Former Head Of US Investment Company Gets 50 Years

NEW YORK – Former top man of the bankrupted US investment firm ‘Peregrine Financial Group (PFG)’ has been sentenced to serve 50 years for investment fraud. Russell Wasendorf, 64, allegedly stole 215 million dollars from his customers, according to the United States government. ...

Texas Prosecutor Shot Dead

KAUFMAN – A Texas prosecutor was shot dead on Wednesday while on his way to work. The man was struck by several bullets. Mark Hasse (57), prosecutor in Kaufman, Texas, was shot dead around 8:30AM local time when he stepped out of his car in the court employees’ parking lot. Kaufman...

Prisoner Escapes And Goes For A Beer

(NDJ)- A prisoner in Pennsylvania didn’t get to enjoy his freedom for long, but he got to live it up in style. Timothy Bonner (40), who was arrested and jailed for committing violence, managed to break out of a police cell. Once free, Bonner hopped into the bar next door where he made...

Skyscraper Explosion In Mexico City Kills 14

MEXICO CITY – A skyscraper explosion in Mexico City, Mexico killed at least 14 people and injured 80 more. The building complex houses Pemex, Mexico’s monopoly holder of state oil. basement garage near Pemex office tower in Mexico City explodes, killing at least 14 people. Photo...

Phoenix Shooting Kills One and Injures Four

PHOENIX – A shooting at an office in Phoenix, Arizona on Wednesday killed at least one man and injured four others, according to local police. Police found the body of an unidentified dead man next to a car in the office’s parking lot. Preliminary investigations report the man...

Porn Industry Wants Arnold Schwarzenegger Nude Photo

HOLLYWOOD – YouPorn is eyeing a ‘spicy’ nude photo of ‘The Terminator’ Arnold Schwarzenegger. The company is ready to pay $US100,000 to a certain Jeremy Frommer, who has the photo of ‘naked Arnie’ in his possession, according to TMZ. Arnold...

Whale Puke Worth 62500 Dollars

LONDON – Whale puke discovered on the beach of Morecambe in the U.K., is worth an estimated $US62,500. It was really Ken Wilman’s dog Madge, who discovered the rather ‘strange smelling’ rock laying in the sand. Aged whale puke, aka Amber, is worth a small fortune. Photo...

Last Day To Get Windows 8 Dirt Cheap

SEATTLE – Thursday January 31, 2013 marks the final day to get Windows 8 operating system below retail. As of February 1 2013, the operating system will get a price hike. Since October 26 2012, Windows 8 Pro could be purchased for merely $US37.50. Not anymore, that deals ends Feb 1. ...

Colombian Priest Arrested For Cocaine Possession

MOSCOW – A priest, claiming to be from Colombia, was arrested at Moscow’s international airport after security officers discovered the ‘holy man’ carried 18 small balloons filled with cocaine with him. Russian authorities singled the ‘priest’ out from other...

300 People Injured During Train Collision South Africa

JOHANNESBURG – At least 300 people were injured when two trains collided near Pretoria on Wednesday. A fully loaded passengers’ train slammed into a parked train during Wednesday morning rush hours. A moving train collided with a parked train, injuring scores of passengers near...

Syria Threatens To Attack Israel

BEIRUT – Syria declared on Thursday it will launch an assault on Israel after the country attacked a military research facility near the Lebanese border. Syrian ambassador in Lebanon, Ali Abdul-Karim Ali, said: “The possibility for a surprise attack exists in Damascus”. Syrian...

Diane Sawyer Possibly Retiring?

NEW YORK – Former beauty queen and iconic US anchor woman Diane Sawyer is rumored to retire from broadcasting in 2013. But ABC denies that Diane Sawyer (67), – the first female correspondent for ’60 Minutes’ – is packing it in. TVs iconic anchor woman Diane Sawyer....

Armstrong: "Not A Singly Cycling Generation Rode Clean!"

AUSTIN – For the first time since his Oprah Winfrey interview, Lance Armstrong talks again telling Cyclingnews that “not a single cycling generation rode clean; not the one from Merckx, Hinault, LeMond, Coppi, Gimondi, Indurain, Anquetil, Bartali or mine.” Armstrong said during...

50 Million Devices Exposed To Hacking Bugs

(NDJ) – Security researchers at the security software company Rapid7 warn that 40 million to 50 million devices, including printers, personal computers and storage devices used in a network environment are exposed to bugs that allow hackers to access those devices over the internet. The...

Hungry Sea Lioness Eats Five Sharks

SAN DIEGO – A man captures a sea lion attacking and eating five blue fin, aka leopard, sharks in California waters. Sea lions usually eat fish and crab, but excessive fishing in California has depleted the ocean from much of the sea lions’ food supply, leaving on hungry sea lion to...

Motorcycle Gang Halts Los Angeles Freeway Traffick

LOS ANGELES – There have been crazy wedding proposals making the news in the past. But the one by Hector Martinez has to top them all and is probably the most illegal too. Martinez has two loves in his life: his motorcycle and his girlfriend Page Hernandez. He decided to combine both his...

US Judge Approves BP 4 Billion Settlement Proposal

NEW ORLEANS – A judge in New Orleans has approved British Petroleum 4 billion dollars remuneration proposal for its involvement with the environmental disaster in the Gulf of Mexico in 2010 caused by the explosion of the Deepwater Horizon oil platform. The judge ruled that the division BP...

The Country of Zimbabwe Has Just 217 Dollars Left

(NDJ) – According to the Zimbabwe Minister of Finance, Tendai Biti, the African country has just 217 dollars left in its treasure chest. “Next week, after we’ve paid our state officials, there will only be 217 dollars left in the country’s treasure chest,” Biti told...

US Soldier Receives Two Complete Arms Transplants

BALTIMORE – US soldier Brendan Marrocco, 26, isn’t just the first soldier to survive losing all four limbs in a roadside bomb attack in Iraq in 2009; he is also one of a handful of individuals to receive two complete arms transplants. Marrocco showed off his new arms and hands on...

New Decoy Spider Discovered In Rain Forest Peru

LIMA – A group of American biologists have discovered what they believe is yet another new specie of spiders found in the Peruvian Amazon. The tiny spider which is barely 5mm in size, at first appears to be an actually much larger spider. But closer examination reveals that the large...

Gun Enthusiasts Verbally Attack Father Of Newtown Victim

NEWTOWN – Neil Heslin, father of one of the Newtown shooting victims, was verbally attacked by gun enthusiasts during a weapons possession meeting in Connecticut. Showing a picture of his murdered 6 year old son Jesse, Heslin pleaded for stricter gun laws in Connecticut. That’s when...

Germany Remembers Hitler

BERLIN – On January 30th Germany will remember Adolf Hitler coming to power 80 years ago. Adolf Hitler was nominated Germany’s Chancellor on January 30th 1933. Not long thereafter, Hitler, together with his NAZI party took total control of Germany. Germany will hold an Adolf Hitler...

"I Gave Whitney The Cocaine!"

HOLLYWOOD – Whitney Houston’s brother confessed on Oprah Winfrey he was the one who helped her with getting cocaine and not Bobby Brown. Michael Houston, deceased Whitney Houston’s brother, told Oprah that introduced his famous sister to cocaine in the 1980s. Whitney...

Happily Married Teacher Has Sex With Students

COLUMBIA – Kinsley Wentzky, an English teacher at Dreher High School in South Carolina, has been fired from her position after she was accused of having ‘physical activities’ with two 17 year old students. Wentzky (34), a mother of two, who per all accounts was happily...

Poisoned Dwarf Elephants Found In Borneo

(NDJ) – 10 dwarf elephants, an endangered specie, have been found dead at the Sabah reserve in Malaysian Borneo. The elephants were poison. One of the poisoned elephants had a newborn calf that stood weeping over the body of its dead mother when it was discovered by authorities. Calf...

Apple Releases 128GB iPad

CUPERTINO – One day after rumors spread over the internet that Apple would release a 128GB iPad, the company announced it has done just that. The 128GB iPad is a new version of Apple’s existing 64GB iPad but with double the storage capacity and a Retina screen. Apple releases new...

Iranian Monkey That Went Into Space

TEHRAN – For the first time, Iran reveals the photo of the monkey it launched into space showing the animal strapped tightly inside a container. The monkey survived the launch and was reportedly send 74.5 miles into the stratosphere in a rocket named ‘pishgam’, meaning...

65 Handcuffed Bodies Found In Syria

ALEPPO – 65 bodies, all men, still handcuffed, have been discovered in Aleppo, northern Syria. The men were shot through the head, indicating execution. The Syrian Observatory for human rights, based in Great Britain, announced the bodies of the men, between 20 and 30 years of age, were...

Former Guatemalan President Accused Of Genocide

(NDJ) – Genocide charges have been brought against former Guatemalan President José Efraín Ríos Montt (86). A judge from Guatemala stated that there is enough evidence that Ríos Montt ordered the government’s army to slaughter 1771 native Indians while he ruled the country from...

Former Guatemala President Accused Of Genocide

(NDJ) – Genocide charges have been brought against former Guatemalan President José Efraín Ríos Montt (86). A judge from Guatemala stated that there is enough evidence that Ríos Montt ordered the government’s army to slaughter 1771 native Indians while he ruled the country from...

Giant Snowball Flattens Teenager

LONDON – A British teenager was almost killed when a giant snowball crashed into her and broke her hips. 16 year old Nicole Wignall and her friends from Lancaster have no school because of utterly bad winter weather devastating a great part of the U.K.. Nicole Wignall, 2nd left, had her...

US Lad To Win TSA Scanner Lawsuit

(NDJ) – Aaron Tobey from Virgina sued TSA, which operates full body scanners at airports across the US, after he was slapped with a lawsuit by the company for ‘inappropriate behavior’. The lawsuit came about when the Tobey took off his shirt before going through the full body...

Tourist Lives At Airport For Two Months

SANTIAGO – A Spaniard has been calling a Chilean airport home for the past two months. Like in the 2004 movie ‘The Terminal’ that portrays actor Tom Hanks living in an airport, Rodrigo Ben-Azul is really living at an airport in Chili and has become a familiar face over the past...

US Secret Service Dog Falls To His Death

(NDJ) – A Belgian Malinois dog used by US secret service fell to his death while performing security service. The dog was engaged in checking a parking lot in Louisiana prior to arrival of US Vice President Joe Biden at a nearby hotel, when he fell from one of the top floors. A Belgian...

Man Eaten Up By His Pet Rats

ANTWERP – An Belgian man was eaten up by his pet rats after he died. Police made the gruesome discovery on Friday when they were called out to the apartment of the senior in Antwerp. Upon entering the apartment police found the senior’s skeleton surrounded by 10 rats. Belgian man...

KISS Night Club Owner Arrested In Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO – Brazilian police have arrested one of the KISS nightclub owners in Santa Maria. The club had a fire last weekend, killing 230 people and injuring scores more. Two musicians have been arrested as well in connection with the fire that broke out in the KISS nightclub early...

Entire Music Band With Crew Disappears

MEXICO CITY – A Mexican music band consisting of 16 members and its crew disappeared after a Friday night performance. At least 20 people disappeared after the Colombian-style group Kombo Kolombia gave a performance in Monterey, Mexico. Members of Kombo Kolombia band, a popular music group...

Iran Sends Monkey Into Space

TEHRAN – According the Iranian state news IRNA, the country successfully launched a monkey into space. For Iran the successful launch means a new era in maned spaceflights has begun. According to Iran’s state news, the country has successfully launched a monkey into space. Photo...

The Netherlands Is Getting A New Kingq

AMSTERDAM – On April 30th 2013, Dutch Queen Beatrix will hand over her reigns of the Dutch Kingdom to her son Willem-Alexander. The Queen (74) who has ruled the Netherlands since April 30 1980, says she’s stepping down because “the responsibility for the country lies in the...

Breast Amputation Does Not Increase Cancer Survival

(NDJ) – A disheartening study reports that women who undergo complete breast amputation with the hopes to increase their cancer survival rate are being misled. Patients who only have the cancer itself removed and commit to a follow up treatment consisting of heavy radiation have a five...

Mila Kunis And Ashton Kutcher Moving To London

HOLLYWOOD – Mila Kunis and Ashton Kutcher were spotted house-hunting in Marylebone, a swanky neighborhood in London. Kunis got an acting role with the blockbuster team that created ‘The Matrix’. Her role requires her to be in London for at least six months, according to an...

Eastern Australia Covered In Water

SYDNEY – The heavy rain dropped by cyclone Oswald made the Burnett River break over its banks, causing severe flooding. The town of Bundaberg with 70,000 residents, has been hit the hardest. At least 2,000 land parcels and 1,200 homes stand under water as the Burnett river broke every dam...

North Korea Resorts To Cannibalism

Pressing hunger in North Korea has allegedly led to its people resorting to cannibalism to stay alive. The British paper ‘The Sunday Times’ shares horror stories told by undercover journalists who witnessed a man digging up his granddaughter with the intend to eat her. North Korean...

Rembrandt Painting Reveals Secret Face

BRUSSELS – A 380 year old painting by Dutch painter Rembrant Harmenszoon van Rijn, apparently has a face hidden behind the actual painting, according to scientists. Scientists had noticed that the masterpiece, “Old Man in Military Costume” by Dutch painter Rembrant Harmenszoon...

Bus Accident In Portugal Kills 10 People

LISBON – A bus accident in Central Portugal on Sunday leaves 10 people dead and 33 others injured. Bad weather and slick road conditions are the blame for the accident that occurred about 8:45AM local time. In less than 2 hours more than 250 firemen, 88 vehicles and one helicopter, were...

O.J. Simpson Faces Major Tax Debts

HOLLYWOOD – Reportedly, O.J. Simpson owes the IRS $US17,000 in back taxes for 2011. This is the third time in 12 months that the former NFL star is being accused of having outstanding tax debts, according to TMZ According the IRS, Simpson also owes back taxes in the amount of $US179,000...

Extreme Heat Followed By Extreme Flooding In Australia

SYDNEY – Hundreds of people have been evacuated from eastern Australia because severe flooding threatens 1000s of homes. Military helicopters were called in to assist with the evacuation and experts fear the Burnett River, running through the city of Bundaberg, will soon reach it highest...

Joran van der Sloot Is Getting Married

LIMA – Dutchmen Joran van der Sloot, convicted of murdering Peruvian student Stephany Ramirez, is getting married, according to his ‘fiancee’, 23 year old Leidy. The couple reportedly have been seeing each other for about two years and are possibly getting married still in...

Djokovic Takes 2013 Australian Open Title

SYDNEY – Andy Murray was full of courage but had not much chance of winning the 2013 Australian Open against Novak Djokovic. Just two days prior, Murray played an exhausting five sets game beating Roger Federer, to make it in the men’s singles finals match. Djokovic on the other...

Nightclub Fire Kills 245 People In Brazil

SANTA MARIA – At least 245 people have been killed during a fire that broke out in a nightclub in Santa Maria in Brazil. A commander of the local police said ‘we stored 180 bodies’. But local media claim the death toll is 245, although that number could not be confirmed. And...