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Created: Tuesday, 29 March 2016 17:09 |
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Duke died of sepsis from a ruptured intestine, according to a statement from Mitchell K. Stubbs & Associates, the agency that represented her.
Duke won an Academy Award in 1963 for her portrayal of Helen Keller in "The Miracle Worker," a role she also played to acclaim on Broadway.
She was also known for roles in "Valley of the Dolls," "My Sweet Charlie" and "Me, Natalie," as well as for the "The Patty Duke Show," which aired from 1963 to 1966.Source: cnn.com |
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Created: Tuesday, 29 March 2016 07:44 |
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Elton John is being sued by a former security guard for alleged groping and sexual harassment.
In a new lawsuit, former bodyguard Jeffrey Wenninger claims John attempted to touch his genitals on numerous occasions. He says three incidents allegedly occurred in 2014. In once instance, Wenninger alleges the singer put his hands in his pants and tried to touch his genitals while they were in a car together.
According to the suit, John told Wenninger to “get your todger out,” which is British slang for penis, and then told him to “say hello to Uncle Elton.” Wenninger also claims that on one occasion, the singer allegedly twisted his nipples and said to him, “You gorgeous thing, you.” Wenninger claims he repeatedly attempted to physically and verbally resist the singer’s alleged advances, but that John always persisted.
Wenninger further alleges there were several other incidents of harassment from the singer while he was employed by John. He stopped working for the Grammy winner in 2014, and is now is suing for sexual harassment and battery. The lawsuit was first reported by TMZ. John, who is openly gay, is married to longtime partner David Furnish, with whom he has two sons. Gossip Cop has reached out to a rep for the singer for comment on the allegations.
Source: cnn.com
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Created: Tuesday, 29 March 2016 00:57 |
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As Cubans debate the impact of President Barack Obama's historic trip to the island last week, one prominent figure is lambasting the visit: Fidel Castro.
In a full page column titled "Brother Obama," published in the Cuban communist-party newspaper Granma, the former Cuban president rejected Obama's visit and words of reconciliation.
"We don't need the empire to give us anything," Castro wrote, referring to the United States, in his acidly critical and rambling column.
In 2008, Fidel Castro turned power over to his brother Raul following a mystery intestinal illness that nearly killed him.
While officially retired, Fidel Castro, 89, still wields enormous influence in Cuba and observers study his sporadic columns and appearances for insights into Cuba's opaque political system.
During his two-day visit, the first of any U.S. president to Cuba in 88 years, Obama was seen frequently with Cuban President Raul Castro. In addition to a bilateral meeting and a joint news conference, the men dined together at a state dinner and attended a U.S.-Cuba baseball game.
Obama did not meet with Fidel Castro during the trip.
Cubans applauded when the American leader said both countries should move beyond decades of mistrust and animosity.
"It is time for us to look forward to the future together -- a future of hope," Obama said in a speech that was carried on Cuban state-TV. "And it won't be easy, and there will be setbacks. It will take time. But my time here in Cuba renews my hope and my confidence in what the Cuban people will do. We can make this journey as friends, and as neighbors, and as family -- together." But apparently Fidel Castro isn't so eager to bury the past.
That section of Obama's speech "risked giving one a heart attack," Castro wrote, before listing a litany of what he said were abuses the United States had perpetuated against Cuba.Source: cnn.com
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Created: Tuesday, 29 March 2016 01:06 |
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The Department of Justice says the FBI has accessed the iPhone used by one of the gunmen in the San Bernardino terrorist shooting.
Law enforcement officials were able to break into the phone used by Syed Farook with the help of an unnamed third party. Government officials did not go into detail about what was found on the phone.
"The FBI has now successfully retrieved the data stored on the San Bernardino terrorist's iPhone and therefore no longer requires the assistance from Apple required by this Court Order," DOJ spokeswoman Melanie Newman said in a statement.
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Created: Sunday, 27 March 2016 04:41 |
Governor, lawmakers and labor unions reach agreement on gradual increase, sources say
Deal would raise minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2022, with an additional year for small businesses
Move expected to keep the issue off the November
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This rally in November was one of many at the Capitol in favor of a $15-an-hour minimum wage in 2015.
Gov. Jerry Brown, labor unions and state lawmakers have reached a deal to gradually raise California’s minimum wage to $15 an hour, likely averting a fight on the November ballot, sources said late Saturday.
Democratic lawmakers were expected to discuss the agreement privately in a caucus on Monday, a source told The Bee.
The agreement comes after intense advocacy by labor unions and statewide polls showing strong support for increasing the state’s mandatory minimum wage beyond its current $10 an hour.
The deal would raise the statewide minimum incrementally, reaching $15 an hour by 2022. Small businesses would be given an additional year to comply.
It also appears to include a concession to labor unions who advocated for paid sick time for home health care workers, a source said.
The governor’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Sen. Mark Leno, D-San Francisco, confirmed to the Associated Press on Saturday that an agreement had been reached.
The agreement, if passed, would replace a ballot initiative to raise the minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2021. The initiative qualified for the ballot last week, even as its sponsor, Service Employees International Union United Healthcare Workers West, continued to negotiate on a compromise. The Service Employees International Union’s state council, California’s largest labor union, has been gathering signatures for its own minimum wage increase, and labor advocates feared competing proposals could hurt the chances of either initiative passing.
Steve Trossman, a spokesman for Service Employees International Union United Healthcare Workers West said that “if something passes and is signed by the governor we will look at it and our executive board will decide what to do with our initiative.”
The agreement, if passed, will likely avoid an expensive campaign on the fall ballot, with supporters having raised more than $4.7 million for the effort so far
Source: sacbee.com
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