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A company affiliated with Robert F. Fogelman II has filed a loan on a key piece of East Memphis property.

Crown Centre LLC filed a $6.1 million loan with Financial Federal Bank for the old Cozymels Mexican Grill location at 6450 Poplar Ave. near International Papers campus in East Memphis, according to a Dec. 17 deed of trust.

The Shelby County Assessor of Propertys 2014 appraisal for the property is $1.9 million.

The old Cozymels restaurant was razed in 2013. A 2012 plan approved by the Land Use Control Board said Fogelman, who is listed as manager of Crown Centre LLC in the deed of trust, was seeking to develop a three-story mixed-use building with retail on the ground floor and office space on the upper floors, but several sources have indicated over the last year that the project could be shifting in focus to a more retail-oriented development.

Fogelman did not immediately return a phone call seeking comment.

U.S. District Judge Thomas Anderson has ordered three tax preparers with ties to the Mo Money tax refund scandal from working as tax preparers or having anything to do with the preparation and filing of federal tax returns in any way.

Anderson approved the civil injuction Monday, Dec. 22, against Shandon Allen, Shewanda Hamilton and Tabitha Tunstall based on a request by U.S. Attorney Ed Stanton.

Allen, Hamilton and Tunstall had each managed locations of the Mo Money tax businesses before a 2013 federal court action alleging widespread fraud in the preparation of the tax forms and handling of the refunds led to a court order banning the compnay and its owners from tax preparation.

The three defendants have 15 days from the court order to provide the court a list with contact information of anyone for whom they and their companies prepared federal tax returns from the 2008 tax year to the present. They also have 15 days to provide the court with a list of all employees, independent contractors, managers and others who worked for them in any way.

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LANCASTER, S.C. Two Fort Lawn people died Saturday morning in a fatal accident in Lancaster, but a child survived the wreck, authorities said.

The crash was reported shortly before 10:45 a.m. on Riverside Road, according to S.C. Highway Patrol Lance Cpl. Tony Keller.

A 20-year-old woman was driving a 2007 Buick heading north on Riverside Road when her vehicle ran off the right side of the road and overturned, Keller said. The driver was partially ejected from the vehicle.

She and a 22-year-old man sitting in the passenger seat were pronounced dead on the scene, Keller said. Emergency responders had to free him from the wreckage, authorities said.

A 2-year-old boy was in a child seat in the vehicle's backseat, he said. The child was taken to Spring Memorial for treatment.

Neither victim was wearing a seatbelt, authorities said.

The names of the victims have not been released.

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Dr. Senga Omeonga met us under a huge mango tree outside the St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. Behind the main building, several dozens of disinfected rubber boots worn by health care workers were propped upside down on stakes planted on a patch of lawn.

This is the hospital where he works as general surgeon and the head of Infection Prevention Control. It's also where he came down with Ebola on August 2.

He says his days in treatment were "a living hell." And the experience has changed his view of the world and the way he treats patients.

Dr. Senga is from the Democratic Republic of Congo but came to the country four years ago. He's 53, married and has four children two sons and two daughters. His family lives in Canada.

He remembers how unprepared everyone was for the outbreak. Medical workers were touching patients with their bare hands in the early days. He himself treated a patient with a wound from a motorcycle accident. When the patient was later diagnosed with Ebola, Dr. Senga was quarantined. But he didn't catch the virus.

Then he treated a sibling of Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian American who flew to Nigeria after contracting the Ebola virus and later died of the disease. And that, Dr. Senga says, is how he thinks he became one of Liberia's nearly 8,000 cases.

Dr. Senga was one of the fortunate ones. He was taken to the Ebola treatment unit, or ETU, at the Eternal Love Winning Africa hospital. After several weeks, he recovered and is now back at work.

He spoke with us about how Ebola nearly took his life and how the experience changed his life and the way he practices medicine.

You must have been very scared.

Yeah, I was very, very scared. Knowing what Ebola is and the death rate ... the chance of survival was very, very low. Because I was vomiting, my only hope was to take as much as I can, the fluids, the orals. I was forcing myself.

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Dr. Senga Omeonga pictured outside St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital in Monrovia. Dr. Omeonga moved to Liberia from DRC in 2011. He contracted Ebola but survived it. John W. Poole/NPR hide caption

Dr. Senga Omeonga pictured outside St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital in Monrovia. Dr. Omeonga moved to Liberia from DRC in 2011. He contracted Ebola but survived it.

Dr. Senga Omeonga met us under a huge mango tree outside the St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital in Monrovia, Liberia. Behind the main building, several dozens of disinfected rubber boots worn by health care workers were propped upside down on stakes planted on a patch of lawn.

This is the hospital where he works as general surgeon and the head of Infection Prevention Control. It's also where he came down with Ebola on August 2.

He says his days in treatment were "a living hell." And the experience has changed his view of the world and the way he treats patients.

Dr. Senga is from the Democratic Republic of Congo but came to the country four years ago. He's 53, married and has four children two sons and two daughters. His family lives in Canada.

We [health care workers] are the warriors, so we need to fight this disease.

- Dr. Senga Omeonga, , head of Infection Prevention Control at St. Joseph's Catholic Hospital

He remembers how unprepared everyone was for the outbreak. Medical workers were touching patients with their bare hands in the early days. He himself treated a patient with a wound from a motorcycle accident. When the patient was later diagnosed with Ebola, Dr. Senga was quarantined. But he didn't catch the virus.

Then he treated a sibling of Patrick Sawyer, the Liberian American who flew to Nigeria after contracting the Ebola virus and later died of the disease. And that, Dr. Senga says, is how he thinks he became one of Liberia's nearly 8,000 cases.

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ORLANDO, Fla. (WOFL FOX 35 ORLANDO) -

Four people are recovering in the hospital after a fiery crash in Orange County. It happened on Narcoossee Road near Emerson Lake Boulevard just after noon on Monday.

The Florida Highway Patrol said a Mercury Marquis driving southbound on Narcoossee Road lost control and sped over the median into oncoming traffic. The car hit a lawn care box truck right near its diesel tank, causing an explosion.

Troopers said both vehicles caught fire and several people were stuck inside. That's when Good Samaritan Stuart Chaffin rushed into action, pulling people out of the burning vehicles. Some of them were on fire as well, so I threw them down and helped put them out by rolling them and pulling off their clothes, Chaffin said.

Northbound Narcoossee Road was shut down for hours Monday while crews cleaned up the scene.

The four people hurt during the wreck were taken to Orlando Regional Medical Center for treatment. Two of the victims remain in critical condition, while the other two are listed in stable condition.

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Sydney: The home where eight children were found murdered in northern Australia will be demolished and a memorial built on the site, news reports said Monday.

Flowers continued to be laid by grieving relatives on the front lawn of the home in a Cairns suburb where four boys and four girls aged between two and 14 years old were found murdered on Friday.

The mother of seven of the children and aunt to one girl found dead, Mersane Warria, 37, was charged with their murder and was ordered Monday by a Cairns court to remain in custody until January 30, when the case will be heard again.

After extensive consultation we will remove the house behind me, local member of parliament Gavin King told reporters.

King said the removal of the house and installation of a memorial would comply with the familys wishes and cultural beliefs relating to spirits on the site, broadcaster ABC reported.

Acting Assistant Police Commissioner Paul Taylor was also quoted as saying the home would be torn down.

Warria whose full name is Raina Mersane Ina Thaiday is in hospital with 17 stab wounds to the chest and was not required to appear before the court Monday.

The magistrate declined a request from the defence lawyer to have the case heard by the Mental Health Court.

Under Queensland law a doctor can certify a person for an involuntary treatment order if they are satisfied they have a mental illness.

Meanwhile, Warria will have her case heard in January, a court said Monday, as she struggles to come to terms with what happened.

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Talk about a bad day. Policein Iowasay a man set his own house on fire, then crashed his truck right into this convenient store. Surveillance cameras catch it from different angles. He wasn't finished either. He then led police on a high speed chase, but they caught up to him a short time later.

Christmas carolers on the front lawn are common this time of year. But they probably didn't bring an orchestra with them. Carolers in New Jersey brought a 20 piece brass band to back up their singing. They're called "Improv Everywhere" and they surprised five families last night with the moms acting as accomplices. The concert included Santa and even paper snow.

Finally a Florida spa owner is featuring a beer spa. The treatment includes a suds bath, a beer face scrub and beer bod wrap. It's not cheap, 80 bucks for a 50 minute treatment. The owner claims it detoxifies your body and makes your hair shiny. The liquid by the way is non-alcoholic.

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BILLINGS - At least one homeless person dies each month in Billings, and the bone-chilling winter temperatures play a large part.

The homeless who have died were remembered on the front lawn of the Yellowstone County Courthouse on Friday for the 21st annual Homeless Vigil.

About 100 people attended the vigil with luminaries in hand.

Friday is the longest day and shortest night of the year, marking the start of winter, the hardest time to survive for the homeless.

Health is a major factor in homelessness, RiverStone Healthcare officials said, as those without a home tend to die 30 years earlier on average than the typical life expectancy.

Clarence Salley, RiverStone's case manager for homeless health care, pointed to exposure as a huge factor contributing to poor health.

And once these individuals have been afflicted by poor health, they generally cannot afford to seek treatment.

RiverStone's Healthcare for the Homeless program has helped more than 2,100 people in the last year.

During the vigil, RiverStone's CEO John Felton said the community should use the term "people experiencing homelessness," not "homeless people."

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PHILADELPHIA (Tribune News Service) He went to war with a Marines regiment known as the Cannon Cockers, an artillery unit that rained explosive shells on the enemy in Iraq.

He didnt stay long less than three months in 2008. But Bradley Stone claimed he had been fully disabled by post-traumatic stress disorder and was taking medication as part of his mental health treatment.

Its clear he struggled with alcohol. And on the license for his second marriage, he listed his occupation as disabled veteran.

In a patch of woods not far from his Pennsburg, Pa., home on Tuesday afternoon, police found Stone dead of self-inflicted cutting wounds a gruesome end to a manhunt that began after he killed his ex-wife and five of her relatives in Montgomery County on Monday.

On Tuesday, service-veteran friends of Stone struggled to make sense of the killings. None condoned them. At the same time, they said, Stone was a man who suffered.

He saw war, said Seth Howard, 27, a Marines veteran who served in Iraq. How are you supposed to be healthy after that?

Howard stood at Vets for Vets, a nonprofit center located almost across the street from Stones house in Pennsburg. He said the two often talked about their combat experiences.

Stone, friends said, was a Marine through and through, a family man who happily lent a hand to shovel snow and a former sergeant who struggled with stress disorder and with physical injuries from carrying heavy backpacks in Iraq.

Vietnam veteran Clyde Hoch, 68, said he and Stone werent close, but he considered the younger man a pretty decent guy.

You cant condemn someone until you understand what they went through, he said.

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He went to war with a Marine regiment known as the Cannon Cockers, an artillery unit that rained explosive shells on the enemy in Iraq.

He did not stay long - less than three months in 2008. But Bradley Stone claimed he had been fully disabled by post-traumatic stress disorder and was taking medication as part of his mental-health treatment.

It is clear that he struggled with alcohol. And on the license for his second marriage, he listed his occupation as "disabled veteran."

In a patch of woods not far from his Pennsburg home Tuesday afternoon, police found Stone dead of self-inflicted cutting wounds - a gruesome end to a manhunt that began after he killed his ex-wife and five of her relatives in Montgomery County on Monday.

On Tuesday, service veteran friends of Stone's struggled to make sense of the killings. None condoned them. At the same time, they said, Stone had suffered.

"He saw war," said Seth Howard, 27, a Marine veteran of Iraq. "How are you supposed to be healthy after that?"

Howard was at Vets for Vets, a nonprofit center close to Stone's house in Pennsburg. He said the two often talked about their combat experiences.

Stone, friends said, was a Marine through and through, a family man who happily lent a hand to shovel snow, and a former sergeant who struggled with stress disorder and physical injuries from carrying heavy backpacks in Iraq.

Vietnam veteran Clyde Hoch, 68, said that he and Stone were not close, but that he considered the younger man "a pretty decent guy."

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