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0400c2cc83f3ead8e34e3fd2fa0a962963aa25eb | By . Amanda Williams . It should have been the happiest day of their lives. But this bride and groom - pictured just hours before they were marched away from their reception by police - spent their first night of their married lives together behind bars, sleeping next to each other in adjoining cells. Nick and Kirsty ... | Nick and Kirsty Bigland, from Salford, arrested at Hilton Hotel in Manchester .
The pair were involved in an alleged scuffle with security staff at hotel .
Mr Bigland, 25, was arrested on suspicion of causing actual bodily harm .
His wife, 29, was arrested on suspicion of a racially aggravated offence . |
0400fd98e59a454e968ce917056e20e7c76b742b | By . Tara Brady . Helen Beaumont pleaded guilty to two charges of fraud by failing to disclose capital . A costume designer on Disney hit movie Maleficent that starred Angelina Jolie has been convicted of a £20,000 benefit fraud scam. Helen Beaumont, 37, also worked on alien invasion movie Attack the Block, music video... | Helen Beaumont, 37, also worked on alien invasion movie Attack the Bloc .
Her CV boasts credits for work for Royal House and English National Opera .
Beaumont, of Highgate, north London, did not disclose her work or savings .
Illegally claimed nearly £20,000 between May 2009 and November 2012 . |
040112db63ad9c454b08c9bc42874d82571f6138 | Three years: Quanique Thomas-Hameen was inside a Wichita Taco Bell on December when his friends raided the belongings of a dying woman . A Kansas man was sentenced to three years in prison Thursday for the role he played in the theft of a dying woman's wedding ring and other belongings as she slumped over dying in a Ta... | Quanique Thomas-Hameen of Wichita, Kansas was punished Thursday for his role as accomplice in the sickening December crime .
Thomas-Hameen was inside a Taco Bell as his friends allegedly stole the belongings of Danielle Zimmerman, 43, as she was slumped in the drive-thru . |
04013cc5cc917e41facd84d645e166ff03c2dbd5 | London (CNN) -- The mother of missing British girl Madeleine McCann felt "totally violated" when she saw her diary had been published in the News of the World newspaper, she told an inquiry into British press practices and ethics Wednesday. "I'd written these words at a most desperate time of my life," Kate McCann said... | NEW: Kate McCann says a tabloid showed no respect for her "as a mother or human"
NEW: James Murdoch resigns from the boards of some News Corp. subsidiaries .
British government-backed inquiry was set up in response to revelations of phone hacking .
Attention focuses on Murdoch papers, but Hugh Grant accuses another pap... |
04039631a7b1cc432b032bdfea89290b02bcb428 | By . Fiona Macrae . Last updated at 3:49 PM on 4th January 2012 . Dozens of clinics have come forward to admit that breast implants they gave to women have ruptured – but Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has revealed much of the data filed is incomplete. He has . given clinics until Friday to submit full data on the imp... | Health Secretary Andrew Lansley has given .
clinics until Friday to submit full data on the implants .
French health minister Xavier Bertrand has ordered a full investigation into the ‘truly contaminated’ implants . |
04042d90d1d5fbdfdbdacc36de71509b0e575508 | By . Sami Mokbel . PUBLISHED: . 18:33 EST, 8 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 21:39 EST, 8 November 2012 . Comedian and author David Baddiel has spoken out against Spurs fans using the chant - click here to read more . Jermain Defoe's hat-trick gave Tottenham fans even more to sing about after the Metropolitan Police rea... | Tottenham fans protest against Society of Black Lawyers' criticism .
Met Police advise that chants will not lead to prosecution .
Jermain Defoe fires hat-trick as team beats Maribor . |
040499c2598d158eaa36c36851063973329427d6 | (CNN) -- Retired army Gen. Otto Perez Molina won Sunday's runoff presidential election in Guatemala, seizing on voters' concerns about growing insecurity in the Central American nation. Perez Molina led with more than 53% of the vote, Guatemala's election authority said. His opponent, businessman Manuel Baldizon, garne... | President-elect: "We have a big responsibility not to fail the Guatemalans"
Guatemala City resident: "I am very happy because we are going to have a change"
Retired Gen. Perez Molina garners more than 53% of the vote .
Security issues loomed large during the campaign . |
0404bb322f09c52b86ee0939f03362872bdb003f | Gerard Pique is a target for his former side Manchester United and two other English clubs, according to reports in Spain. Barcelona-based Sport claim that Chelsea and both Manchester teams have submitted offers ranging from £20-£24million for the Spain star. The paper say that Jose Mourinho is hoping to replace John T... | Sport claim Barcelona have received three offers for Gerard Pique .
Jose Mourinho aiming to lure defender like he did Cesc Fabregas .
City believe Spanish star could answer central defensive problems . |
0404e226afbcb4295a4838118529522726a57ed7 | By . James Nye . It is what everyone who stands out on The Willis Tower's iconic Skydeck Ledge fears the most. And on Wednesday night it almost came to pass when a family visiting the Chicago skyscraper suffered the scare of their lives when the glass floor of the tourist attraction 1,353-feet up cracked as they sat d... | Family visiting from California evacuated from Willis Tower 1,353ft above the streets of Chicago .
Glass floor of tourist attraction The Ledge appeared to shatter beneath them .
Transparent viewing deck opened in 2009 on 103rd floor and the three-inch thick glass is meant to withstand 5-tons .
The Garibay family said t... |
0405e4119ac6c1eb83bff8dcc69953a8691d737b | Real Madrid will sell Sami Khedira in January unless there is a breakthrough in contract negotiations. The Germany international was poised to leave in the summer with Arsenal and Chelsea keen to take him while Bayern Munich also wanted the midfielder. However, Bayern’s surprise move for Xabi Alonso instead meant Madri... | Sami Khedira will be sold by Real Madrid in January if no contract agreed .
Germany midfielder poised to leave in summer before Xabi Alonso moved .
Chelsea and Arsenal were chasing his signature and could return again .
If no progress is made in contract negotiations, Madrid will sell for £10m . |
04065a963d5f3478437a53650f206d00e821cad1 | By . Wills Robinson . A portrait of Richard III, whose remains will now be laid to rest in Leicester Cathedral following a High Court battle . Richard III will finally be laid to rest at Leicester Cathedral after judges said it was time for the monarch to be given a 'dignified burial'. Distant relatives opposed plans t... | High Court judges said it is time for monarch to be given 'dignified burial'
Plantagenet Alliance argued a public consultation should decide location .
Richard died at the Battle of Bosworth in 1485 during defeat by Henry VII .
His body was taken to Leicester and buried under what is now a car park .
Justice Secretary ... |
0406ab5c8423695232401a179f0679071f854166 | Zurich, Switzerland (CNN) -- Top international soccer officials are meeting Thursday in Switzerland to discuss whether to change the dates for the 2022 World Cup tournament in Qatar from summer to winter amid concerns over heat. The two-day meeting of FIFA's executive committee in Zurich will also consider allegations ... | NEW: Qatar's Labor Ministry says it will boost inspections and investigate claims of abuses .
Workers' rights protesters gather in Zurich as FIFA debates the 2022 Qatar World Cup .
A decision could be made on whether to move the tournament to Qatar's winter months .
There are fears players and fans could suffer in the ... |
0408ae7dfff17e1b062c175fd79468fe167f344e | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 11:00 EST, 8 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:00 EST, 8 September 2012 . Like a woman at the mechanic, apparently she is just as clueless when it comes to the big, bad world of the internet. Not knowing Google from gigabytes and an email from an envelope, womankind now have the remedy to... | A series of internet self-help books targeting women have been published .
The books are in French .
One of the titles translates to 'Internet for women dummies' |
0409e35fdf1185b30a3f9bde81ac4ce4d28689a5 | By . Lizzie Edmonds . PUBLISHED: . 16:37 EST, 17 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:54 EST, 17 March 2014 . The Pope has cancelled a photo opportunity with Noah star Russell Crowe over fears the meeting would be leaked to the press. Pope Francis was due to meet with the Hollywood actor and the entire creative team behind t... | Vatican is thought to have cancelled photo opportunity with Russell Crowe .
Actors and team behind Noah due to meet with Pope on Wednesday .
Cancelled over fears it would be leaked to the press, reports suggest . |
040c874e061c0c3df0c34e7b8a60b4ff36e1cf71 | Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- Relatives divided since 1953 reunited for the first time Saturday at a South Korean-built tourism resort in North Korea amid tensions between the two sides. Elderly men in suits and women in traditional Korean silk hanbok dresses sat at numbered tables in a large restaurant, . Many burst int... | S. Korean to N. Korean brother: "Our mother was waiting for you, but she died last year"
Many divided family members might not see their relatives again .
Families were separated during the Korean War in the 1950s .
80,000 S. Koreans have registered to join one of the infrequent reunions . |
040cf02eb2a6c32dabbdd72a7c5d135d5019e68d | You may think that your Teflon-coated frying pan is pretty good at repelling water. But scientists have now made metals so hydrophobic - literally meaning water fearing - that droplets bounce off them. Unlike Teflon, which is a coating applied to metal, researchers used lasers to etch microscopic patterns into metal, g... | Scientists at the University of Rochester in New York used powerful laser pulses to etch microscopic patterns called nanostructures into metals .
They are so super hydrophobic that water bounces off them .
Material is more slippery than Teflon so water runs off it easily .
Could be used to prevent rust, stop airplanes ... |
040d44476f1bae1672942c255d494607001c076b | It roamed the countryside spreading death and terror – a giant, ferocious hell-hound with flaming eyes and savage claws. For centuries, the beast that came to be known as Black Shuck struck fear into the hearts of all who crossed its path. Just a single glimpse was enough to impart a fatal curse; the briefest encounter... | According to folklore, Black Shuck terrorised East Anglia in 16th century .
He towered at seven feet tall, with flaming red eyes and shaggy black hair .
Now, remains of legendary hound may have been unearthed during a dig .
Bones found by archeologists among ruins at Leiston Abbey in Suffolk .
They belong to 'male dog'... |
040f0824ba4a1792ebdee78bc796e383c99854ff | By . Harriet Arkell . and Ted Thornhill . PUBLISHED: . 08:15 EST, 10 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:34 EST, 10 January 2014 . Residents of a town in western Mexico set fire to at least three trailer trucks on Thursday to protest the arrival of 600 vigilantes to their community. The burning trucks blocked roads leadin... | Residents living in fear of violent criminal gangs in south-west Mexico are taking matters into their own hands .
600 vigilantes seized control of town of Paracuaro in Michoacan state in bloody battle that left one dead .
Convoy of 'autodefensas', or self-defence groups, drove into the town controlled by drugs gang in ... |
04106e33706edb77e05186bc9b71a9d7793a09b9 | (CNN) -- Tyler Sampson, a middle-schooler from Frisco, Texas, doesn't let his differences get in the way of his dream. The seventh grader was born with only half of his right arm, but he still excels on the football field. This week, he was part of a different kind of victory. His story was included in the NFL's "Toget... | Texas middle-school student among the winners of an NFL contest .
Tyler Sampson received tickets to the Super Bowl from Dallas Cowboys' DeMarcus Ware .
A 75-year-old flag football quarterback gets his tickets from legend Joe Namath . |
0411b0aabc85d640a6623a28575f08cc2ebe393a | (CNN) -- Having just quit a highly lucrative job with tech giant Microsoft in the United States, where he'd made millions working as a program manager, Patrick Awuah would wake up once in a while wondering if he'd done the right thing. "And then I read the words of Goethe," remembers Awuah: "Whatever you can do or drea... | Patrick Awuah is the founder of Ashesi University in Ghana .
He was working for Microsoft and made millions in the United States before returning to his home country .
Ashesi is known for its high-tech facilities and emphasis on business, technology and leadership .
The school celebrates its 10th anniversary this year ... |
041539e0165ff2ce92f5872116fad56daf0e1dab | A wildlife park was forced to shut down after more than 300 manatees swam into the central pool at once. The rush at Three Sisters Springs in Citrus County, Florida, came after a rise in tides at noon on Monday. With an average of 65 manatees in the pool at once during cold weather, volunteers blocked off public walkwa... | Three Sisters Springs has an average of 65 manatees gathered at once .
On Monday at noon, more than 300 rushed into the central pool .
Volunteers blocked off public walkways to deal with the animals .
Manatees gravitate to shallow springs in cold weather to warm up . |
04154502f518e3994577a15ef4b1d9c0cd82d3d7 | By . Matt Blake . PUBLISHED: . 10:44 EST, 29 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:25 EST, 30 May 2012 . The family of a shopkeeper stabbed to death in a botched robbery have expressed their 'shame and sadness' after his killer was acquitted of murder, despite graphic CCTV footage of the moment a knife was plunged into his thro... | Shopkeeper Mahesh Wickramasingha was stabbed to death as he attempted to foil a robbery on his store in Liverpool .
Sam Harrison, 19, pleaded guilty to manslaughter and was jailed for just ten years .
He told a court the victim had 'impaled himself' on blade .
Distraught family say the verdict should have been murder a... |
0416f01493da3f8d4ab439940d147fd519983cef | New Delhi (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged Pakistan to do more in the fight against global terrorism Tuesday, saying that the latest plot in Yemen shows that extremists continue to devise more "perverse and terrible ways to kill innocent people." Speaking at a New Delhi news conference at the end ... | Hillary Clinton: Pakistan must ensure it is not used as a launching pad for terrorism .
Clinton says U.S. believes al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri is in hiding in Pakistan .
She says the foiled Yemen plot shows extremists continue to devise '"perverse" ways to kill .
She touts a rewards program intended to obtain inf... |
041a10a441af1c7ecacc3b3c0b591d083bbbd88d | A daredevil has smashed the world record for the longest distance walked on a highline - tiptoeing a massive 1,230 feet. The drawn-out line, which was anchored between two limestone boulders at 330 feet above the ground, beat the previous record by 230 feet. Alexander Schulz, 23, from Germany, spent three days trying t... | Alexander Schulz, 23, from Germany, spent three days trying to cross line .
He and team had set it up in Yangshuo, China, where film Avatar was set .
But the constant showers made the rope heavy and soggy with water .
And striking setting was a trial as rock too loose to attach pulley system .
Still he smashed world r... |
041a58bf26a943aa751c95ac8be4ccec549e4b50 | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 12:08 EST, 13 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:36 EST, 14 March 2014 . There are few, if any, drawbacks to feeling happy and now a new study has shown that a positive state of mind can boost our brain power. Researchers set out to investigate if a new breed of offices complete with foo... | The study by the Free University of Bozen-Bolzano in Italy found that happy computer developers write better code than unhappy workers .
Researchers investigated how mood affected students' programming abilities to find that quirky offices with fun distractions are worthwhile .
Having a positive mood boosted problem so... |
041b0e2f8214d869c28a088ad93b07b64bc28eb3 | Some at Manchester United believe that, in Luke Shaw, they have signed the player who will go on to be the best left back in the world. Certainly, Old Trafford chief executive Ed Woodward had told people how pleased he is with the arrival of the teenage defender. Some of have questioned the transfer fee. It was £31m. T... | Manchester United were delighted to sign Luke Shaw in the summer .
Teen arrived for £31m from Southampton but has struggled with injuries .
Impressed against Everton and formed partnership with Angel di Maria .
Rio Ferdinand cost £30m and everybody thought that was too much at first .
England Under 21 call-up is better... |
041b4002312fea275293fc55c6d36f3cac3497be | By . Sam Adams . PUBLISHED: . 04:37 EST, 3 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:37 EST, 4 October 2012 . Most staff expect to answer a few probing questions from their employers when they have been off sick for a while. But council workers in the Swedish city of Umeå were outraged after being quizzed about their sex lives,... | Woman claims she lost her job as a cook after refusing to answer intimate questions .
Teachers who took test 'told to find new jobs or face redundancy'
Council 'reported to Swedish data protection watchdog following allegations' |
041bc7f3b9ccae95f2c4d392039011d2fb2370a6 | Fourteen British troops are being investigated over the death of an Iraqi civilian on board a UK helicopter taking part in a top-secret mission. Tariq Sabri was carried unconscious from the Chinook aircraft and pronounced dead hours later on April 11, 2003. At the time he was being transported between what are describe... | Odd-job man Tariq Sabri died on board a UK helicopter in top-secret mission .
Was being transported between 'illegal prisons' in Iraqi desert in April 2003 .
He 'made a lunge for British airmen and was knelt on for remainder of flight' |
041d546e88c66a97e59ab2275a8db7f04f520751 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 20:20 EST, 13 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:20 EST, 13 May 2013 . A man charged with killing three adults and a toddler on an eastern Kansas farm made a brief appearance in a packed courtroom Monday, but showed little emotion while a judge set a new court date. Kyle Flack, 27, has be... | Kyle Flack faces death penalty for the quadruple homicide .
Remains of 18-month-old Lana Bailey, a victim of a quadruple murder were found over the weekend .
Her mother, Kaylie Bailey, 21, was found dead last week on the property along with two other male friends .
150 people including dive teams searched nearby waterw... |
041d5dde8d0fb4597ba766019e47390c4e351df7 | The former Chief of the Australian Army, professor Peter Leahy, has warned that Australia needs to prepare itself for a century-long war, both overseas and at home, against radical Islamic militants. Currently the director of the National Security Institute at the University of Canberra, professor Leahy told Daily Mail... | Peter Leahy claims Australia is one of many Western countries perceived as 'the far enemy' by radical Islamic militants .
He said terrorist plots have been thwarted for iconic Australian landmarks .
His warning comes only a few days after the government announced its $630 million funding boost to national counter-terro... |
041d7dcddf9989d20d45fb531290225eb9417b72 | There has been a great deal spoken about the sweltering heat and humidity England will face in Manaus when they play Italy on Saturday night. But how does it actually feel to run and exercise in such testing conditions? With the help of a Battersea Park biodome, an industrial-sized heater and a treadmill, Adam Shergold... | Wayne Rooney, Steven Gerrard and Co will face high temperatures and humidity in Manaus .
Amazon venues is the hottest of the Brazil World Cup venues .
Temperatures will top 30C, with humidity at a stifling 80 per cent . |
041fc845b0a47804cefa96af945278c7a18033ff | Joe Hart has called upon his Manchester City team-mates to prove they have the strength of character to defend the league title for the first time in the club's history. After securing the Premier League title under Roberto Mancini in 2012, the club then relinquished the trophy far too easily to Manchester United, fall... | Manchester City are three points adrift of Chelsea in the Premier League .
City won 3-0 at home to Crystal Palace on Saturday afternoon .
Joe Hart has called on City to prove they have the strength to retain title . |
041ffb59edacd7d83c1d9b06f58b21bd6f5c4810 | Graeme Souness believes it could take some time for Louis van Gaal's 3-5-2 formation to work at Manchester United. Van Gaal is still waiting for his first Barclays Premier League win as Red Devils boss, having lost the opener against Swansea and then been held to draws by Sunderland and Burnley. Their stuttering start ... | Former Liverpool boss Graeme Souness believes it will take time for Louis van Gaal's 3-5-2 formation to work .
Manchester United are yet to win in four competitive games this season .
The Red Devils may not find form until November, according to Souness .
Angel di Maria is not a natural fit in Van Gaal's preferred syst... |
042267399d50b5b1699fadf518eb78642838968b | (CNN) -- Nicklas Bendtner scored a hat-trick as a rampant Arsenal side thrashed Porto 5-0 at The Emirates to reach the quarterfinals of the Champions League on Tuesday. Danish international Bendtner had been widely criticized for missing a host of chances in Arsenal's 3-1 Premier League win over Burnley on Saturday -- ... | Arsenal thrash Porto 5-0 to cruise into the quarterfinals of the Champions League .
Nicklas Bendtner scores hat-trick as the London side overturn first leg deficit .
Bayern Munich are also through to the last eight despite losing 3-2 to Fiorentina . |
042371251c1a7e0d54a55bdf60bab191eb3cd53f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 01:12 EST, 21 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:53 EST, 31 October 2013 . Fox 2 News has reported Mike Reda allegedly shot dead two women at Detroit's Pablo Davis Elder Living Center who were reportedly friends with his ex-girlfriend . A 65-year-old man allegedly shot dead two eld... | A 65-year-old man allegedly shot dead two women with an assault rifle at his nursing home on Sunday .
He reportedly believed they convinced his ex-girlfriend to dump him .
Fox 2 News reported the suspect was Mike Reda who lived at Detroit's Pablo Davis Elder Living Center .
A 54-year-old woman died in hospital and a 56... |
0423b1cca6ddfd16880d904659dc9814146be28d | Dripping with chandeliers and lined with gold, this - of course - was Joan Rivers' home. A dazzling gem of old-school showbusiness, it seems only right that her living room ceilings scaled 30ft-high, and velvet drapes framed the vast windows. The 5,000-square-foot penthouse is held up by gold pillars. And in every corn... | Joan Rivers's Upper East Side condo, worth $35million, has floor-ceiling windows and gold-plated walls .
The comedienne described the New York apartment as somewhere 'Marie Antoinette would have lived'
Stacks of index cards with famous jokes by Rivers, who died at 81 last week, are in every corner of the flat . |
0424b04ecf31b580425b74c3d6ba9cad59069450 | Obamacare might be a big talking point for politicians on Capitol Hill, but a new survey shows President Barack Obama's health care law wasn't at the top of the agenda for midterm voters earlier this month. Party preferences and individual candidate platforms -- not the Affordable Care Act -- were the main factors that... | A new poll shows little interest in Obamacare from midterm voters .
Voters cared more about party identification and individual candidates' platforms . |
042727cf113457311c7936caa5a35df33ce2da64 | (CNN) -- Robert Richards' love affair with the stars began when he was just a child. "I'm an orphan of Apollo; I grew up with the Star Trek generation," he says. Bob Richards: Aiming for the Moon . Richards was just one of many children left wide-eyed and inspired by the moon landings. But for him, they were a false st... | As a boy, Richards was inspired by the moon landings and science fiction .
But his childhood expectations failed to be realized as the space race cooled .
Now Richards and the NewSpace movement have renewed interest in space .
Richards is aiming for the moon -- and confesses Mars is tempting ... |
04282b885f8fe4780b27c91d41370b55c6fd755d | By . Aaron Sharp . PUBLISHED: . 09:06 EST, 11 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:58 EST, 12 December 2013 . A list of this year’s top YouTube videos in the UK has been topped by a comedy skit about how animals eat their food, and also contains entries from Olympic diving hero Tom Daley and Peppa pig. How Animals Eat The... | Website has compiled top clips viewed in the UK this year .
They took into account speed of views as well as numbers .
80 per cent of all views on YouTube come from outside the US .
List includes Tom Daley's brave bisexual love declaration . |
042834b596b1bfc48fd4f721f87a7cceef264b52 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:25 EST, 24 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 08:14 EST, 25 January 2014 . A mental competency hearing broke out in chaos Friday afternoon as a man screamed out at the mother of a missing 5-year-old in Fitchburg, Massachusetts. 'Where's my nephew? What happened to my nephew?' Sandr... | Elsa Oliver, 28, has been ruled mentally fit to answer questions and stand trial for the disappearance of her 5-year-old son Jeremiah .
The boy was last seen on September 14 but authorities weren't notified until December when his sister complained of being abused .
His uncle Sandrino Oliver was physically removed from... |
04285e5aa9c554c2bcbd3881bd3ea16f10a9c6c6 | Nigel Thrift, of Warwick University, saw his pay rise 21 per cent to £288,000 last year . University chiefs enjoyed pay rises of up to 21 per cent last year as students struggled with spiralling tuition fees. Vice-chancellors of the elite 24 Russell Group universities saw their salary and benefits increase by £10,175... | Vice-chancellors of 24 elite universities say salary and benefits rise £10,175 .
Russell Group says they lead ‘complex .
multimillion-pound organisations’
Meanwhile, lower-ranking university staff received a pay increase of £150 . |
0429bb3f07b491a7214adf5923a301013ed8d81e | Manuel Neuer is the ultimate 'sweeper-keeper' and now seems to want to spend more time outside his area than inside it. Germany's No 1 could be found nearer the halfway line during Bayern Munich's 0-0 draw with Hamburg on Saturday. As the match neared its conclusion, Neuer came to clear a loose ball but instead of hack... | Manuel Neuer has earned a reputation for venturing outside his area .
Germany's No 1 is widely regarded as world's best goalkeeper .
Neuer made a save in his own half with his hands .
Neuer was given a yellow card, and the match finished 0-0 . |
042cd1e0176579c6eb2649ce87a219b3b739d4c3 | (CNN) -- A fire that broke out Friday in an empty Boeing 787 Dreamliner at London's Heathrow Airport does not appear to be related to the jet's batteries, the UK Air Accidents Investigation Branch said Saturday. "It is clear that this heat damage is remote from the area in which the aircraft main and APU batteries are ... | Fire broke out Friday at London's Heathrow Airport .
No injuries were reported in the incident .
Boeing's marquee 787 was grounded this year because of a fire risk . |
042cdca81cc260286994347887e9bcee17b5d10b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 04:12 EST, 6 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:53 EST, 6 May 2013 . The Reddit thread was inspired by the story of Florida teenager Kiera Wilmot, who was expelled for a science experiment because the school had to stick to its rules . Thought your office had strange rules? Some of the... | Reddit thread attracted nearly 14,000 comments from disgruntled workers .
They were inspired by the story of Florida school girl Kiera Wilmot .
She was expelled and arrested for an explosion because of school rules . |
042cdd04ce740461c4d6b54760a582fb7937690d | Adding pressure to fix the administration's problem-plagued health care program, former president Bill Clinton says President Obama should find a way to let people keep their health coverage, even if it means changing the law. Clinton says Obama should 'honor the commitment that the federal government made to those peo... | Millions of Americans have started receiving insurance cancellation letters . |
042d2d85c1a634e922c847a45409bfaed08d1924 | (CNN) -- Seven French soldiers were killed when their military helicopter crashed off the coast of Gabon, the country's official news agency said Sunday. A French ship with investigators on board look for clues near the crash site area. Two French soldiers survived the Saturday night crash, the agency said. French Defe... | Seven killed, but two French soldiers survive the Saturday night crash .
Recovery efforts underway for body of one of the seven soldiers still missing .
Divers inspecting helicopter, which was in water 35 meters (about 115 feet) deep . |
042d3157353f6c46d9123a9421eccc6961e242c6 | (CNN) -- After 14 years, Larry Page has confessed to the Financial Times that Google "probably does need" a new mission statement. Back in 1999, Google came up with "ten things we know to be true" that defined the then-little Silicon Valley start-up. So here are some suggested tweaks to make the Google's original missi... | Google's Larry Page admits Google "probably does need" a new mission statement .
Andrew Keen suggests tweaking the internet behemoth's "ten things we know to be true"
Keen: Google-style disruption of traditional corporate culture is now business orthodoxy .
"Can we trust a company that relies on mining our personal dat... |
042eb216f69996d76ed0951887859cdc1c6773f3 | By . Ashley Collman . PUBLISHED: . 22:34 EST, 5 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 07:25 EST, 6 March 2014 . Miles Scott, the 5-year-old cancer survivor who warmed hearts last fall when the Make-a-Wish foundation let him be superhero 'Batkid' for a day, had an appearance at the Academy Awards canceled - and actor Andrew Garfi... | Five-year-old Miles Scott made headlines in October when the Make-a-Wish foundation organized for him to be a superhero for the day .
The cancer-survivor was looking forward to being included in the Academy Awards on Sunday, but his segment got cut last minute .
Miles was set to appear with Spider-Man star Andrew Garfi... |
042ec60e1d90785076b0938adb374bee58be3f91 | A father with Parkinson’s disease was arrested as he watched the Olympic cycling road race because he ‘failed to smile or look like he was enjoying himself’. Mark Worsfold, a martial arts trainer and former soldier, claims that he was thrown to the floor and handcuffed just as cyclists passed by. His worried wife Nico... | Former soldier Mark Worsfold arrested for his 'manner, state of dress and proximity to the course' as cyclists came through Leatherhead .
He was detained and questioned for five hours . |
042f45fabe07e5e8938c4b23d84cd72e571abdc9 | PARIS, France (CNN) -- The French Senate began debate Tuesday on a law that would mark a significant cultural shift -- allowing many more shops across the country to open on Sundays. The law would permit shops, department stores, and shopping malls to open on Sundays in 20 zones. The bill passed the lower house, the Na... | French Senate debates new law allowing more shops to open on Sundays .
If approved new law would overturn 1906 law forbidding Sunday trading .
Sarkozy has had to deal with opposition from both left and right . |
042fb8b4fa07ff30fef7026618173ce6429c953e | (CNN) -- The resilience of a burned baby golden eagle that survived a Utah wildfire is astounding wildlife rehabilitators nursing him back to health. "The trauma and the injury and the situation he is in -- to come out of it is amazing," said DaLyn Erickson, executive director of the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center of N... | Baby golden eagle was burned in a Utah wildfire .
The fire engulfed his nest .
The animal, called "Phoenix," is receiving care at wildlife rehab center .
It's too early to tell whether he will be able to fly . |
04314f962523b8fba85b801d03c8f1d2227ce64a | It should be a no-brainer but then the same ought to have applied to the Liverpool Lip learning his lesson. Surely Colombia, complete with the luxurious skills of new kid on the World Cup block James Rodriguez, will beat Uruguay, minus the penetration of bitter old Luis Suarez. That is what pretty much everyone except ... | Colombia face Uruguay in second round clash in Rio de Janeiro .
Group C winners enter as favourites for all South American match .
Colombia won all three group games beating Greece, Ivory Coast and Japan .
Uruguay without suspended striker Luis Suarez at Maracana . |
0431551efa2b456783a920e0bbe2f0bacb99610f | SAN FRANCISCO, California (CNN) -- Nearly 3 million gallons of sewage spilled into San Francisco Bay when a pump failed at a waste treatment facility, the Marin County Sheriff's Department told CNN on Friday. Attempts are being made to contain Thursday night's 2.7 million-gallon sewage spill. The 2.7 million-gallon spi... | NEW: Sewage was partially treated, Office of Emergency Services says .
The 2.7 million-gallon spill occurred Thursday night, Sheriff's Department says .
Pump and alarm failed at Marin County waste treatment facility .
Area being tested; boaters advised to avoid Richardson Bay area . |
04327bc3e426eee01ed61d369fd52415aa300ddc | A Southern California man has been arrested after being caught transporting a calf in the back seat of his car. Cesar Zamora Santana, 31, was spotted by police on Wednesday morning suspiciously loitering outside an auto shop in Riverside at 1:50am. They found he had an outstanding arrest warrant for drug-related charg... | Cesar Zamora Santana, 31, was stopped by police on Wednesday morning in Riverside and his vehicle was searched .
A three-day-old, 150lb Jersey cow was discovered on the back seat .
Santana was arrested on suspicion of transporting livestock without proof of ownership or identifying information . |
04328a415752b9ce72079374db39bfacf7969238 | (CNN) -- Buy a $175,000 package to attend the Oscars and you might buy yourself trouble, lawyers for the Academy Awards warn. The 81st annual Academy Awards will be held on February 22 from Hollywood's Kodak Theatre. The advertising of such packages -- including four tickets to the upcoming 81st annual Academy Awards ... | Academy sues Arizona-based company over sales of Oscar packages .
Tickets to lavish movie awards show cannot be transferred or sold, Academy says .
Package includes four tickets to 81st annual Academy Awards, L.A. hotel stay .
Selling tickets could become a security issue, according to lawsuit . |
0433da2e36ffda5fe996f1103b98176820fbbb90 | By . Ryan Gorman . PUBLISHED: . 19:08 EST, 28 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:51 EST, 29 September 2013 . New concrete posts along a suburban Pittsburgh, PA., road have gotten a rise out of locals. Meant to protect citizens from out of control cars, the bollards’ long bases and round tops are quickly becoming the bu... | The protective poles are installed alongside one road in a suburban Pittsburgh, PA, town .
Locals have taken to calling one location 'Penis Road' |
0433f8baf8980a9471180388ea2d27bafc093459 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 10:42 EST, 28 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:00 EST, 28 November 2013 . Go on - give her a tickle. This little meerkat just can't stop laughing when she's given a tummy rub. Named Betty Boo, she lives at the Harnas Wildlife Foundation in central Namibia where a volunteer videoed her b... | Betty Boo lives at the Harnas Wildlife Foundation in Namibia .
A volunteer there realised she liked being tickled and videoed it .
Betty arrived at the foundation near Windhoek two years ago . |
0435b7db7b56b36291aa5d0b826aaa09c070edeb | It's the biggest countdown for NASA since the shuttle era ended in 2011. The space agency's new Orion spacecraft is scheduled to lift off on an uncrewed test flight at 7:05 a.m. ET Thursday from Space Launch Complex 37 at Cape Canaveral, Florida. "We haven't had this feeling in awhile, since the end of the shuttle prog... | New spaceship Orion is "go" for test flight .
Launch is set for 7 a.m. ET Thursday .
Orion will orbit Earth twice and will splash down in the Pacific . |
043791c99207c4fc73cf20d37d4f342d39145383 | Editor's note: John Feehery worked for former House Speaker Dennis Hastert and other Republicans in Congress. He is president of Feehery Group, a Washington-based advocacy firm that has represented clients that include News Corp., Ford Motor Co. and the U.S. Chamber of Commerce. He formerly was a government relations e... | John Feehery: Obama's Nobel Prize win surprised the right, the left, Obama himself .
Hard to see any notable achievements for peace by Obama so far, Feehery says .
He says Obama won because he was elected president and wasn't George Bush .
Obama voters should share the prize, because they elected him, Feehery says . |
0437d4abdd58f8760bf2e708c744e16e6caff9ed | Catalan Dragons scrum-half Sam Williams is to rejoin Canberra Raiders following the French club's capture of Todd Carney. The 23-year-old Williams joined the Dragons on a short-term deal from St George Illawarra in June with a view to earning a long-term contract but is now headed back to the club at which his career b... | Sam Williams will return to the NRL as Catalans look to unveil Todd Carney .
The French club is waiting for Super League approval to sign Carney .
Scrum-half Carney was sacked by Cronulla for a breach of discipline .
The former State of Origin star was then de-registered by the NRL .
Williams joined the Dragons on a sh... |
043968c2bd127a9f60bdfef473c0c466b2651195 | The first legal challenge to the Church of England's ban on same-sex marriage was launched today - months before the first gay wedding can take place. Gay father Barrie Drewitt-Barlow declared: 'I want to go into my church and marry my husband.' He added: 'The only way forward for us now is to make a challenge in the c... | Barrie Drewitt-Barlow said that he wants to marry partner Tony in a church .
Said that the only way forward is to challenge the church in court .
It is a test for Cameron's promise to the CofE and Roman Catholic bishops .
Said that no church would be forced to conduct same-sex weddings .
Barrie and Tony now have five c... |
043988513bd29b6e9751c73a5f5df794e7497727 | Esteemed author Harper Lee has denied giving permission to a journalist to document her life in a highly-anticipated new memoir. The reclusive writer of To Kill A Mockingbird has shunned the spotlight following the success of her Pulitzer prize-winning first and only novel in 1960, refusing to do interviews or make pub... | New memoir The Mockingbird Next Door: Life With Harper Lee is a collection of stories reporter Marja Mills was told by Harper Lee over a year-long friendship .
Lee has released a statement saying she did not cooperate with the book and is 'saddened' by how Mills operated .
Mills maintains she was honest with Lee while ... |
043add67723641923208222f5d3af59ae127efa7 | Shadow Chancellor Ed Balls said wants to hit better-off homeowners with the mansion tax in the next financial year . Labour has asked the Treasury to start drawing up plans to levy its mansion tax on 100,000 expensive homes from day one of regaining power. Despite a revolt from some Labour MPs over the annual levy, Sha... | It is unusual for tax to be introduced in the course of the financial year .
But Ed Balls wants to plough money back into NHS as quickly as possible .
Comes as Labour opponents step up campaign to change Mr Balls's mind .
Labour's mansion tax plans in doubt since George Osborne's stamp duty reform . |
043d36b0037b978635f89ab21afe69491e3af4ba | The judge in the murder trial of Etan Patz today refused to release the man accused of killing the six-year-old after the prosecution reminded him of the brutal crime he confessed to. Pedro Hernandez, from New Jersey, appeared in court today, where his lawyer asked that he be released from jail immediately due to the s... | Six-year-old went missing in Manhattan on his way to school in 1979 .
Pedro Hernandez, 52, told police he choked Etan and threw body in trash .
His defense claims he is schizophrenic and was coerced by police .
Accused the prosecution of dragging their feet . |
043d67a2f063b7d393b671afa2ba57743e996476 | Speaking at the Royal Academy of Music Elton John criticised modern pop songs as being 'too flawless' He has performed his vast repertoire of pop classics on the world’s stages for almost five decades. But in a wide ranging attack, Sir Elton John said today’s ‘processed performers’ such as Britney Spears lack the skill... | Elton said autotune had lead to a lack of humanity in songs .
Criticised modern pop songs for being 'too flawless'
Said his own inspirations were Mozart and Beethoven . |
043dc7cb1b52e11ea3e4f97f8efeb49ff52c8e58 | By . Simon Tomlinson . PUBLISHED: . 08:27 EST, 6 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 08:47 EST, 6 January 2014 . It's no secret the FBI has steadily shifted its focus towards counter-terrorism since 9/11. But now the agency appears to have finally made its new priority official by quietly updating its mission statement. The ... | Fact sheet altered in the summer of last year, says national security lawyer .
Change reflects reforms over last ten years, but analysts baffled by timing .
Came months after FBI was criticised for failing to foil Boston bombings .
One observer says rebranding could bring agency more power and funding . |
043e06ee6fa0da12a898fdf309ad7b99a8472c02 | By . Amanda Williams . An inventive pet owner has created the world's goldfish walking device - because he was worried his pet was bored. Mike Warren-Madden spent weeks designing his unique 'Aquatic Perambulator' as a way to help pet fish Malcolm have a more exciting life. Former sheet metal worker Mr Warren-Madden, 60... | Mike Warren-Madden spent weeks designing 'Aquatic Perambulator'
He feared his pet Malcolm was bored and decided to take him for walk .
Now he wants someone to come forward and invest in his design . |
043ea5ab9abaa5cfa83ea63dcccf94873561c266 | By . Matt Blake . PUBLISHED: . 10:30 EST, 19 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:34 EST, 20 July 2012 . When charity fundraiser Jerri Peterson was selected as an Olympic torch bearer, she wanted a permanent reminder of the honour. The 54-year-old hotel worker, from Atlanta, Georgia, took the unusual step of inking the Olympi... | Jerri Peterson, 54, is keeping the tattoo because 'it is as unique as I am'
She originally paid $10 (£6.40) for the tattoo in her hometown Atlanta, US .
She only realised the mistake when a friend pointed it out after the relay .
Hotel worker carried the torch through Derby on June 30 . |
04402a61d741dd4c5987f9f236a3efd38db7e576 | By . Jill Reilly . A van belonging to a Michigan-based physician who bore the notorious nickname 'Dr. Death' has been found at a pawn shop. Dr. Jack Kevorkian used the 'Deathmobile', a 1970s VW Minibus while assisting in several deaths, including the poisoning of an Alzheimer's patient that launched his public effort i... | Dr. Jack Kevorkian used a 1970s VW Minibus for his 'work'
Kevorkian claimed to have assisted in the suicides of more than 130 .
patients .
Rose to infamy in the 1990s with his homemade 'suicide machines'
Inserted needle into patient's arm, then they pressed a lever to release . |
0440a163f45637e0b6842f1e8feab9539fd2cc5b | England's abject defeat by New Zealand in Wellington ranks as one of their darkest days not only at a World Cup but in the country's entire history of playing the international game. While England have not been expected to mount a serious challenge for the World Cup, nobody can defend a performance of such ineptitude, ... | England were humiliated by New Zealand at the Cricket World Cup .
Eoin Morgan's men lost by eight wickets against the co-hosts .
Brendon McCullum savaged England's bowlers with the bat .
Fast bowler Tim Southee ripped through England's batting order .
CLICK HERE for all the latest news from 2015 Cricket World Cup . |
04416b90ad094006c0290f42798b221ea3e211dc | By . Steph Cockroft . A honeytrapper and her boyfriend lured a man to a park over Facebook so they could attack him with a meat cleaver for his money and mobile phone. Haseena Aziz arranged to go on the 'date' in order to give her 29-year-old boyfriend Afahan Hussain a chance to rob the victim. The 28-year-old tempted ... | Haseena Aziz, 28, from Birmingham, arranged to meet 25-year-old man .
Her boyfriend Afahan Hussain, 29, appeared from behind and beat victim .
Aziz kicked him as weapon-wielding Hussain demanded money and mobile .
Defendants - who mocked victim via text after attack - were jailed for robbery . |
0441a082ce814762ebd524e5de9560e52ffa71e1 | (CNN) -- Miguel Cotto says he will beat Floyd Mayweather -- "no doubt" -- but don't expect him to dance around the gym, making it rain and running his mouth about it. It's not how he rolls. Unlike his opponent in Saturday's WBA super-welterweight title fight, Cotto doesn't resort to third-person, braggadocio-packed sol... | Match will pit aggressive Miguel Cotto against fleet-footed Floyd Mayweather .
Team Cotto says boxer has "blueprint" to hand Floyd Mayweather first loss .
Former champ Roy Jones Jr. skeptical, says Cotto will have to change style .
Mayweather uncharacteristically heaping praise on Cotto before fight . |
04423c63496f8b4418efdf5dd97053ac2e78469b | A group of climbers have scaled Africa's highest mountain - wearing just their shorts. Dutch daredevil Wim Hof, known as the 'iceman', led a group of 26 people to the summit of the world's highest free standing mountain - Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. In just 48 hours the group climbed all 5,895m (19, 340ft) without s... | A group of 26 were led to the summit by Dutch daredevil Wim Hof .
Hof holds the world record for the longest time spent in an ice bath .
None of his group succumbed to hypothermia or altitude sickness .
Hof claims to be able to control his body temperature using just his mind .
Kilimanjaro stands at 5,895m and dominate... |
0443d90fc54a9b33ccbef04847cac40f0ca68735 | A photograph of a well-dressed black man holding a baby is reportedly of George Zimmerman's great-grandfather - and could become a crucial piece of evidence in his murder trial. CNN aired the picture last night and if its authenticity can be verified then it supports what the accused murderer's family have been saying ... | If picture is authentic it could be crucial evidence in Trayvon murder trial .
Victim's mom records Mother's Day video asking for tighter gun laws . |
044435e26d05fe7dd3ab8a0d25732b625114ec36 | (CNN) -- Dan Wallrath was honored as a Top 10 CNN Hero last year for his efforts to build mortgage-free homes for U.S. troops wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan. He and his group, Operation Finally Home, recently partnered with the television show "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" to build a house for Army Staff Sgt. Patri... | CNN Hero Dan Wallrath will be featured Sunday on "Extreme Makeover: Home Edition"
Wallrath said thousands of volunteers pitched in to help him build a home in Texas .
The home is for an Army soldier who was injured in the 2009 Fort Hood shootings .
Wallrath: "These families are not going to be forgotten" |
04449c30573846d085b22cb4f6b948562e8af091 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 03:49 EST, 6 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:13 EST, 6 February 2013 . Having solved one of the greatest mysteries of British history, scientists desperate to unearth the next one and confirm if Richard III did murder the princes in the tower have been left disappointed. Previously... | Princes Edward and Richard were killed by the king's men in 1483 .
Their bones are kept in Westminster Abbey, who won't let them be tested .
Academics say discovery of Richard III will allow them to solve the mystery . |
04456a027f9c7578390e215c8dde7b2a73864076 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Authorities confiscated an antique gun and some bullets from the home of Charlie Sheen after a search, the actor's divorce attorney said Friday. Mark Gross told reporters he did not believe that by having the items his client was in violation of a temporary restraining order taken out against Sheen... | NEW: Police find, confiscate an antique gun and bullets from Sheen's home .
"The LAPD were AWESOME," Sheen says on his Twitter account .
A temporary retraining order was filed against Sheen this month .
His estranged wife says he threatened to kill her last month . |
0445c2f8dddc424577508f24bb3c4fd9a31b612d | By . Larisa Brown . PUBLISHED: . 04:34 EST, 26 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:50 EST, 26 August 2012 . Tragic: Scott Bradley (pictured) was driven to suicide after rumours circulated in the Scottish village where he lived that he was one of James Bulger's killers . A distraught mother whose son was driven to suicide b... | Scott Bradley, 36, was found hanging after months of being hounded by mob who circulated false rumours he was child-killer Robert Thompson .
Mother Sue, 66, shocked at how little remorse his tormenters have shown . |
0446ed029e45d19eaa9f11e2746ab4e8b145ec4e | Villarreal coach Marcelino has admitted he could sell defender Gabriel Paulista to Arsenal during the January transfer window. Paulista has been heavily linked with a move to north London, with reports suggesting boss Arsene Wenger is ready to meet the club's £15.3million release fee. Wenger has been under increased pr... | Gabriel Paulista will be sold to Arsenal if move is 'best for all parties'
Arsenal ready to pay Villarreal's £15.3m release clause this transfer window .
Paulista has helped La Liga club go 15 games unbeaten in all competitions .
Defender could provide cover for Laurent Koscielny and Per Mertesacker .
Click here for mo... |
0447f3ea0ca1859daa0319c9500ab77687bdf4a0 | Beijing (CNN) -- After walking several blocks through New York's busy streets recently, I finally found Wang Juntao in the middle of Times Square, where the exiled Chinese dissident was holding a sit-down protest. Wearing a grey suit and yellow tie, Wang sits in a makeshift cage to dramatize the imprisonment of Wang Bi... | Wang Juntao, Bo Xilai, Li Keqiang were all students at Peking University in the 1970s .
Wang is now an exiled dissident, Bo is in prison, while Li is China's premier .
Peking University, known in Chinese as Beida, founded as training ground for China's intellectuals . |
04485e9153e34405313ab73d82b5bba20aad0034 | By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 04:18 EST, 19 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:56 EST, 19 April 2013 . This young Jack Russell got a jolly good barking at when his lively antics went a step too far. The three-month-old puppy, appropriately called Jackie, was pinned up against the wall by his seven-year-old mother Morha af... | Puppy Jackie was pinned up against the wall by his mother Morha .
Wildlife photographer Jack Perks captured images while walking with friend .
But telling off didn't last too long as they soon started to play together again . |
04492e5f44f11a62de6d75d79abd8719a66d929d | By . Hayley Peterson . and Steve Nolan . and Associated Press Reporter . The founders of Twitter look set to vastly increase their already impressive wealth after they announced that the company is preparing to float on the stock market. After years of speculation, the social networking site, which has more than 200 m... | Twitter is expected to go public at a valuation of between $14bn and $20 bn .
Facebook's IPO valued the social network at around $100bn .
Twitter now has more than 200 million users after seven years . |
0449a49683cf7e85fd8754c758dca89dfdbfb855 | By . Sarah Fitzmaurice . PUBLISHED: . 20:03 EST, 12 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:29 EST, 13 February 2013 . Denise Welch's toyboy fiancé Lincoln Townley was rushed to hospital after collapsing at home. Paramedics thought the 39-year-old, of Alderley Edge, Cheshire, was having a heart attack after he complained of ... | Doctors have ruled out a heart attack but continue to do tests on the 39-year-old - a spokeswoman for Denise told MailOnline .
Couple plan to wed this summer . |
044a9ce43e766804918b056502de087f41d162b6 | (CNN) -- Jefferson Thomas, one of the so-called "Little Rock Nine," the nine students who integrated Central High School in Little Rock, Arkansas, in 1957, has died, according to Carlotta Walls LaNier, president of the group's foundation. He was 67. Thomas died of pancreatic cancer on Sunday, the Little Rock Nine Found... | NEW: President Obama praises Thomas' bravery .
Thomas died of pancreatic cancer on Sunday .
He was 15 when he and others integrated Arkansas schools in 1957 .
Other Little Rock Nine members remember Thomas as being able to keep them laughing . |
044bc6965f77b9f41b83550d3ee7e50ff89e4d0f | Two of the youngest Sydney sige hostages have revealed they considered stabbing gunman Man Haron Monis during the horrific 17-hour ordeal. Lindt Café workers Jarrod Hoffman and Joel Herat told how they were secretly armed with kitchen knives and switch-blades and grappled with how and when to make their move against Mo... | Two Lindt workers who had knives considered whether they could kill the gunman who seized the cafe with 18 people inside .
The two eventually decided against an attack, fearing the gunman would start killing people if they failed .
Another hostage revealed the gunman smiled as he threatened them .
Pregnant cafe worker ... |
044bdde9a8e597b21408d670b9b85269be8d68ca | She always liked to play shops when she was younger. Now schoolgirl Angel Thomas is playing the game for real - after opening her own boutique at the age of 11. The mini-entrepreneur has become Britain’s youngest shopkeeper with a business selling pet clothes and accessories. Angel Thomas is the country's youngest shop... | Angel Thomas has business selling pet clothes in the heart of Liverpool .
Balances school work with managing accounts and processing sales .
Has just taught herself to sew - so she can make her own range . |
044cc53859ccd95a933190953c34ced4b63719c0 | By . John Stevens, Political Reporter . No wonder Sally Bercow looks so pleased with herself. She and her pal Farah Sassoon are enjoying the best seats in the house for the State Opening of Parliament. Tickets for the glittering ceremony are highly sought after but the Speaker’s wife and wealthy businesswoman Mrs Sasso... | Sally Bercow and Farah Sassoon pictured at State Opening of Parliament .
They sat in prime spot in House of Lords gallery for the glittering ceremony .
Last night, Speaker John Bercow accused of bringing office into disrepute .
Mrs Sassoon was given ticket to ceremony just days before donating £5,000 to his re-election... |
044e7ae004632ddb352984a014bb0ec1c79bb008 | Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- Protesters of a tuition hike at University of California campuses stood their ground into Friday night, with 41 demonstrators at UC Berkeley cited for trespassing after their takeover of a campus building. Nearly 100 protesters at UC campuses have been arrested over the past two days in... | NEW: Nearly 100 have been arrested at UC campuses over the past two days .
NEW: 41 demonstrators at Berkeley cited for trespassing after taking over building .
Higher-ed students across California have been protesting a 32 percent tuition hike .
University officials say fee hikes needed since they've already made deep ... |
044eb5362e469c4be6a60b015490cb576b4c8596 | Jessica Wynter gave birth to her baby son Kye in a onesie after he was born suddenly as she struggled across a hospital car park . A young mother who gave birth in a onesie as she struggled across a hospital car park has described the moment she found her baby son ‘curled up in the right leg, safe and sound’. Jessica W... | Jessica Wynter, 21, was rushed to hospital after going into labour early .
But she gave birth suddenly while in the car park of King's College Hospital .
She said she opened the garment to find her son curled up in the right leg .
The student was given the onesie by her grandmother for Christmas .
She said it was lucky... |
044f131c703c8ea6277286b79ccf8c08eaa4387d | (CNN) -- Norway's navy announced on Monday that it will help search for the missing plane of 20th century explorer Roald Amundsen, more than 80 years after his death. Roald Amundsen led the first successful expedition to the South Pole from 1910 to 1912. The search -- scheduled for later this year -- will focus on a 40... | Unmanned submarine to be used in search for Roald Amundsen's plane .
Amundsen's plane crashed in 1928 while he was on a rescue mission to North Pole .
Amundsen first to reach South Pole; credited with being first to both poles .
Search due to begin later this year . |
044f439de3f1d103d4341859349737b89607c344 | The Archbishop of Canterbury has criticised energy companies for imposing huge price rises that will hammer struggling families. Justin Welby said power giants had a ‘massive’ moral duty beyond squeezing customers for maximum profit, and challenged the firms to justify their huge increases in bills. The Archbishop, him... | Archbishop of Canterbury Justin Welby criticised energy companies .
The former oil executive said he understood anger over price hikes .
Speaking exclusively to Mail on Sunday he said rises were 'huge moral issue' |
044fcb7c0009980ec77c33cab3d1bb6e12f12658 | Washington (CNN) -- He was talking about health care, but President Obama could have just as easily been summing up his entire first year when he made some blunt comments in a closed-door meeting with House Democrats last week. Democratic sources who were in the room say Obama, pressed by liberals angry about the refor... | Obama stresses building foundation for future steps toward his agenda .
Republican win in Massachusetts could create split among Democrats .
Obama also faces gap between high hopes at his inauguration and reality now .
One expert says it's better for White House to take its lumps now, before midterm elections . |
04526d09096fc390c974c0b61091f1f26f76357e | LINKENHOLT, England (CNN) -- Hidden away in the hills of Hampshire lies the village of Linkenholt. This idyllic community, home to just 50 people comes complete with grand Edwardian manor house, cricket pavilion and grounds, blacksmith's forge, rectory, shooting grounds, 22 houses and grade 2 listed cottages. The curre... | Village of Linkenholt, in southern England, up for sale for $33 million .
Estate was left to a charitable trust that has put entire village on market .
Trust, villagers hope new owner will continue to run it in same manner . |
0452803a57bb43443d267da37cc9507a1911475b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:04 EST, 31 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:32 EST, 2 November 2013 . A Utah mother has given birth to a 14lb baby boy who's already wearing the same sized diapers as his two-year-old twin sisters. Joel Brandon Jr., nicknamed J.J., was born by cesarean section on May 9 at Timp... | J.J. Brandon was 14lbs and 22 inches long when he was born in May .
Family believes he could be the heaviest born in the U.S. this year .
His mom Sara says his large size could be because of her Type 1 diabetes or simply a family history of big babies . |
0453685c50650c801661fa6caf0948c42ba39b7c | (CNN) -- Spawning at least 24 possible tornadoes, mostly in the Midwest, a giant storm system stretched Tuesday night from Alabama to Maryland, bringing new watches and warnings. The system unleashed its wrath on several communities in northern Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina on Tuesday night. At one time, it had... | Northern Alabama, Tennessee and North Carolina are hit Tuesday night .
A U.S. low-pressure record may have been broken .
Up to 200,000 customers lose power, many of them in Indiana, northern Illinois, Ohio .
Emergency official: "We're having to batten down the hatches" |
04545286e248fe30a29e792bf3a7169eebab0dfc | Evidence for a giant glacier that once existed in the deepest canyon on Mars has been found. A type of mineral 1.2 miles (2km) up the side of the canyon wall suggests that a huge glacier once passed through. While the idea of a glacier is controversial, the scientists say such a theory is the best explanation for their... | Study suggests part of Mars' Valles Marineris had an ancient glacier .
This giant canyon stretches across a quarter of the red planet's surface .
Evidence for an glacier comes from a mineral found half way up the cliff wall on one of the canyon's largest segments called Ius Chasma .
The mineral known as jarosite must h... |
04548a388181e65c7fd67d9822540841cfcc26ae | Scientists could be closer to finding water on the moon - a discovery that could help create rocket fuel and breathable air for future colonies. Using data from the Lunar Reconnaisance Orbiter's Lend tool, Nasa scientists have been mapping the hydrogen levels across the moon craggy deposits. And they've found surprisin... | Hydrogen was found in larger quantities on slopes of the lunar south pole .
These slopes could be mankind's best hope finding water on the moon .
Scientists believe lunar water could be used for drinking by astronauts .
Its hydrogen and oxygen molecules may be used to create fuel and air .
But the amounts detected are ... |
0454c7b478d5e7d14ce43aaa200d943ac8e402eb | (CNN) -- It's hard to describe billions of years of cosmic history. But scientists have used a code to create a model of how the universe as we know it today might have evolved. A new study in the journal Nature describes a simulation of the universe that is unique because of "how realistically it recreates the galaxie... | Scientists have released a new model of how the universe might have evolved .
The simulation begins 12 million years after the Big Bang .
It represents more than 41,000 galaxies .
Dark matter is the 'backbone of the cosmic web' |
045554c2aba0664d3e41d95119f4c377c5e2c9fe | By . Jennifer Smith . PUBLISHED: . 07:21 EST, 6 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:17 EST, 6 September 2013 . Connecting to WiFi, knowing how to use Google and tuning HD TVs were listed today as some of the most useful skills of modern life. In a survey which polled 2,000 adults, using a self-service checkout,online ba... | Online banking, microwaving and connecting to WiFi among most 'essential' skills .
Knitting, baking bread and writing letters no longer considered important .
2,000 adults polled in survey which listed knowing how to use Google as most needed skill . |
04565cbd287f0a88669700a8191ab63f37939495 | (CNN) -- These are extraordinary times, and like a lot of Republicans I believe that a well-crafted stimulus plan is needed to put people back to work. But the Obama spending bill would stimulate the government, not the economy. Mitt Romney says Obama's spending bill would stimulate the government rather than the econo... | Mitt Romney: We're in extraordinary times and we need to stimulate economy .
He says Obama's plan would stimulate the government more than economy .
Giving people permanent tax relief would be better than higher spending, he says .
Romney: Business is better than government at creating millions of jobs . |
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