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Activists stage new tax protests
Should companies offer to pay more tax? Protesters against tax avoidance have staged demonstrations at shops across the UK on what is traditionally the busiest shopping weekend of the year. UK Uncut said it held 55 Protests in cities including London, Edinburgh and Manchester against the Arcadia Group, Boots, Vodafone and Barclays. Arcadia Group's flagship Topshop and BHS shops in Oxford Street were hit. The wife of Sir Philip Green, the firm's boss, has been criticised for living in ...

Booze, drugs and hookers: Hundreds of offenses by Afghan contractors uncovered
At two in the morning on Sept. 9, 2005, five DynCorp International Security Guards assigned to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's protective detail returned to their compound drunk, with a Prostitute in tow. Less than a week later, three of these same guards got drunk again, this time in the VIP lounge of the Kabul airport while awaiting a flight to Thailand. "They had been intoxicated, loud and obnoxious," according to an internal company report of the incident, which noted that Afghanistan's depu...

Mayweather arrested on battery charges
Published: Dec. 17, 2010 at 5:17 PM Las Vegas police say boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was arrested on a battery charge resulting from an altercation over a parking citation at a Strip casino. UPI/Roger Williams LAS VEGAS, Dec. 17 (UPI) -- Las Vegas police say boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was arrested on a battery charge resulting from an altercation over a parking citation at a Strip casino. The Thursday arrest and charge stem from allegations he repeatedly poked a Southern Highlands casino security...

Report: 191 Prisoners Escape Mexico Border Jail
As many as 191 Mexican Prisoners escaped early Friday morning from a jail in Nuevo Laredo near the US border, reports local TV station KGBT-TV. Nuevo Laredo is the sister city of Laredo, Tx. The Prisoners allegedly just walked out the front door, reports Agence France Presse. After the escape, the Prison's 44 Security Guards and its director were arrested, KGBT-TV reports. It was one of the biggest prison escapes in recent years, surpassing the 85 inmates who broke out of a prison in the norther...

Yemen nuclear material went unsecured for a week
Stumble This! A facility housing Yemen's radioactive material went unguarded for up to a week after its guard was removed and its Surveillance camera was broken, a secret U.S. State Department cable outed by Wikileaks revealed Monday. At one point there was practically nothing protecting the material at Yemen's National Atomic Energy Commission (NAEC), according to the diplomatic dispatch dated January 9 this year. The lone Security Guard at the facility had been removed and the only closed cir...

Contractors behaving badly mean headaches for US
WASHINGTON—At two in the morning on Sept. 9, 2005, five DynCorp International Security Guards assigned to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's protective detail returned to their compound drunk, with a Prostitute in tow. Less than a week later, three of these same guards got drunk again, this time in the VIP lounge of the Kabul airport while awaiting a flight to Thailand. "They had been intoxicated, loud and obnoxious," according to an internal company repor...

Headaches for U.S. as contractors behave badly
U.S. contractors have sought to improve their reputation through Advocacy Groups such as the Professional Services Council and the International Stability Operations Association, both based in Washington. In Geneva last month, more than 50 companies that work in war zones signed an international code of conduct to improve openness and accountability. Ignacio Balderas, Triple Canopy's Chief Executive Officer, said his company will push to ensure the code gains worldwide acceptance "and becomes a...

Casino Heists: Criminals Are Flush With Creative Ideas
There's no shortage of creativity when it comes to trying to beat the odds in Las Vegas. Granted, this week's theft of up to $1.5 million in casino chips from the Bellagio may have been one of the more direct approaches. The thief merely entered the casino, displayed a gun, pulled the chips off a table and sped away on a black motorcycle, all in less than three minutes, according to Las Vegas Police Lt. Clint Nichols. While casino heists have been down in the past decade -- Nichols said there ...

About Those Low-Paid TSA Flunkies
Corey writes: Just for some perspective, according to usajobs.com, a Transportation Security Officer in Dodge City, KS starts out making just over $31,000 annually. According to Salary.com, the median annual income for private Security Guards in Dodge City is just under $25,000. Those poor, incompetent molesto-crats only make 25% more than their productive sector counterparts! ...

Man dies in fall through lake ice
A man has died in Hospital after falling through ice on a lake in Essex. The emergency services were called to Doggett's Lake at Rochford near Southend on Sunday afternoon to reports that a man had fallen through the ice. The man, said to be in his 30s, was about 100m (110 yards) from the shore of the lake when he was pulled out by fire crews. Martyn Hodder from Essex County Fire and Rescue said just minutes in icy water was enough to kill. "Incidents like this show how important it is...

Inqlings: Action thriller had one last twist
A black sedan parked under the Ben Franklin Bridge Friday morning did not look so good, what with the bullet holes in the hood and side windows blown out. Wires ran from the trunk into the dashboard. Just as police prepared to close the street and call for reinforcements, a Security Guard walked over to explain that it was a movie prop. Safe, an Action Thriller starring Jason Statham, wrapped its six-week Philly shoot the night before, and the crew had not yet towed the Audi off. Safe was the so...

Mayweather jailed, freed in Las Vegas battery case
LAS VEGAS (AP) — Floyd Mayweather Jr. spent a night in a Las Vegas jail before his release Friday on a Misdemeanor battery warrant stemming from an allegation that the boxer poked a Security Guard in the face last month outside his home. “This is a misdemeanor,” attorney Richard Wright told The Associated Press. He noted that police usually write a ticket for a misdemeanor, or issue a court summons at the jail....

Mexican drug cartels find youths to be easy prey
Reporting from Jiutepec, Mexico, and Mexico City — The curly-haired suspect in the sweatshirt faced the flash of news cameras, looking impossibly small. "When did you start to kill?" he was asked. "How much did you earn?" "How many did you execute?" He said he began killing at age 11. A Drug Cartel paid him $200 a week. He'd killed four people. Get dispatches from Times correspondents around the globe delivered to your inbox with our daily World newsletter. Sign up » "How?" came ...

Suicide bombers kill 4 in northern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — An Afghan official says four Suicide Bombers have attacked an army recruitment center in northern Afghanistan and killed at least four members of the security forces there. Kunduz province Deputy Gov. Amdullah Danishi says the attackers stormed the recruitment center Sunday morning and at least one of them was able to detonate his explosives. The blast shattered windows in nearby homes. He says the Victims may be Soldiers or police guarding the center. He says thr...

Suicide bombers kill 4 in northern Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - An Afghan official says four Suicide Bombers have attacked an army recruitment center in northern Afghanistan and killed at least four members of the security forces there. Kunduz province Deputy Gov. Amdullah Danishi says the attackers stormed the recruitment center Sunday morning and at least one of them was able to detonate his explosives. The blast shattered windows in nearby homes. He says the Victims may be Soldiers or police guarding the center. He says three o...

Provo Tabernacle burns in four-alarm fire
Published: Friday, Dec. 17, 2010 7:23 p.m. MST PROVO — Crews were expected to mop up hot spots overnight from Friday's four-alarm fire that gutted the historic Provo Tabernacle. "All of the roof has collapsed into the structure, and now it's just a process of putting out the burning debris and getting it safe for us to go and take a look at it," said Provo Fire Marshal Lynn Schofield. Fire crews remained at the scene through Friday/Saturday night as flames and embers could still be seen i...

Beirut shopping holiday: Lebanese capital reborn with big names Versace and Jimmy Choo
In the brightest December sunshine we were standing in front of the Jimmy Choo shop watching a Christmas Tree being built. As two young men perilously perched 30ft up in the bucket of a JCB, carefully lacing conifer branches into a metal frame, you couldn’t help noticing that all this was taking place in the shadow of a large Mosque. We were in Beirut and a young Security Guard stopped beside us to watch the festive work: ‘Merry Christmas, isn’t it?’ The guard told us he ...

Megachurch Leaders Linked To Controversial Mortgage Venture
ATLANTA -- CBS Atlanta News has found Bishop Eddie Long and another local Megachurch leader, Gary Hawkins, are linked to a questionable Mortgage venture that is being investigated by the feds. CBS Atlanta was the first to report on Matrix Capital's long list of Victims. The company promised to lower people's mortgages for $1,500 upfront. Police say thousands of Homeowners paid Matrix money, but according to investigators, most of them ended up in Bankruptcy and losing their homes. So many people...

Local News Report Demonstrates Why You Dont Fight Guys With Samurai Swords
So, you’re in bed when headlights from a car outside keep Flooding your window and waking you up. You decide to show the driver what for? You grab a big club or a lead pipe and head out there. Clearly you’re going to look pretty intimidating, right? Absolutely!…UNLESS the guy in the car happens to have a Samurai Sword and is totally ready to throw down. That’s what happened in Terre Haute, Indiana this past Friday. According to Terre Haute’s WTHI, a fight ensued and...

Age-Old 'Samurai Sword vs. Club' Debate Settled
Have you ever wondered which is better to have in a fight, a Samurai Sword or a wooden club? Thanks to two citizens of the great metropolis of Terre Haute, Indiana, we have an answer: The samurai sword. This particular battle started, as all great struggles do, when one participant became angry that his bedroom was being illuminated by headlights from a car in the street. He expressed his displeasure with the man in the car with "a wooden club," at which point things got weird: investigators s...

College student dies in wreck on 21st birthday - Florida AP - MiamiHerald.com
ORLANDO, Fla. -- A University of Central Florida Student was killed in a head-on collision on her 21st birthday. Authorities said Chelsea Torres was driving on the wrong side of an Orlando road early Sunday when her vehicle smashed into a car driven by 23-year-old Elvis Felix. Felix, of Orlando, was treated and released from a Hospital. Torres was not wearing a Seat Belt. Investigators say they don't know why she was heading the wrong way. It is not yet known whether Alcohol was involved. Fr...

Man on family walk dies after falling through frozen lake
A man has died after falling through the ice of a frozen lake, prompting a police investigation. Officers said the accident, in Rochford, Essex, was not suspicious but they will be preparing a report for an inquest. Firefighters said the man, aged in his 30s, was about 100 yards from the shore of Doggetts Lake when he fell through the ice at around 1 30pm on Sunday. Investigators are trying to establish whether the man deliberately or accidentally walked onto the frozen lake. The Victim had been...

UK SNOW CHAOS: Family watch in horror as man falls through frozen lake and dies after following his dog
The family of a walker watched in horror yesterday as he died in a frozen lake after following his dog. He fell through ice and was in the water for 20 minutes before rescuers using a sled and raft managed to pull him free. The man, believed to be 31, had been walking his dog with his family when he ventured onto the ice at Doggetts Fishing Lake in Rochford, Essex. He walked along the surface for about 50 metres, then the ice gave way and he plunged into the freezing water below. His shocked fa...

Ex-Providence solicitor and attorney general candidate Joseph M. Fernandez dies at 46
President Obama on Sunday joined in mourning the death of Joseph M. Fernandez, the former Providence city solicitor and unsuccessful Candidate for Attorney General. “I was shocked and saddened to learn today of the passing of my friend and colleague Joe Fernandez,” Mr. Obama said in a statement. Fernandez, who was 46, died Saturday at Miriam Hospital in Providence after a short illness. Fernandez attended Brown University and Harvard Law School, where he was a classmate of the presi...

Marion T. Forney, Carthage
CARTHAGE — Marion Tooker Forney, 222 State Street, passed away at Upstate University Hospital, Syracuse on December 18, 2010 after a two-month illness. Visitation will be held on Tuesday, December 21st from 5:00 - 7:00 PM at the Bossuot-Lundy Funeral Home, Inc., 500 State St., Carthage.  A Funeral Mass will be held on Wednesday, December 22nd at 11:00 AM at St. James Catholic Church, Carthage, with the Rev. John Demo officiating.  Burial will be in the spring in Fairview Cemetery, ..