Monday 23 December 2013

Kelly Rowland Will Not Invite Beyonce To Her Wedding


Beyonce Knowles Is A Lady In Red Kelly Rowland X factor Judge smiles as she arrives back to her London hotel, England, UK
Just days after confirming her upcoming nuptials to longtime boyfriend and manager, Tim Witherspoon, Kelly Rowland plans to go the same route as singer Monica Brown, who exchanged wedding vows with Shannon Brown at a small private ceremony in her home.

During an interview on the X Factor red carpet, Rowland said her intimate wedding will only have 3 guests: herself, Witherspoon and their pastor.
Rowland implied that Beyonce would steal the spotlight from her on her special wedding day.
“Everyone is there just to be nosy and see who I’m wearing, you know. I’m okay. I think we just really want it to be us and our pastor. That’s it. I mean, we are the only two that’s going to be in the marriage.”



Kanye West Announces Release Date for Adidas Line


Kanye West Announces Release Date for Adidas Line
The streets have been buzzing about sports footwear giants Nike and Adidas signing rappers (Drake and Kanye West) to exclusive partnership deals. Neither Drake nor Kanye seem to be athletically inclined. In fact, both men lean toward the Metrosexual side of the fashion aisle. Kanye kept the buzz going last night by announcing a release date for his new Kanye West x Adidas shoe line.

From StupidDope.com:
In a recent radio interview with Chicago’s Stylz & Roman, West announced that the collaboration would debut in September (certainly he meant of 2o14). Kanye also went on to say that the line will feature both footwear and men’s and women’s sportswear and will be housed in standalone stores specific to the collection itself. West also went on to say, “I’ve been under the wings, playing it the right way at Nike and everything, but I’ve wanted to create more and not been able to create more for no reason.”



Foot Locker Announces Release of Nike Air Yeezy 2 “Red October”

Nike Air Yeezy 2 Red October
Music tycoon Kanye West bailed on Nike following a dispute over royalties. In a recent interview with New York’s HOT 97, Kanye explained:
“So [Nike] said, ok cool, we’re gonna give you a bigger sandbox to play in. We’re gonna give you this amount right here to design, and two collections a year, and 30 SKU — that’s the amount of items that you have. Would that make you happy, Kanye?” And rightfully so, Kanye replied: “I need royalties.”
In that same interview Kanye announced his partnership deal with Nike’s rival, Adidas. Well, it seems Nike had a surplus of Air Yeezy 2 “Red October” shoes left over from Kanye’s contract.

And to make sure no one takes the doors off the hinges to be first in line to cop the new Yeezys, Foot Locker announced the not-so-anticipated sneakers will be released online only on December 27th.


Thursday 19 December 2013

George Zimmerman’s Attorney is Under Investigation


George Zimmerman's attorney quits
The Florida defense attorney who helped win an acquittal for George Zimmerman is under investigation by the Florida bar. You may recall that Mark O’Mara famously dumped his problem-plagued client after claiming the former neighborhood watchman owed him $2.5 million in attorney’s fees.

A spokeswoman for the Florida Bar confirmed to multiple media outlets that there was an open investigation against O’Mara but declined to offer additional details. A spokesman for O’Mara, who won Zimmerman an acquittal for the murder of Trayvon Martin, told NBC that the lawyer “is unable to comment” on the bar complaint. Source
Zimmerman was acquitted of 2nd degree murder in the shooting death of 17-year-old Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman has been arrested for various offenses at least half a dozen times since his acquittal. Zimmerman, who is unemployed, is auctioning an original painting on eBay.com. The artwork reached over $110,000 in bids.

Video: LeBron Apologizes to Chalmers For Snapping On Him During Heat vs Pacers Game


LeBron James and Mario Chalmers
Miami Heat Superstar LeBron James, 28, uncharacteristically snapped on point guard Mario Chalmers, 27, during the hotly contested game between the Heat and the hapless Indiana Pacers last night at American Airlines Arena in Miami.
Miami Heat fans are used to seeing team Captain James “correcting” Chalmers on the court, but not to this degree.

The Heat were down by as many as 11 points in the 3rd quarter when Pacers small forward Paul George drained a 3-pointer. James apparently blamed Chalmers for blowing the defensive coverage on Paul. During the time out, LeBron and Chalmers continued jawing at each other. Suddenly, James lunged at Chalmers and had to be restrained by Udonis Haslem and Assistant Coach Juwon Howard.
Like the class act that he is, LeBron apologized to Chalmers twice — once during the game and again on Twitter.com after the game. Watch the video below.

Kim Kardashian Denies Waxing North West’s Unibrow

North West baby photo
The moment I saw the new photo of Kim Kardashian and Kanye West’s daughter, North West, on Kim’s Instagram page, I sensed something was odd about it. The area above Nori’s eyes was “pixelized” — a sure sign that the image was Photoshopped.

Soon there was speculation that Kim took her infant to a salon to have her eyebrows waxed. One Instagram user wrote: “Eyebrows done already?” Another user wrote: “I’ve never seen a baby with arched even eyebrows. Her unibrow was cute, why get rid of it?”
But clearly the speculators missed the obvious. Why would Kim have her daughter’s unibrow waxed when Photoshopping is so painless?
This isn’t the first Photoshopped image we’ve seen of North West. The very first image released by Kim was also heavily altered. We know Kim is a narcissist, but is image that important to her that she would Photoshop her baby’s adorable unibrow?
As speculation ran rampant, one of Kim’s reps told UK’s Daily Mail the accusations were “completely false.”

Tuesday 17 December 2013

Did Beyonce Confirm Break Up Rumors? &


Beyonce rumors
Singer Beyonce has all but confirmed rumors that she and Jay Z considered breaking up before their daughter, Blue Ivy, was born.
If you recall, I told you previously that Beyonce goaded Jay Z into donating sperm in the hopes that a baby would repair the bonds in their broken marriage.
Despite outward appearances, an insider told Sandrarose.com exclusively that Jay Z was weary of Beyonce’s mood swings, and he was spending late nights in the studio to avoid her.


eBay Users Bid $100K for George Zimmerman Original Painting

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Bids for an original painting by George Zimmerman reached nearly $100,000 on eBay.com. Zimmerman, who was acquitted of killing 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, is auctioning the painting under the username: therealgeorgez.



Deadly MRSA Bacteria Spread Into Communities

MRSA Bacteria
Previously, I told you about rapper T.I.’s niece, Kamaya, who was sickened with a serious skin infection. According to Kamaya’s social media accounts, she was hospitalized for a week with a boil inside her nose. The infection started out as an innocuous pimple inside her nostril. The pimple developed into a boil, then into an abscess. Thankfully, Ms. Harris has recovered from her ordeal.
But others weren’t as fortunate. Three patients died of pneumonia caused by a Staph infection within days of each other at a hospital in London, Ky., USA Today reports. One man, Eric Allen, 39, was admitted with a serious form of pneumonia caused by methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus, or MRSA. Allen was described as “coughing up bits of lung tissue” before his organs failed and he died.



Rihanna is the New Face of Balmain

Rihanna Balmain
Troubled singer Rihanna the new face of French fashion label Balmain, Women’s Wear Daily reports.
It has never been proven that Rihanna’s name alone sells clothes, but Balmain gives some insight into Rihanna’s appeal.


Tessanne Chin To Win The Voice 2013





Monday 16 December 2013

Aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan

Aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan


Residents gather amongst the devastation in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan on November 13 in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines. Typhoon Haiyan, packing maximum sustained winds of 195 mph (315 kph), slammed into the southern Philippines and left a trail of destruction in multiple provinces, forcing hundreds of thousands to evacuate and making travel by air and land to hard-hit provinces difficult. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images)

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A Filipino woman cries while air force soldiers try to hold back residents from entering the airport while a military C-130 plane prepares to take off at the airport in the super typhoon devastated city of Tacloban, Leyte province, Philippines, Nov. 12. (Dennis M. Sabangan/EPA) #

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Residents pass by a row of dead bodies in an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 11 in Leyte, Philippines. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images) #

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Survivors stand among debris and ruins of houses destroyed after Super Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines November 10. (Erik De Castro/Reuters) #

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A mother cries in relief upon boarding a Philippine Air Force helicopter, Nov. 11 following Friday's typhoon Haiyan. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press) #

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Residents retrieve umbrellas prior to lining up for relief supplies at Tacloban airport Nov. 11 following Friday's typhoon Haiyan that lashed this city and several provinces in central Philippines. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press) #

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A pregnant woman cooks a meal inside a building overlooking destroyed houses after Typhoon Haiyan battered Tacloban city in central Philippines November 10. (Erik De Castro/Reuters) #

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A crowd of Filipinos are seen passing an abandoned dead body on the side of a street in the super typhoon devastated city of Tacloban, Leyte province, Philippines, Nov. 11. (Francis R. Malasig/EPA) #

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An evacuee cries for a relative while boarding a US military evacuation flight at the airport in Tacloban in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 12. in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) #

A resident looks at houses damaged by typhoon Haiyan, in Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on Nov. 10. (Aaron Favila/Associated Press) #

Typhoon Haiyan survivors walk through the ruins of their neighborhood on the outskirts of Tacloban, central Philippines on Nov. 13. (David Guttenfelder/Associated Press) #

Residents hug each other after reuniting for the first time after super Typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban city, central Philippines Nov. 11. (Romeo Ranoco/Reuters) #

A body wrapped in cloth labeled only with a name is left on a pew at St. Michael The Archangel Chapel in Tacloban, central Philippines, Nov. 12. (Wally Santana/Associated Press) #

A body of a dead man is seen at the bay of Tacloban, eastern island of Leyte on Nov. 10. (Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images) #

Residents carry relief goods along the bay in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines, Nov 10. (Aaron Favila/Associated Press) #

Filipinos carry a victim in the super typhoon devastated city of Tacloban, Leyte province, Philippines, Nov. 9. (Francis R. Malasig/EPA) #

A girl peeks out from a makeshift shelter in Tacloban, on the eastern island of Leyte on Nov. 10 after Typhoon Haiyan swept over the Philippines. (Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images) #

A young survivor uses a plastic cover to protect him from rain as he passes by a damaged Boy Scout statue at typhoon ravaged Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines on Nov. 12. (Aaron Favila/Associated Press) #

A man wearing a t-shirt displaying the message 'never give up' walks over debris with other survivors as they pass through an area devastaed by Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 12 in Leyte, Philippines. Four days after the typhoon devastated the region many have nothing left, they are without food or power and most lost their homes. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images) #

Two people ride bikes through an area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 12. in Leyte, Philippines. (Dondi Tawatao/Getty Images) #

A woman carrying a child cries as other survivors of Typhoon Haiyan wait to board a C130 aircraft during the evacuation of hundreds of survivors of Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 12. in Tacloban, Philippines. (Paula Bronstein/Getty Images) #

A young boy cycles past a coffin amid scenes of devastation in the aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan on Nov. 13. in Tacloban, Leyte, Philippines. (Kevin Frayer/Getty Images) #

A father carries the lifeless body of his daughter on the way to the morgue after super typhoon Haiyan hit Tacloban City in Leyte province, central Philippines Nov. 10. (Nino Jesus Orbeta/Philippine Daily Inquirer via Reuters) #

Soldiers zip up body bags after families have identified their relatives who perished during Typhoon Haiyan in Tacloban city, central Philippines Nov. 13. (Edgar Su/Reuters) #

Residents walk past damaged houses in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines on Nov. 10. The city remains littered with debris from damaged homes as many complain of shortages of food and water and no electricity since Typhoon Haiyan slammed into their province. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press) #

Residents carry furniture taken from a hotel in Palo, eastern island of Leyte on Nov. 10 three days after devastating Super Typhoon Haiyan hit the area on Nov. 8. (Noel Celis/AFP/Getty Images) #

Survivors carry bags of rice from a warehouse which they stormed due to shortage of food at typhoon-ravaged Tacloban city, Leyte province central Philippines on Nov. 11. (cAaron Favila/Associated Press) #

An elderly woman is evacuated from the airport in Tacloban, Nov. 13, in Tacloban city, Leyte province, central Philippines. (Wong Maye-E/Associated Press) #

Newborn baby Bea Joy is held as mother Emily Ortega, 21, rests after giving birth at an improvised clinic at Tacloban airport in Tacloban city, Leyte province in central Philippines on Nov. 10. Bea Joy was named after her grandmother Beatrice, who was missing following the onslaught of Typhoon Haiyan. Ortega was in an evacuation center when the storm surge hit and flooded the city. She had to swim to survive before finding safety at the airport. (Bullit Marquez/Associated Press) #

2013 Year in Pictures:


The first quarter of 2013 was a tough one for many people. It certainly was difficult for us here in Boston. Putting together the best photos of the year can be depressing. For the most part, the wire services move their most dramatic photos of the most significant events and many of those are violent. In this post, you will see photos from the horrific collapse of the garment factory in Bangladesh, the Boston Marathon bombings and you will see a few light moments sprinkled within. It’s critical for us to document these tragic moments. Because of the images of the building collapse seen around the world, Bangladesh now has a new labor law that boosts worker rights. But after this edit, I'm going to start gathering some positive images for a future post. --Thea Breite (28 photos total)

Tammy Holmes, second from left, and her grandchildren, two-year-old Charlotte Walker, left, four-year-old Esther Walker, third from left, nine-year-old Liam Walker, eleven-year-old Matilda, second from right, and six-year-old Caleb Walker, right, take refuge under a jetty as a wildfire rages near-by in the Tasmanian town of Dunalley, east of the state capital of Hobart, Australia on Jan. 4, 2013 The family credits God with their survival from the fire that destroyed around 90 homes in Dunalley. (Holmes Family, Tim Holmes/AP)

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Jimmy Greene, left, kisses his wife Nelba Marquez-Greene as he holds a portrait of their daughter, Sandy Hook School shooting victim Ana Marquez-Greene at a news conference at Edmond Town Hall in Newtown, Conn., Monday, Jan. 14, 2013. One month after the mass school shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, the parents joined a grassroots initiative called Sandy Hook Promise to support solutions for a safer community. (Jessica Hill/AP)#

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An Afghan security officer walks at the scene after an attack by militants in Kabul, Afghanistan, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Six militants wearing suicide vests including one driving a car packed with explosives attacked the gate of the Afghan intelligence in Kabul, setting off a blast that reportedly caused several deaths and wounded at least 30 civilians. (Ahmad Jamshid/AP)#

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An Iranian officer lashes a man, convicted of rape, at the northeastern city of Sabzevar, Iran, Wednesday, Jan. 16, 2013. Rape, like murder and treason, can be punished by the death sentence in Iran, but sometimes judges imposed a sentence of lashes before execution or imprisonment. (Hossein Esmaeli/AP)#

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President Barack Obama and first lady Michelle Obama share a dance during the Commander-In-Chief Inaugural ball at the Washington Convention Center during the 57th Presidential Inauguration Monday, Jan. 21, 2013, in Washington. (Evan Vucci/AP)#

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Protesters flee from tear gas fired by riot police during clashes after protesters removed a concrete barrier at Qasr al-Aini Street near Tahrir Square in Cairo January 24, 2013. (Mohamed Abd El Ghany/REUTERS)#

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The outfit worn by the two-year-old Princess Anne at Britain's Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation on June 2, 1953, is seen during a photo opportunity at the Throne Room of Buckingham Palace in central London, Thursday, Jan. 24, 2013. Summer 2013 marked the 60th anniversary the Coronation and a special exhibition at Buckingham Palace will brang together an array of the dress, uniform and robes worn on that occasion. (Lefteris Pitarakis/AP)#

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A man stands around coffins containing the remains of victims after the bodies were identified at a gymnasium in Santa Maria city, Rio Grande do Sul state, Brazil, Sunday, Jan. 27, 2013. A fast-moving fire roared through the crowded, windowless Kiss nightclub in southern Brazil, within seconds filling the space with flames and a thick, toxic smoke that killed more than 230 panicked partygoers who gasped for breath and fought in a stampede to escape. (Felipe Dana/AP)#

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A woman walks behind Belgian riot policemen during clashes with Arcelor Mittal workers from several Liege steel plants demonstrating outside the Walloon Region parliament in Namur January 29, 2013. Arcelor Mittal, the world's largest steel producer, plans to shut a coke plant and six finishing lines at its site in Liege, Belgium, which will affect 1,300 employees, the group said. (Yves Herman/REUTERS) #

Marching band members wait to perform during a procession walking to bathe on the banks of Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganges, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati, on the auspicious bathing day of Mauni Amavasya during the Maha Kumbh Mela on February 10, 2013 in Allahabad, India. The Maha Kumbh Mela, believed to be the largest religious gathering on earth, is held every 12 years on the banks of Sangam, the confluence of the holy rivers Ganga, Yamuna and the mythical Saraswati. The Kumbh Mela alternates between the cities of Nasik, Allahabad, Ujjain and Haridwar every three years. The Maha Kumbh Mela celebrated at the holy site of Sangam in Allahabad, is the largest and holiest, celebrated over 55 days, and is expected to attract over 100 million people. (Daniel Berehulak/Getty Images)#

Former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton jokes with U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta after being presented the Department of Defense's highest award for public service at the Pentagon February 14, 2013 in Arlington, Virginia. Secretary Clinton recently retired from public service. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)#

"Blade Runner" Oscar Pistorius awaits the start of court proceedings in the Pretoria Magistrates court February 19, 2013. Pistorius, a double amputee who became one of the biggest names in world athletics, was applying for bail after being charged in court with shooting dead his girlfriend, 30-year-old model Reeva Steenkamp, in his Pretoria house. Standing behind Oscar (3rd L), wearing a scarf, is his sister Aimee, and his brother Carl (4th L). To his right in green, are members of the African National Congress (ANC) Women's League. (Siphiwe Sibeko/REUTERS)#

A woman is rescued from floodwaters by a resident standing on top of her car during heavy rain in the Chalandri suburb, north of Athens February 22, 2013. (John Kolesidis/REUTER)#

Mark Kelly leans his head on the shoulder of his wife and former Congresswoman Gabby Giffords as they attend a news conference asking Congress and the Senate to provide stricter gun control in the United States on March 6, 2013 in Tucson, Arizona. Giffords and Kelly were joined by survivors of the Tucson shooting as they spoke outside the Safeway grocery store where the shooting happened two years ago where six people were killed. (Joshua Lott/Getty Images)#

An Afghan woman looks out from a helicopter window during a tour to mark International Women's Day at the International Airport in Kabul March 7, 2013. (Mohammad Ismail/REUTERS)#

Azra, 68, looks at her dead pet bird in a cage at her home, which was previously burnt by a mob, in Badami Bagh, Lahore March 11, 2013. Hundreds of Pakistani Christians took to the streets across the country demanding better protection after the Christian neighbourhood was torched in the city of Lahore in connection with the country's controversial anti-blasphemy law. (Mohsin Raza/REUTERS)#

Lesleigh Coyer, 25, of Saginaw, Michigan, lies down in front of the grave of her brother, Ryan Coyer, who served with the U.S. Army in both Iraq and Afghanistan, at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia March 11, 2013. Coyer died of complications from an injury sustained in Afghanistan. (Kevin Lamarque/REUTERS)#

Egyptian protesters drag a wounded Muslim Brotherhood supporter during clashes between supporters and opponents of Egypt’s powerful Muslim Brotherhood near the Islamist group’s headquarters in Cairo, Egypt, Friday, March 22, 2013. Egyptian protesters clashed with the president's Muslim Brotherhood backers and ransacked three offices nationwide as anger over allegations of beatings and power-grabbing boiled over into the largest and most violent demonstrations yet on the doorstep of the powerful group. (Khalil Hamra/AP)#

Farmer Donald O'Reilly searches for sheep or lambs trapped in a snow drift near weakened animals that had just been rescued, in the Aughafatten area of County Antrim, Northern Ireland March 26, 2013. At least 140,000 homes and businesses in Northern Ireland were left without power over the weekend following heavy snowfall, causing snowdrifts of up to 5 metres (18 feet). (Cathal McNaughton/REUTERS)#

The family of Kaufman County District Attorney Mike McLelland and his wife, Cynthia, comfort each other during their funeral services at the First Baptist Church of Wortham Friday, April 5, 2013, in Wortham, Texas. The couple was found shot to death in their house near Forney, about 20 miles east of Dallas. (LM Otero/AP)#

Cherry blossoms bloom on the edge of the Tidal Basin after a colder than normal March and chilly April delayed the beginning of the cherry blossom season in the nation's capital April 8, 2013 in Washington, DC. Peak bloom was originally predicted between March 26 and March 30th, with the revised prediction moving to April 6-10. (Win McNamee/Getty Images)#

Amish boys watch a game of baseball outside the school house in Bergholz, Ohio, on Tuesday, April 9, 2013. Many Amish families gathered following the final day of school for a celebration and farewell picnic. (Scott R. Galvin/AP)#

Police officers react to the second explosion at the Boston Marathon on April 15, 2013. The two explosions killed three people and wounded many others severely. (John Tlumacki/BOSTON GLOBE)#

19-year-old Boston Marathon bombing suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev, bloody and disheveled with the red dot of a rifle laser sight on his forehead, raises his hand from inside a boat at the time of his capture by law enforcement authorities in Watertown, Mass. According to State police spokesman David Procopio, Sgt. Sean Murphy, the state police photographer who released this photo and others of the bloodied Tsarnaev during his capture, retired Nov. 1, 2013, days after internal charges against him were upheld for releasing the images. (Sean Murphy/AP/Massachusetts State Police) #

A farmer puts baskets of newly hatched ducklings in a hatch room at a poultry egg trading market in Wuzhen town, Tongxiang, Zhejiang province April 18, 2013. China's poultry sector has recorded losses of more than 10 billion yuan ($1.6 billion) since reports emerged of a new strain of bird flu, an official at the country's National Poultry Industry Association told Reuters. An elderly man in eastern China died of bird flu on April 23, 2013, bringing the death toll from a strain that recently emerged in humans to 22, a provincial health agency reported. (Stringer/REUTERS)#

A Bangladeshi man holds on to a woman, both victims of a building collapse, in the debris of Rana Plaza garment factory in Savar near Dhaka, Bangladesh, April 25, 2013. The collapse of Rana Plaza in Dhaka that killed 1,129 people. (Suman Paul/AP)#

A Carabiniere police officer lies on the ground after gunshots were fired in front of Chigi Palace in Rome April 28, 2013. Two police officers were shot and wounded outside the Italian prime minister's office as Enrico Letta's new government was being sworn in around a km (0.62 miles) away at the president's palace, RAI state television reported. (Giampiero Sposito/REUTERS)#

A rubber glove being used as a marker bobs in the water after flooding in Fox Lake, Illinois April 22, 2013. The Fox River is expected to crest after heavy rains brought flooding to the area the previous week. (Jim Young/REUTERS)#