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http://trib.com/news/local/casper/vietnam-vet-with-no-known-family-to-be-buried-in/article_97da23eb-9813-5ace-a186-056bc16b22be.htmlVietnam vet no known family to be buried in Casper; coroner hopes people will attend his funeral
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But thats about all Natrona County Coroner Connie Jacobson knows for certain about Stephen Carl Reiman, a 63-year-old homeless Navy veteran who died Thursday at Wyoming Medical Center. Her office has looked for a friend or a family member to claim Reiman. They havent found anyone.
The other thing Jacobson knows is that Reiman needs to be buried with respect. And that he shouldnt be alone.
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Reiman came to Wyoming from a Southern California community for homeless veterans. He served in the Navy from 1971 to 1975, his last post aboard the U.S.S. Long Beach. Reiman had previously told a VA doctor that he had struggled with PTSD, depression and alcoholism, Jacobson said. Those symptoms worsened when Reimans only son died in combat in Iraq, Jacobson said, and Reiman became incapable of working. He depended on the VA for housing, income and health care.
Its not clear why Reiman traveled the 1,250 miles to Sheridan with just one backpack full of Bruce Springsteen CDs, a laptop, an iPod, two identification cards, a copy of his birth certificate and his Navy discharge papers. He also had Springsteens memoir, Born to Run, in his pack, his most recent page marked with the books dust cover.
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A funeral with military honors will be held for Reiman at 10 a.m. Nov. 29 at the Oregon Trail State Veterans Cemetery in Evansville. Every year, the cemetery hosts a handful of funerals for veterans whom nobody claimed as family, the cemeterys interim director said.
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@AP: BREAKING: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes off Fukushima in Japan, tsunami warning issued
Source: Associated Press
@AP: BREAKING: Magnitude 7.3 earthquake strikes off Fukushima in Japan, tsunami warning issued.
@Reuters: RT @ReutersWorld: MORE: Tsunami to strike Fukushima coast within minutes - Japan broadcaster NHK
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Will update.
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Donald Trump’s Companies Destroyed Emails in Defiance of Court Orders
Source: Newsweek
Donald Trumps Companies Destroyed Emails in Defiance of Court Orders
By Kurt Eichenwald On 10/31/16 at 7:00 AM
11/11/16
COVER STORY
Donald Trump has a long, troubling history of destroying and hiding important documents in lawsuits, but he thinks Hillary Clintons the one who should be going to jail
Over the course of decades, Donald Trumps companies have systematically destroyed or hidden thousands of emails, digital records and paper documents demanded in official proceedings, often in defiance of court orders. These tacticsexposed by a Newsweek review of thousands of pages of court filings, judicial orders and affidavits from an array of court caseshave enraged judges, prosecutors, opposing lawyers and the many ordinary citizens entangled in litigation with Trump. In each instance, Trump and entities he controlled also erected numerous hurdles that made lawsuits drag on for years, forcing courtroom opponents to spend huge sums of money in legal fees as they struggledsometimes in vainto obtain records.
This behavior is of particular import given Trumps frequent condemnations of Hillary Clinton, his Democratic opponent, for having deleted more than 30,000 emails from a server she used during her time as secretary of state. While Clinton and her lawyers have said all of those emails were personal, Trump has suggested repeatedly on the campaign trail that they were government documents Clinton was trying to hide and that destroying them constituted a crime. The allegationwhich the FBI concluded was not supported by any evidenceis a crowd-pleaser at Trump rallies, often greeted by supporters chanting, Lock her up!
Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/2016/11/11/donald-trump-companies-destroyed-emails-documents-515120.html
@aedwardslevy: I'm calling for a total and complete shutdown of Donald Trump...
@aedwardslevy: I'm calling for a total and complete shutdown of Donald Trump interacting with women until we can figure out what is going on
Police-Involved Injuries of Civilians Rise Nearly 50%, Harvard Researchers Say
Source: The Guardian
US policing
Police-involved injuries of civilians rise nearly 50%, Harvard researchers say
Study looked at emergency visits over 14-year period and also found black men were more likely to be injured by police and security guards than white men
Ciara McCarthy in New York
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Friday 9 September 2016 10.02 EDT Last modified on Friday 9 September 2016 10.45 EDT
The rate of serious injuries caused by police and private security increased nearly 50% from 2001 to 2014, according to a new study from Harvard public health researchers that looked at emergency room visits.
An article published this week reviewed hospital emergency room data to analyze non-fatal injuries following legal intervention defined in this study as a wound inflicted by police officers or private security guards. In the 14-year period examined, the rate of these injuries per 100,000 people increased by 47.4%. The analysis is one of few that can provide a longitudinal study of police use of force over time, according to lead author Justin Feldman.
The article also concluded that black civilians, and particularly black men, are significantly more likely to be injured by police than their white counterparts, a trend carried over in numerous analyses of police killings and fatal shootings. Black people were injured and sought treatment at a rate 4.9 times higher than whites, according to the research.
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Read more: http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/sep/09/police-involved-injuries-civilian-harvard-study
Firefighters in Iowa Revive Cat Rescued from Basement of Burning House
ABC News (@ABC)
9/9/16, 9:53 AM
Firefighters in Iowa revive cat that had been rescued from the basement of a burning house. pic.twitter.com/1M2ilFvbJi
https://twitter.com/abc/status/774244316516540416
TOM TOMORROW: 21st Century News Cycle
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TOM TOMORROW: Trump Trump Trump Trump
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TOM TOMORROW: Election Phenomena ('The Futility of Satire')
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What Aetna Forgot to Mention About Its Obamacare Losses
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/opinion/editorials/article96217822.htmlEDITORIALS
AUGUST 17, 2016 4:00 PM
THE OBSERVER EDITORIAL BOARD
What Aetna forgot to mention about its Obamacare losses
On Monday evening, one of the nations largest insurers released a statement announcing its intention to stop offering individual coverage in most Obamacare markets. Aetnas announcement, just six paragraphs long, explained that it had lost more than $430 million on the public exchanges since 2014, thanks largely to too many high-cost (read: sick) enrollees.
Aetna regretted its decision, said CEO Mark Bertolini in the statement, but doing business in the Obamacare marketplaces created significant sustainability concerns.
Its the same complaint other insurers have voiced about Obamacare, and it mirrors what Bertolini said just two weeks ago in a second-quarter earnings call. But earlier this year, Bertolini let slip another figure that didnt make it into Mondays six paragraphs: Aetna enjoyed a record $6.5 billion in government program premiums in the first quarter.
In other words, doing business with the government isnt so bad after all. In fact, its gotten especially good since Obamacare came along, thanks largely to the Affordable Care Acts expansion of Medicaid in most states (but not yet North Carolina.) Medicaid, like Medicare, offers the best of most worlds for insurers its single-payer, government-financed insurance, and it has low enrollee costs. So while insurers like to gripe about the individual Obamacare exchanges, they have no issues with the big Medicaid profits that Obamacare helps provide.
Aetna, at least, seemed to see that big picture not long ago, even calling the Obamacare marketplaces a good investment in April. What changed? It could be that last month, the Obama administration blocked Aetnas proposed $37 billion merger with Humana. On Wednesday, the Huffington Post revealed a July letter from Bertolini to the Justice Department in which he said that if the merger (and its bottom-line benefits) didnt happen, Aetna would pull out of Obamacares exchanges.
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