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0456d10e1c20c72be24bc7ad1ff34e1cc3109e8d | Amanda Bynes has been arrested for a DUI again. The troubled Easy A actress was pulled over in the San Fernando Valley neighborhood of Los Angeles on Sunday at 4 am and taken into custody, the California Highway Patrol confirmed with MailOnline. She was cited for being under the influence of a controlled substance whil... | Amanda Bynes was pulled over at 4 am on Sunday morning in Los Angeles .
The 28-year-old She's The Man actress was arrested for a DUI .
She was cited as being under the influence of a 'controlled substance'
By 12 noon on Sunday the Easy A star was released on $15,000 bail .
Her conservatorship ended earlier this month a... |
04573a238e6333b598fab593be635af9969b5ad9 | (CNN) -- The space shuttle program should have come to an end a long time ago, NASA administrator Charles Bolden told CNN in an exclusive interview Wednesday. The 30-year program has been kept on life support because the United States has not readied another vehicle to take its place. "What is not acceptable is the fac... | NASA's space shuttle program has three missions left .
NASA administrator Bolden looks to commercial companies for future space transport .
NASA will focus on a new heavy-lift rocket .
That rocket could "take the first humans to Mars," says Bolden . |
04588f3153f5d7507bcf958276c1da9a05232acb | By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 11:38 EST, 16 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:18 EST, 17 May 2012 . A 15-year-old youth is facing a life sentence after being found guilty of stabbing a student to death in a row over conkers. The youth was found guilty at the Old Bailey of murdering architecture student Steven Grisales, 21... | Accused blamed another youth but was identified on CCTV from his distinctive clothing . |
04592f1cb4a1cb4bdd04fb7b30986eb278cec9a4 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Determining the amount of troops necessary to win a war is never an easy decision for a commander in chief and his military commanders if history is any guide. The Obama administration is working on a strategic review of improving conditions in Afghanistan. And it's a dilemma President Obama faces a... | The war in Afghanistan passed the 8-year mark last week .
Obama and his national security team are working on a new strategy .
His top commander there has reportedly called for 40,000 more troops . |
045a85841e289359458e07d349f9d0354fa5083e | (CNN) -- A liberal Democratic congressman who came under fire for a lewd photo that briefly appeared on his Twitter account over the weekend told CNN Wednesday that he did not post the image. Democratic Rep. Anthony Weiner spoke to CNN's Wolf Blitzer a day after a contentious exchange with reporters in which he refused... | NEW: Twitter e-mails members of Congress about account security .
Weiner says he did not post a lewd photo and has hired a firm to investigate .
On Tuesday he had a heated exchange with reporters .
A conservative blogger who broke the story wants an investigation . |
045a9f24d03fa875747d3db6f5dddd21caceb3fe | (CNN) -- Troops closed in on one of Mexico's most wanted drug lords Wednesday, nabbing him at a seafood restaurant in a popular tourist destination. Members of the Mexican Army didn't fire a single shot when they captured Hector Beltran Leyva in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, officials said. His arrest came after 11 mo... | Authorities capture Hector Beltran Leyva inside a seafood restaurant .
He became a cartel chief after Mexican marines killed his brother .
Officials say he was living a discrete, low-profile life to avoid detection .
Authorities had offered millions of dollars for information leading to his capture . |
045aa973a284e683febd039607658120a4dbc2f6 | Sentenced: Former NFL star Sam Hurd was sentenced to 15 years in jail on Wednesday for buying large amounts of illegal drugs . Disgraced former Chicago Bears player Sam Hurd was yesterday sentenced to 15 years in prison for his role in starting a drug-distribution scheme that ended his football career and left his futu... | Sam Hurd, 28, received the punishment Wednesday in a federal courtroom in Dallas, Texas .
He pleaded guilty in April to one count of trying to buy and distribute large amounts of cocaine and marijuana .
U.S. District Judge Jorge Solis gave Hurd a much shorter sentence than the 27 to 34 years recommended by federal sent... |
045adeaf8f6643694d4203074c791469ac517aed | January 22, 2015 . Today, CNN Student News is bringing you history: Cold War events between the U.S. and Cuba. We're bringing you economics: how supply, demand and drought could affect avocado availability. We're bringing you engineering: a new way to change lanes at the Golden Gate Bridge. And we're bringing you a sup... | This page includes the show Transcript .
Use the Transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary .
At the bottom of the page, comment for a chance to be mentioned on CNN Student News. You must be a teacher or a student age 13 or older to request a mention on the CNN Student News Roll Call. |
045bc6fcee7b435fad7136430788add2b0809301 | New York City would look radically different today if one very big thinking engineer had his way back in 1912. In a New York Times article from that year, Dr. T. Kennard Thomson proposed, among other big changes, the complete filling-in of the East River, the extension of Manhattan by ten blocks to the south and severa... | The 1912 plan first appeared in a New York Times proposal penned by mainstream engineer T. Kennard Thomson .
Serious interest kept the plan floating around for decades as Thomson touted the benefits of his 'stupendous' plan .
Purported benefits of Thomson's plan included total space in the city for 20 million -- over t... |
045dd47adc11cee5562cc279e8ff7f9749353448 | By . Daily Mail Reporters . PUBLISHED: . 13:21 EST, 29 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:36 EST, 30 November 2012 . The mother of the lesbian who was brutally beaten by her girlfriend's boyfriend on Thanksgiving said she 'knows in her heart' that his motivation was hatred because her daughter is gay. Kristi Taylor, the... | Mallory Owens severely beaten after Thanksgiving dinner in Mobile, Alabama .
Alex Hawkins' brother Travis charged with second-degree assault, but friends and family argue that the charges should be more severe .
He can't be charged with hate crime, as Alabama does not include sexual orientation among bias offenses .
Ma... |
045e07a5eeef4d3ef8716107f4a373e5f80e0569 | (CNN) -- As the NCAA basketball tournament kicks into gear this week, March Madness once again spreads out of arenas and into the workplace. Diehard and fair-weather fans alike will take part in office pools, games will be streamed online, and smack will be talked around water coolers. "People love Cinderellas," the co... | As March Madness begins, office pools and basketball become part of workday .
One company says employers stand to lose $1.8 billion this week due to distractions .
Psychologist says shared ritual boosts sense of belonging in workplace .
Positive cohesion comes for free, and employer wins, psychologist adds . |
045e8b310cef4017c30b432b4c3e38004f0d6c7a | (CNN) -- Richard III is getting people talking all over again. DNA tests confirm that skeletal remains found buried in a parking lot belong to England's most famous king, British scientists announced on Monday. Some CNN commenters did a bit of a double take. don4060: "From the picture, I thought it was Keith Richards."... | Bones discovered in parking lot belong to King Richard III .
Historians hope to repudiate King's villainous reputation .
'Hide and seek win' tweets one parody account . |
045e8e88b451532745f1297e95dd551784cdd362 | The Vatican put its former ambassador to the Dominican Republic under house arrest Tuesday after opening a criminal trial against him, the first time a high-ranking Vatican official has ever faced criminal charges for sexually abusing youngsters. Josef Wesolowski had already been defrocked in June after the Vatican's c... | Josef Wesolowski was defrocked in June after being found guilty of abuse .
Rumours emerged in August 2013 that he had abused teenage boys .
Vatican City State's criminal court has opened a hearing into his case . |
045f8aacd5bce0a59ab5cb8737de50ab87bfea54 | (CNN) -- As the terrorist group the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) continues to capture and control more territory in Iraq and Syria, it is important to realize what is at stake in the region and for the American people. The challenge that ISIS poses is not just to Iraq's stability but also to U.S. security. IS... | Sen. Marco Rubio is worried about the growing threat of ISIS in Iraq .
ISIS poses a real threat not just to Iraq's stability but also to U.S. security, he argues .
He is calling for U.S. airstrikes to target their leaders .
Rubio: An Iraq unity government must be formed without Nuri al-Maliki . |
045fda0115fb57053c3d4f5fc1e523cde7ec0140 | Fran McGlinn played a key member of his high school basketball team despite being diagnosed with a debilitating heart condition . A Philadelphia Catholic high school basketball coach has been fired after he was allegedly identified as being part of the group that brutally attacked a gay couple. Fran McGlinn, 25, is sai... | Fran McGlinn was fired from Archbishop Wood High School and prohibited from working at any Catholic school in the Philadelphia area .
One victim was hospitalized with a large cut on his face and had to have his jaw wired shut .
Social media users are helping police identify 'persons of interest' from surveillance foota... |
046095ee2443897bdd8386931d68ff16ba1b28f1 | Pretoria, South Africa (CNN) -- Prosecutors in the Oscar Pistorius murder case will make a final push Friday to keep the acclaimed track star in jail after a bail hearing jolted by the sudden removal of the lead investigator. The South African Police Service pulled Hilton Botha from the case Thursday after prosecutors ... | NEW: Pistorius family "fully respect the bail hearing process," uncle says .
Police replaced Hilton Botha after prosecutors reinstated murder charges against him .
The sprinter's lawyer says the state's murder case has collapsed .
A hearing to decide whether the track star gets bail will resume Friday . |
04636d43796993bf93608f5b8a1be932694afd8f | Matt Lauer is denying claims that he had an affair with celebrity chef Giada De Laurentis. The married Today show host said he never had a sexual relationship with the 44-year-old and says their long-term friendship is why they have been recently spotted together. He hit out at allegations that he was one of the reason... | Today show host said there is 'no truth' to allegations about a relationship .
Insisted their relationship is platonic and have been friends for 10 years .
Added that he 'feels bad' following her divorce from Todd Thompson .
Celebrity chef has also denied affair rumors - saying they are 'just friends'
Three years ago s... |
0463fb8720397c3656f3c02298161d2a093d336c | By . Richard Shears . PUBLISHED: . 05:50 EST, 8 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:51 EST, 8 February 2013 . WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT . Children took pictures and laughed while a young mother was tossed on to a pyre of tyres and burned alive, after being accused of killing a neighbour's six-year-old son with sorcery. Ke... | Police turned back by lynch mob in highlands of Papua New Guinea .
She had confessed to killing a boy 'with sorcery' while being tortured . |
04647b4d1a47bbdd1d9778559c14b9c6dbe5692d | A woman shopkeeper has been caught on CCTV fighting off an armed raider who pointed a loaded sawn-off shotgun at her seven-year-old daughter. Ranvir Bassi, 35, who was in the family-run shop in Stafford with her young daughter Satpreet, can be seen grabbing the barrel of the gun and forcefully shoving the hooded robber... | Ranvir Bassi, 35, was in family-run shop in Stafford with daughter Satpreet .
She can be seen grabbing barrel of loaded gun and shoving robber away .
Man then filmed running from shop - chased by petite mother-of-two .
Mrs Bassi said her mother's instinct took over as she defended daughter .
Mother-of-two added: 'He ju... |
0464934b60d275d4de36b081534b5982f7260331 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . All eyes will be on The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge's son Prince George next Tuesday, 22nd July, as the future king celebrates his first birthday. To commemorate the date, this beautiful set of pictures has been released, depicting Royal babies over the past 87 years. The oldest photograph ... | Series shows a baby Princess Elizabeth, now Queen Elizabeth II, on the balcony of .
Buckingham Palace, 1927 .
Photographs also include Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip with children Charles, Anne, Edward and Andrew .
The stunning set features Charles and Diana, the Prince and Princess of Wales, with a young Prince Wil... |
0464f0c4296a7d03f9b373e3863e205dd258c5d6 | (CNN) -- Saudi Arabia's ambassador to Egypt returned to Cairo on Saturday after tensions briefly spurred the kingdom to pull its envoys and shutter its missions, Saudi state media reported. Ambassador Ahmad Kattan is expected to resume his duties on Sunday, the Saudi Press Agency said. Saudi Arabia called back Kattan a... | Ambassador Ahmad Kattan is expected to resume his duties Sunday .
The ambassador was pulled after protests in front of the Saudi Embassy .
The protests and the Saudi reaction ratcheted up long-standing tensions between the two nations . |
04651398f0d3cc29e5321b162f5ed6be1b9dae35 | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 10:44 EST, 11 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:44 EST, 11 April 2013 . A 21-year-old student has found a way of allowing Facebook users to encode pictures with secret messages. Owen Campbell-Moore, a computer science student at Oxford University, has created a browser extension that allows ... | Owen Campbell-Moore's plugin allows encoding of pictures with messages .
It allows people to hide 140 character notes, which can only be unlocked using a password, in pictures that are uploaded to Facebook .
First time anyone has worked out how to hide messages in computer files - it works by placing messages where peo... |
0467270364a5305e65f28296ead84e34b887500c | Former Manchester United trainee Josh King scored a famous FA Cup hat-trick as Stoke City boss Mark Hughes suffered a nightmare return to Ewood Park. Rovers fans mockingly chanted 'Hughesy, Hughesy, What's the score?' as their former manager watched his Premier League outfit collapse after being reduced to ten men on t... | Josh King ensured his side progressed to the sixth round of the FA Cup by scoring a hat-trick .
The former Manchester United striker had scored just one goal for Blackburn before match against the Potters .
Rudy Gestede scored from the spot after Geoff Cameron was sent off for a foul on King inside the penalty area .
P... |
046740a7f786434305b6aabed7b1ad0ce8e1dfa7 | (CNN) -- Our youngest child, Peter, was murdered on September 11, 2001, while attending a conference at Windows on the World at the World Trade Center. He was 25 years old when he died. When the towers fell, we were in France, on vacation to celebrate Steve's 60th birthday. Peter, our daughter, Jane, and our son Jeff a... | Elizabeth and Stephen Alderman: Our youngest son, Peter, was killed on 9/11 .
After his death, they knew they had to leave a mark that Peter existed .
They set up the Peter C. Alderman Foundation to help people affected by terrorism .
Elizabeth, Stephen Alderman: Peter would be proud of the work that bears his name . |
04692780f63d101507037a9f09f050e29b2477fc | By . Martin Robinson . Fiona Dickie: The beauty queen now struggles to wear stilettos as a result of the crash . A beauty queen received £18,000 in damages yesterday after a car crash left her unable to wear high heels comfortably. Fiona Dickie, 24, was hit by a Suzuki 4x4 while driving, leaving her with back injuries ... | Fiona Dickie hurt her neck and back after her car was hit by a Suzuki 4X4 that undertook her and then swerved back to avoid a parked car .
The 24-year-old cannot wear heels without getting severe pain, which has hit her career .
Her payout included £10,000 for pain and suffering . |
046969919dc9247c2aa59e3c6c617a231e7e3bd9 | By . Paul Revoir . Last updated at 11:05 PM on 28th December 2011 . For most of us, the only recycling this Christmas involved large piles of wrapping paper. But the BBC took things to a whole new level by re-using many of its biggest Christmas shows days – and in some cases, hours – after they first aired. Viewers wer... | Strictly Come Dancing and The Gruffalo’s Child aired on both Christmas Day and Boxing Day .
ITV follows suit as Christmas Day special of Downton Abbey will be screened again on New Year’s Day . |
046ae9857b8a670e30da397c4cbdb1aa6ab6d5e7 | (CNN) -- English club Liverpool qualified for the knockout stages of Europe's second-tier Europa League on Thursday along with Paris St. Germain, Besiktas and Dynamo Kiev. Liverpool continued their minor revival since the arrival of new American owners, but allowed second-placed Steaua Bucharest to come from behind and... | Liverpool reach last 32 of Europa League with a game to spare after draw in Romania .
Paris St. Germain qualify from Group J with a 4-2 victory over Spain's Sevilla .
Turkish side Besiktas go through from Group L with a 2-1 win at CSKA Sofia .
In Group E, Dynamo Kiev booked berth with 4-1 win at previous leaders BATE B... |
046b2a2b670eefb436c6ba0fb494e8e84fe0ab40 | By . Simon Tomlinson . PUBLISHED: . 13:41 EST, 20 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:43 EST, 20 July 2012 . A speedboat driver drowned in the River Thames last night after the vessel capsized when three men took it for a high-speed test run. Police divers were tonight trawling the murky water for the man's body after the tr... | Boat believed to have flipped over when driver opened throttle on bend .
Friend held his head above water, but had to let go due to strong currents .
Three men on board were not thought to have been wearing life jackets .
The two passengers were able to swim away and were pulled to safety .
Police divers trawling water... |
046b96ec863ccb41f8c838e973cfeb32d16e36de | A Bengal tiger snatched a man off a fishing boat in eastern India, dragging him away into a mangrove swamp as his children looked on in horror, according to his son. The attack happened on Thursday as Sushil Manjhi and his son and daughter were crab fishing in a stream in the Sunderbans National Park. The tiger leaped ... | Tiger said to have flung man on his back and then disappeared into forest .
Man's children tried to beat animal away with sticks to no avail .
Attack is the fourth tiger-related fatality in Sunderbans this year . |
046bafde3d0612d2d093c083c48cb210701e2232 | The captain of a sinking oil tanker off the coast of Japan is missing and four other crew members are in hospital with serious burns after the vessel caught fire and erupted in flames off the coast of Japan. Thick smoke billowed from the 1000-tonne Shoko-Maru, 450km west of Tokyo. The ship had just unloaded its cargo a... | Fire started when a grinder used to remove paint ignited oil .
Coast guard unable to locate missing captain of Japanese vessel Shoko-Maru .
Ship burst in to flames 450km west Japanese capital .
Plumes of thick smoke were billowing 100 metres into the sky . |
046bdad2ddc16c7b52953cd5139d464d7f6e06fa | (CNN) -- It's the question Edin Dzeko is constantly asked. "You ask me again about war..." sighs the 28-year-old, rolling his eyes and smiling as he enjoys a rare moment of peace outside Bosnia-Herzegovina's team hotel in the picturesque suburb of Ilidza. Perhaps the line of questioning is understandable given that jus... | Bosnia-Herzegovina will play at the World Cup for the first time in its short history .
First major tournament the team has played at since gaining independence in 1992 .
Manchester City striker Edin Dzeko is the biggest star in a team .
Bosnia will play in Group F, alongside Argentina, Nigeria and Iran . |
046bf6fc35b15913cce74fd940625bf29bbaaae7 | By . Lizzie Parry . For generations men have been brought up to be the perfect gentleman, opening doors for women and walking closer to the kerb to protect companions from the traffic. But the act of being chivalrous could have a detrimental impact on a person's health, as scientists have found air pollution can be up ... | Government-commissioned study pointed out air pollution can be up to a third higher at the kerb than on the inside of the pavement .
World Health Organisation (WHO) found air pollution was responsible for 3.7million deaths globally in 2012 . |
046c8f5a75070e8b928b7ceab81d06522b0af9f6 | By . Dan Bloom . A dominatrix and two friends who were accused of torturing one of her clients at knifepoint have been cleared of all charges. The anonymous man was visiting 20-year-old Sinead Nijjer - who he had paid for oral sex twice before - when he claimed he was jumped by her friends Rico Awad and Leam Ryan. He t... | Client visited Sinead Nijjer, 20, at her flat in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire .
He claimed he was jumped by her friends Rico Awad, 21, and Leam Ryan, 22 .
Court heard client - who cannot be named - feared his penis would be cut off .
But client accused of refusing to pay and inventing a story to hide his shame .
A jury c... |
046cdfc573e5c4cfbf8ee91351a89baabee03aec | Spain manager Vicente del Bosque says Chelsea striker Diego Costa was right to pull out of his country's first Euro 2016 qualifier against Macedonia on Monday night. Costa, 25, picked up a second hamstring injury in as many weeks playing for Spain against France last week, and will not feature against the European minn... | Diego Costa has been struggling with minor hamstring injury .
Chelsea striker injured playing for Spain against France .
Costa had problems with the muscle last season for Atletico Madrid .
Chelsea have played the forward in all three league games this season .
Striker has scored four times for his new club since joini... |
046dcbc9fd2ebeee26374ebd44c97d9a84d2ec60 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 23:06 EST, 14 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:46 EST, 15 August 2013 . A photographer with a special knack for aerial shots has put New York City into perspective by only looking down on it from above. Jason Hawkes boasts a portfolio of hundreds of thousands of aerial shots from ... | Jason Hawkes has taken hundreds of thousands of aerial photos and clocked innumerable hours in the sky above Manhattan . |
046dee11ff95a61a67d4e8fe17e6c87f1b3c6a84 | (CNN) -- Going to a restaurant is supposed to be a relaxing experience. But for Katherine Dillinger, there was one thing that was guaranteed to stress her out: Seeing "Caesar salad" misspelled on the menu. "It would just drive me ballistic," Dillinger said. After years of practice, she's learning to relax. "Now, I just... | National Grammar Day is celebrated on March 4 .
For copy editors, spotting errors and correcting them is their job .
What are the best grammar and spelling fails you've seen?
Share your photos with CNN iReport . |
046e012e6434667219eb8f0c2d1ece30318e5e97 | By . Sean Poulter . A 33-year-old Royal Navy veteran has died after drinking a pear drink manufactured in the Caribbean which contained a lethal amount of cocaine. Joromie Lewis, of Gosport, Hampshire, became ill immediately after drinking the pear fruit drink in Southampton. He died within hours at Southampton General... | Joromie Lewis became ill immediately after drinking the pear drink .
He died within hours at Southampton Hospital .
Investigation has been launched by Hampshire Police .
Police believe the drug was being smuggled in the bottle .
Inquiries have not identified any similar bottles . |
046f5eb5c9a95734821503457aa921492188952c | By . Lydia Warren . PUBLISHED: . 08:06 EST, 8 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:19 EST, 8 October 2013 . A young couple who are still recovering from the devastating injuries they suffered in the Boston Marathon bombings have gotten engaged. Pete DiMartino, 28, proposed to Rebekah Gregory, 26, on Friday by kneeling besi... | Pete DiMartino, 28, and Rebekah Gregory, 26, were at the finish line on April 15 with Gregory's 6-year-old son when the bombs detonated .
Gregory has undergone 14 surgeries on her left leg and could still lose it .
DiMartino broke his ankle bones and lost most of one Achilles' tendon .
They are now building a house and... |
046f6a13027dba6e36a0aa3001ebbdaa51655fff | (CNN) -- Federal regulators warned consumers to avoid one brand of vitamin B dietary supplement because it contains potentially harmful anabolic steroids. Preliminary lab tests showed the product, Healthy Life Chemistry By Purity First B-50, contains methasterone, a controlled substance, and dimethazine, the Food and D... | FDA: The supplement is linked to 29 complaints .
Users reported fatigue, pain, liver and thyroid trouble .
Men reported impotence and low testosterone .
No deaths were reported, but some patients were hospitalized . |
046fa86e7c87a19619905c873fc140b65b6ed7e4 | No one knew they were expecting a new family member. But on Thursday Ellen Pompeo, 44, announced on her WhoSay account that she and her husband Chris Ivery have gained a daughter. 'Sienna May Ivery welcome to the world,' the Grey's Anatomy actress wrote. 'We love you more than words can say.' Scroll down for video . An... | The 44-year-old shared a photo of her child with Chris Ivery on WhoSay .
The Grey's Anatomy star tweeted the baby was born via surrogate .
Ellen and Chris chose the name Sienna May Ivery for the newborn .
Pompeo had not announced plans to have another child before this .
The couple already have daughter Stella, who tur... |
047021c04d4328e4e713d9c175932cc60d8343aa | A ban on assault weapons has been struck from the U.S. Senate's gun control bill, leaving out a major portion of gun control legislation that's due to be revealed next month. Sen Dianne Feinstein, the sponsor of the ban, announced the decision by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today. The gun control bill will be deb... | Sen Dianne Feinstein, the sponsor of the ban, announced the decision by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid today .
She says she can still present the ban as an amendment when its debated by the Senate next month . |
0470f82e0ce6da7ac719c38a5b0db1890bc11351 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 01:30 EST, 23 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:30 EST, 23 November 2013 . A North Carolina newspaper deliveryman picked up a teddy bear on a rural road, only to have authorities tell him later a bomb had been stuffed inside. Anthony Cannon, who works for The Shelby Star, said on Fr... | Anthony Cannon said on Friday that he spotted the booby-trapped toy before dawn .
on Thursday along his route near Lattimore, west of Charlotte .
He put it in his car and brought it to his cousin's house to examine more closely .
When he saw the liquid and wires, Mr Cannon dialed 911 - and the bomb squad were soon on t... |
04718a9467ff51ef2170612128b601d4b25a6b19 | (CNN) -- Some of the country's best firefighters matched wits Wednesday with a fiendish Colorado wildfire that has scorched structures and sent tens of thousands fleeing from Colorado Springs and other communities. As predicted, erratic winds kicked up again in the afternoon, increasing the chance of embers jumping fir... | Winds kick up as firefighters tackle hot spots .
FBI is investigating the cause of the wildfires .
President Obama calls governor and will visit the state on Friday .
Colorado's governor describes the scene as "surreal" |
0472a6cfd1556e2dcf5232a9a7092994a49fa8f2 | By . Lucy Waterlow . PUBLISHED: . 03:42 EST, 23 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:10 EST, 23 August 2013 . Here's more bad news for people with a sweet tooth. Not only can excess sugar intake led to health problems and obesity, it can also make you look old too. A diet high in sugar can damage the skin leaving it more pr... | Sugar inhibits production of collagen leading to wrinkles .
Authors of The Sugar Detox say you can turn back the clock .
They recommend foods which enhance the skin .
They've also developed rejuvenating DIY beauty treatments . |
0472e14886f29751cc58251dab76e477a904eb5d | A young married couple who plotted to abuse children as part of a paedophile love triangle are facing jail after police uncovered 'horrific' texts and indecent images of children and animals. Kevin Barnett, 28, suggested drugging youngsters so he could enact his sick desires and his wife Susan, 28, said she would be wi... | Kevin and Susan Barnett, both 28, sent sick texts and child abuse images .
Barnett suggested drugging children so he could sexually abuse them .
He had affair with Nikita Moore who thought about child abuse 'regularly'
They even discussed having a baby for them to sexually abuse together .
All three denied the charges ... |
04736d1036e9c2c2f2c03526e0816883343ecb59 | Television's ‘Queen of Mean’ Anne Robinson is the latest addition to the Henley Literary Festival . Television's ‘Queen of Mean’ Anne Robinson and Captain Phillips director Paul Greengrass are the latest additions to the Henley Literary Festival, alongside big names from fiction, sport, politics and more. The festival,... | Television's ‘Queen of Mean’ Anne Robinson and Captain Phillips director Paul Greengrass are the latest additions to the Henley Literary Festival .
Robinson will chair events with Mail writer Simon Heffer, Conservative MP Liam Fox and controversial former Labour spin doctor Damian McBride .
The festival will bring Prin... |
0473b210dfad3ac8d0b7a2074b107e2cf2dfe78b | Polar bears leave messages for each other in the footprints they leave in the snow, according to new research. Biologists have found that the Arctic carnivores produce smelly chemicals from the soles of their feet at different times of the year that create scent trails across the ice. This is thought to help the solita... | Biologists rubbed cotton wool buds between the toes of wild polar bears .
They found the bears produce powerful scents that other bears can detect .
Researchers from San Diego Zoo in California examined how bears reacted .
Male bears are attracted to the scent from the feet of fertile female bears .
They tended to avoi... |
0473d39cc5dd363506a08c4fb9f39586ee651cca | Gary Neville admits Manchester United aren't good enough to win the Premier League. Louis van Gaal's men are already a massive 10 points behind leaders Chelsea after winning just three of their opening eight games. Daley Blind's late equaliser spared United's blushes at West Brom on Monday night, and former Red Devils ... | United are already 10 points behind Chelsea after three wins in eight games .
Daley Blind rescued a 2-2 draw at West Bromwich Albion on Monday night .
Neville admits on Monday Night Football that United are struggling to cope with physicality of the top flight . |
0474f60995cc45c135e87bde5678b53d5ca4df5c | By . Sam Adams . PUBLISHED: . 08:37 EST, 28 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:02 EST, 28 February 2013 . Impact: The painful moment when John O'Donaghue (black and white top) suffered a life threatening intestine puncture when he collided with his own goalkeeper during an amateur match . This is the moment a footballer... | John O'Donoghue, 26, crashed into goalkeeper while defending corner .
Force of the collision ripped a 2cm hole in his intestine .
Underwent emergency surgery for four hours as medics battled .
to save him . |
04753c077af6b7ad39bcc4875d2cd600c0371e02 | Harper Lee's "To Kill a Mockingbird" celebrates its 54th birthday today, and for the first time, it's available as an e-book. Since it was published July 11, 1960, the Pulitzer Prize-winning novel has sold more than 30 million copies worldwide and been translated into 50 languages. In 1999, it was voted best novel of t... | "To Kill a Mockingbird" was published this week in 1960 and was immediately popular .
Just this year, Lee gave permission for "Mockingbird" to be released as an e-book .
The e-book version of the classic was released this week .
The book explores racism in the South through the eyes of children . |
0475eb07f13c539132706f0fd5ef9954d63f508c | Expensive taste: Son of Equatorial Guinea's president, Teodoro Nguema Obiang Mangue, wearing a shirt emblazoned with his father's face, has reportedly spent $70million of his country's money . He lives a typical Malibu playboy lifestyle - residing in a sprawling beach mansion, has dated rapper Eve and even splashed out... | Son of Equatorial Guinea's president splashed out $38.5m on private jet .
Dated rapper Eve and 'hired super-yacht for $700,000 to impress her'
American-educated 39-year-old also spent $30m on Malibu mansion .
Shelled out $39m on Gulfstream jet and 24 cars worth almost $10m . |
0475fae90b27e28592648e32fd8ed6f87cc34b02 | A former banana importer who was involved in a fatal drug-fueled threesome has been sentenced to up to four years in prison after beating his girlfriend of six months to a pulp at their New York home. Thomas Hoey Jr, 46, the wealthy owner of now-bankrupt Long Island Banana Corp, 'brutally attacked' Alison Bretherick, 2... | Thomas Hoey Jr, 46, beat girlfriend Alison Bretherick, 29, to a pulp in 2012 .
Victim left bleeding from scalp, unable to hear in one ear and with red face .
Despite injuries, she defended Hoey in court, saying he had never hurt her .
However, Judge Fitzgerald sentenced millionaire to up to 4 years in prison .
Said Hoe... |
047626f937f7fa50d1886cc252e247d64c71a6b9 | Four walls, a bed and a slop bowl. If prison represents physical confinement and a loss of every personal freedom, what does imprisonment of the mind feel like? "Unbearable" according to Marcus Urban, a German footballer who gave up his chosen profession -- his "first love" -- because of homophobia in the game. In a sp... | Marcus Urban was an East German footballer who retired to live as openly gay .
A talented midfielder Urban represented East Germany as a youth international .
NBA player Jason Collins "came out" in an interview with Sports Illustrated last month .
Former United States midfielder recently announced he was after retiring... |
0476a03037387b2cb086f32c03b607728e938ade | Missouri Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon forcefully pushed back Tuesday against his Republican Lieutenant Governor Peter Kinder, saying it's 'false and absurd' to suggest he failed to deploy National Guard troops Monday in downtown Ferguson, Missouri because the Obama administration intervened. 'Politics has nothing to do wi... | Democratic Gov. Jay Nixon drew fire from Republican Lt. Gov. Peter Kinder for calling in the guard but then never deploying them into the riot zone .
Nixon fired back Tuesday, calling the accusation 'false and absurd'
Kinder had pointed fingers at Attorney General Eric Holder and the Obama administration, saying they p... |
04771b4775dfcfc83ee2a41c22eb6d56cdbca400 | By . Will Stewart In Moscow . PUBLISHED: . 10:37 EST, 15 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:40 EST, 15 May 2013 . A 12-year-old Russian boy was stabbed nearly two dozen times while on holiday on the island of Crete, allegedly by a Dutchman working as an entertainer at the child's hotel, Greek authorities said. Nikita Onishch... | Russian boy discovered wounded on the edge of a field .
He is being treated in the main children's hospital in Athens .
His condition was described as 'serious but not life-threatening'
20-year-old entertainer has been arrested on charges of attempted murder . |
0477626e7beca3652ff1616b858efff6b1dabcb3 | (CNN) -- It's every African-American parent's nightmare: seeing your son being led away in handcuffs when you know he's done nothing wrong. The surreal scene happened to me one recent morning. While sitting in my backyard I heard adult male voices around the side of the house. I opened the gate and saw a white police o... | Ava Thompson Greenwell: Recently her son, 13, was stopped, handcuffed by police .
She says it happened next to her house, she objected, they said they were seeking burglar .
She says her son was stopped because he was black .
Greenwell: Every black mother's nightmare, that her son could be profiled. This must stop . |
0478612a19ab9c9b8fa8669be840996d3cf0bfe7 | Brooksville, Florida (CNN) -- Freda Green thought the battle was over when her husband returned from the Vietnam War. But more than seven years after his death in 2003, she says the U.S. Defense Department is demanding she repay more than $41,000 in benefits the government shelled out as part of an insurance policy he ... | Widow says the Defense Department demanded she repay $41,000 in benefits after she remarried .
Green says $577 is being deducted from her military benefit check each month .
A Pentagon spokesman declines to comment . |
0479058a7fcccc748246015dfc8b829287266488 | This is the shocking moment a Spanish police officer fell to his death after he was apparently pushed into the path of an oncoming train. The officer, named as 28-year-old Francisco Javier Ortega, was talking to a group on the platform at Madrid's Embajadores station, when it is alleged he asked to see identification p... | Officer Francisco Javier Ortega was talking to a group at a Madrid station .
Asked one of the men on the platform to produce his identification papers .
Minor scuffle breaks out before one of the men appears to push the officer .
The two men then lose their balance and fall into the path of the train .
Mr Ortega later ... |
04790610a149632a50733353650982a67aa18518 | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Abdul Qadeer Khan, the Pakistani scientist who admitted leaking nuclear secrets to North Korea, Iran and Libya and then recanted his confession, has been released from house arrest after it was declared illegal by the Islamabad High Court, his attorney told CNN Friday. Pakistani scientist A... | NEW: U.S. concerned at Abdul Qadeer Khan's release from house arrest .
Pakistani nuclear scientist Khan was placed under house arrest in 2004 .
Admitted selling nuclear weapons technology to Iran, N. Korea, Libya, then recanted .
Khan is regarded as a hero in Pakistan for helping develop nuclear weapons . |
04798bc3225bfc849d8c23307e4d21c4dba63b5c | (CNN) -- Luis Suarez is "now a Barcelona player in all respects," according to the Spanish club. Liverpool and the Spanish side announced last week they had agreed terms for the sale of the Uruguay international, with a transfer fee reported to be in the region of £75 million ($128.5 million.) Suarez, who was due to si... | Luis Suarez has completed his move to Barcelona, according to the Spanish club .
Barcelona sporting director Andoni Zubizarreta confirmed the news Wednesday .
Diego Costa has joined Chelsea from Atletico Madrid .
Costa will be joined by former Atletico teammate Filipe Luis. |
047a002209d9cb1a08ae5b39bab4601382f676de | Katie Bowman claims she is being harrased by police after splitting from her PC boyfriend . A forensic science graduate says her life was made a misery after she was allegedly harassed by police following a split from her PC boyfriend. Katie Bowman, who has never been convicted of a crime, claims police interest in her... | 24-year-old claims Thames Valley Police targeted her over 28 months .
Says damaging intelligence reports on her are stopping her getting a job .
Her car was seized eight times, and she was given disorder penalty notices .
PC was allegedly disciplined for making contact with her after their split .
Claims they were neve... |
047a9992d3488c27394c391711aa3ecfa1992a45 | By . Eleanor Harding . PUBLISHED: . 13:38 EST, 18 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:03 EST, 19 September 2012 . Vile internet trolls branded murder suspect Dale Cregan a ‘legend’ yesterday as they continued to pay homage to him on twisted ‘tribute pages’. Social networking websites have been awash with comments praisi... | Messages supporting suspect Dale Cregan spread across the internet .
Cregan arrested on suspicion of murdering Fiona Bone and Nicola Hughes .
Officers died in a gun and grenade attack in Hattersley, Manchester .
Sick internet troll writes: 'So a pair of coppers got killed who gives a ****?' |
047c35f11915c6fd24706d9fb12fddfbc4b1e25e | Stilyan Petrov is back with a ball at his feet and a smile on his face after returning to the pitch as he continues his recovery from leukemia. Petrov has been turning out for Wychall Wanderers Over 35s in Sunday League and the Celtic and Aston Villa legend, who was diagnosed with the disease in 2012, is happy to be do... | Stiliyan Petrov was diagnosed with leukemia in 2012 .
The former Celtic and Aston Villa captain retired from football in 2013 .
Petrov plays for Wychall Wanderers in the Central Wawrickshire League .
He has played three times and says his fitness is improving .
Petrov's leukemia is in remission . |
047c3f0f3c3faf48a8b0ac10ad3523d7c758ec93 | (CNN)The demands by terrorists for ransoms in return for kidnapped hostages continues and grows -- and it is a brave (some would say heartless) government that chooses non-payment over the lives of its citizens. This week's $200 million demand in return for the lives of two Japanese citizens perhaps represents a change... | ISIS has kidnapped more than a dozen Western citizens in recent years .
Some European countries are known to pay, but the U.S. and UK do not .
Keatinge: U.S. and UK are wrong to dismiss ransom demands out of hand . |
047c86eb405ce7d29eef0558192cf171b4e9de1f | The United States military should launch 'targeted' strikes against the 'terrorist army' of ISIS in Iraq - if the situation deteriorates so that it threatens the security of the West said David Petraeus. The retired general - who led commanded the surge eight years ago that rid the war-torn nation of al-Qaeda - said th... | Former General David Petraeus believes that drone strikes against the leadership of ISIS is necessary .
Claims that ISIS could become a hotbed of terror planning against the West .
The former CIA said he was disappointed that Iraq had descended into chaos .
Petraeus led the troop surge which forced al-Qaeda from Iraq e... |
047e33886363a5f3868eb9d13b9597834ce05cdd | A 'brilliant and ethical' professor who lost his job at a major US university over anti-Israel remarks on Twitter says he is 'not sorry'. Steven Salaita claims he was speaking his mind when he tweeted about the military conflict in Gaza weeks before taking up a tenured role at the University of Illinois on the American... | Steven Salaita tweeted anti-Israel comments before taking up new job .
University of Illinois deemed comments offensive, pulled offer of tenure .
Sparked outrage, dozens of professors threatening to boycott lectures .
Salaita 'not sorry' for tweets that cost him American Indian Studies job . |
047e4479a5d4812e8cdae7610fd9a5f39255ec19 | KARBALA, Iraq (CNN) -- A female suicide bomber apparently targeting Shiite worshippers killed at least 40 people and wounded at least 65 in Karbala on Monday, according to an Interior Ministry official. Iraqi security forces gather around the site of a car bomb explosion in Baghdad on Monday. The incident occurred one-... | NEW: 2 U.S. soldiers killed by roadside bomb in Baghdad on Monday, U.S. says .
NEW: Other roadside bombs in Baghdad kill one police officer, injure four people .
Death toll rises to 40 in explosion in Karbala, official says; 65 injured .
Explosion was near holy shrine for Shiite Muslims, burial spot of Hussein bin Ali ... |
047e7bc4c7ea5f7df08d4efc443ac8a3479649f1 | A father-of-three's comical advert for his pushchair has become an online sensation after he described it as a vomit-stained 'green albatross around my neck' that ruined his life. Joel Andresier, 39, from Southampton, Hampshire, told the auction site's users he never wanted children and the stroller had come to represe... | Seller Joel Andresier, 39, from Southampton, 'never wanted children'
'This green albatross needs to go round some other poor sod's neck'
Buggy - which costs £400 new - now has bids of £150,000 on auction site .
Amazed wife Susan, 36, a vet, said they just wanted to clear out garage .
'Despite what he said he is a good ... |
047f539047e3eb03405370ded2d2f54423ce285a | By . Sam Webb . Payout: Maisha Najeeb has received damages totalling millions of pounds after her brain was accidentally injected with glue during treatment at Great Ormond Street . A girl whose brain was accidentally injected with glue during treatment at Great Ormond Street Hospital is to receive a multi-million-poun... | Maisha Najeeb, 13, has rare condition where veins and arteries are tangled .
Her treatment involved injections of glue into bleeding blood vessels .
But a harmless dye and the glue were mixed up, resulting in brain damage .
She received a £2.8m lump sum and will get annual payout for life . |
047fe63920b70ac4af28d66d6f2ec0b7b715cd50 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 12:10 EST, 8 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:04 EST, 8 January 2013 . Heartbroken Wayne and Coleen Rooney have paid tribute to her sister Rosie who died in her mother's arms after a lifelong illness. The 14-year-old passed away on Saturday morning at the family home in Liverpool with h... | Coleen, Wayne and Kai Rooney all leave heartfelt messages for teenager .
14-year-old, who suffered from Rett Sydrome, died in her mother's arms .
Her family call her an 'inspiration' and say they can never forget her . |
04803f20f2bb7bdac8d8a34fc27cbca3a3e98e6c | New York (CNN) -- A group of union-backed organizations joined the loosely defined Occupy Wall Street movement again Tuesday, leaving behind the confines of New York's financial district for the posh neighborhoods that dot Manhattan's Upper East Side, according to multiple group representatives. Crowds also swelled in ... | NEW: "People are stealing from the middle class," a protester says .
NEW: Bloomberg says he doesn't understand what the picketing is intended to achieve .
NEW: He says authorities will defend protesters' right to demonstrate .
NEW: The New York securities sector could lose 10,000 jobs by 2012 year, report says . |
0480cc7ed7a1187ca9409bb5e5f30466edc6de0e | David Shacklefield was allowed to keep his licence despite ignoring a red light . A white van man has been allowed to keep his driving licence despite racing over a level crossing after the traffic lights had turned red. David Shackleford claims he did not have enough time to stop the vehicle after realising the lights... | David Shackleford claimed he did not have time to stop the van .
He was filmed racing across level crossing moments before a train passes .
Trainee truck driver pleaded with magistrates to let him keep his licence .
Crossing in Foxton, Cambridgeshire, scene of other near misses in the past . |
0481c01e50398c7121e07feb048fdaef0936d49c | By . Ryan Gorman . A suburban Toronto father is believed by police to have killed his two sons and committed suicide after their charred bodies were found last week in a burned-out car north of the city. Samuel Masih, 36, was found last Friday near Barrie, Ontario, with sons Tyrese, 10, and four-year-old Santosh, after... | Samuel Masih, 36, and sons Tyrese and Santosh went missing last Thursday after the father claimed they were going to see a movie .
Police discovered a charred vehicle early the next morning with their bodies inside .
Neighbors claim Masih and his wife were headed for a divorce . |
0481d86f85285b62eedc47687afeda953cc76b55 | (CNN)On Sunday, at almost the same moment that dozens of world leaders linked arms and led millions of people through the streets of Paris to commemorate the 17 victims of last week's terror attacks in France, explosives carried by two young girls ripped through a mobile phone market in the northeastern Nigerian town o... | J. Peter Pham: Boko Haram makes significant territorial strides .
Its attacks show growing military sophistication, he says . |
0481d8e2d765f71c646889962f802ab3bcea4063 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . U.S. Navy handed over control of a seized oil freighter to Libyan forces while in international waters Saturday,. The saga of the North Korea-flagged tanker Morning Glory, which authorities now say is bound for the capital Tripoli, has illustrated the extreme weakness of Libya's government, v... | The Morning Glory was escorted by USS Elrod to Tripoli Saturday .
The ship had been taken by Libyan rebels, demanding more oil wealth and autonomy .
They had loaded 37-ton ship with crude oil stolen from port of Es Sider .
Last week a team of SEALs boarded the tanker near Cyprus and arrested the rebel on board . |
0481fd874dff61f78562a90c74a369620e103d28 | (CNN) -- Embattled Calumet County, Wisconsin, District Attorney Ken Kratz has resigned amid a texting scandal, according to the office of Gov. Jim Doyle. Two weeks ago, at a news conference, Kratz apologized for sending personal texts to a domestic abuse victim while prosecuting her former boyfriend. At the time, he sa... | Ken Kratz is under fire for texts he sent to a crime victim .
Earlier, Kratz said he was sorry but would not resign .
He was most recently on medical leave . |
048358893b1b8663bd59d4f4fd7c488fa4892ad8 | By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 03:30 EST, 22 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:00 EST, 22 August 2012 . Curiosity is set to take its first Martian drive today, mission controllers have confirmed. The Mars rover Curiosity has been investigating the Martian weather around it and the soil beneath it, as its controllers prep... | Rover will move 3m forward and back later today .
New hi-resolution pictures of its arm extended revealed .
Weather monitoring instruments believed to have been damaged by a pebble during landing . |
04847b615690c4920d21b992ef858e34cedf0ff0 | Hugo Lloris has insisted that the current France team is intent on writing its own page in history by knocking Germany out of the World Cup on Friday. The build-up to the quarter-final has been dominated by the controversy caused in 1982 when German goalkeeper Harald Schumacher knocked Patrick Battiston unconscious and... | France goalkeeper Hugo Lloris intent for squad to create own piece of World Cup history .
Clash has been dominated by 1982 incident involving Harald Schumacher and Patrick Battison .
Tottenham stopper insists team are more concerned about reaching last four of the tournament . |
04848a7c29c850594968d001e28b3320c88d0048 | By . Charlotte Griffiths And Alexis Parr . Singer Cilla Black has criticised the club that made her famous, blaming it for damaging her hearing so badly that she has had a hearing aid surgically implanted. The pop star turned presenter is in her 70s, but as a teenager in the 1960s she was a coat check girl in Liverpool... | Noticed she had gone deaf while chatting to a friend in Barbados .
Cilla admitted that growing old has left her feeling vulnerable and lonely .
Singer has lost touch with many of her old friends .
ITV has made three-part drama series about her life but Cilla can't bring herself to watch it . |
04849a32c3b9571a974c5d6ce1ee6dc3ae77008a | By . Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 04:04 EST, 16 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:09 EST, 16 January 2013 . An aid package worth $50.5 billion has been approved for victims Superstorm Sandy after weeks of political wrangling. The House of Representatives approved the disaster relief for those devastated by t... | Original vote was delayed outraging lawmakers who wanted relief money .
Aid package was approved by House of Representatives in 241-180 vote .
Superstorm Sandy caused 140 deaths and damage worth billions of dollars .
Bill includes $16 billion to improve New York and New Jersey transport .
$5.4 billion given to Federal ... |
04875401293df3936bb922e93e9dc4f9a9d342c2 | A plane carrying the body of Korean War POW Glenn Schoenmann arrived at Nashville International Airport in Tennessee on Thursday to be greeted by four emotional siblings, 62 years after their brother voluntarily left home to fight in the war. Private First Class Schoenmann died in a North Korean prison camp on December... | Private first class Schoenmann left the U.S. to fight in the Korean War in 1950 .
He died in a North Korea prison camp on December 29, 1950, at the age of 20 .
His remains were finally recovered in 2004 during a brief period of cooperation between the U.S. and North Koren .
Schoenmann's body was sent back to the his f... |
04882672036936ca86bdebed819a133539cbd296 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Almost 50 percent of the world's primates are in danger of extinction, according to a report from an international conservation group that cites habitat destruction and hunting as the two greatest threats. The golden-headed lion tamarin has been brought back from the edge of extinction. The sit... | Report: Almost 50 percent of world's primates in danger of extinction .
Situation is especially dire in Asia, where 70 percent of primates threatened .
90 percent of primate species in Vietnam and Cambodia at risk of extinction . |
048903e6f55c4edd86a490409491f3a408b5182b | I wouldn't have missed a drug test like Rio . How I headbutted Schmeichel and gave him a black eye . I don't regret the tackle on Haaland . He didn't even own the bloody thing - Keane on the Rock of Gibraltar dispute . I knew Ronaldo would rule the world . Roy Keane has hit out at Manchester United's famous 'class of '... | Roy Keane hits out at Class of '92 as former Manchester United midfielder claims the group have 'become a brand'
Keane also shares his view on Paul Scholes, who he believes has 'more of an edge to him' than people think .
'Scholesy was a top top player but I still don’t fall for the boy next door image,' Keane said .
I... |
04891c87d0ee08fc6b88fe2a95a5f088ec240dbd | Washington (CNN) -- Richard Mellon Scaife, the billionaire publisher and banking heir who financed conservative causes that included attempts to discredit Bill Clinton while he was president, has died. He was 82. Scaife's death on Friday followed his disclosure less than two months ago that he had terminal cancer, acco... | Scaife was heir to the banking, oil and aluminum fortunes of the Mellon family .
He funded conservative causes with his estimated $1.4 billion fortune .
Scaife funded investigations into President Bill Clinton around the time of his impeachment .
Philanthropy didn't give him as great a sense of accomplishment as did ne... |
04896c037ca8626b2d63573b924e7ae19634bbb0 | (CNN) -- In 2001, the nation watched as Andrea Yates, by all accounts a loving mother, was arrested in the killings of her five children after drowning them in a bathtub. In the trial that followed, we learned she had a history of mental illness, which intensified in her postpartum periods and required four psychiatric... | Sara West: Case of Utah mom accused of killing her babies recalls 2001 Andrea Yates case .
She says public shocked by such cases, always asking how mothers could kill their children .
West: Expert identified five reasons, including spousal revenge, acute psychosis .
Prevention is hard, but mental heath treatment can he... |
048a52c19904aba231625b4b1c6d5976758487c8 | (CNN) -- For most people, keeping fit involves an established exercise routine built around a regular weekly schedule. But what if your job involves large amounts of travel? Many people come back from trips away carrying extra pounds from disruption to regular exercise, as well as an increased tendency to overindulge o... | Many people come back from trips abroad carrying a few extra pounds .
Disruption of regular exercise regime and extra business dinners partly to blame .
Fitness consultant Shani Anderson offers her tips for keeping fit on the road .
Careful preparation, portable fitness equipment and extra discipline are key . |
048b3f4ddf76e73c99e20ad009439f65765eb157 | Daniel Devlin lives in the same house as his children and sees them every day – yet he is unable to recognise them at all. Mr Devlin, 46, from Nunhead, London, is living with a bizarre condition called prosopagnosia, also known as face-blindness, meaning he struggles to recognise faces - even those of his own family. M... | Daniel Devlin, 46, suffers from prosopagnosia, also called face-blindness .
Has had to learn coping strategies to recognise his own family and friends .
These include memorising their voices, mannerisms and body language .
There is no cure for the condition, but his family 'try to find it funny'
It is thought to affect... |
048bc34426edf7a3e450276287af409b33e82f7b | House Republicans are seizing on the opportunity to tie MIT economist Jonathan Gruber to President Barack Obama after a videos surfaced of Gruber insulting voters and saying Americans were mislead into supporting the President's signature health care law. Rep. Darrell Issa, (R-Calif.), who chairs the Committee on Overs... | Rep. Darrell Issa called Jonathan Gruber to testify before a House committee .
Gruber said Obamacare passed in part because of the "stupidity of the American voter"
President Barack Obama has distanced himself from Gruber and the remarks . |
048c5db644e66173214bd49caef3f22b172be4dd | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 21:59 EST, 13 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:47 EST, 14 September 2012 . A long-simmering volcano exploded with a series of powerful eruptions in Guatemala yesterday, prompting evacuation orders for thousands of families. Thick clouds of ash nearly two miles high spewed from ... | Emergency agency warns 33,000 people to leave surrounding areas .
Volcan del Fuego has spewed thick clouds of ash nearly two miles high . |
048cb14b11ae08a91c5b5bbeef7c90b9290007c5 | (CNN) -- Clairvoyance and a poker face are among the qualities British hotelkeepers should cultivate when dealing with foreign guests, according to a guide issued by the country's tourism body. "Anticipate all of the needs of a Japanese visitor" but avoid "exchanging a smile or making eye contact with anyone from Franc... | Tourism body issues bizarre do's and don'ts list for dealing with foreign hotel guests .
Do give Russians a room with high ceilings -- they are tall, it says .
And anticipate everything a Japanese visitor needs .
But never call a Canadian tourist "American" |
048dbf08e839453b354c117e0d9af85866d970f9 | Enough is enough. England’s embarrassing early exit from the World Cup needs to be a wake-up call that something is fundamentally wrong in our national game and it needs fixing or we’ll be also-rans for ever. To say that we are now a laughing stock is not right, but only because our major rivals didn’t start this World... | England crashing out of the World Cup is not a surprise to our rivals .
Are Gary Cahill and Phil Jagielka international level centre backs?
Roy Hodgson should have taken Ashley Cole and Michael Carrick to Brazil .
England only have 639 3G all-weather pitches compared to 5,000 in Germany .
England have 6,000 qualified c... |
048e048c534464b6658d94e25ba85aea46d87094 | Washington (CNN) -- In Washington, most speeches by representatives of other countries are, well, diplomatic, carefully written to avoid controversy. A speech by Polish President Bronislaw Komorowski at the German Marshall Fund of the United States on Wednesday broke that mold. Speaking off-the-cuff for much of it, Kom... | Polish president complains of having to submit visa form to enter the United States .
Cables indicate the United States may have taken Poland for granted .
Komorowski: "Very much has gone the wrong way in Polish-American relations" |
048fbc1e9a1dc005b578e8ed8d65c0adb6c863f3 | (CNN) -- American Tommy Gainey led by three shots at the halfway stage of the Wyndham Championship at Greater Greensboro with South African star Ernie Els in the four-strong chasing group. Gainey carded a five-under par 65 Friday for a 12-under total of 128, with Els sharing second on nine-under with Australian Stewar... | Tommy Gainey leads at halfway stage of Wyndham Championship .
Gainey cards a second round 65 to follow his opening seven-under 63 .
South African Ernie Els in four-strong chasing group on nine-under .
Els, Camilo Villegas and Padraig Harrington battling for FedEx Cup playoffs spots . |
04901795837451064f89a5998fab803f331d1d91 | Having a pet-loving president is a bonus for dog owners in Argentina whose state-run airline, Aerolineas Argentinas, is to allow small pets on flights starting in mid-January. President Cristina Fernandez announced the policy change in a strange New Year social media address starring her beloved pooch Lolita, who regu... | President Cristina Fernandez has a pet toy poodle call Lolita .
New policy will allow small pets on board Aerolineas Argentinas flights . |
0490cdb8d592112463c361340f4ff67c14fdb6d6 | By . Emma Innes . A toddler has a rare condition that makes his skin so dry he can't blink. Daniel Maples, who is 18 months-old, was born with lamellar ichthyosis - which affects just one in 600,000 people - and causes the skin to become thickened and cracked. The top layer of his skin sheds six times faster than norma... | Daniel Maples has a condition which causes his skin to thicken and crack .
He has to have two or three showers a day and to be smothered in cream .
He also has to be given eye drops regularly as he does not blink .
There is no cure so as he gets older he will have to learn to manage the condition himself . |
04914a7d5300958b6fd20f6f64e0800701847dd5 | By . Nick Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 16:33 EST, 9 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:32 EST, 25 September 2013 . Wind farms are being given around £30million a year in compensation to switch off or slow down their turbines because up to half the electricity they make is not needed. The cash, which comes from household bills... | Wind farms paid millions when National Grid is unable to use their energy .
Last weekend alone energy firms were paid £3.1million to switch off . |
0491cf03282e35c66c1f03689c8d00cf2ee9c4e9 | New York (CNN) -- Demonstrators took their shouts for an end to what they say is widespread and unchecked police brutality to an NBA arena in Washington, a famed department store in New York, a well-known Ivy League commercial spot and to roads where they often brought traffic and passersby to a stop. Streets in major ... | Daughter of Eric Garner says officers should go to prison .
Demonstrators marching in New York hand out list of demands that starts with police firings .
About 1,000 people in one protest in Boston area, police estimate .
Protests came after jury opted not to indict officer who put Garner in a chokehold . |
0491d324400030c1c01ba4be67f800d8321225ea | Twitter now has more than 270 million users who actively log in and tweet. But, according to the latest figures, hidden among these active users are approximately 23 million that don't ever visit the microblogging site. Instead, they pull information from Twitter automatically using other apps, including news aggregato... | Twitter now has more than 270 million users who actively log in and tweet .
Of these active users, approximately 23 million never visit the site .
Instead, they pull information from Twitter automatically using other apps .
It is unsure how many of these users are non-human bots .
The figure does not include the number... |
0492291a7e1b8accb1a07c009a7dbd5f9ed353e9 | By . Louise Boyle . A father who was caught on camera kicking his six-year-old son down a skateboard ramp apologized today but said his attempt to help the boy overcome his fears has been misunderstood. Marcus Crossland, 27, and his wife Emily spoke to Today on Monday after a video emerged earlier this month of the fat... | Marcus Crossland and wife Emily .
spoke out after a video emerged earlier this month of the .
father kicking his son Dino off a 13ft ramp in Florida .
Mr Crossland said: 'It was my poor attempt at trying to help him overcome his fear'
The parents, from Jacksonville said the uproar caused Mr Crossland to .
lose his job ... |
0492e29aeccf8ab9af5305f0ca59dd31df399de1 | Tony Pulis has seemingly ended up on the wrong end of a prank call after a man impersonating Bolton boss Neil Lennon claimed to get through to the West Brom manager on his mobile phone. The prankster Blain Morrison had left the Baggies boss a voicemail asking him to return the call as he was interested in taking defend... | Tony Pulis was apparently prank-called by a Neil Lennon impersonator .
The prankster Blain Morrison asked about taking Gareth McAuley on loan .
Unaware, Pulis refuses and suggests Crystal Palace's Paddy McCarthy .
West Brom host Swansea City on Wednesday at the Hawthorns . |
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