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Rolling against crime.(The Goodness Of America)
Robert O'Neal is in some ways a stereotypical "tough guy" New Jerseyite. He is the son of a retired Trenton police detective and a member of Local 68 of the Trenton Ironworkers Union. If he had been a passenger aboard United Airlines Flight 93, one could easily imagine him joining Jeremy Glick and Todd Beamer in their highly publicized "Let's Roll!" attempt to take down the al-Qaeda terrorists.
On the evening of November 21, O'Neal noticed a suspicious car following him as he drove home. As a single, 54-year-old father of two teenage girls, he became concerned for their safety. He quickly escorted the girls, 16 and 17, into the house, then went outside to lock up his Dodge Durango. Four teen-aged hoodlums then closed in on him. The leader of the group, Jose Alvarez, 19, an escapee who had been sent to a correctional facility for armed robbery, pulled a gun on O'Neal and demanded money. O'Neal handed over a case containing some credit cards and, he thought, $1,500 in cash. (The cash, fortunately, turned out not to have been with the cards.) When O'Neal was asked by a reporter from WPVI TV in Philadelphia how afraid he was, he replied: "Very, very. They put guns in my face and threatened to kill me and rape my daughters."
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...one point Tuesday night, Shaquille O'Neal missed a dunk on one possession, was called...the tone for another bad outing for O'Neal, whose night ended well before the Bulls...the best-of-7 playoff series. O'Neal finished with 17 points and eight rebounds...
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...there might have been some symbolism when Shaquille O'Neal gave way to Dwight Howard in an NBA All-Star Game that even O'Neal acknowledged he probably didn't deserve to be in. O'Neal started the 56th All-Star game Sunday at the Thomas...
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...with foul shots. Instead, Shaquille O'Neal said he longed to be included in a group...start playing better than that," O'Neal said in late January. "Right now I...impractical guessing game. Still, O'Neal has designs on carving his place alongside...
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Source: HighBeam Research, Rolling against crime.(The Goodness Of America)