Today is Independence Day in the US, and tomorrow is a holiday.
Have a great day, and be sure to watch one of the spectacular fireworks displays tonight.

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Fox, July 2: Mel Gibson’s Alleged Threat to Ex-Girlfriend Could Be Classified as Terrorism, Expert Says
The custody battle between Mel Gibson and his former girlfriend Oksana Grigorieva over their eight-month-old daughter appears to have reached a whole new level of low.
Multiple reports cite audio tapes in which the “Passion of the Christ” star […]

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Nation News - Friday, June 18: PHONE BUG?
AN AFFIDAVIT before the Supreme Court, calling for judicial review of an internal disciplinary police matter, has accused Commissioner of Police Darwin Dottin of authorising unlawful recordings of telephone conversations (wiretapping).
The allegation was one of several accusations lodged by suspended Inspector of Police Anderson Bowen, and the affidavit […]

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Barbados Downgraded to “Tier 2 Watch List”
Last year, the Trafficking in Persons Report 2009 placed Barbados on the “Tier 2 List“,  i.e. countries who do not fully comply with TVPA [Trafficking Victims Protection Act] standards, but are making a significant effort. ([2009] Sex Slave Trafficking: US Report Criticizes Barbados Govt.)
This year Barbados is on the […]

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Barbados Nation News, Jun 16, 2010 - WIBISCO suing Sagicor, NIB
WEST INDIA BISCUIT Company Limited (WIBISCO) has slapped Sagicor Financial Corporation and the National Insurance Board with a civil suit over the sale of Sagicor’s shares to the NIB in a private placement last December.
According to the claim form filed in the Supreme Court last […]

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Fox News, June 11, 2010: NAACP Urges Hallmark to Pull ‘Racist’ Card From Shelves
LOS ANGELES — A space-themed, talking Hallmark graduation card is being pulled from store shelves because of the card’s reference to a black hole.
But members of the Los Angeles NAACP say the message sounds like “black whore” in the card’s audio recording. […]

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ABC News, June 9, 2010
Former lawyer Scott Rothstein was sentenced to 50 years in federal prison Wednesday for using his Fort Lauderdale law firm to run a $1.2 billion Bernie Madoff-style Ponzi scheme that brought him yachts and sports cars and allowed him to make sizable contributions to Florida politicians.
I would love to know what […]

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Mirror.co.uk - Chris Brown forced to scrap UK tour after Home Office bans singer over Rihanna attack
US R&B singer Chris Brown has been forced to scrap his British tour after he was refused a visa for attacking ex girlfriend Rihanna.
The Home Office said Brown was banned because he had been found guilty of a serious […]

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I have heard that Barbados Prime Minister is very ill. I have been trying to find out what he is suffering from, but to no avail. Judging from reports, it appears to be something serious.
I wish him a speedy recovery.

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Associated Press, May 28, 2010,  via Yahoo’s omg!
PROVO, Utah - Gary Coleman, the adorable, pint-sized child star of the smash 1970s TV sitcom “Diff’rent Strokes” who spent the rest of his life struggling on Hollywood’s D-list, died Friday after suffering a brain hemorrhage. He was 42.

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