13 December 2011 Last updated at 15:03 GMT Eight accusers gave evidence to a grand jury before Jerry Sandusky’s arrest A former US football coach at Penn State University has briefly appeared in court but waived his right to a hearing on child abuse charges. Jerry Sandusky, 63, will now face trial on charges of [...]
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December 14, 2011
December 8, 2011
Lakers owner Jerry Buss hospitalized
(CNN) — Los Angeles Lakers owner Jerry Buss is in a Los Angeles hospital, where he is being treated for blood clots in his leg, a team spokesman said Wednesday night. Lakers spokesman John Black said Buss, who turns 78 next month, is “doing well” and should be released within the next day or two. [...]
December 5, 2011
Police, SWAT team move into Occupy D.C. camp
December 4, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Police, SWAT team move into Occupy D.C. camp 04 Dec 2011 U.S. Park Police moved into McPherson Square on Sunday to force Occupy D.C. protesters to remove a wooden-frame structure that was to become a meeting house, and members of a SWAT team have entered the encampment. Some of [...]
December 3, 2011
Afghan Women Use Boxing to Fight Stereotypes
During the Taliban’s oppressive rule in the 1990s, Afghan women were stripped of most of their rights. Women were not allowed to work or get an education, much less take part in sports. Now, more than a decade later, a group of young women in Kabul not only are learning to box, but doing it [...]
November 29, 2011
Ron Paul labels Newt and Mitt muppets | Paul Harris
Ron Paul’s attack ad ‘Who Can You Trust?’ Video: 247FreedomOps/YouTube Who It’s Ron Paul, the long-time Texan congressman and favourite of libertarians who subscribe to his anti-government, pro-individual policies. Paul’s team must be wondering what they have to do to get a break. Paul is a conservative, family man, veteran and has a fervent base [...]
November 28, 2011
Anonymous and Team Poison start Op Robin Hood
November 28, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Anonymous and Team Poison start Op Robin Hood –Steal from the banks, give to the 99 per cent 28 Nov 2011 Hackers Team Poison have joined forces with Anonymous to launch Operation Robin Hood, an assault on banks that should see funds channeled back to the disenfranchised 99 per [...]
November 25, 2011
World’s worst team get first win
24 November 2011 Last updated at 05:20 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Larry Mana’oa, American Samoa spokesman: “We were shocked more than anything” American Samoa’s football team – ranked as the worst international team in the world – has won a game for the first time in its history. The [...]
November 24, 2011
Georgia football announcer dies
(CNN) — Larry Munson, who earned the adoration of University of Georgia fans as an unabashed Bulldogs supporter while announcing the team’s football games for 42 years, died Sunday night at his Athens home, the school said. He was 89. Munson succumbed to complications from pneumonia, his son Michael said, according to a statement from [...]
November 24, 2011
World’s worst team gets first win
24 November 2011 Last updated at 05:20 GMT American Samoa hold several unwanted records American Samoa’s football team – ranked as the worst international team in the world – has won a game for the first time in its history. The US protectorate managed a 2-1 victory over Tonga after 30 straight defeats in almost [...]
November 22, 2011
Kenyan runner has feet amputated
22 November 2011 Last updated at 12:51 GMT Marko Cheseto set the speed record for the Anchorage Mayor’s Half Marathon in 2010 A Kenyan long-distance runner who spent more than two days lost in snow storms in the US state of Alaska has had his feet amputated just above the ankles. When Marko Cheseto, who [...]
November 17, 2011
Somalia Loses World Cup Qualifier, Wins Admiration
Ethiopia’s football team has reached the group stage of the 2014 World Cup qualifiers with a comfortable victory over neighboring Somalia. But, for the thousands of Somalis packed into a corner of Addis Ababa stadium, a 5-0 drubbing felt like a victory. As Somalia’s fans trooped out of the stands following Wednesday’s game, you might [...]
November 15, 2011
Diaspora’s co-founder dies at 22
15 November 2011 Last updated at 11:29 GMT The homepage offered a simple tribute to Mr Zhitomirskiy Ilya Zhitomirskiy, the co-founder of Facebook rival Diaspora, has died. The 22-year-old was one of four New York-based students who launched Diaspora as a “privacy-aware, user-controlled” social network. It was set up in response to criticism that Facebook [...]
November 15, 2011
Salman Rushdie able to use own name on Facebook after identity conflict
He is a world renowned novelist whose books have sold in the millions and gathered dozens of awards – along with an infamous death threat. But Salman Rushdie has discovered that even his high profile is not enough to satisfy Facebook’s real name police. Rushdie became embroiled in a battle with the social networking website [...]
November 14, 2011
US soldier found guilty in Afghan trophy killing case
November 11, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis US soldier found guilty in Afghan trophy killing case 11 Nov 2011 An American soldier has been convicted of three counts of premeditated murder for leading a rogue “kill team” in Afghanistan by a US military court. Sergeant Calvin Gibbs admitted during his trial to cutting off the fingers [...]