Archive for the ‘hollywood homicide’ Category

 Puerto Rico bank executive slain on busy highway

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — the FBI and Puerto Rican police were investigating on Thursday the slaying of a bank executive who was shot to death as he drove home along one of the busiest streets in the island’s capital.

1307880620 56 Morning Buzz: Thursday 6.9.11   LA Observed

Robbery-Homicide takes over Bryan Stow case, 29,398 fewer state cellphones, John & Ken OK a tax vote by Republicans, Times and Daily News both say no on red-light cameras, and more.

1307740825 68 Review: A Few Cracks in Hard Boiled L.A. Noire

The hard-boiled crime story has become so ingrained in our culture that most Americans know all the cliches even if they’ve never read a Raymond Chandler novel or seen a Humphrey Bogart film: the world-weary gumshoe and the calculating femme fatale, the corkscrew plots and existential gloom, the jazzy soundtracks and bent camera angles. from “The Maltese Falcon” to “Pulp Fiction,” film noir continues to fascinate.

 The advice Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner gave Ben Affleck before you know what happenedWhat an amazing coincidence!

When noted Democratic actor Ben Affleck wanted to research the role of a crooked congressman a couple of years ago, he knew right where to go: Rep. Anthony Weiner, a new York Democrat in the House.

This was in 2008, mind you.