STORY HIGHLIGHTS Rodney King is found dead in his swimming pool Riots broke out in 1992 after the officers were acquitted in his beating King had said he had forgiven the officers who beat him nearly to death   Los Angeles (CNN) — Rodney King, whose beating by Los Angeles police in 1991 was caught on camera and sparked riots after the acquittal of the four officers involved, was found dead in his swimming pool Sunday, authorities and his fiancee confirmed. … Read entire article »

By Andy Battaglia—— “Music can take us all around the world.” As statements of artistic intent go, this one might not seem destined to linger. We’ve heard it many times before, and usually with such a void of meaning and conviction that it can be hard to hear at all. But it sounds different issuing from the mouths of The Congos, a group of musicians who by all indications have been around the world a few … Read entire article »

Students at Georgia Tech converts data from NASA planet-hunting telescope, turns it into sound NASA NASA’s Kepler mission is searching for Earth-like planets by looking for them to cross the face of alien stars. Scientists have created a melody that’s truly out of this world, turning numerical data from two stars in our galaxy into music for a reggae-rock band. The star observations were made by NASA’s planet-hunting Kepler space telescope. Researchers at Georgia Tech’s Sonification Lab converted the data … Read entire article »

Deputy Commissioner of Police Jevene Bent (right) in dialogue with Peter Bunting (centre), national security minister, while Police Commissioner Owen Ellington looks on. The three were attending the closing ceremony of the Jamaica Constabulary Staff College’s Strategic Command Course yesterday at the Police Officers’ Club, Hope Road, in St Andrew. – Photo by Ricardo Makyn/Staff Photographer   By Anastasia Cunningham—– MINISTER OF National Security Peter Bunting yesterday admitted that it was unusual for seven persons to be killed … Read entire article »

President Barack Obama—  By Livern Barret—— LEADERS IN the Jamaican diaspora community in the United States have embraced the new immigration policy announced yesterday by US President Barack Obama, saying as many as 100,000 Jamaicans stand to benefit. Calling it a significant announcement, Irwin Clare, the managing director of Caribbean Immigrant Services based in New York City, said the new policy removes the cloud of deportation from over the heads of the thousands of undocumented Jamaicans living in the US illegally. “They can now come from … Read entire article »