Alaska’s Mt. Redoubt Set To Blow, Scientists Warn
January 30, 2009
Alaska (ChattahBox) – Anchorage residents are stocking up on dust masks and protective goggles, as scientists warn of an imminent volcanic eruption.
Man Charged With Child Cruelty In Muslim Ceremony
January 30, 2009
UK (ChattahBox) – A taxi driver living in the United Kingdom has been charged with child cruelty after he encouraged his son to participate in a Muslim ceremony that required the 10-year-old to beat himself with a device made of wood, chains, and blades.
Statue Honoring Bush Shoe Toss Erected In Tikrit
January 30, 2009
Iraq (ChattahBox) – The incident in which a reporter threw a shoe at George W. Bush has become a legend, one which has spread across borders, and throughout the entire world. Now, you can remember the action every time you visit Tikrit.
Settlement reached on Heath Ledger’s disputed life insurance
January 30, 2009
(ChattahBox) — Heath Ledger’s insurance company has dropped its suicide probe and reached an out of court settlement over a $10 million policy claim, with lawyers for his young daughter Matilda.
Ledger, 28, died a year ago in his New York apartment after consuming a deadly cocktail of prescription painkillers and sleeping pills, including OxyContin, Vicodin, Valium and Xanax, in what officials ruled an accidental prescription-drug overdose. Read more
Actors Anna Faris and Chris Pratt announce engagement
January 30, 2009
ChattahBox — The House Bunny star Anna Faris and actor Chris Pratt perhaps best known for his role as Harold Brighton “Bright” Abbott in the television series Everwood, got engaged over the holidays it was just announced. Pratt, 29, who currently can be seen in Bride Wars,famously dated Everwood co-star Emily VanCamp (who portrayed his character’s sister). Read more
Fox steps in to assure third Narnia film
January 30, 2009
(ChattahBox) — The Narnia series of films will continue after Twentieth Century Fox has stepped in to partner with Walden Media on at least one more film based on the C.S. Lewis children’s book series “The Chronicles of Narnia.” Read more
Blagojevich is removed from office in unanimous vote
January 30, 2009
(ChattahBox) — The Illinois Senate unanimously voted Thursday to remove Rod R. Blagojevich and impose a “political death penalty” that bars him from ever holding public office in the state. Blagojevich had ignored the Senate impeachment trial all week to take his case to the nation through TV talk shows. But Thursday, he came to the Capitol to offer a passionate 47-minute defense.
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Update: Octuplets’ mom already has six kids
January 30, 2009
The Californian woman who gave birth to octuplets earlier this week already has six children, US media has reported. The eight babies were delivered nine weeks early by Cesarean section in a hospital near Los Angeles on Monday. The mother has not been named, but US media is quoting family members as saying she already has six other children, including twins. Read more
Early-stage multiple sclerosis reversed with stem cell transplant treatment
January 29, 2009
Chicago (ChattahBox) — Exciting news from Northwestern University’s Feinberg School of Medicine. Researchers their, appear to have reversed the neurological dysfunction of early-stage multiple sclerosis patients by transplanting their own immune stem cells into their bodies and thereby “resetting” their immune systems. Read more
Enquirer Reports: ‘Swayze Gives Up Medical Treatment For Cancer’
January 29, 2009
US (ChattahBox) – According to a report by the National Enquirer, Patrick Swayze has given up all medical treatment for his pancreatic cancer, after being told by doctors that there is nothing more then they can do.