A student of a nursing college places a candle in front of a picture depicting nurse Jacintha Saldanha, during a candle-lit vigil organized by a local politician in Bangalore, India, on Thursday, Dec. 13, 2012. Jacintha Saldanha was found last Friday by work colleagues hanging from a wardrobe door at her hospital living quarters, a coroner#39;s court in London heard Thursday. The nurse, who was married with two teenaged children, left three notes, two at the scene and a third with her belongin
SMH… the GOP ripped her up and spit her out. Barack Obama came to Susan Rice’s defense again today, but this time it was after he announced her request to withdraw her candidacy. According to NPR , the bullies won and now the GOP has to find someone, or something else, to knock down: Moving to withdraw her name from among those being considered to be the next secretary of state, embattled U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice has told President Obama she does not want to be nominated. The White House just released a statement from the president that says, in part: “Today, I spoke to Ambassador Susan Rice, and accepted her decision to remove her name from consideration for Secretary of State. For two decades, Susan has proven to be an extraordinarily capable, patriotic, and passionate public servant. As my Ambassador to the United Nations, she plays an indispensable role in advancing America’s interests. … “I am grateful that Susan will continue to serve as our Ambassador at the United Nations and a key member of my cabinet and national security team, carrying her work forward on all of these and other issues. … “While I deeply regret the unfair and misleading attacks on Susan Rice in recent weeks, her decision demonstrates the strength of her character, and an admirable commitment to rise above the politics of the moment to put our national interests first. The American people can be proud to have a public servant of her caliber and character representing our country.” ‘If nominated, I am now convinced that the confirmation process would be lengthy, disruptive and costly — to you and to our most pressing national and international priorities,’ Rice wrote in a letter to President Obama, saying she’s ‘saddened by the partisan politics surrounding her prospects.’ Rice has been the target of sharp criticism from many Republicans because of what they have charged were misleading statements she made in the days after the Sept. 11 attack on the U.S. mission in Benghazi, Libya, in which the ambassador and three other Americans were killed. Critics say she downplayed the role that terrorists played. The administration says she relied on information provided by the intelligence community. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton has said she plans to step down sometime in the coming months. Among others thought to be leading contenders for the job is Sen. John Kerry, D-Mass. Those fools on Capitol Hill should really be ashamed of themselves. Images via tumblr
Brooke Burke-Charvet has cause for celebration: She#39;s cancer free! “I just got the results back from all of my tests and great news – the thyroid cancer has been removed from my body and all my lymph nodes are clear,” Brooke Burke wrote on her ModernMom.com blog. “So I#39;m hoping that this is the end of the story,” she added. The 41-year-old Dancing with the Stars host reveals she has received news from doctors her cancerous masses have been completely removed. The married mother-of-four
Police in America have uncovered a bizarre and elaborate plot hatched by three men who planned to castrate and kill teenage pop singer Justin Bieber. Their Bieber fever started long ago at the state prison near Las Cruses, NM, where Staake met Dana Martin, a convicted killer serving two life sentences for raping and killing a 15-year-old girl in Vermont in 2000. Justin Bieber was reportedly the target of a murder plot hatched by a convicted killer behind bars. Investigators say they had ever
Posted some pics earlier of Paraguayan model Claudia Galanti in Miami, and now here#39;s Italian model Claudia Romani, also in Miami. Wow, Claudia and Claudia — they have a lot in common. They should make out.
“Channing [Tatum] was amazing. He#39;s a superstar,” the actress, 27, tells the January issue of InStyle about us#39;s 2012 Sexiest Man Alive. Seyfried, who starred opposite Tatum in 2010#39;s Dear John, is well-aware of her former costar#39;s appeal. “Everybody wants to have s ex with him. And the only person he wants to have s ex with is his wife, Jenna [Dewan-Tatum]. He#39;s the most loyal husband,” she says. But while Tatum and Dewan-Tatum have managed to find marital bliss in spite of be
The singer#39;s branding deal with Pepsi is estimated at $50 million. Beyoncé, who has been featured in ads for Pepsi since 2002, will appear in a new commercial to debut during the Super Bowl on Feb. 3 and appear on limited-edition cans bearing her likeness starting in March. Pepsi, in turn, will sponsor a variety of unspecified creative projects for Beyonce as well as help promote the singer#39;s upcoming fifth studio album. New music could arrive as early as Game Day, as producer The-Dream to
Nashville star Hayden Panettiere has broken up with her boyfriend of more than a year, New York Jets wide receiver Scotty McKnight, a source confirms. But the split doesn#39;t appear to be the stuff of a sad country song. The actress, 23, is still friends with McKnight, 24, and one source tells TMZ that their pals wouldn#39;t be surprised if they got back together. This is Panettiere#39;s second go at a relationship with an athlete. Before dating McKnight she was with Ukrainian boxer Wladimir
Weeks after the sudden bankruptcy and closure of Hostess, Foxx dressed as dearly departed snack cake Ding Dong to lament the amount of attention given to his “snack brother from another batter”: Twinkie. “Y#39;all act like Twinkie is the only one with a delicious, creamy filling,” he said before accusing America of “snack profiling.” At least he now has time to return to the rap game: There#39;s a reason Jamie Foxx has an Oscar on his mantel. Not only can he act, the Ray star can sing, rap, an
