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Monthly Archive for December, 2008
Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum picture
“Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, ruler of the Gulf state, called off festivities yesterday in response to the violence in Gaza. He ordered “all public New Year’s celebrations” should be stopped “in solidarity with the Palestinian people, who are currently enduring death, suffering and destruction in Gaza”. ” [Link]
“Hundreds of Neapolitan women have pledged to go without sex unless their men promise to refrain from setting off dangerous illegal fireworks. Local authorities are backing the women and have sent out text messages urging the men to “make love, not explosions”. ” [Link]
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“Over $10,000 worth of sentimental jewelry was stolen from Queen Latifah ’s luxury villa in Tobago, the Caribbean island’s local newspaper reports. Tobago police told Trinidad and Tobago’s Newsday they believe a staff member of the $1,000-per-night Stone Haven Resort — where the Oscar-nominated star had been vacationing over Christmas — may have committed the crime.” [Link]
Caz Pal picture, Michael Phelps picture
“Olympic swimming ace Michael Phelps, drawing a crowd Monday while playing poker with some big boys at the Palms. He showed up at Lavo (Palazzo)Tuesday with girlfriend Carolynn “Caz” Pal, the Moon cocktail server. Earlier this month, Phelps told Kelly Ripa on “Regis & Kelly” that he was “single” when she asked whether he was dating.” [Link]
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“Tiffany Shepherd, 30, was released from the jail about 5 p.m. Monday after posting $1,500 on her $15,000 bail. According to a Fort Pierce Police Department report, Shepherd was arrested Sunday on a warrant claiming that in late November, she left several text and voice mail messages on the cellphone of a 22-year-old woman now dating and living with the father of one of Shepherd’s children. Shepherd reportedly challenged the woman to a fight. According to the report, Shepherd has a restraining order against her former boyfriend.” [Link]
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“The researchers, from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, say they have unearthed 7600 dinosaur bones since March in Shandong province. Most of the bones date back to the late Cretaceous period which is around the time when dinosaurs became extinct. ” [Link]
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“Larry Fitzgerald — the star wide receiver for the Arizona Cardinals — has been ordered to stay away from his baby mama and his 11-month-old son after he allegedly knocked her around a room and pulled her hair out.” [Link]
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“Dillon was charged with excessive speed after he was pulled over by a trooper on Interstate 91 in Newbury on Tuesday night. The 44-year-old actor was allegedly traveling at a speed of 106 miles per hour. The posted speed limit is 65 miles per hour.” [Link]
Charles Barkley mugshot picture
“Charles Barkley was arrested on suspicion of drinking and driving early this morning. An officer with a law enforcement task force that targets drunken driving saw the former NBA star run a stop sign around 1:30 a.m., said Gilbert police Lt. Eric Shuhandler.” [Link]
“Customers say the 30 gigabyte version of the device is plagued by hardware issues. Blogs and bulletin boards noted that the digital music players get stuck on the Zune logo screen when loading. A message on the Zune support Web site acknowledged the problem and informed customers Microsoft was working to address it, but didn’t identify the cause.” [Link]
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“Janelle Bird, 28, a former East Hill Christian School and Escambia High School teacher, was convicted in July 2006 of unlawful sexual activity and committing lascivious acts with the teen.” [Link]
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“Robert E. Aragon, 55, is accused of felony injury to a child and second-degree murder, after two of his children tried to walk nearly 10 miles on their own through feet of snow and freezing temperatures on Christmas to see their mom. Aragon’s family says he’s a loving father who shouldn’t be in jail for the tragedy.” [Link]
“The SEC alleged that Creative Capital and its principal, George Theodule, launched a scheme as early as November 2007 urging investors to form investment clubs to funnel funds to Theodule and Creative Capital. The SEC alleged Theodule has lost at least $18 million trading stocks and options over the last year and that Creative Capital repaid early investors with money from later investors.” [Link]
“Harmony Films is extending a contract offer to Chinese Internet adult sensation “Kappa Girl” to further her career in the adult industry by shooting for the international award winning X-rated studio in the West. Kappa Girl, a Shanghai resident identified by her surname Huang in news reports, is featured in a 12 minute clip that catapulted her to the top of Chinese peer-to-peer download search queries.”
“The Multnomah County Sheriff’s Office said an 88-year-old woman fended off a naked intruder by grabbing the man’s crotch and squeezing. Deputy Paul McRedmond said the man got into the house Tuesday through a sliding door. He backed the woman into her living room and pushed her face down onto a chair.” [Link]
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Paris Hilton is in Melbourne Australia to host a New Years 2009 party
“The NFL announced on Tuesday that the 2010 Pro Bowl will move from Hawaii to Miami, at the site of Super Bowl XLIV. The annual all-star game will be played at Dolphin Stadium, a week before the league’s championship game.” [Link]
“Tian Wenhua, former board chairwoman and general manager of Sanlu Group Co., went on trial along with three other top executives in the scandal over infant formula contaminated with the industrial chemical melamine, the Xinhua News Agency said. Melamine, commonly used to make plastics and fertilizer, has been blamed for the deaths of at least six children and sickening nearly 300,000 others.” [Link]
“Media giant Viacom Inc. said its Nickelodeon, MTV, Comedy Central and 16 other channels will go dark on Time Warner Cable Inc. at 12:01 a.m. Thursday if a new carriage fee deal is not agreed upon by then.” [Link]
“Starting Jan. 1, the pharmaceutical industry has agreed to a voluntary moratorium on the kind of branded goodies — Viagra pens, Zoloft soap dispensers, Lipitor mugs — that were meant to foster good will and, some would say, encourage doctors to prescribe more of the drugs. No longer will Merck furnish doctors with purplish adhesive bandages advertising Gardasil, a vaccine against the human papillomavirus. Banished, too, are black T-shirts from Allergan adorned with rhinestones that spell out B-O-T-O-X. So are pens advertising the Sepracor sleep drug Lunesta, in whose barrel floats the brand’s mascot, a somnolent moth.” [Link]
“Hannah Weiss and Katie Moakler ridiculed Chevonne Ivors, eight, while chatting on the social networking site Facebook. Mum Nicola, 33, was also branded ‘evil and twisted’. In the exchange — visible on Weiss’s public ‘Wall’ — Moakler, 25, wrote: ‘When is it half term??? I am going INSANE. I feel sick, bloody chav mothers . . .’ ” [Link]
Whitney Port picture
“‘The Hills’ spinoff ‘The City,’ starring Whitney Port, averaged 1.6 million viewers at 10 p.m. — down 38% from last week’s ‘Hills’ finale. New competition series ‘Bromance,’ starring ‘Hills’ regular Brody Jenner, was lower — averaging 963,000 viewers. ” [Link]
