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The Hampton Hall Golf Club and other local South Carolina courses are teaming up for the third annual Military Veterans Golf Week, Nov. 9-13. |
Active duty, retired military personnel and disabled veterans are cordially invited for a complimentary round of golf on the Pete Dye Signature Course at Hampton Hall Club. Other select area courses are also participating in this event. |
Last year over 200 military personnel participated in this event, coming from the Beaufort Marine Air Station, Parris Island, Fort Stewart and various local communities. |
The Alzheimer's Association is thanking the community for their support by providing a free screening of "The Notebook" starring James Garner, Gena Rowlands, Ryan Gosling, Rachel McAdams, Sam Shepard, Joan Allen and James Marsden. |
The screening will be at 7:30 p.m. Oct. 30 at the Lucas Theatre, 32 Abercorn St. It is open to the community, and the Alzheimer's Association encourages all to attend. |
Concessions will be available for purchase. There will be raffles. Dress is casual. Donations are accepted. |
For more information, call the Alzheimer's Association at 912-920-2231. |
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - German-born actress Diane Kruger’s latest role as a woman whose husband and son are killed in an attack in the German movie “In the Fade” left her “physically exhausted” and taking a step back from acting. |
“I didn’t take a movie for a long time. I just felt like I couldn’t. I was feeling I was drowning,” Kruger told Reuters. |
“I just needed time for myself to get my life back in order,” she added. |
Kruger, known for films such as “Inglourious Basterds” and “Troy,” plays Katja in director Fatih Akin’s “In the Fade,” about a woman who marries her husband while he is in prison. |
Years later, a devastating tragedy leaves her husband dead and Katja on a mission for justice, suspicious that Neo-Nazis might be behind her loss. |
German director Akin, who is of Turkish descent, said he wanted to explore racism and specifically Neo-Nazis in Germany within the film. |
“There are people in this country, which I consider is my country, who want to kill me just because I look like how I look like with black hair and brown eyes. They want to kill me for it, for nothing. This bothers me,” Akin said. |
“I don’t like that, so I have a feeling that I need to express my anger so the film gave me the opportunity to express it on paper and later on film,” he added. |
The film has garnered both Akin and Kruger strong praise from critics, and Kruger was named best actress at France’s Cannes Film Festival last year. |
“In the Fade” is Germany’s entry to the Oscars, one of nine films short-listed in the foreign language film category. |
(Newser) – Amtrak is taking its lumps after a Twitter misfire. In response to a woman's tweet about being stuck in an Amtrak elevator at Baltimore-Washington International Airport, Amtrak tweeted on Wednesday, "We are sorry to hear that. Are you still in the elevator?" Well, no. Amanda Carpenter's plea for help had act... |
What is this tweet thing? |
this is the most I have heard or seen anyone discuss Amtrak in ages... hmmmm is there such a thing as bad publicity? |
ST. LOUIS, MO (KTVI) - It's been called "America's favorite pastime." Baseball is the name of the game for this year's 10th Annual Beepball Tournament. Beepball gives the blind and visually impaired the chance to partake in the game so many love. |
In the Ultimate Beepball Tournament, everyone is blindfolded, except the pitcher and the catcher. Through the use of different "beeps" and special sounds, players on the field are able to get around the baseball diamond in fun, competitive fashion. The 10th Annual MindsEye Ultimate Beepball Tournament is Saturday, July... |
DAYTONA BEACH, Fla. – They showed up as favorites, endured their share of failures and found a way to stay at the front of the Daytona 500. |
There’s a reason Hendrick Motorsports and Joe Gibbs Racing are the ones to beat in NASCAR. Now, they’ll try to beat each other in a super showdown in the biggest race of the year. |
Stewart was of course overplaying the magnitude of Sunday’s season opener. But when Hendrick driver Dale Earnhardt Jr. and Gibbs driver Denny Hamlin each won a qualifying race Thursday, it set the stage for a fabulous battle. |
Six of the top nine starting spots will be filled by drivers from both teams, while Gibbs driver Kyle Busch rolls off from the 24th position. Hendrick driver Jimmie Johnson, the two-time defending Cup series champion, will start from the pole. |
It makes either team the obvious favorite to win the 50th running of The Great American Race. But Stewart, who finished second to teammate Hamlin in Thursday’s second qualifier, said it wasn’t that simple. |
That’s certainly the way it looked after all four Hendrick cars and two of the three Gibbs cars overcame engine problems that forced them to swap their motors before Thursday’s races. Just the day before, Gibbs had four motors traveling up I-95 as four motors headed down to Daytona, and the two truck drivers honked as ... |
After years of playing second fiddle to Hendrick as the top team for General Motors – Hendrick drivers won 18 of 36 races last season – Gibbs will try to dethrone the powerful team with its new Toyota support. Hamlin drove a Camry to its first win in NASCAR’s top series by working with Stewart, then ultimately passed h... |
Three-time Daytona 500 winner Dale Jarrett, who is retiring next month, raced his way into his final 500 start. He joined John Andretti, Kenny Wallace and Brian Vickers as drivers who made their way into the race in Thursday’s qualifiers. |
But two-time Daytona 500 winners Sterling Marlin and Bill Elliott joined former open-wheel standouts Jacques Villeneuve and Patrick Carpentier as drivers who failed to make NASCAR’s showcase event. |
They’ll have to watch from home as the Hendrick and Gibbs teams battle it out, with Earnhardt going off as the favorite. He’s 2 for 2 in his Hendrick debut after stealing a win from Stewart in last week’s exhibition Budweiser Shootout, then holding on to win the first of Thursday’s qualifiers. |
But NASCAR’s most popular driver – the 2004 Daytona 500 winner – wasn’t ready to declare himself the favorite. |
“I feel like we’ve got a shot, you know what I mean?” Earnhardt said. |
Noted attorney David Rudolf, featured in the Netflix series "The Staircase," will speak at the Orange Peel Friday night. He also represented one of the men falsely accused of murder in Buncombe County and later exonerated. |
Forget about the international fame that came with the hit Netflix series "The Staircase." |
What motivates attorney David Rudolf now, and what has driven him since the outrage of the Kent State University massacre in 1970, remains unchanged: a desire for justice. That has been a lifelong passion for Rudolf, 69, who has represented numerous high-profile clients in a career spanning five decades. |
Rudolf will speak Friday night at the Orange Peel in Asheville, part of a panel including local attorney Sean Devereux and at least one of Rudolf's former clients in Asheville, a man wrongly imprisoned for a Buncombe County murder he didn't commit. Rudolf represented Robert Wilcoxson, who spent 11 years in jail for the... |
Wilcoxson, 19 at the time of the murder, agreed to a plea deal and a jail sentence in the case, despite his innocence, in part because then-Buncombe County Sheriff Bobby Medford and his detectives had coerced false statements from several co-defendants. They had also threatened the defendants with life sentences. |
"Part of my goal in Asheville is, it's a relatively small community and most people have heard about the Bowman murder and what happened and what went wrong, so it’s a great teaching moment for us," Rudolf said. |
Medford is now serving 15 years in a federal penitentiary for an unrelated gambling kickback scheme. |
The North Carolina Innocence Inquiry Commission exonerated Wilcoxson in 2011, and in 2015 Rudolf and his team obtained a $5.1 million settlement from Buncombe County for the wrongful imprisonment. Now married and raising his children in Detroit, Wilcoxson will also be on the panel Friday, along with co-defendant Kennet... |
Wilcoxson was one of five men who pleaded guilty in the 2000 fatal shooting of Bowman, despite their innocence. The false convictions of the five men ultimately cost Buncombe County $8.2 million. |
Rudolf would gain global fame with another case, though, that of Michael Peterson, a wealthy Durham novelist accused and convicted of murdering his wife by pushing her down a staircase in their home in 2001. The case, rife with police misconduct, was documented in "The Staircase," which appeared as a 13-part series on ... |
The series became a mega-hit, and Rudolf is featured prominently throughout the twisting legal saga. Already well-established as a premier defense attorney, Rudolf said the series did change his life, but not in a flashy, material wealth way. |
"Here’s how it changed everything: It has given me a platform," said Rudolf, who still works full time at his firm, based in Charlotte. "It's not just Asheville where I'm doing this." |
He's recently spoken to large groups in Knoxville, Tennessee; Minneapolis; Seattle; and Chicago. |
"That's what's changed me and changed my life — it's given me this incredible platform where I'm talking in front of hundreds and thousand of people," Rudolf said. "We had a thousand people in Durham; I had a thousand people in Glasgow, Scotland." |
Rudolf's passion for justice was first ignited in 1970 with the shooting deaths of four Kent State students by National Guardsman. Rudolf was a junior in college at the time. |
"I remember thinking: 'The government is killing us for protesting,'" Rudolf says on his personal biography page. "It shook me to my core." |
He was further outraged by the Watergate scandal under President Richard Nixon and the treatment of prisoners in New York's infamous prisons. |
In September 1974, after finishing law school, Rudolf began work as a public defender in the South Bronx in New York City. He later became a federal defender in Brooklyn, then moved to North Carolina in 1978 to start the Criminal Law Clinic at the University of North Carolina School of Law. |
He missed the courtroom, though, and started his own law firm in 1982 with a colleague from Duke Law School. |
Shows like "The Staircase" or "Making a Murderer," a Netflix series about an error-strewn murder case brought against a Wisconsin man and his nephew, allow viewers a window into a complex legal world that is often stacked against low-income people with mental challenges or lower intelligence. |
"People can see what happened, they can see that experts lie, they can see how cops coerce confessions, because they have watched 'The Staircase' or 'Making a Murderer,'" Rudolf said. |
Rudolf plans to talk specifically about the confession extracted from Brandon Dassey in "Making a Murderer," a case in which Rudolf was not involved. The nephew of the primary suspect, Dassey has a learning disability and is mentally slow, and police detectives essentially guided him through a confession. |
Rudolf said a similar tactic was employed in the Bowman case with the confession Buncombe County detectives extracted from Larry Williams Jr. Williams, 16 at the time of the murder, later said Sheriff Medford intimidated him and threatened a life sentence. |
Williams pleaded guilty to second-degree murder and served nine years. His confession led to the arrest of the other four men, including Wilcoxson. |
"It led to five innocent people being incarcerated for years, and it led to millions of dollars in damage that Buncombe County had to pick up," Rudolf said. "And most importantly, it led to that murder never being solved. Nobody has ever been convicted of that." |
In 2003, a federal inmate called a drug agent and offered an unsolicited confession to the Bowman slaying, saying he and two other men burst into the home in a robbery gone awry. The inmate asked to speak to then-District Attorney Ron Moore, who believed the statement to be false and was under no ethical requirement to... |
In 2007, another key piece of evidence emerged when the North Carolina State Bureau of Investigation lab matched genetic material on a bandanna believed to be used in the homicide to a man named in that 2003 confession. Moore later testified he never received notice of that match. |
"There was all kinds of exculpatory evidence that they simply ignored," Rudolf said, adding that he does not paint law enforcement with a broad brush but does believe they are prone to tunnel vision. "They develop tunnel vision, they charge somebody and now they’re sort of stuck with their theory." |
As part of the Wilcoxson case and its depositions, Rudolf deposed former Buncombe County Manager Wanda Greene, now under federal indictment on multiple fraud and embezzlement charges. |
Asked what Greene was like during the deposition, Rudolf didn't hesitate. |
"Evasive," he said with a laugh. |
What: "Inside The Staircase: Lies, Fake Science, and the Owl Theory," An Evening With David Rudolf from Netflix's The Staircase, joined by prominent Asheville lawyer Sean Devereux and moderated by criminal attorney Meghann Burke. |
When: 8 p.m., Friday, Nov. 2. Doors open at 7 p.m. Event will be fully seated. |
Tickets: $30-$35. Discounts available for public defenders, assistant district attorneys, local college students. |
"The guys we played, we played." |
Why didn’t cornerback Jason McCourty play in the Patriots’ preseason opener? |
McCourty didn’t express any concern after his DNP in Thursday’s game against the Washington Redskins, but the lack of action appears to be a growing trend. He also didn’t log any reps with the starting secondary during mandatory minicamp, remaining sidelined in 7-on-7 and 11-on-11 play for an unknown reason. |
It is possible the 31-year-old is dealing with or recovering from an injury of sorts, but he has yet to leave a practice to join rehabbing players on the lower fields. Belichick wouldn’t comment Monday on McCourty’s health. |
Belichick had nothing but positive remarks about McCourty, calling him “very professional,” “hardworking,” and “smart.” He also said the nine-season NFL veteran has “picked things up well.” Though the compliments are encouraging, McCourty’s status with the team is by no means solidified. He could very well be cut from ... |
A 25-year-old Sunnyvale man was arrested early Friday morning after being spotted near some homes in Portola Valley where authorities had received reports of a prowler earlier in the week, according to the San Mateo County Sheriff's Office. |
At about 1:30 a.m., sheriff's deputies spotted Daniel Silverman on the campus of Woodside Priory School, located at 302 Portola Road. |
Silverman allegedly approached nearby housing units where the reports of prowlers had been made. When the deputies tried to contact Silverman, he fled, according to the sheriff's office. |
More deputies were called to the scene, and Silverman was eventually spotted hiding in a vehicle on Georgia Lane near the school. |
He was arrested and booked in county jail in Redwood City on suspicion of prowling, trespassing and resisting arrest, according to the Sheriff's Office. |
Anyone who may have witnessed the incident or has any additional information about the case is encouraged to call sheriff's Sgt. Bryan Raffaelli at (650) 363-4058. |
Some surprising details to share with you now, as it has been alleged that AT&T are threatening customers with cease and desist letters if they continue to bombard CEO Randell Stephenson with continuous emails. |
According to this article over at Engadget, one customer named as Giorgio Galante wrote to the CEO, expressing his displeasure at the service he was getting, and especially highlighting AT&T’s new data plans which will go into effect as of June 7th, as the final straw. |
Perhaps the part about Galante’s plans to jump ship to Sprint and their HTC EVO 4G handset didn’t go down to well with Randell, prompting AT&T’s Executive Response Team to reply back to the customer, saying that further emails to the CEO will result in legal action. |
Pretty drastic, don’t you think? Hopefully we will have more details on this story for you soon – head to Engadget for the full story. |
Give us your reaction to the news. |
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Las Vegas police say a man is under arrest after a chase involving police ended in a crash this morning. Police believe the man and woman may be responsible for several robberies in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas. |
Las Vegas police say three people were arrested Tuesday morning after a chase ended near Owens Avenue and Mojave. |
The suspects are believed to be responsible for at least 9 robberies in Las Vegas and North Las Vegas. |
Initially it was reported that one man was arrested and a woman was transported to a local hospital with injuries after the crash which also believed a police officer. |
Las Vegas police later told the media that 3 people total were arrested and they are still looking for 3 more people. |
OK, two choices. You can take an hour or two to read our fantastic package from the April issue on how to age well. Under the title "Stronger Better Faster Older," it charted your decades between 20 and 70 in a collection of great essays. Second option: You can watch Julius Erving dunk a basketball during his 64th year... |
Crime Stoppers is asking the public’s assistance in locating the following female who is wanted on a BC and Alberta-wide warrant in effect as of March 6, 2019. |
Robyn Leigh Alice Wheldon (DOB 1976-05-19) is wanted for three counts of assault, one count of assault with weapon and one count of assault causing bodily harm. |
Wheldon is described as a 42-year-old Caucasian female, 5’5” tall and 150 lbs. She has brown hair and brown eyes. |
Kelowna's most wanted is Robyn Leigh Alice Wheldon. |
PARIS (Reuters) – Olympic champion Usain Bolt sent a strong warning to his challengers by running a world-leading time of 19.73 seconds over 200 metres to win the Paris Diamond League event yesterday. |
The world record holder eased to the finish line to better American Tyson Gay’s leading mark by 0.01 seconds, just one month before the world championships in Moscow. |
“I was good, I’m very happy about what I did,” a relaxed Bolt said in a trackside interview. |
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