“People” magazine reports “American Idol” winner Fantasia Barrino’s recent overdose on aspirin and sleeping pills was a suicide attempt. Barrino, 26, confirmed this in a recent interview with the magazine and stated she knew exactly what she was doing.
Distraught employee, Omar Thornton, who was facing a disciplinary hearing at a family-owned beer distributing company, Hartford Distributors Inc., opened fire at his former place of employment on Tuesday, August 3, 2010. The shooting occurred shortly after 7:00 a.m.
In honor of the more than 200 people that died in a recent fire, the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, stated the country would mourn for two days. During the days of mourning, the country’s flag would fly at half-mast around the nation in the victims’ memory.
Fifteen-year-old Sasha Rodriguez’s life ended tragically early from drug intoxication after she attended a recent rave at the L.A. Memorial Coliseum. According to an “L.A. Times” report, the teen took ecstasy, became dehydrated, passed out and hit her head. Rodriguez’s friend tried to shield her from the crowd, but people stepped on the girls nevertheless. As a result, the teen suffered respiratory failure and the failure of multiple organs, from which she never recovered.
Valley of Life founder Miri Rossitto has been nominated as one of America’s leading entrepreneurial moms! StartUpNation is celebrating America’s top 200 mom-owned businesses, like Valley of Life, and the women who run them with its annual Leading Moms in Business 2010 Competition.
