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Unsafe Working Conditions: Flatbush Gardens Complex Fined $52,100

Federal agents have found that an East Flatbush slumlord has been exposing maintenance workers to pools of raw sewage, asbestos and other dangerous conditions. The owners of the apartment complex, which consists of 59 buildings, were handed 20 violations and will be fined up to $51,100 by the federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration (known [...]

New York Leads Nation In Spending On Social Aid

A USA TODAY analysis reports that New York state’s Medicaid program is the most expensive in the nation, driving the average cost of all government benefits in New York to $9,442 per person, the most in the country. New York ranked 28th in Social Security payments per person and ninth in Medicare benefits last year. [...]

Republicans Block U.S. Health Aid for 9/11 Workers

Republican senators blocked Democratic legislation that sought to provide medical care to rescue workers and others who became ill as a result of breathing in toxic fumes, dust and smoke at the site of the World Trade Center attack in 2001.  Republicans are concerned with the funding of this $7.4 billion legislation.  Democrats have argued [...]

Actress Eva Longoria Files for Divorce

Actress Eva Longoria has filed for divorce from NBA superstar, Tony Parker, ending their seven years of marriage.  Longoria confirmed that Parker had been exchanging personal text messages with a mutual female friend for nearly a year.  The female friend is Erin Barry, wife of Parker’s teammate Brent Barry.  It has been reported that Longoria [...]

Senior Partner Lenard Leeds of Leeds Morelli & Brown, Champions Clients Against Sexual Harassment on CNN

Lenard Leeds, nationally recognized employment law attorney and senior partner at Leeds Morelli & Brown P.C., appeared on CNN yesterday representing clients Lauren Schlanger, Samantha Romanger, Shivon Super, with regard to their pending lawsuit against Doctor Edward Kleiner. Schlanger, Romanger and Super were employees of Dr. Kleiner at Beach and Surf Medical in Long Beach, [...]

CBS Early Morning Show to Replace Entire On-Air Crew

CBS announced that, come the New Year, there will be an entire new cast on the “Early Show.”  Long-time anchors Harry Smith, and co-anchor Maggie Rodriguez and weatherman Dave Price were let go from the early morning news program.  The new cast taking over will be Chris Wragge, Erica Hill, and former “Good Morning America” [...]

Beauty Discrimination During a Job Search

A new study suggests that while handsome men do better while looking for work, good looks can end up hurting a woman’s chances of scoring a job interview.  The study was conducted by economists at Ben-Gurion University of the Negev in Israel.  The economist sent  5,312 resumes to more than 2,600 employers who had advertised [...]

Man Dies at Chicago’s Solider Field

A man who fell during a football game between the Chicago Bears and the Philadelphia Eagles died this past Sunday. The death has been ruled an “accident” by the coroners office.  The deceased man was Stuart Haverty, 23, who was from Chicago and the cause of his death was multiple injuries from a fall.  Around [...]

Johnny Depp Interview Discusses How Disney Was Worried Jack Sparrow Was Gay

Depp, who made a flamboyant portrayal of Jack Sparrow in “Pirates of the Caribbean”, talked about it in an interview for the January 2011 edition of Vanity Fair magazine. Depp said Disney “couldn’t stand” his Sparrow impression. Depp told a Disney executive that “all my characters are gay,” and he said that “really made her [...]

Filmmaker of ‘Empire Strikes Back’ dies 87

Filmmaker Irvin Kershner, who directed 1980′s “Empire Strikes Back”, which many regard it as the best of the Star Wars trilogy, has died at age 87.  The filmmaker died Saturday in his home in Los Angeles, California, after a three-and-a-half-year battle with lung cancer.  He also directed Connery as James Bond in “Never Say Never [...]