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NBC denies adding laugh track for Sarah Palin

www.dailycaller.com — NBC is denying a report that “The Tonight Show with Jay Leno” boosted apparent audience enthusiasm for Sarah Palin’s appearance by using a laugh track.
A report from liberal site Daily Kos is getting plenty of pickup saying the response of the live audience to Palin’s jokes was entirely unlike what NBC aired. Written [...]

 

Tuesday March 9th, 2010 | 1 Comment »


SeaWorld, trainer’s family seek to prevent release of video of fatal killer-whale accident

www.orlandosentinel.comSeaWorld Orlando and the family of a park trainer drowned last month by a killer whale are preparing for a legal battle to prevent video footage of the accident from being aired on television or online.
The parties have held talks with Jon Mills, an emeritus dean at the University of Florida’s Levin College of Law [...]

 

Tuesday March 9th, 2010 | No comments »


911 Operator Under Investigation

DETROIT (WXYZ) – A 911 operator is under investigation for the way she responded to a little girl’s frantic call to get help for her dying mother.
The 8-year-old called 911 begging for help to save her mother’s life. Police have released a portion of that 911 call.
WARNING: Attached 911 Call is Disturbing
Detroit Police [...]

 

Tuesday March 9th, 2010 | 1 Comment »


Girl, 11, who set mom’s bed on fire receives probation in plea deal

LARGO (tampabay)— Although prosecutors once pleaded with a judge to keep her locked up, the 11-year-old Clearwater girl accused of setting her mother on fire has been sentenced to probation.
That’s a big contrast compared to early stages of the case, when the Pinellas-Pasco State Attorney’s Office said “she’s a danger to herself, and she’s a [...]

 

Tuesday March 9th, 2010 | No comments »


Departing Rep. Eric Massa goes down swinging: Rahm Emanuel threatened me – in the nude!

www.nydailynews.com – It’s the naked truth – according to alleged sex harasser Rep. Eric Massa.
The freshman upstate Democrat departed Congress on Monday after leveling lurid charges that fellow Democrats conspired to do him in. He even accused the President’s chief of staff of threatening him – in the nude.
Massa, 50, a veteran Navy man, first [...]

 

Tuesday March 9th, 2010 | No comments »


Roethlisberger accused of sexual assault

www.cbc.ca — A 20-year-old college student accused Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger of sexually assaulting her at a nightclub early Friday during a night on the town near where he owns a lake home.
Police say the alleged incident occurred early Friday at the Capital City nightclub in Milledgeville, about 135 kilometres southeast of Atlanta. The [...]

 

Tuesday March 9th, 2010 | No comments »


God writes notes on His hand, too: Palin

www.torontosun.com – Countless bloggers, comedians and opposing politicians have ribbed Sarah Palin about writing notes on her hand. But it’s OK, she said, because God gets it – He does it, too.
Speaking to a crowd of supporters in Ohio over the weekend about her hand notes that were discovered during a speech to the U.S. [...]

 

Tuesday March 9th, 2010 | No comments »


Casey Anthony Defense Wants State to Pay Legal Fees

ORLANDO, Fla. (foxnews)— Lawyers for an Orlando woman accused in her young daughter’s death says the state should pay the cost of defending her.
The team representing 23-year-old Casey Anthony says the financial assistance is the only way to ensure they’ll have the resources to fight a conviction and possible death sentence in the first-degree [...]

 

Monday March 8th, 2010 | No comments »


Pakistani intelligence sources say Californian Al Qaeda member arrested

www.latimes.com — Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan – Pakistani intelligence sources in Karachi said Sunday that security forces in the southern port city have arrested Adam Gadahn, a Southern California native who became a top propagandist for Al Qaeda and is wanted by the U.S. on treason charges.
A U.S. counter-terrorism official said later that the CIA [...]

 

Monday March 8th, 2010 | No comments »


Missouri County Hopes to Ban Fake Marijuana

SEDALIA, Mo. (AP) – A central Missouri county is taking steps to become the first county in the state — perhaps even in the nation — to pass an ordinance prohibiting a legal mix of herbs.
Pettis County Prosecuting Attorney Jeff Mittelhauser is pushing for an ordinance to prohibit the possession or sale of a synthetic [...]

 

Monday March 8th, 2010 | 1 Comment »