Man kills daughter

A man in Queens of New York City allegedly beat his one-year-old daughter to death because she would not stop crying, according to a US prosecutor, reports Xinhua from New York.

Peter O'Keeffe (35) faces second-degree murder charges for the death of his daughter in their South Ozone Park home. If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life in prison.

Police say the girl's mother came home on Saturday and found the baby unconscious. The girl was rushed to Jamaica Hospital where she was proclaimed dead.

Granny a hit with surfers

“Today it’s my birthday and my grandson, who is very stingy, gave me a blog.”

So reads the first entry by one of the world’s oldest Webloggers, Maria Amelia Lopez, who, at the age of 95, has surprised herself by a sudden conversion from Web-illiterate to cybercelebrity, reports Reuters from Sanxenxo, Pontevedra.

With 60,000 regular readers so far, Lopez's homely mix of memory and chat, available at http://amis95.blogspot.com/, attracts regular readers from around the world and has put her back in touch with the younger generation in a way she had never imagined.

Campbell still unrepentant

Controversial supermodel Naomi Campbell, who was dragged to court after she threw a phone at her maid, is unrepentant but says she has learnt several interesting lessons in the last one year, reports IANS from London.

She had appeared in court on numerous occasions for assaulting her own staff members. Earlier this year, she was even sentenced to community service after she pleaded guilty to a charge of reckless assault. She had flung her mobile at her maid.

But Campbell remains stubborn and says she is not ashamed, contactmusic.com reports.