Caribbean Fever's Blog – December 2014 Archive (75)

At least 35 dead and 42 injured in New Year's Eve stampede as thousands pack onto riverfront to watch light show {VIDEO}

Caught on Tape: Nasty NYPD Cop Shoves ‘Ellen DeGeneres Dance Dare’ Contestant for No Reason (Watch)

Two New York City Police officers were shot in the Bronx Monday night.

WNBC in New York reported one officer was shot in the back, but is believed to have been wearing a bullet proof vest that may have saved his life while the second officer…

Jamaica’s Grammy award winning singer, Sean Paul, has cancelled a New Year Eve show in the Maldives after reportedly receiving a death threat from an Islamic group claiming to have ties in Syria.

“Unfortunately, the world has reached a point where cyber threats must affect real life decisions. With that said, due to safety concerns for my crew and the people of the Maldives attending the Tourist Arrival Countdown, it…

A vine producing penis-shaped passion fruit has been discovered by a gardener in the Brazilian city of San Jose de Ribamar, in the country’s north. Normally round, the fruit is native to South America and its tart pulp can be found flavoring everything from sweet desserts to caipirinhas, the Brazilian national cocktail. Although none of the penis-shaped variety are ripe yet, the woman who grew them, Maria Rodrigues de Aguiar Farias, 53, told…

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• Celebrity-favoured Honestly Healthy programme's new book out in January
• Brainchild of Kelly Hoppen's daughter and Sienna Miller's step-sister
• Advocates alkaline foods such as green juices, raw vegetables and…

• Woman killed in the accident at a Hayden, Idaho Walmart was 29-year-old Veronica J. Rutledge 
• Authorities say she had a concealed weapons permit

Authorities in northern Idaho have identified the mother shot dead by her 2-year-old son as 29-year-old Veronica J. Rutledge of Blackfoot.…

• Cats began going missing in Liaoning Province, China, earlier this month
• Some owners banded together to find out what was happening
• Discovered men trawling the area at night
• Followed the…

Nelson A. King

Though she was barely able to walk because of gout, Calypso Rose was still able to woo her audience, as Brooklyn paid tribute to the Tobago-born singer who “broke the glass ceiling” in the calypso genre.

“This woman, sometimes I sit and wonder what got that woman to sing calypso in the 1950s and survive,” said popular Grenadian-born radio personality Harold Pysadee, one…

Ebola Update: CDC Lab Error May Have Caused Exposure {VIDEO}

In a statement, the Ministry said that it “wished to advise that there is no…

North Korea was NOT behind the Sony hack according to multiple security experts who discredit FBI findings and reveal that a studio insider named 'Lena' may be responsible

North Korea blamed its recent Internet outage on the United States on Saturday and hurled racially charged insults at President Barack Obama over the hacking row involving the movie "The Interview."…

Congrats! Ludacris Goes Mile High For Proposal To GF Eudoxie "She Didn't Say Yes. She Said Hell Yes!" (Video/Pics)

Ludacris stopped by Ebro in the Morning to chop it up about working at a radio station for five years, current legal troubles with his baby mama, becoming an actor, Fast 7, Bill O'Reilly killing his Pepsi deal, getting married, Paul Walker, Quincy…

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As many The body of a 4-year-old autistic boy who went missing while visiting his grandparents in South Carolina was found in a pond Friday, the local coroner's office said. Jayden Morrison, who is non-communicative, was last seen Wednesday at his grandmother's house in Little River near Myrtle Beach. Hundreds of volunteers, police and rescue crews began a…

Minister of Industry, Investment and Commerce Anthony Hylton

The 2014 Forbes Best Countries for Business Report has ranked Jamaica 64 out of 146 nations making it the best country in the Caribbean region to do business and third in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Forbes, a leading international business magazine, determined the Best Countries for Business by grading 146 nations on 11 different factors:…

• Zahra'u Babangida was taken to a Boko Haram hideout by her parents
• Terrorists told her they would shoot her if she didn't wear a suicide vest
• The…

• A man who had just bought something at a suburban New Orleans shopping mall on Christmas Eve was shot to death at close range and a suspect was in custody, police said
• The shooting happened 4:21 p.m. Wednesday, at the Oakwood Center Mall in Jefferson Parish, Sheriff Newell Normand said…

Oh, it’s that time of year. The fridge is overflowing with leftovers from Christmas day, there are trash bags filled with torn up wrapping paper, ribbons and bows. Now it’s a mad dash to lose enough weight to fit into our New Year’s Eve outfits…well for some of us anyway.

At some point in the last few years, New Year’s Day eclipsed Thanksgiving and Christmas as my favorite holiday. It’s something about new…

Christmas Eve is shaping up to be windy, wet and warm instead of white across much of the country, creating headaches for some travelers, especially in the Great Lakes and the Northeast.

While parts of the South cleaned up from severe storms that killed at least four people, a system that forecasters had feared could…