Monthly Archives: December 2016

Post-mortem tests found the 31-year-old butcher had suffered severe internal injuries indicating sexual assault and his bloodstream contained ecstasy, cocaine and alcohol. Mr Barrymore and the other men were arrested and later released without charge. The Barrymore/Lubbock case March 2001: Stuart Lubbock died at Michael Barrymore’s former home in Roydon, Essex October 2001: Following a […]

As a tenant in a space being targeted after the Ghost Ship fire, I am seeing first hand the wrong-headed panic and finger pointing now gripping the city On Friday, at least 36 people died when an east Oakland warehouse known as Ghost Ship caught fire during a night intended for non-conforming bodies and those […]

(CNN)Describing what it was like to cover the presidential campaign as a Muslim woman wearing a headscarf, NPR reporter Asma Khalid said Friday that it was an experience that left her in tears at times. Khalid wrote an essay about the abuse she encountered on the campaign trail, in which she described being called racist […]

(CNN)This coming week, President-elect Donald Trump is scheduled to explain to the nation how he plans to handle his sprawling business empire of hotels, resorts and other businesses while he serves as president of the United States. After refusing to release his tax returns during the campaign and initially insisting that he had every right […]

Move is intended to render the devices useless in order to prevent any more phones from exploding or catching fire, an issue that led to expansive recall Samsungs next software update for the Galaxy Note 7 smartphone will render the devices useless in order to prevent any more from catching fire and exploding. A problem […]

Couples who create IVF embryos together should consider hiring lawyers before beginning the fertility treatment process, according to reproductive law experts. While unpleasant, much like a prenup, the process can help avoid a messy, complicated legal battle like the “custody” lawsuit against actress Sofia Vergara by her ex-fiancé, Nick Loeb. Few couples take this extra step before […]

Defeated president had conceded the result to Adama Barrow, but now claims fresh and transparent elections need to be held The Gambias president Yahya Jammeh said on Friday he rejects the outcome of announcement made on state TV throws the future of the West African country into doubt after an unexpected election result that ended […]

Iowa court upholds lower courts decision to rezone movie site from agricultural to commercial The Iowa Supreme Court seems to agree with Kevin Costner that theres no better place to play baseball than on fields cut out of the corn. The court on Friday cleared the way for a 24-field baseball complex at the Field […]

The Pebble time round.Image: mashable Fitbit wants Pebble’s technology, but not its hardware. The big-name activity tracker will buy its smaller rival’s software and firmware intellectual property and absorb some of its staff, but not acquire its smartwatch, Fitbit announced Wednesday morning. The acquisition had been rumored before Fitbit’s announcement. SEE ALSO: Apple, which doesn’t […]

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