Chicago (CNN) — A federal judge sentenced former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to 14 years in prison for corruption Wednesday.
Blagojevich, who turns 55 Saturday, must start serving his prison term within 90 days, the judge ordered. He must also pay a $20,000 fine.
“This is the time to be strong,” Blagojevich told reporters as he left [...]
Thursday December 8th, 2011 | No comments »
www.latimes.com – The Sentinel drone has cutting-edge stealth and surveillance technology that other nations could exploit. One of the aircraft crashed in Iran, and a U.S. official says it was on a CIA mission.
Reporting from Los Angeles and Washington—
The radar-evading drone that crash-landed over the weekend in Iran was on a mission for the CIA, [...]
Wednesday December 7th, 2011 | No comments »
(CNN) — The sentencing hearing for Rod Blagojevich is set to begin Tuesday, six months after the former Illinois governor was convicted of 17 public corruption charges.
The charges are related to Blagojevich’s attempt to sell the U.S. Senate seat held by Barack Obama before Obama resigned to become president.
The hearing is expected to last two [...]
Tuesday December 6th, 2011 | No comments »
www.sfgate.com – After going more than two years and 26 tournaments without a win, and after so much turmoil in his personal life and with his golf game, Tiger Woods stood over a 6-foot birdie putt Sunday to win the Chevron World Challenge and felt as though nothing had changed.
Finally, the outcome was familiar, too.
Woods [...]
Monday December 5th, 2011 | No comments »
www.wired.com – The backlash against a formerly obscure California mobile-monitoring software maker grew even larger Thursday, with a senator asking questions, citizens bombing the company with bad online reviews, and former customer Apple swearing it off.
Adding possible legal jeopardy to its woes, a former federal prosecutor is also publicly wondering whether Carrier IQ, whose phone-monitoring [...]
Friday December 2nd, 2011 | No comments »
Washington (CNN) — Hearings continue Thursday to determine the future of John Hinckley Jr., who shot President Ronald Reagan and three others in March 1981.
At the week and half of hearings, a federal judge will decide whether Hinckley should eventually be released from a mental hospital, where he has been a patient since his 1982 [...]
Thursday December 1st, 2011 | 1 Comment »
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Los Angeles — The doctor convicted in the overdose death of Michael Jackson was sentenced to the maximum four years behind bars Tuesday by a judge who denounced him as a reckless physician whose actions were a “disgrace to the medical profession.”
Dr. Conrad Murray sat stoically with his hands crossed as Superior Court Judge Michael [...]
Wednesday November 30th, 2011 | No comments »
Longtime local radio personality Bubba the Love Sponge along with Tampa’s oldest gentleman’s club, 2001 Odyssey are teaming up to collect toys for the needy children of the Bay Area. This annual event is called: “Toys for Ta-tas”. At six o’clock in the morning on Friday, December 16th at 2001 Odyssey, located at 2309 North [...]
Tuesday November 29th, 2011 | No comments »
www.washingtonpost.com – ATLANTA — Republican candidate Herman Cain declared “Here we go again” as he faced the latest crisis in his presidential campaign: an accusation of a 13-year extramarital affair with an Atlanta businesswoman.
On Monday, Ginger White said in an interview with Fox 5 Atlanta that her affair with Cain ended not long before the [...]
Tuesday November 29th, 2011 | No comments »
www.usatoday.com – Retail sales broke records during the Thanksgiving weekend, giving a needed boost to a long-suffering economy and raising retailers’ hopes for the best holiday shopping season ever.
This year’s sales were up to $52 billion from $45 billion last year, the National Retail Federation said Sunday. A record 226 million shoppers visited stores and [...]
Monday November 28th, 2011 | No comments »
