L.A.'s MTA playing shell games with taxpayer funds and other headlines
Leaders in L.A.'s South Bay are crying "foul" after discovering that the Los Angeles Metropolitan Transit Authority is going to take $100 million from road and highway projects in that area away, in order to close a funding gap on the proposed light-rail line from Crenshaw to LAX. MTA pulled a fast one, by shifting the LAX area into the South Bay in 2009 without allowing input on the change.
Rachel Jeantel finished her testimony in the murder trial of George Zimmerman, saying she could not explain what "wet grass" sounds like. She withstood a withering cross-examination by Zimmerman's attorney, but inconsistencies he raised in her various recollections of events could be problematic.
The Food Network, Target, WalMart, Caesar's, Home Depot, Smithfield Foods and Novo Nordisk have all dropped or suspended their business relationship with celebrity chef Paula Deen. One noted crisis manager says she may also have a target on her back, because of her claim on the Today show that she'd used the "n-word" only once in her life. If someone can prove that claim false, it could be the final straw in her financial empire's collapse.
Student loan interest rates will double next week because the Senate will not vote on a bill to extend the lower rates currently in effect until July 10th. However, a bill that keeps rates at present levels could be passed that would prevent the increase on a retroactive basis.
Former New England Patriots tight-end Aaron Hernandez is having another really bad day. His request to be released on bail was denied by a judge, one of his endorsement deals was terminated and police are now investigating his possible involvement in an earlier murder case. Bad week for him.
The Los Angeles Lakers will be the final team to meet with their center Dwight Howard after he becomes a free agent this coming Sunday night according to multiple sources. What he will do after that is anyone's guess and there is no scheduled time for that meeting just yet.
Governor Jerry Brown has signed the California state budget that will go into effect on Monday. It's still amazing to me to see a state budget signed before the deadline.
NBA star Gilbert Arenas was arrested after police discovered a large quantity of fireworks in his vehicle during a traffic stop.
In Texas, the husband and wife who are accused of murdering the DA and an assistant DA in Kaufman County are getting a jailhouse divorce.
10 year old Sarah Murnaghan had her breathing tube removed, but she struggled without it and doctors chose to re-intubate her. They said it doesn't change her long-term prognosis, it just means she needs more time to recover her strength so she can eventually breathe on her own.
A minor league baseball team in Pennsylvania has an interesting giveaway going on. It's an essay contest and the winner will receive a....funeral, all expenses paid up to $10,000.
The parents of an Indiana teen girl who disappeared two years ago are now suing the three men who were with her the night she disappeared.
A Texas man can no longer eat beef, lamb or pork after he contracted the alpha-gal allergy to meat from a tick bite. There is no cure. Doctors say the allergy may just go away, in a few years. He can't even kiss his wife if she's recently eaten meat.
A second Orange County woman has had valuable jewelry sold at a garage sale for a pittance and she's hoping she'll be as lucky as the first woman. That woman got her $23,000 wedding ring back. Dori Rhoades had hidden a pair of earrings worth $18,000, $1,500 in cash and a ring from her husband in the pocket of a denim jacket in case they were robbed. She sold the jacket herself at a garage sale. Remember, if you're selling things at a garage sale, look inside them first.
In Aurora, CO there are 48 pending sexual assault cases that may not be able to be prosecuted because the DNA evidence in those cases has been destroyed.
Kerri Walsh Jennings didn't follow her long-time beach volleyball partner Misty May-Treanor into retirement. Instead she's now going to team up with April Ross, half of the duo that Walsh/May beat in the 2012 Summer Games to win the gold medal.
An Air Force F-16 crashed in the Arizona desert near Phoenix, but the two pilots were able to eject to safety. The flight was described as a "routine training mission".
In Snohomish, WA a pig farmer is feeding marijuana to his pigs in an effort to produce meat that tastes better. The meat may taste better and commands a premium price, but it won't get you high. Better still, this is also a "green" program, as what he's feeding the pigs is "pot plant waste" which must be ground up prior to disposal.
Does "the Beast", the heavily armored limo the President travels in actually contain an emergency supply of his blood type? This claim has come to light as people try to find out what really happens in a "lockdown" situation at the White House, before the movie "White House Down" opens tomorrow.
The amount the U.S. spent on food stamps in 2012 was more than double what was spent on that program in 2008. Food stamp enrollment is soaring.
A man traveling throgh Saskatchewan, Canada stopped in a diner. The owner and he got to talking and he learned that the owner's daughter had just been diagnosed with cancer. The man stopped there again on his way back for a burger and fries, and left a slightly larger than normal tip. He left $10,000.
WWE superstar C.M. Punk has been granted a restraining order against his mother. Actually he'd been granted a temporary order but the judge extended it for two years from today. She had allegedly bombarded him with threats after he cut her off financially.
Rachel Jeantel finished her testimony in the murder trial of George Zimmerman, saying she could not explain what "wet grass" sounds like. She withstood a withering cross-examination by Zimmerman's attorney, but inconsistencies he raised in her various recollections of events could be problematic.
The Food Network, Target, WalMart, Caesar's, Home Depot, Smithfield Foods and Novo Nordisk have all dropped or suspended their business relationship with celebrity chef Paula Deen. One noted crisis manager says she may also have a target on her back, because of her claim on the Today show that she'd used the "n-word" only once in her life. If someone can prove that claim false, it could be the final straw in her financial empire's collapse.
Student loan interest rates will double next week because the Senate will not vote on a bill to extend the lower rates currently in effect until July 10th. However, a bill that keeps rates at present levels could be passed that would prevent the increase on a retroactive basis.
Former New England Patriots tight-end Aaron Hernandez is having another really bad day. His request to be released on bail was denied by a judge, one of his endorsement deals was terminated and police are now investigating his possible involvement in an earlier murder case. Bad week for him.
The Los Angeles Lakers will be the final team to meet with their center Dwight Howard after he becomes a free agent this coming Sunday night according to multiple sources. What he will do after that is anyone's guess and there is no scheduled time for that meeting just yet.
Governor Jerry Brown has signed the California state budget that will go into effect on Monday. It's still amazing to me to see a state budget signed before the deadline.
NBA star Gilbert Arenas was arrested after police discovered a large quantity of fireworks in his vehicle during a traffic stop.
In Texas, the husband and wife who are accused of murdering the DA and an assistant DA in Kaufman County are getting a jailhouse divorce.
10 year old Sarah Murnaghan had her breathing tube removed, but she struggled without it and doctors chose to re-intubate her. They said it doesn't change her long-term prognosis, it just means she needs more time to recover her strength so she can eventually breathe on her own.
A minor league baseball team in Pennsylvania has an interesting giveaway going on. It's an essay contest and the winner will receive a....funeral, all expenses paid up to $10,000.
The parents of an Indiana teen girl who disappeared two years ago are now suing the three men who were with her the night she disappeared.
A Texas man can no longer eat beef, lamb or pork after he contracted the alpha-gal allergy to meat from a tick bite. There is no cure. Doctors say the allergy may just go away, in a few years. He can't even kiss his wife if she's recently eaten meat.
A second Orange County woman has had valuable jewelry sold at a garage sale for a pittance and she's hoping she'll be as lucky as the first woman. That woman got her $23,000 wedding ring back. Dori Rhoades had hidden a pair of earrings worth $18,000, $1,500 in cash and a ring from her husband in the pocket of a denim jacket in case they were robbed. She sold the jacket herself at a garage sale. Remember, if you're selling things at a garage sale, look inside them first.
In Aurora, CO there are 48 pending sexual assault cases that may not be able to be prosecuted because the DNA evidence in those cases has been destroyed.
Kerri Walsh Jennings didn't follow her long-time beach volleyball partner Misty May-Treanor into retirement. Instead she's now going to team up with April Ross, half of the duo that Walsh/May beat in the 2012 Summer Games to win the gold medal.
An Air Force F-16 crashed in the Arizona desert near Phoenix, but the two pilots were able to eject to safety. The flight was described as a "routine training mission".
In Snohomish, WA a pig farmer is feeding marijuana to his pigs in an effort to produce meat that tastes better. The meat may taste better and commands a premium price, but it won't get you high. Better still, this is also a "green" program, as what he's feeding the pigs is "pot plant waste" which must be ground up prior to disposal.
Does "the Beast", the heavily armored limo the President travels in actually contain an emergency supply of his blood type? This claim has come to light as people try to find out what really happens in a "lockdown" situation at the White House, before the movie "White House Down" opens tomorrow.
The amount the U.S. spent on food stamps in 2012 was more than double what was spent on that program in 2008. Food stamp enrollment is soaring.
A man traveling throgh Saskatchewan, Canada stopped in a diner. The owner and he got to talking and he learned that the owner's daughter had just been diagnosed with cancer. The man stopped there again on his way back for a burger and fries, and left a slightly larger than normal tip. He left $10,000.
WWE superstar C.M. Punk has been granted a restraining order against his mother. Actually he'd been granted a temporary order but the judge extended it for two years from today. She had allegedly bombarded him with threats after he cut her off financially.
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