May, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Woman falls victim to Jamaican sweepstakes scam

8th May 2010 sandrea 0

SPOKANE VALLEY, USA — A Spokane Valley woman is the latest victim of Jamaica’s lottery scammers. She has been identified on the KXLY.com website as Francis Miller and now finds herself unable to pay a […] […]

Mohammed Al Fayed sells Harrods store to Qatar Holdings

8th May 2010 sandrea 0

Mohammed Al Fayed has sold London department store Harrods to the Qatari royal family’s investment company for a reported £1.5bn ($2.3bn). The Egypt-born tycoon acquired the business in Knightsbridge following a £615m takeover in 1985. […] […]

Scientists Unravel Secret of HIV Resistance

8th May 2010 sandrea 0

(HealthDay News) — People who are resistant to HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, have a gene that gives them a stronger immune system, a new study shows. A small number of people exposed to […] […]

‘Fun in the sun cost me my life’

8th May 2010 sandrea 0

A father with just months to live says one fateful day playing cricket under the New Zealand sun left him with terminal skin cancer. Mark Jasper pinpoints the cause of his melanoma to a day […] […]

Internet gambling case is 1st for state

8th May 2010 sandrea 0

A 36-year-old Beverly man has become the first person in Massachusetts charged with violating a 2006 federal law that restricts Internet gambling, according to federal prosecutors. Todd Lyons was arrested Thursday night on a 36-count […] […]

Rentboy escort: I gave `sexual’ massages to antigay leader George Rekers

8th May 2010 sandrea 0

An antigay psychologist’s recent trip to Europe with a gay male escort from Miami has captivated readers and viewers around the world. Salacious stories have been published from South Florida to New Zealand, and it […] […]

Scissors were used to kill FIU athlete, witness says

8th May 2010 sandrea 0

A witness told Miami-Dade police that Quentin Wyche used a pair of scissors to kill a Florida International running back. As the scrum unfolded outside the Florida International University recreation center, accused killer Quentin Wyche […] […]

Security man faces sex attack charges

8th May 2010 sandrea 0

Guard accused of abducting intoxicated woman walking alone in central city. Yousef Ibrahim appeared in the Auckland District Court yesterday charged with detaining the woman to have sex with her and attempting to sexually violate […] […]

‘I’m living my life as a dead person’

8th May 2010 sandrea 0

When Anitelia Chan Kee killed Navtej Singh with a gunshot blast to the chest, he also destroyed an entire family who have been left without a husband, father and son. If Chan Kee did not […] […]

Karaoke bar crime trend worries police

8th May 2010 sandrea 0

Almost all of city’s licensed karaokes breach liquor laws in their first year. Police are worried about heavy drinking, alcohol-related violence and organised crime in some of Auckland’s growing number of Asian karaoke bars. Senior […] […]