Billy Mays Died from Cocaine Use! August 7, 2009

Wow!

An autopsy report issued Friday by Hillsborough County, Florida, cites cocaine as a contributing factor in the death of TV pitchman Billy Mays, who died in June at age 50.

“Mays died from a lethal arrhythmia of the heart caused by hypertensive and arteriosclerotic heart disease,” the county said in a statement attributed to Dr. Leszek Chrostowski, the associate medical examiner who conducted the autopsy.

“He further concluded that cocaine use caused or contributed to the development of his heart disease, and therefore contributed to his death,” it added.

The fact that toxicology tests detected only breakdown products of cocaine, not the drug itself, led Chrostowski to conclude that Mays had used cocaine “in the few days prior to death but not immediately prior to death.”

The autopsy also found low concentrations of ethyl alcohol “consistent with social consumption of a few beverages” as well as the narcotic drugs hydrocodone, oxycodone and tramadol. Mays had prescriptions for the drugs — which were found in therapeutic or subtherapeutic concentrations — to ease hip pain.

In addition, the tests found evidence of two tranquilizers — alprazolam (Xanax) and diazepam (Valium) — which are commonly prescribed for a variety of ailments, including anxiety and insomnia. Both drugs were determined to be in therapeutic or subtherapeutic concentrations.

Mays was found dead at his home near Tampa on June 28.

Women Drinking & Driving! August 6, 2009

Women are drinking more in the U.S, according to statistics, and drunk driving arrest among women are arising rapidly while falling among men!

Although men are still responsible for more drunk driving cases, the numbers between men and women are narrowing.

One reason is that women are feeling more pressure now from work and home, and they are driving more because of it.  And these aren’t just the girls you think.. I.e.. the Paris Hilton’s and Lindsay Lohans… These girls are Women who are Mother’s with children in their cars?!

After the recent report of the drunk and high mother who killed her two kids in an accident, along with herself and 3 other people in a head on collision, people are speaking out more about it.

To give you some numbers… Women’s cases of drunk driving have risen 28 % since 1998 while mens numbers have fallen 7 %.

Hope all this talk brings the numbers down soon!

Womb-raid Baby Alive: Murderer Arrested July 30, 2009

The baby girl ’stolen’ from the womb has been found alive and well two days after her mother’s body was discovered in a wardrobe.

Darlene Haynes had been four weeks from giving birth when she was killed and her unborn daughter cut from her body.

Last night Miss Haynes’s former neighbour Julie Corey appeared in court by videolink from a New Hampshire prison after allegedly trying to pass off the infant as her own.

The disturbed that is Julie Corey, in cuffs.

The 35-year-old was remanded in custody on one charge of fleeing justice, pending further police investigations.

Corey was arrested at a homeless shelter in Plymouth, New Hampshire, after staff and friends became suspicious of her claim that she had just given birth to the little girl, whom she called Alida.

One member of staff said Corey was ‘obviously not a well woman’ and had become agitated when confronted.

‘She said a child had been taken from her before, and it’s not going to happen again,’ the staff member added.

Darlene Haynes, the mother killed for her baby/fetus.

The baby, who had already been named Sheila Marie by her excited mother, was under medical surveillance in hospital last night and was said by doctors to be in ‘fairly good health’.

A police spokesman said: ‘This was the best case scenario out of this tragedy, that we have a little girl who appears to be healthy.’

Sheila Marie was believed to have been cut from the womb six days previously in a grisly assault which came to light only on Monday when her mother’s corpse was found wrapped in a quilt and bundled in a wardrobe at her apartment in Worcester, Massachusetts.

Miss Haynes, 23, had not been seen since last Thursday, when neighbour Fran Oswell, 62, says she heard her crying out, ‘Leave me alone. Stop it’ and screaming in pain.

Miss Haynes had been friendly with Corey, who claimed to be expecting a baby of her own, which was due four weeks before Miss Haynes’s.

It was unclear yesterday how Corey’s pregnancy had ended  -  or, indeed, if there had ever been one.

On Wednesday, she turned up at the shelter in Plymouth after apparently going on the run with Sheila Marie and a male friend, Alex Dion, 27.

Police said Corey showed no physical signs of having given birth, as she claimed, and that she had been unable to breastfeed the child when asked.

Miss Haynes had three other children aged five, three and 18 months, all of whom were being raised by relatives prior to her death.

She was estranged from Sheila Marie’s father, Roberto Rodriguez, 24, with whom she had endured a violent relationship, even taking out a restraining order against him last month alleging that he had had ‘homicidal thoughts’ against her and had thrown her on to a glass coffee table.

But he told reporters after his ex-lover’s murder: ‘I’m devastated. What kind of monster would do that?’

Miss Haynes’ distraught aunt, Sandra Grandmaison, said that the safe discovery of Sheila Marie was ‘the best news we could have gotten’ after the tragedy of the family’s loss. The killer, she said, should spend the rest of their life in jail.

‘You’re taking about a poor little girl who will never get to know her mother,’ she said.

‘Darlene can never celebrate her children’s birthday, Christmas, graduation. It’s not fair. Her life was taken.’

It Only Took Lindsay Lohan 11 Hours.. July 30, 2009

…for her to look like this shit.  Ew.  Stop smoking cigs and crack LL because you look like shit.  P.S.. we would normally file her under “Movies” or “Music” but seeing as her career is in the dumps, we choose “Sick!” and “RIP.”

Pregnant Woman Found Dead, Fetus Taken From Womb, Found Alive July 29, 2009

This undated photo released by a family member shows Darlene Haynes, 23, who was found dead in her Worcester, Mass., apartment Monday, July 27, 2009, with her fetus cut from her womb, Police were trying to find the missing baby Wednesday, which they said could have survived.

WORCESTER, Mass. — Police in central Massachusetts say a baby girl who was cut from her mother’s womb has been found alive and two people have been arrested in the woman’s killing.

Police said Wednesday the girl appears to be in fair health at a New Hampshire hospital.

Thirty-five-year-old Julie Corey and an unidentified man have been arrested in New Hampshire after friends said they were suspicious of Corey’s claims she had given birth. Corey has been charged as a fugitive from justice.

Corey was in custody and could not be reached for comment late Wednesday. Police did not know whether she had a lawyer.

The baby’s mother, Darlene Haynes, was eight months pregnant. She was found dead in her apartment Monday. The 23-year-old’s death has been ruled a homicide.

Shopaholic pensioner’s body discovered under mountain of clothes during FIFTH search of her home July 29, 2009

A shopaholic pensioner who hoarded a treasure trove of goods at her bungalow was discovered dead under a mountain of clothing.

Joan Cunnane, 77, was found beneath the clothes on a fifth search of her home.

Yesterday, an inquest heard that the compulsive shopper, who had cancer, collapsed in her bedroom from bronchial pneumonia and items had probably fallen on her from furniture after her death.

Roy Moran, a friend, said the spinster was a very private person who would not let anyone into her home.

She began her regular shopping trips 16 years ago to escape youths plaguing her street. But the habit turned into an obsession.

Mr Moran, 77, told the hearing he last saw his friend, a former BT administrator, on Christmas Day last year.

He called her twice in the following days without response so visited her bungalow in Heaton Mersey, near Stockport, on December 29.

A side door was ajar and Mr Moran pushed it open with difficulty because of items behind it. He found the interior stacked from floor to ceiling with bric-a-brac, but could not see Miss Cunnane.

He visited the house on three occasions without seeing her before concerned neighbours called police on January 6.

An initial search of the bungalow was unsuccessful due to the huge amount of property there.

Police returned on January 7 to conduct a second search, when her body was discovered. Coroner John Pollard recorded a verdict of death by natural causes at the inquest in Stockport.

Yikes! Tanning Beds As Deadly July 28, 2009

International cancer experts have moved tanning beds and other sources of ultraviolet radiation into the top cancer risk category, deeming them as deadly as arsenic and mustard gas. For years, scientists have described tanning beds and ultraviolet radiation as “probable carcinogens.”

Farrah Fawcett Leaves 5 Million to Son July 25, 2009

Farrah Fawcett’s will shows that she left the bulk of her 5 million dollars to her son, Redmond O’Neal.

There are 2 executers of the will though to help ensure he does not blow it on drugs and destruction.

She loved Redmond more than anything and we hope he truly gets will… It would be a great legacy.

Taco Bell Dog Passes Away at 15 July 22, 2009

Sad.  RIP little girl!

Gidget, the Chihuahua from the Taco Bell ads, has passed away.  She was 15 years old.

“She made so many people happy,” says Gidget’s trainer, Sue Chipperton. PEOPLE met both Gidget and Sue at a Hollywood animals photo shoot in February, where the pup was a consummate pro and delighted the crew with her playful nature.

The mostly retired actor lived out her days laying in the sun – “I like to joke that it’s like looking after a plant,” says Chipperton – and entertaining at shoots when her trainer brought her along. “Gidget,” says Chipperton, “always knew where the camera was.”

Sad. Gay Panic Defense in King Murder July 21, 2009

As testimony got under way on Monday in the pretrial hearing for Brandon McInerney , the Ventura County teen accused of murdering openly gay classmate Lawrence King (above pic) last year, his defense attorney argued that he was provoked by same-sex romantic overtures, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Defense attorney Scott Wippert reportedly questioned a witness from the Oxnard police department sharply at one point, asking, “Did you inquire if Larry King was making sexual advances toward McInerney … you do realize he’s charged with first-degree murder? That he was provoked?”

McInerney, now 15, allegedly shot King, who was 15, at E.O. Green Junior High on February 12, 2008. Witnesses at the hearing in Ventura County superior court testified that McInerney was annoyed by romantic overtures from King, and that the accused bragged about having access to guns at home, the Los Angeles Times reported.

The hearing, expected to resume on Tuesday, will determine whether the case should go to trial.

*** We aren’t sure how to feel.  A young boy took another boy’s life.  Everyone loses.  So sad.  Checkout the clip from Ellen from earlier this year.  Touching.

Madonna Comforts Widow & Visits Hospital July 19, 2009

Madonna arrived in Marseilles today in order to ’show solidarity’ with victims of the stage collapse which left two dead, including a British technician.

The 50-year-old pop star’s sell out concert was cancelled following Thursday’s tragedy in the southern French city in which 23-year-old Charles Prow, from Leeds, lost his life.

Mr Prow had been working as a stage technician along with Frenchman Charles Criscenzo, 53, who was also killed when a giant roof fell on top of them from 50ft.

Madonna, who is in the middle of her Sticky and Sweet world tour, said: ‘Let’s all just take a moment to say a prayer for Charles Criscenzo and Charlie Prow.

‘Our hearts go out to their family and loved ones.’

Dressed in black and wearing a crucifix, the sombre star embraced the widow of Mr Criscenzo after making bedside visits to the eight workers remaining in hospital.

Prosecutors have opened a manslaughter investigation following claims that one of the cranes being used to lift the giant structure was faulty.

A stadium worker said: ‘Normally four cranes are used to lift temporary roofs, but on this occasion only three were being used. It was a recipe for disaster.’

And now Madonna has added her support to the enquiry, traveling to Marseilles to ‘meet as many of those involved as possible.’

‘She wants to make a positive gesture,’ said a spokesman for the 60,000 seater Velodrome Stadium, where the concert had been due to take place today.

‘Madonna won’t be performing, but will be showing solidarity with the victims’ families.

She has been hugely moved by what happened, and feels very personally involved.’

Assistant prosecutor Marc Cimamonti said the criminal investigation was ‘well advance’ and prosecutions could follow.

About 50 people from a range of nationalities were working to set up the structure at the stadium, which is the home ground of the Olympic Marseilles football club.

The roof ’started shaking and collapsing’ gradually, said Marseille city councillor Maurice Di Nocera.

‘Since it did not collapse right away that allowed several people to get out,’ he added.

Sick. “Gay Panic” at it’s Finest July 13, 2009

The piece of shit to your left, Joseph Biedermann, fatally stabbed his neighbor Terrance Hauser last year, and Biedermann’s attorney Sam Adam Jr. argued that his client was acting in self-defense, saying Hauser had threatened him with unwanted sexual advances.

Apparently you kill someone and say they were gay and that they advanced you.. and it would be alright.

According to a police report, both men were drunk at the time of the attack, and Biedermann claimed that Hauser had threatened him physically.

Yeah, okay.  And it’s still okay?

Adam Jr. successfully represented R&B singer R. Kelly in his 2008 trial on child pornography charges. He also represents ex-governor of Illinois Rod Blagojevich. Apparently he is okay with defending pieces of shit.

Oh, btw, he stabbed the man, 61 times!

Matthew Shepard Foundation Says NO to Perez July 12, 2009

After Perez called Will.I.Am a faggot, has finally apologized only to say that if he was won his lawsuit against the Black Eyed Peas manager (who assaulted him), he would donate portions to the Matthew Shepard foundation.  Well, Judy Shepard shot down any prospects for a received donation!  Read Below.

The Matthew Shepard Foundation was surprised to learn this morning via media reports that blogger Perez Hilton (Mario Lavandeira) has announced he plans to donate, to our organisation, the proceeds of a lawsuit he is contesting over an altercation which has been widely reported in recent days.

We had no advance notice or contact from Mr. Hilton or his representatives regarding this proposal, nor any communication since he posted this plan to his website.

We do not know the details of the lawsuit, whether it has been filed, the nature of his claims or the likely outcome. But because the lawsuit presumably involves the physical attack prompted by Mr. Hilton’s admitted use of an anti-gay slur, the Foundation will be unable to accept any funds obtained in such a manner.

We very much appreciate the generosity of the offer to support our continuing work to memorialize Matthew through activism in defence of sexual minorities and in favour of understanding, compassion, and acceptance. But because so much of our work involves education to reduce the use of hateful language against gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered persons, or those so perceived, it would be inappropriate for us to benefit financially from circumstances in which such a verbal attack was involved.

While we applaud Mr. Hilton’s apology to the LGBT community and their loved ones for his use of such a slur, we also feel compelled to point out that use of epithets can often lead to physical violence, as it appears it may have in this case, and that the Matthew Shepard Foundation has worked for more than 10 years to bring to people’s attention the consequences of hateful or inolerant language.

Judy Shepard
Chair, MSF Governing Board

Yeah, I don’t think Perez will be putting this up on his site.  His backlash for actions continue…

Sad. Elderly Woman Found 5 Yrs Later July 3, 2009

The badly decomposed remains of an 89-year-old woman were discovered in her flat five years after she died, police revealed today.

Isabella Purves’ body was only found after a downstairs neighbour noticed water dripping through the ceiling of her tenement flat and reported it to the local council. 

Officers forced their way into her flat, fighting through the piles of unopened mail which had gathered behind her front door, before making the gruesome discovery. 

It is thought nobody noticed Miss Purves was missing as her pension was paid directly into a bank account and bills were paid by direct debit. 

Today, as detectives tried to trace the elderly woman’s relatives, neighbours, pensioners’ charities and politicians spoke of their horror over the tragic case, which one described as a glaring example of the country’s fractured society.