That's right I said it.This just in: A guy I dated for one night (you get me?) is in prison for killing someone. He got a lifer 50+ years. Hilarious.Every year when I lived in San Francisco my roommates and myself used to throw a huge party in my apartment. We used to turn that place upside down, and had hundreds show up over the course of the night. That's how I met him. It was a friend of a friend kinda thing.The first time I talked to him I thought he was incredibly stupid. He kept trying to hit on me but I was into someone else.The second time I met him (at our second party) I was drunk. Whoopsie!!!Danger is my middle name.
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Two months ago, President Bush convened a conference at Annapolis whose goal was creating conditions for peace in the Middle East. He deliberately refused to invite groups like Hamas or Hizbullah because of his belief the only way to deal with terrorism is to kill its leaders, During the ensuing seventy days there has [...]
And so, the inevitable pendulum swings back to focus on Blake Fielder-Civil. With Amy having had the fastest shrug-off of crack addiction in medical history, it's Blake's turn to be hammering on death's door, with the News of the World panting this morning:Amy Winehouse's hubby in overdoseExcept that's not actually what the story says:Blake Fielder-Civil was rushed to the jail's hospital block when he collapsed in agony after taking what he thought was heroin.[...]A probe was launched and prison officers found he had taken a drug believed to be heroin, mixed with a toxic substance.So, that wouldn't actually be an overdose, would it? That's more a poisoning than an overdose, isn't it?The News does suggest he's been caning a bit lately:Just days before the overdose he was hauled in front of prison bosses for failing THREE random drug tests. He was locked in solitary as a punishment, but was soon back in search of a fix.Hang on a moment, though - if we assume this poisoning took place on
A Stark County jury this morning found Bobby Cutts Jr. guilty of aggravated murder for killing his unborn baby and murder for killing his pregnant lover. Cutts could face the death penalty when his is sentenced later this year.
As Judge Charles E. Brown Jr. read the verdicts, Cutts stood stoically. This was in sharp contrast to the sobs and emotional strain that punctuated his four hours of
Here's the recipe for Big Pharma working with the FDA: Deadly chemicals, Zero genuine safety standards, Zero good science, Zero restrictions on direct-to-consumer advertising and Zero restrictions on how such drugs can be prescribed.The popular blood thinning drug Heparin was voluntarily recalled by the manufacturer (Baxter) after hundreds of reports linked the drug to sudden deaths and severe allergic reactions requiring hospitalization. Drug safety investigators have now confirmed "irregularities" in various batches of the drug, meaning that some pills contained more active chemicals than other pills.The main focus of the story by the U.S. press is the fact that the primary active ingredient in Heparin is made in a factory in China that has never been inspected by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. The FDA hasn't even inspected 93% of the factories located around the world that manufacture the chemical ingredients used in pharmaceuticals sold in America. The fact that these dange
Lawrence King was the fifteen year old boy who was shot in the head in a computer lab in an Oxnard Middle School last Tuesday. Yesterday, reports came out that King was in critical condition but showed signs of improvement. However, late last night, Lawrence was pronounced brain dead by two neurosurgeons.
Lawrence [...]
Thousands gathered at the funeral of slain Imad Mughniyeh, the man who was responsible for the deaths of over 80 Jewish people in the 1994 Argentine bombing of a Jewish organization headquarters. Speeches are being made in Syria and Lebanon, and most probably in Iran, about this supposed gallant individual who killed innocent civilians as [...]
Ok, I exaggerate. I don't really feel like I'm dying. Duchess Jane had a hilarious live blog day last week, and I've been thinking I wanted to copy. Then today, the perfect live blog day just happened. What better time...
One day the Sun will die. One day the Sun will “eat” planet Earth and life on Earth will stop. Is that scary? Oh yes it is, but do not worry. The sun will shine the next five billion years before it becomes the “Death Star”.
Nothing lasts forever, not even the sun. During the next [...]
Death In June return with their first new studio album in over three years including 13 tracks for fans, followers and the uninitiated : A true legend in the alternative / neo-folk scene "The Rule Of Thirds" is presented in an embossed 'softpack' complete with 16 page lyric booklet.
Tracklisting: 01. The Glass Coffin
02. Forever Loves Decay 03. Jesus, Junk And The Jurisdiction
04. Idolatry
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Are you as fed up with anyone comparing this presidential campaign to anything that took place in the 1960s as I am?Are you also tired of our corporate media using the spat over what Hillary Clinton supposedly said about needing a president to enact civil rights legislation, or words to that effect (here), and subsequently running with that to ever-more-absurd dimensions?Good. Then allow me to bring some highlights (?) to you for our amusement more than anything else.A week ago, we had David Brooks of the New York Times trying to create the following faux equivalency in another attempt to demonize the Clintons (though Bill set himself up for that treatment a bit – here)…The (Sen. Ted and Caroline) Kennedy endorsements (of Barack Obama) will help among working-class Democrats, Catholics and the millions of Americans who have followed Caroline’s path to maturity. Furthermore, here was Senator Kennedy, the consummate legislative craftsman, vouching for the fact that Obama is ready t
The results are in: The New York Medical Examiner's Office has announced that Heath Ledger's surprise death on Jan. 22 was the result of an accidental overdose of potent prescription drugs."Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam and doxylamine," medical examiner spokesperson Ellen Borakove said."We have concluded that the manner of death is accident, resulting from the abuse of prescription medications."Although the coroner's office did not reveal the drug levels in Ledger's system, the actor's family, through father Kim Ledger, released a statement indicating that there were only therapeutic amounts present."While no medications were taken in excess, we learned today the combination of doctor-prescribed drugs proved lethal for our boy," the family statement said. "Heath's accidental death serves as a caution to the hidden dangers of combining prescription medication, even at low dosag
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More than two weeks after the sudden and sad death of Heath Ledger the New York Medical Examiner’s office has released the following statement, “Mr. Heath Ledger died as the result of acute intoxication by the combined effects of oxycodone, hydrocodone, diazepam, temazepam, alprazolam, and doxylamine,” the office said in a statement.
“We have concluded that [...]
US release date: April 4
After months of either inaccurate or contradictory information, it seems Daniel Waters’ black comedy will eventually be released in the USA. Source: Rope of Silicon. Trailer: ropeofsilicon.com.
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Shell Kepler was one of 250 young actresses who auditioned for the role of Amy Vining on General Hospital. Shell stood out in the crowd, however, and-after a week of intense anxiety and nail-biting waiting to see if she got the part-she signed on as a regular GH cast member. She’s been a satisfied soaperstar [...]
BEIJING (Reuters) - A Chinese court on Monday upheld the death penalty for a company chairman convicted of conning investors out of 3 billion yuan ($417 million) in a bogus scheme to breed ants to make aphrodisiacs, state media said. Liaoning Provincial Higher People's Court upheld the judgment against Wang Zhendong, board chairman of Yingkou Donghua Trading (Group) Co. in northeastern Liaoning province. Wang was sentenced to death last February while 15 company managers were jailed for between five and 10 years by the Yingkou Intermediate People's Court. "Wang promised returns of 35 to 60 percent for the fictitious project" under the name of Donghua Zoology Culturing Co. Ltd. and Donghua Spirit Co. Ltd. between 2002 and 2005, Xinhua news agency said. The ants were to be used for making liquor, herbal remedies and aphrodisiacs. More than 10,000 investors signed contracts with the company before the case was investigated in June 2005. "Wang, however, continued to sw
Nine days after Heath Ledger was found dead at his New York apartment, Oscar-nominated actress Michelle Williams has issued her first public statement regarding the tragic death of her ex-fiance, pleading with fans and journalists to honor her need for privacy.
"Please respect our need to grieve privately," Williams said in a statement released Friday by her spokesperson, who also represented
Following the violent death of a Moroccan teenager in Cologne, hundreds of immigrants have taken to the streets in nightly demonstratins to protest what they regard as continued evidence to be a Muslim in Germany is to be classified as a second-clas citizen. Muslim protestors interpret the death of Salih as a German attack on [...]
By Kent I believe in life after death. So do you. The death of once living animals and plants nourish us. That is why we eat. When plants and animals are eaten, they are transmuted into whatever life form consumes them. Even when flora and fauna are not eaten, their decomposition returns nutrients to the soil or sea. These nutrients are eventually taken up by some form of life and reincarnated. This is the way of the world. Living things die so that other living things may live. Life follows death. I don’t, however, believe individual consciousness transcends death. How could it? Consciousness depends on, and cannot be separated out from, our biological living bodies. Yes, our sense of self –which is as close as I can get to understanding what people mean by the word soul– usually endures throughout our lifetime. It survives sleep and periods of unconsciousness. But it is always affixed to our bodies. There is no way for our sense of self to continue on
Jean-Claude Van Damme stars in this bone-chilling, Dark action-packed thriller as Anthony Stowe, a down-and-out detective addicted to heroine whose days always seem to go from bad to worse. Lowe is coming off of a drug deal, in which two officers were killed, and the primary villain, the drugs, the money and the surveillance tapes are still at large. He is also dealing with his wife, who has just informed him that she is pregnant - but the child is not his. After a gunfight in which Stowe comes very close to death, After being severely wounded and losing all will to live, His body gives up and falls into a coma. After an inner battle with himself, He gains again the spirit to live again. While on the road to recovery, Stowe finds himself in a very personal battle to make amends with his kidnapped wife and to take revenge on his assailant once and for all.Download :Link1Link2Link3Link4Link5Link6Link7Link8
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President George W. Bush postponed an event on Wednesday to promote an advertising campaign on preventing prescription drug abuse after actor Heath Ledger's death from a possible drug overdose, the White House said. "We felt it would be better not to hold the event today given the tragedy of yesterday's passing of the beloved actor," White House spokeswoman Dana Perino said. "We did not want anyone to think we were trying to link into that story in any way," she said. Bush had been scheduled to talk in the morning about the Office of National Drug Control Policy's television advertising campaign on preventing prescription drug abuse. Ledger, 28, who was nominated for an Oscar for "Brokeback Mountain," was found dead in his Manhattan apartment on Tuesday and police were investigating the possibility of a drug overdose.
If you ever want a really good pedicure, go to a very upscale spa in your area. They are much cleaner than the usual cheesy nail place around the corner.You know the place. A land where quick dry only costs a dollar and somehow you leave paying $70 dollars when you only intended to spend 10. You gotta watch out for these people. Most of them speak no English and barely sanitize the cuticle cutters. Once my mother told me she saw someone folding the dirty wet towels used to wipe feet of and putting them back in the "hot towel cabbie". Lovely.I too used to go to these places until I got the warts (on my feet). If you have ever gotten warts on your feet you know how painful they can be. I got 18 on one foot and 5 on the other. It was an infestation that took more than 6 months to resolve.Now at the time I was in sales in NYC and had to look the part. Everyday I was wearing stiletto's and a suit to work. I just could not get through the day without my Isabella Fiore's. So in attempt to ret
The gates of Hell have yawned open for one evil FOX News host.All right, so "evil FOX News host" is redundant...The man I'm talking about is John Gibson. Yesterday on his radio show, Gibson, in an apparent attempt at seeming hip, took it upon himself to make light of the death of Heath Ledger. Gibson played a clip of Ledger's line from Brokeback Mountain, "I wish I knew how to quit you," then quipped, "Well, he found out how to quit you."Hilarious.Gibson then went on a tirade against Ledger, calling him a "weirdo," and ripping the 28-year-old actor for his apparent death obsession (I guess Gibson has never experienced a black thought in his entire life - sure he hasn't). Gibson then played another clip from Brokeback, when Ledger's character Ennis says "We're dead" while talking to Jack Twist (Jake Gyllenhaal) about the possible dire consequences of their continuing their relationship. Gibson follows Ledger's "We're dead" with his own mocking "We're dead," then goes on to insist
WCBS in New York is reporting that possible evidence of illegal drugs was found in the apartment where Heath Ledger died. Sources say police found a $20 bill with drug residue on it and packets containing an "unknown substance." Additionally, the police discovered bottles of Valium and Zoloft to go with the Ambien Ledger was known to be taking for his insomnia.We will not know for sure what was in Ledger's system until the toxicology reports come back. However, if he was mixing all those drugs...well, it might not have been a deliberate suicide, but he was flirting with death nevertheless.(source)Update: Law enforcement now says the rolled $20 bill found in Ledger's apartment did not contain drug residue.(source)
Sayed Parwez Kaambakhsh, age 23, was sentenced to death on Tuesday by a three-judge panel in the northern Afghanistan city of Mazar i-Sharif for distributing a report he downloaded from the Internet that came from journalism students at Baikh University. The article said men and women should be equal under Islam and asked why men [...]
WCBS in New York is reporting that possible evidence of illegal drugs was found in the apartment where Heath Ledger died. Sources say police found a $20 bill with drug residue on it and packets containing an "unknown substance." Additionally, the police discovered bottles of Valium and Zoloft to go with the Ambien he was known to be taking for his insomnia.We will not know for sure what was in Ledger's system until the toxicology reports come back. However, if he was mixing all those drugs...well, it might not have been a deliberate suicide, but he was flirting with death nevertheless.(source)
WCBS in New York is reporting that illegal drugs were found in the apartment where Heath Ledger died. Sources say police found a $20 bill with drug residue on it and packets containing an "unknown substance." Additionally, the police discovered bottles of Valium and Zoloft to go with the Ambien he was known to be taking for his insomnia.We will not know for sure what was in Ledger's system until the toxicology reports come back. However, if he was mixing all those drugs...well, it might not have been a deliberate suicide, but he was flirting with death nevertheless.(source)
I very much surprised sad to hear about it. He was great actor a handsome man. He was so talented and a great heart. I will not talk about the death or comment about the gossip. What I will talk about is that he did some great acting in films. I feel bad for his daughter she will have to grow up without a father in her life. Death does happen it is not a pleasant thing ever especially him being so young. He is in heaven in paradise. - Movies Heath Ledger
A court in Afghanistan's Balkh Province has sentenced a journalist to death for distributing "blasphemous" material. Twenty-three-year-old Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh, who was arrested in 2007 for downloading material from the internet relating to the role of women in Islamic societies, has confessed to the charge of blasphemy, and therefore, had to be punished. The court said that it would not entertain any protests against the death sentence on Kambakhsh. Kambakhsh, a student at Balkh University and a journalist for Jahan-e Naw (New World), was arrested in October 2007 after material he downloaded was deemed to be offensive to Islam. (ANI)
LIMA, Ohio — The death of Tarika Wilson during a drug raid has left tensions here simmering between minorities and police.
Wilson, 26, was fatally shot and her 1-year-old son was injured when SWAT officers burst into her home looking for her boyfriend. The officer is white, the victim is black.
Black clergy leaders are nervously waiting [...]
Here are my reviews of two Harlequin Blaze titles I read on my ebook reader on my way to and from Portugal. They're quite different in tone and plot, and each have their strong and weak points, but what struck me the most was how overpoweringly gimmicky they felt.TITLE: Underneath It AllAUTHOR: Lori BorrillCOPYRIGHT: 2007PAGES: 256PUBLISHER: Harlequin Blaze SETTING: ContemporaryTYPE: Series RomanceSERIES: Part of the "Million Dollar Secrets" continuityREASON FOR READING: The review at AAR made it sound interesting.TV producer Nicole Reavis intends to use her millions to sort out a top secret personal hiccup. In the meantime, her show must go on. And Nicole has to entice mega-rich Devon Bradshaw to appear as one of Atlanta's sexiest eligible bachelors. But will he bite? Devon's biting if it means spending more time with beautiful blue-eyed Nicole. But when he discovers that, underneath it all, they've got more in common than six-figure finances and shocking family revelations, he's de
Suzanne Pleshette (January 31, 1937 - January 19, 2008) was an American actress, primarily known for her character roles. Pleshette was best known for her role as Bob Newhart’s wife, Emily Hartley, on The Bob Newhart Show in the 1970s. She later guest-starred as Katey Sagal’s mother, Laura Egan, on 8 Simple Rules, in the [...]
An executive of a collapsed subprime mortgage lender jumped to his death from a bridge Friday.
And in related news, check Jim Cramer’s latest, greatest rant, this one about “doomed financials,” an asleep at the wheel regulatory system, and companies with financial reports that are “fiction.” He says nobody reports this stuff because they all play [...]
CIA Diector Michael Hayden claimed there was proof the killing of Benazir Bhutto was committed by agents of al-Qaeda. “You’ve got this nexus now,” he said, “that probably was always there in latency, but is now active: a nexus between Al-Qaeda and various extremist and separatist groups.” Many people in Pakistan argue the Musharraf government [...]
According to a new study, modification of the immune system of a patient with heart failure, cuts down the risk of the patient’s death and the need for hospitalisation. The study, led by Dr. Guillermo Torre-Amione, cardiologist at the Methodist DeBakey Heart Centre in Houston, stated that immune modulation therapy could provide a new way of treatment for patients with heart failure. “Immune modulation therapy could provide physicians with a new way of treating large numbers of patients with heart failure,” said Torre. The activation of the immune system in patients with systolic heart failure boosts the concentration of molecules, which can injure the heart in a way that leads to heart failure. The finding reveals that modification of this immune response is an appealing potential therapy for many patients with heart failure. The technique involves intentionally damaging some of the patient’s blood cells to trick the body in
When I was a kid we didn’t have a TV in the house. I did a lot of reading (every Spiderman comic book, among other middle-to-low brow stuff) which occasionally included the shiny set of Encyclopedia Americana (we couldn’t afford the Britannica model). One of my favorite items featured Bobby Fischer, [...]
As the search for Corporal Cesar Armando Laurean widens to Mexico, police authorities say Laurean's wife knew about the death of pregnant Marine Maria Lauterbach. Police have issued an arrest warrant for Laurean on murder charges for Lauterbach's death. He is also being sought on a federal warrant charging him with unlawful flight to avoid prosecution.Police detectives said the wife of Corporal Cesar Armando Laurean admitted to knowing about the death of Maria Lauterbach the day before he fled from authorities. Christina Laurean, who is also a Marine, told police that Lauterbach had come to the couple's home on December 15th demanding money, according to court documents released on Thursday.According to his wife, Laurean accompanied Lauterbach to purchase a bus ticket for her to El Paso, TX. Laurean told his wife that he and Lauterbach then returned to the couple's home. After an argument, Laurean claimed Lauterbach killed herself by cutting her throat with a knife. The suspect's wife
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Actor Brad Renfro, whose career began promisingly with a childhood role in "The Client" but rapidly faded as he struggled with drugs and alcohol, was found dead Tuesday in his home. He was 25.
Death Valley Scotty started construction on his 2 million dollar castle in 1922. His wife Bessie had the idea to build the castle for vacations and a winter home. Today the National Park Service owns the castle gives guided tours of the property in death Valley. The Scotty's Castle Visitor Center and Museum is currently open year-round, and approximately 100,000 people tour the villa each year. During the summer, the Park Service offers tours of the house approximately hourly between 9:30 AM and 4:00 PM, and four underground tours scattered throughout the day. During the rest of the year, the Park Service offers house tours more frequently, usually every 10 minutes throughout the day between 9:30 AM and 5:00 PM, and also offers underground tours more frequently.View Larger Map
Growing up in Great Britain, seventeen year old Shafilea Ahmed, loved her life at school, enjoyed being with boys and girls from all backgrounds, and wanted to continue her education and go on to the university. her desires clashed with those of father and mother who insisted she act as the first born girl and [...]
Everest conqueror Sir Edmund Hillary wanted his fight against the impacts of global warming and tourism on the mountain to continue even after his death, says a former companion. George Band, who is currently the chairman of the Sir Edmund Hillary Himalayan Trust, was the youngest member of the British-organised expedition on which Hillary and Tenzing Norgay become the first people to scale Everest on 29 May 1953. "Ed (Hillary) saw what he and Tenzing achieved by climbing Everest as the beginning of his work, not the end. He led a life dedicated to public service and much of that was to preserve Everest and help continued from page three the people who rely on it for their existence. He was a nice chap who was nonetheless very driven,” the Independent quoted him as saying. "I am sure he would like that work to continue and it will. In many ways we have been successful in helping the Sherpas to improve their lives. He knew that the retreat of
For the “crime” of filming a confrontation by police with villagers.
The killing has sparked outrage in China, with thousands expressing outrage in Chinese Internet chat rooms, often the only outlet for public criticism of the government.
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Sir Michael Grade tries his best to talk up ITV, but he must know his service on the brink of doom. For several years, TV advertising has struggled. Indeed, six months ago I wrote about how television advertising was hard to come by. ITV, in it's interim report, says that there has been a slight increase in advertising revenues to 2006 levels. What it doesn't say, of course, is that these are far from the hay-days of TV advertising income levels. In our house, we don't watch any TV adverts; we use Sky Plus to record everything, then if it is on commercial TV we just zip through the ads until we get back to the programme. For people under the age of 25 things are even simpler. Most people aged 25 or less in the USA watch TV on their laptop, using software that deletes adverts automatically.The thing is, people dislike advertising on TV because it interrupts them. The idea from commercial television advertising folk that we love adverts is patent nonsense. If we want to make a cup of tea
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