Match abandoned after keeper kicks fan
Wednesday’s last-16 tie in the Dutch Cup between Ajax and AZ Alkmaar was abandoned after 38 minutes with Ajax leading 1-0 following a pitch invasion by a supporter. An Ajax fan came onto the pitch and ran towards Alkmaar’s Costa…
Michael Douglas’ son gets 4½ more years in prison
NEW YORK (AP) — A judge called the imprisoned son of actor Michael Douglas reckless and irresponsible as he nearly doubled his prison sentence Wednesday from five years to 9½ years for repeated drug offenses. U.S. District Judge Richard Berman…
Man wins Lamborghini, crashes it hours later
SALT LAKE CITY (AP) — A truck driver who won a Lamborghini worth about $300,000 in a convenience store contest crashed the sports car six hours after he got it, and he now plans to sell the 640-horsepower convertible because…
Punctuation is everything
This was sent to me by a friend and it made me smile. I hope it does you. An English professor wrote the words: “A woman without her man is nothing” on the chalkboard and asked his students to punctuate…
Home DNA Testing
DNA (deoxyribonucleic acid) testing became popular due to high-profile criminal investigations as well as in paternity cases. DNA is most commonly used in trying to prove the relationship of an individual to another person, that linking is aimed at trying…
First Civil Service College Class graduates
“We have done it! Today we have made history…” said the Civil Service College’s (CSC) first Valedictorian (Myra) Joy Watson. “But today is ‘farewell’ to what we have already achieved, and the beginning of a new chapter.” She and the other…
Baylor’s Griffin is AP player of the year
WACO, Texas (AP) — Robert Griffin III played football for years simply because he was good at it. Then Baylor’s exciting dual-threat quarterback tore the ACL in his right knee and missed the last nine games of the 2009 season….
Police find severed head of Jamaica gangster
KINGSTON, Jamaica (AP) — Jamaican investigators on Wednesday found the severed head and bullet-riddled body of a man they believe was a high-ranking member of a notorious drug-and-extortion gang known for beheading victims. A police statement said the bloody head…
Nothing but honey for winners of annual spelling bees
It’s all about the bragging rights as annual spelling bees brought out the best of the best from Cayman’s primary and secondary schools. The events were held at Prospect Primary School hall on 30 November 2011 and 1 December 2011…