| Man poisoned for breast implants
A CALIFORNIA woman was convicted today of poisoning her Marine husband with arsenic to cash in his $US250,000 ($323,000) life insurance policy and pay for breast implants and a party lifestyle. Cynthia Sommer, a 33-year-old mother of four, faces life in prison without parole for the 2002 death of her husband Todd, 23, at the Marine Corps Air Station in Miramar, near San Diego. In a largely circumstantial case, prosecutors said Sommer had at first convinced people she was a widow grieving the loss of her husband, whose official cause of death was given as a heart attack. But prosecutors told the jury Sommer made four inquiries about money within five hours of her husband's death. In the next few weeks, she paid $US5400 for breast implants, had sex with three male Marines and a woman, hosted loud parties at her house and participated in a wet T-shirt and thong contest in the Mexican border town of Tijuana, they said.
Brandy sued for $50 million in fatal crash
The parents of a woman killed in a Los Angeles freeway crash involving Brandy sued the actress-singer for $50 million Tuesday. The wrongful-death suit claims Brandy was driving recklessly when her Land Rover struck the back of a Honda driven by Awatef Aboudihaj, 38. The suit was filed in Los Angeles Superior Court. It comes a day after the California Highway Patrol recommended Brandy be charged with misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter in the Dec. 30 accident. The city attorney's office is reviewing the case. .
Session sidewalk rehab won't be done for flowerfest: mayor
THE repair of Session Road's sidewalks will not be completed on time for the 12th annual celebration of the Panagbenga Flower Festival, acting Mayor Reinaldo Bautista Jr. said.
Bautista revealed that although he wanted an immediate facelift of the sidewalks, the Government Procurement and Reform Act lays down certain requirements before the actual repair may take place. He said plans for the uniform sidewalk are ready, but that this would require posting and public bidding.
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He however hoped that the repairs would take place before the election ban. Funds for the repair will come from the 2006 annual investment plan.
In the meantime, the mayor has lined up other projects for the City Government, which he hopes would soon to be funded.
Just How Rich Are Those YouTube Guys?
Exactly how much money it took to make YouTube founders Chad Hurley and Steve Chen giddy as the schoolboys they are in this Google acquisition announcement video? Google's latest SEC filing shows it's roughly equivalent to the gross domestic product of Djibouti. Google's YouTube buyout for $1.65 billion in stock was divided up among YouTube's tiny, and young, founding staff, who spent nearly two whole years building up a veracious audience as ridiculous in number as the buyout price. 100 million daily video streams leads back to a place that is stealing visitors from media king television. Hurley's 694,087 Google shares would cash in today for about $345.6 million. Chen's cut is slightly less, but still enough to build a house out of nickels, or $326 million. The other cofounder nobody ever talks about, Jawed Karim raked in a paltry-by-comparison $64.6 million.
Health Alert: Under eye fixes
Do saggy, baggy lower eyelids have you down? There are new ways to keep the puffs and wrinkles at bay. Traditionally, doctors fix lower eyelid problems by making an incision under the lower eyelashes. Another procedure makes an invisible incision just inside the lower eyelid. 44-year-old Renee Vellinga used to get lots of compliments about her eyes, but about a year ago, she noticed a change. "In the mornings, even though I would feel great, I wouldn't look how I was feeling. I would look tired." She turned to Doctor Scott Wells to get rid of the bags under her eyes. He says a thin membrane beneath the skin and muscle of the eye holds back the fat but weakens with age. "Proper surgical correction not only adjusts fat volumes, but more importantly, the firmness of the retaining ligaments that support the fat within the orbit where it belongs." While Renee chose plastic surgery to remove the bags, some doctors offer a non-surgical fix, a temporary soft tissue filler that "camouflages" the problem.
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