Sheryl Crow made a fashion faux pas at the Happy Hearts Fund gala on Thursday. The singer walked the red carpet in a black sheer dress that exposed her white underwear underneath.
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Ibrahim Toure dies : Kolo and Yaya Toure´s brother passes away
Yaya Toure’s former club Barcelona has offered its condolences after the death of his brother Ibrahim. Ibrahim Toure – who played for Lebanese side Al-Sada – died aged 28 after losing his battle with cancer.
Read More »Kalydeco : Cystic fibrosis drug added to Ont. drug benefit
The government has officially added a costly medication to the Ontario drug benefit formulary. KALYDECO is a prescription medicine used for the treatment of cystic fibrosis (CF) in patients age 6 years and older who have one of the following mutations in their CF gene: G551D, G1244E, G1349D, G178R, G551S, S1251N, S1255P, S549N, or S549R, costs $300,000 a year.
Read More »Five children rescued after national pornography sweep, RCMP say
The RCMP says a four-month long child pornography investigation lead to the rescue of five children under the age of 10. Officers announced Thursday that the national campaign zeroed in on alleged sex offenders and wound up leading to 343 charges being laid. The news was delivered in Halifax with investigators saying the case reached clear across the country, involving …
Read More »UK : Charities launch fresh badger cull court challenge
DEFRA has inisted its badger cull policy is compliant with the Bern Convention, after three wildlife charities filed a complaint about the policy to the European wildlife protection body.
Read More »Washing Raw Chicken Causes Food Poisoning, Study
People concerned about the risks of food poisoning are being urged to stop washing chicken before they cook it. More than two-fifths of cooks say they wash chicken as part of their food preparations, but the health experts have issued a call to the public to stop the practice.
Read More »Jonathan Fleming : Exonerated Man Sues NYC for 162 Million
A Brooklyn man who spent nearly 25 years behind bars for a crime he didn’t commit is now suing the city. Jonathan Fleming, 52, is seeking $162 million after being freed from prison in April. He says he was visiting Disney World back in 1989 when his friend Daryl Rush was shot and killed in Williamsburg.
Read More »Woman With 2-Day Sentence Dies In Prison
A Pennsylvania woman was found dead in her cell June 7, halfway through a two-day sentence in Berks County Prison for unpaid debt. Eileen DiNino, 55, owed $2,000 in fines and court costs related to dozens of truancy violations her children racked up since 1999, the Associated Press reports.
Read More »White humpback whale swims the seas (Video)
One of the world’s rarest whales was caught on camera swimming in the ocean near Sydney, Australia on Thursday. The male all-white humpback whale is named ‘Migaloo’ and he’s making his annual migration trip up the southern coast of the country.
Read More »Wil Wheaton: Star Mashes ‘Game Of Thrones’ With ‘Brady Bunch’ Theme (Video)
“Games of Thrones” has gotten “The Brady Bunch” treatment and it couldn’t come at a better time. The HBO drama can appear complicated, somewhat daunting to the novice viewer. To an outsider, it’s a show about beautiful people grimacing, dragons and colorful weddings. But now, thanks to Wil Wheaton, the dense “Game of Thrones” lore has been broken down into …
Read More »Salamanders give clues to how we might regrow human limbs, study finds
For a salamander, the loss of a limb isn’t a terrible event. If a leg or a tail is suddenly amputated, the amphibious creature can simply regrow the lost body part, as if it had never been damaged at all.
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