Pandora BeadsST. PETERSBURG, Fla (Reuters) - Professional wrestling great "Macho Man" Randy Savage died of heart disease and not from injuries sustained in a car crash near his Florida home, authorities said on Thursday. The 58-year-old wrestler, whose legal name was Randy Mario Poffo, became unresponsive on May 20 while driving his Jeep Wrangler, which left the roadway and crashed into a tree in Seminole on Florida's west coast. An autopsy by the Medical Examiner's Office revealed he had an enlarged heart with hardened coronary arteries.
Pandora JewelryHe suffered only minor cuts and bruises in the accident, the examiner found. The manner of death was ruled as natural. Once a minor league baseball player, the wrestler rose to fame as "Macho Man" in the 1980s. He was known for his husky voice, flashy costumes and "Ooh, yeah!" catch phrase. Under contract with the WWE from 1985 to 1993, Savage sparred against Hulk Hogan and Ricky "The Dragon" Steamboat. He clinched two WWE Championships, two World Heavyweight Championships, and held a 14-month reign as Intercontinental Champion. Cheap Pandora Jewelry
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - A man who tried to break into Paris Hilton's house while wielding two large knives was sentenced to two years in prison on Wednesday. Nathan Lee Parada, 32, has already spent about 10 months behind bars since being arrested at the socialite's Los Angeles home last August. Hilton posted a photo on her Twitter page of police outside her house and a man in handcuffs. She wrote, "just got woken up to a guy trying to break into my house holding 2 big knifes (sic)." Parada was convicted of one count of attempted first-degree residential burglary in April after jurors spent less than an hour deciding his fate. He faced a three-year term. Pandora Charms
Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Michael Kellogg recommended that he receive mental health counseling while in prison. MSNBC has suspended political analyst and Time magazine writer Mark Halperin indefinitely over a remark he made about President Obama Thursday morning. "Mark Halperin's comments this morning were completely inappropriate and unacceptable," said MSNBC spokesman Jeremy Gaines in a statement. "We apologize to the President, the White House and all of our viewers. Pandora Bracelets
We strive for a high level of discourse and comments like these have no place on our air." Appearing on "Morning Joe" this morning, Halperin, senior political analyst at Time and MSNBC and co-author of the 2008 election opus "Game Change," sought to characterize the president's demeanor at a press briefing the previous day. You can watch the video below--though the term Halperin uses to characterize the president is vulgar, as the partial transcript after the jump will also show: "Are we on the seven-second delay?" Halperin asked. "We have it. We can use it. Go for it. Let's see what happens," co-anchor Joe Scarborough replied. Cheap Pandora Charms
"I thought he was a dick yesterday," Halperin replied, sending the hosts into a brief moment of panic. Halperin apologized later on in the show and issued his own mea culpa hours later via MSNBC. "I completely agree with everything in MSNBC's statement about my remark," he said. "I believe that the step they are taking in response is totally appropriate. Again, I want to offer a heartfelt and profound apology to the President, to my MSNBC colleagues, and to the viewers.
Pandora Earrings SilverMy remark was unacceptable, and I deeply regret it." You can watch a clip of Halperin's apology here: Halperin is the latest in a string of MSNBC suspensions this past year. Scarborough himself was suspended last November for violating the network's campaign contribution policy, as was Keith Olbermann, who left MSNBC several months later. Pandora Earrings
More recently, Ed Schultz was suspended in May for calling pundit Laura Ingraham a "slut." And former MSNBC dayside host David Schuster also got a suspension in 2008 for complaining that Hillary Clinton had "pimped out" her daughter, Chelsea, on the presidential campaign trail. UPDATE 12:30 pm: Time also has issued a statement reprimanding Halperin: "Mark Halperin's comments on air this morning were inappropriate and in no way reflective of TIME's views. We have issued a warning to him that such behavior is unacceptable."
Pandora CharmsA 45-year-old man has been charged over comments allegedly posted on a social networking site about the murder of Constable Ronan Kerr. Constable Kerr, 25, was killed when a device exploded as he drove his car from his home in Omagh on 2 April. The man was arrested in Cookstown on Wednesday and charged with distributing material that was threatening or offensive. He is to appear at Dungannon Magistrates Court on 22 July. The 45-year-old was charged under the Malicious Communications Act. A condition of the police bail is that he is not allowed to use a computer. A man is dead and three others, including a 12-year-old, are injured after a three-car pileup on Auckland motorway last night. The New Zealand Herald reported the accident happened in a south-bound lane near the Khyber Pass on-ramp just before 9pm.
Pandora BraceletsThe Fire Service had to retrieve the 52-year-old man’s body from his car, which had rolled in the accident. The two injured adults, one in a serious condition, were taken to Auckland Hospital and the 12-year-old, who also has serious injuries, was taken to Starship Hospital. Police closed a section of the motorway for more than two hours to carry out investigations which caused traffic to come to a standstill. The backlog eventually cleared. FRAMINGHAM — A group of at least eight men attacked a Phelps Road man who asked them to quiet down and stop smoking pot near his home Tuesday night, a prosecutor said yesterday in Framingham District Court.
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and some friends went to Phelps Road, where they were smoking pot and making a lot of noise, Noto Palmieri said. A man came out of his home and told them to move along. "The group attacked him," said Noto Palmieri. "They used a tire iron and a long pipe." One of the group hit the man's wife when she came out of the home, she said. A neighbor who came to help tackled DaSilva, and despite being hit several times himself, held onto him as the other attackers fled, Noto Palmieri said.
Pandora Earrings SilverThe other men crashed and abandoned at least one of their cars, a Honda, on Loker Street, police spokesman Lt. Ron Brandolini said. DaSilva claimed he hit the man in self-defense. "(DaSilva) said he reached into the car, grabbed the tire iron and struck (the man) on the head at least five times and three more times on his back," Noto Palmieri said. DaSilva is charged with assault with the intent to kill, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and assault and battery.
pandora sets The prosecutor asked Judge Yee to hold DaSilva on $15,000 bail. Also, she asked that DaSilva be required to wear a GPS monitoring bracelet and not go to Phelps Road if he posts bail. "A significant cash bail is necessary. There are likely to be additional charges against this defendant and the other defendants, once they're identified," Noto Palmieri said. Other charges could include mayhem and assault and battery causing serious bodily injury, she said.
Pandora Charms On SaleDaSilva's lawyer, Michael Brennan, asked for $2,500 bail. He said DaSilva was born and raised in Framingham and his entire family lives in town, so he was not a flight risk. "He's not going anywhere," Brennan said. Brennan also said the man who was struck threatened to kill DaSilva and his friends and "he believed he was in danger." Yee set DaSilva's bail at $7,500 and ordered him to wear a GPS ankle monitor if released. DaSilva is due back in court on July 26 for a pretrial conference. Pandora Charms Bracelets
PITTSBURGH (AP) — A jury on Tuesday imposed the death penalty against a Pittsburgh man who gunned down three police officers in 2009, prompting dozens of officers who gathered in a courthouse hallway to erupt in applause and tears as prosecutors and the victims' relatives emerged from the courtroom. The jury had convicted Richard Poplawski, 24, on Saturday of three counts of first-degree murder, and 25 lesser crimes, for shooting the officers on April 4, 2009, after Poplawski's mother called 911 when an argument escalated about his puppies urinating on the floor. Poplawski surrendered more than three hours later, largely because he was bleeding from a leg wound inflicted during an exchange of fire with one of the officers, but not before peppering SWAT officers with fire from his 12-gauge shotgun, .357 Magnum and AK-47 assault rifle. "This was an opportunity for them to see the face of Richard Poplawski which, for us. Pandora Charms Bracelets
was the face of evil," Assistant Chief Paul Donaldson said of the rank-and-file officers outside the courtroom. Jurors spent about 90 minutes deliberating whether to sentence Poplawski to death or life in prison without parole for killing Paul Sciullo II, 36, Stephen Mayhle, 29, and Eric Kelly, 41. Afterward, sheriff's deputies guarded the slain officers' family members, who told the media through the district attorney's office that they did not wish to comment. Despite that, Clarence Peays, Kelly's brother-in-law, spoke briefly with The Associated Press, saying he thought the swift verdict sent a message. Cheap Pandora Jewelry
"It shows me that the evidence was overwhelming," he said. Peays, 48, said he believed justice was served and his healing is ongoing. "It's going to take time to have closure, but with time it will heal," he said. The death sentences mean Poplawski will immediately be taken to a death row cell until the governor signs a warrant for him to die by lethal injection, although appeals in such cases typically delay executions for years. Public defender Lisa Middleman said she anticipated Poplawski will appeal but declined to say what issues she may raise. "The trial was so long and there were so many issues. I want to wait to read the transcript," before settling on appeal issues, she said. Before the jurors deliberated, Poplawski's attorney for the penalty phase of the trial, William Brennan, asked them to focus on the gunman's dysfunctional home life and suggested that the rampant distrust some people have for government these days, combined with Poplawski's arsenal, might have created a "a tremendously horrible perfect storm. Pandora Jewelry
" Poplawski's mother, Margaret, held tightly to a wooden railing in front of her, trembling slightly, red-faced and teary-eyed as Common Pleas Judge Jeffrey Manning read the jury's verdict formally into the record. She left the courtroom before Manning finished addressing the jury. The jurors had been instructed to impose the death penalty if they believed the aggravating circumstances of the crime — multiple killings, police victims and others gravely endangered by the gunfire — outweighed the mitigating factors Brennan tried to prove using testimony from 11 defense witnesses, most of them Poplawski's relatives. Brennan argued that Poplawski's age and lack of criminal record were two such factors, with his troubled family life a third key.
Pandora Charms"To say he had a bad childhood is like the biggest understatement I've ever seen," he said. The witnesses generally agreed that the sole stable, loving influence in Poplawski's life was his maternal grandmother, Catherine Scott, whose nickname Poplawski wrote in his own blood on a bedroom wall the day of the murders. Brennan tried to suggest that Poplawski was warped by having grandfather Charles Scott as his "sole male role model" after Poplawski's parents divorced when he was a toddler. Catherine Scott's three sisters and other relatives testified that Charles Scott drank a case of beer daily and was a racist who threatened people with guns, frequently fought and was especially abusive toward the women in his life, raping one of his sisters-in-law and cruelly treating his daughter. Pandora Earrings
Poplawski's mother. Charles Scott, who died earlier this year, once shot two telephones his wife tried to use to call for help during one argument, and also shot up her textbooks when she tried to get a GED diploma, which he opposed, according to the witnesses. Margaret Poplawski developed a history of psychological problems. Pandora Beads
which the relatives attributed to her father, has a drinking problem and has attempted suicide several times, according to the testimony she sat through silently next to her mother. That resulted in Margaret Poplawski's largely loveless relationship with her son, who called her "Maggie," not "Mom," since he was an adolescent, according to his family. "I've never seen her kiss him or put her arms around and show any kind of affection for him," said Joanne Duffy, Poplawski's great-aunt and the sister-in-law who testified that Charles Scott raped her. Allegheny County Deputy District Attorney Mark Tranquilli blunted much of the testimony about Charles Scott by getting witnesses to acknowledge his most violent behavior happened before Poplawski was born or when the youngster was not around. Tranquilli also noted Scott suffered a debilitating brain injury when Poplawski was about 10 and had little ability to influence the boy after that. Pandora Bracelets
The jury apparently agreed with Tranquilli, who argued Poplawski's age was a non-issue because he cruelly killed three people when he was 22, four years older than some men are when they die in the military. As to Poplawski's previously "clean" record, Tranquilli told the jury: "Richard Poplawski at age 22 1/2 committed more crimes in one day than most people commit in a lifetime. Why does it make it less terrible that he saved it up for one big hurrah?" Instead, Tranquilli contrasted Poplawski's fatherless home life with that of one of his victims, Eric Kelly, and the testimony the slain officer's mother, Frances Kelly. Pandora Charms
gave Monday when she talked about raising him alone in a crime-ridden city housing project. Frances Kelly said, "Just because you grow up in a bad environment doesn't mean you have to become part of that environment," Tranquilli said. "Richard Poplawski could have learned a lesson from Frances Kelly." Tranquilli finished by paying tribute to the victim's families: "I don't think any of this would have been possible without the quiet grace of the Sciullo family, the Mayhle family and the Kelly family." Manning scheduled sentencing for Sept. 6 on the rest of Poplawski's charges — including nine counts each of attempted murder and assault on a law officer stemming from other police he fired upon. Cheap Pandora Charms
HAVANA (AP) — Cuban state television aired a series of photos Tuesday evening showing a convalescing Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez meeting with Fidel Castro two weeks after undergoing urgent surgery on the island. The nightly newscast said the encounter took place in the morning and the two longtime friends "reminisced about the past" in the company of family members. Chavez seemed healthy and animated as he talked and smiled alongside Castro in what appeared to be the patio and living room of a house. Both leaders wore track suits, as they did in other pictures taken June 17. tiffany necklace
Between the still photos, state TV briefly aired some live video of Chavez as well. Cuban television did not say when Chavez might return to Venezuela. The normally loquacious Venezuelan president underwent surgery in Cuba two weeks ago and has been unusually quiet since then. Officials said it was for a pelvic abscess, an accumulation of pus that can have various causes, including infection or surgical complications.
Chavez's silence and seclusion since then spurred growing speculation in Venezuela and elsewhere that he might be seriously ill, but allies of the leftist leader inisisted he was firmly in control of the country and recovering from the operation. An outbreak of salmonella poisoning in salad sprouts has sickened 21 people in the United States but is not connected to the German E. coli outbreak, health authorities said Tuesday. tiffany outlet
The illnesses arose between April 12 and June 7 and so far have spanned five states. Three people have been hospitalized and no deaths have been reported, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said in a statement. "A total of 21 persons with the outbreak strain of Salmonella Enteritidis have been reported from five states: Idaho (three), Montana (seven), North Dakota (one), New Jersey (one) and Washington (nine)," the CDC said. The salmonella is believed to originate in alfalfa sprouts and spicy sprouts. tiffany men's necklace
An outbreak of killer E. coli blamed on organic vegetable sprouts grown in northern Germany, has killed 48 people and sickened 3,900, German health authorities have said. All the fatalities were in Germany, except for a woman in Sweden who died after being infected in Germany. One death in the US state of Arizona by a person who had traveled to Germany is under investigation, but has not been confirmed as linked to the German outbreak, the CDC said last week. tiffany necklace silver
Lennar 2Q profit falls but tops Wall St. forecast LOS ANGELES – Lennar Corp. rendered its verdict on the spring home-selling season on Thursday, saying an expected sales rally in what is traditionally the peak period for home sales simply didn't happen. The homebuilder's fiscal second-quarter home deliveries fell 8 percent from a year ago, while new home orders were flat. Its profit fell 65 percent against prior-year results that were buoyed by a big tax benefit. tiffany rings
The sales declines were not as bad as Wall Street had anticipated and less severe than what several other large builders have reported of late, but do little to counter the fact that housing has gotten off to a disappointing track this year. On Thursday, the Commerce Department reported that sales of new homes in the U.S. fell 2.1 percent in May to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 319,000 homes — well below the 700,000 homes a year that economists say must be sold to sustain a healthy housing market. tiffany earrings
The National Association of Home Builders, the industry's trade association, now projects sales of new homes will be down this year versus 2010, when sales sank to the lowest level on records going back nearly 50 years. Still, Lennar CEO Stuart Miller said that while the spring home-selling season "simply did not materialize, it is beginning to feel like the worst days of the housing market are getting behind us." The executive noted that customer traffic has continued to improve and that, in almost all of its divisions, there are strong pockets of activity. Even so, Miller cautioned that a housing recovery isn't around the corner. tiffany bracelet
"Make no mistake, stabilization and recovery will continue to be a slow and rocky process as traffic and desire have not yet translated into strong actual sales," Miller said. "These are, though, the first signs that repair of the market is upon us." The lackluster sales trends didn't keep Lennar from turning a profit for the fifth consecutive quarter. Miller said he's confident the company is well-positioned for 2011 to be a profitable year. Lennar's shares added 27 cents, or 1.5 percent, to $18.37 in afternoon trading. tiffany necklace
Homebuilders got an assist last year from federal tax credits that spurred sales industry wide through the end of April of 2010, when the government incentive expired. The tax credits pulled demand forward, and sales tanked for much of the rest of the year. This year, encouraged by improved U.S. job numbers this spring, homebuilders expected to see a more traditional sales burst. But while traffic has been up, it hasn't necessarily translated into sales as in previous years. tiffany necklace silver
Potential buyers are plagued by high unemployment, strict lending standards and fears that home prices will plunge again. How the new-home market fares is a key factor in the health of the U.S. economy, because each new home creates, on average, the equivalent of three jobs for a year and generates about $90,000 in taxes paid to local and federal authorities, by some estimates. tiffany men's necklace
Lennar, which is based in Miami, said it earned $13.8 million, or 7 cents per share, for the three months ended May 31. That compares with $39.7 million, or 21 cents per share, a year ago. The prior-year period included an income tax benefit of $11 million, or 6 cents per share. Analysts expected earnings of 4 cents per share, according to analysts surveyed by FactSet. Lennar's revenue fell 6 percent to $764.5 million from $814.5 million. That still topped Wall Street's $644 million forecast.
tiffany necklace white gold The company's Rialto Investments unit, which buys distressed real estate investments, saw its operating earnings climb to $9.8 million from $5.1 million. Home deliveries slipped to 2,682 homes, while new orders totaled 3,204 homes. Analysts, on average, had expected Lennar to report a 2.8 percent decline in new home orders for the quarter and a drop of 19.3 percent in delivered homes, according to FactSet.
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Pandora NecklaceSpecial Police Robbery unit targets Curtin University attacks A DEDICATED detective unit is trying to combat a surge in robberies in the Kensington area in recent months, particularly against young students from Curtin University. Police have today revealed that the 10 person dedicated unit has been running since the start of May. During that time about 75 robberies have been carried out in the Cannington, Belmont and Bentley areas, resulting in about 40 arrests.
Pandora Charms OnlineSeventy per cent of these robberies are happening at night time, while 75 per cent of them are being carried out on people walking alone. Overnight, a Korean tourist was robbed at knifepoint in Bentley. It follows a spate of armed robberies near Curtin University in recent weeks. Officer in charge of Kensington Detectives Detective Senior Sergeant Chris Adams said in most cases Asian students had been the victims of the robberies.
Pandora Beads CharmsStart of sidebar. Skip to end of sidebar. End of sidebar. Return to start of sidebar. Newsletter Signup But he said he did not believe the Asian students were being “specifically targeted.” “They are targeted simply from an opportunistic point of view, not because of any particular demographic,” Det Snr Sgt Adams said. Many of those who were being targeted however were “unaware of their surroundings” because they were listening to music on their phones and I-Pods before being robbed.
Pandora Charms for bracelets“They are carrying their music around with them, they are listening to it by their earphones and they are not aware of their surroundings,” he said. “That obviously attracts a potential offender to get close to the victim without their knowledge.” Det Snr Sgt Adams “strongly recommended” members of the public not listen to their music with their earphones, particularly at night time.
Pandora Earrings He said the dedicated team, known as Operation Orcas, in conjunction with local police would continue to “step up” patrols near Curtin University to clamp down on the robberies. The thug who robbed the Korean woman last night grabbed her handbag and after a short struggle he pulled a knife and threatened her with it, fleeing shortly after with the handbag. He is described as 190cm tall, dark skinned, aged in his mid 20s and is of a slim build. He was wearing a full length winter jacket and a baseball cap. Anybody with any information is asked to call Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. Pandora Earrings Silver