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The interior of the 2014 Chevrolet Impala LTZ. (General Motors)

 

The interior of the 2014 Chevrolet Impala LTZ. (General Motors)

When a brand repositions a tired old nameplate toward a younger, more affluent buyer, the eye rolls are never far behind.

 

Somalia famine 'killed 260,000 people'

 

Tens of thousands of people in Somalia fled the famine in search of food

Nearly 260,000 people died during the famine that hit Somalia from 2010 to 2012, a study shows.

Half of them were children under the age of five, says the report by the UN food agency and the US-funded Famine Early Warning Systems Network.

Why are Buddhist monks attacking Muslims?

 

North Korea sentences US citizen to 15 years' hard labour

 

Mr Pae was arrested in November

Sculpture of ancient Rome: The shock of the old

 

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3 student athletes, including a Nigerian, face rape, other charges

Gov Okorocha returns to Imo, gives N200k to the driver that hit him

Imo State Governor Rochas Okorocha returned to the state yesterday after about a week in a UK hospital where he went for treatment following the April 19th car accident he was involved in on Orlu-Owerri Road in Imo State.

The driver of the Mercedes Benz that rammed into the governor’s car, Mr Osita Nnewuihe, was given N200, 000 yesterday by Okorocha to repair his damaged car. Mr Nnewuihe had been arrested and detained by the police for about a week before he was released on the governor's orders.

the rapper 2shot and wife looking hot in new photos

That's rapper 2shotz and his new wife, Precious Jones Orioha. Lovely couple...

Photos: Meet the 55 year old woman who looks like a 29 year old

Tiwa Savage goes shopping in London

Tiwa is currently in the UK with Tee Billz and D'Prince to shoot a music video. She went shopping yesterday and splurged. #designerthingz. :-). Can't wait to visit London again. Such a great place to shop!

Lil Wayne hospitalized after another seizure; says he's an epileptic

According to TMZ, rapper Lil Wayne was rushed to Cedars-Sinai Hospital in L.A on Tuesday night after suffering another seizure. He was treated and released yesterday morning.

Wayne then did a radio interview yesterday afternoon and explained he's an epileptic, and has been suffering from seizures since he was a kid.

Miley Cyrus gets wild for V Magazine

From Disney princess to wild princess...:-) The 20 year old singer and actress posed topless and flashed her butt in very provocative V Magazine photo shoot.

US Government denies withdrawing military assistance to Nigeria

 

Well, the initial report was from The Will Nigeria...:-). Thank God it's not true!

Face transplant recipient's goal:A kiss

Face transplant recipient's goal: A kiss

Face transplant before and after picture(CNN) -- After Carmen Tarleton's estranged husband doused her with industrial-strength lye, doctors saved her life with a medically induced coma and more than 50 surgeries.

But they could do little about her scar-ravaged face.

She was so disfigured that children ran away from her. When TV news shows did stories about her, they warned that the images might be disturbing and advised viewer discretion.

For four years Tarleton lived with this reality, plus enormous amounts of pain. Then her plastic surgeon at Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston made a suggestion. He'd recently done the first facial transplant in the United States, and he thought it might work for her.