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Celebrity REAL or RUMOR: Eva Pregnancy and R.E.M. Singer’s Jury Duty

No, Desperate Housewives’ Eva Longoria-Parker isn’t expecting a baby. Rather, she says she’s just bloated. Or at least she was when paparazzi snapped a shot of her that has been making the rounds on the Internet under the headline: “Eva’s Pregnant!” You’ve got to love a star who denies a pregnancy rumor by insisting that the little extra bulge around her belly is just extra helpings of home cooking and not evidence of impending motherhood. “I’ve been cooking and eating, cooking and eating. I keep telling everyone that I’ve gained 10 pounds just being on strike,” Longoria-Parker told a band … Continue reading →

‘Heroes’ Love and Mistrial for Spector

“Heroes” cuties Hayden Panettiere and Milo Ventimiglia have denied a romance, but the rumors certainly have been circulating that these two have a little something something going on between them. Both have strongly denied a love connection between the just turned 18 actress and the 30 year old actor. Even co-star James Kyson Lee, who plays Ando on the hit show, has said, “the rumor is not true.” So what started all this talk of amour? There is a video that some clown obviously took on his cell phone that shows the two – gasp – dancing and even at … Continue reading →

Rodney King Dead at 47 – Part 2

Yesterday, I was blogging about Rodney King, an unlikely civil rights figure who died yesterday at the age of 47. In 1991, King was pulled over by LAPD and savagely beaten by four police officers. They were charged, but three were acquitted and one’s trial ended in a deadlock. With a community upset by the trial results, riots exploded in Los Angeles. There was looting, burning, and attacks. After a plea from King himself (“People, I just want to say, can we all get along?”) and the Army National Guard and Marines were sent in, the violence finally ended. At … Continue reading →

Rodney King Dead at 47 – Part 1

Remember Rodney King? In the early ‘90s, he helped us see that social unrest was still alive and well in America. King died yesterday at the age of 47. He was found in the bottom of his pool, but the official cause of death may not be known for weeks. On the night of March 3, 1991, King saw blue lights in his rear view mirror while driving down Interstate 210 in Los Angeles. While most people would pull over for LAPD, King decided to drive a bit as he had been drinking, he was speeding, and a DUI would … Continue reading →

Family Wins Malpractice Lawsuit

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A family in California filed a malpractice lawsuit against their OBGYN doctor and the hospital that their child was born in. The baby suffered brain damage during birth that led to the development of cerebral palsy. A jury decided in favor of the family. Andrew and Jennifer Blunt, who live in California, were expecting a child. When it was time for the baby to be born, Jennifer was in Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center. The physician who helped Jennifer to give birth was Dr. Kurt Haupt. Unfortunately, things went wrong while the baby was being born. According to lawyer Nicholas … Continue reading →

October 24th is Food Day

Tomorrow is Food Day. What is Food Day you might ask. Food Day was instituted by the Center for Science in the Public Interest (CSPI). The day was established 34 years ago, but has been on a hiatus. However, now reinstated, the CSPI hopes to raise awareness of how our food supply has become industrialized. CSPI also hopes people will see that many of us have unhealthy diets. But, on the upside, the CSPI hopes to show people that they can eat a healthier diet that is also part of a sustainable food system. I know that I can see … Continue reading →

Lying for the One You Love

Well, apparently lying to protect your kid from death row is not such a bad thing after all. Leave it to the uber-dysfunctional Anthony family to show the world that perjuring yourself in a high-profile court case has its privileges. According to news reports, the prosecutor’s office in Orange County, Florida, is letting Casey Anthony’s mother Cindy off the hook. Earlier today the state attorney’s office announced that Caylee Anthony’s beloved grandma will not face perjury charges for testimony she gave during Casey’s murder trial. You’ll recall that Cindy initially told police she did not search for the word “chloroform” … Continue reading →

Communicating with an Infant with Hearing Loss

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According to the March of Dimes, 3 in 1,000 babies each year are born with congenital hearing loss or deafness. This hearing loss can be caused by genetic and non-genetic factors. Genetic factors are thought to cause up to 50 percent of hearing loss in infants and young children due to the mutations of as many as 400 genes. Non-genetic causes include illness or injury such as rubella during the mother’s pregnancy. In many cases, the cause of an infant’s hearing loss is unknown. If your baby has been diagnosed with hearing loss or deafness you may be frightened about … Continue reading →

Divorces for Usher and Barry Bonds

Just four short months after wife Tameka suffered cardiac arrest in Brazil reportedly during plastic surgery, Usher has filed for divorce. He filed the petition in Superior Court in Atlanta on Friday. The couple married in August 2007 after cancelling their July wedding. That November, the couple’s first son Usher Raymond V, was born. Tameka gave birth to their second son, Naviyd, last December. Many speculated that the cardiac arrest was due to having plastic surgery too soon after the birth of a child. A source told PEOPLE magazine that the couple had been leading separate lives for months. That … Continue reading →

Phil Spector Found Guilty of Second Degree Murder

I always think of Phil Spector as the Howard Hughes of music – incredibly talented and innovative, yet eccentric and reclusive. I always wondered how the same man who created the now famous “Wall of Sound” could also be the same one that reportedly kept wife Ronnie (of the Ronettes) captive in their home and waved a handgun at John Lennon. Now, he has been found guilty of second degree murder. In case you’ve forgotten the whole story (it has been dragging on since 2003), Spector was charged with the shooting death of actress/hostess Lana Clarkson. Clarkson, 40, had met … Continue reading →