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There’s a rogue superhero on the loose in Hollywood.Police are on the hunt for Spider-Man after the masked web-slinger snatched a paper bag filled with $6,000 in cash and credit card information from an employee of the Starlines Tour Bus company.It happened Friday morning as the worker was leaving the firm’s Hollywood Boulevard headquarters, said Los Angeles Police Department Lt. Rich Galbaldon, a...
There is no question that the game of football is dangerous. NFL players get injured on the job—so many that an “injury report” section is ubiquitous in our sports page. In fact, a study run by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH) found that the risk of death associated with neurodegenerative disorders is about three times higher among NFL players than the rest of the population.NFL athletes and members of the NFL Players Association (NFLPA) are not merely players, they are also employees.
Prosecutors want to know whether George Zimmerman, charged with second-degree murder in the shooting death of unarmed black teenager Trayvon Martin, plans to seek immunity under Florida’s “stand your ground” self-defense law.Zimmerman was expected in court Tuesday for a hearing. His trial begins in June.The defense does not expect to call for an immunity hearing Tuesday but may seek one later, The...
