SLED arrests DHHS employee in connection with data breach

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) - The personal information of more than 228,000 Medicaid recipients in South Carolina has been stolen by a former state Department of Health and Human Services employee, according to DHHS and the State Law Enforcement Division.

SLED says 36-year-old Christopher Lykes was able to make off with 228,435 Medicaid recipients' personal information by emailing the information to his personal Yahoo email account.

The information contained names, addresses, and Social Security numbers -- information the employee had access to and the agency trusted him with.

Most of the people impacted by the security breach live in Richland, Lexington, Barnwell, Orangeburg, Allendale, and Bamberg counties.

Lykes has been charged with five counts of Medically Indigent Act Confidentiality violations and one count of disclosure of confidential information.


Probe of 1979 disappearance leads to NYC basement

NEW YORK (AP) — A team of police officers and FBI agents began digging up a basement in New York City on Thursday as part of a decades-old investigation into the disappearance of 6-year-old Etan Patz, whose case made a generation of parents afraid to send their children out alone.

Etan vanished without a trace in 1979 after leaving his family's Manhattan apartment for a short walk to catch a school bus. It was the first time his parents had let him go off to school alone.

Marvin Washington Jr., South Carolina McDonald's employee, arrested for spitting in customers' drink

 

(CBS/AP/WLTX) SIMPSONVILLE, S.C. - South Carolina county deputies say a McDonald's employee was arrested after he spit in two customers' cups of iced tea after the drinks were returned because they weren't sweet enough.

According to police, 19-year-old Marvin Washington Jr. was arrested Wednesday and charged with malicious tampering with food.

CBS affiliate WLTX reports on April 14, a mother and daughter ordered sweet tea from the drive-thru of the McDonalds.

The woman claimed it wasn't sweet, so they asked for new drinks. Authorities say the two then discovered a large deposit of phlegm when they removed the lids of the drink to add more sugar because the second round of beverages still weren't sweet enough.

The alleged victims then called law enforcement.

Greenville County investigators say surveillance video caught Washington leaning over the cups before he filled them Saturday at the restaurant.

The McDonald's owner says he follows strict food safety procedures and asks people not to reach conclusions until all of the facts come out.

Dick Clark, America's enduring teenager, dies at age 82, leaving a legacy as a music and entertainment pioneer

Dick Clark united television and rock 'n' roll and created a legend in American Bandstand

Dick Clark, whose “American Bandstand” made him rich, famous, influential and sometimes controversial by marrying rock ‘n’ roll with television, died Wednesday morning at the age of 82.

His agent, Paul Shefrin, said he suffered a massive heart attack. He had struggled with health issues since suffering a a serious stroke in 2004..

On the News With Thom Hartmann: House Passes Congressman Paul Ryan's Budget for the Rich, and More

Secret Service says three employees to leave over Colombia scandal

India launches nuclear capable missile

Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh congratulates scientists on the successful test-fire of a nuclear-capable missile that can reach Beijing and Eastern Europe.

Wave of Bombings Hit Iraq

Obama vs. Romney: Close, nasty and unpredictable

SC House panel OKs cutting sales tax exemptions

Taliban vow revenge over Afghan photo scandal

Sudanese Fear Return to War as Al-Bashir Threatens South Sudan

I Remember Mama and Dada

What do small children remember? And why do memories stick into adulthood?

8 Food Frauds on Your Shopping List

Deal of the Day: What's sold as olive oil, fish, spices and other goods may just be cheap knockoffs.

10 Things Seafood Restaurants Won't Tell You

With fewer fish in the sea, serving up selections from the desert -- and the lab.

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True Education: It’s ‘meaning’ and ‘purpose’

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What is the meaning of the word “education”? It comes from two Latin words: A prefix educo or educare, which means “to lead,” or “to lead out from.”

“True Education” is an education that develops and cultivates the human being. And when you’re truly educated, you’re cultivated from within. Then when it comes out, and the world sees The Gift that God has given you, then you become The Glory of God.

Top U.S. colleges to offer free classes online

Five prestigious U.S. universities will create free online courses for students worldwide through a new, interactive education platform dubbed Coursera, the founders announced Wednesday.

The two founders, both professors of computer science at Stanford University, also announced that they had received $16 million in financing from two Silicon Valley venture capital firms.

Coursera will offer more than three dozen college courses in the coming year through its website at coursera.org, on subjects ranging from Greek mythology to neurology, from calculus to contemporary American poetry. The classes are designed and taught by professors at Stanford, Princeton, the University of California at Berkeley, the University of Pennsylvania and the University of Michigan.

Students will not get college credit. But Coursera may offer "certificates of completion" or transcripts for a fee. The company may also seek to turn a profit by connecting employers with students who have shown aptitude in a particular field, a spokeswoman said.

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Future Healthcare Professionals: Your Middle-School Age Child Can Learn Medical Technology

If your child can text using abbreviations and acronyms, then you child can learn medical terminology. 

I can't afford to work

NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- After factoring in the rising cost of child care, the daily commute and other work-related expenses, a growing number of mothers are figuring out that having a job just doesn't pay.

"It comes down to a cost analysis and I have several clients that have taken the route of quitting," said Anna Behnam, a financial advisor at Ameriprise Financial in Rockville, Md. "Factor in taxes, transportation costs, clothing and lunch -- what is the true net that you bring home after salary?"

Optimism Might Cut Your Risk for Heart Attack

Large review also found positive people less likely to suffer stroke

WEDNESDAY, April 18 (HealthDay News) -- Being upbeat is good for your heart, a new study suggests.
Many previous studies have shown that negative mental states -- such as depression, anger, anxiety and hostility -- can harm the heart.

Photos Show U.S. Soldiers Posed With Afghan Body Parts

5 Horrifying Facts You Didn't Know About the Space Shuttle

Synthetic marijuana on the rise: looks like pot, but 'far worse'

Tax time pushes some Americans to take a hike

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If You're Stricken, Minutes Matter, Yet Many Ignore Signs, Delay Treatment

More workers work through lunch or eat at their desks

Disabilities Act Prompts Flood of Suits Some Cite as Unfair

Newborn abducted after mother fatally shot found

Karzai wants 'at least $2 billion' a year from US

Ahmadinejad warns against aggression on Iran

Toy company accused of laundering drug money

Woody Toys in City of Industry allegedly converted more than $1 million a year into pesos, ICE says. An attorney says the owners made an 'unknowing mistake.'

Appeals court blocks gov't rule on union posters

A federal appeals court on Tuesday temporarily blocked the National Labor Relations Board from making millions of businesses put up posters informing workers of their right to form a union.

The rule requiring most private employers to display the posters was supposed to take effect on April 30, but the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia said that can't happen until legal questions are resolved.

The temporary injunction followed a federal judge's ruling in South Carolina last week that the labor board exceeded congressional authority when it approved the poster requirement in 2011. A federal judge in Washington, D.C., had previously found the NLRB rule acceptable, but limited how the agency could enforce it.

Inside the Tupac "Hologram"

In case you missed it, check out the this absolutely incredible "hologram" of Tupac Shakur, which performed live on stage with Dr. Dre at Coachella this weekend. Tupac was murdered 16 years ago; now, thanks to the miracle of technology, he's on stage performing "2 of Amerikaz Most Wanted." (Pro-tip: Make sure you watch Tupac's exit from the stage at the end of the video.)

Tupac Shakur's mom reportedly 'thrilled' with hologram of dead son

A video effect showing the late Tupac Shakur performing on stage that was used at the Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival unnerved some fans, but Shakur’s mother, Afeni Shakur, reportedly gave her blessing to the virtual reincarnation.

Afeni was not in attendance for the April 15 performance, but a representative for the activist told TMZ she was pleased with the results.

U.S. factory decline suggests economy losing steam

The Guide to Beating a Heart Attack

First Line of Defense Is Lowering Risk, Even When Genetics Isn't on Your Side

ALEC Scraps Gun Law, Voter-ID Task Force

The 25 Highest Rated CEOs that are Hiring Now (CHART)

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For Many Immigrants’ Children, American Dream Lies Abroad

In growing numbers, experts say, highly educated children of immigrants to the United States are uprooting themselves and moving to their ancestral countries. They are embracing homelands that their parents once spurned but that are now economic powers. 

“Markets are opening; people are coming up with ideas every day; there’s so much opportunity to mold and create,” said Mr. Kapadia, now a researcher at Gateway House, a new foreign-policy research organization in Mumbai. “People here are running much faster than the people in Washington.” 

For generations, the world’s less-developed countries have suffered so-called brain drain — the flight of many of their best and brightest to the West. That has not stopped, but now a reverse flow has begun, particularly to countries like China and India and, to a lesser extent, Brazil and Russia.

Best Buy names the 50 stores slated to close

Deadly Choking Game Fairly Common Among Kids

Fast-food salt content varies by country: study

'Killer' swan attacks Illinois caretaker until he drowns

Carjacked tyke knocks on woman's door at 2 a.m.

Man accused of fatally stabbing his great-grandmother over money

NAN: Sharpton Showcases Discussion With Trayvon Martin’s Parents

Panel Discusses Profiling, Gun Violence & Civil Rights

Washington, DC
Saturday, April 14, 2012

The National Action Network held its annual convention last week in Washington, DC.  On Saturday, the Reverend Al Sharpton, founder of the civil rights group, moderated a discussion that focused on racial profiling, gun violence and advancing the civil rights movement in the aftermath of the killing of Trayvon Martin.  Speakers included the former fiancée of Sean Bell and the mother of Amadou Diallo -  two men who were both killed in separate incidents by New York City police officers, resulting in allegations of police brutality and racial profiling.  Also at the event  were representatives from the Congressional Black Caucus, the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights, and the National Congress of Black Women. The hour and 15-minute event was held at Howard University.

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Latin America rebels against Obama over Cuba

Unprecedented Latin American opposition to U.S. sanctions on Cuba left President Barack Obama isolated at a summit on Sunday and illustrated Washington's declining influence in a region being aggressively courted by China.

Unlike the rock-star status he enjoyed at the 2009 Summit of the Americas after taking office, Obama has had a bruising time at the two-day meeting in Colombia of some 30 heads of state.

Sixteen U.S. security personnel were caught in an embarrassing prostitution scandal before Obama arrived, Brazil and others have bashed Obama over U.S. monetary policy and he has been on the defensive over Cuba and calls to legalize drugs.

Due to the hostile U.S. and Canadian line on communist-run Cuba, the heads of state failed to produce a final declaration as the summit fizzled out on Sunday afternoon.

"There was no declaration because there was no consensus," said Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos. He bristled at suggestions the summit had been a failure, however, saying the exchange of different views was a sign of democratic health.

For the first time, conservative-led U.S. allies like Mexico and Colombia are throwing their weight behind the traditional demand of leftist governments that Cuba be invited to the next Summit of the Americas.

Study of the Day: Media Multitaskers May Have Sharper Senses

Those who juggle several devices at the same time may be more adept at integrating information from multiple senses, new research shows.

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PROBLEM: Media multitasking gets a bum rap. Previous experiments in the lab and in real-life situations have demonstrated poorer performance during cognitive tests involving task switching, selective attention, and working memory. But is there also an upside to using multiple gadgets at once?

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Oklahoma father, two children among 5 killed in weekend storms

A father and two children in a trailer, plus two other people who were in a car in the same Oklahoma town, were killed when a string of tornadoes tore through parts of the Midwest on Saturday and early Sunday.

Those fatalities in Woodward are the only ones known to have resulted from this weekend's storms. But millions of people were bracing for even more severe weather late Sunday afternoon and night.

The states in the "bull's-eye" for the most dangerous conditions will likely be Wisconsin, Minnesota and Iowa, according to the Storm Prediction Center. Bigger cities such as Green Bay, Chicago, St. Louis, Little Rock and Houston could see isolated tornadoes, large hail and damaging winds.

Bill Cosby 'disappointed' in critical Obama supporters

Bill Cosby, right, is confident President Obama will win reelection. (Eva Hambach / AFP/Getty Images / April 15, 2012) 

Entertainer Bill Cosby defended President Obama on Sunday, saying that his critics do not acknowledge the obstacles he has faced in office.

“I'm disappointed at people who don't look at the woes and the trouble given to this man,” Cosby told CNN’s Candy Crowley, referring to allies on the left who have complained about the administration.

“People blatantly speaking out against his color, wasting time, starting up new stories about whether or not he was born here, saying things that they can't prove.”

The actor and comedian said he feels sometimes that opponents want to make Obama’s job like “the one that Sisyphus had.”

"When you see that he made promises and said things and the people who were supposed to be working with him didn't. The people who were supposed to be working, even for another party, didn't care about the American people," he said. "They wanted to get him."

4 arrested, charged with exploiting children in SC

Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/04/15/3895815/4-arrested-charged-with-exploiting.html#storylink=cpy

A four-month-long investigation into illegal pornography and illegal sexual acts with minors ended Saturday with the arrest of four people by Surfside Beach police.

Tim Yaccarino, 58, and Pam Yaccarino, 42, both of Surfside Beach, and Jessica Grounds, 22, of Conway, and Amber Martin, 21, of Myrtle Beach, were all apprehended in the sting. All were charged with first-degree sexual exploitation of a minor and contributing to the delinquency of a minor.

Tim Yaccarino was also charged with conspiracy to commit lewd act upon a child and harboring a runaway. Pam Yaccarino and Martin were also charged with lewd act upon a child.

Surfside Beach Police Chief Mike Frederick said Saturday night that Tim Yaccarino was the “primary target” in the investigation. He came to the department’s attention late last year after being arrested in a previous case involving a runaway juvenile. As a result of that case, the department began watching Yaccarino and building a larger case against him.

Read more here: http://www.heraldonline.com/2012/04/15/3895815/4-arrested-charged-with-exploiting.html#storylink=cpy

Taliban 'spring offensive' rocks Afghanistan









String of attacks rock Afghan capital, provinces

Danish 'newspaper-massacre plot' trial begins

Four men plead not guilty to plotting to kill staff of Jyllands-Posten after it published cartoons of Prophet Mohammed.

One in Five U.S. Adults Does Not Use the Internet: Pew

Beer makes men smarter: study

Males solve brain teasers better after consuming alcohol, researchers say

Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/life-style/health/beer-men-smarter-study-article-1.1059752#ixzz1s9OXnKOc

Secret Service Scandal: President Obama Calls for 'Thorough, Rigorous' Investigation

Tornado reported in Oklahoma City as region braces for more

The weather service called it a "potentially very dangerous situation" and said severe storms are also possible from north Texas to Iowa to South Dakota and Minnesota.


"The storm environment appears to be very favorable for supercell thunderstorms capable of producing very large hail and damaging tornadoes for long paths from late afternoon until at least midnight," said an advisory from the National Weather Service. "Fast-moving tornadoes continuing after dark will heighten the risk to life and property."

Large cities that could be affected include Omaha and Lincoln in Nebraska; Topeka and Wichita in Kansas; and Oklahoma City and Tulsa, Oklahoma, the weather service said.

Spain's Stolen-Babies Scandal: Empty Graves and a Silent Nun

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/world/article/0,8599,2112003,00.html#ixzz1s2Gqdfoq

Obama likely paid higher tax rate than Romney in 2011

Who Will Care for You? - Need for Nurses, Instructors Intensifies

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Nurses are one of the most crucial caregivers, once a person enters into the health care system. They perform needs that range from helping a person get dressed to assisting physicians during surgery. Nurses are on the front lines of the health care industry.

As baby boomers age and as the need for health care escalates, so does the need for nurses.

“It could be catastrophic if we don't increase our pipeline and make sure we're meeting the needs of our health care system,” said Lydia Ostermeier, director of Indiana University Health Nurse Recruitment.

The Department of Labor estimates that by 2020 more than 500,000 nurses will be needed to fill the void. They also reported that the health care sector is continuing to grow, despite significant job losses in nearly all major industries.

'Shove It' indicator: More people now quit than get fired

Coma vigil for Bee Gee Robin Gibb

Morosini dies during Italian soccer match

Spicy tuna roll 'scrape' linked to salmonella

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