Did you know 'Mickey Rourke To Wrestle WWE Star Chris Jericho?

HOUSTON — Actor Mickey Rourke, who has won acclaim for his starring role in "The Wrestler," says he's ready to rumble with a professional wrestler in real life.
He's signed to wrestle WWE superstar Chris Jericho at Wrestlemania 25 in Houston on April 5, the Houston Chronicle reported.
Rourke portrays professional wrestler Randy the Ram in the acclaimed movie "The Wrestler." He won a Golden Globe for his performance.
The actor made the surprise announcement Sunday night on the red carpet before the Screen Actors Guild Awards in Los Angeles. He said he was pleased by the acceptance of the movie by all the WWE wrestlers — except Jericho.
Then Rourke said he was going to toss Jericho "around the ring like tossed salad."
Meanwhile, Jericho, appearing on WWE television, said, Rourke was out of line and that he was offended by Rourke's comments. He said Rourke made "a mistake."

Acrobat Falls to His Death During Arizona Performance

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — A performer with an aerial acrobatic troupe fell to his death Tuesday during a show in front of hundreds of people in Scottsdale.
Scottsdale police Sgt. Mark Clark says the 30-year-old man fell during what he described as a Cirque du Soleil-type performance in which the man slowly unravels his body from a sash while suspended in the air.
But Clark says "something went tragically wrong," and the man fell on his head in front of a crowd of about 750 inside the Bird's Next party and concert tent at the FBR Open golf tournament.
Clark says the man was with a five-person troupe called Aerial Artistry.
He says the fall was caught on film and that investigators will review it to see how the accident happened.
Clark says everyone who saw the fatal fall is "absolutely stunned."

Did you know a Man stole work computer, then its replacement

LONG BRANCH, N.J. (AP) - He didn't even pay for the warranty. Police in Long Branch said a man allegedly stole a $20,000 diagnostic computer from a garage where he used to work, then returned the broken unit several months later - only to steal its replacement.
The man was been charged Friday with two counts of theft.
Police said the first computer went missing from Contemporary Motor Cars sometime between last June and October. The 29-year-old man couldn't be questioned because he had resigned and traveled to Trinidad.
When he returned, he allegedly went to the garage to revisit former co-workers and even brought coffee and doughnuts. But he soon disappeared and employees noticed the old computer was back and the new computer was gone.

Did you know that a Florida Couple paid $155G Cloned Dog

MIAMI — A Boca Raton couple got a new dog, and it's just like their old dog. Not just the same breed and gender, but the same DNA.
Nina and Edgar Otto picked up their cloned yellow lab puppy at the Miami International Airport Monday night. Lancelot Encore was cloned from the DNA of the Ottos' late dog Lancelot, which died of cancer in January 2008. Guessing that pet cloning would one day be possible, the Ottos had DNA samples of their dog frozen five years ago.
The Ottos paid $155,000 in a San Francisco biotech firm's dog-cloning auction last July.
BioArts International created Lancelot Encore in South Korea, where he was born 10 weeks ago. The Ottos say he's the first single-birth, commercially cloned puppy in the United States.

Superior Court Judge Curtissa Cofield: “Negro Trooper” Arrest (Video)

Superior Court Judge E. Curtissa Cofield was arrested by Glastonbury, Connecticut police on October 10, 2008 for driving under the influence of alcohol. In a video released yesterday by Glasonbury police, she is seen addressing the officer booking her with racist language, calling him a “Negro trooper” and the N-word.
Curtissa Cofield
Connecticut’s Judicial Review Council released a video Monday of Manchester County Superior court judge Curtissa Cofield being booked by Glastonbury State Police. The Council is now investigating judicial misconduct charges against Cofield for using racist language against police officers booking her. Since Cofield is African American, this a very disturbing case of black-on-black racism.
She was being booked with sideswiping a state trooper’s cruiser with her BMW.
Some of the more disturbing quotes:
“We’re ghetto Negroes. We don’t have Triple-A.”
When asked if she took medication: “Yeah, I need to take anti-Negro, ummm …”
“Do you have a reading on my urine test, Negro trooper?” more

Did you know that Man Attacks His Lawyer In Court With Feces

SAN DIEGO -- A mistrial was declared Monday when a home-invasion robbery suspect smeared human feces on his attorney's face then threw more at the jury.
Weusi McGowan, 37, was upset because San Diego Superior Court Judge Jeffrey Fraser refused to remove Deputy Alternate Public Defender Jeffrey Martin from the case, prosecutor Christopher Lawson said.
At the mid-morning break, McGowan produced a plastic baggie filled with fecal matter and spread it on Martin's hair and face, then flung the excrement toward the jury box, hitting the briefcase of juror No. 9 but missing the juror himself.
"That juror didn't even see it coming," Lawson said.
The prosecutor said the defendant was compliant after the outburst and was taken into custody without further incident.
After lunch, Fraser dismissed the jury, telling them McGowan would have to get a new lawyer and that his trial would be delayed.
The judge scheduled a status conference for Feb. 9 and raised the defendant's bail from $250,000 to $1 million, finding he is a danger to the community.
Lawson said McGowan originally became upset last week when he claimed one of the jurors saw him in shackles as he entered the courtroom. Fraser dismissed all jurors who saw the defendant in shackles, the prosecutor said.
"The judge had been very fair," Lawson said. "All jurors who saw it were dismissed."
Fraser had also denied McGowan's attempt to represent himself, saying the request was untimely, Lawson said. more

St. Lucie firefighter who took severed foot charged with theft

PORT ST. LUCIE - The St. Lucie County Fire District firefighter accused of absconding with a portion of a man's leg from an Interstate 95 crash scene last year was arrested Monday on a misdemeanor theft charge, a Florida Highway Patrol spokesman said.Cindy Economou, 38, who wanted the remains to help train her cadaver dog, eventually resigned after taking Karl Lambert's foot and part of his leg from the Sept. 19 crash scene, officials said.FHP officials on Monday arrested Economou, of the 500 block of Aster Road, on a second-degree petit theft charge, which is punishable by up to 60 days in jail, in connection with the incident. The warrant lists the value of Lambert's foot at less than $100."I think the issue here for everyone was unfortunately the value of the foot," said Lt. Tim Frith, FHP spokesman. "This particular bizarre incident involving a body part is not listed in the statute as far as specifying it, so therefore it would relate back to some type of monetary value."
An arrest affidavit states Economou took the foot "with the intent to either permanently or temporarily deprive the owner, Mr. Lambert, the right to his property.""This is just so unbelievable, it's like a dream I'm in," Lambert said Monday. "I can't believe it's happening."Lambert is in a wheelchair, and said the portion of his left leg from about 5 inches below the knee is missing."Every person has his breaking point and I've had mine," he said. "Sometimes it just gets harder than normal."Lambert said the end of his leg still needs to get toughened up before he can get fitted for a prosthesis. He also needs to strengthen the extremity and be able to straighten it fully. Lambert, who was in the hospital for nearly a month following the incident, couldn't talk about some aspects of the situation on the advice of his attorney, Raymond Christian, who did not immediately return a call. more