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Georgia man sentenced to four years in jail for handcuffing himself to a Taco Bell employee who refused his advances

Adam Cook
walkermessenger.com
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:39 UTC

Jason Earl Dean

A man who handcuffed himself to a woman in an attempt to get a date was sentenced Monday, Jan. 7, in Catoosa County Superior Court to 10 years, including four years in jail.

Jason Earl Dean, 25, of Dalton, made national headlines in August 2011 after he handcuffed himself to an 18-year-old woman, a co-worker at the Taco Bell in Ringgold, in an attempt to convince her to go on a date with him.

Judge Ralph Van Pelt on Jan. 7 sentenced Dean to four years in jail, followed by six years on probation, said Lookout Mountain assistant district attorney Alan Norton.

"It's a split sentence," Norton said. "Four years is to be served in the department of corrections, while the remainder is to be served on probation with specific conditions."

UK most unequal country in the West

Geoffrey Lean and Graham Ball
Independent
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 18:35 UTC

Huge gap between rich and poor in Britain is the same as Nigeria and worse than Ethiopia, UN report reveals.

Britain is now the most unequal country in the Western world, an authoritative new United Nations report reveals. The gap between rich and poor is as great as in Nigeria.

Detailed statistics in the Human Development Report published last week also demonstrate that inequality has grown sharply during Conservative rule and that the poor in Britain now have to live on much the same incomes as their equivalents in Hungary and Korea.

While growing inequality might once have been a cause for congratulation - Margaret Thatcher called on us to "glory" in it - the consensus among experts in such bodies as the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, the rich nations' club, and even the World Bank is now moving against.

Lady Thatcher, like Ronald Reagan, believed that if the rich got richer, everybody would benefit. Now many economists believe that inequality hinders growth. In an unpublished paper Michael Bruno, chief economist of the World Bank, says: "Reducing inequality not only benefits the poor immediately but will benefit all through higher growth."

Comment: For a look at why the UK has achieved this ignominious title, see Eleanor Brockel's Sott Focus Skipton Castle and the case for neo-feudalism

Protesters demand Cuomo ban New York fracking

Stephen C. Webster
Raw Story
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:34 UTC

About 1,000 protesters gathered in Albany, New York on Wednesday ahead of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's (D) annual state of the state address, in hopes of pressuring the governor to end the practice of hydraulic fracturing by natural gas drillers.

Despite the rowdy, vocal display, an aide to the governor confirmed on local talk radio Wednesday morning that Cuomo would not address fracking during his speech.

Activists arrived mid-morning in seven chartered buses, according to The Times Union. They lined up across the Empire State Plaza concourse, protesting along the sole path lawmakers and audience members would have to walk to attend Cuomo's speech.

The demonstration was organized by an array of progressive groups like Greenpeace, 350.org, the Sierra Club, Friends of the Earth, Democracy for America and Environment America, among others. They also sent an open letter to Cuomo on Monday, noting the dangers of fracking-related methane emissions.

Settlement in suit on pregnancy drug DES

Denise Lavoie
ABC News
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:05 UTC

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The Melnick sisters are suing Eli Lilly and Co. alleging that a synthetic estrogen known as DES caused them all to get breast cancer.

Four sisters who claimed in a lawsuit their breast cancer was caused by synthetic estrogen their mother took during pregnancy in the 1950s have reached a settlement with the drug company Eli Lilly and Co., a lawyer for the sisters said Wednesday.

Attorney Julie Oliver-Zhang said the settlement, for an undisclosed amount, was reached on the second day of a trial in U.S. District Court in Boston. They had not specified damages sought in the lawsuit.

Indianapolis-based Eli Lilly did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.

The sisters' case was the first to go to trial out of scores of similar claims filed in Boston and around the country. A total of 51 women have lawsuits pending in U.S. District Court in Boston against more than a dozen companies that made or marketed the drug.

Drunken driver sentenced by judge to see bodies of crash victims

Michael Sangiacomo
cleveland.com
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 17:02 UTC

Municipal Court Judge Michael Cicconetti wanted to make sure Jonathan Tarase learned a lesson about drunken driving he would never forget.

Cicconetti, who is known for his unusual sentencings, gave Tarase, 27, of Kirtland, a choice Tuesday. Serve five days in jail or perform two tasks: view the bodies of two victims of fatal accidents and take a three-day alcohol treatment course.

Tarase chose to avoid jail.

He pleaded no contest to a charge of drunken driving that was filed after an Oct. 13 accident on Orchard Drive in Concord Township. A husband and wife were injured when Tarase's car went through a stop sign and struck their vehicle. It was the victims' testimony that prompted the unique sentence.

Famed northern Minnesota carver admits murdering wife with totem pole

Paul Walsh
Star-Tribune
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:55 UTC

In a murder his accusers say was fueled by infidelity and deceit, a northern Minnesota artist admitted in court Wednesday that he fatally crushed his wife with a 17-foot-tall totem pole they were carving.

Carl Muggli, 51, pleaded guilty in Koochiching County District Court to killing 61-year-old Linda Muggli in November 2010 at the couple's home south of International Falls. The husband had tried to convince authorities that the 700-pound pole accidentally fell out of a cradle and onto his wife of 24 years.

The couple's business website, which is still active, has read since Linda Muggli's death, "She passed while doing what she loved."

Muggli is pleading guilty to second-degree unintentional murder. He had been charged with first-degree premeditated murder and second-degree intentional murder. His trial was to begin Monday and be held in Bemidji because of pretrial publicity in and around International Falls.

India gang rape and murder case lawyer says victims were to blame

Sydney Morning Herald
Thu, 10 Jan 2013 16:46 UTC

The lawyer representing three of the men charged with the gang rape and murder of a medical student aboard a moving bus in New Delhi has blamed the victims for the assault, saying he has never heard of a "respected lady" being raped in India.

Manohar Lal Sharma said his clients will plead not guilty to all charges tomorrow when they make their next court appearance. His comments come as Indians have reacted with outrage to the opinions of politicians and a religious preacher who have accused westernized women of inviting sexual assaults. Sharma said the male companion of the murdered 23-year-old was "wholly responsible" for the incident as the unmarried couple should not have been on the streets at night.

"Until today I have not seen a single incident or example of rape with a respected lady," Sharma said in an interview at a cafe outside the Supreme Court in India's capital. "Even an underworld don would not like to touch a girl with respect."

Seven injured after crane collapse in Queens, New York

Marc Santora and William K. Rashbaum
NY Times
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:40 UTC

A 300-foot crane crashed onto a building under construction in Long Island City, Queens, around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, while lifting a load, the authorities said.

There were seven people injured, three of them seriously, according to fire officials. None of the injuries was life-threatening, they said. There was no immediate explanation for why the crane collapsed. The mangled red crane could be seen stretching hundreds of feet, having smashed into plywood and concrete on the site.

35 story crane just collapsed outside my window in Long Island City! The sound was horrific!!! http://t.co/0yENgsF1

- UnSweetTee (@UnSweetTee) 9 Jan 13

The building under construction where the crane fell is 46-10 Vernon Boulevard, just behind the famous Pepsi-Cola sign on the East River.

Georgia mom shoots home invader, hiding with her children

Robin Reese
ABC News
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:49 UTC

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A mother of two has been hailed a hero by her husband after she shot an intruder in their Loganville, Ga., home last Friday afternoon.

A mother of two has been hailed a hero by her husband after she shot an intruder in their Loganville, Ga., home last Friday afternoon.

"She protected the kids. She did what she was supposed to do as a responsible, prepared gun owner," said her husband, Donnie Herman, in an interview with ABC's Atlanta affiliate WSB-TV.

According to Herman and the Walton County Sheriff's Office incident report, Melinda Herman was working at home when a man began to ring the doorbell. She called her husband at work, who told her to gather their 9-year-old twins, a boy and a girl, and go hide. All three of them went to an upstairs crawl space, and Melinda brought along a .38 caliber handgun to the hiding place.

Her husband, meanwhile, called the police. In the 911 recording, Herman can be heard saying, "She shot him. She's shooting him, she's shooting him. Shoot him again."

15-year-old Saudi girl granted divorce from 86-year-old man

Raw Story
Wed, 09 Jan 2013 15:44 UTC

A 15-year-old Saudi girl who was forced to marry an octogenarian has been granted a divorce after a local human rights group intervened, the watchdog said on Wednesday.

The Saudi Human Rights Commission (SHRC) raised the case "after learning of the marriage of a minor girl to an 86-year-old man in Jizan" in southeast Saudi Arabia, the group's head Bandar al-Ayban said in a statement.

Al-Hayat daily had reported that the teenager locked herself inside the bedroom on her wedding night before fleeing the man's home and returning to her parents.

She had been married off to the man in exchange for a dowry worth around $17,300, the daily reported.

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Society's Child

Georgia man sentenced to four years in jail for handcuffing himself to a Taco Bell employee who refused his advances

UK most unequal country in the West

Protesters demand Cuomo ban New York fracking

Settlement in suit on pregnancy drug DES

Drunken driver sentenced by judge to see bodies of crash victims

Famed northern Minnesota carver admits murdering wife with totem pole

India gang rape and murder case lawyer says victims were to blame

Seven injured after crane collapse in Queens, New York

Georgia mom shoots home invader, hiding with her children

15-year-old Saudi girl granted divorce from 86-year-old man

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