Ohio basketball player Tony Farmer collapses after being sentenced to 3 years in prison

Tony Farmer, the Ohio basketball star, made headlines for collapsing in the court after he was sentenced to prison for attacking and kidnapping his girlfriend. Farmer’s trial video is abuzz all over social media. Media representatives present in the court room caught him on the spot when Cuyahoga County Court Judge Pamela Barker gave him three years for kidnapping in the April incident.

Tony Farmer was literally shocked. In fact a chill ran down his spine when he heard it directly from the judge. In order to confirm, Farmer asked his lawyer, Joe Dubyak, whether he was sentenced for three years.
Farmer was not only sentenced for kidnapping his girlfriend, but also has to serve the two-year prison for felonious assault and two years for robbery. When he thought he would be spending the next seven years of his life in prison, he collapsed out of utter shock and tremor at his lawyer's feet.

The judge tried to handle the chaos in the court room by saying she wasn’t finished yet. A court officer lifted Tony Farmer from the ground while the judge said, "Tony, come on Tony. It's not as bad as you think it is."

Barker tried to calm him down by saying that the terms would be served concurrently and that Farmer would spend three years in prison. This sentence would be re-evaluated after 180 days and until then Tony has to be in prison.

According to the prosecutors, Tony Farmer attacked his girlfriend, Lane, and dragged her by her hair outside the building, taking her cell phone, bank cards and the car keys. He was also charged and blamed for sending threating messages to his girlfriend. Andrea Lane was at her apartment building in Bedford Heights, southeast of Cleveland at the time of this assault.

Three years of imprisonment means a lot of damage to his budding career and future as a basketball player. Tony is an exceptional player. He was an all-state pick in his junior year and was ranked among the top 100 basketball recruits in the country. Xavier, Dayton, Ohio State, Michigan State, Iowa, West Virginia and Illinois were all courting him.

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German Chancellor Angela Merkel named 'most powerful woman'

German Chancellor Angela Merkel is the world's most powerful woman, according to Forbes magazine's annual survey.

The chancellor, who also headed last year's list, is joined at the top by the US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, who is in second place.

Mrs Merkel is noted for her role in trying to resolve the eurozone debt crisis, as leader of Europe's biggest economy.

Meanwhile, the President of Brazil, Dilma Rousseff, comes in third.

The survey  ranks women - mostly policymakers, businesswomen and celebrities - according to influence, wealth and media presence

"These power women exert influence in very different ways and to very different ends, and all with very different impacts on the global community," said Moira Forbes, president and publisher of Forbes Woman.

Melinda Gates, co-chair of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, and Jill Abramson, the executive editor of New York Times, also make the top five.

The list of 100 come from 28 countries and have an average age of 55. It includes 25 CEOs overseeing $984bn (£623bn) in revenues.

Among those who made it onto the list for the first time are singer Jennifer Lopez and philanthropist and widow of Apple founder Steve Jobs, Laurene Powell Jobs.

Britain's Queen Elizabeth II came in at 26th place, and was also the oldest on the list, at 86 years old. Singer Lady Gaga was the youngest, at only 26 years old, and coming 14th.

Mrs Merkel "is the 'Iron Lady' of the European Union and the lead player in the eurozone economic drama that continues to threaten global markets," Forbes said.

"As Greece, Spain, Italy and Portugal have teetered on the brink of an economic collapse, she has vowed to do everything in her power to preserve the 17-country EU."

Meanwhile, Mrs Clinton, the magazine says, "has had a formidable past 12 months" as America's secretary of state, handling issues such as Wikileaks, the Syrian conflict and North Korea.

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'Top Gun' director dies after jumping off bridge

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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Tony Scott, director of such Hollywood hits as "Top Gun," ''Days of Thunder" and "Beverly Hills Cop II," died Sunday after jumping from a Los Angeles County bridge, authorities said.

The 68-year-old Scott's death was being investigated as a suicide, Los Angeles County Coroner's Lt. Joe Bale said.

Sutradara 'Top Gun' meninggal setelah melompat dari jembatan

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LOS ANGELES (AP) - Tony Scott, sutradara hit Hollywood seperti "Top Gun",'' Days of Thunder" dan "Beverly Hills Cop II" meninggal hari Minggu setelah melompat dari sebuah jembatan di Los Angeles, kata pihak berwenang.

Kematian Scott, 68 tahun sedang diselidiki sebagai bunuh diri, Los Angeles County Koroner Letnan Bale Joe mengatakan.