Red Sox Top Cardinals 3-1: Jon Lester Earns Win In World Series Game 5 (PHOTOS).... Sox needs one more win to be World Champion

ST. LOUIS -- ST. LOUIS (AP) — Jon Lester smothered St. Louis on four hits into the eighth, David Ross hit a tiebreaking RBI double in a two-run seventh inning off Adam Wainwright and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cardinals 3-1 Monday night to take a 3-2 World Series lead.

David Ortiz's RBI double in the first put the Red Sox ahead until Matt Holliday hit his second home run of the Series in the fourth, ending a 16 1-3 inning Series scoreless streak for Lester dating to 2007.

Lester beat Wainwright for the second time this Series, striking out seven and walking one in 7 2-3 innings, and Koji Uehara finished the four-hitter for his second save.

Wainwright allowed all three runs and eight hits in seven innings with 10 strikeouts and a walk. He also gave up Jacoby Ellsbury's RBI single in the seventh. Boston can win its third title in a decade on Wednesday night, when the Series resumes at Fenway Park. read more

'We're Really Screwed Now': NSA's Best Friend Just Shivved The Spies.....FEINSTEIN Blasts NSA, Promises 'Total Review'... AP: U.S. 'Weighing' Ending Spying On Allied Heads Of State... Bombshell Torture Report Waits In Wings...

One of the National Security Agency's biggest defenders in Congress is suddenly at odds with the agency and calling for a top-to-bottom review of U.S. spy programs. And her long-time friends and allies are completely mystified by the switch.

"We're really screwed now," one NSA official told The Cable. "You know things are bad when the few friends you've got disappear without a trace in the dead of night and leave no forwarding address."

In a pointed statement issued today, Senate Intelligence Committee chairman Dianne Feinstein said she was "totally opposed" to gathering intelligence on foreign leaders and said it was "a big problem" if President Obama didn't know the NSA was monitoring the phone calls of German Chancellor Angela Merkel. She said the United States should only be spying on foreign leaders with hostile countries, or in an emergency, and even then the president should personally approve the surveillance. 

It was not clear what precipitated Feinstein's condemnation of the NSA. It marks a significant reversal for a lawmaker who not only defended agency surveillance programs -- but is about to introduce a bill expected to protect some of its most controversial activities. read more

Tessanne Chin moves to live rounds on The Voice with STRONGER (VIDEO)

KINGSTON, Jamaica – Jamaican singer Tessanne Chin moved on to the live rounds of the NBC-televised talent show The Voice when she beat her Adam Levine-coached team-mate Ashley Dubose in the competition’s knockout round Monday night.

Chin chose Kelly Clarkson’s Stronger and delivered another of her signature powerhouse performances to triumph over Dubose who had selected Hey, Soul Sister by Train.

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IN JAMAICA : All current Maggotty High students in dance video will be dismissed, says principal......“It is really ugly and lewd,”

KINGSTON, Jamaica — Principal of Maggotty High School in St Elizabeth, Rawle Bent has expressed disappointment at what he termed the “disgraceful behaviour” of a group of students from the school who were captured on video engaged in a vulgar dance display, while wearing the school's uniform.

The video, which was posted on the Internet, has sparked widespread outrage and disgust among viewers. “It is really ugly and lewd,” Bent said. “And I can’t imagine who could have posted it,” he added, noting that the video was taken from 2011.

Screen shot from video

The principal said that since he became aware of the video online he brought it to the attention of teachers who confirmed that it was done captured in 2011. Some of the students identified in the video were grade 11 students who graduated from the school that year, Bent said.

However, he said that he would be carrying out further investigations to find out if any of the students in the video are still at school, with the intention of expelling them. “If teachers can confirm it they are going to have to be dismissed as I can’t put up with that behaviour,” he said. Read more: 

Needy student is school’s top CSEC performer...... Even without taxi fare, Madourie never missed school

HAVING to walk four miles uphill to and from school and often going through the day without food did not prevent 16-year-old Seaforth High School student Nashawn Madourie from topping the school's Caribbean Secondary Education Certificate (CSEC) exams this year,, with a total of nine subjects.

Not only has this accomplishment made his rural St Thomas school family and single-parent mother very proud, but underscored the importance of determination, sacrifice and hard work.

Madourie poses with his proud mother
outside their home in Whitehall St Thomas

 

Madourie, now a sixth former, got grades one in information technology, social studies, English, accounts, principles of business and office administration, grade two in biology and grade three in mathematics and Spanish.

"He has always been a very disciplined child who is always in his book and he never miss school," his mother Marcia Bonfield proudly told the Jamaica Observer North East. Read more: 

SAMANTHA J - Tight Skirt heats up the 'Park'. She also sponsored a scholarship with PALAS in her name

SAMANTHA Gonsalves was just one-year-old, in 1997, when deejay Red Rat topped local charts with Tight Up Skirt.

Sixteen years later, recording as Samantha J, she has scored a big hit with Tight Skirt, her take on the Red Rat hit. The video for Tight Skirt is also making waves. Directed by Renais Marshall, it aired last Thursday on BET's 106 and Park as 'New Joint of the Day'.

"It was an overwhelming experience to see my video being premiered on BET. This is something I always dreamed of happening," said Samantha J in an interview with the Jamaica Observer.

The video premiered on MTV.com three weeks earlier. It became that website's number one most shared; number two most commented; and number three overall favorite. Samantha J says her goal is "to bring a fresh new sound to the music world". It is that attitude which influenced her moniker. Read more: 

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Out of jail : Michael Jackson's former doctor, Conrad Murray released after just two years....

Conrad Murray released after just two years

Dr. Conrad Murray was freed from jail early Monday after serving two years for causing Michael Jackson's death. His four-year sentence for involuntary manslaughter was shortened because of California prison rules.

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LAGOS, Nigeria: Rita Marley urges African Unity.........An ardent part of Bob Marley’s dream was ‘Africa Unite’

Bob Marley’s widow calls for Africans and black people in the diaspora to promote unity across the continent, the diaspora and the world.

LAGOS, Nigeria, Thursday October 24, 2013 – Rita Marley, widow of Jamaican reggae legend Bob Marley, has called on Africans and black people in the diaspora to promote unity on the African continent and beyond.

Marley, head of the Rita Marley Foundation, was the guest of honour at the 5th annual commemorative debate held to honour late Afro-beat icon Fela Anikulapo-Kuti in Lagos.

This year’s Fela Debate was entitled “Movement of the People – The Fela and Bob Marley Perspectives”.

Marley stated that unity and Pan-Africanism were common to the music of both Fela and her late husband, adding that they had many things in common including many wives. Read more:

Guyana riled by ruling allowing wedding of underage girl to accused rapist.....

GEORGETOWN, Guyana, Friday October 25, 2013 – The decision by Chief Justice Ian Chang to permit the marriage of a 15-year-old girl to the 38-year-old man accused of raping and getting her pregnant has outraged Guyanese rights groups and activists.

The chief justice decided that the
 pair could marry on humanitarian
 grounds after the 15-year-old
 girl became pregnant.

Chang ruled that the pair could wed on humanitarian grounds after the teenager became pregnant and her parents petitioned the court to authorize the union.

The girl’s parents said that they had given up trying to persuade their daughter to return home, and said in their petition that the next best thing was to allow her to marry.

In 2005, religious groups and other organizations successfully petitioned the Guyana government to increase the age of consent to 16. Read more: 

Portmore community shaken by woman cop's murder Commissioner condemns cop’s murder. Read more at www.rulabrownnetwork.com

THE Marine Park Community in Portmore, St Catherine, was still shell-shocked yesterday, following Friday night's brutal murder of Special Constable Ariana Henry of the Harman Barracks.

Henry gunned down at her gate

Henry, 23, was shot at her gate in what her uncle, Victor Williams, described as a shoot-out with gunmen shortly after 8:00 Friday. She had been a member of the Island Special Constabulary Force (ISCF) for three years, he said. Williams, who was at home with Henry and her mother on Friday night, said the young cop met her death minutes after she went outside to speak with a visiting male colleague.

The colleague, Williams said, parked outside Henry's gate on Darien Drive, and as they stood talking, a dark-coloured Toyota Corolla motorcar drove up with her killers aboard. Williams said that one of the occupants immediately sprung from the car and started shooting. That's when Henry's colleague responded, firing back at their attacker, he explained. Read more:

Maas Ran Leaves Legacy Of Courage, Creativity

The Jamaica Cultural Development Commission (JCDC) is celebrating its 50th anniversary this year.

"As part of the celebration we have chosen to highlight some of our cultural icons who have contributed towards our culture and cultural development," said Stephen Davidson, JCDC director of marketing and public relations.

Dubbed, The Cultural Dialogue Series, the third and final was held on Saturday at the Ranny Williams Entertainment Centre, located on Hope Road.

Fittingly, Randolph Samuel Williams, or Maas Ran, was the featured icon, with Norman Manley and Louis Bennett-Coverley making up the list. The series was held on the birthday of each. Maas Ran would have been 101 on Saturday.

Placed upstage, some distance from the audience of predominantly primary-school children, Brian Heap, Krystal Tomlinson and Alma Mock-Yen engaged in a dialogue on 'Ranny Williams: The Man, His Life His Legacy'. read more

BUTCH STEWART late son, Jonathan Stewart Library Media Centre - Lasting Legacy For Campion College

While many high schools in Jamaica bear the name 'college', far too few are equipped to be so described, but not Campion College. The already well-appointed St Andrew co-educational high school now has its own library and media centre, thanks to the efforts of lead donor Gordon 'Butch' Stewart's family, the Lim family, parents of the deceased student Andre Matthew Lim and scores of alumni, parents and friends of the school. The state-of-the-art facility was officially opened on October 24.

The facility has its genesis in 2009 when 'Butch' Stewart, donated US$350,000 towards the construction of Jamaica's first modern high-school library media centre, named in honour of his late son, Jonathan, a past student of the school. read more

Holness, Shaw Camps Announce New Support As Leadership Campaign Nears End

Shaw and Holness

As the the race for leadership of the 70-year-old Jamaica LabourParty (JLP) intensifies, both the incumbent leader and leader-aspirant, today announced new endorsements for their candidacies. 

Former president of the JLP young professional affiliate, Generation 2000, Delano Seiveright today made public his support for Audley Shaw's candidacy. 

In an email this morning to supporters at a conference dubbed 'Youth for Audley Shaw', Seiveright said the youth support for Shaw is based on meritocracy. He says Shaw embodies the qualities and experience urgently required to transform the party. Seiveright adds that Shaw's service as a public servant, including his experience as Minister of Finance and as an opposition member of parliament for many years, positions him as the best person to lead the JLP at this time.  read more

5 Dead in Brooklyn Stabbing

By EMMA G. FITZSIMMONS

Published: October 27, 2013

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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