COMMENTARY | Charlie Sheen, an actor whose off-screen antics have proved to be even more entertaining than his onscreen roles, has proved that one can both lose and win when it comes to playingthe Hollywood game.
The producers of "Two and a Half Men," a show that Sheen was unceremoniously fired from several months ago, have hit upon a story line that will explain why Sheen's character, Charlie Harper, is no longer going to be with us.
He is going to die messily. According to TMZ, "Two and a Half Men" show runner Chuck Lorre, with whom Sheen has publicly feuded, hit upon the death story in order to make sure that Sheen never returns to the show. Scenarios are being kicked around, but one that seems promising will have Charlie Harper drive his car over a cliff. Apparently Sheen has accomplished this feat twice, both times surviving.
No doubt Lorre, who has been the object of vicious attacks by Sheen, will derive some satisfaction with this bit of vicarious revenge.
In the meantime, Sheen need not worry about the loss of income from getting the royal order of the boot from "Two and a Half Men" entails. According to Radar Online, Sheen has signed a deal withLionsgate Productions to develop and star in a new sitcom. The character will be similar to the one he played on "Two and a Half Men," only "racier." Already a number of cable networks, including TBS, are bidding for the rights to air the show.
The deal Sheen negotiated is interesting. He will make less than the $2 million per episode he made on "Two and a Half Men." However, Sheen has a much more generous back end deal that in the long run would be more lucrative.
This means that Lionsgate and whichever network chooses to air the show would not be out as much money if the show flops or Sheen has one of his famous real life episodes involving drugs and porn stars. The deal provides at least a little incentive for Sheen to behave. If he can manage it, perhaps he will wind up "winning" after all.
Wednesday, June 29, 2011
Microsoft Office 365 Launches (BLOG)
Microsoft Office 365, the technology giant's suite of productivity apps for the cloud, made its global debut Tuesday.
The cloud-based software places Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Exchange and Lync into the cloud. The product was first introduced last October as Microsoft's way to bring its popular collaboration and productivity products to the web. Office 365 comes with all of the Office Web Apps (Word, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint), as well as email support and Microsoft Access. Essentially, Microsoft has created one product for all of its cloud-based productivity software.
Office 365 also comes with ActiveSync, a new tool that lets customers access their cloud-based data (email, web apps, websites, calendars, etc.) from almost any device, including mobile phones and tablets. The company also guarantees 99.9% uptime. Executives we've spoken with seem confident in the system's redundancies and the security measures they've put in place to protect customer data.
Office 365 comes in two flavors: small business and enterprise. The small business version of Office 365 is designed specifically for small teams that don't want to deal with IT, while the enterprise version is a customizable version of Office with advanced IT configurations, Office Professional Plus, use right controls and more. The small business plan costs $6 per user per month, and the enterprise version costs anywhere between $2 and $27, depending on which features a company decides to implement.
As part of the launch, Microsoft will be working with more than 20 different service providers to package, sell and provide support for Office 365. Bell Canada, Intuit, Telefonica S.A., Telstra Corp. and Vodafone are among Microsoft's launch partners. The company already has approximately 400,000 customers on board from the beta testing of the cloud-based software.
Microsoft has been making big bets on the cloud in recent years with products like Azure, but Office 365 is by far the company's biggest push into cloud software. It faces stiff competition from Google and its Google Apps offering, though.
The cloud-based software places Microsoft Office, SharePoint, Exchange and Lync into the cloud. The product was first introduced last October as Microsoft's way to bring its popular collaboration and productivity products to the web. Office 365 comes with all of the Office Web Apps (Word, Excel, OneNote, PowerPoint), as well as email support and Microsoft Access. Essentially, Microsoft has created one product for all of its cloud-based productivity software.
Office 365 also comes with ActiveSync, a new tool that lets customers access their cloud-based data (email, web apps, websites, calendars, etc.) from almost any device, including mobile phones and tablets. The company also guarantees 99.9% uptime. Executives we've spoken with seem confident in the system's redundancies and the security measures they've put in place to protect customer data.
Office 365 comes in two flavors: small business and enterprise. The small business version of Office 365 is designed specifically for small teams that don't want to deal with IT, while the enterprise version is a customizable version of Office with advanced IT configurations, Office Professional Plus, use right controls and more. The small business plan costs $6 per user per month, and the enterprise version costs anywhere between $2 and $27, depending on which features a company decides to implement.
As part of the launch, Microsoft will be working with more than 20 different service providers to package, sell and provide support for Office 365. Bell Canada, Intuit, Telefonica S.A., Telstra Corp. and Vodafone are among Microsoft's launch partners. The company already has approximately 400,000 customers on board from the beta testing of the cloud-based software.
Microsoft has been making big bets on the cloud in recent years with products like Azure, but Office 365 is by far the company's biggest push into cloud software. It faces stiff competition from Google and its Google Apps offering, though.
Federer upset by Tsonga in Wimbledon quarterfinals (BLOG)
WIMBLEDON, England (AP) — Six-time champion Roger Federer was upset in the Wimbledon quarterfinals for the second straight year Wednesday, squandering a two-set lead for the first time at a Grand Slam tournament and losing to Jo-Wilfried Tsonga 3-6, 6-7 (3), 6-4, 6-4, 6-4.
Federer barely looked challenged while winning the first two sets against the 12th-seeded Frenchman. But the Swiss star, who had been 178-0 in matches in which he had won the opening two sets at a major tournament, was broken one time in each of the last three sets.
"It's kind of hard going out of the tournament that way, but unfortunately it does happen sometimes," said Federer, who was playing in his 29th straight major quarterfinal. "At least it took him sort of a special performance to beat me, which is somewhat nice."
Federer may be right. The 16-time Grand Slam champion finished the match with only 11 unforced errors, half as many as Tsonga, but it didn't help him get close to breaking Tsonga's serve when he needed it.
"I was two sets down and I break. I did a good game of return and after that it was just amazing," said Tsonga, who had 63 winners, five more than Federer. "I just played unbelievable, served unbelievable and now I'm here, I'm in semifinal and I can't believe it."
Tsonga will face second-seeded Novak Djokovic, who defeated 18-year-old Australian qualifier Bernard Tomic 6-2, 3-6, 6-3, 7-5. Defending champion Rafael Nadal also advanced, beating Mardy Fish 6-3, 6-3, 5-7, 6-4. The two-time champion will face fourth-seeded Andy Murray, who defeated Feliciano Lopez 6-3, 6-4, 6-4.
Federer was seeking to equal Pete Sampras' record of seven Wimbledon singles titles. He breezed through his opening four matches, losing only one set, and played his usual elegant game against Tsonga.
In the first set, Federer earned his one and only break point of the match in Tsonga's first service game, and converted it. He held the rest of the way, and then won the second set in the tiebreaker.
But Tsonga finally got his first break in the third set, and another in the fourth and another in the fifth.
"He can come up with some good stuff and some poor things at times," Federer said. "He had basically good return games along the way in the third, fourth, and fifth. I think especially the third set, the break I get is very unusual. He chips back a couple, they stay in."
Those were the Frenchman's only three breaks, and they were just enough to send Federer home early again.
Last year, he lost to eventual runner-up Tomas Berdych in the quarterfinals.
"It's the biggest champion in my sport," Tsonga said. "He achieved a lot of things and he's just the best player in the world and I'm just so happy to win against him, especially on grass because it's maybe one of his favorite surface and I'm just so happy today."
Instead of Federer improving on his record haul of major titles, 10-time Grand Slam champion Nadal can add to his own.
The top-seeded Spaniard lost one set but did not appear to be bothered by the left foot he injured in his previous match againstJuan Martin del Potro.
"Today it was better. The treatment worked and I'm fine. I'm here," Nadal said. "The previous match was tough for me because for a moment I didn't know if I had a serious injury, but since (it's) nothing important (it's) probably going to work."
On Court 1, Djokovic overcame a tough match against his protege, holding on to reach the semifinals for the third time in his career.
Djokovic has been practicing with Tomic on-and-off since the two became friends last year in Australia, but this was the first meeting between the two in a competitive match.
After Tomic put a forehand into the net on match point, the pair had a brief chat at the net. Then, with the crowd applauding, Djokovic did the same while motioning toward Tomic.
"It was a very even match. In the first set I felt I played quite well," said Djokovic, who finished the match with fewer winners than Tomic, 43-39. "Then I played one really bad service game and he got back into the match. And from that moment on, he was the better player."
At the start, Djokovic appeared to have little to worry about, rolling through the first set and on his way to a fifth straight major semifinal. But Tomic didn't quit, instead breaking Djokovic to take a 3-1 lead in the second set and eventually evening the match.
"He is such an unpredictable player. He's very young, and obviously, first quarterfinals of a Grand Slam for him means a lot," Djokovic said. "But he didn't have anything to lose, so he was hitting a lot of winners today."
Tomic again went up a break in the third, but that's when Djokovic got going. The two-time Grand Slam champion won five straight games to take the third set, and then won the first two games in the fourth. Although Tomic got back on serve at 2-2 and was two points from winning the set at 5-4, Djokovic soon broke to take a 6-5 lead and held for victory.
"It was really hard to predict where he's going to go. He was not making a lot of unforced errors from the baseline, and that made my life really difficult," Djokovic said. "I tried to change the pace, but he was better at that. We were playing cat and mouse, I think. But in the end, I'm just happy to get through."
Djokovic started the 2011 season by winning 41 straight matches, but that came to an end with a loss to Federer in the French Open semifinals. If the Serb reaches the final at the All England Club for the first time this year, he will guarantee himself the No. 1 ranking. He can also claim the top ranking if Nadal fails to defend his title.
Tomic was the youngest man to start in the men's draw this year, and is the youngest to reach the Wimbledon quarterfinals since Boris Becker defended his title in 1986.
Murray is trying to become the first British man to win the Wimbledon title since Fred Perry in 1936. And against Lopez, he was never really bothered.
He saved the two break points he faced, both in the third set, and finished off the match by winning the final game at love.
"I've played a little bit better every year I've come here," said Murray, who is in the semifinals for the third straight year. "I want to go further."
Seattle police leave rifle unattended on cruiser (BLOG)
SEATTLE (AP) — A Seattle police spokesman says the departmentis embarrassed after officers left a police rifle unattended on a patrol car outside a busy downtown area. Spokesman Sgt. Sean Whitcomb says the department has launched an investigation.
Whitcomb says two people spotted the rifle on the parked car. One flagged down bicycle officers to alert them. The other followed the cruiser as it drove through downtown Seattle and tracked down the driver after the car parked.
The alternative weekly The Stranger first reported the incident, posting a picture that shows the rifle sitting on top of the trunk.
Whitcomb says such rifles are assigned only to officers who have additional training. They're usually kept in the trunk or between the driver and passenger seats.
Whitcomb says two people spotted the rifle on the parked car. One flagged down bicycle officers to alert them. The other followed the cruiser as it drove through downtown Seattle and tracked down the driver after the car parked.
The alternative weekly The Stranger first reported the incident, posting a picture that shows the rifle sitting on top of the trunk.
Whitcomb says such rifles are assigned only to officers who have additional training. They're usually kept in the trunk or between the driver and passenger seats.
Turtles crossing runway cause New York flight delays (BLOG)
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Why did the turtles cross the runway and tie up flights at John F. Kennedy International Airport?
To get to the other side to lay eggs on the sandy shores of theJamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, which borders the airport in New York City's borough of Queens, authorities said.
Ron Marsico, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees operation of the region's airports, said about 150 diamondback terrapin turtles were spotted on Wednesday morning crossing Runway 4L.
Pilots from Jet Blue and other airlines halted their big birds and let the expectant reptiles pass, said Marsico.
"Flight delays attributed to turtles were minor, about 15 minutes or so," said Marsico.
Port Authority staff rushed out to the tarmac where, between takeoffs and landings, they scooped up the turtles and helped them on their way, he said.
Naturalists said the 185-acre Jamaica Bay may be the diamondback's most popular breeding ground in North America.
"It happens every year at about this time. It's the great migration, and this is the peak of the season," he said.
Flights were rerouted to another runway, as waves of turtles pressed on with their march to the bay.
"At one point, we decided to heed Mother Nature and use other runways. This is not impacting flights," Marsico said.
To get to the other side to lay eggs on the sandy shores of theJamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge, which borders the airport in New York City's borough of Queens, authorities said.
Ron Marsico, a spokesman for the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, which oversees operation of the region's airports, said about 150 diamondback terrapin turtles were spotted on Wednesday morning crossing Runway 4L.
Pilots from Jet Blue and other airlines halted their big birds and let the expectant reptiles pass, said Marsico.
"Flight delays attributed to turtles were minor, about 15 minutes or so," said Marsico.
Port Authority staff rushed out to the tarmac where, between takeoffs and landings, they scooped up the turtles and helped them on their way, he said.
Naturalists said the 185-acre Jamaica Bay may be the diamondback's most popular breeding ground in North America.
"It happens every year at about this time. It's the great migration, and this is the peak of the season," he said.
Flights were rerouted to another runway, as waves of turtles pressed on with their march to the bay.
"At one point, we decided to heed Mother Nature and use other runways. This is not impacting flights," Marsico said.
Gimmie Dat Throwback - Minnie Riperton - Memory Lane
Minnie Julia Riperton (November 8, 1947 – July 12, 1979) was an American singer-songwriter best known for her vocal range of five-and-a-half octaves and her 1975 single "Lovin' You". She was married to songwriter and music producer Richard Rudolph from 1972 until her death in the summer of 1979. They had two children - music engineer Marc Rudolph and actress/comedienne Maya Rudolph.
If there was a track that would be described as her “goin’ home” song, no doubt it was “Memory Lane” – Minnie’s reflection of her past while knowing what indeed was in the future. "Memory Lane" was a hit and was arguably Riperton's greatest work. Riperton incorporated the sadness of the ending of a relationship while suddenly shifting to cries of "I don't want to go" and "save me." It is thought that "Memory Lane" was her farewell to her family and to the world.
If there was a track that would be described as her “goin’ home” song, no doubt it was “Memory Lane” – Minnie’s reflection of her past while knowing what indeed was in the future. "Memory Lane" was a hit and was arguably Riperton's greatest work. Riperton incorporated the sadness of the ending of a relationship while suddenly shifting to cries of "I don't want to go" and "save me." It is thought that "Memory Lane" was her farewell to her family and to the world.
Jill Scott Scores First #1 on Billboard 200
R&B singer Jill Scott will notch her first #1 album next week when her fourth effort, Light of the Sun, crashes the top of the Billboard 200 chart thanks to sales of 135,000 copies, according to figures provided by Nielsen SoundScan.
She's been notching hits on the chart beginning with her 2000 debut, "Who Is Jill Scott?," rose to a No. 17 peak the following year. Since then, she's released three more studio albums, a live set and a collaborations collection.
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She's been notching hits on the chart beginning with her 2000 debut, "Who Is Jill Scott?," rose to a No. 17 peak the following year. Since then, she's released three more studio albums, a live set and a collaborations collection.
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Jennifer Lopez to Star in 'What to Expect'
Jennifer Lopez is joining the cast of What To Expect When You're Expecting, the film adaptation of the book that has dominated best-seller lists for more than 500 weeks. She will star with Cameron Diaz in the movie, which Lionsgate says is expected to begin shooting next month for a Mother's Day Weekend release in 2012.
How is that book - which is a guide to pregnancy - going to be turned into a movie? Lopez will play Holly in one of the film's the interlocking stories. The character is a woman who adopts a baby from abroad with her husband after having difficulty conceiving.
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How is that book - which is a guide to pregnancy - going to be turned into a movie? Lopez will play Holly in one of the film's the interlocking stories. The character is a woman who adopts a baby from abroad with her husband after having difficulty conceiving.
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I only ever used Twitter to stalk celebs (in a non-creepy way!) and now I want to use it to talk to you lovely lot! I will follow back and I only have 14 followers so would love more and share my thoughts.
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Come join in the fun! :)
Love Freya
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Tuesday, June 28, 2011
12 Common Email Mistakes made at work (BLOG)
Failing to include basic greetings.
Simple pleasantries do the trick. Say “hi” at the start of the message and “thanks” at the end. Be sure to use the recipient's name. Be polite yet brief with your courtesy.
Expecting an instant response.
Don’t send an email and show up at the recipient’s desk 30 seconds later asking if they’ve received it. They did, and they’ll answer at their convenience. That’s the point of email.
Sending before you mean to.
Enter the recipient’s email address only when your email is ready to be sent. This helps reduce the risk of an embarrassing misfire, such as sending an important email to the wrong person or emailing a half-written note.
Not reviewing all new messages before replying.
When you return to the office after being away, review all new emails before firing off responses. It might be hard to accept, but odds are, things did march on without you. Replying to something that was already handled by a co-worker can lead to confusion, errors, and wasted time.
Expecting an instant response.
Don’t send an email and show up at the recipient’s desk 30 seconds later asking if they’ve received it. They did, and they’ll answer at their convenience. That’s the point of email.
Sending before you mean to.
Enter the recipient’s email address only when your email is ready to be sent. This helps reduce the risk of an embarrassing misfire, such as sending an important email to the wrong person or emailing a half-written note.
Not reviewing all new messages before replying.
When you return to the office after being away, review all new emails before firing off responses. It might be hard to accept, but odds are, things did march on without you. Replying to something that was already handled by a co-worker can lead to confusion, errors, and wasted time.
Omitting recipients when you "reply all."
Unless there’s an important reason to omit someone, don’t arbitrarily leave people off the response if they were included on the original message.
Composing the note too quickly.
Don’t be careless; write every email as if it will be read at Saint Peter’s Square during the blessing of a new Pope. Be respectful with your words and take pride in every communication.
Underestimating the importance of the subject line.
The subject line is your headline. Make it interesting, and you’ll increase the odds of getting the recipient's attention. Our inboxes are cluttered; you need to be creative and direct to help the recipient cut through the noise.
Violating your company’s email policy.
Many companies have aggressive spam filters in place that monitor "blue" language. From that famous four-letter word to simple terms, such as "job search," don't end up tripping the system by letting your guard down.
E-mailing when you're angry.
Don’t do it. Ever. Recall buttons are far from a perfect science, and sending a business email tainted by emotion is often a catastrophic mistake. It sounds cliche, but sleep on it. Save the message as a draft and see if you still want to send it the next morning.
Using BCC too often.
Use BCC (blind carbon copy) sparingly. Even though it’s supposed to be a secret, it rarely is. Burn someone once, and they’ll never trust you again. Likewise, forwarding email is a great way to destroy your credibility. When people send you something, they aren’t expecting you to pass it on to your co-workers.
Relying too much on email.
News flash! No one is sitting around staring at their inbox waiting for your email. If something is urgent, use another means of communication. A red “rush” exclamation point doesn’t compare to getting up from your desk and conducting business in person.
Hitting "reply all" unintentionally.
This is a biggie. And it's not just embarrassing; depending on what you wrote in that email, it can ruin your relationship with a co-worker or even your boss. Take extra care whenever you respond so you don't hit this fatal button.
UFOs filmed above BBC building in London (BLOG, VIDEO, LINK)
A video purportedly showing a "UFO mothership" and a "fleet" of alien spacecraft has gone viral on YouTube on June 28, two days after it was uploaded.
UFO Mothership & Fleet Over London UK 24th June 2011 (credit alymc01) [HD] has as of 9:30GMT June 28 been viewed 710,431 times after being uploaded on June 26 and is ranked second on YouTube's "most watched today charts."
The video begins with shaky footage caused by what can be assumed to be the person behind the camera running down the street to where a group of people stand filming the sky on their mobiles. The camera then turns upwards, where three shining dots can be seen passing through the sky.
The circular dots then return several times before a similar larger shape appears, hovers for a short while then disappears at speed. In the background a man can be heard saying "There's a UFO up there."
The video was first uploaded June 24 by YouTube user alymc01, who despite being a member since 2007 appears to only have this video and a duplicate of it on his or her channel; the video that has gone viral is a re-post of that footage by user EllasVirgo.
The video has received some mainstream press coverage in addition to mentions on blogs specializing in UFOs. While no marketing company has yet come forward to claim responsibility for the footage, a number of similar videos have appeared on YouTube over the past few days, including
UFOs Over London Friday 2011 - UFO fleet over Tower Bridge London 6/24/2011 and UFO June 2011, leading some to question if the videos are part of a viral promotional campaign.
UFO Mothership & Fleet Over London:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AouX-nWvv4
UFOs Tower Bridge -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQmut0XtD3s
UFO June 2011 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD7Ok9By6AM
UFO Mothership & Fleet Over London UK 24th June 2011 (credit alymc01) [HD] has as of 9:30GMT June 28 been viewed 710,431 times after being uploaded on June 26 and is ranked second on YouTube's "most watched today charts."
The video begins with shaky footage caused by what can be assumed to be the person behind the camera running down the street to where a group of people stand filming the sky on their mobiles. The camera then turns upwards, where three shining dots can be seen passing through the sky.
The circular dots then return several times before a similar larger shape appears, hovers for a short while then disappears at speed. In the background a man can be heard saying "There's a UFO up there."
The video was first uploaded June 24 by YouTube user alymc01, who despite being a member since 2007 appears to only have this video and a duplicate of it on his or her channel; the video that has gone viral is a re-post of that footage by user EllasVirgo.
The video has received some mainstream press coverage in addition to mentions on blogs specializing in UFOs. While no marketing company has yet come forward to claim responsibility for the footage, a number of similar videos have appeared on YouTube over the past few days, including
UFOs Over London Friday 2011 - UFO fleet over Tower Bridge London 6/24/2011 and UFO June 2011, leading some to question if the videos are part of a viral promotional campaign.
UFO Mothership & Fleet Over London:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0AouX-nWvv4
UFOs Tower Bridge -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQmut0XtD3s
UFO June 2011 -
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fD7Ok9By6AM
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Bussin Remix -Trouble (@TroubleDTE) ft.Yo Gotti(@YoGottiKOM) Waka Flocka (@WakaFlockaBSM) Trae Tha Truth(@TraeABN)
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Keep It Warm For Ya - Freddie Gibbs & Statik Selektah (Feat. Smoke DZA & Chace Infinite) (VIDEO)
Check out the Footage from Statik Selectah and Freddie Gibbs Session With Smoke DZA and Chase Infinite "Keep it Warm For Ya"
Marvins Room - Drake ( VIDEO )
Check out Drake's Visual for Marvin's Room
Monday, June 27, 2011
Casey Anthony case: Out goes incompetent angle
The first lawyer Jose Baez said Casey Anthony Caylee Anthony drowned and two years, mother, father, Casey Anthony, George (grandfather of Caylee), covered accidental drowning of children. Then George Anthony, Casey's brother Lee Anthony have been accused of 25 years, Casey Anthony mind through an incestuous relationship - as if it could explain why she allegedly killed her daughter. Finally Friday, the defense asked Judge Belvin Perry Casey Anthony Caylee Anthony Mother Orlando rule incompetent for trial, according to Fox News.
Case can be made by Casey Anthony incompetent because he is not "normal" for a mother galavant around the tattoo and dinner casual dining with her boyfriend when she was kidnapped by two years of a nanny or drowned in a pool at home .
It is not right to kill her child, which can also lead others to take a crazy person. But with all that aside, decided to Orlando, Perry, head of the case, Casey Anthony, on the basis of three psychiatric examinations, continuous Casey Anthony was released, it can still be accused of murdering Caylee daughter. Although the trial resumes today.
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Casey Anthony attorney Jose Baez, perhaps, another plan up his sleeve in his attempt to save his client from the inevitable: marketing on the stand of his own defense. It seems that this case winds its way through his last day in court, he will come down to Casey Anthony - not to defend his lawyer - to win the jury or to give the green light to judge beyond a reasonable doubt.
Case can be made by Casey Anthony incompetent because he is not "normal" for a mother galavant around the tattoo and dinner casual dining with her boyfriend when she was kidnapped by two years of a nanny or drowned in a pool at home .
It is not right to kill her child, which can also lead others to take a crazy person. But with all that aside, decided to Orlando, Perry, head of the case, Casey Anthony, on the basis of three psychiatric examinations, continuous Casey Anthony was released, it can still be accused of murdering Caylee daughter. Although the trial resumes today.
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Casey Anthony attorney Jose Baez, perhaps, another plan up his sleeve in his attempt to save his client from the inevitable: marketing on the stand of his own defense. It seems that this case winds its way through his last day in court, he will come down to Casey Anthony - not to defend his lawyer - to win the jury or to give the green light to judge beyond a reasonable doubt.
Transformers: Dark of the Moon
The film has not yet created in the United States, but critics (especially those across the world) are out of gum "Transformers: Dark of the Moon", the last of the "Transformers" movie.
The film can be estimated at 67% tax on Rotten Tomatoes right now, but it seems that "Transformers" about to go to "Cars 2" on how to get a good critical ability, only to be disappointed Plus because criticism comes in. Here are a few critics say the film:
"Of course, better than its predecessor, Michael Bay has not yet learned that the action sequences are impressive not miserable character development and do not know." Anthony O'Connor, FILMINK (Australia)
"... And yes, it's Transformers: The Dark of the Moon a thousand times better than Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, but still many miles Daft charm, tease these processors.
Fun in fact not much at all in the dark Moon Bay has promised that another result will be a "dark ... more emotional, "and especially successful. If 'is that you are willing to believe - I -. giant robots that can inspire an emotional response because people give you shit jack "Clem Bastow-vines
"The latest Transformers movie franchise begins a promising alternative history / conspiracy plot about space and landing on the moon by NASA in 1969. What, then, the film won the show familiarly convoluted and involved in another conflict between rival alien robot transformer allied persons, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf), comes to the rescue once again alongside the Autobots. "Thomas Caldwell, movies Autopsy
The film can be estimated at 67% tax on Rotten Tomatoes right now, but it seems that "Transformers" about to go to "Cars 2" on how to get a good critical ability, only to be disappointed Plus because criticism comes in. Here are a few critics say the film:
"Of course, better than its predecessor, Michael Bay has not yet learned that the action sequences are impressive not miserable character development and do not know." Anthony O'Connor, FILMINK (Australia)
"... And yes, it's Transformers: The Dark of the Moon a thousand times better than Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen, but still many miles Daft charm, tease these processors.
Fun in fact not much at all in the dark Moon Bay has promised that another result will be a "dark ... more emotional, "and especially successful. If 'is that you are willing to believe - I -. giant robots that can inspire an emotional response because people give you shit jack "Clem Bastow-vines
"The latest Transformers movie franchise begins a promising alternative history / conspiracy plot about space and landing on the moon by NASA in 1969. What, then, the film won the show familiarly convoluted and involved in another conflict between rival alien robot transformer allied persons, Sam Witwicky (Shia LaBeouf), comes to the rescue once again alongside the Autobots. "Thomas Caldwell, movies Autopsy
Blagojevich Trial Latest News
Blagojevich, chicago tribune, rod blagojevich, cnn live, casey anthony trial latest news - Rod Blagojevich trial: Sentenced to 17 of the 20 jurors in a trial liderov.Federalnym the former governor of Illinois, Rod Blagojevich was convicted of 17 of the 20 leaders guilty of corruption today. Blagojevich has shown no reaction when the verdict was read, the jury deadlocked on two points and is guilty of one.
Miles Miller | June 27, 2011 | 1 min: 25sec federal grand jury in the trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted of 17 of the 20 leaders guilty of corruption today.
Blagojevich has shown no reaction as the sentence was read, the jury deadlock for two reasons and the guilty.
It took a jury just 10 days to reflect, to offer unanimously, after considering the case where Blagojevich has accepted the position and dismissed all charges against him 20. In the midst of accusations that he tried to buy or exchange a former senator Barack Obama.
The basic premise of this study was to determine whether the aid granted Blagojevich and other nonsense on the phone just to talk or a part of U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald called "the wave of political crimes."
When the disgraced former governor convicted of a federal prison for 350 years, with all the numbers add up, but federal guidelines dictate his sentence will be considerably less.
Blagojevic was arrested in December 2008, after hearing the FBI at home and mobile working, leading to his impeachment legislator in Illinois, a month later.
Blagojevich Governor of Illinois, the second in a row against the prison for corruption. His predecessor, former Governor George Ryan, who will serve six years.
Miles Miller | June 27, 2011 | 1 min: 25sec federal grand jury in the trial of former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich was convicted of 17 of the 20 leaders guilty of corruption today.
Blagojevich has shown no reaction as the sentence was read, the jury deadlock for two reasons and the guilty.
It took a jury just 10 days to reflect, to offer unanimously, after considering the case where Blagojevich has accepted the position and dismissed all charges against him 20. In the midst of accusations that he tried to buy or exchange a former senator Barack Obama.
The basic premise of this study was to determine whether the aid granted Blagojevich and other nonsense on the phone just to talk or a part of U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald called "the wave of political crimes."
When the disgraced former governor convicted of a federal prison for 350 years, with all the numbers add up, but federal guidelines dictate his sentence will be considerably less.
Blagojevic was arrested in December 2008, after hearing the FBI at home and mobile working, leading to his impeachment legislator in Illinois, a month later.
Blagojevich Governor of Illinois, the second in a row against the prison for corruption. His predecessor, former Governor George Ryan, who will serve six years.
Neil Patrick Harris Announces Engagement (BLOG)
(CNN) -- After New York's historic decision to legalize gay marriage, it looks like Neil Patrick Harris and his longtime partner David Burtka are looking forward to a wedding of their own someday.
The 38-year-old actor tweeted Friday, "I'd sure love to get married. Please, NY Senate, vote in favor of marriage equality today. My family would really appreciate it."
After the announcement came that New York signed the same-sex marriage bill into law, Harris could hardly contain his tweeted elation.
"It PASSED! Marriage equality in NY!! Yes!! Progress!! Thank you everyone who worked so hard on this!! A historic night!" he wrote, adding that he and Burtka had proposed to one another over five years ago. "We've been wearing engagement rings for ages, waiting for an available date," he said.
The "How I Met Your Mother" star is currently raising twins with Burtka, and has made no secret about the fact that he one day hopes to walk down the aisle.
He joked with People magazine back in December that "the callus is hurting on my right hand," motioning to the jewelry on his right ring finger. "It'd be nice to move the ring over here someday," he added, gesturing to his left hand.
None of this means you should buy a wedding present yet, however. Harris tweeted Monday that "Just because David and I will soon be able to marry in NY, doesn't mean we are actively planning a wedding. Cart before horse."
The 38-year-old actor tweeted Friday, "I'd sure love to get married. Please, NY Senate, vote in favor of marriage equality today. My family would really appreciate it."
After the announcement came that New York signed the same-sex marriage bill into law, Harris could hardly contain his tweeted elation.
"It PASSED! Marriage equality in NY!! Yes!! Progress!! Thank you everyone who worked so hard on this!! A historic night!" he wrote, adding that he and Burtka had proposed to one another over five years ago. "We've been wearing engagement rings for ages, waiting for an available date," he said.
The "How I Met Your Mother" star is currently raising twins with Burtka, and has made no secret about the fact that he one day hopes to walk down the aisle.
He joked with People magazine back in December that "the callus is hurting on my right hand," motioning to the jewelry on his right ring finger. "It'd be nice to move the ring over here someday," he added, gesturing to his left hand.
None of this means you should buy a wedding present yet, however. Harris tweeted Monday that "Just because David and I will soon be able to marry in NY, doesn't mean we are actively planning a wedding. Cart before horse."
How One Man Extinguished Almost $10,000 of Debt in One Year (BLOG)
Like many Americans today, I had a ton of debt that seemed to pile on month after month. Between credit cards, car payments, and the like, my debt situation seemed hopeless. I had one Visa card with a $1,250 balance and another with $5,000. I also had a MasterCard with a $1,250 balance and a Discover Card with around $2,500. Then I decided to take steps to eliminate my debt without having to make more money.
The method I used was not rocket science, and anyone can duplicate my success with just a little sacrifice and discipline. Here's what I did to all but eliminate my debt within one year.
Decide What Is Necessary
This is the discipline part I was talking about. When you make up your mind that you want to wipe out debt, then you have to have discipline. This starts with taking a hard look at what you have and what you want to get and then deciding what is really a necessity.
For me, this meant cutting out coffee shops in the morning and making my own cup of joe. I saved about $4 per day or $28 per week, for a total of $1,456 a year. I used this to pay off the $1,250 balance on my Visa and even had a couple of bucks to spare.
Others might decide to brown-bag it instead of buying lunch every day. You could also save if you spend $5 for lunch at the store instead of $9 for lunch at a restaurant.
Downgrade Where Possible
My wife and I went from being a two-car family to a one-car family. We sold the car that had payments and kept the one that was paid off. As our car payment was $450 per month that meant we saved an astounding $5,400 in one year. Include the money we saved on insurance at $70 per month or $840 per year, plus what we saved on gasoline at $25 per week or $1,300 per year. In total our downgrade saved us $7,540 for the year. Goodbye Visa Card No. 2 and Discover Card!
While this was an inconvenience, it saved us tremendous amounts of money each month that we then applied to our debt. We now have two cars again, and both are paid in full.
Cash Is King
My new favorite saying is, "If I don't have enough cash to get something I want, then I don't need it." This can be hard as credit cards allow you to make purchases that you otherwise wouldn't be able to. However, this will catch up with you, and then what good is a house full of material items?
Not Always Top of the Line
You don't always have to have the best of the best. My cell phone is nice, but not too nice. I also ended my long-term contract with a major cell carrier and now use a prepay service. While my phone doesn't do all the latest and greatest things, it still makes calls and texts, which is really all I use it for anyway. Besides, not having the "newest and greatest" cell phone is saving me over $80 per month or $960 per year. That was nearly enough to pay off my MasterCard.
When cutting debt you need to decide what is important. With a little sacrifice and discipline, I have been able to get rid of almost all my debt in one year's time and sock away a few bucks. At the end of the year I paid off $9,956 of debt. Now, I use my credit cards only to secure a hotel room or a car rental, and I've learned the value of what is important over what is wanted. Even though I did this without making any additional money, it feels like I make more since I actually get to keep some of it now.
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The method I used was not rocket science, and anyone can duplicate my success with just a little sacrifice and discipline. Here's what I did to all but eliminate my debt within one year.
Decide What Is Necessary
This is the discipline part I was talking about. When you make up your mind that you want to wipe out debt, then you have to have discipline. This starts with taking a hard look at what you have and what you want to get and then deciding what is really a necessity.
For me, this meant cutting out coffee shops in the morning and making my own cup of joe. I saved about $4 per day or $28 per week, for a total of $1,456 a year. I used this to pay off the $1,250 balance on my Visa and even had a couple of bucks to spare.
Others might decide to brown-bag it instead of buying lunch every day. You could also save if you spend $5 for lunch at the store instead of $9 for lunch at a restaurant.
Downgrade Where Possible
My wife and I went from being a two-car family to a one-car family. We sold the car that had payments and kept the one that was paid off. As our car payment was $450 per month that meant we saved an astounding $5,400 in one year. Include the money we saved on insurance at $70 per month or $840 per year, plus what we saved on gasoline at $25 per week or $1,300 per year. In total our downgrade saved us $7,540 for the year. Goodbye Visa Card No. 2 and Discover Card!
While this was an inconvenience, it saved us tremendous amounts of money each month that we then applied to our debt. We now have two cars again, and both are paid in full.
Cash Is King
My new favorite saying is, "If I don't have enough cash to get something I want, then I don't need it." This can be hard as credit cards allow you to make purchases that you otherwise wouldn't be able to. However, this will catch up with you, and then what good is a house full of material items?
Not Always Top of the Line
You don't always have to have the best of the best. My cell phone is nice, but not too nice. I also ended my long-term contract with a major cell carrier and now use a prepay service. While my phone doesn't do all the latest and greatest things, it still makes calls and texts, which is really all I use it for anyway. Besides, not having the "newest and greatest" cell phone is saving me over $80 per month or $960 per year. That was nearly enough to pay off my MasterCard.
When cutting debt you need to decide what is important. With a little sacrifice and discipline, I have been able to get rid of almost all my debt in one year's time and sock away a few bucks. At the end of the year I paid off $9,956 of debt. Now, I use my credit cards only to secure a hotel room or a car rental, and I've learned the value of what is important over what is wanted. Even though I did this without making any additional money, it feels like I make more since I actually get to keep some of it now.
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World's Ugliest Dog Title Goes to Chinese Crested-Chihuahua Mix (BLOG)
PETALUMA, California
Yoda's short tufts of hair, protruding tongue, and long, seemingly hairless legs were enough to earn it the World's Ugliest Dog title at a Northern California fair.
The 14-year-old Chinese crested and Chihuahua mix won the honor Friday night at the 23rd annual contest at the Sonoma Marin Fair.
Owner Terry Schumacher of Hanford, California, says the 2-pound (900-gram) dog has come a long way since she was found abandoned behind an apartment building. Schumacher says she first thought the pooch was a rat.
Yoda's distinction comes a year after a one-eyed Chihuahua named Princess Abby claimed victory. A pedigree Chinese crested won in 2008 and another Chinese crested and Chihuahua mix was the ugliest in 2007.
In past years, the winner's owner has received a $1,000 check.
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Yoda's short tufts of hair, protruding tongue, and long, seemingly hairless legs were enough to earn it the World's Ugliest Dog title at a Northern California fair.
The 14-year-old Chinese crested and Chihuahua mix won the honor Friday night at the 23rd annual contest at the Sonoma Marin Fair.
Owner Terry Schumacher of Hanford, California, says the 2-pound (900-gram) dog has come a long way since she was found abandoned behind an apartment building. Schumacher says she first thought the pooch was a rat.
Yoda's distinction comes a year after a one-eyed Chihuahua named Princess Abby claimed victory. A pedigree Chinese crested won in 2008 and another Chinese crested and Chihuahua mix was the ugliest in 2007.
In past years, the winner's owner has received a $1,000 check.
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Baby Died From Morphine In Breast Milk (BLOG)
SPARTANBURG COUNTY, S.C. -- A baby died because of drugs that passed to the infant through the mother's breast milk, deputies say, and after a lengthy investigation, that mother has been charged with homicide.
Deputies said on Nov. 13, 2010, a 911 call was made about a dead infant at a home on Kimbrell Loop in the Campobello community.
After the Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office and the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office investigated the death, they determined that lethal amounts of medications, including morphine, had been passed to the infant through the breast milk of the baby's mother.
The investigation included toxicology tests.
Investigators said after an extensive investigation, they determined the child’s mother, Stephanie Irene Greene, was taking prescription painkillers while nursing her 1½ month old. Greene was arrested on Friday.
"Doing toxicology tests and things like that, we wanted to make sure, and the coroner's office wanted to make sure that we had done everything correctly and possible to make sure we understood fully what had happened to this child, how this child died and who was responsible for it," said Tony Ivey of the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office.
Greene, 37, has been charged with homicide by child abuse or neglect and 38 counts of violation of drug distribution laws.
According to a representative from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Greene used fraudulent prescriptions to obtain painkillers in patch and pill form from a pharmacy in Inman. The DHEC representative said Greene got the drugs between March 2009 and December 2010.
Greene was arrested Friday and is at the Spartanburg County Detention Center.
"Taking care of children and raising children is very serious business, and if you're taking medication or whatever, follow the doctor's guidelines, consult your doctor, because this is something that should never have happened to an infant child like that. It had no control over this whatsoever and the mother should've known better," Ivey said.
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Deputies said on Nov. 13, 2010, a 911 call was made about a dead infant at a home on Kimbrell Loop in the Campobello community.
After the Spartanburg County Coroner’s Office and the Spartanburg County Sheriff’s Office investigated the death, they determined that lethal amounts of medications, including morphine, had been passed to the infant through the breast milk of the baby's mother.
The investigation included toxicology tests.
Investigators said after an extensive investigation, they determined the child’s mother, Stephanie Irene Greene, was taking prescription painkillers while nursing her 1½ month old. Greene was arrested on Friday.
"Doing toxicology tests and things like that, we wanted to make sure, and the coroner's office wanted to make sure that we had done everything correctly and possible to make sure we understood fully what had happened to this child, how this child died and who was responsible for it," said Tony Ivey of the Spartanburg County Sheriff's Office.
Greene, 37, has been charged with homicide by child abuse or neglect and 38 counts of violation of drug distribution laws.
According to a representative from the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control, Greene used fraudulent prescriptions to obtain painkillers in patch and pill form from a pharmacy in Inman. The DHEC representative said Greene got the drugs between March 2009 and December 2010.
Greene was arrested Friday and is at the Spartanburg County Detention Center.
"Taking care of children and raising children is very serious business, and if you're taking medication or whatever, follow the doctor's guidelines, consult your doctor, because this is something that should never have happened to an infant child like that. It had no control over this whatsoever and the mother should've known better," Ivey said.
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Rod Blagojevich
Rod Blagojevich: Highlights of the political career of the deposed Governor Rod Blagojevich of Illinois and the legal saga:
- 1993: Blagojevich begins a stay of three years as a representative of the Illinois House.
- 1997: Blagojevich begins a six-year term in Congress.
- 2002: Blagojevich, billing himself an anti-corruption candidate, wins the election for governor of Illinois.
- 2004: the year the first public indication that Blagojevich administration is under federal investigation.
- 2006: letter from U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald says he has witnessed "very serious allegations of endemic hiring fraud" Blagojevich administration.
October 11: Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a major fundraiser for Blagojevich, is charged with the federal government to use its political clout to squeeze kickbacks from companies seeking to do business with the state.
October 27: Stuart Levine, who himself has the good graces of Rezko, pleads guilty to fraud and mail in the money laundering scheme Rezko and agree to cooperate.
November 7: Blagojevich re-elected, beating Republican challenger Judy Baar Topinka easily.
- 2007: December: Chris Kelly employee accused Blagojevich gambling debts related to taxes
- 2008: June: A federal jury sentence Rezko money laundering fraud and corruption.
December 9: Federal agents arrested Blagojevich on corruption charges in his home in Chicago.
December 19: A challenge Blagojevich has the first news conference since his arrest, proclaimed his innocence and says he will not resign. Blagojevich said, "I will fight I will fight I will fight until I take my last breath ..."
- 2009: January: The Illinois House votes to impeach Blagojevich 114-1, the first governor in Illinois history to be impeached. Blagojevich began a media campaign to proclaim his innocence. The Illinois Senate unanimously votes to withdraw Blagojevich of his duties, the Lieutenant Governor Patrick Quinn was sworn in as governor.
April 2: Blagojevich was indicted five defendants - his chief of staff last year, John Harris, Christopher Kelly fundraiser, a former chief of staff, Lon Monk, Springfield powerbroker William F. Cellini and his brother, Rob Blagojevich.
July 8: John Harris pleads guilty to wire fraud. He accepts the plea, and many agree to testify against his former boss.
September 12: Blagojevich friend and fundraiser Christopher Kelly committed suicide days before he was to report to prison to begin eight years of tax and mail fraud.
October 20: Lon Monk pleads guilty to fraud and agreed to testify against Blagojevich.
- 2010: March: Blagojevich appears on the television show "Celebrity Apprentice" with Cyndi Lauper, Bret Michaels and other celebrities.
June 3: Jury selection in the corruption trial begins the first Blagojevich.
July 21: Rod Blagojevich's lawyers rest without calling a single witness on the stand.
August 16: After discussing the 14 days after a jury deadlocked a penalty of only one count - lying to the FBI. Prosecutors immediately notify the court they intend to retry Blagojevich.
Aug. 26: Prosecutors drop all charges against his brother Rod Blagojevich is a co-defendant, Robert Blagojevich.
- 2011: April 20: Blagojevich trial begins.
May 25: Former White House chief and current mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel is called to testify by the defense, and in less than five minutes. The defense also called U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who is also on the short walk.
May 26: Blagojevich finally realized his promise to speak directly to jurors, taking the witness stand. His first words are, and jurors, "I used to be your governor. ... I am here today to tell the truth." In total, it is at rest for seven days.
June 27: The nine-day wonder, Blagojevich jury found guilty of nearly all 20 counts, including allegations that he tried to sell or trade in the former home of President Barack Obama in the Senate. The jury reached a not guilty ruling in a case, and locked the other two.
- 1993: Blagojevich begins a stay of three years as a representative of the Illinois House.
- 1997: Blagojevich begins a six-year term in Congress.
- 2002: Blagojevich, billing himself an anti-corruption candidate, wins the election for governor of Illinois.
- 2004: the year the first public indication that Blagojevich administration is under federal investigation.
- 2006: letter from U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald says he has witnessed "very serious allegations of endemic hiring fraud" Blagojevich administration.
October 11: Antoin "Tony" Rezko, a major fundraiser for Blagojevich, is charged with the federal government to use its political clout to squeeze kickbacks from companies seeking to do business with the state.
October 27: Stuart Levine, who himself has the good graces of Rezko, pleads guilty to fraud and mail in the money laundering scheme Rezko and agree to cooperate.
November 7: Blagojevich re-elected, beating Republican challenger Judy Baar Topinka easily.
- 2007: December: Chris Kelly employee accused Blagojevich gambling debts related to taxes
- 2008: June: A federal jury sentence Rezko money laundering fraud and corruption.
December 9: Federal agents arrested Blagojevich on corruption charges in his home in Chicago.
December 19: A challenge Blagojevich has the first news conference since his arrest, proclaimed his innocence and says he will not resign. Blagojevich said, "I will fight I will fight I will fight until I take my last breath ..."
- 2009: January: The Illinois House votes to impeach Blagojevich 114-1, the first governor in Illinois history to be impeached. Blagojevich began a media campaign to proclaim his innocence. The Illinois Senate unanimously votes to withdraw Blagojevich of his duties, the Lieutenant Governor Patrick Quinn was sworn in as governor.
April 2: Blagojevich was indicted five defendants - his chief of staff last year, John Harris, Christopher Kelly fundraiser, a former chief of staff, Lon Monk, Springfield powerbroker William F. Cellini and his brother, Rob Blagojevich.
July 8: John Harris pleads guilty to wire fraud. He accepts the plea, and many agree to testify against his former boss.
September 12: Blagojevich friend and fundraiser Christopher Kelly committed suicide days before he was to report to prison to begin eight years of tax and mail fraud.
October 20: Lon Monk pleads guilty to fraud and agreed to testify against Blagojevich.
- 2010: March: Blagojevich appears on the television show "Celebrity Apprentice" with Cyndi Lauper, Bret Michaels and other celebrities.
June 3: Jury selection in the corruption trial begins the first Blagojevich.
July 21: Rod Blagojevich's lawyers rest without calling a single witness on the stand.
August 16: After discussing the 14 days after a jury deadlocked a penalty of only one count - lying to the FBI. Prosecutors immediately notify the court they intend to retry Blagojevich.
Aug. 26: Prosecutors drop all charges against his brother Rod Blagojevich is a co-defendant, Robert Blagojevich.
- 2011: April 20: Blagojevich trial begins.
May 25: Former White House chief and current mayor of Chicago, Rahm Emanuel is called to testify by the defense, and in less than five minutes. The defense also called U.S. Rep. Jesse Jackson Jr., who is also on the short walk.
May 26: Blagojevich finally realized his promise to speak directly to jurors, taking the witness stand. His first words are, and jurors, "I used to be your governor. ... I am here today to tell the truth." In total, it is at rest for seven days.
June 27: The nine-day wonder, Blagojevich jury found guilty of nearly all 20 counts, including allegations that he tried to sell or trade in the former home of President Barack Obama in the Senate. The jury reached a not guilty ruling in a case, and locked the other two.
Chicago Tribune - Former Chicago first lady Maggie Daley has spent week in hospital
Maggie Daley of Chicago doctors said the former first lady has spent the last week in the hospital and was released.
Dr. Steven Rosen, said Daley left the Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Sunday.
Rosenberg declined to say why the 67-year-old Daley was in the hospital, citing privacy. The former first lady is fighting metastatic breast cancer since 2002.
The wife of former mayor Richard Daley was hospitalized several times this spring. Once experienced flu-like symptoms such as nausea and dehydration. He also had surgery to replace a metal rod in his right leg, which was weakened by cancer treatment.
Rahm Emanuel was sworn in last month to replace Richard Daley as mayor.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
Dr. Steven Rosen, said Daley left the Northwestern Memorial Hospital on Sunday.
Rosenberg declined to say why the 67-year-old Daley was in the hospital, citing privacy. The former first lady is fighting metastatic breast cancer since 2002.
The wife of former mayor Richard Daley was hospitalized several times this spring. Once experienced flu-like symptoms such as nausea and dehydration. He also had surgery to replace a metal rod in his right leg, which was weakened by cancer treatment.
Rahm Emanuel was sworn in last month to replace Richard Daley as mayor.
Copyright 2011 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.
10 Signs Your Child May be Gifted (BLOG)
Many a proud mama and papa have deemed their tot advanced or ahead of the game, but most babes are only geniuses in their parents' eyes. However, some tots actually are branded as gifted. Is yours? There are a few developmental guidelines that often indicate giftedness in children, so here are ten signs that your child may be headed to the head of the class.
Retains Information: The term "in one ear and out the other" seems to apply to most children. Those who are a cut above when it comes to intelligence actually retain a wide variety of information and are able to recall it at a later time. An example from the National Association of Gifted Children (NAGC) is: "One six-year-old returned from a trip to the space museum and reproduced an accurate drawing of a space rocket he had seen."
Wide Spectrum of Interests: Gifted kiddos display an interest in a wide variety of topics. They may like dinosaurs one month, space the next month, and so fourth.
Writes and Reads Early: If your tot is a smarty pants, she may be able to read and write very early on and without having had any real formal teaching.
Is Musically or Artistically Talented: Children who display an unusual talent for music and/or art are often considered gifted. Tots who can draw things to perspective, have perfect pitch, or display any other higher perception of forms of art usually fall into the gifted category.
Shows Periods of Intense Concentration: Children are not known for their long attention span, but gifted wee ones are able to have longer periods of intense concentration.
Has a Good Memory: Some gifted tots are able to remember things from when they were smaller. For example, a two-year-old may remember and bring up (unprovoked) an occurrence from when he was 18-months.
Has an Advanced Vocabulary: A tot who's early to speak is not a sign of giftedness alone, but if your lil talker is using advanced vocabulary and sentences, then he or she may be as bright as you think. According to the NAGC, "Children at age two make sentences like: 'There's a doggie.' A two-year-old who is gifted might say, 'There's a brown doggie in the backyard and he's sniffing our flower.' "
Pays Attention to Details: A gifted child has a keen eye for details. An older child may want to know specific details about how things work, while a younger child will be able to put away toys exactly where he got them from or notice if something has been moved from its usual spot.
Acts as His Own Critic: In general kids are not too worried about themselves or others, unless their friend has something they want. Gifted kids are the opposite and are concerned with others, but are most critical of themselves.
Understands Complex Concepts: Tots who are highly intelligent have the ability to understand complex concepts, perceive relationships, and think abstractly. They are able to understand problems in depth and think about solutions.
Retains Information: The term "in one ear and out the other" seems to apply to most children. Those who are a cut above when it comes to intelligence actually retain a wide variety of information and are able to recall it at a later time. An example from the National Association of Gifted Children (NAGC) is: "One six-year-old returned from a trip to the space museum and reproduced an accurate drawing of a space rocket he had seen."
Wide Spectrum of Interests: Gifted kiddos display an interest in a wide variety of topics. They may like dinosaurs one month, space the next month, and so fourth.
Writes and Reads Early: If your tot is a smarty pants, she may be able to read and write very early on and without having had any real formal teaching.
Is Musically or Artistically Talented: Children who display an unusual talent for music and/or art are often considered gifted. Tots who can draw things to perspective, have perfect pitch, or display any other higher perception of forms of art usually fall into the gifted category.
Shows Periods of Intense Concentration: Children are not known for their long attention span, but gifted wee ones are able to have longer periods of intense concentration.
Has a Good Memory: Some gifted tots are able to remember things from when they were smaller. For example, a two-year-old may remember and bring up (unprovoked) an occurrence from when he was 18-months.
Has an Advanced Vocabulary: A tot who's early to speak is not a sign of giftedness alone, but if your lil talker is using advanced vocabulary and sentences, then he or she may be as bright as you think. According to the NAGC, "Children at age two make sentences like: 'There's a doggie.' A two-year-old who is gifted might say, 'There's a brown doggie in the backyard and he's sniffing our flower.' "
Pays Attention to Details: A gifted child has a keen eye for details. An older child may want to know specific details about how things work, while a younger child will be able to put away toys exactly where he got them from or notice if something has been moved from its usual spot.
Acts as His Own Critic: In general kids are not too worried about themselves or others, unless their friend has something they want. Gifted kids are the opposite and are concerned with others, but are most critical of themselves.
Understands Complex Concepts: Tots who are highly intelligent have the ability to understand complex concepts, perceive relationships, and think abstractly. They are able to understand problems in depth and think about solutions.
Jury Convicts Ex-Ill. Gov. Blagojevich at Retrial (BLOG)
CHICAGO (AP) — Rod Blagojevich, who rode his talkative everyman image to two terms as Illinois governor before scandal made him a national punch line, was convicted Monday of a wide range of corruption charges, including the incendiary allegation that he tried to sell or trade President Barack Obama's Senate seat.
The verdict was a bitter defeat for Blagojevich, who had spent 2½ years professing his innocence on reality TV shows and later on the witness stand. His defense team had insisted that hours of FBI wiretap recordings were just the ramblings of a politician who liked to think out loud.
He faces up to 300 years in prison, although federal sentencing guidelines are sure to significantly reduce his time behind bars.
After hearing the verdict, Blagojevich turned to defense attorney Sheldon Sorosky and asked "What happened?" His wife, Patti, slumped against her brother, then rushed into her husband's arms.
Before the decision was read, the couple looked flushed, and the former governor blew his wife a kiss across the courtroom, then stood expressionless, with his hands clasped tightly.
The decision capped a long-running spectacle in which Blagojevich became famous for blurting on a recorded phone call that his ability to appoint Obama's successor to the Senate was "f---ing golden" and that he wouldn't let it go "for f---ing nothing."
The former governor spoke only briefly with reporters as he left the courthouse, saying he was disappointed and stunned by the verdict.
"Well, among the many lessons I've learned from this whole experience is to try to speak a little bit less, so I'm going to keep my remarks kind of short," Blagojevich said, adding that the couple wanted "to get home to our little girls and talk to them and explain things to them and then try to sort things out."
Blagojevich, who has been free on bond since shortly after his arrest, becomes the second straight Illinois governor convicted of corruption. His predecessor, George Ryan, is now serving 6½ years in federal prison.
The case exploded into scandal when Blagojevich was awakened by federal agents on Dec. 9, 2008, at his Chicago home and was led away in handcuffs. Federal prosecutors had been investigating his administration for years, and some of his closest cronies had already been convicted.
"The conduct would make Lincoln roll over in his grave," U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said before a bank of television cameras after the arrest.
Blagojevich, who was also accused of shaking down businessmen for campaign contributions, was swiftly impeached and removed from office.
The verdict provided affirmation to Fitzgerald, one of the nation's most prominent prosecutors, who had condemned Blagojevich's dealings as a "political crime spree." Mentioned at times as a possible future FBI director, Fitzgerald pledged to retry the governor after the first jury deadlocked on all but the least serious of 24 charges against him.
This time, the 12 jurors voted to convict the 54-year-old Blagojevich on 17 of 20 counts after deliberating nine days. He also faces up to five additional years in prison for his previous conviction of lying to the FBI.
Blagojevich was acquitted of soliciting bribes in the alleged shakedown of a road-building executive. The jury deadlocked on two charges of attempted extortion related to that executive and funding for a school.
Judge James Zagel has barred Blagojevich from traveling outside the area without permission. A status hearing for sentencing was set for Aug. 1.
Federal guidelines and previous sentences meted out to other corrupt Illinois politicians suggest Blagojevich could get around 10 years in prison. But judges have enormous discretion and can factor in a host of variables, including whether a defendant took the stand and lied. Prosecutors have said that Blagojevich did just that.
After his arrest, Blagojevich called federal prosecutors "cowards and liars" and challenged Fitzgerald to face him in court if he was "man enough."
In what many saw as embarrassing indignities for a former governor, he sent his wife to the jungle for a reality television show, "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here," where she had to eat a tarantula. He later showed his own ineptitude at simple office skills before being fired on Donald Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice."
To most Illinois residents, he was a reminder of the corruption that has plagued the state for decades.
For the second trial, prosecutors streamlined their case, and attorneys for the former governor put on a defense — highlighted by a chatty Blagojevich taking the witness stand for seven days to portray himself as a big talker but not a criminal.
Richard Kling, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law who watched much of the trial, said the defense had no choice but to put Blagojevich on the stand, even though doing so was risky.
"The problem was with some of his explanations," Kling said. "It reminded me of a little kid who gets his hand caught in a cookie jar. He says, 'Mommy I wasn't taking the cookies. I was just trying to protect them and to count them.'"
Prosecutors dropped Blagojevich's brother as a defendant and cut down on the number of charges against the ousted governor. They summoned about half as many witnesses, asked fewer questions and barely touched on topics not directly related to the charges, such as Blagojevich's lavish shopping or his erratic working habits.
Blagojevich seemed to believe he could talk his way out of trouble from the witness stand. Indignant one minute, laughing the next, seemingly in tears once, he endeavored to counteract the blunt, greedy man he appeared to be on FBI wiretaps. He apologized to jurors for the four-letter words that peppered the recordings.
"When I hear myself swearing like that, I am an F-ing jerk," he told jurors.
He clearly sought to solicit sympathy. He spoke about his working-class parents and choked up recounting the day he met his wife, the daughter of a powerful Chicago alderman. He reflected on his feelings of inferiority at college where other students wore preppy "alligator" shirts. Touching on his political life, he portrayed himself as a friend of working people, the poor and elderly.
He told jurors his talk on the wiretaps merely displayed his approach to decision-making: to invite a whirlwind of ideas — "good ones, bad ones, stupid ones" — then toss the ill-conceived ones out. To demonstrate the absurdities such brainstorming could generate, he said he once considered appointing himself to the Senate seat so he could travel to Afghanistan and help hunt down Osama bin Laden.
Other times, when a prosecutor read wiretap transcripts where Blagojevich seems to speak clearly of trading the Senate seat for a job, Blagojevich told jurors, "I see what I say here, but that's not what I meant."
The government offered a starkly different assessment to jurors: Blagojevich was a liar, and had continued to lie, over and over, to their faces.
Lead prosecutor Reid Schar started his questioning of Blagojevich with a quick verbal punch: "Mr. Blagojevich, you are a convicted liar, correct?"
"Yes," Blagojevich eventually answered after the judge overruled a flurry of defense objections.
The proof, prosecutors said, was there on the FBI tapes played for jurors. That included his infamous rant: "I've got this thing and it's f---ing golden, and I'm just not giving it up for f---ing nothing. I'm not gonna do it."
AP
The verdict was a bitter defeat for Blagojevich, who had spent 2½ years professing his innocence on reality TV shows and later on the witness stand. His defense team had insisted that hours of FBI wiretap recordings were just the ramblings of a politician who liked to think out loud.
He faces up to 300 years in prison, although federal sentencing guidelines are sure to significantly reduce his time behind bars.
After hearing the verdict, Blagojevich turned to defense attorney Sheldon Sorosky and asked "What happened?" His wife, Patti, slumped against her brother, then rushed into her husband's arms.
Before the decision was read, the couple looked flushed, and the former governor blew his wife a kiss across the courtroom, then stood expressionless, with his hands clasped tightly.
The decision capped a long-running spectacle in which Blagojevich became famous for blurting on a recorded phone call that his ability to appoint Obama's successor to the Senate was "f---ing golden" and that he wouldn't let it go "for f---ing nothing."
The former governor spoke only briefly with reporters as he left the courthouse, saying he was disappointed and stunned by the verdict.
"Well, among the many lessons I've learned from this whole experience is to try to speak a little bit less, so I'm going to keep my remarks kind of short," Blagojevich said, adding that the couple wanted "to get home to our little girls and talk to them and explain things to them and then try to sort things out."
Blagojevich, who has been free on bond since shortly after his arrest, becomes the second straight Illinois governor convicted of corruption. His predecessor, George Ryan, is now serving 6½ years in federal prison.
The case exploded into scandal when Blagojevich was awakened by federal agents on Dec. 9, 2008, at his Chicago home and was led away in handcuffs. Federal prosecutors had been investigating his administration for years, and some of his closest cronies had already been convicted.
"The conduct would make Lincoln roll over in his grave," U.S. Attorney Patrick Fitzgerald said before a bank of television cameras after the arrest.
Blagojevich, who was also accused of shaking down businessmen for campaign contributions, was swiftly impeached and removed from office.
The verdict provided affirmation to Fitzgerald, one of the nation's most prominent prosecutors, who had condemned Blagojevich's dealings as a "political crime spree." Mentioned at times as a possible future FBI director, Fitzgerald pledged to retry the governor after the first jury deadlocked on all but the least serious of 24 charges against him.
This time, the 12 jurors voted to convict the 54-year-old Blagojevich on 17 of 20 counts after deliberating nine days. He also faces up to five additional years in prison for his previous conviction of lying to the FBI.
Blagojevich was acquitted of soliciting bribes in the alleged shakedown of a road-building executive. The jury deadlocked on two charges of attempted extortion related to that executive and funding for a school.
Judge James Zagel has barred Blagojevich from traveling outside the area without permission. A status hearing for sentencing was set for Aug. 1.
Federal guidelines and previous sentences meted out to other corrupt Illinois politicians suggest Blagojevich could get around 10 years in prison. But judges have enormous discretion and can factor in a host of variables, including whether a defendant took the stand and lied. Prosecutors have said that Blagojevich did just that.
After his arrest, Blagojevich called federal prosecutors "cowards and liars" and challenged Fitzgerald to face him in court if he was "man enough."
In what many saw as embarrassing indignities for a former governor, he sent his wife to the jungle for a reality television show, "I'm a Celebrity, Get Me Out of Here," where she had to eat a tarantula. He later showed his own ineptitude at simple office skills before being fired on Donald Trump's "Celebrity Apprentice."
To most Illinois residents, he was a reminder of the corruption that has plagued the state for decades.
For the second trial, prosecutors streamlined their case, and attorneys for the former governor put on a defense — highlighted by a chatty Blagojevich taking the witness stand for seven days to portray himself as a big talker but not a criminal.
Richard Kling, a professor at Chicago-Kent College of Law who watched much of the trial, said the defense had no choice but to put Blagojevich on the stand, even though doing so was risky.
"The problem was with some of his explanations," Kling said. "It reminded me of a little kid who gets his hand caught in a cookie jar. He says, 'Mommy I wasn't taking the cookies. I was just trying to protect them and to count them.'"
Prosecutors dropped Blagojevich's brother as a defendant and cut down on the number of charges against the ousted governor. They summoned about half as many witnesses, asked fewer questions and barely touched on topics not directly related to the charges, such as Blagojevich's lavish shopping or his erratic working habits.
Blagojevich seemed to believe he could talk his way out of trouble from the witness stand. Indignant one minute, laughing the next, seemingly in tears once, he endeavored to counteract the blunt, greedy man he appeared to be on FBI wiretaps. He apologized to jurors for the four-letter words that peppered the recordings.
"When I hear myself swearing like that, I am an F-ing jerk," he told jurors.
He clearly sought to solicit sympathy. He spoke about his working-class parents and choked up recounting the day he met his wife, the daughter of a powerful Chicago alderman. He reflected on his feelings of inferiority at college where other students wore preppy "alligator" shirts. Touching on his political life, he portrayed himself as a friend of working people, the poor and elderly.
He told jurors his talk on the wiretaps merely displayed his approach to decision-making: to invite a whirlwind of ideas — "good ones, bad ones, stupid ones" — then toss the ill-conceived ones out. To demonstrate the absurdities such brainstorming could generate, he said he once considered appointing himself to the Senate seat so he could travel to Afghanistan and help hunt down Osama bin Laden.
Other times, when a prosecutor read wiretap transcripts where Blagojevich seems to speak clearly of trading the Senate seat for a job, Blagojevich told jurors, "I see what I say here, but that's not what I meant."
The government offered a starkly different assessment to jurors: Blagojevich was a liar, and had continued to lie, over and over, to their faces.
Lead prosecutor Reid Schar started his questioning of Blagojevich with a quick verbal punch: "Mr. Blagojevich, you are a convicted liar, correct?"
"Yes," Blagojevich eventually answered after the judge overruled a flurry of defense objections.
The proof, prosecutors said, was there on the FBI tapes played for jurors. That included his infamous rant: "I've got this thing and it's f---ing golden, and I'm just not giving it up for f---ing nothing. I'm not gonna do it."
AP
T.O.'s Career Could Come to Sad End (BLOG)
Chris Mortensen of ESPN was the first to report that receiver Terrell Owens(notes) may have had recent surgery for a torn ACL, a procedure that may keep him out of action for six months or more if true. Mortensen said that neither Owens nor agent Drew Rosenhaus were available for comment, but that the surgery was performed by noted surgeon James Andrews last month. ESPN asked Rosenhaus about the possibility of an Owens surgery last month, as well. The picture accompanying this post was taken on June 5 at Game 3 of the NBA Finals in Dallas, so take that for what it's worth on any timeline.
Two stories are coming out as to the source of the injury (if it's true) — one source told Mort that T.O. suffered the injury during a workout. We do know that he's been working hard at Athletes Performance in Los Angeles through most of the offseason, and he's always trained like a demon, no matter what his other issues may be. However, the more interesting possibility is that he tore his ACL while taping a reality show for VH1, where he's been a featured performer before, according to one ESPN source.
The 37-year-old Owens will be a free agent when the lockout ends, and he's said that he intends to play this season. One of the sources that spoke with Mortensen indicated that there was no other knee damage outside the ACL injury, and with serious rehab, Owens could be ready to play again in about six months.
We're still trying to muddle through all the speculation, but if Owens were ready to come back to a team near his 38th birthday on Dec. 7, teams might just advise him to wait it out until 2012. He's been productive in recent years for a number of teams (72 receptions for 983 yards and nine touchdowns for the Cincinnati Bengals in 2010), but this may be a serious setback. Owens' 2010 season ended early when he suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee against the Cleveland Browns in December. Dr. Andrews also performed that surgery, and the two injuries are not thought to be related.
In a larger sense, let's say that this signals the end of Owens' career, and the Hall of Fame discussions were to begin a bit down the road. Do you think Terrell Owens is a lock for the Hall of Fame on the merits of his career to date? Right now, he ranks fifth all time in receptions with 1,078 behind Jerry Rice, Marvin Harrison(notes), Cris Carter and Tim Brown(notes). Only Rice has more receiving yards than Owens' 15,934, and Owens is tied with Randy Moss(notes) for the second-most receiving touchdowns (153) behind Rice.
There are true greats and stat collectors — is Terrell Owens one or the other? Based on what he's done between the lines, would you vote him into the Hall?
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Two stories are coming out as to the source of the injury (if it's true) — one source told Mort that T.O. suffered the injury during a workout. We do know that he's been working hard at Athletes Performance in Los Angeles through most of the offseason, and he's always trained like a demon, no matter what his other issues may be. However, the more interesting possibility is that he tore his ACL while taping a reality show for VH1, where he's been a featured performer before, according to one ESPN source.
The 37-year-old Owens will be a free agent when the lockout ends, and he's said that he intends to play this season. One of the sources that spoke with Mortensen indicated that there was no other knee damage outside the ACL injury, and with serious rehab, Owens could be ready to play again in about six months.
We're still trying to muddle through all the speculation, but if Owens were ready to come back to a team near his 38th birthday on Dec. 7, teams might just advise him to wait it out until 2012. He's been productive in recent years for a number of teams (72 receptions for 983 yards and nine touchdowns for the Cincinnati Bengals in 2010), but this may be a serious setback. Owens' 2010 season ended early when he suffered a torn meniscus in his left knee against the Cleveland Browns in December. Dr. Andrews also performed that surgery, and the two injuries are not thought to be related.
In a larger sense, let's say that this signals the end of Owens' career, and the Hall of Fame discussions were to begin a bit down the road. Do you think Terrell Owens is a lock for the Hall of Fame on the merits of his career to date? Right now, he ranks fifth all time in receptions with 1,078 behind Jerry Rice, Marvin Harrison(notes), Cris Carter and Tim Brown(notes). Only Rice has more receiving yards than Owens' 15,934, and Owens is tied with Randy Moss(notes) for the second-most receiving touchdowns (153) behind Rice.
There are true greats and stat collectors — is Terrell Owens one or the other? Based on what he's done between the lines, would you vote him into the Hall?
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Latest News About Blagojevich
Blagojevich was convicted of all 11 counts of trying to "sell" President Barack Obama, was released by the U.S. Senate seat in 2008. The judges have no prior convictions for two reasons related to the attempted extortion. Blagojevich has been found not guilty by combining the attraction of bribery related to his plan highway.
In his corruption trial, Blagojevich was convicted of various charges, including wire fraud, attempted extortion, extortion conspiracy and conspiracy to demand bribes. But for each count of federal prosecutors told the jury they had to answer a single question: Was Blagojevich try to gain advantage for themselves in exchange for an official act? If the answer is yes, prosecutors said jurors should convict.
Prosecutors presented three weeks of bands play present evidence and witnesses to show that Blagojevich held up the legislation until the potential beneficiaries of this law has given campaign contributions. Many band played an emphasis on the assertion that renowned Blagojevich tried to sell the vacant U.S. Senate by Barack Obama when he won the presidency in 2008. Assizes heard a lot of bands where Blagojevich is looking for ways to get appointed to the cabinet of Mr. Obama, or get a paying job in return for designating preferred candidate Obama, his friend Valerie Jarrett, the Senate.
Prosecutors painted a picture of Blagojevich as a desperate man who was selfish and jealous of Barack Obama's political rise. Jurors heard a recording where Blagojevich used his advisors on his lot in life. "I must tell you, I do not want to be governor for the next two years. I want to start. I will, I have the fucking shit for two years where I do best I can try to get through a wall and find ways around things, but like all of my family to live and time pass me and I 'm real, it's not good. It is not good. I have to start. The whole world is passing and I are stuck in this fucking job as Governor now. Alles in front of me and I'm stuck. "
In that same damned because Blagojevich called on President Obama does not seem to elect more Blagojevich in exchange for Jarrett to be appointed to the Senate. "I mean, you tell me you just have to suck for two years without doing anything. Give this son of a bitch, your senator. The kiss. For nothing? To hell!"
However, Blagojevich has the opportunity to redeem himself in the eyes of the jurors when he testified. He spent seven days on the stand of his childhood and his rise to power. He was charming and funny. He also gave some reasonable explanations for some of the conversations he had against the recorded phone calls. But it was hard to explain some of the tapes, including a call secretly recorded November 7, 2008, in which Blagojevich named Jarrett speaks to the Senate and get a job in Obama's office. He tells a counselor that wants to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. "And if I do, and if and if there was anything available for me and maybe not really realistic, but if he was available to me I could do Valerie Jarrett in a heartbeat."
Blagojevich has simply insisted that the jurors that he did not try to trade with each other. He says that they were not connected. However, Blagojevich said Tom Balanoff about the appointment of the Senate. Balanoff was an officer of the Union carried messages between Blagojevich and Obama camps. Blagojevich has acknowledged that he discussed the appointment of Jarrett and the Senate, and his desire to be appointed secretary of the Ministry of Health in the same conversation.
Blagojevich certificate and appearances in Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, the mayor, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and former Congressman Bill Lipinski to keep the proceedings interesting.
Emanuel four minutes on the stand had little impact, but Jackson, who was called by the defense actually gave testimony that helped the prosecution. He said Blagojevich was asked about a contribution to the campaign $ 25,000. Later, Jackson's wife applied for a job with the state, but did not get it. At a subsequent meeting in Washington DC, said Jackson, referring to Blagojevich's job, and then said, "You should have given that $ 25 000."
Defense lawyers later called Lipinski to repeal the certificate of his testimony, Jackson. Lipinski testified that he never asked Jackson to donate $ 25,000 is Blagojevich. But further investigation, prosecutors Lipinski presented with a record fundraising, which had Blagojevich and Lipinski. He admitted that he had forgotten a lot of fundraising, Blagojevich was the fundraising that has proven to State records.
Prosecutors have presented a simplified version of their case in this game. They dropped many of the more complex the charges against Blagojevich, and they decided not to retry Blagojevich brother Robert. Jurors in the first trial said they found the question confusing and failed to reverse the convictions of 23 of the 24 counts. But the judge did Blagojevich for lying to the FBI. In an interview, the former governor said he did not track that gave him campaign contributions, but many people in his campaign funds have shown convincingly that Blagojevich knew the details of its financing more than anyone else. This charge carries a penalty of up to five years in prison.
In his corruption trial, Blagojevich was convicted of various charges, including wire fraud, attempted extortion, extortion conspiracy and conspiracy to demand bribes. But for each count of federal prosecutors told the jury they had to answer a single question: Was Blagojevich try to gain advantage for themselves in exchange for an official act? If the answer is yes, prosecutors said jurors should convict.
Prosecutors presented three weeks of bands play present evidence and witnesses to show that Blagojevich held up the legislation until the potential beneficiaries of this law has given campaign contributions. Many band played an emphasis on the assertion that renowned Blagojevich tried to sell the vacant U.S. Senate by Barack Obama when he won the presidency in 2008. Assizes heard a lot of bands where Blagojevich is looking for ways to get appointed to the cabinet of Mr. Obama, or get a paying job in return for designating preferred candidate Obama, his friend Valerie Jarrett, the Senate.
Prosecutors painted a picture of Blagojevich as a desperate man who was selfish and jealous of Barack Obama's political rise. Jurors heard a recording where Blagojevich used his advisors on his lot in life. "I must tell you, I do not want to be governor for the next two years. I want to start. I will, I have the fucking shit for two years where I do best I can try to get through a wall and find ways around things, but like all of my family to live and time pass me and I 'm real, it's not good. It is not good. I have to start. The whole world is passing and I are stuck in this fucking job as Governor now. Alles in front of me and I'm stuck. "
In that same damned because Blagojevich called on President Obama does not seem to elect more Blagojevich in exchange for Jarrett to be appointed to the Senate. "I mean, you tell me you just have to suck for two years without doing anything. Give this son of a bitch, your senator. The kiss. For nothing? To hell!"
However, Blagojevich has the opportunity to redeem himself in the eyes of the jurors when he testified. He spent seven days on the stand of his childhood and his rise to power. He was charming and funny. He also gave some reasonable explanations for some of the conversations he had against the recorded phone calls. But it was hard to explain some of the tapes, including a call secretly recorded November 7, 2008, in which Blagojevich named Jarrett speaks to the Senate and get a job in Obama's office. He tells a counselor that wants to be Secretary of Health and Human Services. "And if I do, and if and if there was anything available for me and maybe not really realistic, but if he was available to me I could do Valerie Jarrett in a heartbeat."
Blagojevich has simply insisted that the jurors that he did not try to trade with each other. He says that they were not connected. However, Blagojevich said Tom Balanoff about the appointment of the Senate. Balanoff was an officer of the Union carried messages between Blagojevich and Obama camps. Blagojevich has acknowledged that he discussed the appointment of Jarrett and the Senate, and his desire to be appointed secretary of the Ministry of Health in the same conversation.
Blagojevich certificate and appearances in Chicago, Rahm Emanuel, the mayor, Congressman Jesse Jackson Jr. and former Congressman Bill Lipinski to keep the proceedings interesting.
Emanuel four minutes on the stand had little impact, but Jackson, who was called by the defense actually gave testimony that helped the prosecution. He said Blagojevich was asked about a contribution to the campaign $ 25,000. Later, Jackson's wife applied for a job with the state, but did not get it. At a subsequent meeting in Washington DC, said Jackson, referring to Blagojevich's job, and then said, "You should have given that $ 25 000."
Defense lawyers later called Lipinski to repeal the certificate of his testimony, Jackson. Lipinski testified that he never asked Jackson to donate $ 25,000 is Blagojevich. But further investigation, prosecutors Lipinski presented with a record fundraising, which had Blagojevich and Lipinski. He admitted that he had forgotten a lot of fundraising, Blagojevich was the fundraising that has proven to State records.
Prosecutors have presented a simplified version of their case in this game. They dropped many of the more complex the charges against Blagojevich, and they decided not to retry Blagojevich brother Robert. Jurors in the first trial said they found the question confusing and failed to reverse the convictions of 23 of the 24 counts. But the judge did Blagojevich for lying to the FBI. In an interview, the former governor said he did not track that gave him campaign contributions, but many people in his campaign funds have shown convincingly that Blagojevich knew the details of its financing more than anyone else. This charge carries a penalty of up to five years in prison.
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