Company director crushed to death by his own 29ft yacht after it fell on him in dockyard

A yachtsman has been crushed to death by his own boat which fell on him while he worked on it at a yacht club.

The 56-year-old man was carrying out general repairs beneath the 29ft sailing yacht when it suddenly toppled over on to him.

He was found under the half-a-ton wooden vessel and although ambulance paramedics tried to save him, he was pronounced dead at the Weymouth Sailing Club in Dorset.

Members there said the victim, thought to be a company director, had joined the club a year ago after moving to the area.

He lived close to the sailing club and took his boat out of the harbour last week to carry out two weeks of maintenance to it.

Man believes painkillers turned him gay

A man claims that he has turned gay because of painkillers that he had been taking. Scott Purdy, 23, started taking the drug after breaking his foot while go-karting and quickly lost his sexual attraction to women.
He broke up with his girlfriend of six months and said that he had developed an attraction to men. He said: ‘I noticed my libido for women had gone and I was wanting male attention. I was with a girlfriend I had been with for around six months. ‘I had never been interested in men. When I was younger I was a little bit curious but a couple of weeks after I started taking it I turned around and said I didn’t find her physically attractive anymore. She knew I was taking Pregabalin.

EFCC Recovers N216m From “Swiss Golden”

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has recovered a total of N216,402,565.05 (Two Hundred and Sixteen Million, Four Hundred and Two Thousand, Five Hundred Sixty Naira, Five Kobo) only from Swiss Golden Investment, an online investment that purportedly deals in buying and selling of Gold Bars.
The recovery was sequel to a petition the Commission received from thousands of complainants who alleged that they invested in Swiss Golden Investment which was advertised as an online investment that deals with buying and selling of Gold Bars. The petitioner further alleged that after investing over a billion naira into the business, the company refused to pay them any dividend or pay them back their capital.

Breaking news : shooting in Maitama axis. Police is currently shooting at the Shiite protesters

Can’t confirm but I trust my source
Everyone should please avoid the Maitama axis. Police is currently shooting at the Shiite protesters. It's very bad. There are currently around NCC.  Just confirmed from my boy who works there,  said stray bullets are flying into their office and tear gas is every where in the air. Just be cautious

7 inmates dead, 17 injured in South Carolina prison fighting

A South Carolina prisons spokesman says seven inmates are dead and 17 others required outside medical attention after hours of fighting inside a maximum security prison.

Prisons spokesman Jeff Taillon announced the grim outcome after State Law Enforcement Division agents helped secure Lee Correctional Institution around 3 a.m. Monday.

Taillon said no officers were wounded after multiple inmate fights broke out at 7:15 p.m. Sunday.

Full Metal Jacket drill sergeant R Lee Ermey dies aged 74

Actor R Lee Ermey, known for his role as foul-mouthed Gunnery Sergeant Hartman in Vietnam War film Full Metal Jacket, has died aged 74.

The former US Marine Corps soldier turned award-winning actor played a host of military men during his career.

Ermey's manager, posting to the actor's Twitter account, said he died from "complications of pneumonia".

"He will be greatly missed by all of us," the message read. "Semper Fi, Gunny. Godspeed."

Born in 1944 in Kansas, Ermey was a staff sergeant in the marine corps in the 1960s and early 1970s, serving tours in Japan and Vietnam. He also served as a real-life drill sergeant.

US recalls more than 200 million eggs over salmonella fears

Nearly 207 million eggs from a farm in North Carolina are being recalled from nine U.S. states after 22 people fell ill, the federal Food and Drug Administration has said.

It is the largest recall of eggs in the United States since 2010, the Food Safety News website reported.

The eggs may have been contaminated with salmonella braenderup, an organism which can cause serious and sometimes fatal infections in young children, frail or elderly people and others with weakened immune systems, the FDA said on Friday in a statement.