US Infant Mortality Rate Down 12% Since 2005

After holding steady from 2000 through 2005, the US infant mortality rate dropped 12% from 2005 through 2011, according to a new CDC report. In 2011, the rate was 6.05 deaths of babies less than a year old for every 1,000 births, down from 6.87 in 2000. Premature births also have been dropping since 2006, and many hospitals…

Rihanna tells Beyonce to bow down as she’s named most influential pop star

Rihanna was just named UK’s most influential pop star ahead of Beyonce, who came in second, and in celebration of that, the Barbados beauty shaded the heck out of Beyonce. She posted the news on her instagram page then basically told Beyonce to bow down, bitch. LMAO. You’re a superstar, Rihanna…but Beyonce is a legend!

Excite Had a Chance to Buy Google for $750K, But Turned It Down

Google is practically synonymous with “search” today. But back in 1999, Excite (better known today as Ask.com) was a bigger force in the online world. It was one of the most recognized brands of the 90s. In today’s digital environment, it’s almost unfathomable to think a company would pass up the chance to acquire Google. But to fully understand this story,…

Woman Sets Snake on Fire, Burns Down Her House

Put this on your “don’t-do” list: A Texas woman set a snake on fire in her backyard and watched as the flames burnt her house to the ground, Yahoo! News reports. “While cleaning up, she saw a snake, threw gasoline on the snake, lit the snake on fire,” said a Bowie County sheriff’s deputy. “The snake went into…

Another Man Gunned Down In LASU

Lagos state University (LASU) has become the most popular higher institution over night with the level of cultism, killings and fighting going on in d school….ForumCitizens learnt another man was just gunned down in LASU,this started happening as a result of the merciless death that befell the popular Afropop musician(Damino Damoche)..

Details later…

Oscar Pistorius Gives Horrifying Account Of Fatal Shooting in Court, Breaks Down in Tears

Oscar Pistorius today gave a horrifying account of the night he shot dead his girlfriend claiming he mistook her for a burglar when he woke up in the middle of the night.

In a statement read out to Pretoria magistrates court, the Paralympic athlete said he had been on the balcony of his house when he heard noises from the…

Nine Polio Health Workers Gunned Down in Kano

Photo: Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation

Administering polio drops in Nigeria (file photo).

Unknown gunmen shot dead nine women involved in Nigeria’s polio-vaccination campaign in the northern city of Kano on Friday in two separate attacks, press reports said on Friday.

The reports said gunmen arrived on motorcycles at two community health centers and opened fire…

Chris Brown Takes Down Instagram Page, Again!

Breezy is at it again due to the negativity being received from the media over his brawl with Frank Ocean. Some say Chris Brown has made his Instagram page private so most folks can’t see it. Others say he completed deleted it. But we just can’t find his instagram page anymore.

Rather, if you go to Chris Brown’s Instagram page,…

Kim Kardashian, Kanye West turn down $3 million offer for first photos of baby

Shocking as it may seem, Kim Kardashian and Kanye West turned down a chance to rake in $ 3million off their unborn child’s first baby pics.

Sources close to the couple, disclosed the flooded lucrative deals from magazines clamouring to score baby Kimye’s coveted first photos, with offers ranging as high as $ 3 million from an overseas…

PhotoNews: 6-year-old Sandy Hook pupil writes letter to his gunned down friend

How do you say goodbye? USA Today reporter Yamiche Alcindor tweeted out this touching letter that was written to Newtown shooting victim Jack Pinto by his best friend, John.

Six-year-old Jack was gunned down in the massacre last Friday at Sandy Hook Elementary School.

The letter, surfaced by Hypervocal, reads:

Jack, You are my best…