REDD's Blog – January 2012 Archive (16)

A university student received an unexpected - and unwanted - surprise when she ordered a used terrorism textbook online - $400 worth of cocaine.

Sophia Stockton, a junior at Mid-America Nazarene University in Kansas, ordered Terrorism: Challenges, Perspectives and Issues on Amazon for her Spring semester.

After flipping through the pages a bag of 'white…

Perhaps yoga is the secret to a happy old-age?

Even after a total hip replacement in the early 2000s, Tao Porchon-Lynch continues to teach students yoga at 5am everyday.

The energetic 93-year-old, from Westchester, who has been practicing yoga for over 70 years also does the waltz, jitterbug, samba and cha cha cha in her spare…

Life-changing: Debbie Hughes with her son Kyle, who she conceived naturally at 53 even though she was on the Pill

‘When I saw the two blue lines my heart was thumping so hard I thought it would burst out of my chest,’ says Debbie, a grandmother-of-two. ‘My first thought was, “I’m too old, this can’t be right”.’…

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Lloyd Hill. 42, pictured, is accused of beating Frederick Tarantino, 43, to death with a baseball bat before repeatedly stabbing 36-year-old Stefanie Hill

He then went into the apartment, the address of which had been kept from him, and allegedly stabbed Mrs Hill in the…

Spectacular: This image was taken by a fisheye lens on Saturday as part of Canada's AuroraMAX project

It was published as part of the AuroraMAX project, an initiative by the Canadian Space Agency which aims to help the public experience the wonder of the Northern Lights.…

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Mr Flowers walks towards Officer Middendorf, in front of the police car

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A video showing fifteen Pakistani soldiers being lined up and shot dead by a firing squad has been released by the Taliban.

The paramilitary troops were…

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Disturbing: Belgian photographer Frieke Janssens has captured 15 children smoking cigarettes to draw 'point the viewer's focus on the issue of smoking itself'

Cherubic cheeks framed with gentle…

Fatal: Investigators look for evidence after a police officer, 28, shot himself on the job in Queens after a fight with his girlfriend

An on-duty New York police officer committed suicide by shooting himself in the head after having an argument with his girlfriend over the phone.

The tragic incident…

Arrested: Brian Downing, was booked on charges of sexual battery and obscenit after being videotaped 'placing his genitals on an LSU fan's face'

An Alabama man has been arrested in connection with a video appearing to show a college football fan inflicting a horrifying sexual assault on a rival supporter after he passed out in a fast food…

Survivors of the Costa Concordia have told of the panic and chaos as thousands of people desperately attempted to flee the stricken vessel.

Incredible stories of survival have emerged today from some of the 4,200 people on board the cruise liner which hit the rocks off the coast of the tiny Italian island of Giglio.

Fathers desperate to be with their families…

The Rolling Stones said it best, “You, you make a dead man c**.”

A 38 year old female mortuary worker is being held on $250,000 bond after becoming pregnant by one of her clients-a dead man.

The alleged crime took place at the Mourning Glory Mortuary just outside of Lexington, Missouri.…

Ringing off the hook: Julian and Gillian Luke's daughter had her phone less than a day before she began getting calls

'From Dec. 26 to Dec. 30, the phone logged 19 calls, most of them in the wee hours of the morning,' Mr Luke told the Toronto Star.

Mr Luke answered one call…

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Assignment: Elementary school students in Georgia were given math homework referencing slavery and beatings

Another question asked: 'If Frederick got two beatings per day, how many beatings did he get in one week?'

'I was furious at that point in…

Innocence: Dustyn Skyler Roff, four, was discovered with more than 100 bruises on his body after being beaten to death in Houston, Texas

A boy, who was beaten to death, was covered in more than 100 bruises and had two black eyes when he was found. 

Dustyn Skyler Roff, four, was allegedly killed…