| Expansion seen as bid to consolidate support from Vokkaligas ...
BANGALORE: Thursday's Ministry expansion suggests that the Janata Dal (S)-Bharatiya Janata Party combine is trying to consolidate its support among the dominant Vokkaliga and Lingayat communities. While the JD(S) chose two Vokkaligas and one Lingayat as its three nominees, the two BJP candidates are Lingayats. The JD(S) belied expectations that it would choose a minority candidate for the vacancy caused by the resignation of Zameer Ahmed Khan. The combined strength of Vokkaligas and Lingayats in the 34-member Ministry has reached 19. Efforts were made to provide representation to various districts that had not been represented in the Ministry, but there are no Ministers from Chikmagalur, Chitradurga, Kodagu and Gadag districts. Women left out Women were the ones who were left out in this effort to provide regional and community representation.
Teen who Died After Boot Camp Beating to be Exhumed for Autopsy
"It's a crying shame -- we've got to go pull our son up again just to get the truth," said Robert Anderson, the boy's father.
The family is disputing the conclusion of Bay County's medical examiner, Dr. Charles Siebert, that the boy died from hemorrhaging caused by the usually benign condition of sickle cell trait, and not from the 30-minute altercation. He was kneed, struck and dragged by guards on his first day at the Bay County Sheriff's Office Boot Camp for juvenile offenders. Anderson eventually was taken to a Pensacola hospital where he died the next day, Jan. 6.
The ordeal was captured by a camp security camera and later broadcast nationally. Siebert said Friday the new autopsy "a good idea."
"Hopefully we can come to a consensus," Siebert said.
Heart attack strikes NY paramedic during class
A training session for fire department paramedics turned into a real-life drama Friday when one of the students went into cardiac arrest. Three paramedics from Long Island and a lieutenant from Howard Beach sprang into action and stabilized the student, Jeffrey Sanger, possibly saving his life. Sanger, 39, of the Bronx, was in stable condition Friday night at Long Island Jewish Medical Center in New Hyde Park. "The guy was in the right place at the right time," said Lt. Arthur Lester of Howard Beach. .
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