Tuesday, May 01, 2007

Birkhead Brings Home Daniellynn














Larry Birkhead finally has his daughter right where he wants her.

After securing a temporary passport for seven-month-old Dannielynn in the Bahamas Monday, the doting dad brought his progeny back to the United States aboard a chartered plane Tuesday.

An Access Hollywood camera crew joined the father-daughter duo for the flight, ensuring that no tender moment went undocumented. (The NBC-owned show reportedly paid $1 million for the honor.)

The plane touched down in Fort Lauderdale briefly before continuing on to Birkhead's hometown of Louisville, Kentucky.

"It just feels good to be home," Birkhead told the gathered reporters and photographers upon disembarking from the plane.

Last week, Larry completed the process of having Dannielynn's birth certificate changed to show that he is officially, legally and biologically, her father.

Meanwhile, last Friday, Virgie Arthur's request to prevent Anna Nicole Smith's baby girl from traveling outside the country was denied -- and our Kevin Frazier was at the courthouse for details from the hearing.

The judge said he was "a little perplexed" as to "why this order is in front of us," Kevin reported. The judge added that he felt the order was "weak" before denying the appeal. Virgie was then ordered to pay court costs of $3,000, which includes Larry's fees.

This was an "expensive day for her," Larry told Kevin afterwards. "I feel like I just got a divorce from her, and I didn't even know we had a baby together."

Virgie was seeking to keep the little girl in the Bahamas until the next custody hearing in June, but the courts will allow Dannielynn to travel with her father.

34 Duke MBAs Caught Cheating


In the largest cheating incident in the history of the Fuqua School of Business, 34 students in the daytime class of 2008 face penalties for violating the Fuqua Honor Code in a required first-year course.

Charged with collaborating on a single take-home exam in the third quarter of their first year, nine of the convicted students face expulsion for "extremely severe violations," and another 15 students will receive a one-year suspension and a failing grade in the course for "severe offense," according to an e-mail sent to the Fuqua community last Friday.

In accordance with Honor Code policy, the University Judicial Board must keep the details of the case confidential, including the students' names.

All students of the class of 2008 were at risk of being expelled, while fifteen others will be suspended for one year, Mike Hemmerich, an associate dean at the school, confirmed. Students were found guilty of collaborating answers in the exam.

"Fuqua depends on every member of its community to uphold the code in both spirit and action. This is why we require, as a condition of enrollment, that all students acknowledge their personal acceptance of the code," said a statement released by Dean Douglas T. Breeden.