Texas prepares for 500th execution and other headlines
Kimberly McCarthy, convicted in 1998 of the stabbing death of a 71 year old neighbor during a robbery is scheduled to become the 500th convict executed by the state of Texas on Wednesday. Her attorney says that all of her appeals have been exhausted.
Nelson Mandela is reportedly now on life-support.
It may take until the end of July, but same-sex marriages will be happening in California and it is unlikely that anyone will be able to revive Proposition 8 anytime soon.
Aaron Hernandez was arrested, charged with murder and dropped by the New England Patriots. Not a good day for him.
That filibuster by Texas State Senator Wendy Davis fell a few moments short, but the people in the gallery make sure that the bill limiting abortion rights did not pass, last night.
LAPD has released a photograph of the man believed to have shot at two detectives yesterday, causing a major manhunt that tied up traffic near the Wilshire Division station on Venice Boulevard for hours.
The family of a teen girl who was attending Chino Hills High was awarded $5.6 million by a jury, after she was abused by a science teacher after school officials were notified that the molestation was going on.
The opening of "White House Down" with Jamie Foxx playing a president who takes up arms to defend the White House has people wondering, which real-life president was the "toughest". I'd have to say JFK. In spite of a back injury and suffering from Addison's Disease, he saved another sailor's life during WWII. That LBJ received a Silver Star and JFK "only" a Navy and Marine Corps Medal for lifesaving is one of the great injustices in military history.
Graduates of Radford University got a surprise on their diplomas. Apparently they went to school in the Commonwealth of Virgina, not Virginia. At least that was how it was spelled on nearly 1,500 diplomas.
Would someone please tell the three morons sitting along the third base line at last nights game between the Dodgers and Giants, when one of the home team's players is trying to catch a foul ball, don't fight him for it. Get the heck out of the way. Do you really need a $10 baseball more than your team needs an out? No!
Custom-made bicycles belonging to veterans who were in Alaska training for races were stolen. The missing bikes are worth tens of thousands of dollars. Whoever stole them in a major scumbag.
San Francisco Giants third-base coach Tim Flannery says the Dodgers blew it when they honored 10 year old Casey Johnston. Casey lives in the Bay Area but he is a Dodgers fan. Video of him saying so in a speech at school went viral and the Dodgers invited him to throw out the first pitch. Flannery takes issue with the fact the Dodgers failed to tell the crowd that Casey is donating the profits from his YouTube video to help defray the cost of treatment for Bryan Stow.
Paula Deen did okay in her Today show interview but that didn't stop WalMart and Caesar's from cutting ties with her. Some now estimate that the losses she will suffer from her deposition may exceed $10 million.
A 69 year old New Jersey man who emigrated to the U.S. from Poland 30 years ago slipped into a coma and awoke...in Poland. In a growing, disturbing trend, he became one of a number of immigrants without insurance who get deported by hospitals who don't want to have to pay to treat them with no hope of reimbursement. The hospital claims he was aware he was being sent there but that seems highly unlikely, given the fact he was still comatose when he arrived in Poland; and is still unable to speak.
The House of Representatives spends $2 million annually on coffee and breakfast snacks for its members.
What's the item on the menu at McDonald's with the highest calorie count? It isn't a burger. It isn't french fries or chicken mcnuggets either. It's the "big breakfast" which comes to nearly 1,400 calories if you use the syrup and margarine provided.
The nearly 15,000 square foot home of the late Liberace is for sale in Las Vegas and the price is low. Less than $550,000. A real steal.
Hollywood's fashionista crowd is not going to like this factoid, but actress Emma Watson says she only owns eight pairs of shoes. Worse yet, one of them is a pair off the rack at an "affordable" store.
Nelson Mandela is reportedly now on life-support.
It may take until the end of July, but same-sex marriages will be happening in California and it is unlikely that anyone will be able to revive Proposition 8 anytime soon.
Aaron Hernandez was arrested, charged with murder and dropped by the New England Patriots. Not a good day for him.
That filibuster by Texas State Senator Wendy Davis fell a few moments short, but the people in the gallery make sure that the bill limiting abortion rights did not pass, last night.
LAPD has released a photograph of the man believed to have shot at two detectives yesterday, causing a major manhunt that tied up traffic near the Wilshire Division station on Venice Boulevard for hours.
The family of a teen girl who was attending Chino Hills High was awarded $5.6 million by a jury, after she was abused by a science teacher after school officials were notified that the molestation was going on.
The opening of "White House Down" with Jamie Foxx playing a president who takes up arms to defend the White House has people wondering, which real-life president was the "toughest". I'd have to say JFK. In spite of a back injury and suffering from Addison's Disease, he saved another sailor's life during WWII. That LBJ received a Silver Star and JFK "only" a Navy and Marine Corps Medal for lifesaving is one of the great injustices in military history.
Graduates of Radford University got a surprise on their diplomas. Apparently they went to school in the Commonwealth of Virgina, not Virginia. At least that was how it was spelled on nearly 1,500 diplomas.
Would someone please tell the three morons sitting along the third base line at last nights game between the Dodgers and Giants, when one of the home team's players is trying to catch a foul ball, don't fight him for it. Get the heck out of the way. Do you really need a $10 baseball more than your team needs an out? No!
Custom-made bicycles belonging to veterans who were in Alaska training for races were stolen. The missing bikes are worth tens of thousands of dollars. Whoever stole them in a major scumbag.
San Francisco Giants third-base coach Tim Flannery says the Dodgers blew it when they honored 10 year old Casey Johnston. Casey lives in the Bay Area but he is a Dodgers fan. Video of him saying so in a speech at school went viral and the Dodgers invited him to throw out the first pitch. Flannery takes issue with the fact the Dodgers failed to tell the crowd that Casey is donating the profits from his YouTube video to help defray the cost of treatment for Bryan Stow.
Paula Deen did okay in her Today show interview but that didn't stop WalMart and Caesar's from cutting ties with her. Some now estimate that the losses she will suffer from her deposition may exceed $10 million.
A 69 year old New Jersey man who emigrated to the U.S. from Poland 30 years ago slipped into a coma and awoke...in Poland. In a growing, disturbing trend, he became one of a number of immigrants without insurance who get deported by hospitals who don't want to have to pay to treat them with no hope of reimbursement. The hospital claims he was aware he was being sent there but that seems highly unlikely, given the fact he was still comatose when he arrived in Poland; and is still unable to speak.
The House of Representatives spends $2 million annually on coffee and breakfast snacks for its members.
What's the item on the menu at McDonald's with the highest calorie count? It isn't a burger. It isn't french fries or chicken mcnuggets either. It's the "big breakfast" which comes to nearly 1,400 calories if you use the syrup and margarine provided.
The nearly 15,000 square foot home of the late Liberace is for sale in Las Vegas and the price is low. Less than $550,000. A real steal.
Hollywood's fashionista crowd is not going to like this factoid, but actress Emma Watson says she only owns eight pairs of shoes. Worse yet, one of them is a pair off the rack at an "affordable" store.
posted by me at 5:19 PM
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