March 12th, 2010 // comments (0)
It’s a subject I’ve left mostly alone, not because I’ve been told not to address it but because I’m hesitant to give airtime or blog space to a man who still calls Web traffic ‘hits‘ and has an unhealthy obsession with WGN Radio. Tonight, on the podcast, I’ll dive into the mud on this one. Stay tuned.
-- Shawn Wasson
March 9th, 2010 // comments (0)
Some great analysis of the current cable media landscape from CJR today. I disagree with a few points (especially the bit about MSNBC offering a rainbow of opinons) but this quote is interesting:
From personal experience covering news around the world, you almost always run into a CNN crew or stringer. You almost never run into a Fox reporter, and never one from MSNBC.
Read the whole thing at CJR’s website.
-- Shawn Wasson
March 8th, 2010 // comments (0)
California State Senator Roy Ashburn admits to being a homosexual in an interview today on KERN. You can listen to the interview in this post and read the details here. Ashburn vows to carry on.
-- Shawn Wasson
March 8th, 2010 // comments (0)
After a massive online movement to draft her into the hosting duties at Saturday Night Live, Betty White confirms she will appear on the show.
But will she host?
-- Shawn Wasson
March 8th, 2010 // comments (0)
PETA sees a wounded opponent in SeaWorld after last month’s killer whale attack. Their latest mantra: “Let whales and dolphins ‘out of prison.’
-- Shawn Wasson
March 7th, 2010 // comments (0)
HUGE news out of Pakistan: American-born al-Qaeda leader Adam Gadahn has been arrested.
Update: It’s not him?
-- Shawn Wasson
March 6th, 2010 // comments (0)
‘Breaking With Scientology’ won’t hit print until tomorrow but you can read the New York Times assault on Scientology online right now.
-- Shawn Wasson
February 23rd, 2010 // comments (0)
Executives from Toyota Motor Corp made the journey to Washington D.C. this morning to face down angry customers seething over their company’s recall follies. Take a look at these pictures from today’s event.
-- Shawn Wasson
February 22nd, 2010 // comments (0)
I can’t decide if the Bloom Box is the greatest invention ever or if I’m a bit like an old lady being conned by a slimy auto mechanic. Regardless, you have to watch this video. [Video]
-- Shawn Wasson
February 21st, 2010 // comments (0)
Snowboarder Scotty Lago leaves the Olympic village in Vancouver after sexually suggestive photos of the bronze medalist and his trophy surfaced online. Lago says he’s in a ‘blackout’ and can’t talk about the event until next month. [View The Photos]
-- Shawn Wasson
February 17th, 2010 // comments (1)
What happens when you admit to a murder on British public television? Well, you get arrested, of course. BBC presenter Ray Gosling arrested on suspicion of murder. [Details]
-- Shawn Wasson
February 17th, 2010 // comments (0)
Tiger Woods will finally reemerge from the shadows this Friday. The golf pro and reported sex addict is planning on holding a press conference at the PGA headquarters at 11AM Eastern. [Details]
-- Shawn Wasson
December 11th, 2009 // comments (1)
The latest in the Casey Anthony saga after the cut.
March 25th, 2009 // comments (0)
Nothing major… but some action in the Casey Anthony case today.
February 10th, 2009 // comments (0)

Mourners — some from hours away — are gathering at First Baptist Church of Orlando for the public memorial of Caylee Marie Anthony.
Eric Rose and his girlfriend drove to Orlando from Knoxville, Tenn., to attend the memorial because they want “to support George and Cindy Anthony.”
“Well, when you watch it every day on TV, you feel like you’re part of it,” Rose told the Sentinel this morning.
January 30th, 2009 // comments (0)
Here’s some raw video from just moments ago in an Orlando courtroom:
January 23rd, 2009 // comments (0)
As you can imagine, George has had a rough couple months:
The grandfather of murdered Orlando girl Caylee Anthony is being evaluated at a hospital after he was reported missing and sent messages to his family that he wanted to end his life, according to Daytona Beach police.
George Anthony was found early Friday morning at a motel in Volusia County, Fla., after disappearing a day earlier.
January 21st, 2009 // comments (0)
More details about the grisly way in which Caylee was murdered:

Newly-released documents in the murder of Florida child Caylee Anthony show that she was placed in a laundry hamper bag and had silver duct tape around her mouth.
The documents, made public Wednesday, include reports from police and crime scene investigators, FBI crime lab reports and transcripts of 911 calls placed by the meter reader who found the girl’s remains, according
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January 9th, 2009 // comments (0)
Casey Anthony made a surprise appearance in court Thursday during a hearing that focused on restrictions on what her legal team could do with pictures and X-rays of her daughter Caylee Marie’s remains.
Orange Circuit Court Judge Stan Strickland approved a plan that would allow defense attorney Jose Baez to get the images and set up a secure Web site for them — a similar password-safe system is used by the medical
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January 6th, 2009 // comments (0)

If a local TV station carries Caylee Anthony’s memorial, Casey Anthony will be allowed to watch from jail, WESH-Channel 2 reported Monday night.
A corrections official shared the information, but didn’t want to discuss specifics on camera, Bob Kealing reported.
Casey Anthony is accused of first-degree murder in her daughter’s death. The memorial expected to be held later this month after the defense team completes its work on the toddler’s remains.
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December 19th, 2008 // comments (0)

It’s Caylee Marie. The five-month mystery ended today when authorities confirmed that skeletal remains discovered in woods last week belong to the missing two-year-old girl.
Sheriff’s officials delivered the news at a 2 p.m. press conference in Orlando. Word came after the FBI forensic lab in Virginia matched Caylee’s DNA with bones found a quarter-mile from her grandparents’ home.
Medical Examiner Dr. Jan Garavaglia said, “With regret, I am here to inform
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December 18th, 2008 // comments (0)

Orange County Sheriff’s officials will hold a press conference this afternoon at the sight where a body of a young child was found a week ago.
The shotgun presser is still underway but here is the gist of what the authorities are saying. The ‘meter reader’ who discovered what many believe is the body of Caylee Anthony also called the tips hotline several months back about the location where the body was…
December 15th, 2008 // comments (0)
Blame the Orlando Sentinel for this misspelling in sentence one:
A source at the Orange County Sheriff’s Office this morning confirmed that more bones where discovered over the weekend in the area where a child’s skull and other remains were found near the home that missing toddler, Caylee Marie Anthony, shared with her mother and grandparents.
Detectives did not give details about the bones, but they are continuing to sift through dirt and
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December 12th, 2008 // comments (0)
ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) — A corpse has been tentatively identified as missing toddler Caylee Anthony’s, attorneys for her mother told a Florida judge on Friday.
The attorney added that investigators said they “were proceeding as if this were little Caylee Anthony.”
Strands of hair found with the remains, found Thursday a half mile from the home of Caylee’s grandparents, are the same color as 3-year-old’s, the lawyer said. The age and
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December 12th, 2008 // comments (0)
Casey Anthony-related search traffic to The News Junkie today:
December 12th, 2008 // comments (0)
Investigators obtained a search warrant overnight — the third since the start of the case — to remove evidence from George and Cindy Anthony’s home after an Orange County utility worker discovered the remains of a young child near the residence Thursday.
Officials were seen taking items out of the house on Hopespring Drive, where Caylee Marie lived with her mother Casey Anthony and grandparents. The investigators walked out of the house
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December 11th, 2008 // comments (0)
EquuSearch’s leader said sheriff’s office investigator thinks the remains found today belong to missing toddler Caylee Marie Anthony.
Tim Miller, the founder and director of EquuSearch, said the remains “appear to be Caylee, but with any case, we have to wait until a positive ID is made.”
“It looks like finally it’s over with,” Miller said.
Orange County deputies said a meter reader found the remains of a young child this morning
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