A LITTLE SOUTHERN NEWS
Event News with mild humor
Issue 85
MAY 2014
Publication of
WINNIESPOETRY
HIGHLIGHTS: Events of Memphis in May is just beginning. All month long thar's something! Memphis in May Salutes Panama! But you can see what ...
Posted Thursday, May 1st 2014 at 5:21PM
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The Commission has written to the Egyptian authorities demanding they stay the executions pending further hearings.
It has also asked the authorities to answer charges that the trial which convicted the men and sentenced them in two short hearings ...
Posted Thursday, May 1st 2014 at 10:12AM
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Malaysia Airlines releases report into MH370: Cargo manifest, seating plan, audio recordings between cockpit and air traffic control, as well as airline's response published for the first time. On the night that Malaysia Flight 370 disappeared, offi ...
Posted Thursday, May 1st 2014 at 10:06AM
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YOUR WORLD/NATIONAL NEWS
HOMETOWN MEMPHIS LIL' EXTRA!
Day 1
MAY 2014
Cameras, cell phones are rearing up!
As the English Royals arrives
Memphians curiosities run amuck!
Read this little story...It's bound to be a royal one...
Prince ...
Posted Thursday, May 1st 2014 at 9:15AM
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How a US comedian sparked a nationwide debate about the US curriculum - by tweeting his daughter's maths homework
Lots of people will wince when they think back to grappling with Pythagoras and being bamboozled by algebra at school. But when US co ...
Posted Wednesday, April 30th 2014 at 9:06PM
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Unless you are boycotting social media, you already know about the Carol's Daughter Company affiliates having filed for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy. It has rippled shock waves throughout the natural hair community as Carol's Daughter has been a solid fixt ...
Posted Wednesday, April 30th 2014 at 11:36AM
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(CBS News) Take these with water: Digestible sensors that can report medication adherence and vital signs have been approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Proteus Digital Health, Inc. announced that the FDA has approved their produ ...
Posted Wednesday, April 30th 2014 at 11:30AM
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(April 29, 2014 ). Since the recent security lockdown of Internet Explorer (IE) yesterday (read more here) I figured I should write a post to all those people who still may actually be using IE
Drum roll please...
Reason #1 - IE is broken beyon ...
Posted Wednesday, April 30th 2014 at 10:25AM
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(CNN) -- Barcelona's Dani Alves reverted to humor when dealing with racist abuse but it has proved no laughing matter for the Villarreal fan who threw a banana at him during Sunday's match after being handed a life ban by the La Liga club.
Villarr ...
Posted Wednesday, April 30th 2014 at 9:37AM
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(CNN) -- A botched execution in Oklahoma has become the latest in a string of incidents raising questions about the drugs being used and the constitutional protection against cruel and unusual punishment.
Clayton Lockett lived for 43 minutes Tuesd ...
Posted Wednesday, April 30th 2014 at 9:25AM
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Finding the perfect city in which to live generally includes comparing factors such as housing costs, availability of good jobs, cost of living, and good schools. Many minorities such as African Americans also look for areas that provide all these be ...
Posted Tuesday, April 29th 2014 at 1:40PM
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YOUR WORLD NEWS
DAY 29
APRIL 2014
Kenya
President of Kenya Uhuru Kenyatta has signed in law approving and legalizing Polygamy in the country of Kenya. Basics of the law will require that the bride must be 18 ...
Posted Tuesday, April 29th 2014 at 12:54PM
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(28 April 2014) Errors in hospital waiting list times have undermined public confidence in the data, claims a public spending watchdog.
The Public Accounts Committee called for independent audits in future after spot checks found one in four hosp ...
Posted Monday, April 28th 2014 at 11:55PM
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(April 28, 2014) 32 Year Old Crashes Head On Into Truck on Highway Using SmartPhone to Post to FaceBook. Police say a 32-year-old woman crashed head on into a truck while using Facebook on her phone. ... The last words Sanford shared with her frien ...
Posted Monday, April 28th 2014 at 11:01PM
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“Are you Somila Tanti from Sonitput?” She nods. “Then you are free .”1
The photo below says it all really. It captures the moment a father is reunited with the teenage daughter he had given up hope of ever seeing again. The child he believed wou ...
Posted Monday, April 28th 2014 at 8:43PM
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