127 killed in plane crash near Islamabad

Islamabad, April 20 (IANS) A passenger plane carrying 127 people crashed in stormy weather and burst into flames while approaching Pakistan's Islamabad airport Friday evening. There were no reports of survivors.

The commercial airliner, Bhoja Air 737, on its maiden flight, was descending for landing when it crashed a few miles from Islamabad airport, near Chaklala airbase, Rawalpindi.

There were 118 passengers and nine crew on-board. However, some reports say there were 131 people on board.

The B4-213 was coming from the port city of Karachi to Islamabad when it crashed into a residential area.

The Bhoja Airlines' officials said that the plane was scheduled to land at the Islamabad airport at 6.45 p.m.. The plane had left Karachi airport at 5 p.m., Xinhua reported.

The Pakistan Civil Aviation Authorities (CAA) said that the crash was apparently due to bad weather.

Pakistan President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani expressed deep sorrow over the tragedy and ordered investigation into the incident, Geo News reported.

According to rescuers, the wreckage area - around one sq km - was scattered with mangled bodies, severed body parts, burnt luggage, and parts of the fuselage strewn all over.

Local residents said they could see flame rising from the crash site.

An emergency was declared at hospitals in Islamabad and nearby Rawalpindi city and rescue teams and ambulances were rushed to the site.

Saifur Rehman, from a police rescue team, said the plane came down in Hussain Abad village, two miles from the main Islamabad highway.

According to sources in the CAA, the flight was given clearance to land at Islamabad's Benazir Bhutto International Airport, but it lost contact with the control tower minutes before the crash.

"Fire erupted after the crash. The wreckage was on fire, the plane is completely destroyed. We came with teams of firefighters and searchlights and more rescuers are coming," Rehman told Geo television.

A local resident told Geo News, the plane was already on fire in the midair and seemed like a ball of fire coming at us.

The plane fell on top of houses in the village toppling building before hitting the ground, said eyewitnesses, but there were no reports of people on the village dying.

According to Geo News, Bhoja Airlines had reportedly bought the 27.4 years old aircraft from Shaheen Airlines after it was scrapped by the latter for its compromised flight-worthiness.

Bhoja Airline officials have not commented.

President Zardari has ordered that a chartered plane be arranged to bring relatives of the crash victims to Islamabad.

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Megan Fox’s Tattoo Gets Airbrushed Off Grazia Magazine Cover

Megan Fox has been very open about the fact that she's removing a tattoo of Marilyn Monroe's face from her forearm, but in her cover photo for the May issue of Grazia magazine's French edition, another one has vanished: a Frederich Nietzsche quote on her right side. Has the "Transformers" actress lasered off yet another tat? Not exactly. The same photo appears on the inside of the magazine — and the ink, which reads, "And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music," has magically reappeared on her rib cage. Maybe the editors found it too distracting and decided to Photoshop it out? Strangely, the magazine did not digitally remove the equally obnoxious tattoo she has just above the Nietzsche quote, a line from Shakespeare's "King Lear."

The tattoo in question, one of a reported eight that 25-year-old Fox has also over her body, was somewhat inspired by Mickey Rourke, her co-star in the romantic drama "Passion Play." In June 2010, the actress told MTV News, "I actually got a tattoo that is sort of in honor of him. It's on my ribs. I don't know if it's been photographed yet, but it'll come out eventually, I'm sure. I just love him very much and think he's very special." In a follow-up interview a few months later, she explained the ink "is a Nietzsche quote that sort of basically is about marching to the beat of your own drummer and not being afraid to do that. I was saying that it reminds me of Mickey, of course, because he clearly is not marching to anyone else's drummer, drumbeat, and that's all. It's not necessarily an homage to him."

In addition to her tattoos in honor of Rourke, Shakespeare, and Monroe, Fox also has one for her husband, Brian Austin Green. His name is right above her bikini line.

If they split, we're not sure what would be more painful — the breakup or lasering that one off too.

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Britney Spears ‘Close’ to ‘X Factor’ Deal

Those rumors that Britney Spears will join “The X Factor” have not died down.

Deadline.com reports Spears is “close to a deal” to serve as a judge on the Fox singing competition this year.

The website says Spears could earn between $12 million and $15 million, an increase from the $10 million she reportedly was initially offered.

Britney Spears has been rumored to be in “The X Factor” mix since late February.

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Nude Maid Service Draws Police Scrutiny in Texas City

A West Texas entrepreneur has taken maid service to the next level.

Patrons who are willing to pony up $100 an hour can have their houses cleaned by a scantily clad, topless or totally naked woman. And for an extra $50 per hour, clients of Fantasy Maid Service of Lubbock will have two women clean house.

Owner Melissa Borrett, 26, said Tuesday night that she started the service in mid-February because she was struggling to make ends meet as a waitress.

She started off providing "fantasy maid" service on her own, and now has three maids - Angel, Maryjane and Star - working for her.

"We clean, we cook, we iron, do laundry, pretty much any kind of household chores … it's all maid's work," she said. "I'm thinking Alice from the 'Brady Bunch.'"

Borrett, who has a 3-year-old daughter, said her client base is diverse.

"There've been a lot of business owners, there have been a few people getting me to come to clean their office but for the most part it's at home," she said. "Paramedics … there've been a few college students. Their apartments and dorms get pretty messy. They definitely don't like to clean."

Most of her clients are men, but she said anyone can hire her service. She pointed out that "nothing comes off" for clients who are under 18.

She said clients were "pretty satisfied with the work that we do," and added that they always stuck around to watch.

"The homeowners are always at home when we're there, always," she said. "I've yet to send anyone to an empty house."

The company also offers its unique maid services for parties. The maids will take care of get-togethers by "serving guests, cleaning, mixing drinks, and taking care of any other task you may have. We recommend hiring at least two maids for a party," the website said.

It also advises: "Look all you want, but please do not touch the maids."

A photo gallery on the website features lingerie-clad women posing provocatively.

Not surprisingly, the enterprise has caught the attention of local authorities.

Lubbock police Sgt. Jonathan Stewart told the Associated Press that Borrett doesn't have a permit to operate a sexually oriented business. Officers are watching for any violation, which would bring a $2,000 fine.

Borrett said her business didn't' need such a permit.

"My business doesn't necessarily qualify as a sexually oriented business just because the clothes are coming off," she said. "The maids are not performers, they're maids."

She said she was "confident" that any investigation would find her maid service operated "well within the scope of any normal business."

Borrett is looking to hire more women to work. She doesn't have strict age and physical requirements, but said the ideal candidate would be "someone who is confident and comfortable in their own skin, and someone who is a very hard worker, detail-oriented, able to work on their own, trustworthy."

To ensure the maids' safety, Borrett told KCBD TV that her workers have security present during each cleaning appointment.

In an ad posted on Craigslist, the company offered a 20 percent discount for Easter.

Borrett also offers a discount to police and other public servants, including firefighters, paramedics and members of the military.

"We know how busy y'all are, so let us do your housework for you while you sit back, relax and scope out the eye candy," the company's website says.

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Man Survives Shooting a 4-inch (10-cm) Nail Into His Heart

A New Jersey man who survived accidentally shooting a 4-inch (10-cm) nail into his heart while trying to clear a jammed nail gun said on Friday he feels like he won the lottery.

Dennis Hennis, 52, who was revived from cardiac arrest before being airlifted for surgery to Cooper University Hospital in Camden, New Jersey, laughed off Dr. Michael Rosenbloom's suggestion that he buy a lottery ticket.

"I've already won the lottery," said Hennis of Vineland, New Jersey, in an interview.

"I got a new grandson on my birthday on March 23 and a week later I'm almost dead. Now we can celebrate birthdays together," he said.

Hennis, a self-employed builder, was working with his son, age 28, on a neighbor's roof on
Saturday when his nail gun jammed and he tried to clear it, mistakenly pointing it toward him.

The powerful tool was built to fire 4-inch nails at 120 pounds per square inch (8.4 kg per square cm), said hospital spokeswoman Lori Shaffer.
"It was about a foot away and it went right into my chest, right into my heart," Hennis recalled.

The nail pierced his right ventricle, which supplies blood to the lungs, and Hennis soon went into cardiac arrest.

Hennis, whose son called an ambulance, was rushed to a local hospital and revived but clearly needed immediate surgery at a trauma center like Cooper, nearly an hour's drive away, Rosenbloom said.

"Imagine there is a nail in the heart and they have to do CPR. It turns a little puncture wound into a laceration," the surgeon said.

Fog had grounded the medical helicopter but it suddenly lifted and Hennis was flown to Cooper and rushed into the operating room.

Hennis' recovery from surgery has been remarkable and he was expected to be discharged in time to celebrate Easter with his family, including his third and newest grandchild.

"We closed the hole and his heart is strong," Rosenbloom said by telephone.

Hennis lucked out with knowing to not remove the nail himself, prompt medical attention and suddenly cooperative weather, Rosenbloom said.

"I told him he should go play the lottery," the surgeon said.

(Reporting by Barbara Goldberg in Maplewood, New Jersey; Editing by Greg McCune and Cynthia Osterman)

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Casual sex in Bollywood

There was a time when casual sex was a complete no-no in Bollywood. Remember the scene in 'Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge' (1995) where Raj (Shah Rukh) had to give Simran (Kajol) a long monologue on 'hindustan ladki ki izzat' after he had joked that there might have been a night of drunken lovemaking between them.

In 'Hum Tum' (2004), Karan (Saif Ali Khan) had to quickly propose marriage after a night of passion with Rhea (Rani Mukherji). Karan felt that was the right thing to do since they had inadvertently ended up in bed after an emotional outburst. Fortunately, Rhea turns down the proposal on the ground that only love should be the reason for such a big commitment. Well, Karan was only following the SOP (Standard Operating Procedure) — remember, according to 'hindustani sabhyata' you wed and then you bed or you only bed who you will eventually wed.

More recently, in 'Band Baaja Baraat' (2010), while the morning after was awkward between Bittoo (Ranveer) and Shruti (Anushka), there wasn't too much talk about the 'kand' as they called it.

In fact, it was actually a relief to see that other recent films like 'Jodi Breakers' and 'London Paris New York' treat sex as a natural progression of a boy-girl relationship and not as something that is seen in isolation, only symptomatic of the corrosion of Indian tradition.

If Hindi films mirror societal changes (at least, they claim to in some cases), does that mean we as a society have become more open to casual sex? While the depiction of casual sex on celluloid has come a long way from 'DDLJ' in 1995 to 'LPNY' in 2012, how much has our take on casual sex changed?

What's interesting however, in most of the scenes mentioned above is that sex has not been a premeditated act and maybe that's why the consenting adults have been high on alcohol in most cases — whether it was Simran in 'DDLJ', Saif in 'Hum Tum', Anushka in 'Band Baaja Baraat' or Bipasha in 'Jodi Breakers'. Are filmmakers still weary of depicting casual sex as a deliberate act?

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Family Canada was beaten in Mexico to make sure that her husband is innocent

Sheila Family Nabb, was beaten over the weekend in Mexico, said her husband, Andrew, was not involved in violent attacks occurred in a luxury hotel in Mazatlan.
In a press release, brother and sister Sheila Nabb said it was the victim of violence occurred in the Riu Emerald Bay.

According to Sheila's brother, Paul Giles, her husband was interviewed by the local government immediately after the incident. He was released when he "became clear that he was not guilty of any form of aggression."

"Anyone who knows Andrew outright ignore all the suspicions against him. [Sheila and Andrew] is the most loving couples I know," Giles said in a statement sent to media on Wednesday.
The, Canada aged 37, was found unconscious lying in a pool of blood in the elevator at a luxury resort, where she lives with her ​​husband, Andrew Nabb.

Ms. Nabb was a native of Nova Scotia, but now lives in Calgary. She is currently being treated at a hospital in Mazatlan.

The new attack against health

Tuesday, Sheila Nabb emerged from a coma, but he can not talk because he has a jaw attached.
His uncle, Robert Prosser, however, reported that women now suffering from pneumonia associated with tracheostomy have been made to breathe. The doctors had to postpone the operation to be performed Wednesday or Thursday to reconstruct the face, said Prosser.

Surveillance cameras to explain the incident

According to local media, prosecutors, Justice State of Sinaloa, where Mazatlan is located, is responsible for the investigation.

The state governor, Mario Lopez Valdez, told reporters Tuesday that the cameras hotels should help explain the incident.

He added that Andrew Nabb told authorities that her hotel room door was open when he awoke and his wife had disappeared. Readmore...