Pony-tailed then 24-year-old Harry Burkhart arrested in 2012 for his arson spree in Los Angeles

29-year-old German, Harry Burkhart goes on California arson spree, in retaliation for mother's deportation from US back to Germany 

Harry Burkhart, was agitated that his Russian born mother was facing deportation to Germany to face criminal charges

The 29-year-old German threatens to 'roast America' in retaliation and sets 47 fires in a California arson spree 5 years ago

Indicted on 25 counts of arson of property and 19 counts of arson of an inhabited dwelling, enters two pleas: not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity

Burkhart who threatened to 'roast America'faces 80 years in state prison if convicted

Sunday School teacher mom, Rachel Lehnardt, threw a wild party for teen daughter and friends - plied them with alcohol and marijuana, naked Twister and sex: Escapes jail time, sentenced to six years probation

In addition to letting teens playing naked Twister, Lehnardt had sex with an 18-year-old, and claims she woke up to find her daughter's 16-year-old  boyfriend having sex with her

Mom Rachel Lehnardt, 35, mother of five, blames alchohol for her licentious behavior with her daughter's friends, escapes jail time

Threw her 16-year-old daughter a wild party with all the  fixings, alchohol, marijuana, naked Twister, partied with them in the hot tub

The former sunday school teacher engaged in sexual activity with two of the boys including her daughter's 16-year-old boyfriend while daughter was in the home

Pleads guilty to six counts of contributing to the delinquency of a minor

Loses custody of all her children

Sentenced to six years probation, $600 fine

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Ex-Fox News anchor Gretchen Carlson Files sexual harassment suit against Roger Ailes: Alleges contract wasn't renewed because she rebuffed sexual advances from FOX Network chairman, Ailes

 

Former Fox news anchor, Gretchen Carlson is suing Fox News boss Roger Ailes, personally

Gretchen Carlson, 50, former Fox News anchor alleges she was dropped by the network after 11 years because she rebuffed sexual advances from 76-year-old married FOX chairman Roger Ailes

Claims Ailes complimented her physical assets, dangling enhanced career prospects if she delivered ' sweet nothings',  didn't renew her contract when she refused to get the hint and remained one one of the 'Miss Americas he had not slept with' 

Files Sexual harassment suit in New Jersey court against Ailes, for unspecified damages

Fox News claims the Carlson suit is 'wholly without merit', a convenient lawsuit once she became aware that her career with Fox was likely over

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'A mother with no love': Mother-of-four, 25, who left her newborn son to freeze to death in her garage before dumping his body in a bin ... jailed for life

Anglea Alexie

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'I didn't mean for it to happen'   'I wish I could take it all back' -Angela Alexi
'This case disgusts me. She had plenty of options, plenty of alternatives. No one leaves a newborn in a garage.' -Prosecutor, William Cataldo

Lemonade 'Tea' exposed: Rumored 'Becky with the good hair' Rachel Roy's private emails reportedly stolen

'Becky with the good hair'? Rachel Roy's private emails have reportedly been stolen

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Learning to leave well enough for Rachel Roy

'Becky with the good hair'  drama deepens
Is Jay Z  about to drown in a sea of lemonade?

'...Sure, easy enough to write
  “Good hair don't care, but we will take good lighting, for selfies, or self truths, always. Live in the light #nodramaqueens.”
It's another thing living with the fall out'

IBF world heavy weight Champ Anthony Joshua, says Geordie Shore’s Chantelle Connelly Lied. I'don't know her', just days after she claimed they were in love

Former topless model Chantelle claims  the fighter is her lover. He says 'I don't know her. Fact or fiction?

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Could this be a case of Chantelle dreaming of getting a piece of the hunk ...or a shameless plug for the show?

Geordie Shore’s Chantelle Connelly claimed she was dating IBF world heavyweight champ, Anthony Joshua

“Everyone knows how much I’m in love with Anthony Joshua. When I found out he had a baby I felt like he’d cheated on me.

Anthony says Chantelle LIED
'I literally have no idea who she is' 
Joshua insists he's NOT dating Geordie Shore's Chantelle ... after she claims they 'exchanged numbers'

Shooter in Maryland arrested-Three people critically wounded at Westfield Montgomery Mall in suburban Maryland, woman fatally shot at nearby supermarket

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Eulalio Tordil, 62, a suspect in three fatal shootings in Maryland taken into custody

Federal Police officer with Homeland Eulalio Tordil, 62, arrested

2-day shooting spree in PG and Montgomery counties, suburban Maryland

Three people critically wounded 3 dead in three seperate shootings
Enstranged school teacher wife, Gladys Tordil, 44, one of the fatalities - her death witnessed by school age daughter
Cops 'believe'Tordil is responsible for all shootings

Competency Trial for Ex Viacom and CBS chief, Sumner Redstone : Judge Says He’ll Consider Dismissal Over The Weekend

Media mogul Sumner Redstone. A judge ruled on Monday, May 2, 2016, that Sumner Redstone should give 30 minutes of videotaped, sworn testimony in a case about the ailing media mogul's mental capacity that was filed by Redstone's ex-girlfriend and longtime companion, Manuela Herzer

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The fight between younger ex-mistress Manuela Herzer and Redstone's daughter Shari for control of 92-year-old billionaires's estate

"He is a living ghost whose mind has tragically become feeble" -Herzer's attorney Pierce O'Donnell

Redstone, in response to questions from  O’Donnell, called Herzer a “f**king bitch” several times throughout the deposition, taken Thursday morning at his Beverly Hills home. "I want Manuela out of my life"

30 Days 30 Minutes Day 6

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'Take a 30 minutes walk'


Tuesday oh Tuesday, what to write about. 30 minutes of exercise completed. I seem to be enjoying the process a bit more. How about you?

30 Days of Adoration Day 6 - Resting in His Arms

Read this meditatively (lectio Divina method is helpful)

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Psalm 23

The Lord Is My Shepherd

A Psalm of David.

23 The Lord is my shepherd; I shall not want.
²     He makes me lie down in green pastures.
He leads me beside still waters.^[a]
3     He restores my soul.
He leads me in paths of righteousness^[b]
    for his name's sake.

30 Days 30 Minutes Day 5 - Roaring Monday

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I started today with a roar. Spent 45 minutes making my body very uncomfortable and sweaty today (okay, I exercised first thing this morning). It is always nice to work out first thing in a day.  That way, the excuse machine in your brain does not have a chance to talk you down or make you postpone this very important activity.

Top US rabbi sparks outrage after saying there is no campus rape culture and there is no such thing as rape within marriage

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New Jersey rabbi Steven Pruzansky sparked outrage with his comments
The rabbi is the leader of the large Orthodox synagogue Bnai Yeshurun
In his blog he claimed marriage would solve the problems of rape culture
Orthodox feminist group called for his removal from synagogue conference

'Insane crush': Jealous husband beheaded his wife, crushed her skull and flushed it down the toilet in act of ‘grotesque savagery’ ...gets at least 21 years in jail

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Dempsey Nibbs attacked Judith Nibbs with iron bar then cut off her head
Mother-of-five had told her husband she was having sex with other men
Crane driver found out she had flashed her breasts at suitor over Skype
69-year-old left his wife's breasts exposed to 'humiliate her even in death'




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'They (Man United FC) didn't try their hardest!' Hilarious moment young Manchester United fan bursts into tears after his side lost

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Manchester United's 3-0 loss toTottenham Hotspurs last week, hurt the feelings of  their young fans, it  was all too much for this young boy
His mother captures the moment he broke down in tears over the scoreline
She asks him why they were losing he said sweetly: 'Because they didn't try their hardest'

Girl, 20, permanently disabled due to parent's negligence 'My parents deserve to be prosecuted'

 

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Daughter, who was left permanently disabled after her Christian sect family refused her medical treatment reveals how she had to blackmail her father so she could go to the doctors

• Mariah Walton's parents were members of Idaho Followers of Christ sect
• They believe treatment intervenes with God's will and instead use prayers
• Forced to blackmail her father to get him to take her to the doctors aged 18 
• Found out she had pulmonary hypertension due to untreated hole in organ

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Donald Trump accused of 'excluding black female contestants from calendar parties' and 'preferred All American women', his former business associates claim

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 Donald Trump 'excluded black female contestants from calendar parties' and 'preferred All American women', his former business associates claim

• Republican's former planned partners made the claims in court documents
• George Houraney and Jill Harth worked with him in the early 1990s 
• Claimed he said 'black female contestants' could not attend a Florida party
• Also 'neglected to pick black women from sets of photographs', it was said
• Mr Trump vehemently denied the claims and said he did not look at images

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30 Days of Adoration Day 5 Praising

Psalm 118

¹ Give thanks to the Lord, for he is good;
    his love endures forever.

² Let Israel say:
    “His love endures forever.”
³ Let the house of Aaron say:
    “His love endures forever.”
⁴ Let those who fear the Lord say:
    “His love endures forever.”

⁵ When hard pressed, I cried to the Lord;
    he brought me into a spacious place.

Time to go: Brazilian congress votes to impeach president Dilma Rousseff

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Government concedes after lower house overwhelmingly backs move to remove Rousseff, who now faces vote in senate

Rousseff impeachment: what happens next?

'Once the senate agrees to consider the motion, which is likely within weeks, Rousseff will have to step aside for 180 days and the Workers party government, which has ruled Brazil since 2002, will be at least temporarily replaced by a centre-right administration led by vice-president Michel Temer.'

Former head of Indian TV network charged with 'stealing $2.7M (£2million)' aid funds and murdering stepdaughter to cover tracks

Peter Mukerjea is accused of strangling his stepdaughter to cover embezzlement of non-profit funds

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... then 'strangled his stepdaughter to cover it up' 

• Peter Mukerjea and wife are alleged to have syphoned off up to £90 million from TV empire
• He is accused of murdering his step-daughter Sheen Bora, 25, to cover up alleged theft 
• Bora, 25, was Mrs Mukerjea's daughter from a previous marriage 
• She had intimate knowledge of the couple's financial affairs and offshore bank accounts 

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Kidnap-For-Hire Gone Wrong: Planner of botched 60 Minutes 'child abduction' says he was paid more than $115,000 by Channel Nine to carry out the 'kidnapping' of Sally Faulkner's children

Adam Whittington, (pictured) the chief planner of the 60 Minutes botched 'child abduction' in Lebanon, said on Sunday that he can prove Channel Nine paid him more than $115,000 for the snatch

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'For them to claim they weren't involved is a joke'

'60 Minutes paid me to carry out the kidnapping'

-Adam Whittington

• Mr Whittington was hired to plan and carry out a botched 'child abduction'

• Adam Whittington claims he received direct payment from Channel Nine - He claims he has two wire transfers from the media network's accounts

• Mr Whittington is in jail in Beirut with Sally Faulkner and a 60 Minutes crew

• He also said the children's mother Ms Faulkner is looking out for herself ...this comes after it was reported she is negotiating with her husband 

• Her lawyer Ghassan Moghabghab said that talks had broken down
  
  
  

'Another way to implement the Citizens United rulling' - George Clooney admits Bernie Sanders was 'absolutely right' to criticize $353,400 ticket price of his Clinton fundraiser dinner

George Clooney, a supporter of Hillary Clinton's presidential bid, broke ranks over campaign financing on Saturday to condemn the 'obscene' sums of money in U.S. politics and praised Bernie Sanders
Clooney made the remarks in an interview with Chuck Todd from Meet The Press

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By contrast 'a fundraiser for Sanders was to take place in the area, with tickets going for a far-cheaper $27 a pop'

'However, what are we to make of Clooney's admission, that what is obscene behavior for regular Americans is perfectly okay for a special class like himself. If this is not a dizzying depth of  narcissism ....'

• Clooney and his wife Amal hosted a fundraiser on Democratic Party hopeful Clinton's behalf Friday night
• There was a price tag of up to $353,400 per couple
• The Hollywood A-lister said: 'It's ridiculous that we should have this kind of money in politics. I agree completely'
  
  
  

'Dumbest political speech ever':Philippines presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte filmed joking about the gang rape and murder of Australian missionary Jacqueline Hamill

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...Is this guy for real? How is this even a joke and how come his supporters figure this to be a minor blimp? Duterte has no business being on the Philippines presidential ballot

• Filipino presidential candidate Rodrigo Duterte has made a rape joke
• The joke was in reference to an Australian woman who was killed in 1989
• He said she was so beautiful he should have had her first

30 Days 30 Minutes Day 4 - tempting but don't take the day off

...have already tamed that tummy in my mind

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...dreaming of myself in these wonderful poses.

30 days of adoration Day 4

...following the good shepherd

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The Good Shepherd and His Sheep

John 10 27 - 30
"  My sheep listen to my voice; I know them, and they follow me.
I give them eternal life, and they shall never perish; no one will snatch them out of my hand.  My Father, who has given them to me, is greater than all; no one can snatch them out of my Father’s hand.  I and the Father are one.”

The price of fame: My secret marriage to Idris Elba... 'he was forced to dump me to beome a screen heart-throb'

Sonya Hamlin, a beautiful property lawyer and the ‘secret’ second wife to whom Idris Elba was married for just a few brief weeks before, said the couple divorced after he reached the devastating conclusion that she would get in the way of his career

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'We loved each other, reveals the US lawyer who became star's second wife... but he was told to dump me to save his career'

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Exclusive Wedding of ‘The Empire’ Stars ! ...in The Caymans

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 Trai Byers and Grace Gealey tie the knot in private Grand Cayman Island ceremony

Wife of slain Saints player Will Smith views his casket in a wheelchair …she was shot in both legs in the shooting that left her husband dead

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Racquel Smith attends casket viewing in a wheelchair, first outing since fender bender row that left her husband dead   …she suffered a shattered femur after being shot in each leg during the attack 

Lillian McEwen: ‘Clarence Thomas and I had threesomes’

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Former girlfriend of Clarence Thomas claims she had threesomes with the controversial Supreme Court justice and some of his female colleagues

• Clarence Thomas dated Lillian McEwen, who is now 70, for seven years 
• She claimed she had threesomes with Thomas and female colleagues
• Supreme Court Justice was plagued with sexual harassment claims
• During nomination hearings, former assistant claimed he harassed her 
• Thomas was still nominated – just – and remains on the Supreme Court 

30 Days 30 Minutes Day 3, Did you stretch today?

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...you only have one body, take care of it

30 Days of Adoration Day 3

THE "GOLDEN ARROW" PRAYER

MAY the most holy, most sacred, most adorable, most incomprehensible and unutterable Name of God be always praised, blessed, loved, adored and glorified, in Heaven, on earth, and under the earth, by all the creatures of God, and by the Sacred Heart of Our Lord Jesus Christ in the Most Holy Sacrament of the Altar. Amen. 

by  Sister Mary of St. Peter

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Ostentatious lifestyle of glamour couple upset neighbors ...object to an air-conditioned house for Italian soccer agent, his girlfriend and their gold plated Bentley

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'Italian football agent and his glamorous girlfriend – who drive around in a gold Bentley – has infuriated their neighbors with plans for an ‘industrial-sized’ air conditioning unit'

 ‘Rich kids of London’ post images of their luxury lifestyles on instagram
They have already installed a cinema and sauna in a giant basement
But their plans for air conditioners on the roof have sparked anger
Council officers say the plans should be allowed with conditions on noise

30 Days, 30 Minutes, join the fun fillled challenge Day 2

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Assignment from Day 1, completed. I did some Pilates inspired exercises for 50 minutes. Let's know in the comments section how you fared

Ted Cruz mocks his infamous 'New York values' comment during phone call with 'Donald Trump' on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon

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'When I said "New York Values" I was saying I value New York': Cruz in mock phone call with 'Donald Trump' on The Tonight Show

• Ted Cruz appeared during skit on The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon
• Mocked his own 'New York values' comment saying he was 'speaking like Yoda' and meant to say he 'valued New York'
• Pair also poked fun at Trump's insecurity over his hands, with Fallon saying: 'I'm the bigger man with the bigger hands, and the bigger....'
• Cruz's skit comes after Trump and Hillary also appeared on the show

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30 Days, 30 Minutes, join the fun fillled challenge Day 1

'...don't treat your body like you have a replacement. Once it is broken ...'

Bernie Sanders goes after Hillary Clinton in NY debate : 'I question her judgment'

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Bernie Sanders refused to back down from his criticisms of Hillary Clinton's qualifications for the presidency tonight as he faced her for the first time since they began a war of words over each other's competency
'I question her judgment': Bernie Sanders goes for the jugular as he and Hillary Clinton clash angrily again and again in crucial New York debate 

• Hillary Clinton and Bernie Sanders went after each other using one-liners and sarcasm during the Democrats' New York debate
• Sanders continued to hammer Clinton on her Iraq War vote, her super PAC and speeches she delivered to Wall Street
• Clinton brought up Sanders' embarrassing New York Daily News interview 

Mayor caught in the act! FBI releases video showing former Charlotte Mayor Patrick Cannon accepting $32,500 cash in bribes from undercover agents

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'Mayor Cannon accepted the $32,500 cash bribe and shook hands on the deal'

• Patrick Cannon has pleaded guilty to accepting more than $50,000 from undercover FBI agents in exchange for access to city planning officials
• He was arrested on federal corruption charges in March 2014
• On Tuesday the FBI released video of their sting operation to net Cannon
• Authorities hope the tapes deter other officials from being bribed  

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Putin takes a swipe at Obama candour and maintains 'US must learn to respect Russia's legitimate interests and cooperate with Moscow as an equal'

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Takes a swipe at Obama by praising his 'strong' decision to admit Libya was the worst mistake of his presidency

... if the US treated Russia with respect, 'we will always be able to find solutions that will satisfy everyone.'

Ainfield soccer miracle! Liverpool come back from the brink with last-gasp goal capping miracle night as Reds rally to reach last four

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Liverpool 4-3 Borussia Dortmund (5-4 agg)

'Liverpool come back from the brink with last-gasp goal  to beat Borussia Dortmund as Reds rally to reach last four'

30 Days of Adoration and Meditations -Day 1

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Watch and pray so that you will not fall into temptation. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” And he comes to the disciples, and finds them asleep, and said to Peter, What, could you not watch with me one hour? Matthew 26:43

RNC Chairman Priebus, to Trump 'Quit whining, you knew the rules all along'

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Republican national Committee chairman Reince Priebus is losing patience with Donald Trump's claims that he's a victim of a 'rigged' party-boss system favoring Ted Cruz

GOP leader debunks Trump's claim that the nomination process is 'absolutely rigged'

...'the rules have been 'known for a year ... give us all a break'

The Brits go at each other: Anthony Joshua 'is a pumped up weightlifter' Tyson Fury 'is a bit of a clown'

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 The build up to a Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua world heavyweight boxing title unification begins as Tyson Fury brands Anthony Joshua a 'pumped up weightlifter'

Barcelona out! Dumped out of European Champions League by Athletico Madrid

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Atletico Madrid master class defense leads to 2-0 second leg victory over Barcelona (3-2 agg)

'Antoine Griezmann double dumps favourites Barca out as Lionel Messi and Co draw a blank'
The Athletico win gives Spain two of the semi-finalists in this edition of the competition as they join Manchester City (Eng), Bayern Munich (Germany) and Real Madrid (Sp) in the last four