Obama and Boehner Set Golf Date.President Barack Obama and Speaker John Boehner will tee up for a round of golf on June 18, the House Republican's office confirmed Friday. The announcement comes just days after Boehner called on the president to become personally involved in debt ceiling negotiations. While speaking with a small group of reporters Wednesday, the Ohio lawmaker also said he was ready to engage in negotiations so a resolution could happen within the month."The president should engage himself. ... I'm willing. I'm ready. It's time to have the conversation. It's time to play large ball, not small ball," Boehner said Wednesday. Earlier that day, most Members of the House Republican Conference met with Obama at the White House to discuss the country's debt and budget.

Road Trip Tunes. The Best Road Trip Songs Ever. Looking for a list of the best road trip songs for your next trip? You’ve found it! These are songs that speak of the road and the journey down it to your destination. You can practically feel the wind in your hair and the vibration of the engine of your car, the road stretched out in front of you as you head somewhere great.

Greatest American landmarks. Summer travel brings many Americans to the open road to discover the historical, educational, beautiful and sometimes strange destinations across the country. Don't miss these landmarks on your next road trip.

Family Travel Mistakes. Family travel creates some of the most memorable activities and events that many people experience. Unfortunately, some of those memories may not be the most positive! There are a few common family-travel mistakes that parents make that can cause a great trip to be remembered for all of the wrong reasons! What are some travel mistakes to avoid on your next family vacation?

Ford 3 Cylinder. Ford to Make 3-Cylinder Engine. Ford's 3-cylinder, 8-speed EcoBoost engine may be the smallest powerplant the company has ever made.Ford is taking a look at the powertrain of its future, and in a nutshell, it's going to be small — at least under the hood. That's because the Blue Oval is preparing a 1.0-liter, three-cylinder EcoBoost engine, claimed to be the smallest engine the company has ever built.

Kate Middleton's childhood home sold at auction. Middleton family home sold at auction. The childhood home of Prince William's wife Catherine was sold at auction on Friday to a local couple of teachers for £485,000.

West View, the four-bedroomed, detached house where the future royal bride grew up, is in the village of Bradfield Southend.

It is near to Bucklebury, where the Middleton family now live, in Berkshire, west of London.

‘Gunsmoke’ star dies. Gunsmoke Star James Arness Dies at 88. TV icon James Arness -- a.k.a. Marshall Matt Dillon on Gunsmoke -- passed away at his home in L.A.'s Brentwood neighborhood on Friday, a family spokesperson told the Los Angeles Times. The 6 foot 7 actor was 88 years old.

Internet slang added to Oxford dictionary. 'NSFW,' 'Twittersphere,' other Internet slang added to Oxford Dictionaries. The Oxford Dictionaries Online has officially declared “NSFW,” “newb” and “Twittersphere,” among other Internet slang terms, real words. The dictionary, which is considered one of the preeminent authorities on the English language, is actively taking steps to incorporate the language used online into the approved lexicon.

MI6 hacks al-Qaida site and adds tasty recipes. British spies swap cupcake recipes into al-Qaida magazine. Readers of al-Qaida's "Inspire" magazine got a tasty surprise thanks to British intelligence operatives: recipes, courtesy of "The Ellen DeGeneres Show," for mini cupcakes.
British spies reportedly hacked into the website of the English-language quarterly published by al-Qaida in the Arabian Peninsula last year, swapping in the cupcake recipes to replace the bombmaking how-to guides set to appear in an article entitled "Make a Bomb in the Kitchen of Your Mom."

Football legend’s son faces DUI charge. Montana Grizzlies quarterback Nate Montana, son of Notre Dame and NFL great Joe Montana, has had another alcohol-related run-in. Montana was arrested Friday morning on the suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol in Missoula, Mont. The 21-year-old was released from jail after posting $685 bond.

World's most famous cats. Cats have influenced ancient cultures and quantum physics, our everyday lives and many other things. June is Adopt-A-Cat Month, so we're paying tribute to the finest of felines. See which pop culture kitties are our picks of the litter, and check out this interactive visual search gallery of cat breeds.

Fall 2011-2012 TV season. The five television networks have announced their 2011-12 schedules. From the latest reality show concept to a reboot of a past prime-time favorite, which shows will be hits and which ones misses? Let's look at some highlights of what's ahead.

Celebrities Started Soap Operas. The most famous celebrities to have started their career in soap operas. When actor James Franco appeared for the first time last year on the popular soap opera, General Hospital, many criticized what they saw as a major step down from a very successful movie career. Often viewed as mediocre at best, soap operas started airing on television in the 1950s and continue to this day. Generally the actors on such shows are seen (sometimes unfairly) as second-rate, but many find their time on daytime dramas to be a useful starting out point. Some of today’s biggest stars wouldn’t be where they are today without the “soaps”.

Worst Reality TV Ideas. Love them or hate ‘em, reality shows are here to stay – and growing in number each year, it seems. With the good come some downright terrible ideas, where it’s tough to understand how the idea ever got greenlit. I’m guessing alcohol was involved with most of these, our list of the 15 worst reality TV shows ever made.

The eyes of a fly

A new collection of startling snapshots shows ordinary insects in minute detail.

DiCaprio Django Unchained. Leonardo DiCaprio to join cast of Quentin Tarantino's 'Django Unchained,' report says. Leonardo DiCaprio is in talks to join the cast of Quentin Tarantino's Western, "Django Unchained," The Wrap reports.The film is said to follow a German dentist who becomes a bounty hunter and helps a freed slave named Django rescue his wife from plantation owner Calvin Candie.

Christoph Waltz, who took home an Oscar in 2010 for his supporting role in Tarantino's "Inglourious Basterds," has been confirmed for the role of the German doctor, Dr. Schultz. DiCaprio is rumored to be the front-runner to play a villainous plantation owner, but the report has not been confirmed.

30 years of AIDS. Thirty years ago, on June 5, 1981, U.S. health agencies began tracking unusual clusters of diseases that would later be identified as the first cases diagnosed as AIDS. Since then, more than 750,000 Americans have died from the epidemic, and more than 1.1 million people are living with HIV in the U.S. We look at the milestones in the fight against AIDS as well as statistics for the most populous countries.

Opposition attack injures Yemen's president. The president of Yemen been hurt in an attack on a mosque in his compound in the capital Sanaa, officials say, as fighting continues between the government and armed tribes.

Ali Abdullah Saleh was in hospital "in good health" and would "soon" speak publicly, officials said.

The PM and speaker of parliament were hurt and three guards killed.

Earlier troops shelled the home of the brother of the tribal leader whose supporters they are fighting.

Thousands meanwhile attended a funeral for 50 people killed in the violence, and there were huge demonstrations after Friday prayers.

In the southern city of Taiz, at least three members of the security forces and two protesters were killed in clashes, officials and doctors said.

It was not clear if the security forces were soldiers or police. One report said they had been killed by a rocket-propelled grenade.

A crackdown on protesters in Taiz on Sunday left more than 50 demonstrators dead.
The US has sent an envoy to the Gulf to discuss ways of stopping the violence, which has brought Yemen to the brink of civil war.

The White House condemned the recent bloodshed, including the attack on the presidential palace.

"Violence cannot resolve the issues that confront Yemen, and today's events cannot be a justification for a new round of fighting," spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement.

More than 350 people have been killed since the uprising started in January, but at least 135 of them have died in the past 10 days.

Western and regional powers have been urging Mr Saleh to sign a Gulf Co-operation Council-brokered deal that would see him hand over to his deputy in return for an amnesty from prosecution.

He has agreed to sign on several occasions, but then backed out.

GCC Secretary General Abdulattif al-Zayani called for an end to the fighting and said the council was ready to do all it could to help, Reuters news agency reported.
'Scratches'

There has been heavy fighting in the northern Sanaa district of Hassaba since last week between Mr Saleh's forces and tribesman loyal to Sheikh Sadiq al-Ahmar, the head of the powerful Hashid tribal confederation.

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John Edwards indicted by federal grand jury. A federal grand jury has indicted two-time presidential candidate John Edwards over money spent to cover up his extramarital affair during the height of his 2008 campaign for the White House. The case of USA v. Johnny Reid Edwards contains six counts, including conspiracy, four counts of illegal campaign contributions and one count of false statements. The indictment was returned in the Middle District of North Carolina Friday.

CBS Affiliate WRAL reports that a warrant has been issued for Edwards' arrest, and that he is expected to appear in a Winston-Salem courtroom Friday afternoon.

The indictment is the culmination of a federal investigation that lasted more than two years and scoured through virtually every corner of Edwards' political career.

Edwards' attorney Greg Craig met Friday with prosecutors in North Carolina, an indication that the former presidential candidate is likely to be charged, either in a grand jury indictment or in a negotiated charge to which he would plead guilty.

Justice Department officials in Washington have approved criminal charges; they decided that the hundreds of thousands of dollars that two Edwards donors gave to help keep his mistress in hiding were contributions that should have been reported publicly by his campaign fund because they aided his bid for the Democratic White House nomination.

Edwards' lawyers have argued that the funds were gifts from old friends intended to keep the affair a secret from his wife, Elizabeth, who died of cancer in December.

Edwards' attorneys have denounced the investigation as a waste of resources and contend he did not violate the law.

The case against Edwards focused on the private money used to keep Edwards' mistress in hiding. Andrew Young, a former aide to Edwards, initially claimed paternity of mistress Rielle Hunter's child and traveled around the country keeping her in seclusion. Young has said he received hundreds of thousands of dollars of support from two wealthy Edwards donors.

WRAL reports that the federal investigation zeroed in on money from Rachel "Bunny" Mellon, a 100-year-old heiress to pharmaceutical and banking fortunes and a major donor to Edwards' campaign; and from wealthy Texas lawyer Fred Baron, who served as Edwards' campaign finance chairman.

Mellon gave $3.4 million in late 2007 to The Alliance for a New America, a nonprofit supporting Edwards' candidacy. Former Edwards aide Andrew Young wrote last year in his tell-all book, "The Politician," that Mellon also gave Edwards $700,000 as a gift for personal use.

Young told WRAL News in a 2010 interview that Mellon was in the dark about how her money - campaign workers commonly referred to the checks she wrote as "Bunny money" - was being used.

According to Young, Baron financed flights and paid $20,000 a month in rent on a California home for Hunter and Young's family during the period when Young pretended to be the father of Hunter's baby to protect Edwards from negative publicity.

Young also told WRAL News that Baron paid him $325,000 to finish his own home back in Chapel Hill so it could be sold when he moved to California.

Baron died from cancer in 2008, but his widow appeared before the federal grand jury in Raleigh in January. Investigators also interviewed Mellon twice at her estate in Virginia, and some of her family members testified before the grand jury in December.

Hunter, Young and other campaign insiders testified before the grand jury in 2009.

If Edwards goes to trial to fight the charges and loses, sentencing guidelines would factor in the money involved in the cover-up. A case involving $1 million to $2.5 million could signal a prison sentence of 51 to 63 months.

Another dent in an Edwards' revival is moving ahead in civil court, where Young and Hunter are battling over a purported sex tape involving the former candidate. Edwards has been deposed as part of that lawsuit.

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Justin bieber marc jacobs lawsuit. Famed fashion designer Marc Jacobs considered suing popstar Justin Bieber over allegations that Bieber ripped off Jacob’s Lola fragrance bottle design for the bottle for his new fragrance Someday.The Biebs recently launched the latest edition to his growing fragrance empire, a female perfume called Someday, and a Peter Pan-inspired commercial to go with it.

Dr. Jack Kevorkian dies at age 83. A lawyer and friend of Jack Kevorkian says the assisted suicide advocate has died at a Detroit-area hospital at the age of 83.

Mayer Morganroth tells The Associated Press that Kevorkian died Friday morning at William Beaumont Hospital in Royal Oak, where he had been hospitalized. He says nurses played classical music by Kevorkian's favorite Johan Sebastian Bach before he died. Kevorkian had been hospitalized since last month with pneumonia and kidney problems.

Blake Lively more hacker. Add Blake Lively to the long list of celebrities shamed in a leaked photo scandal. After her rep said yesterday that the photos making the rounds online were 100 percent fake, a new series of pics has been released to prove they are, in fact, genuine. As we also noted yesterday, Lively’s rep was quick to threaten with legal action anyone daring to publish the so-called “fake” pictures but, right now, it seems certain they’re the real deal.

National Doughnut Day. National Donut Day is an American food holiday celebrating donuts or doughnuts. It falls on the first Friday in June, although some reputable sources write that the first Saturday in June is also considered part of the celebration.1Donuts are a snack made from a sweetened dough, usually consisting of flour, sugar, milk, and some sort of fat or shortening ingredient. Some donuts are raised using yeast, while others are made from a yeast-free dough.2

Ford is building a 3-cylinder engine. With Ford America reporting a net loss of USD$8.
7 billion for the second quarter of 2008, it’s safe to say that dramatic changes are necessary to flip this trend.Ford of Europe’s union boss Dieter Hinkelmann has announced that workers at the Ford engine plant in Cologne, Germany, may have to seek work elsewhere unless production for a new economical three-cylinder engine is promptly underway. At present, the majority of the engines produced at the plants are V6’s along with V8’s and V12’s, with a maximum production of approximately 800,000 engines annually. Ford says the V6 engine takes 3.6hours to build with around 2000 units produced a day.

Rihanna campaigns to save girl's life. Rihanna, 50 Cent and other celebrities have joined a campaign to help save the life of a terminally ill baby girl.

Ayelet Galena, 1, suffers from a rare congenital disorder and requires a bone marrow transplant in order to survive. 50 Cent followed Rihanna in getting a blood test to see if they could be potential donors for the baby girl.

Wii 2 touchscreen. Nintendo will wrap up the major 2011 Electronic Entertainment Expo game-company press conferences with its own media briefing. The company has already confirmed that the centerpiece of its presentation will be its new console--reportedly code-named Project Cafe--which will see release sometime next year. Today, the Nikkei news service (registration required) has confirmed one of the bigger rumors surrounding the console. As speculated, the console will have a controller with a six-inch touch screen at its center, allowing players to play games as they would on a tablet computer in conjunction with traditional game buttons.

David Days knocked out. Three people were left hypnotised on stage when a hypnotist knocked himself out during a show in Dorset. David Days was performing at Portland's Royal Manor Theatre on Friday when he tripped over a participant's leg. His team could not rouse him and the audience was asked to leave while the people were still "asleep" on stage.
They were "woken up" soon after when Mr Days recovered. His manager said the performer has a voice recording which can be used to bring people round. Mr Days, who has hypnotised members of the pop band Blue on television, did not require hospital treatment, his manager Tara Nix said.

'Loads of commotion'

She added: "He was out for a little while and that is why we asked the audience to leave.
"Three people were left on stage but we always have a back-up tape and a back-up hypnotist to step in if needed.

"Luckily, it wasn't too long until he recovered and he and the guests are fine.
"To be honest I think this is the first time it has ever happened to a hypnotist."

Audience member Fiona Faye said: "He was pulled from stage and there was loads of commotion from a number of people backstage including one man who ran to the other side of the stage to get a first aid kit.
"At first the audience, including us, found it very funny and thought it was part of the act, but as time went on we began to realise that it was not part of the show and he had actually hurt himself.

"At this point we become very worried not only for David Days but also the guests that were onstage oblivious to anything as they were still hypnotised.

"They simply just sat there 'asleep'."

Summer launch for the iPhone 5. What are the latest update for the Apple iPhone 5? Rumors of Summer Launch and White iPhone is still not confirmed as word from Apple remains a myth. The Apple iPad 2 started out as a rumor then it became a reality. So if you think about it, rumors about the iPhone 5 might also be true. For the past month there have been rumors circulating about the iPhone 5 and a summer launch. With the Apple iPad 2 already out, the ‘iPhone 5′ or whatever it will be called is the next big device that people are eagerly anticipating from Apple.


This might still be classified as ‘rumors’ for now but we all know that it is a known fact that Apple releases a refresh of its products yearly and they always stick to the same calendar year-in and year-out. If they stay on course then we are definitely headed for an iPhone refresh this coming June. All hints are pointing to this year’s WWDC. The date for the possible iPhone launch is this June 20.
There are also rumors going around that Apple wants to tap a new market. Insiders are saying that there will be a cheap ‘iPhone 5′ coming but this is rumor is still hazy for now. I still can’t imagine Apple doing this but it would make perfect business sense for them. It wouldn’t also be bad for the tight-budget consumers either. Imagine an Apple branded phone for less, that would be a win-win for all.

The iPhone 5 is also being rumored to have the new Near Field Communications (NFC) technology, making contactless communication possible. MobileMe is also a set for a very major revamp and the release will most likely be simultaneous with the iPhone 5 or iPhone 5 models. Lastly, bloggers are saying that there will be a white iPhone 5 coming and it will have a simultaneous release with the black model, just like the iPad 2. We have never seen the white iPhone 4 so will Apple push through with this?

Source: 3anime

Murray Walker cat food. Murray Walker has revealed that he used to eat Kitekat when he worked as an advertising executive. The former motorsports commentator told the Daily Express that he used to taste the cat food in front of sceptical clients to prove its quality.Walker said: "I used to sell pet food and if they were suspicious about the quality and they queried it, we would open the can of Kitekat and eat it in front of them."

Before rising to fame as the voice of Formula One on the BBC and ITV, the 87-year-old managed accounts for clients including Dunlop and Vauxhall Motors.

Walker is often erroneously said to have created the slogan "a Mars a day helps you work, rest and play". However, he did pen the tagline "Trill makes budgies bounce with health" in the 1960s.

Source: digitalspy

Bond 23 film 2011. The financial problems that threatened to ensnare James Bond have been thwarted, allowing the Ian Fleming hero to return to the screen next year in time for his 50th anniversary in film.
The 23rd Bond film will star Daniel Craig – his third stab at playing 007 – and will be directed by Sam Mendes, the director of American Beauty, a darkly comic take on suburbia that won a clutch of Oscars in 2000.

The latest Bond film hit the skids last year when MGM Studios filed for bankruptcy protection. The company has since been restructured. The new owners of MGM, along with Bond producers Michael Wilson and Barbara Broccoli, confirmed last night that 007 will be back on 9 November 2012. Production is set to begin at the end of this year.
There had been fears that Daniel Craig, a more ruthless and cold-blooded Bond than portrayed by Pierce Brosnan, would walk away because of the uncertainty.

Vulture Detectives. German police are trying out a new weapon in the fight against crime – vultures that can find hidden corpses. Three feathered detectives – called Sherlock, Miss Marple and Columbo – are being trained in Walsrode bird park in northern Germany.
The birds’ keen eyesight and acute sense of smell might make them as skilful as their fictional namesakes.

But worryingly Sherlock sometimes prefers to hunt on foot, rather than scan the ground from above.

Police used a piece of shroud from a mortuary for the training exercise, German media report.

The vultures are thought to be better than sniffer dogs at finding bodies when a large area has to be searched and the terrain is difficult, for example if it is densely overgrown.

But the experiment raises ethical concerns because of the risk that a vulture could start pecking at a dead body, the Berliner Morgenpost newspaper says.

This week Miss Marple and Columbo, from a zoo in Austria, joined Sherlock for the exercise in the reserve, north of Hanover.

Police are using three birds because the vultures prefer to roam big areas as a group.

“The vultures may work much more effectively than sniffer dogs,” said a Hanover police officer, Rainer Herrmann.

“There’s a lot of interest in this. We’ve had inquiries from Germany, Austria and Switzerland,” he said.

Source: bbc

Do you frequently get cash from ATMs and then have no idea where it ends up? Do you end up paying late fees simply because you don't have a good system in place for tracking and paying your bills? If you don't have a good budget system in place, it is easy to lose track of your hard earned money. The tips below can help you to keep your finances under control. # Keep your financial records organized and your filing up to date. Have a set of file folders for items such as receipts, bills, canceled checks, checking account statements, etc. Have a designated place where you keep or can easily assemble your master home budget, your financial files, checkbook, etc. so it is all in one convenient location.

Saggy Pants Fort Worth. Bus riders in Fort Worth who wear sagging pants have the choice of pulling them up before boarding or finding another way to get around the city.

The Fort Worth Transportation Authority's updated dress code lets bus drivers turn away passengers whose pants sag below the waist.
Joan Hunter, a spokeswoman for the system known as the T, says it's about respecting everyone who chooses to ride city buses.

"It's not like they have to go home," Hunter said. "They can just pull it up. It's to be respectful of other riders."

Posters are being placed on buses and billboards to let riders know that saggy pants are not acceptable, the Fort Worth Star-Telegram reported Tuesday.

The no-saggy pants campaign began in August 2008, but the T recently made an administrative change to its dress code giving bus drivers authority to deny boarding to violators, Hunter said.

The policy change took effect May 12, and that day drivers asked about 50 riders to pull up their pants before boarding, according to Hunter. All complied, she said.

"They'll mess with our freedom. Pretty soon they're going to ban dreadlocks, too," said Cory Shelby, a tattoo artist who rides city buses.

Shelby, 29, recently was told to pull up his pants before boarding, even though he said his black cargo shorts were not drooping enough to be distasteful.

"They told me I had to pull up my pants," he said, "And my boxers weren't even showing."

City Councilman Frank Moss has said the saggy-pants look hurts the ability of young people to land jobs.

"This shows we have taken the overall concept of pulling them up to a new level," Moss said during a recent council meeting. "There are some real policies in place to say, if you don't pull `em up, you can't ride."

Source: foxnews

14-year-old wins National Spelling Bee. 14-Year-Old Pennsylvania Girl Wins Scripps National Spelling Bee. June 3, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Sukanya Roy of South Abington Township, Penn., correctly spelled cymotrichous, a Greek-derived word meaning "wavy haired," to win the 2011 Scripps National Spelling Bee on Thursday night.

Terry & Capello back Wilshere's U-21 absence. England captain John Terry has backed the decision to omit Jack Wilshere from the Under-21 squad for this summer's European Championships.Wilshere was desperate to travel with the rest of the squad after playing an important role in getting the team to the finals. But after pressure from Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger, it was decided that England's brightest young prospect would be given the opportunity to rest after Saturday's game against Switzerland for the full squad.

Opinion was split on what would actually be best for the player's development, but Terry is certain the correct call has been made.

Terry said: "He doesn't look tired. He's played 60 games this season, his first full season, and I see him now as a huge part of our senior set-up. I think if we're going to nurture and look after him, and we're looking to the Euros next summer, he has to be looked after.

"What's happened is unfortunate for the Under-21s, but Jack has been different class for us in the last couple of games. I see him as a major part of our set-up here.

"I had a chat with him. It was a big issue. He's obviously disappointed that he's not going. But, at the same time, he feels part of the senior set-up. That's the confidence he's brought in. That's encouraging for him as well.

"I honestly feel we need to look after him and make him feel comfortable in his decision.

"Not many of us expected him to step up the way he has done. Everyone was keen to see fresh faces and fresh players come in, and he's been the one who's stood out out of everyone. Hopefully he can have an injury-free season next year and be ready for the Euros.

"The way he glides past players is very much Zola-esque a little bit. He shows a huge amount of confidence for someone so young. His ability speaks for itself.''

Fabio Capello has no fears about Wilshere lasting the pace next season.

"All the players will play a lot of games,'' said the Italian. "Jack is really young and will recover quickly. Injury-wise it is more difficult 10 years into your career. I don't have a concern for Jack next year at all.

"He can play one game without any problems. During training he was really good, just like everyone else.''

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"They''ve broken up. Cameron is hurt and betrayed, because she tried so hard to please him. She went overboard," a friend said.

dugard kidnapping sentence. Jaycee Lee Dugard Kidnapping Timeline. On Thursday, Phillip and Nancy Garrido will be sentenced at the El Dorado Superior Court in California. They face charges of kidnapping and rape in the Jaycee Lee Dugard case. They have struck plea deals, and neither one will be able to appeal the court's decision. Phillip faces a possible sentence of 431 years, and his wife, Nancy, faces 36 years in prison. Here are key events leading up to the sentencing:
August 1988: Phillip Garrido is released on parole.

Phillip Garrido is sentenced to 50 years in prison for kidnapping and raping Katherine Callaway Hall in 1976. He serves his sentence for 11 years and is released on parole.

June 10, 1991: Jaycee Lee Dugard is kidnapped.

Jaycee Dugard is kidnapped by the Garridos. Carl Probyn, Jaycee's stepfather, witnesses two people dragging the 11-year-old girl into a gray car as she walks to a school bus stop. He is not able to prevent the crime, but he notifies the police. The case quickly gains national attention, the FBI becomes involved and it's featured on the "America's Most Wanted" TV show.

June 10, 1992: The disappearance of Jaycee Dugard is remembered with a vigil.

The family of Jaycee Dugard holds a vigil one year after she is kidnapped.

Nov. 30, 2006: The police respond to a complaint at the Garrido household.

An opportunity to save Jaycee Dugard is missed. A neighbor calls the police to complain about Phillip Garrido. He mentions seeing children in tents in the Garrido back yard. The deputy questions Phillip Garrido but never goes into the back yard to investigate the accusations.

July 2008: The police miss another chance to save Jaycee Dugard.

The police question registered sex offenders in the neighborhood and talk to Phillip Garrido. Again, the home and back yard are not searched.

Aug. 25, 2009: Phillip Garrido is noticed on the campus of UC Berkeley.

Phillip Garrido is seen with two young girls on the campus of UC Berkeley. The girls are later identified as the daughters of Jaycee Dugard with Phillip Garrido. Police notice he is giving out religious pamphlets, and they discover his criminal past through a background check.

Aug. 26, 2009: Phillip and Nancy Garrido are arrested.

Phillip Garrido meets with the police. He brings Nancy Garrido, Jaycee Dugard and the two daughters to the meeting with a parole officer. After the revelation of Jaycee's true identity, Phillip and Nancy Garrido are arrested.

Sept. 14, 2009: Bail is set.

Following their arrest, both Phillip and Nancy Garrido plead not guilty, and 29 charges are brought against them. Judge Douglas Phimister sets the bail for Phillip at $30 million, but does not set any bail for Nancy Garrido.

June 24, 2010: The Department of Justice and Jaycee Dugard reach a settlement.

Jaycee Dugard is awarded $20 million for the negligence of the police department during her captivity and the lack of proper supervision of paroled Phillip Garrido.

April 7, 2011: Phillip Garrido pleads not guilty.

Phillip Garrido had previously confessed to the charges brought against him, but at this hearing, he pleads not guilty. A plea deal is eventually reached.

July 2011: Jaycee Dugard will release a book detailing her kidnapping.

Dugard is planning on releasing a book about her experiences during the 18 years she spent in captivity with the Garridos.

Source:yahoo

Cheryl Cole '£1.2million gagging deal'. Insiders say she may be paid her full contract for the US version despite being cruelly axed in the first week.

But in return she must agreen not to bad-mouth the show or Simon Cowell in public. The deal would mean the Geordie Girls Aloud star could collect a golden goodbye worth £25,000 an hour.

One insider said: “Cheryl is going to be paid off if things go to plan.

“The last thing we need is someone with an axe to grind saying bad things about the show before it even starts.

Source:ramkshrestha

fear factor returning. "Fear Factor" returning with fewer thrills. A softer version of "Fear Factor" is returning to NBC, six years after the gross-out reality show ended its run on the network.

The show, in which contestants ate such things as worms and spiders in a bid to win $50,000, debuted in summer 2001 with host Joe Rogan. The series was pulled during its revamped sixth season in 2006 when it struggled in head-to-head competition with Fox's "American Idol."While the new version is still in the early stages, the intention is not to make the series extremely gross, sources said. A host for the reboot has not been named.

"Fear Factor," which was the first reality series to be syndicated, airs Saturday nights on NBCUniversal horror and suspense cable network Chiller. The show was based on the Dutch series "Now or Neverland."

Reality Blurred first reported the news.

Source:yahoo

Adele cancels US tour. Singer Adele cancels US tour to heal throat. Grammy-winning singer Adele said Friday she has canceled the rest of a north American tour to recover from laryngitis.

She had already postponed five shows under doctor's orders, but while resting in Los Angeles she saw a specialist "who determined it was imperative that she take the next few weeks to recover with absolute voice rest."

Cars made of strange stuff. Everyone knows you make cars out of steel – or aluminium, or carbon-fiber composites. But for some, conventional substances just don't satisfy. Some engineers have built cars out of crazy stuff like hemp, paper and foam. Come along for a strange journey to a land of cars that crumble, rustle, stretch and squash.

Most misspelled English words. Dr. Language has provided a one-stop cure for all your spelling ills. Here are the 100 words most often misspelled. Each word has a mnemonic pill with it and, if you swallow it, it will help you to remember how to spell the word. Master the orthography of the words on this page and reduce the time you spend searching dictionaries by 50%.

Coldplay new single. The new single - download it now from iTunes at http://cldp.ly/itunescp (except in the UK, where it will be released to download stores at 12.01am on Sunday June 5th).


Written by Berryman / Buckland / Champion / Martin / Allen / Anderson.

The song contains compositional elements of "I Go To Rio" by Peter Allen (1976), written by Peter Allen and Adrienne Anderson.

Produced by Markus Dravs, Dan Green and Rik Simpson.

Enoxification and additional composition by Brian Eno.


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Octomom doctor license revoked. Octomom's Fertility Doctor Has License Revoked. California medical officials revoked the license of the fertility doctor who helped "Octomom" Nadya Suleman become the mother of 14 children through repeated in vitro treatments, according to a decision made public Wednesday.

The Medical Board of California said it was necessary to revoke Dr. Michael Kamrava's license to protect the public. The revocation takes effect July 1.


The Beverly Hills fertility doctor has acknowledged implanting 12 embryos into Suleman prior to the pregnancy that produced her octuplets. It was six times the norm for a woman her age.

That was a mistake, according to the board.

"While the evidence did not establish (Kamrava) as a maverick or deviant physician, oblivious to standards of care in IVF practice, it certainly demonstrated that he did not exercise sound judgment in the transfer of twelve embryos to (Suleman)," the board said in its 45-page decision.

Since Suleman's octuplets were born in January 2009, the medical community and public have puzzled over how a doctor could have implanted so many embryos into a patient and how the babies were carried to premature birth.

In practice, fertility doctors avoid mega-births, as high number multiple births are sometimes called, because the process can put the mother at risk for serious complications and death. Crowding in a mother's uterus could also result in premature birth, cerebral palsy, developmental delays or other health problems for the babies.

To date, Suleman's octuplets are the world's longest surviving set.

Kamrava's lawyer Henry Fenton did not return phone calls seeking comment.

With a tearful apology, Kamrava testified at his hearing last year that he implanted Suleman with 12 embryos because she consented to undergoing fetal reduction if too many of the babies became viable.

Kamrava said that months passed after the treatment, and he never heard from her, despite efforts to contact her. He says he only heard from Suleman again after the babies were born.

The state also found that Kamrava was negligent in the care of two other patients — a major factor in the decision to revoke his license.

"This is not a one-patient case or a two-patient case; it is a three-patient case and the established causes of discipline include repeated negligent acts," the board decision reads.

Kamrava was found to have implanted seven embryos in a 48-year-old patient, resulting in quadruplets. One fetus died before birth.

Kamrava said at his hearing that he recommended four embryos be implanted, but he implanted seven because the patient insisted.

In another case, Kamrava went ahead with in vitro fertilization after tests detected atypical cells, which can indicate the presence of a tumor. The patient was later diagnosed with stage-three cancer and had to have her uterus and ovaries removed before undergoing chemotherapy.

Kamrava said he should have referred her to a gynecological oncologist but simultaneous to her treatment, news broke about Suleman's octuplets and he became too distracted to follow up the patient's care.

In February, a judge recommended the board put Kamrava on five years of probation, but the ultimate licensing decision belonged to the board. Citing negative publicity surrounding Suleman's case, the judge had said it was unlikely Kamrava would make similar mistakes again.

The board "adamantly" disagreed with that assessment, saying the doctor had already used bad press as an excuse for failing to care properly for the fertility patient who should have been referred to a cancer specialist.

"Accordingly, the board is not persuaded that relying on the public or the media to fulfill or supplement the board's public protection role is sound policy," the decision reads.

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