KANO, Nigeria (Reuters) – Two suicide car bombers attacked the offices of mobile phone operators India’s Airtel and South Africa’s MTN on Saturday in Nigeria’s northern city of Kano, killing themselves but no civilians, police said.Islamist sect Boko Haram has previously targeted phone firms, blowing up telephone masts and offices, saying the companies help the security forces catch its members.“The...
Gal’s best laid plans thwarted
Label: Health It just wasn’t her lucky night.A gorgeous swimsuit model who hoped to have sex before the Mayan-predicted apocalypse failed to seal the deal on “doomsday” eve.Niki Ghazian, 30, earlier this week had declared to The Post, “I don’t want to die on a dry spell!” and hoped to hook up with someone before the predicted hour of doom yesterday morning.But the sexy...
Investors shuffling assets ahead of fiscal cliff
Label: Business Some citizens aren’t waiting to find out if the White House and Republicans in Congress will be able to reach a last-minute deal to pull the country away from the “fiscal cliff.” They are selling securities while capital gains tax rates are still low or transferring millions into trusts for the benefit of children and grandchildren before estate tax laws become more stringent....
Dec
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Bay of Pigs invasion veterans mark 50 years since release
Label: World In the days before Christmas 50 years ago this weekend, 1,113 Bay of Pigs fighters captured by Fidel Castro’s forces and imprisoned for 20 months were finally released to a heroes’ welcome in Miami.The first planeload of POWs arrived at Homestead Air Force Base on Dec. 23, 1962. Gaunt and betrayed by the John F. Kennedy administration, members of the proud Brigade 2506 were...
Facebook tests $1 fee for messages to non-friends
Label: TechnologySAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Facebook says it is testing a service that will charge users $ 1 to guarantee that messages they send to people they are not connected to arrive in users’ inboxes, rather than in an often-ignored folder called “other.”Launched in 2011, the “other” folder is where Facebook routes messages it deems less relevant. Not quite spam, these include messages from people you most likely...
Jennifer Lawrence Fashion Time Warp
Label: Lifestyle"It" girl Jennifer Lawrence is getting a lot of attention this year, and with good reason! The recent Golden Globe nominee has proven herself worthy of the big-screen hype thanks to the box office success of The Hunger Games and Silver Linings Playbook. On top of that, the beauteous bombshell has become a fashion-forward phenomenon.Related: Five Things You Don't Know About Jennifer LawrenceJoin...
Storm brings heavy rain and wind to NYC, with regional travel delays expected
Label: Health Dan GoodA storm system has brought rain and wind to the region, with travel delays expected across the northeast today.Better bring the umbrella.A storm system brought gusty wind and heavy rain to the northeast this morning, making for a messy New York City commute - and likely causing travel delays across the region.A scaffolding collapse shut down a section...
Cuba lashes out against U.S. fines on foreign banks
Label: Business The Cuban government Thursday denounced what it called the “unjust and illegal” multi-million dollar fines the U.S. government slapped on two foreign banks for violating Washington’s sanctions on the island. The U.S. actions show that its “ferocious persecution of financial and commercial transactions by Cuba and those with legitimate relations … has only changed but has...
Dec
20
Sarasota man charged with child abuse after ‘hog-tied’ daughter, 11, dies
Label: World SARASOTA -- A 35-year-old Sarasota man has been charged with abusing his 11-year-old daughter, who died this week, according to the Sarasota County Sheriff's Office.Investigators have determined the girl was regularly “hog tied,” to a board on her bed with duct tape on her mouth, or tied up and put in a filthy family pool," according to authorities.Sarasota County paramedics...
Boehner dares Obama to reject a GOP tax hike on millionaires in 49-second address
Label: Health WASHINGTON — In one of the most abrupt Capitol Hill press conferences ever, House Speaker John Boehner yesterday dared President Obama to ignore a Republican offer to raise taxes on millionaires and instead take a fiscal-cliff jump.“He can call upon the Senate Democrats to pass the legislation or he can be responsible for the largest tax increase...
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