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Entries from August 2007

Nick Hogan, son of Hulk Hogan, is in hospital with serious injuries

August 27th, 2007 · No Comments

CLEARWATER – Police in Clearwater as a single-car crash sent two young men to the hospital with serious injuries, and professional wrestler Hulk Hogan’s son was among them.
The crash happened at around 7:30 p.m. on Sunday night along Court Street in Clearwater. Witnesses say 17-year-old Nick Hogan’s sports car was traveling at a […]

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Tags: Entertainment · Sports

Owen Wilson sliced his left wrist and took an indeterminate amount of pills

August 27th, 2007 · No Comments

LOS ANGELES - Actor Owen Wilson reportedly was hospitalized Sunday afternoon in Santa Monica, Calif., after being treated at his home by EMTs, according to the National Enquirer and Star magazine.
Santa Monica Police issued the following statement to TMZ: “On Sunday Aug. 26. 2007 at 12:10 PM, officers from the Santa Monica Police Department […]

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Tags: Entertainment

Acer will pay $1.90 a share for Irvine, California-based Gateway

August 27th, 2007 · No Comments

The Taiwan firm has said for months it was in acquisition talks. Acer will commence a cash tender offer to purchase all the outstanding shares of Gateway for US$1.90 per share, which represents a total equity value consideration of approximately US$710 million.
Acer will pay $1.90 a share for Irvine, California-based Gateway, according to a […]

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Tags: Sci/Tec

The moon’s surface will darken as the earth’s shadow creeps across it to create a partial eclipse

August 27th, 2007 · No Comments

The moon is expected to turn anything from a yellowish brown to a blood red in Tuesday night’s total lunar eclipse.
According to a Web page posted by NASA, the moon will not reach totality in Mobile until 4:52 a.m. and will set at sunrise fully eclipsed.
The moon’s surface will darken as the earth’s shadow creeps […]

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Tags: Science

“We are going to burn alive here”, the death toll in Greece rises

August 27th, 2007 · No Comments

The death toll of the fires that are sweeping across Greece reached 61 people, the authorities reported. The deadly wildfires racing across Greece threatened some of the world’s most important antiquities Sunday as fire brigades struggled to gain control of what officials believed to be an arson-fueled inferno.
Fire department spokesman Nikos Diamandis said 89 […]

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Tags: World

Utah mine closes, seventh hole drilled and robot lowered

August 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Six miners are still trapped inside a coal mine in Utah despite efforts made by rescue teams over the past two weeks. The mine’s owners announced on Sunday that a seventh hole will be drilled.
A cave-in sealed off the workers on August 6 inside the Crandall Canyon mine, but so far attempts to release […]

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Tags: U.S.

“Sick Vick” admits his acts of brutality against animals

August 26th, 2007 · No Comments

Dog is man’s best friend, not in this case though. In papers filed Friday in federal court in Richmond, Va., Vick has admitted guilt in the killing of at least six dogs in April and for funding a dogfighting operation based in one of his rural Virginia homes.
In a letter to the 27-year-old Vick, […]

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Tags: U.S. · Sports

Democrats voted Saturday to strip Florida of its 210 delegates

August 26th, 2007 · No Comments

WASHINGTON - Top Democrats voted Saturday to strip Florida of its 210 delegates to next summer’s presidential-nominating convention delegates, threatening to leave the state without a voice in choosing the party’s 2008 nominee, unless it delays the date of its primary election.
The action by the national party’s rules committee gives state Democrats 30 days […]

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Tags: U.S.

Lindsay Lohans Plea Deal Revealed

August 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Los Angeles - The details of Lindsay Lohan’s plea agreement have been made public.
Lohan will spend 24 hours in jail, serve 10 days community service and do the requisite drug treatment program.
The 21-year-old actress is also on 36 months probation and will pay hundreds of dollars in fines.
Lindsay later issued a statement saying she’s addicted […]

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Tags: Entertainment

Nicole Richie “Finally” Set Free

August 25th, 2007 · No Comments

Los Angeles - Nicole Richie is a free woman after spending only 82 minutes in jail.
Richie had been sentenced to four days in jail for driving under the influence of drugs… but was sprung early.
The L.A. sheriff’s department, which has been criticized for its leniency on celebs, claimed Richie received no special treatment, and was […]

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Tags: Entertainment