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Police blotter — May 26
Summit County Akron Editor’s note: Since the hacking incident, media access to Akron’s online arrest records has been temporarily taken down. Just two arrests were posted prior to the police department’s media page being temporarily disabled. Arrests A Nome Avenue man, 21, was charged with burglary. Police said the...
ohio.com (6 minutes ago)
Six ways to survive college search with a smile
Katie Mathews, the youngest of my three children, graduated from law school two weeks ago. That ends for me 22 years of college touring, SAT fretting, application essay reading, rejection angst, acceptance relief and tuition paying. I still worry about the job market, but barring an appointment to the Federal...
washingtonpost.com (3 hours ago)
Pękiel: Masses – review
His name may be unfamiliar, but Polish composer Bartłomiej Pękiel (c1633-1670) was a force in baroque vocal music, challenging the dominance of Italy – whose influence had spread to the major cities of Krakow and Warsaw where he worked – and producing a wealth of mainly religious music of which 29 works survive. The...
guardian.co.uk (4 hours ago)
Driver charged after Springfield pedestrian killed
EUGENE Springfield police say a pedestrian was struck and killed by a vehicle early Saturday. Police say 33-year-old Travis Alverson died at the intersection of the Highway 126 Expressway and 52nd Street in Springfield. The driver has been identified as 33-year-old Kiyallah Heatherstone of Fall Creek. Heatherstone...
statesmanjournal.com (7 hours ago)
The damaged foster children of the internet
The Woolwich murder shows the corrupting influence of violent online material, says Jenny McCartney
telegraph.co.uk (9 hours ago)
Sacto 911: Police make 16 DUI arrests as holiday gets underway
Authorities arrested 16 people on suspicion of driving under the influence of drugs or alcohol in the Sacramento region Friday, with police agencies stepping up patrols over the Memorial Day Weekend. Check out our crime blog, Sacto 9-1-1.
sacbee.com (9 hours ago)
Watch your speed: Indiana State Police vow to be out in force over holiday weekend
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Indiana State Police say they will be out in force during the Memorial Day weekend and taking part in nationwide efforts to look for drivers who speed, follow too closely, make unsafe lane changes and fail to buckle up or to properly restrain children. Police say troopers also will be...
pal-item.com (10 hours ago)
High-speed Lynnwood chase ends in fatal crash
A 72-year-old man died Friday night after his van was struck at high speed by a vehicle driven by a felon fleeing police. The driver who apparently caused the accident, a 42-year-old Snohomish County woman suspected of driving under the influence of drugs, was arrested and jailed for investigation o
seattletimes.com (11 hours ago)
Sobriety checkpoint finds 13 drivers under the influence
Kansas City police stopped 168 vehicles at North Oak Trafficway location early Saturday morning.
kansascity.com (14 hours ago)
Parents can prevent teens' substance use despite doubts
But 22.3% of parents think what they say has little influence, a report says.
usatoday.com (15 hours ago)
Afghan interpreters may move to the UK – security forces have no safe haven | Jon Boone
When I met Rahmatullah two years ago he was laid up in bed in Kabul's towering national military hospital. Gruesome rods protruded from the smashed leg of the 21-year-old soldier who had been serving in Helmand at the time with the 215 "Maiwand" Corps. His bone had been broken by a Taliban bullet fired not on the...
guardian.co.uk (15 hours ago)
Many parents doubt they can prevent teen substance use
But 22.3% of parents think what they say has little influence, a report says.
usatoday.com (17 hours ago)
States crack down on drunken boating as recreational season opens
It's not just the highways: With the summer recreational boating season just getting underway, several states are moving to cut down on boating under the influence.
greenbaypressgazette.com (18 hours ago)
The hottest French music of 2013: Daft Punk
Those old enough to remember a time when French rock and pop were routinely sniggered at outside their homeland might raise an eyebrow, but it's really no surprise that the most eagerly anticipated album of 2013 comes from Parisian duo Daft Punk. Random Access Memories has been the subject of fevered speculation...
guardian.co.uk (19 hours ago)
Sheriff will work for safe boating this season
Sheriff’s deputies will patrol Thurston County’s waterways starting Memorial Day weekend and through the summer with the goal of ensuring boater safety and cutting down on boating under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
theolympian.com (20 hours ago)
The Hangover Part III, Something In The Air, Epic 3D: this week's new films
Here we go again, ostensibly for the last time, and if this doesn't capture the magic of the first Hangover it's at least less offensive than the second, which isn't much of a recommendation. An intervention over Alan's mental health and the hunt for Mr Chow is what sets in motion the WTF escapades and male bonding...
guardian.co.uk (22 hours ago)
Law agencies prepare to keep summer crowds safe on a full Lake Lanier
A full lake plus a warm and mostly sunny Memorial Day weekend forecast likely means an especially busy Lake Lanier as local residents kick off the summer season. Sgt. Bob Watterson with the Hall County Sheriff’s Office said he expects to see more boat traffic, especially as there is less beach area along the...
gainesvilletimes.com (22 hours ago)
Stroudsburg stabbing victim heads to court on DUI charge
The victim of a May 7 stabbing in Stroudsburg will head to Monroe County Court for the April 21 charges of driving under the influence and fleeing/trying to elude police.
poconorecord.com (23 hours ago)
Peabody driver charged in death of passenger
A 31-year-old Peabody man was killed after being nearly decapitated in a crash early yesterday morning when the car he was riding in plowed into a parked flatbed tow truck, police said. The driver of the car, Michael J. Fowler, 38, of Peabody, was charged with motor vehicle homicide while operating under the...
bostonherald.com (23 hours ago)
Officials: Texting driver charged in DUI fatal
A Lansdale woman who allegedly was reading a text message while driving a car that struck two teenagers in Hatfield Township, killing one, has been charged with homicide by vehicle and driving under the influence of alcohol.
philly.com (1 day ago)
San Francisco's City Lights: the bookshop that brought us the Beats
I remember the first time I went to City Lights – the first all-paperback bookstore in the US, founded in San Francisco in 1953 by Lawrence Ferlinghetti. I was so intimidated I barely looked at the books on the shelves, maybe picking one up every now and then and pretending to read it, just so I had a reason to...
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
Towamencin woman allegedly was texting and driving drunk at time of fatal crash
NORRISTOWN - A Towamencin woman was texting and driving drunk when she struck and killed a 15-year-old boy walking with friends on a Hatfield roadway and then fled the scene, according to prosecutors. Sarah Ann Derstein, 31, of the 100 block of Clemens Court, was arraigned Friday before District Court Judge Kenneth...
pottsmerc.com (1 day ago)
Why Is it So Hard to Fire a Low-Performing Government Employee?
Federal officials at the time of the Gilded Age created the civil service as way to insulate government workers from the influence of politics. The Pendleton Act and the Civil Service Act of 1883 established the merit-based system, which ended the practice of awarding government jobs as political favors and led to...
yahoo.com (1 day ago)
How to dress: punk
Wearable punk? That's an oxymoron, surely. Like slow skydiving. The point of punk is that it is awkward and uneasy and challenging: everything wearable clothes aren't. Except: says who? I mean, the punk police can't exactly tell us off for breaking the rules, can they? Where's the punk spirit in that? There's...
guardian.co.uk (1 day ago)
This Country Recently Suspended All Sex Education In Schools
Croatia’s Constitutional Court ruled Wednesday to suspend all of the country’s sex education curriculum just months after public schools began teaching it. In February, Croatian Prime Minister Zoran Milanovic’s government launched sex education programs in schools as part of an effort to “raise awareness of sexual...
huffingtonpost.com (1 day ago)
'Sharing' companies plan advocacy
POLITICO Influence: Executives have been meeting to plan the launch of a new group effort.
politico.com (1 day ago)
Towamencin woman allegedly was texting and driving drunk at time of fatal crash
NORRISTOWN - A Towamencin woman was texting and driving drunk when she struck and killed a 15-year-old boy walking with friends on a Hatfield roadway and then fled the scene, according to prosecutors. Sarah Ann Derstein, 31, of the 100 block of Clemens Court, was arraigned Friday before District Court Judge Kenneth...
thereporteronline.com (1 day ago)
Missoula woman charged with 4th DUI after police car sideswiped
A woman who allegedly sideswiped a police car while driving drunk early Friday faces a felony charge of driving under the influence.
missoulian.com (1 day ago)
Palmyra man charged with homicide in fatal crash in Lebanon County
Jordan T. Johnson was under the influence of alcohol, marijuana and painkillers at the time of the crash Jan. 11, police said.
pennlive.com (1 day ago)
