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20267832260b56d6c18667dd11c2ce78786e3496 | By . Sara Smyth and Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 19:57 EST, 25 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:20 EST, 26 September 2013 . A packed passenger jet heading to the UK was left flying on autopilot when both pilots fell asleep at the controls, it emerged last night. The terrifying incident happened last month on board an Airb... | Terrifying incident happened last month on board a British flight .
But pilots from unnamed airline are unlikely to be seriously disciplined .
Fifth of pilots say their safety is endangered by fatigue at least once a week . |
2026c0debebe0847aa327959378d1086f3edbb3d | The largest bounty hunt in history is underway - after anonymous donors handed a German private detective company $30million (£18.3million) to find out who shot down Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. The plane was shot out of the air on July 17 over Russian rebel territory in eastern Ukraine, and someone is so desperate... | German fraud investigation company Wifka given the money anonymously .
Want to know who shot down the plane and who helped cover it up .
Also want information on what has happened to the weapon used .
Plane crashed over Russian rebel territory in eastern Ukraine in July .
Official investigation is still ongoing, with d... |
20281d14ca4fcc58e930eba5d08ccb2a4ebb30c7 | (CNN) -- With President Barack Obama's approval rating hovering in the low to mid-40s -- it was 45% in CNN/ORC International's recent poll --Democrats in tough contests are largely keeping their distance from the president's tarnished reputation. And as Election Day has drawn closer, those differences have become more ... | Democratic candidates in tough races are trying to keep President Obama at arm's length .
Many of those candidates are fighting in largely red states .
Obama's approval rating hovers in the mid to low 40s . |
202885dbee5c662d661e00c0605ec39a143e4a6f | A debt-ridden Romanian man proved to be unlucky in love after trying to sell his virginity for £700 - and failing to receive a single offer. Seb Ciercies was left baffled by the lack of interest having described himself in a local newspaper as 'Athletic, toned and dark-haired'. The 29-year-old virgin conceded that he w... | Seb Ciercies tried to sell his virginity for £700 using advert in local paper .
The 29-year-old described himself as 'Athletic, toned and dark haired'
But after weeks of waiting, the baffled Romanian did not get a single taker .
Insists that he is a 'good looking guy' but admits that he is 'no Brad Pitt' |
2028c8108ddcb55736cc997b58a20dd376f51705 | By . Mark Duell and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 07:39 EST, 30 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:24 EST, 30 September 2012 . Early morning sunlight streams through the trees and caresses the ivy-clad cottage they surround. This sight is a timely reassurance that, while the days may be getting colder, autumn’s s... | Flood warnings already in place today & more may follow, says Met Office .
Last month saw parts of northern England experience 50% rainfall increase .
Seven kittens, three cats and four chickens rescued from marooned home .
Sunday: Unsettled, very windy and band of rain moving through south .
Monday: Scattered showers,... |
20294bd7c32cb2ea5b1d7ec51a3f149544671937 | (CNN) -- Cruising a luxurious superyacht with your own custom-built limousine onboard, ready for offshore jaunts, sounds like an experience fit only for royalty. Likewise, lounging in your very own salon designed by one of the biggest fashion houses in the world could perhaps come with a lifestyle limited to supermodel... | Sovereign comes with its own custom-built limousine for offshore trips .
Designers hope to start production in the coming months .
The design team is in talks with fashion house Armani to fit out the interiors . |
2029f67aa93e65830d02f702112924a673f1720e | By . Rob Preece . PUBLISHED: . 03:46 EST, 13 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:50 EST, 13 September 2012 . Deceptive: Former Scotland Yard detective Ryan Coleman-Farrow failed to properly investigate 13 sex crimes . Eleven suspected sex attackers may never be brought to justice because a detective failed to investigat... | Ryan Coleman-Farrow, 30, failed to get CCTV footage of alleged attacks or send exhibits for forensic analysis .
He twice claimed to have interviewed a rape suspect when he hadn't .
Misconduct means 11 suspected sex attackers may never be caught .
Coleman-Farrow pleaded guilty at Southwark Crown Court to 13 counts of mi... |
202a2ef5ea684e374895ba972d5d155eb86d7690 | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 06:50 EST, 7 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:21 EST, 7 June 2013 . A 911 dispatcher laughed when told a man with mental health problems may have stabbed his girlfriend to death - and then passed on inaccurate information to police officers. The woman found it hysterical when told that Ron... | Psychiatrist called 911 saying his client may have stabbed Yvonne Geffner .
Ronald Friedfertig could not remember if he imagined it or if really happened .
Dispatcher found it hilarious and gave wrong information to police officers .
Body of Miss Geffner found four days after 911 call was made . |
202c22126e1f689491d24b63e78747a89e71499e | A controversial 1970s experiment took a newborn chimpanzee from his mother and moved him to New York City in an attempt to learn if apes could communicate with language. It was hoped that if Nim Chimpsky was raised solely among humans, he would be able to master sign language. But after a tumultuous journey, Nim strugg... | In the early 70s, a primate named Nim Chimpsky was the subject of an experiment whose purpose was to learn whether language is innate .
Moved to family home in New York City and brought up like one of seven children - but became jealous of attention .
But Nim struggled when he was returned back into the company of fel... |
202db844f7d85e14e0d2374199f864684999e6d9 | (CNN) -- Australian Open champion Stanislas Wawrinka suffered a shock defeat against Andrey Golubev in Switzerland's David Cup quarterfinal tie with Kazakhstan in Geneva on Friday. Wawrinka who beat the odds to win his first major title against Rafa Nadal in Melbourne in January was on the receiving end of an upset thi... | Australian Open champion loses to world No. 64 in Davis Cup quarters .
Swiss teammate Roger Federer wins his rubber to tie match with Kazakhstan 1-1 .
Germany race to 2-0 lead over France in Nancy; Czechs also 2-0 up against Japan .
Italy lead Britain 1-0 after rain-delayed first day in Naples . |
202eeee7a20eee3dbf64e0029207785d1cb99020 | By . Rob Preece . PUBLISHED: . 13:37 EST, 22 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:37 EST, 22 June 2012 . A former teacher has revealed how she leapt from a cliff edge to save her 19-month-old son after he fell over the side as they chased butterflies. Melanie Liu feared the worst when she saw her youngest son Eli slip off the... | Eli Liu had a miraculous escape after slipping from the cliff edge at Spion Kop in Whitby, North Yorkshire .
The cliff has a 65-foot drop to a concrete car park, but he landed in a bush about 15 feet down .
Mother Melanie Liu, 39, saved him by jumping into the bush and climbing back up the cliff .
'It was just the wors... |
202f5f922e3aa82ea2016735be1d97cb3f3a09a4 | (CNN) -- Severed telecommunications cables disrupted ticketing and airport check-in systems at Alaska Airlines on Monday, creating long delays and cancellations for thousands of passengers traveling at the end of a busy holiday weekend. The Seattle-based airline said in a statement that it had to manually process passe... | Severed telecommunications lines disrupted Internet service in Northwest .
Service problem brought down ticketing, reservations systems at Alaska Airlines .
Seventy flights canceled, some 6,000 passengers affected; More delays likely . |
202f7a6543cc6b750304b9552d67e341287909ad | Joan Rivers' 'outraged' daughter will sue throat specialist to the stars Dr Gwen Korovin, friends have revealed. Melissa Rivers is preparing to launch legal action against Yorkville Endoscopy Clinic, which was blasted yesterday in a damning report by the New York Department of Health and Human Services. And she will no... | Joan Rivers died age 81 on September 4 at Mount Sinai Hospital in NYC .
NY Department of Health and Human Services released damning report into star's cardiac arrest at Yorkville Endoscopy Clinic on August 28 .
Her heartbroken daughter Melissa has hired Manhattan legal powerhouse to launch law suit against doctors and ... |
202fa35c125a5ee337aa4daf1e3d278959cf89ed | On Veterans Day, former Army special ops officer Gary Linfoot took a brisk stroll around the Statue of Liberty. That's remarkable because Linfoot is a paraplegic -- injured while on one of his many tours of duty in Iraq and Afghanistan. He's been wheelchair-bound and paralyzed below the waist since 2008. But new techno... | Gary Linfoot has been wheelchair-bound since 2008 .
On Monday, he used a new exoskeleton to walk around the Statue of Liberty .
He's the first veteran to receive the suit for personal use . |
20317c9495dc8e666c7bbc686bc5bb0df649b8d8 | A former beauty queen turned prostitute has been convicted of possessing drugs after trying to swallow her stash of cocaine. Natalie Gentle, 32, who was once a contestant in a 'Face of 2007' competition, started working as as prostitute from her home in Plymouth, Devon, after she spiralled into a life of drugs. Police ... | Natalie Gentle was a contestant in Plymouth's 'Face of 2007' competition .
She later started working as a prostitute after spiralling into life of drugs .
Police were waiting outside her flat when she pulled up in a taxi in August .
She was spotted slipping something into her mouth - a wrap of cocaine .
She admitted po... |
203208c4ed4685d3140c86f0051dc5867d476070 | About four years ago, Paula Broadwell began her Ph.D. dissertation on Gen. David Petraeus' innovative leadership skills. Some of the interviews were done via e-mail. Others were conducted as Broadwell occasionally ran with the physically fit four-star, including one time with Petraeus and his team along the Potomac Riv... | CIA Director David Petraeus resigned Friday after admitting an affair .
His biographer was investigated over e-mails to another woman, a U.S. official says .
Paula Broadwell spent months in Afghanistan .
She wrote a book about Petraeus' leadership qualities . |
2032163a3576cf6958139ce9ea99b9c6ac2f2f03 | By . Simon Tomlinson . UPDATED: . 14:54 EST, 1 January 2012 . It has been used by Winston Churchill to give driving lessons, served in the Second World War as a recovery truck and gained international fame in hit TV series The Avengers. Now, after decades rusting away in a garage, this 1923 Silver Ghost Rolls Royce has... | 1923 Silver Ghost also served as recovery truck in Second World War...
...and gained international fame in 1960s TV series The Avengers .
Was bought for just £200 in 1950s, but forgotten about for years . |
2032188e7016053246e3cd56a3629672999882ac | Watching television for more than two hours a day increases the risk of raised blood pressure in children, warns a study. Those aged two to ten were 30 per cent more likely to have high blood pressure than youngsters who spent less time in front of a TV or computer screen. Lack of physical activity increased the risk e... | The condition can cause cardiovascular problems in later life .
Lack of physical activity increased the risk even more – by 50 per cent .
Project covered 5,221 children in eight European countries . |
203263765c9d53db40b80d8bffd5831d46b46136 | By . Anna Hodgekiss . Hospitals are going into lockdown in a desperate bid to get the winter vomiting bug under control. Birmingham's City Hospital announced today that visitors are banned until further notice, after an outbreak of the bug forced the closure of four wards. Another major hospital has taken to Twitter, p... | Birmingham's City Hospital has imposed the ban until further notice after an outbreak .
of the bug forced four wards to close .
Comes as Doncaster .
& Bassetlaw trust takes to Twitter, begging those with any symptoms to stay away .
Cases of winter vomiting bug up 72% on last year . |
20334f01cdb691696e356f6b8db0e0c3358a6c02 | By . Guy Walters . Clayton Derrell Lockett: Took 43 minutes to die when he was executed last week . Last Tuesday evening, a 38-year-old man called Clayton Derrell Lockett was led into the execution chamber at Oklahoma state penitentiary. The sentence he was due to receive had been handed down 14 years ago, for the horr... | Clayton Derrell Lockett executed at Oklahoma state penitentiary .
He had tortured, shot and buried alive teen Stephanie Neiman .
Substitute drug was used for the first time to sedate the man .
Took Lockett 43 minutes to die from a 'massive heart attack'
Critics say States need to stop conducting 'secretive executions' |
2033aac83f535685aeafda95f0302a853fe5aef7 | By . Eleanor Crooks, Press Association . Jo-Wilfried Tsonga does not feel Andy Murray is the player he was and claims locker-room rivals are less fearful about facing the Scot. Their fourth-round clash at the US Open tomorrow should provide a real measure of where Murray's form is after an up-and-down first three round... | Murray and Tsonga meet in the fourth round at Flushing Meadows .
Ninth-seeded Frenchman confident he can upset the 2012 US Open champion .
Tsonga thinks the Scot is beatable after a stuttering run in the first week of the championship .
The 29-year-old has beaten Juan Monaco, Aleksandr Nedovyesov and Pablo Carreno Bust... |
20356f73269db23ab93baccc12470236b8eeff24 | A surfer who was injured in a suspected shark attack says he thought the creature was a dolphin before he realised he was hurt. Father-of-one Jabez Reitman, 35, suffered back lacerations and was rushed to Gold Coast University Hospital from Seven Mile Beach in Broken Head, south of Byron Bay on New South Wales’ north c... | Byron Bay man Jabez Reitman was rushed to hospital after a shark attack .
The father-of-one claims the shark was two to three metres long .
He mistook the creature for a dolphin before he felt pain and realised he was injured .
Reitman was rushed from Seven Mile Beach in Broken Head to Gold Coast University Hospital an... |
2035702c976d01c2c62bed35cb682ad3568d8f2d | CAMP LEMONIER, Djibouti (CNN) -- U.S. Marines at Camp Lemonier -- the only American military base on the African continent -- spend much of their time vaccinating livestock, repairing schools and giving medical training. Defense Secretary Robert Gates, left, and Rear Adm. James Hart, in Camp Lemonier, December 2007. Th... | Camp Lemonier is the only American military base on the African continent .
The 1,800 U.S. troops conduct civil affairs operations in seven East African countries .
Their humanitarian mission is seen as an antidote to extremism . |
203724c955e3327b7118ab7a21773542720ce940 | Police arrested a 40-year-old man in a dawn raid today as part of an investigation into overseas terror offences. Officers from the South East Counter Terrorism Unit, along with colleagues from Sussex Police, held the suspect in Crawley, West Sussex, as part of an investigation into 'conflicts overseas.' The arrest is ... | Police have said the raid was not linked to an 'immediate threat' to UK .
Counter-terrorism officers held the suspect at a house in Crawley .
Man held as part of an investigation into 'conflicts overseas' |
2037e8c134e4587092ff1fd2a929a90cd32830a2 | Cradling a baby in one arm, a mourner gently places flowers on top of a hearse carrying one of five fallen British heroes. The woman laid the bouquet of white roses and irises to pay her respects to Corporal James Walters, 36, as his coffin arrived home from Afghanistan. The Army Air Corps soldier – a door gunner who w... | Emotional scenes as five British servicemen killed in Afghanistan helicopter crash are repatriated .
Crowds gather at Carterton, Oxon after bodies of men are flown back to RAF Brize Norton .
Mourners pay respects to Captain Thomas Clarke and Warrant Officer Spencer Faulkner .
Loved ones of Corporal James Walters, Flt L... |
20384535202311f6efe392bcaf1f61e828c448fb | Baghdad (CNN) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki is asking lawmakers to withdraw confidence from his deputy after Saleh al-Mutlaq made controversial comments this week over American forces withdrawing from Iraq, state media reported late Saturday. In a recent interview with CNN, al-Mutlaq accused al-Maliki of amass... | NEW: Nuri al-Maliki's spokesman links the vice president to a bombing .
The deputy prime minister's job is on the line after controversial comments, report says .
Request comes after word that the Iraqiya bloc won't participate in parliament .
Iraqiya, of which al-Mutlaq is a member, claims al-Maliki is trying to conso... |
20392815d9dcfd410dd0124309f9e3c9abb42099 | Fire chiefs have been accused of 'burning money' after spending £17,000 on bizarre plastic hands for people to press buttons on their smoke alarms. The 2ft-long red plastic sticks with a white hand and pointing finger at the end were paid for out of public money. And householders are given the pointers during home fire... | The 2ft-long red plastic sticks with a white hand cost £1.75p each .
Mid and West Wales Fire and Rescue Service bought 10,000 of them .
Householders given the pointers during home fire safety checks .
But they have been branded a 'pointless laughing stock' by some . |
20399b7203778824708a7f45e330f66cf3ff5d91 | By . Tom Mctague, Mailonline Deputy Political Editor . David Cameron warned EU leaders there would be 'consequences' for electing Jean-Claude Juncker president of the European Commission earlier this year and came close to threatening to walk out . David Cameron is preparing to threaten to back Britain quitting the Eur... | The Prime Minister may issue threat at next month's Tory Party conference .
Mr Cameron has pledged to hold a referendum on EU membership by 2017 .
He wants to renegotiate Britain's relationship with Brussels before vote .
It has emerged he is now prepared to leave if powers aren't returned to UK . |
203b29c7e600e9ede6a1bd2e8d9c93040d0c7113 | By . Gerard Brand for MailOnline . Follow @@gedbrand10 . UEFA have announced the 2015-16 Champions League final will be held at Milan's San Siro stadium. The San Siro, occupated by Serie A giants Inter Milan and AC Milan, last held a Champions League final in the 2000-01 season, when Bayern Munich and Valencia played o... | AC Milan and Inter Milan are current occupants of the famous ground .
San Siro last held the final in 2001, with Bayern Munich beating Valencia .
This season's final will be held at Berlin's Olympiastadion .
Basle's St. Jakob-Park, with a 38,000 capacity, will host the Europa League .
This year's Europa League final wi... |
203bff60639b76ea7eb90978bb315982f9f74ce9 | A former ISIS member, believed to be an Australian national, has revealed how he escaped the terror group after witnessing the horrific executions of Westerners in Syria. The man, who identified himself as Abu Ibrahim, converted to Islam and spent six months fighting as part of Islamic State in Syria, relishing his lif... | Former ISIS member says he defected after seeing Westerners executed .
Abu Ibrahim is believed to be Australian, and a convert to Islam .
He travelled to Syria to live under Sharia law and join Islamic State .
Ibrahim approves of the executions carried out under the strict laws .
However he said the brutal killing of W... |
203c4ecbf67655e3da3e88fad4d352974de69f6c | Authorities say a 37-year-old man was drunk when he crashed his car into a Syracuse-area home, setting off a fire that destroyed the house. The Onondaga County Sheriff's Office says Brian Aust of the town of Clay was driving on Route 31 around 1 a.m. Wednesday when he lost control of his car and hit a vehicle parked in... | Brian Aust, 37, crashed into a Clay, New York mailbox, swerved across the street into a parked car and then careened into a home, igniting its gas line . |
203cb72717f1ae65fdc5602a7b79bd7446f888f3 | Jose Mourinho has criticised FIFA's 'Team of the Year' awards - by claiming they are bad for football. Eden Hazard and Cesc Fabregas are the two Chelsea players who have been shortlisted for the accolade. But Mourinho, speaking in his Friday press conference ahead of the trip to Sunderland on Saturday, said: 'When I se... | Chelsea travel to Stadium of Light to face Sunderland (Saturday 5.30pm)
Jose Mourinho's side are unbeaten in all competitions this season .
Victory would see the Blues move nine points clear at top of table . |
203cc1b6255d0398370583e3996da85fd4caa732 | Labour MP Frank Doran has come under fire after suggesting that the post of fisheries minister would be an unsuitable job for a woman . A Labour MP has caused outrage for suggesting that the post of fisheries minister would be an unsuitable job for a woman. When Frank Doran’s comment was greeted with gasps in the Commo... | Frank Doran came under fire for suggesting job was 'unsuitable' for woman .
Said comment was not sexist because he 'knows the fishing industry'
Female MPs said his comments were 'outrageous' and 'deeply offensive'
Aberdeen North MP made comments during a debate on fishing industry . |
203d02693778601ec5079a16306452bc3e7286b0 | It took less than 24 hours for Stuart Lancaster’s cautious optimism about the fitness of his players to be dimmed after it emerged that Joe Launchbury will miss next year’s RBS 6 Nations following spinal surgery. The 23-year-old lock, a pivotal member of the England squad when fit, must have his operation on Friday to ... | Joe Launchbury will have neck surgery on Friday on advice of specialists .
The 23-year-old lock has been struggling with recurring nerve problem .
Wasps expect Launchbury to be out for three or four months . |
203e305c8b0f4d87845cbb624546194a3df152cb | The Duchess of Cambridge's brother has failed to make a profit with his food business for the third year in a row, after recording an annual £23,000 loss. James Middleton's cake and bread brand Nice Group London Limited made a total loss of £23,353 for the 12 months to March 2014, accounts filed this week have shown. I... | James Middleton runs cake and bread company Nice Group London Ltd .
It made £23,353 loss in its third year after losing £21,148 in the year before .
Accounts show 27-year-old has had to turn to his family for financial help .
He set up business in 2011, the same year his sister married Prince William . |
20407fef87aca3f2f599a1114d38b0ae528999c9 | By . Daily Mail Reporters . Despite being held captive in Pakistan for five years, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl has refused contact with his parents in the four weeks since his release, according to an Army official. The Wall Street Journal has reported Sgt Bergdahl - who started a desk job at the army headquarters on Monday as ... | Sgt. Bergdahl has chosen not to speak his parents, Bob and Jani Bergdahl, since his release May 31 .
Will resume his military duties at Fort Sam Houston, San Antonio, Monday with an 'office job'
He will also have sponsor to help with assimilating .
Bergdahl may also receive $350,000 from the US government without payin... |
2040f642dc780a6a096019311fca16a8888fa229 | (CNN)There has been a new twist in the curious case of leading golfer Robert Allenby who last month reported being beaten and kidnapped in Hawaii. Hawaii Police have confirmed they have arrested a 32-year-old man on charges of identity theft, attempted theft and unauthorized possession of confidential personal informat... | Honolulu police make an arrest in the case of PGA Tour golfer Robert Allenby .
Allenby had claimed he was kidnapped, beaten, robbed and dumped out of town .
Suspect arrested on identity theft charges but police say they aren't investigating any kidnap .
Allenby reported as saying he may have been mistaken because he wa... |
204479b738efbdd4325de307c0f4332f203cf08d | By . Alex Lazcano For Daily Mail Australia . An Australian woman is one of 11 passengers injured after a landslide caused a train to derail into a ravine in the Swiss Alps. The woman's name and the extent of her injuries have not yet been disclosed by the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade. 'The Australian Consula... | A train has derailed in the Swiss Alps injuring 11 passengers .
One of the injured passengers is an Australian woman whose name has not yet been disclosed .
The severity of the Aussie passenger's injuries are still unknown .
Police confirmed that five passengers were seriously injured .
One carriage fell 10 metres down... |
2044d093619a7741ff845992a27e38082521a896 | By . James Gordon . PUBLISHED: . 21:18 EST, 16 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:27 EST, 30 November 2013 . Lululemon is on the lookout for a new CEO to take charge of its 'fun and irreverent brand' but the requirements for its jokey job posting could prove to be a tall order. The high-end yoga and active apparel company t... | Christine Day had been CEO for five and a half years but is now leaving .
Job posting makes fun of the 'Yoga lifestyle'
Vancouver-based company is one of fastest-growing retailers in recent years . |
2045aadea6a2c9ab9a2ba6085af130759b420e3e | Washington (CNN)It's the new GOP civil war. Republican presidential hopefuls -- all too aware of the party's disconnect with the middle class -- are in a fierce competition among each other to prove they're the candidate who can give voice to the struggles of Americans left behind by the uneven economic recovery. The p... | Republicans knew after 2012 they had a problem with the middle class .
Presidential hopefuls are vying to talk about opportunity gap and poverty .
Democrats see a change of rhetoric, not change of policy . |
2045f581e958dd9f98e390cb727b6451161c48c1 | This towering castle is fit for a tiny king or queen. With a height of 39ft, the sandcastle designed by American artist Rusty Croft is vying for the world record for the tallest one ever built. It took nearly a week to construct the castle – using 20 truckloads of sand – in the Brazilian city of Niteroi, across the Gua... | Towering palace is 39ft tall and took nearly a week to construct .
It was built on a beach in the Brazilian city of Niteroi .
Sandcastle will be destroyed after it is measured for the record .
Designer Rusty Croft's previous clients include Google and Facebook . |
2046467e1e3b3870c3e8640e5422cec3985b027a | London (CNN) -- Britain's Prince William and his wife Kate are expecting their first child after 19 months of marriage, the palace announced Monday. But until 2011, any daughter born to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge would not have enjoyed an equal right to inherit the British throne. Rules dating back centuries dec... | The marriage of William and Catherine brought the succession back into focus .
Sons and daughters of British monarchs will now have an equal right to the throne .
Roman Catholics are still barred from holding the crown .
Both the UK laws and those of 15 other Commonwealth states will have to be amended . |
2046bc723137a227d9dce87fc844322155ae8208 | An international day of action . on climate change brought tens of thousands onto the streets of . New York on Sunday, with organizers predicting the biggest . protest on the issue for five years. Some 100,000 people, including United Nations . Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, New York City Mayor Bill de . Blasio and U.S... | Roughly 100,000 filled the streets of NYC for the People's Climate March in midtown Manhattan ahead of Tuesday's United Nations hosted summit on carbon emissions .
United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, former vice president Al Gore, New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio, and U.S. senators also joined the march .
S... |
2046c274519e152342034fefa09eab871c7142d3 | Andy Prowting died on Wednesday, eight months after noticing a mole on his back . A man who developed skin cancer after getting sunburnt in Turkey has died - just 18 months after returning from his holiday. Andy Prowting noticed a large, brown mole appear on his back six months after the trip to Turkey last July. Tests... | Andy Prowting discovered a mole on his back after trip to Turkey .
The 24-year-old had it surgically removed alongside lymph nodes .
In August he learned the malignant melanoma spread to bones and liver .
Eight months after diagnosis, Mr Prowting passed away on Wednesday . |
20471883267ed55fc70662f31def4367bcc6fe0f | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 01:01 EST, 12 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:10 EST, 12 July 2013 . A lollipop man has been banned from high-fiving school children by council bosses who say it 'confuses drivers'. Roger Green was told that he cannot greet pupils from Sandy Lane Primary School in Bracknell, Berkshire, wit... | Roger Green was told that the greeting puts him and the children 'at risk'
Parents say high-fives made their children's day and have complained .
Some children walked out of their way to get a high-five .
Mr Green said it is a 'harmless piece of fun and all the children like it' |
20477237597a8cfad6a20789d9b587430866957f | A new novel about a predatory female teacher who preys on young boys has been banned in some book shops and branded 'disgusting' by those shocked by its graphic sexual content. Tampa, by U.S. author Alissa Nutting, tells the story of the 'insatiable' eight-grade teacher Celeste Price, 26. She has a 'husband who is devo... | Tampa, by U.S. author Alissa Nutting, has caused controversy .
About teacher obsessed with teen boys, it contains graphic sex scenes .
Writer said she aims to shock to change society's views .
She believes male victims treated differently to females . |
20478753d927ba338f8a924aa556fb15bb342d53 | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 12:58 EST, 28 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:34 EST, 28 August 2013 . When it comes to running, women may get more out of high intensity interval training than their male counterparts . Many gym goers have learnt to dread interval training but new research suggests that it may be the bes... | Interval training may be the best way for women to benefit from running .
Women get more from high intensity interval training than men do .
A 2:1 work-to-rest ratio is optimal during HIIT for both men and women . |
204837ee95190fcaf277ccdac70ff11b0848b29f | (CNN) -- As Zimbabweans awaited presidential election results, the ruling party declared victory Thursday as the opposition dismissed the vote as a "huge farce." Vote counting was under way in the election that pitted incumbent President Robert Mugabe against Prime Minister Morgan Tsvangirai for the third time. Mugabe,... | Mugabe's party says there's "no doubt" he has won .
His main rival, Morgan Tsvangirai, declares the vote "null and void"
Tsvangirai alleges widespread fraud; Mugabe's party calls allegations "stupid" |
2048d109c1a60144a65f20c86b6ded68ac8218c7 | By . Emily Allen . Last updated at 7:42 PM on 7th December 2011 . Jailed: Nathan Allen was given a nine-year prison sentence after he killed his toddler son . A father who killed his toddler son because he was crying was jailed for nine years today. Nathan Allen brought both fists down on 14-month-old Fletcher's abdome... | Nathan Allen brought both fists down on Fletcher's abdomen .
The 14-month-old was crying as he had nappy rash . |
2048e4649520690e3768af7e11d5b8ee615b946a | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 12:24 PM on 29th June 2011 . An ‘arresting and dark’ painting by Francis Bacon was sold at auction yesterday for nearly £18million. Study For A Portrait, produced in 1953, was bought by an anonymous telephone bidder when it went under the hammer at Christie’s in London. The ar... | Painting sells at Christie's for £6million over guide price . |
204bcd527bde907197b31b59863dee947a7fd1be | Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Iraqi authorities hanged 21 men after they were convicted of terrorism, the nation's Ministry of Justice reported Tuesday. The ministry said those executed were involved in kidnappings, assassinations, bombings, and the killings of security officials and civilians. Some of them had carried out at... | The men were convicted of terrorism .
More violence reported in run-up to election .
Dozens were killed across Iraq on Monday . |
204d059d118c539f066c6b9a2d015e4e300a6523 | Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- Did Oscar Pistorius have time to think before he shot and killed his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp last year? That's the question that state prosecutor Gerrie Nel dug into Thursday with a doctor who has spent years working with the disabled athlete. "His intention was to shoot, whoever he c... | NEW: Oscar Pistorius was shooting to kill, the prosecution argues at his murder trial .
Pistorius' defense team highlights his disability and vulnerabilities .
The athlete is accused of deliberately shooting his girlfriend, Reeva Steenkamp .
He says he shot Steenkamp accidentally in his bathroom, mistaking her for an i... |
204e68cd61b680a3fa3c74d510303407bbca6bd2 | Sportsmail columnist Jamie Carragher has questioned whether Liverpool did enough to keep Steven Gerrard at Anfield. Steven Gerrard has always been honest to a fault and even on Liverpool’s own club media he could not help but come clean about the reasons behind his seismic departure from Anfield. In an emotional interv... | Steven Gerrard has announced he will leave Liverpool this summer .
Liverpool offered Gerrard a new deal in November but he turned it down .
Gerrard recalls key conversation with Brendan Rodgers .
Reds boss wasn't able to guarantee captain first-team football at Anfield .
Gerrard wants a new challenge and will move to a... |
204ed712daa248c1ac253878ef629eb24000eaab | Bail: Danny Simpson was arrested on suspicion of attacking a man with an iron bar . Queens Park Rangers defender Danny Simpson has been arrested over claims he attacked a man with an iron bar, after tracking him down and suspecting he stole his phone. The player is said to have lashed out after discovering his iPhone h... | Danny Simpson has been bailed on suspicion of wounding with intent and grievous bodily harm .
27-year-old allegedly lashed out after his phone vanished on a night out .
Traced the iPhone to a Manchester address before confronting a 34-year-old man and allegedly attacking him with an iron bar .
Police said man suffered ... |
204f58ea2e0150a8c6ad278cd9c7a7a5f3e7cf7e | (CNN) -- From the flat-screen TV and complimentary water bottles to the bedside console with an array of switches that control your tiny hotel room universe, Chinese hotels have a staggering uniformity. The Metro Park Lido Hotel in Beijing might be a cut above the average, but as with many hotels in China, it's a varia... | Relatives of those onboard Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 still awaiting news .
Many express dissatisfaction with the way information on the search has been handled .
Speculation the plane may have been hijacked has fueled hopes it may still be found .
Relatives have turned to WeChat to exchange information on the missin... |
2050f8ad0ee924fb6226f900a82e4d9676f23ffc | By . Dominic King for the Daily Mail . Follow @@DominicKing_DM . Roberto Martinez says the speed of Arouna Kone’s recovery from a long-term knee injury will determine whether he moves for another striker before the transfer window closes. Everton’s manager shattered the club transfer record to land Romelu Lukaku for £2... | Arouna Kone signed for Everton in £5million move from Wigan in June 2013 but is yet to score in the Premier League and hasn't played since October .
Roberto Martinez brought in record-signing striker Romelu Lukaku for £28m from Chelsea over summer and may need to opt for another .
Martinez has Lukaku, Kevin Mirallas an... |
2051c2a928d040a492e363dcf98dd91de4c8b6e4 | (CNN) -- Award-winning photojournalist James Nachtwey was one of five photographers commissioned by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) to capture images of life in some of the world's most troubled countries. Alberto Cairo, director of the Kabul Orthopedic Center, helps an amputee adjust to a prostheti... | Photojournalist James Nachtwey talks about the Kabul Orthopedic Center .
He went there on behalf of the International Committee of the Red Cross .
His photos appear in a global ICRC exhibition "Our World -- At War"
It's part of the Our World. Your Move. campaign to mark 150 years of the Red Cross . |
2051f8c947412673baef5af52516367e2293e60f | By . Julian Gavaghan . PUBLISHED: . 11:18 EST, 24 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:52 EST, 24 July 2012 . A 223-year-old diary of one of the founders of Royal Worcester porcelain reveals how he stole the secrets for the world famous brand - by spying on French potters. The remarkable log was kept by John Flight, who ran t... | Diary busts two-century-old secret of how Royal Worcester made its wares .
Boss John Flight kept ledger for six years until his death at age 25 in 1791 .
Stolen French technique potters helped firm revolutionise British industry . |
20524787bb736c8c09a7a598c9dad45966d3a535 | (CNN) -- Arsenal ensured that top spot in the Premier League changed hands for the third time in as many days when winning 2-1 at Aston Villa on Monday. Leaders on Saturday morning, the Gunners first saw Chelsea move into pole position as Jose Mourinho's side won 2-0 at Hull. By Sunday afternoon, the team sitting on to... | Arsenal win 2-1 at Aston Villa to regain control of the English Premier League .
First-half goals from Olivier Giroud and Jack Wilshere prove too much for Villa .
Inter stumble in Italy again, drawing 1-1 at home to Verona . |
20528eb48341b50c0083fcf5a9d114b39040e5c1 | Andy Murray emerged as one of the main beneficiaries of an extraordinary day in China that saw five of the top 10 lose and Rafael Nadal discuss having an operation next month. The British No1’s chances of making the field for the Barclays ATP World Tour Finals were bolstered by some of his rivals falling at the Shangha... | Andy Murray beat Jerzy Janowicz 7-5, 6-2 at the Shanghai Masters .
Rafael Nadal lost to Feliciano Lopez and is struggling with injury .
Aside from Nadal there were defeats for Stan Wawrinka, Kei Nishikori and Grigor Dimitrov, while Milos Raonic retired injured .
If Murray beats David Ferrer on Thursday, he will be with... |
20529a3915327dff80d4e9935a05f334c512769c | By . Lydia Warren . Last updated at 8:36 PM on 17th January 2012 . She is famous for piling slabs of butter and glugs of cream into any - and every - recipe possible. But now Paula Deen has revealed that such a rich diet does not come without consequence - as she has been diagnosed with Type 2 diabetes. The chef, 64, w... | Earned nearly $10 million from her shows, restaurants and endorsements in just ONE year .
Fellow chef Anthony Bourdain calls secrecy 'bad taste'
Deen defends her recipes, saying: 'I've always encouraged moderation' |
2053f099d6b2d78ec6eae7860641b153991ead15 | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:59 EST, 17 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:45 EST, 18 November 2013 . The embattled mayor of Toronto has admitted to getting 'professional help' for his emotional problems, but still insists he isn't an addict and doesn't need drug treatment. Ro... | Mayor Rob Ford was asked to steer clear of today's Canadian Football League playoff game by the CFL commissioner .
Ford, an avid Toronto Argonauts fan, showed up anyway .
The Toronto city council is voting Monday on whether to strip Ford of nearly all his powers . |
205529cbf2a1fa5d56ccb0870bae67d84f1c48af | China has become the world’s largest source of international tourists – but it appears they are leaving London off their itineraries. New research from CityMetric Intelligence suggests that Chinese tourists are skipping the UK capital – one of the most popular destinations in the world – in favour of places such as New... | NYC is most popular long-haul destination with 646,000 visitors from China .
Moscow is the most popular European destination for Chinese tourists .
Market for Chinese holidaymakers is worth an estimated £82bn worldwide .
It could be worth as much as £200bn in 2018 . |
20571905a660f310b87400ce84266e67bc0c9c70 | It’s every man’s worst nightmare: things being over in the bedroom before they've even begun. Now, one expert has a simple solution which can help men control their ejaculation. Marni Kinrys, a U.S. dating coach, says holding in urine for five seconds at a time strengthens the Kegel, or pelvic, muscles. This, in turn, ... | Studies show 40% of men will suffer premature ejaculation at some point .
Expert says holding in urine can control and prolong a man's ejaculation .
This strengthens the Kegel muscles which help with bladder function .
Expert says clenching for five seconds 50 times will prolong ejaculation .
Studies show these exercis... |
205770a8b870fe06dfd8324ae0f34d463b00ae32 | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's religious affairs minister escaped with a minor injury in an attack that killed his driver Wednesday. Hamid Saeed Kazmi (center) and his driver are helped into an ambulance at the site of the shooting. The attack took place at an Islamabad market, next to a police station, the st... | Religious affairs minister, Hamid Saeed Kazmi, was shot in the leg .
Attack took place at an Islamabad market, next to a police station .
Minister's driver was killed in the attack . |
20598ca9911c012ba3e720668b8943fc7eb914f2 | By . Tom Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 11:27 EST, 29 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:16 EST, 30 November 2013 . Canada has cashed in on the Britain's property boom by selling its Mayfair embassy for £306milion - more than six times the value placed on it just 14 years ago. The stunning building, in London's historic Grosven... | Developers are planning £1bn luxury apartment complex on the site .
Exclusive property sold for six times the value placed on it in 1999 .
Indian property magnate outbid around 20 others to secure the building .
Stamp duty on non-residential property is four per cent .
Taxman gets just £12.2 million from the mega-deal ... |
2059e6f4832b8bba40028c7231701a29c05b0216 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 06:31 EST, 7 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:08 EST, 7 September 2012 . Accused: Supermarket boss Alison Potts is alleged to have pocketed £200 raised by her colleagues for a badly injured soldier . A supermarket boss stole £200 her staff had raised for a soldier who lost both... | Money was raised for maimed serviceman by staff at store in Altrincham .
Soldier's grandmother claims cash went missing after it was handed to Alison Potts .
She denies four counts of theft and two counts of fraud . |
2059f78e0569113af7579c29561c08ce4595e369 | (CNN) -- Christian Eshiett was a rambunctious pre-teen who spent a lot of time cavorting with his friends in southern Nigeria. He would skip school and run away from home for days, frustrating his grandfather, who oversaw the boy's care. Children branded as witches protest on February 26, 2009, in the southern Nigeria... | Nigerian boy called a witch: "They would take my clothes off, tie me up and beat me"
Children with unusual markings, stubbornness or epilepsy make frequent targets .
Director of nonprofit says accused often incarcerated in churches for weeks on end .
Pastors have been accused of worsening the problem, aid workers say . |
205a5175550b5a5726140585d5bd12e2af92ed9e | Virgin Galactic, the space tourism company founded by British billionaire Richard Branson, has barred Chinese nationals from applying for spots on its first commercial flights. Cashed-up People's Republic of China passport holders have reportedly been willing to pay the $260,000 fare for a spot on the inaugural Virgin ... | U.S. anti-espionage laws bar Chinese nationals from Virgin space flights .
Chinese offers to buy $260,000 tickets "rejected"
Multiple passport holders may be allowed .
Trips criticized as too short and too expensive . |
205a52b151c46e7af79c98ece33d1974c3f39d6a | Mansfield manager Paul Cox has left the struggling League Two club by mutual consent. The Stags are languishing in 19th spot after nine games without a win and were held 1-1 by FA Cup minnows Concord Rangers in their last outing. Player-assistant manager Adam Murray will take temporary charge, starting with Saturday's ... | Mansfield sit 19th in League Two after nine games without a win .
They were held 1-1 by FA Cup minnows Concord Rangers recently .
Paul Cox leaves Mansfield by mutual consent following bad run of form . |
205a623e83327bf0e1b57a756975e0f98fb7d74b | (CNN) -- It's hard to think about global warming when it's so cold that you can't suck in the air without pain. I stepped out on my porch in Vermont this morning -- I live in an old farmhouse with a panoramic view of the Green Mountains -- and could hardly breathe. The thermometer had dipped well below zero. I heard on... | A severe cold front swept across the East Coast and the Midwest this week .
Jay Parini: It's hard to think about global warming when it's so cold .
He says he's used to very cold weather and enjoys it despite the discomfort .
Parini: Only those with their heads buried in the sand don't believe in climate change . |
205d517c03d7eec23fa6ea83a4472faac5c50ad6 | Cairo (CNN) -- Raging clashes between police and protesters in Egypt on Saturday left two people dead and 750 injured, the Health Ministry reported, prompting a call from a prominent grass-roots group for citizens to resist the military-led government. The April 6 Movement, which figured prominently in the toppling of ... | NEW: 2 people are killed, 750 injured, the Health Ministry says .
Clashes reportedly break out in Suez and Alexandria .
The Cabinet holds an emergency meeting .
Egyptian elections start November 28 . |
205ec0fa161a16d36e46ff451bb35db29954d805 | By . Nick Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 00:19 EST, 9 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 00:19 EST, 9 November 2012 . The middle-classes have seen the sharpest increase in numbers of children with nut allergies . Parents who keep their homes obsessively clean could be causing their children to develop life-threatening nut allerg... | In the past 20 years the number of British children with nut allergies has doubled .
The sharpest increase has been among the middle-classes .
Supports theory that children from affluent families have weaker immune systems as they live in cleaner homes, say scientists . |
205ec8a6e56c6414852629f28928d5515ad5a508 | The body of a British father-of-two lay unnoticed in Russian mountains for eight months after he went missing on a hiking trip. John Stiles from Ilkley, west Yorkshire, disappeared during a ten-hour excursion in North Ossettia last November. The 52-year-old, who had been working in Russia to help rehouse Chechen refuge... | John Stiles was an aid worker in Grozny, Russia, for two years before death .
Went missing during ten-hour hike in the Caucasus Mountains in November .
The 52-year-old's body was not found until the following July .
Coroners only able to identify his body by metal steelwork in pelvis . |
205f20815f8ca77dfacf4b603431c1f6e03ef4d2 | (CNN) -- There has been a lot of talk by the right wing recently about the success of Hillary and Bill Clinton since they left the White House. Republicans are denouncing her personal wealth. They're attacking someone for achieving the American Dream. They're upset that Bill Clinton is buying American-made watches, man... | Burns Strider says Republican attacks on the Clintons' wealth won't stick .
That's in contrast to Hillary's lifelong work championing the middle class, he says .
Strider: Her record should deflate any smoke-and-mirrors attack by the right wing . |
205ff8bfe1f5d69ba1a7768d75cab811d7cad6a5 | By . Martha De Lacey . PUBLISHED: . 08:19 EST, 6 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:47 EST, 6 August 2013 . When South African playwright Yael Farber read about the fatal gang-rape of a young female student on a Delhi bus in 2012, she was left profoundly disturbed - both as a person and a mother, but also as an artist. Sh... | Yael Farber, a playwright from Johannesburg, is staging play in Edinburgh .
Play is called Nirbhaya, Hindi for 'fearless', a name given to the victim .
Is a vehicle for five Indian victims of sexual abuse to tell their narratives .
Attack happened in December 2012 to a physiotherapy intern, 23 .
Woman was raped by six ... |
2060cfbbd009f222cd17cda22796f914611a2c5c | (CNN) -- Abby Wambach, the skillful forward for the U.S. women's soccer team, scored dramatic headers against Brazil and France to help the American team advance to the World Cup final. Now she's heading off to the championship match against a tough Japan team, a much-awaited contest set for Sunday in Frankfurt, German... | The United States is playing Japan in Women's World Cup final on Sunday .
Star forward Abby Wambach is regarded as a dangerous goal scorer .
Wambach's header against Brazil earned her an award and was her third of the tournament .
U.S. seeking to win four-yearly event for a record third time in Frankfurt . |
2060f74e8fb621157f5286f25e0e2ffe7326d208 | Celebrity chef Bill Granger is selling his spacious Californian-style bungalow for an estimated $3.3 million because its time to upsize, less than a month after he opened a brand new beachside restaurant nearby. The self-taught cook and his wife Natalie Elliott bought the house, situated in walking distance from Bronte... | The celebrity chef bought the house in Sydney suburb Bronte for $2.88 million in April 2008 .
He currently lives in London with his wife Natalie Elliott and three daughters .
They plan to move back to Sydney but reportedly want a bigger home in the eastern suburbs .
Granger opened a new Bills restaurant near the house,... |
20615d21603924871b093a2e21cfb32b95f992dd | A seven-year-old who developed narcolepsy after having the swine flu vaccine has been refused compensation because he is not ill enough – despite the fact he sleeps for 19 hours a day. Josh Hadfield developed the condition within three weeks of receiving the injection and now suffers ‘attacks’ which can cause him to do... | Josh Hadfield fell ill within three weeks of having the Pandemrix jab .
Takes a cocktail of drugs without which he falls asleep every five minutes .
He even falls asleep while eating, walking and swimming .
His mother hoped for financial assistance to deal with his condition .
Was told he doesn't have a 'severe' enough... |
20615d611ab48a9181f8909472f0f5f21e2b4c56 | Rickie Lambert should be on the World Cup plane to Brazil to give England an edge from the penalty spot and also provide a Plan B in support of Wayne Rooney, according to former captain Alan Shearer. Three Lions boss Roy Hodgson is set to name his squad for the finals on Monday following the end to the Barclays Premier... | England legend Shearer says Lambert deserves a place on the plane to Brazil this summer .
Shearer believes the Southampton forward would provide a cool head in a penalty shoot-out .
Roy Hodgson will name his squad for the finals on Monday . |
2062433976cbe32698cd89fe30d2f21cf72eca42 | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 04:11 EST, 4 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:30 EST, 4 June 2012 . Internet taunts: Rebecca Adlington, 23, re-Tweeted an abusive message sent to her - horus after winning another event in Barcelona . Olympic champion swimmer Rebecca Adlington has outed a Twitter troll who sent her an abusiv... | Leeds Metropolitan University student Callum Aspley, 19, accused of sending the offensive message .
He said the Tweet was sent by one of his friends .
Miss Adlington, 23, won the 800m freestyle in Barcelona as she prepares for London Olympics . |
206253bc861f25e7c36bdcbce3515988e1d30c99 | By . Amanda Williams . The dictionary makers have taken to Twitter to find new words for the next edition of the lexicon - asking users to choose which words should make the final edition . The latest edition of the Collins English Dictionary could include Twitter slang words such as 'adorkable' and 'fatberg'. The dict... | Dictionary makers have taken to Twitter to find new words for next edition .
The suggested words include fracktivist - an anti-fracking protester .
Felfie - a term used to describe a farmer who takes a selfie - also included . |
20626ae4bacc7521b46dd20dc06762df89e0322c | As a two-year-old, he donated his bone marrow to try and help save his older sister. The selfless act gave her an extra five years of life, allowing her to live into her teens. But today Dushyant Mehta is desperate for his own transplant, after doctors revealed he is suffering the same rare syndrome that claimed his si... | Dushyant Mehta, 10, donated bone marrow to his sister when he was two .
She was diagnosed with the rare illness dyskeratosis congenita .
Condition leaves sufferers prone to bone marrow failure and leukaemia .
Devaanshi Mehta died when she was just 15 years old despite the op .
Now 10, Dushyant has been diagnosed with t... |
2062934436045e884d4d1a5938281668988e286a | Washington (CNN)Conservative momentum to oust John Boehner from House leadership during Tuesday's election for speaker continued to build through the weekend, with two alternatives emerging and a national conservative group joining the effort. On Monday, Virginia Rep.-elect Dave Brat became the latest to confirm his in... | There are 10 lawmakers who've committed to voting against Boehner, or voting "present"
Leadership aides say they remain confident Boehner will hold his position as speaker .
Reps. Ted Yoho and Louie Gohmert have offered themselves as alternatives . |
2062a9b3a575f3dc5d0697f5589d88f7aacd75e1 | The former producer and ex-boyfriend of Lady Gaga must pay a Hollywood songwriter who discovered the pop star $7.3million after he promised to split profits with her, a federal judge ruled. Producer Rob Fusari’s argument to reduce the amount the jury awarded to songwriter Wendy Starland last year was ruled against by U... | Producer Rob Fusari argued amount jury awarded to songwriter Wendy Starland last year should be reduced but court ruled against him .
Starland said Fusari asked her to find an edgy and bold performer .
She spotted Lady Gaga at New York performance in 2006 and told Fusari .
Lady Gaga said the two agreed to split share f... |
2063054059396d1a02e1d3fc42ae881bca5a1521 | Connie Ley made an unusual request in her will before she died last month in Aurora, Indiana: She asked that her German shepherd, Bela, be euthanized and buried with her. Three weeks later, however, Bela, who is 9 years old and male, is healthy and very much alive. And there's a growing movement on social media to defy... | A deceased Indiana woman asked in her will that her pet dog be euthanized .
Three weeks after her death the dog, Bela, remains alive .
Animal lovers have started a #SaveBela hashtag on Twitter . |
2063ae58821dc2870cedf2acdfaf187277e7c72f | By . Belinda Robinson . Comedy actor James Corden could barely hide his delight when he turned up to a charity football match in Bedford and bumped into the man who inspired one his most popular TV characters. The comedy actor based his character Neil 'Smithy' Smith from Gavin & Stacey, a beer drinking builder on a rea... | Popular character Smithy from hit show Gavin & Stacey was based on real life Neil 'Smithy' Smith, 41, from Bedford .
The real life Smithy was friends with Corden's cousin Lee Andrews .
Their friendship gave Corden his inspiration to create comedy gold .
The pair recently met at a charity football match in Bedford . |
20643d247285119b223aaebdbce3538c48e1b6c0 | (CNN) -- Goals rained down in the English Premier League on Saturday, but for once Manchester United played it safe to stay seven points clear at the top of the table. Alex Ferguson's team kept a clean sheet for the first time in six games, beating West Bromwich Albion 2-0 at home in a match that had been in danger of ... | Manchester United will go into 2013 with a seven-point lead in English Premier League .
Alex Ferguson's team keep a rare clean sheet in Saturday's 2-0 win at home to West Brom .
Second-placed Manchester City win 4-3 at Norwich despite having Samir Nasri sent off .
Spurs go third with 2-1 win at Sunderland, with Arsenal... |
2066c0078212d62c1fbfd8df6e322642bfb81479 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:58 EST, 26 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:58 EST, 26 October 2013 . In this job, every second counts. When two bombs exploded near the Boston Marathon finish line in April, spraying metal shards, nails and ball bearings into a crowd of thousands, the technicians didn't have ... | More than a dozen technicians from the Boston police, FBI, and state police frantically searched backpacks by hand for explosives on the day of the Boston marathon bombings .
Ripping open bags with a knife is not standard procedure, but officers couldn't risk another explosion .
Technicians avoided zippers which could ... |
206743dfe469ed7b58d9ed521b841726af600bbb | Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's timing was impeccable: July 1 marks the 60th anniversary of the establishment of Japan's Self-Defense Forces (SDF), the de-fanged fighting force that has protected the country since its creation from the ashes of post-World War II Japan. Following the announcement, it is also the da... | Japan's Prime Minister confirms a more liberal interpretation of the country's constitution .
Re-reading of postwar document will free up Japanese military to assist in conflicts overseas .
Opposition to the move runs high, although opinion is divided .
No Japanese military personnel have participated in armed conflict... |
2067613dbac9d5b4e1e1bbaecd1d84f70521457e | By . Jean Smith . PUBLISHED: . 16:00 EST, 27 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:00 EST, 27 October 2012 . I’m from Iowa in the American Mid-West, a friendly place where people smile, chat and even wink. So you’ll understand my confusion when I first arrived in Britain, a land where social mixing seems impossible without ... | Only 35 per cent of British men can tell when a woman is flirting . |
2067998f8f2da57df563f724b7cce52b666b55cd | (CNN) -- It seems the 2012 election cycle learned tricks employed by criminals and dictators. NBC reported last summer that an anonymous shell company made a $1 million donation to Restore Our Future, a pro-Mitt Romney PAC. The company, which was incorporated this year in Delaware -- a state known for peddling corporat... | Stefanie Ostfeld: Owners of shell companies can donate to politicans anonymously .
Ostfeld: Shell companies allow people to disguise names, assets to launder money .
Shell companies provide secrecy to pariah regimes, criminals, gun runners, she says .
A proposed law would require ultimate owners to name themselves, Ost... |
2067b7ca60df5cb8976d7250f8b3998767985c9a | (CNN) -- A torrent of leaked U.S. diplomatic cables obtained by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks has been published in the last few days, with at least 170 of them naming sources whose identity was meant to be protected, according to an analysis of the documents by CNN. Altogether nearly 143,000 of the cables obtained ... | At least 170 cables name sources whose identity was meant to be protected .
WikiLeaks says it has been a target of a cyber attack .
Some sources face potential embarrassment .
Others in authoritarian states face more hazards . |
20691249195f1d6da10ec724e9674f5a96644313 | Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. Postal Service does not have the money to meet an obligation to a retiree health care trust fund coming due at the end of the month, but if there's a default, officials promise no interruption in the mail, the payroll, or payments to suppliers. Commenting in response to a New York Times art... | Postal Service may miss September 30 payment to retiree fund .
Officials vow no interruption in payroll, mail, or payments to suppliers .
Postmaster general to plead for more flexibility in Tuesday hearing on Capitol Hill . |
206975c1e20ce85e8271b349273e5a0e0ea4ffc5 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 9:04 AM on 13th September 2011 . A drunken housewife hit her husband over the head with a 7ft mirror before he retaliated by attacking her with a stun gun, a court heard yesterday. The couple were watching television and eating a Chinese takeaway following a night out when Ter... | Terri Smith had hit her husband over the head with a 7ft mirror .
She accused him of blasting her five times in the stomach . |
20698bded669404fee318aaa5dff22c1eb97c0b9 | Australia's most decorated soldier has revealed he supports the Australian government's expected decision to join the fight against the Islamic State in Iraq. Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith told the Sunday Times that the terrorists group's publicised beheadings clarified that they 'don't deserve to share the Earth with the... | Corporal Ben Roberts-Smith called the terrorist group 'inhumane'
He has backed any Australian involvement in the fight against IS .
The Perth-born solider was awarded the Victorian Cross in 2010 for his brave role in the Afghanistan war .
He also launched the Anzac Flame's tour around the country before it features as ... |
2069b9f4833764fb2588c61280c8a46fe2941aef | (CNN) -- The charity taking care of a blonde, blue-eyed girl taken by police from a Roma community in Greece has received 8,000 calls from around the world since it issued a call for help in finding her parents. "At least eight calls have some information that can be used by the police for further investigation," Smile... | "Maria" will stay in a Smile for a Child home for now, charity spokesman says .
The child "is doing much better" after being taken by police from Roma home, he says .
"The girl was found in a state of neglect, both physically and psychologically," he says .
Roma community official denies that girl was abused or abducte... |
2069daee12ff671fbf958447385ca0251dca92ef | By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . Passengers on European British Airways flights will soon be able to keep on top of their emails, check Facebook and stream films thanks to the introduction of high-speed in-flight broadband . The airline hopes the partnership with satellite firm Inmarsat will help it push ahead of rivals wit... | Fast internet will be soon be available on European British Airways flights .
The service will be provided by London-based satellite operator Inmarsat .
A dedicated satellite is expected to be launched at the end of 2016 .
In-flight internet via satellite has been available for more than a decade .
But it has previousl... |
206afd9f8e56be66f5ec620040414ddcdc4d5221 | Over a glittering football career, Phil Neville won six Premier League titles with Manchester United and won 59 caps for England. Yet despite a lifetime of sporting achievements that would be the envy of anyone, the 37-year-old football ace-turned-pundit has been forced to admit he never learned to make a cup of instan... | Football ace caught out at his home by SportsMail journalist Matt Lawton .
He offered the writer a drink, then panicked when he had to make a coffee .
'I thought I am not going to poison this guy so I rang my wife,' he said . |
206b580a90950a952383f657d4eea9622d604999 | By . Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 17:34 EST, 24 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:46 EST, 24 July 2013 . Fresh agony: Convicted murderer Joshua Komisarjevsky's attorney said his client is contemplating asking for a new trial . A convicted killer who held the Petit family hostage before murdering the mother and two daughters... | Joshua Komisarjevsky sentenced to death in 2011 for brutal murders of Jennifer Hawke-Petit and her daughters Hayley, 17, and Michaela, 11 .
Defense attorney Walter Bansley said if he was aware of the 911 calls 'it would have made for a different defense'
Newly-released phone calls reveal that police officers doubted th... |
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