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If close social relationships support people in the same way that beams hold up buildings, more and more Americans appear to be dependent on a single beam.
Compared with 1985, nearly 50 percent more people in 2004 reported that their spouse is the only person they can confide in. But if people face trouble in that relationship, or if a spouse falls sick, that means these people have no one to turn to for help, Smith-Lovin said.
"We know these close ties are what people depend on in bad times," she said. "We're not saying people are completely isolated. They may have 600 friends on Facebook.com [a popular networking Web site] and e-mail 25 people a day, but they are not discussing matters that are personally important."
The new research is based on a high-quality random survey of nearly 1,500 Americans. Telephone surveys miss people who are not home, but the General Social Survey, funded by the National Science Foundation, has a high response rate and conducts detailed face-to-face interviews, in which respondents are pressed to confirm they mean what they say.
Whereas nearly three-quarters of people in 1985 reported they had a friend in whom they could confide, only half in 2004 said they could count on such support. The number of people who said they counted a neighbor as a confidant dropped by more than half, from about 19 percent to about 8 percent.
The results, being published today in the American Sociological Review, took researchers by surprise because they had not expected to see such a steep decline in close social ties.
Smith-Lovin said increased professional responsibilities, including working two or more jobs to make ends meet, and long commutes leave many people too exhausted to seek social -- as well as family -- connections: "Maybe sitting around watching 'Desperate Housewives' . . . is what counts for family interaction."
Robert D. Putnam, a professor of public policy at Harvard and the author of "Bowling Alone," a book about increasing social isolation in the United States, said the new study supports what he has been saying for years to skeptical audiences in the academy.
Brooke Hogan, the daughter of TNA's Hulk Hogan, has signed with TNA in an executive position, not as a wrestler, according to TMZ. Brooke will be in-charge of the Knockouts division helping "develop their characters, help with backstage promos, and even consult on entrance music," according to the report. TNA president Dixie Carter told TMZ that Brooke is "such a great talent who's really sharp and will make a great addition to the TNA family."
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FORMER DEPUTY CHAIRMAN of the Dáil Michael Kitt was paid €8,340.25 between 1 February and 9 March, despite retiring from politics and not having any duties as Leas Ceann Comhairle, after three days into that period.
Fine Gael TD Seán Barrett, who was replaced as Ceann Comhairle on 10 March, received €9,285.64 in expenses and pre-tax salary for the same period.
From 4 February to 9 March, former Fianna Fáil TD Kitt was paid €3,430.25 in pre-tax salary in his capacity as Leas Ceann Comhairle, whose essential function is to preside over Dáil debates in the absence of the Ceann Comhairle, the Chairman of Dáil Éireann.
This was despite the fact that there was not a single debate to preside over, because the 31st Dáil was dissolved for the election campaign from 4-25 February, and the 32nd Dáil did not meet from 26 February to 9 March.
Similarly, former Ceann Comhairle and automatically re-elected TD Seán Barrett was paid €7,012.15 in pre-tax salary, during the 35-day period when the lower house of parliament (of which he was chairman) was dissolved.
Kitt, a former deputy for Galway East, was also paid €4,627.42 in expenses (the most of any individual) from 1 February to 9 March, even though the Dáil only sat twice during that period, and he chaired just two hours of debate.
He told TheJournal.ie he expected to pay back some of those expenses at the end of the year.
Barrett was paid €1,695.83 in expenses during February, despite also chairing just two hours of debate that month.
What did they actually do?
Oireachtas rules state that when the Dáil is dissolved and an election called by the Taoiseach, TDs can no longer claim their salaries or the Parliamentary Standard Allowance (their expenses) until the date of the election.
There are two exceptions to that: the Ceann Comhairle and Leas Ceann Comhairle can claim expenses and continue to be paid their salaries during this period.
On 3 February, Kitt sat in the chair for two minutes, as Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced the dissolution of the Dáil, thus formally starting the general election campaign.
From 4 February to 9 March, the Dáil did not meet. There were no debates, and no committee meetings.
Despite this, Kitt claimed €3,586.25 in the Parliamentary Standard Allowance (PSA) for the month of February, official figures show, and Barrett claimed €1,695.83.
In March, Kitt claimed €1,041.17 in expenses.
Barrett claimed €2,228.09 in March, but he was a member of Dáil Éireann during that time.
One component of the PSA is the Travel and Accommodation Allowance, which is paid on the basis of attendance at the Dáil, the need for overnight accommodation in Dublin, and travel to and from Leinster House and a TD’s constituency.
The second component of the PSA is the Public Representation Allowance, which allows TDs to write off certain expenses associated with their role as an elected Dáil deputy – such as office rental and phone bills.
Kitt told TheJournal.ie that he had recorded his attendance at the Dáil, or “clocked in”, on certain occasions, after it was dissolved on 3 February.
There were some reasons why I would have to come up, for example I have a fairly big office here, which I would have to vacate, and you’re given an amount of time to do that. For an office-holder, you’re given until the next Dáil meets.
And I have two offices in Galway, which I would have to relocate stuff to, from here [Leinster House], and so on. So yes, I did have to travel a number of times.
He acknowledged, however, that those travel requirements were limited enough that he would have to pay back some of the €4,627.42 allowance for February and March, at the end of the year.
I have to go through all those figures. I would say I’ll be paying back around €1,200, but it’s not all fully sorted out yet.
Seán Barrett claimed €1,695.83 in expenses during February, a month when TDs claimed on average €332.56, due to the dissolution of the Dáil after just three days.
We asked him and the Fine Gael party several detailed questions about the nature of his travel and accommodation requirements, and office-related spending during that time.
Deputy Barrett was Ceann Comhairle up until midnight on the 9th of March and any expenses were fully in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Houses of the Oireachtas.
From 4 February (the day after the Dáil was dissolved) until 9 March (the day before the new Dáil first met), Barrett and Kitt continued to be paid their salaries as Ceann Comhairle and Leas Ceann Comhairle.
This was despite the fact that Kitt no longer had a seat in Dáil Éireann, the Dáil did not meet during that time, and on 12 February, Barrett announced he would not be putting his name forward as Ceann Comhairle in the new Dáil.
during the period beginning with the day after the date of dissolution [i.e. 4 February] and ending with the day before Dáil Éireann reassembles after the election [i.e. 9 March].
With an annual Ceann Comhairle’s salary being €70,282, Seán Barrett was effectively paid €7,012.15 before tax, for 4 February to 9 March, when the Dáil was dissolved and he could not fulfil his essential function, as Chairman of Dáil Éireann.
Similarly, Michael Kitt was effectively paid €3,430.25 in pre-tax salary for the same period, based on an annual Leas Ceann Comhairle’s salary of €34,381.
This is a fact that Kitt acknowledged, when it was put to him by TheJournal.ie.
I can’t say I was doing any specific duties, but I was on standby if I was needed to perform any duties.
I’ll be straight about it – the Dáil wasn’t sitting, so I wasn’t doing that office [sic].
But there are occasions when visiting dignitaries and heads of state will come to Dáil, and either myself or the Ceann Comhairle would meet them. There is that type of work we do.
The only thing is, as I said, I was on standby, and I had to be available for that. So that’s the only point.
TheJournal.ie asked Seán Barrett the same question, but did not receive an answer.
OBSESSIVE Compulsive Cleaners has a knack of making us feel like we’re actually quite tidy by comparison to some of the messy hoarders they have on the C4 show.
But it also makes us realise we just don’t care enough to clean as much as some people do.
Meet Sandra from North Wales who spends 5 hours a day cleaning 3 bedroom home.
Sandra owns three vacuum cleaners so as not to “cross contaminate”.
But the ordeal she puts her husband through every single day has to be seen to be believed.
Soler faces three charges: felony death by motor vehicle, failure to reduce speed, and driving while impaired, with a blood alcohol content of .16, Seymour Johnson spokesman Robert Kerns said, citing the Goldsboro Police Department. Kerns said Soler turned himself in to Goldsboro police Thursday night.
The Goldsboro News-Argus, which first reported the charges against Soler, said he was freed on a $75,000 secured bond. The News-Argus said Soler was originally charged with felony serious injury by motor vehicle after he allegedly hit 17-year-old Johny Robert Watson, and the charges were upgraded after Watson died Thursday.
"We extend our deepest sympathies to those affected during this difficult time," Col. Christopher Sage, commander of the 4th Fighter Wing, said in a statement provided by Seymour Johnson. "We are truly saddened this young man's life was tragically cut short. We are currently cooperating with local law enforcement and reviewing evidence to determine appropriate action."
As security forces manager at Seymour Johnson, Soler is in charge of overseeing 230 security forces airmen assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1987.
Karina Vetrano was found dead on Tuesday in Queens, and police say the missing jogger had been strangled and possibly sexually assaulted.
Several hours after she failed to return from a jog on Tuesday evening, Vetrano’s body was discovered in a marshy area of Spring Creek Park in Howard Beach, Queens. Thirty-year-old Vetrano was running on a nearby path when she went missing, PIX 11 reported.
Karina Vetrano’s father first reported the woman missing when she failed to return home. Her father usually accompanied Karina on her evening jog, but he had hurt his back and stayed home on Tuesday.
Her father, who is a retired fire department official, helped to organize a search party that found the woman’s body, which was located about 15 feet off the jogging path.
Officials were able to track a ping from Vetrano’s cell phone to a marshy area near 161st Avenue and 78th Street just off the Belt Parkway bike path, NBC New York reported. The report noted that she was found face down in a less popular section of the trails, with Karina’s father among the first to find the body.
Officials noted that Vetrano had marks on her neck and her clothes were in disarray, leading them to believe she may have been sexually assaulted before being killed.
With no suspect identified in Vetrano’s death, police are urging caution for people who live in the area.
Neighbors said the killing left them worried, especially in an area not known for being high in crime.
Others noted that the area was potentially dangerous for joggers, with secluded areas not far from the trail.
“If the weeds were not that tall, we would of seen the girl jogging on the path… You can grab that girl, and we wouldn’t know it…I hear there’s a couple of shanty houses out there,” a neighbor told the New York Daily News.
Other neighbors told the New York Daily News that vagrants live in some of the grassy areas just beyond the trails, increasing the potential for attacks.
“I hear there’s a couple of shanty houses out there,” one neighbor said.
Boyce said that Vetrano had been exchanging text messages with a friend before she disappeared. NBC New York reported that the friend is cooperating with police and does not appear to be a suspect.
Vetrano’s Instagram page showed an active young woman who loved to travel and exercise.
Vetrano had earned a master’s degree from St. John’s University in 2015 and was working at Vetro Lounge in Howard Beach. The business had planned to hold a candlelight vigil in her memory.
Vetrano’s family has not commented on her death, and police have not released more details on how she might have been killed.
The exact cause of death for Karina Vetrano is also not yet known. Officials said an autopsy was scheduled to be conducted on Wednesday.
A new analysis by Avalere Health says that only 30 percent of applicants to the Obamacare health exchanges are qualifying for government subsidies to defray the cost of their premiums, far short of the 84 percent of enrollees that are ultimately expected to qualify, according to the Washington-based consultancy.
Persons who enrolled through a state-run exchange are not qualifying for assistance at the same rate as those who are attempting to use the glitchy federal exchange, at 23 percent to 34 percent, Avalere said.
Based on enrollment figures from Oct. 1 through Nov. 2, Avalere expects a pick-up in enrollment as poorer citizens realize they could save on health insurance with the help of government assistance — putting the number closer to Avalere’s 84 percent projection.
Jan. 25, 2011 Maria Kit Yuk Lau, 63, of Honolulu, a retired Buddah Lounge bartendress, died in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Hong Kong. She is survived by husband Yuk Keung; sons Steven and Henry Lee; daughter Pauline Paczkowski; stepsons Wai Sing, Wilson and John Lau; stepdaughters Im Fun Ling, Tracy Lau and Amy; father Tin Lap Chow; brother Paul Chow; sisters Kit Ching Law and Kit Ho; five grandchildren; and seven step-grandchildren. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Taoist services. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Manoa Chinese Cemetery. Additional information for an obituary published Thursday.
'I Am Cait' Finally Canceled! Thank You Jesus!
E!`s I Am Cait won`t have a third season after all, Caitlyn Jenner announced on her Twitter account Tuesday.
The news is not entirely unexpected: Both Jenner and the cable network previously attempted to deny a report that the reality series would be canceled due to poor ratings and an ambivalent reception from trans viewers.
The premiere episode of "I Am Cait" garnered blockbuster ratings, after all who doesn`t love a freak show?
But the ratings quickly fell to the gutter when viewers realized that Caitlyn was the most boring and insipid freak in Hollywood. The only reason Jenner`s reality show survived beyond the first episode was because the cable network kept the show on the air out of a sense of political correctness.
Jenner`s vanity project has finally been mercifully yanked from the air, but the freak will continue to appear on the Kardashians` reality show. Jenner is like dog crap that gets stuck on your running shoes, it`s almost impossible to get rid of without burning the damn shoes.
Families with low income because of unemployment or low wages may be eligible for the Women, Infants and Children health and nutrition program. Foods provided through the program include milk, cheese, eggs, cereal, fruit juices, dry peas or beans, peanut butter and infant formula.
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You sick of the new Ford GT yet? No? Of course you aren't, because that would make you a terrible human being! Now there's video to go along with its debut. Watch it and transform your garbage life!
There's no audio in this B-roll clip from Ford, just shots of the car inside and out. Imagine whatever soundtrack you want over it, like race car noises, electric guitars, or pumping electronic dance music (EDM). I'm imagining all three.
See any new details in this video that are worth noting?
PALERMO, Sicily – Rosanna Di Cesare was flying to Tunisia on vacation with her boyfriend and his mother when their airliner suffered engine troubles and tried to make an emergency landing in Sicily.
But the Tuninter ATR-72 (search) didn't make it to the Palermo airport Saturday, plunging into the choppy Mediterranean Sea 10 miles off Cape Gallo (search). Di Cesare said both engines stopped before the plane hit the water.
"It was terrible. It was terrible," she said.
As the plane broke apart, Di Cesare, 36, clung to a floating suitcase for 30 minutes before being rescued by a passing motorboat.
"We were miraculously saved," Di Cesare said from her hospital bed. "Even if I lost everything, I lost nothing."
At least 13 people were killed, while 23 survived. At least two people were believed missing. Di Cesare said her boyfriend survived, but there was no word about his mother.
Rescue teams worked Sunday to recover the missing as families of those confirmed dead arrived to identify their bodies and survivors marveled at having lived through the ordeal. Some survivors clutched the wings and fuselage of the wreckage, which was battered by 10-foot waves and strong currents.
Sicily's regional president, Salvatore Cuffaro, said early Sunday that emergency crews had located the bodies of two passengers but could not recover them because of "technical problems."
Later, Lt. Danilo Murvana at Palermo's port and chief Prosecutor Piero Grasso said the number of missing was believed to be three because an extra crew member was in the passenger section, bringing the total number of people on board to 39.
The plane had departed Bari, Italy, for the Tunisian resort of Djerba, which is popular with Italian vacationers. During the flight, pilot Chafik Gharbi told Rome airport tower officials at 3:24 p.m. that the twin-propeller plane was having engine trouble, and he asked permission to make an emergency landing in Palermo.
Sixteen minutes later he told tower officials he was "ditching in the sea," said Nicoletta Tommessile, a spokeswoman for ENAV (search), Italy's air safety agency.
Tuninter director Tlili Mohamed Ali told a news conference in Tunis that Gharbi, whose 25 years of experience included 10 years flying ATRs, ditched because the engine gave out before he could reach the airstrip. The pilot suffered a vertebral fracture and trauma to the head and chest, he said.

If close social relationships support people in the same way that beams hold up buildings, more and more Americans appear to be dependent on a single beam.

Compared with 1985, nearly 50 percent more people in 2004 reported that their spouse is the only person they can confide in. But if people face trouble in that relationship, or if a spouse falls sick, that means these people have no one to turn to for help, Smith-Lovin said.

"We know these close ties are what people depend on in bad times," she said. "We're not saying people are completely isolated. They may have 600 friends on Facebook.com [a popular networking Web site] and e-mail 25 people a day, but they are not discussing matters that are personally important."

The new research is based on a high-quality random survey of nearly 1,500 Americans. Telephone surveys miss people who are not home, but the General Social Survey, funded by the National Science Foundation, has a high response rate and conducts detailed face-to-face interviews, in which respondents are pressed to confirm they mean what they say.

Whereas nearly three-quarters of people in 1985 reported they had a friend in whom they could confide, only half in 2004 said they could count on such support. The number of people who said they counted a neighbor as a confidant dropped by more than half, from about 19 percent to about 8 percent.

The results, being published today in the American Sociological Review, took researchers by surprise because they had not expected to see such a steep decline in close social ties.

Smith-Lovin said increased professional responsibilities, including working two or more jobs to make ends meet, and long commutes leave many people too exhausted to seek social -- as well as family -- connections: "Maybe sitting around watching 'Desperate Housewives' . . . is what counts for family interaction."

Robert D. Putnam, a professor of public policy at Harvard and the author of "Bowling Alone," a book about increasing social isolation in the United States, said the new study supports what he has been saying for years to skeptical audiences in the academy.

Brooke Hogan, the daughter of TNA's Hulk Hogan, has signed with TNA in an executive position, not as a wrestler, according to TMZ. Brooke will be in-charge of the Knockouts division helping "develop their characters, help with backstage promos, and even consult on entrance music," according to the report. TNA president Dixie Carter told TMZ that Brooke is "such a great talent who's really sharp and will make a great addition to the TNA family."

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FORMER DEPUTY CHAIRMAN of the Dáil Michael Kitt was paid €8,340.25 between 1 February and 9 March, despite retiring from politics and not having any duties as Leas Ceann Comhairle, after three days into that period.

Fine Gael TD Seán Barrett, who was replaced as Ceann Comhairle on 10 March, received €9,285.64 in expenses and pre-tax salary for the same period.

From 4 February to 9 March, former Fianna Fáil TD Kitt was paid €3,430.25 in pre-tax salary in his capacity as Leas Ceann Comhairle, whose essential function is to preside over Dáil debates in the absence of the Ceann Comhairle, the Chairman of Dáil Éireann.

This was despite the fact that there was not a single debate to preside over, because the 31st Dáil was dissolved for the election campaign from 4-25 February, and the 32nd Dáil did not meet from 26 February to 9 March.

Similarly, former Ceann Comhairle and automatically re-elected TD Seán Barrett was paid €7,012.15 in pre-tax salary, during the 35-day period when the lower house of parliament (of which he was chairman) was dissolved.

Kitt, a former deputy for Galway East, was also paid €4,627.42 in expenses (the most of any individual) from 1 February to 9 March, even though the Dáil only sat twice during that period, and he chaired just two hours of debate.

He told TheJournal.ie he expected to pay back some of those expenses at the end of the year.

Barrett was paid €1,695.83 in expenses during February, despite also chairing just two hours of debate that month.

What did they actually do?

Oireachtas rules state that when the Dáil is dissolved and an election called by the Taoiseach, TDs can no longer claim their salaries or the Parliamentary Standard Allowance (their expenses) until the date of the election.

There are two exceptions to that: the Ceann Comhairle and Leas Ceann Comhairle can claim expenses and continue to be paid their salaries during this period.

On 3 February, Kitt sat in the chair for two minutes, as Taoiseach Enda Kenny announced the dissolution of the Dáil, thus formally starting the general election campaign.

From 4 February to 9 March, the Dáil did not meet. There were no debates, and no committee meetings.

Despite this, Kitt claimed €3,586.25 in the Parliamentary Standard Allowance (PSA) for the month of February, official figures show, and Barrett claimed €1,695.83.

In March, Kitt claimed €1,041.17 in expenses.

Barrett claimed €2,228.09 in March, but he was a member of Dáil Éireann during that time.

One component of the PSA is the Travel and Accommodation Allowance, which is paid on the basis of attendance at the Dáil, the need for overnight accommodation in Dublin, and travel to and from Leinster House and a TD’s constituency.

The second component of the PSA is the Public Representation Allowance, which allows TDs to write off certain expenses associated with their role as an elected Dáil deputy – such as office rental and phone bills.

Kitt told TheJournal.ie that he had recorded his attendance at the Dáil, or “clocked in”, on certain occasions, after it was dissolved on 3 February.

There were some reasons why I would have to come up, for example I have a fairly big office here, which I would have to vacate, and you’re given an amount of time to do that. For an office-holder, you’re given until the next Dáil meets.

And I have two offices in Galway, which I would have to relocate stuff to, from here [Leinster House], and so on. So yes, I did have to travel a number of times.

He acknowledged, however, that those travel requirements were limited enough that he would have to pay back some of the €4,627.42 allowance for February and March, at the end of the year.

I have to go through all those figures. I would say I’ll be paying back around €1,200, but it’s not all fully sorted out yet.

Seán Barrett claimed €1,695.83 in expenses during February, a month when TDs claimed on average €332.56, due to the dissolution of the Dáil after just three days.

We asked him and the Fine Gael party several detailed questions about the nature of his travel and accommodation requirements, and office-related spending during that time.

Deputy Barrett was Ceann Comhairle up until midnight on the 9th of March and any expenses were fully in compliance with the rules and regulations of the Houses of the Oireachtas.

From 4 February (the day after the Dáil was dissolved) until 9 March (the day before the new Dáil first met), Barrett and Kitt continued to be paid their salaries as Ceann Comhairle and Leas Ceann Comhairle.

This was despite the fact that Kitt no longer had a seat in Dáil Éireann, the Dáil did not meet during that time, and on 12 February, Barrett announced he would not be putting his name forward as Ceann Comhairle in the new Dáil.

during the period beginning with the day after the date of dissolution [i.e. 4 February] and ending with the day before Dáil Éireann reassembles after the election [i.e. 9 March].

With an annual Ceann Comhairle’s salary being €70,282, Seán Barrett was effectively paid €7,012.15 before tax, for 4 February to 9 March, when the Dáil was dissolved and he could not fulfil his essential function, as Chairman of Dáil Éireann.

Similarly, Michael Kitt was effectively paid €3,430.25 in pre-tax salary for the same period, based on an annual Leas Ceann Comhairle’s salary of €34,381.

This is a fact that Kitt acknowledged, when it was put to him by TheJournal.ie.

I can’t say I was doing any specific duties, but I was on standby if I was needed to perform any duties.

I’ll be straight about it – the Dáil wasn’t sitting, so I wasn’t doing that office [sic].

But there are occasions when visiting dignitaries and heads of state will come to Dáil, and either myself or the Ceann Comhairle would meet them. There is that type of work we do.

The only thing is, as I said, I was on standby, and I had to be available for that. So that’s the only point.

TheJournal.ie asked Seán Barrett the same question, but did not receive an answer.

OBSESSIVE Compulsive Cleaners has a knack of making us feel like we’re actually quite tidy by comparison to some of the messy hoarders they have on the C4 show.

But it also makes us realise we just don’t care enough to clean as much as some people do.

Meet Sandra from North Wales who spends 5 hours a day cleaning 3 bedroom home.

Sandra owns three vacuum cleaners so as not to “cross contaminate”.

But the ordeal she puts her husband through every single day has to be seen to be believed.

Soler faces three charges: felony death by motor vehicle, failure to reduce speed, and driving while impaired, with a blood alcohol content of .16, Seymour Johnson spokesman Robert Kerns said, citing the Goldsboro Police Department. Kerns said Soler turned himself in to Goldsboro police Thursday night.

The Goldsboro News-Argus, which first reported the charges against Soler, said he was freed on a $75,000 secured bond. The News-Argus said Soler was originally charged with felony serious injury by motor vehicle after he allegedly hit 17-year-old Johny Robert Watson, and the charges were upgraded after Watson died Thursday.

"We extend our deepest sympathies to those affected during this difficult time," Col. Christopher Sage, commander of the 4th Fighter Wing, said in a statement provided by Seymour Johnson. "We are truly saddened this young man's life was tragically cut short. We are currently cooperating with local law enforcement and reviewing evidence to determine appropriate action."

As security forces manager at Seymour Johnson, Soler is in charge of overseeing 230 security forces airmen assigned to the 4th Fighter Wing. He enlisted in the Air Force in 1987.

Karina Vetrano was found dead on Tuesday in Queens, and police say the missing jogger had been strangled and possibly sexually assaulted.

Several hours after she failed to return from a jog on Tuesday evening, Vetrano’s body was discovered in a marshy area of Spring Creek Park in Howard Beach, Queens. Thirty-year-old Vetrano was running on a nearby path when she went missing, PIX 11 reported.

Karina Vetrano’s father first reported the woman missing when she failed to return home. Her father usually accompanied Karina on her evening jog, but he had hurt his back and stayed home on Tuesday.

Her father, who is a retired fire department official, helped to organize a search party that found the woman’s body, which was located about 15 feet off the jogging path.

Officials were able to track a ping from Vetrano’s cell phone to a marshy area near 161st Avenue and 78th Street just off the Belt Parkway bike path, NBC New York reported. The report noted that she was found face down in a less popular section of the trails, with Karina’s father among the first to find the body.

Officials noted that Vetrano had marks on her neck and her clothes were in disarray, leading them to believe she may have been sexually assaulted before being killed.

With no suspect identified in Vetrano’s death, police are urging caution for people who live in the area.

Neighbors said the killing left them worried, especially in an area not known for being high in crime.

Others noted that the area was potentially dangerous for joggers, with secluded areas not far from the trail.

“If the weeds were not that tall, we would of seen the girl jogging on the path… You can grab that girl, and we wouldn’t know it…I hear there’s a couple of shanty houses out there,” a neighbor told the New York Daily News.

Other neighbors told the New York Daily News that vagrants live in some of the grassy areas just beyond the trails, increasing the potential for attacks.

“I hear there’s a couple of shanty houses out there,” one neighbor said.

Boyce said that Vetrano had been exchanging text messages with a friend before she disappeared. NBC New York reported that the friend is cooperating with police and does not appear to be a suspect.

Vetrano’s Instagram page showed an active young woman who loved to travel and exercise.

Vetrano had earned a master’s degree from St. John’s University in 2015 and was working at Vetro Lounge in Howard Beach. The business had planned to hold a candlelight vigil in her memory.

Vetrano’s family has not commented on her death, and police have not released more details on how she might have been killed.

The exact cause of death for Karina Vetrano is also not yet known. Officials said an autopsy was scheduled to be conducted on Wednesday.

A new analysis by Avalere Health says that only 30 percent of applicants to the Obamacare health exchanges are qualifying for government subsidies to defray the cost of their premiums, far short of the 84 percent of enrollees that are ultimately expected to qualify, according to the Washington-based consultancy.

Persons who enrolled through a state-run exchange are not qualifying for assistance at the same rate as those who are attempting to use the glitchy federal exchange, at 23 percent to 34 percent, Avalere said.

Based on enrollment figures from Oct. 1 through Nov. 2, Avalere expects a pick-up in enrollment as poorer citizens realize they could save on health insurance with the help of government assistance — putting the number closer to Avalere’s 84 percent projection.

Jan. 25, 2011 Maria Kit Yuk Lau, 63, of Honolulu, a retired Buddah Lounge bartendress, died in Kaiser Medical Center. She was born in Hong Kong. She is survived by husband Yuk Keung; sons Steven and Henry Lee; daughter Pauline Paczkowski; stepsons Wai Sing, Wilson and John Lau; stepdaughters Im Fun Ling, Tracy Lau and Amy; father Tin Lap Chow; brother Paul Chow; sisters Kit Ching Law and Kit Ho; five grandchildren; and seven step-grandchildren. Visitation: 9:30 a.m. Sunday at Borthwick Mortuary. Taoist services. Burial: 12:30 p.m. at Manoa Chinese Cemetery. Additional information for an obituary published Thursday.

'I Am Cait' Finally Canceled! Thank You Jesus!

E!`s I Am Cait won`t have a third season after all, Caitlyn Jenner announced on her Twitter account Tuesday.

The news is not entirely unexpected: Both Jenner and the cable network previously attempted to deny a report that the reality series would be canceled due to poor ratings and an ambivalent reception from trans viewers.

The premiere episode of "I Am Cait" garnered blockbuster ratings, after all who doesn`t love a freak show?

But the ratings quickly fell to the gutter when viewers realized that Caitlyn was the most boring and insipid freak in Hollywood. The only reason Jenner`s reality show survived beyond the first episode was because the cable network kept the show on the air out of a sense of political correctness.

Jenner`s vanity project has finally been mercifully yanked from the air, but the freak will continue to appear on the Kardashians` reality show. Jenner is like dog crap that gets stuck on your running shoes, it`s almost impossible to get rid of without burning the damn shoes.

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PALERMO, Sicily – Rosanna Di Cesare was flying to Tunisia on vacation with her boyfriend and his mother when their airliner suffered engine troubles and tried to make an emergency landing in Sicily.

But the Tuninter ATR-72 (search) didn't make it to the Palermo airport Saturday, plunging into the choppy Mediterranean Sea 10 miles off Cape Gallo (search). Di Cesare said both engines stopped before the plane hit the water.

"It was terrible. It was terrible," she said.

As the plane broke apart, Di Cesare, 36, clung to a floating suitcase for 30 minutes before being rescued by a passing motorboat.

"We were miraculously saved," Di Cesare said from her hospital bed. "Even if I lost everything, I lost nothing."

At least 13 people were killed, while 23 survived. At least two people were believed missing. Di Cesare said her boyfriend survived, but there was no word about his mother.

Rescue teams worked Sunday to recover the missing as families of those confirmed dead arrived to identify their bodies and survivors marveled at having lived through the ordeal. Some survivors clutched the wings and fuselage of the wreckage, which was battered by 10-foot waves and strong currents.

Sicily's regional president, Salvatore Cuffaro, said early Sunday that emergency crews had located the bodies of two passengers but could not recover them because of "technical problems."

Later, Lt. Danilo Murvana at Palermo's port and chief Prosecutor Piero Grasso said the number of missing was believed to be three because an extra crew member was in the passenger section, bringing the total number of people on board to 39.

The plane had departed Bari, Italy, for the Tunisian resort of Djerba, which is popular with Italian vacationers. During the flight, pilot Chafik Gharbi told Rome airport tower officials at 3:24 p.m. that the twin-propeller plane was having engine trouble, and he asked permission to make an emergency landing in Palermo.

Sixteen minutes later he told tower officials he was "ditching in the sea," said Nicoletta Tommessile, a spokeswoman for ENAV (search), Italy's air safety agency.

Tuninter director Tlili Mohamed Ali told a news conference in Tunis that Gharbi, whose 25 years of experience included 10 years flying ATRs, ditched because the engine gave out before he could reach the airstrip. The pilot suffered a vertebral fracture and trauma to the head and chest, he said.