Justice Souter is Retiring the Supreme Court

At 69, Souter is much younger than either Ginsburg, 76, or Justice John Paul Stevens, 89.

Mel Gibson, Girl Friend Make First Public Appearance!

Well - it's official. Mel Gibson, the married man who created 'Passion of the Christ' and built his own church, has been dating Russian singer Oksana Grigorieva.
Mel Gibson’s Russian lover strips down to pink undies for photoshoot
http://www.buzzfeed.com/nerve/mel-gibsons-mistress-begins-the-obligatory-photo-8ft
Mel Gibson’s Russian lover strips down to pink undies for photoshoot

Senator Arlen Specter's The Road to the Democratic Party April-28 2009

After a long journey along the political spectrum Senator Specter have found his place. With the Republican strict control of their rank and file Mr. Specter did not fill comfortable and pressed the button. Now he is a Democrat senator. The question will he win the election come next one in Pennsylvania.

John C. Yoo The Torture Monsterous Craftsman

John C. Yoo, who helped provide the legal framework for harsh interrogation methods used against detainees, speaks at Chapman University on Tuesday.

Savana Redding,Strip-Searches at Schools Go to Supreme Court

Savana Redding was strip-searched in the nurse's office because a vice principal suspected she might be hiding extra-strength ibuprofen.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-stripsearch19-2009apr19,0,2354915.story

Susan Boyle

She walked onto the stage in a frumpy dress, with unwieldy hair and a stout figure, looking very much like a middle-aged Scottish woman who lives alone with her cat.
Which she was.

And then she began to sing.

And she brought the house down.

By now, you've probably heard of Susan Boyle, the 47-year-old unemployed church worker with the voice of a Broadway diva. The YouTube videos of her audition for "Britain's Got Talent" had been viewed more than 40 million times, and by the time you read this, it could be 50 million. She has been interviewed by CBS and Larry King, pursued by newspapers around the world, chased after by Hollywood producers.

This all happened in a week.

And that's what scares me.

A meteor like Elvis
It used to be, if a singer was discovered, it happened small, in a club or an office. A recording was made. Maybe it got played on a radio station. It grew slowly, organically.

Consider Elvis Presley. He was discovered after walking into a Memphis studio to make a record for his mother. Everyone thinks he just took off. But from the time he showed up that day to his first real public performance was over a year, and his first record was released a year after that. Yes, his rise was meteoric. It still took a while.

Today, it takes minutes. Think about it. A week ago, you hadn't heard of Susan Boyle. Now you can listen to a rare 1999 recording she made for a charity project. It's online.

I've been asking myself why Boyle struck such a chord. Someone referred to her as the "Slumdog Millionaire" of music. Maybe that's part of it. We love an underdog story. We relate to the ugly duckling. When Boyle tells the cameras she has "never been kissed," that she has never had a date, that her dream is to be a singer, but she has never been given the opportunity, well, your heart goes out to her.

http://www.freep.com/article/20090419/COL01/904190439?imw=Y
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Actress Amy Smart Movies

Actress Amy Smart was a relatively new arrival when she first gained notice for her supporting roles in the 1999 hit teen films "Varsity Blues" and "Outside Providence". With her blonde, carefree California girl good looks, the Los Angeles native got her start in TV-movies including the NBC dramas "Seduced by Madness: The Diana Borchardt Story" and "Her Costly Affair" (both 1996).
2008 Co-starred with Kiefer Sutherland in Mirrors, a remake of the 2003 South Korean horror film
2009 Again cast opposite Jason Statham for the sequel, Crank 2: High Voltage
http://movies.yahoo.com/movie/contributor/1800019236/photos
http://www.nationalledger.com/

Damon Weaver from Pahokee a South Florida Gains Journalism Scholarship

Fifth-Grade Journalist Lands College Scholarship
The pint-sized political reporter from South Florida
Little Damon Weaver from Pahokee has gained national attention for his reporting exploits and now this junior journalist is getting a free ride to Albany State University.
http://www.nbcmiami.com/news/local/Junior-Journalist-Lands-College-Scholarship.html?yhp=1