Texting fountain lady’s problems bigger than YouTube fame

http://technolog.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/01/20/5885523-texting-founta…

By Helen A.S. Popkin | UPDATE: As Stacy Stutz, some lady I know from Facebook, just said: It’s all fun and games until it goes viral on YouTube … and you cry about it on TV and hint at launching a lawsuit, and the Streisand effect kicks in. | “In the hours that followed Cathy Cruz Marrero’s appearance on ‘Good Morning America’ today to talk about the fall and its aftermath, she was in court for a status hearing on charges of five felony counts, including theft by deception and receiving stolen property,”

 

<a href="http://video.msn.com/?mkt=en-us&#038;from=sp&#038;fg=shareObject&#038;vid=66a91149-bdd6-4ad9-a184-2a2c75226adc&#038;src=FLCP:sharebar:embed" target="_new" title="Texting Mall Patron Falls Into Fountain">Video: Texting Mall Patron Falls Into Fountain</a>

Existing Home Sales Report: December 2010
Paper Economy – A US Real Estate Bubble Blog

Today, the National Association of Realtors (NAR) released their Existing Home Sales Report for December showing a continued increase in sales coming in the wake of the now obviously phony baloney government tax gimmick sponsored surge in home …

 

Lady Gaga Premieres “Born This Way” at Paris Fashion Week
MuchMusic.com | Blog 

Lady Gaga chose a very special audience to debut her new single, Born This Way, this week. The fashion-forward singer previewed the track at the Thierry Mugler runway show Thursday at Paris Fashion Week.

 

Amazon acquires LoveFilm, the Netflix of Europe
TechCrunch Europe

BREAKING: Amazon will acquire the remaining shares in the pan-European movie rental and streaming service LoveFilm. Terms have not been disclosed but we believe the valuation was around $312 million.

Warsi on Islamophobia
Longrider 

Baroness Warsi is to warn us against prejudice against Islam. Indeed, she says that such prejudice is now socially acceptable. Islamophobia has “passed the dinner-table test” and become widely socially acceptable in Britain, according to …

Khalid Shaikh Mohammed is the murderer of Daniel Pearl: vein matching says so
Simply Jews 

After studying the pattern of the veins on his hand, American investigators concluded that Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a senior operative for Al Qaeda, wielded the blade that killed Daniel Pearl, a Wall Street Journal reporter who was kidnapped and …

Carlina White Reunited With Family More Than 20 Years After Kidnapping
The Huffington Post | Full News Feed 

NEW YORK – More than two decades ago, a newborn sick with fever was snatched from a New York City hospital, her frantic mother returning to the emergency room to find an empty crib.

President Obama Under Fire For Honoring Hu Jintao
Right Pundits

President Obama is under fire from both Democrats and Republicans for honoring Chinese President Hu Jintao with the full state welcome yesterday.

Wal-Mart and Michelle Obama team up for healthy foods
Daily Dish

Wal-Mart and First Lady Michelle Obama are trying to change what you put in your mouth. The retail giant has joined forced with the first lady on a new initiative — announced Thursday in Washington — that will slash the unhealthy fats, salts …

Google Voice Is About To Take Off: Number Porting Coming Soon For $20
TechCrunch 

We’ve been huge fans of Google Voice for quite a while now – it makes screening calls and managing multiple phones a breeze – but there’s always been a huge thorn in its side: it didn’t allow people to port their existing phone numbers over.

Johnny Depp May Take Over for Downey Jr. in ‘Wizard of Oz’ Prequel
Cinematical 

Our favorite flawed superhero, Robert Downey Jr., will not be playing the Wizard in ‘Oz’ after all. Last October, when director Sam Raimi was confirmed for the project, a prequel / origin story entitled ‘Oz, the Great and Powerful,’ Downey was …

Nets Withdrawl From Carmelo Anthony Trade Leaves Denver Nuggets ‘Extremely Upset’
SBNation.com – All Posts 

Denver’s front office is suddenly in a tight spot as far as Carmelo goes; its number of potential trade partners has dwindled, but not as much as its bargaining power.

Michelle Obama Steps Out in Alexander McQueen for State Dinner
PopEater 

First Lady Michelle Obama wore a red petal-print silk organza Alexander McQueen gown for Wednesday’s state dinner in Washington, DC.

Will No One Think Of The Children? Apple Secretly Replaces Standard iPhone Screws With Oddly Shaped Ones
CrunchGear

Apple is slowly but inexorably changing the standard four-lobed Philips screws with “pentalobe” screws in its new iPhone 4 models and swaps them out when you take the iPhones into the Genius Bar for service.

Tiger Mom Amy Chua getting clawed
Read Street 

Baltimore Sun columnist Susan Reimer weighed in today on the furor over “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother,” Amy Chua’s memoir of “raising two daughters in the Chinese way, with threats, taunts and unrelenting discipline.

Rick Santorum: Obama Should Oppose Abortion Because He’s Black
Towleroad News #gay

Here’s the other gem of a moment from Rick Santorum’s interview (I posted you the anti-gay moment yesterday) with CNS News in which Santorum expresses his dismay that Barack Obama won’t oppose abortion because, according to Santorum’s logic, …

NFC Championship Game: Bears’ Home Field Advantage Against The Packers
SBNation.com – All Posts 

The Chicago Bears will be hosting the Green Bay Packers in the NFC Championship game at Soldier Field on Sunday afternoon. The Packers are slightly favored in this game so the Bears are the home underdog, which is a little rare this late in the playoffs.

Watch: Snoop Dogg Sold Cameron Diaz weed?, Drake covers BoB, Big Boi talks new album & Andre 3000
MissInfo.tv 

I had no clue Snoop and Cameron went to high school together. But she told George Lopez, The Doggfather was her number one supplier of the green leaf back in the day, sort of.

Grand jury “bewildered” that only abortion clinics weren’t monitored
JivinJehoshaphat 

Page 160-165 of the Grand Jury Report on abortionist Kermit Gosnell reveals the grand jury was “bewildered” by answers from Pennsylvania Department of Health attorneys about why abortion clinics weren’t inspected like other ambulatory surgical facilities.

T-Mobile USA confirms Sidekick 4G, Galaxy S 4G
Android Central – Android Forums, News, and Help

T-Mobile USA CEO Phillipp Humm has confirmed the existence of the Samsung Galaxy S 4G and Sidekick 4G at a press breakfast this morning, according to reports from PC Magazine.

Tunisian ministers quit party as Ben Ali family arrested
KI Media

All ministers in Tunisia’s interim government have quit the party of ousted President Ben Ali following demands that it be dissolved.

 

© 2011, GarysWorld USA. All rights reserved.