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061e4a303675d409325c02012b64887ecd5c721a | (CNN) -- Jennifer Tyrrell dislikes public speaking so much that when she was in high school, she almost failed marketing because she didn't want to speak in front of the class. But when the Boy Scouts of America made a decision that hurt her little boy Cruz, she did what any mother would do -- set aside her own fear, s... | An Ohio mother who is gay has been kicked out as a Cub Scout den mother .
LZ Granderson says she was a model leader, admired by scouts and parents .
He asks why her sexual orientation is an issue for the Boy Scouts . |
061e7aac886e1f657f24ae546f7ede502781b24a | Staind frontman Aaron Lewis launched into a ferocious expletive-laden rant mid-song at fans who were allegedly groping a crowd-surfing teenage girl. The band were performing at Kansas City's Rockfest over the weekend when the Something to Remind You singer pointed into the masses and told them to stop passing the young... | Staind frontman stopped his band playing at Kansas City's Rockfest over the weekend .
Threatened to get the crowd to attack any men who touched the girl again .
Received thunderous applause for his impromptu rant at the crowd . |
061efe1739b2f6a6e5e9192c68b5e8347841567f | Liverpool are prepared to pay an increase on the £10million fee they have agreed with Lille to accelerate Divock Origi’s release in January. The Belgium forward, whom Brendan Rodgers believes will be a ‘world-class striker’, joined Liverpool in August but was immediately loaned back to Lille to continue his development... | Divock Origi joined Liverpool for £10m in the summer .
He was immediately loaned back to Lille for the whole of this season .
Liverpool are struggling for forwards and could try to recall him in January .
The Merseyside outfit are prepared to pay an increase on their original fee .
No Liverpool striker has scored a Pre... |
06204b90d5319edaedf9994a5ea664f327e54dee | More than 20 years after a major study said there is no evidence that people who live near nuclear power plants face an increased risk of dying from cancer, the federal government will look anew at the subject, starting with seven nuclear facilities from Connecticut to California. The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said... | NRC is pushing forward with the study because an oft-cited 1990 study is dated .
Seven nuclear facilities from Connecticut to California will be involved in the pilot study .
Researchers wouldn't expect any increased cancer risks for nearby residents, NRC says . |
0620ff5fa324a35b4be54bbd2de49b42bdd0d7c0 | When Callie Martin suffered an ectopic pregnancy following three miscarriages, she thought her dreams of having a baby were over. But six months after having emergency surgery to remove the embryo, she gave birth to a little girl – after doctors realised she had been carrying twins. Unbeknown to the 26-year-old and her... | Callie Martin, 26, suffered ectopic pregnancy following three miscarriages .
But six months after surgery doctors realised she had been carrying twins .
Ms Martin conceived both normally and ectopically and one baby survived .
Emmie was delivered by caesarean section in August weighing 6lb .
She beat 50,000 to one odd... |
06213614f3d78e341e3c891a036b825a0c65eeb9 | Frank Warren has revealed he has hit a wall of silence in efforts to make a world-title fight between Tyson Fury and Wladimir Klitschko, with Fury all but giving up hope that the bout will happen. The veteran promoter has written to Klitschko’s representatives to make a fight in March between the Ukrainian world champi... | Tyson Fury has been chasing a world title bout with Wladimir Klitschko .
Frank Warren said he wrote to Klitschko's camp but hasn't heard back .
Fury is back in action at London's O2 Arena on February 28 . |
06216c8d97c13839190943e2d9fe17cf9478a6b1 | Whether you're a three-pack-a-day smoker who doesn't like being lectured to about the health risks, or you're a person who doesn't touch cigarettes and wouldn't smoke one if you were offered a Ferrari in exchange, picture this: . Imagine, for a moment, that cigarettes had never been invented. And that in 2013 an eager ... | Bob Greene: Cigarettes would never be accepted if they were just now being introduced today .
The FDA has given up efforts to show grim disease photos on packs .
Bloomberg wants merchants to hide cigarettes. U.S. has tense relationship with cigarettes .
Greene: Painted into a corner, the U.S. makes timid moves . |
062185c983a3e4b6d1a1b8a4232c3a41fe612223 | By . Katie Nicholl . The Duchess of Cambridge will use the Royal tour of New Zealand and Australia to champion the cause closest to her heart – the children’s hospice movement. The Duchess is its most high-profile ambassador and she plans to use the tour, which starts tomorrow, to highlight the importance of palliative... | The Duchess of Cambridge will visit two children's hospices during the tour .
Kate is already known for her work to raise awareness of hospices .
Supporting sick children was also a cause close to Princess Diana's heart .
The tour will be Prince George's first extended trip with his parents .
Diana's tour of Australia ... |
0624701392dd7dbd5cf03bd4151830153dce351e | (CNN) -- In Texas, 33-year-old Marlise Munoz's body is being maintained with technology after being reportedly declared dead based on neurologic criteria, meaning her brain can no longer keep her body alive and functioning. Her husband said she wouldn't want to be kept alive by medical technology. But state law require... | The husband of a pregnant brain dead woman asks she be taken off of life support .
Cynda Rushton: But Texas law says she must be kept alive because of her unborn fetus .
She asks: Is it ethical to keep her body alive against the wishes of her family?
Rushton: Technology can be a double-edged sword, it can create hope o... |
06254d21e94c9c0b027629a1df90298887c31f14 | Britain is to propose an ‘emergency brake’ that could be applied to prevent large numbers of immigrants arriving from Europe. A system that would allow the UK to impose a block on incomers from particular countries if numbers become too big is being backed by senior ministers. Initial negotiations are already under way... | Negotiations said to be underway over reform of free movement principle .
Idea is winning support in Germany and France .
Senior figures in newer EU states are also said to be open to reform .
Their countries have been 'hollowed out' by departure of educated workers .
Plan to be demand of David Cameron's plan to reneg... |
0625984e432c014ef31f6e45f9f3eb01a37eb5c7 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:34 EST, 8 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:13 EST, 8 November 2012 . A microlight pilot killed minutes into his first solo flight had had no formal training, air accident investigators reported today. Adrian Paterson, 49, from Clackmannan, Scotland, died when his craft plunge... | Adrian Paterson, 49, plunged 300ft to ground as he flew craft alone .
The Scot had no record of taking a formal flying training course .
But microlight pilots must have licence that takes 25 flight hours to achieve . |
0628f5382d6db2f174002f55db5b68c7638d9683 | By . Damien Gayle . Villagers in Cameroon are living in fear of Boko Haram militants who have been launching raids across the border from Nigera to snatch children, a report claims. Hundreds of troops have been dispatched to the country's north, which shares a long border with Borno, the Nigerian state at the heart of ... | Cameroonian military rejects claims country is a safe haven to terrorists .
Nigeria and Cameroon share 1,243-mile border from the ocean to Lake Chad .
Elite battalions have been sent to Cameroon's north to fight Boko Haram . |
06295a278a50c12ab2fea2ba86aa4cd96d2e7613 | Nairobi, Kenya (CNN) -- Vote counting began here Monday after largely peaceful elections in which millions of voters stood in line to choose their next president in a tightly contested general election. The Elections Commission said some of the nation's 30,000 polling stations would remain open late to accommodate thos... | NEW: "The work, so far, is very good," says elections commissioner .
Monday's sporadic violence follows a Sunday night attack on a police post .
Voting, the first since a disastrous 2007 election, is peaceful in most of Kenya .
A candidate must win at least half of the vote to avoid a runoff . |
0629e52253bea372f63a5da007eca7f7c221c242 | Police have released video footage of the moment a teenager endangered the lives of a Florida law enforcement helicopter crew by shining a laser light at them. The clip shows a green laser blinding Alert 2, a Seminole County Sheriff’s Office helicopter, for several seconds. The teen was then filmed by the helicopter wa... | Clip shows a laser blinding a Seminole County Sheriff’s Office helicopter .
Footage shows a green light hitting the aircraft at 800 feet up .
The crew found the person suspected of shining the light using infrared . |
062a23166f2c39f8d339ea52d46bb4ca48c67e80 | A Russian tourist has been hospitalised with severe lacerations to his leg, after being hit by a speedboat while swimming in Phuket. Sergey Kuzennyy, 55, was swimming outside of a dedicated swimming zone when he was struck by the blades of a parasailing speedboat's propeller on Wednesday, said Phuket Marine Office Chie... | Sergey Kuzennyy, 55, was outside of swimming zone when hit by blades .
Russian suffered five deep lacerations to his leg and was taken to hospital .
A week earlier Phuket governor rubber stamped new jet ski guidelines . |
062a332e78a407802aaff4bd846720c9b661c771 | (CNN) -- What is jazz? This is an impossible question, and one with many answers. Having spent more than a decade as a jazz artist, I've garnered some insights. As a youngster growing up in New Orleans, surrounded by the city's sounds and rhythms, I was influenced by a wide variety of music: brass bands, blues, ragtime... | Jonathan Batiste: Jazz is the musical language used to state our deepest, truest feelings .
Batiste says it's complex and traditional but also contemporary .
Performers aim to take listeners on a journey to someplace new and different, he says . |
062d002236cc6c2cedd512964136d1d294ba54c5 | By . Ashley Collman . PUBLISHED: . 09:48 EST, 4 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:54 EST, 4 November 2013 . What started off as an innocent student tradition where upperclassmen men would present freshman women with a red rose and peck on the cheek at midnight has turned into something more debauched and, in some ways,... | Full Moon on the Quad started in the late 1800s when upperclassmen men would present freshman women with a red rose and peck on the cheek .
The tradition went out of style but was resurrected in the 1980s reflecting modern sexual mores .
Today's tradition occurs on the first full moon of every school year when students... |
062efdb1e1637442ba9555d52cccf9054e3f3909 | Ed Miliband needs to get real about trying to cut the deficit by hiking tax on the rich, a Blairite former Cabinet minister has claimed. Alan Milburn said bringing back the 50p tax rate would be ‘absolutely incidental to the state of the public finances’. The former health secretary said it was important not to ‘kid ou... | Ex health secretary said it was important not to 'kid ourselves' over 50p tax .
He said the tax would be 'absolutely incidental to state of public finances'
Labour holding a debate on the reintroduction of tax rate in Commons today . |
0633b1c55f0613ccb7ddf5de8169f459d88e0fba | He’s proved that electric cars can be sexy and has designed his own spacecraft. Now Elon Musk is setting his sights on satellites and wants to use them to connect remote parts of the world to the internet - an aim shared by other tech companies. The billionaire entrepreneur is reportedly exploring ways to create small ... | Tesla entrepreneur is said to be working with a satellite expert to develop cheaper and lighter technology with plans to launch a constellation of 700 .
Satellites would be half the weight of the smallest kind used at the moment .
Plans to provide internet access to two thirds of the world without the web .
Ambition pu... |
0633cbbf5b56debebad5a831f424052f549774ef | By . Eddie Wrenn . A 100 kilometre-wide crater has been found in Greenland, the . result of a massive asteroid impact a billion years before any other . known collision on Earth. The previously oldest known crater on Earth formed two billion years ago . and the chances of finding an even older impact were thought to be... | 100km (62mile) wide crater discovered in Greenland - and it is possible crater is more than 500km in size .
The research was supported by the Carlsberg Foundation. |
0633df8d2fc4439802485e3be908da41f8dd8022 | It is the scourge of schoolchildren up and down the country. Classes can often be heard letting out a collective groan when the teacher mentions homework, ruining plans for a night watching films or playing out with friends. However, this will not be a concern for pupils attending a pioneering new secondary school in ... | Pupils at the Jane Austen Academy in Norwich will do longer days at school .
When pupils go home they 'should enjoy quality family time' says head . |
0633ec78f001601b76ad45e9c78c30593d16d423 | CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- President-elect Barack Obama said "a very affectionate thanks" to the people of Illinois in a letter published Sunday in the Chicago Sun-Times and other newspapers across his home state. Obama announced on Thursday that his resignation from the U.S. Senate is official as of Sunday. "Today, I... | President-elect Barack Obama thanks Illinois residents as he resigns from Senate .
In letter, Obama recalled moving to Illinois, people he met during his U.S. Senate run .
Jesse Jackson Jr., Tammy Duckworth among names mentioned to fill vacant seat . |
06352019a19ae31e527f37f7571c6dd7f0c5da37 | By . Joe Bernstein . Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger was drenched in champagne after ending his nine-year trophy drought with the greatest FA Cup final comeback since 1966 to beat Hull City 3-2. And after the celebrations were over, the Frenchman ended speculation about his future by signalling he would sign a new contra... | Arsenal end their nine-year trophy drought with FA Cup win over Hull .
Arsene Wenger confirms he will stay at the club afterwards .
Match-winner Aaron Ramsey struggles to keep emotions in check .
Jack Wilshere admits to feeling sick after Hull's blistering start . |
063565b3c83431a26d7e6e5942b2ca9bbe179957 | By . Stephen Mcgowan . Ronny Deila watched Celtic crash out of the Champions League in dismal fashion on Wednesday night – then vowed to build a completely new team. The Norwegian suffered humiliation in his first major European test after Legia Warsaw followed their 4-1 first leg mauling with a 2-0 win in Edinburgh. T... | Celtic knocked out of the Champions League in third qualifying round .
Hoops lost 6-1 on aggregate following 2-0 defeat at Murrayfield .
Ronny Deila's side went into home clash having trailed 4-1 from the first leg .
Michal Zyro gave Polish champions lead in 36th minute .
Michal Kucharczyk doubled advantage on night 1... |
0635b7c46f699542d7beee30bd015e942f8bdc68 | Vero Beach, Florida (CNN) -- Enough with the texting, a Florida judge told Kaitlyn Hunt after hearing testimony about thousands of text messages -- some of them explicit -- the Florida teenager reportedly sent to her underage girlfriend after being ordered not to while awaiting trial on charges of having sex with the g... | NEW: Kaitlyn Hunt's lawyer upbraids the prosecutors for disclosing graphic detail .
Her lawyer argued for house arrest, pointed out victim has lied to authorities .
Kaitlyn Hunt was 18 and the girl was 14 when the girl's parents went to authorities .
Authorities say she exchanged over 20,000 texts with girl, in violati... |
0635da088935b67a391fb8ac618697c14dcf38c1 | By . Deni Kirkova . An obese mother-of-one has shed almost half her body weight to land her dream job as a PE teacher. Amy Richardson, 29, from Mirfield, West Yorkshire, felt her ambition was slipping away because of her weight, which had rocketed to over 19 stone. Although she had studied sports development at univers... | Amy Richardson from Mirfield, West Yorkshire, lost 7st 11lb .
Dropped from 19st 2lb to 11st 4.5lb, and slimmed from size 24 to 12 .
Studied sports development at university but felt a 'fraud' because of size .
Lives with fiance Chris and their daughter Emily, 17 months .
She is today named Slimming World's Miss Slinky ... |
0635f6decd89e9f5d90cbe2e8ab5ad95207fd26a | By . John Drayton . Robbie Williams has been left red-faced after boasting about a chance meeting with World Cup star Diego Maradona - only to find he was just a lookalike. The singer, 38, was tricked by 49-year-old German Abi Atic, who has been impersonating Maradona for 20 years, into thinking he had bumped into one ... | The singer posted a picture of him and 'Maradona' at the Austrian ski resort of Ischgl in the province of Tirol .
Williams jumped out of a van, gave the man a hug and said: 'I love you'
It later emerged the Maradona look-alike was called Abi Atic .
The 49-year-old German has impersonated the star for 20 years .
William... |
0636b07ad9bd495794acf5cfde96f3abc9ab431e | For decades Skid Row in downtown Los Angeles has been home to the largest display of human misery in the United States - but now the area is facing its greatest challenge - gentrification. Since the Fall of 2006, the Los Angeles Police Department has been steadily clearing Skid Row of vagrants and homeless by stepping ... | Photographer Camilo Jose Vergara has watched the streets of LA's notorious Skid Row be cleaned up as gentrification takes hold .
The vagrants and homeless are being moved elsewhere in the city as downtown LA booms . |
0636feb4797bd5b7e17d60f50978986e79e9243e | Toro Rosso teenage prodigy Max Verstappen has earned lavish praise from all within the team following his first proper day behind the wheel. The 16-year-old, announced as a driver for next season by the Faenza-based squad last month, was left embarrassed a few days later when he crashed the car on a demonstration run i... | Max Verstappen will be a driver for Toro Rosso next year .
Verstappen is just 16-years-old and has just earned his superlicence .
Superlicence necessary for drivers to compete in Formula One . |
0637288851e857d6633367addd87fbb4502109fa | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 04:23 EST, 1 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:41 EST, 1 November 2012 . A basset hound was doused with petrol and burned alive before being left to die from the gruesome injuries in a ravine near his home. A neighbour spotted a small fire in a ravine in Camarillo, California on ... | Three-year-old basset hound found on Saturday with severe burns in a ravine behind home in Camarillo, California .
Dog later died from injuries .
Ventura County sheriff described it as 'horrible, horrible crime' |
06377ff6feb69ff82e415b2aa7e2026260113462 | Listening in: UK spy agencies want to install . 'black box' surveillance devices to . monitor citizens' use of online services. Picture posed by model . UK spy agencies want to install 'black box' surveillance devices across the country's communications networks to monitor internet use, it emerged today. A report by an... | MPs' report outlines spooks' take on the draft Communications Data Bill .
It shows they are keen to implement nationwide surveillance regime .
They want ISPs to install 'black boxes' that can inspect all internet traffic .
Spies claim they are only interested in 'communications data'
Campaigners warn it will give spies... |
0637be7a55aba1caeae93f9bd8b39841d8296d76 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Kenny Ortega, the director of Michael Jackson's aborted comeback show, began his testimony Monday about what AEG Live executives did and said in Jackson's final days. His first hours on the stand Monday afternoon were spent discussing Jackson's creativity, saying his voice, songs and dancing were "... | Kenny Ortega worked closely with Michael Jackson in his last weeks .
Ortega wrote of Jackson's "strong signs of paranoia ... and obsessive-like behavior"
An expert testifies Jackson was drug dependent, not addicted .
Widow, daughter of former Jackson manager face jail unless laptop is handed over . |
0638529f249e90aff50e902c25bcb42fa8036583 | By . Ian Drury, James Tozer and Nazia Parveen . PUBLISHED: . 11:07 EST, 17 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:31 EST, 18 September 2012 . He signed up to serve his country aged just 16 and was deployed to Afghanistan weeks after his 18th birthday. But now Private Tom Wroe is dead – murdered by one of the Afghan policem... | Afghan recruit had begged for help, claiming he had hurt his foot on a patrol .
He shot the two soldiers with an assault rifle as they went to offer first aid .
Pte Wroe and Sgt Thursby were from 3rd Battalion, The Yorkshire Regiment .
Fresh claims that the gunman was related to a Taliban leader .
Latest deaths bring t... |
063960595d3280d4b75321ec11adb337259b1fca | By . Associated Press . Last updated at 7:09 PM on 4th October 2011 . A Nigerian man accused of trying to . bring down an international jetliner with a bomb in his underwear . walked into the start of his federal trial today and declared that a . radical Islamic cleric killed by the U.S. military is alive. Umar Farouk ... | Nigerian 24-year-old Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab also called America a 'cancer'
Arrives in court wearing oversized prison t-shirt after judge denied request to wear 'Yemeni belt .
with dagger'
Jury selection under way with Abdulmutallab acting as his own attorney . |
06397d8d59ee391acfc8bedff8847749c7901619 | By . Louise Cheer . A Western Australian woman got a special delivery when she gave birth to her baby girl at a Coles supermarket. Agnes Achan, 35, went into labour at Perth's Lakes Shopping Centre where a stranger helped bring her fourth daughter and seventh child, Emily, into the world. The Yangebup woman said she go... | Agnes Achan gave birth to her daughter, Emily, on July 8 at 11.40am .
The Yangebup woman went into labour at Perth's Lakes Shopping Centre .
A staff member and a shopper helped Ms Achan give birth to her baby .
Emily was Ms Achan's fourth daughter and seventh child . |
0639a8a05e2afdf1f31395212db4b6671c275f75 | Fukushima, Japan (CNN) -- Takashi Suzuki peels on his wet suit and looks out to sea. The waves are good and the water's not too crowded, with only a dozen or so other surfers riding the waves. Suzuki has been surfing these waters since he was in his 20s -- he's now 59. Not even the fact this beach is only 31 miles (50 ... | Takashi Suzuki surfs in water near crippled Fukushima nuclear plant in Japan .
Says he believes the risk is low but wouldn't allow his children to swim in the water .
He lost his fishing business in the aftermath of the 2011 tsunami and reactor meltdowns .
Many people in the region are in limbo after being denied the c... |
063b6ef7bfae428fd92fdfd0b80b68e15b4e27d9 | Denver, Colorado (CNN) -- When the sun dips below the Rocky Mountains and the streets of Denver go dark, Lokki, his girlfriend Magic and their friend Tripp head home. They climb in between the rafters of a highway overpass, crouching as they sit under the concrete structure that rumbles with every car that crosses over... | Hundreds of homeless teens and young adults live in Denver, Colorado .
Many fled abusive families or foster parents .
Doyle "Sox" Robinson has opened a drop-in center for homeless youths .
"They are just like any other kids out there," Robinson says . |
063b9d1fadd67b8649716b09a0d173940fd3354d | By . Matt Blake and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:24 EST, 15 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:29 EST, 15 February 2013 . They are the defining images of the world in 2012, each one reflecting a single, fleeting moment of a year gone by. Whether it is of the misery of a loved one killed by an enemy missil... | Swedish photographer Paul Hansen won with .
a picture of two Palestinian children killed in an Israeli missile .
strike .
Others include riots in Spain, Olympic fencing, Indian slums, torture in Syria and penguins in Antarctica .
Although the overwhelming majority of winners came from various regions of the conflict-ra... |
063cb63da2dcb96d9c1ab8ba905aff3c2a8528bb | Mercedes boss Toto Wolff last night claimed that Lewis Hamilton’s victory in the Singapore Grand Prix was payback from a ‘racing god’ for his race-ending accident in Spa last month. It was there that Hamilton retired after a collision that the team blamed on Nico Rosberg, who went on to win the race. Although Mercedes ... | Lewis Hamilton won the Singapore Grand Prix to lead the championship .
Team mate Nico Rosberg had to retire and bemoaned car's relability .
Mercedes boss Toto Wolff hails win as payback for Hamilton's race-ending accident at the Belgian Grand Prix at Spa in August . |
0640cb771b53a3302769edba87cdb06ad104d618 | PUBLISHED: . 09:37 EST, 29 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:38 EST, 29 May 2013 . With hand washing rates astoundingly low in healthcare workers and costs related to hospital-acquired infections in the billions, some hospitals have turned to high-tech surveillance cameras and sensors to encourage better hygiene for their d... | Hospital workers wash their hands as little as 30 percent of the time they interact with patients, studies show .
Efforts in New York hospitals and elsewhere seek to save $30 billion lost per year to hospital-acquired infections by installing surveillance equipment at hand washing sinks . |
06422affc0727239af6cafef605be0f0abb50400 | Alleged Sydney terrorists Omar al-Kutobi and Mohammad Kiad are being protected from other prisoners inside Silverwater Jail, after being subjected to threats since their arrival. Al-Kutobi, 24 and Kiad, 25, were arrested on terror charges on Tuesday and did not apply for bail during a brief video link hearing in Centra... | Sydney terror suspects are being protected from other prisoners in Silverwater Jail .
Omar al-Kutobi and Mohammad Kiad have been subjected to threats since being taken into custody on Tuesday .
Daily Mail Australia has learned that 'they are being cared for in a different way to the general population'
Lawyers claim th... |
0643885948abc38a45438f624a0128990f2e10cf | Washington (CNN) -- The black-robed figure stares straight ahead, stalwart and silent, his head nodding appreciatively. He carries a big stick, which happens to have an American flag attached. And the man proudly stands on a toy truck and a pair of pizza boxes. Say hello to the Justice Clarence Thomas Annotated Bobbleh... | Seven current or recent justices have been made into dolls .
Thomas doll will be released this fall in honor of his 20th anniversary on court .
Justices rack up the airline miles with summer engagements . |
064396600b73dc4418ef783fc82f4fe1ff038f6d | (CNN) -- The new seven wonders of the world were named Saturday following an online vote that generated server-crushing traffic in its final hours. The Great Wall of China was among the top vote-getters of the "New 7 Wonders of the World" project. The final tally produced this list of the world's top human-built wonde... | NEW: .
Star-studded event in Lisbon, Portugal, unveils the new wonders .
Voting in the final hours so intense the Web site crashed at times .
Pyramids of Giza given honorary status as a "wonders" member . |
0643a1688fa524b0d54e63c0b40263c7b82f23c4 | TUOL SAMBO, Cambodia (CNN) -- Van Thy says the government evicted her from her home in the Cambodian capital and trucked her and others out to a town an hour away where she now lives in a hot green metal shed with no running water and dim prospects. Many Cambodian AIDS patients and their families have been relocated to... | Many of the people relocated by government to Tuol Sambo have AIDS .
They used to live in a shantytown near a hospital, their jobs .
Government says they were illegal squatters, they provided them money, services .
People say they have lost jobs, income, getting sick, lack clean water . |
064446c45681d0eb67a8fcc5a132b0c16bc5bbde | It occurs shortly before Holy Communion in a Roman Catholic Mass when the priest invites the congregation to offer each other a sign of peace. However, what began as a simple handshake has become in many churches an exuberant exchange of kisses or hugs and now the Vatican wants to stamp out the boisterous practice as i... | Head of Congregation for Divine Worship has written to bishops worldwide expressing church's concern .
Pope Francis approves move to make Mass more solemn .
The decision is also supported by Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI . |
0644f27692b67af8f52f9518e29981de11684cd7 | Ban: Muslim teachers in the devoutly catholic Philippines have been ordered to take off their veils in the classroom . Women teachers have been 'strongly suggested' to remove their veils when teaching in the classroom in the majority Catholic country of the Philippines. It is the latest twist in the ongoing controversy... | Muslim teachers asked to remove full face veil in front of pupils .
Muslim Office claims so far no complaints have been received .
It comes as France considers extending a ban on veils to private sector .
Paris still counting the cost of riots after woman ordered to remove veil . |
0646161a7ea03bfa7f256d948cfd4af64c92284f | A former police officer and his lover plotted to conceive a baby so they could abuse it and share it with other paedophiles, a court heard. Alexander McCracken, 35, shared fantasies of raping and murdering newborn babies with his then-girlfriend Sharon Campbell and said he would 'deffo rape a little baby girl'. Police ... | Alexander McCracken, 35, said he would 'deffo rape a little baby girl'
Former policeman plotted to conceive baby with his lover Sharon Campbell .
They exchanged messages discussing raping and murdering newborns .
Pair facing jail after admitting possessing and distributing indecent images .
Police found 500 hardcore ... |
0646e111b3e79677ebced15cc3a98cffdf84339e | England striker in Egypt for warm-weather training . United hope to have star fit again from groin problem to face Chelsea . By . John Drayton . PUBLISHED: . 01:55 EST, 13 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 01:55 EST, 13 January 2014 . Perhaps it was the win over Swansea on Saturday but Manchester United's star man Wayne Ro... | England striker in Egypt for warm-weather training .
United hope to have star fit again from groin problem to face Chelsea . |
0647205294c2f2241f01de151e403ea4bab7a8ed | Victoria Beckham has never been short on 'girl power' and now the pop star-turned-fashion designer has been heralded as one of the most inspirational woman of her generation. The mother-of-four topped an illustrious list of women who 'inspire, empower and game-change' within the fashion industry. She saw off style roya... | Mother-of-four praised for 'sheer hard graft' and 'business clout'
Beat off competition from Kate Moss, Stella McCartney and Mary Portas .
Emma Watson and Jessica Ennis-Hill win in entertainment and sport . |
0647cb1cc9a98d8e0a8011a3e3bae8ce24674940 | By . Associated Press Reporter . California auditors found 39 cases where female state prison inmates may not have understood they were submitting to medical procedures that would leave them sterile, according to a report released Thursday. State law prohibits inmates from elective sterilizations as methods of birth c... | State audit found 39 cases where inmates may have been unaware they were undergoing procedure that would leave them sterile .
California law prohibits prisoners from using sterilization as method of birth control . |
0648ea21af679965872104f1c142c9c309360af3 | (CNN)Leonard Nimoy, whose portrayal of "Star Trek's" logic-driven, half-human science officer Spock made him an iconic figure to generations, died Friday. He was 83. Nimoy died this morning in Bel Air, California, his son Adam Nimoy told CNN. According to his granddaughter, Madeleine Nimoy, the cause of death was chron... | Leonard Nimoy played Spock in "Star Trek" TV show, movies .
Actor was known for the half-Vulcan, half-human character .
Nimoy was fond of science, inspiration to many . |
06496987956f9178b802c3e14f1f6b262dc8680c | A study has revealed that up to ten million gallons of ‘missing oil’ from the 2010 BP disaster has been discovered at the bottom of the Gulf of Mexico. The explosion at BP's Deepwater Horizon rig killed 11 workers, injured 17 more and caused nearly 50,000 barrels of oil per day to spew into the gulf. Now a study has re... | Explosion at Deepwater Horizon killed 11 workers and injured 17 others .
Caused nearly 50,000 barrels of oil per day to spew into Gulf of Mexico .
Deposit of up to ten million gallons considered 'missing' has been found .
Study finds it's buried in sediment 62 miles southeast of Mississippi Delta .
Research was carried... |
06497a347b752f50ed3970ae1c3cf23dc492685a | By . Eve Mcgowan . PUBLISHED: . 17:00 EST, 8 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:02 EST, 8 February 2014 . It's just a couple of miles from Shepperton film studios - where movies such as The Third Man, The Omen, Alien and Shakespeare In Love were filmed - and Creek House has played its own part in showbiz history. The C... | By Shepperton film studios, Creek House has its place in showbiz history .
Owners Barry and Jane Wilkinson bought it for £650,000 16 years ago . |
064ad686cac1dc30f3accf82853ad9a036cb08fd | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 05:41 EST, 22 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:17 EST, 23 October 2013 . The already remarkable life of Holocaust survivor George Horner is about to take another exceptional turn. The 90-year-old pianist will make his orchestral debut with renowned cellist Yo-Yo Ma tonight at Boston's Sym... | George Horner to make orchestral debut tonight at Boston's Symphony Hall .
He will join cellist Yo-Yo Ma and will play music composed 70 years ago .
Horner played piano and accordion in the Terezin camp cabarets .
The 90-year-old is a retired doctor living near Philadelphia . |
064b6ba4b8d694645f5346512dc93a6938689f38 | Shortly after O.J. Simpson was charged with the murders of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and Ronald Goldman, gruesome killings turned into a manhunt. Simpson -- a Heisman Trophy winner, NFL Hall-of-Famer and actor -- was missing. Police declared Simpson a fugitive, and hours later, the infamous low-speed chase beg... | O.J. Simpson car chase took place nearly 20 years ago, on June 17, 1994 .
The chase happened hours after O.J. Simpson was charged with double murder .
The chase and subsequent "not guilty" verdict are among the most memorable TV moments . |
064e8779934796d409cbd53593d93f8100d48ae1 | It has eight bedrooms, an indoor swimming pool and a private cinema, making it the family home of anyone's dreams - but only if you have £17.5m to spare. Furze Croft is a newly-built classical mansion in Weybridge, Surrey, and comes with 1.74 acres of beautifully landscaped grounds, huge living spaces and a 1,700-bottl... | Weybridge, Surrey mansion Furze Croft is set among 1.74 acres of gardens with specially imported trees .
House is newly-built and features a hot tub, large, luxurious bathrooms and huge living areas .
Front door opens into giant marble entrance hall and has entertainment space for around 200 people .
Master bedroom has... |
064f086f49fa410b664d59a0494367c421ed2f8a | Dunedin, Florida (CNN) -- Michael Dupre, his wife and his daughter made it out of their Dunedin, Florida, house after noticing its screened-in room plunging into a pit in the ground. His wedding ring did not. As the family stood outside early Thursday, a firefighter buckled herself up, smashed a window, then snatched t... | A sinkhole pops up in the early morning hours in Dunedin, Florida .
A resident says he noticed his screened-in porch had fallen into the hole .
The sinkhole was at least 70 feet wide, 50 feet deep and growing .
It should be filled in soon, though some may not return to their homes . |
064ffd342e95f8d6c72c082cd74d5d32e1a3dad6 | Never one to shy away from telling people what he thinks of current technology trends, Steve Wozniak has now turned his attention to Google Glass. In a recent interview, the Apple co-founder said he admired Google Glass owners who are brave enough to try something new, but believes the technology 'makes no sense in ter... | Apple's co-founder made the claims to Australian Financial Review .
He said Google Glass owners are 'brave' for trying something new .
But admitted the technology 'makes no sense in terms of what it does'
Mr Wozniak also admitted he hasn’t been impressed with smartwatches .
He dubbed Apple’s model a ‘luxury fitness ban... |
065039e6fd299f083ed78e478e45a4a0f033d265 | When choosing an animal to protect your home, you might have thought that a dog would be enough to scare off any would-be intruders. But one pet-owner was perhaps hoping to give any burglars an extra fright by dressing their Dogue de Bordeaux up as a lion. In two pictures posted on Twitter, the animal can be seen proud... | Dogue de Bordeaux pictured on Twitter dressed up in lion's mane wig .
Image posted with caption: 'Ordered a lion off eBay & they sent me this'
Chinese zoo mocked for trying to disguise hairy dog as lion last year . |
0650474fb4247e2e45d570eb7a6b61edcf0dd4c0 | Rio Ferdinand is to consider withdrawing his support from future FA initiatives in the wake of his three-match ban for using the word ‘sket’ on Twitter — slang for a promiscuous girl or woman. The QPR defender, 35, is still furious after an FA commission found him guilty of misconduct for abusing another user of the so... | Queens Park Rangers defender Rio Ferdinand banned for three games .
He is alleged to have breached FA Rule E3(2) on 'reference to gender'
Ferdinand also fined £25,000 and ordered to attend education programme .
In the tweet, Ferdinand used abusive slang term 'sket'
Ferdinand was a member on Greg Dyke's FA commission an... |
0650ac1fe9ccbdc84c6bbd81609a270ba3dc0665 | Lonely hearts looking for a mate have been known to go to extraordinary lengths to find the partner of their dreams. But for these people, captured in images posted on a Russian dating site, those lengths might be just a bit too far. The images provide a bizarre snapshot into the worlds of the people looking for love -... | From mermaids to swords, welcome to the world of Russian online dating .
Hilarious pictures posted by singles hoping to meet a potential soul mate . |
0650d43335d9a9bc6d6c3917c0737ed898dbbadc | By . Chris Greenwood . and Emine Sinmaz . and Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 19:44 EST, 17 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:49 EST, 18 November 2013 . A mystery corpse found at the bottom of a well was seriously assaulted before being put down there, police have revealed. Officers are still trying to identify the vict... | Body found by two gardeners at a house in Warlingham, Surrey, on Friday .
Police reveal the victim was seriously assaulted before being put down there .
The body of a white man was partially submerged in water in the 11ft well .
Homeowners, seven Polish car wash workers aged 21-27, were arrested .
Post-mortem to be car... |
0653514e4bc5c97c37ba186fd44ef7188acfc6d2 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 05:05 EST, 12 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:15 EST, 12 June 2013 . Burying treasure on a desert island, diving from a boat in the sea, and counting off the days inside a prison cell. These imaginative chalk drawings show a couple's baby boy 'transported' into different fantasy la... | Chalk drawings show couple's newborn son in different fantasy lands .
Images created by Anna Eftimie, a photographer from California .
Has since been asked to create similar images for other parents . |
06535229f47c2d3ed0eef2bbbce93871d4d2d94c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 01:14 EST, 9 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:18 EST, 9 May 2013 . Police investigating the disappearance of Jessica Heeringa, the Michigan woman abducted in late April during her shift at a gas station, have said that the suspicious substance found at the scene where she vanished is... | Police have confirmed that the suspicious substance found where Jessica .
Heeringa vanished was her blood .
A $15,000 reward pledged by Exxon-Mobil is now being offered for information about the case .
A .
new eyewitness has reported having seen the driver of a van .
flirting with Heeringa in a suspicious manner hours ... |
065378e265a6d5ff38b2e6748ba66490cf8670a9 | By . Adam Shergold for the Daily Mail . It isn't quite the 44 damned days of Brian Clough's Leeds United reign 40 years ago, but it appears David Hockaday's time at Elland Road will not last a great deal longer. Just 65 days into Massimo Cellino's experiment with an unknown manager plucked from non-League, he has appar... | David Hockaday will remain as Leeds United manager despite speculation that he would be losing his job .
Owner Massimo Cellino decided to sack Hockaday before changing his mind .
Leeds are close to the Championship relegation zone after losing three of their opening four games .
Hockaday only joined the Elland Road sid... |
06571a6ce9daa8972dccac023c4b1bd70fb6c635 | By . Tamara Cohen, Political Correspondent . MIchael Gove last night accused Nick Clegg of having a split personality over school reforms, veering between ‘Good Nick’ and ‘Nasty Nick’. The Education Secretary said the Deputy Prime Minister pandered to disaffected Left-wing voters by attacking the reforms he once backe... | Row escalates an acrimonious rift in the Government over schools policy .
Follows sacking of Labour-supporting Baroness Morgan as head of Ofsted .
Gove said some Lib Dems wanted to ‘emphasise differences’ in Coalition . |
0657667e1d6737b449161e1d8f79930b3a4e4cbe | Ariana Grande has hit back at reports she left an Australian photo shoot in a huff on Tuesday, saying she actually went to change her clothes because she didn't like her top. Speaking to Mike E and Emma on 96.1, the 21-year-old popstar called the claims 'untrue'. 'It was just a photographer who got mad at me because I ... | Reports say Ariana Grande stormed out of an Aussie photo shoot after ONE photo .
The star has hit back with her side of the story and says it's 'untrue'
21-year-old pop star arrived in Sydney on Monday to promote new album .
A list of topics were given to media, guiding their line of questioning .
The popstar appeared ... |
0657bef1aee6dbd79369db4d76e8f04c073fe938 | Arsene Wenger may have raised an inquisitive eyebrow at this Brighton performance; he will know Arsenal are in for a proper game when they arrive here in the FA Cup on Sunday. It was a night not befitting a team who had won only three Championship games before the end of December and are still trying to haul themselves... | Joao Teixeira, on loan from Liverpool, inspires Brighton to victory .
Ipswich could have gone top of Championship with a win .
Brighton host Arsenal in the FA Cup on Saturday . |
0657cfdfaaf0b1973dc08db7ae665468a76f15e7 | By . Katy Winter . It is not often a policeman has women throwing themselves at his feet begging to be cuffed. But then Grant Hazell is no ordinary policeman. The 35-year-old police officer, who hails from Suffolk but lives in Perth, Australia, is the doppelganger of Hollywood heartthrob Ryan Gosling. In fact, his incr... | Grant Hazell, 35, used to be embarrassed about his resemblance to the star .
Started lookalike career when his wife sent pictures into agency .
Works in Australia and America earning up to £200 an hour .
One obsessed fan has sent him more than 100 messages . |
0659210d79f3d5217bc62d01b0d9e97a698e8b00 | Salford maintained their slim hopes of qualifying for the play-off's with Kevin Locke notching 14 points as they beat Catalan 34-22. Full-back Locke scored two tries and kicked three goals, while Junior Sau, Niall Evalds, Theo Fages and Tony Puletua also touched down as the Red Devils moved four points behind Catalan a... | Kevin Locke bagged 14 points for the Salford Red Devils against Catalan .
Junior Sau, Niall Evalds, Theo Fages and Tony Puletua also touched down . |
0659766a1c5da7f01942dbe1d523e73a58e79290 | By . Hayley O'keeffe . PUBLISHED: . 13:33 EST, 22 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:44 EST, 22 November 2013 . An electrician who died while repairing a faulty microwave at a Marks & Spencer store had not unplugged the device, an inquest heard this week. Grandfather-of-seven Philip Dodd was called to the store in Tunbr... | Philip Dodd suffered a massive electric shock and died at the scene .
Traumatised staff given unlimited time off to cope with the tragedy .
Tragic electrician lost his wife Christine to cancer in 2003 . |
0659c27fdb8176f440787fb9d4bbadeea2f1d1a8 | Sprightly Ada Hostler is thought to be the oldest female employee in the UK - still working full-time at the ripe old age of 94. The great-grandmother has stunned family and friends by insisting she wants to continue putting in a 45-hour week despite breaking her hip last year. She has been an administrator for Portsmo... | Ada Hostler ignored doctors' advice to quit job as nursery administrator . |
065a6bb7146cd616dca6b33ae3976c08fc7da41c | A 'lost' painting sold last year for £3,500 as the work of a John Constable copycat has been snapped up for a whopping £3.5million after it was revealed to be painted by the celebrated artist himself. Renowned auctioneers Christie's of London thought a fan had painted the study of Salisbury Cathedral in homage to Const... | Painting thought to be the work of a John Constable fan sells for £3.5m .
It was purchased in 2013 for £3,500 after being assessed as not an original .
But after restoration, it was revealed to be one of his preparatory artworks .
After being catalogued by world authority, it was listed at auction for £2m .
It has now ... |
065ab6ae5c0a0fd58d2648d53c2e764c41705a9c | By . Mike Dawes . They were fierce rivals on the cycling track for many years but Victoria Pendleton was quick to praise Australian Anna Meares on her gold-medal success in the women’s 500m time trial. Pendleton, who won two Olympic golds but lost her final race before retirement to Meares at London 2012, tweeted: ‘Con... | Pendleton tweeted a message of support to Australian Meares after her win in the 500m time trial .
Defending squash champion Nick Matthew - who turns 34 on Friday - took just 21 minutes to win his first match .
Cricket will not be back at the Commonwealth Games until at least 2018 .
Glasgow medallists also receive a qu... |
065ad7a8b56771c1ba6c039c5ad66311425bd42f | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- The Atlanta Falcons have "relinquished their contractual rights" to Michael Vick, one of the highest-paid players in professional sports before his conviction on dogfighting charges, the Falcons manager said Friday. Michael Vick will be confined to this Hampton, Virginia, house for the rest of... | Manager: Team has relinquished contractual rights to suspended pro football player .
If Vick is reinstated, best NFL opportunity would be "at another club," manager says .
Vick pleaded guilty in 2007 to a federal charge of bankrolling a dogfighting operation .
He will serve last two months of 23-month term in home conf... |
065b139cc3314cd150cb9859a4338c517c5ff926 | (CNN) -- Feted by Sean Penn and applauded by Quentin Tarantino at Cannes, Filipino filmmaker Brilliante Mendoza appears to finally live up to his name. Facing the press in Cannes, Brillante Mendoza went on to pick up the best director prize. Despite only directing for four years, Mendoza won the award for best director... | Mendoza won the Best Director award at this year's Cannes film festival .
Filipino filmmaker lauded by Quentin Tarantino for his film "Serbis"
Mendoza has only been directing for four years; films have proved controversial . |
065ba076a806bc5eb423f2fd9971f1be47f9884b | By . Robert Verkaik . Tony Blair's Government allegedly lobbied against the release of material regarding prisoners' torture . Britain has tried to block the release of US ‘torture files’ that could prove how the Blair Government was complicit in the capture and ill-treatment of dozens of terror suspects, it was claime... | Details have emerged in legal case between Britain and Libyan politician .
Abdel Hakim Belhadj suing Britain over his kidnap and forced return to Libya .
Claims to have evidence Britain lobbied against release of sensitive material .
True extent of British complicity in torture has never been fully disclosed . |
065bee81e70d90250dcf752ae84035bce4bbbfae | By . Hugo Gye . and James Rush . and Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 20:55 EST, 4 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 21:49 EST, 4 January 2014 . The son of Great Train Robber Ronnie Biggs has revealed plans to scatter the late criminal's ashes at the scene of the crime. Michael Biggs, 39, has said it was his father's wish that a t... | Notorious criminal died at North London home last month, aged 84 .
Found fame as he taunted the authorities during his decades on the run .
Gang targeted a train in 1963 and made off with £40m in today's money . |
065c45c6244ae64ebf56118ae5116ed695d09d2e | This is the moment a group of Russians captured video footage of what they believed was a Yeti walking through the woods. The footage shows a 'bear-like' figure covered in hair emerging from an area of snow-covered trees in the south-western Adygeya Republic before disappearing again seconds later. A team had set out i... | The footage shows a figure covered in hair emerging from an area of trees .
'Bear-like' creature was on camera for just seconds before disappearing .
Creature was spotted in the Adygeya Republic in south-western Russia .
The Russian team believe they have captured footage of the elusive Yeti .
Others question its authe... |
065cac7c47a18c97196392413272800417f76138 | By . Nick Enoch . PUBLISHED: . 09:53 EST, 23 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:28 EST, 23 April 2012 . The shopkeeper who inspired Ronnie Barker’s Arkwright character in the sitcom Open All Hours has died, his daughter revealed today. Dedicated Brian Meecham stocked everything from carbolic soap to homemade ice-cream. He ... | Barker, who died in 2005, had a holiday home nearby and would pop into Meecham & Sons to buy Bull’s Sweets .
After show was a hit, owner became a local celebrity, nicknamed 'Arkwright' |
065cc49e4d8a7a97af2a978389ada46f8448a6cb | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 2:09 AM on 1st March 2012 . Labour was challenged to hand back donations from the Unite union yesterday after its leader called for civil disobedience during the Olympics. General secretary ‘Red Len’ McCluskey threatened illegal strikes and direct action to oppose changes to p... | PM calls on Labour to return the million of pounds from its largest financial backer .
'Red Len' McCluskey branded 'unpatriotic' and 'appaling' for calls to disrupt the Games .
Labour leader says action targeted against Olympics is 'totally unacceptable and wrong' |
065d0ca0f19402a29deef49f808411a7d2b11da5 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 15:12 EST, 26 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:03 EST, 27 June 2012 . Groundbreaking: Made by OraSure Technologies Inc, the $17.50 test is the only government-approved rapid HIV test that uses saliva . Would you go to a drugstore for an AIDS test? Health officials want to know, and the... | An estimated 1.1 million Americans are infected with HIV but fewer than 20 per cent know it .
Project is costing $1.2 million and will offer testing in 24 areas .
The oral tests are accurate 99 per cent of the time and take 20 minutes .
All Americans aged 13 to 64 are advised to get tested .
Each location will get enou... |
065d4836be5ac806fa8792b7ab511359092c7963 | A tourist who joined in the search after a member of her bus party went missing was able to help track the woman down - when she realised it was herself they were looking forward. The woman was declared missing from a party touring the Eldgja volcanic region in south Iceland after getting off the party's bus to freshen... | Asian traveller didn't recognise her own description and went looking for herself .
She was declared missing after changing clothes and not being recognised by fellow tourists . |
065d6a2e1471b6985c97d25a795a8f92ee7ddd4b | Washington (CNN) -- A compromise amendment intended to ease congressional passage of sweeping immigration legislation easily won Senate approval Wednesday. The 69-29 vote set up a procedural motion immediately afterward to limit debate on the roughly 1,200-page bill, which would provide an eventual path to citizenship ... | NEW: A separate vote limits further debate, setting up a final vote as soon as Thursday .
The Senate easily passes a compromise amendment to increase border security .
A final vote on the immigration bill could occur by the end of the week .
It would increase border security and provide an eventual path to citizenship ... |
065db32edfa265eac527dfa091b1569c93aede9f | (CNN) -- Fresh faced and pictured wearing a crisp military uniform, the photo of a young Jim Tuckwell looks like it was taken before he'd seen action. But in fact, at the age of just 22, he had already experienced the full horrors of war. World War II veteran Jim Tuckwell as a young soldier. Shot twice on Gold beach du... | D-Day soldiers remember the horrors of war and fallen comrades .
One tells how he survived despite being wounded storming Gold beach .
Another says he still mourns his best friend and cried after killing a German soldier .
President Obama attending 65th anniversary services in France Saturday . |
0660f53e772ffea60fab3008fc138080e842459d | The drugs were discovered by agents assigned to the El Centro Sector using a backscatter X-ray system on the truck, which uncovered something unusual with the tires, according to KESQ.com. Border Patrol agents in California show black tar heroin and meth wrapped up inside the tires of a truck on Sunday . The pickup tru... | 57 pounds of heroin and 11 pounds of methamphetamine seized from truck tires at border between Calexico, California and Mexicali, Mexico .
Agents used x-ray technology similar to body scanner x-ray machines at airports to find drugs .
Heroin alone has street value of more than $575,000 . |
06610d7243f07e8a9226414fae6538c1b6867f98 | Hundreds of red, white and blue LED modules are illuminating lower Manhattan as officials tested the lights atop One World Trade Center for the first time on Friday night. The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey said that the beacon is packed with nearly 300 lights and their glow can be seen for up to 50 miles. B... | Spire lit up for the first time on One World Trade Center on Friday night - and it can be seen from up to 50 miles away .
Chicago-based council on tall buildings also met on Friday to decide if the skyscraper will be named tallest building in US .
A design change to the building's spire may disqualify the building from... |
0662336a6506d3c3de8ab0adcbc13b9a4a9ba88e | (CNN) -- A Florida jury awarded a 92-year-old man $1.9 million in compensatory damages for the death of his wife, a former two-pack-a-day Marlboro smoker who started when she was 16 and died in her 70s, attorneys said Thursday. A jury awarded a 92-year-old man $1.9 million in compensatory damages for the death of his w... | Leon Barbanell's wife smoked two packs a day for more than 50 years .
Six jurors deliberated for a day, put the total award at $5.3 million .
Jury determined Philip Morris USA was only 36.5 percent responsible .
Anti-smoking advocate: "Tobacco litigation is alive and well" |
0662cec763c351dd393d2c4651cfc6dbe3a2d0d2 | A Brazilian man, his wife and his mistress have all been handed long sentences for killing two women and using their flesh to make meat pastries which they atea and sold. Jorge Beltrao Negromonte da Silveira was jailed for 23 years while his wife, Isabel Cristina Pires, and his mistress, Bruna Cristina Oliveira da Silv... | Jorge Beltrao Negromonte da Silveira, Isabel Cristina Pires and Bruna Cristina Oliveira da Silva are all jailed for murder and desecration .
They were found guilty of luring young women to their deaths Garanhuns, Brazil, then using their flesh to make empada pastries to eat and sell .
The pasties were sold to neighbour... |
0663460222ffbecae532b23f309d462a8a7fcdb7 | Her legendary character from Absolutely Fabulous once proclaimed that she hadn’t eaten a thing since 1973. And now Joanna Lumley seems to have taken a leaf out of Patsy Stone’s book – by giving up meals. Joanna no longer takes breakfast, lunch or dinner and, to maintain her slim figure, survives on nothing more than th... | Joanna Lumley, 68, never eats meals and instead has the occasional snack .
To maintain her slim figure she eats a handful of nuts or crisps instead .
The Absolutely Fabulous actress has also revealed she never exercises .
A vegetarian, she says she keeps trim through doing things 'with vigour'
Her legendary character P... |
066434e382fd3567927ce858b213b0b1338577a5 | (CNN)There is no evidence that anyone at the NFL saw or possessed a video showing Ray Rice punching his then-fiancée until it was made public, but the league should have known it needed to dig deeper into the incident, an external investigative report released Thursday concludes. The report wraps up an inquiry by forme... | Report says league might have seen in-elevator video if it had done better investigation .
Rice's lawyer was given copies of the damning video in April, told Ravens about it .
Former FBI director calls for new special NFL team to investigate assault cases . |
066453907e4c78b7487f92a542e8a53ad6c6f57b | Atlanta (CNN) -- On Monday, I signed an online petition standing with President Obama, Warren Buffett and others to urge Congress to pass the Buffett Rule. It was a small gesture to stand for what is fair. The Buffett Rule, simply stated, requires the wealthiest Americans to pay taxes at rates not less than rates paid ... | Marsha Sampson Johnson: It's only fair that the wealthiest pay higher tax rates .
She says some have redefined "fairness" as "when I win"
Johnson: We have been taught that fairness is not one-sided; it's about others, as well .
She says the spirit of innovation and achievement is snuffed out when things are not fair . |
06648ea6776f85b1838224bdf2333c9891daa9cb | Glenn Boyce and his partner Kayleigh Andrews won four gold medals in the under 12 category . Also came first in the under 14 crown . Glenn has won 11 world titles at the age of 11 since taking up the sport six years ago . His grandparents were world champions in 1975 . By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 08:58 EST, 20 De... | Glenn Boyce and his partner Kayleigh Andrews won four gold medals in the under 12 category .
Also came first in the under 14 crown .
Glenn has won 11 world titles at the age of 11 since taking up the sport six years ago .
His grandparents were world champions in 1975 . |
06653ab87654152700722b5071383976631f37ee | It was undoubtedly the most engaging weekend of the Premier League season so far and the 40 goals to fly in came within a whisker of breaking records. Defenders seemingly under little pressure - most notably Sunderland's Santiago Vergini - thrashed through their own net to aid already swashbuckling attacking opposition... | Southampton thumped Sunderland 8-0 at St Mary's on Saturday .
Manchester City had earlier beaten Tottenham 4-1 thanks to Sergio Aguero .
It almost beat the 43 goals scored in February 2011 .
That record stands from the inception of a 20-team league in 1995 .
Everton, Arsenal, Newcastle and Wigan all scored four times t... |
06661e1036ea512b00ff04f06269b55e806391d4 | By . Sally Lee . A highly contagious gastric flu virus was the cause of two outbreaks of vomiting and diarrhoea at the restaurant of MasterChef Australia judge George Calombaris. The celebrity chef was forced to shut his Hellenic Republic in Kew for 24 hours last Friday after two group of diners fell ill on Mother's Da... | Guests who dined at Melbourne's Hellenic Republic in Kew on two occasions reported they had 'gastro-like symptoms'
Department of Health investigation found the customers had caught a norovirus .
TV chef and co-owner George Calombaris said he was 'so sorry for those poor people that have been affected'
The Greek taverna... |
06665ff6dce169eb3616fec765d3d56c480f6741 | By . Paul Thompson . PUBLISHED: . 10:53 EST, 30 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:16 EST, 30 April 2012 . The woman accused of shooting a mother outside a clinic and snatching her newborn baby from her arms to raise as her own has spoken for the first time about the horror killing. Verna McClain, who had recently suffered... | Verna McClain accused of gunning down Kala Golden Schuchardt and stealing baby son Keegan outside clinic as they left check up .
In her first interview from jail, she claims: 'Mentally, I'm borderline' |
0666ebe45b1405965312ffc121ae5469f76b3786 | A damning report from the Australian Human Rights Commission has found that hundreds of children threatened to or committed self harm in immigration detention. In a ten-month long inquiry, the Commission found that Australia's practice of holding children in detention violates human rights law, and recommended that the... | Ten-month long inquiry was conducted by the Human Rights Commission .
The report looked into the condition of refugees in mandatory detention .
It reported hundreds of children to have threatened or committed self-harm .
128 teenagers harmed themselves between 2013 and 2014 .
'Australia is better than this' said the Co... |
066724449eb5f339e6a2bdf59b30ee397302bbaa | By . Gareth Finighan . UPDATED: . 14:30 EST, 8 December 2011 . An American has been jailed for two-and-a-half years in Thailand after posting excerpts from a banned book about the country's monarch online - while living in the U.S. Joe Gordon, 55, who was born in the Southeast Asian kingdom but has lived in the U.S. fo... | Car salesman arrested on a visit to Bangkok five years after committing his 'crime' |
066773f20244d00e0852d1dd6db8fb72d956da8a | By . Simon Walters . Rebekah Brooks faced fresh controversy last night, 12 days after she was cleared of all charges in the phone hacking scandal. The Mail on Sunday has learned of an alleged attempt to meddle in the appointment of Britain's top policeman – who was later forced to resign over his links to the former Ne... | Sir Paul Stephenson stood down as .
Met Commissioner in July 2011, hours after Mrs Brooks's .
arrest on phone hacking charges .
A senior News International figure – .
not Mrs Brooks or Neil Wallis – secretly told No 10 that Mrs Brooks did .
not want Sir Paul's main rival, Sir Hugh Orde, to get the job .
News of the Wor... |
06689e12e2f0ae4c1073d4cdef2ac083f38d928f | Harry Redknapp is one of the game’s most colourful and outspoken characters. Here, in the latest extract from his fascinating book, he reveals the clamour for Kenny Dalglish's signature and charts the beginning of English football's influx of foreign talent. Where are Gazza's friends when he needs them most? My team of... | Harry Redknapp's latest book, A Man Walks On To a Pitch, is being serialised by Sportsmail this week .
Kenny Dalglish trained with West Ham for a fortnight in 1966 .
The striker became one of the best in Britain for Celtic then Liverpool .
Graeme Souness - signed for just £350,000, was huge for the Reds too . |
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