Monday, August 17, 2015

Newborn baby found abandoned inside a box in the Saudi city of Makkah


The abandoned baby was found in street inside a box by Police patrol in the Saudi city of Makkah. According to Dubai-based Al Bayan Daily, the police came to know after it heard the sound of the crying baby with the umbilical cord still attached to it.

The Spolice in a joint effort with Red Crescent teams took the baby to the Children's Hospital where doctors are currently examining him. An investigation and search team was also formed to look for the parents of the abandoned baby.

The crashed Indonesia plane carried 54 people and nearly $500,000 for poor families


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People look at a passenger and baggage manifest of the crashed Trigana Air
Service flight at the airport in Sentani, near Jayapura, Papua province, 
Indonesia, August 17, 2015, in this photo taken by Antara Foto.
JAYAPURA, Indonesia (AP) - A passenger plane with 54 people on board that crashed in the mountains of eastern Indonesia was carrying nearly half a million dollars in government cash for poor families to help offset a spike in fuel prices, a local postal official said Monday.

The 10 most important things in the world right now



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A competitor jumps from the old bridge during a cliff diving competition in
Kanal ob Soci August 16, 2015.
Hello! Here's what you need to know on Monday.
1. A search plane has spotted the wreckage of an Indonesian passenger plane that went missing on Sunday. 44 passengers were on the plane. There is no word of any survivors.
2. Japan's economy shrank for the first time since Q3 2014. The government reported a decline of 0.4% in the June quarter.

Notorious Charles Bronson writes extraordinary letter from behind bars complaining he is Britain's 'forgotten prisoner'

Letter: Bronson complains he should be released from prison
Notorious Charles Bronson has penned an extraordinary letter from behind bars - complaining he is Britain’s Number 1 ‘forgotten prisoner.’
Known as the UK’s most violent lag, the 62-year-old claims his human rights are being breached by his continuing jailing in HMP Wakefield, West Yorks.
Bronson, now known as Charles Salvador, is serving a life sentence for robbery and kidnap, but says he is 13 years over his tariff for possible release.

Gazprom's colossal deal with China is already looking like a terrible move for Russia

Xi Jinping PutinREUTERS/Carlos BarriaRussian President Vladimir Putin with Chinese President Xi Jinping in Shanghai in 2014.
There was a lot of excitement in the industry when the Russian energy giant Gazprom announced a mammoth $400 billion (£256 billion), 30-year export deal to China in May 2014, but the agreement is now coming under extreme pressure on numerous fronts.
Morgan Stanley analysts on Monday morning suggested that construction of the necessary pipeline would be delayed by at least six months, taking the initial exports to mid-2019 at the earliest.
The initial deal had talked about beginning supplies as early as 2018.

Photo of the man who stabbed Morgan Freeman's grand-daughter to death yesterday


Yesterday, Morgan Freeman's 33 year old daughter E'Dena Hines, was stabbed to death on a New York street near her home. Her ex-boyfriend was arrested for the murder and was taken to a psychiatric home yesterday. The man has been revealed as 30 year old Lamar Davenport, (left).

A man who saw the attack which took place around 3am, through his window called the police.

Lamar was reportedly stabbing E'Dean and screaming: 'Get out, devils. In the name of Jesus Christ, I cast you out'. The aspiring actor had a history of drug abuse. He's currently at New York's Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center to undergo psychological testing before being questioned by police. 

Sunday, August 16, 2015

Scientists think they've found a way to help people 'forget' their drug addictions

The idea of erasing people's memories sounds like something straight from the script of Men In Black, but what if those memories are damaging ones - like knowledge of an addiction to a harmful substance? Researchers in the US are testing a drug that they say can effectively wipe away memories of a meth addiction in the brains of laboratory mice.

Box Office: ‘Straight Outta Compton’ Debuts to Scorching $56.1 Million

Straight Outta Compton
Straight Outta Compton” may take place more than two decades ago, but its themes of racial tension, poverty and police brutality still speak to moviegoers living in a post-Ferguson world.
The biopic about rap group N.W.A debuted to a blistering $56.1 million this weekend in 2,757 theaters, surpassing “American Pie 2” to become the biggest-ever August debut for an R-rated movie. It’s the kind of opening usually reserved for so-called tentpole movies that trade in costumed heroes and special effects, not urban violence.

Morgan Freeman’s Step-Granddaughter Stabbed to Death

Morgan Freeman Step-Granddaughter Dead
E’Dena Hines, the 33-year-old step-granddaughter of Morgan Freeman, has died after receiving multiple stab wounds in New York City on Sunday, according to media reports.Hines was found at about 3 a.m. on the 400 block of W. 162nd, police told People magazine. Responding officers found her bleeding from multiple stab wounds on her torso.

Killer cannibal reveals he cooked women in stews and pies and says it's the same as eating beef

Brazilian Cannibal Jorge Beltrao Negromonte
Killer cannibal: Brazilian Cannibal Jorge Beltrao Negromonte says eating women is the same as eating beef
The prisoner opposite me licks his lips after every other word.
It’s particularly off-putting because the man across the table is cannibal Jorge Beltrao Negromonte, who made meat pasties from his victims’ flesh.
The former university professor also ate it sauteed with onions and oregano or made into a stew with vegetables.

Incredible drone pictures emerge laying bare the huge scene of devastation at Chinese warehouse - as it emerges amount of cyanide on site may have been 70 times the legal amount

Disaster: Several hundred tonnes of cyanide were kept at the warehouse devastated by giant explosions in Tianjin, China on WednesdaySeveral hundreds of tonnes of highly poisonous cyanide were being stored at the warehouse devastated by two giant explosions in the Chinese port of Tianjin earlier this week, a senior military officer said Sunday.
According to earlier reports, 700 tonnes of sodium cyanide had been stored at the warehouse, an amount which is 70 times what is permitted.
The official government confirmation of the presence of cyanide at the site of the blasts came as then number of casualties continues to spiral, with 112 confirmed dead on Sunday morning. 

Disaster: Several hundred tonnes of cyanide were kept at the warehouse devastated by giant explosions in Tianjin, China on Wednesday

Don't carry things for strangers at airports. Drug smugglers now use different tricks (photos)


In a 15 seconds video, security experts revealed drugs hidden inside an Aquafina bottled water. When you first look at the bottle, it looks clean, like it's just water, until you shake and open. It's a trick drug dealers now use. Be warned. I screen-grabbed from the video. More photos after the cut...

Victim's lucky escape helped her to convict a serial killer who confessed to 50 rapes


Bobby Joe Long and victim Lisa McVey aged 17
Serial killer Bobby Joe Long and survivor Lisa McVey aged 17

When Lisa McVey, 17, was abducted and assaulted in 1984, she thought she was going to die. But her lucky escape helped police put serial killer Bobby Joe Long behind bars

During the mid 1980s, Florida’s Tampa strip was torn apart by a sadistic killer who was fuelled by his hatred of women.

Back then, the downtown area in the Sunshine State had a reputation for coming alive at night with strip bars. But as the killer left a trail of bodies in his wake, locals became nervous about going out after dark.
On the night of 3 November 1984, Lisa McVey, then 17, was riding her bike home after a double shift at a doughnut shop.

Fugitive radical Sunni preacher attempted to enter Nigeria through Cairo


According to reports, fugitive Sunni preacher, Ahmed al-Assir was trying to leave Lebanon to Nigeria through Cairo using fake Palestinian travel documents. Above is a photo of him as he was arrested by Lebanese authorities at Beirut International Airport, Lebanon.

The militant cleric had been on the run since June 2013, after he and his supporters engaged in a deadly two-day battle with the Lebanese army in the southern city of Sidon. He is being accused of having formed armed groups that attacked an institution of the state, the army, killed officers and soldiers, took explosive materials and light and heavy weapons and used them against the army.

A new enzyme that eats up nicotine in the bloodstream could help smokers quit

In the struggle to help people give up cigarettes, scientists have tried everything from slow-release nicotine patches and gums to nicotine vaccines. But now researchers in the US have found a bacterial enzyme that devours nicotine in the bloodstream, and it could be the tool that helps people quit for good. 

David Beckham is now second on the list of the world's highest earning former athletes - but who's No.1?


Michael Jordan has been revealed as the world's highest earning former athlete.
The basketball legend retired (for the final time) 12 years ago, but that hasn't diminished his earning power.
Jordan pocketed $100million (£63.9m) in 2014 from commercial deals, largely involving sportswear giant Nike.
In a recent court case it was revealed that Jordan received $480m (£306.8m) from Nike between 2000 and 2012.

Bill Maher and activist/musician Talib Kweli discuss the #BlackLivesMatter movement.


Hip hop artist and activist Talib Kweli defended protesters Mara Jacqueline Willaford and Marissa Johnson during a conversation withBill Maher on HBO’s Real Time, saying that “the job of activism is not to be liked, not to be polite.”
Maher and Kweli were discussing the actions of Willaford and Johnson, who had taken over a rally for Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders in an attempt to draw attention to the Black Lives Matter movement. Maher pointed out that Sanders has a strong record for civil rights and that therefore he might not have been the proper target for the protesters. But Kweli countered, saying that Sanders “is somebody who — just because someone has a record of civil rights doesn’t mean they are automatically entitled to the black vote.”

Son Of Magic Johnson( EJ Johnson) suffers wardrobe malfunction (photos)


EJ Johnson, the 23-year-old son of Magic Johnson, who is also a star on the Rich Kids Of Beverly Hills flaunted his new slimmer body in a revealing shirt dress on Saturday night but had a wardrobe malfunction. Another photo after the cut..

'She chewed me up and spat me out': Ex-boyfriend of Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro lifts the lid on their feisty 15-month relationship

The ex-boyfriend of Chelsea doctor Eva Carneiro says his life has been 'ruined' after dating the glamorous medic.
Rupert Patterson-Ward said he wanted to start a family with Ms Carneiro but that the tumultuous relationship came to a bitter end when he claims she 'chewed me up and spat me out'.
The commercial manager also said he was constantly intimated by the 41-year-old's popularity among the Chelsea players.

Indonesia plane carrying 54 people goes missing


An Indonesian domestic flight carrying 54 passengers and crew has gone missing. The plane, said to be about 27 years old, lost contact with air traffic control in Papua province around 2.55pm local time

The Trigana Air Service flight carrying 44 adult passengers, five children and five crew members, left Sentani Airport at 2:22 p.m. and was supposed to land at Oksibil airport at about 3:05 p.m but disappeared 10 minutes before it was due to land. Indonesia Transport ministry said no distress call was made from the plane.

Search and rescue have begun though it has since been called off because of bad weather. Search for the plane, believed to have crashed in the steep mountains, will continue tomorrow. 

Taking students' virginity, earning $10,000 in days and seeing seven clients a night: Sex worker's confessions about what life in a legal brothel is REALLY like

Sarah Greenmore, from Nevada, says she is strict about always using a condom and has an STD check every weekit's an industry where everything happens behind closed doors but one sex worker has revealed what really happens in a legal brothel.
Sarah Greenmore, from Nevada, US, has answered a Reddit Ask Me Anything thread with eye-opening answers about everything from coping with seven clients a night to earning nearly $10,000 (more than £6,000) in 13 days.
Following the announcement that Amnesty International support the decriminalisation of prostitution, Sarah said she hoped that sharing her firsthand experience would help combat 'false information' about the industry.

Saturday, August 15, 2015

9 Success Habits of Wealthy People That Cost Nothing

9 Success Habits of Wealthy People That Cost Nothing
Have you ever you wondered how certain people have gotten so successful? Sure you have. A great idea, motivation, persistence, and a little luck helps, but most successful people share certain habits. Here are nine habits that have helped place them on the top:

Dream beach holiday ends in tragedy as 7 students drown in the Indian Ocean

 

Tragedy struck on Wednesday afternoon August 12th when 7 students of St Martin Boys’ Boarding Primary School in Kahuro, Murang’a County, Kenya drowned in the Indian Ocean while on school holiday. The students, aged between 13 and 15, met their deaths while swimming at the Pavilion Beach, Diani, in Kwale.

More than 40 Libyans suffocate to death on overcrowded boat carrying 400 desperate migrants across the Mediterranean

Tragedy: More than 40 migrants have died in the Mediterranean after suffocating below the deck of an overcrowded boat (pictured)
More than 40 migrants have died in the Mediterranean after suffocating below the deck of an overcrowded boat, the Italian navy said.
'Operation underway... many migrants saved. At least 40 dead,' it said through its Twitter account.
The boat was carrying around 400 people - of whom 320 have been saved -  when it was intercepted south of the Italian island of Lampedusa.
Footage of the rescue shows two navy vessels helping men, women and children - presumably fleeing war and persecution - off the dangerously overcrowded blue ship. 
Tragedy: More than 40 migrants have died in the Mediterranean after suffocating below the deck of an overcrowded boat (pictured)

Kendrick Lamar Interviews N.W.A. For Billboard’s Latest Cover Story [PHOTOS]


If you’re looking for life this morning, here it is; Compton, old and new. In their recent cover story, Billboard called on Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar to sit down with Ice Cube, Dr. Dre, MC Ren and DJ Yella. #DOPE.

Although he was somewhat star-struck, K. Dot was able to discuss with N.W.A., the highs and lows of hip-hop, music as an art, the group’s favorite artists – of course Kendrick himself was on that list, but MC Ren is also feeling Pusha T – as well as how N.W.A. changed the history of the rap game.

Hit the jump for more details and see photos..

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