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TICKER: Tragic crash site photos of Nepal plane crash that killed 19
Navesh Chitrakar/Reuters Rescue team members work at the crash site of a Dornier aircraft in Kathmandu September 28, 2012. The small plane owned by private firm Sita Air crashed shortly…
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TICKER: What a boob! Woman fakes breast cancer to raise money for a breast augmentation
An Arizona woman is behind bars after she faked having breast cancer to raise money for a boob job. Jami Lynn Toler has landed a one-year stint in jail for…
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TICKER: Man kills masked teen in apparent robbery attempt, then learns it was his own son
A man fatally shot a masked teenager in self-defense outside his neighbor's house during what appeared to be an attempted late-night burglary and then discovered it was his son, state…
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TICKER: Just mean: Gang of teen girls pummels mentally challenged woman, then posts video on Facebook
A group of teenage girls were charged Friday with viciously attacking a mentally challenged Pennsylvania woman and then posting a video of the beating on Facebook. A concerned neighbor alerted…
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TICKER: SHOCKING: Actress’s brother admits killing her and dumping her headless body in a canal
The brother of the former EastEnders actress found dead in a canal has admitted he killed her, the Old Bailey heard today. Tony McCluskie, 35, now faces a trial to…
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TICKER: Do we smell a lawsuit? Tiger Woods knocks a fan out cold with one of his shots
The Ryder Cup has begun, but not in the way the organizers hoped that it would. A shot taken by golf great Tiger Woods flew out of bounds and whacked…
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TICKER: Samuel L. Jackson releases new Obama Ad: “Wake the F*ck Up”
If you don’t mind a little profanity, this ad is entertaining. As a spin-off to the bedtime story, “Go the F*ck to Sleep,” Samuel is now in the business of…
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TICKER: Gone wild? Drunken Rihanna, fighting, vomiting in club, restrained by security – See Photo
It seems that Rihanna has been partying really hard lately. The 24 year old singer was spotted enjoying herself on a yacht this summer and even had the media speculating…
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Does this image show the ghosts of WWII prisoners on their death march? Judge for yourself (PHOTO)
When Major John Tulloch retraced the steps of Allied prisoners of war and their infamous 'death march' from 1945, he thought his photographs would bare only a vague resemblance to…
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TICKER: Bizarre: Drunk airline passenger eats mobile phone Sim card, tries to give fellow passengers €50 notes
A drunk businessman started handing passengers €50 notes during a flight before breaking up a mobile phone Sim card and eating it. Leon Quarless, who had been drinking before boarding…
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TICKER: Outrage: Chinese pop star, 24, dating Canadian child model aged 12 – See (awkward) Photos
Love affairs between musicians and models are a common occurrence in the showbiz world. But 24-year-old Chinese pop star Zhang Muyi has caused controversy after publicly declaring his love for…
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TICKER: 20-year-old Brazilian student auctions virginity to build homes for the poor
A 20-year-old Brazilian woman student is auctioning off her virginity to the highest bidder to raise cash to build homes for poverty-stricken families, the Daily Mail reported. Catarina Migliorini, a…
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Patience Jonathan declared fit, scheduled to return to Nigeria soon
by Isi Esene There are indications that doctors attending to the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan, who is generally believed to be receiving treatment in a German hospital might soon…
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Akin Akintayo: No vexatious customer
by Akin Akintayo Social media can at once be both aggressive and effective. Many have put it to good use and organisations are slowly relearning the hard lesson of the…
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Opinion: Could Rihanna the next Whitney Houston? The curious case of her declining image
by Nomalanga Mhlauli-Moses She still seemed to be stuck in that weird place where intellectually, she knows that she should not re-enter a romantic relationship with Chris Brown but is…
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TICKER: American actor allegedly kills landlady then dies in fall
Johnny Lewis, the actor who played Kip "Half Sack" Epps on the cable TV show "Sons of Anarchy," fell to his death Wednesday after apparently beating his elderly landlady to…
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TICKER: Death of newly-wed Ugochukwu Ozuah: IGP constitutes ‘high-powered’ Abuja team to take-over investigation
The Inspector-General of Police, M.D Abubakar, has set up a high-powered team from the Force Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), to take over the investigation of the shooting death of Ugochukwu…
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Opinion: The politics of central banking
by Dan Hind Central banking is unavoidably political, no matter how much bankers and elected politicians tell us, and themselves, that it isn't. At the moment claims that do not…
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TICKER: Man behind anti-Islam film arrested for violating probation
The California man behind a crudely produced anti-Islamic video that has inflamed parts of the Middle East was arrested Thursday for violating terms of his probation, authorities said. Nakoula Basseley…
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Something New: Paybac releases new single ‘Nothing in my way’
by Reuben Daba His last single - Gidi Lights - was an underground success. Now, talented upcoming rapper, PayBac, has released another single, Nothing in My Way, a very danceable…
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Geraldine Iheme: Lilian’s Story (30 Days, 30 Voices)
My name is Lilian, and I am fifteen years old. I am from the type of family most of you would call "broken" "confused", or "complicated" What defines a family?…
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PHOTOS: Floating slum of Lagos – The Daily Mail hits harder than Rick Ross
by Reuben Daba Lagos State, and indeed Nigeria would not be too impressed by the kind of pictures the world has been viewing recently. First, Rick Ross released his very…
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Ex-police corporal to die by hanging for 2009 shooting that killed a 3-year old
by Stanley Azuakola An ex-police corporal, Ikechukwu Nwabueze was sentenced to death by hanging, by an Ikeja High Court in Lagos, on Thursday for killing a three-year-old girl, Kasufara Muritala.…
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Saudi deports 510 Nigerians, as Tambuwal jets out for crisis talks
by Isi Esene The Saudi Arabia government Wednesday disregarded the 24 hour ultimatum given by the Nigerian government through Vice President Namadi Sambo to release the women who were in…
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Opinion: President Jonathan is neither a success nor a failure
by Azuka Onwuka In the final analysis, do we then describe Jonathan as a failure or a success? Hardliners hardly change their positions, no matter the strength of evidence before…
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Harsh? Man sentenced to jail for stealing 3 bottles of cough syrup
by Isi Esene Amos Sijo, a 28-year-old man living in Abuja was on Thursday sentenced to three months imprisonment by a Gudu District Upper Area Court for stealing three bottles…
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Opinion: 10 reasons people resist change
by Rosabeth Moss Kanter If change feels like walking off a cliff blindfolded, then people will reject it. People will often prefer to remain mired in misery than to head…
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“PIB is considerate, refreshing and competitive” – Petroleum minister responds to Shell’s claims
by Stanley Azuakola On Thursday, in the United States of America, at a forum themed - Nigeria-Africa’s Frontier in the Global Economy, the Nigerian government gave what qualifies as its first…
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Davido buys N140m crib in Lekki? (PHOTO)
by Isi Esene David 'Davido' Adeleke, the undisputed Omo baba Olowo has hit the big leagues if reports going the rounds is anything to go by. The Dami duro crooner…
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“If one Abu Qaqa dies, it can generate 10 Abu Qaqas” – President Jonathan explains why the government is winning war against Boko Haram
by Stanley Azuakola On the issue of Boko Haram, President Goodluck Jonathan's official position at the United Nations General Assembly is that Nigeria’s three-prong strategy of a “robust” approach to…
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