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UK Man Killed His Wife Because She Auctioned Off His Ticket To See An Elvis Presley Tribute Band On Ebay

03/9/2016 8:44 am

What we see all the time is that people can get annoyed about trivial things, but then the end results turns out to be not so trivial.
A British man has pleaded guilty to murder after he killed his wife in a domestic dispute. 56 year old Paul Abbott descended on his 54 year old wife Jacqueline, when he discovered she had auctioned off his ticket to a concert featuring an Elvis Presley tribute band.

Ghanaian Woman, 64, Who Smuggled Heroin in Dried Fish to NY Sentenced to 27 Months in Prison

03/8/2016 12:29 pm

by GC Staff bG

Considering her age and the tactics this woman is said to have used in an attempt to smuggle 3 kilos of heroin into New York, she must have been out of touch with the ease of detecting her mischief by authorities.
And the fact that she blamed her son for coercing her into bringing the drug into United States adds another layer of stupidity to her full basket.
How can a Ghanaian son reasonable compel his grown up mother to do anything she does not want to do?
On Friday, New York City prosecutors sentenced a 64-year-old Ghanaian woman to more than two years in prison for stuffing heroin inside dried fish and trying to smuggle the drug-filled treats into the United States.

Former US First Lady Nancy Reagan Dies At 94

03/6/2016 6:50 pm

by Nii Smiley Byte, Managing Editor

Nancy Reagan, the wife of the late President Ronald Reagan, who served as first lady of the United States between 1981-1989, has passed away at age 94.
Nancy died Sunday, March 6, at her home in Los Angeles, California, the New York Times reported. A spokeswoman for the former first lady confirmed the news to the publication.

Dr Ben Carson Suspends Campaign

03/5/2016 11:31 am

by Nii Smiley Byte, Managing Editor

Neurosurgeon Ben Carson on Friday announced the suspension of his Republican Presidential campaign, making the announcement during the annual Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Maryland.
Dr Carson’s withdrawal shrinks the once seventeen field candidate to four, as the race for the right to stand on the ticket of the Republican party heats up, even as Donald Trump threatens to run away with the contest.

Former Brazil President- Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva Questioned In Corruption Investigation

03/4/2016 5:54 pm

by Nii Smiley Byte, Managing Editor

The former Brazilian President, Luiz Inacio Lula Da Silva, was submitted to rigorous questioning by state investigators in relation to a fraud inquiry into the state oil company, Petrobas.
Police questioned the ex-President for three hours, as well as carried out a raid on his house early Friday. Da Silva is suspected of having benefited from kickbacks set up as part of a wildly corrupt scheme to loot money by top brass at the state oil firm.

Russian Atheist Charged With Insulting Believers By Claiming 'There Is No God'- Faces One Year In Jail

03/4/2016 11:19 am

by Nii Smiley Byte, Managing Editor

Why can’t people ever get that religion is a matter of opinion, and that it’s ok for others to hold a different opinion? And also that deeply holding a belief doesn’t make it free from scrutiny or ridicule?
After all, Christianity’s entire shtick is that those who do not believe as they do are going to spend an eternity roasting in fire. That seems a hell of a lot more offensive than simply calling that belief erroneous. Yet atheists do not go around attempting to get Christians imprisoned for holding such depraved beliefs.

What A RAT: Boyfriend Secretly Married Another Woman While His Girlfriend Was in Labour

03/4/2016 10:03 am

by Edith Osei Bonsu

Can you imagine the heart-break the girlfriend will come out of labor to sustain?
Heather McGillion, 25, met a fine man whom she worked with as an entertainer for tourists in the Dominican Republic. And then after both fell in love, excited about their future—Heather got pregnant, a report UK’s Metro.
According to the website, the two spent a year together and then Heather fell sick which meant she had to return to Scotland. But unfortunately, her Dominican boyfriend “couldn’t get a visa so he stayed behind preparing for their new baby – or so Heather believed.”

Mexico City’s Parliament Asks The Federal Government To Ban Donald Trump From Entering Their Country

03/3/2016 4:12 pm

by Nii Smiley Byte, Managing Editor

Legislators in the Mexican capital of Mexico City have adopted a resolution aimed at getting the Federal government from banning real estate mogul Donald Trump from entering the country ever again.
The proposal was tabled in Parliament Wednesday, and passed through the house unanimously, the Huffington Post reports.

Indian Army Hopefuls Ordered To Take Test In Underwear To Prevent Cheating

03/1/2016 5:22 pm

by Nii Smiley Byte, Managing Editor

Now you might say this is a little extreme- until you remember some of the problems with cheating students in exams India has had in the past.
A group of young men hoping to be recruited into the Indian Army were forced into a very awkward corner, when they were ordered to strip down before being allowed to take an exam- as a means of combating cheating.

Woman Arrested In Moscow With A Child’s Severed Head Screaming ‘Allahu Akbar’

02/29/2016 2:45 pm

by Nii Smiley Byte, Managing Editor

There doesn’t really seem to be a religious motive attached to this atrocity, even though she was shouting some of that religious terrorist rhetoric. It looks more like police are dealing with someone who’s a basket case.
A woman in Moscow was arrested after police spotted her with a decapitated child’s head, whilst threatening to blow herself up.

Protests Erupt In The US After Police Shoot A 16 Year Old Boy 'Armed' With A Broomstick

02/28/2016 8:38 pm

by Nii Smiley Byte, Managing Editor

The practices of US police is set to come under scrutiny again after another shooting involving police and a teenager who should never have been shot in the first place.
How you interpret someone with a broomstick as a threat to be shot is beyond comprehension- especially if you consider the person is a 16 year old.

Two Minors Sue T.B Joshua Over Father’s Death

02/24/2016 5:00 pm

by Ms. Ellies Anthony

Two South African children have filed a suit against T.B. Joshua at the Lagos State High Court in Igbo sere, Lagos, over the death of their father.
The two children, Bulungu and Nora, three and six years old respectively, are looking for at least $520,000 (£370,000) in damages, per court papers quoted in the Nigerian media. The compensation they are seeking is calculated as the cost of expenses their father, Kalambaie Wa Kalambaie, would have made on them from his death till the day he would have turned 70
Their father was among 116 people killed when a hostel owned by the Synagogue Church of all Nations (SCOAN) collapsed in Lagos in 2014.

Plane Crash In Nepal Kills Twenty One

02/24/2016 11:00 am

by Nii Smiley Byte, Managing Editor

A plane with 21 people on board disappeared off radar, and was later discovered to have crashed in the mountainous regions of Northern Nepal Wednesday morning.
The twin Otter aircraft, operated by Tara Air, took off from the city of Pokhara to Jomsom, a flight that was to take a total of nineteen minutes- but contact was lost with the plane eight minutes after take-off.

Donald Trump Cruises To Yet Another Victory In The Republican Presidential Race By Sweeping The Nevada Caucuses

02/24/2016 9:03 am

by Nii Smiley Byte, Managing Editor

Donald J. Trump is on an inexorable march towards the White House.
The billionaire real estate mogul and reality TV star has galloped to yet another victory in the Republican Presidential Candidate race, this time sweeping the Nevada caucuses by well over 20 percentage points.

UK Woman Stabs Boyfriend To Death Because He Spent Too Much Time On Facebook

02/22/2016 4:08 pm

by Nii Smiley Byte, Managing Editor

Wow, if that’s the criteria for stabbing then a lot of us are at risk.
A UK woman has been sentenced to life in prison for stabbing her boyfriend to death because she claimed he ignored her to spend too much time on Facebook.

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