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NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jermaine White, 21, of Gray, La., pleaded guilty to making false statements regarding his application to the Federal Emergency Management Association (FEMA) for disaster assistance benefits, announced U.S. Attorney Jim Letten of the Eastern District of Louisiana.
According to the factual basis, after Hurricane Katrina struck Louisiana, White applied for expedited assistance funds from FEMA, the $2,000 which many evacuees received from FEMA. White indicated in his application that his primary address was a home located in Houma, La. that he had essential needs for "food, clothing or shelter," and that he had "disaster related moving and storage expenses," when in truth he never occupied or rented this rental property. According to the owner of the property, the home was vacant and was not leased to anyone during Hurricanes Katrina or Rita.
The maximum sentence White could receive is five years in prison and/or a fine of $250,000.
This case was investigated by special agents of the FBI assigned to the Katrina Fraud Task Force. This case was prosecuted by Assistant U.S. Attorneys Carter K. D. Guice Jr. and Carol Michel.
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NEW ORLEANS, Oct. 4 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- What should one say or do to support someone who has cancer or any serious disease or condition? Author and cancer survivor Lori Hope will share information garnered from interviews with scores of other survivors and healthcare professionals at a free lecture at Tulane University on Thursday October 12.
Based on her book, Help Me Live: 20 things People with Cancer Want You to Know, the presentation will include stories and tips to help friends and loved ones of cancer patients feel more comfortable in one of life's most uncomfortable situations. "I wrote this book because when I had cancer I realized many of my friends didn't quite know what to say," said Hope. "Even though everyone was well-meaning, I was traumatized and extra-sensitive. Some people unintentionally made me more anxious; others were phenomenally helpful, and I wanted to share those stories with others."
Some of the "20 Things" Hope writes and speaks about include, "It's okay to say and do the 'wrong' thing;" "I want to hear success stories, not horror stories;" "I need to forget and laugh;" and "Asking my permission can spare me pain."
Help Me Live includes interviews with New Yorker writer Jerome Groopman, MD of Harvard University, author of The Anatomy of Hope; Jimmie Holland, MD, of Memorial Sloan-Kettering, who created the discipline of psycho-oncology and who authored The Human Side of Cancer; Marc Silver of NPR, author of Breast Cancer Husband, as and scores of other healthcare and communications professionals and cancer survivors.
Hope, an Emmy-winning documentary producer and former editor of a woman's newspaper in the San Francisco Bay Area, has written articles, essays, and commentaries that have been published in Newsweek and broadcast on public radio stations nationwide. Help Me Live: 20 Things People with Cancer Want You to Know has been featured in Redbook magazine, ABC News' Nightline, U.S. News & World Report, the San Francisco Chronicle, and many other media.
The free lecture at Tulane University, entitled, "Compassionate Communication:A Forum for Anyone Touched by Cancer" will take place Thursday Oct 12, 2006, from 4 to 6 p.m.in the first floor auditorium of the school, 1430 Tulane Avenue.
Contact the Madeline Vann, Tulane University: 504-247-1425 or 504-427-7299, or mvann@Tulane.edu or Lori Hope: 510.499.3179, lori@lorihope.com to arrange an interview. For more information about Hope or Help Me Live, visit http://www.LoriHope.com .
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5-08-03. Jamie Foxx, a comedian of “In Living Color” fame, says he is innocent to misdemeanor charges that he fought with New Orleans police officers after they demanded he leave a French Quarter casino. Foxx, 35, was charged with trespassing, disturbing the peace, battery on police officers, and resisting arrest. He was released from jail on $1,900 bond. Foxx, along with his sister Diedra, are accused of entering Harrah’s casino and refusing to show identification. They walked toward a gambling table and Jamie Foxx splashed water from a fountain, according to police accounts. Dixon, 25, of Tarzana, California, was also charged with extortion for allegedly threatening to cut a guard unless he allowed her entrance into the New Orleans casino. Her bond was $6,000.
Jamie Foxx is in New Orleans shooting a movie about Ray Charles, entitled “Unchain My Heart.” Past credits include a 5-year run starring in the “The Jamie Foxx Show,” a starring role in the 1999 “Any Given Sunday,” and 2001’s “Ali” alongside Will Smith.
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