DA releases report on Nagy shooting
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(911 calls at link) BEVERLY Ma.-- Hamilton Police Sgt. Kenneth Nagy shot Beverly Police Officer Jason Lantych because Nagy believed Lantych was having an affair with his wife, according to a summary of the investigation released today by the Essex County District Attorney’s Office. The report says Nagy texted Lantych early on the morning of the shooting and said, “Hey Jay ... thanks a lot buddy,” then called Lantych an expletive and texted, “See you soon my friend.” Nagy, described as “distraught” over the alleged affair, fired two shots through the open window of his SUV at Lantych after the...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 06:39:54 PM
Governor Beverly Perdue: The Best Government Is That Which Governs Most?
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Governor Beverly Perdue’s recent suggestion that we suspend the 2012 elections so our Representatives can focus on getting things done has caused some to question whether she is fit to hold office. After all, if you want to preserve a wayward democratic republic, it’s probably not the best idea to suggest that democracy is what’s driving us off course. And ever since an audio surfaced of the North Carolina Democrat’s remarks, her efforts at damage control — a claim that she was simply indulging sarcasm — have been falling short. The audio reveals that her suggestion was rendered matter-of-factly, embedded...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 06:39:54 PM
$$ isn’t one of the three Rs (public high school students required to buy $900 Apple MacBooks)
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BEVERLY’S NEW high school, set to open in November, should be the envy of its counterparts in other towns. With the school’s emphasis on technology, students will be able to work together more easily, including through video conferencing, and learn how to use advanced computer programs. Unfortunately, Beverly is also obliging parents to pay extra for this tech-utopia — a requirement that violates the spirit of public education. Not only must every student have a laptop computer, but it must be a specific, expensive type: a MacBook with a price tag of $900. And since the school system couldn’t find...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 06:39:54 PM
Convicted Mass. librarian wants to keep pension
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BEVERLY, Mass. -- The former director of the Beverly Public Library who pleaded guilty to possessing child pornography wants to keep his $31,000 annual public pension. Thomas Scully has filed a lawsuit in Salem Superior Court claiming the city Retirement Board has no right to revoke his pension on the grounds of "moral turpitude." Scully's suit filed Friday claims he would suffer "severe financial loss" if he loses his pension because he is unlikely to land another job in his field. Scully's pension was approved in May 2005, after his arrest, but his lawyer tells The Salem News the decision...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 06:39:54 PM
Texas Medical Association votes to abandon medical ethics tradition
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Texas Medical Association votes to abandon medical ethics tradition Press Release from Texas Physicians Resource Council http://www.texasphysicians.org/ On May 14, 2004, the House of Delegates of the Texas Medical Association, in a misplaced enthusiasm for medical research abandoned 2500 years of physician ethics and our traditional charge to "First, do no harm." Ignoring the very real and present results of adult and umbilical cord stem cell research in favor of an exaggerated and hypothetical future potential of embryonic stem cells and cloning, the House of Delegates approved a policy supporting "biomedical research on multipotent stem cells (including embryonic, adult, and...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 06:39:54 PM
Radio silence for Thanksgiving football game(For English please press TWO)
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The tradition-filled Salem-Beverly football game is losing one of its traditions. For the first time since 1939, the Thanksgiving Day game between the two rival high schools will not be heard on the radio. The game had been broadcast on WESX ever since the radio station began 67 years ago. But the Marblehead-based station was sold in May and moved to Chelsea, where it now broadcasts Brazilian and Hispanic religious programs. The station's new owner, Otto Miller of Connecticut, said yesterday he didn't realize the lack of a broadcast this year will mark the end of a local tradition. "It's...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 06:39:54 PM
Does Your Town Have "First Night" New Year's Eve?
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Does your town or city have a First Night celebration? Mine does--Beverly, MA. Admittedly this year it's been cut back due to lack of volunteers--will "end" at 9:30--but I'm looking forward to it. Usually I work on New Year's Eve but I get it off this year and next. First Night started in Boston (and the "First Night" name is licensed through that organization) around the time of the Bicentennial as an "alcohol-free New Year's celebration" with arts, concerts, fun for the kids, etc. I live within walking distance of the events here... no worry about drunk drivers (though I'll...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 06:39:54 PM
Salem man gets 15-18 years for child rape
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SALEM — A Salem man who gained access to a 9-year-old girl by offering her mother free cocaine pleaded guilty yesterday to multiple child rape charges and was sentenced to 15 to 18 years in state prison. Richard Lapham's plea and sentence was the result of a last-minute agreement just moments before jury selection was set to begin for his trial in Salem Superior Court. Judge David Lowy went along with the plea agreement, but added, "Obviously, there is no punishment commensurate with the evil that constitutes this crime." Lapham, 39, was arrested in August of 2004 after police learned...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 06:39:54 PM
"Beverly Hillbillies" creator Paul Henning dies at 93
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BURBANK, Calif. (AP) - Paul Henning, who created the iconic 1960s TV show "The Beverly Hillbillies" and wrote its theme song, died Friday at the age of 93. Henning, who lived in Toluca Lake, died in a Burbank hospital of natural causes. He had been sick for some time, his daughter Carol said. Henning was born on a farm in Missouri on Sept. 16, 1911 and grew up in Independence. As a teenager, he worked behind the soda fountain at Brown's Drugstore, where he met Harry Truman, who advised the young boy to become a lawyer, his daughter said. He...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 06:39:54 PM
Super Model Gisele Bundchen, Reneges on “Lost Dog” Reward Offer;
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A young San Bernardino couple is going public with questions about supermodel Gisele Bundchen's "no questions asked" $5000.00 reward offer, which remains unpaid more than two weeks after the couple returned Bundchen's dog only to be arrested at gunpoint, handcuffed and held in custody. Although cleared by the police, the couple has no explanation from Bundchen of why they were treated like criminals and denied the reward. Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) December 10, 2004 -- Supermodel Gisele Bundchen’s “no questions asked” $5000.00 reward offer for her lost dog just before Thanksgiving, may have gotten her dog back, but, according to the...
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 06:39:54 PM
The Real Beverly Hillbillies webpage - Vanity
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I've got a hunch that after all the media announcements about the new CBS "Real Beverly Hillbillies" reality TV show make their rounds, there will be an even larger round of interesting editorials following. I've made a webpage that will try to keep up. Bookmark this page and add a link to your websites & blogs, etc;The Real Beverly Hillbillies
Published on Tuesday 22nd of May 2012 06:39:54 PM
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