News Archive for January 16 2008

Actor Brad Renfro Found Dead in Los Angeles Home

Actor Brad Renfro was found dead in his Los Angeles home on Tuesday, according to TMZ.com; the cause of death has not been determined.

Havant And Waterlooville Set Up FA Cup Tie At Liverpool

Non-league side Havant and Waterlooville have made it through to the fourth round of the FA Cup for a dream tie away to Liverpool.

Man: NY Hospital Forced Rectal Exam

A construction worker claimed in a lawsuit claiming that when he went to a hospital after being hit on the forehead by a falling wooden beam, emergency room staffers forcibly gave him a rectal examination.

Father arrested for forcing son to wear Green Bay Packers jersey

Upset that his 7-year-old son wouldn't wear a Green Bay Packers jersey during the team's playoff victory Saturday, a man restrained the boy for an hour with tape and taped the jersey onto him.

Update: Sun to acquire MySQL for $1 billion

Sun Microsystems will pay $1 billion for Swedish software company MySQL, whose open source database is used for some of the most widely visited Web sites in the world.

DEA Agents Sue Over 'American Gangster'

A group of retired federal drug enforcement agents sued NBC Universal on Wednesday, saying the movie "American Gangster" falsely portrayed them as villains in the story of a Harlem heroin trafficker.

Colored Balls Tumble Down Spanish Steps

Hundreds of thousands of brightly colored balls went cascading down Rome's famed Spanish Steps on Wednesday in the latest stunt orchestrated by the man who dyed the waters of the Trevi Fountain red.

Scorsese's Stones film to open Berlin fest

Martin Scorsese's Rolling Stones concert film Shine a Light is scheduled to open the upcoming 58th Berlin International Film Festival. The documentary is set to premiere Feb. 7 with Scorsese and the Rolling Stones in attendance, representatives for the ...

Bush exempts Navy from law to allow sonar training off California

President Bush exempted the Navy from an environmental law so it can continue using sonar in its anti-submarine warfare training off the...

Holmgren to decide future with Seahawks soon, perhaps next week

The Seahawks don't know yet whether Mike Holmgren will remain their coach, but they apparently won't have to wait long to find out.

RHP Jon Lieber returns to Cubs with $3.5 million, 1-year contract (AP)

Jon Lieber, a 20-game winner for the Chicago Cubs in 2001, rejoined the team Wednesday by agreeing to a $3.5 million, one-year contract. The right-hander will go to spring training next month with a chance to compete for a spot in the starting rotation. He can earn performance bonuses based on games started and innings [...]

Microsoft, JVC Ink Patent Cross-Licensing Deal

Computing heavyweight Microsoft Corp. reported Tuesday that it and the Victor Company of Japan Ltd.better known as electronics manufacturer JVChave signed a patent cross-licensing agreement. According to Microsoft, the deal will help both companies further the development of their current and future product lines. The agreement, Microsoft noted, covers [...]

Lawyer: plea expected in body parts case

A former oral surgeon has agreed to plead guilty to charges that he orchestrated a grisly plot to plunder corpses and sell body parts for transplants, his lawyer said Tuesday.

Poet and author Hone Tuwhare dies

Maori writer Hone Tuwhare, one of New Zealand's most celebrated and prolific poets died today, aged 86.

Gandhi's ashes, meant for museum, to rest at sea

Some of the final ashes of Mahatma Gandhi, India's freedom hero and peace apostle, will be scattered over the Arabian Sea after his family objected to a museum's plans to display them.

`Rent' Will Close June 1 on Broadway

"No show runs forever" was one of the more astute observations of Broadway director-choreographer Michael Bennett, the man behind "A Chorus Line," itself a model of longevity.