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And We Thought Mobile Phones Were Cheap- A Mother Sold Her 6 Weeks Old Baby To Get Herself A Phone

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A 23-year-old mother of two, Miracle Johnson has found herself at the extreme end of the law when she sold her six weeks old baby to an orphanage and used some of the money to buy a cell phone. According to the lady, her husband was struggling with work and not earning enough to cater for … Read more

Mariah Carey's Los Angeles Home Burgled; Burglars Make Away With $50,000 Worth Of Stuff

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Mariah Carey’s Los Angeles home has been burgled and according to TMZ, the thieves made away with her purses which have been estimated to cost £38,000 ($50,000).
TMZ reports, the burglars broke in her LA home at about 3:00am Thursday dawn. Though a bit sketchy, police says they might have gone through a window or door on an upper floor because a ladder was found at her backyard after the incident.

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"EC’s GHC50,000 Filing Fee Contributed To Our Defeat" – Ivor Greenstreet

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ivor-greenstreetIvor Kobina Greenstreet, CPP’s presidential candidate in the just ended December polls has in an interview with Ghana Web thrown lights on the reason behind the party’s lost in the 7th December polls.
According to him, the filing fee the EC charged was way too much and it adversely affected the party since enough was not left for campaigns and other paramount stuff.

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Rare Harry Potter Book Sells At Auction For A Whopping $469,000

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3729The one-off copy of The Tales of Beedle the Bard, handwritten by J.K. Rowling, was previously owned by Barry Cunningham, the publisher who first signed the author, who was a struggling single mum when she conjured up the wizarding world of Potter and his pals.

 Rowling hand wrote seven copies of her collection of fairy tales set in the Harry Potter universe and gave six as presents to “those most closely connected to the Harry Potter books”.

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Taylor Swift Gifts $100,000 To Dolly Parton's Wildfires Recovery Fund

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Taylor Swift has donated $100,000 (£79,500) to Dolly Parton’s Tennessee wildfires charity fund.

 The Shake It Off hit maker has embraced the season of giving by teaming up with officials at the Academy of Country Music (ACM) to match their $100,000 gift to Dolly’s My People Fund, which the country queen established last week after wildfires swept across her native Sevier County.

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Japan's 'Space World' Apologizes For Freezing 5,000 Fishes In Skating Rink; Holds Memorial Service For Them

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A Japanese theme park which froze 5,000 sea creatures into the floor of an ice rink was forced to close the attraction on Sunday after a public backlash. CNN reports… “Fish, crabs and other shellfish were embedded in the ice as part of a special winter attraction, called “Freezing Port,” at Japan’s Space World theme … Read more

Tyga Sued Over His Red Ferari Car Lease, Hit With $150,000 – REPORT

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Tyga

Rapper Tyga is facing new legal action amid allegations he failed to keep up with lease payments on a red Ferrari.
The Rack City hit maker signed a lease agreement in May (16) for a Ferrari 488, but car dealer Alex Benedict claims the star reneged on the monthly payments, prompting him to have the vehicle repossessed in August (16).

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Jilted Groom, 31, Launches Lawsuit Against Ex-Fiancée Over A $125,000 Diamond Engagement Ring After Their Wedding Was Suddenly Called Off

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3a5bf64400000578-3933872-image-m-28_1479117899445Amy Bzura and Bradley Moss, a couple whose marriage was set for  October 29 broke off their engagement and cancelled their wedding are now in the court not to get married but to fight, as Moss is suing Bzura for the return of the $125,000 engagement ring he gave her.
Read Mail Online full report below:

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Young woman, 19, Sells Her Body On Social Media For £41,000 To Save Her Cancer-Stricken Mother

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3a2b860800000578-3916094-cao_left_was_desperate_to_raise_funds_for_the_operation_of_her_m-m-9_1478612300194A 19 year old Chinese girl whose name has been given as Cao Mengyuan has taken to the internet to advertise herself to potential customer in order to get money she intends using to treat her mother’s cancer.
Cao posted the advertisement titled ‘(I am) selling myself’ on WeChat, where she disclosed in a post that the treatment would cost around 350,000 Yuan (£41,000), but whoever offered the highest price would win the right to ‘use her body at will’.

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Shatta Wale Wants To Be Paid 80,000 GHC To Perform At Premiere League Venues

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shatta-waleSelf acclaimed dancehall king, Charles Nii Armah Mensah Jnr known in showbiz as Shatta Wale is telling Ghanaians and anyone interested the amount he would charge to perform at any premiere league games venue.
Speaking on Asempa FM’s Fire for Fire show, Shatta revealed how a negotiation with his management and the Football Association came to an abrupt halt.

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Nearly 10,000 People In China Apply For Receptionist Job

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1a7China has recorded nearly 10,000 people applying the post of office receptionist in the country’s upcoming civil servants examination.
According to BBC, the Democratic League is one of several minority political parties in the country which have very limited powers, and is hardly seen as a prestigious placement.

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Woman Auctions Her Virginity For £325,000 ; Who Wants To Buy ?

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nintchdbpict000276933689A 2o year old American young lady has pinned a price tag on her virginity and looking forward for potential customers to bid the highest for it.
The lady whose name has been given as Katherine Stone is reported to have faced a lot of criticism as people say a woman should only give her innocence  or share a bed with the man she loves.

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Fetty Wap Is All Smiles After Dropping $80,000 On New Teeth

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fetty-wap-smile-828x620It seems the rapper Fetty Wap has chosen to use the money he managed to save on a brand new smile, reportedly spending $4,000 a tooth for 20 new porcelain veneers, according to TMZ .
That works out to $80,000 Fetty’s new grin, which he displayed proudly on Instagram . According to his rep, the procedure was carried out in two steps, and was completed last week . 

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Woman Wears A Pair Of Underwear For 3 Weeks And Sells Them For $5,000

1-4_optWhen I was watching Orange Is The New Black and stuffs like this were happening, I thought  it was one of the many fictional ideas people come up with— reality just got real for.
Now if you are looking for ways to get any extra cash so you do not have to tear into your main source of income even before it hits your account , you can now keep your underwear on for a couple of weeks and sell it to some bunch of weirdos .

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Omarion Slapped With $300,000 Copyright Lawsuit for ‘Stealing’ Chris Brown’s Song

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1290179544_chris-omarion-lg_optSinger Omarion has been hit with a $300,000 copyright infringement lawsuit by BMG Rights Management for allegedly stealing Chris Brown’s song.
According to the legal documents obtained by the Jasmine Brand, well-respected singer-songwriter/producer Jon Redwine p.k.a. Redwine (Jeremih, Tinashe, G-Eazy, Ludacris, etc.) assigned 50 percent of the rights to Chris Brown’s 2014 hit, “Came to Do” (featuring Akon) to BMG.

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Iconic Coca-Cola Sign In Australia Sells For $75,000

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coke-reu-l_optAn Australian auction to sell off a massive iconic Coca-Cola signage in Sydney has come to an end with over $75,000 received from local and overseas bidders, authorities said on Tuesday.
The Coca-Cola signage which has been a part of the Kings Cross skyline for more than 40 years was auctioned letter by letter on eBay on Monday night with the proceeds expected to be given to the homeless in Sydney, Xinhua news agency reported.

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NDC’s Asiedu Nketia Becomes Rich Overnight As Daily Guide is Ordered to Pay Him GH¢250,000

The General Secretary of the NDC, Mr Johnson Asiedu Nketia, is a rich man today. He has won a defamation suit against the Daily Guide newspaper to the tune of GH¢250,000. TWO POINT FIVE BILLION old CEDIS! Daily Guide has also been slapped a cost of GH¢15,000 and has been asked to publish a retraction … Read more

BG: Kris Humphries Auctions Off Kim Kardashian’s Ring For A Cool $749,000

From BeyondGossip.Com Kim Kardashian’s ex-husband-Kris Humphries has finally got auctioned off the ring that keeps reminding him of his 72-day marriage ordeal with Kim… According to the NY Daily News; Humphries successfully auctioned off Kim’s gaudy Lorraine Schwartz-designed 16.2-carat emerald cut engagement ring for $749,000 today at Christies Auction House. It is being rumoured that … Read more

OBS: Kenyan MPs Vote Themselves $100,000 Retirement Bonus, Armed Bodyguards & Diplomatic Passports…Gezz!

If you ever thought politics in Ghana was bad with MPs ‘chopping’ the lion share of the national cake whiles the ordinary citizens suffer, then you have not visited Kenya… I guess no matter where you go to in Africa, politicians are all the same, awarding themselves lump sums of money to the detriment of … Read more