July 2011
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Amy Winehouse Dead: Singer Found Dead At London...
Troubled, Grammy-winning singer Amy Winehouse has been found dead in her North London home,Sky News is reporting. The Daily Mailreports that police have confirmed the passing.
In a statement, theLondon Metropolitan Police said, “Police were called by London Ambulance Service to an address in Camden Square NW1 shortly before 16.05hrs today, Saturday 23 July, following reports of a woman...
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Norway Attack: Island Survivors On Their 2-Hour...
OSLO, Norway — When the blond man in the police uniform started firing his assault rifle, many of the youths couldn’t believe it was real. It had to be a sick prank. Something this crazy could never happen in quiet, sensible Norway.
Then terror flared in the eyes of friends with a better view: of teens and young adults crumpling to the ground, blood streaming from point-blank bullet...
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Photos And Posted Them On Victims' Facebook Page.
Joseph Bernard Campbell has agreed to plead guilty to federal charges of cyberstalking and unauthorized access to a computer after he stole naked pictures of women and posted the images on their Facebook pages.
The Florida man was charged with hacking into the email accounts of 19 different women, stealing nude or semi-nude photos and then hacking their Facebook pages to post the photos as...
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Singer Monica Marries Husband -- Again!
So nice, she married him twice! Singer Monica and her husband, L.A. Lakers shooting guard Shannon Brown, were married for the second time on Saturday, PEOPLE confirms, and this time around their friends and families were there to help celebrate. The couple, who have been together since 2010, were secretly married in November, but they decided to profess their love for each other in front of...
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India Train Accident Leaves At Least 31 Dead, 100...
FATEHPUR, India — Rescuers searched through the wreckage of a packed express for people trapped inside after it derailed in northern India on Sunday, killing at least 31 and injuring 100 others, officials said.
The Kalka Mail train was on its way to Kalka, in the foothills of the Himalayas, from Howrah, a station near Kolkata in eastern India, when 12 coaches and the engine jumped the...
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Chris Brown Lands Role in Steve Harvey Film.
Chris Brown has been tapped to appear in a new romantic comedy. The film, ‘Think Like a Man,’ is based on comedian-TV personality Steve Harvey’s bestselling 2009 self-help book, ‘Act Like a Lady, Think Like a Man,’ and follows “four interconnected and diverse friends [who] have their love lives shaken up after the women they are pursuing buy Steve...
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'DWTS' Champion Hines Ward Busted for DUI.
‘Dancing With the Stars’ champion and Pittsburgh Steelers wide receiver Hines Ward was busted for driving under the influence early Saturday morning. According to TMZ, Ward was arrested in Dekalb County, Georgia — not too far from his home in Sandy Springs. He was held on $1,000 bond, which he paid, and has since been released. No other details were immediately available. Ward...
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Japan Earthquake: Powerful Quake Strikes Off...
A powerful earthquake struck off Japan’s northeastern coast on Sunday. Tsunami advisories were issued following the Japan earthquake, Tokyo Breaking News reported. The alert was later lifted.
According to Reuters, Fukushima nuclear plant workers evacuated to higher ground following the earthquake, with no immediate reports of injuries or damage. Tokyo Electric Power said that there did...
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Zetas And Other Gang Fighting In Mexico Results In...
MEXICO CITY — Fighting among the Zetas gang and other vicious drug cartels led to the deaths of more than 40 people whose bodies were found in three Mexican cities over a 24-hour span, a government official said Saturday.
At least 20 people were killed and five injured when gunmen opened fire in a bar late Friday in the northern city of Monterrey, where the gang is fighting its former...
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Are Whitney Houston and Tyrese Gibson Dating?
Whitney Houston, 47, has been known to scoop men half her age. Ray J, 30, comes to mind when thinking of her romantic love interests, but now there’s a new boy toy the troubled superstar is being linked to: Tyrese Gibson. According to the National Enquirer, the ‘I Will Always Love You’ performer is dating the 32-year-old crooner-turned-actor. Houston reportedly met the...
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Wisconsin Concealed Carry Gun Law Signed By...
ROTHSCHILD, Wis. — Wisconsin has become the 49th state to legalize the carrying of concealed weapons.
Gov. Scott Walker signed a bill Friday removing the state’s ban. Except for a few minor aspects, the bulk of the law goes into effect in November.
Gun supporters say legalizing concealed carry in Wisconsin has been long overdue. Opponents argue that it won’t curb crime and will put...
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South Sudan Becomes World's Newest Nation.
JUBA, South Sudan — South Sudan became the world’s newest nation early Saturday, officially breaking away from Sudan after two civil wars over five decades that cost the lives of at least 2 million people.
Residents of the new nation – the Republic of South Sudan – danced in the streets, banged on jerry cans and chanted the name of the world’s newest president, Salva Kiir.
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WatchSpace Shuttle Atlantis Launch: LIVE VIDEO Of Final NASA Flight.
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Betty Ford Dies: Former First Lady Dead At Age 93.
LOS ANGELES — Betty Ford, the former first lady whose triumph over drug and alcohol addiction became a beacon of hope for addicts and the inspiration for her Betty Ford Center in California, died at age 93, a family friend said late Friday.
Her death Friday was confirmed to The Associated Press by Marty Allen, chairman emeritus of the Ford Foundation. Family spokeswoman Barbara...
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Harry Smith Moves from CBS to NBC, USA Fans Can...
After 24 years at CBS News, Harry Smith is saying goodbye to the network. According to TV Guide, Smith is heading to rival broadcaster NBC to launch a new primetime newsmagazine with ‘NBC Nightly News’ anchor Brian Williams. Smith began working at CBS in 1987, and most recently co-anchored ‘The Early Show’ and ‘CBS This Morning.’ He has also contributed to...
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Charles Novak, Maryland Man, Gets 10 Years For...
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — A Maryland man has pleaded guilty to breaking into homes and secretly recording videos of hundreds of unsuspecting nude women.
Thirty-five-year-old Charles Novak of Crofton was sentenced to 10 years in jail Wednesday in Anne Arundel County Circuit Court for burglary and other charges. He was also ordered to register as a sex offender.
Novak was arrested in December after...
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Bow Wow Admits He Has a Daughter in Letter to...
Bow Wow has revealed news he is now a father. The 24-year-old rapper-turned-film star opened up about his child in a letter to fans, which he posted on his official website. The ‘Madea’s Big Happy Family’ actor expressed the joy felt over finally being able to share the news with his loyal supporters. “…God gave me the illest gift of my life,” Bow Wow wrote....
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Armen Gilliam dies from heart attack while playing...
Former NBA and UNLV forward Armen Gilliam died Tuesday night of a heart attack at the age of 47, Pittsburgh’s WTAE.
Gilliam suffered the heart attack while playing basketball at a gym in Collier Township near Pittsburgh, according to the report. He was later pronounced dead upon arriving at St. Clair Hospital.
The Phoenix Suns selected Gilliam with the No. 2 overall pick in the 1987 NBA Draft....
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Picasso Drawing Stolen: 'Tete de Femme' Snatched...
SAN FRANCISCO — Police are on the hunt for a man who walked into a San Francisco art gallery, grabbed a valuable pencil drawing by Pablo Picasso off the wall and fled in a waiting taxicab.
Police on Tuesday said the drawing, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars, was taken from the Weinstein Gallery near Union Square.
The gallery says Picasso created the one-of-a-kind drawing titled...
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Duran Duran Cancel Entire Tour.
As Spinner previously reported, Duran Duran were riding high on the comeback wave when singer Simon Le Bon began suffering throat problems in May. The band subsequently canceled the rest of their UK tour after Le Bon’s vocal condition worsened.
“I know how difficult this has been for all of the fans,” Le Bon said on the band’s website. “As we’ve been...
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Yellowstone Grizzly Bear Kills Hiker; National...
A grizzly bear killed a 57-year-old man hiking in Yellowstone National Park with his wife Wednesday. It’s the first fatal bear mauling in the park since 1986, the AP reports.
Remote campgrounds and trails near the scene of the attack, close to Canyon village in the middle of Yellowstone National Park, have been closed following the tragic incident.
The mauling comes a week after...
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Rep. Tim Scott Floats Impeachment If Obama Invokes...
WASHINGTON — While some have asserted that the debt limit might be unconstitutional under the 14th Amendment, and therefore President Obama does not need congressional approval to raise it, Republicans have been quick to express skepticism over the idea. On Tuesday, a Republican congressman went a step further, saying that if Obama were to use that argument to bypass Congress on the issue,...
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Brothers, 3 And 4, Found Dead In Car In Wisconsin.
MADISON, Wis. — The dead bodies of 3- and 4-year-old Wisconsin brothers were found in a parked car early Wednesday morning and the boyfriend of the children’s mother was arrested, Madison police said.
The children’s names have not been released and a cause of death has not been determined pending autopsies, said police spokesman Joel DeSpain. He said investigators are treating...
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Sydney Woman's Remains Found Years After Death.
SYDNEY — When an elderly Australian woman apparently vanished from view eight years ago, no one bothered to call the police. Not her relatives, her neighbors, or government officials, who kept paying her welfare benefits into a bank account that sat untouched.
New South Wales state police said Wednesday that they discovered the woman’s skeletal remains on the floor of her Sydney home on...
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One-Punch Murder: John Massie Arrested After...
Las Vegas — Police say a racial comment in a Las Vegas Strip casino restroom preceded a single fatal punch that left a Utah man dead and a 37-year-old Florida man jailed on a murder charge.
A Las Vegas police report identifies the man killed in the 12:45 a.m. Wednesday confrontation as John Massie. The report doesn’t provide Massie’s age or hometown.
Benjamin Gerard Hawkins...
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Ghulam Nabi Azad, India Health Minister, Calls...
NEW DELHI — India’s health minister has derided homosexuality as an unnatural “disease” from the West, drawing outrage Tuesday from activists who said the comments set back the country’s campaign for gay rights and its fight against HIV.
The comments Monday by Health Minister Ghulam Nabi Azad at a conference on HIV/AIDS in the Indian capital echoed a common refrain...
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Motorcyclist Dies On Ride Protesting Helmet Law In...
ONONDAGA, N.Y. — Police say a motorcyclist participating in a protest ride against helmet laws in upstate New York died after he flipped over the bike’s handlebars and hit his head on the pavement.
The accident happened Saturday afternoon in the town of Onondaga, in central New York near Syracuse.
State troopers tell The Post-Standard of Syracuse that 55-year-old Philip A. Contos...
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Nicki Minaj Mourns Murdered Cousin.
It’s a sad day for Nicki Minaj and her family. The rapper’s cousin, Nicholas Telemaque, was murdered in Brooklyn, New York, on Monday and the ‘Super Bass’ singer took to Twitter to express her devastation. “Lived in Brooklyn his whole life. My precious cousin. My baby. Killed last nite,” Minaj wrote on Twitter. According to MTV News, police responded to a call...
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Casey Anthony Trial Verdict: NOT GUILTY Of...
After 33 days of testimony, 400 pieces of evidence and more than 90 witnesses, the jury in the Casey Anthony case has reached a verdict.
After just a day of deliberation, jurors informed the court at midday that they had reached a decision, and both sides in the case were ordered to assemble in the courtroom.
Anthony has been found not guilty of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee. She was...
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Ronald Reagan Statue Unveiled At American Embassy...
LONDON — Ronald Reagan was hailed as “a great American hero” Monday as his admirers unveiled a 10-foot-tall (3-meter-tall) statue of the former U.S. president near the American embassy in London.
Condoleezza Rice, national security adviser and secretary of state in President George W. Bush’s administration, joined British Foreign Secretary William Hague at the morning...
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Grand Rapids Shooting: Suspect In Michigan Rampage...
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. — A gunman opened fire in two Michigan homes Thursday, killing seven people before leading police on a high-speed chase through downtown Grand Rapids and taking three hostages. The standoff ended when he killed himself with a gunshot to the head, authorities said.
The hostages were released unharmed.
Authorities did not have a motive for the suspect, 34-year-old...
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Tom Brady ranks Peyton Manning as 'greatest of all...
Tom Brady might be No. 1 in the eyes of his peers, but the three-time Super Bowl winning quarterback ranks Peyton Manning as the greatest of all time.
The NFL Network concluded its Top 100 countdown Sunday night, and to no one’s surprise, Brady was voted the best player of 2011.
“To me, he’s the greatest of all time,” Brady told the NFL Network after the unveiling, referring to Manning.
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No preseason could mean $800 million in losses for...
The NFL could suffer losses of up to $800 million if the owners’ lockout extends into the preseason, according to ProFootballTalk.com.
The website cited a tweet by NFL spokesman Greg Aiello, who said that about $200 million is generated during each of the four weeks of exhibition games. That money helps fund the league’s salary cap and players’ regular-season game checks.
PFT...
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At least 6 missing after boat capsizes off Mexico.
MEXICO CITY — At least six people were missing after a tourist fishing boat capsized and sank in the Sea of Cortez off Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, a U.S. Coast Guard spokeswoman reported Monday.
The Erik, a 100-foot (32-meter) fishing tourist boat, had 44 people aboard, including 27 Americans, when it capsized around 2:30 a.m. Sunday, Coast Guard Petty Officer Pamela Boehland said...
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Fox News Politics Twitter Account Hacked?
Was the Fox News Politics Twitter account (@foxnewspolitics) hacked?
Unusual activity on the news division’s account seemed to suggest as much late on Sunday night.
The account’s icon had been changed from the Fox News Politics logo and featured the following new description: “H4CK3D BY TH3 5CR1PT K1DD3S.”
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2 Shot Dead, 3 Injured in Surburban Philly Home.
GILBERTSVILLE, Pa. — A shooting at a rural home in suburban Philadelphia killed a 2-year-old boy and a man from Massachusetts and critically injured three other people, authorities said Sunday.
Police were called late Saturday to the residence in Douglass Township in Montgomery County, about 30 miles northwest of Philadelphia.
First Assistant District Attorney Kevin R. Steele identified the...
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2000 Posts and still posting.
2000 posts and still posting thanks to everyone.
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Double Trouble Is Quite Enough for Mariah Carey --...
“It was an intense pregnancy to carry twins around. She was a trooper … I do [want more children], Mariah doesn’t! She was like, ‘That’s it, I’m done! Two at once!’” — Nick Cannon Superstar singer Mariah Carey has made it quite clear that newborn twins Monroe and Moroccan (and husband Nick Cannon, of course!) are all the family she needs. Her...
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Beyonce Surprises Young Fans at Harlem Target.
Beyonce shocked a crowd of unexpected young fans at a Target store in East Harlem, New York City yesterday (June 30). Kids from the local Boys & Girls Club of America performed a choreographed sequence to Beyonce’s ‘4’ song ‘Countdown’ at the Target store in celebration of the store’s one year anniversary and the release of the Target exclusive deluxe...
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Treasure Worth 'Billions' Found In Hindu Temple In...
A Hindu temple in southern India seems to have delivered the motherlode.
Archeologists have reportedly uncovered over $11 billion in treasure at Sree Padmanabhaswamy Temple, according to AFP. The treasure has been found in at least 5 vaults.
The temple, which is typically known for its statues, is located in the Kerala state, near the Southern tip of the country. MSNBC reports that the...
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'All My Children' Gets September 23 Finale.
Friday, Sept. 23 will go down in history for soap fans, but maybe not for the right reasons — that’s the day ‘All My Children’ will end its historic run. ABC has confirmed the finale date. Better start saying your goodbyes to Erica Kane and the rest of Pine Valley because food and lifestyle program ‘The Chew,’ ABC’s replacement for ‘All My...
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Comedy Central to Roast Charlie Sheen.
Prepare yourself for another barrage of tiger blood and winning jokes — Comedy Central announced this morning that its newest roast target is none other than the bitchin’ rock star from Mars himself, Charlie Sheen.
The ‘Comedy Central Roast of Charlie Sheen’ will tape in Los Angeles on Sat., Sept. 10, and will air on Comedy Central on Mon., Sept. 19 at 10PM ET, the...
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Lauren Spierer's Parents Appeal To Her Friends.
Lauren Spierer’s parents made a plea for information at a Friday press conference in Bloomington, Indiana. They urged their daughter’s friends to come forward with any possible information about her disappearance.
People Magazine has more:
“We are appealing to the parents of the children who may have first hand or second hand knowledge of what happened to Lauren,” Rob...
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Seattle Man Charged In 1957 Murder Of 7-Year-Old...
SEATTLE — An unused, unstamped train ticket helped lead to charges against a Seattle man in the abduction and killing of a 7-year-old Illinois girl in 1957.
Prosecutors in northern Illinois’ DeKalb County charged Jack Daniel McCullough, 71, on Friday with murdering Maria Ridulph, who was last seen playing with a friend near her home in Sycamore, about 50 miles west of Chicago. Mushroom...
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Kansas Abortion Law Blocked By Federal Judge.
KANSAS CITY, Kan. — A federal judge has temporarily blocked Kansas from enforcing new rules for its abortion providers.
U.S. District Judge Carlos Murguia (Mer-GHEE’-uh) issued an order Friday after a hearing in a lawsuit against a new Kansas licensing law and regulations issued by the state health department. The law and regulations took effect Friday.
Murguia’s order...
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Congo Rapes: At Least 121 Women Assaulted By...
GENEVA (Reuters) - U.N. human rights investigators have confirmed that at least 121 women were raped by Congolese troops who attacked and looted villages in the lawless east last month, a United Nations spokesman said on Friday.
The mass rapes were reported to the team in interviews with victims, police and medical personnel, he said.
“(U.N. human rights staff) in the Democratic Republic...
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Marciene Sullivan, Boulder, Colo. Man, Sentenced...
Marciene Sullivan, 53, a Boulder, Colorado man, pleaded guilty to numerous child pornography and sexual assault charges, on Thursday. Sullivan was charged with four counts of sexual exploitation of a child and one count of sexual assault on a child for abuse and uploading of pornographic images to an Internet social network of a 7- or 8-year-old girl that was known to him over 18-months in...
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Chaka Khan Talks of Past Drug Addiction at Essence...
Chaka Khan arrived at this year’s Essence Film Festival Saturday (July 2) and opened up to fans about how her previous drug addiction paved the way for some of her most memorable songs. Taking to the main stage in the New Orleans Superdome after El Debarge, the 58-year-old not only treated fans to a high-energy performance but touched on her past drug addiction in the midst of her musical...
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Lack of ID causes problems for Deion Sanders Jr....
Deion Sanders Jr. shares the same name as his NFL Hall of Fame dad. And like his father, he’s even a gifted football player, starring at quarterback for Flower Mound (Texas) Marcus High.
But none of that helped him get a No. 5 combo at Chick-fil-A.
Sanders tried paying for a meal (so, maybe it wasn’t the No. 5, but that’s not that point) recently using his credit card, according to The Dallas...
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WatchNEW YORK (AP) — The mother of a 19-year-old Cornell University student who died during an alcohol-related fraternity hazing ritual has filed a wrongful-death lawsuit against the national fraternity.
Marie Lourdes Andre filed the lawsuit Monday in Brooklyn against the Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. The suit seeks at least $25 million in damages.
George Desdunes (dehz-DOONZ’) was...
