Verdict boosts standing of Casey Anthony lawyer Jose Baez

Several months ago, one of José Baez's most articulate critics wondered whether he would have a "My Cousin Vinny" moment at trial. The reference to the 1992 Joe Pesci movie was amusing but poignant, too: The comedy explored how a rookie defense lawyer from Brooklyn managed to learn his craft on the fly and spare two young murder suspects from being convicted...

Group Five warns of large earnings drop, says market conditions to blame

Group Five on Tuesday warned of a significant change in fortunes for the JSE-listed construction company. The group told shareholders that, for the year ended June 30, it expected fully diluted headline earnings a share to be between 45% and 55% lower – reaching 253c a share to 309c a share – compared with the 561c a share recorded in the 2010 financial year. Headline earnings a share were to be between 45% and 55% lower. Fully diluted...

Charlie Sheen signs on for 'Comedy Central Roast'

In what could be the worst idea in a history of bad ideas, Charlie Sheen has signed up for a Comedy Central Roast and told the network absolutely nothing is off limits. For the kind of skewering that's more recently been saved for the likes of Donald Trump, Joan Rivers and David Hasselhoff, Charlie Sheen is officially set to be the next roastee in a new...

Police talk man out of suicide attempt on overpass

Abilene police officers spent a tense 40 minutes Tuesday night trying to talk a man out of jumping off a highway overpass. Lt. Mike Collins said someone called 911 around 8:30 p.m. Tuesday, saying a 23-year-old Hispanic man had threatened to "take his phone and go kill himself." Officers responded to the caller at the intersection of North First Street and Pioneer Drive, where they received a description of the man, who had left the scene. At...

ESPN bounces NBC to score Wimbledon

NBC lost its 43-year grip on Wimbledon, considered the most prestigious tournament in tennis, after cable sports kingpin ESPN outbid it for the live TV rights. The power serve was a 12-year, $400 million offer that was too heavy for cable giant Comcast, the Peacock Network's new parent. "They [Comcast] were just outbid and apparently didn't have enough left over to keep Wimbledon," said analyst Darren Marshall of sports marketing...

Government still won’t commit to digital radio switchover date

The Government has refrained from committing to a digital radio switchover date, originally tabled for 2015, saying the decision to move away from FM is still two years away. Ed Vaizey, the Minister for Culture, Communications and the Creative Industries, has refused to commit to a digital radio switchover date, saying that the decision will not be...

Jose Baez, Casey Anthony’s lawyer: “Luckiest man in America”

Jose Baez, a lawyer who came out of no where, was snickered at, laughed at, smeared, attacked and rebuked by the judge. In the end, the 42-year-old attorney who grew up in South Florida, came out on top. A former bikini salesman, high school dropout and deadbeat dad who barely made it into the Florida bar pulled off what some are calling one of the most stunning court victories in history. Jose Angel Baez, a 42-year-old lawyer who grew...

No escape from Brett Favre comeback talk

The first time we saw today’s talk that Brett Favre wants to play in 2011, our first instinct was to ignore it. By about the tenth time we saw it, we figured we at least had to mention it. So here goes. On an NFL.com live chat today, Gil Brandt wrote that he thinks Favre would have an interest in playing in the NFL this season, but that there probably isn’t a team out there that shares Favre’s interest. “I do think Favre would be interested...

Apple 'orders 15m iPhone 5s for September'

iPhone 5 rumours have been intensifying for weeks now and, like this latest one, most seem to suggest an Apple launch some time in the next couple of months. DigiTimes, which is the main source of most of the recent reports, says that Taiwanese manufacturer Pegatron Technology has just taken an order for 15 million iPhone 5s, to begin shipping in September. It attributes the story to “sources from upstream component makers”....

Mac Miller Challenges Drake on Twitter

If you ask your friends who two of the biggest names in the rap industry are right now, most likely you will get these two names in your answer: Mac Miller and Drake. Now why are these guys relavent to today and now? Because just a little while ago both were tweeting about Birthright Israel and going to Tel Aviv to perform a show. I am not sure how serious both of them were in regards to going to Tel Aviv to have a "Sound clash" as Drake...

Sony PlayStation 4 rumours met with scepticism

DigiTimes reports that Sony plans to start production on a PlayStation 4 at the end of this year, with a planned release some time in 2012. The news site, which has frequently been first to report Apple rumours that turn out to be true, said that Sony would include “body movement-based control like Kinect” in the PS4. However, video games experts have greeted the report with scepticism.Eurogamer’s Digital Foundry blog wrote:...

Facebook's awesome product announcement 'could be video chat'

Facebook’s product announcement happening today could be the launch of the highly-anticipated video chat feature. Several technology websites have been making the prediction that a Skype-style service will finally launch on Facebooklater today. Pundits are divided at to whether Facebook has indeed partnered with Skype, which has recently been acquire by Microsoft, or built its own product in-house. Last week, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook’s...

Sony plans to redesign PlayStation Network

Sony is planning a redesign of its online gaming network, the PlayStation Network (PSN), following a hacking attack that brought the network down for nearly a month, according to reports. The original layout for the PSN and the PlayStation store was heavy in text and had a lot of information on the screen. The new look is more streamlined, with bigger images and more accessible information, according to the report. It will be similar to...

iPhone app to map and plot Taliban positions

Captain Jonathan Springer has invested £20,000 in perfecting the system, called Tactical Nav which can be downloaded from iTunes for £3.49. He says he came up with the idea after two of his comrades were killed in a Taliban rocket strike last year.He perfected the tool, which is also being marketed to walkers in less hostile environments, during a 12-month tour in Afghanistan that ended in May."As a fire support officer, I take...

Nancy Grace on Casey Anthony

According to the Huffington Post, Nancy Grace of the Nancy Grace Show on CNN is personally appalled at the verdict in the Casey Anthony trial. It seems to me that an appropriate response to a headline like this is profound indifference. Who cares what Nancy Grace thinks about the Casey Anthony case? Of course, lots of people do care. I know because when I was combing through the day's news items, “nancy grace casey anthony” was the number...

Top tablets: reviews

A quick look at each of the top eight tablets currently available, in no particular order  Apple iPad 2 Score: 4.5 /5Pre-eminent and still the best tablet currently on the market, the iPad 2 is light, slim and a delight to use. But it’s not just the fact that you can read books, check your emails, browse the webs or watch videos that mean Apple, for now, own this market: the iPad has spawned a library of Apps that is continuing...

Boston Pops Gets Last Minute Replacement Singer

The Boston Pops 4th of July celebration, which regularly draws half a million people, had to scramble to find a replacement singer when Lionel Richie dropped out last Thursday. Country Singer Martina McBride will perform in his place during the concert and fireworks spectacular. Richie strained a vocal cord and was told by his doctors that he shouldn't perform. "It was such an honor being asked to celebrate the Fourth of July with this...

Smartphone app hails taxis from comfort of home

Kabbee, a free iPhone app which was launched last week, has already signed up 4,000 licensed minicabs in the London area. Kabbee is a free iPhone appAfter registering with the service and linking their account to their credit card, users simply need to enter their destination to instantly obtain a range of quotes along with estimated waiting times. The...

MySpace founder ‘choked’ when Facebook realised his vision

The usually silent Anderson has spoken out about MySpace’s demise as a result of Facebook’s success, only a few days after the struggling social network was off-loaded by News Corporation for a fraction of the price it bought for in 2005. “My original vision for [MySpace] was that everything got better when it was social — so I tried to build all the super popular things used on the web (blogs, music, classifieds, events, photos)...

Timeline of recent hacks: from Sony to Sega to Fox News

Here is a timeline of recent hacks carried out by a variety of groups, including LulzSec and Anonymous. April 29 Fox Broadcasting is hacked, with emails and passwords of hundreds of employees accessed. May 29 PBS, the US public television station, has its website hacked into: LulzSec places a false story saying that the rapper Tupac Shakur, who was shot and killed in 1996, is alive on the PBS homepage. June 2 The hackers break...

Thailand and Mass Politics

Thailand's Puea Thai Party won a solid parliamentary majority in yesterday's election, and Prime Minister Abhisit Vejjajiva graciously conceded defeat. Thais are left to wonder whether the new government will grant former Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra amnesty for corruption and allow him to return home, and whether the military will step in to prevent that from happening. For now, however, one outcome of the election is clear enough....

Djokovic wins Wimbledon ... Casey Anthony arguments ... Yellowstone River oil spill assessed

WIMBLEDON, England  — Novak Djokovic (NOH'-vak JOH'-kuh-vich) has won his first Wimbledon title. He beat defending champion Rafael Nadal, 6-4, 6-1, 1-6, 6-3. It was Djokovic's fifth straight victory over the Spaniard. He also takes over the No. 1 ranking from Nadal. Djokovic also won this year's Australian Open. ORLANDO, Fla.  — Prosecutors have told a Florida jury that Casey Anthony killed her 2-year-old daughter Caylee because...

NUGENT: Donating to Obama feeds Fedzilla

Internet sleuth Matt Drudge has a hyperlink on his website, drudgereport.com, to a story about President Obama raffling off dinner with him for a $5 donation to his re-election campaign. There will be some mindless, bloodsucking liberal zombies who will donate five greenbacks in hopes of winning dinner with Mr. Obama, but that pool surely is shrinking. In this economy, even liberal moonbats ought to find a better way to spend five bucks...

Women with size five feet are most attractive to men

The formula for a perfect woman's foot is a size five, wearing three inch heels and red toe nail varnish, according to the study. A study discovered men find size five feet, such as those belonging to Loren, Victoria Beckham, Kim Kardashian and Sophia Loren, are the most alluring.Research by foot plaster company Compeed revealed nearly half of men will look at a woman's feet on a first date and a third will make a character judgement...

max talbot

This was Max Talbot after his fight with Daniel Carcillo during Game 6 of the 2009 Eastern Conference quarterfinal. His shushing of the Philadelphia crowd and Penguins comeback soon after that moment made him an even bigger "superstar" in Pittsburgh than he already was. Those memories have quickly been erased at the news that Talbot inked a five-year, $9 million deal with the Philadelphia Flyers just hours after former Penguins legend Jaromir...

Confirmed: Salma Hayek's hubby is daddy to Linda Evangelista's son!

New York, July 1 (ANI): It has been confirmed that Salma Hayek's super-billionaire husband Francois-Henri Pinault is the father of supermodel Linda Evangelista's 4-year-old son. Though Evangelista's representative denied of Pinault's paternity back in 2007, the Victoria's Secret stunner came to court with hopes of hashing out a support agreement with Pinault,...

Common bond for Salma Hayek, Linda Evangelista

Maria Shriver will not be back. People.com reports that the former first lady of California, 55, filed for divorce Friday from Arnold Schwarzenegger, 63, two months after the couple announced their separation after 25 years of marriage. The story soon unfolded that the former governor fathered a child with household staffer Mildred Baena. The child, Joseph, is 13 -- the same age as the couple's youngest son, Christopher. Shriver cited...

Charlene Wittstock marries Prince Albert in 'fairytale' wedding

Under clear blue skies, scores of residents and tourists lined the streets to watch the statuesque blonde's transformation from commoner into princess in the red silk damask-draped throne room where Hollywood icon Grace Kelly married Albert's father, Prince Rainier III, 55 years ago. Scotching persistent rumours that she had sought to flee Monaco shortly before the wedding day after discovering Prince Albert allegedly had a third...

Chord Overstreet not returning to 'Glee' as series regular

Ryan Murphy is making some cast changes on Fox’s Glee: Chord Overstreet will not be a series regular next season, sources confirm to EW. But Darren Criss and Harry Shum Jr. are getting promoted to full-time cast members. There’s a chance Overstreet could still occasionally appear on the show during next fall’s third season. Overstreet hinted at the news on Twitter earlier today: “well its been a good yr too bad its over, time for summer...

Time is running out to claim $250G prize

The odds are stacked against you — 1 in 3.9 million, to be exact — of predicting the five winning numbers (minus the Mega Ball) in the Mega Millions lottery. Someone beat those odds, but has yet the claim the ticket. On July 27, 2010, a Mega Millions ticket worth $250,000 was purchased at McAleavy’s Newsstand at 10 E. Main St. in Somerville. The ticket has been unclaimed and, by New Jersey law, the holder of the ticket has until July 27...

'No plans' for BBC 3D channel

On the day the Corporation will make its first 3D broadcasts with the Wimbledon finals, the BBC has confirmed it will conduct experiments with 3D but has no plans to launch a dedicated channel. The BBC will conduct up to six experiments with 3D broadcasting each year, but has no plans for a dedicated 3D channel, the Corporation has said. Speaking as the BBC prepares for its first live 3D broadcast with today’s Wimbledon final, Danielle...

Octo-Mom's Only Biggest Fan Rushes Her At Celebrity Boxing Match!

Okay, so this fan may have had a misguided way of showing his love for you, Octo-Mom…but at least you don't DISGUST him! While Octo-Mom Nadya Suleman was participating in a Celebrity Boxing match on Wednesday evening in Bellmawr, New Jersey, a "crazed fan" jumped into the ring and rushed her, while proposing marriage. Here's what the crazed fan said: "Will you please marry me? Will you please marry me? …I'm a Paul Heyman guy! I'm a Paul...

A royal salute to the Commonwealth

There is no mistaking the overwhelming affection with which the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge have been greeted on their inaugural royal visit to Canada. That is, in part, because everything they are doing resonates with a shared history.Take their first engagement: a visit to Canada's National War Memorial was a poignant reminder that Canadian troops had served...