Drivers in Forsyth, Georgia were probably distracted as they drove past the intersection near the Rumble Road Bridge, as some attractive young female actresses from a hot new television show posed for pictures.
Four of the stars of the CW’s new series, “The Vampire Diaries” were arrested for purportedly flashing motorists from a bridge.
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Annie Le, the Yale University graduate student who vanished only days before her scheduled wedding wrote an article in the magazine of the medical school.
Le’s article was a cover story titled, “Crime and Safety in New Haven.” It dealt with the subject of how students could be safe on campus.
“Despite safety measures such as door-to-door escort and shuttle services, the Yale community is still plagued with thefts, some involving frightening confrontations,” Le wrote in the magazine piece.
Le interviewed Yale’s chief of police, James Perrotti, who offered advice…
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A critical 81 minute gap between when police indicate that Michael Jackson’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, found the singer not breathing and when the doctor called 911 may be a key part of a criminal prosecution for the singer’s death. 
According to the LAPD, Murray found Jackson totally unconscious, but then called his office and remained on the phone call for a half-hour.
The timeline in a police affadavit does not bode well for the physician.
by James Hirsen
A pathetically sad motive is emerging for the brutal murder of Byrd and Melanie Billings in their Florida home on July 9.
Police and prosecutors said images captured on the Billings’ home’s security cameras led investigators to the suspects. The videos showed masked men dressed as ninjas coming through the front and back doors.
The suspects, who had trained for 30 days ranged in age from 16 to 56. They were in the house only four minutes.
The murdered couple had become well known for adopting children with special needs.
Nine of the couple’s 13 adopted children were home during the break-in and three of them saw the intruders.
The suspects were apparently after a safe – - which, in the end, contained only children’s medication, family documents and some jewelry.
The safe was found buried in the backyard of a home owned by a wealthy 47 year-old real estate mogul Pamela Wiggins.
Wiggins was the eighth person arrested in connection with the deadly home invasion. Seven others were charged with murder and Pensacola police are looking for one more person who they believe disabled the Billings security system.
Wiggins is the only suspect not charged with murder. She is accused of knowing about the fatal shootings after the fact.
Wiggins also owns the red van that was used to transport both the safe and the weapons used during the deadly crime according to the police report. She was riding in the van while the guns were being transported following the robbery and “had knowledge” they had been used in the murders, a cooperating suspect said in the report.
She was found on her yacht, the Classy Lady, in Alabama on Wednesday. She also owns a dozen properties in three states and a Rolls Royce.
Wiggins’ previous husband, Malden, said his former wife seemed to have a lot of cash that couldn’t be easily explained and that she had boasted about her wealth and “her position in society.”
Several weapons were recovered including the probable “murder weapon or weapons.”
Wiggins was released on $10,000 bail. If convicted, she faces a maximum sentence of 30 years in prison.
So this deadly crime that was allegedly executed by this large group of suspects appears to be a robbery done military style. Why?
The Billings appeared to have money. At the time of their death, they were living in a $700,000 home – luxurious by Pensacola standards – they employed several people to care for the children. But the safe the suspects allegedly killed for appears to contain very little in the way of value. Nothing it would hold could be more valuable than a human life.
by James Hirsen
After the touching tribute Paris, daughter of Michael Jackson, gave her daddy at the memorial service, media attention turned to the future of Jackson’s three young children.
Despite the fact that the court gave Michael’s mother, Katherine, guardianship over Prince Michael, Paris and Prince Michael II, the legal tug-of-war over custody continues.
Because the two older children, Prince Michael and Paris, were born to a married couple, under California law there is a presumption that the custody of minors will be granted to the legal parents. That presumption of custody would result in the surviving parent, Debbie Rowe, getting custody.
In the past, pursuant to an arrangement with Jackson, Rowe attempted to give up her status as legal parent, but she later returned to court and had her parental rights restored.
Rowe’s effort to end her parental rights will likely be brought up in the legal discussion, but in the state of California, parents’ rights are not terminated without a judicial investigation and hearing.
Still, the presumption gives Rowe custody of the children, if there is no evidence that refutes the idea the custody is in the best interests of the children. The law allows judges to overrule this presumption based on proof that parental custody would be detrimental to the children.
Everything hinges on the evidence. If evidence is presented that Rowe has little or no relationship with the children, her custody will be denied; if evidence is presented that the children have frequently spent time with her and know her as their mother, she will be given custody.
If Rowe wins custody of the two older children, she may also get custody of the third child, Prince Michael II, despite having no claim as the legal mother, because of the court’s desire to keep all of the siblings together.
Jackson’s will names his mother, Katherine, as guardian and, states that if she were unavailable, the children would go to singer and actress Diana Ross.
However, a will is not normally effective for custody purposes in a case in which one parent’s will deprives another parent of custody.
James Hirsen, J.D., M.A. in media psychology, is a media analyst, teacher of mass media and entertainment law at Biola University, and professor at Trinity Law School.
In an aggressive response, unofficial Mac clone builder Psystar has made a controversial claim that Apple doesn’t legally own the US rights to protect Mac OS X, invalidating a major component of its lawsuit.
The addition to Psystar’s mounting defense was filed last week in the Northern District of California San Francisco court playing home to the legal entanglement.
In its new submission, the Florida-based PC builder argues that Apple’s complaint should be tossed outright as Apple didn’t use proper procedures to register the copyright for Mac OS X. Without that copyright, the Mac maker is “prohibited from bringing action” against Psystar for DMCA violation claims and other copyright-related allegations.
Bono uttered the word at the Golden Globes.
Cher and Nicole Richie blurted it out at the Billboard Music Awards.
When the F-word is used on broadcast television, though, public decency laws can be triggered.
The basic idea behind regulations regarding indecent content that is broadcast over the airwaves is that society has an interest in protecting children as it pertains to a medium that belongs to the public.
The daytime and early evening hours (when children are most likely to be watching or listening) have been viewed as traditional time slots, which the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) is in charge of overseeing.
After the FCC fined TV networks for broadcasting four-letter words, Fox, NBC, ABC and CBS filed suit, claiming that their First Amendment rights had been violated. A New York federal appellate court agreed.
The FCC appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court, setting up a definitive adjudication by the High Court on the limits of the FCC’s power to fine networks for indecent speech.
The Supreme Court will have the final say on the issue of profanity on the air.
Directors, writers and producers already have a host of platforms in which profanity is routinely used, including cable, satellite radio and Internet video. Moreover, television and cable networks have available five-second delays and can easily block profane language.
The FCC contends, “Given the core meaning of the ‘F-Word,’ any use of that word or a variation, in any context, inherently has a sexual connotation.”
Arguments will be heard shortly.
Wonder if the lawyers’ comments will be suitable for TV broadcast.
James Hirsen, J.D., M.A. in Media Psychology, is a media analyst, teacher of mass media and entertainment law at Biola University and professor at Trinity Law School.
The Chicago Tribune reports:
Meyer’s ex-wives say he also has turned their children’s lives upside down since he joined the Church of Satan—an organization that eschews spirituality and celebrates man’s selfish desires.
One of Meyer’s ex-wives is citing his religious affiliation as the main reason an Indiana judge should restrict his visitation time to allow his three youngest daughters to attend Christian church.
A man says he was so consumed by the spirit of God that he fell and hit his head while worshipping.
Now he wants Lakewind Church to pay $2.5 million for medical bills, lost income, and pain and suffering…
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