5 Dead in Brooklyn Stabbing

By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS

Published: October 27, 2013

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Investigators at the scene of a stabbing in Brooklyn.

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Five people were killed in a stabbing in Brooklyn on Saturday night, officials said.

The authorities responded to reports of a stabbing around 11 p.m. at a home on 57th Street near Ninth Avenue, in Sunset Park, the police said. A suspect was in custody late Saturday.

Some of the victims were young children, the police said. Officials were investigating whether the suspect was related to any of the victims.

Three victims were found dead at the scene when emergency personnel arrived, fire officials said. One victim was later pronounced dead at Lutheran Medical Center in Brooklyn, and another was pronounced dead at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn.

Ziggy Marley and Snoop Lion have made the preliminary list for Best Reggae Album at next year's Grammy Awards.

ALBUMS by Ziggy Marley and Snoop Lion have made the preliminary list for Best Reggae Album at next year's Grammy Awards. The Grammys are scheduled for February.

According to tbrnews.com, Marley's Reggae in my Head and Snoop Lion's Reincarnated are likely frontrunners to win the award. Reggae in my Head was released last December, but like most of Marley's work, little has been heard of it in Jamaica.

Marley is a multiple Grammy winner as a solo act and with the Melody Makers which included his sisters Sharon and Cedella and brother Stephen. Reincarnated was released in April and reflected a change in sound and faith for the former 'gangsta' rapper known as Snoop Dogg. read more: 

Marley in Forbes Top 5.....BOB Marley has once again made Forbes Magazine's list of top-earning dead celebrities.

BOB Marley has once again made Forbes Magazine's list of top-earning dead celebrities.

According to the latest list from the respected financial publication, the reggae icon is in the top five with Michael Jackson, Elvis Presley, Charles Schulz (of Peanuts cartoon fame) and John Lennon. Jackson topped the field with earnings of over US$160 million. Marley rounded out the top five with $18 million.

MARLEY... rounded out
 the top five with $18 million

 

According to Forbes, "The iconic reggae singer might find it strange that his name has become part of a capitalist enterprise. There are Bob Marley speakers and messenger bags as well as a line of Bob Marley drinks that come in 'mellow mood' and 'one drop' (A.K.A. coffee)."

Marley whose legacy includes a number of outstanding albums for Island Records, died from cancer in May, 1981 at age 36. read more:

The Melodians' Tony Brevett dies

KINGSTON, Jamaica - Tony Brevett, a founding member of rocksteady group The Melodians, died Saturday from cancer in a Miami hospital.

Trevor McNaughton, his colleague in the group, told the Jamaica Observer that Brevett was admitted to Florida Memorial Hospital in early August. He said Brevett complained about suffering stomach pains and kidney problems, causing the duo to cancel an August 6 show in Miami.

Tony Brevitt

Brevett, who was in his late '60s, had lived in New York for several years. He and McNaughton had been performing in the United States this year to celebrate The Melodians' 50th anniversary. Brent Dowe, the group's other original member, died on January 29, 2006 from a heart attack.

In January, The Melodians released the album Lyrics to Riddim produced by Willie Lindo for his Heavy Beat Records label. read more: 

Shawn Achor: The happy secret to better work (VIDEO)

We believe that we should work to be happy, but could that be backwards? In this fast-moving and entertaining talk, psychologist Shawn Achor argues that actually happiness inspires productivity. (Filmed atTEDxBloomington.)

Shawn Achor is the CEO of Good Think Inc., where he researches and teaches about positive psychology. WATCH VIDEO Full bio »

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IN JAMAICA: Cop shoots, injures woman in Half Way Tree

A woman was yesterday shot and injured by police in Half-Way-Tree (HWT) near the HWT Transport Centre, in St Andrew. Police report that at about 11:45 am, an explosion was heard and the woman was seen suffering from what appeared to be a gunshot wound.

A man, who claimed to be an eyewitness, alleged that there was an altercation between a man and a woman when the police intervened.

Independent Commission of
Investigations officers at the
scene in Half-Way-Tree, St Andrew,
 yesterday where a woman
 was alleged shot by a policeman.

 

The “police saw the man and the woman in a fight and attempted to quell the situation,” the alleged eyewitness said. It is alleged that as the police led the man away, they were confronted by the woman, who had a knife. The policeman is reported to have fired a single shot and the woman was struck. Officials from the Independent Commission of Investigations are probing the incident. Read more: 

DEA THOMAS GETS 12 ones in CAPE.....Ardenne: Region's best! School celebrates top CAPE achievements Top CAPE student expresses shock and delight

ARDENNE High School, the prominent St Andrew co-educational institution, is today basking in the glory of being pronounced the Caribbean Advanced Proficiency Examination (CAPE) School of the Year for 2013 in the region, and also for producing the top Caribbean Examinations Council (CXC) CAPE student this year — Dea Thomas.

Top Caribbean Examination Council
CAPE student for Jamaica
 and the region for this year,
 Dea Thomas, is flanked by her father,
 Thomas Menacherry, who teaches
 Physics at Ardenne; and Ardenne
 Principal Nadine Molloy
 yesterday at the school.

 

"We got a call this morning from Barbados, CXC's head office, indicating that Dea Thomas, as the top CXC CAPE student for Jamaica, is also the top one for the region," an elated Nadine Molloy, principal of Ardenne, told the Jamaica Observer yesterday. Molloy said that subsequent to the call she received a letter indicating that Ardenne, by having the most outstanding candidate overall, becomes the CAPE School of the Year. "So of course Ardenne is quite excited, because Ardenne is indeed the CAPE School of the Year for 2013 in the region," she said.

"The award will be presented in December in Guyana and both Dea and myself — I'm not sure if one of her parents will be invited to attend — will be in attendance. I will make remarks and Dea will give the vote of thanks at that ceremony," Molloy explained. The Math and Science student, who hopes to pursue a career in medical research was, by some weird stroke of faith, able to hear the good news from the CXC herself yesterday.

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Quincy Jones sues Michael Jackson estate

LOS ANGELES (AP) -- Quincy Jones sued Michael Jackson's estate on Friday claiming he is owed millions in royalties and production fees on some of the superstar's greatest hits.

Quincy Jones

Jones' lawsuit seeks at least $10 million from the singer's estate and Sony Music Entertainment, claiming the entities improperly re-edited songs to deprive him of royalties and production fees. The music has been used in the film ‘This Is It’ and a pair of Cirque du Soleil shows based on the King of Pop's songs, the lawsuit states.

Jones also claims that he should have received a producer's credit on the music in ‘This Is It’.  His lawsuit seeks an accounting of the estate's profits from the works so that Jones can determine how much he is owed. The producer worked with Jackson on three of his most popular solo albums, ‘Off the Wall’, ‘Thriller’ and ‘Bad’.

Jackson's estate wrote in a statement that it was saddened by Jones' lawsuit. "To the best of our knowledge, Mr Jones has been appropriately compensated over approximately 35 years for his work with Michael," the statement said. Read more: 

77 y-o Radio DJ Charged with trying to have sex with 6 y-o girl......Dave Herman, retired New York rock 'n' roll DJ at WNEW, busted in child sex sting in Virgin Islands

Retired rock radio host Dave Herman went from revolutionary deejay to shocked jock Thursday after he was charged with trying to arrange sex with a 6-year-old girl in the Virgin Islands.

Herman, longtime host of “The Dave Herman Rock and Roll Morning Show” on the defunct WNEW-FM in New York, was arrested at the airport in St. Croix after brokering a deal to have an encounter with a fictitious and “incredibly sexy” young girl, according to a criminal complaint.

Dave Herman

Unknown to Herman, the 36-year-old woman willing to let him have sex with her daughter “Lexi” at his St. Croix vacation home was actually a Homeland Security agent chatting him up online since November, the complaint said.

“I find girls that age incredibly sexy, soft, and their innocence is also a huge turn-on for me,” investigators said the 77-year-old Airmont, Rockland County, resident unwittingly told investigators who set up the sting. “Age 6 is the perfect time to start her being loved that way.”

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Fart Filtering Underwear Said To Neutralize Stink Of Passing Gas

Keep cutting the cheese, America. A British line of fart-filtering underwear is doing big business, and it has the United States to thank for it.

"Americans are making up the majority of our sales at the moment," Shreddiesspokeswoman Ianthe Betts-Clarke told The Huffington Post. Since word about the odor-neutralizing Shreddies passed through the Internet a few days ago, the company has experienced a 400 percent increase in orders over all, Betts-Clarke estimated.

Shreddies weaves a carbon cloth called Zorflex into its rear panel. Betts-Clarke says it can squash the smell of "200 times the average flatulence emission." (Shreddies apparently hasn't met my Aunt Edna.). read more

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JonBenet Ramsey case: Years later, court releases documents with new details....JonBenet Ramsey Indictment Released (UPDATE)

UPDATE -- A previously sealed grand jury indictment released Friday relating to the 1996 death of JonBenet Ramsey names the girl's parents, John and Patsy Ramsey, on counts of child abuse resulting in death and accessory to crime.

ORIGINAL STORY -- DENVER — DENVER (AP) — A grand jury indictment issued in 1999 in the JonBenet Ramsey investigation will be released Friday, and should shed more light on why prosecutors decided against pursuing charges against the little girl's parents.

The grand jury reviewed evidence against John and Patsy Ramsey three years after the 6-year-old beauty queen's body was found bludgeoned and strangled in their home in Boulder on Dec. 26, 1996. A series of possible charges were considered by grand jurors but it's not clear whether they voted to charge one or both parents.

The Ramseys maintained their innocence, offering a $100,000 reward for the killer and mounting a newspaper campaign seeking evidence. read more

Bill Mohr, Adorable 105-Year-Old Man, Earns His High School Diploma (VIDEO)

It's nearly impossible to watch Bill and Josie Mohr without cracking an enormous smile. Their happiness is too contagious.

The couple from Philadelphia has a lot to be happy about. They just celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary and Bill's 105th birthday. And if that wasn't enough, on Sunday, Bill earned his high school diploma, according to CBS 3.

Bill and Josie Mohr

The World War II veteran had to leave Saint Joseph's Preparatory School when he was 15 years old to help his parents out, FOX29 reported. Work and eventually the war kept him from graduating. But Bill Connors, Prep's president, wanted to change that. Connors told CBS that if Mohr had graduated on schedule, he'd have celebrated his class' 85th anniversary this year. Connors simply had to get him that diploma. Mohr was overwhelmed with gratefulness to finally be honored. read more

Juan Pablo Vazquez Confesses To Killing 45 People In Northern Mexican City, Officials Say

MEXICO CITY, Oct 24 (Reuters) - A 20-year-old man in the northern Mexican city of Monterrey has admitted to killing 45 people, and is being investigated for 34 more, officials said on Thursday.

Juan Pablo Vazquez was caught earlier this month in Monterrey where he was allegedly selling drugs, said Nuevo Leon state security spokesman Jorge Domene.

Vazquez, who said he was part of an unidentified local organized crime group, has already admitted being behind 45 killings and "is related to at least 79 murders, most of them committed in 2012," Domene told a news conference. Mexico has suffered from a wave of drug-related violence, with about 1,000 people a month dying in gangland killings. About 80,000 people have died since 2007 in cartel violence. read more

ON STAGE WITH : Jamaica’s Big Star Shebada Vs Dancehall

Recently on a previous Facebook thread someone asked, “Why is Jamaica so homophobic, when they’re most popular celebrity is Gay?”  The celebrity that they were referring to is the  Actor /Comedian  Keith “Shebada” Ramsay.  Shebada plays an homosexual character in many of his works and has been the biggest act in Jamaica since Oliver Samuel. read more

Man held with counterfeit US and Jamaican notes

KINGSTON, Jamaica — A 45-year-old man was arrested by the Browns Hall police early Thursday after residents raised an alarm that he was purchasing goods and exchanging counterfeit US dollar notes at a number of local shops in the St Catherine community.

Blackwood being apprehended
 by the Browns Hall police after
 being accused of distributing
 counterfeit notes

 

The man who gave his name as Dwitt Blackwood was arrested after the police allegedly found him with US$550 in counterfeit notes, four fake J$1000 bills and J$13,500 that he had apparently received in exchange for the counterfeit foreign currency he tendered to shop owners. According to a sergeant at the station, the only real foreign currency Blackwood had in his possession was a US$20 bill.

The police also seized goods he had purchased with the counterfeit bills including tins of a popular energy drink, a variety of liquor and a number of phone cards. Corporal Cleveland McCalla, one of officers involved in the capture of the accused, said that Blackwood would be taken to the Spanish Town police station where further investigations would be conducted. Read more: 

A rare find in JAMAICA: Japanese firms says Jamaica’s earth minerals could help them break China’s hold on market

JAPANESE firm Nippon Light Metals Company yesterday revealed that its motivation in spearheading the US$5-million rare earth elements pilot project with the Government of Jamaica is to try to break China's hold on the market.

Operations manager for the project, Tsuyoshi Kawarasaki, told the Jamaica Observer at the opening of the pilot plant yesterday that, given the higher concentration of rare earth elements in Jamaica's red mud deposits compared to global competitors, the island held the key to making Nippon's goal a reality.

"The Jamaican red mud is very excellent compared to the other red mud all over the world, so we chose Jamaican bauxite," he said. Some 17 rare earth elements -- including scandium, yttrium, cerium and erbium -- are to be found in red mud, but Nippon's target, Kawarasaki said, is dysprosium (Dy) which is found in large quantities in China and used in the manufacture of lasers and magnets.

"Our target is Dy, a material or manganate only found in China. China is controlling the market, so we must compete with them," he said. read more: 

IN JAMAICA: Shooting of man in 'Angola' leaves residents puzzled

MOMENTS after students at the Charlie Smith High school settled down for classes following their lunch break yesterday, a barrage of gunshots rang out in the community known as 'Angola' in Arnett Gardens, South St Andrew, where the school is located.

Residents said three armed men were seen fleeing soon after and when they checked, they found an unidentified man suffering from multiple gunshot wounds to the head and upper body inside a house on Ninth Street.

Policemen stand guard at
the entrance of a house at
 Ninth Street, in a section of
 Arnett Gardens known as Angola,
where a man was shot dead yesterday.

 

The incident left them puzzled. Some stood staring with blank looks on their faces from behind the police yellow tape as crime scene investigators searched the area for clues. "Him nuh come from roun' here. We don't know him," one woman said.

The residents talked amongst themselves in hushed tones as they discussed the events that unfolded only minutes before. "Him come check him brethren from the other day. When mi hear the whole heap a shot dem, mi frighten. So when dem done mi come outside and when mi run guh look, mi si him have whole heap a gunshot hole in him head. Him marrow splash out and some people start vomit," one woman said. She was speaking to no one in particular. read more: 

Former Deputy Prime Minister Seymour St Edward 'Foggy' Mullings, OJ, was laid to rest on the grounds of the St Matthew Anglican Church, in Claremont, St Ann

Former Deputy Prime Minister Seymour St Edward 'Foggy' Mullings, OJ, was laid to rest on the grounds of the St Matthew Anglican Church, in Claremont, St Ann today. 

Mullings, who died on October 9, at age 82, was given a state funeral as a mark of respect for his decades of service to the nation. Former Prime Minister P.J. Patterson, in whose cabinet Mullings spent several years read the tribute. 

Patterson read: 
“Seymour Mullings was truly one of a kind. His sound upbringing and kind temperament made him uniquely fitted for the time and space which he occupied in Jamaica’s political history.

“He entered the field of national representation when partisan rivalry at the constituency and national levels had become highly charged, divisive and potentially destructive of our earlier traditions. “His personal approach devoid of bombast, triumphalism or vindictiveness set the stage for the early restoration of the civility and tranquillity which had been characteristic of South Eastern St Ann. read more

Police increase presence as violence flares in east Kingston - Mountain View, Jarrett Lane & Jacques Road

Police presence in parts of East Kgn

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Police have stepped up their presence in the Mountain View Avenue area of east Kingston as another flare-up of violence has left residents of the community on edge.

"Over the last few days tension in the area has intensified there has also been several reported cases of attacks between criminal gang members," a resident who asked not to be named told Observer Online.

The resident made the comment as a large group of lawmen were seen carrying out searches in the violence-prone area near Jacques Road. Read more: 

CHRONIXX BUS' OUT......THE HOTTEST ARTIST IN DA WORLD.

 

Chronixx was the 'stage' name his friends bestowed on him, replacing the name 'Little Chronicle' he was given as the 'junior' to his father, the artist Chronicle. A little star amongst his peers, he had shown a love for music and song writing from an early age.

He was born October 10, 1992 and was named Jamar Rolando McNaughton. His father, a musician, recognised his talents and nurtured him in an environment in which he could grow into whatever area of music he chose. Always accompanying him to the studio, Jamar grew up around the likes of Burro Banton, Norris Man and the legendary Gregory Isaacs. 

With a big smile and an engaging personality, he confidently set out to make his mark in music, by writing his first song 'Rice Grain' by the age of five and going on to be choir director and worship leader at 11. Coached by Danny Browne, he recorded his first song with him in 2003. read more

Pirates Kidnap U.S. Sailors Off Nigerian Coast

The Edison Chouest Offshore (ECO) vessel Holiday sails near the BP Plc Macondo well site in the Gulf of Mexico. (Derick E. Hingle/Bloomberg via Getty Images)

ABUJA/LONDON, Oct 24 (Reuters) - Pirates have attacked an oil supply vessel off the Nigerian coast and kidnapped the captain and chief engineer, both U.S. citizens, security sources said on Thursday.

Pirate attacks off Nigeria's coast have jumped by a third this year as ships passing through West Africa's Gulf of Guinea, a major commodities route, have increasingly come under threat from gangs wanting to snatch cargoes and crews.

The U.S.-flagged, C-Retriever, owned by U.S. marine transport group Edison Chouest Offshore, was attacked in the early hours of Wednesday, UK-based security firm AKE and two security sources said. The company was not immediately available for comment. read more

IN JAMAICA: Mandela Bus Lane Trial On

Motorists are being put on the alert that there will be traffic changes along the Mandela Highway today as the transport ministry conducts a dry run for a bus lane along the dual carriageway. The ministry says between 6 and 9 a.m. today the lane heading into Spanish Town will be converted to two-way traffic. 

The dry run is for one day only, and is being undertaken during the morning peak hours, after which normal traffic operations will resume. The transport ministry says today’s dry run comes ahead of a bus lane trial by the Jamaica Urban Transit Company (JUTC). 

The three-month trial, which will get underway on November 1, will see the JUTC buses travelling along the Nelson Mandela Highway corridor using a designated bus lane. read more

Baby Born With HIV In Remission, Tests Suggest

Doctors now have convincing evidence that they put HIV into remission, hopefully for good, in a Mississippi baby born with the AIDS virus — a medical first that is prompting a new look at how hard and fast such cases should be treated.

The case was reported earlier this year but some doctors were skeptical that the baby was really infected rather than testing positive because of exposure to virus in the mom's blood.

The new report, published online Wednesday by the New England Journal of Medicine, makes clear that the girl, now 3, was infected in the womb. She was treated unusually aggressively and shows no active infection despite stopping AIDS medicines 18 months ago.

Doctors won't call it a cure because they don't know what proof or how much time is needed to declare someone free of HIV infection, long feared to be permanent. read more

Trayon Christian, 19, a NYC College student.....Barneys busted student for ‘shopping while black’ after purchasing belt for $350.00.

A college student from Queens got more than he bargained for when he splurged on a $350 designer belt at Barneys — when a clerk had him cuffed apparently thinking the black teen couldn’t afford the pricey purchase, even though he had paid for it, a new lawsuit alleges.

“His only crime was being a young black man,” his attorney, Michael Palillo, told The Post.

Modal Trigger

Trayon Christian, 19, a NYC College of Technology freshman from Corona, went to the Madison Avenue fashion mecca in April to buy the Salvatore Ferragamo belt after saving up his paychecks from a part-time job at the college. read more

NEWS/ Pippa Middleton Stuns at Prince George's Christening in Cream Dress & Coat—Get All the Details!

Something tells us the Middleton sisters may have done a bit of coordinating for Prince George's christening.

At the ceremony in London on Wednesday, not only did Kate Middleton opt for a creamAlexander Mcqueen coat dress that matched her three-month-old son's iconic gown, but her younger sibling Pippa Middleton also showed up in the exact same shade and a nearly identical outfit. Both ladies also donned matching floral fascinators, but Pippa's was designed by Edwina Ibbotson while Kate's was a Jane Taylor creation.

And while Pippa was indeed wearing a British designer—just like the new mom—she went with a Trapeze coat and Paris dress specially created by Suzannah Crabb. It should be noted that Pippa added just a touch of color to her look as her custom wool coat featured a blush trim and she carried a peach clutch. read more

NEWS: Kate Middleton wears an Alexander McQueen coat dress 

Kennedy cousin's murder conviction thrown out

New trial ordered in teen girl's killing

A judge ordered a new trial for Michael Skakel, who was convicted of killing Martha Moxley in 1975 with a golf club. FULL STORY

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Jamaican Boxer Alicia Ashley Ready To Defend Her Title Tonight

Alicia Ashley

Jamaica’s Alicia ‘Slick’ Ashley climbs into the ring in Tijuana, Mexico tonight, to defend her World Boxing Council super bantamweight title against Mexican challenger, Zenny Sotomayer. This will be Ashley’s third defence of the title she won in July 2011. 

The Jamaican-born boxer, who lives in New York, says her training had gone very well and she is confident of successfully defending her title. Her last fight was against Chanttall Martinez in Panama on April 20 this year, after being unable to get a fight for over a year. 

Ashley goes into the ring with a record of 19 victories nine defeats and a draw, while her opponent Sotomayer has 10 victories, five defeats and a draw.  read more