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Nanny charged with jewelry theft
February 10, 2009 - STRATFORD, CT -- A Trumbull college student
has been charged with stealing nearly $15,000 in jewelry from
the home of a local couple where she worked as a nanny. Megan
Marino, 20, of Kingsbury Drive, Trumbull, surrendered to police
Saturday after being told there was a warrant for her arrest. A
student at Mitchell College New London, Marino was charged with
first-degree larceny and was released after posting $5,000 bond,
pending her arraignment March 4 in Bridgeport Superior Court.
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Nanny agency owner defends octuplet mother
February 9, 2009 - COVINA - The owner of a nanny agency has come
to the defense of the Whittier mother of octuplets, claiming
that Nadya Suleman is "a great client, a great mom."
Jacqueline Chatfield of Merry Poppins To Order, a nanny referral
service in Covina, has provided child care to Suleman's six
older children for two years, she said. She talked to Suleman
almost daily to coordinate child care and said her nannies liked
working for the Sulemans.
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Pay your nanny tax — nominated or not
February 4, 2009 - Nancy Killefer's decision Tuesday to withdraw
her candidacy to join the Obama administration over her failure
to pay taxes for household help puts the spotlight on a dirty
little open secret in the home-help industry—nearly everybody
does it. Or, in this case, doesn't do it.
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Doing the Right Thing by Paying the Nanny Tax
January 2009 - Ever since Zoë Baird, President Bill Clinton’s
first nominee for attorney general, withdrew her name from
consideration because she had broken rules relating to household
employees, the issue has tripped up public figures every couple
of years. This week, it became part of the chatter around
Caroline Kennedy’s decision to pull out of contention for New
York’s vacant United States Senate seat. This month, Timothy F.
Geithner’s nomination for Treasury secretary hit a snag over,
among other mistakes, an issue relating to a housekeeper.
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Ex-deputy, wife admit nanny servitude in Ga. home
January 2009 - ATLANTA - A former Forsyth County deputy and his
wife have admitted keeping an illegal immigrant as an unpaid
nanny in their home. Russell and Malika Garrett of Woodstock
pleaded guilty Friday to harboring an alien for private
financial gain. She also admitted lying to FBI and Immigration
and Customs Enforcement agents investigating the claims.
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Round-the-clock helper
January 2009 - From renting apartments to singing birthday
songs, the concierge has to deliver, with a smile. IF you think
all a concierge does is queue up at the post office to settle
utility bills and walk the dog when the owner is at work, think
again.
“In Malaysia, some people refer to us as ‘runners’. However, we
enjoy a much better reputation in other parts of the world, like
Europe and America, where a concierge is also known as a
lifestyle manager,” says corporate concierge Wayne Woo.
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Who Will Bail Out the Yolandas and Yvettes of the World?
December 18, 2008 - Are you ready for MASS NANNY/MAID LAYOFFS?
We're sure that Manhattan nanny Yvette is touched that her
former employers are reaching out to the good people of
Craigslist to help her find a new job. In a Craigslist posting
listed under "ETC," comes Please hire our Nanny, she is a
Wonderful Person...Click
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`Nanny' state? Drescher eyes Clinton's Senate seat
December 2008 - ALBANY, N.Y. – The star of "The Nanny" wants to
go from playing nasally New Yawkers to succeeding Hillary Rodham
Clinton in the U.S. Senate. Publicist Jordan Brown delivered the
straight line that Fran Drescher is serious about becoming the
next junior senator from New York. Brown cited Drescher's
experience as an actress, advocate for women's health and public
diplomacy envoy for the U.S. State Department.
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Concierge service helps others "tough it out"
November 30, 2008 - HONOLULU - A local company that hires out
personal assistants is doing well, despite the economy. Now, the
owner of Isle Concierge shares the secrets of her success. It's
something that might help other companies tough it out.
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Woman indicted for allegedly exploiting nanny
November 19, 2008 - WALNUT CREEK -- A Walnut Creek real-estate
agent will appear in federal court today on charges that she
lured a Peruvian nanny to the East Bay with promises of a better
life but instead kept her as an indentured servant for nearly
two years. Mabelle de la Rosa Dann, 45, also known as Mabelle
Crabbe, was indicted by a federal grand jury in June. She has
pleaded not guilty to a charge of harboring an illegal alien for
the purpose of private financial gain.
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Regulations issued to chasten household maids
October 28, 2008 - CHINA - Household maids and nannies in Shaanxi
province have been forbidden from wearing tight clothes and
heavy makeup after the Association of Household Services issued
regulations on industry workers recently.
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Woman accuses newly-hired maid of stealing P200,000 in cash,
valuables
October 28, 2008 - MANILA, Philippines – You can't be too careful
in hiring household help, as a 77-year-old woman learned on
Tuesday when she found her 18-year-old maid, whom she got
through an agency four days earlier, gone – along with P200,000
in cash and valuables.
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Randolph cops: 10-year-old tried to stab nanny
September 25, 2008 - RANDOLPH, NJ — A 10-year-old was charged with
aggravated assault Tuesday after the nanny responsible for the
juvenile's care said the youngster tried to attack her with a
knife, police said Wednesday. Randolph police Lt. Don Smith
wouldn't say what type of knife was used in the attack, but said
the nanny was unharmed.
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Nanny sent to work as underpaid servant
Part 1: Canada's 'slave trade'
Part 2: Big promises, broken dreams
September 22, 2008 - Catherine Manuel came to Canada as a live-in
nanny to care for 8-year-old Brent of Toronto. She ended up
changing beds, cleaning toilets and painting the decks at the
Whispering Pines bed and breakfast in Jackson's Point, on the
shores of Lake Simcoe.
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Credit crunch sends shivers across nanny market
September 19, 2008 - LONDON - Watch out Mary Poppins, the
hurricane howling through the world's financial markets is
starting to be felt in the rarefied world of the British nanny.
As bankers and money dealers fall like flies to a credit crunch
that has seen three major U.S. investment banks disappear in a
puff of smoke, so the nannies they have employed on salaries of
up to 40,000 pounds ($73,000) have suddenly become expensive
luxuries.
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Florida woman victim of nanny scam
September 11, 2008 - BONITA SPRINGS, FL — A South Fort Myers woman
who wanted a job as a nanny instead got scammed out of $491, Lee
County Sheriff’s Office records show. The woman posted an
advertisement on a nanny-for-hire Web site. A man from England
hired her as his children’s nanny. The man told the victim,
Geraldine Walker, 47, he needed an apartment in Brandt
Apartments on Plantation Road in Fort Myers and he would be in
Fort Myers on Sept. 2.
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Accused nanny lied on her CV
July 23, 2008 - UK - A nanny accused of killing a baby boy lied
she had a degree on her CV, a court has heard. Linda Wise, 47,
is accused of shaking Isaac Rowlinson causing fatal brain
injuries. She denies manslaughter.
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Nanny denies fatal baby shake
July 21, 2008 - Wales - A nanny today denied shaking a baby with
such force he suffered brain damage and later died. Linda Wise,
47, is accused of the manslaughter of Isaac Rowlinson, the
newborn son of Lancashire Police detectives Paul and Lisa
Rowlinson.
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Nanny can stay in Canada to battle cancer
July 18, 2008 - Juana Tejada, a Filipina nanny, who is dying of
cancer, has won her fight to stay in Canada. The Department of
Citizenship and Immigration has granted Juana Tejada permanent
residency so she can remain in the country and receive treatment
for her illness.
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Nanny hired for London Fashion Week 'made baby's brain bleed by
shaking him'
July 14, 2008 - London - Jasmin Schmidt, 32, is accused of shaking
a baby, leaving him with a brain injury and a broken arm. A
nanny assaulted a baby, leaving him with a brain injury and a
broken arm, after being hired to look after him during London
Fashion Week, a court heard today.
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Nanny has choice: Jail or return $25,000
June 25, 2008 - STAMFORD, CT - A former Westport nanny who stole
almost $25,000 from the couple who employed her faces up to two
years in jail if she does not repay the money. At state Superior
Court in Stamford on Monday, the nanny pleaded guilty to first-degree
larceny after stealing seven checks worth $24,600 from her
Westport employer, her arrest affidavit said.
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Westhampton Estate Caretaker kills himself, wife in critical
condition
June 22, 2008 - New York - The caretaker of a Westhampton Beach
estate hanged and killed himself early yesterday, according to
authorities, who are investigating whether he also tried to kill
his wife before ending his life. The body of Ryszard Pawlak, 58,
was discovered in a garage building inside the Seafield Lane
estate where he and his wife worked, Suffolk County Homicide
Det. Sgt. Thomas Groneman said.
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Housewife orders dog to bite Indonesian maid
June 21, 2008 - Singapore - A housewife was convicted of ordering
her dog to attack her Indonesian maid during a fit of rage, news
reports said on Saturday. Tay Siew Hoon was found guilty after a
25-day-long trial in which the prosecutor described a night of
abuse imposed on the 22-year-old maid nearly three years ago.
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First picture of Spelman nanny
"She's no idea about being a secretary. It's a stich-up"
June 200 8 - WHEELING a baby in a pram, this is the first picture
of the nanny who landed Tory party chairman Caroline Spelman in
a political storm. We tracked down Tina Haynes, 36, to a secret
address where she has been HIDING from the storm over claims her
ex-boss paid for her childcare with public money. The MP insists
the live-in nanny also helped with constituency secretarial
work. But Mrs Haynes' father-in-law yesterday laughed off the
idea.
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3 Charged with Human Trafficking in Nanny Case
June 18, 2008 - ATLANTA - Officials say a former Fulton County
magistrate, his deputy sheriff son and daughter-in-law are
accused of luring a nanny from India and forcing her to work in
their home without pay. Officials say 72-year-old William D.
Garrett Jr. of Alpharetta, Forsyth County Deputy Russell Garrett
and Malika Garrett of Woodstock were indicted by a federal grand
jury on charges including human trafficking, alien harboring and
witness tampering.
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Tory chairman to face sleaze probe over nanny expenses
June 18, 2008 - LONDON - Conservative party chairman Caroline
Spelman is to face a parliamentary probe into her decision to
use taxpayers' money to pay for her nanny. Parliamentary
Standards Commissioner John Lyon said on Tuesday he had
"carefully considered" the matter and decided that given the
"exceptional" circumstances, an inquiry would be conducted.
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Watchdog 'considering' nanny case
June 9, 2008 - BBC News - The parliamentary standards watchdog is
"considering carefully" Tory chairman Caroline Spelman's
employment of her former nanny and secretary. The statement from
John Lyon's office followed talks with Mrs Spelman, who is
facing questions about paying a nanny out of her MP's staffing
allowance.
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Nude maid accused of really cleaning up
May 29, 2008 - TAMPA, Fla. -- A nude maid is accused of really
cleaning up at a Florida man's home. The Hillsborough County
Sheriff's Office said a 50-year-old man hired the maid from the
Internet on Friday to clean his Tampa home.
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Denver butler-school founder arrested again
May 15, 2008 - Denver, CO - A woman who established an
international school for butlers and chefs was arrested Tuesday
by Denver police. Mary Louise Starkey, 58, founder of the
Starkey International Institute for Household Management, was
arrested on suspicion of misdemeanor assault and disturbing the
peace, according to Denver court records.
It is the second arrest for Starkey in the past six months.
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Caretaker charged with stealing drugs
May 15, 2008 - SILVERTON - An 85-year-old woman's sharp-eyed
daughter may have saved her life, police said Wednesday. The
daughter realized her mother's cancer medication was replaced by
some other unknown drug and alerted police before her mother
took any, said Silverton police Lt. Bruce Plummer.
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Singapore woman charged with pinching maid
May 8, 2008 - Singapore - A Singapore woman was charged on
Thursday with three counts of pinching her Indonesian maid. Ting
Yeng Keow, 58, a housewife, is said to have pinched Sriyani on
her left upper arm at her Robey Crescent home in the
city-state’s Upper Serangoon in October.
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Nanny Allegedly Catches Father On Tape Abusing Children
May 07, 2008 - ORLANDO, FL -- An Orlando man was locked up after a
nanny allegedly caught him on tape abusing his adopted children.
Brian Kloosterman was arrested this week after a nanny came
forward with the tape allegedly showing him using all of his
body weight on the child at his Delaney Park home.
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Nanny Saves Child Attacked By Coyote
May 2, 2008 - LOS ANGELES - A nanny pulled a 2-year-old girl from
the jaws of a coyote Friday after the animal attacked the
toddler and tried to carry her away in its mouth, officials
said. The girl was playing in a sandbox at Altura Park in Chino
Hills in San Bernardino County. Around 10:30 a.m., the caretaker
heard screaming and saw a coyote trying to carry the child off
in its mouth, officials said.
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Wanted: tanning butler who rubs guests right way
Apr. 21, 2008 - Miami, FL - The Ritz-Carlton on South Beach was
without a tanning butler. The last one, Malcolm, was a part-time
male model who'd held the position for a year, about as long as
each of the previous three tanning butlers, who were,
coincidentally, also part-time male models.
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Police: Caretaker forged elderly couple's checks
March 31, 2008 - Van Buren, New York - A caretaker is in jail
after police say she forged $2,800 in checks from an elderly
couple’s account.
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Former caretaker accused in auto theft case
March 18, 2008 - Naples, FL - Collier County sheriff’s deputies
recovered a stolen car early Tuesday and charged the owner’s
former caretaker with the theft. Winnifred Mary Jackson-Lester,
43, 105 Wading Bird Circle, Apt. 104, North Naples was charged
with grand theft auto.
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Murrells Inlet nanny released from jail
March 09, 2008 - Myrtle Beach, SC - NewsChannel 15 has learned
that a Murrells Inlet nanny accused of assaulting a five-month
old baby, has been released from jail. 60-year-old Cheryl Ann
White turned herself in Thursday.
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Nanny's bail set at $12,000
March 8, 2008 - South Carolina - A Murrells Inlet woman pleaded
not guilty Friday in an Horry County magistrate courtroom to
charges she abused a 5-month-old Garden City Beach girl. Cheryl
Ann White, 60, is charged with one count each of unlawful
neglect of a child or helpless person and assault and battery of
a high and aggravated nature. Judge Aaron Butler set White's
bail at $12,000 and placed her on home detention.
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Dallas Maid Service suit set for trial in November
February 18, 2008 - TEXAS - A date has been set for a civil
lawsuit against a Dallas maid service in connection with the
death of a 14-month-old boy who died in 2005 at the hands of his
nanny.
The 192nd District Court of Dallas County will conduct a civil
trial in the suit filed by Mike and Rene Lazarchik of McKinney
against Eva’s Maid Service and its owners, Sergio and Eva
Betancourt. The suit claims gross negligence for recommending an
allegedly unqualified person to watch their children, one of
whom died under her care. Dallas County court officials said the
civil trial has been scheduled for Nov. 8.
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Couple sentenced in maid abuse case
January 29, 2008 - LOS ANGELES - A former Hollywood studio
attorney and his wife have been sentenced for abusive treatment
of their Filipino maid in a case federal prosecutors said
"amounts to modern-day slavery."
James Jackson, former vice president of legal affairs at Sony
Pictures, was ordered to perform 200 hours of community service
and was fined $5,000.
His wife, Elizabeth, who pleaded guilty last August to a charge of
forced labor, was sentenced to three years in prison.
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Charges re-filed for nanny in Roseville baby's death
December 11, 2007 - AUBURN, CA – The Placer County District
Attorney's Office has refiled charges against the nanny accused
of shaking a 15-month-old Roseville baby and causing fatal brain
injuries.
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Mary Starkey Got Served
November 22, 2007 - Denver, CO - Police arrest Mary Louise
Starkey, head of Denver's famous butler school, as the case
against her proceeds. As the head of the prominent Denver-based
Starkey International Institute of Household Management, Mary
Louise Starkey has long been recognized for bringing
professionalism to the butler industry. But the city's "First
Lady of Service" has also become known among former students,
staff and industry colleagues for alleged mismanagement, turmoil
and physical altercations at her school...Now Starkey, 58, has
another blemish on her record: She was arrested at the Starkey
mansion on November 13 under suspicion of felony second-degree
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Maid jailed for tossing boss nine floors
November 27, 2007 - Singapore - An Indonesian maid was jailed for
life in Singapore for killing her 75-year-old employer by
throwing her out of a ninth-floor window.
Barokah, 27, who uses only one name, admitted in the Supreme Court
yesterday to killing her female boss in October 2005 following a
heated argument when she was caught sneaking back into the house
after a tryst with her boyfriend.
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Nanny Struck, Killed By Car In N.J.
November 13, 2007 - CLIFFSIDE PARK, N.J. -- A mourning nanny was
killed when she was struck by a car as she crossed the street,
heading home after buying lottery tickets at a convenience
store.
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Union outraged at plans for mayor's personal chef
November 7, 2007 - Johannesburg - The South African Municipal
Workers' Union (Samwu) in the Moses Kotane municipality in the
North West Province said it was shocked to learn that the mayor
intends to use public money to hire a personal chef.
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Illegals increasingly take maid, nanny jobs
Household help have burdens aplenty; work
force 'invisible'
November 4, 2007 - HOUSTON — In the debate over immigration, they
are virtually unheard, unseen: the hundreds of thousands of
foreign-born women, many of them in the U.S. illegally, who toil
in America's homes as nannies, cooks and housekeepers, changing
diapers and scrubbing floors.
They are jobs of last resort for people whose other options are
few.
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Charges: Nanny shot in the back; blood, gun found in suspect's
home
October 30, 2007 - Minnesota - The 19-year-old suspect in the
killing of a woman who was answering an ad for a nanny on
craigslist.org shot his victim in the back and blood stains were
found in his family's Savage home, authorities alleged in
second-degree murder charges filed today in Scott County.
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At Your Disservice
These student butlers got served.
August 9, 2007 - Denver, CO - The
students at the Starkey International Institute for Household
Management knew something was wrong that day in February: Mary
Louise Starkey, founder and president of the Denver-based
school, the 57-year-old "First Lady of Service" who'd
transformed the lowly world of butlers into the booming and
respectable "household management" industry, was coming
downstairs to speak formally to the class, something she'd done
only a handful of times before.
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Revealed: The nanny who could help clear the McCanns' name
October 14, 2007 - For five months the identity of the Mark Warner
employee who was looking after Madeleine in Praia da Luz's Kids
Club in the hours before her disappearance has been a closely
held secret.
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The return of the butler
If you thought
the traditional English butler had bowed out and retired to the
scullery, think again. The gentleman's gentleman is rapidly
becoming a must-have for the world's super-rich – and there
simply aren't enough recruits to go round. Eager to fill the
breech, John Walsh tilts his head, balances his tray, and steps
softly forward...
October 15, 2007 - It's enough to make Mr Hudson, of Upstairs
Downstairs, clutch his newspaper and furrow his brow in the
servant's pantry in Eaton Square. Crichton, the omnicompetent
manservant of JM Barrie's The Admirable Crichton, would greet
the news with a supercilious smirk. One shudders to imagine the
rain of contempt that would issue from Edmund Blackadder, whose
third TV incarnation was as butler to the Prince of Wales during
the Regency. Mrs Thatcher, on the other hand, would be
delighted: she used to assure unemployed people of "the dignity
of service", when urging them to take jobs once considered
beneath them.
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Nanny accused of slipping a mickey to toddlers in her care
August 30, 2007 - Westwood, NJ - A nanny is being charged with two
counts of child endangerment after allegedly slipping a mickey
to two toddlers in her care in the Westwood section of New
Jersey. Authorities believe the nanny, 23-year-old Jennifer
Wolff laced the children's juice with an anti-allergy sedative.
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South Bay Nanny Arrested After Toddler Rescued From Hot Car
August 30, 2007 - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. -- A Mountain View nanny
was arrested Wednesday after police rescued a sweaty and crying
baby from a car in Mountain View. Police arrested 24-year-old
Juhee Hong after she returned to the car where the child had
been rescued 30 minutes earlier, according to police. A
passer-by saw the baby locked inside an SUV that had a window
cracked about 2-inches for ventilation. The passerby reported
the incident to police at around 12:51 p.m.
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Nanny arrested for
leaving child in car to go tanning
August 4, 2007 - PERINTON, NY - A 19-year-old nanny is under
arrest for endangering the welfare of a child she was babysitting
after she left the 2-year-old in a car while she went tanning.
According to Monroe County Sheriffs Jaime Rosman, of Victor, left
the child in a car seat while she went tanning at Island Tan on
Moseley Road around 2:45 Friday afternoon.
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Pregnant nanny sacked
from her job wins payout of £1700
July 21, 2007 - Scotland - A NANNY who lost her job weeks after
she revealed she was pregnant, has won her fight for compensation on
the grounds that she was discriminated against and unfairly
dismissed.
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Bail Hearing in
Villanova Heiress' Nanny Assault Case
July 3, 2007 - PA - The Villanova heiress charged with beating her
nanny has a bail hearing today. Susan Tabas Tepper is accused of
attacking her housekeeper and nanny, and knocking down the woman's
nine-year-old daughter.
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Former Boise Nanny Will
Spend Years in Jail
June 21, 2007 - Boise, Idaho -- A former Boise nanny will spend 10
years in prison -- three of them fixed -- for violating her parole.
Kristi Hackworth was convicted seven years ago of shaking a 7-month
old in her care -- causing permanent brain damage.
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Woman accused of
attacking nanny waives preliminary hearing
June 14, 2007 - NARBETH, Pa. --A suburban Philadelphia millionaire
accused of attacking her nanny and the nanny's daughter has waived
her right to a preliminary hearing.
Susan Tabas Tepper, 44, of Villanova is scheduled to face trial on
simple assault and harassment charges Aug. 8 in Montgomery County
Court. Assistant District Attorney John Gradel said Wednesday that
two counts of disorderly conduct had been dropped.
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Heiress again accused
of assaulting a nanny
May 25, 2007 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania - Susan Tabas Tepper in
police custody. The Villanova heiress was charged with simple
assault and harassment after allegedly scratching her nanny and
pushing the woman and her daughter. Susan Tabas Tepper may have
struck again. The Villanova heiress, who smacked her children's
nanny with a bag of carrots last May, was charged yesterday with
roughing up another one, along with the woman's 9-year-old daughter.
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Lawyer evicts family as
son runs off with nanny
May 18, 2007 - UK - A wealthy lawyer has served an eviction notice
on her daughter-in-law and three grandchildren after her son began a
relationship with their 19-year-old nanny. Claire Hastings claims
her mother-in-law Louise Hastings, 73, acted after her husband
Robert got together with teenager Amy Hillier. After a failed
business in Australia that had seen their home repossessed, the
family returned to Britain and were living in a cottage owned by
Robert Hastings's parents while they got back on their feet.
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Ex-Nanny Can Take
Supermarket Magnate To Trial
April 25, 2007 - LOS ANGELES A former nanny who alleges a
billionaire falsely accused her of $17,000 in unauthorized credit
card expenses can take her lawsuit against him to trial, a judge
ruled, court papers obtained Wednesday show. Chelsea Fesenmaier sued
Ron Burkle and a law firm he uses Dec. 20 in Los Angeles Superior
Court, alleging malicious prosecution of a civil action and seeking
unspecified general, special and punitive damages.
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Police: Nanny made up
story
April 21, 2007 - LOS ANGELES - A nanny who caused public panic by
claiming a man approached nannies at a park and asked to purchase
babies in their care has confessed made up the story, police said.
The nanny told authorities she concocted the tale because she didn't
want to go to the park, where she feared the child in her care would
get hurt on the jungle gym.
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Upper Saddle River
nanny sentenced to 5-years in abuse case
April 13, 2007 - HACKENSACK, NJ — An Upper Saddle River nanny who
was caught on tape beating an infant in her care was sentenced
Friday to five years in prison. Manjula Patel pleaded guilty in
February to slapping and punching the 6-month-old girl, then
dropping her on the floor and kicking her. She also admitted that
she covered the infant's mouth with a pillow to make her stop
crying.
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Nanny charged in July
death of baby boy
March 22, 2007 - Michigan - Eight months after an infant boy was
found unresponsive in his Rochester home, a nanny has been charged
in the child's death. On March 13, 30-year-old Kelly Marie Waller of
Madison Heights was charged with homicide, manslaughter and
first-degree child abuse in the death of 9-week-old Ajay Bose.
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Nanny Charged with
Murder Rejects Plea Deal
March 22, 2007 - CA - A former nanny charged with killing a
Roseville toddler has again rejected a plea deal. Veronica Martinez
Salcedo made a brief court appearance this morning with her new
attorney.
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A happy maid makes a
happy home
March 11, 2007 - Malaysia - I was initially horrified to read in
last Sunday’s Heart & Soul page, The Gem in My Home, by Fenny who
retained her maid after the latter’s thieving and dalliance with a
construction worker.
These are precisely the kinds of acts that beget the axe in most
other households. But who is to know that by forgiving her and
giving her a second – and third – chance will eventually lead to a
win-win situation for both employer and employee over five long
years?
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Nanny gets probation
for disrobing
March 3, 2007 - Tampa, FL - A nanny who removed her clothes for a
4-year-old boy she was babysitting was sentenced this week to
probation. Sarah Slicker, 25, was charged with lewd and lascivious
exhibition after the boy's mother caught her disrobed in front of
the child. Slicker claimed the boy demanded she take off her clothes
and she complied because she was emotionally and physically
exhausted.
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Banned chauffeur must
stay banned
February 5, 2007 - Cambridge, UK - A disabled chauffeur caught
speeding five times has failed to get her driving licence back.
Lynne Taylor, 48, was given a sixmonth ban by magistrates in
December. But the single mother of three, who worked part-time,
claims she is now behind with her rent, has built up other debts and
had her phone cut off within a month of losing her licence.
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Cops say nanny hid
shampoo in stroller, tried to leave store
Tuesday, January 30, 2007 - HOBOKEN - A nanny was arrested on
shoplifting charges after slipping a bottle of shampoo into the
stroller of the toddler in her care, police said.
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Canadian Maid Cafe
iMaid Café in Toronto Features French Maids and Bubble Tea
December 12, 2006 - A japanese style maid-cafe has opened in
Scarborough Ontario. iMaid Café was launched by Aaron Wang, a
24-year-old student of Economics at York University. Like any maid
cafe, iMaid Café features waitresses cosplaying as maid, and
treating their clientèle "as if they were in their own home."
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Man cared for former
housekeeper like family
December 3, 2006 - Birmingham, AL - Thomas Little pledged to care
for his 94-year-old former housekeeper. He wanted to keep her from
having to go into a nursing home.
Little, a 72-year-old white man, drove to the black woman's
Smithfield apartment every day, returning to his Glen Iris home in
the morning. He gave her insulin. He took her to the doctor. He paid
her medical bills.
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Housekeeper Stole
$2,200 In Jewelry
December 1, 2006 - Florida - A Sanford housekeeper and her husband
were arrested Friday for allegedly stealing more than $2,000 in
jewelry and then selling the items to a pawn shop, according to the
Seminole County Sheriff's Office.
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The Price Of Privilege
Rising mortgage rates got you down? Concerned about renovation
overruns? Tired of tipping the kid who mows the lawn? Please. Try
living in a mega-mansion.
These days, it's not unheard of for well-heeled buyers to purchase
homes totaling several thousand square feet, with half a dozen
bedrooms, twice that many marble bathrooms, acres of kitchen
counter, indoor swimming pools, and manicured grounds as far as the
eye can see. They may spend upward of $10 million, $20 million or
even $30 million for such properties--and that's just for starters.
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Mom's kin: Nanny was
hubby pick
November 1, 2006 - New Jersey - The mother of braindamaged baby
Sarah Jane Donohue objected to hiring the "monster" nanny who later
manhandled her child but was overruled by her husband, her
stepfather said yesterday. "She wanted somebody else," Donald Cordes
told the Daily News outside his New Jersey home.
Cordes said stepdaughter Vanessa Donohue favored hiring another
caregiver after the baby and mom arrived home from the hospital on
June 7, 2005.
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Caretaker must repay
$25,000 to elderly man as part of her sentence
August 2006 - CHARLESTON, IL -- A woman who admitted stealing
money from a disabled man she cared for was ordered to repay nearly
$25,000 of the money Friday. The restitution was one of the terms of
the probation sentence that Janet J. Ferguson, 50, 1631 Marion Ave.
Apt. 6C, Charleston, received for her conviction for financial
exploitation of a disabled person, unlawful use of a credit card and
theft.
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Nanny testifies about
Janet March
August 10, 2006 - Nashville, TN - The first testimony heard by
jurors on the second day of the Perry March trial was that of Ella
Goldshmidt, a Russian immigrant who was nanny to the March children,
Sammy and Tzippy. Goldshmidt gave her testimony in Russian with a
translator relating her statements to the court. She talked about
Janet March as a mother.
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Video trap laid for
maid, ‘boyfriend’
August 8, 2006 - Doha, Qatar - THE sponsor of an Asian housemaid
said he caught the woman "red handed" in his house with a Pakistani
"boyfriend" on November 15 last year. "I suspected that the maid had
been allowing a man inside the house when we were away and decided
to trap her using a video camera," he told Gulf Times.
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Main Line Socialite to
Face Trial for Abusing Nanny
July 24, 2006 - Pennsylvania - A woman from a prominent Main Line
family has been ordered to stand trial in Montgomery County Court on
charges that she smacked around her nanny. In exchange for dropping
a felony robbery charge, Susan Tabas Tepper (above) has waived her
preliminary hearing and will head to trial on charges that include
assault, harassment, and theft.
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Helpful maid may have
taken $13K tip
July 11, 2006 - CEDAR CITY - A Cedar City maid on Sunday
apparently cleaned her client out of $13,000. Police Sgt. Jerry
Womack said the victim was in the Iron County jail for drunken
driving and called her cleaning lady Sunday to ask her to open a
wall safe and remove enough cash to bail her out.
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Trial of East Palo Alto
nanny wrapping up
July 10, 2006 - Palo Alto - Closing arguments are scheduled for
today in San Mateo County Superior Court in the trial of an East
Palo Alto nanny accused of violently shaking a newborn Redwood
Shores boy in her care.
Minerva Rojas, 28, pleaded not guilty March 22 to child abuse,
felony inflicting corporal injury upon a child and assault with a
deadly weapon in connection with the alleged March 16 shaking
incident, the San Mateo County district attorney's office reported.
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Butlers in the Buff
June 6, 2006 - LONDON - Forget the quintessential image of the
British butler as the epitome of discreet decorum. "Butlers in the
Buff" has proved such a business success as half-naked waiters in
Britain that the firm is now off round the world to market the
ultimate "male order" service.
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Former Nanny Accused of
Theft Appears in Court
June 6, 2006 - Oregon - The nanny who police say stole from
families she was supposed to be helping was in a Clackamas County
courtroom on Monday to face theft charges. Police say Nicole
Eldridge stole jewelry and other items from five families in the
Portland area before disappearing to Seattle.
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Couple who lost kids to
drug-addicted nanny welcome new baby
May 2006 - WALNUT CREEK, Calif. Their children were killed by a
drug-abusing driver three years ago. Today, a California couple is
celebrating the birth of another child.
Robert and Carmen Pack saw tragedy in 2003 when a neighborhood
nanny ran over their ten-year-old son and seven-year-old daughter on
a sidewalk near their home in Danville and fled the scene.
The nanny was convicted of second-degree murder last year and is
serving a prison sentence of 30 years to life.
Carmen Pack was pregnant with twins during the trial but later
suffered a miscarriage. Today, she gave birth to a daughter. Robert
Pack has lobbied the California Legislature for laws to make it
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Main Line woman is
charged in assault on nanny
May 26, 2006 - Philadelphia, Pennsylvania ~ A Main Line woman has
been charged with robbery, theft and assault after her nanny and
housekeeper complained to police she had been physically abused on
her employer's multimillion-dollar estate in Villanova.
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Wealthy couple guilty
of enslaving maid
Woman earned just $18,000 over 19 years
May 26, 2006 ~ MILWAUKEE, Wisconsin -- A federal jury found a
wealthy suburban couple guilty Friday of harboring an illegal
immigrant and forcing her to work as their maid for 19 years. The
Filipino national testified during the eight-day trial that she felt
like a prisoner in Jefferson and Elnora Calimlim's home.
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Maid charged with
embezzlement
May 7, 2006 - GREAT NECK, N.Y. -- Police in New York say a live-in
maid from Indonesia, charged with embezzling $100,000, claimed she
was simply taking the raise her employer denied her. Nassau County
Police Sgt. Thomas Reilly told the New York Post that the maid,
named Suharni, had been living with a family in Great Neck for two
years.
"Her claim is she asked for a raise and never got one," said Reilly.
"She apparently just stole the checkbook from the home and hid it in
the children's room, and she just started writing checks to herself.
She said she works very hard, seven days a week, and needed the
money."
Suharni allegedly wrote at least five checks. She was arrested after
the bank decided that one check -- for $30,000 -- did not look
right, and notified her employers. |
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Personal Assistant
Questioned In Kissel Slaying
April 19 2006 - Greenwich, CT - Andrew Kissel was last seen alive at
his Greenwich home by his family's personal assistant about
12 hours before movers discovered the real estate developer's body
stabbed multiple times and bound with handcuffs in the
basement...Sources said police have focused on Carlos Trujillo,
described as the family's personal assistant, because he was
the last person to see Kissel alive and had access to the home.
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Nanny and choking child
hit by truck
(New York-WABC, March 28, 2006) - A nanny clutching a choking baby
in her arms was struck by a pickup truck as she rushed across an
Upper East Side street this morning. Both nanny and baby boy were
hit, but were both saved by a nearby quick-thinking police officer
on foot patrol.
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Nanny set Free After
Serving Two ½ Years in Jail
March 17, 2006 - Florida - After nearly 2 ½ years in jail, the
Peruvian nanny who made national headlines when she was accused of
violently shaking an infant has been freed from a federal
immigration facility in Key West. Claudia Muro, who was exonerated
March 6, appeared in public for the first time tonight, waving from
the window of her Hollywood home as her husband and lawyer greeted
reporters.
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Battered maid 'for
sale' probe
March 16, 2006 - A BAHRAINI couple is being investigated for
allegedly trying to sell their maid, to avoid possible prosecution
for beating her. Filipina Editha Ramos, 39, claims her employers of
barely two months often beat her and encouraged their four children
to hit, kick and bite her and call her cruel names.
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Users to choose how
Ask's Jeeves Butler is put out to grass
February 13, 2006 - The public is being asked to choose the
retirement options for Jeeves, the iconic butler behind the Ask
search brand, in a new campaign starting today.
The butler has served Ask users since 1996, but his retirement was
announced last August by Barry Diller, chairman and CEO of
InterActive Corporation (IAC), which had bought the site for $1.85bn
(£1bn) a month before.
Jeeves, who originally provided a helpful human face to Ask's search
tool, has already had his image overhauled.
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Maid to order
February 13, 2006 - Tokyo - "WELCOME home, Master,” says the maid as
she bows deeply, hands clasped in front of a starched pinafore worn
over a short pink dress. This maid serves not some aristocrat but a
string of pop-culture-mad customers at a “Maid Cafe” in Tokyo’s
Akihabara district, long known as a Mecca for electronics buffs but
now also the centre of the capital’s “nerd culture”.
“When they address you as ‘Master’, the feeling you get is like a
high,” says Koji Abei, a 20-year-old student having coffee with a
friend at the Royal Milk Cafe and Aromacare.
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87-year-old charged in
shooting of caretaker, 80
February 11, 2005 - LEAGUE CITY, TX - An 87-year-old woman was
charged Friday with shooting her 80-year-old caretaker. League City
police Sgt. Dan Krieger said police were called to a home in the 200
block of Englewood about 11 a.m. after a report of a gunshot being
fired.
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Couple's trial set on
maid's charges
Filipino says she was imprisoned
February 10, 2006 - FORT THOMAS, OH - A couple accused of trying to
forcibly deport their live-in Filipino housekeeper will face a jury
in Campbell County District Court in March. Paula Steltenkamp, 51,
and Gregory Coburn, 46, have been charged with second-degree
unlawful imprisonment and harassment, both misdemeanors.
Steltenkamp and Coburn appeared Thursday in District Court before
Judge Karen Thomas, who set the trial date for March 10. Thomas also
ordered the couple not to have any contact with their former
housekeeper, Emily Corre.
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The new butler: a man
for all details, at your service
January 30, '06 - SAN ANTONIO - For someone who has dedicated his
life to personal service, Leland D. Stone looks like quite the
successful self-made man. He may be the only trained butler in Texas
who tools around town in a vintage Mercedes, driven by his own
chauffeur. But then, butlering was only a diversion for Stone, who
is channeling his will-do spirit these days into a profession so new
it does not yet have a name. Think of it as equal parts decorator,
handyman, fixer and finder, and throw in mediator and fast friend.
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Housekeeper Charged
With Stealing Jewelry
January 4, '06 - PEMBROKE, N.H. -- Pembroke police arrested a local
housekeeper accused of stealing hundreds of pieces of jewelry.
Police said Donna Heavey, 50, of Allenstown, N.H., was arrested
after police found about 250 pieces of jewelry in her home.
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Best gift for service
is always cash
Sunday, December 18, 2005 - Source: American-Statesman
Q: Can you give me guidelines for the monetary amount to give my
hairdresser, mailman, newspaper delivery person, maid, etc. at
holiday time? — UJ
A: You said the magic word: money. Cash is the best and safest tip.
No worries about the recipient's nut allergies or an aversion to
alcohol.
If this is the first year you are tipping a service provider, start
a little low. You can increase the amount next year if service stays
high. Keep the list with your holiday decorations so you can
remember who received tips and how much. Put the cash in an envelope
and include a note of appreciation.
Basic amount guideline? The cost of one visit or one week's service
(manicurist, household help, lawn maintenance). Civil servants (mail
carriers) are not permitted to receive cash gifts or gifts valued at
$20 or more. The City of Austin instructs employees to return
graciously all gifts or donate them to charity. That does not mean
you cannot make some cookies for an employee or write a note of
praise to someone's supervisor. A customer's view is always welcome.
When you say Merry Christmas with a tip, you are also saying thank
you for a job well done — all year long. |
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I ONLY WANTED AN £80
VALET ..I GOT A £32,500 WRITE-OFF! Dream Sports Car Wrecked...
November 30, 2005 - UK - A company boss sent his dream Lotus car off
for a luxury valet - but the cleaners took it for a spin and wrecked
it. The firm's owner crashed Dan Gould's £32,500 Lotus Exige into
two parked cars only yards from his premises. Dan was horrified when
the foreman rang to tell him the bad news less than half an hour
after he had dropped the sports car off for an £80 clean.
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Housekeeper Discovers
Burglars
November 30, 2005 - OLD WESTBURY, N.Y. - Nassau County police are
investigating a residential burglary in Old Westbury that led to the
brief entrapment of a housekeeper who stumbled on the invaders. The
woman, who had been alone in the home, headed to the master bedroom
after hearing strange noises around 5:30 p.m. Tuesday. There she
found two men who wore ski masks.
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Caretaker to Return
$60,000 Bequest
The 'gesture of sincerity' comes amid heightened
scrutiny of conservators after a Times series.
November 19, 2005 - Los Angeles - A caretaker who wrote a will for a
nearly blind veteran under conservatorship and inherited his estate
worth more than $60,000 has agreed to return the inheritance as a
"gesture of sincerity," her lawyer said Thursday. The caretaker,
Verlene Cameron, abandoned the crude, one-page will she had typed
for Louis Williams, 80, a World War II veteran, after The Times
questioned its validity in a series of articles that highlighted
abuse and neglect by professional conservators.
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Caretaker finds odd
scene near Holy Hill
November 19, 2005 - Wisconsin - An aspiring photographer with a
taste for the exotic apparently stretched the boundaries of good
taste when he was caught taking photos of partially unclothed women
on property belonging to the Holy Hill National Shrine this past
weekend. According to a Washington County Sheriff's Department
report, a caretaker of the Roman Catholic Church property called the
department Saturday afternoon after he found an unoccupied, late
model, maroon Oldsmobile parked in a wooded area on Station Way Road
on the property, which is located in the town of Erin.
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English butler leads
China's latest cultural revolution
October 6, 2005 - China - Chinese tourist chiefs and luxury hotel
managers are reinterpreting the old communist dictum, Serve the
People, with help from an unusual source: an English butler. When
Robert Watson entered service in 1974, China was in the midst of the
cultural revolution. If he had ventured to Beijing at that time, his
profession would have condemned him as a class traitor.
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At your service:
Butlers catching on as top amenity
October 12, 2005 - Atlanta - Never thought you'd have a butler to do
your bidding? Most Americans haven't, but this amenity is beginning
to catch on as hotels vie to capture tourist dollars with more
personalized service. According to Steven Ferry, chairman of the
International Institute of Modern Butlers, up to 70 hotels across
America now offer some level of butlering.
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State parole board set
to grant posthumous pardon to black maid
August '05 - ATLANTA - On trial for killing a white man in the Jim
Crow South, Lena Baker told jurors, "What I done, I done in
self-defense. Now I am ready to meet my maker." Though the
44-year-old black maid was executed 60 years ago, when Baker is
granted clemency for her crime Tuesday, her grandnephew says she
will finally rest in peace.
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Time For Jeeves to
Sleep With the Fishes
August 16, 2005 - Expect Jeeves to disappear from Ask Jeeves in
the next couple of months as more signs are coming that Barry
Diller’s IAC is planning on a way to off the butler mascot of Ask
Jeeves, Inc and rebrand into Ask.com. Barry gave the first clue when
IAC purchased the Ask Jeeves network earlier in the year when
speaking with Wall Street Journal columnist Kara Swisher.
Diller stated “We’re thinking about renaming it,…It probably won’t
be called Ask Jeeves.” “What will it be called?” asked Kara Swisher.
“Might be one of those words without the other,” Diller answered,
adding that the final decision on Ask Jeeves’ new name isn’t
“finalized.”
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Nanny recovering after
building collapses
July 16, '05 - New York - The family of miracle baby Abigail
Lurensky, who was rescued from the rubble of a building collapse
with just a few scratches, praised her injured nanny yesterday. "Our
nanny, Brunilda Tirado, is our hero, and we look forward to her full
recovery," relieved parents Steven and Heidi Lurensky said in a
written statement.
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Siblings, nanny stop
attempted kidnapping
July 15, '05 - Fair Lawn, NJ - An attempt to kidnap a 3-year-old
boy Thursday was foiled by his quick-thinking 12-year-old sister,
9-year-old brother and nanny, police said. All three children were
playing in front of their Lindsay Road home when a man approached on
foot and asked the 3-year-old if he knew the location of a candy
store, Lt. Bob Kneer said.
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Jeeves Butler May Soon
Work For Diller
March 21, "05 - Why pay $1.85 billion for an online search engine
known for a friendly cartoon butler? Ask Barry Diller, chief
executive of AC/InterActiveCorp. That's what the ex-Hollywood studio
honcho is paying for Web-search service Ask Jeeves in an acquisition
announced Monday. "This gives us tremendous reach," Diller said in a
conference call. "It's going to give (IAC's) brands a lot more
traffic. It's going to give Ask Jeeves a lot more traffic."
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Speeding fine for
Police Chauffeur
February 15, '04 - UK - The chauffeur of a police chief
has been convicted of speeding along the M1 at 97 mph. Kenneth
Campbell, 57, was driving Derbys Chief Constable David Coleman when
he was stopped by police in Herts. He was given four points on his
licence and fined £300 after admitting the charge in a letter to
Hemel Hempstead Magistrates' Court on Tuesday. Mr Coleman has been
criticised by motoring organisations for not telling his driver to
slow down.
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A 'nanny problem' is
not uncommon
December '04 - WASHINGTON - Immigrants seeking a nanny job often
call Loving Care Providers, a northern Virginia nanny placement
agency. But the company, a 10-minute drive from the White House,
rejects about four out of every 10 callers. The reason? They're not
legal residents of the United States.
"It breaks my heart to tell these women 'no' - I just want to help
them out," says Sroda Aba, a placement specialist at the company and
a native of Ghana who understands the immigrant struggle. "I'll tell
you, they came here with a dream. But I know if I hire one of these
women, it can harm my business. If we hire an illegal person and
send them to someone who works with Homeland Security, that's a
problem."
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Nanny goes shopping in
family Mercedes, leaving baby home alone
December 20, '04 - Eastchester, N.Y. - A nanny left a year-old
toddler home alone while she went Christmas shopping in the family
Mercedes, not expecting the little girl's mother to pop into the
house while she was out, police said Thursday.
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Nanny's file marked
'top secret'
December 20, '04 - UK - The nanny whose fast-tracked visa led to
David Blunkett's downfall had her case given top-secret status, it
is claimed tonight. The Government faced fresh claims that there was
a cover-up of the "nannygate" affair after a senior immigration
source said the woman's case file was marked "restricted".
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Rectory Maid Charged
With $173G Theft
December '04 - Pittsburgh, PA - The housekeeper at a Catholic
parish's rectory stole more than $173,000 from collections by
rifling through the envelopes early each Monday and then making
computer entries to cover up the thefts, authorities said.
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Nanny Problem Forces
Kerik to Withdraw
December 11, '04 - WASHINGTON - Bernard Kerik apologized to
President Bush on Saturday after questions about the immigration
status of a housekeeper-nanny he employed led the former New York
City police commissioner to withdraw his nomination as homeland
security chief.
"I owe the president an enormous amount of gratitude for this
consideration. I owe him a great apology that this may have caused
him and his administration a big distraction," Kerik said in a
telephone interview with The Associated Press from his home in
Franklin Lakes, N.J.
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Nanny of Marcos
aide-de-camp allowed to stay in the US
December 8, '04 - ABS-CBNNEWS - A Filipino nanny who served the
family of dictator Ferdinand Marcos' aide-de-camp was allowed by US
court to stay in the country while battling her deportation case,
the ABS-CBN North American bureau reported Wednesday.
A US District Court in San Francisco has allowed Teresita “Tess”
Huppanda to "remain at large" pending a case hearing, the report
said.
Huppanda, who was nanny to the family of former Armed Forces of
the Philippines chief of staff Fabian Ver, was part of the Marcos
entourage when the late president, his family, and cronies fled the
country in 1986.
Huppanda will have her day in court in June next year. She and the
other members of the Marcos party were ordered to leave the US in
1992 after the Marcos family returned home to the Philippines.
In an interview, Ver's son, Irwin, said a US immigration office
also gave him and his family the notice but they were allowed to
stay by virtue of a request for political asylum.
Huppanda said she was jailed in October for two days. |
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Say 'thanks' to the
baby-sitter, letter carrier, manicurist...
November 29, '04 - Once a year, a quandary arises over what to
give to the people who make your life livable - your housekeeper,
baby-sitter, doorman, manicurist, secretary, piano instructor. Some
believe it's important to buy a gift that has nothing to do with the
service that person provides as an acknowledgement that she's more
than her work. According to this philosophy, a good gift for one's
hair stylist might be, oh, a halogen flashlight. Others think the
holidays are a chance to enhance job performance with special
accouterments. These are the people who buy their hair stylists
gilded scissors.
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Judge halts the trial
of bin Laden's chauffeur
November 9, '04 - Guantanamo Bay - A federal judge halted the
Guantánamo war crimes trial of a Yemeni who worked as Osama bin
Laden's driver, casting a cloud over the future of the Bush
administration's trials for war-on-terror captives called enemy
combatants.
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Botswana's Miss HIV
fights stigma and ignorance
October 27, '04 - GABORONE - Meet Kgalalelo Ntsepe, a soft-spoken
former
nanny with a flashy smile and short-cropped hair who last
year beat 13 other women to be crowned Miss HIV Stigma Free in
Botswana.
Now only months away from ending her reign, 33-year-old Ntsepe
says she has done her best to challenge misconceptions about people
living with HIV and AIDS (news - web sites), which is afflicting
close to 38 percent of adults in Botswana, one of the highest rates
in the world.
"I can say that I am one person who would like to see my country
free of HIV and AIDS one day," says Ntsepe from her modest
counseling center in Gaborone where she offers advice on testing and
other issues.
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Chef tried to cash
royal's cheque
October 28, '04 - Associated News Media - A chef is due to be
sentenced for trying to cash a £25,000 cheque stolen from Princess
Michael of Kent.
Mustapha Boukalfa, 38, of Dawes Road, Fulham, west London, had
hoped to pocket half after teaming up with an Oddbins delivery
driver-turned-thief.
London's Middlesex Guildhall Crown Court heard his
partner-in-crime Kamel Haddouche, 40, stole three signed blank
cheques in July last year after dropping off drinks at Kensington
Palace. Boukalfa was convicted of handling stolen goods, attempting
to obtain a money transfer by deception and using a false instrument
with intent. Haddouche was jailed for 33 months at an earlier
hearing. |
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October is Breast
Cancer Awareness Month
Cass &
Company is challenging and urging any and all Domestic
placement Firms and Nanny agencies to get involved either by
walking/running in the
Susan B. Komen
race or making a donation to the research for the cure. The
walks take place all over the US and the world from June to
December. October is National Breast Cancer Awareness Month,
however, involvement is year round. Cass & Co makes a pledge
each year to the cause and to get involved by walking and by
donating a portion of it profits to the Susan B. Komen
Foundation. Elaine Mullen Cassinelli, president, and all the
staff of Cass & Co urged all of those who serve the clients of
the domestic industry, friends and colleagues to make a pledge
or walk/run for the cure in a city near you.
Elaine and her group of Nursing school classmates (1966) raised
awareness and funds and will be walking in a city, that the 12
classmates live (with 2 of them survivors), in as many cities
that they live in : Denver, Chicago , Los Angeles, Maui,
Portland, Annapolis, Boston, Providence, Colorado Springs, Cape
Neddick ( Me.), Ft Myers (Florida) and more until they cannot
anymore. We are now a team that supports this effort to get out
the word that too many women and some men are affected by this
disease and way to many need the support of the Domestic
industry that serves them.
The following article first appeared in the Chicago Herald on
October 1st:
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Former classmates team up to walk, fight breast cancer
October '04 - Daily Herald - A group of nursing school classmates
are part of a growing contingent in Saturday's Race for the
Cure, to benefit the Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation.
Namely, they are participating as a team.
They call themselves the MAH66, named for the Mount Auburn
Hospital School of Nursing in Cambridge, Mass., which they all
graduated from in 1966.
"I am just so moved by their commitment," said Janet Nelson of
Arlington Heights, a 10-year breast cancer survivor and team
captain.
Nelson met her classmates at O'Hare International Airport
Thursday. They had come in from Massachusetts, Colorado,
California, Connecticut, Rhode Island and Maryland to do the 5K
walk Saturday at Grant Park in Chicago.
This will be the second Race for the Cure the team has done. Last
year they all met in Denver and participated there.
"To have all of my friends there, walking with my name on the back
of their shirt, was one of the most touching experiences I've
ever had," Mary Ann Maloney of Cambridge, Mass., a six-year
survivor, said of their first walk together.
Two years ago, at their 35-year reunion, the nurses discovered two
of their classmates had died of breast cancer and several others
were survivors.
"We have made a commitment to travel to different states, where
different classmates live, each year to do the walk," Nelson
said.
When they gather Saturday at Grant Park, they will be among 8,000
participants who will be running or walking the 5K lakefront
route, or the one-mile fun walk. This is the eighth year the
Race for the Cure has taken place in Chicago.
Registration takes place from 6:30 to 8 a.m. Saturday at the
northwest corner of Balbo Street and Columbus Drive. The event
starts at 8:30 a.m. Participation runs $35 the day of the event,
and $30 for those over 65 and under 18.
Since its inception, the Susan B. Komen Foundation has raised more
than $600 million in the fight against cancer, while its Race
for the Cure has become one of the largest series of 5K runs and
fitness walks in the world.
Many of the walkers will be wearing pink T-shirts designating them
as survivors. On Saturday, they will start their day at a
complimentary breakfast, before receiving gifts, including a
signature pink hat, goody bag and a "salute to the survivors"
photo.
"It's just so emotional to see this sea of pink shirts, and all
these people supporting you," said Nelson, a former home health
nurse and now American Cancer Society volunteer in Palatine.
The race's tagline is "working to eradicate breast cancer, every
day, every step." Specifically, Susan B. Komen Breast Cancer
Foundation supporters raise funds to advance research,
education, screening and treatment.
"It's a real sisterhood," Nelson said. "Once you've been through
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UK's first limousine
and chauffeur show announced
October 2004 - Plans to host the UK’s first show dedicated to
displaying stretched limousines and prestigious cars have been
revealed. The Limousine and Chauffeur Show will open to the public
and chauffeuring industry in September 2005. It is planned to bring
together the biggest American limousine manufacturers to display
their newest innovations and vehicles.
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Maid Wins Suit Against
Sony Exec, Decries Slavery
September 2, '04 - LOS ANGELES - A Filipino woman who won an
$825,000 lawsuit claiming a Hollywood executive and his wife
enslaved her called Thursday for an end to human trafficking.
"Slavery still exists, and I want to tell victims they should not
tolerate it and should not be afraid to seek help," Nena Ruiz said
at a news conference. Last week a jury awarded Ruiz, 60, back wages
and punitive damages, finding James and Elizabeth Jackson liable for
involuntary servitude, false imprisonment, invasion of privacy,
negligence and fraud. Elizabeth Jackson also was held liable for
assault and battery.
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Changed your maid five
times this year?
MOM may want to have a chat with you
September '04 - Singapore - TOO slow. Too smart. Too stupid. Too
sexy. Too smelly. There are so many reasons Singaporean employers
give for changing domestic workers frequently. MOM wants to reduce
employer-maid problems. And this is one area where it is taking
action. It will monitor more closely those who, in one employment
agent's words, 'change maids like changing clothes'.
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Bin Laden's Chauffeur
Arraigned at Guantanamo
August 24, '04 - GUANTANAMO BAY NAVAL BASE, Cuba - Osama bin
Laden's chauffeur was arraigned Tuesday at the first U.S. military
tribunal since World War II, appearing at a pretrial session as
defense lawyers sought to challenge the process. Salim Ahmed Hamdan,
a 34-year-old Yemeni, smiled as he appeared without handcuffs or
shackles. He wore a flowing white robe and a tan suit jacket with a
long shawl over his shoulders.
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Lawmaker Loses Custody
Fight Against Maid
August 24, '04 - Houston - A state lawmaker and his wife lost a
custody battle with their former maid over the woman's baby, Local 2
reported Monday. State Rep. Talmadge Heflin and his wife, Janice,
had temporary custody of the 20-month-old boy after they filed a
temporary restraining order against the baby's parents --Mariam
Katamba and Fidel Odimara -- last month.
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Former Maid Fights
State Rep For Custody Of Baby
August 19, '04 - Houston - A state representative went to court
Wednesday in a custody fight with his former maid, Local 2 reported.
State Rep. Talmadge Heflin and his wife, Janice, have temporary
custody of the 20-month old boy after they filed a temporary
restraining order against the baby's parents last month.
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'God's' text message
persuaded nanny to kill
July 30, '04 - A Swedish pastor was jailed for life today for
manipulating his former nanny into murdering his wife, using mobile
phone text messages he said were from God to convince her to commit
the crime.
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Housekeeper is $294M
Mega lottery winner
July 9, '04 - Lowell, Mass. — A house-cleaning retiree no longer
has to mop her own floors or dust her own furniture. By winning a
$294 million Mega Millions jackpot, Geraldine Williams can hire all
the personal housekeepers she likes.
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Singapore woman jailed
for abusing maid
July 4, '04 - SINGAPORE -- A 30-year-old mother of two was jailed
for 14 weeks for kicking her maid and putting ice cubes down her
underwear in the latest case of maid abuse in Singapore, a local
newspaper reported Wednesday. High Court chief justice Yong Pung How
dismissed Ong Ting Ting's appeal to reduce her sentence for abusing
Filipina Jean Ganzon in July 2002, the Straits Times said.
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Nanny sparked firestorm
that engulfed OSU coach
June 20, '04 - Columbus, OH - A 47-year-old nanny who has sent
shock waves through one of Ohio's most powerful institutions - the
Ohio State University athletic department - said it all began fairly
innocuously, with a simple telephone call. On the other end of the
line, Kathleen Salyers contends, was Dan Roslovic, a Columbus-area
businessman whom she knew after working for him and his wife, Kim,
as a housekeeper and nanny.
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Nanny alleges she was
captive to Brookline couple
April 24, '04 - BOSTON - A nanny from India claims that she was
held prisoner by a Brookline couple for more than a year while the
couple forced her to care for four children and endure beatings from
the oldest son. Naseem Mohamed Siraj, 35, alleged in the lawsuit
that Tahira Juma and Saleem Alkhaburi held her passport and forced
her to work for six months straight for less than $3 per day before
she got a single day off.
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Ask Jeeves: Has the
butler had it?
April '04 - Ask Jeeves UK has for the first time dropped Jeeves -
the butler character over which it had to fight PG Wodehouse's
estate - from its advertising. Jeeves will not appear in a new print
and outdoor campaign, which will instead be focusing on the ability
of the company's search technology to find the results users are
looking for. The campaign will go under the strapline 'Ask Jeeves -
The Find Engine'.
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Woman defends topless
maid service, alleges religious bias
March '04 - West Point, Utah - A woman has accused a northern Utah
city of trying to sweep her topless maid business out of town.
The West Point City Council has revoked the home business license
of Dee Dee Derian, saying she misused it by sometimes running the
business from a cell phone outside her home.
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Nanny Scam Suspect
Arrested
March '04 - California - A woman suspected of posing as a nanny
and ripping-off Bay Area parents was taken into custody on Wednesday
in Walnut Creek. Mariana Monticalvo was wanted on six outstanding
warrants from Contra Costa, Alameda, San Francisco, and Solano
counties. Investigators say Monticalvo would convince parents to pay
her thousands of dollars up front, then rob them of credit cards and
other items before disappearing.
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Osama bin Laden's
chauffeur in US hands
February 2004 - Washington, DC - Osama bin Laden former chauffeur
is a prisoner at the US naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, the
driver's US military lawyer said. Salim Ahmed Hamdan, a 34-year-old
Yemeni, worked in Afghanistan for the head of the al-Qaeda terror
network from 1997 until the US-led invasion of the country in
October 2001, his military attorney, Navy Lieutenant Commander
Charles Swift, told AFP.
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Hackers Break Into
Calif. State Server
February 2004 - Sacramento, CA - Hackers broke into a state
agency's server containing the sensitive personal information of
tens of thousands of people who work as nannies, butlers, and
gardeners, and those who employ them. Evidence of a computer
break-in at the Employment Development Department was discovered
Jan. 20 during a routine check and immediately shut down the server
that holds information on household workers and their employers,
spokesman Kevin Callori said Friday.
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Supreme Court rejects
appeal of former Ramsey family housekeeper
January '04 - WASHINGTON - The former housekeeper for JonBenet
Ramsey's family lost a U.S. Supreme Court case today over plans to
tell about her grand jury testimony in a book.
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Class Acts: How Good Manners Create Good Relationships and Good
Relationships Create Good Business
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'Tis the Season to be
Tipping!
The holiday tipping season is here. Whether you give with a
song in your heart, or a feeling that the practice is just one
step shy of extortion, one thing is certain: figuring out how
much to tip is a headache.
Here are some suggestions from Mary Mitchell, the author of "Class
Acts" and "The Complete Idiot's Guide to Etiquette:"
Babysitter/Daycare: One week's pay, plus a small gift
Housekeeper: One week's pay, plus small gift
Trash Collector: $15-$20 for good service
Mail Carrier: Gift under $20
Paper Carrier: $15-$25
NOTE: Officially, postal workers are not allowed to receive cash
tips. But the U.S. Postal Service does allow carriers to receive
gifts with a cash value less than $20.
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New $300,000 Car
Mercedes Maybach
November 2003 - The Maybach (pronounced MY-bach) is a new upscale
line from Mercedes-Benz. Four of the vehicles were brought to
Cincinnati this week for potential buyers to preview. Only those
with a significant amount of disposable income need apply. The
sticker price on the car Dykes drove: $308,000.
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Nanny Charged
Nanny Wants Baby
Rapsheets
Ask Jeeves
JonBenet
Book
Dog Ate Ticket
Hewitt Letters
Men Train
Hskpr
Defrauds Dr.
Prince's Income
Dashboard Butler
Nanny Swindler
Nanny Custody
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Shaken Baby Incident
Could Cause Surge In Hidden-Camera Sales
October '03- A couple's worst fear came to life when a hidden
videocamera recorded their nanny violently shaking their baby. Nanny
Cam caught Claudia Muro lifting Jennifer Schwartz's 5-month-old baby
over her head and slamming her on the kitchen floor last month. Two
weeks later, Muro was caught on video again in the family's living
room, shaking the baby so hard that you can see her head whip
violently back and forth.
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CT Nanny Trial
Nanny Rights
Music Preferences
Air France Concorde
Diana Trial Items
White Herd Boy
NY Nanny Bill
Doctor
Accused
Working
Estate
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Handyman Leaves $1.4M
To City
10/10/03 - Come spring, plans for new ball fields will be under
way and thousands more daffodils will bloom in city parks and street
medians, thanks to a Minnesota handyman who left $1.4 million in
life savings to the city after the Sept. ll, 2001, terrorist
attacks.
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Chef Art Thief
Real Nanny Diaries
Rep
Tarnished
Driver - CT
Nanny Stole Checks
Nanny Entrepreneur
Nanny Trial
Erbland Nanny
DaimlerChrysler PA
MGM Grand Butler
White House
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Nanny Charged With Abusing Baby
09/25/03 - A Webster, Massachusetts, nanny escaped a prison
sentence Thursday after pleading guilty to assaulting a 9-month-old
boy in her care. It was reported that although Sara Cosby was
sentenced to supervised probation, the charge will remain on her
record for the rest of her life. Authorities said that Cosby at
first denied the accusation, not knowing the incident had been
recorded by a video camera.
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Royal Scandal
Payrolls Plunge
Queen's Designer
Nanny Trial
Reuters' Exec
Jobless Claims
Joe Millionaire
Nanny's Plea Deal
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Convicted
British nanny wants her own baby
09/09/03 - LONDON (AFP) - A British former nanny convicted in 1997
over the death of a baby under her care in the United States, wants
to have children of her own, she said in a magazine interview.
Louise Woodward, 24, from Elton in northwest England, said she hoped
to marry and start a family in the future, adding that she would be
prepared to leave her children with a nanny.
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IBM Systems to Help
Leading Criminal Records
Compiler Safeguard Communities and Businesses
Rapsheets Uses IBM Server and Storage Systems to Track Criminal
Records
August 2003 - ARMONK, N.Y. - IBM today announced that Rapsheets, a
leading compiler of publicly available criminal records, will use
IBM eServer and Total Storage systems to help track more than 150
million criminal records. Under the guidelines established by the
Fair Credit Reporting Act, companies can search these records for
employment screening, tenant screening and other business related
criminal records checks. Individuals can also perform checks on
potential household workers, nannies, baby-sitters and employees of
small businesses.
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Ask Jeeves Drops Butler in New Ad Campaign
08/11/01 - SAN FRANCISCO - It cost online search engine maker Ask
Jeeves Inc. more than $100 million to create a well-known brand
built around a drawing of a dainty butler. Now Emeryville, CA-based
Ask Jeeves is spending a little more money to let people know
there's more to its search engine than a cartoon. In its first major
marketing push in two years, Ask Jeeves is touting its search
prowess in a $6 million campaign consisting of billboard and
magazine ads that exclude the butler that serves as the company's
mascot.
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Housekeeper to publish book on JonBenet
08/07/03 - DENVER - A former housekeeper for JonBenet Ramsey's
parents still plans to publish a book about the 6-year-old's slaying
- but with a blank chapter where her grand jury testimony would have
appeared, her attorney said Thursday.
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Dog Ate Traffic Ticket?
08/05/03 - Bristol/UK - 'THE dog ate it' is a favourite excuse for
schoolchildren with no homework to hand in - now a Bristol chauffeur
and handyman has told a judge it was why he did not pay a speeding
ticket.
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Hewitt Willing to Give Letters to Charles
07/19/03 - LONDON - Princess Diana's one-time lover is willing to
give love letters from her to Prince Charles if the heir to the
throne asks for them in a "civilized and respectful way," a
newspaper reported. Vilified in Britain for once trying to sell the
letters for a reported $16 million, James Hewitt now is offering to
hand the letters over to the prince for free, the Sunday Telegraph
reported.
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More men train to be midwives, nannies, secretaries, etc.
7/11/03 - There is a growing trend by men to move into professions
long dominated by women. More men are finding careers as librarians,
secretaries, nannies, preschool teachers, nurses, paralegals,
typists, dressmakers -- even lactation consultants or midwives...The
transition is driven in part by mounting unemployment. The flimsy
economic recovery makes more employees willing to consider new
careers, even in fields that have long been considered women's work.
And layoffs also make workers eager to move into female-dominated
industries, such as child care and nursing, where labor shortages
offer more job security.
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Housekeeper Sentenced For Defrauding Doctor
07/01/03 - Kansas City - A Lee's Summit woman was sentenced in
federal court Tuesday for defrauding her former employer. Rhonda D.
Brewer, 47, of Lee's Summit, Mo., was sentenced to more than two
years in prison and was ordered to pay restitution of $354,122.
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Prince Charles' Income Is Nearly $17M
06/29/03 - LONDON - Prince Charles' income from investments and
property rose by 27 percent last year to nearly 10 million pounds
($17 million), according to official figures released Monday...He
has about 90 full-time official employees and a private staff of 17,
including a chef, valets, gardeners and grooms whose salaries are
paid out of his own pocket.
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Butler in the Dashboard
06/25/03 - HAWTHORNE, N.Y. - A driver of the future — the near
future, IBM says — will be able to dictate and send e-mails, get
spoken directions to a restaurant, even play a game of "Name That
Tune" with his onboard computer. If the children in the back seat
are being too noisy and the computer can't hear him well enough,
it'll just read his lips. And if he's getting drowsy, approaching a
sharp curve or driving too fast in the rain, the car might cut off
his interactive privileges so he can pay more attention to his
driving.
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SFPD looks for alleged swindler
06/21/03 - San Francisco police are looking for a Walnut Creek
woman they say targeted pregnant women and new parents by posing as
a nanny, getting advance payments and then disappearing. Mariana
Monticalvo, 44, goes under several aliases, police say. She is a
suspect in several crimes in the Bay Area, including one in Orinda
where a warrant has been issued for her arrest. San Francisco police
are investigating her in connection with five cases that began in
November, Inspector Julie Ford said. Police say she pretended to be
a baby nurse and asked her clients to sign a contract agreeing to
pay as much as $5,000.
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Nanny Could Gain Custody
06/03/03 - A BRITISH nanny could become legal guardian to the
children of Ted Ammon, a murdered financier who left a £215 million
inheritance. Kathryn Mayne, 57, is likely to be granted custody of
the 13-year-old twins in the event of the death of their mother,
Generosa Ammon Pelosi, who is suffering from cancer.
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Trial begins for Greenwich nanny
STAMFORD, CT -- Flora Canales walked into a domestic help agency,
told the manager she had ruined her life and took out a gun, a
witness told jurors as Canales' murder trial got underway. "She
said, 'Alicia, I gave you a chance. You ruined my life,"' Misty
Fullmer of New Canaan. Canales, 52, of Stamford, has pleaded
innocent to charges that she shot Alicia Mota Kirkel, 41, of Rye,
N.Y., in December 2001.
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Cost of living: the nanny's rights
As the millions of fans of the best-selling book "The Nanny
Diaries" can attest, a slavishly devoted household staff is a
prerequisite to an upscale urban lifestyle. For some, though, that
lifestyle just became more expensive to maintain: The New York City
Council has unanimously approved a bill that increases protections
for nannies and housekeepers by seeking to make sure that families
who hire them know these workers' rights on overtime and other
matters.
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Music Preferences Linked to Personality: Study
06/06/03 - The music you listen to may say more about you than you
think, according to new research findings that suggest that our
choice in music reflects our personalities. Do you enjoy blues,
jazz, classical and folk music? You may be intelligent, tolerant and
politically liberal, researchers report.
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Air France Concorde Makes Final Flight
05/30/03 - ROISSY, France - Passengers dined on caviar and foie
gras Friday as the Concorde, the world's fastest and most luxurious
passenger jet, flew from Paris to New York for the last time.
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Tears for Concorde's Paris-New York farewell
Concorde made its last commercial flight from Paris to New York,
bringing tearful tributes from passengers and fanatics of the
sleek supersonic jet.
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Diana Trial Items Returned
to Family
05/22/03 - LONDON - Princess Diana's possessions have been
returned to her family by police six months after the collapse of
the theft trial of her ex-butler, royal sources said on Thursday.
The items were among more than 300 of her belongings -- including
nightwear, letters and photographs -- which Diana's butler Paul
Burrell was cleared of stealing at the trial last November.
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Police Probe Tale of 'White
Herd Boy'
05/22/03 - JOHANNESBURG - A white South African teen-ager who says
he was kidnapped by a maid and raised as a herd boy in a rural black
township was being kept in seclusion Wednesday as police probed his
tale of abduction and abuse.
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New York's Nanny Bill
Gains Political Ground
05/06/03 - "I've been hearing about this for a long time," said
Eunice, her gaze locked on a two-year-old playing with friends
nearby. Around her in sunny Washington Market Park in Tribeca last
Tuesday morning were some 20 other nannies, chasing after, soothing,
or feeding their tiny charges. Eunice's eyes widened when the
representative from Domestic Workers United (DWU), a grassroots
group of nannies, housekeepers, and elder-care givers, told her that
some of the labor protections long talked about in their circles
were on the brink of becoming city law. A measure DWU had been
seeking for over a year was nearing a final vote in the City
Council.
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Doctor Accused Of Physically Abusing Nanny
05/05/03 - Cleveland, OH - A doctor from Lutheran Medical Center
who is accused of luring a nanny to his home and abusing her is
denying the allegations. NewsChannel5 reported the doctor faces
charges of domestic violence, and police believe there could be many
more victims. A nanny told a judge she needed protection from Dr.
Emad Atalla, 38, who hired her to look after his daughter. She moved
into his Sagamore Hills, Ohio, home and claimed that over the course
of eight months, he would often turn violent for no apparent reason.
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Working Estate: Gardens, Farm, Winery
04/25/03 - Charlottesville,VA - Patricia Kluge lives on a
1,300-acre estate a few miles south of here. Her neighbor over the
hill is Thomas Jefferson, who lives in a house called Monticello.
Kluge's home has a name, too: Albemarle House. It's grand, has its
own chapel, and sits on a hillside looking out over lakes and
forests and rolling countryside reminiscent of her native England.
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Celeb Chef Facing Charges in Ireland
04/19/03 - NEW YORK - Celebrity chef Conrad Gallagher is going
home to his native Ireland in handcuffs. Gallagher waived
extradition to face art theft charges, federal prosecutors said
Friday. U.S. marshals had arrested Gallagher, 32, on an Irish
warrant in Manhattan, where he was running a pub called Traffic.
In Ireland, Gallagher cooked on television, wrote gourmet
cookbooks and held court with pop stars at his fancy restaurants in
Dublin and elsewhere. Amid financial troubles, Gallagher was charged
in 2001 with stealing three paintings — worth up to $50,000 — from a
hotel that was home to one of his restaurants. He failed to show up
for trial in October.
Gallagher allegedly fled to New York, where he opened his bar and
landed a deal for another cookbook. He insisted he was the rightful
owner of the paintings. Authorities said the chef could be back in
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The Real Nanny Diaries
Nobody asks about the circles under Rosa's eyes, and no one will.
Her bosses think she disappears the second she leaves their
home...At 8 o'clock on a Monday morning in June, Rosa Coronado
arrives for work at a two-story mansion in Beverly Hills. All over
L.A., it's the hour of exchange, when those who inhabit middle- and
upper-class homes turn them over — along with the children they
shelter — to those who make them run. Steady streams of luxury cars
with white drivers race down the canyon roads as brown men in
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HOUSEKEEPER'S REPUTATION TARNISHED BY GOSSIP
04/09/03 - DEAR ABBY: We have a summer house on an island. For a
number of years, we have employed a local woman, "Trudy," as our
housekeeper. She does a fantastic job and has always been friendly,
reliable and trustworthy.
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Driver Wanted For Big Wheels
03/20/03 - Hartford, CT - Wanted: Executive chauffeur to protect
The Phoenix Cos. chief executive Dona Young, fetch her newspapers
and refreshments, do it with a smile and discretion. And be there at
the drop of a hat. No, not the steel-rimmed bowler that Goldfinger's
chauffeur tossed to decapitate a foe in the James Bond movie.
Phoenix is, however, seeking someone who has taken courses in
executive protection and defensive driving, and a law enforcement
background is "preferred but not required."
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Police say
nanny stole checks to buy diamonds
03/25/03 - A 28-year-old Buffalo Grove woman is free on bond
after being charged with stealing the financial information of
another woman to buy $43,000 worth of diamonds.
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College kid grew nanny job into a business
March '03 - Joe Keeley was a college hockey player studying
business at the University of St. Thomas when he became a nanny.
Before long, he became a nanny company. His life took the unexpected
turn one day when he spotted an ad in a student newspaper: An Edina
professional couple was seeking someone to take care of their two
active sons, ages 7 and 9.
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TEARS OF MURDER CHARGE NANNY
03/01/03 - UK - A childminder accused of murdering a baby boy
repeatedly broke down yesterday as she emphatically denied ever
shaking the tot. Tina McLeod, 40, said she had been left
"devastated" by little Alexander Graham's death and had replayed the
tragic events hundreds of times in her mind searching for an answer.
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Ex-nanny says
Erbland was unraveling
03/01/03 - Missouri - An unexpected telephone message from an
increasingly troubled friend made Ronda Burgmann uneasy. The tension
in his home in Twin Oaks had become unbearable, Thomas Erbland Jr.,
told his son's former nanny three weeks ago. He wanted to stay with
her.
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DaimlerChrysler: PA Tracinda Destroyed Files
03/18/03 - DETROIT - DaimlerChrysler says billionaire Kirk
Kerkorian's personal assistant destroyed crucial evidence in his
multibillion-dollar lawsuit against the German-American automaker,
according to a new filing in the suit over the 1998
Daimler-Benz/Chrysler merger.
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MGM Grand Butler
03/17/03 - The MGM Grand, a Las Vegas casino hotel, is asking the
high court to reverse a decision of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of
Appeals that said Medina Rene, an openly gay butler at the hotel,
could pursue a sex discrimination claim under Title VII of the Civil
Rights Act.
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White House Needs Small Army
to Run Smoothly
03/09/03 - WASHINGTON - Out of public sight, in times of calm or
crisis, a small army of workers keeps the White House humming.
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UK Royals Brace for Report on Servant Scandal
03/07/03 - LONDON - A potentially damning report into allegations
of misconduct by servants of Britain's Prince Charles, including a
gay rape and the sale of royal gifts, will finally be made public
next week. Charles' private secretary Sir Michael Peat will issue
his lengthy report on Thursday after a four-month investigation --
including interviews with his boss -- into the alleged shenanigans
at St. James' Palace, royal staff confirmed.
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Payrolls plunge 308,000 in February
03/07/03 - WASHINGTON — The number of workers on U.S. payrolls
plunged in February at the sharpest rate since November 2001 and the
jobless rate rose to 5.8%, the government said Friday in a
shockingly gloomy economic report.
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Queen Elizabeth's Dress Designer Dies at 93
3/05/03 - LONDON - Veteran British fashion designer Hardy Amies,
who dressed Queen Elizabeth for half a century, has died at the age
of 93...The Amies empire spanned the globe, from Australians
sporting his ties to South Koreans taking refuge under his umbrellas
and Canadians holding up their trousers with his belts...But it was
for dressing the British monarch that he will be remembered -- and
he never stopped enthusing about his most famous customer.
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TRIAL
NANNY: I SHOOK TOT TO SAVE HIM
02/25/03 - UK - A CHILDMINDER accused of murdering a baby
confessed to shaking the tot in a bid to revive him, a court heard
yesterday. Tina McLeod told hospital staff fighting to save
one-year-old Alexander Graham that he must have fallen off a sofa
and banged his head. But a nurse told the High Court in Edinburgh
she had never seen such a major injury from that kind of minor fall.
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Reuters' Exec Nanny & Driver
02/21/03 - SAO PAULO, Brazil - Kidnappers released three daughters
of the top executive for the Reuters news agency in South and
Central America after holding them for nine days, authorities said
Friday. The girls were unharmed....Men armed with handguns got out
of one car and took the children away...Others got into Diniz' car
and drove the nanny and driver around the city for an hour,
eventually dropping them off at a subway station.
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Jobless Claims Jump
02/20/03 - WASHINGTON (Reuters) — The number of claims for
first-time unemployment benefits rose 21,000 last week, the
government said Thursday in a report that painted an unexpectedly
downbeat picture of the labor market...Few economists expect to see
a real pick-up in the labor market until uncertainties over a
possible war with Iraq have been cleared up.
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'Joe Millionaire'
Picks Zora, Share $1M
02/18/03 - NEW YORK - "Joe Millionaire" concluded with Evan Marriott asking
Zora, not Sarah, to go steady. She said yes, and they toasted their future
with a glass of champagne...Then Paul Hogan, the show's resident butler,
surprised them both with a million-dollar check delivered on a silver tray,
declaring "all good fairy tales must have a bit of magic."
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Nanny's plea deal OK; she's being
deported
02/08/03 - New Jersey - A live-in nanny who was caught by a hidden camera
holding 2-year-old Jersey City twins upside down in their highchairs avoided
jail time yesterday, and instead was immediately turned over to immigration
officials to be deported to her native Jamaica.
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