California Girl Missing 7 Years Found Alive

According to local authorities, Amber Rose Nicklas, a California girl who was missing for nearly seven years after supposedly being kidnapped by her teenage aunts, was found yesterday by police in Phoenix, Arizona. From CNN: She had been in the care of foster parents in Norwalk, California, when she was snatched by three of her [...]

Casey Anthony: Family in Court on Anniversary of Disappearance

Casey Anthony’s family will be returning to court on Thursday, two years to the day after 2 year old Caylee Anthony was reported missing. From CNN: At issue at a pretrial hearing in her mother’s murder case: the frantic 911 calls that Caylee’s grandmother made when she learned that the 2-year-old had been missing for [...]

Casey Anthony: Cheney Mason Blows Up

Well, he doesn’t actually explode, but he does get pretty angry when reporters started asking questions about the evidence the defense team is examining in the Casey Anthony case. Here’s the link to the raw 5 minute video. About 2:15 in is when the fireworks begin…

Casey Anthony: Evidence Review Continues…

The defense is back at it this morning. It’s day two of evidence review. Whatever will they do? Will they look at a shoe? Don’t they have a clue? Maybe they’ll find the glue (that sticks everything together). Sorry, as you can tell, I was reading Dr. Seuss with my kids last night! From WESH: [...]

Casey Anthony: Defense Doesn’t Want Evidence Details Released

Here’s a quick update: the defense filed a motion this morning which opposes the release of documents that would reveal what evidence the team and its experts are looking at. From the Orlando Sentinel: The objection, filed today, states Casey Anthony and her attorneys “object to any preliminary release to the news media, or other [...]

Casey Anthony: Defense Reviewing Evidence

Well…today is the day when Casey Anthony’s defense team finally gets its chance to look over evidence in the murder case against their client. To this point, the exact list of items submitted by the defense to the judge has not been released, but I’m sure we’ll know more by the end of the day [...]

George Steinbrenner Dies at Age 80

UPDATE: Here is the official statement from the New York Yankees organization. As a Red Sox fan, you’d probably expect me to not care about the death of George Steinbrenner. I’ve spoken to a few people this morning who feel that way and I don’t understand why. No matter what team you support, you have [...]

‘Barefoot Bandit’ Expected to Appear in Court

Colton Harris-Moore, the former teenage fugitive known as the “barefoot bandit”, is expected to appear in court this week after authorities caught him in a high-speed boat chase in the Bahamas. From CNN: Police said 19-year-old Colton Harris-Moore was taken into custody following the chase in the waters off Harbour Island. Authorities responded to a [...]

74 Dead in Uganda Bombings

The leader of an Islamist militant movement in Somalia said in a Web site posting that Uganda would be targeted for retribution over the massacres perpetrated against Somalis, which many believe to be a claim of responsibility for the bombings that killed at least 74 people Sunday. From CNN: “My message to the Ugandan and [...]

Is Hugh Hefner Taking Playboy Private?

It appears that Hugh Hefner has proposed buying the remaining shares of the company that he doesn’t own and take the company private. From CNN Money: The company said in a statement that Hefner is concerned about the Playboy brand and the editorial direction of the magazine and is not interested in selling Playboy to [...]