VIDEO: US lawmaker threatens to break reporter in half, throw him off balcony

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Being a journalist is definitely very stressful and dangerous. Reporters risk their lives not only gathering news in hot spots but also just asking US politicians uncomfortable questions. An embattled US congressman was caught on film threatening to break a reporter in half and throw him off a Capitol balcony after he was asked about a campaign finance probe.

Michael Grimm, a Republican from New York, lost his temper during an interview with NY1 News television immediately after President Barack Obama's State of the Union address on Tuesday.

"I'm not talking about anything that's off topic. This is only about the president's speech," Grimm said, after the NY1 journalist asked him about an investigation into campaign finances.

VIDEO POST: US congressman threatens to break reporter in half, throw him off balcony

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Wizkid replied his Critics: See his Reaction to the half Empty Seats during “Abuja Invasion’

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If you missed the story about Wizkid performing to empty seats in Abuja Last Night (read here).The star boy has replied his critics laughing at him for performing to empty seats in Abuja yesternight.
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Photos:- Wizkid Performs For Empty Seats

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Wizkid Live Abuja Invasion held Last Night. Folks who went to the concert were stunned with the amount of people in attendance at the quietly publicized concert with Wizkid the headliner with guest appearances from label mates Skales, Niyola, Shaydee. The show was supposed to kick off at 5pm but was found empty as at 9:30pm Nigerian time and we were able to lay our hands on this photo of the big event centre.
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Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor set to serve half a century jail term in UK

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Ex-Liberian President Charles Taylor is to serve his 50-year war crimes sentence in the UK, Justice Minister Jeremy Wright has confirmed. Sweden and Rwanda had also offered to imprison him following the rejection of his appeal last month by a UN-backed special court in The Hague.

It ruled that his convictions had been proved beyond doubt. He was sentenced in May 2012 for aiding rebels who committed atrocities in Sierra Leone during its civil war. Mr Wright made the announcement in a written statement to Parliament.

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Half A decade after Ijegun explosion, victims allege neglect

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Victims of pipeline explosion at Ijegun, a suburb of Lagos State, say five years after, they have yet to get compensation from the government.

 The incident claimed the lives of 19 persons while no fewer than 250 persons sustained injuries.

It was learnt that the community had sued Lagos State Government, Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, Petroleum Product Marketing Company for N97bn damages.

However, the community was said to have reconsidered its decision after a traditional ruler intervened to avoid a prolonged legal battle.

At a negotiation  meeting with the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, the chairman of the Ijegun Fire Victims, Mr. Olaseni Shoewu, said the community decided to withdraw the matter from the court because the government agreed to give financial support to those affected by the inferno.

Woman left her baby to freeze to death on the side of a road, gets Half a Century In Jail

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Katie Stockton, 32, faced up to 60 years in prison for the death of the infant, who became known as Baby Crystal around the Rock River Valley after her frozen remains were found. Winnebago County prosecutors dropped 11 remaining murder charges in exchange for her guilty plea in February to a single count of first-degree murder.

Before handing down the sentence, Winnebago County Judge John Truitt allowed testimony about skeletal remains of two other infants found years later in the trunk of Stockton’s car, the Rockford Register Star reported.

Stockton hid her pregnancy and gave birth to the baby in secret on Dec. 17, 2004. Afterward, she stuffed the baby and soiled clothing into an orange shopping bag and placed it along a dead-end road near her parents’ Rockton home.

South African Billionaire Pledges Half His Wealth To The Poor

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Henry T. Heald once said; “When lack of funds prevents hospitals from functioning efficiently and fully, private philanthropy of all kinds must help. The difference it makes in terms of human betterment represents the kind of happiness that money really can buy.”

This is why Patrice Motsepe, South Africa’s first and only black billionaire has announced he is giving away half his wealth to improve the lives of the poor.

The mining magnate said the money would be handled by the Motsepe Foundation to address education and health issues.

Obama half-brother runs for office in Kenya

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Keeping it in the family: President Obama’s step-brother is running for office in Kenya. Malik Obama says he will run for governor of western Kenyan county of Siaya. “Siaya county is facing a lot of problems from poor infrastructure to poverty due to bad leadership,” Obama said in a recent campaign appearance. “I will change this if elected.”