Private investigators believe a prominent billionaire couple found dead in their Toronto mansion last month were murdered by multiple people two days before their bodies were discovered, Canadian Broadcasting Corp. reported Saturday, citing a source "with direct knowledge of the parallel probe" into the deaths of Honey and Barry Sherman. The private investigation - which contained graphic details of the alleged ways the Shermans had been killed - at times contradicted early reports about an ongoing investigation by To…
An asteroid larger than any skyscraper yet built is hurtling toward Earth, the Daily Mail informs. If it hits on Feb. 4, the paper continues, scientists predict a decade of cold and darkness, and skies choked with soot, and misery across the planet. When AJ129 passes closest to Earth next month, it will still be 10 times farther from us than the moon. Between these paragraphs, the Mail inserts occasional reminders that asteroid 2002 AJ129 will not hit Earth, according to NASA. In fact it is predicted to get no closer than 2.6 m…
Rates of immunization against infectious diseases in children and adults are improving, but under-vaccination remains a problem that results in vaccine-preventable deaths and illnesses. In Europe, 11,316 cases of measles were reported during 2012, and an estimated four to 50 million symptomatic cases of flu occur each year. Reminders can be sent to patients, parents or guardians, or whole populations when vaccines are due, either because of age or other risk factors. Recalls are sent when vaccines are overdue. Reminders and recalls …
Apple to pay $38bn in taxes on foreign cash stockpile. Apple announced Wednesday it would pay about $38 billion in taxes -- likely the largest payment of its kind -- on profits repatriated from overseas as it boosts investments in the United States. The iPhone maker said in a statement it plans to use some of its foreign cash stockpile, which qualifies for reduced tax rates under a recent bill, to invest in new projects. A source close to the company confirmed that Apple is sharing some of the wealth with employees worldw…
Police station in Malmo,Sweden is rocked by a 'hand grenade attack' . A police station in Sweden was put on lockdown last night fter a suspected hand grenade attack. Two people are believed to have been involved in the attack in Malmo, which began just after 9pm. Police spokeswoman Anna Goransson said the area had been blocked off after the explosion. She added: 'Fortunately, nobody has been injured - but cars, I cannot say what number, have been damaged.' Police are yet to confirm a hand grenade caused the explosion, bu…
A Muslim man who killed his convert wife by bludgeoning her with a claw hammer and then stabbing her was found guilty of her murder. Victim 26-year-old : Sinead Wooding Akshar Ali, 27, murdered 26-year-old Sinead Wooding with friend Yasmin Ahmed, 27, before dumping her body in woodland and setting it on fire, Leeds Crown Court was told. A jury today unanimously found the pair guilty of murder after five days of deliberations. The court had previously heard mother-of-four Miss Wooding had been attacked at her home …
Nestle sells Crunch, Nerds and other US brands to Ferrero for $2.8bn . Nestle is selling its US sweets and chocolate business to Ferrero Group for 2.7bn Swiss Francs ($2.8bn; £2bn). The Swiss food giant said it was offloading brands such as Crunch, Nerds, Runts and Butterfinger to focus on other products. Italy's Ferrero, which makes Nutella spread, Tic Tac and Ferrero Rocher, will become the US's third biggest confectionery maker. The deal is expected to go through by March this year. Ferrero said the brands would give …
The sudden death of Dolores O’Riordan, lead singer of The Cranberries, came as a shock to her fans and fellow musicians. Celebrities shared their condolences on Twitter Monday, following the announcement from O’Riordan’s publicist Lindsey Holmes that the singer had died at the age of 46. Holmes said Dolores O’Riordan’s family is “devastated” by the news. The cause of her death was not immediately available. The band Duran Duran tweeted they were “crushed” to hear about the singer. Duran Duran We are …
A California couple has been charged with torture after police rescued their 13 malnourished children from a home where some of them had been chained to beds, and neighbors on Monday described the family as shut-ins who shunned social contact. The parents, David Allen Turpin, 57, and Louise Anna Turpin, 49, Police made the discovery after a 17-year-old girl escaped the house in Perris, about 70 miles (113 km) east of Los Angeles, and used a cellular phone she had found in the house to call them, the Riverside County Sheriff'…
Recently, we learned how lifestyle inflation can be toxic. In case you’re wondering, there is a time and place to inflate your lifestyle. However, you can’t just do it whenever you want. You have to earn it. Here’s how it works. The basics If your goal is financial independence, I recommend that you live on half your income and save the rest. This means that if you’re making around $50,000 per year, you allocate $25,000 to saving or paying off debt. After a rough estimate of $5,000 in taxes, that leaves you $20,000 to s…
Once-a-week pill to control HIV fatal infections ? Will be the next revolution in HIV therapy? Goodbye, daily HIV meds? Researchers say a once-a-week, slow-release pill may keep HIV infections under control and help prevent new HIV infections altogether. The pill in question is still early in development. But it contains the same highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) -- the drug combination that revolutionized HIV treatment back in the mid-1990s. Those medications turned a nearly always fatal infection into a…
Mercury poisoning is the result of being exposed to too much mercury, either through the diet or environment. Mercury is a heavy metal that is highly toxic to humans. Consuming food that contains mercury is the most common cause of mercury poisoning. Mercury poisoning can cause severe symptoms and put the body at unnecessary risk. A person can help prevent mercury poisoning by making changes to their diet and environment that limit exposure to the toxic metal. What is mercury poisoning? Mercury is a naturally occu…
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