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The 10 Highest-Grossing Summer Movies Of 2014

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Disney/Marvel "Guardians of the Galaxy" is still going strong at the box office after a month in theaters. " Guardians of the Galaxy " is now officially the highest-grossing movie at the domestic box office for the year, and until the next "Hunger Games" sequel is out in November, it will most likely stay in that position. The quirky action comedy, the latest in a string of hits from Marvel Studios and Disney, has now made more than $550 million worldwide after topping the box office for several weekends in a row. It still has yet to open in China.

On Sept. 15, Google Will Make A Massive Bet Against Apple's iPhone 6 Strategy

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On Monday, Google started sending out press invites to the launch event in India for Android One, its new super-cheap smartphone. Google is hoping to deliver a solid smartphone experience for less than $100. Google's strategy is to work with smartphone developers in emerging markets and to provide them with up-to-date versions of its free Android software so they can make great phones at low prices. It's the polar opposite strategy of Apple's, which has the company gearing up for the release of the iPhone 6, likely to cost $700. The market for cheap smartphones is burgeoning. In the West, smartphones are ubiquitous, but in the developing world, most people don't have them.

Shock as Black Nigerian woman gives birth to white baby (Photos)

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A mother has beaten odds of a million-to-one by giving birth to a baby who appears to be of a different race.Catherine Howarth, 32, from Milton Keynes, is Nigerian by heritage, and so was, at first, a little taken aback when she saw her son Jonah for the first time. With his pale skin, green eyes and light brown hair, Jonah, now three months old, looks like any other new-born baby - but, when seen in his mother's arms, his uniqueness is obvious. Recalling the moment she delivered Jonah in Milton Keynes Hospital on June 1, his mother told the Sunday Mirror: 

EFCC Nabs Suspected Scammers As They Hit Bank

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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has arrested a syndicate of scammers for attempting to defraud Enterprise Bank Plc. The suspects ─ Ola Lawal, Olumide Kayode and Abass Adekunle ─ were arrested after they attempted to steal money from the bank. Spokesman for the EFCC, Wilson Uwujaren, said, “The suspect compromise the bank’s system and steal depositors’ funds using an electronic device known as Keelog Key Grabber. “The trio’s arrest was made possible by an insider who revealed to the bank’s management that some fraudsters were planning to gain access to its network, using Keelog Key Grabber.” It was learnt that an employee of the of the bank was contacted by one of the suspected fraudsters, who proposed a business arrangement to him on how to hack into the system of the bank. Uwujaren said the worker informed the management of the bank and he was instructed to play along with the fraudster. 

Cecilia Ibru’s daughter, Vivi Ibru, in divorce drama

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The 8 year old marriage between Vivi, the daughter of defunct Oceanic Bank CEO, Cecilia Ibru and her husband, Aleksander Stankov, has been dissolved by the court, Encomium magazine, reports. The high court of Imo state presided over by Honorable Justice Ngozi Opara severed severed the marital vows that existed between the two once-upon-a-time lover after Aleksander approached the court to seek for the dissolution of his marriage to Vivi who is the mother of his three children. For sometime now, Vivi and Aleksander have been staying apart with Aleks accusing his wife of refusal to play the dutiful and humble wife. No one took them serious at the initial stage until the period Vivi moved out of their matrimonial home with the couple’s three children. All entries from Family and friends to reconcile the two parties didn’t work as their dream of a beautiful future together came crashing down.” Continue…

OMG! Meet the Brazilian man born with his head upside-down

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A man born with physical disabilities so severe his head is Upside-down has defied the odds to become an inspirational public speaker. Claudio Vieira de Oliveira, 37, was born with his neck folded back on itself, as well as badly deformed legs and almost no use of his arms and hands. Doctors told his mother to stop feeding him as a newborn as they believed he had no chance of survival. But Claudio from Monte Santo, Brazil, has overcome his extreme disadvantages to graduate as an accountant and become a public speaker. Continue

Family Madness: I killed my father over a stick of cigarette Suspect

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25 year old Best Momodu, (pictured in blue) one of the 63 criminals paraded yesterday September 1st by men of the Edo state Police command at the state Force Headquaters, confessed to stabbing his own father to death over a stick of cigarette he stole from the man, Vanguard reports. I stole his cigarette and he found out. So he started shouting at me and quarreling. So, mistakenly I took a knife and stabbed him. I have not seen the dead body but I heard he died. But the community people arrested me after I killed him. the Edo state indigene said while confessing to the crime. Continue

Chris Brown pleads guilty in D.C assault

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Chris Brown was in court today and according to reports, he accepted a plea deal in his Washington D.C. assault case. Chris Brown pleaded guilty, and telling the judge he just wants this case to go away so he can go on tour. Brown had been charged with misdemeanor assault for punching a man in the face outside his tour bus last October. The judge sentenced him to time already served. Brown apologized in court … saying the case had derailed his career for the past year. Chris Brown’s girlfriend Karrueche was also in the courtroom lending moral support.” TMZ reports…

Nude picture leak - Celebrities TROLLED after speaking up about violation

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Actress Mary E Winstead has decided to take a break from Twitter after being trolled for speaking up about images of being leaked during the 4chan nude photo hacking scandal. Celebrities at the heart of the nude photo leak have become victims of online trolls. Actress Mary E. Winstead and sports star McKayla Maroney found themselves being attacked by the cyber bullies after speaking out. As the images  were leaked on 4chan by an anonymous uploader  on Sunday evening Mary tweeted."To those of you looking at photos I took with my husband years ago in the privacy of our home, hope you feel great about yourselves,"

Danny Welbeck transfer: Mike Phelan hits out at Manchester United for breaking the identity Fergie created

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Homegrown striker Welbeck was allowed to leave the club by Louis van Gaal along with a number of other young English prospects Alex Livesey Gone: Welbeck has departed Old Trafford for Arsenal Former Manchester United manager Mike Phelan has hit out at his former club for selling Danny Welbeck - claiming the club's identity has been broken. The England striker  joined Arsenal on Transfer Deadline Day in a £16million deal,  after  the Red Devils  secured the signature of  Colombia hitman Radamel Falcao. Homegrown Welbeck,  23, had spent 13 years within the Old Trafford set-up, rising through the clubs youth ranks to become a member of the first-team squad - as well as winning 26 caps for England.

Transfer news LIVE: Deadline day fallout after Falcao and Welbeck complete moves

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It's the morning after the night before, but there's still plenty of transfer fallout to come after the window slammed shut. Follow it all here Arsenal deadline day round-up: Danny Welbeck joins the Gunners Manchester United deadline day round-up: Radamel Falcao arrives at Old Trafford Liverpool deadline day round-up: Fabio Borini remains at Anfield Transfer deadline day gossip round-up

Kim Kardashian's boobs make quite the appearance in plunging pink crop top

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The busty brunette was close to spilling out of her top as she left her hotel in Los Angeles Kim's latest racy look Kim Kardashian sure knows how to turn heads. Professional flesh flasher, reality star, and mother-of-one has left little to the imagination once again as she stepped out in another eye-popping outfit. Kanye's missus  slipped her famous curves into a plunging long-sleeved pink crop top, which showed off some serious cleavage, while on her bottom half she wore a clinging grey pencil skirt.

British teen in new Magaluf sex act shame as 15 men lick cream off her breasts in bar

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The girl was celebrating her 18th birthday party  when she stripped off as part of the so-called "body shots" game Ultimahora.es /YouTube Shame: The video was reportedly shot at a bar in the Punta Bella strip This shocking photo shows a British teen having whipped cream licked off her boobs during a boozy Magaluf party. Apparently celebrating her 18th birthday - the teen lets 15 men take part in the "body shots game" in which they lick the cream from her breasts, before drinking a shot of alcohol and spitting it into her mouth. It is taken from footage posted online in which a man is seen kissing her while another feels her breasts.

Katie Price says she’s not after revenge and finally explains WHY she gave cheating hubby another chance

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The mother-of-five used her column this week to clear up a few issues regarding her marriage to Kieran Hayler, confirming once again she has forgiven him. Rex Katie Price and Kieran Hayler She may seem like a woman who has quite a bit to get off her chest, in particular towards to her ex best friend Jane Poutney.

Ariana Grande naked photo leak – Singer says her ‘lil a** is a lot cuter than that’

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The former Nickelodeon star is among more than 100 celebrities targeted by an anonymous phone hacker who claims to have nude photos of them Her rep had already denied that the leaked naked pictures were even of her but Ariana Grande clearly felt the need to reiterate the point. The 21-year-old took to Twitter to once again to say it wasn’t her in the racy snaps (OK, we get it!) and she tweeted something rather amusing in order to do so. She wrote: “to every1 going on about my "nudes" & my "m&g prices" neither are real! my lil ass is a lot cuter than that lmao & tour details r comin soon.” Her jokey response, which managed to include a bit of promotion for herself, delighted her followers though as it has already been retweeted up to 16 thousand times.

CNN mourns cameraman’s death

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(CNN) — CNN lost a much loved and respected colleague Monday with the sudden passing of photojournalist Sarmad Qaseera. A longtime member of CNN’s Baghdad bureau, Sarmad had to flee his country in 2006 after death threats, eventually settling in the United States and continuing his work for CNN based out of Atlanta. He was 42. *** In the darkest days of war and amid the chaos and despair it wrought, CNN staffers in Iraq could always count on Sarmad Qaseera to bring some light — even humor — to the worst of situations.

I tried dating Genevieve Nnaji but it didnt work Banky W

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Banky W opened up about his relationship status, people hes had crushes on and girls hes never dated in an interview with RubbinMinds, a program on Channels TV.The singer admitted that he had a huge crush on Genevieve and tried his luck with her but it didnt work out.He says, I tried but Genevieve is Genevieve. I had a big crush on her at one point but now we are really cool friends.Banky W also revealed his crush on singer Niyola at the beginning of his career saying he couldnt ask her out because she was in a relationship and when she finally became single, hed already signed her to his record label and had assumed a big brother role in her life. According to him, the crush died.

TB Joshua Prophesies:A Very Big Nigerian Shot will be killed by BH, Obama will be hospitalised…

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On the 31st of August 2014,Pastor TB Joshua of the Synagogue Church of all Nations made some prophecies on Nigeria,Obama and Kenya”Pray for the whole world and pray for your country. Concerning Nigeria, last time I was talking that, they should pray for a Nigerian big shot. Because I’m seeing these people beginning to target them.I said it in January, You saw what happened. This is another plan now…. A very big big shot should not be attacked by these people, because it will result to death and that can cause crises in this country. They are looking for avenue to cause conflict amoung the region but I’m seeing in the spirit that they want to attack a very big big shot. They have stopped it for sometime but they are starting the plan again,and when it happens it will cause political crises.

CRIME: 27 Traffic Offenders Arraigned In A/Ibom

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Worried by incessant road accidents and the attendant loss of human lives, the Akwa Ibom State command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has dragged 27 persons before a mobile court in Uyo for various traffic offences by the state. Briefing newsmen shortly after the trial, the state public relations officer of the command, Mr Godsgift Owen, said the offenders were put on trial for offences such as use of cell phone while driving, failure to wear seat belt, invalid drivers license, worn out tyres , absence of number plates, speed limit violation, dangerous driving, among others.

Crisis in Nigerian football goes deeper as NFF axes league managers

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The Nigerian Football Federation (NFF) has suspended organisers of the Nigerian Premier League, League Management Company (LMC), over an alleged sabotage. The decision was taken on Monday night after an executive committee meeting held at the NFF Secretariat, Abuja. In a statement released late on Monday, the Executive Committee of the NFF stated that: The League Management Company Limited is hereby suspended for sabotaging the league matches during day 26th matches.

The Agony Of a Nigerian Fat Girl

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Article written by Jennifer Ogoo Okolo. Enjoy… “The Fat girl ends up miserable year after year. The society has neglected the fuller woman. This has resulted to fat girls feeling depressed, left-out and downcast. The average big lady spends most of their years in solitude, angry at themselves, the society and even their shadow. Many are being laugh at, ridiculed, jilted, abused and sent back indoors where they are depressed and even get fatter. The society is such a big nightmare for this group of people which is saddening.” Continue… When they go for shopping which is a very beautiful and fun experience for almost every lady. But for the fat girl, its a rather sober experience. In many cases, sizes are deceptive to the extent that a size 12 dress will be tagged size 18. She has to through every cloth in the store before she finds what fits her. Sometimes, she ends up not seeing any flattering outfit. Again, the sadness begins.

Microsoft starts increasing OneDrive’s file size limit from 2GB to an unspecified maximum

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Microsoft has started increasing OneDrive’s file size limit from 2GB to an unknown new maximum. The change was first spotted by Reddit user megaman821 and confirmed by multiple replies on the site. We got in touch with Microsoft to confirm the change. “As we mentioned on our uservoice, we have started the work to increase the file size limit for all OneDrive accounts,” a Microsoft spokesperson told TNW. “We have started the process with a small number of customers and will continue to roll it out to our full customer base. We will have more to share on this update in the near future, stay tuned to the OneDrive blog.”

China gives Microsoft 20 days to provide explanation in anti-trust probe

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A Chinese anti-trust regulator said on Monday it has given Microsoft Corp ( MSFT.O ) 20 days to reply to queries on the compatibility of its Windows operating system and Office software suite amid a probe into the world's largest software company. The State Administration for Industry and Commerce (SAIC) questioned Microsoft Vice President David Chen and gave the company a deadline to make an explanation, the agency said in a short statement on its website. Microsoft is one of at least 30 foreign companies that have come under scrutiny by China's anti-monopoly regulators as the government seeks to enforce its six-year old antitrust law. Critics say the law is being used to unfairly target overseas businesses, a charge the regulators deny.

Google 'discourages' users of old browsers

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Google has started showing old versions of its search page to people using out-of-date versions of some web browsers. At the weekend, many people reported in a Google forum they were seeing 2013 versions of the Google and image search homepages when using older browsers. The problem was most pronounced among those using variants of Safari 5.1 and Opera 12. A Google message posted to the forum said the change was made to "encourage" people to upgrade their browser. 'Heavy-handed'