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A gunman who was holding four firefighters hostage outside of Atlanta was killed during a tactical operation, police said Wednesday.Following a standoff, the Gwinnett County Police Department SWAT team entered the residence where a barricaded gunman was holding four firefighters hostage in Suwanee, Ga.The gunman had taken five firefighters hostage but allowed one of them to leave to move the fire ...
A New York City cardiologist with offices on Fifth Avenue and in New Jersey admits he intentionally misdiagnosed up to 80 percent of his patients with heart problems so he could collect millions in extra Medicare money. Dr. Jose Katz, 68, pleaded guilty to falsifying charts diagnosing patients with angina and other heart ailments so he could prescribe extra tests and treatments when hundreds of p...
The operators of an ambulance service illegally charged Medicare for more than $3.6 million in rides and services that patients didn’t need, according to a federal indictment in one of a series of similar cases out of the Philadelphia area.Anna Mudrova, owner of Penn Choice Ambulance, and operators Yury Gerasyuk, Mikhail Vasserman, Irina Vasserman, Aleksandr Vasserman, Valeriy Davydchik and Khusen...
A New York City cardiologist with offices on Fifth Avenue and in New Jersey admits he intentionally misdiagnosed up to 80 percent of his patients with heart problems so he could collect millions in extra Medicare money.Dr. Jose Katz, 68, pleaded guilty to falsifying charts diagnosing patients with angina and other heart ailments so he could prescribe extra tests and treatments when hundreds of...
A gunman is holding four firefighters hostage outside of Atlanta, police said Wednesday afternoon.The Gwinnett County Police Department SWAT team is outside of a residence where a barricaded gunman is holding four firefighters hostage in Suwanee, Ga. The gunman had taken five firefighters hostage but allowed one of them to leave to move the fire truck, police said.Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Edwin...
A man who donated sperm to a pair of lesbians so they could start a family is now being hounded for child support by the state of Kansas — which refuses to recognize the same-sex coupling.But William Marotta's attorneys want the now-separated lesbian co-parent to be involved in a lawsuit in which the state claims he is the legal father of a 3-year-old girl.The state of Kansas contends that Marotta...
A gunman is holding four firefighters hostage outside of Atlanta, police said Wednesday afternoon.The Gwinnett County Police Department SWAT team is outside of a residence where a barricaded gunman is holding four firefighters hostage in Suwanee, Ga. The gunman had taken five firefighters hostage but allowed one of them to leave to move the fire truck, police said.Gwinnett County Police Cpl. Edwin...
A gunman is holding five firefighters hostage outside of Atlanta, police said Wednesday afternoon.The Gwinnett County Police Department SWAT team is outside of a residence where a barricaded gunman is holding five firefighters hostage in Suwanee, Ga., officials said in a statement.It appears that the fire department had responded to the residence for a medical emergency.Gwinnett County Police Cpl....
A hermit who lived in the woods of Maine for 27 years was arrested breaking into a camp and admitted to more than 1,000 burglaries, police said Wednesday.Christopher Knight left home when he was 19 and his family never reported him missing. He's been holed up ever since at a makeshift camp near Rome — stealing essentials from nearby camps."He never left the woods," Maine State Police spokesman Ste...
The Army and Air Force have reopened their Tuition Assistance pipelines to service members — following a Congressional mandate — yet similar funding remains stalled within the Marine Corps, a leading veterans’ advocate complained Wednesday.The federal sequestration had previously blockaded all money that’s normally funneled to troops to help them pay for college classes in order to further their e...
