All categories - 17 November 2006

Is it heartbreaking to see your ex with a new partner? How do I heal emotionally? I really don't think I will survive it it happens 'm not a strong person.I have two young children so I need to know what can do to get through it if I have to.

2006-11-17 20:09:29 · 15 answers · asked by poptrash 2 in Marriage & Divorce

i purchased the computer in question at a flea market it when i boot it up it prompts me to enter a network password which i don't have and not to be snotty about but for a password manger to work i'd have to have the password in the first place.

2006-11-17 20:09:09 · 2 answers · asked by mr.mellow 2 in Computer Networking

2006-11-17 20:09:03 · 8 answers · asked by susan titherley12 1 in Video & Online Games

SAN BRUNO, Calif. (Oct. 31) - The lonely, divorced carpenter thought he was going to Brazil to make wedding plans.

Instead, he was drugged and held captive for six days at his fiancee's home while she and another man emptied his bank accounts, according to Brazilian authorities. Then they drove the 56-year-old victim to a vacant lot, where they strangled him with copper wire, doused his body with fuel, and set it on fire, investigators say.

Authorities found Raymond Merrill's charred body in April.

Now, the woman he believed was his betrothed is under arrest, along with a man suspected of helping to kill him.

"He would talk to me about ideal relationships and pure love," said Merrill's best friend, Bill Rauch. "With age doesn't necessarily come wisdom. He was used to doing things his way and, in the end, it did him in."

For months, his family knew nothing of his horrifying end. It was only after a bungled robbery in Brazil that investigators even learned of Merrill's fate.

Merrill met Regina Filomena Rachid last year through an online dating service. At the time, he was lonely and depressed, having been dumped by a Las Vegas woman for whom he had bought expensive gifts, according to Merrill's best friend.

Merrill and Rachid exchanged dozens of calls, e-mails and photographs, often enlisting Rachid's 18-year-old daughter as a translator. Rachid was 41, from an upper-middle-class family that was in the real estate business.

"I thought, `This is going a little fast,' but I didn't want to sound critical," said Merrill's sister, Marcia Sanchez Loebick.

The warning signs were obvious to Merrill's friend of nearly 30 years. Merrill gave Rachid $10,000 to start a skin care clinic and bought her a $20,000 sport utility vehicle. She complained it wasn't a fancier, more expensive model, Rauch said.

"This from a man who was tightfisted," Rauch said. "Ray and I would go out and I'd have to buy all the beers. All of a sudden, he's lavishing all these gifts and money on a relationship he's not even close to consummating.

"I said, `Ray, these are so many red flags. I can't believe you're pursuing this,"' Rauch said. "He would just slough it off. He'd say, `She's just a passionate and emotional Latina.' What do you say to a guy like that?"

Merrill visited Rachid twice in Sao Jose dos Campos, an industrial city about 60 miles from Sao Paulo. Both times he stayed a week longer than planned. Both times he notified Rauch, who then drove to Merrill's home in San Bruno to water the plants and collect the mail. On the third trip, Merrill again overstayed his return, but this time he didn't call Rauch to let him know.

Loebick, who lives in Cleveland, said she sent her brother repeated e-mails warning him that their 86-year-old father was dying, but got no response. She and Rauch's best friend called police in California to report him missing.

What happened to Merrill was more awful than either could have imagined.

Sometime after he arrived on March 21, Rachid and her real boyfriend, Nelson Siqueira Neves, drugged Merrill, kept him in a room in Rachid's house, and drained his bank accounts, stealing about $200,000 in all, according to Merrill's sister and Brazilian authorities.

Then, on April 1 - the day he was scheduled to return to California - they hired Evandro Celso Augusto Ribeiro for $5,600 to help kill him and set fire to the corpse, according to investigators. Authorities found the scorched remains but could not identify the victim, and buried the body in a pauper's grave.

But then Rachid - to raise money to pay off the hit man - took part in the holdup of a black-market money changer, and accidentally left her purse behind, investigators say.

The money changer went to police and turned over the purse, which contained Merrill's credit card. Hours later, Rachid showed up at the same police station to report her purse stolen. Police arrested her on the spot. The alleged hit man soon told authorities what happened to Merrill, investigators said.

Rachid and Ribeiro are in custody, charged with armed robbery followed by death.

Rachid's boyfriend was questioned by police in early October but was released under a Brazilian law that says no one can be arrested in the days immediately before and after an election, investigators said. Now he cannot be found.

"I feel a really terrible sense of loss," said Merrill's best friend. "You expect to lose your parents. But you don't expect one of your best friends to die."

Kim Curtis reported from San Bruno, Calif., and Stan Lehman reported from Sao Paulo, Brazil.


10/31/06 13:29 EST

2006-11-17 20:08:52 · 4 answers · asked by fiteprogram 3 in Singles & Dating

2006-11-17 20:08:49 · 5 answers · asked by edmund ebale 1 in Internet

Any notes according to the Word or other Religious Texts and Visions and Convictions of your own ?

2006-11-17 20:08:41 · 18 answers · asked by Anonymous in Religion & Spirituality

2006-11-17 20:08:35 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Law Enforcement & Police

i think i am getting depressed i have money worries, relationship worries still in love with someone and they have effectively broke up with me cos its long distance and no my dad has gone into hospital and it looks like dementia which is the last thing i need, and i am drinking and smoking too much to deal with the prressure about 5 pints a day should i go and see my dr i dont like the thought of being on antidepressants

2006-11-17 20:08:33 · 15 answers · asked by johnny 2 in Mental Health

2006-11-17 20:08:11 · 11 answers · asked by Marvin Q 2 in Military

2006-11-17 20:08:11 · 4 answers · asked by sweetnsassy1469 1 in Christmas

So why do people feel the need to report people who answer questions in ways they disagree with? here's proof:

When answering the question: Will you bring me a shiny new God who doesn't kill people?

I responded to a humorous question with much evidence from the bible itself that not only does god kill people, bu he encourages his people to do the same. Yet, I was reported and my response was deleted.

My question is, if you've ever reported someone, and if so, why?
If you saw an answer you didn't agree with, would you jump to the report button like the person who reported me did?

2006-11-17 20:08:07 · 15 answers · asked by HW-7 3 in Religion & Spirituality

I just asked this Question..... "Any suggestions on how to Celebrate finally making it to Level 5????" and it OF COURSE was DELETED by the Talented and well educated staff of Y/A yet this azzhole earlier posted questions with the word N*gger all over them and they are still active???? Fair or Unfair. Makes me Wonder the Morales of the Y/A Workers

2006-11-17 20:08:05 · 30 answers · asked by ♥Shortie♥ 5 in Polls & Surveys

I've met this guy online and he isn't from here. He's from another country. I've fallen for him and vise versa. In order for him to stay in the country, he needs to marry someone. We've already discussed that I can't be that person for him so he is looking for someone from his city. (we're in different cities too) My question is how do I show my support to him in his search for someone else when I feel jealous? What should I do?

2006-11-17 20:08:04 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Singles & Dating

2006-11-17 20:08:02 · 3 answers · asked by kindaworried 2 in Internet

2006-11-17 20:07:52 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Security

he wants to join the army and hates being called cute, sweet, sweetie or honey

2006-11-17 20:07:15 · 18 answers · asked by nemily88 1 in Singles & Dating

2006-11-17 20:06:48 · 15 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Pets

A response to my last question prompted me to ask this...

I know that the USSR banned circumcisions, but why are the Brits, etc. not circumcised?

2006-11-17 20:06:48 · 13 answers · asked by Noelina 1 in Other - Cultures & Groups

my reason was a bit funny .

i joined yahoo answer when i was looking in the services of yahoo , i didnt even know that there was a soccer category . i was a member in books category and byt mistake one of y questions went in 2006 category .and then i answered a few questions and il oved the category .

what about u ??

thanks .

i am talking baout 2006 fifa world cup in particular

2006-11-17 20:06:22 · 19 answers · asked by Tourist 5 in FIFA World Cup (TM)

please tell me the date sheet for class 10th icse and cbse 2007.....please!!!!
and plz tell me corect link as i couldnt find it in www.cbseguess.com and any other site
plz help.....i would be greateful to you!!!

2006-11-17 20:06:04 · 1 answers · asked by Rachit Sood 2 in Primary & Secondary Education

I've seen alot of sites saying 'difficult' etc but im pretty sure we can make it happen! what you ppl say!?!

2006-11-17 20:05:28 · 10 answers · asked by thugster17 2 in Horoscopes

2006-11-17 20:05:27 · 3 answers · asked by Joney B 1 in Movies

2006-11-17 20:05:16 · 2 answers · asked by suseendar 1 in Physics

2006-11-17 20:05:01 · 13 answers · asked by Anonymous in Psychology

2006-11-17 20:05:00 · 9 answers · asked by Anonymous in Diet & Fitness

2006-11-17 20:04:53 · 16 answers · asked by yoyoy 1 in Careers & Employment

2006-11-17 20:04:51 · 9 answers · asked by mr brightside 2 in Other - General Health Care

a question asked by my teacher..any1?

2006-11-17 20:04:39 · 3 answers · asked by Anonymous in Botany

My friend has been doing coke for 5 months everyday and wants to quit cold turkey. What will happen to him?

2006-11-17 20:04:23 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Other - Diseases

2006-11-17 20:03:59 · 2 answers · asked by Himanshu Gajwani 3 in Words & Wordplay