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Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:08 pm
by Big Blue Owl
Anna Nicole Smith dies

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Reality TV star and former Playboy playmate Anna Nicole Smith was pronounced dead Thursday after being found unconscious in her Florida hotel room, a law enforcement source with knowledge of the case told CNN. Smith was involved in paternity suit regarding the parentage of her daughter, Danielynn, as well as other disputes, including ones regarding a house she stayed at in the Bahamas around the time she gave birth.

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:15 pm
by CygnusX1
saw that on MSNBC man......Sad. :(

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 3:47 pm
by Kares4Rush
Very sad. :(

I'm not a conspiracy theorist but that lawyer/boyfriend/whatever Howard K. Stern is such a creepy figure in that tragic scenario, including her son's death.

Whatever happened, whether OD, or whatever it's just such another chapter in an extreme example of the pitfalls and consequences of the pursuit of fame and fortune or greed. Greed for money, greed for a beautiful trophy wife, whatever.

I feel so sorry for her daughter who will have to grow up being dragged through the courts.

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 5:24 pm
by schuette
this is the first I've heard of it....it does sadden me..

she might have been a gold digger but she certainly made one old man happy....and if at 80 he's mug enough not to know she only really wanted his money then no one can blame her...

Posted: Thu Feb 08, 2007 7:17 pm
by Kares4Rush
schuette wrote:this is the first I've heard of it....it does sadden me..

she might have been a gold digger but she certainly made one old man happy....and if at 80 he's mug enough not to know she only really wanted his money then no one can blame her...
Oh, I have no problem with the old man bein' all happy with a young playboy bunny and if he wants to throw his money at her more power to her.

It's just all the creepy excesses, weird lifestyle, drugs, money-grubbing hangers-on. The "famous for being famous" thing and the whacky way she raised her son. The whole thing became so unreal and unhealthy that something tragic like this was bound to happen. :(

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 3:35 am
by schuette
We heard about her life a wee bit over here...nothing like what you guys would hear though

Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 9:44 am
by Big Blue Owl
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Investigators begin autopsy on Anna Nicole Smith

The medical examiner now performing an autopsy on the body of Anna Nicole Smith says he hopes to release preliminary information later today.

Anna with new baby and lawyer Howard K Stern
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Posted: Fri Feb 09, 2007 10:09 am
by CygnusX1
Fox News is also carrying a near-death story of her being face-down in a swimming pool a couple of months ago as well.

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,251015,00.html

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 10:54 am
by Big Blue Owl
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Barack Obama: I'm fired up and running for president

Sen. Barack Obama has declared he wants to be the Democratic choice for president in next year's election. Obama stood on the steps of the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Illinois, Saturday and said he wanted to follow Abraham Lincoln from the Illinois Legislature to the White House. "It's time to turn a page, right here and right now," he told a cheering and chanting crowd. "Let's get to work."

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 11:02 am
by zepboy
I think Obama and Rex Grossman have a lot in common.

Both are virtual rookies who have/will ged their butts kicked when wading with the big dogs.

Both think they already have the swag when they haven't earned their stripes.

Nuff said!

Posted: Sat Feb 10, 2007 2:13 pm
by awip2062
Gonna be interesting to see whom the Dems (and Repubs) choose to put out as their choice for '08. Lotsa fighting to ged there!

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 7:56 am
by ElfDude
I like this headline:
HEARING ON 'WARMING OF PLANET' CANCELED BECAUSE OF ICE STORM

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:01 am
by schuette
hahahahahaha :lol: ....that is a good one elfie :-D

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:46 am
by Walkinghairball
Hey Elf, how close are you and the girls to the Mall that has been getting all the press?

Chrysler to cut 13,000 jobs

Posted: Wed Feb 14, 2007 8:50 am
by Big Blue Owl
Chrysler to cut 13,000 jobs

Chrysler, whose year-long slump has dragged it down to fourth place among U.S. automakers, announced plans today to cut 13,000 jobs through 2009 as it tries to stem widening losses. The cuts represent 16 percent of the staff at the North American unit of DaimlerChrysler.

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