Al Pacino’s 21-year-old daughter admitted she drank a few beers and blew some weed before climbing behind the wheel for a spin in Manhattan with an unidentified male companion, according to cops. Julie Pacino was stopped at a police checkpoint over the weekend when cops noticed her California driver’s license…
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Bombs Away of the Day: 100 Sake Bomb Dominoes: The Breakfast of Champions. [ reddit .] Broadcasting platform : YouTube Source : The Daily What Discovery Date : 01/08/2011 16:14 Number of articles : 2
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Lawyer says clients drop bid as successful challenge against government unlikely and to avoid ‘further unnecessary distress’ Survivors and relatives of those who died in the 7 July bombings have abandoned their legal attempt to force the government to hold a public inquiry into the attacks, acknowledging that proceedings would be likely to be unsuccessful and would cause “further unnecessary distress”. Fifty-two people were killed and more than 700 injured by four suicide bombers on the London transport network in 2005. An inquest into the murders, presided over by the high court judge Lady Justice Hallett, found in May that the attacks could not be blamed on failures by MI5 and that it was unlikely that any of those who died would have survived had the emergency service response been swifter. After the verdicts a number of bereaved relatives said important questions remained unanswered. They called for an independent public inquiry to examine, in particular, the question of whether the attacks could have been prevented. But the solicitor for 25 survivors and bereaved family members who were challenging the government’s decision not to hold a public inquiry has confirmed that they will drop their legal proceedings – signalling, in effect, that all formal inquiries into the bombings are now at an end. Clifford Tibber, of Anthony Gold solicitors, said the coroner had investigated “many important aspects” of the roles played by MI5 and the emergency services, and that the agencies involved were addressing the failures she identified. “Against that background our clients recognise that any inquiry into those matters into which the coroner has inquired would cause further unnecessary distress to the bereaved families, those [who] survived and the individual members of the emergency services who attended the scenes,” Tibber said. He added that his clients had also acknowledged that their legal challenge stood a limited chance of success, and so had concluded that they had little option but to withdraw the action. “We waited over five years before this inquest began – a long time to wait,” said Ros Morley, whose husband, Colin, was killed in the Edgware Road bombing. “Over the past year the process itself has been mentally and emotionally tiring and at times, such as when I was in court for three weeks for the Edgware Road atrocity, utterly exhausting. “Some positive changes have been achieved through the recommendations for improvements in systems. It is to be hoped that this includes great improvements to the security services.” Ben Thwaites, who survived the same attack, said: “It would appear that official lines have now, after much resistance, been closed to us. I feel that there are lessons that could have been learned, actions that could have been taken to protect others and truths that could have been shared that have been brushed aside. I can only hope that this does not lead to unnecessary loss of life in the future.” The families and survivors launched proceedings in 2007 to seek a judicial review of a decision by the-then home secretary, John Reid, not to hold a
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Country singer Jason Michael Carroll comes full circle with his new album “Numbers,” released exclusively at Cracker Barrel stores. He worked there as a server before signing a record deal in 2006. (Aug. 1)
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A new season of North Korea’s huge synchronised dance and gymnastics show began in Pyongyang on Monday night. (Aug. 1)
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Click here to view this media The federal Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) was expected Monday to announce new guidelines that would require health insurance companies to cover women’s health care services, including birth control and and breast exams, without a co-pays or deductibles. The new rules, made possible by President Obama’s Affordable Care act, would begin Aug. 1, 2012. “We know that half of women, according to studies, forego or delay preventive care because they can’t afford it and under the affordable care act that all changes,” White House advisor Stephanie Cutter told ABC News. Services covered will include well-woman exams, screening for gestational diabetes, breastfeeding support, domestic violence screenings, and all FDA-approved birth control methods — including emergency contraception like the morning-after pill. In July, an Institute of Medicine report recommended making contraceptives free to all women. That report came under immediate fire from conservatives like Fox News’ Bill O’Reilly. “Many women who get pregnant are blasted out of their minds when they have sex, and they’re not going to use birth control anyway,” O’Reilly said last month .
Continue reading …Michael Phelps Wins 100 Fly, Captures Third Gold Medal At Swimming World Championships
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SHANGHAI — Without Milorad Cavic to challenge him – or Ryan Lochte – Michael Phelps registered a comfortable win in the 100-meter butterfly at the swimming world championships Saturday. Phelps used his usual strategy for his third gold of the championship: touching third at the turn and pulling ahead in the second lap to touch in 50.71 seconds. Konrad Czerniak of Poland took the silver in 51.15 while another American, Tyler McGill, earned bronze in 51.26. Cavic, who is still regaining his form following back surgery, didn’t advance from morning heats Friday, while Lochte, who edged Phelps for gold in the 200 freestyle and 200 individual medley, wasn’t entered. Cavic posed the most serious threat to Phelps’ record eight gold medals at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, losing by a hundredth of a second, a finish so close that the video had to be reviewed down to the 10-thousandth of a second. Their rematch at worlds two years ago in Rome was dramatic, too. Both swimmers traded trash talk beforehand. Then Phelps rallied over the last lap to break the world record set by Cavic in the semifinals, with the Serb settling for silver again, prompting an unusually large outburst of emotion from Phelps. Phelps didn’t celebrate at all this time, even though it was his third consecutive world title in this event. “I thought I was going to be a little bit faster,” Phelps said. “In all, it’s been an OK week. There will be a lot of helpful things I can work on for next year.” Phelps has three golds, two silvers and a bronze with one more event to go – the 4×100 medley relay. Meanwhile, Cesar Cielo retained his title in the 50 free, adding to his gold in the 50 fly. Having been cleared of doping by the Court of Arbitration for Sport last week, Cielo broke down into tears after his fly win Monday. This time he remained composed and waved his arms in celebration. Cielo clocked 21.52 seconds – far off his world record of 20.91 set at the end of 2009 just before high-tech bodysuits were banned. Luca Dotto of Italy took silver in 21.90 and Olympic 100 free champion Alain Bernard got bronze in 21.92. “Coming out of this world championship with two golds and a fourth place, I think is a better situation than what I imagined two weeks ago,” said Cielo, who was fourth in the 100 free. American teenager Missy Franklin won the first major individual gold of her career in the 200 backstroke, leading from start to finish in 2:05.10 – nearly a second in front of silver medalist Belinda Hocking of Australia. Sharon van Rouwendaal of the Netherlands was third, 2.68 seconds behind. Franklin has four medals in all, having also set up the Americans for gold in the 4×200 free relay, when she swam faster than Federica Pellegrini did in winning the individual 200. The 16-year-old Franklin flashed a wide smile when she looked up at the scoreboard, revealing a set of braces. Returning from a year off, Olympic and defending champion Kirsty Coventry of Zimbabwe failed to qualify for the final. Dutch speedster Inge Dekker won the women’s 50 butterfly in 25.71. World record holder Therese Alshammar settled for silver and Melanie Henique of France grabbed bronze in the non-Olympic event. Two more finals were scheduled for later on the penultimate night of the eight-day meet: Olympic champion Rebecca Adlington was favored in the 800 free and the United States was hoping to reclaim the women’s 4×100 medley relay title from host China.
Continue reading …George Stephanopoulos Parrots Lefty Paul Krugman to Hit Obama From the Left on Debt Deal
August 1, 2011 No CommentGood Morning America's George Stephanopoulos on Monday hit senior White House advisor David Plouffe from the left, highlighting liberal columnist Paul Krugman's complaints about the debt ceiling deal. The morning show also played up a Democratic congressman's attack that the bill is a “Satan sandwich.” Quoting from the New York Times' Krugman, Stephanopoulos fretted, ” Paul Krugman in the New York Times this morning saying that the President 'had an abject surrender. He says that Obama surrendered last December extending all the Bush tax cuts.' ” Reading the lengthy quote, the former Democratic operative turned journalist continued, “'He surrendered in the spring when they threatened to shut down the government and he has now surrendered on a grand scale to raw extortion over the debt ceiling.' Abject surrender?” Clearly Stephanopoulos is a fan of the left-wing author. On November 15, 2010 , pushed his former Clinton White House colleague from the left with another Krugman quote. He chided, “[Paul Krugman] says taking away the deduction for the home mortgage deduction, the deduction for employer provided health care will end up creating a mixture of tax cuts and tax increases that is tax cuts for the wealthy and tax increases for the middle class.” On Monday, citing the colorful language of the liberal Congressman Emanuel Cleaver, Stephanopoulos showcased Democratic unhappiness: “And as you know, a lot of Democrats are upset about that possibility. You saw Congressman Cleaver calling this is a “Satan sandwich.” In an earlier segment, Stephanopoulos highlighted the $1 trillion in spending cuts and worried, “But, this is still a big number. So, it's going have a real impact on just about everyone isn't it?” A transcript of August 1 segment, which aired at 7:05am EDT, follows: GEORGE STEPHANOPOULOS: Now, let's go to the White House and our senior White House adviser David Plouffe for his bottom line on all this. Thanks for joining us, David. And let's start out with the big question: Do you have the votes to pass this? DAVID PLOUFFE: Well, obviously, George, every member is going to have make their determination. We're confident that this deal will and should pass. It's, one, removed the cloud uncertainty over the economy. We're not going to have to repeat this episode in five or six months, significant debt reduction on the front end. And we're going to have a great debate in the fall here in Washington and around the country over the next stage of debt reduction and the only way to reduce the deficit in a significant way, smartly, is to make sure there is to make sure there is smart entitlement reform and closing of loopholes and tax reform. STEPHANOPOULOS: But, David, as you know, the Speaker of House is selling this to his members that any tax increase is impossible in the next deal, what makes you believe that the House Republicans who have been adamant against any tax revenues, are going to be more likely to support them in December than they are now are today? PLOUFFE: Well, first of all, as you know, in our negotiations with the Speaker, we never
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Poonam Pandey to lead slutwalk Slutwalk: No walk of shame The Walk 2 hitwit_subroto says: @ sagarikaghose Slutwalk is the stupidest idea I ever heard! It should have been Fung-fu-walk or Karate-walk!
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