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September 24, 2014

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.n /oca% News0
!he death of 1(-#ear-o%d sophomore 1"t'ers st"dent Cait%#n Ko2acs is sti%% "nder
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3n Sat"rda# ni'ht Ko2acs was described as bein' 2is"a%%# 4in distress5 b# her friends
who then too& her to the hospita% where she was prono"nced dead the ne6t mornin')
Accordin' to the Nationa% .nstit"te on A%coho% Ab"se and A%coho%ism, a record n"mber
of one-tho"sand ei'ht h"ndred and twent# st"dents between the a'es of ei'hteen and
twent#-fo"r die each #ear from "nintentiona% a%coho%-re%ated in7"ries) Geor'e Koob,
director of the N.AA said that n"mber is 'oin' "p, as we%% as the intensit# of drin&in'
amon'st co%%e'e a'e st"dents) !he ca"se of death wi%% "%timate%# be determined b# the
,idd%ese6 Co"nt# ,edica% 86aminers 3ffice) No crimina% char'es ha2e been fi%ed)
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+o"r men ha2e been char'ed in the car 7ac&in' and fata% shootin' of 9obo&en attorne#
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!he incident too& p%ace in :ecember of two-tho"sand and thirteen o"tside of Short 9i%%s
,a%% when the fo"r men car7ac&ed +ried%and and his wife as the# entered their 1an'e
1o2er on an upper level parking deck. Basim Henry, 33, of South Orange, Hanif
Thompson, 29, of Irvington, and Karif Ford, 32, and Kevin Roberts, 35, both of Newark,
were indicted in connection with the Dec. 15, 2013 murder of 30-year-old Dustin
Friedland, prosecutors said. All suspects remain in custody at the Essex County
Correctional Facility with a bail of two million dollars each. Friedlands widow, Jamie
Schare Friedland is pursuing a lawsuit against the malls owners as well as the Universal
Protection Service on claims that the ambulance was unable to fit up the ramp of the
parking garage. In January, Millburn Police Chief Gregory Weber confirmed that the
emergency workers were forced to roll the stretcher up and down the ramp as the
ambulance was in fact unable to fit. The lawsuit claims that the ambulance squad took an
extended and excessive period of time to respond to the scene after Friedlands widow
made the 9-1-1 call.
The four defendants were indicted on counts of murder, felony murder, conspiracy
charges, carjacking, and weapons offenses; they are scheduled to be arraigned on October
14, 2014.
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.n Nationa% News0
!he +er'"son, ,isso"ri memoria% for ,ichae% ;rown has been b"rned to ashes in a
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!he memoria% for the "narmed ei'hteen-#ear-o%d b%ac& ma%e whose death is sti%% "nder
in2esti'ation after bein' shot b# po%ice officer :arren Wi%son si6 wee&s a'o was set in
p%ace b# both +er'"son residents and others nationwide) !he ca"se of the fire remains
"n&nown, b"t man# who 'athered at the charred site !"esda# b%amed the po%ice) "That's
very disrespectful to burn down a memorial to someone that got killed," said Meldon
Moffitt, who lives nearby. "That's just wrong! The police came here and watched it
burn." !he fire was a reminder of the tensions between the peop%e of +er'"son and the
police force that has been simmering since the shooting. Ferguson Police Chief Tom
Jackson said in an emailed statement that the fire left him "saddened." He said the first
officer on the scene tried to extinguish the blaze but couldn't. The Fire Department
eventually put it out. Officer Darren Wilson has #et to be con2icted of the m"rder of
,ichae% ;rown)
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.n Chica'o, a man was acc"sed of hammerin' his wife and two others to death) An
.ranian immi'rant "sed a three-po"nd hammer to beat his wife, sister-in-%aw and mother-
in-%aw to death and then repeated%# stabbed the three) :ar-#owsh 8b-ra-he-m# <:A11-
=3W-S9888;-1A=-988-,=> , tried to 7"stif# his actions b# acc"sin' the women of
disrespectin' him, a"thorities said ,onda#) 8b-ra-he-m#<:A11-=3W-S9888;-1A=-
988-,=>s wife and sister-in-%aw were fo"nd in an apartment in the Chica'os West
1o'ers ?ar& nei'hborhood) 8bn-ra-he-m# <:A11-=3W-S9888;-1A=-988-,=> was
char'ed with first-de'ree m"rder in a%% three of the deaths) 9e appeared in co"rt ,onda#
afternoon prior to a 7"d'e den#in' a re@"est for his bai%)
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!wo airport sh"tt%e b"ses co%%ided near the +ort /a"derda%e-9o%%#wood .nternationa%
Airport, &i%%in' a dri2er in one b"s and a passen'er in the other, a"thorities said) 8i'ht
other peop%e were a%so in7"red in the accident) ;"s dri2er Geor'e ?itter, was dri2in' in
the eastbo"nd %ane with one passen'er aboard his b"s when a westbo"nd b"s with se2en
passen'ers and the dri2er crossed the center %ine of the road and hit him) A"thorities too&
A peop%e to the hospita% with a 2ariet# of different in7"ries) ;"s dri2er Geor'e ?itter was
one of the two deaths)
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.n .nternationa% News0
An af'han s"icide bomber dis'"ised as a doctor wo"nded three Americans after b%owin'
himse%f "p on !"esda#) Khost Go2ernor Ar-sa%-a Ja-ma% <C3AS!-G3C81N31-A18-
SA//--99 JA-,A//> said that -)S) so%diers opened fire on the man who was actin'
s"spicio"s%# as he and -)S) officers attended a f"nction in the hospita%) !his comes on the
hee%s of a warnin' from the !a%iban that the# wi%% dramatica%%# step "p s"icide attac&s this
#ear after s"fferin' hea2# %osses in the con2entiona% batt%es of 200D) !he !a%iban c%aimed
responsibi%it# for the hospita% attac&)
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A c%o"d of dead%# to6ic 'as en'"%fed an .ra@i town of !a7i <!A9-G88> !"esda#, &i%%in'
si6 peop%e and %ea2in' doEens cho&in' on the f"mes) !he c%o"d was ca"sed b# a tan&er
carr#in' ch%orine which e6p%oded o"tside a resta"rant) .ra@i .nterior ,inistr# officia%s
said the e6p%osion was ca"sed b# a bomb on board the tan&er) :ifferent so"rces ha2e
reported different fi'"res) ;a'hdad sec"rit# p%an spo&esman Generea% F"a-Eeme At-ta
<F-AW-GA=-,A=-A!-!A> to%d %oca% .ra@i te%e2ision that fi2e peop%e died in the b%ast
and 14A were poisoned b# the 'as) !his attac& comes in the wa&e of fo"r other recent
attac&s)
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.n Sports0
An e6citin' ni'ht for 9oc&e#0)
!he ?ittsb"r'h ?en'"ins fe%% one short to the New =or& .s%anders si6 to fi2e)
!he Nash2i%%e ?redators made it %oo& eas# with their win a'ainst the ?hoeni6 Co#otes
fo"r to one)
And the ;oston ;r"ins contin"e their p%a#off march with a win a'ainst the ?hi%ade%phia
f%#ers si6 to three)
!he New Jerse# :e2i%s ta&e on the New =or& 1an'ers toni'ht at I oc%oc&)
!he N;A 7"st finished "p their a%%-star brea&, and toni'ht the New =or& Knic&s ta&e on
the 3r%ando ma'ic)
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.n %oca% baseba%% news, New =or& =an&ees ha%%-of-fame o"tfie%der ;ernie Wi%%iams was a
no show at =an&ees sprin' trainin' camp on ,onda#) !his comes after man# contract
ne'otiations that ha2e ended in conf"sion and fr"strations the =an&ees and Wi%%iams
a%i&e) ,an# %on' time teammates ha2e made ca%%s to Wi%%iams b"t it seems as tho"'h
Wi%%iams wi%% not be on the roster this #ear) =an&ees Genera% ,ana'er ;rian Cashman
said0.t appears he made his decision) !hatJs a%% . can ta&e from it) Wi%%iams made his
ma7or-%ea'"e deb"t with the =an&ees in 1((1)
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.n 8ntertainment0
S#%2ester Sta%%ones A"stra%ian hote% room and pri2ate 7et was searched for i%%e'a%
s"bstances, sa# A"stra%ian a"thorities) !his search comes 7"st three da#s prior to
a"thorities seiEin' banned s"bstances when he and his ento"ra'e were stopped b#
A"stra%ian c"stoms officia%s after a ro"tine K-ra# detected somethin' wron' with their
%"''a'e) A"thorities detained Sta%%one and his ento"ra'e for what was be%ie2ed to be a
t#pe of h"man 'rowth hormone) !he o"tcome is sti%% to be seenL A"stra%ians ha2e a no
to%erance po%ic# for an# t#pe of i%%e'a% dr"'s, inc%"din' steroids and performance-
enhancin' s"bstances) Sta%%one was in A"stra%ia in s"pport of the A"stra%ian premiere of
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