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1c633974fb3d4b1b1abadf31442811c1d340d1d9 | By . Jessica Jerreat . PUBLISHED: . 14:43 EST, 7 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:44 EST, 7 September 2013 . A House vote on whether the U.S. should strike Syria could be delayed by a week, according to a Republican memo. While senior Republicans Eric Cantor and John Boehner support a strike, the House is likely to w... | President begins final rally for support ahead of crucial ballot .
Advisers say Obama is unlikely to act without support . |
1c64888ded4bc5ccbd10a9ba0f07bb979b459721 | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 11:23 EST, 11 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:34 EST, 13 November 2013 . An innocent man who spent more than three decades in prison for murder says he refuses to be angry about his ordeal and just wants to enjoy 'real life'. Kash Delano Register was wrongly convicted of shooting dead ... | Kash Delano Register, 53, was accused of killing Jack Sasson in LA .
Released last week after witness admitted her testimony was a lie .
Devout Christian said he refuses to be angry about miscarriage of justice .
Is enjoying spending time with daughter and grandchildren . |
1c64a6cbd4a26492833d75d8fcc9c52107abae47 | A trendy bar is now serving a new cocktail - made from pizza. The unique Pepperoni Passion cocktail, made using vodka and a pepperoni pizza, is on sale for 8.50 pounds. It is mixed with tomato and lemon juice, four slices of pepperoni, basil and mozzarella cheese, before being rolled in a cocktail shaker. The fresh ing... | Called Pepperoni Passion cocktail, made using vodka and pizza ingredients .
Contains tomato juice, mozzarella cheese and four slices of pepperoni .
It costs £8.50 at the London Cocktail Club in Shoreditch .
It was created by the bar's founder, JJ Goodman . |
1c64e74f74d18097ac92cf82cdda2e3e4cffad1a | French police used tear gas and rubber bullets on visiting Everton fans in Lille's main square, according to reports. Flares have also been set off and glass bottles thrown in the main square ahead of Everton's clash with the French side in the Europa League on Thursday evening. An Everton fan was even hit in the head ... | Flares set off in Lille's main square on Thursday as Everton fans gather .
Unconfirmed accusations that French police used tear gas and rubber bullets on visiting Everton fans as they grouped together ahead of game .
Everton fan hit in the head with tear gas canniser and others ran out of square rubbing their eyes due ... |
1c64eb67c5008f33c6d01f88d0f8b4ff320127b9 | VAVUNIYA, Sri Lanka (CNN) -- After visiting a displacement camp in Sri Lanka on Saturday and flying over the site of the last battle in the country's recently ended civil war, U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called the sites "appalling." Internally displaced Sri Lankan watch through barbed wire during a visit by the... | NEW: Ban Ki-moon says camp contains "the most appalling scenes I have seen"
NEW: Ban asks president to grant unrestricted access to humanitarian agencies .
About 250,000 to 300,000 people are refugees in the country, aid agencies say .
Sri Lankan government has declared victory in the country's 25-year civil war . |
1c66042ae78b534b74dc1df212d974c5d444a73a | A Ukrainian porn-star is hoping to become the first in her profession to be granted asylum in the European Union because of her job. Anastasia Grishay, who is known by her screen name Wiska, claims that she is being persecuted in her home country because of her work on porn films. She is requesting asylum from the Euro... | Anastasia Grishay claims she was persecuted in Ukraine over porn roles .
Mother of three is requesting asylum in the Czech Republic .
Actress now planning to appeal to European courts after Czech authorities rejected her asylum application . |
1c665cf01459d1149869850bc63aa966ccb2f3fd | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:27 EST, 31 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:31 EST, 31 May 2012 . On the run: Police believe Rocco Luka Magnotta might have fled the country after hacking up his alleged victim . A low-budget porn actor suspected of dismembering a man and mailing his body parts to Canadian governm... | Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, subject of massive manhunt .
Has now been added to Interpol's Most Wanted list .
Comes after man's torso found in suitcase by his Montreal apartment block .
Shocking video called '1 Lunatic 1 Ice Pick' posted online last week .
Shows man beheading and then sexually assaulting victim .
Police co... |
1c6727534b0419d5ada58d26e7b7d519e00c96c1 | By . Laurie Whitwell and Chris Wheeler . PUBLISHED: . 06:32 EST, 26 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:04 EST, 26 November 2012 . The Football Association has launched an investigation into the vile chanting by some West Ham fans at Tottenham yesterday. Spurs’ 3-1 Barclays Premier League win was overshadowed by sickenin... | Two West Ham fans arrested and cautioned over chants . |
1c6880a268805ccad0cedf1dcd6d5f0d412a2fc7 | (CNN) -- A ship carrying about 200 people capsized in the waters between Australia and Indonesia, rescue officials in both countries said Thursday. A merchant ship was diverted to the scene and is taking on survivors, said Jo Meehan of the Australian Marine Safety Authority. An Australian naval vessel has also arrived ... | The ship overturns midway between Australia and Indonesia .
Vessels are on the scene in hope of rescuing survivors .
Authorities don't know exactly how many were onboard because they board illegally, an official says . |
1c68b2279146b8931b2fb740edad17916ecfd9e1 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:17 EST, 12 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:22 EST, 12 July 2012 . 'Horrific': Peter Lizon allegedly tortured his wife and made her kneel in front of him, claims he denies . The attorney of the husband accused of enslaving his wife for ten years, chaining her up and beating her i... | Peter Lizon kicked his wife Stephanie in the stomach causing her to miscarry a baby, it is alleged .
Forced her to give birth to other baby while shackled .
Police believe he ran over her feet with a tractor .
Allegedly called her his slave and made her kneel to him .
Lawyer says Lizon's wife is standing by him and wil... |
1c68c9d0d6d45d361eefb107b6a1fdb958782fe3 | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 07:18 EST, 28 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:58 EST, 28 January 2014 . She may have been living in her best friend Lucy Mecklenburgh's shadow but Ferne McCann is keen to make a name for herself. Her first port of call? Replacing Lucy as the face - and incredibly toned body - of By Ca... | Ferne, 23, chosen for her physique and confidence in front of the camera .
Models range of pretty pink lingerie .
Star says upcoming series of TOWIE will be explosive . |
1c696878e1b55fd147ab47df973f5f9f13f47219 | By . Hayley O'keeffe . PUBLISHED: . 23:40 EST, 17 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:20 EST, 18 October 2013 . As the old stereotype goes, German people are always first to bag the sun loungers, and always last to say thank you. The Goethe Institute, which is Germany's . equivalent of The British Council, claims that a n... | Germans like 'stability and structure' because of nation's fractured past .
Respected German institute produce video showing the difference between them and their foreign counterparts . |
1c6a41e362885938116fe7ef73b4d56bc70cb4ac | England travel to Estonia on Sunday having won their opening two European Championship qualifying matches. Roy Hodgson's men followed up September's 2-0 victory in Switzerland with a 5-0 win against San Marino at Wembley on Thursday night. Here, Sportsmail looks at the three men who will be looking to ruin England's pe... | England face Estonia in next European Championship qualifying match on Sunday evening .
Roy Hodgson's side have beaten Switzerland and San Marino .
Estonia manager Magnus Pehrsson will be looking to ruin England's perfect start in Group E . |
1c6a5a648fea38cb28ea2fa8920fd47749a334e0 | By . Will Stewart . PUBLISHED: . 16:10 EST, 28 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:32 EST, 28 September 2013 . The father of a teenager who killed herself after being bullied online says he is ‘disgusted’ after the playboy founders of the website linked to her suicide were pictured on a luxury trip to Switzerland. Hanna... | Ilja and Mark Terebin snapped sipping champagne during luxury holiday .
The Latvian brothers run ask.fm, the website linked to cyber bullying .
Hannah Smith committed suicide last month after being targeted on ask.fm .
'They have blood on their hands but couldn't care less,' says father, David . |
1c6af35119bed04698638d2a5b9f93e47cc657cb | (CNN) -- Whether you are young or old, man or woman, very healthy or quite sick, it is almost a certainty that you are going to use a prescription drug in the next year or two. These medicines are crucial for preventing diseases and treating all sorts of ailments and problems. They are also expensive -- really expensiv... | The Supreme Court probably will decide in June on Federal Trade Commission v. Actavis .
Arthur Caplan, Zachary Caplan: Big Pharma has kept prescription drug prices high .
Caplans: The court's decision will affect our escalating national health care bill for drugs .
They say the Supreme Court should end pay-for-delay an... |
1c6b2e1a5765f55ef1f4e601f943b36fc2178cf4 | From supernatural strength to an unfortunate taste for human blood, vampires have long enjoyed a terrifying reputation. But according to a pair of real life British vampires Vanian, 53, and Ethereal Dark, 27, who both hail from Manchester, the reality of vampiric living is somewhat different. Although they do sleep dur... | Vanian, 53, and Ethereal Dark, 27, from Manchester say they are vampires .
The couple say they want other people to be more accepting of them .
Although they do drink blood, they only take it from each other .
Say that many of the myths associated with vampires are completely wrong .
While they do like True Blood, they... |
1c6bff6e7bfe8c3cf2d7fdf449b6d400ed56b675 | Bangkok (CNN) -- Anti-government protesters in Thailand have stormed the offices of the country's finance ministry, as mass demonstrations raise political tensions to the highest level since the deadly unrest of 2010. Anti-government protest leader Suthep Thaugsuban, a former deputy prime minister under the previous De... | NEW: The Prime Minister broadens internal security measures .
Anti-government protesters in Thailand have marched on government offices .
Sunday's 100,000 turnout was country's biggest demonstration since deadly 2010 stand-off .
Protesters allege former PM Thaksin Shinawatra exerts power through current premier, his si... |
1c6ce3f90fce9af1c7735e444233cbb2f032cff1 | 'Radical Islam' was the pass code for entry into the 2016 presidential tryout held this week at the Conservative Political Action Conference. A mecca for tea party activists, CPAC served as the unofficial kick off to the upcoming presidential contest. Roughly 10,000 conservatives from across the country packed the Gay... | Ted Cruz blasted Obama's 'bizarre Orwellian doublespeak' in refusing to label ISIS an 'Islamic' terror group .
'Egypt and Jordan recognize that they are at war with radical Islam; isn't it about time that our president proclaimed the same?' said Rick Perry .
Jeb Bush slammed the Obama administration for having a 'total... |
1c6d91c64d6c9faa75abb3a1e5d481171e299e01 | Just when it seemed that everyone else should abandon hope against the machine-like quality of Novak Djokovic, along came Kei Nishikori to provide some inspiration. It took the relatively diminutive Japanese, helped by an 02 Arena crowd fed up with one-sided matches, to show that the world No1 can be rattled, but ultim... | Novak Djokovic beat Kei Nishikori 6-1, 3-6, 6-0 at the O2 Arena in London .
Djokovic will play either Roger Federer and Stan Wawrinka in the final .
The reigning champion sarcastically applauded the crowd at the O2 Arena .
Nishikori will be disappointed to have lost the momentum of the match . |
1c6e0a1e9e89046799eee6eecbdf95a939c43ee4 | The NFL could be a step closer to bringing a team to London following the end of a run of sold-out games at Wembley this year. Mark Waller, the vice president of the international NFL, said he and the NFL commissioner were getting 'a lot of good support' from the Government as they left an early morning meeting with Ge... | Dallas Cowboys beat Jacksonville Jaguars 31-17 at Wembley on Sunday .
Match was third NFL regular season game played this year .
Around 250,000 people in total attended the three matches at Wembley . |
1c6e62aab027ec9c2385b48e0ef3c360e0067c20 | (CNN) -- With Kinect, the new controller-free system for its Xbox 360 gaming console, Microsoft isn't just trying to revolutionize video gaming. The company wants to change how people interact with all their entertainment choices. Kinect, which goes on sale Thursday, allows players' physical movements to control action... | Kinect introduces a gaming system where there is nothing to hold and no buttons to push .
Three camera sensors and four mics help Kinect recognize who is standing in front of it .
Microsoft says 30,000 North American retailers will have Kinect available on Thursday . |
1c6f65f9c65abc95709b3b449055b0ba2ba4ef6b | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 10:02 EST, 8 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 16:15 EST, 8 January 2014 . It's the final day of London Collections: Men and they really have saved the best until last. The hotly anticipated Burberry Prorsum AW14 menswear show took place in Hyde Park this afternoon and it didn't disappoint... | Front row occupied by Nick Grimshaw, Dermot O'Leary, Paloma Faith and Suki Waterhouse .
Plenty of William Morris prints, silk scarves and oversized bags with London skyline scenes . |
1c7056784247793ba556832ab0ed46a13e560642 | Rolf Harris was today linked to Jimmy Savile as it emerged he joined the paedophile on a sick visit to the psychiatric hospital where the DJ habitually abused patients. One of Savile’s victims said Harris ogled vulnerable women as they undressed at Broadmoor in 1973, where the former Top of the Pops star attacked score... | Savile victim says pair arrived on ward as patients prepared to strip for bed .
Ex-patient Steven George described duo as 'birds of a feather'
Harris's 1973 hospital visit mentioned in last week's report on Savile's abuse .
Police say they found no evidence of wrongdoing by Harris at Broadmoor .
Video from 1992 reveals... |
1c7063dac738f370e6c2523a6011f3e895b4ef84 | (CNN) -- Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg claimed pole position for Sunday's British Grand Prix after a rain-affected qualifying session that saw his Mercedes teammate and title rival Lewis Hamilton slip back to sixth position, having at one stage looked set for top spot. World champion Sebastian Vettel of ... | Nico Rosberg claims pole at British Grand Prix on Saturday .
Championship rival Lewis Hamilton can only qualify sixth .
Sebastian Vettel ends the day second fastest, just in front of Jenson Button . |
1c70cedbc8c4b04c12333e0ba1e01433c435afc6 | If you're on Facebook, a new video about your life went live online Tuesday. Yes, you. And you, and you and you. With the help of an automated tool, Facebook has created short, personalized video highlights for "hundreds of millions" of its users. The 62-second clip notes the year you joined Facebook, then shows a hand... | Facebook has created a customized video for most of its 1.2 billion users .
The video shows a handful of your most-liked posts and some of your photos .
Tuesday marks the 10th anniversary of the social network . |
1c70f2e2218d16ce5cf29cd6227c70afce95ca99 | By . Wills Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 04:56 EST, 4 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:52 EST, 4 November 2013 . For fifty years, farmer Doug Goulbourne lived without running water. From the age of 21, he was forced to take a bucket back and forth to a tatttered water pump at Widow Croft Farm in Hollingworth, Greater Manche... | Doug Goulbourne, 72, moved into his remote farm near Manchester in 1962 .
Would wake up at 5.30am every morning to go to 166-year-old water pump .
He spent some winters without any water at all when the water pump failed .
Says his life his 'so much easier' knowing water will come out from the tap . |
1c71957e9f396f8933c8adafd05b8bba7bf7a096 | The head of the world’s economic watchdog yesterday delivered an extraordinary call for the Bank of England to cut interest rates even further as British households were warned the income squeeze will last for another 18 months. Christine Lagarde, of the International Monetary Fund, gave a strong endorsement of the Gov... | Christine Lagarde has said that the move will be good for UK homeowners and businesses .
A zero rate would be the first in the Bank of England's 300-year history . |
1c71c145a8228dca0547f00e55a208948c15d42e | (The Frisky) -- Men don't have "guilty pleasures." We own, nay, celebrate what's bad for us. Our obsessions are points of pride, not shame. Some men feel no shame in gobbling three slices of pizza at once if they want to. You'll never see a guy wolf down a small mountain of waffles with a side of bacon and squeal, "Oh ... | Author says that men celebrate obsessions instead of having 'guilty pleasures'
"Our obsessions are points of pride, not shame," he says .
Still author has vices that contradict "standard male operating procedure"
Author watches "Real Housewives of New York" every Tuesday . |
1c73a7de4b4a1b073128994e31562c986ac41ee0 | By . Chris Pleasance for MailOnline . and Mia De Graaf for MailOnline . A Malaysian bank official and her husband have been charged with stealing more than $30,000 from the bank accounts of four victims of flight MH370. Nur Shila Kanan, 33, who works at HSBC, and her 33-year-old husband Basheer Ahmad Maula Sahul Hameed... | Bank clerk and husband charged with stealing money from MH370 victims .
Nur Shila Kanan, 33, who worked at HSBC for ten years, and Basheer Ahmad Maula Sahul Hameed, also 33, deny 16 charges against them .
It is alleged they took nearly $35,000 from four victims of the plane tragedy .
One on occasion 'Kanan transferred ... |
1c73e371c27f4104067b91d3f4ca7d3593313b39 | Raheem Sterling leads the five-strong English contingent who are in contention for the 2014 European Golden Boy award for the best youngster on the continent. Manchester United's Luke Shaw, Everton's John Stones, Tottenham Hotspur's Eric Dier and Arsenal's Calum Chambers also join Liverpool's Sterling on the 40-man sho... | The 40-man shortlist for European Golden Boy award has been announced .
Raheem Sterling is one of five English players who have been nominated .
Luke Shaw, John Stones, Eric Dier and Calum Chambers also on the list .
Players under age of 21 playing in Europe's top leagues can win award .
Wayne Rooney only previous Engl... |
1c73ff48b26139600dd1113ef30a17a9a5ccafb3 | Russell Slade's position as Leyton Orient boss remains tenuous after admitting he wants to better himself, days after an approach from Cardiff City. Slade saw his side knocked out of the Capital One Cup to Sheffield United last night thanks to Michael Higdon's early header, and if it was to be his last match in charge ... | Nightmare start for Leyton Orient as Michael Higdon heads only goal after two minutes .
Sheffield United hold on to qualify for round four .
Speculation over Orient manager Russell Slade's future with Cardiff keen to appoint him as new manager . |
1c7411854593e5e2866db93ef212a8f3b5e8f4bf | (CNN) -- Congress' inaction to extend unemployment benefits to millions of struggling Americans is not only irresponsible policy, it is morally wrong. The economy is getting better for some, but the tragic effects of reckless public policy and deregulation spurred by the disproportionate political influence of big mone... | The Rev. Raphael Warnock says restoring unemployment aid is the right thing to do .
He calls on Congress to find its moral compass .
Warnock wants black churches to reclaim their mission of engaging in social justice issues . |
1c75a8a7b3c226b187db40196ff97224890bfc8c | By . Ray Massey . PUBLISHED: . 12:46 EST, 18 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:55 EST, 19 September 2012 . A new 200mph British supercar has broken cover with a scintillating £800,000 price-tag to match. The new flagship two-seater McLaren P1 will accelerate from rest to 62mph in under three seconds and is set to be o... | Lightweight but powerful vehicle being built at McLaren's state-of-the-art factory .
It is being seen as the spiritual successor of the three-seater McLaren F1 supercar of the 1990s . |
1c76e8a1a37304c55a544dcd677672c5b6c7d9de | By . Mark Prigg for MailOnline . It is one of the oddest moons in the solar system. Miranda, a small, icy moon of Uranus, is covered in giant fault canyons 12 times as deep as the Grand Canyon, giving it a unique look leading to it being called a 'Frankenstein moon'. Now, researchers say they have finally discovered wh... | Miranda is a small icy moon of Uranus .
Covered in large cracks up to 200km across .
Strange appearance has baffled astronomers for decades .
Researchers now say a warming ice surface caused the deformities .
Effect is similar to tectonic plate movement on Earth . |
1c771cb475b88975ede7bcebcd6d76a57225517b | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 12:39 EST, 1 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:45 EST, 1 March 2013 . 'Sweet': Schoolboy Amar Diarrosova, six, was hit on a crosswalk a block from his school in Manhattan while the crossing guard was taking a break . A six-year-old boy died after being knocked down by a truck as he cros... | Amar Diarrosova was just one block from his school when he was hit .
The 'sweet' schoolboy was hit at corner of First Avenue and 117th Street .
Crossing guard was on a bathroom break at time of accident .
Woman, 55, has been suspended from her post, say police in New York . |
1c786294940f174e53cc356a54e879133855fc71 | These incredible photographs show how 65-year-old couple Marie and Tony Newton have transformed their back garden into a stunning autumnal oasis which is now visited by thousands of people. The green-fingered pair, who taught themselves gardening, spent years and £15,000 working on their Walsall garden, using a vast ar... | Marie and Tony Newton spent years and £15,000 transforming the back lawn and flowerbeds at their home in Walsall .
Mrs Newton began on the garden after retiring from her job as a transport planner and teaching herself horticulture .
They now boast an array of 3,000 different plants and flowers including Japanese maple ... |
1c7986bf44d042b5a246fc7ef65eede7e99d7a54 | A Spanish nursing assistant who contracted Ebola after treating two priests who later died of the disease has been released from hospital. Teresa Romero, 44, was taken into isolation on October 6 after developing symptoms of the deadly virus. She contracted the virus after helping treat two Spanish missionaries who cau... | Teresa Romero contracted Ebola in Spain while treating two missionaries .
The Spanish priests caught Ebola while working with sufferers in Liberia .
Ms Romero was kept in quarantine since October 6 and treated for Ebola .
She received experimental therapies and was released from hospital today .
Unfortunately, Spanish ... |
1c7a07a94ce387ac71bee74b7191ea18b13103a2 | By . John Stevens . PUBLISHED: . 08:39 EST, 30 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:39 EST, 1 May 2013 . A couple who drowned at a luxury hotel were having an affair, it was claimed yesterday. Komba Kpakiwa, 31, and Josephine Foday, 22, were found floating face down in the pool at the four-star Down Hall Country House Hotel ... | Komba Kpakiwa, from Kent, and Josephine Newahun Foday, from London .
Pair died at Down Hall Country House Hotel in Hatfield Heath, Essex .
Miss Foday's grandmother confirms they were in a relationship today .
Described second year nursing student as 'loving granddaughter'
Fellow guests thought police arrival was part o... |
1c7a7720a2f1087a51414e968d8d7de6bff9f31c | (CNN) -- Bayern Munich climbed to third place in the Bundesliga on Saturday with a 4-0 victory over Hoffenheim. Luis Van Gaal's team started brightly and took the lead after two minutes through Germany striker Mario Gomez, who scored his 17th league goal of the season. Gomez's compatriot Thomas Muller doubled the reign... | Bayern Munich are third in the Bundesliga after a 4-0 win over Hoffenheim .
League-leaders Borussia Dortmund were held to a 1-1 draw by Kaiserslautern .
Bayer Leverkusen defeated Eintracht Frankfurt 3-0 to go three-points clear in second .
There were also victories for Nuremberg, Schalke and FC St Pauli . |
1c7a9b0c0a8b65bead0cb5d15e8b990c00c0cc37 | (CNN) -- Roger Federer kept his hopes alive at the ATP World Tour Finals Thursday with a straight sets win over Richard Gasquet then repeated his demand for more rigorous doping controls in tennis. "I just feel like we're not getting maybe tested enough," said Federer after completing a 6-4 6-3 win over his French oppo... | Roger Federer wants more drugs testing in tennis .
Reacting to the debate over Viktor Troicki's punishment .
Federer beats Richard Gasquet at ATP World Tour Finals .
Novak Djokovic into semifinals after beating Juan Martin Del Potro . |
1c7acdb3c0108b453d53442e48fa4736944a195e | (CNN) -- World soccer's governing body FIFA has nominated the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, to be its lead anti-corruption investigator, FIFA said Tuesday. The Argentinian prosecutor is best known for pursuing war crimes charges against Libya's late Moammar Gadhafi and the preside... | FIFA nominates Luis Moreno-Ocampo to lead its anti-corruption unit .
He is best known for war crimes charges against Libya's Moammar Gadhafi .
Allegations of corruption rocked FIFA's governing body last year. |
1c7ada95806bb66a7a64abf8709dfff7ba9db574 | Convicted: Ross William Ulbricht was convicted of seven drug and conspiracy counts on Wednesday for his role in the underground internet drug marketplace Silk Road . A San Francisco man was swiftly convicted Wednesday of creating and operating an underground website that prosecutors said enabled drug dealers around the... | Ross William Ulbricht was convicted of seven drug and conspiracy counts for his role in the anonymous online sales site that used bitcoins .
Prosecutors said Ulbricht enabled more than 1 million drug deals on Silk Road and earned about $18 million in bitcoins .
Sales of illegal drugs of every type were delivered throug... |
1c7b14621f2aebb17658fe75ab5b4f2fa188b8bb | Belgian citizens have been invited to pay their last respects to the late Queen Fabiola ahead of her funeral of Friday. The royal family announced via Twitter that public tributes could be made to the former queen, who died on Friday at the age of 86, at the Royal Palace in Brussels from Wednesday until Thursday. Meanw... | Former Queen Fabiola died on Friday aged 86 .
Her body was moved to Castle of Laeken today .
Her funeral will be held on this Friday .
Public tributes can be made at Royal Palace in Brussels from Wednesday .
Mourning King Philippe has cancelled engagements . |
1c7b415f6d78ac63c237d68ddb437a147a89450c | (CNN)Oscar-nominated filmmaker Bruce Sinofsky, whose series on the "West Memphis Three" cast doubt on the murder convictions of three Arkansas teenagers, catalyzing a movement that led to their release, died Saturday, longtime collaborator Joe Berlinger said. The Emmy-award winning documentary director died in his slee... | Bruce Sinofsky's documentaries covered a range of topics .
He took up the noted case of convicted "West Memphis Three"
Sinofsky, 58, co-directed film about heavy metal band Metallica . |
1c7b649e11e6cc2733e63608a60feac486d8460e | VALENCIA, Spain -- Defending America's Cup champions Alinghi of Switzerland have revealed they are to start building a multihull yacht for their duel against American challengers Oracle. Alinghi have promised a "big beast of a boat" when they take on American challengers Oracle. Alinghi's design team coordinator Grant ... | America's Cup champions Alinghi reveal they are building a multihull yacht .
Coordinator Grant Simmer says: "We're looking at building a beast of a boat"
Alinghi and Oracle will face off in a showdown for the 33rd America's Cup . |
1c7bbe6f8a3aa4b85d5598e7ad206fe374787fcd | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 10:19 EST, 5 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:52 EST, 5 February 2013 . An enterprising artist has given a whole new meaning to statement jewellery. While this series of mechanical jewellery on first glance almost looks like Victorian torture instruments, it is in fact designed to 'am... | Created by American designer Jennifer Crupi .
Quirky designs have been created to interpret and force various actions and positions of the body . |
1c7c2c130bb4136edf33966f8b70e01410a12b4a | (CNN) -- "App" has been a computing term for a lot longer than five years. But, on July 10, 2008, it began its journey to becoming a household word. That's when Apple, a year after launching the iPhone, introduced its App Store to the world. The online marketplace launched with 500 apps, mostly for established Web comp... | Apple's App Store arrived five years ago .
Users have downloaded more than 50 billion iOS apps .
Casual game "Angry Birds" is the store's top-selling app ever .
Facebook leads most-popular list of free apps, followed by Pandora . |
1c7c3311ce091637daeb73ddbf1cc7ecbb98ee9f | World War II hero and former Olympic long-distance runner Louis Zamperini, whose life story was the subject of an upcoming movie directed by Angelina Jolie, has died aged 97. Universal Pictures, which was behind the film 'Unbroken', announced in a statement that the beloved war hero had passed away in Los Angeles on We... | Zamperini passed away at his home on Wednesday after battling pneumonia for over a month, Universal Pictures announced .
Angelina Jolie said: 'It is a loss impossible to describe'
Zamperini competed in the 5,000 meters in the 1936 Berlin Olympics .
In WWII, he was on an Air Forces bomber that crashed into the ocean and... |
1c7c5c475d2d0d1254aa99ed0d71a1350a419ab8 | The parents of an 18-year-old boy who suffered a devastating brain haemorrhage while diving for cray fish have hailed his recovery a ‘miracle’ after doctors told them their son would not survive and set the wheels in motion for his organs to be donated. Simon Phillips and his son Ben were out diving near their home at ... | Ben Phillips suffered extensive bleeding on the brain while cray fishing .
Arteriovenous Malformation (AVM) had been lying dormant since his birth .
His father Simon rushed him to hospital and doctors said he wouldn't live .
His mother travelled with him to Perth so his organs could be donated .
He then miraculously re... |
1c7cef63ce114b27704a09afdb94cc4c1e4b7d74 | (CNN) -- Here's a solid bet: At a few minutes after 6 p.m. on Saturday, Chef Jo-Jo Doyle will have goosebumps on his arms, and he'll be in dire need of a nap. The 35-year-old chef will have been at Churchill Downs since 5 a.m., working with his teams to prep, among other Southern treats, 1,892 sheets of Derby Pies, 18... | Chef Jo-Jo Doyle has worked at Churchill Downs' kitchen for four years .
"The food is coming in waves all day long," Doyle says .
Track's staff will go through approximately 475,000 pounds of shaved ice . |
1c7d8039241f6f24ebfb4b79ce77881210577925 | Like any professional secret service agent, Jordan seems to have bounced straight back after sustaining some injuries on the job. The brave Belgian Malnois was one of two K-9's that took down White House intruder Dominic Adesanya, 23, who scaled the north fence and sprinted across the lawn on Wednesday night in a bid t... | Secret Service dogs Hurricane and Jordan stopped Dominic Adesanya, 23, from reaching the executive mansion after he hopped over the fence on Wednesday night .
Adesanya kicked Jordan in the head and punched Hurricane repeatedly .
The brave pups have now returned to work .
Adesanya had previously been arrested at the Whi... |
1c7e55eaf41d1e43121755c1cd667d210e45a000 | (CNN) -- White sand beaches, tropical rain forests and colorful coral reefs -- southern Mexico would appear to have it all. Hurricane Dean hits Mexico in August last year. Experts argue hurricanes are worsening due to human activity. But it seems that this area of outstanding natural beauty is also unusually susceptibl... | Scientists say human activity is provoking more natural disasters in Mexico .
The Yucatan peninsula has suffered two maximum strength hurricanes this year .
In October, there were extreme floods in the Tabasco and Chiapas regions .
80 percent of Tabasco was left under water, with 13 dead and 240 still missing . |
1c7f217a80f2fdd260e0d2273fb1278616cc73ed | By . Eleanor Harding . PUBLISHED: . 19:27 EST, 2 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:40 EST, 3 September 2013 . Peter Thomas Maine, 56, from Wynyard, Stockton-on-Tees, who was found dead with stab wounds near a sports centre in Durham City yesterday morning . A solicitor who faced being struck off over ‘dubious’ transac... | Peter Thomas Maine found dead after being told he would be prosecuted .
He had suffered fatal stab wounds at a popular running track .
Police say the death is 'suspicious' and 'unexplained' |
1c806877b216d58c4b11a2c841802a8c567d6e3e | A Republican National Committee delegate from Michigan is under fire for re-posting an essay on Facebook that argues blacks are less intelligent and articulate than whites. The unwanted distraction as the RNC holds its annual Winter Meeting this week is creating new headaches just as the GOP is recovering from the scan... | Dave Agema, one of Michigan's two delegates to the RNC, shared an essay with his Facebook audience that reeked of anti-black discrimination .
Author is a white public defender who wrote blacks 'cannot reason as well ... cannot communicate as well ... cannot control their impulses as well'
Agema is defending himself, sa... |
1c8075ccecb4125f99f5134e8ef76a9e68f89207 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:41 EST, 7 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 20:41 EST, 7 March 2014 . Some MPs, who earn £66,396 a year, are putting in expenses claims to pay for milk used in tea and coffee . Tight-fisted MPs are getting taxpayers to pick up the tab for their milk. Politicians have been accused ... | An analysis of the latest expenses data reveals Labour's business spokesman Chuka Umunna was reimbursed for 15 recent milk claims .
Phillip Hammond submitted two 40p expenses for milk, the figures show .
Expenses data has been published by IPSA and includes 35,508 claims processed in August and September . |
1c808dc175df4016e16bd947f4a6a9c6584dcc5f | By . Jaya Narain . PUBLISHED: . 05:17 EST, 11 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:01 EST, 12 April 2012 . Caught out: Radio presenter Burden has hit out over the BBC's move to Salford . Many BBC staff have never made a secret of their disdain for their new northern base. But one presenter has taken the sniping to a new leve... | Guards to escort staff to their cars and tram stops after host of attacks .
BBC personalities, including Breakfast presenters, work at £1.5bn facility . |
1c81b305627ebb99a722585750bea5d33bd4cff2 | On March 17, 2011 a drone attack killed at least 40 members of a Wazir tribal Jirga, which was resolving a land ownership dispute among sub-tribes in Waziristan, a mountainous region in northwest Pakistan, according to local media reports. The reports claimed the Jirga was not the intended target and the predator was c... | Drone attacks happening almost twice a week on Pakistani soil, lawyer's clients say .
Drone missions have escalated under President Barack Obama .
Attacks on Pakistani territory have been carried out by CIA, U.S. military since 2004 .
Akbar: New extremists emerge to replace those killed in drone attacks . |
1c825b098b98bf69a90dff0945fdfc77cdbcc2fd | With the stricken victim safely plucked from a 30ft roof after a two-hour operation, firefighters may have insisted it was a successful operation. But taxpayers were left questioning the wisdom of a £1,000 mission to rescue a seagull with a fire engine and aerial ladder platform – especially as the bird had to be put d... | Gull had become trapped on roof of three-storey house in Easher, Surrey .
Family rang RSPCA because they could not reach the clearly injured bird .
They, in turn, called fire crew, but they were unable to get to the seagull .
Asked colleagues in Chertsey to come and help with their high-rise ladder .
Nearly three hours... |
1c82fe25138e5049b8aa04ccaaf5d93e89772a8c | By . Mia De Graaf . Police have launched an investigation to find thieves who intricately unearthed memorial geraniums planted in honour of First World War soldiers. More than 80 of the 500 commemorative plants in Dunham Massey, Cheshire, were carefully dug out of the soil in two late-night attacks. It is thought the t... | 86 of 500 geraniums planted in honour of WWI soldiers intricately dug up .
Thieves struck in two late-night raids on Dunham Massey in Cheshire .
Police probing claims thieves were jealous, wanted flowers for gardens . |
1c831775f4c98e2083af4cd4532d8d1eddbb3bcc | Editor's note: Ed Foster is the associate editor of Motor Sport magazine. He is also an F1 pundit for CNN's World Sport show and writes blogs for CNN.com International. (Motor Sport) -- Now we have seven different winners from the first seven races of the Formula One season. There's never been anything like it in the h... | Formula One circuit moves to Spain this weekend for European Grand Prix .
Lewis Hamilton was the seventh winner from seven races so far in 2012 .
The 2008 world champion is back in form after struggling last year .
He has turned the tables on McLaren teammate Jenson Button to lead standings . |
1c8321978660ca58985da49d9c2845ccf590ada6 | (CNN) -- Five Somali men were convicted in the Netherlands of plotting a hijack at sea and sentenced to five years in prison, CNN affiliate RTL reported Thursday. The trial of the five, said to be the first trial of pirates in Europe in modern times, opened in Rotterdam District Court May 25. The men were captured by t... | Five Somali men convicted in Netherlands court .
Men attacked cargo ship in Gulf of Aden in January 2009 .
10 other suspected pirates will be tried soon in Germany .
Dutch trial is said to be first prosecution of pirates in Europe . |
1c83989e1297bdb347a4d146d5d16817e34dcdb8 | Video of a tourist plunging into the Zambezi River after her bungee cord snapped on New Year's Eve is enough to make anyone think twice before leaping from the Victoria Falls Bridge. But anyone planning a visit to Victoria Falls will be relieved to know it's not just about bungee jumping. Often listed as one of the sev... | Victoria Falls isn't just about bungee jumping -- it offers rafting, wildlife and river trips .
The falls stretch 1.7 kilometers, on the border of Zambia and Zimbabwe .
February and March is when the falls are at their most spectacular .
Elephants, zebras, giraffes and hippos all live in the surrounding parks . |
1c845c33bef390f4cd27cbf771f5ed7014256f3f | (CNN) -- U.S. military commanders would no longer be permitted to overrule a court-martial judgment in sexual assault cases under reforms approved by the Senate late Thursday. That and other steps to combat sexual assault in the armed forces were included in legislation outlining military priorities for the fiscal year... | NEW: Obama tells military to "step up their game" or he'll consider other measures .
Changes to military law included in sweeping defense bill headed to President's desk .
Congress acted after report showed increase in military sexual assault complaints .
Defense bill also includes compromise to let Pentagon transfer G... |
1c848ab6fa5f8793067a09935178cde69545d3b5 | White British people are now in a minority in London for the first time, it emerged today as census data revealed that the immigrant population of England and Wales went up by 3million over the past decade. Just 3.7million Londoners described their ethnicity as 'White British' in 2011 - down from 4.3million in 2001, an... | Just 44.9% of Londoners are White British, according to census data .
7.5million residents of England and Wales were foreign-born in 2011 .
Census data reveal just 59% now call themselves Christian as a quarter say they have no religion and 5% are Muslim .
Less than 90% of country is white for the first time ever .
Hom... |
1c85d66c872ee9dfbdc1249401f8f2c0808cd203 | It was a day to celebrate families but one little boy took it a bit further and managed to steal the show when he got on stage with the Pope. The Pontiff was addressing a crowd of families at the Vatican when the youngster wandered on stage. Identified only as the 'boy in yellow' the lad stared at Pope Francis as he sp... | Identified only as 'the boy in yellow' the lad gatecrashed the stage .
Pontiff affectionately pats his head as he addresses crowds at Vatican .
Bold youngster even sat in the Pope's chair during the speech . |
1c86a615ade866c76c2f954f14569813431bfed0 | (CNN) -- The outpatient clinic where comedian Joan Rivers suffered cardiac arrest during a procedure last week is being investigated, a health official said Thursday. Rivers was on life support and died at a New York hospital Thursday afternoon, a week after suffering cardiac arrest during a medical procedure, her daug... | The New York State Department of Health is investigating the clinic, its spokesman says .
Joan Rivers stopped breathing at the Yorkville Endoscopy clinic last week .
Rivers died Thursday afternoon at a Manhattan hospital .
The clinic has not responded to CNN requests for comment . |
1c87686f54ca2c18aac027ca84d44575fb54fa93 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Imagine asking a friend to take a photo of you snorkeling when all of a sudden a giant blue parrotfish pops in front of a camera. That was the situation faced by Sophia Roth in Key West, Florida, at the weekend. The owner of Snuba, a local diving tour company, was out with a group checking ou... | Parrotfish earned their name due to their teeth, which form a parrot-like beak used to graze algae from coral and rocks .
Recently named by National Geographic as 'the #1 thing to ensure the health of coral reefs'
Photo was taken in Key West, Florida, which has the third largest barrier reef in the world . |
1c87b61c8c1905becbb7ce5c4af4e1d1ac417827 | This dazzling video shows legendary English motorcycle trials rider Dougie Lampkin turning an ice hotel and snowy forest into his personal playground. The Red Bull athlete travelled to the snowdrifts of north-western Finland, where he used his motorbike to climb fallen trees, blocks of ice and other obstacles. He compl... | Dougie Lampkin used his motorbike to climb fallen trees and ice blocks .
Footage was recorded in snowdrifts of north-western Finland .
Mr Lampkin, from the Isle of Man, is a 12-time world trials champion . |
1c886637c5be85807b2397bb5a20dd017234e25f | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 07:32 EST, 11 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:05 EST, 11 October 2013 . The birth of Prince George has inspired the Queen to invite Carole and Michael Middleton to Sandringham so the future king can spend his first Christmas with both sets of grandparents, it emerged today. In a bre... | Having William's in-laws with Queen over Christmas is a break from tradition .
Last year the Cambridges were with the then-pregnant Kate's parents .
'Celebrations to be extra special after Prince George's arrival', sources say .
May coincide with proposed move to mansion in Sandringham's grounds . |
1c8abefe78ac634e988f8f13e2e31c46b51747f3 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A mother suspected of killing her four children, whose decomposing bodies were found in her home, told police they were possessed by demons, according to court records. Banita Jacks, 33, is charged with three counts of felony murder and one count of first-degree murder while armed. The victims, who ... | NEW: One child appeared to be stabbed to death, another strangled .
Mother Banita Jacks, 33, told police her children died in their sleep .
Jacks faces 3 counts of felony murder, 1 count of first-degree murder while armed .
Officials trying to determine how kids' deaths, absences went unnoticed . |
1c8b7e8ce4bb2a5b9031cccaa55b8bff8d175f43 | A 17-year-old boy has been hailed a hero for pulling a 73-year-old man to safety after they were both hit by a truck - even though the teen had himself suffered three fractured vertebrae. Dalton Surbey, a high school junior from Montpelier, Ohio, came to Duane Ward's aid during a car accident on Ohio 576 during white-o... | 17-year-old Dalton Surbey's car was hit twice during a multi-car crash in Ohio on Saturday .
He and another motorist, 73-year-old Duane Ward, got out of their cars to check on other drivers when they were hit by a truck .
Ward suffered a broken pelvis and tailbone so Surbey ignored his own injuries to pull the man to s... |
1c8c3ac5f69188213c7f30784d55e1eb8bb8b0a4 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:11 EST, 21 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:36 EST, 21 August 2013 . A California professor facing up to 18 years in prison for setting off a series of fires after his son killed himself is pleading for leniency, saying he was overwhelmed with grief. Rainer Reinscheid apologise... | Rainer Reinscheid faces 18 years in prison for setting a series of fires .
He apologised for actions on Tuesday during a three-hour sentencing .
'I lost my son, and then I lost myself,' Reinscheid told the court . |
1c8cdbbaf79acd0f76063b406ee444171e2a64d1 | University Park, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Tens of thousands packed Penn State's football stadium Saturday, cheering the Nittany Lions for the first time since graphic child sexual abuse allegations rocked the university and led to the ouster of its president and iconic football coach. The Nittany Lions lost the game -- th... | NEW: The interim coach says "today, just maybe, the healing process started to begin"
NEW: The interim president says he wants to show Penn State is a "caring community"
NEW: Scores of fans gather outside Joe Paterno's home to show support .
Fans hold moment of silence before game, many wearing blue . |
1c8dcd1087b0af58477215fa80716ad6523742a2 | By . Sarah Dean . Courageous celebrity chef Matt Golinski has revealed how his life has turned around and is 'full of many different things' almost two and a half years after he tragically lost his wife and three daughters in a Boxing Day house fire. Since the tragedy in 2011, which left him hospitalised for four month... | Golinski is back in the kitchen after the tragedy in 2011 .
Has undergone extensive rehabilitation .
Cooked up a storm at Noosa International Food and Wine Festival on Friday . |
1c8fe29f9c5409990ed0f285db2c842ff85819f1 | By . Fred Redwood . From Ronnie Biggs to Dick Turpin and from the Krays to Bonnie and Clyde, some villains, regardless of their horrific crimes, become folk heroes in the eyes of the public. Another such folk hero – or heroine – is Lady Katherine Ferrers, whose supposed deeds as a highwaywoman have been fictionalised ... | The life of Lady Katherine Ferrers was turned into The Wicked Lady films .
Her rumoured 'home', Cell Park, in Markyate, Hertfordshire, is for sale .
Cell Park, along with its two cottages in 79 acres, will be sold at auction .
The reserve price on the 11 bedroom manor will not exceed £4.25 million . |
1c9013c6200a134821d3532dc800bf320bd81484 | Ahead of this week's Champions League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Manchester City's trip to Roma... Roma vs Manchester City (Stadio Olimpico) Team news . ... | Roma host Manchester City on Wednesday, kick-off 7.45pm .
City will be without the injured Sergio Aguero .
Yaya Toure is suspended for the crunch Champions League tie .
Click here to follow the Roma vs Manchester City clash LIVE . |
1c90965e4c3ecf19dbe5b1f686df578a39073a05 | By . Sara Malm . and Stephanie Linning . Benefits Street star White Dee is currently living it up on Majorca, but had her sunny spell darkened by an alleged assault earlier this week. However, if these images are anything to go by, she would have given as good as she got, had she had the chance. White Dee, real name De... | Benefits Street star 'White Dee' seen throwing a bucket of ice on man .
Allegedly later attacked by a reveller who kicked her and threw her in a pool .
Deirdre Kelly, was hosting a party when the alleged attack took place . |
1c9127489051b5fdd9c74beff88c78af4b11ccda | (CNN) -- Barcelona are desperate to call on the services of Lionel Messi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic for Tuesday's vital Champions League group showdown with Inter Milan in the Camp Nou. Barcelona must avoid defeat which could see them make a sensational exit if Russian surprise package Rubin Kazan beat Dynamo Kiev in the ... | Barcelona sweating on fitness of Liionel Messi and Zlatan Ibrahimovic .
Barcelona's leading scorers doubtful for match against Inter at Nou Camp .
Defeat to Jose Mourinho's men could see Barcelona eliminated . |
1c913e5f0b7534ddffbd4ef7d41c11e3a8cfb9c1 | By . Tara Brady . Rachel Burke, 28, was scheduled to spend three weeks in Nepal on the hiking holiday which had been branded as ¿high risk¿ . A super fit Naval worker who died on an adventure trip through a notorious ‘Valley of Death’ in the Himalayas was so sick she was unable to tie her own shoelaces, an inquest hear... | Rachel Burke was due to spend three weeks in Nepal on the hiking holiday .
The 28-year-old took part in a trek branded 'high risk' by The Adventure Company .
She flew into Kathmandu with two friends in April 2011 and began to travel on foot to base camp Mount Everest .
On the sixth day of the hike she was taken on foot... |
1c931c14260199d8b8886bd4db0f94a795a13b0f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:26 EST, 6 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:11 EST, 6 January 2014 . Georgina Bloomberg, the daughter of former New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, showed off her fabulous figure just weeks after giving birth to her first child. Miss Bloomberg, 30, who gave birth to son . Ja... | Georgina Bloomberg, 30, gave birth to her son Jasper on Christmas Eve .
Jasper is former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg's first and only grandchild .
The baby's father is Georgina's longtime boyfriend Ramiro Quintana . |
1c94df74d33cb63bfc85d2f2635645ec7752408d | Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says torture -- depending on the circumstances, like if a nuclear bomb was planted in Los Angeles -- isn't necessarily off limits. The justice who's been a mainstay of the high court's conservative wing for 28 years condemned the "self-righteousness of European liberals" who oppose ... | Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia says torture isn't "an easy question"
Scalia also criticized European rules against individual countries imposing the death penalty .
He defended unfettered campaign spending . |
1c95e9eb7f7eaea7ea5269e4f1e209566e375651 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Ohio's governor granted temporary reprieves to two death row inmates just hours after a federal appeals court blocked the execution of one of them -- adding to the mounting confusion over the state's capital punishment system. Lawrence Reynolds is on death row for killing his neighbor in 1994 durin... | Lawrence Reynolds Jr. was set to be executed Thursday for killing neighbor in 1994 .
Action comes hours after Ohio attorney general asked for execution to go through .
Federal appeals court had blocked his execution, citing failed attempt last month .
Strickland delayed Romell Broom's execution after technicians couldn... |
1c96549ee45c29a689371c7909c07f1e7fdeda8c | (CNN) -- Vahram Muratyan's personal tale of two cities began with a serious case of the travel bug. Born in Paris, he started flying to New York with his family as a child -- the frequent trans-Atlantic trips made possible in part by his mother's job at the now-defunct airline TWA. "I think I grew up with an obsession ... | Graphic designer Vahram Muratyan pays tribute to the two cities through illustrations .
The whimsical drawings pair distinctly Paris things with their New York counterparts .
"I grew up with an obsession" with New York, the Paris-born artists says .
He calls the illustrations a friendly visual match between the two cit... |
1c97cd9a63ff24abbb5d4598d7c95e66af7769e0 | Hewn ruthlessly from the earth by water over 270million years, these stone structures are a testament to the power of the natural world. The pillars, arches and columns rise hundred of feet into the air over a vast region of southern China, striking awe into observers who have flocked to the area for thousands of years... | Jaw-dropping limestone 'karsts' soar hundreds of feet into the air across a vast region of southern China .
Arches, spires and pillars were formed over 270million years and conceal some of the world's largest caves below .
Landscape is being documented in unprecedented detail by a British-led team of cavers and explore... |
1c983f357e2e5205d8173f5579c75af27a440b59 | Britain’s wealthiest MP Richard Benyon hands loaves of bread to local villagers through the window of his mansion house. The bizarre tradition emerged after the heir to a £125million family fortune lectured poor families for wasting food. The environment minister claimed too many people do not store fruit and vegetable... | Richard Benyon claims the average family wastes £50 of food a month .
Named country's wealthiest MP, worth an estimated £110million .
He told people to read storage labels properly and keep fruit in the fridge .
Prime Minister insists the government is helping struggling families . |
1c994d0ee603e7920b9523ac75f2d48702b9cf9b | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 06:10 EST, 28 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:14 EST, 28 November 2013 . With her glossy blonde hair, demure smile and outgoing personality, Lady Kitty Spencer . bears more than a passing resemblance to her late aunt, Princess Diana. And last night Earl Spencer's daughter Lady Kitty ... | Lady Kitty Spencer, 22, is niece of Princess Diana .
Met with soldiers from 11 EOD regiment after their tour in Afghanistan .
Mingled with guests at Give Us Time event in London .
Born and educated in South Africa .
Named by Tatler magazine as Most Eligible Girl in Britain a few years ago . |
1c9d4bdca3c2dba7e07ed4674371d8886a95e2c2 | (CNN) -- A manufacturer that has been inscribing Bible references on rifle sights used by U.S. troops in Iraq and Afghanistan announced Thursday that it will stop putting scripture references on products the U.S. military uses. Gen. David Petraeus, commander of United States Central Command, said Wednesday -- apparentl... | Trijicon Inc. offers not to put them on new scopes, alteration kits for deployed ones .
Inscriptions feed into the narrative that U.S. is against Islam, Muslim group says .
Company says it's been putting such references on its products for more than two decades .
Trijicon has a $660 million contract for Marine Corps, A... |
1c9d676a2e923ac46c03e8f3b256de3a3a3da563 | Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Former teen idol Leif Garrett posted a $10,000 bond Wednesday after spending two days in a jail on a drug charge, a Los Angeles County sheriff's spokesman said. Garrett, 48, was arrested Monday at a downtown Los Angeles train station after police found heroin in his shoe, spokesman Stev... | L.A. County authorities: Leif Garrett posts $10,000 bond after two days in a jail .
Garrett was found with heroin and arrested Monday, sheriff's spokesman says .
The former teen idol was arrested four years ago for possession of heroin .
Garrett was 16 when he scored his first pop chart hit, "Surfin' USA," in 1977 . |
1c9d9723b499d2fedc1ad1dc80066cd46d49a92f | (CNN) -- The world has a new alliance to save vanishing frogs, toads and salamanders. A frog swims in a pond in Munich, Germany, in June. A coalition of organizations established the Amphibian Survival Alliance this month to conserve species threatened by deadly fungus, habitat loss, pollution, pesticides and climate c... | Amphibian Survival Alliance aims to save threatened frogs, toads, salamanders .
One in three of 6,000 recognized amphibian species at risk of extinction, group says .
122 amphibian species have gone extinct since 1980, group says .
Amphibian species could help in development of medicines, scientist says . |
1c9e13daa520e97b31c006a83d39d0fd20c68c8a | Los Angeles (CNN) -- A nurse Tuesday accused San Diego Bob Filner of rubbing her arm in his office and asking for dinner dates in June in exchange for his helping a brain-injured Iraq War veteran. The allegations make her the 11th woman this summer to accuse Filner of sexual harassment while he was mayor or a congressm... | A nurse and a brain-injured Iraq War vet meet with mayor in his office in June .
Mayor Bob Filner allegedly asks everyone to leave his office, except the nurse .
Mayor asks for dates from nurse Michelle Tyler in exchange for his help, she says .
Nurse is 11th woman to allege sexual harassment against mayor, who's now i... |
1c9ff11e5ca3de14c21539caeaafe5b098ac1808 | By . Lawrence Conway . PUBLISHED: . 03:30 EST, 1 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:46 EST, 1 June 2012 . Deal: Boaz Weinstein is to pay $25.5 million for the Fifth Avenue apartment once owned by Huguette Clark . A U.S. finance guru who bet against JP Morgan Chase is paying $25.5million for an apartment once owned by the ec... | Hedge fund manager Boaz Weinstein bid to buy the property approved by the building's choosy co-op board .
Reclusive Mrs Clark hadn't lived at the apartment for years, but kept huge doll collection at upmarket address . |
1c9ff8f3d4235a372462a4662b1ee19c1f077ef6 | By . Wills Robinson . A grieving widow is suing a GP for £1.25million because she believes he misdiagnosed her husband's deadly cancer as piles. Christopher Goodhead, died aged just 41 in January 2009, four years after the examination by Dr Asim Islam, who performed the exam on his first day in the job. His devastated ... | Christopher Goodhead died four years after Dr Asim Islam examined him .
He left behind devastated widow Melissa Cutting and four sons .
His widow believes the 2005 exam caused a 'fatal delay in diagnosis'
Dr Islam, who examined Mr Goodhead on his first day on the job, denies responsibility for the death . |
1ca03f596161e50e08fe1fce71afcca370c5b845 | By . Laura Clark . A minister yesterday admitted that the plan to serve free hot meals to all young children in primary schools from September was going to fail. David Laws, the Liberal Democrat second-in-command at the Department for Education, said some schools would initially be forced to provide cold options instea... | David Laws admitted that not everything would be 'perfect on day one'
Comes as schools battle to implement Nick Clegg's flagship plan .
Mr Clegg wants to offer four to seven-year-olds free lunches from September .
But the Mail disclosed this week that tens of thousands of pupils will be served reheated meals or cold sa... |
1ca072e79ae0712bb70d4827050d015a60c73aa4 | By . Jack Doyle and Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 07:52 EST, 19 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:28 EST, 19 November 2013 . Security firm G4S has admitted overcharging taxpayers by more than £24million for ‘phantom’ electronic tags that had been removed – or were never fitted in the first pl... | G4S admits wrongly billing for non-existent tags and apologises .
Firm offers to return £24.1million in charges for work not done .
Tagging scandal suggests one in six of 18,000 tags billed for were not real .
Serious Fraud Office is looking at claims after government internal audit .
Home affairs committee condemns 's... |
1ca1acee813810b98010fee5b9cfc32aa09b3b6f | (CNN) -- U.S. luxury bridal designer Vera Wang's first store in China has gotten off to an unfashionable start. Amid cries of discrimination, the company announced Wednesday it would scrap a controversial policy of charging customers a nearly $500 fee to try on clothes. The store, which had its soft launch in Shanghai ... | U.S. luxury bridal designer Vera Wang's first store in China charging US$480 to try on clothes .
Fee was exclusive to Shanghai store, prompting cries of discrimination against Chinese .
Some speculated fee was intended to discourage copycat designs .
Vera Wang spokesperson said fee would be scrapped upon official openi... |
1ca1f03ec98489442a92d772e0432bbf2bf5b8a2 | Hunting for the ideal home in the perfect location that has handy local amenities is not a modern concept. Prehistoric humans living up to 500,000 years ago chose their home with great care and security and nutritional concerns were top of their list when searching for a new place to live, archaeologists said. Homo hei... | Archaeologists from Queen's University Belfast and the University of Southampton found Homo heidelbergensis chose to live on islands .
The grass growing on flood plains would have attracted large herbivores such as horses and beavers, which Stone Age man ate for protein and fat .
The scientists studied 25 sites in sout... |
1ca227435d856f6f66c888e102b1e0ca0fcb1c37 | By . Sam Greenhill and Rosie Taylor . PUBLISHED: . 13:12 EST, 4 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:26 EST, 4 July 2012 . Photographer Cinnamon Heathcote Drury, pictured leaving Isleworth Crown Court, denies racially aggravated assault . A portrait photographer to the stars shoved a pregnant Muslim woman to the floor and ca... | Photographer Cinnamon Heathcote Drury allegedly called a Muslim family 'terrorists'
Also accused of pushing pregnant woman wearing a hijab .
Heathcote Drury denies racially aggravated assault . |
1ca3ad8f1d5471572a091c9e86420eaec1c63875 | (CNN) -- A 10-year-old girl, brutally raped, confronts her attacker in court. The culprit -- a cleric -- tries to pass it off as "consensual sex." A judge sentences him to 20 years and some $30,000 in fines. What's extraordinary is that these scenes played out Saturday in a courtroom in Kabul, Afghanistan. The case is ... | Afghan cleric raped 10-year-old girl in mosque .
Girl confronts attacker in a dramatic trial in Kabul courtroom .
Judge sentences him to 20 years in prison .
Women's rights activists hail decision . |
1ca451c93e59cb3ec9c3d780cbe3d7ac5ff030cf | By . Sami Mokbel . Follow @@SamiMokbel81_DM . Arsene Wenger has admitted that defender Thomas Vermaelen could be on his way out of Arsenal, as interest from Manchester United steps up. Wenger, speaking ahead of Arsenal's participation in the Emirates Cup this weekend, said he 'expects' the Belgium centre half to stay, ... | Wenger admits there is a 'possibility' Vermaelen will leave Arsenal .
Man United and Barcelona thought to be interested in Belgium defender .
Vermaelen is currently out with a hamstring injury .
Wenger also claims Jack Wilshere is in his best shape for three years . |
1ca50d57ee315c6b3f7d60231b6e56feb4e75b23 | These pictures show the latest abuse suffered by a group of helpless seals on a San Diego beach. They show three men approaching and harassing the mammals as they try to rest at the 'Children's Pool' in La Jolla - in two separate incidents. This comes after the city's mayor made the beach off-limits at night following ... | Three men filmed harassing seals at the 'Children's Pool' in La Jolla .
Area was closed at night after earlier attack on seals by two women .
Incidents were all captured on round-the-clock 'Seal Cam' |
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