Radioactivity levels high in Japan

Radioactivity levels high in Japan

Radioactivity levels high in the sea off Japan nuclear plant
Radioactivity levels are soaring in seawater near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi plant, Japan's nuclear safety agency said Saturday, two weeks after the nuclear power plant was hit by a massive earthquake and tsunami.

Even as engineers tried to pump puddles of radioactive water from the power plant 150 miles north of Tokyo, the nuclear safety agency said tests Friday showed radioactive iodine had spiked 1,250 times higher than normal in the seawater just offshore from the plant.

Officials said iodine 131 levels in seawater 19 miles from the coastal nuclear complex were within acceptable limits established by regulations and the contamination posed little risk to aquatic life.
"Ocean currents will disperse radiation particles and so it will be very diluted by the time it gets consumed by fish and seaweed," said Hidehiko Nishiyama, a senior official from Japan's Nuclear and Industrial Safety Agency.

Despite that reassurance, the disclosure may well heighten international concern over Japanese seafood exports. Several countries have already banned milk and produce from areas around the Fukushima Daiichi plant, while others have been monitoring Japanese seafood.

Chinese Banned Erotic Classic

Chinese Banned Erotic Classic

Chinese ballet company stages banned erotic classic
One of China's most famous ballet directors is testing the very limits of the country's strait-laced attitudes by adapting a notoriously pornographic book for the stage.
The Jin Ping Mei, or 'The Plum in the Golden Vase,' is a classic of Chinese literature from the Ming dynasty that has been banned ever since the 17th century because of its explicit sexual content.

Its first English translator, Clement Egerton, found himself so embarrassed by the 70 or so sex scenes in the book, which run the full gamut of perversion, that he rendered them in Latin.

However, a dance production of the book premiered on Friday to a sell-out crowd in Hong Kong, after Wang Yuanyuan took on the work.

Mel Gibson Sells Mansion

Mel Gibson Sells Mansion

Mel Gibson has recently listed up his Malibu mansion for sale. The mansion is up for 14.3 million on the open market. Gibson and his former wife had raised seven of his children together in the mansion. It is set up to be Spanish styled in its interior design. The mansion has six bedrooms each with a bathroom, an exercise room, media room, a conservatory, separate servants quarters, several guest houses, and a home gym. The mansion covers over 5,400 square feet of space. He has been selling a lot of property lately due to a bitter custody battle with his former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva. He has been having a lot of troubles lately and seems to be having to see a lot of his homes.

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Lindsay Lohan rejects plea deal

Lindsay Lohan rejects plea deal

Lindsay Lohan arrived at court about 35 minutes late Thursday morning. Inside the courtroom, Judge Keith Schwartz said the case is set to move toward trial.
Lohan rejected a plea deal. A pre-trial hearing is set for April 22 with a different judge. E! Online reports that the plea deal contained an offer of six months in county jail for a guilty from Lohan.

The maximum sentence in California Lohan could face is three years in state prison. If Lohan agrees to plead guilty or no contest by March 25, Schwartz will take the April 22 court date off the calendar.

tiger woods girlfriend

tiger woods girlfriend

Tiger Woods, Rachel Uchitel, Derek Jeter and Today's Swagger Buzz

Alyse Lahti Johnston Should Prepare For Questions About Boyfriend Tiger Woods

I am sure she weighed the pros and cons before heading into this thing. There is no way she is not prepared for what is in store. Right?

I am of course talking about Alyse Lahti Johnston. She would be the new girlfriend of golf legend Tiger Woods. She is also about to undergo the scrutiny of the American media.

They will be at her house, her gym and work. They will follow her everywhere. That is what paparazzi do. They badger you until they get bored, or you do something to cause another headline. I hope she is prepared.

The media blitz that has been the focal point of Tiger Woods life is about to spill over onto this young 22-year old woman. Dating Tiger Woods is not like dating another man. You are taking on a logo, a franchise and a scandal.

They will want to know how she feels about his affairs. There will be questions about their relationship. She might even be asked inane questions about Tiger's swing.

Mike Anderson leaving Missouri

Mike Anderson leaving Missouri

Missouri basketball head coach Mike Anderson may not renew his contract with the school. According to sources, Anderson has decided to take on the head coaching job at this school.

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Johnny Cash's Infamous

 

Johnny Cash's Infamous

The Story Behind Johnny Cash's Infamous Middle Finger Photo
(Gibson) Before his death in March 2010, photographer Jim Marshall revealed the truth behind the infamous picture of Johnny Cash giving the middle finger to the camera. Marshall shot the photo during Cash's 1969 performance at San Quentin Prison.

According to the San Francisco Art Exchange, it was Marshall who prompted Cash to flip him the bird. "I said, 'John, let's do a shot for the warden,'" and the country legend made the gesture. Marshall said that the shot is, "probably the most ripped-off photograph in the history of the world."

Paul Reiser’s back on the small screen

Paul Reiser’s back on the small screen

Paul Reiser’s back on the small screen
The actor best known for “Mad About You” is back with a new show. The series will follow Reiser as he tries to figure out his next career move. The show also stars Amy Landecker as his wife.







Source: Specials

Danica Patrick in wreck

Danica Patrick in wreck

Danica not happy after wreck at Bristol
With 53 laps to go in Saturday’s Nationwide race at Bristol Motor Speedway, Patrick made contact with Ryan Truex. Patrick’s car spun hard into the wall – first the nose, then the rear, leaving her with a destroyed race car.
After getting out of her car, Patrick waited for the cars to come back around. When they did, Patrick walked onto the track, located Truex and spread her arms apart as if to say, “What gives?”

“It felt like to me – I came out of the corner I was just running down the straight and it felt like he came off the wall,” said Patrick, who was running 17th at the time, two laps down. “I don’t I know if he had a tank-slap off the wall, like he was pushing up and then it snapped on him and he came off. I don’t know. I don’t know if I may be giving him the benefit of the doubt right there.”

Upon first look it didn’t appear as though Truex did anything wrong. It looked liked Patrick got loose, slipped up the track and into Truex’s rear bumper. But the head-on replay does show Truex turning slightly into Patrick’s lane.

“It was my fault. I guess that’s just racing at Bristol,” Truex said. “We were racing there and I just came off the corner, got loose, and as I was saving it just came down the hill and got into her. My fault. I mean, I’m sorry. I didn’t want for that to happen. I don’t know if she thinks I did it on purpose. I guess she’s just mad because she was running good. It was an accident. I apologize.”

Tiger Woods launches app

Tiger Woods launches app

He's definitely got swing: Tiger Woods launches $9.99 iPhone app to help amateur golfers improve their game
He may have dropped to fifth in the world, but he still knows a thing or two about a golf swing.

And now amateur players can access Tiger Woods's expertise straight from the course with a new iPhone app.

The former world number one has launched an application called Tiger Woods: My Swing to give fans mobile lessons in his game.

The $9.99 app, released today, uses video technology to allow players to compare their swing to Woods's.

But it is not yet clear which version of his famed technique they'll see, as Woods is going through his fourth swing change since he turned professional 15 years ago.

He will donate all proceeds from the application to the Tiger Woods Foundation, which promotes youth education.

Woods will act as a virtual teacher on the new app, which is available for the iPhone and the iPod touch from the iTunes store.

NFL player kicked out of mall

NFL player kicked out of mall

Dez Bryant Kicked Out Of Shopping Mall: Cowboys Player Ejected Over Sagging Pants
Dallas Cowboys receiver Dez Bryant was ejected from an upscale Dallas shopping mall after a dispute over the sagging pants worn by him and some companions.

A Tuesday police statement says officers working off-duty Saturday as security at NorthPark Center encountered Bryant and three companions wearing the drooping pants.

According to the statement, when the officers asked the four to pull up their trousers, Bryant launched into a profanity-laced tirade that prompted the officers to escort the four from the mall.

Police say Bryant refused to leave, however, until his "representative" could arrive and he parked in a fire lane until a friend arrived and persuaded him to leave.

Howard Stern sues employer

Howard Stern sues employer

Howard Stern Sues His Own Employer, SiriusXM
Radio shock jock Howard Stern, also known as the King of All Media, is suing SirusXM radio for unpaid bonuses in a new lawuit filed in New York City today.

The suit alleges that SiriusXM owes Howard Stern for attracting new subscribers. However, SiriusXM claims that once they merged with XM back in 2008, that new subscribers acquired did not count toward his incentives. Howard believes that the merge between Sirius and XM was made possible simply because he was linked with Sirius in the first place.

Stern alleges the subscriber estimates on which his stock bonuses were to be based ranged from 3.7 million in 2006 to 12.1 million in 2010. According to Stern, he actually blew those estimates out of the water and Sirius today has a subscriber base of more than 20 million subscribers.

Did Paris Hilton talk about guys?

Did Paris Hilton talk about guys?

Did Paris Hilton say 'I can't stand black guys' in new book? [Updated]

 

Paris Hilton has a new reality show this summer on Oxygen titled "The World According To Paris" and focusing on her daily whirlwind life. But Hilton sparks controversy, and a new book may turn the heat up.

"Everyone Loves You When You're Dead: Journeys Into Fame and Madness" by pop culture journalist Neil Strauss contains an encounter where Strauss quotes the heiresss as saying, "I can't stand black guys. I would never touch one. It's gross."

Portions of the interview, which Strauss said took place in 1999 when he was partying with Hilton, have been posted on several websites, including Gawker and LA Weekly.

Strauss said he was discussing several subjects with Hilton when she started talking about a guy she had been out with the previous evening.

Pointing to an unnamed actor in "Saving Private Ryan," Hilton was quoted as saying, "We were making out, but then we went somewhere where it was bright and I saw that he was black and made an excuse and left. I can't stand black guys. I would never touch one. It's gross."

Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79

Elizabeth Taylor dies at 79

Screen legend Elizabeth Taylor, the violet-eyed film goddess whose sultry screen life was often upstaged by her stormy personal life, died Wednesday at age 79.

She died of congestive heart failure at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, where she had been hospitalized for about six weeks, publicist Sally Morrison said.

"All her children were with her," Morrison said.

Taylor had extraordinary grace, fame and wealth, and won three Oscars, including a special one for her humanitarian work. But she was tortured by ill health, failed romances and personal tragedy.

"I think I'm becoming fatalistic," she said in 1989. "Too much has happened in my life for me not to be fatalistic."

Gay Cure App

Gay Cure App

Apple Under Fire For Approving 'Gay Cure' iPhone App From Exodus International
Apple is under fire for approving a controversial iPhone app created by a religious organization that seeks to help gay individuals become heterosexual.

The application, "Exodus International," was created by a ministry of the same name that says its mission is to "[mobilize] the body of Christ to minister grace and truth to a world impacted by homosexuality."

The app's description notes, "With over 35 years of ministry experience, Exodus is committed to encouraging, educating and equipping the Body of Christ to address the issue of homosexuality with grace and truth."

It received a "4" rating from Apple, which indicates the company considered the app to contain "no objectionable material."

Yet many disagree with Apple's assessment and are demanding that it be removed.

Lowe's to Donate $1 Million to Red Cross Relief Efforts in Japan

Lowe's to Donate $1 Million to Red Cross Relief Efforts in Japan

(NYSE: LOW) announced today the company will donate $1 million to support the Red Cross Japan Earthquake and Pacific Tsunami relief effort that is assisting victims in Japan. Lowes.com and Lowe's Canada website, Lowes.ca, will also serve as donation points for customers who wish to contribute to the American Red Cross and Canadian Red Cross, making it convenient for people who want to join Lowe's in making a difference.

"We are truly grateful for Lowe's generosity to help those affected by the earthquake and tsunami in Japan," said Gail McGovern, president and CEO of the American Red Cross. "Lowe's support is enabling the Red Cross to provide critical assistance and essential relief items in this time of urgent need." The Red Cross already has committed $10 million to assist the people of Japan.

Local volunteers are handing out relief items, including more than 65,000 blankets. More than 100 medical teams, made up of more than 700 people, are providing assistance in the most affected areas through mobile medical clinics.

Todd Walker: College Football Player Killed, Suspect Arrested

Todd Walker: College Football Player Killed, Suspect Arrested

BOULDER, Colo. -- Police in Boulder, Colo., have arrested a man in connection with the fatal shooting of a University of New Hampshire football player.

Twenty-two-year-old Kevin Michael McGregor of Longmont, Colo., was being held without bail Saturday in the death of 20-year-old Todd Walker of Edwards, Colo.

Police say Walker and a female friend were walking home from a party when a man approached them early Friday and struggled with them near the University of Colorado campus.

Police say McGregor faces charges of first-degree murder, attempted aggravated robbery and first-degree murder during the commission of another crime.

West unleashes air strikes, Gadhafi defiant

West unleashes air strikes, Gadhafi defiant

TRIPOLI — European and U.S. forces unleashed warplanes and cruise missiles against Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's forces in the biggest Western military intervention in the Arab world since the 2003 invasion of Iraq.

Libyan state television said 48 people had been killed and 150 wounded in the Western air strikes. It also said there had been a fresh wave of strikes on Tripoli early on Sunday.

There was no way to independently verify the claims.

Libya's Al-Watyah air base, 170 km (100 miles) southwest of the capital Tripoli, was among the targets of Western air strikes overnight, a Libyan military official said.

"They tried to attack the (base's) anti-aircraft defenses," said the official, who did not want to be identified. "Some were damaged." He said there was no other damage to the base.

Woman Grandson Found Under Rubble in Japan

Woman Grandson Found Under Rubble in Japan

TOKYO — An 80-year-old woman and her teenage grandson were rescued Sunday in northeastern Japan when the youth was able to pull himself out of their flattened two-story house nine days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami.

Jin Abe, 16, was seen calling out for help from the roof of the collapsed home in the hard-hit city of Ishinomaki, according to the Miyagi Prefectural Police. Like other homes in northeastern Japan, they had lost electricity and telephone service in the March 11 earthquake.

He led them inside to his 80-year-old grandmother, Sumi Abe. Both were conscious but weak, and had survived on the food they had in their refrigerator, said Shizuo Kawamura of the Ishinomaki police department.

The woman could not get out of the house because she has trouble walking, and the teenager, who was suffering from a low body temperature, had been unable until Sunday to pull himself from the wreckage, Kawamura told The Associated Press by telephone.

Dukan Diet France

Dukan Diet France

Dukan Diet: The French Atkins-Like Weight Loss Method

 

The Dukan Diet has taken France by storm, selling 3.5 million copies in 14 different languages and being hailed as a life-long weight loss answer.

But many Americans have never heard of it.

Well they will next month when the diet books make their American debut, according to the New York Times. Dr. Pierre Dukan, the diet's creator, sold the North American Rights for $1.3 million up front.

But the diet may be nothing more than a glorified Atkins impersonator.

The NYT summed it all up in one paragraph: