Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Bobby Petrino's former mistress resigns at Arkansas - USATODAY - Jessica Dorrell, the 25-year-old employee of the football program who was a passenger on Petrino's motorcycle when it crashed on April 1, has resigned. --The e-mail also noted that, as part of her resignation, Dorrell agreed she won't attempt to sell or profit from her affiliation with Arkansas athletics, and that the university will pay her about $14,000 as part of "a settlement and resolution of all matters between the parties."
Secret Service looking into Ted Nugent's violent anti-Obama rant - Yahoo! News Canada - The U.S. Secret Service is investigating faded '70s rock star Ted Nugent for his recent insistence he'll be "dead or in jail" in a year's time if President Barack Obama is re-elected in November. At a convention of the National Rifle Association over the weekend, the longtime gun advocate compared Obama and the Democrats to a coyote who should be shot.
Secret Service chief updates Congress on Colombia prostitution scandal – USATODAY.com - "Twenty or 21 women foreign nationals were brought to the hotel," Sen. Susan Collins of Maine, the ranking Republican on the Homeland Security Committee, said Secret Service Director Mark Sullivan told her. Eleven of the Americans involved were Secret Service, she reported, and "allegedly Marines were involved with the rest."
Zuckerberg Made Instagram Deal Solo - The Daily Beast - Facebook’s purchase of Instagram for $1 billion took everyone by surprise—including Facebook's board. Mark Zuckerberg told his board the day before the deal was publicly announced that they were buying the photo-sharing app. He’d worked out the deal himself, in three days of negotiations with Instagram
Bo Jackson to throw first pitch; Braves picking 21st in draft | AJC -- Former Auburn Heisman trophy winner and two-sport stud Bo Jackson will be throwing out the ceremonial first pitch at the Braves series finale Wednesday against the Mets, first pitch at 12:10 p.m. (ET). The former star for the Oakland Raiders and Kansas City Royals and the first athlete to make All-Star teams in two major pro sports, is promoting his fundraiser “Bo Bikes Bama,” a 300-miles bike ride from Henagar, Ala. to Tuscaloosa raising money for tornado victims. Among the 100 cyclists scheduled to join him each day are Lance Armstrong, Ken Griffey, Jr., Desmond Howard, Scott Pippen and Picabo Street. For information, go to www.bobikesbama.com.
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