…ly what amounts of substances and which drugs killed her. Whitney Houston, 48, was found in the bathtub of her guest room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on the eve of the 54th Grammy Awards, February 11, 2012. She was pronounced dead at about 4:00 p.m. that afternoon. …
Ben Ellis, from Gilmer County, Georgia, a 14-year-old boy was found dead in his bed the day after having his wisdom teeth removed. Ben Ellis had the dental surgery on Wednesday morning. Less than 24 hours later he was dead. Law enforcement is investigating the teenager’s mysterious death and will perform an autopsy and toxicology tests, but there is said to be a history of seizures in the f…
…y for Clive Davis’ party. The singer’s assistant left Whitney Houston to run an errand at department store Neiman Marcus. When the assistant returned to Whitney Houston’s room around 3:35 p.m. on Saturday February 11, the singer was lying face down in the bathtub in approximately 13-inches of water. Whitney Houston case report She was pulled out of the tub by her assistant and b…
o. Jimmy Ellis, the lead singer of Philadelphia-based funk band The Trammps, which rose to fame with its top 10 hit Disco Inferno, has died at 74 Jimmy Ellis continued to tour with The Trammps until 2010. The band had a constantly changing line-up, but the original members played together when Disco Inferno was inducted into the Dance Music Hall of Fame in 2005. Jimmy Ellis was born in 1937 in R…
An International Monetary Fund (IMF) report has revealed today that debt-laden Greece has made progress in improving its finances, but the country must do more to fight tax evasion. In a report, the IMF said Greece had made “exceptional” progress on reducing its budget deficit since 2010. But the IMF, one of the lenders that backed a bailout of Greece, said the “notorious”…
…he problems, the agency quoted him as saying. The Pentagon report also criticizes a “lack of transparency” in China’s military modernization programme and defense spending. “In 2012, numerous computer systems around the world, including those owned by the US government, continued to be targeted for intrusions, some of which appear to be attributable directly to the Chinese…
“but poorly skilled” local militiamen and contract guards was “misplaced”, the report said. In a letter to Congress, US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she accepted all 29 of the recommendations put forward in the report. Hillary Clinton outlined some steps the agency would take, including sending hundreds of US Marines guards to missions abroad and assigning a stat…
According to Google’s Transparency Report, governments around the world made nearly 21,000 requests for access to its data in the first six months of 2012. Google’s Transparency Report indicates government surveillance of online lives is rising sharply. The US government made the most demands, asking for details 7,969 times in the first six months of 2012. Turkey topped the list for request…
A newly unveiled report written for wartime British intelligence says Adolf Hitler developed a “messiah complex” towards the end of World War II. The report, written in 1942 by Cambridge academic Joseph MacCurdy, said Adolf Hitler was turning increasingly to “Jew-phobia” as defeat loomed. Social scientist Mark Abrams commissioned the report, which came to light as a result…
…l from grace. The report also ends weeks of speculation over how the 48-year-old pop icon died, with some members of her family even suggesting foul play may have led to the surprise death on February 11. Ed Winter, spokesman for the coroner’s office, said the official cause of death was accidental drowning. He added that heart disease and the star’s cocaine use were contributing factors to her co…
…the Grammy Awards, and was pronounced dead at the scene soon afterward. The star had a long and well-publicized battle with substance abuse and went into rehab several times, including a stint in May 2011 in an outpatient program for what her reps said was drug and alcohol treatment. The coroner’s office on Thursday released only a brief synopsis of its findings. A full autopsy report, whic…
…age” from the hot water burns on several parts of her body. It is thought that Whitney Houston could have been so out of it that she did not realize, or feel, how hot the water was. The bath water was 33°C (93.5°F) six hours after she died, showing how incredibly hot it would have been when she first got into it. Whitney Houston was found face down and unresponsive in about 13 inches of water on F…
…partners.” The family’s investments reportedly spanned several sectors. The newspaper cited one holding as Ping An, an insurance company which it said had benefited from reforms enacted in 2004 by a state body over which Wen Jiabao had oversight. It said that partnerships controlled by Wen Jiabao’s relatives, along with their friends and colleagues, had bought into the firm befor…
…unsanitary conditions where the risk of disease is high. Their families are struggling for food as shortages send prices beyond the reach of poorer families. Their education has been disrupted as some 2,000 schools have either been damaged by the fighting or become temporary shelters for displaced people. Syria’s children are the conflict’s “forgotten victims – facing death…
The UN’s latest assessment of global cases of HIV/AIDS shows there has been a further drop in new infections among children. There were 330,000 new infections in children last year – the figure is 24% lower than in 2009. But the report by UNAids also warns “significant additional effort is required” if broader targets to tackle HIV/Aids are to be achieved by 2015. The agen…
…y illegal firearms purchased on the street are – in order to carry real ammunition. The Independent Police Complaints Commission (IPCC) said they hope to have a more complete ballistics picture within 24 hours, which seems to be a complex picture, involving a number of tests to establish trajectory of bullets and how many were fired. According to Sky the C019, firearms officer said that he never c…
…went wrong,” the bank said. Senator Carl Levin, chairman of the sub-committee, spoke of a “polluted” system that allowed black-market funds to move through the US banking system. In 2010, Wachovia agreed to pay $160 million as part of a Justice Department probe that examined Mexican transactions. Last month, ING agreed to pay $619 million to settle US government allegations that…
VMA 2011: tribute to Amy Winehouse. Amy Winehouse toxicology tests results showed absence of ”illegal substances” in her body at the time of her death, according to a today family statement. Amy Winehouse was found dead at her residence in north London on 23rd of July 2011. Amy Winehouse family’s today statement said: ”Toxicology results returned to the Wineho…
…ent ends weeks of speculation over the cause of Whitney Houston’s death. Whitney Houston was found submerged in the bath of her Los Angeles hotel room on the eve of the Grammy Awards on February 11. In a statement, the Los Angeles County Coroner’s office described Whitney Houston’s manner of death as an “accident”, adding that “no trauma or foul play is suspecte…
…ms it was not responsible for the star’s decision to employ Conrad Murray as his doctor. Dr. Christopher Rogers confirmed from his autopsy that Michael Jackson’s skin became lighter in the 1980s owing to “vitiligo, a skin pigmentation disease”. He added: “So some areas of the skin appear light and others appear dark.” Michael Jackson autopsy reveals his eyebrows and forehead were tatt…
According to a new UN report, eating more insects could help fight world hunger. The report by the UN Food and Agriculture Organization says that eating insects could help boost nutrition and reduce pollution. It notes than over 2 billion people worldwide already supplement their diet with insects. However, it admits that “consumer disgust” remains a large barrier in many Western coun…
…unshot wounding his chest. He was pronounced dead at the scene onThursday at 6:41p.m. Last Thursday evening, officers from the Metropolitan Police (Met) Operation Trident and Special Crime Directorate 11, accompanied by officers from CO19, the Met’s specialist firearms command, stopped the silver Toyota Estima minicab in Ferry Lane, close to Tottenham Hale tube station, to arrest Mark Duggan…
ristopher Wallace, was shot four times during the drive-by which took place on Wilshire Boulevard in Los Angeles in 1997. The hip-hop artist, who was listed on the autopsy as 6ft 1in tall and weighing 395 lbs, had been sitting in the passenger seat of a Chevy Suburban when the shooting occurred. However, while the rapper was hit four times, three of the shots proved not to be fatal. Christopher Wa…
The White House has denied a report in the New York Times saying that Iran had agreed to one-on-one negotiations over its nuclear programme with the US. The report, quoting unnamed officials, said Iran had agreed to the talks for the first time but would not hold them until after US elections on 6 November. The White House said it was prepared to meet Iran bilaterally, but that there was no plan…
balance of £8,734 ($13,365) – 29% of gross annual earnings for those regions. Those in the rest of the UK had a slightly lower £7,759 ($11,870), but put a higher proportion of income away – typically 33%. The Halifax used its savings database to compile the report, alongside official statistics on earnings. The report found that overall, customers in the south of England, including Greater London…
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