| Police burst into wrong apartment
HANAHAN — Brandie Williams sat on the couch of her family's apartment Sunday morning when someone pounded on the door and a voice shouted, "This is the Hanahan Police Department! Open up!" The 15-year-old girl on Wednesday said she didn't have a chance to answer the door when police officers searching for a homicide suspect kicked it open and ordered her to the ground at gunpoint. Working quickly, the officers then kicked a hole in the bedroom door where Brandie's mother, Tina, was asleep. Tina Williams said she was forced to her knees with two guns pointed at her face while her 13-year-old son, Brandon, was forced onto his stomach, a gun trained on his back. When all three were cuffed, an officer asked Tina Williams if she knew any Hispanic males. Williams was baffled. It all turned out to be a mistake.
Is plastic making us fat?
Is plastic making us fat? Researchers are exploring whether exposure to common chemicals during early development could set us up for a lifetime battle with the bulge. By Beth DaleyTHE BOSTON GLOBE Sunday, January 20, 2008 Being fat has long been seen as a personal problem, fixed only by struggling against the proliferation of fast-food restaurants, unlucky genes and a sedentary life. But could something in the environment also be making Americans fat in epidemic numbers? .
Retired dietitian says ‘it’s all about lifestyle’
In theater, everyone thinks they're a critic. In nutrition, everyone thinks they're an expert, says Jackie Bartz, who recently retired after 34 years as a registered dietitian."Because everyone eats, everyone is a nutrition expert, and I've seen that over the years," Bartz said. "Just because you read something on the Internet or your beautician or neighbor told you something, that doesn't make you an expert."
A registered dietitian is an expert, she said.Bartz, who was a dietitian the past 11 years at Franciscan Skemp Healthcare, has a list of her favorite nutrition tips and pet peeves collected over the years.Good nutrition is often common sense, "but common sense is a misnomer because sense is not all that common," she said.Another pet peeve: people look at her and her healthy weight, and think she can eat anything."No, I am aware of what I eat all the time, and that's the magic tip," Bartz said.She said another pet peeve is dieting with starving and then bingeing."It's all about lifestyle balancing food and activity for your lifetime," Bartz said.
Larry’s Bar to close on New Year’s Eve
One of them long known more for their food than drink will really hit home to many diners and will adversely effect an entire small village with its closing. There is also the Graystone Lodge, where the owner voluntarily went smoke free before the ban and made a big deal of the fact, then put the place up for sale shortly there after. Now it's been shuttered for several months. .
U.S. recalls record 65 million kg of beef
The U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Sunday it had recalled 143 million pounds (65 million kg) of beef produced by a California company, marking the largest meat recall in the country's history.
The department described it as a Class 2 recall, meaning there was a low risk of illness.
The recall was ordered because the plant violated rules barring the slaughter of "downer" cattle in almost all cases as a precaution against Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE), commonly known as mad-cow disease. Downer refers to cattle unable to walk.
Westland/Hallmark Meat Co. of Chino is taking back all raw and frozen products it has produced since Feb. 1, 2006, because the cattle didn't receive complete and proper inspection, according to a department statement.
Mochaccino spill in aisle six
I'm getting off the Starbucks bandwagon. Of course, it's not as if I was ever on it all that securely anyway. Sure I've tried a latte grande and the venti whatever a time or two, but for the most part, I have a hard time with coffee that costs more than beer. .
Frank’s part of local folklore
One day a helicopter from Fort Hood landed in the parking lot. The crew ordered 45 cheeseburgers to take on maneuvers, she said. I only had one girl helping me that day, said Mrs. Smith. We were running around like crazy cooking burgers. We knew then we had been discovered. Franks Lakeview Inn In 1955 the Corps wanted the Smiths corner location back to build offices for the Little River Project. They gave Frank his choice of land in the area, Mrs. Smith said. Frank was a visionary. He liked the view from that location overlooking the lake. Mrs. Smith said they built a second establishment on the hilltop and named it Franks Lakeview Inn Restaurant. At one end they constructed a three-bedroom home where they lived. We had some cabins across from the restaurant we rented for $5 and $10 a night, she said.
Goodbye, cruel world ...
The nomadic existence of undergrowth and ocean-dwelling is not for him: he needs a home. Each new paying resident of Second Life is offered a plot of land. Kenny chooses one on Blacktail Ridge. It is, I have to say, a disappointment: a dark and icy wasteland with a few scattered shacks. I'm reminded of my grandfather who emigrated to Australia in the Twenties on the promise of a parcel of verdant farmland in Victoria, and got there to discover he had been given some acres of waterlogged bog. He stayed for a decade. Kenny returns promptly to the beach. Good land has become so rare in Second Life that people are prepared to pay hundreds of real dollars for it. You can buy a private island for $1,250, plus a monthly charge of $195 in land fees. There are several takers. Anshe Chung, Second Life's richest avatar, owns a property empire on the site worth $250,000 (£137,000) and employs 17 real-life people.
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