Priest Pushed Out After Sexual Abuse Allegations Surface

Rev. George Koharchik has been placed on leave of his duties at Saint Catherine of Siena Parish in Mount Union, Pennsylvania, after sexual abuse allegations have surfaced against him.

HOLLIDAYSBURG, Pa. -- A western Pennsylvania priest has been placed on leave amid allegations of sexual abuse involving children several decades ago.

The Catholic Diocese of Altoona-Johnstown said Friday that the Rev. George Koharchik, pastor of Saint Catherine of Siena Parish in Mount Union, will not be permitted to function as a priest and won't have contact with children while he is on leave.

Diocese spokesman Tony DeGol said the alleged sexual misconduct took place in the late 1970s. The alleged victims brought it to the attention of the church recently.

Bishop Mark Bartchak has notified the Cambria County district attorney of the accusations. The church did not elaborate further on the allegations.

DeGol said a letter from the bishop will be read to parishioners Sunday.

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Lindsay Lohan Burglary Case May Be Closed

Lindsay Lohan's luck might be changing. The 26-year-old actress managed to find herself in the middle of a crime scene and was interviewed by police regarding a burglary at a Hollywood Hills home on Aug. 19.

Lohan reportedly slept over at the home along with several other guests and when they woke up in the morning, the home's owner called the cops claiming two watches and an expensive pair of sunglasses, which totaled about $100,000 in value, had been stolen.

Police sources told TMZ that Lohan is considered a "person of interest," and reportedly have a theory that she let two friends into the home, and they took the items. That wouldn't be good news for the actress who finally completed her probation requirements stemming from a 2007 DUI a few short months ago -- but the case may already be closed.

Sources told the website that owner of home has backtracked on his story and wrote a letter to the police, admitting nothing was actually stolen. The case is currently still under investigation, but if the home owner recants, it's doubtful that the case will continue.

That's good news for Lohan, who was less than impressed with the media attention the case brought her. The "Mean Girls" actress has been working to try to get her career and life back on track after what seems like an endless string of trouble.

"All of this negative press is BS.... Whenever I'm doing great, people fabricate lies. It's such a shame. I'm just sayin' xo," she tweeted on Aug. 22.

Lohan does have a point. Aside from being dragged into the burglary case, she's been doing well. She just wrapped filming "The Canyons," and the film's producer Braxton Pope, penned an essay about working with the actress and only had good things to say:

"It is impossible to not be impressed by Lindsay’s command of the script, her ability to run off pages and pages of dialogue flawlessly, her active and vital engagement in the storytelling, in camera angles, in the mechanics of filmmaking," he wrote.

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One Man's Alleged Scheme Caused An Entire Bank To Fail

NORFOLK, Va. — A southeast Virginia developer and restaurateur is facing up to 20 years in prison after pleading guilty to federal bank fraud charges.

Thomas Arney, of Chesapeake, pleaded guilty in U.S. District Court in Norfolk on Friday for his role in a scheme that led to the collapse of Bank of the Commonwealth.

The Virginian-Pilot reports ( ) that the 56-year-old admitted that he conspired with bank executives to defraud Bank of the Commonwealth of $15 million in loans. http://bit.ly/QzqFuW

Much of that money was lost and contributed to more than $150 million in losses that caused the bank to fail in 2011.

Arney was indicted in July along with four former Bank of the Commonwealth executives on charges that they conspired to commit bank fraud.

Sentencing is set for Dec. 3.

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NYPD Bullets Wounded All Nine In Empire State Building Shooting

New York Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said all nine bystanders wounded in Friday's Empire State Building shooting had been hit with police gunfire, CNN reported Saturday morning.

According to Kelly, of the nine wounded, three suffered gunshot wounds and six were hit by fragments.

Gunfire broke out shortly after 9 a.m. on Friday when a gunman identified as 58-year old Jeffrey Johnson shot and killed former coworker Steve Ercolino near the Empire State Building.

Johnson attempted to flee the scene, but was thwarted after a construction worker who followed him tipped off police officers.

Police approached Johnson who aimed his gun at the officers before police opened fire, killing him on the spot.

The NYPD said officers fired 16 rounds with one officer shooting nine and another seven.

During a press conference held on Friday, Mayor Bloomberg had said some individuals may have been shot at by NYPD.

Less than two weeks prior to Friday's shooting, NYPD shot and killed a knife-wielding man in Times Square. The bizarre incident caused many to question if the NYPD had overreacted.

Since the chaotic incident, details have emerged describing a hostile relationship between Johnson and Ercolino, who both worked at Hazan Imports together until Johnson was laid off nearly two years ago.

CORRECTION: This article originally stated that the man in Times Square who was shot by NYPD had a gun. He actually had a knife. The article has been updated to reflect that.

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Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly speaks near the Empire State Building following a shooting, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said some of the victims may have been hit by police bullets as police and the gunman exchanged fire. Police say a recently laid-off worker shot a former colleague to death near the iconic skyscraper and then randomly opened fired on people nearby before firing on police. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

This photo posted to an Instagram account belonging to a person identified as paulnshapiro, an eyewitness at the scene, shows a victim of a shooting, with police standing by, outside the Empire State Building in New York, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The identity or condition of the victim was not immediately known. A disgruntled laid-off women's accessories designer shot a former co-worker to death in front of the Empire State Building, causing a chaotic showdown with police in front of one of the world's best-known landmarks. Police killed the suspect and at least nine others were wounded, some possibly by police gunfire, city officials said. The shooting happened at about 9 a.m. Friday at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue. (AP Photo/paulnshapiro via Instagram)

An official inspects evidence near the Empire State Building in New York following a shooting Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. Police say a recently laid-off worker shot a former colleague to death near the iconic skyscraper, then randomly opened fire on people nearby before firing on police. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said some of the victims may have been hit by police bullets as police and the gunman exchanged fire. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg talks to the media near the Empire State Building following a shooting, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York. Bloomberg said some of the victims may have been hit by police bullets as police and the gunman exchanged fire. Police say a recently laid-off worker shot a former colleague to death near the iconic skyscraper and then randomly opened fired on people nearby before firing on police. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

Officials examine a body near the Empire State Building following a shooting, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said some of the victims may have been hit by police bullets as police and the gunman exchanged fire. Police say a recently laid-off worker shot a former colleague to death near the iconic skyscraper and then randomly opened fired on people nearby before firing on police. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

An unidentified woman is treated by emergency medical technicians inside an ambulance following a multiple shooting outside the Empire State Building, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York. At least four people were shot on Friday morning and the gunman was dead, New York City officials said. A witness said the gunman was firing indiscriminately. Police said as many as 10 people were injured, but it is unclear how many were hit by bullets. A law enforcement official said the shooting was related to a workplace dispute. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

This photo posted to an Instagram account belonging to a person identified as mr_mookie, an eyewitness at the scene, shows a victim of a shooting being tended to by pedestrians outside the Empire State Building in New York, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. The identity or condition of the victim was not immediately known. Law enforcement officials in New York City say at least four people have been shot outside the Empire State Building in violence that stemmed from a workplace dispute, and that the gunman has been killed by police. The shooting happened at about 9 a.m. Friday at 34th Street and Fifth Avenue. (AP Photo/mr_mookie via Instagram)

Bystanders and a police officer stand on Fifth Avenue to view the scene after a multiple shooting outside the Empire State Building, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York. At least four people were shot on Friday morning and the gunman was dead, New York City officials said. A witness said the gunman was firing indiscriminately. Police said as many as 10 people were injured, but it is unclear how many were hit by bullets. A law enforcement official said the shooting was related to a workplace dispute. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

Rebecca Cox talks to media while recounting what she saw immediately following a multiple shooting outside the Empire State Building, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York. At least four people were shot on Friday morning and the gunman was dead, New York City officials said. A witness said the gunman was firing indiscriminately. Police said as many as 10 people were injured, but it is unclear how many were hit by bullets. A law enforcement official said the shooting was related to a workplace dispute. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

In this photo made with a cell phone, officials examine the body of gunman Jeffrey Johnson, who was killed by police gunfire after he fatally shot Steven Ercolino, an executive at his former company, outside the Empire State Building, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York. At least nine bystanders were hit by gunfire in the confrontation. (AP Photo/Lee Weinstein)

New York City police stand near the body of shooting victim Steven Ercolino, 41, on a sidewalk near the Empire State Building in New York, Friday Aug. 24, 2012. According to city officials, Ercolino, a vice president of sales for Hazan Imports, was fatally shot by Jeffrey Johnson, 58, a woman's accessories designer whom Ercolino had laid off, outside the Empire State Building setting off a chaotic showdown with police in front of one of the world's best-known landmarks. Police officers killed the gunman and at least nine others were wounded, some by stray police gunfire, authorities said. (AP Photo/Daniel Stevens/humanelectricblog.tumblr.com)

This cell phone photo taken by Brendan Gunn, shows the body of shooting victim Steven Ercolino, 41, in New York, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. According to city officials, Ercolino, a vice president of sales for Hazan Imports, was fatally shot by Jeffrey Johnson, 58, a woman's accessories designer whom Ercolino had laid off, outside the Empire State Building setting off a chaotic showdown with police in front of one of the world's best-known landmarks. Police officers killed the gunman and at least nine others were wounded, some by stray police gunfire, authorities said. (AP Photo/Brendan Gunn)

Evidence lies on the street near the Empire State Building in New York following a shooting Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. Police say a recently laid-off worker shot a former colleague to death near the iconic skyscraper, then randomly opened fire on people nearby before firing on police. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said some of the victims may have been hit by police bullets as police and the gunman exchanged fire. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

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New York City police approach the lifeless body of Jeffrey Johnson lying on a sidewalk near the Empire State Building in New York following a shooting Friday, Aug. 24, 2012. Police say 58-year-old Johnson, who was laid off from a nearby shop in 2011, shot a former colleague to death near the iconic skyscraper, then randomly opened fire on people nearby before firing on police. New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg said some of the victims may have been hit by police bullets as police and the gunman exchanged fire. (AP Photo/Guillermo Ratzlaff)

Police surround a sheet covered body, lowser left, on a Fifth Avenue sidewalk as they investigate a multiple shooting outside the Empire State Building, Friday, Aug. 24, 2012, in New York. At least four people were shot on Friday morning and the gunman was dead, New York City officials said. A witness said the gunman was firing indiscriminately. Police said as many as 10 people were injured, but it is unclear how many were hit by bullets. A law enforcement official said the shooting was related to a workplace dispute. The official spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation was ongoing. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano)

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Julian Assange Embassy Controversy Simmers Down

LONDON, ENGLAND - AUGUST 20: Placards are left by supporters of Julian Assange, the founder of the WikiLeaks whistle-blowing website, outside the Ecuadorian Embassy where Mr Assange has been living since June on August 20, 2012 in London, England. (Photo by Oli Scarff/Getty Images)

* President Correa says 'unfortunate incident' over

* WikiLeaks founder Assange still trapped in building

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QUITO, Aug 25 (Reuters) - Britain has withdrawn a threat to enter Ecuador's embassy in London to arrest WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange who has taken refuge there, President Rafael Correa said on Saturday, taking the heat out of the diplomatic standoff.

"We consider this unfortunate incident over, after a grave diplomatic error by the British in which they said they would enter our embassy," Correa said in a weekly media address.

In a statement, Ecuador's government said it had received "a communication from the British Foreign Office which said that there was no threat to enter the embassy."

Ecuador was furious after the British government warned it might try to seize Assange, who has been holed up in the building for more than two months trying to avoid extradition to Sweden, where he is wanted for questioning over rape and sexual assault allegations.

Ecuador, which has granted the former computer hacker asylum, demanded that Britain's threat be retracted. The latest move should improve relations between Quito and London and allow more talks on Assange's fate to take place.

For now, however, Assange remains trapped in the embassy with British police waiting outside. Britain has said it is determined to fulfill a legal obligation to send him to Sweden.

The Washington-based Organization of American States had condemned Britain's threat, and South American foreign ministers strongly backed Correa's position that Britain's warning was unacceptable and could set a dangerous precedent.

Correa says he shares Assange's fears that if handed over to Sweden, he could then be extradited to the United States to face charges over WikiLeaks' 2010 publication of secret U.S. cables.

U.S. and European government sources say the United States has issued no criminal charges against the WikiLeaks founder and has launched no attempt to extradite him.

Ecuador's government says it never intended to prevent Assange from facing justice in Sweden. It has said that if he received written guarantees from Britain and Sweden that he would not be extradited to any third country then Assange would hand himself over to the Swedish authorities.

Assange, whose platinum hair and friendships with the rich and famous have helped make him a global celebrity, spoke from the embassy's balcony last weekend, denouncing what he called a "witch hunt" by the United States against him and WikiLeaks.

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New Details Emerge On Empire State Building Gunman

NEW YORK — All nine people injured during a dramatic confrontation between police and a gunman outside the Empire State Building were wounded by gunfire from the two officers, police said Saturday, citing ballistics evidence.

The veteran patrolmen who opened fire on the suit-clad gunman, Jeffrey Johnson, had only an instant to react when he whirled around and pointed a .45-caliber pistol at them as they approached him from behind on a busy sidewalk.

Officer Craig Matthews shot seven times, and Officer Robert Sinishtaj fired nine times, police said. Neither had ever fired their weapons before on a patrol.

The volley of gunfire felled Johnson in just a few seconds and left nine other people bleeding on the sidewalk.

In the initial chaos Friday, it wasn't clear whether Johnson or the officers were responsible for the trail of the wounded, but based on ballistic and other evidence, "it appears that all nine of the victims were struck either by fragments or by bullets fired by police," Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly told reporters Saturday at a community event in Harlem.

Police officials have said the officers appeared to have no choice but to shoot Johnson, whose body had 10 bullet wounds in the chest, arms and legs.

The officers confronted Johnson as he walked, casually, down the street after gunning down a former co-worker on the sidewalk outside the office they once shared. The shooting happened at 9 a.m., as the neighborhood bustled with people arriving for work.

The gunman and his victim, Steve Ercolino, had a history of workplace squabbles before Johnson was laid off from their company, Hazan Import Corp., a year ago. At one point, the two men had grappled physically in an elevator.

John Koch, the property manager at the office building where the men worked, said security camera footage showed the two pushing and shoving. The tussle ended when Ercolino, a much larger man, pinned Johnson against the wall of the elevator by the throat, Koch said. Ercolino let him go after a few moments, and the two men went their separate ways.

"They didn't like each other," Koch said.

After shooting Ercolino, Johnson, an eccentric T-shirt designer and avid bird-watcher who wore a suit every day, even when photographing hawks in Central Park, walked away as if nothing had happened.

Alerted by a construction worker, officers Matthews and Sinishtaj gave chase as Johnson rounded a corner and walked along Fifth Avenue in front of the landmark skyscraper.

A security videotape from the scene shows several civilians – including three sitting on a bench only a few feet away – scattering as the officers opened fire.

Police have determined that three people were struck by whole bullets – two of which were removed from victims at the hospital – and the rest were grazed "by fragments of some sort," Kelly said.

Two women with leg wounds and a man with a wound to his buttocks required surgery and remained hospitalized Saturday. They were listed in stable condition.

Both Matthews, 39, and Sinishtaj, 40, joined the nation's largest police department 15 years ago.

Matthews had drawn attention this year by suing the New York Police Department, accusing his superiors of unfairly punishing him for not meeting arrest quotas. A judge threw out the complaint.

The union representing the two officers didn't immediately respond to a message left seeking comment.

The shooting didn't deter tourists from flocking to the Empire State Building as usual on Saturday.

Patricia Flynn, 57, a retired schoolteacher, visited the building's peak with her elderly mother, who once worked in the skyscraper as a secretary.

"But I didn't tell her what happened," said Flynn, adding that her mother was unaware of Friday's shooting. "And she really enjoyed the view."

A group of 31 tourists from France held a meeting Friday night at their nearby hotel to decide whether to cancel their planned Empire State Building visit.

"We were scared, and we thought it was a risk," said Catherine Krukar, 38, a teacher.

But in the end, they went ahead with the visit, she said after descending from the observation tower,

"We know it can happen anywhere, and we wanted to see the Empire State Building," Krukar said. "It was beautiful!"

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Officer Robbed And Killed After Shift

Rafael Jones is accused of killing Philadelphia police officer Moses Walker, Jr.

PHILADELPHIA -- Police charged a convicted felon Friday in the slaying of a Philadelphia police officer who was robbed and killed on his way home from work, and urged a suspected teenage accomplice to surrender.

Both men have prior arrest records, and the alleged shooter had served at least two years in prison on gun charges, court records show.

Rafael Jones, 23, was charged with murder, robbery, conspiracy and other counts in the slaying last weekend of veteran Officer Moses Walker Jr. Jones had been arrested earlier in the week on an alleged parole violation.

Police identified the other man seen on surveillance video, who is still being sought, as 19-year-old Chancier McFarland of North Philadelphia.

"I don't think you want our fugitive task force or our SWAT team to come and get you," Police Commissioner Charles Ramsey warned McFarland.

Walker, 40, had changed into street clothes after an overnight shift and was walking to a bus stop at about 6 a.m. Saturday when two men crossed the street and tried to rob him. Walker had time only to draw his gun before he was shot in the chest, stomach and arm, authorities said.

The robbery attempt mirrored several other armed holdups in the area in the last few months, police said.

Funeral services are set for Monday for Walker, who was not married and had no children. News reports have described him as a devoted member of his church. He had spent 19 years in the police department, nearly all of them in the North Philadelphia neighborhood where he was killed.

Ramsey described Walker's relatives, including his mother and a nephew, as "elated" by news of Jones' arrest. He is also survived by five siblings.

"They also know we have one more person to bring into custody, so we are not finished yet," Ramsey said. "At least there is some measure of relief."

Jones served at least two years in prison on 2007 gun charges. Robbery and bodily injury charges that were initially filed in the case were later withdrawn. It was not immediately clear if he has a lawyer in the murder case. He had previously been represented by the Philadelphia public defender's office, which does not comment on clients.

Ramsey called Jones "a violent thug" and said he hopes the court system puts him away this time "for the rest of his miserable life."

Defense lawyer Jeff Muldawer, who was court-appointed to represent McFarland on misdemeanor drug charges filed in April, said his client's first name is Chancies, not Chancier. That case is set for trial on Sept. 7. McFarland had posted $8,000 bail.

"I felt the earlier case was a winnable case," Muldawer said Friday.

McFarland had also spent time in juvenile detention, court records show.

The city, the police union and others had posted a reward of more than $100,000 as police searched for Walker's killers. Ramsey called the reward helpful to investigators, but said it was not the only reason people came forward with information.

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4 Killed, 13 Wounded In Shootings On Another Violent Night

Four people were killed and more than a dozen others wounded in shootings Friday evening into Saturday in Chicago, continuing the trend of surging gun violence in the United States' third-largest city.

One day after 13 people were wounded in shootings over a half-hour in Chicago, at least another 17 people were shot as the city experienced a violent start to the weekend, the Chicago Tribune reports.

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Lucian Dreux, 17, the youngest of the four fatalities overnight, was gunned down early in the evening near the intersection of 79th Street and Drexel Avenue in the city's South Side Chatham neighborhood, the Tribune reports. He was pronounced dead at 6:25 p.m.

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the boy had been standing with a 42-year-old woman around 5:42 p.m. when someone riding past them on a mountain bike opened fire. The woman was shot in the thigh and taken to Stroger Hospital in good condition.

Just minutes later and about seven miles north, around 5:45 p.m., Noah Cruz, 30, was shot in the chest in the 3000 block of South Wallace Street in Bridgeport. He was pronounced dead shortly thereafter at Stroger Hospital, NBC Chicago reports.

Another of the overnight fatal shootings took place mere blocks from President Obama's Chicago home around 2:30 a.m. Saturday, CBS Chicago notes. Stephin Williams, 23, was fatally shot when two men approached his car in the 4900 block of South Drexel in the city's Kenwood neighborhood and announced a robbery.

Williams, who was with his girlfriend in the car, confronted the men and was shot multiple times, the station reports. He was pronounced dead at 3:10 a.m. at Northwestern Memorial Hospital.

Phillip McCall, 34, was shot six times in the 8800 block of South Prairie Avenue in the city's West Chesterfield neighborhood about 8 p.m. Friday, according to the Tribune. He died at Stroger Hospital.

Among those wounded by gunfire was a 15-year-old girl listed in critical condition Saturday, ABC Chicago reports. The Sun-Times has a full listing of non-fatal shootings Friday night into early Saturday in Chicago.

Previously, 19 people were shot Thursday night into early Friday in Chicago, 13 of the shootings which took place over the course of 30 minutes. The previous weekend, the city tied its highest number of homicides in one day this year when six people were killed on Aug. 18. That weekend also saw at least 36 additional non-fatal shootings citywide.

As of Aug. 20, homicides in Chicago this month already surpassed August 2011 numbers. As of the end of July, homicides this year at up about 27 percent over the previous year.

Gun violence in Chicago was the subject of a recent segment on HuffPost Live, which featured a panel of activists and journalists including Father Michael Pfleger of St. Sabina Church weighing in on what has been a violent summer in the Windy City.

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Prison For Man Who Accidentally Became Rich

A New Zealand man dubbed the "accidental millionaire" or "runaway millionaire" after he fled to China with a small fortune deposited into his account because of a bank error, has been sentenced to nearly five years in prison.

Gas station owner Hui "Leo" Gao, pleaded guilty in a New Zealand court to seven charges that involved stealing $6.7 million and was sentenced to 4 years and 7 months in prison. His former girlfriend and accomplice, 32-year-old Kara Hurring, will serve nine months in home detention, reports the New Zealand Herald.

Gao, 31, was working 16-hour shifts just to keep the doors open at his BP gas station, when he applied for a $100,000 overdraft. Westpac bank mistakenly transferred $10 million ($8.2 million USD) after a clerk entered the decimal point in the wrong place, reports the Rotorua Daily Post.

"I'm f**king rich," Gao reportedly told Hurring at the time and later told the police he'd won the lottery. The Australian reports the couple told friends they were going on vacation, abandoned their car at Auckland Airport and skipped town.

According to the Herald, Gao siphoned close to $6.8 million from his business account to personal accounts in his name and in his parents', and transferred more than $347,000 to casino accounts in Macau before fleeing New Zealand. His then-girlfriend, who gave birth to their son while on the run, followed four days later and opened a "player's account'' at the casino with her passport. Later, another $2.2 million was funneled to the same casino, but this time under Gao's father's name, Alex Wang.

Gao was arrested in September when he tried to cross from mainland China to Hong Kong. According to the paper, he didn't oppose being extradited, and was returned to New Zealand in late December, while Hurring was arrested when she re-entered New Zealand last year.

The Herald reports that Gao plead guilty to theft charges in June, and at yesterday's sentencing, his lawyer, Ron Mansfield, told the court his client could not resist the temptation placed in front of him by human error.

"Your Honor, some say the greatest temptation was faced by Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden but these are modern times for a man trying to keep the doors of his small business open, $10 million placed in his bank account was a very great temptation," he said.

Westpac Bank says it has recovered nearly $3 million, but another $3.7 million remains missing.

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Divers Search For Pilot After Helicopter Crash

A helicopter owned by the Food City grocery chain crashed into a lake in southwest Virginia.

ABINGDON, Va. — The search continues for the pilot of a helicopter that crashed into a lake in southwest Virginia.

Virginia State Police spokeswoman Corinne Geller says the helicopter, which was owned by a supermarket chain, was found early Saturday upside down in about 25 feet of water in South Holston Lake. The pilot was the only person aboard the Bell 407 helicopter when it crashed late Friday into the lake in Abingdon, near the Tennessee line.

Geller says the Federal Aviation Administration will investigate.

The helicopter was owned by the Food City grocery chain, the corporate sponsor of the Nationwide race Friday night at Bristol Motor Speedway.

Geller said state police are bringing in a sonar device to search for the pilot.

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Nurse Throws Kidney In Garbage

A nurse at an Ohio hospital threw a kidney transplant from a living donor into the trash, according to a health commissioner.

TOLEDO, Ohio -- A nurse accidentally disposed of a kidney from a living donor this month at an Ohio hospital, and doctors tried unsuccessfully for at least two hours to resuscitate the organ in what medical experts describe as a rare accident, health officials said.

"Human error rendered the kidney unusable," University of Toledo Medical Center spokesman Toby Klinger said Saturday, but he declined to give more details, citing the hospital's investigation into what happened and its respect for the privacy of the patients involved.

But one of the doctors involved told Dr. David Grossman, a Toledo-Lucas County health commissioner, that a nurse disposed of the kidney improperly. Two nurses have been placed on paid administrative leave while the hospital reviews what happened, Klinger said.

Grossman told the Blade newspaper in Toledo that a man had donated the kidney to his older sister. Both the donor and the intended recipient have been released from the hospital, Klinger said.

The hospital has voluntarily suspended the live kidney donor program while they review what happened and determine how to prevent errors in the future, according to Dr. Jeffrey Gold, the medical center's chancellor and vice president for biosciences and health affairs.

He said that doctors tried to save the kidney, but "the physician in consultation with the family decided to not take the risk knowing there was a good chance for another highly compatible donor."

Grossman's office is not involved in the investigation or connected to the medical center, Klinger said. Grossman could not be reached for comment Saturday. The Toledo-Lucas County Health Department was closed, and Grossman's home telephone number was not available.

This kind of accident is unheard of in organ transplant centers and it was a good decision not to use the kidney, Dr. William Harmon, director of kidney transplantation at Boston Children's Hospital, told the Blade.

"This is unfortunately what medicine is like – it is not perfect, and there have been far worse cases where the donor has died," Harmon said.

Officials at the United Network for Organ Sharing, an agency that oversees the nation's transplant programs, could not be reached for comment Saturday.

There were 16,816 kidney transplants nationwide last year from live donors and from those who consented to organ donation through state registries should they die from an illness or accident, the newspaper reported.

Last year, 136 people in Ohio died waiting for a kidney, and 4,711 people died nationally waiting for a kidney, the newspaper reported.

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Sanjay Sanghoee: Friendly Fire: What NYC Shooting tells us about Cops, Guns, and Armed Citizens

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In my blog Are Guns Killing our Freedom instead of Defending It? I pointed out how the love and glamorization of guns in our culture, and particularly the dangerous linking of guns to freedom, contributes significantly to gun violence in the United States. This weekend, after the NYPD announced that all nine of the bystanders injured in the shooting near the Empire State Building were shot by cops responding to the gunman, the predictable response from many readers was that since it was the cops' fault, guns were not the problem.

Aside from the screwy logic in that, the fact is that the NYPD's frank admission makes the case for gun control even stronger. What happened in New York City is an example of the mayhem that ensues when guns are used in any situation.

The police officers who responded to the Empire State Building shooting were trained to aim accurately, yet in the chaos and uncertainty of the precise moment when they confronted the gunman, their training and instincts took a back seat to simple human error. Unlike a shooting range, which is a controlled environment, the real world is literally a flesh-and-blood "moving target" and the likelihood of the wrong people being hit is much higher.

Now consider what would have happened in that situation if all New Yorkers were armed. With more guns in the mix and more citizens deciding to take matters into their own hands, many more shots would have been fired, and if the professionals themselves could miss their target and shoot innocent bystanders instead, you can imagine how ordinary citizens, most of them with only amateur shooting experience, would have done a hell of a lot more damage. In the madness that would have erupted, a simple take-down of a suspect by police would have turned into a modern day shootout at the OK Corral. Anyone who believes that a scenario like that would have resulted in fewer casualties is patently insane.

The other important thing to recognize is why our police need to carry guns in the first place. It is because we have a proliferation of guns in America in private hands. As I have said earlier, the cowboy culture and the spread of heavy duty weapons like the AR-15 semi-automatic rifles make our society a dangerous place, which then necessitates a strong armed response by law enforcement.

Compare this to the United Kingdom, where guns are strictly controlled, where most cops do not carry firearms, where incidences of gun violence are rare, and rampage killings like the insanity in Colorado even rarer. While it is difficult to prove whether gun crime across the pond is lower because of gun control or other factors, one thing is for sure - there are fewer guns in circulation in English society and that reduces the need for the police to be perpetually armed. My point is that the only surefire way to avoid "friendly fire" is to obviate the need for guns all around - something that cannot happen as long as civilians want to be armed. Contrary to popular Constitutional lore and manipulative NRA rhetoric, an armed citizenry does not make us safer but destroys our safety completely.

The Empire State Building incident may have had a lower body-count than the shootings in Colorado and Wisconsin, but given how it played out, it should be a cautionary tale of what can happen when guns are used at all, and should be utilized to ramp up the pressure against gun violence, the gun culture, and the twisted arguments of the gun lobby.

Mayor Bloomberg, can you hear me?

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of our newest badge: Community Curator. View AllFavorites Recency |  Popularity cspz40 Fans 40 minutes ago (10:55 AM)Thank you for your brave article. This has always been my stance. Gun violence is alive and well in our country much to the detriment of thousands of innocent victims and their families. I would gladly lay down my weapon for a life. I have yet to hear ONE good argument that would neutralize the death of a child, a husband, a wife, a mother, a father, a brother, or a sister. How does a country move forward with the archaic assumption that this is an undeniable right? There have been far too many wasted lives to substantiate any legality for gun ownership. I hear you Mr. Sanghoee.....loud and clear.cspz: Thank you for your brave article. This has always beenhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/cspz/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421_180734123.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… alan mcclintock0 Fans 2 hours ago ( 9:49 AM)The inconvenient truth is police officers carry guns in order of use;
1. Self-defense
2. Defense of the public.
Also, police officers are not held personally liable for injury to the public in performance of their duties. If the two police officers are found not to have violated any laws, NYPD SOP's, or regulations. They can not be held liable. This is how it should be. We need our police to perform their legal duties without fear of legal reprisals.

Contrast this to the fact that legal concealed handgun carriers are responsible for each and every bullet discharged from our firearm. We are held to a higher standard than our public servants. We can be held criminally & civilly liable for injuries to bystanders if it is proven that our actions were in the least bit negligent or excessive. Any responsible person arming themselves for legal self-defense purposes needs to have considered this. This is why the “cowboy”, “shoot-outs”, and “blood in the streets” arguments of firearms opponents fails.alan_mcclintock: The inconvenient truth is police officers carry guns in orderhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/alan_mcclintock/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421_180720698.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… Varmithunter49 Fans 3 hours ago ( 8:57 AM)"Anyone who believes that a scenario like that would have resulted in fewer casualties is patently insane."

Ask any of Mr. Breviks victims if they feel that way.Varmithunter: "Anyone who believes that a scenario like that would havehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Varmithunter/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421_180712397.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… Gregory Alan Fogerson2 Fans 3 hours ago ( 8:47 AM)I do not want to give up freedom for security, for then I have neither. I would like to defend myself from a tryanical government if need be. Think I am crazy? It happens all around the world and started this country that allows free press. Without freedom you couldn't reply negatively to this comment.Gregory_Alan_Fogerson: I do not want to give up freedom for security,http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/Gregory_Alan_Fogerson/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421_180710867.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it cspz40 Fans 18 minutes ago (11:17 AM)And those whose lives have been taken by gun violence can't reply either.cspz: And those whose lives have been taken by gun violencehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/cspz/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421_180739261.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… uaktags0 Fans   3 hours ago ( 8:06 AM)Did you just justify Cops, whom you called professionals, shooting innocent bystanders. And by ibnocebt bystanders you don't mean one or two stray shots, but an abundance. Then you linked these unarmed targets to saying that if they were innocent ARMED citizens that they'd be shot even more frequently? Then you moved on to say that the real issue is gun control of legalized Americans? What the hell kind of logic is that? If cops are going to just shoot civilians and its "okay" because they're "professionals" than maybe i should just hold on to my guns and have the chance to shoot back because at the end of the day, a bullet from the "bad guy" and a bullet from the "good guy" is still lethal and still not "okay".uaktags: Did you just justify Cops, whom you called professionals, shootinghttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/uaktags/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421_180705725.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… OC SurferTheistic scientific libertarian mensan114 Fans 4 hours ago ( 7:34 AM)Your logic is as screwy as fried fusilli. IF a bunch of New Yorkers were armed they wouldn't be approaching this guy the way these cops did. They'd stand back. They wouldn't start spraying bullets as you're implying. They wouldn't turn into some kind of instant posse. That's absurd.OC_Surfer: Your logic is as screwy as fried fusilli. IF ahttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/OC_Surfer/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421_180702628.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it barngut0 Fans 4 hours ago ( 7:56 AM)And you believe this because??? Wake up and think!!!barngut: And you believe this because??? Wake up and think!!!http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/barngut/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421_180704630.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it JasonRy0 Fans 3 hours ago ( 8:26 AM)He believes this because is has been proven, repeatedly. Armed citizens are all over the U.S. The majority of the 50 states have had concealed carry for a long time now. If this 'posse' situation was something that actually happened it would be all over the news. But it HAS NEVER happened. Sanjay's thoughts are pure conjecture based on nothing but his own bias against guns. The reality, based on facts, is that shootouts from armed citizens simply do not occur.JasonRy: He believes this because is has been proven, repeatedly. Armedhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/JasonRy/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421_180708021.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERquindyIf repubs don't drive you crazy you are not normal2559 Fans 7 minutes ago (11:27 AM)How do you know that?quindy: How do you know that?http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/quindy/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421_180741913.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… KylePhoenix0 Fans 5 hours ago ( 6:30 AM)How many guns are in The Expendables or The Dark Knight? We think that people go into a dark room and have multiple hours of violence, fear, mayhem and carnage focused at them and come out balanced and we're shocked that people see only solutions at the ownership and use of guns? How many action movies don't have guns? A ludicrous question, you might say but really THINK about how we've married excitement and zeal and power and might makes right to guns. Look around you in the USA and see how much of our culture screams violence, do harm, antagonism, fight, terror, fear. The real shock is the fact that we don't have more extreme violence rather than the 1 per 100,000 people we do now.KylePhoenix: How many guns are in The Expendables or The Darkhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/KylePhoenix/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421_180697542.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it barngut0 Fans 4 hours ago ( 7:58 AM)No gun violence, no sex, no sell. How sad.barngut: No gun violence, no sex, no sell. How sad.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/barngut/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421_180704822.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERedejan1727 Fans 8 hours ago ( 3:06 AM)Please, although I agree with you completely, do you think rational arguments will make a dent on these rabid gun-toters? Their position makes no rational sense, so no rational argument can get through to them. We need strict laws...but that won't happen any time soon.edejan: Please, although I agree with you completely, do you thinkhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/edejan/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421_180685281.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share it JasonRy0 Fans 3 hours ago ( 8:29 AM)What about this argument is rational? It is 100% supposition. There are no facts to back up his hypothesis.

Here is a fact - concealed carry has NEVER caused a shootout in the streets if the United States.JasonRy: What about this argument is rational? It is 100% supposition.http://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/JasonRy/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421_180708452.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…This comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… king cuda0 Fans 10 hours ago ( 1:54 AM)I was in london in 1984 and the cops were carrying MP5 submachine guns in public in the day time! Don't lie to your readers! If you're so afraid of guns in america please move to another first world country that has stricter gun control laws.king_cuda: I was in london in 1984 and the cops werehttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/king_cuda/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421_180678214.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… hagenjrShovel ready freeborn son of the Republic456 Fans 10 hours ago ( 1:26 AM)False opinions are like false money, struck first of all by guilty men and thereafter circulated by honest people who perpetuate the crime without knowing what they are doing.
Joseph De Maistrehagenjr: False opinions are like false money, struck first of allhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/hagenjr/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421_180674657.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments… HUFFPOST SUPER USERWilliam50268 Fans 13 hours ago (11:03 PM)When the world does not have the savages who attack and steal then Americans will give up guns.
Be very happy we in America use guns. If this had been in most countries thirty pounds of explosive may have been used, then the head lines would be two hundred death, seventy outside also killed.William50: When the world does not have the savages who attackhttp://www.huffingtonpost.com/social/William50/friendly-fire-why-nyc-sho_b_1830421_180651644.htmlHistory |Permalink |Share itThis comment has been down-ranked into oblivion. View comment You have not right to carry out this operation or Error this operation. Loading comments…    new comment(s) on this entry — Click to refreshLoading comments… FOLLOW US Connect with your friends Check out stories you might like,
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