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Six dozen homeless Americans have set up camp, in tents, teepees and huts, residents of what they call Tent City.
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The jobless in New Jersey find refuge in Tent City
By Allan Chernoff, CNN Senior Correspondent
September 15, 2011
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Lakewood, New Jersey (CNN) -- Cars and trucks cruise along Cedar Bridge Avenue, drivers listening to radio anchors reporting the headline that a record 46 million Americans are living in poverty, while 50 feet from the bustling boulevard, hidden by the woods that border the road, lies a shocking example of that shameful statistic.
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September 15, 2011
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New Haven Fire, Ambulance and Police Departments rush to the scene of a vacant house fire in the 700 block of McNair yesterday afternoon. Officials say the fire started after three-thirty. When New Haven firefighters arrived to the site, flames could be seen coming out of the roof of the home. The New Haven Fire Department says nobody was injured in the blaze. Officials expect a total loss. At this time the cause of the fire is under investigation. New Haven Police Officers directed traffic away from the scene. Crews wrapped up the job shortly before six o’clock last evening.
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(AP) The 21-year-old Utah man who was pulled to safety after bystanders lifted a burning car off him following a crash thanked them and said he hopes to meet his rescuers. September 15, 2011
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Foreclosure activity in metro St. Louis ticked up in August after falling for several months, according to new figures out this morning.
The number of homes in the later stages of the foreclosure process climbed 24 percent from July to August, according to data firm RealtyTrac, though it's still running well behind last year's pace. Nationwide, foreclosure activity grew 7 percent.
Foreclosures have slowed for much of the year, as banks work through a glut of paperwork tied to last fall's "robo-signing" scandal. But the August numbers are a sign that glut may be ending, said James Saccacio, RealtyTrac's chief executive. His firm noticed a particularly sharp uptick in default notices - the first stage of the foreclosure process - a sign that the pipeline may be filling up again.
RealtyTrac doesn't count default notices in Missouri, but it found 1,531 homes in metro St. Louis that were either set for auction or repossessed by a lender in August. That's the most since March, though it is still one-third fewer than in August, 2010. Year to date, foreclosure activity is trailing last year's pace by 24 percent.
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Adventure Photographer to Visit East Central College
emissourian.com September 15, 2011
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Award winning photographer Bill Hatcher will visit East Central College Thursday evening, Sept. 22, to share some his experiences from his trips shooting adventure, science and expedition photos around the world.
The free presentation will begin at 7 p.m. in the John Edson Anglin Performing Arts Center on the ECC campus in Union. A reception will follow the presentation.
More than 20 of Hatcher’s photos will be displayed on the second floor atrium of Buescher Hall through Oct. 7.
Hatcher’s first story for National Geographic magazine in 1996, “Storming the Tower,” was a photographic journey of the epic struggle of four climbers to reach the summit of Nameless Tower, a 21,000-foot granite spire in Pakistan.
His subsequent stories for National Geographic documented mountain climbers on Denali, the first traverse by bike of the Alaskan Range, exploration of slot canyons in the American Southwest, scientific endeavors to study giant trees in Borneo and Australia, and examination of the use of yucca plant fibers by ancient Native Americans.
Hatcher’s editorial, commercial and video work has received several awards, and his photos and stories have been published widely, both in the United States and internationally.
Hatcher also has shot feature stories for Smithsonian, Outside magazine, Newsweek, Paris Match, and GEO, in addition to many specialized magazines such as Climbing, Rock and Ice, Bike, Snowboarding, and Archaeology.
His advertising clients include Nikon, the Discovery Channel, Reebok, Ralph Lauren, Nike, The North Face, and many others.
Author of The National Geographic Field Guide to Adventure Photography, his photography is also prominent in the National Geographic books “Desire and Ice and Caves: Exploring the Hidden Realms.”
Every fall he teaches photography at the annual National Geographic Adventure Photography Workshop hosted by the Banff Centre in Canada.
Hatcher began his career with mountain climbing photos. He is an experienced mountain climber.
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Celebrities are gabbing about it openly. A growing number of grooming products cater to it. And a recent TV commercial hails it as "the cradle of life" and "the center of civilization."
The vagina is becoming big business.
A generation that grew up with more graphic language and sexual images in the media is forgoing the decades-old practice of tiptoeing around female genitalia in favor of more open dialogue about it. To reach digital-age 20- and 30-somethings, who also have shortened attention spans, marketers are using ads that are edgier, more frank and sometimes downright shocking.
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"Gen Y people are more relaxed about their bodies, so there's more attention to products that people would have been embarrassed to talk about before," says Deborah Mitchell, executive director for the Center for Brand and Product Management at the University of Wisconsin School of Business. "It's part of this trend of women saying, `Hey, we're not embarrassed to talk about this."
The new freedom to talk about the vagina comes as marketers spend more to get women to buy products for the area. Ad spending for feminine hygiene products, including tampons, panty liners and cleansers, was up nearly 30 percent to $218.9 million in 2010 from two years ago, according to Kantar Media.
Pop culture also has a lot to do with Americans' _ and companies' _ increased comfort with women's nether regions. The term "vajayjay" became popular after media mogul Oprah Winfrey began using it on TV in 2007. Last month, actress Olivia Wilde, who stars on the Fox TV series "House," described her favorite vagina tattoo on TBS's "Conan."
"I am about to pass out," Conan said.
The openness has spawned an industry of products and services. "Vajazzling" _ gluing on sparkly gems such as Swarovski crystals to jazz up a bikini wax _ became a phenomenon last year when actress Jennifer Love Hewitt mentioned it on the former TBS talk show "Lopez Tonight." It's now a popular service offered by some salons across the country. For instance, the Brazil Bronze Glow Bar spa in New York, charges $25 for house designs like a butterfly, dragon and heart, and up to $100 for custom-made designs.
Bettybeauty Inc., which makes pubic hair dye, was started by Nancy Jarecki in 2006 and sells its products at salons and beauty stores. The $14.99 product works like normal hair dye but is formulated to be safe for the pubic area. The colors run from basics like black, brown and blonde to hot pink, turquoise and purple.
Jarecki said sales have tripled since the line was introduced, although she declined to give figures. Some women are looking to cover gray hair, while others just want a fun color, she says. "When I came out with it, there was this kind of burst of `Oh my god, you solved our problem. I didn't realize how much gray hair was down there,'" she said.
Big consumer products companies also are rolling out products for the vagina and using frank-talking ad campaigns to pitch them.
Energizer Inc. in 2009 introduced the Schick Quattro Trimstyle Razor, which has a bikini trimmer on one side. An ad for the product, which first aired in Europe and shows women dancing to a catchy song called "Mow the Lawn" as they trim hedges, became a viral hit online. A toned down U.S. version of the ad shows shrubs shrinking into various designs as women walk by them _ an allusion to trimming the bikini line.
Kimberly-Clark makes fun of stereotypically touchy-feely feminine products ads in its campaign for a new line of pads and tampons introduced last year and put them in brightly colored packaging. In the TV commercial, a woman says, "I want to hold really soft things, like my cat" and "sometimes I just want to run on the beach, I like to twirl, maybe in slow motion." The commercial then closes with the line: "Why are tampon ads so ridiculous?"
In July, the company introduced a designer series that includes pads with flowers, polka dots and stripes printed on them and a limited edition pad and tampon carrying case designed by "Sex and the City" TV series stylist Patricia Field. An accompanying online campaign called "BantheBland.com," allows users to design their own pads using bright colors and patterns; winning patterns will be manufactured and sold for a limited time.
"There's a lot of pressure these days for ads to go viral," said Brian Steinberg, TV editor at trade publication Advertising Age. "If you want a viral pickup you have to be a little eyebrow raising."
Some companies have stumbled over the line between provocative and offensive. In July, Fleet Laboratories, which makes the Summer's Eve feminine products, has had mixed success with its "Hail to the V" campaign to market its cleansing products.
One 60-second TV ad touts the "power of the `V.'" It shows men throughout history battling each other while a voiceover says, "Over the ages and throughout the world, men have fought for it" and "it's the center of civilization." The ad then cuts to a modern day woman standing next to a shopping aisle of Summer's Eve products and the voiceover says, "So ladies, show it a little love."
But another series of ads, which showed people of different races' hands as puppets appearing to talk as though they were a vagina, was deemed racially insensitive and pulled from the air. The company apologized.
Rhonda Zahnen, a principal at The Richards Group, which created the ads, said despite the controversy, the company was pleased with the overall reaction to the campaign. She noted that about 25,000 have correctly completed its Summer's Eve's online "ID the V" body awareness quiz. And Stephen Colbert even did a parody of the talking-hands ads on Comedy Central's "The Colbert Report."
"We're really excited about having that kind of publicity and coverage. A month ago nobody was talking about feminine hygiene," says Zahnen, who added that Summer's Eve learned through research that women were ready to have frank discussions about their bodies. "We just wanted to be sure that the conversation is focused on celebrating and empowering women."
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_________________________________________________________________________ Internet phishing scam
September 15, 2011
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An investigation into fraudulent purchases has led Gasconade County deputies to recover approximately $10,000 worth of merchandise, believed to have been purchased over the internet using deceit and scams.
The Gasconade County Sheriff's office received a report in August from a victim in Kansas, reporting the theft.
The victim indicated expensive jewelry was purchased from her, using an internet phishing scam.
Not realizing that she had been scammed, the victim shipped the jewelry to a residence in Gasconade, Mo. The woman in Kansas, after realizing the sale was a fraud, reported the crime to her local law enforcement agency and requested the Gasconade County Sheriff's department attempt to recover her property.
Deputy Jacob Sprick and Captain Chuck Howard conducted the investigation and were able to locate property at 123 Ash Street in Gasconade, similar to that described by the victim. The deputies, with cooperation of the resident there, recovered jewelry valued at nearly $900.
After closer examination of the recovered jewelry, it was determined the property was not that of the victim from Kansas, but was another out-of-state victim.
The sheriff's office reported that it is undetermined at this point if the Gasconade resident was fully aware of the circumstances surrounding the acquisition of the property.
Deputies continued the investigation, and over the course of the next two weeks were able to identify two additional victims, all of whom had sold jewelry via the internet classified website "Craigslist."
The sales were determined to be fraudulent and similar to the one described by the initial reporting party. In all three instances, the packages were shipped to the Ash Street address in Gasconade.
After learning the additional packages were accepted at this location, long after the previous visit by the deputies in late August, a search warrant was secured for the premises.
On Tuesday, Sept. 6, deputies executed the search warrant at 123 Ash Street and recovered numerous items suspected to have been purchased in a fraudulent manner, via the internet.
Items seized included appliances, clothing, jewelry, and cell phones. Computer equipment and cell phones belonging to the resident were also seized and will be analyzed for evidence associated with the scam.
Local investigators said many of the items were new and remained in the original shipping packages.
Now, Gasconade County investigators must locate the rightful owner of the items and determine which law enforcement agencies are responsible for the original investigation.
The sheriff's office reported Monday that one of the occupants at the Gasconade residence could face felony charges of receiving stolen property, pending the outcome of the examination of digital evidence.
Local law enforcement officials believe the residence was being used to ship numerous items that were slated to be sold or shipped to another location.
The FBI has been contacted about this investigation in hopes of closing out similar cases across the United States.
Local authorities said citizens should be aware of "phishing" scams. They said there is a fine line between internet scams (stealing by deceit) and just bad sales or business transactions via the web.
If you believe you have been a victim to an internet scam, contact your local law enforcement agency.
"The public should know that many bad business dealing or failed internet transactions can be resolved without law enforcement," said Sheriff Randy Esphorst. "Furthermore, law enforcement agencies cannot enforce civil contracts or financial matters that are civil in nature."
If you an unsure about a certain situation, contact you're law enforcement agency for direction.
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