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23b721b55d9e7b83a168e108477f6d5be1bbc3e9 | Danczuk has become well known for her Twitter selfies, which appear to focus on her generous chest . Karen Danczuk, the wife of a Labour MP, has treated her online admirers to one of her raciest selfies yet. The Labour councillor has tweeted the photograph of herself showing off her ample cleavage in a skimpy top. Cllr... | Labour councillor Karen Danczuk, 31, is known for her provocative selfies .
Latest snap of wife of MP Simon Danczuk in a skimpy bikini is raciest yet .
She was embroiled in a Twitter spat with former Tory MP Louise Mensch . |
23b78a52f22cd87a587b0dfbb25e786681f20088 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 09:12 EST, 1 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:43 EST, 1 September 2013 . The 12th National Games, an event known as China's 'mini-Olympics', opened today with an incredible series of mass choreographed aerobic displays involving thousands of performers. Chinese President Xi Jinping opened... | Thousands wowed the crowd at the event, dubbed China's 'mini-Olympics'
To tie in with thrift promises from Chinese Government, the budget was slashed to £58m .
38 delegations from throughout China will compete in 31 sports, including all 28 Olympic sports . |
23b7d393242a966508fd20168ea50d4bdc7fdac3 | (CNN) -- Egypt and Algeria will have to face each other again in a winner-takes-all World Cup playoff match after Emad Moteab scored a dramatic goal in the fifth minute of injury time to give the Pharaohs a 2-0 win in Cairo. Amr Zaki had put Egypt ahead in the second minute in the Group Three clash but Algeria's defens... | Egypt and Algeria will face a special one-off World Cup playoff match after the hosts claimed a dramatic 2-0 win in Cairo .
Nigeria secured their place at the 2010 World Cup after two goals from Obafemi Martins gave them a 3-2 win over Kenya .
Cameroon confirmed their World Cup berth with a 2-0 win over Morocco as Gabo... |
23b7d9f6f6d5510f540a19733f84bf4cce5bfbe2 | By . Suzannah Hills . London now boasts three of the 10 most visited museums in the world, including the British Museum, National Gallery and the Tate Modern. The results place the capital on an equal footing with Paris which also has three museums - the Louvre, The Centre Pompidou and the Musée d’Orsay - in the top 10... | More than 6.7 million people visited the British Museum last year - up 20% .
It has now overtaken New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art .
The Tate Modern and the National Gallery also feature in the top 10 .
But the Louvre in Paris remains the most popular with 9.3 million visitors . |
23b898301bab7dae831a3d406f492980c4db1d80 | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 08:21 EST, 3 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:01 EST, 3 December 2013 . Admission: Joe Biden admitted America is 'deeply concerned ' about Beijing's exclusion zone in the East China Sea . America is 'deeply concerned ' about Japan and China's territorial row in the East China Sea U.S. V... | Mr Biden is in Tokyo at the start of a three-nation tour of Asia .
He vowed Washington would stand by Tokyo in territorial row .
China and Japan squaring off over a chain of uninhabited islands . |
23b9064c0206f3edce7586c959b2d0563d093426 | By . Jaya Narain . PUBLISHED: . 17:20 EST, 31 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:31 EST, 1 November 2013 . As the self-styled lady of the manor, Kelly Hadfield-Hyde may be more accustomed to issuing orders than receiving them. So when a guard at an airport security scanner asked her to remove her clothing before passing ... | Lady Kelly Hadfield-Hyde, 50, found guilty of causing a disturbance .
But she claimed she was only following orders of a security guard .
Had been due to catch a flight to Malaga from Manchester Airport .
She accuses security guard of having a poor command of English . |
23ba6003feeffe46c2684cd5e90460d7956fe26d | Rabat, Morocco (CNN) -- Morocco's Interior Ministry said Thursday that three Moroccan suspects loyal to al Qaeda have been arrested in connection with last month's bombing at a popular Marrakech cafe, the official Maghreb Arabe Presse news agency reported. One of the suspects was described in the Interior Ministry stat... | The Interior Ministry says the suspects are Moroccan .
The April 28 bombing killed 16 people at a popular Marrakech cafe .
The suspects used the Internet to learn to make the bombs, the ministry says . |
23bb0f67978330ae0c73b05f1d8182d1880f131a | By . Associated Press . General Motors has added yet another recall to its growing list for the year. The recall of 218,000 Chevrolet Aveo subcompact cars is the company's 29th this year, bringing the total number of recalled GM vehicles in the U.S. to around 13.8 million. That breaks GM's previous annual record of 10.... | General Motors Co is recalling more than 218,000 older-generation Chevrolet small cars .
The company began recalling of cars with defective ignition switches linked to at least 13 deaths .
Last week, GM recalled almost 3 million vehicles globally and was fined a record $35 million .
Wednesday's recalls bring the total ... |
23bb2db6f87a6f1c54778061d9d189c3c885fe8e | New York (CNN) -- He's designed everything from upscale hotels and restaurants to the sets for Broadway plays and the Academy Awards ceremony. So you might think that creating a kids' playground wouldn't appeal to world-renowned architect David Rockwell. But it did. Rockwell, a father of two, became frustrated when he ... | David Rockwell designed Academy Awards sets, Nobu restaurants and W Hotels .
A father of two, the architect found traditional playgrounds uninspiring .
He created Imagination Playground, where kids use teamwork and creativity to play .
Manhattan playground cost more than $7 million; he's seeking $5 million more to sust... |
23bc27e75c91c9c52431b6163fffe73e98d0adad | Leaves on the line, signal failures and tracks buckling in hot weather - disgruntled train passengers thought they had heard every excuse. But rail commuters faced two hours of delays in the when a cow wandered onto the tracks and brought rush hour services to a standstill. The escaped heifer was caught on camera walki... | Cow was filmed on the line at Nailsea and Backwell station, Somerset .
Twitter user Aimee Ramsay wrote: 'Trains are delayed. Kamikaze cows everywhere' |
23bc3d595c3d8f6046a2c84b497c0538296a1f31 | A once gilded Brooklyn movie palace that's been crumbling for decades, with pigeons infesting its stage, is back - again a glittering gem from the 1920s. Diana Ross headlines Tuesday's opening night at the 3,200-seat Kings Theatre in the Flatbush neighborhood where a teenage Barbra Streisand spent afternoons enjoying d... | Ross, 70, headlines Tuesday's opening night at the 3,200-seat Kings Theatre in Flatbush .
The theater that first opened weeks before the Wall Street crash is now the largest in New York's biggest borough .
The 86-year-old venue, its decor inspired by France's Palace of Versailles and the Paris Opera, was one of the fiv... |
23bc6ee84111b178d4360330ca70c930f00c10d7 | Put that midriff away! They may be oh-so-fashionable, but Melbourne racegoers have been warned some will run afoul of the rules if they wear croptops to Flemington this Spring. Fashionistas headed to the Melbourne Cup may have to re-evaluate their wardrobe if they are partying in the Member's Enclosure, as tight fashio... | Crop tops banned in Member's Enclosure at Flemington .
They have been popular with stars including Jesinta Campbell .
'Visible midriff garments', shorts and denim wear are out .
But general admission punters will still be able to get away with it . |
23bd719a0533e7b268dffccc2813f9133864cb1b | TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran said the gunman who killed Neda Agha-Soltan may have mistaken her for the sister of an Iranian "terrorist," the Islamic Republic News Agency reported Wednesday. In death, Neda Agha-Soltan has emerged as a powerful symbol of opposition to the Iranian government. Iran blamed the death of the w... | Iran blames Neda Agha-Soltan's death on "groups who want to create division"
Neda may have been mistaken for "terrorist's" sister, state-run news agency says .
Woman has emerged as powerful symbol of opposition to Iranian government .
Iranian regime has sought to minimize the impact of Neda's death . |
23bf4df6b980ca5238d33f08f8c344088291cadf | By . Sadie Nicholas . Swallowing . balloons could be the solution for serial yo-yo dieters who are . reluctant to undergo more extreme weight-loss surgery. A new treatment . takes the form of two salt-water-filled spherical 'bubbles' that sit in . the stomach, giving the sensation of fullness, even when nothing is . ea... | US trials of ReShape Duo balloon found people lost more weight with .
Greatly improved gastrointestinal tolerance compared with single balloon .
Procedure costs £5,500 and takes half an hour while patient is sedated .
Claire Cope, 40, from Aylesbury, became one of first UK people to have it .
She dropped from 13st 7lb ... |
23bf742e02175190170b685795b2c58971d08f99 | (CNN) -- It'll be firecracker hot in the Southwest on the Fourth of July, but the Southeast and Ohio River Valley will be so drenched that floods are possible. Meanwhile, the Northeast will get a reprieve from storms that left knee-deep flooding in some areas. "The most widespread showers and thunderstorms on Thursday ... | NEW: Fourth of July will be either hot or wet for two regions of country .
NEW: Extreme heat will continue in Southwest, but rain will drench Southeast .
The Pacific Northwest will get a break from blazing temperatures .
Arizona's massive wildfire could get rain, but also wind gusts and lightning . |
23c045bb4453516fb3bed5e23c83f360bdbbde32 | (CNN) -- A new smartphone application allows users to carry out a virtual dissection of a human body. The iPhone app, "Anatomy Lab," allows the user to move between 40 body layers to enable dissection. The iPhone app, called "Anatomy Lab," has been developed by researchers from the University of Utah and provides imag... | "Anatomy Lab" iPhone app allows users to dissect a virtual cadaver .
Researchers say app is aimed at medical and anatomy students .
The app has so far sold more than 3,000 copies, and is a hit with doctors too . |
23c0b5a90aeb23eb6c8e858dda93107784ebc632 | By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 10:30 EST, 11 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:18 EST, 11 June 2012 . The boss of Britain’s biggest water company has been given a bonus of almost £420,000 despite imposing a hosepipe ban on millions. Martin Baggs, chief executive of Thames Water, has collected an annual bonus of £418,359 o... | Thames Water chief executive Martin Baggs was awarded it on top of his £425,000 salary . |
23c248baa4787508f5c30c1b286e6d48987dfa65 | (CNN) -- Shaquille O'Neal filed a motion Thursday to dismiss a lawsuit in which a former worker accuses the NBA star of hacking into his personal accounts and attempting to frame him for using child porn. Shawn Darling, who was O'Neal's personal computer consultant from 2008 to 2009, said the NBA center acted in retali... | NEW: Shaquille O'Neal files motion to dismiss privacy invasion lawsuit .
Former computer consultant says he has proof of O'Neal's affairs .
Shawn Darling says the NBA star tried to have him arrested, stole his personal data .
Lawyer says Darling copied O'Neal's e-mails, demanded money in exchange for them . |
23c34b5a7099d0ce1233ef24ffbf93932be83781 | Sao Paulo (CNN) -- Protesters burned barricades and police blocked streets as clashes flared in Rio de Janeiro's beachside neighborhood of Copacabana on Tuesday night. One person was killed. Residents from the Pavao-Pavaozinho favela took to the streets of Copacabana after a young male dancer was found dead, state-run ... | Protesters in Copacabana took to the streets after a dancer was found dead, state media reported .
Demonstrators told Brazilian media they blame police for the death .
Security officials say the dancer's injuries appear consistent with a fall .
The clashes come as authorities step up security before the World Cup . |
23c40c31c2afb483c0fe113d32568b1bb1f24868 | By . Peter Allen . PUBLISHED: . 05:28 EST, 23 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 04:09 EST, 24 January 2014 . Her ruthless determination has earned her the unflattering nickname The Rottweiler. Now, it seems, Valerie Trierweiler has been living up to that volatile, ferocious image. It was claimed yesterday that France’s Fir... | French First Lady 'ready to forgive' President for affair with Julie Gayet .
She still hopes to .
accompany him on visit to Washington next month .
President reportedly seeking legal .
advice on how to end their relationship .
Crash helmet used by Hollande for secret trysts sells out across France . |
23c510eaf2fccb7cadd2a361a444a9864c285ec1 | A former regional Communist Party official implicated in a sex scandal that has transfixed China was sentenced today to 13 years in jail for taking more than 3.1 million yuan ($500,000) in bribes. Lei Zhengfu, a portly, pop-eyed ex-secretary of a region in southwestern China's Chongqing, was caught on video having sex ... | Video of Lei Zhengfu, 55, having sex with 18-year-old went viral on internet .
Encounter was sting by property developer hoping to blackmail him into favourable commercial decisions .
When confronted with clip, Lei asked another developer to pay 3m yuan ($500,000) in hush money .
Sex extortion scheme has ensnared at le... |
23c6f17c48578f922d9d82812c5ce222d7518167 | (CNN) -- The world's busiest airport is not in New York or London, but Atlanta. Whatever way it is measured -- passenger traffic or airplane movements -- Atlanta's international airport tops the ranking. More than 95 million passengers passed through Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport in 2012, according t... | Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport is the world's busiest airport .
More than 95 million passengers passed through the Atlanta airport in 2012 .
It handled 930,000 flight movements in the same year . |
23c7b15479dae7d80192eb09a55f27750bca23e0 | A Philadelphia-area man who survived a suicide pact that left his mother dead will not face a homicide trial. A Bucks County judge has dropped a homicide charge against 30-year-old Koustantinos 'Gus' Yiambilis in the April death of his 59-year-old mother, Karen. Judge Albert Cepparulo in a ruling Tuesday says he found ... | A judge has dropped a homicide charge against 30-year-old Koustantinos 'Gus' Yiambilis in the April death of his 59-year-old mother, Karen .
Judge Albert Cepparulo in a ruling Tuesday says he found no evidence of malice on the son's part .
Yiambilis is still charged with two felonies, aiding in suicide and risking a ca... |
23c7cae41500a76201affae5b57509c46b9fdcca | (CNN) -- The Arab League is a step closer to asking the U.N. Security Council to consider a plan designed to forge peace in restive Syria, a senior Arab League official told CNN Saturday. Five Arab League ministers meeting in Doha, Qatar, drafted a resolution calling for the end of violence and approving an observatory... | NEW: At least 41 people died Saturday .
Arab League to consider peace plan on Wednesday .
More than 5,000 people have been killed in Syria, the U.N. says .
Diplomats are looking for ways to end the conflict . |
23cbf4c4d083206039f24569d51abc8e89a0b19d | By . James Gordon . A coffee controversy is brewing. A new cafe in Los Angeles is calling itself Dumb Starbucks Coffee and using the same logo as the global coffee giant, but staff insist they're not breaking any laws. In fact, it looks almost identical to the real Starbucks apart from one word - 'dumb'. The coffee sho... | Shop opened this weekend and has had lines of up to an hour with people ordering coffee .
It's unclear who is behind the store although some are suggesting it is part of a reality TV show .
Starbucks has said it is aware of the coffee shop and is looking into the matter . |
23cc86f3b559fd28cee9461b7b4d87784ea5a9c0 | Women in South Korea are resorting to dangerous and painful surgery in their quest for a more western face. Demand for double jaw surgery, a bone-cutting procedure that involves realigning the upper and lower jaws to achieve a softer silhouette, has soared in the last few months . And now a photograph has appeared on a... | New plastic surgery offered in South Korea to curl lips upwards .
The AONE clinic performs the 'Smile Lipt' to correct 'drooping' lips .
Involves manipulating the muscles that support the mouth .
Picture on Reddit shows girl who allegedly has had the operation . |
23cd22a983e910937cb82ddc4586b0498a9a0467 | A team of medical researchers are on their way to finding a cure for cancer after the discovery of a an amazing rainforest berry which holds cancer fighting properties. Scientists at QIMR Berghofer Medical Research Institute in Queensland have used an experimental drug produced from the seeds of the rainforest plant, B... | Australian scientists on verge of cancer cure with cancer fighting berry .
QIMR have used an experimental drug from the seeds of the rainforest plant, Blushwood tree, which only grows in far north Queensland .
EBC-46 has found to lead to rapid breakdown of cancer tumors .
The experimental drug has been used to successf... |
23cd2680da4adedc30047388992ebe618651e75d | (CNN) -- An Ohio jury on Monday began the sentencing phase for convicted serial killer Anthony Sowell, ultimately deciding whether he should receive life in prison or the death penalty for killing 11 Cleveland-area women between 2007 and 2009. Jurors on July 22 convicted Sowell of 11 counts of aggravated murder and mor... | NEW: A defense attorney says he feels jurors will decide "death is not the appropriate penalty"
Anthony Sowell was convicted of killing 11 Cleveland-area women between 2007 and 2009 .
He has been classified as a "sexually violent predator"
The defense is expected to take 4 to 5 days for its part of the sentencing phase... |
23cd9506e96d335c1fbbb51e535e4e2f8cea24f6 | (CNN) -- European and American leaders weighed the pros and cons of arming Libya's rebels Wednesday -- a possibility made more urgent by a series of new military setbacks for forces seeking to topple strongman Moammar Gadhafi. Government forces have been pushing from Bin Jawad to Ras Lanuf, a critical eastern oil town ... | British and American leaders are openly considering arming the Libyan rebels .
The rebels have suffered military setbacks this week .
The rebels would likely need training to use advanced weaponry .
An al Qaeda and Hezbollah presence among the rebels is a concern . |
23ce6b03e70845151f6477396db96c9dee50ee4b | By . Ray Massey, Transport Editor . PUBLISHED: . 01:30 EST, 4 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:33 EST, 4 March 2013 . A new rival for the Mini has come under fire because of its name. The Provo model, from Korean car-maker Kia, is billed as a 'radical super-mini coupe which aims to set the streets alight'. But critics s... | Critics say Provo echoes name by which the Provisional IRA was known .
Korean car-maker said the name was chosen at its offices in Frankfurt .
Kia spokesman said there was 'absolutely no intention' to cause offence . |
23ce7f69f6d3c151cc316d0c2b184a85b1666abe | Irish tourist Barry Lyttle will be allowed to live with his girlfriend who has rushed from Ireland to Australia to be by his side after a magistrate agreed to change his bail conditions this morning. Mr Lyttle, charged with reckless grievous bodily harm after allegedly striking his brother Patrick in Sydney’s Kings Cr... | Irish tourist Barry Lyttle appears in Sydney court on Tuesday charged with the assault of his younger brother, Patrick .
He may face harsher penalties if he's convicted with the assault as it was ruled his case will be heard by the District Court .
Mr Lyttle will be allowed to live with his blonde girlfriend who has ru... |
23ceaf9c53e15ba6adc047e48797b5beba8c6b94 | MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- The number of drug-related killings in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, so far this year has reached 1,647, surpassing the death toll for all of 2008, a city spokesman told CNN. Police gather at the rehab facility where 17 people were killed in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, in early September. A spate of ki... | Killings since the weekend pushed 2009 death toll past 1,607 killed in 2008 .
Killings increased as Juarez and Sinaloa drug cartels began turf war in 2008 .
In response, President Felipe Calderon sent federal troops to patrol the city .
More than 5,100 killed in 2009 drug-cartel violence in Mexico, says newspaper . |
23cf9ebcbaa8a6746bebb44e62e5ecfea50bbd65 | (CNN) -- Porto striker Hulk has been called up to the Brazilian squad for friendly internationals next month against England and Oman. Hulk, whose full name is Givanildo Vieira de Souza, has starred for the Portuguese giants since joining them last year following three seasons in J-League football in Japan. He scored ... | Porto striker Hulk drafted into Brazil squad by coach Dunga .
Hulk has starred for Portuguese giants since signing last year .
Brazil face England in presitige friendly in Qatar and then play Oman .
AC Milan pair Ronaldino and Pato remain on the sidelines . |
23d2b91f8f6f02ded432abe399354816cefb48df | Tokyo (CNN) -- After eight days inspecting the Japanese company that makes the lithium ion batteries linked to problems that have led to the grounding of Boeing 787 Dreamliners around the world, aviation authorities have found no serious problems with the devices. Read more: What's wrong with the Dreamliner? U.S. and J... | Inspectors find no serious problems at GS Yuasa, the battery maker .
Attention shifts to the company that makes the monitoring system .
Officials are trying to find the cause of two incidents involving Dreamliners .
Authorities have ground the Boeing 787 planes worldwide for the time being . |
23d2eff863be9d513ad9ff99758c37e85328a4e2 | Fort Hood, Texas (CNN) -- Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan, the accused Fort Hood gunman, is paralyzed from the waist down, his lawyer said Friday. "It appears he won't be able to walk in the future," said Hasan's civilian attorney, retired Army Col. John Galligan. Hasan also has severe pain in his hands, the attorney said. Auth... | "It appears he won't be able to walk in the future," Nidal Malik Hasan's attorney says .
Lawyer, retired Army Col. John Galligan, said he spent an hour with Hasan on Thursday .
A family member whom Galligan did not identify was also present during the meeting . |
23d36039884f5258c9ee510ed234a2c653fb9b81 | By . Katy Winter . PUBLISHED: . 10:38 EST, 2 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:15 EST, 2 August 2013 . Fitness and dieting apps are ten a penny, so in a saturated market it can be hard for new programmes to stand out. The ‘Nenshou’ app from Japan is aiming to grab attention by marrying personal training with 'anime' dati... | New Japanese app 'Nenshou' combines virtual dating with weight loss .
An animated love interest tells you to lose weight .
Crush becomes a personal trainer who guides you through workouts .
Female version features a man that shouts at you and calls you 'fatty'
Male version encourages weight loss through compliments .
T... |
23d558fcba280eb71649b62d3dc4e29e8d326450 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A close aide of newly-elected Indian prime minister Narendra Modi is tipped to join his government despite facing three charges of murder. Amit Shah, a former minister in Mr Modi’s home state of Gujerat, helped mastermind the election victory that swept the controversial Hindu nationalist to ... | Amit Shah faces charges link to killing of 3 alleged Muslim terrorists .
Claims charges are politically motivated to discredit new leadership .
Was drafted in by controversial new PM Narendra Modi for campaign . |
23d5d3fdf78ad1e6af4b1387f53834186356056f | By . Martin Robinson for MailOnline . An author who wrote her own Fifty Shades of Grey-style novel has accused a council of being 'judgemental prudes' after she lost her job at a children's centre over her erotic fiction. Bettina Bunte, 51, said her book 'The Lost Soul' was loosely based on her affair with a married mi... | Bettina Bunte, 51, said Kent County Council are all 'judgemental prudes'
'The Lost Soul' loosely based on her affair with a married man as teenager .
She has been promoting her erotic book and lost her job in the process .
'I doubt the people who decided to sack me have read Fifty Shades of Grey, let alone my book. Th... |
23d5d457d905bdb541d33152bc47ba4b9c2bf9a4 | By . Helen Collis . PUBLISHED: . 05:32 EST, 22 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:30 EST, 22 October 2013 . Naming a child can be hard enough with so many old and new names going in and out of fashion. Now a new tool shows how trends in girls' names have swept across the US over the decades. This fascinating map illustra... | Some names have stood the test of time while others are a brief-lived trend .
Map shows that North West and South East are often trend-setting states . |
23d6e157fada273b93c23d74480c7ba6402852bf | (CNN) -- A cryptic confession on the popular PostSecret blog had Chicago police searching a city park over the weekend for a possible homicide victim. The anonymous message appeared as one of the Sunday Secrets posted weekly on the PostSecret blog. Followers of the blog mail postcards illustrating their anonymous secre... | Secret posted on popular blog suggests writer killed a woman .
Social media users help identify the site as a Chicago park .
A police search turns up no evidence that a crime was committed . |
23d9426e28dd9a82cb06cb0823981399dd1e352d | A mysterious 'crop circle' that appeared in a California barley field a week ago has been explained: it was a publicity stunt for a tech company. Nvidia Corporation, a company that makes chips for computers and smart phones, owned up to the stunt at a press conference in Las Vegas Sunday. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang said he had... | Complicated crop circle appeared in Salinas Valley, California, last week .
Anonymous YouTube video claimed to show the markings being discovered by two friends after they saw green flashing lights in a field .
The CEO of tech company Nvidia Corporation admitted the stunt Sunday .
Nvidia Corporation marketers created t... |
23da59be26570a3250b5598b7074341f236b4926 | By . Kieran Gill . It sounds more like the start of a joke when the fastest man on the planet, the current No 1 in women's singles tennis and the best pound-for-pound boxer in the world got together. But that was exactly what happened when Usain Bolt, Serena Williams and Floyd Mayweather Jnr watched San Antonio Spurs b... | San Antonio Spurs win Game 4 of the NBA Finals 107-86 against Miami Heat .
Usain Bolt, Serena Williams and Floyd Mayweather watch LeBron James fail . |
23da92190d32b94c078ea41a1058753c36dbe66f | Bong Mines, Liberia (CNN) -- Sitting beside the aging railway tracks running deeper into the forest of Liberia, we waited outside the frail wooden hut that was used as a makeshift railway station. Thunder rumbled ominously in the distance but there was no timetable so we had to sit and wait. After a few hours, the rail... | Liberia has a unique transport system - the "Make-A-Rail" train .
Officially known as the Liberian Express, it is a wooden train pushed by operators and passengers .
While the "Make-A-Rail" is cheap and environmentally friendly, pushing the train is hard work . |
23db6b994cae85339b8469c3681aad4cfe752ad8 | (CNN) -- On Monday, NBA player Jason Collins disclosed that he is gay, making him the first active openly homosexual athlete in the four major American pro team sports. His coming out has been the big sports story of the week and has lots of people talking -- CNN contributor Will Cain and Minnesota Vikings punter Chris... | Will Cain and Chris Kluwe debate having openly gay athletes in the locker room .
Cain: Larry Johnson's discomfort with openly gay athletes in the NBA is understandable .
Kluwe: A person's sexual orientation shouldn't be a problem in a professional setting .
Cain: Gay athletes shouldn't have to live a lie, but some peop... |
23db7399b7f2a2f569e0e81adc8a3ccbf171e98f | MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (CNN) -- Uruguay became the first Latin American country to allow same-sex couples to adopt children after the Senate voted to approve a bill modifying the country's adoption statute. "It is a right for the boys and the girls, not a right for the adults," Sen. Margarita Percovich said after the vote... | NEW: Expected Senate approval follows passage of bill by the lower chamber .
NEW: Law paves way for gays, lesbians to start a family, Montevideo resident says .
Lawmakers already approved measure letting children 12 or older to change names .
Measure was not without opponents from conservatives and clergy . |
23dd9ef0217593d8ec3af1a3f4a85c00f25e634a | (CNN) -- Nearly two centuries ago Wednesday, Massachusetts Gov. Elbridge Gerry signed an obscure redistricting law that helped his party stay in office and, more importantly, codified one of the most enduring legacies in U.S. politics: gerrymandering. The U.S. House of Represenatives, home to many beneficiaries of gerr... | Term coined after Massachusetts Gov. Gerry signed redistricting law in early 1800s .
Political parties can use tactic to pack opposition voters into districts already lost .
Gerrymandering still a key part of American politics .
It's already becoming an issue with the 2010 census looming . |
23dda2ade7bdad476b2f305f8eab29e5fa250d9c | Hate: Bill Clinton allegedly hates Barack Obama and this animosity stems from accusations of racism against the former president during Obama's 2008 defeat of Hillary Clinton . The simmering cauldron of hatred that exists between the Obamas and the Clintons threatens to explode in a volcanic eruption that could threate... | New book, 'Blood Feud' alleges that Bill Clinton hates Barack Obama for accusing him of being racist .
Book lifts lid on the ongoing animosity between the Democratic Party's two power couples .
Outlines how Barack Obama teases the Clintons over his endorsement of Hillary for 2016 .
Claims that Michelle calls Hillary 'H... |
23df72a885af65727f99b870f5f7fb2aa87e34f5 | Netflix has agreed to stop 'shaming' Verizon on its website when streaming speeds begin to slow, but are adamant that load times depend on the internet provider and not their service. The announcement comes after Verizon sent the film and TV subscription service a cease-and-desist letter on Thursday, concerning a loadi... | Netflix has been showing a screen message saying the Verizon network is 'crowded' when films and shows take time loading .
Verizon say the adverts could harm its business and say Netflix cannot prove their network is congested .
Netflix insists the problem is with broadband providers not delivering advertised speeds .
... |
23df9505bf4d869fdae9e35e2adbf7ac7e00fbd9 | (CNN) -- Jeanne Tripplehorn's movie is about women and breast cancer. And it's airing on Lifetime. Uh oh, this could get weepy. Tripplehorn, who has starred in cable show "Big Love," knows how preachy and awkward cancer movies can get. "This was something different," she said, of the film ,which airs Monday at 9 p.m. "... | Jeanne Tripplehorn knows how preachy and awkward cancer movies can get .
"Five" tells stories of different women coping with breast cancer in five vignettes .
Jennifer Aniston, Demi Moore and Alicia Keys each directed a vignette . |
23dfac5b1e9d14e24cbd1ccb431a972120ef1cf7 | Coventry City will return to the Ricoh Arena after more than a year playing in Northampton. The Sky Blues, currently 14th in League One, have ended their dispute with the stadium's owners Arena Coventry Limited (ACL) and have reached an agreement to head back to the stadium they played in between 2005 and 2013. The two... | Coventry City will return to the Ricoh Arena after more than a year away .
The Sky Blues have been playing their home games in Northampton .
The agreement should see Coventry playing at the Ricoh in their next home match - against Gillingham on 6 September .
Coventry owners Sisu paid the stadium's owners £471,192 via ... |
23dfc3e50e26942e3684b8790ab7f8c4ff8f6448 | Kerry Welsh of Rancho Palos Verdes, California, hopes to bring a class-action lawsuit against in-flight internet provider Gogo for allegedly misleading consumers over recurring charges . In-flight internet provider Gogo is being sued by a man who hopes to bring a class-action lawsuit against the company for allegedly m... | Kerry Welsh is bring a class-action lawsuit against in-flight internet provider Gogo .
He claims he thought he was just signing up for 30 days access, but instead the company continued to charge him for the next 18 months .
His lawsuit claims he ‘received no communications from Gogo on a monthly basis notifying him of ... |
23dfea7313e41c1b31eeb6e785f0e0b082209b98 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 15:21 EST, 29 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 00:48 EST, 30 January 2014 . A cruise ship on which hundreds of passengers and crew members fell ill returned to port Wednesday in New Jersey, with health officials recommending those still showing symptoms to check in at hotels or seek me... | The Explorer of the Seas has returned home to Bayonne, New Jersey .
Passenger: 'Are we bringing this virus off the ship with us?'
629 of the ship's 3,071 passengers have fallen ill .
54 of the ship's 1,165 crew members also have shown symptoms .
The symptoms are consistent with norovirus .
Passengers on the ship will r... |
23e04d05fde830cb5e135e7fca520cbb187c1f1e | They've broken up and reunited more times than anyone can count. And according to insiders, while Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber's latest separation was hardly unexpected, with their undeniable pull to one another, it's only a matter of time before they kiss and make up once again. So what was it this time that drove a... | The 22-year-old 'completely humiliated' that her boyfriend was seeing her frenemy behind her back .
Justin and Kendall enjoyed intimate dinner date in Paris on Sept 30 .
The Come & Get It singer jetted back to LA two days early after dumping Justin, tweeted about 'learning lessons the hard way'
Friends say it's only a ... |
23e0d4f2bccf9796eed36fcfc5934093dcc80a99 | (CNN)Can anything stop Pep Guardiola's irresistible Bavarian machine? It doesn't look likely on this form. Five separate players scored as Bundesliga leaders Bayern Munich thrashed a woeful Hamburg 8-0 at the Allianz Arena Saturday. Thomas Muller, Mario Gotze, Arjen Robben, Robert Lewandowski and Franck Ribery did the ... | Bayern Munich defeats Hamburg 8-0 .
Five separate players on scoresheet in Allianz Arena .
Wolfsburg wins classic, Dortmund moves out of relegation playoff places . |
23e33ed38677823dfe2e84d31bf12bf50d6ec94f | Ninety people were killed in a day of punishing air assaults on Aleppo as so-called barrel bombs rained down on the city, an opposition group said. Women and children were among the victims in Saturday's raids in various neighborhoods in the rebel stronghold, the UK-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said Sunday... | Barrel bombs rained down on rebel stronghold on Saturday - opposition group .
Such bombs can level entire buildings with one hit .
"The situation is very urgent," field hospital medic says .
Bombs come after first round of Geneva talks . |
23e3ba210a9bf374f436360d585308445d4838b7 | Cesc Fabregas enjoyed some time off during the international break as he was pictured leaving a London restaurant with girlfriend Daniella Semaan and Lionel Messi's other half Antonella Roccuzzo. The Chelsea midfielder looked very cosy with the glamorous WAGS as the trio walked arm-in-arm after piling out of the restau... | Cesc Fabregas was not available for the Spain squad because of injury .
The trio were pictured together leaving a London restaurant on Saturday .
Jose Mourinho has been at loggerheads with Spain boss Vicente del Bosque regarding Fabregas and Diego Costa .
Del Bosque warned the pair on Monday that they face a fight to r... |
23e4c98973e46be5bf8d7edc0e51413db5c3c5b2 | (CNN) -- The premise of social discovery seems simple: Uncover the people and events around you, in real time, based on user interests and/or locations. But many worry today's social apps define privacy in very different and sometimes concerning terms. In 2012, Instagram revamped its privacy policy to much protest, and... | Many worry new apps define privacy too loosely .
Studies show people are sharing more on social media .
Social app creators say people are always wary of new technology .
Combining location and social posts can give away life info . |
23e4f0dd1830eee3aebc974dd00abc00992f4cba | Derby County's high-flying season in the Championship can be partly attributed to the club's attempts to cut out the usage of foul language, according to coach Paul Simpson. Rams boss Steve McClaren has guided the Rams to third in the Championship table - behind league leaders Middlesbrough and Bournemouth. And Simpson... | Derby currently sit third in the Championship table after 30 games so far .
Rams won 4-1 at home to Bolton in the Championship on Saturday .
Derby drew 2-2 at Bournemouth in Tuesday's Championship clash . |
23e6085fe38fcf0b14bc546d0da98ff485278108 | By . Michael Zennie, Associated Press and David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 09:35 EST, 9 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:11 EST, 20 February 2013 . Best-selling crime author Patricia Cornwell told a federal courtroom on Friday that a firm of New York-based financial managers are to blame for her money problems, not her ... | Patricia Cornwell, 56, is suing Anchin, Block & Anchin LLP and money manager Evan Snapper, claiming she lost untold millions .
Cornwell had only $13M left in her account after four years - despite earning over $10M a year in book sales .
Money managers say she and her wife, a Harvard University neuroscientist spent it ... |
23e72ba9534644cf196b8aa14439923fdd7a7fa8 | By . Michael Zennie and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 01:00 EST, 18 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:00 EST, 18 June 2013 . The grandson of a Bible studies teacher brutally murdered in a 1985 robbery said he wants to take her killer 'for a meal and (to) do some shopping' now she has been released from prison. Bill Pe... | Paula Cooper was sentenced to death for the brutal 1985 murder of 78-year-old Ruth Pelke .
Bill Pelke, who was 15 when his grandmother was murdered, said he forgives Cooper and wants to help her start her new life out of prison .
Cooper's sentence was commuted to 60 years in 1988 after a Supreme Court ruling .
Cooper, ... |
23eac83a8d27439a958a171b960d3d572c51df70 | (CNN) -- The last chapter in the story of the space shuttle Discovery ended Wednesday as the shuttle landed at Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Discovery touched down just before noon ET as planned. Crowds of onlookers cheered. The announcer on NASA TV called it "the end of a historic journey" and added, "To the ship t... | NEW: The shuttle landed just before noon ET .
Discovery's first launch was August 30, 1984 .
Discovery has logged more than 148 million miles in orbit . |
23ebba1dffd7d1f9439c3dac4225f437c5e453b8 | By . David Wilkes . PUBLISHED: . 08:01 EST, 28 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:47 EST, 18 December 2013 . Bruce Reynolds, the crook regarded as the mastermind of the Great Train Robbery, died yesterday aged 81. His death after a short illness came months before the 50th anniversary of the 1963 heist in which a gang e... | Bruce Reynolds robbed £2.6million mail train with 16 accomplices .
Jailed for 25 years for role and later wrote of experiences in memoir .
Passed away peacefully in his sleep yesterday morning .
The haul, which would be worth £40million today, was never fully recovered .
Reynolds considered inspiration for Caine’s 1965... |
23ebc8b20bf9cf2be93f0a2956b0889d91530b41 | Washington (CNN) -- Which would bother you more? 1) Finding a notice in your luggage saying it was searched by federal authorities? Or, 2) Finding an inspection notice, but learning that no one had actually bothered to search it? It was the second scenario that led to last year's firing of 36 Transportation Security Ad... | A whistle-blower came forward with video showing some TSA officers skirting procedures .
The video triggered two investigations .
Thirty-six screeners at Honolulu International Airport were fired last year .
Lawmakers say the problem is bigger than screeners at just one airport . |
23ec336f58c360ccabd77b262f3cff46c6550071 | (CNN) -- A New York University student spent nearly two days trapped in a narrow shaft between two buildings in lower Manhattan, a Fire Department of New York spokesman said Monday. The student, 19-year-old sophomore Asher Vongtau, is in fair condition after being rescued Sunday evening from the tight space between an ... | NEW: Student doesn't remember how he became trapped, his mother says .
Asher Vongtau is hospitalized after nearly two days in a narrow space .
The NYU student was trapped between a dorm and a garage .
The Fire Department rescued the 19-year-old Sunday evening . |
23ecdbebdffeda8dbc1cf83c462779a53bd07532 | By . Meghan Keneally . PUBLISHED: . 21:04 EST, 23 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:28 EST, 23 April 2013 . Jodi Arias' effort to raise money for her legal team has offended many involved in the murder trial, but now new revelations about her creative subjects are shocking her ex-boyfriend's family. Old drawings that the ... | Jodi Arias has been selling drawings while being on trial for murder .
The subjects of some pictures look just like the sister of her slain ex . |
23ece8ee52d7c1ce88d832bb1a615cb9f60d9a54 | (CNN) -- Now that Arizona lawmakers have passed what's considered some of the toughest immigration legislation in the country, other states are watching to see whether they should follow in the state's footsteps or stand back. Arizona's bill orders immigrants to carry their alien registration documents at all times and... | Arizona bill requires police to question people if there's reason to suspect they're in U.S. illegally .
Governor has not yet signed bill .
Attorney says lawmakers from 4 states have asked how to follow Arizona's lead .
"Arizona's approach is the wrong one," ACLU attorney says . |
23ef66102189b960d7a6874c56a7a50255d57dc8 | By . Adam Crafton . Follow @@AdamCrafton_ . As Louis van Gaal arrives at Manchester United's Carrington training ground on Wednesday morning, he will do so in the knowledge that he has just 31 days to repair the damage done by the David Moyes era before Swansea City arrive at Old Trafford to kick off the Premier League... | Van Gaal starts work as United manager this week .
United had a disastrous 2013-14 season, finishing seventh in the league .
Van Gaal has won league titles at all four clubs he has managed (Ajax, Barcelona, AZ, Bayern Munich)
But his teams traditionally start the season slowly . |
23efa6d5114adbc4f2b64eb296507dc64711d409 | (CNN) -- The $3 million price tag might be steep, but so is the property -- an entire mountain in the beautiful English Lake District. Blencathra, a bleak curve-backed summit overlooking the northern end of one Britain's most popular national parks, has been put up for sale by its current owner to pay a tax bill. "We w... | Entire mountain put up for sale in Britain's popular Lake District tourist destination .
Sale of Blencathra also gives the buyer the right to be called a lord .
Earl of Lonsdale says he needs to sell the mountain to pay a huge tax bill . |
23f11666c315bc32e9e365e4dad4ff44cc1be5c4 | By . Aaron Sharp . PUBLISHED: . 09:38 EST, 8 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:13 EST, 8 October 2013 . A roundabout in a quaint country village has been crowned the best in Britain after it was identified as the only one in the country to boast its own duck pond. The idyllic traffic island in the village of Otford, nea... | The junction was chosen by the Roundabout Appreciation Society .
It is the only one in the UK to have been granted listed status .
Experts believe it is the only roundabout in the UK with its own duck pond . |
23f1fc99c05dc46636bdb801d5412d8f3b80f774 | By . Tom Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 10:12 EST, 16 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:41 EST, 16 March 2012 . For decades Charles Dickens' fans had to be satisfied with a fleeting glimpse through a window at the home where the author penned some of his best-loved works. But now Gad's Hill Place in Higham, Kent - home of Dicke... | Last home to become temporary exhibition site while Charles Dickens Museum in London closes for £3.4m revamp .
Dickens' writing desk to be returned to the study where he crafted some of his classic tales . |
23f22a10cd31cc8bdb5e4fa7c91e72ed77eb26ab | It has become a global hit, making the top ten in the Billboard Hot 100 and scooping an Oscar. And now, Frozen director has apologized to parents for the animated film's song, 'Let It Go'. Jennifer Lee, 43, admitted she was aware that the ballad has captivated children across the world, leaving parents sick to death of... | Jennifer Lee says she is aware parents are sick of hearing 'Let It Go'
'I've gone from saying "Thank you" to "Sorry!",' says the 43-year-old .
Over past year, hit has been covered and parodied by countless fans .
Also performed by Demi Lovato, host Jimmy Fallon and Kristen Wiig .
Earlier this month, Idina Menzel, 43, s... |
23f24292b366f81b1e4277d51e56f52644cc5b61 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 07:16 EST, 19 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:45 EST, 19 March 2014 . It's called World's End - and right now it probably feels that way. A tiny village in north Wales has been cut off from the world for more than a month after winter storms brought down phone lines. Villagers living at W... | Villagers in World's End are lost without phone and internet links .
The lines were toppled by 100mph winds on February 12 .
But so far BT's engineers have failed to get them reconnected .
With poor mobile phone coverage, villagers feel 'forgotten' |
23f2cbdcc52716f69c08341285e52c022c268826 | Joe Biden made another gaffe on the campaign trail on Wednesday by mistaking what century it was less than 24 hours after his 'put y'all back in chains' race-baiting caused uproar. Biden seemed to mistake this century for the 1900s when he told a Virginia crowd: 'Folks, where's it written we cannot lead the world in th... | Biden makes another mistake in a speech to a Virginia crowd, apparently mistaking this century for the 1900s .
Obama comes to Biden's defence over 'put ya'll back in chains' remark in front of crowd that included hundreds of black people .
Faced criticism from Republicans like Sarah Palin, who suggested that Biden be r... |
23f4ef77966a0d2c6b4bbff962ec24d67a4d74a5 | They fill their monthly magazine pages with glossy photographs of glamorous models wearing expensive clothes, and inform us how we should be dressing each season. But when it comes to dressing themselves, it would appear that some of the world's loftiest fashion editors do so in the dark. Or at least after a couple of ... | Vogue Japan's Anna Dello Russo wore a leather mini-dress and a boater .
US Vogue's Andre Leon Talley was seen in a floor-length black cassock .
US Vogue's Grace Coddington dressed down in black slacks and plimsolls .
All were attending Balenciaga show today at the Observatoire . |
23f50e17a24824bb6ba6301c1dd49b5bff0a3056 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 04:00 EST, 16 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:00 EST, 16 October 2013 . There's no better feeling than leaving the hairdressers with a brand new 'do. Now research has found that the average British woman changes their hairstyle 36 times in a lifetime. A study has quizzed 560 wom... | Study quizzed 560 women between 18 and 65 on their hairstyle habits .
It found average British woman changes hairstyle 36 times in a lifetime .
The majority of the rest of us - 41 per cent - will change cut every .
two years .
Four per cent of women questioned change their look every six months . |
23f61516def6fabc0870874e63a32d198c3a8819 | A new reality series follows six single Alaskan women aged 22 to 34, as they jet to sun-soaked Miami in the hope of finding romance. Alaskan Women Looking For Love, set to premiere on TLC on October 6, stars Jenny, Tina, Sabina, Heather, Lacy and Haley, who all live in the remote wilds of Kodiak Island. Each of the lad... | Alaskan Women Looking For Love is a new six-part reality series from TLC .
The stars say they are on a quest to find a 'man with at least one ab' |
23f6534b080425f53a09bb1973c7941c44a31dbf | Chris Evert, who knows a few things about winning Grand Slams, has urged Andy Murray not to be afraid to appoint a woman to his coaching staff if that is what he wants. The 18-time major champion joined the debate sparked by Amelie Mauresmo watching Murray’s first-round French Open match, and well-sourced reports that... | Chris Evert has urged Andy Murray to choose a woman as his next coach .
Amelie Mauresmo sparked rumours by watching Murray at the French Open .
Mauresmo coached Marion Bartoli to her 2013 Wimbledon triumph .
Russian Mikhail Kukushkin has been coached by his wife Anastasia since courting .
British No 1 faces Marinko Mat... |
23f6e3ed328ee6eae67c6728b8f912d20cef491f | Everton midfielder Ross Barkley has allegedly been threatened by a convicted drug dealer and known gangster in a row over a girl. Sam Walker, 30, sent a message on Twitter to 20-year-old Barkley saying: 'Inbox me a number for you ya little rat! You no wot this is about, so don't play stupid or your footie career will c... | Tweet allegedly sent to Barkley by known gangster Sam Walker .
He tells Barkley to send his phone number or 'your footie career will end'
Row thought to have taken place after Barkley's ex started dating Walker . |
23f74fe04ca7e77ed3ccb6ee26cdc7dfd48a43ee | New York Governor Andrew Cuomo kicked off his second term on Thursday, saying he is governing in 'troubled times' and that education, the economy and rebuilding public trust in law enforcement would top his agenda over the next four years. He lauded his first term as a success, saying the state now has a record 7.6 mil... | Inaugurated for a second term at 1 World Trade on Thursday .
Democrat took the oath of office and was reinstated for another four years .
Cuomo urged New Yorkers to lead by example during these troubled times .
Spoke of economic and racial equality and the need to fix the economy .
Was accompanied by his girlfriend, Sa... |
23f798c478b97f9c5a7c31861bdfe0dd15b6a5c7 | (CNN) -- The father of Haleigh Cummings, a Florida girl who disappeared in February, plans to file for divorce from the girl's stepmother, a key witness in the case, his attorneys told HLN's "Nancy Grace." Ronald Cummings plans to divorce his wife, Misty, his attorney says. The move follows weeks of reported tension be... | Haleigh Cummings' father plans to file for divorce from the girl's stepmother .
Haleigh went missing from father's home in Satsuma, Florida, on February 9 .
Misty Cummings was Ronald Cummings' girlfriend when Haleigh went missing .
Investigators said they think Misty Cummings has not told them everything . |
23f7ab281ef416e1cdcd9c6fc359278a40a6ba34 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . Every political leader needs to be able to explain their mission in life to voters. But challenged to sum up his vision in a single word, Ed Miliband failed miserably, waffling on for 111 words which did little to shed light on his Labour plans for Britain. The episode w... | Labour leader challenged over whether he is too wordy and academic .
Asked to explain his vision for Britain in a single word for voters .
Miliband explained it was 'One Nation' but then went on at length . |
23f811ca9fc0a0629bc615cfcb8fce63878d2759 | David Letterman's Late Show cue-card holder of more than two decades was fired last week after picking a physical fight with one of the show's writers on set at the Ed Sullivan theater. Cue-card holder Tony Mendez, 69, told the New York Post that the altercation with 57-year-old writer Bill Scheft was a long time comin... | Cue-card holder Tony Mendez has been fired from the Late Show after 21 years working for Letterman .
The 69-year-old writer says he got into a fight with writer Bill Scheft, 57, on October 9, after arguing the previous day during rehearsals .
Mr Mendez says the writer is constantly 'encroaching' and belittling him .
Pr... |
23f84ace3ba30513e386f420db78a163c9483fac | The Dow Jones gained more than 300 points on Tuesday as U.S. stocks rallied on higher oil prices and greater optimism over a deal to renegotiate Greece's debt. The Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 305.36 points (1.76 percent) to 17,666.40. The broad-based S&P 500 powered higher by 29.18 (1.44 percent) to 2,050.03, ... | U.S. stocks rallied on higher oil prices and greater optimism over a deal to renegotiate Greece's debt .
Dow Jones Industrial Average jumped 305.36 points (1.76 percent) to 17,666.40 .
Some analysts remain skeptical about deflation in the eurozone and weak global growth .
'It's good to enjoy the rally while we can, but... |
23f87610c286e58fa51f24f58c2708db7e9557d0 | Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius told reporters on Monday that there is 'absolutely no evidence' that the United States will lose jobs as a consequence of implementing the Affordable Care Act. But the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office declared on February 4 that the Obamacare law would suck t... | HHS Secretary insists Obamacare will not cost the economy jobs .
The CBO wrote on Feb. 4 that the equivalent of 2.5 million jobs will disappear from the economy by 2024 because of the health insurance law .
The White House spun that report as 'a good thing,' saying Americans should be happy when they can keep medical i... |
23f8914b472a767f7c0fd8f0f977a24bb3857b20 | An Illinois police sergeant suspected of being drunk during a St Patrick's Day car crash has been released on bond. Authorities say 47-year-old Fairview Heights police officer James Krummrich was off duty when he was arrested on Saturday on suspicion of driving his personal vehicle under the influence. He was booked af... | James Krummrich 'intoxicated' when arrested .
Teaches at Southwest Illinois Police Academy . |
23f9a4146f9e163c50e51905bd82bd236f033109 | By . Meghan Keneally . One of Manhattan's top restaurants has revealed that it's staff prepares for each service by scouring the internet for clues about their upcoming diners. Eleven Madison Park has been ranked among the best restaurants in New York- and the world- since its opening in 1998 but they have continued to... | Eleven Madison Park staffers search for clues about the diners- hometowns, birth dates, industries- before they have their meal .
They tailor the experience based on their findings and try to match up wait staff who have biographical details in common with the diners .
Such customized service doesn't come cheap, howeve... |
23fa40f154a13176c5a007f9b0f190a3b3b6b853 | A Brazilian glamour model has been slammed for posing against the trail of destruction left by superstorm Sandy. Nana Gouvea, 30, who has reportedly graced the pages of Playboy, posted a series of images to her Facebook page showing her leaning against fallen trees and standing on top of wrecked cars in the streets of ... | Nana Gouvea, 30, posted provocative images on her Facebook page .
Photographs of model leaning against fallen trees instantly spark outcry .
Critics set up Facebook account to poke fun at the model on the web . |
23fa67cd1b2e1e782a0ae600e0d435bc827ae203 | (CNN) -- Editor's Note: Christina Blanch is a comics scholar. Cofounder of CAPE, she recently taught a new online course on Gender through Comic Books. Gender issues are strewn throughout the comics industry and have been for decades, from the way this particular branch of pop culture portrays traditional male and fema... | Gender Through Comics was a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) taught in spring 2013. It looked at how to explore gender-related questions through comic books.
Christina Blanch says that gender is about men and women just as much as comic books are for both sexes.
She argues the sexualized media standards can be attribu... |
23fae925369f2bac0ac3378fff2f82d878d2f598 | Google already is a major player in search, online mapping, social networking and other key functions of the Web. Now it wants to sell domain names, too. The Internet giant on Monday announced the launch of an invite-only service, Google Domains, to help small businesses find, register and manage their Web addresses. T... | Google announces the launch of an invite-only, domain-registration service .
Google hasn't said when the service will be available to the public .
Service will compete with GoDaddy, the largest domain-management company . |
23faf98497264ac8c85579981a91bac8445e8a49 | This is the moment cars are picked up as though they are weightless and carried along in flash flooding in France. The 41-second video shows up to six partially submerged vehicles being battered by a barrage of water in the city of Collioure, near the Spanish border. In the footage, cars and jeeps almost disappear fro... | 41 second video shows utter devastation unleashed by flash floods .
Jeeps and cars are submerged by water on riverbed as torrential rain falls .
Flash floods occurred in the city of Collioure near the Spanish border . |
23fb083c072c1dd1d7833b52651cb30e3076c1df | Washington (CNN) -- Democrats have a message for voters during the final, frenzied day of campaigning: All is not lost. Party leaders insist they can still hold onto the Senate -- their last bastion of power on Capitol Hill -- and are spending the remaining hours before the polls open on Tuesday trying to convince thei... | Democrats are trying to keep hope alive for Tuesday's midterms .
This includes Vice President Joe Biden and candidates like Alison Lundergan Grimes .
Their message comes in the face of a wave of worrying poll numbers for Democrats .
Both parties have top surrogates on the trail Monday . |
23fb0a041bbd57702fff781d8f5b93eb721f2577 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Salma Hayek Pinault talks about skincare, adult acne, and taking time for herself in the newest issue of NewBeauty magazine. Mrs Pinault tells the magazine that she has ‘always been conservative of what I’ve done to my skin. I don’t believe in abandoning it and then trying to fix it with some... | Mrs Pinault has spoken out about how her acne was once so bad she didn't want to get out of bed . |
23fb4ea476e88b13389e26a947a537e718a26449 | A couple appeared in court in France yesterday accused of stashing some £50 million-worth of stolen Picasso art treasures in their garage. Pierre Le Guennec, 74, and his wife Danielle, 73, face up to 10 years in prison for handling the goods, but insist that they were all ‘presents’ from the legendary Spanish artist. I... | Pierre and Danielle Le Guennec accused of stashing stolen Picasso goods .
But the two claim the haul of 271 pieces of treasure were all 'presents'
Le Guennec worked odd jobs for the Spanish artist at his home in Cannes .
He claims the artist's wife gave him the treasures, saying: 'This is for you' |
23fb8473dfaeac9078907642103250e3d29a2f9c | By . Dan Bloom . PUBLISHED: . 16:06 EST, 31 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:15 EST, 31 October 2013 . Jack Hutton-Potts, 23, died in a climbing accident off the coast of Anglesey tethered to Vaughan Holme, the teacher who had introduced him to the sport . A boarding school teacher accidentally dragged a former student... | Student Jack Hutton-Potts, 23, was tethered to teacher Vaughan Holme, 48 .
Mr Holme slipped on Gogarth cliffs off the coast of Anglesey, Wales .
He sparked Jack's interest in the sport at boarding school in West Sussex .
Coroner: 'We don't know why Jack decided not to hook on the cliff' |
23fdc288c503d028709caf75a9cf63935ad77a24 | (CNN) -- While we officially celebrate the 150th anniversary of the publication of Charles Darwin's "On the Origin of Species" on November 24, celebrations of Darwin's legacy have actually been building in intensity for several years. Darwin is not just an important 19th century scientific thinker. Increasingly, he is ... | Stephen Meyer says there are scientific reasons to doubt consensus about Darwin's theory .
Meyer: Fossil record challenges idea that organisms evolved from a single ancestor .
Meyer: There is compelling scientific evidence of actual intelligent design . |
23fdeaaa4dcd81af249c14ed1407601822db18f7 | By . Associated Press . Freed then killed: Bobby Lee Pearson was accidentally released after a jury mistakenly identified him as not-guilty and then he got into a fatal argument with his sister's boyfriend when he arrived home . A career criminal has been killed after he was mistakenly released from court when a jury a... | A Fresno, California jury mistakenly submitted a not guilty verdict when they meant to say they were a hung jury .
Bobby Lee Pearson, who was being held on a burglary charge, was released as a result .
Got into a fight with his sister's girlfriend when he arrived home to pick up clothes after his release .
Police say t... |
23ff472e5c413f45d14a223edf7c0df61f0468c5 | Baghdad (CNN) -- Iraqis headed to the polls Saturday to vote in provincial elections nationwide, the first poll in which the country's forces provided security without the assistance of U.S. troops. Elections were held in most of Iraq's 18 governorates to replace local councils elected in 2009. Some provinces -- such a... | NEW: Analyst: National unity taking a background to sectarianism .
There were a number of attacks preceding the vote .
Elections are being held in most of the country's 18 governorates .
It's the first poll in which Iraqi forces will provide security without help from the U.S. |
23ffb2e704974f58045f145411a5d393175e3d85 | (CNN) -- Composer Richard Wagner was an anti-Semite whose music was used, after his death, as Nazi propaganda. He was also, as some say, "one of the most gifted, historically important composers to ever grace the planet." So fans of his music, including those in Israel, are willing to overlook his hideous views and emb... | Sally Kohn: It's hard to reconcile Bill Cosby the man with Bill Cosby the talent .
Kohn: Amid allegations of rape, can we still enjoy the Cosby show?
For example, Richard Wagner was an anti-Semite yet people still enjoy his music .
Kohn: Sometimes it's better to separate the man from the art . |
23fffcd738771df5f4979612761b14e39bf5bc8a | By . Larisa Brown . PUBLISHED: . 01:34 EST, 5 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:32 EST, 5 March 2013 . Pressure: Man Booker Prize winner Julian Barnes has said writers are under increasing pressure to include explicit sex scenes in books . Novelist Julian Barnes said yesterday writers were under increasing pressure to inc... | Writers feel increasingly obliged to include explicit sex, says Julian Barnes .
Left authors at risk of being 'laughed at by future generations', he said . |
2400487e6c4938100d046d9d70dc44b123fab593 | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 12:02 EST, 20 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:02 EST, 20 September 2012 . A teenage mother-of-one who underwent an abortion because she felt it was too soon to have a second child died after contracting a superbug during the procedure, an inquest heard today. Jessie-Maye Barlow, 19... | Jessie-Maye Barlow, 19, decided to have an abortion after discovering she was pregnant again just a few months after giving birth .
She contracted the superbug streptococcus B during the abortion with a chance of just one in 10,000 .
The superbug caused 'catastrophic damage' to her heart and she died five weeks after t... |
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