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11-Year-Old Girl Dies After Fight with Classmate over Boy

February 27, 2012 — National News

(LONG BEACH, Calif.) — Health officials and police in Long Beach, Calif., are trying to determine how an 11-year-old girl died after getting into a fight with another girl over a boy. Joanna Ramos, a fifth grader at Willard Elementary School, died Friday night in the hospital after complaining of a headache. “She was so nice to me; she was like a sister to me,” said classmate Stephanie Soltero, crying. “They were fighting over a boy, just for a boy. It’s just stupid.” The two girls and seven onlookers went to an alley off campus after school on Friday, where […]
New Jersey Teen "Amazed" Taylor Swift Invited Him to ACMs

February 27, 2012 — Music News

The cancer-stricken New Jersey teen who Taylor Swift invited to the Academy of Country Music Awards this past Friday is “amazed” that she reached out to him. Eighteen-year-old Kevin McGuire, who’s been battling leukemia and is now in remission, says, “I didn’t even believe it at first, so it doesn’t even seem real right now.” Taylor asked McGuire to accompany her to the ACMs in response to a Facebook campaign launched by his big sister Victoria, who was lobbying for Taylor to attend his prom with him. Victoria is also stunned by the support they’ve received in the past week, […]
Investigators Search for Motive Behind Cop Shooting Fellow Officer

February 26, 2012 — National News

(BEVERLY, Mass.) — Investigators are searching for a motive behind the alleged shooting of a Massachusetts officer who shot a fellow colleague, before turning the gun on himself, according to police. The two men knew each other and had arranged to meet at a Starbucks coffee shop at a strip mall, according to investigators, who did not confirm if a motive for the shooting has been established. Beverly police officer Jason Lantych, 35, stumbled into the Starbucks around 6 p.m. He had been shot in his groin and wrist and was bleeding profusely. Patrons immediately came to his aid. Witnesses […]
Florida Firefighters Go to Maine to Find Missing Colleague

February 26, 2012 — National News

(BANGOR, Maine) — Two Florida firefighters arrived in Maine to try to find their missing friend and colleague, Jerry Perdomo, who vanished 10 days ago after driving the 1,600 miles from Florida to visit a friend. Jerry Perdomo, 31, husband and father of two, rented a car and made the trek from central Florida to visit a friend in Bangor, Maine. He hasn’t been seen since Feb. 16. “We’re going to go out there and walk and pound the pavement. The fire department has offered to do anything that we need to, to make sure this a productive effort,” said […]
Surveillance Video Shows RFK’s Son in Scuffle With Nurses

February 26, 2012 — National News

(NEW YORK) — Surveillance video shows Douglas Kennedy, the son of Robert F. Kennedy, who was arrested on misdemeanor charges of child endangerment and harassment relating to a Jan. 7 scuffle in the maternity unit of Northern Westchester Hospital, in a violent scuffle with two nurses. Two nurses allege Kennedy twisted one’s wrist and kicked the other while they tried to prevent him from taking his two-day old son outside. Kennedy says he was trying to take his son, Beau, out for some fresh air, when nurses tried to stop him. On the surveillance video, you see Kennedy lift his […]
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Missing Black Teen Found Hours After Being Featured on ‘The View’

February 26, 2012 — National News

(NEW YORK) — Missing New York teen Mishell DiAmonde Green has been found and reunited with her family hours after she was featured on ABC’s The View, last week. An anonymous viewer who recognized 16-year-old Mishell’s profile from the segment immediately called the Black and Missing Foundation to report her whereabouts, which led to her recovery at a shelter called Safe Horizon for victims of violence in New York City. Green disappeared Sept. 8, 2011 while heading to an after-school program called “The Door” in the Soho area of New York City. While Green has not yet disclosed what happened […]