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Hours after Casey Anthony learned on Thursday that she will leave jail next week, lightning apparently struck a tree next to a makeshift memorial in honor of her slain daughter, Caylee.

No one saw lightning strike the pine tree on Suburban Drive in Orange County, Florida, where teddy bears and flowers mark the spot where 2-year-old Caylee's remains were found on December 11, 2008.

But long, diagonal strips of exposed wood scarred the tall pine tree, WESH reported, and bits of bark lay scattered across the road.

"It could be a sign from the angels that they aren't happy with what's happened," a visitor to the site told the Orlando Sentinel newspaper. "The rain, the lightning, the storm – it's the heavens indicating they aren't happy."

There are more lightning strikes in Florida per square mile than in any other state, according to weather.com.

A Pinellas County jury acquitted Anthony, 24, of murder and manslaughter charges Tuesday in the death of her daughter. The same jury convicted her of four charges of obstruction of justice for lying to police during the search for Caylee.

Judge Belvin Perry sentenced Anthony to four years in jail – one year for each of her four convictions – but with credit for nearly three years already served and good behavior, her release date was set for Wednesday, July 13, a court spokeswoman said.

Source: http://news.blogs.cnn.com/2011/07/07/lightning-strikes-tree-near-caylee-anthony-memorial-site/

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'Jerry Springer' offer to Casey Anthony gets killed

STAMFORD, Conn. -- "The Jerry Springer Show" has backtracked on its $1 million offer to Casey Anthony to appear on the talk show, Radar Online reported Friday.

The deal was presented to Casey's attorney Jose Baez by Al Taylor, a freelance producer for the show, who claimed he had the green light from the program's executives, according to the gossip website.

"I spoke to someone very high up and they knew I made the offer for them," Taylor told the site.

"The 'Springer' show got immediate backlash though and decided they didn't want any part of it anymore. But there is another show interested and they are about to make an offer in writing to Baez," he added.

The pricey payout would have come with strings attached though -- Springer's team wanted Anthony to appear with her parents, Cindy and George, and her brother Lee.

Anthony, 25, was acquitted Tuesday of murdering her two-year-old daughter, Caylee, but convicted of lying to police.

Her defense included the claim she was sexually abused as a child by her father -- a suggestion her parents subsequently described as "baseless."

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/casey_anthony_offered_million_for_DO4Se6uKOUCvMzCo2Ioz9O#ixzzG2p656kMF

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