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Pro golfer Fuzzy Zoeller has launched a lawsuit to identify the poster who edited a Wikipedia entry in his name. The lawsuit has been filed against a Florida company, which is linked to the IP address of the poster. Zoeller alleges that the entry contained a defamatory paragraph and since Wikipedia cannot be sued, he is going after the poster.The lawsuit alleges that a computer was use by somebody at Josef Silny & Associates was brought by “John Doe”, although it was later discovered that Zoeller was behind it. Wikipedia has erased the material in the post alleged to be defamatory, but the entries are still present on answers.com.

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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — From the state that brought you the hanging chad, now comes the crying judge. Some members of the bar and other court-watchers are cringing over the way Judge Larry Seidlin wept – no, sobbed – on live, national TV as he announced a ruling Thursday in the dispute over where Anna Nicole Smith should be buried.

Some are accusing the brash former New York cab driver of showboating for the cameras, or worse, auditioning for his own courtroom TV show, with his one-liners, his personal asides, and his smart-alecky Bronx delivery during the six-day hearing.

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Britney Spears left rehab on Wednesday after spending only one day there, according to reports, just a week after she spent the same amount of time at a different facility.

The television news magazine “The Insider” initially reported that Spears called a car service, walked out of the Promises Residential Treatment Centers in Malibu, Calif., and left the facility early Wednesday morning — far short of the usual 45-day stay.

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NEW YORK (Reuters) – The two main U.S. satellite radio providers, Sirius Satellite Radio and XM Satellite Radio on Monday said they would merge in a stock-for-stock deal, a move that has been long expected in the young industry.

XM and Sirius said they would combine to create a company with an enterprise value of $13 billion, including $1.6 billion in net debt.

Under the terms of the deal, XM stockholders will get 4.6 shares in Sirius.

Veteran media executive Mel Karmazin, currently Sirius CEO, will be CEO of the combined company, and Gary Parsons, now chairman of XM, will hold the same position in the new company. The deal will need regulatory approval.

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A Romanian priest has been jailed for 14 years for conducting an exorcism that led to the death of a nun who he believed was possessed by devils.

Irina Cornici, 23, died after being starved and chained to a cross at a secluded convent in the north-east.

The ritual in 2005 was led by Daniel Petru Corogeanu, 31, the priest at the Holy Trinity convent in Tanacu village.

He and four nuns were convicted of manslaughter. The nuns got jail terms ranging from five to eight years.

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LOS ANGELES, California (AP) — Actor Ray Liotta was arrested on suspicion of driving under the influence after crashing his car into two parked vehicles in Pacific Palisades, authorities said.

Liotta, 52, was taken into custody just before 8:30 p.m. Saturday and booked on a misdemeanor DUI charge, said Los Angeles Police spokesman Mike Lopez.

He was released after posting $15,000 bail and ordered to appear in court next month, Lopez said.

No one was injured in the collision. Liotta was alone in his car, Lopez said.

A message left at the office of Liotta’s publicist Matt Labov was not immediately returned.

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Driver Gets Felony Conviction For Tossing Cup of Ice Into Car

Washington Post Staff Writer
Sunday, February 18, 2007; Page A01

To the locals, it’s the “McMissile” case.

And like the name, the details of it spill forth like a bad joke: A woman is driving north on Interstate 95. Three kids squirm in the back seat, and her sister, six months pregnant and having early contractions, sits in the front. The stress starts to simmer. Traffic slows, then crawls, then creeps. More stress. A car cuts in front of her, then scoots away. A short time later, it darts in again. She can no longer take it. She veers onto the shoulder and speeds up. Wham! She tosses a large McDonald’s cup filled with ice into the other car.

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Tim Hardaway, who spent 13 seasons in the NBA, has been axed from league- related appearances after an anti-gay tirade on a radio program.Hardaway responded to a question on Miami station WAXY about former NBA player John Amaechi and the Englishman’s admission of homosexuality with a hard-line stance against gay players in the NBA.

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Comments on Radio Show Came a Week After a Former NBA Player Revealed He Was Gay

Feb. 15, 2007 — A week after a former NBA star revealed he was gay, retired Miami Heat star Tim Hardaway made some incendiary comments about gays Wednesday on a Miami radio show.

“You know, I hate gay people,” Hardaway said during an interview on “790 the Ticket.”

“You know, I let it be known I don’t like gay people. I don’t like to be around gay people,” he said.

Those in-your-face comments came just a week after another former NBA player, John Amaechi, revealed that he was gay. Amaechi told ESPN that he lived in fear that his teammates would learn of his sexuality.

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A By VOA News
09 February 2007

A medical examiner in Florida has begun an autopsy on Anna Nicole Smith, a famous former Playboy Model who died Thursday.

The medical examiner said if Smith died of natural causes, the findings will likely be announced quickly, but definitive results could take weeks if the findings are more subtle. The examiner said he plans to hold a new conference Friday afternoon.

Authorities say paramedics tried to revive the 39-year-old Smith after she was discovered unconscious Thursday in her hotel room in Hollywood, Florida. She was later taken to a hospital.

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