Olympian's dark off-ice anguish (New York Post)
Sun, 21 Feb 2010 09:12:11 GMT
Olympic hockey star Bobby Ryan is a nice Jersey boy with a dark past. He grew up on the lam with a fugitive father who fled the family home in Cherry Hill after nearly killing Ryan's mother in a drunken rage when Bobby was 10. Robert Stevenson, a hulking...
Letters February 18, 2010 (Easy Reader)
Thu, 18 Feb 2010 02:43:34 GMT
Kenny’s view Dear ER: I live on a “view” walk street and count my blessings as I look at the skyline. There are no buildings out there for about 7,000 miles (give or take a few). As I look to the west I see beautiful skies and, weather permitting, sometimes thunderous waves crashing.
'Pizza thief' walks the line (Los Angeles Times)
Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:15:53 GMT
Jerry Dewayne Williams quietly got another chance after the three-strikes law sent him to prison for 25 years to life. Now, any mistake could send him back.
Will cheese in pants mean life in prison? (Orange County Register)
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 21:39:38 GMT
The debate over California’s Three Strikes law continues to inspire. Prosecutors want to send a Yolo County man to prison for the rest of his life after he slipped a package of shredded cheese worth $3.99 into his pants, and swiped a woman’s...
'Pizza thief' walks the line (Los Angeles Times)
Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:29:26 GMT
Jerry Dewayne Williams quietly got another chance after the three-strikes law sent him to prison for 25 years to life. Now, any mistake could send him back. If he ever returns to prison, Jerry Dewayne Williams knows he'll probably never get out.
Baby's death prompts reminder on safe surrender law (Santa Barbara Daily Sound)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 08:40:37 GMT
Days after a Santa Barbara woman was arrested for allegedly dumping her newborn baby in a trash can, officials in the district attorney’s office moved to remind residents that laws are in place that allow women, or a legal guardian, to surrender a child without fear of prosecution.
RENEE MOILANEN: Stealth crimes such as identity theft are insidious -- and infuriating (Daily Breeze)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 02:33:13 GMT
Apparently, sometime in mid-January, I checked myself into a Santa Monica hospital, stayed a week and racked up nearly $56,000 in medical bills.
King’s Harbor church team visits Haiti (Easy Reader)
Sat, 06 Mar 2010 00:58:34 GMT
The mother arrived at the orphanage carrying a baby in each arm. Long lines stretch outside Maison de Lumiere every time the orphanage opens its doors three times each week for its feeding program.
March 4, 2010 (Easy Reader)
Thu, 04 Mar 2010 18:28:38 GMT
The stakes for cyclists riding in South Redondo have gone up. During this winter the already poor north/south bike path has been closed or obstructed much of the time, forcing many more cyclists to ride on surface streets with the traffic.
Body of newborn found by trash collector in Redondo Beach (Los Angeles Times)
Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:13:03 GMT
A dead newborn baby was discovered by a trash collector Wednesday in a household bin on a residential Redondo Beach street near Pacific Coast Highway, police said.
