Two California women survive 21 days adrift in Indian Ocean
Ben Rickey Berkowitz and Judy Gale Schwartz, both 26, told how thoughts of pizza and chocolate shakes kept them alive after their engine failed on a chartered boat off Java. They rigged a sail, rationed food, and endured thirst and fear before being rescued near Sumatra.
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Los Angeles
UPI
California
Indian Ocean
Ben “Rickey” Berkowitz
Redondo Beach
Judy Gale Schwartz
Palo Alto
Jakarta
Indonesia
Ujung Kulon
Java
Sumatra
Ocean
Sprite
Berkowitz
Kaiser Permanante
Pasadena
Man faked illness for Social Security aid in church scam
A Kansas City area man, 38, feigned multiple sclerosis and blindness to obtain 40,000 to 50,000 dollars in Social Security disability benefits over four to five years. Church members helped him, and a 160-member congregation heard his admission on Sept. 1. Federal authorities will review reports, and the case raises questions about caregiver trust and scrutiny of benefits.
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Claycomo
David Mott
Mott
Terry Rhoads
Northside Christian Church
Rhoads
Kansas City Times
Dave
U.S
Robert Ulrich
Kansas City
Clay County Sun
Ulrich
Associated Press
Howard Sladek
Social Security Administration
Terry Calhoun
Arrest likely in Choate cocaine ring probe
Alleged ringleader Mathew Holmes, 18, living in Caracas, faces federal drug charges after returning from Venezuela. Prosecutors say he supplied cocaine to Choate Rosemary Hall in Wallingford. Fellow former students Levine and Russell pled guilty to aiding and abetting imports. Ten others also pleaded guilty as the wider case expands, with two more ex-students slated to appear in Bridgeport court on September 26.
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Bridgeport, Conn
UPD
Choate
Venezuela
U.S
Alan H. Nevas
Mathew Robert Holmes
Caracas
Choate Rosemary Hall
Wallingford
Holmes
Nevas
Robert B. Levine
New York
Stephen C. Russell
Fairfield
New Haven
Bridgeport
Derek Oatis
Meriden
Catherine Cowan
Little Rock, Ark
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Schwartz
San Mateo County
Berkowits
Rurvieep Ander
Sarvved
TRE
Ellen
Rickey” Berkowitz
Judy Schwartz
Los Angeles International Airport
Doris
Martin Berkowitz
Rickey
Richard Schwartz
Judy
Ruth
Matt
Rev
Richmark
E. Genesee ST
Camillus Mall
Fayetteville Mall
Hess’s
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