iThought for February 15, 2012
The prosperity of a man is in the hand of God, and he will place his honor above the face of the scribe. Ecclesiaticus 10:5
Brazil editor killed in rough border town
SAO PAULO (AP) — The editor-in-chief of a newspaper that crusaded against corruption in Brazil’s rough border region with Paraguay was shot dead, police said Monday, just days after another slain journalist’s body was found in a different state. Paulo…
Prosecutors seek to reinstate Knox conviction
MILAN (AP) — Italian prosecutors appealed Tuesday to Italy’s highest criminal court against the overturning of the murder convictions of American Amanda Knox and her former boyfriend in the brutal slaying of a British student. Perugia prosecutors filed the 111-page…
Hamilton says he’s in a “good place”
McLaren’s Lewis Hamilton says he is “in a good place” mentally after a winter spent analysing his mistakes from 2011. The Englishman is aiming to create an environment in which he can perform more consistently than last year. “I feel…
Whitney Houston was found underwater in tub
LOS ANGELES (AP) — Whitney Houston’s life was a doleful cover of other addiction-riddled pop stars who put their talent and themselves at risk. Her death has created more heartrending echoes of tragedies past: The painstaking investigation that follows the…
Circumnavigating the Globe with Bendel Hydes
Circumnavigating the Globe is the name of an exhibition consisting of 12 large paintings by Cayman’s premier visual artist, Bendel Hydes. It is the first art exhibition in the new National Gallery building. The paintings represent a sort of visual…
Duchess Kate in Valentine’s Day visit to Liverpool
LONDON (AP) — The former Kate Middleton is spending her first Valentine’s Day as a married woman nearly 8,000 miles (13,000 kilometers) away from her husband. The Duchess of Cambridge is carrying out a solo visit to the English port…
George Town armed robbery
Armed thieves fired their gun after fleeing from the scene of a robbery in George Town. Two men were playing dominos outside a house on Greenwood Drive just after midnight Tuesday when a pair of masked men approached. They demanded…
Women and child witness robbery
Four women and a young child watched in horror during an armed robbery in George Town. Two men armed with a handgun and flare gun threatened staff at Miss Alex Variety Store before escaping with a small amount of cash….
Bright skies mark park reopening
The Dart group and government celebrated a “reopening” of South Sound’s Dart Family Park with an afternoon of food, games, music and speeches. The occasion, marked by bright skies and cool breezes, was anther of Dart’s local outreach efforts –…