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04db2233137b325eacf51c8ed58a5a0c5915cb96 | (CNN) -- The president of an advertising firm that lost a $25 million contract to create a marketing campaign promoting the Jersey Shore told CNN Tuesday that the evaluation committee asked her team whether they would be comfortable featuring New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie in the ads. The news comes as federal investig... | Firm with lowest bid for post-Sandy campaign was asked about using Gov. Chris Christie, it says .
"We didn't want to commit one way or the other," firm President Shannon Morris says .
All members of the panel that picked the winning firm were part of the Christie administration .
Morris' firm lost the contract to a com... |
04db382fa3e079453de12f4c0a1a042532a4725d | By . Michael Zennie . PUBLISHED: . 12:48 EST, 14 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:10 EST, 14 August 2013 . Ouch: Binge drinking costs more than just a hangover. The CDC says it costs more than $223.5billion a year . A shocking new government study claims that excessive drinking costs the nation more than $223.5billion a... | Centers for Disease Control study suggests huge costs in health care, drunk driving crashes, crime and productivity losses from excessive alcohol consumption .
42percent of cost is picked up by state and federal government .
New Hampshire, Washington DC and Nevada have highest per capita drink consumption .
Study found... |
04dc1fc653f383b642471e2b8adc2dc9d66084f9 | (CNN) -- Real Madrid Football Club has unveiled world-record transfer signing Gareth Bale to thousands of fans inside the Bernabeu Stadium. The former Tottenham Hotspur winger, who cost the Spanish giants a reported $132 million (£85 million), was officially welcomed by Real Madrid President Florentino Perez at a pres... | World-record signing unveiled by Spanish giants at news conference in Madrid .
Bale says it feels "absolutely amazing" to join the La Liga club .
The 24-year-old winger joins from Tottenham Hotspur for reported $132 million . |
04dd1b30d3cd202901c0fccacf062650e9a5fa35 | By . Jessica Jerreat . Nick Vujicic, a preacher born without limbs, knows all too well that everyone needs a hug sometimes, so today he was offering a comforting embrace to tourists in New York's Times Square. The Australian, who was taunted at school because of a medical condition that left him without arms and legs, ... | Melbourne-born Nick Vujicic has rare tetra-amelia syndrome .
After a suicide attempt at the age of 10, Vujicic turned his disability into a motivation to spread the gospel .
New York appearance was part of 10,000 Hugs Tour . |
04ddcdf4e5b871bb6eea736d3a463f206e8d7d6a | By . Sam Webb . and Alasdair Baverstock . The beauty queen and TV star gunned down with her British ex-husband in front of their daughter spoke of their enduring friendship in a poignant interview before she died. Miss Venezuela 2004, Monica Spear Mootz, 29, was shot to death alongside Thomas Berry, 39, from London, by... | Thomas Berry and Monica Spear Mootz killed in front of daughter Maya .
The divorced couple were still close and were holidaying together .
In a last interview, she said they had remained good friends .
Five people, including two under-18s, arrested over attack .
Mr Berry was shot in another robbery in Venezuela 15 year... |
04e2d77f5704022d026e9e88bde5abb0af3730ac | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 07:03 EST, 21 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:05 EST, 28 February 2013 . A university student known as 'Mr Muscles' has died after apparently taking 'lethal' bodybuilding pills to help him lose weight. Fitness fanatic Sarmad Alladin, 18, who had posted snaps of his new muscles online, ... | Sarmad Alladin, 18, taken to .
hospital hours after praising tablets .
University for the Creative Arts tells students: 'Stop using them'
Pills contain the drug DNP, which has been linked to several deaths . |
04e2d981d1bf347242f31be6cc949aa448aab946 | Editor's note: Journalist Karl Penhaul spent several weeks tracking the gangs of the Mexican underworld, the corrupt officials who support them and the cops trying to halt the violence. Mexico police round up gang suspects in Juarez, across the border from El Paso, Texas. CAMARGO, Mexico (CNN) -- There are no welcome s... | "Los Zetas" gang of hitmen and ex-cops run rackets from U.S. border across Mexico .
Reporter lasts just 20 minutes in town before message became clear: Leave now .
Drug dealers reveal the rules of the cartel killers and how officials are also profiting . |
04e4939551f205a96bfa4ffb8d223c4979cd9757 | A cynic might suspect Kenny McDowall knew what he was doing. The interim Rangers boss used a press conference to reveal that five Newcastle loan players shipped north on a Sports Direct truck must play if they are fit. A coach who wanted the Ibrox job on a permanent basis would be unwise to detonate a bomb under Mike A... | Rangers have loaned five players from Newcastle until end of the season .
Kenny McDowall has been given specific instructions to play them .
Newcastle owner Mike Ashley has an 8.92 per cent stake in Rangers .
He is facing a hearing with the Scottish FA over his involvement at Ibrox . |
04e5bbd3e16512b44d17558ef367587202604ed0 | The owner of an animal shelter which is caring for wildlife affected by South Australia's devastating bushfires has taken aim at Channel 7 breakfast show Sunrise, claiming producers got him to organise for volunteers to be on location for Tuesday's show - only for them to cancel without warning. Mark Aldridge says he o... | Channel 7 breakfast show organised to broadcast from Mark Aldridge's home .
He runs Willow Wood animal sanctuary in South Australia with his wife .
He organised for victims of the bushfires and animals that had been rescued to be at his house for the broadcast at 5.30am .
But he claims no one from the breakfast show a... |
04e60d11097ef93d5aac799f2c4b7ae777a01c31 | (CNN) -- I have been fortunate to have lived and experienced two worlds: My childhood in India -- which in many parts is a world of poverty, infrastructure problems, and a paucity of qualified health-care personnel, a world of many preventable deaths. The other world is the United States, where my time at the Massachus... | Myshkin Ingawale: Mobile tech enables developing nations to leapfrog over wired systems .
He says nations such as India need ways to jump ahead in health care .
Ingawale: New technology isn't a magic pill; technology must fit health care delivery system .
His company developed a tool to detect anemia without drawing bl... |
04e68820195af3e29e2b0897b2fe1c0eb3e4f066 | By . Victoria Woollaston . Nowhere else in your life are you forced to spend time with such a variety of people as you are when at work. Yet a psychologist claims that each colleague can be put into one of five personality types, including the Ball Breaker, who would ‘sell their own mothers to get ahead’ and the Mother... | A psychologist has created five personality types for office workers .
They range from ambitious Ball Breakers to gossiping Mother Hens .
The types were compiled using psychological profiling . |
04e711e1d8e89959ff4e1b3d1e156ac51161b6d6 | By . Mark Duell . Last updated at 4:15 PM on 18th September 2011 . By day Alisha Smith is a respected prosecution lawyer in the New York state Attorney General’s Office on a decent salary of almost $80,000. But by night the 36-year-old reportedly turns into dominatrix ‘Alisha Spark’ - paid for restraining and whipping ... | Alisha Smith, 36, is a well-respected New York attorney .
She turns into dominatrix 'Alisha Spark’ at S&M events .
State Attorney General’s Office has now suspended her . |
04e9055b9b27ac7deb917b7ebddddc08e390c7cd | (CNN) -- "We must be on you but cannot see you." That was one of the very last voice signals transmitted by Amelia Earhart in the summer of 1937, somewhere over the vast Pacific Ocean during her ill-fated flight around the globe. An intense search led by the U.S. Navy was launched to find Earhart and her plane, but aft... | Tim Kane says international search for Flight 370 is rare bright spot in tragedy .
More than a half-dozen nations have come together in the deep-water search .
Like the disappearance of Amelia Earhart in 1937, Flight 370 is a mystery . |
04e9928eb2a4e747b7c4375ed379261c5b672565 | By . Paul Milligan . PUBLISHED: . 04:11 EST, 21 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:30 EST, 21 June 2013 . Enrika (left) and Jolanta Lubiene were brutally murdered in their home in Killorglin, County Kerry . Irish police are investigating a double murder after a mother and daughter were brutally killed in their County Kerry ... | 27-year-old mother Jolanta Lubiene and her eight-year-old daughter Enrika were killed in a bloody attack .
The family was due to move back to Lithuania in two weeks .
Jolante Lubiene had already taken out a .
protection order against someone she knew in the past . |
04e9e9d2f3ad6d7998225845eec5933ec7437ff1 | (CNN) -- Rem Koolhaas revolutionizes city landscapes with distinctive and cutting-edge buildings. Seattle's Central Library is one of Rem Koolhaas' recent builds. Responsible for the iconic CCTV headquarters in Beijing the Dutch architect was named one of "The World's Most Influential People" by Time magazine. Similar ... | Dutch architect is creative force behind landmark buildings across the world .
Beijing's CCTV building and Seattle's Central Library are two bold examples .
Koolhaas embraces contradictions in a project and creative-commercial tensions . |
04ea9942825635af23878dafd1ce2e2f9fd6bd90 | (CNN) -- The husband of a Saudi rape victim sentenced to 200 lashes and six months in prison said his wife is "a crushed human being," but blamed a judge -- not the Saudi judicial system -- for treating her as a criminal. Human rights groups want Saudi Arabia's King Abdullah to drop charges against the rape victim. Sau... | NEW: Husband says one of the judges at the trial was pursuing "a personal vendetta"
Court more than doubled woman's original sentence of 90 lashes to 200 .
Woman convicted of violating law by not having a male guardian with her .
Husband: Saudi society is very respectful to women in general . |
04eaef04529ba2d89394796fdf043ec28693d78a | By . Scarlett Russell . The daughter of Sweden's Princess Madeleine and New York banker Christopher O'Neill was baptised earlier today at Royal Chapel at Drottningholm Palace outside Stockholm. Princess Leonore Lilian Maria will be known as the Duchess of Gotland - in reference to Sweden's largest island. She was born ... | Princess Leonore Lilian Maria of Sweden was baptised today at Drottingholm Palace outside Stockholm .
She is the daughter of Princess Madeline and Christopher O'Neill and granddaughter of King Carl XVI Gustav .
150 guests attended the ceremony for the baby princess, who was born in New York on 20 February .
Princess Le... |
04eb426a4042f0b316da3508e8784402fa7f3cd8 | A California teenager just wanted a quick meal from KFC, but he was left in disgust after he discovered a chicken organ in his food. Manuel Cobarubies had ordered a $4 meal of fried chicken breast, thighs and corn when he found what appeared to be a brain of a chicken last Tuesday. The high school student was contacted... | Michael Cobarubies, from California, ordered a meal of fried chicken breast, thighs and corn when he found organ .
Student from Stockton High School thought it was a brain .
He was 'grossed out' and shared picture of it on Twitter where 231 followers retweeted it .
On Monday, KFC consultant said organ was a kidney or g... |
04ed2e09b217db75f57d19962a56db516552049f | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton on Saturday will officially suspend her campaign for the presidency and "express her support for Senator Obama and party unity," her campaign said Wednesday. Sen. Hillary Clinton said Tuesday that she will let her supporters and party leaders decide her course. The Clinton campa... | NEW: Clinton will suspend presidential campaign Saturday, sources say .
Obama, Clinton spoke by phone Wednesday, but VP slot was not discussed .
Rangel says Clinton could've been "far more generous" on Tuesday night .
Obama says he's "very confident" he can unite Democrats by November . |
04ed684677a320b4aca1c8b707af7478a5aab124 | When John Dyson and his wife Faith moved to a sleepy corner of southern France, they were hoping for a peaceful retirement. But within months of settling in the village of Brugairolles, they found themselves embroiled in a bitter feud with their neighbour – another British expatriate – over access to their front door. ... | John and Faith Dyson embroiled in row with British neighbours in France .
Media have dubbed it La Guerre des Britanniques (The War of the Britons)
Their neighbours nailed up their window shutters and blocked front door .
Neighbour objected to Dysons' ability to look out over 'his' driveway .
60 villagers 'marched on' t... |
04ef98193d6c50e1f5f22a71b4e3d73f9a1cadae | Washington (CNN) -- Late last week, the leaders and finance ministers of the 20 biggest economies, the G-20, met in Cannes for their annual media extravaganza. Surprise, surprise, the G-20 summit failed to allay anxieties about Greece -- and has left the whole world anxious that Italy might be the next Euro country to ... | In mid-1970s, French president proposed informal meeting of leaders from six nations .
In past three decades, David Frum writes, the meeting has grown larger and larger .
Last week's g20 did nothing to allay anxieties about Euro crisis .
With more countries added, costs rose, results vanished . |
04efd7f5e9517e1412d79082c4f5574222f5e33a | (CNN) -- The second edition of an online al Qaeda magazine has surfaced with frank essays, creatively designed imagery and ominous terror tips such as using a pickup truck as a weapon and shooting up a crowded restaurant in Washington. The magazine is called "Inspire" and intelligence officials believe that an American... | NEW: Yemen expert says issue's timing, 10 years after Cole bombing, is no coincidence .
NEW: Magazine's ideas, ideology aimed at lone jihadist, Christopher Boucek says .
Pickup trucks, pressure cookers envisioned as weapons .
Targeting government employees is seen as paramount . |
04f03204cde011a3051e6aa02ea31dd8106dffd5 | On a day made remarkable by many things, not least the sheer scale of the turnout, the courage of one man was always going to shine through. Staring death in the face but refusing to flinch, Fernando Ricksen deserved every full-throated cheer and moist-eyed tribute delivered at Ibrox yesterday. Crippled by the motor-ne... | Former Rangers captain Fernando Ricksen has motor-neurone disease .
Thousands turned out at Ibrox to show their support for Ricksen .
The disease will eventually claim the Dutchman's life . |
04f1de50ad0b8ab517c3b5de44cca5a12c8c59c6 | From 3D sets, to televisions with curved screens - it may seem as if there is already a TV to suit any living room. But Google is reportedly working on screens that fit seamlessly together - potentially making the days of having to pick the perfect sized screen to fit a given space a thing of the past. The search giant... | Google said screens would fit seamlessly together, similar to Lego bricks .
Individual screens will not have surround bezels to make the image seamless .
Technology is being developed at the Google X Lab in California .
It complements the company's modular smartphone .
Project Ara handset is set to go on sale in Januar... |
04f2d9477d86ac2405a4626198214584976d9ed2 | By . Deni Kirkova . PUBLISHED: . 10:53 EST, 30 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:00 EST, 30 August 2013 . An animal-mad bride walked down the aisle with her pet donkey and bulldog after convincing her local reverend they needed to be part of the service. Charlotte Sullivan, 40, from Herefordshire surprised her friends an... | Charlotte Sullivan, 40, and partner Matthew, 51, married on Aug 9 .
She asked the Reverend to allow her donkey as a pageboy . |
04f4af5033ff5f781cc309508268ec739c3cd918 | Washington (CNN) -- The United States' first couple welcomed their Mexican counterparts Wednesday to the second state dinner of the Obama administration, a night of pomp and ceremony that both leaders hope will demonstrate the important relationship between the North American neighbors. President Obama and first lady M... | More than 200 people to attend dinner in honor of Mexican president .
Enhanced security promised to keep out party crashers .
Musicians Beyonce, Rodrigo y Gabriela to perform . |
04f6b789c27838de21d0e9fa685f2c0691ee4dd4 | (EW.com) -- Gru, the bald and beetle-browed rascal hero of "Despicable Me 2," is an infectious imp — as voiced by Steve Carell, he's like Uncle Fester with the personality of Nikita Khrushchev. But in the first "Despicable Me" (2010), he was a supervillain with a grand plan (he wanted to steal the moon), and in the s... | The film is sequel to the 2010 original .
This time the main character Gru is a nice guy .
Reviewer says the best thing about the film is the minions . |
04f92ca9a95d0439f0abc93331a59b3ef466b0b9 | Thousand of British wine connoisseurs have unwittingly been drinking vintage burgundy topped up with cheap table wine under a scam operated by one of France’s most prestigious traders, prosecutors have claimed. Following an 18-month investigation, police say that merchants Labouré-Roi took bottles of Nuits St George an... | Labouré-Roi took expensive bottles of Nuits St George and put cheap supermarket wine in them .
Nuits St George was not in on the scam .
Scam is believed to have defrauded several hundred million pounds from wine connoisseurs .
Two former executives - brothers aged 82 and 83 - were arrested but later released . |
04f95ebf0c764be65e68364f8bfd4f8a743bd06f | London (CNN) -- Janet Jackson is opening up for the first time about a duet with her brother that she's reviving two years after his death. Jackson took to the stage in London on Thursday and performed their 1995 song Scream as video of Michael Jackson played and his voice filled Royal Albert Hall. The reworked duet fo... | Jackson performs virtual duet on stage in London .
She recorded it with her brother Michael in 1995 .
"It feels great -- just listening to and hearing his voice," she says . |
04fa4f1170b5a673c3022726605d95155bcc885b | By . Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 21:14 EST, 29 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:09 EST, 30 May 2013 . A huge 30-mile block of ice his causing chaos in an Alaskan town as water has been flowing onto the land. The colossal river ice jam, which is when water builds up behind a block of ice, was starting to rotate... | Ice jam is when water builds up behind ice and then over flows .
Most of the chunks of ice have already broken off, giving hope to the hundreds of displaced residents .
Alaska National Guard called in to help with evacuations .
'I've never seen anything like this .
before,' one official said. 'And I don't think these p... |
04faf6dfdcc62d8fce2a106ff237ac8a02d0653c | By . Anna Hodgekiss . Three-year-old Alfie Williams was left profoundly deaf after a viral infection . A three-year-old boy who lost his hearing as a result of a mystery virus has become a social media star. Alfie Williams, from Medomsley, County Durham, was plagued by an illness which left him profoundly deaf. Devasta... | Alfie Williams, 3, was left profoundly deaf after the bizarre illness .
His devastated mother began awareness campaign to focus on the positives .
The #handsonears Twitter campaign has now attracted a wealth of support . |
04fb35909f9611b19de4baec58c8e08bdd9d544d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 22:59 EST, 16 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 22:59 EST, 16 February 2014 . A childhood friend of embattled New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has been dragged into the Bridgegate scandal, with emails revealing he gave a key Port Authority official a tour of the traffic chaos. In ... | Emails reveal Lt. Thomas 'Chip' Michaels, a Port Authority police officer, took David Wildstein on a tour of George Washington Bridge during debacle .
Michaels grew up with Chris Christie in Livingston, New Jersey, and recently coached the Governor's son in hockey .
The messages, reported today by MSNBC, also show Mich... |
04fb72dc5ae9ac6dc9c85dc55211fdea67896e2c | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 00:11 EST, 24 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 00:13 EST, 24 May 2013 . A man wanted for 13 years on attempted murder charges in Los Angeles was captured in Colorado after someone called police to report he was urinating on a wall outside a KFC restaurant. Miguel Sanchez, 59, initially gav... | After 13 years on the run, man was caught urinating on a wall .
Sanchez tried to give a false name but was fingerprinted .
Accused of attempted murder in 2000 . |
04fbd3088e8610dd4d5bea709e7cc5ee3e53710d | New Chelsea signing Cesc Fabregas has been involved in a training ground row with Spain coach Vicente del Bosque. Tensions were high in the camp after defeats by Holland and Chile dumped the reigning champions out of the World Cup early and things came to a head on Saturday. Del Bosque was unimpressed with Fabregas' at... | Fabregas has reported bust-up with coach Del Bosque .
27-year-old asked to leave training session after perceived lack of effort .
Spain already out of the World Cup after two defeats from two games .
Set to face Australia in a dead rubber match on Monday . |
04fccd3ad94faa6da3cc46b4f92411e20f63dc30 | C'est Magnifique! This très chic Parisian pied-à-terre is cheaper than most hotel rooms in the French capital, costing just £69 for a night's stay. The doll house maisonette, measuring just 215sq-ft is available to rent through Airnbnb . The smart bijou home has a main living area on the ground floor, which includes a ... | Bijou residence located in famous bohemian district of Montmartre .
House has a living room, kitchen and double bedroom with en-suite facilities .
The area is the foodie artery of the South of Pigalle neighbourhood . |
04fe24c719b75ec0b234eeed48dae3a2c32badff | By . Aap . and Ryan Lipman . A memorial stone to First Fleet commander Admiral Arthur Phillip was unveiled at Westminster Abbey in central London on Thursday. The Duke of Edinburgh laid a wreath at the stone during an hour-long dedication service on Wednesday that was also attended by NSW Governor Dame Marie Bashir. Ph... | An Arthur Phillip memorial stone was unveiled in London on Thursday .
Admiral Phillip was the first NSW governor and captained a First Fleet ship .
Prince Phillip laid a wreath at the stone at Westminster Abbey .
This year is the 200th anniversary of the Admiral's death . |
04ff02e815e31dd23dbc3adfbf2ba0a86da2b80d | By . Steve Hopkins for MailOnline . Two American flags swiped from the Brooklyn Bridge and replaced with white ones have been handed back to U.S officials. New York Police Department spokesman Sergeant Carlos Nieves today said that the flags are in the United States, but he did not know their exact location. It is unde... | The swiped flags were returned to U.S embassy officials in Germany .
Police are still deciding whether to charge the artists behind the stunt .
And are still seeking the Americans that helped them carry it out . |
04ff903e96f3b099ff389be7e03676c979f85e12 | By . Sophie Jane Evans . A family who were holidaying on an island off the Scottish coast used their luggage straps to save 19 stranded dolphins. Finlay Meakin, 13, spotted the pod of dolphins swimming unusually close the shore at the seculded resort of Lochbuie on the Isle of Mull. He called for help when it became cl... | Finlay Meakin, 13, spotted 19 dolphins stuck in shallow water in Lochbuie .
Called for help and uncle Simon Lane, 59, and mother ran down to shore .
Waded into sea and spent two hours moving dolphins into deeper water .
Used luggage straps to move heaviest animals, weighing up to 200lbs .
Incredible scene on Isle of Mu... |
04ffba5c2a19cd90779fabd2c4d516aadb0e8296 | By . Emma Glanfield . It might not seem the best place to set up home but this mother goose has done exactly that – and set up her nest right in the middle of a busy dual carriageway. The Greylag goose has bedded down in the shrubbery on the Castle Mills Bridge in York, just inches away from busy fast-flowing traffic. ... | The expectant mother has set up home on the Castle Mills Bridge in York .
It has bedded down in shrubbery in the middle of a fast-flowing busy road .
Locals are concerned for bird's welfare but cannot move nest due to law .
Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981 protects all wild birds and their nests . |
05000a87a94c3bf7afa355f4e1e0ef417804644c | The woman behind everyone's favorite cookie: Ruth Wakefield, founder of the Toll House restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts, created the chocolate-chip cookie in 1938 . There are two popular stories about how the chocolate-chip cookie was invented by Ruth Wakefield in 1938. One theory is that Wakefield, the co-owner of... | The first batch of chocolate-chip cookies was baked by Ruth Wakefield at her Toll House restaurant in Whitman, Massachusetts in 1938 .
Wakefield told the Boston Herald-American in 1974 that she was trying to improve a butterscotch cookie recipe she served at the restaurant .
'I was trying to give them something differe... |
050096e1665a83273a2b75fa0969aa617c729643 | Jennifer Aniston, Angelina Jolie and Amy Adams were among the stars snubbed at this year's Academy Awards nominations. Jennifer had admitted just hours prior to the announcement that she was hoping to be asleep when the Oscar nods were announced, and hopefully that was the case because she did not receive her first Bes... | Jennifer Aniston and Amy Adams were not nominated for Best Actress .
Angelina Jolie's Unbroken was overlooked for Best Picture .
Best Director category featured an all-male shortlist, ignoring both Angelina and Selma's Ava DuVernay .
No nods for Nightcrawler's Jake Gyllenhaal, Rene Russo or Riz Ahmed .
British actors D... |
050207715f9f739efa0f4f8495bd633ce6ce727f | (CNN) -- A day after an explosion rocked its offices in Mexico City, Mexico's state-run oil giant Pemex says it's too early to speculate on the cause of the deadly blast. At least 33 people -- mostly women -- were killed in the explosion, Pemex chief Emilio Lozoya said at a news conference Friday. More than 100 were in... | NEW: The country's attorney general similarly refuses to rule out possibilities .
NEW: President Enrique Pena Nieto visits victims in the hospital .
The death toll rises to 33 .
Employee: "I saw the explosion of glass, people bleeding; ... I was terrified" |
0502ea678766d2f5b625f71643665bd64c35f460 | Clearwater, Florida (CNN) -- After a second day of jury selection in the Casey Anthony murder trial, more prospective jurors facing weeks and possibly months away from home, family, work and school have been excused. While a few were dismissed for expressing opinions about the defendant, most were let go after revealin... | Casey Anthony case indicates how many need every paycheck .
Others have no one else to care for child or spouse .
Several dismissed for expressing opinions . |
050301db2c2b1a79bd8e70d98042b8571a81e89b | London (CNN) -- A former archbishop of York was accused Friday of covering up child abuse by a Church of England clergyman who has since died. The accusations against the late Very Rev. Robert Waddington are the result of a joint investigation by the Times of London and The Australian newspaper, based in Sydney. The Ti... | Former archbishop of York is accused of not alerting police to child abuse by a clergyman .
The former archbishop, David Hope, says he followed church policy as it was at the time .
The alleged abuses were committed by Robert Waddington, who died in 2003 .
The claims emerged in an investigation by the Times of London a... |
050447b58ffc927f3b91492692658ea4bfab6526 | Prime Minister Tony Abbott has promised 'good government starts today,' after surviving an attempt to spill the Liberal leadership that he called 'a very chastening experience.' But Mr Abbott's future as prime minister remains in doubt after 39 of his own MPs voted for the spill in the secret party room ballot. A major... | Prime Minister Tony Abbott says today's leadership vote was 'a very chastening experience'
He has promised that 'Good government starts today'
He survived a leadership spill motion, though he is weakened after a majority of backbenchers voted for a spill .
Failure of the spill motion meant Malcolm Turnbull did not have... |
0504bb545182fca19b1413f1e8b7e980e733104d | Rugby league has broken new ground by unveiling a major sponsorship deal with a firm of bookmakers. Ladbrokes have been announced by the Rugby Football League as the successors to Tetley's as sponsors of the Challenge Cup. Having weaned itself off a reliance on alcohol and tobacco sponsorship, the RFL took a principled... | Ladbrokes announced as new sponsors of the Challenge Cup .
They succeed Tetley's as official sponsors of the tournament .
The RFL rejected an offer from Betfair three years ago . |
05066c376972cfc3c4044796e12dc1aff0a4e698 | Steve Jobs hated Flash. Hated it. And not just a little bit. "Flash is a spaghetti-ball piece of technology that has lousy performance and really bad security problems," he said, according to biographer Walter Isaacson in his book published earlier this month. On Wednesday, Adobe announced it will no longer be developi... | Steve Jobs hated Adobe's Flash, which will quit developing for mobile devices .
The Apple CEO's feud dated to 1999, when Adobe wouldn't develop for the Mac .
He called Flash "buggy;" while Adobe criticized Apple for depriving developers of freedom .
Adobe will now support HTML5, which Apple's mobile devices use . |
05067d1cf2a109cde9ccf9603f479d5b2cb6f59d | Air New Zealand cabin crew are being praised for reviving a passenger who suffered a suspected heart attack on a domestic flight. The small plane was flying from Dunedin to Wellington today when the man went into medical distress just minutes after take-off. Fellow passenger Richard Woods said the ‘exceptional’ crew re... | Passenger went into medical distress on flight from Dunedin to Wellington .
Crew pulled the man onto the floor and resuscitated him, says witness .
Fellow traveller Richard Woods said flight attendants were 'exceptional'
Plane returned to Dunedin International Airport after emergency declared . |
0507ccb674a6124193b3be5076914edbf1f92ed5 | By . Olivia Williams . Caught on camera: David Jones went on the rampage in Manchester with a replica gun . Dramatic footage of a 'shotgun-wielding' robber threatening staff in a bookmakers and a petrol station has been released today. David Jones, 40, is now starting a five-year jail sentence after going on the rampag... | David Jones threatened workers around Manchester with imitation gun .
He managed to steal from an Asda petrol station and tried again at a bookmakers the next day .
Jones used the imitation weapon in a bid to pay off big debts he owed .
He is now serving a five-year sentence after pleading guilty . |
05091bd7113f6e8409191ddd474ebf6dcef784e4 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 01:07 EST, 23 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:54 EST, 23 March 2012 . One sentiment was clear among the thousands who rallied Thursday night for action in last month's fatal shooting of an unarmed Florida teenager: justice. Civil rights leader Al Sharpton helped lead the charge, d... | Al Sharpton leads charge as he calls for arrest of shooter George Zimmerman .
Police chief Bill Lee Jr resigns after national outcry over shooting .
Investigating officer Anthony Raimondo was at centre of case where white teen got off after beating a black homeless man . |
05098d800c787ddbef9d64d06d2baac028b3f516 | She's the Siberian-born beauty who has been turning heads since she burst onto the tennis scene in 2004 and won Wimbledon aged 17. Now Maria Sharapova, 27, has opened up about her passion for tennis - and her desire for a simpler life - in an interview with The Edit, Net-a-Porter's e-zine. Sharapova, who has appeared i... | Sharapova appears in the latest issue of Net-a-Porter e-zine, The Edit .
Says she lives a simple life at her beachside home in California .
Revealed that no one bothers her apart from the paparazzi . |
0509f58bfa3b32b6a26d831a85ec0ed6f31fc783 | By . Tom Mctague, Mail Online Deputy Political Editor . The Chancellor George Osborne has seen his approval ratings soar as the economy recovers. But experts have warned that a new crash could be round the corner . The world economy is as vulnerable to a financial crash as it was before the recession hit in 2007, the g... | Easy loans in the developing world pose a risk to the global economy .
A crash in booming countries like China and Brazil would damage the West .
UK could be hit hard by fresh crash because of soaring Government debts . |
050ad09c3edf8309fec124d912a390819c57b421 | The Russian web was ablaze with bizarre theories today at an extraordinary explosion seen by thousands of commuters in St Petersburg. It must have seemed like the end of the world was nigh when motorists driving along this busy motorway saw a huge flash light up the night sky on the horizon. So far, conspiracy theories... | Explosion at power station near St Petersburg causes huge flashes .
Motorists see the light show while stuck in traffic . |
050b1222d24db8e4a28f4fbb5b36f484a19dc5dd | (CNN) -- A plume of black smoke rose over Cairo early Friday after a powerful explosion hit the city's police headquarters, killing at least four people and wounding more than 50 others, Egyptian authorities said. The blast struck a key symbol of authority in a country that has been shaken by political turmoil and viol... | NEW: Official: U.S. is "aware of reports" one of its citizens has been detained in Egypt .
A huge explosion strikes Cairo's police headquarters, damaging several floors .
More than 50 people also are wounded in the attack, state media report .
Smaller blasts follow in other areas of Cairo, wounding several people . |
050ba548541a9b198a030cd14a9fc50ac567861a | Aaron Ramsey has defended his form this season and called some of the criticism he has received 'unfair'. Former Arsenal forward Charlie Nicholas accused the Wales midfielder of playing 'Hollywood football' following the 3-3 draw with Anderlecht. Ramsey, though, said he 'knows his qualities'. He has yet to hit the heig... | Wales star was accused of playing 'Hollywood football' by Charlie Nicholas .
Ramsey says he 'knows his qualities' and has defended his start to season .
Arsenal ace has scored just three times in 17 games for club and country .
But midfielder says he is still not 100 per cent fit after niggling injuries . |
050ba955e51ddca7bface031ea3c0ef9bc19c020 | (CNN) -- Costa Rican President Oscar Arias has been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, commonly known as the swine flu, the government said in a televised statement on Tuesday. Oscar Arias, the president of Costa Rica, has contracted the H1N1 virus. Arias fell ill on Sunday, complaining of a sore throat and temperature, Pr... | President Oscar Arias has been diagnosed with the H1N1 virus, government says .
Arias fell ill Sunday, complaining of a sore throat and a temperature .
Arias is expected to return to work on Monday, presidential minister says .
As of last Friday, there were 718 confirmed cases of the H1N1 virus in Costa Rica . |
050bb6765dc1f8f917ed5e8e89867199df75d1d8 | North Korean dictator Kim Jong-Un has been photobombed by two soft toys while visiting an orphanage. Kim seen oblivious as he leaned against a bed, that two soft toys had been placed in a compromising position on a wardrobe in the corner of the room. The front toy had a satisfied smirk and a cheeky wink while its grey-... | Kim Jong-Un was photographed during a visit to a Pyongyang orphanage .
Two soft toys were placed in a compromising position during Kim's visit .
It was the first time Kim had been pictured walking unaided since September .
The dictator had been using a cane while recovering from ankle surgery .
Kim went missing for six... |
050be641a7ce527b26f53ed991d2d3025c6800de | (CNN) -- Dionne Warwick was one of the thousands of guests to attend Michael Jackson's memorial service Tuesday at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, California. Dionne Warwick said Michael Jackson brought a new insight to things people should be paying attention to. Warwick talks with CNN's Larry King about the moving... | Singer Dionne Warwick: Jackson's memorial service was done with style, class .
Warwick's son was writing a song with Jackson days before his death .
Damon Elliott: "Michael was like the greatest teacher to all of us" |
050cda28e643e36c50cb8a5d4e80545add092358 | Jason Boog was immersed in publishing for five years as editor of the MediaBistro blog GalleyCat. When he became a dad, he was curious how best to foster a love of books in his newborn daughter. His solution was - what else? - writing a book about raising bookworms, Born Reading, out in July from Touchstone. Mr Boog, 3... | Jason Boog's book coincides with a policy issued Tuesday from the American Academy of Pediatrics asking doctors to stress that parents should read to kids every day, beginning in infancy . |
050d5763cde1833eee530b03040acf1177dc2695 | By . Luke Salkeld . A teacher has been struck off for having sex with a 16-year-old boy after seducing him with photographs of herself in various poses on Facebook. Mother-of-two Clare Horton, 33, posted a series of self-portraits known as ‘selfies’, before her relationship with the pupil became sexual. She showed him ... | Clare Horton, 33, drove teenager to her home for sexual encounter .
She sent him pictures of herself pouting in sexy clothes .
The pair just fell asleep together, according to the former year 11 head .
Ms Horton found guilty of misconduct, banned from teaching . |
050ea68cfff49b99600bfc32ee6b9954c3bfc3f4 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:26 EST, 6 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:26 EST, 6 March 2013 . The New York police officer accused of scheming online to kidnap, cook and eat his wife will not testify in his trial, leaving his fate in the hands of the jury, it was revealed today. Yesterday, jurors were force... | Gilberto Valle, 28, visited websites with recipes for human meat .
Jury made to watch horrifying video of staged 'cooking' of women .
New York Cannibal Cop accused of conspiring to kidnap and eat six women .
One of the six women was his wife with whom he has a daughter . |
050f19c84a9531d91d4b8dd4650e244396a9ea29 | By . Simon Jones . Saphir Taider is poised to join Southampton from Inter Milan on an initial loan with a view to a £7million permanent deal.Saphir Taider . The French-born Algeria international has been proposed as part of the transfer that took Dani Osvaldo to Milan. Taider, 22, who was also offered to West Ham earli... | Algerian proposed as part of the deal to take Dani Osvaldo to Milan .
Saints also in discussions over Ezequiel Schelotto .
Ronald Koeman is looking for fresh blood after losing star men this summer . |
050ffe34f77f152ddfd0ab61edfbdc5946e77bfc | (CNN)Lawmakers in the Philippines have called for an inquiry into allegations that public funds were used to "hide" homeless families at a resort during the Pope's recent visit. The Philippines Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) has confirmed that 340 members of 100 homeless families were removed from ... | Allegations are made the the Philippines hid homeless families during the Pope's visit .
100 homeless families from a busy street were relocated to a resort for training .
They were returned to Manila after the Pope left . |
051290bd52161035410817e8b160282413f50c46 | (CNN) -- Manchester United will be without Wayne Rooney for Sunday's English Premier League clash with Blackburn, but manager Alex Ferguson expects the England striker to return from injury next weekend. Rooney made a shock comeback in Wednesday's Champions League clash with Bayern Munich, but had to go off with an hou... | Manchester United boss Alex Ferguson expects Wayne Rooney to return next weekend .
Rooney will miss Sunday's trip to Blackburn after aggravating his ankle injury .
England striker made shock comeback against Bayern Munich on Wednesday .
United can move a point above English Premier League leaders Chelsea with victory . |
0513001450d168440640bf2171294cfc67b007ff | By . Padraic Flanagan . PUBLISHED: . 20:48 EST, 23 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:53 EST, 23 March 2013 . You wouldn’t believe it was the same time of year… As Britain endures its coldest March since 1963, it’s hard to think that just 12 months ago we were basking in the sunniest March since 1929. As our pictures show,... | Temperatures peaked at 22C in 2012 but struggled to reach 2C this year .
Officials said winter is now over despite freezing temperatures and snow . |
0513215b695af3a78ca487416d6f2b8e45465e30 | (CNN) -- If you're standing in the rain at the bus stop tomorrow morning, trying to get to work, and if, in the downpour, you should notice that waiting patiently for the bus with you is Bill Gates. . . . Or if you're in a long line at the convenience store, waiting to buy a lottery ticket in the hopes of striking it r... | Bob Greene: A popular 1950s TV show featured interactivity with a screen .
Children were invited to draw on a plastic sheet placed on the TV showing "Winky Dink and You"
The show faded, not least because kids were drawing on the plastic sheet .
The question is, did Bill Gates actually call it the "first interactive TV ... |
05135c9713aeb8865f613ae14481d0f189d7cbf9 | By . Ben Nagle For Mailonline . QPR boss Harry Redknapp has suggested his side's shock cup loss at Burton could hasten the departure of several players. Redknapp paid the price for making nine changes as League Two Albion claimed a 1-0 win in their Capital One Cup second-round tie at the Pirelli Stadium. The likes of S... | Harry Redknapp made nine changes to his Queens Park Rangers team .
QPR lost 1-0 to Burton Albion at the Pirelli Stadium on Wednesday night .
Redknapp has said that some of his players would be better 'moving on'
The futures of Shaun Wright-Phillips and Adel Taarabt are still in doubt .
Rangers have lost all three of th... |
0513a1079f64097cc3b2e89a0211213a63f204a8 | By . Matt Blake . PUBLISHED: . 09:33 EST, 6 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:56 EST, 6 August 2013 . A mother who was seriously injured in the horror coach crash that killed 39 people in Italy last month refused further treatment today until she sees her husband and two daughters... unaware they are all dead. Clorinda d... | Clorinda del Giudice, 44, is refusing further treatment until she sees family .
Comes as her daughter Simona, 16, dies two weeks after crash near Avellino .
Her husband Antonio and eldest daughter Silvana, 22, were both killed .
The family were aboard the coach travelling from religious site on holiday .
Just before c... |
05155437f9fd8fff874502ad600c64d501f6d2c8 | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 11:32 EST, 13 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:41 EST, 13 December 2013 . A mother-to-be who thought she was only eight weeks pregnant went to hospital fearing she was miscarrying - and gave birth to healthy twins. Katie Brown, 35, was stunned when doctors told her she was actually 31 we... | Katie Brown, 35, went to hospital thinking she was having a miscarriage .
She thought she was eight weeks pregnant with one child .
But doctors told her she was 31 weeks pregnant with twins - and in labour .
She had put on three stone in a few months but thought it was from eating too much as she had done a pregnancy t... |
0517998fc3f567a34b3a3d2ea6e423d77c208598 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 06:27 EST, 23 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:39 EST, 23 August 2012 . After facing a carpeting from the Palace for cavorting naked with a mystery woman in a Las Vegas hotel room, Prince Harry's burgeoning reputation as a mature young statesman looked to be on the line. But it appear... | As revealing photos of the prince sweep the internet, celebrities and fans rush to congratulate him on his antics .
Instead of damaging his reputation, many believe the pictures will enhance how the public view Harry .
But national newspapers weren't so complimentary, with some columnists branding him a 'disgrace' to t... |
0517d2781edd8dd488fbf75ea511a2aedae953e0 | A burglar suffocated when his neck became trapped under a wooden fence panel as he attempted to flee from a house, an inquest has heard. Stephen Pope, 35, died from asphyxiation after he became trapped between the panel and a concrete gravel board at a property in Waltham Abbey in Essex, in March this year. Today, an i... | Stephen Pope became trapped under the fence as he tried to flee a house .
The 35-year-old was found holding a pillow case full of stolen items .
He was approached by an elderly passer-by but said he didn't need help .
Eventually found unresponsive by another passer-by who called 999 .
Despite attempts to resuscitate hi... |
051a37223bdc79d6f97efddef0a45f1f2f3d515b | A woman has been put into isolation at Northampton General Hospital with a suspected case of Ebola, it has emerged. The hospital released few details about the patient last night but it is believed she had recently travelled abroad. A spokesman for the hospital said: 'I can confirm that we have a suspected case of Ebol... | Woman believed to have recently been abroad has been placed in isolation .
Northampton General Hospital confirmed it was a suspected case of Ebola .
The hospital has stated it has 'robust' systems in place to deal with it .
Meanwhile, nurse Pauline Cafferkey is now showing signs of improvement .
She fell ill with the v... |
051acc9f3021a2089a2dcdcb0a5478ae6deb577c | It is a treasure trove of letters, notebooks, post cards and papers charting the life of one of the world's greatest ever scientists. A mammoth collection of 5,000 searchable documents from Albert Einstein's earlier years is being made freely available to the public on the internet. The archive ranges from charming let... | Online archive contains 5,000 documents from Albert Einstein's early life .
Includes letters, notebooks, post cards and papers from 1879 to 1923 .
Documents have been printed out and translated from German to English .
The archive ranges from love letters to workings on his theory of relativity .
In one letter he revea... |
051b8a566ed5d6f3bf0b29852446c51d3eaa2c37 | Don’t you just love our country? I’m not being sarcastic. In April 2010, it was recorded in Hansard that ‘this House expresses profound sadness at the death of Corin Redgrave [and] recalls his life as a brilliant actor, peace campaigner, supporter of the downtrodden and man of enormous principle’. Yet Redgrave, a stalw... | The pair fell in love at a lecture at a college of Marxism .
As an actor, Corin developed into a magnificent and authoritative presence .
He was as impressive as his late father, Sir Michael Redgrave .
As a chain-smoker and alcoholic, Corin was asking for trouble .
In 2005, recovering from prostate cancer Kika remember... |
051c38280f060028595e09f29e1ff7d703069d62 | From the elegant stalk of an apple to fine fabric of a tea bag, the remarkable beauty of everyday objects is often hidden to the naked eye. But zoom in closer, and an alien world appears as mundane items found around the house rapidly transform into works of art. In a series titled ‘Amazing Worlds within our Worlds’, a... | The images were created as part of a series titled ‘Amazing Worlds within our Worlds’ by artist Pyanek .
Other close ups include lipstick, a brass key, matchsticks, an apple stalk, a ballpoint pen and sugar .
Pyanek used a Canon T3i (600D/Kiss X5) with the kit lens reversed along with Exposure 5 for editing . |
051c93a9b52b055dd7e59477dd53842c0d8df994 | By . Associated Press and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:08 EST, 30 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:40 EST, 30 August 2012 . A man whose teen step-daughter was allegedly shot dead by three soldiers to protect an anti-government militia group rushed and yelled at one of the suspects as he appeared in court on Thu... | Tiffany York killed alongside her boyfriend Michael Rourk in December .
Three soldiers 'shot them dead as Rourk was leaving the Army and they feared he would reveal their violent plans to bring down government'
Men 'stockpiled $87,000 worth of guns and bomb parts'
Fathers of both victims led out of court after yelling ... |
051e083ce7f7e39cc6c2397ba60715aaabf9d551 | By . Maggie Harbour . Kris Jenner has someone she’d like her daughter Kourtney Kardashian's partner Scott Disick to call: Her pastor! The momager was all smiles in the premiere episode of Keeping Up with the Kardashians on Sunday night when Kourtney, 35, confirmed that she is indeed pregnant with her third child with S... | Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick have been together for eight years and they are about to have their third child. The numbers don't add up for mom Kris Jenner .
Committing to have three kids when you can't commit to each other doesn't cut it for Kris .
Kris regularly attends services at The California Community Chu... |
051ef0f7f4fc4f8c4805eb92a1b8cfea4485fadb | By . Pa Reporter . Josh Cobb has continued the Leicestershire exodus by signing a two-year contract with neighbours Northamptonshire. Captain Cobb's departure from Grace Road follows those of all-rounder Shiv Thakor and seamer Nathan Buck in recent weeks. Northants chief executive David Smith said: 'Josh will bring a r... | Leicestershire are bottom of County Championship division two .
Northamptonshire have been relegated from division one this season .
Northants chief executive says Josh Cobb will 'bring a real cutting edge'
Cobb determined to help Northants win promotion back to division one .
Nathan Buck and Shiv Thakor have also both... |
051f820e44b6660679261165a7541c5401d9c49b | Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) -- A Dhaka court on Tuesday ordered the arrest of six people, including the owner of Tazreen Fashions Ltd., after a fire in the apparel factory left 112 people dead last year, officials said. "A senior judicial magistrate, Wasim Sheikh, today (Tuesday) accepted the charges against 13 accused and... | A fire at Tazreen Fashions Ltd. in Ashulia killed 112 people in November 2012 .
A court orders the arrest of the factory owner and his wife, plus four others .
Seven others already have been arrested .
A government panel has called fire an "act of sabotage," said factory should've been safer . |
05200e6d917d3f494a4fbf14d1ae2345e1fce888 | By . Mike Dawes . Floyd Mayweather Jnr gave fans a glimpse of what life is like when you have earned more than $100million in the last year. The American boxer recorded a video clip of inside his garage, where he has three Bugatti cars in different colours parked next to one another. Mayweather, who is due to fight Mar... | Mayweather posted a video of his three Bugatti cars side by side .
The clip has Rick Ross' song 'New Bugatti' playing over the top .
Boxer was recently granted a promoter's licence for state of Nevada .
On Saturday he was spotted with Real Madrid star Cristiano Ronaldo .
Mayweather's next fight will be against Marcos M... |
05206bbad78711862f6fc429837ce2e7bd74dbd2 | (CNN)They are two of the continent's acknowledged football powerhouses and later Sunday either Ivory Coast or Ghana will end a long and frustrating wait to be crowned Africa Cup of Nations champions. Ghana last lifted the trophy 33 years ago and was beaten in the 1992 final by Ivory Coast, the last time The Elephants c... | Ivory Coast and Ghana meet in Africa Cup of Nations final .
Ghana last won title in 1982, Ivory Coast in 1992 .
Ghana beat hosts Equatorial Guinea in semifinals .
Ivory Coast starts as marginal favorite . |
05216d3837745866d393f0e07be7ba801dc330f6 | (CNN) -- The United Arab Emirates is playing host to a huge corporate party this week. Hotel lobbies and shopping malls are flooded with Chinese guests and the Dubai-Abu Dhabi highway is dotted with long rows of buses branded "2014 Nu Skin Success Trip" in English and Arabic. Nu Skin China, the Chinese arm of a U.S.-ba... | A Chinese skin care marketing company is sending 16,000 of its employees to the UAE .
The massive corporate trip is expected to bring around $20 million of business .
The "2014 Nu Skin Success Trip" marks the company's 30th anniversary . |
0522556e9fba5ccf7823d4311af81767539494cd | You don't have to be strictly a man or a woman on Facebook anymore. In a nod to the "it's complicated" sexual identities of many of its users, the social network on Thursday added a third "custom" gender option for people's profiles. In addition to Male or Female, Facebook now lets U.S. users choose among some 50 addit... | Facebook on Thursday added new gender options for people's profiles .
U.S. users can now choose options such as "transgender" and "intersex"
The move was hailed by LGBT advocacy groups . |
0523f7bda39df8648207ebd65920a50265da156d | By . John Drayton . Despite being one of the few England players to return from the World Cup with his reputation enhanced, Raheem Sterling insists he still has to prove himself for Liverpool this season. The 19-year-old was a revelation last season as the Reds came within two points of winning the Premier League title... | Raheem Sterling knows he has to prove himself on return to Liverpool .
England youngster was a revelation at the World Cup 2014 .
Reds have made new signings including Adam Lallana and Lazar Markovic .
Sterling is currently in Boston on Liverpool's pre-season tour of the US . |
0525e26ef169997ac990c87f245e454818f461cc | (CNN) -- It's the biggest move of his career and it's off the court. Jason Collins, who played with the NBA's Boston Celtics and Washington Wizards this season, has disclosed that he is gay, making him the first active openly gay male athlete in the four major American pro team sports. The center, who said he is now a ... | Collins thanks supporters on Twitter .
President Obama calls the 34-year-old veteran center .
Next step in Collins' hoops career is uncertain .
Collins writes he is happy to start a conversation . |
0525f667333edb5686b2a2e42f50f628a46ee7a4 | By . Nick Enoch . and Rebecca English, Royal Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 10:00 EST, 19 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:03 EST, 19 June 2013 . Like the late Princess Diana before her, the Duchess of Cambridge has chosen to have her baby at the Lindo Wing at St Mary’s in Paddington, west London, royal sources revealed tod... | Kate to give birth at Lindo Wing at St Mary's in Paddington, west London .
Prince William was born at same wing in 1982, while Harry was delivered there over two years later . |
05260d7b293153d0bc1f56bb53ef19ecb01d1a8b | At least 41 members of Boko Haram have been killed in clashes with the army in Cameroon this weekend, the government said today. The Cameroonian army launched a series of air strikes and on-the-ground attacks on the militant Islamist group after it crossed the border and seized a military base. President Paul Biya pe... | Cameroon launched air strike on Islamist militants based in Nigeria .
At least 41 Boko Haram militants killed in attack, the government said .
Cameroon attacked after Boko Haram crossed border from Nigeria . |
05285bb6561511d8cafbf3f09f3e92c82fe56af5 | By . Dan Bloom . Moaning with culinary pleasure as they give a running commentary on their meals, these are the 'dinner porn' stars of South Korea - who live-stream themselves gorging on food for money. The bizarre craze is called mok-bang, a mash-up of the words 'dinner' and 'broadcast', and can earn serious money for... | Craze is called mok-bang, a mash-up of 'dinner' and 'broadcast'
Heavy eaters make thousands of pounds a night and spend £2,000 a month .
One, The Diva, can eat 30 fried eggs and a box of crab legs in one sitting .
She balances her bizarre internet stardom with an office job as a consultant . |
0528e9054a66f6f70577d546bf6618ef61176207 | Washington (CNN) -- Osama bin Laden was buried at sea from the deck of a U.S. aircraft carrier because there was no alternative to bury him on land within the 24 hours required by Islamic law, President Barack Obama's homeland security and counterterrorism adviser said Monday. "The disposal of -- the burial of bin Lade... | Administration official says burial conformed to Islamic requirements .
Religion professor: Rites followed some requirements, but questions remain .
Religious rites were conducted on the carrier USS Carl Vinson .
Bin Laden's body was wrapped in white sheet, laid on a board, and tipped into the sea . |
0529a9895a7c8ecbe5b8bd7d47a5ac5a3041cbbc | (CNN) -- Congressman Ralph Hall underwent surgery to repair damage to his hip after a car accident, his office said Sunday. Hall, a Texas Republican and the oldest sitting member of Congress, was airlifted to the hospital Saturday following the accident. Doctors at the Medical Center at Plano said the surgery was succe... | Outgoing congressman Ralph Hall, 91, is the oldest sitting member of Congress .
He had surgery to repair damage to his hip .
He is expected to make a full recovery . |
052c16d83b4f25e70a0c9dea0008c4a939af3495 | Kano, Nigeria (CNN)Boko Haram militants opened fire on northern Nigerian villages, leaving bodies scattered everywhere and as many as 2,000 people feared dead. "The attack on Baga and surrounding towns looks as if it could be Boko Haram's deadliest act," Amnesty International said in a statement. Islamist militants spr... | Deaths number in the hundreds, one official says; another says it is 2,000 .
After the attack, Boko Haram also razed homes . |
052c8dc4a45a937769f157de05d83ad9b4d03ce2 | (CNN) -- The "Fab Five" got off to a strong start Tuesday, and it led to a golden finish. The U.S. women's gymnastics team won its second gold medal ever, living up to its pre-tournament billing, which included a Sports Illustrated cover for the Olympic darlings. Gabby Douglas led the U.S. to a 183.596 score, while Rus... | NEW: U.S. gymnast: "We did awesome"
NEW: Swimmer Ye brushes off criticism, wins another gold .
NEW: Two male tennis players go to 45th game in final set .
Michael Phelps wins 19th Olympic medal, best all time . |
052c982ba3f387fa23a9cba5534c057901742674 | Scotland Yard chief Bernard Hogan Howe said it was time for the police to get a pay rise . Britain's top cop Bernard Hogan Howe has said it is time for the police to get a pay rise. The Scotland Yard chief said police officers had been hit by years of pay freezes and had seen their standard of living deteriorate 'like ... | Bernard Hogan Howe said police officers 'particularly' deserved a pay rise .
Scotland Yard chief said officers had been hit by years of pay freezes .
Comes after David Cameron called for businesses to pay their staff more .
PM said falling inflation and low interest rates made pay rises affordable .
But the Metropolita... |
052d16e813df698f7864588f0f21740364727e8e | (CNN) -- Fresh on the heels of a new immigration law that has led to calls to boycott her state, Arizona's governor has signed a bill banning ethnic studies classes that "promote resentment" of other racial groups. Gov. Jan Brewer approved the measure without public statement Tuesday, according to state legislative rec... | Law bans classes that "promote resentment" of other racial groups .
Gov. Jan Brewer approves the measure without public statement .
Brewer's signature comes less than a month after she signed immigration law . |
052d238641c5006fa9d4dd693d9d6eec3b624dc3 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:19 EST, 28 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:21 EST, 29 January 2013 . So-called eco-friendly cars are facing a crackdown in London after a scheme to encourage motorists to switch to ‘greener’ alternatives has started to make air more toxic. Transport for London is to remove th... | Soaring sales of Congestion Charge exempt eco-cars making air quality worse .
Diesels emit 22 times more soot particles than petrol cars . |
05303c20d6bc4243e68e9cc36648bd67723b8405 | New Orleans (CNN) -- In a small gun range 20 minutes outside New Orleans, a steady stream of gun enthusiasts fill the air with the scent of gunpowder and the sharp bang of shots. Many of the customers -- a range of ex-military men, off-duty law enforcement officers and a sprinkling of women learning how to handle a fir... | Sen. Mary Landrieu is a conservative Democrat representing the red state of Louisiana .
"I really will follow what the people in my state want me to do" on gun control, she said .
This despite national polls that show 90% support background checks . |
05307cebc83f24d65cd33edafabf41e1e165ec74 | David Beckham has hailed new Three Lions captain Wayne Rooney as the ‘most respected player in the England team’ and says leading his country will be the greatest honour he’ll ever have in football. Beckham, who skippered England on 59 occasions to become the country’s most iconic football captain since Bobby Moore, ga... | David Beckham has told Wayne Rooney there is no greater honour than being named England captain .
Beckham is not surprised as Rooney is 'the most respected player in team'
England face Switzerland in opening Euro 2016 qualifier, October 8 .
Beckham captained England 59 times in 115 appearances for Three Lions .
Former ... |
0530ab6f4cd332386e2765ef5998c8809767a0c7 | (CNN) -- With Pope Benedict XVI leaving the papal office after resigning two weeks ago, the Roman Catholic Church will have to rush to pick his replacement before Easter. Normally, the College of Cardinals is not allowed to select a new pontiff until 15 to 20 days after the office becomes vacant -- usually when the pre... | Benedict changed a rule, which means the selection could take longer .
Of the 115 cardinals set to vote, 67 were appointed by Benedict .
Black smoke from the chimney of the Sistine Chapel means no pope elected .
White smoke rising means cardinals have selected a new pope . |
0530ff545af6fe6ac23ee0adde9d89db0121ab01 | Paul Pogba has posted a photo of himself signing his new contract with Serie A giants Juventus. The 21-year-old, whose previous deal was due to expire in 2016, recently put pen to paper on a deal that will keep him at the Italian club until June 2019. The former Manchester United midfielder had been the subject of cons... | Paul Pogba posted a photo of himself signing a new contract .
Juventus have tied Pogba down until June 2019 .
France international's previous deal was due to expire in 2016 .
Pogba left Manchester United on a free transfer in 2012 . |
053161507729759244e7fb6a302ab71a29174269 | Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- BP, which is responsible for the greatest oil spill in American history, has made the right call in deciding to suspend dividend payments this year. Dividends are not legally required; they are optional. If BP does not pay a dividend, a shareholder cannot go into court and sue BP. Dividends ar... | BP decided to suspend dividends for rest of year as it creates escrow fund for liability .
Dorothy Brown says it's impossible to say how much liability BP will have for oil leak .
She says bulk of dividends go to people who have high income .
Investors in oil company that drills offshore assume risk, she says . |
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