Area business owner gets three years for fraud

Bizjournals.com, NC - Nov 20, 2006... 24, 2002, and Sept. 15, 2005. Iloka submitted claims to Medicare for power wheelchairs, but provided beneficiaries with a less-expensive motorized scooter. ...

Dinwiddie victim's call to 911 offers clues

DINWIDDIE -- A McKenney couple's last moments of life were recorded in a desperate 911 call. The recording captures the sound of a man's voice ordering someone to shoot 48-year-old Betty Lynn Cardamone-Smith, Dinwiddie Commonwealth's Attorney George F. Marable III said yesterday.

Teen dies from injuries in wreck on his scooter
EAST LAKE - A 14-year-old boy died Tuesday from injuries he suffered while trying to cross East Lake Road on his scooter, according to the Florida Highway Patrol.

Little hands are busy preparing for Encinitas Christmas Parade

North County Times, CA - Dec 1, 2006... Encinitas Christmas Parade is today ----- but India showed no distress as she painted red sides of a sleigh that a teacher will fasten to his motorized scooter ...

Teen inspired state bill on motorized scooters
Newark Star Ledger, USA - Dec 11, 2006... A sticker or placard indicating that the person is handicapped and allowed to operate a motorized scooter in public places also would have to be issued by the ...

San Diego Zoological Society settles disability lawsuit
North County Times, CA - Nov 30, 2006... The lawsuit alleged that Kneeshaw, a polio survivor who uses a motorized scooter, went to the zoo with his wife and granddaughter Sept. ...

Judge rejects county's challenge to pot law
North County Times, CA - Nov 16, 2006... "It gives me hope," McClain said, twisting uncomfortably in his motorized scooter to ease the spastic attacks he suffers, which he had used marijuana to help ...

Bargain-hunters pass up seconds for shopping

CNN - Nov 24, 2006... Little was able to get her 7-year-old son, Taron Hampton, a motorized scooter for $99 -- a savings of $70 -- and a Robosapien remote control robot for $30. ...

Local senior citizen gifted with a scooter and mobility
Yucaipa/Calimesa News Mirror, CA - Nov 22, 2006... She was successful in obtaining a $5,000 grant to purchase a motorized scooter with all the bells and whistles and a hospital bed mattress for Jerry. ...

Suspect in two robberies arrested
Pasadena Star-News, CA - Dec 5, 2006... in Monrovia. In both crimes, the suspect used nearly identical dress, tactics, and a motorized scooter, said Monrovia police Lt. Zeke Cerecerez. ...

Expanded hours and generous discounts from nation's retailers ...

Defiance Crescent News, OH - Nov 24, 2006... Little was able to get her 7-year-old son Taron Hampton, a razo motorized scooter for $99 a savings of $70 and a Robosapien remote control robot for $30. ...

Judge rejects county's challenge to pot law

SAN DIEGO -- A Superior Court judge issued a tentative ruling Thursday morning, rejecting San Diego County's controversial challenge to overturn California's 10-year old, voter-approved "Compassionate Use Act" -- the law that says seriously ill people can legally use marijuana to ease their pain and suffering.

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Police have arrested a man suspected in a November bank robbery in Claremont and believe he committed a similar robbery in October in Monrovia. George Tremayne White, 26, of La Palma, is being held in lieu of $1million bail.

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HAMBURG Rather than teaching her 15-year-old handicapped son, Matt, to break the law, Jeannette Tempe showed him how to change it. When the police stopped Matt a second time for driving his motorized scooter on the street, Jeannette Tempe was tempted to let him ride around anyway.

Expanded hours, discounts lure shoppers
1124dvs--early--shoppers Bargain shoppers headed to the nation\'s stores and malls before the sun rose on Friday to nab specials on everything from toys to flat-screen TVs as the holiday shopping season officially opened.

San Diego Zoological Society settles disability lawsuit
SAN DIEGO ---- The Zoological Society of San Diego, which runs the Wild Animal Park in North County and the San Diego Zoo, has reached an agreement to settle a lawsuit that alleged the organization discriminated against disabled patrons who used motorized scooters or wheelchairs at the two parks.

A ramp could be woman's gateway to escaping isolation and ...

OregonLive.com, OR - Nov 18, 2006... Then she could steer her motorized scooter around her Brooklyn neighborhood to the local coffee shop, drug store, QFC and Loaves & Fishes or maybe the mall to ...

Few retirees turn out to protest county's attempt to slash health ...
North County Times, CA - Dec 7, 2006... judge who said she was forced to retire in 2003 after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, addressed the retirement association from her motorized scooter. ...

Man killed in court feared by neighbors
KRQE, NM - Nov 24, 2006... backpack. "He drove a motorized scooter and so was constantly with a back pack, back and forth, back and forth," Sandoval said. ...

Big Al injured in scooter, car crash
The Herald-Times (subscription), IN - 11 hours agoby Bethany Nolan. Big Al Carpenter was injured in a Tuesday crash that knocked him off his motorized scooter and broke his ankle, according to police. ...

County Wants Full Disclosure

Loudoun Connection, VA - Nov 15, 2006... an ordinance that would require every person under the age of 14 to wear a helmet whenever riding or being carried on a bicycle or riding a motorized scooter. ...

Shooting victim's record extensive
Albuquerque Tribune, NM - Nov 29, 2006... On April 14: Police stopped Hevener as he rode his motorized scooter west on Central Avenue, crossing Broadway Boulevard through the red light screaming ...

Few retirees turn out to protest county's attempt to slash health ...
North County Times, CA - Dec 7, 2006... judge who said she was forced to retire in 2003 after being diagnosed with multiple sclerosis, addressed the retirement association from her motorized scooter. ...

Apartment tenants grapple with unexpected closure announcement

Shreveport Times, LA - Nov 22, 2006... Primarily confined to a motorized scooter, Jeworrek suffers from a number of health ailments that keep him in and out of the hospital. ...

Shooting victim's record extensive
Albuquerque Tribune, NM - Nov 29, 2006... On April 14: Police stopped Hevener as he rode his motorized scooter west on Central Avenue, crossing Broadway Boulevard through the red light screaming ...

Seymour Police Department gives thanks for new emergency services ...
New Haven Register (subscription), CT - Nov 25, 2006... Paulus donated a motorized scooter, which enabled the department to bring back a downtown beat; Allen donated several new motorcycle helmets for officers to ...

Summit County
Akron Beacon Journal, OH - Nov 26, 2006... Police said they saw and stopped Sheffield as he was driving a motorized scooter through Archwood Avenue and Moore Street without any lights on. ...

Judge rejects county pot suit; San Diego County challenged state ...

North County Times, CA - Nov 16, 2006... "It gives me hope," McClain said, twisting uncomfortably in his motorized scooter in an attempt to ease the spastic attacks he suffers, which he had used ...

2 held in Dinwiddie couple's slaying
Richmond Times Dispatch, VA - Dec 7, 2006... Cardamone-Smith had grown up in the Richmond area and traveled around the McKenney community on a motorized scooter because she had multiple sclerosis. ...

'Vicious' youth is on the lam
Toronto Sun, Canada - Nov 25, 2006... who was convicted as a youth in a "vicious, cold-hearted attack" where a disabled man was repeatedly stabbed and robbed of his motorized scooter has disappeared ...

The Price of Access: Barriers still a burden
Sacramento Bee, USA - Nov 14, 2006... Stephanie Bussi, 66, a disabled woman who uses a motorized scooter, could maneuver only a half-block from the intersection of PCH and Long Beach Boulevard ...

Little hands are busy preparing for Encinitas Christmas Parade

ENCINITAS ---- India Glazer's brush strokes on Friday were smooth and deliberate.

Bargain Shoppers Crowd Stores For Deals
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Black Friday brings bargains, pain
CHERRY HILL, N.J. (AP) -- The most frenzied shopping day of the year began earlier than ever in New Jersey with many stores opening to bargain-hunters clutching coffee and newspaper circulars at 5 a.m. today.

Hamburg family wins fight to change law

New Jersey Herald, NJ - Dec 11, 2006... When the police stopped Matt a second time for driving his motorized scooter on the street, Jeannette Tempe was tempted to let him ride around anyway. ...

Students roll with restroom revamp
The Orion, CA - Dec 7, 2006... the intended effect on their audience. Briana Beaver has used a motorized scooter most of her life. The first-year student said ...

Research group urges caution when buying gifts

Royal Oak Daily Tribune, MI - Nov 22, 2006... One child died on a non-motorized scooter while another was asphyxiated in a toy chest. "Choking hazards are the most common," Pettit said. ...

Rick Snider: Sachs left lasting impression
Examiner.com - Nov 8, 2006... cancer. Just three months ago, he was still on the sidelines during training camp, using a motorized scooter to get around at age 78. ...

Rowe: Park center of her attention

GREENSBORO Every morning, after checking the day's weather forecast, Bonnie McIntosh looks out her window to see what's happening just up the street.

When talk turns to diversity, the city tells two tales
GREENSBORO Johnnetta Cole can work a crowd. She stood in front of a well-dressed audience last week, and with microphone in hand, she worked the ballroom at O. Henry Hotel like a local version of the woman we all know as simply Oprah.

A ramp could be woman's gateway to escaping isolation and depression
IRENE BARRON grimaces, grips the porch railing, then, with a scowl stretching across her face as if she's lifting the heaviest weights imaginable, pushes against the railing to elevate herself from a worn wooden bench.

Three serious accidents in three separate counties
Three separate accidents in three separate counties took place in Southwest Florida and they left at least one person dead.

Judge rejects county pot suit; San Diego County challenged state law, saying federal law was supreme
SAN DIEGO -- A Superior Court judge issued a tentative ruling Thursday rejecting San Diego County's challenge to overturn California's 10-year old, voter-approved "Compassionate Use Act" -- the law that says seriously ill people can use marijuana legally to ease their pain and suffering.

Call him Honest Charlie

New England Hockey Journal, MA - Nov 19, 2006... Strelow is a roving coach with the Sharks, and while making his rounds in the minor leagues he takes to the ice on a motorized scooter-like vehicle. ...

Tutor views illiteracy as the real handicap
Orlando Sentinel, FL - Nov 12, 2006The name certainly fits -- Merens, who has multiple sclerosis, drives her motorized scooter to the DeBary Public Library about once a week to tutor Guadalupe ...

New district program helps near-blind navigate transit

North County Times, CA - Nov 25, 2006... explore. She recalled a long session with a woman who had trouble fitting her motorized scooter on the district's Breeze buses. ...

Little hands are busy preparing for Encinitas Christmas Parade

North County Times, CA - Dec 1, 2006... Encinitas Christmas Parade is today ----- but India showed no distress as she painted red sides of a sleigh that a teacher will fasten to his motorized scooter ...

Garden State Plaza ?? Christmas Customer Comforts
ParamusPost.com, NJ - Dec 8, 2006... Mothers were taking advantage of the Kiddie Kruzzer strollers and Vince demonstrated the motorized scooter available for the physically challenged. ...

The bright-eyed cheerleader of Center City Park

Greensboro News Record, NC - Nov 29, 2006... just up the street. Then she's out the door, on her motorized scooter, to see what's new at Center City Park. "OK guys,'' she says ...

Woman admits to medical supply scam
San Antonio Express, TX - Nov 28, 2006... and inducement. Each power wheelchair or motorized scooter cost upward of $6,000, according to her lawyer, Jesse Rivera. "She's ...

The Price of Access: Barriers still a burden
Sacramento Bee, USA - Nov 14, 2006... Stephanie Bussi, 66, a disabled woman who uses a motorized scooter, could maneuver only a half-block from the intersection of PCH and Long Beach Boulevard ...

Shoppers experience pains and gains
The Trentonian, NJ - Nov 25, 2006... She got him a Razor motorized scooter for $99 -- a savings of $70 -- and a Robosapien for $30. The remote control robot was one of last year s hottest toys. ...

Bargain-hunters pass up seconds for shopping
CNN - Nov 24, 2006... Little was able to get her 7-year-old son, Taron Hampton, a motorized scooter for $99 -- a savings of $70 -- and a Robosapien remote control robot for $30. ...