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Mermaids are real! (No they’re not!)
From Epoch Times Mermaid is ‘Real,’ Found in India, Mexico, Pakistan is Fake: Actually From ‘Pirates of Caribbean’ By Jack Phillips A mermaid did not appear on either beach in Porbandar, India, or in Pakistan’s Karachi. The post, which also…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
2014 Atlantic hurricane season: Where we stand by the numbers
From WDSU News NEW ORLEANS —We’re a ways off from being at the halfway point of the Atlantic Basin hurricane season, which began June 1 and ends November 30. The Atlantic Basin includes the Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea, and…
Kidnapped girl ‘rescued’ by lions
From BBC A pride of lions has rescued a girl from her kidnappers in rural south-west Ethiopia, according to police. A 12-year-old girl was snatched by four men on her way home from school early in June. A week later,…
AIFMD rules fuel offshore fund boom
From IFC Review The introduction of the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) could add fuel to the fire of the recent trend for investment trusts to be domiciled offshore, reports the FT Adviser. Under the AIFMD, which came into…
Protest March to demand justice for Garner
By Vinette K. Pryce From Caribbean Life Thousands are expected to respond to the call by Rev. Al Sharpton to rally and march across the Verrazano Bridge on Aug. 23 to protest the illegal choke-hold death of Eric Garner in…
CNN reporter is sorry for getting drunk and biting 2 EMTs
By Caroline Bankoff from New York Mag On Monday, TMZ reported that CNN was being sued over some bad behavior on the part of its Beirut-based senior international correspondent Arwa Damon. According to papers filed in a Manhattan court, Damon…
Cuba’s Balsero crisis still an open wound, 20 years on
By Ivet González From IPS HAVANA, Aug 6 2014 (IPS) – Tears, silence and evasive responses are the reactions from Cubans when they are asked about the “balseros” or rafters crisis; two decades after an exodus without parallel in Latin…
Judge rules against NCAA ban on paying players
By Sharon Terlep and Ben Cohen From Wall Street Journal O’Bannon decision would allow athletes to make money from licensing revenue; NCAA can appeal A federal judge ruled Friday that the NCAA’s ban on paying players for use of their…
A man accidentally killed himself while taking a selfie
By Maya Kosoff From Business Insider Oscar Otero Aguilar, who died while posing with a gun for a selfie. A young man in Mexico City has died after taking a selfie while holding a borrowed, loaded gun. Oscar Otero Aguilar,…
