Archive for August 2009

WSJ: Burgerville’s Health-Care Recipe

August 31, 2009

A great article in today’s Wall Street Journal, written by Sarah Needleman, featuring client Burgerville and their affordable employee health care program. If you don’t believe that a fast food, quick serve or fast casual restaurant chain can provide their employees with affordable health care, you will be pleasantly surprised! From the Wall Street Journal: [...]

2 Firefighters Killed in Los Angeles

August 30, 2009

CNN is reporting that two firefighters died this afternoon while battling a wildfire in Los Angeles County. From CNN: Meanwhile, three people hurt in a growing wildfire were burned because they “did not listen” to orders to evacuate, Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger said Sunday after declaring a state of emergency. “I want to urge everyone living [...]

Casey Anthony: Taped Interviews to be Released

August 30, 2009

The Florida state attorney’s office said it will release hours of audio taped police interviews with members of the team that bonded Casey Anthony out of jail. From WESH: In the coming days, the state attorney’s office told WESH 2 they will release audio taped interviews with bail bondsmen Leonard Padilla and his team. That [...]

Fires Run Wild Near Los Angeles

August 30, 2009

A fast growing wildfire in the mountains north of Los Angeles surged north Sunday, forcing more evacuations and threatening some 10,000 homes. From the New York Times: Fueled by high temperatures and low humidity, the fire has more than quadrupled in size since Friday, scorching more than 35,000 acres of underbrush, scrub oak and mature [...]

DJ AM Found Dead

August 28, 2009

DJ AM, a high-profile disc jockey who was involved in a plane crash last year with Blink 182 drummer Travis Barker, was found dead on Friday evening in his apartment in Manhattan. From the Los Angeles Times: The celebrity disc jockey and Los Angeles club owner known as DJ AM was found dead in a [...]

Casey Anthony: Leonard Padilla May Testify

August 28, 2009

California bounty hunter Leonard Padilla will be allowed to testify on the witness stand if needed, a Judge Stan Strickland ruled yesterday. From the Orlando Sentinel: Leonard Padilla and his associates who helped bail Casey Anthony out of jail last year can testify about conversations they may have had with the mother who is accused [...]

Missing California Girl Resurfaces 18 Years Later

August 27, 2009

A woman who was kidnapped from a bus stop as an 11-year-old child back in 1991 has turned up at a California police station after 18  years. A convicted sex offender and his wife have been arrested in relation to the kidnapping. Wow! I remember when this happened. I can’t believe that she appeared today! [...]

Casey Anthony: More Documents Released

August 27, 2009

The state of Florida has released approximately 2,000 new pages of evidence that they plan to use against Casey Anthony in her upcoming trial. From WESH: Based on the newly filed document, investigators have gone to see Casey Anthony in jail and taken a picture of the tattoo on her left shoulder. It’s a fairly [...]

Casey Anthony: Defense Team Claims a Victory

August 27, 2009

An order was signed this morning to grant another material witness, Tim Miller of Texas Equusearch, in the ongoing investigation surrounding the murder of 2-year-old Caylee Anthony. From the Orlando Sentinel: The founder of the volunteer search group that helped look for Casey Anthony’s daughter last year will be questioned under oath by the mother’s [...]

Author Dominick Dunne Dies

August 26, 2009

Another death to report this afternoon as Dominick Dunne, the author and journalist who covered the trials of celebrity defendants such as O. J. Simpson, has died at the age of 83. If deaths come in three, who’s next? Ted Kennedy last night was #1. From CNN: Called “Nick” by his friends, Dunne was putting [...]


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