CHICAGO — The star witness at the shakedown trial of a clout-heavy multimillionaire William Cellini could hardly be more unsavory: By his own admission, Stuart Levine is a longtime drug addict, a liar and a cheat, and someone who once stooped so low as to swindle his dead friend’s estate out of $2 million. When [...]
CHICAGO — The star witness at the shakedown trial of a clout-heavy Illinois multimillionaire could hardly be more unsavory: By his own admission, Stuart Levine is a longtime drug addict, a liar and a cheat, and someone who once stooped so low as to swindle his dead friend’s estate out of $2 million. When jurors [...]
When the dust had finally settled on the new circuit the considerable population of India was able to see what the rest of the Formula One world had been witnessing for a couple of years: the complete domination of Red Bull in general and Sebastian Vettel in particular. This was the 16th occasion in 17 [...]
Kuala Lumpur (The Star/ANN) – The seven billionth human being to occupy the world will be born sometime this week, according to population experts. And he or she will probably be an Asian since this region is the most highly populated. If that birth takes place in Thailand, the seven billionth baby could well be [...]
DEAD SEA, Jordan — While Americans are deeply disillusioned with their government and pessimistic about their future, the long-suffering Egyptians see a brighter future for themselves. Reliable opinion polls, and good news, are relatively rare in the Arab world, but a Gallup Poll presented at the World Economic Forum Special Meeting on the Arab World [...]
A leading anesthesiologist told jurors Friday in the trial of Michael Jackson’s personal physician that the singer probably caused his own death by injecting himself with a dose of the drug while his doctor wasn’t looking. In his testimony, defense expert Paul White directly challenged the theory put forth by the government’s main medical witness, [...]
The star medical expert for Michael Jackson’s physician began his testimony Thursday with the acknowledgment that not even he could explain the doctor’s treatment of the pop star. “Let’s deal with the elephant in the room here,” a defense attorney said to Dr. Paul White, the most important and probably final witness for the physician. [...]
LOS ANGELES — An anesthesia expert testifying for the doctor charged in Michael Jackson’s death told jurors Friday he believes the pop superstar gave himself a fatal injection of an anesthetic. Dr. Paul White said the self-injection theory is the only one supported by the physician’s statement to police and by evidence found at Jackson’s rented [...]
Dear Joan, If this isn’t an appropriate time for civil disobedience, I don’t know what is. As the average after-tax income for the top 1 per cent of US households was last week revealed to have almost quadrupled from 1979 to 2007, 24- year-old Iraq veteran Scott Olsen was fighting for his life in a [...]
Media releaseOctober 29, 2011HorizonPoll measures Rugby World Cup on Kiwis’ emotions, businesses – and who should be knighted The first post Rugby World Cup research on how the event affected New Zealanders shows an overwhelming 84.8% think it was good for country. And 63% said for them and their household it was fun. 51.6% say [...]
