CNN reporter is sorry for getting drunk and biting 2 EMTs
By Caroline Bankoff from New York Mag On Monday, TMZ reported that CNN was being sued over some bad behavior on the part of its Beirut-based senior international correspondent Arwa Damon. According to papers filed in a Manhattan court, Damon…
Cuba’s Balsero crisis still an open wound, 20 years on
By Ivet González From IPS HAVANA, Aug 6 2014 (IPS) – Tears, silence and evasive responses are the reactions from Cubans when they are asked about the “balseros” or rafters crisis; two decades after an exodus without parallel in Latin…
Judge rules against NCAA ban on paying players
By Sharon Terlep and Ben Cohen From Wall Street Journal O’Bannon decision would allow athletes to make money from licensing revenue; NCAA can appeal A federal judge ruled Friday that the NCAA’s ban on paying players for use of their…
A man accidentally killed himself while taking a selfie
By Maya Kosoff From Business Insider Oscar Otero Aguilar, who died while posing with a gun for a selfie. A young man in Mexico City has died after taking a selfie while holding a borrowed, loaded gun. Oscar Otero Aguilar,…
Grand Cayman: Manuela Jungo found a tropical paradise for kitesurfing
By Manuela Jungo and James Boulding From iksurfmag “Maunuela Jungo heads to the Cayman Islands to check out the kite scene over there and discovers a warm water paradise for the European winter!” While most of my friends in Europe…
Redford’s out: With audit looming, ex-premier quits politics
By Kelsey Johnson From iPolitics Former Alberta premier Alison Redford has resigned, effective immediately. In an opinion piece published in both the Edmonton Journal and the Calgary Herald Wednesday morning, Redford relinquished her seat in the provincial legislature. “I am…
Legal clients called him Shlomo; U.S. calls him a fraud
By Stephanie Clifford He was a skilled-enough impersonator that he pulled off his scheme for years, talented enough at it that he seemingly could have chosen any identity. A celebrity, or a scholar, perhaps. But the man had a different…
Ministry of Tourism to create more Junkanoo events
From bahama islands info The Valley Boys paid tribute to its former late leader Winston ‘Gus’ Cooper at the Ministry of Tourism Junkanoo Summer Festival, held in July 2014, downtown Nassau. (BIS Photo/Derek Smith) NASSAU, The Bahamas – Full-scale Junkanoo…
Five adult-only Caribbean resorts to dream about
By Corinne McDermott, TheLoop.ca From CP24 Five adult-only Caribbean resorts to dream about Sometimes you want to get away, but not from the weather — from the kids! There are plenty of Adults-only resorts in the Caribbean which cater to…