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f1fbc93a0881896f88b055401fe98d285e19eb59 | (CNN) -- There has been much speculation about whether the ads that President Barack Obama's campaign and its supporters have been running that are critical of Mitt Romney's tenure at Bain Capital will be effective. There is also lots of critiquing of the reasons and effectiveness of first lady Michelle Obama's appeara... | Maria Cardona says she observed two focus groups of women asked about candidates .
She says most still know little of Romney; many thought he put business before people .
She says ads tying him to job losses, takeovers while he was at Bain Capital are working .
Cardona: The women think the first lady would represent th... |
f1fbeb4f643987976a4a899a1426d2cd6c3f808a | A new outbreak of a gastrointestinal illness aboard a cruise ship may have been caused by the norovirus, the ship's operator said Wednesday. At least 66 passengers and 17 crew members came down with a quickly spreading digestive bug aboard the Crown Princess, said spokeswoman Karen Candy of Princess Cruises. They have ... | 66 passengers and 17 crew members came down with a digestive bug .
Princess Cruises believes norovirus is at the root of the outbreak .
It is believed to have infected passengers on a number of cruise ships in recent months .
Health officials track it on cruise ships, leading to more frequent reporting . |
f1fc2c01b6d5966967591f6072cad7fc9323ed69 | Gov. Andrew Cuomo beefed up New York's gun-control laws on Tuesday by signing into law a new package of firearm and mental health regulations that mark the nation's first since last month's massacre in Newtown, Connecticut. Cuomo, a self-described gun owner, said the December 14 tragedy spurred lawmakers to action and... | NRA decries speed of bill .
Gov. Andrew Cuomo signs gun-control bill into law .
Law limits ammunition magazines to seven bullets, down from 10 .
Measure includes a statewide gun registry, uniform licensing standard . |
f1fc86f3950389b1f614813af24cbcc35990250c | Metalist Kharkiv midfielder Edmar Halowski de Lacerda says he regrets changing his nationality to Ukrainian after he was called up to fight in the country's army. The Brazilian-born footballer changed his citizenship to the Eastern European country so he could represent them on the international stage. However, a conse... | Edmar Halowski de Lacerda says he regrets his decision in changing his nationality .
Brazilian-born 34-year-old changed to Ukrainian citizenship in order to play for the national team .
Metalist Kharkiv midfielder has now been drafted into the country's compulsory military service .
Halowski de Lacerda, has won 11 caps... |
f1fcdbe3fffec27a0634ab87fe8e90eda320609f | By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 16:25 EST, 1 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:22 EST, 2 August 2013 . A video posted to the Internet by U.S. weapons giant Raytheon shows the fearsome destructive capabilities of its latest model of artillery shell. The Excalibur M982E1 155mm GPS-guided shell is claimed to be so accurate... | Footage shows shell striking cars, cans and water towers .
Rayethon boasts that Excalibur has been fired more than 600 times in action by the U.S armed forces . |
f1fd0710362fabcf3766855ded3942b9e0038a26 | By . Lucy Crossley . Snooker star Ronnie O'Sullivan 'cheated death' when his sports car spun out of control on the motorway as he made his way home after losing the snooker World Championships. Little more than three hours after Mr O'Sullivan lost the tournament's final game to Mark Selby, the 38-year-old and his son w... | Snooker star was driving with son Ronnie Jnr, six, in passenger seat .
The both walked away 'without a scratch' while car was 'undriveable'
Father and son 'back at home' and said to be fine today after the crash .
It happened at around 1.30am, three hours after O'Sullivan lost title .
Pair were travelling home to Chigw... |
f1fe0b102c3fd7255f8c3db0039ec716183edb23 | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 04:50 EST, 28 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:33 EST, 28 March 2013 . A 75-year-old conman has been jailed for six years after pocketing £90,000 from the sale of a house he didn't even own. Brian Kiddell posed as the owner of the home in Newton Abbot, Devon, and put the house up for sa... | Brian Kiddell posed as the owner of the home in Newton Abbot, Devon .
He sold the property on the internet and then disappeared with the money .
Exeter Crown court heard Kiddell's house con was one of numerous frauds .
He was caught when bank staff became suspicious over a loan application . |
f1fe1bbeae16a312c2f5057eb59c60d92ac18ca3 | By . Associated Press . and Jonathan Block . Miss America has suggested officials at a Pennsylvania high school reconsider their decision to suspend a student for approaching her at a school assembly and asking her to be his prom date, the beauty queen said on Saturday. The disciplinary action taken by school administr... | Nina Davuluri was at Central York High School in Pennsylvania as part of a diversity event .
Patrick Farves, 18, has been planning to ask Davuluri out to the prom days before her apperance on Thursday .
School administrators got wind of Farves plan and warned him not to ask Miss America out .
Suspension has ignited bac... |
f1fe3d7d010a81f7647b437d32b49de6bfe6a003 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:25 EST, 30 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:47 EST, 30 November 2013 . A First World War soldier's lost medal, which was thrown away in anger upon learning his two sons had died in action, has been returned to his family after 90 years. Private Thomas William Copeman was pres... | Private Thomas William Copeman was honoured for serving with the Army Veterinary Corps .
Discarded the medal after disovering both his sons were killed in combat .
Remained buried in a field for decades until it was unearthed by Paul Nunn .
He reunited Private Copeman's family with the award following online appeal . |
f1fe677880ffdad9116945b9486e7802e07d5731 | By . Paul Sims . Hospital staff missed three vital . opportunities to save a toddler with chicken pox and he would be alive . today if they had acted, a coroner said yesterday. Lewis Mullins was seen by doctors . three times in three days after his mother became convinced his . condition was deteriorating rapidly. But ... | Coroner says Lewis Mullins was failed by hospital: 'nobody looked at the entire picture'
Toddler was given anti-virals for chicken pox but simple antibiotics would have saved his life, says expert .
Form warning about symptoms was not passed to doctor, who missed the secondary bacterial infection .
Senior doctor said t... |
f1fe6c4d25f43475ddc877c6ce3255ce3140be75 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 9:57 PM on 21st June 2011 . Four inmates – including one jailed for his part in a killing and another who committed robbery with a chainsaw – have gone on the run from one of Britain's least secure prisons. The men absconded from the category D Sudbury open prison over the wee... | A fourth man who escaped has since been caught .
One of the criminals was convicted for his part in the killing of Heart FM DJ Tushar Makwana . |
f1fe7af8cf385d6f8c8bbd88bc8af57a9a0525a6 | Partly blaming unrest in the Middle East on President Barack Obama, New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Saturday that Obama has not spoken firmly and forcefully on Israel's behalf and that the country no longer trusts it has the full support of the United States because of him. The Republican governor's remarks came as... | Christie says the president hasn't done enough to crack down on Palestinian militant groups like Hamas .
The New Jersey governor says Israel no longer trusts that it has the support of the U.S. because Obama hasn't taken a firm enough stand against Hamas .
Hamas has been launching rocket attacks against Israel for the ... |
f1ff7500ebdbcc557b5e25df63e2a1fde81cc0fb | They say if you can't stand the heat, get out of the kitchen - and that's exactly what happened to one hapless cook who had to be rushed off to hospital after tasting a hot chilli sauce at his restaurant. Arif Ali, 26, suffered a severe reaction as he tried out the concoction, which had been prepared for a Man v Food-s... | Arif Ali collapsed as he tried ultimate flaming hot chicken wings at Jimmy's restaurant in London's O2 arena .
Sauce contained fiery Naga Jolokia chillis, which are so potent they should only be handled using gloves .
Restaurant had planned to challenge boldest customers with concoction . |
f1ffd3d628efcb1e98c4ffa18fb27faa2c5bba9c | By . Rebecca English . UPDATED: . 09:35 EST, 19 October 2011 . Prince Harry has amazed helicopter instructors with his flying skills on his Apache training course in America. The 27-year-old is on the intensive two-month programme which will pave the way for him to return to Afghanistan. The rigorous course is reserved... | Harry has 'surpassed all expectations, including his own' on rigorous course .
Prince hoping to return to Afghanistan next year .
Learning to fly the £46m gunship at Californian air base where the hit film Top Gun was filmed . |
f200ce5042c28c0a26e70ad373ab241ebc4ab81f | In the wake of a botched execution, an Oklahoma court has granted a six-month stay for a man on death row. Earlier, the state's attorney general had said his office would not object to the stay for Charles Warner. An investigation into the death of Clayton Lockett last month continues. His lethal injection was stopped ... | Charles Warner's execution is now set for November 13 .
An investigation into last month's death of Clayton Lockett continues .
His lethal injection was stopped because of problems in administering the drugs .
Warner had been scheduled to die the same day; his execution was stayed . |
f200d1971b0c242137c35707f9287534afd3f4c1 | By . Felicia Bromfield . PUBLISHED: . 15:35 EST, 11 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:35 EST, 11 September 2013 . Do you know someone inspirational? The search for the 2013 winner is on . The past year has been a whirlwind for Shelley Gilbert. But ask her the best thing about becoming Daily Mail Inspirational Woman Of... | Shelley Gilbert was named Inspirational Woman Of The Year 2012 .
Recognised for her charity which helps families cope with bereavement .
Thanks to the award, she said they have reached even more people in need .
Now we're searching for 2013's Inspirational Woman Of The Year .
See how you can make your nomination below ... |
f20130397390101a4b3f9f4d8bb6d605e45d23a4 | (CNN) -- Rep. Nick Lampson, D-Texas, said Tuesday that Federal Emergency Management Agency tried to control the outcome of a scientific study on formaldehyde in trailers used to house victims of Hurricane Katrina. FEMA trailers are shipped to the Gulf Coast by train in March 2006. "Someone from one of the agencies, the... | FEMA denies allegations it suppressed report on trailers used by Katrina victims .
CDC has done two studies for FEMA on formaldehyde in the trailers .
FEMA, CDC say studies were short-term, more comprehensive study in the works . |
f2015318384150e8f636bf7fbc30b39f0ceb9eb6 | (CNN) -- Wildlife researchers in Sri Lanka have photographed one of the world's most reclusive primates for the first time. Sightings of the Horton Plains slender loris -- a small nocturnal primate with extremely thin arms and legs and huge round eyes -- are so rare that the creature has only been seen four times since... | Horton Plains slender loris only seen four times since 1937 .
Conservationists have photographed endangered primate for the first time .
Loris is native to Sri Lanka but threatened by deforestation .
Researchers believe Horton Plains slender loris could be a distinct species . |
f201965ca5da8c58e501154c22be857c28827e58 | By . Laura Williamson . Follow @@laura_mail . Dwain Chambers was ‘running for everything’ as he settled into his blocks for the start of the men’s 100 metres at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium just before 4.20pm on Sunday . He was running for his fifth consecutive British title and the chance to represent his country at... | Chambers finished in 10.12 seconds at the Alexander Stadium .
Harry Aikines-Aryeetey was second by just 0.02 seconds .
Chambers and Aikines-Aryeetey qualify for the European Championships .
Race favourite Chijindu Ujah came third in 10.18 seconds . |
f201b4c98de4511fa3b70bd6764c3bb72897627f | Honolulu police officers have urged lawmakers to keep an exemption in state law that allows undercover officers to have sex with prostitutes during investigations, touching off a heated debate. Authorities say they need the legal protection to catch lawbreakers in the act. Critics, including human trafficking experts a... | A Hawaii bill cracking down on .
prostitution originally written to scrap the sex exemption .
for officers on duty. It was amended to restore that protection after .
police testimony .
Critics, including human trafficking .
experts and other police, say it's unnecessary and could further .
victimize sex workers . |
f2023a2e0a0a27b322fe188684aa99fc40d942df | Incident comes after she rushes off stage to be sick in Lisbon . By . Emily Sheridan . Last updated at 5:26 PM on 19th December 2011 . Rihanna launched into an angry Twitter tirade after claiming she was racially abused in a Portugal hotel. The singer, 23, said she was subjected to vitriol by 'the most racist' man in L... | Incident comes after she rushes off stage to be sick in Lisbon . |
f202b246947b822f17d286b657249e16e7dc126c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:58 EST, 30 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:58 EST, 30 January 2014 . An elderly Canadian couple were trapped in their Lake Erie home for four days after snow engulfed their cottage. Michael and Janet Wilton found themselves trapped at the start of the month, after record-brea... | Neighbors helped dig Michael and Janet Wilton out from lakeside home .
With more freezing weather forecast Janet, 67, has decided to fly to Spain . |
f202c287d5ed4bc126623a431202aba08fa5bba4 | Brighton may not have won for six games and are in desperate need for their strikers to start scoring, but Joe Bennett insists they can cause a shock at White Hart Lane. The left-back, on loan from Aston Villa, got the goal to earn his team a draw against Rotherham in their last Championship game and believes a victory... | Brighton face Tottenham Hotspur at White Hart Lane on Wednesday night .
Joe Bennett, on loan from Aston Villa, says Brighton can beat Spurs .
‘I don’t see why we can’t go there and get a result,’ insists the left-back . |
f20315aeb2a47ddacd771d3e5542acf4433e63f8 | (CNN) -- An unapologetic Donald Trump insisted Sunday that he is "the least racist" when pressed as to whether racism motivated his recent focus on President Obama's birth certificate and academic qualifications. The millionaire-turned-television host spoke with CNN's Don Lemon about the White House Correspondents Dinn... | Trump insisted he is "the least racist" when questioned by CNN's Don Lemon .
He was responding to allegations that racism motivated his questions about Obama's degree, birth certificate .
African-American academic told CBS program that Trump used "racism by inference" |
f203eff59714e368de31fd1e9284cb8ed8956ef1 | By . Keith Gladdis . PUBLISHED: . 08:05 EST, 4 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:02 EST, 4 February 2013 . A Champions League tie played in England is one of 380 football matches across Europe suspected of being fixed by an Asian based crime syndicate. Europol - the European Union's law enforcement agency - said an 18 ... | EU crime agency say 425 match officials, club officials, players and criminals are suspected of being involved .
Champions League fixture in England in last three to four years was targeted .
Asia-based crime syndicate paid individuals up to £120,000 . |
f2041124edc10aa1812128c94d9e311ab1e7f81d | Adel Taarabt has underlined his desire to make his move from QPR to AC Milan a permanent one. The 24-year-old is on loan at the San Siro but Milan are keen to sign him if Championship promotion hopefuls QPR agree to sell for around £4million. The Moroccan international arrived in January on loan from QPR after an unsuc... | Adel Taarabt is hopeful of moving to AC Milan on a permanent basis .
The San Siro club will sign him if QPR agree to sell for £4million .
Taarabt arrived at AC Milan on a loan deal from QPR in January .
AC Milan remain in the hunt for Europa League football after beating Inter . |
f20486ba4072b44e84ee08b394e05a4786934bac | An elderly Michigan woman has confessed to smothering her infant son in 1961 and may also be responsible for the deaths of her twin daughters in 1969 and 1970, her surviving children say. Janice Summerfield, 77, recently admitted at her Kalamazoo retirement home that 8-month-old William Earl Summerfield died at her han... | Janice Summerfield, 77, of Kalamazoo, recently confessed to the 1961 killing of her infant son according to her daughter .
Police in Michigan have exhumed the body of baby William Earl Summerfield III to perform a new autopsy .
The baby's 1961 cause of death was listed as accidental oxygen deprivation .
Three of Summer... |
f2051d7a2619f5e5b503e3e18903a98f880df574 | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 10:02 EST, 8 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:55 EST, 8 November 2013 . A man who killed a convicted sex offender by setting fire to his flat in a bid to force him to move out has been jailed for 10 years. Daniel Martin pushed a blazing wheelie bin up against the front door of Andrew Heath... | Daniel Martin, 25, pushed a burning bin against Andrew Heath's door .
Sex offender died in the blaze and Martin pleaded guilty to manslaughter .
Said he had meant to scare him in order to force him to move away .
Judge describes killing as 'shockingly stupid' at Birmingham Crown Court . |
f2054a76c168c8659bfb2ce138ed314b7a524e21 | Iraqi insurgents executed at least 160 prisoners in just four days in the northern city of Tikrit, according to a human rights group which cited analysis of satellite imagery and shocking photographs released by the militants. The U.S.-based Human Rights Watch said jihadists from the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levan... | Human Rights Watch said Sunni militants executed 160 to 190 men at two locations in Tikrit from June 11 to June 14 .
Group pinpointed two trenches filled with bodies at first location by cross-checking ground features .
and landmarks .
First execution site located in a field near former .
palace of the late dictator Sa... |
f205564dc06aeac00e14fbd6230342614714c642 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:18 EST, 3 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 16:34 EST, 3 January 2014 . Hundreds of independent sports shops could be forced out of business after Nike and adidas announced they will no longer supply outlets that sell less than £25,000 of their products. The two firms, far and awa... | Both firms say it is not cost effective for them to supply smaller shops .
Adidas sponsored Team GB at 2012 Olympics and has a lifetime deal with David Beckham .
Nike is current kit supplier to the England football team and sponsors many of the Premier League's top players .
Small sports shops could be forced out of bu... |
f206adbd5ab893d88738411b5576d92f2ee2d906 | By . Gerri Peev . PUBLISHED: . 10:45 EST, 4 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:18 EST, 5 October 2013 . Openness: Jo Swinson has urged women to talk to their male colleagues about their salaries in an attempt to close the gender pay gap . Women workers should ask their male colleagues how much they earn as ammunition in ... | British reluctance to talk money 'holds women back', Jo Swinson said .
Women and Equalities Minister said talking about pay is uncomfortable, but that it could be the 'catalyst' for pay rises for females .
Speaking to Elle Magazine, Ms Swinson added firms may have to reveal gender pay gap, unless current voluntary meas... |
f206ea8106a3902c2aa690cec8a07c336cc7c870 | By . Anna Edwards and Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 03:30 EST, 25 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:10 EST, 25 July 2013 . The man accused of the murder of Pc Keith Blakelock in the 1985 Broadwater Farm riots has been pictured holding a sign protesting his innocence. The picture of Nicholas Jacobs, 44, was released just days aft... | Nicholas Jacobs is accused of hacking to death Pc Keith Blakelock, 40 .
Supporters released the image days after he was charged .
Pc Blakelock was stabbed dozens of times in Tottenham, north London .
Officer was trying to protect firefighters tackling a shop blaze in 1985 . |
f206f2d434780cbb8e0355ba0e5878bfb6490501 | America's right-wing political pin-up Sarah Palin is to reprise her ratings-busting turn on Saturday Night Live for the show's 40th anniversary special, it is claimed. Producers have invited the former Alaska governor and onetime vice-presidential hopeful back to the programme and she has accepted, a source close to Mr... | Right-wing Republican last appeared on the show during 2008 election race .
SNL comedian Tina Fey is famous for her spot-on Palin impersonations .
Mrs Palin recently suggested she may be interested in the 2016 presidency .
But she is still notorious for the gaffes that hounded her in 2008 and since . |
f207044ccf0135f56e8e61267e61dcc7b528e6c8 | By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . How did the mountain known as Mount Sharp come to be in the centre of the Gale Crater on Mars, and just how habitable was this area in the past? That's what the team operating Nasa's Curiosity rover will be hoping to discover after spending the weekend inspecting a potential drilling site. T... | Curiosity has spent the weekend inspecting a sandstone slab on Mars .
The team at Nasa must now decide whether the site is worthy of drilling .
It would be Curiosity's third drilling mission and first that isn't in mudstone .
The site is known as Windjana and is near Mount Remarkable .
It could provide information as t... |
f20713993cc683cdfdd0231d53a711de17901b9c | (CNN) -- Victoria Wilcher -- the 3-year-old Mississippi girl whose family claimed was asked to leave KFC because of her appearance -- will be fitted for a prosthetic eye. Victoria, who lost sight in her right eye and was left with severe facial scars after a pit bull attack, will meet with Raymond Peters, an ocularist ... | Victoria Wilcher, 3, will be fitted with a prosthetic eye by a Florida ocularist this week .
Wilcher had been mauled, disfigured in a pit bull attack .
Family said toddler was told to leave KFC because of her appearance .
Though it may have been a hoax, the kindness of strangers still persists . |
f20738c5fd0d2e3728ecda79e818e47d1afc4b5a | By . Pat Hagan . Drinking four cups of coffee a day almost halves the risk of deadly mouth cancer . Drinking four cups of coffee a day almost halves the risk of deadly mouth cancer, according to new research. The latest study shows downing the beverage every day has a powerful protective effect against tumours that for... | Naturally occurring antioxidants in coffee may have a protective effect, say the U.S. researchers .
The association held true regardless of how often the person drank alcohol or smoked .
But drinking tea did nothing to prevent the disease . |
f20784f3c0cc96c162aca62dcbe4eacb9dc79ade | By . Emma Glanfield . Nadia lee, nicknamed the 'Pigeon Lady of Pimlico', pictured arriving at Southwark Crown Court where she was handed a . one year supervision order for breaching an ASBO banning her from feeding birds . A pensioner nicknamed the ‘Pigeon Lady of Pimlico’ has walked free from court despite flouting an... | Nadia Lee was banned from feeding pigeons in the street in December 2011 .
Neighbours said their cars and homes were being hit with bird droppings .
She spent 25 years nursing the birds and even rubbed lavender into their wings . |
f208466f6eab26983c252e37d59779780349526e | OXFORD, Mississippi (CNN) -- A national poll of people who watched the first presidential debate suggests that Barack Obama came out on top, but there was overwhelming agreement that both Obama and John McCain would be able to handle the job of president if elected. The CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey is not a measu... | Post-debate CNN poll suggests Obama came out on top over McCain .
Most debate watchers agreed McCain, Obama would be able to handle presidency .
Male respondents split evenly among candidates; Women liked Obama over McCain . |
f208513e192dc67a946473684c726d12dbd028ca | Sentenced: Craig Thomas, 33, has been jailed for 10 years after he repeatedly hit his pregnant girlfriend on the stomach saying he would 'beat the baby out of her' A man who repeatedly hit his pregnant girlfriend on the stomach saying he would 'beat the baby out of her' has been jailed for 10 years. Craig Thomas beat h... | Craig Thomas beat his partner three times with a vacuum cleaner pipe .
Girlfriend was 11 weeks pregnant and feared he would kill her and the baby .
Thomas, 33, hit victim with a hammer and threatened to pull out her teeth . |
f20863e18925e6890489591e339b16079c902e14 | Rescue efforts to retrieve the body of a Florida man sucked into a 100-ft-deep sinkhole that opened beneath his bedroom have stalled on Saturday for fear the entire home will collapse. Florida authorities described the sinkhole as 'seriously unstable' and said the massive opening will likely continue to grow. Feared de... | Jeff Bush, 37, screamed for help as he was sucked into the hole in Florida .
Brother: 'I heard him screaming for me but I couldn't do anything'
'Safe to presume' he is dead, say fire officials .
House deemed too unstable to continue rescue effort .
Sinkhole continues to grow in depth .
Water is accumulating beneath the... |
f20870db2e5c6c2aa21202dd1f7475855adf8e5e | These pictures from the Iraqi city of Mosul show dozens of ISIS militants abseiling off a motorway bridge as traffic trundles past. The troubling scene from the terrorist group's largest stronghold shows cars and buses calmly passing by as the fighters lower each other on to the middle of the road. The pictures, taken ... | ISIS militants seen abseiling off a motorway bridge as part of training drill .
Traffic calmly passes by as masked jihadists are lowered onto middle of road .
Pictures were taken in Mosul, Iraq - the largest city under ISIS control .
Training follows days of mass killings by the terror group in Iraq and Syria .
Up to 3... |
f208d07ec1a63160cc3c90b29a901d0c7b65791c | (CNN) -- Suzanne Forman enters a swanky Los Angeles restaurant with Todd Grodnick, a blind date she's only spoken to on the phone. The two are among a growing number of baby boomers who are going online to date. "I mean I can't believe I'm 55," Forman said. "I feel like I'm still 20 or 30 or something. I still have the... | Websites such as OurTime.com cater to singles over 50 .
Woman calls dating site "candy store of people"
Real estate agent says she was reluctant at first due to "horror stories" she had heard .
Sites say they offer protection, with background information collected on clients . |
f208f66e18fa1538dbaa83fe8cb6154773646efc | The embattled Oregon Governor has said he will not resign over the fiancee scandal. Kitzhaber is under pressure to resign because of an influence-peddling scandal linked to his fiancee's work as a consultant. Cop cars and reporters continue to swarm outside his house following the rumors he would step down. Oregon Stat... | Reporters camped outside the home of Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber were joined by deputies from the Washington County Sheriff's Office .
Oregon State Police provides security for Kitzhaber, but sheriff's Sgt. Bob Ray says he requested extra help because of the large media presence .
Senate President Peter Courtney sai... |
f20b06235e0205a3a82d5e4c97934f0b4314784b | By . Paul Donnelley . Hollywood actress Angelina Jolie and Foreign Secretary William Hague called Bosnia's decision to include preventing sexual violence in military training ‘ground-breaking’ and said that it should become the standard for U.N. peacekeeping missions. Mr Hague added that rape was a devastatingly effect... | Jolie visited orphaned children in Lebanese refugee camp .
UN refugee chief: Lebanon has serious problems with electricity and gas .
Jolie and William Hague addressed conference on sexual violence in conflict, organised in Sarajevo by Bosnia's Defence Ministry . |
f20b662dc5af9f4a6b73fea1c0e254cbd681be50 | By . Daily Mail Reporters . PUBLISHED: . 14:37 EST, 26 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:46 EST, 26 April 2012 . Suing: Romilda Aparecida Ferreira says she needs money to cover the her medical expenses and make up for the time at work she missed . A Brazilian prostitute who says she was thrown out of a US Embassy car by t... | Probe found four Obama officials hired prostitutes in Brasilia nightclub .
It comes a week after scandal over the President's Security Staff using prostitutes in Colombia . |
f20bf2edc3c77d8bee355c29cb8d9bfbb525ba85 | Toni Kroos has completed his £24million move to Real Madrid from Bayern Munich. The German champions announced on Thursday morning that an agreement had been reached between the clubs and he would make an immediate transfer. Kroos’ contract was due to expire next summer and the World Cup winner has penned a six-year de... | Germany World Cup winner joins Real for €30million .
His contract at Bayern was due to expire next summer .
He joins the likes of Gareth Bale and Cristiano Ronaldo at the Bernabeu . |
f20c1a0144a89024f7f066c2cab9a1311b52c72b | NEW YORK (CNN) -- Reigning hot dog-guzzling champ Joey Chestnut and nemesis Takeru Kobayashi of Japan attempted to psych each other out Thursday at the weigh-in for the 94th annual Nathan's Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog-Eating Contest. Competitive eaters Joey Chestnut and Takeru Kobayashi take part in an ... | Reigning hot dog-guzzling champ Joey Chestnut, Takeru Kobayashi have staredown .
Last year Chestnut won after a tiebreaker with Kobayashi .
Kobayashi vowed to avenge defeat from last year .
Chestnut: Kobayashi beat me in May contest and "set a fire underneath me" |
f20c7bbc74ddf8504eabdd9ed14bc43984774f81 | By . David Martosko In Houston . Bashir offered an alternative version of the Lord's Prayer . Down the street from the George R.Brown Convention Center in Houston Texas, National Rifle Association members fumed at reports that MSNBC host Martin Bashir mocked their plans to attend a Sunday morning prayer breakfast after... | 'I wish someone would slap some sense into that idiot'
'I bet no one here for the convention has ever watched MSNBC'
Bashir 'is the kind of Brit we should deport before Obama pushes his immigration legislation through' |
f20d2b3237b6da4781f9b33ea9de4e0196b0e204 | (CNN) -- IN FOCUS: From importer to exporter . Unlike its Gulf neighbors, Jordan doesn't sit on a wealth of oil reserves. It actually imports about 90% of its energy needs. But as MME found out, all that could change as the Kingdom explores oil shale and looks to go from an energy importer to an energy exporter. FACETI... | MME learns about oil shale exploration in Jordan .
MME meets up with Leonardo Maugeri who predicts a steep drop in oil prices by 2020 .
Maugeri says high oil prices are fueling the growth of unconventional oils such as oil shale . |
f20d2bafa25574aa6023a3806d558e33751f6c30 | By . Julian Robinson . The wife of the man who led Britain into the First World War dismissed Winston Churchill as a ‘dangerous maniac’ in her hard-hitting diaries, a new book has revealed. Margot Asquith was the wife of Herbert Henry Asquith, the Liberal Prime Minister who was ousted from Downing Street during the Gre... | Margot Asquith's diaries covered 1914 to 1916 during First World War .
Dismisses Winston Churchill as having 'septic' vanity in one 1915 diary entry .
She also pours scorn on Lord Kitchener, the secretary of state for war .
Diary entries charted in a new book, 'Margot Asquith's Great War Diary' |
f20d5f083a8e4f35610adb1a3c2a27ed78bda45b | By . Scarlett Russell . There were certainly no hard feelings between the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge today, even though she beat him in two yacht races around Auckland Harbour in New Zealand. In fact, the body language between the Royal couple shows that their bond is stronger than ever. After her victory against Pr... | Body language between Duke and Duchess of Cambridge proves their love .
Hands-on relationship sends 'strong guarding signals'
Kate playfully comforts William after beating him in Auckland yacht races .
The couple's competitiveness strengthens their bond, says Judi James .
Kate's 'personal touch' hand gestures to fans a... |
f20d8974ec9abc1974de4c291fe52f81188050c7 | Racing Club won the Argentine league title for their first time in 13 years at the weekend... and these pictures of president Victor Blanco's daughters have gone viral as a result. Barbara and Mercedes led the celebrations after Racing beat Godoy Cruz 1-0 in their final match of the season on Sunday. The pair laid on t... | Racing Club won championship for the first time in 13 years at the weekend .
Ricky Centurion's headed goal earned them a 1-0 win against Godoy Cruz .
President Victor Blanco's daughters laid on the pitch to take selfies . |
f20d899d171567f1e3e2267bf51fa11dc4b1938d | (CNN) -- As pretty on the eyes as they are dramatic on the ears. That's how we should appreciate some of the world's concert halls, according to building data company Emporis. The Hamburg-based company has put together a list of what it's calling the world's most spectacular concert halls. "These days concert halls als... | Concert halls highlighted as visually beautiful buildings in new report .
15 buildings named, upcoming halls in construction also highlighted .
United States and Spain both get two buildings listed . |
f20d8a304a9009a79a54867664bce33473947272 | Mrs Tracey then died - her family deny doctors' claims they gave consent . By . Louise Eccles . PUBLISHED: . 15:19 EST, 5 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 21:01 EST, 5 November 2012 . A mother died two days after a ‘do not resuscitate’ order was put on her medical notes against her will, a court heard yesterday. Janet Tr... | Janet Tracey, 63, fractured her neck in a car crash two weeks after she was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer .
Doctors at Addenbrooke's Hospital in Cambridge issued a DNR notice .
They cancelled order when Mrs Tracey objected .
She expressed fears to her family that staff 'wanted to get rid of her'
Three days later,... |
f20dcfcad478e27848a8a308616393c3402cbe82 | (CNN) -- A Florida man charged with murder in the fatal shooting of a teenager amid an argument over loud music at a gas station pleaded not guilty Monday. Michael Dunn, 45, entered his plea during a hearing Monday morning at the Duval County, Florida, jail. Dunn told investigators he fired at a car in which Jordan Dav... | Michael Dunn entered his plea during a hearing Monday at the Duval County, Florida, jail .
Dunn case has been compared to the "stand your ground" case involving Trayvon Martin's death .
"There are no comparisons to the Trayvon Martin situation," Dunn's lawyer says .
Dunn said he felt threatened by the teens, but no gun... |
f20e04b5277c953d1797ffe503c3cf36eb0d661f | You only had to look at the difference in Alastair Cook’s reaction at the end of this Test and at the end of the Lord’s game to realise how much winning Test matches for England matters to him. This win, and the fact he got runs, will be a massive weight off Cook’s shoulders. It is impossible to understand the pressure... | England defeated India in the third Test to level the Series .
Alastair Cook answered his critics after a week of scrutiny .
If England's captain is scoring runs then the rest of his game follows . |
f20e2eb4a9b56b083bcc917d5aa1f92a44ae4de5 | By . Damien Gayle . Savage: Adrian Hull, who has recently been released after 17 years in jail for a murder, pictured aged 17, at the time of the 'merciless and prolonged' attack . A son of the father of 22 this week spared jail for drug dealing is a killer who murdered his former babysitter in a 'merciless and prolong... | Raymond Hull's fourth-eldest son Adrian has just been released from jail .
He spent 17 years inside for 'merciless and prolonged' attack on junkie .
Witness told his trial Hull said he killed the man for 'grassing' on a relative . |
f20f02737bc76139e0f3de85903a0319275c5378 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 07:35 EST, 12 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:58 EST, 12 July 2013 . Andrew Charles Pride, of Austell, Georgia, was found guilty on Wednesday of first degree child cruelty after whipping a toddler's genitals . A man who whipped a toddler's genitals so hard during potty training tha... | Andrew Pride whipped child causing it to bleed .
Pride, of Austell, Georgia, was potty training him .
Prosecutors said: 'Hit baby in the groin multiple times because he wouldn’t pee in the potty'
He has now been jailed for five years for 'malicious act' |
f20f4c9ff6a2578706bacbe5937009d05cb5d9b8 | Angry parents have launched a protest over a primary school's plans to make their children sing songs in Lithuanian and Polish. A third of pupils at the Peckover Primary School in Wisbech - a Cambridgeshire town popular with eastern European families - are from migrant backgrounds, but some parents claim their children... | Pupils at a Wisbech primary school taught song for a singing festival .
Third of children at Peckover Primary are from migrant backgrounds .
Parents claim children in tears because they did not understand song .
'Inclusive' festival will also see youngsters singing a Polish tune . |
f20f625f283a30d3c85e38f1a798a8a28c3c063d | (CNN) -- It started out life as a new video game concept but quickly morphed into a prototype with a far more practical vision -- a haptic device to help the blind and visually impaired. Tacit is a wrist-mounted device which informs the wearer about the proximity of objects in complex environments, according to its cre... | San Francisco-based inventor devises cheap haptic device to help visually impaired .
"Tacit" uses sensors which measure distances from one inch to 10 feet .
Rubber pads apply more pressure as a user gets closer to an object . |
f20fe814eeeb415ec245b8e8e803fb9f074a7ec4 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:15 EST, 22 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:20 EST, 22 February 2014 . Killer: A photo issued by Greater Manchester Police of Paul Maxwell, 49, who absconded while on on day release with prison staff in Rochdale town centre . A convicted killer is on the run after he bolted w... | Paul Maxwell bolted during visit to Rochdale town centre with prison staff .
He murdered 85-year-old Joe Smales in Wakefield, West Yorks, in 1996 . |
f210eb16a44299153e2278034449b2fa02649e8f | By . Derek Lawrenson . On his first return to these shores since his amazing double of Scottish Open and Open Championship titles last July, Phil Mickelson would be fully entitled to look in his rear-view mirror with a self-indulgent smile. There, this veritable golfing pied piper would see not only Rory McIlroy but ... | Phil Mickelson returns to defend The Open title he won in 2013 .
US golfer will again play the Scottish Open, which he also won last year .
Players like McIlroy, Rose and Poulter will also play at Royal Aberdeen .
Mickelson was told he would win The Open after making his debut in 1991 .
The 44-year-old admits he wonder... |
f21146c480fa010de5367334f97147e106e61ec2 | By . Lee Moran . Last updated at 3:38 PM on 2nd March 2012 . Campaigning mothers are calling for a boycott of children's toy chain Toys 'R' Us for selling a comic in which an openly gay character gets married. Conservative 'family values' group One Million Moms wants to bring down the firm for carrying the latest issue... | One Million Moms protest against sale of comic .
Same group was angry about JC Penney's appointment of Ellen DeGeneres as spokeswoman . |
f211d75563583b0b724da2fadd4e8a5bd9bee88c | (CNN) -- China's giant pandas are believed to be safe after Monday's earthquake, but concern is growing over how they will get their next meals. The giant pandas' primary food source is bamboo. Authorities confirmed Tuesday that captive animals in two of China's major panda reserves were alive, according to Xinhua, Chi... | Report: Chinese authorities confirm that captive giant pandas are safe .
Concerns grow over road accessibility to the reserves .
Scientist: Alternative foods exist in the event of depleted bamboo stocks . |
f2135d97f761574cfb0aa2e4d69c1be4b3080c10 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 05:46 EST, 27 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:34 EST, 27 November 2012 . Britain's high-end housing market is in the grip of rich property dealers avoiding millions in tax and making huge profits which drives up prices, an investigation has revealed. At the heart of this powerful n... | Rush for profitable UK property has sent some values up 49% since 2009 .
Investors buying homes and offices via tax havens in secret .
They also avoid inheritance tax, capital gains tax and stamp duty .
No capital gains tax on any property bought and managed outside the UK while normal Britons pay up to 28 per cent on ... |
f213b32eb164c33e382779508933afc1885aaac9 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 01:20 EST, 15 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:00 EST, 15 October 2013 . Chicago is famous for its soaring skyline, but hidden from view is a 62-mile grid of abandoned freight tunnels once considered an engineering masterwork. Although the impressive grid connects all major railr... | The Illinois Telephone and Telegraph Company built the expansive tunnel network around 1900 to hold cables .
When they went bankrupt, the Illinois Tunnel Company took over and used the tunnels to move merchandise and coal .
62 miles of tunnels criss-crossed underneath the city .
The tunnels were six feet wide and 7.5 f... |
f213d4dc8a4c71bfb9628825764d592b5028ae51 | It's hard to imagine Hillary Rodham Clinton not running for president again – and easy to imagine the result of such a decision: political chaos. 'It would be shocking,' says Tad Devine, a Democratic strategist who is advising Sen. Bernie Sanders, a Vermont Democrat who is considering a presidential campaign himself. E... | Elizabeth Warren would emerge as the new standard-bearer for activists trying to elect the first female US president .
Joe Biden could look like less of an afterthought after eight years as vice president .
Jim Webb was secretary of the Navy under President Ronald Reagan and could appeal to war-hawkish centrist Dems .
... |
f213f5c0eca35bd0fea551255dabcf9eb40495bc | The power of word association is amazing. 'Let's go away for the weekend to Paris,' I say one morning to my seven-year-old son, George. His little face lights up. 'Yes, dad!' he beams. 'Disneyland Paris!' 'No, not Disneyland,' I reply. 'Paris, Paris.' Suddenly, he's not so enthusiastic. Maybe the French capital isn't t... | New travel company Kid & Coe specialises in privately owned properties .
Unique selling point is that the properties are child-friendly and stylish .
Graff family stayed in a former artist's studio once owned by a sculptor .
Home comes complete with the family's bikes, scooters and French LPs . |
f2140faaf81ceababaa0f857c0506e6035c3e113 | London, England (CNN) -- What if you could buy a smartphone that would last you for the rest of your life? This is the dream of Dutch designer Dave Hakkens, whose 'Phonebloks' concept has captured the public imagination and received celebrity endorsement from the most unexpected quarters. Phonebloks is a radical cell p... | Phonebloks concept aims to reduce global e-waste .
The invention will 'click together' like Lego .
Global e-waste amounts to between 20 and 50 million tonnes a year .
Critics argue that modular phones could increase e-waste rather than reducing it . |
f21475b9631b8841ba9cd51f39204798810adee7 | By . Mark Duell . 'Too common for telly': Business reporter Steph McGovern, 31, said she encountered prejudice from bosses before she landed her on-screen role . A BBC presenter has claimed she receives ‘abuse’ from viewers because of her northern accent. Steph McGovern, 31, who is originally from Middlesbrough and pre... | Steph McGovern, 31, presents business news on BBC Breakfast .
Says her 'strong northern accent' still elicits disparaging remarks .
Encountered prejudice from bosses before landing on-screen role .
Today Mishal Husain, 40, announced as new Today programme presenter . |
f214c192d604612b1beb2968c14a3709d9afd800 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 07:57 EST, 7 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:50 EST, 7 January 2013 . Help: Sordell is being supported over his prodigious use of Facebook and Twitter, which has seen him targeted by online trolls . A footballer who received abuse on Twitter after reporting racist chanting is getting advic... | Marvin Sordell being counselled on his 'excessive' social media use .
He has faced a barrage of racist insults online .
Now the club is stepping in to help him deal with trolls . |
f215402d624ba7117b70153222e2521bc18ca8a5 | Human keep-fit enthusiasts have long had any number of gadgets for measuring their exertions in the parks and pools. Now there’s a device that lets them get the same information about their canine friends. The gadget and accompanying mobile phone app mean dog-owners can monitor how much exercise their pet is taking, ev... | The £80 Whistle Activity Monitor attaches to a dog's collar .
The mini-GPS tracks to animal's activity during the day .
The data is then sent to a smartphone and plotted as a graph .
It allows pet owners to compare their pet to others of the same age .
Makers say it can show health trends that might otherwise be missed... |
f2159e7f502ec268adf19f2c1c599ca50c90eb03 | By . Gerard Couzens . A mother stabbed her ten-month-old baby to death in hospital before trying to commit suicide after losing a custody of the child and going on the run. Katharina Katit-Staheli, 40, fled her home in Switzerland with son Dylan, who suffered from hydrocephalus, also known as water on the brain, but ha... | Katharina Katit-Staheli stabbed son Dylan at a hospital near Alicante .
She then reportedly attempted to commit suicide .
It is believed she managed to get hold of the knife in hospital .
She had been on the run with the child since December 24 . |
f215a0172be829abacf8890bb5cbe33e039d97dc | By . Adam Shergold . PUBLISHED: . 04:46 EST, 6 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:33 EST, 6 November 2012 . It's every plane passenger's worst nightmare - but a surprisingly good premise for a film. Unfortunately, it seems Denzel Washington's portrayal of a fully-functioning alcoholic pilot in the new film Flight isn't ... | Character played by Denzel Washington drinks beer in the cockpit in hit movie, which made £15.7m in first weekend at the box office .
Drinks producers Anheuser-Busch and William Grant want logos obscured or removed from the film .
Legal experts say Paramount Pictures have no obligation to comply . |
f215cfb5f058a1bf863541f4ef11663812618b07 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- The sleek, dark wood has all the characteristics of endangered mahogany from Peru's Amazon rainforest. Kebony is targeting decking manufacturers and boat builders as potential clients of its modified sustainable wood. In reality, it was manufactured in Norway, in a five-day process that instill... | Norwegian company has developed eco-friendly way to simulate hardwood .
Kebony uses sustainable wood including maple, pine and beech .
Wood is treated to give it the same look, performance as tropical hardwood .
Product widely used in Norway, now the company is expanding internationally . |
f21687b0de158039e392aedb91bdc6b6bb33c747 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 02:06 EST, 25 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 05:13 EST, 25 February 2014 . A man who allegedly punched a flight attendant in a drunken rage during a Los Angeles-bound flight originating from Manila over the weekend could face up to twenty years in prison if convicted. Edgar Nonga... | Edgar Nafarrette Nonga allegedly flew into a rage when he was refused more alcohol .
At least five passengers tackled him after his attack on the flight from Manila to LAX .
Police met the plane as it landed Sunday morning and hauled Nonga to jail . |
f2171ca3877279cb749add22bed9f205870b0865 | Americans think sitting President Barack Obama is the nation's worst leader since the last World War, according to a poll released this morning. A third of Americans singled-out Obama as their least favorite president since 1945 in Quinnipiac University's latest presidential poll, just ahead of George W. Bush, who rece... | Sitting president Barack Obama was cited as the worst U.S. president out of the dozen men who have held the position dating back to 1945 .
Former Hollywood actor Ronald Reagan ranked first on survey-takers' lists, followed by philandering presidents Bill Clinton and John F. Kennedy .
Americans are so chafed by Obama's ... |
f2171f852198f009166bed79c6dd6c357df18368 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:27 EST, 18 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:00 EST, 18 September 2013 . An Ohio man who confessed in an online . video to causing a fatal wrong-way crash after a night of heavy drinking today changed his plea to guilty. Matthew Cordle, 22, pleaded guilty . to aggravated vehi... | Matthew Cordle, 22, admitted to killing Vincent Canzani, 61, during a June drunken hit-and-run accident in Ohio in a video posted on YouTube .
He pleaded not guilty last week and changed it today .
Will be sentenced on October 10 . |
f21856fe934c2978b54151bca8ae158c87855b5b | Taking painkillers could increase the number of headaches a person suffers from, an expert has claimed . Taking painkillers could increase the number of headaches a person suffers from, an expert has claimed. Professor Gillian Leng, Deputy Chief Executive of the National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (Nice),... | Professor Gillian Leng said using too many painkillers causes more pain .
She said correct diagnosis and treatment is vital to avoid the problem .
Nice is releasing new guidelines to help doctors treat people suffering from headaches - they aim to ensure people receive the right treatment . |
f2197cde9d54cecb4e80035cb80c97538d10ca27 | Real Madrid have tied up a deal to sign Levante goalkeeper Keylor Navas following his outstanding World Cup campaign with Costa Rica. The 27-year-old helped Costa Rica progress from a tricky group including England, Italy and Uruguay but was unable to stop his country from falling to a penalty shootout defeat against H... | Real Madrid have beaten Bayern Munich to the signature of Keylor Navas .
Navas will battle Iker Casillas and Diego Lopez for a first team spot .
Costa Rica defeated Uruguay, Italy and Greece at 2014 World Cup . |
f219a5e3892343cdbc12cfad28d4d89d3a49d4f2 | By . Mail On Sunday Reporter . If anyone was wondering what model and actress Kelly Brook sees in her muscle-bound new squeeze David McIntosh, he’s keen to reveal all. Before meeting the pin-up, McIntosh had been working in security for four years after leaving Sky One TV show Gladiators in 2009. Now he has launched a ... | Former Gladiator David McIntosh is setting up a fitness website .
Kelly Brook's partner will sell fitness programmes and photos of himself . |
f219cd6c016303c74169725d80e57a3c4e75af3f | Given that they died in combat, it seems almost appropriate that auctioneers plan to make a killing from these two dinosaurs. Described as ‘possibly the most amazing fossil in the world’, the bones of the dinosaurs who fought to the death 65million years ago are expected to fetch a record-breaking £6million at auction ... | The fossil of the duelling dinosaurs - dubbed the 'most amazing in the world' - was unearthed in Montana in 2006 .
Predator nanotyrannus left teeth embedded in neck of a plant-eating triceratops, which smashed the others skull .
Believed the pair of dinosaurs were fighting before being buried in an earthquake . |
f219d8493ce9eee7498210c4b2d9a9bbbdca4c00 | World-famous photographer David LaChapelle has captured transgender model Carmen Carrera in the nude, both as a man and a woman. The fantastical shots, which appear on two posters promoting the 2014 Life Ball for HIV and AIDS, see Ms Carrera, 28, re-enact a utopian scene, in which she appears in two versions; one as Ad... | Her genitalia is computer generated in the images, and it remains unclear whether the model has male or female private parts in real life .
Ms Carrera, 28, was born a man and had surgery to become a woman in 2012 .
The model is scheduled to star in a docuseries called TransAmerica this year, produced by Tyra Banks . |
f21a2aa8f3cc53c21b922f454d85d57c1b6ab943 | New Delhi, India (CNN) -- Indian cricket authorities have announced plans to host Pakistan later this year for the first one-on-one series between the South Asian rivals in five years. "It was decided to resume cricketing ties with Pakistan by inviting the Pakistan cricket team for a short series in December 2012-Janua... | India and Pakistan to play international cricket again after five-year suspension .
India ceased all cricketing activity with its neighbor following 2008 Mumbai terror attacks .
A short one-day international series will take place between December and January .
The two nuclear powers will be hoping to use cricket as a ... |
f21a6c7d420d11206a4587d62ad9ed3e95063e98 | Anthony Weiner was running almost an hour late for his final campaign appearance of the weekend, two days before he faces all-but-certain political doom in Tuesday's Democratic primary for New York mayor. There was a "child care mixup" at home, an aide said. Weiner had to peel off the campaign trail and hustle back to ... | Weiner makes his "closing arguments" in mayoral campaign that he once led .
In closing days of race, Weiner seems to be living between shamelessness and fortitude .
His New Yorkitude offers stark contrast to consultant-driven personas of his opponents . |
f21a957ef3ab62e73d9bcd9f27bb1fa8b47b4447 | It was always going to be a tough battle to claim the title of Britain’s brainiest child. But viewers of Child Genius have questioned whether the Channel 4 show went too far as two boys were shown sobbing after losing the competition. When maths prodigy Rubaiyat, 11, was defeated by eventual winner Sharon Daniel the ca... | Maths prodigy Rubaiyat, 11, and Tudor Mendel-Idowu, eight, shown crying .
Boys lost out to winner Sharon Daniel, 11, in Channel 4 show Child Genius .
Competition, overseen by Mensa, aimed to find Britain's brainiest child .
Viewers criticised the 'cruel' competition on Twitter, calling it 'horrible'
Charity boss says c... |
f21aa207e80fcf6a814909fc3a5c7d4b6b0c2a02 | Picture the scene. A beautiful spring Monday morning. The Humber Bridge glistened in the sunlight. Birdsong filled the air, blossom falling from trees and a feeling of hope among all those lucky enough to be outdoors on that glorious day. Around a hundred members of the local Women’s Institute were enjoying the day as ... | Bullard came to blows with Barmby after Everton defeat in 2010 .
The pair were team-mates together at Hull City for over two years .
Had to be separated after throwing punches in front of Women's Institute .
Bullard struggled badly with injury during his time at the club . |
f21ab5df588556e255d4258be580efc2a0276e51 | For more than two decades, Chester Nez kept silent about his role as one of the original Navajo code talkers responsible for developing an unbreakable code during World War II. His death Wednesday at his home in Albuquerque, New Mexico, at age 93 was lamented by the Marine Corps as the end of an era -- for both the cou... | As a child, Chester Nez was punished for speaking Navajo .
Nez says recognition as a code talker came late, but was good when it did .
Nez was one of 29 Navajos recruited to develop the code .
Nez served as a code talker in the battles of Guadalcanal, Guam and Peleliu . |
f21b1af8644bf0ae82cf2ce29670bfa33cc5d741 | Liverpool are revving up their attempts to keep Raheem Sterling from Real Madrid's clutches by offering the wonderkid a bumper new contract. The Anfield club are set to offer the 19-year-old a new contract that will include a sharp increase on his current £30,000-per-week deal as a reward for his excellent displays thi... | Liverpool are set to offer Raheem Sterling a new contract .
New deal would be significant increase on £30,000-a-week deal .
Brendan Rodgers wants to do it to ward off Real Madrid . |
f21b2fcfecfbda63a5380349d7c161ea26a7e8ea | Editor's note: Jeffrey Wright is a stage and screen actor who has won a Tony, Emmy and Golden Globe. Wright has appeared in "Angels in America," "Basquiat," "The Manchurian Candidate," "Syriana," "W." and "Casino Royale." Actor Jeffrey Wright says a nation that put a man on the moon should be able to take race out of p... | Jeffrey Wright: President Obama catches flak for remarks on professor's arrest .
Wright applauds Obama for having courage to speak his mind .
Actor says he too was victim of arrest in which race played a part .
He says political leaders need to address race and policing . |
f21b65310ccf39012c0d32a851d773b2f16a4027 | An arm, legs, underwear, dark jeans and size 5½ Air Jordan sneakers turned up on the Queens side of the East River. The jeans and shoes were the same size of Avonte Oquendo, an autistic 14-year-old last seen last fall walking unsupervised out of his school. Yet his mother was steadfast: "It's not Avonte until it's Avon... | Avonte Oquendo's mother was hopeful until the very end, her lawyer says .
He says Avonte would be alive if not for "cascade of errors" at school he'd attended .
Security video shows the autistic teen leaving a New York City school on October 4 .
Several of his body parts, some clothes were found last week in the East R... |
f21b9e9c4d05a89420046beab81797aa5f887cdc | Fans of the new John Lewis Christmas advert have already gone on a shopping spree with the £95 toy penguin getting sold out online within hours of its release. The retailer only released its latest festive commercial this morning but stars Monty and Mabel have already proved to be a huge hit despite the high prices. J... | John Lewis launched ad this morning and toys sold out online by afternoon .
Retailer has produced 39 pieces of merchandise linked to new commercial .
Penguin stuffed toys, umbrellas, onesies and cufflinks have all sold out .
Viewers saying that this may be the best John Lewis Christmas ad yet .
Tells story of seven-yea... |
f21bca9f780cdc41090f0beab6fbd8ac3bb567ae | (CNN) -- Pakistani army chief Gen. Ashfaq Pervez Kayani complained to U.S. Gen. John Allen about Taliban incursions from Afghanistan into Pakistan when he met the commander of NATO forces in Afghanistan, a Pakistani army source said Wednesday. Kayani urged NATO to stop militants from crossing the border, according to t... | NATO's Afghanistan commander meets with a top Pakistani general, Pakistan says .
Pakistan wants NATO to stop the Taliban from crossing the border, an officer says .
Pakistan and the United States have an uneasy relationship . |
f21bf2d277f3d306bedbdb9d9662f55df442e72f | A bus driver who tried to avoid a being caught out in a drugs test by using his wife's urine got busted when officials told him, 'Congratulations, you're pregnant.' The driver was selected along with colleagues from the General Transportation Authority for the standard test to detect if they had been using narcotics. E... | Driver in Egypt selected to undergo drugs test by transport chiefs .
Used wife's urine but did not realise she was two months pregnant .
Officials asked him to confirm sample was his before saying 'you're pregnant'
Drug use is on the rise in Egypt, and painkiller tramadol is popular . |
f21c37108f7c23c7386b765ba24cd5d75b98e81f | Women across Brazil have united by taking pictures of themselves, wearing little or no clothing, with the words 'I don't deserve to be raped' in a protest against the attitude that revealing clothing justifies rape. The online campaign has flooded social media after it was revealed that 65.1 per cent of Brazilians part... | Mass picture protest staged by journalist Nina Quieroz .
Men too have began posting the pictures .
66.5 per cent of those who answered survey were women . |
f21cdc31030eb27d068a1096220c55c8f1f03606 | (CNN) -- The Washington state Liquor Control Board on Wednesday banned the sale of alcoholic energy drinks after a group of college students got sick from consuming a drink nicknamed "blackout in a can." The ban, which takes effect November 18, follows the October hospitalization of nine underage Central Washington Uni... | NEW: Manufacturer says the ban is based on "misguided information"
"Alcohol energy drink" led to 9 students being hospitalized, police said .
"Four Loko" is a "binge-drinker's dream," a professor says . |
f21d2a5b0d693c3afc139966d5b92b2cb663058d | By . Adam Crafton . Follow @@AdamCrafton_ . Yaya Toure vowed to remain at Manchester City on Friday despite months of seemingly trying to drive a wedge between himself and the champions. ‘I want to stay,’ said the Ivorian midfielder. ‘I will always honour my contract. I don’t think about all this speculation. It’s a bi... | Yaya Toure will stay at Manchester City as midfielder says: 'I want to stay'
Agent Dimitri Seluk adds: 'Everybody can stop speculating about this'
Toure was supposedly upset he did not receive a cake for his 31st birthday .
Club owners failed to shake Toure's hand on trip to Abu Dhabi either .
Seluk had said it was '50... |
f21d5be97ec53a0865e1ac563165b42073ccc64a | By . Euan Black for MailOnline . The last images taken by the beheaded journalist James Foley before his 2012 capture show the American was determined to share with the world the horror of the Syrian civil war. The journalist's powerful work was often shot just yards away from explosions and gunfire, as he immersed him... | Journalist was covering the Syrian civil war when he was kidnapped .
He filmed his final footage in the months leading up to his capture .
American spent time with Syrian rebels as he filmed the conflict .
The footage shows how immersed in the conflict Foley was .
He appeared determined to show the world the horrors of... |
f21d894a15578e9359480f5391b49683106fe05a | GENEVA, Alabama (CNN) -- The gunman who authorities said launched a shooting rampage over three south Alabama towns, slaying 10 people in his path before killing himself, was once a police officer in Samson, the small town hit hardest by the deadliest crime in the state's history. Authorities identified the shooter, se... | NEW: Officials say suspect was depressed about job issues .
Police say gunman "fired in excess of 200 rounds" during the assaults .
Shooter trained briefly at state police academy but "didn't last," officials say .
Police say Michael McLendon killed his mom, grandparents, aunt, uncle . |
f21ded783c8ce4d97ad0053a3dae181bd8825193 | Once described as the 'grandest house in Scotland', Britain's most expensive repo home is being sold for a knockdown price of £1.6 million. Melville House with its 11 main bedrooms, seven reception rooms and stunning architectural features has become one of the greatest bargains on the housing market. The pile, set in ... | Once valued at £4.5m but failed to find a buyer and became Britain's most expensive repossession in 2005 .
Estate agents: 'An imposing Grade A listed, Neo-Palladian mansion house set within beautiful Fife countryside'
During the Second World War, the mansion served as a hospital and temporary barracks for the Army . |
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