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Hysterical USA: Fresh Prince rap triggers school lockdown

Will Smith, Fresh Prince
Will Smith in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air
Now this is a story all about how a high school student's life got turned upside down. But it was all just a bad rap.

The teen's voicemail greeting triggered a lockdown at his Pennsylvania school after a receptionist misheard his rendition of The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air theme song.

While trying to confirm an appointment with 19-year-old Travis Clawson the receptionist thought the message said "shooting people outside of the school". The line is actually "shooting some b-ball," a reference to basketball.

The receptionist called 911 and Economy police arrested Clawson a short time later at Ambridge Area High School, but released him once he explained the message.

Acting police Chief James Mann says police acted "appropriately" out of concern for students' welfare.

Clawson's family has contacted an attorney.

Source: The Associated Press

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New York State trooper stabbed in neck inside of Empire State Plaza, part of state Capitol complex

Suspect in Sunday attack at large, officials say
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© The Associated PressState Police investigate the scene in the Empire State Plaza concourse where a trooper was reportedly stabbed in the neck on Sunday, March 3, 2013. Police closed the concourse and searched the area for the suspect.
A New York State trooper was stabbed in the neck inside of the state Capitol complex Sunday afternoon by an assailant who fled the scene and is still at large, officials told the Daily News.

The trooper was in surgery Sunday evening and is expected to survive, one source said. The circumstances surrounding the incident were not immediately known.

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Elderly woman dies after Bakersfield nurse refuses to do CPR

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California - Nurse at a senior living facility won't aid a resident despite pleas from a 911 dispatcher, citing policy.

Bakersfield fire dispatcher Tracey Halvorson pleaded with the woman on the other end of the line to start CPR on an elderly woman who was barely breathing.

"It's a human being," Halvorson said, speaking quickly. "Is there anybody that's willing to help this lady and not let her die?"

The woman paused.

"Um, not at this time."

According to a 911 tape released by the Bakersfield Fire Department, the woman told Halvorson that she was a nurse at Glenwood Gardens, a senior living facility in Bakersfield. But the nurse refused to give the woman CPR as directed by the dispatcher, saying it was against the facility's policy for staff to do so, according to the tape.

The elderly woman was identified by KGET-TV Channel 17 as 87-year-old Lorraine Bayless. She died Tuesday at Mercy Southwest Hospital, the station reported.

Jeffrey Toomer, executive director of Glenwood Gardens, issued a statement on behalf of the facility, extending his sympathies to the Bayless family. But Toomer also defended the nurse, saying she followed policy.

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Police dog accidentally fires gun into Lawrence home


Lawrence, Massachusetts - A specially trained police dog accidentally fired a gun into a Crescent Street home while searching for the stolen firearm in a nearby snowbank.

The stolen firearm was reportedly buried in a snowbank by one of three suspects who were being sought by police. K-9 Ivan was called to the scene shortly after the incident occurred early Saturday morning.

An officer was reportedly parked on Reservoir Street around 2 a.m. when he heard three gunshots. He pulled around to the front of the building and saw three males driving away towards Haverhill Street, reports The Eagle-Tribune.

The suspects noticed they were being followed and attempted to flee at a high rate of speed. At the intersection of Crescent and May, the driver pulled over and 28-year-old Jose Calderon jumped out of the backseat, ran to the opposite side of the road, and began to bury something in the snow. Calderon then went back to car.

Police ordered Calderon and 21-year-old Alexander Gonzalez and 26-year-old Jorge Henriquez out of the vehicle. In the backseat of the car, police found a bullet casing.

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Power loss leads to water problems, and grumbles, in New Orleans

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© Michael DeMocker / New Orleans Times-Picayune New Orleans residents were grumbling after another loss in water pressure led to contamination fears across the city, March 3, 2013.
New Orleans: Come for the food, but don't drink the water. (Not right now, anyway.)

New Orleans' East Bank was under a boil order Sunday after a small fire at the parish's Sewerage and Water Board Power Plant caused a power loss that resulted in low water pressure, officials said.

No one was reported hurt in the fire.

The contamination fears brought grumbles from residents (see below) about the city's long-maligned infrastructure, which saw similar contamination fears in October after a mechanical failure at a power plant resulted in a loss of water pressure.

The boil order was expected to last at least 24 hours as officials tested the water to determine whether it had been contaminated. Water pressure was reported to be back to normal.

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Police officer killed in Quebec standoff

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© ca.movember.comPolice officer Steve Dery, shown here in a picture from Movember Canada, was fatally wounded in a domestic dispute in Kuujjuaq, Que. on Saturday, March 2, 2013.
Canada, Quebec - A police officer was killed and another seriously injured after being shot Saturday night while investigating a domestic dispute in the northern Quebec town of town of Kuujjuaq, where a suspect later took his life after barricading himself for several hours inside a house.

Steve Dery, a 27-year-old Kativik Regional Police Force officer originally from Ottawa died in hospital. Another officer, whose identity has yet to be released, was being treated for a gunshot wound and was reported in stable condition.

"Mr. Dery has worked with our police force for about 4 1/2 years. He was appreciated by his fellow officers and the entire community," said Pierre Bettez, an inspector with the force. "He will be greatly missed."

Mr. Dery is the first Kativik Regional Police Force officer to be killed while on duty since the law-enforcement agency was created in 1996. The force is made up of 64 police officers spread across a vast territory that includes more than a dozen Inuit villages. About 15 officers are stationed in the town of Kuujjuaq.

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Note to self: Cancel credit cards prior to death

No to Credit Cards
© Intellectual Philanthropy OrgAs far as Russia goes, not exactly.
Note to self: Cancel credit cards prior to death I know I have responsibilities. I have to follow the rules. I must remember to cancel my credit cards before I die.

Here is why.....

A lady died this past January, and WESTPAC bank billed her for their annual service charges on her credit card, and then added late fees and interest on the monthly charge. The balance had been $0.00, now is about $70.00.

A family member placed a call to the WESTPAC Bank:

Family Member: 'I am calling to tell you that she died in January.'

WESTPAC: 'The account was never closed and the late fees and charges still apply.'

Family Member: 'Maybe, you should turn it over to collections.'

WESTPAC: 'Since it is two months past due, it already has been turned over to the collections agency.'

Family Member: So, what will they do when they find out she is dead?'

WESTPAC: 'Either report her account to the frauds division or report her to the credit bureau, maybe both!'

Family Member: 'Do you think God will be mad at her?'

WESTPAC: 'Excuse me?'

Family Member: 'Did you just get what I was telling you . . . The part about her being dead?'

WESTPAC: 'Sir, you'll have to speak to my supervisor.'

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Temporary cover to be built over collapsed Chernobyl roof

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© RIA Novosti. Sergey StarostenkoReactor Number Four of the Chernobyl NPP
A temporary cover will be built above the collapsed section of Chernobyl's nuclear power plant, the chief engineer said late on Friday.

Wall panels and parts of the roof caved in on February 12 in the turbine hall at the plant's Reactor Number Four, the site of the 1986 nuclear disaster. The damaged area covered about 600 square meters (6,456 square feet).

Chernobyl NPP technical director and chief engineer Andrei Bilyk said the temporary cover was recommended by experts who visited the plant last week, and that the station's management saw it as "the first thing that has to be done."

"Our specialists, including the technical service, are currently studying technical options of how to close this hole with a temporary cover. We have the technology, have the equipment, we are able to do it," Bilyk said.

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Queen Elizabeth II hospitalized

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Britain's Queen Elizabeth II was hospitalized Sunday after experiencing symptoms of gastroenteritis, a palace spokesman said.

The queen was taken to the hospital "as a precautionary measure," the spokesman said, and is expected to stay at London's King Edward VII's Hospital for two days.

Gastroenteritis is an inflammation of the lining of the stomach and intestines. It is commonly known as "stomach flu," but is not caused by the influenza virus, according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

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Three sisters raped and murdered: the tragedy that engulfed an Indian village

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© Gethin Chamberlain for the ObserverTanuja, 11, Priya, 5, and Prachi, 9, the three sisters found in a well, raped and murdered.
As the nation still struggles to come to terms with the attack on a Delhi student, another disturbing sex abuse case has shaken a rural community. It has raised awkward questions about police efficiency, disputed evidence and local gossip

Priya was the vivacious one, a bright five- year-old who loved music and wanted to be a teacher. Prachi was quiet, nine years old and painfully shy; Tanuja more headstrong, an independent 11-year-old.

The three sisters were Madhuri Borkar's only children. On 14 February they left home for schools in the village of Murmadi as usual. When they failed to return on time the family went to the police to report the girls missing.

"Go away," the police told them. "Come back tomorrow if they don't turn up." No one knows if the girls were still alive at that point. But it was two more days before a farmer found their bodies floating in the dark water at the bottom of a deep well in a corner of a paddyfield one mile from their home.

Even then, police initially treated the deaths as an accident. It was not until villagers started blocking the highway in protest that they started to pay attention. Two days later, the results of the postmortem examination came through and the story exploded. The girls had been raped and murdered, the report said. In the febrile atmosphere that has gripped India since the gang rape of a 23-year-old Delhi medical student last December, the case was taken up as another indictment of the plight of India's females.