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LOS ANGELES, (Reuters) – Rap mogul Marion “Suge” Knight was arrested for murder today in connection with a hit-and-run accident that killed one person near Los Angeles, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said.

Attorney General Anil Nandlall yesterday issued a statement saying that a comment by Head of the Presidential Secretariat, Dr Roger Luncheon approving of the promotion of two policemen accused of torture, pertained to the process and not the merits of the decision.

(Trinidad Express)  Very serious and troubling. This was how Prime Minister Kamla Persad-Bissessar last night described the allegations made against Attorney General Anand Ramlogan.

A team of police ranks has been dispatched to conduct investigations into the reported murder of miner Devon Moore, 37 years, of Stewartville, WCD, which occurred at about 1700h.

At about 0935h. today, the police say that fisherman Elvin Pollard, 45 years, of Crane, WCD, was in a boat under the Pritipaul Singh Wharf at Mc Doom, EBD, when he was confronted by an armed security guard attached to Pritipaul Singh Investment Inc.

The Georgetown Public Hospital Corporation (GPHC) today said that seven Guyana Defence Force (GDF) members who were injured this morning in a collision between a truck and a bus on the Garden of Eden Public Road, East Bank Demerara are being treated at the GPHC.

(Trinidad Guardian) Soca artiste Rodney “Benjai” Le Blanc is lucky to be alive sources at the President’s House said yesterday after they confirmed the car in which he was a passenger  was shot at because it was allegedly following the President’s escort along the Churchill-Roosevelt Highway,  Aranguez, San Juan, on Sunday.

The body of a 51-year-old rice farmer of Golden Fleece, Essequibo Coast was found floating in a canal in the vicinity of Golden Fleece backdam a few hours after he went missing.

(Reuters) – Kumar Sangakkara scored an unbeaten 113 and then returned to break the world record for the most dismissals by a wicketkeeper in one-day internationals as Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 34 runs in the seventh and final match in Wellington today.

CARACAS, (Reuters) – After finishing a routine overnight shift, Venezuelan policeman Edgar Perez was walking home from the bus stop when two armed men pulled up on a motorbike.

CENTURION, South Africa, CMC – West Indies ended their tour of South Africa on the same miserable note on which they started, slumping to a deflating 131-run defeat in the fifth and final One-Day International here today.

NAACIE today joined the main sugar union, GAWU in calling for an urgent inquiry into the Guyana Sugar Corporation (GuySuCo) which has been beset by falling production, high debt and a series of problems at its flagship Skeldon estate.

(Trinidad Express) House Speaker Wade Mark should do the honourable thing and resign.

At about 1245h. today, the police say that Robert Charles, 48 years, of Middle Walk, Victoria, ECD, was attacked and robbed of $1M by two men, one of whom was armed with a handgun.

President Donald Ramotar has signed the proclamation declaring May 11, 2015 as the date for General and Regional elections in Guyana, and this will be soon gazetted as stipulated by the Constitution, GINA said this afternoon.

ST.JOHN’S, Antigua, CMC- Off spinner Sunil Narine has withdrawn from the regional squad for next’s month Cricket World Cup, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) confirmed today.

At about 1925h. last night, the police say that ranks of a mobile police patrol conducted a search on a motor car at No.

At about 2130h. last night, the police say that two men, suspected to be burglars, were seen exiting a house at LBI, ECD.

(Trinidad Express) SIPARIA Magistrate Armina Deonarinesingh yesterday expressed concern over the frequent sexual offences allegedly being committed in the area.

NEW YORK, (Reuters) – A “life-threatening” blizzard barreled into the U.S.