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· 82-Year-Old Identical Twins Die in Sweltering Home.  Eighty-two-year-old identical twin sisters were found dead in their San Antonio home after the city sweltered through days of 100-degree heat. 

· Ruth Madoff Asks to Keep Her Fur Coat.  The U.S. Marshals Service on Thursday took possession of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff's $7 million Manhattan home, an action that forced his wife to move elsewhere despite her plea to stay. 

· Funeral for TV pitchman Billy Mays.  Most mourners wore stickers showing a cartoon image of his distinctive bearded face. The six pallbearers did not wear suits, instead choosing bright blue button-down shirts like the ones Mays wore on TV. At the conclusion of the ceremony, they gave a "thumbs up," just as Mays did at the end of one of his commercials. 

· Oops: Teacher Accidentally Gave Self-Made Sex Tape to 5th Graders.  A Northern California elementary school teacher sent her students home for the summer with a video of class memories, only the DVD included six seconds of her having sex on a couch. 

· Palin quitting early as Alaska governor.  Gov. Sarah Palin announced Friday that she will step down as Alaska's chief executive by the end of the month. She will not seek election to a second gubernatorial term in 2010. 

· Apple blames the weather on overheated phones.  Apple has admitted that its latest iPhone 3GS model can overheat but blames the problem on sunshine rather than a glitch with its design. 

· Government health care plan: Pay your health insurance premiums, or face fines.  In a revamped health care system envisioned by senators, people would be required to carry health insurance just like motorists must get auto coverage now. Those who refuse to sign up would face fines of more than $1,000. The Congressional Budget Office estimated the fines would raise around $36 billion over 10 years. 

· Cynthia McKinney Remains Imprisoned in Israel After Gaza-Bound Boat Is Seized.  Former U.S. lawmaker and Green Party presidential candidate Cynthia McKinney and several other human rights activists remained in an Israeli prison Thursday after refusing to sign a deportation form. 

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Dogmatic [dog·mat·ic] adj.  1. Expressing rigid opinions; Prone to expressing strongly held beliefs and opinions. 2. Asserting opinions in a doctrinaire or arrogant manner; opinionated. 

· Source: Jackson traveled with 'mini-clinic.'  Michael Jackson traveled with a "mini-clinic," complete with an IV pole and an anesthesiologist who medicated the insomniac singer. 

· Rabbit-Obsessed Woman Hops Back to Jail After Hotel Find.  An Oregon woman obsessed with bunnies has been ordered back behind bars after police found her in a hotel room with more than a dozen rabbits. 

Thursday, July 2, 2009

· Los Angeles police under scrutiny in Jackson death.  The investigation of Michael Jackson's death is widening as questions intensify about the drugs he took, the doctors who provided them and the actions of police. Why did they tow away a doctor's car right after the death but not declare the home a crime scene? 

· Jackson active in video clip of rehearsal.  Michael Jackson appeared active in a video of his rehearsal two nights before he died. 

· Update: "Our stupid snake strangled the baby!"  Charges will be brought against the owner of a pet python that strangled a 2-year-old Florida girl in her crib, killing her.  "The baby's dead!" a sobbing caller from the house screamed to a 911 dispatcher in tapes released by police. "Our stupid snake got out in the middle of the night and strangled the baby!" 

· Woman left newborn in portable toilet.  A 44-year-old Maryland woman faces charges of child abuse after police say she gave birth in a portable toilet and dropped the newborn into the waste tank. 

· Cops Taser Pastor 'Helping' Driver in Traffic Stop.  Police used a Taser on a pastor and pepper spray to disperse his congregants Wednesday after the pastor allegedly interfered with a traffic stop in the church parking lot. 

· The battered and bruised face of a 24-year-old burglar who got on the wrong side of a 72-year-old former boxer.  Gregory McCalium, 24, was left with severe facial wounds after the knife-wielding thug attempted to rob his elderly neighbor near Oxford, England, Britain's SkyNews reported. The would-be burglar broke into the home of Frank Corti - without realizing the 72-year-old was a retired boxer. 

· Congress's Travel Tab Swells.  Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad has risen sharply in recent years, a Wall Street Journal analysis of travel records shows. The spending on overseas travel is up almost tenfold since 1995. The cost of so-called congressional delegations, known among lawmakers as "codels," has risen nearly 70% since 2005. 

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Specious [spe·cious] adj.  1. Having the ring of truth or plausibility but actually fallacious: a specious argument.  2. Deceptively attractive. 

· US Airways Flight Diverted After Man Strips Mid-Flight.  A US Airways flight to Los Angeles was diverted to Albuquerque after a passenger removed all of his clothing mid-flight, forcing flight attendants to cover him with a blanket before he was arrested, authorities said Wednesday. 

· Air France plane went down 'almost vertically.'  The Air France plane that crashed last month with 228 people aboard "did not break up or become destroyed in flight," the French air investigation agency announced today. "The plane went straight down, almost vertically," accident investigator Alain Bouillard told reporters. 

Wednesday, July 1, 2009

· Jackson death: Nuts starting to come out of the woodwork.  In a petition in L.A. County Superior Court, Nona Paris Lola Ankhesenamun Jackson, who lives in London, claims all of Michael's children are hers and that she didn't authorize them to live with Katherine Jackson. She claims, "Though he died to this earth he lives with my father [Satan the Devil] Khalid Lucifer." 

· David Carradine died of asphyxiation - pathologist.  The medical examiner who oversaw a private autopsy on David Carradine said on Wednesday that the "Kung Fu" star died from asphyxiation and the way the actor's body was bound allowed him to rule out suicide. 

· Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden dead.  Veteran actor Karl Malden, who won an Academy Award for his role in "A Streetcar Named Desire," has died at age 97. 

· Jackson funeral set for Tuesday in downtown L.A.  Michael Jackson's funeral is being scheduled for 10 a.m. on Tuesday, July 7, at the Staples Center in downtown Los Angeles, sources said. 

· Pet Python Strangles Toddler.  A man woke up Wednesday morning and found his girlfriend's 2-year-old daughter being strangled by his 12-foot pet Burmese python. Emergency workers could not revive the girl. 

· Mississippi's still fattest but Alabama closing in.  Mississippi's still king of cellulite, but an ominous tide is rolling toward the Medicare doctors in neighboring Alabama: obese baby boomers.  It's time for the nation's annual obesity rankings and, outside of fairly lean Colorado, there's little good news. Obesity rates among adults rose in 23 states. 

· Citi raises rates on millions of credit cards.  Citigroup Inc has increased interest rates on up to 15 million U.S. credit card accounts just months before curbs on such rises come into effect. 

· Insomniac Jackson begged for drug.  Michael Jackson was so distraught over persistent insomnia in recent months that he pleaded for a powerful sedative despite warnings it could be harmful, says a nutritionist who was working with the singer as he prepared his comeback bid. 

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Quixotic [quix·ot·ic] adj.  1. Idealistic without regard to practicality; impractical. 2. Impulsive: tending to act on whims or impulses. 

· Arizona House rejects immigration enforcement bill.  The Arizona House has defeated a bill that would have made it the only state in the nation to criminalize the presence of illegal immigrants by expanding its trespassing law. 

· Fashion designer crashes car into Calif. store.  A celebrity fashion designer has crashed her car through the front window of a hardware store in San Diego, injuring a customer inside. 

Tuesday, June 30, 2009

· Pastor Allegedly Steals Millions From Church.  A former pastor and his sons were charged with securities fraud in Indiana on Tuesday in what officials said was a multimillion-dollar scheme aimed at church members who thought they were helping build churches but were actually buying the men planes and sports cars. 

· Franken declared Senate winner, Coleman concedes.  Democrat Al Franken, a satirist turned politician, was declared the winner of a Senate seat in Minnesota on Tuesday, clearing the way for President Barack Obama's party to secure a critical 60-seat majority in the Senate. 

· Child found alive in ocean after jumbo jet crash.  A massive rescue effort was under way Tuesday after a young child was found among the wreckage of a downed Yemeni jet off the coast of Comoros in the Indian Ocean. 153 people were on the plane. 

· First $1 million find for U.S. Antiques Roadshow.  A woman who inherited some Chinese carved jade from her father has scored the first $1 million appraisal from experts on the U.S. television program "Antiques Roadshow," the producers said on Monday. 

· Duke researcher allegedly offered adopted 5-year old son for sex.  Sitting in a Durham County jail cell, Frank M. Lombard, the Duke University researcher accused of offering his adopted 5-year-old son for sex, awaits a trip to Washington, D.C., this week to face federal criminal charges. 

· Obama EPA blocks its own report questioning 'climate change.'  A top Republican senator has ordered an investigation into the Environmental Protection Agency's alleged suppression of a report that questioned the science behind global warming. 

· Obama Vows to Be Gay 'Champion.'  Countering criticism that he's done little on gay rights, President Obama commemorated the 40th anniversary of the birth of the modern movement by welcoming its leaders to the White House and reaffirming his commitment to their top priorities. 

· New Miss Georgia Quits Day After Winning Crown.  One day after winning the title Saturday night at the annual pageant in Columbus, Gwinnett County school teacher Kristina Higgins relinquished the post. Higgins said she stepped down because her responsibilities as a middle school teacher would not leave her time she would need to serve as Miss Georgia. 

· Queen Elizabeth II's costs rising.  Public funding for Queen Elizabeth II and the royal family cost British taxpayers $68.6 million last year, and her costs are rising. 

· Man charged for spraying wife with garden hose for smoking.  A man was charged with domestic battery after he drenched his wife with a garden hose and attacked her for smoking in the house, according to a police report. 

Word of The Day by WordThink

Pensive [pen·sive] adj.  Deeply, often wistfully or dreamily thoughtful. Expressive of melancholy thoughtfulness. 

· Jackson ticket holders offered refund or souvenir ticket.  Michael Jackson fans who purchased tickets for his final concerts will receive a full refund or, if they chose, a commemorative ticket, the concert promoter said Tuesday. 

· Jackson's death returns his father to spotlight.  At the BET Awards over the weekend, Michael Jackson's father, Joe Jackson, was back in front of the cameras. Wearing a black fedora and oversized sunglasses, he paid tribute to "a superstar" and promoted his own new record label.  Joe Jackson has been accused of beating his kids - which Joe disputes - telling the BBC in 2003: "I whipped him with a switch and a belt. ... I never beat him. 

· Jackson Left Father Out of His Will.  A will drafted by Michael Jackson in 2002 which divides the singer's estate among his mother, three children and charities could play a central role in determining how his tangled financial relationships will be unwound. 

· Battle to control Jackson's fortune begins.  So, who gets Michael Jackson's riches?  His mother took the first step Monday when she petitioned the Superior Court of California to be named the administrator of the late singer's estate. Katherine Jackson said in the filing she was acting to ensure Michael Jackson's three children are the beneficiaries. 

· Jackson wrapped video before death.  Two weeks before he died, Michael Jackson wrapped up work on an elaborate production dubbed the "Dome Project" that could be the final finished video piece overseen by the King of Pop. 

· Missing Moon-Landing Videotapes Possibly Found.  Just in time for the 40th anniversary of the first moon landing, NASA may have found the long-lost original Apollo 11 videotapes. 

· 10 others to be charged in Madoff probe.  Federal authorities are pressing a probe of 10 associates of Bernard Madoff despite a sentence that means the mastermind of one of the biggest financial frauds in history will spend the rest of his days behind bars. 

Monday, June 29, 2009

· $24 billion deficit forces California to issue IOUs.  California is preparing to issue IOUs to its creditors this week as it grapples with an unprecedented cash crunch and prepares to begin its new fiscal year deep in the red. 

· Bernard Madoff gets maximum 150 years in prison.  Historic swindler Bernard Madoff was sentenced to 150 years in prison Monday for a fraud so extensive that the judge said he needed to send a symbolic message to potential imitators and to victims who demanded harsh punishment. 

· Michael Jackson weighed 112 pounds at death, paper reports.  The Sun of London report painted a tragic picture of a 50-year-old man so frail he weighed only 112 pounds and whose stomach contained no food - just semidigested pills. Several of Jackson's ribs were broken in the frantic attempt to pump life back into his heart. Jackson had lost most of his hair, and his haggard face was disfigured by 13 plastic surgeries, The Sun said. 

· Court rules for white firefighters over promotions.  The Supreme Court ruled Monday that white firefighters in New Haven, Conn., were unfairly denied promotions because of their race, reversing a decision that high court nominee Sonia Sotomayor endorsed as an appeals court judge. 

· Woman Caught Robbing Worshippers in Church.  Patricia Adams saw an opportunity during services at Our Lady of Hope Catholic Church – and it wasn't for worship. While a devout parishioner knelt down in prayer, the 46-year-old learned over a church pew and stole cash from her purse, police said. 

· Arizona Moves to Allow Concealed Guns in Bars.  A bill moving through the Arizona Legislature has some bar owners fearful that the state is turning back the clock to the Old West. Lawmakers are considering a bill that would allow anyone with a concealed-weapons permit to bring a handgun into bars and restaurants serving alcohol. [D] 

· Gainesville Mayor Arrested After Found Nude at Campsite.  Authorities arrested Mark Musselwhite and charged him with public indecency last weekend after state Department of Natural Resources officers found him sitting nude at his Rabun County campsite. 

· Did Rough Plane Landing Cause Mays' Death?  Family, friends and colleagues mourned Billy Mays, 50, who was found unresponsive in his Tampa home Sunday, and awaited an autopsy to determine the cause of his sudden death.  Police said Mays told his wife he didn't feel well when he went to bed Saturday night. Earlier in the day, he said he was hit on the head when his airliner had a rough landing at Tampa Bay's airport. 

· Nanny says Michael Jackson's stomach had to be pumped regularly.  The shattered and suspicious family of Michael Jackson ordered a second autopsy on the late King of Pop Saturday as his children's longtime nanny revealed his frequent prescription drug binges forced her to pump his stomach "many times." 

· Jackson was acquitted at trial but never recovered.  Michael Jackson called his trial on child molestation claims, "the hardest thing I've ever done in my life." Acquitted of all charges by a jury but convicted by public opinion, he spent the rest of his life trying to recover from the ordeal. 

· Famous pitchman Billy Mays has died.  Television pitchman Billy Mays — who built his fame by appearing on commercials and infomercials promoting household products and gadgets — died Sunday. Police said there are no signs of forced entry to the residence and no foul play is suspected. He was 50. 

· Jackson's Son Thought Pop King Was Joking When He Collapsed.  Michael Jackson's eldest son thought his father was joking around when he collapsed on the living-room floor — but soon stood "in a trance" as the King of Pop's personal doctor frantically tried to revive him, a family confidant said. 

· NYPD Says Brooklyn Day Care Used as Drug Haven.  Police said Saturday they found 10 pounds of marijuana and $100,000 in cash in the basement of the Special Moments Daycare. 

· 'I'm better off dead. I'm done': Michael Jackson's fateful prediction just a week before his death.  During the last weeks and months of his life, Michael Jackson made desperate attempts to prepare for the concert series scheduled for next month – a series that would have earned millions for the singer and his entourage, but which he could never have completed, not mentally, and not physically, according to reports. 

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