July, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

‘Leave Christie alone’

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GOVERNMENT and Opposition members, upset with Contractor General Greg Christie over his fearless efforts to root out corruption, will be hard-pressed to find resistance to his work among private sector interests, who have hailed him […] […]

UK Border Agency – Why so heartless

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By Sandrea: MY GRIPE You read the story on the plight of the Chernobyl children that have been refused visa to enter the United Kingdom for a much wanted 1 month holiday and it makes […] […]

Chernobyl’s children refused entry to UK

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Child victims of the fallout from the Chernobyl disaster are being denied charity holidays in Britain by immigration officials. Children looking forward to a month’s recuperation away from nuclear contamination are having their holiday plans […] […]

Hollywood star shows how aid helping Haiti

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The life of a Hollywood star isn’t all red carpets and luxury hotels. Not if you’re Sean Penn, who woke at sunrise yesterday in a tiny tent on a mosquito-infested hillside overlooking the city of […] […]

RCMP officer arrested after wife’s body found in home

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EDMONTON—A veteran RCMP constable was arrested Saturday after his wife’s body was found inside a home in a southeast Edmonton neighbourhood. Clifton Purvis, a spokesman with the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team, which investigates incidents […] […]

Son of NYC mobster Mickey Spillane falls to death

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NEW YORK—The son of murdered Irish mobster Mickey Spillane tumbled out the window of his sixth-floor apartment in a fatal fall Saturday, police and his uncle said. Robert “Bobby” Spillane, an actor who had roles […] […]

Mehserle case re-ignites debate over lack of diverse juries – impact on verdicts

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Moments after the verdict was announced this week in a racially charged case involving a white transit cop who fatally shot a black man, the accusations rang out. Critics said the jury convicted former BART […] […]

Gun enhancement charge muddles Mehserle sentencing picture

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LOS ANGELES — Not long after the verdict against former BART police Officer Johannes Mehserle was announced Thursday, confusion over its meaning and implications began. In finding Mehserle guilty of involuntary manslaughter, the jury also […] […]

Demonstrators protest Mehserle verdict in downtown Santa Cruz

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SANTA CRUZ – A small crowd of demonstrators gathered in downtown Santa Cruz around noon Friday to protest against Thursday’s verdict in the murder trial of former BART officer Johannes Mehserle. The rally was billed […] […]

Police: ‘Barefoot Bandit’ may have fled Bahamas

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MARSH HARBOUR, Bahamas—A fugitive U.S. teenager who has successfully eluded teams of local police and FBI agents may have slipped off the island where he allegedly crash-landed a stolen plane nearly a week ago, police […] […]