Fatigue, Short Staffs ‘Recipe for Disaster’ in Summer Flying Season

AFL CIO 3 days ago Region: United States

- by James Parks With the busy summer travel season fast approaching, the nation’s air traffic controllers are alerting the public that a combination of short-staffing, fatigue and faulty equipment in control towers is a “recipe for disaster.”  Just this week, the National Air Traffic Controllers Association(NATCA) issued warnings about several near misses at two of the country... more

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Bikini Wearing Teacher Fired

Ground Report 3 days ago Region: Connecticut

 Maybe she thought that the real world would not interfere with her job as a teacher or maybe she didn't really think at all, but Marie Jarry has been forced to resign over her appearance on the Howard Stern Show. After the pictures were taken and released, the Thalberg School community felt it had no other choice but to ask Ms. Jarry for her resignation. Marie Jarry and her husband were participating in a Howar... more

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Overnight Tornado Damages North Carolina

Ground Report 3 days ago Region: North Carolina

 At tornado hit Greensboro, N.C. last night killing one and injuring three others. Authorities were waiting for daylight to fully assess the damage. With harsh weather sweeping through the South-East, generating tornados and strong winds, many other states have been hit: a tornado wrecked a shopping mall in Mississippi, strong winds flipped a mobile home in Alabama and several properties were destroyed in Tenness... more

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Duggar Family Announces 18th Pregnancy

Ground Report 3 days ago Region: Arkansas

The populous Duggar Family already has 17 children, the result of a conscious religious decision in 1988 to abstain from birth control.  Since then, the Tonitown, Arkansas family has produced almost one child a year.  Now the family is about to get even bigger. This morning on the Today Show, Bob and Michelle Duggar announced that they are expecting an 18th child, which will bring the family count to 20. O... more

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Michelle Moor 'Roofied' at Law Firm Party, Allegedly

Ground Report 4 days ago Region: Massachusetts

Boston lawyer Michelle Moor has sued former employer Bingham McCutchen, saying they failed to investigate her allegation that she was drugged at a company party.  Bingham McCutchen denies any wrongdoing.  Their advertising motto, featured in publications like the Economist, is certainly not helping.  The ad, pictured at right, shows a bear cradling a baby with the terms: "The best lawyers know how to ... more

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Philadelphia Police Brutality Not Race-Based, Officials Insist

David Brant 4 days ago Region: Pennsylvania

It has been reported that on Monday, May 5th, a Fox TV helicopter captured video of at least 12 and perhaps as many as 14 Philadelphia police officers surrounding a car carrying three men and dragging them out into what became a viciously excessive beating which involved the three being kicked, stomped on, and struck up to 20 times each with night sticks. The videotape has been released to officials and investigators i... more

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Bernie Ward to Change Plea

Ground Report 4 days ago Region: United States

 Former radio host Bernie Ward is expected to change his plea in his Internet child pornography case. After pleading not guilty in December, Ward is looking to cut a deal with prosecution. Details of what kind of plea have remained mirky as his lawyer, Doron Weinberg, has refused to reveal which charges the plea will affect and if the plea will be guilty or no contest. Ward, a former host on KGO, has been indict... more

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Shocking Philadelphia Police Beating Caught on Video

Ground Report 5 days ago Region: Pennsylvania

A troubling video depicting 15 police officers viciously beating 3  black  suspects has the city of Philadelphia reeling.  The video, featured below, was captured by an affiliate FOX News TV camera in a helicopter.  Center City lawyer D. Scott Perrine, called the act, "one of the most reprehensible displays of police brutality I have ever seen."  All three beating victims required hospital tr... more

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Indiana's Photo ID Law Prevents A Group Of Nuns From Voting In Primary

Can Tran 6 days ago Region: United States

In regards to Indiana’s photo ID law, it does not play favorites. The Indiana ID photo ID law does not make exceptions. For today, it does not make any exceptions to a group of twelve nuns. This was the case for twelve nuns that were turned away from the polling place on Tuesday. The nuns neither had a state nor federal identification with their photographs. For that, the twelve nuns were turned away and we... more

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The Elegance of the Gideon Putnam Hotel in Saratoga Springs, New York

Carolyn McFann 6 days ago Region: New York

Hidden away in the quaint college town of Saratoga Springs, New York is a stately old hotel called the Gideon Putnam. Staying there is like going back in time to the Victorian days, with the classical surroundings, park setting and beauty. It is located next to the Roosevelt Baths, a mineral water spring used by President Roosevelt late in the 1930’s, making it a popular stop for the rich and famous of that time.... more

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