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The 'Biblio-Mat' dispenses a random book, at least 25-years-old, for $2 . The invention has proved popular, amusing and mystifying customers .
[ "A book shop has come up with a novel way to sell second-hand books - by dispensing them at random from a vintage vending machine. In exchange for a $2 coin, the ‘Biblio-Mat’ gives curious book lovers a novel picked at random at quirky bookstore the Monkey’s Paw in Toronto, Canada. The creative invention holds book...
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Pedro has started only 10 La Liga games for Barcelona this season . 27-year-old forward's contract expires at Nou Camp in 2016 . Barcelona travel to Athletic Bilbao in La Liga on Sunday night .
[ "Barcelona star Pedro has cast doubt on his future at the club by admitting he doesn't know where he will be playing next season. The 27-year-old has endured a frustrating campaign with the Catalan club so far. Despite having made 20 appearances in La Liga this term, only 10 of those coming have come as starts. Ped...
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Michelle and Stevens Seal welcomed four daughters and one son on Tuesday, named Mia, Tessa, Brant, Gracie and Rayleigh . The five newborns are the first set of quintuplets to be born at Baylor University Hospital in Dallas, Texas . All are healthy and each of the girls weighs under 3 pounds while the boy weighed 3 poun...
[ "The Texas mother who gave birth to quintuplets on Tuesday has said that she and her husband will not be having any more children since the newborns already have a big brother to come home to. 'This is it. No more. Half a dozen is plenty for us,' Michelle Seals said on Thursday. Each of the quintuplets born in Texa...
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Evonne and Deon Derrico already had a daughter, a son and twin boys when they welcomed five babies on September 6 . The couple say their biggest concern is giving 'enough love' to each child .
[ "A couple who welcomed quintuplets on top of four children last September have revealed that they go through 40 bottles and more than 100 diapers each day. Evonne and Deon Derrico from Las Vegas told the Today show that their new babies - Deniko, Dariz, Deonee, Daician and Daiten - need feeding every three hours an...
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Total ban stops players, managers, club employees and match officials betting on any football-related matter worldwide . It follows a number of gambling controversies involving players and managers . A number of current and former Football League players were arrested on suspicion of match-fixing last year . Tottenham ...
[ "Football Association general secretary Alex Horne says the total ban on any gambling on football by players or coaches that comes into force on Friday will help the fight against match-fixing. Players, managers, club employees and match officials are now not allowed to place any bet on any football-related matter ...
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Barcelona forward Alexis Sanchez signs for Arsenal in £30million deal . Sanchez leaves holiday early to fly to London for medical with Gunners . Sanchez signs four-year deal worth up to £140,000-per-week . Wage will see 25-year-old match Mesut Ozil as Arsenal's top earner . Newcastle right-back Mathieu Debuchy set to s...
[ "Alexis Sanchez - the man Arsenal believe can fire them to the Barclays Premier League title - has sealed his £30million move from Barcelona. The Chile superstar, who cut short his holiday to finalise the transfer in London, completed a medical and agreed a four-year contract - with the option of a further 12 month...
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Wally the otter was hit in the flippers and face by a shotgun . After dental work at a Canadian rescue centre, Wally can eat again .
[ "An unfortunate otter is making a speedy recovery after being hit in the head and body by a shotgun. The otter, nicknamed Wally, was brought into Vancouver Aquarium Marine Animal Rescue Centre two months ago with serious injuries to his flippers and face. He had been found distressed and in pain on the shoreline of...
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Tim Hauser, the founder and singer of the Grammy-winning vocal troupe The Manhattan Transfer, reportedly died Thursday from cardiac arrest . Hauser, 72, founded Manhattan Transfer, which had the hit songs launch such as 'Operator' and 'The Boy from New York City' Their critically acclaimed album, 1985's 'Vocalese,' ear...
[ "Tim Hauser, the founder and singer of the Grammy-winning vocal troupe The Manhattan Transfer, died Thursday from cardiac arrest, band representative JoAnn Geffen said Friday. He was 72. Hauser founded Manhattan Transfer, who released their debut album in the early 1970s and launched hits such as 'Operator' and 'Th...
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German graphic designers wrapped tree trunk in plastic sheet then painted hyper-realistic landscape on it . They got idea from being asked to make transformer stations disappear .
[ "These extraordinary photographs appear to show a tree hovering in the air after despite having had a section cut out of its trunk. But in fact it is a clever optical illusion - created using nothing more than a piece of plastic and some spray paint. The surreal creation was the brainchild of graphic designers Dani...
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The 20-year-old player was asked to 'twirl' by interviewer Ian Cohen who was holding a Channel 7 microphone . Bouchard had just beaten the Netherlands' Kiki Bertens at Melbourne Park . 'I don't know, an old guy asking you to twirl. It was funny,' Bouchard commented after the incident which has been labelled 'sexist' Bo...
[ "A Channel 7 tennis commentator has caused outrage at the Australian Open after asking Canadian tennis star Eugenie Bouchard to ‘twirl’ on live TV. The 20-year-old was stunned as she was asked by commentator Ian Cohen during her post-match interview: ‘Can you give us a twirl?’. Bouchard had just won an impressive ...
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250 dolphins are being held captive in a cove in the village of Taiji, Japan . 25 of the animals were selected today for a life of captivity in aquariums . Among these was rare albino dolphin, transferred to Taiji Whale Museum . Another captive died while being transported to a harbour holding pen . Remaining dolphins ...
[ "Fishermen have caught 25 dolphins from a pod of more than 250 being held captive on the coast of Japan, it is claimed. The bottlenose dolphins, including one very young and rare albino dolphin worth millions, have been selected for a life of captivity in aquariums and marine parks ahead of a 'mass slaughter', acco...
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Two boys aged 5 and 6 were tossed out of the carnival staple and seriously injured, with one incurring a traumatic head injury . One of the boys hit a parked car while the other landed in a South Glens Falls, New York street on Monday afternoon . A third child in the bounce house, a little girl, suffered only minor scr...
[ "Two young boys who fell from an inflatable bounce house as it was swept skyward by gusty winds remained hospitalized in stable condition Wednesday, one in a medically induced coma with a head injury, according to police. A girl, age 10, and the boys, ages 5 and 6, were playing in the 10-by-10-foot roofless nylon p...
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Indie Smith responded to trial drug Soliris within two days of treatment . But the trial is due to end and so treatment will be ceased . No plans for the NHS to fund the new drug for the rare illness . Parents urge government to pay for the £250,000-a-year drug .
[ "The parents of a two-year-old girl with a rare blood disorder have urged the Government to pay for a ‘miracle drug’ to keep her alive. Indie Smith is one of just 140 people in the UK who suffer from the disease – for which only one effective and safe treatment has been found, the drug Soliris. But it costs up to £...
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Two men killed after a gun fight between the poachers and forest rangers . Killed for their horn, which is extremely valuable and rivals their price in gold . Poachers killed 21 rhinos in Kaziranga National Park last year .
[ "Two rhino poachers have been shot dead at an Indian wildlife sanctuary. The men were caught after Indian Forest rangers heard them trying to shoot the animals in Kaziranga National Park in Assam, Northeastern India. The pair were killed after a gun fight between the poachers and forest rangers. Killed: A dead rhin...
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California-based Tesla is set to make two major announcements today . Rumours claim they may reveal a sports car that goes 0-60 in three seconds . The development was teased by CEO Elon Musk on Twitter last week . 'About time to unveil the D and something else,' he wrote, plus an image . Some have suggested the second ...
[ "Rumours are currently flying as to what Tesla’s big announcement, scheduled for later today, will reveal. Last week, the car maker's chief executive Elon Musk tweeted that the company would unveil ‘the D’ and ‘something else’ on 9 October - although a time wasn't given. One of the announcements is thought to be an...
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Archaeologists in northwestern Poland have a found a suspected vampire . The burial was found in a cemetery in the town of Kamien Pomorski . A stake had previously been driven through one leg of the skeleton . This was designed to stop it rising from the grave after its death . It also had a small rock in its mouth to ...
[ "For centuries people in the Middle Ages lived in fear of vampires. And now a telling sign of the precautionary measures they took against the mythical creatures has been found in northwestern Poland. The grave of the suspected terror was found in Kamien Pomorski and has all the markings of a vampire burial. The sk...
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Daniel Stani-Reginald, now 21, raped and killed Tosha Thakkar, 24, in 2011 . Miss Thakkar had moved from India to Australia to complete her degree . Stani-Reginald spent months 'educating himself' on how to commit murder . After dumping her body, he went home to read Beginnings of a Serial Killer .
[ "This is the chilling moment an Australian teenager who raped and strangled his neighbour calmly carried her body out of the building in a suitcase before dumping it in a canal. Today Daniel Stani-Reginald, now 21, was sentenced 45 years in jail for killing Tosha Thakkar, 24, in Sydney. He was ‘studying how to beco...
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Wage is almost 100 times higher than national average wage of £26,500 . FTSE100 CEOs now earn 120 times more than their full-time staff . Salary rose only 2.5% but directors also enjoyed a 12% rise in bonuses . Figures show there has been no real terms pay increase in UK for ten years .
[ "Directors at Britain’s biggest companies saw their average earnings rise by a fifth last year despite a nationwide wage squeeze. Boardroom executives at FTSE100 companies pocketed huge bonuses, according to a survey published today by pay research group Incomes Data Services (IDS). These helped push their average ...
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Curtis Warren has made more than £200m through his criminal empire . Former bouncer turned drug baron set for release from Belmarsh in 2015 . Crown Prosecution Service gets High Court order reining him in afterwards . He'll be unable to use public phones or carry more than £1,000 cash .
[ "Gangster: Curtis Warren is the first criminal to be the subject to a High Court order designed to stop him running his empire when he leaves jail . A notorious gangster has become the first to be banned from using payphones, carrying large sums of cash and having multiple bank accounts to stop him running his drug...
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The complex in Huizhou, in the southeast of China, is one of the country's largest white elephants . Named Dayawan, the buildings stand near to a nuclear power plant which has put people off living in the area . Recently at night lights were seen on in only two out of 2,328 apartments .
[ "This is one of China's ghost towns - a 14 square mile development where no-one wants to live. The complex in Huizhou in Guangdong province in the southeast of China is one of the country's largest white elephants. Named Dayawan, the buildings stand near to a nuclear power plant. Where is everyone? The complex in H...
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Barrister Constance Briscoe is charged with two counts of perverting justice . 56-year-old is accused of lying to police about her contact with the press . She pleaded not guilty and was bailed until her trial in January, 2014 .
[ "A barrister and part-time judge today denied perverting the course of justice in connection with the Chris Huhne case. Judge Constance Briscoe appeared before the Old Bailey in London accused of two counts of intending to . pervert the course of public justice, relating to statements made to . police. She allegedl...
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Portuguese, 16th-century-style, 107cm-long swivel gun was found in 2010 . Boy, 13, discovered it on a beach about two hours from Darwin . Researchers say cannon's lead was mined on Spanish Iberian Peninsula . Suggests the Portuguese reached Australia before the Dutch and English .
[ "Captain Cook may not have been the first European to settle in Australia after all. A 16th-century-style Portuguese cannon, that was discovered by a 13-year-old boy off a remote beach in the Northern Territory in 2010, has reignited the debate over who first arrived in the country. Research has shown the lead that...
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Shashank Tripathi posted rogue tweet as Sandy hit NYC on Monday night . Was campaign manager for GOP New York candidate Christopher Wight . Resigned after being outed and posted apology for 'irresponsible tweets' Threatened with prosecution by New York City Councilman Peter Vallone . Politician said tweet could compare...
[ "I'm sorry: Shashank Tripathi has now apologised and resigned from the Congressional campaign for Republican candidate Christopher Wight . The rogue Twitter user who falsely claimed during Superstorm Sandy that the New York Stock Exchange was flooded under more than 3ft of water has been unmasked as a Wall Street a...
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L Manze is the longest continuously open pie and mash shop in London . It has been recognised for its 'beautifully preserved' and original interiors . David Beckham's love of the dish has made it trendy again, owner says .
[ "A pie and mash shop in East London which has fed thousands of hungry cockneys and even survived a World War has been awarded Grade II listed status by Heritage England. Described as 'a unique part of the capital’s history', L. Manze Eel, Pie and Mash Shop on Walthamstow High Street was hailed as a 'unique part of ...
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Norman Brennan jumped bail in Liverpool court in 2008 and fled to Mijas . He'd admitted claiming benefits in his brother's name for nearly 30 years . Sky News found the pensioner living on a golf course on the Costa del Sol . Work and Pensions Secretary Iain Duncan Smith says case is 'outrageous'
[ "A man who falsely claimed benefits under his brother's name for nearly three decades has been found living in a holiday resort on Spain's Costa del Sol. Retired joiner Norman Brennan, 70, fled to Mijas from Britain five years ago just as he was due to be sentenced for embezzling almost £120,000 under the name of h...
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Mother-of-three, Amy Needham, 35, suffered compartment syndrome because her handcuffs were 'too tight' She asked to see a doctor 16 times but was refused access . The life-threatening condition happens when there is insufficient blood supply to muscles and nerves due to increased pressure . Police officers entered Need...
[ "A Pittsburgh woman is suing authorities after she had to have her arm amputated because police officers used ‘excessive force’ while they arrested her and refused to give her access to a doctor. The mother-of-three, Amy Needham, 35, of Ross, says the officers entered her home to execute an arrest warrant for faili...
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Heinrich Mueller rounded up Jews and sent them to death camps in occupied Poland . He was rumoured to have escaped to South America after World War Two . But professor claims he in fact died in fierce fighting in Berlin in 1945 . Says new documents show he was buried in Jewish grave in Berlin Mitte . 'Thrown in mass gr...
[ "'Brutal Nazi sadist': An historian has claimed that Gestapo chief Heinrich Mueller (pictured) who oversaw the deaths of millions of Jews during the Holocaust was buried in Jewish cemetery . One of the chief architects of the Nazi Holocaust of six million Jews during WW2 is himself buried in a Jewish graveyard in B...
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Shuttle to launch from Kennedy Space Center on July 8 .
[ "The space shuttle Atlantis has been officially cleared for its final journey. Officials at the U.S. space agency have approved the craft for a cargo run to the International Space Station on July 8. The trip will be the final flight in Nasa's 30-year-old shuttle programme. Lift-off of the shuttle, manned by a mini...
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Camilla was with the Chelsea pensioners for Founder's Day . Parade . Met in-pensioners and staff at the hospital before the event in the sun . Husband Charles attended ceremony at Sixways Stadium in Worcester . Prince of Wales is Colonel-in-Chief of The Mercian Regiment . Said regiment's values were 'service, selflessn...
[ "The Duchess of Cornwall gave a bottle of gin to a 94-year-old war veteran at the Royal Chelsea Hospital today. Camilla . presented John Ley, who is an in-pensioner at the hospital, with a . bottle of Highgrove Gin in a box decorated with ribbon to add to his gin . collection. The Duchess was . at the home of the C...
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Battle of Arnhem was biggest airborne operation in history at the time . Allied troops were to seize eight bridges in German-held Dutch territory . But it was to prove too much and Allies were overcome by enemy forces . Now, the desperate telegram calling for reinforcements has come to light .
[ "It was one of the boldest plans of the Second World War, the biggest airborne operation in history. Nine thousand British and Allied tropps, dropped from the skies in a valiant bid to seize control of eight bridges in German occupied Holland. But the battle of Arnhem - later immortalised on screen in the 1977 film...
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Man lost his leather wallet while travelling from Zurich to Geneva in 1996 . It was found in a shopping centre in the town of Chur last month . Local police tracked down the unnamed man, who is now living in the US . Police have no idea how the wallet found its way to the shopping centre .
[ "A wallet and passport belonging to a British tourist have been found in Switzerland – 18 years after they were lost during a trip to the mountains. The man lost his leather wallet – containing his British passport, credit cards and receipts – while travelling by train from Zurich Airport to Geneva in 1996. Back th...
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Last weekend of August is usually key for New York's $1.4tn annual output . But direct hit would have flooded subway and acres of expensive real estate . Damage cost of Hurricane Irene across East Coast estimated at up to $45bn . Non-functioning economy in New York for four days will have huge impact . Insurance premiu...
[ "New York is deserted today on what should be one of its busiest weekends for tourism of the year, as businesses count the cost of a four-day city shutdown after Hurricane Irene forced people indoors. Retailers will . make heavy losses because of a shutdown on one of the last weekends before children go back . to s...
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The handsome teen joins Val Kilmer's son Jack, 19, who is also a star of the new campaign by creative director Heidi Slimane .
[ "Pierce Brosnan's son Dylan has proven that the apple does not fall far from the tree in a new campaign for Saint Laurent. In the black-and-white images, the 17-year-old strikes a pose in the designer label's suits and tailored menswear, cutting a dapper figure as he emulates his father's smoldering stare. The hand...
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Elizabeth Dickson, 28, is suing both Playboy and radio host Kevin Klein for an incident at a 2102 golf event . Klein hit the model in the buttocks with a golf club and caused severe injuries, the suit claims .
[ "Video has emerged of the moment a Playboy was hit in the buttocks with a golf club be a radio host at a 2012 golf outing sponsored by the magazine. Elizabeth Dickson, 28, is suing Playboy Enterprises and radio host Kevin Klein for $500,000 plus punitive damages after he whacked her in the behind with a golf club w...
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Raheem Sterling's contract talks have been going on for some time . He has a 'wonderful' offer on the table, according to Brendan Rodgers . Sterling's representatives are fighting for the best deal for the 20-year-old . He has been a Liverpool player since leaving QPR in 2010 . Luke Shaw at Manchester United is on £120...
[ "In the moments after Liverpool’s 3-2 victory at Norwich last April, Brendan Rodgers crowned Raheem Sterling as the best young player in European football. Sterling had scored twice and laid on another for Luis Suarez in a thrilling win at Carrow Road, increasing Liverpool’s lead over Chelsea to five points and six...
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Hollie McEwen fell into depression after suffering from severe psoriasis . The 'beautiful, vibrant' 28-year-old had first class honours degree in nursing . She was found hanged after she became tormented by the skin condition . Inquest heard skin condition played a 'large part' in what she decided to do . Medical profe...
[ "A health visitor with a first class honours degree in nursing was found hanged after she became tormented by her severe skin condition. Hollie McEwen, a dedicated professional, first suffered psoriasis as a 12-month-old but it eased with treatment. However, it later reappeared due to stress and the 28-year-old bec...
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Dutch contractor Johan Huibers dreamt that Holland would be flooded . The 23-m high, 30-m wide and 135-m long boat is classified as a building . Body of the ark is constructed from metal hulls and Scandinavian pine .
[ "Constructed from the metal hulls of old barges and held together by Scandinavian pine, this 23-metre high, 30-metre wide and 135-metre long real-life Noah's Ark stands four-storeys tall, is as long as a football field and even comes with its own animals. Dutch contractor Johan Huibers - who took three years to bui...
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Lava from a volcano on Hawaii's Big Island is inching closer to the small town of Pahoa . Molten rock is currently breaking out of three spots near the town, which has around 1,000 residents . Hawaii County Civil Defense say the breakouts do not pose an immediate threat to area residents . The Kilauea volcano has been ...
[ "Cascading down the hillside burning everything in its path, this is the moment a 'lavafall' breaks over a grassy bank in Hawaii. Video footage shows three streams of molten rock oozing through the metal fence of a waste recycling facility in Pahoa earlier this week and slowly trickling down - some tributaries blen...
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GPs want school nurses to be able to give out the pill . Tory MP Philip Davies said that the parents must be told . The Family Education Trust thinks that it will give girls a license to be sexually active .
[ "Leading . GPs have called for all school nurses to be able to give the morning-after pill to teenage girls. NHS trusts in some areas have already introduced the scheme in an attempt to reduce the number of unwanted teenage pregnancies. But now GPs including Dr Anne Connolly, chairman of the UK-wide Primary Care Wo...
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The BBC are screening a series called Racing Legends . Superbike racer Barry Sheene was the first to be profiled . Sheene was world champion in 1976 and 1977 .
[ "I don't think I need to use the populist modern phrase 'spoiler alert' here when I point out that as far as the BBC telly audience is concerned, the sports personality of 2014 was Lewis Hamilton. Although, now I mention it, I wonder if these are also the actual words that flash up on his dashboard when he has a pr...
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Infant rescued by Slovenian military as floods kill at least 40 in the Balkans . New threat of disease emerges after thousands of livestock drown in floods . Delgue in Serbia, Bosnia and Croatia has forced 500,000 people from homes .
[ "This is the dramatic moment a three-month-old baby is rescued from heavy flooding that has so far killed at least 40 people in the Balkans. Members of the Slovenian military winched the baby into a helicopter as floodwater ravaged the northern Bosnian town of Šamac on Saturday. The rescue was part of a wider missi...
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Kristin Hopkins was trapped in her wreckage of her vehicle for six days after it fell 140 feet down a remote Colorado ravine . Doctors believe she was just eight hours from death when she was rescued and rushed to hospital . In her first interview since her ordeal, she said she never gave up hope that she would be foun...
[ "A mother of four who lost her feet and part of her legs after being trapped in the wreckage of her mangled car for six days has spoken about her harrowing ordeal and how she never gave up hope that someone would find her. Doctors believe Kristin Hopkins, 44, was just eight hours from death when she was finally fou...
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David Wilson, 34, was McCready's live in boyfriend and her 'soul mate' Police told MailOnline that they were called to the scene and found the music producer had 'self-inflicted gunshot wound' Wilson 'may have been having affair that caused McCready to be jealous' National Enquirer says she was the one to call 911 . Co...
[ "Troubled country singer Mindy McCready is allegedly under investigation for any possible role she played in her live-in boyfriend’s shooting death, as new claims emerge that he was cheating on her and possibly threatened to leave her on the day that he died. The latest folds in the saga surrounding the death of Mc...
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VA . medical centers stand accused of keeping secret off-the-books waiting . lists in order to boost performance stats . As . many as 40 veterans died in Phoenix when they were denied critical care . because their names didn't appear on official waiting lists . A report emerged on Monday showing the VA warned President...
[ "Evidence emerged on Monday that President Barack Obama's transition team was notified five years ago that Veterans Affairs medical centers' official wait-list times bore little resemblance to reality and were sometimes denying military heroes critical health care. The Washington Times discovered through a Freedom ...
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Annabel Karmel spoke of her terror of being targeted by the gang . Corrie Moroney, Alan Fitzgerald, Ellis Parkinson jailed for total of 23 years . All convicted of conspiracy to rob after three month campaign of raids . Targeted their victims due to their 'outward show of wealth' Designer watches and handbags and gold...
[ "A celebrity chef told yesterday how she was attacked by a hammer-wielding gang of robbers whose crime spree brought terror to the streets of Hampstead. Children’s food guru Annabel Karmel thought she would die after being ambushed by muggers on mopeds who grabbed the 5ft 1in blonde and held a hammer to her head as...
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Those who wear nothing in bed more content in relationships, poll finds . Study shows 57 per cent of those who sleep in nude happy with partners . Research finds four in ten Britons sleep naked, including nearly half of over-55s .
[ "The best way to keep a marriage happy is to sleep in the nude, a study suggests. Those who wear nothing in bed are more content in their relationships than those who cover up, according to a poll. Of 1,004 Britons, 57 per cent of those who sleep in the nude said they were happy in their relationships, compared wit...
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35.3 per cent of American households spend more than 30 per cent of their income on rent, a proportion that is considered unaffordable . The proportion of renters who pay 30 per cent more for housing rose 12 per cent over the last decade . Among the 40 million households whose housing is unaffordable are 27 per cent wh...
[ "Record numbers of Americans are unable to afford their homes, new data shows. Housing is considered unaffordable when more than 30 per cent of the household's income is spent on rent or a mortgage, and according to a report from the Joint Center for Housing Studies at Harvard University, more than 40 million Ameri...
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Rangers interested in Toulouse's Ivorian right-back . Aurier likely to cost around £7m . Spurs and Arsenal also interested in the World Cup star .
[ "QPR have made enquiries for Toulouse right-back Serge Aurier. The 21-year-old is wanted by Arsenal while Tottenham have also shown interest. Toulouse want £7m for Aurier and that could be too rich for QPR. Wanted: Aurier's performances in Brazil, where he provided two assists in his first game, have drawn attentio...
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Winner had repeatedly criticised Obama's policy on Israel . First Republican to win in district that is 40% Jewish . Turner declares: 'This is a message for Washington' New poll shows plunge in Obama's rating in California .
[ "Barack Obama's controversial Israel policy was today blamed for a stunning Republican election victory in a Democrat stronghold which is 40% Jewish. In a devastating turnaround, Bob Turner last night became the first Republican to win New York's ninth congressional district since 1920. A special election was held ...
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Majority of top earners get extra cash from legal work, consultancy, company directorships and public speaking . Gordon Brown was the top earner followed by David Miliband who earned £113 a minute for a speech and Tory Geoffrey Cox QC .
[ "Dozens of MPs are boosting their taxpayer-funded salaries by tens of thousands of pounds by taking second jobs. The new analysis found that as well as drawing their MPs salary of £65,738, many are juggling their political work with jobs in careers such as law, consulting and business and making up to 13 times thei...
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Rotherham MP resigns from Parliament after devastating parliamentary report called for him to be suspended for a year . Inquiry found he created invoices signed by a 'nom de plume' Scotland Yard is asked by Tory MP to reopen case to see 'whether Mr MacShane is guilty of criminal behaviour' Committee on Standards and Pr...
[ "Former Labour minister Denis MacShane is facing a fresh police investigation after he resigned as an MP yesterday for fiddling his expenses. Scotland Yard last night vowed to examine a report by the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards which found Mr MacShane guilty of submitting 19 false claims ‘plainly inten...
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Boy called Belal defiantly held the young fawn in one hand above his head . Onlookers were unsure whether the boy was going to appear again . When he made it to the other side the locals cheered . Teenager jumped into river in Noakhali, Bangladesh to save animal .
[ "A brave boy fearlessly risked his own life and showed astonishing bravery to save a helpless baby deer from drowning. The boy, called Belal and believed to be in his early teens, defiantly held the young fawn in one hand above his head as he plunged through the surging river. During the ordeal onlookers were unsur...
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Next month sees opening of a London restaurant specialising in hot dogs and Champagne . Cheap hot dogs eaten in excess can be disastrous for a person's health . World Cancer Research Fund recommends people avoid all processed meats .
[ "Fightback: In response to the pink, flabby tubes of paste we serve our . children, foodies have launched a movement for real frankfurters - or 'haute dogs' Want to lose your appetite for hot dogs? Then visit a frankfurter factory. It’s an unpleasant business. In vast metal vats, tons of pork trimmings are mixed wi...
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Body of Jahi McMath, 13, released to her mother last night . Today lawyer tells MailOnline that she may not make it after hospital 'starved her' of nutrients . Jahi was declared brain dead after tonsil surgery last month but her family has fought to keep her alive . A New York rehabilitation facility run by . a woman w...
[ "Jahi McMath, the brain dead 13-year-old at the center of a battle to turn off her life support machine, may not 'make it through the day' after hospital treatment left her weaker than first thought, her lawyer told MailOnline. Chris Dolan said Jahi, pronounced brain dead after a tonsil operation, had 'deteriorated...
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Former paratrooper Jonathan Conville plunged from the Matterhorn in 1979 . The 27-year-old's remains were revealed by melting ice . Mr Conville had been inspired by the Scottish Highlands to make the climb . For more information on the Jonathan Conville Memorial Trust, visit www.jcmt.org.uk .
[ "Challenge: Mr Conville honed his skills in Scotland, where he was an adventure activities instructor . He was the climber whose love of Scotland’s mountains inspired his attempt on the feared Matterhorn - an Alpine adventure that ended in  tragedy and left his body locked in a tomb of ice. When Jonathan Conville p...
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Tea Party debate host asked Ron Paul if uninsured man should be 'left to die' Before he could answer host Wolf Blitzer, audience members shouted 'yeah' Shouts provoked outrage and comparisons to 'Roman gladiatorial combat' Meanwhile Barack Obama has extended his lead over Rick Perry in the polls .
[ "Tea Party members in a boisterous crowd have provoked outrage and comparisons to 'Roman gladitorial combat' after suggesting people who can't fund their own healthcare should be left to die. Republican contenders were facing off at a CNN/Tea Party in Tampa, Florida, on Monday night when the most liberal of all the...
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Polar oceans receive a seasonal iron boost as the glaciers melt . Can cause an increase in growth of phytoplankton - which capture carbon . Antarctic ice sheet is now losing 159 gigatonnes (159 billion tonnes) of ice each year . Iron equal to the weight of around 125 Eiffel Towers, or around 3000 fully-laden Boeing 747...
[ "Huge amounts of dissolved iron currently being released into the oceans from melting ice sheets might cancel out some of the negative effects of global warming, it has been claimed. A UK team has discovered that summer meltwaters from ice sheets are rich in iron. This can cause an increase in growth of phytoplankt...
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New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen was asked if she approves of the job that President Barack Obama is doing . She completely ignored the 'yes or no' premise of the question, and replied, 'In some ways I approve, and some things I don't approve' The awkward incident took place at a debate last night against her Republic...
[ "New Hampshire Sen. Jeanne Shaheen on Tuesday became the latest Democrat to find herself in the awkward position of having to distance herself from President Barack Obama in order to pacify her electorate. At a debate last night against her Republican opponent, former Massachusetts Sen. Scott Brown, Shaheen was ask...
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Rules proposed by Pentagon to allow women to serve closer to front-line . GOP candidate says men could get protective and lose focus on mission . Concerned how men would react when female soldiers are in harm's way .
[ "Rick Santorum believes U.S. military plans to allow more women to serve closer to the front-line could compromise missions because men have ‘protective emotions’ towards the opposite sex. New Pentagon rules will continue preventing women from serving as infantry, armour and special operations forces - but they wil...
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One in four children under ten is already from a minority group . Over next few decades the proportion will soar, Policy Exchange says . Currently 14 per cent of the UK population are from ethnic minorities .
[ "Britain's black and ethnic minority communities could account for almost a third of the population by 2050, according to a report published today. The number of people from minority groups could as much as double by then, it says. One in four children under the age of ten in the UK is already from a minority group...
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Video was recorded by Charles Maxwell using camera towed by boat . It shows a 13-ft shark pursuing the boat before biting the camera . Clip also provides a stunning look at dolphins and seals . Mr Maxwell is an Emmy Award-winning underwater cinematographer .
[ "This terrifying video reveals what it’s like to be stalked – and attacked – by a large great white shark. The two-minute clip – which is sure to make some holidaymakers afraid to venture into the water – shows the behemoth pursuing a camera as it is towed behind a boat off the coast of South Africa, a popular dest...
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Report uncovers previously classified Soviet research into mind control . USSR researchers investigated subject some 30 years before US program . Soviets made device to create high-frequency electromagnetic radiation . America's controversial MKUltra experimented in control of humans . The CIA-run program sometimes for...
[ "Soviets may have spent up to $1billion on unconventional psychology research from as early as 1917, it has emerged. A new report uncovering previously classified information has revealed how the USSR worked tirelessly to come up with a mind control programme that would rival that of the U.S. The paper by Serge Ker...
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Coin is one of two gold 'proofs' struck before planned 1937 coronation . But it was never properly struck because Edward VIII stepped down in 1936 .
[ "An incredibly rare coin bearing the head of Edward VIII has sold for a record £516,000, the highest sum ever paid for a British coin. It is one of only two ‘proof’ gold coins that were struck ahead of the production of commemorative sovereign coins to mark the king’s coronation in 1937. But in December 1936 Edward...
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1st Lieutenant Alonzo Hersford Cushing to be awarded Medal of Honor . Lt Cushing was killed in the Battle of Gettysburg in 1863 . He stood his ground and fought on despite a bullet wound to the head . Congress grant special exemption to give Lt Cushing the medal 151 years on . Relatives and admirers had campaigned sinc...
[ "Civil War solider 1st Lieutenant Alonzo Hersford Cushing will be awarded the Medal of Honor next month, 151 years after his valiant death in the Battle of Gettysburg at the age of 22 . More than a century and half after his valiant death in the Battle of Gettysburg, a Civil War soldier will be awarded the Medal of...
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Collection shows hundreds of French soldiers as they defended their homeland . It was unearthed by the family of a photographer after an appeal for archive pictures . They were amassed by a viscount in the Armoured Cavalry Branch . of the French Army . He left behind several boxes containing more than . 600 previously ...
[ "They were nicknamed les poilu, meaning the hairy ones. And given the brutal, unrelenting hardships French soldiers had to face in the First World War, that was perhaps understandable. Now a collection of glass plates has emerged giving a fascinating glimpse into the daily lives of the French as they defended their...
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Users play the 'girlfriend' and use violence to discipline the 'boyfriend' when he misbehaves . Game is available for free download on iPhone and Android, and can also be played online through web browsers . Users brand the game 'abusive'
[ "Outraged smartphone users have criticised a game for encouraging young women to behave violently to their partners. The 'Boyfriend Trainer' app has the users play the 'girlfriend' and asks them to advance through the game by attacking the 'boyfriend' when he misbehaves. 'Crack that whip and teach your guy a thing ...
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The Duchess of Cambridge pictured arriving at the Diplomatic Reception . She was seen arriving at Buckingham Palace in chauffeur-driven Bentley . The Duchess appeared to be wearing matching earrings and a white dress . It is the first time she has been seen with a tiara since the Royal wedding . She had her hair in a h...
[ "It is the largest - and one of the most glittering - annual receptions the monarch holds at Buckingham Palace. Little wonder, then, that the Duchess of Cambridge was determined to shine. Arriving at tonight’s Diplomatic Reception in a chauffeur-driven Bentley, Kate sported in public for the first time since her we...
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The RCMP already had Canada on elevated alert because of a fatal jihadi attack just two days earlier . On Monday a Muslim convert deliberately ran over two soldiers, killing one of them; his friend said he was following ISIS's call to arms . The terror group's propaganda messages have called on members to 'kill a disbe...
[ "Two days before a series of shootings in Canada's capital, the nation's national security agencies elevated their alert level in response to specific threats from ISIS – the terrorist Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham – and a confirmed jihadi car attack that killed one soldier and injured another. Martin Couture R...
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Sami Khedira is wanted by Premier League clubs Arsenal and Chelsea . Germany star's contract at Real Madrid expires at the end of the season . Carlo Ancelotti insists he will not leave in January, despite the midfielder rejecting two offers and the club willing to listen to bids of £10million .
[ "Chelsea and Arsenal's hopes of signing Sami Khedira suffered a blow after Carlo Ancelotti insisted the German midfielder would not be leaving Real Madrid this season. Despite the World Cup winner's contract expiring at the end of the season, Ancelotti is desperate to keep Khedira at the Bernabeu - although the Cha...
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Patrick Sullivan was once considered an anti-drug crusading hero as the Arapahoe County, Colorado Sheriff . Sullivan was busted for selling meth for sex in 2011 and has since repeatedly violated probation with more drug charges . Sullivan served his initial sentence in a jail that once bore his name . He was named Amer...
[ "A judge on Thursday sentenced a former Colorado sheriff to 15 months in prison for repeatedly violating his probation in a meth-for-sex case, saying the lawman, who was once regarded as a hero, had exhausted his opportunities to reform. Patrick Sullivan was sentenced two years after pleading guilty to plying young...
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Healthcare company Allergan who produce Botox are looking to release Latisse - a product to boost weak eyelashes - in UK . Has already been used by over 4m people in America, Canada and India . Works to help Trichotillomani which causes her to pull her eyelashes out . Claims to make lashes 18% darker and 25% longer in ...
[ "Healthcare company Allergan who produce Botox are looking to release Latisse - a product to boost weak eyelashes - in UK . Has already been used by over 4m people in America, Canada and India . Works to help Trichotillomani which causes her to pull her eyelashes out . Claims to make lashes 18% darker and 25% longe...
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Sergio Aguero's attempted the 'hand of God' but the goal was disallowed . Diego Maradona succeeded when he scored against England . The incident overshadowed an impressive performance from the Argentinian who scored a double in City's 4-1 win over Stoke . James Milner and Samir Nasri scored the other City goals, while ...
[ "Sergio Aguero's attempts to follow compatriot Diego Maradona by scoring his own 'glove of God' backfired as the Manchester City striker's handball subterfuge was spotted, punished and left him public enemy number one at Stoke's raucous Britannia Stadium. Despite putting in a match-winning performance for his title...
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Police stopped Daniele Watts and boyfriend after reports of lewd conduct . She accused officers of racially profiling her, saying they were only kissing . Civil rights leaders accused actress of 'crying wolf' and undermining cause . But last night, Watts refused to apologize for her comments in a statement . Images hav...
[ "The Django Unchained actress who accused police of racially profiling her for kissing her boyfriend in public has refused to apologize - despite calls from civil rights activists. Daniele Watts claimed she was harassed by the Los Angeles Police Department, who arrested her as she made out with Brian James Lucas in...
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Dixie Square Mall, one of the first of many more to come in suburban America, began as a bustling center of commerce but went bust after only 13 years . The 800,000 square foot shopping mall sat festering for 30 years as a hot bed of gang activity outside Chicago .
[ "In one of the more memorable scenes of the iconic 1980 film ‘The Blues Brothers,’ the title characters drive through shopping mall with police not far behind as shocked shoppers run for safety and the whole place ends up trashed. Throughout the madcap chase, deadpan stars Dan Aykroyd and John Belushi calmly point ...
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Murray clambered up into the stands to his closest supporters after win . Team and girlfriend get hugs and handshakes, but Murray forgot mother . The Champion's mistake was pointed out and Judy Murray got her hug . 'I was an emotional wreck', she said about the unbearably tense final set .
[ "With the roars of the crowd and all of Britain in his ears, Andy Murray, Britain's first Men's Wimbledon Champion in 77 years, climbed into the stands to shake hands and share the moment with everyone who made it possible. In a Wimbledon tradition, Murray climbed into the player’s box where he first hugged coach I...
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On Nov 24 1973, the US Navy airplane - a Douglas Super DC-3 - was forced to crash land . on Sólheimasandur beach . The crew all survived the impact, but the plane was abandoned rather than recovered - and lies there still . All that's left is the plane's fuselage amid rumours a local farmer stole the tail to mysterious...
[ "Once a symbol of the golden age of air travel, a Douglas Super DC-3 airplane lies hollow and forgotten on a deserted black beach in Iceland - untouched since it crashed more than four decades ago. The United States Navy cargo plane is now no more than a husk - dented and bruised by 41 punishing years of arctic gal...
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PM's jinx may have been lifted by the mystical power of the number seven . There were fears Cameron's well-wishing was hexing UK tennis players . But historic victory appears to have vindicated Cameron's support .
[ "Some feared Andy Murray would be scuppered by the ‘curse of Cameron’ – but it may have been lucky number seven that sent him into seventh heaven. For superstitious tennis fans were quick to observe that his victory in the men’s final at Wimbledon came 77 years after a Briton last secured the title, with Fred Perry...
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Sources say triumphant Scot is set to be awarded prestigious title . David Cameron and Nick Clegg are both keen tennis fans . PM 'can't think of anyone' who deserves knighthood more than Murray . Bradley Wiggins knighted for unprecedented British Tour de France win .
[ "Andy Murray will be recommended for a knighthood for ending Britain’s 77-year wait for a Wimbledon men’s title, it emerged last night. Downing Street sources indicated that the Government would pass his name to the Honours Committee because he had matched the achievement of cyclist Bradley Wiggins, who was knighte...
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North Korean spokesperson claims Ferguson shooting is 'evidence of racist America' 'The US tries to measure other countries with its wrong human rights standard, though it is a typical human rights abuser,' said North Korea . This statement comes just one week after the UN pushed the Security Council to take North Kore...
[ "North Korea has a notoriously sullied human rights record but following the Ferguson protests earlier this week they described the United States as 'a tundra of human rights.' A foreign ministry spokesperson cited the Ferguson protests, in which a police officer was not charged for shooting an unarmed black teenag...
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The 15-year-old boy was handcuffed in front of schoolmates and arrested on suspicion of assisting an offender . Dale Cregan is accused of killing PCs Nicola Hughes and Fiona Bone plus a father and son. He also faces charges for attempted murder of four others . Area around Manchester court swarming with police and team...
[ "A 15-year-old boy accused of helping the alleged killer of two female police officers claims he's innocent. The boy was held on suspicion of assisting Dale Cregan after officers swooped on his school on Friday. He was interviewed for six hours before being bailed and is due to be questioned again next week. Scroll...
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The engines were recovered three miles below the ocean's surface . The confirmation comes on the 44th anniversary of the famous Apollo 11 voyage . Experts confirmed the engines' origin through serial numbers .
[ "Explorers have recovered Apollo 11 engines from the Atlantic Ocean floor. First recovered in March, experts have now confirmed the rocket engines recovered from three miles below the ocean surface by Bezos Expeditions are Saturn V first stage F-1’s used by the rocket that put the first men on the moon. The announc...
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The Velleman K8200 is available from electronic store Maplin for £700 . It comes with design software and five metres of wire plastic . Maplin is the first major high-street brand to sell 3D printers .
[ "Printing your own smartphone covers, jewellery and even replacement parts for your broken washing machine at home just became a cheaper reality. Electronics store Maplin has become the first major high-street retailer in the UK to sell 3D printers and is selling the Velleman K8200 for just £700. Previously, 3D pri...
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Arsene Wenger has revealed the club have opened talks with Theo Walcott . Walcott's current deal expires at the end of the 2015-16 campaign . The England international made his comeback from injury against Burnley . Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain has revealed his delight at Theo Walcott's return . Arsene Wenger has insisted t...
[ "Arsenal have opened talks with Theo Walcott over a second new contract in two years. Walcott made his first Arsenal appearance in 10 months following a serious knee injury, coming on as a late substitute in Saturday’s 3-0 win over Burnley. The England forward would enter the final year of his contract at the end o...
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Patricia Hewitson was baffled by the plant growing in her garden . The grandmother-of-five contacted BBC Radio Devon gardening show . Hosts revealed on air the plant was in fact cannabis and that it was illegal . A worried Mrs Hewitson can be heard replying 'oh dear' to the presenters . A rogue seed in a bag of bird fe...
[ "Patricia Hewiston was unwittingly growing cannabis in her garden after a rogue seed from a bird feed fell and started thriving . It didn’t look out of place among the petunias in green-fingered grandmother Patricia Hewitson’s front garden. The 5ft plant had plenty of foliage, pretty patterns on the leaves, and it ...
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Deal to swap Vodka Martinis for a Heineken beer is 'worth £28MILLION' James Bond has always drunk Vodka Martinis 'shaken, not stirred' since the line first appeared in Ian Fleming's novel Diamonds are Forever in 1956 . Daniel Craig said the film could not have been made without the deal .
[ "For more than half a century James Bond has always drunk Vodka Martinis - 'shaken, not stirred'. But now Bond actor Daniel Craig has swapped his traditional beverage for a bottle of Heineken as he stars in a controversial new advert. Although the movies have long been filmed with carefully placed products, by film...
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Farage to make pose with black and ethnic minority candidates . Ukip leader said it was part of plans to 'fight back' against negativity . Conceded too many 'idiots' had slipped through party vetting . Candidate suspended after calling Islam 'evil' earlier this week .
[ "Nigel Farage is planning a series of appearances alongside black and ethnic minority candidates in an attempt to show Ukip is not a racist party. As more damaging details emerged about his candidates, the Ukip leader conceded that too many ‘idiots’ had slipped through the party’s vetting procedures. He said he pla...
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Woman had a condition that caused her skull to get progressively thicker . This meant pressure was being put on her brain causing headaches . She was also losing her sight and ability to form facial expressions . She would eventually have lost vital functions and died without surgery . Neurosurgeons in the Netherlands ...
[ "A Dutch patient has become the first in the world to be given a total skull replacement. During a 23-hour operation the 22-year-old woman was given a 3D printed plastic skull. The customised skull was implanted by neurosurgeons Dr Bon Verweij and Dr Marvick Muradin at University Medical Centre Utrecht. A 22-year-o...
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Ryan Chambers, 19, had been living in his father’s flat in Milton Keynes, Bucks., on his own and used it as a place to have sex with the girls . Police were alerted to Chambers by the mother of one of his 14-year-old victims who was concerned her daughter was being groomed over the internet .
[ "Predator: Ryan Chambers, 19, had been living in his father's flat on his own and used it as a place to have sex with the girls . A 'very dangerous and predatory' teenager who sexually abused four girls he met on Facebook has been jailed for three years and nine months. Ryan Chambers amassed the names and phone num...
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Andrew Hickie, 42, said the speed of his skin cancer has been devastating . He was diagnosed after finding an innocuous blister on his toe and then discovered the cancer had spread all over his body . He hopes to receive the life-extending drug Ipilimubab with the aim of giving him a few precious extra years with his f...
[ "A father has organised his own funeral, pre-booked a burial plot and made memory boxes for his young children because he has just months to live. Andrew Hickie, 42, father to James, six, and Alexandra, four, has skin cancer which has spread around his body. Yet the council worker, who is married to Victoria, 39, h...
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Respect MP claims his Twitter account was hacked . Faced a barrage of ridicule on Twitter over the embarrassing tweet .
[ "On Friday he won a landslide victory in Bradford West. But by the next morning, George Galloway was crowing about his ‘Blackburn triumph’. So excited was the MP about his return to government it seems he may have suffered a brief memory lapse – confusing the city where he had been canvasing for months with another...
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Prime minister made clear he wants Farage to be excluded from debates . After months of pressure Cameron aides have settled on potential format . May accept one debate with Farage, Miliband, Clegg and Green leader .
[ "David Cameron has agreed to debate with Ukip leader Nigel Farage ahead of the general election. The prime minister has been dogged by criticism for months as he repeatedly ignored calls to go head-to-head with his political rival. Finally, he has conceded to one televised debate featuring Farage, as well as Labour...
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The . 1874 Lawn Tennis or Pelota Rules of the Game 'was . the first of its kind' In a version called the unicorn one player could play against two opponents . Ladies discouraged from playing but were permitted to play against men .
[ "Tennis was a game made for three, according to the first Victorian rule book. Our ancestors started playing the game outdoors for the first time thanks to a Birmingham lawyer who experimented with the sport. Instead of the Wimbledon as we know it with strict singles and doubles teams - and no mixing of the sexes -...
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Hawaiian woman Carly Scott, 27, was last seen by her ex-boyfriend . Police found her abandoned and torched car on a dirt track last week . Team of 70 volunteers and family members have been searching for her . Her ex-boyfriend was questioned by police and failed a lie detector test . Police are still claiming the inves...
[ "Police have revealed they still have no suspects or leads in the case of a missing pregnant woman who mysteriously disappeared without trace more than a week ago. Hawaiian woman Carly Scott was reported missing on February 10 by her mother and was last seen at her sister's home in Haiku on the island of Maui at 8p...
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The 150-strong Cairngorm Reindeer Herd are the UK's only free-roaming herd based in the east Highlands . The reindeer were re-introduced into the area in 1952 by a Swedish reindeer herder Mikel Utsi .
[ "There's just a few hours to go until Christmas Eve and Santa's reindeer in Lapland are getting ready for their biggest job of the year. But much further south in Scotland, the UK's only free-roaming herd of reindeer don't seem to have a care in the world as they wander across the snow-capped hills of the east High...
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Conservative Joe Wurzelbacher . became famous in 2008 during the U.S. presidential campaign when he . questioned Obama's tax plan . He recently raised eyebrows by taking a . union job at Chrysler Corporation . He claims . he was bullied while he taking a cigarette break by a colleague who used the term meant as an insu...
[ "Tea Party favourite 'Joe the Plumber' has taken a union job and four days into the role claims he was bullied by a colleague who called him a 'tea-bagger'. Conservative Joe Wurzelbacher, from Ohio, became famous in 2008 during the U.S. presidential campaign when he questioned then-candidate Barack Obama's tax plan...
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Leaders of the three main parties throw their weight behind proposal . Parliament's governing body is expected to agree to give London landmark its new name by the end of the month .
[ "The tower housing Big Ben will be renamed in honour of the Queen under plans supported by the majority of MPs. David Cameron, Nick Clegg and Ed Miliband are among senior figures from all parties who have backed the proposal to call it the Elizabeth Tower. A total of 331 MPs have now signed up to the campaign. It m...
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Cleveland Police release recording of Miss Berry after she escaped dungeon . 'I've been missing for 10 years, and I'm, I'm here, I'm free now', she screams . Her call led to liberation of fellow hostages Gina DeJesus and Michell Knight . Ariel Castro, 52, and his two brothers have been arrested over kidnapping .
[ "This is the extraordinary 911 phone call made by Amanda Berry moments after fleeing the Cleveland dungeon she and two others had been held captive in for a decade. Miss Berry, who disappeared in 2003 aged 14, is heard screaming down the phone to an Ohio police operator: 'I've been kidnapped and I've been missing f...
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Thirty WI members worked for a year to create the miniature village for sick children . The kindhearted ladies were turned away by nurseries, hospitals and hospices as wool used wasn't sterilised . The village will now be to sent to an orphanage in South Africa .
[ "Members of a Women’s Institute who knitted a miniature village for sick children were told it could not be given to them because the wool was a health and safety risk. The ladies of Sidford WI in Devon spent a year creating the 6ft by 4ft soft intricate landscape - which boasts miniature people, houses, animals, a...
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Felix Maqueira, 81, confessed Monday to picking his son up at a gas station in the Everglades the 2012 night Raquel Calderin, 42, went missing . The woman's SUV was found later that afternoon in a nearby canal . The elder Maqueira admitted to seeing her SUV, which his son claimed ran out of gas, drive away but not aski...
[ "The father of a man suspected in the death of a Florida woman missing since September 2012 may have sealed his son's fate by unintentionally pointing police to her body. The elderly man admitted Monday to police he picked up son Jesus Maqueira from a gas station not far from the elementary school Raquel Calderin, ...
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Sarah Outen arrived in Adak, Alaska last night after 150 days at sea . Attempt is part of challenge to loop the globe using human power .
[ "A British adventurer has battled treacherous seas capsizing five times to become the first person to paddle solo from Japan to Alaska. Sarah Outen, 28, arrived in Adak in the Aleutian Islands last night . after taking 150 days to row some 3,750 nautical miles in her boat Happy Socks. Ms . Outen, from Rutland, beli...