Pittsburgh Steelers quarterback Ben Roethlisberger said Wednesday night that he was told he was “seconds, maybe a minute away from dying” immediately after his motorcycle accident last month.
With none other than former Solicitor General Ted Olson as his new lawyer, Michael Skakel is asking the Supreme Court to take his case and overturn his conviction for murdering 15 year old Martha Moxley. At the time of the crime in 1975, Connecticut had a 5 year statute of limitations on murders that were not capital murders. It eliminated the statute of limitations on all murders in 1976. But Skakel wasn’t charged with capital murder, and he wasn’t charged until 2000, by which time the five year period had long expired.
Skakel’s trial lawyer, Mickey Sherman, raised the argument in the trial court and was turned down. His brief is here. After Skakel was convicted at trial, his appellate lawyers took the issue up to the Connecticut Supremem Court, where they were turned down. But, in turning Skakel down, the court had to overrule its own precedent — earlier decisions that would have required them to rule in Skakel’s favor.
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Durham’s Kevin Witt had a two-run homer and an RBI double to lead the International League to a 6-0 victory over the Pacific Coast League in the Triple-A All-Star game Wednesday night.
On this week’s edition of the “Real Deal with Pat McNeill” VIP Audio Update, all the wrestling news that’s unfit for print, including a pivotal ECW wrestler from the ’90s coming out of retirement, the latest WWE signee, who wants to make the jump from TNA to WWE, which WWE legend claims he’s signed with TNA, and the latest on the TNT and WSX fronts. Your Hot Five Stories of the Week include Ric Flair going hardcore, a big boost for Rey Mysterio and Booker T, TNA’s Victory Road and how their big shows are different from WWE, and Hulk Hogan’s return this weekend. The Indy Show lineup of the Week features Roderick Strong battling Puma on the West Coast, and Listener Mail on DX, Kurt Angle, Strangler Lewis and more…
WASHINGTON (Hollywood Reporter) - In its continuing crackdown on on-air profanity, the FCC has requested numerous tapes from broadcasters that might include vulgar remarks from unruly spectators, coaches and athletes at live sporting events, industry sources said.
“It looks like they want to end live broadcast TV,” said one executive, who spoke only on the condition of anonymity. “We already know that they aren’t afraid to go after news.”
NO SLIPS ALLOWED
While live programming always has been problematic for broadcasters, it has become even more difficult under tougher commission rules approved in 2004. The new rules found that virtually any use of certain expletives will be considered profane and indecent, even if it is a slip of the tongue. In a March decision, the FCC found that the CBS news program “The Early Show” violated its indecency rules because of a profane slip-up but did not issue a fine because the incident occurred before the new rules were instituted.
The US hopes to build a missile base in the Czech Republic as part of its proposed global defence shield. [The Times (UK)]
There’s decapitation, murder, kidnapping, a dumb accident, child abandonment and even a one night stand. Guess they’re making up for all the talking they did in Part I.
Basketball players Greg Oden of Indianapolis and Tina Charles of New York City were named High School Athletes of the Year on Wednesday.
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Katie Douglas scored 16 points and Katie Smith had 14 to help the Eastern Conference cruise to its first victory in seven WNBA All-Star games, 98-82 over the West on Wednesday night at Madison Square Garden.