"TOKYO, Japan (CNN) -- A mother and her 6-month old girl escaped unhurt after she calmed down a knife-wielding robber with a glass of iced tea and a chat, Tokyo police said Wednesday. The 30-year-old housewife was in the hallway of her apartment building Monday when a man...
"Hollywood, CA (PRWEB) July 8, 2008 -- As the number of scams targeting aspiring actors, singers, dancers and models escalate, and scammers become more sophisticated in their methods, it can be tricky to identify the difference between a scam and a legitimate opportunity. In...
A US women has been sentenced for 4 years after she hit an Indian student in US. "A US woman, whose car accidentally ran over an Indian student last year, has been sentenced to four years in jail by an Ohio court. The 27-year-old Hankinson had ran a red light,...
Police in two of Canada's biggest metropolises dealt with multiple stabbings and shootings over the weekend. Five separate incidents in Toronto left seven men with stab wounds and one with a gunshot wound, while what looks to be gang-related activity has resulted in two...
In the year 2005, 5,700 chidren were raped. 1 in 6 women and 1 in 33 men will be sexually assualted in their lifetime. In the year 2006 there were 272,350 victims of sexual assault in the United...
UPDATE: 6:59PM ESTSome more details about the stabbing have emerged:" According to witnesses the boy, believed to be as young as 14-years-old, was chased by at least six hooded and masked youths before being knocked to the ground and knifed in the chest four times. Although...
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This is a fascinating analysis of how a photo of a child, both legs broken by Mugabe thugs, not only came to be--but how it came to not be on the internet. Question: should the New York Times, and Poynter Institute, have with-held internet publication of a photo published in...
Wendy Alexander, Labour's leader in the Scottish Parliament, is being suspended for one day for failing to declare campaign donations. Alexander maintains she did nothing wrong." Wendy Alexander claims she is the victim of a political witch hunt after being recommended for...
Update: June 26 | - Matthew Yglesias provides the best analysis I've seen so far: " My evolving view of the death penalty is that there are situations one could envision wherein punishment by execution would be a...
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"I got this mail this morning and felt i should share it to all. Scammers are always busy devising different means of getting money from others . So others should always learn not to be greedy. Remember you only fall victim if you are greedy too."
OpinionBarry Artiste, Now Public ContributorSuicide Bombers strike again taking two children with them among the five dead and one soldier. No easy answers short of banning all civilians from roads where NATO...
Is not easy at all to become a professional and until you are not professional most of the times you are considered as "those crazy guys".Here is the sad part of one of this "dangerous" sports."25 year-old Paul...
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" She's been described over several weeks of testimony as a Christian singer and a point guard, a participant in three-way sex and as the goddaughter to one of the music industry's biggest stars.Even the family of...