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066a7371951ca384ba4dcf18ea3222e6e213a2bc | (CNN) -- When Russian Minister of Defense Sergei Shoigu stated that the Russian troops along Ukraine's borders were only conducting "training exercises" and have no "intention to cross Ukraine's borders or to engage in any aggressive actions," Ukrainians rolled their eyes. And when President Vladimir Putin told Ukraini... | Alexander Motyl: Ukrainians don't believe Russia's assurances it will not invade .
He says people are buying guns, leaving town, packing suitcases to be ready for war .
Motyl: Ukraine is beefing up its decimated defense; sending troops, tanks to borders .
Motyl: This may be Putin's worst strategic move, alienating othe... |
066ae28b06375c5713fa9be3904efe38fe97c642 | By . Nina Golgowski . PUBLISHED: . 16:24 EST, 30 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:43 EST, 1 October 2012 . A shooting involving motorcycle club members outside a Central Florida veterans' centre has ended with two dead and a third critically wounded. Police in Winter Springs say a charity motorcycle ride was about to... | Motorcyclists were about to depart on charity ride when shooting broke out .
Witnesses said a rival biker gang pulled up at the Veterans of Foreign Wars post prompting the shooting .
The victims are believed to have all been motorcycle club members . |
066bc06029f79d5cf5912bc13dca5e78227b4a75 | Grieving families who were unable to identify the remains of their loved ones who died in the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, may finally be able to lay them to rest with the help of DNA. Scientists in New York are carrying out painstaking work on the last known fragments of people who died in the World Trade ... | Scientists sift through vacuum-sealed pouches filled with bone fragments .
At least 1,115 victims from the September 11 attacks still remain unidentified .
Pouches will be moved to new World Trade Center and kept in repository . |
066c267cbbfc6031e33bb44770b2a299727b4b5e | (CNN) -- A teenage student is facing a first-degree murder charge, with police saying that he followed through on a plan to kill the principal of his small private school in Memphis, Tennessee. Eduardo Marmolejo was charged in the death Wednesday of 49-year-old Suzette York, the Memphis Police Department said in a stat... | NEW: Memphis' police chief says the suspect carried "a grudge all summer"
Eduardo Marmolejo told investigators his principal "made him angry," police say .
The head of Memphis Junior Academy was found lying in a pool of blood .
The teenager is held without bond after a juvenile court hearing, a probation official says ... |
066c425814f54dcf4ed7374cb3367c87be4a9ee7 | Almost 200 prisoners, including dozens of violent offenders, have been let out of jail to learn how to drive, ministers have admitted. A total of 190 offenders were given temporary release for driving lessons or tests in 2013, including robbers, drug dealers and fraudsters. Labour warned the lessons, designed to rehabi... | Almost 4 offenders a week allowed out to be taught how to drive .
Includes burglars, drug dealers and fraudsters given driving lessons .
Ministers insist it helps with the rehabilitation of offenders before release .
But Labour raises concerns about the risk to public safety of the scheme . |
066e9d6ab17c6ece93e8a7d319d2c2bf83a0520f | A pair of thugs who pushed a blind and deaf man and his brother on to train tracks in a 'horrifying assault' at a busy station have both been jailed. Daniel Webster, 23, and Niall Martin, 24 pushed a 31-year-old, off the platform at Chelmsford station in Essex, then threw his brother Joseph down after him as he tried t... | Daniel Webster, 23, and Niall Martin, 24, got into row at Chelmsford station .
Pair attacked 31-year-old, who is deaf and blind, along with his brother .
Threw brothers on to tracks and punched them as they tried to climb up .
Police say 'horrifying' case is 'one of the most appalling' they have seen .
Martin is alread... |
066f8568d9c1c23ca3aeb23330123e7dd8967208 | Tragic: Kenneth Bellando, 28, was found dead in an apparent suicide on March 12 . An investment banker has been found dead in an apparent suicide in Manhattan's Upper East Side. Kenneth Bellando's death is the latest in a spate of suicides by finance professionals both around the globe and in New York. He was found dea... | Kenneth Bellando jumped to his death on March 12 .
He worked at Levy Capital Partners and had previously trained as an analyst at JPMorgan and Paragon Capital Partners .
His father John is the COO and CFO of Conde Nast and his brother is a CIO at JPMorgan; his emails were cited in the 'London Whale' hearings .
At 28, B... |
0670226a1976dd14431e93c21530c3d4dea74246 | (CNN) -- Ratko Mladic, the former Bosnian Serb army commander wanted for crimes against humanity, is a notorious name synonymous with the dissolution of Yugoslavia, the Balkan wars of the 1990s and the bloody assaults on Sarajevo and Srebrenica. Born in Kalnovik, Bosnia and Herzegovina, during the height of World War I... | Mladic's father was killed by Croatian Nazis .
The military leader led the siege against Sarajevo .
He was also in charge of the attack against Srebrenica .
Mladic is wanted for crimes against humanity, among other charges . |
06708d9632bee9cff3536e8a8571621194481ab3 | An Alabama woman accused of running her granddaughter to death has asked an appeals court to dismiss a capital murder charge against her, citing potential autopsy problems and legal delays. Lawyers for Joyce Garrard Hardin, 49, have filed papers with the Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals saying they found numerous prob... | Joyce Hardin has been jailed since she was accused of making her granddaughter Savannah run for hours as punishment for a lie in 2012 .
The defense contends the child died because of long-standing health problems, not from running .
The child's stepmother is free on bond after being charged with murder for allegedly fa... |
0671c42ea644770a53ba2e2181ebda6edd70457a | By . James Nye . PUBLISHED: . 19:02 EST, 10 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 04:10 EST, 11 February 2014 . Dramatic surveillance footage shows the moment when US Delta Force special forces surgically extracted al-Qaeda terrorist Anas al-Libi from outside his home in Libya on October 5. The early morning raid, which has ... | Surveillance footage shows Nazih Abdul-Hamed al-Ruqai, better known as Anas al-Libi being grabbed from outside his Tripoli, Libya, home on October 5 .
Al-Libi, 49, was taken by Delta Force soldiers in a raid planned in co-operation with the CIA, FBI and the Libyan government .
The raid has been described as precise as ... |
0672440c5c1a906e7010b5829c223be0f6ddc94e | One of the most difficult parts of a trial, especially in front of a jury, is accurately describing the crime scene. A number of courtrooms have begun projecting 3D images of scenes onto walls - but these can only reveal a limited amount of information. To take criminal courtroom reconstructions to the next level, expe... | The setup was devised by forensic experts from the University of Zurich .
It uses an Oculus Rift, optical tracker and Autodesk 3DS Max software .
Camera footage is combined with laser scans to create final reconstruction .
This creates an immersive world in which the jury, judges and other members of the court can expl... |
06729dfd73d15b66cd65961f7079ec9f22fd54bb | Moscow (CNN) -- There is no basic human right to barge into a church to make a political statement, jump around near the altar, and shout obscenities. But there is most certainly the right not to lose your liberty for doing so, even if the act is offensive. But that is exactly what happened Friday. A court in Moscow se... | Rachel Denber: no on should lose liberty for dancing on an altar to make a political statement .
She says guilty verdict on Pussy Riot shows Russia's unfair justice system, oppressive state .
She says: Modern Russia slippery on human rights; other nations mistakenly give it a pass .
Denber: Verdict is tip of iceberg of... |
0674bb94b8e58ae1785bf1e607d2e03c7bb1d596 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:11 EST, 24 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:42 EST, 24 October 2012 . From a small coffee shop in San Francisco, to American Apparel and Walmart, retailers are using footage from security cameras to study shoppers’ movements in order to improve their marketing. As security cam... | American Apparel, Famous Footwear and Walmart use security cameras to study shoppers’ movements in order to get them to spend more in store . |
0676f2f537a25637182375a6f461741f1bce2c2d | Managua, Nicaragua (CNN) -- Daniel Ortega marked the beginning of his third term as Nicaragua's president during an inauguration ceremony Tuesday -- an event both buoyed by his pledges of moderation and marred by months of discord over voter irregularities. The Nicaraguan leader pledged that his socialist government wo... | NEW: President Daniel Ortega: "Savage capitalism ... is no longer possible"
Ortega officially begins his third term at a ceremony in Nicaragua .
In recent months, he has reached for the political middle .
November's elections have been marred by months of discord over voter irregularities . |
067832836b5fcb3556aa78ac055f3b82cc9b31c9 | By . Zoe Szathmary . A shirtless photograph of a Texas football coach said to resemble Ryan Gosling was shared online Monday. Texas Tech University's head coach Kliff Kingsbury, 34, was seen next to two bikini-clad women, one of whom is a cheerleader for the Dallas Mavericks, Fox Sports reported. Female fans have spoke... | A shirtless photograph of Texas Tech University's head coach Kliff Kingsbury appeared online Monday .
Fans have spoken fondly of Kingsbury's photograph on Twitter .
Kingsbury, 34, has already been declared multiple times a lookalike of Hollywood actor Ryan Gosling . |
06783e26413a3b7c0cb943d2181a5afd170cf331 | By . Emily Allen . Last updated at 11:33 AM on 4th March 2012 . Two 'frightened' Lottery winners have moved out of their home after thieves broke in while they were celebrating their £45million EuroMillions windfall, it has been revealed. Matt Topham and Cassey Carrington, from Stapleford, Nottingham, have left their £... | Matt Topham and Cassey Carrington have left their £80,000 semi and taken most of their belongings .
Burglars fled empty-handed after being disturbed leaving the couple 'sickened' |
06786986a80b3b329f8cd309d160ade9f0aeb9d0 | By . Gerri Peev, Political Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 16:56 EST, 26 March 2012 . UPDATED: . 09:07 EST, 27 March 2012 . Motorists are being held to ransom by 1,000 militant tanker drivers who yesterday voted for a national strike. The walkout, which threatens to wreck the Easter break, could close nearly 8,000 petrol ... | Reminder of protests in 2000 as Unite drivers vote for national strike .
Walkout threatens to wreck Easter break closing nearly 8,000 stations .
Army personnel on standby to drive tankers and maintain supplies .
Ed Miliband stays silent over Unite - one of Labour's biggest donors . |
067882c406e8f245cae144a9f7b39b86d124e843 | Islamabad, Pakistan (CNN) -- Four missing coal miners have "very little chance" for survival in a southwest Pakistan mine that collapsed after a methane gas explosion Sunday, a government official said. At least 48 of the 52 miners in the mine were confirmed dead, but just 28 of the bodies had been recovered by Monday ... | NEW: "Little chance" seen for four missing miners, an official says .
NEW: 28 bodies have been recovered, official says .
Methane gas explodes in a coal mine near Quetta in Pakistan . |
06790ea53de8e4990ca26c01313e181ec2405050 | (CNN) -- Postmaster General John E. Potter has come under criticism for his total 2008 compensation of nearly $800,000, but the agency's board of governors says the pay is less than what leaders of several other independent government agencies receive. Postmaster General John Potter isn't paid as much as leaders of so... | Postal service's board of governors defends Postmaster General John Potter's pay .
Total is less than that of some other independent government agencies' CEOs .
Board: Pay also behind private-sector CEOs, though it's supposed to be comparable . |
06799d9646564a04e8412c32fc54948f99d8fe76 | (CNN) -- A nonprofit's attempt to expose -- and stop -- the degrading street harassment women face every day has turned dangerously ugly. Last month, HollaBack, an international movement dedicated to "developing innovative strategies to ensure equal access to public spaces," released a hidden camera video of Shoshana R... | Response to HollaBack campaign turned ugly: Lauren Hersh and Aimée Lagos .
Rape threats and revenge porn newest weapon in war on women, they say .
Men and women should be outraged by use of sexual threats online, they argue . |
067bcd1c431d1f762bbcd312feabb11baaf30d1e | Britain hosts the third biggest volume of internet pornography in the world and is home to more than half a million sites, according to a shocking survey. There are more than 52million pages of pornographic content in the country, including rape websites registered under the national domain name which ends co.uk. The ... | 52million porn pages are registered with .co.uk domain names .
The makes Britain third biggest porn host after Holland and the U.S.
The UK hosts six times more porn sites than fourth place Germany . |
067d0ec005f1cf98c7ee0620fdb50ebe7fe851dc | By . James Salmon . PUBLISHED: . 19:56 EST, 31 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:23 EST, 31 December 2012 . The Chancellor George Osborne hailed the deal, signed in 2011, as the largest tax evasion settlement in UK history . Thousands of wealthy British investors hiding money in Swiss bank accounts will finally be forc... | HMRC to claw back money British investors have hidden in Swiss banks . |
067d877c560b352b088c50c46db0add7fdd43fbf | Troy Davis, who is set to be executed by lethal injection tomorrow night, has lost a bid for clemency launched by his defence lawyers who said he was wrongly convicted of killing a police officer. Georgia's board of pardons rejected the last-minute plea even after it attracted high-profile support, and his execution wi... | Convicted of killing police officer Mark MacPhail in Georgia in 1989 .
More than 2,000 activists march claiming he was wrongly convicted .
Last minute plea by lawyers to spare his life rejected . |
067ea5e32e7dfff3307f402713f9bb40dcb6d226 | Ronan Farrow, the biological son of Mia Farrow and Woody Allen, was awarded a Rhodes Scholarship, distinguishing him as one of the country's brightest thinkers. But given their estranged relationship, it is unlikely that Woody will be celebrating along with him. Ronan, 23, and Woody, 75, had a very public falling out w... | Ronan Farrow started college at 11, graduated Yale Law School by 21 and was an advisor to Hillary Clinton . |
067f74aa50297ed9bc1b08a323970b4d18dd465e | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:51 EST, 7 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:38 EST, 7 June 2013 . A former University of Alabama basketball standout has been charged with conspiracy to commit kidnapping for his alleged role in a bizarre plot to kidnap his own 6-year-old cousin earlier this year. Also involved in... | Also involved in the plot is Devonta Pollard's mother, cousin, aunt and uncle .
The plot to kidnap the little girl was an attempt to get back at her mother for a dispute over a land deal .
Pollard is no longer a member of the University of Alabama basketball team . |
067fa82bc7d2d52b134367fd081c25e9fc20dbb8 | A 5-year-old boy who was mauled by two Rottweiler dogs and is in serious condition at a Seattle hospital owes his life to his quick-thinking and brave mother. A Harborview Medical Center nursing supervisor says the boy is in the intensive care unit Wednesday following surgery. Kitsap County sheriff's Deputy Scott Wilso... | The Silverdale, Washington mother was caring for the dogs for an ex-boyfriend. The boy was playing outside with one dog when they attacked .
The boy underwent emergency surgery Tuesday after suffering bites to his head, face and neck .
By Wednesday, his condition had been upgraded. His mother suffered only minor injur... |
06804343c6ee5ca7eded40d4157757fe947eecb4 | The planned documentary by the Oprah Winfrey Network on Michael Sam, the NFL's first openly gay player, has been postponed. Erik Logan, president of the network, said Friday that the postponement was made after meetings with the St. Louis Rams. 'After careful consideration and discussion with the St. Louis Rams, "The U... | The planned reality series about Michael Sam has been postponed .
Sam is the NFL's first openly gay player .
Oprah Winfrey Network president Erik Logan said the decision was made to allow Sam his best chance at a place on the team .
Filming had already begun on the multi-part documentary series and was to follow Sam as... |
0680469e60c6a00b2f1c353eac5c5a2f880b15f5 | More details emerged in state media Thursday about the dismissal of the highest-ranking Chinese official yet since President Xi Jinping launched a massive campaign against corruption -- a lightning rod for public discontent across the country. Su Rong, a former vice chairman of China's top political advisory body, was ... | Su Rong, former vice chairman of China's top political advisory body, removed from his post .
Party: Su under investigation for the "serious violation of laws and Party disciplines"
Xinhua: Su and his wife profited through bribes and illegal land deals when he ran Jiangxi province .
This is the latest chapter in Presid... |
0680ee464f43e7e5d625de1d1fecaca3ed475f9e | (CNN) -- A gunman attacked worshippers at a Colorado Springs, Colorado, megachurch Sunday afternoon, killing one person and wounding four others before being killed by a security staff member, the city's police chief said. Police would not discuss whether there was any connection between the church shootings and an att... | Four victims at hospital; two of them in critical condition .
Gunman and one victim dead .
Shooter was killed by church "security staff member," police say .
Gunman fired on worshippers at Colorado Springs megachurch, minister says . |
0681e7a0f6b30bd62b3df1a4311ac65a58f858b9 | The nurse found dead after a hoax call to the hospital treating the Duchess of Cambridge left three notes, a court heard yesterday. The body of Jacintha Saldanha, 46, was discovered in her room in staff quarters last Friday. Two notes were found nearby and a third was among her possessions. Scroll down for video . Fami... | Inquest into death of Jacintha Saldanha, 46, opened in Westminster today .
It reveals colleague and security guard found mother-of-two last Friday .
Two notes were found in her room and one was among her possessions .
Cameron: 'She clearly loved her job and many lessons need to be learned'
For confidential support call... |
06833b4bb5ca596e6575b07c61561f2df3ce294a | (CNN) -- It takes seven minutes to execute a death row inmate, according to the state of Texas. Mike Graczyk poses outside the Texas death chamber prior to an execution in January. At that rate, Mike Graczyk has spent about 40 hours of his life watching men -- and a few women -- die. Graczyk, a correspondent for The As... | Texas reporter has covered executions in Texas since the early 1980s .
Graczyk stopped counting, didn't want "notches on my gun belt"
Inmates waiting to die have greeted him by name, called to check up on him .
He says he doesn't worry about the mental toll and has declined counseling . |
0683ded120b1f4d470696707b624e126245ff948 | By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 11:22 EST, 19 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:29 EST, 19 September 2012 . A judge has condemned a former soldier for his 'frenzied revenge attack' after he stabbed the mother of his four-year-old son to death in front of him after he found out she had secretly aborted their unborn bab... | Judge jailed Ian Lowe for 28 years for stabbing the mother of his son to death in front of him .
He had found that she had secretly aborted their unborn baby when he hacked into her Facebook account .
Judge says: 'The anguish you have caused is beyond words' |
0684456190f21a35ccb06d8609b912c494dd7bdd | A wrong turn on a hike led to an innocent pack of Cub Scouts learning a bit more about mother nature than perhaps their leaders intended. The boys, aged nine and 10 years, came face-to-face with dozens of naked people after stumbling onto a nudist beach during a coastal walk through San Diego's Torrey Pines State Beach... | Boys, aged nine and 10, stumble onto nudist beach during nature hike .
Leaders led them onto stretch of sand whilst exploring San Diego coast .
Pack master forced to face angry parents in meeting to explain error .
American Scouting Association said 'proper protocol' was followed . |
06858ac27664bf899d0a509d60c2eee7d3be669c | Goal-line technology will be introduced to the Bundesliga from next season after it was approved by the majority of clubs in the German top flight. The technology chosen is the Hawk-Eye system, which is also used by England's Premier League. German football league president Reinhard Rauball said 15 of the 18 Bundesliga... | The Hawk-Eye system was voted for by 15 of the 18 Bundesliga clubs .
The technology will be introduced from the start of next season .
An earlier attempt to approve the technology failed in March . |
0685b8a8857f5fdb221221d9d45c24d431a2e5ab | Australian fighter jets have attacked an Islamic State facility in Iraq. Two bombs were dropped from an F/A-18F Super Hornet on to an IS facility, the Australian Defence Force said in a statement on Thursday. "All aircraft exited the target area safely and returned to base," the statement said. It is the first time Aus... | Australia launches first air strikes against the Islamic State .
RAAF Super Hornet dropped bombs on IS facility in Iraq .
All aircraft exited the target area safely, Defence Department said . |
0685e2a0188f42b190674934a555f062d9cb4c3e | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Michael Schumacher was involved in a road accident with a motorbike rider in Spain just weeks before his horror ski crash, it emerged yesterday. The Formula 1 driver, 45, was allegedly driving a hire car when he knocked the man off his bike when he failed to give way at a roundabout. A court ... | Michael Schumacher reportedly involved in road accident in November .
Allegedly driving a hire car when he knocked motorbike rider to ground .
Court still looking into circumstances surrounding crash in Seville, Spain .
Comes as Felipe Massa has said he feels 'positive' about friend's condition .
Visited Schumacher at ... |
06884c5660cbe39d0d90e571f1f013ee4c446337 | (CNN) -- Donald Trump visited "Larry King Live" on Wednesday night to tout his new book, "Think Like a Champion." In a wide-ranging interview, Trump shared his thoughts on how to prosper in this economy, Bernie Madoff, how President Obama is doing, taxes and his daughter's love life. On CNN's "Larry King Live" Wednesd... | Trump advises to take advantage of low prices, get seller to do the financing .
Trump: Obama rebuilding U.S. reputation; previous administration was a disaster .
He's mad about possible higher taxes in New York, says he could move to Florida .
Trump likes the guy his daughter is dating, but she's not engaged . |
0688ddd6bed1a5a1144386658b07769513f305f5 | (CNN) -- Why always him? Mario Balotelli's knack of attracting the wrong type of headlines shows no sign of abating after the enigmatic forward was charged by the English Football Association with racially stereotyping Jewish and black people in a social media post. The FA is looking into Balotelli's reposting of a Nin... | Mario Balotelli charged by English Football Association .
Italian international issued apology on Twitter for reposting Instagram image .
Has until 6pm on December 15 to respond to charge .
Jewish Leadership Council chief executive labeled post 'offensive' |
0689b77badc0cd6372fd3bf28d94b0ad1ac21c2f | By . Wil Longbottom . Last updated at 5:03 PM on 17th August 2011 . Italy's highly-paid footballers are threatening to strike over new taxes being brought in on those earning more than 150,000 euros. Supercuts brought in by Silvio Berlusconi's government to avert a financial crisis in the country would see a 10 per cen... | Those earning more than 150,000 euros a year face 10% tax hike .
Villages with a population of less than 1,000 could be consolidated to cut costs .
But 'government-less' Belgium bucks the trend with 0.7% increase in GDP . |
068a8b69ecb95f0909be092a2a92d3e896def3aa | Morganton, North Carolina (CNN) -- Sheriff's deputies, police and firefighters began draining a pond Wednesday night as they resumed their search for the body of a missing 10-year-old North Carolina girl. The pond is next to a site investigators combed overnight in hopes of finding Zahra Clare Baker, whose disappearanc... | NEW: Investigators draining pond next to Tuesday search site .
District attorney: "We want the best but we fear the worst"
Bond is $40,000 for stepmom on obstruction charge; attorney calls it excessive .
Zahra Clare Baker's disappearance is now a homicide probe, police say . |
068d37f7a1ee822245dbf9d0d8ddfc281919d7ee | (CNN)An uncle of a Jordanian pilot captured by ISIS in Syria and threatened with beheading has appealed to the terrorist group to release its prisoner. "It is in their benefit as well and the benefit of all us," Yassin AlRawashdeh, a former diplomat, told CNN on Friday. ISIS should set Moaz al-Kassasbeh free in order t... | Uncle of captured pilot: If ISIS kills hostage it will face the anger of all of Jordan .
Family holds hope hostage is still alive despite passage of ultimatum and lack of proof of life . |
068db2e3d817950c03a913830550bea32baaa2ab | Having started at the top of the diamond, Angel di Maria finished the game on the left wing. In truth, his contributions were limited in both positions but the tactical switch brought the consolation of a quick exit. Di Maria was well placed to dart straight down the tunnel, with a dark look on his face which failed to... | Angel di Maria started at the top of Louis van Gaal's diamond formation .
He finished the game on the left wing, and left the pitch in a hurry .
Not a lot went right for the Argentine, summed up in the second half when Daley Blind crashed the ball into him from a yard or two away .
Di Maria seemed lost, and has not sco... |
068dc1b89b1829eb35a2154d2dc942de76f2b88f | Of all the questions asked of the new regime at Manchester United recently, those concerning a new contract for David de Gea are among the most pertinent. Since Sir Alex Ferguson shut his office door behind him for the last time 18 months ago, the United goalkeeper has perhaps been the club’s most important player. Now... | Victor Valdes to sign 18-month contract with Premier League club .
The Spaniard will rival compatriot David de Gea for the No 1 shirt .
United are set to step up contract talks with De Gea to tie up his future . |
068de5596fd58bb10934e8cbdf6e27902af89258 | Bamako, Mali (CNN) -- French-led forces battling Islamist rebels seized the town of Tessalit in northern Mali on Friday, France's defense ministry said. Following air strikes, special forces parachuted in to secure the airport, while an armored infantry regiment moved in on the ground, the ministry said. Chadian forces... | NEW: Special forces parachuted in to secure the airport .
A suicide bomber kills a soldier at a checkpoint in Goa .
France launched an offensive last month against militants in its former colony . |
068f0f60884d67780cc8da4a4e3a4323c0a4529d | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 13:00 EST, 29 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:56 EST, 29 June 2012 . As newly trained Met Police officers, they wanted to look their best at their passing out parade, standing tall and proud in particularly shiny shoes. But then yesterday’s weather intervened. As temperatures soared to ... | Metropolitan Police breaks record for number of recruits in a Passing Out Parade as 567 new officers are welcomed to the force .
Excitement too much for some as many pass out or collapse during ceremony . |
068f5057376f6957e08f5222d7e3b6bd020b5cf9 | Everybody in the world will be on the Internet within seven years. That's what Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said this weekend in public comments that inspired everything from excitement to incredulity. "For every person online, there are two who are not," Schmidt wrote Saturday on his Google+ account. "By the... | Google chairman predicts the whole world will be on the Web by 2020 .
Eric Schmidt says Internet will be "amazing" with 5 billion users .
Only about a third of the world's people are on the Internet now .
Some remain skeptical it can be done in seven years . |
068f5bc3c1882c30bb0dfe53d6e331248c4a3e0a | By . Matt West . PUBLISHED: . 03:44 EST, 15 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:32 EST, 18 June 2013 . The British people are weary of becoming involved in another lengthy conflict overseas . after more than a decade of fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan, the . Defence Secretary said today. In what . will be considered a direc... | British people weary of role in long wars overseas, Defence Secretary says .
Remarks come as Syria tops the agenda at this week's G8 Summit .
Ministry of Defence still to agree to budget cuts with Chancellor . |
06908689b3d4fad85d2b434d33de2ad9194ed188 | London, England (CNN) -- Union members representing British Airways cabin crew announced Friday they will hold two separate strikes this month in a dispute over working conditions. The first strike will last three days from March 20, and the next will last four days from March 27, said Len McCluskey, the assistant gene... | First strike will last three days from March 20, and the next four days from March 27 .
There will be no strikes over Easter; planned strikes could still be avoided .
Unite says BA plans will damage customer service and brand .
BA said union proposals would save the airline less money than its own changes . |
0693931923c256663ef5a667fe0f2c1e8df0be05 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 05:12 EST, 15 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:08 EST, 15 October 2012 . A competitor in the Arnold Classic Europe bodybuilding competition did a great job when he applied his fake tan – from the neck down. His head literally paled in comparison to his super-bronzed body as he fl... | The Arnold Classic Europe was held in Madrid, Spain this weekend . |
0694787e6484d1a05c2c9046568eed358a9a0e59 | TV presenter Gabby Logan was drawn into the tax-avoidance scandal yesterday after it emerged she invested in the same tax shelter as Take That. The sports pundit, who is part of the BBC’s football World Cup presenting team, poured her money into a £12.3million scheme designed to hide earnings from the tax man. The 41-y... | TV presenter Gabby Logan invested in the Icebreaker Management fund .
Judge Colin Bishopp ruled Icebreaker was a 'tax-avoidance scheme'
Take That star Gary Barlow also invested money in the controversial fund . |
06965170be163a48e150bcffd3f14ded365e190a | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 11:37 EST, 8 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:53 EST, 9 April 2013 . Honoured: Baroness Thatcher will receive a ceremonial funeral with military honours, Downing Street has said . The armed forces will line the streets of London as Baroness Thatcher is given a ceremonial funeral with f... | Iron Lady will receive ceremonial funeral with military honours .
Members of Army, Navy and RAF will line route of funeral procession .
Ceremony at St Paul's Cathedral will be followed by a private cremation .
Entire cabinet and former prime ministers likely to attend .
Baroness Thatcher said before she died she did no... |
0696c91edd48459d20a23faec75ac8c27e710f77 | (CNN) -- A locksmith hired to help in the process of evicting a California tenant was shot dead, along with the sheriff's deputy serving the eviction notice, police said Friday. In addition to the two men shot dead, a lone body has been found inside the charred ruins of the Modesto, California, apartment building, Mode... | NEW: A locksmith helping in the eviction process was shot dead, police say .
NEW: An unidentified body was found inside the burned apartment building .
NEW: A police officer says authorities are not looking for any suspects in the case .
A sheriff's deputy was fatally shot while trying to serve an eviction notice in Mo... |
06972fd2ccef9519174612abd827fe3489c09323 | Little Hunter Alford needs chemotherapy to treat the rare and deadly cancer he was born with but has lost his health insurance under an administrative blunder seemingly caused by Obamacare. While the president's signature policy promised that no one with a pre-existing condition would not be covered, the Affordable Car... | A Gainesville, Texas family is fighting for their cancer-stricken child's life after he was removed from his insurance plan .
Ron and Krista Alford’s seven-year-old boy Hunter is in need of another round of chemotherapy costing $50,000 .
He has lost his insurance after an administrative blunder caused by Obamacare .
Th... |
06982ba9387ae97225ca708a936bc3843eccc129 | By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 12:51 EST, 20 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:58 EST, 20 February 2014 . We swear far more on Twitter than in the real world, researchers have found. A major analysis of 51 million English language tweets revealed that one in 13 contains a curse. Researchers were also able to rank the m... | Swearing peaks at 12 a.m. to 1:30 a.m.
top seven curses accounted for over 90% of offensive tweets .
one-month sample of 51 million English-language tweets analysed . |
0698502b893e5867c074f053e21cc033e4f0dab7 | (CNN) -- An Arizona mother of seven will be back in court on Wednesday as a judge weighs whether she will go free or remain behind bars in Mexico, her family said. It's a situation Yanira Maldonado's family said she never imagined when she boarded a bus to head back to the United States last week after attending a fami... | NEW: Daughter: "She's an honest woman. She's innocent. ... It's not fair"
The hearing to decide whether an Arizona mother will be freed continues Wednesday .
She was on her way back from a family funeral when Mexican authorities arrested her .
The Mexican military say they found drugs under her seat on the bus she was ... |
0698fc150eb108db93bb21992451f24d86683a5f | Liverpool are close to sealing the first big-money move of the English close season after agreeing a fee for Sunderland midfielder Jordan Henderson. The 20-year-old already has an England cap to his name, playing for Fabio Capello's side in a friendly against France in November last year. Henderson is regarded as one o... | English club Liverpool agree fee for Sunderland midfielder Jordan Henderson .
The 20-year-old already has a full England cap to his name .
Manchester United reportedly swoop for Blackburn defender Phil Jones .
Bayern Munich confirm signing of goalkeeper Manuel Neuer from Schalke . |
06995d1c7a27acb787d4e91307fb273fd3e132e1 | Not everybody would feel as relaxed lying in a hammock strung thousands of feet up in the air between mountains. But then these thrill-seekers high up in the northern Italian Alps aren't just anybody. They are members of a group of extreme athletes who have travelled to take part in the International Highline Meeting ... | Extreme athletes have gathered for the annual International Highline Meeting in the Italian Alps .
Meetings first began in 2012 when the area was discovered to be perfect for highline enthusiasts .
They spend a week practising their sport in harmony with nature and without competition . |
069b8f4df75169101d5d6ed4e70fb89e1335345d | Animal cruelty charges have been dropped in the case of a pig smuggled into the Gabba sports ground during the last Ashes series. David John Gunn, 33, was charged with animal cruelty after a domestic brown pig was found with its snout taped shut and dressed as a baby in the Gabba stands in Brisbane last November. The c... | David John Gunn was charged with animal cruelty in November last year .
Domestic brown pig was found at the Gabba sports ground during the last Ashes series .
The pig had his snout taped shut and was severely dehydrated .
Gunn was cleared of all charges and the pig has since recovered . |
069c2052ea4c5da5d2cc6255b0459be7565c87a8 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:17 EST, 30 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:46 EST, 30 August 2013 . Two teens in Cypress, Texas believed to have been lured to San Antonio by a mysterious man they met on Facebook turn out to have planned the whole thing. The families of 16-year-old Liana Andrews and 14-year-o... | Liana Andrews, 16, and Kacie Watson, 14, went missing along with Andrews' mother's car on August 16 .
Their families believed they were lured to San Antonio by a man named Shaun Hernandez they met on Facebook .
Police discovered that Hernandez was just a profile that the two girls created .
They also found journals lef... |
069c53f8da3a3891ec29f1811a097531644d9c40 | (CNN) -- A 5.8-magnitude earthquake struck Saturday in the Mediterranean Sea, some 50 miles (80 kilometers) south southwest of Avsallar, Turkey, the U.S. Geological Survey reported. The quake struck at a relatively shallow depth of 32 miles (51 kilometers) in the seismically active region, it said. Video shot in Antaly... | The 5.8-magnitude quake struck in the Mediterranean Sea .
It was centered some 50 miles (80 km) south southwest of Avsallar, Turkey .
Turkey is located in a seismically active region . |
069d939a11a03bf2d95868cc5a810d5b173f77e9 | (CNN) -- Hurricane Emilia raged into to a Category 4 storm Tuesday, hurling 140 mph winds as it spun across the Pacific Ocean. As of Tuesday morning, Emilia was about 680 miles (1,095 kilometers) south-southwest of the southern tip of Baja California, Mexico, the Miami-based National Hurricane Center said. It was trave... | NEW: Hurricane Emilia whips maximum sustained winds of about 140 mph .
NEW: The cyclone known as Daniel fizzles from a hurricane to a tropical storm .
Weather agency: Neither Emilia nor Daniel currently pose a threat to land .
Both the hurricane and the tropical storm are expected to weaken through Thursday . |
069d9e30d6e93942101799e50f49578a29a40b39 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 07:59 EST, 4 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:04 EST, 4 November 2012 . A couple have told of their horror after discovering an earwig inside a sealed bag of bread rolls picked up on their weekly supermarket shop. Jane Naisbett, who bought the rolls at an Asda Superstore in Sunderla... | Jane Naisbett and Gary MacPhail bought the pack of four bread rolls at an Asda Superstore in Sunderland .
Pair claim they spotted the earwig after taking the sealed bag from the freezer to make sandwiches .
Asda store has said a full inspection of its bakery found no evidence of pests . |
069e16b6cbb1927a212cc2e3fca7097758fed03b | The Christmas Day revelations of life for German prisoners of war in 1917 were contained in the diary of German Army officer Johannes Rienau . It was a Christmas Day to savour. A festive feast including game and lobster, a sing song amongst friends relaxing in front of a cosy fire and of course the giving of gifts. Ast... | The revelations were in a long lost journal kept by a German Army officer .
Christmas Day began with a quartet of orderlies serenading the camp .
Prisoners attended art classes and had access to a library of 800 books .
They also competed in football, hockey and volleyball matches . |
069eb764fa0ed896043131caf1919d5fc5b4b70a | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 05:58 EST, 2 August 2011 . The first close-up images of the massive asteroid Vesta have revealed a northern hemisphere littered with craters - including a trio nicknamed 'Snowman' - and a smoother southern half. Running along the asteroid's equator are deep grooves - a surprise to ... | Since entering orbit last month, Dawn has taken more than 500 images .
Vesta's southern section is dominated by a giant crater .
The northern side is filled with older craters including three that scientists have dubbed 'Snowman' |
069f8994510aea9d7ff563ded9cf15d812e5037c | (Health.com) -- Electroshock therapy today bears little resemblance to its lurid depictions in Hollywood dramas like "One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest." For decades psychiatrists have used shock therapy to treat cases of depression that haven't been helped by antidepressant medications, and in recent years the treatment... | Roughly 100,000 people in the U.S. now receive ECT each year .
FDA meeting to consider whether machines used in ECT should be more tightly regulated .
Critics say treatment and potential side effects are serious enough to merit review . |
06a048030966a72e9463390ab3ac7a1d78c6f51c | (CNN) -- A Michigan teenager pleaded guilty Monday in the mob beating of a 54-year-old grandfather after he inadvertently struck a child with his truck in April, according to a news release from the Wayne County Prosecutor's office. Bruce Wimbush, 18, pleaded guilty to assault with intent to do great bodily harm, accor... | An 18-year-old pleads guilty in a mob attack on a Detroit driver .
The driver had hit a child in an accident .
Bruce Wimbush says he got "emotional" after seeing child hit, he then hit the driver .
Wimbush pleads guilty to lesser charge in exchange for testifying against others in case . |
06a0506a90c6dcd7f3217ff3a61b319190720906 | By . Rosie Taylor . PUBLISHED: . 12:20 EST, 29 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:56 EST, 30 April 2013 . IF you are looking to buy a home, an area with good transport links, decent schools and low crime usually tops the wish list. But homebuyers might also want to find out if there are any plans to open a Waitrose in the ... | Houses near a Waitrose are 25 per cent higher .
Effect most marked in London and Cheshire . |
06a096dc7f292d4fa00ac13906fb0940773c71c0 | (CNN) -- Newly elected Egyptian ministers held their first parliamentary session this week, almost a year to the day after the start of historic protests in the capital led to the ouster of President Hosni Mubarak. But for all the bravery and resilience the demonstrators showed by withstanding a brutal crackdown as the... | One year ago January 25, protesters began gathering in Tahrir Square .
Egyptian-American reporter says that many events over years led to uprising .
Ashraf Khalil: Many in Egypt say current struggle is "victory in itself" |
06a0bd80f6ccf863459c8779187e96fa880aa098 | By . John Greechan . Click here to see the final leaderboard from Royal Liverpool . It was certainly a respectable defence from a champion who enjoyed his victory as much as any of his illustrious predecessors. If Phil Mickelson could not quite muster the game needed to retain the Claret Jug, the fact that he did more ... | Mickelson finished tied for 23rd after going in as defending champion .
The American memorably mounted a late charge on the final day in 2013 .
But the left-hander was unable to retain his title at Hoylake .
He shot a final-round 68 in a gallant push to crack the top-20 .
He described his final score of five-under-par ... |
06a16b15f15b450b3d69d02cc958eb099c1ffa56 | A couple whose £1,000 holiday to Tenerife was ruined by building work have been awarded a full refund by Thomson - after originally been offered a £30 holiday voucher. Jordan Pedelty and Dee Kimmings, from Slaithwaite, West Yorkshire, say they were woken at 7am every morning by drilling and banging at the Columbus Apar... | Jordan Pedelty and Dee Kimmings say holiday was ruined from the start .
Building work began at 7am every morning - but couple weren't warned .
After original offer of '£30 holiday vouchers', Thomson have backed down .
Couple from West Yorkshire will be refunded full amount of £1,000 . |
06a1d82806b1d1cbf5018824883b6766c467c40f | Port-Au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- Extraordinary drama unfolded Tuesday in Port-au-Prince as charges were filed against former Haitian dictator Jean-Claude "Baby Doc" Duvalier, government sources told CNN. It was not immediately clear what the charges were. A judge will have 30 days to investigate and decide whether the ac... | It is not immediately clear what the charges are .
A judge must now decide whether the charges merit moving a case forward .
Police escort the former dictator from his hotel to a courthouse .
A Haitian journalist plans to seek criminal charges against the former dictator . |
06a296880ff5401314fc2b701735ec3e22ec38ff | Editor's Note: Gail Cunningham is senior director of public relations for the nonprofit National Foundation for Credit Counseling (NFCC), Inc. based in Silver Spring, Maryland, and has been in the credit counseling sector since 1987. The NFCC says it serves more than 2 million customers through nearly 850 offices aroun... | Gail Cunningham: Foreclosure is an emotional process for families .
Credit counselors can help homeowners get modified payment terms, she says .
Cunningham: Families need to budget realistically and cut spending .
She says financial responsibility is a dream people can achieve . |
06a299bf925b220983367a14329e008974691500 | Sacked Nottingham Forest boss Stuart Pearce turned down an offer from owner Fawaz Al Hasawi to stay at the club in an advisory role — on a day six more employees left the City Ground. It is understood Pearce was offered a senior role, initially believed to resemble a director of football position. In a significant deve... | Sacked boss Stuart Pearce turned down offer to stay at Nottingham Forest .
Owner Fawaz Al Hasawi offered him chance of an advisory role .
Dougie Freedman was appointed as the new manager at the City Ground .
Chief executive quits after not being consulted over Freedman appointment . |
06a2c3475ec2077a99483c735cd8aee2384af699 | (CNN) -- Consider this. On December 17, 2010, Mohamed Bouazizi, a young Tunisian street vendor, set himself on fire and started a dramatic remaking of the political landscape. The striking of a match brought change not only in Tunisia, but also in Egypt and Libya, and even what is happening in Syria. On the other hand,... | Groups: 48 Tibetans self-immolated in Tibetan parts of China without political change .
Yet a Tunisian's setting himself afire set off Arab spring, he says. Why was that different?
He writes: The Tunisian spoke to everyone's despair; Tibetan protesters have varying goals .
Bradatan: Tibetans are nonviolent, but some ma... |
06a307947e8c02178951ca446f88749f449b0c58 | Cristiano Ronaldo has been named in Portugal's squad for their World Cup play-off against Bosnia-Herzegovina despite objections from La Liga side Real Madrid. The 24-year-old forward faces a race to be fit for the two games on November 14 and 18 as he has battles back from an ankle injury. Medical reports confirmed he ... | Cristiano Ronaldo has been named in Portugal's squad for their World Cup play-off clash with Bosnia-Herzegovina .
Portugal coach Carlos Queiroz has selected the forward despite the objections of Real Madrid over Ronaldo's injury problems .
Real coach Manuel Pellegrini had said it would be "impossible for Ronaldo to pla... |
06a410f723bd7ad5990a9bc7c4a527dd1081e780 | (CNN) -- Arizona schools superintendent John Huppenthal has told the Tucson district to stop teaching its controversial Mexican-American studies program or face losing $15 million in annual state aid under a new law, he said Tuesday. Huppenthal told CNN he was backing this week's decision by exiting state superintenden... | A new 2011 Arizona law bans ethnic studies programs that "advocate ethnic solidarity"
The Tucson school system has been teaching Mexican-American studies since 1998 .
Arizona's new superintendent threatens to withhold $15M a year from Tucson schools . |
06a516cccccac955d296f0474ffb63385d3105eb | By . Emma Glanfield . Taxis and buses will automatically switch to electric mode when they enter some of Britain’s most polluted streets as part of a new scheme to eradicate emissions. New technology will allow the vehicles to switch to ‘zero emission’ mode when they enter areas at risk of high air pollution such as Ox... | 'Geo-fencing' technology will let vehicles switch to electric in certain zones .
Vehicles will become 'zero emission' as they travel on most polluted streets .
All new taxis must be hybrid by 2018 under new plans by Boris Johnson .
Part of a wider scheme to tackle air pollution and vastly reduce emissions . |
06a69a4d7c34c59434161f694cb75885f6e709b4 | A controversial Rolling Stone article began a heated conversation about rape on college campus after a student the magazine called "Jackie" described being gang raped at a University of Virginia fraternity. Now some advocates worry where that conversation is headed after the magazine flagged possible flaws in the artic... | Rolling Stone told story of "Jackie," who alleged she was gang raped at UVA .
The magazine published an apology for the story and said it had misplaced trust in Jackie .
Advocates worry that fallout will mean a distraction from rape on college campuses . |
06a76394a27243e5ffc3bec6fa8018222a720e7d | By . James Nye . The NYPD went some way to restoring fraught community relations in Staten Island by taking part in a commemoration of sorts to Eric Garner - whose chokehold death earlier this month sparked massive condemnation of the force. At an impromptu memorial to the 43-year-old father-of-six at the Berry Houses... | Basketball player wearing 'R.I.P Eric Garner' T-shirt slam dunks over NYPD squad car on Friday at basketball tournament in Staten Island .
Stunt was organized with the NYPD and community leaders to ease tensions .
Anger has been rising in New York City since the death of the father-of-six earlier in July . |
06a9b356fec610e9c82e04f7fbfc5f6e19225914 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:01 EST, 8 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:10 EST, 8 October 2013 . A week after a Chicago-area woman claimed that she was forcibly stripped by LaSalle County deputies, more women have allegedly come forward with similar complaints. Dana Holmes, 33, was arrested in May for dru... | Dana Holmes is suing LaSalle County police and the four officers involved for what she says was an unnecessary and illegal search after DUI arrest .
Holmes' lawyer says more women have been illegally strip searched .
Lawyer has filed a motion to store all video recordings from inside the jail . |
06ab307b8e3b288d166ef620bfa0281619c81c65 | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 12:34 EST, 21 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:58 EST, 22 August 2012 . From thieves and safe-breakers, to robbers and fraudsters, these images give a fascinating glimpse into the murky world of Tyneside’s 1930s criminal fraternity. The photographs of the criminals had lain hidden for dec... | Photographs of the criminals had lain hidden for decades, until a chance discovery saw the book uncovered in a junk shop and handed to experts .
From thieves and safe-breakers, to robbers and fraudsters, the images give fascinating glimpse into the murky world of Tyneside's in 1930s . |
06acc859b0cf0071bbbe0d53601224994e43ea29 | By . James Daniel . PUBLISHED: . 08:47 EST, 2 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:12 EST, 3 May 2013 . Little Ireland Nugent's parents have been trying to tell her their 2-year-old daughter that her legs have been amputated but they're having a hard time. Three weeks ago, an horrific lawn-mower accident in Palm Harbor, Florid... | Ireland Nugent's legs were severed in an accident involving a lawnmower last month .
Her recovery has suffered setbacks due an infection she developed .
Her father, Jeremiah Nugent, ran over her with a lawnmower and didn't notice his daughter had run in front of him .
Family are now looking to Ireland prosthetic legs i... |
06aee0ddbbe46d986cf5468f4ee1b097da0f0bcc | By . Tom Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 16:37 EST, 10 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:43 EST, 11 September 2012 . For conspiracy theorists, it had been yet more proof of the existence of a sinister Government agency tracking their every move. But now a claim that hackers had managed to penetrate a top secret dossier used by... | Hackers said they had exposed Big Brother snooping operation run by FBI .
But Paul DeHart, CEO of the Blue Toad agency, claims details on computer users was stolen from his servers . |
06aefea3d58db29aaff038ade213fe724385a6a8 | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 11:37 EST, 9 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:04 EST, 9 October 2013 . Surrounded by severed heads, limbless bodies and with empty eye-sockets staring back at visitors from all directions, the Isla de las Munecas – The Island of Dolls – is one morbid place for a day out. Dedicated to the m... | Isla de las Munecas - the Island of Dolls - was discovered in the 90s .
Doll memorial for little girl that drowned is now covering the entire island .
It was created by its lone inhabitant and is now a tourist destination . |
06af1ebe290c0df14c95f611170be0fc8f672fb5 | The White House accidentally revealed the name of the CIA's top intelligence official in Afghanistan to some 6,000 journalists. The person was included on a list of people attending a military briefing for President Barack Obama during his surprise visit to Bagram Airfield in Afghanistan on Sunday. It's common for such... | Valerie Plame tweets that this weekend's misstep was "astonishing"
The name of the top U.S. intelligence official in Afghanistan was on a list given to the media .
The White House issued the list for President Obama's trip to Afghanistan .
Names of intelligence officers are not revealed publicly . |
06af25bce435d0fa551123ed93f8efcdd3ae3cf8 | The bid was the only entered by . Friday's deadline set up by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, which has . been trying to get rid of the ferry . Named the Susitna, the ferry was built as a Navy prototype that would be owned and operated by the borough . By . Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:54 EST, 31 March 20... | The bid was the only entered by .
Friday's deadline set up by the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, which has .
been trying to get rid of the ferry .
Named the Susitna, the ferry was built as a Navy prototype that would be owned and operated by the borough . |
06af8d31e464c38f36b5cc69f7aae3197bacaca7 | Police forces can never be free of corruption, a Scotland Yard chief has admitted. Alaric Bonthron, head of anti-corruption at the Metropolitan Police, said trying to stop criminals infiltrating the ranks was a very difficult challenge. ‘There is a threat to any law enforcement agency,’ said the detective chief superin... | Comments were made by Met Police anti-corruption boss Alaric Bonthron .
He told The Independent organised crime was 'very challenging'
But he insisted 99 per cent of officers were honest and law-abiding . |
06b06840a58ee09b55091edd555f1ee01815a31c | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 11:49 EST, 20 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:53 EST, 20 December 2012 . Fears that consumers are reining in their spending ahead of Christmas were fuelled yesterday after it emerged that sales volumes failed to rebound last month. A predicted return to growth did not materialise, with ... | News comes after retail sales volumes fell 0.8% month on month in October .
CBI: Sales for the Christmas season 'below par' as families stretch budgets .
Analysts: 126m visits to UK retail websites on Boxing Day (31% up on 2011) |
06b39eae592a8ffef5faa2dd9ff069640c5aff24 | Wayne Rooney has asked to start Louis van Gaal’s first game in charge of Manchester United at the Pasadena Rose Bowl on Tuesday night. The England striker is in America with his team-mates after returning to training following a disappointing World Cup in Brazil. And new United assistant manager Ryan Giggs has revealed... | Rooney keen to start Louis van Gaal's first game in charge of Manchester United on Thursday .
Red Devils set to face LA Galaxy in California .
United striker snapped chilling out with David Beckham on Wednesday . |
06b49e24c3164b7750feaf4f4d6a2310c377af58 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 03:34 EST, 5 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:40 EST, 5 June 2013 . Victims of crime are to be given the power to appeal against decisions not to charge suspects. Top prosecutor Keir Starmer said victims are treated as ‘bystanders’ in the justice system with li... | New right of review will allow victims to question prosecutors' decisions .
Director of Public Prosecutions says victims have only a 'walk-on part'
Justice minister Helen Grant said the criminal justice system makes victims' 'already horrific experiences worse' |
06b4c095a39fcae108659d940edad2073bbdeabf | Ahead of the Boxing Day Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for West Brom's home clash with Manchester City... West Bromwich Albion vs Manchester City ... | West Brom captain Chris Brunt is in line for a return against the champions .
Manchester City are again without Sergio Aguero and Edin Dzeko .
Stevan Jovetic is also out meaning David Silva could play higher up . |
06b4f9376869bca97574662514f96bcfe1774fa8 | (CNN) -- Former Alabama Gov. Don Siegelman was denied a new trial Friday and resentenced to 6½ years in prison for his role in bribery, conspiracy, fraud and obstruction of justice, the Justice Department announced. At a hearing Friday in a federal courtroom in Montgomery, District Judge Mark Fuller said Siegelman woul... | Don Siegelman convicted in scheme in which CEO paid $500,000 for board seat .
He was also found guilty in alleged pay-to-play scheme involving another businessman .
He served less than a year in prison before being released on bail in 2008 .
He requested a new trial but was denied and resentenced . |
06b517525dfd4300777c67088c6116881ac73d3e | YORKTOWN, Virginia (CNN) -- It's daybreak on Sara Creek, a sleepy backwater that sits near Yorktown, Virginia, and empties into the Chesapeake. The early morning fog slowly lifts to reveal the ripples of water, the boats swaying, and a picturesque harbor. Tommy Leggett works to reduce polluted waters in Chesapeake Bay ... | NEW: Watch CNN.com Live Earth Day coverage at 4 p.m., 7 p.m., 9 p.m. ET .
Pollution in United States' largest estuary has reduced fish, crabs and oysters .
Chesapeake Bay project aims to grow millions of oyster "moms and dads"
Oysters can help crabs and fish flourish by filtering poisons from the water . |
06b5be452f0e363369acaf7a7e8e3bf456d4853b | A female soldier claimed that she made $400 a night at Fort Hood sex parties after being recruited as part of a prostitution ring at the Texas base. The allegations were made in documents relating to court-martial in which a sergeant is accused of attempting to use the service. Master Sergeant Brad Grimes was in milita... | Iraq veteran found guilty of attempting to hire prostitute .
Private told court-martial she was offered $100 for hotel room tryst .
Army still investigating claims that sexual assault prevention officer targeted cash-strapped recruits for prostitution ring . |
06b6370f7e70db49c86b7beee89a50aadb0e7124 | By . Sarah Griffiths . Paleontologists have long pondered what caused the extinction of the dinosaurs 66 million years ago and came up with some crazy theories. While a spy proposed the dinosaurs suffered from overactive glands and a low sex drive, which led to their downfall, other scientists believed growing too big,... | Spy and paleontologist Baron Franz Nopcsa thought dinosaurs had overactive glands and low sex drives and dies out as a result .
Entomologist Stanley Flanders proposed caterpillars ate all the vegetation on Cretaceous Earth, causing the herbivorous dinosaurs to go hungry .
Ophthalmologist L.R. Croft believed bad eyesigh... |
06b705e76d7ad984f10b40fb18a78804a3b867d9 | Old-fashioned one-man bands involve strapping instruments - including a huge bass drum - to your body, but now a slimline gadget claims to turn any item of clothing into a comfortable-to-wear musical instrument. DrumPants let wearers play music anywhere using wearable sensors that transform a pair of jeans into a drum ... | A San Francisco-based inventor created the wearable sensors as a joke .
But now the concept has been developed into 'DrumPants', which lets users play over 100 sounds using headphones or a clip-on speaker .
The company is raising funds to put the ‘world’s first industrial quality wearable music instrument’ into product... |
06b80baf2a899a23ea4e6964247c30fa048df20d | (CNN) -- Mississippi's top prosecutor Wednesday threatened to subpoena the search giant Google over what he called its failure to crack down on ads touting unlawful sales of prescription drugs and pirated entertainment. Attorney General Jim Hood said that he and several other state prosecutors have called for Google to... | Prosecutor: Google should crack down on ads touting unlawful prescription drugs .
"Google is aiding and abetting criminal activity," state prosecutor says .
Google says it's cracking down but results "reflect the web and what's online"
The search giant paid a $500 million civil fine over the issue in 2012 . |
06b88f1a7616a1f10796570f83c7383f6d264638 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As President Obama marks his 100th day in office, most recent national polls indicate that more than six in 10 Americans approve of the job he's doing as president. Polls reflect that most Americans approve of President Obama's performance during his first 100 days in office. According to a CNN pol... | CNN poll of polls finds 63 percent approve of how President Obama handling duties .
Obama's approval rating at 64 percent in CNN poll of polls in January .
CNN poll of polls is an average of seven national surveys taken over the past week . |
06b89cdec72bd77cf37d6e695541cd6a3de28d9d | Among the groups working to try and help keep the peace in under siege Ferguson, Missouri, are leather-clad motorcycle groups. The bikers include members from groups including Outcast MC - America's oldest all-black motorcycle club - and Dominant Breed. The riders arrived in town on Saturday and have been helping to pr... | Leather-clad motorcycle groups are working to try and help keep the peace in under siege Ferguson, Missouri .
Bikers are members of groups including Outcast MC - America's oldest all-black motorcycle club - and Dominant Breed .
Riders have been helping to protect stores against looters as well as joining in peaceful r... |
06b8bec3d6e15af2e01cab711a62eee76f3f934d | Online shoppers eager for discounts this holiday season did not wait for Cyber Monday. U.S. consumers spent a record $1.042 billion online on Black Friday, a 26% increase over the same day last year, according to new figures from comScore, an Internet analytics firm. Shoppers also found time amid the cooking, eating an... | U.S. consumers spent record $1.042 billion online on Black Friday, up 26% over 2011 .
It marks the first time e-commerce spending on that day has topped $1 billion .
Online spending is up 16% this holiday season over 2011 . |
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