At least 89 people have been killed and 20,000 homes damaged by a series of earthquakes, one measuring 5.7 in magnitude, in southwestern China. The largest of the quakes struck the border between Yunnan and Guizhou provinces at about 11:00am local time (03:00 GMT) on Friday. The state-run Xinhua news agency said the earthquake hit the […]
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2012 Paralympics End in Style
Thousands packed into London’s Olympic Park stadium for a lavish closing ceremony of music, art, and fire. Britain’s spectacular summer of sport ended on Sunday with the Paralympic Games closing ceremony led by British band Coldplay as the Olympic Stadium once again hosted a memorable party for athletes and fans alike. Paralympians rose […]
Renoir Painting Found at Flea Market
Possible original Pierre-Auguste Renoir painting said to be worth up to $100,000, bought for about $50 in Virginia. An original painting which may be the work of French Impressionist Pierre-Auguste Renoir has been discovered in the US state of Virginia. The painting was bought by a woman as part of a box lot that […]
4 Ways Honey Boo Boo Redeemed Reality TV
Let us break the show down, Here Comes Honey Boo Boo, is a show about a coupon-hoarding, belching mom, a nearly silent, tobacco-chewing father, a pregnant teen and a hyperactive, chubby pageant princess (plus a pig). The folks at Cracked.com gave us four reasons they believe that tale of rednecks in the raw has redeemed the […]
A Man On Death Row Has Been Granted An Appeal…. Thanks To A Chocolate Penis
The lawyer for a Georgia death row inmate says a penis-shaped chocolate could play a crucial role in setting her client free. 1993 Marcus Wellons, now 57, was sentenced to death in June 1993, after his conviction in the 1989 rape and strangling murder of 15-year-old India Roberts. Wellons’ trial cannot be considered fair, […]
13-Year-Old Girl Steals Brother’s Car To Meet Online Boyfriend
Manicurist Cenita Scott Show Her Support For President Obama by Adding His Portrait to Her Fingernails
Manicurist Cenita Scott posted a photo on Instagram of her fingernail to show her support for President Barack Obama. “My ultimate dream is to manicure the first lady and, of course, the president,” Scott says of her elaborate manicure. The Manicure and The Artist Scott arrived in Charlotte on Sunday sporting Barack Obama’s […]
Teen with Down syndrome stopped from boarding plane
Teen With Down Syndrome Kicked Off Flight A California family who was not allowed to board their cross-country flight said Tuesday that they were discriminated against because their son has Down syndrome. FRESNO, California – The Associated Press reported that Robert Vanderhorst, his wife Joan and 16-year-old son Bede, who is disabled, were flying on American Airlines […]
30 dead, 70 injured in fire at cracker factory
More than 30 people, mostly factory workers, today died of burns and shrapnel injuries in a huge fire triggered at a fire-crackers unit A blaze at a fireworks factory in southern India on Wednesday killed at least 30 people after triggering a mass explosion of firecrackers in several packed warehouses. Firefighter Shanmugaraju, who spoke from the […]
Asian Women Are Ignorant When It Comes to Pregnancy
Women in Asia are largely ignorant about fertility problems and tend to blame their failure to conceive on “God’s will” and bad luck, a survey has found. The survey, which covered 1,000 women in 10 countries who had been trying to conceive for at least six months, found that 62 percent of them did not […]