News Archive for March 12 2008

Jack Kevorkian Plans Run for Congress in Michigan

Assisted suicide advocate Jack Kevorkian is planning a run for Congress.

Sheriff: Kansas woman sat on boyfriend's toilet for 2 years; didn't want to leave bathroom

WICHITA - Authorities are considering charges in the bizarre case of a woman who sat on her boyfriend's toilet for two years - so long that her body was stuck to the seat by the time the boyfriend finally called police.

Yankees’ Andy Pettitte scratched from start due to minor muscle irritation in left forearm (AP)

New York Yankees left-hander Andy Pettitte was scratched from his start Wednesday against Tampa Bay due to a minor muscle irritation in his left forearm. Yankees manager Joe Girardi said Pettitte will make his next scheduled start in five days, and that the injury will not keep the pitcher from being ready for the start [...]

Heart defibrillator implants can be hacked: experts

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Implanted heart defibrillators, which automatically shock a fluttering heart back into a normal rhythm, can be hacked from the outside, U.S. researchers reported on Wednesday.

Ashton Kutcher isn't fooling magazine editors

Ashton Kutcher's new show Pop Fiction has "celebrities" pulling pranks on the media. Paris Hilton pretended to be spiritual with a monk and Avril Lavigne wore a fake belly. However tabloid editors aren't buying it and see right through the shenanigans of this assclownius supremus. Here's some quotes from NY Daily News: "There's nothing these people [...]

U.S. attorney general to argue Ressam case at high court

Attorney General Michael Mukasey will argue a case before the Supreme Court this month, honoring a custom that his two predecessors ignored.

Injury Metro bus accident in Des Moines

KIRO-TV reports there are injuries in a collision involving a Metro bus on Pacific Highway South in Des Moines.

Last French WWI Veteran Dies

France's last remaining veteran of World War I died Wednesday at age 110 after outliving 8.4 million Frenchmen who fought in what they called "la Grande Guerre."

Chiquita sued over killings of U.S. missionaries

MIAMI (Reuters) - U.S.-based Chiquita Brands International Inc has been hit with a lawsuit in federal court in Miami over the killings of five U.S. missionaries by Marxist-led rebels in Colombia in the 1990s.

'Forgetting Sarah Marshall' Guys Now Penning 'Forgetting Nurse Janice' For Henson Co. [Trade Roundup]

· The Dracula: The Puppet Musical sequence in Forgetting Sarah Marshall so impressed the Jim Henson Co., who produced the puppets, that they've hired Jason Segel and Nick Stoller to write and direct the next Muppet movie. They're hoping the whole Apatowian raunch-with-heart formula will lend itself nicely to a story about Miss Piggy's accidental knocking-up [...]

City to open 5 new magnet schools

Chicago will open five new elementary magnet schools this fall -- along with a new regional center for gifted students -- to help reverse declining public school enrollment and "make every neighborhood school a school of choice," Mayor Daley said Tuesday.