Iconic beauties

Iconic beauties, Many women are beautiful, but not all have achieved icon status. Some women just have "it" -- the attitude, the allure and the enchanting looks that make them unforgettable and endlessly fascinating.
Meet the iconic beauties of yesterday and today that we just can't get enough of.

Portland disease date lawsuit

Portland disease date lawsuit,A 49-year-old Portland, Ore., woman has won a lawsuit against a 69-year-old retired dentist after contracting a sexually-transmitted disease from him ; and now the man must fork over a huge amount of money in damages  The lawsuit — reportedly the first of its kind — rested on whether the man should have known his disease was perpetually contagious and whether the woman was also at fault An Oregon jury has awarded $900,000 to a woman who claimed a retired dentist infected her with genital herpes, in a rare case in which a dispute over a sexually transmitted disease went to a jury trial.
The 49-year-old woman, who filed the suit under a pseudonym, testified last week that she suffered painful outbreaks and spiraled into depression following a sexual encounter with the 69-year-old man she met through the dating website eHarmony.
"I told the jury he's dangerous, and I believe he is," said Randall Vogt, the attorney for the woman, who declined to be interviewed.
High-profile lawsuits accusing celebrities of herpes transmission have been in the news for a quarter-century, but such lawsuits remain relatively rare and typically do not go to trial. The award issued Friday is believed to be the largest of its kind in Oregon. A similar 1996 case ended in a $550,000 settlement.

Mars colony

Mars colony, Dutch startup Mars One says it has the will and the means to build a human colony on Mars in only 11 years' time (video: watch the company explain how they will do it). Mars One's plan includes sending a communications satellite to the planet in 2016, followed by a robotic rover in 2018, and finally a team of colonizers in 2020 who will set the foundation for a full-fledged Mars colony by 2023 Mars has been partially terraformed and colonized. The atmosphere is still not breathable, and much of the surface remains a vast, cold desert, but some equatorial regions have been made fertile through generations of hard work. There, specially adapted plants are grown, both indoors and in the martian soil outside. Life on these farms is tough, with many farmers able to grown only what they need to survive.

In the polar regions, however, it is a different story. This is where much of the Martian population lives, protected from the elements by large bio-domes, and provided for by trade with Earth and its other colonies. The primary resource here is water ice – the most valuable commodity in the solar system – which is mined by the Martian colonists from the polar ice caps.The Martian colonies of the North are wealthy, and loyal to the governments of Earth (on which they depend for much of their income). Those living in the sparsely desert regions are not so happy with the status quo. Several years previously, they rose up in armed revolt. The rebellion was quickly put down, but many still fly the flag of an Independent Mars.

The parallels with American history and the history of Ireland are obvious.Our story takes place in a small rural town, two decades after the end of the Martian Civil War. The town is poor but its citizens are deeply rooted to the land, their ancestry going back to the early days of Martian colonization. When a rich vein of precious metal is discovered nearby, the future of the town begins to look much brighter. But then…

Scientists have long known that the Martian moon Phobos is in a decaying orbit, and that it will one day break apart and impact the planet . However, they hadn’t expected this to happen so soon. It seems that Phobos’s orbit was disrupted more than they had thought when a large spaceship crashed into its surface during the Martian Civil War. When this is realized, the government begins to evacuate the huge impact zone, in which our town lies.

Copenhaver Castle sold

Copenhaver Castle sold, Even with some home prices at historic lows, $1.45 million is not typically enough to buy a mansion. In Arizona, however, it is apparently enough to buy a castle  Robert Pazderka, owner of this company, has purchased the 7,900-square-foot Copenhaver Castle on Phoenix's Camelback Mountain (map it) for a paltry $1.45 million, 27 years after it was first put on the market for $7 millionThis abandoned, medieval castle, which sits in the hills above Phoenix, was constructed by Dr. Mort Copenhaver as a private residence during the 1970s. The exterior was constructed of stone blasted from the nearby mountainside, making it blend seamlessly into the environs.

Although the castle was purchased in 1989 after Copenhaver declared bankruptcy, it has sat vacant for many years awaiting a buyer as the price continues to plummet.
This 7900 square foot private residence in the shape of a Moorish castle was built in the 1970's by Dr. Mort Copenhaver, and was known at that time as Copenhaver Castle. The exterior is rock that was blasted from the surrounding mountainside. The property was purchased in 1989 by Jerry Mitchell, a millionaire from Texas who refurnished the interior in western style and renamed it Camelback Castle. In May 2012, it was purchased for $1.45 million by Robert Pazderka, who plans to spend an additional $3 million to $5 million to renovate the castle.

Mom arrested at graduation

Mom arrested at graduation,Police in South Carolina arrested a mother while she was attending her daughter's high school graduation (why?). According to officers, the woman was warned before they handcuffed and escorted her out (where did they take her?). Several hours later, she was released after posting a $225 bond Beach balls and bullhorns are commonly banned from graduation ceremonies, but some schools also want to silence the screaming — going so far as to have overzealous audience members arrested.

That’s what reportedly happened to South Carolina mom Shannon Cooper, who was accused of whooping so loudly during her daughter’s high school graduation Saturday night that cops charged her with disorderly conduct and placed her in a detention center.

“Are ya’ll serious? Are ya’ll for real? I mean, that’s what I’m thinking in my mind,” Cooper told WPDE NewsChannel 15 in Myrtle Beach. “I didn’t say anything. I was just like OK, I can’t fight the law. “

Cooper said she didn’t act any differently than other families when their children’s names were called during the South Florence High School ceremony.

Her daughter, Iesha, told WPDE she didn’t realize her mother was being arrested until her friends told her.

“They’re locking your momma up for cheering — and I was like that isn’t right because other people was cheering and they didn’t lock them up,” Iesha told the TV station.

Graz crematorium fire

Graz crematorium fire,Authorities in Graz, Austria, say a crematorium nearly burned down because a woman who was being cremated there was so obese that her body burned uncontrollably (has this happened often in other countries?). The blaze has led to residents of Graz calling for weight limits on people being cremated As you'll well know if you barbecue very often, fat is extremely flammable. Normally, the human body doesn't carry enough of the stuff for it to be a problem during cremation—but recently, an obese woman from Austria carried so much weight that her fat burnt strongly enough to set a crematorium ablaze.
The fat caused the fire inside the crematorium to reach 300C, resulting in clouds of smoke billowing out of the building when the filter mechanisms failed to stand up to the job. Firemen had to rush to the scence in Graz, Austria, where they were confronted by thick black smoke smoke which, in the words of the Daily Mail, left them "covered with a layer of sooty grease". Delightful. They eventually extinguished the fire by aiming water through the vents which are used to clear the filters of the cremation oven.

Scout Willis arrested

The A-listers’ daughter was busted with a beer about 7pm Monday at Union Square in New York City, TMZ reported.

She produced a New York identification card bearing the name of "Katherine Kelly" but finally relented and handed over her real California ID. The legal drinking age in the US is 21.

"The first ID isn't mine. My friend gave it to me. I don't know Katherine Kelly," she told the officer, according to the criminal complaint.
Willis, who is an aspiring singer, was charged with criminal impersonation and breaking an “open container” law, both misdemeanours in New York.