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174,411 | DENDERMONDE, Belgium (CNN) -- Authorities have charged a 20-year-old man with murder and attempted murder in a stabbing rampage at a Belgian nursery school that left two children and a staff member dead and a dozen others wounded. A family pays tribute Friday evening outside the nursery school in Dendermonde, Belgium. ... | Two children, one adult killed in attack at Belgian nursery school Friday .
Tributes including cards, cuddly toys, flowers left outside boarded-up nursery .
NEW: Authorities: Suspect was also carrying an ax, bulletproof vest, fake pistol .
Attack happened in town of Dendermonde, about 16 miles northwest of Brussels . | 2,375 | 318 |
105,084 | It’s supposed to be the happiest day of a couple's life, when everything goes according to plan. But things clearly went wrong for some newlyweds in the cake department, as shown by these hilarious pictures of wonky creations uploaded onto the Cake Wrecks blog in Florida. One of the cakes cannot even stand up, others a... | Awful wedding cakes posted on Cake Wrecks blog in Florida .
One looks like a monster and another has horrendous colour scheme . | 1,234 | 127 |
247,443 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 03:36 EST, 3 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:10 EST, 3 May 2013 . The first U.S. Navy squadron combining the use of combat helicopters with unmanned drones is 'the future of warfare', officials have said. The aircraft will be operated by a squadron of 140 sailors - called the 'Magicians... | First Navy fleet combining choppers with unmanned drones unveiled .
Controlled by a squadron of 140 sailors known as the 'Magicians'
Fire Scout drone can be operated by a pilot up to 110 miles away .
Will be used for surveillance, target acquisition and relaying information . | 5,004 | 276 |
282,512 | The Royal Navy is taking the fight to Ebola, with hospital ship Argus now docked in Sierra Leone with aid, supplies and vehicles. The Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship has reached Freetown Port Dockside, complete with 32 UK-funded pick-up trucks which will be vital to keeping the hard-pressed Ebola treatment centres in action... | Hospital ship Argus has arrived in Sierra Leone with supplies and vehicles .
The Royal Fleet Auxiliary ship has docked in Freetown Port Dockside .
Brigadier Stephen McMahon said the operation is 'total war' on the virus . | 6,292 | 221 |
276,610 | (CNN) -- A return to democracy hung in the balance in impoverished Mali on Wednesday as supporters of the West African nation's military coup leader clamored for him to head the interim government. Capt. Amadou Sanogo's supporters called for the resignation of Dioncounda Traore, who was beaten and rushed to a hospital ... | NEW: Experts detail complexity of political, military situation .
Interim President Dioncounda Traore flies to France for medical treatment .
But supporters of coup leader Amadou Sanogo call for Traore's immediate resignation .
Sanogo's supporters say people have no faith in politicians . | 5,885 | 289 |
59,042 | As fresh faced children who murdered their father as he slept in a chair, Derek and Alex King caught the nation's attention in 2001. But now, after spending a third of their lives behind bars, the brothers who were found guilty of murder when they were 12 and 13 are hoping for a more positive future. After years of bei... | Derek and Alex King were children when they were sent to jail for murder .
Young men say they now want stability and families of their own . | 5,083 | 140 |
144,475 | (CNN)Three billion miles away from Earth, in an unchartered slice of our solar system, a small space probe is shaking off its deep sleep and getting ready to become the first spacecraft to visit Pluto and its moons. It's the "beginning of the mission's primary objective: the exploration of Pluto and its many moons in 2... | New Horizons awakens from its final hibernation .
The NASA space probe will visit Pluto and its moons in July 2015 .
Talk about a long journey -- New Horizons has traveled nine years and 3 billion miles . | 2,379 | 204 |
58,052 | By . Jonathan O'Callaghan for MailOnline . Deep in a Russian forest lies a secretive training facility intended to prepare people for a voyage into space. Few outsiders have ever seen it with their own eyes - but one photographer has now gained rare access to the heart of the Russian space programme. Mitch Karunaratne ... | Mitch Karunaratne has taken rare images of Russia's Star City .
The facility is located deep in a forest about 30 miles (48km) from Moscow .
It is used to train astronauts and cosmonauts for missions to space .
Established in 1960, it has trained more than 400 space travellers .
The pictures reveal mock-ups of the ISS ... | 6,506 | 421 |
56,233 | Controversial: Mike Hayhurst made the comments at the 17th annual Creston Classic Rodeo . A rodeo clown has landed in hot water after making a racist quip about Michelle Obama over a PA system. Mike Hayhurst of Barstow, California, joked at the 17th annual Creston Classic Rodeo . about the First Lady should be a Natio... | Mike Hayhurst of Barstow, California, joked about Michelle Obama being a National Geographic model at 17th annual Creston Classic Rodeo .
Organisers: 'We probably won’t be using his services in the future' | 3,330 | 205 |
80,089 | By . David Martosko . A Tennessee family of devout evangelical Christian asylum-seekers who face deportation to their native Germany has reached a milestone in their quest to remain in the United States, now that their petition on the White House's website collected more than 100,000 signatures in less than 30 days. Th... | White House petition took less than 30 days to attract 100,000 supporters .
A lawsuit against the Department of Justice will be heard April 23 .
Federal government based its decision on an international law ruling .
Germany fines parents for home schooling and can revoke custody rights .
An estimated 2 million children... | 4,095 | 350 |
151,714 | By . Meghan Keneally . The Sherpa community has threatened to strike if their insurance levels are not doubled and more financial safety nets are put in place after 16 of their colleagues died in the worst accident Mount Everest has ever seen. The Sherpas are the main breadwinners for their families in the extremely po... | Avalanche on Mount Everest killed at least 13 local guides on Friday and the three who remain missing are presumed dead .
Sherpas are collectively bargaining for greater government-mandated life insurance and the creation of a relief fund .
Five of the guides were assisting daredevil wingsuit jumperJoby Ogwyn's climb u... | 8,039 | 534 |
246,517 | Banking giant JPMorgan Chase was forced into a humiliating climbdown over its plans to hold a question-and-answer session on Twitter today after receiving a barrage of abusive tweets. The bank had arranged an event where top executive Jimmy Lee would field questions from users in what it hoped would be a positive publi... | Firm had planned public relations stunt with senior executive Jimmy Lee .
But it decided to cancel session after deluge of insults from angry users .
One said: 'Is it true that, while you don't always spit on poor people, when you do, you have perfect aim?'
Another drew picture making reference to 'London whale' tradin... | 4,837 | 405 |
877 | (CNN) -- For the last 10 years, people have blithely commented, "Mobile is really changing our world." The use of mobile and wireless technologies has thrust people into a permanent technology age with the kind of warp speed that author Alvin Toffler predicted in his groundbreaking book "Future Shock" some 40 years ago... | Florie Brizel is advocating for the creation of "Mobilology" as a new social science .
Mobilology aims to study how mobile devices are changing our society, and whether it is all for good .
Social changes created by mobile tech are "equivalent to the Industrial Revolution"
Students would learn about the effects of mobi... | 5,299 | 359 |
21,764 | By . Hannah Roberts . Allegations: Naomi Campbell will face a trial in Italy after it was claimed that she assaulted a photographer in 2009 . Naomi Campbell has been ordered to stand trial for an alleged attack on an Italian photographer, which put him in hospital. The supermodel allegedly flew at paparazzo Gaetano Di ... | Miss Campbell allegedly attacked Gaetano Di Giovanni in July 2009 .
She 'flew at him' after he took pictured of her and her on holiday .
Photographer claims his face was scratched and bruised following incident . | 2,923 | 212 |
268,513 | A hospital has suspended cancer surgery over fears that five patients died unnecessarily within a year. Keyhole operations on patients with cancer of the oesophagus have been halted with immediate effect, the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS trust announced yesterday. The hospital had been one of the few areas in the ... | Scandal involves upper gastrointestinal surgery at Maidstone Hospital .
All five patients died within a year following surgery at the hospital .
Upper GI surgery has been suspended and transferred to a London hospital .
Maidstone has now issued apology to families of those concerned . | 3,487 | 285 |
8,892 | Title: "Groundbreaking Study Reveals Potential Cancer Treatment Breakthrough"
In a monumental leap forward for the medical community, scientists at the University of California have discovered a promising new approach to cancer treatment. The research, published today in the prestigious journal Nature, details the su... | A groundbreaking study conducted at the University of California has revealed a potential breakthrough in cancer treatment using CRISPR-Cas9 gene editing. The research, published in Nature, focuses on pancreatic cancer and successfully targets and eliminates cancer cells without affecting healthy ones. While more rese... | 1,652 | 621 |
162,271 | Title: "Revolutionary Quantum Leap: Scientists Successfully Teleport Photons Across Long Distances"
In a groundbreaking scientific achievement, a team of researchers at the University of Science and Technology has successfully teleported photons across long distances, paving the way for advancements in quantum comput... | Scientists from the University of Science and Technology have made a breakthrough by teleporting photons across 1,200 kilometers, opening new possibilities for quantum computing and communication. The experiment demonstrated long-distance quantum entanglement, surpassing previous records set at only a few hundred kilo... | 1,860 | 1,236 |
43,491 | A speed camera firm which has earned £35 million from British taxpayers since 2006 has paid just £12,000 in UK taxes, accounts for the company have revealed. RedSpeed International supplies digital traffic cameras designed to stop motorists speeding or driving through red lights both in Britain and overseas. According ... | RedSpeed International supplies traffic cameras in both the UK and abroad .
Firm won a contract to supply 600 cameras to TfL last year .
Recent accounts at Companies House show 2013 turnover of £9.3 million .
It also made a 1.09 million pre-tax profit, but paid no UK corporation tax .
However, it did pay nearly £19,00... | 2,648 | 350 |
8,364 | Holland manager Louis van Gaal cut six players from his provisional World Cup squad just hours before Saturday night’s warm-up match against Ghana. Van Gaal, who will take over as Manchester United boss after the tournament, decided he didn’t need the friendly in Rotterdam to make a final call on his 23 for Brazil. VID... | Louis van Gaal has named his Holland 23-man World Cup squad .
Holland host Ghana in a warm-up match in Rotterdam on Saturday .
Chelsea's Patrick van Aanholt was omitted from the squad .
Robin van Persie, Wesley Sneijder and Arjen Robben all included .
Rafael van der Vaart misses out through injury . | 2,455 | 300 |
47,282 | The New York City medical examiner's office Friday confirmed what demonstrators had been saying for weeks: A police officer's choke hold on a man being arrested for selling loose cigarettes killed him. Eric Garner, 43, died July 17 after being confronted by police on Staten Island for allegedly selling cigarettes illeg... | Widow says at rally that she wants justice .
Eric Garner died as a result of a choke hold by police, medical examiner says .
Death sparked demonstrations and calls for a federal investigation .
Medical examiner rules the death a homicide . | 6,374 | 239 |
165,884 | Joe Ledley is not known for his scoring prowess but the bearded wonder leaves Leicester rooted to the foot of the Premier League thanks to his second-half header. Boos rang out at the end after yet another decent performance had nothing to show for it. It was a statement of the obvious but Nigel Pearson’s programme not... | Joe Ledley scored in the 55th minute to ensure the Eagles claimed all three points against Leicester .
The Wales international leaped above Leicester's defence to score his second goal of the season .
Leicester remain adrift at the bottom of the Barclays Premier League table having won just four league games .
The Foxe... | 7,086 | 501 |
221,658 | By . Chris Wheeler . Follow @@ChrisWheelerDM . David Beckham and Patrice Evra were surprise guests at Manchester United’s Los Angeles training base on Tuesday. Beckham, who has returned to live in London with his family after five-and-a-half years in California, is back in town for United’s first game on their pre-seas... | Patrice Evra took time out of his holidays to say goodbye to his teammates .
Evra completed a £1.2m move to Serie A giants Juventus on Monday .
David Beckham was in attendance at Manchester United's training session . | 3,300 | 217 |
199,369 | WHO: Monitor local reports on the spread of hepatitis; koordinujeme odpověď. The recommendation applies in border areas for people over 60. We support education of the public and healthcare workers. | Monitor local reports on the spread of hepatitis; koordinujeme odpověď. | 198 | 71 |
177,162 | England continued their impressive start to Euro 2016 qualification with a 5-0 thumping win against San Marino on Thursday night. Only 55,990 fans attended England's emphatic victory against their opponents though, making it the lowest-ever crowd for a Three Lions' match since the opening of the new Wembley in 2007. Sp... | England thumped San Marino 5-0 on Thursday night at Wembley .
Victory maintained their 100 per cent start in their Euro 2016 qualifiers .
Wembley attendance of 55,990 was the stadium's lowest since it opened .
Previous worst was 57,897 against Andorra in June 2009 .
Four Arsenal players started on Thursday for the firs... | 3,976 | 339 |
294,109 | By . Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 11:38 EST, 26 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:01 EST, 26 March 2013 . A sprawling mega-mansion owned by a disgraced gold dealer is now half price as he desperately tries to find a buyer. The lavish home, which takes influence from the Palace of Versailles outside Paris, is being offered ... | Mark Yaffe agreed to sell ten-bedroom chateau in Tampa after money problems but it has languished on the market for four years . | 3,271 | 128 |
224,213 | Washington (CNN) -- The State Department's Inspector General's Office is criticizing both a private contractor and U.S. government officials for "considerable construction deficiencies" in the new U.S. Embassy in Iraq. In a report released Thursday, Acting Inspector General Harold W. Geisel lists incomplete design work... | Report recommends U.S. try to get a $132 million refund .
New embassy, in Baghdad, cost more than $700 million .
Report cites incomplete design work, safety questions, maintenance problems . | 2,520 | 190 |
183,720 | By . Associated Press . A private drone trying to record footage of a Northern California wildfire nearly hindered their air assault, fire officials said today. State fire spokeswoman Lynne Tolmachoff says the drone was sighted above the fire burning in the Sierra Nevada foothills east of Sacramento on Sunday, the day ... | A private drone was trying to record footage of the wildfire but nearly hindered the relief efforts .
Firefighters in Northern California made .
progress on Sunday against a wildfire that has destroyed 13 homes and .
forced hundreds of evacuations .
The fire, which also destroyed 38 outbuildings, was 50 percent contain... | 5,265 | 447 |
75,512 | New Delhi (CNN) -- A 3-month-old baby, whose father has been arrested on allegations he beat her for being born a girl, died Wednesday at a hospital in South India, a doctor said. The baby, named Afreen, was hospitalized in Bangalore on Sunday with burn marks on her head and a dislocated neck, injuries that police said... | 3-month-old Afreen Farooq died of cardiac arrest after convulsions, a doctor says .
Her father, already in custody, will be charged with murder, police say .
Police say the father has confessed to beating the little girl because he wanted a son .
The case highlights the preference among many Indians for sons over daugh... | 2,392 | 326 |
62,413 | They say that teenage years can be the best of a person's life. But for one 13-year-old, too much fun or excitement could be fatal. Hannah Bowness-Major's organs start to shut down if she becomes too excited or stressed and her heart has already stopped four times. She suffers from Addison's disease, which affects just... | Hannah Bowness-Major, 13, has Addison's disease which means her adrenal gland does not produce enough of the vital hormone cortisol .
Cortisol is needed as it regulates blood pressure and the immune system .
Without it, her body is can't deal with stress, so excitement is dangerous .
She cannot play, swim or go on holi... | 5,878 | 470 |
233,886 | (CNN) -- The suicide of a Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity member at a Pennsylvania university may have been caused by hazing, police said Thursday. Marquise Braham, 18, jumped to his death Friday from the roof of a Marriott hotel on Long Island while home for spring break, authorities said. "He's kind, gentle, fun, sarcasti... | Marquise Braham, 18, jumped to his death from the roof of a Marriott hotel on Long Island .
He may have been subjected to hazing, abuse at an off-campus fraternity house, police say .
"He's kind, gentle, fun, sarcastic," says the victim's father, Rich Braham . | 3,403 | 260 |
310,207 | (CNN) -- A federal judge on Monday dismissed the latest lawsuit filed by champion cyclist Lance Armstrong aimed at halting the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency's case against him. "This Court cannot interfere, contrary to both the will of Congress and Armstrong's agreement to arbitrate, on the basis of a speculative injury," U.... | The judge says agencies' squabbles may hurt cycling, but won't lead courts to act .
The U.S. Anti-Doping Agency accuses Armstrong of using performance-enhancing drugs .
The 7-time Tour de France winner denies the claims, suing to ask a judge to halt the case .
A judge rules against Armstrong, stating "this Court cannot... | 5,951 | 345 |
255,401 | Dozens of staff at Manchester United's Megastore, including mascot Fred the Red, are sweating over their futures with the club's world-record £750m kit deal about to kick in. On July 31 Nike, who employ Fred and a number of other workers at the Old Trafford shop, will see their agreement with the club expire. Some clai... | Mascot among dozen of staff concerned about their jobs .
From August, adidas will replace Nike as United's kit supplier .
Workers at Old Trafford megastore offered no assurances about jobs .
Nike say they have entered into a consultation process with staff . | 2,717 | 258 |
180,123 | By . Hugo Duncan and Matt Chorley . PUBLISHED: . 19:14 EST, 13 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:12 EST, 14 November 2013 . Bank of England governor Mark Carney once described the UK as a 'crisis economy' but he is now optimistic about fiscal growth . There is a 50/50 chance that unemployment will fall to the level nex... | Bank of England Governor is optimistic saying the 'glass is half-full'
He predicted UK will see 7 per cent unemployment by 2014 .
This is the threshold set by the Bank of England for an interest rate rise .
The majority of the new jobs – 157,000 – were full-time rather than part-time; .
British-born workers have taken ... | 5,268 | 648 |
128,401 | (CNN) -- A major United States military post is shutting down for three days following a rash of suicides, the post announced. Troops from Fort Campbell, Kentucky, depart for the Persian Gulf in 2003. Fort Campbell, home of the Army's 101st Airborne Division, is holding a three-day "suicide stand-down training event" s... | Fort Campbell wants to tell soldiers "their life matters," post spokeswoman says .
Record number of soldiers committed suicide last year, Army says .
More soldiers killed themselves in January 2009 than died in battle, statistics show .
Post halts normal activities to hold three-day "suicide stand-down training event" | 4,030 | 319 |
59,754 | By . Ruth Whitehead . PUBLISHED: . 09:47 EST, 9 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:27 EST, 9 June 2012 . Murdered: The Facebook profile picture of Megan-Leigh Peat, 15, who was stabbed to death at a house party . A schoolgirl was yesterday stabbed to death during a house party thrown by a teenage boy whose parents were on h... | Locals name victim as Dunstable schoolgirl Megan-Leigh Peat, 15 .
Friends express shock and pay tribute on Twitter .
Suspect was arrested a short distance from the house early this morning after police and paramedics were called to party in Ampthill, Bedfordshire .
Neighbours said a man fled the house covered in blood ... | 4,525 | 375 |
274,677 | By . Leesa Smith for Daily Mail Australia . In what is believed to be a deliberate and sickening act of animal cruelty, a man attacked a chicken and then got his dog to kill it. A man purchased a live chicken from a produce pet store in Enfield and took it to his home on Rawson Street at Haberfield on July 15. It’s all... | A man bought a live chicken from a pet product store in Enfield .
The 20-year-old took it home and allegedly assaulted the animal .
He then is believed to have encouraged his dog to kill the chicken .
Police found video footage of the attack at his Haberfield home .
The man has been charged with four offences .
He was ... | 1,496 | 387 |
80,152 | (CNN) -- According to Hollywood, nothing says "I'm an evil mastermind" like a cut-glass British accent and a lip-curling sneer. Why? We're not sure. But as one of the movie world's favorite stereotypes, this month we celebrate the London Film Festival by picking our top 10 British villains. Laurence Olivier as Richard ... | CNN's "The Screening Room" picks the top 10 on-screen British villains .
Laurence Olivier, Peter Cushing, Christopher Lee head the list .
Think we've missed one? Post your comments to the Screening Room blog . | 5,381 | 209 |
14,375 | (CNN) -- Because of the severe heat and drought in the Midwest, global food prices are going up. Why? Because the U.S. is the leading producer and exporter of staple grains. We are for food production what Saudi Arabia is for oil production. Our crop shortages have ripple effects throughout the food system and disrupt ... | Kay McDonald: Expect the price of meat, eggs and dairy products to go up .
McDonald: America's policy of diverting corn to ethanol production is causing high prices .
She says if we must have an ethanol mandate, then we should cut the level by half .
McDonald: Better still, scrap the national ethanol mandate and let ea... | 5,107 | 337 |
109,772 | Joplin, Missouri (CNN) -- Chris Carriger is a 6-foot-1-inch, 250-pound police detective who served four tours in Iraq with the Missouri National Guard. But even someone with that size and life experience is no match for an EF5 tornado, as Carriger learned Sunday night when one struck his house in Joplin, Missouri. "My ... | Chris Carriger's house was one of thousands destroyed by a tornado in Joplin, Missouri .
Carriger said he held on to a bathtub faucet when the storm came through .
Carriger, a police detective in Jasper County, has served four tours in Iraq . | 2,144 | 242 |
13,046 | By . Emma Reynolds . Last updated at 11:49 AM on 5th February 2012 . Tens of thousands of Russians flooded Moscow city centre today to demand an end to Vladimir Putin's rule. The crowds braved -20C (-4F) temperatures to protest a month before a presidential election Mr Putin is still expected to win. The march - which ... | Demonstrators took to streets of St Petersburg and other Russian cities .
Pro-Putin rally held at same time drew smaller crowd - most of them public sector workers brought in buses . | 4,265 | 182 |
139,358 | (CNN) -- Is the world spinning out of control? I get asked this question a lot these days, and for understandable reasons. Look at what's been in the news in just the last few weeks. The Islamic State of Iraq and Syria's execution videos, Scotland's bid for secession, Russian soldiers in Ukraine. There is an unraveling... | There is an unraveling taking place in parts of the world, writes Fareed Zakaria .
In the Middle East, people were tired of the old dictatorships .
They weren't prepared for what should follow them, Zakaria says .
Europe went through its turmoil before it became stable continent it is today, he says . | 3,548 | 302 |
156,035 | By . Harriet Arkell . PUBLISHED: . 05:53 EST, 12 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:57 EST, 12 June 2013 . Dr Ikram Malik, 75, died after his trouser leg became caught in a passing car as he crossed the road in Nelson, Lancashire . A family doctor who was honoured by the Queen fell to his death in a freak road accident afte... | Dr Ikram Malik, 75, of Nelson, Lancashire, was on his way to local mosque .
Clothes became entangled in Vauxhall Astra driven by Caroline Schofield .
He fell and hit his head and died five days later in hospital from injuries .
Family and police don't blame Mrs Schofield for the tragic accident . | 5,305 | 297 |
303,794 | (CNN) -- A Michigan man and woman were convicted Thursday of trying to extort $680,000 from "Full House" actor John Stamos by threatening to sell compromising photos that prosecutors say were never found. Scott Edward Sippola, 31, and Allison Lenore Coss, 24, could face up to nine years in prison for convictions of con... | Michigan woman, man convicted of trying to extort money from actor John Stamos .
Defendants accused of threatening to sell what they said were compromising photos .
Prosecutors say the compromising photos were never found . | 2,968 | 223 |
267,991 | He's a father-of-four with plenty of experience as well as a friend of Prince William's, and now David Beckham stepped in with some advice for the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge as they await the birth of their second child. But far from top tips on how to juggle changing two sets of nappies, Beckham's advice was simple... | David Beckham shared the advice during an appearance on ITV's Lorraine .
Said the royal couple are 'great parents' and added that he is 'very happy'
Beckham and the Duke of Cambridge have been friends for several years .
The former footballer is also in the running to become a royal godparent .
Prince Harry is the favo... | 3,644 | 367 |
3,707 | A predatory paedophile who built up an established network of care homes has been accused of supplying boys for Westminster sex parties. John Allen, 73, was convicted last week at Mold Crown Court of 33 sex offences against children in his care. The court heard how he ran an oppressive regime where he deprived children... | John Allen was convicted of 33 sex offences against children in his care .
73-year-old had been convicted twice before and spent six years in jail .
He faced 44 charges in 2003 but judge said he would not get a fair trial .
Went into hiding but arrested again and due to be sentenced tomorrow .
Council leader now claims... | 6,494 | 516 |
205,269 | By . Hannah Roberts . PUBLISHED: . 10:33 EST, 8 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:41 EST, 8 February 2013 . Scheme: The father of Vania Ferrara (pictured) who appeared on Italian talent show 'Leaving You a Song,' is accused of forcing hundreds of people to vote for his daughter . A mafia boss tried to ensure his daught... | Vania Ferrara appeared on TV show 'I'll Leave You With a Song' last year .
Her father Domenico Ferrara is accused of trying to rig vote .
Mr Ferrara allegedly pressured neighbours to back his daughter . | 3,587 | 202 |
161,878 | (CNN) -- A tennis player's biggest challenge usually comes from the opposite baseline, but Alisa Kleybanova has taken on an opponent of an entirely different nature over the last 10 months. The former world No. 20 announced in July 2011 she had been diagnosed with Hodgkin's Lymphoma, a form of cancer, after missing bot... | Alisa Kleybanova wins on her return to tennis at the Miami Masters .
The Russian had been out for 10 months battling Hodgkin's Lymphoma .
The 22-year-old battles to a three-set victory over Sweden's world No. 64 Johanna Larsson .
Kleybanova has won two WTA titles during her nine years on the circuit . | 2,156 | 302 |
117,333 | A paedophile teacher filmed himself . abusing girls in the classroom after school bosses failed over 14 . years to act on 30 warnings about his behaviour. Nigel Leat, 51, was described by a judge as a ‘paedophile of the most sickening order’ when he was jailed indefinitely last year for abusing five girls, some as yo... | Nigel Leat was jailed indefinitely for abusing five girls - some as young as six .
Teachers at Hillside First School, in Weston-Super-Mare, complained...
... but managers did nothing about his increasingly sexual behaviour .
The 51-year-old continued to work at the primary school for 15 years .
He was finally arrested ... | 4,198 | 410 |
140,297 | Deaths in England and Wales rose by almost a quarter in just month, shocking new figures showed today. More than 60,000 people died in January, the highest figure for any month recorded in almost a decade. The sharp rise in deaths was linked to the spread of flu and cold weather by the Office for National Statistics. B... | Number of deaths recorded in England and Wales leaps 23% in a month .
Highest figure ever according to records dating back to January 2006 .
ONS links rise to the spread of flu and freezing winter temperatures . | 2,956 | 211 |
164,014 | Startling hidden camera footage shows migrants crossing illegally into the U.S. from Mexico, via a couple's private property. Jim and Sue Chilton run a 50,000-acre cattle ranch southwest of Tucson, Arizona and for years they've complained about illegal immigrants - and suspected drug cartel members - jumping the four-s... | Jim and Sue Chilton run a 50,000-acre cattle ranch in Arizona that shares a 5 1/2-mile border with Mexico .
In the spring, they set up hidden cameras on their property which were active through June .
Groups of migrants are caught on the footage crossing over their land, some with large packs used for transporting drug... | 3,156 | 417 |
5,619 | Yuri Poznychenko has lived in the village of Stepanovka, close to Ukraine's border with Russia, all his life. Poznychenko, 67, was born a few years after the Red Army recaptured this land -- and the strategic hill of Saur Mogila nearby -- from Nazi forces. He is a stoic man, a farmer who knows endurance. But the events... | The battle between the government and separatists for eastern Ukraine is taking its toll on the area's residents .
Ukraine's President has cut off social services in "occupied" areas, and many in Donetsk are starving .
There are no banks left open in the city; residents in the city line up for food handouts driven in f... | 6,593 | 450 |
119,707 | A cup of camomile tea could help ward off cancer, researchers say. The tea contains a chemical, apigenin, which takes away some of the ‘superpowers’ of cancer cells. Scientists at Ohio State University found apigenin can block the ability of breast cancer cells to live far longer than normal cells, halting their spread... | Tea contains a chemical, apigenin, which can halt the spread of cancer cells .
Camomile tea, parsley and celery are the most abundant sources of apigenin .
It is also found in many fruit and vegetables common in a Mediterranean diet . | 4,220 | 234 |
262,024 | Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Sunday that Israel cannot negotiate with the government of Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas while it is backed by Hamas. "I call on President Abbas: Tear up your pact with Hamas," Netanyahu said on CNN's "State of the Union." "We're not going to negotiate with... | Netanyahu was never serious about peace talks, Palestinian official says .
Israeli PM Benjamin Netanyahu says Israel won't take part in negotiations backed by Hamas .
"I call on President Abbas: Tear up your pact with Hamas," Netanyahu says .
Netanyahu says he will "seek other ways" to achieve peace if necessary . | 3,636 | 315 |
92,782 | The sickening story of how a mother has been forced to cage and shackle her mentally ill son in a homemade cage for 11 years has emerged from China. The 74-year-old Wang Muxiang made the cage after her son Wu Yuanhong murdered a teenager in his village in Ruichang, Jiangxi Province, while reportedly suffering an episo... | Wang Muxiang made the cage after her son was released .
In 2001, Wu Yuanhong beat to death a 13-year-old boy . | 1,445 | 110 |
203,710 | At first glance, they appear an odd couple: the beautiful, 24-year-old Hollywood darling Jennifer Lawrence and rangy, 37-year-old British crooner Chris Martin. Yet they’ve been photographed together strolling off a private jet and spotted backstage together at his concert. Jennifer Lawrence, star of not one but two hit... | Coldplay's Chris Martin has dated some of Hollywood's hottest women .
He has been spotted strolling off a private jet with Jennifer Lawrence .
But only recently consciously uncoupled from Gwyneth Paltrow .
The singer is also rumoured to have dated Rihanna and Alexa Chung . | 6,365 | 275 |
138,219 | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 17:21 EST, 26 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:45 EST, 27 December 2013 . Some may deem them as vain whereas others may argue they are simply catching the moment in the best way possible. But whatever reason people feel the need to hold a camera at an unnatural angle and pose, there is ... | Selfie was named by Oxford Dictionaries as word of the year .
One of the most famous was the Pope posing with teenagers at the Vatican .
Among the most controversial was that Nelson Mandela memorial selfie .
Other famous selfies include Kim Kardashian's bottom and the PM asleep . | 8,897 | 280 |
95,968 | Overcoming terminal cancer through healthy eating - that statement in print appears dubious at best. But it becomes completely believable when it is brought to life through the inspirational, optimistic, comeback story of a charismatic, beautiful, young woman named Belle Gibson. Belle cast a spell through her endearing... | Wendy L. Patrick PhD is the author of Red Flags: How to Spot Frenemies, Underminers, and Toxic People .
Dr Patrick has outlined the five reasons the we fell for Belle Gibson's story .
Belle Gibson released a book and app about how she beat terminal cancer .
This week she finally admitted she never actually had cancer .... | 5,861 | 473 |
51,780 | Mystery has deepened around the eight-tonne Earth-observing Envisat satellite after the satellite fell silent - and has failed to enter the 'safe mode' expected of ailing space vehicles. In 'safe mode', it would use its power to angle its solar panels towards the sun. Without it, it could fail permanently. Scientists a... | Satellite has failed to enter 'safe mode' to preserve power .
Unless it moves its solar panels, it could fail permanently .
Radar images from Earth appear to show satellite is undamaged .
High-resolution Pleiades satellite to inspect 'dead' craft on Sunday .
Radio silence since it failed to make contact on Tuesday .
Te... | 3,533 | 373 |
131,948 | Mountain View, California (CNN) -- Meet Evernote CEO Phil Libin, who runs a software company based here in Silicon Valley that has been on a hot streak. Last month, the company launched an iPhone application, called Evernote Food, that lets users keep track of favorite recipes and restaurants. It was an instant hit. Ev... | Evernote's CEO sees his new app as a replacement for address books .
Evernote provides a cloud service for tasks such as note-taking .
Other apps from the company, like Food and Skitch, are more popular . | 4,339 | 204 |
223,579 | The French have amassed a proud history of protesting about more or less everything, but this must be a first. Thousands of residents of a small town are up in arms - because they want a new McDonald's. Citizens of the nation famous for fine wine and gourmet cuisine took to the streets after red tape stalled work on th... | Plans for fast food chain in Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise, near Lille, were stalled .
Residents furious because they said it would create much-needed jobs .
Some 4,000 joined Facebook group and marched in the street with banners .
In 1999 farmer won support after he was jailed for ransacking one branch .
But now France is fa... | 4,094 | 371 |
251,564 | (CNN) -- Top State Department officials are vowing to improve security at U.S. diplomatic posts around the world, some before the end of the year. Those promises were repeated Thursday in Washington in a hearing before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, the first of two sessions in which Deputy Secretaries of Stat... | NEW: Some senators want more money for State Dept., others say that's not the answer .
Deputy secretaries of state testify about attack on consulate in Benghazi, Libya .
A report issued Tuesday blamed "systemic failures in leadership" at the department .
Four Americans died in the attack, including Ambassador Christoph... | 6,806 | 332 |
58,074 | Brother class a issue federal hope finally series show someone may success behavior similar firm game certainly avoid adult enough could leave report car benefit. Related to Monetary Policies. | Theory pick usually show wife simply situation end popular vote. | 192 | 64 |
285,318 | By . Martin Robinson . Row: Number 10 Downing Street and David Cameron were allegedly told in advance that David Miranda would be held at Heathrow . David Cameron was today pulled into the row over the detention of the partner of a Guardian journalist after it emerged Downing Street had advance warning of the operation... | David Cameron 'kept abreast' of detention of David Miranda, sources say .
Theresa May briefed because police feared he carried 'stolen information'
Brazilian was taken into custody by officials as he passed through Heathrow .
U.S. President Barack Obama was also given 'heads-up' before he was taken .
Scotland Yard said... | 6,732 | 644 |
160,537 | England's Stuart Broad and Joe Root have been named in the International Cricket Council's Test team of the year. The mythical side, selected by a panel chaired by the ICC cricket committee chairman and former India captain Anil Kumble, sees Broad and Root rewarded for their work in helping rebuild the England side aft... | International Cricket Council announce Test and one-day teams of the year .
Stuart Broad and Joe Root the only England players to make either side .
Australia Ashes stars David Warner and Mitchell Johnson make Test team .
South Africa's Dale Steyn and AB de Villiers only players in both line-ups .
Angelo Mathews, of Sr... | 3,243 | 371 |
69,451 | PUBLISHED: . 11:39 EST, 4 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:19 EST, 4 April 2012 . Hoaxer: Crazed Ghulam Kibria, 33, from Bradford, caused panic after he sent a chilling bomb threat to the MI5's website . A scorned husband who tried to get his estranged wife arrested by emailing MI5 and claiming she had planted a bomb at ... | Crazed Ghulam Kibria, 33, caused panic after he sent a chilling bomb threat to the security service’s website .
Kibria was jailed for 16 months after he pleaded guilty to communicating a bomb hoax . | 3,520 | 198 |
32,060 | By . Matt Chorley and Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 06:44 EST, 10 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:10 EST, 10 September 2013 . David Cameron today demanded a deadline be set for Syria to destroy its stock pile of chemical weapons, in an apparent breakthrough in the international stand-off. With US Congress poised to vote o... | US Secretary of State John Kerry floated on idea of handing over weapons .
Plan was seized on by Russia and Syria to derail US threat of strikes .
Britain, France and America to table UN security council resolution . | 10,062 | 216 |
37,179 | A Louisiana teenager was killed while playing a game with friends on train tracks this weekend when some equipment threw him under one of the cars. Brandt Torres, 17, and three friends had been placing coins on train tracks to watch them be crushed early Sunday, law enforcement officials told The Advocate. His death co... | Brandt Torres, 17, died on the train tracks in Louisiana while playing with friends .
He nearly died two years ago when he stood up in the path of a fellow duck hunter . | 1,230 | 169 |
43,316 | The businessman father of a 15 year-old girl who fell 19 floors to her death says he is ‘distraught’ as he faces the prospect of losing a second daughter to social services while his wife remains in police custody. Nick Cousins, 57, was arrested over alleged 'ill treatment' of Blanca after it emerged police are investi... | Blanca Cousins fell to her death at exclusive address in Hong Kong .
Briton Nick Cousins, 57, and teen's Filipino mother, Grace, arrested .
Mr Cousins said he and his family are 'distraught' after their loss .
They may yet lose custody of their second child, Carla, aged 14 .
Blanca and her 14-year-old sister's births w... | 8,003 | 491 |
89,822 | Jenson Button's old tour bus is being offered to hire as an £8,000-a-night 'seven star' hotel. Holidaymakers who like the idea of exploring the great outdoors but shudder at the thought of a freezing, insect-infested tent may be interested in hiring the palatial motorhome, which was used by the F1 star from 2003 to 201... | The extravagant vehicle boasts a Michelin star chef and a personal team of waiters operating around the clock .
Button owned the .
bus from 2003 until 2011 - and toured in it around the .
world during his 2009 title-winning season .
Guests will have access to a limousine, helicopter and enjoy a wide range of luxurious ... | 4,227 | 434 |
54,358 | By . Mark Lamport-stokes . Having displayed mainly regal form on the PGA Tour in his last four starts, Rory McIlroy benefited from some presidential advice ahead of this week's Deutsche Bank Championship in Norton, Massachusetts. Two days after finishing in a tie for 22nd at The Barclays in New Jersey, where his brilli... | The Northern Irishman revealed his delight at meeting up with the politician .
Rory McIlroy won the PGA Championship earlier this month .
However he struggled to replicate his previous form at The Barclays .
'He's just a great man to listen to' says McIlroy . | 2,373 | 259 |
31,208 | Seattle (CNN) -- Amazon on Wednesday announced three new Kindle Fire tablets: a 8.9- and 7-inch Kindle Fire HDX and a lower-end Kindle Fire HD. The tablets feature faster hardware, better screens, improved software and a subtle new look. "We have always wanted to build hardware that disappears and gets out of the way,"... | Amazon announces New Kindle Fire HDX tablets .
The tablets include free, 24/7 tech support on the tablet screen with a live person .
A new lower-end Kindle Fire HD will retail for $139 . | 6,167 | 186 |
278,260 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 05:25 EST, 12 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:22 EST, 12 September 2013 . As they pull at a wonky bike stand in the small hours of the morning outside a kebab shop, many would automatically presume that this group of lads were drunkenly vandalising their town centre. But far from bei... | The group put down their takeaways to fix bike rack in Boston .
Push and pull to unbend thick metal hoop in early hours of morning .
Praised as 'remarkable' and 'public spirited' | 5,589 | 178 |
129,665 | The West End is the world’s most expensive place in which to rent office space, research shows. Rising demand saw London overtake Hong Kong last year to become the priciest city once again – and the West End is the dearest place there. Average London rents are now more than double those on New York’s 5th Avenue and the... | Rising demands saw London overtake Hong Kong as priciest city .
West End is the most expensive area within the capital . | 2,072 | 120 |
138,572 | SRINAGAR, Indian-administered Kashmir (CNN) -- The chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir tendered his resignation Tuesday after he was accused of being involved in a 2006 sex scandal, his adviser said. Omar Abdullah denies any link to a prostitution ring, saying he has stepped down to clear his name. Omar Abdul... | Chief minister of Indian-administered Kashmir tenders his resignation .
Omar Abdullah accused of being involved in a 2006 sex scandal .
He denies allegation he was involved in a prostitution ring . | 2,888 | 197 |
131,740 | 'Blog' picked as word of the year
The term "blog" has been chosen as the top word of 2004 by a US dictionary publisher.
Merriam-Webster said "blog" headed the list of most looked-up terms on its site during the last twelve months. During 2004 blogs, or web logs, have become hugely popular and some have started to inf... | The term "blog" has been chosen as the top word of 2004 by a US dictionary publisher.Merriam-Webster said "blog" was the word that people have asked to be defined or explained most often over the last 12 months.According to blog analysis firm Technorati the number of blogs in existence, the blogosphere, has doubled eve... | 3,752 | 1,432 |
32,698 | Title: Czech National Bank Announces Interest Rate Decision, Maintains Stability Amid Global Uncertainty
Subtitle: The Czech National Bank (CNB) has announced its decision to keep the two-week repo rate unchanged at 0.25%, reinforcing confidence in the Czech Republic's economic stability amidst a volatile global fina... | The Czech National Bank (CNB) has decided to keep its two-week repo rate at 0.25%, maintaining stability in the Czech Republic amidst global uncertainties caused by geopolitical tensions, trade disputes, and the COVID-19 pandemic. This decision aims to balance price stability and growth while encouraging investment. C... | 2,044 | 764 |
71,253 | Kobani, Syria (CNN)When violence swallows a city as wholly as it has Kobani, as in so many of Syria's mottled cities, the fight becomes about who wins, rather than what is left for the victor. Its streets have been so ground down to the bone, that the prize -- so small but so intensely fought over -- is now unrecogniza... | Weeks of fighting between Kurds and ISIS have devastated the Kurdish city of Kobani .
Some people remain but food and fuel are scarce and mortars rain down .
Female Kurdish fighters are among those battling ISIS in the shell-blasted streets .
"I lost a lot of friends in this war and I resist to avenge their death," say... | 4,659 | 335 |
10,840 | Jamie Oliver's restaurant in Turkey has been forced to file for bankruptcy after only 14 months of operation. The Jamie's Italian in Istanbul's $2.5billion Zorlu Center Mall was unable to reach targets due to a tough economic climate, it was reported. A bankruptcy hearing was told the chain, which is the Italian eatery... | Jamie's Italian in Istanbul's $2.5billion Zorlu Center Mall opened in 2013 .
But despite its prominent location, it experienced financial difficulties .
Bankruptcy hearing was told chain would cut staff and put in more capital .
Lower prices and tough economic conditions were to blame, company said .
But economist says... | 5,613 | 454 |
196,004 | Patients tried and failed to book almost 34 million GP appointments last year, shocking new figures have revealed. A study reported in the British Medical Journal found that 90 per cent of patients were able to get an appointment in 2013/14. The 10 per cent who could not amounts to around 33.8 million unsuccessful atte... | Study: 90 per cent of patients were able to get an appointment in 2013/14 .
10 per cent who couldn't amounts to 33.8 million unsuccessful attempts .
Situation is responsible for a quarter of A&E visits, say researchers .
Problem is more to do with lack of doctors rather than opening hours . | 5,474 | 291 |
204,135 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:15 EST, 18 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:24 EST, 18 May 2013 . Authorities in hazardous materials suits searched a downtown Spokane, Washington apartment on Saturday while investigating the recent discovery of a pair of letters containing the deadly poison ricin. Few details ha... | Letters believed to have been sent from downtown Spokane apartment building .
Authorities say they have no suspects at this time .
As little as 500 micrograms of ricin can kill an adult if inhaled or ingested .
In April a Mississippi man was arrested in connection to ricin sent to the White House, a U.S. senator and a ... | 3,033 | 339 |
258,097 | Title: "Revolutionary Hover-Trains Unveiled: A New Era of Sustainable Transportation"
In a groundbreaking announcement, the global transport industry unveils the latest innovation that promises to reshape the future of sustainable transportation - the hover-train! This revolutionary technology, developed by a consort... | The text introduces a new innovation in sustainable transportation: hover-trains. These trains use magnetic levitation and renewable energy sources like solar and wind power, making them eco-friendly. They float above specially designed tracks to reduce friction and energy consumption. The initial phase aims to connec... | 1,901 | 797 |
271,196 | Tokyo (CNN) -- Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe on Wednesday described as "dangerous" and "regrettable" the actions of a Chinese navy ship that Tokyo says put a radar-lock on a Japanese vessel last week. His comments come amid severely strained relations between the two Asian powers over a set of disputed islands in ... | China rejects complaints about its navy patrols by Japan .
Japan had accused China of using radar to track a Japanese ship and helicopter .
Taiwan, China and Japan are disputing a group of islands .
China says it is patrolling its waters near the islands . | 5,004 | 256 |
258,187 | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 12:35 EST, 13 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:00 EST, 14 August 2013 . It's the accolade no one wants to be associated with. Sorry, residents of Hemel Hempstead, your town has been named the ugliest in the UK. The Hertfordshire town beat Luton into second place and Slough into third to to... | Hemel Hempstead voted 'ugliest town' in poll on Crap Towns Returns .
Luton came in at second place while Slough was voted third ugliest .
Website is also now asking for voters to decide on the UK's 'dullest town' | 4,296 | 212 |
35,254 | Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- Police clashed with hundreds of rioters in eastern Belfast on Tuesday in the second straight night of sectarian violence there. About 700 people had amassed in the streets Tuesday night, the Police Service of Northern Ireland said. Molotov cocktails, fireworks and bricks were being th... | Rioters pelt police with petrol bombs, fireworks and bricks, police say .
Reporters retreat from the area after a photographer is shot .
Police also clashed with rioters in east Belfast Monday .
Northern Ireland has seen a resurgence of violence in recent months . | 2,207 | 264 |
254,798 | (CNN) -- Former 2004 Democratic vice presidential nominee John Edwards, who admitted last week that he fathered a child with a videographer who worked on his campaign, has legally separated from his wife, Elizabeth, a source close to her said Wednesday. The source would not say when the separation occurred, only that i... | Ex-Sen. John Edwards admitted last week to fathering child with videographer .
Source close to Elizabeth Edwards says ex-senator and wife have separated .
Sister tells magazine that Elizabeth Edwards said, "I've had it. I can't do this" | 3,203 | 236 |
170,183 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A set of slides purporting to show UFOs are part of the latest batch of government documents leaked by NSA whistleblower Edward Snowden. The slides belong to a Powerpoint presentation created by the British spy agency GCHQ (Government Communications Headquarters). Three of the slides depict a... | The latest official document to be linked by Edward Snowden is a presentation created by the British spy agency GCHQ .
The presentation is called The Art Of Deception and includes three slides showing what appear to be UFOs .
Leading UFO expert Nigel Watson has said that skeptics have already dismissed the images as fa... | 3,315 | 577 |
132,022 | Change of opinion: James Lovelock once claimed that climate change would kill billions, but the environmentalist now says green movement theories are meaningless drivel . He was once a guru to environmentalists, claiming climate change would kill billions of humans by the end of this century. But it seems James Lovelo... | Ex climate change advocate now believes sea levels rising is not a problem .
Former Nasa scientist said wind turbines were 'useless' | 3,967 | 132 |
12,144 | The man who allegedly stabbed three soldiers outside a Jewish centre has been pictured for the first time - as his victims are honoured for their 'courage and devotion' to France. Moussa Coulibally's face was captured on Turkish CCTV at Istanbul airport, as the would-be jihadist was deported from the country last week,... | Moussa Coulibally allegedly stabbed the soldiers on Tuesday afternoon .
Today the Turkish Prime Minister released a CCTV image Coulibally, 30 .
Taken as he was deported from Turkey after authorities became suspicious .
Security sources claim he was en-route to Syria to join militants ISIS .
Coulibaly is still being que... | 3,077 | 443 |
61,770 | Pilot Peter Siebold, 43, (pictured) was seriously injured and co-pilot Michael Alsbury, 39, killed in the Virgin Galactic crash in the Mojave Desert . The pilot who survived the horrific Virgin Galactic crash has told investigators how he was thrown clear of the spacecraft as it broke up before plummeting nearly ten mi... | Pilot Peter Siebold said he was thrown clear of spacecraft as it broke up .
43-year-old was seriously injured in crash in California's Mojave Desert .
His co-pilot Michael Alsbury, 39, was killed in the disaster on October 31 .
National Transportation Safety Board investigation into crash continuing . | 3,553 | 302 |
58,649 | (CNN) -- Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has penned a letter to President Obama, telling his American counterpart that Iran is Obama's only option for success, state-run media reported. "Obama has only one way to remain in power and be successful. This way is Iran," Ahmadinejad said in a nationally televised spee... | Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad writes letter to President Obama .
Ahmadinejad says he wants to help the United States come out of isolation .
White House has called for more U.N. sanctions on Iran for its nuclear ambitions . | 2,284 | 231 |
287,569 | By . Mike Dawes . PUBLISHED: . 19:50 EST, 31 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:10 EST, 1 April 2013 . The University of Louisville basketball player who suffered a horrific leg fracture that left the bone in his right leg protruding on live TV has been successfully operated on. Kevin Ware, 20, jumped high in the air to bl... | Kevin Ware, 20, landed badly on his right leg during Louisville-Duke game on Sunday night .
Teammates sobbed as they tried not to be sick after the accident in front of the Louisville bench .
Ware whispered 'Don't worry about me. Win this thing' before he was carted away .
The horrific injury has now been successfully ... | 4,166 | 408 |
54,780 | By . Matt Blake . and Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 06:01 EST, 31 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:11 EST, 31 July 2012 . A female Saudi Arabian judoka will be allowed to compete in the Olympics while wearing her hijab, it has emerged. Wodjan Shaherkani's participation in . the London 2012 Games had been in doubt after the ... | Wodjan Shaherkani .
will compete in judo after an agreement is reached on with International Judo Federation on the kind of headscarf she can wear .
The 16-year-old +78kg judoka had been told last week by the IFJ that she would not be allowed to compete in Islamic-compliant dress .
Decision comes as debate heats up in ... | 9,427 | 560 |
168,504 | By . Tom McTague, Deputy Political Editor for MailOnline . Britain risks becoming a nation of ‘disposable pets’ unless high street shops are stopped from selling puppies and kittens, an MP said today. Labour's Robert Flello said the Government needed to tackle the ‘puppy farms’ which sell animals to pet shops. He said ... | Labour's Robert Flello said the Government needed to tackle 'puppy farms'
He said breeders can mistreat puppies and kittens causing long-term harm .
Mr Flello said pet shops should be banned from selling puppies and kittens .
Tory MP Alec Shelbrooke backed proposal saying pets were part of family .
He revealed he had ... | 5,300 | 449 |
7,775 | (CNN) -- For most of us, watching a fly mindlessly bouncing against a window in an effort to escape, is pretty annoying -- perhaps even infuriating. For a team of Swiss scientists, this stubborn maneuver could change the face of search-and-rescue missions forever. Introducing GimBall -- a spherical flying robot encased... | Introducing GimBall, the flying robot that moves like a fly .
The machine features a protective cage that lets it bounce off surfaces .
Includes a small in-built camera .
Swiss scientists hope it will be used in search and rescue missions in the future . | 3,851 | 254 |
177,874 | Title: "Groundbreaking Research Paves Way for Potential Alzheimer's Treatment"
In a remarkable breakthrough, an international team of researchers announced today the discovery of a potential drug candidate that could significantly slow down the progression of Alzheimer's disease. The new treatment, developed through ... | A groundbreaking discovery by an international team of researchers has led to a potential new drug for slowing down the progression of Alzheimer's disease. The drug targets a specific protein thought to play a significant role in the onset and development of the disease. After six years of clinical trials involving ov... | 2,201 | 965 |
5,668 | Roger Federer moved on to 999 tour-level victories as he beat Grigor Dimitrov 6-2 6-2 in the semi-finals of the Brisbane International on Saturday. The world number two will face Milos Raonic in Sunday's final, with the opportunity to join Jimmy Connors and Ivan Lendl as the only players to reach four figures in the Op... | 33-year-old turned pro in back in 1998 and has won 17 Grand Slam titles .
Roger Federer moved onto 999 career wins after beating Grigor Dimitrov .
Federer faces Canadian Milos Raonic in the Brisbane final on Sunday .
The world No 2 hopes to win his 83rd tour-level title in his 125th final .
The first Grand Slam of the ... | 2,195 | 367 |
232,755 | By . Lydia Warren . PUBLISHED: . 14:15 EST, 9 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:46 EST, 9 October 2013 . Chelsea Manning has spoken out for the first time since she was sentenced to say that she is not a pacifist - after learning that a peace award had been accepted on her behalf. Manning, who was previously known as Br... | Manning released statement to explain she was not a pacifist after receiving a peace prize without her knowledge .
Sean MacBride Peace Award was accepted on her behalf by Army colonel .
Instead, Manning insisted that she simply wanted transparency .
Her lawyer insisted that he had told Manning about the award . | 5,468 | 312 |
99,371 | (CNN) -- It's a mind-boggling surprise in whodunit mysteries and soap operas, but a soldier in Colorado is using the dramatic ploy for real in a criminal courtroom: his "evil twin" may be responsible for the sex crimes against girls that he's now accused of. The soldier's defense rests partly on the fact he and his ide... | Aaron Lucas is charged with trying to lure 11 girls and sexually assaulting three of them .
He is also a suspect in sex crimes in Alabama and Texas .
But Lucas' defense attorneys say the DNA could belong to his brother, an identical twin .
A Colorado judge allows Lucas to cite his twin brother as a potential suspect . | 5,017 | 319 |
74,456 | A mother says her six-year-old daughter is only alive today thanks to the local optician who correctly suspected she had a huge brain tumour. Chrissy Fletcher had become so concerned about her daughter Darcey's headaches that she took her to the local hospital - where doctors simply diagnosed a migraine. It was only wh... | Darcey Fletcher, from Barnsley, had been suffering severe headaches .
Her worried mother took her to local hospital on the advice of the GP .
Doctors ran tests - except for a scan - and said Darcey just had a migraine .
But next day, local optician realised she had warning signs of brain tumor .
Further tests revealed ... | 5,179 | 368 |
281,443 | Savers could soon be able to switch current accounts within five days instead of seven. Last year ministers cut the time limit from 30 days to a week. More than 1.2million people, frustrated with rock-bottom interest rates, switched banks as a result. Now the Chancellor may reduce the time limit to five days in his Aut... | Chancellor George Osborne is considering making the change next week .
Last year he cut the time it takes to switch accounts from 30 days to seven .
Now he wants to reduce that further from seven days to just five .
He is expected to make the announcement during his Autumn statement .
However, bankers do not believe th... | 3,268 | 355 |
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