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Pedro Martinez' cockfighting comes home to roost
Animal rights groups are accusing Mets pitcher Pedro Martinez and Hall of Fame hurler Juan Marichal of fowl play after both were shown attending a cockfight in the Dominican Republic in a video posted on YouTube last week. "Pedro Martinez and Juan Marichal exhibited appallingly bad judgment in participating in a staged animal fight," Wayne Pacelle, president and CEO of the Humane Society of the United States, said in a statement. "It doesn't excuse the behavior to find a legal haven for this reprehensible and inhumane conduct. It's animal cruelty, no matter where it occurs. "Animal fighting has no place whatsoever among those who presume to be role models for youngsters," added Pacelle. "Not in this country, and not elsewhere." Cockfighting is legal in the Dominican Republic, but illegal in 48 states in the U.S.
Aussies laugh it off after their ship sinks
The Australians have been flown to Punta Arenas, southern Chile, and given food and clothing. Mr Christopher's sister, Ann Davies, said her brother, a long-time adventurer, was in high spirits. "He's well and was having a laugh about it on the phone," Mrs Davies said. "He's got quite a sense of humour." Mr Christopher told his sister the evacuation was orderly, though some passengers panicked. "They had plenty of time to get off the ship," Mrs Davies said. "It was very orderly. He would have been quite calm and probably assisting other people." The Chilean military was also ultimately involved in the rescue, ferrying 84 survivors to its Eduardo Frei Airbase on King George Island and another 70 to Uruguay's nearby Artigas military base. Mr Christopher, 53, a father of two from Melbourne and a former Korumburra dairy farmer, and Ms Frappell, in her 40s, had begun a 12-month round-the-world adventure holiday in September, but they now face a delay.
Truant kids, parents get lesson in court
O'Neil deals with a teenager who just had a baby. Her mom is by her side and the baby is strapped to her chest. She left school to have the child but was supposed to receive at-home services. According to mom, the teacher never showed up. "That's your job, mom, you should have been on that," O'Neil says. "Pedro Garcia should have tripped over you every day until your child got the homebound teacher she needed. "If she had cancer, you'd be breaking down the door at Vanderbilt," he says, now yelling. "This is cancer of the mind. She didn't get a homebound teacher and you didn't do anything about it." O'Neil says there's only so much the court can do to force kids to go to school. In some cases, the parents go to lengthy measures to keep kids out of school, including registering them in home school or moving so they can't be found.
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Exporters see rupee gaining against dollar
Yes Bank president financial markets and institutions Ajay Mahajan said, “The rising rupee has posed a question of survival for several exporters, especially belonging to industries which offer lower margins. Hence, it is natural for these players to think of hedging their longer-term exposures. There have been instances of exporters using dollar forwards or currency options like STRIPS to cover positions over a two-to-three year period."
For a large part of 2007, the rising rupee had proven to be a nightmarish experience for exporters. The rupee rose by a whopping 11% to the 39.16 level from over 44.25 a year ago. Of late, the Reserve Bank of India has been intervening strongly in the forex market to curb the rupee from growing strong against the greenback.
In fact, the Centre had to revise the limit for issuance of bonds under the market stabilisation route several times in 2007, in a bid to soak up the excess foreign inflows.
Florida Man Charged With Animal Cruelty for Shouting Obscenity at ...
A 28-year-old Florida man was arrested Sunday and charged with cruelty to animals after he allegedly yelled an obscenity at a police dog in a patrol vehicle, TCPalm reports. Moses Rogers Jr. was also charged with disorderly conduct after police say he shouted the obscene statement into the window of the patrol car in which the dog was sitting, "causing the dog's behavior to become overloaded, tormenting the dog," an arrest affidavit states. Rogers reportedly became irate when an office approached him to ask for identification, TCPalm reports. Click here to read more on this story from TCPalm.com. .
A 3rd dies after Fla. plane collision
A third person has died after a fiery plane collision at a Florida airfield, the National Transportation Safety Board said Sunday. A fourth person remains in critical condition, NTSB spokesman Peter Knudson said. A chapter of the Experimental Aircraft Association was holding a pancake breakfast when the crash occurred Saturday. A witness provided a video to investigators, and NTSB officials will review it Monday, Knudson said. .
New Video of YouTube Cop Emerges
Baltimore, MD.--New video shows Baltimore City Police Officer, Salvatore Rivieri verbally assaulting another teen. This comes on the heels of an investigation into Rivieri prompted by a now infamous YouTube video posted featuring him. In the video, Eric Bush, 14 is assaulted by the officer. At the time, Bush was skateboarding in a prohibited area. Rivieri has been suspended pending the outcome of an investigation. In an interview with ABC2 News Cheryl Conner, Baltimore Mayor Sheila Dixon says the department may start showing the videos to recruits as part of sensitivity training. Cheryl will have that story tonight on ABC2 News at 6pm. .
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