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Two masked men -- one as a gorilla, the other as a monkey -- stole several pairs of Nike shoes from a Los Angeles boutique Thursday, police said. Just before 1 p.m., the pair entered the store in the 7800 block of Melrose Avenue and waved handguns at a store employee, according to a statement from the Los Angeles Police Department. The men absconded with several pairs of Nike Jordan women's shoes and fled in a late model, four-door gray Nissan Altima with paper license plates. @Seabaron They say in 21 months but then again, there is no accurate way to tally the numbers only the loose experience of driving and counting heads ... TheDoctorOfReality at 10:04 AM January 10, 2015 The robbery -- in broad daylight in the city's Fairfax District -- was recorded by surveillance video posted online by the LAPD. Both suspects are described as African American or Latino and between 18 to 25 years old,...

At the center of the rotunda, Governor Gina Raimondo, her husband Andy Moffit and son Tommy Moffit, 8, shook hands with visitors, posed for photos and signed autographs for the hundreds who stood in line. The Open House at the State House was hosted by Governor Gina Raimondo and First Gentleman Andy Moffit as part of the celebration for her Inauguration. Free food and beverages by RI companies. "Make It In Rhode Island" is the theme. The Providence Journal/Kathy Borchers  PROVIDENCE, R.I. – No one could blame Jessica Salvas if she’d come for the food. The spread at Governor Raimondo’s inaugural celebration at the State House on Saturday was worthy of the city’s reputation as a creative food capital. Local restaurants served everything from lattes and scones to crostini and clam chowder. But Salvas wasn’t in line for food. She was in the longer line – the one for people waiting to shake hands with the new governor. “I’m hopeful,” Salvas said. “I think s...

Richard S. Bradford A Plano police officer has been arrested on felony charges of indecency with a child and possession or distribution of child pornography. Richard Scott Bradford, 45, of Anna was arrested Thursday by the Collin County sheriff’s office on the child pornography charge. He was released from jail a few hours later on bond. This is his second arrest in less than a month. Bradford was also arrested Dec. 23 on a charge of indecency with a child by contact. He was released from jail on bond. Plano police spokesman David Tilley said Bradford was hired in July 1998 and has worked as a patrol officer during his entire career with the department. Bradford has been placed on administrative leave while the charges are investigated by the sheriff’s office. Tilley said Plano police are conducting their own internal investigation. Bradford could not be reached for comment. According to the arrest warrant on the indecency charge, a 9-year-old girl report...

Police have launched an assault on a factory in northern France where the two suspects believed to have been involved in the shooting of 12 people in Paris were holding a hostage. In the hunt for the two brothers, security forces and helicopters have been focusing their efforts on the town of Dammartin-en-Goele, a 12 kilometer (seven mile) drive from Charles De Gaulle Airport. Police cordoned off an industrial estate, and French news channel France 24 reported that 1,000 officers were involved. The two brothers have been cornered by police inside a printing house in Dammartin-en-Goele. One police officer told The Associated Press that the suspects told negotiators they "want to die as martyrs." Separately, there has been a shootout at a kosher supermarket on Friday in eastern Paris, with reports of casualties and several people taken hostage, French prosecutors told reporters. A...

Strength in numbers has force the hand of Target Stores after 14,000+ signatures from supporters of various races and ages demanded an apology from the company for misleading advertisement about an Annie dress ad. These voices asked for Target to take a look at their marketing strategies and ways that a lack of diversity could disappoint consumers- it did not fall on deaf ears. Below is the email that was received from Guest Relations: Hello DR. LASEAN RINIQUE SHELTON, My name is Charlene and I work in Target’s Guest Relations department. I wanted to follow-up on behalf of Target on your email. We’re sorry that you’re disappointed with our marketing of the Annie for Target collection. We want all guests to feel great about their decision to shop at Target, and we’re sorry if we let you and your daughter down. We value the opportunity to hear directly from our guests, including what they like and what they don’t. We take your feedback seriously and our teams will keep it...

The myth of symptoms There's a common misconception that people with high blood pressure , also called HBP or hypertension, will experience symptoms such as nervousness, sweating, difficulty sleeping or facial flushing. The truth is that HBP is largely a symptomless condition. If you ignore your blood pressure because you think symptoms will alert you to the problem, you are taking a dangerous chance with your life. Everybody needs to know their blood pressure numbers, and everyone needs to prevent high blood pressure from developing. The myth of symptomatic headaches The best evidence indicates that high blood pressure does not cause headaches except perhaps in the case of hypertensive crisis (systolic/top number higher than 180 OR diastolic/bottom number higher than 110). In the early 1900s, it was assumed that headaches were more common among people with high blood pressure. However, research into the subject doesn't support this view. According to one ...

By Constance Barker Numbness in the mouth after seeing the dentist is annoying. It can make drinking, eating or talking difficult. Numbness may last up to three to five hours after leaving the dentist depending on the amount of local anesthesia administered. However, there are ways to shorten numbness in the mouth following a trip to the dentist. Step 1: Stimulating blood flow in the area of the injection can help your body clear the anesthesia from your bloodstream faster. Massaging the area where you're experiencing the numbness is one way to stimulate blood flow. Take caution to not rub vigorously as that can cause damage to the numbed area of your face because you might not be able to feel how hard you are rubbing. And before massaging your face, ask your dentist if this could cause any additional pain or swelling, or interfere with dental work you just had done. Massage the area around your mouth. (Stockbyte/Stockbyte/Getty Images) Read more : http://...

EXCLUSIVE A reporter ran into Tony winner Phylicia Rashad yesterday at Paramount’s super elegant lunch for the movie “Selma” at the Metropolitan Club. Rashad co-starred with Bill Cosby for 12 years as his TV wife– first on “The Cosby Show” and then on its sequel “Cosby” featuring Madeline Kahn. She will always be Claire Huxtable, wife of Dr. Cliff, and mother of the Huxtable family. No one knows Cosby better than the soft spoken, smart, articulate Rashad. So far she has not said a word about the scandal that has engulfed Cosby and is systematically destroying his 50 year career and reputation. So far. Now, as the extraordinary “Selma” lunch– which featured a brilliant performance by Common and John Legend of their theme song, “Glory”– Rashad and I had a talk about Cosby. No less than Harry Belafonte and Ruben Santiago Hudson were hovering above us as we chatted. Let’s make something clear. Rashad, who is one of our greatest stage actresses, has kept quiet, didn...

  Boston police officer Michael Doherty  (pictured) is facing assault, battery, and using a motor vehicle without authority charges for allegedly beating up a Hispanic and Black man during an incident while off-duty . Doherty reportedly boarded an Uber vehicle, a ride-sharing service, when he instructed the unidentified driver to take him to a specific location. On arrival, the 16-year veteran insisted they had arrived at the wrong address and reportedly yelled, “What? You think I’m stupid, you f*cking sp*c?” After Doherty instructed the driver to continue driving, he then allegedly began assaulting him, allegedly forcing the operator out of the vehicle. But the assault didn’t stop there. Doherty then began chasing the driver around the vehicle.  In a fit of despair, the driver reportedly flagged down an African-American motorist for help. When the man who stopped to offer some assistance tried to reason with Doherty, the 40-year-old police office...

  A Kentucky police officer is recovering from non-life-threatening injuries after accidentally shooting himself in the stomach inside an elevator on Friday. Video from the scene shows officer Darryl Jouett, a 25-year veteran of the Erlanger, Ky., police department, entering an elevator in Cincinnati with his wife, who was not identified. Jouett, who was off-duty and not in uniform, is seen talking to his wife and holding a box in one hand while apparently trying to adjust his pants or shirt. At one point, Jouett pulls out his police-issued .40-caliber semiautomatic handgun, looks at it then attempts to put it back into his holster. "He was transitioning the holster and transitioning the gun out of his holster. He was going to carry it in his hand as they walked to the car," Cincinnati Capt. Michael John told WLWT. " As he was pulling the gun from the holster, a round discharged, ricocheted in the elevator, struck him in the stomach ." ...

The scene where two plainclothes police officers were shot in the Bronx on Monday night. Credit Edwin Torres for The New York Times Two plainclothes New York City police officers were shot in the Bronx on Monday night after they tried to stop a car, the police said. One officer was shot in the back, and another officer was shot in the arm, police officials said. Their injuries were not considered life-threatening. A manhunt was underway for at least two assailants, said Chief Kim Y. Royster, a Police Department spokeswoman. A gun was recovered at the scene, she said, but it was not immediately clear if it belonged to either of the assailants. She said that the officers were not targeted by the gunman — as occurred in the fatal Dec. 20 shooting of two officers in their patrol car in Brooklyn — but instead appeared to have been investigating a robbery when the shooti...