NINE SENTENCED TO DEATH BY COURT

In Kano state, Nigeria, nine people who were found guilty of blasphemy have been sentenced to death by a Sharia court. These were accused of making derogatory comments on Prophet Mohammed a month ago. According to sources, these comments sparked anger and violence in the city. The sentence was passed by the Upper Sharia Court. READ MORE

PAYET'S SIGNING TO WEST HAM COMPLETED

The French international player, Dimitri Payet has been successfully signed to West Ham football club. The contract will be on for five good years. His former club, Marseille FC collected more than  ten million euros according to French sources.READ MORE

THE NEW SLEEK iPHONE SIX

The new sleek iPhone 6 is really extravagant in its state of the art features. You can't afford to let it slip by. Get one for yourself.Whether you’re starting the party with bluetooth speakers, tracking your run, or picking a colorful case and stand, your phone can be totally tailored to you. Its accessories are stunning. READ MORE

          WITH TASMANIAN DEVILS GONE, POSSUMS COME DOWN FROM TREES

Since its discovery in the 1990s, a contagious cancer called devil facial tumor disease has wiped out 85 percent of the Tasmanian devils on the Australian island of Tasmania. The animals have yet to completely disappear from any one area of the island, but in some places, as many as 95 percent of the devils are now gone.For the creatures that the devils prey on — such as brushtail possums — the loss of a predator is good news. And the possums, scientists have found, are losing some of their wariness. In areas where the tumor disease has been present the longest — and the devils are at their lowest numbers — possums have become more comfortable venturing onto the ground from their arboreal homes, scientists report June 16 in the Proceedings of the Royal Society B. Brushtail possums spend most of their time up in the trees, where they are safe from ground-dwelling predators, such as devils and cats. But they venture down to the ground to feed. Tracey Hollings of the University of Tasmania and colleagues wanted to know whether the possums would change their ground behavior as the devil population disappeared. So they surveyed possum populations at 30 sites on the north side of Tasmania and six sites on Maria Island. That island, off the east coast of Tasmania, has not had devils for at least 10,000 years. (Devils were reintroduced last year , after this study.) Brushtail possums were introduced 50 years ago, so it is a good place to see how possums act without one of their major predators.

                           Farmers Debate Selling Water to Drought-Ridden Southern California

The state water board said it's assessing weekly whether to cut even more water, and farmers downstream aren't sure what the summer holds. "Individual producers won't know the ramifications for a few weeks," said Joel Nelsen of the California Citrus Mutual. "What the state has done is make a deal so that others can make water deals, and then the state changes its mind, which potentially—likely—undoes all the deals."

      Mark Borba predicted it'll all end up in court. He's currently farming only 6,900 acres out of his 9,000. Next year, that number could go down to 4,500 acres. "There's very little trust among the water users," he said. "Urban folks are always suspicious of [agriculture] and [agriculture] suspicious of environmentalists, and it goes round and round. I think there will be some adjudication of water rights."