Another lion escapes from Kenyan park, attacks man in the capital
By Faith Karimi and Briana Duggan, CNN Story highlights Man mauled by lion is undergoing treatment It’s the fourth time in recent weeks lions have escaped from the park in Nairobi CNN) A lion escaped from a park and mauled…
Miki Jaffa-Bodden : Cayman Islands fugitive from justice receives $ multi million award
By Peter Polack Miki Jafa-Bodden was a lawyer who fled the Cayman Islands in 2004. She was prominent for representing group led by Wayne Panton that sought to overturn several thousand grants of Caymanian status. She was charged for: 1….
Veteran loses custody of children for using medical marijuana
By Cody Fenwick From Care 2 Petitions Tens of thousands of Care2 petitioners have signed a petition asking Kansas officials to return a veteran’s children who were taken away by Child Protective Service. This case is particularly heartbreaking, and reveals…
Report: The US is starting to think that North Korea might actually have tested hydrogen-bomb components
By Armin Rosen From Business Insider North Korea’s claim that it detonated a hydrogen bomb during an apparent nuclear-weapons test on January 6 were widely dismissed by experts and the US government as well. But it turns out that Pyongyang might…
Couple witnesses horrific cruise ship death
By Jethro Mullen, From CNN (CNN)A crew member on a Caribbean cruise ship died while working on an elevator, the company said. Passengers aboard the Carnival Ecstasy witnessed part of the horrifying incident Sunday evening in which blood poured down…
CNN: China dumps treasurys, triggering worries about US debt Costs
By R Williams From Newsmax China is dumping some of its Treasury holdings in a desperate bid to raise cash to support its ailing markets, a move that “raises serious questions” about the country’s ability to finance the U.S. federal…
UPDATE: Re-floated: Norwegian cruise ship runs aground near Bermuda
Norwegian Dawn re-floated off Channel reef By Simon Jones From The Royal Gazette A cruise liner carrying more than 3,500 passengers and crew ran aground in the North Channel off Bermuda. The Norwegian Dawn had just left Dockyard when she…
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Caribbean-Earthquake-Region warned to be prepared for massive earthquake PORT OF SPAIN, Trinidad, Jan 13, CMC – The Seismic Research Centre (SRC) of the University of the West Indies (UWI) is warning the region to “move expeditiously” towards building resilience amid…
Veterans neglected for years in VA facility, report says
By Nelli Black, Scott Bronstein and Drew Griffin, CNN Investigations (CNN) — Two veterans in a Veterans Affairs psychiatric facility languished for years without proper treatment, according to a scathing letter and report sent Monday to the White House by…
Sudanese woman on death row needs appeals court’s intervention to be released
By Nicole Hensle From New York Daily News The husband of Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27, says only the court can reverse the decision to release his wife, despite conflicting news reports that she would be released by the Sudan government….
