We all know what Disney is and of course Marvel… you know, x-men, spiderman and other super heroes.. well, here’s the top story of today… The Walt Disney Company has announced it will acquire Marvel Entertainment, Inc. in a stock and cash transaction worth 4 billion dollars.

Yes, sir!

Disney will pay Marvel shareholders a $30 per share, plus approximately 0.745 Disney shares for each Marvel share they own, based on the closing price of Disney on August 28, 2009. What makes this deal huge, as far as content goes, is the fact that under the terms of the deal, Disney will acquire ownership of not only Marvel itself, but also over than 5,000 Marvel characters. Disney will now benefit from any movie or a game based on characters such as Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men and many others; extending its reach to the young male population it had somewhat neglected will definitely be good for the entertainment giant.

Ike Perlmutter, Marvel’s Chief Executive Officer said that “Disney is the perfect home for Marvel’s fantastic library of characters given its proven ability to expand content creation and licensing businesses.”

“This transaction combines Marvel’s strong global brand and world-renowned library of characters including Iron Man, Spider-Man, X-Men, Captain America, Fantastic Four and Thor with Disney’s creative skills, unparalleled global portfolio of entertainment properties, and a business structure that maximizes the value of creative properties across multiple platforms and territories,” said Robert A. Iger, President and Chief Executive Officer of The Walt Disney Company.

This post was ‘borrowed’ from Mashable but you can Read the official announcement here.

The Los Angeles coroner’s office ruled Michael Jackson’s death a homicide and an unsealed warrant said the singer had a lethal dose of the anesthetic propofol in his body when he died, the Associated Press reports.

Jackson’s personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, told officers that he was treating the singer for insomnia for about six weeks and had been giving Jackson 50 milligrams of propofol every night intravenously, according to the search warrant affidavit, which was obtained by the Los Angeles Times.

The official coroner’s report has been sealed at the request of the Los Angeles Police Department. TVGuide.com’s calls to the coroner’s office were not immediately returned.

Murray told the LAPD he was concerned about Jackson getting addicted to propofol and tried to wean him off by lowering dosages to 25 milligrams and mixing the drug with two other sedatives, lorazepam and midazolam, the Times said. On June 23, two days before Jackson’s death, Murray said he gave the singer the two drugs without propofol.

On the morning of Jackson’s death, Murray said he tried to induce sleep without propofol. At 1:30 a.m., he said he gave Jackson valium and when that was unsuccessful, he gave him lorazepam intravenously at 2 a.m. An hour later, he said he gave him midazolam because the singer was still awake and administered a variety of drugs to Jackson over the next few hours, the search warrant affidavit said.

At 10:40 a.m., Murray said he gave Jackson 25 milligrams of propofol after the singer repeatedly demanded the drug. Murray said he left Jackson alone to make phone calls to
his Houston office and family members. When he returned, Jackson was not breathing and Murray started to perform CPR while another staff member called 911, the affidavit said. Jackson was declared dead at UCLA Medical Center later that day.

Murray, whose home and medical offices have been searched, has denied wrongdoing, saying in a video message last week that “the truth will prevail.”

Detectives are investigating whether Murray’s decision to give Jackson propofol as a sleep aid outside of a hospital qualifies as negligence that could lead to an involuntary manslaughter charge, the affidavit said.

Thanks to the TVGuide for the scoop!

Michael Jackson Autopsy Photo

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The circumstances of his death were not immediately clear. Jackson was not breathing when Los Angeles Fire Department paramedics responded to a call at his Los Angeles home about 12:30 p.m., Capt. Steve Ruda told the Los Angeles Times. The paramedics performed CPR and took him to UCLA Medical Center, Ruda told the newspaper.

Hundreds of people gathered outside the hospital as word of his death spread. The emergency entrance at the UCLA Medical Center, which is near Jackson’s rented home, was roped off with police tape.

“Ladies and gentlemen, Michael Jackson has just died,” a woman boarding a Manhattan bus called out shortly after the news was announced. Immediately many riders reached for their cell phones.

News from:

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31552029/ns/entertainment-music/

Other news sources:

http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20090625/en_nm/us_jackson

http://www.rollingstone.com/rockdaily/index.php/2009/06/25/michael-jackson-reportedly-dead-at-50/

See? Big news source eh? This is official!

Sad Day…

Michael Jackson Dead at 50… The King of Pop is no more!

National Donut Day is on the first Friday of June each year. The holiday celebrates the doughnut (a.k.a “donut”) — an edible, ring-shaped piece of dough which is deep-fried and sweetened. Many American doughnut stores offer free doughnuts on National Doughnut Day. In 2009, both independent doughnut shops[1] and large national franchises offered free doughnuts in the United States.

Here’s some links (good read) for some information about National Donut Day 2009… Not just links but what’s really happening out there today, the National Donut Day!

News articles

Three Brazilian navy vessels were dispatched early Wednesday to the wreckage site of the Air France flight 447 after it crashed into the Atlantic on Sunday night after taking off from Rio de Janeiro destined to Paris.

The plane, carrying 228 people, lost contact with ground controllers after leaving Rio de Janeiro for Paris on Sunday night. The crew made no distress call before the crash, but the plane’s system sent an automatic message just before it disappeared, reporting lost cabin pressure and electrical failure.

Air France crash update: Black box may never be found

Three Brazilian navy vessels were dispatched early Wednesday to the wreckage site of the Air France flight 447 after it crashed into the Atlantic on Sunday …

AirFrance Crash Update: Little Hope of Recovering Data, Voice …

‘Pingers’ attached to flight recorders are crucial to finding out what caused most catastrophic crash in recent AirFrance history. …

Air France crash leaves global trail of victims

All were among the victims of Air France Flight 447, leaving broken hearts from Rio to Paris and far beyond. “We will miss your dancing feet,” read a …

Air France crash maybe caused by weather-linked technical failure …

Brazil on Tuesday confirmed the debris found earlier on the open Atlantic Ocean belonged to Air France Flight 447, solidifying the crash of the jet that …

And so, it’s all about Air France Crash Update: Missing Black Box

Well, I just have to copy that one, since I notice that many are searching and wondring what’s up with the singer Meatloaf and his daughter Pearl Aday..

So what is up? Here’s the news..

GORDON RAMSAY’S F WORD – BACK WITH A US PREMIERE SEASON

- May 21, 2009
Among the celebrities brave enough to have a recipe face-off with Gordon are RockstarMeatloaf, chat-show host Graham Norton, pop singer Dannii Minogue and …
clipped from Google – 5/2009
Fine Tuning for Friday, May 22.
Canada.com

Grammy winner Meat Loaf appears, along with his daughter Pearl Aday. (A channel, Fox, 8 ET/PT) * House features a rerun of last fall’s season opener, …
clipped from Google – 5/2009
Elliott Yamin Comes Home to Innsbrook
Richmond.com

If Elliott did have time to cook he says he’d try one of his mom’s favorite recipes: honey lime chicken, her famous meatloaf, honey-baked salmon or salmon …
clipped from Google – 5/2009
American Idol: “2 Finalists Compete” Review
IGN

Simon quibbled over its theatricality but I thought it was the sort of over-the-top showmanship that has worked for artists like Queen, Meatloaf and Bowie. …

Since you’re here looking for stories about Cavaliers vs. Magic, I’m going to give you some Cavs vs Magic actions

Here’s what I found:

Cavs/Magic Preview

This Cavs/Magic series would be a lot more interesting if Jameer Nelson were healthy, but Rafer Alston has been a decent stopgap at point guard, …

Cavs-Magic: Fans’ guide – The News-Herald Sports : Breaking news

Northern Ohio daily newspaper covering local, regional, and national news including local sports, video and multimedia coverage, and classified advertising.

Windhorst Beat Blog: Cavs-Magic, Game 1

Get the latest Cleveland Cavaliers, LeBron James, Zydrunas Ilgauskas news, schedules and more. Comment on the games, see photos and videos, …
www.cleveland.com

NBA.com Cavs, Magic Split Season Series

Larry Hughes scored a season-high 40 points and LeBron James added 29 points and 10 assists as the Cavaliers beat Dwight Howard and the Orlando Magic …
www.nba.com

Roderick Anthony Burton II (November 25, 1987[1] – May 18, 2009) better known by his stage name Dolla, was an American rapper.

Rapper Dolla reportedly Shot, Dead

Dolla signed to Akon’s Konvict Muzik label in May 2007, after creating a buzz throughout Atlanta [2]. He made his debut with the single “Who the Fuck Is That?”. His song, “Feelin’ Myself”, is featured on the Step Up soundtrack. The song “Feelin’ Myself,” was a “bite” of the Mac Dre song of the same name. He also was a member of the Hip hop group Da Razkalz Cru, under the name Bucklyte. Dolla is represented by the Sue Vannasing Company based out of Los Angeles, CA. He followed his debut single up with a second single “I’m Fucked Up” in the summer of 2008. A third single, entitled “Make a Toast,” was then officially released on November 4, 2008.

Rapper Dolla reportedly shot, killed outside LA shopping mall

The Los Angeles Times reports that Atlanta-based rapper Dolla (né Anthony Burton II) was shot and killed outside of Los Angeles’ Beverly Center shopping …

TI Talks About Dolla (Murdered today in Los Angeles)

Rapper Dolla was murdered today in Los Angeles at the Beverly Center. Below is a video Dolla posted on his YouTube account of rapper TI (who is going to …

Rapper shot dead at Los Angeles shopping mall

LOS ANGELES (AFP) — Up-and-coming rap artist Dolla has been shot dead outside a landmark Los Angeles shopping mall, friends and family of the slain musician …

I’m also not saying that students who focus less on dolla bills have discovered an infallible recipe to bliss. Rather, my point is this—if students adopt

I still say, it’s should be that big a deal… me as a blogger do this all the time..

Who is Maureen Dowd?

See this one? I am going to ‘borrow’ text from Wikipedia… After scanning her page, so… she is the one who did the series of article about the Monica Lewinsky Scandal! Remember the intern?!

Maureen Dowd (born January 14, 1952) is a Washington D.C.-based columnist for The New York Times.[1][2] She has worked for the Times since 1983, when she joined as a metropolitan reporter. In 1999, she was awarded a Pulitzer Prize for her series of columns on the Monica Lewinsky scandal

Maureen Dowd’s Scandal

And now looks like Maureen Dowd is facing her own contreversia regarding the alledge plagiarism on her column in the Sunday Times.. It was reported that she accidentally copied or the thing was lifted straight from a blog post by TPM’s Josh Marshall on Thursday

Here’s what we read:

Gawker – Maureen Dowd Admits to an Act of Accidental Plagiarism …

Yesterday we learned that an entry in Maureen Dowd’s Sunday Times column appeared to be lifted straight from a blog post by TPM’s Josh Marshall on Thursday. Last night, Dowd admitted to plagiarizing Marshall.

http://www.gawker.com/

Maureen Dowd’s borrowed (fixed) words: The Swamp

Maureen Dowd, whose barbed-worded columns for The New York Times never have lacked for original thoughts about the Bush administration, has admitted to some borrowed words. She reports that it was inadvertent. Dowd has allowed that some …

http://www.swamppolitics.com/news/politics/blog/

Maureen Dowd Admits Inadvertently Lifting Line From TPM’s Josh …

UPDATE: New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, in an email to Huffington Post, admits that a paragraph in her Sunday column was lifted from Talking Points Memo editor Josh Marshall’s blog last Thursday.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/thenewswire/