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  • Anti-Trump vandalism reported at Big Sandy Superstore Arena ahead of President's visit

    08/02/2017 1:20:53 PM PDT · by alicewonders · 16 replies
    WSAZ News Channel 3 ^ | 8/2/2017 | WSAZ News Staff
    HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (WSAZ) -- The Big Sandy Superstore Arena has been vandalized ahead of President Donald Trump's visit to Huntington. The anti-Trump image was written across on an upper part of the building. There is no word on who is responsible for the vandalism or when it was done. Huntington Police has referred WSAZ to the Secret Service for information about the vandalism. Crews are attempting to remove the image from the outside of the arena. Keep checking WSAZ Mobile and WSAZ.com for the latest information.
  • Sarasota deputy shoved pills down elderly victim’s throat; charged with attempted murder

    01/25/2017 2:44:10 PM PST · by alicewonders · 17 replies
    WFLA.com News Channel Eight ^ | January 23, 2017, 1:00 pm Updated: January 24, 2017, 9:56 am | WFLA Web Staff
    SARASOTA COUNTY, Fla. (WFLA) – An 18-year veteran of the Sarasota County Sheriff’s Office has been arrested on numerous charges, including attempted murder. Sheriff Knight said allegations that Frankie Eugene Bybee, 46, was harassing a 79-year-old woman led to an investigation into the deputy’s actions. Sheriff Knight asserted Bybee took care of the elderly woman’s dog, visited her in the hospital and introduced her to his family – all in an effort to gain her trust. “His actions are a disgrace not only to this agency, but to the law enforcement profession,” said Sarasota County Sheriff Tom Knight. The initial...
  • Dear Hollywood

    01/17/2017 6:28:39 AM PST · by alicewonders · 18 replies
    Received in email | January 17, 2017 | Anonymous
    Dear Hollywood, It's time to wake up now. Get this! The only reason you exist is for my entertainment. Some of you are beautiful. Some of you can deliver a line with such conviction that you bring tears to my eyes. Some of you are so convincing that you scare the crap out of me. And others are so funny you can make me laugh uncontrollably. But you all have one thing in common. You only exist and have a place in my world to entertain me. That's it. Nothing else! You make your living pretending to be someone else....
  • KY caucus catches Republican voters by surprise

    02/16/2016 11:11:23 AM PST · by alicewonders · 33 replies
    COVINGTON, Ky. (Joe Webb) - Kentucky's registered Republicans will have to do a little extra work this election season, thanks to U.S. Senator Rand Paul. The Republican Party of Kentucky took the presidential primary off the May ballot so Senator Paul could legally run for both president and United States Senator. In March 2016, Kentucky Republicans will caucus to determine how candidates split up the 46 delegates to the Republican National Convention. "The caucuses are being held on March 5th which is a Saturday," said Kenton County Republican Chairman Greg Shumate. "They are being held statewide from 10 a.m. to...
  • Ex-Publisher Says News Corp. Official Wanted Her to Lie to Protect Giuliani

    11/13/2007 4:40:09 PM PST · by alicewonders · 57 replies · 249+ views
    The New York Times ^ | November 13, 2007 | RUSS BUETTNER
    Judith Regan, the book publisher who was fired by the News Corporation last year, asserts in a lawsuit filed today that a senior executive at the media conglomerate encouraged her to mislead federal investigators about her relationship with Bernard B. Kerik during his bid to become homeland security secretary in late 2004. The lawsuit asserts that the News Corporation executive wanted to protect the presidential aspirations of former Mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, Mr. Kerik’s mentor, who had appointed him New York City police commissioner and had recommended him for the federal post. (Snip) The News Corporation controls a vast array...
  • Mel Martinez Aims to Turn Around Republican Party

    12/22/2006 6:05:42 AM PST · by alicewonders · 111 replies · 2,081+ views
    Fox News ^ | Friday, December 22, 2006 | Melissa Drosjack
    WASHINGTON — Immigration policy and party message are at the top of a list of issues Republicans are reviewing as they try to woo back the rapidly growing Latino population following a November midterm election that saw Hispanic support for the GOP drop by nearly a third. The Republican share of the Latino vote fell from 44 percent in 2004 to 30 percent this year, according to FOX News exit polling data. With the Hispanic vote making up 8 percent of the electorate in 2006 compared to 5 percent in 1996, the largest and fastest growing ethnic minority in America...