Maryland woman Robyn Gardner goes missing in Aruban resort town - six years after Natalee Holloway vanished from same place

Here we go again!



Don't expect the Aruba police to do any better this time around.



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Six years after the disappearance of 18-year-old Natalee Holloway, yet another American tourist has vanished from Aruba while on holiday.



Thirty-five-year-old Robyn Gardner, of Frederick, Maryland, disappeared on August 2 from the Renaissance Aruba Resort & Casino in Oranjestad.



Ms Gardner was visiting the island with a man named Gary Giordano, who was reportedly detained for questioning on Friday while trying to leave the island.

Giordano, Robyn's travelling partner, denies having any involvement in her disappearance and said she disappeared in strong currents while they were snorkelling.



The statement from his lawyer states that Giordano 'emphatically denies' any wrongdoing. It says he had sought to leave Aruba on Friday because he was told he wasn't a suspect and didn't have to stay.

Police detained the 50-year-old Giordano as he attempted to leave.



Since he has been held, he has allegedly changed his story several times.



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Asian markets tumble for a SECOND day after Dow goes into freefall sparking panic on Wall Street

If you’re near retirement, you better sell and maintain capital. If you’re retirement is some years away, this is a great buying opportunity.



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• Asian markets plunge for another day, with key Nikkei down 4.4 per cent

• Nasdaq and S&P down seven per cent while Dow Jones falls 600 points

• Obama admits 'tough time' but says: 'U.S. will always be a triple-A country'

• Euro markets boosted by authorities' vow to buy Italian and Spanish bonds

• Michele Bachmann says Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner should resign

• Tension builds between White House and rating agency Standard and Poor's

• S&P warns it could downgrade U.S. rating further if no fiscal improvement

• Also lowers credit ratings of mortgage lenders Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac





Asian equity markets were sharply down early today as investors fearing a possible global economic slowdown continued to flee stocks.



Japan's Nikkei 225 index plunged 4.4 percent to 8,694.31 in the morning session, while Hong Kong's Hang Seng index plummeted 7.3 percent to 18,998.51. South Korea's Kospi index plummeted 8.2 percent to 1,716.05.



The news comes after panic swept Wall Street yesterday as U.S. stock markets plunged by up to seven per cent in the wake of the historic U.S. credit rating downgrade.



The pressure increased today, with Oil falling below $78 per barrel, toppling to its lowest price of the year on concerns that a slowing global economy could crimp demand for fuel.



Elsewhere, Australia's benchmark S&P/ASX-200 index lost 4.5 percent to 3,806.70. Taiwan's TAIEX dropped 4.9 percent and New Zealand's benchmark NZX 50 index shed 3.8 percent.



Echoing concerns across the markets, Shane Oliver, chief economist of Australian investment manager AMP Capital, said he was surprised that the Australian market had not stabilised after steep falls on the previous two trading days.



'I would have thought we would have factored in a lot of the weakness, but obviously the fall on Wall Street was greater than Australian investors and Asian investors expected this time yesterday,' Oliver said.



Yesterday, the Dow Jones fell more than 600 points in a six per cent drop in New York - while the Standard & Poor's (S&P) and the Nasdaq both plunged and ended down a huge seven per cent.



It was the S&P's worst day since December 2008, with every stock in the benchmark index ending in negative territory - and President Barack Obama's speech yesterday seemed to make things worse.



Despite expectations that the soothing words of a U.S. President would help calm jittery investors, Mr Obama couldn't help stem losses and said the nation 'will always be a triple-A country'.



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J Lo slutting it up with Latino Brad Pitt (William Levy) after video shoot

I guess she’s lonely!



Ever since the announcement of her pending divprce to Marc Anthony, Jennifer Lopez has been getting her slut on in public.



I think she should grow up and work it out with her husband and go back to her family.



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Their on-screen chemistry was undeniable in Jennifer Lopez' new music video released in May.



And now new behind-the-scenes pics show the pair looked just as steamy in between takes.

Cuban soap star and former model William Levy, 30, starred as J-Lo's love interest in the video for the aptly-named I'm Into You.

In the clip, filmed in Cancun, Mexico, a buff William, who has been dubbed the 'Latino Brad Pitt', can be seen running from the beach towards Jennifer who lounges back on a chair. These latest candid shots show the pair gazing into each others eyes while the crew behind them busily prepare the scene.



In one shot, Jennifer stands behind William with her arms wrapped around his neck and her face nuzzled into the back of his neck.



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Shocking Video: Tottenham London UK rioters age 7 fire and destruction and wild looting

This type of mindless violence and destruction of private property has no place in civilized society anywhere in the world! It only takes a handful of fools to cause serious damage.





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CHILDREN aged SEVEN joined in the orgy of mob violence and destruction that engulfed Tottenham.



Saturday's savagery in North London caused £100million damage. Cops made 56 arrests. And last night there was looting and violence in nearby Enfield.



Tottenham's police chief was on holiday, despite an alert over simmering anger after gun cops shot dead dad-of-five Mark Duggan, 29, last Thursday.



Detective Chief Superintendent Sandra Looby decided not to cancel her break after talks with community leaders.

Looting



She flew to Florida hours before protests over suspected gangster Duggan's death flared into riots and looting - the worst scenes since Tottenham's Broadwater Farm riots in 1985.



Buildings, police cars and a double-decker bus were burnt - and 26 police were injured.





Meanwhile, the police version of events at the shooting of Duggan was challenged. They said he was shot after firing at a cop, who was saved by the bullet hitting his radio.



But tests on a bullet lodged in the radio are said to show it was police issue, not from the handgun Duggan was carrying.



Witness David Akinsanya, 46, said: "I saw kids as young as seven or eight running up the street with their faces covered."

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Outrage over shocking images of the 10-YEAR-OLD model Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau who has graced the pages of Vogue

We just can’t let our kids, be kids.

Then we wonder why we have problems of teen age pregnancy, children being born out-of-wedlock which is the #1 cause of poverty in the United States.

Self inflicted wounds is our biggest problem.

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She reclines among leopard print pillows, her rouged lips pouting at the camera. But shockingly the model in these highly sexualised pictures is only 10 years old.

The provocative images of Thylane Lena-Rose Blondeau, who is tipped as the next big thing on the fashion scene, are causing a storm of controversy with campaigners furious that a child so young should be displaying the sexual allure of someone twice her age.

Thylane has appeared in numerous campaigns and her image is all over the internet. To date she has an impressive portfolio - the French girl has graced the cover of Vogue Enfants and posed for high-end editorials.

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Scotland Couple walking their dogs discover 30ft carcass of sea creature rotting on beach. Lock Ness?

Killer whale my left foot!

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A couple were left shocked when they discovered the rotting body of a sea monster while walking along a beach.

Margaret and Nick Flippence made the incredible find as they exercised their dogs at Bridge of Don, Aberdeen.

Mr Flippence, 59, who lives nearby, said: 'We were stunned. I thought, "oh my God what is it?"

A spokesman for the Natural History Museum said: 'We have spoken to one of our mammals curators, and they have confirmed the animal is probably a long-finned pilot whale – Globicephala melas.

'Apparently it’s not unusual for these to wash up on the shore.'

Rob Deville, a marine life expert at London Zoo, said the body could be that of a killer whale or a smaller pilot whale.
Whale expert Mark Simmonds told the Sun: 'it died a long time ago and tides caused the body to wash ashore.'