The Patriots today traded quarterback Matt Cassel and linebacker Mike Vrabel to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for a 2009 second-round draft choice (34th overall).
Saturday, February 28, 2009
WTF?
The Patriots today traded quarterback Matt Cassel and linebacker Mike Vrabel to the Kansas City Chiefs in exchange for a 2009 second-round draft choice (34th overall).
Friday, February 27, 2009
WEEKEND LOVE FORECAST::
ARIES: You are slow to commit, but once you are bonded to a partner you'll go out of your way to make that person happy. TAURUS: You'll have a blast with someone who plays at the same intensity as you do. GEMINI: A change of scenery will help a relationship. CANCER: Someone senses your zesty past from the twinkle in your eye. LEO: You crave freedom and your ideal partner gives you plenty of room to explore. VIRGO: You may seem sensible, but this weekend you'll go to unreasonable measures to luxuriate in lavish fun. LIBRA: Release your expectations. If you love what a partner already brings to the relationship you'll be happy. SCORPIO: A carriage ride in the moonlight or a similar romantic notion will serve your love life well. SAGITTARIUS: Put yourself directly in the path of one who can appreciate your otherworldly charm. CAPRICORN: Your work can wait, at least long enough for you to take the time to make meaningful connection with the one you care about. AQUARIUS: Loved ones who don't know much about your interesting hobby will be nonetheless entertained by it. PISCES: A loving sweetie knows when to wind you up and when to soothe your nerves.
COUPLE OF THE WEEKEND: Aries and Pisces may be zodiac neighbors, but they experience life in vastly different ways. What Aries accomplishes through vigorous youthful enthusiasm, Pisces does with the wisdom and patience of an old soul. As a couple they balance each other out, each energized by the other one's approach. Whether problem solving or pleasure seeking, they learn much when they team up.
COUPLE OF THE WEEKEND: Aries and Pisces may be zodiac neighbors, but they experience life in vastly different ways. What Aries accomplishes through vigorous youthful enthusiasm, Pisces does with the wisdom and patience of an old soul. As a couple they balance each other out, each energized by the other one's approach. Whether problem solving or pleasure seeking, they learn much when they team up.
Tom & Gisele tie the knot!
Pats superstud Tom Brady reportedly tied the knot last night with his supermodel galpal, Gisele Bundchen, in a romantic twilight wedding in CA.
US Weekly magazine reported on its Web site that the pigskin prince and his Brazilian bombshell traded “I do’s” in a small Catholic ceremony in St. Monica’s Church in Santa Monica. The “very small and intimate” gathering consisted mostly of immediate family, including Brady’s parents, Tom Sr. and Gaylen, and 2-year-old son, Jack, by ex-girlfriend Bridget Moynahan .
Thursday, February 26, 2009
World's Most Pierced Woman: 6,005 and Counting
The world's most pierced woman, according to the Guinness Book of World Records, has added to her collection with a 6,005th piercing, the U.K.'s Telegraph reported.Elaine Davidson, of Edinburgh, Scotland, made the Guinness World Record official in 2000 when she had a mere 462 piercings -- 192 of which were in her face.
Nine years later, the Brazilian-born nurse has thousands of piercings including more than 1,500 that she says are "internal."
Surprisingly, Davidson says she doesn't like getting pierced.
"To break the record you have to get to a high level," she told the Telegraph. "I wanted to break the record. My family [doesn't] even like tattoos or piercings. But I am happy. I decided to change myself and be me."
Excessive piercing can be dangerous, according to medical experts. In addition to the risk of infection in and around the area of the piercings, people who are well-pierced are considered at high risk for blood-borne diseases such as hepatitis and HIV, which can be spread by reusing needles.
Johnny Cash Born this date
Johnny Cash (born J. R. Cash; February 26, 1932 - September 12, 2003) was a Grammy Award-winning American singer-songwriter and one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century. Primarily a country music artist, his songs and sound spanned many other genres including rockabilly and rock and roll (especially early in his career), as well as blues, folk and gospel.
Cash was known for his deep, distinctive bass-baritone voice, the "freight train" sound of his Tennessee Three backing band, his demeanor, and his dark clothing, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black". He traditionally started his concerts with the introduction "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash".
Much of Cash's music, especially that of his later career, echoed themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption. His signature songs include "I Walk the Line", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ring of Fire", "Get Rhythm", "Hurt" and "Man in Black". He also recorded humorous songs, such as "One Piece at a Time" and "A Boy Named Sue", a duet with June Carter called "Jackson", as well as railroad songs such as "Hey Porter" and "Rock Island Line."
He sold over 90 million albums in his nearly fifty-year career and came to occupy a "commanding position in music history".
First marriage
While in Air Force training, on July 18, 1951, Cash met 17 year-old Vivian Liberto at a roller skating rink in San Antonio, Texas. They dated for three weeks, until Cash was deployed to Germany for a three year tour. During that time, the couple exchanged over ten thousand pages of love letters. On August 7, 1954, one month after his discharge, they were married at St. Anne's Catholic church in San Antonio. They had four daughters: Rosanne (born May 24, 1955), Kathy (born April 16, 1956), Cindy (born July 29, 1958), and Tara (born August 24, 1961). But Cash's drug and alcohol abuse, constant touring, and affairs with other women (including future wife June Carter) led Liberto to file for divorce in 1966.
June Carter
In 1968, 12 years after they had first met backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, Cash proposed to June Carter, an established country singer, during a live performance in London, Ontario, marrying on March 1, 1968. He had proposed numerous times, but she had always refused. They had only one child together, John Carter Cash (born March 3, 1970). They continued to work together, and tour, for thirty-five years, until June Carter died in 2003. Cash died less than four months after. Carter co-wrote one of his biggest hits, 'Ring of Fire', and they together won two Grammy awards for their duets.
Cash was known for his deep, distinctive bass-baritone voice, the "freight train" sound of his Tennessee Three backing band, his demeanor, and his dark clothing, which earned him the nickname "The Man in Black". He traditionally started his concerts with the introduction "Hello, I'm Johnny Cash".
Much of Cash's music, especially that of his later career, echoed themes of sorrow, moral tribulation, and redemption. His signature songs include "I Walk the Line", "Folsom Prison Blues", "Ring of Fire", "Get Rhythm", "Hurt" and "Man in Black". He also recorded humorous songs, such as "One Piece at a Time" and "A Boy Named Sue", a duet with June Carter called "Jackson", as well as railroad songs such as "Hey Porter" and "Rock Island Line."
He sold over 90 million albums in his nearly fifty-year career and came to occupy a "commanding position in music history".
First marriage
While in Air Force training, on July 18, 1951, Cash met 17 year-old Vivian Liberto at a roller skating rink in San Antonio, Texas. They dated for three weeks, until Cash was deployed to Germany for a three year tour. During that time, the couple exchanged over ten thousand pages of love letters. On August 7, 1954, one month after his discharge, they were married at St. Anne's Catholic church in San Antonio. They had four daughters: Rosanne (born May 24, 1955), Kathy (born April 16, 1956), Cindy (born July 29, 1958), and Tara (born August 24, 1961). But Cash's drug and alcohol abuse, constant touring, and affairs with other women (including future wife June Carter) led Liberto to file for divorce in 1966.
June Carter
In 1968, 12 years after they had first met backstage at the Grand Ole Opry, Cash proposed to June Carter, an established country singer, during a live performance in London, Ontario, marrying on March 1, 1968. He had proposed numerous times, but she had always refused. They had only one child together, John Carter Cash (born March 3, 1970). They continued to work together, and tour, for thirty-five years, until June Carter died in 2003. Cash died less than four months after. Carter co-wrote one of his biggest hits, 'Ring of Fire', and they together won two Grammy awards for their duets.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
Born this Date: George Harrison
George Harold Harrison MBE (25 February 1943 – 29 November 2001) was an English rock guitarist, singer-songwriter and film producer. He achieved international fame as lead guitarist in The Beatles. Often referred to as "the quiet Beatle", or "The Dark Horse" Harrison embraced Indian mysticism, and helped broaden the horizons of the other Beatles as well as their Western audience. Following the band's breakup, he had a successful career as a solo artist and later as part of the Traveling Wilburys, and also as a film and record producer.
Although the majority of The Beatles' songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, Harrison generally wrote one song per side from the Help! album onwards. His later compositions with The Beatles include "Here Comes the Sun," "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." After the band's breakup, Harrison continued writing, releasing the acclaimed and successful triple album, All Things Must Pass, in 1970, from which came the #1 single "My Sweet Lord". In addition to his solo work, Harrison co-wrote two hits for Ringo Starr, another ex-Beatle, as well as songs for the Traveling Wilburys — the supergroup he formed in 1988 with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison.
Harrison married model Pattie Boyd on 21 January 1966, at Leatherhead and Esher registry office, with Paul McCartney as best man and only other Beatle present. They had met during the filming for A Hard Day's Night, in which the 19 year old Boyd was cast as a schoolgirl fan. After Harrison and Boyd split up in 1974, she moved in with Eric Clapton and they subsequently married. Harrison and Clapton remained close friends, and referred to each other as "husbands-in-law".
Harrison married for a second time, to Dark Horse Records secretary Olivia Trinidad Arias on 2 September 1978. They had met at the Dark Horse offices in Los Angeles in 1974. They had one son, Dhani Harrison. After the 1999 stabbing incident in which Olivia subdued Harrison's assailant nearly single-handedly, Harrison received a fax from his close friend Tom Petty that read: "Aren't you glad you married a Mexican girl?"
Blamed by Harrison on his smoking in the 1960s, he developed throat cancer which was discovered in 1997 after a lump on his neck was analysed. Despite radiotherapy the cancer spread, and he underwent an operation at the Mayo Clinic in the US during the early part of May 2001, to remove a growth from one of his lungs. Three months later, in July 2001, it was revealed that Harrison was receiving radiotherapy for a brain tumour at a clinic in Switzerland. Despite the treatments and operations, Harrison died on 29 November 2001 in a Hollywood Hills mansion that was once leased by McCartney and was previously owned by Courtney Love. His death was listed on his Los Angeles County death certificate as "metastatic non-small cell lung cancer".[135] He was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the Ganges River by his close family in a private ceremony according to Hindu tradition. It is said that he left almost $155 (£105) million in his will.
My favorite Harrison solo song from the album,
All Things Must Pass,
"I'd Have You Anytime"
Although the majority of The Beatles' songs were written by Lennon and McCartney, Harrison generally wrote one song per side from the Help! album onwards. His later compositions with The Beatles include "Here Comes the Sun," "Something" and "While My Guitar Gently Weeps." After the band's breakup, Harrison continued writing, releasing the acclaimed and successful triple album, All Things Must Pass, in 1970, from which came the #1 single "My Sweet Lord". In addition to his solo work, Harrison co-wrote two hits for Ringo Starr, another ex-Beatle, as well as songs for the Traveling Wilburys — the supergroup he formed in 1988 with Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne and Roy Orbison.
Harrison married model Pattie Boyd on 21 January 1966, at Leatherhead and Esher registry office, with Paul McCartney as best man and only other Beatle present. They had met during the filming for A Hard Day's Night, in which the 19 year old Boyd was cast as a schoolgirl fan. After Harrison and Boyd split up in 1974, she moved in with Eric Clapton and they subsequently married. Harrison and Clapton remained close friends, and referred to each other as "husbands-in-law".
Harrison married for a second time, to Dark Horse Records secretary Olivia Trinidad Arias on 2 September 1978. They had met at the Dark Horse offices in Los Angeles in 1974. They had one son, Dhani Harrison. After the 1999 stabbing incident in which Olivia subdued Harrison's assailant nearly single-handedly, Harrison received a fax from his close friend Tom Petty that read: "Aren't you glad you married a Mexican girl?"
Blamed by Harrison on his smoking in the 1960s, he developed throat cancer which was discovered in 1997 after a lump on his neck was analysed. Despite radiotherapy the cancer spread, and he underwent an operation at the Mayo Clinic in the US during the early part of May 2001, to remove a growth from one of his lungs. Three months later, in July 2001, it was revealed that Harrison was receiving radiotherapy for a brain tumour at a clinic in Switzerland. Despite the treatments and operations, Harrison died on 29 November 2001 in a Hollywood Hills mansion that was once leased by McCartney and was previously owned by Courtney Love. His death was listed on his Los Angeles County death certificate as "metastatic non-small cell lung cancer".[135] He was cremated and his ashes were scattered in the Ganges River by his close family in a private ceremony according to Hindu tradition. It is said that he left almost $155 (£105) million in his will.
All Things Must Pass,
"I'd Have You Anytime"
Ash Wednesday
Ash Wednesday, February 25th is a day of fast and abstinence. All Fridays in lent are days of abstinence. Good Friday, April 10, 2009 will be a day of fast and abstinence. Ash Wednesday officially begins Lent and the Easter cycle. Palms from last year's Palm Sunday are burned. The ashes from these palms are used during the Ash Wednesday services. The custom of placing ashes on the heads of people is an ancient penitential practice. (Jonas 3:5-9, Jeremiah 6:26, Mt 11:21)
During Lent the Catholic Church will take on a more somber theme. Our priests will be vested in purple to mark the liturgical season. The joyful acclamations of Alleluia and Glory to God will be dropped. Weddings are discouraged during this season.
Fasting and abstinence are two disciplines practiced during this time. Fasting has to do with the quantity of food eaten. Abstinence refers to the kind of food denied oneself . Denying oneself a basic human need such as food for a period of time is done for different reasons. It promotes self-discipline. It supports one's prayers. It cleanses oneself of previous abuses and sin. And it prepares us for the great feast of Easter. Another practice during lent includes alms giving.
During lent we "give up" something. Popular forms of fasting may be: giving up desserts, candies, gum, soft drinks, alcohol, watching television, and junk food. These popular forms of fasting and abstinence promote personal discipline and self-control.
Lenten Regulations
Persons who have reached the age of 14 are required to abstain from meat. All persons between the ages of 18 -59 are required to fast.
Fast = one full meal is allowed. Two other meals, sufficient to maintain strength, may be taken according to each one's needs, but together should not equal one full meal. Eating between meals is not permitted; but liquids, including milk and fruit juices, are allowed.
Abstinence = no meat is allowed.
Tuesday, February 24, 2009
Man arrested in Revere with AK-47
REVERE-A man who allegedly tried trafficking weapons to a high-crime neighborhood in Boston was found in possession of an AK-47 among other weapons after State Police pulled him over on Saturday for running a red light on Route 60, police said.
Paul Leggio, 24, of 7 Crestway Road, East Boston, was arrested on a long list of charges, including possession of a machine gun, possession of a high-capacity firearm and driving with a revoked license.
State Police say Leggio was pulled over after running a red light at the intersection of American Legion Highway and Revere Street shortly after 8:30 p.m.
A Trooper ordered Leggio out of the car and began a search of the vehicle after the officer allegedly noticed the suspect fumbling with an object underneath the driver's seat.
Police say a loaded AK-47 rifle was discovered, along with a loaded Colt .45 caliber handgun, three .45 caliber handgun magazine rounds, a knife and a billy club.
The AK-47 had previously been reported stolen, police said. Officers suspect Leggio was bringing the weapons to a heroin dealer in Roxbury, according to police reports.
Leggio was additionally charged with two counts of carrying a dangerous weapon, two counts of possessing a firearm without a license, two counts of possessing ammunition without a license, receiving stolen property over $250, a red light violation and failing to wear a seatbelt.
Lynn Daily Item
Revere robbery suspect turns self in after victim dragged across parking lot
SAUGUS - A Revere man planned to turn himself into police Friday after he allegedly robbed a man then dragged him with his vehicle through the parking lot of Home Depot.
Michael Anzilotti, 39, of 417 Revere Beach Parkway, was identified in the police log as the suspect.
Police say a 61-year-old Saugus man saw Anzilotti stealing tools from his truck as he exited Home Depot at about 9:45 a.m. Friday.
The victim tried to detain the suspect until police arrived, but Anzilotti allegedly jumped into a Toyota Highlander and dragged the victim through the Route 1 parking lot, police said.
The victim reported being injured but refused medical treatment at the scene. He later drove himself to Salem Hospital, police said.
Police say Anzilotti was identified as the suspect after a brief investigation and learned he was wanted by Chelsea police for conducting a similar theft at the Home Depot parking lot in that city. Anzilotti was expected to turn himself in to police to face charges Friday, according to the police log.
Lynn Daily Item
Michael Anzilotti, 39, of 417 Revere Beach Parkway, was identified in the police log as the suspect.
Police say a 61-year-old Saugus man saw Anzilotti stealing tools from his truck as he exited Home Depot at about 9:45 a.m. Friday.
The victim tried to detain the suspect until police arrived, but Anzilotti allegedly jumped into a Toyota Highlander and dragged the victim through the Route 1 parking lot, police said.
The victim reported being injured but refused medical treatment at the scene. He later drove himself to Salem Hospital, police said.
Police say Anzilotti was identified as the suspect after a brief investigation and learned he was wanted by Chelsea police for conducting a similar theft at the Home Depot parking lot in that city. Anzilotti was expected to turn himself in to police to face charges Friday, according to the police log.
Lynn Daily Item
Fat Tuesday
Mardi Gras or Shrove Tuesday'Mardi Gras' means 'Fat Tuesday' in French. Fat Tuesday (also called Shrove Tuesday) is the day before Ash Wednesday which is the beginning of Lent - a period of fasting in Christianity. Mardi Gras is also the last day of the three-day Carnival festival.
New Orleans is the most famous city to hold elaborate Mardi Gras celebrations, but a lot of other cities and towns celebrate Mardi Gras.
Basically it is NOT just a reason to party, but the premise is to indulge in things that you are going to give up for Lent.
Saturday, February 21, 2009
Gil Grissom's birthday!
William Louis Petersen (born February 21, 1953) is a Golden Globe and Emmy nominated American actor and producer, best known for playing Gil Grissom on CSI: Crime Scene Investigation. He's the youngest of six children, born in Evanston, Illinois, to parents who worked in the furniture business. His father is Danish-American, and his mother is German-American.
He married Joanne Brady in 1974 and had a daughter, Maite, which is a Basque name meaning love. He divorced in 1981 and married again in 2003, Gina Cirone. His daughter gave birth to a grandson in 2003, Mazrik William.
My favorite movies: Manhunter, Passed Away, Fear, To Live and Die in LA...and of course, CSI: Crime Scene Investigation...and I can't believe he left.
Friday, February 20, 2009
File under: Disrespectful
Gospel cover stolen from Revere church
REVERE - Police are investigating who stole a $2,700 metal gospel cover from the altar of Immaculate Conception Church on Beach Street earlier this month.
On Feb. 6, Father George Szal noticed the metal and gold silver plate missing, police said. Church members tried looking for the object to no avail.
Szal told police he even contacted local pawn shops but had no luck, police said.
The church hopes insurance will cover the loss, according to police.
Lynn Daily Item
REVERE - Police are investigating who stole a $2,700 metal gospel cover from the altar of Immaculate Conception Church on Beach Street earlier this month.On Feb. 6, Father George Szal noticed the metal and gold silver plate missing, police said. Church members tried looking for the object to no avail.
Szal told police he even contacted local pawn shops but had no luck, police said.
The church hopes insurance will cover the loss, according to police.
Lynn Daily Item
Revere police search for 4 robbery suspects
REVERE - Police received a report Wednesday night that four young men held down another young man, beat him then robbed him of a cell phone and $70 at Della Russo Park on Park Avenue.Police arrived and found the victim's face covered in blood. Another male told officers four males held down the victim, beat and robbed him shortly after 10 p.m.
The victims were hanging out near the bleachers when the robbery occurred, police said.
The victim who was not injured told police he believes the suspects were the same people from Chelsea who fired a gun at him recently.
Police combed the area and stopped people who fit the description of the suspects, but it turned out not to be who they were looking for. No arrests were made.
Lynn Daily Item
Revere couple arrested in undercover drug sting
REVERE - A Revere man was arrested Wednesday after he allegedly sold cocaine to undercover officers eight times in the past month, police said.Francisco "George" Santiago Rosado, 24, of 216 Fenno St., was arrested and charged with eight counts of distribution of a class B drug (cocaine) and two counts of drug violations in a school zone.
Sandra Rodriguez, 37, of the same address, was inside a car with Santiago when he was arrested. She was arrested and charged with one count of distribution of cocaine.
Revere and State Police said they used an undercover officer to purchase the cocaine from Rosado eight times since Jan. 22. Two of those purchases were allegedly made at Santiago's apartment, which is in close proximity to the McKinley School.
Before the final purchase, police made photocopies of the cash used to purchase the drugs, police said.
The pair was arrested a few moments after the final drug deal during a traffic stop at Revere Beach Parkway at about 5:30 p.m. Police also carried out a search warrant of their apartment but it was not clear what was found.
Lynn Daily Item
WEEKEND LOVE FORECAST:
ARIES: When you put your mind to it you will dream up the most romantic, interesting date you've ever experienced. TAURUS: You continue to make the grand gestures and big efforts. You can't help but think a certain someone is lucky to be with you. GEMINI: What you do on a whim leads you right into the arms of love. CANCER: To win at love is to succeed in communicating clearly, understanding the other person and making sure you are being understood. LEO: Strive to sweeten your demeanor. Loved ones appreciate the tenderness you display. VIRGO: Because you deeply appreciate who a loved one is, you earn respect and admiration. LIBRA: Insightful compliments will get you everywhere. SCORPIO: Powerful nonstop confidence is half of your attraction secret -- the other half is honest vulnerability. SAGITTARIUS: You feel like the love in your heart makes you invincible and maybe it does. CAPRICORN: A loved one will deliver as promised, though your help may be required. AQUARIUS: You get where a loved one is coming from and that's why you're able to bring this person around to your point of view. PISCES: You expect others to bring their best to a relationship and so they do.
COUPLE OF THE WEEKEND: Aquarius and Pisces are more alike than most astrological neighbors. Side by side on the wheel of the zodiac, intellectual Aquarius is associated with the phrase "I know," and ethereal Pisces takes a leap into the unknown with the phrase "I believe." In their shared adventures these signs challenge each other's perceptions and build each other's faith.
COUPLE OF THE WEEKEND: Aquarius and Pisces are more alike than most astrological neighbors. Side by side on the wheel of the zodiac, intellectual Aquarius is associated with the phrase "I know," and ethereal Pisces takes a leap into the unknown with the phrase "I believe." In their shared adventures these signs challenge each other's perceptions and build each other's faith.
Thursday, February 19, 2009
Born this Date: Smokey Robinson is 69
William "Smokey" Robinson, Jr. (born February 19, 1940) is an American R&B and soul singer-songwriter, record producer, and former record executive. Robinson is noted for being one of the primary figures associated with Motown Records, second only to the company's founder, Berry Gordy. Robinson's countless hits, and consistent contributions to the Motown label earned him the title of the "King of Motown". As both a member of Motown group The Miracles and a solo artist, Robinson recorded thirty-seven Top 40 hits for Motown between 1960 and 1987, and also served as the company's vice president from 1961 to 1988.
Robinson was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan's North End neighborhood, and when still a child was nicknamed "Smokey Joe" by an uncle because of his love of cowboy movies. In his teens, this was shortened to "Smokey". In an interview, Robinson claims he has been friends with Diana Ross since they were eleven years old. In 1955, Robinson founded a group he called the Five Chimes with his best friend Ronald White, and Northern High School classmates Pete Moore , Clarence Dawson, and James Grice. By 1957, the group was called the Matadors and included cousins Emerson and Bobby Rogers in place of Dawson and Grice. Later Emerson was replaced by his sister Claudette Rogers who later married Robinson, and guitarist Marv Tarplin joined the group in 1958.
With Robinson as lead singer, the Matadors began touring the local Detroit venues. In 1958, Robinson met songwriter Berry Gordy, who co-wrote for them the single "Got a Job", an answer song to the Silhouettes' hit single "Get a Job". The group renamed itself the Miracles, and issued singles on both End Records and Chess Records before Robinson suggested to Gordy that he start a label of his own.
In 1959, Gordy founded Tamla Records, which he soon reincorporated as Motown. The Miracles were among the label's first signees. Gordy and Robinson had a synergistic relationship, with Robinson providing a foundation for Motown's hit-making success and Gordy acting as a mentor for the budding singer and songwriter. By 1961, Gordy had appointed Robinson vice-president of Motown Records, a title Robinson held for as long as Gordy remained with the company.
The 1960 single "Shop Around" was Motown's first number one hit on the R&B singles chart, and the first big hit for The Miracles.The song was also Motown's first million-selling hit single. They scored many more hits over the years, including the much-covered "Who's Loving You" (1960), "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" (1962), "What's So Good About Goodbye" (1962),"I'll Try Something New" (1962), "Mickey's Monkey" (1963),"I Like It Like That" (1964), "Ooo Baby Baby (1965), "The Tracks of My Tears" (1965), "Going to a Go-Go" (1965),"My Girl Has Gone" (1965), (Come Round Here) I'm The One You Need" (1966), "More Love" (1967), "I Second That Emotion" (1967), "If You Can Want" (1968}, "Baby, Baby Don't Cry" (1969), and the international # 1 smash, "The Tears of a Clown" (1970).
Besides penning hits for his own group, Robinson (often assisted by the other Miracles ), also wrote and produced hits and album tracks for other Motown artists. Mary Wells had a big hit with the Robinson-penned "My Guy" (1964), and Robinson served as The Temptations' primary songwriter and producer from 1963 to 1966, penning hits such as "The Way You Do the Things You Do", "My Girl", "Since I Lost My Baby", and "Get Ready". Among Robinson's numerous other Motown compositions are "Still Water (Love)" by The Four Tops, "Don't Mess With Bill" and "My Baby Must Be a Magician" by The Marvelettes, "When I'm Gone" by Brenda Holloway, "Ain't That Peculiar" and "I'll Be Doggone" by Marvin Gaye, and "First I Look at the Purse" by The Contours.
His hit ballads also earned him the title "America's poet laureate of love". During the course of his 50-year career in music, Robinson has accumulated more than 4,000 songs to his credit. John Lennon of The Beatles made countless remarks regarding Robinson's influence on his music. In a 1969 interview, Lennon stated that one of his favorite songs was The Miracles' "I've Been Good To You", which has similar lyrics to Lennon's "Sexy Sadie". George Harrison also greatly admired Robinson and paid tribute to him in his 1976 song "Pure Smokey". (The Beatles had recorded Robinson and The Miracles' "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" in 1963.)
Robinson was born and raised in Detroit, Michigan's North End neighborhood, and when still a child was nicknamed "Smokey Joe" by an uncle because of his love of cowboy movies. In his teens, this was shortened to "Smokey". In an interview, Robinson claims he has been friends with Diana Ross since they were eleven years old. In 1955, Robinson founded a group he called the Five Chimes with his best friend Ronald White, and Northern High School classmates Pete Moore , Clarence Dawson, and James Grice. By 1957, the group was called the Matadors and included cousins Emerson and Bobby Rogers in place of Dawson and Grice. Later Emerson was replaced by his sister Claudette Rogers who later married Robinson, and guitarist Marv Tarplin joined the group in 1958.
With Robinson as lead singer, the Matadors began touring the local Detroit venues. In 1958, Robinson met songwriter Berry Gordy, who co-wrote for them the single "Got a Job", an answer song to the Silhouettes' hit single "Get a Job". The group renamed itself the Miracles, and issued singles on both End Records and Chess Records before Robinson suggested to Gordy that he start a label of his own.
In 1959, Gordy founded Tamla Records, which he soon reincorporated as Motown. The Miracles were among the label's first signees. Gordy and Robinson had a synergistic relationship, with Robinson providing a foundation for Motown's hit-making success and Gordy acting as a mentor for the budding singer and songwriter. By 1961, Gordy had appointed Robinson vice-president of Motown Records, a title Robinson held for as long as Gordy remained with the company.
The 1960 single "Shop Around" was Motown's first number one hit on the R&B singles chart, and the first big hit for The Miracles.The song was also Motown's first million-selling hit single. They scored many more hits over the years, including the much-covered "Who's Loving You" (1960), "You've Really Got a Hold on Me" (1962), "What's So Good About Goodbye" (1962),"I'll Try Something New" (1962), "Mickey's Monkey" (1963),"I Like It Like That" (1964), "Ooo Baby Baby (1965), "The Tracks of My Tears" (1965), "Going to a Go-Go" (1965),"My Girl Has Gone" (1965), (Come Round Here) I'm The One You Need" (1966), "More Love" (1967), "I Second That Emotion" (1967), "If You Can Want" (1968}, "Baby, Baby Don't Cry" (1969), and the international # 1 smash, "The Tears of a Clown" (1970).
Besides penning hits for his own group, Robinson (often assisted by the other Miracles ), also wrote and produced hits and album tracks for other Motown artists. Mary Wells had a big hit with the Robinson-penned "My Guy" (1964), and Robinson served as The Temptations' primary songwriter and producer from 1963 to 1966, penning hits such as "The Way You Do the Things You Do", "My Girl", "Since I Lost My Baby", and "Get Ready". Among Robinson's numerous other Motown compositions are "Still Water (Love)" by The Four Tops, "Don't Mess With Bill" and "My Baby Must Be a Magician" by The Marvelettes, "When I'm Gone" by Brenda Holloway, "Ain't That Peculiar" and "I'll Be Doggone" by Marvin Gaye, and "First I Look at the Purse" by The Contours.
His hit ballads also earned him the title "America's poet laureate of love". During the course of his 50-year career in music, Robinson has accumulated more than 4,000 songs to his credit. John Lennon of The Beatles made countless remarks regarding Robinson's influence on his music. In a 1969 interview, Lennon stated that one of his favorite songs was The Miracles' "I've Been Good To You", which has similar lyrics to Lennon's "Sexy Sadie". George Harrison also greatly admired Robinson and paid tribute to him in his 1976 song "Pure Smokey". (The Beatles had recorded Robinson and The Miracles' "You've Really Got A Hold On Me" in 1963.)
Wednesday, February 18, 2009
Maine police credit Facebook in solving crime
Posted images from a surveillance video helped identify teen vandals
AUBURN, Maine - Three weeks after setting up a page on Facebook, a central Maine police department is crediting the social networking Web site with helping solve a vandalism case.
Auburn police say three teenagers broke into the spa last week at a Hilton Garden Inn. The teens ripped off wall tiles and threw them into the spa and hallway, causing about $1,000 in damages.
Police posted images from the hotel's surveillance video on the department's Facebook page, which they had set up Jan. 29.
Detectives then received several anonymous tips from Facebook users who recognized the boys.
Police have charged three boys, ages 15 and 16, with burglary and criminal mischief.
Revere Beach Summer Sand Sculpting Competition
Word from the Revere Journal is that this years competition may be moving to Lynn Beach.Sixteen sculptors from across the country, Canada and the Netherlands competed last year for a total of $15,000 in prize money.
After days of hard, gritty work, Carl Jara, of Cleveland, won last year's contest, making him the sand sculpting champ two years in a row.
In year's past, the festival has attracted nearly 250,000 spectators.
A bid for N.H. casino
Bay State gambling backers see urgency on legislationA southern New Hampshire golf course owner is raising the stakes in the race to build the first New England resort-style casino outside of Connecticut.
Golf Management Co. wants to transform its Green Meadow Golf Course in Hudson into the Sagamore Crossing Golf Resort & Convention Center. The $300 million project would include a 135,000-square-foot casino with 4,000 slot machines and 100 table games, a hotel and convention center.
The new proposal adds urgency to the Bay State casino debate.
State Rep. Martin J. Walsh, a Dorchester Democrat, who has introduced a measure on Beacon Hill to authorize two resort-style casinos in Massachusetts, said the Legislature should not waste any more time.
“We can’t drop the ball on this,” he said. “People are gambling already at two Connecticut casinos and we don’t want to lose out to New Hampshire, too.”
So far, New Hampshire Gov. John Lynch has been skeptical of the push to legalize casinos.
“Any discussion of expanded gambling must answer questions about what it would mean for job creation, generating revenues and how it will affect the quality of life up here,” said Colin Manning, a Lynch spokesman.
A study by the Center for Policy Analysis at the University of Massachusetts found that a casino in New Hampshire could attract 8 million gamblers from Massachusetts, Maine, Vermont and New Hampshire who spend as much as $825 million annually at the two Connecticut casinos.
A spokesman for House Speaker Robert A. DeLeo said, “Speaker DeLeo will review a variety of revenue-generating proposals at the approprate time, including gambling.”
Yesterday, Cedric Cromwell, the newly elected Mashpee Wampanoag tribal council chairman, said he will ask Gov. Deval Patrick to begin formal negotiations for a casino in Middleboro.
Last year, the owners of Suffolk Downs and Wonderland Greyhound Park agreed to merge and try to build a casino in Revere.
Boston Herald
Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Patriot pawned his Super bling
Mom: ‘Money ran out’ for hurt playerWhatever happens in Vegas stays in Vegas, and so it was for former New England Patriot Brock Williams’ priceless 2002 Super Bowl ring, which the now disabled cornerback swapped to a pawn shop for $2,000 in chump change.
“He was offered $15,000 to sell it, but he said no. He just borrowed some money and never came back,” said Rick Harrison, owner of the Gold and Silver Pawn Shop on the Las Vegas Strip.
That was three years ago. But a heartbroken Marie Williams, who to this day doesn’t know what her 29-year-old son was thinking, told the Herald, “It would be a miracle if we could get this ring back. It would be a godsend.”
Williams was not aware her son’s Super Bowl XXXVI finger bling commemorating the Pats’ first-ever NFL championship was sitting in a revolving Sin City display case behind a sign that reads, “No, you can’t touch it or wear it.”
“We knew he pawned it somewhere,” she said from her home in Louisiana.
Despite “serious offers of $60,000 for it,” Harrison, who took ownership of the ring when Brock Williams failed to claim it after 120 days, has only teased it on eBay for more than $100,000.
“I don’t plan on actually selling it,” Harrison said. “It is worth more just from the people who come in my shop to see it.”
Boston Herald - Full Story
Revere pol seeks casino vote
REVERE - Months after two local racetracks set the stage for a merger they hope will bring a casino to Revere, City Councilor George Rotondo wants voters to weigh in on the idea.
Rotondo proposed placing a question on the city's fall election ballot asking residents if they want casino gambling introduced at Suffolk Downs racetrack. The question would include a description in favor of the proposal touting its revenue-raising potential and an opposing view stressing the potential adverse traffic impact of a local casino as well as the addiction risk of gambling.
He is seeking colleagues' support for the plan at a time when a smaller scale proposal to add slot machines to tracks has the support of new Massachusetts House Speaker and local legislator Robert DeLeo.
Owners of Wonderland Greyhound Park and Suffolk Downs signed an agreement six months ago setting the stage for local casino development by giving Suffolk the option to purchase Wonderland.
Under the pact, both tracks will remain separately owned and operated while, according to a joint statement issued by their owners announcing the partnership, "they work collaboratively to expand the gaming and entertainment opportunities available to their patrons."
The agreement's timing and the prospect of local support for casinos is important because a referendum question approved by voters last November ends dog racing at Wonderland in 2010. The track employs 350 workers and uses only a fraction of its cavernous track complex for live racing and simulcast racing. Suffolk principal shareholder Richard Fields has pumped money into the East Boston-Revere track since acquiring it in 2007, and made the transition of the track to a resort-style casino his top goal.
Rotondo's suggestion also comes two weeks after Massachusetts residents surveyed by the State House News Service indicated they would welcome revival of Gov. Deval Patrick's plan to bring casinos to the state.
By a 57 to 38 margin, asked "Do you think Governor Patrick should or should not try again to win passage of legislation legalizing casino gambling in Massachusetts?" residents said he should. Residents consistently favor legalization of slot machines and casinos in Massachusetts, but in this poll respondents endorsed not just the idea of casinos, but the idea that Patrick should propose them again.Patrick was thwarted by the House last year in his high-profile effort to raise revenue by allowing casinos. Plans for racetrack slot machines also faltered last year. This year, he spurned the notion he might try again for casinos, but the calculation around that decision shifted dramatically several weeks ago when DeLeo replaced former Speaker Salvatore DiMasi, a staunch gaming opponent.
A few weeks ago, Patrick made his lack of enthusiasm for another attempt clear: "I'm not going to file something that isn't going anywhere," he said, knowing that any proposal would fail under DiMasi. But in the wake of the change in speakers, combined with a gambling-tolerant Senate, the administration sounded a more amenable note.
Patrick's communications director, Joseph Landolfi said the poll "clearly shows the residents of Massachusetts recognize the potential, the economic and job development potential, of casino gaming. The governor's position on gaming was not about gaming per se but always about economic development and job creation."Landolfi said neither the poll nor the emergence of DeLeo will cause Patrick to fall over himself getting a new gaming bill in front of the House. "He'll be speaking with, and listening to, both the Speaker and the Senate president" about what's now possible, Landolfi said.
Lynn Daily Item
Rotondo proposed placing a question on the city's fall election ballot asking residents if they want casino gambling introduced at Suffolk Downs racetrack. The question would include a description in favor of the proposal touting its revenue-raising potential and an opposing view stressing the potential adverse traffic impact of a local casino as well as the addiction risk of gambling.
He is seeking colleagues' support for the plan at a time when a smaller scale proposal to add slot machines to tracks has the support of new Massachusetts House Speaker and local legislator Robert DeLeo.
Owners of Wonderland Greyhound Park and Suffolk Downs signed an agreement six months ago setting the stage for local casino development by giving Suffolk the option to purchase Wonderland.
Under the pact, both tracks will remain separately owned and operated while, according to a joint statement issued by their owners announcing the partnership, "they work collaboratively to expand the gaming and entertainment opportunities available to their patrons."
The agreement's timing and the prospect of local support for casinos is important because a referendum question approved by voters last November ends dog racing at Wonderland in 2010. The track employs 350 workers and uses only a fraction of its cavernous track complex for live racing and simulcast racing. Suffolk principal shareholder Richard Fields has pumped money into the East Boston-Revere track since acquiring it in 2007, and made the transition of the track to a resort-style casino his top goal.
Rotondo's suggestion also comes two weeks after Massachusetts residents surveyed by the State House News Service indicated they would welcome revival of Gov. Deval Patrick's plan to bring casinos to the state.
By a 57 to 38 margin, asked "Do you think Governor Patrick should or should not try again to win passage of legislation legalizing casino gambling in Massachusetts?" residents said he should. Residents consistently favor legalization of slot machines and casinos in Massachusetts, but in this poll respondents endorsed not just the idea of casinos, but the idea that Patrick should propose them again.Patrick was thwarted by the House last year in his high-profile effort to raise revenue by allowing casinos. Plans for racetrack slot machines also faltered last year. This year, he spurned the notion he might try again for casinos, but the calculation around that decision shifted dramatically several weeks ago when DeLeo replaced former Speaker Salvatore DiMasi, a staunch gaming opponent.
A few weeks ago, Patrick made his lack of enthusiasm for another attempt clear: "I'm not going to file something that isn't going anywhere," he said, knowing that any proposal would fail under DiMasi. But in the wake of the change in speakers, combined with a gambling-tolerant Senate, the administration sounded a more amenable note.
Patrick's communications director, Joseph Landolfi said the poll "clearly shows the residents of Massachusetts recognize the potential, the economic and job development potential, of casino gaming. The governor's position on gaming was not about gaming per se but always about economic development and job creation."Landolfi said neither the poll nor the emergence of DeLeo will cause Patrick to fall over himself getting a new gaming bill in front of the House. "He'll be speaking with, and listening to, both the Speaker and the Senate president" about what's now possible, Landolfi said.
Lynn Daily Item
Wow, have I been neglecting this site...
Seems since I joined Facebook, haven't kept up with this site on a daily basis. It's also because FB has cut down on emails so haven't received anything to really post. I'll fix that.
Saturday, February 14, 2009
For Valentine's Day...Addicted to Love
I received this in an email from a friend...
thought it was appropriate for the day!
thought it was appropriate for the day!
Friday, February 13, 2009
Pisces Love Horoscope for 2009
Dutiful Saturn in your 7th House of Others suggests that you might be pressured to make a commitment to someone, but this isn't a smart idea if you're harboring doubts. The Saturn-Uranus oppositions on February 5 and September 15 can push a relationship to its breaking point unless you're willing to address your need for freedom within the established boundaries. Your desires are stronger than usual when sensual Venus is in your sign January 3–February 2 and again April 11–24. You could reunite with an old love or revitalize a current partnership during the love planet's retrograde March 6–April 17. She visits your 5th House of Romance on July 31–August 26, followed by Mars on August 25 - October 16, increasing your chances to get involved with someone special. Eclipses on July 7, July 21 and December 31 activate your love houses, bringing into the open issues that can stress an unhappy relationship -- or solidify a good one.
Revere pays $25,000 to audit library director's misspending
REVERE - The city is spending up to $25,000 to have an outside auditor assess the scope of misspending by Library Director Robert Rice Jr., who resigned in January.Private auditor John Sullivan will be paid from taxpayer money previously assigned to a library repair work account. Acting Librarian and library trustee Mark Ferrante said Sullivan has started sorting through receipts for purchases made by Rice dating back to 2006. Once that work is completed, Ferrante said Sullivan will begin making his way through items allegedly purchased by Rice, including a set of elephant tusks, now stored away in a library back room.
Sullivan is examining 200 purchases totaling at least $40,000, but not all of the items may have been purchased for Rice's personal use with library money.
Rice, a city worker employed by the library since his teenage years, resigned Jan. 13, hours before Mayor Thomas Ambrosino requested an emergency meeting with City Council members to describe what he termed spending by Rice on “things with no relevance to the function of the library.”
Lynn Daily Item - Full Story
Who really cares, Manny?
Many versions of this Manny Ramirez taleManny Ramirez was surprised by the “backlash” from fans and the media when he sat out two games - including one with archrival Yankees - with an alleged sore knee last season and felt his teammates betrayed him in the ensuing blowup.
So says “Becoming Manny,” the new authorized biography of the ex-Red Sox slugger by UMass-Boston psychology prof Jean Rhodes and former Lawrence Eagle Tribune reporter Shawn Boburg, who had exclusive access to Ramirez in the days leading up to his trade to the Los Angeles Dodgers.
“On the Sunday before the trade, with his mother cooking in the kitchen . . . he sulked in his Boston penthouse apartment, gently tossing a soft baseball to Manny Jr.,” they write. “He had done his best to ignore the headlines despite his mother’s insistence on laying out the Boston papers each morning.
“He explained: ‘I’m private and I don’t let nobody penetrate my space. I go play the game, go home and that’s it. I don’t read about what people are writing about me, that’s not my style.’ ”
Manny, they said, felt betrayed by teammates who had “distanced themselves” from him in the days leading up to the trade.
Boston Herald - Full Story
WEEKEND LOVE FORECAST:
ARIES: Valentines given to those in the "just friends" category may move the relationship into the romance zone. TAURUS: There are many different ways to show your love and you'll be experimenting. GEMINI: When you pay special attention to your friends you are even more attractive to a potential love. CANCER: You're in the mood to take your natural generosity over the top and will be well received. LEO: Any mental obstacles that stood between you and your true love will be lifted. VIRGO: You are stress free as all the details of a special date fall gloriously into place. LIBRA: Taking excellent care of yourself makes you feel inspired, creative and ready for the love that is surely coming to you. SCORPIO: You'll be on the receiving end of an unexpected romantic gesture. SAGITTARIUS: What you thought was a daring idea turns out to be both possible and practical. CAPRICORN: There is no need to outdo yourself. You are adored just as you are. AQUARIUS: You'll finally find the ideal time and place to express your heart. PISCES: Take a romantic risk, especially a zany one. If anyone can pull it off, you can. COUPLE OF THE WEEKEND: Aquarius and Scorpio will receive plenty of attention as the sun and moon favor them. They will be particularly attractive to each other. They are inclined to notice and point out each other's talents and strengths, and by doing so each helps to bolster the confidence of the other. It feels so wonderful to be supported in this way that they will want to continue to be on each other's team.
Thursday, February 12, 2009
Don't Give Crooks a Key to your Computer
When I left home this morning, my computer was as secure as a computer can be - totally safe from viruses, Trojan horses, and all other forms of malware.
Of course, it was switched off. Once it's powered up and linked to the Internet, crooks from around the world go to work. They may want to swipe credit card numbers or bank account data. Or they might try to make my computer a zombie, so it can attack other machines by remote control.
Internet security can never be perfect, since the bad guys never stop inventing ways to hit us. But that's no excuse for neglecting the basics.
First, keep all your software up to date. Download and install patches against newly discovered security threats. Millions of people don't bother. We know this because at least nine million Windows PCs are infected by a malware program called Conficker. Windows computers with the latest patches are safe from Conficker and many other threats.
Boston Globe - Full Story
Aquarius Love Horoscope for 2009
You naturally expect more from your relationships this year: A growing awareness of your own potential arouses your desire for a partner equally interested in seeking more from life. Visionary Jupiter in your sign indicates that you're unwilling to settle for less than what you want. Additionally, serious Saturn in your 8th House of Intimacy until October 29 reflects the need to restructure your most important relationships. The limitations of others may force you to talk about making fundamental changes if you and a partner hope to remain close. If he or she is willing to work with you, there's no limit to how far you can go together. However, a lack of effort will lead to stagnation and a loss of trust that can permanently undermine your bond. A Lunar Eclipse in expressive Leo on February 9 falls in your 7th House of Relationships. Expect powerful longings to connect with someone new or to go farther with a current mate. Yet dreamy Neptune's opposition to the eclipse indicates that you may be projecting fantasies, so double-check your assumptions before you make any dramatic moves.
Wednesday, February 11, 2009
Two arrests made in string of robberies Sunday night in Revere
REVERE - Police responded to three armed robberies in the city late Sunday night and made two arrests, but detectives haven't linked the suspects to the other armed robberies that have plagued the city in recent weeks.
The first arrest of the night was made shortly after a 26-year-old man allegedly pointed a silver handgun at the bartender inside Bill Ash's Bar at 78 Revere Beach Blvd. and demanded money.
Tyron Minardi of 80 South Breeman St., East Boston, was arrested and charged with armed robbery while masked and receiving stolen property at about 11:45 p.m.
Minardi was arrested after an officer saw him running out of an alleyway near the Revere Beach train station, which is one block away from the bar, and fit the description of the suspect.
Police said the victims positively identified Minardi as the man who robbed them and a large sum of cash was recovered from his front pocket.
Another officer recovered the firearm behind an electrical box at the intersection of Beach Street and North Shore Road after Minardi told police where to find it, police said. A bag of money was found near 651 Beach St. where Minardi admitted he ditched it upon seeing the officers, police said.
Police also found a car key in Minardi's pocket that was for a stolen car that was found parked behind Bill Ashe's, police said.
The second arrest occurred shortly after a 2 a.m. Monday robbery that left the victim slashed in the face by a knife.
The victim walked from the Wonderland train station when the suspect tried to rob him on North Shore Road.
The suspect, later identified as Thomas Twoguns, 24, of 47 Bellingham Ave. #3, Revere, allegedly jumped a fence and approached the victim from behind. He demanded the victim give him money and allegedly ripped off the victim's backpack.
The victim fought back and was punched in the face. The suspect then pulled out a knife and slashed him in the face and neck. The victim was not seriously injured.
Twoguns was found a few minutes later in a nearby parking lot and positively identified by the victim as the suspect. He was arrested and charged with attempted robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Finally, police responded to the first robbery of the night at 9:45 p.m. at Orange Grove convenience store at 158 Shirley Ave. Two Latino males allegedly walked into the store while masked with at least one holding a knife. One suspect placed the knife against the female clerk's stomach and said, "Don't do anything stupid or I'll stab you," according to a police report.
The suspects ordered the clerk to empty all the money from the cash register then forced her to rip dozens of scratch tickets off the wall. No arrests were made.
Police did not charge the suspects with the five other armed robberies that have been reported in Revere since Jan. 22.
Police released a surveillance photo of the suspect in the Jan. 29 Seven Day convenience store robbery on Winthrop Avenue in which a gun was used. The Hess gas station on Squire Road was hit on Jan. 26, the Tobie's Jewelry store on Shirley Avenue was robbed at gunpoint Jan. 22 and two knifepoint street robberies occurred in the Shirley Avenue neighborhood on Jan. 24.
Lynn Daily Item
The first arrest of the night was made shortly after a 26-year-old man allegedly pointed a silver handgun at the bartender inside Bill Ash's Bar at 78 Revere Beach Blvd. and demanded money.
Tyron Minardi of 80 South Breeman St., East Boston, was arrested and charged with armed robbery while masked and receiving stolen property at about 11:45 p.m.
Minardi was arrested after an officer saw him running out of an alleyway near the Revere Beach train station, which is one block away from the bar, and fit the description of the suspect.
Police said the victims positively identified Minardi as the man who robbed them and a large sum of cash was recovered from his front pocket.
Another officer recovered the firearm behind an electrical box at the intersection of Beach Street and North Shore Road after Minardi told police where to find it, police said. A bag of money was found near 651 Beach St. where Minardi admitted he ditched it upon seeing the officers, police said.
Police also found a car key in Minardi's pocket that was for a stolen car that was found parked behind Bill Ashe's, police said.
The second arrest occurred shortly after a 2 a.m. Monday robbery that left the victim slashed in the face by a knife.
The victim walked from the Wonderland train station when the suspect tried to rob him on North Shore Road.
The suspect, later identified as Thomas Twoguns, 24, of 47 Bellingham Ave. #3, Revere, allegedly jumped a fence and approached the victim from behind. He demanded the victim give him money and allegedly ripped off the victim's backpack.
The victim fought back and was punched in the face. The suspect then pulled out a knife and slashed him in the face and neck. The victim was not seriously injured.
Twoguns was found a few minutes later in a nearby parking lot and positively identified by the victim as the suspect. He was arrested and charged with attempted robbery and assault and battery with a dangerous weapon.
Finally, police responded to the first robbery of the night at 9:45 p.m. at Orange Grove convenience store at 158 Shirley Ave. Two Latino males allegedly walked into the store while masked with at least one holding a knife. One suspect placed the knife against the female clerk's stomach and said, "Don't do anything stupid or I'll stab you," according to a police report.
The suspects ordered the clerk to empty all the money from the cash register then forced her to rip dozens of scratch tickets off the wall. No arrests were made.
Police did not charge the suspects with the five other armed robberies that have been reported in Revere since Jan. 22.
Police released a surveillance photo of the suspect in the Jan. 29 Seven Day convenience store robbery on Winthrop Avenue in which a gun was used. The Hess gas station on Squire Road was hit on Jan. 26, the Tobie's Jewelry store on Shirley Avenue was robbed at gunpoint Jan. 22 and two knifepoint street robberies occurred in the Shirley Avenue neighborhood on Jan. 24.
Lynn Daily Item
Winter in New England
It's winter in New England
And the gentle breezes blow
Seventy miles an hour
at twenty-five below.
Oh, how I love New England
When the snows up to your butt
you take a breath of winter
And your nose gets frozen shut.
Yes, the weather here is wonderful
So I guess I'll hang around
I could never leave New England
'cuz I'm frozen to the ground!
Capricorn Love Horoscope for 2009
Impulsively jumping into a new relationship isn't your usual style, but this isn't a typical year when it comes to matters of the heart. You're inclined to express your feelings without considering their impact as sensual Venus spends most of February–May in spontaneous Aries. Nevertheless, you'd be wise to monitor your involvement so you don't jeopardize your stability, especially as Venus retrogrades through your 4th House of Security from March 3 through April 17. Make the most of Venus's harmonious trines to indulgent Jupiter on July 26 and October 28 by revealing your romantic desires selectively, leaving others more likely to respond with enthusiasm.
Tuesday, February 10, 2009
I can't believe this is all this kid got...
Revere Teen gets 5 to 7 years for beating death
03.FEB.09
REVERE — A Revere teenager has been sentenced to up to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter for using a golf club in a beating that led to another man’s death.
Prosecutors say 19-year-old Matthew Riley used a golf club to beat 49-year-old Robert Mackey of Winthrop outside a convenience store in August 2007.
Mackey died of a lacerated spleen about a week later.
Authorities say Riley and his brother got into a dispute with Mackey and another man outside the store in the early morning hours.
Riley was sentenced to five to seven years Friday after pleading guilty to manslaughter, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and possession of marijuana. Prosecutors had recommended a 10-year sentence.
Riley expressed remorse.
- Associated Press
03.FEB.09
REVERE — A Revere teenager has been sentenced to up to seven years in prison after pleading guilty to manslaughter for using a golf club in a beating that led to another man’s death.
Prosecutors say 19-year-old Matthew Riley used a golf club to beat 49-year-old Robert Mackey of Winthrop outside a convenience store in August 2007.
Mackey died of a lacerated spleen about a week later.
Authorities say Riley and his brother got into a dispute with Mackey and another man outside the store in the early morning hours.
Riley was sentenced to five to seven years Friday after pleading guilty to manslaughter, assault and battery with a dangerous weapon and possession of marijuana. Prosecutors had recommended a 10-year sentence.
Riley expressed remorse.
- Associated Press
Sagittarius Love Horoscope for 2009
Vivacious Venus turns retrograde this year on March 6, setting the tone for your relationships. This shift in the planet of love's direction—while always important—is especially significant now because it occurs in your 5th House of Romance, suggesting a major reevaluation of your heart's desires and the best strategy to attain them. Rein in your impulses, even if it seems to take some of the fun out of life. What may be enjoyable in the moment might not produce the enduring satisfaction you seek. When Venus turns direct on April 18, you may have resolved a critical issue, freeing you to move in a more rewarding direction. An innovative approach to partnership opens the door for you to enjoy greater intimacy without feeling smothered thanks to a Solar Eclipse on July 21. This critical event in touchy Cancer falls in your 8th House of Deep Sharing, which usually indicates separation. Surprising Uranus makes a creative trine to the eclipse, however, reviving a fading relationship or revealing ways for you to make new connections where closeness and freedom can coexist.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Scorpio 2009 Love Forecast
There's definitely magic in the world of love for you this year: Jupiter and Neptune, the co-rulers of your 5th House of Romance, nuzzle up to each other on May 27, July 10 and December 21. Their conjunctions with Chiron the Wounded Healer should help you mend a broken heart and free yourself for richer romantic experiences. Inventive Uranus is already in the 5th House, so breaking new ground is an effective counterforce to your instinctive patterns of holding on to the past. Spontaneous self-expression shatters shyness and habits rooted in your need to remain in control. Love is not something to master now, but an experience of pure discovery able to surprise you with delight when you least expect it. Regression in relationships is possible when Venus, the ruler of your 7th House of Partnerships, is retrograde March 6 - April 18. Yet this return to old issues may well incite you to make changes rather than remain in your rut.
Saturday, February 7, 2009
Libra 2009 Love Forecast
You may need to revisit your past if you wish to move into your future, because two eclipses activate your 5th House of Romance early in the year. First, a wild Aquarius New Moon Eclipse joined by joyful Jupiter on January 26 foreshadows success in love. You must, however, be respectful of boundaries, or a wonderful opportunity could fall apart very quickly. Then a bold Leo Full Moon Eclipse opposed by wounded Chiron and spiritual Neptune on February 9 helps you move beyond your fears -- if you're willing to forgive someone in your past. Your dreams of ideal love feel close, yet you could waste energy chasing unrealizable fantasies as Jupiter, Chiron and Neptune dance around one another in your 5th House all year. A little common sense will go a long way when this cosmic super-conjunction is most active in May, July and December.
Friday, February 6, 2009
Virgo 2009 Love Forecast
Make yourself the top priority in relationships this year: Responsible Saturn in your 1st House of Self through October 29 puts the focus on your needs, desires and well-being. Rather than making service to others the keystone of partnerships, pull back to a place of greater self-interest; this will give you the time, energy and inclination to maximize your own strengths. Loving Venus goes retrograde in your 8th House of Intimacy on March 6 and turns direct in your 7th House of Partnerships on April 17—a period to reevaluate and, perhaps, alter your expectations of relationship and your commitments to others. If you're not satisfied with what you have, renegotiations are appropriate. A Capricorn Lunar Eclipse in your 5th House of Romance on July 7 is another potential turning point in matters of the heart, showing you that a current plan isn't working or that the burdens of responsibility you're carrying are too heavy. Don't be afraid to change course if you aren't headed in the right direction.
Thursday, February 5, 2009
Leo 2009 Love Forecast
Although the Jupiter-Chiron-Neptune super-conjunction falls in your 7th House of Partnerships, placing an idealistic and hopeful spin on all your relationships, it is generous Jupiter that rules your 5th House of Love. Accordingly, its conjunctions to Chiron and Neptune in May, July and December are opportunities to heal old emotional wounds. Forgiving and forgetting are in theory simple concepts whose reality is complicated and sometimes painful, yet someone may come into your life during these periods to help you along. Additionally, the love planet Venus extends her stay in spontaneous Aries for most of February, March, April and May--activating your 9th House of Adventure. Romance is more than just having a good time; it must also widen your horizons and open your mind to exciting new possibilities beyond your wildest imagination.
Wednesday, February 4, 2009
Cancer 2009 Love Forecast
Hopeful Jupiter in unconventional Aquarius occupies your 8th House of Deep Sharing to transform the nature of your relationships. Your boundaries may be stretched by unusual individuals or novel approaches to intimacy. Let your mind lead your heart—it takes imagination to absorb all the gifts that partnership can bring you this year. Common ideals and spiritual interests can bring you to a higher level of understanding with a mate by reinforcing your connection with a higher purpose. Jupiter’s conjunctions with Neptune on May 27, July 10 and December 21 offer moments of sublime delight, romantic fantasy and blind faith, allowing you to overlook down-to-earth matters necessary to sustain a long-term partnership. The Lunar Eclipse in practical Capricorn on July 7 in your 7th House of Others will, however, temporarily bring you back to reality. Love is a wonderful thing, but you need plans and commitment to assure its longevity. If you’re single, this event marks a period when a clear sense of purpose, self-respect and a willingness to talk frankly about your needs enables you to come out of your shell and pursue your desires more directly.
Tuesday, February 3, 2009
Gemini 2009 Love Forecast
The distinction between friends and lovers may be tested early this year, for sweet Venus in impulsive Aries spends most of February, March, April and May in your 11th House of Groups and Friends. Threats to your emotional well-being can provoke powerful interactions with others during these months, creating crucial relationship turning points when Venus squares intense Pluto on February 5, April 5 and May 2. Romance may come more easily as Venus moves through your sign on July 6–August 1, but her opposition to Pluto on August 2—as with her squares earlier in the year—can once again bring up difficult issues. Serious Saturn enters Libra and your 5th House of Romance on October 30, where it remains for a couple of years. Settling down into practical and enduring relationships will become top priority.
Rock Fans Head To Iowa To Recall Day Music Died
CLEAR LAKE, Iowa (AP) — It's been 50 years since a single-engine plane crashed into a snow-covered Iowa field, instantly killing three men whose names would become enshrined in the history of rock 'n' roll.
The passing decades haven't diminished fascination with that night on Feb. 2, 1959, when 22-year-old Buddy Holly, 28-year-old J.P. "The Big Bopper" Richardson and 17-year-old Ritchie Valens performed in Clear Lake. Immediately following the performance Holly, Valens & Richardson boarded the plane for a planned 300-mile flight that took off on February 3rd at approximately 1:00 AM. The flight only lasted a few minutes. Waylon Jennings had given up his seat on the plane to Richardson who was ill that day.
"It was really like the first rock 'n' roll landmark; the first death," said rock historian Jim Dawson, who has written several books about music of that era. "They say these things come in threes. Well, all three happened at the same time."
Starting Wednesday, thousands of people are expected to gather in the small northern Iowa town where the rock pioneers gave their last performance. They'll come to the Surf Ballroom for symposiums with the three musicians' relatives, sold-out concerts and a ceremony as the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame designates the building as its ninth national landmark.
And they'll discuss why after so many years, so many people still care about what songwriter Don McLean so famously called "the day the music died."
"It was the focus point for that last performance by these great artists," said Terry Stewart, president and CEO of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in Cleveland. "It warrants being fixed in time."
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Monday, February 2, 2009
Taurus 2009 Love Horoscope
You can expect a mature, realistic and responsible approach to love with serious Saturn in your 5th House of Romance through late October. You will benefit by making a concerted effort to enhance your image, but that doesn’t come from hard work alone. Having fun gives you a glow that makes you instantly more attractive. Taking time to play is essential for creating space in your heart to give and receive the pleasure you desire. Joy is part of your job now and needs to be on your schedule. Commit to activities that help you feel young, enthusiastic and expressive. These traits are necessities, not luxuries, if love is to blossom in your life. The downside of Saturn in this part of your chart can be feelings of isolation or emotional fatigue that tempt you to give up on love. Happily, spontaneous Uranus’s oppositions to Saturn on February 5 and September 15 should break you out of any funk. Venus’s retrograde period of March 6–April 17 is a critical time to reexamine core patterns in matters of love, partnership and self-worth. Her passage through the haze of your 12th House of Secrets can stir up feelings that you’ve kept hidden even from yourself. Discovering these needs can challenge you to approach intimacy in new and different ways.
Sunday, February 1, 2009
Aries 2009 Love Forecast
You may be tempted to fall back into old relationship patterns while the South Node of the Moon is in your 5th House of Love and Romance, through July 26. Additionally, sensual Venus extends her stay in your sign due to a retrograde phase on March 6–April 17. During this time, you may reignite a flame with an old lover or turn up the heat on a current relationship. Venus enters impetuous Aries on February 22, slips back into compassionate Pisces from April 11 through April 24, and then remains in your sign until June 6, increasing your chances of finding love. Your key planet, Mars, intensifies your drive for pleasure as he moves through your sign on April 22–May 31. On October 16, Mars reenergizes playful Leo and your 5th House of Love, where he remains through the end of the year.
Top 10 Superbowl Scandals
10. Super Bowl XIII - Hollywood challenges Bradshaw
The gang at FOX NFL Sunday's pregame show are always poking fun at Terry Bradshaw's lack of intellect, with Terry often leading the way himself. But the reputation of Bradshaw as a dumb jock was put out in the open during Super Bowl week before the Steelers and Cowboys hooked up following the 1978 season. While being interviewed, quotable Dallas Cowboys linebacker Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson told reporters that Bradshaw "Couldn't spell 'cat' if you spotted him the 'C' and the 'T.'" Bradshaw had the last laugh by throwing four touchdown passes in a Super Bowl MVP performance during Pittsburgh's 35-31 win.
9. Super Bowl XLI - Prince pushes the envelope
Another notorious halftime show was spiced up, though not to Spice Channel levels, by the one and only Prince. Only the purple one would dare test the NFL's morally and politically correct stance during his halftime show with his interesting guitar placement while playing Purple Rain. Behind a giant sheet, Prince's silhouette generated plenty of media debate over whether he had gone too far.
8. Super Bowl XXXVII - Robbins goes AWOL
Media began scrambling when another Saturday night Super Bowl casualty became known before Super Bowl XXXVII between Tampa Bay and Oakland, as word leaked that Raiders head coach Bill Callahan had sent Pro Bowl center Barrett Robbins home from the San Diego Super Bowl site. The immediate reports alleged that Robbins had ventured south of the border to Tijuana, Mexico, for a binge-drinking episode. Later the depth of Robbins' issues came to light — he was suffering from depression and bi-polar disorder. The Raiders went on to lose, 48-21, without their star center.
7. Super Bowl XXXI - Was Favre partying or not?
Brett Favre was in the midst of winning one of his three NFL Most Valuable Player awards in 1996. But his off-the-field story had gained almost as much attention as his on-field play — his admission that he had been battling addiction to alcohol and painkilling medication. So more than a few eyebrows were raised during Super Bowl week when the Packers quarterback was allegedly seen partying with beer in hand on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Favre and the Packers downplayed the alleged sightings, but even more mumbles were heard when Favre reportedly got the dry heaves before kickoff on game day (the Packers said he was suffering from the flu). Favre still went out and led Green Bay to a 35-21 Super Bowl win over the Patriots.
6. (tie) Super Bowl XX - Irving Fryar; Super Bowl XLI - Tank Johnson
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With the NFL becoming America's most prominent sports institution, an added burden of moral high ground has been focused on the league and its players — including two who became controversial figures during Super Bowl week for off-field, police-related incidents. Before Super Bowl XX, New England star Irving Fryar was the subject of many questions after mysterious cuts on his fingers became public. Word quickly got out that Fryar's cuts resulted from a scuffle with his wife two weeks before the Super Bowl
Before Super Bowl XLI between the Colts and Bears, the focus of the negative media glare was Chicago DT Tank Johnson — who had been arrested for the third time in 18 months just six weeks prior to the game after a police raid turned up several unregistered guns and two assault rifles. The Bears suspended Johnson for one game, but a judge allowed Johnson to leave the state of Illinois to play. Lucky for Johnson, it was more lenient NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue's final season before Roger Goodell took over the league office, as Goodell then suspended Johnson for the first half of the 2008 season.
5. Super Bowl XXLII - Bill Belichick stained by 'Spygate'
Early during the unbeaten regular season by the 2008 New England Patriots, head coach Bill Belichick had become embroiled in the sideshow known as "Spygate" — accused of illegally using members of his staff to videotape the signals used by members of opposing coaching staffs. Belichick had been forced to apologize after Commissioner Roger Goodell handed down a substantial fine against the organization --— including the loss of a first-round draft pick. The topic died down by the time the playoffs and Super Bowl rolled around, but exploded again when the day before the game a Boston Herald report cited former Patriots employee Matt Walsh hinting that Belichick had authorized him to tape a Rams practice walk-through before Super Bowl XXXVI. Walsh eventually became exposed as a shaky source, and the author of the story was disciplined, demoted and embarrassed. But this was a definite distraction as the Patriots played for their legacy against the Giants, and lost, 17-14.
4. Super Bowl XXIII - Stanley Wilson's demons
In the all-too-familiar Super Bowl eve story gone wrong, Bengals fullback Stanley Wilson (pictured) failed to show up for a Saturday night team meeting after telling some of his teammates that he forgot his playbook in his room. The Bengals players and coaches became concerned, then were shocked to find Wilson on the floor of his hotel-room bathroom in the midst of a serious cocaine overdose — shaken, sweaty and confused. Wilson never got his chance to play in the Super Bowl, and the Bengals lost to the 49ers without him, 20-16.
3. Super Bowl XXXV - The Ray Lewis debate
Ray Lewis (pictured) has never hidden from the spotlight, but one incident that stains his past remains his arrest on the night after Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta in a case that involved the fatal stabbing of two men. Although murder charges were eventually dropped, Lewis was convicted of obstruction of justice. When the Ravens made the Super Bowl the next year, the morality story of the week centered around the Pro Bowl linebacker and the incident — with critics loudly complaining that Lewis deserved to be watching the game from a jail cell rather than playing. Lewis played, and dominated the Giants in an MVP performance.
2. Super Bowl XXXIII - How to trash your reputation
Falcons defensive back Eugene Robinson was known publicly as one of the league's true good guys, a real family man, in his playing days. In fact, on the day before Super Bowl XXXIII, Robinson had been presented with the NFL's Bart Starr Award — celebrating his high moral character. Hours later, the highly respected Robinson was arrested in Miami for soliciting a prostitute. Robinson was bailed out by gameday, but it didn't help his cause when he was burned badly for possibly the play of the game — Rod Smith beating Robinson for an 80-yard TD pass in the second quarter as the Broncos rolled to a 34-19 win.
1. Super Bowl XXXVIII - Janet Jackson gets exposedThis is the mother of all Super Bowl controversies, bar none — which is somewhat strange considering it never affected the game, and nobody's life was in peril. This was all about Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime act Janet Jackson's notorious "wardrobe malfunction" in her duet performance with former Mouseketeer Justin Timberlake. The highly controversial MTV-produced show culminated with Timberlake ripping off Jackson's two-piece top, revealing the singer's breast covered by a very visible nipple shield. Jackson later apologized, Timberlake seemed mortified and even though the breast was exposed for a mere 9/16th's of a second on the live CBS telecast, the NFL immediately announced they would never let MTV produce another halftime show and CBS was levied a hefty $550,000 fine — which was subsequently overturned in 2008.
The gang at FOX NFL Sunday's pregame show are always poking fun at Terry Bradshaw's lack of intellect, with Terry often leading the way himself. But the reputation of Bradshaw as a dumb jock was put out in the open during Super Bowl week before the Steelers and Cowboys hooked up following the 1978 season. While being interviewed, quotable Dallas Cowboys linebacker Thomas "Hollywood" Henderson told reporters that Bradshaw "Couldn't spell 'cat' if you spotted him the 'C' and the 'T.'" Bradshaw had the last laugh by throwing four touchdown passes in a Super Bowl MVP performance during Pittsburgh's 35-31 win.
9. Super Bowl XLI - Prince pushes the envelope
Another notorious halftime show was spiced up, though not to Spice Channel levels, by the one and only Prince. Only the purple one would dare test the NFL's morally and politically correct stance during his halftime show with his interesting guitar placement while playing Purple Rain. Behind a giant sheet, Prince's silhouette generated plenty of media debate over whether he had gone too far.
8. Super Bowl XXXVII - Robbins goes AWOL
Media began scrambling when another Saturday night Super Bowl casualty became known before Super Bowl XXXVII between Tampa Bay and Oakland, as word leaked that Raiders head coach Bill Callahan had sent Pro Bowl center Barrett Robbins home from the San Diego Super Bowl site. The immediate reports alleged that Robbins had ventured south of the border to Tijuana, Mexico, for a binge-drinking episode. Later the depth of Robbins' issues came to light — he was suffering from depression and bi-polar disorder. The Raiders went on to lose, 48-21, without their star center.
7. Super Bowl XXXI - Was Favre partying or not?
Brett Favre was in the midst of winning one of his three NFL Most Valuable Player awards in 1996. But his off-the-field story had gained almost as much attention as his on-field play — his admission that he had been battling addiction to alcohol and painkilling medication. So more than a few eyebrows were raised during Super Bowl week when the Packers quarterback was allegedly seen partying with beer in hand on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. Favre and the Packers downplayed the alleged sightings, but even more mumbles were heard when Favre reportedly got the dry heaves before kickoff on game day (the Packers said he was suffering from the flu). Favre still went out and led Green Bay to a 35-21 Super Bowl win over the Patriots.
6. (tie) Super Bowl XX - Irving Fryar; Super Bowl XLI - Tank Johnson
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With the NFL becoming America's most prominent sports institution, an added burden of moral high ground has been focused on the league and its players — including two who became controversial figures during Super Bowl week for off-field, police-related incidents. Before Super Bowl XX, New England star Irving Fryar was the subject of many questions after mysterious cuts on his fingers became public. Word quickly got out that Fryar's cuts resulted from a scuffle with his wife two weeks before the Super Bowl
Before Super Bowl XLI between the Colts and Bears, the focus of the negative media glare was Chicago DT Tank Johnson — who had been arrested for the third time in 18 months just six weeks prior to the game after a police raid turned up several unregistered guns and two assault rifles. The Bears suspended Johnson for one game, but a judge allowed Johnson to leave the state of Illinois to play. Lucky for Johnson, it was more lenient NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue's final season before Roger Goodell took over the league office, as Goodell then suspended Johnson for the first half of the 2008 season.5. Super Bowl XXLII - Bill Belichick stained by 'Spygate'
Early during the unbeaten regular season by the 2008 New England Patriots, head coach Bill Belichick had become embroiled in the sideshow known as "Spygate" — accused of illegally using members of his staff to videotape the signals used by members of opposing coaching staffs. Belichick had been forced to apologize after Commissioner Roger Goodell handed down a substantial fine against the organization --— including the loss of a first-round draft pick. The topic died down by the time the playoffs and Super Bowl rolled around, but exploded again when the day before the game a Boston Herald report cited former Patriots employee Matt Walsh hinting that Belichick had authorized him to tape a Rams practice walk-through before Super Bowl XXXVI. Walsh eventually became exposed as a shaky source, and the author of the story was disciplined, demoted and embarrassed. But this was a definite distraction as the Patriots played for their legacy against the Giants, and lost, 17-14.
4. Super Bowl XXIII - Stanley Wilson's demons
In the all-too-familiar Super Bowl eve story gone wrong, Bengals fullback Stanley Wilson (pictured) failed to show up for a Saturday night team meeting after telling some of his teammates that he forgot his playbook in his room. The Bengals players and coaches became concerned, then were shocked to find Wilson on the floor of his hotel-room bathroom in the midst of a serious cocaine overdose — shaken, sweaty and confused. Wilson never got his chance to play in the Super Bowl, and the Bengals lost to the 49ers without him, 20-16.
3. Super Bowl XXXV - The Ray Lewis debate
Ray Lewis (pictured) has never hidden from the spotlight, but one incident that stains his past remains his arrest on the night after Super Bowl XXXIV in Atlanta in a case that involved the fatal stabbing of two men. Although murder charges were eventually dropped, Lewis was convicted of obstruction of justice. When the Ravens made the Super Bowl the next year, the morality story of the week centered around the Pro Bowl linebacker and the incident — with critics loudly complaining that Lewis deserved to be watching the game from a jail cell rather than playing. Lewis played, and dominated the Giants in an MVP performance.
2. Super Bowl XXXIII - How to trash your reputation
Falcons defensive back Eugene Robinson was known publicly as one of the league's true good guys, a real family man, in his playing days. In fact, on the day before Super Bowl XXXIII, Robinson had been presented with the NFL's Bart Starr Award — celebrating his high moral character. Hours later, the highly respected Robinson was arrested in Miami for soliciting a prostitute. Robinson was bailed out by gameday, but it didn't help his cause when he was burned badly for possibly the play of the game — Rod Smith beating Robinson for an 80-yard TD pass in the second quarter as the Broncos rolled to a 34-19 win.
1. Super Bowl XXXVIII - Janet Jackson gets exposedThis is the mother of all Super Bowl controversies, bar none — which is somewhat strange considering it never affected the game, and nobody's life was in peril. This was all about Super Bowl XXXVIII halftime act Janet Jackson's notorious "wardrobe malfunction" in her duet performance with former Mouseketeer Justin Timberlake. The highly controversial MTV-produced show culminated with Timberlake ripping off Jackson's two-piece top, revealing the singer's breast covered by a very visible nipple shield. Jackson later apologized, Timberlake seemed mortified and even though the breast was exposed for a mere 9/16th's of a second on the live CBS telecast, the NFL immediately announced they would never let MTV produce another halftime show and CBS was levied a hefty $550,000 fine — which was subsequently overturned in 2008.
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