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265081599f63a30cb0d7f5050ba5244fbcb5aa61 | By . Snejana Farberov . A would-be grocery store robber in Arizona has learned the hard way not to mess with an Army Special Forces veteran. The violent encounter was captured on surveillance video at Maen Mdanat's convenience store in Tucson in late April. A camera trained on the entrance to Axis Food Mart captured th... | Altercation took place in late April outside Maen Mdanat's grocery store in Tucson, Arizona .
Middle-aged Army veteran was able to subdue would-be robber who sucker-punched him with only a few kicks . |
265132366e2a6b56b71fdc26ddc36d346ecf14ab | 'Law & Order SVU' is tackling racial profiling head on in an upcoming episode that winds together the controversial Trayvon Martin case and the Paula Deen scandal. In the episode, Cybill Shepard plays Jolene Castille, a famous southern chef. But instead of making a racial slur, like Deen, she guns down an unarmed, hood... | Cybill Shepard plays Jolene Castille, a famous southern chef who guns down an unarmed, hoodie-wearing black teen in New York .
Castille claims she killed the teen in an act of self-defense because she knew police were chasing a rapist of the same description .
On Wednesday, pictures emerged from the SVU set, sparking r... |
265255ec3af94cfe5a3a7b080ee65ef582417d12 | By . David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 12:29 EST, 24 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 00:35 EST, 25 July 2013 . The former teen whom Roman Polanski was convicted of raping in 1977 - leading to one of Hollywood's most notorious scandals and the director's flight from the U.S. - has chosen a photograph taken by him as the cover o... | Samantha Geimer was just 13 when Polanski raped her in 1977 .
The cover of her book features a photo taken by the film director just weeks before the notorious incident that shaped their lives .
Now 48, she says her book is an attempt to reclaim her identity .
'I am more than "Sex Victim Girl,"' she writes . |
2652dbe41987b17d1bc1b871d432bb4638a2ee5b | Shadow warrior: 'Ninja' Neil Duffield strikes a pose in the Seaworld car park, where armed police pounced with Tasers after someone dialled 999 . When Neil Duffield found out his work was to hold a superhero fun day, he decided it would be a great chance to dress up as that classic villain of Japanese history - the nin... | 'Ninja' Neil Duffield had a plastic toy sword strapped across his back . |
26539d71bda602b769710c797bdd61cc6b276438 | (CNN) -- A Catholic priest in Pennsylvania has been charged with molesting a teenage boy after police said he was found in a car on a college campus with a 15-year-old who was wearing no pants, according to a police criminal complaint filed Friday in Lackawanna County. The Rev. W. Jeffrey Paulish was charged with one f... | The Rev. W. Jeffrey Paulish, 56, was arrested Thursday .
Authorities say they found Paulish with partially dressed teen .
Paulish has been charged with two felony counts and three misdemeanors .
The Diocese of Scranton has suspended Paulish . |
2653cf41dc4a995eb0999da784f9a7b2f5db7f5f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Bad blood? Millionaire founder of the Carrabba's restaurant chain Damian Mandola (pictured) was arrested twice in three days for allegedly breaking into a Texas winery he once co-owned . A millionaire restauranteur was arrested twice last week on charges he drove a golf cart to a Texas winery... | Damian Mandola was arrested April 3 and April 5 after visits to a Driftwood, Texas winery he once co-owned .
The Carrabba's co-founder allegedly drove a golf cart to the Duchman family Winery to steal a bottle of wine before he was arrested Thursday .
On Saturday he was arrested again after he allegedly showed up again... |
2654be7ece531477f82072bae66c9be1970587bb | An exotic tuna fish normally found in tropical seas off India and Sri Lanka has been caught in British waters for the first time. The 2ft skipjack was grabbed as it swam up the River Otter at the seaside town of Budleigh Salterton, Devon. Fisherman Leo Curtis took it home to barbeque and said: 'The taste was incredible... | 2ft skipjack was grabbed in the River Otter near Budleigh Salterton, Devon .
Experts confirm fish, usually found in tropical waters, first caught in UK .
But tuna was not kept for posterity as it was barbecued by fisherman .
'The taste was incredible - it was just like steak,' said Leo Curtis . |
2654d94df8c1520a18244562c5cc91d3c80d6c5c | Parents who deprive their children of love and kindness could be jailed for up to ten years under a proposed new law. Changes to child neglect legislation would make ‘emotional cruelty’ a crime for the first time under what is being dubbed a ‘Cinderella Law’. David Cameron vowed there is 'nothing more important than th... | 'Emotional cruelty' could be crime under proposed child neglect legislation .
Parents found guilty could face 10 years in jail .
Raft of activities that harm a child's development could be new offences .
Changes expected to be announced in June's Queen's Speech . |
2655af8c589b8e7c7b085aa294a186cefb03bd11 | (CNN) -- The iPad is one of the most disruptive technologies of the past 5 years. Along with the iPhone, it birthed a new era of touch computing that does away with the mouse and keyboard altogether. And yet the iPad's undisputed dominance of the blossoming tablet market may not last forever. In fact, the iPad is about... | The iPad faces stiff competition from the Kindle Fire and Nook tablets next week .
Kindle Fire, priced at $199, may be the most succesful tablet since the iPad .
The full-color 7-inch tablet has access to millions of movies, songs, books and magazines .
Barnes & Noble's $249 Nook tablet may also prove popular . |
2655e12cff339e3434f87859348b00ef8193e76f | (CNN) -- The families of four people killed and dozens injured when a stage collapsed at a Sugarland concert in August filed a lawsuit Tuesday against the country duo. Seven people were killed and at least 40 injured when metal scaffolding fell onto the "Sugarpit," a section usually occupied by Sugarland's most faithfu... | Sugarland had "ultimate" control over the stage, victims' lawsuit says .
Seven people died, more than 40 were hurt when stage collapsed on fans .
The suit includes families of four of the seven people who died from the stage collapse .
Sugarland's representative said the group would offer no comment about the lawsuit . |
26568c730b41c837e10109155ac6775699f558fc | By . Sarah Harris . The head of one of the Coalition’s first free schools has been arrested by police investigating allegations of fraud. Sajid Raza was held in connection with a probe into the Kings Science Academy in Bradford which has been accused of ‘serious’ financial mismanagement. The 41-year-old, who set up the... | Sajid Raza arrested and bailed by police amid allegations of fraud .
The 41-year-old set up Bradfords Kings Science Academy in 2011 .
Kings Science Academy was visited and praised by David Cameron in 2012. |
26586df036c8855b27b6cddf2ad796250f32e898 | By . Rebecca English . Updated: . 04:22 EST, 7 July 2011 . The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge made an unscheduled visit today to a town almost entirely reduced to ashes by forest fires less than two months ago. Some 40 per cent of Slave Lake in Northern Alberta was razed when ground when it was hit by a wildfire on May ... | Couple visit Slave Lake, where 40 per cent of the town was destroyed by fire in May .
Duke and Duchess spend over an hour meeting displaced residents and seeing damage .
Visit kept under wraps to avoid hampering the clean up operation .
Request to visit the town came directly from the Royal couple, aide confirms . |
2659ab16b4c421a28894c9bc0f3d314fbb8258a1 | By . William Turvill . Daniel Lee Thomas has been fined £400 for taking his first ever selfie from the public gallery of a crown court - and then posting it on Facebook . A man has been fined £400 for taking his first ever selfie from the public gallery of a crown court and then posting it on Facebook. Daniel Lee Thoma... | Daniel Lee Thomas, 28, from Connah's Way, North Wales, was prosecuted for taking and publishing on Facebook a photograph in Mold Crown Court .
The apprentice joiner pleaded guilty and was fined £400 with £105 costs .
The court heard Thomas decided to take the photograph because it was the first time he had been in a cr... |
2659d3ee646ea9f169fe1b0c48c2996b88b56887 | (CNN Student News) -- May 10, 2010 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . • United Kingdom • Iceland • Georgia . Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. CARL AZUZ, CNN STUDENT NEWS ANCHOR: Environment, economy, elections, education. All E words, and al... | Check out how the U.S. government trains to fight oil spills .
Find out why an election turned into a scramble in Britain .
Hear about a controversy involving a zero tolerance policy .
Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories . |
265ad4cbd8cbad94527db327a39c2d8f33db33ce | (CNN) -- Sebastian Vettel adapted to "tricky" and blustery conditions at the Circuit of Americas to pip his Red Bull teammate Mark Webber to pole position Saturday at the United States Grand Prix in Texas. There was simply no stopping the four-time world champion, who will be bidding for a record eighth straight Grand ... | Sebastian Vettel claims pole position for United States GP .
Pips Red Bull teammate Mark Webber on final qualifying run in Austin .
Bidding for eighth straight win of dominant season .
Romain Grosjean third fastest for Lotus . |
265b3625cdb34697d408a01df3e7ee31c585d6b5 | Thousands of images depicting U.S. soldiers abusing prisoners in Iraq and Afghanistan may be released this week following the Senate's 'torture report'. The images, part of a collection from 203 investigations into detainee abuse by U.S. military, are said to depict horrifying methods of torture. One photo reportedly s... | 'Thousands' of photos of torture in U.S. military prisons could be released .
Sourced from 203 investigations into detainee abuse by U.S. military .
Allegedly depict soldiers raping and sexually abusing prisoners .
President Obama initially blocked release of the photographs in 2009 . |
265b83f8052a944762bc60109469992f3fec4da9 | A futuristic trimaran yacht designed by London-based architect Dr Margot Krasojevic will operate 100 per cent self-sufficiently with power generated by solar panels on the wingsail and cost an estimated £9-£10million. The Fresnel Hydrofoil Trimaran, set for construction starting April this year, has been designed for H... | The Fresnel Hydrofoil Trimaran has been designed by architect Dr Margot Krasojevic .
The self-sufficient craft for racing and cruising commissioned by Holden Manz wine estate .
Solar panels on the wingsail will help power technology on the craft . |
265c5da8e374982758e7d36a54cb30ac27e98386 | (CNN) -- Former champion Maria Sharapova was the biggest name to fall as she lost an epic three-set match with fellow-Russian Maria Kirilenko on a wet and windy opening day at the Australian Open. Sharapova committed 66 unforced errors to lose 7-6 3-6 6-4 in a match that lasted a marathon three hours and 21 minutes. It... | Former champion Maria Sharapova is the biggest name to fall in the first round of the Australian Open .
The Russian is beaten 7-6 3-6 6-4 by compatriot Maria Kirilenko in a match lasting over three hours .
Justine Henin and Elena Dementieva both through to set up a mouth- watering second round showdown . |
265cc72565f1593e9a0d3a7e31a45ca9c2efc744 | A Florida man who allegedly beat to death his girlfriend's son after the child made a mess in his pants has been arrested and charged with premeditated murder. Corey Gordon, 28, was found by Broward Sheriff's Office SWAT unit in Fort Lauderdale on Tuesday, a day after three-year-old Khyese Anthony Coach was taken to ho... | Corey Gordon, 28, was charged with premeditated murder on Tuesday .
Khyese Anthony Coach, 3, was pronounced dead in hospital Monday .
Gordon had been babysitting him .
Chantel Haye, 20, said Gordon had been angry over a soiled diaper .
She claims Gordon picked her up from work with Khyese dead in the car .
Haye said he... |
265da332722f329ebfea1e96b3bd8df06c39286a | A Michigan referee of an adult-league soccer match died Tuesday, two days after being punched in the head by a player, authorities said. John Bieniewicz, 44, died at Detroit Receiving Hospital from injuries suffered in what police said was an unprovoked attack. The blow left the victim unconscious and not breathing on ... | Michigan soccer referee died after an unprovoked attack by a player, police say .
Man accused of attack seen giving the middle finger to onlookers as he fled .
Suspect Baseel Abdul-Amir Saad, 36, is being held on $500,000 bail . |
265daba470f2c1641645a912bd010891ec89479a | His heroics more than a hundred years ago during a deadly battle close to the Afghanistan border mirrored the bravery of Britain's Taliban-fighting soldiers. Now a Victoria Cross won by an army officer who only stopped fighting when he fainted - having been shot three times - has emerged for sale for £180,000. Lieutena... | Lieutenant Colonel Thomas Watson was handed Victoria Cross for bravery .
Helped clear a village in British India of murderous warriors in 1897 .
Officer had already been shot when he insisted on going back in to fight .
His actions 'in all probability saved the whole force from being wiped out'
The Victoria Cross he wo... |
265f276b54ee63a80048856dcc72035e71d9d354 | A newlywed British couple claims their dream wedding on a picturesque island in Greece became a Greek tragedy when they were struck down by a nasty stomach bug. Debra and Christopher Cunliffe, from St Helens, Merseyside, said they and some of their family and friends suffered a bout of gastric illness while staying at ... | Debra and Christopher Cunliffe stayed at Lindos Princess Beach Hotel .
The Cunliffes, from St Helens, claim they were served undercooked chicken .
Some guests had to seek medical attention once they returned home .
Other holidaymakers have complained about 'filthy pool', cats in restaurant . |
265f9c3889c2e175066b415c2bbaa2725a88d713 | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 07:57 EST, 12 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:10 EST, 12 February 2013 . One could say that the owners are surely getting more fun out of this than their pets. Dogs are having ‘temporary tattoos’ such as paws, snowflakes and love hearts cut into their fur, with the designs taking about ... | 'Temporary tattoos' take an hour to shave into dog's fur and last 14 weeks .
Dog groomers Jessica Allegri and Amanda Marshall came up with the idea .
Pair run Groomers on the Green in Hatfield and are trademarking treatment . |
265fba1c619b24860ee0252424ee5f7b7c571fe8 | Syrians began destroying their country's chemical weapons program Sunday, according to an international team tasked with overseeing the effort. Syrian personnel are using "cutting torches and angle grinders to destroy or disable a range of items," a news release from the Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Wea... | "Cutting torches and angle grinders" are being used to destroy the weapons .
"Missile warheads, aerial bombs and mixing and filling equipment" are being destroyed .
A U.N. team is "monitoring, verifying and reporting" on Syria's compliance with a resolution .
"The process will continue in the coming days," the U.N. say... |
2660f901f0d385ca0fd8296c1ef8d50e2bc2f818 | Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Revolutionary forces attacked loyalist strongholds Friday in a failed attempt to snuff out continuing resistance from forces loyal to ousted Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi. In the fallen leader's hometown of Sirte, along the Mediterranean coast, anti-Gadhafi fighters pulled back Friday night afte... | "We have the equipment and the weaponry" for a long war, says man identified as Gadhafi spokesman .
Security Council passes resolution establishing support mission .
Sirte, Sabha and Bani Walid are the last loyalist strongholds .
A Libyan delegation in Niger demands the return of Saadi Gadhafi . |
26617bee07f6944f45da05185ecad0e7957a84cd | SAN DIEGO, California (CNN) -- Drug traffickers are throwing everything they've got at getting drugs into the United States any way they can. U.S. border agents discovered marijuana hidden inside a spool of industrial wire. At the San Ysidro crossing near the Mexican border, officials have found drugs smuggled in thing... | Smuggling organizations use latest technology to move drugs into U.S., officials say .
Drug runners taking to seas in vessels that look like submarines .
Most drugs from Central and South America funneled through Mexico .
Port of entry at San Ysidro, California, is busiest border crossing for agents to watch . |
2661b4fa7350b7db065de982d06e8161a99a8393 | Four SLS RS-25 engines will be used to power the world's biggest rocket into orbit. It is set to become the largest rocket ever built, dwarfing the rockets that took man to the moon and paving the way for manned missions to Mars. Nasa today said it is about to start testing the engines for the Space Launch System (SLS... | Construction of the Space Launch System has already begun .
Rocket will be 384 feet tall and weigh 6.5 million pounds .
First test flight scheduled for 2017 .
Will be able to carry 130 tonnes into space .
Expected to be used to launch far larger interplanetary probes .
Could be used as part of Manned Mars missions . |
26628290cebb158aabb4a6805bbd79a940d5f99e | Half of Americans believe Republican control of both chambers of Congress will be bad for the country, and a majority say it will in fact cause more gridlock in Washington, according to a new CNN/ORC nationwide poll. But the poll also shows the Republican Party's brand has improved over the past year, and they now are ... | A new CNN/ORC poll finds 50 percent of Americans think GOP control of Congress will be bad for America .
Sixty-eight percent of Americans believe the GOP isn't cooperating enough with the President .
The GOP brand has begun to rebound, now only slightly lagging Democrats in terms of popularity . |
2662e5ef8c2bb1328b6b73d2a618ff8608998876 | By . Helen Lawson . PUBLISHED: . 10:17 EST, 19 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:18 EST, 19 April 2013 . A juror halted a sex assault case just 24 hours after the Tyne and Wear derby when he branded the defendant a 'Mackem rapist'. The man, a Newcastle United fan, is understood to have said he could not give David Blake, ... | Juror branded David Blake, a 'Mackem rapist' at Newcastle Crown Court .
He was told not to complete his jury service and a new jury was sworn in .
The victim had to sit through her video evidence again after restart .
Blake was found guilty by new jury and faces sentencing next month . |
2664501a21595735f6f188900b3fbfaa8e96defd | If you're prone to feeling low and lethargic, a device that can change your mood at the touch of a button may be a godsend. Scientists have developed a headset that uses electrical impulses to alter your mood by using a smartphone – and it should be on sale next year. The device currently consists of a set of electrode... | Device is currently a set of electrodes connected to a phone .
It uses electricity to change a person's mood and can produce a temporary energising effect, or a calm feeling similar to drinking a few pints of beer .
Co-founder of the start-up from Arizona State University said the feelings differ from person to person ... |
266465679c563ba12514e85c5ea35aff4cbafd33 | By . Ray Massey . PUBLISHED: . 11:24 EST, 6 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:38 EST, 6 January 2014 . Nissan has launched a new version of the London black cab, featuring an engine it claims will be far more environmentally friendly than any of its rivals. The new taxi, which comes with a 1.6 litre petrol engine instea... | New black cab features a 1.6 litre petrol engine instead of a diesel version .
Embraces the large grille and round headlights of traditional London taxis .
The Nissan taxi does 32 miles to the gallon, and boasts low C02 emissions .
There are no cup-holders as passengers lose phones and wallets in them .
Even features f... |
2665cf9895832d51e10f7a9862c6c9382251de44 | For a deadline day which ranked as relatively low key in comparison to previous transfer windows, it still managed to throw up all manner of questions and puzzlers. Here, Sportsmail attempts to answer some of the complexities which emerged and managed to bamboozle us all amid the lack of transfer activity... Right, let... | Sportsmail tries to explain the complexities involving the transfer window .
Danny Ings' Liverpool move was blocked by Premier League rules .
Hatem Ben Arfa's move to Nice has turned into a nightmare after he was banned from playing after already being registered with three clubs .
Dame N'Doye was able to complete his ... |
26666c75842ebd578f8c6e0f798e7ccc05caa935 | By . Matt Blake . PUBLISHED: . 06:29 EST, 12 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:49 EST, 12 September 2012 . Prince William and Kate's arrival in Singapore has handed the Pacific isle an opportunity to showcase to the world its stunning transformation from struggling island nation to glittering urban metropolis. Thirty ... | Today the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visited the Gardens By The Bay on the second day of their tour of south east Asia and the South Pacific .
But critics say the sparkling lights and glass facades mask a reality of government control and social suppression .
Male homosexuality is illegal, a gathering of five or mor... |
2666e2ce70385225d3a85062216faac902305d8d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:36 EST, 30 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:59 EST, 30 August 2013 . The Super Puma helicopter crash that killed four oil workers last Friday was not caused by a fault or technical problem, according to the Civil Aviation Authority. The regulator's decision to return the Super ... | Helicopter went down two miles west of Sumburgh airport on Shetland .
Four oil workers were killed in the crash last Friday .
Regulator has given the thumbs up to a return of Super Puma flights . |
2668c69b0de33557e68505e7d9d9e51e17a3b559 | A Montana teacher who served 31 days in jail for raping a 14-year-old girl who later killed herself must be re-sentenced, the Montana Supreme Court ordered Wednesday. The court ruled that Stacey Dean Rambold's original sentence was inadequate and outside legislative guidelines, which it said should have ensured Rambold... | Court: Man should have served at least two years behind bars .
Judge last year imposed 31-day sentence on a rapist whose victim committed suicide .
That judge is barred from imposing the new sentence .
Montana attorney general appealed the sentence . |
26694829d84f175d7640795188ce321ff448066f | Eliaquim Mangala has been ruled out of Manchester City’s Premier League clash with Tottenham through injury – but Yaya Toure is in contention to play at the Etihad. Manager Manuel Pellegrini hopes that Mangala, a £32million summer signing from FC Porto, will be fit for Tuesday’s crucial Champions League clash away to C... | Defender Mangala ruled out of Tottenham game for Manchester City .
He has a muscle injury but could be fit for midweek Champions League .
Spurs set to travel to Etihad for lunchtime kickoff on Saturday .
Yaya Toure in contention after return from international duty . |
2669bd273b43b33dac792edee7ddd0baf09d3f5e | (CNN) -- In some ways, a catastrophe of this magnitude could not have happened in a worse place. Or at a worse time of year. We're hearing a lot about the economic dislocation of thousands of Gulf fishers and their families -- and rightly so. But the oil disaster is a much larger calamity than the Gulf itself. It's not... | Gulf is huge area that is crucial for migrating species, says Carl Safina .
Because many breed in or travel through Gulf, impact of oil spill will be spread out, he says .
Safina: Endangered species such as Kemp's ridley turtle breed only in Gulf .
He says, "a healthy environment is priceless beyond reckoning" |
266b164484f3db3e7bea35c0c3bd2d2cfc09bd3b | A Muslim man was jailed for life today for stabbing his devout Christian ex-girlfriend 13 times after they split following bitter rows about him wanting their young daughter to convert to Islam. Esther Arogundade, 32, was attacked by kitchen porter Shola Adebiyi in her own home after she began a relationship with anoth... | Esther Arogundade was stabbed 13 times by Shola Adebiyi at her Salford, Greater Manchester, home .
Adebiyi tried to kill himself by drinking oven cleaner after killing his former partner .
He phoned his victim's new lover to say he would never see her again and then confessed the killing to a friend .
Kitchen porter Ad... |
266c10c7b7709ef57a62789539cbcd70b0379432 | Every school child in Los Angeles is to be given an iPad following a $30million deal with Apple. The Los Angeles Unified School District announced on Tuesday the decision after teachers voted iPads the cheapest product and the best quality in the market. iPads will now be handed out in 47 schools to give students from ... | iPads will be handed out in 47 schools across the California city . |
266c23d9d081153192bb88f22a116f242bdaa103 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Four Slovenian ski officials have been suspended for allegedly rigging the results of pop violinist Vanessa-Mae to help her qualify for the Winter Olympics in Russia. Skiing for Thailand as Vanessa Vanakorn – her father’s name – she finished a distant last of the 67 racers in the two runs in ... | Four Slovenian ski officials suspended for allegedly rigging results .
Vanessa-Mae finished a distant last of the 67 racers in giant slalom in Sochi .
Slovenian Ski Association said it found evidence races were 'fixed' |
266c4d7d66785793cea109a9b8057024fadab593 | Military chiefs yesterday admitted to putting down 109 of their horses in the past six years – a rate of more than one a month. The Ministry of Defence said the animals had either become too sick or could not be found a new home. Often the animals have to be put down because they fall lame or suffer from colic – but so... | Military chiefs have admitted to putting down 109 horses in past six years .
They said the horses had either become too sick or could not be rehomed .
Ministry of Defence keeps around 500 horses for ceremonial occasions . |
266cea7a69d7344f97cf88ee88c47003320340d5 | By . Charles Walford . PUBLISHED: . 07:12 EST, 4 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:48 EST, 4 December 2012 . It looks more suited to the battlefield of Agincourt to protect against the volleys of French arrows. But this medieval-style chain mail mask is actually a rare survivor of the Western Front of the First World W... | Face protectors were given to tank operators at Battle of Cambrai in 1917 .
It was the first battle that the new machines were deployed en masse in war . |
266cfd2e4183543f6e77214651e9f6f8d3bd01aa | By . James Nye . Questioned: Ryan Block was confused by the unyielding attitude of a Comcast employee who refused to let him cancel his service with the cable giant unless he gave him a good reason . It seems that one Comcast rep has decided on a brilliant new way to retain customers - never let them leave. That would... | Ryan Block, founder of tech site Engadget and AOL product manager endured nightmare phone call .
Comcast service rep refused to let him cancel his service .
Block recorded eight minute conversation after rep first upset his wife .
Comcast has apologized unreservedly for the embarrassing incident . |
266de30f696185a62da21ca708ec7596482766f7 | By . Bianca London . An illustrated book from 1893 with one man's prediction of what fashions of the decades to come would look like has been unearthed. The Future Dictates of Fashion by W. Cade Gall was published in the January 1893 edition of The Strand magazine and contains hilarious illustrations of the 'future of ... | The Future Dictates of Fashion was published January 1893 .
Contains hilarious illustrations of the future of fashion . |
266f41a280d70511d8bf6ee8415a019fb7ab4424 | San Diego (CNN) -- Here are six words I thought I'd never hear myself say: "I can relate to Mick Jagger." You might think that there wouldn't be much common ground between a 69-year-old British rock 'n' roll icon and a 45-year-old Mexican-American columnist. But there is. Apparently, our philosophies on raising kids wi... | According to the Daily Mail, Mick Jagger's ex-wife asked him to buy houses for their kids .
Ruben Navarrette: Jagger is right to be wary of such "parental housing subsidies"
He says being a good parent is teaching adult children to stand on their own two feet .
Navarrette: If kids grow up to be dependent on their paren... |
266f50c076bcc048056771f2d8f5fd4300e30ad5 | This story is the third in a series focusing on the FBI as the agency hits the 100-year mark. Lucky Luciano organized the U.S. mob into a commission overseen by New York's five families. WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Teflon Don is dead and gone. The Mustache Petes of the Mafia's old guard are mostly behind bars. And the crim... | Mafia became entrenched because FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover ignored it in 1930s .
1970 RICO statute, prosecutions weakened the mob in past two decades .
Other organized crime groups spring up, but lack the Mafia's structure .
Agents say old ways are gone, new breed seeks bigger scores . |
266f59c76d723e146a115c4fdf873392863d19c3 | (CNN)NASA's New Horizons spacecraft is closing in on Pluto and its five moons. Soon we will see what no one has ever seen before: Crisp, clear pictures of the tiny, icy world. "The pictures are what we're all waiting for," Alan Stern, New Horizons principal investigator, told CNN. Up until now, the best images of Pluto... | Earth's first probe to Pluto is beginning its long approach with the icy world .
New Horizons will let us see the tiny planet for the first time; it will arrive at Pluto in July . |
266f7a6c3492d4db0fad2073b945205938a87bcd | By . Rebecca Evans . PUBLISHED: . 18:55 EST, 9 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:25 EST, 10 April 2013 . Shocked: Uma Rupanya, wife of Richard de Wit who has been accused of murdering British backpacker Sarah Groves in India . The wife of the Dutch tourist accused of murdering a British backpacker in India yesterday told ... | Sarah Groves, 24, was stabbed 40 times in Kashmir on Saturday morning .
Dutch national Richard de Wit has confessed to the brutal murder .
Wife of de Wit says he had become 'increasingly paranoid and irrational'
De Wit abandoned wife and two children to go travelling six months ago . |
26700743a6e08328536770ed861d55c5f61054c3 | Lima, Peru (CNN) -- A bus carrying 51 people, including children, veered off a cliff in Peru Saturday, killing everyone aboard, an official said. The passengers, who included many members of one family, were traveling to a celebration in the Santa Teresa district, said Juan Carlos Valverde, the under attorney general i... | The busload of people were traveling to a celebration in the Santa Teresa district .
An unspecified number of children were aboard .
Authorities are still recovering bodies from the cliff, an official says . |
26716e5e69793494b9e5bee48e01c7f92fbe2d9e | A father who was racially abused and beaten on a tram packed with hundreds of passengers has told how not a single person came to his aid as he was attacked. Manchester United fan Prakash Patel, 56, was on his way home from a match at Old Trafford with his daughter Devyani when a group of men boarded the tram and began... | Prakash Patel, 56, attacked while on a tram in Manchester with his daughter .
Man Utd fan was on his way home from a match at Old Trafford .
Suffered two black eyes and concussion in sustained assault .
Hundreds of passengers on packed carriage but none stepped in, he said .
CCTV shows passengers leaning in 'for better... |
267232993e97e3a810937e094ebb85c1b3df62f5 | (CNN) -- At full speed, the Rimac Concept_One is little more than a cherry red blur, flashing from one corner of the horizon to the other in the blink of an eye. If its projected performance figures prove to be true, this radical electric concept car -- the brainchild of an award-winning young Croatian designer -- coul... | The Rimac Concept_One is an electric-powered supercar .
The car can reportedly accelerate from 0 to 100 kph in 2.8 seconds .
Creator Mate Rimac claims it can reach a top speed of 208kph .
He says he wants to "show people that the future will be interesting" |
267317ff2a7f901df2f7df552f12bce4ca8ddab0 | (CNN) -- A seminary student who was in Haiti along with his wife and cousin is believed to have been killed in the magnitude-7.0 earthquake that struck the island nation, his family and seminary said Thursday. Benjamin Larson, 25, from LaCrosse, Wisconsin, the son of two Lutheran ministers, was in his fourth year as a ... | Benjamin Larson of LaCrosse, Wisconsin, died in the Haiti quake, his family said Thursday .
Larson, his wife and cousin, all seminary students, were in Haiti helping with a church school .
The building in which they were staying collapsed, and Benjamin Larson did not escape .
"He ... built love and community wherever h... |
2673950f9ff583bb6870a41169e59a202acdf647 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 03:56 EST, 12 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:41 EST, 12 August 2013 . David Cameron is ready to take Spain to the European courts over 'totally disproportionate' checks at the border with Gibraltar. Government lawyers are now examining whether Madrid has br... | PM threatens 'unprecedented' legal action over free movement in the EU .
No.10 blasts 'politically-motivated' delays caused by border checks .
'Show of strength' military exercise leaves UK ports and heads for Gibraltar .
Spanish foreign minister to travel for talks on disputed territories .
Argentina to use its UN pre... |
26740a429c28943b2803f54a07fffaf17df3d6d6 | (CNN) -- Hundreds of students in Colorado walked out of classes this week in response to recent attempts by the conservative-leaning Jefferson County board of education to change the school curriculum. One of the board's most controversial initiatives is to avoid historical instances of civil disobedience while promoti... | Colorado school district wants to revise curriculum to avoid history of civil disobedience .
David Wheeler: Students are right to protest, but what if the board succeeds?
He says in such a future, those in Colorado will be afraid to fight for rights and equality .
Wheeler: Instances of disobedience in history offers va... |
2674447ae0577a45786d6241fbb08a0b052c7754 | By . Peter Allen In Paris . PUBLISHED: . 07:03 EST, 30 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:26 EST, 31 August 2012 . Nicolas Sarkozy is contemplating a £200,000-an-hour job with banking giant Morgan Stanley. If the former French president accepts the job with Morgan Stanley he will be following a similarly lucrative path to... | Morgan Stanley has offered the former French president a quarter of a million euros for one hour of work .
Former British PM Tony Blair earns around £2.5 million from his role as an advisor to rival firm JP Morgan . |
2675437fbf5f207fb4aed74d3487eea6ddd1a1ac | (CNN) -- Hundreds of citizens and community leaders packed into the Bay Area Rapid Transit board room and two overflow rooms Thursday, demanding the group take responsibility for a subway officer's shooting that left a young man dead. A woman holds a sign demanding justice for victim Oscar Grant at a BART board of dire... | NEW: Victim's mother calls for stop to rioting, CNN affiliate KTVU-TV reports .
Police say they made 105 arrests; charges include inciting riot, vandalism .
Prosecutor: Office investigating "mental state" of officer accused in killing .
Video shows officer shoot Oscar Grant in back as another officer kneels on him . |
26757b65da23b3d18f4a99fd52227b03e7cb2f1f | By . Richard Shears . PUBLISHED: . 19:52 EST, 7 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:28 EST, 8 April 2013 . A Danish MP has offended New Zealand’s Maoris by describing their traditional welcome dance as ‘uncivilised and grotesque’. Right-wing politician Marie Krarup went . on to say in a piece she wrote for a Danish newspape... | Marie Krarup has offended New Zealand's Maoris .
Right-winger said she was shocked by 'half naked man'
Miss Karup visiting as part of defence delegation . |
2676626b79c4eb66fea2ffab99d00f05095aac87 | By . David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor . The Peach State is poised to become a petri-dish for the nation's most ambitious gun-rights experiment, following Gov. Nathan Deal's signing of a law that will permit concealed-carry permit holders to keep their weapons as they enter non-secure areas of airports, along with ... | Georgia's governor signed a law allowing pre-screened permit holders to carry concealed guns in more places .
Bars, many churches, most government buildings and unsecured sections of airports are included .
Legislators exempted the state capitol where they work, keeping that a gun-free zone .
Second Amendment activists... |
26768f34e1c1f3fd6a4c807942451b1110d1f316 | The New York townhouse featured prominently in the 1961 film Breakfast at Tiffany's has been placed on sale for $8million. The home, which is located at 169 East 71st Street in Manhattan's affluent Upper East Side neighborhood, is where Audrey Hepburn's character Holly Golightly lived and threw parties. Though the buil... | The home was previously owned by Peter Bacanovic, the former Merrill Lynch broker convicted of insider trading with Martha Stewart in 2004 .
The 3,800-square-foot building was used in the film's exterior shots only; all interior shots were done in a studio . |
267874ef46e9bcce12edad41e44c6dad9af9915f | (CNN) -- Gifts have been arriving at the Steffel home in Kalida, Ohio, every day. Blankets, photographs, paintings. It started with a simple request that grieving father Nathen Steffel posted to Reddit on Sunday: . "My daughter recently passed away after a long battle in the children's hospital. She was in the hospital... | Baby dies after long struggle with liver tumor .
Parents turn to Reddit for help retouching favorite photo .
Hundreds respond with photos, drawings, gifts . |
2678afefae2e1d07bad4bbc89fe090efda19d9c0 | By . Lillian Radulova . Former Hey Dad! co-star Sarah Monahan, 36, spoke out against Robert Hughes in a very personal interview on 2day FM this Thursday. The former child star was one of the many victims who suffered Hughes' sexual abuse on the set of Hey Dad!, which began to air in 1987. In her interview, Ms Monahan r... | Ex-child star Sarah Monahan said she felt physically sick during the trial .
She told the jury Hughes would grope and expose himself to her backstage .
Monahan said she would send Hughes to jail given the chance .
Jury unable to reach majority verdict on only one of 11 child sex charges . |
2678f3d6e1e317e7ea339c5167f1926e9067ddc0 | Paris (CNN) -- Monaco newlyweds Prince Albert and Princess Charlene are suing the French magazine L'Express for spreading what they say were false rumours about them in the lead-up to their July 2 wedding. The news magazine reported on its website June 28 that Princess Charlene, née Wittstock, tried to flee for her hom... | The couple married July 2 .
Prince Albert acknowledges having two other children out of wedlock .
Princess Charlene is from South Africa . |
267a37ecbd6e2bb476be58d8033d8d43eb52b551 | The cash bonanza from the Premier League’s new TV deals is going where everyone expected - the players’ pockets - with experts Deloitte saying the total wage bills for the 20 clubs rose over £2BILLION last season. When costs for non-playing staff are removed that works out at something likely to be slightly more than £... | The total wage bills for Premier League clubs has risen to £2billion last season .
But lower income and higher wages for Championship clubs mean bigger losses for England's second tier .
Wage costs were £1.8bn in 2012-13, or almost 72 per cent of income, and these are believed to have jumped a massive 22 per cent to £2... |
267ac43c04e3e81f34d0eba64ced1707c24d80c1 | The number of people losing their lives to malaria has halved since 2000, but experts warn the progress made in West Africa is in jeopardy as resources and funds are channeled into fighting Ebola. Fragile gains against malaria in the region have been hampered by the Ebola outbreak, which has so far claimed the lives of... | Worldwide malaria deaths fell 47 per cent between 2000 and 2013 .
But World Health Organisation warned recent gains could be reversed as resources and funds are diverted to help fight the Ebola epidemic .
In Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia malaria programmes are suspended .
WHO director general Margaret Chan, said the... |
267b2e7d3a1e36d6e0d66c226ed7d1c5d7244a70 | By . Sadie Whitelocks . PUBLISHED: . 17:33 EST, 16 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:56 EST, 16 September 2013 . Eileen Rockefeller sheds light on what it was like growing up in one of America's wealthiest and most powerful families, in her new memoir Being a Rockefeller, Becoming Myself. The youngest of David and Mar... | The 61-year-old is youngest child of former Chase Bank CEO, David Rockefeller Sr and great-granddaughter of oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller .
Her memoir, Being a Rockefeller, Becoming Myself took her six years to complete and hit shelves last week . |
267b6277463a102a9e1f321f84e772cb574f5014 | The scoreline at Old Trafford flattered Manchester United as Louis van Gaal's side eventually prevailed 3-1 against Premier League strugglers Burnley. Defender Chris Smalling scored a brace to show United's misfiring strikers how its done. Despite winning United we booed by their own supporters as the Old Trafford fans... | Louis van Gaal's side prevailed 3-1 at Old Trafford against Burnley .
Chris Smalling scored a brace and Robin van Persie hit a late penalty .
Manchester United move back up to 3rd in the Premier League . |
267bcca25894c06ffb5454ed4037b6a798e05e2c | By . Anna Hodgekiss . PUBLISHED: . 07:16 EST, 30 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:08 EST, 30 January 2013 . A baby born weighing just 1lb after her mother's waters broke 17 weeks early has defied doctors' expectations and survived. Kelsie Hemmings had popped into her local Tesco to buy a drink when she suddenly deliver... | Doctors feared Lacey-Jane Hemmings would die within an hour .
Was born weighing just 1lb, and could fit into the palm of her father's hand .
Survival is miraculous given many babies born before 24 weeks don't survive . |
267c215ddad248c58ea6a1841f36e1da2258ea7d | The flawless looks unveiled on the Oscars red carpet last night weren't just the result of a few brushes of bronzer; they have been months in the making and require an army of well-trained experts. With perhaps the highest concentration of cameras anywhere in the world and millions of viewers keenly critiquing every si... | Suki Waterhouse had a Burberry gown custom-made for her .
Rita Ora used £4.49 Rimmel make-up to get ready .
Reese Witherspoon and Chloe Moretz had Laura Mercier glamovers . |
267c6ae9464a4589ac072259ed07cd87e4d7dff0 | The White House and the Justice Department made clear Friday what had been expected all along: Attorney General Eric Holder will not face criminal prosecution under the contempt of Congress citation passed by the U.S. House. Legal experts noted this week in the runup to Thursday's House vote that President Barack Obama... | The Justice Department cites the president's executive privilege in the case .
The U.S. House cited Attorney General Eric Holder for contempt of Congress .
Democrats protested the contempt citation as a political move .
The dispute involves documents in Fast and Furious failed weapons crackdown . |
267c91b0b3e9e7658749b687da10cc10884f7e2a | He’s a keen tennis player who is more than happy to show off his sporty side. But sadly it seems David Cameron’s racquet skills don’t extend to badminton. He joined Lord Coe and two top England juniors for a match in the rose garden at No. 10 yesterday, urging the public to get 'pumped up' about the Olympics. Scroll do... | Prime Minister joins Lord Coe and two top England juniors for doubles . |
267cd90f554f47b1d25b7145d1236adade884d2b | By . Jenny Hope . Last updated at 10:52 AM on 16th December 2011 . Thousands of dementia patients are suffering at the hands of undertrained hospital staff who fail to treat them as individuals and ignore their calls for help, a report has found. Patients are deprived of the simple comfort of seeing family photos or ca... | Just one in three staff said they had sufficient training .
First National Audit of Dementia covered 210 hospitals in England and Wales . |
267dc2830521dee7b14a4f9c44b24bb8ab58e29a | By . Reuters Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:40 EST, 11 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:43 EST, 11 October 2012 . The Pakistani schoolgirl shot by a Taliban gunman because she championed education for girls and other Western values was today transferred to a specialist hospital. Surgeons yesterday announced Malala Yousufza... | Malala Yousafzai is a well known equality activist in Swat, Pakistan .
She was shot in the neck and head on a packed school bus in Mingora .
Authorities offer cash reward worth £119,000 for the capture of her attacker . |
267e15eac6bfd5405b4a3f43c4bc1b50f87cfa1f | (CNN) -- Prosecutors will not seek the death penalty against Justin Ross Harris, who is accused of killing his toddler son by leaving him in a hot car for hours, Cobb County, Georgia, District Attorney Vic Reynolds said Wednesday. "After reviewing Georgia's death penalty statute and considering other factors, the state... | NEW: Harris' wife "is thrilled with the district attorney's decision," her lawyer says .
Prosecutor: State will not seek the death penalty against Justin Ross Harris in hot car death .
Harris' attorney previously called charges excessive, part of prosecution's "maze of theories"
Harris was indicted on 8 counts in his s... |
267e5dda089121d51a9775973f441700e43a865b | Joran van der Sloot's wife says her husband was "seriously injured" in a stabbing at the Peruvian prison where he is serving time for murder, but a top prison official is calling her account an outright lie, according to reports. Leidy Figueroa, the Dutch convict's wife, told RTL, a newsgroup in the Netherlands that is... | Prison chief calls Leidy Figueroa a "liar," questions why she married prison's "biggest killer"
Joran van der Sloot stabbed in shoulder, waist in prison, Figueroa tells CNN affiliate .
Wounds are ¾-inch deep, she says, adding that she smuggled bloody shirt out of prison .
Van der Sloot murdered Stephany Flores, linked ... |
267ea5075ba462393836b7c99e3fdcf7fb67cbc9 | (CNN) -- As Portugal battles to repay its bailout, one of the country's airline executives has warned of the dangers of uncertainty in a region desperate to regain its economic footing. The concerns of Fernando Pinto, chief executive officer of TAP Air Portugal, are being voiced as Portugal's economic conditions remain... | One of Portugal's airline executives has warned of the dangers of uncertainty in Europe .
The comments from Fernando Pinto, head of TAP Air Portugal, come as Portugal's economy remains fragile .
Finance ministers of the euro area have given Portugal and Ireland seven more years to repay bailouts .
But one economist say... |
267f864f41aae1399a5d7522e729fb6ae0d60007 | It is just as well Stoke substitute Peter Crouch salvaged a stoppage-time point with a header to rival Harry Kane’s super nod, for Mark Hughes’ bank balance could have taken a hit had defeat been allowed to amplify his rage. The Potters boss was furious – with some justification - that referee Kevin Friend failed to di... | Jack Colback fires Newcastle United into the lead from the edge of the area at St James' Park on Sunday .
Stoke City furious and thought Colback should have been sent off for a second booking minutes before .
Stephen Ireland has goal disallowed for the visitors after being caught offside before finishing into the corne... |
267f93639e752409a513ff60dafbcc12f941e00a | Moscow (CNN) -- A cargo train derailed Tuesday and crashed into a passenger train near Moscow, killing several passengers and wounding dozens, officials said. The Russian Healthcare Ministry reported that six people died in the crash. State-run news agency ITAR-Tass said nine were killed, according to the Moldovan Mini... | NEW: There are conflicting reports of the death toll .
A cargo train derailed and crashed into a passenger train .
The accident occurred southwest of Moscow . |
267f9cd29988323743904ee5e01e21cbd13f51dd | Sam Allardyce is adamant that West Ham co-chairman David Sullivan agreed with him that they should sign Andy Carroll over Wilfried Bony in 2013. The Hammers boss admitted that the club could have signed the 26-year-old Ivory Coast international - who is currently being targeted by Manchester City - for just £8m before ... | Sam Allardyce adamant that club chairmen agreed to sign Andy Carroll .
David Sullivan recently claimed they chose Carroll over Wilfried Bony on the insistence of West Ham boss Allardyce .
Bony has been targeted by Manchester City in this transfer window .
West Ham are set to face Swansea at the Liberty Stadium on Satur... |
267fb601401bd67fb080b29be21b48544e06c431 | Nick Clegg today names the price Labour or the Tories will have to pay for him to support them in a coalition after the general election. The Lib Dem leader will use the launch of the front page of his party manifesto to set out demands for £8billion for the NHS, protection for nurseries and colleges from cuts and an i... | Front page of Lib Dem manifesto spells out key demands for coalition deal .
Clegg says either Labour or Tories need to add £8billion a year to NHS .
Lib Dem's election manifesto will pledge to save the NHS's finances .
Nurseries and colleges should be protected from cuts, says manifesto .
Increase in amount workers can... |
268015d76095490f51cb4053dbd79c9888fbd773 | It is the heartwarming moment rescuers spot a pair of eyes looking back at them from the bushes alongside a busy LA freeway. Rescuers were delighted when they found Iris the homeless dog who had been reported by a concerned member of the public and were even more surprised when they realised the injured pooch was guard... | Dog had an injured eye which was probably as a result of blunt force trauma .
Homeless and anxious dog is seen hiding in bushes with her three puppies .
Hope For Paws team encourage Iris and her three puppies out of bushes .
One month later Iris and her puppies are seen happily playing .
Hope For Paws are looking for ... |
2680316181c03516001100ae617a1356b38a30db | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A seven-year-old who suffered from blisters so painful they stopped her eating and blinking, has found out she is allergic to a long list of household products, including soap and shampoo. Niamh McGroarty would erupt in rashes and blisters on her body, some so severe they would prevent her fr... | Niamh McGroarty is allergic to preservative Methylisothiazolinone (MI)
It means she is sensitive to soap, wall paint, glue and sun cream .
For years, she suffered from blisters and rashes all over her body .
The flare-ups would be so bad she couldn't open her mouth and eyes .
A few months ago, her family finally found ... |
2682428ef8488041eb86c721eaf36c028f82b448 | (CNN) -- For the group calling itself FreeZimActivists it is back to the drawing board after its planned protest against President Robert Mugabe's rule in the style of Egypt and Tunisia flopped in Zimbabwe. The group launched an internet campaign for the so-called Zimbabwe Million Citizen March apparently planned for T... | FreeZimActivists apparently planned Zimbabwe Million Citizen March for Tuesday .
Protest was apparently to end 31-year reign of President Robert Mugabe .
Planning team in Zimbabwe might have backed off because of riot police, says one activist . |
268273a33c77e3012135388f8e8958e3cd7d5786 | Pope Francis warned during a visit to Albania today that religion can never be used to justify violence, making apparent reference to the bloodshed wreaked by the Islamic State group in Iraq and Syria. 'Let no one consider themselves to be the armour of God while planning and carrying out acts of violence and oppressio... | Pope Francis touches down to red carpet welcome in Albanian capital Tirana .
He told the crowd violence should never be used to justify religion .
Albania's Interior Ministry provided added protection of 2,500 police officers .
Police sniper teams and sniffer dogs used while border patrols also boosted .
Vatican has pl... |
26827f0c72d531ce979ef6ccea79a8b7b50d6db7 | (CNN) -- Prosecutors in Boston, Massachusetts, say they plan to release their files on accused "Craigslist killer" Philip Markoff, who killed himself in jail in August, after formally dropping the murder case against him Thursday. The Suffolk County District Attorney's office said Wednesday it plans to file paperwork r... | District attorney to file for dismissal after suspect Markoff's suicide .
Prosecutors expect to release their file on Markoff "within the next few weeks"
The former medical student killed himself in jail August 15 . |
2682871522562cdc6bab68f2639a9de7860cc4c6 | Most New Yorkers don't even know it exists, but a million forgotten souls are buried in mass graves dug by convicts on a tiny, forbidden island east of the Bronx. Since 1869, still born babies, the homeless, the poor and the unclaimed have been stacked one upon the other, three coffins deep, on Hart Island. Corpses are... | Authorities have buried bodies on Hart Island, near the Bronx, since 1869 .
Department of Corrections runs the cemetery and severely restricts access .
Since 2007, it has allowed a few visitors forced to view the grave sites from a distant gazebo .
Photos aren't allowed on the island .
Still born babies, the homeless a... |
2682cd1407dc4ae2b36fcfc52c081ca8a9aed135 | By . Steve Robson . PUBLISHED: . 13:53 EST, 23 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:19 EST, 23 August 2013 . This is the horrifying moment one of two bombs exploded in mosques in Tripoli today, killing at least 42 people and injuring hundreds. Disturbing footage obtained by local news channel LBCI News shows the enormous im... | Twin blasts hit two mosques in the city during Friday prayers .
Disturbing footage shows moment bomb ripped through al-Salam mosque .
Attack believed to be spillover from ongoing civil war in neighbouring Syria . |
2683679304cc9e3c2c63ebb2368341e8424ea55e | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Teratomas of the brain are very rare and comprise less than 1 per cent of all brain tumors. Teratomas have been the subject of intense fascination among scientists because of their sometimes strange qualities -- some have been reported to contain hair, teeth, bone and, very rarely, more complex... | Teratomas of the brain are very rare tumors -- less than 1% of all brain tumors .
"Mature" teratomas sometimes contain highly developed tissues like teeth and hair .
"Teratoma" comes from the Greek word "teraton," meaning "monster". |
268463410e1934e02cc39dbd97b19d96b5e0bf57 | Frustrated commuters faced fresh travel misery today thanks to a signal failure outside London Waterloo and flooding in tunnels between St Pancras and Farringdon. Flooding from the burst water main has left Thameslink unable to run any trains between Farringdon and London St Pancras International until at least the end... | Thameslink unable to run trains between Farringdon and St Pancras .
Network Rail has already pumped out more than 300,000 litres of water .
South West trains disrupted by signal failure outside London Waterloo . |
26855713436f551490bdb7958898c076ca22bde3 | Nearly 2.5 million people - one in 20 adults - would like to quit Britain this year, according to new research. Lifestyle benefits are the biggest reason cited for leaving, while others are looking for a lower cost of living, better wages or to take advantage of exchange rates. And one in six of those set to quit the c... | Research reveals 2.5 million Britons would like to emigrate this year .
One in six want to move as they dislike the UK's political climate .
Lifestyle benefits, a lower cost of living and better wages are other factors . |
26856fe68bc5d8c50aefeaba1db56dafca68f2eb | (CNN) -- No one can accuse China of stinting in its efforts to reach for the sky. Less than a year after construction was halted on a world-beating 838-meter tower in Changsa in central China (just days after it began) architects have revealed plans to build something even bigger. At one kilometer (0.6 miles) high, the... | China to build the world's tallest towers, called the Phoenix Towers, in Wuhan in central China .
The buildings will reach one kilometer into the sky, 172 meters higher than Burj Khalifa in Dubai .
Both will feature high-tech environment features as well as the world's biggest kaleidoscope . |
268580f30a55d618138d965f95573c0b86182fa3 | By . Chris Waugh . Brazil captain Thiago Silva claims Brazil will not need motivating ahead of their third-place play-off match with Holland as they must to restore their 'honour and dignity'. The hosts were humiliated 7-1 by Germany in the World Cup semi-final, ending their dreams of winning a sixth World Cup and thei... | Silva says the players need no motivation ahead of third-place match .
Captain Silva sat out 7-1 semi-final defeat to Germany through suspension .
He says the squad 'have the highest possible motivation' for the match .
Holland lost 4-2 on penalties to Argentina in other semi-final after 0-0 draw .
Coach Luiz Felipe Sc... |
2685c281d7498f2e24fee26e0febd82a23efddf9 | By . Rob Davies . PUBLISHED: . 18:28 EST, 4 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:24 EST, 5 November 2012 . The British economy is set to power ahead of the rest of Europe, with some countries at serious risk of descending into social breakdown, according to a think-tank. The Centre for Economics and Business Research pred... | Fears grow that economic problems will spill over into social breakdown in Europe .
Crisis could see 'governments run out of money' |
26863233a5867ac75fe93915f6b32d0949c173f9 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:12 EST, 10 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:24 EST, 10 October 2012 . A 15-year-old boy has been arrested in the shocking attack of a Pennsylvania schoolteacher seen on camera being sucker punched and left to lie unconscious in an alley. The attack believed to have been comple... | Pittsburgh high school teacher James Addlespurger said he's still recovering after Thursday's attack that knocked him unconscious .
Police believe he was hit at random by one of six teenagers whom Mr Addlespurger says he didn't know . |
2688999add02d3b2699fdff310ca560bbbfeffa1 | By . Sean Poulter, Consumer Affairs Editor . PUBLISHED: . 12:37 EST, 14 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:11 EST, 15 November 2013 . They put a smile on the faces of generations of children. But these must-have Christmas toys have left many parents in a cold sweat over the past 50 years. The items were often in such hi... | Monopoly, Teletubbies and Furby also made list of popular toys .
Lego and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles sell as well today as when they were made .
Technology topped list of predictions for Christmas 2013's best sellers with Kurio 4S touch tablet . |
268b487eb38a90c4e6190d274a26ea3b860cc7e9 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- House and Senate negotiators Monday announced an agreement on a giant $662 billion defense authorization bill, including modifications to its detainee language they hope will address White House concerns about that section and avoid a possible veto by President Barack Obama. In particular, the lawma... | Detainee language is structured to avoid a possible veto by Obama .
The bill has a national security waiver regarding detainees .
President could transfer a suspect from military to civilian custody .
House could take up the bill as early as Wednesday . |
268b6e3724206c3f00fb33ab064570c2acdb206d | In a split second and without warning, the plane began shaking violently in the sky. Passengers panicked and screamed. One woman called out for her baby. Another, they said, hit the ceiling so hard that she cracked the panel above her head. United Airlines Flight 1676, carrying 114 passengers and five crew members, was... | Another passenger describes the turbulence as feeling like a fall .
Five people were taken to hospitals .
The captain declared a medical emergency on United Flight 1676 .
There were 114 passengers and five crew members on board . |
268c50987054dfba31e34cdb08dc64b6b02cd096 | Swollen breasts, the constant urge to wee and broken nights are problems expectant mums know all too well and men have been unable to share - until now. So what happened when three dads became nine months pregnant? Jason Bramley, Steve Hanson and Jonny Biggins are discovering exactly what it's like to have a baby on b... | Three fathers are wearing two-and-a-half stone baby bumps for a month .
Must wear fake bellies and breasts to work, to the pub and to bed .
Aim is to honour mums in the run-up to Mother's Day on Sunday, March 15 . |
268c7ae24bf89ae5cf162cbb69365ffdb4d863d0 | (CNN) -- Tina Maze has become the first woman to surpass 2,000 points in a World Cup season after claiming a ninth victory of the season in the women's downhill at Garmisch, Germany on Saturday. The 29-year-old Slovenian's tally of 2,024 points means she surpasses Austrian legend Hermann Maier's record of 2,000 points ... | Slovenian skier wins ninth race of season to take points tally to 2,024 .
Maze breaks 13-year-old record set by Austrian Legend Maier .
France's Adrien Theaux claims the second World Cup win of career in Kvitfjell . |
268db3f83c39bae1ac632ff305a26f85e99da184 | (CNN) -- A late goal from Eric Abidal gave Barcelona a 2-1 comeback victory in the first leg of their Spanish Cup quarterfinal clash with arch rivals Real Madrid. The French defender scored the decisive goal in the match known as 'El Clasico' at Real's Bernabeu stadium after Barcelona captain Carles Puyol had canceled ... | Barcelona beat Real Madrid 2-1 in their Spanish Cup quarterfinal first leg tie .
French defender strikes 13 minutes from time as holders suffer defeat at home stadium .
Cristiano Ronaldo had given Real the lead before Carles Puyol equalized .
Milan beat Novara to progress into the quarterfinals of the Italian Cup . |
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Companies are spending more on advertising to become visible to international investors .
They use animation to boost their profile and become competitive . |
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