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2400b5001ad30eee5db87bf7842921ef04d1ddae | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Senate Democratic leaders met Thursday night with White House officials to consider including a government-funded public health insurance option, along with a provision allowing states to opt out of it, in a health care overhaul bill. Sen. Olympia Snowe has been the only GOP supporter of health care... | Senate Democrats propose leaving public option up to the states .
Republicans, moderate Democrats oppose any public option .
White House said to favor a trigger for a public option .
House Democrats seek more information on long-term costs of bill . |
2401b95f39c201b1738143544175f5b6399429c1 | In three months England are off again, this time in the European Championship qualifiers. Some familiar faces will disappear, and some younger names will emerge in the squad. As the post-mortem into England’s dismal performance in Brazil continues, who will be in and who will be out for the first qualifier against Swit... | England 2-1 defeat to Uruguay and Costa Rica's win over Italy means Roy Hodgson's men are OUT .
Steven Gerrard and Frank Lampard may be playing their final tournament .
Three Lions must look towards start of Euro 2016 campaign in September .
Glen Johnson, Danny Welbeck and Chris Smalling amongst those under pressure fo... |
2401f4354d7f4c9ad6a957a4f828018e2fd493e1 | Self pity: Child killer Stuart Hazell wrote letters complaining that he was crying himself to sleep in prison because of the 'nasty stuff' said about him . Child killer Stuart Hazell wrote a series of self-pitying letters from prison, complaining that he was bullied by other inmates and cried himself to sleep as he awa... | Killer Stuart Hazell whines about the treatment he receives to a pen pal .
He claims he is a gentle man who wept in bed and was innocent .
Hazell also wrote of his relationship with a pigeon by his cell window .
The 37-year-old was jailed for 38 years without parole last week .
Tia, 12, was suffocated during a sex atta... |
2404916090cce8e9949e22ada3d68b2bf61e43ad | David Cameron has often railed against big firms moving abroad to avoid tax, warning they must 'wake up and smell the coffee' to recognise public anger at the practice. So there must have been an awkward conversation over the Number 10 breakfast table this morning after it emerged the Prime Minister's wife Samantha wor... | Samantha Cameron is creative consultant at the upmarket company .
Firm is is owned through a holding company in Luxembourg .
It is also linked to a secretive trust in the Channel Island of Guernsey .
David Cameron has often criticised companies who use tax havens . |
240554a193f0a8569095f42647d87ffa1544b0fa | With his parole hearing scheduled for later this week, convicted cop killer Bruce Lorick is ready to regain his freedom - and fall in love. The 57-year-old inmate has spent more than 30 years in prison for the 1980 killing of New York City police officer Joseph Keegan. On Saturday, Lorick will appear before a Manhattan... | In his online profile, Bruce Lorick, 57, describes himself as 'childless, single, humorous, witty, loyal, a good listener, and an excellent lover'
Lorick was convicted in 1981 in the shooting death of NYC transit officer Joseph Keegan .
Keegan, 41, was just 44 days shy of early retirement when he stopped Lorick, then 2... |
240609c20125e524e982390c1097a3ed44eb1130 | There are thousands of public toilets around the world, but finding one - especially when you’re desperate - can prove impossible. Plus, it's increasingly difficult to find one that is in working order and free to use. The Flush Toilet Finder app was created to solve this problem. It uses your phones GPS to find nearby... | Flush Toilet Finder is based on a global database of 100,000 public toilets .
It uses the owner’s GPS location to find the nearest public conveniences .
App also shows if toilets are free, open and if they have disabled access .
Users can additionally add toilets that aren’t already included on the app .
The app is fre... |
240680badb5ac6f486f70ef37fd2219842a7f63c | Officers at an Arkansas police department failed to notice their ex-military Humvee had been stolen from the parking lot for more than a week. Palestine Police Chief Stanley Barnes says 'it never crossed [his] mind' that anyone could take the 5,000lb Humvee - it doesn't even have a set of keys. However, last December ... | An ex-military Humvee was stolen from an Arkansas police department .
It was missing a week before anyone noticed it was gone .
The police chief in Palestine, Arkansas, said 'it never crossed [his] mind' that someone could take it .
It was found wrecked and is now used for spare parts .
183 police departments have been... |
240882613f4182f8a914ff1fb7fc64cf2b5ff729 | (CNN) -- Relief expressed Sunday at the death of Pan Am 103 bomber Abdelbeset Ali Mohmed al Megrahi by relatives of some of his 270 victims was tempered by still-smoldering anger at his release from prison more than two years ago. "Fine. He deserved to die," said Susan Cohen of Cape May Court House, New Jersey, whose d... | Relatives of those who died are still angry about bomber's release .
"It's about time," says the mother of on Pan Am 103 victim .
Another victim's mother believes co-conspirators are still in Libya . |
24090f60200f755def983b799cbcbfe4c72750ab | A Good Samaritan who returned a wallet filled with several hundreds of dollars in cash proves that good people do exist. Joyce Gardner of Waterford, Connecticut found a wallet with $726.00 of cash inside and instead of considering it her lucky day and running off with it she returned it to police and made someone’s hol... | Joyce Gardner of Waterford, Connecticut found a wallet with $726.00 of cash inside and handed it over to police .
Police were able to track down the woman who lost her wallet and she told them that the cash was for Christmas presents for her family .
'She did the right thing and as a result she changed someone’s holida... |
2409427925f6d892a4d6239b6cc73f27ba95cf0d | This is the heart-stopping moment a downhill skateboarder travelling at high speed nearly smashes head on into an oncoming passenger coach. The unidentified longboarder was speeding down what he thought was a deserted country road in Spain, until a white coach suddenly appeared round a sharp left-hand bend. Swerving dr... | Unidentified longboarder thought the country lane was deserted .
But a coach suddenly appears round a sharp bend, causing him to take evasive action and career off the narrow road to safety .
Fellow daredevil boarder Alberto Alepuz from Madrid filmed the heart-stopping three-minute downhill run .
The filmmaker warns: ... |
240b251022182eb14ad96aa9f558150f8cb4c543 | Ray Rice has spoken a day after having his contract terminated by the Baltimore Ravens. The Super Bowl-winning running back also received an indefinite suspension from the NFL after CCTV footage was posted online of him striking his then-fiancee (and now wife) in an Atlantic City casino. 'I have to be strong for my wif... | 'I have to be strong for my wife,' Rice said. 'She is so strong. We are in good spirits.
The NFL star punched his then fiancee in the face in a casino lift in February .
Janay Palmer was knocked out and dragged into the hotel .
Rice was charged with domestic assault but only banned for two games .
The 27-year-old marri... |
240b5b18d574c5e7a3f8253910172ebe6c4c2764 | (CNN) -- Australian golfer Robert Allenby has written a new chapter in the volume of bizarre sporting injuries after tearing knee ligaments in a fishing accident. The world No. 14 slipped on the deck his boat "C'mon Aussie" while on a weekend excursion in the Bahamas, and is expected to be out for at least three weeks ... | Robert Allenby tears knee ligaments after slipping on his fishing boat .
Allenby will miss U.S. PGA Championship next week after having surgery .
He joins a list of sporting stars who have succumbed to unlikely physical problems .
Rio Ferdinand, Sam Torrance and Kim Clijsters have also suffered bizarre injuries . |
240b5c5c0a82be745f6cb38394f12aa380a181bb | New Aston Villa signing Carlos Sanchez insists he was desperate to join the club, but was convinced even further by fan favourite and fellow Colombian Juan Pablo Angel. Villa completed the £4.7million deal for Sanchez on Monday on a four-year deal from Elche, their fifth signing of the summer. VIDEO Scroll down to watc... | Carlos Sanchez moved to Villa for £4.7million from Elche .
Colombian midfielder said fan favourite Angel said he must join the club .
Manager Paul Lambert is already impressed with Sanchez in training .
Villa face Newcastle on Saturday after their win over Stoke at the weekend . |
240bff7a6f89a4c6d5682d7b76f6e3da805063dd | A former tabloid reporter walked free from court yesterday after he was cleared of illegally accessing celebrity text messages. Ben Ashford, 35, was accused of trawling through racy exchanges between a married BBC star and a high profile PR agent. Prosecutors claimed he knew an iPhone which contained the messages was s... | Ben Ashford, 35, accused of accessing text messages of married BBC star .
Prosecutors claimed he knew iPhone was stolen when he looked at it .
However jury took just five hours to dismiss the claims at the Old Bailey . |
240c4bd9209c8552d497448e9a5d2cddd082dca4 | (CNN) -- On ABC, Thursdays now officially belong to Shonda Rhimes. As the creator of flagship ABC programs "Grey's Anatomy" and "Scandal," Rhimes has already carved out a two-hour block on Thursdays with those two dramas. But this fall, ABC will air three of Rhimes' shows -- which she co-produces with Betsy Beers -- al... | ABC will air three of Shonda Rhimes' dramas on Thursdays this fall .
The network announced a new fall lineup Thursday .
Four of the five newly announced series are comedies . |
240cc564ef2500d3f171bd51ba63f68a1c70c51d | By . John Stevens . PUBLISHED: . 13:42 EST, 24 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:04 EST, 24 March 2013 . It may not be the most serious of life’s problems, but an incredibly irritating one nonetheless – getting a pop song ‘stuck’ in your head, playing over and over. And much like for a bout of the hiccups, there seem to b... | Solving verbal puzzles can help force annoying songs from memory .
Songs that get stuck in your head are called 'earworms'
Also found that Sudoku could help, as long as it isn't too difficult .
The most persistent songs are from artists such as Lady Gaga, Beyonce and Rihanna . |
240d925982594a9c37572d2d5b3b1022b3ccb497 | Pepe Mel issued the ultimatum that only wholesale changes at West Bromwich Albion will keep him at the club, after they lost a third match in a row to end the season crawling to survival. Mel will know in the next 48 hours whether he will remain in charge to oversee those changes when he is called into a meeting with c... | Charlie Adam scores late goal to take Stoke City into ninth .
They finish on 50 points, their biggest-ever return in Premier League .
West Brom finish 17th, four points clear of relegation . |
240ea54b1c959216c9265683474bd75c45be606e | Carved from rare wood with a 23-carat gold lion motif, the world's most expensive surfboard is worth $1.3 million. The beautiful board named The Rampant was created by New Zealand-based surfboard designer Roy Stuart - who has more than 20 years of experience behind him. At 3.2m long, the board is made with timber from ... | The Rampant surfboard was designed by New Zealand-based Roy Stuart .
Part of it is made out of a rare wood and has a gold lion painted on it .
Its tunnel fin is crafted from kahikatea wood - only found in New Zealand .
Price tag is consequence of 'ultimate design and performance of a lifetime' |
240ef098378505d2832899d94e3f91b2a16822a7 | (CNN) -- Attackers gunned down an elderly Christian couple late Sunday inside their Baghdad home, the latest in a string of religious-rooted violence that has spurred international outcry and a full-court press for justice from Iraqi authorities. Gunmen broke into the couple's residence in Baladiyat, a predominantly Sh... | Attackers shot dead an elderly Christian couple Sunday in their home, an Iraqi official says .
The attack was the latest in recent months targeting Christians in Iraq .
The official says 5 of 15 responsible for 3 major attacks remain at large .
Iraq's prime minister assures an Italian minister the attackers will be "se... |
24119222bae354239e5d9a0ba209b40e598b7d82 | By . Julian Gavaghan and Rick Dewsbury . PUBLISHED: . 04:23 EST, 11 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:44 EST, 12 April 2012 . KFC Thailand has issued an apology after being criticised for a Facebook message that urged people to rush home during Wednesday's tsunami scare and order a bucket of KFC chicken. As people were be... | Fast food chain posted Facebook message, saying: 'Let's hurry home and follow the earthquake news...don't forget to order your favorite KFC menu'
Company apologies after message sparked outrage on Thai web forums .
Five people died of heart attacks but Indonesians breath sigh of relief .
Mass panic spreads as tsunami a... |
241243c6567f2393e5ce2e3cf34ba68bdb139af1 | By . Jaymi Mccann . PUBLISHED: . 20:16 EST, 29 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:19 EST, 29 March 2013 . Only 6 per cent of those questioned would trust the Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove . Parents are concerned about the effect the Government is having on their child's education, a poll suggests. Around on... | Only 8% of parents think that the coalition has had a positive impact .
More than half of people would trust a head teacher the most .
6% of parents said they would trust Secretary of State for Education Michael Gove . |
241252e206b18fde06cf1419988a6b66d2523b50 | Landon Donovan has been left out of the USA squad for next month's World Cup in Brazil. The 32-year-old, who has 156 international caps and 57 goals to his name, has been left out by coach Jurgen Klinsmann, but Sunderland's struggling striker Jozy Altidore has been selected. It means Donovan will not get the chance to ... | Donovan left out of USA's final 23 by Jurgen Klinsmann .
Would have been the 32-year-old's fourth World Cup .
Altidore included in squad despite just one Premier League goal all season .
Tim Howard, Brad Guzan and Clint Dempsey all included .
Klinsmann's son Jonathan mocks Donovan but later deletes Twitter account .
Do... |
2412ee85c474ba58b23960f495f9459102faa7a8 | WICHITA, Kansas (CNN) -- An anti-abortion activist suspected in the death of Kansas doctor George Tiller told CNN on Tuesday the closing of Tiller's women's clinic is "a victory for all the unborn children." Scott Roeder, charged in the death of Dr. George Tiller, spoke to CNN on Tuesday. Scott Roeder, 51, would not ad... | In jail interview with CNN, suspect Scott Roeder admits no guilt in Tiller slaying .
But Roeder says if he's convicted, "motive was the defense of the unborn"
Roeder is charged in death of Dr. George Tiller, who performed late-term abortions .
Family is shutting Tiller's clinic permanently, lawyer says . |
2415936527f809b7bbc9338c66bf24409c25485b | Two soldiers who were wounded in Afghanistan are retracing Ernest Shackleton's Antarctic rescue mission after almost 100 years. They are part of a four-man team who are flying out to Argentina today to begin what promises to be a gruelling five-week trek across one of the most inhospitable wildernesses in the world. Th... | Four British explorers fly out today to begin the five-week mission .
Backed by Prince William, they include corporal wounded in Afghanistan .
They are fundraising for military rehabilitation centre near Loughborough .
Trip takes them on the same path as explorer's 1916 rescue mission .
His ship Endurance was trapped i... |
2415f9252573bc973cd6ccd3907e6f85ce271da6 | By . Robert Verkaik . The Guardian newspaper sent top-secret files containing classified information to the United States by household courier FedEx, it was revealed last night. The security risk is the latest to engulf the newspaper after the head of MI5 warned last week that publication of confidential data leaked by... | The newspaper saved files from leaker Edward Snowden to a USB stick .
It then sent the files to the USA via the FedEx delivery service .
The move has been described as creating a security risk .
Intelligence experts have accused The Guardian of 'playing parlour games' with national security . |
24177cc919ec3bb877cb606ab137ea6208b159fc | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 12:24 EST, 15 January 2012 . Polygamist sect leader Warren Jeffs may be serving a life-plus-20-year sentence in a Texas prison, but his grip on most of his 10,000 followers doesn't appear to be lessening. Some former insiders say he's imposing even more rigid requirements on church... | Latest accusation to be made against the convicted rapist .
Imposing more rigid requirements on church members .
Brother is said to be conducting interviews on Jeffs' behalf to determine members' worthiness . |
2417abd7dc429a0cdb684c75011b8b0e19b0a6e5 | Jose Mourinho insists that he has no plans to bolster his Chelsea squad during the forthcoming transfer window. With the Blues three points clear are the top of the Premier League and still fighting for four competitions, Mourinho is hoping to keep his 'very, very good' squad together. When asked if he would be making ... | Jose Mourinho believes Chelsea will not make any deals in January .
Mourinho hoping to keep same squad of players together .
Blues through to Capital One Cup semi-final after 3-1 win against Derby . |
2417c6b31e353697f47e216294bbef83ac0a993e | A Columbia University student accused of raping a classmate - who has been carrying around her mattress in protest ever since - has insisted he is a feminist. Speaking to the New York Times in his first ever interview, Paul Nungesser called the rallies against him 'bullying' - and slammed the university for failing to ... | Paul Nungesser was accused of raping Emma Sulkowicz in her dorm room in August 2012 - but the university dismissed the case .
Sulkowicz began carrying her mattress wherever she went to represent the burden she was carrying and to protest the lack of action from Columbia .
Other students have joined her by carrying matt... |
2418052d62ecaca44c4a4cb0b29bdba96cb5284d | Hong Kong (CNN) -- The parent company of Apple's biggest parts supplier, Taiwan-based Hon Hai Precision Industry, also known as Foxconn, had a 19.2% drop in revenue during the first quarter as iPhone orders slowed down faster than expected. Hon Hai reported first quarter 2013 revenue of nearly $27 billion, down from $3... | Foxconn reports 19.2% drop in revenue during the first quarter on slower iPhone orders .
Editor-in-chief for Engadet China says Foxconn may be too reliant on Apple .
Samsung toppled Apple as the world's largest smartphone maker in 2012 .
Apple scheduled to report first quarter earnings on April 23 . |
24181928f532c0d0cd673669c3b17f99837f41cb | Jack Wall, left, threw himself in front of a train at Liphook railway station after arguing with his mother Tracy Wall, right, over household chores, the inquest heard . A teenager threw himself in front of a train after claiming he was 'broken' following a decade of psychological abuse from his mother, an inquest hear... | Jack Wall threw himself in front of train following argument with mother .
Message to a friend said he was 'broken' after years of 'psychological abuse'
18-year-old suffered from ADHD and was described as 'hyper-sensitive'
His mother tells inquest Jack was her 'world' |
24185f2e19a6d44bde803a3c5d7bad5d233515d2 | Most of the country may have awoken to a chilly but pleasant Autumnal morning today, but, in the middle of the Atlantic, a 300-mile wide hurricane is hurtling towards Britain. Hurricane Gonzalo is tearing through the Atlantic, with forecasters predicting two weeks of rainfall in just 24 hours when it strikes Britain to... | Most of Britain awoke to a pleasant Sunday morning, but 300-mile wide Hurricane Gonzalo is hurtling towards Britain .
The storm, which wreaked havoc on Bermuda, will strike the UK tomorrow night and continue on Tuesday morning .
Gonzalo's tail end will hit most of the north of the UK, bringing 60mph winds and two weeks... |
2419376699b0fb2b5246c3535babd51dd263fef8 | Amir Khan's car collection appears to have got even more impressive, after the boxer posed with a Lamborghini Aventador on his official Instagram account. Khan is a known car enthusiast and the addition of an Aventador would come as no surprise given that the 28-year-old already owns a Bentley Continental, a Mercedes C... | Amir Khan has posted a picture of a Lamborghini Aventador on Instagram .
The British boxer is a known car enthusiast with an impressive collection .
A Lamborghini' Aventador retails at around £300,000 .
Khan does not believe Floyd Mayweather will ever fight Manny Pacquiao .
CLICK HERE for all the latest from the boxing... |
24193c979517287d64951d9bc42c3f1a154c428b | (CNN) -- Monkeys in space. No, it's not the title of a wacky B movie, featuring primates amongst the stars in a bid for intergalactic dominance. Rather, Iran says this plot represents its latest bid to join the space race, though Iran's foes fear the real aim may be to test missile launching capabilities for less peace... | Iranian state news reports a monkey strapped inside a capsule launches into space .
An Iranian minister calls the monkey's trip "the first step for sending humans into space"
A U.S. official says such a launch, if confirmed, violates a U.N. Security Council resolution .
Animals have been used for space launches before,... |
241b33b6248ebf8e6b7254c5b2df25c8cecc6d5c | (CNN) -- Many people are outraged about the just-revealed psychological experiment Facebook performed in 2012 on 690,000 unwitting people, altering the mix of positive and negative posts in their feeds. Playing with people's emotions without their consent is a problem. But it would be even worse if we think -- after Fa... | David Weinberger: Many angry over Facebook's psychological experiment on users in 2012 .
He says it was only a more intrusive version of what FB and other websites do all the time .
FB decides what we'll know about friends based on what profits FB, he says .
Weinberger: Facebook could use this control to better society... |
241b5300537fa2b8c9eace5581fd8ea4b9160998 | (Architectural Digest) -- The great American graphic designer Milton Glaser once declared, "There are three responses to a piece of design—yes, no, and wow! Wow is the one to aim for." Tommy and Dee Hilfiger apparently endorse that notion. The fashion mogul and his wife have planted their flag on a glorious stretch of ... | 'If it's not shagadelic or groovy, it's not coming into the house'
Tommy and Dee Hilfiger aim for a 'wow' factor in their Florida residence .
Pop and post-Pop Art treasures adorn the couple's 14,000 square-foot home .
Designer Martyn Lawrence planned 'part art gallery and part 1960s--'70s disco madness' |
241b6368166a927ed3159135b805e36c094bba57 | A Hawaiian woman was found dead on Saturday morning - and her family and friends have said her 16-year-old foster son is the murder suspect. Lt. Walter Calistro told HawaiiNewsNow Honolulu police found the body at Waimanalo Beach Park. Scroll down for video . Killed: Jolyn Kipapa, center, was found dead with stab wound... | Honolulu police said they found a woman's body with stab wounds on Saturday morning .
The victim has been identified by local media as Jolyn Kipapa .
At the time of Kipapa's death, she and her husband were parents to 11 foster children .
Friends and apparent family members have spoken to local media outlets and claimed... |
241bc2e13224f8ad79cd58d09ac23ab6fd2f45e1 | Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama filled out his Cabinet nominations on Thursday when he tapped Penny Pritzker as commerce secretary and Michael Froman as U.S. trade representative. At an event in the White House Rose Garden, Obama heralded his two nominees as leaders with "extraordinary experience" who are ab... | Obama nominates Penny Pritzker and Michael Froman for Cabinet posts .
The announcement comes ahead of a trip to Mexico and Costa Rica .
Pritzker, an investment firm chief, has an estimated net worth of $1.85 billion .
Froman is Obama's deputy national security adviser for international economic affairs . |
241bce17b0fd61815cdce4f178ce58bda57cd6da | Many of the 7 million consumers who got insurance under President Barack Obama's health care law will see their premiums rise next year unless they switch to another plan, independent analysts said as the government released details Friday. The Health and Human Services department released a massive computer file of 20... | Existing Affordable Care Act customers may find that the plans they selected last year are no longer the 'low cost benchmarks' where they live .
Those people will pay more unless they switch to policies that provide lower benefit levels .
Open enrollment begins Saturday and ends in March 2015 .
Prices are expected to ... |
241bd3c28c849baae34b4bd9917d31f06f8e9a00 | Arizona officials said on Monday they have been cleared of any wrongdoing in an execution this year that lasted nearly two hours, but they are nevertheless changing the drugs they use to put inmates to death. According to a letter from Department of Corrections Director Charles Ryan to Gov. Jan Brewer, the agency no lo... | The Department of Corrections will no longer use the drug combination used in the controversial July execution of Joseph Rudolph Wood .
The letter said the department will stop using the mixture of midazolam, a sedative, and hydromorphone, a painkiller .
Instead, it will try to obtain pentobarbital or Sodium Pentothal,... |
241bf7d09467b3f565f65d342595f6d6d4653e57 | HOUSTON, Texas (CNN) -- Even with Hurricane Ike more than 100 miles away, authorities began rescue efforts Friday, picking up more than 120 people stranded by rising seas along the southeast Texas coast. The U.S. Coast Guard rescues a person trapped in a car on Friday as Hurricane Ike hits Texas. Most of the rescues oc... | NEW: Coast Guard helicopters airlift stranded residents from Galveston area .
NEW: Many of those rescued were motorists stranded on flooded roads .
Coast Guard, Air Force unable to rescue 22 people stranded on freighter .
Active-duty military has 42 search-and-rescue helicopters on standby . |
241c3bfcde3e19fb8f0e5d0273ccb06155a2d86b | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 08:45 EST, 16 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 08:20 EST, 17 March 2014 . Olympic hero Mo Farah collapsed today at the end of the New York half marathon but said he didn't remember passing out. The father-of-three, who won two golds at 2012 London Games, fell awkwardly around the six-mile mar... | Father-of-three fell around the six-mile mark but carried on .
He eventually finished second after a sprint finish to the line .
But shortly after Farah finished the race, he collapsed .
Runner later appeared to blame chilly conditions in New York .
Temperatures were just above freezing when the race was held .
Farah, ... |
241c43d68ba62330f6877df71579645fb0be144a | Kizer insisted he was in the dining hall and his server was a middle aged man who is identified on the receipt as David . By . Paul Thompson . PUBLISHED: . 13:18 EST, 28 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:19 EST, 28 October 2013 . A police chief was suspended for having a steak meal in a restaurant attached to a strip cl... | Arkansas police chief Mark Kizer claims he didn't see any naked women while dining at a popular gentlemen's club in Orlando .
Kizer submitted his receipt for reimbursement to the Arkansas police department .
Kizer insisted he was in the dining hall and his server was a middle aged man who is identified on the receipt a... |
241d47226e4be54d765cfd5abd680c462d1bef61 | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 06:55 EST, 5 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:08 EST, 5 February 2013 . Keith Hartigan, 37, has been charged with first-degree rape . A property mogul is accused of raping a woman after she fell asleep at a luxury New York hotel. Keith Hartigan, 37, allegedly attacked the 31-year-old at... | Keith Hartigan has been charged with first-degree rape and released on bail .
The 37-year-old runs a company selling luxury properties in Aspen .
Hartigan allegedly groped and then raped the woman while she slept . |
241d5bb4f0d1ea65081cceaf3fc940eee4be11e6 | A husband who lured his estranged wife to her death as part of an 'honour killing' and then wore her clothes to convince her family and friends she was still alive has been jailed for a minimum of 20 years. Ahmed Al-Khatib put on Rania Alayed's jeans and headscarf and then carried the mother-of-three in a suitcase less... | Ahmed Al-Khatib killed Rania Alayed an hour after she dropped off children .
He dressed up in her jeans and headscarf to carry her body out in a suitcase .
His brothers are also jailed for helping him try to cover up the murder .
Her body hasn't been found but is believed to be buried in North Yorkshire .
She had compl... |
2420173bafb1b8c5458368e3c5af3337e7d3a5cf | If you feel you have seen it all before, spare a thought for the young man convinced he is trapped in a time loop. The feeling of constantly reliving his actions became so severe he stopped watching TV, listening to the radio or reading newspapers. The 23-year-old even had to drop out of university and was tormented by... | The 23-year-old British man told experts he felt 'trapped in a time loop'
Rather than just a sense of familiarity he felt he was reliving the past .
Bizarrely the man didn't suffer any neurological conditions previously reported in people who suffer frequent déjà vu .
His problem was anxiety leading scientists to belie... |
2422829d1733a5a8cd3c8a5d7bcd204143a46ed6 | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 12:02 EST, 25 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:25 EST, 25 June 2013 . A nearby solar system is packed with up to seven planets including three 'super-Earths' that may be capable of supporting life, say scientists. The planets orbit Gliese 667C, one of three stars bound together in a tri... | Planets orbit Gliese 667C in a triple system in constellation of Scorpius .
Anyone standing on one of the super-Earths would see three suns in sky .
One super-Earth orbiting Gliese 667C has been identified before but new research shows more potentially habitable planets . |
24249d1c656f01af2f613583aa0c43d52585b5a0 | On Wednesday, the United States government looked perilously close to hitting its debt ceiling -- the limit on the amount Washington can borrow to pay its bills. While Americans watched as the specter of a potential debt default and continuation of the government shutdown approached, life went on as usual in the rest o... | In Washington Wednesday, the U.S. lifted its debt ceiling and reopened government .
In Asia, the death toll from a quake rose, a typhoon struck and a passenger plane crashed .
In Syria, the fighting and deaths continued on the second day of the Eid al-Adha holiday .
In Europe, representatives from Iran and the P5+1 met... |
242557d3b345433b0369f1a8a60d96e0cfb02605 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 03:47 EST, 22 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:25 EST, 23 June 2012 . Greece's new finance minister was rushed to hospital today after fainting - as eurozone leaders agreed to push for a €130billion growth package at next week's key European Union summit. Vassilis Rapanos, 65, was t... | Leaders of Germany, France, Italy and Spain met at 12noon in Rome .
France, Italy and Spain were expected to pressure Merkel to ease measures .
FTSE 100 down 0.93%; DAX down 0.93%; CAC 40 down 0.50% . |
242561b8f0c03256b348985ecd7a109943398349 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . The British poinsettia could be in short supply this Christmas because growers have been hit by soaring energy costs and competition from cheaper, inferior foreign plants. For millions of families, the distinctive plant – Britain’s second most popular pot plant after the orchid – is a festive... | UK firms now growing around a million fewer poinsettias than five years ago .
But Dutch imports have weaker stems, fewer branches and are less hardy . |
242599ec0351447014f0c522ebcc0249583140f3 | (CNN)The U.S. ocean, atmospheric and space agencies affirmed on Friday what the planet has been telling us every way it knows how: 2014 was the hottest year since record keeping began in 1880. That means average land and sea temperatures, worldwide, have never been hotter in modern times, according to the National Ocea... | 2014 was the hottest year since record keeping began in 1880 .
High temperatures have resulted in widening deserts, rising seas, droughts, ravaging storms, blistering heat .
While President Obama is trying to tackle climate change, Republicans are blocking meaningful actions . |
242607d00b747d2792e38e0d979ca72c1a3a5296 | London (CNN) -- Violent extremist attacks, of the kind that claimed the life of Drummer Lee Rigby in May 2013, do not come out of thin air. Rather they are often the end product of a radicalization process in which extremist recruiters target impressionable young people with poisonous, pernicious and, more worryingly, ... | Extremist attacks often end product of radicalization process, write Maajid Nawaz and Ghaffar Hussain .
Nawaz and Hussain: Growing up in Britain during 1980s and 90s was challenging for ethnic minorities .
A number of Islamist organizations emerged and began to offer a radical alternative, say the writers .
It is this ... |
2426a778cdc288a2a33a5b7aff35715a1eb2a7cf | Everywhere you go you run the risk of leaving traces of your DNA behind – from fingerprints, to skin, hair and cigarette butts. A Brooklyn-based firm is so concerned this DNA could be collected and stored by authorities it has created a range of sprays designed to help people delete it from all surfaces. A limited numb... | The Invisible sprays have been created by artist Heather Dewey-Hagborg .
The Erase spray claims to remove 99.95% of DNA from surfaces .
'Replace' removes the final 0.5% by mixing it with other genetic material .
Makers BioGenFutures claims Invisible will go on sale for $99 (£58) in June . |
2426beebbefe07875941526605ca833c1b0c6b06 | By . Rebecca English . PUBLISHED: . 06:58 EST, 10 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:46 EST, 11 January 2013 . Royal officials have submitted a secret planning application for substantial changes at the Norfolk mansion the Queen is reportedly planning to gift to the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge. King’s Lynn and West Nor... | The application was submitted to King’s Lynn and West Norfolk Borough Council on December 10 last year but details were only revealed today .
Plans include re-routing existing driveway and constructing a new garden at Grade II listed Anmer Hall on Sandringham Estate . |
24275768b0ed74d9cb67cc4c5f0fc3ec83996de6 | By . Emma Reynolds . PUBLISHED: . 12:30 EST, 25 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:20 EST, 25 June 2012 . A cowboy builder charged a couple £49,000 to convert their home so they could start fostering and then turned it into a ‘deathtrap’. William White left Simon and Rachel Ballamy's house in Devon in such a state after sev... | Couple ordered William White off their property after seven months of chaos .
One light switch turned on a blub in another part of the house .
The 'meddling' accountant, 51, and his ex partner Jayne Thompson, 50, both avoided immediate jail terms .
They admitted .
claiming VAT even though their company was not VAT regi... |
24283f50f5301a4feaf01ee5814b45c959a3f636 | (CNN) -- The cell phone video stutters as it records the movement of soldiers and Syrian militia on the streets from an upstairs window. A whispered commentary describes the scene. Another video shows vehicles riddled with bullet holes, shattered apartments, glass shards and concrete lumps mixed with patches of blood. ... | Opposition to the al-Assad regime is becoming more organized and armed .
Violence is also taking on sectarian overtones .
Along with the increased violence, the Syrian economy is worsening . |
2428b2877756ec782b610baf8708f07695511966 | Washington (CNN) -- Overriding objections from China, the Obama administration unveiled a $6.4 billion arms deal with Taiwan on Friday -- including about $2.85 billion in missiles. The sale includes 60 Black Hawk helicopters (totaling $3.1 billion), 114 advanced Patriot air defense missiles; a pair of Osprey mine-hunti... | Sale includes 60 Black Hawk helicopters, 114 air defense missiles, mine-hunting ships .
China says it "is strongly dissatisfied" with arms sales to Taiwan by the United States .
Deals do not include F-16 fighter jets, which China has vehemently opposed .
State Department says arms sales guarantee security and stability... |
2428d5a7d4491612611dc3f8634a163d433db132 | Leicester City have completed the signing of Queens Park Rangers defender Danny Simpson from QPR. The 27-year-old joined Rangers last summer, and played 34 games in the Championship to help the club achieve promotion to the Premier League, but he has now moved to the Foxes on a three-year-deal. Right-back Simpson will ... | Right-back Danny Simpson joins Leicester City from QPR on three-year deal .
Simpson helped Queens Park Rangers to promotion from Championship .
The fee for the player has not yet been confirmed but he has signed for club .
He could make his debut against Arsenal on Sunday at King Power Stadium . |
24294fa4bd0effa47cc0fa79e21cacf94f1cc3ea | One of the hottest trends for autumn, according to Jean Paul Gaultier, is putting two fingers up to ageing gracefully. His knockout show at Paris Fashion Week today featured elderly models with giant grey mohawks and silver bouffants rocking tartan kilts and biker jackets. The French designer, 61, showed he's willing t... | French designer's groundbreaking show pushed boundaries with three elderly and three child models .
Space-age meets Brit punk collection featured plenty of sequins and silver, tartan, UK flags and biker jackets . |
24296b456bfb5bc2d9a5c1be3001c1569faa80e3 | You have to admire the pluck. Porto Montenegro, once the main base for the Austro-Hungarian navy, is now home to super-yachts, gin palaces, infinity pools, nightclubs, fleets of helicopters - and festering controversy. It's has Monte Carlo in its sights; St Tropez and Porto Banus, too. Boats, boats everywhere you look:... | The Balkan country of Montenegro is rapidly rising as a chic destination .
The Porto Montenegro marina is a the cool new hotpot for the yacht set .
The coast of Montenegro is easily accessed via flights to Dubrovnik . |
242975b2667afeabf1e690e845b71b6e6450d615 | An art collector at the centre of a row over £1billion of masterpieces believed to be stolen by Nazi's during World War II is the son of a dealer who pillaged remorselessly on behalf of Adolf Hitler, it has been revealed. Customs officials in Germany seized the paintings from Cornelius Gurlitt, 80, from his flat in Mun... | Customs officials in Germany seized the paintings from Cornelius Gurlitt, 80 .
It is now alleged his father Hildebrand was involved in the systematic looting of Jews across the Third Reich .
But Cornelius claims the paintings were collected legitimately . |
242a51a79ed426ac692451861ab2170e8ded354b | (CNN) -- If you crave fries in San Francisco, Jasper's Corner Tap is a natural choice. But your decisions aren't over yet. Will it be thin, thick, or sweet potato? Do you try the smoked-paprika seasoning or a cheese curd-based poutine, or play it safe with sea salt? There's an entire menu devoted to customizable fries ... | French fries are a food most people can agree on -- at least the basic principle .
Restaurants are going all out to spice up their fries with unique preparations .
Sauces beyond ketchup are gaining in popularity .
What's your favorite fry? Share you picks for local eats on iReport.com . |
242a79e95c93576fc1364aa7e034f4399af00feb | By . Rachel Rounds . PUBLISHED: . 16:20 EST, 16 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:22 EST, 16 October 2013 . This morning I woke up alone again, as I do every morning. I nipped down to the kitchen to make a plate of hot buttered toast and brought it back to bed, where I switched on the radio, lay back and tucked in, happ... | Rachel was unable to sleep because of her husband's deafening snore .
Fed up, she decided to try out the spare room - and she never left!
Sleeping alone means she gets a good night's sleep .
But it also means her relationship with her husband has been reinvigorated . |
242a8af271815ad0aa882d503ce3679cac0d9fac | (CNN) -- An American family and their friends lost at sea have, at the very least, hope on their side. After three weeks with no signs of life from them, their relatives and the people searching for them refuse to let go of it yet. Two days of scouring an area of open ocean the size of the Mediterranean Sea has turned ... | NEW: The lost sailboat is tough, and so is its captain, his sister says .
The Nina left Opua, headed for Newcastle, Australia, when it encountered stormy seas .
The wooden racing schooner built in 1928 had seven people on board .
Six Americans and one Briton are missing . |
242b6e6bfab3467a643a198c5b754afd2c9ff801 | Hundreds of families feared they would be left without Christmas turkeys, drinks and party food after computer problems hit three major supermarkets. Customers across Britain were left angry and frustrated when the glitch affected online orders of festive groceries from Waitrose, Sainsbury’s and Asda. With households r... | Angry customers complained of delivery slots being cancelled by retailers .
Computer glitch scrapped slots chosen by those who had amended orders .
Many took to social media amid fear their Christmas food would not arrive .
Panicked customers bemoaned not being able to phone customer services .
Sainsbury's website cras... |
242b97930fb8565cb6bc6cf5ae4c2b0762fd3e39 | By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 06:37 EST, 14 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:36 EST, 14 November 2012 . A ‘homeless planet’ which floats through space without orbiting a star had been discovered for the first time. Scientists have speculated on the existence of such a planet and have been trawling the night skies for... | Planet is first to be found not tied by gravity to a star .
Believed to be between 50 and 120 million years .
old, with a temperature of approximately 400 degrees celsius, and weighing .
four to seven times that of Jupiter . |
242c438bd51eb045a9aee95e5762150c49edce0e | These snowy 'crop circles' look like they took ages to create. No chance, then, that the imprints were made by alien lifeforms leaving behind remarkable patterns for us to gaze at. Instead, they are the work of a lone artist who has spent up to ten hours a day trudging around a French ski resort. The intricate patterns... | British artist Simon Beck creates the huge patterns on frozen lakes in Les Arcs, France . |
242c50a749fe607d1a652db0e06f453d5d7f80f4 | From a four-bedroom bungalow in Atlanta all the way to a tiny studio apartment in New York City, these are examples of just some of the properties on the American market that will set you back less than $125,000. The list, compiled by real estate website Zillow, shows that citizens can buy a spacious family home with a... | Homes located in places such as Waco, Texas, and Louisville, Kentucky .
Some have gardens and room for a basketball hoop on their garages .
Properties in larger cities, however, are far less glamorous and more confined .
Comes as National Realtors Association announces a slow down in sales . |
242c51d129c998a2585feee12e109a2058eb7c2b | Ticketek and Ticketmaster have been forced to change the way they display the price of concert tickets after a consumer watchdog investigation found customers were being hit with hidden charges. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said the ticketing companies must include unavoidable fees in the total pr... | ACCC investigation targets the 'drip feeding' of prices by ticket sellers .
Ticketek and Ticketmaster have been forced to change the way they display the cost of concert tickers .
The companies charge payment processing, service and handling fees . |
242cf9c79e9d3efc14f5bf3e80d97c644d114980 | Paris, France (CNN) -- Thousands of travelers in France were stranded after lightning shut down a main train station on Saturday, the first day of the summer holiday for students. Lightening struck an electrical facility in Bretigny-sur-Orge, on the outskirts of Paris, forcing the closure of the Austerlitz station and ... | NEW: Report: Traffic at Austerlitz station resumes .
Lightning strikes electrical facility in Bretigny-sur-Orge, outside Paris .
Forces closure of Austerlitz station in capital .
The station is used by trains leaving for southern France and Spain . |
242e1f47d8f66785e483d4c13fec22be24316050 | (CNN) -- Vita Food Products says it is recalling more than 8,000 packages of its smoked salmon because the product may be contaminated. The recall affects the Vita Classic Premium Sliced Smoked Atlantic Nova Salmon. The Chicago-based company says 8,088 packages could be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes, which c... | The packages may be contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes .
It can cause fatal infections to people with weakened immune systems .
"To date, no confirmed illnesses ... have been reported," the company says . |
24309e744b036ec22f7aa7146afd772adb697db3 | By . Lydia Warren . A Texas family is demanding answers from police who responded to their home after its alarm system was activated - and shot dead their beloved dog. Hope and Russell Lane were stunned when Round Rock Police phoned them to say there had been an 'incident' concerning their Rottweiler, Bullet, at their ... | Police in Round Rock, Texas responded to the home after its owners' granddaughter forgot to shut the front door, triggering the alarm .
The owner, Russell Lane, managed to deactivate it from his cell but police went to the address anyway .
Surveillance footage shows them cautiously entering the home .
Inside, they shot... |
2430f7959ff8015b235601750dc355b40c0e8a95 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- At 678, California has the nation's largest death row population, yet the state has not executed anyone in four years. A poll of 500 police chiefs found the death penalty ranked last among their priorities for reducing violent crime. But it spends more than $130 million a year on its capital punishm... | Study: Death penalty costs can average $10M more per year per state than life terms .
Eleven state legislatures have considered repealing the death penalty this year .
Study relied on U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics data from 33 large urban counties . |
2433abbec33db5300e735da30f2c5c0d19ec2911 | TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- One of Iran's most powerful clerics, Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, called Friday for the release of people arrested after last month's disputed presidential election. Rafsanjani remains an influential figure in Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei's circle. "There is no need to have these numbers... | Rafsanjani calls for release of those held after June 12 vote .
Rafsanjani: "If the system reapproaches them they will come back to us"
Former president backs opposition leader Mir Hossein Moussavi .
Police used tear gas to disperse crowds attending the sermon . |
24350bd0ea5174a1f2d0c5aac4bdd740e69b7ec5 | (CNN) -- A line of sailors teeter on the edge of a giant yacht, peering down at the blazing orange island reflected on its lurching hull. The sailboat slices through the gray Mediterranean, passing the Italian island of Capri at just the right moment to catch a dazzling silhouette on its exposed underbelly. It's an inc... | Malta photographer Kurt Arrigo wins World Yacht Racing Forum Image of the Year .
Picture of competitors in Rolex Volcano Race praised by judges for originality .
Fifth annual competition only open to professional photographers .
Judges included Olympic gold medalists Shirley Robertson and Ben Ainslie . |
243547162d6f1769ecfecb230e255a707cfccbb5 | McKayla Maroney rose to fame as one of the world's most talented gymnasts - but she sealed that fame with a disastrous fall in Olympic competition which cost her the chance of a gold medal. That embarrassing tumble, and the way the athlete failed to hide her anger, has been a gift to online comedians, who have turned p... | Maroney, thought to be a shoo-in for Olympic gold on Sunday, came out with the silver medal after devastating fall .
Her facial expressions now the subject of the latest internet memes .
Last week, the 16-year-old led Team USA to their first gold medal since 1996 . |
24365d691ac8ef7515ae7187aff9f9867ec7a156 | Stephen Hunt, 38, is believed to have died after being engulfed by some kind of 'super heat' Two teenage girls have been arrested over the death of a fireman in a massive blaze at a hair products warehouse. The fire is thought to have been started by youngsters smoking cigarettes and discarding them. Former soldier Ste... | Stephen Hunt, 38, was tackling fire at Paul's Hair World in Manchester .
Fire service said father-of-two was engulfed by a 'super heat'
Two 15-year-old girls arrested on suspicion of manslaughter .
He and colleague got into difficulties before being rescued by firefighters .
Both were taken to hospital but Mr Hunt was ... |
2436eafd9ddb3c5b7b4352dcbf8555642f931df7 | By . Nick Pisa . A Costa Concordia crew member has told a court how she was ordered to tell passengers 'everything was under control' after the packed luxury cruise ship struck rocks and was fatally holed. Jacqueline Abad Quine was a deputy cabin services director and was on duty the night the ship hit the reefs after ... | Jacqueline Abad Quine broke down during trial of Francesco Schettino .
Captain is accused of multiple manslaughter and abandoning ship .
Italian disaster in January 2012 killed 32 people after the ship hit a reef .
Schettino was dubbed 'Captain Coward' for refusing to get back on board . |
24373e8c1f18eca0a5552e7d4006b7524cbc7d42 | Landmarks across the world were lit up overnight to welcome the arrival of Britain's future King. The London Eye adopted a patriotic red, white and blue colouring, while the fountains in Trafalgar Square ran blue to signify that the Duchess of Cambridge had given birth to a baby boy. Niagara Falls was also lit up in bl... | London Eye illuminated in red, white and blue as it stands out against thundery sky .
Fountains in Trafalgar Square run blue as Tower Bridge is also lit up with blue to celebrate birth of a boy .
Niagara Falls also coloured blue to signify that Kate gave birth to a future King yesterday afternoon . |
2438bd0c4bcdca7b5b827056f67eb3949f73e02b | Actor Randy Quaid and his wife Evgenia are suing John Kerry and the State Department to recover passports that the government revoked three years ago. The State Department said it takes U.S. passports for reasons including issuance of a felony arrest warrant, fraud, failure to pay child support or a criminal court orde... | Randy Quaid said the revocation involved an issue over 'an insurance policy that we did not take out,' but declined to discuss it further .
Quaid and his wife Evgenia said the lack of passports has prevented him from taking film jobs .
The couple applied for refugee status in Canada in October 2010, saying they were be... |
24391199790d2f41521a93f566652a296eedb5c3 | A 'terrorist' with strong British links has been arrested in connection with a foiled 'plot' to assassinate Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin. Dramatic television footage showed half-naked and evidently wounded Chechen Adam Osmayev seized by special forces in the Ukrainian Black Sea port of Odessa. On his knees, hi... | Suspects were held in Ukraine following an .
accidental explosion on January 4 as they were trying to make explosives, Russian TV reported today .
Two suspects 'had instructions from' Chechen rebel leader Doku Umarov .
News of the arrests comes one day after 30,000 anti-Putin protesters calling for fair elections held ... |
243aef8da0638b26a34021d1d0f308707cd47a83 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:36 EST, 2 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:36 EST, 2 February 2014 . When Aly Femia asked doctors when she should get married so her sick mother could be there for the big day, they answered: 'Tomorrow.' So she did. Aly’s mom, Mary Quinn, had gone to check up on a pain she fe... | Aly Femia planned to marry her fiance, Anthony, in September 2015 .
Less than two weeks ago her mother, Mary Quinn, went to the doctors to have a pain in her neck checked .
She was diagnosed with lung cancer and told it had spread to her brain .
Aly and Anthony rushed to plan their wedding in 24 hours, having been told... |
243bc863ecbf980d02bfd73614e85c14e8d4c503 | By . Amanda Williams . British taxpayers have footed a £53,000 bill for the president of Afghanistan's two day stay at Claridge's on his official visit to London. Hamid Karzai and a 12-strong party were in the capital as guests of the UK Government during talks with Britain and Pakistan, and plumped for the Mayfair hot... | Hamid Karzai and 12-strong party were in UK as guests of the Government .
Rooms at the five-star Mayfair hotel can cost up to £7,000 a night .
Afghanistan is one of the most impoverished nations in the world . |
243ca7c8abd1d6d0cdd1460e887465e7afe5442e | By . Ted Thornhill . and Associated Press . The father of a pregnant Pakistani woman who was stoned to death and four other men have been charged with killing her after she married against the family's wishes, police said. Farzana Parveen, 25, was killed on May 27 before a crowd of onlookers near a downtown courthouse ... | Farzana Parveen, 25, was killed before a crowd of onlookers in Lahore .
Her father and four other men have been charged with killing her .
She was beaten to death with bricks outside a downtown courthouse .
Police said she was killed for marrying against her family's wishes . |
243ed706938c71444e770aa774363ec3ac8e6dc8 | (CNN) -- An Alaska lottery held to raise money for a group that helps sexual abuse victims had a surprise winner: a convicted sex offender. Alec Ahsoak in an undated photograph. Alec Ahsoak, who according to the state sex offender registry was convicted in 1993 and 2000 for sexual abuse of a minor, came forward Saturda... | Lottery winner reportedly convicted in 1993 and 2000 for sexual abuse of a minor .
Proceeds of the lottery help Standing Together Against Rape in Anchorage .
FBI: Alaska has the highest per capita number of rape cases in the United States . |
2440428fa879f59b26d03bf5218e213305ad8eb6 | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 09:33 EST, 31 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:23 EST, 31 December 2012 . Dogan Ismail, 17, pictured, died outside a block of flats on the Aylesbury Estate, in Walworth, south east London . Detectives wantl to trace a 15-year-old boy in connection with the murder of a teenager who was s... | Police appeal for Dawda Jallow, 15, from Peckham, to come forward .
17-year-old Dogan Ismail stabbed following chase, according to residents .
Neighbours say they are living in fear on the south east London estate .
15-year-old boy and 39-year-old woman arrested in connection with incident . |
244075fe2d79d8ff0aeb46b3a9a74d615f1a5311 | Chelsea goalkeeper Petr Cech looks set to stay at Stamford Bridge until the end of the season, after his agent admitted that a January move isn’t on the cards for his client. But the second-choice stopper’s representative opened the door to a move to Barclays Premier League rivals Arsenal and Liverpool, saying Cech wou... | Petr Cech has played second choice goalkeeper at Chelsea this season .
Belgian international Thibaut Courtois has usurped Cech as Blues No 1 .
Czech keeper's agent says Liverpool or Arsenal could be transfer options .
Cech is expected to be on the bench for Monday's league trip to Stoke . |
2440df71d358cad8b8fc8ec3296e93aac2df7f4a | Amir Khan has become a dad for the first time after his wife gave birth to a baby girl on Friday. The former WBA and IBF light-welterweight king, and his wife Faryal, have given their daughter the Arabic name of Lamysa, which means 'soft to the touch'. Khan, 27, announced the news on Twitter and later posted two photos... | Amir Khan becoems father as wife Faryal gives birth to baby girl .
Couple name daughter Lamysa which means 'soft to the touch' in Arabic .
Former WBA and IBF light-welterweight king announced the news on Twitter . |
2441602733cf3bf5a5e18efba5ca06f73d9a4529 | Vilseck, Germany (CNN) -- The wives of three Army sergeants in prison for premeditated murder say their husbands are war heroes who should not be in prison. "I can sympathize with them that they felt like there was nothing else they could do," said Jamie Leahy, wife of Sgt. Michael Leahy, a 28-year-old medic. She said... | Wives say three Army sergeants convicted of murder should not be in prison .
They say their husbands were heroes for protecting other soldiers in Iraq .
All three wives have set up Web sites to support their husbands .
Watch Saturday, Sunday at 8 and 11 p.m. ET; read blog posts: Abbie Boudreau; Scott Zamost . |
24416e4cf1c93500da3829796097a548905ea0a9 | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- When Ken Umeano went to watch the summer sci-fi blockbuster "District 9," he stormed out after 30 minutes. "District 9" was directed by South African filmmaker Neill Blomkamp, who also co-wrote it. "I was so angry," said Umeano, a Nigeria native living in Atlanta. "They were showing Nigerians ... | Film is about an alien space ship that breaks down over Johannesburg, South Africa .
Nigerians try to eat alien flesh, gangster gives them prostitutes, food and weapons .
Depictions "promoting stereotypes" sparked outcry; Nigeria has banned the film .
Nigerian officials stipulate distributor must apologize, edit out re... |
24420a4c6e0893cbdd53232f97f5d2a72a97be57 | (CNN) -- The PlayStation Vita is extending its reach into video and voice calling with the release of a Skype app for the mobile gaming device. The free app is expected to be available through the PlayStation store Tuesday in North America and Wednesday in Europe and Asia. It will work for both the Vita's 3G and Wi-Fi ... | Skype will be available through the PlayStation store Tuesday in North America .
The Skype app will use the Vita's front and rear cameras for video calling .
PS Vita already has voice chat and text chat through its built-in Party application . |
244331cc9cea3c08ad546aa390707271e112303e | Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- Large protests outside the Catalan regional Parliament in Barcelona on Wednesday left 36 people slightly injured, including 12 regional police officers, a spokeswoman for the Catalan regional ambulance service SEM told CNN. Of the 24 protesters injured, three were sent to hospital, said the spoke... | Protests leave 36 people injured in Barcelona .
Protesters are upset over anticipated austerity measures .
Spain is in an economic crisis with 21% unemployment, 42% among young people . |
2444459f3dce1baf3b7cef5a426585961b08f1a1 | An Arkansas high school has created controversy after officials pulled a profile of an openly gay student from appearing in the annual yearbook. The Yellowjacket was scheduled to feature an interview with Taylor Ellis, 17, about his experience coming out as homosexual last year, until school officials for the Sheridan ... | Taylor Ellis, 17, was interviewed for the Sheridan High School's yearbook about his coming out experience .
School officials have decided to not publish his 'positive' account because they claim it is 'too personal'
The civil rights group Human Rights Campaign has gathered more than 30,000 signatures calling for the pr... |
2444b8316611d91a220aa8ca835c54882949be58 | A fire that shut down and extensively damaged Nairobi's Kenyatta International Airport -- a major travel hub in Africa that is crucial to Kenya's export industry -- appeared to have restarted early Thursday. CNN Correspondent Nima Elbagir saw smoke behind the arrivals area and a small fire that seemed to be getting big... | The fire appears to restart early Thursday in the arrivals area .
A CNN correspondent sees smoke and a small fire that seems to be growing .
Wednesday's fire at Nairobi's airport destroyed large parts of the international terminal .
No casualties have been reported . |
2444c2601cee6a14e0cb801e6463e82d1e88d705 | A group of half-naked Italian women are pioneering a new selfie craze by taking photos of their breasts in a bid to make science more interesting. Dozens of scantily-clad women in various states of undress have started posing suggestively in their suspenders and lingerie for 'Boobs for Science', a bizarre website which... | 'Boobs for Science' blog - known in Italy as Tette per la Scienza - claims 'where reason fails, boobs have a chance'
Blog asks women to expose their breasts or cleavage alongside a comment about important scientific developments .
Creator Lara Tait, 30, says blog - now featuring men - allows women to put their body 'to... |
2446955b1c2aa4f366bd957ffac49acacc0632b6 | Get ready to feel a ghostly shiver down your spine. This is the haunting moment a chair was caught on CCTV apparently moving on its own in a closed theatre hours after a psychic finished his show. It was recorded at Brookside Theatre in Romford, Essex, at around 4am on Sunday. Scroll down for video . Haunting: In the g... | Chair moved mysteriously in a hall hours after a psychic show finished .
It was recorded on Sunday at the Brookside Theatre in Romford, Essex .
Psychic Roy Roberts says: 'Now we have direct proof of the paranormal'
Jai Sepple, who runs the theatre, said it was only the latest ghostly visit . |
2447a31d173ad61b5d8255250766bc397f393c89 | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 14:32 EST, 27 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:01 EST, 27 July 2012 . It has been billed as the Greatest Show on Earth and the audience inside the Olympic Stadium were treated to a high-tech extravaganza. Organisers had installed 70,799 tiny panels between the spectators’ seats, which produ... | Hundreds of people in the audience took to their Twitter pages to express their amusement .
High-profile guests who could be wearing the glasses include Michelle Obama, David Cameron and the Royal Family . |
2449aad3198ea81fd46906b64ed06af3cb71f525 | Javi Martinez is optimistic about returning to action with Bayern Munich after revealing that his rehabilitation from a torn cruciate ligament is going well. The Spanish international suffered a serious knee injury against Borussia Dortmund in the DFL Supercup back in August and has not played since. But after undergoi... | Javi Martinez tore his anterior cruciate ligament in his left knee in August .
The Spaniard says he is feeling better and managing more exercise .
Martinez admits he struggled after undergoing an operation in the USA . |
244a266a678b394e8cf97573f27c490cdfa4e3da | By . Simon Tomlinson . PUBLISHED: . 04:49 EST, 28 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:47 EST, 28 November 2013 . President Barack Obama has continued an annual family tradition by helping to pack bags of food and distribute them to the needy on Thanksgiving eve. Obama, his wife Michelle, daughters Malia and Sasha, and hi... | Obama joined by Michelle, daughters Malia and Sasha and mother-in-law .
Dropped bundles of fruit and vegetables into bags held open by the needy .
Food bank distributed nearly 40million meals in Washington area last year .
Comes after Congress cut $5bn from aid to the most vulnerable Americans . |
244a9f5d07f4bc2f53d62dbe12cec3e6641db4a0 | By . Sam Webb . These photographs show how an ex-motorbike world champion transformed his bedroom into a £100,000 business selling fake designer goods on eBay under celebrity names. Shaun Morris - a former junior world champion in trial motorcycling - started a shoe empire selling Ugg boots as well as Nike and Timberla... | Shaun Morris sold the fake goods after a 2007 riding injury ended his career .
The 30-year-old is a former trial motorcycling world champion .
He used 10 different eBay accounts under celeb names like John Malkovich .
His mother and sister allowed cash to be transferred through their accounts . |
244ad1688c65ebe02419c608ceef179ba5c5c05d | Florida State has opened a Title IX investigation into the 2012 sexual assault case involving Heisman Trophy-winning quarterback Jameis Winston, an attorney for the accuser said Friday. Winston could be charged by Florida State for a code of conduct violation against him for sexual misconduct. John Clune, an attorney r... | University opens a Title IX investigation into the 2012 case .
An FSU student says Winston sexually assaulted her .
Winston won the Heisman trophy last year . |
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