Lynyrd Skynyrd Fan Arrested In Fraud Investigation

Location of Incident and Arrest:
(Incident) Lochwood Estates Lewes, De
(Arrest) Delaware State Fair Harrington, De

DATE and TIME:
Between June 9, 2010 and June 20, 2010

Victim(s):
27 year old woman Lewes, De

Defendant(s):
April S. Heiser-36, Arrowhead Rd Lewes, De

Charge(s) and Bond Information:
Identity Theft
Theft $1,500 or Greater
Unlawful Use of Credit Card
Released on $9,000 unsecured bond

Resume:
Yesterday Delaware State Police apprehended April S. Heiser at the Delaware State Fair grounds as she was entering the Lynyrd Skynyrd Concert.

Heiser was detained after she presented tickets that had been flagged as being purchased with a fraudulent credit card. Heiser between June 9, 2010 and June 20, 2010 opened a credit card account using the victim’s information and had the credit card mailed to her residence address in Lewes. Upon obtaining the credit card through the mail Heiser began a spending spree making purchases totaling approximately $2,328. The purchases were made at a number of food restaurants and apparel businesses.

State Police developed Heiser as the suspect with the help of the credit card issuer’s fraud investigator and Wal-Mart’s loss prevention manager.

Heiser was charged with the above listed offenses and released on $9,000 unsecured bond.

Preliminary Release Road Closure Tractor Trailer Crash

Location:
US 113 and Dagsboro Road (SR 20)

DATE and TIME:
Tuesday July 27, 2010 5:30 p.m.

Resume:

Delaware State Police are currently on scene of a traffic crash involving a tractor trailer. The crash is at US 113 northbound and Dagsboro Road Dagsboro, Delaware. The crash occurred around 5:30 p.m. and presently has the northbound lanes of US 113 closed. It is unknown the number of vehicles involved or the severity of injuries. A more detailed release will be prepared when additional details are made available.

Meet Candidate Brian Murphy

Don't Miss Our 6 PM Broadcast Tonight With Brian Murphy

Just How Do You Stimulate Gary Comegys Into Attending Meetings?

Just mention he's being voted in as MML President or even better, mention a new $900,000.00 Fire Boat and he's there.

That's right Folks. Gary Comegys attended last night's meeting as there was no way he was going to see the Fire Department not get their new toys. Mayor Ireton said, it comes from stimulus money, why shouldn't we take it. Well, you have to maintain such a vessel. Then you have to train your Staff to man it, run it and care for it, something the SFD has failed to do in the past. I can see the Mayor's point, (him being a democrat and all) but to think you and I aren't paying for it seems a bit ridiculous.

Anyhow, I'll stop here and let the comments fly.

Republican Club Enjoys Biggest Attendance Ever

It was announced, (by one member) last night that this was the biggest crowd he had ever seen so far.

Yes Folks, we are in full swing with multiple campaigns and the republicans are determined to take back quite a few seats. Heck, even Brian Murphy, (running for Governor) showed up.

In fact, don't miss our 6 PM Broadcast tonight as I interviewed Brian last evening and his camp was so excited about it, they asked if we could put it up right away.

Nevertheless, the atmosphere at the Wicomico Republican Club Meeting last night was truly exciting. I encourage others to participate in these meetings and get to know your candidates better.

Matt Is Back!

This guy should be named the Energizer Bunny! As Salisbury News had mentioned last week, don't count this guy out just yet. Matt announced yesterday afternoon he was back in the race for Wicomico States Attorney and he's back in it to win.

Family and close friends came to support Matt and Folks, we have a serious contender who means business. This will be "the race" to watch in Wicomico County.

Obama Warns Abbas: ‘Start Talks Or Else’

A secret 36-page memo based on Obama administration statements indicates that the president warned Palestinian Authority Chairman Mahmoud Abbas to start direct talks with Israel or risk losing American support for the recognition of the PA as a country.

The Associated Press reported it has possession of the document, under the letterhead of the Palestinian Negotiations Department and which indicates the warning came from President Barack Obama via U.S. Middle East envoy George Mitchell.

It shows that the Obama administration has resigned itself to Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu remaining head of Israel's coalition government. “Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu is not in political danger of being replaced,” the document states.

It adds that Abbas is under pressure from both the Arab world and within the PA, whereby his consent to direct talks with Israel would be “political suicide” for him. However, the document warns, “Abbas needs to accept direct talks now if he wants President Obama’s help in facilitating statehood.” The memo says that PA advisors are in favor of rejecting the American ultimatum.

Abbas told PA media on Sunday that he is resisting pressure from “the entire world” to concede his long-stated condition that Netanyahu extend the 10-month building freeze that expires in late September.

Senior Cabinet ministers as well as the Prime Minister have clearly stated they will not extend the freeze. Political support for the coalition is strong, with even the center-left Israeli media generally recognizing that the PA keeps adding on new condition for direct talks.

Abbas has in effect insisted on acceptance of a proposed PA state without negotiations on any substantial issues, such as the status of Jerusalem.

Prime Minister Netanyahu repeated on Monday his oft-stated declaration that he is ready meet Abbas immediately without pre-conditions. "We have an understanding with the Americans that we need to move now, without any delay, to direct negotiations, but in response, we have a clear Palestinian attempt to avoid this process," Netanyahu said. "They are trying to stall and to sneak away from direct negotiations and to cause the Arab League to shackle the talks."

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Kagan Dupes U.S. Supreme Court On Partial-Birth Abortion, Denies Role

Dozens of pro-life organizations are asking Congress for a probe into testimony made by Supreme Court nominee Elena Kagan, suggesting that she may have lied to senators during her confirmation hearings.

A letter created by Americans United for Life Action and signed by at least 30 state, national and legal organizations asks for "an investigation into discrepancies between Kagan's testimony before Congress and written documentation of her undue influence on medical organizations while advising President William J. Clinton on partial-birth abortion legislation."

The letter cites memos authored by Kagan and released by the Clinton presidential library prior to the confirmation hearings.

In advising President Clinton on his veto of a partial-birth abortion ban in 1997, Kagan issued a memo to Clinton citing a key American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists statement as "the most reliable opinion" on the medical necessity of partial-birth abortion. That same statement was relied upon by both thepresident and the Supreme Court in justifying opposition to the partial-birth abortion ban.

When asked during her confirmation hearings about any possible, undue influence over the content of the ACOG statement, Kagan testified that "there was no way in which I would have or could have intervened with ACOG … to get it to change its medical views on the question."

Far from not "intervening," however, the released memos and other evidence show Kagan directly rewrote a critical portion of the ACOG statement to contradict the organization's expert panel and shape the ACOG findings – and ultimately, the U.S. Supreme Court's rulings – to match the president's pro-abortion politics.

In a June 22, 1996, memo, Kagan admitted that her meeting with the ACOG was "something of a revelation," for she learned that "in the vast majority of cases, selection of the partial-birth procedure is not necessary to avert serious adverse consequences to a woman's health."

In a Dec. 14 memo of that year, Kagan summarized the official ACOG report released in October as a "disaster," for it stated that "a select panel convened by ACOG could identify no circumstances under which this procedure would be the only option to save the life or preserve the health of the woman," a resounding blow to the president's position.

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GOP Leadership Will Hold Fire On Rangel

House Republican leaders intend to keep their powder dry as the public ethics trial of embattled Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) unfolds.

Throughout the 111th Congress, House GOP lawmakers have offered measures targeting Rangel. But don’t expect one this week.

Republicans are employing a don’t-get-in-the-way-of-your-enemies-when-they-are-destroying-themselves strategy, the same game plan Democrats employed as Republicans grappled with ethics scandals in 2006.

According to several leadership sources, top-ranking Republicans hope that the former Ways and Means Committee chairman fights charges of ethical wrongdoing.

“We want him fighting this tooth and nail. The more defiant he is, the better it is for us,” a GOP leadership aide told The Hill on Monday.

Another Republican leadership aide noted that Republicans can only sit back and watch as the “spectacle” unfolds on Thursday, when the ethics committee will detail its charges against Rangel.

House GOP conference Chairman Mike Pence (Ind.) on Monday discouraged his colleagues from introducing resolutions on the floor while the ethics committee works its will.

“I was heartened to see the ethics committee move forward with this investigation. Now that the ethics committee has assumed its responsibility, it is important that we tone down the politics and let the ethics committee do its job,” Pence told reporters Monday.

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Tancredo Leaving GOP To Run For Colorado Governor

Former GOP congressman Tom Tancredo plans to switch parties and run for Colorado governor on the American Constitution Party ticket, his spokesman said Monday.

Jennifer Raiffie, his communications director, said Tancredo planned to issue a statement later in the day, and that a number of legal details remain to be worked out.

Tancredo will register his new party affiliation with the Colorado secretary of state, and the American Constitution Party will form a vacancy committee to put him on the ballot.

He has said that he believes Republican candidates Scott McInnis and Dan Maes have no chance of beating Democrat John Hickenlooper in November. He gave Maes and McInnis a Monday noon deadline to agree to step down if they are trailing in the polls after the Aug. 10 primary, and both men refused.

"It's high noon, and I'm still here," said Maes.

McInnis said he's waiting for the voters to decide.

"Those looking for a deadline should focus on the only real deadline: August 10 at 7 p.m. This is when the polls close, the people have voted and their votes are counted. That's the way the system works in a free society," McInnis said.

Before announcing his decision, Tancredo got into a testy exchange with Colorado Republican Party chairman Dick Wadhams, accusing Wadhams of disparaging his party's GOP primary candidates in private and discussing ways to get Tancredo on the ballot.

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58 Percent Of Americans Want Obamacare Repealed

Most voters continue to favor repeal of the national healthcare bill, but nearly half see repeal as unlikely. A plurality believes repeal would be good for the economy.

The latest Rasmussen Reports national telephone survey finds that 58 percent of voters favor repeal, including 48 percent who strongly favor it. Thirty-seven percent are opposed to repeal, with 28 percent who are strongly opposed.

Support for repeal is up two points from a week ago but is consistent with findings recorded over the past several months. Weekly tracking surveys have found support for repeal has ranged from 52 percent to 63 percent.

Forty-four percent believe repeal of the healthcare bill would be good for the economy. Twenty-eight percent say repeal would hurt the economy. These views have not changed since earlier this month.

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V.A. Okays Medical Marijuana For Veterans In 14 States & D.C.

Even though more than a dozen states and Washingon, D.C., continue to square off with the federal government regarding the legality of medical marijuana, the folks at the Veterans Affairs Dept. has decided not to penalize veterans who use the drug in states where its permitted for medicinal use.

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College Student Goes To Cancun For A Week, Comes Back To $11,667 Sprint Bill

Stacey says while she was on vacation with her family in Cancun for a week recently, she checked her Facebook page from her Evo phone "maybe 5 minutes a day," but never uploaded or sent any photos, "only a handful of texts." Sprint says she managed to burn through either 600 MB or 4.7 GB of data during that period, and now owes them $11,667.73. (Note: Stacey doesn' t specify whether the 4,918,228 kb of data is in kilobits or kilobytes, so I don't know which number is accurate.)

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BP Loses $17 Billion, CEO Gets Life Back

As was reported over the weekened, BP CEO Tony Hayward, famous for complaining about how the Gulf of Mexico oil spill had eaten into his private time, is officially being pushed to the side. The news comes on the same day the petroleum giant posted a record $17 billion quarterly loss.

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HELP WANTED: Service Advisor/Writer

Partners Auto Sales of Frankford, DE is now hiring for Service Advisor/Writer effective immediately. Must have previous experience within this field. Competitive wages offered ++.

Fax resume with references to 302-732-1160, attn. Jack Harris.

Poker Run For Lee Lee Jones

Time July 31 · 11:30am - 4:00pm

Location Station 7 Restaurant
7456 Gumboro Rd
Pittsville, MD

Created By Station Seven

More Info On Friday, June 4, 2010, Lee Lee graduated from Delmar High School with a promising future. Just a few short days later a serious car crash left her fighting for her life. On Saturday July 31, 2010, friends of Lee Lee are holding a poker run (bikes & cars) to raise money for her hospital bills and future surgeries she is going to need to heal.

The event will begin at Station 7 in Pittsville, MD
Registration: 11:30am-1pm,

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Healthcare

Rising health care costs are expected to erase Maryland’s savings from health care reform; many will still be uninsured

Federal health care reform signed by President Obama this year is expected to save Maryland $829 million in 10 years, but those savings are expected to be wiped out by rising costs.

“I won’t sugarcoat it,” said Lt. Gov. Anthony Brown Monday in releasing a report on the impact of the health care changes. In a decade, “health expenditures in Maryland will exceed the $829 million in savings.”

The health care overhaul passed by Congress is also intended to reduce the ranks of the uninsured. Yet despite cutting the number of uninsured citizens in half, from 14% of Marylanders now to 7% in 2017, there will still be 415,000 uninsured Marylanders in seven years.

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Attempted Restaurant Fraud

Hey Joe

I am The Owner Of Chef Fred's

And I just got a call from a lady who said her name was Patsy Turner and she claimed she was here for dinner last night a party of six and said everyone was upset because their food was not cooked right.

The First time She called she talked to my wife and said she had a bacon cheese burger and some had the buffet they arrived about 6:00 paid w/ cash and wanted to come in tonight and eat for free because of their unhappiness. my wife said she would have to check into it.

When She Called Back I talked to her she said she did not tell the other lady some had the buffet and the kids burger was pink and not well done ,and she had the grilled cheese. prior to and after this I checked my POS transaction log detail and we did not sell any bacon cheese burgers at all or grilled cheese sand. which would be a kids grilled cheese! not to mention we don't even have a buffet on Sundays the only party of six we had, came in @ 2:00 and they all had steamed crabs when I told her we had no record of her order on my pos system She hung up.

Beware !!!

PS. A lot of people try to scam restaurants all the time

Chef Fred

The # She called from was 443-859-8053

I Am America

Man Cited After Cement Truck Overturns

Location: Old Baltimore Pike at Walther Road, Newark, DE
Date of Occurrence: Monday July 26, 2010 at 2:15 p.m.
Operator/Vehicle: Wesley Gamble, 63, Townsend, DE
2005 Mack Cement Mixer

Resume: State Police are investigating a crash that closed the eastbound lanes of Old Baltimore Pike in Newark this afternoon.

The incident occurred at approximately 2:15 p.m. this afternoon as Wesley Gamble of Townsend, DE was operating a 2005 Mack cement truck on northbound Walther Road. Gamble attempted to turn onto eastbound Old Baltimore Pike but lost control of the truck and overturned in the eastbound lane. Gamble, who was trapped in the vehicle for a short time, was transported by EMS to the Christiana Hospital where he was treated for minor injuries. The investigation into the crash in continuing and charges are pending. The eastbound lane of Old Baltimore Pike was closed for approximately 3 hours as the roadway was cleared.

Released Monday July 26, 2010 at 1820 hrs.

LAKEWOOD SWEEPS DOUBLEHEADER FROM DELMARVA

Shorebirds Fall Five Games Out of First

Salisbury, Md. – The Lakewood BlueClaws used solid pitching to sweep the Delmarva Shorebirds in a doubleheader on Monday night at Perdue Stadium. The ‘Claws won game one 4-3 and took game two of the doubleheader 5-0. The Shorebirds drop into fourth place in the division, five games back of Lakewood. The two teams have played 44-innings over the last three days.

In game one, Lakewood jumped on Shorebirds starter Brent Allar for three runs in the fourth inning. Michael Dabbs drew a leadoff walk. Stephen Batts then singled. The runners moved up 90-feet on a sacrifice bunt by Jeremy Barnes. Anthony Hewitt followed with a tapper up the middle to plate the first run. Then, with two outs, Jiwan James ripped a triple to right-center field to plate Batts and Hewitt.

The Shorebirds got one back in the bottom of the fourth and tied the game with two in the seventh inning. Down 3-1 in the seventh, Garabez Rosa scored on a throwing error by Jonathan Singleton. Brian Conley scored on a ground out by Kieron Pope to tie the game.

After no runs came in during the first two extra-innings, Sebastian Valle hit a solo homer in the top of the tenth inning to give Lakewood a 4-3 lead.

Luke Wertz (4-1) picked up the win by throwing two scoreless innings. James Brandhorst (1-6) was pinned with the loss.

Cole McCurry was sent to Delmarva on loan from Frederick to pitch game two of the doubleheader. He lasted only 1.2 innings and allowed two hits and two earned runs. McCurry walked three and struck out four.

The Shorebirds were held to just five hits in game two. Lakewood right-hander Julio Rodriguez was sharp in six shutout innings. He allowed four hits and no runs. He also fanned ten batters and walked one to earn his third win of the season.

The Shorebirds and BlueClaws play the series finale on Tuesday night at 7:05 p.m.

SHOREBIRDS GAME NOTES: 7/26 vs. Lakewood

PREVIEW: After a 1 hour and 28-minute rain delay, the Shorebirds defeated the BlueClaws 3-1 to level the series heading into game three. The ‘Birds jumped over Greensboro for third place in the Northern Division (three games out of first). Including the delay last night, the weekend games lasted a combined eight hours and 51 minutes.

BREAKDOWN OF OPPONENTS: The Shorebirds have 41 games remaining in 2010. Here is a breakdown of their remaining opponents. The ‘Birds will play: 8 games against Lakewood (18-11), four games vs. Hickory (17-13), nine games against Lexington (15-15), eight games against Hagerstown (10-19), four games against Augusta (16-14), four vs. Kannapolis (13-17) and four against West Virginia (13-17).

CONLEY GOES YARD AGAIN: Brian Conley connected on his third home run in four games last night. The Gaithersburg, Md. native now leads the Shorebirds with six homers on the season. In 102 minor league games entering 2010, Conley hit just four home runs.

BACK-TO-BACK: Mikey Planeta has recorded multi-hit games in both games of the Lakewood series. He has nine hits in the last six games. His batting average has jumped from .237 to .248.

NICE DEBUT: Mike Flacco went 3-for-3 with an RBI in his debut last night.

STEALS LEADER: T.J. Baxter is tied with Kyle Hudson (Frederick) for the most stolen bases in the Orioles farm system. They each have 26 stolen bases. Baxter is 11th in the league in stolen bases.

ON PACE FOR RECORD: Brian Conley has walked 68 times this season, second in the SAL. He is slightly behind pace to break the Shorebirds single-season record for walks of 97, set in 1997 by Tim DeCines. Conley already ranks tied for eighth in a single-season with Danny Figueroa (2007). He is three walks from tying Tim Raines (1999) and Matt Angle (2008) for sixth all-time.

4TH IN SINGLE-SEASON: With more than a month to play, Steve Bumbry’s nine triples rank fourth all-time in a single-season. He is one triple from tying Willie Harris, who notched 10 triples in 2000. B.J. Littleton owns the record with 18 back in 2001.