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QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Jun 10, 2005 -> 10:32 AM) I think they're whack jobs...its just an opinion... Just trying to save the board from a "eff you tony". I don't know if there are any here, and I'm not one.. but maybe someone might be insulted. Oh well..

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jun 10, 2005 -> 10:29 AM) Yeah, I actually watched it--and I was just amazed. I've never liked Tom Cruise, but I always thought she was tolerable. Last night I changed my mind. Although, my favorite part of the interview was when Dave said something like, How long have you two known each other. And she goes 6 weeks. Wow, or in Katie's words: Like, wow! That's like so, you know, fast! I guess love and self-respect don't really go together in hollywood.... I was laughing at that also.. I mean she could have added a little time on there couldn't she have..? For the sake of.. well.. not looking so silly..? And the marriage question.. oye ve.. Even if I had talked to Jim about marriage after 6 weeks I would NEVER admit it..

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Jun 10, 2005 -> 10:26 AM) I'm guessing plenty of people feel the same way...these two vapor-heads are everywhere these days. Stern had a tape he played of Cruise talking the other day, and the guy thinks he is so damn important. And i'm sick of hearing about scientology. That makes it right to insult them..? ALL of them..?

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jun 10, 2005 -> 10:13 AM) I've heard the same things, but man, last night she made herself look like a totally clueless dope. Agree 10000%. I just did this the entire interview.. :headshake

QUOTE(marsh @ Jun 10, 2005 -> 10:08 AM) Elm-Fest in Elmhurst. Right by the train station. Cool. We're looking for something to do tonight.

QUOTE(mreye @ Jun 10, 2005 -> 10:08 AM) Tilt-a-whirl C'mere...

QUOTE(zach23 @ Jun 10, 2005 -> 10:06 AM) I think he will come back and go 0-4 in one game and then sit out for a few because of a mysterious "viral knee problem infection". Then he will try to pinch hit in a game but will go back on the DL with a "sore knee problem esophegus".

QUOTE(DBAH0 @ Jun 10, 2005 -> 10:05 AM) What no Scott Bora$$ in there advising him? She said they didn't buy anything there but went across the street to Nike Town and came out with some bags. Said he stopped and signed and took pictures with a bunch of folks. Even she was signing.. LMAO.. copies of Playboy I wonder.

Where's it at..? Personally I like the Tilt-a-world.

QUOTE(tonyho7476 @ Jun 10, 2005 -> 10:05 AM) I'm getting so sick of her and Tom Cruise. I want to vomit. And I'm sick of hearing about scientology...f***ing whack jobs. That was necessary...

I watched it and the scuba diving story was stupid... but from seeing her in interviews in the past she is extremely smart and it's a shame that this romance has depleted her of her ability to speak at a level above 2nd grade. Some folks I know met her while BM was filming here and said she was very down to earth, and did a bunch of charity work while in town. Nothin like the idiot she's apparently become. I also caught her giving Tom some award on MTV... again.. she acted like a complete moron.

QUOTE(HSC's Biggest Fan @ Jun 10, 2005 -> 09:39 AM) I just saw Bill Mueller walking down Columbus Drive!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! LMAO.. my girlfriend who works near Tiffany's said Johnny Damon and his wife were in there this morning.

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8169177/ E-mail link directs users to Website, Trojan horse Updated: 10:23 a.m. ET June 10, 2005AMSTERDAM - Emails claiming pop star Michael Jackson, on trial on sex abuse charges, has tried to kill himself are being spread by hackers as a means to break into computers, a British anti-virus firm said on Friday. The hackers have sent emails with the subject "Re: Suicidal attempt" and the message text: "Last night, while in his Neverland Ranch, Michael Jackson has made a suicidal attempt", said security software specialists at Sophos. Jackson is awaiting a California court verdict on charges of child molestation. The email asks recipients to click on a link that takes them to a website which secretly installs malicious code on their computers. "If you click on the link, the website displays a message saying it is too busy, which may not surprise people who think it might contain genuine breaking news about Michael Jackson," said Carole Theriault, security consultant at SophosLabs.

I don't.. I hope it's beautiful... Why..?? Because from estimates BoSox fans hold about 80% of the tickets all 3 days.. I want the Sox to kick the living snot out of the Cubs and I want to hear the BoFans chants all the way in Plainfield!!! Then on Monday I can LMAO at Dusty blaming the fans for the losses.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jun 10, 2005 -> 09:09 AM) Google news search=awesome http://www.pennlive.com/newsflash/pa/index...&storylist=penn Try the 4th or 5th story down. Hmm.. where is that family tree..

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,159049,00.html Thursday, June 09, 2005 •Mystery Girl in Photos Found Safe in Florida MANCHESTER, N.H. — A man who took sexually explicit pictures of his 2-year-old granddaughter was arrested on child porn charges after he printed the pictures at a drug store and a clerk found the images, police said. More at link.. Good grief... is a trial even necessary in this case..? And why in the hell was the child taken from her parents... ???

I just heard what I think was a blurb about a chemistry teacher in PA who was arrested and charged with assault yesterday for throwing liquid nitrogen on 2 students and another teacher.... Couldn't find anything on the net.. so I'm thinking maybe I heard it wrong...

QUOTE(Controlled Chaos @ Jun 10, 2005 -> 08:41 AM) Well hell then my friend's mind is more f***ed up then mine. At least I knew it was once 'he's' albeit way off on the timeframe. Those 90's partyin days are starting to catch up!! I should have said it was STILL "he's gone" at the start of last year.. I don't remember when it started.. I just remember when he dropped it because it was big news for Jay.. wrote a couple articles about it iirc.

A little bit of new news. http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,159006,00.html PM: 'We Will Not Stop Until We Have Answers' Thursday, June 09, 2005 ORANJESTAD, Aruba — Finding 18-year-old Natalee Holloway (search) is currently Aruba's "No. 1 goal," the country's prime minister said Thursday after three more suspects were arrested in connection with the American tourist's disappearance. "We stand behind the family of Natalee Holloway in full support," Prime Minister Nelson Orlando Oduber said. "This investigation must move along swiftly … we will not stop until we have answers. We are shocked and completely distraught." Holloway was on a five-day graduation vacation with 124 classmates and seven chaperones when she disappeared without a trace. The Alabaman was last seen at a local bar about 1:30 a.m. Memorial Day (search), getting into a car with three islanders she'd apparently befriended. Those three islanders were questioned and released last week but were arrested again on Thursday. Two other men are also in custody and being questioned. The Aruba police and other international authorities "are doing everything in their power to find Natalee," Oduber said, adding that he's been in touch with U.S. officials like Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice, Alabama Gov. Bob Riley and Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions. "The government of Aruba has always made the safety ... of our community and our visitors a top priority," the prime minister said during a press conference that Holloway's mother also attended. "Aruba has very strong ties to the United States. We will not tolerate any activities that harm our American friends or any of our international visitors, or part of our community at large." Officials said earlier Thursday that the three men arrested gave the Alabama teen a ride back to her hotel the night she disappeared. The trio — two Surinamese and a native of the Netherlands — told police they dropped off Holloway at her hotel around 2 a.m. on May 30. Holiday Inn employees, however, say that security cameras did not record her return. The Dutch suspect, Joran Andreas Petrus Van Der Sloot, a student at Aruba International School, came out of his upper-class home in Oranjestad on Thursday with his head covered in a blue and green towel. The Surinamese brothers in custody are Satish Kalpoe, born July 30, 1986, and Deepak Kalpoe, born Oct. 6, 1983. They are the sons of a local Aruban business man. Van Der Sloot's father is a prominent official in the Aruban justice system. The younger Van Der Sloot, born Aug. 6, 1987, may have been romantically involved with the 18-year-old Holloway the night she disappeared. He met Holloway at a hotel casino two days before she was last seen, Aruban Police Commander Jahn van der Straaten told reporters. The three, described by authorities earlier as witnesses and "persons of interest," had been released last week after being questioned about Holloway. Aruba Attorney General Caren Janssen (search) said the three were arrested at 6 a.m. Thursday. She refused to say whether they were connected to the two men already being detained in the disappearance. "It is likely it may have been a police strategy to let these three men go to gather more information," Ruben Trapenberg, spokesman for the Aruba government, told FOX News Thursday morning. "The three witnesses gave information about the two guys [already in custody] and that is why they were held. If one of those two has an alibi, then the story [given by the three witnesses] doesn't fit and therefore the two may then be released depending on the proof." Police also impounded a gray Honda car. Holloway's friends reported seeing her leave a bar in a silver car the night she disappeared. Local police and the FBI said a lack of any solid leads was hindering progress in their search for Holloway. Local officials have asked the FBI to bring in dogs trained to search. Police and volunteer land searches continued Wednesday with no results, while water searches, also unsuccessful, had been suspended "at this time," police spokesman Edwin Comenencia said. "There is no physical evidence whatsoever and there are no statements given by any person that would indicate Natalee Holloway is not alive," Chris Lejuez, a court-appointed defense attorney for one of the two men previously arrested in the case, told FOX News Thursday morning. Suspects: Holloway Was Drunk When We Dropped Her Off Lejuez told FOX News that he and his colleague Noriana Pietersz had been given witness statements from only the two Surinamese citizens. "I'm very happy that they're expanding the investigation," Lejuez told FOX News on Thursday morning. "It shows they are not focusing anymore on my client and the other person in custody. It shows the police finally realize they're not going to get anywhere with these two people." The Kalpoe brothers told police that Van Der Sloot became intimate with Holloway at the California Lighthouse beach before they dropped her off at her hotel. They told police Holloway had been drinking heavily and was drunk, and then when she got out of their car in front of the Holiday Inn, she stumbled and fell to the ground. When one tried to help her up, she pushed him away and said, "I can stand on my own!" They say she then headed towards the lobby, and a black man in black pants and a black t-shirt escorted her inside. The tape from the Holiday Inn lobby camera was reportedly checked by police but no images of Holloway were found, and the attorney says the security guard on duty from midnight on told authorities he never saw the teenager enter the hotel that night. On Wednesday, a judge ruled that authorities had enough evidence to hold two former security guards arrested Sunday in connection with Holloway's disappearance. At least one of the suspects, 28-year-old Abraham Jones, appeared in court in Aruba Wednesday morning. The other was identified as 30-year-old Mickey John. Neither man has been charged with a crime, but both were being held on suspicion of first- and second-degree murder and capital kidnapping, the latter of which is invoked when a kidnapping victim is killed, according to their lawyers. According to Aruba law, only strong suspicion — not evidence — is necessary to continue holding a suspect. "There is no reason to believe he's not telling the truth," Lejuez told FOX News Thursday morning, referring to his client, Jones. He added that Jones has repeated the same story to several people — that he was at a beach festival the night Holloway disappeared, then went home with his wife, where he slept until 7 a.m. the next day. Lejuez dropped John as a client per a request from the prosecutor, who said it's not ethical for him to represent both clients. Whereas normally he would oppose such a move, Lejuez said, "in this case, considering the grave consequences it would have for the island of Aruba, I have ... deviated from what I normally do and honored their request to do so." Pietersz, John's lawyer, said she spoke to her client in jail Thursday. "I have decided not to demand the immediate release of my client," she said. "We prefer to let the prosecution investigate, confident that my client will be released by Wednesday" when a judge will decide whether to extend his detention. Authorities may hold John and Jones without filing formal charges for up to 116 days, lawyers said. The two are Aruban citizens, though one is originally from Grenada. Family members insist the two men are innocent. Judge J.S. Kuiperdal will review the case June 15 and every eight days after that if needed, officials said. Prosecutors asked that the defendants be kept in jail at least until June 15, when they hope to conclude their investigation. Investigators must come up with some evidence to hold the suspects beyond that date. Attorney general spokeswoman Vivian Van Der Biezan said she would check into whether Dutch law allows a charge of murder if no body is found. Authorities have not said Holloway was a victim of foul play and have not ruled out any possibilities, including that she may have drowned. Holloway spent her last night at a beach concert and then eating and dancing at Carlos 'n Charlie's bar and restaurant, which has donated $5,000 of a reward for information on her. She is described as a straight-A student who had a full scholarship to a premedical program at the University of Alabama. The search for the Mountain Brook, Ala., teen began shortly after she failed to show up for her flight home the next morning. Police found her passport in her hotel room with her packed bags. The Aruba government and local tourism organizations have offered a $20,000 reward for information leading to her rescue. Family and benefactors in Alabama have offered $30,000.

It was "he's gone" at the start of last year.

So sad.. Prayers for the family http://www.bradenton.com/mld/bradenton/new...ws/11789929.htm VICKIE CHACHERE Associated Press TAMPA, Fla. - A 7-year-old boy beat his baby half-sister to death with his fists, feet and a two-by-four because he was jealous of the attention the girl was receiving and because she would not stop crying, police said Wednesday. The State Attorney's Office is deciding whether to file charges against the boy in an attack that rattled even veteran homicide detectives. "The veteran detectives who worked on this case have never seen a case with someone as young as a 7-year-old show so much violence and so little remorse," Tampa police spokeswoman Laura McElroy said. The attack occurred May 22 in Tampa, where the boy had been visiting his father. Seven-month-old Jayza Laney Simms was dead on arrival at the hospital where her parents rushed her. The boy confessed to killing his sister a week later when detectives confronted him with the evidence, McElroy said. The unidentified boy was not taken into custody and is living with his mother while prosecutors make their decision on whether to charge him. Police said the father and his girlfriend were outside visiting with neighbors when the boy came to them about midnight on the night of the attack and told them the baby was "bleeding." They found the girl with a bloody nose and said she wasn't breathing. Hillsborough County State Attorney's spokeswoman Pam Bondi said prosecutors were just beginning to review the case and the complex legal issues involved with bringing charges against such a young child. Among the elements prosecutors will have to consider is whether a child so young is competent to stand trial for a crime, Bondi said. "There are a lot of issues," Bondi said. "This is the first time we have dealt with a 7-year-old accused of such a violent crime."

FWIW.. George Lopez - who was initially slated to testify for the defense but ended up testifying for the prosecution - said on Stern this morning that in his opinion Jackson will be convicted.

QUOTE(robin_ventura_eternal @ Jun 9, 2005 -> 09:09 PM) again i have to say, damn, you all are uptight. how are non regulars ruining this web site?? its just a forum, remember. i dont go around insulting peoples posts at other sites that i dont agree with or dont like. you all are just not nice sometimes! we all like the sox, dont we? cant we all just get along? Can't you post non game thread information in the appropriate place..??

QUOTE(Queen Prawn @ Jun 10, 2005 -> 07:55 AM) Looks like Chicago could be affected in the long term - interesting. We always seem to get the tail end rain... Tex.. by "effect you" I mean more of a direct hit thing versus just rain, etc..

http://infowars.com/articles/ps/cops_hire_...atbelt_laws.htm Kids vow to impose stiff penalty if family doesn't buckle up CDA Press | June 9, 2005 POST FALLS -- Dakota Kitchen became a Junior Seatbelt Officer on Monday and vowed to impose a stiff penalty on his family if they don't buckle up. "One dollar," the Seltice third-grader said firmly. "Most of the time I have to remind my mom when we're leaving the driveway, and my sister always puts the part that goes across her chest behind her back." Utilizing "officers" such as Kitchen is the latest creative way the Post Falls and Coeur d'Alene police will try to increase seat-belt usage among adults and children. "Sometimes it means more coming from your child rather than a police officer," Post Falls Sgt. Pat Knight said. "Hitting kids with a message can be better than hitting adults with a citation." Post Falls began its run of issuing officer cards to third-graders at Seltice and Mullan Trail schools on Monday, just in time for the summer break. Officers will be at Prairie View and Ponderosa today. Coeur d'Alene plans to run a similar program. The back of the card says, "As a Junior Seatbelt Officer, I promise to always wear my seat belt and make sure everyone else in the vehicle is wearing his or her seat belt. If anyone in the vehicle is caught not wearing his or her seat belt, they may be fined (blank)." "It doesn't have to be about money," Knight told students. "It can be about chores. We just want to see more of you and more of your parents buckle up. Every time you don't, the chances of you getting hurt are higher." Seltice's Keegan Knowles hopes his crackdown on his family's lack of seat-belt usage will get him out of brushing up on his reading skills for a day. Knowles already has a suspect he's zeroing in on. "Usually my papa doesn't wear his, and he can be a crazy driver," Knowles said. Knight hopes the program, thought of by Coeur d'Alene's Nick Knoll, will increase both seat-belt usage and agencies' federal grant funding for such programs. Idaho's $10 fine doesn't do much to make people think twice about not wearing their belts, Knight said. "It will get stiffer -- it has to," he said. Seat-belt usage in Post Falls is about 80 percent, according to surveys the agency conducts. The state's average is about 75 percent. "I won't be satisfied until we're constantly above 90 percent," Knight said. Post Falls' funding from the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration for seat-belt enforcement programs was cut from $4,000 to $2,800 this year. "We're trying to think outside the box and make sure that funding heads back our way," Knight said