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03b23bf2e4866c7bd3d54d065b672e1eaa95436d | (CNN)California has reported more measles cases. The number of cases has increased to 73, with 50 of those cases linked to an outbreak at Disneyland, the California Department of Public Health reported Monday. Last week, public health officials reported 59 cases since December; 42 with a Disney connection. In addition,... | The number of measles cases in California has grown to 73, Health Department says .
50 of those cases have been linked to Disneyland, it says . |
03b2c256977aeb0331ec46ea4a184450bde136ad | By . Ruth Whitehead . PUBLISHED: . 06:17 EST, 17 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:01 EST, 17 March 2012 . ‘Vet detectives’ could be brought in to trace owners who allow their dogs to foul in public places. Council bosses in Lancashire are in discussions with a forensic vet over plans to DNA-test dog faeces which could th... | The scheme is already used in some European countries and in the USA . |
03b31a550de0c145f94fc1da5d984d2207542597 | (CNN) -- A Florida judge on Monday signed amended court documents mandating that Casey Anthony return to Orlando to serve a year of probation stemming from her check fraud conviction. "From my reading of this, she should be reporting to probation in Orlando probably within 72 hours," Orange County Circuit Judge Stan St... | NEW: Anthony's lawyer calls the order a "fraud," seeks to disqualify judge .
Amended court documents say Anthony should report within 72 hours .
She was sentenced to probation in 2010 after pleading guilty to check fraud .
There was an apparent misunderstanding about when the probation was to be served . |
03b396ae437f9cb8977ed8f1fd759a2cd857821f | 'Embarrassment', 'occasionally' and 'necessary' have been named among the words Brits have most difficulty spelling. Researchers, who carried out a study among 2,000 adults, found more than half frequently have issues spelling commonly-used words. Others which we often struggle with are 'accommodate', 'questionnaire' a... | Survey uncovered the words Britons struggle with the most .
'Accommodate', 'questionnaire' and 'rhythm' also cause headaches .
40 per cent confessed they completely rely on autocorrect technology .
Many blame spelling problems on rarely writing things down by hand . |
03b47880043c8e0ae00a25566373c43916b927ce | A billboard advertising a heavily trafficked pornography site caused controversy in Los Angeles after it was put up above a popular family hot dog and hamburger restaurant. The sign was painted over last Monday after hanging above Carney's restaurant for two weeks on the Sunset Strip in West Hollywood. 'You walk up my... | 'You walk up my ramp, and the billboard stares straight at you,' said Carney's owner John Wolfe .
City spokeswoman Lisa Bedlanti said that the city has no control over privately owned billboards .
One man tweeted, 'the world is officially coming to an end' |
03b49dae2cd943a129f26df9324b93f80325400c | Murrysville, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- A day after a Murrysville, Pennsylvania, teen allegedly rampaged through his high school's hallways, stabbing wildly with two kitchen knives, the first hints of a possible motive began to emerge. The attorney for 16-year-old Alex Hribal raised the specter that his client may have been... | NEW: FBI official says teen accused in stabbings was "disaffected," but not bullied .
Some kind of ''bullying event'' may have played a role, an attorney says .
Suspect's home was searched, and a computer and cell phone were seized, police say .
Alex Hribal, 16, faces four counts of attempted homicide, 21 counts of agg... |
03b5d68aed17c4b05bcf511b4e294e91a4e59a17 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Pentagon is portraying India as a major customer for U.S. military equipment, worth an estimated $6 billion in the past decade, even as U.S. companies are shut out of a multibillion dollar bid for fighter jets that India is starting this week. In the newest edition of a congressionally mandated ... | The Pentagon tells Congress it hopes to interst India in its most expensive weapon .
The top-of-the-line F-35 Joint Strike Fighter is still being tested .
But India recently rejected purchase of other U.S.-built fightrers .
Arms sales are seen as a way to cement relations between the U.S. and India . |
03b5f4494604adfdddaacb6d450eb22e161487bf | A neonatal nurse who lay dead in her home for seven years was being investigated for 'inappropriate conduct towards a child' at work shortly before her death, an inquest heard. The mummified body of Anne Leitrim, 58, was discovered at her Bournemouth flat in June by bailiffs who had been called because of her unpaid mo... | Neonatal nurse Anne Leitrim, 58, had been given a 'final warning' at work .
She was being investigated for 'inappropriate conduct towards a child'
Her mummified body was believed to have lay in home for seven years .
Coroner could not determine cause of death because tests were impossible .
Esther Rantzen has urged peo... |
03b70e20482241bf75586f068817e2729233d01a | Incensed: Kate Humble says the public don't value their food enough and waste far too much . TV presenter Kate Humble has claimed food is not expensive enough. The 45-year-old Lambing Live star accused the public of not valuing food because it was too cheap - and they were disconnected from the farming process. Humble,... | Lambing Live presenter said food waste is 'endemic'
She says public is too far removed from farming process . |
03b7a92c45f0c2252791a2dc284779d1772b99c9 | Congratulations are in order! Comedian Mario Cantone has married his partner of 20 years, musical theater director Jerry Dixon, Cantone revealed Friday on The View. "I got married for the same reasons you did," the "Sex and the City" actor, 51, tells fellow newlywed Joy Behar on the show. "We're older now. We've been t... | Comedian Mario Cantone and his partner Jerry Dixon tied the knot .
Cantone and Dixon, a musical theater director, married after 20 years together .
"It was beautiful, just my family there," Cantone said . |
03b86df3b989564654e01a7a9ecbaec931dae7bc | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 22:07 EST, 6 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:13 EST, 6 September 2013 . A third porn star has reportedly tested positive for HIV, adding more concern that an outbreak is underway among adult entertainment performers. Two other performers- Cameron Bay and Rod Daily- have come f... | Porn star Rod Daily told his Twitter followers that he has tested positive for HIV, the virus that causes AIDS .
Comes less than two weeks since Cameron Bay, an adult film actress, confirmed that she had a similar diagnosis .
Third performer has not revealed their identity .
Debate in porn industry about whether perfor... |
03b8d8b311e7f4024fcffa349335272939ee299e | David Moyes has been offered a route back into football with Real Sociedad. The Spanish club dismissed manager Jagoba Arrasate on Sunday after defeat by Malaga on Saturday, and they have turned to the former Manchester United and Everton boss . Moyes is currently in Qatar, where he has been working for BeIN Sports, and... | David Moyes out of work since being sacked by Manchester United .
Moyes offered job with La Liga strugglers - but is yet to decide .
Moyes is currently in Qatar working for BeIN Sports . |
03b902d77fb2e10e17ce7ad116ce734ce738311b | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor and Gerri Peev . PUBLISHED: . 07:05 EST, 18 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:08 EST, 18 July 2013 . David Cameron and Nick Clegg today stepped up government pressure on Muirfield golf club to end its ban on women members. As the prestigious Open Championship began at the hist... | Prime Minister leads chorus of disapproval at ban on women members .
Senior ministers boycotting championship in protest at out-dated rules .
Nick Clegg slams 'inexplicable' and 'anachronistic' ruling .
Culture Secretary Maria Miller steps up pressure on sexism in sport .
She demands action by the BBC over John Inverda... |
03bcaa05c9b0c21a718812850667dd441ad27cf6 | Wind farms have been paid a record £30million this year to stand idle in bad weather. The cash, which comes from household bills, is paid when the National Grid is unable to cope with the extra power produced during high winds, or during periods of low demand. The ‘constraint payments’ have reached £30,424,169 this yea... | National Grid is unable to cope with extra power produced .
At the start of September, around 40 wind farm firms were paid £2.4million .
Another windy weekend in August saw £3.1million handed over . |
03bdb5dce9666c928e5dbea3b404ddde6c824e71 | By . Tim Shipman and Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 09:03 EST, 28 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:10 EST, 28 March 2013 . Former Labour spin doctor Damian McBride will reveal the secrets of the inner workings of the Brown operation . Damian McBride, the Labour spin doctor who resigned over a sm... | Damian McBride plans to releases his book on the eve of Ed Miliband's major party conference speech .
Will lift the lid on a decade spent at Gordon Brown's side .
Spin doctor was forced to quit in 2009 for a plot to smear Tory MPs . |
03bea692d994841ba8be7d0b57bb06a3d75b95d8 | Before the festivities at the White House came to a close, the Obama family headed to Hawaii to celebrate Christmas . By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:07 EST, 22 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:20 EST, 23 December 2012 . Michelle Obama put her campaign to end childhood obesity on hold as she helped cook up ... | Michelle Obama dubbed herself ‘hostess in chief’ as she welcomed the country into the White House for the holidays .
The First Lady oversaw festivities, making herself available to welcome the ‘thousands and thousands of visitors’ that stopped by the White House .
Before the festivities at the White House came to a clo... |
03bed7a2bd75558cfd6ef5f4ddad179449771600 | Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- South Korea's ruling Saenuri Party overwhelmingly selected Park Geun-hye as its presidential candidate during its political convention on Monday. If elected, Park -- the first woman ever nominated by the party, and the daughter of the country's former dictator -- would become the country's f... | If elected, Park Geun-hye would be the country's first female president .
Park is the daughter of former dictator Park Chung-hee .
He was assassinated by his security chief in 1979 . |
03bf28b64305e3f5b8f06ac9986aa292951d3135 | By . Leon Watson for MailOnline . Grandparents who look after children whose parents have died, fallen ill or are unable to provide adequate care could be given parental rights to paid leave, the Prime Minister has said. From next year adoptive parents will be entitled to nine months of paid leave. David Cameron said y... | From next year adoptive parents will be entitled to paid leave .
PM said this new right could be extended to grandparents .
They currently get a 'raw deal', according to David Cameron . |
03c01692289a6238b4e4271d5146437b9352046f | By . Ruth Styles . PUBLISHED: . 09:57 EST, 26 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:59 EST, 26 September 2013 . She was the former merchant navy sailor turned sixties icon, cabaret star, baroness and one of the most famous beauties of the age. But April Ashley's pretty face hid a secret. She had been born a boy named Geor... | April Ashley was the first person in the UK to undergo realignment surgery .
Born in 1935, she was a model and was photographed by David Bailey .
Prior to surgery in 1960, she forged a career as a cabaret star in Paris .
Led a troubled life after being 'outed' by the Sunday People in 1961 .
Awarded an MBE for services ... |
03c04afd510e24045254ec555637017b2d1a39ef | Social media firms such as Facebook and Twitter should be forced to display 'health warnings' detailing how they use people's personal data, a group of MPs has demanded. The Commons Science and Technology Committee has warned that users need a law degree to understand the terms and conditions used by most companies. Mi... | Committee compared it to the health warnings on cigarette packets .
Current terms of service are 'indecipherable', said Andrew Miller MP .
MPs claim no reasonable person can be expected to understand them .
They are also critical of government's own record on data protection .
MPs cite the disastrous NHS plan to harves... |
03c22eff32fe7d8418b44b0d7a839101d30c4510 | (CNN) -- A Ukrainian military plane with at least 49 passengers was shot down overnight Friday, a source said, making it the latest and likely one of the bloodiest single events in that nation's current period of turmoil. The Ilyushin-76 military transport plane went down while approaching an airport in the eastern Ukr... | NEW: Source: An Ilyushin-76 military transport plane is shot down near Luhansk .
More than 30 separatists have been detained in Mariupol, says Interior Ministry official .
City's residents are no longer blocking Ukrainian security forces, official says .
3 Russian tanks cross border, go to Donetsk, he says; Russia deni... |
03c2f7978c90566280e10d97e3b72dfd1305ae07 | Critical: President Jose Mujica has said the former prisoners appeared 'middle class' and different from the hardworking peasants who helped build Uruguay after he visited them at home . Uruguay's president has accused six former Guantanamo Bay inmates of lacking a work ethic and being 'middle class' for refusing to ge... | The six men arrived to start new lives in Montevideo last December .
They had been in Guantanamo Bay since 2002, but were never charged .
Now president says they are 'middle class' and not willing to work hard .
Unhappy former detainees claim they have swapped one prison for another . |
03c459e5a90681cfd41869b9002647418fcb20e3 | Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- A U.S. State Department contractor jailed in Cuba will be allowed to receive a medical exam from a U.S. doctor, a Cuban government official told CNN Wednesday. The family of Alan Gross, 64, for months had asked that they be permitted to send a doctor to examine the Maryland native who is serving a... | Cuba to let U.S. doctor examine Alan Gross, 64, a jailed State Department contractor .
Gross' family says he's in ill health; Cuban officials say he's healthy for his age .
Gross is serving 15 years for bringing banned communications equipment to the island .
Cuba wants to negotiate Gross' fate and that of Cubans in U.... |
03c63a618a404b7d0618b703e2bb9823a561f00b | "We have broken through the partisanship and the gridlock," Sen. Patty Murray, one of two chief budget negotiators, said of Tuesday's deal to avoid another government shutdown. Murray, a Democrat from Washington state serving her fourth term, is considered a steady hand in the Senate who shuns grandstanding and garners... | Sen. Patty Murray and Rep. Paul Ryan are key players in budget deal .
Murray is a liberal who has some conservative thoughts on budget issues .
She says deal is a compromise, long-term fiscal challenges remain . |
03c65b5dd6c5281f27fa010e7ed7f1b23d6e2922 | Education Secretary Nicky Morgan has set out plans or schools to 'actively promote' fundamental British values, in the wake of concern some schools were being taken over by extremists . Nicky Morgan’s drive to promote British values in schools undermines Christian teaching and is potentially dangerous, divisive and und... | Church of England criticised Department of Education over 'divisive' plans .
Nicky Morgan accused of adopting 'narrow' set of values by the Church .
The Education Secretary said all schools must promote British values .
Comes after Trojan Horse scandal which saw spread of Islamic extremism . |
03c7c4ed19bad47b31ccbdeb59b1edf95f137220 | Barack Obama says voters in the United States are going to want 'that new car smell' when the 2016 presidential campaign comes along to choose his successor . He is pledging to do everything possible to help that nominee succeed.. Obama's former secretary of state Hillary Clinton is strongly fancied to run on the Democ... | Obama says Americans wants a candidate that 'doesn't have as much mileage as me'
The President says he doesn't expect to be utilized too much in 2016 campaigns . |
03c7fe8a15eb877edf5799e96ebf616930e78050 | Traveling while breast-feeding is no easy feat in the best of circumstances. When Transportation Security Administration officials don't follow the agency's rules, getting through the airport with the gear -- and a baby -- gets more difficult. A breast-feeding incident that has had TSA critics buzzing since last week w... | Agent tells breast-feeding mom she can't board flight with empty bottles, report says .
TSA blogger posts apology for snafu over breast-feeding at Hawaii airport .
The officer made a mistake and is "receiving remedial training," TSA says .
Confusion among agents over TSA's breast-feeding policy has happened before . |
03c866fb2bbf4cd0c1078e89e855b5df842ebdd1 | Brittany Maynard does not have a death wish, but she wants to be the one calling the shots when it comes to the time and manner of her passing - not her terminal cancer. At age 29, Maynard was filled with bright hopes for the future: starting a family with her newlywed husband, traveling and going on mountain-climbing ... | Brittany Maynard was diagnosed with Stage 4 glioblastoma earlier this year and given six months to live .
Maynard and husband Dan Diaz moved from San Francisco to Oregon - one of only five states that have death-with-dignity laws .
The cancer patient has been lobbying lawmakers in other states to pass legislation that ... |
03c87c14a50da673121391d9d9a7a829c043b95b | A California man is facing multiple charges in relation to the death of a transgender woman who allegedly died from an unregulated silicone injection he gave her at a party. Liborio De La Luz Ramos, 44, was arrested Thursday and charged with one felony count of voluntary manslaughter by an unlawful act and two felony c... | Liborio De La Luz Ramos, 44, allegedly gave Felipe 'Katya' De La Riva, 40, the unregulated silicone injections that led to her death .
Ramos is charged with one felony count of voluntary manslaughter by an unlawful act and two felony counts of unauthorized practice of medicine .
Riva admitted herself into a hospital on... |
03c8bf3b1957dbf9c84edf8afdbeaa03e91b368a | PUBLISHED: . 12:54 EST, 26 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 21:50 EST, 26 December 2012 . The first trains have taken to the track on the world's longest high-speed rail line which stretches a staggering 1,400 miles across China. The line, which runs roughly the equivalent distance of a journey between London and Gibralt... | The high speed rail line links Beijing and economic hub Guangzhou .
The first trains set off from the Chinese capital this morning .
Journey times will be cut from more than 20 hours to just eight hours . |
03c8de8671ba44f77349686bb3fbbf67dc86cc3f | By . Mario Ledwith and Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 09:35 EST, 12 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:47 EST, 12 December 2012 . An 11-year-old girl with leukemia whose mother removed her from a hospital while she still had a catheter in her heart is 'getting better,' according to her mother. 'She's happy. She's getting b... | 'She's happy. She's getting better,' says Emily's mother, who took her from Phoenix hospital two weeks ago .
Emily, 11, had arm amputated after developing an infection .
Doctors warned girl would 'die in days' if heart catheter not removed .
Luis Bracamontes said his daughter was 'threatened and intimidated' at Phoenix... |
03ca82f4fe1e7ca67b9e17b6085f92df24a42ff1 | Poland's foreign minister has allegedly been caught on tape comparing his country's relationship with the U.S. as like giving oral sex for nothing in return. Radek Sikorski is said to have made the controversial remarks during a private conversation with Jacek Rostowski, an MP and former finance minister, after they we... | Radek Sikorski said to have made remarks during a private conversation .
Polish news magazine Wprost publishes short transcript of conversation .
He also criticises Poland-U.S. alliance as 'worthless' and calls Poles 'naive'
It is latest recorded .
revelation to rattle PM Donald Tusk's .
government . |
03cad1b45c50c299dd306f57282fbd8b5e1d4e39 | By . Eleanor Harding . PUBLISHED: . 10:07 EST, 8 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:34 EST, 8 September 2013 . Defence: Lord Saatchi defended his brother Charles today over allegations he grabbed his wife Nigella by the throat . Lord Saatchi has defended his brother Charles over allegations he grabbed his wife Nigella ... | Maurice Saatchi was on The Andrew Marr Show to discuss his new book .
At the end of the interview, Marr asked him how his brother Charles was .
Lord Saatchi said relatives don't even know what goes on in a relationship .
Marr has been criticised for 'allowing Saatchi to apologise for his brother' |
03cad2b5617cb29e532681c5bff6da7322491b66 | By . Glen Owen, Mail on Sunday Political Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 17:41 EST, 2 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:41 EST, 2 November 2013 . Tom Watson has been placed at the centre of Labour’s vote-rigging row in Falkirk after one of the candidates for the seat directly accused him of trying to fix the selection. Gr... | Gregor Poynton, a candidate for the seat, has laid blame with Miliband ally .
Accused him of 'shenanigans' including packing party with Unite members .
Party leadership 'knew what was going on, claimed Blairite .
Mr Watson did not comment but has previously denied any wrongdoing . |
03cb8a444a7ab403548f07933233d0d43badb7bb | An Arizona six-year-old has broken the world record for the half-marathon in his age group after running a two-hour, 19-minute and 48-second half marathon. When Cael Schwartz, six, heard that a six-year-old boy from Texas had run a half marathon, he decided that he wanted to run one, too. He began training with his fat... | Cael Schwartz ran a half marathon in two hours, 19 minutes and 48 seconds .
He broke the previous world record in his age group, set by a New Orleans boy in 2006 .
He competed as a six-year-old, and turned seven the day after his race .
Schwartz and his father have been training for the marathon since November .
He sai... |
03cb8a65abc4a545abd3744e2fec48e43b8fadc2 | By . Tara Brady . A nationwide hunt is under way for five chihuahuas including a Crufts champion worth £20,000 which were stolen by thieves who smashed their way into the dogs' home. Valenchino Chihuahua Xena, who was named Best Puppy in Breed at Crufts 2014, was snatched with four other dogs from a house in East Yorks... | Xena was named Best Puppy in Breed at Crufts 2014 last month .
She was snatched with four other dogs from a house in East Yorkshire .
They include Xena's grandmother Angel and mother Io .
Xena is worth £20,000 while the others are worth £3,000 each . |
03cc0c539aa40e48078f1000ed5398bdbc585f68 | A Bradford housewife has claimed she spent five years as a child being raised by monkeys in the Colombian jungle. Marina Chapman said she was kidnapped for ransom in the 1950s when she was just five years old and abandoned in the jungle, with her captors believed to have botched the abduction. For five years, she lived... | Marina Chapman said she was abandoned in the jungle by kidnappers when she was just five years old .
She lived a Tarzan-style existence with a colony of Capuchin monkeys - learning to catch prey with her bare hands .
Chapman has since moved to Yorkshire, married and raised two daughters . |
03ccb0ea0d6f6312385b45e2c79739361fc2d1db | By . Lucy Crossley . PUBLISHED: . 11:57 EST, 13 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:33 EST, 13 January 2014 . Formula 1 driver Jenson Button’s father has died of a suspected heart attack at the age of 70. John Button, who was a driving force behind his son’s world championship-winning career, was found dead in his home on... | John Button found dead at his home on the French Riviera yesterday .
Statement released by driver's agent said he was 'devastated'
Proud father was a guiding force behind son's glittering F1 career .
Helped to pay for Jenson's racing with go kart business .
Also survived by daughters Natasha, Samantha and Tanya . |
03ccffec0da1918719abf04edc703d8b7868a5dd | A baffled couple have been ordered by the council to pull down their garage, driveway and wall - 30 years after planning permission was given. When Janet and Barry Ashdown bought their home in Holderness, East Yorkshire in 1986 one of the main attractions was the large extended double garage, which had been recently be... | Janet and Barry Ashdown bought house in Holderness, East Yorks, in 1986 .
One of its main attractions was the large extended double garage .
The previous owners did not register the extension with Land Registry .
Planning permission for garage extension and driveway was granted in 1984 .
Battle with council could cost ... |
03ced4c33d78c2aab352f1985fd0ef712e1c7220 | (CNN) -- The renewal over the weekend of an accusation first made more then 20 years ago -- that Woody Allen molested his adopted daughter, Dylan, when she was 7 years old -- has spurred other relatives to line up on one side or the other of the complex family tree. Moses Farrow -- Dylan's brother, also adopted, and no... | Moses Farrow: "This was a vengeful way to pay him back for falling in love with Soon-Yi"
Ronan Farrow: "I love and support my sister and I think her words speak for themselves"
Dylan Farrow: "He sexually assaulted me"
Letty Aronson: "He feels very badly for Dylan, that she has been so poisoned" |
03ced863d051b6c2892d36460eb5945e6bf5948f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Exactly one year to the day since the Rob Ford crack scandal broke, reports out of Canada suggest the embattled Toronto mayor is at an Ontario rehab clinic. Ford was spotted out and about in Bracebridge, close to both his family's cottage and an addiction rehabilitation center called GreenSto... | Rob Ford was spotted in Bracebridge, Ontario, a town near the GreenStone rehab clinic .
His lawyer confirmed the Toronto mayor is still in treatment but wouldn't confirm where .
The mayor stopped to chat and pose for photos with locals .
It was exactly a year since his crack scandal broke .
Ford indicated last week tha... |
03cee62c2e6babe297f8a8c12b0510ad2740a005 | Residents have been left baffled and bemused after contractors botched a painting job by marking out a parking bay around a signpost. A photograph taken by a surprised resident shows the new parking bay in Romford, east London, marked out with white paint at the side of the road. But the contractor appears to have been... | Council contractors bungle paint job by marking space around signpost .
Photograph shows it would be impossible for vehicles to fit into the space .
Havering Council said contractors 'mistakenly' painted the parking bay .
Councillor Robert Benham branded the blunder a 'very silly mistake'
He promised ratepayers he wou... |
03cfa18ddfd2586de1d91ee9042ccc9b72aee28e | Sanaa, Yemen (CNN) -- Five people were killed in clashes between rival forces in the Yemeni capital Sanaa as nationwide protests against the government continued Wednesday. Of the dead in Sanaa, two were loyal to Gen. Ali Muhsen Al-Ahmar, who has defected to the opposition, a government security official said. The othe... | In all, seven deaths are reported in clashes that erupted nationwide .
A defected general leads forces clashing with the regime .
Yemen's attorney general theratens to resign unless previous deaths are probed . |
03d02be873ab320e554c5895f855f96c9e9a3176 | Shaker Aamer, the last British resident held in Guantanamo Bay, has been brutally beaten on film at least 315 times by guards, it has emerged. As David Cameron prepared to fly to Washington for talks with Barack Obama seeking his release, it was revealed the father-of-four is routinely assaulted by guards for peaceful ... | Shaker Aamer has been held by U.S. forces in Guantanamo Bay since 2002 .
He has been beaten on film at least 315 times by guards it has emerged .
Mr Aamer is regularly subjected to forcible cell extractions by guards .
Prime Minister David Cameron wants Mr Aamer returned to the UK .
He said he will raise the matter wit... |
03d07c53ccb9457f3a27b93a8fa942d0ca90d996 | (CNN) -- The question may have been lost in translation, but a visibly angry Secretary of State Hillary Clinton bluntly told a town-hall meeting in the Democratic Republic of Congo on Monday, "I will you tell you my opinion, I'm not going to channel my husband." Hillary Clinton became visibly angry after a translator a... | Question at town-hall meeting may have been an error of translation .
When translator posed question, they asked for Bill Clinton's thoughts .
Clinton responded: "I will tell you my opinion; I'm not going to channel my husband"
State Department: Question "struck a nerve," that her opinion was of less interest . |
03d1c97c73d10a4835d89d39567b4881df9d1e48 | By . Associated Press . The search for a missing Alaska family of four has expanded to a densely wooded forest near a jail close to the family's home, but officials said there has been no information to lead them to look in any specific location. Crews are using a helicopter and all-terrain vehicles to search for Rebec... | Brandon .
Jividen, 37, Rebecca Adams, 22, and Adams’ children, Michelle Hundley, .
five, and three-year-old Jaracca Hundley disappeared last month .
The search has expanded to dense woodland near the family home .
Relatives of Adams said the family left .
behind both of their cars, all of their camping and outdoor gear... |
03d288c00f67199630ca949234a08b54995dd6cf | (CNN) -- The body of a young man found in the Providence River on Tuesday may be that of Sunil Tripathi, a student at Brown University who disappeared March 16, police told CNN. A Brown rowing coach reported a body in the river near India Point Park, Lindsay Lague, a spokeswoman for the Providence Police Department, sa... | A medical examiner will determine whether a body is that of a missing student .
Sunil Tripathi was last seen in Providence, Rhode Island, in mid-March .
He was taking a break from Brown University when he disappeared .
He was falsely accused on social media of being one of the Boston Marathon bombers . |
03d4d00cb0457980f75e252803f480e9e75c4b9a | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:57 EST, 10 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:27 EST, 10 July 2013 . A five-pound chihuahua showed up at a California animal shelter limping and was given an X-ray. To the shock of veterinarians, the scan showed nine sewing needles lodged in his abdomen. Yoda, a stray, underwent em... | Five-pound stray chihuahua named Yoda had needles inside his digestive tract, heart, lungs, and liver .
'His X-ray was astonishing': Veterinarians had never seen anything like it .
Yoda's heart stopped for 15 minutes during surgery . |
03d9f519cee9ad4a2ab2fb2861793392abc14ef3 | (AOL Autos) -- Automotive expert Tom Torbjornsen answers a question about how to diagnose an exhaust problem and what to do about it. Dear Tom, Smoke is coming out of the tailpipe of my 2002 Chrysler Sebring with 90,000 miles. Is this a big problem? I have to put a quart of oil a week in the engine. What should I do? -... | An oil-thirsty engine and smoke coming from car's tailpipe are signs of trouble .
Bad valve seals or worn guides, clogged PCV valve, worn piston rings among causes .
White smoke: Water condensation from blown head gasket, too much gas .
Blue smoke: Engine oil is being burned in the combustion chamber . |
03da4122c5aff2ccff86f11e84cf45115727d18f | Film buffs won't have to wait for the latest blockbusters to hit Australian cinemas as the nation's largest film distribution companies will fast-track the release most major film titles. As part of a new strategy by Village Roadshow, movies will be either be shown before, simultaneously or soon after they are screened... | Village Roadshow announced the new strategy on Tuesday to combat increasing online piracy .
Most new releases will either be shown before, simultaneously or soon after they are screened in the US .
Upcoming films in November, such as sci-fi flick Interstellar and and The Hunger Games: Mockingjay - Part 1, will be relea... |
03dc4c3d7f642a25fc3945a9efeee1cbe678e543 | By . Rebecca English . PUBLISHED: . 20:08 EST, 4 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:08 EST, 4 October 2013 . Questions: Prince Andrew ended trip with a visit to Eugenie in New York . Prince Andrew’s continued royal globe-trotting is expected to come under . fresh scrutiny as he returns from a three-week, 21,258-mile ‘off... | Think tank Royal United Services Institute subsidised Prince's expenses .
The body has appointed Prince Andrew to its board of advisors .
He was accompanied on his trip by his publicly funded security team . |
03dcb7d27a6f9e4db62f6fcd84d3a99219cc1818 | (CNN) -- An apartment left untouched since before the fall of the Berlin Wall has been discovered by a developer in the eastern German city of Leipzig, German media reports said Thursday. The fall of the Berlin Wall heralded the end of the communist regime in East Germany in 1989. The discovery, made by architect Mark ... | Apartment found by developer in eastern German city of Leipzig .
Occupant left in a hurry as East German state crumbled in 1989 .
Communist-era food brands such as "Vita" Cola, "Marella" margarine found . |
03dd21746f84578a4825f53f502a79b1fde90629 | The suspect in the mass shooting at an Aurora, Colorado, movie theater screening of the new Batman film early Friday had colored his hair red and told police he was "the Joker," according to a federal law enforcement source with detailed knowledge of the investigation. At least 12 people were killed in the rampage and ... | 30 people remain hospitalized; 11 in critical condition .
Authorities postpone action on the suspect's booby-trapped apartment until Saturday .
Source: The gunman told police he was "the Joker"
Police say 12 people were killed and 58 injured in movie theater shooting . |
03de139f8846073064254251babe35a769df44d5 | A teen who was acquitted of killing his stepbrother three years ago has admitted snorting meth to cops after being arrested for the third time in a week - including twice in the same day. Josh Young, 18, from Louisville, Kentucky, was caught by police just before midnight on Wednesday trespassing on someone else's prop... | Josh Young, 18, from Louisville, Kentucky, has admitted snorting meth to cops after he was arrested for the third time in a week .
The teen was acquitted in August 2013 of killing his stepbrother, Trey Zwicker, in May 2011 .
In the last seven days he has been arrested for stealing from Walmart, trying to get into rando... |
03dee3123d62f6754cc65dc792c23ea96b9ebf74 | By . Ryan Lipman . A Sichuan man has caused public outcry in China after photos of him violently stripping his young daughter and dragging her 100 metres down a street emerged online - but police at the scene did not consider this abuse. The disturbing scenes were captured by a bystander who took the photos on a smart ... | China reacts to shocking images capturing a father's disturbing treatment of his young daughter on a street .
Police did not consider the incident serious enough to lay child abuse charges .
Neighbour claims the man pictured has never laid a had on his daughter . |
03defb7d1d4f3d9bf16f6345ae1d7dff0f2fe6b7 | (CNN) -- Ancient footprints discovered in northern Kenya are believed to be the oldest sign that early humans had feet like ours. The footprints were found in two sedimentary layers, 1.5 million years old, near Ileret in the eastern African nation. The footprints were found in two sedimentary layers, 1.5 million years ... | The footprints were found in two sedimentary layers that were 1.5 million years old .
A team excavated the site between 2006 and 2008 .
The prints show a big toe parallel to other toes, unlike that of apes .
Believed first hominid to have had same body proportions as modern Homo sapiens . |
03df907c0712a0cfadcea8ad1aa2dba383f02118 | The saying goes that you can't teach an old dog new tricks. But this dog showed that he was trying to learn a few new tricks when he got his head stuck in a cat house in Long Island and had to be rescued by amused police officers. Buddy, the golden retriever was clearly curious when he pushed his head in the cat house ... | Buddy got stuck after he pushed his head in the front of the cat house .
Officers from Suffolk County Police Department in New York freed him .
Police said the dog was unharmed and released to his owner .
Since his ordeal, Buddy has no plans to return to the cat house ever again . |
03e151fca6ff2845ad9cfe3316a87cb86d04d80e | By . Lizzie Parry . PUBLISHED: . 07:13 EST, 27 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:49 EST, 27 December 2013 . Millions of people are marooned at home today as Britain faces near shutdown amid another barrage of stormy weather. Families have battened down the hatches, seeking shelter as 109mph winds batter the country, an... | Workers make the most of the torrential downpours and gusty winds to extend their Christmas break .
Train stations, underground platforms and city centre streets deserted as rush hour hits .
On what is traditionally the first normal trading day after Christmas, Britain faces shutdown .
Before the storm hit analysts had... |
03e202ec0f7d468af4434715ddaa67ca3fafef40 | A restaurant chain has been accused of racism after tweeting an advert that suggested tacos must be loved by anyone called Juan. Dave&Buster's sent a message from the company's official Twitter account saying: '"I hate tacos" said no Juan ever'. It was followed by the hashtags #TacoTuesday #DaveandBusters. Critics were... | Restaurant chain tweeted advert saying: '"I hate tacos" said no Juan ever'
Critics attack firm for exploiting two Mexican stereotypes to promote food .
One Twitter user said: 'Not funny and actually pretty racist. Do better' |
03e3029a1a2f2b1e6481b7024db889503135d3ea | Washington (CNN) -- Members of the Senate Armed Services Committee and the Senate Intelligence Committee, as well as those in the equivalent House committees, will be allowed to view the photographs taken of Osama bin Laden after he was killed, a U.S. official told CNN Tuesday. The viewings will take place at CIA headq... | Members of House and Senate intelligence committees will be able to view the photos .
Viewings will take place at CIA headquarters; timing is not yet determined .
President won't release to public: "It is not in our national security interest" |
03e4be6dce929d1349e2afcd68c5e9cece8b32e2 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 10:21 EST, 14 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:37 EST, 17 March 2014 . A 20-year-old man has been charged after he allegedly threatened to shoot a random pedestrian if his Twitter post was retweeted a hundred times. Dakkari Dijon McAnuff was booked on suspicion of making criminal thre... | Dakkari Dijon McAnuff was booked on suspicion of making criminal threats last week .
A photo was posted on Twitter that showed a rifle pointed at a Los Angeles street with the caption: '100 (retweets) and I'll shoot someone walking' |
03e4df7e650487caea2f6aff02b79e5fcaaf2ac0 | By . Thomas Durante . Last updated at 9:06 AM on 11th October 2011 . A Wisconsin woman who already had three children and was desperate to have one with her new boyfriend was today charged with killing a pregnant mother, cutting out her baby and passing off the child as her own. The criminal complaint filed today detai... | Annette Morales-Rodriguez accused in savage murder of Maritza Ramirez-Cruz .
Suspect admits she scoured the streets for pregnant women because boyfriend wanted a child .
Suspect described as a mother of three who claimed to neighbours that she was pregnant . |
03e525451ebe9db7f3b28d4be3405868e9da1c6e | By . Ben Endley . PUBLISHED: . 05:19 EST, 7 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:00 EST, 7 March 2014 . A mother bought vodka for a 12-year-old friend of her daughter to drink at a children's sleepover. Hazel Aitchison, 26, handed a quarter bottle of the strong spirit over to the unnamed girl during a party at her home in Ju... | Hazel Aitchison, 26, bought spirit for the girl to drink during a sleepover at her home in Falkirk, Scotland .
Told the court the girl's mum had given permission before she bought it .
Minister for Public Health described the moves as 'extremely irresponsible' |
03e6f22a937f453e00e594a4f58eb33a849b45d3 | By . Anna Edwards . Armchair explorers around the world will soon be able to cruise Britain's historic waterways from the comfort of their own home. While Google Street View allows people to see images of roads worldwide on Google Maps, the company's Trekker technology uses a wearable backpack to capture shots of remot... | Trekker system will capture 200-year old waterway network .
Canal & River Trust will walk more than 100 miles to capture images . |
03e7170e450f5e506539abe2870762aceafbbc38 | (CNN) -- There are many well-known risk factors for death -- high cholesterol, smoking, obesity, and Christmas. Yes, Christmas. Several studies show you have a greater chance of dying on Christmas, the day after Christmas or New Year's Day than any other single day of the year. This is true for people who die of natura... | CDC: Natural deaths spike on Christmas, the day after and New Year's .
People who work with death have noticed the phenomenon for years .
People who delay treatment and holiday hospital staffing may be to blame .
Despite popular belief, the suicide rate doesn't spike at the holidays . |
03e8beb5ea1d6ba1955ea66880a056be7d432d66 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:02 EST, 22 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:26 EST, 22 October 2013 . A Kate Spade tote bag is drawing negative response on social media platforms for seeming to support Ugandan terrorist and warlord Joseph Kony. The $228 bag, which is clearly intended to read ‘I [heart] KSNY ... | Following Internet outcry, Kate Spade is 'working to withdraw' the tote from its stores and wholesale partners' shelves . |
03e95b5f785d408566b2d46d53cd8d793418ff63 | By . Sam Webb . On the day his former employer announced a staggering £2.5billion loss, former Co-op bank boss Paul Flowers was enjoying an all-night drinking session, it has been claimed. The 63-year-old, who recently underwent a stint in rehab, allegedly invited an escort to his home in Salford, Greater Manchester, i... | The former bank boss was partying as the Co-op announced record losses .
He invited a male escort to his home and said he was 'trolleyed'
Escort Dale Westwood said Flowers 'doesn't have a care in the world' |
03ea986d6ea03bbbf7851bbc4e0b92bfbb0c4e68 | Two mourners at a funeral were killed after the deceased's nephew went on a rampage with a knife in a row over inheritance. Chen Kui, 29, allegedly stabbed several other people, including children, before going on the run after he got into an argument with other members of his family following the death of his uncle Ta... | Chen Kui allegedly killed two and injured several others in knife rampage .
He had been asked to stay away from uncle's funeral following argument .
He allegedly turned up however with two knives before attacking mourners . |
03eae0d63fa0f79061cc3973aee9df9de2dd5614 | Republican National Committee Chair Reince Priebus on Friday characterized Democrats' top presidential contenders as either too snooty or too handsy to manage the country while addressing conservatives at their annual gabfest and jubilee. 'They've got one candidate ready to coronate herself,' Priebus said, referring to... | 'They have a sitting vice president who can't control his mouth - or his hands - who's been running for president since before I could vote'
Taunting of Biden follows an incident last week in which he got up close and personal with Defense Secretary Ash Carter's wife, Stephanie .
Biden put his hands on Carter's shoulde... |
03eb5770789c965a2c385f3c56039037fcfe73d8 | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Two days after the death of Michael Jackson, the family of the pop superstar thanked his fans for their condolences and support in "one of the darkest moments of our lives." A girl holds up signs in memory of Michael Jackson outside New York's Apollo Theater on Saturday. "Please do not ... | "One of the darkest moments of our lives," Jackson family says .
Dr. Conrad Murray upset but willing to cooperate, law firm says .
Rev. Jesse Jackson says behavior of Jackson's doctor raises questions .
Family should seek independent autopsy, Rev. Jesse Jackson says . |
03eb9bd8c09400e9c5ab36495230693ac515aa93 | For 50 years the Hartland carnival march has been accompanied by the sprightly sound of the town’s brass band. But this year, for the very first time, the band will not be marching. They have been stopped in their tracks by potholes. Concentrating on their instruments and reading music means they will not be able to pa... | Members of the Hartland Town Band march through the streets every year .
But they are refusing to join the parade because road is covered in potholes .
Elderly musicians are worried they could trip up while playing instruments . |
03eba87f05d94223c5139e5836eb7216dc1e0a73 | He is the high-flying brain surgeon whose frank memoir moved David Cameron to tears over Christmas. But Henry Marsh, author of Do No Harm, has returned the favour by accusing the Prime Minister of having ‘c**p’ policy ideas and fomenting a ‘permanent revolution’ in the NHS that demoralises staff. Mr Marsh warns that th... | Brain surgeon Henry Marsh has blasted the PM's handling of NHS system .
His memoir was said to have moved Mr Cameron to tears when he read it .
But he said the PM is fomenting a 'permanent revolution' in the NHS .
This is 'demoralising' staff and is due to Mr Cameron's lack of 'vision' |
03eccf03a0fb3179f0f8e8ecdc9758f5987f5020 | A council is to include the title 'Mx' on its official forms to be more accommodating to the trans-community. Campaigners say that 'Mx', short for 'Mixter', is a gender neutral alternative to Mr, Mrs, Ms and Miss. Brighton and Hove city council's trans-equality panel previously pointed out that the gender part of forms... | 'Mx', short for 'Mixter', is a gender neutral title .
Council's policy committee approved plan yesterday .
Move follows report into services for trans people . |
03ed627c11cfe0767196dda4d6769900715f9f63 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 23:19 EST, 24 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:37 EST, 25 April 2013 . The 11th-century minaret of a famed mosque that towered over Aleppo's old quarter was destroyed yesterday as fighting raged in the ancient Syrian city. President Bashar Assad's government and the rebels trying to overth... | It was minaret of famed mosque that towered over Aleppo's old quarter .
Government and the rebels trying to overthrow it accused each other .
Professor of archaeology Helga Seeden says: 'This is a disaster' |
03ed95784d835e7db7bb7bb35e81fac1c30815fb | (CNN)America's immigration debate has become red hot because President Obama's critics not only believe that he lacks the authority to act without the consent of Congress, but also that he must not change internal enforcement priorities before first "securing the border." The truth is, the single most important thing C... | To meaningfully improve our border security, Congress should pass immigration reform .
Migrant workers should be allowed to apply for validated, biometric entry keys to cross our border safely and legally . |
03f0019ca1b73a9f6c4bb332cf23c8a70ac72de2 | (CNN) -- China's Olympic adventure may be over, but new age chanteuse Sa Dingding is one global export that in many ways echoes the Beijing Olympic fantasy of "One World. One Dream." Sa Dingding's music should find a home on the iPods of millions of chill-out world music fans. Born to a Mongolian mother and Han Chinese... | Half-Mongolian, half-Chinese musician mixes ethnic influences with chill-out beats .
First album sold over 2 million copies in South East Asia .
Deemed too controversial by Glastonbury Festival and dropped from line-up . |
03f0404b587974c7a88faa0b278004f16ce6fbbd | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 10:25 EST, 24 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:16 EST, 24 July 2012 . A teenager who tricked a naive Christian into going out with him then stabbed her to death as she babysat her niece and nephew on Boxing Day faces life in jail. Tony Bushby, 19, stabbed promising student Catherine Wynter... | Tony Bushby, 19, created fake Facebook friends to trick an art student into going out with him .
He stabbed her more than 20 times as she babysat her niece and nephew then locked them in the house with her body .
Murderer faces life in jail after jury convicts him . |
03f0f30cf9d2ff5e3873d031cde4672b621d7e06 | More than a million young people are subjected to 'extreme cyberbullying' every day, according to the largest ever survey into online abuse. The report found young people are twice as likely to be bullied on Facebook than any other social network. Experts say cyberbullying can have a 'catastrophic' impact on self-estee... | Ditch The Label report found 70% of youngsters have been cyberbullied .
Charity surveyed 10,000 13 to 22-year-olds on their experiences .
Said cyberbullying can have a 'catastrophic' impact on their self-esteem .
Facebook, Ask.fm and Twitter found .
to be the most likely sources . |
03f2f66a160288d94c9d070d69623cc87d05eb38 | (CNN) -- Canada is formally completing its fighting mission in Afghanistan this week, a move that marks the end of a robust combat presence centered in the dangerous and violent southern province of Kandahar. The Canadian military on Tuesday formally transferred its last district in the province to the United States, w... | Canada lost 157 troops in Afghanistan .
It will offer training to Afghan forces .
Canada has had nearly 3,000 troops deployed in Afghanistan . |
03f312b1db9aad1e818388588967b1072fcd1060 | By . Paul Newman In Sydney . PUBLISHED: . 02:41 EST, 31 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:41 EST, 31 December 2013 . It is quite extraordinary that Alastair Cook’s position as England captain should even be a subject for debate, let alone his dismissal a serious option at the end of this admittedly tortuous Ashes. It i... | Cook must get the chance to build his own side, not lead Andrew Strauss's .
The Ashes loss is Cook's first Test series defeat in six as captain .
Team director Andy Flower wants Cook to lead his England side forward .
Twenty20 captain Stuart Broad is being tipped as a possible successor . |
03f3c27b272348ac8316ff4782755ebde4f63e64 | Jon Krakauer will release Missoula: Rape and the Justice System In a College Town on April 21 . For his next book, Jon Krakauer looked into a series of campus rapes at the University of Montana after he learned that a close family friend had been raped by a man she trusted. Mr Krakauer announced Monday that he would re... | Author of 'Into the Wild' spoke with rape victims in Missoula, Montana .
'Missoula: Rape and the Justice System In a College Town' out on April 21 .
Story 'makes clear why rape is so prevalent on American campuses'
Mr Krakauer wrote book after realizing close friend was a rape victim .
Publisher Doubleday plans a first... |
03f498c4de075fecc9193ac8e8af025a307bcb8c | Carl Froch and George Groves are expected to confirm within 24 hours that their grudge re-match will take place at Wembley. Assuming there are no last-minute hitches, this will be the first fight at the new stadium and the first to take place on the fabled turf this century. It is a thrilling prospect for the public an... | A crowd of 60,000 could watch fight at Wembley Stadium on May 31 .
Groundstaff will have just 18 hours to convert stadium after England face Peru in football friendly .
Official announcement scheduled to be made at Wembley at 11am on Tuesday morning .
Khan considers options despite offer to face Mayweather's protegee B... |
03f623fadc089d5dbe4958a72512ec2276895a1a | He's handy with a shot glass and customers travel from far and wide to admire him at work. The only strange thing about Carl the bartender is that he's not quite human. The humanoid robot mixes drinks for guests at the Robots Bar and Lounge in Ilmenau, eastern Germany. Guests at the bar can interact with Carl, who was ... | The humanoid robot measures out spirits at the Robots Bar and Lounge .
Nine customers can take a seat at the bar in Ilmenau, eastern Germany . |
03f6ccc51f77be9ac20f0f715e7f905aa3d9c15a | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:41 EST, 14 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:34 EST, 14 November 2013 . Sarah Chavez, 22, is accused of fatally stabbing a 30-year-old woman at a Las Vegas bar on Tuesday night . A 22-year-old woman has been arrested for allegedly fatally stabbing a mother of two who tripped h... | Sarah Ann Chavez, 22, is accused of fatally stabbing Misty Elaine Madera, 30, outside a Las Vegas bar on Tuesday night .
Witnesses said the women brawled after Madera tripped over Chavez's boyfriend inside Champagne's Cafe .
Madera, a mother of two, died in hospital .
Chavez has been charged with murder . |
03f77c5fe0aab62817eb017ac8028e46371c8c55 | Newcastle United have completed the £12million signing of Remy Cabella. The former Montpellier midfielder flew into Tyneside to complete a medical and has is officially a Newcastle player. Cabella is the Magpies' most expensive signing since the £16million purchase of Michael Owen in 2005. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Re... | Cabella has completing his move after passing a medical .
The French midfielder costs Alan Pardew's side £12million .
He made France's World Cup squad but did not play in Brazil .
Cabella is most expensive Toon signing for the past nine years . |
03f785bc56277e8b14d4f3cc00a9ecb18e5dbc34 | Taxpayers face a bill for at least £100million after the competition to run the flagship West Coast rail franchise descended into a humiliating farce yesterday. In an embarrassing U-turn – announced one minute after midnight – Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin pulled the plug on the 15-month bidding process to run... | Government pulls the plug on 15-months bid process in humiliating U-turn .
Department for Transport suspends three staff for 'unacceptable mistakes'
Transport Secretary: Department ‘wholly' to blame for getting sums wrong .
Bidding on three other rail franchises in Britain has also been suspended .
Fiasco has 'gone dow... |
03f84935840c28320ee1dade0112b3b776a8874f | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 07:49 EST, 15 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:49 EST, 15 October 2013 . This archaeological dig less than a mile from Stonehenge has found early Brits feasted on frog's legs 8,000 years BEFORE the French . They might seem the epitome of French cuisine, but the English were feasting ... | A charred toad's leg has been discovered alongside fish bones at a site just one mile away from Stonehenge in Wiltshire .
The discovery by archaeologists from the University of Buckingham, is the earliest evidence of a cooked toad or frog anywhere in the world .
The remains could help confirm Amesbury in Wiltshire as t... |
03f84f53d128cd17e1a9d2eebe3186c0685421c9 | By . William Turvill . PUBLISHED: . 06:30 EST, 1 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:18 EST, 1 November 2013 . Charles Saatchi has decided not to sue former wife Nigella Lawson as he wants to 'get on with his life', it has emerged. Sources close to Saatchi, 70, had suggested he was willing take his ex-wife to court in or... | Sources revealed Saatchi had threatened to sue his ex-wife for £500,000 .
Couple split after photographs emerged of him with his hands on her neck .
Saatchi has been spotted several times with fashion expert Trinny Woodall . |
03f8d9e4643724a4f63f3f5ef419ef78e94b8cdb | By . Anna Hodgekiss . PUBLISHED: . 07:16 EST, 15 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:36 EST, 15 November 2013 . A farmer's son suffering from a large facial tumour is looking for love after having life-changing surgery. Lalit Ram lived as a virtual recluse in his remote Indian village due to the condition neurofibromatos... | Lalit Ram, 23, lived as a virtual recluse in .
his remote Indian village .
Has neurofibromatosis, which .
caused a large sagging tumour on his face .
Condition caused him problems eating and he cried with loneliness .
But his life has changed dramatically after team of doctors removed tumour .
Told by local priests he ... |
03f90c6330fb388d8f090ed09f0df59489da5fa5 | (CNN) -- Manliness, metaphorically embodied these days by facial hair, grilling meat and building domestic "man caves," is now carving its own space online. Look around. The line of what is and isn't masculine is blurring, whether it is through manscaping, as shown in Morgan Spurlock's new documentary "Mansome" or barb... | One recent survey found that 83% of Pinterest users are women .
That's created a niche for new "manly" visual bookmarking sites .
These sites cater to interests such as cars, sports, tech toys and bachelor living . |
03faaaee57230bd8726fb6eec4f842c2d4fc4f13 | Facebook pioneer Sean Parker is spending a staggering $9million to turn his wedding into a real-life Game of Thrones, it was claimed today. The 34-year-old billionaire has reportedly hired a landscaping company to build fake ruins, waterfalls, bridges and a gated cottage in the surrounding woods at Ventana Inn in Big S... | Hiring landscape company to build fake ruins, bridges and waterfalls .
'$600k on a gate, $350k on dancefloor and $1m on plants and flowers'
Marrying Alexandra Lenas at Ventana Inn in Big Sur, California, on June 1 . |
03fb50387156dc5015450737e12b59e25fbfb069 | The World Cup Is Not Enough for Arsene Wenger, as he took time out from his busy schedule of punditry and scouting to take a dip in the sea at Ipanema beach before enjoying a game of beach football. There were shades of Daniel Craig’s famous scene in Casino Royale as Wenger emerged from the water wearing a skimpy pair ... | Wenger has been in Brazil working as a World Cup pundit .
He was spotted taking time out to go for a swim at Ipanema beach .
The Arsenal boss wore trunks remarkably similar to Daniel Craig's in the James Bond film Casino Royale .
Wenger was also seen playing beach football with former France internationals Bixtente Liz... |
03fc6f34a2cf570029d81fff55345694246de8e7 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The FBI and the Department of Homeland Security issued a bulletin Thursday citing an alleged claim of responsibility by al Qaeda for former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto's assassination, a DHS official told CNN. An Italian news agency says al Qaeda No. 2 Ayman al-Zawahiri began planning Bh... | FBI, Department of Homeland Security issue bulletin Thursday .
Bulletin says two al Qaeda associates made claim to news agency .
"We terminated the most precious American asset," associate says .
DHS official says the claim has not been confirmed . |
03fc90ea107bf9fdac5e158e0adb23dbb8fab73d | By . Ryan Gorman . PUBLISHED: . 17:11 EST, 10 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:27 EST, 10 September 2013 . Murderer: Travis Barker confessed to killing the mother of his two children, shooting her in the head on their son's birthday . A father killed the mother of his children while visiting his toddler son on his bi... | Travis Baker, 34, has confessed to shooting Wendy Billups, 33, twice in the head .
He shot her because she turned him away on their son's birthday, causing him to 'snap'
She had moved to a new home only a week ago to escape the allegedly abusive man . |
03fce8cae6b66758bf2f1e1f9feea11a93eb580e | New York (CNN) -- Can buskers from around the world inspire an international peace movement? That's the idea behind "Playing for Change," a multimedia movement designed to break down global barriers and connect people of every race through the power of music. More than 150 -- mostly street -- musicians from 25 countrie... | Playing For Change is a multimedia music movement with millions of followers .
Over 150 musicians from 25 countries have joined forces to spread a message of peace .
They're also involved in the work of building schools for music education in Africa and beyond .
The band's version of Stand By Me has over 40 million vie... |
03fd0e49413ac04a47527160f4087d2fd5bc998a | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 03:05 EST, 16 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:49 EST, 16 May 2012 . It's not often that the wine makers of Champagne are left feeling a little bit flat. But vineyards across the north of England are toasting extraordinary success - as climate change makes the region ideal for wine-making. Ju... | Sheffield vineyard announces plans to double production to 6,000 bottles per year .
Warmer temperatures brought about by climate change have helped northern vineyards close the gap on French rivals . |
03fe3681a1c2baec27e78cc6157339137bc4db57 | Former world number one Lleyton Hewitt has set a date to end his celebrated tennis career with plans to play his 20th and last Australian Open next year. The 33-year-old plans to bypass the French Open to focus on one last crack at Wimbledon and Davis Cup glory before ending his career at Melbourne Park in 2016. Hewitt... | Lleyton Hewitt outlined his dream farewell from tennis on Thursday after being confirmed as Australia's Davis Cup captain-in-waiting .
The 33-year-old plans to have one last crack at Wimbledon and Davis Cup glory before ending his career at Melbourne Park in 2016 .
It follows Pat Rafter standing down as Australia's Dav... |
03fef08843e0a44c8968e7acf0dddfaab0c476e2 | His eyes moist and lower lip trembling, Clint Romesha nodded haltingly at family, comrades, military brass and the president standing to applaud him for receiving the nation's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor. He never smiled during the White House ceremony on Monday and later explained why in a statemen... | Clint Romesha speaks of the loss of "my battle buddies, my soldiers, my friends"
Romesha gets the Medal of Honor for "conspicuous gallantry" beyond the call of duty .
He led counter-attacks against a 2009 assault by insurgents on a remote outpost .
Romesha is the fourth living veteran of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars t... |
03ff14c0526bbdfb0803967bd7670bdf056786c1 | By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 06:01 EST, 7 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:32 EST, 7 May 2013 . Death row: Willie Jerome Manning will be executed tonight for the murders of two Mississippi students, but the . FBI has now cast doubt on his conviction . A death row inmate is set for execution tonight even after the FBI ... | Willie Jerome Manning has spent 19 years on death row for double murder .
FBI now says its expert testimony 'exceeded the limits of science'
Manning's lawyers have appealed for a stay of execution .
But Mississippi attorney general Jim Hood says it is a 'frivolous issue' |
04009b367a9f4147a50483db11d743fd75c00886 | By . Sally Lee for Daily Mail Australia . An army major has been charged with murdering his wife following her death at the couple's country home in Wallan, Victoria. David Whitelegg was arrested shortly after police attended the home, 50km north of Melbourne, when his wife Anne was found dead at about 11.30am on Sunda... | Anne Whitelegg, in her 50s, was found dead in her home at Wallan - 50km north of Melbourne - on Sunday morning .
Husband and army major David Whitelegg was arrested and charged with her murder .
Some neighbours were shocked to hear of the suspected murder while others described Mr Whitelegg as 'unpleasant' and 'difficu... |
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