Woman Living in Fear of ‘Honor’ Death

  A woman lives in fear of being killed for ‘honor’ after asking her husband for a divorce. A woman “Zara” tells her story of fear from her husband and her family after asking for a divorce following years of dehumanization from her so-called husband. She asked that not even her hands be shown during […]

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Justin Bieber Say’s Prince William Should Be Ashamed of His Thinning Hair

      Justin Bieber apparently thinks thinning hair is disgraceful.  In fact, the pop star said of Prince William Prince William that his thinning hairline is downright embarrassing. Bieber went after the Prince to Rollercoaster magazine, a U.K. publication after the Prince’s disappearing locks became the topic of conversation.  “I mean, there are things to prevent that […]

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France Rallies to Beat United States in Men’s 4×100 Swim Relay

    France beat the United States in the men’s 4×100-meter swimming relay on Sunday, with Michael Phelps and the United States taking a silver medal.   The medal is the 17th for Phelps, and puts him one behind Larisa Latynina, a Soviet gymnast who earned nine golds, five silvers and four bronzes between 1956 […]

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Cabbie turns taxi into hotel for Olympics

    A London cabbie turns his taxi into a hotel-for-one during the Olympic Games. CNN’s Rosie Tomkins checks it out.   Take the scarcity and expense of hotel accommodations in London this mix that with the missing revenue of London Cabbies (due to the restricted Olympic Lanes) and you would get something like a taxi-bed. One driver seen an opportunity while he […]

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Protests on opening day of Olympics

  As to be expected, with an international gathering of this size, just hours before the opening ceremonies London was dealing with protesters.    Taxi Drivers Protest Traffic Sanctions Imposed During the Games….   Cab drivers argue the traffic lanes — which are restricted to Olympic officials and athletes — should also be available to taxis. […]

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Blind Archer Posts First World Record of London Olympics

The first world records of the London 2012 Olympics have been set by a blind South Korean archer hours before Friday’s much-anticipated opening ceremony was due to begin. Im Dong Hyun is legally classified as blind and cannot see out of his right eye, but it did not stop the two-time gold medalist bettering his […]

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Bruce Springsteen & Paul McCartney Were Silenced During Concert In Hyde Park

  Concert organizers pulled the plug and cut power to the mics of rock superstars; Bruce Springsteen and Paul McCartney, after the pair sang on after the  sound curfew at London’s Hyde Park, silencing the duo at the tail end of the show.   Bruce Springsteen had already went past the 10:30 p.m. curfew by […]

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