Tuesday 11 December 2012

A 32-year-old mother was fatally shot Tuesday outside a Brooklyn hospital

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Police are investigating the shooting death of Shalima Gaskin, who was shot outside of Brookdale Hospital early this morning for no apparent reason. HERE, her mother Tanya Gaskin (l) and aunt Lila Evans, can't believe the young mother of three is dead.  Dec. 11 2012.

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Police are investigating the shooting death of Shalima Gaskin, who was shot outside of Brookdale Hospital early Tuesday morning. Her mother Tanya Gaskin (l) and aunt Lila Evans, can't believe the young mother of three is dead.

    A 32-year-old mother was fatally shot Tuesday outside a Brooklyn hospital where her 8-year-old daughter was being treated for asthma, police sources said.
    Shalema Gaskin was with her daughter and the child’s father at Brookdale University Hospital when she left to check on another child at her Kings Highway apartment a block away shortly before 3:15 a.m., sources said.
    The father stayed at the 8-year-old’s bedside.
    A short time later, a passerby saw Gaskin bleeding from a bullet wound to her neck behind the hospital E. 98th St. and Hegeman Ave., police said.
    Gaskin was rushed into the emergency room, but she could not be saved.
    Investigators were still trying to determine why Gaskin was shot. Sources said robbery did not appear to be a motive as all of her belongings were found next to her body.
    No arrests were immediately made.
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    Police are investigating the shooting death of Shalima Gaskin, who was shot outside of Brookdale Hospital early this morning for no apparent reason. Young girl on right is neice Dinaya Love Evans  Dec. 11 2012.

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    Police are investigating the shooting death of Shalima Gaskin, who was shot outside of Brookdale Hospital early Tuesday morning.


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    NY : Close to 60% of big retail stores, and 40% of mom-and-pop locations, sold fish that was mislabeled, a new study reveals.

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    New York City seafood sellers don’t know a tuna from a tilapia.
    Close to 60% of big retail stores, and 40% of mom-and-pop locations, sold fish that was mislabeled, a new study reveals.
    The research, by the environmental group Oceana, also found that 100% of sushi bars they tested have hooked their customers on counterfeit chum.
    Researchers tested the DNA of 142 fish bought from 81 retail outlets. A whopping 56 samples — 39% — were mislabeled.
    “It’s unacceptable that New York seafood lovers are being duped more than one-third of the time when purchasing certain types of fish,” said Kimberly Warner, an Oceana scientist.
    All 16 sushi eateries subjected to testing sold customers mislabeled fish.
    Oceana staff bought seafood mostly from retailers in Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens that were recommended by online reviews from Yelp.
    The study showed that 94% of fish labeled “white tuna” turned out to be cheaper pieces of escolar, a snake mackerel whose toxins can have a “purgative effect” on people who eat more than a few bites.
    The researchers also found that red snapper and halibut purchased at one small market was actually tilefish — which is on the FDA’s do-not-eat list because of high mercury content.
    “Not only are New Yorkers being cheated when buying fraudulent fish, but those wanting to choose their seafood wisely for health, religious or conservation concerns are being seriously misled,” Warner said.
    New York fared better than other major U.S. cities where Oceana tested store-bought fish. In Boston, 48% of the fish was mislabeled, while 55% was mislabeled in Los Angeles.

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    Obama administration to recreate the giant planet-destroying

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    More than 17,000 people have signed a petition asking the U.S. government to create a "Death Star."

    A petition on the White House website calling for the government to build a "Star Wars"-style "Death Star" by 2016 has garnered more than 17,000 signatures.
    The authors of the strange appeal call on the Obama administration to recreate the giant planet-destroying spacecraft from George Lucas's 1977 film, citing a strengthened national defense and job creation as some of the benefits.
     
    "By focusing our defense resources into a space-superiority program and weapon system such as a Death Star," the petition reads, "the government can spur job creation in the fields of construction, engineering, space exploration, and more, and strengthen our national defense."
     
    So far 17,139 have signed the online petition, hosted on the White House's "We The People" site, which allows anyone to flag an issue they think the government needs to address. If the petition gets 25,000 signatures by Dec. 14, it will be reviewed by White House staff.
    But that doesn't mean Obama is going to weigh in. "Petition responses will come from a variety of Administration officials, including staff at the White House," according to the website. "From time to time President Obama may respond directly to petitions, but we expect most of responses to come from other Administration officials."


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    Yvonne Rodriguez, 23, was charged with child neglect for leaving her three small children at home while she shopped and got her nails done.

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    Yvonne Rodriguez, 23, was arrested and charged with three counts of Child Neglect after 

    OSCEOLA COUNTY SHERIFF'S OFFICE

    Yvonne Rodriguez, 23, was charged with child neglect for leaving her three small children at home while she shopped and got her nails done.  

    A Florida mom is facing child neglect charges for leaving her three little kids home alone while she shopped and then telling police she figured the oldest, who is 5, was big enough to babysit.
    Osceola Sheriff’s deputies who showed up at Yvonne Rodriguez’s door in Kissimmee on Saturday said they were greeted by a little boy who said, “Policemen, mommy is not here. I’m watching my sisters. Can you watch us now?” the South Florida Sun Sentinel reported.
    The 23-year-old came home about two hours later and told police she’d been grocery shopping, browsing gadgets at Best Buy and getting her nails done.
    She initially said she’d asked a girlfriend to watch the kids, but later confessed to leaving them alone, according to local WFTV.com
    She thought her five year old was mature enough to take care of his sisters," police said in a report.
    The deadbeat mom was charged with three counts of child neglect and released from jail on bond.
    Child protection officials sent the children to stay with their grandparents, according to reports.
    Neighbors said they didn’t know whether Rodriguez left the children alone before.
    “Anything could happen…a fire, they could choke on something. It's really irresponsible," Berto Diaz told WFTV.
     


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    Sherene Borr, who saved Christmas for Kerswell's family.

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    Kim Kerswell and her two children, 3-year-old Ryan and 12-year-old Kaylee.

    Single mom Kim Kerswell thought getting into a pricey fender-bender was the worst thing that could have happened to her weeks before Christmas.
    It turned out to be the best.
    Not only did the woman she hit forgive any damages to her car, she volunteered to save Christmas for Kerswell and her family.
    “You could tell she was stressed,” Sherene Borr told the Daily News on Tuesday.
    Kerswell rear-ended Borr in a Milford, Mass. parking lot last week, outside the Panera Bread where Kerswell works. As the women exchanged information, Kerswell divulged she was struggling to make ends meet, and raising two kids on her own.
    An accident was the last thing the 30-year-old mom needed.
    “Shewasn’t sure if they could even afford Christmas,” Borr said.
    “I explained to her that I grew up in a single mom family, and know how difficult it is.”
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    Sherene Borr, who saved Christmas for Kerswell's family.

    Borr, 37, offered to adopt Kerswell’s family for the holiday season and make sure her children had presents under the tree.
    “For me, she’s like an angel,” Kerswell told WBZ-TV.
    Borr, who also has two children, enlisted friends to help purchase all the gifts — including One Direction memorabilia for Kerswell’s 12-year-old daughter and a toy truck for her 3-year-old son.
    “I have a good sense of when people are really in need,” Borr said. “I could just tell. We both ended up in tears.”
    Borr, who is Jewish, adopts families every Christmas season with help from her synagogue.
    She’s making sure Kerswell is stocked with groceries, gift cards, and toys and clothes for her kids.
    Kerswell vows to pay Borr’s kindness forward when she can.
    “I know things are going to get better and when they do, my daughter and I, and my son, we’re going to help another family,” Kerswell told WBZ-TV.
    The moms say they’ll “absolutely” be friends well after the holidays are over.
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    A beloved photography teacher at a California high school was taking pictures of an oncoming train

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    St. Francis High School in Sacramento, Calif., held a prayer service in honor of visual arts teacher Kathy Carlise.

    A beloved photography teacher at a California high school was taking pictures of an oncoming train when she was struck and killed by another locomotive coming from behind her.
    A prayer service was held Monday for Kathy Carlisle, who taught visual arts at St. Francis High School in Sacramento and was well-known for her love of photography.
    “We’re taking this opportunity to really reflect on the tremendous gift that she was to our community,” Margo Reid Brown, the president of St. Francis, told NBC affiliate KCRA. “She was so skilled and passionate in her work, and really had a gift. The girls understood that she had a gift to share with them.”
    It wasn’t clear whether Carlisle, 52, was on the Sacramento train tracks on Saturday as part of a school-related project. The tracks are located near the school.
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    Kathy Carlisle was struck and killed by a train that she didn't see coming while photographing another train on a Sacramento track.

    Police said the wife and mother of three was hit by a Union Pacific train around 2:30 p.m. Whether the conductor blew a whistle to alert Carlisle wasn't immediately known.
    Carlisle was often found carrying her camera. She had an interest in the Holocaust, and headed up local student exhibitions on the subject, according to reports.
    “I’ve taught it every year and for me it’s just a really compelling way to help students understand how those issues of racism and genocide actually apply to their lives today,” she once said, according to The Sacramento Bee.
    School was closed Monday, and students used Twitter to express their grief and respect for Carlisle.
    “Mrs. Carlisle showed me how to convey the beauty in everything and everyone,” Gaby Enos tweeted. “She will be greatly missed.”


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    President Obama speaks with New York Police Department Sgt.

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    President Obama speaks with New York Police Department Sgt. Stephanie Moses after laying a wreath at the 9/11 Memorial on May 5, 2011.

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    President Obama speaks with New York Police Department Sgt. Stephanie Moses after laying a wreath at the 9/11 Memorial on May 5, 2011. It was the photographs from this event that caused Moses to rise to fame.

    An NYPD sergeant who rose to fame when she was photographed with President Obama during a 9/11 anniversary wreath ceremony last year was found dead in an apparent suicide at her Long Island home Tuesday, sources said.
    The body of Sgt. Stephanie Moses, 40, was found in her Baldwin home in the early afternoon with an apparently self-inflicted gunshot wound to the head, the sources said.
    The 17-year veteran was a member of the department’s ceremonial unit.
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    President Obama stands with New York Police Department Sgt. Stephanie Moses at the 9/11 Memorial on May 5, 2011. Ed Mullins, head of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, said of Moses' death, “She was just a great person. Always laughing, always chipper. It’s just baffling.”
    “On behalf of the New York City Police Department, I extend my deepest condolences to the family and friends of Sgt. Stephanie Moses, who was, on so many occasions, the face of the NYPD on the national stage as well as routinely at police ceremonies,” Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said.
    “She epitomized professionalism in her appearance, conduct and dedication to duty. The department has suffered a great loss today that is felt personally by the many who knew and respected Sgt. Moses.”
    Ed Mullins, head of the Sergeants Benevolent Association, said the tragic death was “baffling.”
    “This is a tragic loss,” he said. “She was just a great person. Always laughing, always chipper. It’s just baffling.”
    “She was a person who was on the right track,” he added. “That’s why it’s so shocking.”


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