http://www.freerepublic.com/tag/disgusting/ en-us Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:25:18 GMT Focus Forum 15 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270266/posts For 45 minutes Thursday, forensic pathologist Wayne Ross talked about the more than 70 injuries he found on the body of 3-year-old Kavannah Salvador. He spoke of the fractured ribs that injured her heart, liver and lungs, the severe internal hemorrhaging on her wrists from being tied up, and more than 50 bruises and abrasions to her head, chest, abdomen and back. "It is clear ... this child suffered," Dr. Ross said, adding he believed she died after she was suffocated, strangled and slammed against a hard surface so forcefully her skull fractured. The injuries Dr. Ross found during his... The Times-Tribune (Scranton PA) http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2270266/posts#comment Fri, 12 Jun 2009 12:25:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269304/posts Two workers stole tens of thousands of dollars from a tax-payer funded Bronx non-profit for shopping sprees and to fly a pair of city pols to Puerto Rico, prosecutors announced Wednesday. The employees funded Caribbean trips for Assemblywoman Carmen Arroyo and her daughter, City Councilwoman Maria del Carmen Arroyo in 2007 and 2008, a criminal complaint charged. They also used the money - meant to help manage low-income apartments - to install flooring in Assemblywoman Arroyo's district office. NY Daily News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2269304/posts#comment Thu, 11 Jun 2009 04:05:48 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2268748/posts NORTH LAUDERDALE, Fla. — Authorities say a Broward man attacked his girlfriend with a machete and chopped off four of her fingers. The sheriff's office reports that the woman was taken to a nearby hospital for emergency surgery Tuesday night. She was listed in critical condition. Foxnews http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2268748/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 14:51:53 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2268599/posts In Lithuania, eating crow isn't an exercise in public humiliation, as the English idiom suggests. Here, crow is literally eaten, and says one connoisseur, "it increases sexual potency." Despite their intelligence and function as scavengers, crows are rarely popular birds. The large black birds with a noisy squawk have traditionally held the role of evil-doer or thief in fable and fairy-tales. In Lithuania, crow has been part of a traditional diet throughout the centuriesmostly eaten during times of hardship. The meal of crow remained widespread in Lithuania into the 20th Century but almost died out during Soviet occupation. Now it... nationalgeographic http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2268599/posts#comment Wed, 10 Jun 2009 10:33:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268229/posts Florence County sheriff’s deputies are investigating a fatal shooting outside a Florence hotel room Monday morning. It happened about 7 a.m. at the Thunderbird Inn, located at 2004 W. Lucas St., at the U.S. 52/Interstate 95 intersection, Capt. Brett Camp said. The 83-year-old victim, identified by Florence County Coroner M.G. “Bubba” Matthews as Clair Chaffin of Archer, Fla., was shot while he was in the process of packing his vehicle, Camp said. Chaffin was shot after being confronted by two men during what investigators think was an attempted armed robbery, the captain said. Chaffin was taken to an area hospital,... SC Now http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2268229/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 20:26:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2268106/posts Maggie Beck-Coon, a research and communications coordinator for the Georgia Commission on Family Violence, took exception to police reports that the violence was initiated over a watermelon. “People are not shot or killed over a dropped watermelon. People shoot their family members when that person is perpetrating domestic violence,” Beck-Coon said in an e-mail. Atlanta Journal-Constitution http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2268106/posts#comment Tue, 9 Jun 2009 17:06:29 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2266478/posts Oregon Woman Accused of Killing Mother-to-Be & Taking Her Baby Salem-News.com (PORTLAND, Ore.) - Portland Police say the body of a woman was found in the crawlspace of a home in the Community of Marlene Village today. Sgt. David Thompson with the Washington County Sheriff’s Office says the woman had been pregnant at the time she was attacked. Thompson says the Washington County Sheriff’s Office has taken a female suspect into custody and charged her with murder. Records indicate that Friday at 2:42 p.m., a 911 call was placed to the Washington County Consolidated Communications Agency to report a new... Salem News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2266478/posts#comment Sun, 7 Jun 2009 03:39:09 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2263999/posts Austin police have charged a woman with injury to a child after they said she repeatedly fed her 3-year-old daughter human waste, causing her potentially life-threatening infections. An arrest affidavit said that a surveillance video at Dell Children’s Medical Center captured Emily Beth McDonald, 23, on Sunday placing feces in her daughter’s feeding tube. The child had been hospitalized so doctors could treat “serious infections” caused by organisms consistent with those found in feces. The affidavit said that hospital staff decided, based on that information, to place a camera in the child’s room and that it recorded McDonald taking “fecal... Austin American Statesman http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2263999/posts#comment Wed, 3 Jun 2009 19:04:43 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2260773/posts DAVIE, Fla. — When the sharp pain shooting through Lisa Strong's back got worse, she thought it was another kidney stone and expected the discomfort to pass. This time was different. Through a series of mistakes, miscommunications and misdiagnoses, she wound up having her arms and legs amputated. She sued the doctors, who essentially blamed one another for what everyone involved agrees were profound errors. Everyone except the jury that ruled against Strong. FOX NEWS http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2260773/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 19:31:12 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260200/posts Pregnant girl 'paid man to beat her up'AAP May 29, 2009, 6:00 am US prosecutors say a 17-year-old girl allegedly paid a man to beat her up so she would have a miscarriage. The foetus survived the alleged beating, and the girl and the alleged attacker face criminal charges. The girl, who was seven months pregnant, is charged in juvenile court with criminal solicitation to commit murder, The Salt Lake Tribune reported. She appeared in court Wednesday, and was ordered to remain in a juvenile detention centre. Prosecutors say the girl paid 21-year-old Arron Harrison $150 to beat her up... Yahoo http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2260200/posts#comment Fri, 29 May 2009 00:29:34 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257154/posts The accompanying photo shows two pieces of Fiesta ware produced by the Homer Laughlin Company of West Virginia: a Fiesta red saucer and an ivory bowl. In each case, uranium was used to provide the color of the glaze. Although the radioactivity of both is easily detectable, that of the Fiesta red is head and shoulders above the ivory.The Fiesta dinnerware line was introduced in 1936 with a choice of five colors: red, blue, green, yellow and ivory. Red was the first color that the company selected when designing the product, and blue was the second (these were the colors... Oak Ridge Associated Universities http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2257154/posts#comment Sun, 24 May 2009 01:10:32 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254826/posts WILLIAMSBURG, Pa. - State police have charged a central Pennsylvania man with trying to kill the unborn child of a 17-year-old girl by helping put a cow hormone into her drink. Forty-six-year-old Jonathan Imler, of Williamsburg, was charged and jailed in Blair County on Tuesday. Online court records do not list an attorney for him. Phlly.com http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2254826/posts#comment Wed, 20 May 2009 17:41:24 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2252099/posts A 30-year-old Northern California woman has pleaded not guilty to charges that she had sex with three teenage boys. Deborah Towe faces 11 felony counts, including unlawful sexual intercourse with a minor, oral copulation of a person under the age of 16, committing lewd acts upon a child and arranging a meeting with a minor for a lewd purpose. ... In a 48-page report released this week, Towe told police she was protecting her daughter by diverting the boys' attention to herself. Mercury News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2252099/posts#comment Sat, 16 May 2009 07:09:50 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247408/posts The World's Most Influential People In our annual TIME 100 issue, we do the impossible: name the people who most affect our world. Leaders & RevolutionariesBuilders & TitansArtists & EntertainersHeroes & IconsScientists & Thinkers Time/CNN http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2247408/posts#comment Sat, 9 May 2009 04:32:40 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243627/posts LAKELAND, Fla. – A father shot and killed his wife and two of his sons — one 5 months old and the other 7 years old — before killing himself in the front yard of their home on Sunday night, authorities said. Another son, a 13-year-old, was pursued through the garage by his father, evaded several gunshots, and made it safely to a neighbor's house, Polk County Sheriff's Department spokesman Scott Wilder said in a statement. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2243627/posts#comment Mon, 4 May 2009 08:17:03 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240165/posts A young girl who told police her father forced her to help as he cut up her mother's body with an electric saw said she could only look away when the head fell to the floor. Keyuna, now 13, told police she saw Hawkins stab her mother in the neck with a knife and then strangle her after she threatened to call police during an argument. The girl told police her father forced her to help as he cut up the body a day after the killing. Hawkins denies killing Gaither, but police say he acknowledged dumping her body along... AOL News http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2240165/posts#comment Wed, 29 Apr 2009 05:39:00 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239361/posts April 28, 2009 Pupils aged 11 to learn about gay sex Campaigners say the sex education review for children needs to go farther Alexandra Frean, Education Editor Compulsory sex and relationships lessons for 11-year-old children are to include classroom discussions on gay unions and civil partnerships. Secondary pupils will learn about contraception and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), while primary school children will learn about their bodies and friendships, a review of sex education has concluded. The review was ordered in October after ministers announced that sex and relationships education (SRE) lessons should be made compulsory to help primary and secondary... London Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2239361/posts#comment Tue, 28 Apr 2009 05:40:18 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2226344/posts We thought we'd heard some wild diet tips floating around health-obsessed Hollywood. But this takes the cake. According to MomLogic.com, a woman
 named Chrissy Schilling had her first baby over the weekend. And she and her sister celebrated by cooking and serving up the placenta. They put it on pasta and into a panini sandwich and posted some photos of the meals on a Facebook page

. According to Chrissy's sister Kathy Schilling's recommendations and recipe,
 the placenta -- full of lingering blood, vitamins, hormones -- is nourishing for the baby during pregnancy, but the nutrients are also good for moms... LA Times Blog http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2226344/posts#comment Fri, 10 Apr 2009 15:11:10 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225725/posts Well, now lets see here.... PA Times http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225725/posts#comment Thu, 9 Apr 2009 17:44:21 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225009/posts THE decision to ban Christian symbols in the Royal North Shore Hospital chapel could incite rage against other faiths, some religious leaders fear. The removal of religious images was ordered when the hospital gave Muslims a prayer space inside the chapel. But last night Islamic leaders criticised the move and feared a backlash. Keysar Trad, from the Islamic Friendship Society, said Muslims would not be offended to use a multi-faith chapel and see images of the cross. From 1968 the chapel displayed a cross at the altar and a Bible was on-hand. Weasel Zippers http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2225009/posts#comment Wed, 8 Apr 2009 18:28:26 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2224518/posts By Matt Zaleski Tuesday, April 07, 2009 at 5:50 p.m. YORK TOWNSHIP -- The Sandusky County Sheriff's Department is investigating an apparent murder-suicide that happened Tuesday in York Township, just west of Bellevue, authorities said. The Bellevue Police Department tells NBC24 that the incident happened around 2 p.m. in the 2500 block of Township Road 302. The first call for help came in from a family friend Investigators say the husband and wife both died of gunshot wounds. The Bellevue Police and the Ohio Highway Patrol both were called in to stop traffic in the area so investigators could process... NBC24 http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2224518/posts#comment Wed, 8 Apr 2009 01:37:59 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224333/posts The Associated Press TRENTON, N.J. - Three people in Piscataway are dead in what police are calling a murder-suicide. AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224333/posts#comment Tue, 7 Apr 2009 20:46:55 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224286/posts Shep Smith just broke in with a new shooting massacre. In northern Alabama, police are looking for the father of four, Kevin Garner. Garner is reported in the middle of a divorce proceeding from his wife. Authorities will not identify those four (4) people found dead in his former home. Fox News Channel Breaking http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224286/posts#comment Tue, 7 Apr 2009 19:32:54 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224219/posts CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. —  The Veterans Affairs Department is investigating whether there's a link between a patient's positive HIV test and unsterilized equipment that may have exposed thousands of veterans to infectious diseases. The positive test was the first reported since the department warned veterans treated at three clinics that they might be at risk. The VA previously reported that hepatitis was found in 16 patients, but the agency cautioned there was no way to prove that the patients contracted the illnesses because of treatment at their facilities. In an e-mail late Friday, the agency said it was investigating "the possibility of... FOXNews | AP http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2224219/posts#comment Tue, 7 Apr 2009 18:02:58 GMT http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2223316/posts CASSELBERRY, Fla. -- A mother shot and killed her son, and then herself, inside a Casselberry Gun Range Sunday afternoon, according to police. When Casselberry police arrived at the Shoot Straight Gun Range on South U.S. Highway 17-92 (see map) just after 4:00pm, they found two people had been shot in an apparent murder-suicide. Police identified the man as 20-year-old Mitchel Moore. The shooter, his mother, was identified as 44-year-old Marie Moore. Eyewitnesses said the pair was acting strangely and then the woman ran out of the room to get more ammunition. When she returned, eyewitnesses said, she shot her... WFTV-TV http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2223316/posts#comment Mon, 6 Apr 2009 15:14:29 GMT