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252edab978a42873298d6706d96409f6c1aad7cc | Los Angeles (CNN) -- The judge overseeing Michael Jackson's estate and the custody of his children ordered an investigation into Paris Jackson's apparent suicide attempt. Paris, 15, is in a Los Angeles hospital at least until Saturday for evaluation after an incident early Wednesday in which she cut her wrist and calle... | Judge cites "recent media reports concerning her welfare" as reason for investigation .
Paris is in a Los Angeles hospital at least until Saturday for evaluation .
"We're completely supportive of the judge's action," Katherine Jackson's lawyer says . |
2530cd0d7af92dba0c5791e58998816d2f020a3c | (CNN) -- There are happy songs -- and then there is "Happy." The bouncy tune by singer/composer/producer/rapper Pharrell Williams has occupied the No. 1 spot on the charts for more than a month. It's spurred countless covers -- including one by Academy Award-winning actress Gwyneth Paltrow, reprising her guest star rol... | Fans across the world seem to be in love with the infectious "Happy"
The song has shot to No. 1 in more than a dozen countries .
Pharrell says he is overwhelmed by the reaction . |
253192a469e4c7981b77e136d1bf87bb06d8fd5f | By . James Daniel . PUBLISHED: . 17:04 EST, 4 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:58 EST, 7 May 2013 . Sometimes the best decisions are the ones you didn't mean to make. For one Californian mom of four, it was a decision that made her $14 million. Thuan Le from Mission Viejo, bought her weekly set of lottery tickets at her lo... | Thuan Le bought five Lotto tickets every week without fail .
This time she purchased a sixth after putting too much money in the machine .
Le says she'll use the cash to travel and buy a house . |
25320dc47859a7e28f35abd77aba97f1a8f2e10f | (CNN Student News) -- August 4, 2011 . Go to our home page to download PDF maps related to today's quiz. Know your news -- Take this quiz to test your knowledge of some summer headlines. Answer the questions using the interactive, multiple-choice quiz above, or write your answers below in the space provided. 1. Which ... | Have you been paying attention to the news this summer?
Take this quiz to test your knowledge of some summer headlines .
The CNN Student News daily program will return on August 15th . |
25323b0ac1d7eecef67492a4662ed1ed9abc0a85 | By . Gemma Mullin for MailOnline . A father has been 'stabbed to death with a pitchfork following a row over a game of pool’ at his local pub. Thomas Lamb, 46, was brutally attacked at his home in Restalrig Circus, Edinburgh in the early hours of Saturday morning. It is thought he had heard intruders in his garden befo... | Thomas Lamb, 46, was brutally attacked at his home in Restalrig, Edinburgh .
Found on street by terrified members of public in early hours of Saturday .
Mr Lamb was regular pool player at the Tor pub where he was that night .
Police believe he was involved in an argument shortly before the attack .
Murder investigation... |
2533021de75bd0ec82ebe19e37cb81c76ad4903f | A bride-to-be who lost her fiancé in a Christmas Day car crash said a tearful farewell to him as she buried him in his wedding suit. Debbie Smyth joined hundreds of mourners at the funeral of Mark Price, 51, her partner of nine years who she was due to marry on Saturday. Before the service, Ms Smyth said: 'My heart is... | Mark Price was killed in a head-on collision on Christmas morning .
The 51-year-old was due to marry Debbie Smyth on Saturday in Rothley .
Ms Smyth said she buried her partner of nine years in his wedding suit .
Mourners heard that that 'Mark was in the wrong place at the wrong time' |
2533a6063845bdb415842e112475460ab739ef1a | By . Matthew Blake . and Wills Robinson . An escaped murderer who had been jailed for life for killing a British couple on their Caribbean honeymoon has died after being shot by police. Avie Howell, 24, who shot Welsh newlyweds Ben and Catherine Mullany in 2008, was caught in a rural parish just south of the capital, S... | Ben and Catherine Mullany were shot on the holiday island in 2008 .
Couple from Pontardawe, South Wales, had been married for two weeks .
Avie Howell and Kaniel Martin were jailed for life for the couple's murder .
Howell was shot after he climbing a 30ft-wall to escape the prison . |
253430c199b478cc546d5ffb8f331154b82b1da4 | The youngest son of civil rights leader Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. is selling up his mansion in Malibu. Dexter Scott King, 54, who is the chairman of the King Center - a group of several historic buildings in Atlanta that operate as museums telling his late father's story - has listed his four-bedroom abode for $4.85... | Dexter Scott King is the chairman of the King Center in Atlanta .
The center is a group of several historic buildings that operate as museums telling his late father's story .
He first bought the Malibu house in 2006 for $4.16 million and splits his time between there and Atlanta .
Home has four bedrooms, six bathroom... |
25354989396398c4b208b553070e531fc6c67667 | (CNN) -- Deep down on the bottom of the Baltic Sea, Swedish treasure hunters think they have made the find of a lifetime. The problem is, they're not exactly sure what it is they've uncovered. Out searching for shipwrecks at a secret location between Sweden and Finland, the deep-sea salvage company Ocean Explorer captu... | Swedish treasure hunters have captured images of a mysterious object in the Baltic Sea .
It's estimated around 100,000 objects, mostly shipwrecks, are littered throughout the Baltic .
Deep-sea salvage company Ocean Explorer uses sonar imaging to search for wrecks . |
25355d6bbe65545a5cc6bf3a6cd37adbecb39388 | By . Associated Press . Updated: . 01:35 EST, 29 November 2013 . Accused: Itzcoatl Ocampo, 23, is charged with six counts of murder . A former Marine charged with the gory stabbing deaths of six people in California told investigators he targeted homeless people in part because they were vulnerable, and that he believe... | Police say ex-Marine Itzcoatl Ocampo killed four homeless men and the mother and brother of his childhood friend .
Family said deployment in Iraq 'killed the man he used to be'
Ocampo's father is homeless . |
2535beebabd40b6a766c857122cb607ad8b31009 | Everton midfielder Ross Barkley will return to first-team training at the beginning of next week after recovering from a knee ligament injury. Barkley is yet to make a competitive appearance for the Toffees so far this season as the 20-year-old was ruled out for up to eight weeks on the eve of the Premier League campai... | Everton ace Ross Barkley has recovered from a knee ligament injury .
England international Barkley was ruled out for up to eight weeks .
Roberto Martinez has praised Barkley's 'desire and hunger' |
2536cc9b40ec28e4cecf9bceca26d171db82c722 | (CNN) -- Affidavits in the case of a missing 13-year-old Texas girl indicate her mother and live-in boyfriend failed polygraph exams on her whereabouts and they had a New Year's Eve party a few days after she disappeared. But Hailey Dunn's mother, Billie Dunn, told HLN's "Nancy Grace" on Wednesday that the party was a ... | Hailey Dunn was last seen December 27 .
Police have administered polygraph tests to her mother and her mother's boyfriend .
Mother Billie Dunn described the party as a New Year's Eve "family gathering" |
253747f5792f6d79201523c788e724bad5dc5899 | (CNN) -- She calls herself an artist, writer, chef, poet, stylist and philanthropist. The wife of her 80-year-old boyfriend (or ex-boyfriend) calls her a mistress and a gold digger. And now V. Stiviano, the woman who was a regular courtside presence at Los Angeles Clippers games next to owner Donald Sterling, is attrac... | V. Stiviano is being sued by the wife of Clippers owner Donald Sterling .
Stiviano's attorney says she didn't release the tape that had racist comments .
Sterling's wife filed a suit against her, claiming she received lavish gifts . |
25375d19deeaeeeb6062f1434d90b1f88b4adf88 | New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- Under almost any circumstance, Louisiana politics are hot and spicy. The race for the Senate seat this year plays to type, and then some: It's an almost guaranteed runoff, to be decided in December. So the answer to the question of who controls the Senate could actually have to wait for ... | Democratic Sen. Mary Landrieu is in a tough reelection battle for her seat .
Landrieu's Republican opponent is U.S. Rep. Bill Cassidy .
There's also another Republcian candidate Rob Maness who's getting 11% of the vote .
The race will likely go to a runoff in December . |
2538135ed997b9f8a019932a5ae7c14f848c5655 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 04:46 EST, 15 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:24 EST, 15 May 2013 . Schools in rural Nepal have been left deserted as villagers scramble to harvest a rare high-altitude fungus said to boost sexual performance. The reported aphrodisiac properties of Yarchagumba are so potent the fungus h... | Students and teachers joined annual rush for Yarchagumba in rural Nepal .
Rare caterpillar fungus has properties said to boost sexual performance .
Demand for Yarchagumba in China means it can fetch up to $20k per kilo .
Around 8,000 students in one district alone left school to hunt for fungus . |
253815c796d55578a352c887c6065d8eb1e6a1cb | By . Rebecca Evans . PUBLISHED: . 04:02 EST, 28 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:08 EST, 29 July 2013 . Stephen Hawking’s first wife has revealed how the world-famous physicist’s illness forced them into their own ‘black hole’ of despair. Jane Wilde, who was married to the scientist for 25 years, says the couple were ‘eng... | Renowned scientist fell desperately ill with pneumonia in 1985 .
His first wife, Jane, refused to end her husband's life and demanded doctors in Switzerland return him to Cambridge .
Hawking underwent life-saving operation that robbed him of ability to talk .
He went on to complete A Brief History of Time and sold 10 m... |
2538a7c93339e1b9f9fff7e9936a5419583be698 | Of all the bunnies in Debbie and Al Morgia's Connecticut home, Peter is by far the nosiest. The long-eared black-and-white pet was born with a pair of snouts because of a genetic mutation. The Morgias have a total of nine bunnies: some rescued, others purchased, and two of them handicapped. Peter, the adorable two-nose... | Peter was born with genetic mutation that resulted in his having two noses .
He lives in Connecticut home of the Morgia family alongside eight other bunnies . |
253d7cad234a265c8066815fd2f9ed8222fc88f9 | A teenager has undergone surgery after being beaten unconscious by a fellow student in an incident of school bullying. The argument between Preston Hodge and a classmate reportedly broke out on Tuesday during lunch break in the playground when the boys were playing dodgeball. A teacher broke up the fight at Longfellow ... | Preston Hodge needed surgery for cheek fracture in Oklahoma . |
253dac526948159a8b788a60b9824d6495c81938 | By . Martha De Lacey . PUBLISHED: . 11:33 EST, 18 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:33 EST, 18 November 2013 . For days when an ordinary egg timer simply won't do, there's the one which plays different songs when your breakfast is cooked to varying states. Firebox's BeepEgg comes in three varieties - Original, Disco Di... | Firebox's musical BeepEgg plays a song when egg is cooked .
Three versions - Original, Disco Diva, Rock God - play different songs .
Each plays a different song to alert to different stages of cooking .
Costs £14.99 . |
253e4091d64fdb0bcf2cfc4077baf99388205f5f | Two Dutchmen have been jailed for a total of 36 years after being convicted of a 'James Bond'-style plot to smuggle £16.2million of cocaine into Britain using underwater vehicles. Henri Van Doesburg, 68, and Arnold Van Milt, 49, helped to transport 240lbs (108kg) of the class A drug to the UK in the rudder compartment ... | Henri Van Doesburg, 68, and Arnold Van Milt, 49, jailed for total of 36 years .
Pair arrested after police found £16.2million of cocaine hidden on boat .
Officers also found underwater scooters, dinghy and diving equipment .
Said the pair provided a specialist underwater drugs retrieval service .
Prosecutors likened th... |
253eabf66c4fc6a806aaffba572e47af8226a73a | (CNN) -- Bolivia President Evo Morales declared a U.S. diplomat "undesirable" Monday amid allegations that the United States asked a visiting scholar and Peace Corps volunteers to keep tabs on Cubans and Venezuelans in Bolivia. Morales said a security assistant for the U.S. Embassy -- identified by the Bolivian Informa... | U.S. diplomat accused of violating rights of Bolivian citizens .
U.S. officials admit inappropriate suggestion was made, deny spying allegations .
Diplomat asked about names, addresses of Cubans and Venezuelans in Bolivia . |
253f8fccb6bef771b5ce2d7d470834b45e29c8fa | The father of the British tourist, who is on the run after a young Cambodian woman was found brutally murdered, has begged his son to turn himself in to police. The naked body of the 20-year-old was found with her throat cut, hidden under a bed at the £12-a-night Bolyna Palace Hotel in the capital Phnom Penh. Police sa... | Manhunt has been launched for James Green .
He has been on the run for the last five days in Cambodia .
Unidentified woman was found naked under a bed in Bolyna Palace hotel .
His father Barry said Green is a loner but would not normally hurt anyone .
Mr Green had checked into the hotel on December 25 . |
25418369ba935ac824232b306b40acf16c58e31c | (CNN) -- You cannot look away from the twin disasters befalling the people of Syria and Iraq. That is what President Barack Obama has realized. More than three years after an uprising to topple Syrian dictator Bashar al-Assad spun into a devastating civil war, Obama is asking Congress for $500 million to help arm and t... | President Obama is asking Congress for $500 million to aid Syrian opposition .
Frida Ghitis: Obama realized he cannot ignore the twin disasters in Syria and Iraq .
She says the brutal ISIS has swept across the Syrian border into Iraq, creating havoc .
Ghitis: The violence opens the possibility that radical extremists w... |
25424ece999d86ce335a3095c2122879b08c845f | By . Tom Goodenough . PUBLISHED: . 10:55 EST, 12 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:51 EST, 13 July 2012 . Cheeky postcards were once part and parcel of any trip to the seaside. But in one British tourist resort, giant-sized versions of the risque cards are stirring up controversy. Traders in the town of Cleethorpes are cal... | The risque postcards, inspired by classic versions from the 1950s, were put up to celebrate Cleethorpes' floral display and impress judges .
Shopkeepers have slammed the designs, however, branding them 'obscene', 'sexist' and 'rude'
Managing Director of Bamforth's, the company which sold 200million of the postcards, hi... |
25426cc7f143b780f9f92406349c7e4661f3fc32 | (CNN) -- A New Zealand gas station owner turned international fugitive has been sentenced to four years and seven months in prison after stealing millions of dollars accidentally deposited into his bank account. Hui "Leo" Gao, dubbed the "accidental millionaire," sparked a global manhunt after fleeing New Zealand with ... | New Zealand's 'accidental millionaire' jailed for bank account theft .
Hui "Leo" Gao sentenced to four years, seven months after global manhunt .
Gao's girlfriend Kara Hurring sentenced to nine months' home detention .
Couple fled NZ after bank error gave Gao access to NZ$10 million . |
2543940dd01a0faf30aa2b1a4807948cdb7590d0 | By SAM MARSDEN . PUBLISHED: . 13:33 EST, 16 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 05:59 EST, 17 March 2014 . Prince Charles claims the expense poured onto his 15-acre estate is a protest against 'fashionable vandalism' Prince Charles has admitted that critics may see his organic garden at Highgrove as an 'expensive indulgence', ... | Blasts 'carnage of fashionable vandalism' in new book about Highgrove .
Been adding rare trees and fruits to Gloucestershire estate since 1980 .
15-acre grounds feature busts of Charles and thatched houses for his sons . |
2543ccf1e995104ecc1b3fcffaa5966e6db6df5d | Nigel Pearson has accepted an FA charge of using abusive language towards a supporter – and has requested a personal hearing. The Leicester City manager was filmed appearing to tell a fan to ‘f*** off and die’ after being called an ‘utter t***’ during the defeat to Liverpool at the King Power Stadium on December 2. Pea... | Nigel Pearson has asked for a personal hearing .
He is expected to be given a fine and/or touch-line ban .
The Leicester boss got into the argument during the defeat by Liverpool . |
2544307c8dfae32be23871ac17487108b6e4df72 | By . Zoe Szathmary For Mailonline . A humpback whale captured in a stunning photograph last year near New York harbor just can't seem to stay away. 'Jerry' the whale was seen in 2013 splashing around the Rockaways, MyFoxNY said. Gotham Whale researchers saw 'Jerry' three times in 2013 and have seen him 'multiple times'... | 'Jerry' the whale was captured last year splashing around in the Rockaways - with the Empire State Building far off in the background .
He was a calf in 2011 and was seen in Maine by researchers .
The whale - whose scientific name is .
NYC0011 - was nicknamed because he was seen on Grateful Dead guitarist .
Jerry Garci... |
2544900ca167e4c85d422ed62cab197cad0b0e9f | Reece Delashmit wasn't going to let the fact he was in a wheelchair stop him from helping out around his family home. So when the 11-year-old saw his brother Harry shoveling snow from their Illinois driveway he used a shovel attached to his wheelchair to help clear the way. Since Reece's father Rick Delashmit uploaded ... | Reece Delashmit suffered a serious brain injury in a car accident in 2008 .
When he was released from hospital he couldn't walk, talk or eat .
He now has a powered wheelchair and has become an internet sensation . |
254652ee03ab7da074d337b2ee80381e82650526 | By . Martin Robinson . Tragic: Flt Lt Sean Cunningham, 35, died on the runway at RAF Scampton near Lincoln in 2011 because of a defective ejector seat . A Red Arrows pilot who died when his ejector seat went off unexpectedly was failed by a manufacturer who knew it was defective for more than 20 years but did not tell ... | Flt Lt Sean Cunningham, 35, died on the runway at RAF Scampton, Lincoln .
From ground was hurled 300ft into air and parachute failed on way down .
Ejector seat maker Martin Baker had known of issues since 1990 .
Inquest heard defective seat could launch with only slight pressure .
Coroner recorded narrative verdict and... |
2546ecffd68a83669c081a8c70f556c2f5509dbf | ISIS fighters have fired a crude chemical weapon at the Kurdish forces defending the Syria-Turkey border town of Kobane, it has been reported. BBC reporter Güney Yıldız says a Kurdish official from the war-torn town told him of a suspected IS chemical attack last night, which has caused people to lose their eyesight, b... | BBC reporter claims terror group has fired chemical weapons at warzone .
The 'unsophisticated' weapon may have had a chlorine payload .
Pictures show victims with burns from the alleged chemical attack .
Isis controls former chemical weapons plant in Iraq, it was claimed last week .
The Muthanna State Establishment mad... |
2547ddf39b9d49f1904dc7277e3944fc56b1965e | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:42 EST, 28 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:59 EST, 28 December 2012 . Two women were reportedly killed on a highway in California as they tried to rescue their small dog that ran out of the car, police say. Both women were pronounced dead at the scene, and the dog was also k... | Sara Ornelas, 54, and Barbara Romero, .
49, were on their way to a casino resort from Santa Barbara when their .
dog darted out the vehicle and into traffic, where it was struck by a .
passing vehicle .
One of the women allegedly went to retrieve the dog and was struck by another vehicle .
the second woman allegedly ra... |
254982c9e7e9f695eae66afae88951f28566541c | (CNN) -- This is not a great week to be a government employee, but one movie theater chain is trying to ease the pain. AMC has announced that its theaters are offering free small popcorns to those employed by the government, regardless of whether a movie ticket is also purchased. Instead, the individual needs to simply... | Movie chain AMC is offering free small popcorns to government workers .
A movie ticket does not need to be purchased to receive the offer .
The discount will stand 'until good common sense is restored in Washington' |
254ae641dfe4eadab210a99f35bb120b0f9d2f18 | Wallaby back Kurtley Beale has been fined $45,000 by the Australian Rugby Union (ARU), but has avoided suspension and having his contract terminated following a marathon code of conduct hearing on Friday. The hearing at ARU headquarters in Sydney lasted almost four hours, but it was another two hours before the results... | Kurtley Beale has been fined $45,000 by the Australian Rugby Union .
Text message exchange can be revealed between the former Wallabies business manager and Kurtley Beale in June .
The contents of the texts were revealed in a letter to Beale and his manager from the ARU .
Ms Patston quit as team business manager on Fri... |
254b8f360775c4ffced5d9890d922422122e2735 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:18 EST, 10 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:48 EST, 10 June 2012 . The body of a sixth family member who fell out of their plane before its crash Thursday afternoon has been recovered approximately a half a mile from the wreckage police in Florida report. Officers with the Polk C... | Plane's right wing detached in flight opening a hole near seats .
Businessman Ron Bramlage was piloting a single-turboprop plane with his wife and four children .
The family known for their charitable work were heading home to Junction City, Kansas from the Bahamas .
Cause of the crash in Central Florida is currently u... |
254ba3e3c2209b7c9304ade100bcdc6377d586de | Simon Cowell with his dogs Squiddly and Diddly attending a press launch for Britain's Got Talent . He treats them as if they are his children and used them as part of his ‘baby training’ before becoming a father to son Eric. Now Simon Cowell has installed an electric fence in his back garden to protect Yorkshire terrie... | Dogs named Squiddly and Diddly after his favourite 1960s cartoon series .
Workmen with electrical equipment seen entering large detached mansion .
Wire produces small non-fatal shock to deter rather than injure any .
foxes . |
254bf3dbc62e883702fc15651b2fb341187c1465 | An entire village will be resettled in a bid to escape starving jungle tribesmen who keep raiding their homes for food and clothes. The Peruvian government has been forced to act after 200 members of the Mashco Piro tribe staged several raids on a local village in Peru stealing food and tools. Ministers said the attac... | At least 200 members of the Mashco Piro tribe carried out the raid for food .
The theft occurred because the tribesmen are finding it hard to find food .
In the latest attack, homes were damaged and household items were stolen . |
254d866040c54e07bd770916631e25a57629d288 | (CNN) -- If a bed and 14 other antiques up for sale in New York next week look familiar, it might be that you saw them in a movie. An American Renaissance gilt, carved, inlaid and ebonized bed is expected to go for $500,000. Pieces of furniture owned by two very rich 19th-century Americans were destined for a trash pil... | The furniture was owned by two wealthy 19th-century Americans .
Studio bought it at an estate auction in 1942 for a fraction of its original cost .
Auction house not allowed to reveal in which movies the furniture was used .
You can watch post-1942 Warner Brothers period films to find the antiques . |
254ed5f386e29d63c72c893dd8011e61d0ea68b9 | The most brutal political ad of the 2012 election has blown up in the Obama campaign's face after blatant deceptions were revealed in the story of a woman who died of cancer following the closure of a steel mill owned by Mitt Romney's venture capital firm. Joe Soptic, who has appeared in an anti-Romney ad before, links... | Video features steel worker Joe Soptic, who was laid off and lost his health benefits after the company owned by Bain Capital went bankrupt .
Claims his wife Ilyona Soptic died of cancer as a result of him losing his health insurance .
Mitt Romney was no longer leading the operations of Bain when the steel mill shut do... |
254f55b22d8b87e1cb14da99d818d56dde0a81a6 | By . Steve Hopkins . Move over Baloo, there's another bear with an itch to scratch. This is the hilarious moment a bear was seen mimicking the famous character from Rudyard Kipling's The Jungle Book. Just like Baloo, this grizzly bear wasn't shy about scratching in front of others and happily rubbed his back to find th... | Amused onlookers call out 'Baloo' in reference to the Jungle Book character .
Bear looked utterly content after stretching out in itch-scratching ecstasy .
As crowds of onlookers erupt in fits of laughter over the antics . |
2550f667851f0c7db681b684bafa7d06a77236c7 | By . Louise Boyle . and Associated Press . A man convicted as a teenager in the slaying of a special education teacher in 2000 has been released from prison after his murder conviction was overturned on DNA evidence. Lorenzo Montoya, 29, pleaded guilty on Monday to being an accessory in the killing of Skinner Middle Sc... | Lorenzo Montoya, 29, was exonerated in the murder of special education teacher Emily Johnson, then 29, in 2000 .
He pleaded guilty on Monday at the Denver court to being an accessory to the killing but was released on time served .
Montoya was 14 when Ms Johnson was beaten to death inside her home .
He was convicted at... |
255194d269cee4837e6bac7c5342018fd0eb8d07 | Washington (CNN) -- Federal authorities Wednesday announced an indictment charging three men in connection with a massive international cybercrime scheme that involved creating and distributing a virus that infected more than a million computers in the U.S. and Europe. Justice Department and FBI officials in New York a... | Three men are accused of creating, distributing "Gozi" virus in 2005 .
Virus stole banking information, infected 1 million computers, including NASA's .
Tens of millions of dollars were lost, indictment says . |
2552fddafd6604778805711c9871a81c3fbbb9ad | Twenty One years have passed since Danny Blanchflower died. He was a wonderful footballer and, in his later years, a captivating journalist. Yet he will be chiefly remembered for one observation. ‘The great fallacy is that the game is first and last about winning. It’s nothing of the kind,’ said Danny. ‘The game is abo... | Danny Blanchflower famously said 'the game is about glory' not winning .
There is something trivial in the spectacle of adults playing games .
But at its cleanest and brightest sport generates a sense of wonder .
Danny was right, for sport is about style and nerve and grace and glory. |
2553538d4e6a50d7f2c02c21ac88bc8d013f687c | This week marks the 20th anniversary of the iconic striker's debut. Read more here... The New York Cosmos have announced the signing of former Real Madrid striker Raul. The club, which plays in the North American Soccer League beneath Major League Soccer, said the 37-year-old Spaniard had signed a multi-year contract, ... | The Real Madrid legend will start playing in the 2015 season .
The Spanish striker scored 323 goals in 741 matches for Real Madrid .
Sir Alex Ferguson once described him as the best player in the world .
Raul is the all time Champions League leading scorer . |
2554eaf6327c84ce7df0ae45ce7281d755eb4ebf | Andy Murray is looking forward to playing Rafael Nadal for the first time since 2011 after setting up a showdown with the world number one in the quarter-finals of the Italian Open. Murray, who turned 27 on Thursday, progressed through with a 7-6 (7-1), 6-4 win over Jurgen Melzer and he was later joined in the last eig... | British No 1 meets Nadal in Italian Open quarter-final .
Murray claims clash with Spaniard will be best preparation for French Open .
Scot defeated Jurgen Melzer in third round while Nadal saw off Mikhail Youzhny . |
255823d9cc45271d7bbea6b99043f835daf1c96d | (CNN) -- Iraqi Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki called for dialogue and resolve to halt the recent rise in violence across the country and avert a "civil war." "We should not let those extremists ignite the sectarian strife in this country," he said Thursday in a nationwide address. Over the past three days, nearly 100 pe... | NEW: Four people killed in clashes between gunmen and security forces, police say .
Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki: "Everyone will lose if civil war breaks out"
Violence most recently raged in Mosul .
Sunnis have been angry at the Shiite-led government . |
25587188e3ee7f3b61ba43aaa1dcb29d51df820f | Perched atop their trusty and in some cases fairly serious motorbikes, women in traditional Moroccan dress, including abayas and hijabs, face the camera with steely stares. Many displaying an impressive attitude and wearing bright sunglasses, the women are framed by the rich and vibrant colours of their African heritag... | Series of photos entitled 'Kesh angels by UK based artist Hassan Hajjaj .
Show fierce independence of women of Marrakesh on motorbikes against backdrop of vibrant, bustling city .
Photographer says: 'I'm impressed with their strength and aim to show their independence'
Exhibition currently on display in the Taymour Gra... |
255a866639ff8e515d5fbad0bdef465ca636f908 | Upset: Taki Theodoracopulos was thrown out of Claridge's in Mayfair . One of Britain's most exclusive hotels has been accused of throwing out a visitor - for being white and English. Claridge’s in Mayfair, central London, has been a favourite venue for the rich and famous and is often referred to as 'an extension of Bu... | Staff wanted to serve wealthy Arabs instead, claims socialite Taki Theodoracopulos . |
255cd3daefed3a93943cfa5cc75942d628a9fe69 | A hidden shopping mall selling fake designer goods has been discovered behind a row of derelict shops. The secret shopping village - on a once bustling street in Manchester - is packed with fake Louis Vuitton handbags, Nike football shirts, and Jimmy Choo shoes. Visitors to the black market in Bury New Road stock up in... | Visitors to black market in Bury New Road stock up in bulk and then sell on .
The labyrinth of shops packed with fake handbags and football shirts .
Fake goods come from China and Turkey and are sold on the internet . |
255d3ffd5f245624abcccdcd39f473b2e9b774b8 | BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- Supporters and opponents of Lebanon's pro-Western government appeared to split seats on Sunday as Lebanese voters went to the polls to replace two ruling-party lawmakers assassinated in recent months. Lebanese women wait in line to cast their votes in Beirut. Voters in Beirut sent pro-governmen... | Former Lebanese President Amin Gemayel loses by a few hundred votes .
Candidates will replace legislator Pierre Gemayel and lawmaker Walid Eido .
Both were allies of U.S.-backed Lebanese government and opponents of Syria . |
255dd72b42a36dc236c36b8b2ebfad14b54fbae3 | Holster the young guns, the old fellas are not quite ready to step aside for the new wave of talent in men’s tennis. These Championships have seen the emerging prospects come close to cracking the superiority of the established quartet of Rafael Nadal, Novak Djokovic, Andy Murray and Roger Federer. The barometer will u... | Young talent are impressing but it will still be a big four name on the trophy .
Dimitrov and Raonic made it to the semis but they're not quite there yet .
The torch is being passed but it is a slow process .
Big four contenders are far from willing to give up just yet . |
256029b98cac42d0fe30af9d9cb1f51819f368d4 | PUBLISHED: . 11:44 EST, 20 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:33 EST, 20 January 2014 . Kevin Keith, 49, and his wife Catherine were held and questioned after the body of Nicole Falkingham, 41 was discovered lying on the back seat of their car . A man arrested after a millionaire property developer's wife was found froze... | Kevin and Catherine Keith held after Nicole Falkingham's body discovered .
No charges were brought against the couple for their friend's death .
Police investigating tragedy found nearly 100 cannabis plants at address .
Keith said he converted part of house into drugs farm in return for money . |
25603677004acf530b480ed7099a19eb73379f46 | (CNN) -- More than 60 years after reneging on a promise to the hundreds of thousands of Filipinos who fought for the United States during World War II, the U.S. government will soon be sending out checks -- to the few who are still alive. Veteran Franco Arcebal says, "we are loyal to the United States, except that the ... | Filipinos were promised full military benefits to enlist .
President Truman later signed act reneging on promise .
Only about 15,000 of the troops are still alive .
U.S. citizens will get $15,000; non-citizens will get $9,000 . |
2560b47becebd90ecf40804bb468900a3904f15b | Hold the obituary. Experts now think Comet ISON -- or at least part of it -- survived its close encounter with the sun. Karl Battams, a comet scientist for the Naval Research Laboratory, said it is believed some parts of ISON's nucleus survived perihelion. "It now looks like some chunk of ISON's nucleus has indeed ma... | Comet ISON -- or at least part of it -- may have survived, experts say .
Earlier reports indicated ISON disintegrated .
The fate of the comet remains uncertain .
It was making its closest approach to sun . |
2561c5837634c25dc49c0ba28fc4c02dd1621d4d | By . Emma Reynolds . Last updated at 9:21 PM on 1st March 2012 . A Scotland Yard chief bought champagne for a News of the World journalist and lunch for colleagues during a £600 one-day spree on his force credit card. Andy Hayman, a former assistant commissioner in charge of counter-terror duties, said he took his 'top... | Andy Hayman quit job when bosses launched expenses probe .
...And was given £10,000-a-year retainer by News International paper The Times to write a column . |
2561ea86121f1643c88d1d108557be722e458bd2 | Britain has demanded Brussels launch surprise inspections in Gibraltar of Spanish border checks in a fresh escalation of tensions between London and Madrid. Ministers want the European Commission to make unannounced visits to assess the legality of border checks which have been blamed for long queues to enter and leave... | Security checks still causing delays entering and leaving the Rock .
Spain accused of using border controls to make life harder for Gibraltarians .
UK government asks Brussels officials to carry out surprise inspections .
Illegal incursions by Spanish boats into Gibraltan waters double in a year . |
25633d85ca9ffbe404dc44061520a6fbfba645f3 | (CNN) -- The score was tied at 53. The game was in overtime. The mood, electric. Number 35 came charging up to the net and hit a last moment winning layup for his undefeated Fennville High School Blackhawks to end the season Thursday night with a perfect 20 games. The other players hoisted their star, 16-year-old Wes L... | Wes Leonard was a star athlete and a popular student .
He scored the winning points to lift Fennville High School to a perfect season .
He collapsed on the court after the game .
A small Michigan town is in shock . |
256364d5a6401ab630145efd37a9f7489e192f94 | Some vulnerable elderly people are sent a different carer every week to look after their most personal needs, a think-tank claimed yesterday. In some cases, it said, frail pensioners must allow 50 people a year into their homes to help them with vital everyday care such as dressing and washing. The problem has resulted... | Lib Dem MP Paul Burstow warned the home care system is facing crisis .
The former minister has released a new report highlighting system failures .
He said more people required home care but there was less cash available .
Some elderly people were visited by up to 50 different carers a year .
The report warned that a m... |
2563703f10fc562819f1c5224a8a53339cafad8b | Nico Rosberg is to switch back to a conservative approach after admitting to an attempt at creativity that failed ahead of this weekend's inaugural Russian Grand Prix. Looking for any edge he can gain over Mercedes team-mate Lewis Hamilton in their battle for this year's Formula One world title, Rosberg tried something... | After the first practice session, Nico Rosberg was 0.065 seconds ahead of his Mercedes teammate Lewis Hamilton .
But after a creative approach to the second practice session, Rosberg finished nearly a second down on the British driver .
Rosberg admits he will now switch back to a conservative approach .
The F1 world ha... |
2563a7b2617b339bbd9692cd20b2c0fad15c4138 | A mile-long rubbish heap which 'appeared overnight' on a site travellers left just last month could leave taxpayers with a bill of £1million to clean up. Discarded old sofas, wooden pallets and industrial waste have all been dumped on a stretch of council-owned land opposite Purfleet Railway Station in Thurrock, Essex.... | The discarded rubbish appeared 'overnight' on council-owned land near to Purfleet Railway Station in Essex .
Rubbish includes old sofas, discarded clothes, office chairs, kitchen cupboards and even dumped fridges .
Site had been occupied by travellers until last month when they were moved on by council's traveller unit... |
25645a2944b1ef1743d8b7582f6ede70aed84753 | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- U.S. fighter jets in Iraq have shot down an unmanned Iranian spy drone aircraft, the U.S. military said Monday. The Iranian aircraft had been flying in Iraqi airspace for 70 minutes before being shot down 60 miles northeast of Baghdad last month, the military said. "This was not an accident on th... | U.S. military says two F-16 jets shot down Iranian spy drone over Iraq .
U.S. say 70-minute patrol in Iraqi airspace was not accidental .
It was shot down 60 miles northeast of Baghdad, military says .
Iranian national security adviser declined to comment on the U.S. allegation . |
2565d0225760a2198a3b674966852d809afcf181 | Albert Einstein writes an equation: His famous Theory of Special Relativity has been shown to be compatible with travel at faster-than-light speeds . Applied mathematicians have extended Einstein's theory of special relativity to work beyond the speed of light. Einstein's famous theory holds that nothing could move fas... | According to Einstein's theory, nothing can travel faster than light .
But researchers now say the 'game changing' concept is compatible with greater speeds . |
256701790cd518c6f2e5d95c09cf1c832fe1e7af | By . Katherine Faulkner . PUBLISHED: . 16:40 EST, 30 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:50 EST, 1 May 2012 . Paula Stevenson, seen here with a picture of her baby girl Hayley, describe her daughter's treatment at Birmingham Children's Hospital as 'brutal' The family of a baby girl who died after doctors ignored their pleas... | Nurses were too busy to regular check patients two nights before infant died .
One-year-old Hayley was 'overlooked and neglected'
Doctors were 'arrogant and unprofessional'
Parents were repeatedly told there was 'nothing to worry about'
Hospital apologises for not requesting treatment on Hayley soon enough .
When famil... |
2567385008b8b76b35ce4a6509b3ea4fe0554caa | By . Mario Ledwith . PUBLISHED: . 12:27 EST, 22 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:06 EST, 22 March 2013 . War Horse author Michael Morpurgo has criticised plans to build a wind turbine on the land that inspired his celebrated novel. The writer said that building a 145ft (44.5m) turbine would 'despoil' his home village of... | Michael Morpurgo, 69, criticised planned turbine in Iddesleigh, Devon .
In a letter to the council he said the 145ft structure could 'despoil' the area .
The writer's home village was the setting for his famous novel .
It was later turned into a hit stage play and film directed by Steven Spielberg . |
2567ad1db8417707e78250321df589612db800fa | Cutting it fine: Over 90% of doctors say NHS training is not enough to be able to carry out facelifts . Doctors and patients have overwhelmingly called for the introduction of new specialist training for cosmetic surgeons to remove cowboy practices from the industry. The latest survey, the results of which are exclusiv... | Newly qualified consultants not competent to perform plastic surgery .
Hundreds of doctors were polled about plastic surgery training .
Over 90% say NHS training is not enough for boob jobs and facelifts . |
2568a1fb501128f42f37896c06ac21c32d9fbb13 | (CNN) -- The furor over Jerry Sandusky has died down some now that the former Penn State football coach has been convicted of serial child sexual abuse. But for Gerry Sandusky, a sportscaster for the Baltimore Ravens, the backlash continues. Not that Gerry Sandusky has done anything wrong. His only offense is that he s... | Gerry Sandusky, a sports broadcaster, has been mistaken as Jerry Sandusky .
Sandusky has received thousands of hateful messages .
"You're a disgusting vile human being," one message said . |
25691adfcc9578b40047d7ee88a31bbf109456fb | (CNN) -- NASA launched an unmanned rocket to the moon Friday night to study its lunar atmosphere and environment. The 90-foot rocket carrying the orbiter was expected to be visible to much of the eastern U.S. seaboard when it launched from Virginia, officials said earlier. If skies were clear, residents of the Carolina... | NEW: It launched at 11:27 p.m. ET from Virginia .
NEW: It will study the lunar atmosphere and environment .
NEW: It will have an orbiter to gather information on the moon . |
25694f4b949227b8afdb1485bfb493ab1643a946 | Hillary Clinton's fellow Democrats smell blood in the water after her recent gaffes over her considerable wealth and they began pouncing on the presidential hopeful on Monday. Dick Harpootlian, a former Democratic Party chairman in South Carolina, framed his insult in terms the fictional aristocratic Crawley family and... | 'She's generating an imperial image,' warned a former South Carolina Democratic Party chairman .
'She's been living 30, going on 40 years with somebody bringing your coffee to you every morning'
An Obama adviser told the Washington Post that Democrats should 'panic'
Republican Mitt Romney lost the 2012 presidential ele... |
2569b8dc1be9913f53095c35b168652c051eef49 | KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- At least 16 people were killed, including international soldiers, and 55 were wounded when a car bomb rocked parts of Afghanistan's capital Thursday, authorities said. Italian soldiers stand near their vehicle, destroyed by a car bomb in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Thursday. At least six Italian ... | NEW: Death toll in suicide car bombing rises to 16; 55 injured .
Six Italian soldiers, ten Afghan civilians killed by car bomb, authorities say .
Suicide car bomber targeted soldiers, defense minister says .
Blast occurred in residential area near Afghan Supreme Court . |
256a58e361e7acadc2370f79a59a4a7c588350b4 | (CNN) -- South African mining giant Anglo-American Platinum said Friday that it has fired about 12,000 striking workers who declined to attend disciplinary hearings. Workers at the company's Rustenburg, South Africa, mine have been on strike for three weeks. The company called for disciplinary hearings for the strikers... | NEW: "The workers are devastated," says the ANC Youth League deputy president .
Thousands of Anglo-American Platinum mine workers have been striking for three weeks .
They were called in for disciplinary hearings .
Those who didn't attend were fired . |
256a7050a5b7120af6c093f9d9f086702c0bbb8b | Many packaged meals and snacks for toddlers contain excessive amounts of salt and sugar that may contribute to obesity and high blood pressure, according to a CDC report (file photo) Packaged meals and snacks for kids have always been a quick and easy answer for parents during a busy day, but they could also be hurting... | Found that seven in 10 toddler dinners contain too much salt .
Most cereal bars, breakfast pastries and snacks had extra sugars .
Foods studied included hot dogs, rice cakes, crackers, dried fruit snacks .
The study tested more than 1,000 products but didn't name any brands .
Almost one in four US children aged two to ... |
256a7eefb2923a129cb9dc3863f435ae53106fcd | CNN caught up with Italian midfield legend Andrea Pirlo who gave us his insight into the World Cup holders and made his predictions for this summer's tournament in South Africa. Describe Italy's coach Marcello Lippi: . He is serious but just when you have to work or when he has to deal with the press. With the players ... | Pirlo believes Spain have the best chance of lifting the World Cup this summer .
Gennaro Gattuso is the most passionate player in the Italian national team .
Pirlo believes Ivory Coast are full of talent and may be a surprise in South Africa . |
256c290fa8cc7da3b80647059463852234b9492c | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 15:53 EST, 9 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:10 EST, 9 February 2013 . More wind turbines are being built in Britain than ever before as the country becomes the third highest wind power generator in Europe. More than 1,200 turbines are set to start generating power over the next 12 month... | Over 1,200 wind turbines are to become operational over the next 12 months .
The UK has become the third highest wind power generator in Europe .
Turbines already in use generate enough energy to power over 4.6m homes . |
256c7800c970d0d4a9db0b3b2434797bef3a08e1 | PETA claims to be the world's leading animal rights charity - but this shocking picture of garbage bags filled with dead cats has led to claims that the group is actually abusing animals rather than helping them. The photograph shows the interior of a dumpster outside a North Carolina supermarket, which reportedly cont... | Nathan Winograd, the director of the No Kill Advocacy Center, claims that PETA has killed nearly 30,000 animals in the last 11 years .
PETA says euthanasia figures are 'distorted,' and do not include the nearly 10,000 animals saved and put up for adoption . |
256c7f67014ffaaed1c5f4929f8ade0b1d8843dd | Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross said Thursday it was suspending its work in Pakistan pending a review of its presence in the South Asian country. The decision comes after the killing of Khalil Rasjed Dale, a 60-year old health program manager who was abducted four months ago in... | Red Cross worker Khalil Rasjed Dale was abducted and killed .
The aid agency says it is compelled to reassess its operations in Pakistan .
It has halted its work despite consequences for the vulnerable .
A humanitarian coalition says Dale's killing is one in a long list of violence against aid workers . |
256e765533e0f7bfef90e91cebdc54fe93689bc7 | Robin van Persie will delay his start to the Premier League season in order to improve his fitness after missing Manchester United’s tour to America. New United manager Louis van Gaal says the striker won’t be in the team to face Swansea City in his side’s opening game on August 16, even though his partnership with Way... | Van Persie has enjoyed extended break after World Cup with Holland .
Van Gaal has been insistent that all his players are in top shape .
RVP will miss United friendly against Valencia and Premier League opener . |
256e91cd54075b80dbe6dfe685133edb1d09c0ab | Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. Senate voted on Thursday to overcome a Republican-led filibuster against tougher gun laws, clearing the way for a major congressional debate on a package of proposals sought by President Barack Obama in the aftermath of the Connecticut school massacre. The procedural vote followed a breakth... | NEW: Speaker Boehner stops short of promising a House vote on gun measures .
The NRA says it "unequivocally" opposes legislation coming up for debate in the Senate .
16 Republicans join Democrats in overcoming a GOP-led Senate filibuster .
Proposals backed by the White House would expand background checks, take other s... |
256f0f22876c318b3ecb0ee1c6c161ffaeb89e5a | Bayern Munich captain Philipp Lahm had successful surgery on a broken ankle and will remain in hospital for a few more days, the German champions said on Thursday. Lahm, who will be out for about three months, sustained the injury on Tuesday in training. 'His ankle was fixed with a plate and a screw and he will remain ... | Philipp Lahm broke his ankle during a training session on Tuesday .
Lahm will remain in hospital for a few more days, Bayern Munich added .
Bayern captain is expected to be out for three months . |
256f480ac71540ceaea72207c2e97a96364869b5 | Schools should stop wasting money on new iPads and other 'shiny gadgets' for pupils and instead spend the cash on hiring 8,000 new teachers, the leader of Britain's largest headteachers' organisation claims. Russell Hobby, the general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers (NAHT), has questioned whether... | Russell Hobby said it would be 'better spending money on great teachers'
Questioned whether technology spending is 'justified at a time of austerity'
A quarter of a billion pounds is spent every year on technology in schools . |
25702b21e1af6252a403799ad20a4145091830e8 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 05:55 EST, 15 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:29 EST, 19 June 2012 . The lift began its upward journey with three people inside – but by the time it reached its destination, there were four. Mother-to-be Ashley Ward, 26, accompanied by her sister Lauren, was being moved to a hospit... | Thomas was delivered with help of mother's sister and a hospital porter . |
2572185d9544f23c4ad02aeac1ae8ab7828fb4be | The international search for a 19-year-old Oklahoma City student who vanished while vacationing Ecuador nearly a year ago has been reignited after authorities reported two possible sightings of the teen. August Reiger, who graduated in May 2013 as a valedictorian from Classen School of Advanced Studies, disappeared fro... | August Reiger, 19, was hiking in Banos, Ecuador, with his family on June 16 when he mysteriously vanished .
Ecuadorian authorities were initially treating the incident as kidnapping but there was no ransom .
Government offering reward for Reiger's safe return .
His dad, Chris Reiger, said there has been two possible si... |
2572487d0f8279158403f7875808b193815dd7a9 | By . Jack Crone for MailOnline . From the rolling hills of the Scottish highlands to looming chalk cliffs in Sussex - these stunning photographs capture the breathtaking beauty of Britain. Photographer Julian Elliott's dramatic images showcase the UK through the seasons - from fiery sunsets to frosty meadows. The Yorks... | Photographer Julian Elliott, 39, captures the untouched natural beauty of landscapes and the charm of rural villages .
He moved from Salisbury to the Loire Valley, France, in 2010 and returned to photograph different parts of the country .
Mr Elliott said that some photos are taken on the spur of a moment, while others... |
257263c4b314f8ebe110902609f4de7667230246 | Another act in a legal drama featuring a mobster and a violin played out Wednesday when a prison chaplain told a Chicago courtroom minutes before the start of his trial that he was guilty of trying to help an imprisoned mob hit man recover a hidden Stradivarius. Eugene Klein, a Roman Catholic priest, was accused of plo... | Eugene Klein, 65, a Roman Catholic priest, plead guilty Wednesday to conspiracy to defraud the U.S. and attempting to prevent seizure of property .
Accused of trying to help mobster and convicted killer Frank Calabrese Sr.
Klein administered communion to Calabrese at a Springfield, Missouri, prison .
Calabrese claimed ... |
2572f7b1217e67c94e4c3d161f068d39bd4436ab | Alexis Sanchez and Angel di Maria were two of the weekend’s standout performers as Arsenal were held to a draw and Manchester United gave the Old Trafford faithful something to cheer. The South Americans, both big money additions to their respective Premier League giants, found the net for new clubs. But where Di Mari... | Angel di Maria and Alexis Sanchez scored for their sides at the weekend .
Di Maria found the net in Manchester United's 4-0 win over QPR .
Sanchez slotted home a volley as Arsenal drew 2-2 with Manchester City .
Sanchez's pitch map shows the Chilean covering all corners of the park .
Di Maria undoubtedly dominated the ... |
25741004163b5a9a6a7128e2e6b95e98e6c14962 | (CNN) -- Houston Texans head coach Gary Kubiak is out of the hospital but when he will return to the team is still in question. Kubiak, 52, had a transient ischemic attack -- which the Mayo Clinic says has symptoms similar to a stroke -- during Sunday's game against the Indianapolis Colts. The Texans said in a news rel... | Gary Kubiak, 52, had a transient ischemic attack, sometimes called a mini-stroke .
He was headed to the locker room at halftime when he slowly bent over and collapsed .
He is expected to make full recovery but when he will be back at work is unclear . |
25745e27ab16a3d10ae380457ff3c2c3eff3315b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:04 EST, 31 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:06 EST, 31 December 2013 . Kenneth Edelin, a Boston physician at the center of a landmark abortion case in the 1970s, died Monday morning in Sarasota, Florida. He was 74. Edelin's wife, Barbara, conf... | Kenneth Edelin died Monday morning in Sarasota, Florida. He was 74 .
The Boston physician and human rights advocate was at the center of a landmark abortion case in the 1970s .
He made national headlines when he was convicted of manslaughter in 1975 for performing an abortion two years after it had been legalized .
Cou... |
2574981db83635f960366f51c61474e1d1d42d54 | By . Martha Cliff . PUBLISHED: . 08:58 EST, 14 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:31 EST, 14 February 2014 . A baby Prince Charles was 'fascinated' by his newborn sister Princess Anne, according to a rare letter written by the Queen just days after the birth. Less than two years old at the time, Charles treated Anne wit... | Letter written by the Queen after her daughter's birth to go up for auction .
The letter gives details of the Charles' reaction to his new sibling .
Auctioneers say emotional letter, estimate of £600, is an extremely rare find .
Most people who receive a letter from the Queen keep them, they say . |
25753d28422bfa99e1c7af23163bd12ef55ab08a | A former mayor and her grown-up daughter kept dozens of animals in squalid conditions at their home which 'stank of urine and faeces', a court has heard. Pamela Ann Crisp-Beard, 63, and her daughter Maria, 24, kept a menagerie at their cramped terraced home in Horncastle, Lincolnshire. The pets included 15 rabbits, a g... | Pamela Ann Crisp-Beard, 63, and daughter Maria, 24, deny six counts .
On trial at Skegness Magistrates Court for the animal welfare offences .
RSPCA claim carpets at the terraced home were sodden with urine .
'The entire place stank of urine and faeces,' the court heard .
Their pets included 15 rabbits, 22 chickens, 4 ... |
257741cb6299094b2662173c6b9eaca0bf5eec84 | Islamic State terrorist Mohamed Elomar has taken to social media to claim his former mentor Sheik Feiz Mohammed and Islamic cleric Sheik Abu Ayman are working as spies. Following the Hyde Park riot in 2012, Sheik Feiz described the behaviour of the former Sydney boxer and other extremists as 'unacceptable'. It is under... | IS terrorist Mohamed Elomar has taken to social media to rant .
The former Sydney resident claims Sheik Feiz Mohammed and Islamic cleric Sheik Abu Ayman are working with ASIO .
The tweet follows after chilling posts emerged from a new jihadist .
Suhan Rahman, from Melbourne fled to the Middle East to join IS in Syria ... |
257795f3db70c2afbf3db24b8d9428dd8b581db9 | By . Chris Parsons . PUBLISHED: . 06:55 EST, 4 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:36 EST, 4 July 2012 . A rare wax mould of Albert Einstein is being auctioned online - and could be set to fetch over £1million. The model of the genius physicist is thought to have been made over 60 years ago after being commissioned by Einste... | Sculpture was commissioned by physicist personally in 1947 .
Einstein experts believe it is worth over £1M .
Waxwork was kept in museum for fifty years but is now being sold on eBay . |
2577ef64a22c06cf63cb244abfad9ecc46603208 | NIne people were hurt yesterday as a massive gas blast flattened two houses on an estate. A retired couple were seriously injured but miraculously no one was killed in the 8.30am explosion. David Davies, 65, was in bed and his wife Hela, 56, in the kitchen when the huge blast – which neighbours said was ‘like a bomb’ –... | Residents of Clacton, Essex reported hearing a loud bang 'like a bomb going off' at 8.30am thanks to gas explosion .
Four fire engines, five ambulances and two air ambulances called to scene and took 10 people to hospital .
Passers-by who helped pull victims from the rubble said they were shocked to find residents stil... |
257922b60dd938bb6f540fdef2721918440f7cae | Autistic Melissa Jones, pictured, has been through 'hell' after police wrongly believed she was drunk . A teenage girl with autism was arrested and hauled before the courts because police mistakenly assumed she was drunk. Despite being completely sober, 17-year-old Melissa Jones spent ten hours in a police cell, was fi... | Melissa Jones, 17, was finger-printed and had her DNA taken .
Mother, Christine Evans, 49, said her daughter had been been through 'hell'
Jones was charged with being drunk and disorderly .
Teenager became suicidal while waiting eight months for case to go to trial . |
2579af9386a5a3e032b1c5b738a3a9287c3001de | By . Mike Dawes . Two days after wearing the yellow jersey, France's Tony Gallopin claimed the 11th stage of the Tour de France thanks to late attacks in a nervous finale on Wednesday. German John Degenkolb was second and Italian Matteo Trentin took third place at the end of a 187.5km ride from Besancon. Italian Vincen... | Tour de France stage 11 is won by French rider Tony Gallopin .
German John Degenkolb comes second and Italian Matteo Trentin third .
Gallopin wore yellow jersey during Monday's 10th stage before first rest day .
Italian Vincenzo Nibali retains overall leader's yellow jersey after 11th stage . |
257a36b50852538e68e4e474c95a9ee8e25a3efe | By . Inderdeep Bains . PUBLISHED: . 01:27 EST, 17 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:38 EST, 17 January 2013 . More than half of parents believe coping with teenagers is far more testing than caring for a newborn baby, according to the study . New parents may think they have it bad with an endless stream of dirty nappies... | Most parents believe coping with teenagers harder than caring for newborn .
Netmums study found hardest part of parenting was when child hit 13 .
More than half of parents said teenager's laziness was most common cause for a row . |
257b7ca82f50607e46df124f1be500546c8d37b3 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:12 EST, 29 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:44 EST, 29 July 2013 . The parents of a 17-month-old girl have been arrested after she was allegedly strapped in a car seat for 15 hours without food or water and suffocated to death after a blanket was stuffed into her mouth. Toni Maur... | 17-month-old Toni Maurie Gwynn found unresponsive on July 11 .
Her parents, 22-year-olds Antonio and Heather Gwynn, have been charged with felony child abuse and second-degree murder in her death .
Family said they tried to help the couple but they cut them out . |
257c7ba93a93c910c8dd61845e88ba0963154a67 | Barack Obama welcomed a future king at the Oval Office today. Prince William made a whirlwind solo visit to Washington, D.C., today to meet the president and deliver a speech at the World Bank on stopping illegal wildlife trafficking. The Duke of Cambridge then flew back to New York City this afternoon on a 2pm shuttle... | Prince William flew first class to Washington, D.C., on Monday to meet President Obama at the White House .
The Duke of Cambridge also gave a speech at the World Bank on stopping illegal wildlife trafficking .
He left his pregnant wife Kate in New York, who met with New York City's First Lady Chirlane McCray .
The prin... |
257c9f57ebc1a868ada0b83a56f4f8d89145e442 | Grumeti put himself in line for a £60,000 bonus if he can repeat Sunday's gritty Plumpton victory at this year's Cheltenham Festival. Alan King's Grade One-winning hurdler had disappointed at Warwick when last seen, but he ran on gamely to see off Chris Pea Green by a length-and-a-quarter in the Follow AtTheRaces On Tw... | Following a disappointing race in Warwick Grumeti impressed at Plumpton .
Alan King's hurdler now faces a £60,000 bonus if he wins at Cheltenham .
King said he was currently unsure which race he'll enter him in March . |
257d04a82d1718fca56a3c7928a7dc4df91d7409 | (CNN) -- Walk into Lisa Nasser's kitchen most evenings and you're greeted by rich aromas that indicate an exceptional cook is at work on a delicious creation. Colleen Doyle, editor of the "What to Eat During Cancer Treatment" cookbook, prepares tuna-bean salad. Cooking is Nasser's passion, but she left the kitchen and ... | For cancer patients, nutrition is important, but many have a hard time eating .
American Cancer Society has new cookbook: "What to Eat During Cancer Treatment"
Cookbook contains recipes to help with treatment side effects .
Recipes aim to combat metallic taste, nausea, constipation, diarrhea, mouth sores . |
257d3108c14b4d0a55cf09072d17e787122d5b45 | New research from a rental bookings website has found that empowered holidaymakers are now demanding hundreds of millions in holiday property upgrades. With masseurs, chefs and nannies now expected, the rise of 'selfish-catering' is a trend seen among those booking getaways this year. While property upgrades to make th... | Rental bookings website, uGuest, finds rise of 'selfish-catering' trend .
Holidaymakers now requesting high-end upgrades in holiday properties .
Some requests are as extravagant as a private library or music concert . |
257d8d38863175ec9401d0532963fb71a47f0734 | Crystal Palace have never won a game at home in the Premier League in September, losing five and drawing four. Sean Dyche admitted Burnley need to improve in the final third if they are to start winning in the Premier League. They squandered a gilt-edged opportunity to get a first victory since returning to the top tie... | Burnley have scored just one goal in their first four league games .
Scott Arfield, who scored against Chelsea, misses penalty in Crystal Palace draw .
Dyche admits his forwards lack ‘clarity and quality' |
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