Corey Haim's death is now under investigation -- and has been linked to an "illegal and massive prescription drug ring."
State Attorney General Jerry Brown says his office is conducting a probe of Haim's death because an unauthorized prescription in his name was found during a probe of fraudulent drug-prescription pads in San Diego.
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) -- Utah's House majority leader resigned from the Legislature Saturday, two days after his confession about sitting nude in a hot tub with a teenage girl 25 years ago stunned this conservative state.
Republican Rep. Kevin Garn, in an e-mail message to House Speaker David Clark, apologized for becoming a distraction.
''After discussing this matter with my family, I have decided that it is in the best interests of them, my colleagues and the people of Utah,'' he wrote.
Garn said he paid the woman, Cheryl Maher, $150,000 to keep quiet about the episode when he unsuccessfully ran for Congress in 2002.
Nothing like the "Family Values" party to display exemplary personal behavior. Add this to ex-congressman and ex-GOP member Massa's revelation on Glenn Beck's show this week:
And you have a perfect storm of seriously creepy perverts.
Colo. Woman Detained in Ireland in Probe of Cartoonist Murder Plot; Investigators Look for Links Between Her and "Jihad Jane"
Law enforcement officials in the U.S. have confirmed to CBS News that a Colorado woman has been detained in Ireland in connection with an alleged plot to assassinate a Swedish cartoonist whose sketch offended many Muslims.
Jamie Paulin-Ramirez, 31, was among seven people arrested in Ireland this week as authorities investigate an alleged plot to kill the cartoonist over a 2007 sketch depicting the head of the Muslim prophet Mohammed on a dog's body.
Anti-Scientology campaign group Anonymous, and some blogs, are airing accusations that Scientologist Kirstie Alley's new weight loss program, Organic Liaison, is based on quackery preached by L. Ron Hubbard, and that the company has links to the 'church'.
TRENTON — Christopher J. Christie took office as governor of New Jersey two months ago vowing a sharp change of direction for a state battered by the recession and choked by its tax burden.
Upending the priorities of his Democratic predecessors, Governor Christie unveiled a budget that would hit the poor, elderly, schoolchildren, college students and inner-city residents hardest, while largely sparing the wealthy and businesses.
Move over Toyota, that other large Japanese automaker has some problems of their own.
Honda Motor Co. will recall more than 410,000 Odyssey minivans and Element small trucks because of braking system problems that could make it tougher to stop the vehicle if not repaired.
A 38-year-old man, father of two, was struck by a plane and killed while jogging on the beach in Hilton Head, SC.
The plane was making an emergency landing on the beach, and apparently the pilot's vision was blocked and the plane came in gliding. Of note also, the victim was evidently listening to his iPod.
FAA records show the Experimental Lancair IV-P plane was registered to Edward I. Smith of Chesapeake, Va.
Did you see his interview with Jessica Simpson this week? Clearly she's not the brightest bulb in the box, but Letterman's interview questions were smarmy and unfunny and the whole segment came off as weird and perverted.
And then last night he again displayed his discomfort with attractive women by getting all creepily pervy with Jennifer Anniston. Now, to be fair, Jen was phoning it in -- as usual -- and looked a bit frazzled and unkempt, but Dave's weirdness made her seem even more remote and disengaged.
Letterman has always displayed a palpable sense of discomfort with his female guests, but ever since his own sex scandal was made public, it seems to have increased ten-fold.
The late night options are getting bleaker by the day. Couldn't ILM just bring back Johnny Carson and have him serve as a virtual host of an 11:30 PM talk show?
Between Jay and Dave, Kimmel is almost looking watchable.
Meet Michael Murphy. This dude charmed at least five female prison employees to have sexy times with him, provide contraband or grant him illegal favors. Among these women, a therapist named Killian Thomas. She told investigators that Murphy "kissed me one day in my office and I just thought what the fuck did I just do." She then told of engaging in mutual oral sex with Murphy in her office, and giving him about $400. "I couldn't say no to him," said Thomas.
"On his daily radio and television shows last week, Fox News personality Glenn Beck set out to convince his audience that "social justice," the term many Christian churches use to describe their efforts to address poverty and human rights, is a "code word" for communism and Nazism. Beck urged Christians to discuss the term with their priests and to leave their churches if leaders would not reconsider their emphasis on social justice."
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Read the article for the complete picture.
Beck seems to get crazier by the minute. One has to wonder just how long he will hold onto his own sanity before experiencing a complete psychotic break. Even if his rants are just 50% for shock value, the remaining 50% would be very troubling. I'm convinced he's a few fries shorty of a Happy Meal® and cannot listen to him for more than a minute or three before I'm repulsed by his brand of crazy.
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