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American Apparel's Dov Charney accused of choking, insulting employee
Dov Charney is no stranger to controversy, but a new lawsuit accuses the American Apparel chief executive of very strange behavior indeed, including choking and rubbing dirt into the face of a former Malibu store manager. In the suit filed in Los...
Tags: American Apparel, Walmart, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Laws
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Hungry transient gets jail time for choking pelican to death
L.A. NOWA 30-year-old transient pleaded no contest Friday to choking a brown pelican to death because he "was hungry" and was sentenced to 60 days in jail, prosecutors said.... -
Jonah Lehrer jumps from Wired to the New Yorker
Jacket CopyPopular writer Jonah Lehrer, who focuses on the science of the mind, moves from Wired to the New Yorker.... -
A terrible choice to ponder
The day after hip surgery, my father asked me to bring him a frozen coffee and something sweet the next morning. I returned to the hospital with a Frappuccino and a doughnut, one or both of which nearly killed him.
He began choking and then turned...Tags: Health and Medical Professionals, Pneumonia, Health Treatments, Long Term Care, Stroke
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Consumer Confidential: Milk lawsuit, sneaker settlement, toy recall
Money & CompanyA Los Angeles law firm has filed a class-action lawsuit alleging that various dairy companies and trade groups slaughtered more than half a million cows to inflate the price of milk. More than 1.7 million toy workshop and tool sets from toymaker Little... -
'Choking game' has killed at least 82 children, study finds
The "choking game," a type of asphyxiation practiced by children and adolescents seeking a euphoric rush, has killed at least 82 children since 1995, according to the first U.S. government study to quantify the deaths.
The Centers for Disease Control and...Tags: Death, Brain, Children, Physical Conditions, U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
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BIRDS OF PARADISE
Chapter 1 By Steve Lopez Los Angeles Times Columnist Escaping the heat in a hotter clime In a glass house above Malibu, Charlie Bonner is getting set to split for Cabo when the phone rings. Charlie Bonner went to the closet and shoved his wife's...Tags: Motorcycle Trial, Keanu Reeves, Road Transportation, Moving and Storage, Mass Media
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Man charged in slaying of wife who was found dead after Oak Forest fire
Tribune reporterA southwest suburban man accused of strangling his wife and then setting her body ablaze is being held without bail. Police say Martin Rodriguez killed Erica L. Rodriguez on Dec. 18, slashed his own throat and set a fire in their home in Oak Forest&...Tags: Murder, Prosecution, Crime, Law and Justice, Justice System, Lawyers
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Winner of Cockroach Eating Contest Choked on Bug Bits
KTLA NewsDEERFIELD BEACH, Florida -- A man who collapsed during a cockroach-eating contest last month choked to death on bug parts and his own vomit, the Broward County Medical Examiner ruled Monday. Edward Archbold, 32, had stuffed handfuls of roaches and...Tags: Deerfield Beach, Broward County, Broward County Sheriff's Office
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Swallowing can become a challenge
There are many challenges in caregiving dealing with activities of daily living. One that is frequently seen is difficulty swallowing. We often see this in people having difficulty with speech since those muscles are the same ones used to swallow....Tags: Lungs and Airways, Parkinson's Disease, Pneumonia, Breads, Alzheimer's Disease
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Police: Video shows mom repeatedly choking 15-month-old son at hospital
An Indianapolis mother faces more than a dozen felony charges after investigators say video showed her repeatedly choking her 15-month-old son at a hospital. Police arrested Dashana Oldham, 20, on preliminary charges of neglect and battery after a doctor...
Tags: Coughing, Electroencephalography, Physical Conditions
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East Baltimore death in police custody ruled a homicide
The state medical examiner has determined that an East Baltimore man's death in police custody last month was a homicide caused by blunt force trauma, an account that conflicts with earlier assertions that he died from choking on drugs. A copy of the...
Tags: Punishment, Murder, Prince George's County, Morphine (drug), Prosecution
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