In the past 24 hours, there were rumors that Aretha Franklin died from a cancer disease; but the story still unconfirmed. Many speculate it was probably a hoax, much like the false reports of Morgan Freeman death last week (but he is still alive, by the way). Earlier this month, Fox News Detroit said that Franklin had been diagnosed with cancer. Although the type of cancer has not been officially confirmed, the National Enquirer says that Aretha is suffering from pancreatic cancer - the same cancer that Patrick Swayze died last year. These still only rumors, but they can be true. Who Knows? Maybe she is still alive, and maybe she is just gone. The next hours will reveal the truth for us.
Erykah Badou fined for "window seat" music video "; the X-Men Founded: first class" wide cast; Kevin Spacey signs agreement with HBO, and John Mellencamp calls the Web "dangerous".
Erykah Badu pays for video: Instead of a window seat in the prison to strip naked during the filming of a video, Erykah Badu and will escape with a fine. The singer received a 500 dollars fine and six months probation tactics earlier this year during the filming of her video "window seat". He complained, r & b singer who stripped down for the video shoot guerrilla-style in Dallas received the quotation for nudity scenes, the singer for the video controversial. [People]
Spacey signs with higher vocational education: Kevin Spacey, an Oscar winner joins a growing list of higher authorities who are working on a series of higher vocational education. And the Spacey signed a cable channel for a new project called "core", whose "American Beauty" star will play the leader of a religious community. Spacey shopping the project around to networks before settling on higher vocational education, which will develop the drama. Dustin Hoffman and recently signed with HBO to co-star in a drama set in the world of horse racing. EW []
Jones won the January to star in X-Men: "Mad Men" in January Jones role in "The Origins of X-Men: First Class", and actress Emma Frost will play in the next installment of the franchise, directed by Matthew Vaughn. Other members of the cast include James McAvoy, Kevin Bacon and Zoe Kravitz. The film was to employ kick recently: was just added Oliver Platt to the cast as well, and Rose Byrne to be in talks. [Variety]
John Mellencamp rails against the Web: John Mellencamp to join a growing list of musicians are not satisfied with what became the Internet. Called "Wild Night" the singer the Internet, "the most dangerous thing since the invention of the atomic bomb. And destroyed the music world. It would be to destroy the film industry." And 58 years old), which released new CD "There is no better than this" on Tuesday, was on hand at the Museum Grammy for the seminar also addressed the success of digital downloads. Citing the difference between the Beatles remastered on CD-ROM and on the iPod, the singer said "you can barely even recognize it as the same song. You can say those vocals men, but the warmth and quality of what the artist intended for us to hear so it was somewhat different large. "
At least six people were killed when a truck off-road race plowed into a crowd in Southern California in late Saturday, authorities said.
All six were pronounced dead at the scene around 7:48 p.m. local time (10:48 p.m. EST), said Tim Franke of the San Bernardino County Fire Department.
Four others were transported to hospital by air ambulance in serious condition. Five others were transported with minor injuries to moderate.
Eight air ambulances and businesses have responded to the scene of several engines.
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said it had captured its image on the webcam and publish photos to their MySpace friends if she posed for pictures and videos more explicit about it. At least twice, the teenager did what his blackmailer demanded. Finally, the police and federal authorities became involved and charged a 19 year old man in Maryland in June on charges of sexual exploitation.
federal prosecutors and defenders of the safety of children say they see a recovery in such cases of extortion of sexual favors online. They say that teenagers who text naked cellphone photos of themselves or show their bodies on the Internet have been approached by pedophiles who threaten to expose their behavior to friends and family, unless that they account for porn more explicit, creating a vicious circle of exploitation.
A federal affidavit
includes a special term for the crime: "sextortion."
No tracks currently
the number of cases involving online sexual extortion in state and federal courts, but prosecutors and others to the development of several recent examples of large-scale victimization of young people in a dozen states: " / p>
- In Alabama, Jonathan Vance, 24, of Auburn, was sentenced to 18 years in prison in April after admitting sending threatening e-mails on Facebook and MySpace extorting nude photos of young women over 50 in Alabama, Pennsylvania and Missouri.
- In Wisconsin, Stancl Anthony, 18, received 15 years in prison in February after prosecutors said he represented as a young girl on Facebook to deceive men schoolmates by sending nude photos of cell phone, which he then used to extort 'for sex.
- A 31 year old man has been arrested in California in June on charges of extortion after authorities said he hacked into more than 200 computers and threatened to expose the nude photos he found at least their owners have asked for more sexually explicit videos. Forty-four of the victims were minors, authorities said. Federal prosecutors said he was even able to remotely activate the webcams of some victims without their knowledge and save them to undress or have sex.
cases have prompted police officials and advocates to warn teens about their activities. Privacy is nonexistent on the Internet, and once indiscretions appear online, it is virtually impossible to regain. A nude photo sent to their mobile, with a boyfriend can move easily through the cell phone contacts and wind on Web sites that post pictures sexting. Once there, it is available to anyone who wants to trace the person who did it.
"The children put their heads into the lion's mouth every time they do," said Parry Aftab, a lawyer and advocate of online safety for children.
Teens may be more vulnerable to blackmail because they are easily intimidated and embarrassed to seek help. And the crooks are often willing to take their threats, "said Steve Debrot, Deputy Prosecutor of the United States in Indianapolis, who has been involved in investigations sextortion.
"You're Blackmail, Aftab says," ... and you will do everything to keep these images out. "
In the case of Indiana, the mother of the teenager called police when she learned about the threats. Authorities are assigned by Internet service providers to monitor chat sessions and e-mails to their source, a computer in Mechanicsville, Md., according to court documents.
According to court documents, the computer's owner, Trevor Shea, told agents that he had engaged in similar initiatives with about 10 girls, most of them 17 or 18.
His trial is scheduled for August 30. He pleaded not guilty and his lawyer, Michael Donahoe, said he is working on a possible solution.
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The flag Steve Crowston said he underwent the months of continual anti-homosexual harassment and the sexual discrimination of his companion and commanders(majors) with fighter's Squadron (of Fighter) of Strike (Blow 136) to the Naval Aerodrome, Oceana, Goes.
The harassment began in August, 2009, says Crowston, 36, when his(her) similar officers called him(it) in a room(part,play) (room)((chamber)) for an examination ( a magazine(review)) of call signs, a military nickname which identifies easily a member(limb) of service. He says that his name was written on a whiteboard with a list of recommendations of sign (panel) of call(appeal): "cowboy", " Boy Homosexual, " " Fagmeister, " "Cowgirl", " the Bitch de Romo, " " In, " "Terrell Owens" and "American Indians".
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A rare U.S. outbreak of typhoid fever has been linked to a product frozen tropical fruit used to make the smoothies, responsible Health said Thursday.
Seven cases were confirmed - three California and four in the case of California Nevada.Deux more are under study. Five people have been hospitalized, according to the Centers for Disease Control and prevention said.
The CDC said five of the victims was drunk milkshake vending machines or smoothies made with frozen fruit mamey pasta. Four of them used pulp sold by Goya Foods Inc. of Secaucus, N.J.
Mamey is a tropical fruit sweet, reddish, grown mainly in South America and centrale.Il is also called zapote or Sapotier.Il is peeled and mashed to make pasta, said of the JSC.
The company has recalled pulp, packages sold mainly Western States. A sample from one package found in Vegas tested positive bacteria that causes typhoid, the Food and Drug Administration reported Wednesday.
A phone call to comment search Goya was returned immediately on Thursday.
No other feed has been linked to the disease, which occurred between April and July.The range of victims aged from 4 to 31, says CDC spokesperson Arleen Porcell-Pharr.
Typhoid fever is a fatal disease caused by a type of bacteria called salmonella typhi.It became rare in the United States.There are only about 400 cases per year, and most people he captured when moving abroad.
Three food-related outbreaks were reported during the 12 last années.Un, also related to the pulp of mamey frozen, caused three diseases in Florida in 1999. One, related to the coast of the Gulf oysters, six makes Texas in 2006.The third, linked to a restaurant in Maryland, four diseases caused.
The symptoms are as high as degrees of 103 to 104, lasting fever accompanied by tête.faiblesse headache, stomach pain, or loss of appetite computer.some patients have a rash of dishes, the taches.Elle voicis can be treated with antibiotics.
It is unclear if there will be other cases, said Dr. Ezra Barzilay, the CDC epidemiologist supervise .the survey can take between three to eight weeks for an infected person to develop symptoms days, he noted.
The disease is still common worldwide in developpement. The bacteria through the intestinal tract and often spreads to other users through the stool-tainted food or water.
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WikiLeaks caused an uproar when he published last month, at the time when the U.S. public Congressional support and the nine years in Afghanistan war is signaling to more than 70,000 documents.
Extraordinary disclosure, which nues military documents classified covering the war in Afghanistan since 2004 to 2010, angry the U.S., officials turned critical NATO campaign and attracted the attention of the Taliban, who promised the equipment allows to detect persons he considers of traitors.
The Pentagon said he believes he has identified 15 000 additional classified documents and said Thursday that their exposure would still be more damaging to the military than what has already been published.
Attached Pentagon press Geoff Morrell describes potential publication as "the height of irresponsibility."
"It would be composed an error that has already far too many lives at risk", he said.
History: Afghan army Mission Showcase transforms embarrassment
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