Strong quake hits central Japan, 1 killed, 85 hurt By Chisa Fujioka Reuters Sunday, March 25, 2007; 12:15 AM TOKYO (Reuters) – A strong earthquake with a magnitude of 7.1 jolted the coastal area of central Japan on Sunday, killing at least one person and injuring around 85, Japanese officials and media said. At least nine houses collapsed, landslides were triggered and roads buckled when the quake struck at 9:42 a.m. (0042 GMT), public broadcaster NHK and Kyodo news agency said.
Year: 2007
Mesereau Talks about Case in New Interview
Steve Murphy interviewed Thomas Mesereau earlier this year. One of the topics covered, of course, is the Michael Jackson trial.
Steve Harvey No. 1 Among Urban Stations, No. 5 in America
Steve Harvey’s radio show No. 1 among urban stations March 19, 2007 BY LARRY McSHANE ASSOCIATED PRESS NEW YORK — Steve Harvey arrived 18 months ago in the kingdom of the radio shock jocks, where the royalty included Howard Stern, Don Imus and Opie and Anthony. The “King of Comedy” surveyed the raunchy landscape and launched his morning drive-time show with some trepidation. “I was concerned about it,” Harvey said recently after finishing his four-hour weekday show at WBLS-FM. “But I am who I am. I can’t stop being who I am. I’m not a mean-spirited guy.”
Repost: Jackson 1993 accuser sues dad for life threatening physical abuse
Michael Jackson’s accuser now sues dad for life threatening physical abuse
Posted on Wednesday, September 06, 2006 (EST)
REPOSTED on Friday, March 23, 2007 (EST) New York, Sept 6: The boy who got a 20 million dollar settlement from Michael Jackson after accusing the pop star of sexual molestation in 1993 is now battling his own father in court over charges of life-threatening physical abuse.
Mesereau rips Grace a new one abt Jackson trial coverage
In case you missed it, Attorney Thomas Mesereau ripped Nancy (dis)Grace a new one when he commented on her rather atrocious coverage of the 2005 Michael Jackson trial. Mesereau called Grace’s coverage “buffoonery”. No arguments here. He also called her analysis “sub-moronic”. Again, no arguments here. Grace was one of many hosts of various shows which relied heavily on…
Nancy (dis) Grace CBS profile includes Mesereau blasting coverage
Mesereau Tears Grace a New One over Jackson Trial Coverage (CBS | MJEOL) As Michael Jackson tries to repair his image after an arduous trial for child molestation charges which resulted in a not guilty verdict, TV legal analyst Nancy Grace isn’t backing down from her belief that he is guilty. “Frankly, when it comes to Mr. Jackson, I believe I was right,” she told Thalia Assuras in an interview for Sunday Morning. “And if you take a look at the jury who is now writing a book about how guilty Mr. Jackson is, they agree with me, although they didn’t have the guts to say it in verdict form.”
MJEOL NOTE: The jurors who later claimed that Jackson was guilty, two of them, made unfounded allegations against their fellow jurors. Some of those jurors spoke out about them. One of the jurors Grace is mentioning as agreeing with her, Elenor Cook, was also trying to sell t-shirts at one point. According to her fellow juror, Cook also began working on a book WHILE she was still a juror hearing the case. As for the other juror, Ray Hultman, he gave numerous interviews right after the trial saying he flat out didn’t believe that Jackson had done anything to the accuser (Gavin Arvizo). That later changed when he got a book deal. He then later sued to get out of the contract with the guy who made the book deal, and called his book’s ghost writer (Stacey Brown) a plagiarist. See articles: *WATCH VIDEO: Ray Hultman caught on tape saying he didn’t believe accuser was molested *WATCH VIDEO: Melissa Herard Responds to Juror Allegations *No swift riches for jurors turned would-be authors *Jackson Schemers Have Legal Problems of Their Own MB#284 *Jackson juror sues to get out of book deal
But Jackson’s lawyer Tom Mesereau said Grace put Jackson on trial in the court of public opinion by presuming his guilt from her seat behind an anchor desk.
Mesereau comments on Cameras in the Courtroom
Attorney Thomas Mesereau’s comments about cameras in the courtroom were carried recently in an MSNBC article about the ongoing Phil Specter case. Here’s what he said:
MJ in Los Angeles March 2007
News and pictures apparently of Michael Jackson arriving in Los Angeles have been added to the gallery! Any news and
Screaming fans Greet Jackson with Hugs in London – MiniBullet#33
Screaming fans Greet Jackson with Hugs in London – MiniBullet#33
Media greets him with disgusting contempt and disrespect
MARCH 21 2007 – Despite certain news outlets’ attempts to convince the public that Michael Jackson is irrelevant and has no fans, events all over the world continue to illustrate how purposely misleading their reports appear to be.
Reading and watching all of the online news coverage — mostly from the Associated Press — both from Japan and {tag London} sparked by Jackson’s visits this month, it’s difficult to come away thinking that Jackson is on his way down as far as popularity is concerned or that the media’s credibility is on it’s way up as far as respect is concerned.
Did the recent news stop the {tag Daily Mail} and DailyIndia.com from lacing recent reports with dubious information about the reason for Jackson’s recent visit to London? Hell no!
Neither source is particularly known to be a bastion of accurate Michael Jackson news. Both agencies preferred to refer to him as ‘Jacko’, which has become equivalent to a hackneyed expletive, at least among some in the fan community.
Adobe’s Apollo Offers Intriguing Marketing Capabilities
Today Adobe unveiled the alpha release of Apollo which Adobe’s Mike Downey describes as a “cross operating system runtime that allows users to install desktop applications built using web technologies such as HTML, JavaScript and Flash.” In layman’s terms, Apollo enables web developers to create applications for your computer using the web technology they already know and work in.