Demi Moore is said to have instructed her lawyers to “punish” Ashton Kutcher “financially” in revenge for the betrayal that led her to seek a divorce.
Demi Moore‘s edict is in spite of a pre-nuptial contract with Ashton Kutcher – which she insisted on when they married in 2005.
At the time, Demi Moore, now 49, wanted to prevent him ever seeking a share of her $148 million pot of assets.
Back then, Ashton Kutcher, now 33, the son of a mid-western factory worker, was just beginning his acting career while Demi Moore had a fortune built up from roles in hit films including Indecent Proposal and Disclosure.
In addition Demi Moore had a $75 million divorce settlement from her second husband, Bruce Willis.
Now Demi Moore’s career is on the wane and Ashton Kutcher is the one who commands major fees.
Demi Moore is said to have instructed her lawyers to "punish" Ashton Kutcher "financially" in revenge for the betrayal that led her to seek a divorce
Ashton Kutcher earns $750,000 an episode playing an internet billionaire in the TV sitcom Two And A Half Men and as much as $6 million a year as a successful investor in new technology projects, including Skype.
“With a pre-nuptial agreement, Ashton should be sitting pretty,” a source close to Demi Moore’s entourage said.
“These agreements are designed to protect one’s earnings during the marriage as well as one’s pre-nuptial assets.
“But Demi is furious, raging in fact – you only have to look at every photo you see of her to see the toll Ashton’s cheating has taken on her.
“She wants to punish him financially because of the way he has broken her heart. She is talking about going after a share of what he has earned since their marriage on the grounds that she contributed to much of what he has achieved.
“She is going to give him a bitter fight and, whether or not she wins, it will be an expensive lesson for him.”
Demi Moore originally consulted a divorce lawyer in early October after Ashton Kutcher allegedly had unprotected sex on their sixth wedding anniversary with Sara Leal, following a drunken hot-tub party.
It was alleged to be the second occasion Ashton Kutcher had publicly humiliated her – Brittney Jones, 21, had bragged that he seduced her at a Los Angeles home he shares with Demi Moore.
Demi Moore’s frequent travels – she also has residences in New York and an Idaho mountain resort – “have made it easy for Ashton to go on living like a bachelor”, a source close to the couple said.
“But she has to travel for her work and she believes he just totally violated her trust.”
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher went to Kabbalah marriage counselling after he begged for a second chance. They also spent a weekend on a Caribbean atoll, Parrot Cay, where they were lent a villa by Bruce Willis, who remains one of his ex-wife’s closest friends and has helped bring up their three daughters.
“She was a wreck,” the source said.
“She believes strongly in marriage and she really didn’t want to spend her middle years alone. But in the end, she just couldn’t see any way of making things work. Bruce told her he is in her corner.”
A leading US family law expert, Raoul Felder, warned last night that Demi Moore faces an expensive battle.
“There are very few grounds for overturning a pre-nuptial agreement,” Raoul Felder said.
“The only people likely to win are the lawyers for the wife and the toyboy husband, who will collect huge legal fees.”
Robin Gibb, the Bee Gees star, who has been diagnosed with liver cancer, was rushed to hospital this week following a 999 call from his home.
Robin Gibb, 61, was diagnosed with liver cancer several months ago, and has since cancelled several public appearances.
The singer spent five hours in hospital on Tuesday before being allowed back home, where he was joined by his mother Barbara, 91, and his older brother Barry.
Barry Gibb has flown in from the US to be with his sibling.
It has been no secret that Robin Gibb has become frail over the last few months.
Robin Gibb, the Bee Gees star, who has been diagnosed with liver cancer, was rushed to hospital this week following a 999 call from his home
Robin Gibb was treated for inflammation of the colon in October after being taken by ambulance to John Radcliffe Hospital in Oxford.
The singer was discharged after four days, but said to be in severe pain.
Robin Gibb lives in an £8 million ($12 million) 12th Century home in Thame, Oxon,with his wife Dwina.
“Robin is not good and there is a lot of concern for him,” a friend has said, according to the Sunday Mirror.
“You can use your wealth to call in the best experts but sometimes no amount of fame, prestige and money can change things when it comes to cancer.
“But Robin is a strong character, he is a fighter and has been encouraged by all the online messages from his fans.
“Dwina is doing everything possible and hasn’t left his side.”
His wife is reportedly trying to persuade Robin Gibb to visit a Native American medicine man.
“This incredible Indian tribe introduced Robin and I to something called Spider Medicine that apparently contains properties that can help you get well from certain untreatable illnesses,” said the druid priestess.
“There will be difficult times ahead but Robin will never give up and his loving family will make sure he has everything he needs. There is frustration because Robin has always looked after himself. He doesn’t drink, eats well and exercises daily,” the friend added.
Robin Gibb spoke in an interview with new Sky Arts show Living The Life, broadcast tonight, about his inability to accept the death of his twin brother Maurice.
Robin Gibb described Maurice’s death at 53 as “something I haven’t accepted”, adding:
“I just imagine he is out there somewhere and I will bump into him one day.”
The Bee Gees disbanded after Maurice’s death, having sold 200 million records worldwide with hits such as Night Fever and Stayin’ Alive.
Robin Gibb’s younger brother Andy died in 1988 aged 30 after struggling with a cocaine addiction.
“It is incredibly sad for Barbara. First she lost her son Andy, then Maurice and now she has to cope with seeing Robin like this,” said a friend, according to the Sunday Mirror.
“It is a lot for a mother, particular of her age, to deal with. Barry has also been there for his brother and a lot of friends have been rallying round.”
Robin Gibb cancelled a US tour in April due to extreme stomach pain.
The star had part of his intestine removed in an emergency procedure last year, after suffering blockage similar to that which killed his brother Maurice.
Robin Gibb was quick to squash claims last month that his condition was worsening, saying: “I’m feeling great, absolutely great. I’m working on the Titanic Requiem at the moment and it’s going really well.“
Last week, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher tried to patch up their marriage with a make-or-break holiday to Bruce Willis’ Caribbean hideaway in Turks & Caicos.
However, despite the romantic location, Demi Moore made the heart-breaking decision to end relationship with Ashton Kutcher.
The couple jetted to one of Bruce Willis’s holiday homes, where Demi Moore, 49, apparently asked for a cast-iron guarantee that Ashton Kutcher, 33, would never stray again – and was not satisfied with the answers.
The trip was the latest in several attempts to overcome their difficulties, following a spiritual’ visit to Israel, and another with a rural retreat, complete with marriage therapist.
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher have been seeking “spiritual guidance” over their marital problems for several months.
Last week, Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher tried to patch up their marriage with a make-or-break holiday to Bruce Willis' Caribbean hideaway in Turks & Caicos
In the end, Demi Moore simply could not forgive the repeated and well-documented transgressions of Ashton Kutcher.
As Demi Moore indicated in a devastatingly worded statement on Thursday, Ashton Kutcher fell short of the vows and values she believed essential to marriage, and she therefore decided to end their six-year union.
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher, who are estimated to have a joint fortune of $290 million, are not thought to have a pre-nuptial agreement, so would be required to split their assets 50-50 under California law.
In her statement Demi Moore said she was filing for divorce with “great sadness and a heavy heart”, and added: “As a woman, a mother and a wife, there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life.”
Ashton Kutcher habitually hits the town in a big group, invariably taking along a bodyguard. When they were in a nightclub called Fluxx in San Diego in September, they were overheard debating if any of the passing women were “hot tub worthy”.
One of the girls in the tub, administrative assistant Sarah Leal, 22, claims that she and Ashton Kutcher twice had unprotected sex, but only after he had inquired after the possibility of a threesome with her and a friend.
Another woman, Megan McNutt, who was also there, described the actor as “super hot and super fun”.
She added: “If there is a hot tub there is going to be some action.”
The night in question was Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore’s sixth wedding anniversary.
Demi Moore had apparently confided to friends that she could no longer trust her husband.
Ashton Kutcher would switch off his phone for hours and she would not know where he was, or with whom. “She’s sick of feeling that she can’t trust Ashton,” said a source yesterday.
Another source added: “This has been a long time coming – heating for years and it has been soul destroying.
“They have been separate for some time, and Ashton has lately been acting as if he has wanted to be caught out. He has been hoping to provoke the end of the marriage, but she has been hanging on.”
For his part, Ashton Kutcher denied any wrongdoing, saying it was all based on assumptions. He accused the American tabloids of making up stories. It was a brazen strategy, and eventually not even his own wife believed him.
Demi Moore had already had her credulity stretched to snapping point by a previous (denied) liaison with Brittney Jones, 21, who said that Ashton Kutcher picked her up in July last year at a bowling alley and had sex with her on a sofa in his marital home in Beverly Hills days later while the actress was away.
Brittney Jones claimed that Ashton Kutcher insisted his marriage was an “open” one. She said on Thursday: “I do feel somewhat vindicated. Ashton told me that he and Demi had an open relationship and that he was not in fact cheating.”
Ashton Kutcher was also at the centre of a bizarre suggestion that he is the father of January Jones’s son, born in September.
January Jones, who plays Betty Draper in Mad Men, has never named the father, but denies it is Ashton Kutcher with whom she had a relationship from 1998 to 2001.
At the moment they met it is believed that Demi Moore banned Ashton Kutcher from even speaking about previous relationships. That period was referred to as “BD” or “Before Demi”, and she regarded his antics as unsavoury and unenlightened.
Demi Moore relaunched her career with a role in the 2004 film Charlie’s Angels, with Ashton Kutcher on her arm and a spectacular amount of beautifully executed plastic surgery, which was said to have cost nearly $1.5 million.
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher were married at their California home on September 24, 2005. She was 42 and he was 27.
Ashton Kutcher surprised many by forming strong and genuine bonds with his stepdaughters, Rumer, Scout and Tallulah. He said the age gap wouldn’t even be mentioned if the older party was a man, and repeatedly said it didn’t bother him.
One friend said that Ashton Kutcher appeared very attentive towards his wife, but added: “In pictures, they look good together. But in real life, there is something creepy there. She doesn’t look like his mum, but she certainly doesn’t look like his wife, either.”
The image Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore presented to the world was of blissful togetherness. Ashton Kutcher tweeted: “We leave notes all over the house for each other. She loves jelly beans, so I put some in her purse. It’s a treat.”
Demi Moore referred to herself happily as “the ultimate cougar”, and continuously posed in her bikini or her underwear, possibly to remind her husband that she was still every bit as sexy as she was when they married.
Ashton Kutcher confessed he still had a wandering eye, though.
“I love all women,” he said.
“Demi knows that. She doesn’t mind so long as I look, but don’t touch. These days I do as I’m told.”
On Thursday night Ashton Kutcher gave a regretful assessment. “Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail.”
Doug Bombard, the man who found Natalie Wood’s body said reopening the case has brought back painful memories as he recalled the moment he told Robert Wagner of the tragic discovery.
Former harbour director Doug Bombard, 85, took part in the 1981 search off Catalina Island and revisited the area in a helicopter.
Recalling the moment he told Robert Wagner, Doug Bombard said: “I told him I recovered the body. He looked right at me as I said it and he just looked down.”
Doug Bombard found Natalie Wood’s body after spotting a red bubble in the water which turned out to be her jacket.
Former harbour director, who still believes Natalie Wood’s death was a horrible and unfortunate accident, told NBC: “She was hanging in her down jacket under that bubble. If it wasn’t for that, I don’t think we’d ever have found her body.”
Doug Bombard said he believes she went out on the boat’s deck to fix something that was banging and slipped and fell into the water.
Reopening the investigation, he said, will bring pain to many people.
“I think it’s a bad idea that Robert’s family has to deal with it again.”
According to a witness whose account has never been disclosed, Natalie Wood was screaming for help as she drowned.
Retired stockbroker Marilyn Wayne said she tried to report the Natalie Wood’s “last desperate cries for help” but was ignored.
Los Angeles police last week said “substantial new evidence” has led them to reopen their investigation into the death 30 years ago this week.
Natalie Wood’s drowning off the coast of California was ruled accidental at the time. Now a police source has described her husband, Hart-To-Hart star Robert Wagner, now 81, as “a person of interest” in the case.
Robert Wagner – who was on his yacht Splendour with his wife and her alleged lover, Oscar-winner Christopher Walken, on the fateful night – has always maintained Natalie Wood, 43, accidentally slipped and drowned as she drunkenly tried to tie up a dinghy against the boat.
According to a witness whose account has never been disclosed, Natalie Wood was screaming for help as she drowned
Marilyn Wayne, 68, believes new statements from her and Dennis Davern, skipper of the Splendour, had triggered the latest police probe.
She said: “I have been waiting for years for them to take my account seriously but they would never listen.”
Marilyn Wayne was on a nearby boat with a boyfriend called John on the night of November 28, 1981.
In a sworn statement submitted to the LA Sheriff’s department, Marilyn Wayne said: “My cabin window was open. A woman’s voice, crying for help, awakened John and awakened me, <<Help me, someone please help me, I’m drowning>>, we heard repeatedly.”
She said John turned on their yacht’s beam light but they couldn’t see anything.
Marilyn Wayne claims she called the harbour patrol officer “but no one answered” and the local sheriff’s office, who told her a helicopter would be sent. But it did not come.
The woman also claims to have heard a man’s slurred voice from the direction of the Splendour saying: “Oh, hold on, we’re coming to get you.”
“Not long after that the cries for help subsided,” Marilyn Wayne recalled.
It was only when Marilyn Wayne gave an account of her story to a U.S. TV crew for a programme scheduled to air next week, that she was asked to give a statement to police.
Marilyn Wayne’s account matches that of Dennis Davern who says he was “coerced” by Robert Wagner’s lawyer into backing his client story of an accidental drowning after the death.
Dennis Davern’s police statement describes a night of heavy drinking that ended in a furious row between Robert Wagner and Natalie Wood after Christopher Walken had retired to bed.
Lana, Natalie Wood’s sister has claimed the actress was so scared of water that she would never have tried to get into a dinghy voluntarily before she drowned.
The coroner’s ruling, based on accounts from Robert Wagner, outlined how she had fallen into the sea after attempting to secure the small boat, but that finding should not be believed, Lana Wood said.
Natalie Wood had developed a deep-rooted fear of water ever since her mother warned her as a child that she would meet her death by drowning in “dark water”, Lana Wood told TMZ.
Lana Wood said: “It gave Natalie a great fear. She hated the water, she wouldn’t even go into her own pool at home.”
Coroner’s officials at the time wrote that Natalie Wood was “possibly attempting to board the dinghy and had fallen into the water, striking her face.”
Lana Wood, 65, also an actress best known for her part in Diamonds Are Forever, had never believed that her sister would have tried to sail herself at night, even after drinking for several hours.
She also claimed that the actress’s husband left her to drown on the night of her tragic death.
In an emotional interview Lana Wood said that when Natalie was in the water, Robert Wagner, who she calls RJ, had forbidden the captain from helping her and said: “Leave her there, teach her a lesson.”
Speaking to TMZ, Lana Wood claimed Dennis Davern, captain of the Splendour yacht from which Natalie Wood fell and drowned in 1981, told her what Robert Wagner had said.
Dennis Davern’s interviews followed his detailed account of the evening in a book co-authored by Marti Rulli entitled, Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour, which was published in September, 2009.
In the book they say before Natalie Wood disappeared from the boat, she was drinking and taking Quaaludes, a sedative, with her husband, Robert Wagner and actor Christopher Walken.
According to the book, Robert Wagner became enraged when he saw Natalie Wood and Christopher Walken speaking, and smashed a wine bottle, yelling at Walken: “What do you want to do, f**k my wife? Is that what you want?”
At that point, Christopher Walken returned to his cabin and Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner went to their state room. According to the captain, he heard a loud argument between the couple and thumping sounds, and eventually silence.
A short time later, the Captain went to the deck and was told by Robert Wagner: “Natalie is missing.”
The book claims Robert Wagner refused to let him call the Coast Guard.
Two people have been killed and more than 670 injured after protesters clashed yesterday with security forces in Cairo and Alexandria.
The latest clashes came as police moved to prevent a long-term sit-in following a huge demonstration in Cairo against the military leadership on Friday.
It was reported that some protesters lobbed rocks and a police vehicle was set on fire.
The new violences come just over a week before parliamentary elections are scheduled to begin.
Two people have been killed and more than 670 injured after protesters clashed yesterday with security forces in Cairo and Alexandria
Protesters – mostly Islamists and young activists – have been holding demonstrations against a draft constitution that they say would allow the military to retain too much power after a new civilian government is elected.
Many Egyptians are frustrated at what they see as a reluctance by the ruling military council – who took power after the fall of former President Hosni Mubarak in February – to carry out meaningful reforms.
Saturday’s violence in Cairo began when police moved to dismantle tents erected by demonstrators in Cairo’s Tahrir Square who had camped out for the night.
The move to clear the square prompted thousands of protesters to return, and clashes erupted. Police fired rubber bullets as cars were set on fire, witnesses said.
The numbers of protesters swelled, reportedly after a call went out on social media for people to join the demonstration following the police assault.
Prime Minister Essam Sharaf called on the protesters to clear the square.
“What is happening in Tahrir is very dangerous and threatens the course of the nation and the revolution,” a statement from PM cabinet said.
There were also demonstrations in Alexandria and Suez.
The state-run Mena news agency says more than 670 people were injured.
One of those wounded in Cairo later died in hospital, while a protester was killed in Alexandria during violent confrontations outside the offices of the interior ministry.
AFP quoted a security official as saying a number of arrests were made.
The interior ministry says a number of policemen were among the wounded.
Friday’s demonstration, which saw tens of thousands fill Tahrir Square, was one of the largest for months.
Parliamentary elections are due to begin on 28 November and take three months.
Earlier this month, Egypt’s military rulers produced a draft document setting out principles for a new constitution.
Under those guidelines, the military would be exempted from civilian overnight, as would its budget.
Tito Hernandez and Christine Orta have set up a tent outside the entrance of a Best Buy store in St Petersburg, Florida, in an attempt to hunt this year early Black Friday bargains.
Line waiting duties with be shared with their family members and friends to make sure they are first in the store when it opens at midnight on Thursday.
“We got here on Monday, Monday night and we set up tent and our game plan is to stay here til about Thursday, Thursday afternoon, it’s not easy, it is hot,” Tito Hernandez told ABC Action News.
“It’s not the oddest thing I’ve done, but it’s pretty crazy. It’s different,” explained Christine Orta.
Tito Hernandez and Christine Orta have set up a tent outside the entrance of a Best Buy store in St Petersburg, Florida, in an attempt to hunt this year early Black Friday bargains
The campers hope that they are the first ones in line to be able to come through the door and get their hands on a flat-screen TV.
“I’m interested in the 42″ and the 55″, but mostly the 55″ that’s similar to the one right up here,” said Christine Orta pointing to a 55″ Samsung.
Jade Esparza, the General Manager of Best Buy store said he was happy to see the dedicated bargain hunters.
“It’s great. We think it’s fantastic, and we welcome everyone to come out,” said Jade Esparza in a report by ABC Action News.
However, some shoppers were not impressed by their efforts.
“I think it’s crazy,” remarked one shopper as she walked past.
Drisana Pollack was at the store shopping and wondered what the tent was for.
“I could not believe that somebody would wait out here for three, four, five days just for the Black Friday event,” she said.
Meanwhile, the petition grows to more than 10,000 as Best Buy employees protest the early opening of the store.
Millions of shoppers will be out hunting for the best bargains of the year with discounts of 90 per cent and beyond for those at the front of the queue.
Retailers are hoping for a boost to their sales following the economic downturn which has seen shoppers spend less and become more savvy with their money.
Richard A. Risinger, a tree trimmer from Belleville, Illinois, was killed in the front yard of a customer’s home after he was dragged into a wood chipper – as his co-worker wife watched on in horror.
Richard A. Risinger, 54, was mangled to death after his jacket became caught in the machine while he was loading tree limbs during a routine job.
When police officers arrived at the scene in Belleville at 9:50 a.m. on Friday, they observed Richard A. Risinger entangled in the wood chipper.
He was “obviously deceased”.
According to the Alton Telegraph, Detective Mark Heffernan of the Belleville Police Department said:
“There was a resident in that block that had hired a tree service to do some work on the property.
“[Mr Risinger] was part of the crew working on the property.
“We believe he was feeding a branch into the apparatus, and something caused him to become entangled, and he was pulled in.”
Richard A. Risinger, a tree trimmer from Belleville, Illinois, was killed in the front yard of a customer's home after he was dragged into a wood chipper - as his co-worker wife watched on in horror
Mark Heffernan declined to release the name of the tree service but said Richard A. Risinger was one of five or six workers on the crew, one of whom was his wife.
A spokesman for the St. Clair County Coroner’s Office confirmed that Richard A. Risinger’s wife witnessed the accident but authorities declined to release her name.
The spokesman said Richard A. Risinger, from nearby Alton, was pronounced dead at the scene. He had sustained massive trauma.
“Evidently, part of his jacket or coat got tangled up and dragged him in head-first,” the coroner’s spokesman said.
He described the wood chipper as a “big, heavy piece of machinery”.
The chipper was on a trailer being pulled by a truck, the Alton Telegraph reported. No one else was injured in the incident, authorities said.
Mark Heffernan said the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)was notified about the accident.
“It is ‘standard procedure for any workplace-related incident resulting in death.”
OSHA representatives were conducting an investigation, authorities said.
“We believe this to be a tragic accident,” Mark Heffernan said.
“This was such a traumatic and sudden incident. Out of respect to the family, I don’t want to release any more details.”
Two 12-year-old students from Florida faced a police investigation for a sex crime after being caught kissing at an elementary school in Fort Myers.
Police were called to Orange River Elementary School in Fort Myers after an assistant principal was told the pair had exchanged a playground kiss.
But after officers responded to the emergency call they declined to take any action saying no offence had been committed.
Now the two students parents have accused the school of over-reacting and taking political correctness to a new level.
Two 12-year-old students from Florida faced a police investigation for a sex crime after being caught kissing at an elementary school in Fort Myers
According to local reports two girls who had a crush on a boy were talking about which of them liked him the most.
One of the girls approached the boy and briefly kissed him.
A teacher on duty noticed the kiss and reported it to the assistant principal Margaret Ann Haring.
Assistant principal said it was a “possible sex crime” and called social workers at the Florida Department of Children and Families (DCF).
DCF told her to report the matter to the Lee County Sheriff’s office who responded by sending deputies to the school.
After talking with teachers no action was taken as no crime had been committed.
Assistant principal Margaret Ann Haring told police officers there is an ongoing involvement with DCF.
Police spokesman Sgt Stephanie Eller:
“They went ahead and took a report and documented this because we don’t know at this point whether or not there is bigger picture that somebody needs to be looking at.”
“We had been called because one of the teachers observed what they thought was inappropriate behaviour.”
Sgt Stephanie Eller added that the kiss was not a sex crime.
“‘This incident is more of a simple assault, though by definition there would have to be a victim,” she said.
It is not reported that the boy objected to being kissed.
The two children involved in the kissing were spoken to by the school principal Holly Bell.
Holly Bell said: “Two girls were guessing who was each other’s boyfriend.”
Parents at the school believe the principal overreacted by calling police.
“How I behaved when I was 12 and most of the kids that I knew, yes its exploratory,” said parent John McDaniel.
“A kiss between 12-year-olds, I would say is relatively harmless.”
Others writing in the local newspaper were outrage by the police getting involved.
One parent wrote: “Whatever happened to common senses.”
While another commented: “Principal Margaret Ann Haring needs to be fired immediately.
“It is pretty obvious she is out of touch and clueless. Two little kids kissing is a Sex Act? What an idiot.”
Physicists from CERN, Swiss, ran again the test that had proved the theory of relativity was wrong – and broke the speed of light for a second time.
Scientists of the Large Hadron Collider sent another beam of subatomic particles over 450 miles to a laboratory in Gran Sasso in the Italian Alps.
And after running the modified follow-up test 20 times, the scientists recorded exactly the same results as before.
According to Albert Einstein’s 106-year-old theory of special relativity, nothing can travel faster than light in a vacuum because its particles have no mass.
By contrast, neutrinos – said to be “ghostly” because they can travel through anything – have a very small mass.
Physicists from CERN, Swiss, ran again the test that had proved the theory of relativity was wrong – and broke the speed of light for a second time
The Cern researchers apparently record-breaking speed raises a host of possibilities straight out of science fiction stories.
Critics of the first test said that running all 15,000 neutrinos at once meant there could be errors in the measurement that said they had beaten the speed of light by 60 nanoseconds (or billionths of a second).
The scientists claim to have used a more accurate method for the second trial, by sending shorter bunches of the tiny neutrinos with larger gaps in between.
Nuclear Physics at Gran Sasso said the researchers were now “more confident” about the result, but urged other laboratories to join his in repeating the test.
“A measurement so delicate and carrying a profound implication on physics requires an extraordinary level of scrutiny.”
Many experts still remain unconvinced.
Jim Al-Khalili, of the University of Surrey’s physics department, who has offered to eat his boxer shorts on live television if neutrinos really can travel faster than light, said:
“I am not yet ready to get out my knife and fork.
“The results have only dealt with some possible errors.
“There are still a number of other possible errors and uncertainties that they are working on ruling out.
“Ideally, the experiment would have to be done somewhere else entirely to try to verify the controversial result that these tiny particles really are going faster than light, in case there is still a systemic problem with this particular experiment at Cern.”
Only two other labs in the world have the equipment to take up Professor Jim Al-Khalili’s suggestion.
Scientists working on the Minos experiment in the U.S. and Japan’s T2K study will both try the same test and reveal their results next year.
Transgendered woman Oneal Ron Morris, a fake doctor from Florida suspected of injecting a woman’s bottom with cement, super glue and tyre sealant to give her a more “shapely” rear has been arrested.
Oneal Ron Morris, 30, who by his own picture appears to have undergone the “butt-boosting” procedure himself, is accused of administering the potentially lethal shots to at least one victim.
The transgender, who police say is a man but appears to look like a woman, was detained in Florida yesterday for the alleged incident in May 2010.
Miami Gardens Police Department Sgt William Bamford said Oneal Ron Morris first met with the as-yet unidentified victim to discuss the procedure.
William Bamford said: “They agreed on the price of $700, which was intended for cosmetic purposes.”
But instead, police say the victim was given a series of injections containing cement, mineral oil and Fix-A-Flat tyre inflator and sealant.
The incision was sealed with super glue. Shortly after the surgery was carried out, the victim went on to suffer “severe complications”.
Oneal Ron Morris appears to have undergone the "butt-boosting" procedure himself
William Bamford told WPLG: “A short time later, she develops very serious pains, abdomen, throughout her body. She knows something is wrong.”
It appeared the woman visited two local hospitals, before heading to Tampa General Hospital, where she received treatment.
The woman had developed an infection of drug-resistant bug MRSA at the wound and also developed pneumonia, but refused to reveal how it had happened.
Doctors at the hospital, worried it was the work of an unlicensed practitioner, reported the case to the Florida Department of Health.
But by the time they started to investigate, the victim had left the area.
Oneal Ron Morris was eventually arrested in North Lauderdale in March 2011
Oneal Ron Morris was eventually arrested in North Lauderdale in March 2011. He has been charged with practising medicine without a license and causing bodily harm.
The alleged incident is the latest in a long line of instances where women have suffered complications following illegal bottom enhancement procedures.
Saif al-Islam, the fugitive son of colonel Muammar Gaddafi has been captured, Libya’s interim justice minister says.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, 39, is said to have been seized by fighters near the southern town of Obari and flown to Zintan in the north.
Muammar Gaddafi’s son is the last key member of the Gaddafi family to be captured or killed.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged crimes against humanity during the uprising against his father.
A picture apparently showing Saif al-Islam Gaddafi after his capture has appeared on the page of a Facebook group based in the Libyan town of Sabha.
A picture apparently showing Saif al-Islam Gaddafi after his capture has appeared on the page of a Facebook group based in the Libyan town of Sabha
A militia force allied to the National Transitional Council (NTC) said Saif al-Islam Gaddafi had been captured in Obari, near Sabha, in the south-west, and was taken to their base in Zintan in the north.
A commander of the Zintan militia, Wisam Dughaly, said Saif al-Islam Gaddafi had been captured along with several aides, as they tried to smuggle him out to neighbouring Niger.
Wisam Dughaly said Saif al-Islam Gaddafi was not hurt, though the picture on Facebook showed his right thumb and two fingers bandaged.
The NTC’s Justice Minister Mohammed al-Allagui confirmed the capture and said Saif al-Islam Gaddafi would be transferred to the capital, Tripoli, soon.
The ICC in The Hague says it has been officially notified of the arrest.
An ICC spokesman, Fadi el-Abdallah, told the BBC that Libya had a legal obligation to hand over Saif al-Islam Gaddafi – who is wanted on charges of crimes against humanity – to the court.
However, ICC spokesman added that the final decision on where any trial would take place was up to the ICC judges after consultations with the Libyan authorities.
“The good news is that Saif al-Islam is arrested, he is alive, and now he will face justice,” ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo said.
The reported capture leaves Muammar Gaddafi’s former intelligence chief, Abdallah Senoussi, as the only Libyan ICC suspect still at large.
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi had been on the run since NTC forces took the capital, Tripoli, in August.
Muammar Gaddafi himself was killed on 20 October after being captured during the final battle for his hometown, Sirte.
Shayna McEntire, a 16-year-old girl from Arizona died in an apparent suicide after she and her boyfriend broke up.
Shayna McEntire’s death has been ruled a suicide by local police officials.
“Subsequent investigation revealed she had jumped in front of a vehicle that was westbound on Elliot in an effort to end her life,” police spokesman Sgt. William Balafas reported.
Shayna McEntire, a 16-year-old girl from Arizona died in an apparent suicide after she and her boyfriend broke up
Shayna McEntire’s boyfriend remains unidentified, but his mother told a local reporter that the news of Shayna’s death lead him to try to take his own life as well. He has since been hospitalized.
On the outside, Shayna McEntire seemed to have a lot to live for. Known for her smile and good grades, she planned to graduate and go to college.
In recent weeks, friends noticed that she had been going through a tough time.
“She was just upset,” Shayna’s mother Shannon McEntire told a local paper.
“I don’t think she expected what happened.”
Friends and family members who knew Shayna McEntire were surprised by the news, remembering her as a vivacious and happy girl.
“I’ll remember her by that smile,” said friend Tim Lawrence. “It was something that could warm the absolute coldest hearts.”
Shayna McEntire was a junior at Gilbert High School about a half hour outside of Phoenix, Arizona, where she had a 3.75 grade point average.
The school’s principal notified students and said that grief counsellors would be made available.
“We are all saddened by this loss,” principal Charles Santa Cruz said in the email.
This was Shayna McEntire’s first year at the high school and while her mother said there was a difficult transition period initially, she had moved on and was hoping to play on the school’s basketball team.
“She had a flair for the dramatic. She had a beautiful smile. She was a good girl,” Shannon McEntire said.
“I just want to hear her voice and just hold her and hug her.”
Friends made a makeshift memorial on the side of the road where she died, collecting notes and photos. Some left a Bible that they signed, paying tribute to Shayna McEntire’s religious upbringing.
Shayna McEntire was hit by a male driver who was coming back from the hospital where he was visiting his father.
A team of historians and retired Secret Service officers led by historian Max Holland has used new technology to categorically confirm in their minds the judgement that Lee Harvey Oswald acted alone when he killed John F. Kennedy 48 years ago.
Max Holland, who has investigated JFK’s assassination moment for years, led a team which digitally enhanced a number of home videos taken on November 22, 1963.
Max Holland’s team studied Abraham Zapruder’s famous footage as well as many other lesser-known films, and brought them all together for the first time to establish a narrative more clear than ever before.
The team will present their findings in documentary “JFK: The Lost Bullet” on the NatGeo channel this Sunday at 9:00 p.m. ET.
Max Holland told Fox News:
“I’d say a main thrust of it is to break the stranglehold that the Zapruder film has on our perception of what happened.”
“In a sense, we’ve all been <<Zaprudered>>. The film was so graphic, disturbing, mesmerising, that it became more of our perspective on the assassination than even the perspective of the assassin, which should never have happened.”
Max Holland, who has investigated JFK's assassination moment for years, led a team which digitally enhanced a number of home videos taken on November 22, 1963
The group also discovered, in the amateur footage taken that day by Robert Hughes, a shadowy figure moving on the sixth floor of the Texas School Book Depository building – a person believed to be Lee Harvey Oswald.
Lee Harvey Oswald was an employee at the Texas Schoolbook Depository, which overlooked the motorcade.
Contemporary investigators found that in March 1963, Lee Harvey Oswald, using the alias “A. Hidell”, purchased a 6.5mm Carcano Model 91/38 rifle by mail order. It is widely agreed this was the gun which killed John F. Kennedy.
Max Holland told Fox News: “Our conclusion is that he fired three shots in about 11 seconds, which is almost double the <<Six Seconds in Dallas>> meme that most people know when they think about the assassination: six seconds, three shots in six seconds.
“We say three shots in 11 seconds, which is a much easier – for I’d say, someone of Oswald’s skill – effortless task.”
President John F. Kennedy was assassinated as he travelled in an open-top car in a motorcade through Dallas. Texas Governor John Connally was also injured.
Within two hours, Lee Harvey Oswald was arrested for the murder of a policeman, then early the next morning he was charged with assassinating JFK.
On the morning of November 24, nightclub owner Jack Ruby shot and killed Lee Harvey Oswald as he was being transferred to the county jail.
There have been numerous conspiracy theories around JFK’s death, with everyone from the American Mafia and the KGB to FBI director J. Edgar Hoover and sitting Vice President Lyndon B. Johnson accused of involvement.
Each theory and every year hundreds of sceptics flock to the site to discuss the latest developments and pay their respects.
When asked by Fox News if there are any “holy grails” of JFK assassination research still not investigated, Max Holland cited Lee Harvey Oswald’s tax returns, which have never been released.
It is widely believed that Lee Harvey Oswald shot three bullets from his rifle. One missed entirely, a second hit John F. Kennedy and passed through Governor John Connally, the third was the fatal shot to the President.
Through FBI testing it was established the gun could be fired by an experienced shooter three times within five to eight seconds.
But in Governor John Connally’s own words: “There were either two or three people involved, or more, in this — or someone was shooting with an automatic rifle.”
John Connally’s wife believed that her husband was hit by a bullet that was separate from the two that hit Kennedy.
In the Zapruder film, the JFK’s head appears to move backwards after the last, fatal shot, an indication to some that a bullet was fired from the front.
There have been witness statements that two men were seen on top of a grassy knoll to the west of the Texas School Book Depository before the shooting.
Lana Wood, Natalie Wood’ sister, has claimed during an interview with TMZ that Robert Wagner left the actress to drown on the night of her tragic death.
Lana Wood said that when her sister was in the water, Robert Wagner, who she calls RJ, had forbidden the captain from helping her and said: “Leave her there, teach her a lesson.”
During an interview with TMZ, Natalie Wood’ sister claims Dennis Davern, captain of the Splendour yacht from which the actress fell and drowned in 1981, told her what Robert Wagner had said.
Lana Wood told TMZ: “He (Dennis) said that everyone was quite drunk and that a fight broke out and that Natalie was in the water and he and RJ did nothing to pull her out.
“He said, and this is a direct quote from what Dennis told me, <<leave her there, teach her a lesson>>.”
Lana Wood also claimed that the captain told her Robert Wagner called his attorney before he alerted the Coastguard to the incident.
Lana Wood, Natalie Wood' sister, has claimed during an interview with TMZ that Robert Wagner left the actress to drown on the night of her tragic death
The revelations come as the police confirmed yesterday that they will reopen the investigation into the death of Natalie Wood and said they may use new DNA technology after receiving “credible and substantial information”.
Investigators said, until they find evidence to say otherwise, Natalie Wood’s death will still be ruled as an accidental drowning.
The sheriff said at this point Natalie Wood’s husband actor Robert Wagner is not a suspect and would only say they planned to re-evaluate the evidence.
One of the key witnesses in the reopening of the investigation is Dennis Davern, who police confirmed they would interview.
Dennis Davern has blamed Robert Wagner for the death, claiming that – at the behest of Wagner – they did not do enough to find Natalie Wood, after he advised against calling coastguards for four hours.
When asked if he thought Robert Wagner was responsible for Natalie Wood’s death, he said: “Yes, I would say so.”
Dennis Davern, Natalie Wood, Robert Wagner and her Brainstorm co-star Christopher Walken – who police say is not a suspect – had been boating near Santa Catalina Island just off the coast of California.
The three friends had been drinking heavily and investigators ruled, after interviewing all parties on board, that Natalie Wood’s death was an accident.
But now Dennis Davern has admitted he lied in the initial police report and that he believes it was her husband who was responsible for her death.
Dennis Davern told NBC today: “I made some terrible decisions and mistakes. I did lie on a report several years ago.
“I made mistakes by not telling the honest truth in a police report.
“We didn’t take any steps to see if we could locate her. I think it was a matter of, <<We’re not going to look too hard, we’re not going to turn on the searchlight, we’re not going to notify anybody right now>>.”
Robert Wagner has yet to speak out about the new claims and has remained out of the public eye, holed up in his Hollywood mansion.
The actor’s publicist released a statement saying they were leaving the matter in the hands of the LA County Sheriff’s department but appeared to blame Dennis Davern for trying to profiteer from her death.
The statement said: “We trust they will evaluate whether any new information relating to the death of Natalie Wood Wagner is valid, and that it comes from a credible source or sources other than those simply trying to profit from the 30-year anniversary of her tragic death.”
At a press conference in California yesterday, police said in their eyes it is still an accidental drowning and will remain so until they follow up on the new information.
Meanwhile Natalie Wood’s sister Lana said she never believed the account Robert Wagner gave police about her sister’s death.
Lana Wood also says she’s not buying the story that her sister was trying to secure a dinghy and fell overboard because she was deathly afraid of water, according to TMZ.
She claims Natalie Wood’s fear stems from her mother warning her as a child that she would meet her death by drowning in “dark water”.
Lana Wood said: “It gave Natalie a great fear. She hated the water, she wouldn’t even go into her own pool at home.”
Natalie Wood’ sister said she was not interested in seeing anyone punished but just wanted the “truth”.
“Natalie was a wonderful person. She deserves the truth and she deserves to rest,” Lana Wood told TMZ.
Detectives are said to be interviewing Lana Wood to find out if her sister’s relationship with her husband was volatile.
Dennis Davern spoke extensively to Marti Rulli, author of the book Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour, published in 2009 while she was writing it.
He denies trying to do anything other than see justice done by coming forward after 30 years.
Dennis Davern told NBC: “I’m not really the investigator here, and I’m far away from even thinking about profiting over a 30-year anniversary. I’ve known this information for many, many years and my book has been out for two years. I’m not in it for any kind of profit, I’m in it for the justice of the whole situation.”
Speaking to CNN, Dennis Davern told them that though he never saw Robert Wagner push Natalie Wood or be in any way violent towards her, he still holds him responsible for her death.
Witnesses said they heard a woman scream around the time Natalie Wood disappeared but he said he did not hear any scream but only “a lot of yelling, a lot of moving about”.
Dennis Davern spoke extensively to Marti Rulli, author of the book Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour, published in 2009 while she was writing it
Dennis Davern did say that he was on the bridge of the boat and had music on loud so he could drown out the noise of their arguments.
Co-author of the book Marti Rulli said she believes Natalie Wood’s death was inadequately investigated at the time, saying: “The case was never really investigated in 1981, and yes, I am relieved they are going to give the case the attention it has always deserved.
“I am confident it is in good hands at this time. This has been a long process, and I have worked my way through the L.A. County Sheriff’s Department, and with a new generation of detectives in the department they are taking it seriously.”
Speaking on CNN, Marti Rulli said: “There are many, many things that should be examined, but mainly the four-hour wait to call for the Coast Guard.“
Marti Rulli said Natalie Wood was missing from 11:05 p.m., but a ship-to-shore call wasn’t placed until 1:30 a.m. and the Coast Guard wasn’t called until 3:30 a.m.
“This unacceptable delay in reporting a person missing from a yacht was never officially examined,” she wrote in the dossier.
Natalie Wood was wearing a red down jacket when authorities discovered her body 30 years ago … and her wardrobe could prove she floated alive in dark water for hours while Robert Wagner allegedly stalled rescue efforts.
While writing the book, Marti Rulli performed a forensic test on down coats similar to the one Natalie Wood was wearing when she drowned which prove they act like a life jacket in the water.
Marti Rulli said: “It will not sink but instead remains floating.”
This finding completely contradicts the opinion of the coroner at the time – who insisted the jacket would have been too much for her to cope with and weighed her down in the ocean.
This additional information has prompted homicide detectives to re-open their investigation into her death.
According to police reports at the time, the body of Natalie Wood – one of the most glamorous actresses of her generation – was found wearing a long nightgown, socks, and a down jacket and was pulled from the water in a cove on Catalina Island about a mile away from the yacht.
An autopsy report revealed two dozen bruises on Natalie Wood’s body, including a facial abrasion on her left cheek, and bruises on her arms.
Brandon Wilson, a convicted murderer who stabbed Matthew Cecchi, a 9-year-old boy, in a public restroom in Oceanside, California, in 1998, has killed himself in his death row cell.
Brandon Wilson, a 33-year-old drifter from Wisconsin, Ohio, was found hanging inside in his cell in San Quentin State Prison, California on Thursday.
The killer death is 13 years to the week that he attacked Matthew Cecchi in a restroom in Oceanside, California while the boy’s aunt waited outside.
Brandon Wilson had been camping when he felt “the time had come to kill a person”, according to a confession statement read in court.
The murderer followed the boy, who was on a family reunion, to the bathroom after watching him in a nearby playground.
Brandon Wilson slit Matthew Cecchi’s throat with a hunting knife and stabbed him five times in the back as the little boy stood at a urinal.
When Matthew Cecchi’s aunt grew concerned that the boy had not come out, she went inside and found him bleeding to death on the bathroom floor.
Brandon Wilson, a convicted murderer who stabbed Matthew Cecchi, a 9-year-old boy, in a public restroom in Oceanside, California, in 1998, has killed himself in his death row cell
At his arraignment, Brandon Wilson,then-20-year-old, said: “I’m guilty, I did it. I did it. I killed him. I killed the little boy.”
But he showed no remorse and said he would “do it again in a second if I had the chance”.
During his trial in San Diego, Brandon Wilson asked the jury to “execute me”.
Brandon Wilson pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity and claimed God had ordered him to kill Matthew Cecchi.
Brandon Wilson was convicted and sentenced to death in 1999.
He was also serving a sentence of life in prison for the attempted murder of a woman he had stabbed in Los Angeles two days after killing Matthew Cecchi.
Police arrested Brandon Wilson after he stabbed the woman on her way to work in Hollywood.
Brandon Wilson had let her run away, before chasing her and stabbing her several more times until her co-workers pulled him off.
A prison spokeswoman said Brandon Wilson was found hanging inside his cell and pronounced dead at 6:47 a.m. He was alone in his single-person cell, she added.
Brandon Wilson is the 19th death row inmate to commit suicide since California reinstated capital punishment in 1978, according to the Department of Corrections.
That means more condemned inmates have died of suicide than the 13 prisoners who have been executed in the state since 1978. There are currently 719 inmates on death row in California.
Following the murder of Matthew Cecchi, campaigners demanded more protection for children in public places.
The appeal led to the creation of the Matthew Cecchi Public Safety Act.
The ruling allowed for unisex family restrooms in public parks and campgrounds in San Diego, California to be built to ensure the safety of children.
All renovated or newly constructed parks in the county now include these restrooms in their plans.
As Demi Moore has officially announced she is ending her six year marriage to Ashton Kutcher after reports of his alleged infidelities became public, the couple’s issues seem to have been a lot more complex.
It is believed Demi Moore, 49, and Ashton Kutcher, 33, embarked on an “open marriage”, with suggestions hinting that the actress is bisexual.
An insider told Star: “Demi is attracted to women just as much as men, so she didn’t always get all she needed from Ashton.”
Speaking of Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher’s agreement to have an open marriage, the source added: “Everyone in Hollywood knows about their arrangement, but they’ve managed to keep it a secret from the general public.
“She was cool with Ashton having flirtatious relationships too. Somehow they made it work all these years. Both of them were respectful of each other. It was a lot of fun for them.”
However, it all changed when Ashton Kutcher’s alleged affairs became public and it seems their liberal outlook soon turned sour.
As Demi Moore has officially announced she is ending her six year marriage to Ashton Kutcher after reports of his alleged infidelities became public, the couple's issues seem to have been a lot more complex
Comedienne Chelsea Handler seemed to echo the sentiments, speaking to Piers Morgan on CNN.
While Chelsea Handler admitted she didn’t know Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher well personally, she said: “I think it’s pretty obvious that they’ve probably had a lot of open marriage type situations.
“I think they probably had a lot of good times with some other women… Clearly they had a lot of threesomes, that led to twosomes without Demi and that leads to a divorce. I absolutely feel for her.”
Brittney Jones, Ashton Kutcher’s first alleged mistress, who came forward with the affair story in September 2010, insisted at the time that the actor had an “open marriage” with his wife.
At the time, Brittney Jones’ credibility was quashed by Ashton Kutcher’s lawyer who insinuated she was lying.
Yet today, Brittney Jones told TMZ: “Although divorce is often sad I do feel somewhat vindicated.
“For so long people have thought that I was dishonest or just making up my passionate nights with Ashton, when in fact I was being used.
“Ashton told me that both he and Demi had an <<open relationship>> and that he was not in fact cheating.
“Now I can tell all the facts about how Ashton really was, and hopefully people will believe my side of the story.”
Demi Moore said in a statement today that she is filing for divorce with “great sadness and a heavy heart”.
New research from Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging, San Francisco, claims the secret to anti-ageing could lie with roundworms.
Biochemist Cynthia Kenyon and her team at the Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging, have managed to prolong the life of roundworms six-fold.
The tiny roundworm has an exceptionally short lifespan; elderly at 10 days and dead within two weeks.
Cynthia Kenyon’s team have slowed the species’ ageing process and bred roundworms to the age of 84 days – which in human terms would make them 480 years old.
“You have something you never thought was possible,” Cynthia Kenyon told ABC News.
“These worms should be dead, a long time ago. But they’re not dead. They’re moving. They’re young.”
The reaserchers did it by manipulating one particular gene in its DNA, known as daf-2.
New research from Hillblom Center for the Biology of Aging, San Francisco, claims the secret to anti-ageing could lie with roundworms
The same gene is present in humans and people who live to 100 tend to exhibit mutations to the gene, said Cynthia Kenyon at the Technology, Entertainment and Design (TED) conference in Edinburgh.
Mutations to the daf-2 gene would help to explain why different animals have such significantly differing lifespans.
While the roundworm is dead inside a fortnight and the mayfly inside a day, tortoises can live for up to 188 years and koi fish can live to 200.
As a result of the research, Cynthia Kenyon claimed that youth-boosting drugs could be available within 15 years.
Matthew Denton, a distraught teen from Lander, Wyoming, killed himself and another four people in a head-on crash when he drove into van at 97 mph to commit suicide.
The crash happened on November 10 just after midnight at four miles south of Lander, when Matthew Denton, 17, deliberately drove his Chevrolet Suburban into oncoming traffic.
His car was going 97 mph when it crashed head-on into the Dodge Caravan, instantly killing all four people inside.
Matthew Denton, who was alone in the car, died at a Casper hospital shortly after the crash.
The van was going between 50 and 55 mph. There was no evidence Matthew Denton was targeting anyone inside the van, officials said.
“I don’t think he had a clue who he was running into. It was dark. He picked the next vehicle that was coming down the road, is what it looked like to us,” Wyoming Highway Patrol Lt Tom Adams said.
Matthew Denton, a distraught teen from Lander, Wyoming, killed himself and another four people in a head-on crash when he drove into van at 97 mph to commit suicide
The four people killed in the minivan were Corina Surrell-Norman, 41, her ex-husband Arvin Surrell, their 25-year-old son Ethan Surrell, who was driving the minivan and his 20-year-old girlfriend, Melinda Escamilla.
Matthew Denton was from Lander, and the Surrells lived in Fort Washakie about 20 miles north of the crash, a town of approximately 1,500.
Authorities determined the crash was intentional after inspecting a vehicle data recording device in Chevrolet Suburban. The “black box’ device showed how fast the car was going and that Matthew Denton didn’t attempt to brake.
Matthew Denton was “well into the throttle, almost to floor” when the crash happened, Lt Tom Adams said.
He also said text messages on Matthew Denton’s phone revealed he was having “personal problems” leading up to the wreck.
Lt Tom Adams declined to release the texts or say more about Matthew Denton’s personal issues.
Fremont County Coroner Ed McAuslan’s official report was that Matthew Denton’s death was a suicide and the deaths of the four others were homicides.
“He did an intentional act that took the lives of four people,” Ed McAuslan said.
Toxicology reports are pending.
Dodge Caravan tumbled off the highway and was engulfed in flames upon impact. Melinda Escamilla and Ethan Surrell were ejected from the van and Corina and Arvin Surrell were burned beyond recognition inside.
All four were killed instantly.
Matthew Denton died in hospital a few hours later.
Ten-year-old Jasmine McClain from Chadbourn, North Carolina, has been found dead in her bedroom after allegedly being bullied at school.
The girl was found hanged by her mother Samantha West at their home on Monday evening.
Samantha West said: “She was just such a loving child. I just lost it because she took her last breath in my arms.”
The mother described Jasmine McClain as “sweet and fun-loving” and said she was unaware that the girl was so tormented by bullying at her local elementary school.
Samantha West told local TV station WRAL-TV: “It’s a shame that kids are that cruel.”
Ten-year-old Jasmine McClain from Chadbourn, North Carolina, has been found dead in her bedroom after allegedly being bullied at school
Chadbourn Police Chief Steven Shaw ruled the death a suicide but his investigation lead him to Facebook where comments had been posted by Jasmine McClain’s classmates that she had been targeted.
Chief Steven Shaw said: “Children started coming forward and making accusations that she was bullied – and bullied bad – in school.”
The police chief was unable to comment on whether anyone was liable for Jasmine McCain’s death but said that the investigation was ongoing.
It is believed that Jasmine McCain was tormented at Chadbourn Elementary, where she was picked on her about her clothes and shoes.
The girl didn’t attend school for a short while before returning to classes last month. Her mother said she had dreaded going back.
Chadbourn Elementary, where the flag flew at half-mast following Jasmine McCain’s death, said they had conducted their own internal investigation and were working closely with the police.
Concerns have been raised after several children committed suicide in recent months following reports of bullying.
Joanna Findlay, a Scottish university lecturer from Hollywood, US, faces 50 years in jail for trying to murder her husband Gary Trogdon after finding his child porn.
Joanna Findlay, 41, blasted her husband in the chest at their home in Hollywood, Maryland, but failed to kill him.
Gary Trogdon, 55, a former U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, then took the gun and killed himself.
Jurors at St Mary’s County Circuit Court found Joanna Findlay, originally from Blairgowrie, Perthshire, guilty of attempted second degree murder following a two-and-a-half-day trial.
Joanna Findlay was also found guilty of the statutory firearms offence of using a handgun in the commission of a felony.
Joanna Findlay, a Scottish university lecturer from Hollywood, US, faces 50 years in jail for trying to murder her husband Gary Trogdon after finding his child porn
State attorney Richard Fritz said Joanna Findlay now faces a potential 30 years in jail for attempted second degree murder, and potentially another 20 years on top for the firearms offence.
Richard Fritz said: “The jury found that she tried to murder him before he shot himself. They decided there was not enough evidence as to whether he committed suicide or she murdered him.
“The jury maybe thought that he committed suicide, but found that she had tried to murder him as well.”
Joanna Findlay, who was an English lecturer at Maryland University, insisted throughout that Gary Trogdon had in fact shot himself over the embarrassment at his child porn cache.
The trial heard that Gary Trogdon had gone to a local support group the morning before he died, after his wife insisted he seek help for his obsession with child pornography.
Later that day, on October 30, 2010, they were seen in good spirits and had gone to a Mexican restaurant in California, Maryland, for dinner with a neighbour after helping work on their chicken coop.
However, the court heard there was a rapid deterioration in their behaviour and later that night Joanna Findlay tried to overdose on drugs but her husband took them off her.
Joanna Findlay claimed in court that he later assaulted her after she again brought up the child pornography.
The woman said: “He pushed me down on the bed and he laid on top of me… He wouldn’t let me up.”
After more struggling, Joanna Findlay said she eventually freed herself and took a .22-calibre pistol from a coffee table drawer in the living room.
Joanna Findlay said she shot the gun into the floor to scare him away and then called police.
Richard Fritz, prosecuting, said her husband took the gun off her but she then got hold of another pistol, this time a .38 calibre weapon, and then shot her husband at close range.
Joanna Findlay’s lawyer, John Ray, said that police seized several computers that have thousands of images of child porn from a computer owned by GaryTrogdon, who lectured in military history.
Gary Trogdon, a former U.S. Air Force lieutenant colonel, killed himself after his wife Joanna Findlay attempted to murder him
Officers found 10 guns in total in their home, but local medical examiner Dr Ana Rubio said it was difficult to say how Gary Trogdon had died.
Dr. Ana Rubio said: “The wound itself allows to be any of those three possibilities – homicide, suicide or accidental.”
Another medical expert, physician Dr. Jonathan Arden, concluded that the death was a suicide.
“You could put it in a textbook as an example of a suicidal gunshot wound,” Dr. Jonathan Arden said.
Joanna Findlay had originally faced a charge of murder in the first degree. If she been found guilty of that, she could have become the sixth person to have been executed in Maryland since the death penalty was reinstated in the U.S. in 1976.
Christopher and Mary Sultze, of Appleton, Wisconsin, starved their baby girl for months claiming they were afraid she would end up obese, a court has heard.
Christopher and Mary Sultze were both charged earlier this month with a felony count of child neglect. The couple face up to a year in prison and a $25,000 fine if convicted.
According to doctors, the infant gained just 5 pounds in the 14 months after her birth. She needed to weigh 22 pounds to meet even the minimum growth charts for her age, a doctor told police.
Another doctor noted that the baby girl had no fat on her body and was essentially starving.
Mary Sultze and her husband Christopher starved their baby girl for months claiming they were afraid she would end up obese
Christopher Sultze, 35, reportedly told doctors during a check-up in August that his daughter would “get fat” if she stayed at the hospital, even though it was recommended because the child was dangerously underweight.
Christopher Sultze appeared at Outagamie County Circuit Court yesterday and was released on bail on the condition he had no contact with the child.
The father’s preliminary hearing was scheduled for next week.
Mary Sultze, 36, waived the right to a preliminary hearing yesterday in exchange for her release on bail so that she could return to the couple’s three other children, according to her attorney Brandt Swardenski.
The woman was also ordered to have no contact with the daughter she’s accused of starving.
Brandt Swardenski said: “I have serious reservations about whether there’s any criminal activity here or just misguided parenting intentions.
“This is a case where we need to reserve judgment until we learn more details on exactly what occurred.”
Christopher Sultze, 35, reportedly told doctors during a check-up in August that his daughter would "get fat" if she stayed at the hospital, even though it was recommended because the child was dangerously underweight
Christopher Sultze’s attorney Michael Petersen declined to comment.
According to the criminal report, the baby weighed 8 pounds when she was born in July 2010 and weighed just 13 pounds in September 2011.
Doctors began tracking the girl’s lack of growth and weight gain at her four-month checkup in November 2010, when she weighed just 7 pounds, 9 ounces.
Baby’s parents were irritated that doctors were continually concerned about their daughter’s weight, the report said.
The parents insisted they were feeding her enough, their other children grew slowly and that they believed the girl would eventually gain weight.
Months went by with no significant improvement and tests for potential medical problems came back negative.
In August 2011, the family’s doctor convinced the parents to bring their daughter to Children’s Hospital in Fox Valley for an evaluation.
The girl gained 8 ounces in one a day at the hospital.
A social worker assigned to the family as part of hospital procedure noted that the girl’s parents were upset by recommendations that they needed to feed her more calories.
The parents decided to take their baby home against the advice of her doctors.
Christopher Sultze reportedly told a doctor he didn’t want to have obese children and kept insisting his daughter would “get fat” at the hospital.
The father later told police that his family followed a very low cholesterol diet.
Christopher Sultze said he underwent bypass surgery for a blocked artery when he was 25 years old.
Court records revealed that Mary Sultze was charged with misdemeanor battery and disorderly conduct for biting her four-year-old daughter on the arm in 2009.
At the time, Mary Sultze told police she had bitten her daughter to teach her a lesson after the girl bit her older sister.
The mother of four acknowledged that “it probably wasn’t right to do”.
Mary Sultze ultimately pleaded no contest to the disorderly conduct charge, which is not an admission of guilt but is treated as such for sentencing purposes. Prosecutors dismissed the battery count.
Chaz Bono has been criticized as being a misogynist by Stephen Beatty, Annette Bening and Warren Beatty’s transgender son.
Stephen Beatty, 19, born Kathlyn, has hit out at Chaz Bono, 42, who underwent female-to-male gender transition between 2008 and 2010.
Writing on his blog Super Mattachine, Stephen Beatty took issue with Chaz Bono’s view that transgender people have effectively been born with a “birth defect” – something Chaz Bono said in an interview with the New York Times.
Chaz Bono described being transgender as effectively having a “mismatched” brain and body, as a “birth defect like a cleft palate”.
Stephen Beatty branded Chaz Bono a misogynist and saying that he does no represent the views of the transgender community
Stephen Beatty fiercely disagrees: “I do not have a birth defect. If you feel like you have a birth defect, fine. That’s how you feel. Go feel that.”
“Do not put it onto me. Do not define me that way, and do not define other trans people that way unless they claim that label.”
Stephen Beatty continued, by branding Chaz Bono a misogynist and saying that he does no represent the views of the transgender community.
“[Chaz] has appointed himself as the representative of a group of people who are not all like him.
“He has said misogynistic… things about gender. I take particular issue with his comments on trans embodiment and on women.”
Chaz Bono has been criticized as being a misogynist by Stephen Beatty, Annette Bening and Warren Beatty's transgender son
Stephen Beatty concluded: “Chaz is a misogynist. He is a trans man who seems to believe that his female-assignedness and his female socialisation makes him immune from being a misogynist, and he is manifestly wrong.
“This man doesn’t represent our community… The next time you hear Chaz’s name brought up in a conversation about trans issues, point out the things he’s said about surgery, <<birth defects>> and women.
“Because I don’t want a single person thinking this guy is the best of us.”
Stephen Beatty describes himself as “a gay trans man for whom both identities are equally important, a white anti-racist, a feminist, and a poet”.
Warren Beatty also dated Chaz Bono’s mother Cher back in 1962.
Warren Beatty and Annette Bening, who married in 1992, have four children together.
Mariah Carey and Nick Cannon revealed other shots of their six-month-old twins, Moroccan and Monroe.
The charming twins, Moroccan and Monroe look like they are on cloud nine as they recline on a giant white sofa with an array of colourful balloons behind them.
There are also some inflated letters spelling out their joint nickname “Dembabies” – which Mariah Carey and father Nick Cannon affectionately call them.
The charming twins, Moroccan and Monroe look like they are on cloud nine as they recline on a giant white sofa with an array of colourful balloons behind them
In other shots posted by Nick Cannon on Twitter, Moroccan and Monroe – known as Roc and Roe for short – keep up with the adorable theme.
A studious Monroe is pictured in one frame looking animatedly at a book, while in another Moroccan is a cool dude with a pair of shade swamping his little face.
Moroccan is a cool dude with a pair of shade swamping his little face
But as young as they might be, the twins are already making their musical debut, of sorts.
Mariah Carey revealed this week that her son and daughter will be appearing in her new music video, When Christmas comes.
The duet will also feature John Legend. Speaking about the track, Mariah Carey told Extra: “When Christmas Comes – people need to hear the song; I think John Legend swung it home!”
Mariah carey added: “I think the fact that the babies are in the video is great.”
A studious Monroe is pictured in one frame looking animatedly at a book
Speaking about her new svelte figure, after claiming to have lost 70 lbs (35 kg) since giving birth, Mariah Carey said: “I have my clavicle [collar bone] back. I thought I had lost my bones forever. I couldn’t find them.”
Natalie Wood’s death case will be re-opened as a homicide, as investigators received “additional information” on her drowning 30 years ago.
Thirty years ago Natalie Wood was found drowned in the waters off Southern California after a night of partying on the yacht she owned with actor husband Robert Wagner.
“Additional information” is now said to have come to light prompting homicide detectives yesterday to re-open their investigation into the 43-year-old actress’s death on November 29, 1981.
Up to now Natalie Wood is believed to have fallen off the yacht “Splendor” after drinking and dining with her husband and “Brainstorm” co-star Christopher Walken.
Police reports said Natalie wood’s body was found floating in a cove on Catalina Island about a mile away from the yacht. The actress was wearing a long nightgown, socks, and a down jacket.
According to an autopsy report, Natalie Wood had two dozen bruises on her body, including a facial abrasion on her left cheek, and bruises on her arms, according to CNN.
Natalie Wood's death case will be re-opened as a homicide, as investigators received "additional information" on her drowning 30 years ago
Natalie Wood’s drowning at the age of 43 sparked tabloid speculation that foul play was involved, but Robert Wagner and her sister Lana have dismissed such a suggestion.
Los Angeles Times has reported that detectives were prompted to look at the case again after comments by the ship’s captain, Dennis Davern.
Dennis Davern has said he believes Natalie Wood’s death is directly connected to an argument she had earlier in the evening with Robert Wagner.
It comes after Natalie Wood’s sister told CNN in 2010 she believes an argument between her sister and Robert Wagner preceded the drowning. But she ruled out foul play.
She wrote in a biography on her sister: “What happened is that Natalie drank too much that night.”
Robert Wagner wrote in a 2009 autobiography, Pieces Of My Heart, that he blamed himself for his wife’s death.
At the time, Natalie Wood’s death was ruled an accident and it was determined she had been drinking that night.
The Los Angeles County Coroner’s office wrote that Natalie Wood was “possibly attempting to board the dinghy and had fallen into the water, striking her face”.
A dinghy that had been attached to the couple’s yacht “Splendor” was found in a Catalina cove.
Detectives plan to hold a news conference today and anyone with information about the case is being asked to contact sheriff’s officials or an anonymous tip line.
Natalie Wood, a three-time Oscar nominee famous for roles in classics such as West Side Story and Rebel Without A Cause, was twice married to Robert Wagner.
Natalie Wood and Robert Wagner first wed in 1957 before divorcing six years later. They remarried in 1972.
Questions over the circumstances surrounding Natalie Wood’s untimely death have lingered for 30 years, and family members have previously asked for authorities to re-examine the original findings.
A spokesman for Robert Wagner, said the family trusts the sheriff’s department will take appropriate action but has not been contacted about the case being re-opened.
Natalie Wood was twice married to Robert Wagner
Los Angeles County sheriff’s officials said in a written statement: “Recently sheriff’s homicide investigators were contacted by persons who stated they had additional information about the Natalie Wood Wagner drowning.”
“Due to the additional information, sheriff’s homicide bureau has decided to take another look at the case,” the statement said.
A sheriff’s spokesman declined to elaborate on the additional information pending a news conference scheduled for today at 2:00 p.m. EST.
The Los Angeles Times, citing anonymous sources, said detectives have decided to reopen the case after hearing Dennis Davern’s claim.
Last year, Dennis Davern asked investigators, along with Natalie Wood’s sister, to re-open the case.
The issue was revisited when Dennis Davern was recently interviewed for a collaboration between the magazine Vanity Fair and the television series “48 Hours Mystery” that focuses on Natalie Wood’s death.
The interviews followed his detailed account of the evening in a book co-authored by Marti Rulli entitled, “Goodbye Natalie, Goodbye Splendour”, which was published in September, 2009.
Dennis Davern has said he believes Natalie Wood’s death is directly connected to an argument she had earlier in the evening with Robert Wagner.
Reports also suggest Marti Rulli has been in direct contact recently with the LA County sheriff’s office.
Robert Wagner’s spokesman Alan Nierob wrote in a statement: “Although no one in the Wagner family has heard from the LA County Sheriff’s department about this matter, they fully support the efforts of the LA County Sheriff’s Department and trust they will evaluate whether any new information relating to the death of Natalie Wood Wagner is valid, and that it comes from a credible source or sources other than those simply trying to profit from the 30 year anniversary of her tragic death.”
Natalie Wood, who was born Natalia Nikolaevna Zakharenko to Russian immigrant parents in San Francisco, appeared as a child in such films as the Christmas classic “Miracle on 34th Street” and “The Ghost and Mrs. Muir”.
Demi Moore has officially announced she is divorcing from Ashton Kutcher after six year marriage.
Demi Moore, 49, said in a statement that she is filing for divorce with “great sadness and a heavy heart”.
Hinting at Ashton Kutcher’s infidelity, Demi Moore said: “As a woman, a mother and a wife, there are certain values and vows that I hold sacred, and it is in this spirit that I have chosen to move forward with my life”.
Demi Moore added that it’s a trying time for her and her family and asked for people to respect her privacy.
Immediately after the announcement, Ashton Kutcher, 33, posted his own statement on Twitter:
“I will forever cherish the time I spent with Demi.
“Marriage is one of the most difficult things in the world and unfortunately sometimes they fail. Love and Light, AK.”
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher are still following each other on Twitter in wake of the announcement and her handle remains @mrskutcher – something she may now consider changing.
Demi Moore has officially announced she is divorcing from Ashton Kutcher after six year marriage
Despite their dignified statements, Demi Moore is now gearing up to battle it out over their $290 million fortune after enduring public humiliated because of his alleged infidelity.
Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher wed in September 2005. The couple’s relationship hit the headlines in recent months as rumours swirled about Ashton Kutcher’s alleged infidelity.
He allegedly shared a night of passion with party girl Sara Leal, 22, at the Hard Rock Hotel in San Diego.
Texas-born Sara Leal sold her story on Ashton Kutcher weeks after the fling, which took place on actors’ sixth wedding anniversary, September 24.
After Demi Moore's divorce announcement, Ashton Kutcher posted his own statement on Twitter
Sara Leal relived the sordid details of the night – including how they had unprotected sex – detailing that she had cavorted naked with Ashton Kutcher and a gaggle of girls in a hot tub in the luxurious hotel suite.
The Texas-born claimed Ashton Kutcher told her he was separated from Demi Moore before he tried to persuade her to have a threesome along with her best friend Marta Borzuchowski – but in the end he settled for a two-hour romp with her.
Speaking of the fling, Sara Leal told The Sun: “We had sex twice. Everything felt natural. We were having a good time. He was good, but it wasn’t weird or perverted or creepy.
“He had good endurance. We were up for a while. It was about two hours.”
In the weeks after the story broke, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore made apparent attempts to heal their relationship with Kabbalah retreats, including a camping trip to Cachuma Lake near Santa Barbara, California, last month.
They were accompanied by some close friends along with their Kabbalah instructor Yehuda Berg and photos emerged of the pair sat around an outdoor fire.
It was first time the couple was pictured together since news of Ashton Kutcher’s alleged booze-fuelled one-night stand broke.
In the weeks that followed, Demi Moore appeared to be suffering under the strain of her marriage breakdown, becoming gaunt and scarily skinny – reportedly dropping down to just 98 lbs (45 kg) which given her height of 5ft 5in is considerably underweight.
Sara Leal affair was not the first time Ashton Kutcher has been accused of being unfaithful to Demi Moore.
Ashton Kutcher was first accused of infidelity in September last year, when Brittney Jones, 21, said she had sex with the actor at the Beverly Hills home he once shared with his wife while she was away.
Brittney Jones also later claimed that Ashton Kutcher told her he had an open relationship with Demi Moore and they would “often engage in threesomes”.
She told Star: “He looked over our texts and said he wanted me to delete all the messages from him. He then told me he wanted me to delete the texts I had sent to him. He said they could hurt him.”
At the time, Ashton Kutcher and Demi Moore brushed off the allegations.
Ashton Kutcher, who took over Charlie Sheen’s role in hit U.S. TV series Two And A Half Men earlier this year, wrote on Twitter at the time: “I think Star magazine calling me a <<cheater>>qualifies as defamation of character. I hope my lawyer agrees.“
The actor added: “Star magazine – you don’t get to stand behind <<freedom of the press>> when you are writing fiction.”
Ashton Kutcher’s spokesman also denied the allegation while Demi Moore tweeted: “Excellent point my love!”.
Demi Moore, who was previously married to Bruce Willis, started dating Ashton Kutcher in 2003. They married two years later.
In May 2010, Demi Moore talked about wanting to start a family with Ashton Kutcher in an interview with Elle magazine – something that never came to pass.
Demi Moore has three daughter with her Bruce Willis – Rumer, 23, Scout, 20, and Tallulah 17.
The actress has maintained a friendly relationship with Bruce Willis – even attending his wedding to underwear model Emma Heming in 2009. By the same token, Bruce Willis came to Demi Moore and Ashton Kutcher’s wedding four years earlier.
Demi Moore and Bruce Willis married in 1987 before divorcing 13 years later in 2000.
At the time of the split, Bruce Willis said: “I felt I had failed as a father and a husband by not being able to make it work.”
Demi Moore, who starred alongside Patrick Swayze in the 1990 movie Ghost, was first married to singer Freddy Moore.
The couple got hitched when Demi Moore was aged 18 in 1980 and the relationship lasted four years. The actress still goes by his last name.
For Ashton Kutcher – who is 16 years Demi Moore’s junior – the actress was his first wife.
Ashton Kutcher previously had relationships with the late Brittany Murphy and Mad Men’s January Jones.
