News Archive for August 2008
08/01
Jet makes emergency landing after smoke reportPassengers evacuated an American Airlines plane by inflatable slides Tuesday after it made an emergency landing at Los Angeles International Airport an hour after taking off, a fire department official said.
08/02
Bernie Mac Hospitalized with PneumoniaBernie Mac, 50-years-old, has been hospitalized in Chicago for pneumonia.
His rep says he "is responding well to treatment and will be released soon."
Get better Bernie!!!
08/03
Russian Gulag writer Solzhenitsyn dies aged 89 (AFP)AFP - Nobel prize-winning Russian writer and dissident Alexander Solzhenitsyn, who shone a light on brutal Soviet Gulag camps, has died at the age of 89 and global tributes were made on Monday.
08/04
Actor Morgan Freeman is injured in car accident (AP)AP - Oscar-winning actor Morgan Freeman is in a hospital in Memphis, Tenn., on Monday after being seriously injured in a car accident near his home in Mississippi.
08/05
Source: John "Junior" Gotti ArrestedA law enforcement official says John A. "Junior" Gotti has been arrested on a murder conspiracy charge
08/06
Stewardess Sues Joel Osteen's Wife Over Alleged Air RageA flight attendant is suing the wife of evangelist Joel Osteen saying that she was attacked by Victoria Osteen during a flight to Vail, Colo., leaving the stewardess with anxiety and hemorrhoids. Some potential jurors said Wednesday they were starstruck.
08/07
BA chiefs charged over price fixingFour British Airways executives have been charged in connection with the fixing of fuel surcharge prices by the Office of Fair Trading.
08/08
San Jose rivals gearing up for fight over fast food banThe controversial proposal to place a one-year ban on new fast-food restaurants has rekindled the tense rivalry between San Jose Mayor Chuck Reed and councilwoman Nora Campos.
08/09
American tourist attacked and killed in Beijing: state media (AFP)AFP - A Chinese man on Saturday attacked and killed an American tourist in central Beijing, one day after the Olympic Games opened in the Chinese capital, the state-run Xinhua news agency reported.
08/10
Soul Legend Isaac Hayes Dead at 65More sad news to report this weekend...
Grammy award winning soul singer Isaac Hayes has died at age 65-years-old.
His wife found him unconscious near a treadmill inside their home in Memphis, TN today.
Paramedics were called to the seen where they tried to revive him with little luck and he was pronounced dead at Baptist East Hospital at 2:08 PM this afternoon.
So sad. What a legend he was.
08/11
Nine people to stand trial in exorcism death of family memberThe six women and three men, all members of Ms Moses' extended family, will stand trial in the High Court at Wellington, jointly charged with manslaughter, after their five lawyers agreed they had a case to answer.
08/12
Yahoo Fire Eagle Launches Geo-Location Platform To The PublicToday at Yahoo’s Brickhouse, a team of developers, press, and Yahoo execs including co-founder David Filo converged for the release of Fire Eagle, Yahoo’s geo-location platform. Fire Eagle allows allows developers to include positional data in their applications with a minimal amount of work. The platform was originally announced in November, and has [...]
08/13
Gunman wounds Arkansas Democratic Party chairman Bill GwatneyA gunman entered the Arkansas Democratic Party headquarters today and shot the party chairman, who was hospitalized in critical condition, authorities said.
08/14
Gary Glitter to be deported back to UK next weekConvicted child molester looking to resurrect singing career after release from Vietnamese prison
08/15
Tropical Storm Fay forms over Dominican RepublicTropical Storm Fay has formed over the Dominican Republic and was expected to barrel west toward Cuba over the weekend.
08/16
Rainn Wilson "kidnaps" Office co-starFiled under: The Office, Celebrities, Reality-FreeIn an effort to promote his new movie The Rocker, Rainn Wilson has "kidnapped" his co-star of The Office Jenna Fischer. On a post on Jenna's MySpace page, Wilson promises that she will be released if his movie grosses 18.7 million dollars (presumably the cost of making it).
08/17
Jade Goody leaves Indian Big Brother after learning she has cancerJade Goody, the controversial UK Big Brother star, learned she had cervical cancer on her second day in the Bigg Boss house in India. She left the house last week and returned to the UK. Her publicist told BBC News that "Jade had some tests recently, then she went off...
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08/18
College presidents seek debate on drinking ageCollege presidents from about 100 of the nation's best-known universities, including Duke, Dartmouth and Ohio State, are calling on lawmakers to consider lowering the drinking age from 21 to 18, saying current laws actually encourage dangerous binge drinking on campus.
08/19
Zambian President Levy Mwanawasa dies at 59The French president's office says Zambia's President Levy Mwanawasa has died. He was 59. The statement from President Nicolas Sarkozy's office did not say how, when or where the Zambian leader had died.
08/20
U.S. Rep. Tubbs Jones hospitalized near ClevelandU.S. Rep. Stephanie Tubbs Jones remained in a hospital Wednesday, a spokeswoman said. No other information was released.
08/21
Hall of Famer, NFLPA head Gene Upshaw dies at 63Gene Upshaw, the NFL Players Association executive director and a former Hall of Fame guard with the Raiders, has died of panceatic cancer. He was 63.
08/22
'Kick-Ass' Cast Fills Out: Nic Cage, Aaron Johnson, Lyndsy FonsecaFiled under: Action, Casting, Comic/Superhero/GeekOne of the more interesting comic book projects in the pipeline is an adaptation of Mark Millar's Kick-Ass (title likely to be changed?), directed by Matthew Vaughn. We previously covered the action comedy -- about a high school dork who decides to become a superhero despite not possessing any of the [...]
08/23
Belarusian girl won't leave US after exchange endsIn the Zapata family photos, it's hard to separate Tanya Kazyra from the other children. They're shown hugging in portraits, smiling in Christmas cards, playing together.
08/24
Italian Priest Organizes Beauty Contest for NunsItalian priest and theologian says he's organizing an online beauty pageant for nuns to give them more visibility within the Catholic Church.
08/25
9-year-old boy told he’s too good to pitchNine-year-old Jericho Scott is a good baseball player — too good, it turns out.
08/26
Man killed at BHP Billiton mineA MAN has been killed at a mine site in Western Australia's northern Pilbara region.
08/27
Actress MacKenzie Phillips arrested at LAX on drug possession chargesAirport screeners found a small amount of heroin and cocaine during a secondary search, authorities say. She was arrested on a felony count.
Actress MacKenzie Phillips was arrested on suspicion of possession of cocaine and heroin by Los Angeles airport police this morning after the narcotics were discovered during a screening by federal security staff, authorities said.
08/28
Michael Phelps to host 'SNL' season premiereOur Olympic Stud of the Day will be hosting Saturday Night Live's 34th season premiere Sept. 13th. (Musical guest Lil Wayne.) My internal monologue upon reading the press release: - Do the monologue in a Speedo. Do the monologue in...
08/29
Actor David Duchovny in rehab for sex addictionLOS ANGELES (AP) _ David Duchovny has entered a rehabilitation facility for sex addiction.
08/30
Meet 'Ocho Cinco': NFL Player Changes Name to His NumberThe National Football League decided on Thursday to recognize receiver Chad Johnson's legal name change to Chad Ocho Cinco. The new name will be on the back of his Cincinnati Bengals uniform for the season opener in Baltimore on Sunday.
08/31
World Briefing | Europe: Northern Ireland: I.R.A. Threat Ends, Watchdog SaysThe Irish Republican Army’s ruling Army Council is no longer operational and does not pose a threat to peace in Northern Ireland, an independent watchdog said Wednesday.