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  • Long Beach teens get probation in hate-crime case

    02/03/2007 6:53:10 AM PST · by Menehune56 · 47 replies · 1,755+ views
    Copley News Service ^ | 2/3/2007 | Matt Krasnowski
    LONG BEACH – Angering one victim's family, a judge yesterday sentenced four black youths to probation with 60 days of home detention in the racially motivated Halloween beatings of three white women. The sentences by Juvenile Court Judge Gibson Lee touched off another series of bitter words in a case that seems to spark outrage at every step. For the past few months, it has tested the harmony of this coastal city of 475,000, which touts its diversity. “The juvenile system is a joke,” said Barbara Schneider, as her 19-year-old daughter, Laura, sobbed on her shoulder. Her comments outside court...
  • Clinton White House Officials Object to 9/11 Drama [Poll to Freep]

    09/07/2006 3:19:38 PM PDT · by Menehune56 · 7 replies · 926+ views
    AP ^ | 9/2/2006 | Deepti Hajela
    How much do you hold the Clinton White House responsible for failing to prevent 9/11? A lot 50% Very little or not at all 34% Somewhat 16% Total Votes: 106,521
  • Fake Social Security Accounts (Vanity)

    03/29/2006 7:48:22 AM PST · by Menehune56 · 19 replies · 660+ views
    I know there are MILLIONS of duplicate or phony social security accounts that employers routinely send payments to every month. And I've read that the government is well aware of these accounts and flags the funds (although I'm sure they get spent right away just like all the other money coming in). My question is what happens to the employer when the government starts receiving money on a phony/duplicate SS account? My guess is NOTHING because the deal is just too sweet for both the government and the employers. I would like to hear from people with first hand HR...