June, 2010 | My Gripe An Thing

Facebook users warned of scam

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INTERNET security firm Sophos has warned Facebook users to be on the alert for a scam which sends a spam message to all of their friends on the social network. Sophos, in a pair of […] […]

‘We are doing it for the country’

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THE police were adamant yesterday that the ongoing operation in Tivoli Gardens, West Kingston, is absolutely necessary for the country to advance and regain lost respectability. Commissioner of Police Owen Ellington, who spoke candidly with […] […]

Man accused of San Mateo hospital rape faces new charges

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REDWOOD CITY — The man accused of raping a fellow patient in the San Mateo Medical Center psychiatric ward now faces additional charges for allegedly attacking a jail guard, attorneys said Tuesday. Ronald O’Brien, 27, […] […]

LA County boycotts Arizona over immigration law

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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles County on Tuesday became the latest government body to boycott Arizona to protest the state’s tough new law targeting illegal immigration. After a heated debate, the county’s board of supervisors voted 3-2 […] […]

Animal rights group to release video of alleged abuse at Santa Cruz hatchery

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A Washington, D.C.-based animal rights group is trying to bring attention to a case of abused and neglected ducklings at a local hatchery that led to 88 birds getting confiscated by Santa Cruz County Animal […] […]

General toppled by a corporal’s revelation

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OTTAWA —The extraordinary confession of a corporal set in motion the bombshell revelation that ended the tenure and possibly the military career of Canada’s top soldier in Afghanistan, the Star has learned. The unidentified solider […] […]

Soldier jailed over dog that killed nephew

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A BRITISH soldier was jailed for four months today for owning an illegal breed of dog which mauled his four-year-old nephew to death. John-Paul Massey was attacked in the kitchen of his grandmother’s home in […] […]

Parents warned flu vaccine should not be given to healthy under-fives

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SEASONAL flu shots can trigger febrile fits in young children at nine times the expected rate and should not be given to healthy under-fives this winter, the Chief Medical Officer advised yesterday in a warning […] […]

Disguised gunmen murder five in hospital ‘rescue

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AT least five people were killed and six injured yesterday, after gunmen dressed as Pakistani police officers shot their way into a Lahore hospital, where victims of last week’s attack on two Ahmadi mosques were […] […]

More pressure on dons

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The call to end the doling out of government contracts to bosses of the criminal underworld has been reiterated, as the operation to catch Christopher ‘Dudus’ Coke continues. Incomparable Enterprise Ltd, a company for which […] […]