Mourners remember Shaeed Woodard, one of 2 Americans gunned down by cartel in Mexico
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Mourners remember Shaeed Woodard, one of 2 Americans gunned down by cartel in Mexico

ByNews Polite

LAKE CITY, S.C. — Photos of a peewee football player flashed across a slideshow. The image of a smiling young man adorned memorial T-shirts. But the body of the American gunned down three weeks ago by the Gulf cartel in Mexico was kept shielded from funeral-goers. Over 100 people gathered…

Islanders’ Zach Parise following dad’s footsteps in twilight of career
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Islanders’ Zach Parise following dad’s footsteps in twilight of career

ByNews Polite

Zach Parise hasn’t sat down and watched a full game of his father’s. Not start to finish. But every so often, bits and pieces filter through. The old highlights come across his computer screen and he’ll feel something. “It’s great,” Parise said Friday night. “To see him play, not only…

House GOP demands Biden reveal China ties to failed bank
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House GOP demands Biden reveal China ties to failed bank

ByNews Polite

House Republicans are pushing President Joe Biden to investigate the Chinese Communist Party’s ties to the collapsed Silicon Valley Bank – and demanding that he reveal any Biden family connections with Chinese companies set to benefit from the federal government’s bailout. Silicon Valley Bank and a Shanghai-based subsidiary “played an…

NYC DOE staffers sued for unpaid rent for Dominican teachers
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NYC DOE staffers sued for unpaid rent for Dominican teachers

ByNews Polite

A group of city Department of Education administrators is being sued for $24,000 in unpaid rent by the owners of a Bronx house where teachers brought from the Dominican Republic were forced to live. ADASA, the Association of Dominican-American Supervisors and Administrators, leased a duplex at 1820 Pilgrim Ave., then required…

Parrot worth .5K stolen from porch of California home in broad daylight
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Parrot worth $2.5K stolen from porch of California home in broad daylight

ByNews Polite

A devastated California family is pleading for help after their pet parrot worth $2,500 was yanked off their porch and stolen by a brazen thief in broad daylight. The hooded bird snatcher walked up to the front porch and aggressively grabbed the 4′ by 2′ bird cage with the parrot…

Easter candies and Passover foods favorites in US: survey
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Easter candies and Passover foods favorites in US: survey

ByNews Polite

It may only be mid-March, but many people may be looking ahead to two spring holidays: Passover, taking place on Wednesday, April 5, and Easter, falling on Sunday, April 9. In honor of the celebrations, Instacart, an online grocery delivery and pick-up service, took a dive into what Americans are filling their pantries…

Vince McMahon pays back .4 million in investigation costs to WWE
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Vince McMahon pays back $17.4 million in investigation costs to WWE

ByNews Polite

World Wrestling Entertainment Inc (WWE) said on Friday Executive Chairman Vincent McMahon had paid $17.4 million to the company to cover costs related to an investigation into his alleged misconduct.  McMahon, credited with transforming WWE from a regional player to a global giant, retired as CEO and chairman of the…