were trying to stop a 2007 Ford truck that was south bound on Highway 27. Hamilton County deputies picked up the chase at the county line and attempted several times to get the vehicle stopped. Officers said the truck reached speeds in excess of 80 miles an hour, refusing to stop... and even tried to ram officers cars two times. Deputies deployed speed spikes, causing damage to the front tires of the truck. The driver continued on until crashing into the concrete barrier of the highway between Harrison Lane exit and the Thrasher exit. They say Stacey Campbell, 28, jumped out of the truck and ran, leaving three children still seated inside. www.newschannel9.com/news/county_972529___article.html/truck_hamilton.html
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 20, 2008 6:47:26 GMT -5
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) – Yum Brands Inc's Long John Silver's on Sunday said it would roll out its first non-fried fish menu items later this month as the restaurant industry responds to consumer calls for healthier food. The new menu, called Freshside Grille, is lower in fat and calories than the quick-serve seafood chain's standard fare. Entrees and side dishes will include grilled Pacific salmon, shrimp scampi, mixed vegetables and seasoned rice. Louisville, Kentucky-based Long John Silver's will begin introducing the new menu in late October at its U.S. restaurants. news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081020/hl_nm/us_yum_longjohnsilvers
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 20, 2008 6:46:51 GMT -5
CHICAGO – In Washington state, Reza and Arzu Forough pay more than $1,000 a week for behavior therapy for their 12-year-old autistic son. In Indiana, Sean and Michele Trivedi get the same type of therapy for their 11-year-old daughter. But they pay $3,000 a year and their health insurance covers the rest. Two families. Two states. Big difference in out-of-pocket costs. If autism advocates get their way, more states will follow Indiana's lead by requiring health insurers to cover intensive and costly behavior therapy for autism. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081020/ap_on_he_me/med_autism_coverage
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 20, 2008 6:46:24 GMT -5
WASHINGTON – Freddie Mac secretly paid a Republican consulting firm $2 million to kill legislation that would have regulated and trimmed the mortgage finance giant and its sister company, Fannie Mae, three years before the government took control to prevent their collapse. In the cross hairs of the campaign carried out by DCI of Washington were Republican senators and a regulatory overhaul bill sponsored by Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Neb. DCI's chief executive is Doug Goodyear, whom John McCain's campaign later hired to manage the GOP convention in September. Freddie Mac's payments to DCI began shortly after the Senate Banking, Housing and Urban Affairs Committee sent Hagel's bill to the then GOP-run Senate on July 28, 2005. All GOP members of the committee supported it; all Democrats opposed it. In the midst of DCI's yearlong effort, Hagel and 25 other Republican senators pleaded unsuccessfully with Senate Majority Leader Bill Frist, R-Tenn., to allow a vote. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081020/ap_on_bi_ge/the_influence_game_housing;_ylt=Ai9cHXALvwNTzdJ8s5pHXR4DW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 20, 2008 6:45:17 GMT -5
Six Walker county men are scheduled to appear before a judge this week to face charges of manufacturing methamphetamine. They were picked up Friday in the largest meth lab in the area in the last two years. The Drug Task Force, acting on on tip, searched a residence at 72 North Highway 341, in Chickamauga. HazMat teams removed 30 five gallon buckets and four 55 gallon drums of chemical waste from the site. wdef.com/news/six_are_arrested_in_the_largest_area_meth_lab_bust_in_two_years/10/2008
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 20, 2008 6:39:17 GMT -5
CLEARFIELD, Pa. – It took Brad Sciullo 4 hours and 39 minutes to finish a marathon. A meat marathon, that is. The 5-foot-11, 180-pound western Pennsylvania chef is the first person to eat a monstrosity called the Beer Barrel Belly Bruiser: a 15-pound burger with toppings and a bun that brought the total weight to 20.2 pounds. The mountain of beef is the product of Denny's Beer Barrel Pub, about 100 miles northeast of Pittsburgh in Clearfield. Sciullo, 21, of Uniontown, said he was surprised he finished the sandwich Monday. "About three hours into it, things got tough," he said. When asked what possessed him to eat a burger that big, Sciullo said: "I wanted to see if I could." news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_fe_st/odd_big_burger;_ylt=AunNuwLBwPJ0NhSMdkPBc2ADW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 20, 2008 6:38:20 GMT -5
CHICAGO – "Stayin' Alive" might be more true to its name than the Bee Gees ever could have guessed: At 103 beats per minute, the old disco song has almost the perfect rhythm to help jump-start a stopped heart. And in a small but intriguing study from the University of Illinois medical school, doctors and students maintained close to the ideal number of chest compressions doing CPR while listening to the catchy, sung-in-falsetto tune from the 1977 movie "Saturday Night Fever." The American Heart Association recommends 100 chest compressions per minute, far more than most people realize, study author Dr. David Matlock of the school's Peoria, Ill., campus said Thursday. And while CPR can triple cardiac arrest survival rates when properly performed, many people hesitate to do it because they're not sure about keeping the proper rhythm, Matlock said. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_he_me/med_stayin__alive
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 20, 2008 6:37:51 GMT -5
The Ark of the Covenant will visit Chattanooga for nine days when a life-sized replica of the ancient, 3,000-year-old Jewish sanctuary, which includes the ark and courtyard, will be built upon the grounds of Warner Park, Oct. 18-26, from 2 to 7 p.m. The project will cost $15,000 to bring here, and organizers will spend more than 700 hours raising the sanctuary. Meanwhile, volunteers have been training to lead free, 75-minute tours through "Messiah's Mansion" every 15 minutes. The mansion is hitting Chattanooga at an excellent time, said Joel Stapleton, the Chattanooga exhibit coordinator. "I believe that with the current unsettled state of affairs in the world and in this country many people are wondering about the future and looking for something predictable," he said. "Understanding the sanctuary reveals prophecy and explains many of the questions people have in their minds." www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137320.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 17, 2008 7:19:14 GMT -5
DUBAI, United Arab Emirates – A British couple charged with having sex on the beach were sentenced to three months in jail Thursday in a case that has caused controversy in this Gulf boom town. The judge did not provide any details about his verdict, as is customary in Dubai, so it is unclear whether Michelle Palmer and Vince Acors were found guilty of engaging in intercourse, or some lesser offense. The two Britons, who are both in their 30s and met at an all-you-can-drink champagne brunch before the alleged incident occurred, were arrested in July and later charged with sex outside of marriage, public indecency and drunkenness. In addition to the three-month jail sentence, Judge Hamdi Mustafa Abu el-Khair levied a 1,000 dirham (US$272) fine against each of the defendants and ordered them to be deported from Dubai after serving their prison time. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081016/ap_on_re_mi_ea/ml_dubai_sex_on_beach;_ylt=Ag7ykGCFbzvMFZuuavb2visDW7oF
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