More details linked to disgraced UK TV star unveiled

Britain’s West Yorkshire police have faced further questioning over its part in the sex abuse scandal involving former TV star and paedophile Jimmy Savile as it was forced to reveal more details about past incidences.


It was revealed last week in a report that police officers had identified 68 victims of Savile in the West Yorkshire area, the youngest of whom was just five years-old.

Due to repeated enquiries from various newspapers and media organisations, the force has now issued a further statement confirming the extent of Savile’s sex offenses and where it took place.

This comes as critics are questioning why details were not published in the original report and are now just unfolding.

In the recent statement, a spokesman for the force pointed out that “the main location of these offences was Leeds General Infirmary with complaints from 23 victims, ranging from aged five to 34.”

West Yorkshire police has faced strong criticism over the closeness of the connection some of its former officers had with Savile during the years when his sex offending was at its worst.

Last month, a former Metropolitan police commander suggested that Savile may have abused 1,350 victims, which is three times the number of victims who have come forward so far in a sex offence probe. 

Source  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/05/16/303795/disgraced/

Convicted burglar charged in additional break-ins

A man already spending time in prison on two burglary charges is connected to two more.

According to the Otsego County Sheriff's Office, it was all because of a cigarette he allegedly left behind at one of the scenes.

Deputies believe Corey Hunt, 27, is responsible for two burglaries that happened last summer. One took place in June along County Route 38 in the town of Decatur, and the other took place along County Route 33 in the town of Middlefield.

Combined, deputies say the 27-year-old Hunt stole $4,000 in cash and jewelry.

A cigarette butt found at the Middlefield home was linked to Hunt through DNA testing.

New York State Police also found Hunt linked with several home robberies in Saratoga and surrounding counties.

A search of his home uncovered several of the stolen items.

Hunt is currently spending three to nine years in the state prison in Fishkill.

He could face up to 30 years in prison if convicted on these latest charges, which include two counts of burglary in the second degree, and grand larceny in the third degree and grand larceny in the fourth degree, all felonies.

Source  http://www.wbng.com/news/local/Convicted-burglar-charged-in-additional-burglaries-202242541.html

Sugary drinks linked to 180K deaths worldwide.

New research could have you thinking twice about what you drink next.

Researchers estimate that one in every one-hundred deaths is caused by sugary beverages.

The research also revealed that sugar-sweetened beverages are linked to more than 1-hundred-80-thousand obesity-related deaths worldwide each year.

The American Beverage Association dismissed the research saying it was "more about sensationalism than science."

The study revealed that among the world's 35 largest countries, Mexico had the highest death rates from sugary drinks.

The United States ranked third in the findings.

Source  http://www.wrbl.com/story/21725905/sugary-drinks-linked-to-180k-deaths-worldwide

Too much TV linked to anti-social behaviour

Children who watch a lot of television are more likely to show aggressive, anti-social and criminal behaviour when older, according to a new study

The University of Otago research, published in online American journal Pediatrics, is based on the the tertiary institution's continuing study of 1037 people born in Dunedin in 1972 and 1973.

With an average of eight violent incidents on television per hour, researchers say a child who watches more TV is more likely to end up with negative emotions, an anti-social personality and persistent aggressive behaviour.

The study shows the risk of having a criminal conviction by the age of 26 increased by 30% with every hour children spent watching TV on top of the one to two hours a day recommended by the American Academy of Pediatrics.

Lead author Lindsay Robertson says the study is a world first in linking criminal convictions to childhood TV habits and researchers hope it will result in children watching less.

"Basically, people need to be aware of the long-term risks associated with allowing children and adolescents to watch lots of television.

"We don't feel that it's just solely the responsibility of parents - teachers and health professionals could also maybe play a role in trying to promote sensible TV viewing."

Dr Bob Hancox, another author, says while the study does not show television is the cause of all anti-social behaviour, it does suggest that reducing the amount people watch could help lessen this.

Source  http://www.radionz.co.nz/news/national/128395/too-much-tv-linked-to-anti-social-behaviour

Metabolic Syndrome in 40s Linked to TV, Exercise at Age 16

Television viewing habits and leisure-time physical activity at the age of 16 years independently predicts the metabolic syndrome at age 43, according to the first prospective study to examine this.

The work "supports previous findings" and, for TV viewing and subsequent metabolic risk, "provides new evidence that this association may stretch over a considerable proportion of the lifespan: from adolescence to mid-adulthood," say Patrik Wennberg, PhD, from Umeå University, Sweden, and colleagues in their article published online January 22 in Diabetes Care.

The researchers also believe that separate mechanisms may be at play here for TV-viewing and physical-activity habits, because these activities were linked to different metabolic-syndrome components.

Nevertheless, the findings "suggest that reduced TV viewing in adolescence, in addition to regular physical activity, may contribute to cardiometabolic health later in life," they state.

More TV, Less Exercise Doubled Metabolic Syndrome

TV viewing habits and leisure-time physical activity at age 16 years were assessed by self-administered questionnaires in a population-based cohort in Northern Sweden. The presence of the metabolic syndrome at age 43 years was ascertained in 888 participants (82% of the baseline sample) using the International Diabetes Federation (IDF) criteria, defined as a waist circumference 80 cm or greater for women and 94 cm or greater for men and 2 or more of the following criteria:

    Increased triglycerides (1.7 mmol/L or greater) or specific treatment for that lipid abnormality.

    Reduced high-density lipoprotein (HDL) cholesterol (less than 1.29 mmol/L for women and less than 1.03 mmol/L for men) or specific treatment for that lipid abnormality.

    Increased blood pressure (systolic BP 130 mm Hg or greater or diastolic 85 mm Hg or greater) or treatment of hypertension.

    Increased fasting glucose (5.6 mmol/L or greater) or diagnosed type 2 diabetes.

Metabolic syndrome was identified in 26.9% of participants. Those who reported "watching several [TV] shows a day" at 16 were twice as likely to have the metabolic syndrome at age 43 than those who said they watched "1 show/week" or less (adjusted odds ratio [OR], 2.14). Similarly, those who noted leisure-time physical activity "several times per month" were more likely to have metabolic syndrome later in life than those who reported "daily" leisure-time physical activity in their teens (OR, 2.31).

"Our results suggest a dose-response relationship for both TV viewing and leisure-time physical activity with subsequent cardiometabolic risk," write Dr. Wennberg and colleagues.

TV viewing at age 16 years was linked to central obesity, low HDL cholesterol, and hypertension at age 43 years. Low leisure-time physical activity in the teen years was associated with central obesity and raised triglycerides later in life. These observations suggest that associations between TV viewing/sedentary behavior and physical activity with subsequent metabolic risk may be mediated via different cardiometabolic pathways, the authors say.

This possibility means that "different strategies may need to be adopted" with regard to interventions targeting sedentary behavior, such as TV viewing, and those aiming to increase leisure-time physical activity, they note.

"Reduced TV viewing in adolescence, in addition to and independently of regular leisure-time physical activity in adolescence and adulthood, may contribute to cardiometabolic health later in life," the authors conclude.

Source  http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/778209

Clashes between S Sudan-linked armed groups, Sudanese tribesmen kill 22

Clashes between armed groups linked to South Sudan and Sudanese tribesmen in Sudan’s East Darfur State have claimed the lives of at least 22 people.


“A force belonging to Sudan People's Liberation Army (SPLA) of South Sudan attacked Balila area which is affiliating to Samaha area Administration (near the Bahr al-Arab River) in East Darfur State…The clashes resulted in the killing of 22 people,” said Siddiq Abdul-Nabi, a local official in the East Darfur State, on Thursday.

At least 25 others were injured in the clashes who were sent to the Al-Dein hospital, he added.

This comes after Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir agreed to take part in a summit with his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir in Addis Ababa on Friday to revive halted economic and security agreements.

Emad Sayed Ahmed, Sudan's presidential press secretary, said on Tuesday that the meeting would “discuss means of speeding up the implementation of the issues agreed upon at the summit between the two” more than three months ago.

    In September, South Sudan and Sudan endorsed an African Union-mediated agreement in the Ethiopian capital in a bid to end a border conflict, but failed to put the deal into effect.


The agreement advocates the creation of a jointly-monitored demilitarized buffer zone and a resumption of South Sudanese oil exports through northern pipelines.

South Sudan gained independence from Sudan in July 2011 as part of a 2005 peace treaty, which ended decades of war between the two sides. 

Source  http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/01/04/281666/22-killed-in-sudan-clashes/

Police Find Suspects Linked to Veazie Armed Robbery

Veazie police say they've figured out who held up a convenience store at gunpoint last month.

One of the two suspects appeared in court Monday.

19-year-old Anthony Patricelli of Old Town is charged with robbery.

He was already in jail, charged with violating bail conditions, when police linked say they linked him to the convenience store crime.

Police say last month two men wearing gloves, with hoods up and their faces covered, went into the Veazie Mini-Mart and pointed a gun at the woman behind the counter.

We're told they made off with about $900 in cash.

Police say none of the money has been recovered.

A second suspect, 20-year-old John Taylor of Old Town, is already in jail, too.

He was arrested earlier this month in connection with a home invasion in Old Town.

Police say he and another man broke into an elderly woman's home while she was sleeping and stole jewelry and other valuables.

Taylor has not been formally charged with the convenience store robbery yet but we're told he's expected to be indicted by a grand jury soon.

Bail for Patricelli was set Monday at $25,000 cash.

But the judge revoked his bail on another case involving sexual exploitation of a minor, so he's not allowed out of jail right now.

Source  http://www.wabi.tv/news/36104/police-find-suspects-linked-to-veazie-armed-robbery