Court fines mother for 3-yr-old’s ‘Jihad…I am a bomb’ T-shirt
PARIS: A woman who sent her three-year-old son – called Jihad – to school in a T-shirt marked “Jihad, Born September 11, I am a bomb” was fined and given a suspended jail sentence by a French court on Friday.
Bouchra Bagour was found guilty of condoning a criminal act, along with her brother Zeyad, who bought the child the T-shirt recalling Islamist militant group al Qaeda’s attacks on New York on September 11, 2001, that killed close to 3,000 people.
The matter ended up in court after Jihad went to his nursery school in September 2012 wearing the T-shirt, upsetting staff and prompting a local official to take legal action.
Overturning an earlier acquittal, the appeals court in the southern town of Nimes fined the woman 2,000 euros ($2,700) and gave her a one-year suspended jail sentence, doubling that fine and suspended jail sentence for the uncle. (Reuters)
Boy killed after being thrown out of building
Beijing: A two-year-old boy was killed after he was hurled out of a sixth floor building by a Chinese man following an argument with the kid’s mother, police said on Saturday.
The incident occurred in China’s Guangxi Zhuang autonomous region, reported Xinhua.
The boy died in hospital, police said.
Police said they received a call Friday saying that a child has fallen from a building.
Police later linked the incident to a man surnamed Lu, who confessed that he threw the child off the building because of a “romantic dispute” with the kid’s mother.
The child had no biological connection with the suspect. Lu is in police detention. (IANS)
Woman sues Getty for flashing her photo in HIV ad
New York: A Brooklyn woman has sued Getty Images, a major stock photo
company of the United States, over flashing her image in a newspaper in an HIV advertisement.
Avril Nolan was alerted by Facebook and her pilates instructor about her big coloured photograph appearing in a newspaper along with a message written beneath it saying: `I am positive and I have rights` on April 3, 2012, New York Post reports.
The 25-year-old said a New York photographer, Jena Cumbo, took her snap, but had no written authorization to use or sell her image.
Cumbo felt apologetic about how it all happened and said she never intended for her accomplice’s picture to be used in this way.
The photographer said the photo was originally used for a magazine editorial. (ANI)
Jackson auction halted by another Jackson’s possibly fake signature
Washington: The U.S. Marshals Service on Friday canceled an auction of assets forfeited by convicted former U.S. Representative Jesse Jackson Jr concerned that one item – a guitar signed by Michael Jackson and Eddie Van Halen – might be faked.
The Marshals Service said in a statement it had received “legitimate concerns about the authenticity of the guitar” owned by the former Illinois congressman.
Jackson, the son of civil rights leader the Rev. Jesse Jackson Sr, was sentenced last month to 2-1/2 years in prison for misuse of campaign funds. Proceeds from the auction were to go toward paying down a $750,000 settlement.
“Because new information has come to light, we are taking additional steps to review all the items,” Kim Beal, acting assistant director for the Asset Forfeiture Division of the Marshals Service, said in the statement.
A decision will be made on whether to post any assets for auction, the agency said.
The Marshals Service had said the guitar would have a starting bid of $525. Other items up for auction consisted of pictures and posters signed by Michael Jackson and kung fu star Bruce Lee, two fur coats and two fur capes.
Jackson, a Democrat, had used the campaign funds for personal purchases, such as kitchen appliances, clothing, collector’s items, food, travel and health club dues, according to the charges against him.
His wife, Sandi, a former Chicago City Council member, was sentenced to a year in prison for filing false joint income tax returns that understated the couple’s earnings. (Reuters)
‘Obama would’ve been an architect had he been more talented’
Washington: Michelle Obama has revealed that the US president could have been an architect, if only he were more talented and creative.
The first lady told honorees at the Cooper-Hewitt Design Awards ceremony in the East Room of the White House that Barack Obama loves them all and appreciates their work, the Politico reported.
She said that she always looks forward to this event because it’s a chance to celebrate some of the country’s finest innovators and most creative minds.
Michelle told the listeners that in order to achieve your dreams, it is important that you have the will to take some risks and to put yourself in a position where you might fail. (ANI)
Two-foot deadly blood clot removed from US man’s heart
Washington: US doctors have successfully removed a deadly two-foot blood clot out of a 62-year-old patient’s heart to save his life.
Todd Dunlap from California arrived at Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center’s emergency room on August 8 suffering from shortness of breath, fatigue and extreme cold. When a CT scan revealed a 24-inch clot stretching from his legs into his heart, doctors feared the mass could lodge in his lungs, blocking oxygen and killing him instantly.
Dunlap was given option of having an open-heart surgery or undergo a new minimally invasive procedure using a device called AngioVac to vacuum the massive clot out of his heart.
The procedure had never been successfully performed in California. Dunlap chose the second option and underwent the procedure on August 14. (PTI)
Now, electronic clothes that change colour at wearers will
Washington: A new line of clothes, which has incorporated tiny, flexible LEDs into dresses, has become the first fully controllable electronic clothing.
The new line, named Lume, was showcased last week at the International Symposium on Wearable Computers in Zurich, Switzerland.
The collection featured a bomber jacket, a tunic, and an open-backed dress – all of which can be controlled by a smartphone app, New Scientist reported.
The LEDs have been enmeshed in fabric so as to avoid touching the wearer’s skin.
The electronic parts in the clothes are easily removable.
Lume’s creator, fashion designer Elizabeth Bigger, said that users can ‘control the light pattern of the clothes to match other elements in their outfit, react to a sensor event, or even echo the colours in the surrounding environment. (ANI)