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In New York, there are two local counties where the likelihood of getting raped is high. Two rape victims from Steuben and Chemung counties have offered to come forward and tell their stories. Their names have been changed to protect them.
Posted Apr 30, 2008 by  Debra Myers (skyangel) in Crime
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The New York State Department of Criminal Justice has listed two local counties as a place where you are more likely to get raped. Their figures are based on findings between the years 2002 and 2006. Not good news for those of that live in or near there.
Posted Apr 30, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in Crime
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These days, the Commission for the Promotion of Virtue have yet another task to do: men who are flirting with women in public places will get their hair cut off as punishment. Right at the scene of the infraction. Nothing like public humiliation.
Posted Apr 29, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in Lifestyle
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The search is on for a missing Ithaca College student. William Jacobson, 19, from St. Paul, Minnesota, has been missing since early Sunday morning. A ground search as well as an aerial search is being conducted in the South Hill area in Ithaca.
Posted Apr 29, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in Education
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Lifetime Brands, along with the FDA, has issued a recall on two of its stoneware dinnerware product lines due to exceeding allowed recommended levels of lead and/or cadmium. The products are sold nationwide at retail outlets and online.
Posted Apr 28, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in Health
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The Food and Drug Administration released a recall on the drug Digitek which is "used to treat heart failure and abnormal heart rhythms." They are being recalled as there is a possibility that the pills have twice the appropriate dosage.
Posted Apr 28, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in Health
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Osceola School board recently passed a provision where all students are to wear school uniforms. However, what has parents riled is what was said in an email sent out to them by a board member, implying that some parents are poor, chain-smoking drunks.
Posted Apr 25, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in Education
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As a child, I can remember my mother always saying that a little dirt wouldn't hurt me. Now, it seems that this really may be true. Our obsession with cleanliness may be the cause of even more cases of allergies and asthma being found.
Posted Apr 25, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in Health
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Yesterday in a Paris gallery, bloody paintings were on display that were done by a 29-year old singer, Pete Doherty. Doherty was absent from his shining moment as he is incarcerated for violating his probation. His paintings are all done in blood.
Posted Apr 25, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in Arts
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A mile-marker was reached Tuesday, when the Children's Safe Drinking Water Program created their one billionth liter of clean drinking water. Using a packet of clarification and disinfectant developed by Proctor and Gamble, unfit water becomes safe.
Posted Apr 24, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in World
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WhiteWave Foods Company is recalling their "11-ounce plastic single serve bottles of Silk Soymilk Chocolate Flavor" because the label does not declare the presence of milk protein. The bottles will have the "use by" date of May 7, 2008.
Posted Apr 24, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in Health
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Wednesday afternoon, a 18-year old boarded a stopped school bus and in front of everyone, threatened to leave and come back and shoot one of the students. Parents were not notified of this incident until Friday, because it was "between two individuals".
Posted Apr 19, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in Crime
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Yesterday, officials from Buffalo State College said that a laptop had been stolen which contained Social Security numbers of about 16,000 current and former students on March 13. "The school wasn't notified of the theft until late last Friday."
Posted Apr 19, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in Crime
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Today, Grand Carnival, L.L.C., of Fenton, MO has issued a recall for their product "S'morestick Kits", for improper labelling. Milk was not declared on the packaging and may pose a health problem for those that are allergic to milk.
Posted Apr 16, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in Health
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Friday, the family of Marine Cpl. Jason L. Dunham took part in the "keel-laying ceremony" which begins the construction of a Navy ship that's being built and will be named after their son. Jason Dunham of Scio, NY, was 22 when he died in Iraq in 2004.
Posted Apr 13, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in World
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The Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) is considering using Renovate, a chemical designed for European milfoil, to kill the invasive seaweed. Although the DEC says that it should control the milfoil, but not completely eradicate it.
Posted Apr 11, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in Environment
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Cracker Barrel Old Country Store is recalling their 5-ounce bags of chocolate-covered peanuts and almonds because of mislabeling. Both packages my contain nuts that aren't meant to be in the package, which could cause a serious allergic reaction.
Posted Apr 10, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in Food
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Yesterday, a University of Idaho student was life-flighted to Boise after concern that he might have contracted meningitis. It was said that he had been acting strangely Wednesday morning and the student was apparently acting very disoriented.
Posted Apr 10, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in Health
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In a new study released yesterday in the "Nature" journal, closing schools is the non-pharmaceutical option to prevent the spread of a flu pandemic. The study states that 1 on 7 cases could be prevented in children if schools were closed.
Posted Apr 10, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in Health
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Five homeless men in Ft. Lauderdale had their lives threatened by a man who chased them with a chainsaw. "The Chainsaw Man" chased them over some distance and even is said to have fired shots at them. No charges were filed.
Posted Apr 9, 2008 by Debra Myers (skyangel) in Crime
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Debra Myers (skyangel)
Citizen Journalist
Reporting from Dundee, NY, United States Registered: Apr 9, 2007, last time online May 2, 2008
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I am a 49 year old, divorced mother of 3 (now adult) children, and grandmother to 5. My hobbies include writing, reading crafts, photography, to list a few.
Birthday: Oct. 27th! Was almost a boo baby! :)
"I am I plus my surroundings; and if I do not preserve the latter, I do not preserve myself."
-Jose Ortega y Gasset (1883-1955)
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