Manchester Dogs' Home fire: Teenager is given bail

A 15-year-old boy has been bailed after being arrested on suspicion of starting the Manchester Dogs' Home fire.

The blaze, which was tackled by more than 30 firefighters, killed about 60 animals, police have said.

More than 150 dogs were rescued from the building in Moss Brook Road in Harpurhey on Thursday evening.

A JustGiving account set up by the Manchester Evening News has raised more than £1.2m.

A special service is due to be held at Christchurch, Harpurhey, at 18:00 BST on Sunday.

On Friday, Manchester Dogs' Home tweeted: "A million. A million good hearts, a million amazing people thank you thank you thank you."

Photos: Fatal accident on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

This accident has claimed 9lives this morning including that of a child
It occurred along the lagos ibadan express way.

According to eyewitnesses, 2cars collided with a petrol tanker which resulted into a fire.men of the Nigerian Fire service ,police and FRSC are currently at the scene taking care of the situation

God help the loved ones of those people who died in the accident.

Minna Court Remands Man For ‘Gay’ Act

A Magistrates’ Court in Minna on Wednesday remanded in prison custody a 37-year-old man for alleged homosexuality. The man, Yakubu Danladi, was arraigned on a one-count-charge of an “unnatural offence” with a 14- year-old Ahmed Mohammed, in his house in Minna, the Niger State capital. The police prosecutor, Afred Auta, had told the court that one Danasebe of Angwan Daji in Minna reported the matter at the State Police Headquarters on Sept. 9. Mr. Auta said Danasebe told the police that the accused had been having carnal knowledge of Mohammed on several occasions over the past six months. Mr. Auta said during police interrogation at the station, the accused pleaded guilty to the offence. “Mohammed has been living with me for the past two years because his mother who is my relative gave the boy to live under my care,” the accused said. “The mother of the boy came to my house on Sept. 8 to take back the boy. It was then I realised that blood was coming out of the boy’s anus. “I told the mother to wait till the end of the month when I will receive my salary to take the boy to the hospital, but she refused. “She objected to it by reporting the case to my uncle who then called the vigilante group; they started beating me and insulted me before taking me to the police,” Mr. Danladi said. However, when the charge was read to the accused in court, he pleaded not guilty to the offence. In her ruling, Magistrate Amina Musa, adjourned the case till Sept. 29 to allow police conclude their investigations. (NAN) 

Ebola hospital workers walk out over pay

Staff at major district hospital in Sierra Leone say they have not been paid for two weeks despite huge risk involved.


Local workers have gone on strike in an overcrowded Ebola ward at a major district hospital in Sierra Leone's disease-stricken east over claims the government is failing to pay them.

Up to 80 workers crowded the entrance compound to the hospital on Friday, deserting their posts and bringing operations at the Ebola treatment ward to a standstill. The workers were peaceful but frustrated.

The workers were recruited nationally to boost staff numbers at Kenema Government Hospital, where they operate inside a tented 'high-risk' zone as nurses and support staff tasked with treating the sick, disinfecting contaminated equipment, cleaning faeces, vomit and bloodm, and removing and burying dead bodies.

"I started working here one month ago and we have been paid nothing for the last two weeks," Umaru, a hygienist, told Al Jazeera. "We have stopped everybody from working until we receive our risk incentive."

The hospital is a critical facility catering to a population of several hundred thousand and began admitting the first Ebola cases in Sierra Leone because it was thought to be the only place with appropriate equipment.

The Ebola facility was set up early this summer on the same site as ordinary medical operations but since the outbreak began most other non-Ebola wards stand deserted and many workers have fled.

Staff deaths

Remaining staff say more than 38 nurses and doctors have been infected and died at this site since the outbreak began, among them renowned physician Dr Sheik Umar Khan.

Ebola support staff are supposed to be paid 500,000SLL ($110) per week but have been working for free in Kenema for the past two weeks.

Photos: Genevive Nnaji, Funke Akindele and others run for breast cancer awareness

Genevieve Nnaji, Funke Akindele, Osas Ighodaro, Lynxxx and several other celebs join the Genevieve Pink Ball Breast cancer awareness run holding this morning. The stars will run from Lekki to Ikoyi and back to Lekki for the Run Walk Cycle. See more photos after the cut…

Photos: Lucky Igbinedion's daughter, Ehi, gets engaged

Ehi Annanel igbinedion.the daughter of former Edo state governor,lucky igbinedion has been engaged recently.she took to instagram to share the good news with a picture of her beautiful Ring..Congrats dear.

Student dies of heart attack while looking at erotic magazines during visit to sperm bank

A student died of a heart attack while looking at erotic magazines in a private booth at a sperm bank.

It was Zhen Gang's fourth visit in just over a week.

Medics at the sperm bank set up at Wuhan University in China noticed that the young man seemed to be taking a long time when they still hadn't seen him emerge after two hours alone.

When they checked, they found Zheng Gang lying unconscious on the floor and despite efforts to resuscitate him, he was pronounced dead at the scene.

I wonder wah kind of erotic photos was in that magazine.

What if Ebola was airborne?

:By Elizabeth Cohen, Senior Medical Correspondent

Today, the Ebola virus spreads only through direct contact with bodily fluids, such as blood and vomit. But some of the nation's top infectious disease experts worry that this deadly virus could mutate and be transmitted just by a cough or a sneeze.

"It's the single greatest concern I've ever had in my 40-year public health career," said Dr. Michael Osterholm, director of the Center for Infectious Disease Research and Policy at the University of Minnesota. "I can't imagine anything in my career -- and this includes HIV -- that would be more devastating to the world than a respiratory transmissible Ebola virus."

Osterholm and other experts couldn't think of another virus that has made the transition from non-airborne to airborne in humans. They say the chances are relatively small that Ebola will make that jump. But as the virus spreads, they warned, the likelihood increases.

50 die in Synagogue church building collapse

50 persons have been feared dead, with several others injured during the collapse of a six-storey building in the Synagogue Church of All Nations in Ikotun, Lagos on Friday.

A correspondent of the News Agency of Nigerian at the scene reports that ambulances were seen taking people out of the collapse building to the Isolo General Hospital.

There had yet to be an official confirmation of the number of casualties.

Policemen were on the ground dispersing crowds, who were gathered outside the gate of the collapse building.

An eyewitness, who spoke to NAN on anonymity, said that the building collapse at around 1.30pm.

He said the building, which usually serves as a guest house for some foreigners and people from the neighbouring African countries, was completed four months ago.

The eyewitness added that the building, which was a four-storey building, was converted to six-storey building to accommodate more of its visitors.

”We were all surprised with this incidence. At around 1.30pm, the building collapsed while people were inside.

“This building was a four-storey building but it was converted to seven,” he said.

NAN also observed that Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, National Emergency Management Agency and the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps were also on the ground.

LASEMA officials were denied access into the premises of the church while journalists were also chased away from the scene of the incidence.

People, who attempted to take pictures of the scene were harassed by members of the church.

Recovered UK Ebola patient William Pooley to return to Africa 'in a few weeks'

William Pooley was treated in London after being flown out of Sierra Leone.

He has made a full recovery and, having been discharged from hospital, said he is to travel back within "a few weeks".

The 29-year-old said he was "impatient" to return and that it was likely he was now immune to the deadly illness.

Mr Pooley had been working as a volunteer nurse in Sierra Leone, which is one of the worst affected countries, when he contracted the virus.

Around half of the 3,000 people infected in the current African outbreak, which started in Guinea, have died.

"I'm quite impatient to get back doing what I know needs to done," Mr Pooley told BBC News

"And I feel like I've left things undone, having left prematurely. And I know there's a lot of work to do out there, and we need to get out there and do it."

Cuba wants to send doctors to Ebola areas

Cuba is sending 165 health workers to help tackle the Ebola outbreak in West Africa, officials say.
Doctors, nurses and infection control specialists will travel to Sierra Leone in October and stay for six months.

The announcement comes as the World Health Organization says new cases in West Africa are increasing faster than the capacity to manage them.

More than 2,400 people have died from the virus in recent months and some 4,700 people have been infected.

The death toll remains highest in Liberia, Sierra Leone and Guinea.

World Health Organization (WHO) officials say the number of people affected is likely to be much greater than current estimates suggest.

In Liberia WHO experts say there is not a single bed left to treat patients with Ebola.

But the world football association, Fifa, says it is joining forces with the United Nations to turn the country's national stadium into a large-scale Ebola treatment unit.

Dr Margaret Chan, director of the WHO, said: "If we are going to go to war with Ebola we need the resources to fight.

Reeva Steenkamp's family protest at Oscar Pistorius verdict

The parents of Reeva Steenkamp say "justice was not served" after South African athlete Oscar Pistorius was acquitted of murdering their daughter.
Judge Thokozile Masipa found him guilty of the lesser charge of culpable homicide, saying the state had failed to prove he intended to kill.

Pistorius has been allowed bail ahead of sentencing on 13 October.

Judge Masipa said the athlete had acted "negligently" when he shot his girlfriend through a toilet door, but in the "belief that there was an intruder".

The Paralympic sprinter had strenuously denied murdering Ms Steenkamp after a row on Valentine's Day last year, saying he shot her by mistake.

But in the interview with NBC, June Steenkamp said: "This verdict is not justice for Reeva.

"I just want the truth. He shot through the door and I can't believe that they believe it was an accident."

Pistorius was also found guilty on a charge of negligently handling a firearm that went off in a restaurant.

He was acquitted of another charge of firing a gun in public, through the sunroof of a car, and of a charge of illegal possession of ammunition in the home where he killed Ms Steenkamp.

Manchester Dogs' Home FIRE kills dozens of animals

More than 150 dogs were rescued from the fire, which broke out at Manchester Dogs' Home in Moss Brook Road in Harpurhey on Thursday evening.

A 15-year-old boy has been arrested on suspicion of arson and is being questioned.

A JustGiving account set up by the Manchester Evening News had raised more than £860,000 by 17:00 BST.
footage showing the extent of the damage caused by the blaze.
In the aftermath of the fire, the manager of the home said 60 dogs had been housed in the worst-affected building.

Kanye West rushed to Melbourne hospital just hours before his concert

KIM Kardashian says fans shouldn’t be worried about her husband Kanye West’s health after reports he was rushed to Melbourne’s Epworth Hospital on ahead of his Rod Laver concert.
“He is feeling better; it’s just precautionary to go to the doctor if you’re not feeling well to make sure you have a good show.”

Her comments are the first since Kanye was rushed to hospital.

The rapper arrived on a stretcher carried by paramedics at Epworth Hopital in Richmond, in the city’s inner east, just after 2pm yesterday, a witness told Woman’s Day on Thursday.

His tour promoter Live Nation had no comment on West’s hospital visit, but said the Yeezus show will go on.

“Kanye went on stage last night in Melbourne as scheduled,” a Live Nation spokeswoman said the same day.

“The tour continues at Sydney’s Allphones Arena tomorrow and Saturday, before concluding in Brisbane on Monday night.”

Police: Intruder Caught Cooking Corn in Home

Rockland police officers responded to a home at about 1:40 a.m. Wednesday after getting a call from the homeowner.

The homeowner woke up to a loud bang from the kitchen. When the resident went to investigate, he found an intruder cooking corn on the cob on the stove. He told the intruder to leave, and the two men briefly scuffled.

Police arrested 69-year-old John Dalton and charged him with breaking and entering with intent to commit a felony and assault and battery. Police say Dalton, who was "clearly intoxicated," forced his way inside through a side door.

It was not clear if Dalton had a lawyer.

Oscar Pistorius found guilty of culpable homicide

Judge Thokozile Masipa said the athlete acted "negligently" when he fired shots through a toilet door but in the "belief that there was an intruder".

She said the state had failed to prove he intended to kill Reeva Steenkamp.

He was also found guilty on a charge of negligently handling a firearm that went off in a restaurant.

It leaves the disgraced sprinter facing a jail sentence of up to 15 years, although legal experts suggest seven to 10 years is more likely when sentence is passed in a couple of weeks.

Mike Tyson curses out host live on TV after host mentions his rape conviction

The former world champion is currently in Toronto to perform his critically acclaimed one man show 'Mike Tyson: The Undisputed Truth.', and while there, Tyson met with infamous crack smoking Toronto Mayor, Rob Ford.

While promoting his show the next day (on Wednesday morning) on a popular Canadian morning TV talk show, the host, Nathan Downer, asked Mike if it were a good idea for him to meet the Mayor during an election year considering Mike was a convicted rapist, implying that Mike meeting the Mayor could damage the Mayor's reputation. Mike flipped after that.

Mike Tyson called the host a piece of s**t and told him f**k you repeatedly live on air.
"You're being negative.You're really a piece of s--t. F--k you!"
When the host reminded Tyson that he was on live TV, Mike responded, "I don't care. What are you going to do about it?" See the video after the cut...

33 year old Beninoise man arrainged in court for stealing Chris Ayanwu's N10m, Jewellery

A Beninoise man (33 years old) identified as Brouno Amoussou was arraigned in court today september 11th for allegedly conspiring to steal N10million cash, land documents,and expensive jewelries from the home of senator chris Anyawu a serving senator representing imo state at the national assembly

According to the prosecutor of the case.cpl innocent odugbo.the suspect a resident of 221 Temple Height,flat 6 banana island lagos. Conspired with one Alex sossou a cook who is currently on the run to steal from the senators house.

The prosecutor said Amoussou had sometime back introduced Sossou as a cook to Senator Anyanwu and even stood as a guarantor for Sossou to be employed as a cook by the Senator at her Imo state house. Upon his arrival at her home, Sossou is alleged to have broken into a safe in her bedroom and stole the cash, jewelry as well as her land documents. He thereafter absconded to his village in the Republic of Benin. Efforts to get him arrested have so far yielded no result.

The accused, Amoussou pleaded not guilty to the charge of theft and conspiracy. The Magistrate, Mrs O.O. Olanipekun granted him bail in the sum of N10million with two sureties in the same sum and adjourned the case to October 13th for hearing.

Photos: Khloe Kardashian steps out in Calabasas with her big butt on diplay.

she was pictured on tuesday shoping in calabasas When a paparazzo asked Khloe "Who has the better butt between Kim or yourself?" Khloe responded, "Definitely Kim"
Well I also think the better but belongs to kim

Photo: Comedian White Nigerian and wife welcome daughter

Y'all know 'White Nigerian'Comedian/artiste Mohammed Jammal & his wife Marciel has welcomed A baby girl into the family,  They have named her Maya. Congrats from me to them.

Oscar Pistorius trial: Murder verdicts ruled out

Judge Thokozile Masipa said the prosecution had failed to prove the Olympic athlete killed his girlfriend deliberately in the toilet after a row, prompting tears from Mr Pistorius.

He cannot have foreseen killing whoever was behind the toilet door, she said.

She added he was an evasive witness but this did not mean he was guilty.

The South African Olympic sprinter denies murdering Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year, saying he thought there was an intruder.

Mr Pistorius, 27, has pleaded not guilty to all the charges he faces, including two counts of shooting a firearm in public and the illegal possession of ammunition.

'Facts wrong'

Judge Masipa began by detailing the charges against the athlete and repeating extracts of his testimony, reading in a slow, measured way.

She then moved on to a summary of the trial.

A tense-looking Mr Pistorius looked on from the dock, and wept several times during the proceedings.

The judge questioned the reliability of several witnesses who apparently heard screams and gunshots at the time of the incident, saying most of those who said they had heard the incident had "got facts wrong".

The prosecution had used these witnesses to try to prove that Mr Pistorius had killed Ms Steenkamp with premeditation after an argument.

Later in her judgement, Judge Masipa concluded that the prosecution had failed in this.

"The state has not proved beyond reasonable doubt that the accused is guilty of premeditated murder," she said. "There are just not enough facts to support such a finding."

The judge added that the accused believed his life was in danger and therefore could not be found guilty of a lesser charge of murder.

Oscar Pistorius trial: Judge delivering verdict

The judge in the Oscar Pistorius trial has begun delivering her verdict on the athlete, a process that may take hours.
The Olympic double-amputee sprinter faces 25 years in jail if found guilty of premeditated murder.

He denies intentionally killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp on Valentine's Day last year, saying he thought there was an intruder.

The judge could also find him guilty of culpable homicide, or manslaughter, for which he would face a long jail term.

Mr Pistorius, 27, has pleaded not guilty to all the charges he faces, including two counts of shooting a firearm in public and the illegal possession of ammunition.

Judge Thokosile Masipa began by detailing the charges against the athlete and repeating extracts of his testimony, reading in a slow, measured way.

She then moved on to a summary of the trial.

A tense-looking Mr Pistorius looked on from the dock.

Correspondents say the judge appeared to be moving much more quickly than expected through the evidence, in a process which had been expected take hours or even days.

During his closing remarks last month, his lawyer Barry Roux conceded that the athlete should be found guilty of negligence for discharging a firearm in a restaurant - which carries a maximum penalty of five years.

Check out 2face and Wizkid's photoshoot for their first ever collabo

2face and Wizkid just released pics from a shoot they did to promote their first ever collaboration, shot by famed photographer, Kelechi Amadi-Obi and styled by Lilian Unachukwu..

Syringe Used to Attack Air Marshal in Lagos, Tests Negative for Ebola

A syringe used to attack a  U.S. air marshal waiting for a flight from Lagos, Nigeria to Houston, Texas was tested and found to be negative for Ebola according to the FBI.
The assault happened at the Lagos airport Sunday night. The unnamed air marshal was stabbed in the back of the arm with the syringe while passing through the airport. Another air marshal traveling with him was able to secure the syringe and return it on the flight. The air marshals were met in Houston by the FBI and CDC. An FBI spokesman confirmed to Breitbart News that the syringe was tested for Ebola and other unspecified toxins but all of the tests were negative.

The CDC confirmed that the air marshal showed no signs of illness during the flight or when he arrived in Houston. He was transported to an area hospital for further evaluation. CDC says at this time there is no indication of any threat of infection to other passengers who were on the flight.
The FBI has begun an investigation of the incident but did not give out any detail about the attacker who managed to evade the other marshals and escape. Asked how someone would have known the victim was an air marshal, the FBI spokesman said simply they could not have known. However, it's possible the marshal was targeted simply because he was dressed as a westerner.

Michael Jackson's 16-Year-Old Daughter Paris Pregnant?

Late pop star Michael Jackson's daughter Paris sparked pregnancy rumours after she was spotted with a bulging baby bump.

Paris, 16, and her boyfriend, who still hasn't been named, were spotted together on a dinner date recently, reports dailystar.co.uk.

"I saw her at dinner and she twice made a toast drinking water instead of wine. That and the prominent stomach bulge got people talking," a source was quoted as saying.

"It's highly unusual to toast with anything but a full glass of wine," added the source.

A Russian student Admits Making explosives

Vladimir Aust, 18, was arrested in London after the evacuation in June of a bus station and a language school at Newcastle University, where he studied.

A controlled explosion was carried out on a recovered substance.

Aust of Haymarket Lane, Newcastle, who appeared in court via videolink, will be sentenced next month.

The charge related to making hexamethylene triperoxide diamine (HMTD) - often used in the mining industry - at some point between 1 September 2013 and 11 June 2014, Newcastle Crown Court heard.

A charge of carrying two knives near the Russian embassy in London was dropped by the prosecution.

The alerts in June caused disruption in Newcastle city centre, with the bus station and part of the university being evacuated.

Bomb disposal officers used a robot to search the university's INTO language building.

Newcastle University caters for more than 22,000 UK and international students and has 1,200 academic staff.

Dettol Supports Ministry of Health with N220m for Public Enlightenment Campaign

Dettol, one of Reckitt Benckiser’s brands, has announced a partnership with the Federal Ministry of Health on a public enlightenment campaign to fight the spread of the deadly Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) through personal hygiene.

The partnership, which is valued at N220 million, was made known at a ministerial media briefing by the Minister of Health, Prof. Onyebuchi Chukwu, in Abuja yesterday.

The minister, however, clarified that the partnership support fund was not to be given to the ministry of health in cash but that the sum of money was what would be spent by Reckitt Benckiser on the various phases of the public enlightenment campaign.

Marketing Director, West Africa, Reckitt Benckiser, Mr. Oguzhan Silivrili, while addressing the media stated that as part of Reckitt Benckiser’s numerous Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) initiatives, the company has decided to partner the Federal Ministry of Health using Dettol to enlighten Nigerians on how to prevent Ebola through the cultivation of proper hygiene habits.

Father posed as 16-year-old boy to groom underage girls online

Donald Kerr was found to have stored more than ten hours of video "selfies" of young girls on his computer along with more than 1300 indecent images of children.

Kerr, who turned 48 on Tuesday, admitted posing as a teenage boy on the internet site Tagged.com so he could contact under age girls and groom them.

Fiscal depute Carol Whyte told Perth Sheriff Court: "Police received intelligence which led to a search of his home address. He was traced with his daughter."

She said Kerr immediately confessed to having illegal material on his computer when officers told him that his daughter would have been questioned about the material otherwise.

"He said there would be pictures on the computer tower that people had sent him, of naked girls of all ages. He said he had started by going on websites and looking at pornography and had just kept progressing to the next stage.

"He stated it was like a habit, an addiction, and he stated that he hadn't thought he would become something like that. He stated he just looked at pictures and nothing else.

"However, further investigations established that he had been communicating with a 15-year-old girl while posing as a 16-year-old youth called "Don".

Mrs Whyte said: "When asked about the ages of the people in the pictures, he stated he probably knew they were between '13 and whatever.' When asked how he knew the ages, he replied that they had told him.

"He confirmed he had taken pictures of other people and set up a profile pretending to be 16 years old. He confirmed he had used Tagged.com to chat to girls."

"The 15-year-old girl told officers she had communicated online with 'Don' between August and November 2011. The conversation had been general at first.

"But after two days he asked her to send pictures of herself in underwear or less, to speak to him on the webcam and to strip for him, to send a video showing her pleasuring herself and requested that she sleep with him."

Mrs Whyte told the court Kerr was found to have 237 different videos on his computer, with a running time of approximately ten hours in total. They included level four and five footage - the most graphic. He also had 1326 still images.

Kerr, Crammond Place, Perth, admitted that between August 1 and November 30, 2011 he intentionally sent sexual written communication to a 15-year-old girl.

He admitted asking her for sexually explicit pictures via webcam and asking her to meet him to have sexual intercourse.

He also admitted a second charge of having indecent images of children at his home between January 18 and June 27, 2012.

Solicitor John McLaughlin, defending, said Kerr had never actually met the girl he had groomed, who cannot be named for legal reasons.

Kerr's sentence was deferred for the preparation of reports and he was placed on the sex offenders register by sheriff Fiona Tait.

Ebola outbreak 'threatens Liberia's national existence'

Liberia is facing a "serious threat" to its national existence as the deadly Ebola virus "spreads like wildfire" there, its defence minister says.
The World Health Organization (WHO) has warned that thousands more cases could occur in Liberia, which has been worst hit by the West Africa outbreak.

Some 2,288 people have died from Ebola in Liberia, Guinea and Sierra Leone.

The WHO says half of these deaths occurred in the three weeks running up to 6 September.

In Nigeria, eight people have died out of a total 21 cases, while one case has been confirmed in Senegal, with no deaths.
More than 1,000 people have already died from the virus in Liberia alone

Apple has unveiled a smartwatch

The device runs apps, acts as a health and fitness tracker and communicates with the iPhone.

Although many companies already sell competing products, experts note that Apple has a history of entering sectors relatively late and then changing their direction with influential devices of its own.

Apple also unveiled two new handsets that are larger than previous models.

The iPhone 6's screen measures 4.7in (11.9cm) and iPhone Plus 5.5in (14.0cm) - a change that analysts said should help it prevent users migrating to Android.

It also announced a new service called Apple Pay, which chief executive Tim Cook said he hoped would "replace the wallet" in shops.

Watch apps

The Apple Watch is controlled by what Apple calls a "digital crown" - a dial on its side that allows content on its screen to be magnified or otherwise changed, and also be pressed inwards to act as a home button.

The display is a touchscreen that can detect the difference between a light tap and heavier pressure from the user's fingers. In addition, the device runs Siri - Apple's voice-controlled "personal assistant".

It offers a variety of different watchfaces, can alert the user to notifications, act as a heart rate monitor and show maps.

Apple said that apps could also be processed on an iPhone, but displayed on the watch in order to extend battery life.

Cops identify bullies who poured urine, feces on autistic teen in sick Ice Bucket Challenge

Police in Ohio have identified the twisted pranksters who dumped a bucket of urine and feces on an autistic teen as part of a fake Ice Bucket Challenge and are in the process of turning the investigation over to prosecutors.

Bay Village Police Chief Mark Spaetzel said Monday that five people were involved in sick scheme to dupe the 15-year-old boy, but no arrests have been made and it wasn't yet clear if anyone would be charged.

"We can't speculate on potential charges as the investigation is not yet complete, but ultimately it will be up to the Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office to determine appropriate charges," Spaetzel said in an email to BuzzFeed.

10 Health Benefits Of Marijuana

1:It can be used to treat Glaucoma.
Marijuana use can be used to treat and prevent the eye disease glaucoma, which increases pressure in the eyeball, damaging the optic nerve and causing loss of vision.

Marijuana decreases the pressure inside the eye, according to the National Eye Institute: "Studies in the early 1970s showed that marijuana, when smoked, lowered intraocular pressure (IOP) in people with normal pressure and those with glaucoma."

These effects of the drug may slow the progression of the disease, preventing blindness.

2:It can help control epileptic seizures.
Marijuana use can prevent epileptic seizures, a 2003 study showed.

Robert J. DeLorenzo, of Virginia Commonwealth University, gave marijuana extract and synthetic marijuana to epileptic rats. The drugs rid the rats of the seizures for about 10 hours. Cannabinoids like the active ingredients in marijuana, tetrahydrocannabinol­ (also known as THC), control seizures by binding to the brain cells responsible for controlling excitability and regulating relaxation.

3:A chemical found in marijuana stops cancer from spreading.
CBD may help prevent cancer from spreading, researchers at California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco reported in 2007.

Cannabidiol stops cancer by turning off a gene called Id-1, the study, published in the journal Molecular Cancer Therapeutics, found. Cancer cells make more copies of this gene than non-cancerous cells, and it helps them spread through the body.

The researchers studied breast cancer cells in the lab that had high expression levels of Id-1 and treated them with cannabidiol. After treatment the cells had decreased Id-1 expression and were less aggressive spreaders.

In "WEED," Gupta also mentioned a few studies in the U.S., Spain, and Israel that suggest the compounds in cannabis could even kill cancer cells.

4:Marijuana slows the progression of alzheimer's disease

Marijuana may be able to slow the progression of Alzheimer's disease, a study led by Kim Janda of the Scripps Research Institute suggests.

The 2006 study, published in the journal Molecular Pharmaceutics, found that THC, the active chemical in marijuana, slows the formation of amyloid plaques by blocking the enzyme in the brain that makes them. These plaques are what kill brain cells and cause Alzheimer's.

5:The drug eases the pain of multiple sclerosis.

AP/Matilde Campodonico

Marijuana may ease painful symptoms of multiple sclerosis, a study published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal in May suggests.

Jody Corey-Bloom studied 30 multiple sclerosis patients with painful contractions in their muscles. These patients didn't respond to other treatments, but after smoking marijuana for a few days they were in less pain.

The THC in the pot binds to receptors in the nerves and muscles to relieve pain. Other studies suggest that the chemical also helps control the muscle spasms.

6:It lessens side effects from treating hepatitis C and increases treatment effectiveness.

California dispensaries have been the subject of federal raids
Treatment for hepatitis C infection is harsh — negative side effects include fatigue, nausea, muscle aches, loss of appetite, and depression — and lasts for months. Many people aren't able to finish their treatment course because of the side effects.

But, pot to the rescue: A 2006 study in the European Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology found that 86% of patients using marijuana successfully completed their Hep C therapy, while only 29% of non-smokers completed their treatment, possibly because the marijuana helps lessens the treatments side effects.

Marijuana also seems to improve the treatment's effectiveness: 54% of hep C patients smoking marijuana got their viral levels low and kept them low, in comparison to only 8% of nonsmokers.

7:Marijuana treats inflammatory bowel diseases.
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Patients with inflammatory bowel diseases like Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis could benefit from marijuana use, studies suggest.

University of Nottingham researchers found in 2010 that chemicals in marijuana, including THC and cannabidiol, interact with cells in the body that play an important role in gut function and immune responses.

8:It relieves arthritis discomfort.AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli

Marijuana alleviates pain, reduces inflammation, and promotes sleep, which may help relieve pain and discomfort for people with rheumatoid arthritis.

9:It keeps you skinny and helps your metabolism.
Journal Of Medicine on April 15 of last year suggested that pot smokers are skinnier than the average person and have healthier metabolism and reaction to sugars, even though they do end up eating more calories because of the munchies.

The study analyzed data from more than 4,500 adult Americans — 579 of whom were current marijuana smokers, meaning they had smoked in the last month. About 2,000 had used marijuana in the past, while another 2,000 had never used the drug.

They studied their body's response to eating sugars: their levels of the hormone insulin and their blood sugar levels while they hadn't eaten in nine hours, and after eating sugar.

Not only are pot users skinnier, but their body has a healthier response to sugar.

10:while not really a health benefit, marijuana spurs creativity in the brain.
marijuana usage has actually been shown to have some positive mental effects, particularly in terms of increasing creativity. Even though people's short-term memories tend to function worse when high, people get better at tests requiring them to come up with new ideas.

Xo people marijuana iznt really bad for your health like most of u fink.

Miley Cyrus Says Social Media Is More Harmful Than Drugs

In an interview with chris beth miley was asked if she knows that drugs could hurt her brain.

Miley cyrus replied:
“Do you know what hurts your brain? Googling yourself. You know what hurts your brain? Instagram. You know what hurts your brain? Sitting there and reading the comments on Facebook. I have a 14-year-old sister and I go through her comments and people are calling her a slut and that’s a 14-year-old. So I think that’s hurting your brain,

“I put pictures of me smoking weed, I’m not going to lie, on my Instagram because I was brought up in the way that we never thought marijuana was bad.”

Policeman Takes Selfie In Front Of Man About To Commit Suicide

A Turkish police officer was snapped taking a picture of himself with a man about to jump to his death right behind him. As opposed to helping, the officer decided to capture this moment with a selfie, as apparently the Policeman thought the backdrop was too beautiful to be forgotten.

The event took place in Ankara, the Turkish capital.

A 35-year-old man was preparing to jump off a bridge, reportedly motivated by financial problems.

Within seconds of the police offer taking the selfie, the man jumped almost 600 feet to his death.

Police spokesman Maksud Calik said:

“It was his third suicide attempt. Highly trained negotiators were trying to talk him into coming back onto the bridge when he suddenly let go and fell.
But many say the cop’s shameful insensitivity could have been the final push finally to go through with the act.”

The police officer’s conduct is currently being investigated to determine any “breach of duty.”

Suspected Boko Haram fighters killed by army

At least 50 suspected Boko Haram fighters have been killed in a military raid in Borno state, the Nigerian army has said.

The army said on Sunday that security forces raided a hideout of suspected Boko Haram members in the Kawuri village, about 37km from the state capital Maiduguri, on Saturday.

The suspected fighters were planning an imminent attack, the military said.

Heavy artillery, including anti-aircraft, and an armoured vehicle were seized in the raid. Three soldiers were injured in the operation.

AU troops accused of raping Somali women

AMISOM says report claiming soldiers assaulted girls as young as 12 and traded food aid for sex "unbalanced and unfair".

Internationally funded African Union troops in Somalia have gang-raped women and girls as young as 12 and traded food aid for sex, Human Rights Watch, the US-based rights group, says.

The 22,000 AU force, called AMISOM, with soldiers drawn from six nations, have been fighting alongside government troops against the al-Qaeda-linked al-Shabab fighters since 2007.

"Some of the women who were raped said that the soldiers gave them food or money afterwards in an apparent attempt to frame the assault as transactional sex," HRW said in a report on Monday.

AMISOM said the alleged rapes were "isolated" incidents and called the report "unbalanced and unfair".

The vulnerable women largely came from camps in the capital Mogadishu, having fled rural Somalia during a devastating famine in 2011.

AMISOM donors include the EU and the US.

The AU soldiers, "relying on Somali intermediaries, have used a range of tactics, including humanitarian aid, to coerce vulnerable women and girls into sexual activity", the report read, based on testimonies of 21 women and girls.

"They have also raped or otherwise sexually assaulted women who were seeking medical assistance or water at AMISOM bases."

The youngest interviewed was aged just 12, who said she was raped by a Ugandan soldier.

This is nt Good people who are supposed to protect the weak ends up raping(vexed) 

Royal baby: Duke and duchess 'thrilled' over pregnancy

Prince William says he and the Duchess of Cambridge are "thrilled" they are expecting their second child.

Speaking at a visit to Oxford University the duke said it had been a "tricky few days" but was "great news".

The couple's second baby will become fourth in line to the throne, behind 13-month-old Prince George.

MH370 relatives mark six months on

In Beijing, about 30 relatives gathered at one of the Chinese capital's most famous Buddhist temples.

Some cried as a man read a poem, and tempers flared when police tried to move people on, a BBC reporter says.

No trace of the Beijing-bound aircraft has been found since it disappeared on 8 March, carrying 239 people.

Based on analysis of satellite data, MH370 is believed to have ended its journey in seas far west of the Australian city of Perth.

Investigators do not know what happened to the flight, however, and finding its "black box" flight recorders is seen as key to understanding the factors behind its disappearance.
Teams are now preparing to search a 60,000 square km priority area in the Indian Ocean, using towed deep water vehicles equipped with side scan sonar, multi-beam echo sounders and video cameras.

At the moment the ocean floor is being mapped to facilitate the underwater search, which will begin later this month.

The agency co-ordinating the search says it remains "cautiously optimistic" the plane will be found.
Acting search chief Judith Zielke told the BBC that experts were continuing to refine the priority search area, based on data analysis.

"The purpose of prioritising the area and therefore the ongoing refinement is to try to cut to where we should be looking first to make sure we can locate the aircraft as quickly as possible," she said.

Earlier this month Australia said the focus would move to the south of the area, after analysis of a failed attempted satellite phone call from Malaysia Airlines to the plane found the aircraft may have turned south earlier than thought.

Experts led by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau were finalising that latest analysis, Ms Zielke said.

"What we are continuing to do is move the equipment further south from the priority area to continue to look at the ocean floor, to map the contours of the floor and understand how best to plan the search with the deep sea equipment that will commence later this month," she said.

A Dutch contractor, Fugro Survey, will carry out the deep sea search once the mapping phase is complete.

Project manager Paul Kennedy told the BBC the mapping had highlighted areas of complexity on the sea floor, which ranged in depth from 975m to around 5,500m.

This data would help when repositioning the towed underwater equipment so as to avoid obstacles on the sea floor, he said.

The underwater search is expected to take up to 12 months to complete, Australia says.

Meet the woman with the world's biggest HANDS

Duangjay Samaksamam, 59, has spent the past 50 years living with an extremely rare and painful condition that has left her limbs permanently swollen.

Her affliction means that moving can be agonising and even the simplest of tasks, such as combing her hair, can prove extremely difficult.

"My hands are so heavy I can barely lift them to comb or shampoo my hair, it's very difficult," she said.

"Getting dressed is also very difficult and painful.

"Some doctors said the only solution was to cut off my hands if I wished to walk around freely.

"But I don't want to do that."

Ms Samaksamam, from Thailand's Surin Province, was raised in a rural village where there were no medical experts to help her.

Ashamed by her gigantic limbs, she spent the first 20 years of her life as a recluse because she could not face going out in public.

This meant that she never went to school and never married.

She was eventually forced to come out of hiding at the age of 20 to help provide for her elderly parents - who could no longer work - by taking over the family grocery shop.

Missing Tembisa child found raped, murdered

The body of five-year-old Madira Selota was found by community members in Tembisa on Friday, not far from her parent's home. Police are offering a reward for information that could help solve the case. Source:

Gauteng police are calling on parents to be more vigilant, with a need to know where their children are at all times especially after dark.

This follows the discovery of yet another child murder in the province.

The body of five-year-old Madira Selota was found by community members in Tembisa on Saturday, not far from her parent's home.

The child had been missing since Sunday, when she'd gone out to buy chips at a nearby spaza shop.

Family members are distraught -- they say they didn’t receive any assistance from the media during the search for their child.

They also believe police could have done more, but SAPS spokesperson Lungelo Dlamini insists all channels were exhausted in the search.

He  believes the perpetrator lives in the community.

Police are offering a reward for information that could help solve the case. They have also pleaded with the public not to take the law into their own hands.

Meanwhile, the community has been flocking to the home of the Selato’s to offer condolences, as the family makes plans for their daughter's burial next weekend.

The little girl's funeral is planned for next week.