Julian Assange: Defense Fund Frozen

The Swiss Bank Post Finance has issued a press release this morning stating that they have frozen Juilan Assange’s defense fund and personal assets. This now leaves Assange with only a few options for raising money for WikiLeaks through a Swiss-Icelandic credit card processing center and accounts that he currently has in Iceland and Germany. [...]

Casey Anthony: Zenaida Gonzalez Added to Witness List

Zenaida Gonzalez has been added to the defense team’s witness list for the murder trial against Casey Anthony. …OK just kidding…it’s for the prosecution From WESH: Gonzalez, who was suing Anthony for ruining her good name, appeared in the names added to the prosecution’s witness list for the trial. Prosecutors said they will use Gonzalez [...]

South Korea Vows Air Raid if North Korea Attacks

South Korea’s new defense minister said his country plans to respond with airstrikes if North Korea attacks the country again. From CNN: “We will definitely air raid North Korea,” Kim Kwan-jin said at his confirmation hearing when asked how the South would respond if struck again, according to the official Yonhap News Agency. Kim was [...]

Casey Anthony: Children…Let’s Play Nice!

A status hearing earlier this week has sparked an email dispute between Casey Anthony’s lead defense attorney, Jose Baez, and prosecutor Jeff Ashton. In a new motion just filed, Ashton believes that the defense team is attempting to avoid complying with the court’s order to give prosecutors information about what field each of their experts [...]

Cam Newton Cleared to Play

The NCAA has ruled that a violation of Cam Newton’s amateur status has occurred, but the violation will not cause the front runner in the Heisman Trophy race to miss any playing time. Newton has been cleared by the NCAA to compete, saying it was his father Cecil Newton and former Mississippi State player Kenny [...]

Russia and Qatar Selected to Host World Cup

Congratulations to Russia and Qatar who have been selected to host the FIFA World Cup  in 2018 and 2022. This will be the first time hosting the event for each country. From CNN: Russia headed off 1966 host England and joint presentations from Spain-Portugal and Holland-Belgium in Thursday’s vote at FIFA headquarters in Switzerland. Qatar [...]

Police Closing In on WikiLeaks Founder Julian Assange

It seems that WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange is close to being arrested in England and extradited to Sweden to face possible rape charges. From the Washington Post: The Swedish Supreme Court ruled Thursday that Julian Assange, the Wikileaks founder and guiding spirit, must appear before a magistrate in Stockholm to answer accusations of rape and [...]

Casey Anthony: Reimbursement For Experts’ Travel?

Jose Baez has requested that his “experts” be reimbursed for their prior travel expenses. From WESH: In a new motion, Baez asks to be paid back for the travel costs of five experts who came to Orlando in July to review evidence in the case. Baez argues that Judge Belvin Perry agreed in October to [...]

Casey Anthony: Defense Files Witness List

Defense lawyers for Casey Anthony have filed an amended expert witness list which includes some big-name scientists expected to testify at the upcoming murder trial. A few of the names can be found below, but check out the Orlando Sentinel link for the full list. LOTS of names! From the Orlando Sentinel: Among those on [...]