MMA fighter Justin Levens and his wife Sarah McLean-Levens have been found shot to death in their Southern California home, authorities said.
The 28-year-old Levens competed in the Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) and other fighting federations.
Their bodies were found Wednesday afternoon in their Laguna Niguel condominium by the woman’s mother, who then called authorities, according to Jim Amormino, a spokesman for the Orange County Sheriff’s Department.
Authorities said the bodies were found dead in a bedroom and a gun was also found at the scene.
Amormino said homicide investigators are looking into the …

According to British tabloid The Sun, Eddie Murphy will play Gotham villian The Riddler in the next Batman movie.
Murphy has been signed up by British director Christopher Nolan to reprise the role played by Jim Carrey in 1995’s Batman Forever.
The studio has also reportedly signed up Transformers star Shia LaBeouf, 22, to play Robin. Rachel Weisz is rumored to be taking up the Catwoman role.
I don’t believe these Dark Knight sequel rumors. Christopher Nolan would cast Eddie Murphy and Shia LaBeouf? I don’t think so.
Besides, this England-based newspaper has pretty …

Unsurprisingly, Time magazine named U.S. President-elect Barack Obama the 2008 Person of the Year after he became the first African-American to win the White House.
Time’s managing editor Richard Stengel said the magazine picked Obama for his constant presence in news coverage throughout the year, and for being elected president at a “periolous” and “critical” time in American history.
Obama, who will be inaugurated as the 44th U.S. president on Jan. 20, beat U.S. Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, French President Nicolas Sarkozy, Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin and Beijing Olympics director …

See how the Japanese park their bikes inside these underground cylinders.

PHILIPPINES — To guarantee the safety of about 6,000 guests and avoid a stampede, security measures have been put in place for Manny Pacquiao’s 30th birthday party, a Gen. Santos City police official said.
“I’m worried about a stampede. They prepared packed meals for about 5,000 to 6,000, but I am expecting more than 10,000 at the oval plaza,” Senior Superintendent Robert Po said.
There will be two venues for Pacquiao’s birthday bash — the oval plaza and the activity center of the KCC Mall.
Aside from the food—six roasted cows and 25 …

As Sir Alex Ferguson attempts to make Manchester United the first English team to win the Club World Cup, a courageous Gamba Osaka insist they are not afraid of the Red Devils.
The Japanese team faces a daunting task against the European champions in their semi-final match today.
This will be one of the biggest games in Gamba’s history. But unfortunately, two of their players, Takahiro Futagawa and Hayato Sasaki are not expected to be in their full physical capacity after they got injured  during their win over Adelaide on Sunday.
The Red …

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The incident with the shoes thrown at US President George W. Bush during his press conference with Iraqi Prime Minister in Baghdad continues to develop. The shoes of the 29-year-old correspondent of the Iraqi Al-Baghdadia TV channel, Muntadhar al-Zeidi, now cost a fortune.
It was first said that the technical director of the Iraqi football team Adnan Hamad offered $100,000 for the shoes. Hamad said that the journalist’s action expressed an attitude of all Iraqi people to George W. Bush – the man, who ruined Iraq and abused its people.
Another Iraqi …

The 1981 Adam Walsh kidnapping and murder case is now closed.
According to Florida police, Ottis Toole, a deceased drifter long suspected in the abduction and murder of Adam Walsh committed the crime that put missing children on the national agenda.
Toole twice confessed to the crime but twice recanted as well. The convicted serial killer died in prison in 1996.
“It is our determination and conclusion that Ottis Toole was the abductor and murderer of Adam Walsh,” police chief Chad Wagner said at an afternoon news conference announcing the end of the …