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248d86a29e6902ad552b495a20a0888134a792fc | Bali Nine ringleaders Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran may be shackled, blindfolded and executed by firing squad in the middle of the night. The pair, who have been on death row since 2006, could face death as early as next Sunday under a crackdown by the Indonesia government on drug cases. The Australians may only be ... | Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran are listed for execution in 2015 .
They could face the firing squad as early as next Sunday .
The pair may only be given three days notice if scheduled for execution .
Chan and Sukumaran may be shot in a remote location by 12 men .
Previous executions have seen prisoners tied to crucifi... |
248dbaa3b4db7864543be942b2cf0e800375e316 | Up to 320,000 homebuyers with interest-only mortgages risk losing their property because they are struggling to pay, the financial regulator warned yesterday. The figures, based on research by the Financial Services Authority, reveal they have either missed or struggled to make a payment on loans which are specificall... | 35% of 11.2million mortgages are interest-only deals .
Up to 8 per cent of these .
are ‘in forbearance’, says FSA .
Expert says low rates are creating 'zombie households' |
248f3e9f5cb0daa7c70ef2b73b3a3aa656427826 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Updated: . 05:44 EST, 8 August 2011 . This is the first picture of the four-year-old who was run over and killed while buying an ice cream. James Robinson was visiting an ice cream van at the Portrack housing estate in Stockton-on-Tees on Friday evening when he was hit by a Ford Fiesta. He wa... | Locals are 'devastated' by the tragic death of James Robinson .
One neighbour described him as 'a lovely little boy, a real cheeky monkey' |
248f902b8af07c8a96cb46f8219d05f384eb36c2 | By . Deni Kirkova . PUBLISHED: . 12:22 EST, 10 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:22 EST, 10 June 2013 . For those of us that struggle to eat spaghetti with traditional cutlery the 'spaghetti fork' has been a dinnertime lifesaver for years. Battery-operated, multi-pronged forks designed to make Italian inspired mealtimes ea... | German Rolognese crank-spinning children's fork 'ends slurpy suppers'
Other cutlery gadgets include 'thumbed' Japanese forks and electric variety .
Six pronged version created especially for serving . |
249097130b9b9d304da79047d926a12565cf5bb9 | Cartagena, Colombia (CNN) -- Regional summits are most often perfunctory events where presidents share their visions, sign agreements and pose for photographs. At the sixth Summit of the Americas, some Latin American leaders hope to sway -- or at least challenge -- the priorities of the hemisphere's largest power, the ... | Western Hemisphere leaders arriving at Cartagena, Colombia, for sixth Summit of the Americas .
Leaders of some Latin American nations are hoping to challenge U.S. priorities .
Colombian president says Latin America wants to draw U.S. attention toward region .
U.S. President Barack Obama arrives Friday . |
24911ca7b3b3f6074b88b42e744ed8711e39767e | By . Fiona Macrae . Lifesaver: Koalas lower their body temperature by clinging to trees . The image of a koala hugging a tree is as Australian as a barbecue with a few tinnies. That cute pose, however, turns out to play a vital role in the marsupial’s survival. By wrapping their bodies round cool tree trunks, the anima... | Study from Melbourne University tracked koalas with radio collars .
They found that in the summer the animals were more likely to hug the trees .
Researchers found that trunks were on average 9C below air temperature .
Lets them cool off without panting - which is dangerously dehydrating . |
24927a94407d4a9531948ac3bfb89b995bbae14b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:30 EST, 23 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:30 EST, 23 December 2012 . Behind bars: John Duffy had a five year illicit relationship with a teenage girl he seduced when she was just 12 . A parish councillor is today starting a 12 year sentence behind bars for exploiting his st... | John Duffy had a five year illicit relationship with the teen during the 1990s .
Affair came to light last year when his victim - now in her 30s - went to police .
Cllr Duffy, 51, was jailed for 12 years at Burnley Crown Court after being found guilty of indecent assault and gross indecency . |
24927c2e3db6e987d5a5129a760030447161cde4 | David Eden Fett (pictured) was charged with multiple felonies after allegedly swinging a hatchet at his mother . A Florida man allegedly threw his 70-year-old mother on the ground, beat her and swung a hatchet so close to her head she felt the wind whistle across her face - all because she asked him to turn his music... | David Eden Fett of Gainesville, Florida, was charged with multiple felonies .
The hatchet was so close to striking the victim, she felt wind on her face .
Fett allegedly hit his mother about ten times in the neck, stomach and legs .
The 47-year-old man having a 'difficult time' and 'speaking irrationally' |
2492eb4097c325c53bdfb2feac8552cc830d3a29 | By . Becky Barrow . and Hugo Duncan . PUBLISHED: . 19:11 EST, 10 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 19:11 EST, 10 March 2014 . Britons should celebrate the next increase in interest rates, according to Bank of England deputy governor Charlie Bean . Britons should celebrate the next increase in interest rates, according to Ban... | It has been five years since central bank halved base rate to 0.5 per cent .
Lowest level in 320-years and huge boost for homeowners with mortgage .
Charlie Bean says when interest rate is raised it should be 'celebrated' |
24930569e502e07ed1190137a457affd4a175480 | England defeated Scotland 3-1 on Tuesday night's 'friendly' at Celtic Park thanks to headers in each half from Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain and Wayne Rooney, who then finished his second to snuff out an Andrew Robertson-led fight back from the hosts. Sportsmail's Rob Draper soaked up the atmosphere in Glasgow. Alf Ramsey’s ... | England beat Scotland 3-1 at Celtic Park on Tuesday night .
England fans sang about the IRA at Celtic Park to Scotland's bemusement .
Roy Hodgson's side arrived to pantomime boos from a small crowd .
Inside the stadium was a much more hostile environment . |
249312806a9a20134b09b377b74cc7b1c2351fe7 | Editor's note: . (Global Mail) -- The night Bob Hawke lost the Labor leadership 20-odd years ago, I was a tender recruit to the Canberra press gallery who found myself, fortuitously, marooned at the Prime Minister's office door whilst the Labor caucus was dispatching the occupant. Mistaken by security guards -- then ha... | Julia Gillard replaced Kevin Rudd as prime minister in 2010 after he lost Labor Party support .
Comparisons drawn with contest between Bob Hawke and Paul Keating more than 20 years ago .
Rudd was brought back as Foreign Minister and portrayed himself content serving Gillard .
But the Australian media have speculated he... |
2493439cb74e96db86e1ad075152bf688afee7d8 | By . Steve Robson . PUBLISHED: . 06:19 EST, 9 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:25 EST, 9 May 2013 . Fashion retailer Urban Outfitters has been criticised by drugs campaigners for selling shot glasses made to look like prescription pill medication. The chain is selling a number of products, including flasks and pint glasses... | Anti-drug group says products belittle abuse of prescription drugs .
Misuse of Rx drugs is leading cause of accidental death in the U.S.
Politicians join campaign for them to be removed from shelves . |
24944468037d2a4209db24e7aa89275dd63c27f6 | (CNN) -- On a scenic Hawaiian beach, a sailor found a message in a bottle that was sent about five years ago by a sixth-grader in Japan. Petty Officer Jon Moore spotted the bottle Thursday during a beach clean up project near the Navy's Pacific Missile Range Facility on the island of Kauai. Moore was among a group of s... | Petty Officer Jon Moore finds the bottle during a clean up project in Hawaii .
The bottle has a note and origami flowers .
The letter was sent by a sixth-grader five years ago .
"I'll definitely respond," sailor says . |
24959a531f3f3b5db65f821e87eb1a62e2b0e5ae | By . Rob Cooper . UPDATED: . 20:36 EST, 24 January 2012 . One of Jamie Oliver's apprentice chefs has been found dead in a garden close to his home three months after he vanished. The remains of Kevin Boyle, 26, were found in Coulsdon, south . London, just before the celebrity was due to make a missing person . appeal o... | Jamie Oliver pays tribute to 'my friend Kevin Boyle' and says he is 'deeply saddened' by the tragic news .
Chef was due to make emotional appeal for missing Kevin, 26, on ITV's This Morning but body was discovered hours later .
Kevin was a trainee on Jamie's Kitchen on Channel 4 in 2002 .
Second trainee chef tragedy to... |
24961deb8e923516f8adf961eeff9cf2a1dba700 | By . Louise Saunders . PUBLISHED: . 20:47 EST, 22 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:46 EST, 23 November 2012 . His face bruised and battered, a scuffed and swollen hand held out of harm's way, Olivier Martinez headed home from hospital on Thursday afternoon. The French actor was injured during a 'brutal fight' with his... | Love rivals come to blows as Gabriel drops Nahla off at Halle's home on Thanksgiving Day .
Gabriel 'throws first punch' resulting in a fight which ended up with Olivier pinning him to the ground .
Both men received medical treatment for their injuries .
Aubry charged with battery with bail set at $20,000 .
Emergency pr... |
2496a90f8fb401593dcf758aa5c2b9be698121c7 | The RAC is to launch a device that will warn motorists about faults in their cars before they break down. The matchbox-sized device, called the RAC Advance, transmits data about the car before and after every journey by slotting slots into a car's computer system. The automated system means that . drivers then receive ... | The RAC Advance transmits data about a car before and after every journey .
If car breaks down it will automatically alert recovery team with information .
Tiny black box is size of a matchbox and works using car's computer system . |
2497b56d1373a5ae70c2fca9225c2832290a9a4e | Arsenal scout Brian McDermott was at Espanyol against Valencia on Tuesday evening as he ran the rule over Hector Moreno. The 26-year-old Mexico international has been a target for Tottenham, Swansea, Everton and Hull in recent seasons. However it is thought Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger is keen to sign the 57 time capp... | He starred for Mexico in the 2014 World Cup and has been capped 57 times .
Has been linked with Tottenham having worked under Mauricio Pochettino .
26-year-old has only played five games for the La Liga side this season . |
249a28cdd93d32ecdc72b9d500d70b11694bda4e | (CNN) -- Another chartered flight is scheduled to leave the United States for Cuba Sunday as a result of recent U.S. government moves to ease restrictions on travel to the Communist nation. In a partnership with Delta Air Lines, Marazul, a Miami-based travel agency that specializes in travel to Cuba, has restored direc... | Delta Air Lines partners with Marazul travel agency to provide chartered flights to Cuba .
Delta provides planes, Marazul sells tickets, Delta says .
The first flight took off from Miami in October . |
249d2696ed983f4f9d2bf706021d393d2e12c8fd | By . Associated Press . A Roman Catholic diocese in Ohio is discouraging its 113 schools from participating in the ice bucket challenge to benefit the ALS Association, saying the group's funding of embryonic stem cell research is 'in direct conflict with Catholic teaching.' Jim Rigg, superintendent of Catholic schools ... | ALS Association's funding of embryonic stem cell research is 'in direct conflict with Catholic teaching'
Catholic Church relates embryonic stem cell research to abortion . |
249d98139adf68703d2975af3a49ec3aa3b3bb4e | By . Andrew Levy . Teachers should not ignore children who remain silent or deny abuse, the Children's Commissioner has warned (library image) Child abuse victims ‘all too easily become invisible’ because teachers and social workers expect youngsters to tell them if they are having problems, the Children’s Commissioner... | Adults in a position of authority or care take children's silence as a reason to doing nothing, Children's Commissioner Maggie Atkinson has said .
Dr Atkinson said in report published on Tuesday that young people often fail to seek help because they assume what is happening to them is normal .
Report follows string of ... |
249dc78a630407b2f3ab1bbdadba29b9b837fbd1 | Lewis Hamilton heads into the Formula One title-deciding showdown in Abu Dhabi later this month conceding to being in a far from comfortable position. It will be the third time in Hamilton's F1 career he will have faced a last-race decider, having done so previously in his rookie year in 2007, and again in his title-wi... | Formula One championship will be decided at Abu Dhabi Grand Prix .
Nico Rosberg closed gap on Lewis Hamilton to 17 points after win in Brazil .
Mercedes driver remains positive ahead of title deciding final race where double points are on offer . |
249f02fca8480c39a7dc4fde1c0ae2a0840dd2ef | (CNN) -- The bad news kept piling on the National Football League on Wednesday with the arrest of an Arizona Cardinals player. Police in Phoenix arrested Jonathan Dwyer after practice on multiple allegations of felony assault. It was the latest public relations blow for the most popular sports league in America, which ... | The National Football League has seen several of its players appear in mug shots .
Two of those players took leave on Wednesday .
The day also brought another arrest in a new domestic violence investigation . |
249fa351a88492d36609bf878b3eafc762654b3f | By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 05:50 EST, 24 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:21 EST, 24 April 2013 . Barack Obama honoured the six teachers who died shielding children during the Sandy Hook massacre as he named the National Teacher of the Year for 2013. The winner is Jeff Charbonneau of Zillah High School in Washingto... | President spoke at a White House Rose Garden ceremony to name this year's National Teacher of the Year .
Jeff Charbonneau won the award after improving science enrolment among his high school students .
Obama also makes a special mention of the six teachers killed in the Newtown, Connecticut massacre in December . |
24a09ff49bf41cb3817f967b412c02ca957db96c | (CNN) -- The brief but bloody Gaza conflict between Israel and Hamas marks a clear wake-up call to both sides, and their supporters, on the indispensable need to start serious talks beyond the new cease-fire. This development must be seized upon to convert the recent crisis into an opportunity after years of inaction. ... | Marco Vicenzino says Gaza conflict marks a clear wake-up call to both sides .
Vicenzino: The regional status quo is simply unsustainable in the long term .
Vicenzino: Best outcome for Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu was cease-fire .
Vicenzino: Egypt's Morsy must prove able to restrain Hamas when necessary . |
24a0a3e05ed6443938311544deccaa62d5a58a5d | By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . The U.S. Marines have shown off their new amphibious vehicle designed to storm beaches, transport troops and scale buildings. The Ultra Heavy-lift Amphibious Connector (Uhac) was unveiled at the Marine Corps Training Area Bellows in Hawaii during a month-long training and demonstration exerc... | U.S. Marine Corps have shown off a new amphibious vehicle in Hawaii .
The Ultra Heavy-lift Amphibious Connector (Uhac) can travel on land and sea .
On show was a prototype that took an assault vehicle to shore .
The final version will have a top speed of 25mph and a range of 200 miles .
Uhac will also be able to scale ... |
24a0a51f3f92d5cff0e5918ec96829548e166648 | For all the noise surrounding the red half of Manchester this summer, you could be forgiven for forgetting that this country's pre-eminent football club are Manchester City, Premier League title winners in two of the past three seasons. From Manchester City, there have been no grand proclamations. No talk of an unlimit... | Machester City have signed Frank Lampard, Bacary Sagna, Willy Caballero and Fernando .
Eliaquim Mangala looks likely to follow them to City .
Manuel Pellegrini could have two starting 11s . |
24a1a847d4d5f74b57a02c5898af9364aa83debf | I had Novak Djokovic as strong favourite for the Australian Open title but now I am not so sure. I am feeling increasingly good vibes about Andy Murray. Novak’s semi-final win was one of the strangest five-set matches I have seen in a long time. He seemed to be struggling with himself, with his breathing, and in techni... | Andy Murray has lost seven of his last eight games against Novak Djokovic .
Djokovic misfired several shots against Stan Wawrinka .
Murray made a shift in his court position as his forehand has improved . |
24a65d60f0d53ef40ae8226c08f171bee2efd2a7 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Dr. Conrad Murray, who was Michael Jackson's personal physician, is refusing to testify in the wrongful death lawsuit that the singer's mother filed against concert promoter AEG Live. If called, he will plead the fifth so as not to incriminate himself, the doctor said in a statement sent to the Jac... | Murray: "I will be asserting my Fifth Amendment privilege against self-incrimination"
Jackson lawyers cancel deposition of Murray .
The Jacksons claim AEG Live bears responsibility for pop icon's death .
AEG: Jacksons canceled deposition because Murray would "destroy" their case . |
24a6ecaf610e00d81a947878e619667c97b0e102 | (CNN) -- Dawn Soto often looks at her toddler's expressive face and tries to decipher his inner monologue. She wonders, "What goes through their little minds with all these new experiences?" Any parent of a young child imagines what their baby is thinking about. Recently, Anderson Cooper traveled to the Infant Cognitio... | Tune in to AC360° this week for a special on babies' brains .
Think you know what's on your baby's mind?
Send a photo and caption to iReport! |
24a721d0a254310ed5bdd0baf532445056a298ba | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Chevron Corp. CEO David O'Reilly says Big Oil is not to blame for skyrocketing gas prices. Chevron Corp. CEO David O'Reilly says world demand for crude oil has been growing, which is affecting gas prices. In an interview Tuesday with Wolf Blitzer on CNN's "The Situation Room," O'Reilly said high dem... | Chevron CEO says his company is investing windfall profits in supplies .
David O'Reilly says he is opposed to windfall profits tax, favors offshore drilling .
"I want someone to be elected who will help resolve our energy crisis," O'Reilly says .
Citing report, O'Reilly says plenty of oil is in ground but access is the... |
24a7942c29cc73a69f87b0b117018dd0b6d11392 | (CNN) -- The Chinese city of Wuhan produced Asia's first grand slam singles champion in Li Na and now the region is to be rewarded with its own WTA Tour event for 2014. Li made history by winning the 2011 French Open, and the world No. 6's hometown fans will have the chance to see their hero up close when the premier w... | The WTA Tour will hold a 2014 tournament in Li Na's hometown of Wuhan, China .
Li made history by becoming Asia's first grand slam singles champion .
The Tour continues to expand in the world's emerging markets .
Total prize fund on the Tour, excluding grand slams, increases to $58.7m for 2013 . |
24a81e6779ae3ca5a4d4dfc35aeeca7bb81d03de | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:06 EST, 24 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:26 EST, 24 August 2013 . The final winner from among the three tickets that struck gold with all the matching numbers in this month’s $448 million Powerball jackpot has finally come forward. The world already knew the third ticket had... | Like the other winners, Mario Scarnici will take the same $62 million lump sum, but unlike them has declined to appear at any press events .
The first winner to come forward was divorced dad Paul White of Ham Lake, Minnesota .
The so-called Oceans 16 were the other winners, a group of New Jersey municipal workers .
Thi... |
24a849c9781cb3713ad8eec4c27f0bb3e990205b | In the first of a new weekly column, Chief Sports Writer Martin Samuel gives his verdict on the footballing issues of the week, saying what made him feel warm inside and what made him shiver... HOT . Bayern Munich . Bayern Munich are currently gaining 0.5 points more each week than any rival in the Bundesliga, meaning ... | Bayern Munich walloped Roma in the Champions League .
Erik Lamela really did score with a rabona from just outside the area .
Steve McClaren has led Derby to the top of the Championship .
Adel Taarabt fat spat has left him and QPR looking Mickey Mouse .
Departing FA chief executive Alex Horne will not be missed . |
24a940eb225241e2a89b4a9583fcadf4092eada4 | (CNN) -- A mother and her young son were at a mall, when she considered buying him a sandwich. She knew her husband would beat her later for spending the $7, but her son was hungry. She swallowed her fear and bought the sandwich. I met a college professor with a PhD who told me that her husband took her paycheck every ... | Thomas Wilson: Money is a weapon of choice for those engaging in domestic violence .
He says often women don't have the funds or credit to escape abusive relationships .
Business needs to be more supportive of victims of domestic violence, he says .
Wilson: NFL stories have raised the topic, but we need to do more to b... |
24a955985b00d47a1e9eeecb67d58a85bfdb72b6 | A man accused of luring a 15-year-old girl to her death over Facebook was intending to abduct her then stage a fake rescue so he could be hailed as a hero, a court has heard. Kyle Dube, 21, is charged with the 2013 murder of Nichole Cable, who was found in woodland in Bangor, Maine, after an eight-day search. Police ha... | Kyle Dube, 21, 'plotted to kidnap then rescue 15-year-old Nichole Cable'
Her body was found in Maine woodland in 2013 after an 8-day search .
Dube is pleading not guilty to abduction and murder . |
24a97d33bf13897ff1c9221d50720c8e0fc1c299 | (CNN) -- Soul singer Solomon Burke has died at the age of 70 in the Netherlands, his Dutch representative said Sunday. Burke died of natural causes after arriving at Amsterdam's Schiphol Airport, his family said in a statement posted on Burke's website. He was in town to perform for a sold-out show with the Dutch band ... | NEW: His family says Burke died of natural causes .
He was part of the 1960s Atlantic stable with Ray Charles, Ben E. King and Wilson Pickett .
His hits include "Got to Get You Off of My Mind" and "Tonight's the Night"
Burke was once hailed as "the greatest soul singer of all time" |
24a9dc6b3ca41eb99fb25010cf64c9bda0b02583 | By . Helen Collis . PUBLISHED: . 06:36 EST, 28 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:08 EST, 28 May 2013 . A disgraced former New York City Police Commissioner is set to be freed from federal prison today after serving three years for tax fraud. Bernard Kerik will host a banquet to celebrate his release and has ordered in some ... | Bernard Kerik expected to be released shortly having served three years for tax fraud charges .
Caterer says Kerik has ordered in his favourite food for 20 people at his New Jersey home . |
24aa26911c68d37efc01c9ab1bb63ad47f03f893 | (CNN)Lionel Messi and Luis Suarez combined to ensure Barcelona returned to winning La Liga ways by overcoming lowly Granada 3-1 Saturday on a far from perfect pitch at the Estadio Nuevo Los Cármenes. Ivan Rakitic pounced to open the scoring from close-range midway through the first half before Suarez added to the Catal... | Barcelona defeats Granada 3-1 with goals from Rakitic, Suarez and Messi .
Result pushes Barca to within a point of La Liga leaders Real Madrid . |
24acff30bcd0561749c4f5cf195716d76f623958 | Scientists have long wondered if life really does exist on Mars. And a new set of pictures released by NASA could appear to confirm conspiracy theorists' claims that we are not alone in the universe. The images taken by a NASA navigation camera have been released and appear to show a human-like figure working on the Ma... | New pictures have been released by NASA showing Mars Curiosity Rover .
The probe is currently on the Red Planet scanning for signs of life forms .
The images appear to show what some have called a 'human-like' figure .
They say it shows a workman leaning over the space probe and fixing it .
Add that it shows that there... |
24add04bd5c207e6d6d3cebdb2eb5b274a39507d | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 09:34 EST, 6 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:46 EST, 7 October 2013 . Pakistani schoolgirl Malala Yousafzai told her friend not to worry because the Taliban 'have never come for a small girl', shortly before she was shot in the head by a militant. The 16-year-old was gunned down last ye... | Malala Yousafzai described moment she was shot in autobiography .
She squeezed best friend's hand as Taliban militant pointed gun .
Has become a prominent advocate for girls' education and peace .
Is invited to Buckingham Palace for Commonwealth education meeting . |
24afdd3c9d0e17668ebb049f6bed0b55c9d7a298 | It's no spring chicken! McDonald's is bringing back a menu item it got rid of just two years ago. The company has announced it is bringing back its chicken tenders, called Chicken Selects. Remember these? If you’ve been pining for McDonald’s Chicken Selects since they disappeared from the menu, the chain has great news... | McDonald's cut Chicken Selects from its menu in 2013 as part of an effort to streamline its offerings .
Company hopes customers will embrace the return of the tenders, which will be available in orders of three in select market .
Fast food chain is trying to get back on track after its worst slowdown in more than a dec... |
24b0e66932dde42772a138078f3af793188aa04d | Phil Neville believes Manchester United can come good this season once they have got over their current injury crisis. The Red Devils lie seventh in the Premier League - eight points off the leaders Chelsea - but Neville says United should only be judged as a side when everyone is fit. Jonny Evans, Chris Smalling and ... | The former Manchester United player and coach believes the Red Devils' form has been severely hampered by their injury problems .
Jonny Evans, Chris Smalling and Phil Jones are among the first-team players currently sidelined for Louis van Gaal's side .
Neville says United should be judged as a team when everyone is f... |
24b1f868404d104a5c04a1f476f26ee1f2bdcc36 | (AOL Autos) -- Some antiquated state driving laws are flat-out crazy. Got a housecoat? If you're a woman, it's illegal to wear one while driving in California. But what about modern rules of the road that seem very unusual and can still result in a hefty fine? In California, no vehicle without a driver may exceed 60 mi... | Some traffic laws leave everyone scratching their heads .
It is OK to shoot whales from your car in Tennessee .
No sheep allowed in Montana truck cabs without a chaperone .
Texas battle over where to stop when light turns red . |
24b273cff4b69d03982a4f97f23ac2a1ee6e7dbe | One of America's richest businessmen has denied claims that he was detained following a car accident in Cuba after 'hitting a local kid with his car'. Daniel S. Loeb, the hedge fund manager who founded Third Point LLC, was involved in an accident while enjoying a weekend trip to Cuba, according to Vanity Fair. The piec... | Daniel Loeb is alleged to have been involved in a crash in Cuba in 2002 .
A Vanity Fair article claims that Loeb wasn't allowed to leave the island .
But his lawyer has dismissed the allegations as 'entirely untrue'
Hedge fund manager Mr Loeb is the 341st richest person in America .
According to Forbes magazine figures... |
24b314bc83a1b1ce9306d0dea961823e37406562 | Argentina take over Brazil’s famous Corinthians Stadium on Tuesday night and star striker Lionel Messi has set aside the national rivalry by posing with a shirt with the message ‘Welcome to the Arena Corinthians’. Messi and Co take on Switzerland in Sau Paulo, a city synonymous with the Brazilian national team, and the... | Argentina face Switzerland at Brazil's infamous Corinthians Stadium on Tuesday night .
Lionel Messi has posed with a Corinthians jersey ahead of the clash, despite rivalry between Argentina and Brazil .
Messi has scored four World Cup 2014 goals so far . |
24b32f263ca0a614914d9b09e5864cc6e3590548 | More than a million snow geese take flight over the skies of Missouri - creating the illusion of a blizzard - in these awe-inspiring pictures. The spectacle was captured in Squaw Creek National Wildlife Refuge as the birds began their annual summer migration back to the Arctic tundra found in Greenland, Canada, and Ala... | Dazzling scenes captured at wildlife refuge in Missouri .
The birds were so numerous it was impossible to see through them .
The geese will eventually head north to Arctic breeding grounds . |
24b5a5211d9768be3cc41b877e8c30dad11540db | (CNN) -- It's hard to believe that "The Cosby Show" premiered 30 years ago this month. For eight seasons, beginning in 1984 and ending in 1992, the Huxtables made us laugh and love them all the more for the wonderful family life they portrayed. Here are 10 of the show's moments that we just can't forget: . 1. 'Night Ti... | "The Cosby Show" premiered 30 years ago .
There are several memorable moments from the eight-season series .
One favorite scene includes a guest appearance by Stevie Wonder . |
24b5ae4e4e36f89c3dbfa14cbb575767d6be935b | A mail carrier in British Columbia, Canada, has been unable to deliver a package to a house – and it's all because of a bear on the prowl. Matthew Fane, from a Vancouver suburb, tweeted Wednesday a photo of a note left for him by a Canada Post worker indicating that the reason he was unable to drop off a parcel was bec... | Matthew Fane, of British Columbia, Canada, found the note from a Canada Post mail carrier at his mailbox up the street from his house .
Fane informed the postal agency on Twitter that he had no complaints about the service .
A passerby managed to get a snap of the black bear lurking out front of the Vancouver home . |
24b5dc9f11b3d676a0b678c73b9bed8293d811c5 | CLICK HERE for Sportsmail's report on Anthony Joshua's brutal win. After demolishing Denis Bakhtov inside four minutes, Anthony Joshua hit London nightclub Boujis in celebration of his commanding WBC International heavyweight win. The 24-year-old was beaming with delight upon entering the South Kensington venue on Sund... | Anthony Joshua produced a commanding display against Denis Bakhtov .
Joshua beat Bakhtov inside two rounds at London's O2 Arena on Saturday .
The 24-year-old celebrated WBC International heavyweight win at Boujis nightclub on Sunday . |
24b5e4b65ee0e40ac50cf1dee21f1ddf82083a59 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- A Paralympic gold medal winner will not be allowed to compete in the Beijing Olympics later this year after athletics' governing body ruled that his specially-designed prosthetic limbs gave him an unfair advantage over other runners. Paralympic champion Oscar Pretorius competed in two able-bodi... | Double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius ineligible to run at Beijing Olympics .
IAAF rules that the South African's prosthetic blades give him unfair advantage .
The 21-year-old Pistorius has set three world records in Paralympic events . |
24b6288eed95128fd36667c49d08b81525ecda71 | An arsonist tried to burn down the San Francisco house used in the Robin Williams comedy Mrs Doubtfire over a perceived grudge with the current owner. The house is owned by eminent plastic surgeon Dr. Douglas K. Ousterhout who told police that he is having problems with a former client, but is not sure who is responsi... | The $1.4 million property was damaged in an arson attack on Monday .
Police believe a former client of the home's owner was behind the attack .
The front of the building suffered scorch marks after petrol was ignited .
The house was used in the filming of the 1993 hit Mrs Doubtfire .
Mourners laid floral tributes outsi... |
24b7b69fe11208e25505d6909b61e0a626bebb07 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:40 EST, 27 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:47 EST, 27 January 2014 . Anthropologie has taken the term ‘glamping’ to the next level by selling a tent that costs more than many luxury hotel suites. The brand’s $8,998 Altair tent measures approximately 120 square feet and is lin... | The retailer's Altair tent does not come with floor coverings or furniture and requires self-assembly . |
24b7ccc30de3611ad3942dfa297e79e6086ad93d | CAIRO, Egypt (CNN) -- An Egyptian business tycoon and a former police officer have been found guilty of last July's slaying of a rising Lebanese pop singer. Suzanne Tamim was found dead in her Dubai apartment in July. The case, with its high-profile victim and defendant, has captivated Egypt and the region. A judge con... | Egyptian mogul and ex-police officer guilty of Lebanese singer's murder .
Her body was found in apartment in United Arab Emirates .
Prosecutors alleged ex-officer was paid $2M to kill singer Suzanne Tamim .
Egypt's Grand Mufti -- highest religious official -- will review death sentence . |
24b8cbee612356d22222c3e117e14834faa98b2f | (CNN) -- Severe weather tore through the Southeast Sunday night and Monday, killing at least two people and injuring more than 100. The National Weather Service confirms tornadoes touched down in Alabama and Arkansas. Possible tornadoes were also reported in Mississippi and Tennessee. Alabama Gov. Robert Bentley declar... | Severe weather slammed four states Monday morning .
The Red Cross and Salvation Army are providing food and shelter .
Alabama Tornado Animals is helping reunite lost pets with their families .
Samaritan's Purse is coordinating volunteers to help clean up . |
24b9e60edba4594dbf3746b80d8d44ec74a5c299 | The body of a pensioner lay undiscovered at a sheltered housing complex for a month - and was only found when maggots 'dropped down through light switches' in a residents' flat. The housing association which manages the site has apologised following the discovery at the complex in Maidenhead, Berkshire. Berkshire coron... | Man was believed to have lain dead in the flat for up to four weeks .
Residents initially put the bad smell in the complex down to a dead .
Grim discovery made after maggots fell through light switches in .
Coroner's office believes the dead man is 74-year-old Benigno Lacey .
Housing Solutions has issued an apology to ... |
24bbb29610159c19f7e316699b1ae9060a4418b9 | (CNN) -- It is a noise that has become synonymous with watching top-level tennis -- the sound of ear-splitting shrieks and grunts as star players battle against each other in a bid to claim the sport's biggest prizes. The yelps of three-time grand slam champion Maria Sharapova and world No. 3 Victoria Azarenka have bee... | Agnieszka Radwanska has criticized Maria Sharapova for grunting during matches .
World No. 4 Sharapova has defended the noises, saying they are not against the rules .
The WTA is attempting to coach grunting out of the next generation of talent .
Victoria Azarenka's shrieks were immitated by the crowd at the Australian... |
24bbd20aa1ef4d351edfc2b06b1c4f7e70c37668 | By . Amanda Williams . A mother took her ten-year-old son to court to watch the moment a driver was sentenced for killing his father so he wouldn't grow up with 'unanswered questions'. Lewi Sharp, the youngest of three children, was given permission to attend the hearing after a request from his mother Angela Sharp. Hi... | Lewi Sharp was in court to watch John Wigfield Elvin sentenced .
His father Garry was killed when his motorbike was hit by Elvin's car .
Mother Angela Sharp requested her son attend so he would fully understand .
Elvin was ordered to complete 200 hours of unpaid work in the community . |
24bc9f84ad056ecb26d57668277e9a85e7b4f99b | Brave Peter Siebold (pictured) spoke for the first time about the tragedy that killed his close friend, co-pilot Mike Alsbury, revealing that he gave a passing plane a thumbs up to show that he was alive . The pilot who miraculously survived the Virgin spaceship disaster has revealed how he was blasted from the wreckag... | Virgin Galactic pilot Peter Siebold speaks for the first time after tragic crash .
His close friend and colleague Mike Alsbury was killed in the disaster .
Siebold, 43, says he lost consciousness and awoke while falling to Earth .
He gave a thumbs up to a passing aircraft to show that he was alive .
Siebold travelled h... |
24bca61b48e79c13471bbafc99ef0d9214d0f9c3 | Neymar's injured back is healing 'satisfactorily' although there is no specific date for the Brazil forward to return to training, his club Barcelona said on Tuesday. Neymar fractured a bone in his back following a challenge from Colombia defender Juan Zuniga in last month's World Cup quarter-final and was ruled out fo... | Neymar fractured a vertebrae playing in the World Cup for Brazil .
Barcelona say the forward's recovery is going well .
Neymar hoping to return in a friendly on August 18 . |
24bcc1e81ace5f61e287c88700981451e283db6e | Samir Nasri completed his rehabilitation at Manchester City on Thursday by signing a new five-year contract with the Premier League champions. The French midfielder appeared to have a bleak future last year when former City boss Roberto Mancini accused him of only giving ‘50 per cent’ in training, and he was targeted b... | Nasri signs five-year contract with Manchester City .
27-year-old pens a deal that will take him through to 2019 . |
24bd1e28859066e3bfb9394a0ab65bbd1c40b0e4 | Doting mum Rachel Gage will give her little girl the best present of all - the gift of life. The 25-year-old's newborn daughter Poppy was diagnosed with a liver disease, which only affects one in every 16,000 children, when she was just weeks old. And after undergoing a life-saving operation she may one day still need ... | Rachel Gage has promised to donate part of her liver to her daughter .
11-week-old Poppy is suffering from the bile duct disease biliary atresia .
The rare condition affects just one in every 16,000 children . |
24bd5483895e7e97ae216ad3a95245fed7001250 | By . Rajvir Rai . Follow @@R_Rai . Gerard Deulofeu says he'd rather play for Stoke than Real Madrid. The Barcelona midfielder spent last season on loan at Everton but has returned to the Nou Camp. Asked at a Nike event in Andorra whether he would prefer to play in the Premier League with Stoke or Real Madrid in Spain, ... | Barcelona midfielder Deulofeu spent last season on loan at Everton .
Spain star says time in England helped him improve defensively .
Deulofeu confident of playing at Nou Camp despite competition . |
24bd92749dc850c4ee2547cda15830bfbcf45ac3 | Motorists are to be hit with a £1 charge every time they drop off family or friends at Aberdeen International Airport and they will face a fine if they linger for over 10 minutes. The plan has been met with anger from visitors and taxi drivers but airport officials insist the fee and £30 parking fine are necessary to r... | Airport insists plan is necessary to reduce congestion and improve safety .
Staff will use a licence plate surveillance technique to monitor drivers .
Aberdeen taxi drivers say charges are unfair and will lead to higher fares . |
24bdae5cf775120993b5ae9c9a2ae3047a828aa2 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- The doctor convicted in Michael Jackson's death sees the jury's verdict in a wrongful death civil trial as "justice." "I cried because, for once, the world was allowed to hear some of the facts at they pertain to this matter -- a lot of facts that have been suppressed, much of which I was denied an... | NEW: MIchael Jackson won a new fan during trial -- the jury foreman .
Jury foreman: "I don't see it as a vindication of Dr. Murray"
"For once, the world was allowed to hear some of the facts," Dr. Conrad Murray says .
Jackson lawyer: "We have said from the beginning that this case was a search for the truth" |
24bf05af1c2e317366961cecd9fb922edad08266 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:33 EST, 25 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:04 EST, 26 April 2013 . They celebrated their second anniversary on Monday by indulging in a large wedding cake featuring lyrics from their wedding song. So for LeAnn Rimes, 30, and husband Eddie Cibrian, 39, it was back to their regul... | LeAnn is said to have given Eddie matching his-and-her necklaces encrusted with old keys as an anniversary gift . |
24bfdfc748299628c05eb571fc11a7fc4b68c38a | By . Helen Pow . PUBLISHED: . 14:47 EST, 29 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:33 EST, 29 January 2014 . Surveillance video showing the tragic moment a 14-year-old autistic boy escapes from his Queens, New York, school only to turn up dead in the East River months later has been released for the first time. An energetic ... | The surveillance video captures the 14-year-old autistic boy escaping from his Queens school only to turn up dead in the East River months later .
An energetic Avonte is seen in the footage bounding down the halls of his Long Island City special needs school and out of the double doors .
Half an hour earlier, an uniden... |
24bff63a7272bc1e90960d71b17a2f58fe185b19 | Stephen Hawking recently said that the development of full artificial intelligence could spell the end of the human race. Now, Google chief executive, Eric Schmidt has weighed into the discussion, arguing that there is no need to fear AI, and it could even be the making of humanity. 'These concerns are normal,' he said... | Comments follow Stephen Hawking's warning that AI may be dangerous .
'These concerns are normal,' said Eric Schmidt. 'They're also misguided'
Schmidt says robots could improve wages, rather than steal human jobs .
He added that computers are far more primitive that people like to believe .
Google is heavily involved w... |
24bffea4cd3f4f6a0b1fdaad12a0e1858e27e5ef | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- An investigation into an attack that killed eight U.S. troops in eastern Afghanistan last year said the combat outpost was an "attractive target" because protection improvements hadn't been made and intelligence assets had been diverted. These were main points in the findings released Friday... | Lack of protection improvements made combat outpost an "attractive target"
Intelligence failures also made the base vulnerable to a strike from militants .
October 3 attack on Combat Outpost Keating lasted for 12 hours . |
24c07410277cf7137ab715566e2736b4b60408a4 | Rob Fielding, 43, from Aylesbury, was reading in bed when a moth flew into his ear - and stayed there . A father-of-three who felt a moth fly into his ear as he lay reading in bed had it buzzing around inside his head for three days. Eventually Rob Fielding, 43, a marketing manager from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, soug... | Rob Fielding, 43, was reading in bed when a moth buzzed into his ear .
Marketing manager from Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, tried to push it away .
But he accidentally poked it into his inner ear, where it remained, buzzing .
Mr Fielding said: 'It was awful - every time moth fluttered it made me jump'
Three days later he... |
24c39f75434f1d45721800bdc6ae61900a7600d7 | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 06:56 EST, 13 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:01 EST, 13 August 2012 . Former Yahoo boss Terry Semel has sold his Malibu mansion on 'billionaires' beach' for $13million less than its asking price. The estate on Carbon Beach, Malibu, in California with 151ft of beach frontage and nine bedro... | Terry Semel's mansion on Carbon Beach, Malibu, was listed for $50million .
Sold for $38million: $13million below the asking price .
The house has nine bedrooms, 13 bathrooms and 151ft beach frontage . |
24c668771bce48e65e1d4d31227f35beb872137a | (CNN) -- Occupy Wall Street called on the masses to skip work and school on May 1, and to close their wallets. All this was supposed to amount to a general strike, if not an American Spring. Some even talked about bringing down capitalism. But the small demonstrations in many American cities and in other cities across ... | Amitai Etzioni says Occupy Wall Street's May Day protests made little splash .
He says general strike sometimes effective in history. But Occupy's goals too vague .
He says it's no focused tea party, which has affected policy, helped elect officials .
Etzioni: Occupy has contributed a slogan, but where's its real influ... |
24c71f1de63ce65c3d394b785b1f0e5af1101a7d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Banksy artworks controversially ripped from public view amid cries of theft is to go under the hammer in the biggest ever sale of its kind. The mutli-million auction will include No Ball Games, taken from the side of a shop in north London last July. The sale will also feature Liverpool Rat, ... | Work by the secretive artist will be sold over four days in April .
Sale is made up of work ripped from public places across Britain .
Bidders are expected to pay a total of £5million for the famous graffiti .
Item called No Ball Games could raise more than £1million . |
24c77b6e78c477e8b5cf92b7effac5ab44222c02 | HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Deaths in Zimbabwe related to the cholera epidemic are approaching 2,000, the World Health Organization said Tuesday, and close to 40,000 people have been affected by the preventable water-borne disease. Two men rest in a cholera rehydration tent on the South Africa-Zimbabwe border in Decembe... | World Health Organization says 1,937 people have died since outbreak in August .
Cholera epidemic comes as Zimbabwe faces worst economic crisis .
Expert: Failure to import adequate stocks of water-treating chemicals behind disease .
Cholera has spread to neighboring countries South Africa and Botswana . |
24c7d700c97e0e6c7ce839f09ce3ea917733ad8f | While rents in New York have long been at an all-time-high, those in San Francisco are even higher. According to a new report from online real estate marketplace Zumper, rents in the City by the Bay is officially the most expensive place to rent a one-bedroom apartment - even higher than the Big Apple. The firm looked ... | San Francisco has the most expensive one-bedroom and two-bedroom apartments .
Median rents are $3,100 for a one-bedroom and $4,050 for two-bedrooms .
New York came in second, with median rents of $2,995 for a one-bedroom and $3,495 for a two-bedroom. |
24c805cdc24fb216d92cd4a41dc6a0f9cf590ada | (CNN) -- One of the prosecutors in the Casey Anthony trial said Wednesday there could be perjury charges against Casey's mother, Cindy Anthony. Cindy Anthony testified that she was responsible for Internet searches on the family's home computer for information about chloroform. But records indicated she was at work at ... | "There could be" perjury charges, Ashton says .
A CNN analyst says perjury charges are unlikely .
Ashton is stepping down, having delayed his retirement for this case . |
24c9255b9521942a70e950265ee8ca20826cc943 | (CNN) -- A gunman opened fire Friday in a Connecticut elementary school, killing 26 people, 20 of them children, police said. It was one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history. Readers posted more than 2,000 comments in response to questions we asked them in a story examining immediate shock and anger surrou... | Shooting in Newtown, Connecticut, gets readers talking about ways to prevent incidents .
Many debate whether guns should be more or less available .
Security, mental health, parenting and violence in media also come up. Share your ideas . |
24ca05688a018d67ac6c9a841dc9a564ab3ac37f | TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- There's no doubt that Iran's election will be a major test for incumbent President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. But many Iranian women hope the results will also shake the current status of women in the Islamic republic. Zahra Rahnavard, wife of Iranian candidate Mir Hossein Moussavi, has taken a visible... | Candidate's wife has broken barriers by appearing on campaign trail .
She vows that women's vote will count if her husband wins .
Most Iranian university students are women, but they are second-class citizens .
Cleric running for president has also promised to boost women's rights . |
24cc31f89bf6c173fd3560555fdc5684d8c745c1 | By . Derek Lawrenson . Click here for the latest leaderboard from Sawgrass . The flagship event on the PGA Tour appears set for a fabulous finish on Sunday with two European Ryder Cup heroes pitted against the man who looks the future of American golf. As he has since day one at the Players Championship, German Martin ... | Germany's Martin Kaymer and American Jordan Spieth go in at 12 under .
John Senden and Sergio Garcia trail by three going into the final round .
Justin Rose receives two-shot penalty for his ball moving on the 18th . |
24cc5ea80b8a910a9402a57daefdc078e638156a | (CNN)Their arrests took place in New York and Florida. Abror Habibov, Akhror Saidakhmetov and Abdurasul Juraboev are accused by the federal government of attempting to join ISIS and of fostering plans to kill the President and shoot law enforcement officers. The three men face charges that include attempting and conspi... | All three men came to the United States legally .
They're accused of attempting and conspiring to provide material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization . |
24cc7e287418a7fddb93abad58927582479d28bb | (CNN) -- Former Italian international striker Christian Vieri has left Serie A side Atalanta by mutual consent, blaming constant jeering from the club's fans for his decision to leave. Veteran striker Vieri scored twice in nine appearances for Atalanta this season . The 35-year-old, back at his third stint with the Ber... | Former Italian international Christian Vieri leaves Atalanta will immediate effect .
The 35-year-old striker blames fans' jeering for decision to cancel his contract .
Vieri changed clubs a remarkable 13 times after his professional debut in 1991 . |
24cd2555463c051b969c0d4ca0d189a40b689c62 | Namib Desert, Namibia (CNN) -- It's thought to be the world's oldest desert. The sun has been beating down on it for at least 55 million years and it covers an area of around around 31,200 square miles. The Namib Desert is an unforgiving landscape but it's where Rob Johnstone chooses to spend his spare time. As the sun... | Namib Desert is one of the best places in the world to stargaze .
Pitch black at night, its has been named an International Dark Sky Reserve .
Environmental groups are keeping the desert free from light pollution . |
24cd8b9bb6878560ed0275b879079a958caf7e00 | (CNN) -- Orange is the new snack -- that's the case in Ukraine anyway after one of the country's top football players donated 20 tons of tangerines to local children. Darijo Srna, who plays for Donetsk-based Shakhtar, made the gesture which allowed for the fruit from his hometown of Metkovic in Croatia, which is renown... | Darijo Srna donates tangerines to children of Ukraine .
Srna plays for Shakhtar Donetsk .
Shakhtar currently forced to play its games away from Donetsk .
Srna says he misses playing in front of the team's supporters . |
24ceb18b336569ca9b1a0f4b6f2f1e87973c6f5c | Washington (CNN) -- Comedian Bill Cosby received an honorary rank from the Navy Thursday, and he had a Washington audience laughing with stories from his four years in the service. Cosby has been entertaining millions of people since the 1960s. Cosby, whose success as a stand-up comic and actor has influenced many over... | Comedian Bill Cosby gets an honorary rank in the Navy .
Cosby joined the Navy in 1956, without a high school diploma .
Cosby credits his service in the Navy with giving him what he needed .
He says finishing boot camp was the first time his mother saw him graduate from anything . |
24cf21b2ffccb00135daaf78bdb6e6ed2594e760 | (CNN) -- U.S. and Mexican search teams scoured the Sea of Cortez for seven Americans still missing after a tourist boat capsized Sunday off the east coast of Mexico's Baja California peninsula and killed one American tourist. Visibility was clear and the water was warm in the sea, also called the Gulf of California, bu... | NEW: American victim is identified as Leslie Yee .
One surviving tourist is chief of police services at a California community college .
The Erik specialized in fishing trips .
More than 40 people were aboard the tourist boat . |
24cfb82696e61a8c029486e1b4ef4899bac4cd7e | It’s every cyclist’s nightmare – discovering that they have run out of water half way up a hill on a sweltering day. But the days of topping up water bottles may soon be over, now that one designer has created a bottle that collects and condenses moisture from the air while a bike is in motion. The prototype ‘Fontus’ d... | ‘Fontus’ bottle uses the principle of thermoelectric cooling to fill up with water when attached to a device on a moving bike frame .
It's the brainchild of a student at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna .
Prototype bottle is cooled by solar panels to help water condense inside it .
It's intended for long bike r... |
24d0d960ed6237eb171f0bedfdf9c39c26f765ac | By . Vanessa Allen . PUBLISHED: . 17:39 EST, 24 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:14 EST, 25 March 2013 . It is a beaming smile that tells the world Thusha Kamaleswaran has never given up hope. Paralysed from the chest down by a stray bullet in a gang war, doctors said she would never walk again. But seven-year-old Thusha... | Thusha Kamaleswaran was just five when she was shot in the spine .
She had been playing at her uncle's shop in Stockwell, south London .
The youngster was given just a 50-50 chance of survival .
But against adversity she has taken her first steps again .
Now, aged seven, she 'can't wait' to walk properly on her own aga... |
24d2560a6f2e7028243f7327fe238a2a052ed437 | By . Lucy Buckland . Last updated at 4:13 PM on 15th November 2011 . Joanne Hatton, pictured with her first daughter Amelia, died after a catalogue of errors at Darlington Memorial Hospital . A mother died after she failed to receive an 'urgent' blood transfusion for two hours after giving birth, an inquest was told. J... | Hospital staff failed to link serious complications to the blood loss .
Joanne Hatton, 38, only got to spend one day with her twins before becoming seriously ill . |
24d2f15f65bfb5608c75d19ba07fc410aab4d9c6 | An Oregon psychic is accused of using her daughter as part of a 'sweetheart swindle' to extort millions of dollars from the ageing heir of a tree farm fortune in an incredible scam that spanned 10 years. Prosecutors allege Rachel Lee, 43, of Oregon, and her daughter, Porsha Lee, 25, created an intricate plot that convi... | Rachel Lee, 41, masterminded a plot to liquidate the fortune of Oregon timber heir Ralph Raines Jr., 67, prosecutors say .
She spent 10 years infiltrating the wealthy family and pilfered money from their estate once having their trust .
Used daughter Porsha Lee, 25, who persuaded Raines to fall in love with her .
Lee a... |
24d3978aaa7e8385d29eacb959610c273dc736d2 | Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Marty Rathbun used to beat people. He admits it. But he says he was pressured to do it by his boss. Rathbun was once a senior official of the Church of Scientology, reporting directly to church leader David Miscavige. He says that Scientology's leadership fostered a culture of violence ... | Ex-members say Church of Scientology leader fostered culture of violence .
Church leader David Miscavige accused of tackling, choking members .
Church denies accusations, says ex-members did the beating . |
24d3f64dd8e06a698ee95979bb4aacb0893fcfd6 | By . Derek Lawrenson . Cold logic suggests he has got no chance. Conventional golfing wisdom points towards him using the 143rd Open Championship at Royal Liverpool as a chance to get some competitive rounds under his belt before a serious tilt at the season’s final major, the US PGA Championship in three weeks. So wha... | Tiger Woods opens up to reveal he's happy, pain free and focused on more Hoylake heroics .
He previously won The Open on the course in 2006, his third and most recent win in the tournament .
The US superstar will only consider a fourth title a successful week . |
24d4219c615df442cc6cdde16622874ffd6b97da | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 05:58 EST, 15 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:44 EST, 15 November 2013 . This was the heartwarming moment a Navy sailor arrived home after nine months at sea to meet his baby daughter for the first time. Petty Officer 2nd Class Marcus Harris had been away serving on guided miss... | Petty Officer 2nd Class Marcus Harris had been away on Guided missile destroyer USS Barry since February 7 . |
24d486dfc0c7781edf4f3c3c70f05cadf95cd678 | By . Mark Duell . UPDATED: . 13:49 EST, 25 September 2011 . There may still be three months until the festive season arrives, . but one inventor has received an amazing early Christmas present from the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. Ignacio Marc Asperas, of Melville, New York, has been . granted an astonishing paten... | Ignacio Marc Asperas, of New York, first applied for patent in December 2006 .
Document shows how to roll symmetrical .
balls and construct body parts .
Patent and Trademark Office submission is funny but he insists he's serious . |
24d4a99aad491790e939a138279cb2d75d075a18 | Unsettling revelations about the Illinois woman implicated in a plot to storm a Canada mall started to emerge as she and one of her alleged cohorts arrived for a brief appearance in a Halifax court today. Tutors who taught the goth student, who allegedly planned a St Valentine's Day massacre, said she was a disturbed b... | Lindsay Souvannarath flew to Canada from her home in Illinois on Friday .
The 23-year-old told police she was planning to carry out a massacre .
Souvannarath planned to meet internet friends and shoot shoppers .
Randall Steven Shepherd met Souvannarath at Halifax airport .
Officers surrounded the home of James Gamble w... |
24d4d0ffadb3c9f7c334098a5ee1ee5f72453e7b | By . Laura Clark . The growing use of the word ‘fit’ to describe attractiveness is putting girls off sport and exercise, according to a girls’ school leader. Children should stop using it to mean ‘fanciable’ because it can lead to girls feeling self-conscious about their appearance while exercising, says Helen Fraser. ... | 'Fit' being used to mean 'fanciable' is putting girls off PE, school chief says .
CEO of Girls' Day School Trust says word makes females self-conscious .
Helen Fraser said girls shouldn't worry about getting 'pink in the face'
Should worry more about their running speed than their looks, she added . |
24d5920cc167d75e72fe44755bc382403ae991da | By . Jenny Wood . Middle class shoppers are increasingly turning away from traditional supermarkets and embracing discount retailers such as Aldi, Lidl and even £1 shops in their efforts to bag a bargain. So it’s little wonder that Tesco, which has seen its market share fall to a ten-year low, is rolling out ‘pound zon... | Middle class shoppers looking for imaginative ways to stretch their budget .
So Tesco is rolling out 'pound zones' in 300 of its stores to win back cost-conscious consumers .
But will the supermarket giant be able to beat Poundland at its own game? |
24d7d304cc99d6c3ac9e1178bd794d0588fdf7ad | A man has been charged after allegedly shouting offensive comments and throwing cement bags at a mosque in Sydney's southwest. Police say a 39-year-old man entered the mosque in Auburn at 1.30pm on Saturday and started to cause a disturbance. A statement from NSW Police said: 'the man began shouting offensive comments ... | A 39-year-old entered the mosque in Auburn in Sydney's south west on Saturday .
He allegedly shouted offensive comments while throwing cement bags .
He then picked up a chair and threatened to hit a woman with it .
The man was pinned with three charges and bailed until October 28 . |
24d8897096e474e794aa033b22ee22e7944b9e53 | In 2011, Sen. Rand Paul told CNN's Wolf Blitzer that he would favor a halt of U.S. foreign aid, including assistance to Israel. In August, at the height of the recent Gaza conflict, the Kentucky Republican made headlines for declaring he never proposed ending aid to the country. Democrats and other critics seized on hi... | Rand Paul tell CNN he would ultimately favor ending all foreign aid, including to Israel.
The Kentucky senator has faced criticism for saying he never made such a proposal. |
24d99b0f5d330ff7e983c734f8e05ac8a3447152 | (CNN) -- George Zimmerman, who was acquitted of murder in the shooting death of Florida teenager Trayvon Martin last month, visited a gun manufacturer Thursday, TMZ reported. The celebrity gossip site TMZ published a picture of Zimmerman smiling and shaking hands with someone it said was an employee of the gunmaker, Ke... | TMZ publishes a photo of George Zimmerman shaking hands with an apparent employee .
Zimmerman's brother, Robert, confirmed to CNN that it was George in the photo .
The site says Zimmerman asked about a compact shotgun while there .
Zimmerman was acquitted last month of the murder of teenager Trayvon Martin . |
24d99ee5607d19091a5b087db5d6f09e78618a10 | Passengers were evacuated from two Delta Air Lines planes at New York's John F Kennedy Airport on Monday night after an anonymous caller reported a bomb on board one of the airline's aircraft. Police and bomb-sniffing dogs surrounded the planes after the caller told Delta's headquarters that a pipe bomb was planted on ... | Anonymous caller reported bomb on board Flight 468 on Monday night .
468 linked to two planes - one to Tel Aviv and one from San Francisco .
Passengers on both aircraft were evacuated and taken to heated buses .
Planes were searched for explosives while fliers' bags were re-screened .
FBI later announced that both Delt... |
24db3c06ac33a4c0f71954f5e5fe755f0013f4e8 | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 11:20 EST, 23 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:52 EST, 24 October 2012 . Cheeky monkeys got into the spirit of Halloween early as they gave each other a playful fright messing around with masks and disguises at a Bedfordshire safari park. Ring-tailed lemurs had fun scaring their friends ... | Ringtailed lemurs and monkeys had fun messing around with scary masks .
The monkeying around went down a treat at Woburn Safari Park . |
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