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Chief Janee Harteau resigned a day after making her initial remarks on the death of 40-year-old Justine Damond.

At 6'9" and 202 pounds, Jonathan Nicola has the build to make him a dominant force in high school basketball. However, he is now facing allegations that he is in fact a 30-year-old, which would certainly put his dominance into perspective. According to Trevor Wilhelm of the Windsor Star, Nicola has allegedly been posing as a 17-year-old 11th-grader at Catholic Central High School (Windsor, Ontario) for the past six months. And basketball is the least of his concerns right now. Nicola—who had been living with the Comets' coach through the Canada Homestay program—was recently arrested for violating the Immigration Refugee...

<p>A Sri Lankan prisoner who tried to hide his mobile phone during a search of his cell was caught out when guards heard ring tones from his rear-end, a hospital official said on Friday.</p>

How good was Gallup’s vetting of the questioners at the 2d Presidential debate held at Hofstra on Long Island? One explicitly feminist question was asked by undecided voter Catherine Fenton: And it’s Katherine Fenton, who has a question for you. QUESTION: In what new ways to [do] you intend to rectify the inequalities in the workplace, specifically regarding females making only 72 percent of what their male counterparts earn? By a strange coincidence, there happens to be a Catherine Fenton who in 2008 identified herself as the Media Coordinator of CodePink Long Island. Is she the same Catherine Fenton? Presumably...

Opinion versus Fact: Why Opposing Beliefs Leave No Room for Compromise Between Republicans and Democrats In Senator Jim DeMint’s new book, Now or Never, he boldly states, “The differences between the Democratic and Republican Parties are irreconcilable: there can be no compromise between collectivism and freedom.” How refreshing that someone in the U.S. Senate has the courage to speak the truth. I totally concur with Senator DeMint’s position. The vast majority of Democrats are not interested in truth. They are not interested in logic. They are not interested in helping others. And they certainly are not interested in upholding and...

SMG is going the distance! The CW just gave Ringer a full-season order, sources say. The move comes on the heels of Ringer moving up a tick in the ratings Tuesday night for the first time, delivering 1.7 million viewers and a 0.8 in the adult demo. We’re also hearing the Ringer season finale will reveal Gellar’s character is a triplet.*

Television icon Sarah Michelle Gellar returns to TV in the CW’s “Ringer” and she looks better than ever playing estranged twin sisters Bridget and Siobhan. Bridget Kelly (Sarah Michelle Gellar) is six months sober and starting to turn her life around. She’s finally clean of alcohol, drugs and free of her job as a stripper. The twisted part to Bridget’s life is she is also the sole witness in a murder trial and scared for her life. FBI Agent Victor Machado (Nestor Carbonell, “Lost”) has assured her he and his team can protect her, but Bridget knows despite their help...

Earlier this month at a charity hockey event in Faribault, Minn., 11-year-old Nate Smith made an 89-foot shot from center ice to win $50,000. The problem was that Nate's twin brother, Nick, was the one who purchased the winning raffle ticket. When the time came to attempt the shot, Nick was outside of the arena unaware he had won, so in stepped Nate to score the miraculous goal. After the boys' father, Pat, came forward the next day and admitted to event organizers about the twins' switch, Odds on Promotions, the company that insured the event, held up awarding the...

Can they pick them, or not? Boy, those 11 county chairmen who picked Assemblywoman Dede Scozzafava to run for Congress on the Republican ticket in New York’s 23rd Congressional District in the special election to succeed Rep. John McHugh have an eye for a winner. Seeking a candidate for a center-right district near the Canadian border, they picked someone well to the left of some centrist Democrats, with none of the flair or pizazz that makes parties willing to tolerate mavericks. She excited no one and repelled the conservatives, whom the chairmen accused of splitting the party. She was, they...

This comedy is about two guys who decide to rig the Special Olympics to pay off a debt by having one of them, Steve (Knoxville), pose as a contestant in the games, hoping to dethrone reigning champion, Jimmy. Mentally-challenged high jinks and hilarity surely follow.

Salvation Army says no benefits for partners National panel overturns regional OKhttp://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?file=/chronicle/archive/2001/11/14/MN143620.DTL Reagan's Daughter Sues Salvation Armyhttp://www.medicalnewstoday.com/medicalnews.php?newsid=15258 Lawsuit Reveals Salvation Army's Neutral Position on Stem Cell ResearchThe ministry issued a statement to announce its political neutrality on stem cell research in response to allegations it rejected a speaker based on her stem cell research position http://www.christianpost.com/dbase/society/1098/section/1.htm Bush Plan Would Allow Gay Biashttp://speakout.com/activism/apstories/9932-1.html Bush Seeks to Undermine Gay Anti-Bias LawsWASHINGTON -- The Bush administration is reportedly in league with the Salvation Army, the nation's largest charitable organization, to make it easier for publicly-funded charities to ignore state and local laws that...

George Tenet George Tenet is the type of guy that real hardcore CIA officers typically love to hate: a lifelong politico with no experience doing intelligence work who waltzes in at the behest of a president and takes over the show. But whatever points he may have lost for being a bureaucratic schmuck, the real test of loyalty lies ahead. If Tenet decides to take the hit for those pesky missing Weapons of Mass Destruction, he'll go down in Company history as a hero. If he pawns it off on his case officers and analysts, he'll be remembered not only...

<p>DES MOINES, Jan. 10 -- Iowans have never seen a political battle like the one that has begun to unfold here, a massive voter mobilization operation that will decide the outcome of the Jan. 19 Democratic caucuses and demonstrate whether Howard Dean's grass-roots movement translates into superior strength at the ballot box.</p>

(CNSNews.com) - An elderly political activist who was repeatedly portrayed by CBS News as a typical victim of the high cost of prescription drugs, now admits the network "probably" should have disclosed her lobbying interests during her numerous on-air appearances. Viola Quirion, who favors the Medicare reforms that would provide elderly Americans like herself with a federally subsidized prescription drug plan, might not be considered a typical senior citizen to many people - given her extensive political lobbying background, which includes advocating on behalf of the Alliance for Retired Persons. But that's the way she was portrayed by CBS...

On FOX Networks prime time ratings bonanza 'Joe Millioniare' Monday Night Zora Andrich came off so sweet and innocent.She wouldn't kiss on the first date, and she always wore a tank top over her bathing suit.But it seems that the Lambertville, New Jersey Zora Alrich was not always so demure.In fact she used to be comfortable shedding down to skimpy swimwear-she has been featued twice as a pinup girl in a somewhat racy construction calendar.Andrich appeared topless as Miss July in the Powerco, Incorporated 2001 Contruction calendar, the tabloid National enquirer reported yesterday. (slated to run in next weeks editions)