June 2011
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Picture This – New Face of Louis Vuitton is...
(Daily Mail Reporter By DEBORAH ARTHURS) — A 16-year-old who won her modeling contract in a competition has been announced as the new face of Louis Vuitton.
Nyasha Maronhodze entered the modeling world just two years ago after winning the UK Elite Model Look competition in 2009.
The student was scouted in the street in her Northamptonshire hometown by the model agency and invited down to...
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Mother Cries as She Hears 911 Call Made by Casey...
(Daily Mail Reporter By JACQUI GODDARD) — A distraught Cindy Anthony buried her head in her arms and slumped on the witness stand today as she listened to a tape of her daughter, Casey Anthony, calmly telling 911 operators that two-year-old Caylee had been missing for 31 days.
Casey Anthony, 25, is on trial for the alleged June 2008 murder of Caylee, whose remains were found in a swamp in...
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Syria’s Ruthless Response to 13-Year-Old Protester...
(Daily Mail Reporter By LIZ HAZELTON) — Devotedly washed and sprinkled with rose petals, Hamza Ali al-Khateeb lies prepared for burial. But the rituals of death cannot wipe away the horrific injuries that have mutilated his body almost beyond recognition.
Hamza Ali al-Khateeb, 13, was tortured to death by Syrian security forces
Nor do they blot out that 13-year-old Hamza - riddled with...
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Emergency Landing Escorted by Two F-16’s - Result...
(Daily Mail Reporter) — A United Airlines flight was forced to make an emergency landing escorted by two F-16 fighter jets after two passengers started a fistfight over a reclined seat, it has emerged.
Flight 990, from Washington’s Dulles Airport bound for Accra in Ghana, had 144 people on board when the fight broke out on Sunday night, a Federal Aviation Administration spokesman...
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Picture This - ‘Manhattanhenge’ Sunset Illuminates...
(Daily Mail Reporter) — One of the most beautiful things in nature must surely be the sun rising and setting. When that sunset happens to align with a street grid, basking a city that never sleeps in a radiant glow of light, even busy New Yorkers would be pushed not to stop and marvel at its brilliance.
It’s that time of year again known as ‘Manhattanhenge’ - when the...
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Dumber and Dumber – Man Who Loudly Boasts On Phone...
DELMAR, Md. (WBOC16 By Kye Parsons) — A man staying at a Delmar motel who loudly admitted during a telephone conversation that he was wanted by authorities ended up in custody early Tuesday after other patrons staying in adjacent rooms overheard his unwitting confession and notified police, the Wicomico County Sheriff’s Office said.
Richard R. Vermalyea
At around 1:31 a.m., a...
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Gay High School Student Named Prom Queen
(NBC Washington) — Becoming prom queen at Blacksburg High got harder this year. Young women aspiring to wear the tiara don’t just have to worry about the other girls anymore - guys can become prom queen at the high school now too.
The proof: Senior student Jake Boyer took the title at this year.
“This prom queen thing sort of became a manifestation of ‘all right, this...
May 2011
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Ungrateful - Patient Shoots Dead Top Surgeon Who...
(Daily Mail Reporter By PAUL THOMPSON) — A top surgeon has been shot dead by a disgruntled patient whose life he had saved with a double organ transplant.
Dr Dmitriy Nikitin was killed by former patient Nelson Fletcha, pictured, after finishing his shift at the Florida Hospital, Orlando
Dr Dmitriy Nikitin, 41, was gunned down as he walked to his car after finishing his shift at a hospital...
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Picture Emerges of Muslim Girl, 19, ‘Stoned to...
(Daily Mail Reporter By WILL STEWART) — A teenage Muslim girl was stoned to death under ‘Sharia law’ after taking part in a beauty contest in Ukraine.
Katya Koren was attacked after taking part in a beauty contest which her friends said angered hardline Muslims
Katya Koren, 19, was found dead in a village in the Crimea region near her home. Friends said she liked wearing...
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Cucumber Crisis Grows – 14 Dead in Germany,...
BERLIN (AFP by Frederic Happe) — Germany on Monday held crisis talks amid reports that at least 14 people have died and hundreds are ill in an outbreak of a highly virulent strain of bacteria found on imported cucumbers.
A slice of a German cucumber
Belgium and Russia banned the import of vegetables from Spain, believed to be the source of at least some of the contaminated cucumbers....
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Cucumber Crisis Grows – 14 Dead in Germany,...
BERLIN (AFP by Frederic Happe) — Germany on Monday held crisis talks amid reports that at least 14 people have died and hundreds are ill in an outbreak of a highly virulent strain of bacteria found on imported cucumbers.
A slice of a German cucumber
Belgium and Russia banned the import of vegetables from Spain, believed to be the source of at least some of the contaminated cucumbers....
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Goodbye, Food Pyramid - Hello, Food Plate
(MedCity) — The Obama administration is set to send into retirement the Food Pyramid — a symbol that was supposed to serve as a guide for healthy eating.
In its place officials are dishing up a simple, plate-shaped symbol, sliced into wedges for the basic food groups and half-filled with fruits and vegetables. The new design is expected to be unveiled Thursday. The plate could be a...
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UK Newspaper: “Barack Obama's Decision to Play...
(The Telegraph – By Nile Gardiner) — Can you imagine David Cameron enjoying a round of golf on Remembrance Sunday? It would be inconceivable for the British Prime Minister to do so, and not just because of the usually dire weather at that time of the year. Above all, it would be viewed as an act of extremely bad taste on a day when the nation remembers and mourns her war dead. I can’t...
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Mexico Teacher Sings to Schoolchildren During...
(The Telegraph) — A nursery school teacher in Mexico has been hailed a hero after a video showed her calmly instructing her pupils to duck and cover and sing songs as a fierce gun battle raged outside their school.
Teacher Martha Rivera Alanis was awarded a certificate for showing “outstanding civic courage” for her steady performance during a gunfight in the northern...
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Life Inside Prison – Lindsay Lohan Catches Up on...
(Daily Mail Reporter) — Sitting on a deck chair reading the latest movie script and puffing away on an electronic cigarette, Lindsay Lohan looked the picture of happiness yesterday.
Lindsay Lohan looked relaxed as she read a movie script while puffing away on a Blu Cigs electronic cigarette
But instead of every other young woman enjoying the sunshine in California yesterday, Lindsay was...
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Masked Man and Woman Dressed as Nuns Hold Up...
(Daily Mail Reporter) — An armed man and woman dressed as nuns robbed a Chicago bank on Sunday in a heist that the FBI said looked like a scene from the movies.
Surveillance footage shows an armed robber in the raid on the Chicago bank
The masked thieves made off with a bag full of money after they raided the bank in Palos Heights wearing nun masks and habits like those featured in the...
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Want Evidence? Woman Chops Off Man's Penis As He...
(Daily Mail Reporter By ROB COOPER) — A woman cut off a man’s penis as he attempted to rape her and took it to a police station as evidence against him.
Monju Begum, 40, attacked the man in Bangladesh after he burst into her shack and launched his sex attack. The victim then wrapped up the manhood in polythene before handing it over to officers, police said.
Mozammel Haq Mazi was...
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Father's Agony as Daughter, 12, Dies in Rodeo...
(Daily Mail Reporter) — The father of a 12-year-old girl who died after a horse fell on her during a rodeo today spoke of his tragic loss.
Lauren McKenzie Mathias, who died in a rodeo, is pictured with one of the many horses she cared for
Lauren Mackenzie Mathias died from head trauma on Saturday at a Greenville hospital, South Carolina, according to the Anderson County Coroner’s...
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Pharmacist Who Shot 16-Year-Old Armed Robber Gets...
(Daily Mail Reporter) — A controversial decision to send a pharmacist to jail for life for shooting dead a young man who tried to rob his store has caused a storm of protest.
Surveillance footage of the robbery, during which Antwun Parker was shot and killed by Jerome Ersland
Jerome Ersland was given a life sentence for the first-degree murder of 16-year-old Antwun Parker at an Oklahoma...
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Midwife 'Ran Off with Married Man Five Months...
(Daily Mail Reporter By ANDY DOLAN) — A midwife who helped deliver a couple’s first baby had an affair with the father a few months later.
Midwife Rebecca Lewis became Facebook friends with the Malins after their child was born
Rebecca Lewis, 34, began the affair with Ian Malin after the three became Facebook friends following the birth of his son Jacob. And when the child was five months...
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Teen Hangs Pet and Posts Picture on Facebook -...
(Daily Mail Reporter) — A sick 17-year-old boy filmed himself hanging his pet dog and posted photos of it on Facebook saying, ‘I’ve killed my dog - ha, ha.’
Teenager Kamil Hric from Slovakia uploaded this picture of him hanging his pet dog on Facebook
The picture shows the helpless dog - still apparently struggling - swinging from a clothesline while Kamil Hric looks on...
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‘What’s Up Your Butt?’ – Colon Cancer Billboard...
(Daily Mail Reporter) — As the third most common cancer type in the U.S., raising awareness of screening programs is undoubtedly important. But Washington residents were turned off by a series of billboards for colon cancer, featuring a person with a pained expression and the line: ‘What’s up your butt?’
Now a health board has reversed its decision and voted against...
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First Picture of Model who Fell 10 Floors and...
(Daily Mail Reporter) — An aspiring model is ‘improving’ despite being in critical condition after plunging from a hotel window while ‘play wrestling’ with her friend, the hospital said today.
Ciara Williams is ‘improving’ after plunging from a hotel window with her model friend
Ciara Williams, 25, suffered serious injuries in the fall which killed her...
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Two-Year-Old Girl Whipped to Death with Leather...
AUSTIN (KXAN) - Austin police Friday arrested Nicholas Williams, 22, in connection with a beating that led to the death of his daughter, Alaney Queen, 2 years old.
Nicholas Williams, 22, has been held in connection with a beating that led to the death of his two-year-old daughter, Alaney Queen
The arrest affidavit describes severe injuries that Williams allegedly inflicted on the girl. Police...
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Muslim Girl, 19, 'Stoned to Death after Taking...
(Daily Mail Reporter By WILL STEWART) — A teenage Muslim girl was stoned to death under ‘Sharia law’ after taking part in a beauty contest in Ukraine.
Katya Koren, 19, lived in the Crimea region of the Ukraine. Her battered body was found buried in woodland
Katya Koren, 19, was found dead in a village in the Crimea region near her home. Friends said she liked wearing...
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Parents 'Tried to Cure Baby's Baseball-Size Face...
(Daily Mail Reporter By TED THORNHILL) — A mother and father put their faith in God to heal a tumor on the face of their baby that threatened her eyesight, an Oregon City court heard.
Timothy Wyland, left, and Rebecca Wyland, center, stand in court charged with criminal mistreatment
By the time the little girl, Alayna, was six months old the benign tumor had grown to the size of a...
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Killer Cucumbers Spread Across Europe, Hit...
PRAGUE, Czech Republic (Karel Janicek and Veronika Oleksyn, Associated Press) — Spanish vegetables suspected of contamination with a potentially deadly bacteria are being recalled from stores in Austria and the Czech Republic to prevent the spread of an outbreak that has killed at least 10 people and sickened hundreds across Europe, officials said Sunday.
Cucumbers from Spain, tomatoes and...
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Shootout Erupts in Miami’ South Beach - Video
(Miami Herald BY DAVID SMILEY) — Three police officers are in the hospital Monday after emptying several rounds of bullets on a driver who opened fire on South Beach.
The driver was killed; four bystanders were injured. The police officers involved are in non-life-threatening condition, said Miami Beach Police Sgt. Alejandro Bello.
SEE THE VIDEO HERE
Detective Jenny Velazquez, a...
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Outrage as 'Heartless' Mayor Refuses to Let...
(Daily Mail Reporter) — A mayor in a small town devastated by a tornado has sparked outrage over his refusal to let homeless residents stay in trailers provided by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.
Jack Scott, Mayor of Cordova in Alabama, says single-wide trailers are banned in the town and the rules cannot be changed.
Jack Scott has been branded heartless after his decision not to...
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Crap At My Parents’ House - Blocking Out the Sun
Crap At My Parents’ House
Usually, blinds are the preferred method of blocking out the sun.
Crap At My Parents’ House is a highly successful blog created by comedian Joel Dovev, who also writes for the Huffington Post. The goal of Crap At My Parents’ House is to pay homage to all of the weird crap that everyone’s parents have. A book based on the blog is being released in the fall. You can...
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Huge Pothole Swallows Entire TRUCK in Six Seconds
(Daily Mail Reporter) — Staring into the huge hole in the road, this Chinese official probably cannot believe his eyes. That’s because a truck has fallen down this massive fracture in the road which opened up as he drove over it.
A Chinese official stares into the hole the truck created when it fell through a fracture in the road as it drove over it in the city of Changchun
The...
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Second Italian Baby in a Week Dies after Being...
(Daily Mail Repoter By NICK PISA) — An eleven month old Italian baby boy has died after being forgotten in his parent’s car - the second in less than a week.
The baby was left in a car in the town of Passignano near Perugia, pictured
Jacopo Riganelli had been left in the car for three hours by his father Sergio, 41, who raised the alarm when he returned to the car and saw the baby...
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Off-Duty Cop Killed in Drive-By Shooting – While...
(Daily Mail Reporter) — A 19-year-old man is charged with first-degree murder after a drive-by shooting that prosecutors say killed an off-duty police officer and wounded two other people.
Newark Mayor Cory Booker discusses the fatal shooting of police veteran William C. Johnson, in photo at right
Rasul McNeill-Thomas of Newark, New Jersey is charged in the death of Officer William Johnson,...
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Woman, 22, Punches Rap Artist for $5 Bet – And He...
(Daily Mail Reporter By PAUL THOMPSON) — A 22-year-old woman allegedly killed an aspiring rap singer with a single punch for a $5 party bet.
Tiffany Startz, 22, is accused of killing aspiring rap singer John Powell, 25, with a single blow to the face after he agreed to be hit in the face in return for $5
Tiffany Startz is accused of killing John ‘Fatboy’ Powell with a single...
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Woman Braves Fukushima Radiation Zone to Save...
(Daily Mail Reporter By RICHARD JONES) — They are the forgotten victims of the Japanese tsunami; the countless pets abandoned by their owners as they fled fallout from the stricken Fukushima nuclear plant. But one British woman is braving the potentially lethal radiation levels to rescue animals left to die in the eerie ghost towns of the 12-mile evacuation zone.
Elizabeth Oliver with a...
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Walgreens Pharmacist FIRED After He Scared Away...
(Daily Mail Reporter) — To many, Jeremy Hoven is a hero who was wrongly sacked. The pharmacist, 36, was working at a Walgreens late at night in Benton Township, Michigan, when two armed and masked robbers allegedly tried to pull a stick up.
Jeremy Hoven was fired from his pharmacy job at this Walgreens in Benton Township, Michigan, after he shot at armed robbers there
Mr Hoven told the...
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The Young Boy Who was Mauled to Death by the...
(Daily Mail Reporter By JENNIFER MADISON) — The alleged owner of the large dog that police say savagely mauled a four-year old boy to death had trained his animals to be aggressive and called them ‘monster dogs,’ reports the New York Post.
Jayelin Graham, 4, was killed by a family pet, which the boy’s father allegedly called a ‘monster dog’
A neighbor to the...
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Picture This - Rosie Huntington-Whiteley Opens Up...
(Daily Mail Reporter By JESSICA SATHERLEY) — She’s been doing the rounds in a series of glossy magazines since being named the Hottest Woman on Earth by Maxim, but Rosie Huntington-Whitely wasn’t always so popular.
The model-turned actress has opened up about her battle with former school ground bullies, who would call her ‘kipper lips’ and ‘t**t lips’. The 24-year-old revealed the taunts...
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Crap At My Parents’ House - America is Ready
Crap At My Parents’ House
James Traficant Jr. doesn’t need question marks. He knows America is ready.
Crap At My Parents’ House is a highly successful blog created by comedian Joel Dovev, who also writes for the Huffington Post. The goal of Crap At My Parents’ House is to pay homage to all of the weird crap that everyone’s parents have. A book based on the blog is being released in the fall....
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Model Plunges to Her Death – Falls Through Hotel...
(Daily Mail Reporter) — A 30-year-old model died at a birthday party in her honour and another woman was seriously injured after plunging from a 10th-story hotel window this morning.
Witnesses told police that 30-year-old Lashawna Threatt and the second woman were ‘play wrestling’ in a room at the W Midtown Hotel in Atlanta, Georgia around 3.15am.
The women crashed into a...
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War on Terror – Paris Hilton Frisked at LAX...
(Daily Mail Reporter) — Paris Hilton loves Paris Hilton, which was apparent as the heiress preened and posed while going through airport security.
While most passengers tried to get through the invasive security checkpoints at Los Angles LAX as quickly as possible, Paris took time out to strike several poses yesterday.
With her hair immaculately coiffed into long waves, she put a...
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Student, 22, Cracks 'Missing Mass' Puzzle that...
(Daily Mail Reporter) — For years, the greatest minds in astrophysics have grappled with the ‘missing mass’ question.
Student Amelia Fraser-McKelvie (center) with Dr Jasmina Lazendic-Galloway and Dr Kevin Pimbblet of Monash University’s School of Physics
They knew that universe contained more mass than was visible in planets, stars and other objects - but they didn’t...
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Woman, 24, Tweets Her Own RAPE
(Daily Mail Reporter) — A Florida woman has claimed she was raped on Twitter. ’I didn’t think he would let me live’, the unidentified woman posted.
She also wrote: ‘6’2’ black man w scruffy beard blue shirt tan shorts driving commercial truck…broke into wayne & raped me. Glad I’m alive’.
‘Wayne’ is what the...
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Mucho Groucho - Vonage Visual Voicemail Meets...
“Vonage Visual Voicemail Meets William Shakespeare” By Mucho Groucho
I use Vonage for my landline and I have been happy with them but not with the new free service they offered recently: Visual Voicemail. The transcriptions have been somewhat lacking in accuracy to put it mildly. Here is the “To Be or Not to Be” soliloquy that I read into the phone and below is the text of that most...
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Mother Watches in Horror as Family Pet Pit Bull...
(Daily Mail Reporter By JENNIFER MADISON) — A 24-year-old mother could face criminal charges after her four-year-old son was mauled to death by the family dog on Thursday night.
The boy’s mangled body was carried out of the Brownsville apartment by rescue workers to the shock of neighbors.
Jayelin Graham was pronounced dead on arrival at Brookdale University Hospital in Brooklyn after...
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'Granny Bandit' was a MAN - Roxanne Taylor Shot...
(Daily Mail Reporter) — A robber nicknamed the ‘Grandma Bandit’ was actually a man, it has been revealed.
Roxanne Taylor, 57, was killed by Atlanta police on Friday morning, one day after they issued a warrant for his arrest.
He was gunned down after police gave chase - and now it has been revealed that the suspect believe had always believed was a woman was in fact a man.
...
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More than 30 Arrested at Moscow Gay Rights...
MOSCOW, Russia (AP) — Moscow police have arrested more than 30 people in a pair of attempts by activists to hold unauthorized gay rights demonstrations in the capital.
Russian police officers detain a gay rights activist during an attempt to hold a gay pride parade in Moscow, Russia, Saturday, May 28, 2011.
Opponents of gay rights scuffled with the demonstrators and with police in the...
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Puppy with Broken Legs Crawls Home After Surviving...
(London Evening Standard By Mark Prigg) — A puppy crawled home with two broken legs after being thrown high into the air by a tornado that ripped through Alabama.
Mason had surgery on his legs after being thrown high into the air by a tornado
Mason, a terrier mix, was feared dead after the storm but was found two weeks later by his owners in the wreckage of their home.
“This is...
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Scrappers Steal Teen’s Wheelchair
GURNEE (CBS) — Police believe scrappers, people who cruise areas when it is garbage day and pick up metal, may have been the ones who stole a teen’s wheelchair.
Marlon Tapang’s specialized motorized wheelchair was taken just before the bus arrived to take him to Warren Township High School last Friday, which was garbage day in his Hasting Lane neighborhood.
His mother, Jarka, said the chair...
