{"id":555,"date":"2014-01-16T00:01:49","date_gmt":"2014-01-16T08:01:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/66.147.244.209\/~canadiu3\/?p=555"},"modified":"2014-01-16T00:01:49","modified_gmt":"2014-01-16T08:01:49","slug":"firefighters-return-cruise-tickets-from-ellen-over-ethics-conflicts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/01\/16\/firefighters-return-cruise-tickets-from-ellen-over-ethics-conflicts\/","title":{"rendered":"Firefighters return cruise tickets from \u2018Ellen\u2019 over ethics conflicts"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_556\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-556\" style=\"width: 632px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/66.147.244.209\/~canadiu3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ellen_firefighters.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-556\" alt=\"Photo from jrn.com\" src=\"http:\/\/66.147.244.209\/~canadiu3\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ellen_firefighters.jpg\" width=\"632\" height=\"360\" srcset=\"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ellen_firefighters.jpg 632w, https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/01\/ellen_firefighters-300x170.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 632px) 100vw, 632px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-556\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Photo from jrn.com<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>WELLESLEY, Mass.\u2014Four Boston-area firefighters that talk show host Ellen DeGeneres rewarded with Caribbean cruise tickets for rescuing a dog from an icy river have had to return them because of conflicts with state ethics laws.<\/p>\n<p>Wellesley Fire Chief Richard DeLorie tells the Boston Globe that he has sent the cruise vouchers back because state ethics law prohibits firefighters from accepting gifts worth $50 or more.<\/p>\n<p>He called DeGeneres\u2019 gift a \u201cnice gesture.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>DeGeneres gave the firefighters the tickets and life vests Tuesday on her show for saving a golden retriever named Crosby.<\/p>\n<p>The dog chased a squirrel onto thin ice Dec. 22 and plunged into the Charles River.<\/p>\n<p>The fire department allowed the show to pay for plane tickets to the taping. The firefighters can keep the vests.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WELLESLEY, Mass.\u2014Four Boston-area firefighters that talk show host Ellen DeGeneres rewarded with Caribbean cruise tickets for rescuing a dog from &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":44,"featured_media":556,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-hollywood","mauthors-the-associated-press"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/44"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/555\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/556"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}