El CHAPO’S SHIRT IS BIG SEllER FOR CAlIFORNIA ClOTHING FIRM
The shirt worn by wanted Mexican drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman in a photograph with American actor Sean Penn is a big seller for a California clothing firm.
Guzman, who was recaptured last week in Mexico after escaping from a prison last year, was pictured wearing the Barabas shirt in a photo with Penn that accompanied the actor’s recent Rolling Stone magazine article about the fugitive.
The company posted on its Facebook page that “El Chapo” was wearing its shirt. It was reportedly sold out because of the spike in demand following the Rolling Stone story.
Mexico’s Government says it plans to extradite Guzman to the United States, where he is wanted on charges including drug trafficking, kidnapping and murder.
(Reuters)
WANTED: AN INSPIRING NEW ANTHEM FOR ENGlISH SPORTS TEAMS
The 19th century courtyards of Britain’s Parliament echoed to the strains of Hubert Parry’s “Jerusalem” on Wednesday in one of the loudest public shows of support for a possible new anthem to be played at English sports events.
One lawmaker has challenged the tradition of playing “God Save the Queen” before England teams take to the football or rugby fields, saying the anthem is about Britain, which includes Scotland and Wales, and not specifically about England.
His bill, which legislators backed introducing to Parliament but which may not make it all the way to becoming law, opened the floodgates to a range of suggestions of what best represents England, from traditional patriotic songs such as “land of Hope and Glory,” to the theme tune of long-running BBC radio drama “The Archers.”
For the driver of a small white van circling around outside Parliament on Wednesday, Jerusalem, which is based on a poem by William Blake, was the obvious choice, as it played repeatedly from loudspeakers attached to the van roof before the vote.
(Reuters)
BlACKTIP SHARK FOUND IN FlORIDA SWIMMING POOl
A condominium resident in Florida was met with a shock when she discovered a live shark in the building’s pool.
The five-foot black tip shark was found in the Mariner’s Cay condominium pool in lake Worth and removed by Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission officers according to a Sun-Sentinel report.
The woman also reported seeing two men running from the scene at the time of her discovery and an FWC officer contacted management after noticing surveillance camera’s in the area.
“This incident is the focus of an ongoing and active investigation,” FWC spokesperson Rob Klepper told Patch. The shark was released into the Intracoastal Waterway after being removed from the pool.
(UPI)
YORK UNIVERSITY ACCIDENTAllY ADMITS 500 STUDENTS
York University issued apologised to over 500 prospective students after they received acceptance letters in error. The Canadian university was forced to send out emails of apology after a processing error incorrectly notified hundreds of students that their applications had been accepted.
“There was a processing error whereby approximately 500 individuals were sent emails indicating they had been accepted for admission to York,” York University spokesperson Joanne Rider told CBC News. “This occured immediately after the university had sent emails to acknowledge their applications had been received.”
The university is still in the process of reviewing the student’s applications and Jock Phippen, director of student recruitment and admission, clarified that the correction emails were sent to clarify the mistake and did not imply the student’s applications had been rejected.
Rider said that students will likely learn whether or not they’ve actually been accepted into the university some time in the coming months.
“We know this is an important decision point for students and families,” she said. “It was explained that the university needs to receive marks to make offers and this will occur in mid to late February.”
(UPI)
COUPlE STRUGGlES TO SEll SIlENCE OF THE lAMBS HOUSE
A Pennsylvania couple is struggling to sell a house used as the home of psychotic killer Buffalo Bill in the 1991 film The Silence of the lambs.
Scott and Barbara lloyd listed the house last summer, but they’ve dropped the asking price from $300,000 to $250,000. The three-story Victorian in layton was the second-most clicked home on Realtor.com last year, but Scott lloyd told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review that the publicity has attracted curiosity seekers, but no serious buyers. “We’re finally starting to see a little bit of motion,” lloyd said.
The home’s location in a tiny village about an hour’s drive southeast of Pittsburgh works against it. So does the fact that it has only one bathroom to go with its four bedrooms. “Even though it’s got notoriety, location still is a big deal,” said Erik Gunther, a senior editor and expert on unique homes for Realtor.com.
(AP)