Ex-Marine kills 2, self at NJ supermarket

OLD BRIDGE, N.J. (AP) — An ex-Marine wearing military clothing opened fire on more than a dozen co-workers at a New Jersey supermarket early Friday, killing two of them and himself, authorities said.

The 23-year-old man left his shift at a Pathmark store in Old Bridge Township around 3:30 a.m. and returned a half-hour later to the closed store with a handgun and an AK-47 assault rifle, Middlesex County Prosecutor Bruce Kaplan said. About 12 to 14 workers were still there.

The man fired at least 16 rounds from the rifle at the first workers he saw, killing an 18-year-old woman and a 24-year-old man as other workers hid, Kaplan said.

"I do not believe that they were specifically targeted. I believe everybody in the store was a target," said Kaplan.

The gunman then killed himself, said Kaplan.


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Ex-Marine Behind New Jersey Supermarket Shooting

OLD BRIDGE, N.J.  — A law enforcement official says the gunman who killed two co-workers and himself at a New Jersey supermarket is a former Marine.

Twenty-three-year-old Terence Tyler (pictured) was discharged from the U.S. Marine Corps. in 2010.

The military says he never served overseas and would not say whether he was discharged honorably.

A law-enforcement official briefed on the case confirmed that Tyler was the shooter who opened fire in military clothing at the Pathmark store early Friday. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because his agency is not in charge of the investigation.

While in the service, Tyler was an infantryman. His home of record was in Brooklyn.

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OLD BRIDGE — Cristina LoBrutto, 18, of Old Bridge had just graduated from high school in June. Last night was the first time she’d been scheduled to work an overnight shift at the local supermarket, her friend said.

Bryan Breen, 24, of Old Bridge, was also an Old Bridge High School graduate. He’d completed his studies there a few years ago, and was attending Middlesex County College, a friend said. He was also working at the Pathmark on Route 9 in Old Bridge early this morning.

An ex-Marine -- identified by WABC-TV news in New York as 23-year-old Terence S. Tyler of Old Bridge -- began working at the store about two weeks ago, according to a local official.

Around 3:30 a.m., that 23-year-old man left the store, and returned with an AK-47 and a handgun, authorities said.

He began firing, apparently randomly, according to authorities.

Manager Who Helped Make Hip-Hop Mainstream

When LL Cool J filmed his 1997 commercial for the Gap, it was a milestone: never before had a rapper been called on to endorse as mainstream an apparel company. The commercial was minimal and cool: LL Cool J, rapping a cappella in front of a white background, quick camera cuts matching the speed of his verse.

Salmonella Outbreak Traced to Mexican Mangoes

Daniella Brand Mangoes Recalled in U.S.; 105 Sickened in 16 States

Major quake off Philippines causes panic but minor damage

1 of 2. A science research specialist monitors computer data on the recorded earthquake at the Seismology agency office in Quezon City, Metro Manila August 31, 2012. An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude struck off the Philippines on Friday destroying roads and bridges and sending people fleeing to higher ground in fear of a tsunami, a politician and authorities said.

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(Reuters) - An earthquake of 7.6 magnitude struck off the Philippines on Friday killing one person, damaging roads and bridges and sending people fleeing to higher ground in fear of a tsunami, a politician and authorities said.

The quake was centred off the east coast, 91 miles (146 km) off the town of Guiuan in Samar province at a depth of about 20 miles (32 km), the U.S. Geological Survey said.

Sheriff: Man stole doctor’s ID and license, treated 500-plus patients in SC during past year

Cobb County Sheriff/Associated Press - This undated booking photo provided by the Cobb County Sheriff in Marietta, Ga., shows Ernest Addo, 48, who was arrested on Aug. 24, 2012 for identity theft and practicing medicine without a license. When Addo’s friend went to Africa for a year, he assumed his buddy’s identity, all the way down to the man’s medical license. Authorities said Addo saw up to 500 patients at five senior homes in Columbia, S.C., before he was discovered.

COLUMBIA, S.C. — A man stole a physician’s identity and pretended to be a doctor for a year in South Carolina, and now investigators are combing through medical records to see whether he harmed any of the hundreds of patients he treated, authorities said.

Ernest Addo of Austell, Ga., is charged with unlawful practice of medicine and obtaining goods under false pretense, authorities said.

Addo doesn’t have a medical license in the U.S. But he assumed a doctor friend’s identity, getting a driver’s license and presenting the massive amount of paperwork needed to prove he was a doctor. The documents were given to him by the friend in hopes they could open a medical clinic together when the real doctor returned from a yearlong trip to Ghana, Lexington County Sheriff James Metts said.

The real doctor, Arthur Kennedy, said he is embarrassed and devastated by what his friend did.

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Paul Ryan’s Black Ex-Girlfriend: Paul Is A ‘Really Nice Guy’

A former ex-girlfriend of GOP vice presidential hopeful Paul Ryan has spoken up about her past relationship with the Wisconsin congressman when the pair both attended Miami University of Ohio in the 1990s.

The twist: Ryan’s former flame is African-American.

 

100-Year-Old Motorist Crashes Caddie Into Elementary School Injuring 11

 

Preston Carter (pictured) plowed into a group of parents and children who were congregating outside of a Los Angeles elementary school on Wednesday. The centenarian seriously injured eleven victims, 9 children and 2 adults, ranging in age from 14 months to 48-years-old reports the Los Angeles Times.

According to police, the accident was the result of Carter’s advanced age coupled with an unfortunate miscalculation.

3 found shot to death in Easley

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Texas man who took male-enhancement supplement suffered ‘significant pain,’ lawsuit claims 

Adrian Carter, 29, of Texas says that a male-enhancement supplement he took transformed a motel 'romp' into a bloody, painful ordeal requiring surgery.

Robin Roberts' Mother Dies After Good Morning America Anchor Heads Home to Say Goodbye

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These are tough days for Robin Roberts.

The Good Morning America anchor's mother, Lucimarian Tolliver Roberts, died Thursday at the age of 88, her co-anchor George Stephanopoulos announced on the show Friday.

The sad news follows Roberts' announcement that she will be taking a medical leave to undergo a bone-marrow transplant after being diagnosed earlier this year with myelodysplastic syndrome, a disease of the blood and bone marrow.

Hip-hop manager Chris Lighty dead after shooting himself outside his Bronx apartment: cops

Lighty, 44, a longtime manager of 50 Cent, Diddy, Ja Rule and Mariah Carey, was arguing with his estranged wife

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Chris Lighty and his wife, Veronica, celebrate during her birthday dinner at Tao in April, 2009.

Hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty killed himself Thursday after a heated argument with his estranged wife in the Bronx, police sources told the Daily News.

Lighty — a longtime manager who worked with the likes of 50 Cent, Busta Rhymes, Diddy, Ja Rule and Mariah Carey — walked away from the argument after declaring “I’m tired of this,” before shooting himself in the head behind his South Riverdale home about 11:30 a.m., the sources said.

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Police Hope To Find 15-Year-Old Alive After ‘Career Criminal’ Is Arrested For Abduction

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 A family acquaintance who did yard work for the family of 15-year-old cheerleader Gabrielle Swainson has been arrested and charged with kidnapping, after police found blood and DNA from the South Carolina teen on duct tape near the man’s home.

Richland County Sheriff Leon Lott called 52-year-old Freddie Grant a “career criminal” in announcing the arrest, according to WACH Fox News in Columbia, S.C.

Authorities believe Grant forced the teen from her home in Columbia and took her to his home in Elgin, S.C.

Authorities said Grant is being “completely uncooperative” in helping to locate the girl.

Swainson’s mother, Elvia Swainson, said she went to work at 3:30 a.m. on Aug. 18 and left her sleeping daughter at their home. When she returned at 7:30 a.m., the teen was missing and the alarm was going off.

There were no signs of forced entry and all of Gabrielle’s belongings, including shoes, clothes, wallet, and cell phone were still at her home.

Authorities are still hoping that Swainson will be found alive. More than 100 0fficers have fanned out to search a junkyard near the suspect’s home.

Pioneering Music Producer Chris Lighty Dies In Apparent Suicide

NYPD: Hip-hop mogul Lighty found dead in apartment

Photo credit: AP | FILE - This Feb. 28, 2007 file photo shows hip-hop mogul Chris Lighty in his office in New York. Lightly died of an apparent gunshot wound on Thursday, Aug. 30, 2012 at his home in the Bronx borough of New York. He was 44. Lighty was the man behind rap’s leading figures, helping them not only attain hit records, but lucrative careers outside of music. He had been a part of the rap scene for decades, working with pioneers like LL Cool J, KRS-One before starting his own management company, Violator. (AP Photo/Jim Cooper, file)

Chris Lighty, 44, was discovered at his home in the Bronx with a gunshot wound to the head, and was pronounced dead at the scene, police said.NEW YORK - (AP) -- A hip-hop mogul who managed Sean "Diddy" Combs, 50 Cent and Mariah Carey was found dead in his New York City apartment Thursday in an apparent suicide, police said.

No note was recovered, but a 9 mm handgun was found at the scene and there was no sign of forced entry, said Paul Browne, chief spokesman for the New York Police Department.

The medical examiner's office will determine a cause of death, but authorities say the shooting appears to be self-inflicted.

Lighty was behind some of rap's leading figures, helping them not only attain hit records but also lucrative careers outside of music. He had been a part of the scene for decades, working with pioneers like LL Cool J before starting his own management company, Violator. But Lighty had been having recent financial and personal troubles.

Tiny Batteries a Rising Risk for Children

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Mosquito spraying slated for Manhattan

NEW YORK — New York City health officials say ground spraying to reduce mosquito activity and the risk of West Nile virus will be done in parts of Manhattan.

Spraying of the pesticide anvil is scheduled for Friday between 1 a.m. and 6 a.m. on the west side of Manhattan between West 58th and West 97th Streets from West Drive in Central Park to West End Avenue.

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Teen Emmett Till Victim Of Kidnapping, Brutal Murder On This Day In 1955

Standing as one of the most-heinous, race-motivated crimes in America’s history, the kidnapping and savage lynching of 14-year-oldEmmett Till (pictured) in Mississippi still stirs embers of anger in the minds of many who have endured racism and injustice. Considered a transformative moment in the African-AmericanCivil Rights Movement, Till’s death shocked a nation and still resonates deeply in the minds of Mississippians and others abroad.

German man arrested for allegedly blowing up daughter’s beau 

The suspect appeared to have forced his way into the victim's apartment late Monday and poured gasoline on the floor.

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Four-year-old Bronx boy dies after fall inside closed bank 

Emmanuel Corniel Delgado was playing on a table inside an Apple Bank on E. 161st St. when it collapsed

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A Bronx boy died after falling inside a bank across the street from Yankee Stadium.

Boy shot in the leg just blocks from Yankee Stadium  

9-year-old was hit by a stray bullet outdoors at E. 157th St. and Walton Ave. in the Bronx.

Man shot dead on Queens street corner 

Victim fatally shot at Rockaway Blvd. and 80th St. in Woodhaven about 3:45 a.m

Hurricane Isaac to hit New Orleans, making landfall soon

(Reuters) - Hurricane Isaac gathered strength as it bore down on New Orleans on Tuesday, bringing high winds and soaking rains that will pose the first major test to the city's multibillion-dollar flood protections, seven years after Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast.

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Taliban Behead 17 for Singing and Dancing

The Taliban beheaded 17 people, including two women, for attending a mixed-gender party where there was music and dancing, Afghan officials reported today.

The decapitated bodies were abandoned at a roadside in southern Afghanistan, according to Mullah Sharafuddin, the governor of Kajaki district in Helmand province.

All 17 bodies, including those of two women, were decapitated, but it was not clear if they had been shot first.

Afghan President Hamid Karzai denounced that killings as an "inhuman act and against all Islamic principals."

Suspect in custody after shooting of student on 1st day of classes at school near Baltimore

PERRY HALL, Md. — Police say a suspect is in custody after the shooting of a student on the first day of classes at a high school near Baltimore.

Baltimore County police say the Perry Hall High School student was flown to a hospital after being shot Monday morning. Police say a suspect was taken into custody after the shooting but did not provide additional details.

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Isaac Could Bring Needed Rain to Carolinas

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP) - Tropical Storm Isaac is expected to pump up tropical moisture bringing rain to some areas of South Carolina and North Carolina where it is much needed.

The storm is moving farther west than first projected and South Carolina climatologist Hope Mizzell says the projected impact varies from between 1 to 4 inches of rain. That will help as the state moves toward the drier weather of fall.

Swarm of earthquakes rattles Southern California in the Brawley Seismic Zone 

The biggest temblor measured a magnitude 5.3 and could be felt around 12:31 p.m. PT, followed by another 4.9-magnitude quake

The swarm of earthquakes was centered around the small farming town of Brawley, and could be felt throughout Southern California and parts of northern Mexico on Sunday.

Do Cubans Get Better Health Care Than Americans?

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Tough love: South Carolina mom punishes son with ‘Smoked pot, got caught!’ sign 

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Brandon Mathison was forced to wear a sign that read ‘Smoked pot, got caught! Don't I look cool? Not!’ and ‘Learn from me, don't do drugs’ after he was busted for smoking pot.

April Mathison took drastic step when the time outs stopped working. ‘I don’t think he believed me at first.’

A South Carolina mom is making her son learn a very public lesson about smoking pot.

April Mathison of Beaufort forced her son to walk up and down a main intersection in the town this weekend, wearing a sign that read "Smoked pot, got caught! Don't I look cool? Not!" and "Learn from me, don't do drugs," after the 13-year-old was busted with marijuana, local television station WTOC-TV reported.

"He was kind of embarrassed before we even got out here," Mathison said of her son, Brandon Mathison, to WTOC-TV.

"He was like 'You're serious? You're going to have me stand on the road with a sign?' I was like 'Yes sir, if this is what it takes.' I don't think he believed me at first. I really don't."

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Cops: Austell man stole doctor's identity and practiced medicine in S.C.

An Austell man has been arrested and charged with unlawfully practicing medicine in South Carolina, according to a report in The State newspaper.

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Ernest Addo was being held in the Cobb County jail Sunday. He allegedly took the identity of a friend who is a doctor and practiced medicine for six months, treating up to 500 senior citizens around Columbia, Lexington County authorities told the newspaper.

Deputies are in Cobb County interviewing Addo and beginning the extradition process, police told the newspaper. Addo allegedly used documents from a friend who is a doctor in Orangeburg, S.C. to convince at least one company that he was a physician. Agape Senior Primary Care hired Addo in February, and he treated its patients up until Wednesday, when he quit, authorities with the company said in a statement.

Do Cubans Get Better Health Care Than Americans?

HAVANA — What Cuba says it spends on medical services is a fraction of what it costs hospitals to provide the same services in the United States. A comparison of some medical procedures in the two countries:

- Cost per day for inpatient hospital stay: $5.49 in Cuba; $1,994 in the U.S.

- Inpatient hernia surgery: $14.59 in Cuba; $12,489 in the U.S.

- Hip-fracture repair: $72.15 in Cuba; $14,263 in the U.S.

- Kidney transplant: $4,902 in Cuba; $48,758 in the U.S.

Cuban authorities did not reveal how they calculated their figures, but said careful study was involved.

While some medical goods are imported, Cuba produces many medicines and labor costs are significantly lower than in the United States, with one doctor saying Cuban specialists earn $25 a month.

Cuban patients also often bring their own sterile bed sheets, hypodermic needles, food and water.

Is “A Different World” Coming Back To TV?

Director Debbie Allen took to Twitter, toying with the idea of bringing “A Different World” back on the small screen:




 Would you support “A Different World” coming back on the airwaves? If so, contact Debbie Allen at @msdebbieallen on Twitter

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Shannakay Hunter, Jamaican Immigrant, Convicted For Sham Marriage To American Soldier

WICHITA, Kan. -- A federal jury convicted a Jamaican woman Thursday of entering into a "sham marriage" with a Kansas soldier so she could get legal immigration status.



Shannakay Hunter, 28, fought back tears after the jury returned guilty verdicts for conspiracy to commit marriage fraud, marriage fraud and lying to the government.

Hunter, who lives in New York, faces up to five years imprisonment on each count. She is likely to get far less, if any, prison time under federal guidelines during sentencing, which has not been set.

The government contends her 2010 marriage to Joshua Priest, 23, then a private at Fort Riley, was a fake arrangement to give her a green card and him $1,500 in extra monthly benefits for married soldiers. Priest has pleaded guilty to conspiracy to commit marriage fraud and wire fraud in a deal with the government for leniency in exchange for his testimony against Hunter.

Tropical Storm Isaac starts lashing Keys

Tropical Storm Isaac nears the Florida Keys Sunday, August 26, 2012. (NOAA)


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(CBS/AP) KEY WEST, Fla. - Tropical Storm Isaac gained fresh muscle Sunday as it bore down on the Florida Keys, with forecasters warning it could grow into a dangerous Category 2 hurricane as it nears the northern Gulf Coast.

Isaac drew new strength early Sunday during a warm-water crossing of the Florida Straits after causing weekend havoc in Cuba, where it downed trees and power lines. Before that, Isaac was blamed for four deaths in Haiti.

The death toll in Haiti from the storm has risen to seven.

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Authorities searching for missing St. Helena Island woman

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Authorities searched by land, air and sea this weekend for a St. Helena Island woman missing since early Friday, according to the Beaufort County Sheriff's Office .

Zenobia Pauline Simmons, 46, was last seen Friday morning at her Vineyard Point Road home. She was reported missing at about 6:30 p.m. after family members could find or reach her, Sheriff's Office spokeswoman Sgt. Robin McIntosh said in a news release.

At this point, authorities do not believe foul play is involved, McIntosh said.

Investigators say Simmons is not employed in the area in the area and does not have access to a vehicle. She left behind her personal belongings, including her cell phone, according to family members.

Simmons travels back and forth between St. Helena and Atlanta and arrived in the area on Wednesday, according to her sister, Lillian Simmons.

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Bus slams into tanker on a Chinese highway, killing 36

Two members of punk rock band flee Russia

(Reuters) - Two members of Russia's anti-Kremlin punk band Pussy Riot have fled the country to avoid prosecution for staging a protest against President Vladimir Putin at a church altar, the band said on Sunday.

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A funeral instead of a wedding: Empire State Building slay victim Steven Ercolino and girlfriend Ivette Rivera 'always wanted to get married'

A cousin of Ercolino said Rivera was 'the love of his life.' Rivera's brother said 'everything they did, they did together as a couple.'

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Ivette Rivera and Steven Ercolino in a photo taken from Facebook.

They were soulmates from the start.

Steven Ercolino knew instantly that Bronx-born beauty Ivette Rivera was the one who would share his life, walk down the aisle with him, grow old beside him.

“They always wanted to get married,” his brother Paul said wistfully Saturday at the family home in Warwick, Orange County. “He didn’t have a ring, I don’t think.”

Wedding plans were replaced with funeral arrangements as the two families mourned the brutal loss of Ercolino, 41, killed by five gunshots from a grudge-nursing former co-worker.

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Powerful typhoon Bolaven crashes into southern Japan

High waves pound against a seawall in Okinawa prefecture in Southern Japan. Source: AP

ONE of the most powerful typhoons in decades has hit Japan's Okinawa prefecture with meteorologists warning it could bring record rain and wind to the southern region and waves of up to 13 metres.

Who’s Your Daddy? A Mobile Paternity-Testing Truck Offers Answers on the Go

Getting your DNA tested is almost as easy as hailing a cab, at least in New York City.




 
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A mobile clinic run by the New York company Health Street, roams around the city housed in a 28-ft RV displaying the slogan: “Who’s Your Daddy?” You’ll need a prescription from a doctor for the testing — they do paternity and other familial DNA tests — and the company offers the service on the spot for $299 and up. A technician collects your sample in the RV, then sends it to a laboratory in Ohio, and results are available in three to five business days.

You Are Drinking What?

With water in short supply across the country, it's time to take a serious look at recycling sewage

Almost 60% of the continental U.S. is now living through drought conditions, and half of all counties have been declared disaster areas. From coast to coast, cities and towns are placing restrictions on water consumption. With the nation so hot and dry and no end in sight, some are calling for a drastic solution: drinking our own wastewater—that is, what we usually flush down our toilets.

Not directly, of course. But drinking recycled wastewater is a relatively cheap and effective means of obtaining a lot of water. If all the wastewater dumped into waterways or the ocean were recycled instead, the U.S. would increase its water supply by as much as 27%, according to a report released earlier this year by the National Academy of Sciences. Nationally, that amounts to 12 billion gallons.

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The process for recycling wastewater is more rigorous than for "regular" tap water, with stronger filtration.

As the NAS report noted, "With recent advances in technology and treatment design, potable reuse can reduce the concentration of chemical and microbial contaminants to levels comparable to or lower than those present in many drinking water supplies."

Recycled wastewater is also cheaper than other alternatives. Desalination—turning seawater into drinking water—sounds more palatable, but estimated costs can run one-half to two-thirds more than for a recycled wastewater facility. That is largely due to the amount of filtration required: Wastewater has roughly 1,000 parts per million of salt, but seawater has roughly 35,000 parts per million. Desalination is also, of course, limited to states near seawater.

Fear of a Black President

As a candidate, Barack Obama said we needed to reckon with race and with America’s original sin, slavery. But as our first black president, he has avoided mention of race almost entirely. In having to be “twice as good” and “half as black,” Obama reveals the false promise and double standard of integration.

 

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The irony of President Barack Obama is best captured in his comments on the death of Trayvon Martin, and the ensuing fray. Obama has pitched his presidency as a monument to moderation. He peppers his speeches with nods to ideas originally held by conservatives. He routinely cites Ronald Reagan. He effusively praises the enduring wisdom of the American people, and believes that the height of insight lies in the town square. Despite his sloganeering for change and progress, Obama is a conservative revolutionary, and nowhere is his conservative character revealed more than in the very sphere where he holds singular gravity—race.

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Jeffrey Johnson, Empire State Building gunman, was 'depressed,' friend says

It was her last lunch with a friend, before he became a killer.

Three days before fashion designer Jeffrey Johnson, 58, ambushed and shot dead a former co-worker near the Empire State Building, he appeared "depressed" and "quiet," the friend, Andreina Adames of Manhattan, said in an interview.

"I knew he had things on his mind, but I didn't know what," said Adames, who had lunch with Johnson at a midtown eatery, much as they did every two weeks or so.

Mafia boss shot dead in swimming trunks near Italian beach

Gaetano Marino — a boss from the Neapolitan Camorra — was hit by at least four shots to the head and another five or six to his back Thursday afternoon after he left the beach en route to his hotel in Terracina.

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The dead body of an Italian organized crime boss, Gaetano Marino, center, lies near a car in Terracina, central Italy. Authorities are searching for two men who shot and killed Marino who was vacationing on a beach with his family south of Rome.

Chicago Shootings: 4 Killed, 13 Wounded By Gun Violence Overnight Saturday Citywide

Tea Health Benefits: 8 Ways It Could Benefit Our Bodies

A cup of tea anyone?

It could do wonders for your health.

Research has shown that the ancient elixir -- first drank thousands of years ago -- could do more than warm our bodies. The antioxidant polyphenols in tea, called catechins, have been linked with anti-cancer activity, and certain teas -- like green tea -- are also known to have heart benefits, according to the Mayo Clinic.

Cops Kill Gunman Outside Empire State Building [Graphic Video]

NEW YORK (AP) — Jeffrey Johnson hid behind a car in his business suit and tie near the Empire State Building, waiting for the man he blamed for costing him his job. He put a gun to the executive’s head and fired five times, then walked off with his briefcase into the morning rush of midtown Manhattan.

Minutes later, Johnson was dead in front of the landmark skyscraper, killed by police Friday in a chaotic confrontation that sent bullets ricocheting, wounded nine other people and left sidewalks near one of the world’s best-known landmarks spattered with blood.

Police released dramatic surveillance video that showed the confrontation lasted only a few seconds. Johnson was walking rapidly down the street trailed by two police officers when he stopped, wheeled around and pulled out a gun.

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NYPD Gunfire In Empire State Building Shooting Wounded All Nine Bystanders, Says Ray Kelly

New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said all nine bystanders wounded in Friday's Empire State Building shooting had been hit with police gunfire, CNN reported Saturday morning.

According to Kelly, of the nine wounded, three suffered gunshot wounds and six were hit by fragments.
Gunfire broke out shortly after 9 a.m. on Friday when a gunman identified as 58-year old Jeffrey Johnson shot and killed former coworker Steve Ercolino near the Empire State Building.

Neil Armstrong, first person to walk on moon, dies at 82

Neil Armstrong's 'giant leap for mankind' as he set foot on the lunar surface in 1969 climaxed a monumental achievement in human history. Despite his fame, the former fighter pilot shrank from the spotlight and called himself a 'nerdy engineer.'

Neil Armstrong inside the Apollo 11 lunar module after his historic walk on the surface of the moon.(NASA / August 25, 2012)

Tropical Storm Isaac floods Haiti, at least 3 dead

Tropical Storm Isaac pushed into Cuba Saturday after sweeping through Haiti's southern peninsula, where it doused a nation still trying to recover from the terrible 2010 earthquake.

2 injured after small plane crash-lands in Calif.

  Los Angeles firefighter paramedics assist an injured passenger after his plane crashed Saturday Aug. 25, 2012 near Whiteman Airport in Los Angeles. According to firefighters at the scene, two people inside the aircraft suffered moderate injuries, but were able to walk away from the crash. (AP Photo/Mike Meadows)

Explosion at oil refinery in Venezuela leaves 26 dead, more than 80 injured

Daniela Primera/AP - Fire rises over the Amuay refinery near Punto Fijo, Venezuela on Aug. 25, 2012. A huge explosion rocked Venezuela's biggest oil refinery, killing at least 24 people and injuring dozens, an official said.

Tropical Storm Isaac pummels Haiti's homeless

More than 350,000 earthquake survivors still living in tent cities outside Port-au-Prince are lashed by wind and rain. Tropical Storm Isaac has killed at least four people in different parts of Haiti, with more than 4,000 people still remaining in temporary emergency shelters. Lashing rains and gale-force winds and high winds were reported along parts of the country on Saturday. The impoverished Caribbean nation is still reeling from the effects of a devastating 2010 earthquake that killed more than 250,000 people. In addition to those in temporary shelters, more than 350,000 survivors of the last earthquake are still living in fragile tent and tarpaulin camps near the capital. When belly fat is a worry There are two types, and one is associated with health risks. Here's how to get rid of it. Maine woman, 49, gives birth to her grandson

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Shall we count the ways children around the world loved Jerry Nelson? Read this in the voice of Count von Count, please: One, he voiced the aforementioned number-loving vampire to life on Sesame Street.

Those not in their more impressionable years might have preferred the censored spoof of the Count's innocent-turned-very-inappropriate counting that went viral.

Two, he gave life to the purple-haired explorer Gobo Fraggle on Fraggle Rock. And if that's not enough, three, he popped up not only on The Muppet Show but movies and specials throughout the years. Which makes it all the sadder that Nelson passed away yesterday.

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UPDATE 7-Two dead, 8 wounded in gunfire near NY's Empire State Building

* Wounded may have been hit by police fire
* Gunman had been dismissed from job a year ago
* Latest mass shooting rekindles debate about gun control

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Rats are coming through the walls and worms infest the bathrooms at city's homeless shelters. But Mayor Bloomberg says they're so pleasurable that no one wants to leave

Bloomberg says shelters 'more pleasurable experience than they ever had before.' Shelter residents dumbfounded by Hizzoner's comments. Statistics show families with children had 30 percent longer stays in shelters in 2012 than in 2011.

Mayor Bloomberg claims the city's homeless shelters are so 'pleasurable' that residents don't want to leave.

Deadly shooting near New York's Empire State

Honor Student Shot Dead In Bed During Home Invasion

Amber Stanley, a 17-year-old college-bound honor student, was shot dead in her sleep inside of her Prince George’s County, Md., home on Wednesday night, WTTG Fox 5 reports.

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“Lots of young people, sitting in cars,” says neighbor Tyrone Patterson. “That’s unusual for this neighborhood. It’s always been quiet. We need to be vigilant to make sure everyone is safe.”

Here are a few details behind the the events that lead to Stanley’s death, according to Fox News 5:

On Tuesday, detectives went to the family’s home for a trouble call. They aren’t releasing a lot of details about it, but sources say they are actively trying to determine if there is any connection to Stanley’s slaying.  Investigators say a gunman kicked in the front door at the home just after 10 p.m. Wednesday, climbed the stairs and shot her multiple times in her bed.

FIRST LOOK: Shooter kills his ex-boss, and nine others are injured in shootout near Empire State building amid Midtown Manhattan morning rush

Disgruntled worker Jeffrey Johnson designed women's accessories, cops said. He wore a grey suit as he sprayed bullets along 34th St. and Fifth Ave. — near the iconic Midtown skyscraper — and was carrying an extra magazine of ammunition in a briefcase.

 
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FIRST LOOK: A fired fashion worker wearing a suit was shot dead by the NYPD on Friday outside the Empire State Building. Alleged gunman Jeffrey Johnson opened fire Friday morning along 33rd St. between 5th and 6th avenues. He killed his ex-boss and injured nine others amid the morning rush hour side walk traffic.

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Steve Ercolino, pictured, was shot Friday by former employee Jeffrey Johnson.

A fired employee gunned down his ex-boss on a packed Midtown sidewalk before dying in a police shootout that left nine bleeding bystanders sprawled Friday outside the Empire State Building, authorities said.
Cold-blooded killer Jeffrey Johnson, wearing a business suit and carrying a briefcase, pumped three fatal bullets into his victim near the 33rd St. entrance to the skyscraper, a witness told the Daily News.

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