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Clark Security guards Assistant Chief Steve Hatchett, 62 lower the flags to half staff at Gibbs Die Casting Wednesday June 25, 2008 in Henderson, Ky.. in respect of the Atlantis Plastic Inc. employees that were killed an employee shot five people to death before killing himself. Gibbs' is across the street from Atlantis Plastic in Henderson, Ky. (AP Photo/ Daniel R. Patmore)
By RYAN LENZ – 11 hours ago
HENDERSON, Ky. (AP) — A 25-year-old press operator shot and killed five co-workers and himself at a plastics plant in rural western Kentucky just hours after arguing with his supervisor about not wearing safety goggles and using his cell phone while on the assembly line, police said Wednesday.
Authorities said Wesley N. Higdon of Henderson was so riled by the argument with his supervisor that he called his girlfriend and told her that he wanted to kill his boss. The girlfriend didn’t warn anyone, police said, and just two hours later, Higdon argued with another co-worker then shot and killed his supervisor as they walked outside. Then, he returned and shot at co-workers in a break room and on the plant floor.
A man who called 911 frantically described the violent scene to a dispatcher, tallying up the number of dead around him.
“There’s more than two people dead. There’s like one, two, three, four, five people dead,” the man said. “The supervisor is dead, too.”
Authorities said Higdon was known to keep a .45-caliber pistol in his car, which is not illegal in Kentucky.
The first shooting took place as the supervisor was escorting him from the building. Other co-workers were shot in the break room and on the plant floor. One worker was injured and was being treated in the critical care unit at St. Mary’s Hospital and Medical Center in Evansville, Ind.

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French garden gift supplier Radis et Capucine has launched its Rose Forever collection on the UK market at Summer Fair in Excel, London. The roses are treated with a preservative that stops disintegration for about one month while maintaining the soft texture of rose petals.
The roses were first brought to the French market in January, packaged in a small transparent container with a slot for messages, photos or a place card. Now the company has expanded the range, adding clear glass and terracotta pot holders to the range. There are also Rose Forever gift boxes available, which contain a fixed rose, pink garden shears, a rose growing kit, pot and seeds. Gift boxes retail at €25 (

By FRAZIER MOORE – 14 hours ago
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 30 years after George Carlin pronounced “Seven Words You Can Never Say On Television,” some of those words have lost their sting.
Some of those words still aren’t welcome on the public airwaves (or, for that matter, in print) and they are still being debated in the courts.
But you can hear those words voiced in everyday discourse more than ever.
Carlin, who died Sunday at age 71, observed in his routine: “We have thoughts, but thoughts are fluid. Then we assign a word to a thought and we’re stuck with that word for that thought — so be careful with words.”
Carlin’s seven words, he would caution ironically, “are the ones that’ll infect your soul, curve your spine, and keep the country from winning the war.”
Or course, times — and wars — have changed. At least one of Carlin’s words (a rude term for urine) wouldn’t raise an eyebrow on much of broadcast TV now.
Meanwhile, none of them is alien to premium cable. For many viewers, hearing those Words You Can’t Say On Television being said on television helps make pay cable worth paying for.
Those words were heard on television in 1977, on Carlin’s first HBO comedy special.
They fall into predictable categories: bodily waste; sexual acts (both socially acceptable and frowned upon); and female body parts.
“When he used those words he wasn’t just trying to shock,” said Richard Zoglin, who wrote about Carlin in his recent book, “Comedy at the Edge: How Standup in the 1970s Changed America.”
“He was trying to make a statement that’s familiar today, but wasn’t so familiar back then: ‘Why do we have this irrational fear of words?’”
Of this Magnificent Seven, only one, which refers to the female anatomy, retains the power to jolt nearly anyone within earshot. On an HBO sitcom a couple of years ago, the angry husband used this word to insult his wife. It nearly wrecked their marriage. More tellingly, the studio audience emitted an audible gasp.

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Gymnast Shayla Worley, also from Orlando, made an error during the uneven bar routine, which dimmed her chance of being one of the top two automatic qualifiers to make the U.S. Olympic Gymnastics team.
Worley will get another shot to make the team in a few weeks. She’s one of 12 athletes who have been invited to a training camp in Houston, officials said.
There are four spots still open on the team.
Jana Beiger from Coconut Creek will also compete.
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Like many people, Daryl Penn liked to bring out games such as Scene It? or Family Feud during weekend get-togethers. But the fun started to fizzle as the 38-year-old business teacher at Old Mill High School realized that few of the questions tapped into the history or culture of African-Americans.
After one family get-together last year, Penn went shopping for a game that featured African-American trivia.
He couldn’t find any on store shelves.
So Penn, an entrepreneur from a family of educators in Anne Arundel County, decided to create one.
He invested $25,000 to produce 1,000 copies of Are You Sure? Since its release April 28, he has sold more than 300 copies of the game, which costs $34.99. He figures he needs to sell about 800 copies to break even, so now that school is out, he plans to market it as aggressively as possible.
Penn, of Glen Burnie, has approached black fraternities and sororities in several states and is recommending the game as a fundraiser to a church in Pennsylvania. He plans to run commercials locally on cable. Eventually, he would like to see the game sold nationally in a large retail store.
“For me, the game is really for families, for the bonding,” Penn said.
The DVD game is modeled on popular ones such as the movie trivia game Scene It?, which shows a question on a television screen and allows players to select an answer using a remote control.
Sometimes after an answer is selected, players see a clip of one of Penn’s family members asking, “Are you sure?” Players then get a second chance to change their answer before the game shows them the correct one. The “Are You Sure?” clip plays regardless of whether the player selected the right answer - one of Penn’s classroom techniques to challenge students to stand behind their position.

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Jimmy D aims to be No. 1 in NHL draft contest
By JIMMY D Fantasy Sports
A YEAR AFTER Americans went 1-2 in the NHL entry draft, Canadians are expected to go 1-2 Friday in the 2008 edition of the event. And Ontario Hockey League players could go 1-2-3-4-5.
It’s a keeper poolie’s dream night Friday, as serious fantasy hockey participants look into the crystal ball to see who will be producing fantasy stats for them in three to five years.
Steve Stamkos of the Sarnia Sting, a hugely creative player, shapes up as the No. 1 pick. That’s the same position Jimmy D expects to land in the inaugural NHL Draft Contest he set up at fantasy sports site Fanjack.com.
The contest is a question-and-answer format where you select among several answers that have been provided. Obvious answers earn you small amounts of points (Stamkos will be the No. 1 overall pick is good for one point), but predict a long shot answer (Tampa Bay will trade the first overall pick to two teams like Quebec did with Eric Lindros back in 1990) and that will earn you 100 points.
There are 13 draftees whose draft range you must predict, as well as six questions involving the draft itself, such as how many trades will be completed during the first round, when will the first goalie — possibly Thomas McCollum of the Guelph Storm — be selected and which former or current NHL player will be involved in a trade.
The draft could see five of the top seven positions go to defencemen. After Stamkos, world junior stud Drew Doughty and New York-born Zach Bogosian are projected as the next two picks. Doughty is a six-foot, 220-pound rock who can fly (24 goals as an OHL rookie with Guelph), while Bogosian led the Peterborough Petes in scoring and tallied 51 assists.

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First Look: 'Knight Rider'
Get your first glimpse at the pilot episode of this highly anticipated all-new & updated for '08 series. “Knight Rider” premieres February 17 at 9/8c on NBC.
Bill Bellamy Kicks Off The 'Last Comic Standing' Auditions
NBC's “Last Comic Standing” returns for season 6 - launching nationwide auditions in Los Angeles. Returning host Bill Bellamy works the line outside the Hollywood Improv on the first day of auditions.
Are You 'Millionaire' Material?
On her new reality dating show “Millionaire Matchmaker,” Patti Stranger runs an agency that pairs rich men with the women of their dreams. Get the dating do's and don'ts from the pro herself in this exclusive interview.
Access Inspiration: Holly Robinson Peete
Holly Robinson Peete is an actress, a wife and a mother. All seemed to be perfect for this mother of four until she noticed something different about her oldest son, Rodney Jr. — something that turned her into an activist.
Access Extended: Stephen Baldwin Talks 'Celebrity Apprentice'
Stephen talks about winning on the first episode and how much it meant to him to be able to give the money that was raised to his mother's breast cancer research fund. Plus, he goes into what he thought of his fellow competitors and more.
Improving everyday from his stroke three year ago, Dick Clark is hosting his 35th New Years Rockin’ Eve. Plus, Dorothy Hamill strikes an “Ice Skating” pose at Pershing Square ice rink inÂ… sunny LA.
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Access Charity Watch: Home For The Holidays
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ALL BLACKS prop Greg Somerville looks to have completed a move to Kingsholm to bolster Dean Ryan’s options in the scrum.
After allowing Patrice Collazo to move on and following Christian Califano’s retirement, props are top of the Gloucester supremo’s shopping list.
Somerville has been linked with a move, joining the exodus of several Southern Hemisphere players looking for lucrative contracts in Europe.
The 30-year-old lined up at tight-head for New Zealand this morning in the second Test against England, his 59th All Black cap.
His experience on both sides of the scrum will have been a factor in the signing, as Somerville joins Nick Wood, Carlos Nieto, Alasdair Dickinson and Jack Forster as Gloucester’s primary front row options.
Somerville played second fiddle to Carl Hayman, now at Newcastle, during the World Cup, his deployment limited to games against minor nations Portugal and Romania.
His international career began in 2000 but was interrupted by an achilles tendon tear against South Africa in 2006, which he struggle to return from.
With a young family, he has blamed the extensive travel schedule of the Super 14 and All Black Test fixtures for his need to settle abroad.
New Zealand did their best to hold on to Somerville, continually strengthening the deal offered, but it is thought they have failed. Whether he will tour with the All Blacks before making the move is unknown at this stage.
Indeed Somerville, when questioned, remained tight lipped about his future.
“You’ll have to wait and see,” was his answer when asked about his end of year plans.
Neither would he comment on a move to Gloucester. “I can’t tell you, you’ll have to wait and see,” he added.
● MEANWHILE Pete Swatkins has left Gloucester to join National Division One side Sedgley Park.
The former Crypt School pupil will also train with Sale as part of the deal.

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In response to the June 14 letter, “Put Bush on trial,” I’d like to know what the charges are.
If the charge is that “Bush lied and people died,” then prove Bush lied. According to both the Senate Intelligence Committee and the Silberman-Robb Commission, both conducted by Democrats, there is no proof that the administration misled Congress. Every intelligence agency worldwide concluded that Iraq had weapons of mass destruction - countries such as France, Germany, Russia and China and even the United Nations. So did President Clinton and U.N. Secretary-General Kofi Annan.
The fact that the intelligence was flawed does not make Bush a liar. Mistaken, yes, but not a liar.
There is also no proof that another liberal smear, that the intelligence was altered, has any merit.
As for Rep. Dennis Kucinich, this is the same man who accused American troops of killing entire villages in Afghanistan. This was done when he ran for president in 2004. He got this information from a Pakistani tabloid owned by the Taliban. Some source.
So here we have a crackpot liberal congressman accusing American troops of war crimes while he’s running to become the commander in chief in wartime, based on statements from the very people we’re at war with. And he wonders why he didn’t get the nomination.
Dennis Kucinich is an idiot. No rational person with half a brain pays any attention to him. He once advocated that we levitate the Pentagon with transcendental meditation. He is a looney-toon kook and a prime example of what’s wrong with the Democratic Party.
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