Jordin Sparks and the National League defeated Nick Jonas and the American League at the Taco Bell Legends and Celebrity Softball Game, which airs July 11 on ESPN. ‘Glee’ actor Chord Overstreet and country singer Jason Aldean also played. (July 11)
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An Amtrak train smashed into a tractor-trailer Monday in a fiery collision that killed the truck driver, injured several others and sent flames more than three stories high in North Berwick, Maine, a witness and officials said. (July 11)
Continue reading …Phone Hacking Scandal Widens: News International Targeted Gordon Brown, BSkyB Bid Delayed (LIVE UPDATES)
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The hacking scandal surrounding Rupert Murdoch’s British media empire widened dramatically on Monday, as new reports emerged that papers beyond the News of the World were also involved in serious criminal behavior. In addition, Murdoch’s bid to take over BSkyB, the satellite broadcaster, looked to be in serious peril as the government delayed it from going forward. The delay of the deal is a crushing setback for Murdoch, who wants full control of the highly lucrative company. In the biggest revelation, multiple outlets reported that several of Murdoch’s papers illegally hacked into the records of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown for years. According to The Guardian, The Independent and the BBC, investigators working for The Sun and The Sunday Times obtained information about Brown’s family, his legal, his financial and his medical records. This marks the first time that any allegations about News International have targeted papers outside the News of the World. Among the details that were reportedly obtained illegally: –The Sun allegedly received details about Brown’s son, Fraser, who suffers from cystic fibrosis, when he was an infant, and wrote exclusive stories about his then-unknown illness. According to The Guardian, then-editor of The Sun Rebekah Brooks (now the head of News International) phoned Brown in October 2006, telling him that her paper knew his son had cystic fibrosis. The paper then published the exclusive details. The paper later touted its scoop, saying that it was evidence of The Sun having “set the news agenda.” In response to the allegations, News International said it was “comfortable” that the stories were obtained from legitimate sources rather than illegal activity, according to Sky News. –The Sunday Times allegedly posed as Brown to obtain his personal financial records. His bank, Abbey National, wrote to The Sunday Times charging that “someone from the Sunday Times or acting on its behalf has masqueraded as Mr Brown for the purpose of obtaining information from Abbey National by deception,” according to the BBC. The Guardian posted audio of what it said was a man who worked for the Sunday Times named Barry Beardall. In the audio, Beardall cons a woman into giving him information about the sale price of Gordon Brown’s flat. “You’ve helped me enormously,” Beardall tells her. Click here for a timeline of the scandal. News Corp. gave in to public pressure as well, issuing a statement asking for its bid to take over BSkyB to be referred to the Competition Commission and dropping its agreement to sell of Sky News as part of the bid. This means that any takeover will, at the very least, be delayed as regulators examine the “fitness” of News Corp to take over BSkyB. Jeremy Hunt, the minister responsible for the handling of the bid, announced in the House of Commons on Monday that he will agree to this request. It marks a swift turnabout for a deal that looked set to sail through just a week ago. Shares of News Corp. also fell by 7% on Monday as investors reacted to the worsening controversy. All in all, the scandal surrounding Murdoch’s British media empire has not lessened, even after the paper at the center of the controversy was closed for good. In addition to all of the revelations on Monday, Murdoch and his empire were attacked from all sides of the political spectrum. The Deputy Prime Minister, Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg, called on News Corp. to “do the decent and sensible thing” and drop its bid for the full takeover of BSkyB. (Murdoch already owns 39 percent of the company.) Clegg’s intervention makes him the most senior figure in government so far to explicitly oppose the deal, which looked set to sail through until the phone hacking scandal at the News of the World escalated last week. Ed Miliband, the leader of the opposition Labour party, also ramped up his attacks on Murdoch. Speaking at a press conference, he called the BSkyB bid “untenable.” Miliband is trying to force a vote on the takeover in the House of Commons. In addition, new revelations about the criminal behavior inside the News of the World continued to be unearthed. Among the latest details: –The BBC reported that emails written in 2007 show that the News Of The World was paying police guarding the royal family for information–but that nobody was alerted about this evidence of corruption. BBC reporter Robert Peston uncovered emails from then-royal reporter Clive Goodman (who was the first person to be jailed over phone hacking) to then-editor Andy Coulson (who went on to become Prime Minister David Cameron’s top communications aide) asking for money to pay police officers for huge amounts of personal information about the royal family. –The Guardian reported Monday morning that Prince Charles and his wife Camilla were recently warned by the police that their phones may have been hacked. –The Daily Mirror also floated allegations that News of the World journalists tried to hack into the phones of victims of the 9/11 attacks. A source told the Mirror that a then-New York City police officer (now a private investigator) was approached and offered money if he would hack into the victims’ voicemail. The officer reportedly declined the offer. Watch a video about the scandal:
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The average weight of a newborn baby is about 7 1/2 pounds, which is why it’s shocking — even in Texas — that a woman has given birth to a 16-pound baby boy. Two feet tall at birth, JaMichael Brown is the biggest baby ever born in the state of Texas. “A lot of the stuff we bought him is too little,” mother Janet Johnson told The Today Show. The nurse who helped deliver JaMichael said there are health implications for an infant this large. The medical term for large infants is “macrosomia,” literally meaning “large of body.” These babies often have high blood sugar at birth, and a greater chance of obesity or diabetes later in life, doctors say. How big is possible cause for concern? According to Babycenter.com, over 9 pounds and 15 ounces is considered “much larger than average.” From Babycenter: Probably the most influential factors are genetics and unmanaged high blood sugar levels from gestational diabetes or diabetes mellitus. Other factors believed to increase risk include ethnicity (Hispanic women are more at risk), obesity, gaining a lot of weight during pregnancy, going past your due date, and even your baby’s sex — male babies are more often than females. if(typeof AOLVP_cfg===’undefined’)AOLVP_cfg=[];AOLVP_cfg.push({id:’AOLVP_1047532862001′,’codever’:0.1, ‘autoload’:true, ‘autoplay’:false, ‘playerid’:’61371448001′, ‘videoid’:’1047532862001′, ‘width’:575, ‘height’:323, ‘stillurl’:’http://pdl.stream.aol.com/pdlext/aol/brightcove/aolmaster/1612833736/1612833736_1047535806001_ari-origin29-arc-663-1310397489719.jpg?pubId=1612833736′, ‘playertype’:’inline’,’videotitle’:’16-Pound Baby – Today’,’videodesc’:’NBC’,’videolink’:’#’});
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Martin Bashir Monday falsely accused former Alaska governor Sarah Palin of calling President Obama a sugar daddy. Not only did the MSNBC host badly misinterpret Palin's words, he clearly doesn't understand what a sugar daddy is (video follows with transcript and commentary): MARTIN BASHIR, HOST: Another GOP favorite in the headlines this week, Sarah Palin, she’s been interviewed in Newsweek magazine, or there’s a big feature about her. She thinks that she can win the election. She’s also got a new pasting, posting on her Facebook where she refers to the President as a sugar daddy. GOLDIE TAYLOR, THE GRIO: She does, indeed. You know, I’ve got to wonder about Sarah Palin. I, I wonder about… BASHIR: Do you understand a sugar daddy to be a pimp? TAYLOR: That’s exactly what a sugar daddy is. Actually, I've always considered a sugar daddy to be more of a John than a pimp. A pimp is a prostitute's business manager so to speak oftentimes helping her find clients and taking a slice of the pie. By contrast, a sugar daddy is typically a well-off man that sets up a woman in an apartment and buys her things in return for sexual service and companionship. This is certainly how the Urban Dictionary sees it as well as Wikipedia. But that was just the beginning of Bashir's stupidity, for in ” The Sugar Daddy Has Run Out of Sugar; Now We Need New Leaders ,” Palin wasn't referring to Obama at all: Barack Obama’s big government policies continue to fail. He should put a link to the national debt clock on his BlackBerry. The gears on that clock have nearly exploded during his administration. Yesterday’s terrible job numbers should not be a surprise because it all goes back to our debt. Our dangerously unsustainable debt is wiping out our jobs, crippling our economic growth, and jeopardizing our position in the global economy as the leader of the free world. The same “experts” who got us into this mess are now telling us that the only way out of our debt crisis is to “increase revenue,” but not by creating more jobs and therefore a larger tax base; no, they want to “increase revenue” by raising taxes on job creators who are taxed enough already! As Margaret Thatcher said, “The trouble with socialism is that eventually you run out of other people’s money.” That’s where we are now. Hard working taxpayers have been big government’s Sugar Daddy for far too long, and now we’re out of sugar. We don’t want big government, we can’t afford it, and we are unwilling to pay for it. That deserves repeating: “Hard working taxpayers have been big government’s Sugar Daddy for far too long, and now we’re out of sugar. We don’t want big government, we can’t afford it, and we are unwilling to pay for it.” As such, Palin was calling “hard working taxpayers” that have been footing the bill for others the sugar daddy – NOT Obama. It appears the British native not only has difficulty with American slang, he's also got quite a problem with reading comprehension. You can see why he fits in so well at MSNBC. (H/T Tommy Christopher )
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Continue reading …Ray-Ban Women’s 4068P Oversized Wrap Sunglasses,Brown Frame/Brown Lens,60 mm
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Continue reading …For more than a decade, US women’s soccer was synonymous with Mia Hamm—but not anymore. Yesterday, thanks to a long pass and a header by Abby Wambach, the team pulled off a goal in the 122nd minute—the deepest into a game a goal has ever been scored in…
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Watch out, America — a dangerous heat wave is coming your way. According to CNN, fifteen states in the Midwest, the Plains, and the Southeast are under heat advisories, which means temperatures are predicted to rise above 105 degrees Fahrenheit. The heat index, how hot it actually feels, is expected to be between 110 and
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