BIDEN SAYS WILL GIVE GUN RECOMMENDATIONS BY TUESDAY: Vice President Joe Biden said Thursday (January 10th) that he will give President Obama a set of recommendations by next Tuesday to reduce gun violence, put together by the commission he's been heading that was assembled after the Newtown massacre. Biden sketched the outlines of the plan, including a ban on sales of assault weapons, limits on high-capacity ammunition magazines and universal background checks for gun buyers. His proposals are
also expected to include recommendations to address mental health care and violence on TV and in movies and video games. Biden met with sporting and guns rights groups during the day, including the National Rifle Association. However, there was reportedly little movement from either side, with NRA president David Keene saying afterward, "The vice president made it clear, made it explicitly clear, that the president had already made up his mind on
those issues. We made it clear that we disagree with them."
JUDGE RULES ENOUGH EVIDENCE FOR ACCUSED AURORA KILLER TO FACE TRIAL: A judge ruled late Thursday (January 10th) that there's enough evidence for accused Aurora massacre suspect James Holmes to face trial on charges that he killed 12 people and injured 70 others in last July's Colorado movie theater attack. The ruling came after this week's pre-trial hearing, in which some evidence in the case was disclosed publicly for the first time. Holmes is due to be arraigned today, but his defense attorneys said he's not ready to
enter a plea, and will likely ask today that the arraignment be delayed. It's likely, however, that they will pursue an insanity defense.
STUDENT OPENS
belonged to his brother, and had planned to shoot two fellow students at
for more than a year.
GROUPS ON BOTH SIDES OF GUN DEBATE
the previous 18 days. The powerful gun rights group said that its numbers had grown from 4.1 million to 4.2 million, saying, "Our goal is to get to 5 million before this debate is over." Hours later, however, the group Mayors Against Illegal Guns reported to Politico that it had attracted more than 400,000 new members since the
INAUGURAL NEWS
make their agenda the focal point of the inauguration." The Presidential Inaugural Committee said they'd chosen Giglio because of his work to end human trafficking, and hadn't known of his gay rights comments. The liberal website ThinkProgress had posted audio a day earlier of a sermon Giglio gave 15 or 20 years ago in which he called gay relationships sinful and an abomination, warned against what he called the "aggressive agenda" for acceptance of the, quote, "homosexual lifestyle," and recommended the writings of an advocate for therapy that's aimed at turning gay people straight.
In other inaugural notes:
- The Presidential Inaugural Committee announced yesterday that the bible used by Abraham Lincoln for his first inauguration and Martin Luther King Jr.s so-called "traveling bible" will be used for President Obama's public swearing-in, which falls this
year on Martin Luther King Jr. Day. - The Committee has posted the menu for the Inaugural Luncheon online, along with recipes so anyone can try to make the dishes themselves. The three courses are: Steamed Lobster with New England Clam Chowder Sauce; Hickory-Grilled Bison with Red Potato Horseradish Cake and Wild Huckleberry Reduction; and Hudson Valley Apple Pie with Sour Cream Ice Cream, Aged Cheese and Honey.
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training in
when a loved one is serving his or her country.
OBAMA SIGNS MEASURE GIVING LIFETIME SECRET SERVICE TO EX-PRESIDENTS: President Obama signed legislation yesterday (January 10th) that re-instates lifetime Secret Service protection for former presidents and their wives, reversing a 1994 law that ended the protection 10 years after a president leaves office. The law applies to presidents elected after
the greater mobility and youth of former presidents made the change necessary.
SCIENTISTS
NFL'S SEAU HAD BRAIN DISEASE AT TIME OF SUICIDE: National Institutes of
Health researchers said on Thursday (January 10th) that former NFL player Junior Seau had the degenerative brain disease chronic traumatic encephalopathy (
repeated blows to the head, when he killed himself last year. Seau, who was 43, had played in the NFL for 20 seasons before retiring in 2009. Seau's family had requested the analysis of his brain, with his ex-wife, Gina, telling AP, "We saw changes in his behavior and things that didn't add up with him." His family said that in the final years of his life, Seau had wild
behavioral swings, along with signs of irrationality, forgetfulness, insomnia
and depression. Seau joins a list of several dozen football players who were
found to have
NFL DIVISIONAL MATCHUPS: The four NFL divisional playoff games will be played this weekend. (Home teams are listed in italics):
Saturday, January 12th
Sunday, January 13th
AIRPORT CLEANER TURNS IN IPAD
Patrick's Cleaning Service of Plantation said he was tidying up at a bar in
Terminal 1 on December 19th when he found the iPad along with an envelope. He
called security, who determined the amount of cash that was in the envelope.
Just minutes later, a man ran up to Morgan and reported his iPad missing.
According to airport officials, the man gave Morgan $60 for his honesty, which
he then gave to a homeless woman. Morgan said, "She was grateful. But she
was bugging me every day for money." The cleaning company that
sub-contracts Morgan's service gave him another $625 for his honesty and the
airport put up a plaque to honor Morgan. The airport's deputy director said,
"We need more people like Patrick in this airport and in society nowadays."
(Sun-Sentinel)
TATTOO REVEALS SUSPECTS LIE:
name following a parking lot crash but the trick didn't work because of her
tattoo which displayed her birth date. Authorities in DeLand said 27-year-old
Daysha Moore tried to give them her sister's information after smashing her car
in a courthouse parking lot. An officer who looked up the sister's information
found out her photo didn't match the record. When
information from her tattoo, which read "
name and birth date. It turns out
license was suspended. She was charged with giving a false name to a law
enforcement officer and cited for unsafe driving and driving with a suspended
license. (UPI)
RACCOONS LIKE IPHONES
general manager said, "He has a taste for open food items left in golf carts and shiny items. The raccoon just saw something he liked and he went in there and grabbed it." (
WOMAN VOWS TO CONSUME ONLY STARBUCKS PRODUCTS FOR
as a snack because it only has 190 calories, compared to the piece of pumpkin bread." According to reports, she's averaging about $18.79 per day on food and drink costs. (MyNorthwest.com via Fark)
CHECK IT OUT
- See her blog here: http://1yearofmylife.wordpress.com/
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the
AIRPORT CLEANER TURNS IN IPAD
Patrick's Cleaning Service of Plantation said he was tidying up at a bar in Terminal 1 on December 19th when he found the iPad along with an envelope. He called security, who determined the amount of cash that was in the envelope. Just minutes later, a man ran up to Morgan and reported his iPad missing. According to airport officials, the man gave Morgan $60 for his honesty, which he then gave to a homeless woman. Morgan said, "She was grateful. But she was bugging me every day for money." The cleaning company that
sub-contracts Morgan's service gave him another $625 for his honesty and the
airport put up a plaque to honor Morgan. The airport's deputy director said,
"We need more people like Patrick in this airport and in society
nowadays." (Sun-Sentinel)
WOMAN VOWS TO CONSUME ONLY STARBUCKS PRODUCTS FOR
as a snack because it only has 190 calories, compared to the piece of pumpkin
bread." According to reports, she's averaging about $18.79 per day on food
and drink costs. (MyNorthwest.com via Fark)
CHECK IT OUT
- See her blog here: http://1yearofmylife.wordpress.com/
NO MORE TOYS IN
the
LETTING OUT YOUR ANGER IS GOOD FOR YOU: Shout and let it all out-new German research finds that keeping in negative emotions such as fear, anger and anxiety can increase your risk for cardiovascular disease, heart attack, and stroke. An analysis of 22-studies
covering more than six-thousand patients revealed that repressors, or people
who bottle up their emotions, have a higher heart rate and pulse ratio than
non-repressors. Study author Marcus Mund, Ph.D., says that repressors also show
more signs of stress than non-repressors. Scientists say this may happen
because chronically repressing negative thoughts makes the
hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis, the part of the brain that controls your
reactions to stress, become hyperactive. (Men's
Health)
JOBS WITH THE HIGHEST
Frisky):
Jobs With the Highest Psychopath Rate:
1)
2) Lawyer
3) Media (Television/Radio)
4) Salesperson
5) Surgeon
6) Journalist
7) Police officer
8) Clergy person
9) Chef
10) Civil servant
Jobs With the Lowest Psychopath Rate:
1) Care aide
2) Nurse
3) Therapist
4) Craftsperson
5) Beautician/Stylist
6) Charity worker
7) Teacher
8) Creative artist
9) Doctor
10) Accountant
day after it came out that Dave Grohl had enlisted Stone Sour's Corey Taylor to sing as part of his Sound City Players at the Sundance Film Festival in
- The show sold out within minutes of going on sale Wednesday (January 9th) and will celebrate the premiere -- earlier in the day on the 18th -- of Sound City: Real To Reel, a new documentary produced and directed by Grohl.
- The documentary chronicles the history of
- An accompanying soundtrack album will arrive on March 12th. A song from that collection, "Cut Me Some Slack," featuring the members of Nirvana and Paul McCartney, was released last month.
- According to a press release, the Sundance show is not a one-off gig: future Sound City Players lineups and dates will be announced as they are confirmed.
CHECK IT OUT: Pre-order the movie at www.soundcitymovie.com or watch the trailer here:
EX- THREE DAYS GRACE SINGER PLAYING
Thursday (January 17th), according to Loudwire. Gontier is slated to appear at Rock For Recovery, an acoustic benefit concert at
that also includes Art Of Dying, Hurt, Smile Empty Soul, Slipknot, DJ Sid Wilson and others.
Proceeds from the show will benefit the Mercury One Foundation.
- Gontier confirmed his participation in the event via his Facebook page, offering fans the opportunity to win a pair of free tickets by sharing his Facebook post.
- Fans were shocked on Wednesday (January 9th)
when Gontier's departure from the band he co-founded in - Three Days Grace revealed that My Darkest Days singer Matt Walst, brother of Three Days Grace bassist Brad Walst, would fill in as lead vocalist on the band's upcoming tour with Shinedown, which starts February 1st.
- Although Three Days Grace cited a "health issue" as Gontier's reason for leaving, the singer himself said he had been "inspired by life, to move on and to continue to evolve on my own terms."
released the official music video for "Hollow," the first song issued from the band's upcoming fifth studio album. The clip follows the day-to-day routine of a scientist working alone in a space station, with his mental and physical state gradually breaking down due to the effects of his isolation. The new clip follows a fan-made lyrics video for the song that came out last month, in which images submitted by fans through Instagram were matched to snippets of
the lyrics that the band posted online.
- Alice In Chains guitarist Jerry Cantrell recently confirmed to Guitar World that the band had finished recording the new disc, its second without original vocalist Layne Staley.
- The CD will follow up 2009's Black Gives Way To Blue, which ended a 14-year gap between studio efforts for the group and featured singer/guitarist William DuVall.
- The album is expected to arrive this spring,
although a title and exact release date have yet to be confirmed.
CHECK IT OUT: Watch the official video for "Hollow":
STONE
SOUR SINGER REVELAS INSPIRATION FOR CONCEPT ALBUM. COMIC BOOK: Stone Sour frontman Corey Taylor has revealed some of the inspiration for House Of
Gold And Bones, the band's two-part concept album which is also being spun
off into a four-part comic book series this spring. Taylor told Comic Book
Resources that the themes of the sci-fi story draw heavily on his own life,
explaining, "I had an ideal of who I wanted to be as a man and I realized
who I was at the time didn't exactly jibe with what that idea was. So I started
the process of changing for the better -- it took me a long time, but I feel like
I'm a lot closer than I ever was to who I want to be."
He
added, "(House Of Gold And Bones) is loaded with that journey, but
it also has a lot of pieces from my friends' lives -- some are a lot more ahead
of the curve than others, but we are all doing the same thing: trying to figure
it all out. That's why I wanted to tell the story in the first place -- to put
it all in perspective and find my place in it all."
project: ["I took basically
what was essentially a morality play and I was able to kind of twist it
into this crazy sci-fi fantasy world. That encouraged me to really get
weird with the lyrics, where it's essentially following the story and yet,
obviously because it's me, there's some personal refuse going on in
there, if you will (laughs)."] SOUNDCUE (:21 OC: . . . if you
will.)- The singer also told Comic Book Resources
about the storyline, "The hero wakes up in a world he doesn't
understand, is bombarded with strange characters and in the end finds out
more about himself than he ever could have imagined." - The first issue of the comic book is due out on stands April 17th, around the same time that the second album, House Of Gold And Bones, Part 2, will be released. Part 1 came out last fall.
- A single from Part 2, called "Do Me A Favor," will arrive next month.
TRENT REZNOR SPEARHEADING NEW MUSIC STREAMING SERVICE: Nine Inch Nails main man Trent Reznor has been named Chief Creative Officer of Daisy, a new
music streaming service being launched by Beats Electronics, the Dr. Dre-owned company that makes Beats By Dre headphones and other gear. According to Spin, Beats co-founder Jimmy Iovine announced the service and Reznor's appointment on a Thursday (January 10th) conference call, saying that Reznor will play a large role in Daisy's design and the "connection
between the artist and the consumer."
- Reznor explained in a December interview with The New Yorker that the service would help listeners find music they like through a less random approach than other online services, explaining, "It's like having your own guy when you go into the record store, who knows what you like but can also point you down some paths you wouldn't necessarily have encountered."
- Daisy is tentatively scheduled to launch sometime in the second half of 2013, with its pricing said to be "competitive" with other services. No artists have been announced yet.
- Iovine said that other services like Spotify and Rhapsody offer "a math solution to an emotional problem," whereas Daisy will be a more personal experience.
- Reznor, meanwhile, also has his hands full with his own music: his band How To
Destroy Angels will bring out its full-length debut disc, titled Welcome
Oblivion, on March 5th, and he's prepping two new Nine Inch Nails songs
for a greatest hits collection coming out next year. He has also done some
work on the new Queens Of The Stone Age set, due out this spring.
- Device, the new industrial band started by Disturbed frontman David
Draiman, will release its first single, called "Vilify," in early February. A video for the track is in the works now, while the group's full-length debut will arrive in April. In addition to Draiman and former Filter guitarist Geno Lenardo, a source has revealed
that the band also includes Evanescence drummer Will Hunt and Dope lead guitarist Virus. (Blabbermouth/Harddrive Radio) - The eighth edition of Linkin Park's annual fan gathering, the Linkin Park Underground Summit, will take place on February 21st in
- System Of A Down has announced its first two live dates of 2013, on August 9th at the Getaway Rock Festival in
in
be recording new music any time soon. (Loudwire) - Want to see Jack White get into some serious "jibber-jabber" with his good friend, late night host Conan O'Brien? Serious Jibber-Jabber is the name of O'Brien's latest
online series, with White showing up for an extended 75-minute conversation about all kinds of subjects in what O'Brien describes as a "strange chamber" made of "pure asbestos." (Consequence Of Sound) - The first-ever non-theater performance of Hell Ain't A Bad Place To Be: The Story Of Bon Scott will take place on February 19th at the Corner Hotel in Richmond, Australia to mark the 33rd anniversary of the legendary AC/DC singer's death. The show
tells the story of Scott's life through his music, from his childhood in
stardom with AC/DC before dying of alcohol poisoning at the age of 33. If you happen to be headed to
for more info. (HenneMusic)
CHARLIE SHEEN DONATES $12,000 TO PAPARAZZO'S FUNERAL: Charlie Sheen gave $12,000 to cover the funeral costs of the photographer who was killed last week chasing Justin Bieber's car. Sheen told E! News, "A tragic incident like this erases the
line between the photographer and the subject. It's an unforgiving moment that
begs us all to be human and work as one to prevent this in the future."
despite appearing happy while bringing in the new year in
"Rob isn't happy. It's just a matter of time before he ends this."
JILLIAN MICHAELS EXPLAINS HER RETURN TO 'THE BIGGEST LOSER': Jillian
Michaels told People what motivated her to return to The Biggest Loser after she left the show at the end of season 11. Michaels said there were lots of reasons but the fight against child obesity was definitely a major factor in her decision.
KATIE HOLMES ATTENDS MURDER TRIAL: Katie Holmes was spotted sitting in on a murder trial in a
Holmes was there to support her prosecutor friend Leigh Bishop who was making her argument against a man accused of shaking his two-month-old daughter to death.
