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Tuesday, December 13, 2011

Critics Say Korean Skyscraper Design Evokes Exploding Twin Towers

A Dutch firm proposed a "cloud" design connecting two buildings in South Korea, which some say looks like the World Trade Center on 9/11.

Dutch architecture firm MVRDV said they proposed its “Cloud” design because it challenged the mundane shape of the typical skyscraper. A pair of luxury residential towers in Seoul would be joined in the middle by a cloud-like shape, billowing out like a tutu around two legs.

But when a press release went out about the design on Dec. 7, announcing the residences as part of a plan to extend the city’s business district, a playful cumulonimbus is not the image many saw. Instead, some were taken back to 9/11, and the smoke that filled the sky after the planes hit the World Trade Center.

Last F-22 Raptor Rolls Off Assembly Line

MARIETTA, Ga. – The final F-22 Raptor fighter jet rolled off the assembly line during a ceremony at the Lockheed Martin aircraft plant at Dobbins Air Reserve Base. The product line is being replaced by the less costly F-35 Joint Strike Fighter as concerns arose in Washington that the $153 million F-22 was too costly and too high-tech for its own good.

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It's A Shore Thing, by Tim Landers (Ocean City, MD)

BREAKING NEWS: House Passes Payroll Tax Cut Extension

House approves Republican-backed extension of payroll tax cut in bill that includes provision for Keystone oil pipeline, despite President Obama veto threat

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Granny Who Allegedly Shot Son-In-Law Sought Restraining Order

The 66-year-old grandmother who is under arrest after allegedly shooting her son-in-law at point-blank range outside her home in a Florida retirement community sought a restraining order against him the very next morning, according to court documents.

During a pre-scheduled pick up of her grandson, Cheryl Hepner, waited outside her home Dec. 7 with the child's sleepover gear. When the 3-year-old's father, Sal Miglino, arrived she pulled a .22 caliber Beretta handgun from behind the bundle firing three shots, hitting him twice, according to the Broward County Sheriff's Office.

Ron Paul 2012: Why He Is Right On Foreign Policy

Ron Paul's 2012 presidential aspirations are hurt by his foreign policy stance. Or so say the polls.

The truth, however, is that foreign policy is one of Paul's strongest points.

Paul is a non-interventionist. He wants to bring troops home from Iraq, Afghanistan and from all over the world. He wants the U.S. to stop policing the world, mind its own business and spend less money on defense.

The Ultimate Christmas Yard Decoration

This must be the ultimate Christmas yard decoration…

The site is near the Oak Creek Bridge on the St. Michael’s Road [MD 33]. The folks who own the property always have eye-catching displays celebrating various ‘holidays’ through the year… this year they have certainly outdone themselves!

Suspend Habeas Corpus And Enact Martial Law?

Americans seem ready to forfeit their most basic civil liberty -- actually, all their civil liberties -- without a whimper.

By a vote of 93-7 the Senate this month approved a military appropriations bill empowering the government to designate any U.S. citizen within the country as a terrorist and to have the military hold him indefinitely without trial and without the right to habeas corpus, the right to be brought before a court for a judgment on the legality of one's imprisonment.

In effect the legislation is a declaration of martial law throughout the country.

Local representatives will be announcing a new non-stop service to a warm, sunny destination from the Salisbury-Ocean City-Wicomico Airport.

We'll keep you updated.

Facebook Aims To Help Prevent Suicide

MENLO PARK, Calif. – Facebook is making it easier for people who express suicidal thoughts on the social networking site to get help.

A program launching Tuesday enables users to instantly connect with a crisis counselor through Facebook's "chat" messaging system.

The service is the latest tool from Facebook aimed at improving safety on its site, which has more than 800 million users. Earlier this year, Facebook announced changes to how users report bullying, offensive content and fake profiles.

SPECIAL MEETING SCHEDULED

In accordance with §SC2-4 of the Salisbury City Charter, a majority of the City Council have called for a Special Meeting to be held on Monday, December 19, 2011, at 1:30 p.m. for consideration of 1) Ordinance No. 2182 (amending the FY12 Water and Sewer Fund Budget) for second reading and 2) Ordinance No. 2183 (amending the FY12 Fire Department Budget to accept funds associated with repairing damage to the roof and infrastructure of Fire Station #2) for second reading.

This special meeting will be held in Conference Room 306 of the City/County Government Office Building (125 N. Division Street).

Studies May Have Overestimated Cellphone Crash Risk

Increased risk of having a car crash attributed to cellphone use may have been overestimated in some past studies, a new analysis suggests.

So-called "distracted driving" has become a big public health issue in recent years. The majority of U.S. states now ban texting behind the wheel, while a handful prohibit drivers from using handheld cellphones at all (though many more ban "novice" drivers from doing so).

Child Abuse Arrest

DATE & TIME: 12/12/2011 at 1942 hours C C. NUMBER: 11-54-008642

LOCATION: Dawn Court Salisbury, MD

BRIEF RESUME:

On the above date and time, Troopers from the Salisbury Barrack were dispatched to an address on Dawn Court for a 911 hang up. Both the 911 dispatchers and the State Police Duty Officer contacted the residence and learned that there were several young children home alone. Responding Troopers located three children ages eight, nine and eleven that were home alone. The children related that they had come home after school by themselves as their mother works evenings at Tysons’ poultry in Temperanceville, Virginia. Troopers noted the children had cooked their own dinner which consisted of only french fries cooked in the oven. The children stated that they had turned on the electric oven to heat the house as there was no other heat source in the entire house. An adult family member of the children was contacted and they responded to the residence and took custody of the children. The children’s mother, later identified as the suspect Fayetta Collick, was contacted to respond back to her residence. She was placed under arrest and transported to the Wicomico County Central Booking Unit pending a hearing before a District Court Commissioner.

Arrested: Fayetta Collick age 40 of Dawn Court, Salisbury MD
Charges: 1. Three counts of Child Neglect
2. Two counts of Leaving an unattended child
3. Three counts of Contributing to the condition of a minor
4. Three counts of Child abuse

Snoopy Christmas Display Saved From Foreclosure

Jim Jordan created a heart-warming Christmas display of Charles Schulz's "Peanuts" characters more than 40 years ago at his Southern California home, and it became a holiday tradition as tens of thousands of people showed up each year to see the sparkling extravaganza.

Families trekked to the Orange County suburb of Costa Mesa to sip hot apple cider and share the wonder as seen through their children's eyes amid twinkling Christmas lights, artificial snow and a Santa Claus that whisked through the air and down a chimney for spectators. It became so popular that busloads of visitors and school groups visited Jordan's childhood home each year.

Judge Orders Cops To Return Bounty To Burglar

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- A San Francisco judge's order to return unclaimed items that were confiscated by police to the burglar they arrested is angering officers and victims.

The judge's order says items not to be returned to the burglar are those already claimed by her victims, as well as about $800 in cash which police seized. But that still means the most prolific burglar police can recall is getting back a lot of stuff including paintings, laptops, tools, designer clothes, a trail bike, even dog collars, and much more.

Have You Been Reading Comments?

This is one of MANY comments we're getting in on the OCPD Post with some 240 comments or so. Here's my question, are they credible comments? With all due respect, commenting under anonymous always leads me to firmly believe they are not credible. Mind you, I understand the use of being anonymous. However, when people go on the attack and claim things are corrupt, why not use your name? Before you go nuts on me, know that I put my name to every article and comment. If I can do it, why can't others who make such claims as mentioned below.

B.F.C!!! has left a new comment on your post "Ocean City K-9 Officer Resigned Today":

i think you have a really good story here. But you should definatly go deeper, the pathetic practice of the ocpd doesnt stop with the local law enforcement it continues all the way to the worcester county court system. Growing up in the area mainly in and just outside of ocean city i've witnessed and been a victem to the bullying, harassment tactics of the department. Since the age of 14 aproximately 15 years now since my first run in with the police for sitting on a bus stop with a black friend in the winter time (when theres no traffic at all), i've been on there radar. Why, because two teenagers couldnt be up to any good at 8 o'clock at night on a bus stop waiting to go home after leaveing the gym. Since then i've been snatched up on the board walk to search my book bag (carrying nothing but shorts and a towel) to everything from being pulled over for not haveing my seatbelt on (when i did) so the ocpd could search my car leaving everything on the sidewalk and bus lane to find nothing. I think the best moment was when i was pulled over for agressive driveing in bumper to bumper downtown traffic by an office who was 3 cars behind me who could see and judge how close i was following the car infront of me. I'm no lawyer but i thought as the citizens of this country we were innocent until proven guilty, allthough this officer could not clearly see me or my front bumper versus the rear bumper of the car infront of me or the distance in between the honorable judge still found me guilty. Why, because you do not need evidence in this county to convict. Why, because the judges in this area back these summer time rental cops and the wanna be special forces hard nose cops to the point the can simply walk into a court room, lie, cheat, and steal to achieve what ever goal they set for. The chief of police is nothing more than a scared little girl who treats her subordenants like dogs, this is a woman who gives away department materials (pencils, paper clips, postets) as christmas gifts. Its petty but rediculous (LOL). When i heard about the gifts I laughed but on a serious note, why is my picture still hanging up in the 65th st. crime analysis room. Dont ask me how i know but a close friend who works there has asked me about it and its embarassing. Apparently what you do when your 15 sticks with you till your 80. If the ocpd did more police work and less partying and profileing they wouldnt be in the spotlight now. On that same note, theres alot of good seasoned officers on the force but i firmly believe the bad outways the good. Its sad enough to see that the majority can no longer work there and make enough to live in the area but to see that the department not only enforces the "laws" that best suit them at the time but work only to protect the wealthy families who live there seasonly. If you want a real story to blog about go sit at a local bar and see how many drunk off duty officers leave to drive thereselves home then check to see how many have dui's. Its unheard of. I get that theres a "bro code" but come on man. I would love to see how many officers have been prosecuted for breaking the same laws they vowed to enforce. Dont dare drive down coastal highway with rims on your car your instant suspect, you'll get pulled over the second your rubber hits the road. Ok maybe i've gone on a bit of a tangent but i'm done for now thanks for reading and as allways, have nice day.

The Numbers Just Keep Rising Every Hour

As time is passing it's just unbelievable to see how many people are coming to this Site. Each hour it goes up about 20% more than the hour before, unreal.

Without a doubt this will be the biggest day we've ever seen on Salisbury News thanks to CNN. Thanks for visiting.

The ‘God Particle’: ‘Tantalising Hints’ Of Higgs Boson Seen By CERN Physicists

The Higgs boson — a subatomic particle so important to the understanding of space, time and matter, say physicists searching for it, that it took on the portentous nickname of “the God particle.”

Scientists at CERN, the European Center for Nuclear Research in the Alps, say today that while they have not found it for sure, they think they have seen good signs of it.
Joe Incandela, a top CERN physicist, has described the data from one of the two main experiments done there as being “right at the boundary of where you might get a vague hint of something.”

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Study: Gingrich Tax Plan Would Give Lion's Share To The Rich

DES MOINES, Iowa — Newt Gingrich's proposed overhaul of the tax code would cut taxes for all American taxpayers, particularly the wealthy, according to an analysis released Monday by the non-partisan Tax Policy Center.

Gingrich's plan would provide small tax cuts to those at the bottom of the income ladder, giving those making less than $10,000 an average cut of $222 under one scenario, the analysis found. The Tax Policy Center is a joint project of the Brookings Institution and the Urban Institute, two respected think tanks in Washington.

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