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Bar-beat ‘confess’

A construction worker from Pennsylvania yesterday confessed to savagely attacking a nurse in the bathroom of a Hells Kitchen bar moments after she declined to dance with him, sources said. Mbarek Lafrem, 30, of Norwood, Pa., was charged with two counts of assault and one count of attempted rape for the brutal beating at Social early Thursday. He... Read more of this article

When Will Location-Based Coupons Take Off?

How many times have you heard the prediction that one day, businesses like coffee shops will send us coupons on our mobile phones when we walk by? That has long been the dream of mobile marketers. Still, only 9 percent of people have received a coupon or discount code on their phones based on where they were standing, according to new data from Compete,... Read more of this article

Earthquakes Burdens Weigh Heavily on Haitis Elderly

œI dont know if it makes me lucky or unlucky to still be here, she said after a long pause, adding that although she was missing no limbs, the January earthquake had made her an amputee. œIts like part of me is gone. Ms. Sufrad is a monument to the past in a nation that has been severed from it. Like other aged survivors of the earthquake,... Read more of this article