#BlueLivesMatter trending following Ferguson violence 133 Share This Story!Let friends in your social network know what you are reading about#BlueLivesMatter trending following Ferguson violenceTwo police officers were shot outside the Ferguson Police Department early Thursday sparking a conversation on social media about the role of law enforcement in the Missouri...
Thursday, March 12, 2015
Univision fires Emmy winner Rodner Figueroa for comment on Michelle Obama
MIAMI Talk show host Rodner Figueroa was fired from Univision after saying that Michelle Obama looks like someone from the cast of Planet of the Apes.Figueroa, whos known for his biting fashion commentary, made his remarks during a live segment of the show El Gordo y la Flaca in which the hosts were commenting on a viral video that shows a makeup artist transforming himself into different celebrities, including Michelle...
Well-Known Actor 'Windell Middlebrooks' died at 36
A representative for Windell Middlebrooks, who played a no-nonsense beer delivery man in TV commercials, says that the actor has died.Middlebrooks agent, Steve Ivey, says the Los Angeles-based actor died Monday. He was 36.Middlebrooks graduated from Sterling College in Sterling, Kansas. The actors family released a statement Tuesday that called Middlebrooks death, in their words, the passing of a young black star.Further...
Wednesday, March 11, 2015
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Champions League: Chelsea v PSG team news and lineups
PSG have it all to do when they take on Chelsea in Stamford Bridge today The scoreline might say 1-1, but its not as even as that score suggests. The all important away goal that Chelsea managed in Paris gives them a significant advantage going in to this crucial Champions League clash today. PSG need to score against their English opponents in order to have any chance of qualifying for this years Champions League...
'Blurred Lines' has precedents from Beatles to Vanilla Ice
By ANDREW DALTONAssociated Press LOS ANGELES (AP) - A jury has determined that singers Robin Thicke and Pharrell Williams copied R&B legend Marvin Gaye's "Got to Give it Up" with their 2013 megahit "Blurred Lines." Thicke and Williams were ordered to pay Gaye's children nearly $7.4 million. The decision could have an unprecedented effect on the industry, but it was only the latest in decades of...
'Blurred Lines' jury finds for Marvin Gaye
Robin Thicke outside the Roybal Federal Building on March 5, 2015, in Los Angeles.(Photo: David Buchan, Getty Images)Was it simply an homage? Or flat-out copying? The jury decided Tuesday it was the latter.That's been the issue in the musically packed, big-money Los Angeles trial over the 2013 hit Blurred Lines. Musicians Robin Thicke, Pharrell Williams and T.I. preemptively sued the family of late singer Marvin Gaye...
Tuesday, March 10, 2015
Miss. State quarterback injured in PCB concert fight
PANAMA CITY BEACH A Mississippi State quarterback was injured Monday afternoon during a brawl outside Club La Vela while on Spring Break, according to a Panama City Beach Police Department news release.
Dakota Dak Prescott was released Monday after telling police he did not want to press charges and did not need medical treatment following a parking lot skirmish at 4:51 p.m. in the Club La Vela parking lot, 8813...
A St. Patrick's Day lunch menu from Sonoma's Meadowcroft Wines
The Ballymaloe Cookery School in County Cork, Ireland, is one of the only cooking schools in the world with its own 100-acre, certified organic farm.Ballymaloe graduate Darby Tarantino uses that sprawling, verdant garden as inspiration each March when she creates an authentic St. Patricks Day luncheon at the tasting room of Meadowcroft Wines in Sonoma, where she serves as the resident chef and wine educator.Unlike...
Norwalk man goes on rant about Biggie Smalls after buying crack
NORWALK -- Police say a Norwalk man allegedly went on a rant about Biggie Smalls while writhing around in a pile of snow Sunday before he banged on a woman's car, causing it to dent. Carlos Gudino, 35, of 1 Disesa Court, was charged with criminal mischief, possession with intent to sell, sale/possession within distance of a school, first-degree threatening,...
Monday, March 9, 2015
Terps Cruise To Big Ten Tournament On Seven-Game Win Streak
Posted on March 09, 2015 by Chris Garman The University of Maryland men's basketball team closed the regular season with a 64-61 win against the University of Nebraska March 8. The No. 10 Terps are now 26-5 and 14-4 in the Big Ten conference. The 26 regular-season wins are the most in program history.The Terps finished second in the Big Ten standings and will receive...
Patrick Willis/Justin Smith retirement, Colin Kaepernick trade rumors, Frank ...
The 49ers roster is seeing all kinds of turnover, amidst all sorts of random news, rumors and speculation. So much for ever going to Las Vegas again. In case I did not realize this before, I can confirm now that I should never return to Las Vegas again. I said on Friday that crazy stuff can happen when I go to Las Vegas, and this weekend has only further served to confirm it. In the time I have been gone, we have...
Ndamukong Suh expected to sign $114 million deal with Miami Dolphins
Last Thursday, an Irish Setter named Thendara Satisfaction took second prize in his class at the prestigious Crufts dog show in Birmingham, England. A day later, back home in Belgium, the dog, called Jagger, became ill and died. The vet was suspicious and performed an autopsy on the 3-year-old show dog. "They found cubes of beef in his stomach that had at least two types of poison inside," co-owner and breeder Dee...
Jared Leto Attends �Tasting Night With Galaxy� In Paris To Celebrate The ...
Francois Durand/Getty Images for SamsungYounghee Lee, Gigi Hadid, Jared Leto and Carine Roitfeld attend the Paris Fashion Week Tasting Night with Galaxy featuring Brad Goreski, model Jessica Stam and Samsung's Executive Vice President of Global Marketing for Mobile Communications, Younghee Lee at Four Seasons Hotel George V on March 7, 2015 in Paris, France.Francois Durand/Getty Images for SamsungModel Doutzen Kroes,...
Sunday, March 8, 2015
An Honest Word on International Womens' Day
For Women's Day last year, I was treated to a trip to the spa with a friend. Those two hours we spent spoiling ourselves at the spa while our wonderful husbands looked after the four children under 3 1/2 that we had between us was absolute heaven.It had been longer than I could remember since I had a truly relaxing break from everything. In the three years and three months...
Adrien Broner Defeats John Molina Jr., NBC Cuts Off His Post-Fight Interview ...
SHARE ON WHATSAPPWHATSAPP As for the fight, Adrien Bronerdefeated John Molina Jr. late last night by unanimous decision:120-108, 120-108, 118-110.PerCompuBox statistics: Broner...
Flying (Han) Solo: Calista Flockhart Spotted Walking In LA The Day Of Husband ...
SplashFord's wife, Calista Flockhart, arrived at her husband's bedside in the UCLA Medical Center quickly after he crash-landed his plane on the Penmar golf course in Venice, California.SplashThe actress' car was spotted in its parking lot soon after Ford was taken to the hospital, according to reports.SplashBut before that, the actress was spotted taking a peaceful walk around Los Angeles, totally unaware of the news...
Remember this? Jodi Arias lays out future prison plans
As Jodi Arias prepares to spend the rest of her life in prison, we take a look back at some of the programs and projects Arias told jurors she planned to be a part of while behind bars.Watch Jodi Arias tell jurors from her 2013 trial how she plans to start recycling and literacy programs in prison, and will continue to donate her hair to locks of love.Photos: Go inside the prison cell that...
Saturday, March 7, 2015
What Are Bollywood Actors Doing on Holi?
Spending a colourful day with family and friends and gorging on goodies is what's on the mind for Bollywood actors like Ayushmann Khurrana and Nawazuddin Siddiqui on Holi on March 6, while those like Bipasha Basu and Tiger Shroff plan to keep distance from the revelry.Here are the actors' plans:Sushant Singh Rajput: It's going to be a dirty Holi for me. I'll be with my soul-mate Ankita and my close friends in Lavasa.Nimrat...
Report: Calista Flockhart staying by Harrison Ford's side
Calista Flockhart is supporting Harrison Ford in hospital.The 50-year-old actress has barely left her 72-year-old husband's bedside since he suffered lacerations to his face when his plane crash landed due to engine failure in Los Angeles on Thursday.A source close to the former 'Ally McBeal' star, who has son Liam, 14, with the 'Star Wars' actor, told PEOPLE.com on Friday: "Calista arrived at the ER shortly after...
Flying (Han) Solo: Calista Flockhart Spotted Walking In LA The Day Of Husband ...
SplashFord's wife, Calista Flockhart, arrived at her husband's bedside in the UCLA Medical Center quickly after he crash-landed his plane on the Penmar golf course in Venice, California.SplashThe actress' car was spotted in its parking lot soon after Ford was taken to the hospital, according to reports.SplashBut before that, the actress was spotted taking a peaceful walk around Los Angeles, totally unaware of the news...
Runways open at LaGuardia Airport after Delta plane smashed into fence
New York City's LaGuardia Airport reopened its second runway Friday after removing a Delta jetliner that skidded and smashed through a fence a day earlier.Port Authority spokesman Joe Pentangelo said the second runway was reopened around 10:30 a.m. Friday. The airport's other runway was reopened about three hours after Thursday's accident.Cranes were used overnight to remove plane.Six people were hurt in the incident...
Friday, March 6, 2015
Broncos Tender Top Tackler Brandon Marshall, 2 Others
ENGLEWOOD, Colo. (AP) The Denver Broncos have tendered their three exclusive rights free agents, a group led by top tackler Brandon Marshall, who will receive $585,000 in 2015. Tackle Paul Cornick and guard Ben Garland will each receive $510,000.The Broncos have two more restricted free agents in cornerback Tony Carter and linebacker Steven Johnson, and they must make a decision on them by the start of free agency...
Aim�e Osbourne: Jetzt ist sie am Zug
Aime Osbourne, 31, verffentlichte heute das Musikvideo zu ihrer ersten Single "Raining Gold" ihres Projektes ARO. Fr ihre Karriere will die Tochter von Schock-Rocker Ozzy Osbourne, 66, und dessen zweiter Ehefrau Sharon, 62, allerdings am liebsten komplett auf den Promi-Bonus ihrer berhmten Familie verzichten. Der (fast) komplette TV-Clan rund um Oberhaupt Ozzy wurde durch die MTV-Serie "The Osbournes"...
Let's Not Oversimplify Kim Kardashian's b**t Appeal
Photo: Jason Merritt/Getty Images Yesterday, Complex, jumping off a study by Turkish researchers covered in The Daily Mail, ran a piecetitled "The Evolutionary Reason Why You Love Kim Kardashian's b**t." It was, as the name suggests, an attempt at understanding why Kardashian's posterior has been an object of such fascination for so long, up to the point of it basically breaking the internet last month.Complex...
Thursday, March 5, 2015
See Photos of Children Celebrating Purim in the 1950s
In a 24-page feature on Judaism in 1955, part of a multi-issue series on world religions, LIFE Magazine introduced the religions holidays to readers in order of their spiritual importance. First came the high holy days, Rosh Hashanah and Yom Kippur, followed by Passover (which Charlton Heston would bring to the silver screen the following year) and Simchat Torah (which celebrates the end of the annual cycle of reading...
Victoria Beckham Makes Time In Her Busy Schedule For An Evening Out With ...
We should all strive to have a love like David and Victoria Beckham's!These two have such jam-packed schedules, it's a wonder how they make time for each other!But like some people say,...
DineEquity Continues Its Transformations of Applebee's, IHOP
NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Diners may soon notice more big changes at their Friday evening happy hour spot, DineEquity (DIN - Get Report) owned Applebee's. Long known as a suburban staple with a menu featuring tried-and-true entrees and cocktails, Applebee's has been undergoing a transformation of its menu and dcor during the last few years. Since December 2007, 90% of the Applebee's menu has been upgraded...
Wednesday, March 4, 2015
Analysis / Netanyahu's speech leaves rivals at a loss
Minutes after the last standing ovation in Congress subsided, Israels politicians were trying to grab back the narrative of a local election campaign that had been hijackedby Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, 9,500 kilometers away in Washington, D.C. In Jerusalems downtown Mikes Place bar, Zionist Unions candidate for finance minister, Prof. Manuel Trajtenberg, was engaged in earnest conversation with about...
Kim Kardashian Hires A Classical Pianist To Teach Her How To Play -- But ...
Learning how to play the piano isn't the only thing on Kim Kardashian's bucket list!It sounds like the reality TV star wants to be well versed in multiple instruments![ Related: THIS...
Cookies on the BBC website
A woodpecker carrying a weasel on its back is taking the internet by storm. However, the photo is leaving us with some big questions. Is it real? How can it carry such a big weight and fly? Is anything stronger in the animal kingdom? There is a only one person to turn to in times like this... Deadly 60 presenter Steve Backshall. "For the bird to be able to fly is pretty extraordinary, but not unheard of, so...
Elmira kids read Dr. Seuss, love book use, no excuse
Jeff Murray, jmurray@stargazette.com | @SGJeffMurray 1:30 p.m. EST March 2, 2015Olivia Stanley, a senior at Notre Dame High School, reads Dr. Seuss to first grade students at Diven Elementary School in Elmira on Monday.(Photo: JEFF MURRAY / STAFF PHOTO)Story HighlightsNotre Dame students rhyme their way into the hearts and minds of school childrenNotre Dame presented Diven Elementary School with a new bookshelf made...
Tuesday, March 3, 2015
Eric Wood, other Buffalo Bills players react to LeSean McCoy for Kiko Alonso trade
Eric Wood Buffalo Bills center Eric Wood (70) runs on the the field before an NFL football game Sunday, Sept. 21, 2014, in Orchard Park, N.Y. (AP Photo/Bill Wippert) (Bill Wippert)Orchard Park, N.Y. The Buffalo Bills sent shockwaves through the NFL on Tuesday night when they traded linebacker Kiko Alonso to the Philadelphia Eagles in exchange for 2013 first-round...
Texans begin exploring options on how to replace Andre Johnson
How will the Texans replace veteran wide receiver Andre Johnson, the greatest player in franchise history?The normal ways: Free agency and the draft.Green Bays Randall Cobb tops the potential 2015 free-agent class and could command a contract of at least $10 million annually. Cobb collected 91 catches for 1,287 yards and 12 touchdowns last season for the Packers, who came a couple minutes away from advancing to...
After '60 Minutes' report, Lumber Liquidators shares do not open
Shares of Lumber Liquidators did not open for trading Monday morning following a report on 60 Minutes Sunday night that the companys laminate flooring made in China may not meet Californias health and safety standards.The shares had been down 25 percent in pre-market trading. The shares were halted and the New York Stock Exchange said there was news pending.The 60 Minutes report said that Lumber Liquidators laminate...
Faith leaders, friends, family gather for vigil in support of Kelly Gissendaner
More than 100 people gathered Sunday night at a chapel on the campus of Emory University to participate in a vigil for death row inmate Kelly Gissendaner, who is scheduled to be executed Monday night. (Staff Photo: Tyler Estep) ATLANTA Kelly Gissendaner was, is and always will be responsible for her husbands murder. No one...
Monday, March 2, 2015
Miesha Tate finds inspiration in dominant performances of UFC champ Ronda ...
Miesha Tate and Ronda RouseyMiesha Tatesaysshes inspired, not jealous, when Ronda Rouseyflips the sport on its head with her spectacular performances.Tate and the UFC womens bantamweight champion have a long history. Theyve fought twice before once in the UFC and once in Strikeforce with Rousey winning both titlefights with her trademark armbar.Both fighters have moved forward fromtheir most recent collision, at UFC...
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