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Family awarded $16.5 million for wrongful death in ‘Hold your Wee for a Wii’ contest

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Way back in January of 2007, we[Engadget] reported on the Strange family, who were suing Sacramento radio station KDND-FM for the wrongful death of Jennifer Strange, who was found dead in her home after competing in a contest to try to win a Nintendo Wii. The contest — “Hold Your Wee for a Wii” — involved seeing who could drink the most water without urinating, and Jennifer, who did not win, left the studio and later died

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15-year-old girl gang rape victim is attacked for drinking

Posted on November 1, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

It was only a matter of time before the victim-blaming began in the Richmond High School gang rape case. You might think the brutality of the assault would pacify rape apologists — after all, a 15-year-old was attacked after the homecoming dance at her high school in Richmond, Calif., for more than two hours by several males while two-dozen bystanders looked on, some laughing and taking pictures; she was so severely beaten she had to be airlifted to the hospital in critical condition

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Judge rules Feds can search e-mail without notice

Posted on October 31, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

No matter how much of our personal lives exist in e-mail services such as Gmail, a U.S. District Court judge says if the government takes a look at your e-mail. The opinion by federal judge Michael Mosman, handed down in Portland, Oregon, involves a case in which the government has probable cause for a search and asked Google to provide nine months of a Gmail subscriber's e-mails, seeking evidence of the crime.

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Police: Up to 20 people witnessed gang rape

Posted on October 28, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

RICHMOND, Calif.

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Miami Fashion Going Ballistic

Posted on October 27, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Miamians pride themselves on having an outfit for every occasion, but we’ve all been trying to solve that problem of looking snazzy while in a gunfight. Problem solved

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Court Documents Detail Bernie Madoff’s New Low Life Behind Bars

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

A cushy country club style prison was not in the cards for Bernie Maddoff, to the delight of just about everyone who hoped his quality of life would take a major nosedive. We’ve got the details and it’s not pretty.

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Ali Wise Confident These Crazy Stalking Charges Won’t Hurt Her Career

Posted on October 21, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Pretty blond fashion PR women can get away with anything—except being charged with surreptitiously hacking the voicemails of multiple romantic rivals in a fit of jealous insanity. That’s not a good “PR Play,” it turns out

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Raj Rajaratnam’s Awesome Insider Trading Adventure

Posted on October 19, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Bernie Madoff is the financial criminal of the past . Billionaire hedge fund chief Raj Rajaratnam is the financial criminal of the moment! Slick back your hair, watch Wall Street , and forget Ponzi schemes— insider trading is back, big time! Raj Rajaratnam is the co-founder of the hedge fund Galleon Group.

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Colorado Cops Say Balloon Boy Fiasco Wasn’t a Hoax

Posted on October 16, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

The local sheriff in Ft. Collins, Colo., is defending the Heene family, saying at a press conference that he doesn’t think Richard and Mayumi Heene were faking their emotions during yesterday’s ordeal. Larimer County Sheriff James Alderden just gave a press conference discussing his department’s ongoing investigation into the circumstances under which the Balloon Boy story took flight yesterday, and he clearly forecasted his conclusion that he didn’t think it was a hoax.

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Sleepless Benadryl-Crazed PR Man Just Wanted Some Wine, Officer

Posted on October 15, 2009 by Benny Hollywood| Leave a comment

Washington, DC PR man David Bass has a perfectly good explanation for why he was charged with a felony for disrupting a flight: He was all hopped up on Benadryl! He was awake traveling for five three days ! He wanted wine! Much props to David Bass —who now works with plugged-in political PR firm Qorvis, [UPDATE: Bass actually left Qorvis a couple years ago, and is now with Raptor Strategies ] after serving as deputy publisher at the Weekly Standard—for not hiding behind a “no comment.” You can see how he might be embarrassed by the fact that the FBI said he “appeared drunk and abusive on the flight, demanding alcohol and refusing flight attendants’ orders to sit down.” Bass e xplained to Politico the stunning confluence of events that led up to his totally misunderstood behavior on the flight: Bass said he wasn’t drunk on the flight, but rather had been taking Benadryl for an allergic reaction. “I didn’t see any reason why I couldn’t get a glass of wine,” he said

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