Details from John Edwards indictment

The federal grand jury indictment handed down Friday against former North Carolina Senator John Edwards charges the two-time Democratic presidential candidate of four counts of illegal campaign contributions, conspiracy and making false statements in connection with a cover-up of his extramarital affair.
"Person A" appears to reference former staffer Andrew Young, who for a time claimed Edward's illegitimate child as his own; "Person B" is Rielle Hunter, a videographer covering the Edwards campaign with whom the candidate had an extramarital affair, and who gave birth to Edwards' child in February 2008; "Person C" would be heiress Rachel "Bunny" Mellon, a major donor to Edwards' campaign; and "Person D" would be Texas lawyer Fred Baron, who served as Edwards' campaign finance chairman.

Tito Ortiz nude photo leaked on Twitter: Fighter denies posting image, claims phone was hacked!

Tito Ortiz denied releasing a full-frontal nude photo of himself through Twitter on Thursday.
Tito Ortiz doesn't wear a lot of clothes when he steps into the ring, but that doesn't mean he's comfortable baring it all for the public.


The mixed-martial artist seemed outraged when a full-frontal nude picture of himself was sent out through his Twitter account on Thursday.

Pa. woman sues Dunkin' Donuts over sugar in coffee

PHILADELPHIA -- A Philadelphia woman is suing Dunkin' Donuts, saying a worker mistakenly put sugar in her coffee that ultimately caused her to go into diabetic shock.

Danielle Jordan's lawsuit claims she asked for artificial sweetener to be added to her coffee during a June 2009 visit. Jordan claims she downed the drink and experienced dizziness, light-headedness and ended up making an emergency trip to the hospital.

John Edwards Indicted: Charged With Conspiracy, Campaign Finance Violations By Federal Grand Jury

RALEIGH, North Carolina (AP) -- A federal grand jury indicted two-time presidential candidate John Edwards on Friday over $925,000 spent to keep his mistress and their baby in hiding during the peak of his 2008 campaign for the White House.

The case of USA v. Johnny Reid Edwards contains six counts, including conspiracy, four counts of illegal campaign contributions and one count of false statements.


The indictment said the payments were a scheme to protect Edwards' White House ambitions. "A centerpiece of Edwards' candidacy was his public image as a devoted family man," the indictment said.

Jack Kevorkian Died

Assisted-suicide activist Jack Kevorkian, who was released from prison in 2007 after serving eight years for second-degree murder, died today in a Michigan hospital. 

He was 83. Best known for helping 130 terminally ill people painlessly kill themselves, Kevorkian promised to no longer advise people on suicide as a term of his parole. 


According to his lawyer, it appears that he "suffered a pulmonary thrombosis when a blood clot from his leg broke free and lodged in his heart." When he died, the lawyer added, "he didn't feel a thing."


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Should Sexting Be Grounds For Expulsion? This Parent Says No way!

Scottsboro, AL – Jackson County Sheriff Chuck Phillips says his department teamed up with DHR to crack a recent sexting case involving an 11 year old girl and an 18 year old man. According to the Sheriff, 18 year old Brandon Kilgore of Bridgeport was

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Mitt Romney 2012 Campaign For President Launches

Former Massachusetts governor Mitt Romney declared his candidacy for president of United States on Thursday.

The Republican hopeful made the announcement in the key early primary state of New Hampshire, the same battleground featured in a web video he released earlier this year in launching his presidential exploratory committee.

Romney's pitch was tailored to the conservatives who hold great sway in picking the GOP's presidential nominee in Iowa and South Carolina — and the independents who are the largest political bloc in New Hampshire. And it was as much a thesis on his viability as it was an indictment of Obama's leadership.

Goodbye Food Pyramid, Hello USDA Dinner Plate

Today, a relatively useless government chart will be replaced by a similarly useless but easier to understand chart:

(CNN) — Remember the food pyramid, the old symbol that showed us what a healthy diet looked like?

Well, forget it.

First lady Michelle Obama and several other officials will unveil a new plate-shaped food icon Thursday that “will serve as a reminder to help consumers make healthier food choices,” the White House said. .

Mitt Romney First Official Whopper?

UPDATE: At 1:00 in the afternoon, Romney delivered his announcement speech at a New Hampshire farm, and he did say the line highlighted below.

It's Mitt Romney's big day. In New Hampshire, he will officially announce his second presidential run—which unofficially began the moment John McCain lost to Barack Obama. And he's launching his campaign with a whopper.

Mitt Romney to officially announce presidential candidacy in New Hampsire

Mitt Romney to officially announce presidential candidacy in New Hampshire.

Former Massachusetts Gov. Mitt Romney will officially announce his candidacy for president Thursday. The announcement will be made slightly after noon in New Hampshire.

According to Romney’s prepared remarks, he will declare that “Barack Obama has failed America.”

Powerball winning numbers worth $200 million

New Jersey lottery players have heard this story a few times already this year in lottery games, but the Powerball jackpot for Wednesday night’s drawing has now reached $200 million.

There was no Powerball jackpot winner Saturday night, marking the 10th consecutive drawing without anyone winning the big prize. Five players matched the first five numbers to win $200,000, none of them from New Jersey. If any second-place prize winners had chosen the Power Play option on their ticket, it would have been worth $1 million.

Powerball winner matches Powerball numbers: New York Lottery sells $200M ticket – Examiner.com

World Lottery News Powerball winner matches Powerball numbers : New York Lottery sells $200M ticket Examiner.com Congrats to the newest $200000000 Powerball winner who matched all six Powerball winning numbers on June 1, 2011! The NY Lottery sold the winning Powerball ticket according to Powerball .com. It is still unknown who the very rich lottery winner is, … Winning $200M powerball ticket is sold in New York The Star-Ledger – NJ.com Powerball winning numbers worth $200 million newjerseynewsroom.com 2 local tickets worth $1 million — after taxes | Philadelphia Inquirer | 2011 … Philadelphia Inquirer The Seattle Times ?- Gather.com ?- Palm Beach Post all 141 news articles??


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Billy Bob Thornton's estranged daughter found guilty!

Billy Bob Thornton's estranged daughter has been found guilty of aggravated manslaughter of a child, the Associated Press reports. Amanda Brumfield was convicted last Friday in Orlando and will be sentenced in July.

Planet Fitness - Is Planet Fitness the Earth’s Worst Gym?

No do-rags, no baggy jeans, no grunting, no excessively loud noise. Sound like rules for your local library? Think again.

These are a few of the rules of Planet Fitness, a gym that touts it’s self as the “Judgment Fee Zone.” They claim that they impose these rules to keep out the “lunks“, and according to their logic, lunks are generally the source of any judging that occurs. The problem with their ruleset is that they are actually stereotyping (read judging) anyone that applies vigor to their workouts. In fact, if you break any of their rules, they set off an alarm that has a spinning light and sounds like a tornado siren so that everyone can look at you (in a nonjudging manner of course).

Despite the stupid rules, the purple and yellow franchise does deserve a pat on the back for its recent donation to breast cancer research. According to a recent press release Planet Fitness donated $370,200 to The Breast Cancer Research Foundation which they managed to raise through a special Mother’s Day promotion that took place from May 1-10, 2011.

Molly Sims Engaged With Scott Stuber!!

Actress/model Molly Sims is engaged to marry film producer Scott Stuber. 

The Love and Other Drugs moviemaker popped the question last month and Sims said yes, her representative tells People.com. 

Stuber, who has been dating the blonde beauty for 18 months, had an extra surprise in store for Sims - he flew her parents into Los Angeles to celebrate the engagement.

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Introducing iCloud, iOS 5, and Mac OS X Lion at WWDC Keynote by Steve Jobs

Apple has just sent out a press release, and the rumors are true: iCloud is coming at WWDC next week.

As an added plus? Steve Jobs will be keynoting after all.


The press release is below. Details as to what iCloud will actually do are thin in the press release, but Apple’s at least now confirming the name. It’s good to hear Steve Jobs is keynoting: let’s hope this marks his return to the company after the latest medical leave of absence.

CUPERTINO, California—May 31, 2011—Apple® CEO Steve Jobs and a team of Apple executives will kick off the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) with a keynote address on Monday, June 6 at 10:00 a.m. At the keynote, Apple will unveil its next generation software – Lion, the eighth major release of Mac OS® X; iOS 5, the next version of Apple’s advanced mobile operating system which powers the iPad®, iPhone® and iPod touch®; and iCloud®, Apple’s upcoming cloud services offering.

iOS 5

There goes all the fun rumors and wild speculation. Apple just released a press release detailing what’s coming next week at the company’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference. I’ll let that sink in for a moment. Apple pre-announced something — iOS 5 and OS X Lion to be exact. Oh, and something called iCloud, too.

It was already generally accepted that the two operating system were going to debut next week, but it’s rather strange that Apple would take to the wires with a pre-announcement. Please correct me if I’m wrong, save a teaser image showcasing a roman numeral and a large feline, the company hasn’t done this in recent history. The presser is after the break but it’s more of an advert for the developer’s conference. This pre-announcement either means Apple doesn’t have that much to show, or, hopefully, there’s so much that the company had to announce some ahead of time to make room in Steve’s keynote.

Oil Company President Admits Defrauding Citizens Bank

Bank fraud by an oil company president? Yes, indeed. The president – Christopher T. Carr – has pleaded guilty to one count of bank fraud stemming from a scheme to defraud Citizens Bank of millions of dollars.

According to court documents and statements made in court, Carr was the president of F&S Oil Company Inc., which was in the business of providing heating oil to residential and commercial customers in the Waterbury, Conn., area. As primarily a seasonal business with fluctuating cash flow, with growing cash deposits when prepaid contracts were purchased by customers and declining cash flow as inventory was purchased and delivered, F&S Oil needed access to a banking line of credit to conduct its business on an ongoing basis. As a result, F&S Oil had a banking relationship with Citizens Bank, which included three outstanding lines of credit or loans secured by the assets, inventory, and receivables of F&S Oil. Citizens Bank would routinely extend funds to F&S Oil under the existing line of credit based, in part, on information provided by F&S Oil in periodic submissions of borrowing base certificates to Citizens Bank. The borrowing base certificates would itemize F&S Oil’s total gross accounts receivable and would include a listing of the aging of the receivables and a total fuel inventory.

Rep. Anthony Weiner Hires Lawyer After Twitter "Prank"

Rep. Anthony Weiner, D-N.Y., has hired a lawyer after a lewd photo of an unidentified man was posted to his twitter account and directed at a 21-year-old female college student from Seattle.    

A spokesman for Weiner said the congressman is exploring “civil or criminal actions” in response to the incident, which he called a “prank.”  It’s unclear whether the office has also requested an independent investigation.
The twitter post, which appeared Friday night and was quickly deleted, was first reported on by conservative website Biggovernment.com.

NHL returns to Winnipeg

In the early morning hours, True North Sports and Entertainment and the Atlanta Spirit Group finally signed off on a deal that will see the Thrashers move to Winnipeg, returning NHL hockey to the Manitoba capital for the first time in 15 years.
The announcement was met with euphoria by hockey fans in Winnipeg. Thousands gathered in the downtown area to celebrate today’s announcement – the majority of them decked out in Winnipeg Jets garb.
The inked had barely dried on the transaction when True North launched into their sales pitch for season’s tickets. An aggressive season ticket campaign is underway as you read this, cleverly titled “Drive to 13.” The goal is to sell 13,000 season tickets before the puck drops next fall. Manitoba Moose season ticket holders will have first access to tickets and the rest of the population will be able to secure season’s seats beginning on Saturday.