Off-Duty Cop Foils Salon Robbery While Getting Her Hair Done

In this article, A 50 year old woman was getting her hair done when a man burst into the salon to rob the place. 19 year old Winston Cox burst into a salon called Sabine's Hallway beauty salon on Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn and demanded cash and belongings from the customers. A 50 year old off duty cop was getting her hair done at the time of the incident and decided to resolve the issue at hand. She told him to drop the gun and that she was a police officer. Cox fired a shot at her and missed. The off duty officer returned fire and shot cox in the right arm and thigh. Cox took off on foot. Nobody else was injured.



Way to go chick! All I gotta say is that she was a very brace lady to have handled the situation successfully. It's never a good outcome when there is somebody robbing the store that your in with a gun. I'm just glad that he missed her when he took a shot at her. She could have been seriously injured. I don't think I could be a cop let alone save a bunch of people in a salon from an armed robber. That chick had some girl power. I'm just shocked that a woman that was 50 years old saved everybody in that salon from a 19 year old idiot with a gun. Granny got skillz! I can just imagine some old lady with curlers in her hair and a gun saying "Drop your gun and get on the ground!" It's good to know that there are people like that out there though. I bet everybody in that salon was thankful that she was getting her hair done that night! I'm glad that she's getting the recognition that she deserves for her act of bravery in that kind of a situation. Brooklyn must be proud to have her as part of their team!

E-Cigarettes

In this article, there is an alternate way to smoke a cigarette without the harmful effects of smoking a cigarette. A normal cigarette has over 50 carcinogens that can have very harmful effects on your body and anyone sitting near you. An "E-Cig" is the newest solution of getting the ever so craving of nicotine into your system without the unhealthy outcome a normal cigarette would give you. The "E-Cig" is the same size as a normal cigarette and it only costs around $7. An Electronic Cigarette or e"E-Cig", is a battery powered device (same size and appearance of a regular cigarette) used to inhale vaporized nicotine. This technique of inhaling nicotine is called vaping.




In a way, I think this would be a really great product for all those people who want to quit the unhealthy habit of smoking and still get their nicotine. I used to smoke cigarettes before I got pregnant. I haven't had a cigarette in a whole year since my husband and I found out we were having a baby. I'm proud to say that my daughter is now 3 months old and I still haven't gone back to smoking. I have to say they taste discusting to me now anyway. I'm just one of those people that didn't want my smoking habit to harm my baby so I quit. It's very hard to stop smoking cigarettes. I honestly think that its a will power thing but it's harder for some people than it is for others to quit. I WILLED myself to quit for the sake of my baby. The nicotine that is in cigarettes can really take over you when you smoke. After a while you have to have that nicotine or you go crazy! I think its a good idea that they came out with this new "E-Cig" so that way the people that just can't seem to over come the nicotine craving can still have their cigarette without having to worry about the unhealthy outcomes. It really is the nicotine that make it so addicting so why not try the "E-Cig" if it help you get your cake and eat it too!

Trial starts in Florida over the slaying of both parents with many kids

The selection for a Jury began Monday in the trial of a karate instructor who is charged with leading a group of armed men dressed as ninjas into a wealthy couple's home and robbing and murdering them. The two wealthy victums had 9 adopted special needs children that they cared for and 3 children of their own in the home. The men broke into the home and mudered the couple while the children slept. Leonard Patrick Gonzalez Jr., 36, could get the death penalty if convicted of organizing the break-in at Byrd and Melanie Billings' home near Pensacola on the night of July 9, 2009.




I remember the first night I heard about this story and when I read this article I had to blog about it. This is a very disturbing story. It's another one of those shocking stories that makes your heart weep for the victums and their friends and loved one that are feeling the pain of a lost loved one. I really do hope that this guy, and the other men that helped this man do what he did to that family, all get the death sentence. I think that they really deserve it. Why would you do that to good people like the Billings? If you commit a crime as great as this one then you better be ready for your punishment because it's coming quickly. Those two people were great people. They took 9, not just 1, they took 9 special needs children who were orphans and gave them a safe home. They gave those children a good home, and those men came and took those good people away from those poor little children that loved them very much. Those poor children depended on those two people. They are the victums now. May God have mercy on those evil men's souls because they have committed a crime so great that only God will be able to save them when they get the death sentence here on earth. This story really gets me going on a rampage. It pisses me off to see good people like the Billings die at the hands of these dirty theives that have no shame for what they've done. I hope the last faces they think about are those children's faces when they get what they deserve.

Vince Vaughn against removing "gay" joke from his movie

In this article, actor Vince Vaughn is not wanting to remove the "gay" line that he used in his new movie. A joke in a trailer for the new movie "The Dilemma" was deemed bullying. Vince Vaughn's character in the movie says: "Ladies and gentleman, electric cars are gay." The joke was removed first from the trailer for the film, and then from the film itself. Vaughn says he agrees that bullying is reprehensible, but disagrees with the measures taken by Universal Pictures.



I agree with Vince Vaughn on this one. I love Vince Vaughn! I love all his movies. Not only is he a very intelligent guy, he is also very funny. That's not the reason I am siding with him on this matter though. I think that the joke that has the word "gay" in it is nothing more than a harmless joke. #1 he is making a joke about electric cars and not a specific person or group of people. Everybody makes jokes like that and they are meaningless. There is a difference in saying something thats meant to hurt someone and saying something thats meant to make people laugh. I don't believe that Vince Vaughn should have to refrain from saying his "gay" joke in the movie or the trailer just because some people think that it's offensive. Get over it. It's not hurting anyone. It's meant to be funny not life ruining. If people can't take a joke then whats the point of even watching the comedy films! I'm going to watch the movie anyway. Like I said, I love Vince Vaughn!

Baltimore officer slain in fight over parking spot

A Baltimore police detective was off-duty and out celebrating his birthday when he was killed after a dispute about a parking space. Detective Brian Stevenson was an18-year veteran with the department and would have turned 38 on Sunday. Stevenson was out celebrating with a friend Saturday night after 10 p.m. in the southeastern part of the city when he got into an argument with a man and a woman over a parking spot. The man hit the officer over the head with a big rock or a piece of concrete and then took off running. Stevenson died later that night from head trauma at a local hospital.



That is so screwed up. What is the word coming to now a days? Did that guy really have to die over a stupid parking spot? Geez! That guy saves other peoples lives! I can't believe that those people hit him over the head with a rock just because of a parking spot. I mean it's really bad to kill a person but it's even worse if that person is a cop. I'm sure that those people didn't know that he was a cop and they oviously didn't stick around to find out that he died. I hope they are caught and brought to justice. If they don't catch them then I'm sure this would be another great America's Most Wanted story. It's a freakin' parking spot people! It's not worth dieing over and it sure isn't worth killing somebody over! My heart goes out to the officer's family. It's a shame that he had to die like this. He was a veteran and that not how a veteran should have died. He should have been honored for what he's done. I'm sure he will be honored at his funeral by his family and friends and other people that he's helped. It really is sad that an honored veteran and a very good officer had to die this way. I hope the people that did this to him are ashamed of what they have done. The people that did this will suffer the consequences in the end and when they do I bet they will look back at the incident and see how stupid it was to begin with.

Missing North Carolina Girl Seen Alive Last Month

In this article, an amber alert has been put out for a missing girl. 10 year old Zahra Baker from North Carolina was seen in public two weeks before she was reported missing. The girls family told the police that she had been missing for more than a month. Cops are now uncertain as to what happened to the girl but her dad and step-mother are still concidered suspects. Zahra has bone cancer. She wears hearing aids and she has a prosthetic leg. The girl's stepmother, 42-year-old Elisa Baker, is charged with obstruction of justice in the case. Police say she admitted writing a ransom note found in the family's back yard the day the girl was reported missing.



This story makes me sick, because it seems that all the fingers in this case point to the step-mother and the girl's father. I personally think they are hiding something. Either they are hiding her somewhere or they murdered her. Either way they are hiding something. I think they did something to that little girl. Why would they report the girl missing for over a month when the cops found evidence of her and her step-mother in a furniture store two weeks before they reported her missing? The step-mother also admitted to writing a fake ransom note. I'm sorry, but it all aounds really fishy to me. I really think that they did something to that little girl. When the cops get it all figured out I hope they get what they deserve. By the way, as her father, how could you let something like this happen to your own child. I love my daughter to pieces and if she came up missing you better believe I would be out there trying to find her! I would be asking everybody if they had seen her, putting up posters, and calling the cops every hour to see if they found anything new. If the father didn't have anything to do with it then he should defanitly be looking into the step-mothers motives. I think she got rid of her. I had an evil step-mother and she was very cruel to me. What if she did something to that girl and the father is just so blind that he believes her. Either way, one of them, if not both of them, did something to that poor little 10 year old girl.

Suspect in Killing of North Carolina Student Dies Day Before Trial

A man accused of strangling a University of North Carolina Charlotte student has died the day before his trial.  55-year-old Neal Cassada died at his home Sunday morning at around 10am. Cassada's lawyer said that his client was under a lot of stress and died from natural causes. Cassada had a history of breathing and heart problems. He was set to go to trial the following Monday after his death for the murder of  20-year-old Irina Yarmolenko in Gaston County.




That's one way to get out of going to court! I can't believe this. It's to bad he didn't get to be brought to justice for the murder of that student that he strangled. I'm sure the family of the victom would have liked to shut the case with peace at mind knowing that he was serving his time behind bars. I suppose, in a way, he kind of got what he deserved. A life for a life as some people say. But it's not really justified because, he died from natural causes. He strangled that girl. She didn't get to die of natural causes. Her life was taken from her at a young age. It's not really fair. Of course, life never is fair. I still believe that he should have been punished for his crimes here on earth before getting to check out on life. You can't stop mother nature though. If it was his time to go then so be it. It's in God's hands now. I hope God is giving him the justice he deserves. Maybe God sent him to hell where he belongs with all the other murderers. I feel sorry for the family of that girl that he murdered. They must be feeling all kinds of different feelings about this situation. Mad and sad at the same time. I guess it really is true that God has the final say in the end.

Funeral is Monday for Vermont woman abducted from home

A 78-year-old grandmother who was abducted from her home in a tiny Vermont town and killed will be laid to rest on Monday. Funeral services are set for Pat O'Hagan at St. Elizabeth's church in Lyndonville. O'Hagan was a grandmother of nine and served as president of the historical society, working a church's annual chicken dinner and volunteering at a food pantry. She was reported missing Sept. 11 from Sheffield, a rural town of about 700 residents. Her body was found on Oct. 3 by some bird hunters in a wooded area in Wheelock, about 10 miles from her home.



This is so sad. Why would somebody abduct a sweet little old lady? That is just wrong. How would the person that did this like it if someone did that to their grandmother. That poor little old lady! I can't believe that someone would do this. I hope they find the perpatraitor real soon so that they can be brought to justice. My heart goes out to her family. I bet her grandchildren really miss her. She shouldn't have had to die that way. She should have died an old woman, warm in her bed. Her family didn't even get to give her a proper good-bye before she passed on. That is just so disrespectful. It makes me sick. She shouldn't have been murdered and then just tossed in the woods for the birds to pick at her remains. She should have been surrounded by family and friends when she passed on. I hope that they find the guy who did this so that he can look the family of that little old lady in the eye and be put to justice. I hope they find whoever did this soon. The longer it takes to put this person to justice for this crime, the longer the family of the victom has to wait for peace to be brought for the matter at hand.

Inmates brawl at Southern Calif. prison

In this shocking article, a brawl broke out at a Southern California prison. The brawl involved about 10 to 15 inmates. California Department of Corrections spokesman say that the California Rehabilitation Center in Norco will remain on lockdown until the investigation is complete. Four inmates were stabbed in the fight on Sunday night in the prison dorm. They are in serious condition, but are expected to survive. The other inmates that were involved had minors cuts and bruises.



I don't understand people sometimes. I mean what reason is there to stab another human being, unless you are defending yourself. I think that there should be more police enforcement in that prison. That should not have happened. You hear about things like this happening all the time though. There is a guy that I work with that has been to prison. He said fights like this one break out all the time in prison. He said he saw one guy get stabbed for not giving up his piece of bread at lunch! That is so ridiculous. It's like a bunch of kids fighting over a stupid toy. I wanted to know how on earth they get a weapon in there to even stab someone in the first place. Did you know that they make them out of anything they can find? They call it a shank. They make them out of the plastic sporks that they eat with! I heard that prisons now a days have a problem with inmates sneaking cell phones in. The prisons have a problem with fights breaking out over cell phones all the time. This is crazy! My co-worker says they even have brawls over stamps! I think something needs to be done about all this crazyness. They need to be on lockdown all the time if they can't behave and just serve their time.

Prosecutors Weigh Bias Crime Charges After N.J. Teen's Suicide

In this article, prosecuters are deciding on filing bias-crime charges against two college freshmen accused of streaming online video of a classmate's sexual encounter with another man. 18-year-old Tyler Clementi had jumped to his death from the George Washington Bridge on Sept. 22, 2010 after his classmates had posted a video of him having sex with another man. Clementi's roommate, Dharun Ravi, of Plainsboro, N.J., and Molly Wei, of Princeton, N.J., both 18, are charged with invasion of privacy, with the most serious charges carrying a penalty of up to five years in prison.




This is a very serious and upsetting story. Those two students should not have posted that video. That's not their business. Even if they only meant to humiliate Clementi for a practical joke, it had a serious effect on him. He committed suicide because he was so humiliated. I think that the two students that posted that video should be seriously punished. You can't do things like that and then get away with it. Even if they hadn't intended on hurting anyone they should have sat down and thought about how it would effect that Clementi kid. They knew that by posting that video that it would destroy that guys life, and for what? A couple of laughs? It's just so stupid. My mother always told me to treat others with the same respect that you expect from them. Those two students had no respect for Clementi's privacy at all. It's bullying, plain and simple. People are punished for it in school and now they are taking it to far on the net. It's may not be the internet that hurts people, but the people who use the internet as a tool for bullying should be put to justice! It makes me sick that people think it's funny to use things like U-Tube to post nasty things about other people. How would you feel if somebody caught a nasty embarrassing moment of you and posted it on U-Tube for the world to see? I would be mortified if someone did that to me. I defanitely would be really pissed off!

Bedbugs Found in Federal Government Building

In this article, Bedbugs have invaded a Federal Government building in Washington, D.C. The bedbugs were discovered in an office in the US Agency for International Development office tower at the Ronald Regan Building and International Trade Center. There are a number of places in the Ronald Regan Building that serve food. People visiting the Ronald Regan Building are skeptical about going in now that the bedbugs have been discovered.




This has become a terrible problem all across the United States. More and more people are having problems with bedbug outbreaks. It's all over the news. Everyday there is a new place reporting that they have bedbugs. It's very embarrassing to say that you have a bedbug problem, because then people think that you are dirty. Having bedbugs doesn't necessarily mean that you are a dirty person. It defanitely means that you have rotten luck though! This story proves that anyone, even the nice Federal Buildings that are cleaned everyday, can become victoms of the bedbug outbreak that seems to be spreading through America. I personally have never had a bedbug problem, but I defanitly wouldn't want to deal with a bedbug problem. They are very hard to get rid of. I read on a different article that the average person spends about $5,000.00 on getting rid of bedbugs. That is a lot of money to be spending on getting rid of some pesky bugs!

Facebook Reunites Father and Daughter After 25 Years

An author who has searched for his daughter for 25 years is finally reunited with her in Houston, Texas. James Boyd met with Stephanie Brumlow on Friday at Lone Star College in Houston, where Brumlow's a student. Boyd and Brumlow's mother had separated before she was born. Boyd found his daughter through Facebook. His daughter sent him a friend request and picture and when he saw it he knew exactly who it was!




I thought that this story was very touching. I think that one of the good things about Facebook is that you can find people on there that you haven't heard from in years. A friend of mine has her entire high school class that she graduated with on her facebook. It's amazing that you can find all those people and stay in touch with them. Everybody that I know has a Facebook account. I don't have one. I need to get one. It's amazing though, that you can find anyone on Facebook and send them a friend request. All you have to do is look them up. It can be somebody that you haven't seen since you were a little kid and all you have to do is type their name in and press the search button. If they have a Facebook account then all you do is send them a friend request and then you are reunited! I'm glad that this man found his daughter. Facebook is a very amazing tool and I think a lot of people will agree that we are thankful that some guy in college came up with Facebook. If he hadn't made Facebook then these two might never have found each other.