Weapon of mass instruction: WNY stealth car dedicated to Rebeka Verea
We need reminders amid our hectic lives of what we can lose so easily if we're not careful, which is why West New York police now have a new cruiser dedicated to catching speeders, thanks to the parents of Rebeka Verea, killed on graduation night five years ago in a crash on West Side Avenue in North Bergen."We are so proud and so happy" about the new stealth vehicle, said Lourdes Vega, who, with her husband, created the "Say Yes to Life" program operated by their Rebeka Verea Foundation.
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4-bedroom house for rent in Bogota, right off Routes 80, 17 and 4. NYC transportation steps from your door. Completely renovated, including gutted bathroom, etc. Professionally cleaned and painted.
Women cheated out of sex pix payoff?
Five years after a judge ordered Philip Grimado to pay Rhonda Del Mastro $531,820 for sending anonymous Christmas cards with "provocative, erotic" photos of her to nearly 100 family members, friends and business clients, Del Mastro has yet to see a dime of it. A new case is now headed to trial, in which Del Mastro alleges that Grimado and others "engaged in a conspiracy to fraudulently transfer or conceal his assets" to help keep him from paying.'Xine Scene: Speeding accidents waiting to happen on Route 287
An absence of police on a long stretch of wide highway has drawn a flock of teenaged drivers excited about what they call North Jersey's "Autobahn": Route 287. There's even a Facebook group lovingly comparing it to the racetrack-like speedways in Germany and Switzerland. Unfortunately, as springtime approaches, the opportunity for such dangerously fast driving has turned 287 into a deadly accident waiting to happen.Read more...
Jill MacInnes: A diet plan that actually works
If you’re like me, you've tried the latest and greatest diet plan, and maybe even lost a few pounds along the way. But soon you found yourself back in the same rut. In no time, you gained it all back -- and then some. The best plan for healthy eating, newfound energy and vitality builds slowly and steadily into your everyday lifestyle. And it doesn't happen overnight.Read more...
JOURNEYS: Teach our parents well
It’s a shame that anyone can become parents. There's no test, prequalification process, or fingerprinting. No personal interviews, background checks or psych exams. To get your driver's license, you need to provide every source of ID you’ve ever owned, give a blood sample, get swabbed for DNA, and sign over your first born. We teach classes in school that have no relevance or significance to what's ahead. Why not Parenting or Life Skills 101?Read more...
Man boasted of perverted plans for kids, prosecutor says
Messages about perverted plans for abusing children were popping up in emails and texts to strangers, so investigators quickly swooped in and arrested John LaForgia of 216 Westervelt Place Apt. B in Lodi.Read more...
Cops crack pot deal assault
A pot deal gone bad left a young man with a deep gash from a bottle broken over his head and Teaneck police with a mystery that they solved quickly with the arrests of two 20-year-olds on various charges.Read more...
Jill MacInnes: A diet plan that actually works
If you’re like me, you've tried the latest and greatest diet plan, and maybe even lost a few pounds along the way. But soon you found yourself back in the same rut. In no time, you gained it all back -- and then some. The best plan for healthy eating, newfound energy and vitality builds slowly and steadily into your everyday lifestyle. And it doesn't happen overnight.Read more...
Ground Zero workers getting $600 million+
New York City and its contractors have agreed to pay more than $600 million to more than 10,000 police, firefighters and workers who suffered respiratory illness after responding to the 9/11 attacks at the World Trade Center. Some will get a few thousand dollars, while others will receive more than $1 million, based on the severity of their illnensses.Read more...
Poontangle: Chances that bikini-trim driver avoids serious trouble are slimmer than....
EDITORIAL: A women crashed her car in Key West last week while shaving her bikini line in traffic. And if you think the bust was bush, consider that this was EXACTLY a day after she was clipped for driving under the influence with a suspended license. The cops had Megan Mariah Barnes by the short ones this time. One web site dubbed her "Pubic Enemy No. 1."Read more...
An open letter to President Obama: What about US?
Mr. President: I’m not Joe the Plumber. I am Deborah the dog walker. And, I demand my 15 minutes. I have something very important to ask, and I want a straight answer from you and the lawmakers on Capitol Hill -- no more grandstanding, posturing and political theater.Read more...
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