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21c27907e2e674b4db5c5dd00f06d27d5680bde2 | A billboard in west Los Angeles for the hit movie American Sniper has been defaced with the word 'murder' sprayed in red paint, as the bitter dispute over whether the film is about a hero or killer intensified. The LAPD have said that the prominent graffiti, which was discovered on Sunday, has since been covered up and... | Billboard defaced in West Los Angeles on Sunday night according to LAPD .
LAPD say that they are unlikely to catch the culprits who painted over ad .
Follows Michael Moore and comedian Seth Rogen's strident criticisms .
Both men have now backtracked from attacking the Clint Eastwood film .
Moore accused snipers of bei... |
21c34d64780f87d5c0f596bb945c6c58980f3973 | From giving up smoking to avoiding soft cheese, there has never been any shortage of advice for mothers-to-be about how to protect their unborn babies. Even so, pregnant women have been startled by a new list of household items they have been told to avoid, which includes everything from new furniture to non-stick fryi... | Pregnant women have been given list of household items told to avoid .
This includes everything from new furniture to housework to new cars .
Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists drew up guidance . |
21c3845c7ff8cf3e9980eeabe297f1c89c4a3e38 | Sharknado, a spoof movie about sharks on a killing spree on land, became a surprise blockbuster hit last year. But life imitated art (to an extent) when a church group witnessed more than 100 sharks risk beaching themselves in a shoreline attack last week. Members of One Harbor Church filmed the feeding frenzy on the b... | Attack last week at Cape Lookout National Seashore, North Carolina .
Members of One Harbor Church filmed sharks during camping retreat .
Video has attracted over 87,000 views on YouTube in two days . |
21c4376011a782198c86c3ae79fa68a7c7d755c2 | A comedy about sex workers shot entirely on an iPhone 5s has premiered at the Sundance Film Festival and is now set for worldwide distribution. Tangerine, written and directed by Sean Baker, follows a transgender prostitute on Christmas Eve after her release from prison. Discovering her lover - a pimp - has been cheati... | Tangerine was written and directed by Sean Barker and follows a transgender prostitute around the streets of Los Angeles .
Some of the scenes were shot on the back of a pedal bike .
A camera stabilizer and anamorphic lens was used to enhance quality .
It has not been picked up by Magnolia Pictures for global distributi... |
21c59041e3de0e06a690d9b3c3b60fab19f204d9 | For a country that ditched monarchical rule, America has some of the most intriguing "castles" in the world. OK, maybe not castles in the classic sense. To visit a fortress where ancient monarchs slept on stone pillows and knights bickered about grails, you'll still have to fly across the pond. But for a different sort... | The U.S. is home to a melting pot of "royal" domiciles .
All these palatial estates are open to the public .
Edsel Ford's home is a 60-room, 20,000-square-foot masterpiece on Michigan's Gold Coast .
'Iolani Palace is the only former official residence of a reigning monarch on U.S. soil . |
21c71a362c1dd75695623ecdc6682856ef90ba91 | London (CNN) -- Jurre Hermans, the 11-year-old Dutch boy who entered the £250,000 ($400,000) Wolfson Economics Prize with a pizza-based plan for saving the eurozone, did so because he had an idea and the winnings sounded "very attractive," he told CNN. Jurre received a €100 ($131) gift voucher and special mention wh... | 11-year-old Jurre Hermans comes up with a plan to solve the eurozone crisis .
The plan involves Greeks exchanging their euro for drachma .
Boy: Creditors to the Greek government get a slice of pizza .
But Jurre would rather be a zoo director than an economist . |
21c7aadd91dc91f1e2210b6aebc295604ff80038 | (CNN) -- Human remains have been found on the wrecked Costa Concordia, possibly answering what happened to the last two missing people from the cruise liner that struck rocks off Italy's Giglio Island in 2012, a spokesman for the head of Italy's civil protection agency said Thursday. Divers will try to recover the rema... | Of 32 declared dead in Costa Concordia wreck, two bodies have yet to be recovered .
Divers will try to recover the unidentified remains Thursday afternoon, agency says .
Costa Concordia struck rocks off Italy's Giglio Island in January 2012 .
Engineers rotated the ship back to vertical this month . |
21c83dcaa7d6a8c2396c354e703530e7cb230871 | By . Tom Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 06:36 EST, 23 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:45 EST, 23 December 2013 . A 11-year-old boy died when a police chase went wrong and he was hit by a stolen car that was involved in a police chase. Donovan Turnage, was killed instantly when the car he was in was hit but his brother Derric... | Donovan Turnage was killed instantly from the impact .
Family were on their way to hairdresser when carjacker smashed into them .
Brother Derrick, 20, issues heartfelt appeal to catch driver of stolen car .
Rockie Douglas, 34, identified as wanted over fatal crash . |
21c8e41c2087b9b812714a69eef504ebfae9ca14 | (CNN) -- Greece international central defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos has completed his transfer to English Premier League side Liverpool after signing a two-year contract with the club. Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez has turned to Kyrgiakos because of defensive injury worries. The 30-year-old has passed a medical to final... | Greece international central defender Sotirios Kyrgiakos moves to Liverpool .
Liverpool manager Rafa Benitez swoops because of recent defensive injuries .
Kyrgiakos, 30, likely to make Liverpool debut against Aston Villa on Monday . |
21c94aadef049b0811b25a28ff7e92ac4ba24215 | (CNN) -- Connie and Donald McCracken were watching CNN one evening last week when they learned of the tragic death of actress Natasha Richardson from a head injury. Immediately, their minds turned to their 7-year-old daughter, Morgan, who was upstairs getting ready for bed. An injured Morgan McCracken has benefited f... | Richardson's death raises question: When should you go to ER after head injury?
Dizziness, vomiting, headache and confusion are all red flags .
Take special care if person is on blood thinners or is elderly .
Doc: "Sometimes there's a gray zone, and there's no right answer." |
21c9adcc0f9be12b3b5c92e0568275372be4fb6a | By . Sarah Griffiths . The world's most expensive footballer has pulled a pair of pants over his £85million head to join a legion of celebrities backing a campaign to find a bone marrow donor for an eight-year-old-girl. Real Madrid star Gareth Bale smiled, white boxers on his head, in a bid to help a schoolgirl despera... | Hollie Clark, 8, has been diagnosed with .
a rare bone marrow syndrome and relies on regular blood transfusions .
until a bone marrow donor can be found .
Her family in Cardiff started a social media campaign on Twitter earlier this month to encourage people to sign up with Anthony Nolan .
Since then, celebrities inclu... |
21ca093178cb04fe1e4f5bff92ca4f461211e7e1 | Medicare can no longer automatically deny coverage requests for sex reassignment surgeries, a federal board ruled on Friday in a groundbreaking decision that recognizes the procedures are medically necessary for people who don't identify with their biological sex. Ruling in favor of a 74-year-old transgender Army veter... | Medicare can no longer automatically deny coverage requests for sex reassignment surgeries .
'Sometimes I am asked aren't I too old to have surgery. My answer is how old is too old?' the veteran, Denee Mallon said .
Mallon was denied coverage for surgery two years ago . |
21ca53b08242578c53217a4747140faebce34998 | (CNN) -- The summer of 2011 was the second hottest on record for the United States, and the hottest in 75 years, government weather experts said Thursday. Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma, and Texas experienced their warmest summers ever, with several states seeing an average of more than 86 degrees, scientists with the... | National Weather Service: At least 22 deaths attributed to the summer heat wave .
Texas had the hottest summer on record for any U.S. state .
The South and Southwest had their warmest August ever . |
21cc86179e2068aae63736063ae217c10e7365a4 | (CNN) -- Reigning Tour de France champion Alberto Contador has rejected the findings of a positive dope test taken while the cyclist was competing in this year's race, blaming it on bad meat. Contador was provisionally suspended from competitive cycling by the sport's governing body, the Union Cycliste Internationale (... | NEW Tour de France runner-up Andy Schleck hopes Contador can prove his innocence .
Alberto Contador rejects claims he took a banned substance .
Daniel Friebe, features editor of Pro Cycling, says the case is not like other scandals .
The Tour de France champion tested positive on 21 July, during the race . |
21cef19f5da1628fba52b5edc9af4613cb830f74 | During . her time in the Celebrity Big Brother house, Casey Batchelor was embroiled in a . love triangle with Lee Ryan and US actress Jasmine Waltz. Since leaving the show, Lee and Jasmine's relationship has gone from . strength to strength, with the pair recently holidaying together in . Thailand - and putting on some... | Model, 29, put on nearly a stone in Big Brother house .
Felt self-conscious about stomach so had fat-freezing treatment .
Paraded bikini body in Marrakesh earlier this week . |
21cfc784f69a598c1094818aaed5cc99be978246 | A cameraman was scratched and burned by a ghost while filming a possessed Pennsylvania property, the homeowners claim. Deanna and Tom Simpson have lived at the Maple Avenue, Hanover, home for seven years even though they say more than five ghosts and a demon constantly harass them. The couple also said a supernatural b... | Deanna and Tom Simpson say their Hanover, Pennsylvania home is haunted by more than five ghosts and a demon .
FOX43 photojournalist Nick Petrillo felt his hand burning and saw a scratch on his wrist during filming .
The Simpsons say it's because the specters don't want to be filmed . |
21d17b5773331ddcc72fbb33eafe33661c1319cc | (CNN) -- Big cities are rarely home to thriving farmlands, but a group of Dutch architects hope to change that with the "Park Supermarket" -- an urban farming project that will attempt to grow and sell all the food of a modern supermarket in one place. The firm behind the proposal, Rotterdam-based Van Bergen Kolpa Arch... | Concept designed to produce all food of a modern supermarket on one plot of land .
Dutch architects say they will use mix of technologies to create artificial growing climates .
Scheme designed to reduce food production and transportation emissions .
Crop scientist has doubts about creating artificial microclimates . |
21d209328d49125968cd9d6edb664ab26b0f66a9 | Washington (CNN) -- Fears that Haitian earthquake survivors would engage in a massive and deadly ocean migration to South Florida have thus far been unfounded, according to federal and local government officials, who say they continue to plan for such an exodus only as a precaution. The U.S. Coast Guard said it has wit... | U.S. Coast Guard: Maritime traffic around Haiti normal .
Coast Guard says it hasn't intercepted Haitians trying illegal crossings into U.S. waters .
Florida has asked for federal funding to shelter 10,000 as a precaution .
U.S. Air Force plane broadcasts message: Don't try to reach U.S. on boats . |
21d2b5b06332d6b057972b0fffecd2064c94178e | By . Daily Mail Reporters . PUBLISHED: . 16:00 EST, 6 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:17 EST, 6 December 2013 . On May 17, Hofstra University student Andrea Rebello, 21, was shot and killed by a Nassau County police officer during a hostage standoff with an intruder at her shared rental house in Uniondale, New York. ... | According to court papers submitted by the county on Thursday, the investigation into Andrea Rebello's death is 'only in it's infancy'
Public officials blame numerous record requests from the family for causing, 'confusion with the county agencies that got them'
Andrea Rebello, a junior at Hofstra, was shot dead at 2:2... |
21d2cd42a7aa7d92e3200ea668ce2a614a86dae7 | Scientists have revealed new insight into the evolution of flight by carrying out a series of wind tunnel experiments based on dinosaur fossils. After new fossil discoveries sparked debate over the evolution of birds and their abilities to fly, the history of feathered dinosaurs and their flying functions became less c... | Researchers at the University of Southampton spent a month constructing a life-sized Microraptor .
Experiments placed the model in a wind tunnel with winds of up to 45mph .
Scientists adjusted the wing and tail position to examine flight abilities of dinosaur . |
21d2ed2ac33120a0cc35c9f0d9b842aaf70646f4 | (CNN) -- The man extradited to Florida for writing, publishing and selling a controversial book considered a "how-to" for pedophiles pleaded no contest to criminal charges in exchange for two years' probation, authorities said Thursday. Phillip Greaves was arrested in his home state of Colorado in December and extradit... | Phillip Greaves was arrested in December .
Florida detectives obtained his book through the mail .
Under a plea deal, Greaves will serve two years' probation . |
21d34013f0e1a37fc5ed2186d1a50825834f12b8 | The Spanish League will decide Tuesday afternoon if they are going to take action against Barcelona supporters singing ‘Ronaldo is a drunk’ at the Camp Nou on Sunday night. The League have officials at every La Liga match and the one at Barcelona’s meeting with Levante at the weekend included hearing the song in their ... | Spanish League will decide Tuesday whether to take action after chants .
Barcelona fans sung 'Ronaldo is a drunk' at Camp Nou on Sunday .
Club could be fined or even have part of their stadium closed .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Barcelona news . |
21d378cde2ea4388c32bbfdab546d306106ca35c | By . Victoria Woollaston . He’s had number one albums, streamed music from the surface of Mars and is now entering the smartwatch market alongside the likes of Samsung and Motorola. Singer and entrepreneur Will.i.am revealed his wrist-worn device during an interview with Alan Carr on Friday night’s Chatty Man show. He ... | Singer and entrepreneur unveiled his watch on Alan Carr’s Chatty Man .
Will.i.am then used his device to call Cheryl Cole on BBC’s The Voice .
The watch has a curved touchscreen, Bluetooth connectivity, and runs Twitter, Instagram and Facebook .
It is expected to launch in July - but no other details have been revealed... |
21d5344bb11e8d9818d429274c882b811f41880a | (CNN) -- They met and fell head over heels at the Taj Mahal, that iconic monument to love. She, an American tourist. He, an Indian rickshaw driver. But theirs wasn't to be the kind of romance that Bollywood endings are made of. Their marriage soon soured. And Bunty Sharma stabbed his wife, Erin Willinger, to death befo... | The marriage soon soured .
Report: Sharma accused Willinger of "talking to other men"
He died in a house explosion that he caused . |
21d5fa78a0ff22e55938d0b110f25e936b92ccfd | A fourth doctor has died of Ebola in Sierra Leone after a failed bid to transfer her abroad for treatment. Dr Olivet Buck died last night hours after the World Health Organisation said it could not help medically evacuate her to Germany. Sierra Leone had requested funds from the organisation to transfer her for treatme... | Medic dies of Ebola in Sierra Leone after failed bid for treatment abroad .
Dr Olivet Buck became fourth doctor to die of the virus in the country .
Sierra Leone had requested funds to evacuate the doctor to Germany .
But the Sierra Leone citizen died on Saturday hours after request was made . |
21d67b23ec224addcf12b7e13096ebac27d18c9d | By . Russell Myers . PUBLISHED: . 18:53 EST, 17 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:20 EST, 19 May 2013 . Five-year-old Chloe Johnson drowned in a hotel swimming pool during a family holiday in Sharm el-Sheikh . The devastated mother of a five-year-old British girl who drowned at an Egyptian holiday resort last night claimed ... | Chloe Johnson died in the waterpark at the Coral Sea Waterworld hotel in Sharm el-Sheikh .
Youngster from south London was on holiday with her family when the tragedy happened .
Mother claims there were no lifeguards on duty and that ambulance took four hours to arrive .
'We've all got knives in our hearts to think tha... |
21d930446a932eb6d1aa342288b0a3ed4e72a73f | Little Levi Blu Cassin (pictured), 22 months, had suffered 'major internal injuries' as a result of 'significant' blows to his tiny body, the court heard . A mother and father murdered their 22-month-old son by stamping and beating him with such ferocity the child's small intestine split in two, a court heard. Toddler ... | Levi Blu Cassin, 22 months, died from 'major internal injuries', jury hears .
His small intestine had split in two as a result of 'significant blows'
He died in hospital after being found with no pulse at his mother's home .
Parents Danielle Cassin, 27, and Mark Piper, 31, are accused of murder .
Pair are also on trial... |
21d93691e841877272f1e746c1f6ce32a298ec1d | By . David Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 17:56 EST, 28 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:57 EST, 28 April 2013 . Bald eagles have many attributes. They can fly as high as 10,000 feet, they have incredible eyesight and they even make good swimmers. But they don’t like to share. In this amazing action shot taken by wildlife photog... | Wildlife photographer Rob Palmer captured the stunning shots .
The American Bald Eagles were fighting over dead carp .
The sky tussle was snapped in Farmington Bay, near Salt Lake City, Utah .
The area is famous for being host to up to 458 eagles at one time . |
21da8f8af6bc3f2ce893135ad61a8513c58891d1 | (Rolling Stone) -- On Blondie's self-released ninth album, the New York new wave greats fold the present into their past -- from a "Tide Is High"-tinged cover of Brooklyn avant-folkies Beirut to a "Dreaming"-like basher with a melody via TV on the Radio. There's a little too much throwing stuff at a wall (the florid Sp... | There's a little too much throwing stuff at a wall .
Their bailiwick synth-rock sometimes feels theatrically heavy-handed .
Debbie Harry's voice remains sharply sculpted . |
21dadc905261397a0a6591656009c97bcbe21075 | (CNN) -- What must it be like to step to the plate for your first appearance as a major-league baseball player and knock a grand-slam home run into the far reaches of the seats in Yankee Stadium? Or to walk onto a National Football League field for the first time in your life, receive a kickoff while standing in the en... | Bob Greene: When Andy Griffith died, most recalled him as the aw-shucks Sherriff Andy Taylor .
But a stunning performance he gave earlier in his first film was the antithesis of his TV role .
In "A Face in the Crowd" Griffith played a drifter-turned-star, an oily, monstrous character .
Greene: Griffith owns the movie; ... |
21dc7e508a38a9b8db5f2f9e7f5e727e49cfcdd8 | (CNN)Few parents are delighted to learn that their daughter is a porn star, even a highly successful one. But for 21-year-old Mia Khalifa of Florida, a family dispute has taken on international dimensions. Khalifa is PornHub's highest-ranked adult star. But she is also Lebanese-born -- and her chosen line of work has n... | Mia Khalifa moved with her family from Lebanon to the United States as a child .
"We are probably paying the price of living away from our homeland," her family says . |
21dca68521a5f1ead72d89909879d3c992c51244 | A jellyfish with a powerfully toxic sting has been rediscovered more than 100 years after the last recorded sighting of it. The incredibly rare Crambione Cookii has not been seen since 1910 but has been recently spotted off the coast of Queensland, Australia, where it was captured. Not much is known about the mysteriou... | The incredibly rare jellyfish was discovered off the coast of Queensland, Australia, by an aquarist who was releasing a rescued sea turtle at the time .
The creature, called a Crambione Cookii, was last seen by American scientist Alfred Gainsborough Mayor off the coast of Cookstown, Queensland, in 1910 .
Not much is kn... |
21dce34fe4a3eaebb27e5d613a09f3e9e4e89bdd | By . Patricia Shipp . Intoxicated: Fox News anchor Gregg Jarrett was arrested on Wednesday after being brought into custody for refusing to cooperate with police at Minneapolis-St. Paul airport . It has been revealed that troubled Fox News anchor Gregg Jarrett was fueled by a potent cocktail of prescription drugs and v... | Fox News anchor Gregg Jarrett had been drinking for three hours before his arrest just after 12.30pm on Wednesday .
Admitted he had taken prescription drugs and was judged to by police to be 'a danger to himself'
Refused to produce ID and was taken into custody for evaluation by medical staff .
Became extremely agitate... |
21dcf444d4bec9d4b2a6ffb54112c4cbb797025f | (CNN) -- Apple is opening up about how many government requests it gets for customer information. The secretive company released its first transparency report on Tuesday, breaking down the number of account and device data requests it received from law enforcement by country for the first half of 2013. The United State... | Apple released its first report listing the amount of government requests for information .
Most of Apple's requests were for device information such as tracking down a stolen phone .
These types of reports are becoming the standard in the tech industry . |
21dd3eed19fdf02a0eb9177f8375cb0cfff8421c | (CNN) -- Another year, another summer movie schedule overflowing with big-budget CGI blockbusters. Moviegoers' cravings for fantastical spectacle are being fulfilled by giant robot warriors in "Pacific Rim," comic book superheroics from "The Wolverine" and "Man Of Steel," and explosive action in "White House Down." But... | Summer blockbusters are heavy on CGI, but can they compete with pre-digital movies?
Some of film's most impressive creations have been realized using puppetry .
We take a look at some of the best puppets in cinema history . |
21dddc46484d7e3fdae03d03b2fbfb3ea9f97082 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 05:18 EST, 2 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:13 EST, 2 August 2013 . They may be the child heirs to a billion dollar fortune, but that was no protection against years of harrowing cruelty at the hands of their father. Forced to live in faeces-strewn basement, existing like slaves... | Georgina and Walker Inman set to inherit part of $1BN tobacco fortune .
Twins, 15, locked in faeces-strewn basement by heroin-addict father .
Pair only eat scraps of food thrown to them and had to go to the toilet in the corner of a room, according to court document .
Georgina tells of harrowing childhood in shocking i... |
21df4d5af6269b3aabff816eabfe24cd9bffeb8b | For people who need a caffeinated kick in the morning or crave a cup of strong coffee when they are far from a kitchen or coffee shop, there is now a unique handheld espresso machine. Unlike other portable coffee systems, the Minipresso doesn’t use batteries or a plug and instead relies on users pumping the device to b... | Minipresso relies on a user pumping it to brew coffee to their liking .
It uses coffee grounds in a pressurised system to mimic a larger machine .
Dinky device is less than 10 inches (26cm) tall has a built-in cup .
It's available to pre-order for $39 (£24) from Hong Kong plus shipping . |
21dfd18850a1bba004b513e770f8c1604151ed9c | Fresh from winning more than £2million on NFL betting, Floyd Mayweather flew into Los Angeles on Tuesday and threw thousands into the air at a famous strip club. The action, known as 'making it rain', secured the American boxer a legion of new fans in LA, as people clamoured to pick up the notes he threw to the floor a... | Floyd Mayweather was filmed throwing money into the air at LA strip club .
The American was with friends at Sam's Hofbrau in downtown LA .
He has collected more than £2m betting on NFL matches since September .
He bet £506,000 ($815,000) on the Denver Broncos to beat the New York Jets by more than 7.5 points - winning ... |
21e1fb03ca2c85bfc2b12fadd432d2e5e476273c | He is less than a week off his first birthday but already Prince George is 'charging around and opening doors'. According to his besotted father, Prince William, the little prince has found his feet and causing mayhem as he races around the family's apartment at Kensington Palace. William was speaking on a visit to Cov... | Prince William visited Coventry’s War Memorial Park today .
Launch the Centenary Fields Project, which aims to protect green spaces .
Local school children attended to play sports .
The Duke started one of their races .
He revealed his son is already running around .
'I think George will be running faster than me very ... |
21e28dd9b07c2e385b937a3c4b14827d5a292a26 | In space, no one can hear you snore - but that's probably because you're not asleep. Most astronauts suffer serious levels of sleep deprivation that could be putting their lives in danger, a study has revealed. The reasons for this are poorly understood, but the sun rising and setting every 90 minutes when orbiting Ear... | They found that on average astronauts get less than six hours sleep a night on orbiting space shuttles and just over six hours on ISS missions .
This was despite the American space agency Nasa scheduling 8.5 hours of sleep per night for space-travelling astronauts .
Around 75% of astronauts resorted to sleeping pills d... |
21e2a225efd7339c2f18dbd09f47692052c30e3a | Washington (CNN) -- The State Department discussed plans to transport non-U.S.citizens infected with Ebola to the United States for medical treatment, but decided to shelve the proposal and insists it was never considered at senior levels. But Congressional Republicans are seizing on an internal State Department memo o... | Republicans say a draft State Department memo shows the government could import foreign Ebola patients .
The State Department said the memo was just for planning . |
21e6ea9066cc7a219af938a6394c4624f7e62783 | A former White House assistant press secretary has lashed out at the White House taking specific aim on the office of the First Lady. Reid Cherlin has written an article for The New Republic criticizing the overly structured way that Michelle Obama's team handles her schedule and even the way the First Lady herself dea... | Former assistant press secretary Reid Cherlin has written an article about the inefficiencies and lack of leadership in Mrs Obama's office .
Said that Mrs Obama can be both 'ambivalent' but also exacting .
Only trusts long-time friends and aides leaving the rest of her staff scrambling for attention and invites to meet... |
21e75b6acae87fea8ce68eff08b1e980c31ea7f2 | Lifelong Democrat Jackie Bland is doing something she never thought she'd do: Urge people to vote for a Republican. Bland supports Thad Cochran, a six-term Mississippi senator who's trying to fend off a fierce tea party challenge to his seat from Chris McDaniel as voting got underway in Tuesday's primary runoff. Two we... | GOP Sen. Thad Cochran hopes African-American Democrats can help him keep his seat .
Cochran is in bitter runoff battle with tea party-backed challenger Chris McDaniel .
McDaniel says Cochran's long tenure in Washington makes him part of status quo .
Cochran is banking on that tenure, and the benefits it provides back h... |
21eaf3eb9e3fc5140001e64d95533c88920bb425 | (CNN) -- How do you keep hope alive? The news of the recovery of Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesus, along with Michelle Knight, sent shock waves through the nation and the community of folks who used to work at "America's Most Wanted," a show that ran for decades, trying to bring missing children home. When you deal with t... | Philip Lerman oversaw the missing child cases for "America's Most Wanted"
60 cases were solved but not the personal one: his stepsister's disappearance .
He saw brave families hold out hope, and show would air and re-air their cases .
Lerman says every family of a missing child is holding onto hope after women found . |
21eb0ceb3205917f6963fdc618935cb3674db81d | (CNN) -- Last weekend a Texas couple apparently discovered that the electronic "baby monitor" in their children's bedroom had been hacked. According to a local TV station, the couple said they heard an unfamiliar voice coming from the room, went to investigate and found that someone had taken control of the camera mon... | Bruce Schneier: Texas couple's baby monitor hacked. Stranger was looking into child's room .
He says, surprise, many smart electronics attached to internet have long been insecure .
He says everything from smart toilets to drones hackable. Consumers don't demand better .
Schneier: Consumers settle for cheapest item wit... |
21eb10c73d1a76eca45edb8587b8bc19d13f0826 | At least 11 suspected al Qaeda militants were killed in Yemen's southern province of Abyan in clashes that erupted Tuesday night and continued for at least 14 hours, according to officials and local residents. A senior security official in Abyan said that government troops shelled militants' hideouts to force them out ... | Clashes began Tuesday night and continued for 14 hours .
Eyewitnesses confirmed that at least four of the dead were foreign fighters .
Security officials say at least 65 foreign fighters have been killed in Abyan since May . |
21eb94d1255bbff84c5905bd2025065c503a9e75 | Kurdish and Iraqi fighters have . reclaimed control of the country's largest dam from ISIS militants who . captured it less than two weeks ago, an army spokesman in Baghdad said. The . Mosul Dam, spanning the Tigris River just north of Iraq's . second-largest city, would mark the first major victory for forces battling... | U.S. and Iraqi planes bombed militant targets close to the facility in Ninawa .
Strategically important dam had been captured by jihadists on August 7 .
The complex on the Tigris river supplies electricity and water to north Iraq .
ISIS has denied losing control of the dam, however, saying battle is ongoing .
News come... |
21ebcfbd40066e31086479b099ef115e346baa0e | By . Mark Duell . UPDATED: . 16:51 EST, 20 December 2011 . As the fallen leader of one of America's biggest foes, Kim Jong-Il would have been prominent on any U.S. intelligence watch-list. But still North Korea’s ‘dear leader' managed to pass away on a train on Saturday night without the outside world knowing for a who... | North Korean leader died on Saturday at 20:30 on train .
South Korean officials only found out on TV on Monday .
U.S. officials were still quoting press reports yesterday . |
21eca2f3fb20c1f48169070187bb18aadd473e18 | Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton was involved in a car accident which saw his Dodge truck flip 'two or three times' in Charlotte. Newton miraculously escaped serious injury, but the Panthers announced that he suffered two transverse process fractures in his lower back. The 25-year-old will remain in Carolina's ... | The two-car collision happened on a bridge near Bank of America Stadium in Charlotte, North Carolina .
Photos from the scene showed Newton smiling after crash .
The Panthers announced that Newton suffered two transverse process fractures in his lower back .
The 25-year-old will remain in hospital overnight for observat... |
21ed01f6a0aa0cf2cca379973a8e7762301117ce | Sir Michael Wilshaw claimed a thorough investigation found claims children were asked inappropriate questions were false . Ofsted guidance at the heart of a major row over ‘inappropriate’ questions fired at primary pupils can be revealed for the first time today. For years inspectors have been internally briefed that t... | Since 2012 inspectors have been able to quiz pupils about the word 'gay'
Briefings also urged tackling 'transphobic' bullying among primary pupils .
Ofsted has denied claims youngsters were inappropriately questioned .
Two schools branded 'intolerant' and 'discriminatory' after inspection .
One alleged that pupils we... |
21ed381906cc6cf3e989adbef0a369dfdbd7533a | By . Rebecca Evans . Speaking out: Kirstie Trup has told for the first time of the terrifying moment she was doused in acid by two strangers . As Kirstie Trup enjoyed an evening stroll through the streets of Zanzibar with a friend, she did not give the moped which pulled up beside her a second thought. For the sight wa... | Kirstie Trup and Katie Gee, both 18, were doused with acid on Zanzibar .
Miss Trup has spoken of the unprovoked attack for the first time .
She revealed she is haunted by questions as to why she was attacked .
But teen wants to go back to Zanzibar to carry on with voluntary work . |
21ed5edbfa28dd07811121d562ab0de56e5c2306 | Ringo Starr is disgusted that British jihadis in Syria have been nicknamed 'The Beatles', claiming ISIS is against everything his former band stood for. The nickname was revealed by a former ISIS captive who said the gang of British extremists had been compared to the group from Liverpool because of their accents. The... | British jihadi gang in Syria nicknamed 'The Beatles' because of their accents .
'Jihadi John' is thought to be responsible for beheading two Americans .
Two other British jihadis are said to be known as Paul and Ringo .
Drummer says the nicknames are against everything The Beatles stood for .
Branded nicknames 'b******... |
21ede671a110f70d4417516bdb2201a449e839e4 | (CNN) -- Three American college students were being held Tuesday, possibly in a Cairo courthouse, accused of lobbing Molotov cocktails during the unrest gripping Tahrir Square, authorities and family members said. The news came as a blow to their families in the United States, especially after seeing a video aired on E... | NEW: The college students will be questioned on Wednesday, an Egyptian official says .
They are accused of lobbing Molotov cocktails during the unrest in Tahrir Square .
The students were spending the semester in Cairo as part of a study-abroad program .
The U.S. State Department expects to have access to them on Wedne... |
21ee1af3d7d1e968092120e030f8f1a28b8610f3 | By . Rob Cooper . Last updated at 5:15 PM on 2nd December 2011 . A gang of armed robbers dressed up as firefighters as a ruse to gain access to safe rooms before holding up shops at gunpoint. Darren Lloyd, 35, was the mastermind who led the group as they repeatedly raided cash-in-transit deliveries in east London, usin... | Mastermind Darren Lloyd, 35, facing years behind bars after planning 8 raids which netted £43k .
Former Met Police officer Gary Griffiths also facing jail for his role .
Scotland Yard's Flying Squad caught 8 people after a year-long probe .
Gang recruited a London firefighter to supply them with real uniforms . |
21ef32bba974a6c9bd3b3d8162ace1272cee1304 | (Health.com) -- You've been told a trillion times not to buy produce out of season. But that doesn't mean you have to skip the fruits you love this time of year. It's just a matter of knowing which version is the healthiest and tastiest. "In the winter, frozen or dried options may have a leg up over fresh when it comes... | Fresh blueberries are pricey in winter and, if trucked in from afar, can go moldy fast .
Frozen peaches are harvested at peak ripeness and quickly flash-frozen to lock in vitamins .
Fresh or frozen, strawberries are a leading source of vitamin C .
Researchers at Florida State University have found that eating prunes ca... |
21f06b1a2d4f9a3d72026b7b1b6d390cef4e51f7 | (CNN) -- U.S. drug agents in Thailand took custody of five men wanted in the United States on allegations of being part of a drug ring that sought to traffic in North Korean methamphetamine and other drugs, CNN has learned. The men, who have British, Filipino, Taiwanese and Slovak citizenship, were being flown to New Y... | 5 men arrested in Thailand are being flown to the United States, CNN has learned .
They are accused of trafficking North Korean drugs, a source says .
The arrests are part of a broader investigation made public in September .
North Korea has been producing drugs since the 1980s, report says . |
21f08a52e77372d061642caaa50b2c20853db8e4 | Police were ordered to 'stand and observe' rioters as they laid waste to London's streets instead of confronting them, it was claimed today. Scotland Yard insiders have revealed teams were frustrated at their inability to wade in and arrest troublemakers while they looted and burnt out shops. They had apparently been t... | Yard insiders: Officers were 'told just to try and contain violence'
Complaints by public that looting mobs were being allowed to continue .
Tactics finally changed on Monday as armoured vehicles moved in .
Met Police took three days to issue pictures of offenders . |
21f1ea068401b401a056e81b9033ab66ea7f7f7e | Trends come and go on social media, here’s hoping this one goes quickly.People have taken to posting pictures of themselves online imitating the picture of Trayvon Martin’s dead body aired on live TV Friday during coverage of George Zimmerman’s murder trial.Done by teens, most of whom are white, Trayvoning involves peo... | Began after MSNBC and HLN aired footage of the Trayvon Martin's body during coverage of George Zimmerman's murder trial .
Mostly teenagers are taking the sick pictures . |
21f1f6642a02030574b5916da536f43b0abefc8e | By . Leesa Smith for Daily Mail Australia . Ryan McCann has been questioned by police after drugs were allegedly found in the walls of his home . A successful Brisbane real estate agent has been questioned by police after drugs were allegedly found in the walls of his home. Ryan McCann, 36, was interviewed by police on... | Ryan McCann was questioned by police after drugs were allegedly found in the walls of his home on Monday .
His office at L J Hooker real estate in Cleveland, Brisbane was also searched .
The 36-year-old was charged with 34 drug-related charges .
He is expected to appear at Cleveland Magistrates Court on Tuesday . |
21f21984c5798a91bd0f726b965e1e7f9a3cd3f1 | By . Deborah Arthurs . PUBLISHED: . 14:17 EST, 13 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:01 EST, 13 March 2012 . Samantha Cameron flew the flag for British designers today as she chose a Burberry coat, Joseph trousers and L.K. Bennett shoes for her debut outfit on the first day of her husband's U.S. state visit. The Prime Mini... | Prime Minister's wife wears top-to-toe homegrown designers for American debut .
Shoes are L.K. Bennett, a brand also favoured by the Duchess of Cambridge . |
21f25b7c06a2db0492e106cbd027c4de8079e4e9 | Beijing (CNN) -- Vladimir Putin is seeking China's support in Russia's standoff with Western powers over Ukraine. In a rare phone conversation, Putin briefed his counterpart in Beijing, President Xi Jinping, on "Russia's position on the issue and measures Russia had taken to tackle the crisis," the state-controlled Xin... | China's president: Situation in Ukraine is "highly complicated and sensitive"
Russia has attempted to depict China's support as more unequivocal than it actually is .
Beijing attempting to balance relationship with ally Russia as well as West .
Analyst: China also has strong strategic and commercial ties with Ukraine . |
21f298555257d45489930bb2595576f15cfed95d | By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 07:37 EST, 8 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:53 EST, 8 January 2014 . Victoria Oddy has been jailed for three years and 11 months following a series of knife-point robberies on women to fund her £100,000-a-year drug habit . A mother threatened a student with a ten-inch blade and dug her ... | Victoria Oddy threatened student with a ten-inch blade in one robbery .
27 year-old also dug her nails into a woman's hand in another incident .
She was caught after residents overpowered her as she threatened student .
She has been jailed for three years and 11 months at Leeds Crown Court . |
21f2d8f37ea64cbc77a69a7e9c8aa12bddaa0159 | By . John Hall . and Mark Duell . A 61-year-old homeowner revealed today how oversleeping by 10 minutes saved his life after a Royal Mail lorry smashed into his house. Len Wiles, of Gosport, Hampshire, said he usually goes downstairs at 5.45am and switches on the TV - but he did not get out of bed at the normal time ye... | Lorry crashed into building in Gosport, Hampshire trapping couple in 60s .
Firefighters had to rescue them as the crash cut off access to staircase .
Incident took place about 5.47am yesterday and involved postal vehicle .
Driver of 7.5-tonne lorry and the elderly couple all escaped without injuries . |
21f55b3a768c627cfdef6a25161fdf344c4f0c17 | Dallas Cowboys defensive end Jack Crawford spoke of his excitement at playing in front of his friends and family when the Londoner’s side take on the Jacksonville Jaguars at Wembley on Sunday. Crawford, initially keen to pursue a career in basketball, attended Penn State college after moving across the pond in 2005. He... | Born in north London, Crawford moved to America aged 16 to play basketball but was drafted by the Oakland Raiders in 2012 .
He was released in summer and the defensive end has played four times in the Cowboys' current campaign .
He admits that team-mates have struggled with London's inclement weather . |
21f56169105c0fa72e3462cd4e8aec50d9636002 | By . Lillian Radulova . Five people were stranded on a rocky island off Australia's central Queensland coast for nine hours before being winched to safety by a rescue helicopter. The group of three men and two women, wrote an enormous 'SOS' message on a nearby sandbank after their boat's anchor broke, leaving them stra... | Three men and two women were stranded after their boat's anchor broke .
Water police began search after finding their abandoned boat adrift .
Five people were found by helicopter after SOS sand message was noticed .
The event marks the second helicopter rescue in the area in under 10 days . |
21f687dce3f645c22d85bc474658bcced6987c38 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A man who was caught with thousands of photographs of child pornography kept his stash of sick pictures hidden in a secret room. Kenneth E. Smith, from Vancouver, had been collecting child porn for 12 years when the FBI visited him last July, but he went to extreme efforts to prevent his obse... | Kenneth E. Smith had collected child porn for 12 years .
His computer was kept in a room reached only by elevator that used a secret switch to operate .
Smith will be jailed for eight years . |
21f6b33db7b7d4216f542986ee648f79d8845017 | By . Lee Moran . PUBLISHED: . 03:59 EST, 23 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:18 EST, 23 October 2012 . Spanish police are searching for a British tourist who has disappeared on the Canary Islands. Richard Michael Lee, 56, was last seen having breakfast at the Torre del Conde hotel in the island of La Gomera's capital o... | Richard Lee, 56, last seen having breakfast at his hotel on October 7 .
His clothes and suitcase were still in his hotel room . |
21f734bbb31cc93096a3bd2fceed1e73c0520d8b | Former Miami Dolphins fullback Rob Konrad survived a boating accident on Wednesday night by swimming nine miles to safety, confirmed the Coast Guard. Konrad was reportedly fishing alone off the coast of South Florida when he fell from the 36-foot vessel, which was operating on autopilot. The 38-year-old spent between 1... | Rob Konrad survived a boating accident by swimming nine miles to safety .
Former Miami Dolphins fullback fell off his boat and spent 10-12 hours in the Atlantic Ocean .
Konrad was founds by policeman on Palm Beach the day after the accident . |
21f7427ef830af7ad971aeda415ce5f9c51e495f | Washington (CNN) -- Three U.S. Airways-operated jets at Reagan National Airport came closer than they should have because of an air traffic control "miscommunication," federal authorities said Thursday. The incident occurred Tuesday afternoon when air traffic controllers were making adjustments for landing and departin... | NEW: A plane came within 800 vertical feet and less than one nautical mile of another aircraft .
The incident occurred during adjustments for bad weather .
US Airways says it is investigating .
The NTSB said Thursday that it will investigate . |
21f75e951358a4238b3d85630816c3c3e127327f | Liverpool manager Brendan Rodgers has confirmed that Daniel Sturridge will miss 'two to four weeks' after picking up a calf injury in training last week. The 25-year-old has been out of action since suffering a thigh problem while on England duty before their Euro 2016 qualifier against Switzerland. And Rodgers confirm... | Daniel Sturridge likely to miss Liverpool's next six fixtures .
Brendan Rodgers confirms striker will be out for 'two to four weeks'
Liverpool face Real Madrid on Wednesday and again on November 4 .
Two own-goals help Liverpool beat QPR 3-2 at Loftus Road on Sunday . |
21f95c2a1246e3b431202236c2d90da7065c1e36 | (CNN) -- In 2010, the American Board of Internal Medicine suspended or revoked the certification of 139 physicians for giving away or soliciting examination questions for a board review company. CNN subsequently reported on residents preparing for certification examinations using questions reproduced by people who took... | Doctors were disciplined for sharing examination questions .
Gregory Ruhnke says cheating is surprisingly common among medical students .
He says cheating fosters behavior that can persist through doctor's career . |
21f9c824406013f3f3432c2b01ed8303fc0a1fa4 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 03:39 EST, 11 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:19 EST, 11 April 2013 . Baroness Thatcher is to blame for the UK's adversarial relationship with Brussels and other European powers still cannot trust a British Prime Minister 23 years after she left office, one of her greatest political r... | Helmut Kohl said they had persistent rows and were never friends .
Iron Lady's 'antagonism characterises British policy on Europe to this day'
MPs say her victories against Brussels remain some of her greatest as PM . |
21fa408d1facdbfdbb855fb8e72298478bc36ed2 | By . Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 14:25 EST, 11 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:47 EST, 11 April 2013 . A grocery store worker is lucky to be alive after being caught in the middle of a shooting where a stray bullet hit his belt buckle. Bienvenido Reynoso, 38, was at work inside the 8 Brother's Supermarket in Grays Ferry... | Bullets fired mid-afternoon on Wednesday in Philadelphia .
Employee Bienvenido Reynoso said he was 'born again' after his lucky escape . |
21face0fabb90cef2d706eab832e4f8179dc4f97 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Ex-NFL star Terrell Owens' estranged wife has been rushed to hospital following an alleged suicide attempt, it was revealed today. Rachel Snider was hospitalized at the weekend in a serious condition in Texas after leaving Owens when their marriage collapsed after two weeks. Rachel Snider twe... | Rachel Snider was reportedly hospitalized in a serious condition in Texas .
She tweeted on Tuesday 'just a little broken down right now'
Snider and Owens married at a courthouse in Norwalk, California on January 23 .
The estranged husband and wife reportedly met on Twitter before he flew to meet her in Texas . |
21fbaf2f18405b1cb77e06d0c9e1beac1d94be4b | By . David Mccormack and Helen Pow . PUBLISHED: . 14:11 EST, 4 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:16 EST, 4 December 2013 . Revealed: An anonymous do-gooder traveling the country giving servers incredibly generous tips has been outed as multimillionaire former PayPal Vice President Jack Selby, pictured . An anonymous do... | Anonymous do-gooder 'Tipsforjesus' who left a trail of ridiculously large tips at bars across the country since September named .
Jack Selby was among a small group of alumni who made .
an astronomical fortune at PayPal .
Since leaving the firm has .
dabbled in film production, venture capitalism and now, according to ... |
21fbbd27b8dcfafb9055862ef18f9aac739fa455 | By . Guy Walters . PUBLISHED: . 16:39 EST, 23 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:07 EST, 24 September 2012 . Crammed into small boxes, their heads wedged through tiny holes, the monkeys undoubtedly look terrified. Around them, men in rubber overalls and gas masks arrange a semi-circle of boxes containing guinea pigs on... | WARNING GRAPHIC CONTENT .
Operation Cauldron took place on pontoon off the coast of the Isle of Lewis .
Military chiefs believed the Soviets were producing bacteriological bombs . |
21fc4f9212d1b41c5ea7139a07fe00b90eb24e39 | By . Tom Kelly . and Rebecca Camber . Leaving court: Rolf Harris leaves Southwark Crown Court surrounded by family after the first day of his trial . Here is the full text of a letter read in court written by Rolf Harris to the father of one of his alleged victims in March 1997: . 'Dear [the father], . 'Please . forgiv... | Jury hears letter Harris, 84, allegedly wrote to father of one woman admitting affair but insisting she was not underage and it was consensual .
He faces 12 charges of indecent assault on four alleged victims .
Alleged assaults, which Harris denies, took place between 1968 and 1986 . |
21ff7b91537b3ab2e73dff1f982a669b8658b0e9 | Baghdad (CNN) -- At least 10 Shiite pilgrims were killed and dozens wounded in attacks targeting them in Iraq on Tuesday evening, officials said. In western Baghdad's Ghazaliya neighborhood a roadside bomb detonated near a gathering of pilgrims killing at least 10 and wounding 21 others, an Interior Ministry official s... | The attack is part of a recent spike in violence against Shiite pilgrims .
Authorities have stepped up security to help protect the pilgrims .
The attack comes during a time when thousands make a pilgrimage to the holy city of Karbala . |
2200805d881af741b1ea6bd1985ebe63e7dfe6eb | A herd of elephants slap a layer of thick mud and dust over their skin - in the same way as we apply sun block. And with the baking hot African sun baring down on them, and a lack of rainfall, these elephants at the Etosha National Park in Namibia wasted no time in covering themselves up. The 'dust bath' is part of a d... | Mud helps elephants keep cool and acts as a parasite deterrent .
The 'dust bath' is part of their daily routine after having a morning bathe .
Peter Delaney tracked the animals for a week to capture these images . |
2201452a28bf4c504d1b509a25f34ae3d407513b | By . James Chapman . PUBLISHED: . 19:19 EST, 25 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:49 EST, 26 February 2013 . Warning: Marta Andreasen will appear in Eastleigh alongside Cabinet ministers as she becomes the most prominent figure to leave Ukip and join the Conservatives . Voting for UKIP risks handing Nick Clegg a crucia... | Defecting Euro MP Marta Andreasen will appear in Hampshire town today .
She becomes most prominent figure to leave UKIP for Conservative Party .
Says 'cold reality' is a 'vote for UKIP in Eastleigh is a vote for Nick Clegg' |
22015b0c32b8018777e69d789a641cd80d4bc587 | (CNN) -- More than nuclear bomb tests, the suicide of former South Korean president Roh Moo-Hyun has stunned the South Korean public. While the news has shocked the nation, perhaps the level of surprise at the method wasn't as great. The suicide of former president Roh has shocked South Korea. In a country with one of ... | South Korea has one of the highest rates of suicide in developed countries .
Concepts of honor and "face" remain strong social forces in many Asian societies .
Suicide is a complex mix of issues, but ideas of 'honorable' death persist . |
22016d7a4db9639af4eb26501762667d8e608088 | By . Sarah Bridge . PUBLISHED: . 13:15 EST, 14 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 15:10 EST, 14 March 2014 . From a simple coat of nail polish to incredibly intricate and beautiful works of art, the manicure is fast becoming a fashion statement in its own right, complete withs trends, fads and ever-changing designs. But if yo... | Ancient Egyptian royals such as Cleopatra were among early fans .
Later, manicures were loved by British aristocracy including Elizabeth I .
Since 1900, nails have become part of fashion with changing trends .
Modern nails come covered in everything from glitter to gold leaf . |
2201de2b5698267440a542992a5174dbf95e0886 | (CNN) -- A new one-volume guide to virtually every rumor, controversy, assertion and accusation about Sarah Palin -- scurrilous or otherwise -- is about to hit the stands, and it's already generating a storm of controversy. "The Rogue: Searching for The Real Sarah Palin" by Joe McGinniss is a merciless review of Palin'... | "The Rogue" by Joe McGinniss comes out next Tuesday .
Joe McGinniss' book alleges that Palin once used cocaine .
The book also claims Palin was an image-obsessed governor and poor parent .
Sarah Palin's husband says the book is full of "disgusting" lies . |
2201f8d89e0707c3c203646977e8c7e2fd5666d5 | Tracey Sharp finally left the family farm she lived on with 'husband' Philip and his six 'wives' and now lives with her children in their own apartment . A mother who shared a man known as the ‘Rampant Rabbi’ with six other women has described their bizarre family life together – and explained why she finally walked ou... | Tracey Sharp lived with 'husband' Philip and his six other 'wives'
Claimed he had favourites and chose who shared his bed each night .
The 46-year-old finally left in 2010 and set up home alone with her children .
She now loves being independent but now 'feels stupid' about her time there . |
2201fec255b48f9f8f8a64feda77048744c61b70 | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 04:34 EST, 31 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:39 EST, 31 October 2013 . A sheriff's deputy who shot dead a 13-year-old Californian boy after mistaking his fake AK-47 for a real gun opened fire before his partner was even able to get out of the patrol car, it has emerged. Andy Lopez was ... | Erick Gelhaus, 48, shot dead teenage Andy Lopez earlier this month .
Gelhaus has received death threats after the incident that sparked outrage .
The FBI is investigating the fatal shooting of the 13-year-old in Santa Rosa, .
Lopez was spotted carrying a toy gun by cops in Sonoma County .
Ordered him to drop his weapon... |
22023dc5f7f957760e98ead4fa5cccc684a0dc34 | (CNN) -- Brazil's new president-elect vowed to continue her predecessor's move to fight against inequality and promote human rights and fight poverty in her victory speech Sunday night. "My mission is to eradicate poverty," Dilma Rousseff said after the country's Supreme Electoral Tribunal declared her the winner in Su... | NEW: "My mission is to eradicate poverty," Rousseff says in victory speech .
Dilma Rousseff wins against Jose Serra in a runoff .
She's a a former left-wing guerrilla fighter turned chief of staff . |
22026912a7a36eaa52a2b678bed671c6e27c9a33 | By . Daniel Martin . PUBLISHED: . 16:38 EST, 19 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:42 EST, 20 June 2013 . Pensioners are being left in hospital beds for weeks on end because of a critical shortage of home helps and nursing home places . Thousands of older people are being left in hospital beds for weeks on end because of a ... | Report found 'bed blocking' patients stuck for an average of 30 days .
Campaigners said the 'bleak' study raises a fresh NHS scandal . |
2203e31ac02edad0af4a65d53291e0e75826192d | (CNN) -- Stephen Colbert -- host of "The Colbert Report" and unabashed right wing radical -- is now considering running for President of the United States of America. Simply put: Colbert must be stopped! He is an existential threat to our way of life and to the exceptional nature of our nation. I know some will dismiss... | Comedian Dean Obeidallah: Stephen Colbert is considering running for president .
He channels Colbert, satirically calls his candidacy a threat to our way of life .
Obeidallah: Why do media coddle Colbert just because he calls himself a "comedian" |
220599aaea4428b0be2c6c9df60bb622c7986ee5 | (CNN) -- This weekend at the box office, a superhero comedy, a Steve Jobs biopic, and a Harrison Ford thriller all got served by a butler. "Lee Daniels' The Butler," to be exact. The Weinstein Company's awards-bait drama, which stars Forest Whitaker and Oprah Winfrey, topped the chart with an excellent $25 million from... | "Lee Daniels' The Butler" took the top spot at the box office .
"We're the Millers," "Elysium" round out top 3 .
New Steve Jobs biopic didn't crack the top 5 . |
220609b16086079fc4a2b7859c398d2fab770313 | MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- Mexicans in the United States sent home 12.2 percent less money this past August than the same month last year, the Banco de Mexico said Wednesday. Mexicans in the U.S. are sending fewer dollars home and are suffering from a tough economy. That translates into remittances of $1.9 billion,... | Bank: Mexicans in U.S. sent 12.2 percent less money back to Mexico than last August .
Some economists predict the drop will increase by year's end to 20 percent .
After oil exports, remittances are Mexico's second-largest source of foreign currency .
Some migrant workers are opting to return to Mexico . |
22068c35d207f9ee470d4c9d352d0ffe896e7b3c | (CNN) -- At least 12 people were injured when a bomb exploded in southern Thailand Sunday morning, police said. The explosion caused a fire that burned down about a dozen houses, Yala Police Col. Krisada Kaewchandee said. Investigators believe a car bomb caused the blast, he said. The explosion occurred in a region tha... | Police say the explosion caused a fire that burned down about 12 houses .
Muslim separatists in southern Thailand have long battled government forces .
The region has seen a spike in suspected insurgent attacks recently . |
2206e49ec85431fe8d21dfb5feffcf6a8b62f97e | (CNN) -- A man who faked his drowning death nearly 20 years ago off a Florida beach was found out by North Carolina police who stopped him for a traffic violation, authorities said Thursday. Bennie Wint told police he faked his drowning death in Daytona Beach, Florida, in 1989. Bennie Wint left behind a grieving fiance... | North Carolina officer didn't believe man's story during traffic stop .
He couldn't find name man that gave in police database .
Eventually, "James Sweet" confessed he was Bennie Wint .
Wint was reported missing off Daytona Beach, Florida, in September 1989 . |
220911d867916dd9add07dd86660bc94a1828cbb | By . Chris Greenwood . PUBLISHED: . 10:18 EST, 6 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:06 EST, 6 June 2013 . Jailed: Philip Gaisford, 64, a former Scotland Yard chief superintendent, was found guilty of 27 offences against nine boys and girls . A retired top police officer who set up a scuba diving business so he could groom y... | Philip Gaisford, 64, enticed children with scuba lessons and pool parties .
Former chief superintendent faced police probe in 2000 - but it was dropped allowing him to continue his seedy business .
Hundreds of boys visited his pool for group lessons and private tuition .
He held pool parties and was nicknamed 'paedo-Ph... |
22091ffb39d7c7e54dc9ef20ad8263fa50415237 | By . Associated Press . The Ebola outbreak ravaging West Africa is 'totally out of control' and doctors are stretched to the limit in their attempts to respond to the disease, a senior medic said today. The current outbreak has caused more deaths than any other on record, said an official from the Doctors without Board... | Ebola outbreak in West Africa is 'totally out of control', medics say .
Disease linked to more than 330 deaths in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia . |
2209ae310f93ed91896ea132d3155b6643a1d2ed | (CNN) -- ABC's '90s sitcom "Boy Meets World" had one of the best TV bromances of our time, but the bond between Ben Savage's Cory Matthews and Rider Strong's Shawn Hunter wasn't part of the original plan. Had the production team behind the '90s coming-of-age comedy had their way, Savage's Cory, the precocious middle ch... | Rider Strong starred on ABC's "Boy Meets World" as Shawn Hunter .
A boxed collection of the series is now available .
Strong recalls a supportive set behind-the-scenes .
Unfortunately, he doesn't still have his character's leather jacket . |
2209f159b67bececc48f58c3d8d175a39c060962 | Furious Swansea boss Garry Monk accused Stoke winger Victor Moses and referee Michael Oliver of cheating his team after a controversial penalty decision at the Britannia Stadium on Sunday. Monk, who now faces an FA disciplinary charge, called for Moses to be punished for diving. The Swansea boss added that if he had ‘d... | Wilfried Bony puts Swansea ahead from the spot after controversial decision against Ryan Shawcross .
Stoke defender had dragged Bony to the floor off the ball at a corner .
Charlie Adam equalises for Stoke with another penalty in 43rd minute after Victor Moses went down .
Jonathan Walters scores first Premier League go... |
220abbb8b1d7837dbd99d168d51a54541f45734c | New Delhi (CNN) -- The Dalai Lama has formally relinquished his political and administrative powers, a spokesman said Tuesday. The Tibetan spiritual leader approved amendments to the exiled constitution to enable him to devolve his political responsibilities into the community's elected leadership and judiciary, accord... | The Dalai Lama cedes political and administrative responsibilities .
The exiled Tibetan parliament amends its charter to relieve the Dalai Lama of his political role .
The Dalai Lama remains Tibetans' spiritual figurehead . |
220babcdfcfc95546547ea4d1d528afb08352a18 | Christmas is seen by most families as a time to celebrate together – but for some it seems that only holds true until there is a better offer. The majority of workers would choose a small cash bonus over a couple of extra days off with their loved ones during the festive period, according to research. Accountancy firm ... | 2,400 workers surveyed on what they would value most at Christmas .
57 per cent of those quizzed said they would like a £250 cash bonus .
Just one in ten would opt for two extra days of annual leave .
Only 2 per cent picked the generous option of donating £250 to charity . |
220bba3d4bb32d51dd43f85d9b50301f21785143 | Harry Kane kept his astonishing season rolling with two goals in two minutes for England’s Under 21s — only for France to hit back and inflict a first defeat in 12 games on Gareth Southgate’s men. Tottenham striker Kane took his tally to 15 goals from 14 starts for club and country, but Arsenal’s French starlet Yaya Sa... | Harry Kane took his tally to 15 goals from 14 starts for club and country .
Arsenal’s French starlet Yaya Sanogo grabbed a brace of his own .
Kingsley Coman rifled a shot into top-left corner to clinch friendly win . |
220bf1a4a571ede0a2d63eb6f258a1b0a392b716 | (CNN) -- Olympic 1500 meter champion Rashid Ramzi has been stripped of his gold medal after testing positive for doping at the 2008 Beijing Games, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) has announced. The Bahraini runner, his country's first Olympic champion, also faces a two-year ban from track and field. Moroccan-... | Bahrain's Rashid Ramzi stripped of Olympic 1500m gold from Beijing .
Ramzi tested positive for CERA an advanced version of blood-booster EPO .
Four other athletes who tested positive for CERA also sanctioned .
Moroccan-born Ramzi also faces two-year ban from track and field . |
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