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I never thought I was one of those people: the kind who can’t ever take their eyes off of their phone screens. I thought my cell phone use was reasonable — I mean, I didn’t cuddle with it at night or sleep with it under my pillow. However, the other day, when I endured a mild panic attack because I couldn’t find my phone, my eyes were opened to how dependent I’ve become. I am, in fact, addicted to my smartphone.
Ray Manzarek, keyboardist and songwriter for American rock band The Doors, died Monday from bile duct cancer in a clinic at Rosenheim, Germany at the age of 74. Manzarek helped mold one of the most influential bands of the psychedelic era with his brilliant songwriting and intoxicating piano playing.
Raised in Chicago, Manzarek eventually brought his love of jazz and blues to the sunny scene of Los Angeles. Fresh to the west coast, he eventually teamed up with Jim Morrison and created legendary American rock band, The Doors. In 1965, the addition of drummer John Densmore and guitarist Robby Krieger solidified the band’s journey to rock n’ roll stardom.
Ever hear the story about the mayor who got caught on videotape smoking crack? The name Marion Barry should ring a bell. In 1990, at the height of the crack cocaine epidemic, FBI agents procured a video of Barry, then the mayor of Washington, D.C., smoking crack in a hotel room. Last week, Toronto mayor Rob Ford found himself in a similar pickle.
In New York City, you just never know who your neighborhood drug dealer might be. It’s tough making an honest living in the city that never sleeps, but some people will do just about anything to get by. This week, a Papa John’s delivery man was arrested for selling more than $40,000 in cocaine hidden in pizza boxes to undercover police officers he met near his home and outside the Brooklyn restaurant where he works.
Ramon Rodriguez, 45, was charged Wednesday with multiple counts of criminal sale of a controlled substance and one count of criminal possession of a controlled substance.
Prosecutors say Rodriguez allegedly sold cocaine to undercover officers 19 times since the fall of 2011, often dressed in his work clothes to blend in.
Andrew Welden (right) and his once-pregnant girlfriend.
28 year-old John Andrew Welden was indicted on one count first degree murder Tuesday in Florida after allegedly tricking his girlfriend into aborting their child. Tampa Bay Times reports that the crime took place in March after an ultrasound performed by the accused’s father, Dr. Stephen Ward Welden, confirmed the pregnancy.
John Welden then forged his father’s signature on a prescription for Cytotec, an FDA approved drug known to cause uterine contractions resulting in spontaneous miscarriage, and relabeled the bottle as “Amoxicillin.” Welden’s girlfriend, 26-year-old Remee Lee, took the medication thinking it was an antibiotic meant to cure a supposed bacterial infection in her blood. Shortly after she began taking the pills, READ MORE »
