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2368ef7f2b72c7cc7b7112f342e226a6208c084e | (CNN) -- Holders Brazil needed a last-gasp equalizer from Fred to salvage a 2-2 draw against Paraguay in their Copa America Group B match Saturday in Cordoba. It was another lackluster performance from the five-time world champions after being held to a goalless draw by Venezuela in the opening match of their title de... | Holders Brazil held 2-2 by Paraguay in Copa America Group B match .
Brazil need 89th minute equalizer from Fred to salvage a point .
Both Brazil and Argentina still to win in Copa after two games apiece . |
23694adc0a1dbc032f0628dbcf3758dadd1c56ac | (CNN) -- Recent threats and attacks from militant groups have made it almost impossible for the World Food Program to get food to hungry people in southern Somaila, the aid agency said Tuesday. The actions by militant groups have led to a partial suspension food distribution in much of southern Somalia, the agency said... | Recent attacks make it near impossible for aid agencies to deliver food in southern Somalia .
The United Nations say more than 1 million people going hungry .
The World Food Program says it is under threat from Islamist militants . |
236a0247b8a215ab208b7690c20d4ddab626816c | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 11:14 EST, 9 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:16 EST, 9 May 2013 . Accident and emergency services have ‘deteriorated significantly’, according to NHS officials. Launching its National Recovery and Improvement Plan, NHS England said the number of organisations failing to meet waiting time tar... | NHS England is launching a 'national recovery and improvement plan'
Number of hospitals failing to meet waiting time targets doubled last year .
In the last quarter of 2012/13 two thirds of hospitals failed to meet targets .
A&E departments should see and treat 95% of patients within four hours . |
236b9dc9af6145cdec363990f3b3e87fb713a8ec | By . Mark Duell . and James Rush . and Emma Thomas . Police believe they have found the body of missing teenager Jayden Parkinson in a cemetery in Oxfordshire . The father of murdered teenager Jayden Parkinson says he wants to bring her killer to justice. Writing on his Facebook page, Paul Parkinson, the father of 17-y... | Father Paul Parkinson wrote tribute on Facebook page .
Police believe they have found missing teenager in a cemetery .
Detectives say post-mortem due to take place to determine cause of death .
Jayden Parkinson, 17, has not been seen since 4.30pm on December 3 .
Police found 'evidence of recent and unauthorised disturb... |
236c37b0b53da3f09cbca4b2cdf2fbe6ba3138e8 | By . Nick Purewal, Press Association . Mauro Zarate has 'matured' enough to put his controversial days behind him and pull West Ham's attacking strings, according to Sam Allardyce. West Ham's Argentine summer signing volleyed a fine debut goal in Saturday's 3-1 Premier League victory at Crystal Palace. Zarate was Argen... | Mauro Zarate scored the opening goal at Selhurst Park on Saturday .
Sam Allardyce's West Ham claimed a 3-1 win against Crystal Palace .
Cheikhou Kouyate has also impressed since moving to Upton Park . |
236c984f987bb16b0ec3a31c350d529fd22b822e | British hostage David Haines was kidnapped by 'professional' ISIS gunmen in a 'pre-planned' ambush that took just seconds, a witness today revealed . British hostage David Haines was kidnapped by 'professional' ISIS gunmen on an isolated road in northern Syria in an attack that took just seconds, an eyewitness today re... | David Haines, 44, was seized by militants as he travelled to refugee camp .
Masked gunmen ambushed group's car, before ordering them to 'get out'
They threw Mr Haines and Italian colleague into boot of their own vehicle .
Witness said: 'They were wearing black masks and were so professional'
Added that the militants ap... |
237123241c0c823293f6ffa2547d26efdabf8929 | By . Darren Boyle . Locals in Bolton could not believe their eyes when they spotted a bright pink pigeon flying around their street. David Taylor, 58, saw the unusual bird, which has white and pink plumage and a grey head, flying around the street as he ate his breakfast. The regional sales manager, from Breightmet, ca... | Resident David Taylor spotted the multi-coloured bird flying around his road .
The pigeon has pink and white plumage and a 'normal' grey head .
The bird may have changed colour after eating too much pink food . |
23719ac277e4cf8fd88bee973c9ca221a68dcd94 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . From the perkily named Pershing's Crusaders to the more ponderously titled When The Kaiser Does The Goose-Step (To A Good Old American Rag), patriotic songs were once almost as popular as their poster equivalent. Now, with the World War One centenary almost upon us, a selection of beautifully... | Patriotic songs were an important way of keeping spirits up during WW1 .
British ditties tended to be filled with a poignant longing for home .
By contrast, tunes from the US were usually more upbeat and martial . |
23728b36b1a9cdbdb168fbd7aae685016c6e076e | From the food mixer to the tumble dryer, the modern home is filled with a cacophony of sounds. Now new research suggests this noise could be making us ill by causing two in five people to suffer from higher stress levels. Some of the worst offending products are some of the most essential in the home and include washin... | 40% of Europe’s population is exposed to noise levels in excess of 55dB .
World Health Organization said this can disturb sleep and cause stress .
Some of the worst offending appliances include washing machines, .
vacuum cleaners and extractor fans . |
23769dd30b5b3395556dabbb554f31f377a5c93e | It's the stuff you might expect only to see on TV or in movies -- the upbeat kind with happy endings. Thankfully, that is just what happened in Burbank, California -- the Southern California city that's home to Warner Brothers and Walt Disney studios -- as a toddler fell from three stories up into a stranger's arms and... | Witnesses see a child dangling from a third-story window in Burbank .
A box spring mattress is put under the window .
A stranger catches the youngster, falls back onto the mattress .
Man who says he caught the child: "It feels like I watched a TV show" |
2377c3d3369b8d8fe4e4d0bb80fb1fa18bfd33c1 | A student has been counselled after she was caught performing sex act on camera in a university library. Picture posed by model . A University of Newcastle student has been caught broadcasting live sex shows from a campus library. The university said she had been 'counselled' after officials were informed she was broad... | Female student counselled after she was caught doing live sex shows .
She used campus internet to broadcast live from a university library .
University of Newcastle said the room has been steam cleaned .
Newcastle University Students’ Association president Clare Swan said the incident highlighted the fact students need... |
2378a8a3bb05cbe0f45971e215df29db83b0ca57 | Demands were growing last night for a judge-led inquiry into Britain’s complicity in torture after a day of drama at Westminster. Three days after a US Senate report revealed details of the CIA’s barbaric interrogation techniques, MPs demanded answers to disturbing questions about the UK’s role. Senior figures from all... | Newly-released report revealed CIA's gruesome interrogation techniques .
But references to U.S. allies, including Britain, were completely redacted .
Now figures from all parties demand to know truth of Britain's complicity .
It has been claimed the Government frantically 'lobbied' report authors .
Prior to its publica... |
2378b42cdd026ab3ff8709724493adb9f2c1f5fa | When in Rome, it's tempting to try the city's world-famous ice cream. But some British tourists were left with a nasty aftertaste – a £54 bill. Following their complaints over being charged £13.50 each for their take-away cones, an Italian politician has called for a clampdown on such extortionate prices. Outraged: Hol... | Roger Bannister, brother Steven, and wives ordered four cones .
They cost a staggering 16 euros a piece .
Reignited a row in country about tourists being 'ripped off' by businesses . |
23790638f73ff2925bb53df1ab070bc820992d42 | Concerns have been raised after one of Britain's best loved steam trains was filmed during a trip apparently on fire. Fears were raised after a video was caught on webcam showing Tangmere passing through Dawlish in Devon on Sunday in flames. The video shows the heritage locomotive speeding through the resort with what ... | Tangmere was filmed 'on fire' as it passed through Dawlish in Devon on Sunday .
Video shows the heritage loco with what appear to be orange flames and smoke pouring out of driver's cab .
Locomotive owners say that there was no fire and no one was hurt . |
23793cdda25bfb52708a02d6b31a712f8460887b | (CNN) -- In an effort to galvanize support for a new pair of rail tunnels connecting New York and New Jersey, two U.S. senators from the Garden State announced Monday that Amtrak would bear some of the costs. The $13.5 billion Gateway Tunnel project would add high-speed and commuter rail service between the two states ... | Senators say Amtrak would spend $50 million for $13.5 billion tunnel project .
Sen. Frank R. Lautenberg: "New Jersey is facing a transportation crisis"
New Jersey governor rejected a similar project in October, citing budget concerns .
New Jersey is facing a projected $10.5 billion deficit . |
2379fe0925123b0bd8ff63de9e5796f804787bb4 | (CNN) -- The North Pole may be briefly ice-free by September as global warming melts away Arctic sea ice, according to scientists from the National Snow and Ice Data Center in Boulder, Colorado. "We kind of have an informal betting pool going around in our center and that betting pool is 'does the North Pole melt out t... | Ice retreated to a record level last fall when the Northwest Passage opened briefly .
Weather patterns will determine whether the ice cover melts completely this summer .
Scientists say the Arctic meltdown is not part of a historic cycle . |
237b62b5f506741e7e288e5982310b055676a81c | (CNN) -- When Barack Obama is sworn in as the 44th president of the United States, the wish list that has been building abroad may have grown longer than he or anyone else can deliver. The world's newspapers marked Barack Obama's election win. Now, world governments want him to act. There are the apparently eternal con... | World has long wish list for Barack Obama when he becomes president .
Solving problems will need creative diplomacy and courage, Amanpour says .
Middle East, Iran and Kashmir all need attention .
Amanpour asks if world nations will rise to help U.S. or just carp from sidelines . |
237d1fb6d2646efbfc7728a699582ad3dabf6c7d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:52 EST, 28 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:29 EST, 29 October 2013 . Chris Brown has had his assault charge reduced from a felony to a misdemeanour. The singer was arrested outside a five star hotel in Washington, D.C. on Sunday morning after he allegedly punched a man and br... | Brown was released from custody but ordered to stay 100 yards away from alleged victim .
Victim claims Brown broke his nose but police said he was treated for fractured nasal bone, according to reports .
Bodyguard's charges were also reduced amid conflicting witness accounts, as it is unclear who threw the punch .
Los ... |
237f262bbacb39001e495dbb68079bd209215c2b | A black woman is demanding an apology from NHS chiefs after she was sent a letter saying her password was set as 'charcoal shade' for a hospital website. Leanda Probert, 31, from Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, was horrified when she discovered the 'highly offensive' password in a letter asking her to book an online appoi... | Leanda Probert, 31, described the password as 'highly offensive'
The mother-of-one suffers from crippling condition fibromyalgia .
NHS North Somerset apologised for the blunder which was 'generated automatically' |
237f4b3fafb5bca89627701cabdb01a61ddef306 | (CNN)Salt trucks rumbled and traffic jammed as a massive new storm brought snow, freezing rain, ice and frigid temperatures to a large swath of the United States on Monday. "It's dangerously cold," Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser told CNN's "The Situation Room," warning that the nation's capital was bracing for up to 8 ... | Federal government offices in the Washington area will be closed Tuesday .
CNN meteorologist: Ice buildup could knock out power, complicate travel .
States affected include Kansas, Missouri, Arkansas, Alabama, Kentucky, Georgia and Virginia . |
237f76c5b72a7e468a3e1b1e4b623cfa6103415a | By . Simon Tomlinson . With a degree in communications from one of the most prestigious universities in the world, the irony wasn't lost on Alex Harris. While packing up his belongings during a house move, his wife noticed a rather unfortunate spelling mistake on his graduation certificate that had been hanging proudly... | Alex Harris's wife spotted error while packing up during a house move .
First vowel in the word 'communications' was a 'U' rather than an 'O'
Mr Harris: 'I looked at keyboard and "O" and "U" aren't next to each other'
University of California counts Nobel Peace Prize winners among alumni . |
238128396a88a7293a0d8069bf7a791b10d4ae92 | A number of European countries have already contacted FIFA about possible training bases for the 2018 World Cup, despite it being under two months since the 2014 final. And this ultra-forward planning comes at a time when European Union diplomats are supporting a boycott of the tournament in Russia as an effective prot... | Germany and Holland’s football federations are understood to have already begun preparations for the 2018 World Cup in Russia .
Ian Botham has called for the Ashes urn to be retained by the victors .
Sky Sports News will find Leeds only willing to talk to their cameras when contractually obliged to after a fall-out ove... |
238168ca61f5fb6d2a6eccc6bae6b43e8c3d77c3 | New York (CNN) -- A propane gas tank leak that prompted the evacuations of an estimated 900 homes in Shirley, New York, was contained, officials said Saturday night. After conducting an air quality sampling of 100 residences, officials decided to allow all residents to go home, said Suffolk County spokesman Dan Aug. El... | NEW: Residents are allowed to go home .
The leak is successfully contained in Shirley, New York .
Homes and businesses within a 5-mile radius of the leak were evacuated .
The Red Cross assisted evacuees . |
2382a0cbc16660a544422daba79c580ea962d395 | A toddler pulled a bag of cocaine out of Candyce Hardem's shirt during a traffic stop near Daytona Beach . A toddler pulled a bag of cocaine out of a woman's shirt during traffic stop. Deputies say an 11-month-old boy pulled a baggie full of cocaine from inside the shirt of Candyce Harden, during a traffic stop near D... | 11-month-old boy pulled a baggie full of cocaine from inside the shirt of Candyce Harden, during a traffic stop near Daytona Beach .
Volusia County Sheriff's deputies stopped a car Sunday for traffic violations . |
238342d92faed8ad60f3286ff559832c40c87a23 | Japan is braced for torrential rain and 120mph winds as Super Typhoon Vongfong sweeps north towards the country's southern islands. The storm, which will be Japan's second typhoon in a week, was moving extremely slowly on Friday afternoon - raising the risk of landslides and flooding when it makes landfall this weekend... | Vongfong, Japan's second typhoon in a week, is sweeping north towards the country's southern islands .
The storm is moving slowly - raising the risk of landslides and floods when it makes landfall this weekend .
Strong winds are already whipping up 50ft waves which are battering the island of Okinawa .
Satellite images... |
238379665efe8f969d40db9685d6fad5650dd317 | A Texas man is suing four doctors and a hospital for $10 million over a botched bariatric sleeve procedure after he woke up in hospital two weeks later missing both of his legs. Carlos Saucedo, 32, went in for the weight-loss procedure at Baylor Medical Center at Trophy Club, near Fort Worth, one year ago. He weighed 2... | Carlos Saucedo, 32, has filed a lawsuit claiming negligence by doctors involved in his 2013 gastric sleeve procedure near Fort Worth .
Operation induces weight loss by reducing the size of the stomach .
Doctors mistakenly cut his aorta, leading to blood loss and lack of circulation to his legs, lawsuit claims .
Saucedo... |
23839b7d4d1065dd29f14199953d70b814e7ae69 | By . Daniel Martin, Whitehall Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 10:51 EST, 5 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:44 EST, 6 December 2012 . The Chancellor will plough billions of pounds into building projects – including the extension of the controversial High Speed 2 line to the north of England. George Osborne hopes that spe... | Jam-busting projects for M23, A1 and A30 aims to get the regions moving .
Controversial High Speed Rail link will be extended to the North West and Yorkshire - even before the first London-Birmingham stretch is built .
Whitehall departments told to cut 1% next year and 2% in 2014 to pay for construction projects across... |
238400c5f8143faae18950f3e5a5e128a0bef384 | If this is to be Mark Warburton’s final season at Griffin Park then he won’t want any off the field issues derailing their push for promotion. Reports that Brentford are lining up a new manager for next season regardless of if they are promoted to the Premier League or still in the Championship are understood to have h... | Odion Ighalo scored an injury time goal to hand Watford all three points .
The Nigerian striker scored twice in the second half to seal victory .
Brentford had earlier taken the lead via former Luton striker Andre Gray .
The hosts lost defender Jake Bidwell to a straight red in the first half . |
238451ec37154f684b272efda084a9f07a4e2f82 | A relaxed diver drifts with the ocean current - as a fearsome 8ft killer shark circles around him. But Vincent Canabal, 34, seems unphased by the oceanic whitetip - despite the species being thought responsible for the most human deaths by sharks in history. The powerful hunters have a grisly reputation for dining on s... | Photographer Vincent Canabal, 34, comes within feet of one of the most fearsome predators on the planet .
Divers share same water as deadly Oceanic whitetip shark off the coast of Cat Island, Bahamas . |
238529510868e1302d3eb784e8f68372d1eef418 | By . Rachel Quigley . PUBLISHED: . 11:08 EST, 20 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:53 EST, 20 February 2013 . Marriage counselor Sheila Loven told her client his marriage was over so he would have sex with her . After a former marriage counselor was convicted of sexual assault for having sex with one of her clients whi... | The couple - who had been married for 17 years - went to Sheila Loven because they thought she had the same values as them .
Used the sessions to drive a wedge between them and have an affair with husband .
When the couple realized her plan and reconciled, she starting sending them disturbing texts .
Another woman said... |
2387a7b76c0bf690f98738c6a324b58610213b29 | By . Fiona Macrae . Scientists believe that regular injections of young blood could help keep us youthful in both mind and body . It sounds like a barely believable plot in a Dracula-inspired novel. But scientists believe that regular injections of young blood could help keep us youthful in both mind and body. Studies... | Scientists say regular injections of young blood 'could help keep us youthful'
Discovery could help those suffering from diseases such as Alzheimer’s .
Trial on mice set to be tested on Alzheimer’s patients in a matter of months . |
2389a65deee921203fc7b6046f86f496ac3aedcf | By . Sarah Griffiths . From suddenly being sunburnt on a breezy day, to getting caught in a localised shower, the weather has unlimited ways of catching us out. But now a company in California has created a wearable ‘environmental tracker’ that could put an end to these weather woes. The clip-on device looks like a clo... | A company in California has created the wearable ‘environmental tracker’
Clip-on device gathers readings of a wearer's immediate environment .
The CliMate sensor can monitor changes in humidity, UV and temperature .
App will show readings as a plant and has a sun cream application alarm .
Data from devices will be used... |
238bda930a84fbe8f675f50d24836081cf56b77f | Washington (CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton used a foreign policy talk to weigh in on hot button political issues Wednesday, slamming a Florida pastor for his "disgraceful" plan to burn the Quran and strongly criticizing George W. Bush's fiscal record. Clinton warned about the long-term consequences of risin... | Hillary Clinton calls a Florida pastor's plans to burn the Quran "distressful" and "disgraceful"
She warns that fiscal irresponsibility harms U.S. security .
Clinton urges Senate passage of the START nuclear arms reduction treaty .
Clinton says sanctions against Iran are starting to take hold . |
238c0c7950f86f0bc99368db527bdee96171b8f6 | By . Lucy Crossley . A nursery school owner who left a three-year-old girl strapped inside a car for more than five hours - after ‘completely forgetting’ about her - has been struck off the childminder’s register. Carol Cort, 67, was giving the little girl a lift to the Barn Nursery School, in the Cotswold village of B... | Carol Cort, 67, was giving the girl a lift to Barn Nursery School as a favour .
She locked the car and went to work, but left toddler inside .
Mrs Cort only realised when she returned to the car at 3pm .
By that time little girl had been trapped in the car for more than five hours .
Mother thought staff member was 'jok... |
238d8565d9654476eefccd569c55cec5f70e4917 | (CNN) -- France will send approximately 1,000 more troops to the Central African Republic, French Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian said Tuesday in a radio interview. Speaking on Europe 1 radio, he said the mission would last about six months and would be coordinated with the United Nations and African Union. About 4... | NEW: Doctors Without Borders highlights plight of the many people displaced by violence .
Mission is expected to last about six months, Defense Minister Jean-Yves Le Drian says .
About 400 French troops are already deployed in the African nation .
A transitional government has been in place since a coup earlier this ye... |
238e604f4d913cb2a020e56793f4674d0c917595 | A Texas man who has come to be known as the 'vampire vet' after allegedly being caught keeping family pets alive that were meant to be euthanized was indicted on three criminal charges Wednesday. Millard Lucien 'Lou' Tierce, 71, has been charged with one count of theft, one count of misapplication of fiduciary property... | Dr Millard Lucien Tierce, 71, kept at least four dogs brought to his Fort Worth clinic to be put down because he believed it was his decision .
He turned himself into Tarrant County Jail in May .
Marian and Jamie Harris took their Leonberger to be put down at Camp Bowie Animal Clinic in October 2013 after Tierce said h... |
238faca7fd18ca20e74768ce2121a512d71b0749 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:16 EST, 1 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:23 EST, 2 January 2013 . Crews aboard two aircraft flew over an oil drilling ship Tuesday that went aground in a severe Alaska storm and saw no sign that the vessel was leaking fuel or that its hull had been breached. The Royal Dutch ... | The Kulluk was being towed by a 360-foot anchor handler and a tugboat when it broke away .
Grounded on rocks at the small uninhabited island of Sitkalidak in the Gulf of Alaska .
The Coast Guard planned to fly out early on Tuesday to plan a salvage operation and possible spill response .
The .
drilling rig drafts up to... |
23903f43349fc8ae3a0e50cc305fdc5d3dad12a6 | (Health.com) -- Young children with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) are roughly four times more likely than their peers to become depressed or attempt suicide in later childhood, a new study suggests. Researchers followed 125 children with ADHD for up to 14 years beginning at ages 4 to 6, and compared t... | Children with ADHD are four times more likely to become depressed or attempt suicide .
39 percent of kids with ADHD were also found to have depression in the study .
Researchers suggest that ADHD may be an early warning sign for alcohol abuse . |
2390417ad18443b2dd03086df25e7f534818c8c6 | Jeb Bush is stepping down from the board of directors at Rayonier Inc., according to a Monday filing from the forestry company. It's further evidence he is seriously mulling a presidential bid as he continues to cut his corporate ties. The two-sentence filing to the Securities and Exchange Commission states the former ... | Jeb Bush is stepping down from forestry company Rayonier .
It's the third company he has recently cut ties with .
Bush says he is "actively exploring" a presidential bid . |
23905015a2f299ba503ffe99b0bb66ccfa44eef8 | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 22:18 EST, 8 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:23 EST, 9 August 2013 . Workmen spent a morning ripping up a woman's drive before realising they had been sent to the wrong address. Julie Tworogal, 50, returned home to find her concrete and pebble driveway reduced to rubble. At first she thou... | Julie Tworogal returned home to find her driveway reduced to rubble .
Owner of firm said the company has agreed to re-pave the driveway . |
239057889af0ed6a8710a2c9c0cdc5d72ead3563 | Tony Abbott's budgie smugglers are 'confronting' - but we're not calling for them to be banned. That is the common refrain of the Islamic community to fierce calls for the burqa to be outlawed. The joke is told by community leaders such as Mariam Veiszadeh, by Muslims on the streets of south-west Sydney and is the sub... | Muslim community leaders respond to burqa debate with quip about Tony Abbott's Speedos .
Mr Abbott has backed down on a plan to place Muslim visitors to Parliament in a glass enclosure .
Leader says: 'If you want to dress down, or dress up, we should all be able to do it'
The burqa has often been confused with the niqa... |
239150e96ad0fec071db8eba1607ea0237f7dfee | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Obama administration will not support a policy of taxing drivers based on their mileage, the Transportation Department said Friday after a published interview in which Secretary Ray LaHood called it an idea "we should look at." The mileage tax idea involves tracking drivers through GPS units in ... | Mileage tax idea would use GPS in cars to track drivers' usage .
Transportation Secretary LaHood calls it an idea "we should look at"
Transportation Department says Obama will not pursue the tax .
Oregon carried out a pilot program and deemed it "successful" |
239152faaf91d6cd465d744c74a6fb36893435cf | Favourite night out: Prince Harry leaving Tonteria . It used to be Boujis. Then it was Mahiki. But now Prince Harry has a new playground – a Mexican-themed nightclub which hosts some of the wildest nights in London. The club, called Tonteria, regularly features dancers dressed in bondage-style lingerie. A bottle of teq... | Prince Harry has visited Tonteria in Sloane Square on numerous occasions .
He is said to arrive and leave the London nightclub by a discreet entrance .
Arrangements have been made to ensure he is never photographed in club .
Drinks menu offers a round of shots for £110 and champagne for £28,000 . |
2391b9e486ec64d324647f7ecaf4bfee2c433f1b | Rome (CNN) -- Italy's flamboyant former prime minister Silvio Berlusconi plans to marry a former television showgirl-turned-politician a half century younger, he told an Italian talk show this week. Francesca Pascale, 27, is "a girl who is beautiful on the outside, but even more beautiful on the inside," the 76-year-ol... | Berlusconi's bride-to-be is 27-year-old Francesca Pascale .
"What can a man of 76 do with a 27-year-old girl?" a butcher asks .
Italy's former prime minister faces trial on charges he hired an underage prostitute for sex .
Berlusconi dominated Italian politics for nearly two decades until resigning last year . |
23926a1271be7d7b613e89a874fad96c6b3de239 | By . Chris Hastings . PUBLISHED: . 17:05 EST, 30 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:16 EST, 30 November 2013 . He won an Oscar for writing about Shakespeare In Love – and now Sir Tom Stoppard is in the same situation himself. The 76-year-old father of four, who is regarded as Britain’s greatest living dramatist, is to... | Father-of-four Sir Tom and Sabrina got engaged several weeks ago .
The couple, who are ‘passionately in love’, began the relationship in secret .
The Oscar-winning writer has been married twice before .
Ms Guinness, a charity entrepreneur, .
is 19 years Stoppard’s junior .
She counts everyone from U2 to the Rothschilds... |
2393488caeccb35b1635029cf23a061232ae5b9d | (CNN) -- Hundreds of children have been systematically raped, beaten and sex trafficked in a northern English town for more than 12 years. And it is still going on, a government commissioned report says. The "appalling" revelations also expose cultural tensions and lack of communication between authorities and the town... | Abuses included gang rape, trafficking, beating, threats at gunpoint .
Victims were as young as 11 years old, the report says .
Social counselors, police, officials turned a blind eye, report says .
Most suspects were ethnic minorities, and authorities were afraid of being branded racists . |
2393e5f0baec62b487a77070d3a1574379c33b8b | Premiership Rugby made a robust case for its salary cap on Friday after Saracens claimed that seven Aviva Premiership clubs have indicated they want the existing system scrapped. Saracens say the the matter will be discussed at a Premiership Rugby shareholders meeting on February 4. In a press release issued by the clu... | Premiership's umbrella organisation hits back at Saracens claim .
Sarries had said seven club support scrapping the salary cap .
But Premiership Rugby adamant that cap ensures game's financial viability .
Clubs worried that top players will go abroad after 2015 World Cup . |
239511e488ad70517b679666356eb9d6cd657593 | By . Jennifer Smith . PUBLISHED: . 11:25 EST, 6 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:00 EST, 6 September 2013 . A teenager who beat up an ambulanceman as he tried to treat a barely conscious woman at a house party has been jailed. Reece Richmond, 19, assaulted Gary Stacey with his older brother, Samuel, last April after ... | Reece Richmond, 19, was sentenced to 30 weeks in jail .
His older brother, also involved in the attack, received a lighter sentence .
Police and ambulance services speak out against 'absolutely unacceptable' attack . |
2395f000b1f939989847f46d6b83c6e35137792d | (CNN) -- The first ever regular season NBA game was played in Europe this weekend, as the New Jersey Nets took on the Toronto Raptors at London's O2 Arena. The British capital proved to be lucky for the Nets. The east coast team won both legs of the two-game tie -- they claimed the first 116-103 on Friday and the secon... | New Jersey Nets and Toronto Raptors played at London's O2 Arena .
It was the first regular-season NBA game to be held in Europe and more could follow .
The Nets beat the Raptors in two close games played on Friday and Saturday .
The O2 Arena venue will host the basketball competition at the London 2012 Olympics . |
2396008f39091f6ad05495297bc8915332213803 | (CNN) -- The residents of Colorado and Washington state have voted to legalize the recreational use of marijuana, and all hell is about to break loose -- at least ideologically. The problem is that pot is still very much illegal under federal law, and the Obama administration must decide whether to enforce federal law ... | Colorado and Washington legalized recreational use of pot but it's illegal under federal law .
Mark Osler: Two ideologies clash over whether U.S. should override new state laws .
Osler: Federalists say state laws must rule; moralists say we need national drug laws .
U.S. must honor states, he says; federalism is in Con... |
23963ba1a01f88308cf5e2cf0425b4973b60fe67 | She might have been flanked by some of the biggest names in world cinema but as Hunger Games star Jennifer Lawrence stepped onto the red carpet outside London's Leicester Square Odeon, all eyes were on her. The reason? A stunning quilted white gown by what has become her go-to label for big events, be they premieres, f... | Jennifer Lawrence, 24, has a marked preference for gowns by French fashion house Dior .
Wore a striking quilted white gown by the label for London Hunger Games premiere last night .
Also wore the label for this year's Oscar and BAFTA Awards ceremonies and at scores of premieres .
Was spotted sitting next to Dior CEO Si... |
2396b88311faf30914acd6d2b8abbd800431dfb8 | (CNN) -- The Netherlands and Nigeria will begin using body scanners on airline passengers following the attempted terrorist attack on a U.S.-bound flight on Christmas Day, authorities in both nations said Wednesday. The millimeter-wave body scanners will be in place at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport in about three weeks ... | Nigeria announces intent to use security technology; no timeline given .
Full body scanners will be in place in Amsterdam in three weeks, Dutch say .
Scanners have caused controversy over ability to produce "naked" images .
Scanners do not contravene European privacy laws, interior minister says . |
2396f74b318fafd435b7e88b0619a56f0cc9e3de | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 08:20 EST, 11 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:21 EST, 11 January 2013 . Scam: James Cleary stole nearly £32,000 from the cancer research centre where he worked . A cancer research boss at a leading university has been jailed for embezzling nearly £32,000 and spending it on drugs and alcoho... | James Cleary spent thousands feeding drug and alcohol addiction .
Jailed for 20 months after pleading guilty to massive fraud . |
2397b375f7cf8b055b1884de5623f12dcfa14b78 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Negotiations between the United States and Libya that could result in compensation for past acts of state-sponsored terrorism by Libya are under way, a senior State Department official said Friday. The wreckage of Pan Am 103 in Lockerbie, Scotland; the bombing killed 270 people in 1989. U.S. and Li... | Nations hoping for deal in which Libya would compensate terrorism victims .
Eights acts would be covered in possible agreement .
Libya has tried to normalize relations with U.S. by renouncing terrorism .
U.S. oil companies want to explore and develop Libya's oil fields . |
2397bece4284ad963d36e49a4395903f88c5c85d | Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Libyan militias surrendered their Tripoli bases to the military on Thursday, nearly a week after growing public anger over the presence of armed groups in the capital sparked deadly clashes. In a series of ceremonies across the coastal city, militias from Tripoli as well as smaller towns such as... | Last week, the worst violence in the capital in two years left 47 dead .
Country has been awash in militias since Moammar Gadhafi's overthrow .
Prime minister attends a handover ceremony . |
239860cc3cce609fc651513550f4ea9dab7c637a | Stun guns that deliver an electric shock five times more powerful than a police Taser are being sold on eBay, a Mail on Sunday investigation has found. The weapons, which are disguised as torches, paralyse victims instantly and leave them in excruciating pain. In some cases the stun guns have been linked to brain damag... | Weapons cause excruciating pain, paralysis, and are linked to deaths .
Available for as little as £9 from online sellers in Poland, Italy and Lithuania .
The devices were disguised as torches to avoid eBay safeguards .
MoS reporters also found dangerous pepper spray available from the U.S.
The auction website has been ... |
2399613cb65beb01bf4be5104a6a0a40ed144249 | By . Darren Boyle for MailOnline . Levi Bruce, pictured, told his victims that in 'five seconds' they would be blind after squirting them with a noxious substance thought to be drain cleaner . A man told two teenage boys that they would be blind 'in five seconds' after squirting drain cleaner in their faces causing ser... | Levi Bruce squirted drain cleaner into his victims' faces outside their home .
The 31-year-old wanted to fight the boys' father as part of an ongoing feud .
After squirting the liquid, Bruce warned 'in five seconds you will be blind'
Bruce admitted grievous bodily harm with intent at Maidstone Crown Court .
He was jail... |
239ab2400aba160a78466b0d04d58ba9d654b2f6 | It may now be Albania's liveliest neighborhood, but a little over two decades ago it wasn't even on the map. A tight-knit grid of nightspots and restaurants in the middle of capital city Tirana, the district has become an emblem of Albania's slow lurch away from economic ruin. New bars appear almost daily and at weeken... | Now a nightlife hotspot, the Block was once the refuge of Albanian dictator Enver Hoxha .
The area in the Albanian capital Tirana is filled with dozens of cafes, bars and restaurants .
Some complain the area has been gentrified beyond the reach of locals . |
239bf740da1fe8decf7593a4be385d16d5156633 | Locked up: Tim Haries has been jailed for six months after being found guilty of defacing a portrait of the Queen at Westminster Abbey . A Fathers4Justice campaigner vowed to go on hunger strike today as he was sentenced to six months in prison for defacing a portrait of the Queen with paint in Westminster Abbey. Tim H... | Tim Haries, 42, was guilty of criminal damage of more than £5,000 .
Haries, of Doncaster, said in a statement he was a 'political prisoner'
Father of two vowed to go on hunger strike while he is in jail .
He told the court he vandalised the painting to highlight 'social justice issue'
His supporters heckled the judge a... |
239c2e1881fc66c8398e17414344ed39018d4d4c | (CNN) -- For some 100 years, tourists have flocked Arenhold Hooper's ostrich family farm in Oudtshoorn, the South African city renowned as the ostrich capital of the world, to ride its long-legged, long-necked birds. Today, however, Hooper's Highgate Ostrich show farm is devoid of both birds and people after tests show... | South Africa's ostrich industry is facing tough times after a major bird flu outbreak .
More than 40,000 ostriches have been culled since last April .
Officials warn that the impact of the disease outbreak on the industry is severe .
South Africa accounts for up to 80% of the world's ostrich products . |
239d0e3b504e4b9e1e6eb20eb77c8a873a2f5657 | By . Rob Cooper . UPDATED: . 10:18 EST, 24 August 2011 . A 16-year-old boy who tried to incite a riot on Facebook has been told he faces jail after his anonymity was taken away by a judge. Johnny Melfah posted messages on a group online called 'Letz start a riot'. After a judge lifted his right to keep his identity sec... | Johnny Melfah posted messages on a group called 'Letz start a riot'
Judge rules he should be identified despite his age in 'legal first'
Home Secretary Theresa May has urged courts to name more youth defendants . |
239db630c511025eb936bba4ac40e03dd6498dbc | By . Peter Allen . PUBLISHED: . 17:32 EST, 27 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:03 EST, 27 March 2013 . A 'tearful' Carla Bruni today spoke for the first time about the indictment of her husband Nicolas Sarkozy on corruption charges - saying the ordeal was 'painful'. Her words came on the same day that the judge conductin... | Sarkozy is accused of taking millions from frail heiress Liliane Bettencourt .
His wife Carla says it is 'unthinkable' that he would have taken advantage .
The former French president may have to go on trial .
L'Oreal heiress Mrs Bettencourt is the richest woman in the world .
A judge in the case today received a death... |
239dc33b2e3252551bf3f609442e1296fcfee9ae | The turrets are made from hand-beaten copper and the fleurs-de-lis finials on the roof have been expertly carved from the finest tulipwood. Clearly no expense has been spared to create this luxury home, designed for a little girl with big dreams – and indulgent parents. For, the ‘Room for a Princess’ is not your averag... | The playhouse is designed as a dressing-up room for a child .
The whole thing took a team of six craftsmen ten weeks to complete .
It is painstakingly put together using American walnut, maple and oak .
Makers guarantee never to make the same item more than once . |
239e6275fc865d18511b2dcc2147b359446058f9 | By . Katy Winter . PUBLISHED: . 14:02 EST, 5 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:11 EST, 5 December 2013 . News of Allesandra Pacchieri, the Italian woman whose baby delivered by caesarean section without her consent and then removed from her by Essex social services has shocked the nation over the past week. Ms Pacchier... | Kelly McWilliams, 37, became depressed after her son died aged 10 .
She admitted herself to hospital and made a good recovery .
Two years later she became pregnant .
She was told by a social worker during pregnancy that everything was fine .
Two social workers arrived when Kelly was in labour and told her they were tak... |
239f350099abeda1d091eae4daeed53949690e5a | Weighs 29lbs and sparkles with 50 two carat black diamonds as well as white diamonds and gold thread . Created by British designer Debbie Wingham and unveiled at Ukraine Fashion Week . Handmade dress took six months to sew by hand . By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 07:47 EST, 25 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:53 E... | Weighs 29lbs and sparkles with 50 two carat black diamonds as well as white diamonds and gold thread .
Created by British designer Debbie Wingham and unveiled at Ukraine Fashion Week .
Handmade dress took six months to sew by hand .
Debbie boasts a celebrity client list .
that includes Kate Winslet, Hilary Swank, Amy S... |
239fc9433b964fa106a0b7ea2ce2706273cdb777 | Crash investigators have said Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 broke up in the air over eastern Ukraine after it was struck by multiple 'high-energy objects from outside the aircraft'. A newly-released report contains pictures of the downed airliner showing holes in the fuselage and cockpit which could have been caused by... | MH17 likely struck by multiple 'high-energy objects' crash investigators say .
Dutch Safety Board report says objects caused aircraft to break up in the air .
Pictures show holes - perhaps from a missile explosion - in fuselage .
The Boeing 777 plunged out of the sky in July over pro-Russian rebel-held territory in Ukr... |
23a083ec3310dbdc20778cc6e2eef85f3f6009ce | By . Wil Longbottom . UPDATED: . 12:02 EST, 16 January 2012 . The newest Miss America has revealed that seeing her father jailed for 18 months as she graduated high school was the focus for her beauty pageant campaign. Laura Kaeppeler, 23, from Kenosha, Wisconsin, said she wanted children with incarcerated parents to f... | 23-year-old's nominated charity supports children with parents behind bars .
She is joined on stage in Las Vegas by emotional father . |
23a0cef23126467baa89eb903990957e463a3ab4 | By . Lucy Buckland . PUBLISHED: . 06:08 EST, 19 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:26 EST, 19 November 2012 . X Factor supremo Simon Cowell has been left baffled after X Factor favorite Ella Henderson's dream of stardom was crushed on Sunday evening, branding her departure 'unbelievable' Big boss Cowell led the celebrit... | Show supremo led tweets of disbelief, other included Millie Mackintosh, James Argent and X Factor host Dermot O'Leary .
Teenager Ella appeared on ITV's Daybreak on Monday saying she 'wasn't shocked' at her departure .
Viewers branded show 'a farce' and 'a joke'
Saturday's X Factor was 2million viewers down from BBC 1 s... |
23a16d740d05a004fe92d8ee9c67a088bbdfb88b | (CNN) -- Brazil and beaches go together like bossa nova and "The Girl From Ipanema," which, of course, put the country on the map as a hub of sun and sand and the eternally tanned and lovely. With 4,650 miles of mostly tropical coastline, Brazil can lay claim to one of the biggest collections of balmy shores on the pla... | With 4,650 miles of mostly tropical coastline, Brazil has seemingly endless balmy shores .
Northeast states of Maranao and Rio Grande do Norte are noted for gorgeous turquoise waters .
With almost 700 miles of coastline, state of Bahia is loaded with spectacular beaches .
Porto de Galinhas in Pernambuco is an annual "B... |
23a1b7a76eef82f76ad0dd4a97639b0881760b82 | Roberto Martinez and Ruud Van Nistelrooy were interested observers as Holland trained for the final time before flying to Salvador for their opening World Cup game against Spain. The Everton manager is in Rio de Janeiro ahead of his commentary role for ESPN when Argentina take on Bosnia on Sunday. But he was spotted de... | Roberto Martinez and Ruud van Nistelrooy watched Holland training .
Holland face holders Spain in their opening game on Friday 13th .
Robin van Persie trained after escaping a bizarre kite surfing accident .
Wesley Sneijder is at his prime after training with a kickboxer . |
23a1be9f9f63a0381e63643f87a825d8ef73cde0 | (CNN) -- After a deadly earthquake and tsunami struck Japan last Friday, response team members from ShelterBox were on the ground within 24 hours. The organization, founded by 2008 CNN Hero Tom Henderson, provides emergency shelter and lifesaving supplies to families affected by disasters. These essentials come in a la... | ShelterBox, a disaster relief organization, responded quickly to the catastrophe in Japan .
The group delivered emergency shelter and lifesaving supplies to thousands of survivors .
ShelterBox was founded by 2008 CNN Hero Tom Henderson .
Tsunami aid and relief: How you can help . |
23a49b4118931697daba988dfc9004989af9ef84 | (CNN) -- Chinese authorities were explicit: Tear down the nation's first sex-themed amusement park before it gets going full steam. Visitors catch a glimpse of Love Land, billed as China's first-ever sex theme park, in southwest China. Love Land had not opened its doors yet, but authorities in the city of Chongqing -- ... | Love Land was to display giant replica genitals and photo gallery on history of sex .
The park was to include sex-technique workshops and sex education .
Reactions posted on the Internet were varied, according to the China Daily . |
23a51888c1fb23167edf711914de35256af12501 | By . Francesca Infante . PUBLISHED: . 21:06 EST, 10 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:05 EST, 11 February 2013 . 'You may be right': Rupert Murdoch responded to a Twitter user's comments: 'Seriously, we are all so over Page 3' The days of topless models on Page 3 on The Sun newspaper may be numbered after Rupert Murd... | Rupert Murdoch responded to a Twitter user's comment: 'Seriously, we are all so over Page 3'
He replied 'You may be right, don't know but considering'
Pressure group No More Page 3 celebrated the hint . |
23a5d0679e6023af0bcaca40d4d1507b1533005f | Ahead of the final Premier League action of 2014, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Stoke's home clash with West Brom... Stoke City vs West Bromwich Albion (Britannia S... | Stoke City host West Brom at 3pm on Sunday 28 December .
Stoke star Bojan is a doubt after injuring his back against Everton .
Chris Brunt and Graham Dorrans could both return for West Brom . |
23a61132c802e554e79eb0d0a771d5010f912e2a | China, as one Twitter user wrote Tuesday, has been fooled by the "mysterious Western art of satire." The merciless comedy website The Onion has declared North Korean leader Kim Jong Un the "sexiest man alive for 2012." And it appears China's People's Daily Online has taken the story seriously. "I love this one," Onion ... | Onion editor: Tricking China has a "certain delightfulness"
A Chinese news site takes an Onion satire for a real story .
The Onion declares North Korean leader Kim Jong Un "sexiest man alive"
People's Daily Online runs portions of the Onion story and 55 photos of Kim . |
23a66e57acb14445e45e387461a5c491aabee0f2 | 'Crying': Shrien Dewani (pictured earlier in the trial) told police that his wife Anni was the one who decided to visit a dangerous South African township on the night she was shot dead, a court heard today . Shrien Dewani told police that his wife Anni was the one who decided to visit a dangerous South African townshi... | Millionaire revealed wife's wishes in statement hours after taxi was carjacked .
Police officer said Dewani was 'crying' and said: 'I hope they didn't kill Anni'
Businessman accused of paying hitmen to kill his bride in staged robbery .
Prosecutor wanted to show 53 e-mails between Dewani and an older man .
Unnamed man ... |
23a67ca5371caaa76399dc15b469f6524241c6f4 | (CNN) -- The tiny corpses, faces pale and grimy, lay side by side, wrapped in a red blanket. They are the latest child casualties in the bloody Syrian civil war. They are also grisly evidence of the carnage in the besieged Syrian city of Daraya over the weekend. Published Monday by the opposition outlet Shaam News Netw... | At least 231 people are reported killed across Syria on Monday .
France warns against use of chemical weapons .
The United Nations, France condemn Daraya killings .
A transition report is to be released Tuesday . |
23a6c9c55df5d2518c838bc407d9460e9a56abb3 | By . Brian Marjoribanks . Celtic have issued a firm denial on behalf of winger Aleksandar Tonev after the Bulgarian was accused of racially abusing Aberdeen defender Shay Logan during his debut for the Scottish champions. The 24-year-old international is facing a Scottish FA probe after being reported by the Dons for a... | Shay Logan alleges that Aleksandar Tonev called him a 'black c***'
Celtic spokesman says 'we have spoken to the player and he has stated that the accusation made is not true'
Likely to be difficult to prove as it is only one man's word against another .
SFA likely to investigate after referee's match report filed on Mo... |
23a78c982e1242463b174f4d8dfc43e841e3482d | By . Phil Vinter . PUBLISHED: . 13:08 EST, 16 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:43 EST, 17 August 2012 . A grandfather caught a pair of mean-spirited traffic wardens removing snow from double yellow lines to make it appear as if drivers had purposely parked illegally. Once the lines had been revealed, the over-officious ... | Inspectors put fines on cars abandoned in heavy snow in Nottingham .
Pensioner embarked on 18-month campaign to get council to admit traffic wardens were wrong to issue tickets .
Anthony Wilkinson caught wardens on camera and realised they had also been clocked by CCTV . |
23a87dcd1007f73c4a6278d230aacb6411c71266 | Injured Liverpool striker Daniel Sturridge continued his rehabilitation from a thigh complaint on Monday as the 25-year-old underwent a session in the Boston Red Sox gym. Sturridge has not featured for Liverpool since August following a series of muscular injuries, the first of which he suffered while on international ... | Daniel Sturridge has not played for Liverpool since August 31 .
Combination of thigh and calf problems has kept him out of action .
England striker has been training in Los Angeles in recent weeks .
He has headed to Boston for the festive period to step up fitness regime .
Sturridge has been accompanied by Liverpool's ... |
23a9979c2a328c71d4733eb61dfb4586159d7aef | Concerns: French Foreign Minister Laurent Fabius questioned Romania and Bulgaria's ability to police their borders . France's foreign minister said last night that Romanians and Bulgarians should be prevented from travelling around Europe freely. Laurent Fabius is the second senior minister to call for restrictions. H... | Limits to movement of Romanians and Bulgarians ends on January 1, 2014 .
Foreign Minister questioned countries ability to police their own borders .
20,000 Roma migrants live in of squalid camps on French city outskirts .
German also opposed to allowing Bulgaria and Romania into Schengen zone . |
23a99d883baab03fcbbfca6478cb32c93cdc1414 | By . Rebecca English . PUBLISHED: . 18:35 EST, 28 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:38 EST, 28 October 2012 . Return: The Duchess of Cornwall, seen on a visit to India in 2006, has returned to the country ahead of a tour of Australia, New Zealand and Papua New Guinea . With a three-week tour of Papua New Guinea, Austral... | Camilla has flown to the Soukya International Holistic Health Centre in southern India ahead of a tour of Australia and New Zealand .
The Duchess of Cornwall is understood to be staying in the centre's £3,500 a night presidential suite . |
23aac2b09ec89373ca2a4d591a53b48749b17e96 | (CNN) -- Reports of sex assault in the U.S. military are up by half, another startling annual figure around a problem the Pentagon believes is still under-reported. But the Defense Department said the sharp year-over-year increase for fiscal 2013 largely reflected steps to encourage more people to come forward if they'... | The latest annual figures compiled by the Pentagon show a 50 percent increase in reports .
The Pentagon says the surge indicates more people willing to come forward .
NEW: There were 5,061 sex assault reports for the 2013 fiscal year .
NEW: Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel said the best way to combat sex assault "is to pr... |
23ab746b903c28b6ff89fc5e475b4dbd0797fbbb | Have you ever daydreamed about having superhuman strength so you can lift weights with such ease it was like picking up a feather? Well, now one man has man this dream a reality. Incredible suits capable of lifting heavy weights have been developed by universities and the military, but until now the technology was proh... | A Californian engineer known as The Hacksmith, has demonstrated his DIY exoskeleton by lifting a 171.5lbs (78kg) breeze block barbell .
Pneumatic cylinders on the arms allow him to lift heavy weights with ease .
But he felt his legs and back aching - so is planning to extend the 'suit'
He thinks with a few tweaks, his ... |
23ab870583bb7b01abf5fb280b2933aa408ec0a8 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- A New York woman is facing multiple fraud and larceny charges for allegedly pretending she had terminal cancer to get thousands of dollars from sympathetic donors to pay for an over-the-top wedding and honeymoon, according to a court statement released Tuesday. Jessica Vega, 25, who was arrested last ... | Jessica Vega, 25, was arrested last week in Virginia .
She has been indicted on fraud and grand larceny charges .
She could face up to 24 years behind bars if convicted . |
23ab8ba7da68f8a2e0c44d4e8938921e13ea38fd | A professional skydiver has redefined 'extreme sports' after becoming the first person to complete five of the blood-pumping activities in just one day. Chuck Berry, from Queenstown in New Zealand, managed to skydive, snowboard, mountain bike, bungee jump and take a ride in a jet boat in no more than an hour in July th... | Chuck Berry skydived from 10,000 feet onto a mountain top before snowboarding down the mountain side .
He then re-boarded the chopper which flew him to a mountain bike trail .
The extreme sportsman rode to a 75 metre high bridge which he then bungee jumped off of before taking a ride in a jet boat .
Tourism New Zealand... |
23ae06eb107634f7969139f3c0696757772d4b68 | A luxurious French island costs less to rent than a three-bedroom London flat. A three-bedroom London flat in Knightsbridge costs £5,500 a week to rent - more than £1,000 per week more than a 25-acre island on a stunning French river. The incredible isolated island on the River Seine near Paris, France, is up for rent ... | Isolated French island comes with a villa twice the size of London pad .
The island itself is 25 acres, 30-miles north of Paris . |
23ae63c97a679b6a0a65f7c74106332ae277876a | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 10:32 EST, 1 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:39 EST, 6 September 2013 . TV adventurer Bear Grylls - who conquered Everest aged just 23 and has endured some of the most extreme conditions on the planet - has ripped out a steel slide on his private island to avoid a showdown with planning ... | Grylls has removed the 80ft slide for the winter .
Gwynedd Council launched investigation and fears accidents could happen .
One councillor said it might need planning permission as it's a 'beauty spot'
The slide can only be used for a couple of hours a day due to the tides . |
23afae8563d29f81e1ae3d6aade3025aac95a81b | Argentina and Germany are preparing to fight it out in the 2014 World Cup final at the Maracana, but who are the players set to make history? Here, Sportsmail's Rio Ferdinand delivers his verdict on each player with all the statistics you need. Manuel Neuer, goalkeeper . Age: 28 . Club: Bayern Munich . Caps/Goals: 51/0... | Sportsmail's Rio Ferdinand looks at the background and statistics of each player likely to feature in the World Cup 2014 final and delivers his verdict .
Argentina and Germany battle to make history at the Maracana on Sunday .
Thomas Muller and Manuel Neuer get top rating for Germany .
Javier Mascherano will be key for... |
23afb8ef7fee0f6deeef8aa33f1866f99f5e9d51 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 04:29 EST, 16 December 2011 . Despite her superhuman strength, powers of flight and incredible agility, even Wonder Woman could succumb to breast cancer. That's the message being sent out to young women in the African nation of Mozambique today which is deploying a number of superh... | Aims to shock women into looking for warning signs .
Campaign also features Catwoman, Storm and She-Hulk . |
23b104968e3ad8e84df15894c8c60085f989f104 | By . Kerry Mcqueeney . UPDATED: . 02:37 EST, 16 February 2012 . A grocer claims supermarket staff banned him from his local store after he bought vegetable oil to use as fuel in his vehicle. Chris Waites says managers at his local Tesco in Didcot, Oxfordshire, told him it was illegal for him to buy vegetable oil and us... | Customer claimed he was banned from his local store .
Supermarket bosses told him it was 'against the law' to buy vegetable oil for fuel .
Tesco said it was 'investigating' the matter . |
23b1711b12b8f8c49fda3695725087055e06abe7 | (CNN) -- Flooding and landslides from tropical depression Parma have killed 186 people in the Philippines, authorities said Saturday. Frightened San Manuel villagers flee after rumors spread that nearby San Roque dam is in danger of collapse. Another 93 people have been injured, according to Nalia Tabliago of the Phili... | 186 people dead in provinces, including Baguio City, Benguet and Mountain .
Floods were unleased by tropical depression Parma .
Report: Worst-hit areas in Pangasinan province are Bayambang, Alcala and Basista . |
23b3255dccac3143167734b4d861c58ea217eed5 | By . James Rush . A double amputee soldier from Georgia, who was seriously injured while serving in Afghanistan, has set a world record for planche push-ups. Corporal Temur Dadiani, 22, lost both his legs after standing on an improvised explosive device while serving in Helmand province in August 2011. Cpl Dadiani has ... | Corporal Temur Dadiani lost both legs after stepping on IED in Afghanistan .
He set a new record by performing 36 planche push-ups in 38.25 seconds .
The event was held at the Ministry of Defence of Georgia over the weekend . |
23b33b002ad2fc2178be7647723bcd8291267acc | By . Jack Crone for MailOnline . This is the moment an unarmed robber calmly strolled into a bank and threatened staff before escaping with more than £2,000. The man, wearing tracksuit trousers and a hooded jumper bearing the Great British flag, can be seen entering the Natwest branch on Gosforth High Street in Newcast... | Raider strolls into Natwest on Gosforth High Street, Newcastle, on August 8 .
Calmly approaches counter where he demands cash from terrified staff .
Exits on to busy street before escaping via shopping centre with £2480 .
Police believe culprit was unarmed and are appealing for witnesses . |
23b34819dd4074f6f39c11051593e295f99d3ea7 | By . Daniel Martin, Whitehall Correspondent . The public has lost faith in government claims about tackling immigration because it does not tally with what they see on the ground, Nick Clegg will admit. In a speech on immigration tomorrow, the Deputy Prime Minister will say it is ‘no wonder’ that people do not believe ... | Deputy Prime Minister due to give a speech on immigration tomorrow .
He will say people are 'repeatedly told one thing only to see another'
Clegg will speak out in favour of free movement of European citizens .
But he will seek reforms ensuring fewer Eastern Europeans move here if more countries are admitted to the EU ... |
23b3c7498a3481f94ddd817eb2c82a56adf28ce7 | Former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey said Britain's fear of Islam has led to a self-imposed 'blasphemy law' Britain's fear of criticising Islam has led to a self-imposed 'blasphemy law', the former Archbishop of Canterbury Lord Carey has warned. Lord Carey's comments come days after the brutal slaughter of journa... | Former Archbishop of Canterbury says Britain fears criticising Islam .
Lord Carey said this had led to a self-imposed 'blasphemy law in the UK .
He said the Press should be encouraged to print controversial material .
Muslims are more offended by violence in name of Islam, Lord Carey said .
Comments come days after Cha... |
23b4c9af98da239f8cc006b8f1f51e45ff039e88 | By . Lizzie Edmonds . PUBLISHED: . 11:46 EST, 5 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:46 EST, 5 January 2014 . These amazing underground pictures are of an elaborate cave system in south Wales. Caver turned photographer Joshua Bratchley, 22, took this stunning collection of images of the Dan yr Ogof cave system - including ... | Photographer Joshua Bratchley, 22, took .
this stunning collection of images of the Dan yr Ogof cave system .
One cave looks just like the opening sequence to James Bond films while another boasts giant stalagmites . |
23b5243b5b0c33867e7c23a107bbcca8c83dfbb2 | It's the home of high unemployment figures, buildings flattened during World War II and the melancholy poetry of Philip Larkin. And now Hull - once cruelly nicknamed Hell - is set to have its very own cruise ship terminal. Since being named the UK City of Culture 2017, gaining the unanimous backing of the judging panel... | City has already spent £380,000 on initial studies for the ambitious project .
Its role as UK City of Culture in 2017 is thought likely to bring many visitors .
Terminal to be a half-day stop-off point near landmark, The Deep aquarium . |
23b5c4a81944e497c35952409a4a708bb0621b58 | Leader of the pack: Rusty Sherrill, 57, is the alleged orchestrator of the plot . A mother rescued her daughter from a house where three depraved captors had held and tortured her for eight months, it was revealed today. Three men were arrested this week for holding the woman prisoner and repeatedly assaulting her in W... | The kidnapping occurred after a relationship between ringleader Rusty Sherrill and the woman went sour .
Mr Sherrill faces a litany of charges, including aggravated sexual assault with a weapon .
The trio was arrested after deputies reopened a batch of cold case files . |
23b7181e3b35a286265529e46edffb48461b4852 | (CNN) -- The U.S. Postal Service has just entered "The Twilight Zone." "The Honeymooners" is one of 20 classic TV stamps that will soon find its way on the corner of envelopes. The classic show appears on one of 20 stamps released this week, featuring 1950s hit television shows. The first-class stamps include images of... | New postage stamps will commemorate "Golden Age of TV"
"The Honeymooners," "I Love Lucy" among 20 classic TV shows honored .
Retro-style stamps were designed by artist Carl Herrman . |
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