OCTOBER 29, 2010
GOOD MORNING OR AFTERNOON IF YOU ARE LATE GETTING TO THIS. Remember, I post this Blog quite early. Class starts at 6:30 a.m.
Congratulations to the DeKalb Police Department for making an arrest in Louisiana relative to the Toni Keller case. The man apparently gave police misleading information about a fire in Prairie Park around the time of the disappearance. I hope this works out to be a big arrest in the investigation but the person has not been charged with murder.
Randy and Evi Quaid have been released from custody in Canada. They must still go through the immigration process, they just don’t have to wait in jail. Canadian and border officials have dropped all charges. It has been determined Evi is a Canadian citizen. Her father is Canadian but he moved to the US to take a job with the FBI. Nice call FBI.
You cannot “Book em, Danno” anymore. James MacArthur, 72, has died. He is best known as Danno on the original Hawaii Five-0 television series. He died of natural causes at his home in Florida. He was the adopted son of actress Helen Hayes.
This just in, Charlie Sheen was not arrested today and did not enter rehab, the hospital or have dinner with Andy Dick. There is still some time left in the day, however.
Chrysler has requested 10 billion dollars in additional loan money from the Federal Government. The Treasury Department already owns 10% of Chrysler, which is run by Italy’s Fiat automaker. Chrysler cannot return to making money as Ford and General Motors has. The money Chrysler is seeking is in addition to the big tax breaks given the Big Three by the State of Michigan. Chrysler will receive 1.3 billion dollars in tax breaks over the next twenty years from Michigan.
The California Gold Rush of 1849 is associated with Sitter’s Creek and John Sutter. We now have Bruce Bochy and the Giants Pennant Rush of 2010 on the Red River. With a 2 games to none lead in the World Series, the Giants look unstoppable, but they do play the games for a reason.
FROM AOL JOBS NEWS
Nine exotic dancers, employed as independent contractors, got a conditional okay from a federal judge to proceed with a class action lawsuit against the Penthouse Executive Club for alleged violations of federal and state labor laws.
That means that other women employed as contract workers by Penthouse Executive Club can join the lawsuit now that it's been conditionally certified as class action. The defendant claims that since the women are independent contractors they are not protected by the traditional federal and state labor laws. Therefore, this case will be closely watched by other contract employees..
The grievances by the strippers, reports the New York Post, include:- Must pay for their own uniforms, that is, thongs
- Employer didn't pay minimum wage or overtime and confiscated part of tips
- Employer charged dancers a house fee for dance shifts
- Employer deducted a 20 percent premium when dancers exchange the house tokens, which some customers used for tips, for cash.
Notable births on this date:
1884 Bela Lugosi horror actor (Dracula, Body Snatcher)
1891 Fanny Brice singing comedienne (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks)
1891 Fanny Brice singing comedienne (Ziegeld Follies, Baby Snooks)
1897 Paul Joseph Goebbels Nazi propagandist
1947 Richard Dreyfuss Brooklyn NY, actor (Jaws, Nuts)
1948 Kate Jackson Birmingham Ala, actress (Rookies, Charlie's Angels)
1948 Kate Jackson Birmingham Ala, actress (Rookies, Charlie's Angels)
1971 Winona Ryder [Horowitz], Mn, actress (Heathers, Edward Scissorhand)
Notable deaths on this date:
1618 Sir Walter Raleigh is executed in London
1885 George B McClellan Union army general, dies at 58
1901 Leon Czolcosz assassin of President McKinley, is executed
1885 George B McClellan Union army general, dies at 58
1901 Leon Czolcosz assassin of President McKinley, is executed
1971 Duane Allman dies at 24 in a motorcycle accident
1987 Woody Herman bandleader/composer (Thundering Herds), dies at 74
Notable events on this date:
539 -BC- Babylon falls to Cyrus the Great of Persia
1682 William Penn lands in what will become Pennsylvania
1682 William Penn lands in what will become Pennsylvania
1929 "Black Tuesday," Stock Market crashes triggers "Great Depression"
1945 1st ball point pen goes on sale, 57 years after it was patented
1956 Chet Huntley & David Brinkley, NBC News, team up
1960 Muhammad Ali's as Cassius Clay 1st professional fight beats Tunney Hunsaker in 6
1966 National Organization of Women founded
1982 Car maker John DeLorean indicted for drug trafficking, later acquitted
BRUCE A. BRENNAN
Email: brucebrennanlaw@aol.com
