Healthy Newborn Found Abandoned In Nativity Scene At A New York Church – For a few moments, the sight could have been confused for a miraculous arrival ahead of the Christmas season: A newborn baby, hours old and full term, appeared within a nativity scene at a Queens church on Monday. [nyt]
Downed Jet Crew Got ‘No Warning From Turkey’ – Captain Konstantin Murakhtin tells Russian TV his jet did not stray into Turkish airspace, despite Turkish claims that it did. [sky]
Turkey Has Released Audio Of Its ‘Warnings’ To The Downed Russian Plane – The jet’s surviving pilot denies receiving them, and insists he did not enter Turkish airspace. [time]
Paris Attack Ringleader Returned To Scene Of Crime: Prosecutor – The ringleader of the Paris attacks returned to the scene of the shootings and was near the Bataclan concert hall while police were still trying to oust the gunmen who killed 89 people there, the Paris prosecutor said on Tuesday. [reuters]
Tim Noakes Says A Tweet Is Too Short For Medical Advice – A tweet of only 140 characters is too short to give complete advice that will be usable and safe, expert witness Professor Este Vorster said during a hearing against Professor Tim Noakes on Wednesday. [n24]
2015 To Be The Hottest Year Ever Says World Climate Body – World Meteorological Organisation says man-made global warming and El Niño has also made 2011-2015 the warmest five-year period on record. [guardian]
Trump Defends 9/11 Claims: I Have World’s Best Memory – Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump is not backing down from his claim that “thousands of people” in Arab communities in New Jersey were cheering on 9/11. Trump defended himself by telling an NBC News reporter that he has “the world’s greatest memory” and that everybody knows that. [th]
Trump’s Lies Slander Civil War Dead – At his Virginia golf course, Trump put up a plaque memorializing a Civil War battle that never happened, thereby exposing his contempt for the past and for truth. [db]
Trump: 100 Black Religious Leaders’ Endorsements Coming Monday – Donald Trump’s campaign says he’ll pick up the endorsement of a coalition of 100 African-American pastors and evangelical leaders Monday in New York City. [cnn]
KZN Woman Sentenced To 15 Years For Raping Nephew – A woman accused of raping her 13-year-old nephew was sentenced to 15 years in prison at the Maphumulo Regional Court in KwaZulu-Natal on Wednesday. [n24]
Texas Family Wants $10 Million For Lost JFK Assassination Film – The “second most important film of the JFK assassination” is missing — and the family of the man who recorded the footage wants $10 million. [nydn]
How Controversial KZN Businessman Thoshan Panday ‘Bought’ The Cops – A secret draft report compiled by a leading forensic auditor has cast new insight into how controversial businessman Thoshan Panday allegedly bought off KwaZulu-Natal’s top police brass and netted millions for his string of companies. [tlive]
When A Stranger Leaves You $125 Million(R1.8 Billion) – One morning last year, when Bryan Bashin sat down to check his email, a peculiarly short note caught his attention. [npr]
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Australia’s Using Drones To Protect Its Coasts From Sharks – New South Wales government have committed to spending AU$16 million ($11.6 million) on a new “shark strategy,” which includes drone patrols and deploying GPS technology to make its beaches safer. [eng]
Breast Cancer At 8-Years-Old – Chrissy Turner found a lump in her chest last month and was discovered to have a ‘one in a million’ form of cancer called secretory carcinoma. [guardian]
Man In Prison For Rape Convictions Cleared By DNA Testing After 16 Years – A California man who spent 16 years behind bars for sexual assault convictions was cleared on Monday after DNA evidence linked the crimes to another man. [usat]
Scientists Create Malaria-Proof Mosquitoes – Scientists have yet to figure out how to get rid of mosquitoes for good (yes, there are people working on that), but they’ve done something almost as good: They’ve developed a genetically modified mosquito that’s resistant to malaria. [yahoo]
Deciding Where To Celebrate New Year? Check This Out – A while back we gave you the lowdown on why Harald’s Bar & Terrace which is perched on the 11th floor of the Park Inn by Radisson is the best venue to host an event. See what they’ve got lined up for New Year! [here]
John Cleese: I Won’t Work For The BBC Again – Monty Python star and creator of Fawlty Towers says the corporation’s bosses ‘have no idea what they’re doing’. [tele]
Rare Dinosaur Skeleton Fails To Sell At Auction – A rare skeleton of a dinosaur which last roamed Earth up to 155 million years ago failed to sell at auction. [bt]
Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, More Honored With Presidential Medal Of Freedom – President Barack Obama honored Steven Spielberg, Barbra Streisand, and 15 others with the Presidential Medal of Freedom — the nation’s highest civilian honor — in a ceremony held Tuesday at the White House in Washington, D.C. [ew]
Jennifer Lawrence Will Make Her Directorial Debut With ‘Project Delirium’ – A big year just got bigger for Jennifer Lawrence. The Hunger Games franchise was recently completed with Mockingjay – Part 2, and later next month we’ll see her in David O. Russell‘s Joy, a potential Awards contender. The 25-year-old actress just announced she’ll soon make her directorial debut. [sf]
Kim Kardashian Reveals Her Baby Is Breech: ”I Have Been Doing Everything I Can to Try to Turn the Baby” – The E! star revealed today that she’s reached unknown territory in her pregnancy after finding out that her baby is breech. [eol]
Bacon-Scented Underwear Is Now A Real Thing You Can Buy – Do you love bacon so much that eating it just isn’t enough? Do you want to be surrounded by the smell of bacon at all times? [mash]
Dying Val Kilmer Refuses Treatment For Throat Tumor – Decrepit Val Kilmer continues to refuse treatment for his terminal throat condition while medical experts are already planning end-of-life care for the actor, RadarOnline.com can exclusively confirm. [radar]
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