Saturday, June 27, 2009
Friday, June 26, 2009
King of Pop Gone....¿
Michael Jackson was taken by ambulance to a hospital in Los Angeles on Thursday (June 25) after suffering cardiac arrest, according to TMZ. The site reported that paramedics administered CPR in the ambulance after picking up the singer at his home in the Holmby Hills neighborhood.
The Los Angeles Times reported that Jackson was not breathing when paramedics arrived. Captain Steve Ruda told the paper that Jackson was not breathing when paramedics responded to a call at Jackson's home around 12:26 p.m. PT.
A Jackson family member reportedly told TMZ that the singer is in "really bad shape" and his brothers are headed to UCLA. Jackson's father, Joe, reportedly told the site that his son is "not doing too well."
Thursday, June 25, 2009
SHAQ a CAV with LBJ23 . . .
The Cavs and Phoenix Suns have reached an agreement in principle on the deal, which gives the Cavaliers two of the league’s biggest superstars.
O’Neal will join Cleveland in exchange for center Ben Wallace, guard Sasha Pavlovic, a second-round draft pick (No. 46 overall in Thursday’s draft) and cash, said the two people who spoke on condition of anonymity because the league still must approve the deal.
Wednesday, June 24, 2009
Tuesday, June 23, 2009
IRAN -Futbol Players Banned 4 Life
It seems that the Iranian soccer (or, football, as it were) players who wore green armbands as a gesture of solidarity with the nation’s protesters during a televised match against South Korea in Seoul have been banned from playing soccer in the country. For life. Their names are Ali Karimi, 31, Mehdi Mahdavikia, 32, Hosein Ka’abi, 24 and Vahid Hashemian, 32, and Iran’s pro-government newspaper reported that they have all “retired.”
Granted, in terms of graveness, this doesn’t really compare to what’s actually going on in Tehran and other parts of Iran. However, as Matthew Yglesias points out, it’s not insignificant. And it’s certainly telling. He writes:
…a dictatorial regime that prefers to stay in power through “soft” methods can use the threat of destroying people’s careers. Instead of being put on trial and executed, becoming a martyr for the cause, you can just be rendered unemployable in the field of your choice in a decision nobody has to publicly defend but everyone understands. You become, then, not an imprisoned hero, but perhaps just an apparently pathetic person … a cautionary tale rather than an inspirational example.
What’s funny is that these guys are, presumably, three of the 10 or 20 best soccer players in Iran, which means that they’ll need to be replaced with players of lesser ability, which means that Iran will fare less well in international competition, which means the nation will seem weaker, which could ultimately be a bitter pill for the hard-line administration to swallow.
Any soccer fans out there want to weigh in on where they’ll end up playing?
TRENTON HEADLINES 6.23.2009
7?The latest arrestee is Wilbur section ex-con Michael Jennings, 27, who was already behind bars at the county lockup for violating his probation last week, according to police and his family members.
Police said the investigation into Tamrah’s “heinous” drive-by slaying is far from over, saying more arrests will be made until every one of Tamrah’s suspected killers is nabbed off the street.
Trenton Police Director Irving Bradley Jr. said the case “will remain active and intensive until all involved are brought to justice.”
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