Its Official - Campaign to recall San Diego mayor Bob Filner has begun - and other eye-catching headlines
Starting on August 18th, residents of the city of San Diego can sign a petition seeking the recall of the city's mayor Bob Filner. There's already a website, www.recallbob.com run by the man behind the movement to recall the scandal-plagued mayor.
The FBI staged raids in 76 cities across the nation over the last three days, arresting 150 pimps and others involved in teen prostitution. They also rescued 105 teens who were forced into prostitution.
Local residents of Huntington Beach aided the employees of the Easyrider Bike Shop in preventing looters from ransacking it, when violence broke out. A large crowd that gathered for a surfing competition in "Surf City" became violent and local police had to request reinforcements.
A-Roid/Pay-Rod is actually facing the potential of a lifetime ban from baseball according to several reports. These reports say he's been given a choice. Accept a suspension without pay through the end of the 2014 season, or be banned for life. Considering he might still get $60 million from the Yankees if he accepts the suspension, or lose $100 million if he fights the case against him and loses, seems like a no-brainer.
Speaking of scandals involving performance-enhancing drugs, the Milwaukee Brewers have announced that they will be returning part of the salary lost by Ryan Braun as part of his suspension, to the fans. During the month of August any fan attending a home game will receive a voucher for $10, good for anything they can purchase inside the stadium. That includes tickets for home games for this season. They expect to pay out $3.6 million in vouchers.
Isaac Galvan was elected to the Compton City Council last month. It was the first time that a Latino was elected to the council. Now it has come to light that he failed to file the required financial disclosures with the FPPC (state election watchdog) and he hired someone with a criminal record to be his community liaison.
An update on the Huntington Beach situation, as the city's Police Department says it has managed to identify some of the rioters because they bragged about their actions on social media.
It appears that the "50 Shades of Grey" is connected with an increase in calls to authorities for assistance in removing handcuffs.
The military judge presiding over the court-martial of Bradley Manning has said she will announce her verdict tomorrow afternoon. Experts observing the trial are saying a guilty verdict is very likely.
Amanda Bynes is appealing the decision of a judge to extend her involuntary psychiatric hold from 72 hours to 14 days. The hearing will be held at the hospital where she is staying and is closed to the public.
Teresa Guidice from the cast of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" and her husband have been indicted on 39 counts of fraud by the U.S. attorney's office. The charges include bankruptcy fraud, inflating their income on loan applications and failure to file tax returns.
"The Wolverine" scratched its way to the top of the weekend box office wars, but the total gross of only $53.1 million was well below initial expectations. Fortunately for the studios, it did very well overseas. Last week's winner, "The Conjuring" finished a distant but strong second. "Despicable Me 2", "Turbo" and "Grown Ups 2" rounded out the top five. "Blue Jasmine", the new film from Woody Allen did an astonishing $102,000 per screen on six screens. Look for some per screen drop off if it breaks wider next weekend.
Are Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity about to disappear from stations in the Cumulus Media empire? Negotiations with Clear Channel, the distributor of both of the syndicated programs hosted by the conservative talkers have reached an impasse. The issue isn't the politics of the hosts, but the distribution fees Clear Channel is asking for.
Time-Warner Cable had announced they were turning off the CBS local station/network in three major cities, but changed their minds 30 minutes later. Negotiations will continue over licensing fees.
In Carson a housing tract of nearly 300 homes sits on contaminated ground. Shell Oil once owned an underground tank farm, but failed to clean up the ground prior to selling it. They were ordered to clean it up two years ago but have done nothing thus far. The city is trying to force them to buy the homes, tear them down and then clean the dirt completely.
Taylor Swift has finally acknowledged Carly Simon's rightful place as the Queen of break-up songs, as the two sang a duet of Simon's "You're So Vain" during one of Swift's concerts. The true identity of the man being referenced in Simon's song remains a secret that only Simon and one other person know (unless she's told someone other than the winner of a charity auction).
In Richmond, VA, the city's Double A minor league baseball team is the Flying Squirrels. This week they've announced they will celebrate Scandal Night but selling one dollar hot dogs and inviting fans to tweet photos of themselves enjoying their hot dogs with Anthony Weiner in mind.
The FBI staged raids in 76 cities across the nation over the last three days, arresting 150 pimps and others involved in teen prostitution. They also rescued 105 teens who were forced into prostitution.
Local residents of Huntington Beach aided the employees of the Easyrider Bike Shop in preventing looters from ransacking it, when violence broke out. A large crowd that gathered for a surfing competition in "Surf City" became violent and local police had to request reinforcements.
A-Roid/Pay-Rod is actually facing the potential of a lifetime ban from baseball according to several reports. These reports say he's been given a choice. Accept a suspension without pay through the end of the 2014 season, or be banned for life. Considering he might still get $60 million from the Yankees if he accepts the suspension, or lose $100 million if he fights the case against him and loses, seems like a no-brainer.
Speaking of scandals involving performance-enhancing drugs, the Milwaukee Brewers have announced that they will be returning part of the salary lost by Ryan Braun as part of his suspension, to the fans. During the month of August any fan attending a home game will receive a voucher for $10, good for anything they can purchase inside the stadium. That includes tickets for home games for this season. They expect to pay out $3.6 million in vouchers.
Isaac Galvan was elected to the Compton City Council last month. It was the first time that a Latino was elected to the council. Now it has come to light that he failed to file the required financial disclosures with the FPPC (state election watchdog) and he hired someone with a criminal record to be his community liaison.
An update on the Huntington Beach situation, as the city's Police Department says it has managed to identify some of the rioters because they bragged about their actions on social media.
It appears that the "50 Shades of Grey" is connected with an increase in calls to authorities for assistance in removing handcuffs.
The military judge presiding over the court-martial of Bradley Manning has said she will announce her verdict tomorrow afternoon. Experts observing the trial are saying a guilty verdict is very likely.
Amanda Bynes is appealing the decision of a judge to extend her involuntary psychiatric hold from 72 hours to 14 days. The hearing will be held at the hospital where she is staying and is closed to the public.
Teresa Guidice from the cast of "The Real Housewives of New Jersey" and her husband have been indicted on 39 counts of fraud by the U.S. attorney's office. The charges include bankruptcy fraud, inflating their income on loan applications and failure to file tax returns.
"The Wolverine" scratched its way to the top of the weekend box office wars, but the total gross of only $53.1 million was well below initial expectations. Fortunately for the studios, it did very well overseas. Last week's winner, "The Conjuring" finished a distant but strong second. "Despicable Me 2", "Turbo" and "Grown Ups 2" rounded out the top five. "Blue Jasmine", the new film from Woody Allen did an astonishing $102,000 per screen on six screens. Look for some per screen drop off if it breaks wider next weekend.
Are Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity about to disappear from stations in the Cumulus Media empire? Negotiations with Clear Channel, the distributor of both of the syndicated programs hosted by the conservative talkers have reached an impasse. The issue isn't the politics of the hosts, but the distribution fees Clear Channel is asking for.
Time-Warner Cable had announced they were turning off the CBS local station/network in three major cities, but changed their minds 30 minutes later. Negotiations will continue over licensing fees.
In Carson a housing tract of nearly 300 homes sits on contaminated ground. Shell Oil once owned an underground tank farm, but failed to clean up the ground prior to selling it. They were ordered to clean it up two years ago but have done nothing thus far. The city is trying to force them to buy the homes, tear them down and then clean the dirt completely.
Taylor Swift has finally acknowledged Carly Simon's rightful place as the Queen of break-up songs, as the two sang a duet of Simon's "You're So Vain" during one of Swift's concerts. The true identity of the man being referenced in Simon's song remains a secret that only Simon and one other person know (unless she's told someone other than the winner of a charity auction).
In Richmond, VA, the city's Double A minor league baseball team is the Flying Squirrels. This week they've announced they will celebrate Scandal Night but selling one dollar hot dogs and inviting fans to tweet photos of themselves enjoying their hot dogs with Anthony Weiner in mind.
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