A 93-year-old man was charged with cocaine-trafficking Thursday, the same day
police netted three other people on charges of possessing heroine, opium and a
slew of prescription drugs, police said Friday.
GREEN BAY, Wis. - Annie the cat loves to roam, but she got a bit more traveling
experience than she bargained for last month. She sneaked into the back of a
truck — bound for Virginia.
After traveling 1,000 miles, the 10-year-old
calico roamed in the woods in Roanoke, Va., for 18 days before being caught.
ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- Former NASA astronaut Lisa Nowak apologized Friday to the woman she is accused of assaulting at the Orlando International Airport,
saying she was "sorry to have frightened her in any way."
LOS ANGELES — Self-described pedophile Jack McClellan was told Friday to
continue staying away from children by a judge who reissued a restraining order
against him.
BELFAST, Northern Ireland — A Northern Ireland man bit off the head of his
girlfriend's pet snake during a fight and remarked that it "tasted lovely,"
lawyers testified Friday.
A Florida judge this afternoon sentenced sex offender John Evander Couey to die
for the brutal 2005 rape and murder of 9-year-old Jessica Lunsford.
In dozens of letters spanning 66 years, Mother Teresa described the "emptiness"
she felt and confessed her struggles with faith and the existence of heaven in
pages she had planned to have destroyed. A decade after her death, they have
been published in the book "Come By My Light" as part of the petition for her
sainthood.
DNA -- it's a key clue in TV dramas, in addition to helping crack old cases in the real world. Today, all over the country, detectives are re-examining evidence collected at the time of the crime, comparing it to so-called "abandoned" DNA, like the saliva on Athan's letter. Detectives are solving crimes using sweat collected from a steering wheel, or saliva from a discarded cigarette butt. In a Detroit case, it was spit on a leftover cinnamon roll that sent a man to jail for car theft.
"People leave parts of themselves all over all of the time," said Seattle Police homicide detective Nathan James. "DNA is like fingerprints, only better. It is just more precise than fingerprints. At this point it is more reliable than fingerprints."
U.S. women are dying from childbirth at the highest rate in decades, new
government figures show. Though the risk of death is very small, experts believe
increasing maternal obesity and a jump in Caesarean sections are partly to
blame.
In Alabama, you can sell guns on any street corner but you can’t sell sex toys.
That’s right. Alabama is a vibrator-free state!
Well, technically you can go across state lines and buy sex toys in Georgia and Tennessee and carry them home. But the Alabama Legislature, in its infinite wisdom and in the spirit of protecting citizens from moral turpitude, a while back banned the sale of sex toys (or “marital aids” as some lawmakers coyly call them).
Mr. Sander's original article noted that when elite law schools lower their
academic standards in order to admit a more racially diverse class, schools one
or two tiers down feel they must do the same. As a result, there is now a
serious gap in academic credentials between minority and non-minority law
students across the pecking order, with the average black student's academic
index more than two standard deviations below that of his average white
classmate.
Not surprisingly, such a gap leads to problems. Students who attend schools where their academic credentials are substantially below those of their fellow students tend to perform poorly.
The reason is simple: While some students will outperform their entering academic credentials, just as some students will underperform theirs, most students will perform in the range that their academic credentials predict. As a result, in elite law schools, 51.6% of black students had first-year grade point averages in the bottom 10% of their class as opposed to only 5.6% of white students. Nearly identical performance gaps existed at law schools at all levels. This much is uncontroversial.
Earlier this week, I noted that Zimbabwe had begun accelerating towards collapse
with the imposition of price controls, backed up by enforcement squads that
provided little more than government-assisted looting. I wrote at the time that
when state-created shortages threaten the economy, dictators attempt to stamp
out the symptoms through even heavier state action rather than cure the original
disease. Now Zimbabwe has almost no domestic capital left, thanks to Mugabe's
ruinous economic diktats.
No one would benefit from a terrorist attack on the US. The net results for the
political establishment, including the leadership of both parties, would be all
bad. The executive branch would have to answer many of the same questions asked
after 9/11 about how an attack could get past our defenses. The legislative
branch would have to answer for its reluctance to give more power to the intel
and military for early detection and prevention. Neither would have the "it was
inconceivable" excuse they had on 9/12.
Abortion will never end as long as society approves the use of contraception.
The practice of contraception means children are unwanted and provides the
rationalization for abortion. It is a violation of human dignity to promote or
accept the use of contraception.
He basically attributed every sexually transmitted disease to men on men sex,
including anal cancer (not a STD, but he repeatedly referred to this) and HPV.
When asked by a reporter why they are not addressing the increase in HIV cases
among African-American and Haitan-American heterosexual women, the population
that has seen the highest increase in Broward over the past few years, he blamed
it on gay men on the "down low". He essentially blamed gay men for every
new disease out there and on every new incident of HIV transmission. As I
told one reporter, I felt like it was August 21, 1985.
According to the LA Times “The chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff is expected
to advise President Bush to reduce the U.S. force in Iraq next year by almost
half, potentially creating a rift with top White House officials and other
military commanders over the course of the war.
She said: “I always hear things about me and different men. Is my nickname
Sleeparound Sienna? I can assure you I’m not.”
To add further weight to her claims, the 25-year-old star has rubbished rumors she is dating “Notting Hill” star Rhys Ifans.The 39-year-old actor recently moved into her London home, but Sienna insists their living arrangement is totally innocent.
We stand by our story 100%.
Fidel Castro is dead!
The only way the Cuban government can settle this once and for all, though, is to parade him (alive) around Havana this weekend. No pictures or video!
Watching Polos Opuestos on Channel 22 here in Miami, and the word is that the
rumors of fidel's death are just that. Host Maria Elvira Salazar interviewed
Miami Mayor Manny Diaz, and the mayor emphasized that there have been no
movement of law enforcement to handle the rumored situation. Most importantly,
Diaz said that the city is maintaining contact with the federal government and
that the feds would notify the city once they receive the official word. There
have been no unusual movement of Coast Guard personnel or vessels either,
according to Diaz.
Supposedly South Florida Police departments are calling in for reinforcements
before any official announcement is made.
Even Val Prieto made an announcement earlier. and then came back on saying that nothing is official yet.
Update 5:35 PM EST - Val at Babalu Blog is reporting that although no
announcements have been made several sources in different branches of the
government are verifying that the story is true. As soon as I get confirmation
(TV,Email,CNN) I will post it (if I am not too drunk)
Insufferable actor Jared Leto bid farewell to his trademark grungy clothes and
mangy hair in place of a new dapper and sophisticated look at last night’s
Kerrang Awards in London.
A Russian woman was arrested after she set fire to her ex-husband's penis
while he sat naked, drinking Vodka and watching TV. The couple divorced three
years ago, but continued to live together. This is common in Russia, because
rent is so high.
Fidel Castro has outlived the following ten U.S. presidents who always tried to
kill him: Dwight “I like Ike” Eisenhower, John “JFK” Kennedy, Lyndon “LBJ”
Johnson, Richard “Dick” M. Nixon, Gerald “Jerry” Ford, Jimmy “James Earl Jones”
Carter, Ronald “Nancy” Reagan, George “Wimp Factor” Bush, Bill “Monica” Clinton
and George “Junior” Cheney-Bush.
On Thursday, [Los Angeles County Undersheriff Larry] Waldie said, 143 people
facing charges similar to Richie's were freed early -- 89 males and 54 females.
Brad Pitt approached a group of photographers in New York City yesterday and
respectfully asked them to back off when his four children are out in public
with him. Brad suggested the paps should employ their long-range telephoto lens
if they wanted close-up shots of the family.
It was falsely reported that Ali was in a car driven by a 16-year-old boy
with a learner’s permit that crashed on Friday night. TMZ contacted Nassau
County Police who told us they were unaware of the accident. According to
reports, the boy had taken the car without permission, picked up Ali and
crashed.
"My children and I are in a wonderful place in our lives," Dina told
24Sizzler.com Thursday evening, "and people just want to make things up and see
us fail!"
The new fall tv season is right around the corner. And no other show, save the
new season of The Office, has whetted our pop culture appetites like the awkward
pre-pube train wreck that is CBS' Kid Nation: "The Show That Let's KIDS Abuse
THEMSELVES!" Kid Nation rounded up a solid group of small children -- most of
whom seem to come from intelligent, upper middle class homes -- and threw them
into a southwest shantytown to fen for themselves. And if you think that this is
some sort of fakey movie-set where the kids are secretly coddled, think again:
The parents of these poor kids signed a waiver removing CBS from any sort of
responsibility of one of the kids happens to DIE. Where are the pro-lifers when
you really need them, people??? And the parents only got $5,000!
MTV might not want you to know it, but Britney Spears is, in fact, going to
perform at the MTV Video Music Awards in Las Vegas! The “mystery man” she’s been seen around with is actually her choreographer R.J. Durell, who we only hope is smart enough to invent a new dance called “The Trainwreck”, which we believe
would have twice the lasting power of “The Wahtoosy.”
“If I ever gave up acting, I’d probably teach - that’s something I’ve always
thought about, and I might do yet.”
LOS ANGELES (AP) — A comedy writer is suing The Walt Disney Co., alleging he
came up with the idea for the teen television show “Hannah Montana” but was
never compensated. Buddy Sheffield filed the lawsuit in Los Angeles Superior
Court on Thursday alleging breach of contract, breach of confidence, unfair
competition and unjust enrichment. Disney officials could not be reached at the
company’s Burbank offices Thursday evening for comment.
JACKSON, Mich. (August 24, 2007) — Austin Nichols, the title character in
HBO’s “John From Cincinnati,” was arrested early Friday on suspicion of drunken
driving.The 27-year-old actor was stopped by police about 2:40 a.m. after
being spotted driving a silver Mercury Mountaineer the wrong way down a one-way
street in the city, said Jackson police Lt. John Holda.
LOS ANGELES, Calif. (August 24, 2007) – Following the news his daughter is headed to jail, Michael Lohan spoke to Access Hollywood about the latest on
his daughter Lindsay.“I’m happy to see that Blair Berk, Lindsay’s counselors
at Cirque Lodge and Lindsay herself have resolved matters pertaining to
Lindsay’s restoration. I have full confidence that the system and the public
will see that Lindsay has put her life back on track and that rehabilitation and
faith was all she needed,” Michael told Access.
It seems that early this month, Kirsten's pad was broken into shortly after she,
actor Simon Pegg and Kiki's assistant left the place. Hotel video surveillance
helped police to arrest suspect Jarrod Beinerman, who appears on the video tapes
with an accomplice.
"The AA meetings are no longer under his probation's conditions," a spokeswoman
with the district attorney's office said.
Jakey G, wearing his best pair of homemade capris, is vacationing on the island
after wrapping his new film, "Rendition," -- in which he co-stars with the hot,
Oscar-toting Reese Witherspoon. Reports say Reese's Pieces are on the island as
well!
Brit Brit, looking hottish (for her) and a covered up Hilton were spotted
leaving Opera last night, within 10 minutes of each other.
The two were caught wandering the streets of London at 4:30am yesterday.
Wino had blood on her beat ass ballet slippers and on her jeans. Her
husband...well..he looks like he was attacked by one of Pete Doherty's crack
cats!
At 11pm Wino was seen taking a package from a girl on the corner of her hotel. Hours later hotel guests complained about fighting coming from her room.
Bystanders Ignore Woman's Cries for Help During Sex Assault
ST. PAUL, Minn. — A security video from an apartment hallway shows at
least 10 witnesses ignored a woman's cries for help for more than an hour as a
man beat and sexually assaulted her, prosecutors in Minnesota said.
The surveillance video clearly showed men and women looking out their apartment
doors or starting to walk down the hallway before retreating as the woman was
assaulted for nearly 90 minutes, police spokesman Tom Walsh said.
Police said they responded to a call of drunken behavior and found Somali immigrant Rage Ibrahim, 25, and a woman lying unconscious in the hallway early Tuesday. The woman's clothing had been pulled up and she had fresh scratches on her face and
blood on her thigh, according to the criminal complaint.
How hard would it have been to call 911 and report the crime. I could see myself witnessing the crime and not wanting to get involved physically. A simple call to 911 would have be easy enough, even if you don't know it is a crime - the police will figure that out when they arrive.
