CLAIM: Vitamins A, C and E are ‘a waste of time and may even shorten your life’…

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World population to be 6,666,666,666 on May 10…

HE’S BACK! ‘French Spiderman’ scales Hong Kong hotel…

French Spiderman” Alain Robert, who has become famous for illegally climbing buildings across the world, scaled a top Hong Kong hotel on Tuesday, eyewitnesses said.

Man Robbed Of $100K In Midtown Manhattan Attack…

The victim, a man in his 50s, was hospitalized in stable condition after the attack, which happened just after 2 p.m. three blocks south of the park near Sixth Avenue and 56th Street. The New York Police Department said…

UK may require a “license to smoke” permit…

Smokers could be forced to pay £10 for a permit to buy tobacco if a government health advisory body gets its way. No one would be able to buy cigarettes without the permit, under the idea proposed by Health England…

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Large blast rocks Mexican capital.

DEVELOPING STORY…Police and ambulances are attending the scene of a large blast in Mexico City, where at least one person is reported to have been killed and another hurt. The blast occurred at about 1430 (2030 GMT) near the tourist area known as the Zona Rosa (Pink Zone), and the city’s police headquarters.

Police officers in riot gear swarmed about and cordoned off the area.

The cause of the explosion was unclear, though a senior police officer said it may have been an explosive device.

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UPDATE: 6 Dead In N. Illinois University Massacre

 Steven Kazmierczak, 1998 Elk Grove High School yearbook

The gunman who fatally shot five students before killing himself in a Northern Illinois University lecture hall had planned his murder spree almost a week in advance, investigators said Friday.

The graduate student bought two of his four guns at a Chmpaign, Ill. gun store Saturday — indicating that he had been planning his assault for at least six days, police said.

The gunman, Stephen Kazmierczak, 27, a one-time undergraduate and award-winning sociology graduate student at NIU who campus Police Chief Donald Grady said was “revered by faculty and staff” and gave “no indication that this was the type of person who would engage in this activity.” Kazmierczak had recently stopped taking his medication and “had become somewhat erratic,” Grady told reporters.

The shooter fired 54 rounds from the weapons, claimed a total of six lives, including himself, and wounded 16.

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Man claims to be JFK’s secret son?

JFK… JFK’s…secret son?

Jack Worthington agreed to let Canadian newspaper The Globe and Mail take his picture, which shows a similarity to the assassinated US President.

The newspaper said Mr Worthington had revealed his birth date – he showed The Globe his US passport, driving licence and Canadian visitor’s visa.

President Kennedy was assassinated on Nov. 22, 1963 – Mr Worthington’s second birthday, according to the newspaper.

If he does turn out to be related to the Kennedys, his conception would have taken place a month after JFK told the world, “ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”

There is no proof yet that Mr Worthington, from British Columbia, is related to the former President.

He is said to be requesting that the Kennedy family give a DNA sample to see if there is a match.

thesun.co.uk

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