When a little white baggie fell out of the purse she was carrying, Paris Hilton had an explanation for Las Vegas police. “She had not seen it but now thought it was gum,” said an officer’s report. It turned out the baggie actually contained .8 grams of cocaine, and now Hilton faces felony drug-possession charges [...]
The government has confirmed it is planning to scrap the NHS Direct telephone service in England and replace it with an alternative service. A new 1-1-1 helpline is already being piloted in north-east England. It was previously reported that the new service may replace NHS Direct, but now the Department of Health has confirmed it [...]
National Topless Day in Venice Beach, California? iReport – In Venice Beach, California, over 200 women & over 50 men gathered to celebrate the 3rd Annual National Topless Day. They marched from Navy St. down the Venice boardwalk, where surprised onlookers, many tourists, got an eye full. Camera’s quickly came out and cheers of encouragement [...]
There has been increase in the Crash for Cash Scams used by some fraudulent drivers in the UK “Crash for cash” scams, where people stage
French film star Cecile Aubry, who also wrote the popular 1960s TV series Belle and Sebastian, has died aged 81. Aubry, who had lung cancer, died near Paris, her family said. After being signed up by 20th Century Fox aged 20, Aubry went on to star in films like Manon (1949) and The Black Rose [...]
LONDON — A British lawmaker is refusing to meet female Muslim constituents who wear face-covering veils and has proposed a law banning the practice altogether, he said on Saturday. Philip Hollobone, a member of parliament (MP) from Prime Minister David Cameron’s Conservative party, wants to see a French-style ban on women covering their faces in [...]
More than 2.5million users will leave Facebook unless certain Islamic pages are reinstated, it has been claimed. A template letter that has been pasted into numerous Facebook pages accuses founder ‘Mark Zuckerberg’ and other senior members of Facebook of ‘ignoring the feelings of more than 2.5million Muslims’. The Muslim community is angry that four extremely [...]
Whatever happened to animal rights? Afghanistan’s Taliban insurgents are training monkeys to use weapons to attack American troops, according to a recent report by a British-based media agency. Reporters from the media agency spotted and took photos of a few “monkey soldiers” holding AK-47 rifles and Bren light machine guns in the Waziristan tribal region [...]
A woman who pleaded guilty to having sex with the biological son she gave up for adoption and later tracked down on the Internet has been sentenced nine years to 30 years in prison. Aimee L. Sword, 36, of Waterford Township apologized at her sentencing Monday in Oakland County Circuit Court. She had pleaded guilty [...]
LEXINGTON, Ky. — Mel Turpin, former NBA player an All-American Kentucky centre, committed suicide Thursday, authorities said. He was 49. Police and the coroner were called to his North Lexington house Thursday afternoon on a personal injury call. They found Turpin dead. Coroner Gary Ginn says that Turpin had committed suicide, but would not say [...]
Iraqi security officials say a suicide bomber killed at least 30 people and wounded more than 60 Wednesday after detonating an explosives-filled belt near a crowd of Shi’ite pilgrims. Officials say the attack took place in Adhamiyah, a Sunni district of Baghdad. Investigators say at least five other people were killed in separate bombings in [...]
Before Lindsay Lohan got sentenced, she indirectly said “f*ck U” to the judge. In court she had “f*ck U” painted on her fingernails, she conveyed the message by demonstrating as if she was sorry.
