Sep 24, 2010
It's nice Jennifer Lopez wants to give kids free health care, but why not help out your old block
Teresa Lewis dies by lethal injection, executed in Virginia despite thousands of appeals to save her
Helber/APDeath penalty protestors rally against the execution of Teresa Lewis on Thursday. A Virginia woman met her fate Thursday night.
Teresa Lewis, who in 2002 stood by while her husband and stepson were brutally murdered as they slept, was executed thanks to a lethal cocktail of chemicals shortly after 9 p.m. at the Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Va.
Crime pays for world-famous organist
Who says crime does not pay?
It is fair to say Carlo Curley has gone to extraordinary lengths to break into the music scene.
Like many musicians, the 58-year-old flamboyant and popular classical concert organist got his introduction to music from his grandmother, who taught him to play piano when he was 4.
Later, he joined his grandmother in the local church choir in North Carolina, where he discovered the organ.
Franklin speaks out over assault on son
Queen of Soul Aretha Franklin is speaking out on the beating her adult son took from three men at a Detroit gas station this week.
Franklin said in a statement some early reports had some innaccuracies.
Franklin said through a public relations firm that Eddie Franklin underwent surgery after arriving at a hospital emergency room earlier this week. She said his jaw was wired shut.
Franklin also said her son's girlfriend gave the wrong location of the attack.
Pop idol Eddie Fisher dead
Eddie Fisher, whose huge fame as a pop singer was overshadowed by scandals ending his marriages to Debbie Reynolds and Elizabeth Taylor, has died. He was 85.
His daughter, Tricia Leigh Fisher, of Los Angeles, said Fisher died of complications from hip surgery at a hospital in BerkeleyBeckham to sue over allegations in US magazine
The company said in a statement the allegations in the weekly In Touch are "completely untrue and totally ridiculous as the magazine was clearly told before publication."
"Sadly we live in a world where a magazine can print lies and believe they can get away with it. We are taking legal action against the magazine," the statement said.
How to separate without hurting the children | Life and style
Children are used as "ammunition" during separation. Photograph: Getty
Sir Nicholas Wall, Britain's most senior family judge, warned this week that parents are harming children during divorce proceedings, by using them as "the battlefield, [and] the ammunition".
Fired for being openly gay
After serving for 11 years in the US navy, Rhonda Davis openly admitted to being gay, and was thrown out. Photograph: Guardian
Campaigners against the Don't Ask, Don't Tell (DADT) policy, which bans openly gay people from serving in the US armed forces, were offered hope when Harry Reid, the Senate majority leader, said he would schedule a vote on it next week.....
How a catwalk show at London Fashion Week brought my memories back to life
Long ago, in a far-off land called the 1970s, the fashion spreads in magazines for young teens used to be drawn, not photographed. I loved those drawings, of tall, slender, elegant creatures, all with exactly the same faces, figures and hair, in perfectly fitting, perfectly draping clothes.
Second shot: An amateur takes to the riser
Like last time, I was at nearly at the front of the riser, slightly to the right, perching uncomfortably on a camera box so as to shoot over the sitting cameraman in front of me. This time I was shooting with the Canon EOS ID MK IV using a tripod. This first picture is obviously a bit of a cheat - they didn't send clones down the catwalk, this is actually two shots put together. Maybe a third with her walking away would have been good - a model triptych Photograph: Kate Carter/Guardian
Why women shouldn't be campaigning for equal pay
Made in Dagenham, based on the strike by women machinists at the Ford car plant. Photograph: Guardian
Rip off your pinny, reach for the Biba frock, get that asymmetric bob: it's the 60s all over again. Feminism's second wave is brewing, Barbara Castle is first secretary of state and the 187 women who sew car seats at the Ford Dagenham plant are out on strike.
Bono: the celebrity who just keeps giving
Forgive the reheating of old chestnuts, but it seems appropriate to begin with a classic urban myth starring Bono, recently described with due reverence by Viz as ....
Bulldozers prepare as deadline on West Bank settlement freeze looms
Giant bulldozers churn up the ground, turning the air a dusty red. Further off, the clack of building machinery and tools punctuate the tranquillity of a warm West Bank morning.
Iran and Iraq remember war that cost more than a million lives
Nostalgia is not the right word to describe how Iranians and Iraqis feel when they look back at the epic war they fought – one of the longest and bloodiest of the 20th century.
Pakistan neuroscientist given 86 years for shooting at US agents
Aafia Siddiqui, a US-trained Pakistani neuroscientist who was named as one of the FBI's most wanted terrorists, was today sentenced to 86 years in prison by a New York court, in a case that has prompted outrage in Pakistan.
Japan to free Chinese fishing boat captain | World news | guardian.co.uk
Japanese prosecutors are to release the captain of a Chinese fishing boat, two weeks after a collision in disputed waters sparked a dramatic deterioration in ties between Beijing and Tokyo.
Ireland's crisis shows folly of cuts, warns Labour
Ireland's Prime Minister Brian Cowen came under renewed pressure after figures showed the economy shrank 1.2% in the second quarter of 2010. Photograph: Reuters
Ireland's beleaguered economy was held up by Labour as a stark warning to the UK of austerity overkill after the Irish government announced that national output had taken a fresh dive in the second ....
Prada shows Milan a flash of colour | Life and style
Bold colour shot straight to the top of the fashion agenda tonight as Miuccia Prada showed her new collection at Milan fashion week.
Soldiers honoured for bravery in Afghanistan
A soldier who has cleared twice as many roadside bombs as any other bomb disposal specialist in history is among more than 100 service personnel honoured for bravery in Afghanistan.
James Cameron tops Guardian Film Power 100
If there were any doubts that money talks loudest in the movie business, they have been dispelled.
The expert panel behind the Guardian's inaugural Film Power 100, published in today's Film & Music section, have chosen James Cameron, director of the two ...
Commonwealth Games boycott threat recedes
The first English athletes have arrived in Delhi for the Commonwealth Games as the threat of a mass boycott over safety and facilities recedes.
The Indian prime minister was holding crisis talks last night, as armies of cleaners and ...
Ahmadinejad accuses US of 'orchestrating' 9/11 attacks to aid Israel
President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran has accused the US government of orchestrating the 9/11 attacks to prop up Israel.
Speaking at the UN general assembly, just a few miles away from the still open ....
England to attend Commonwealth Games | Reuters
Credit: Reuters/Luke MacGregor .
By Alan Baldwin
LONDON | Thu Sep 23, 2010 10:03pm BST
LONDON (Reuters) - England committed to the troubled Commonwealth Games on Thursday after all 17 member sports agreed to go amid signs of improvement on the ground in India.
Teresa Lewis executed in Virginia despite protests | World news | guardian.co.uk
Teresa Lewis died early today after being given a lethal injection at the Greensville correctional centre, the first woman to be executed in Virginia in almost a century.
The execution went ahead despite protests from lawyers, international celebrities and ...
Executions of women are rare because they kill less often, researchers say - latimes.com
Virginia put to death a 41-year-old woman Thursday night, the first execution of a female in the country in five years and the first in that state for nearly a century.
Sep 23, 2010
Crime Scene - Teresa Lewis to be executed tonight
Teresa Lewis, who plotted the killings of her husband and stepson, is scheduled to die by injection in Virginia's death chamber Thursday night. She would be the first woman the state has executed in nearly 100 years.
Crime Scene - Video: Va. woman to be executed
By Washington Post Editors | September 22, 2010; 12:04 PM ET
Categories: Death Penalty, Updates, Virginia
Categories: Death Penalty, Updates, Virginia
Microsoft To Offer Free Security Software For Small Businesses | SmallBusinessNewz
Microsoft said today that beginning in early October, it will offer Microsoft Security Essentials for free to small businesses with up to 10 PCs.
“Small-business owners just want to concentrate on running the business, without worrying about PCs going down,” says Jeff Smith, director of Marketing for Microsoft Security Essentials.
“Small-business owners just want to concentrate on running the business, without worrying about PCs going down,” says Jeff Smith, director of Marketing for Microsoft Security Essentials.
Katy Perry dropped from Sesame Street show | Reuters
U.S. singer Katy Perry smiles during an interview for the television show 'etalk' in Toronto June 18, 2010.
Credit: Reuters/Mike Cassese
NEW YORK | Thu Sep 23, 2010 7:26pm BST
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Producers of the hit children's TV show Sesame Street have cancelled an appearance by pop singer Katy Perry following feedback from parents.
Silver is Emerging From Under Gold's Shadow
Gold surged to an all-time record high of $1,298 an ounce yesterday (Wednesday) after a U.S. Federal Reserve plan to jump-start the American economy triggered a slump in the U.S. dollar.
The yellow metal has now rallied for five straight trading sessions and is up about 18% for the year. Investors are waking up to the fact that the central bank's plan to use U.S. Treasury purchases as a means of injecting another $2.3 trillion into the U.S. economy is only going to further debase the greenback.
The yellow metal has now rallied for five straight trading sessions and is up about 18% for the year. Investors are waking up to the fact that the central bank's plan to use U.S. Treasury purchases as a means of injecting another $2.3 trillion into the U.S. economy is only going to further debase the greenback.
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