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Deliberations continue in Balfour trial

CHICAGO, May 10 (UPI) — A jury began its second day of deliberations in the Chicago trial of the man accused of killing three members of singer-actress Jennifer Hudsons family.

The Chicago Tribune said Hudson wept Wednesday as she sat with her fiance David Otunga and her sister Julia in the courtroom and listened to prosecutors and defense attorneys give their closing arguments in the case against William Balfour, Julias ex-husband.

The racially diverse jury of six women and six men began deliberating late Wednesday afternoon, wrapped up in the evening and were sequestered in a hotel overnight. They resumed deliberations Thursday...

INDIVIDUAL battles and how certain players perform under pressure in Canberra tonight and Christchurch tomorrow will have an enormous bearing on the make-up of the 35-man Wallabies squad to play Scotland and Wales next month.

It will go a long way towards determining whether such fringe candidates as Christian Lealiifano, Dan Palmer, Nic White, Michael Hooper, Sam Carter, Tom Kingston, Brendan McKibbin, Dave Dennis, Sitaleki Timani, Luke Morahan and Mike Harris have their names read out by Wallabies coach Robbie Deans on May 28. The Wallabies selectors take great interest in how players perform in Super Rugby games that match the intensity of Test matches, and thats certainly the case...

(AP) WINSTON-SALEM, NC – A lesbian who sought a North Carolina marriage license with her partner and was rejected under a state law banning same-sex marriage was arrested with another person Thursday after they refused to leave a government office where several gay and lesbian couples were turned away.

The civil disobedience followed a day after President Barack Obama publicly endorsed same-sex marriage, and two days after North Carolina voters overwhelmingly passed a constitutional amendment that defines marriage as solely between a man and a woman.

The protest came amid attempts by a gay rights group, Campaign for Southern Equality, to broaden public support...

According to The Hollywood Reporter, Illumination Entertainment, the company behind Despicable Me and, more recently, the fluffy eco-fable The Lorax, will once again partner with Universal Pictures, this time on a live action/animated version of Clifford the Big Red Dog. Woof.

Clifford the Big Red Dog is based on a beloved childrens book about a giant (but incredibly good-tempered) canine that was written by American author Norman Bridwell and first published in 1963. The lsquo;Clifford story had been previously animated in the form of a British/American co-production that ran on PBS first in the late eighties and then again in the early aughts (Clifford was voiced by John Ritter...

Toronto, Ontario (PRWEB) April 24, 2012

Offering something fun for everyone, well-known Canadian novelties retailer Danna Bananas (http://www.dannabananas.com) has added new and extremely unique merchandise to the virtual shelves of their popular online novelty gift shop. Like all the products that Danna Bananas carries, these fun new novelty items, including gag gifts, joke items, wacky games, toys and gadgets, have been selected because they are entertaining and unusual – products such as the Titanic Bathtub Plug. Just in time to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, the Titanic Bathtub Plug, a novelty bath plug in the shape of the ship, turns bath...

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LOS ANGELES, April 23, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
This Mother’s Day, many shoppers are sticking to a budget when finding that special gift for mom and planning to spend about the same amount of money on gifts as last year, according to PriceGrabber®, a part of Experian. Results from PriceGrabber’s 2012 Mother’s Day Shopping survey reveal that 50 percent of consumers are planning to spend the same amount of money on Mother’s...

New York, New York (PRWEB) April 30, 2012

eShave, the acclaimed grooming brand known for its unique offerings of artistically-inspired shaving essentials, wants to lather dad in luxury this Father’s Day. Instead of the standard tie, elevate his morning shave routine by selecting the perfect gift from eShave.

“Gifting dad with a shaving set shows an incredible amount of care and thoughtfulness,” said Danielle Malka, Founder/President of eShave. “Every Father’s Day, our customers come to us and tell us what their dad is like and then ask for our recommendations. So, this year, we’ve compiled a list of great Father’s Day gift ideas to make...

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Just two years ago gift shopper still favored brick-and-mortar stores for their purchase, but a new report from Unity Marketing shows that online shopping venues are now consumers primary go-to destination for gift buying.

Not too long ago, the conventional wisdom held that consumers might do research online, but they preferred to make purchases in physical locations that would allow them to leave with gift in hand, says Pam Danziger, president of Unity Marketing and author of the report. Today, the opposite is true. Gifting consumers are looking for the convenience of being able to research and make a purchase...

OAKLAND, Calif., May 2, 2012 /PRNewswire via COMTEX/ –
The following statement is issued jointly by C. Duane Dauner, President/CEO, California Hospital Association and David Regan, President, SEIU-UHW West :

The California Hospital Association and SEIU-United Healthcare Workers – West have reached a comprehensive, strategic agreement to jointly take on the many challenges facing the health care system, including rising costs, burgeoning levels of chronic disease,...