While campaigning for fellow performer Michel “Sweet Micky” Martelly ahead of Haiti’s run-off election, someone shot famed rapper Wyclef Jean in the hand. Jean went to a hospital for treatment, but was later released.
The shooting occurred in the Delmas section of the capital, Port-au-Prince. Last week, Jean staged a concert with Martelly in hopes of winning votes in the upcoming run-off. The police could not be reached for comment on the shooting.
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One of the most famous animals in the world has died suddenly at the age of 4. Abandoned by his mother, Knut was raised by the zookeepers at the Berlin Zoo and helped double attendance in a few short years. Between 600 and 700 people were watching his compound when the bear suddenly had a spasm and died.
“It was a completely normal day: He was with the female bears before, who had just been shut away,” bear keeper Heiner Kloes said. “Then, Knut strolled around the enclosure, went into the water, had a short spasm and died.”
After first appearing in 2007, Knut led to a series of merchandise including plush toys, movies and lots more. Some estimate that Knut merchandise helps bring in hundreds of thousands of euros annually. His fans assembled outside his enclosure to mourn the death. Zoo officials will conduct a post-mortem on Monday.
Along with many other present and former residents of Bethesda, I was shocked to hear of the murder of Jayna Murray, who died last Friday inside the Lululemon store on Bethesda Row. That evening, Murray and Brittany Norwood returned to the store after closing to retrive a forgotten item. According to Norwood, two masked men then entered the store, tied her up, sexually assaulted both women and somehow killed Murrary during the struggle.
Turns out, none of it was true. Police found no evidence of sexual assault from the two women, noted inconsistencies with Norwood’s story, searched her car and began to consider her a suspect. After they found just two sets of footprints in the store, Norwood became the prime suspect. They now believe she faked her injuries to avoid detection.
The crime rattled the usually crime-free affluent D.C. suburb. Witnesses now claim to have heard both women arguing the night of the crime. Norwood will appear in court soon.
Staten Island had one of the most popular ice cream trucks last summer, but for all the wrong reasons. Two men used the Lickety Split ice cream as a front to sell the highly addictive painkiller Oxycodone for $20 a pop. Allegedly, the two men found an accomplice who swiped blank doctor’s script from an unsuspecting practitioner in Manhattan. The men then forged the prescriptions and had a team of runners— friends, family and addicts— fill the orders at various pharmacies.
Though a poorly kept secret in the community, no one told the police of the scheme until a runner was arrested with a suspicious prescription. Now, 31 people have been indicted for the scheme. The two ringleaders allegedly acquired the pills for $1.66 each but sold them for $20. Over the course of a year, they sold 42,755 pills and netted more than $1 million.
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