Oct 28 2009

Dueling Billboards?

Tag: Criminal LawAndrew @ 8:53 pm

Is Your Wife Hot … or Not? Dueling billboards in South Florida spark lawsuit
By Jon Burstein  South Florida Sun Sentinel

A billboard battle along South Florida’s busiest roads revolves around that very question. Now it’s the crux of a federal lawsuit.

Air Around the Clock, a Coral Springs-based air conditioning and heating company, filed the suit last week, accusing a competitor of trademark infringement and misappropriating its “Your wife is hot” ad campaign.

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Oct 27 2009

Teens in burn case have troubled families

Tag: Criminal LawAndrew @ 5:48 pm

DEERFIELD BEACH, Fla., Oct. 25 (UPI) — Most of the five Florida teens accused of setting a classmate on fire come from families with criminal arrests and histories of abuse, documents indicate.

A review of court and police reports and interviews of law enforcement authorities by The Miami Herald reveals all five suspects’ family lives have been long troubled, the newspaper reported Sunday.

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Oct 27 2009

Lawsuits over Broward School Construction

Tag: Criminal LawAndrew @ 5:46 pm

Lawsuits over school construction seek nearly $2 million from Broward taxpayers
By Jennifer Gollan and Akilah Johnson South Florida Sun Sentinel

Two insurance companies have sued the Broward School Board for damages caused by construction blunders, saying they lost money when they replaced contractors who failed to finish projects.

Damages sought from taxpayers: Nearly $2 million.

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Oct 25 2009

LIL WAYNE READY TO ACCEPT PLEA DEAL IN GUN CASE?

Tag: Criminal LawAndrew @ 8:34 am

Contactmusic.com

Lil Wayne (Picture) D. Woods and Mika Means continued birthday celebration at Ahnvee Restaurant & Lounge in South Beach Miami Beach, Florida

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Oct 24 2009

Electronic Gadgets aid in Criminal Cases

Tag: Criminal LawAndrew @ 8:32 am

Gadgets offer clues in Casey Anthony, Tracy Ocasio, Bob Ward cases
Orlando Sentinel

Cell phone, BlackBerry, other devices can clue authorities in cases such as Casey Anthony’s

Name a local criminal case that has made the news recently, and chances are a cell phone was involved:  Tracy Ocasio’s disappearance.

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Oct 23 2009

Mistrial Declared in John Travolta Extortion Case

Tag: Criminal LawAndrew @ 1:31 am

Mistrial Declared in John Travolta Extortion Case
By Siobhan Morrissey – People

After nearly four weeks in a courtroom, a Bahamian judge declared a surprise mistrial late Wednesday in the John Travolta extortion trial, leaving the actor and his attorneys mystified and upset.

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Oct 20 2009

Pembroke Pines Holocaust Survivor Being Sued

Tag: Criminal LawAndrew @ 12:01 pm

Holocaust denier sues Pembroke Pines survivor and author, 80
By Tonya Alanez  South Florida Sun Sentinel

A notorious Holocaust denier convicted of attacking Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel in an elevator has now set his sights on an 80-year-old Pembroke Pines woman whose memoir recounts her ordeal in the Auschwitz-Birkenau death camp.

In a lawsuit filed in Broward Circuit Court, Eric Hunt alleges that the The Fifth Diamond: The Story of Irene Weisberg Zisblatt is full of “vicious lies” and “fantastical tales” that turn Jews into haters and torment non-Jews.

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Oct 19 2009

CBS Sportscaster Messy Divorce

Tag: Divorce LawAndrew @ 11:07 am

CBS Sportscaster Outlines Wife’s Lavish Spending Habits in Messy Divorce Trial
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Fox News

CBS sportscaster Jim Nantz — who spent much of his professional life watching opponents face off — is now in a messy battle of his own.

Nantz, 50, who earns more than seven million dollars a year, is in divorce court to protect much of his fortune from wife of 26 years, Lorrie Nantz, the Connecticut Post reported.

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Oct 16 2009

David Archuleta’s parents file for divorce

Tag: Divorce LawAndrew @ 3:03 pm
Zap2it.com

‘American Idol’ runner-up David Archuleta’s parents file for divorce
Zap2it.com
This is actually the second time the couple has filed for divorce. The first time was in 2002 but they called it off because David’s singing career was
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Oct 15 2009

Divorce News

Tag: Divorce LawAndrew @ 11:25 am
Sources: Dodgers owner, wife heading for divorce

FOXSports.com

Baseball’s leading power couple is headed for a divorce. Frank McCourt, the Los Angeles Dodgers’ owner, and his wife, Jamie, the team’s CEO,

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Avril Lavigne Files for Divorce

Seattle Post Intelligencer

By KATE STANHOPE According to the documents obtained by TMZ, Lavigne, 25, cited irreconcilable differences for the end of their three-year marriage.

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Nevada governor’s divorce trial set for December

The Associated Press

The pending divorce between Nevada Gov. Jim Gibbons and the state’s first lady is headed for a courtroom after hours-long settlement talks failed Wednesday

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Christie Brinkley Divorce Finally Over

YourTango

by Sara Brady The divorce proceedings between Christie Brinkley and her fourth ex-husband, architect Peter Cook, are over. We think.

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The Gossip Girls (blog)

Madonna Opens Up About Divorce

The Gossip Girls (blog)

It’s been just about a year since she filed for divorce from Guy Ritchie, and just recently Madonna was able to open up to the public about her broken

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AFP

Top HSBC banker jailed in Britain for killing wife

AFP

“Your frustration erupted that morning when it became clear that your wife was serious about divorce and it was then that you applied sustained and

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Gov. Gibbons, first lady in divorce talks

San Jose Mercury News

Jim Gibbons and first lady Dawn Gibbons are behind closed courtroom doors with their lawyers in Reno trying to reach a settlement in their divorce

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Single Parent Gossip (blog)

Can a free second honeymoon avoid divorce?

Single Parent Gossip (blog)

Here is an interesting take on curbing rising divorce rates. The Malaysian state government and the Family and Community Development Council are offering

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Opera’s love couple, Roberto Alagna and Angela Gheorghiu, on the rocks

Baltimore Sun

It’s not exactly news, but tenor Roberto Alagna and soprano Angela Gheorghiu, who have been separated for a while, are heading for divorce court.

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Ex-HSBC Banker Ellerbeck Is Sentenced to Eight Years

Bloomberg

Prosecutors said Ellerbeck strangled his wife in November because she was having two affairs and had asked for a divorce. Ellerbeck, the former chief

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