Missing teen's mom: "I'm on autopilot. I have to bring my baby home."
COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - It has been four days since 15-year-old Gabbiee Swainson was reported missing from her Northeast Columbia home.Since then, Gabbiee's mother, Elvia Swainson, filed a police report, hired a private investigator, and continued to search on her own.
Hundreds of volunteers went door-to-door to homes and businesses to make sure people recognize and remember Swainson.
Drivers in the Summitt were getting stopped for a flier of information about Gabbiee.
"We're doing everything possible that we can think of to bring my baby home," said Elvia. "I believe she is still alive."
Elvia says she came home from work around 7 a.m. Saturday to Gabbiee's alarm clock going off, but no Gabbiee.
"I didn't see her in her bed. I panicked. I froze for a moment," Elvia said.
Elvia says her daughter would never run away from home. She didn't take her keys or her purse. The only thing missing is her cell phone.
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Deputies looking for 16-year-old who left runaway note
WINNSBORO, SC (WIS) - Fairfield County deputies are looking for a 16-year-old girl who may
have run away from her home to be with a man she met on the internet.Investigators say Lauren Grace Dixon was last seen at her home on Newberry Road in Winnsboro on Sunday evening.
Dixon left a note at her home saying that she was running away, according to deputies.
Evidence suggests that a 20-year-old male named Brian convinced her to leave home to be with him and that they may be heading to Lexington, NC, which is near I-85 between Charlotte and Greensboro.
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Year-Round School Commits to Students from Middle School to Last Day of College
GWEN IFILL: Now the second in a pair of stories about efforts to keep students from losing ground over the summer.
Last night, we looked at a Rhode Island school district's attempts to close the achievement gap between rich and poor.
Tonight, we head across the country to Seattle. A nonprofit group there runs a year-round program which aims even higher: to college graduation.
Our report is part of our American Graduate series, and we turn again to Hari Sreenivasan.
HARI SREENIVASAN: As summer draws to close in a Seattle, roughly 50,000 K-12 students across the city are ending vacations and preparing to head back into classrooms.
But for 13-year-old Saymirah Cornelius-McClam, the change of season will mean little. Lately, summer school has been part of her life.
Bronx actor stays true to his roots; set to star in upcoming movie about legendary boxer Willie Pep
James Madio of "Band of Brothers" fame visits hometown
Courtesy Andrew Kaen
Bronx actor James Madio has teamed up with writer Steve Loff for the docudrama, Pep.
He’s acted with Hollywood stars such as Dustin Hoffman and Leonardo DiCaprio. And he’s earned awards for his independent films.Yet through it all, actor James Madio has never forgotten his roots here in the Bronx.
“It was great to come home and hang out with family,” he said. “My mom made me Sunday gravy on Wednesday. And of course I had to hit the local pizza shop and deli and get caught up with friends. I try to pack a lot in. I don’t think I stopped once.”
Madio, 36, who now lives in Los Angeles, came back to the Big Apple last week for a reading for his latest film project, “Pep.”
It’s based on a true story of former boxing champ, Willie Pep, who has the most boxing wins in history.
The film, to begin shooting next year, is set in 1965 with select flashbacks. Pep has been retired and living quietly in Hartford. But when personal troubles start taking their toll, Pep decides to head back to the ring at age 42.
“He grew up on the tough streets and had to fight his way through it all to put food on the table for his family.
He’s a survivor,” Madio said. “It’s one of those amazing stories that have been overlooked.”
As for Madio, he grew up in Morris Park and Pelham Bay as one of seven children.
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Fordham University ranked worst for campus food by Princeton Review
Survey says Bronx-based school serves worst chow of any campus in country
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Fordham University's Bronx campus is a beauty, and the education is first class, but finding a decent meal is next to impossible, according to a survey.
City to begin $70 million plan to alleviate flooding in Springfield Gardens
Project will dredge Springfield Lake, build new wetlands and plant 500 trees
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Torrential downpours often cause flooding in low-lying areas of southern Queens, as seen here on 225th St. and the Belt Parkway in Laurelton.
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How Well You Sleep May Hinge on Race
Benjamin Norman for The New York Times
BROOKLYN Moleendo Stewart sees inequality as playing a role in his sleep problems.
Moleendo Stewart can’t say for sure what’s caused his lifelong sleeping problems. But he has his suspicions.
There’s the childhood spent in loud, restless neighborhoods in Miami.
“You hear people shooting guns all night, dealing drugs,” said Mr.
Stewart, 41, who lives in the East Flatbush section of Brooklyn. He also
cites his weight, 260 pounds, down from a peak of 310.
Sleep experts would point to another factor working against Mr. Stewart: He is a black man.
The idea that race or ethnicity might help determine how well people
sleep is relatively new among sleep researchers. But in the few short
years that epidemiologists, demographers and psychologists
have been studying the link, they have repeatedly come to the same
conclusion: In the United States, at least, sleep is not colorblind.
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