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BREAKING NEWS: President Obama to Speak On Latest Jobs Report
President Obama to deliver statement on the June employment report at 10:35 a.m. ET.
Casey Anthony Trial Shows The Limits Of Forensic Science In Proving How A Child Died
An Orlando, Fla., jury found Casey Anthony not guilty of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee, bringing to a stunning end a trial that had fixated the nation for weeks.
The case turned on similar questions of forensic expertise and evidence as those featured in The Child Cases, a joint reporting effort by ProPublica, PBS "Frontline" and NPR.
In stories published last week, we found that child deaths pose special technical challenges for forensic pathologists; in cases involving children, prosecutors and police often rely heavily on autopsy findings.
Our reporting showed that these cases have been repeatedly mishandled by medical examiners and coroners, sometimes resulting in innocent people being wrongly accused. In the Anthony case, it's unknown if flawed forensic evidence led to a false accusation or made it impossible to convict a guilty person of a horrible crime.
The verdict shocked a bevy of TV legal analysts as well as the millions of viewers who had slavishly followed the case's lurid twists and turns.
Caylee Anthony disappeared on June 16, 2008. Her decomposed body was discovered six months later—her face wrapped in duct tape and her body covered in plastic and laundry bags—in a wooded area near the Anthony home.
Based on Garavaglia's report and other evidence, prosecutors charged that Casey Anthony, 25, drugged her daughter with chloroform, and then put duct tape over her mouth and nose to suffocate her to death. Based on a rancid smell and a single strand of decomposing hair, the state alleged that Anthony hid the child's body in the trunk of her 1978 Pontiac Sunfire before disposing of it.
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Our reporting showed that these cases have been repeatedly mishandled by medical examiners and coroners, sometimes resulting in innocent people being wrongly accused. In the Anthony case, it's unknown if flawed forensic evidence led to a false accusation or made it impossible to convict a guilty person of a horrible crime.
The verdict shocked a bevy of TV legal analysts as well as the millions of viewers who had slavishly followed the case's lurid twists and turns.
Caylee Anthony disappeared on June 16, 2008. Her decomposed body was discovered six months later—her face wrapped in duct tape and her body covered in plastic and laundry bags—in a wooded area near the Anthony home.
Chief medical examiner Dr. Jan Garavaglia, who appears on the Discovery Health Channel show Dr. G: Medical Examiner, concluded in her autopsy report that the cause of death was "homicide by undetermined means."
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Maryland State Trooper Drops Killer Emu
Maryland State Police say a trooper shot and killed an emu that had been on the loose for two weeks, blocking traffic and disrupting a North East neighborhood.
The trooper shot the large, flightless bird July 1 in the woods off Irishtown Road after residents complained about it. Police say the bird appeared sickly but behaved aggressively.
Although the emu had been on the loose for weeks, officials were unable to find its owner.
State Highway Administration workers removed the dead emu from the woods on Tuesday.
Populist Alliances Or Senseless Wars And Corporate Welfare
Ron Paul and Ralph Nader have an intriguing idea. While both know that there are significant ideological divides between their camps (and so neither are suggesting forming a political party together), they are proposing populist coalitions on some major issues. Interviewed together by host Andrew Napolitano ("Freedom Watch," January 19, 2011), Nader began by explaining why he views libertarians as allies with progressives in a fight against "corporate government."
Nader: To the extent that they are genuine libertarian conservatives and not corporatists - corporatists believe in corporate government - they are great allies with many liberals and progressives to challenge the bloated, wasteful military budget, to challenge undeclared wars overseas, to challenge hundreds of billions of dollars in corporate welfare, handouts, giveaways, bailouts, to challenge the invasiveness of our civil liberties and civil rights by the notorious PATRIOT Act, to challenge the sovereignty-shredding, job-destroying NAFTA and World Trade Organization Agreements - and also, too, the first victory will be a powerful whistleblower bill, that libertarian conservatives and liberals and progressives in the Congress almost got through last year, to let government employees ethically blow the whistle on corporate rapaciousness and contracts and government misdeeds. Just think of that agenda for a dynamic political force!
Napolitano: ... Congressman Paul, almost everything that Ralph Nader just said, you could have said. And you have said. Is this a coalition of the leading libertarian in the Congress and one of the leading progressives in American culture today?
Paul: Well, I believe in coalitions. You know, they always talk about "We need more bipartisanship." And I say we have too much bipartisanship, because the bipartisanship here in Washington endorses corporatism, which Ralph and I disapprove of. But, you know, coalitions are different. Ralph and I do have some disagreements. But that list he just made, I agree with him on that. So I think we should come together and work together and I think we can.
Teen Pregnancy Down, Drug Use Up
Kids today are seemingly becoming more interested in drugs than sex. Statistics from the government report dubbed America's Children: Key National Indicators of Well-Being 2011 say the adolescent birth rate dropped from 21.7 per 1,000 girls aged 15 to 17 in 2008 to 20.1 per 1,000 in 2009. On the downside, the number of 8th graders who said they'd taken drugs in the last 30 days rose from 8 percent in 2009 to 10 percent in 2010.
The report is compiled by a group of 22 federal agencies that form the Federal Interagency Forum on Child and Family Statistics, which analyzes data about children and their families. CNN reports the government did not identify reasons for the declines.
So commenters, that's your job. Why are teens taking more drugs and having fewer babies?
U.S. kids' health: Teen births down, early drug use up [CNN]
Snap a Picture to Win iPad2
Photographers who take pictures of Ocean City and other areas in Worcester County could win a free Apple iPad2.
Worcester County Tourism is hosting the Beach and Beyond Photo Contest from June 15 until midnight on Oct. 15. Contestants can submit scenic, high-resolution photos via email to: Dani@oceancity.com. The mail should include “Beach and Beyond Photo Contest” in the subject line. Entrants must also post photos on Beach and Beyond’s Facebook page so people can “like” the photo. The picture with the most Facebook “likes” on that Facebook page will win the iPad. The winner will be notified by e-mail after the contest closes.
All entries become the property of Worcester County Department of Tourism and can be used for promotional purposes. Worcester County employees and their families are not eligible to participate in the contest. For more information go online to www.visitworcester.org.
Brzezinski Warns Wealth Gap May Lead To Uprising In US Streets, And More
In today's On the News segment, Thom Hartmann discusses President Obama trying to get GOP to agree to $4 trillion deficit reduction package over the next ten years, Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker takes away union jobs and replaces with contractors, National Bureau of Economic Research report shows Medicaid recipients stay healthier, former National Security Adviser Brzezinski warns that wealth imbalance could lead to civil unrest, FDIC regulators can take back fat CEO paychecks if their bank collapses, Murdoch's British tabloid in danger of crash, and more. Scroll down to watch the newscast.
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Shanie Shields – I Want Somebody With A Gun
Even with a long and boring Salisbury City Council work session, there’s always the possibility that councilwoman Shanie Shields will deliver some outrageous comment. Last night’s work session proved to be one of those days.
Near the end of the work session, discussing the council’s rules of order, councilwoman Debbie Campbell brought up the question of whether having a Salisbury police officer present (much less a detective, as required under the current rules) was a good use limited police resources.
Shields wasn’t going to have any of that, “I want somebody with a gun!”.
It’s amazing. I’ve attended council / board of county commissioners / board of supervisors / levy court meetings in three states. You may occasionally see an officer at these meetings.
Wicomico County Council President Gail Bartkovich has a common sense policy. If an agenda is particularly controversial or if a particularly large or heated crowd shows up Bartkovich takes out her cell phone and asks the Sheriff’s office to send a deputy or two over. I think she’s done that one time.
Perhaps Shields should ask that Bartkovich come to visit the city council meetings. She doesn’t have ANY problem maintaining order while being fair to the public. Unlike someone like Louise Smith or Mike Dunn, when Bartkovich tells you to stop, you take her seriously.
Union Workers Replaced With Prison Labor Under Scott Walker's Collective Bargaining Law
While Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker’s (R) law dismantling collective bargaining rights has harmed teachers, nurses, and other civil servants, it’s helping a different group in Wisconsinites — inmates. Prisoners are now taking up jobs that used to be held by unionized workers in some parts of the state.
As the Madison Capital Times reports, “Besides losing their right to negotiate over the percentage of their paycheck that will go toward health care and retirement, unions also lost the ability to claim work as a ‘union-only’ job, opening the door for private workers and evidently even inmates to step in and take their place.” Inmates are not paid for their work, but may receive time off of their sentences.
The law went into effect last week, and Racine County is already using inmates to do landscaping, painting, and another basic maintenance around the county that was previously done by county workers. The union had successfully sued to stop the country from using prison labor for these jobs last year, but with Walker’s new law, they have no recourse. Watch a report from Fox6 in Green Bay:
BREAKING NEWS: U.S. Economy Adds Only 18,000 Jobs In Weakest Reading Since September
The Labor Department reports non-farm payrolls increased by 18,000 in June, a far cry from the 90,000 to 125,000 economists had been expecting and the weakest reading since September. The unemployment rate unexpectedly rose to 9.2% from 9.1% the month prior.
From Fox News
From Fox News
BREAKING NEWS: Unemployment Rate Rises
Unemployment rate hits 9.2 percent for June as employers added the fewest jobs in nine months.
Four Mid-Shore High Schools Rank Among Nation’s Best
Four Mid-Shore high schools were recently named by the Washington Post as being among the elite public high schools in the nation for college preparedness.
Easton (ranked 1,494), Colonel Richardson (1,741), Queen Anne's County (1,762) and North Caroline (1,886) high schools made the list that included 1,953 high schools.
Jay Matthews, the Washington Post education columnist, has been ranking Washington-area public schools using the Challenge Index since 1998. This year, the Post expanded its rankings to high schools across the nation.
According to the Post, the Challenge Index measures how effectively a school prepares its students for college. The formula divides the number of Advanced Placement (AP), International Baccalaureate or other college-level tests a school gave in 2010 by the number of graduating seniors.
According to the Washington Post, the rating can reveal the level of a high school's commitment to preparing average students for college.
Easton High School finds itself on the new Washington Post list after five years of being named one of the top public high schools in the nation by Newsweek.
We discovered an error in the article (a good one, actually). North Caroline HS also made the ranking. Sadly, no schools on the Lower Shore were included. – Ed.
Worcester County Sheriff's Office Press Release
On Thursday, July 7, 2011, the Worcester Sheriff’s Office, extradited Travis Donald Hudson , age 30, from Delaware. Hudson was wanted on a charge of Theft under one-thousand dollars. Hudson was arrested on the warrant, and subsequently released on his own recognizance. Hudson is awaiting trial on the charge.
On Thursday, July 07, 2011, the Worcester County Sheriff’s Office, extradited Heather M. Foskey, age 23, from Delaware. Foskey was wanted on a grand jury indictment for three counts of CDS distribution. One count each of: distribution of Morphine, Hydrocodone, and powder Cocaine. Foskey was arrested on the indictment, and held on a bond in the amount of $150,000.00. Foskey is awaiting trial on the charges.
On Thursday July 7th. Mr. Delmar Cubbage 20 years of age from Bishopville Md. turned himself in to the Worcester County Sheriff's Office. Mr. Cubbage was wanted for failure to re register as a sex offender after changing his address. Mr. Cubbage was held in the Worcester Count Jail without bond pending trial.
GOB Staff Keep Their Fingers Crossed
Now, will it last, no one really knows. They claim to have fixed the leaks but only time will tell. Keep your fingers crossed and hope for the best. It could be a long, hot summer.
Casey Anthony Release Date Changed
Authorities in Florida announce that Casey Anthony will be freed from jail July 17 instead of Wednesday, July 13.
Accountability?
The reason Politicians try so hard to get re-elected is that they would 'hate' to have to make a living under the laws they've passed.
Reminder: School Start and End Times Adjusted For 2011-12 School Year
School start and end times for some Wicomico County Public Schools have been adjusted by 15 minutes for the 2011-12 school year as the school system strives to provide transportation efficiently and economically so as much education funding as possible can be spent in the classroom.
Some schools will see no change in schedule for 2011-12. Others (mostly secondary schools) will start 15 minutes earlier, and some elementary schools will start 15 minutes later.
“The goal is to become more efficient by retaining the same level of service while using fewer resources for transportation, since any dollars spent on transportation are dollars that cannot be spent in the classroom,” said David E. Reeve, Supervisor of Transportation. “By changing the start and end times for some schools, we create a larger window of time for transportation, allowing us to provide the same level of service with fewer buses.”
Schools that will start and end 15 minutes earlier next year:
Secondary schools (except Pittsville Middle, no change) will begin classes at 7:45 a.m. and end the day at 2:45 p.m. These schools include:
Bennett Middle
James M. Bennett High
Mardela Middle and High
Parkside High
Salisbury Middle
Wicomico Middle
Wicomico High
Some elementary schools will also begin and end 15 minutes earlier than the current schedule, as follows:
Prince Street Elementary will start at 8 a.m. and end at 2:30 p.m.
The Magnet programs at North Salisbury Elementary and Pemberton Elementary will start at 8:15 a.m. and end at 2:15 p.m.
Delmar Elementary will begin at 8:15 a.m. and end at 2:45 p.m.
North Salisbury Elementary and Pemberton Elementary students, along with students at West Salisbury Elementary and Pinehurst Elementary, will start at 8:45 a.m. and end at 3:15 p.m.
Schools that will start and end 15 minutes later in 2011-12, starting at 9:15 a.m. and ending at 3:45 p.m.:
Beaver Run Elementary
East Salisbury Elementary
Fruitland Intermediate
Fruitland Primary
Westside Primary
Westside Intermediate
Schools that will have no change in start and end times in 2011-12:
Pittsville Elementary and Middle
Charles H. Chipman Elementary
Glen Avenue Elementary
Northwestern Elementary
Willards Elementary
Wicomico Early Learning Center
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Frequently Asked Questions
Why is the school system changing school start and end times?
The fiscal year 2011-12 budget that the Board of Education adopted June 30 reflects reduced resources due to a $7 million cut in county funding from the previous year, and declining revenues from other sources including the state Foundation grant . This presents considerable challenges in all areas of the budget, including transportation. The school system has adjusted school start and end times to make more efficient use of the buses that serve its students. With school start and end times spread out over a longer period of time, the more than 12,000 students who are eligible for school bus transportation can be transported with fewer buses, reducing the school system’s cost. In most cases, students will experience little change from the adjustment of school start and end times. In other cases, students who may have waited a half-hour after school dismissal for the bus to arrive, will have their wait time at school reduced, resulting in students arriving at their home stop no later than in previous years.
How will the new school start and end times save money on transportation?
By opening up a larger window of time for bus transportation, the school system will be able to reduce the number of buses it needs to serve its students. By changing school start and end times, the transportation time window can be expanded, requiring fewer buses to transport the same number of students. Some buses that currently complete only one trip will be able to complete two trips, and some buses that now complete two trips will be able to complete three trips. Many buses will cover more miles and will spend more minutes on the road – even though in most cases students will spend no additional time on the bus -- to transport students more efficiently. The school system anticipates having at least five open bus contracts whose trips would be assigned to other buses. A reduction of 5 buses is estimated to generate a $120,000 reduction. Savings are generated by eliminating the per vehicle allotment for five buses and the reimbursement for “dead head” time and mileage -- the time and miles traveled from the garage to the first student stop, last morning school back to the garage, from the garage to the first afternoon school and from the last afternoon student stop back to the garage. With changes in school start and end times and route adjustments, Wicomico can continue to provide bus transportation for the 12,000 eligible students at a lower cost.
When will families be able to find out about any bus changes, such as new pickup and drop-off times and changes in the number of the bus?
Bus route and schedule adjustments will be made this summer. The Transportation Department provided schools with preliminary bus serving lists in June. By Aug. 1, a schedule of updated bus stop locations with estimated bus stop times for each bus will be provided to each school. School bus transportation information will be posted online on school web pages and at http://www.wcboe.org/departments/Transportation/ as it becomes available.
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Some schools will see no change in schedule for 2011-12. Others (mostly secondary schools) will start 15 minutes earlier, and some elementary schools will start 15 minutes later.
“The goal is to become more efficient by retaining the same level of service while using fewer resources for transportation, since any dollars spent on transportation are dollars that cannot be spent in the classroom,” said David E. Reeve, Supervisor of Transportation. “By changing the start and end times for some schools, we create a larger window of time for transportation, allowing us to provide the same level of service with fewer buses.”
Schools that will start and end 15 minutes earlier next year:
Secondary schools (except Pittsville Middle, no change) will begin classes at 7:45 a.m. and end the day at 2:45 p.m. These schools include:
Bennett Middle
James M. Bennett High
Mardela Middle and High
Parkside High
Salisbury Middle
Wicomico Middle
Wicomico High
Some elementary schools will also begin and end 15 minutes earlier than the current schedule, as follows:
Prince Street Elementary will start at 8 a.m. and end at 2:30 p.m.
The Magnet programs at North Salisbury Elementary and Pemberton Elementary will start at 8:15 a.m. and end at 2:15 p.m.
Delmar Elementary will begin at 8:15 a.m. and end at 2:45 p.m.
North Salisbury Elementary and Pemberton Elementary students, along with students at West Salisbury Elementary and Pinehurst Elementary, will start at 8:45 a.m. and end at 3:15 p.m.
Schools that will start and end 15 minutes later in 2011-12, starting at 9:15 a.m. and ending at 3:45 p.m.:
Beaver Run Elementary
East Salisbury Elementary
Fruitland Intermediate
Fruitland Primary
Westside Primary
Westside Intermediate
Schools that will have no change in start and end times in 2011-12:
Pittsville Elementary and Middle
Charles H. Chipman Elementary
Glen Avenue Elementary
Northwestern Elementary
Willards Elementary
Wicomico Early Learning Center
Choices
Frequently Asked Questions
Why is the school system changing school start and end times?
The fiscal year 2011-12 budget that the Board of Education adopted June 30 reflects reduced resources due to a $7 million cut in county funding from the previous year, and declining revenues from other sources including the state Foundation grant . This presents considerable challenges in all areas of the budget, including transportation. The school system has adjusted school start and end times to make more efficient use of the buses that serve its students. With school start and end times spread out over a longer period of time, the more than 12,000 students who are eligible for school bus transportation can be transported with fewer buses, reducing the school system’s cost. In most cases, students will experience little change from the adjustment of school start and end times. In other cases, students who may have waited a half-hour after school dismissal for the bus to arrive, will have their wait time at school reduced, resulting in students arriving at their home stop no later than in previous years.
How will the new school start and end times save money on transportation?
By opening up a larger window of time for bus transportation, the school system will be able to reduce the number of buses it needs to serve its students. By changing school start and end times, the transportation time window can be expanded, requiring fewer buses to transport the same number of students. Some buses that currently complete only one trip will be able to complete two trips, and some buses that now complete two trips will be able to complete three trips. Many buses will cover more miles and will spend more minutes on the road – even though in most cases students will spend no additional time on the bus -- to transport students more efficiently. The school system anticipates having at least five open bus contracts whose trips would be assigned to other buses. A reduction of 5 buses is estimated to generate a $120,000 reduction. Savings are generated by eliminating the per vehicle allotment for five buses and the reimbursement for “dead head” time and mileage -- the time and miles traveled from the garage to the first student stop, last morning school back to the garage, from the garage to the first afternoon school and from the last afternoon student stop back to the garage. With changes in school start and end times and route adjustments, Wicomico can continue to provide bus transportation for the 12,000 eligible students at a lower cost.
When will families be able to find out about any bus changes, such as new pickup and drop-off times and changes in the number of the bus?
Bus route and schedule adjustments will be made this summer. The Transportation Department provided schools with preliminary bus serving lists in June. By Aug. 1, a schedule of updated bus stop locations with estimated bus stop times for each bus will be provided to each school. School bus transportation information will be posted online on school web pages and at http://www.wcboe.org/departments/Transportation/ as it becomes available.
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Mountaire Facility Damaged
A fire Wednesday afternoon heavily damaged the pump station at the Mountaire Farms facility near Millsboro, state fire officials said.
An investigation determined that the fire was caused by a lightning strike.
The fire was reported shortly after 3 p.m. at the facility in the 29000 block of John J. Williams Highway, said Chief Deputy State Fire Marshal Randall Lee.
When firefighters from Millsboro and Indian River arrived, fire was coming from the 20-foot by 30-foot pump station.
Damage was estimated at $30,000.
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