Top Stars For Today's UTech Classic
A number of the island's top track and field athletes will be on show today at the sixth annual University of Technology (UTech) Track and Field Classic at the National Stadium. READ More...
Top Stars For Today's UTech Classic...A number of the island's top track and field athletes will be on show today at the sixth annual event at Stadium
A number of the island's top track and field athletes will be on show today at the sixth annual University of Technology (UTech) Track and Field Classic at the National Stadium. READ More...
JUST GOT HERE? THEN GET OUT....REPORTS: Senate Plan Would Deport Undocumented Immigrants Who Arrived After 2011... 'If You Just Got Here And Are Illegal, Then You Can't Stay'
WASHINGTON, April 12 (Reuters) - U.S. senators crafting an immigration bill have agreed that foreigners who crossed the U.S. border illegally would be deported if they entered the United States after Dec. 31, 2011, a congressional aide said on Friday.
The legislation by a bipartisan group of senators would give the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally a way to obtain legal status and eventually become U.S. citizens, provided certain measures are met. But of the unauthorized immigrants, those who entered after the December 2011 cut-off date would be forced to go back to their country of origin, said the aide, who was not authorized to speak publicly because the bill is still being negotiated. READ More...
The legislation by a bipartisan group of senators would give the estimated 11 million immigrants living in the United States illegally a way to obtain legal status and eventually become U.S. citizens, provided certain measures are met. But of the unauthorized immigrants, those who entered after the December 2011 cut-off date would be forced to go back to their country of origin, said the aide, who was not authorized to speak publicly because the bill is still being negotiated. READ More...WATCH: The Secret to Superpower Memory...TED and The Huffington Post are excited to bring you TEDWeekends
Last weekend in New York City, Ram Kolli defeated the reigning USA Memory Championship Nelson Dellis to win the 16th annual USA Memory Championship. Readers of my bookMoonwalking with Einstein: The Art and Science of Remembering Everything will remember Kolli as the "mental athlete" I went toe-to-toe with when I won that same contest in 2006.
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WATCH: What Doctors Don't Know About the Drugs They Prescribe...TED and The Huffington Post are excited to bring you TEDWeekends, a curated weekend program that introduces a powerful "idea worth spreading" every Friday, anchored in an exceptional TEDTalk.
TEDTalks can sometimes portray science in triumphalist tones, with fabulous innovations that are changing the world forever. But the real action in science is often around dirty, messy, angry problems, and my TEDTalk is about the dirtiest I've seen yet. READ More...
GUNS, GUNS: 6-Y-O Boy Dies After Being Shot By 4-Y-O
6-Y-O Boy Dies After Being Shot By 4-Y-O
NEW JERSEY, (AP):NEW JERSEY, (AP):
A six-year-old boy who was accidentally shot in the head by a four-year-old playmate has died from his wounds, authorities said Tuesday night.
Ocean County prosecutor's office spokesman Al Della Fave confirmed Brandon Holt had died, but said he couldn't provide further details. Toms River Police Chief Michael Mastronardy said Holt was pronounced dead at 5 p.m. Tuesday, nearly 24 hours after the shooting occurred in a neighbourhood that residents described as "very quiet".
The four-year-old, whose name was withheld, was not injured.
Prosecutor Joseph Coronato, speaking earlier Tuesday at a news conference, said the boy got the .22-calibre rifle from his home and it discharged accidentally Monday evening. The children, whose families live in the neighbourhood, were about 15 yards apart.
Cali P To Give 'Reggae Talk' At UWI....The increasingly popular 'Reggae Talks' at the University of theWest Indies (UWI), Mona, continue today at 7 p.m. in the Neville Hall Lecture theatre (N1).
The increasingly popular 'Reggae Talks' at the University of theWest Indies (UWI), Mona, continue today at 7 p.m. in the Neville Hall Lecture theatre (N1).
First it was Jah9, then Protoje, then No-Maddz. This week's speaker is the Swiss reggae artist Cali P, who now lives in Jamaica.
In an exclusive interview with Gleaner writer Jordaine Delahaye, Cali P, whose legal name is Pierre Nanon, said, "I started writing lyrics and singing in Switzerland when I was 14. There were positives and negatives living there. Looking on it as a whole, I had a lot of moments where I really didn't want to be there because I felt unwelcome. Not being white there makes people treat you like a foreigner at all times, and that can get really annoying."CRICKET LOVELY CRICKET: Jamaica In Full Control - Guyana Demolished For 96
Defending champions Jamaica have taken a commanding lead over Guyana on the second day of their final-round match in the Regional Four-Day Championship at the National Stadium on Thursday.
The Jamaicans lead Guyana by 295 runs with five second-innings wickets in hand after destructive bowling spells from Sheldon Cotterell and Dave Bernard Jr and a 96-run sixth-wicket partnership between Carlton Baugh and Jermaine Blackwood.
At stumps Jamaica, in their second innings, were 183 for five after Guyana imploded for a paltry 96 in their first innings.
The Guyanese had earlier bowled out Jamaica for a first-innings total of 208.
Cotterell exploited overcast conditions to grab four for 31 while Bernard Jr snatched 3 for 18 to engineer a theatrical demise of the Guyana first innings in which five wickets collapsed in the first 30 minutes.
Immigration Bill Could Exclude Hundreds Of Thousands From Citizenship: Senate Aide (VIDEO)
WASHINGTON -- Bipartisan immigration legislation emerging in the Senate could prevent hundreds of thousands of immigrants in the U.S. illegally from ever becoming citizens, according to a Senate aide with knowledge of the proposals.
The bill expected to be unveiled next week would bar anyone who arrived in the U.S. after Dec. 31, 2011, from applying for legal status and ultimately citizenship, according to the aide, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the proposals had not been announced.
It also would require applicants to document that they were in the country before Dec. 31, 2011, have a clean criminal record, and show enough employment or financial stability that they're likely to stay off welfare. READ More...
Chicago judge lashes out at 'robotic march' of parking attendants who issued 700 tickets and $105,761 in fines on car abandoned by boyfriend in revenge on girl who dumped him (VIDEO)
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A Chicago judge lashed out at city law enforcement on Wednesday for giving a single car more than $105,761 in parking tickets.
A Chicago judge lashed out at city law enforcement on Wednesday for giving a single car more than $105,761 in parking tickets.
'I don’t even know where the room for all the tickets were. Where’d you put them all?' Judge Thomas Allen asked.
The fines were accrued through 678 parking tickets over three years on a 1999 Chevy Monte Carlo that was abandoned in an employee parking lot at O'Hare airport.
Allen questioned law enforcement's 'ridiculous, robotic march to write tickets on a $600 junk car' during a hearing on a lawsuit to dismiss the tickets, according to the Chicago Tribune. READ More...
Kevin Waldrum, UK Man, Billed For $140,000 Worth Of Phone Sex After Bad Breakup (VIDEO)
Love hurts, but so does a $140,000 phone bill.
Kevin Waldrum, a 45-year-old man from the United Kingdom, is learning that the hard way after a rough breakup led to two months of nearly continuous calls to Studio 66 TV, a premium adult chat line. Waldrum was slapped with the phone billafter apparently becoming addicted to the $3-per-minute service, according to a BPM Media report provided to the Huffington Post UK.
Kevin Waldrum, a 45-year-old man from the United Kingdom, is learning that the hard way after a rough breakup led to two months of nearly continuous calls to Studio 66 TV, a premium adult chat line. Waldrum was slapped with the phone billafter apparently becoming addicted to the $3-per-minute service, according to a BPM Media report provided to the Huffington Post UK.
Waldrum acknowledges he's responsible for calling the service incessantly for two months in 2012, but says he believes the company should have cut him off before the bills skyrocketed. After a nearly $30,000 bill arrived, Waldrum paid no attention and kept calling. He also ordered a replacement SIM card after his cell carrier, Vodafone, cut him off, company representative Libby Pritchard told The Huffington Post in an email DAILY CALLER.... READ More...
Trial date set for Haitian voodo case: Voodoo, which blends Catholic beliefs with the worship of deities, is deeply rooted in Haiti and also widely practiced outside of the country.
MIAMI, United States, Monday April 8, 2013 – A Miami judge has set a trial date for July for a Haitian-born voodoo priest accused of placing a curse on his compatriot then drugging and raping her.
On the weekend, prosecutors charged Pierre Jenty, 66, with sexual battery by drugging and third-degree grand theft.
Prosecutor Jessie Friedman told a Miami court that the alleged rape took place in November 2006, but that Jenty had skipped his bond, escaped to Canada, then to Haiti for six years before returning here late last year when he was re-arrested and jailed. READ More...
Cocoa Tea Joins Western Consciousness Line-Up
Reggae veteran Cocoa Tea has been added to the already stellar line-up of the 25th staging of Western Consciousness, dubbed 'The Celebration of Good Over Evil', at the Montego Bay Sports Complex on Saturday.
This will be his second appearance on the show and he promises a solid set including old favourites as well as songs from his new album, Inna Di Red.
"I'm hoping to greet the people with an extra-special amount of consciousness. When I come to perform I give of my best," said CocoaTea. READ More...
GUN FIGHT: NRA TO SCORE DEAL : Bipartisan Gun Control Agreement Announced On Background Checks (UPDATE: NRA To Score Vote) (VIDEO)
WASHINGTON -- Momentum grew for Senate passage of gun legislation when a bipartisan group of senators on Wednesday announced agreement on deals to expand background checks and tighten laws against gun trafficking.
The first breakthrough came in a deal on background checks announced by Sens. Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) and Joe Manchin (D-W.Va.), who agreed on an amendment that would exempt all "personal" transfers of weapons between individuals, but would close the infamous gun show loophole and also require background checks on Internet sales.
"All personal transfers are not touched whatsoever," said Manchin. "We've done these two [gun shows and Internet sales], and we've done them and done them right." READ More...
WHY CAN'T STUFF LIKE THIS GO VIRAL? Morehouse Whiz Kid is Causing a Stir: 13-Year-Old Dominates College. Stafford has a triple major in pre-med, math and computer science.
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SENATE NEAR GUN DEAL....Gun Control Background Checks Deal All But Done In Senate Between Manchin, Toomey
WASHINGTON -- With hours before gun legislation will get a vote in the Senate, negotiators are close to an elusive compromise over the heart of the bill: expanding background checks on sales.
The compromise, being negotiated betweenSens. Joe Manchin (D-W.V.) and Pat Toomey (R-Pa.) was not yet final on Tuesday evening. But as a sign the two sides are close, the senators announced that they would hold a press conference Wednesday at 11 a.m. to announce the compromise. READ More...
TRINIDAD - No Intention Of Resigning, Says Warner PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC):
TRINIDAD - No Intention Of Resigning, Says Warner
PORT-OF-SPAIN (CMC): Embattled National Security Minister Austin 'Jack' Warner says he has no intention of resigning from his Cabinet post, accusing his detractors of trying to prevent the coalition People's Partnership government. Speaking at a public meeting of the ruling United National Congress in Barataria along the east-west corridor on Monday night, Warner also made reference to international media reports that he is implicated in a probe being conducted by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) into the financial affairs of the world football governing body, FIFA, of which he was once its powerful vice-president. READ More...Gunman Robs Downtown Kingston Swiss Stores Of Pricey Watches
THE Police were yesterday continuing investigations into a daring heist at Swiss Stores in downtown Kingston, during which a gunman made off with several high-priced watches and other items of jewellery.
Ueli Bangerter, managing director of Swiss Stores, declined to divulge the value of the items that were taken, but called the incident minor, stressing they were insured.
However, the police confirmed that at least 16 high-end watches - worth a total of between $6 million and $7 million - were stolen. READ More...
No Dis-Harmony - Phillips Declares Luxury Resort Moving Ahead... AFTER a decade of plans to develop a world-class, luxury resort on Jamaica's breathtaking north in Trelawny,
No Dis-Harmony - Phillips Declares Luxury Resort Moving Ahead
AFTER a decade of plans to develop a world-class, luxury resort on Jamaica's breathtaking north coast in Trelawny, the Harmony Cove project is yet to materialise. But this year, development partner Harmonisation Limited is expected to rack up J$55 million. READ More...TRACK and FIELD in JAMAICA...'Great Ones Should Stay Home' - Top US Coach Advises Jamaica's Finest Athletes To Stick With Local Programme. What Do You Think?
From NCAA champions to Olympic and World Championships medallists, the list of Jamaicans whose images are pasted on the walls of Texas A&M University's Athletic department is an impressive one. But even the legendary Pat Henry, head coach of the highly vaunted 'Aggies' programme, admitted that perhaps its better for the island's best athletes to stay home and develop their talent. The university has aided the development of a number of Jamaicans over the years, including Olympians Simone Facey, Chris Pinnock, Howard Davis and Richard Bucknor. READ More...
Jeneil Williams Makes Pulse Hall Of Fame - Inductees Accepted For The First Time In Five Years
Jeneil Williams Makes Pulse Hall Of Fame
Discovered, developed and introduced to the international model market by Pulse, Williams is an international superstar and has been the Caribbean's most outstanding model for the past four years.
Williams has earned a body of work that spans the most important clients in the international fashion industry and, for that effort, joins Kimberley Mais, Althea Laing, Nikki Vassell, Romae Gordon, Nadine Willis, Jaunel McKenzie, Carla Campbell, Angela Neil, Lisa Hanna, Sandra Foster and Lois Samuels as inductees into the Hall of Fame. READ More...
Discovered, developed and introduced to the international model market by Pulse, Williams is an international superstar and has been the Caribbean's most outstanding model for the past four years.
Williams has earned a body of work that spans the most important clients in the international fashion industry and, for that effort, joins Kimberley Mais, Althea Laing, Nikki Vassell, Romae Gordon, Nadine Willis, Jaunel McKenzie, Carla Campbell, Angela Neil, Lisa Hanna, Sandra Foster and Lois Samuels as inductees into the Hall of Fame. READ More...Louisville Wins National Championship, Defeats Michigan In NCAA Tournament Final 82-76
ATLANTA — Rick Pitino capped the greatest week of his life with the prize he wanted most of all.
Luke Hancock produced another huge game off the bench, scoring 22 points, and Pitino became the first coach to win national titles at two schools when relentless Louisville rallied from another 12-point deficit to beat Michigan 82-76 in the NCAA championship game Monday night. READ More...
WAR, WAR! North Korea warns foreigners to leave South...warning foreigners to evacuate South Korea to avoid being dragged into a "merciless, sacred, retaliatory war".
The North's latest antagonistic message belied an atmosphere free of anxiety in the South Korean capital, where the city center was bustling with traffic and offices operated normally.
Pyongyang has shown no sign of preparing its 1.2 million-strong army for war, indicating the threat could be partly intended to bolster Kim Jong-un, 30, the third in his family to lead the reclusive country.
None of the embassies in Seoul appeared to have issued any directives to their nationals after the warning and airlines reported no changes in their schedules. Schools catering to foreign pupils worked without interruption. READ More...L-Carnitine, Nutrient In Red Meat, Linked With Heart Disease
The high amounts of saturated fat and cholesterol in red meat have long been blamed for increasing people's risk of heart disease. But now, new research points a finger at another culprit in meat that may be more closely tied to this leading killer.
A new study reveals that a nutrient called l-carnitine, which is found in red meat and is also popular as a dietary supplement, may also play a role in the development of heart disease. READ More...BREAKING NEWS > THATCHER is DEAD at 87: Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died Monday following a stroke. READ More below at www.RulaBrownNetwork.com
(CNN) -- Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher died Monday following a stroke, her spokeswoman confirmed.
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Britain's only female prime minister, Thatcher served from 1979 to 1990 as leader of the Conservative Party. She was called the "Iron Lady" for her personal and political toughness.
Thatcher retired from public life after a stroke in 2002 and suffered several strokes after that.
AMERICAN SHAME...Poverty Crisis All But Disappears From Washington Agenda
WASHINGTON -- At a time when Republicans on Capitol Hill are expressing outrage over canceled White House tours, something more deserving of outrage is taking place: tens of millions of the nation's most vulnerable are taking hits on all sides. The nation's poverty rate is frozen at a high of 15 percent. And lawmakers on both sides of the aisle, for the most part, aren't even talking about it.
"Missing in action," Rep. Marcia Fudge (D-Ohio), the chairwoman of the Congressional Black Caucus, said of Congress' record on poverty.
It has been a topic of discussion among Washington lawmakers in fleeting moments. Language about making poverty a national priority found its way into the Democratic Party platform last year and into President Barack Obama's State of the Union address in February. Democrats tucked a line into their budget proposals this year calling for a strategy to cut poverty in half in 10 years. READ More...St Maarten man detained in killing of toddler
PHILIPSBURG, St. Maarten, Wednesday April 3, 2013 – Police have detained an unidentified man after he slammed a two-month-old baby into the ground killing the toddler instantly.
Police said that the man had earlier left a night club where he had been involved in an altercation, destroying property and also hitting several vehicles in his path.
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| The police said that the man made his way to a house in Middle Region where he forcibly entered the building, picking up the toddler and running away. |
The police said that the man made his way to a house in Middle Region where he forcibly entered the building, picking up the toddler and running away. READ More...
DOCTORS on strike in JAMAICA...The Ministry of Health in confirming the reports of a strike said several health facilities have informed patients that only emergency cases, will be accepted.
KINGSTON, Jamaica, Thursday April 4, 2013 - Protest action by doctors in the public health system on Thursday has led to large crowds at public hospitals and clinics across the island.
More than 60 percent of the 2,500 government paid medical doctors who are attached to the Jamaica Medical Doctors Association and the Medical Association of Jamaica called in sick on Thursday.
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| The Ministry of Health in confirming the reports of a strike said several health facilities have informed patients that only emergency cases, will be accepted. |
The Ministry of Health in confirming the reports of a strike said several health facilities have informed patients that only emergency cases, will be accepted.
The South East Regional Health Authority (SERHA) said the doctors at the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH), the largest in the island , called in sick.
Chairman of SERHA, Lyttleton Shirley said precautionary measures are being implemented to ensure that patient care is not compromised and emergencies are being handled in the normal ways. He also confirmed that appointments were being cancelled. READ More...
Caribbean drug trafficking boom predicted as Latin America cracks down
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SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico, Friday April 5, 2013 – William Brownfield, a top US State Department official, has predicted that the Caribbean is likely to see a surge in drug-trafficking activity by 2015 as operations out of Central America dwindle due to an international crackdown.
Brownfield, assistant secretary of state for international narcotics and law enforcement, said he believes drug traffickers squeezed out of Mexico, Central America and South America will target the Caribbean because it's spacious and allows them to remain undercover and take advantage of weak law enforcement in certain countries. Read more:
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CARNIVAL in KINGSTON..Breaking records and providing a good mix of entertainment, organisers of Bacchanal Jamaica expect to end this season on a high with today's road march.
Le Masquerade - Carnival To Flood Kingston Streets Today
Breaking records and providing a good mix of entertainment, organisers of Bacchanal Jamaica expect to end this season on a high with today's road march. The march, which will go through various sections of the Corporate Area, will have hundreds of revellers clad in costumes depicting the theme, Le Masquerade. READ More.
HILLSTERIA...Hillary Clinton 2016 Speculation: The Week It Moved From Trickle To Stream (VIDEO)
There comes a time in life when spring is in the air, the blossoms are blooming anew, the birds are returning to their aeries, and a political reporter's thoughts, naturally, turn toward wildly speculating about whether Hillary Clinton is going to run for president in 2016. READ More...
NCAA Championship Matchup Set in Atlanta, GA....Louisville, Michigan To Face Off For National Title: 2013 NCAA Tournament Final Matchup Set
NCAA Championship Matchup Set
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Yes...ATLANTA -- Start studying, Louisville.
Instead of an all-Big East final against a familiar opponent, the top-seeded Cardinals will play Michigan for the national championship Monday night. It will be the first game between the teams since 1978. READ More...
Beyonce, Jay-Z Blasted For Cuba Vacation On Fifth Anniversary (PHOTOS)
BEYONCE, JAY-Z Cuba Vacation
Beyonce and Jay-Z are being criticized for vacationing in Cuba. Here, they tour Old Havana, Cuba, Thursday, April 4, 2013. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Beyonce and Jay-Z are being criticized for spending their fifth anniversary in Cuba.
Mauricio Claver-Carone, the Executive Director of Cuba Democracy Advocates in Washington, D.C., a group dedicated to promoting democracy in the Caribbean country, blasted the hip-hop power couple for vacationing in the communist nation.
"There are women getting beaten on a daily basis, women who are being jailed for no reason ... people are fighting for their freedom," he told TMZ, claiming Beyonce and Jay-Z's failed to educate themselves on Cuba's human rights violations before making the trip. "It’s extremely insensitive," he added. READ More...
Trayvon Martin's Family Settles Wrongful Death Suit for a Reported Seven Figure
Trayvon Martin's family has reached a settlement in a wrongful death suit they filed against the homeowners association of the sub-division where Martin was killed, the Orlando Sentinel reports.
Martin was shot to death just steps from his father's home on Feb. 26, 2012, by volunteer neighborhood watchman George Zimmerman. The case drew national attention last year as the Sanford Police Department vacillated on whether to file charges against Zimmerman, who indicated that he'd shot Martin only after being attacked. Zimmerman has been charged with second degree murder and is currently awaiting trial. READ More...Rick Warren, the Mega Church Pastor son, Matthew Warren Commits Suicide
In an emotional letter to his church members, pastor Rick Warren of Lake Forest, Calif.-based Saddleback Church told them that his youngest son committed suicide.
“At 27 years of age, Matthew was an incredibly kind, gentle and compassionate young man whose sweet spirit was encouragement and comfort to many,” Warren, the popular author of The Purpose Driven Life, said in the letter. “Unfortunately, he also suffered from mental illness resulting in deep depression and suicidal thoughts.”
Matthew Warren, one of three children of Warren and his wife, Kay, killed himself Friday, the evangelical pastor said in the letter. READ More...
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