Ex NFL Star Warren Sapp Arrested for Domestic Violence

Posted on 2/8/2010 @ 1:17 PM in #People by Brendan 12 0 comments

Former NFL star and Dancing with the Stars contestant Warren Sapp was arrested over the weekend for domestic violence. Sapp was taken in to custody at Miami Beach’s Shore Club hotel Saturday afternoon after allegedly attacking his girlfriend of 2-years early that morning.The unidentified woman claims Sapp dragged her out of bed around 5 a.m. yelling about men’s numbers in her cell phone. She alleges the former Tampa Bay Buccaneers player shoved her down on to a couch and choked her, resulting in a swollen knee and bruises on her neck. The woman was treated at Mount Sinai Medical Center.Sapp, who also played for the Oakland Raiders, denies the accusations and claims he helped her off the couch after she fell backwards and hurt her knee. He is cooperating with authorities.Sapp, 37, was in Miami to cover the Super Bowl for the NFL Network. The network has pulled Sapp off the air while the incident is investigated."We were made aware this afternoon of the arrest of Warren Sapp by the Miami Police Department

Discovery Middle School Shooting Leaves 1 Injured

Posted on 2/8/2010 @ 1:17 PM in #People by Brendan 12 0 comments

A shooting at Discovery Middle School in Madison, Alabama Friday afternoon left a 9th grader injured. Tod Brown, 14, was taken to Huntsville Hospital and is in critical condition.No other students or faculty members were injured. The shooting happened just before 3 p.m. The school was put on lockdown while an unidentified shooter was taken into custody.No other details were available.###Click here for morePeople NewsAbout WooEBWooEB Community is a business, music andsocial networking community. WooEB provides members with a wealth of applications that enable them to create an in-depth profile within the community. Profiles include an About Me, Background and Lifestyle, Videos, Photo sharing, News, Music, Blogs, unique URL and networking with other members inside the WooEB community. WooEB provides ADit to each member providing them the opportunity to have an exclusive profile (no outside advertising) displaying only banner ads they upload to their pages. Members can run their own ads or give or sell their ad

MIKE ZAMAN Presents: Has the US Treasury outsourced the printing of our Currency?

Posted on 2/6/2010 @ 10:54 PM in #People by mikezaman 0 comments

By: Mike Zaman The Pakistani State Bank is now issuing a new note, an Rs500 with an Optical Variable Ink (OVI). The purpose is to help prevent counterfeit currencies flooding the country, an anticipation and concern when fighting any war. OVI makes the note change color to the viewer as the note is held at different angles. The concept appears to be sound and the technology appears to be rather intricate. Perhaps the US could learn a thing about currency security. On October 2, 2004 a container of super-notes in $100.00 denominations and valued at over $300,000 were confiscated by the FBI, they entered the US via a container ship from Yantai, China. They were of better quality than our own treasury productions, which goes to show that not all the products produced in China are of inferior quality. Pakistan as an ally of China need not be concerned. Or should they? One now must wonder if out treasury department has outsourced printing our money, and how much has entered the US economy without

Mike Zaman Presents: Census Boycott being urged

Posted on 2/6/2010 @ 10:49 PM in #People by mikezaman 0 comments

By Mike Zaman A staunch anti government movement is under way in the US The US Census has become a rallying point for anti government sentiment, a reaction to the seemingly incapacitated administration. The focal point of the rebellion is that the Census requires too much information of a confidential nature. The US Census has been held every 10 years since 1790, and is a requirement under the Constitution the purpose is to determine our representation and allocation of government funds. Glen Beck and FOX news are rallying the anti government extreme right or neo conservatives as they are known, as they continue their tirade against the current administration. You may recall Becks attack against Obama’s citizenship, and the loss of advertisers for the Beck time slot. Under Federal law, you are only required to tell the number of persons living in the household, No other information may be required, although the census takers will ask your income and other personal matters. Those are optional.

MIKE ZAMAN Presents: Congress has no choice but to rekindle the Draft. If we don’t stop attacking countries

Posted on 2/6/2010 @ 10:42 PM in #People by mikezaman 0 comments

By Mike Zaman As more and more Americans flee US involvement in Iraq and Afghanistan and the potential wars looming in Yemen, Bosnia, Columbia, Philippines, Somalia, Ethiopia, Djibouti, Comores, Mauritius, Madagascar, Ecuador, No Korea Iran and Venezuela. US man power is lacking substantially under the (voluntary) Armed Services Too many wars, and too many hotspots around the globe for the US to act like the Lone Ranger, these have the potential to cripple the US military, in fact we should rethink our foreign policy altogether. A military complex exists to wage war! That is its only purpose! Some 200 service personnel are known to have fled these wars to “Canada”, a onetime haven for Viet Vets refusing their draft. But more than 5,000 service members have also committed suicide to escape their multiple call-ups. We wage war, like children play with toys, to the Military leaders its troops to us is real people with real names and faces. When will we as a nation say “enough” It is our blood

MIKE ZAMAN Presents: For a man who wears a dress to attack Gays is unconscionable

Posted on 2/6/2010 @ 10:31 PM in #People by mikezaman 0 comments

By Mike Zaman As Millions of Catholics around the world believe in the church, they are becoming more disenchanted with its leader. The Roman Catholic Church which has been besieged in recent years with one scandal after another is living in the grace of an antiquated philosophy. Issues such as: the Marriage of Priests, the use of any type of birth control and the alienation of a gay and lesbian following are beginning to tear at the foundation of this old establishment of religion. Many have turned away from the traditions of the church, and many more have abandoned the church entirely. Now to add insult to an already angry parishioner Pope Benedict XVI argues that laws to protect the rights of same sex couples should not be allowed. He postures that such laws go against the natural law. We submit: is a Nuns marriage to the church part of the design of Natural Law, or a priest who must abstain for relationships? The answer is that the church or we should say its leader appears to be hypocritical.

Mike Zaman Presents: Crimes against Humanity alleged against numerous nations.

Posted on 2/6/2010 @ 10:30 PM in #People by mikezaman 0 comments

By: Mike Zaman Several governments have aided the US in its secret detention program, a program that is well known and publicized yet still is classified to the extent that victims are denied their day in court. Recent UN investigations have disclosed wide spread co-operation between a number of nations including the UK, Canada, Germany, Australia, Jordon, Egypt, Syria, Morocco, Pakistan, Ethiopia, and Djibouti. These countries aided the US in holding, and or interrogating the abducted prisoners. UN allegations of Human rights violations stem from these secret detentions that the UN believes may even amount to a crime against humanity. A 222 page report by the UN commission is the result of several years of investigation, and notes that secret detention is “a manifold human rights violation that cannot be justified under any circumstances”. Yet these victims will never have their day in court.

Author James Arthur Ray Arrested in Sweat Lodge Deaths

Posted on 2/5/2010 @ 1:01 AM in #People by Brendan 12 0 comments

Author James Arthur Ray was arrested Wednesday and charged with manslaughter in the deaths of three participants of one of his sweat lodge ceremonies.Ray, author of Harmonic Wealth, was arrested at his attorney’s office in Prescott, Arizona and is being held in jail on $5 million bond.Kirby Brown, 38, James Shore, 40, and Liz Neuman, 49, died last October during a “cleansing” ceremony Ray led as a part of his Spiritual Warrior 5-day retreat at the Angel Valley Retreat Center. The ceremony included 36 hours of fasting and sitting in a sauna-like hut. Eighteen other people were injured in the hut.“Sheriff Waugh would like to thank the victim’s families for their patience while the Sheriff’s Office completed a through and comprehensive investigation. With the arrest of James Ray, Sheriff Waugh hopes the families of the three victims will now have some measure of closure to this tragedy,” said a statement from Yavapai County Sheriff Steve Waugh.Ray’s attorney, Luis Li, called the charges “unjust.”###Click here

Jay Novacek Wife Dead of Apparent Suicide

Posted on 2/5/2010 @ 1:00 AM in #People by Brendan 12 0 comments

LeAnne Novacek, the wife of former Dallas Cowboys tight end Jay Novacek, died Monday from what appears to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound. LeAnne, 45, was found dead in a bedroom of their Burleson, Texas home at 9:05 a.m.Burleson police commander Doug Sandifer said Tuesday that is appears LeAnne committed suicide. "It appeared no foul play," he said."We're waiting for the medical examiner's findings."Jay, 47, played with the Cowboys for 6 seasons from 1990 to 1996.###Click here for morePeople NewsAbout WooEBWooEB Community is a business, music andsocial networking community. WooEB provides members with a wealth of applications that enable them to create an in-depth profile within the community. Profiles include an About Me, Background and Lifestyle, Videos, Photo sharing, News, Music, Blogs, unique URL and networking with other members inside the WooEB community. WooEB provides ADit to each member providing them the opportunity to have an exclusive profile (no outside advertising) displaying only banner ads

Mike Zaman Presents: In Memoriam: Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour

Posted on 2/3/2010 @ 11:55 PM in #People by mikezaman 0 comments

By Mike Zaman Iran has hanged two men allegedly over widespread protests that followed the country’s disputed presidential election in June last year. Mohammad Reza Ali Zamani and Arash Rahmanipour whose cases were confirmed by a Tehran appeals court were hanged on Thursday morning. The pair were convicted of being “Mohareb” or enemies of God, and members of the Kingdom’s Assembly, an outlawed pro-monarchist group and the People’s Mujahideen, a religious movement. They were also charged with plotting to topple the Iranian government, ISNA said quoting officials. The executions were the first ever carried out for election-related incidents. But questions are raised about the trial and the execution! No freedom of speech here Iranian authorities arrested around 4,000 protesters including journalists and reformist politicians in a massive crackdown in the weeks after the disputed election. The two were among 11 people sentenced to death on similar charges in the wake of the post-election protests. But

Morgan Harrington Parents Thankful for Closure

Posted on 2/2/2010 @ 10:40 AM in #People by Brendan 12 0 comments

With the discovery of their daughter Morgan Harrington’s remains, Gil and Daniel Harrington say they can start the healing process. The couple appeared on the Today Show Friday via satellite from their Roanoke, Virginia home.“This has been a horrific three months and this is not the end that we wanted, but closure is really important. There is some peace we have at this point. We are very sad, and obviously we would love for our daughter to be alive. But closure is very important,” said Daniel Harrington.Morgan, 20, disappeared from a Metallica concert in Charlottesville on October 17. Her body was found on a Virginia farm Tuesday.“It has been like a wound, a huge wound. But until this point, it had been a festering wound that could not heal,” Gil Harrington said of Morgan being missing. “You know, we still have a healing to do, but it's possible because, having recovered our daughter's body gives us peace. I know no one is hurting her now, that she is beyond pain.”Authorities have not determined the cause of

Cincinnati Bengals Linebacker Rey Maualuga Arrested for DUI

Posted on 2/2/2010 @ 10:39 AM in #People by Brendan 12 0 comments

Rey Maualuga, whose season with the Cincinnati Bengals was cut short because of a broken ankle, was arrested early this morning on DUI charges. The former USC linebacker was arrested at 3:11 a.m. Friday in northern Kentucky.Maualuga, 23, was charged with DUI and careless driving. He is being held without bond. No other details were available.###Click here for morePeople NewsAbout WooEBWooEB Community is a business, music andsocial networking community. WooEB provides members with a wealth of applications that enable them to create an in-depth profile within the community. Profiles include an About Me, Background and Lifestyle, Videos, Photo sharing, News, Music, Blogs, unique URL and networking with other members inside the WooEB community. WooEB provides ADit to each member providing them the opportunity to have an exclusive profile (no outside advertising) displaying only banner ads they upload to their pages. Members can run their own ads or give or sell their ad space to advertisers at prices the member

Bill and Melinda Gates to Donate $10 Billion for Development of New Vaccines

Posted on 2/2/2010 @ 10:39 AM in #People by Brendan 12 0 comments

Speaking at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland Microsoft founder Bill Gates announced that he, along with his wife Melinda, would be donating $10 billion over the next ten years to develop new vaccines to immunize children in developing countries.Established as the William H. Gates Foundation in the 1994, the Gates Foundation (renamed in 1999 as the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation), has already committed nearly $5 billion over the past ten years to developing vaccines.In announcing the latest pledge Bill Gates stated “We must make this the decade of vaccines,” and added “Vaccines already save and improve millions of lives in developing countries. Innovation will make it possible to save more children than ever before.”After hearing the news of the Gates Foundation pledge Margaret Chan, head of the World Health Organization, called the act unprecedented and stated “additional two million deaths in children under five years could be prevented by 2015 through widespread use of new vaccines and a

Mike Zaman Presents: Hamas commander ‘poisoned, then electrocuted’

Posted on 2/2/2010 @ 12:46 AM in #People by mikezaman 0 comments

By Mike Zaman The Palestinian Islamic resistance movement Hamas has said Israeli agents assassinated one the resistance movement’s veteran operatives in a killing allegedly carried out last week in Dubai, UAE, and vowed to retaliate. The Islamic resistance movement identified its slain figure as Mahmoud Al Mabhouh, one of the founders of Hamas’ military wing. It said he was 50-years old. Talal Nassar, an official in Hamas’ media office in Damascus on January 20, said Al Mabhouh had been “poisoned and electrocuted in his hotel room in Dubai”. He did not elaborate. Izzat Rashaq, a top member of Hamas’ exiled leadership in Damascus, said details have not been released to avoid compromising an ongoing investigation, and that Hamas’ delayed announcement was linked to an attempt to “reach the Israeli agents who implemented this operation.” The Palestinian Islamic resistance movement pledged to “retaliate for this crime at the appropriate time and place.” Al Mabhouh lived in Syria and was passing

Mike Zaman Presents: Gandhi’s “the Great Soul” ashes scattered off South Africa coast

Posted on 2/2/2010 @ 12:36 AM in #People by mikezaman 0 comments

By Mike Zaman Six decades after his death Saturday, some of Mohandas K. Gandhi’s ashes were scattered off the coast of South Africa, where he was confronted by racial discrimination during a 21-year episode in which he developed some of his philosophies of peaceful resistance. Gandhi the great thinker gave the world a glimpse of true faith, and his intellect lives on, in the triumph of a life he sojourned. An early morning service in a harbor in the eastern city of Durban on the 62nd anniversary of Gandhi’s death included the laying of flowers and candles on the water’s surface. Gandhi, born in 1869 in Porbander in Gujarat was known as the Mahatma or “great soul,” he was shot dead by a Hindu hard-liner Nathuram Godse in 1948 in New Delhi. His ashes were divided, stored in steel urns and sent across India and beyond for memorial services. It was not unusual for some of the ashes to have been preserved instead of scattered as intended. His wisdom has echoed through the hearts and minds of countless of the

Mike Zaman Presents: Airports plan to deploy mind-reading scanners

Posted on 2/2/2010 @ 12:32 AM in #People by mikezaman 0 comments

By Mike Zaman WeCU Technologies is building a mind-reading scanner that can tell if a given traveler is a potential danger - without the subject’s knowledge. WeCU Technologies (pronounced “we see you”) is creating a system that would essentially turn the public spaces in airports into vast screening grounds. “The system … projects images onto airport screens, such as symbols associated with a certain terrorist group or some other image only a would-be terrorist would recognize, company CEO Ehud Givon said. “The logic is that people can’t help reacting, even if only subtly, to familiar images that suddenly appear in unfamiliar places. If you strolled through an airport and saw a picture of your mother, Givon explained, you couldn’t help but respond. “The reaction could be a darting of the eyes, an increased heartbeat, a nervous twitch or faster breathing, he said. The WeCU system would use humans to do some of the observing but would rely mostly on hidden cameras or covert biometric sensors

Mike Zaman Presents: Why the surge in Afghanistan?

Posted on 2/2/2010 @ 12:06 AM in #People by mikezaman 0 comments

By Mike Zaman This is the Conclusion of a (6) Part series War during the Bush administration was inevitable, even as Clinton had alienated all prospects of resolving issues with Bin Laden, Bush would take advantage of the mid east anger, which they held, more rightfully then wrong, over their perception of American imperialism. Money and Oil, coupled with the mindset of the elitist, and the teachings of a man whose political insight was damaged, Leo Strauss, and his followers so firmly implanted in the Bush administration, set the stage to influence every corner of the Bush mania. They created the mix and the primary ingredient, the excuse to attack some country in the mid east. Iraq had always been the country of choice, but the Unocal Oil Pipe line, became the first priority. Just as quickly as we went into Afghanistan we made an about face and went into Iraq We stopped looking for Bin Laden because our intelligence knew he had died on December 16, 2001, but he was still of use even in his

J.D. Salinger, Author of “The Catcher in the Rye,” Dies at 91

Posted on 1/28/2010 @ 10:30 PM in #People by Brendan 12 0 comments

J.D. Salinger, author of the classic “The Catcher in the Rye,” has died at the age of 91 from what is being called natural causes.Gaining almost as much notoriety for his reclusive nature as for literary work Salinger spent decades living in near isolation in his remote home in Cornish, New Hampshire. He had refused to give interviews for the past thirty years and hadn’t published a new piece of literature in nearly fifty years.Despite Salinger’s desire to slip away from the public eye he remained a central figure in literature due in large part to a character he introduced in a short story entitled “Slight Rebellion off Madison.” That character, Holden Caulfield, would reappear in Salinger’s “The Catcher in the Rye” and he quickly became the symbol of the teenage protagonist and rebellion.While Salinger never intended for his most famous work to be embraced by teenagers the book has become a standard piece of literature in high school English classes###Click here for morePeople NewsAbout WooEBWooEB Community

Remains Confirmed to be of Morgan Harrington

Posted on 1/28/2010 @ 10:30 PM in #People by Brendan 12 0 comments

Authorities have confirmed remains found on a Virginia farm Tuesday are those of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington.Harrington, 20, disappeared from a Metallica concert in Charlottesville on October 17.Her remains were found in a field on Anchorage Farm by the farm’s owner David Bass. Authorities have not determined how Harrington died.###Click here for morePeople NewsAbout WooEBWooEB Community is a business, music andsocial networking community. WooEB provides members with a wealth of applications that enable them to create an in-depth profile within the community. Profiles include an About Me, Background and Lifestyle, Videos, Photo sharing, News, Music, Blogs, unique URL and networking with other members inside the WooEB community. WooEB provides ADit to each member providing them the opportunity to have an exclusive profile (no outside advertising) displaying only banner ads they upload to their pages. Members can run their own ads or give or sell their ad space to advertisers at prices the

Remains Confirmed to be of Morgan Harrington

Posted on 1/28/2010 @ 12:46 PM in #People by Brendan 12 0 comments

Authorities have confirmed remains found on a Virginia farm Tuesday are those of missing Virginia Tech student Morgan Harrington.Harrington, 20, disappeared from a Metallica concert in Charlottesville on October 17.Her remains were found in a field on Anchorage Farm by the farm’s owner David Bass. Authorities have not determined how Harrington died.###Click here for morePeople NewsAbout WooEBWooEB Community is a business, music andsocial networking community. WooEB provides members with a wealth of applications that enable them to create an in-depth profile within the community. Profiles include an About Me, Background and Lifestyle, Videos, Photo sharing, News, Music, Blogs, unique URL and networking with other members inside the WooEB community. WooEB provides ADit to each member providing them the opportunity to have an exclusive profile (no outside advertising) displaying only banner ads they upload to their pages. Members can run their own ads or give or sell their ad space to advertisers at prices the