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1efac20f403408376485b76843c4bccd1bce1845 | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Jury selection is set to start Monday in a trial pitting two children of Martin Luther King Jr. against their brother, whom they accuse of mishandling the late civil rights leader's estate. Bernice King and her brother Martin Luther King III say Dexter King took funds from their father's esta... | Bernice King, Martin Luther King III accuse brother of taking estate funds for own use .
Dexter King, administrator of Martin Luther King Jr. estate, denies accusations .
Dexter King files countersuit, wants sister to turn over mother's personal papers .
Judge's order says "the court is extremely troubled" |
1efb22b8c171113103f9c334c39d336e516cd4eb | By . Gerard Couzens and Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 08:39 EST, 16 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:39 EST, 16 July 2013 . The father of the American student horrifically gored by a bull during the annual event in Pamplona has revealed he specifically told his son not to participate in the iconic run. Describing his son as... | Patrick Eccles, 20, was gored in the stomach and had his spleen removed .
His father has said that he told him categorically NOT to participate in the iconic annual event .
Patrick Eccles is expected to make a full recovery from his injuries . |
1efd544e0f2035fa6b806d52f99f7602750d6d66 | By . Arthur Martin . PUBLISHED: . 10:18 EST, 17 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:36 EST, 18 February 2013 . Jailed: Osas Odia, who returned to Britain after being deported, has been jailed for two years for his role in a £2.7million lottery scam . A Nigerian who returned to Britain after being deported has been jailed... | Osas Odia deported in 2005 after using forged stamp in his passport to work .
Returned on a marriage visa after marrying a British nurse .
Jailed for two years after pleading guilty to conspiring to launder criminal property . |
1efd893ef746795587c7eeb0ffdb373084edd4e4 | A mysterious balloon floating 800 feet over Manhattan today sparked an NYPD investigation. The large white-and-blue object was spotted flying above the lower part of the borough this morning. It appeared to be equipped with a drone-style camera, suspended beneath the balloon by a rope. Mystery: This white-and-blue bal... | Balloon seen flying over lower part of Manhattan, New York, this morning .
Appeared to be equipped with a drone-style camera, suspended in the air .
NYPD launched investigation after members of public expressed concern .
Officers later deemed balloon to not be threat; its purpose remains unclear . |
1efe6b3722a5babc194a6365d45a131b185e785b | By . Ted Thornhill . PUBLISHED: . 05:40 EST, 19 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:19 EST, 19 November 2013 . A man who missed his connection at Grand Central Station in 1973, but met a woman there that he connected with instead, is trying to track her down 40 years later - and internet users are doing their best to hel... | Anonymous user recounted a brief encounter in New York in 1973 .
He met a girl at Grand Central Station and spent the night with her .
She wrote to him after moving to California, but there was no return address .
Are you the mystery woman described .
in the post? Write to ted.thornhill@mailonline.co.uk and we'll try a... |
1eff5148c4fcc6bc0248301fe5cd0763e624d8db | A Sudanese lawyer filed an appeal Thursday for a pregnant woman sentenced to death this month for refusing to renounce her Christianity. The filing asks the appeals court to reverse the verdict by the lower court and free Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, 27. Ibrahim, who is eight months pregnant, was convicted of apostasy, or the... | Meriam Yehya Ibrahim considers herself Christian, but a court says she's Muslim .
A Khartoum court convicted her of apostasy, or the renunciation of faith .
The court also found her guilty of adultery for being married to a Christian . |
1f007e9c77a2f3c85821a53542856b0a6fd6785f | By . David Mccormack . A 39-year-old man is in custody after being accused of sexually assaulting his 12-year-old step-daughter and getting her pregnant. Leonel Rodriguez of Stamford, Connecticut, was charged with sexual assault in the first degree and risk of injury to a minor in court on Monday. The unnamed girl went... | Leonel Rodriguez of Stamford, .
Connecticut, has been charged with sexual assault in the first degree and .
risk of injury to a minor .
The unnamed girl went to her mother complaining of cramps and a doctor determined that she was pregnant.
She then confided another relative that Rodriguez had sexually abused her on se... |
1f00ffa23d1a01e7569d8b1fe6996a363994b133 | By . Chris Brooke . PUBLISHED: . 09:43 EST, 20 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:18 EST, 20 November 2013 . Curiosity is said to have killed the cat – and it nearly spelled the end for this puppy too. Instead of simply snoozing on the sofa, seven-week-old Milo’s inquisitive nature got the better of him and he decided t... | Milo crept under the sofa but got his head stuck in the mechanism .
Panicked owner Jessica Marsden feared he was going to die .
Firefighters rescued Milo using road accident lifting equipment . |
1f0275b657c8e170acc88f2da64896579f4b2950 | A singer is aiming for stardom by creating America’s first transgender pop group. Nikki Exotika, whose real name is Nicole Sanders, is auditioning transgender singers from across the U.S. for the project, which is ten years in the making. The 32-year-old, who lives in New York City with her boyfriend, was born Jason To... | Nikki Exotica, who was born Jason Torres, says the group will be a cross between the Pussycat Dolls and the Spice Girls . |
1f0293338b6c9c96ac96b5b20c23cc04d188bad1 | (CNN) -- An audio message purportedly from al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden has accused President Barack Obama of being unable to fulfil his election pledge to pull U.S. troops out of Iraq. Osama bin Laden is seen in an image taken from a videotape that aired on Al-Jazeera in September 2003. The tape emerged on radical ... | Obama is "vulnerable man who will not be able to stop the war as he promised"
Message: "By God, we will never compromise on it (Palestine), ever"
CNN could not independently authenticate bin Laden as the speaker in the video .
Al Qaeda's production company, As-Sahab Media, posts the 11-minute video . |
1f02f11828f66db6cbeb6131fdb66836b73b787e | By . Andy Dolan . Doreen Banks joined the club in 1961, after being encouraged by her late husband to take up the sport . In failing health and reliant on a buggy to get around the course, pensioner Doreen Banks thought her best golfing moments were behind her. But more than five decades after taking up the game, the j... | Doreen Banks, 85, joined Oxley Park Golf Club in 1961 .
She managed the hole-in-one on the club's sixth hole, a 110-yard par three .
Mrs Banks played hockey for England before switching to golf in the 1960s .
She took up golf to spend time with her late husband, she said he would be 'very proud' of her latest achieveme... |
1f03cf8d35244fda16499159009d0c6df08f8b33 | For transgender Cubans, life on the Island of Freedom has long been a struggle - a daily battle against poverty and entrenched discrimination. But as a new book of photographs titled TransCuba shows, there is now a light at the end of the tunnel for the island's fledgling LGBT community. Mariette Pathy Allen, a New Yor... | Mariette Pathy Allen's new book TransCuba features 80 color photographs of transgender women living in Cuba .
While there is now greater acceptance of gay and transgender people in Cuba, some turn to life of prostitution because nobody would hire them .
In 1960, gays were banned from joining the military or becoming te... |
1f04ad95af23afc0ed323f4b5214c07eeba83686 | By . Claire Bates . PUBLISHED: . 05:01 EST, 13 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:04 EST, 13 February 2013 . Deryn Blackwell, from Watton, is currently being treated for two forms of cancer . When Deryn Blackwell was diagnosed with leukaemia, his parents thought things couldn't get any worse. But two years into his canc... | Deryn Blackwell was diagnosed with leukaemia when he was 10 .
He was then diagnosed with Langerhans Cell Sarcoma when he was 12 .
Doctors say he is only person in the world to be fighting both conditions .
The brave boy will undergo a bone marrow transplant in March . |
1f04e24c0e7b004d4df46057ec68b956c740b97f | There's been speculation that there could soon be blood in the water within government ranks - and it appears at least one front-bencher believes that's already the case - claiming Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and influential Peta Credlin, the Prime Minister's Chief of Staff, are 'like two Siamese fighting fish stuck ... | The working relationship between the Foreign Minister and PM's Chief of Staff has reportedly broken down .
Julie Bishop has refused to take orders from Peta Credlin, reports say .
Ms Bishop was reportedly at odds with the PM over attending the UN Climate Change conference in Peru .
She will tell the UN that Australia w... |
1f05d57b78154f3979adda2db99089ee042af2f2 | By . Aaron Kanaan . Mark your calendars! It's a September wedding for George Clooney and his bride-to-be Amal Alamuddin. The couple, who were introduced at a charity event last September, are planning on making the one-year anniversary of their first meeting their wedding day. ‘If all goes as they are planning, Amal an... | George is planning to wed the Beirut-born lawyer in a year from the date they first met at a charity event .
A friend of Amal's family reveals to MailOnline that Amal refused to date the man considered the world's most eligible bachelor until he passed her family's vigorous vetting process .
The actor would prefer a sm... |
1f060eca3472b9b75f1639678a97609d110bf776 | PUBLISHED: . 11:57 EST, 19 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:58 EST, 19 June 2012 . Confused council officials stormed a village pub thinking they were busting an illegal late-night gig - only to realise 4AM was the name of the band, not the starting time. Three licensing officers and two police officers raided The Feather... | Bungling licensing officers had police back-up for raid in Surrey village .
Stunned landlady says 'sting' was like 'using a sledgehammer to crack a nut' |
1f07c2a8e19f9f18ef34c1e4761dcbfcdbc3e1c6 | By . Associated Press . and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:33 EST, 31 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:03 EST, 31 January 2014 . Karen Sharpe, 54, allegedly gagged her granddaughter, 11, with soiled underwear . A southeast Ohio grandmother has been charged with child abuse for allegedly gagging an 11-year-old gr... | Karen Sharpe , 54, was arrested after her 13-year-old granddaughter took video of Sharpe gagging the 11-year-old with feces ridden male underwear and taping it there .
When the 11-year old threw up, Sharpe told her to 'swallow it'
The 13-year-old, who already had a metal plate in her head from the hands of another adul... |
1f082a6921a7355dae48ed0fd640a0015f2ec3be | (CNN) -- The Great Gatsby, the film based on F. Scott Fitzgerald's 1925 novel, shows the glamorous and decadent lifestyles of fashionable, high society Americans of the Roaring Twenties. Set in the prosperous Long Island in the summer of 1922, the novel portrays the so-called "flapper" culture, fun-loving young women w... | The Great Gatsby portrays glamorous, decadent women of 1920s American society .
Who were the real women of "The Great Gatsby" era?
Carey Mulligan, Isla Fisher & Elizabeth Debicki tell CNN who inspired their characters . |
1f0944c6a2da964ad5326bed58f1ed68f0da034a | Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. House of Representatives Thursday overwhelmingly passed a new version of the Stolen Valor Act, a bill aimed at people who lie about receiving military medals and then attempt to profit from the deception. The first version of the Stolen Valor Act was struck down by the Supreme Court as a vi... | The bill is aimed at people who lie about military honors then try to profit from the lie .
An earlier version was struck down as a violation of the First Amendment .
This version keys on the element of trying to make money from the deception .
A similar bill is moving through the Senate . |
1f0aa97c2a5e4a9be0730255912b23bd3840beef | In a town not far from me, a municipal ballot measure has become a national bellwether. The citizens of SeaTac, a working-class community that includes the major airport for the Seattle-Tacoma area, will vote next month on whether to establish a $15 minimum wage for hospitality and transportation workers. This is obvio... | Eric Liu: Proposition would raise wages by $4 for many in Seattle-area community .
He says the effort, organized by union group, is a model of citizen activism .
The tea party has showed how citizen organization can sway public policy, he says .
Liu: Surest way to address economic inequality is to start with political ... |
1f0ac8c4464211cfbf846836ec30606772f9784a | (CNN) -- When most people go to Hawaii, they head to the beach to relax and get a tan. Sarah Vowell locks herself in historical libraries. The result of that sun-free research is her latest take on history, "Unfamiliar Fishes." "I came to Hawaii because it had been attacked," she writes in her book, referring to her vi... | Sarah Vowell's latest book explores the history of Hawaii and how it became a state .
She describes missionaries and natives as two conservative groups squaring off .
Although sad in many parts, she says Hawaiian history is fascinating . |
1f0af5ebf296e0fea65211312281a1c24acab236 | His brief is clear: to inject some impetus into Reading’s ailing season before it becomes too late, to find some stability, solidity and momentum to rescue a campaign in danger of being tossed away. Yesterday, we started to see Steve Clarke’s blueprint emerge. This was not far off how the Royals boss would have picture... | Hal Robson-Kanu scored Reading's opener from the penalty spot .
Simon Cox doubled scoring before Bradley Johnson scored consolation .
Reading are hoping to secure a permanent deal for Glenn Murray . |
1f0db335689678fdd94be3240be4501526739435 | By . Simon Jones . Nottingham Forest have signed former Sunderland centre-back Louis Laing. The 21-year-old had been training with Blackburn and was offered a surprise deal at Manchester United but the proposal fell through. The new JT: Louis Laing (left) was once likened to former England captain John Terry . Trial: L... | Laing was likened to then John Terry when he signed for Sunderland .
The 21-year-old had also been training with Blackburn after being released . |
1f0e5a7a3845e5528ad93c0169a320342ab2def7 | During the 90-minute ride of terror, Tamerlan Tsarnaev kept talking. He barked out orders, detailed his hatred of Americans and asked his carjacking victim to remain calm. Tsarnaev kept asking about the 26-year-old driver's heritage and family. "If you cooperate, I won't kill you," said Tsarnaev, who, along with his yo... | Driver provides his account of Boston-area carjacking .
He details behavior of the Tsarnaev brothers .
Older brother asked Danny about his heritage .
Incident followed Boston Marathon bombings . |
1f0ed802a4561c7bd2c85a8bbfff166a4487f1b0 | Yangon, Myanmar (CNN) -- An activist monk detained by Myanmar authorities Friday was freed hours later after being questioned at a military base in Yangon, a fellow monk said Saturday. U Gambira was taken away from a monastery in Yangon by about 10 men in plainclothes who said they were from the "Yangon Division," said... | NEW: U Gambira, an activist monk, is released after being detained earlier Friday .
NEW: He was questioned at a military headquarters in Yangon, a fellow monk says .
U Gambira was released by the government last month along with other political prisoners . |
1f0f43de33bf98915a5c780f9b2d096fc096c958 | (CNN) -- More than 800 Somali children are arriving at crowded refugee camps in Kenya daily after walking for days to escape a prolonged drought, an aid group said this week. About 10 million people are at risk of starvation as the Horn of Africa region faces the worst drought in 60 years, according to the United Natio... | About 10 million people are at risk of starvation in the Horn of Africa region .
The region faces the worst drought in 60 years, according to the United Nations .
"Children have made long journeys in terrifying conditions," aid group says . |
1f0f6f3b18ab3a775ef06bcfd3de9b3cb46e0348 | Overstretched GPs have been given the green light to strike thousands of patients from their lists. So far, 25 surgeries across England have been granted approval by NHS bosses to shrink their catchment areas as they cannot cope. Some practices have already removed as many as 1,500 patients from their lists, including ... | Some practices have removed as many as 1,500 patients from their lists .
Those include widows, amputees, young mothers and all care home residents .
NHS won't say which surgeries are to be allowed to reduce patient numbers .
They include Surrey, Sussex, Gtr Manchester, Leicester, Lincolnshire, Herefordshire and Worcest... |
1f103c57431f2f92287f994d0bd750f0d095c260 | Embattled Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber abruptly changed his mind and refused to resign despite the growing corruption scandal engulfing him and his fiancée, three people close to the situation told the Associated Press. They said the Democratic governor informed some of his aides on Sunday that he was going to step d... | Embattled Governor John Kitzhaber had decided to resign, but he changed his mind, three people with direct knowledge of the situation said .
They said the Democratic governor informed some of his aides on Sunday that he was going to step down .
The sources said on Tuesday he asked his would-be successor, Secretary of S... |
1f10f56ec2131f3a3e205777788dd6a7e836a5a0 | Jonnie Peacock's mum Linda is welling up with tears when the Paralympic athlete starts to talk about his meeting with David Beckham. ‘This is the second best day of my life,’ he admitted at the launch of Sainsbury’s Show Your Support campaign for the 2014 School Games. And the first? ‘Meeting David Beckham for the firs... | Jonnie Peacock won gold in 100m at London 2012 Paralympic games .
Amputee met David Beckham in 2000, aged just seven .
Beckham signed a training top for the youngster .
England star's impact led Peacock towards a career in sport . |
1f11d848ea6ab88c1256c0c0242fd6be11e2a464 | A Supreme Court Judge has ruled a the boyfriend a murder victim is the prime suspect in an eminent cold case from nine years ago. Simone Strobel, a 25-year-old German kindergarten teacher, disappeared from a tourist park in Lismore, Northern NSW, on February the 11th 2005. Her naked body was found hidden under a palm ... | Simone Strobel's body was found hidden at a northern NSW camp site in 2005 .
She was ruled to have been suffocated with a pillow or plastic bag .
Despite extensive investigations, the case remains unsolved .
West Australian Supreme Court Judge Kenneth Martin has argued Strobel's boyfriend at the time, Tobias Moran, is ... |
1f121e29d41d2ea1f7f1f3ba62d1125a1c9365d9 | (CNN) -- The U.S. government claims he's the mastermind of a huge online fraud operation with multiple identities and a history of breaking the law and evading arrest, but his lawyer says he's a law-abiding entrepreneur committed to raising his young family in New Zealand. The question is which of these descriptions of... | Kim Dotcom is the founder of Megaupload, a site shut down by the U.S. last week .
He is one of seven people indicted on copyright and other charges .
Prosecutors say he could use multiple identities to flee New Zealand .
His lawyer says he is law-abiding and wants to stay with his family . |
1f122c9d7a995fbd32dbee7cfbd2495a2f64d4b7 | By . Freya Noble for Daily Mail Australia . Imagine riding more than 30 different horses across a treacherous path that stretches more than 1000 kilometres across the Mongolian wilderness on a trip that lasts nearly a fortnight. Each year, more than 30 people from around the world do just that when they take part in th... | Sam Jones is the first Australian to win the Mongol Derby .
She is the second woman and first Australian to complete the race in the fastest time since its inception in 2009 .
The race is held every August in the vast Mongolian wilderness stretching more than 1000 kilometres .
More than 30 people from around the world ... |
1f1623ccda86df40cfe1a09568f51c21cd6453bf | Scotland Yard detectives are preparing to return to Portugal after getting the go-ahead to quiz fresh witnesses in the Madeleine McCann investigation. New prosecutor Ines Sequeira has paved the way for a new British police visit to the Algarve by approving a fifth international letter of request which had been gatherin... | Prosecutor Ines Sequeira paved way for new British police visit to Algarve .
She is understood to have authorised interviews with witnesses British police never questioned directly after Madeleine's disappearance in 2007 .
Unnamed witnesses expected to receive police summons in next few days .
British police will sit ... |
1f171248667b17053d311441bee527eeb37a5c6b | Nolberto Solano is desperate to prove himself as a manager in English or Scottish football, and has highlighted vacancies at Motherwell and Hartlepool United among potential starting points. The former Newcastle United midfielder previously coached in Toronto, Canada, and was manager of Universitario de Deportes in his... | Nolberto Solano is searching for a managerial job in football in UK .
The Newcastle legend coached in Toronto and Universitario de Deportes .
Motherwell and Solano's former club Hartlepool United have vacancies .
The 39-year-old says he had an interview with Motherwell previously .
Solano: 'It would be nice if anything... |
1f17f90a690023a2f9f69fc31e34fe14a9d2c8af | (CNN) -- Virginia is adding a drug used in a controversial Ohio execution to its roster of chemicals for lethal injections over the objections of the drug's manufacturer. The state Department of Corrections announced Thursday that it would have the sedative midazolam available as an alternate drug for lethal injections... | Virginia says it will use the sedative midazolam as a drug for lethal injections .
The same drug was used in a controversial Ohio execution in January .
The drug's manufacturer says it objects to its use in capital punishment . |
1f18ebb4523c883d79a0d350b89f0eb8df5eb2b9 | (CNN) -- Millions of American parents spend countless hours trying to figure out how to help their children get better grades, better teachers or better schools. They may want to take a page from Finland, which is considered to have one of the leading education systems in the world. Finnish students consistently score ... | Many American parents worry about their kids getting good grades and doing well in school .
Pasi Sahlberg: Finland has one of the leading education systems in the world .
He says U.S. can learn from Finland in building an education system that enhances equity .
Sahlberg: U.S. education focuses on testing and data, whic... |
1f18fe2b01732079d2ffd6a68728e0276a8739a5 | 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 of the... | 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... |
1f1bd2a25555b2bb2e0d1102dd693e21c9f69389 | By . Ruth Styles . PUBLISHED: . 09:25 EST, 11 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:41 EST, 11 December 2013 . With temperatures plunging towards zero, most of us are reaching for our thick wool coats, cashmere jumpers and cosy hats whether inside or out. So spare a thought for the group of models seen parading down London... | Ever the professionals, models managed mega-watt smiles despite cold .
The group were joined by Debenhams lingerie designer, Aliza Reger .
Oxford Street flagship store has just completed a £25 million makeover . |
1f1d562238e0aa50badb0cedf90dc4266e331336 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Do you know your "futtock" from your "baggywrinkle?" A sailor stands on the "widow-maker" -- or bowsprit of his yacht. Don't be concerned if you don't, as they are both relatively obscure terms used in sailing. It is a sport littered with odd words and phrases and MainSail has put together a li... | MainSail lists ten of the strangest and most humorous nautical words .
Sailing and marine sports full of obscure terms and phrases .
Terms include "baggywrinkle," "poop deck" and "futtock" |
1f202701c537250c9cd8f634f5613993e5308b58 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 09:13 EST, 30 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:45 EST, 30 January 2013 . A boys' school is planning to introduce a controversial new anti-drugs policy that will see hair samples collected from students for random testing. Around 60 strands of hair will be taken from each of a group o... | Rockhurst High School in Kansas, U.S., is to introduce random drug testing .
A staff member who is a barber will collect samples of hair from pupils .
Participation will be mandatory for all students .
School is to test for substances including cocaine, PCP and marijuana . |
1f205ba6cdd990baf1030a0d95d432e567fda39e | (CNN) -- At 23, many people around the world are still at university -- at that age, Gossy Ukanwoke had already started one. The young entrepreneur is the founder of Beni American University (BAU), Nigeria's first private online university. Launched in late 2012, the school allows students to access their classes at an... | Gossy Ukanwoke has created Nigeria's first private online university .
Called Beni American University, the institution has some 200 students .
Courses offered include global marketing and leadership and management . |
1f206d9b4d03cd118b2c096d384f139f4808237a | By . Sara Nathan . PUBLISHED: . 17:12 EST, 9 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:11 EST, 10 August 2012 . Memo: Director general Mark Thompson is said to be 'unhappy' with the patriotic tone of the news coverage . BBC chiefs have ordered their news teams to stop focusing so much on Team GB’s stunning Olympics success. Dire... | TV and radio newsroom staff were astonished by an email sent yesterday, which told them to focus on the achievements of other nations .
Last night’s Six O’Clock bulletin led on the two golds for boxer Nicola Adams and dressage rider Charlotte Dujardin . |
1f2098ea1ad4de268650be705559409ff84ddeef | (Mashable) -- There's a lot riding on the Nokia Lumia 900. While Windows Phones until now have generally been capable if not outstanding devices, the Lumia 900 brings Microsoft's mobile platform to a new level. Not only does it add a super-fast LTE connection from AT&T, but it'll also serve as a flagship device for Nok... | The Nokia Lumia 900 will be in stores April 8 for the tidy sum of $99.99 .
Flagship phone is result of a partnership between Nokia and Microsoft .
The screen on the phone uses anti-reflection optics to reduce its reflectance .
Nokia Drive is a free turn-by-turn navigation service that works with Nokia Maps . |
1f220ef6e69e8f91c97e1ffdff2cc9b510d13ef2 | (CNN) -- Paul Revere, leader of the 1960s rock band Paul Revere and the Raiders, died Saturday at his home in Idaho, the band's website reported. He was 76. Revere -- whose birth name was Paul Revere Dick, according to a biography on the Internet Movie Database -- was frontman for the band that often performed in three... | Band recorded the hits "Kicks," "Hungry" and "Indian Reservation"
Revere was born in Nebraska, died at his home in Idaho .
The Raiders appeared on American Bandstand and other TV shows .
Revere was knicknamed "the madman of rock 'n' roll" |
1f23001318e139e67b0a01d38a17c67a305ba4ec | (CNN) -- The blown-out well at the heart of the worst oil spill in U.S. history has been cemented shut and is "effectively dead," the federal government's point man for the disaster said Sunday. "Additional regulatory steps will be undertaken but we can now state, definitively, that the Macondo well poses no continuing... | NEW: Obama hails capping of well, says recovery efforts continue .
BP well "poses no continuing threat," says government's point man .
BP began final cementing operation to cap Gulf well on Friday .
Environmental and economic recovery lie ahead . |
1f236d2b436d0225245720e1868adbdae447237e | PC Neil Doyle, 36, died after an early morning assault on a group of three officers near a city centre nightclub - just weeks before his honeymoon . Detectives investigating the death of off-duty police constable Neil Doyle have arrested a man on suspicion of murder, Merseyside Police said tonight. The 28-year-old susp... | PC Neil Doyle, 36, died following an assault near a nightclub in Liverpool .
Was attacked along with two off-duty police officers yesterday morning .
Chief constable Sir Jon Murphy said the group may have been recognised .
'Hard-working bobby' due to go on honeymoon with wife Sarah in January .
Detectives arrested a ma... |
1f247b5e320901c2a2011ad32ea3a866ce2020cf | By . Richard Spillett for MailOnline . and David Kent . An association for football managers has apologised after it appeared to dismiss racist, sexist and homophobic text messages allegedly sent by former Cardiff City coach Malky Mackay as 'friendly banter'. Mackay has been accused of exchanging a series of offensive ... | Former Cardiff manager mired in scandal over offensive text messages .
But League Managers Association played down seriousness of claims .
Their bizarrely worded statement caused fury in the world of football .
It was branded 'acceptance of racism' by former ace Stan Collymore .
Association now apologises over previo... |
1f254ce3ccfc2067c1bfad93bdf9a6ba97ed0e85 | French travellers who prevented doctors from parking outside a hospital when they parked their caravans there say they are in the UK 'on holiday' and plan to go home soon. Speaking from their mobile homes in the car park outside Newport's Royal Gwent Hospital, one of the gypsies said: 'We will not stay long - this is a... | Staff car park at the Royal Gwent Hospital in Newport blocked by caravans .
French travellers with 14 mobile homes say they'll move on 'shortly'
Hundreds of NHS hospital staff were turned away from work this morning .
Hospital chiefs taking legal advice over how they might eject travellers .
Hospital visitor says: 'Som... |
1f25f81e7114a2f050531d74ada3939f55f65620 | Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- A car bomb exploded outside the Swedish consulate in the eastern Libyan city of Benghazi on Friday morning, damaging the consulate but injuring no one, the office's chief told CNN. The bomb detonated around 11:30 a.m. Surveillance video shows a driver parking the vehicle near the consulate's fro... | A car was parked in front of the gate; the driver left, the consular chief says .
A "hail of glass flew through the building," the consular chief says .
No injuries are reported; eight who live there will stay elsewhere in Benghazi . |
1f262d36865c22b644f4019bc6a55b2bbd35168f | Google is profiting from adverts which appear alongside vile terror videos on YouTube, it emerged last night. The Mail has found adverts for reputable companies on videos of Al Qaeda fanatics calling for jihad. The companies, which include Vodafone, TalkTalk and iTunes, have little control over where their products fea... | Adverts for reputable companies feature alongside terror videos .
Companies have little control over where adverts are placed on website .
Major advertiser said 'Google have a lot to answer for'
YouTube has more than 100 .
videos of hate preacher Anjem Choudary . |
1f28d3d1cf23578695fe868a123d274fbfcc271c | By . Kieran Corcoran . PUBLISHED: . 07:28 EST, 16 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:44 EST, 16 December 2013 . A sunny day usually brings crowds to the beach – unless it’s your own private sandy spot on the coast. Now there is a rare chance to snap up a Georgian manor house with its own secluded cove as well as stunnin... | Redlap House in south Devon has its own indoor pool overlooking the sea, and is warm enough to grow bananas .
It was owned by a the Governor of Dartmouth in the 18th Century, who was involved in smuggling .
The house has seven bedrooms, four reception rooms and a cliff-top garden, as well as false walls for hiding good... |
1f29c1fba62594cbe3a35b35afbfd1b5cf0b1977 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:19 EST, 20 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:39 EST, 20 March 2013 . A bemused vicar was forced to turn into an amateur sleuth after she rang police to report a theft of lead from her church - and was told to preserve the thieves' footprints in the snow herself. Reverent Heather ... | Wrought iron gates and lead were prised off the porch of St Thomas' Church .
Vicar found footprints in snow around building near Stanley, County Durham .
But Durham Constabulary were too busy to attend until later that day .
Officers then suggested Rev Heather Murray preserve the footprints herself . |
1f2bf67c83b5d5eab021765392ec3d153d9e5fab | By . James Daniel . PUBLISHED: . 09:46 EST, 8 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:40 EST, 8 May 2013 . First comes love, then comes marriage, then comes lawsuit... and that includes suing your former fiance for the engagement ring. Former Houston Texans star Mario Williams who now plays for the Buffalo Bills but it seems ther... | Fomer Houston Texan star Mario Williams is suing his ex-fiancee, Erin Marzouki .
Williams wants the $785,000 10-carat diamond engagement ring returned .
Ex Erin Marzouki dumped Williams in January after less than a year .
Williams claims she used him to get his money and never intended to marry .
Ring is a mere fractio... |
1f2c6bbc285eb33437a8b43fcdef0df08e38b33f | A sister has received offers from dozens of from potential suitors... after her brother decided to place a 'commercial' pleading for a date for her on Facebook, Gumtree and the Free Ads website. Adam Clarke, 26, decided it was about time his older sibling Natalie got a boyfriend, so he posted a video about his sister o... | Adam and sister Natalie are close, working together running media company .
After Adam got a girlfriend he wanted Natalie to find love .
Adam recorded a video of his sister which he posted online .
Also placed an advert for a date with her in Free Ads .
Video has had over 8,000 views and Natalie has had over 70 respon... |
1f2cc4e87e717456dd8060c70e808650313e7e26 | Charged: Jennifer Fichter, 29, confessed to police that she had had sex with her 17-year-old student for four months, falling in love with him and having an abortion . A Florida teacher who had a four month affair with an underage student and aborted his child left her previous job after being investigated for another ... | Jennifer Fichter, 29, is currently in jail after being accused of having sex with a minor as many as 30 times in the backseat of her truck .
The Central Florida Aerospace Academy teacher allegedly had a four-month affair with the 17-year-old .
It has also emerged that Fichter had resigned from her previous teaching pos... |
1f2d2a1bd2106439f1ec5660096b651b7496bd3e | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 09:35 EST, 12 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:40 EST, 12 October 2012 . A man has been spared jail after he hid a camera in his shopping basket to film up women's skirts in a supermarket, a court heard today. Timothy Cordell, 56, smuggled the device inside a tablet box and propped i... | Timothy Cordell hid the camera inside a medicine tablet box and propped it up with a bottle of milk .
He was exposed when customers complained about him sidling up to them in a Sainsbury's supermarket .
Police later found over 1,000 indecent images of children on Cordell's laptop and USB sticks .
Cordell was given a th... |
1f2f9760386a1c1fb34a30a9240bc3444cc0b82e | Doha, Qatar (CNN) -- An international donors' conference on Darfur kicked off Sunday in Doha with the hope of raising $7.25 billion to bring aid and sustainable development to the troubled region in Sudan. "There is an opportunity to assist the people of Darfur through massive generosity," said Ali Al-Zatari, the repre... | The United Nations, World Bank and governments convene to raise money for Darfur .
Organizers seek to raise $7.25 billion to redevelop war-ravaged region in Sudan .
Conference in Doha, Qatar, receives mixed reaction from residents of Darfur .
Brutal Sudan government crackdown on Darfur rebellion began in 2003 . |
1f3016521eb8da9897e95204176995efe197a657 | By . Stephanie Linning . 'Poignant': The body of army cadet instructor Arthur Jones was found near a memorial dedicated in Crete dedicated to Greek cadets who were killed in the First World War . A former army sergeant 'died of heat exhaustion' while paying his respects at a remote war memorial in Crete that he had hik... | Army cadet instructor Arthur Jones was last seen leaving hotel on June 19 .
His body was found near memorial dedicated to Greek cadets killed in WWII .
It's thought he died of heat exhaustion as he hiked on hottest day of the year .
Family said knowing he died at the memorial 'was a very nice last memory' |
1f30aacde80d67d89ebe77fa18e6d1111674a264 | A Dunkin' Donuts employee in Connecticut has stopped a would-be robber with the nearest weapon available: hot coffee. The worker, identified only as Angelica, threw a cup and then a pot of coffee at the man after he tried to force his way through the drive-through window of the West Haven branch of the fast-food chain... | Employee told the retreating robber: 'Go run on Dunkin!' |
1f30aff9ba173dc8d3a426895a0edb7831d3e8e3 | When Laura Dekker set sail on a solo trip around the world at just 14 years of age, some critics thought she would die trying. But the teenager, who was born on a boat in New Zealand, had the last laugh when she became the youngest person to single-handedly circumnavigate the globe in 2012 at just 16. Ms Dekker managed... | Laura Dekker set sail on a solo trip around the world at 14 years of age .
She braved 518 days of high and wild seas and long weeks of solitude .
The now-19-year-old has published a daily account of her life at sea almost two years after her feat .
Laura was born on a boat in New Zealand and has only lived on land for ... |
1f30b169d9a0314c569239e316172fb43df6c38c | (The Hollywood Reporter)Tom Petty has been given a songwriting credit for Sam Smith's hit song "Stay With Me" -- but he won't be collecting a Grammy if the tune wins best song. Despite Petty and collaborator Jeff Lynne being added to the song credits thanks to similarities between "Stay With Me" and the Petty song "I W... | Tom Petty has been given a songwriting credit for Sam Smith's hit song "Stay With Me"
Observers noticed similarities between "Stay With Me" and "I Won't Back Down" |
1f322726921f7180966bca715907b581cb645168 | Hong Kong (CNN) -- A Chinese mother, desperate for her son to come home for the upcoming Lunar New Year, has placed a full page ad in a newspaper in Australia, saying she won't pressure him to get married anymore. "Dear Peng, I've called you many times but you don't pick up, maybe you will see this," the anonymous moth... | Mother's front page ad begs son to come home for Lunar New Year .
She promises not to force him to get married anymore .
Many young singles dread going home to face probing questions about their love lives .
Some resort to renting fake boyfriends online to get parents off their backs . |
1f3237c177db3f089a4ee4e283ea412d567ae49b | French defender Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa has sealed a season-long loan move to Roma from Newcastle. Yanga-Mbiwa arrived at Rome's Fiumicino Airport on Monday to undergo a medical and finalise the deal. 'An agreement has been signed with Newcastle United to acquire the player Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa on a temporary basis, until June ... | Newcastle let Mapou Yanga-Mbiwa leave on loan .
Defender flew to Italy on Monday to seal loan to Roma .
Frenchman has dropped down the pecking order at St James' Park . |
1f33512374256921d139832672ff7c9462ad625e | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 06:09 EST, 10 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:47 EST, 11 June 2012 . Prince Charles is the people's choice to succeed the Queen and take over the throne as King, a poll has revealed. Before the Diamond Jubilee celebrations, William was the country's preferred choice to be the next king. B... | 44 per cent of people polled want Prince Charles to be king compared to 38 per cent for Prince William .
Prince Charles' witty speech in praise of his .
mother at the close of the Diamond Jubilee Concert may have boosted his popularity .
Poll also reveals that William remains .
as popular as the Queen with 86 per cent ... |
1f335fb0e38c21880d76aa9326e5c13926855247 | By . Luke Augustus . Follow @@Luke_Augustus29 . Landon Donovan says he cannot contain his excitement ahead of LA Galaxy's fixture against Manchester United on Thursday. The 32-year-old is chomping at the bit to perform against Louis van Gaal's side - in what will be the Dutchman's first pre-season game in charge of the... | Landon Donovan is looking forward to LA Galaxy's friendly against Manchester United .
Manchester United play LA Galaxy in their pre-season tour on Thursday .
Donovan cites the opportunity to play in front of 60-70,000 people as a treat . |
1f3407948e0caa6e8098c8875787e7c94b9f0400 | Washington (CNN) -- Lina Stauffenberg stood on a corner outside the U.S. Supreme Court on a brilliant but unseasonably chilly early spring day and defined marriage as that between a man and a woman. "A father and a mother is best for children," she said. Laura De Nardis and Deborah Smith stood arm-in-arm near the same ... | Both sides protest outside Supreme Court as justices weigh same-sex marriage .
Festive mood dominates atmosphere outside of court, but both sides passionate .
Protesters wave signs, make speeches, sing and dance .
First of two days of arguments on issue with potential landmark implications . |
1f3531327fdd91c9776cace6d86db888fe86b1ca | WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT . Casually propped against a wall, the two rocket launchers and hunting rifle below are just some of a cache of guns inside the home of 'weapons mad' Belgian killer Nordine Amrani. The arsenal was uncovered by police during a raid of the gunman's home during October 2007 and also includes sever... | Killer named as Nordine Amrani, from a Moroccan background and on parole .
Due to answer a summons about ‘sexually molesting’ a young woman .
Had previous convictions for drug dealing and keeping an arsenal of weapons .
One lawyer says Mr Amrani had 'a grudge against the law' and thought he had been 'wrongfully convict... |
1f36db55e8199bceb836d3f0af792f9da3139b8d | RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (CNN) -- The presidents of France and Brazil are set to sign several bilateral agreements, including a defense accord that would make Brazil the first Latin American nation to possess a nuclear-powered submarine. French President Nicolas Sarkozy, left, and Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da ... | Conventional submarines, helicopters also included in defense deal .
Brazil will also get night-vision technology to use in Amazon region .
French President Nicolas Sarkozy in Rio de Janeiro to sign deal . |
1f373e4eaa1043f67baa665f5eae5a050adf726f | By . Martin Robinson and Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 11:16 EST, 6 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:28 EST, 6 November 2013 . The pilot father of a student who caused outrage by dressing up as the World Trade Center for a nightclub fancy dress competition has said he is 'not happy at all' about his daughter's behaviour. Am... | Amber Langford and Annie Collinge, 19, dressed as World Trade Center .
Costumes showed blazing towers and victims jumping from windows .
They won a £150 prize for 'best dressed' at Halloween club night in Chester .
Miss Langford's father Martin was a pilot who used to work in America .
'I'm not happy about it at all...... |
1f38d6157e5ab9795af9c516675609a113704a9d | It was supposed to be a touching gesture from a loving father to his children. But having their initials tattooed on his arm appears to have backfired for Dragon’s Den star Duncan Bannatyne after Twitter followers ridiculed his new body art. The multi-millionaire tycoon got inked for the first time at 65 years of age d... | Dragons' Den star got inked during a family holiday in Sydney, Australia .
He has had 'AHJEET' tattooed on his left arm in bold black letters .
It stands for the initials of the multi-millionaire's six children in age order .
Businessman mocked on Twitter after sharing image of the design online . |
1f39d6d230d4a8871704a7bcac0296f7bbe3ff6b | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 04:33 EST, 11 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:17 EST, 11 December 2013 . Uruguay has become the first country in the world to legalise marijuana after passing a law which allows the production, sale and use of the drug. Last night hundreds of cannabis-smoking supporters cheered and set of... | Law will allow users to buy marijuana if register with the government .
Activists take to the streets of Montevideo to celebrate landmark legislation .
But the law could put Uruguay in breach of international anti-drug treaty . |
1f39f7aaab654e7dcb4856508040ceb95cb6ef2c | The Washington Redskins, stinging from a letter by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and dozens of fellow Democrats calling on the league to force the team to change its racist name, apparently fumbled a desperate Twitter appeal to fans. "Tweet @SenatorReid to show your #RedskinsPride and tell him what the team means t... | Team's Twitter appeal to fans appears to backfire, say proponents of name change .
One person tweets: "This team has ZERO self-awareness"
Another tweets: "Lifelong 'Skins fan and I strongly believe it is time to change the name"
Team President Bruce Allen: Name began as Native American expression of solidarity . |
1f3a263d638b28232d7450dc4d668089cad4d21c | By . Snejana Farberov . San Francisco photographer Helena Price has become an overnight viral sensation among Brazilian Twitter users - and all thanks to her name. Since Monday, Price, 26, has been inundated with thousands of tweets from fans of the new Brazilian soap opera Em Familia, which features a character named ... | Helena Price, 26, has been inundated with tweets about a character from new Brazilian soap opera Em Familia named Helena .
Blonde and part-Norwegian, Price looks nothing like the two brunette actresses who play Helena at different stages in her life .
Fans of the show have been sharing Photoshopped pictures featuring P... |
1f3a35f0bb0296eefb62cf62647ae02ecd34eb0c | (CNN) -- The mother of a Virginia Tech junior who disappeared Saturday night during a Metallica concert says she helped her daughter choose an outfit for the show that same morning. Morgan Harrington, a 20-year-old Virginia Tech student, disappeared at a Metallica concert Saturday night. Morgan Harrington, a 20-year-ol... | Student was last seen at Metallica concert Saturday night .
Harrington is 5'6", 120 pounds, and was wearing a black Pantera T-shirt .
Metallica posted a message about Harrington's disappearance on their Web site . |
1f3b3245b9316690a551c0a70afe17549870f70d | By . Stephen Wright and Tim Shipman . PUBLISHED: . 20:01 EST, 26 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:52 EST, 27 November 2013 . Andrew Mitchell launched an astonishing attack on the Metropolitan Police over the Plebgate affair last night – after a 12-month inquiry concluded there was insufficient evidence that a Number 1... | Former Tory chief whip called 'plebgate' PC Toby Rowland a 'serial liar'
He is demanding he repeat his claims that he used word ‘plebs’ on oath .
Mr .
Mitchell flatly denies claims by officer he used the word last September . |
1f3be469bfa43efe002e002baa2226d425040259 | By . Ellie Buchdahl . PUBLISHED: . 09:56 EST, 28 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:01 EST, 28 September 2013 . Separated: Martina Hingis and her ex-husband Thibault Hutin during happier times . The husband of the former Swiss tennis champion, Martina Hingis, claims he had to flee to France to escape his estranged wife... | Former tennis champion is going through divorce with Thibault Hutin .
Hutin, 27, claims Martina Hingis and mother Melanie Molitor attacked him .
French equestrian accuses Molitor's boyfriend of 'hitting him on the head with a DVD player'
Hutin also says Hingis broke into his car and stole his posessions . |
1f3dfce42cc3d097673b849d151c4dd3981edcc1 | By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 11:22 EST, 13 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:02 EST, 13 June 2013 . A teenager's party at her parents' house turned into chaos when 150 gatecrashers turned up after reading about the gathering on Facebook. Annest Lois, 18, invited a dozen friends over for drinks to her house in a quiet cou... | Annest Lois's party turned into chaos when 150 gatecrashers turned up .
A police woman was attacked and a patrol car damaged in disturbance .
Revellers found out about the party after reading about it on Facebook . |
1f3ec6bec21eae712f0c174a1a602ae2b1a37466 | (CNN) -- They are some of the last thoughts of a serial killer, found on blood-soaked, handwritten and often poetic notes in his Alaska jail cell after he took his own life. "Speak soft in your ear so you know that it's true. You may have been free, you loved living your lie, fate had its own scheme, crushed like a bug... | Israel Keyes admitted to eight killings .
Blood-soaked note was found in Keyes' cell after his suicide .
Police have described Keyes as a murder addict . |
1f3f3dab95993c71f855f31329ef2eb7bb3462e8 | It may have been hailed as one of the greatest achievements in human history, but that hasn't stopped internet pranksters poking fun at the Rosetta comet landing. Within hours of the Philae probe landing on the surface of comet 67P, social media users were busy mocking the European Space Agency's achievement. Using ima... | Philae probe landed on comet 67P two days ago after decade-long mission .
But it took internet users just hours to begin mocking the achievement .
Twitter hashtag also mocked lesser milestones humanity has yet to pass . |
1f400400f59b096ffb4977b1a93e68dd496397f1 | (CNN) -- Bird populations native to several areas of the globe are in decline, with some teetering on the brink of extinction, according to a multi-agency report, the first of its kind, released Thursday. The Western meadowlark is an endangered bird species, according to a new report. But some other species are thrivin... | Report: Bird populations native to several areas of the globe are in decline .
Some species are teetering on the brink of extinction, report says .
Of the 800-plus species of birds in the U.S., 67 are endangered or threatened .
Causes cited are agriculture, climate change, development and invasive species . |
1f405d7afd875fdaa241a810ce97dd19f56e35d9 | By . Larisa Brown . PUBLISHED: . 14:39 EST, 27 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:37 EST, 30 November 2012 . Wendy Maguire, 16, who fell to her death from a footbridge after downing shots of alcohol . A teenager downed shots of vodka at school then jumped to her death from a motorway bridge because she was 'worried abou... | Wendy Maguire was twice over legal drink drive limit when she jumped .
Teenager 'thought she was going to be in trouble', said coroner today .
Parents Leila and Niall dismiss claim that daughter would take her own life .
For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or ... |
1f40aafb675dd38e4b87ba1fe6264c9229ffff79 | Since Starbucks staff began writing customers' names on their cups in a bid to bring a personal touch to their service, the internet has been awash with snaps of baristas' spelling mistakes. But this photograph taken in a Hong Kong branch might just be the biggest faux pas yet. It was taken by a Starbucks customer name... | Picture posted on Starbucks Hong Kong Facebook page Virginia's sister .
Customer branded the spelling mistake 'unacceptable' |
1f40e358077ff22078a4e91e5114c4f86a4d52db | Cambridge United's 0-0 draw on Friday with Manchester United pulled in a high of 7.1 million viewers. The FA Cup fourth-round tie was screened on BBC One, with the League Two side holding the three-time European champions to a draw and earning a replay. A tweet from BBC Sport's communications officer said '7.1m tuned i... | Manchester United and Cambridge United drew 0-0 at the Abbey Stadium .
Louis van Gaal blamed the pitch and referee for his team's performance .
The match pulled in a high of 7.1m viewers, and an average of 5.82m . |
1f419d82493c0b81d532eafb45e3e0c0e64ef2ee | The Scots think of Irn-Bru as their national soft drink and for a long time it has been marketed under the slogan: ‘Made in Scotland from girders.’ Well, England’s Laura Trott, 5ft 4in and eight stone if she’s had a hearty breakfast, was made in Essex from tungsten. That’s certainly how it felt after the 22-year-old to... | Double Olympic champion adds Commonwealth gold to her list of honours .
She pipped Wales' Elinor Barker in the last sprint with a photo finish .
Trott has been suffering from illness and struggled in her other races .
It was her first medal of Glasgow 2014 .
She says she has been living off porridge - despite not even ... |
1f41d88873619709188bf3bdafc0f5d929a40ad0 | By . Martha De Lacey . PUBLISHED: . 08:19 EST, 25 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:18 EST, 19 June 2013 . The style guide for this year's Royal Ascot has been released - and the spirit of smart dressing that the race course was keen to introduce last year returns for another year. In 2012 the Ascot unveiled a new list of... | Fascinators remain banned from Royal Enclosure .
Dresses must have two straps, each at least one inch thick . |
1f41e87ee5d2561c75f19c37782ae49b107968f2 | Washington (CNN) -- You probably recognize Sen. Rob Portman from his tireless campaigning for Mitt Romney in 2012. He was even on the short list to be Romney's running mate. He's been a leading Republican voice on economic issues for four decades. Now, the prominent Ohio conservative will be known for something else: r... | Ohio conservative Sen. Rob Portman is changing his stance on gay marriage .
A driving force in his decision was his son, who revealed to him that he is gay .
The Republican senator has voted against same-sex marriage many times . |
1f430fbdb92ab58c472f051b10b5c6512896d6c0 | By . Associated Press . The grocery chain Supervalu said Friday that it may have suffered a data breach at stores in as many as five states. Hackers accessed a network that processes store transactions. Account numbers, expiration dates, cardholders' names and other information may have been stolen, the company said. G... | Hackers could have accessed credit card information for customers at some of the chain's 180 stores between June 22 and July 17 .
The breach includes Cub Foods, Farm Fresh, Hornbacher's, Shop 'n Save and Shoppers Food & Pharmacy .
The stores are located in Minnesota, Virginia, Illinois. Maryland and Missouri . |
1f4358608a7dc207532106cfa210ad51719fe197 | (CNN) -- Great evil often brings out the best in good men, men like Todd Beamer on Flight 93, Medal of Honor recipient Michael Murphy in Afghanistan and now the Aurora three -- the three young men, each in different parts of theater nine, who gave their lives to protect their girlfriends. Twenty-five-year-old Jon Blunk... | William Bennett says three men in Colorado shooting died while shielding girlfriends .
He says actions of Jon Blunk, Alex Teves, Matt McQuinn leave us wondering at their sacrifice .
Bennett: It was more than chivalry; it was a code of honor, an instinct to protect, not run .
Bennett: The three had their struggles, show... |
1f435c7e0a970ee86709de4f124435115c3a8b12 | (CNN) -- The use of chemical weapons in Syria is a "tragic mistake" but Italy will only participate in military action with the approval of the United Nations Security Council, according to the country's finance minister. Fabrizio Saccomanni, a member of Italy's coalition government under Prime Minister Enrico Letta, t... | Italian Finance Minister Fabrizio Saccomanni told CNN that Italy "firmly" condemns the use of chemical weapons .
Saccomanni's comments come as members of U.S. Congress are due to debate support for military action .
U.S. President Barack Obama says he has "high confidence" that the regime is to blame for the use of che... |
1f44e93ad8da83ee096242c0a1ad5cb3b8322e76 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- A devout Hindu said Wednesday he was confident that a British court will rule that laws preventing him from being cremated on an open-air funeral pyre in "a sacrament of fire" are a breach of his human rights. Davender Ghai arrives at the High Court for his challenge to be allowed to be cremate... | British Hindu fights in court to be allowed to be cremated on funeral pyre .
He says local officials' refusal to allow funeral pyre breach his human rights .
Officials: Cremations outside of crematoria are illegal under 1902 Cremation Act . |
1f4603ad3ef986c557014f69422a92e345e3c9a8 | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 10:54 EST, 16 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:05 EST, 16 December 2013 . Samsung has announced yet another handset in its Galaxy range of smartphones aimed at buyers on a budget. The Galaxy Core Advance is a marginally improved version of the Galaxy Core, which the Korean firm ... | Core Advance is an improved version of the Core device launched in June .
It has a 4.7-inch screen, 8GB storage, a 1.2GHz processor and 5MP camera .
Samsung announced the handset is due to go on sale 'early next year'
Pricing is yet to be announced, but it is expected to cost around £150 . |
1f4682cf466d27226d8973b58869a71ab63eb949 | There are houses for cold climates, designed to keep in the heat, and there are homes for hot climates, built to allow air to sweep through and keep its owners cool - but never did the two meet, until now. A pair of London architects has designed an incredible 'folding' house that shapeshifts into eight different confi... | The D*Haus Architect concept 'metamorphosizes' into eight different configurations based around a series of hinges .
It responds to seasonal conditions automatically, or can be moved using hydraulics and rails controlled by a handle .
The shapeshiting design is based on the Haberdasher's Puzzle, designed by mathematici... |
1f46cc79198be0e078610f70c74da5888ebc1511 | By . Steph Cockroft . This is the moment police searched a hire car linked to former Eastenders star Danniella Westbrook and allegedly found 'suspicious items' including a knife. Officers seized a number of items from a Peugeot 208 which Miss Westbrook, 40, had reportedly hired from a garage in Chatham, Kent. The forme... | 'Suspicious items' found by police in car allegedly hired by the actress .
Police investigating after searching the Peugeot 208 in Chatham, Kent .
A spokesman for Miss Westbrook, 40, said the actress had used a standard Stanley knife to cut open boxes while moving .
It comes as the actress is reportedly expecting a bab... |
1f47cd7301cd56d254f760f328ebaa19db0c202c | By . Victoria Woollaston . and Meghan Keneally . PUBLISHED: . 13:34 EST, 3 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:52 EST, 3 March 2014 . The co-founders of popular instant messaging service Whatsapp have become a last-minute addition to this year's list of global billionaires. Jan Koum and Brian Acton made Forbes' annual rich ... | Whatsapp founders Jan Koum and Brian Acton were a last-minute addition to this year's list of global billionaires .
The firm was acquired by Facebook in February for a total of $19 billion .
Koum is set to get $6.8 billion, while Acton is said to be worth $3 billion .
Other new entries on the list include Sheryl Sandbe... |
1f49442f7f7902c0a946ebe5e7490d4a1fb85732 | (CNN) -- Anthony Shadid, who won two Pulitzer Prizes for his reporting from Iraq, died Thursday while reporting in eastern Syria, apparently of an asthma attack, The New York Times said. He was 43. Tyler Hicks, a Times photographer who was with Shadid, carried his body over the border to Turkey. Hicks said Shadid, who ... | Anthony Shadid had reported from the Middle East for nearly two decades .
He appears to have died of an asthma attack, the newspaper says .
He was the winner of two Pulitzer Prizes . |
1f49bac1b0c47c04f09da1b1b24e9f0ad4af7340 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 08:15 EST, 31 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:00 EST, 31 January 2013 . Vice President Joe Biden will meet Russia's foreign minister Sergei Lavrov this weekend to try to spark new U.S.-Russia talks over reducing their countries' nuclear arsenals. The meeting will take place in Munich, G... | Meeting between statesmen will take place in Munich, Germany .
It is first talks since New START arms reduction programme was agreed . |
1f4a69256f866d212905c0c854fc50afc41cf2f4 | (CNN) -- The parents of an American journalist missing in Syria have a new message for his captors: "Let us be a whole family again." In a statement published Thursday on the McClatchy Newspapers website, Austin Tice's parents say he went to Syria to share the stories of the country's people. "We urge you, whoever you ... | Marc and Debra Tice: "We urge you, whoever you are: Let Austin come home for Christmas"
Austin Tice last contacted his family on August 13 while in Syria .
The State Department has said it believes he was detained by Syrian officials .
The Syrian government has said it doesn't know where the journalist is . |
1f4b0fc74030dc7176b71951f08b3a1f0920f612 | Police chased the bus for 30 minutes through central city of Pune . They even fired shots at the bus, but the driver continued for 17 miles . By . Jill Reilly . Last updated at 1:55 PM on 26th January 2012 . A bus driver mowed down pedestrians and rammed cars, scooters and food stalls, killing nine people and injuring ... | Police chased the bus for 30 minutes through central city of Pune .
They even fired shots at the bus, but the driver continued for 17 miles . |
1f4c981bdf6e83865fc68ae5243280c5561a7975 | (CNN) -- Inspired by Psalm 103 verse 11 -- "For as the heaven is high above the earth, so great is his mercy toward those that fear him" -- two men with lofty ambitions in a midwestern town of the United States have finally realized them after months of endeavor -- and then some. In July 2012, in a bid to attract golfe... | A golf course in Casey, Illinois hopes to soon boast the world's largest golf tee .
The measurements of the 30ft pine structure have been sent to Guinness World Records .
Bolin Enterprises has already built the world largest wind chime .
The course hopes to add a giant ball to top the tee if the record is confirmed . |
1f4cc9bd8c9b0efbca8a6f1e75a754f99e466310 | Gareth Southgate will stay loyal to the group who have taken England to Euro 2015 but says prodigies like Ross Barkley could learn by joining them in the Czech Republic. England’s Under 21 head coach was determined to savour a proud moment in Vinkovci on Tuesday night, as his side beat Croatia 2-1, progressing to next ... | England's U21 side progressed to the Euro 2015 finals after Croatia win .
Gareth Southgate is hoping to call up a selection of England's senior stars .
Jack Wilshere and Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain could also represent England at next summer's tournament in the Czech Republic . |
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