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Families Of Two Slain USC Students Grapple With Grief - Neon Tommy
“At least they could live happily ever after in the heaven,” one of Wu's friends who chose to remain anonymous said. Wu and Qu were killed just a month after officially starting to date, though they'd known each other for more than a year.
May 15, 2012


Columbian Escort Speaking Out About Secret Service Agent Scandal - Neon Tommy
The woman, who declined to give her name, told local police officers that she and the agent had agreed upon a price of $800 for her escort services, but when the woman was told to leave the Hotel Caribe the following morning, the agent only wanted to ...
April 19, 2012


Shelling Resumes in Syria Despite Ceasefire Agreement - Neon Tommy
According to Reuters: “An opposition source, who asked to remain anonymous as he feared retaliation from his own side, said that army shelling came after rebels ambushed government troops in the city on Friday night.” SANA, the Syrian state news agency ...
April 14, 2012


Students Decry Online Comments, Media Portrayal Of Killed Chinese Students - Neon Tommy
She declined to give her name. Many comments on Chinese Weibo, a Twitter-like social media, were focused on the BMW, saying the two victims were obnoxious rich kids. Qu's friend went to buy the BMW with Qu. She said, many Chinese students at USC tried ...
April 12, 2012


Syrian Troops Will Not Withdraw Despite Agreement To Peace Plan - Neon Tommy
As another two dozen people were killed in Syria Saturday, a government official said that troops will not be withdrawn from cities still “engulfed by the country's unrest” until peace returns to those cities, the Associated Press reports.
March 31, 2012


Occupy Los Angeles: City Hall Demonstration Draws Support Of City Hall Workers ... - Neon Tommy
“I think it's a good thing that people can come together and protest regardless of what the issue is,” said another city employee who also asked to remain anonymous. The employee mentioned that while she could not make out a singular issue at hand, ...
October 4, 2011


U.S. Set To Sue Big Banks For Billions - Neon Tommy
These were backed by highly unstable subprime loans that led, in large part, to the 2008 financial meltdown The Times' story quotes three anonymous sources briefed on the matter who say that the suit will come from the Federal Housing Finance ...
September 2, 2011


Kim Kardashian Files Lawsuit Over Old Navy Advertisement - Neon Tommy
Kardashian, according to a person close to her, is simply “…a businesswoman who has to protect her brand.” The commercial featuring the lookalike has been running since February, and has been extremely popular since its inception. ...
July 23, 2011


Politics Today: Eric Cantor Pulls Out Of Debt Talks, The Rick Perry ... - Neon Tommy
Another round of the Rick Perry guessing game continues, this time courtesy of an anonymous source. In short, here's where we stand based on Thursday's developments: Rick Perry may run for president. Or he may not. The Wall Street Journal reported on ...
June 24, 2011


Rudy Giuliani: Primed For Another Political Spanking If He Runs For President? - Neon Tommy
"They think this is crazy," a source said. "They realize how long the odds are, but they are standing by." So, this begs the question. Why run if you more than likely can't beat the other GOP heavy hitters? Only Giuliani can answer that. ...
May 6, 2011


Jerry Brown Plan B Rumored To Be A November Election - Neon Tommy
Jerry Brown is considering introducing a ballot initiative that would allow voters to decide in November if they want to have higher rates of income, sales and vehicle taxes, according to an anonymous source speaking to the Sacramento Bee. ...
March 22, 2011


Missile Strikes 'Severely Disabled' Gaddafi's Defenses, U.S. Official Says - Neon Tommy
Muammar Gaddafi's ability to defend against a no-fly zone, a US national security official speaking on the condition of anonymity told Reuters. "It's too soon to predict what he and his ground forces may do in response to today's strikes," the official ...
March 19, 2011


What Election? L.A. Residents Clueless About City Councilmen - Neon Tommy
A woman who declined to give her name was walking from the complex began screaming at bystanders to be careful of cars. She had been hit in the last month by a gray car that parked in the lot next to hers. “I don't vote,” she said. ...
March 4, 2011


Protesters Stifled By Security Forces In Algeria - Neon Tommy
“There was a march of police, not demonstrators,” a man told the New York Times on the condition of anonymity. “The marchers had asked to conduct a peaceful ...
February 12, 2011


Newsstands Can Still Compete With Murdoch's The Daily, For Now - Neon Tommy
... them because people are still buying magazines here at my newsstand,” said one cashier at Robertson Bookstore, Inc., who declined to give his name. ...
February 9, 2011


Egypt Blacks Out Web, Texting, And Twitter - Neon Tommy
The US official, who was not authorized to speak on the record, said the actions to shut down the Internet and cellphones began after midnight Thursday. ...
January 28, 2011


"Whore" Comment May Have Come From Jerry Brown's Wife - Neon Tommy
"The person who said that word is someone who can't be fired," said the source, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to Fox News, ". ...
October 11, 2010


Will Apple Corner the Newspaper Market, Too? - Neon Tommy
... the company's first foray into selling newspaper and magazine subscriptions for the iPad tablet computer, according to people familiar with the matter. ...
September 26, 2010


Witness Says Victim Of Westlake Police Shooting Was Unarmed, Mayor Stands ... - Neon Tommy
Ana, who declined to give her name, is the second person to claim they did not see a weapon in Jamines' hand when he was shot on Sunday. ...
September 10, 2010


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