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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 17, 2008 7:18:38 GMT -5
DES MOINES, Iowa – After failing to finish a reading assignment, 8-year-old Isabel Loeffler was sent to the school's time-out room — a converted storage area under a staircase — where she was left alone for three hours. The autistic Iowa girl wet herself before she was finally allowed to leave. Appalled, her parents removed her from the school district and filed a lawsuit. Some educators say time-out rooms are being used with increased frequency to discipline children with behavioral disorders. And the time outs are probably doing more harm than good, they add. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081017/ap_on_re_us/time_out_rooms;_ylt=AtObdVkTq35JhB7qOwWYyBQDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 17, 2008 7:13:25 GMT -5
The sentencing of former Sheriff Billy Long in Federal Court has been delayed until Thursday, Nov. 13, at 9 a.m.
It had been set for Oct. 27 at 9 a.m.
Judge Sandy Mattice continued the case in a one-sentence order.
No reason was given for the postponement.
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 17, 2008 7:12:50 GMT -5
Amidst a polite but conflicting exchange between church members and neighbors, the Chattanooga Beer and Wrecker Board on Thursday voted 5 to 4 to uphold a beer license they approved on June 19 despite recent claims the business involved is just 184 feet from a church. The beer ordinance says a business selling beer must be more than 200 feet (door to door) from a church. Tammy Alazzam received a beer license on June 19 for Z&J Grocery at 1725 N. Orchard Knob Ave. On her application, she had listed the nearest church to be the Pentecostal Church of God, but testified then that the church appeared to be closed because the lot was gated and the grass was overgrown nearly to the window sills. Chattanooga Police Officer John Collins had also testified in June that he had been by the church and it appeared closed and no contact numbers were available. There is no listing for the church in the phone book, he said. Based on this evidence, the board had approved the beer license back in June. Board member Christopher Keene told the pastor and the church members that applications for beer licenses are published in the local newspaper prior to the vote. No one, he said, appeared before the board in June in opposition to this license. Mr. Keene said it is hard to believe the church is having services even when the electricity is off, the plumbing doesn’t work, and the grass is grown up to the window sills. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137218.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 17, 2008 7:11:23 GMT -5
The International Brotherhood of Police Officers, Local 673 will be sponsoring the 2nd Annual Julie Jacks Memorial Bluegrass Festival on Saturday, Oct. 25. Featured acts include: Youth Jam 11 a.m. Sake Rag Ramblers Band noon Lone Mountain Band 1 p.m. Hill Toppers Band 2 p.m. Slaton Dooley 3 p.m. Grandpa and the Old Time String 4 p.m. County Line Band 5 p.m. Bare Foot Nellie Band 6 p.m. The majority of the profits will be given to “The Julie Jacks Memorial Scholarship Fund” - a fund of the Community Foundation of Greater Chattanooga. The scholarship fund was started in 2003 and is rewarded each year to a college age child of law enforcement officers. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137245.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 17, 2008 7:10:44 GMT -5
Stringer’s Ridge landowner Jimmy Hudson said Thursday night he is hoping that the Trust for Public Land will buy 92 acres on the historic site and transform it all into a public park. But at the present time, Mr. Hudson told members of the Red Bank Planning Commission Thursday night, “the land trust has signed a sales contract for just 37 acres. There is no option on the rest of it.” “We’re getting ready to try to develop a comprehensive plan, and I want to know the baseline . . . where we can start,” he said. He and Mike Bryson said they need a fall-back plan for developing the site, in case the trust winds up taking just 37 acres. Consequently, they sought – and received – approval for preliminary plans for a 126-unit Planned Unit Development (PUD) on the estimated 17 acres of the site located in Red Bank. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137257.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 16, 2008 7:31:46 GMT -5
I’ve met the Fourth Reich and its name is CARTA. Its army of henchmen blanket downtown proper day and night, goose-stepping from car to car, handing out violations for anything its leaders deem suitable—and profitable. Leave it to drastic financial times for a company to dig deep into its arsenal of doom to play fast-and-hard with indiscretion and fee schedules. Never has price-gouging been more accepted by fearful citizens timidly peering out of windows to make sure their lifeline to the world isn’t yellow tagged, or God forbid, booted. But that’s what you get if you don’t continually pump loose change into parking meters. And the price of admission just got higher. Less than a month ago you could park at a two-hour meter for 50 cents. However, overnight, the price for the same time limit jumped 300 percent to $1.50. That’s because “meter math” is very different now. Until now, 50 cents was enough to meet the time limit of any meter—whether it was a 20-minute meter (blue head), 30-minute (red head), 60-minute (silver head), 2-hour (green head) or 5-hour (yellow head). The color of the meter head denoted the convenience factor of the individual space’s location. Right out front: blue head. Ten blocks away: yellow head. Now it seems that all of the meters are being standardized to provide a limited number of minutes per coin, no matter where you park. A nickel will buy you a measly 4 minutes. A dime, 8 minutes. A quarter, 20 minutes. However, you can get an extra 20 minutes on the dollar if you are geeky enough to walk around with a pocket full of those new dollar coins. This generous incentive was likely included so that the meter CARTzi’s (as I like to call them) won’t have to stop writing tickets long enough to collect the bounty as often. Because the more yellow slips they issue, the mo’ money, mo’ money, mo’ money – haaaaayyyy! www.chattanoogapulse.com/columns/life-in-the-noog
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 16, 2008 7:30:58 GMT -5
I was confused. I’d left my rookie somewhere between disjointed and unhinged, but I couldn’t figure out for the life of me why. He was quiet, sure, but his hands were shaking and his lips and eyes were curved upward in fright and disgust. He couldn’t lose the expression to save his life. Sweet God, it was a happy moment, a moment of victory, but he was sitting there like a cheap fright mask on a post-Halloween sale shelf. What was the matter with him? He should be exuberant! Just moments before we were cresting a hill on Interstate 75 on the inside of a 160-degree curve chasing a drunk at what I felt was a moderate 95 miles per hour. Sure, we drifted a bit…but we hadn’t wrecked or anything, had we? I had things completely under control. The suspect had been on an alcohol-and-theft-fuelled mission from an apartment complex near Lee Highway, where we’d interrupted him. He fled like a rat in a tampon factory. This was not unusual in the wee dark hours, but this time, a small gas grill tumbled from the rear window of his sedan, nearly striking my car, and I’d become incensed. Business was business, sure, but he’d thrown a perfectly good stainless-steel grill at my car, and there were Rules. My knuckles gripped the wheel tightly and my brow furrowed, because now…it was on. His ’87 Buick Century came out of the curve ahead of us, but his drunken gods finally failed him and he began to fishtail. A smile erupted on my lips, my teeth already locked in a once-hidden grin as the chase had progressed. My apprentice was in his second month and needed this training, this exposure, and I was thrilled. Besides, car chases really were that cool, as indicated by the blood flowing from my now-white knuckles to parts of my body best not mentioned. www.chattanoogapulse.com/columns/on-the-beat/44-on-the-beat/262-everything-that-is-wrong-is-wrong-with-you
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 16, 2008 7:30:13 GMT -5
The past two weeks have been a roller-coaster ride for the economy, and not the modern, flashy, hi-tech metal roller coaster, but the old, wooden, rickety, fear-of-falling-off-the-tracks type of roller coaster. Watching the cable news networks is a never-ending panoply of falling stocks, closing banks, and disappearing retirement funds. Yet, like the first-class passengers on the Titanic who thought nothing of the “little bump,” to many here in the Tennessee Valley, it all seemed remote. Scary, worrisome, but still remote. Until the layoffs and plant closings were announced last week. Five local companies all announced full or partial plant closings. Dunlap’s Tecumseh engine assembly plant, Trenton’s Shaw plant, Chattanooga’s Arcade Marketing, McMinn County’s Allied Hosiery and Fort Oglethorpe’s Mohawk Industries all made layoff announcements. All told, more than a thousand jobs will be affected. And that’s just among those five. Elsewhere around the region, companies both large and small are tightening their belts. In Tennessee, unemployment has risen from 4.7 percent a year ago to the current rate of 6.6 percent. In Georgia, things are even worse, as unemployment has increased an incredible 76 percent from a year ago. Yet, unemployment numbers only tell half the story. Wages for those who have jobs are stagnant, and with inflation running at above average levels this past year, what is known as “real wages” has actually dropped. Simply put, the buying power of your paycheck is getting weaker every month. At the same time, health insurance rates have risen to record levels, an expense employers have to pass along to their employees. And this is often at the same time as benefits are cut back or deductibles increased. www.chattanoogapulse.com/opinion/news-features/49-between-the-bridges/270-this-is-not-a-time-for-panic
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 16, 2008 7:29:24 GMT -5
In the heat of this presidential campaign, major topics, aside from the current economic meltdown, are the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, and how each candidate proposes to address the global war on terror. Each candidate has spent countless hours answering questions about his stance, and hours more giving speeches extolling his plan as right and lambasting his opponent’s as wrong. But what is often lost in all the speechifying is the ordinary soldier, and how he perceives his duties as both soldier and citizen. Sure, if you turn on any of the cable-news networks, you’ll see an endless lineup of generals and admirals—both active duty and retired—along with a smattering of enlisted men, usually battle-hardened sergeants. What you almost never see are the officers in the middle of everything: the captains and the majors. Though the generals plan and the lieutenants say, “Follow me!” and lead a platoon over the next hill, it falls upon the middle ranks of the officer corps to make things work. Their often-difficult job is to take what the generals plan, then turn around and teach the lieutenants how to achieve that plan. Major Shane Gries is one of those officers. A U.S. Army infantry officer, he holds a master’s degree in management, has served overseas in both command and staff positions, and at the ripe old age of 33 graduated from the Ranger school at Ft. Benning, the second oldest in his class. Currently, he is one of a select group of officers enrolled in Intermediate Level Education (ILE) at the Command and General Staff College at Ft Leavenworth. He has already received preliminary orders for deployment to Afghanistan after graduation. We recently sat down with Major Gries while he was on leave to attend, of all things, a science-fiction convention. www.chattanoogapulse.com/news/news-features/4-news-feature/259-inside-the-mind-of-a-modern-major-infantry-officer
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 16, 2008 7:23:21 GMT -5
WASHINGTON – Social Security benefits for 50 million people are expected to go up next year by the largest amount in more than a quarter-century. The new cost-of-living increase, to be announced Thursday by the Social Security Administration, is expected to be above 5.5 percent. That would make it the largest increase since a 7.4 percent jump in 1982. The increase for 2008 was 2.3 percent. A 5.5 percent increase would mean about $60 a month more for the average retiree. Even with the gain, the fatter Social Security check still may seem puny to millions of retirees battered this year by huge increases in energy and food costs. They've also watched helplessly as their retirement savings have been assaulted by the biggest upheavals on Wall Street in seven decades. "Right now many senior citizens are feeling depressed because things seem out of control," said Sung Won Sohn, an economics professor at the Smith School of Business at California State University. "They feel like they are in a boat being whipped around by rough seas." news.yahoo.com/s/ap/social_security;_ylt=AmoV3jmYh.ZkZlEJjq4TSyUDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 16, 2008 7:22:50 GMT -5
Some news audiences are more politically savvy than others, according to a new poll, with readers of The New Yorker and similar high-brow magazines being the most knowledgeable. The survey, conducted between April 30 and June 1 by the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press, measured the political knowledge of 3,612 U.S. adults. Participants were asked to name the controlling party of the U.S. House of Representatives, the U.S. secretary of state and Great Britain's prime minister. Overall, just 18 percent of participants answered all three questions correctly. More than 50 percent of Americans knew that the Democrats have a majority in the House, while 42 percent could identify the secretary of state (Condoleezza Rice). Less than 30 percent could name the prime minister of Great Britain (Gordon Brown). news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20081015/sc_livescience/americansflunksimple3questionpoliticalsurvey;_ylt=Ai0hK7NIjGnihfkGI_ENnd4DW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 16, 2008 7:22:14 GMT -5
LINCOLN, Neb. – A judge has thrown out a Nebraska legislator's lawsuit against God, saying the Almighty wasn't properly served due to his unlisted home address. State Sen. Ernie Chambers filed the lawsuit last year seeking a permanent injunction against God. He said God has made terroristic threats against the senator and his constituents in Omaha, inspired fear and caused "widespread death, destruction and terrorization of millions upon millions of the Earth's inhabitants." Chambers has said he filed the lawsuit to make the point that everyone should have access to the courts regardless of whether they are rich or poor. On Tuesday, however, Douglas County District Court Judge Marlon Polk ruled that under state law a plaintiff must have access to the defendant for a lawsuit to move forward. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081016/ap_on_fe_st/suing_god;_ylt=AiowiRobnox_McC3mQtoNW4DW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 16, 2008 7:21:44 GMT -5
The County Commission on Wednesday passed tighter controls over outdoor shooting ranges. The commission also voted to take oversight of the shooting ranges instead of having it at the county board of zoning appeals. Barry Bennett, Planning Commission executive director, said a shooting range at Montlake that has stirred up some controversy currently has a permit request before the zoning appeals board. He said that request will be removed from that board. He said the applicants will have to go to the Planning Commission and then on to the County Commission for a final decision. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137144.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 16, 2008 7:21:16 GMT -5
Criminal Court Judge Rebecca Stern, in a four-page opinion, has granted pre-trial diversion for the young man charged in the Nov. 18, 2005, wreck on Mountain Creek Road that claimed the life of Hadrienne Mendonsa. Judge Stern said Cody Matthew Headrick has shown remorse, and she said he does not have a history of speeding or substance abuse. She said he has continued to maintain employment. The opinion cites a therapist's report stating that Headrick "continues to express great remorse over the accident, believing that he is the one who should have died." Under pre-trial diversion, the charge can be expunged from the record if the defendant does not get in further trouble for a specified time. The defendant does not have to go to jail. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137146.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 16, 2008 7:20:38 GMT -5
Police said a shootout on Southern Street on Tuesday morning that left one man dead and two others injured was a dispute over vehicle rims. LaFredrick Collier, 34, died around 1 p.m. after being taken to Erlanger Hospital. Terrance Walker, 21, is suffering from multiple gunshot wounds. Tommy Young, 32, was also shot. A woman told police she was on the porch of her aunt's apartment at 1909 Southern with Collier and Young when Walker drove by several times in a 1994 Chevrolet Caprice. She said he then stopped across the street and got out of the vehicle. She said Walker was holding up the front of his pants with one hand and had the other hand concealed. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137142.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 15, 2008 11:07:56 GMT -5
CAMDEN, N.J. – A federal judge Tuesday approved a $24 million settlement for owners of dogs and cats who were sickened or died after eating pet food contaminated with an industrial chemical. The ruling by U.S. District Judge Noel Hillman clears the way for U.S. pet owners with claims to start receiving checks next year. A Canadian judge has scheduled a hearing for Nov. 3 to determine whether the settlement can also apply in that nation. Under the deal, pet owners have until Nov. 24 to file claims. The settlement is to compensate owners for many expenses, including: the cost of the food, medical and burial expenses for their animals, the value of the animals or the cost of replacement pets, checkups for animals who ate the food but did not get sick, replacing carpets ruined by sick pets, and time the owners took off work to seek treatment for their animals. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081014/ap_on_re_us/pet_food_recalls;_ylt=AmgEHah0xXn0txjggyQkWdQDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 15, 2008 11:07:07 GMT -5
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – The Bush administration explicitly endorsed the use of waterboarding and other harsh interrogation methods against al Qaeda suspects in a pair of secret memos to the CIA in 2003 and 2004, The Washington Post reported on Wednesday. The previously undisclosed classified memos were requested by then CIA Director George Tenet more than a year after the start of the secret interrogations, the newspaper reported, citing administration and intelligence officials familiar with the documents. A White House spokesman had no comment on the report. According the newspaper, intelligence officials sought cover from the White House because they were worried about a possible backlash if details of the interrogation program became public. news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20081015/us_nm/us_security_interrogation_memos;_ylt=AhRNls631jYsTsLXb_URoicDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 15, 2008 11:06:44 GMT -5
Tests on leading brands of bottled water turned up a variety of contaminants often found in tap water, according to a study released Wednesday by an environmental advocacy group. The findings challenge the popular impression — and marketing pitch — that bottled water is purer than tap water, the researchers say. However, all the brands met federal health standards for drinking water. Two violated a California state standard, the study said. An industry group branded the findings "alarmist." Joe Doss, president of the International Bottled Water Association, said the study is based on the faulty premise that a contaminant is a health concern "even if it does not exceed the established regulatory limit or no standard has been set." news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081015/ap_on_sc/impure_bottled_water;_ylt=AsXD3AMSEBRu39LG8FmISy0DW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 15, 2008 11:05:50 GMT -5
Convergys Corporation is currently recruiting for more than 200 new positions at its contact center in Chattanooga, officials said Tuesday. Potential candidates are invited to attend an open house from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday at Convergys, 5600 Brainerd Road, Unit 3 in the Eastgate Town Center. New employees will provide customer management services for clients in the customer care, communications and pharmaceutical industries. “We anticipate our total head count in the city to increase by more than 330 by the end of the year,” said Tamara Burks, recruiting manager for the Chattanooga center. “We’re excited about bringing these jobs to our community during a challenging time for our local and national economy.” www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137062.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 15, 2008 11:05:14 GMT -5
The Exchange Club of Chattanooga named Captain David Brooks as the Firefighter of the Year for 2008 at its meeting on Oct. 14. The presentation was made at the Exchange Club's regular meeting at the Senior Neighbor's Center at 10th and Newby. Chattanooga native David Brooks is a Captain and Assistant Fire Marshal for the Chattanooga Fire Department. Cpt. Brooks has been with the Chattanooga Fire Department for 12 years, rising through the ranks while holding a number of vital positions at the department. Cpt. Brooks is currently assigned to the Fire Prevention Bureau, and serves as an Assistant Fire Marshal and Fire Safety Educator. He is a national and state certified fire inspector and is also a member of the National Fire Protection Association. He serves as an executive board member in several organizations and committees. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_137091.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 14, 2008 7:18:57 GMT -5
OMAHA, Neb. – A Michigan mother drove roughly 12 hours to Omaha, so she could abandon her 13-year-old son at a hospital under the state's unique safe-haven law, Nebraska officials said Monday. The boy from the Detroit area is the second teenager from outside Nebraska and 18th child overall abandoned in the state since the law took effect in July. "I certainly recognize and can commiserate and empathize with families across our state and across the country who are obviously struggling with parenting issues, but this is not the appropriate way of dealing with them, whether you're in Nebraska or whether you're in another state," said Todd Landry, who heads the state's Department of Health and Human Services' division of children and family services. There was no sign the boy was in immediate danger before he was abandoned early Monday, but an investigation into the boy's situation was still continuing, Landry said. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081014/ap_on_re_us/safe_haven;_ylt=ApsEudABcQC5Bm2bva5eJqUDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 14, 2008 7:18:22 GMT -5
SALT LAKE CITY – Hoping to combat the "snitch" label that often leads to silent suffering, six Utah schools have introduced a Web site that allows students to anonymously report bullies. A Brigham Young University student, Justin Bergener, created the site, which also lets students post information about thefts, drugs and harassment. Bergener said he hopes students who might otherwise be too scared or shy to speak up will be willing to post on the site. "There really is this culture and code of silence that's particularly prevalent in middle schools and high schools," Bergener said. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/bullies_internet;_ylt=AjgCB3Rcw0vFvcSW8gEuRnkDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 14, 2008 7:17:43 GMT -5
More students are graduating from Hamilton County Schools than ever before, officials said on Thursday. According to data released by the school system on Thursday, 2,483 students received a regular diploma in 2008, up from 2,295 in 2007. Since 2004, when the system began tracking the number of diplomas awarded, the number has increased 27.9%, even though high school enrollment has remained flat. “We know that graduating from high school is critical to a student’s chances for success later in life. These numbers show that we are making great progress in helping students achieve that goal and it’s great for our community and our students,” said Superintendent Dr. Jim Scales. “When students graduate from Hamilton County Schools, they have choices. They are qualified to go onto higher education or they can go directly to the workforce. Either way, a diploma gives students a good start toward a successful and productive life.” www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136800.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 14, 2008 7:16:28 GMT -5
Chattanooga Police have charged Michael Owens, 24, of 1839 Heaton St., with attempted first-degree murder, felony reckless endangerment and aggravated assault in the shooting of 33-year-old Allen Tucker, of Chattanooga, at Club 2301. Police said the investigation is continuing in the shooting of Ellis Roberson, 26, of Chattanooga, and Antoine Armour, 21, of Chattanooga, at the club at 2301 Milne St. Three people were shot at the club early Sunday morning. Police said the people shot at Club 2301 sustained multiple injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening. Armour was shot inside the club, while the other two were shot when the incident moved outside. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136944.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 14, 2008 7:15:35 GMT -5
Club 2301 once again falls under scrutiny following a triple shooting this weekend. Chattanooga police call the East Chattanooga nightclub a hot spot for violence, but club patrons say blame the people, not the club. "People were shooting. Everybody scattered, " Barbara Johnson says as she recalls the shooting Sunday morning. It happened around 3:AM, Johnson was walking back toward the club she helps clean when she heard the shots. Lt. Kim Noorbergen says, "We get calls from that location, hourly, daily, nightly, all the time." It's just another in what police say are regular incidents of violence along Milne Street and Dodson Ave. Police logged 65 calls to 2301 Milne Street just since the first of the year, and several more to the neighborhood. Noorbergen says, "Historically that's a very hot spot." wdef.com/news/club_2301_under_scrutiny_after_triple_shooting_this_weekend/10/2008
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 13, 2008 6:43:33 GMT -5
HONG KONG – Global stock markets rebounded strongly on Monday after last week's historic sell-off as governments from Europe to Australia and the U.S. intensified efforts to ease a financial crisis that threatened to the throw the world into recession. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index, which tumbled more than 7 percent Friday, soared 1,434.33 points, or 9.69 percent, to finish at 16,231.20. Australian and Singapore indices jumped more than 5 percent, while South Korean and Chinese benchmarks added around 3.7 percent. As markets opened in Europe, Britain's FTSE-100 shot up 5.6 percent, Germany's DAX climbed 6.4 percent and France's CAC-40 advanced 7 percent. In Japan, where the Nikkei 225 tanked nearly 10 percent Friday to close out its worst week in history, trading was closed for a public holiday. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081013/ap_on_bi_ge/as_world_markets;_ylt=Amo4RJ.44gWozTH4QhOEucwDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 13, 2008 6:42:55 GMT -5
AKRON, Ohio – By the time deputies came to escort Addie Polk out of her home of 38 years, the 90-year-old had taken out her life insurance policy and placed it next to her pocketbook and keys in the neatly kept house. She shot herself in the chest Oct. 1 before she could be taken away from the foreclosed house, which was worth less than its mortgage from the day she took out the loan. A congressman called her the face of a national tragedy, the housing crisis that has affected millions of Americans. Neighbors were stunned and said they had no idea the widow had been about to lose her two-story, white vinyl home. And Polk, as she recovered, sounded a bit regretful. news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081012/ap_on_re_us/foreclosure_shooting;_ylt=AjDAOGxhsX1dp8BxX.VOvugDW7oF
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 13, 2008 6:41:35 GMT -5
The Chattanooga Civitan Club, this year alone, has donated over $118,900 to many local charities for the use of special children. At a recent meeting, $34,900 was donated to 11 charities to help handicapped children have a better life, board member Jack Anderson said. The charities receiving money were Orange Grove Center, Faces, Big Brothers-Big Sisters, Bachman Academy, the Children’s Advocacy Center, Children’s Home/Chambliss Shelter, the Epilepsy Foundation, Hope Unlimited Ministries, Kids on the Block, Ronald McDonald House, and T. C. Thompson Children’s Hospital. www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136901.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 13, 2008 6:40:57 GMT -5
EPB customers are finding that the new 20 percent TVA rate increase is included in current billings. Lacie Newton, EPB spokesperson, said, "The most recent fuel cost admustment and rate increase are both TVA increases that EPB must, unfortunately, pass on to our customers. "TVA’s increases were calculated on customer bills starting Oct. 1. That means the first bill that went out on Oct. 1 is at the new increased rate, regardless of when that customer used the power. "EPB also pays TVA in the same way, meaning EPB does not keep any of the increase, but passes it on to TVA from Oct. 1 onward." www.chattanoogan.com/articles/article_136862.asp
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Post by CMF Newsman on Oct 11, 2008 11:58:31 GMT -5
We drove to Trenton recently to have lunch at Randy’s Restaurant located at 4276 Highway 136, not far from Exit 11, off I-59. It had been quite a few years since we had been there. For those unfamiliar with Randy’s, they are the “Home of the 48 oz. Burger”. They also offer a variety of southern style food including broasted chicken and homemade breads baked fresh every morning. In addition to the buffet, Randy’s has a full the menu featuring appetizers, steaks, pastas, barbecue, seafood, burgers, sandwiches, submarines, strombollis, pizzas, and family size specials. Something for everyone! Prices aren’t bad at all – you can get a 16-ounce T-Bone for $14.95 and it includes your choice of potato and one trip to the salad bar. They also have rib eyes, New York strips, prime rib and ground sirloin. Under the steak entrees you will also find grilled pork chops ($7.95) and country-fried steak ($6.95) served with two vegetables. Complete review at scenic-city.com/review.htm
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