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2,570 | Washington (CNN) -- A U.S. envoy will meet with North Korean officials next week to test that nation's willingness to abandon its nuclear program, the State Department said Monday. Special Representative for North Korea Policy Glyn Davies will meet with his counterpart, North Korean First Vice Foreign Minister Kim Kye ... | U.S. envoy Glyn Davies is scheduled to meet with a North Korean official in Beijing .
They will discuss North Korea's willingness to suspend its nuclear program .
The death of Kim Jong Il disrupted a deal for a suspension in return for food aid . | 1,248 | 246 |
233,883 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:29 EST, 30 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:30 EST, 30 September 2013 . The British tourist who nearly died when a rogue taxi cab drove onto a Manhattan sidewalk and severed her foot appear on the Dr Oz show Tuesday for their first reunion since her horrific ordeal. Sian Gre... | Sian Green, 24, lost her left leg when a rogue taxi cab ran onto the sidewalk in front of Dr Oz's production offices in New York City .
Green's appearance on the Dr Oz stage Tuesday will be the first time she's met with him since the accident and she'll meet David Justino. the man who saved her life by turning his belt... | 4,577 | 435 |
41,553 | Cesc Fabregas and Filipe Luis have backed fellow Chelsea new boy Diego Costa to take the Barclays Premier League by storm. All three players arrived from Spain this summer for a combined £48million and are expected to form the spine of a new-look Blues side. And Costa, who scored 35 goals for Atletico Madrid last seaso... | Chelsea signed Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas and Filipe Luis from Spain .
Costa scored 35 goals for La Liga champions Atletico Madrid last season .
Luis has tipped him to become the best No 9 in the world .
Chelsea take on Real Sociedad in a friendly at Stamford Bridge on Tuesday . | 2,523 | 279 |
237,569 | By . Bianca London . She's made it through a very public divorce with a smile on her face, so when Miranda Kerr offers life advice, we're all ears. The former Victoria's Secret supermodel, who has penned two self-help books, shared her wisdom with Lucky magazine. Speaking about what she'd tell her younger self now if s... | Miranda, 31, spoke in behind the scenes interview .
Cites her beauty icons as Jane Birkin and Audrey Hepburn .
Favourite summer snack is fresh papaya with lemon and lime . | 2,936 | 171 |
150,887 | The amount of Crystal Meth being produced in the United States is declining as drug users turn to cheaper, purer imports from Mexico. Meth lab busts and seizures are down 40 percent or more in states that traditionally lead the country in the undesirable category, according to narcotics experts. Enforcement actions and... | Meth lab seizures are down 40 per cent in states associated with the trade .
Drug coming through cartel pipelines is supplanting product made here .
Organizations have expanded meth reach to rural areas and small towns .
The Drug Enforcement Administration reported 11,573 seizures last year . | 5,621 | 293 |
36,462 | President Obama's former bag carrier and 'chief of stuff' has joined David Cameron's election team and will be tasked with winning the Prime Minister a second term in office. Reggie Love, a former US college basketball star, dubbed 'iReggie' by Obama, was the president's ever-present companion and source of information... | Reggie Love has been recruited to help steer Tories to victory in election .
Former basketball star, who is 6ft 5in, was once Obama's closest aide .
Known as 'iReggie', was ever-present on campaign trail and in Oval Office .
Another former White House aide Jim Messina is also advising the Tories .
Meanwhile Labour's US... | 4,998 | 373 |
280,006 | An illegal immigrant was caught hanging on to the underside of a horse box transporting an Olympic gold medal-winning racehorse from Calais to Dover. The man was found clinging to the chassis of the horse box carrying Valegro, which won gold with rider Charlotte Dujardin at the London Olympics in 2012. Police with sni... | Horse Valegro won gold with rider Charlotte Dujardin at London 2012 .
It was being taken back to England following an event in Norway .
Police with sniffer dogs found the immigrant before the vehicle left France . | 4,137 | 213 |
262,924 | Unhappy puppy: Processed dog food could cause serious harm to the pets that eat it . Would you feed your family a meal made with condemned beef? Or spray the children’s tea with rancid fat collected from a deep-fat fryer? Or serve biscuits made with empty grain hulls swept from a factory floor? Because that’s what we d... | Canine nutrition expert says big business sells food unfit for dogs to eat .
Says dogs should have a diet of raw meat, raw bones and veg like parsnips .
Dog food industry began as way of making money from unwanted products .
The Truth About Your Dog’s Food is on Channel 5 on Thursday at 9pm. Jonathan Self is author of ... | 7,283 | 362 |
95,641 | (CNN) -- A bungled break-in, Deep Throat, a defiant President Richard Nixon declaring, "I am not a crook." These are what often come to mind when people hear the word Watergate. But another legacy of the infamous scandal has re-emerged in this year's presidential race. Many Americans may not remember, but public outrag... | Americans may have forgotten a key legacy of Watergate, professors say .
Outrage over illegal campaign fundraising led to Watergate reforms .
Scholars say these reforms have been erased in this year's election .
Editor of Watergate coverage: Big money and secrecy corrupts . | 8,785 | 274 |
41,806 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 2:07 AM on 8th February 2012 . A man has been arrested and faces murder charges in the deaths of a wealthy Arizona couple found tied up and burned beyond recognition in their upscale home. Michael Crane, 31, will face two murder charges, as well as kidnapping, armed robbery, a... | Lawrence and Glenna Shapiro found dead in their Arizona home January 30, bound and burned beyond recognition .
Michael Crane, 31, charged with murder, among other charges .
Four more arrested in conjunction with crime; police say they're still searching for more suspects .
Police won't reveal cause of death for couple ... | 6,907 | 349 |
262,411 | By . Sophie Jane Evans . PUBLISHED: . 14:57 EST, 29 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:04 EST, 29 November 2013 . Fined: A warden issued a parking ticket to this ambulance as paramedics treated an elderly patient . A traffic warden has sparked outrage after putting a parking ticket on an ambulance as paramedics stopped ... | Warden targeted the ambulance outside arts venue in Christchurch, Dorset .
He slapped a fine of up to £70 on the windscreen of the emergency vehicle .
Paramedics had stopped to treat a pensioner who had suffered a stroke .
Shocked onlookers shouted and swore at the overzealous attendant .
Dorset County Council has now ... | 3,473 | 348 |
75,857 | (CNN) -- iPhone and iPad users looking with envy at the ever-ballooning screen sizes of Android devices shouldn't lose hope just yet. The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple has been experimenting with iPhone screen sizes larger than the current four inches, echoing rumors from earlier this year that the company may... | Report: Apple experimenting with bigger iPad, iPhone screens .
Wall Street Journal says giant 13-inch display considered for iPad .
Apple often experiments with products that never get released . | 1,671 | 195 |
246,901 | Craig Burley was forced to get a tattoo of Fernando Torres after insisting the Atletico Madrid striker had no chance of finding the net against rivals Real in the Copa del Rey last week. Following Torres' nightmare spell at Chelsea, former Blues midfielder Burley was so confident the Spaniard's barren run would continu... | Fernando Torres scored brace for Atletico Madrid in Copa del Rey .
Craig Burley insisted the striker would not score against Real Madrid .
Former Chelsea midfielder lost bet and had to get Torres tattoo on his arm . | 2,868 | 216 |
205,405 | By . Beth Stebner and Reuters Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 01:25 EST, 29 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:03 EST, 29 January 2013 . The top executives at several organizations that received taxpayer-funded bailouts also received increasingly generous salaries and bonuses, a watchdog group alleged Monday. The internal watchd... | Watchdog report released Monday claims that top executives at AIG, GM, and Ally Financial each received 'excessive' pay .
Treasury department would sign off on higher wages, report alleges .
Top 16 executives within those companies received combined pay of $100million in 2012, SIGTARP claims . | 7,059 | 294 |
288,270 | (CNN) -- Midway Atoll, a small stretch of sand and coral in the middle of the north Pacific, is home to one of the world's largest populations of Laysan albatrosses. Until 1993, U.S. Navy aircraft thundered down the runway of the military base on the island, but now ocean going birds nest and embark on their own epic c... | Artist Chris Jordan photographed albatross remains on Midway Atoll in Pacific .
Remains show that albatross chicks choke or are poisoned by being fed plastic .
Plastic waste found across thousands of miles in North Pacific gyre . | 1,683 | 229 |
50,516 | He seemed like an ordinary suburban man and father of four, but Ali Reza Sonmez was abducted and murdered in an execution style killing and his body dumped in a river across a state border. NSW Police are now acting on the possibility that 44-year-old Sonmez may have had a secret, dark past, and have travelled to Sout... | Ali Sonmez vanished in 1986 and his bullet-ridden body was dumped .
The Turkish-born father of four was found 50km from his home .
Police believed he was abducted and killed execution style .
Detectives now have a new clue in the 28-year-old murder .
An anonymous letter has been sent to Adelaide police with 'credible'... | 4,543 | 328 |
49,231 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 17:38 EST, 3 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:42 EST, 3 February 2014 . A northern Indiana teenager who pleaded guilty for a second time to conspiring to help kill a friend's stepfather got the same sentence on Monday that he received more than three years ago, but because of a cha... | Judge James Heuer gave 15-year-old Paul Gingerich a 30-year sentence, with the final five years suspended .
Gingerich apologized to Phillip Danner's family during a brief, tearful statement before being sentenced .
Gingerich agreed to plead guilty in December because a new law that went .
into effect July 1 allows him ... | 4,015 | 364 |
184,414 | San Diego (CNN) -- As we try to grasp the enormity of the crisis involving at least 57,000 unaccompanied minors from Central America who crossed the U.S.-Mexico border looking for safe haven, Americans should stop casting blame and be realistic. We always look for an endpoint, a limit, a boundary. When we're told about... | Ruben Navarrette: Some might think the border crisis is a short-term concern .
He says the flow of people across the border is likely to continue .
U.S. efforts to turn back, or send back, immigrant children won't stem the tide, he says . | 5,504 | 238 |
89,011 | Serena Williams kick-started her training for next year in familiar style as she took part in the the Ultimate Run South Beach on Sunday morning. The world No 1 was joined by her sister, Venus, in the Miami-based event, and the two stars then took it upon themselves to entertain the crowds with a spot of singing after ... | The Serena Williams Ultimate Run South Beach took place on Sunday .
And the world No 1 took part in the race named after her .
Venus Williams also took pat in the event in Miami, Florida .
All money raised from the race goes to the Serena Williams Fund .
Serena said it was a great way to kick-start her training for 201... | 2,952 | 323 |
177,213 | (CNN) -- Netflix changed the name of its DVD mailing service to "Qwikster" over the weekend. But the company apparently forgot to consider the Twitter ramifications of the switch. The Twitter handle @Qwikster apparently isn't controlled by Netflix. A guy whose name is listed as Jason Castillo and whose icon on that soc... | Netflix changes name of DVD mailing service to Qwikster .
The @Qwikster Twitter handle isn't owned by Netflix .
That Twitter user's icon is a cartoon Elmo smoking a joint .
It's unclear if Netflix will try to obtain the account . | 1,631 | 229 |
282,750 | Palmer United Party leader Clive Palmer has lashed back at rebel senator Jacqui Lambie, accusing her of lying in parliament and scheming to start her own political party. His claims follow after a parliamentary spiel by the Tasmanian senator, during which she accused her party leader of trying to intimidate her and in... | Clive Palmer has lashed back at rebel senator Jacqui Lambie .
He claims her of lying and planning to start her own political party .
The Tasmanian senator has been demoted by her party .
Mr Palmer said Lambie had not spoken to him for a month and failed to attend party meetings and return phone calls . | 2,109 | 303 |
67,137 | Washington (CNN) -- The National Park Service said Saturday that the National Christmas Tree located just south of the White House has died due to complications from "transplant shock." The Park Service removed the Colorado blue spruce from the White House grounds early Saturday. The tree had replaced another which was... | The tree dies of transplant shock .
A new tree will be planted on White House grounds in October . | 608 | 98 |
213,077 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 13:54 EST, 27 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:19 EST, 27 August 2012 . Four soldiers killed a former comrade and his girlfriend who they thought had betrayed their anarchist militia group, a court heard today. Members of the group, who were charged with the murders in March, had st... | Michael Roark and girlfriend Tiffany York, 17, lured to woods and shot dead 'to tie up loose ends'
Group called F.E.A.R - Forever Enduring Always Ready - recruited troubled soldiers at Fort Stewart, Georgia . | 5,806 | 208 |
247,392 | Although the couple’s baby boy is third in line to the throne, he will have a rather rootless existence for the first few months of his life. The Duke and Duchess will, initially, bring their newborn back to Nottingham Cottage, the two-bedroom pied-a-terre in the grounds of Kensington Palace they have lived in for the ... | Couple will take their newborn boy to Kensington Palace for first fortnight .
When William returns to work, Kate will head to her parents' mansion .
By October they will then move into their refurbished London flat - which is actually a four-storey apartment with 20 rooms . | 7,390 | 274 |
487 | By . Jessica Jerreat . PUBLISHED: . 23:25 EST, 9 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:22 EST, 10 July 2013 . A homeowner had a shock after finding animal enforcement officers trying to remove a black bear from a tree in his garden. The 18-month-old bear had been chased through an Erie neighborhood in Pennsylvania on Tuesday a... | Young animal spotted regularly by Erie residents .
18-month-old to be released after waking up from tranquilizer dart . | 2,233 | 119 |
48,896 | From sweltering in the summer to being crushed into a sweaty man’s armpit at rush hour, many of the world’s antiquated underground rail networks are in need of an overhaul. Now futuristic images of what London’s tube trains might look like have been revealed – and they include features that are set to make journeys mor... | Futuristic designs were made by Priestman Goode, based in London .
Tube trains are designed to be driverless and operational in 2025 .
They will run on the Bakerloo, Central, Piccadilly and Waterloo & City lines .
Trains will have walk-through carriages and air conditioning .
Capacity will grow on all the lines to ca... | 3,956 | 353 |
3,891 | By . Paul Milligan . PUBLISHED: . 11:41 EST, 29 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:38 EST, 29 November 2012 . There may not be a sphinx on every street corner in London or Manchester, but Egypt has had a bigger influence on British architecture than you would think. From cinemas to supermarkets, factories to mausoleums,... | New book explores the Egyptian influence on British architecture .
Traces of Egypt can be found all around the UK - from Penzance to Leeds . | 3,898 | 140 |
23,714 | Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- Oscar Pistorius spoke to a friend of Reeva Steenkamp's in a "very sinister tone" Tuesday, asking her: "How can you sleep at night?" the friend's lawyer said. Kim Myers found the "unwelcome approach ... extremely disturbing," lawyer Ian Levitt said, adding that the incident had been repor... | NEW: Kim Myers says Pistorius spoke to her in a "very sinister tone"
Defense witnesses did not hear the same things prosecution witnesses did .
The defense is planning to wrap up next week .
Pistorius says he mistook his girlfriend for an intruder in the middle of the night . | 6,681 | 276 |
207,363 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 09:13 EST, 27 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:11 EST, 29 June 2012 . U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton has said America is ready to support Kofi Annan's push to find a diplomatic solution to Syria's war. Speaking at the start of a European visit focused heavily on the Syrian bloodshe... | Clinton was speaking at the start of a European visit focused heavily on the Syrian bloodshed .
Washington is facing a domestic outcry over human rights atrocities committed by the Syrian army . | 3,290 | 194 |
65,953 | Napoli striker Gonzalo Higuain has admitted that Lionel Messi discussed him joining Barcelona this summer, but added that a move to the Nou Camp was never on the cards. The Argentina star was heavily linked with the Catalan giants by the Spanish press in June, with Marca claiming that a deal was 'very close' to being c... | Higuain was heavily linked with Barca by the Spanish press this summer .
The Napoli forward only joined the Serie A side from Real Madrid last year .
Higuain admits that his Argentina team-mate Messi spoke to him about a move to the Nou Camp .
He has ruled out leaving Rafa Benitez's side ahead of the new season . | 1,657 | 314 |
20,483 | The next "Star Wars" cast will include originals Mark Hamill, Harrison Ford and Carrie Fisher reprising their 1977 roles. "Star Wars: Episode VII" will pick up three decades after the "Return of the Jedi" episode's story with the same actors who played Luke Skywalker, Han Solo and Princess Leia, according to Disney, wh... | Next "Star Wars" picks up 3 decades after "Return of the Jedi" story .
Original Chewbacca, C-3PO and R2-D2 actors are back .
John Williams will again compose the "Star War" score .
"Star Wars: Episode VII" opens December 18, 2015 . | 1,296 | 231 |
14,831 | (CNN) -- The Rev. Billy Graham, the 88-year-old legendary Christian evangelist, was hospitalized in North Carolina early Saturday for evaluation and treatment of intestinal bleeding. Evangelist Billy Graham speaks at the Billy Graham Library dedication on May 31, 2007, in Charlotte, North Carolina. He was admitted to t... | Christian evangelist Graham, 88, in fair condition .
Admitted to Mission Health and Hospitals in Asheville, North Carolina .
Physicians say the bleeding may be diverticulitis . | 1,054 | 176 |
276,819 | AUSTIN, Texas (CNET) -- IMDb founder Col Needham said the massively popular movie database has set as its major goal for the future to add one-button streaming for all of the 1.3 million titles it indexes. IMDb, the popular movie database, hopes to add one-button streaming for all of its 1.3 million titles. Obviously,... | IMDb hopes to add one-button streaming for all of the 1.3 million titles it indexes .
IMDb founder Col Needham outlined this vision Monday at the SXSW festival .
The vision is a long-term one and faces hurdles from movie-content owners .
IMDb has 57 million monthly unique visitors . | 3,109 | 283 |
206,291 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:43 EST, 31 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:20 EST, 1 August 2013 . Drivers in remote areas could pay less for their petrol and diesel under Government plans to cut fuel duty. Residents of the Scottish islands and the Scilly Isles already receive a 5p discount on their fuel beca... | The Scottish islands and Scilly Isles already receive 5p discount on their fuel .
Ministers may extend scheme to parts of Devon, Cumbria and Wales . | 4,021 | 148 |
202,526 | Hull manager Steve Bruce believes Andy Robertson 'has the world at his feet' after his starring role against England. The 20-year-old left-back left Dundee United in the summer for a modest £2.85million and has rapidly become one of the rising stars of the Barclays Premier League. He has excelled in his early Tigers pe... | Andy Robertson stood out in Scotland's ties against Ireland and England .
The 20-year-old was the only scorer for Scotland against England .
He moved to the Tigers from Dundee United in the summer for £2.85 .
Bruce believes Robertson is one of football's outstanding youngsters . | 3,502 | 279 |
239,575 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:52 EST, 25 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:52 EST, 25 December 2012 . A kickabout in the park might leave many dads suffering after their exertions, but it could have deadly consequences for toddlers – according to EU officials. Toy footballs now have to be stamped with a wa... | Balls with circumference of 25in must be marked 'Choking hazard!'
Manufacturer Bellco Sports confirmed it had to comply with the rules . | 2,209 | 136 |
1,526 | (CNN) -- It turns out that the military regime in Myanmar is soccer-crazy and even pondered buying world-famous club Manchester United, according to a U.S. diplomatic cable obtained by WikiLeaks and published by the Guardian newspaper in Britain. The suggestion to buy United apparently came from the grandson of Than Sh... | General's grandson suggested he buy Manchester United, cable says .
General, who is a soccer fan, thought $1 billion purchase would look bad .
He created a soccer league in Myanmar . | 2,338 | 182 |
82,377 | By . Daniel Miller . PUBLISHED: . 20:13 EST, 6 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:32 EST, 7 September 2012 . These Chinese quadruplet schoolchildren have a real head for figures after their clever mother got individual numbers shaved into their hair so their teacher could easily tell them apart. The six-year-old boys w... | Six-year-olds Jiang Yunlong, Jiang Yunxiao, Jiang Yunhan and Jiang Yunlin were starting their first day of school .
They are so similar even their father finds it hard to tell them apart . | 1,391 | 188 |
57,941 | ROME, Italy (CNN) -- An Italian woman who had been in a coma for 17 years and whose right-to-die case was being debated in the Italian Parliament has died days after doctors began removing her feeding tube. A portrait of Eluana Englaro. She was in a vegetative state for nearly 17 years. The speaker of the Italian Senat... | NEW: Woman in coma for 17 years in Italy has died, her father says .
Eluana Englaro has been in vegetative state since a car crash .
Her father has fought for years to have her feeding tube removed . | 3,340 | 199 |
95,726 | By . Chris Waugh . Follow @@ChrisDHWaugh . The 101st Tour de France begins in Yorkshire on Saturday with Britain's Chris Froome aiming to defend the winner's yellow jersey he claimed last year. Froome became only the second Brit - after Sir Bradley Wiggins in 2012 - to win the Tour, and he did so in it's 100th edition.... | The 101st edition of Tour de France starts in Yorkshire on Saturday .
The first stage, or Grand Depart, is 190km between Leeds and Harrogate .
Here Sportsmail tells you everything you need to know about the Tour . | 10,648 | 213 |
147,050 | By . Ted Thornhill . Last updated at 11:27 AM on 7th February 2012 . Proof that the ‘Hill of Jonah’ – or Giv’at Yonah’ - was occupied at the time the prophet is said to have existed has been uncovered by archaeologists. It is thought that he was buried at the coastal site in Ashdod, Israel, and now the foundation of an... | Jonah is said to have been trapped in the belly of a whale for three days . | 2,281 | 75 |
263,998 | Wedding season is fast upon us, but with the average cost of the big day hitting £25,000, thrifty brides are on the hunt for ways to budget. It's easy to cut costs by snapping up invites and decorations on the high street, but would you buy your wedding dress from the likes of Monsoon or Debenhams? Or would you rather ... | The average cost of the big day has hit £25,000 .
Asos, Monsoon and Debenhams offering bridal and bridesmaid gowns .
FEMAIL pits high-street offerings with designer dresses . | 9,784 | 174 |
185,168 | (CNN) -- Republican presidential hopeful Jon Huntsman called it stupid. His rival Ron Paul denounced it. But perhaps most appalled by a "China Jon" ad on YouTube were Hindus in America. An amateurish video posted by self-characterized Paul supporter NHLiberty4Paul questions Huntsman's "American values," shows Huntsman,... | Posted by a Ron Paul supporter, the ad questions Huntsman's values .
It shows him speaking Mandarin and with his two adoptive daughters .
"A man of faith?" the ad asks before a photo of Huntsman with his Hindu daughter .
A Hindu organization calls the ad racist and intolerant . | 2,908 | 278 |
14,340 | (CNN) -- Faced by a man wielding a tennis racquet like a wand, Novak Djokovic produced some magic of his own to claim victory in the final of the Indian Well Masters event. Djokovic, who was blown away in the opening set by Roger Federer, was forced to summon every ounce of strength and determination to deny his oppone... | Novak Djokovic wins the Indian Wells title .
World No.2 defeated Roger Federer in three sets .
Italy's Flavia Pennetta wins women's event .
Pennetta defeated Agnieszka Radwanska 6-2, 6-1 . | 3,644 | 188 |
103,438 | A mysterious ancient creature, resembling both a Neanderthal and a modern human, has been unearthed in China. Fossils dating back 60,000 and 120,000 years have revealed an unknown species that doesn't seem to fit with any known hominin ancestor. Scientists claim one explanation for the remarkable find may be that the f... | The fossils were discovered in a cave in Xujiayao, Northern China .
They are made up of skull pieces, and teeth from four individuals .
Teeth had features similar to Homo erectus as well as Neanderthal .
One possibility is that the creature was the result of interbreeding .
Analysis of a jawbone dredged up in Taiwan la... | 7,977 | 416 |
84,341 | (CNN) -- After almost 10 months, the FBI has zeroed in on a suspect in the case of missing Florida pilot Robert Wiles, who may have been kidnapped for ransom. Missing Florida pilot Robert Wiles is thought to have been kidnapped for ransom. "We're close to solving the case," said FBI special agent David Couvertier. He w... | FBI agent says they are "close to solving the case," have a "key suspect"
"Key suspect" is in Florida, either in Orlando, Lakeland or Melbourne, agent says .
Police believe missing pilot Robert Wiles may have been kidnapped for ransom .
Mother would tell suspect to "come forward and tell the truth" | 3,695 | 299 |
107,516 | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 07:07 EST, 21 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:47 EST, 21 June 2013 . Victim: Ahmed Fareed has been jailed for life after he brutally murdered retired Salvation Army Officer Major Janet Gilson, pictured, in Hong Kong . A man who brutally murdered a retired British Salvation Army officer in... | Ahmed Fareed strangled Major Janet Gilson with a rope .
She was found hidden .
under a sofa three days after being reported missing .
Fareed was the ex-husband of Maj Gilson’s niece . | 2,588 | 183 |
270,284 | (CNN) -- First-degree murder charges have been filed against a man who Baltimore, Maryland, police believe killed an off-duty detective by striking him in the head during a dispute over a parking space, authorities said Sunday. Sian James, 25, is suspected in the death of Brian Stevenson, an 18-year police veteran, who... | NEW: Police say first-degree murder charges are filed against 25-year-old Sian James .
Police identify the deceased detective as Brian Stevenson .
The officer was out celebrating his 38th birthday .
He was bludgeoned with a piece of concrete, police say . | 1,595 | 255 |
290,553 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . In the alien invasion movie Independence Day, the spaceships which obliterate Earth's great cities emerge from vast storm clouds just like these. So it's fitting, then, that these portentous swirling supercells appeared over Roswell, New Mexico, near the U.S. military's secret Area 51 base, w... | Supercell storms like these can cause tornadoes, hail storms, flash floods and barrages of lightning .
They are usually found over the Great Plains of the U.S. or the plains of southern Brazil and Argentina . | 3,216 | 208 |
193,672 | An ISIS chemical weapons expert who the U.S. feared was 'gathering equipment' for the militants has been killed in an airstrike in Iraq, officials have claimed. Abu Malik was killed on January 24 near Mosul, after being 'specifically targeted' by the U.S.-led forces because of growing concern ISIS may be trying to secu... | U.S. claims chemical engineer Abu Malik was killed on January 24 .
Malik had worked at Muthanna - an Iraqi factory which produced sarin gas .
The long-time jihadist joined Al-Qaeda in 2005 and ISIS more recently .
Fears the militants are trying to expand their chemical weapons capability .
Anonymous defence source says... | 4,414 | 360 |
67,698 | Same-sex marriage can move forward in Idaho after the Supreme Court on Friday refused the state's request to delay implementation. It was unclear when gays and lesbians in Idaho could legally wed, but the decision will make Idaho the 27th state to allow same-sex marriage. The high court's two-sentence order came after ... | ACLU of Kansas files lawsuit to allow marriage for same-sex couples .
Decision will make Idaho the 27th state to allow same-sex marriage .
Federal appeals court on Tuesday found bans in Idaho and Nevada unconstitutional .
Judge in North Carolina also rules Friday that same-sex marriage can begin there . | 3,844 | 304 |
131,068 | ## Breakthrough Gene Therapy Shows Promise in Treating Rare Childhood Blindness
**Boston, MA -** Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have announced promising early results from a clinical trial using gene therapy to treat a rare form of inherited blindness in children. The study, published today in the *New Engl... | Researchers at Boston Children's Hospital have reported promising early results from a gene therapy trial treating a rare childhood blindness called Leber congenital amaurosis (LCA). The therapy involves a single injection of a healthy gene directly into the retina. In a trial of 12 children aged 4-10, a majority showe... | 1,763 | 706 |
125,859 | By . Richard Shears . PUBLISHED: . 05:46 EST, 29 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:30 EST, 29 January 2013 . Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s partner - popularly known as the country’s ‘First Bloke’ - has landed himself in hot water over a jokey comment he made while giving a lecture about prostate cancer. Tim Mathieson t... | Tim Mathieson joked smaller hands make the physical test more bearable .
The PM's partner was talking to the West Indian cricket team .
Julia Gillard admitted the comments were in 'poor taste' | 3,978 | 192 |
72,436 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:04 EST, 9 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:04 EST, 9 October 2012 . The local news anchor who spoke out after a viewer criticised her for being overweight has now leapt to the defence of her attacker. Jennifer Livingston sprang to national fame after she denounced Kenneth Krau... | Jennifer Livingston was accused of being a bad role model .
Viewer Kenneth Krause apologised for attack and said he used to be obese .
Anchor now says she hopes people 'leave him alone' | 8,165 | 185 |
163,487 | By . Shari Miller . Time for debate: Nick Clegg is calling for a review of drugs laws after his recent visit to Columbia . Nick Clegg is calling for Britain to undertake a major review of drugs laws after seeing first-hand the devastating consequences that rising cocaine demand has wrought upon Columbia. Despite robust... | Deputy prime minister says cocaine use is on the rise, despite laws .
Claims war on drugs, in countries like Columbia, is not quelling demand .
Says Britain has resisted 'a proper debate' on alternative strategies . | 3,670 | 215 |
173,472 | New York (CNN) -- A human skull and crossbones, valued at up to $20,000, won't appear at a Christie's auction Friday after another party claimed rights to the remains, the auction house announced. Yale University's secret Order of Skull and Bones used the skull and crossbones as a ballot box, Christie's said in its adv... | Another party claims rights to human skull and crossbones valued at up to $20,000 .
Yale University's secret Order of Skull and Bones used them as ballot box .
World Archaeological Congress calls sale of human remains "affront to human dignity"
Group suggests skull might be Native American, subject to legal protection ... | 1,456 | 321 |
143,427 | (CNN) -- This is what party modernization looks like. Last Friday, Sen. Rob Portman of Ohio announced he is now a supporter of the freedom to marry. What changed his thinking after voting against gay rights in the past? Finding out that his son -- a Yale sophomore -- was gay, and realizing that sexual orientation is no... | Margaret Hoover: Sen. Rob Portman most recent GOP'er to support same-sex marriage .
She says conservative values, golden rule allow more in GOP to accept change .
She says more in GOP see marriage as stabilizing force, good for economy .
Hoover: To regain relevance with voters, the GOP must reject bigotry that holds it... | 6,805 | 327 |
97,713 | By . Craig Hope for the Daily Mail . For all the moves before 11pm, click here . Gus Poyet has snapped up his second South American of the day following Ricky Alvarez’s arrival from Inter Milan. The Argentina winger - like Liverpool’s Uruguay defender Sebastian Coates - has penned a season-long loan deal at the Stadium... | Midfielder Ricky Alvarez has joined Sunderland on a season-long loan .
Sunderland will pay £8.5m to make the move permanent in the summer if the Black Cats stay up .
Argentina international scored four times in Serie A last season . | 1,316 | 232 |
265,298 | Plant ask sort cut war do speak note public may purpose it whether compare try common science hair. Related to Astronomy. | Drug amount east carry step arm play teacher production they take. | 121 | 66 |
275,279 | Ali Abdullah Saleh clung to power in Yemen for 33 years, navigating -- and even channeling -- the country's complex tribal power structure. Rebellions, droughts and crises came and went, but Saleh never did, deftly playing rivals off each other to rule his fractious land, an act he once called "dancing on the heads of ... | Yemeni president emerged from powerful tribe to rule his country for 33 years .
Ali Abdullah Saleh is the fourth Arab leader uprooted by protests in the last year .
Protesters and international groups criticized his violent crackdown on protests .
Saleh will remain in Saudi Arabia, a presidential source says . | 3,476 | 311 |
14,641 | British Airways is suspending all of its flights between London and two West African nations for the rest of the year as the region struggles to contain the worst ever outbreak of the deadly Ebola virus. The airline initially said it was halting its service between Heathrow Airport and Liberia and Sierra Leone until th... | British Airways says it has cancelled all flights until 31 December .
French government has urged its citizens to leave Sierra Leone .
World Health Organisation does not recommend any ban on travel or trade . | 2,942 | 208 |
14,777 | It's a menu that is enough to make even the most jaded of diners sit up and take notice. Featuring such delicacies as poached veal's tongue, honey roast locusts, 'dragon' eggs and flaming suckling pig, this is the 15-course banquet inspired by Game of Thrones . These exotic dishes will be making an appearance from Frid... | Lavish banquet was created for limited edition All Men Must Dine pop-up .
Menu created by pop-up connoisseurs The Wandering Chef .
Extravagant meal inspired by the rich and privileged of Westoros . | 3,959 | 197 |
272,903 | By . John Drayton . The USA’s heart-breaking defeat to Belgium on Tuesday night was the highest-rated World Cup match ever shown on the ESPN network. Jurgen Klinsmann’s side were beaten 2-1 after extra time as Belgium advanced to a quarter-final with Argentina. Goalkeeper Tim Howard was in outstanding form as he kept t... | USA were defeated 2-1 in extra-time against Belgium at the World Cup .
Match was highest ever rated game on the ESPN network with 9.8 rating .
Game drew in 16.5million views, behind record 25m for Portugal game . | 1,250 | 212 |
182,309 | The mummified remains of a stroke victim who went missing from his hospital bed three years ago have been found in a store cupboard just metres from his room. Primo Zanoli, 65, was being treated at Baggiovara Hospital in Modena, Italy, when he disappeared on New Year's Eve in 2011 and was never seen again. Italian medi... | Primo Zanoli, 65, disappeared from hospital in Modena, Italy, in 2011 .
Friends set up a Facebook page determined to find out what happened .
Now, police believe his remains have been found in a store cupboard .
But a hospital spokesman said it cannot be confirmed as Mr Zanoli yet . | 1,505 | 283 |
164,707 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:42 EST, 20 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:09 EST, 20 November 2012 . An agitated murder defendant poured a cup of water over his attorney’s head during trial just as jurors were getting ready to start their deliberations. Jerome Power, 50, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, dumped the ... | Jerome Power, 50, of Cedar Rapids, Iowa, poured the water on attorney Steve Addington, of Des Moines during trial on Monday .
Power is charged with first-degree murder for strangling his 68-year-old neighbour Doris Bevins .
to death in her home September 19, 2010 .
'It should have been a mistrial,’ Power shouted after ... | 2,170 | 413 |
262,579 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:21 EST, 12 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:40 EST, 12 June 2012 . A woman who suffered severe burns as her knife-wielding ex-lover covered her in gasoline and set her ablaze had been threatened by him before, and tried to file a restraining order just before the savage attack. S... | Roosevelt Mondesir was father of victim's son, aged four .
Judge reportedly denied restraining order due to a lack of evidence .
Police report claims he had previously texted her 'I'm all about revenge'
Woman, 40, expected to survive the attack . | 3,784 | 246 |
125,301 | At least two people have been killed and dozens injured after a coach carrying more than 50 passengers collided with a height restriction barrier in Tianjin municipality, China today. Without explanation, the 59-seater vehicle had driven into an ordinary bus lane, which has a height restriction of 2.8 metres. After cra... | The coach was carrying more than 50 people when it struck the barrier .
The metal height restriction tore through the coach, almost ripping off roof .
Driver arrested over the incident, which took place in Tianjin municipality . | 1,314 | 228 |
188,753 | By . Rebecca Hardy . Three weeks ago Peter Bowles went with his wife Susan to visit the battle sites of World War I. ‘Not because of the centenary, but because I’m getting old and because I’ve always been aware of the tremendous loss of life and personal sacrifice.’ Peter was so disturbed by the sheer horror of it all ... | Actor recalls death of friend who was knocked off his bike in Nottingham .
He said tragedy made him 'aware of love' and having someone taken away .
Revealed that he and wife had to cut a recent trip to WWI battle fields short .
Mr Bowles became so disturbed the sheer horror of seeing 42,000 graves .
Best known for appe... | 7,227 | 601 |
157,589 | Passengers who had been warned of lengthy delays at Heathrow due to striking workers today said border controls were 'better than usual'. As Border Agency bosses were forced to take on regular airport workers to man passport control, delighted passengers said queues had been shorter than normal. The situation was echoe... | 'It was the fastest I have ever come .
through passport control'
Passengers had been warned they could face two or three-hour delays .
400 admin staff re-deployed with iPads to assist passengers with flight information and free food and water .
Civil servants including airport vets believed to be manning borders .
Fear... | 9,007 | 565 |
298,293 | President Barack Obama will nominate Bob McDonald -- a West Point graduate and former CEO of Procter & Gamble -- to head the Department of Veterans Affairs, a White House official told CNN on Sunday. McDonald would take over a troubled department. The VA, a massive bureaucracy with more than 300,000 full-time employees... | Bob McDonald is a "surprising pick," says the head of an advocacy group .
McDonald is a West Point graduate and former CEO of Procter & Gamble .
The VA is under fire as it deals with allegations of delayed care at its medical facilities .
Eric Shinseki stepped down as head of the department in May under bipartisan pre... | 5,107 | 327 |
200,926 | Value program order skill why sister capital chance military material later throughout perhaps improve speak. Related to Economic Growth. | Never their room quality standard might executive response trial grow prevent. | 137 | 78 |
302,874 | By . Lucy Crossley for MailOnline . This is the bizarre moment a homeowner threw an apple at a £250,000 Lamborghini parked up in one of Britain’s most expensive streets. The middle-aged man, wearing a black vest, is thought to have been annoyed at noise coming from outside his home on Sloane Street, Knightsbridge. He t... | Man wearing a vest threw two pieces of fruit at car parked in Knightsbridge .
First apple missed the Lamborghini Aventador but second hit the window .
Car was not damaged in the incident, which witnesses described as 'bizarre' | 2,982 | 226 |
2,197 | Air Jamaica back in state control
The Jamaican government is regaining control of Air Jamaica in an bid to help the ailing company out of its financial difficulties.
The firm has failed to make money since the state sold a majority stake to hotel tycoon Gordon Stewart in 1994. In common with many carriers, Air Jamaic... | The Jamaican government is regaining control of Air Jamaica in an bid to help the ailing company out of its financial difficulties.In common with many carriers, Air Jamaica, with debts of $560m (£291m), has been hit by high fuel costs and the impact of the 11 September attacks."The administration is committed to a via... | 861 | 429 |
313,859 | A Hawaiian Airlines plane was forced to come to an abrupt halt as it zoomed along a runway after the captain became concerned about an unreliable airspeed indicator in the cockpit. There were a few frightening moments on board flight 445 – which was scheduled to travel from Honolulu, Hawaii to Auckland, New Zealand – w... | Flight 445 was departing Honolulu, Hawaii for Auckland, New Zealand .
Passenger Craig Mitchell said the plane was 'two seconds' from lift-off .
Plane surrounded by fire trucks after it came to a halt on the runway . | 1,833 | 215 |
119,735 | (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's bizarre private life and change in appearance ended up eclipsing his musical achievements, according to the world's media. A Los Angeles fire official told CNN that paramedics arrived at Michael Jackson's home after a 911 call. Jackson's death from cardiac arrest Thursday has sparked an outpo... | Jackson pronounced dead at 2:26 p.m. PT on Thursday after cardiac arrest .
Early fame had very damaging affect on Jackson's life, says newspaper .
Jackson compared to Elvis Presley and Frank Sinatra . | 3,444 | 200 |
105,382 | (CNN) -- Manchester City came from two goals down to beat Bayern Munich 3-2 in the Champions League Group D match at the Allianz Arena on Tuesday night. City had looked dead and buried inside the first 15 minutes as Bayern raced into a 2-0 lead. Thomas Muller opened the scoring after five minutes sliding home a low lef... | Final group matches of Champions League being played Tuesday and Wednesday .
Manchester City end Bayern Munich's ten-game winning run with sensational 3-2 win .
Bayer Leverkusen finish runners up to Manchester United in Group A .
Snowstorm causes abandonment of game between Galatasaray and Juventus . | 3,680 | 301 |
79,787 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:56 EST, 8 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:35 EST, 8 September 2013 . Jose Julio Sarria, considered by many to be the Rosa Parks of the gay rights movement and known by his fans as 'Empress Jose I, The Widow Norton,' died last month. Before his death, Mr Sarria, 91, made sur... | Funeral cortege included two dozen San Francisco police officers .
Female attendees required to wear 'mourning attire,' male attendees 'dark suits'
Sarria was first openly gay person to run for office in 1961 . | 3,251 | 210 |
242,065 | (CNN) -- A woman whose same-sex partner was killed in last month's stage collapse at the Indiana State Fair joined a personal injury attorney in pushing a federal lawsuit against the state of Indiana on behalf of those injured and the families of those killed. The lawsuit seeks to overturn the state's $5 million cap on... | NEW: An injured woman says the death of her same-sex partner "is not right"
NEW: A lawyer says a $5 million cap on damages is "puzzling" and "wrong"
NEW: He says same-sex partners deserve the same benefits as heterosexual ones .
Seven people were killed in the Indiana State Fair collapse last month . | 3,924 | 301 |
53,701 | (CNN) -- Even hardened race fans, accustomed to witnessing spectacular crashes, were stunned to see the shattered body of 20-year-old race car driver Kevin Ward Jr. sprawled on a New York dirt track Saturday night. He had been run over and killed by a car driven by Tony Stewart, one of the most famous, charismatic and ... | NASCAR driver Tony Stewart's car hit and killed driver Kevin Ward Jr. during race .
Paul Callan: Sheriff likely to look at Stewart's bad boy image and amateur video of crash .
Callan: Still, sheriff says, no evidence of criminal intent on Stewart's part .
Callan: Ward recklessly walked onto track; Stewart had right to ... | 5,075 | 349 |
308,784 | By . Joe Strange for MailOnline . Follow @@Joe_Strange . Mauricio Pochettino is well known for encouraging a possession-based style of play, but not many Tottenham fans would've predicted his side would score after a 48-pass move during his first Premier League game at White Hart Lane. Unfortunately for former Spurs bo... | Tottenham thrashed QPR 4-0 at White Hart Lane on Sunday .
Chadli's second goal of the game arrived after a 48-pass move .
Manager Mauricio Pochettino prefers to play possession football .
Eric Dier and Emmanuel Adebayor also on target for Spurs . | 3,549 | 246 |
301,305 | Former Manchester United winger Chris Eagles has opened talks over a move to Blackpool. The 28-year-old has been a free agent since leaving Bolton Wanderers in the summer and has turned down an offer from Championship rivals Millwall. Eagles has held talks with a number of clubs and is now training with Lee Clark’s sid... | Chris Eagles was released by Bolton in the summer .
Lee Clark keen to bolster squad with side bottom of the Championship .
Eagles rejected offer from division rivals Millwall . | 876 | 176 |
212,458 | By . Leon Watson . Women in Missouri will have to wait three days after first seeing a doctor before having an abortion under a new bill passed by the state's Republican-controlled Legislature. Democratic Governor Jay Nixon has not said whether he will sign into law or veto it. The measure would triple Missouri's curre... | State's Republican-controlled Legislature has given final approval .
But Democratic Governor has not said whether he will sign or veto it .
The measure would triple Missouri's current 24-hour waiting period .
Missouri currently has only one clinic performing elective abortions . | 4,709 | 279 |
75,357 | (CNN) -- The remarkable recovery of an abducted 8-year-old girl in Fresno, California -- which combined solid police work with the efforts of good Samaritans -- turned bittersweet Tuesday when authorities said the victim had been sexually assaulted. Still, the fact that the girl was back home after the harrowing ordeal... | NEW: Authorities say girl, who was recovered Tuesday, had been sexually assaulted .
NEW: Girl's father "is very happy that his daughter is home"
NEW: Police identify suspect as as Gregorio Gonzalez, 24, of Fresno .
Police chief says citizens and "good Samaritans" are "heroes" | 5,995 | 276 |
46,886 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Iraq is raking in more money from oil exports than it is spending, amassing a projected four-year budget surplus of up to $80 billion, U.S. auditors reported Tuesday. Oil accounted for 94 percent of the Iraq's revenue from 2005 to 2007, a U.S. report says. Leading members of Congress, noting that Wa... | U.S. lawmakers upset over surplus, noting Washington is footing reconstruction .
U.S. taxpayers should be reimbursed, senator says .
Report says Iraq's budget surplus from 2005 to 2008 could hit $80 billion . | 4,324 | 208 |
109,494 | (CNN) -- He was the football star who came to symbolize one of the reasons why many argued Qatar shouldn't be allowed the right to stage the 2022 World Cup. On Friday, a year to the day since he returned to Paris following his painstaking exit from Qatar, Zahir Belounis will take a moment to remember the scarring exper... | Zahir Belounis was a French-Algerian footballer .
Belounis was stranded in Qatar following pay dispute .
Arrived back in France on November 28 2013 .
Belounis still awaiting payment from Qatari football club . | 8,093 | 209 |
3,373 | By . Dalya Alberge . PUBLISHED: . 03:16 EST, 31 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:01 EST, 31 August 2013 . Catch of the day: Dorset fisherman Jason Hemmings is usually satisfied when he finds a scallop, let alone a selection of historic coins . An amateur fisherman snared himself an unusual catch - a haul of Roman and Ir... | Dorset fisherman Jason Hemmings, 41, makes stunning find in field .
Fifteen-coin find hailed by British Museum as 'very exciting discovery'
It is believed a soldier dropped the money about 2,000 years ago .
Back then, the cash would have funded eight loaves of bread . | 3,447 | 268 |
219,212 | Drivers in some of Sydney's inner west and southern suburbs were ecstatic to find petrol prices drop as low as 99 cents on Tuesday, for the first time since 2009. Independent retailers in the suburbs of Tempe and Hurstville have continued to sell cheap E10 petrol on Wednesday, with low prices expected to continue acros... | Petrol prices fell to 99 cents in the Sydney suburbs of Tempe and Hurstville on Tuesday and Wednesday .
A National Roads and Motorists' Association spokesperson said the average price was likely to drop below $1.09 in the next few days .
The low rates are due to an increase in global supply from both the US and Saudi A... | 3,655 | 380 |
37,482 | (CNN) -- Spring breaks are starting up across the country, which means it's the beginning of road trip season. In "Travels with Charley: In Search of America," one of literature's most famous road trips, John Steinbeck wrote, "We find after years of struggle that we do not take a trip; a trip takes us." In the spirit o... | Get your kitsch on Route 66 with the aid of the Roadside America app .
Plan your fast-food fix with the iExit Interstate Exit Guide .
Use the License Plate Travel Game for a throwback to your youth . | 6,121 | 199 |
96,589 | Family Court Chief Justice Diana Bryant revealed that a surrogate mother gave birth to twins in India in 2012 but their Australian parents only took one home . The abandonment of another surrogate baby in Asia has sparked calls for a national inquiry into the practice. Family Court Chief Justice Diana Bryant says a sur... | A surrogate mother gave birth to twins in India in 2012 but their Australian parents only took one home .
Staff at Australia's High Commission in New Delhi delayed giving the Australian couple a visa while trying to convince them to take both children .
The abandoned child is believed to have been passed to another fam... | 3,536 | 465 |
277,886 | By . Meghan Keneally . PUBLISHED: . 15:57 EST, 16 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:44 EST, 17 June 2012 . A number of innocent bystanders were injured when the romantic rivalry between rappers Chris Brown and Drake turned violent at a Manhattan club early Thursday morning. The second female victim, who was hit in the face... | Extra security expected at Drake's concert Saturday night as investigation into fight with love rival Chris Brown continues . | 6,336 | 125 |
75,359 | Danny Care blamed England’s lack of discipline for their fifth straight defeat to a southern hemisphere side. Stuart Lancaster’s men lost hooker Dylan Hartley to the sin bin after 61 minutes for a cynical stamp on Duane Vermeulen’s knee while a string of breakdown penalties allowed Springbok Pat Lambie to kick nine poi... | England lost 31-28 to South Africa at Twickenham on Saturday .
Dylan Hartley was sin-binned for a stamp and another unnamed England player is being investigated for dangerous play in the first half .
Scrum half Danny Care says 'self-belief' remains in England camp .
He does admit, however, that their discipline 'let th... | 2,566 | 328 |
70,262 | By . Marcus Townend, Racing Correspondent . Apprentice Louis Steward made the most of his biggest ever opportunity when landing the £265,000 Betfred Ebor on Mutual Regard at York. The 19-year-old jockey, based with trainer Michael Bell in Newmarket, was called up by winning trainer Johnny Murtagh to step in for suspend... | Suspended jockey Ross Coakley replaced by apprentice Louis Steward .
Trainer Murtagh wants Mutual Regard to race at the Melbourne Cup .
Heavily-backed 9-2 favourite Pallasator ran a big race to finish fourth . | 1,935 | 209 |
191,204 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 15:16 EST, 26 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:51 EST, 26 June 2013 . One of the West Virginia teenagers accused of fatally stabbing 16-year-old classmate Skylar Neese was like a second daughter to the victim's parents. The girl had been in and out of Dave and Mary Neese's house since ... | Skyler Neese went missing last July and her remains were found in January .
One of the girls accused had lived with parents Dave and Mary Neese on and off since she was eight .
The 16-year-old was murdered by her best friends last summer, police say .
No motive for the heinous act has been revealed . | 7,506 | 301 |
49,833 | (CNN) -- Three women kicked off an AirTran plane bound for New York say a "bully" flight attendant is to blame. The passengers -- who did not know each other before the Monday flight from West Palm Beach, Florida, to White Plains, New York, but were seated in the same section of the plane -- say the incident started du... | Three passengers were asked to leave an AirTran flight .
Women tell CNN affiliate an angry flight attendant is responsible for the episode .
Airline says it's reviewing the incident, compensates passengers for "inconvenience" | 2,253 | 225 |
260,485 | (CNN) -- A Nigerian immigrant's dream came true when President Barack Obama signed into law a rare private bill granting him permanent residency in the Unites States. Victor Chukwueke, who lives in Michigan on an expired visa, came to the United States 11 years ago to undergo treatment for massive face tumors. He gradu... | Victor Chukwueke's visa expires after he comes to the U.S. for treatment of face tumors .
He plans to attend an Ohio medical school that requires him to have a green card .
A Michigan senator introduces a private bill to grant him a green card .
In a rare act, Congress passes the bill this month . | 3,932 | 298 |
17,731 | Three fur-sellers tossed bleach and ammonia from a New York City roof onto animal rights activists below, police and online video show. Lawrence Andrews, 35, Luis Justino, 40, and David Haber, 53, are charged with reckless endangerment, harassment and criminal mischief. Prosecutors say the three men went to the top of ... | Lawrence Andrews, 35, Luis Justino, 40, and David Haber, 53, are charged with reckless endangerment, harassment and criminal mischief .
Prosecutors say the three men went to the top of a six-story Manhattan building and dumped bleach at an anti-fur protest happening on the street .
One of the victims was a toddler whos... | 2,456 | 413 |
219,388 | A woman has won the Fields Medal for the first time in its 76-year history. Maryam Mirzakhani, 37, is a professor at Stanford University, and grew up in Tehran, Iran - making her also the first Iranian to get the award. She received the Medal today during a ceremony at the International Congress of Mathematicians in Se... | Maryam Mirzakhani, 37, is the first woman and the first Iranian to win the award .
The Fields Medal is awarded every four years, and is considered 'the Nobel Prize of mathematics'
In Good Will Hunting, Robin Williams' character describes the award as 'a really big deal' | 2,920 | 270 |
297,053 | By . Gemma Mullin . An abnormal load caused traffic chaos today as a dismantled Airbus body made its way across western England. The aircraft, measuring 155ft long and 19ft wide, left Cotswold Airport in Gloucestershire at around 6am this morning. The transporter and its 60-tonne load then made its way down the A419 to... | Airbus aircraft measured 115ft in length, 19ft wide and 60-tonne in weight .
Left Cotswold Airport at 6am and travelled to Royal Portbury docks, Bristol .
Transporter was slow-moving and caused traffic chaos for several motorists .
Escorted by police convoy from Wiltshire Police by volunteer officers .
Police had warne... | 1,539 | 379 |
79,557 | A Boston father of two died 11 days after he was brutally beaten during an 'unprovoked attack' inside of a bar late last month. Keith Boudreau, 42, of Quincy was pronounced dead on Friday morning following the March 23 attack where he was knocked to the ground and had his head stomped on while at Home Ice Sports Bar. O... | Keith Boudreau, 42, of Quincy, Massachusetts was pronounced dead on Friday following the March 23 attack at Home Ice Sports Bar .
Paul Fahey, 43, allegedly knocked Boudreau to the ground and stomped on his head before dragging his unconscious body through a back door .
Prosecutors are seeking to arraign Fahey on a murd... | 3,560 | 331 |
57,782 | By . Matt Barlow . Follow @@Matt_Barlow_DM . Harry Redknapp’s remedy for England’s World Cup hangover is to stop trying to mimic their more successful European rivals and focus on producing football branded with their own national identity. After signing former England captain Rio Ferdinand, the Queens Park Rangers man... | The QPR boss believes England need to concentrate on developing their own national identity instead of copying other nations .
Redknapp was shocked after England finished bottom of their World Cup group .
He also questions if the right people are in charge of the youth set-up in the national team . | 2,495 | 299 |
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