'Drug-addled' man shuts down town

A rampaging naked car-jacker wearing only his socks ran amok in Scottsdale, Arizona today, causing two terrific car collisions that injured seven people and shut down most of the city's roads during rush hour.
Witness photos of the destruction caused by the man show him standing triumphantly on top a SUV while debris from the smash litters the roadside.
The first car crash was reported to the police at 1.30 p.m. after which the man is said to have left his vehicle, stripped naked and car-jacked a Toyota Prius, pulling the female passenger from the car.

Triumphantly standing on top of car as debris from his crash surrounds the intersection, the man is naked apart from his socks

Minutes later, the man had motored to Shea Boulevard, near to 90th St in Scottsdale where he collided with four other vehicles, causing one of the drivers to suffer a serious injury.
By now, the man was causing panic as he exited the now totaled Toyota Prius and attempted to carjack another two vehicles before police officers arrived and arrested him.
Mark Clark, a spokesman for Scottsdale police said that the man's erratic beahviour suggests that he may have taken drugs.

 

Witnesses to the first serious crash at Hayden and Via De Ventura, where three people were injured, said that the man's car crashed into a Porsche, which caused the sports car to crash into another vehicle.
Exiting his car, the man began singing and chanting while he removed his clothes, ran up to a Prius, pulled the woman from the car and sped off.

An aerial of the busy intersection where the naked rampaging man stood on top of an SUV

The stolen Prius lies ruined at the side of the road (left) while another vehicle has smashed into the side of a tree (right)

The Porche driver was seriously injured during the first crash while the woman was not hurt according to ABC 15.com
After the second collision, the Prius is reported to have rolled several times before the man was ejected through the windshield.
Witnesses then claimed that the man then stood up and ran over to two SUV's and tried to car-jack them before police arrived.
Injured during the second collision were a pregnant lady who sustained two broken legs.

Causing seven injuries, two serious, during his rampage, the man was believed by police to be on drugs

The man caused major road chaos across Scottsdale and some roads will not reopen until 8 p.m.

The suspect was taken to a nearby hospital were he is being evaluated for drug use and mental issues.


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The Chameleon revealed

It was one of the most elaborate and utterly bizarre ruses ever pulled off.
For five months Frenchman Frederic Bourdin managed to convince an entire family he was their missing 16-year-old son - despite being 23-years-old.
Bourdin turned up in Spain claiming to be Texas schoolboy Nicholas Barclay three years after he disappeared aged 13.

Serial imposter: Frenchman Frederic Bourdin managed to convince and American family he was their missing teenage son Nicholas Barclay

Elaborate: Bourdin managed to keep up the ruse of being Nicholas, despite having brown eyes instead of blue and different facial features, for five months until his deception was discovered by a private investigator

Nicholas's family flew to meet him and despite the fact Bourdin had a completely different eye colour to their son - blue instead of brown - they took him in believing his elaborate story that the change was down to experiments carried out by his captors.

 

He was only caught out by a private investigator working on the story for a TV station in 1997. He was jailed for six years for the con.
And, even more incredibly, the elaborate ruse was not the first time Bourdin had posed as a missing child.
In fact, he'd made a habit of it over the years, switching from one alias to another with more than 40 different personas.
Now the bizarre story of Bourdin - nicknamed 'the Chameleon' - has been turned into a film.

Conman: Despite being jailed in 1997 for pretending to be Nicholas Barclay, Bourdin was caught out again in 2005 pretending to be a Spanish orphan at a French school

Another con: In 2003 Bourdin stole the identity of 14-year-old Leo Balley who vanished on a camping trip in Isere eight years earlier

The Chameleon had its UK premiere at the Edinburgh Film Festival this week and reveals how the serial imposter kept up the deception by dyeing his brown hair blond, going back to school, and using a pen to fake a tattoo on his hand.
But the Barclay ruse turned out to just be the tip of the iceberg.
Bourdin was born in 1974 on the outskirts of Paris. He never knew his father and was bought up by his poor grandparents after he mother abandoned him when he was aged just two.

The Chameleon: Frederic Bourdin being interviewed on French television about his numerous personas

He began misbehaving and was sent to a school for young troublemakers aged 12.
When he was 16, Bourdin ran away to Paris where he unsuccessfully tried to tell a police officer he was a lost British teenager. His inability to speak much English caught him out.
Bourdin then made a career out of pretending to be orphans across Europe - using sob stories to be fed, clothed and looked after. He has since learned to speak five languages fluently.
After his release from prison for pretending to be Nicholas Barclay, Bourdin immediately took up his way of life again, stealing the identity of 14-year-old Leo Balley in 2003 who vanished on a camping trip in Isere eight years earlier. He was busted by a DNA test.
His latest exploit was in 2005 when he attended the Jean Monnet school in Pau, France, posing as Spanish orphan Francisco Hernandez-Fernandez.
He was only unmasked when a teacher at the school recognised him in a television programme about his exploits.
Talking about the deception, Bourdin said: 'I loved the kids and the people looking after them, they treated me as one of them.
The French news agency AFP quoting him as saying at the time that he sought 'love and affection' by assuming false identities.
The school head was quoted as saying Bourdin 'appeared a bit older than his pals - two or three years at most'.
In 2007, Bourdin married a French woman named Isabelle after vowing to give up his life as a serial imposter. Now Bourdin, aged 38, has three chilren with his wife.
The Chameleon was written and directed by Jean-Paul Salomé. Bourdin, renamed Grondin in the movie, helped as a consultant on the film and was portrayed by Canadian actor Marc-André Grondin.


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£50,000 destruction spree after being dumped by text...

Jailed: Paul Hyde, 46, went on a destruction spree in Billericay, Essex, after his fiancee broke up with him





An axe-wielding man went on a destruction spree causing nearly £50,000 worth of damage after a row with his fiancee over a Valentine's Day card.
Paul Hyde, 46, used a four-foot axe to destroy cars and homes in a quiet street in Billericay, Essex, as terrified homeowners barricaded themselves inside.
He has been jailed after admitting threatening to kill residents on the street following the break-up of his year-long whirlwind romance with Alison Hall.
Basildon Crown Court heard how Hyde's violent rage was triggered by an argument with his now ex-fiancee when he went to collect his belongings from her home the day after Valentine's this year.
Miss Hall had dumped him by text for 'not showing enough gratitude' for the Valentine's Day card she had given him the day before.
When Miss Hall arrived home from work shortly after 5pm she found Hyde swallowing paracetamol tablets whilst downing whisky.
A heated argument ensued and Hyde threatened to kill Miss Hall but she managed to wriggle free of his grip and fled the property.
Hyde then grabbed a four-foot axe from the house and began his costly destruction spree by smashing his way into the house of her 49-year-old neighbour Pauline Hilton.
He bashed Ms Hilton around the face before holding the axe across her throat as her terrified daughter Gemma Hilton, 27, locked herself in the upstairs bathroom and called police.
His rampage then spilled out into the street where he began violently hacking at parked cars and front doors as terrified neighbours watched on in horror.
Hyde's rampage of destruction - which caused a total of £48,000 worth of damage - was eventually ended when armed police used rubber bullets to disarm him.

Damaged: Up to 10 cars and vans were attacked in the street in Billericay

The rampage lasted around 20 minutes - causing thousands of pounds' worth of damage before police could stop Hyde

Basildon council clearing up after the attack, which caused serious damage to many vehicles

Jailing Hyde for four-and-a-half years for 18 separate offences on Thursday, Judge David Owen-Jones told him: 'You simply lost it. You went on a rampage with the axe and threatened lots of your neighbours.
'Everyone involved in this terrible incident has been psychologically affected and it has devastated a neighbourhood.

 

'You threatened to kill your ex-partner and she must have been terrified out of her wits.
'You did not stop and went from house to house threatening neighbours with the axe. What you did was simply unbelievable.'
Victim Pauline Hilton attended court on Thursday and spoke after Hyde's sentencing about the devastating effect the attack has had on their quiet neighbourhood.
She said: 'No amount of time for a sentence will compare to the utter trauma we've been through.
'We've been so impacted by this and it's something none of us will ever forget but you have to try to move on.
'Everyone involved has been psychologically affected and it has devastated a neighbourhood.'
Hyde was given a restraining order banning him from visiting Patricia Gardens, in Billericay, Essex, or contacting any of his victims.


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Woman jumps 35 storeys to her death

Leapt to her death: Elizabeth DeMaria jumped as police arrived to arrest her




A woman wanted on fraud charges has jumped 35 floors to her death from a Las Vegas hotel after investigators forced their way into her room.
Tracking Elizabeth DeMaria for over a month after she skipped bail in May, members of the Secretary of State Office's Securities Division in Nevada burst into the MGM Grand after DeMaria refused to let them in.
They then witnessed DeMaria throw her laptop off the side of a balcony before jumping herself as they attempted to apprehend her on 11 counts of fraud and 11 counts of theft for conning nine victims out of $200,000 in 2010.
She is alleged to have told her victims that they were investing in a media company called The Vegas Channel and is accused of showering herself with luxury goods with the money she extorted.
After tracking her to the resort, the investigators knocked and announced their intent to serve a warrant for her failure to show at a court-mandated May 10 status check when she was out of jail on bail.
A female voice was heard in the room, but requests to open the door were ignored.
After she jumped, police were called to the scene, and a white stone ring and a brooch were found in the room.
The remains of the computer were recovered, and will be examined for evidence of fraudulent materials and activity.
Documents found on the bed referred to Secretary of State Ross Miller and Clark County Sheriff Doug Gillespie, the Las Vegas Review-Journal reported.
Also found was a U.S. passport under the name Lisa Victoria, the name she used to check into the MGM Grand.

Landmark: She fell 35 floors from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas

'The passport could be used for international travel, thereby implicating consciousness of guilt,' investigators said in their search warrant.
'The passport is evidence of a violation of federal law and contraband.'
Investigators said DeMaria had been renting the room since the day she failed to appear in court.
While staying at the MGM Grand, she posted "disparaging blogs about witnesses related to her criminal prosecution," according to the warrant.
While DeMaria insisted investor funds were only used to develop the media company, authorities say her bank records show the money was deposited into an account under the name Luxury Lifestyles Las Vegas.
She withdrew about $125,000 in cash from the account, according to records.

Olympic Village of 1936

Athletes from all over the world headed 76 years ago to take part in the most infamous Olympic Games in history - the so-called 'Nazi Games' (pictured Adolf Hitler greeting them)

A bas-relief of marching Nazi troops, a Red Army mural – and a cellar where the anguished cries of condemned torture victims once rang out in the night.
If walls could speak, those within the Olympic Village of 1936 would have a host of dark tales to tell.
This is where athletes from all over the world headed 76 years ago to take part in the most infamous Olympic Games in history – the so-called ‘Nazi Games’.
The 1936 Olympic Village, on the western edge of Berlin, lies forlorn and forgotten.
‘It is a shame,’ says Sven Voege, who’s currently in negotiations to rent out some of the village sites as exhibition rooms.

The gym, with the Olympic rings and a vaulting horse used by German triple gold medallist Alfred Schwarzmann. Located on the western edge of Berlin, it lies forlorn and forgotten

‘But because it is inextricably bound up with Nazism, most Germans avoid it. It is a place that lives and breathes sportsmanship and history, side by side.
'But German history is something we shun because of our past.’
Around 4,000 athletes – including Great Britain’s 208-strong squad – took part in the Games in the summer of 1936.
Adolf Hitler looked on with delight as his German ‘supermen’ lived up to his dreams of glory, winning the Games with a medal count of nearly 90; Great Britain came tenth with just 14.
The only real slap in the face for the Führer was the success of America’s black track-and-field athlete Jesse Owens.

He won four gold medals and was the star of the Games in the world’s eyes – even if Hitler regarded him as inferior because of his colour.

The swimming pool, viewed from the diving board. Hopes of refurbishing the building, which served in WWII as a hospital for wounded German troops, have fallen through

Ironically, Owens’s tiny room – No 5, in block 39 – is the only athlete’s room that has been renovated.
It’s a simple space that reflects the modesty of the humble man who stayed there – a man who, paradoxically, enjoyed more freedom in Nazi Germany at that time that he did in his segregated U.S. homeland.
A short walk from Owens’s quarters lies the ‘Restaurant of the Nations’, the eating hall for the athletes.
The record books tell how in three weeks the participants consumed 100 cows, 91 pigs, over 650 lambs, 8,000lb of coffee, 150,000lb of vegetables and 160,000 pints of milk.

A bas-relief of marching German soldiers, which still stands near the theatre where athletes went to watch variety shows, hinted at Hitler's future military ambitions

‘The Führer was teetotal and the order for the athletes was no drinking,’ says Voege.
‘But the French and the Italians railed against the idea of no wine, while the Belgians and Dutch thought the prospect of no beer was too much to contemplate.
'All four nations were the exception and were served alcohol at every meal.’

Only the salon where the Italians dined alongside the Soviets is preserved. The room where the British ate is a shell filled with fallen masonry.
Hopes of refurbishing the building, which served in WWII as a hospital for wounded German troops, have fallen through.
In 1936 a huge steel-and-wood sign depicting the five Olympic rings stood on top of the Restaurant of the Nations.

The fencers practise in the Olympic Village. During their stay, there were constant reminders of the Nazi regime's less savoury side. Athletes were surrounded by officials in Nazi uniforms

That’s now propped up against a back wall, forgotten, in the off-limits gymnasium.
Outside the hall is the 400m loop, which is just as it was when Godfrey Brown, Godfrey Rampling, Freddie Wolff and Bill Roberts pounded it in practice before going on to win gold for the UK in the 4x400m relay race.
‘Children were allowed into the village, and the English runners were firm favourites with them because of their impeccable manners,’ says Voege.

Jesse Owens won four gold medals and was the star of the Games in the world's eye

‘They always stopped to say hello to the children and sign autographs.’
During their stay, there were constant reminders of the Nazi regime’s less savoury side.
Athletes were surrounded by officials in Nazi uniforms.
And a bas-relief of marching German soldiers, which still stands near the theatre where athletes went to watch variety shows, hinted at Hitler’s future military ambitions.
After the war ended in 1945, the Olympic Village was occupied for nearly 50 years by the Soviet Army.
Among the new tenants were the torturers of SMERSH and the KGB, interrogators who turned the subterranean rooms housing the swimming pool’s heating system into a theatre of pain and death.
The cremated remains of victims lie strewn over the site.
Meanwhile, mocking Hitler’s dreams of a ‘thousand-year Reich’, a painting was added of heroic Red Army soldiers doing battle with the Nazis in the ‘Great Patriotic War’, which claimed the lives of over 25 million Soviets.

Since the fall of communism, the Olympic Village has lain largely undisturbed, any hopes of restoring it scuppered by its Nazi past.
Hopefully a far happier future awaits the site of the London 2012 Olympics after the athletes have returned home.


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Britain's fattest teen Georgia Davis

Britain's fattest teenager Georgia Davis has told how she has lost an incredible 14 stone since firefighters broke down a wall to rescue her from her home in a £100,000 rescue.
The obese 19-year-old now weighs 42st 6lb - down from 56st - after doctors put her on a strictly controlled diet.
Breaking her silence, the teenager revealed she was left asking herself 'how has it come to this?' as she waited for rescuers to break into her first floor bedroom in Aberdare, Wales.

Obese: Georgia Davis, 19, has lost 14 stone since being rushed to hospital - but still weighs 42st 6lb. She is pictured here with her mother Lesley

Now she has walked again for the first time and had a proper shower again in a hospital diary, The Sun reports.
She writes how she dreams of going to Tokyo to sample the food and having her own flat as she turns her life around.
And she revealed she has received cards and letters of support from people across the country which have helped her win her battle against the scales.

 

Her diet now consists of cereal and toast for breakfast followed by a healthy dish of meat and vegetables for lunch and dinner.
The teenager used to order up to 20 kebabs each week from a takeaway and gorge throughout the day on chocolate, crisps and two litre bottles of Coca Cola.
Initially her weight was given as 63st - but it was officially recorded at 56st when she was taken to hospital.

Rescue: A specially-built ramp at Georgis Davis' home which was built in a £100,000 operation after she was left unable to walk because of her weight

Georgia said her lowest moment was waking up to hear firefighters building a ramp to rescue her in a £100,000 operation.
A team of 50 workers broke down a wall to get her out of her first floor bedroom in the terraced home on May 24.
The teenager was forced to wear a bedsheet - because none of her supersized clothes were big enough.

Bulge: Georgia, pictured in February 2011, has spoken of her dream to have a flat of her own and to travel to Tokyo

She told The Sun: 'What could I do except switch on the TV and wait? I asked myself "How has it come to this?
'I felt nervous and uneasy because I knew I was the biggest I had ever been - and the most dangerous for my health.'
The teenager said she felt panicky and embarrassed - but was treated kindly by hospital staff.
Her mother Lesley, 57, was forced to raise the alarm after Georgia was unable to stand up because of her weight.
The teenager said the day she realised she was unable to use her legs was the most frightening.
Lesley and her stepfather Arthur Treloar were forced to move out of the property temporarily while the wall was rebuilt.
Georgia added in her diary: 'Mum says the council will not allow me to live upstairs again so if I return home I will have to have a bedroom on the ground floor. I don't want to live like that.'
She added that she dreamed of one day having a flat of her own and 'share it with a girlfriend'.
After weeks hooked up to oxygen in a special £4,000 bed she has taken her first steps again - walking from her bed to a nearby chair as she begins to win her battle against her weight.
She was forced to have bed showers rather than proper showers because of her weight.
Doctors had to battle for 15 minutes to get an IV line into her - and cut a hole in her skin to make it bigger so they could reach her vein.
Georgia is due to spend a further six weeks in the hospital before going to a special obesity clinic 40 miles away at Morriston Hospital in Swansea.
Writing about her dreams for the future, the teenager said she would love to go to Tokyo because of the culture and the food.

Fat teenager: Georgia brought her weight down to manageable levels after going to a fat camp in the U.S. - but she piled on the pounds when she came back

She passes the time in hospital reading novels like Fifty Shades of Grey - and dreaming about the future.
Georgia began piling on the pounds after quitting a fat camp in America when her stepfather was diagnosed with cancer.
But after her health scare the teenager has vowed that she will finally win her weight battle.

Slimmed down: Georgia after losing 15 stone at a weight loss camp in the US. However, she put all of the weight back on - and more - when she returned

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Yohan Blake pulls a stunner, beats Usain Bolt in 100m

Yohan Blake delivered a shock that will be felt all the way to London 2012 by handing the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt, a rare defeat in the Jamaican Olympic trials. On a night when anticipation of quick times charged the atmosphere of Kingston's national stadium, Blake did not disappoint the large crowd. In a furious dash down the track, he recorded a time of 9.75sec to claim the 100m title, comfortably ahead of a fast-finishing Bolt, who clocked 9.86, just getting by Asafa Powell for second, who finished third in a time of 9.88.
For Blake, this went a long way in settling doubts about the 22-year-old sprinter's quality, but for Bolt, the world record holder, it was a performance that raised questions in the buildup to next month's Games. All three men qualified for the Jamaican Olympic team and will line up against a formidable US contingent when the Games start on 27 July.
A few stunned spectators still slumped forward in their chairs stared blankly in disbelief following the sub-10 second race, hardly able to fully comprehend the sight of Blake still celebrating a well-deserved win on the bright blue track. Yet an upset had not been wholly unexpected.
Bolt finished first in his semi-final heat, in 10.01, only just ahead of Michael Frater, after another wretched start left the Olympic champion with plenty of work to do to get back to the field. He did it easily enough, as he had in the first round, but perhaps the disapproving headshake on crossing the line was the clearest sign that things were not quite right for him.
"Asafa and Yohan, these guys have good top-end speed so for me to get left in the blocks like that was not a good thing. I guess it was just one of those things," Bolt said.
"In the semi-finals the guy in lane seven moved and it threw me off. I keep seeing these guys in my peripheral vision. It's kind of hard to ignore them. When they move it throws you off and then you get left. After you get left like that it is always hard to get back."
Bolt's sluggish start had been cause for concern, particularly after losing his world championship title to Blake after a false start in the 2011 final in Daegu. This season there was no occasion more evident that timing his acceleration from the blocks is still a problem than the 10.04 he recorded in Ostrava, where Bolt got away slowly, before recovering with a trademark late burst. He beat Powell twice, with impressive times of 9.76 (Rome) and 9.79 (Oslo) but again seemed to find the starting blocks more like giant sand traps that a means of propelling himself forward.
At his best the 6ft 4in superstar has never been a quick starter. However, his tardiness should be a worry for both himself and his coach Glen Mills, who coaches Blake as well. But Mills, while stating that he was not surprised by the performance of any of the athletes, dismissed any concerns about a substandard performance in London.
"I wasn't surprised by his performance, Bolt is not at his best but he is good enough to compete," Mills said. "We are right where we want to be going into London. We just want to keep them healthy and that is key. We didn't send Yohan to Europe so he is in far better shape than Bolt at this time, but we have four weeks. We will take it in stride and we know exactly what to do."
Bolt and Blake are set for another showdown in the 200m final today as both cruised into the semi-finals. Bolt won his heat in 21.21 and Blake his in 21.43, both running into strong headwinds.
The Olympic 100m champion Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce sent a clear warning to rivals hoping to claim her crown, as the diminutive sprinter blew away the other competitors on the way to a new personal best of 10.70sec. Despite a slow start to season Fraser-Pryce's dismissal of a strong field, which included the world champion Carmelita Jeter, at a grand prix in New York, gave clear indication that she was rediscovering her best form. Fraser-Pryce seems to have improved the last part of her race. "The people that work hard are going to be the ones able to defend their title in London," she said.

24-Year-Old Mom Delivers Baby Herself On New York City Subway

Wanda Dueno (pictured) is her own hero! The 24-year-old delivered a healthy baby boy by herself on a New York City subway car on Wednesday morning, when she realized that her child was on its way, reports the New York Post.

Dueno was en route to her sister’s home in the Bronx at around 1:30 a.m., when she suddenly felt some contractions. Having already given birth to another child, Dueno was only too familiar with the pangs. Although the young woman was not due for five days, she was certain that her labor was imminent but no one was in the subway car with her to offer assistance.
As the contractions increased Dueno says that she tried desperately to keep the baby from coming out but her efforts were useless. She made several attempts to hit the subway’s emergency intercom button, which contacts the conductor, but he arrived too late.
By the time the train conductor went to investigate who had been trying to summon him, Dueno had the infant child in her arms.
Even though Dueno has named her son Libasse, she is actually soliciting nicknames for him. As an option, her sister suggested “MetroCard.”

According to the New York Post, MTA chief Joseph Lhota made the “joyous announcement” at yesterday’s agency meeting, saying, “I’m looking forward to meeting this little baby,” who he joked should have been named “Metro.”
The New York City Transit Authority temporarily halted all service on the line in order to sanitize the subway car afterward.

Man Pulls Gun On Neighbor For Farting

Daniel Collins of Teaneck, New Jersey was arrested after he reportedly threatened to take his neighbor’s life when he farted in front of his apartment, the New York Daily News reports.

Collins, 77, pulled a 32-caliber revolver and threatened to “put a hole” in his neighbor’s dome, cops said.
According to police, the two men have been engaged in an ongoing dispute over noise. Collins said the 47-year-old neighbor passed gas so loudly that he heard it inside of his apartment before he smelled the funk. The disrespect proved too much, so the old man had to pull out his pistol to show the younger gentleman his smelly ways were out of order.
Collins has been charged with “aggravated assault, unlawful possession of a firearm and making terroristic threats.” He was released without bail.

102-Year-Old Immigrant Becomes American Citizen!

LOS ANGELES — A 102-year-old Filipino man who came to California as a teenager in 1928 to pick lettuce and cabbage became an American citizen during a touching naturalization ceremony Wednesday at the Los Angeles Convention Center.

“I’m happy,” Philippines-born immigrant Joaquin Arciago Guzman (pictured) said in Tagalog after Wednesday’s ceremony, where about 7,300 joined him in taking the citizenship oath.
Nationwide, only 27 people older than 100 have become U.S. citizens in at least the past 50 years, according to U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.

“It’s extremely rare to see anyone over 100,” said Nancy Alby, the agency’s field office director for Los Angeles County. “We get a handful in their 90s and 80s. It’s more common to see people in their 70s.”

The oldest person ever to become a U.S. citizen was Manik Bokchalian of the San Fernando Valley community of Van Nuys. She was 117 when she took the oath in 1997.
At the downtown ceremony, Guzman’s niece and caregiver helped him out of a wheelchair to stand during the Pledge of Allegiance and sing “The Star-Spangled Banner.” Guzman put his hand over his heart, next to a small American flag in his suit pocket, the Los Angeles Daily News reported (http://bit.ly/MY9wd7 ).
“It’s hard to believe that he first came to the U.S. in 1928 and didn’t become a citizen until he was 102 years old,” niece Julie Guzman said in Tagalog. “I’m happy for him. There are no words.”
Guzman’s daughter-in-law Elizabeth Guzman regretted that Guzman’s wife, Paz, did not live to see the ceremony. She was 89 when she died in 2007.
“It’s sad because she waited many years for him to become a citizen,” Elizabeth said in Tagalog. “But I believe she’s looking down on us now, and she’s happy.”
Guzman, who now lives in North Hollywood, was 18 when left the Philippines to harvest lettuce and cabbage in the fertile Salinas Valley fields south of San Francisco.
He returned to the Philippines after more than a decade of toiling in the fields and he fell for Paz Irene Gatchalian, the daughter of a mayor. They were married on New Year’s Day 1940.
Guzman returned to the United States before the birth of the first of their six children, and he supported his family by farming property he bought with his earnings.
Guzman brought his wife and two of their adult children to the United States in 1984. They all became American citizens, but Guzman waited to submit an application for reasons that aren’t clear

Man Allegedly High On Fake Weed Kills, Eats Family Dog

Michael Terron Daniel of Waco, Texas allegedly killed then ate a family dog while high on the synthetic drug K-2, KWTX reports.Daniel was charged with “cruelty to a non-livestock animal.” On June 14, Daniel reportedly “was on a bad trip from ingesting K-2, ”got down “on his hands and knees and chased a neighbor while barking and growling like a dog,” according to witnesses interviewed by Waco police.
The man then took a small, black dog onto the front porch of the home where he beat and strangled the animal. And, worst of all, Daniel reportedly then “began to bite into the dog, ripping pieces of flesh away,” police said.
The poor dog died at the scene.


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Officers found Daniel sitting on the porch with blood on his hands, clothing and face, Swanton said.
He was “initially incoherent and unresponsive,” Swanton said, and was taken to Providence Health Center by ambulance.
While waiting for paramedics to arrive, Swanton said, Daniel asked officers to fight him or use a stun gun “to help him get off his bad trip,” Swanton said.
Officers did neither, Swanton said.
Daniel was awaiting booking at the McLennan County Jail Friday afternoon.

K-2 is a synthetic form of marijuana.

Rapper 50 Cent Hospitalized After SUV Crashed With Mack Truck!

Hip-hop mogul 50 Cent (pictured) was hospitalized and released early Tuesday morning, after being injured in a vehicle crash. The performer was rushed to a nearby hospital, when his bullet-proof SUV was rear ended by a Mack truck on a Long Island expressway in New York, reports his website Thisis50.com.

over upon impact, was struck at around 3:00 a.m., when the truck driver reportedly lost control of his vehicle when his loader shifted.
50 Cent, whose actual name is Curtis Jackson, was taken on a stretcher to a nearby Queens hospital with injuries to his back and neck.
The truck driver also sustained injuries.
According to a source who spoke to XXL and who is close to 50′s G-Unit camp, both the rapper and truck driver went through a battery of testing at the hospital and were released. “He’s fine,” the source said about 50’s condition. About the driver, the source said, “He’s good.”
Only last month, 50 was hospitalized for food poisoning. He claimed to have gotten violently ill while overseas in London. When he arrived in the States, he became so dehydrated after throwing up that he had to be placed in a hospital. After undergoing some tests, doctors discovered that 50 had a clogged small intestine, which resolved itself after some much-needed rest.

Movie star stunt doubles

Twi-hards… ‘Twilight’ stars Robert Pattinson and Kristen Stewart were too precious to film a speed boat scene in ‘Breaking Dawn – Part 1’, so doubles were used instead. (Credit: Rex)

 

Movie star stunt doubles

Biker boys… Tom Cruise’s publicity department would have you believe he does all his own stunts, but here’s a double doing a motorbike scene on the set of ‘Knight And Day’. No wonder the pic on the right looks so fake. (Credit: Rex)

Movie star stunt doubles

Beauty and the beast… something’s not right here. Yes, Angelina Jolie’s stunt double on ‘Tomb Raider’ was a particularly butch bloke with a wig and fake boobs. Those trousers look a tight fit. (Credit: Rex)

Movie star stunt doubles

Sun loungers… for men of a certain age, it doesn’t get sexier than this iconic on-set snap (which was first seen on the ‘Star Wars’ DVD). It’s Carrie Fisher and her stunt double topping up their tans while filming ‘Return Of The Jedi’. (Credit: LucasArts)

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Suited and booted… Douglas James was Pierce Brosnan’s regular stunt double during Bond, and actually looked a bit like him, with a dash of Ray Liotta thrown in. (Credit: Rex)

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Under the leather… ace stunt woman Debbie Evans, who stood in for Carrie Ann Moss (‘Trinity’), helped create the incredible freeway

 scene in ‘The Matrix: Reloaded’. (Credit: Rex)

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Beard science… this pajama-clad double for Johnny Depp was required to jump from a Venetian balcony during filming of ‘The Tourist’, while the man himself got to hang out on a yacht with Angelina Jolie. Life’s not fair. (Credit: Rex)

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Straw loser… apparently much of Honor Blackman’s tussle in the hay with James Bond (in ‘Goldfinger’) was filmed with stuntwoman Phyllis Corner. It’s still classic scene, mind. (Credit: Rex)

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Copycat… Brad Pitt’s stunt double Phil Ball on the set of ‘World War Z’. On Twitter he admitted he found the gig weird and boring, adding: “Just when I thought my day job couldn’t get any more bizarre, I’m made to shave my hands.” (Credit: Rex)

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Spot the difference… is that Anne Hathaway’s Catwoman on a bike, or her stunt woman? It’s tough to tell with the cat-mask. (Credit: Rex)

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Silver foxes… Anthony Molinari is one of Hollywood’s top stuntmen and has doubled for the likes of Mark Ruffalo (who he looks a lot like) and Jeremy Renner. Here he is with George Clooney on the set of ‘Leatherheads’. (Credit: IMDB)

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Separated at birth… it’s the ‘True Lies’ set, with Arnold Schwarzenegger alongside regular stunt double Billy Lucas, who is heavily made up. The pair are close; Arnie visited Lucas in hospital in 2010. (Credit: Rex)

Venus Williams Suffers Round 1 Defeat At Wimbledon

Tennis pro extraordinaire Venus Williams (pictured) went up against Russian rival Elena Vesnina, 25, on Monday and lost during the first round of the women’s singles match at the All England Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon, England, reports the Los Angeles Times.

Williams, who is a five-time Wimbledon champion, experienced for the first time since her debut at the tournament in 1997 the bitter taste of a first-round defeat. Vesnina, a doubles expert who reached the fourth round at Wimbledon three years ago, beat Williams in straight sets in a 6-1, 6-3 defeat in an hour and fifteen minutes.


According to some spectators, Williams looked listless while trying to keep up her competitive edge against Vesnina. Since being diagnosed last year with the little-known autoimmune disorder Sjögren’s syndrome (pronounced show-grens), which saps not only energy levels but is also commonly accompanied by joint pain, Williams has been placed under a microscope.
Over the last year, the 32-year-old has been criticized for looking glum and lacking verve on the court. Williams’ world rankings has fallen to 58th since being diagnosed with the disorder.
All is not lost for Williams, though: She will join sister and fellow tennis-pro Serena in a game of doubles at the tournament. She is also expected to be back in London in about a month to compete in the Summer Olympics.
As far as losing at Wimbledon on Monday, Williams is keeping her head to the sky, telling ESPN, “I don’t have time to feel sorry for myself,” she said. “I’m not going to give up on it. … There’s no way I’m going to just sit down and give up just because I have a hard time the first five or six tournaments back. That’s just not me.”

Italian Newspaper Depicts Black Soccer Player As King Kong

Italian newspaper, La Gazzetta dello Sport, published a photo of Italian soccer player Mario Balotelli depicted as King Kong (pictured), the New York Daily News reports.

It seems that the message behind the photo was suppose to show Balotelli toppling England (which they did in yesterday’s Euro Cup Semifinals). But obviously, the photo was poorly executed
Balotelli, who was born in Italy but is of Ghanian descent, expressed his fears about anticipated racism in Ukraine and Poland before the tournament started.
“Let’s see what happens at the Euro. I hope that there will not be a problem,” he told France Footall. “Because I really can’t handle that.”
“I cannot bear racism, it’s unacceptable for me. If it had happened again I would straight away leave the pitch and go home. We are in 2012. It can’t happen,” the 21-year-old added.
Euro Cup 2012 has been the target of robust media coverage over concerns of racism in the tournament’s host countries, Ukraine and Poland. Here is more on this story by the Daily News:

Despite efforts to stem any racist outbursts, racism has been an issue at the month-long tournament. In Italy’s group-play match against Croatia, Croatian fans directed racist chants at Balotelli and a banana was thrown onto the pitch during the match. The Croatian Football Federation was fined 80,000 euros ($106,000) last week for their fans’ actions.

I lived in Eastern Europe for four years–more than a year in Ukraine–and I am the first person to recognize the ills of racism in both nations. Though I do feel the western media’s reporting on racism in Ukraine and Police is a bit much.

The West has its own issues.

For example, Italy is experiencing rising trends of racism and its ex-Prime Minister, Silvio Berlusconi, who upon meeting America’s first Black President, said he was “young, handsome and tanned.” If Berlusconi remarks were said out of ignorance, then he truly defies the stereotype of the “cultured Italian.”

Given that an Italian publication is the guilty party of the racism, I wonder if western media outlets will rationalize this photo as harmless? Or will they go as hard on Italy as they have on Ukraine or Poland?

I doubt it.

 

.Culled from newsone

Dr. Murray is Eating Cat Food To Survive Jail?

Conrad Murray (pictured), the cardiologist who was convicted of involuntary manslaughter in the death of pop icon Michael Jackson and who was sentenced to four years in prison as a result, has reportedly lost more than 30 pounds in jail. The good doctor is also bellyaching about the jail conditions, complaining that not only did the bad smelling water give him dysentery, but he is also allegedly suffering from a poor diet that he says is “ruining his health,” reports TMZ.
Since Murray, 59, cannot bring himself to eat the food that the jail provides, he has reportedly taken it upon himself to survive on what he calls “cat food,” which he purchases from the commissary. Murray, who arrived at the jail last November, has been purchasing canned fish products, such as canned tuna at $4.25 a can, salmon flakes for $3.50 a pop, and canned mackerel at $2.50. Murray says that he must be the only human on earth who is being forced to survive on canned mackerel.
Reportedly, Murray has filed countless appeals to get out of jail due to his failing health. Now whether Murray’s pleas will continue to fall on deaf ears is yet to be seen. However, according to L.A. County Sheriff’s spokesman Steve Whitmore, Murray’s criticisms of his digs might be an extreme exaggeration. “All inmates receive the proper nutrition and medical care that is required by law, but the sheriff’s department goes above and beyond what is required,”

JOKES!! JOKES!! JOKES!!

I visited my Chinese friend who was dying in hospital. He kept saying ‘CHIN YU YAN’ ‘CHIN YU YAN’ before he died. When I asked another Chinese friend the meaning of my friend’s last words, he told me it means ‘YOU ARE STANDING ON THE OXYGEN TUBE’ ‘YOU ARE STANDING ON THE OXYGEN TUBE’ Pls who killed my friend?