Friday, October 30, 2009
Thursday, October 29, 2009
Wednesday, October 28, 2009
Tuesday, October 27, 2009
Monday, October 26, 2009
Friday, October 23, 2009
The Most Expensive Air Jordans Ever
A pair of Air Jordan sneakers could cost the University of Central Florida millions of dollars. Michael Jordan's son, Marcus Jordan, is a member of the UCF basketball team. The university promised Jordan he could wear his father's Nike brand sneaker this season, but there is a problem.
UCF has an exclusive $3 million contract that says its athletes will only wear Adidas shoes and clothing.
The school and Adidas are in the process of negotiating a new agreement.
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Tom Cruise: "American Psycho"?
Mary Harron, the director of American Psycho, told BlackBook Magazine about how she developed the character of Patrick Bateman with Christian Bale:"It was definitely a process. We talked a lot, but he was in L.A. and I was in New York. We didn’t actually meet in person a lot, just talked on the phone. We talked about how Martian-like Patrick Bateman was, how he was looking at the world like somebody from another planet, watching what people did and trying to work out the right way to behave.
"And then one day he called me and he had been watching Tom Cruise on David Letterman, and he just had this very intense friendliness with nothing behind the eyes, and he was really taken with this energy."
Wednesday, October 21, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Kids getting splashed and justice being served
But wait! There's more:
A female motorist is facing court action for deliberately driving through a puddle and splashing a group of school children.
Police received a number of complaints after a 24-second clip of the incident was posted on YouTube.
She has been reported for careless driving and a file is being sent to the Crown Prosecution Service.
Monday, October 19, 2009
Friday, October 16, 2009
It took a judge to rule that ringtones are not concerts
A federal judge has dismissed the music industry contention that when a cellphone’s ringtone begins playing, copyright infringement starts happening since others can hear the song, essentially arguing that a mobile phone is a portable concert hall.That argument meant that millions of mobile phone users were copyright scofflaws anytime anyone called them.
The American Society of Composers, Authors and Publishers, known as ASCAP, was attempting to wring even more royalties from music lovers, who already pay ringtone royalties when they buy ringtones. Additionally, ASCAP collects royalty payments for public performances of songs from venues as divergent as a summer camp and a stadium.
While ASCAP’s much-ridiculed argument in the case was a legal long shot, copyright chaos might have ensued had the royalty-collecting group actually prevailed.
“The ruling is an important victory for consumers, making it clear that playing music in public, when done without any commercial purpose, does not infringe copyright,” wrote Fred von Lohmann, a copyright attorney with the Electronic Frontier Foundation.
Thursday, October 15, 2009
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
Junior Seau is back. Again.
Junior Seau is back with the New England Patriots, coming out of retirement for a third time to sign a contract Tuesday for a 20th season as an NFL linebacker.The signing of the 12-time Pro Bowl player was announced by Versus, the television network on which Seau has a show. The Patriots have not announced the signing, which had been expected, although the team said he had a physical and a workout last week.
"I hope at some point he will be" with the Patriots, club owner Robert Kraft said at the NFL owners meeting in Boston. "He's a unique individual. I'd love to have him part of our team for as long as he wants to."
He came out of retirement last year to play the final four games with the Patriots after playing 27 games with them in 2006 and 2007.
Tuesday, October 13, 2009
Monday, October 12, 2009
Friday, October 9, 2009
Thursday, October 8, 2009
Info for sponsoring Wednesday's guest, Gina Leonaggeo, Miss New York finalist
The deadline for the sponsors to contribute/ pledge is Oct. 13th if you wish to have your name and/or business printed in the official Pageant Program Book. This contribution can be used as an advertising tax deduction for businesses. The dates for the pageant are Nov. 27th-29th.
Anyone who is interested in sponsoring her can contact Gina at WildHorses1770@optonline.net or (845) 868-3230.
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
It's important for the person who endorses your product to like you
(Probably Not-Safe-For-Work Language)
Colton Harris-Moore: Anti-hero or A-hole?
The saga is beginning to feel like something out of the movie Catch Me If You Can, as Harris-Moore keeps finding new ways to embarrass police by slipping through their grasp.The 18-year-old typically breaks into businesses or unoccupied vacation homes, lies down on the couch then dashes into the woods if confronted. He earned himself the nickname of "the barefoot burglar" by committing some of his crimes without wearing shoes.
He's suspected of taking thousands of dollars from safes and ATMs at businesses in the Orcas Island hamlet of Eastsound.
Authorities say Harris-Moore now is suspected of taking three planes from rural airports and crash-landing them.
His mother said she doesn't see anything wrong with what he's suspected of doing.
"I hope to hell he stole those airplanes – I would be so proud," Pam Kohler said, noting her son's lack of training. "But put in there that I want him to wear a parachute next time."
Tuesday, October 6, 2009
Brett Favre has officially defeated every team in the NFL
Veteran quarterback Brett Favre put his former team to the sword as the Minnesota Vikings defeated the Green Bay Packers 30-23. Favre, up against the team he led for 16 years, racked up 271 yards and three touchdown passes, to outshine his replacement at the Packers, Aaron Rodgers.The 39-year-old completed 24 from 31 passes, setting up scores for Visanthe Shiancoe, Sidney Rice and Bernard Berrian.
The Vikings defence also impressed, sacking Rodgers eight times, 4.5 of them the work of Jared Allen, including a safety in the fourth quarter that put his side 30-14 in front.
Rodgers did throw two touchdown passes and an interception, though, and having gone 16 points ahead, the Vikings were forced to resist a late Green Bay fightback.
Monday, October 5, 2009
It's Smokey and the Bandit, Jr.
Wyoming police say an 11-year-old boy driving a large SUV led officers on a high speed chase reaching speeds of 100 mph.
Bureau of Indian Affairs police say the chase started about 3 a.m. Tuesday near Riverton in central Wyoming and ended about 50 miles away near Crowheart on the Wind River Reservation.
The boy ditched the vehicle and jumped into a lake and began swimming but returned to shore where police collared him.
BIA Special Agent in Charge Charles Addington says that alcohol was involved and that charges were pending in juvenile court.
Bureau of Indian Affairs police say the chase started about 3 a.m. Tuesday near Riverton in central Wyoming and ended about 50 miles away near Crowheart on the Wind River Reservation.
The boy ditched the vehicle and jumped into a lake and began swimming but returned to shore where police collared him.
BIA Special Agent in Charge Charles Addington says that alcohol was involved and that charges were pending in juvenile court.
Friday, October 2, 2009
Michael Jackson declared "healthy." Well, aside from being dead.
Michael Jackson's arms were covered with punctures, his face and neck were scarred and he had tattooed eyebrows and lips, but he wasn't the sickly skeleton of a man portrayed by tabloids, according to his autopsy report obtained by The Associated Press. In fact, the Los Angeles County coroner's report shows Jackson was a fairly healthy 50-year-old before he died of an overdose. His 136 pounds were in the acceptable range for a 5-foot-9 man. His heart was strong with no sign of plaque buildup. And his kidneys and most other major organs were normal.
Still, Jackson had health issues: arthritis in the lower spine and some fingers, and mild plaque buildup in his leg arteries. Most serious was his lungs, which the autopsy report said were chronically inflamed and had reduced capacity that might have left him short of breath.
However, according to the document, the lung condition was not serious enough to be a direct or contributing cause of death.
Thursday, October 1, 2009
What judge hasn't done this during a divorce trial?
A district court judge appeared to be masturbating and used foul language during a divorce mediation, an attorney claims in Federal Court. The attorney claims Judge Kevin P. Moriarty’s actions were so offensive even her estranged husband complained about it during their divorce trial.Kimberly Ireland claims that while mediating, Judge Kevin P. Moriarty tried to discuss her underwear and her sex life, though neither was relevant to the divorce matter. And she claims that “Moriarty appeared to be masturbating during the mediation.”
Ireland says that Moriarty’s actions were so outrageous that her estranged husband Kevin testified about them at the divorce trial.
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