Terrible: Woman makes suicide jump from 8-storey building with baby strapped to her chest (PICTURED)

The Harlem mother who leaped eight stories to her death with her 10-month-old son strapped to her chest left behind a heartbroken husband to make sense of her incomprehensible suicide. Cynthia Wachenheim, 44, died but her body appears to have protected their infant son, Keston Bacharach, from hitting the ground directly. “I’m sure you understand,... Read More

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March 3, 2013

Yuck! Restuarant in New York City where diners pay $100 to eat raw rodent meat (PHOTOS)

Rat meat If you like rat meat, you can have a portion of rat meat in a New York City restaurant, but expect to pay around $100. Adventurous diners feast on $100 per head to enjoy a five course tasting menu whose main dish was the rat meat. New York artist Laura Ginn hosted the... Read More

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January 23, 2013

Bad market: Former prosecutor accused of selling marijuana to undercover cop

A former Manhattan prosecutor accused of having a felony-weight amount of pot after selling to an undercover cop in the East Village last year has been indicted in connection to the bust. David Leung, 44, made a brief appearance in Manhattan Criminal Court — where he worked during his 11-year stint in the Manhattan District... Read More

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January 21, 2013

Traumatic: Patient sexually assaulted in hospital by a ‘mentally ill’ patient sues for $20 million

A hospital should be a place where to get help not a place where the patient gets attacked. A woman entered Lincoln Hospital in the Bronx New York with respiratory problems – and she came out a victim of sexual assault. Hilda Polanco, a Manhattan mother was sexually abused by a psychiatric patient after checking... Read More

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January 4, 2013

Scaremonger: Passenger taped to his seat after screaming the plane was going to crash (PICTURED)

A drunken passenger on a New York-bound intercontinental flight was duct-taped to his seat by his fellow passengers after attacking one woman and screaming the plane was going to crash. Passenger Andy Ellwood, who took a photo of the man restrained, wrote an account of the incident on his Tumblr page. ‘(Passenger) drank all of... Read More

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December 13, 2012

Un-Beliebers: Meet the criminal duo arrested for planning to castrate and murder Justin Bieber

Justin Bieber fans they are not: Two men allegedly plotted to castrate and murder the superstar singer. Wannabe hit men Mark Staake and his nephew Tanner Ruane planned to execute the Bieb during the pop star’s performance at Madison Square Garden in November, court papers filed in New Mexico say. The duo allegedly hatched the... Read More

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December 8, 2012

Scarlett Johansson’s French Kiss: Actress & boyfriend can’t hide their love (LOOK)

by Hauwa Gambo Ah, what better way to make your Saturday morning than Hollywood love on display in public? After being revealed last week as a couple, Scarlett Johansson is no longer playing coy. In these photos after they left their New York Hotel for breakfast, the 27-year-old actress damns the paparazzi and wraps her... Read More

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November 29, 2012

Opinion: Let me tell my horror police story… the day I became a ‘Yahoo boy’

by ‘Yomi Kazeem Any young person with any semblance of wealth/income was targeted by these guys. They had almost caught up with Honda Accord car when Mr. Detective realized there was little room in our vehicle. ‘You no go settle us make we go catch another person?’. Saturday mornings are quite a breeze. I usually... Read More

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November 28, 2012

Magical or body magic? We can’t believe this woman gave birth 4 months ago (PHOTOS)

by Isi Esene Actress, Uma Thurman was exceptionally stunning on Tuesday night at the annual UNICEF SnowFlake ball in New York. The ‘Kill Bill‘ actress, who gave birth to a baby daughter just a few months ago pleasantly shocked everyone how quickly she got her pre-pregnancy body back. Check photos to see Thurman rock that... Read More

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November 25, 2012

World War II-era postcard sent in 1943 finally makes it to address in New York

A postcard mailed nearly seven decades ago finally arrived at its destination last week, landing in the mailbox of an upstate New York home. “It was delivered in mint condition. We were so shocked,” the home’s current resident Laura Rundell told the Star-Gazette, calling the note “a treasure.” The card, dated July 4, 1943, was... Read More

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November 16, 2012

CLICK: You think you’re popular? EbonyLife Xcite set to thrill youth this Christmas

by Isi Esene Citizens of the online community in Nigeria, and indeed, Africa are in for a really electrifying time this Christmas as EbonyLife Xcite has officially announced the launch of its online Popularity Contest taking place at www.xciteafrica.com. EbonyLife Xcite Popularity Contest is a competition designed to reward the contestants who are the fastest... Read More

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November 15, 2012

Akintunde Oyebode: The city that never sleeps (YNaija FrontPage)

As Walter Miller wrote in A Canticle for Leibowitz, “to minimize suffering and maximize security were natural and proper ends of society and Caesar. But then they became only ends and the only basis of law. Inevitably, in seeking them, we found their opposites: maximum suffering and minimum security.” Among New York’s many nicknames, “the... Read More

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November 5, 2012

TICKER: Catholic nun accused of stealing $100,000 from parish

Authorities say a nun faces grand larceny charges after more than $100,000 was stolen from two western New York churches where she worked. The newspaper reports that the money was stolen from Catholic churches in Holley and Kendall, rural parishes between Buffalo and Rochester. No other details have been released. The nun’s attorney, James Harrington,... Read More

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November 3, 2012

SNAPSHOT: Say hello to Beauty and the B… aba Iyabo

by Hauwa Gambo It’s impossible for us to have seen President Olusegun Obasanjo – the same one who is butt of jokes about his looks – with the most beautiful girl in the universe and not say something! The former head of state and then president was found in New York at the South-South Awards... Read More

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October 30, 2012

Oh, Sandy: US storm sweeps through (PHOTOS)

by Hauwa Gambo While it has been the butt of parody accounts, jokes, and analysis centered around the United States presidential election, the storm off the east coast has changed many lives – perhaps forever. Below are some of its most striking photos. We can only hope people recover as quickly as is possible.

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October 29, 2012

TICKER: Hurricane Sandy: New York city braces for the storm, as winds hit US East Coast

Hurricane Sandy churned towards New York City Monday as the first rain hit Battery Park shortly before 7am and winds started to pick up. The streets of lower Manhattan were earily quiet just after 8am with the normally bustling streets empty. New Yorkers hunkered down in their homes, transforming the metropolis into a transit-free ghost... Read More

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October 26, 2012

TICKER: Police officer charged with plan to cook, eat women

A New York City police officer was charged on Thursday with conspiring to kidnap, torture, cook and eat women whose names he listed in his computer. In a criminal complaint unsealed in Manhattan federal court, Gilberto Valle III, 28, of Forest Hills, Queens, was charged with conspiring to cross state lines to kidnap the women... Read More

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October 17, 2012

US presidential debate: 10 best lines from Romney, Obama

by Isi Esene As the November US presidential election draws closer, the two main candidates, President Barack Obama and Mitt Romney continue to slug it out in fiercely contested debates to convince the electorate of their suitability for the top job. Obama, who many considered to have lost the last debate came out blazing hot... Read More

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October 3, 2012

Elnathan John: How to write an Independence Day speech

by Elnathan John Nigerians won’t appreciate this because they are mostly wicked and jealous of your boss. God will look into their matter and judge each of them appropriately. Ungrateful. That is what Nigerians are. You know this more than anyone in the country. You have had to bear the barrage of insults against your... Read More

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September 28, 2012

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 be on her way back home. Reports say her doctors in Wiesbaden, Germany have given her a clean bill of health to return back to... Read More

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September 28, 2012

“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 neutralizing Boko Haram, holding indirect talks with the group and improving education in the North is working, and Nigeria is winning the war. When one... Read More

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September 25, 2012

President Jonathan rumoured to have detoured to Germany to visit recovering first lady

by Isi Esene There are speculation that President Goodluck Jonathan may have had a brief stopover at Wiesbaden, Germany, to visit the first lady, Dame Patience Jonathan who is believed to be nursing an undisclosed ailment. Jonathan who reportedly left Dr. Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, at about 9.30am, was expected to arrive in New... Read More

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September 24, 2012

Religion against humanity by Wole Soyinka

To such a degree has Religion fueled conflict, complicated politics, retarded social development and impaired human relations across the world, that one is often tempted to propose that Religion is innately an enemy of Humanity, if not indeed of itself a crime against Humanity. Certainly it cannot be denied that Religion has proved again... Read More

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September 20, 2012

Opinion: Radical Islamic terror ‘flicks’ insult humanity far more deeply than an idiot film about Muslims by a felonious con man

by Dennis Hamill If New Yorkers stormed embassies with murderous rage after 9/11, the NYPD would wrap us in huge orange nets, but the video of the twin towers falling, not to mention those of Daniel Pearl’s beheading and the slaughter at the 1972 Munich Olympics are the true evil. C’mon, who’s obscene? I’m having... Read More

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September 19, 2012

Peju Adeniran: A collection of my habits (30 Days, 30 Voices)

While I am very grateful to Life for family, friends, love and local pepper soup, I have always known that moving to another place, any place would be a total breeze for me. Like the rail track dweller, my sense of home is established very quickly the instant I am able to re-create those persona- defining... Read More

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September 6, 2012

TICKER: Stray bullet hits two-month-old boy

A 2-month-old boy was grazed in the shoulder by a stray bullet last night in New York. In yet another senseless act of gun violence, Trayvon Brunson was in a stroller, being pushed by his parents near the Seneca Houses in Hunts Point, when shots rang out. His horrified parents saw their little boy was... Read More

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September 1, 2012

Diva reloaded: Birthday girl, Waje, releases two new singles, photos too

by Stanley Azuakola Her album has got to be one of the most anticipated in showbiz. And now Waje, the soul singer, has released two singles from that album. The two songs “OkoMi” and “I wish” were released today to coincide with her birthday. Cool eh? The title of her forthcoming album is... Read More

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August 25, 2012

WATCH: Police gun down Empire State Building shooter

by Isi Esene New York Police Department has released the pictures of the Empire State Building shooter. The shooter, Jeffrey Johnson, was reported to have shot his former boss, Steven Ercolino, three times in the head outside their former workplace on Friday. Police preliminary findings indicate that Johnson was recently fired by Ercolino which might... Read More

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August 24, 2012

Breaking: Several people shot at New York’s Empire State Building

by Akan Ido The spate of unexplained shootings in the United States of America sadly continues with the shooting a while ago of five people in front of the Empire State Building in New York. The spokesman of the New York Fire Department says it received a call on the shooting this morning and that... Read More

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July 31, 2012

Man attempts to swim from France to New York to spread Olympic cheer

by Adeniyi Abdul Perhaps the spectacle of the opening ceremony was even more amazing than we previously concluded, as it has resulted in a very special case of being gripped by the Olympic spirit. A 34-year old Brit has been rescued from the Atlantic ocean after a strange attempt to swim from France to New... Read More

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