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Arizona jury foreman says believed Jodi Arias was abused
By David Schwartz PHOENIX (Reuters) - The foreman of an Arizona jury that deadlocked over whether Jodi Arias should be put to death for murdering her ex-boyfriend believes she was mentally abused, but said on Friday that had not been enough to excuse her crime. Arias, a former waitress from California, was found...
yahoo.com (1 hour ago)
Jury foreman says Jodi Arias testimony didn’t help her in trial over boyfriend’s murder
PHOENIX - As jurors in Jodi Arias’ murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim’s family, mouthing the word, “Sorry.” The silent gesture toward the loved ones of Travis...
sltrib.com (1 hour ago)
PHOTOS: Victoria's Secret Models Hit Up A Very Different Runway
As if there weren't already enough beautiful women in France courtesy of the Cannes Film Festival, Thursday night's amfAR fashion show brought a bevy of models to the mix. The second annual runway extravaganza, organized by Carine Roitfeld and Naomi Campbell, took place during last night's amfAR Cinema Against AIDS...
huffingtonpost.com (1 hour ago)
Cannes: Dern a leading man again in 'Nebraska'
Bruce Dern a leading man again in Alexander Payne's Cannes entry 'Nebraska'
msn.com (1 hour ago)
Marshals catch SC fugitives in McDuffie
THOMSON -- Two South Carolina brothers -- one wanted on charges of sexual exploitation of a minor -- were captured Thursday by U.S. marshals at a McDuffie County motel. According to Deputy U.S. Marshal Douglas Leslie, Walter Thomas Alexander, 30, was arrested at the Scottish Inn on Cobbham Road. Alexander was wanted...
chronicle.augusta.com (1 hour ago)
Cannes: Dern a leading man again in 'Nebraska'
CANNES, France (AP) - For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip "Nebraska," Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the likes of Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson. Bruce Dern calls them "the obvious guys."
boston.com (1 hour ago)
Cannes: Dern a leading man again in 'Nebraska'
For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip "Nebraska," Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the likes of Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson. Bruce Dern calls them "the obvious guys."
miamiherald.com (2 hours ago)
Cannes: Dern a leading man again in 'Nebraska'
CANNES, France (AP) -- For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip "Nebraska," Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the likes of Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson. Bruce Dern calls them "the obvious guys."...
ap.org (2 hours ago)
Son of former George W. Bush adviser arrested in hatchet killing in Washington
The son of a former George W. Bush adviser was arrested Friday after he allegedly murdered another man with a hatchet. Claude Alexander Allen, 20, reportedly butchered 25-year-old Michael Phillip Harvey in an attack in the garage of Allen's parents' home in the Washington suburb of Gaithersburg, Md., the Washington...
nydailynews.com (2 hours ago)
Cannes: Dern a leading man again in 'Nebraska'
CANNES, France (AP) - For the aging, gruff patriarch of his father-son road trip "Nebraska," Alexander Payne tried to lure Gene Hackman out of retirement and considered the likes of Robert Duvall and Jack Nicholson. Bruce Dern calls them "the obvious guys."
yahoo.com (2 hours ago)
Cover your BlackBerry Q10 in gold and diamonds for £20,000
Alexander Amosu, the luxury designer, who is well known for adding a dash of super expensive exclusivity to modern day electronic devices, has come up with a BlackBerry Q10 design, which is made up of white gold and diamonds. The Amosu's BlackBerry Q10 is made up of 18 carat white gold and the smartphone is...
gsmarena.com (2 hours ago)
Key witness against Lebedev 'can't testify'
Lawyers for the key witness in the case against Alexander Lebedev, the Russian businessman and financial backer of The Independent, have said he is unable to return to Russia to testify.
independent.co.uk (3 hours ago)
Russian president Vladimir Putin wants Alexander Lebedev 'punished' claims witness at media...
The tycoon faces up to five years in a grim Russian prison if convicted of 'hooliganism motivated by political hatred' for hitting a property tycoon in a television talk show 20 months ago.
dailymail.co.uk (4 hours ago)
Obama Needs to Step Up and Make a Deal on Debt Ceiling, Sen. Lamar Alexander Says
"It's unpopular stuff...but that's why we have presidents."
yahoo.com (4 hours ago)
Night at the Theater: 8 Dramatic Spring Looks
From Valentino's embellished coat and shorts, to Céline's strange (but oddly wearable) fur heels, and Alexander Wang's futuristic use of guipure-laced fish line, the spring runways were full of electric, unpredictable evening looks that invoked a flair for seasonally uncharacteristic drama. The Cut gathered eight of...
nymag.com (5 hours ago)
Nebraska's Alexander Payne and Bruce Dern - Cannes 2013 video interview
Director and star discuss their follow-up to The Descendants, a low-fi, black-and-white road-trip that premiered at CannesHenry Barnes
guardian.co.uk (5 hours ago)
Valery Gergiev 60th birthday gala – review
Valery Gergiev turned 60 earlier this month, an event formally celebrated at the Barbican with a London Symphony Orchestra concert billed as a gala, but which was actually more modest than that. Apart from a chorus of Happy Birthday at the end, there were few frills. The programme, for the most part serious,...
guardian.co.uk (5 hours ago)
ArtsBeat: Cannes Film Festival: Bruce Dern and Will Forte on ‘Nebraska’
Bruce Dern and Will Forte talk about starring in “Nebraska” for Alexander Payne.
nytimes.com (5 hours ago)
Irvington man charged with heroin trafficking in North Carolina
Aaron Alexander Veal, 40, was arrested Tuesday when authorities found him with 28 grams of heroin
nj.com (6 hours ago)
Md. suspect is son of Bush White House official
GAITHERSBURG, Md. - The son of a former aide to President George W. Bush is charged in Maryland with killing a man with a hatchet. Montgomery County police on Friday arrested 20-year-old Claude Alexander Allen III. The killing occurred at a Gaithersburg home that property records show is owned by Allen's father,...
bostonherald.com (6 hours ago)
Lebedev punch was motivated by political hatred, trial is told
Prosecutors in the trial of Russian newspaper magnate Alexander Lebedev today wheeled out a “culturological expert” to argue that the...
thetimes.co.uk (6 hours ago)
Key Dates In Jodi Arias Case (UPDATED)
The Jodi Arias murder trial was four long years in the making. While Arias was ultimately found guilty of murder, the case is far from over as the fifth anniversary of her ex-boyfriend's slaying approaches. The penalty phase of the trial ended with a hung jury. Now another panel formation is slated to decide Arias'...
huffingtonpost.com (7 hours ago)
Alexander Lebedev trial points to shadowy plot to seize his empire
Alexander Lebedev's trial in Moscow this week has been surreal. Twenty months ago the owner of London's Evening Standard newspaper punched a fellow studio guest, Sergei Polonsky, on a TV talkshow. Lebedev says he was provoked. The blow knocked Polonsky off his chair but the businessman was unhurt. Besides, such...
guardian.co.uk (7 hours ago)
Syrian government agrees to attend Geneva conference, says ally Russia
The Assad government has agreed to take part in next month's international conference in Geneva aimed at resolving Syria's civil war, according to ally Russia, as the Syrian opposition came under pressure to also commit to the initiative. Russia's foreign ministry spokesman, Alexander Lukashevich, said: "We note...
guardian.co.uk (7 hours ago)
Bafta event: games writing discussion and Games Journalism Prize presentation
With a new generation of games consoles on the way, the industry is going to be under huge scrutiny over the next five months. But are specialist journalists doing enough to really investigate the major publishers and manufacturers? And what are the skills needed to write compelling and revealing long-form features...
guardian.co.uk (7 hours ago)
INS Vikramaditya to undergo sea trials from June
The sea-trials of INS Vikramaditya would be held from June in the North Sea before its final hand-over in December, Russian Ambassador to India Alexander M Kadakin said on Friday.
india.com (8 hours ago)
What if Alexander the Great had lived?
Alexander the Great conquered the known world in a little over 13 years. His empire stretched from Greece to India and Afghanistan to Egypt. Alexander was more than a conqueror. He was also an explorer, adventurer, and Renaissance man. The...
examiner.com (8 hours ago)
Gaithersburg man charged in alleged homicide involving a hatchet
A Gaithersburg man was charged with homicide after allegedly killing a man who he claimed was a burglar, authorities said Friday morning. Police said 20-year-old Claude Alexander Allen, of the 7200 block of Cliff Pine Drive, called in a report of an attempted burglary at his home shortly after midnight. He told...
washingtonpost.com (8 hours ago)
Jury foreman says Arias testimony didn't help her
The jury foreman in Jodi Arias' murder trial says the 18 days she spent on the witness stand didn't do her any good. William Zervakos says the jury began the case presuming innocence, but Arias told many contradictory stories while testifying, some of it during a prosecutor's aggressive cross-examination. Zervakos...
foxnews.com (9 hours ago)
Jury foreman says Arias testimony didn't help her
PHOENIX - As jurors in Jodi Arias' murder trial filed one by one from the courtroom after a dramatic five months of gut-wrenching testimony and gruesome photographs, three women on the panel cried and one looked to the victim's family, mouthing the word, "Sorry." The silent gesture toward the loved ones of Travis...
bostonherald.com (9 hours ago)
