July 2011
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Cory Maye To Be Released From Prison.
MONTICELLO, Miss. — After 10 years of incarceration, and seven years after a jury sentenced him to die, 30-year-old Cory Maye will soon be going home. Mississippi Circuit Court Judge Prentiss Harrell signed a plea agreement Friday morning in which Maye pled guilty to manslaughter for the 2001 death of Prentiss, Mississippi, police officer Ron Jones, Jr.
Per the agreement, Harrell then...
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Ramazan Acar, Australian 'Facebook Killer,' Gets...
An Australian man dubbed the “Facebook killer” after posting he was “bout to kill ma kid” on the social media site before repeatedly stabbing his two-year-old daughter and leaving her to die has been sentenced to life in prison.
As the Newcastle Herald is reporting, Ramazan Acar, 24, repeatedly taunted his ex-partner, Rachelle D’Argent, on the night he killed their...
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Happy 4th of July.
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Amber Rose Denies Sending Photos to Nicki Minaj's...
Amber Rose has found herself wrapped up in yet another nude photo scandal, and this time it involves Nicki Minaj. The 27-year-old is being accused of sending nude photos to Minaj’s assistant and rumored boyfriend, Safaree. According to celebrity gossip site, MediaTakeout.com, an insider revealed that Rose leaked the photos — one of which shows the model wearing nothing but a pair of...
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Dominique Strauss-Kahn Freed Without Bail By...
NEW YORK — Former IMF leader Dominique Strauss-Kahn walked out of court without bail and free from house arrest Friday after prosecutors acknowledged there were questions about the credibility of the hotel housekeeper who accused him of sexual assault.
Strauss-Kahn had been confined for weeks to a ritzy Manhattan loft on $6 million in cash and bond. The charges, which include attempted...
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Owners, players can't reach deal, NBA lockout is...
NEW YORK —- Back in February 2009, union head Billy Hunter appeared on stage with commissioner David Stern. Hunter was asked, with the global economy in crisis, whether the two sides would begin talks on a new collective bargaining agreement ahead of schedule.
“Your question presupposes that David and I haven’t been talking,” Hunter answered. “Yeah, we have been. I can’t tell...
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Melvin L. Jackson Arrested For Allegedly Sexually...
There’s just no excuse for sexual , least of all necrophilia.
Tell that to Kansas City resident Melvin L. Jackson, who was arrested Wednesday for allegedly sexually assaulting an unconscious woman in broad daylight — then telling police, “I thought that lady was dead.”
The Kansas City Star reports that the victim told police she felt dizzy and lost consciousness. When...
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Sean 'Diddy' Combs Listing His N.J. Compound at...
Sean “Diddy” Combs may soon be watching the New Jersey Turnpike in his rear view mirror for good. The Harlem-born hip-hop mogul with a propensity for name-changing is listing his Alpine, N.J., Colonial-style home for sale at $13.5 million, says the N.Y. Post. It seems that Combs and baby mama Kim Porter prefer the West Coast. They bought a $5 million house in Los Angeles last...
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Which American Restaurant Chains Might Go Under?
TheStreet.com recently analyzed the Z-score (a formula that measures a company’s financial health through factors such as working capital, total assets, total liabilities, market capitalization, sales, retained earnings and earnings before interest and taxes) of several chain restaurants to forecast the chances of the companies going bankrupt in the next two years.
The article points out...
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President Obama's $1 Million Check: Chicago...
In 2008, many onlookers were surprised to see how quickly Barack Obama went from being a U.S. senator to the president of the United States. While some doubted that the newcomer with idealistic visions for the future could win the election, one Chicago woman placed her bets on the young politician years before.
Jermikko Shoshanna met Obama in 2003. Jermikko, an award-winning fashion designer...
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Chris Hansen Caught Cheating On Wife By Hidden...
Looks like the sting tactic that made Chris Hansen famous may have come back to bite him — big time.
The National Enquirer is reporting that they’ve caught the “To Catch A Predator” host cheating on his wife with Kristyn Caddell, a Florida NBC affiliate news reporter twenty one years his junior, with a hidden camera. Hansen is married with two children and lives in...
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Texas Drought Declared Natural Disaster.
Drought and wildfires have lead to the decision by the US Department of Agriculture to declare the entire state of Texas a natural disaster.
KCBD in Lubbock reports that in all, 213 counties in Texas have lost at least 30 percent of their crops or pasture.
The disaster declaration will allow farmers and ranchers to qualify for emergency loans at lower interest rates.
“This is a...
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Turtles Invade JFK Airport, Cause Flight Delays.
Turtles invaded the runway at JFK on Wednesday morning, delaying flights.JetBlue airlines tweeted at around 9:30am that there were flight delays as the runway was being cleared of turtles, saying: “JFK is experiencing delays as the airport clears turtles off the runway. #cantmakethisup (Check flight status at jetblue.com.).” Officials told the New York Post that, indeed, several...
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Is Fantasia Barrino Pregnant With Cheating...
Tabloid-prone ‘American Idol’ winner Fantasia Barrino was pictured sporting a baby bump while on vacation with her adulterous boyfriend, Antwuan Cook. Barrino made dramatic headlines last August, after she pounded a cocktail of sleeping pills and aspirin in an unsuccessful suicide attempt two weeks before her third album, ‘Back to Me,’ was released. The singer’s...
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Intercontinental Hotel Attack: NATO Helicopters...
KABUL, Afghanistan — The death toll in the attack on an international hotel in Kabul has risen to 10.
Kabul Police Chief Gen. Mohammad Ayub Salangi said Wednesday that 10 Afghan civilians – mostly hotel workers – died when heavily armed Taliban fighters stormed the Inter-Continental and fought security forces for more than four hours.
The attack started Tuesday night, on the eve of a...
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Performer on Tech N9ne's Tour Shot in Buttocks.
An opening performer on acclaimed indie hip-hop artist Tech N9ne’s All 6’s and 7’s tour was shot early Monday morning (June 27). The incident occurred hours after a performance in downtown Reno, Nevada’s Knitting Factory, in an alley outside of the venue. According to KOLO TV, the performer was shot in the buttocks after at least 16 rounds were fired in the Douglas Alley...
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Isayah Muller, Star Athlete, Killed After NY High...
NEW YORK — A high school football star was stabbed and later died just hours after his graduation Tuesday in a fight with Bronx parking attendants over whether something was stolen from his family’s car during the ceremony, police said.
Isayah Muller, 19, a star running back who led his team to the Public Schools Athletic League championship, was rushed to a nearby clinic by his...
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New Jersey Anti-Union Bill Approved, Governor...
TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey Senate has given final approval to a bill raising pension and health benefits costs to the state’s more than 500,000 government workers.
The Senate voted Monday to knock out a provision of the bill that would have restricted access to out-of-state health care.
The bill now goes to Republican Gov. Chris Christie, who has scheduled a bill signing...
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Christopher Vaughn Had Article On Staging Murder...
Christopher Vaughn stands accused of fatally shooting his wife and three children in the family’s SUV four years ago. His defense team argues that his wife shot their children before turning the gun on herself.
But as Will County, Illinois judge Daniel Rozak made evidence in the case public last Thursday, it appears the prosecution has some damning evidence to contradict that theory.
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Gabrielle Giffords Makes First Public Appearance...
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.) made her first public appearance since being wounded in a tragic shooting in Tucson, Arizona earlier this year in which numerous victims were hurt or had their lives taken, ABC News reports.
According to the outlet, Giffords attended a ceremony at Space Center Houston in Texas at which her husband astronaut Mark Kelly — who recently announced his...
