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Former US football running back OJ Simpson has been sentenced to 15 years in jail for armed robbery, conspiracy to kidnap and assault with a deadly weapon.

District Judge Jackie Glass, who described Simpson, 61, as arrogant and ignorant, said the evidence was overwhelming.

Simpson made an emotional appeal prior to sentencing at the Las Vegas court, saying he was “sorry” and “confused”.

His accomplice, Clarence Stewart, was also sentenced to 15 years after the two were convicted on 12 charges, reports BBC News. The charges related to the robbery and holding of two sports memorabilia dealers at the Palace Station hotel in Las Vegas in September 2007.

Simpson and Stewart had seized the memorabilia dealers in an attempt to reclaim items linked to the former National Football League star’s sporting career, which Simpson claimed still belonged to him.

Before sentencing, Judge Glass said: “The potential for harm to occur in that room was tremendous.” “You went to the room, you took guns… you used force, you took property… and in this state that amounts to robbery with a deadly weapon,” said the judge.

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HE DIDN’T DO IT!

Oil Predicted $25 Barrel

Merrill-Lynch has projected that oil will hit $25 a barrel in the near future.

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truth serum to be used on Mumbai gunman

Police interrogators in Mumbai told The Times that they are poised to settle the matter of Kasab’s nationality through the use of “narcoanalysis” – a controversial technique, banned in most democracies, where the subject is injected with a truth serum.

The method was widely used by Western intelligence agencies during the Cold War, before it emerged that the drugs used – typically the barbiturate sodium pentothal – may induce hallucinations, delusions and psychotic manifestations

I wasn’t aware that “truth serums” actually existed. I was certain it was more of a James Bond or comic book invention. The idea of using a truth serum, to me, is like using lap-based “computers” to access a global “information network” or “net” to communicate, share information, and watch porn. Completely absurd.

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rocket ride for $95K

BEVERLY HILLS, Calif. — A Danish adventurer is first in line to ride aboard a privately funded, two-seat rocket ship designed by a California rocket maker to fly about 37 miles above Earth.

Xcor Aerospace said today that Per Wimmer, an investment banker based in London, will be the first passenger aboard Lynx, a space tourism vehicle designed to take off and land like an airplane. He’s also an investor in the Mojave, Calif.-based company.

Wimmer hopes his flight will come in 2011, after a series of test flights. Officials said tickets are selling for $95,000 each and reservations have been made for 20 flights.

Xcor’s main competitor is building SpaceShipTwo, an eight-seat craft that will take passengers some 62 miles above Earth for $200,000 each.

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teacher advertises on tests

A teacher in San Diego is selling ad space on tests. This has been a long time coming. We should also be selling ad space inside of lockers to raise money for schools. Lunch trays. Sports fields and uniforms. Chalkboards.

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Bus Driver Stabbed

Man stabbed over a $2.00 bus ticket in NYC.

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Nike Manny Pacquiao Campaign

Via nikeblog.com. Order this fight.

Nike starts the Manny Pacquiao Campaign as De La Hoya Fight Nears

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cellphone gun

Italian Police find cell phone gun in Naples Mafia compound raid.

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Dutch know dominos

Check it, they got 4 million dominos without one mistake. I can’t even do 20.

Wal Mart Sucks, again

A Wal-Mart worker died after being trampled when hundreds of shoppers smashed through the doors of a Long Island store Friday morning, police and witnesses said.

I can’t even imagine what’s in that store that people would feel the need to trample someone over. Vultures. Wal-Mart, with its everyday low prices, flannel shirts, and hot dog stands, has become the largest collection of wreckless Billy-Bob’s in every metropolitan area.

edit: The problem is not company policy, the ability to control customer flow, or Walmart staff. The problem is the sort of frenzy among a certain economic class that Walmart engenders with very specifically targeted marketing. The idea of limited product volume and a short term price window causes an absolute craze among people who are already acutely focused on holiday savings in a crumbling economy. [ed.]