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CAIRO-After the Egyptian government shut down the internet last week, several journalists are claiming the government violated human rights. The Arzino Daily Wildcat reports: We’ve seen in the past how important the Internet is as a medium of communication in mass demonstrations of this kind. During the Iranian “Green Revolution” of 2009, YouTube, Facebook, Twitter […]
CAIRO – Protesters demanding President Hosni Mubarak’s ouster packed Cairo’s central square by the tens of thousands Friday, waving Egyptian flags, singing the national anthem and cheering, appearing undaunted and determined after their camp withstood two days of street battles with regime supporters trying to dislodge them. Thousands including families with children flowed over bridges […]
Los Angeles — The woman Dr. Conrad Murray phoned when he realized Michael Jackson was dying has broken her silence about the fateful day, revealing the medic “didn’t sound like himself” and was clearly troubled. Former cocktail waitress Sade Anding, who Murray was pursuing romantically at the time, is set to testify for the prosecution […]
Cairo — Anderson Cooper has been attacked for the second day in a row in Egypt. On Thursday, Cooper tweeted: “Situation on ground in #egypt very tense. Vehicle I was in attacked. My window smashed. All ok.” Cooper was attacked by pro-Mubarak mobs on Wednesday, and was punched at least ten times. Journalists have become […]
Cairo — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak says he wishes he could step down – but won’t. In an interview with ABC’s Christiane Amanpour, the embattled despot said he was fed up with being in charge and would like to leave office, but fears his country would sink into chaos without him. It was not clear […]
Egypt — Millions are in uproar since Kenneth Cole invoked the Egypt uprising and Cairo hashtag to promote his spring line on Twitter this morning. The tweet read “Millions are in uproar in #Cairo. Rumor is they heard our new spring collection is now available online at http://bit.ly/KCairo.” The tweet was signed “-KC” implying that […]
Montana — Molly B, a lucky Montana cow that was spared after jumping over a slaughterhouse gate and swimming across the Mississippi River, is being given a new home.
New York– Authorities say a crafty group of people ran an ID theft operation, buying at least a million dollars worth of iPads and other Apple products on their victims tab- sometimes even run from behind bars.
New York — The Dakota, the legendary New York apartment building, has long been famous for its celebrity residents, including Leonard Bernstein, Lauren Bacall and John Lennon. But it is also well known for having among the most restrictive co-op boards in Manhattan, having turned down would-be buyers including Billy Joel, Cher and the acting […]
Here are last night’s NBA scores along with each game’s top performer. Bulls defeat the Clippers in LA 106-88 Top performer: Derrick Rose 32 pts, 3 reb, 11 assts Rockets defeat the Jazz in Utah 97-96 Top performer: Kyle Lowry 16 pts, 6 rebs, 5 assts Suns defeat Bucks at home 92-77 Top performer: Martin […]
FLORIDA-Antonio D. Drayton has been charged with the murder of Saleha Huuda a University of Florida cheerleader. An accomplice, Cassandra Kimbrough, was also charged in her death. Drayton and Huuda had been romantically linked and Drayton had been accused by battering Huuda but she dropped the charges. The Florida Independent Alligator reports: Drayton and Kimbrough […]
A Brooklyn nun from a fringe Christian sect has confessed to an unholy lie: telling cops she was sexually attacked and left unconscious in a snowbank, sources said Monday.