Featured Blog Posts – June 2011 Archive (110)

But don't rush to claim them, because the soles of the kicks were stuffed with cocaine, just one pair in a four pair sneaker smuggling operation gone bad a few days ago.

 Customs agents at John F. Kennedy Airport found nearly five pounds of cocaine concealed in the soles of sneakers packed in…

On March 17, 2011, at 2:19 p.m., officers responded to the 800 block of Rood Avenue regarding the death of Mirabelle Thao-Lo. Yang claimed her daughter’s death was caused by a seizure in her home.

After a three-month investigation that…

Jamar broke the television while playing Nintendo Wii, prompting his mother to go into a rage on June 13, police say. The boy vomited and complained of agonizing pain for five days before Crawford decided to seek…

The draft was completed by a group of experts and was due to be raised for legislation in April. The proposal included jailing people…

In a new take on an old story, more than 250 women in a rural town in South America are withdrawing their partners' conjugal rights until their menfolk take action - to repair a dangerous road.

The new Lysistratas of Barbacoas, near the Pacific coast of Colombia, went on their "Crossed Legs Strike" on Thursday.

And they believe if they carry on with…

Toyrianna is accused of killing him and carrying him around in a BabyBjorn carrier while she went shopping for several hours.

According to prosecutors, though, the baby she…

For those who aren't sure what planking is, it's simply lying down face first with your arms touching the side of your body. The thrill is finding different crazy, fun, unique places to plank and of course, posting them online. Our favorite hip-pop celebrites have joined the craze and are popping up everywhere planking.…

WHEN 11-year-old Devonio James wrote to Police Commissioner Owen Ellington commending him on his good work and giving his views on crime in Spanish Town where he attends school, his only wish was that the letter would at least make it to the police chief's office.…

It seems cocaine has been behind a rash of flesh-eating disease outbreaks in Los Angeles and New York.



Cocaine cut with the veterinary drug, levamisole has apparently been linked to a number of cases of rotting flesh, according to Good Morning America. While the cases reported thus far have been on the coasts, officials have warned that it could very well…

After helping a friend earlier in the night, Carter was jogging back home when he was attacked by four members of a teenage gang.

The gang of boys ranging from ages 13 to 18 have been charged under a state's lynching law for beating Carter and requiring him to…

Christian Choate, 13, died in a dog cage after years of alleged abuse. His body was found in a Gary, Indiana trailer park last week. Christian's parents, Riley Choate, 34, and his wife, Kimberly Choate, are charged with the murder of the 13-year-old.

Investigators were tipped off to Christian’s death by Christian’s birth mother, Aimee Estrada, who said her daughter came to her on May 1 with information…

How sickening is it to know that at 16-year-old boy killed his ex for some breakfast? Make sure you read the text msgs at the end… smh!

A schoolboy murdered a former girlfriend after he was promised a free breakfast if he carried out the killing, a court heard.

Rebecca Aylward, 15, was battered to death in October last year within weeks of the…

Her neighbours thought that she was just another crazy old lady who enjoyed talking to her flowers while she lovingly tended her garden at her North Carolina home.

They had no idea she was actually chatting to her dead husband who was pushing up daisies under the concrete.

Ruth Huber Bostic, originally from New York, was said to have carefully tended…

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OVER 150 passengers were thrown into panic when the plane on which they were travelling to Barbados from Jamaica experienced cabin pressure failure yesterday afternoon.



A traumatized woman told the DAILY NATION by telephone of total despair among the travellers when the “[oxygen] masks dropped down,…

NEW YORK, CMC – A prominent Haitian physician here has corroborated studies of immigrants showing a decline in their health status with longer duration of residency in the United States.



“Studies show that Caribbean blacks are less likely to rate their health as fair or poor than US-born blacks,” Dr.…

 Music and Hollywood's biggest and brightest stars all came out to the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles for the 2011 BET Awards Sunday (June 26) night. Lil Wayne, Chris Brown, Nicki Minaj, Drake, Trey Songz, host Kevin Hart, Will Smith and Jada Pinkett Smith were all in attendance as BET celebrated the year in…