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http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/27/taxi.crash.ap/index.html 11 injured in crash involving New York taxi 'It was louder and louder: crunch, crunch, crunch' Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Posted: 9:19 AM EDT (1319 GMT) NEW YORK (AP) -- A taxi barreled out of control on Times Square, ramming a station wagon into a pedestrian and striking several other vehicles before coming to a stop. A pregnant woman in the taxi was among 11 people injured in Monday morning's crash. She began having contractions and later gave birth to a healthy baby girl. She, the taxi driver and a pedestrian were hospitalized Tuesday in critical condition. The cab was driving on West 42nd Street when it struck a station wagon, which then hit a pedestrian, authorities said. The cab went around the station wagon, striking the pedestrian a second time, then sped off, and hit a minibus, a car and finally a row of taxicabs, police said. "It was louder and louder: crunch, crunch, crunch," a witness, Mahdy Parks, told The New York Times. Authorities said criminal charges were pending against the taxi driver, 54-year-old Syed M. Zia. Emergency workers had to tear the roof off his vehicle to rescue him. Zia was hospitalized with multiple broken bones and internal wounds that required emergency surgery, said Dr. Maurizio Miglietta, director of trauma at Bellevue Hospital Center. His 81/2-months pregnant passenger, Maria Stein of East Rutherford, New Jersey, had been on her way home from a checkup with her obstetrician. She suffered broken bones and a ruptured esophagus, Miglietta said. After giving birth by Caesarean section Monday night, the woman was "awake, she is optimistic, but she's in a good amount of pain," he said. The pedestrian was also in critical condition. Of the eight others who were hurt, six were treated at a hospital and released and two declined treatment. The city's Taxi and Limousine Commission said Zia had four moving violations on his record between 1994 and 2001.

http://zabasearch.com/ I'm not on there anywhere..

http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nati...7_gunlaw27.html Florida OKs new self-defense law By Manuel Roig-Franzia The Washington Post MIAMI — It is either a Wild West revival, a return to the days of "shoot first and ask questions later," or a triumph for the "Castle Doctrine," the notion that enemies invade personal space at their peril. Such dueling rhetoric marked the debate over a measure that passed the Florida Legislature so emphatically that National Rifle Association backers plan to take it to states across the nation over the next year. The law will let Floridians "meet force with force," erasing the "duty to retreat" when they fear for their lives outside of their homes, in their cars or businesses, or on the street. Gov. Jeb Bush signed the legislation yesterday. NRA Executive Vice President Wayne LaPierre said the Florida law is the "first step of a multi-state strategy" that he hopes can capitalize on a political climate dominated by conservative opponents of gun control at the state and national levels. "There's a big tailwind we have, moving from state legislature to state legislature," LaPierre said. "The South, the Midwest, everything they call 'flyover land' — if John Kerry held a shotgun in that state, we can pass this law in that state." The Florida measure says any person "has the right to stand his or her ground and meet force with force, including deadly force if he or she reasonably believes it is necessary to do so to prevent death or great bodily harm." Florida law already lets residents defend themselves against attackers if they can prove they could not have escaped. The new law would allow them to use deadly force even if they could have fled and says that prosecutors must automatically presume that would-be victims feared for their lives if attacked. The overwhelming vote margins and bipartisan support for the Florida gun bill — it passed unanimously in the state Senate and was approved 94 to 20 in the state House — have alarmed some national gun-control advocates, who say a measure that made headlines in Florida slipped beneath their radar. "I am in absolute shock," said Sarah Brady, chairwoman of the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence. "If I had known about it, I would have been down there." Critics argue the new Florida measure is so broad it will cause fights between neighbors, parents at soccer games or drinking buddies to escalate into gunfights. "It's almost like a duel clause," said state Rep. Dan Gelber, a Miami Beach Democrat and former federal prosecutor. "People ought to have to walk away if they can." Gelber believes Florida's major prosecutor groups, populated by state attorneys who must run for re-election, stayed out of the fight and many lawmakers supported the bill because they fear the NRA. Law-enforcement groups did not try to block the measure. Florida Attorney General Charlie Crist, a leading candidate for the Republican governor's nomination in 2006, was among those who wrote letters of support. With that kind of high-level backing, Rep. Dennis Baxley, a Republican from Ocala who sponsored the House measure, could ridicule critics as "hysterical." As in the mid-1980s fights over the right-to-carry law, the state's big newspapers have almost unanimously opposed Baxley's measure, although their outrage did little to stop its easy glide. South Florida Sun-Sentinel columnist Howard Goodman said the state was "getting in touch with its inner Dirty Harry." Martin Dyckman of the St. Petersburg Times told tourists, a bedrock of the state's economy, to stay away: "Lebanon might be safer." Marion Hammer, a Florida lobbyist and former NRA president who conceived the new measure, said the old law unfairly forced Floridians to make split-second decisions about a criminal's intent, and notes that was deemed impossible generations ago by Supreme Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes. "Detached reflection," Holmes said in one of his most oft-quoted pronouncements, "cannot be demanded in the presence of an uplifted knife." In other developments: Bullet ID numbers: California Attorney General Bill Lockyer introduced legislation yesterday that would require all bullets sold in the state to bear tiny identification numbers to help investigators solve crimes. Anyone bringing bullets into the state not bearing the tiny serial number etched by laser could be punished for up to a year in prison. Guns in bars: Arizona Gov. Janet Napolitano, a Democrat, vetoed a bill Monday that would have let people bring their guns into bars and restaurants as long as they weren't drinking alcohol and the businesses didn't prohibit firearms.

http://www.cnn.com/2005/US/04/27/teen.slain.ap/index.html Four charged after girl killed in 'excrutiating ordeal' Wednesday, April 27, 2005 Posted: 11:41 AM EDT (1541 GMT) PHILADELPHIA, Pennsylvania (AP) -- A 15-year-old girl was stabbed, beaten, set on fire and thrown into a river, and four acquaintances were charged with murder, authorities said. The killers of Christine Marie Ham lured her to a small park behind a public housing complex in southwest Philadelphia on Saturday and attacked her, authorities said. Police said she was still alive when she was thrown into the Schuylkill River and managed to crawl out, but bled to death on the shore. "Her excruciating ordeal and pain lasted at least an hour and perhaps more," District Attorney Lynne Abraham said Tuesday. "This killing was planned and not spur of the moment." On Tuesday, Derrell Savage, 20; Demarcus Hamms, 19; Felicia Dawson, 19; and John Garrett, 17, were charged with murder, criminal conspiracy and weapons offenses. They were ordered held without bail until a hearing next Wednesday. The slaying apparently had something to do with another altercation, Homicide Capt. Richard Ross said. "There's no reason in the world for someone to die like that," Ross said. "There's nothing about the altercation that we know that would have caused it to rise to his level." Authorities said all four were acquaintances of Ham.

QUOTE(Lefty Of Love @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 10:56 AM) Good to know I'm not the only one who thinks DJ is a total stoner. There's no question. Cause....?? You've seen him do it with your own 2 eyes I presume? :headshake

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 10:19 AM) Yea, THAT I can definitely relate to. I'm sorry, Steff. It sucks when you realize that the day has come. Oh yea.. how is Parvo puppy doing..???

QUOTE(Kid Gleason @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 10:17 AM) Sounds VERY similar to my old situation. Perfectly healthy cat, no place will take the cat, no claws, spite, too old...doesn't like kids. Is Sam an orange cat? Maybe Ghidorah's spirit went to Sam when she passed. He's mostly white with tan markings. I'll take a picture of him before I take him tomorow..

QUOTE(kapkomet @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 10:09 AM) It sounds like you've done a lot. The only thing that you might check is the sugar level of the cat. Other then that, you've done a lot - and you can take comfort in that. It's a hard decision... We've had just under $1600 in "just in case" tests run on him.. The bladder infections were all they found.

QUOTE(rangercal @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 09:55 AM) you had me worried for a sec. I know you dont feel we will play under .500 ball the rest of the way. Not at all. But in keeping with the currrent - and near majority of the board - I figured I'd try to blend in. In the work pool I have the Sox winning 96 games this year..

I tried keeping him alone and retraining him.. it worked for 2 weeks. It’s almost like he’s doing it out of spite. We have completely altered our house for him. Put up a net so he couldn’t get to the places he was messing.. put down foil (he just moved it out of his way). And even gave him Prozac (or something like it for cats) and that didn’t work. I don’t want to cage him for 2 months. He’s extremely social and IMO that would kill him. I have called a zillion places but he’s declawed all the way around.. and he’s 9.. he’s set in his ways and is not really all that fond of kids so I don’t want to place him with another family. I know I’m doing the right thing for my sanity.. I am struggling with him not really having an ailment. If he had cancer or something I might be better with this. But we can’t do it anymore. It’s stressing me out so bad that I have become OCD like in doing a walk thru the house every morning and when we come home.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 09:38 AM) I usually read game threads from start to finish. Not last night. No way in hell. I usually read it in the morning after I work out.. I passed on it today though as well.

QUOTE(greasywheels121 @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 09:01 AM) I hope so, just for the sake of SoxTalk. You'd think we were 0-21 with the b**** fest that took place last night. I have to admit.. I thought about getting on the board last night but knew that is exactly what was happening. Some of you need to reeeelllaaaxxxx..

Wow... I'm shocked. :sleep

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 09:27 AM) He must have gotten that hernia by picking up his first paycheck.

Kid.. is it peaceful..? He wont feel any pain will he..?? s***.. I just feel like crap over this. I don't understand why the behavior has changed so drastically. He has never once had an accident before. And him and the dogs get along fine.. I just don't get it. I'm so sad..

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 09:27 AM) yeah I'm not really bothered...but what the heck you want me to do....work??? LOL.. silly me.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 09:26 AM) When I read the thread title, I thought CC was headed to jail. Me 2

QUOTE(EvilJester99 @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 08:55 AM) Hey you say that like its a bad thing.... Like on Ace Ventura When Nature Calls... "You cry like Sissy Girl"

Why do you let this stuff bother you guys..??

QUOTE(ZeroHour @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 09:08 AM) you need a toe, dude? I can get you a toe. There are ways. I'm sure the Wendy's finger lady can help him out..

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 08:57 AM) Check your PMs. LMAO... hysterical. I wish his stories were further from the truth..

QUOTE(sickness212 @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 08:58 AM) The only reason I asked the question, was to see if someone bought the plan and did get lower seats. I don't see the point in the plan, if you can't get good seats to Premium games. Expecting premium seats a month into the season after the tickets have been on sale since January... I'll ask again... are you serious?

QUOTE(mreye @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 08:39 AM) 80 more? That sucks. So we're not going to the playoffs. Eh.. you're right. All this negative crap has been getting to me. Hopefully it will be more like 60 more losses..

QUOTE(sickness212 @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 08:51 AM) You are one rude person. Rude... ... not too bright I'm cool with rude

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Apr 27, 2005 -> 08:49 AM) get out, really? Yea.. really. Which is why one hurts and one doesn't. And why a man is a sissy baby if he cries when having a hole put in his toe nail. I bet he cries when he get's his hair cut, too.