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24db9a1c9a07e9dcb953e3ce0472421f4e8a471f | Alan Pardew believes new loan striker Yaya Sanogo will bring the 'chaos factor' to his relegation-threatened Crystal Palace side. Pardew has got off to a flyer as Palace manager winning his first two games in charge against non-League Dover in the FA Cup and a shock victory versus Tottenham. He is desperate to find fir... | Yaya Sanogo has joined Crystal Palace on loan until the end of the season .
The Arsenal striker has scored one goal this season against Dortmund .
Alan Pardew reveals Arsene Wenger has high hopes for the 21-year-old . |
24dbdf4754a0d4c2680bbbcb21c0e524ead97f6b | Rumours of an impending Google games console and set-top box have been given a boost after the firm confirmed it has bought Green Throttle Games. Google confirmed the acquisition, and stated that founder Charles Huang - who developed Guitar Hero - would keep the rights to the business, but did not reveal how much the d... | Green Throttle Games lets users play games on smart TVs via an app .
Service launched in 2012 but the app was pulled from the store last year .
Green Throttle Games also makes the Atlas controllers used with its app .
Google confirmed the acquisition of the California-based games company .
It added founder Charles Huan... |
24dcc74fc82ca31d12787431d19af453cfa50c7c | Real Madrid will continue to monitor the progress of Tottenham Hotspur striker Harry Kane despite the 21-year-old just having signed a new contract that ties him to the club until 2020. The European Cup holders know Kane's new five-year deal, coupled with the difficulty they have had in the past negotiating with Daniel... | Real Madrid have been monitoring the progress of Spurs striker Harry Kane .
The 21-year-old signed a new contract that ties him to Tottenham until 2020 .
Real consider Spurs a selling club after Luka Modric and Gareth Bale left .
Kane scored twice against Arsenal to win the north London derby 2-1 .
READ: Kane is the ma... |
24dcf9ef1d0e9c07ab3377c23190b2a90d1bf54e | By . Rupert Steiner . PUBLISHED: . 18:25 EST, 18 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:09 EST, 19 November 2012 . Four bosses at Starbucks have walked away with £50million in pay despite the coffee chain having paid no corporation tax in Britain over the past three years, it has been reported. Documents filed on the firm’s... | The quartet also own shares worth a combined £563.7million .
Starbucks has only posted a profit from UK business once in 15 years .
Paid a total of £8.6m corporation tax in 14 years, with nothing in last three . |
24dd357821634d33254dcc040d7ae2ec08e65d2b | Abbottabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The United States will be given access to Osama bin Laden's wives and children, Pakistani Interior Minister Rehman Malik told CNN on Tuesday. On Monday, a senior Pakistani intelligence source had said the United States could question bin Laden's wives only if their "country of origin has b... | Decision proves Pakistan has nothing to hide, Pakistani foreign minister says .
U.S. optimistic about Pakistani cooperation, White House spokesman says .
All 3 wives were taken into custody after the May 2 raid by U.S. special forces .
No surge in attacks in Afghanistan, NATO commander in eastern Afghanistan says . |
24de729fce40e0f89f8e5c292bf1a9dcded87a33 | (CNN) -- Pour yourself a cold martini, make sure it's extra dry, put some classic jazz on the stereo, a mournful saxophone is a must, and settle in with one of the best-reviewed novels of the year, "Rules of Civility." Written by first-time novelist Amor Towles, a principal at a Manhattan investment firm, the book has ... | "Rules of Civility" is a nostalgic love letter to New York of the late '30s .
First-time novelist Amor Towles is also a principal at a Manhattan investment firm .
The book is a discourse on wealth and privilege, aspirations and envy . |
24df1f06523c1477a104912fa171b27f95b20fca | UK spies foiled a Taliban attack on Camp Bastion in Afghanistan while British troops were still in the country. Eavesdroppers at GCHQ exposed the plot by monitoring chatter between an insurgent and other militants. The agency had mounted its biggest overseas deployment since the Second World War by running a string of ... | GCHQ exposed the plot by monitoring an insurgent and other militants .
Agency mounted its biggest overseas deployment since WWII .
Had listening posts across Afghanistan to protect British soldiers .
An assault on Camp Bastion in September 2012 cost lives of two US marines, injured five RAF personnel destroyed fighter ... |
24e2092f72930e3e14835c0b0ff59eab9a0363b5 | A 70-year-old man wrongly convicted of the 1976 stabbing deaths of a mother and daughter has been released. Joseph Sledge was convicted of two counts of second-degree murder and sentenced to life in prison for the slayings of 74-year-old Josephine Davis and her 57-year-old daughter, Aileen. On Friday, after serving nea... | Joseph Sledge was convicted of killing a mother and daughter in 1976 .
On Friday he was deemed innocent, none of crime scene DNA matches his .
Judge in Whiteville, North Carolina, said 'the system made a mistake' |
24e25e06daee42b08c84c6acd786fe67952508b1 | By . Rosie Taylor . PUBLISHED: . 19:08 EST, 9 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:08 EST, 9 October 2013 . She did not give birth to her second daughter Hollie until she was 40, nearly died in the process and was left in intensive care for four days. Now Amanda Holden has admitted she thinks it is ‘a mistake’ for women to... | She says she believes it was 'a mistake' to delay motherhood for the sake of her career .
She spent four day in intensive care after giving birth to her second daughter Hollie at the age of 40 . |
24e342933fadb21294b2c4d416a33c5cc3000d03 | (CNN) -- The One Fund Boston, a nonprofit created to benefit the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings, has begun distributing nearly $61 million to 232 eligible claimants, the fund said in a news release Saturday. Payments will be issued beginning June 30 and represent 100% of all the money that was collected by the... | At least 264 people were wounded and 3 were killed in Boston Marathon bombings .
A nonprofit is dividing nearly $61 million among 232 injured, and families of those killed .
The fund says the money is 100% of all collections through June 26 . |
24e353b7d43844ea2edd73b36e1cc9a08e419147 | Six-time World Championship finalist Jimmy White has told of his battle with crack cocaine addiction. The 'Whirlwind', 52, became a huge fans' favourite in the 1980s and 90s, reaching the Crucible final in 1984 and in every year from 1990 to 1994 but losing on each occasion - four of those to Stephen Hendry. White, tho... | Jimmy White has won 23 titles and is a six-time World Championship finalist .
The 52-year-old says 'he's lucky to be alive' due to costly drug habit .
White smoked crack with Kirk Stevens in a hotel room at the Irish Masters .
Star adds he had a bank account to help fund his habit .
White revealed his addiction in his ... |
24e40e460e543d9f94478a02642fa567718d9970 | Welcoming your first child should be one of the most joyous occasions anyone can experience. But Viscountess Weymouth has revealed for the first time details about the 'terrifying' illness that forced her to have her baby son three weeks earlier than planned. The aristocrat, formerly known as Emma McQuiston, is married... | John is the Viscount and Viscountess of Weymouth's first child .
Lady Emma suffered bleed on the brain and pituitary gland disorder .
Illness meant she was forced to give birth three weeks early . |
24e44440753094022b9e0bb0b5849f3b3f19a1bf | By . James Chapman and Tim Shipman . PUBLISHED: . 20:56 EST, 13 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:56 EST, 15 September 2013 . Three out of four voters will never vote for the Liberal Democrats and Nick Clegg has given up trying to win them over, party aides admitted yesterday. But senior figures revealed that the Depu... | Party's surveys show just 10% of voters will back them in the 2015 election and only another 15% would even consider backing them .
Dire prognosis comes as a Lib Dem minister warns that the party is courting electoral disaster by disowning Government policies . |
24e5505d5addc6500588d85aa01fbe091ef86e99 | (CNN) -- Football's world governing body FIFA has provisionally suspended outgoing Executive Committee member Chuck Blazer for 90 days "based on the fact that various breaches of the Code of Ethics appear to have been committed" by the American. The former general secretary of CONCACAF, the body which governs football ... | FIFA provisionally ban Executive Committee member Chuck Blazer for maximum of 90 days .
Move follows CONCACAF investigation into organization's former general secretary in April .
American, 68, had been set to quit FIFA Executive Committee at end of May . |
24e5be14527f31f0c2cda08bfe2e60f93cd7f4ed | Beijing, China (CNN) -- Police have detained a man accused of having killed at least three kindergarten students Tuesday in east China's Zibo City, Shandong Province, the city government said Wednesday, according to the state-run Xinhua News Agency. Fang Jiantang, 26, was detained hours after the attack and has told po... | Xinhua: Three dead, three children and four others wounded .
Xinhua: Police find two-foot (60-centimeter) knife that Fang said he used .
Motive for attack not immediately known .
The 26-year-old man tells police he was responsible . |
24e6831c042b9ca39523e27d669a74812d5c7eeb | (CNN) -- Mitt Romney had another debate Saturday night in which he didn't make many mistakes, was smooth, knowledgeable, even presidential. It was his worst performance yet. The game has changed, and someone forgot to tell him. He is behind in national polls, and this time it's serious: His main rival, Newt Gingrich, i... | Todd Graham: Mitt Romney had a bad debate in Iowa, didn't seem to know he's trailing in polls .
He says Romney needed new strategy, but he blew chances to go after front-runner Gingrich .
When other candidates attacked him and Gingrich, Romney failed to differentiate himself .
Graham: Gingrich acted ready to take on Ob... |
24e7145a40fb7128df36bb16e33f2ca48f43b0db | Hanford Nuclear Site, Washington (CNN) -- The federal government has set aside nearly $2 billion in stimulus funds to clean up Washington state's decommissioned Hanford nuclear site, once the center of the country's Cold War plutonium production. That is more stimulus funding than some entire states have received, whic... | $2 billion in stimulus funds set aside to clean up Washington's Hanford nuclear site .
Money has created jobs for about 1,400 people .
Critics say funds are being misdirected, wasted at Hanford .
Cleanup "has been plagued by massive cost and schedule problems," their report says . |
24e7179fadea892afee8ca65302afeb46ca0b41a | By . Ap Reporter and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:01 EST, 12 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:02 EST, 12 August 2013 . The man who killed his 9-year-old son during a supervised visit Sunday apparently did so to spite the boy's mother, authorities said. 54-year-old Muni Savyon was meeting with his son Joshua and... | Muni Savyon, 54, of Manchester, New Hampshire killed his son Joshua around 10am Sunday .
Savyon, a software engineer, had recently been depressed after a trip to bury his brother in Israel .
Authorities believe Savyon carried out the murder-suicide to hurt the boy's mother .
Before the killings, Savyon emailed a friend... |
24e7e3769113db1d529eb48b306cd7f709ff5ce2 | By . Lydia Warren and Beth Stebner . UPDATED: . 15:30 EST, 30 January 2013 . She became something of an internet sensation when a tour of her 'microstudio' hit the internet a few years back. But for Felice Cohen, who lived in a 90-square-foot studio on Manhattan’s pricey Upper West Side, publicity wasn’t always a good ... | Felice Cohen posted a video showing how she dealt with the 90-square ft apartment in Manhattan's Upper West Side .
Installed a bed just inches from the ceiling, stored fruit in the microwave, and sat sideways on the toilet .
The low cost meant she could afford a 500-square ft flat two blocks away . |
24e82c003277b43f1b0bcf751acd986f9afa9da6 | David Luiz aimed fire at a boxing bag after scoring his first league goal for Paris-Saint Germain against Evian on the weekend. Luiz shared a video on Instagram which shows off his boxing prowess as the club’s marquee signing looks to continue his bright start to life in the French capital. The 27-year-old is renowned ... | David Luiz scores his first PSG league goal against Evian on the weekend .
Luiz shared a video on his Instagram page of him hitting a boxing bag .
The Brazilian joined PSG from Chelsea for £50m last summer . |
24e8474336cbc36c5317994c7c4e217cf1d386c2 | New York (CNN) -- An average of $32 million a day in national parks revenue could be shut off if the Beltway showdown results in a government shutdown, officials say. The measure would be the first shutdown in more than 15 years, shuttering national parks, seashores and historic sites, and barring some 800,000 daily vi... | The shutdown would be the first in more than 15 years .
Places such as Yellowstone National Park would be closed as a result of the impasse .
Shutdown could crimp plans in South Carolina for 150th anniversary of Civil War start . |
24e8837b726370faf34b16d83a18c674ab8f4fb5 | Struggling to get the kids to eat their five-a-day? Scientists may well have invented a novel solution that will certainly provide a small boost to their intake - chocolate made with fruit juice. And it is better for their waistline too, as the tiny droplets of juice - apple, orange and cranberry - are used to replace ... | Apple, orange and cranberry juice droplets replace half the fat content in the chocolate .
Bars have the same velvety feel as normal bars but a fruity taste, University of Warwick researchers say . |
24e8993e2cf555e849d72f7fc8955da226e90f5c | Hair dyes used by millions of women contain chemicals linked to cancer, British scientists have warned. They say that both home hair colouring kits and the dyes used at expensive salons pose a potential risk to health. Writing in a respected scientific journal, they say chemicals in permanent hair dyes can react with t... | Secondary amines can be found in hair dyes used by millions of Britons .
Both home colouring kits and salon dye can contain chemicals .
Could react with smoke and fumes and form highly poisonous chemicals . |
24e8c952edb33ef3207ee3fd5afe7ed013cf1e15 | Early sketches of some of the breakthrough moments in popular culture - from Superman in flight to the creation of Hello Kitty - have been revealed. The collection of drawings, which also include the original Dennis the Menace comic strip drawn on the back of a cigarette packet, have gone on display at the O2's Eureka!... | Collection has gone on display at the O2's Eureka! Gallery in east London .
It includes early sketches including how Superman will 'fly' in 1978 movie .
Andrew Ainsworth unearthed 1977 sketch in his attic earlier this year .
First Dennis the Menace comic strip on back of cigarette packet also there .
And there's recent... |
24e90cebd6e1a37f3ca341519dcf31b003935b37 | (CNN) -- Jan Hooks, the actress and comedian who rose to fame with sly turns on "Saturday Night Live" as Ivana Trump, Tammy Faye Bakker, Sinead O'Connor and as part of the lounge-singing Sweeney Sisters, has died. She was 57. Her representative, Lisa Lieberman, confirmed the death to CNN. The cause of death was not rev... | Hooks launched her career on "The Bill Tush Show" in Atlanta .
She performed on "Saturday Night Live" from 1986-91 .
She played the character Carlene Dobber on "Designing Women" |
24e9e4a329f35f1e7c2aa3d742f61e43404f4d8c | By . Donna Mcconnell and Sarah Fitzmaurice . Last updated at 10:31 AM on 3rd November 2011 . Here is the first photo of the three-month-old baby a Californian woman has alleged was secretly fathered by the pop world's biggest teen idol, Justin Bieber. Mariah Yeater, 20, is pictured on the cover of U.S. magazine Star wi... | She claims they had sex backstage after his performance in L.A. on Oct 25 .
He allegedly told her it was his 'first time'
She is demanding a paternity test and 'adequate support'
Pop star's spokesperson vehemently denies the allegations . |
24ebb69c4d2c6bc2e8ba1010696ec1fe27d11207 | Eric Garner's daughter believes it was not racism but pride that led officer Daniel Pantaleo to choke her father to death. Protesters chanting 'black lives matter' have stormed the streets of New York for days since a grand jury refused to charge Pantaleo over Garner's death last July. But his daughter Erica Garner dis... | Erica Garner said officer Daniel Pantaleo 'wanted to be the top cop'
She said she doubts racism drove him to choke her father Eric Garner .
Comes amid anti-racism protests over jury verdict not to indict cop . |
24ec273764e0ddb37d91165328cb061216e26815 | JUAREZ, Mexico (CNN) -- Jose Molinar knew something wasn't right. He hadn't heard from his wife for a few hours, which was not sitting well with him. Marisella Molinar was killed while driving her boss, a target of cartels, across the border into El Paso, Texas. Marisella Molinar worked as a secretary for a top prosecu... | Marisella Molinar, a secretary, was killed nearly a mile from her U.S. home .
Husband: "She wasn't involved, she didn't have anything to do with this!"
More than 1,600 deaths in Juarez last year, 400 already this year .
Cartels have killed cops, forced police chief to resign, threatened public officials . |
24ed4f490b04d6ab3cc687f2b6ccd4c1af1df4b1 | By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 03:53 EST, 24 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:20 EST, 24 December 2012 . Lawsuit: Associated Investigative Services claims Zimmerman failed to pay more than $27,000 for protection services . A security company has filed a lawsuit against George Zimmerman, his wife and attorney claiming ... | Associated Investigative Services claims it was hired in June to protect Zimmermans .
But payments stopped once independent trustee took over defence fund .
Zimmerman's attorney says he is surprised at the lawsuit after more than $40,000 paid . |
24f32a0e3e3163bdeaccf455f9dc33b24527be23 | (CNN)Jules Bianchi remains unconscious in a French hospital following his horrific crash at October's Japanese Grand Prix, but the Formula One driver has begun a program of rehabilitation therapy, according to a statement released by his family on Tuesday. Bianchi, who suffered a head injury while driving for the now d... | Jules Bianchi remains unconscious in French hospital .
Family says Formula One driver has started rehab .
Frenchman sustained a diffuse axonal injury at Japanese Grand Prix . |
24f4271a9bfa06707c520eeceedab635b00d8156 | Beijing (CNN) -- Even as President Obama is expected to raise the issues of democratic rights and press freedoms during a trip to China this week, there is a question whether he will hold his own news conference with reporters covering his three-day stop in Beijing. White House officials accompanying Obama cautioned le... | Beijing balks at proposal for joint news conference with U.S., Chinese presidents .
"So we want it; they don't. They are the host. That's where we end up," analyst says .
Obama will also visit Myanmar and Australia during his Asia trip this week . |
24f55a093616dd4304881eb2c7c2b19795600396 | (CNN) -- The slow process of updating the rules that dictate when and if you can use electronic devices on airplanes is inching along, with one major agency urging more freedom to use tablets, e-readers and other gadgets. In August, the FAA announced plans for a working group that would study the issue of portable elec... | The FAA is assembling a group of experts to update rules for electronics on planes .
In letter to FAA, FCC announced who would represent the agency on the committee .
It could be a year or more before any changes are made to existing rules . |
24f5d00b8550ffdc25a59d98599e529f08c73a10 | By . Sarah Bridge . You could say that their love is set in stone. Or that their relationship is as solid as a rock. Whichever way you pun it, it is unlikely to be a proposal that Kelly Aldridge, 30, from Tewkesbury, will ever forget. Her boyfriend Oliver Wright, 31, secretly arranged rocks to spell out 'Kelly, will yo... | Oliver Wright, 31, proposed to Kelly Aldridge, 30, above a quarry .
He secretly arranged surprise himself in Leckhampton Hill, Cheltenham .
Arranged the rocks two weeks before, and it took him five hours .
The couple from Tewkesbury met via a dating website a year ago . |
24f6a143048cda5fab18037e53f1f3e452c6e3ed | (CNN) -- Fall TV can be so hit ... or miss. And like it or not, it doesn't take long for both viewers and networks to make the call. There have already been some surprise hits such as "Sleepy Hollow" as well as some casualties: Both ABC's "Lucky 7" and CBS' "We Are Men" were canceled after only two episodes, and there ... | "Sleepy Hollow" and "The Blacklist" are among the season's hits .
Favorites Michael J. Fox and Sean Hayes are struggling with new shows .
Two shows have already been canceled -- "Lucky 7" and "We Are Men" |
24f8143b87e3f8bf2794c339810c5f6f8d09a1b0 | A video has captured the astonishing moment a fisherman was rescued after three days trapped 30 metres underwater in the Atlantic ocean. Harrison Okene, a 29-year-old ship's cook, was the only known survivor from the boat of 12 men, which capsized on May 26, 20 miles off the coast of Nigeria. The footage shows the mome... | Fisherman was trapped for two days in the pitch dark with no food or water .
Harrison Okene could hear fish eating his dead colleagues in sunken ship .
Divers found him in an air bubble in a cabin 30 metres underwater .
Video shows moment Mr Okene reaches out hand and touches diver . |
24f91c575423a73c3d434423300a7b425049c569 | Weary Alaskans today woke up to another heavy snowfall as Anchorage experiences its snowiest period since records began, causing more headaches in coastal areas already struggling to dig out. The snow started falling shortly before midnight last night and meteorologists warned Anchorage residents that the heaviest snow... | Prince William Sound community of Cordova has had 172 inches of snow .
Nearby coastal community of Valdez has seen an astonishing 318 inches .
Russian tanker with 1.3m gallons of fuel moves towards iced-in Nome .
Anchorage has experienced snowiest-ever period, with 81.3 inches . |
24fb0b1a384ccd7cf32c3fdabd875d74c2142d2a | (CNN) -- Does money make you happy? Does being rich contribute to your spiritual life and its possibilities? Is the gap between the rich and poor a religious problem as well as a social problem in desperate need of solutions? Jesus, Pope Francis, and brain scientists have asked these questions, and the answers are clea... | Jay Parini: Jesus, Pope Francis, scientists address question: Does money make you happy?
New study says wealth, power bad for your mental health -- as Jesus knew .
He says the Pope, in his South Korea trip, said we must redress inequality .
Parini: Study finds too much wealth suppresses part of brain that causes empath... |
24fc430591d637656e82511819fd2d2afc95168b | (CNN) -- The trains that crashed on the Washington Metro depended on a 33-year-old automated control system widely used in cities across the United States, according to the American Public Transportation Association. Investigators work at the site where a D.C. Metro train crashed into the rear of another train. But pub... | The Washington Metro has used an automated train control system since 1976 .
Philadelphia, San Francisco, Boston and Atlanta also use a similar system .
American Public Transportation Association: "What happened in Washington is rare"
Investigators found a problem in one of the track circuits that relay data to trains ... |
24fd17e0b2e341588b3009a9fa0e15c4120efa44 | By . Richard Alleyne In Oakland . PUBLISHED: . 12:04 EST, 1 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 16:04 EST, 1 January 2014 . The grandmother of a 13-year-old girl at the center of a battle to turn off her life-support machine said she is devastated because the last words spoken to the terrified teenager were hers, saying ever... | Sandra Chatman claims hospital has been heartless .
Family in legal battle to keep Jahi McMath, 13, on life support . |
24fe8ef076b1ac9aaab4dff49aa79040f83108ea | Ex-NBA star Michael Jordan advised Tom Watson on his approach to Team USA's afternoon foursomes at Gleneagles. Jordan, a six-time NBA champion, spoke to the Team USA captain about the key to success in the 2014 Ryder Cup. Watson compared the morning of the opening day to the first quarter of a basketball game as he ch... | The Chicago Bulls star has been supporting Team USA in Scotland .
The six-time NBA champion gave his advice to Tom Watson .
The Team USA captain compared the morning fourballs to the first quarter of a basketball game .
Jordan: 'Take the crowd out of it. Keep it simple. Everything happens.' |
24feea27230478e9df5696a8af914e742b07cfaa | By . Meghan Keneally and Beth Stebner . UPDATED: . 12:04 EST, 26 January 2012 . A day after Microsoft founder Bill Gates said he should pay more taxes, the multi-billionaire donated $750million to the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria. The news comes on the tenth anniversary of the Global Fund, to wh... | Bill and Melina Gates Foundation to give $750m to The Global Fund .
Already contributed $650million to cause .
Comes day after he said he should pay more; President Obama said the extremely wealthy should be taxed at same rate as middle class . |
24ff2fe7715922061737763b8d98f77c54661ce6 | By . Joel Christie . PUBLISHED: . 18:52 EST, 5 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:08 EST, 6 November 2013 . Police have issued an arrest warrant for the rapper boyfriend of Amish Mafia star Esther Schmucker, who allegedly brutalized his actress girlfriend in an attack on Halloween, breaking her nose, teeth and cheekbone... | Esther Schmucker, 27, told police she was 'repeatedly punched' by boyfriend Imir R. Williams, 24, following a late-night domestic dispute on Halloween at their Pennsylvania home .
Schmucker was treated for numerous injuries - including a broken nose, facial fracture and several broken teeth - but didn't report the inci... |
25025731f1401aee27b66a6842084572974c1a12 | Nyakagyezi, Uganda (CNN) -- Visiting his former village in rural Uganda, Jackson Kaguri was the epitome of a success story. He had escaped poverty, earned a college degree and moved to America, where he studied at an Ivy League school and planned to put a down payment on a house in Indiana. He'd often come back to Ugan... | It's estimated that 1.2 million children in Uganda have lost a parent to AIDS-related illnesses .
Jackson Kaguri opened a school in his former village to help many of these children .
Kaguri is also supporting area grandmothers who have been raising them .
Do you know a hero? Nominations are open for 2012 CNN Heroes . |
25025b227e37a79e29c972e268baa1cc71f1ebca | (CNN) -- For all her experience and accomplishments, the Senate confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Sonia Sotomayor could hinge on one sentence she uttered more than seven years ago. Sonia Sotomayor's opponents are attacking a 2001 remark she made at the University of California, Berkeley. The sentence constitutes 32... | White House says 2001 remark being taken out of context .
Sotomayor: She hopes "wise Latina woman" would judge better than white male .
In same speech, she said Latinas making progress "in the old-boy network"
GOP heavyweights call Sotomayor "racist" in denouncing her nomination . |
25030393abaea9c014de6748181c258552c73b1d | Ultra-conservative Saudi Arabia wants to see men and women compete in separate Olympics with a controversial proposal to joint-host segregated games. An official from the Saudi Arabian Olympic Committee floated the idea of male athletes competing in his country while a female games would be held in neighbouring Bahrain... | Men would compete in the Gulf state and women in neighbouring Bahrain .
Controversial plans floated in an interview given by Prince Fahad bin Jalawi Al Saud, president of the Saudi Arabia Olympic Committee .
Admitted 'cultural constraints' barred Saudi from hosting female athletes .
Country sent two women to compete a... |
2504c739567225a35d08589d4822f4f7ef811e3b | All looked lost when this young and lone buffalo was attacked by two lions in a South African national park. But the pair had not bargained on the buffalo's friends coming to his rescue, and moments later they were tossed several feet in the air before being chased away. The dramatic scene was captured on camera in the... | The young buffalo was attacked by a lion at Mjejane Reserve, South Africa .
Amazingly all of the animals walked away without any injuries, except perhaps, some bruised egos . |
25057b5d8a969ab5953ddb513a77957eedbd5f3b | (CNN) -- Alastair Cook made a superb century as England remained on course to leapfrog opponents India as the number one ranked Test team in the world. On another dominant day for England in Birmingham they finished on 456-3, to lead by 232 after India slumped to 224 all out in their first innings. Cook took full advan... | England in complete control against India in the third Test match .
England close day two on 456-3, a first innings lead of 232 runs .
Alastair Cook remains unbeaten on 182 after batting all day .
England on course to win Test and become number one Test side in world . |
25065117483238b6d81474af069956e38b76e1fe | Ottawa (CNN) -- Montreal's interim mayor, Michael Applebaum, was arrested and charged early Monday with 14 criminal counts including fraud, breach of trust and conspiracy. Quebec police said the charges involve at least two Montreal real estate transactions from 2006 to 2011 and hundreds of thousands of dollars traded ... | Michael Applebaum faces 14 counts including fraud, breach of trust and conspiracy .
The charges relate to two "real estate projects," a police official says .
Applebaum, who denies all charges, had promised to "end an era of sleaze" |
250765b1ac352507828ade40e80d03e8ef669b89 | By . Martha De Lacey . PUBLISHED: . 09:34 EST, 17 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:08 EST, 17 April 2013 . It was a day when old friends reunited and bitter enemies were urged to put aside their battles. But there were probably few attending Baroness Thatcher's funeral who found this request more difficult than Cherie Bl... | Brown and the wife of Tony Blair sat beside each other in St Paul's Cathedral .
Have had notoriously tricky relationship since 2004, when Cherie's husband Tony was Prime Minister .
Cherie was was convinced Brown, then Chancellor, was trying to usurp her husband as Prime Minister . |
2507ba0e89b444c20f6c0e3d50734629f55b15e2 | Grand Canyon visitors are being forced to wait their turn at some of the national park’s drinking stations after thirsty elk figured out how to help themselves to water. The crafty animals are surprising tourists by lifting spring-loaded levers with their noses to get a refreshing drink. But the animals are being overl... | Crafty animals are lifting spring-loaded levers with their noses .
Elk are being overly protective and have acted aggressively toward hikers .
Park officials are taking steps to elk-proof water stations . |
250939f13658e73d4c5366de8f42c4417a9d0372 | (CNN) -- Avoiding the fiscal cliff can be a moment of truth for Congress as an institution. The ability of Congress to reach a deal on its own, rather than relying on tax hikes and spending cuts by default, would be a powerful push back against the loud chorus of critics who for almost a decade have been decrying dysfu... | Avoiding the fiscal cliff could be a moment of truth for Congress, says Julian Zelizer .
It's an opportunity to restore public trust in a maligned institution, he says .
Zelizer: Congress's inability to achieve bipartisan legislation is one of its biggest failings .
A budget deal could show it's possible to have respon... |
250a8c7db67340659238fd6af7a4f5d70d3b0806 | By . Charles Sale . Follow @@charliesale . The differing standards of hotel accommodation allocated to the BBC World Cup pundits in Rio isn’t going to help build much team spirit among the all-star cast. Clarence Seedorf is staying in the grandest of Rio’s hotels, the Copacabana Palace, along with FIFA president Sepp B... | Seedorf staying in the Copocabana Palace, Henry in the Sofitel .
BBC's other pundits are in a much smaller hotel with majority of staff .
Spokesman says it is right move for 'a frugal BBC'
David Moyes is workig as a guest pundit in Doha for BeIn Sports .
BBC’s Dan Roan and Sky’s Nick Collins fall out over who got to as... |
250bda38f07549e9b09f7807af0fdd0ebe5b1d9b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 10:50 AM on 12th July 2011 . Hundreds of Somali children are dying as they trek to the world’s biggest refugee camp amid the Horn of Africa’s worsening food crisis, the UN warned yesterday. Elhadj As Sy, Unicef’s regional director for eastern and southern Africa, said many you... | Talks must be opened to end the 'absolutely appalling' suffering in Somalia .
Refugees suffering unspeakable hardships to reach camps in the 'worst humanitarian disaster in the world'
Sex And The City actress and Oxfam ambassador Davis visits refugee camp . |
250bda7e5603cf50f30fadec42fe8ccb09dc8add | A Canadian mother says she is 'humbled' by the fact that thousands of people around the world claim she inspired them to vaccinate their children. Jennifer Hibben-White wrote a diatribe against vaccine-hesitant parents last week after a hospital said her 15-day-old son had been exposed to measles as he waited for a che... | Jennifer Hibben-White was told 15-day-old Griffin was exposed to measles .
He had been in the hospital for a couple of hours for routine check-up .
Hibben-White lashed out at 'anti-vaxxers' in Facebook post .
She has received hundreds of emails saying she made them re-think .
She has to wait three more days to find out... |
250db58f59a629b21dcef87c5f211ed4454028e9 | They made her Britain's most-hated scrounger - and Josie Cunningham's latest publicity-hungry stunt involved celebrating the anniversary of her NHS boob job. The mother-of-three sported a blonde wig and a tiny orange crop top on a wild night out in London's Soho to celebrate the second birthday of her taxpayer-funded b... | Mother-of-three wore a tiny orange crop top on a wild night out in London .
Was celebrating two-year anniversary of boob op that made her infamous .
Ahead of her night out, she said: '2 years today I got my pair of double Ds' |
250dfca2d79226525d1768a3e0f94c601e0b057e | A woman has been left in a critical condition after she was charged at by a cow which rolled and sat on her. Emma Moody was crossing a field in St Martin, Cornwall, when her dog disturbed a herd of cows and their young calves. After the cow began to charge at her, a terrified Ms Moody attempted to run away but tripped ... | Emma Moody was crossing a field in St Martin, Cornwall .
Her dog disturbed a herd of cows and their young calves .
She attempted to run away but tripped and fell into its path .
Was airlifted to hospital where she today remains in a critical condition . |
250ea7329e7e59d6c51deaea6ec750251fbcdbf8 | The mother of a two-year-old girl who . died in agony in hospital after a series of delays said she felt 'let . down by the system' - as a medical expert said her daughter’s death was . 'avoidable'. Tragic toddler Alice Mason died after developing hydrocephalus - water on the brain - which caused irreversible brain dam... | Concerns over shared care pathway blamed for a series of delays .
Alice Mason died after after developing hydrocephalus - water on the brain .
She had undergone an operation to remove a brain tumour in January 2011 .
Inquest hears of a series failures at the three London hospitals .
Named as Royal Marsden in Chelsea, K... |
250ef880a8a6f7692fe12f779cf3765986925fbf | By . Catherine Ostler . As a writer and former magazine editor, I can deal with deadlines. Most of us can. But when it comes to anything that doesn’t have one, it’s another matter — I often start to procrastinate. Consider this sorry chain of events, which happened when I sat down to write a recent assignment, which ha... | A quarter of people say procrastinating is a defining part of their personality .
Personal coach and business mentor Fiona Harrold offers advice .
Egyptian hieroglyphs from 1400BC read: ‘Friend, stop putting off work'
Dividing tasks into 15 minute slots makes them more manageable .
Procrastination is a trait often foun... |
2510694ba873c07e09789ed96b0b8e43cdf2652d | By . Pete Jenson . Follow @@petejenson . Barcelona's new coach Luis Enrique has told supporters it will not be a ‘tragedy’ if Luis Suarez misses the start of the season. The club’s lawyers are hoping that FIFA will allow them to make a ‘fast-track’ appeal to the Court for Arbitration in Sport (CAS) in Lausanne in a bid... | Luis Suarez banned for four month for biting Italy's Giorgio Chiellini .
Uruguayan striker banned from all football activities for four months .
Suarez has since completed £75million from Liverpool to Barcelona .
Suarez could not attend his unveiling on Wednesday due to terms of ban .
Lawyers of Suarez and Barcelona ar... |
251144b7d6cf0c531a05bd1045808953349bc87f | (CNN) -- Portuguese football coach Jose Mourinho caused outcry this week when he substituted Ghanaian midfielder Sulley Muntari due to his low-energy levels -- which were a result of fasting. Muntari is a practicing Muslim who, like many of the same faith around the world, is currently not eating during the hours of da... | Jose Mourinho substituted Sulley Muntari because he had been low energy .
The Ghanaian midfielder is a Muslim and had been fasting during Ramadan .
France international Franck Ribery is another high-profile Muslim . |
251205247a1a29602468c6af29c4b97e35d7f363 | Bob Welch, a guitarist who played with Fleetwood Mac before launching a solo career, died of a self-inflicted gunshot wound to his chest, Nashville, Tennessee, police said Thursday. He was 66. Bob Welch: Your favorite songs . Welch's wife found his body in their Nashville home about 12:15 p.m., Nashville Police spokes... | Welch's death is "devastating" and "so,so sad," Fleetwood Mac's Stevie Nicks says .
Welch's wife found his body in their Nashville home Thursday afternoon, police say .
"All indications are that it was a suicide," a police spokesman says .
Welch played guitar with Fleetwood Mac from 1971 until late 1974 . |
2512dda0a925290626c61f3d699cfec13ef80669 | By . Ryan Lipman . Australia's remote areas should be used a nuclear dumping ground for the rest of the world, according to former prime minister Bob Hawke. The former Labor leader made the statement in an address about his economic vision for Australia at the National Press Club address in Canberra on Wednesday. Scrol... | Bob Hawke said Australia should store the world's nuclear waste .
He said it would have economic and environmental benefits .
Australia's one nuclear reactor produces waste through nuclear medicine .
Some of Australia's nuclear waste has been sent overseas for processing . |
2512f1b684ba953c932f439113f9ce7bb286fa9f | Great English Football Managers of the 21st Century. As one of the world’s shortest football books it would be right up there with Popular ground-sharing schemes and England’s penalty shootout successes. No English manager has won the Premier League (Howard Wilkinson was the last to win the top flight in 1992) and none... | Paul Clement won the Champions League with Real Madrid in May .
Madrid No 2 has followed Carlo Ancelotti to Chelsea and PSG .
Clement has been linked with moves to West Brom and Arsenal . |
2513a4dafb5aed341c10d3438a7ffae65548b22c | Once the highest paid actor on TV, Jan-Michael Vincent now lives out his days as a recovering alcoholic who almost died two years ago after an infection forced him to have his right leg amputated. In the mid-80s, Vincent earned $40,000 an episode as helicopter pilot Stringfellow Hawke in the top rated television series... | Jan-Michael Vincent earned $40,000 an episode filming hit TV series Airwolf in the mid-80s .
But the acting work dried up as he struggled with drugs and alcohol .
Car accident in 1996 left him with three broken vertebrae in his neck and a permanently raspy voice .
Infection contracted in 2012 forced doctors to amputate... |
2513e22adb0c8061e5ba744f08e27fe50f4a8aa6 | San Jose, California (CNN) -- Apple, one of the most famously secretive companies in the world, is giving the public a rare peek into how it makes and markets its products. Two major Apple executives took the stand at the Apple patent trial against Samsung Friday in San Jose, California, discussing the history of the i... | Apple-Samsung patent trial brings out some secrets .
An e-mail reveals Apple may be working on a 7-inch tablet .
The companies are suing each other over product design and patents .
Development of the original iPhone was co-named the "Purple Project" |
25144e3b036b1fae2dc38796780525fe23b641ea | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 04:17 EST, 3 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:40 EST, 3 June 2013 . Payout: Sir Philip Green's Arcadia handed over hundreds of pounds to former interns . Nine leading British companies have been ordered to hand over nearly £200,000 in fines and payouts to interns who had been working for fre... | Companies ordered to pay £192,808 in fines and payments to 167 interns .
Overall, 26,000 people received £4m in payouts for not receiving the minimum wage of £6.19 per hour .
Arcadia gave unpaid interns a £2.50 lunch allowance and a London Travelcard in return for working for free in their PR department .
However, they... |
2514d0d9b1d5d8835ac22a350bafb0ee38a7d1ed | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 10:04 EST, 6 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:00 EST, 6 November 2013 . A ten-year-old boy has been given a new ear by doctors who built the organ from scratch using one of his ribs. Alfie Hazell was born with an ear lobe but no ear structure or canal on his left side. This was due to hi... | Alfie Hazell,10, was born with hemifacial microsomia - a congenital disorder that affects the development of the lower half of the face .
He is deaf on his left side and was frequently bullied about his appearance .
Surgeons built him a left ear using one of his ribs and skin grafts .
May now have a hearing aid fitted ... |
25152287f6a93a899853a8d3fa3e2d5b221369de | CLICK HERE to read the full story of Lewis Hamilton's clash with Nico Rosberg as Daniel Ricciardo wins the Belgian Grand Prix . Mercedes are standing by Lewis Hamilton's extraordinary claim that Nico Rosberg told him that he deliberately crashed into him in Sunday's bitter Belgian Grand Prix. Sources within the team to... | Mercedes drivers collided on lap two of the Belgian Grand Prix in Spa .
Hamilton eventually forced to retire as a result of damage from collision .
Mercedes sources tell Sportsmail Hamilton's account is 'broadly correct'
Rosberg finished second, extending his championship lead to 29 points .
Hamilton claims Rosberg adm... |
2515607745a11833aaadb4361a82a258cecca298 | The Dalai Lama bows in deference to the great man. He's joined by 20 other Dalai Lamas, assorted superheroes and a young woman dressed as a fish tank. They lend their voices along with thousands more in a resonating chorus of "Jonah, Jonah!" As the giant former New Zealand rugby star ambles around the perimeter of the ... | Jonah Lomu is one of New Zealand's prodigal rugby sons .
Now retired, he was an ambassador at Wellington Sevens tournament .
Fans pay tribute to former All Blacks legend, who had a kidney transplant .
Lomu presents winners' trophy to New Zealand sevens captain D.J. Forbes . |
25166d8158891c3733639f51c78d8a619198aec4 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:39 EST, 28 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:19 EST, 28 December 2013 . It was an elaborate marriage proposal which began with a single rose. Baseball player Shay Crawford led his girlfriend Stephanie Silvers on a secret scavenger hunt through Chattanooga, Tennessee, which end... | Shay Crawford popped the question to Stephanie Silvers with a scavenger hunt .
It began with a single rose and involved the couple's family members .
Crawford plays minor league baseball for the Tampa Bay Rays . |
2516833afa50c5eb27449545c65d5fc79a765878 | Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Meg Whitman, California's Republican nominee for governor, denied Thursday ever seeing a letter from the federal government questioning her former housekeeper's Social Security number. Whitman said she would be willing to take a polygraph test, to prove that she was "really stunned" to ... | NEW: Lawyer shows a 2003 letter she calls the "smoking document"
NEW: Former housekeeper says note on the letter was Whitman's husband's handwriting .
Meg Whitman denies she or her husband ever saw the federal letter .
The California GOP nominee for governor calls it a "political smear" |
251687619a6f9ba58e528733a4b04f5fdfba4263 | (CNN) -- Three choices, and you only get to pick one: . Of these three developments that took place in the second half of the 20th century, which has had the most enduring impact on our lives today? 1. The building of the interstate highway system. 2. The blanketing of the United States with coast-to-coast television. ... | Three innovations shaped America in second half of 20th century .
Television, Internet and interstate highway system all had profound effects .
Bob Greene asks which of the three has most affected your life . |
2518e1ee6afc6b2b7f204b5c7f9d430d8cf20ac3 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 12:44 PM on 18th February 2012 . Iran's nuclear ambitions could plunge the world into 'a new Cold War' with the Middle East, Foreign Secretary William Hague warned today. He predicted a nuclear arms race among rival Middle Eastern states that would carry the dangers without th... | Fears of a Middle East arms race if rogue state develops nuclear weapons .
U.S. warns a strike on Tehran is inevitable later this year . |
2518f64ad6dd84804b84cfdad816651f279aaadd | Off-duty cops are no longer able to carry their weapons to NFL stadiums according to a new policy. Texas is the only state in which an . off-duty cop can carry his gun into the stadium. When checking in, a cop . can use a special gate and inform stadium officials of where they will be seated with their gun. The head of... | Off-duty cops were permitted to carry guns in public after 9/11 .
The NFL commissioner Roger Goodell believes that the cops assigned on stadium duty are the only officials warranting a weapon .
Texas is the only state to allow off-duty cops in the stadium with a gun . |
2519ba0340617ca572bdc0169ea0c5c6539bbc0b | (CNN) -- Singer and actress Eartha Kitt has died, her publicist, Patty Freedman, told CNN on Thursday. Actress Eartha Kitt, shown at a benefit for the Actors Fund in 2003, performed almost until the end of her life. Kitt, 81, died in New York, where she was being treated for colon cancer, Freedman said. Her daughter, K... | Kitt died in New York, where she was being treated for colon cancer .
Her daughter, Kitt Shapiro, was by her side .
Her recording of saucy Christmas song "Santa Baby" was certified gold last week .
Kitt made a name for herself in as Catwoman in "Batman" TV series . |
2519def98126a96e55d53fe175621df82451a16a | (CNN) -- Strikes and counterstrikes between Israel and Hamas resumed as talks aimed at agreeing to a longer-term truce fell apart. Since the temporary ceasefire crumbled Tuesday, at least 137 rockets have been launched from Gaza, the Israeli military said. Of those, 94 hit Israel and 24 were intercepted. Sirens warning... | 23 people have been killed in renewed Israeli strikes, Gaza Health Ministry says .
"If you shoot, you will get attacked," Netanyahu warns Hamas .
Hamas' armed wing leader not killed in airstrike, a Hamas official said .
Hamas negotiator says Israelis negotiated in bad faith in Cairo talks . |
2519f20de90a55b514ad10dd7d6cfd9f8b64d4c5 | By . Luke Salkeld and Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 16:10 EST, 23 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:08 EST, 23 September 2013 . Tragic: Devon schoolgirl Izzy Dix was found dead by her mother at her home in Brixham on Tuesday . Friends of a teenager found hanged at home have claimed she was bullied on the controversia... | Izzy Dix was found dead by her mother in Brixham, Devon, on Tuesday .
Friends claim she was bullied on the Latvian based website .
They have produced YouTube video imploring others to suspend accounts .
Police promise a 'detailed and thorough' investigation . |
2519fa98f8937ebb89b1a8f62a7f7d97a089baa9 | By . Daniel Bates . UPDATED: . 13:00 EST, 1 March 2012 . The creators of Mad Men have been accused of being insensitive to 9/11 victims’ families over the poster being used in New York to advertise the new series. The billboards, which have been put up close to Ground Zero, depict a male character falling from the sky ... | Billboards put up near Ground Zero depict male character falling from sky .
New Yorkers say it reminds them of iconic image from World Trade Center .
But TV producers defend ad and say image has been used for five years . |
251a04716678e74d6ce4a36c23b5b759121627e5 | A former crime scene investigator at the centre of a major police watchdog inquiry into sub-standard work had been employed by two forces for 15 years up until his arrest. Stephen Beattie, who worked as a scenes-of-crime officer, was arrested last year on suspicion of perverting the course of justice and theft and was ... | Stephen Beattie arrested on suspicion of perverting course of justice and theft .
Had been employed by both Staffordshire and Cleveland Police between 1996 and 2011 .
Police watchdog probing allegations he 'undermined dozens of criminal cases'
Detectives reviewing at least 90 cases from the last decade .
One, involving... |
251bbb4a78035144af2f9452119aef2a17d96ac5 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . and Jason Groves . PUBLISHED: . 10:51 EST, 4 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 03:53 EST, 5 March 2014 . Britain could be forced to hand an extra £2.5billion to Brussels to help plug a massive black hole in the EU budget, it emerged last night. In a dramatic admission, EU Budg... | European Commission says it needs £20billion extra from member states .
Comes just three months after demanding an additional £10billion .
Eurocrats blame sudden flurry of invoices at the end of the financial year .
Tory MEP Marta Andreasen says EU of treats public money with 'disdain' |
251bee430026e7e0d6bb2575d4a1d50428a2d4b3 | Washington has been wasting millions of tax dollars on massages for rabbits, tweeting terrorists and teaching sea monkeys synchronised swimming, a U.S. senator claims. Oklahoma senator Tom Coburn has just released his annual Wastebook where he outlines, in his opinion, $25billion of the U.S. government's 'worst spendin... | Oklahoma senator outlines 100 'government waste projects' in new book .
List includes a $500,000 failed attempt to set up butterfly farming .
Also lists rabbit massages, Disney refurbs and mountain lions on treadmills .
Tom Coburn's annual Wastebook contains $25bn of 'wasted tax dollars' |
251c5230cd961c46dd78d5d99d22e7b767da5426 | Cape Town, South Africa (CNN) -- Africa's passenger airline industry may still be awaiting full take off but Boeing has identified the continent as a market ripe with potential. The U.S. company -- one of the world's biggest airplane manufacturers -- has found its order book filled with an increasing number of African ... | Africa is one of the fastest growing regions for commercial aviation.
Boeing's Vice President for Commercial Sales says the continent's potential is huge.
African airlines face political and technological challenges in fulfilling their full potential. |
251c67b6bdac629865bd787f34ea93077a83b30d | By . Beth Stebner . PUBLISHED: . 20:30 EST, 29 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:18 EST, 30 January 2013 . A self-described ‘party princess’ is facing serious charges after allegedly striking and killing a well-known Miami chef. Karlie Tomica, 20, who styled herself as a ‘Miami Beach Party Princess Livin’ the Dream’ on ... | Karlie Tomica, 20, reportedly heading home from work at high-end bar .
Allegedly struck executive chef Stefano Riccioletti early Monday morning and immediately fled scene .
Good Samaritan who witnessed alleged crime followed Tomica to her apartment while calling 911 .
Tomica arrested for fleeing the scene but later pos... |
251df3fba21325badd9a4fe2120f90d447e89a73 | By . Jessica Jerreat . It came from the depths of the ocean. A strange, billowing deep-sea creature that unexpectedly floated into view on an oil rig camera. The mysterious sea creature was spotted 5,000ft deep in the Gulf of Mexico two years ago, but it has only just been identified by marine biologists. A quick glimp... | Deep sea species was seen gliding through the Gulf of Mexico .
Hexagonal pattern on membrane-like skin helped finally identify it . |
251e83176abed60e96ba5791146197103566cfcc | (CNN) -- Fabio Cannavaro is to join the Italian national squad on Sunday for their World Cup qualifier against Cyprus next week, despite being under the cloud of a drug test controversy. Fabioo Cannavaro's proudest moment came in 2006 when he led Italy to World Cup glory. It was revealed on Thursday that the 36-year-ol... | Fabio Cannavaro is to join the Italian national squad on Sunday to face Cyprus .
Cannavaro tested positive for cortisone after having treatment for an insect bite .
The 36-year-old Juve defender has an allergy to insect bites which can be fatal .
Defender was interviewed by Italian Olympic Committee anti-doping prosecu... |
25207893cd23883760034d3be48f6c827b091059 | By . Riath Al-Samarrai . Follow @@riathalsam . Poor Leeds. They left their coach to boos from the Millwall fans and exited the pitch to laughter and waves from the same supporters. In between, they could probably count themselves lucky to have lost the match by only two goals, scored by Mark Beevers and Shaun Williams.... | New Leeds United manager suffers defeat in first Championship game .
Millwall took an early lead through Mark Beevers strike in the eight minute .
Shaun Williams sealed the three points with a late penalty for the home side . |
252509ecfd39ba9b83eef0e472ac8ab23b16f37e | On Monday night many observers in the UK reported seeing an odd halo of light around the moon. The remarkable phenomenon was captured in stunning images, showing the moon surrounded by a bright ring of light. The spectacle is caused by ice crystals in the atmosphere, specifically when thin cirrus or cirrostratus clouds... | Observers around the UK snapped images of a 'moon ring' Monday night .
The amazing phenomenon occurs when light from the moon reflects off ice crystals in the atmosphere .
The light refracts at 22° in the ice, so the eye only sees the ring of light around the moon - and not elsewhere .
Different colours also refract di... |
25257e329b2f0aa0a52cd23e3c5c50f1dd68d5b7 | Jose Mourinho's former assistant at Real Madrid Aitor Karanka has lavished praise on the Chelsea manager, explaining how the Portuguese boss ended Barcelona's La Liga dominance and the 'love' which the squad at the Bernabeu held for him. Middlesbrough boss Karanka also believes Mourinho's successor, Carlo Ancelotti, is... | Jose Mourinho is 'best coach in the world' says ex-assistant Aitor Karanka .
Karanka believes Mourinho ended Barcelona's dominance in Spain .
He also says Carlo Ancelotti is 'loved' by Real Madrid players like Mourinho was during his time at the Bernabeu .
Karanka is now the manager of Middlesbrough in the Championship... |
25258fb3b108c9f2bfc3000bdcb6cf8de86d73e8 | By . Steve Nolan . It may be worth almost half the price of the average UK house and have a top speed of 217mph, but the long arm of the law still managed to catch up with the driver of this supercar yesterday. The orange Lamborghini Aventador, worth a staggering £400,000, was seized and towed away by police after they... | The Aventador was one of more than 180 cars seized in east London .
The driver's insurance wasn't enough to cover such a powerful car .
The £400,000 motor is the latest in a line of supercars to fall foul of the law . |
2526f338882666646723f6a51377166a22ebb8fa | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 09:17 EST, 14 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:18 EST, 14 October 2013 . Social networks are rife with people taking selfies, but there's a knack to getting the photo right so it doesn't feature your forearm, or isn't taken in a toilet mirror. To solve this first world problem, a... | Smartphone Remote Control costs £14.99 and comes with a phone stand .
App syncs with the remote control which has a wireless range of 10 feet .
Photos can be taken remotely either in portrait or landscape mode . |
252709adb3ee7b2a15c037b8bf79149791d09f80 | Oakland, California (CNN) -- Several decades ago, Stan Brock nearly died when a horse kicked him in the head. He was in the middle of the Amazon rain forest, not exactly the easiest spot to find a doctor. "There was no medical care there, (and) I was 350 miles from the nearest doctor," said Brock, who was working for a... | Stan Brock made a name for himself lassoing animals on 'Wild Kingdom'
Today, he runs a nonprofit that provides free health care to people all over the world .
Brock: The volunteers are the heroes; all I do is carry some of the luggage .
Do you know a hero? Nominations are open for 2012 CNN Heroes . |
25278367acb2aa2ac9e3b39c300fb2ce10d1557c | (CNN) -- Manchester City have given another signal of their intent to wrest the English Premier League title back from neighbors Manchester United with the signing of Brazilian Fernandinho. The midfielder has joined the 2012 champions from Shakhtar Donetsk for a reported fee of £30 million ($48m). Fernandinho, 28, has... | Manchester City announces the signing of Brazil international Fernandinho .
The 28-year-old joins from Ukranian club Shakhtar Donetsk for a reported $48m .
Fernandinho has five international caps for Brazil and joined Shakhtar in 2006 . |
2527c23936e48f14eaafe59f49e3e905e4e9890b | Nico Rosberg ended Lewis Hamilton's dominant streak by finishing final practice for the Spanish Grand Prix on top of the timesheets. After seeing his Mercedes team-mate, and rival for the championship, end both practice sessions quickest on Friday, Rosberg responded with a time of 1:25.887 - over eight tenths quicker t... | Nico Rosberg was over eight tenths quicker than Lewis Hamilton .
The Mercedes pair are expected to battle it out for pole later on Saturday .
Sebastian Vettel was only 10th after completing just four laps yesterday .
Fernando Alonso was best of the rest, albeit 1.2 seconds down on Rosberg . |
2527cff34323f7be4228c3aacdd32b2ef73cb486 | (CNN) -- The emir of Kuwait has accepted the resignation of the Cabinet and the prime minister and asked them to stay as a caretaker government until a new government is formed, state-run news agency KUNA said Monday. The decision comes less than two weeks after anti-corruption protesters forced their way inside Parlia... | NEW: Prime minister accuses some members of Parliament of sowing disunity .
Prime minister says some members of Parliament made progress impossible .
Protesters have demanded his resignation . |
25291a0e388dd6047576d7ba1f751f277e5f1397 | Time Warner Cable told a man living in a rural area of Central New York that it would cost over $20,000 to connect him to broadband internet. Jesse Walser of Pompey moved to the town of 7,000 residents ten years ago, reports arstechnica.com. Walser, who works as a laboratory analyst at a beer brewery, is just one of th... | Time Warner Cable told Jesse Walser it would cost him $20,000 to get broadband internet .
Time Warner Cable told him that in order to extend service to his home, cable to three homes in a span of 0.32 miles would need to be built .
'I didn’t think it would be that difficult, because the cable was on my road. I have ph... |
252981a4a714e5f5473dc789652866eed7576757 | (CNN) -- Palace Malice won the 2013 Belmont Stakes, the third leg of horse racing's Triple Crown, on Saturday. The South Carolina-bred three-year-old outdueled Oxbow down the stretch to win the 1½ mile race. Oxbow, the Preakness Stakes victor, ended up in second. Orb -- this year's Kentucky Derby winner and Saturday's... | South Carolina-bred Palace Malice outduels Oxbow down the stretch to win .
Kentucky Derby winner Orb comes in third .
"It was really a sneaky good race," jockey Mike Smith says .
There were three different winners in the three Triple Crown races . |
2529c64010ec584199ddee46faa3b3ff3fc1cdc9 | (CNN) -- Three-time Indianapolis 500 winner Dario Franchitti announced his retirement Thursday, a month after a devastating crash in Houston, where he suffered head and spinal injuries. In a statement released through his team, Target Chip Ganassi Racing, Franchitti said he made the decision to stop racing based on the... | Dario Franchitti was injured in a crash on October 6 at the Grand Prix of Houston .
Franchitti, 40, suffered a concussion as well as fractures to his spine and ankle .
Based on medical advice, he says he has "no choice but to stop"
Franchitti ends his career with 31 IndyCar wins and 33 starts in the No. 1 pole position... |
252a6063c6e008449a7706300dfd169b0825198f | (Mental Floss) -- Have you ever been watching television and thought, "Wow, this soap opera is so good it could cause the downfall of a corrupt communist regime," or even, "I bet one day this show is going to send the first woman into space"? Well, maybe you're not giving the boob tube enough credit. Popular television... | "Dallas" gave poor Romanians a view of a better life .
J.R. Ewing actor Larry Hagman greeted as hero in the country .
Hubert Humphrey blamed comic for election loss . |
252c1d4ddfbb69c417c0a16ed7f827f609c18e09 | The pilots of a helium-filled balloon who have embarked on a daring flight across the Pacific Ocean have drawn closer to North America as they attempt to break two world records. Troy Bradley of Albuquerque and Leonid Tiukhtyaev of Russia are expected to cross into North America sometime Thursday evening. The accomplis... | The pilots of a helium-filled balloon have drawn closer to North America .
Troy Bradley and Leonid Tiukhtyaev hope to smash the World records .
The last time anyone crossed the Pacific Ocean in a gas balloon was 1981 .
They're also looking to break the flight-duration record first set in 1978 . |
252c5727612e34abc31f5df30a59d7eb5e956c0d | Los Angeles (CNN) -- The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office is reopening its investigation into the death of movie star Natalie Wood, who drowned in 1981 while boating off Catalina Island near the California coast, authorities said Thursday. Homicide investigators are taking a new look at one of Hollywood's most endur... | The Los Angeles County sheriff's office reopens the case .
Persons with additional information have approached investigators .
Natalie Wood drowned off Catalina Island near Los Angeles in 1981 .
A news conference is scheduled for Friday morning in California . |
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