"No Respect Inc! we a family! you f*ck w one of us you f*ck w ALL of us B*tch!," reads a status update on No RespectInc's Facebook. No RespectInc is the "party crew" that Bryan Barnes, 20, and Javier Bolden, 19, suspects in the April 11 USC shooting, were members of. Barnes and Bolden were arrested Friday for murdering 23-year-old foreign graduate students Ming Qu and Ying Wu. Party crews organize underground parties and raves, and No Respect was implicated in a FOX 11 investigation into nitrous oxide-dealing groups, the LA Weekly reports. Displayed in the slideshow below, Barnes' Facebook contains mostly photos showing of his tattoos, abdominal muscles and No Respect apparel. No Respect's Facebook page features photos of young men and women flashing ... Continue reading →
NEW YORK -- One of the nation's largest pension funds says it will vote its 5.3 million shares against all of Wal-Mart's board nominees – including the company's current and former CEOs – at the retailer's annual meeting next week. The California State Teachers' Retirement System, known as CalSTERS, said Tuesday that it has lost faith in the board's independence amid allegations of bribery in Wal-Mart's operations in Mexico. Including CEO Mike Duke and former CEO Lee Scott, Wal-Mart has nominated 15 incumbents to the board plus one new candidate, Marissa Mayer, who is vice president for local, maps and location services at Google Inc. The pension fund filed what's called a "derivative" lawsuit in Delaware state court in early May seeking changes in corporate ... Continue reading →
LOS ANGELES -- When you travel and have to leave your dog behind, you can call a kennel, hire a pet sitter – or find him a new friend online. The website DogVacay debuted in New York and Los Angeles in March and, just in time for the summer travel season, is now available throughout the United States and Canada. The site lets pet owners look up hosts in the area who will care for a dog in their own homes, giving a pet the food, exercise and attention you would give if you stayed home – sort of a doggy version of couch-surfing, for an average price of $25 to $30 a day. Hosts are checked out and interviewed by DogVacay and every owner ... Continue reading →
The BMW i3 concept (L) and the BMW i8 concept (R) are on display at the 42nd Tokyo Motor show in Tokyo on November 30, 2011. (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) The BMW i3 concept (L) and the BMW i8 concept (R) are on display at the 42nd Tokyo Motor show in Tokyo on November 30, 2011. (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) Continue reading →
The BMW i3 concept (L) and the BMW i8 concept (R) are on display at the 42nd Tokyo Motor show in Tokyo on November 30, 2011. (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) The BMW i3 concept (L) and the BMW i8 concept (R) are on display at the 42nd Tokyo Motor show in Tokyo on November 30, 2011. (TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) Continue reading →
In 2002, the Bangladesh government was the first in the world to ban the use of plastic bags. The year prior, 9.3 million plastic bags were dumped in the country's capital, Dhaka, every day, which contributed to blocked drains and waterways, causing flooding. Since then, myths of a plastic bag island swirling in the Pacific Ocean and images of sea mammals with plastic particles in their digestive systems have bombarded the human psyche into thinking that plastic bags are more environmentally destructive than car emissions and burning of fossil fuels. While foreign countries like Bangladesh, China, and England have taken the lead in banning or levying plastic bags, American cities are finally following suit on both coasts. Now, Los Angeles, the second biggest city in ... Continue reading →
Finding parking in downtown LA is about to turn into a game of strategy. If you park in the right place, at the right time, you could pay $1 an hour. If you park in the wrong place, at the wrong time, you could pay up to $6. The Los Angeles Department of Transportation (LADOT) has implemented ground sensors in 6,000 parking meter spots and 7,500 city-owned parking lot spaces, Bruce Gillman, LADOT Communications Director, told The Huffington Post. The ground sensors will monitor traffic levels and send that information to eight new traffic signs in downtown, as well as to smartphone apps and to the LADOT. Parking fees will increase as much as 50 percent, to $6 an hour, during high-demand hours and decrease ... Continue reading →
