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Post by artemis on May 13, 2011 10:19:28 GMT -5
Oops? And HEATHER MILLS too?
"Heather Mills in Ski Accident While Training for Paralympics
While her ex-husband basks in the glow of his recent engagement, Heather Mills is recuperating in Austria after slamming into a steel-hard plastic pole while racing down the Alpine slopes.
The former model and prosthetic leg user sustained a fractured right shoulder blade in the accident and was airlifted by helicopter to a hospital in the southern city of Lienz, a hospital spokesman said.
Local broadcaster ORF spoke to Mills, who said she crashed into a plastic pole that had apparently turned rock-hard because of the cold conditions.
"That's skiing, you know," she said.
According to the AP, Mills was released Thursday morning and is expected to make a full recovery. It's not clear if she's still in Austria or is heading back to her native Britain.
Mills recently bought a house in southern Austria and is reportedly training to compete in the 2014 Paralympic Winter Games.
It was reported earlier this week that Mills' ex-husband, Paul McCartney, had become engaged to marry a third time, to businesswoman Nancy Shevell. The Macca-Mills union ended very very badly and cost him about $48.6 million in the divorce settlement."
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Post by artemis on May 14, 2011 14:27:22 GMT -5
"R.I.P.: 38-Year-Old Chicago Sportscaster Mysteriously Found Dead In His Atlanta Hotel Room Hours Before Hawks vs. Bulls Game
SMH at all these young people dying.
Chicago sportscaster Daryl Hawks was in Atlanta yesterday to cover what would be the Hawks’ last playoff game. He missed his wake up call to go cover the morning shoot around. And that’s when hotel employees found him dead in his room.
An official from the Fulton County medical examiner’s office said that Hawks was pronounced dead at 11:48 a.m. at Emory University Medical Center. The official said no further information would be released until after an autopsy, scheduled for Friday.
Atlanta police called Hawks’ death a medical emergency and not a police call. His body was discovered after he did not appear for the Bulls’ morning shootaround. Paramedics were called and he was taken to a local hospital at about 10:30 a.m., according to Atlanta police Sgt. Curtis Davenport.
Because there were no apparent criminal implications in the death, police weren’t investigating the death, police said.
Daryl leaves behind a wife and three kids."
WTF IS HAPPENING???
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Post by artemis on May 14, 2011 14:28:15 GMT -5
"NHL Player Found Dead
Derek Boogaard, who appeared in 45 games this season for the New York Rangers, was found dead in his apartment in Minneapolis on Friday. He was 28.
Boogaard, who had a reputation as a tough player, missed the last 52 games of the regular season after suffering a concussion and shoulder injury, but it's too early to know if that had anything to do with his death.
The medical examiner will conduct an autopsy to determine cause of death.
Rangers president and general manager Glen Sather released a statement saying, "Derek was an extremely kind and caring individual. He was a very thoughtful person, who will be dearly missed by all those who knew him. We extend our deepest sympathies to his family, friends and teammates during this difficult time."
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Post by artemis on May 16, 2011 4:49:18 GMT -5
"Kenya's Olympic marathon champion Wanjiru dead: police
NYAHURURU, Kenya (Reuters) - Kenyan Olympic marathon champion Samuel Wanjiru was killed when he jumped off the balcony of his home late on Sunday, police said on Monday.
Police said they were trying to ascertain whether the 24-year-old -- the first Kenyan to win the Olympic gold in the marathon at Beijing in 2008 -- had deliberately killed himself by jumping off the balcony at his home in Nyahururu, a town in the Rift Valley, some 150 km (94 miles) northwest of the capital Nairobi.
Jaspher Ombati, the regional police chief for the area, said Wanjiru appeared to have suffered internal injuries after the fall and was confirmed dead by doctors at a nearby hospital.
"I can confirm that Wanjiru is dead. It is not yet clear whether it was a suicide or if he jumped out of rage, or what caused him to fall to the ground," Ombati told Reuters.
"He jumped from his first floor balcony to the ground. He was bleeding from the nose and the mouth, and may have suffered internal injuries," the police chief said.
Ombati said police were investigating a possible love triangle that could have been behind the death of Wanjiru, a former winner of the Chicago and London marathons.
Ombati said the athlete's wife Triza Njeri had come home to find Wanjiru in bed with another woman, had locked the couple in the bedroom and ran outside.
Wanjiru then leapt from the balcony, he said.
Ombati said Njeri and Wanjiru's female companion are assisting police in investigating the death.
Last December, Wanjiru was charged in court with threatening to kill Njeri and illegal possession of an AK-47 assault rifle.
Njeri later withdrew her accusation of attempted murder against him in court, saying the couple had reconciled.
He also suffered minor injuries from a car crash in January when he swerved to avoid an oncoming truck, hit a pot hole and rolled his car.
Wanjiru defied the heat of Beijing in 2008 to triumph in an Olympic record time at the games held in China.
As a young man, Wanjiru moved to Japan in 2002 to attend high school after winning a cross country selection trial in Kenya."
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Post by artemis on May 16, 2011 15:11:02 GMT -5
Very weird. I wonder what the hell do they have in store for her?
"Amy (Winehouse) is now back in her favourite London clinic for a week. A source said: "Amy has checked herself in. She wants to get herself 'baby ready' so she and REG TRAVISS can start a family in the not too distant future."
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Post by sherlok on May 17, 2011 11:44:32 GMT -5
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Post by artemis on May 18, 2011 4:14:59 GMT -5
"Sugar Ray Leonard book says coach sexually abused him: report
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Former boxing champion Sugar Ray Leonard has said that he was sexually abused as a teenager by a "prominent" Olympic coach, according to a report in the New York Times on Tuesday.
The newspaper said Leonard made the claim in his upcoming autobiography, "The Big Fight: My Life In and Out of the Ring."
Leonard, now 55, said he was assaulted by the unnamed coach on two occasions. The first was when he was competing at a tournament in Utica, N.Y, aged 15.
The second, several years later, happened in car parked in a deserted lot when the coach was discussing with him his prospects at the 1976 Olympics.
"Before I knew it, he had unzipped my pants and put his hand, then mouth, on an area that has haunted me for life. I didn't scream. I didn't look at him. I just opened the door and ran," Leonard wrote.
Leonard, who won the gold medal in the light welterwight division at the Montreal Olympics, said he had been haunted by the ordeal for years but decided to reveal it in his book in the hope that he would help his own healing process.
"I realized I would never be free unless I revealed the whole truth, no matter how much it hurt," he wrote.
In the book, Leonard also opened up about his use of cocaine, fathering a child at 17 and growing up in a household of alcohol abuse and domestic violence. The book is due to be published in June."
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Post by goro on May 18, 2011 10:26:23 GMT -5
Also there is supposed to be a movie shown at Cannes this week I believe about Diana's murder. Intriguing!
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Post by sherlok on May 18, 2011 11:45:51 GMT -5
Also there is supposed to be a movie shown at Cannes this week I believe about Diana's murder. Intriguing! Yes, it's called "Unlawful Killing" and I understand it has been banned in the UK.
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Post by artemis on May 18, 2011 14:51:40 GMT -5
"Rep. Gabrielle Giffords Undergoing Brain Surgery
Rep. Gabrielle Giffords' recovery continues.
The Arizona Democrat will undergo an operation in Houston on Wednesday, in which doctors are slated to replace part of her skull, just two days after she watched her husband Mark Kelly blast into space on the space shuttle Endeavour.
She continues her recovery since being shot in the head by Jared Loughner more than four months ago in his infamous Tucson rampage.
On Wednesday, in what's described as a "low-risk" procedure, doctors will replace a portion of her original skull with a plastic implant to be affixed via tiny titanium screws and plates. A portion of her original skull was removed following the shooting to ease swelling of the brain and prevent further tissue damage.
Since then, Giffords, a three-term congresswoman, has worn a specially-fitted helmet (adorned with the Arizona flag) to protect her brain.
The TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston, where she has been receiving rehab treatment, has scheduled a press conference for Thursday to discuss how the operation went.
Dr. Dong Kim, the director of their Neuroscience Institute who's been overseeing Giffords' treatment, said that only 5-8 percent of patients who receive similar surgeries suffer complications.
The main concerns, Kim said, are that patients can suffer infections, and that fluid or blood can collect under the plate can put pressure on the brain. He added the cranioplasty surgery was an important phase in her recovery, because she'll be boosted both physically and psychologically from it."
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Post by artemis on May 19, 2011 13:58:52 GMT -5
"Gabrielle Giffords recovering well from cranioplasty in Houston
OUSTON, May 19 Reuters) - Arizona Representative Gabrielle Giffords is recovering well on Thursday from a cranioplasty in Houston, a critical step in her recovery from a gunshot wound to the head, her doctors said.
Dr. Dong Kim, director of the Mischer Neuroscience Institute at Memorial Hermann Hospital said surgery on Wednesday to replace a section of her skull shattered by a bullet in a January assassination attempt, meant Giffords no longer had to wear a helmet to protect her head during recovery.
"She doesn't have to wear that helmet anymore," Kim told reporters. "For a patient to come as far as she has and from the type of injury she had, it's almost miraculous," he added.
Kim said Giffords experienced nausea and was in some pain following surgery that replaced a missing skull fragment with an implant, but was very happy when she awoke and was informed the surgery went well.
He said the original bone fragment removed to relieve the pressure of swelling on Giffords' brain had shattered and become contaminated. Some bullet fragments remain from the January 8 attack at a congressional event in Tucson, he said.
The cranioplasty replaces the missing skull fragment with a ceramic implant, around which bone cells will grow in time, he explained.
A permanent shunt was also implanted to drain fluids into her abdominal cavity via a plastic tube. The two procedures took approximately three and a half hours.
The next step is for her to return to The Institute for Rehabilitation and Research next week, where she will continue therapy and her progress will be reassessed, said Dr. Gerard Francisco, chief medical officer at the TIRR Memorial Hermann rehabilitation center. He declined to give a timeline for her possible discharge.
The congresswoman's cognitive skills have continuously improved, Francisco said, adding that they have "fun and meaningful conversations."
"She's cracked me up several times," he said. Although Giffords is not always happy about some of her physical therapy, she's very driven and goes along once the rationale is explained to her, he added.
Pia Carusone, Giffords' chief of staff, said the congresswoman expresses a keen interest in news and political events, and gets a copy of her hometown newspaper every day to keep up to date.
Giffords has said that she misses Tucson, but does not miss the helmet she's had to wear. The date of the surgery had been marked on the front of it as a reminder that it would soon be going away, Carusone said.
Cleared by her doctors to travel prior to surgery, Giffords went to Cape Canaveral, Fla. last week to watch the liftoff of the final mission of the shuttle Endeavour, of which her husband, Capt. Mark Kelly is the crew leader. She also was seen dining out with her husband and friends earlier this month."
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Post by artemis on May 20, 2011 4:07:01 GMT -5
"Scott Weiland: 'I Was Raped At 12'
Rocker Scott Weiland has sensationally revealed he was raped in his new memoir.
The Stone Temple Pilots star was just 12 when he was assaulted by "a high school senior," according to his new tell-all Not Dead & Not for Sale.
In an excerpt obtained by Spin magazine, Weiland recalls the rapist was "a big muscular guy, a high school senior... (who) rode the bus with me every day to school."
The rocker continues, "(He) invited me to his house. The dude raped me. It was quick, not pleasant. I was too scared to tell anyone. 'Tell anyone,' he warned, 'and you'll never have another friend in this school. I'll ruin your f---in' reputation.'
"This is a memory I suppressed until only a few years ago when, in rehab, it came flooding back. Therapy will do that to you."
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Post by artemis on May 20, 2011 4:12:20 GMT -5
Programmed pregnancy, programmed birth, all so precise its making me sick!
"Victoria Schedules C-Section For July 4! The Beckhams Really DO Love America!
The famous Beckham brood fell in love with the USA after relocating Stateside four years ago — and they consider their baby daughter‘s birth date a fitting tribute to their adopted home.
“Victoria and David love America, its culture and her people, who have welcomed them with open arms,” a source tells The Sun newspaper.
David, 36 moved to Los Angeles in 2007 to play for Major League Soccer team the LA Galaxy. Former Spice Girl Victoria, 37 soon followed with their sons Brooklyn,11, Romeo, 8 and Cruz 5, and the family set up home in Hollywood.
The Beckhams are still working on a shortlist of baby names for their first daughter, but a current favorite is Atlanta — a reference to the U.S. city and the ocean that divides their native Britain from America.
“David wanted a name that was relevant to their lives during the conception,” The Sun‘s source adds."
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Post by artemis on May 20, 2011 8:20:24 GMT -5
"Austin Box Dead: Oklahoma Football Player Dies At 22
Austin Box, starting middle linebacker for Oklahoma, died on Thursday at the age of 22.
According to multiple reports, Box was found unresponsive and taken to Mercy Hospital in El Reno. He was transferred to Mercy Hospital in Oklahoma City, where he was pronounced dead.
"The University family is deeply saddened by the tragic death of student-athlete Austin Box. Our hearts go out to his family and friends," school president David Boren said in a statement.
A spokeswoman at the medical examiner's office said that they do not expect a cause of death to be known Thursday.
Box started in five games last season and recorded 37 tackles. He graduated earlier this month."
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Post by goro on May 20, 2011 13:13:35 GMT -5
"Scott Weiland: 'I Was Raped At 12'
Rocker Scott Weiland has sensationally revealed he was raped in his new memoir.
The Stone Temple Pilots star was just 12 when he was assaulted by "a high school senior," according to his new tell-all Not Dead & Not for Sale.
In an excerpt obtained by Spin magazine, Weiland recalls the rapist was "a big muscular guy, a high school senior... (who) rode the bus with me every day to school."
The rocker continues, "(He) invited me to his house. The dude raped me. It was quick, not pleasant. I was too scared to tell anyone. 'Tell anyone,' he warned, 'and you'll never have another friend in this school. I'll ruin your f---in' reputation.'
"This is a memory I suppressed until only a few years ago when, in rehab, it came flooding back. Therapy will do that to you." Wait until those memories surface of all the "molestation" of one form or another that he probably experienced on the way to "stardom."
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