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Robert Picardo has filed for divorce from his wife after 27 years of marriage.
The actor, best known for his role in Star Trek, tied the knot with Linda Palwik in October 1984.
The 58-year-old reportedly filed the divorce papers in Los Angeles Superior County Court on Wednesday.
It's over: Star Trek's Robert Picardo has filed for divorce from wife Linda Palwik
According to TMZ the actor is citing ‘irreconcilable differences’.
The couple have two daughters together, Nicollette Arianna and Gina Emira.
However there will not be a custody battle as neither of the daughters is a minor – Nicollette is 13 and Gina is 20.
Split: Robert, pictured with Linda in April, filed for divorce on Wednesday after 27 years of marriage
Robert is most famous for playing the Emergency Medical Hologram, also known as The Doctor, on UPN's Star Trek: Voyager.
He is also known for his role as Richard Woolsey in military sci fi series Stargate SG-1, Stargate Atlantis, and Stargate Universe.
He was nominated for an Emmy Award for his portrayal of Coach Cutlip on The Wonder Years.
Robert has recently appeared in episodes of Body of Proof and The Mentalist.
Sad news: The couple have two daughters together, who are aged 20 and 23
Sci fi star: Robert is best known for playing the Emergency Medical Hologram, also known as The Doctor, on Star Trek: Voyager
Source: www.dailymail.co.uk
Russell Brand hits out at Katy Perry for first time as divorce is finalised - Metro.co.uk
The Brit comic was filming his new TV show Brand X just hours after his divorce was made official, when he came across an audience member who was called Katy.
Ending the exchange with her he quipped: 'Anyway, enough of you, I’ve had enough a**e-ache from people called Katy in the last year.'
According to The Sun, an audience member revealed: 'They were having some chat about whether Katy could satisfy her boyfriend in bed when, all of a sudden, Russell shouted the comment about a**e-ache.
'It was a blatant reference to Katy Perry.
'The look on his face as he laughed after saying the comment said it all.'
Until now Russell has remained largely silent about his pop star ex-wife, although she admitted the reason for the split was her husband's absence from her California Dreams Tour.
It seemed like the divorce marked a new beginning for Brand, as he also showed off a prospective new girlfriend shortly after it was finalised.
The comedian was seen with his arm around rumoured new beau Isabella Brewster - the younger sister of Fast & Furious actress Jordana, as the duo wandered around Pacific Palisades Market.
Source: www.metro.co.uk
Sussex County judge aims to protect Stillwater stabbing victim's privacy - NJ.com
STILLWATER — A judge made several moves today aimed to protect the privacy of a Sussex County man who has been portrayed as a pedophile by his suspected killer.
Superior Court Judge N. Peter Conforti, sitting in Newton, said some of the personal property left by Dennis Pegg, 68, of Stillwater will be examined by investigators as part of the murder probe, but the items under scrutiny will not be publicly identified.
Conforti also said he would privately examine the contents of 14 letters left by Pegg in a safe deposit box before he allows the letters to be distributed to Peggs’ intended recipients. The letters were left by Pegg as part of his will, which was made public earlier this month.
“I’m mindful of privacy concerns not only of the individuals (addressees) but of the deceased,” said Conforti, sitting in Newton.
As part of the judge’s ruling, prosecutors and defense attorneys will examine some 35 items found in Pegg’s home that were listed in an 11-page property inventory, as well as seven other items he left in the safe deposit box.
“As we look at them, we’ll make a determination whether there’s anything relevant in this case,” said First Assistant Prosecutor Gregory Mueller.
Conforti said other inventoried items are open to public scrutiny.
“If the press is interested in the number of pairs of socks Mr. Pegg had … suits, handkerchiefs, things of that nature,” that information is available, he quipped.
In his arrest affidavit, suspected killer Clark Fredericks, 46, of Fredon said Pegg “got what was coming to him” and that he “has been a child molester for years.”
After Fredericks’ arrest, two of his relatives claimed Fredericks had been sexually abuse by Pegg when Fredericks was a Boy Scout and Pegg a Scout leader.
Two other men who claim to have been molested as children by Pegg have since come forward, according to Fredericks’ attorney, Daniel Perez.
Fredericks and his friend, Robert Reynolds, 46, of Mansfield have been charged with stabbing Pegg more than 20 times in his home on the night of July 12. They were arrested the following day.
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Source: www.nj.com
Farhh will take on Frankel in Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood - The Guardian
Frankel, the world's top-rated horse, can expect to face at least one top-class opponent in the Sussex Stakes at Glorious Goodwood following the news that Farhh, the runner-up in the Group One Eclipse Stakes at Sandown earlier this month, will race against him on 1 August.
Farhh ran Nathaniel, last year's King George winner, to half a length at Sandown, having previously looked unlucky in finishing third behind So You Think in the Prince of Wales's Stakes at Royal Ascot. That form might be good enough to see him start as the favourite for some alternative Group One targets but Godolphin will instead pitch him in against Frankel, who won the Sussex Stakes 12 months ago and will be going for his 12th victory in 12 starts.
"I asked Sheikh Mohammed for his preferred option," Simon Crisford, Godolphin's racing manager, said on Tuesday, "to go to the Sussex Stakes and finish a good second to Frankel, we hope, if not win, or the Prix Jacques le Marois [at Deauville], and he said, 'What sort of stupid question is that? I want to go to Goodwood.'
"We're delighted that we're going to be there provided that the ground is not too firm. I know that sounds like a bit of a joke but it's not intended to be. We just hope that ground will dry out sufficiently but not be too firm for him to be able to take his chance."
Farhh, who has raced only five times to date, has cantered to post with Frankel before, at Doncaster in September 2010, but he was withdrawn at the stalls before the race, which Frankel went on to win by 13 lengths.
"He's still on a learning curve," Crisford said. "He tried to race against Frankel once before but reared up in the gates and injured himself quite badly.
"I remember that, as the gates opened on that occasion, I was spitting blood because he wasn't going to be able to run against Frankel. But at the end of the race I was thinking that maybe we had dodged a bullet.
"The QIPCO Sussex Stakes has so much history and prestige. Frankel or no Frankel, it's a wonderful race and track. From our point of view Farhh has not done enough yet to establish himself as a really true Group One horse. He needs to bridge the gap and become a Group One winner at some stage. He's in great form and let's hope he runs well. It's a fantastic race and it would be a shame if there were only two or three runners."
Teddy Grimthorpe, racing manager to Prince Khalid Abdullah, Frankel's owner, welcomed the news that Farrh will be added to the race.
"That's very good news," Grimthorpe said. "We respect him, he was a little bit unlucky at Ascot and he ran a super race at Sandown, so he's a very legitimate horse.
"Frankel has still got to put his best foot forward but on everything he's shown he's going to be superior to most animals that turn up. But he's still got to do it. You don't want to pre-empt anything. We will take it really seriously and we're not complacent about it."
Frankel will start as a prohibitive favourite for the Sussex Stakes regardless of the size or depth of the field lined up against him and Coral offered him at 1-10 on Tuesday in a match bet with Farhh, who is 5-1.
Grimthorpe also confirmed on Tuesday that the Sussex Stakes at Goodwood, the Juddmonte International Stakes at York three weeks later and then either the QIPCO Champion Stakes or the Queen Elizabeth II Stakes at Ascot in October will be the final three starts of Frankel's racing career.
"I think he's proven what he is," Grimthorpe said. "A lot of the horses that he's been compared to had one championship year or two, whereas this horse is in his third. I think people have got their opinion of him and he hasn't got much more to prove, in our eyes anyway."
Willie Mullins, Ireland's champion National Hunt trainer, will be racing at Goodwood for the first time when he saddles Simenon, who won both the Ascot Stakes and the Queen Alexandra Stakes at the Royal meeting, in the Goodwood Cup.
Simenon won his two Ascot races – a handicap and a conditions event - by a combined total of 13 lengths, and Mullins is hopeful that he can find the necessary improvement to be competitive at Group Two level.
"I haven't been to Goodwood before," Mullins said, "but I was looking at the course map and it actually resembles my gallop. It's the way we work our horses, left and then right, so maybe that will give us the eight or 10 pounds we need.
"When we brought him to Cheltenham earlier on in the season, I thought he would go pretty close in the Supreme Novice Hurdle, but he finished last. I put that down to travelling and things not going his way over there, so we changed a few things when we went to Ascot and it made a huge difference.
"The race on the Saturday probably suited him better [than the Ascot Stakes four days earlier], but I was amazed how easily he won. We have to improve at Goodwood, which is a big worry, but I'm hoping we're good enough to be there."
John Gosden, the leading British-based trainer this season, will not offer any opposition to Frankel in the Sussex Stakes, but could have two runners, Izzi Top and The Fugue, in the Group One Nassau Stakes on the final day of the meeting.
"Izzi Top likes some cut in the ground, and The Fugue likes it on top," Gosden said, "and she hasn't had that since being knocked over [when favourite for the Oaks at] Epsom.
"They are looking at the Nassau, the only place that they want to see Frankel is in the breeding shed, certainly not on the racecourse. Izzi Top has progressed through the year, and is undefeated and is an obvious filly for the Nassau. The Fugue is progressive and you'll see her in the Nassau if the ground is good-to-firm.
"William [Buick, Gosden's stable jockey] will probably be in a dilemma between them, and I can see the ground influencing his decision."
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Andy Carroll's divorce from Liverpool seems wasteful but inevitable - The Guardian
Andy Carroll was supposed to be relaxing at a plush Brazilian resort and yet, even as he soaks up the sun and attempts to let those flowing locks down, he must now feel frazzled again. It is only a month since the forward was leaping to meet Steven Gerrard's delivery and thunder a glorious header beyond Andreas Isaksson, an England goal crafted in Liverpool to rouse a vocal minority within Kiev's Olympic Stadium. Back then it appeared a watershed, the moment a player proved he belonged. Now it feels more like a false dawn.
Carroll will wonder at this depressing reversion to type. He had travelled to Euro 2012 propelled by a late-season flurry of form with Kenny Dalglish's Liverpool and with his mood presumably improved further when Brendan Rodgers' appointment back on Merseyside suggested the club was embracing reinvigoration. And yet, even before he has benefited from a training session under the new regime, the 23-year-old is now painfully aware that his days at Anfield are numbered.
A striker who would not appear a natural fit in the style and system Rodgers intends to implement has effectively been rendered available for transfer. There were times last term when he must have felt superfluous, his rhythm lost in an inability to string together a prolonged run of Premier League starts. Even before the new term is underway, life on the periphery merely feels maintained.
The reality as to whether he stays or goes before the new season has descended already into a game or brinkmanship between Liverpool's hierarchy and a string of suitors led by his former employers, Newcastle United. Those at Anfield will only countenance a sale worth £20m. Newcastle, Aston Villa and West Ham would prefer a loan move, possibly with a view to a long-term deal, though their valuations will not match Liverpool's for a player who was bought on impulse and has since mustered 11 goals in 56 games in his 18 months at the club.
This has the makings of one of those all too familiar sagas – they seem more usually to feature Arsenal – that resolves itself only when panic sets in and the transfer deadline is upon us at the end of August. Unless, of course, Carroll ends up being granted an opportunity to impress upon linking up with Liverpool's squad in the United States next week and goes on to persuade the management that he should have a future at the club.
Instinctively compromise feels unlikely. There has already been at least one telephone call between Rodgers and Carroll, during which the player was apparently told "exactly where he stands". On the face of it theirs does feel like an awkward relationship. Much is made of the precise passing routines and possession play demanded by Rodgers at Swansea, which will form the basis of Liverpool's approach next season, and that technique-based system would hardly appear suited to tapping into Carroll's strengths as a line-leader and old school English centre-forward.
Just as integral to the adopted pattern of play will be the pressing required to regain the ball when it is surrendered. While he is imposing in the air and possesses a hammer of a shot, the 6ft 3in forward is not the most mobile on the turf. Rather he has other assets – England have benefited at times from his hold-up play when they have gone more direct, and his impact as a battering presence for his club in scraps against Everton, Blackburn Rovers and Chelsea last season was obvious – but, if the frontline cannot harry and hassle, then gaps will appear behind and the collective suddenly feels lightweight.
Rodgers had spoken of loaning the forward out, suggesting games elsewhere for players on the fringes "can benefit the club in the long term", though it seems unlikely that Carroll would ever return better placed to fit into the manager's favoured approach. The only surprise in his apparent willingness to discard the striker is the lack of an obvious Plan B.
Liverpool are anxious for their new head coach to thrive and concede he will need time to make a proper impact but they will also demand positive results through the inevitable period of adjustment to come. If they are chasing matches while Rodgers is still implementing his preferred style, would the option of casting Carroll into the fray as a battering-ram impact player not be beneficial? The manager seems unconcerned by the issue but others might suggest a player who had just started to show his true capabilities last spring might remain an asset worth utilising.
Carroll, it seems, is resigned to leaving. Where once he was bullish and bolstered by his effective cameos with the national team, now he would apparently favour the thrashing out of a move back home to Tyneside. He understandably needs to feel wanted and there is an irony that, at the time of writing, he would seem far more likely to start England's friendly against Italy in Berne on 15 August than Liverpool's opening Premier League fixture at West Bromwich Albion three days later.
That feels unsatisfactory and, if he has not played consistently and remains a Liverpool player as the transfer deadline passes, his involvement with Roy Hodgson's team in the World Cup qualifiers against Moldova and Ukraine in September would surely be forfeit. Similarly life on the fringes at Anfield will merely prolong the circus, the questions forever revolving around whether he is to be included from the start against Arsenal, Sunderland or Norwich, or even in an unappealing Capital One Cup tie or Europa League fixture. That will become tiresome, as much for the questioners as the club and their player.
A compromise may have to be reached eventually to sanction another fresh start. Upon signing Carroll in January 2010, John W Henry had shrugged off fears over the size of the £35m fee by stressing that the key had always been Liverpool's ability to prise £15m more from Chelsea to secure Fernando Torres. "Those prices could have been £35m [from Chelsea for Torres] and £20m [to Newcastle for Carroll], 40 and 25 or 50 and 35," he said. "It was ultimately up to Newcastle how much this was all going to cost. They [Newcastle] made a hell of a deal. We felt the same way." At some stage Liverpool will have to accept that blinding deal has now been exposed as a loss. Disappointing as it may be for Carroll to accept, particularly with memories of Kiev still smouldering, a parting of the ways might be best for all.
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Essex Police on standby for Olympics venue in Hadleigh - BBC News
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Essex County share of NCCC budget is flat - Press Republican
ELIZABETHTOWN — Essex County lawmakers were delighted to learn Monday that North Country Community College isn’t asking them for a budget increase.
College President Dr. Steven Tyrell said the institution’s 2012-13 budget request is $1.19 million from each county, the same as the last school year.
The budget itself totals $13.6 million, a 3.3 percent increase over 2011-12.
“It’s a balanced budget,” Vice President for Finance William Chapin said. “We’ve maintained the same tuition rate as we did in 2011-12. We recognize the importance of keeping the college affordable for our students.”
Tyrell said they’ve started popular new programs this year: fine arts studio and environmental science.
“We are rated as the No. 1 community college in New York state,” he said.
HELD THE LINE
Supervisor Thomas Scozzafava (R-Moriah), who chairs the County Finance Committee, praised NCCC officials for holding the line on spending.
“We were all very pleased they’re not asking for an increase,” he said. “(And) they’re going to work a lot harder to recruit Essex County residents.”
Essex County residents who attend a community college in another county have their tuitions partially charged back to Essex County, and that sum was $600,000 last year.
Scozzafava said he’d like to see that reduced by more local recruiting.
“The overall budget, I think it’s very good.”
PUBLIC HEARINGS
The non-instructional staff at the college will get 3 percent raises in the budget, per their contract, and the contract for the teaching staff is still being negotiated, Chapin said. He said they anticipate slight increases for those employees.
He said all college employees now contribute between 8 and 25 percent of the cost of their health insurance.
The Essex County Board of Supervisors Finance Committee gave preliminary approval to the budget on Monday, and set a public hearing on the spending plan for 9:45 a.m. Monday, July 30.
The Franklin County Legislature gave its preliminary OK earlier this month and slated that public hearing for 11 a.m. Thursday at the County Court House in Malone.
A final vote will take place at the August meetings of both bodies.
Email Lohr McKinstry: lmckinstry@pressrepublican.com
Source: pressrepublican.com
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