A dancer at Russia’s Bolshoi ballet who made his name playing villains has confessed to ordering the acid attack that nearly blinded its director, angry that his lover was being kept out of leading roles.
Bolshoi star admits acid attack
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San Rafael, California, Bans Smoking In Condo’s and Duplexes
San Rafael Smoking Ban: California City Bars Smoking In Duplexes, Condominiums And Other Multi-Family Homes Bans Smoking in Multi Family Homes A San Francisco suburb on Monday banned smoking in duplexes, condominiums and other multi-family homes, with city leaders saying they hoped to lead a wave of such regulations across California and ultimately the […]
Man Finds Car 2 Years After Losing It During Night Of Drinking In Germany
Have You Ever Went Out Drinking And Couldn’t Remember Where You Parked Your Car? For Two Years? One German man did just that! Found It, After Two Years! A man in southern Germany has been reunited with his car two years after forgetting where he parked, Bavarian police said on Thursday. After a […]
iPhone Maker in Lockdown After Workers Riot
A fight broke out at a plant operated by Foxconn, which assembles products for Apple and other tech firms, that started as an argument before escalating into a free-for-all brawl that involved 2000 workers and left around 40 people injured, its parent company says. The Incident The incident happened around 11pm local time […]
Afghan Taliban Vows To Kidnap Or Assassinate British Royal; Prince Harry
The Afghan Taliban said on Monday they were doing everything in their power to try to kidnap or assassinate Britain’s Prince Harry, who arrived in Afghanistan last week to fly attack helicopters. Taliban Issues A Threat Queen Elizabeth’s grandson is in Afghanistan on a four-month tour, based out of Camp Bastion in volatile […]
ICE CREAM & PORNOGRAPHY: Ben & Jerry’s V/S Ben & Cherry’s
The super popular ice cream makers, Ben & Jerry’s, has sued a maker of pornographic DVDs for allegedly infringing the names of its ice cream flavors with a movie series entitled “Ben & Cherry’s.” The Scoop The company changed some of Ben & Jerry’s best-known ice cream flavors into titles for […]
As Kabul Sees More Bloodshed, Karzai Drops Another Bombshell
The streets of central Kabul’s bustling open-air Mandavi market was cleared of shopkeepers and shoppers early this afternoon after Taliban suicide bombers and gunmen attacked a large police station on the area’s main street.
Surviving Gbagbo: Escape from Ivory Coast
The French Embassy in Ivory Coast announced on Monday that Ivory Coast security forces had arrested incumbent President Laurent Gbagbo, after major fighting that had torn apart the city of Abidjan since March 31.
Toyota Exec Warned on Defect: “We Need to Come Clean”
Toyota Exec Warned on Defect: “We Need to Come Clean” A senior Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> executive in the United States warned in a January email that the automaker needed to “come clean” on a safety defect that caused accelerator pedals to become stuck open. The January 16 email from Irv Miller, then Toyota’s top […]
Reports: Tax authorities swoop for Maradona’s earrings
Football legend Diego Maradona had his earrings seized by Italian authorities Friday to help pay off his back taxes, according to media reports. The current coach of Argentina’s national team was staying at a clinic in northern Italy in a bid to lose weight when finance police swooped, Reuters.com reported