call out in order who the Top 5 were before they were announced on stage,” she said. The contestant told Sheena Monnin she had seen a folder lying open with a page reading: “FINAL SHOW Telecast, June 3, 2012” on the morning of the show – along with the “top five” filled in. After the 51 contestants were whittled down to 16, the woman told Sheena Monnin and another contestant what she had se…
Miss Pennsylvania Sheena Monnin has said she stands by her accusations that the Miss USA 2012 competition was rigged and will take on Donald Trump if he sues her, as he has claimed. Earlier this week, Sheena Monnin resigned from her position claiming one of her fellow contestants – later revealed as Miss Florida – had seen a list of the top five girls before the show had even begun. S…
…think he had the energy to say anything. Once we got him on the ground, he was compliant and was going in and out of consciousness.” One of their colleagues, transit police officer Richard H. Donahue, 33, was seriously injured during the wild shootout with the Tsarnaev brothers early on Friday morning. Officer Saro Thompson said that when he visited Richard H. Donahue in the hospital on Monday, he…
…Miss Universe Organization of rigging the competition when she resigned from her position in mid June. She claimed Karina Brez, who was representing Florida at the contest in Las Vegas, Nevada on June 3, recited the top five women after seeing a list of their names backstage. In a Facebook post announcing her resignation, Sheena Monnin wrote: “Apparently the morning of June 3rd [Karina Brez] saw a…
…ty have begun looking into the matter. The US Senate Banking Committee has also launched an inquiry and the state of Massachusetts has subpoenaed Morgan Stanley, demanding answers. Facebook stock rose 3.3% in trading on Wednesday, rising to $32 a share. However, a new analysis said the stock could fall to as low as $9.59. That’s a far cry from the $37.58 that Mark Zuckerberg fetched for 30.2…
President Viktor Yanukovych’s party has claimed victory in Ukraine’s parliamentary election. The Party of Regions has more than 36%, and the opposition party of Yulia Tymoshenko, who is in jail, has just over 21%, with one-third of party list votes counted. It appears Viktor Yanukovych’s party is also ahead in single mandate districts, which form half of all the seats. Western governm…
Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe wants to hold elections in March 2013 with a referendum on a new constitution this November, court papers reveal. His long-time rivals in the Movement for Democratic Change (MDC) have condemned this timetable as “unrealistic”. The two sides are unable to agree on a draft constitution, which is supposed to be in place before the new election. Un…
Pakistan votes in landmark national and provincial elections. The vote marks Pakistan’s first transition from one civilian government to another in its 66-year history. However, the run-up to the election has been marred by violence in which more than 100 people have been killed. A bomb blast in the port city of Karachi on Saturday morning left 10 people dead and 32 others wounded, a hospit…
t a midnight showing of the new Batman movie, The Dark Knight Rises, last Friday, killing 12 and wounding 58. Judge William Sylvester has denied a request by Denver-area media for expanded coverage on 30 July. The suspect’s lawyers had objected to the media’s request. His first court appearance on Monday was filmed, despite the defence team’s objections. He appeared dazed as he s…
New pictures from the Boston Marathon taken in the moments after the deadly blasts that left three dead and nearly 180 injured, show that the explosives packed inside rigged pressure cookers were planted next to a Russian flag that hung among other banners along the street. It has been revealed that the prime suspects in the bombings are Chechen brothers, 26-year-old Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his 19-…
to abandon ship off North Carolina coast as it became caught in raging seas near the eye of Hurricane Sandy “The 17 person crew donned cold water survival suits and lifejackets before launching in two 25-man lifeboats with canopies,” the Coast Guard said in a statement. The ship was built in Lunenburg, Nova Scotia for the 1962 movie Mutiny on the Bounty that starred Marlon Brando. It is a replica…
The presidents of Germany, Austria, Romania and the Czech Republic were among those who cancelled their trips. Ukraine has not set a new date yet. There is also a threat that leaders may boycott Euro 2012 football matches in Ukraine next month. Ukrainian Foreign Ministry spokesman Oleksandr Dykusarov said: “As a number of European heads of state cannot take part in the 18th summit of Centra…
…ched along Sakharov Avenue, a few miles from the Kremlin, in sub-zero temperatures. Rallies were taking place across Russia, with the first big protest in the far eastern city of Vladivostok. At least 28,000 people turned out in the capital, according to the Russian interior ministry, but rally organizers said the true number was around 120,000. President Dmitry Medvedev announced political reform…
Cissy Houston, Whitney Houston’s mother, paid an emotional tribute to her beloved daughter today as family, friends and some of the biggest names in the music world gathered at New Hope Baptist Church in Newark, New Jersey, for the singer’s funeral. Among the mourners at today’s highly-charged service, were singers Chaka Khan, Brandy, Roberta Flack, Jordin Sparks and Jennifer Hu…
t added that police detained a number of people at an unauthorized rally on Saturday in St Petersburg. Last Monday, a day after the election, police arrested about 250 protesters in Moscow and another 300 in St. Petersburg. Vladimir Putin was re-elected for six years, having served two previous terms as president between 2000 and 2008. On Friday, US President Barack Obama called Vladimir Putin fro…
Egypt’s presidential poll results have been delayed by the election authorities, raising further tension across the country. The results had been due to be announced on Thursday, but the election commission said it needed more time to look into complaints presented by the candidates. The Muslim Brotherhood’s Mohammed Mursi and former PM Ahmed Shafiq both claim they won last weekend…
…nd 2009 had fallen “well short of standards”. The scandal has hit Barclays shares, which ended Thursday trading down 15.5%. Other banks shares also fell, with RBS losing 11.5%, Lloyds down 3.9%, and HSBC giving up 2.6%. Meanwhile, Chancellor George Osborne confirmed that HSBC, RBS, Citigroup and UBS were also under investigation. The Serious Fraud Office subsequently said it was in tal…
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