At least 60 people were injured in the Argentine city of Rosario when they were attacked by a swarm of piranha fish, officials said. The attack happened off the popular beaches of the Parana River, 300km north of Buenos Aires, on Wednesday, a medical official said on Thursday.
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Carolina Reaper is world’s hottest pepper (VIDEO)
The hottest peppers in the world are grown in South Carolina, the Guinness Book of World Records says. Ed Currie took a sweet hot pepper from the Caribbean and worked to make it hotter, spending more than four years working with students at Winthrop University who test food as part of their undergraduate classes to certify the amount of heat.
Read More »US sending missiles, drones to Iraq to destroy al Qaeda
According to widespread media reports, the U.S. is sending Hellfire missiles and surveillance drones to the government of Iraq. The arms shipments come amidst growing turmoil in Iraq. In an odd, but related, development, the U.S. State Department issued a statement Dec. 26 praising U.S. efforts to destroy conventional weapons in Iraq. The State Department describes the destroyed weapons as …
Read More »Chinese woman gives birth to twins at 60 (PHOTO)
A Chinese woman has given birth to twin girls at the age of 60, following IVF treatment after her only child died. Sheng Hailin, who has become possibly the oldest person in the country to give birth, lost her first daughter, who was in her late twenties, in an accidental gas poisoning case in 2009, News.com.au reported.
Read More »Man Saved From Burning car on 405 Freeway
An LAPD Bomb Squad officer rescued a man from a burning vehicle following a fiery crash on the 405 Freeway Wednesday afternoon, reports the Los Angeles Police Department. Just before 2:00 p.m. on Christmas day, Officer Don Thompson, a 26-year veteran with the Los Angeles Police Department, was heading to work on the southbound 405 Freeway just south of the …
Read More »Actor Ben Affleck on Batman backlash: ‘I’m a big boy’
Ben Affleck learned the hard way that it’s never a good idea to read Internet comments. The actor, who set off a furious fanboy backlash when he was cast as Batman in the upcoming “Man of Steel” sequel last month, responded to his haters during a visit Monday to “Late Night.”
Read More »James Gandolfini’s Teenage Son To Inherit Bulk Of $70M Fortune
James Gandolfini has made sure his loved ones will be taken care of by leaving the bulk of his estimated $70 million fortune to his “beloved” son. The Sopranos star suffered a fatal heart attack in Rome last month while on vacation with 13-year-old Michael, who called hotel staff for help after his father fell ill.
Read More »Why did Kim Kardashian and Kanye West name their baby North west
Why did Kim Kardashian and Kanye West name their newborn daughter North, you might just be wondering? Don’t worry, we are too. So far, they’re not saying anything, or releasing any details or photos — shocking, for the media-loving Kardashian family, which has been otherwise relentlessly hyping their E! show Keeping Up with the Kardashians and Kris Jenner’s new talk …
Read More »Actress Angelina Jolie Removing Ovaries
Angelina Jolie is now planning to have her ovaries removed, following a double mastectomy after discovering she’s a carrier of the BRCA1 gene. The 37-year-old actress made the brave decision to have three months of secret procedures after being told she had an 87% chance of contracting breast cancer. And now, Angelina is said to already be planning her next …
Read More »3 teens shot in New jersey : report says 2 dead
Three teenagers in the US state of New Jersey have been shot, two of them pronounced dead, raising the number of gun deaths on Christmas Day reported in the US media to seven. A 13-year old girl and a 14-year-old boy were fatally shot on Wednesday and a third teen involved in the shooting in Newark, New Jersey, is in …
Read More »Three children die in Louisiana mobile home fire (VIDEO)
State Fire Marshal investigators are on the scene of a deadly fire this afternoon in Houma that claimed the lives of three juveniles early Christmas morning. The children ages 11, 12 and 13 years old, were unable to escape the fire, while nine other occupants were able to escape. One of the victims was a female, the other two were …
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