Showing posts with label ABC News. Show all posts
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Friday, June 12, 2015

Yawn...We Sort Of Know How It Turns Out

June 12, 2015 ABC News , Ford Bronco 0 Comments
OJ Simpson Ford Bronco Chase Filmed for 'American Crime Story' 

By Michael Rothman, Jun. 11, 2015, ABC News

More than two decades after the chase that had millions glued to their TV screens, FX recreated the O.J. Simpson white Ford Bronco chase with police for the series "American Crime Story: The People v. O.J. Simpson."

Oscar-winner Cuba Gooding Jr., 47, can be seen in the iconic white Bronco, the same type of vehicle that the football star was in on the freeway, while police trailed behind in 1994.

More than 90 million tuned in to watch this chase, where eventually O.J. got on the phone with police and gave his side of the story while Al Cowlings, Simpson’s friend, drove the car.

Gooding Jr. will play Simpson on the show, which focuses on the mid-1990's murder trial. Malcolm-Jamal Warner plays Cowlings.

Simpson, 67, was eventually arrested for the murder of ex-wife Nicole Brown, but acquitted months later in what was billed as the trial of the century.

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Sunday, June 7, 2015

Just 5?

June 07, 2015 ABC News , Adam Levin 0 Comments
5 Ways the IRS Scammers Could Have Stolen All Those Tax Returns

By Adam Levin, Jun. 7, 2015, ABC News

Last week, the Internal Revenue Service revealed that a group of organized criminals effectively walked through their front door and used an application on its “Get Transcript” site to pore over the past tax returns of more than 100,000 Americans. According to several news reports, the stolen information was deployed to commit tax fraud, with an estimated take of up to $50 million in bogus tax refunds before the IRS discovered the ploy.

We’re confident that these are not amateurs,” John Koskinen, the IRS commissioner, told the New York Times. “These actually are organized crime syndicates that not only we but everybody in the financial industry are dealing with.”

But if I may be so bold, isn’t the IRS supposed to be better at this? It is, after all, the chief tax collector for the U.S. government, for Heaven’s sake. It’s frustrating that the government isn’t better, but it’s not terribly shocking that scammers got through, considering the well-practiced foe the agency is facing.

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Friday, June 5, 2015

Better yet, let Free Market set the price!

June 05, 2015 ABC News , California's drought 0 Comments
California's Drought Spurring Water Recycling At Home

By Ellen Knickmeyer, Jun. 5, 2015, ABC News

Showering during California's drought is a guilt-free experience for homeowners Catarina Negrin and Noah Friedman.

The Berkeley couple — she runs a preschool, he's an architect — are early adopters of a home plumbing do-over that's becoming more popular during California's record four-year dry stretch.

California, like many states, long required all water used in homes to be piped out with the sewage, fearing health risks if water recycling is done clumsily.

Since 2010, however, the increasingly dry state has come around, and now even encourages the reuse of so-called gray water, which typically includes the gently-used runoff from bathroom sinks, showers, bathtubs and washing machines.

As mandatory conservation kicked in statewide this month, forcing many of California's 38 million people to face giving up on greenery, these recycling systems have become attractive options in new homes, right along with granite countertops. California Building Industry Association executive Robert Raymer rattles off the drought-conscious top builders that now routinely offer in-home water recycling.

And California's building codes are catching up as well, allowing owners of existing homes to create the simplest systems for the safest gray water without a permit.

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Thursday, June 4, 2015

Waiter Must Not Watch "Forensic Files"

June 04, 2015 ABC News , Chili's 0 Comments
Cops Use DNA Analysis to Prove Chili's Waiter Spit in Customer's Drink 

By Evan Simon, Jun. 3, 2015, ABC News

A New York man who suspected that a Chili's restaurant waiter had spit into his drink got the law involved and investigators were able to determine who spit into the drink using DNA analysis, according to court documents.

The incident took place last July, when Ken Yerdon and his wife, Julie Aluzzo Yerdon, went to dinner at a Chili's restaurant on Route 31 in Clay, New York, according to court documents from a lawsuit filed Tuesday. The couple complained to their server, Gregory Lamica, then 24, that their food was under-cooked and that they hadn't been served chips, Yerdon said.

"They were polite to the server, and even left a tip," Robert Lahm, a lawyer representing the Yerdons in the case, told ABC News today.

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Sunday, May 24, 2015

Paging, Mr. President

May 24, 2015 ABC News , Emily Shapiro 0 Comments
New Orleans Cop Shot Dead In Cruiser 

By Emily Shapiro, May 24, 2015, ABC News

A New Orleans police officer was found shot dead in his marked patrol car this morning, city officials said.

The shooting was reported around 7 a.m., the New Orleans Police Department said in a news release. The victim's car rolled forward and struck a curb after the shooting.

The officer's name has not been released, but the New Orleans police identified the victim as a 45-year-old man who worked as a Housing Authority police officer.

A Housing Authority of New Orleans (HANO) police officer "Investigates complaints, maintains order, aids individuals, and identifies criminal offenders," according to a summary of the position on hano.org. The officers also perform "unplanned physical tasks which include the restraining of violent individuals, running, climbing fences and responding to EMS and rescue emergencies. Officers must handle gun belts," the summary said.

The officer had been a member of the HANO Police Department since 2013, according to the police press release. The police department declined to comment further.

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