Detective details deadly on-duty police shooting for jurors

Edit The Roanoke Times 22 Sep 2016
Defense attorneys say now-retired Detective Keith Sandy and former Officer Dominique Perez, both charged with second-degree murder, were doing their jobs — protecting fellow officers who they believed were in danger ... Sandy wore a tactical vest over his sweatshirt; he was a detective in a plain-clothes unit ... Video from Sandy's camera was not part of the investigation....

Oakland police raise money for family of boy, 2, killed by bus

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 22 Sep 2016
Oakland police raise money for family of boy, 2, killed by bus Oakland police officers set up an online donation fund Wednesday to help the family of a 2-year-old boy struck and killed by an AC Transit bus ... Police Capt ... The driver, who has been with the transit agency since 1999, was questioned by police and underwent drug and alcohol tests as a matter of protocol, said AC spokesman Robert Lyles ... ....

Sandy Leon fading with the bat but still solid behind the plate

Edit Worcester Telegram 22 Sep 2016
BALTIMORE -- Nobody expected Sandy Leon to hit better than .350 all season.Still, at perhaps the most important time of the season, Leon has seen his stunningly potent bat go silent.A switch-hitting catcher who was slugging .553 through more than 200 at-bats has just two hits in his last 24 at-bats, a span during which he has struck out 24 times without drawing a walk ... ....

Comment on As Trump rises, Clinton struggles with traditional playbook by Ikefromeli

Edit Star Advertiser 22 Sep 2016
Hmmmmn. For the first time in modern history, a former president of one party has said he will vote for a nominee from the other party ... Yeah right, Trump is not winning. Those in the know, like the Koch Bros n Sandy Aldeson have unequivocally refused to support him..why, they know that a careful inspection of the numbers reveal he really has no chance, and thus, are only participating in congressional races ... ....

Huffman, Gayle Elaine Muirheid ’59 (Millikin University)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Sep 2016
(Source. Millikin University). Gayle Elaine (Muirheid) Huffman, born April 12, 1937, in Decatur, IL, passed away on February 7, 2016, at Loyola University Medical Center ... She is survived by daughters Julie Ellen (Jim) Huffman Boggess and Linda Jane Huffman, grandchildren Michelle Elaine Boggess and Alexander James Boggess, and brother George Edward (Sandy) Muirheid ... A memorial service is scheduled for Saturday, February 27, at 3 p.m....

Peer-to-peer insurer Lemonade launches in New York

Edit New York Post 22 Sep 2016
A New York startup aims to disrupt the insurance industry — and the key, it says, is to get folks to behave. One-year-old Lemonade went live Wednesday in New York with a slick mobile app that offers homeowner’s insurance for as little as $35 a month and renter’s insurance starting at $5 a month ... So what happens if there’s an honest-to-goodness disaster in New York, on the scale of Hurricane >Sandy? Charities will lose out, for starters....

'Being Mortal' film screening event to be held Oct. 5

Edit Conway Daily Sun 22 Sep 2016
"Hope is not a plan." — Dr. Atul Gawande. CONWAY — The Mount Washington Valley community is invited to a free screening of the PBS Frontline documentary, "Being Mortal," on Wednesday, Oct. 5, at Kennett High School ... Doors open at 5.30 p.m ... According to Sandy Ruka, Visiting Nurse executive director, the screening is another part of the group's ongoing campaign to bring advance care planning education and assistance to the community ... 2187 ... ....

Utah lawmaker introduces legislation to curb opioid epidemic

Edit Deseret News 22 Sep 2016
SALT LAKE CITY — A Utah lawmaker has an idea that he believes will help "reverse the opioid epidemic.". "We need to try to find some way to dig ourselves back out of this hole that we dug for ourselves," Rep ... "(It) doesn't take very long to dig a hole that is very hard to get out of," Ward said ... Rep. Steve Eliason, R-Sandy, who gave lawmakers an update of the program on Wednesday, said he will likely ask for more funding this year....

Remarks Honoring Senator Carl Levin and Senator John Warner (US Department of Defense)

Edit Public Technologies 22 Sep 2016
(Source. US Department of Defense). As Delivered by Secretary of Defense Ash Carter, Pentagon Hall of Heroes, Sept. 21, 2016. Good afternoon, everyone ... And also, I want to welcome Carl's wife Barbara, his brother Congressman Sandy - where is…where'd Sandy go? Ah, thank you, I know you have to leave early and tend to business on the Hill. Budget business, I assume - budget business is good ... That last one is particularly important ... U.S ... (noodl....

Child struck and killed Oakland by AC Transit bus

Edit San Francisco Chronicle 21 Sep 2016
The bus was a northbound No. 54, heading toward Merritt College, according to AC Transit spokesman Robert Lyles. The driver, a five-year veteran of the transit agency, was being questioned by police and was to undergo drug and alcohol screening tests in keeping with protocol, Lyles said. “This is a tragic and sad loss for the family and the community,” said Officer Marco Marquez, a spokesman for the Oakland Police Department ... ....

September 21, 2016 - Christie Administration Announces Housing Recovery Information Session in Monmouth County to Help Homeowners and Rental Property Owners Hard Hit by Superstorm Sandy (State of New Jersey Department of Community Affairs)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Sep 2016
Nearly 2,300 applicants have attended the previous Information Sessions held since October 2014 in communities hard hit by Superstorm Sandy ... This Information Session is also offering assistance to property owners in LRRP, which is designed to restore rental units that were damaged by Superstorm Sandy and rent the units to low-to-moderate income (LMI) households at approved affordable rents following completion of repairs....

Albuquerque police make strides in 2 years since s

Edit Atlanta Journal 21 Sep 2016
But the series of court-mandated changes, including a use-of-force policy that adds new reporting measures for officers and their supervisors, are still fresh.Defendants Keith Sandy, former Albuquerque Police Department detective and former Repeat Offender Project officer, left, and Dominique Perez, right, former Albuquerque police officer and SWAT member are seen in court on Tuesday Sept....

Join Us for 2016 BioBlitz (American Littoral Society)

Edit Public Technologies 21 Sep 2016
The National Park Service is celebrating its 100th birthday with more than 100 BioBlitzes around the country and we need your help to make the 2016 Sandy Hook BioBlitz a success. Gateway National Recreation Area and the American Littoral Society are teaming up again this year to host a BioBlitz at Sandy Hook on September 23-24, 2016 ... NJDEP, and STAR Astronomy will lead a mega star party to view the Sandy Hook night sky....
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