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Woman convicted of prostituting daughter

KENOSHA, Wisconsin - A Kenosha woman has been convicted of prostituting her then-15-year-old daughter. A jury convicted the woman Friday on 21 charges including soliciting a child for prostitution, failure to protect a child and child enticement, all as a repeat offender. The woman is not being named to protect her daughters.Authorities say the woman charged men $25 to $45 for sex with her 15-year-old daughter and tried to sell her 14-year-old daughter into prostitution as well. more

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On This Day in time this happened


2003
Petroleum giant ConocoPhillips announces the sale of its Circle K convenience stores to Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard, Inc for $821 million.
2002
Prince Claus of the Netherlands, husband of Queen Beatrix, dies at age 76 in Amsterdam.
1999
Houston is awarded a franchise by the NFL, while Los Angeles is left out.
1997
American biology professor Stanley B. Prusiner wins the Nobel Prize for medicine for his discovery of the infectious, virus-like proteins known as "prions."
1995
Boeing workers begin a 69-day strike to protest the company's union contract offer.
1991
Elizabeth Taylor marries husband #8, construction worker Larry Fortensky, at Michael Jackson's California home.
1990
Country singer-guitarist Garth Brooks joins the Grand Ole Opry.
1989
Actress Bette Davis dies in France at age 81.
1981
Egyptian President Anwar Sadat is assassinated while reviewing troops on parade.
1979
Pope John Paul II becomes the first pope to visit the White House. (photo credit: NARA)
1951
Soviet leader Josef Stalin announces that Russia has its own atomic bomb. (photo credit: NARA)
1927
Al Jolson stars in the premiere of the first talking motion picture, The Jazz Singer.
1892
Poet Lord Tennyson Alfred dies in Surrey, England at age 91.
1884
The Naval War College is established in Newport, RI.
1536
English priest William Tyndale is burned at stake for translating portions of the Bible from Latin into English.

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2004
Comedian Rodney Dangerfield dies at age 82 in Los Angeles.
1999
Long distance company Sprint is purchased by MCI WorldCom for $115 billion.
2000
Thirty-one people die when a pair of commuter trains collide in London.
1989
Televangelist Jim Bakker is found guilty on fraud charges by a Charlotte, North Carolina, jury.
1968
The Beatles record vocals, bass, and drums to Savoy Truffle, a song that will ultimately appear on the White Album, at Trident Studios in London. (photo credit: Capitol Records)
1953
Earl Warren succeeds Fred Vinson as the 14th chief justice of the US Supreme Court.
1952
Inner Sanctum, a popular radio mystery show that lasted 11 seasons, airs its final episode on ABC.
1947
In the first TV address by a US president from the White House, Harry Truman asks the public to reduce their intake of meats to help the starving masses in Europe. (photo credit: SoundWorks)

1942
Broadway show songsmith, George M. Cohan, dies at age 64.
1941
Louis D. Brandeis, the first Jewish member of the US Supreme Court, dies at age 84.
1897
English artist Sir John Gilbert dies.
1877
Nez Perce Indian Chief Joseph surrenders to US troops at Chinook, MT.
1813
Shawnee Indian chief Tecumseh is killed while battling the British during the War of 1812.

'World's Tallest Man' is going to be a father

The world's tallest man, China's Bao Xishun, became the world's tallest father this week with the birth of his first child, a boy whose initial height seems a compromise between his gigantic dad and average-sized mum.

Chinese 2.36m tall man Bao Xishun is seen walking with his wife Xia Shujian in Zenrinji, on September 26, 2008 where they have their house in Zunhua, north China's Hebei province. Bao Xishun and his wife Xia Shujuan got married last year.
Bao's son measured 22 inches long at birth, the senior doctor at Zunhua Hospital in Hebei province told Reuters.
Although slightly taller than average for newborn children, Bao's boy came up well short of the 29.5 inches claimed as a record birth length last year, also in China.
"Bao is quite happy. The baby is healthy and a normal size," the hospital's senior doctor Zhang told Reuters.
Bao, a 7-foot-9-inch herdsman from Inner Mongolia, last year married Xia Shujuan, a pygmy by contrast at 5-foot-6 inches.

Is James Earl Jones Dead

Rumors are circulating on the internet that acting legend James Earl Jones has died. His death was reportedly announced on radio station Hot 107.9 in Atlanta, but nothing on their website would seem to substantiate the rumor.
The only news regarding Jones in the last few days has been much more upbeat: he has been selected by the Screen Actors Guild as the latest recipient of its Life Achievement Award for his thespian and humanitarian accomplishments.
This isn't the first time there's been a rumor circulating about Jones' demise: in 1998 Pittsburgh Pirates announcer Lanny Frattare mistakenly told listeners that James Earl Jones had passed away when, in fact, it was Martin Luther King Jr. assassin James Earl Ray who had died.
Must be unsettling for Jones' family and loved ones, especially wife Cecilia and son Flynn.
No official statement has come from Jones indicating that he's still alive, but I imagine when it does it will be in a deep, booming voice and sound like Darth Vadar.

Did you know There's nothing healthier or better about organic food

Alex Avery, director of research and education for the Hudson Institute‘s Center for Global Food Issues and author of “The Truth About Organics,” said there are several misconceptions about organic food that make people believe it is healthier and better for the environment. ‘’It’s a total con,” said Avery, a plant scientist by training. "There is not a shred of science" to back up claims that organic is safer or more nutritious, he said. more