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114,831 | By . Nick Fagge In Praia Da Luz . Still alive? Madeleine McCann disappeared aged three in Portugal . Portugal's top lawyer yesterday poured scorn on Scotland Yard’s investigation into the disappearance of Madeleine McCann. Attorney General Joana Marques Vidal said officers from London had no right to operate in Portuga... | Met Police made upbeat announcement about new leads on Thursday .
Portugal's Attorney General has since poured scorn on Met investigation .
David Cameron welcomed the inquiry as the case 'still shocks the nation' | 3,651 | 212 |
47,082 | (CNN)In Japan's Sagano Bamboo Forest, on the outskirts of Kyoto, towering green stalks of the famously versatile plant sway in the wind, creaking eerily they collide and twist, leaves rustling. The sun filters through the densely packed grove, projecting thin slashes of light onto the dozens of camera-clutching tourist... | Kyoto's Sagano Bamboo Forest is considered one of the world's most beautiful forests .
Nearby Tenryu-ji listed as one of Kyoto's five most significant temples .
Best ways to explore Arashiyama include Sagano Scenic Train, bike rentals . | 6,591 | 236 |
159,850 | By . Deborah Arthurs . PUBLISHED: . 07:34 EST, 31 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:20 EST, 31 January 2013 . They say that 40 is the new 30 - and one look at Jennifer Aniston confirms that. The 43-year-old actress dazzled at the People's Choice awards earlier this month wearing a leather skater dress by Dior that a cou... | Actress, 43, wore Dior skater dress to People's Choice awards .
Now M&S unveil brown leather skater dress, £249, in S/S13 collection . | 2,393 | 134 |
130,191 | This is the bizarre moment a horse was captured on CCTV wandering into a police station. The brown and white stallion strolled through two sets of automatic doors at Cheshire Police Headquarters in the early hours on Monday. The force yesterday released CCTV footage of the moment a civilian police worker challenged the... | Brown and white stallion trotted into Cheshire Police Headquarters .
Broke loose from nearby field in Winsford, Cheshire and was escorted away .
Police spokesperson said: 'We like to ensure a warm welcome to all our guests at HQ' | 1,970 | 229 |
279,116 | (CNN) -- Along the lush sea-islands and the Atlantic coastal plains of the southern East coast of America, a distinctive group of tidewater communities has stuck together throughout the centuries, preserving its African cultural heritage and carving out a lifestyle that is uniquely its own. The Gullah/Geechee people ar... | The Gullah/Geechee is a group of people based in the North Carolina-Georgia seaboard .
Their descendants came from West Africa, brought to America as slaves around the 1700s .
The Gullah/Geechee are trying to hold onto the way of life of their African ancestors .
They pass on their traditions from one generation to the... | 6,374 | 327 |
59,614 | We are starting to plan the next move for Carl Froch and there are exciting times ahead with a number of options on the table. I sat down with James DeGale last week and I am confident he will fight Carl Froch sooner or later. The question at the moment is when. As you know, he is the mandatory for Carl’s IBF super-mid... | The British pair should fight for Froch's IBF super-middleweight world title by February .
Carl’s preferred option is Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr, but that is unlikely .
Callum Smith cruelly missing out on an Olympic place has turned him into one of the hottest prospects in world boxingNobody is giving up on Scotsman Ricky ... | 6,706 | 446 |
110,373 | Troubled Marsh under SEC scrutiny
The US stock market regulator is investigating troubled insurance broker Marsh & McLennan's shareholder transactions, the firm has said.
The Securities and Exchange Commission has asked for information about transactions involving holders of 5% or more of the firm's shares. Marsh has... | The US stock market regulator is investigating troubled insurance broker Marsh & McLennan's shareholder transactions, the firm has said.Marsh has said it is co-operating fully with the SEC investigation.Marsh is also the focus of an inquiry the New York attorney-general into whether insurers rigged the market.Since tha... | 1,841 | 801 |
159,551 | It's been a little over a year since President Barack Obama accused the Syrian government of crossing a "red line," with the use of poison gas against civilians. This week, the last of the country's declared chemical weapons stockpiles are sailing to their eventual demise. On Wednesday, 600 metric tons of Syrian chemi... | 600 metric tons of chemicals weapons are on a U.S. ship, officials say .
Pentagon: The ship, Cape Ray, will destroy the chemicals in international waters .
It will take 60 days to destroy much of them on the open sea .
The rest will be destroyed in the U.S. and Europe . | 2,777 | 272 |
151,109 | Children as young as 12 are being given contraceptive implants. At least five Scottish health boards have given long-term birth control to girls who are barely out of primary school. The schoolgirls are among almost 3,500 minors to have had the slow-release devices inserted in their arms – many without their parents’ k... | Five Scottish health boards given long-term birth control to young girls .
Schoolgirls among 3,500 minors to have the slow-release devices fitted .
Drug has never been tested on children and is known to have side effects .
In adults, they include nausea, depression, acne and headaches .
Expert warns the implant will ma... | 4,764 | 404 |
156,867 | (CNN) -- Advancing Sudanese troops have prompted a massive evacuation by inhabitants of the oil-rich city of Abyei, a humanitarian medical group said Monday. The organization, Doctors Without Borders, said many of the evacuees have fled 40 kilometers (24 miles) south to Agok. That includes 42 people wounded in violent ... | At least 42 people are wounded in violent clashes in Abyei, aid group says .
The U.N. condemns the violence, saying 2 peacekeepers were hurt by mortar fire .
Southern Sudan voted in January to split from the north, but Abyei remains a flash point .
Britain's foreign secretary urges all sides to "cease hostilities" | 3,860 | 315 |
136,805 | 'Bank robber': Englishman Mark Rothwell, 49, has been charged with robbing a bank - despite having won a medal for foiling a similar hold-up in 2010 . A man who was hailed as a community hero after thwarting a bank robbery by tackling the would-be thief to the ground has allegedly committed a hold-up of his own. Mark R... | Mark Rothwell, 49, accused of handgun hold-up in Portland, Oregon .
Englishman demanded wads of cash and was given $15,703, police said .
Rothwell apparently confessed to the crime when police tracked him down .
In 2010 he was given Civilian Medal of Heroism for foiling a similar heist . | 2,946 | 288 |
165,372 | By . Larisa Brown . PUBLISHED: . 18:19 EST, 13 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:02 EST, 13 May 2013 . Prince Harry’s presence is enough to turn the First Lady into something resembling a giggling teenager. So when Britain’s most eligible bachelor kissed gold, silver and bronze medal winners at the Warrior Games this weeken... | Young royal presented medals to winners of Warrior Games cycling race .
Harry has won hearts on his seven-day tour along America’s east coast .
HARRY will today take part in a high-profile bid to promote British business and tourism alongside David Cameron in New York. | 2,603 | 269 |
24,801 | King Oswald, the seventh-century ruler of Northumbria, is hardly a household name. But as the man who helped unite Britain and convert the English to Christianity, he deserves to be much better remembered, according to one archaeologist. Oswald was exiled as a young man before returning to his homeland in order to clai... | Oswald Iding was exiled from native Northumbria and grew up in Scotland .
But in 634, he returned to his homeland and claimed the throne .
New biography describes how he converted the English to Christianity and founded the great monastery of Lindisfarne .
Oswald's quest to reclaim his birthright apparently inspired J.... | 10,055 | 411 |
167,175 | By . Liz Thomas . PUBLISHED: . 06:17 EST, 20 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:03 EST, 20 March 2012 . It's makers had hoped it would be the next big adventure movie franchise. Disney had even planned sequels and a theme park. But John Carter, an unlikely tale about an American Civil War soldier who ends up on Mars, is on... | Disney film cost $250million to make and a further $100million to promote .
Movie takes just $184million worldwide, but half that goes to cinema owners .
Loss places John Carter among Hollywood's biggest money-losers ever . | 4,531 | 223 |
69,557 | (CNN) -- She's got some of the softest hands in the business. But just because jockey Rosie Napravnik has a gentle touch, doesn't mean she's a push over. Quite the opposite. The 25-year-old is a lean, mean, riding machine. And this Saturday she plans on wrapping those tender palms around the most coveted trophy in U.S.... | America's most prestigious horse race, Kentucky Derby, kicks off this Saturday .
Rosie Napravnik hoping to be first female jockey to win "Run for the Roses"
Gender hasn't hampered success -- has actually helped it .
Rise to the top involves grueling regime, rising at 5am, suffering five major injuries . | 4,081 | 304 |
223,740 | (RollingStone.com) -- Save for some bit roles in a smattering of unremarkable TV shows, the world hasn't heard much from Ben Savage since 2000. That's when his reign as Cory Matthews, the lovable goofball lead on the seminal Nineties sitcom "Boy Meets World," came to an end. But last week, with one tweet, Savage return... | Savage will play the father in the "Boy Meets World" reboot .
He said he and co-star Danielle Fishel had a lot of talk about what to do .
In real life he doesn't have any children of his own . | 8,434 | 192 |
155,642 | By . John Hall . PUBLISHED: . 05:41 EST, 24 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:49 EST, 24 February 2014 . Guilty: Alba Gonzalez Camacho was given a one-year suspended sentence for inciting violence on Twitter . A Spanish woman has become the first person in the country's history to be convicted for inciting terrorism th... | Alba Gonzalez Camacho, 21, incited violence against two senior politicians .
She was given one-year suspended sentence for incitement to kill on Twitter .
Student, from Jaen, Andalusia, called for reformation of terror group GRAPO .
Militant communist group killed more than 80 people in the 1970s and 80s . | 4,740 | 307 |
153,255 | (CNN) -- Of all things to steal, you'd think love letters would be low on the list. But that's exactly what thieves took from Lloyd and Marian Michael -- the couple's sweet letters and the sleeping memories they stirred. "We were just overwhelmed ... so sad," said Marian, 88, about the day they discovered them missing.... | Lloyd and Marian Michael married in December 1942, a year after the U.S. joined WW II .
During Lloyd's deployment to Europe, the couple wrote hundreds of letters to each other .
More than 40 years ago, those letters were stolen .
Exactly who took them, and why, remains a mystery . | 7,704 | 281 |
219,216 | Borussia Dortmund coach Jurgen Klopp has urged FIFA and the Confederation of African Football (CAF) to take the threat of the Ebola virus seriously with the Africa Cup of Nations just three months away. The spread of the disease, which has killed more than 4,000 people across west Africa, has put the tournament in dou... | Jurgen Klopp has urged FIFA and CAF to take the Ebola outbreak seriously .
The Africa Cup of Nations is in doubt after hosts Morocco requested the tournament be postponed or moved .
Borussia Dortmund boss Klopp believes football is an irrelevance when people's lives are at risk .
Dortmund striker Pierre-Emerick Aubame... | 1,990 | 390 |
91,782 | (CNN) -- A raging wildfire near the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico has prompted the evacuation of more than 10,000 residents in the town as firefighters battle hot temperatures and high winds, authorities said Monday. An estimated 8,000 people were expected to evacuate Monday, according to Kelly Stewart, ... | NEW: More than 10,000 people are affected by the evacuation order .
Central structures at the facility are well protected, officials say .
Authorities order a mandatory evacuation for the town of Los Alamos .
The Los Alamos National Laboratory will remain closed on Tuesday . | 2,247 | 275 |
160,998 | "Orange Is the New Black," and it's the new face of comedy, too. Since its debut in July 2013, the original Netflix series has become the poster child for the way many of us now watch TV -- in large doses, on our own time, and often on something other than an actual television set. But before "Orange Is the New Black" ... | "Orange Is the New Black" season two releases Friday, June 6 .
Show is about a well-off character who ends up in a women's prison .
A few details about the new season have slipped out . | 3,897 | 185 |
266,438 | (Rolling Stone) -- Jay-Z and Beyoncé can't trademark the name of their daughter, Blue Ivy, the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has ruled, which means the Boston wedding planner Blue Ivy can continue to use the name. The superstar couple filed a petition to trademark the name "Blue Ivy" shortly after their daughter was... | Couple filed a petition to trademark their daughter's name shortly after her January birth .
Wedding planner who started Blue Ivy in 2009 filed her own petition to trademark the name .
U.S. Patent and Trademark Office ruled Jay-Z and Beyonce can't trademark the name . | 1,733 | 268 |
241,645 | They are the remnant of a bygone era, when Sultan's ruled one of the world's oldest empires, living in a forgotten age of opulence and extravagance in India's immense palace estates. But when the Duke of Wellington 's forces defeated and killed Tipu Sultan, the Tiger of Mysore, in 1799, troops plundered the city and th... | 30-year-old Duke of Wellington fought Tipu Sultan as an army general in 1799 .
Tipu was killed in the defeat and soldiers plundered the city and palace for jewels and riches .
Modern British collector was 'obsessed with' Sultan, acquiring works over 30 years .
Sale of his collection could fetch £1million with personal ... | 8,870 | 354 |
163,279 | (CNN) -- A baseball hat Babe Ruth wore during his 1934 tour of Japan just sold for $303,277 on the site Grey Flannel Auctions. The navy blue hat emblazoned with a "US" logo is believed to be the only hat the legendary slugger wore during the monthlong tour, according to Grey Flannel Auctions -- except when he swapped t... | Hat worn by baseball great Babe Ruth during 1934 tour of Japan is sold at auction .
Also sold: a Joe DiMaggio hat, sneakers Michael Jordan wore in college .
Another sports memorabilia site is offering a Babe Ruth rookie card for $695K . | 1,599 | 236 |
270,387 | As the bright, smiling face of morning TV in the Noughties Fern Britton shocked fans when she admitted to struggling with crippling depression. The mother-of-four had her first experience of depression as a child and has suffered attacks throughout her adult life. Things were so difficult at one point that she planned ... | The TV star has suffered with episodes of depression since childhood .
Contemplated suicide following divorce from first husband .
Celebrating 15th wedding anniversary with husband Phil Vickery in May .
Has just penned a sixth novel, A Good Catch .
Says she has talked herself out of Botox, is happy to look like a 57-yr... | 3,612 | 524 |
90,453 | Arsenal have turned down the chance to sign Newcastle midfielder Cheick Tiote. The Gunners have been offered the Ivory Coast midfielder ahead of Monday's transfer deadline. But they have decided against pursuing a move for the defensive midfielder. Arsenal have turned down the chance to sign Newcastle midfielder Cheick... | Arsenal were offered Newcastle midfielder Cheick Tiote .
Manchester United confident they can sign Nathaniel Clyne in the summer .
Tottenham are keen on signing Danny Ings in the summer .
Sevilla are interested in Spurs midfielder Etienne Capoue .
Ben Amos joins Bolton on loan as cover for the injured Adam Bogdan .
Hul... | 3,400 | 383 |
130,333 | By . Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:35 EST, 22 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:39 EST, 22 May 2013 . An Army sergeant has been charged with secretly photographing and videotaping at least a dozen women at the U.S. Military Academy at West Point, including in a bathroom and showers. The Army sai... | Sgt 1st Class Michael McClendon charged with dereliction of duty, and entering a women's bathroom without notice - among other charges .
He allegedly took the photos and videos while he was working with cadets .
The alleged incidents took place between July 2009 and May 2012 .
He has since been transferred to Fort Drum... | 3,689 | 322 |
227,779 | Back in September, Mr Dromey also favourited a link to a Tweet on a similar theme . Labour frontbencher Jack Dromey was left red-faced after it emerged he added a Twitter link to a gay porn website to his list of ‘favourites’. The shadow policing minister - who is married to Labour deputy leader, Harriet Harman - linke... | Labour MP Jack Dromey linked to a tweet about well-endowed black men .
Harriet Harman's husband made a 'technological mix up', spokesman said . | 3,562 | 143 |
135,932 | (CNN) -- A French appeals court on Thursday cleared Continental Airlines of criminal responsibility for the Air France Concorde crash that killed 113 people in 2000, but affirmed a civil judgment against the U.S. carrier. Continental, which has since merged with United Airlines, had appealed a 2010 ruling that blamed t... | French appeals ruling upholds lower court decision in Concorde case .
Court upholds a civil judgment against U.S. carrier .
The Air France Concorde crash killed 113 people after a metal strip blew a tire .
Investigators say the metal strip fell off of a Continental jetliner . | 1,860 | 276 |
68,973 | (CNN) -- Apple CEO Tim Cook had to apologize for the buggy new Maps app in the iPhone 5 and iOS 6 on Friday, saying that his company "fell short" of making a "world-class product." It was a gracious and humble admission of a major mistake -- a sign that Apple takes its customers seriously and conducts itself with integ... | Apple CEO Tim Cook had to apologize for new Maps app on iPhone 5 and iOS 6 .
Nilay Patel: In its competition with Google, Apple seems to have gotten a bit lost .
He says it's more than a little strange for Apple to tell customers to try other products .
Patel: No company wants to be praised for its apologies; Apple nee... | 3,810 | 340 |
167,178 | By . Alexandra Klausner . A 79-year-old Minnesota man is in tears after learning that his $24 million yacht caught on fire in the Chula Vista boat yard on Thursday. Larry Jodass, 79, a retired electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and the former chairman of a semiconductor company was heartbroken after watching footage of... | Larry Jodass, 79, a retired electrical engineer, entrepreneur, and the former chairman of a semiconductor company is in tears after losing his boat .
He cried as he watched online footage of his beloved yacht burn .
The $24 million dollar yacht caught fire on Thursday in the Chula Vista Boat Yard where it was undergoin... | 4,089 | 578 |
147,265 | By . Tim Shipman . PUBLISHED: . 17:42 EST, 8 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:18 EST, 8 July 2013 . They seem to come along only once every 77 years, so David Cameron was not going to miss his chance. Fresh from roaring Andy Murray to Britain’s first men’s Wimbledon title since 1936 on Sunday, the Prime Minister yesterday... | Andy Murray beat Novak Djokovic in straight sets to become the first British man to win Wimbledon since 1936 .
Murray, 26, 'used the heartbreak of defeat in last year's final to push on'
Cameron has called for the tennis star to be given a knighthood .
He celebrated win at a Park Lane hotel after party with girlfriend ... | 7,031 | 332 |
34,114 | As a 26-year-old former circus chimp, he may not be able to understand the legal terminology. But Tommy the chimpanzee certainly got his day in court yesterday – as part of a two-year bid to prove he is human. Activists say the primate is a prisoner because he spends his retirement with his owners in a trailer park wat... | Long legal battle over 26-year-old former circus act, Tommy the chimpanzee .
Activists say he is a prisoner because he is kept in a trailer park with owners .
Are calling for him to be released to spend time in Florida primate sanctuary .
Lawyer described chimp as 'legal person' who has been 'unlawfully imprisoned' | 2,735 | 316 |
274,223 | Harlequins rebounded from their surrender to Saracens by completing a stormy 26-23 Aviva Premiership victory over Wasps at Twickenham Stoop. Eight days after their players apologised to supporters for a dramatic 39-0 collapse on home soil, Quins drew on their reserves of character to dispatch another London rival. Engl... | Harlequins beat Wasps 26-23 at Twickenham Stoop .
Chris Robshaw responded to speculation about England captaincy with try .
Ben Botica landed three penalties and two conversions . | 3,786 | 179 |
55,376 | By . Nina Golgowski . PUBLISHED: . 22:30 EST, 2 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:13 EST, 3 May 2013 . It's a computer strapped to a user's face at all times while called revolutionary and technologically savvy by its creators. But in the rest of the world, Google Glass is being compared to the pocket protector, the Bluetoo... | Critics poke fun at Google Glass comparing it to the pocket protector, Bluetooth and Segways .
Google defends Glass saying critics are just not ready for change . | 7,119 | 162 |
119,236 | The monies brought through the doors at Stamford Bridge and Anfield over the summer were notably similar; so too the cash spent on new signings. What's killed off any hope of Liverpool challenging for the title is the difference in quality of those incoming. It doesn't make pretty reading for Liverpool supporters, who ... | Brendan Rodgers has failed to make the most of £75million transfer kitty .
Liverpool have struggled to replace star striker Luis Suarez .
Mario Balotelli hasn't made an impact since £16million move .
Liverpool face Chelsea in Premier League at 12.45pm on Saturday at Anfield .
Jose Mourinho has said tauntingly said that... | 4,364 | 423 |
120,762 | By . Claire Bates . PUBLISHED: . 07:33 EST, 12 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:09 EST, 12 June 2012 . A teenager who suffers from a rare condition that made her sick up to 30 times a day is at last on the road to recovery after she had a pacemaker fitted in her stomach. Laura Ormiston, 19, had been in agony for years aft... | It took doctors four years to diagnose teenager's rare stomach paralysis condition .
Laura, now 19, was the youngest of only around 50 people in the UK to have a gastric pacemaker fitted last year . | 6,140 | 198 |
96,362 | Guys, I think he means it. With no clear frontrunner or obvious "next-in-line" candidate in the field of potential 2016 GOP presidential contenders, Mitt Romney keeps getting asked if he's thinking about throwing his hat in the ring one more time. But it's not entirely a far-fetched question. A poll of New Hampshire Re... | Mitt Romney said after losing 2012 presidential race that he was done .
Recent poll shows that he would top 2016 GOP candidates, at least in New Hampshire .
Romney has consistently said no -- in different ways -- to questions about another run . | 3,842 | 245 |
139,174 | Stallone evicted from Big Brother
Jackie Stallone, mother of actor Sylvester, has become the first star to be evicted from Celebrity Big Brother.
She and John McCririck faced the public vote on Friday - 67% of people voted to keep the racing pundit in the house. Stallone, 71, appeared not to have enjoyed her time in ... | "That alone was worth $1m," she said.Jackie Stallone, mother of actor Sylvester, has become the first star to be evicted from Celebrity Big Brother.She was hot favourite to be evicted first, with odds of 1/4 to leave.Stallone joined the Channel 4 show on Monday as a surprise for Nielsen.The bookmakers have made former ... | 1,661 | 564 |
22,617 | By . Arthur Martin and Larisa Brown . PUBLISHED: . 18:42 EST, 15 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:42 EST, 15 August 2013 . A probation officer who gave a domestic abuse victim's new address to her alleged attacker has been fined just £150. Picture posed by model . A probation officer who gave a domestic abuse victim’s n... | Victoria Idowu claims she passed on .
confidential details of victim to prevent case of mistaken identity .
Investigation against alleged perpetrator – the woman’s partner – was later dropped .
Idowu, 39, of Stockwell, south London, sacked for gross misconduct . | 3,544 | 262 |
73,284 | When islanders first got a glimpse of Jose Salvador Alvarenga, they saw an extremely weak man wearing only tattered underwear. On his battered boat, a live bird was tethered by its foot -- narrowly missing becoming his next meal. And as he recounted his story, faster than his rescuers could comprehend, Alvarenga ate li... | A flight carrying Jose Salvador Alvarenga arrives in Hawaii .
New details from the day castaway appeared lend weight to his story .
A live bird was found tethered to his battered boat in the Marshall Islands .
He communicated his story to his rescuers using charades and drawing pictures . | 3,006 | 289 |
112,943 | This double-storey residence may look like many other on the market- but number 11 Downs St comes with a coloured history not many houses in Australia can lay claim to. The Brunswick house in Victoria is the former family home of convicted crime boss Tony Mokbel- and not only does it come with four bedrooms and generou... | Former family home of convicted Melbourne crime boss is on the market, asking $1.23 million .
House was used as surety for bail for Tony Mokbel, who was on trial for smuggling cocaine .
It was put up by his sister-in-law who then went to jail for failing to pay after Mokbel fled the country on a yacht .
The house has b... | 4,249 | 420 |
194,194 | By . Aap . Police interviewed 150 suspects over the shooting death of police informer Terence Hodson and his wife in Melbourne, an inquest has heard. In 2004, Mr Hodson was due to give evidence in a criminal trial against two drug squad members when he and his wife were shot in the head at their Kew home - in Melbourne... | The inquest will focus on if adequate security was given to the Hodsons .
It will also explore their killers' identities and motives for shooting them .
Daughters Mandy and Nikki wept as details of parents' deaths were read .
Former detective Paul Dale and killer Rodney Collins were charged in 2009 .
But the murder cha... | 2,900 | 372 |
284,920 | Paris Saint-Germain's interest in Yaya Toure is expected to be given short thrift by Manchester City. The French are looking at strong midfielders who can help them dominate sides in the Champions League and are keen on City’s free scoring talisman. Toure admitted in January that he would like to play for PSG one day b... | Any approach for Yaya Toure should be rejected by Manchester City .
Bayern Munich show interest in Aston Villa prospect Easah Suliman .
West Ham and Everton watch Swiss striker Josip Drmic .
Villa and Everton are looking at West Brom loan star Morgan Amalfitano .
Blackburn Rovers consider move for Cowdenbeath's Kane He... | 4,507 | 429 |
77,491 | (CNN) -- A pilot performing stunts in an east Florida air show died in a fiery crash Saturday when the Russian military plane he was flying broke from formation and plummeted to the ground, officials said. No one else was injured, the spokesman said. The incident occured at around 4:30 p.m. E.T. in Bunnell, Florida, at... | NEW: Pilot killed in crash identified .
Pilot killed while performing stunts at a Florida air show .
He was flying a Russian military plane that crashed . | 1,570 | 154 |
282,222 | As the birth of the Monegasque royal twins draws closer, Princess Charlene's father has told of his and wife Lynette's excitement at the impending arrival. Mike Wittstock, father of 36-year-old South African beauty, described the feeling as 'amazing' - and has even temporarily moved to Monaco to be close to their daugh... | Mike Wittstock spoke of family's excitement ahead of royal birth .
South African born Princess Charlene is due to give birth next month .
Mr Wittstock and wife Lynette already have two grandchildren .
The grandfather-to-be has vowed to treat all of the children equally . | 5,858 | 271 |
272,757 | By . Sara Smyth . PUBLISHED: . 08:43 EST, 21 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:50 EST, 22 April 2013 . A couple who neglected their dogs to the point of near-death face a jail sentence. Victoria Sams, 35 and her husband David, 38, from Meadowfield, Co Durham, pleaded guilty to causing unnecessary suffering to an animal at... | Victoria and David Sams locked dogs in pen covered in faeces .
Dogs close to death in Co Durham home when RSPCA officers intervened .
Judge said neglect so serious they could go to jail . | 2,737 | 187 |
169,874 | Minneapolis, Minnesota (CNN) -- For 13-year-old Arrianna Merritt, the words mother and hero go hand in hand. Three years ago Sunday Arrianna watched her mother Kim Dahl drive a school bus loaded with children across the Mississippi River when the bridge began to buckle up and down. Thirteen people were killed in the br... | Mom helped save 52 kids, eight adults after '07 Minneapolis bridge collapse .
Ordeal of surviving the collapse of 1,900-foot bridge changed her family forever .
Mother, daughter bonded tightly, returning to the bridge site 3 years later .
Mother's health issues from the collapse forced daughter "to be a grownup" | 6,941 | 313 |
220,078 | By . Anna Hodgekiss . Anna Buckland was so terrified when her house was ransacked by burglars for the second time she went blind with fear . A woman was so terrified when her house was ransacked by burglars for the second time she went blind with fear. Anna Buckland, 57, cowered behind an ironing board in her kitchen w... | Anna Buckland, 57, cowered behind an ironing board in her kitchen when she heard Ryan Lewis smash his way into her home .
Soaring blood pressure made her lose her sight, which she only regained after two months .
Ryan Lewis, 32, jailed for three years and told to pay £120 victim surcharge . | 2,904 | 291 |
148,148 | (CNN) -- Pakistan's Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif has nominated a 14-year-old boy who died tackling a suicide bomber outside his school for a top civil award for bravery. Aitazaz Hassan Bangash has been hailed as a hero in Pakistan for the sacrifice he made to protect his schoolmates. The Sitara-e-Shujjat is the same hon... | A teenager who died tackling a suicide bomber outside his school is nominated for an award .
Aitazaz Hassan Bangash has been hailed as a hero in Pakistan for saving his schoolmates .
Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif says his "brave act saved the lives of hundreds of students"
Teenager's cousin says Aitazaz challenged the bo... | 1,671 | 352 |
172,766 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Going to the prom is a highlight in many teenagers' lives. But attending a prom isn't always an option for some young people, including those with special needs. Alex Gonzales passes under the Marines' sword arch Saturday in Washington as he arrives at the prom. That's where Helen McCormick comes i... | "The Cinderella Ball" is held at the Willard InterContinental Hotel in Washington .
Teens with illnesses, autism, Down syndrome get to attend a prom of their own .
Teens go down a red carpet and under a Marine Corps sword arch before dinner .
Organizer Helen McCormick arranges top talent -- 2007 "Idol" winner Jordin Sp... | 2,316 | 326 |
242,505 | Krystal Barter created the Pink Hope charity in 2009 as she was recovering from a double mastectomy . Krystal Barter is Australia's answer to Angelina Jolie. Not only did she carry the same faulty BRCA1 gene that prompted her to undergo a double mastectomy, but the 31-year-old has also proved she has the same star pull... | Krystal Barter was just 25 when she had a double breast mastectomy after realising she had the faulty BRCA1 gene .
The 31-year-old from Sydney now actively campaigns for hereditary health awareness through her Pink Hope Charity .
The mother-of-three has signed on a number of high profile Australians for the charity Bri... | 4,628 | 432 |
274,492 | An aspiring model who was turned down for a smear test because doctors said she was too young to get cervical cancer has died from the disease. Sophie Jones, 19, from Eastham, near Liverpool, was initially told she had Crohn's Disease when she went to the doctor complaining of stomach pains last February. But she was d... | Sophie Jones, 19, from Eastham, near Liverpool, first fell ill last February .
She suffered stomach cramps and knew something was wrong with her .
But doctors refused her a cervical smear test as she was under 25 .
Doctors initially blamed it on Crohn's Disease but her condition worsened .
She was admitted to hospital ... | 7,401 | 663 |
4,005 | It looks like it might soon be moving day for reality star Todd Chrisley and his brood of eight—downsizing from his lavish 30,000 square foot Rosewell, Georgia home to a two-bedroom condo in Atlanta. According to court documents obtained by MailOnline, Chrisley, 45, the sharp-tongued family patriarch of Chrisley Know... | Court documents obtained by MailOnline reveal the bank has been granted permission to repossess the house where the Chrisley Knows Best star lives with wife, five children and two grandkids .
The only property Chrisley owns outright is a two-bedroom, two-bathroom CONDO in Atlanta .
Todd filed for bankruptcy in 2012 but... | 5,244 | 566 |
215,370 | Jordan Green, pictured with his hairdresser mother Heidi, from . Harrogate, who found him hanged at home. A 12-year-old schoolboy has hanged himself at home. Art-loving Jordan Green was found by his mum Heidi in an upstairs room. Yesterday tributes were paid by classmates of Jordan. They left flowers and a lit candle i... | Jordan Green was found by his mother Heidi on Wednesday morning in their Harrogate home .
Police are not treating his death as suspicious . | 3,719 | 139 |
68,338 | Air Chief Marshal Lord Stirrup, a former chief of the defence staff, claimed Vladimir Putin is 'testing' Britain's reaction times . Planes packed with holidaymakers could be brought down by Russian jets in a highly dangerous 'game of chicken', a former head of the armed forces has warned. Air Chief Marshal Lord Stirrup... | Jock Stirrup warns of risk posed by Russian flights testing UK airspace .
Former chief of the defence staff accuses Moscow of 'game of chicken'
Long-range Bear bombers seen off Bournemouth and coast of Cornwall .
RAF jets scrambled to deter Russian jets 88 times in the last decade .
Calls grow for Britain to help arm U... | 5,573 | 356 |
159,464 | By . Wills Robinson . They were just five-months old when their mother made the heartbreaking decision to put them up for adoption in 1936. Twins Ann Hunt and Elizabeth Hamel were then separated and faced the prospect of never seeing each other again. But 78 years later the sisters found each other by chance and have r... | Ann Hunt from Aldershot, Hampshire, did not know she had a twin .
Elizabeth Hamel was tracing family tree in Portland, Oregon, USA .
Pair were brought together in Los Angeles after a year of phone calls .
Sisters were born out of wedlock in 1936 and put up for adoption . | 4,597 | 271 |
193,397 | (CNN) -- Sorry, "Potter" fans, Harry himself says not to count on another film. Despite the excitement over a new "Harry Potter" story written by J.K. Rowling, the man who played Potter doesn't want folks to read too much into it. The Independent reported that Daniel Radcliffe was asked about the possibility of a new "... | Radcliffe appears at the Television Critics Association press tour .
He says he hasn't read the new "Potter" short story .
The actor points out that Harry is older than he in the story . | 1,799 | 186 |
25,671 | Title: Czech National Bank Makes Historic Decision to Lower Key Interest Rates
Prague, Czech Republic - In a landmark move aimed at boosting the domestic economy and spurring inflation, the Czech National Bank (CNB) announced today that it will be lowering its key interest rates by 0.25 percentage points. The new ben... | The Czech National Bank (CNB) has made a significant decision to lower its key interest rates by 0.25 percentage points, bringing the new benchmark rate to 1.25%. This move is aimed at boosting the domestic economy and stimulating inflation due to concerns over slowing economic growth and stagnating inflation within t... | 1,350 | 955 |
271,507 | Washington (CNN) -- The 2014 elections will continue what has become a staple in American politics: the survival of powerful political families. Bush. Carter. Nunn. Udall. Cheney. These are familiar names from a previous generation -- but also for a new one. When Liz Cheney announced her intention to become the next se... | A new generation from well-known political families will show up on the 2014 ballot .
From Bush to Carter to Cheney to Nunn, children and grandchildren are seeking office .
"You grow up around a business, you learn the ropes early," CNN contributor says .
Accessibility to fund-raising networks and tough skin among bene... | 5,651 | 345 |
281,610 | Scot Young pictured with his ex-fiancee Noelle Reno - who called off their longstanding engagement before his death . The final, desperate moments of the tycoon who plunged to his death on to spiked railings outside a £3 million apartment can be revealed today. Neighbours said there was a furious row between businessma... | Neighbours report furious row between tycoon and ex-fiancee before his death .
Ex-fiancee said to have made frantic call to police to say: 'There's a crazy man here'
Noelle Reno then left property and officers turned up to find impaled body .
Police insist there's no evidence to support theory of Russian mafia link .
M... | 9,646 | 699 |
211,606 | By . Darren Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 08:08 EST, 12 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:51 EST, 12 March 2014 . A burglar carried out a string of 30 burglaries because he could not face his 'boring' life and needed to steal cars to get a 'kick' out of joyriding, a court has heard. Layabout teenager Ryan Legge, 19, looted victims... | Ryan Legge stole a £1,300 pet pug during his two-year crime spree .
Legge blamed a 'need to alleviate boredom' of his humdrum life .
Legge also stole cars because he got 'a kick' out of joyriding .
In mitigation, his counsel said he always left the cars undamaged .
Legge was warned that he faced spending much of his ad... | 4,663 | 338 |
50,261 | (CNN)It's one of the most famous faces in history, even though no one really knows what he looked like. Instead, every culture, every generation, remakes Jesus in its own image. A blonde-haired, blue-eyed savior when America was mostly Anglo-Protestant, at least in Hollywood's eyes. An androgynous, meek-and-mild messia... | If you turned on the television this past Sunday, a new vision of Jesus came into view. Darker, in mood and skin tone. Earthy rather than ethereal.
According to the Apostle Paul, almost every depiction of Jesus so far has gotten at least one detail wrong. | 3,224 | 255 |
253,075 | (CNN) -- Her artwork is dark, bold and often sombre, with black figures and sinister skulls splattered across the canvasses. "My mom was like, 'You were obsessed with skulls ever since you were a baby,'" explains Michelle Wie, one of the world's leading female golfers. It's an infatuation that comes to the fore when sh... | Michelle Wie is one of the world's most recognizable female golfers .
In June, the American won the U.S. Open -- the first major title of her career .
Away from the golf course, Wie is a keen amateur artist .
"I think it releases a lot of the darker feelings in me," the 24-year-old says . | 6,465 | 289 |
151,206 | By . Louise Boyle . and David Mccormack . and Becky Evans . A little girl born to one of three women as she was imprisoned in a Cleveland home for a decade is 'happy and healthy' despite being brought up in captivity, authorities have revealed. After kidnap victim Amanda Berry, 27, courageously escaped the home on Mond... | Amanda Berry's daughter Jocelyn, 6, ate a popsicle while being examined and smiled when she saw her mother smile, authorities said .
Police sources: Girl would leave the home to visit her captor's mother .
Detectives believe one of the three suspects is her father and are now carrying out DNA tests to confirm their sus... | 8,892 | 329 |
96,153 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 09:51 EST, 24 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:50 EST, 24 October 2013 . Brussels red tape is ‘throttling’ British business, David Cameron has warned ahead of a summit with European Union leaders. The Prime Minister is to push for a one-in, one-out rule, to ... | Prime Minister meets workers at fashion chain's Barnsley warehouse .
Samantha Cameron a fan of ASOS and wore £42 dress to Tory conference .
EU leaders to meet in Brussels tonight to discuss cutting regulations .
UK business leaders warn 'burdensome' EU rules are holding back trade . | 4,456 | 283 |
178,544 | (CNN) -- The man suspected to be at the center of the plot to send bombs from Yemen to the United States is a Saudi national who authorities believe has been living in Yemen for the past three years. Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri is one of Saudi Arabia's most wanted men, according to a list published by the government last y... | Ibrahim Hassan al-Asiri is believed to be in Yemen .
He grew up in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia .
He recruited his brother into a terrorist movement . | 3,325 | 142 |
298,169 | A man sleeping in a school hallway with a glass smoking pipe and a bag of synthetic marijuana marked 'Scooby Snax', was found by police just outside Philadelphia. Police discovered John-Paul Sabara inside the Tawanka Learning Center in Lower Southampton around 3:20 a.m. Monday after spotting a bicycle parked outside th... | John-Paul Sabara was arraigned on charges of criminal trespassing and drug possession .
He has previously served time for assault, burglary and firearm convictions . | 939 | 165 |
216,565 | By . Jacqui Goddard . Last updated at 12:01 PM on 14th July 2011 . Two theme parks are waging an international custody dispute in court – over a 17-foot killer whale. SeaWorld in Orlando, Florida, is demanding the return of Ikaika, a two-tonne, captive-born orca that it sent to Marineland in Niagara Falls, Canada, in 2... | Marineland defying judge's order to return two-tonne whale to SeaWorld . | 5,057 | 72 |
69,853 | (EW.com) -- What worked for "Breaking Bad" might not be working for "Mad Men." AMC unveiled the first half of "Mad Men's" split final seventh season to the lowest debut audience since the show's second year. But unlike the cable network's "Breaking Bad" — which climbed in the ratings with every season, including its ... | "Mad Men's" ratings weren't the greatest .
The second episode of AMC's "Turn" had 1.9 million viewers .
"Game of Thrones" stayed strong with 6.3 million viewers . | 1,793 | 162 |
104,829 | A property tycoon shot at the wheel of his Rolls Royce by a cyclist was waiting in the car to sign a $5 million deal. Philanthropist Kameron Segal, 48, was hit in the face and chest in a parking lot on Sunset Boulevard, Los Angeles, on Friday night just before leaving to meet his business partner. According to police t... | Kameron Segal was hit twice while in a parking lot on Sunset Boulevard .
He was minutes away from signing a $5 million deal, it has emerged .
Cyclist approached the driver's side window and fired twice .
The 48-year-old victim was taken to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center .
Authorities said he is expected to survive, but th... | 2,585 | 413 |
213,178 | A newborn girl in China was born seemingly ‘pregnant’ with twins, due to an extremely rare condition. Doctors said the girl may have condition known as ‘fetus in fetu’ – which is so rare it affects less than 1 in 500,000 births, and there are only 200 reports of it ever happening. It is a developmental abnormality wher... | WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT .
Newborn girl in China was born with two masses in her abdominal area .
Doctors thought they were tumours but scans found they were fetuses .
They performed an operation to remove them when she was 3 weeks old .
Some believe the girl had the extremely rare 'fetus in fetu' condition .
This is ... | 4,809 | 440 |
24,582 | By . Meghan Keneally . PUBLISHED: . 10:45 EST, 25 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:47 EST, 25 February 2014 . Former New York governor Eliot Spitzer has no qualms about hiding his new relationship with a much younger woman just weeks after his divorce was finalized. The disgraced Democrat was spotted with his girlfrie... | The former New York governor and his girlfriend Lis Smith were spotted at Madison Square Garden Monday night .
Couple couldn't hide their affection as they kissed throughout the game .
Their affair was revealed in December before he formally divorced his wife .
Smith, 31, worked as 54-year-old Spitzer's campaign manage... | 4,639 | 542 |
301,665 | Leicester Tigers produced an astonishing second-half comeback to beat Sale 29-13 at home in the second round of the LV= Cup. Trailing 13-3 at half-time after being bullied for 40 minutes, the Tigers blitzed the Sharks after the interval with 26 unanswered points, including four tries, to earn themselves a bonus point. ... | Trailing 13-3 at half-time, the Tigers fought back in the LV= Cup clash .
Leicester’s second win in as many games kept them top of Pool Three .
England prop Dan Cole made a successful comeback in the second half after surgery on a neck injury .
Winger Miles Benjamin scored twice for the Tigers, with the other tries com... | 4,775 | 359 |
218,792 | It is a touching story of kindness and friendship that spans continents and has endured for years. A British grandmother who refused to give up on the Vietnamese boy suffering from a mystery skin condition after meeting him in an orphanage when he was aged just three. Now the loving tale of the 15-year friendship betwe... | Brenda Smith from Benfleet, Essex, fell in love with disabled orphan Min Anh when she met him aged just three, suffering from a genetic skin condition .
The grandmother returns for three months every year and takes him on trips in a bid to improve his quality of life . | 6,123 | 269 |
19,250 | An explorer who plans to spend a year living inside a ball-shaped capsule on top of an iceberg is seeking funding for his daring project. Italian Alex Bellini is to be subjected to the full force of the iceberg as it melts, cracks and even flips - while hopefully staying safe inside his small spherical cabin. The aim o... | Italian Alex Bellini will live atop an iceberg off the coast of North West Greenland starting next year .
He will stay in isolation inside a contained ball without opening the hatch for 12 months .
The capsule will contain supplies and equipment for his survival, and workout equipment to keep him fit .
Its designed to ... | 5,932 | 407 |
186,126 | By . Carol Driver . The world’s first seven-star hotel has created the ‘ultimate experience’ for children – including 24-carat gold iPads, a personal butler and a private beach where ice lollies are free of charge. Dubai’s iconic Burj Al Arab is launching the Spoilt Rotten service, which includes round-the-clock in-sui... | Burj Al Arab's Spoilt Rotten includes private beach with free popcorn .
Rooms will be equipped with Xbox, gold iPads and PlayStations .
Iconic Dubai hotel says 'luxury doesn't have an age limit' | 2,912 | 194 |
141,740 | Biologists are hunting for an ivory thief who sawed off seven teeth from a dead orca who was pregnant with a full-term fetus. The 18-year-old killer whale J-32, nicknamed Rhapsody, was found floating in the water last Thursday off Vancouver Island in Canada. When experts arrived Saturday to perform an autopsy on the ma... | The 18-year-old killer whale J-32, nicknamed Rhapsody, was found floating in the water last Thursday off Vancouver Island in Canada .
When experts arrived Saturday to perform an autopsy on the marine mammal they were dismayed to find her carcass had been looted .
'It’s a crime that can’t be described. It’s a crime agai... | 2,462 | 401 |
187,590 | By . Graham Smith . PUBLISHED: . 05:16 EST, 27 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:16 EST, 27 July 2012 . It was just another holiday snap. Sat side-by-side and perched on a fence, five young men with unkempt hair and wearing serious expressions stare into the camera. The year was 1982 and the photo was taken on a self-timed... | In 1982, John Wardlaw, Mark Rumer, Dallas Burney, John Molony, John Dickson were high school friends from Santa Barbara, California .
Little did they know that they would be taking that exact same photo at Copco Lake once every five years for the next three decades . | 3,957 | 267 |
290,515 | Winning an Olympic gold should be a moment of great joy for any athlete at London 2012. But for Chinese diver Wu Minxia securing her golden hat-trick on Sunday at the Aquatic Centre in east London was followed by shock and sadness. Straight after a triumph in the women's Synchronised 3m Springboard that made her a lege... | Wu Minxia wins gold, and then learns her grandparents died more than a year ago .
26-year-old diver also told that her mother is battling breast cancer . | 3,006 | 153 |
63,017 | (CNN)Some music lovers didn't even know Beck had a new album out when he won the Grammy for album of the year for "Morning Phase" on Sunday. Now it seems people can't stop talking about him. After rapper Kanye West looked to be about to crash the stage during Beck's acceptance speech and then said the musician "needs t... | Garbage's Shirley Manson criticized Kanye West in an open letter .
West said Beck should have given album of the year award to Beyonce .
His music is skyrocketing on Spotify, thanks to all the attention . | 2,350 | 204 |
167,899 | This panda didn't want to go back into its enclosure at all. As its trainer tried to leave the panda pen at the Chengdu Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding, this animal decided it still wanted some human company. Latching on to the trainer's leg, the panda can be seen giving the man a hug hug and refusing to let down... | Incident occurred in southwestern city of Chengdu .
Research base worker was on his own when giant panda grabbed him .
Man eventually shakes panda off but then has a struggle to close gate . | 1,484 | 190 |
131,102 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor and Tamara Cohen . PUBLISHED: . 04:55 EST, 2 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:12 EST, 2 September 2013 . Paternity leave rules which give fathers only two weeks off work are ‘Edwardian’, Nick Clegg said yesterday, as he said parents should share up to a year at home with... | From today 20 per cent of two-year-olds will be eligible for funding .
Nick Clegg said the number will rise to 260,000 next September .
The scheme is being opened up to families that earn less than £16,910 a year and receive working tax credits . | 7,339 | 246 |
95,752 | Wall Street cheers Bush victory
The US stock market has closed higher in response to George W Bush's victory in the presidential elections.
The benchmark Dow Jones share index closed more than 1% higher at 10,137, while the Nasdaq rose 0.9% to 2,004. Many investors believe that Mr Bush's policies are more business-fr... | Senator Kerry attacked President Bush's economic record during his campaign, hammering home the fact that a net 800,000 jobs were lost during his term in office.The US stock market has closed higher in response to George W Bush's victory in the presidential elections.The higher share prices also reflect relief that a c... | 3,014 | 1,354 |
158,184 | Profoundly deaf Shahab Reza, 52, has been jailed for nine years after admitting his role in a £800,000 disability allowance scam, pictured at Southwark Crown Court . The profoundly deaf ringleader of an £800,000 disability allowance scam has been jailed for nine years after spending the cash on diamonds and foreign hol... | Shahab Reza, 52, admitted stealing £800,000 in disability benefits scam .
He persuaded wife Shehnaz and university-educated children to take part .
Deaf father set up a network of fake companies around the world .
He used money to buy a luxury home, diamonds and foreign holidays .
Reza jailed for nine years and condem... | 4,532 | 428 |
227,540 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . Middle class families are being prices out of buying their own home, Vince Cable has warned. The Business Secretary sounded the alarm on the housing bubble, warning homes were now ‘unaffordable’ for many. Mr Cable insisted the only way to solve the problem was to ‘build ... | Business Secretary warns of 'imbalance between supply and demand'
Property values have risen for 15 straight months, longest run since 2007 .
Manchester prices rose 18%, above London at 17%, says Nationwide . | 3,370 | 208 |
143,800 | The father of the little girl who starred in a photograph that sent the internet into a frenzy because of a mystery pair of boots has 'no idea' what the object could be. Martin Springall, 38, photographed his young daughter - who he wished not be named - standing near a rocky outcrop in Zushi, Japan, in July 2014. He s... | Photograph showed mysterious pair of boots behind little girl .
No one else was there, says the little girl's father, who took the picture .
Martin Springall said their picture was not Photoshopped .
He also said no one was standing behind the girl .
Sceptics believe it could be a rocky outcrop or trick of the light .
... | 3,890 | 506 |
150,942 | Several nominees at the Academy Awards wore black ribbons on Sunday night to remember Sarah Jones, 27, the camera assistant who was hit by a freight train in Georgia last week during pre-production of the Greg Allman biopic 'Midnight Rider.' Her name and photograph were also projected onto a bumper during the ceremony.... | Documentary director Malcom Clarke and 'Gravity' editors Mark Sanger and Glenn Fremantle all wore a black ribbon during their acceptance speeches .
Jones died on February 20 when she was .
struck by a train on a train trestle over the Altamaha River near the .
Doctortown Road crossing in Wayne County, Georgia .
Friends... | 3,695 | 415 |
304,116 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- A neighborhood in east London was getting back to normal Saturday after British Army engineers detonated a large World War II bomb unearthed this week on a building site, officials said. Army engineers covered the bomb with sand to minimise the risk of an explosion. An Army bomb disposal team c... | British Army engineers detonate a large World War II bomb in London .
Ministry of Defense: Bomb was the largest found in the capital since 1975 .
Disposal experts used strong magnets to stop timer after bomb started ticking . | 2,438 | 225 |
166,240 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The U.S. Marine Corps knew of the threat posed by roadside bombs before the start of the Iraq war, yet did nothing to buy protective vehicles for troops, according to a report to be released by the Pentagon. Marines' armored Humvees are parked at a miltary camp in Fallujah, Iraq, in May 2007. Additi... | Report: Buying reinforced Humvees, not MRAPs, possibly cost lives .
Defense Department knew of roadside bomb risk ahead of Iraq war, report says .
Report: Department didn't immediately take available steps to get MRAPs .
MRAPs are designed to shield troops from mines and other explosives . | 3,111 | 290 |
128,753 | When police officers in Minority Report predicted who would commit crimes, and stopped them before they happened, it was considered so futuristic the film was set in 2054. But, police in Berlin are considering adopting a similar software that predicts crimes and is named ‘Precobs’ - in a nod to the sci-fi film. Other f... | Police in Berlin are trialling software that predicts crimes using old data .
The name of the ‘Precobs’ program is inspired by the film Minority Report .
In the film, psychics called 'precogs' have visions about future crimes .
The German program predicts when and where crime is likely to occur .
But, a civil rights a... | 4,452 | 436 |
284,942 | Footage has emerged of the moment Ravel Morrison was freed from custody after a judge granted him bail following a private court hearing. The West Ham midfielder was seen jogging away from Strangeways prison on Monday following his release. The 21-year-old was in custody and not present at Manchester Crown Court to hea... | Ravel Morrison seen jogging away from Strangeways prison on Monday .
Morrison granted bail after a private court hearing .
The 21-year-old was not present at the bail application hearing .
West Ham midfielder accused of two counts of common assault on his ex-girlfriend Reah Mansoor and her mother Parveen Mansoor . | 2,130 | 315 |
283,567 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- After arguing with her husband, Liza Murphy walked out of their home in Emerson, New Jersey, leaving behind her purse, her cigarettes, her cell phone and her three children, her husband told police. There has been no sign of her since August 19, 2007. Liza Murphy has been missing from her home in Emer... | Woman disappeared after argument with husband .
Husband tried to kill himself after disappearance, denies involvement .
Cadaver dogs detected Liza Murphy's scent near George Washington Bridge .
Know something? Call 201-262-2800 . | 3,231 | 229 |
285,267 | David Cameron has spoken for the first time about an alleged plot by Islamic extremists to take over schools in Birmingham, promising ‘swift action’ to ensure they are not being used to spread the ideology of terrorists. The Department for Education is believed to be investigating 12 schools in the city after claims th... | Government is believed to be investigating 12 schools in Birmingham .
There are claims male and female pupils were being segregated .
'Plot' said to plan Muslim takeover, though its authenticity is questioned .
Cameron: 'It's not acceptable, we can’t have that happening in our country' | 3,799 | 286 |
276,908 | Russian oil merger excludes Yukos
The merger of Russian gas giant Gazprom and oil firm Rosneft is to go ahead, but will not include Yugansk, which was controversially bought last year.
The merger, backed by Russian authorities, will allow foreigners to trade in Gazprom shares. Gazprom chief Alexei Miller confirmed Ro... | "Obtaining majority control over Gazprom is the beginning of the liberalisation of the market in Gazprom shares," Mr Miller added.The merger of Russian gas giant Gazprom and oil firm Rosneft is to go ahead, but will not include Yugansk, which was controversially bought last year.Gazprom chief Alexei Miller confirmed Ro... | 2,759 | 1,336 |
116,316 | She may hail from Armenia but even Kim Kardashian needs help to maintain her healthy glow. The reality TV star, who has been Instagramming photos of her enviable curves while on holiday in recent weeks, has revealed she's a huge fan of Vita Liberata. After returning to LA, mother-of-one Kim called on the organic brand'... | The mother of one was tanned by Fiona Locke, who used Vita Liberata .
Organic tanning brand claims to be odourless and non-toxic .
Reality TV star Kim wanted a 'rich dark bronze colour', says Fiona . | 2,924 | 199 |
140,241 | Centennial, Colorado (CNN) -- James Holmes sat in the interrogation room in his T-shirt, white socks and boxers. Gone was the body armor that police found him wearing when they encountered him outside a movie theater where scores of people had been shot. Police had cut it off. Craig Appel -- the lead detective in the i... | NEW: Shooter used steel-core rounds in attack, police officer says .
Detective: Holmes used paper bags for puppets as police tried to interview him .
The lead detective says he didn't need to order toxicology tests .
Police also play 911 calls from the July 20 shooting rampage . | 6,737 | 279 |
14,812 | Alice Lee, the sister of the famous To Kill A Mockingbird author and an influential Alabama lawyer and church leader in her own right, has died. Miss Alice, as she was known, died on Monday according to an online notice posted by Johnson Funeral Home in Monroeville, the south Alabama home of Alice and Harper Lee. No ca... | Alice Lee was an influential Alabama lawyer and church leader in her own right .
The older sister of Harper Lee, she helped guard her sibling's privacy after she stopped speaking to the media in the early 1960s .
She passed the bar in 1943 and entered into her father's legal business in Monroeville .
Mockingbird, Harpe... | 4,516 | 513 |
39,384 | (CNN) -- No one teaches reporters how to cover a war, much less wars that include genocide. Most of us rely on the wisdom of experienced colleagues and a lot of on-the-job training. CNN's Christiane Amanpour in a Sarajevo cemetery; she returned to Bosnia for "Scream Bloody Murder." My first war assignment -- Bosnia, in... | CNN's Christiane Amanpour traveled the globe for documentary on genocide .
Amanpour: The few people who stand up and confront evil give me hope . | 6,988 | 145 |
193,550 | By . Rachel Quigley and Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 05:27 EST, 28 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:40 EST, 28 January 2013 . Troubled: A childhood friend says Jason Smith, who is charged with murder, had behavioural problems as a child . A rodent exterminator charged with the murder of a paediatrician suffered from behavio... | Jason T. Smith had anger issues and torched things, says former friend .
The exterminator confessed to murdering Dr Melissa Ketuniti .
He was at her Philadelphia home for work and the pair argued . | 6,715 | 197 |
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