Jamaicans Celebrate 50th African Liberation Day....At least three events are planned for between tomorrow and Saturday in celebration of the 50th African Liberation Day.

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At least three events are planned for between tomorrow and Saturday in celebration of the 50th African Liberation Day. All three events feature stage shows and will see Jamaicanscelebrating freedom through music.

African Liberation Day has its roots in 1958, when Ghanian leader Dr Kwame Nkrumah convened the First Conference of Independent States in the Ghanian capital, Accra. April 15 was named African Freedom Day, as the formal decolonisation process gained momentum across Africa. When the Organisation of African Unity was formed in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, on May 25, African Liberation Day was declared on that date.

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Full stage shows rare

Compared to the regularity of former years full-scale stage shows are now a rarity in Jamaica, with Reggae Sumfest, Rebel Salute and Western Consciousness three of the few calendar events remaining. However, all the celebratory events incorporate the stage show format. READ More...

Woolwich Attack: Man Reportedly Beheaded In Brutal Assault In London Neighborhood (WARNING: DISTURBING FOOTAGE)

A man was reportedly killed in an attack with a knife and a meat cleaver in London's Woolwich neighbourhood on Wednesday.

In a statement, London's Metropolitan police commander Simon Letchford said that police have shot two men who had attacked the victim in Woolwich's John Wilson Street. The Telegraph reports that local MP Nick Raynsford said that he believed the victim was a soldier returning to his barracks, while several witnesses described the attack as a "beheading."

According to Bloomberg, two men are in police custody.

The Guardian reports that British Prime Minister David Cameron called the incident "truly shocking." Cameron asked Britain's home secretary to chair a meeting of Cobra, the government's emergency committee. READ More...

GOV'T ADMITS KILLING 4 AMERICANS: Four American Citizens Killed In Drone Strikes Since 2009: Eric Holder

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration acknowledged for the first time Wednesday that four American citizens have been killed in drone strikes since 2009 in Pakistan and Yemen. The disclosure to Congress comes on the eve of a major national security speech by President Barack Obama.

In conducting U.S. counterterrorism operations against al-Qaida and its associated forces, the government has targeted and killed one American citizen, Anwar al-Awlaki, and is aware of the killing by U.S. drones of three others, Attorney General Eric Holder said in a letter to Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy.

Al-Awlaki, a radical Muslim cleric, was killed in a drone strike in September 2011 in Yemen. Holder said three other Americans were killed by drones in counterterrorism operations since 2009 but were not targeted. The three are Samir Khan, who was killed in the same drone strike as al-Awlaki; al-Awlaki's 16-year-old son, Abdulrahman, a native of Denver, who also was killed in Yemen two weeks later; and Jude Kenan Mohammed, who was killed in a drone strike in Pakistan. READ More...

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OKLAHOMA HORROR 51 Confirmed Dead... 20 Children... At Least 230 Injured... Death Toll Expected To Rise...Oklahoma Tornado 2013 Devastates Moore, Kills Dozens (GRAPHIC PHOTOS)

MOORE, Okla., May 20 (Reuters) - A 2-mile-wide (3-km-wide) tornado tore through the Oklahoma City suburb of Moore on Monday, killing at least 51 people while destroying entire tracts of homes, piling cars atop one another, and trapping two dozen school children beneath rubble.

Twenty of the 51 confirmed deaths were children, the Oklahoma medical examiner said, and at least 45 of the 230 people injured were children, according to area hospitals. It was the deadliest U.S. tornado since one killed 161 people in Joplin, Missouri, two years ago.

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President Barack Obama declared a major disaster area in Oklahoma, ordering federal aid to supplement state and local efforts. READ More...

Mary J. Blige Hit With $3.4 Million Tax Lien

Similar to the chorus of her hit single, “I'm Goin' Down,” Mary J. Blige’s luck is continuing to go on a downward spiral, as reports have surfaced stating the singer owes millions in taxes.

According to TMZ, the IRS have filed a tax lien against Blige in February claiming the Grammy Award-winner failed to pay $3.4 million in income taxes over the course of three years.

The 42-year-old’s financial security has been in question in recent months due to a string of events including an outstanding $901,769.65 tax lien in the State of New Jersey, and defaulting on a $500,000 loan. READ More....

BREAKING NEWS :TORNADO HELL: TOWN 'LEVELED,' 37 DEAD...MASSIVE 2 Miles wide TORNADO HIT OKLAHOMA CITY (VIDEO). Over 100,000 impacted.

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TOOTS & The MAYTALS: Toots Hit By Bottle On Stage In US - Receives Stitches, Started Acoustic Tour Last Night

Frederick 'Toots' Hibbert, who performs as Toots and the Maytals, was hit in the head by a bottle and cut while performing in Richmond, Virginia, USA, on Saturday night.

Reports from the US are that the 19-year-old man who threw the bottle was arrested and charged with aggravated assault. Hibbert was treated at the VCU Medical Centre for the cut and released.

Toots and the Maytals was performing at the Dominion Riverrock Outdoor Sports and Music Festival. The band stopped playing after he was hit, and it was reported that Hibbert was disappointed that theconcert was interrupted. READ More...

FED UP: Gaza Slim and Pim-Pim along with embattled Gaza boss Vybz Kartel are to return to court in July. (AUDIO)

Gaza Slim and Pim-Pim along with embattled Gaza boss Vybz Kartel are to return to court in July. The three are jointly charged with attempting to pervert the course of justice and perverting the course of justice.

When the matter was called before the Corporate Area R-M court today, the case was put-off. Gaza Slim who is frustrated with the constant delays speaks with Music News. READ More...

Justin Bieber Booed At Billboard Music Awards, Claims He's An Artist (VIDEO)

Justin Bieber was booed at the Billboard Music Awards, despite winning two awards and performing twice.

The "Beauty and the Beat" singer was accepting the Milestone Award when the crowd seemed to erupt in boos. Looking a bit confused, Bieber went on to assert that he thinks only the "craft" and his music should be considered, arguing that "none of the other bull" mattered. While it's unclear what Bieber was referencing, he has had a number of bad public relations moments as of late, having lost his temper with the paparazzi in London and being caught smoking marijuana.

"This is not a gimmick," Bieber said. "I’m an artist and I should be taken seriously.”

Bieber beat out a number of other artists, including Bruno Mars and Taylor Swift for the award. The Milestone Award was actually Bieber’s second trophy of the night. He also took home “Top Male Artist.”

It's unfortunately not the first time Bieber has been booed. He's previouslyencountered a similar reaction at a Canadian Football Game, a New York Knicks basketball game and at one of his own concerts, where he arrived hours late. READ More...

IN JAMAICA: "Act On Tivoli Gardens"......Amnesty Int'l rep says Gov't should thoroughly probe 2010 incursion

Human-rights watchdog Amnesty International's researcher on Jamaica, Chiara Liguori, has called on the Government to act swiftly to undertake a thorough investigation into the circumstances surrounding the security forces' 2010 incursion into Tivoli Gardens, west Kingston.

"After three years, Jamaica still has not met its obligation to complete a prompt, independent, impartial and effective investigation into the dozens of allegations of unlawful killings by security forces and other serious human-rights abuses during the state of emergency," Liguori said.

Liguori was speaking yesterday at a joint press conference with local human-rights lobby Jamaicans for Justice (JFJ).

"The previous and the current governments should take responsibility for this failure and must immediately do everything necessary to ensure that the rights of victims to truth, justice and reparations are fulfilled without further delay," she insisted. READ More...

Andrea Rebello, Hofstra University Student, Home Invasion Shooting Death Under Investigation

Andrea Rebello

MINEOLA, N.Y. — A Hofstra University student being held in a headlock at gunpoint by an intruder was accidently shot and killed by a police officer who had responded to the home invasion at an off-campus home, police said Saturday.

Junior public relations major Andrea Rebello was shot once in the head early Friday morning by an officer who opened fire after the masked intruder pointed a gun at the officer while holding the 21-year-old student, Nassau County homicide squad Lt. John Azzata said.

In a tense confrontation with the officer, gunman Dalton Smith "menaces our police officer, points his gun at the police officer," Azzata said. The officer opened fire, killing Smith and his hostage. READ More...

THE PAYPAL 14 Aggressive Prosecution Takes Toll On Defendants In Major Anonymous Case... Defendant Says She Would 'Jump Off The Hoover Dam' If Convicted

Before he was charged in July 2011 with aiding the hacker group Anonymous, Josh Covelli lived what he considered the life of an ordinary 26-year-old. He spent countless hours on the Internet. He had a girlfriend. He was a student and employee at Devry University in Dayton, Ohio.

But after federal authorities accused him and 13 other people of helping launch a cyberattack against the online payment service PayPal, Covelli faced potentially 15 years in prison, and his life began to unravel.

His girlfriend broke up with him. He struggled to find an employer willing to hire an accused computer hacker. His friends "wanted nothing to do with me," he said, and he suffered from bouts of paranoia -- "looking out windows, not sure who to trust" -- before checking into a behavioral health center for three days.

"It was as if I got kicked off a cliff," Covelli, now 28, told The Huffington Post in an interview. READ More...

Republican, PETE SANTILLI, Radio Host: Hillary Clinton Needs To Be 'Shot In The Vagina'......"Barack Obama needs to be tried, convicted, and shot for crimes against the United States of America," Santilli said. (VIDEO)

Radio host Pete Santilli made shocking remarks about former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, claiming she should be "shot" for being "involved in the killings of American troops."

Santilli hosts a show on his website, but says he's "ready to take my show to national syndication; that is, of course, if the FCC regulated AM/FM radio stations can handle my truth & honesty."

(WARNING: this post contains language that may disturb some readers.)

"Hillary Clinton needs to be convicted. She needs to be tried, convicted and shot in the vagina," Santilli said, Right Wing Watch reports. "I want to pull the trigger."

Santilli criticized Clinton over the Sept. 11, 2012 attack on the U.S. consultate in Benghazi, Libya. He also slammed Clinton over what he called "the fake hunt down of this Obama bin Laden thing": READ More...

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Was Angelina Jolie ‘Medically Hexed?’

In this New York Times article, A-list actress Angelina Jolie bravely announced that she made the tough decision to undergo elective bilateral mastectomy after her doctors warned her that she has an 87% risk of developing breast cancer and a 50% risk of getting ovarian cancer because her mother died of breast cancer and she carries the BRCA1 gene. While I fully support Angelina’s right to write The Prescription for herself, and while I admire her courage to go public with what some might hide, as an OB/GYN physician with a passion for mind-body medicine, this breaking news concerns me for a variety of reasons.

The Nocebo Effect

In Chapter 2 of Mind Over Medicine, I share the scientific data about “the nocebo effect,” the opposite of the placebo effect, when we think something will harm our health – and it does. In one case study, a man was misdiagnosed with cancer and told he would only live 3 months. He died exactly 3 months later and was found to have no cancer on autopsy.

In another case study that is the stuff of fairy tales, a woman born on Friday the 13th in the Okefenokee Swamp near the Georgia-Florida border was one of three girls delivered that day by a midwife, who proclaimed that all three girls, born on such a fateful day, were hexed. The first, she announced, would die before her 16th birthday.  The second would not survive her 21st. And the patient in question was told she would die before her 23rd  birthday. Read more:  

Pat Robertson Tells Wife Of Cheating Husband To Be Grateful For Marriage, Make Home Enticing (VIDEO)

Pat Robertson has many opinions on subjects including homosexuality, politics and the coming of the Mark of the Beast, but it was the famous televangelist's opinion on marriage that took center stage during Wednesday's episode of his daily television program, "The 700 Club."

Responding to a question from a viewer, Robertson said that married men "have a tendency to wander" and it is the spurned wife's job to focus on the positive and make sure the home is so enticing, he doesn't want to stray.

"I've been trying to forgive my husband for cheating on me," the viewer writes. "We have gone to counseling, but I just can't seem to forgive, nor can I trust. How do you let go of the anger? How do you trust again?" While Robertson's co-host hedged on the question, calling forgiveness "difficult" and spousal infidelity "one of the ultimate betrayals," Robertson got right to the point. READ More...

37th TIME'S THE CHARM!: House Votes For Obamacare Repeal Again

The House of Representatives held another vote to repeal Obamacare Thursday afternoon.

The House voted to repeal Obamacare 229-195. However, the bill will have little hope of passing in the Democratic-controlled Senate.

The decision to hold a vote to repeal Obamacare -- which has already been done 37 times -- was made by Republican leaders looking to appease freshman GOP lawmakers.

“We’ve got 70 new members who have not had the opportunity to vote on the president’s health care law. Frankly, they’ve been asking for an opportunity to vote on it, and we’re going to give it to them,” House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) told reporters last week. READ More...

(VIDEO) Kiera Wilmot Will Not Be Charged For Explosion At Florida School

Kiera Wilmot, a central Florida teenager who was
 accused of igniting a chemical explosion on school grounds
 – and who became the subject of a
 grassroots social media campaign
 on her behalf – will not face criminal charges,

A central Florida teenager who was accused of igniting a chemical explosion on school grounds – and who became the subject of a grassroots social media campaign on her behalf – will not face criminal charges, authorities said Wednesday.

Polk County State Attorney Jerry Hill wrote in a statement that the case against 16-year-old Kiera Wilmot has been dismissed, but that she must complete a diversion program. READ More...

Service Dog Arrives At College Graduation In Cap And Gown, Becomes A Celebrity (VIDEO-PHOTOS)

A young woman and her service dog caused quite a stir over the weekend when they both showed up to her college graduation ceremony dressed in matching caps and gowns.

On Sunday, this photograph -- which shows the graduate at the side of the stage in a wheelchair accompanied by her pooch -- went viral after it was posted online by Redditor tcjones54: "The girl and the dog received the loudest applause hands down. Very adorable," tcjones54 wrote.

According to posts on Reddit, the photo was taken at the Saturday convocation ceremony of the College of Applied Health Sciences at the University of Illinois, Urbana Champaign. "This picture is everything that is right in the world," wrote Redditor AndreThreeHundred.

Then, a day after the original post went viral, the woman in the photograph uploaded another picture to Reddit. READ More...