At Least 6 US Soldiers Killed At Nevada Base

At least 6 US Marines were killed and others injured during practice with live ammo.
LAS VEGAS – An exploding mortar shell took the lives of at least six Marines during training with live ammo at the Hawthorne Base in Nevada on Monday.
The Hawthorne Army Depot is a 230-square-mile...

Obama Lookalike Plays Satan

HOLLYWOOD – Whether it was done deliberately or not, the producers of the History Channel’s smash hit ‘The Bible’ may want to add a disclaimer to future episodes: “any resemblance between Satan and US President Barack Obama is purely coincidental”.
The Bible...

Poachers Kill 86 Elephants In One Week

Increase in demand for ivory has poachers killing Africa’s wildlife at alarming rates.
(NDJ) – In the country of Chad, Africa, poachers are responsible for killing at least 86 elephants in less than one week; 33 of them were pregnant females. All of the slaughtered elephants had...

Explosives Found At Florida University Campus

Police were summoned to the University of Central Florida to investigate an armed man walking around campus.
MIAMI – The University of Central Florida was on lock down today after police discovered explosives in one of the buildings. Police also found the body of a man who reportedly...

Police Error Turns Innocent Man In America's Most Wanted

An innocent man, mistaken for one of America’s Most Wanted criminals is fighting to have his name cleared.
OAKLAND – Never in his wildest dreams could Chau Van have fantasized that one day he would be considered to be ‘America’s Most Wanted’ criminal even though...

Sperm Whale Dies From Eating Plastic

Illegal sea and coastline garbage dumping is the major cause of death for 250 sea species.
GRANADA – The carcass of a dead sperm whale washed ashore Granada, Spain. Its stomach was filled with plastic, according to scientists who examined the whale’s body.
The 35 foot long sperm...

Beyonce's Newest Hit Insulting To Women

Women aren’t pleased with Beyonce’s newest song and have lots of negative feedback for her.
HOLLYWOOD – Beyonce posted her newest hit ‘Bow Down’ on her website on Sunday. Not long thereafter, the singer received huge criticism from women, who find her song...

Egyptian Thieves Beaten And Lynched

Two Egyptian men thought to have stolen a rickshaw are lynched and beaten to death by a mob of people who were told to take justice in their own hands.
CAIRO – Ever since Egyptians were told to ‘take criminals to the police themselves’, mobs of people have begun to beat and...

New Restaurant Trend On The Rise

BRUSSELS – Upscale restaurants depend on customers keeping their reservations and actually showing up for dinner. Yet 5 percent of all reservations never show up and 30 percent never bother calling the restaurant to cancel their dinner appointment.
That leaves many food establishments...

Student Painting Is Master's Worth $US35 Million

LONDON – A portrait believed to be painted by a student ends up being an original by a Master painter and is worth an estimated $US35 million.
For the past 3 years the painting has been hanging in Buckland Abbey in southwest England, which is managed by Britain’s National Trust. It...

Google Gets Resistance From Online Users

SAN JOSE – Google’s announcement that it is going to retire ‘Google Reader’, has been met with resistance from online users.
Only four days after Google made the announcement more than 130,000 internet users have signed petitions to keep the popular RSS reader.
Google...

Teenage Boys Found Guilty Of Rape

CLEVELAND – Two high school football players from Ohio were found guilty on Sunday of raping a 16-year-old girl at a party last summer while she was in a drunken stupor in a case that gained national exposure through social media.
Trent Mays, 17, and Ma’lik Richmond, 16, two members...

Jackson Family Demands $US36 Bill From Concert Promoter

HOLLYWOOD – Michael Jackson’s kids and their grandma are demanding $US36 billion from concert promoter AEG Live, according to TMZ.
TMZ reportedly obtained documents that reveal that Prince, Paris and Blanket are each asking for $US10 billion for earnings missed since the death of...

When A Bully Gets What He Deserves

SYDNEY – A ‘live statue’ artist in Australia gives a bully his just due, even though at first the punishment seems a bit shocking.
Surfers Paradise, a coastal community in Australia, has been David Mulder’s home for five years. He makes his living posing as a ‘live...

US Has Own Blood Guzzling Vampire

Michelle (29), a tattoo artist by trade, admits to being a ‘real life’ vampire, drinking a quart of blood every day.
Michelle was featured in the final episode of the popular TV series “My Strange Addiction”. She confessed to drinking pig’s blood every day and says...

11 People Killed During Fireworks Explosion In Mexico

NATIVITAS – At least 11 people were killed during a fireworks explosion in Mexico.
Mexican authorities said that the explosion occurred during a religious procession in the town of Nativitas, about 140 miles east of Mexico City.
At least a dozen more people were injured during the blast....

Ralph Schumacher Retires From Racing

BERLIN – Ralph Schumacher, brother of seven times world champion, Michael Schumacher, has announced he is retiring as a racing pilot.
The 37 year old formerly Formula-1 pilot had just signed a contract with Mercedes in February to race under their logo for one year. Schumacher said he...

Swiss Tourist Gang Raped In India

NEW DELHI – Indian media reports that a Swiss tourist became the victim of gang rape on Friday
The incident occurred in the province of Madhya Pradesh near the town of Datia.
The woman (39) and her husband were bicycling from the temple city of Orchha to Seonda. They stopped nearby Datia...

Venezuelans Get To Say Goodbye Once More

CARACAS – Hundreds of thousands of Venezuelans lined the streets today to wish their leader Hugo Chavez goodbye yet one final time.
Chavez who died on March 5th, was to be mummified and placed on display at the Museum of Revolution in Caracas. The embalming was rejected by the Venezuelan...

Breakthrough Machine Keeps Human Liver Alive Outside Body

LONDON – British scientists in conjunction with medical doctors have developed a new machine that will keep a human liver warm and alive outside the body.
Constantin Coussios, one of the inventors of the machine and professor at Oxford University, says that over time, the new machine will...

Dropbox Buys Mailbox

NEW YORK – Dropbox announced it has purchased Mailbox. “We find it fantastic to welcome the Mailbox-team,” the company posted on its blog.
“Like many of you, we fell in love when we first discovered Mailbox,” Dropbox bloggers write. “It was simple, amazing...

Shooters Leave Blood Bath In Cancun Mexico

CANCUN – One of Mexico’s most popular resorts, Cancun was turned into a blood bath by shooters who killed at least six people and left five others injured.
Two men opened fire inside a bar in Cancun, a popular hangout in Mexico for US students on spring break. One of the man used a...

No More Death Penalty In Maryland USA

WASHINGTON – Maryland is the 18th US state to cancel the death penalty. The state’s House of Representatives approved the legislation today.
The new law was proposed by Democrat Martin O’Malley. Getting the bill approved was just a formality since Democrats hold the majority...

Meet The Loudest Barking Dog In the World

ADELAIDE – Australian Golden Retriever Charlie has barked his way into the Guinness Book of Records as the ‘dog with the loudest bark in the world’.
Six year old Charlie produces an astonishing 113.1 decibel bark, which puts the sound he produces in between the noise made by a...

24 People Die In Bus Crash In South Africa

CAPE TOWN – Twenty-four people have been killed on Friday in a bus crash in a mountainous pass near Cape Town, South Africa.
Rescue teams had to use a crane to lift the double-decker bus and cut away bodywork to extract victims trapped in the overturned wreckage at the Hex River Pass...

Titanic Violin Recovered 101 Years Later

LONDON – The rose colored wooden violin belonging to the Orchestra leader of the Titanic has been recovered 101 year after the ship sank and has been declared ‘authentic’.
The rare violin was found at an attic in England, according to Andrew Aldridge, spokesperson for the Henry...

Amy Winehouse Is First Dead Star To Get A Star

LONDON – British singer Amy Winehouse, who died of alcohol poisoning on 23 July 2011, will be the first star to receive a star at London’s newest ‘Music Walk Of Fame’, according to British music paper NME.
The soul singer is being honored as the first recipient of a star...

McDonald's Owner Abuses Student Exchange Services

HARRISBURG – An owner of three McDonald’s fast food restaurants in Pennsylvania, who is accused of abusing the student exchange program, has been ordered to close down his restaurants.
Early March, fifteen students protested in front of the McDonald’s restaurants in Harrisburg...

These Are The Most Despicable Billionaires

NEW YORK – Forbes Magazine released a list of the 10 most despicable billionaires on planet earth.
Forbes counts 1,426 super rich world wide with the US leading the chart of most billionaires at 442 followed by Pacific Asia (386), Europe (366), Latin-America (129) and the Middle-East and...

Pope: "If You Don't Marry Me I Become A Priest!"

BUENOS AIRES – Pope Franciscus I grew up in Flores, a suburb of Buenos Aires, Argentina. He went to daycare with the nuns and held his 1st communion there.
Flores was the place where Franciscus played soccer and went to see his favorite soccer team (even still today); the San Lorenzo de...

Assassination Attempt On Kim Jong-un Fails

(NDJ) – Kim Jong-un, the North Korean leader, was the target of an assassination attempt linked to a power struggle within the military, according to reports.
The timing and nature of the attempt has not been established, although there were rumors of an exchange of gunfire in Pyongyang,...

Dog Swallows 100 Coins And Requires Emergency Surgery

NEW YORK – With more than 100 coins in his belly, a Jack Russell terrier has been admitted to a veterinary hospital in New York. Thanks to an emergency surgery the dog could be saved.
At first, the dog’s owner Tim Kellehar, who lives in Manhattan, didn’t realize that his pet...

Clear Voyant Spaniard Foresaw Old And New Pope Event

MADRID – A Spaniard dreamed about now Emeritus Pope Benedictus XVI stepping down and Pope Franciscus I being elected, one month before both events occurred.
On February 11th, Yolanda De Mena tweeted the partial dream her twenty-two year old fiance Alejandro Rodriguez had that night:
...

How Much Salary Will The New Pope Earn?

ROME – Newly elected Pope Franciscus I is now the office new leader of the Roman Catholic Church. But will he get paid for his role in ensuring the Church ‘gets back on track’ and ‘restores its good name’?
The short answer is ‘No!’ Pope Franciscus I...

Iran Still A Year Away From Having Atomic Bomb

WASHINGTON – US President Barack Obama said that “Iran needs at least still one more year to create an atomic bomb”. He added that the United States won’t wait till the final moment to do something about it.
President Barack Obama made that statement during a interview...

Revolutionary New Scanner Detects Cancer In Mere Seconds

CLEVELAND – Scientists are working on a new MRI scanner that is so fast it can detect cancer, multiple sclerosis and heart related illnesses in mere seconds.
Professor and radiologist Marck Griswold from the Case Western Reserve School of Medicine, Ohio, explains that the new scanner is so...

Obama To Have Dinner With First Black Miss Israel

JERUSALEM – President Barack Obama is scheduled to have dinner with the first black Miss Israel during his visit to the Jewish state next week.
22 year old Yityish Aynaw, of Ethiopian descent, will be present during next Thursday’s gala dinner hosted by Shimon Peres, Israel’s...

Car Was Shooter Killed During Police Shoot Out

NEW YORK – On Thursday, New York police shot and killed the man responsible for four shooting death at Herkimer County in New York on Wednesday.
Two people were shot death by the perpetrator at the Gaffey’s Fast Lube in Herkimer and two people were killed and two other injured during a...

New Pope Starts Day With Private Prayer

ROME – Pope Franciscus I began his first day as new leader of the Roman Catholic church with a private prayer at the basilica of Santa Maria Maggiore in Rome.
He stayed for 30 minutes and was accompanied in prayer by priest Ludovico Melo. He knelt before the Byzantine icon ‘Madonna...

New Pope Involved With Kidnapping In Argentina

BUENOS AIRES – Argentine Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio has only been Pope Franciscus I for just a few hours and already human rights activists and journalists are accusing him of ‘conspiracy’.
Reportedly, Bergoglio was involved with an incident that took place in the poor...

Brawl Erupts At Argentine Parliament Seconds After Papal Election

BUENOS AIRES – Newly elected Pope Franciscus I is from Argentina. It’s does normal for Argentinians to be overjoyed and celebrate exuberantly.
But while Jorge Mario Bergoglio was chosen as the new Pope, the Argentine Parliament was having a remembrance gathering for recently...

Humble Pope Says: "Just Call Me Franciscus!"

ROME – Argentine Archbishop Jorge Mario Bergoglio who has been elected the new Pope to lead the Roman Catholic church is a quiet, humble man who isn’t much for titles.
Named ‘Pope Franciscus I’, Bergoglio wants to world to call him just ‘Franciscus’; nothing...

Getting To Know The New Pope Up Close

ROME – Archbishop from Buenos Aires Argentina, Jorge Mario Bergoglio, has been elected as ‘Pope Francis I’, a real surprise for mostly everyone who followed the Papal election around the world.
Facts about Pope Francis I:
Pope Francis I (76) is the first Latin-American Pope...

Newly Elected Pope Francis I Addresses The Crowd

ROME – Standing on the balcony overlooking St. Peter’s Square in Rome, the new ‘Pope Francis I’ addresses about 100,000 people below, including television viewers around the world, according to Italian media.
“Brothers and sisters, good evening”, were the...

Jorge Mario Bergoglio From Argentina Is The New Pope

ROME – Surprise! Argentine Jorge Mario Bergoglio has been elected to newest Pope by the Conclave.
Jorge Mario Bergoglio originates from Buenos Aires.

The World Has A New Pope

ROME – White smoke rises from the chimney on the roof top of the Sistine Chapel and the Saint Peter’s Basilica clocks are chiming.
The World Has A New Pope
“White smoke rises from chimney, the world has a new Pope.”

Possibility New Pope Is Elected Today

ROME – Saint Peter’s Square is overflowing with thousands of believers keeping their eyes fixed on the chimney on the roof top of the Sistine Chapel.
After the third voting round no new Pope has yet been chosen but one final smoke plume is said to rise from the Chimney no later than...

Shooting Kills Four At Car Wash In New York

NEW YORK – A shootout at a car wash and barber shop in New York resulted in four people being killed and two others getting injured.
The car wash and barber shop are not located in the same towns. But the shooter, who is still at large, is one and the same at both place, according to New...

Hacker Gains Access To Facebook Accounts Once Again

SAN JOSE – A hacker who managed to infiltrate Facebook and got access to all its accounts has struck the social site again.
The hacker broke into Facebook’s computer end February and gained access to all the accounts of its one billion users.
“Nir Goldshlager breaks into...

Touching: Test Chimps See Sunlight For First Time

SHREVEPORT – Chimp Haven in Louisiana released a video of retired Chimpanzees, who spend their entire lives in a lab, experiencing sunlight and nature for the first time.
The video – see below – is touching and shows the pure joy of the animals as they quickly adapt to their...