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A 15 year old boy who was walking to school  was found bloody and unconscious in the grass near his home yesterday morning in Cape Coral, just two weeks after Layla Aiken was killed near her bus stop. The boy, Joseph Zimmer is OK, he’ll need some dental work and he was badly bruised.  He was hit while crossing the street. Cape Coral police are investigating. Meanwhile police continue to investigate the Layla Aiken case. Still no arrests.

 

A van crashed into a storefront on Fowler Street in Fort Myers yesterday afternoon. No one was injured. Police are investigating the cause of the crash.

 

Three men were rescued off the coast of Naples when their 32 foot fishing boat sank. All three men are said to be in good condition.

 

32 year old Ben Padgett was arrested outside a Naples Olive Garden where police say he was drunk, shirtless and shoveling take-out spaghetti into his mouth. Earlier he had been panhandling, which caused management at the restaurant to call police. He was charged with disorderly intoxication and resisting an officer without violence.

 

Tax Refunds Down $6B, So Far

  • Not happy with your tax refund? You’re not alone.
  • As of March 29, total individual tax refunds are down $6B compared to this time a year ago, according to the IRS.
  • CBS News reports that on average, individual returns are only $20 less than last year; however, that small amount is adding up to big problems elsewhere. Retail sales are down.
  • The smaller returns don’t necessarily mean workers paid more in taxes. It means they took more home each week in their paycheck. However, that doesn’t have the same ring of the cash register for buyers and sellers as one bi

 

14 to Plead Guilty in College Admissions Scandal

  • 14 people have agreed to plead guilty in connection to a college admissions scandal.
  • Reuters reports actress Felicity Huffman and the 13 others are among 50 accused by federal prosecutors in schemes to subvert college entrance admissions standards by cheating on tests and paying millions in bribes.
  • Huffman is accused of making a donation to California college admissions consultant William “Rick” Singer’s foundation. In exchange, someone corrected her daughter’s SAT answers at a testing facility run by Singer – who authorities say ran the entire scheme.

What Are The Best And Worst Airlines?

  • A new ranking has named Delta the best of America’s major airlines – and Frontier the worst.
  • The 2019 Airline Quality Rating listed Delta at #1, jumping up from #2 last year.  Meanwhile, last year’s #1, Alaska Airlines, dropped all the way to #4 following their 2018 merger with Virgin America.
  • Airlines were ranked on multiple criteria including “mishandled baggage, consumer complaints, on-time performance and involuntary denied boardings”.
  • JetBlue and Southwest came in at No. 2 and 3, while Spirit, American, and Frontier rounded out the bottom 3.

 

Thank You For Being a PEZ!

  • The Golden Girls have been turned into PEZ heads.
  • Now you can have Golden Girls PEZ dispensers.
  • Blanche, Rose, Dorothy, and Sophia are available for you to flip up and pop some candy.
  • The collection was created by Funko Pop.

 

 

 

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