Every now and then I’ll learn something that just shocks me. Tonight was one of those nights.There is no mandatory prison sentence for sex predators who try to lure minors on the Internet! How can this be? At a time when we are constantly reminded how naive (and sometimes misguided) teens can end up in [...]
Archive for October, 2007
A Slap on the Wrist for Sex Predators?
October 31, 2007
International Appeal
October 30, 2007
Cincinnati is getting international attention for the Cincinnati Initiative to Reduce Gun Violence, based on David Kennedy’s Boston Plan. The local version has been set up so well, with wrinkles even Kennedy hadn’t thought of, that Scotland Yard is in town Monday and Tuesday learning how it works. London has its own gun violence problem….not [...]
Dangerous Duckies and ER Docs
October 26, 2007
It’s been a couple days since I blogged, so lets catch up with one questionable danger and one very real one.About 1,000 rubber duckies were recalled by the Northern Kentucky Health Department for lead paint on the beak. A spokesman said the lead levels were right on the danger line but they didn’t want to [...]
MRSA Misinformation?
October 20, 2007
Today MRSA was the big story of the day. It’s that awful bacteria that usually infects nursing home and hospital patients…but recently has popped up in a number of high school locker rooms locally and nationally….sending fear into the hearts of parents and giving fodder to tv news sources.I was really pleased with our stations [...]
Ultimate Fighting Hits Cincinnati
October 19, 2007
Truth be told…I’m no fighter. I lost the only fight I was ever in back in high school and talked my way out of dozens more. But I must confess, UFC is my guilty pleasure.At first it was like a car wreck; you want to look away but just can’t. But after 3 or 4 [...]
Police Playing Hookey
October 18, 2007
So this was one of those stories that even makes the reporter say, “no way!” Two cops ditching work for two months by hiding out in a police substation to play video games and watch TV while on duty. But here’s what confuses me: The chief puts the officers on desk duty, but saves the [...]
Looking Death in the Face
October 17, 2007
This is the first entry of a look into my life as a reporter. It will be a daily account of what I DO NOT report on television. From my impressions of a crime scene to facts that just didn’t make the cut when it came time to write a script…my goal is to give [...]
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