News Archive for September 10 2007

Body Shop Founder Anita Roddick Dies

Dame Anita Roddick has died, aged 64, after suffering a major brain haemorrhage.

Tommy Lee and Kid Rock row at MTV Video Music Awards

Pamela Anderson’s two well known ex-husbands Tommy Lee and Kid Rock didn’t had a pleasant night at MTV Video Music Awards as they almost fight in front of the entire crowd. It is not known yet the reason of the disagreement between the two, but it is obvious that Pamela had something to do with [...]

`Johnny Belinda' Actress Jane Wyman Dies

Jane Wyman, an Academy Award winner for her performance as the deaf rape victim in "Johnny Belinda," star of the long-running TV series "Falcon Crest" and Ronald Reagan's first wife, died Monday morning at 93.

Football: Women's World Cup

Defending champions Germany begin the Women's World Cup by crushing Argentina and setting a new record score for the tournament.

Apple Sells One Millionth iPhone but could lose $80,000,000

Posted by Dr. Macenstein It looks like those iPhone price cuts were just the thing Apple needed to drive sales, as this weekend Apple’s iPhone reached the 1 million sold mark. “One million iPhones in 74 days-it took almost two years to achieve this milestone with iPod,” said Steve Jobs, Apple’s CEO. “We can’t wait to get this revolutionary [...]

US child rape fugitive to be extradited from Hong Kong - Summary

Hong Kong - A fugitive former US law enforcement officer accused of raping his 12-year-old daughter and circulating a video of the attack Monday agreed to be extradited home from Hong Kong. Body-builder and former policeman Kenneth John Freeman, 45, ...

Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

I have to admit I was a little skeptical when I fired up my RSS reader this morning and started seeing that Shia LeBouf had dropped “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull” as the title for the forthcoming fourth installment of the Indiana Jones franchise. It sounded like LeBouf had used the [...]

5 found guilty in Chicago mob trial (AP)

AP - A federal jury found five aging men guilty Monday in a racketeering conspiracy that involved decades of extortion, loan sharking and murder aimed at rubbing out anyone who dared stand in the way of the ruthless Chicago mob.

Australian Democrats Senator Natasha Stott Despoja expecting second child

Australian Democrats Senator Natasha Stott Despoja, 38, and husband Ian Smith were excited to announce that they are four months along with their second child. The news comes almost 12 months after Natasha had emergency surgery for an ectopic pregnancy. The couple have a little boy, Conrad, 2, and are thrilled to be adding to their growing family.We [...]

Third teenager dies after ChCh car crash

A third 15-year-old girl has died after a car crashed into a power pole near Lincoln, southwest of Christchurch, on Saturday night.

9 US Soldiers Killed In Iraq

Nine U.S. soldiers died in Iraq, the military said Monday, including seven in a vehicle accident during a prisoner transport in Baghdad, the U.S. command said. Two of the prisoners also died. The seven Multinational Division - Baghdad soldiers were killed and 11 others wounded in a western section of the capital, the military said in a statement. Two [...]

Billionaire Lewis buys Bear Stearns stake

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Joseph C. Lewis, who became a billionaire trading currencies, has taken a 7 percent stake in Bear Stearns Cos Inc , snapping up about $860 million worth of the investment bank's stock over the past two months.

Time Magazine Ordered To Pay $106 Mil For Defaming Ex-Indonesian Dictator

The Supreme Court ordered Time magazine to pay $106 million in damages for defaming former Indonesian dictator Suharto by alleging his family amassed billions of dollars during his 32-year rule, officials said Monday. The May 1999 cover story in the magazine's Asian edition said much of the money had been transferred from Switzerland to Austria before [...]

US troop surge prevented civil war, Iraqi PM says

Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri Al-Maliki says violence levels in Baghdad and the western province of Anbar have dropped 75 per cent since the US troop "surge" was launched in February.

Lodi man sentenced to 24 years for attending terror camp

SACRAMENTO - A Lodi man convicted of attending an al-Qaida camp in Pakistan was sentenced to 24 years in federal prison to for supporting terrorists, concluding a case that divided the Central Valley farming community.

Ohio family wins $314M in Powerball

A retired auto worker and his two adult children claimed a $314 million Powerball jackpot Monday after waiting two weeks to step ...

Police seek woman after hit-run death

Police say they are still looking for a woman wanted over the hit and run death of an elderly man in Adelaide on Thursday night.

Take-Two forms new casual-games label

As part of the new label, called 2K Play, the company also said it struck a licensing agreement with Nickelodeon.

2 Texas police officers shot dead

Two police officers responding to a domestic disturbance were killed and a third was critically wounded by a gunman who led authorities on an hours-long standoff, authorities said.

Malaysia declared free from deadly bird flu virus

Kuala Lumpur - Malaysia has been declared free from avian influenza, three months after the deadly virus was detected in poultry from a village in the central Selangor state, a minister announced Monday. In June, the H5N1 strain of bird flu was disco...

Man charged over robberies

A MAN has been charged after allegedly using a replica handgun to hold up two businesses on the same day last month.

Truck blast kills at least 30 in Mexico

A truck loaded with more than 25 tons of dynamite exploded in northern Mexico Monday, killing at least 39 people, it was reported. At least 100 people were injured, reported Notimex, Mexico's official news agency. Among those killed by the explosion were ...

Global Warming May Be Keeping Gray Whale Numbers Down

Eastern gray whales number just a fraction of their historical highs—and human-induced climate change may be the cause—according to a new study.

Md. campus hate crime probe over noose

University of Maryland police on Monday were investigating as a possible hate crime what appeared to be a noose hanging in a tree near a building that houses several black campus groups.

Strong quake hits Colombia's coast

A strong 6.8 magnitude earthquake hit near the Pacific coast of Colombia on Sunday, but local authorities said there were no immediate reports of serious damage.Officials in coastal Narino province said they had no news of damaged buildings or injuries, but they were continuing to contact remote rural areas. Residents told local radio the shock knocked out electricity in some areas.

Man charged over transporting horse

Police in north-west New South Wales have charged a man who allegedly transported a horse despite the current ban triggered by the outbreak of equine influenza.

Isiah Thomas' harassment trial to begin

New York Knicks coach Isiah Thomas will be in civil court this week to answer allegations he sexually harassed a former employee of the NBA franchise. In her lawsuit against the former NBA star, former Knicks executive Anucha Browne Sanders alleges Thomas...

Pentagon planning base near Iraq-Iran border: report

NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Pentagon is preparing to build a military base near the Iraq-Iran border to try to curtail the flow of advanced Iranian weaponry to Shiite militants across Iraq, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday in its online edition.

Sean Penn Tipped To Play Openly Gay Politican Harvey Milk

Sean Penn as openly gay '70s politician Harvey Milk and Matt Damon as his assassin? Yes, if Gus Van Sant has his way. Penn is attached to play Milk and Damon is attached to play Milk's killer, Dan White, in the director's long-gestating Milk biopic.

IBM Joins OpenOffice.org (The Quick Analysis)

Once More Unto the Breach: "From the OpenOffice.org community perspective, I'm guessing Louis Suarez-Potts (OO.o Community Manager) is feeling good to get a new injection of code/energy..."

Solar Plane Breaks Unmanned Flight Record

The aircraft soared for 54 hours more than 50,000 feet above New Mexico.