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With the advent of D.OG.E. we need to make some hard decisions. I don't care if it's my brother my mother my sister or anybody… If they work for the federal government and they are reaping off the system at the expense of taxpayers if there's a website that comes out that allows us to report people I will turn them in. I have a neighbor who has been sitting in his house for the last four years. The first excuse was that they had an older woman that was a receptionist that they didn't want to worry about getting...

Dear Amy: My neighbor, who is otherwise clean and healthy, imagines being spied upon, imagines break-ins and is generally paranoid. My neighbor is clearly disturbed by these thoughts and I worry this person might go "over the edge." ... Dear Concerned: ... If you feel this person's actions rise to the alarming stage and pose a risk to him/herself or others, call 911 and be very specific with the dispatcher that this is a mental health call. Report exactly what you see. Some police departments have crisis intervention teams. Ask if there is a CIT officer available. Then repeat all...

CHESTER, Pa., July 19 (UPI) -- The deputy police chief in Haverford Township, Pa., says a police officer's decision to shut down a lemonade stand run by children was a misunderstanding. Deputy Chief John F. Viola said the officer shut down a lemonade stand run by seven children because the young entrepreneurs were allegedly peddling their refreshments to residents by visiting their homes, The Philadelphia Inquirer reported Saturday. Viola said the lemonade stand visit by the officer, whose identity was not released, was prompted by a call from a concerned neighbor. "We all sold lemonade when we were kids," Viola...

<p>A lawsuit filed six months ago against a Palm Springs resident whose cigar smoke bothered his neighbor appears headed for trial.</p> <p>A judge in February overruled most of the legal challenges filed on behalf of Edward Babbitt, who was sued by his neighbor, Joseph DiPuzo.</p>