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f23b99068b588806979c765b65329e3247ba44ac | By . Hugo Gye . At least 11 people were killed and dozens more trapped in rubble after a block of flats collapsed in the Indian city of Chennai yesterday. Five building firm bosses have been arrested over the disaster, which happened when the 11-storey building was still under contruction. It was the second deadly buil... | The 11-storey block of flats was being built in a suburb of the Indian city .
It collapsed after heavy monsoon rains and 'being hit by lightning'
At least 11 people were killed and five official from building firm arrested .
Another 11 people died when a building in New Delhi collapsed yesterday . |
f23bb163913c4e0ba0e67fc7ff2fe82706a67586 | Brazilian midfielder Anderson was always first to show off his dancing skills whenever Manchester United won a trophy. Unfortunately, his football was less memorable and he is destined to leave Old Trafford in January as one of the most expensive follies in Premier League history, alongside the likes of Fernando Torres... | Anderson joined Manchester United for around £26million in 2007 .
The Brazil midfielder has cost the club as much again in wages .
Anderson, once thought of as Paul Scholes' replacement, never delivered .
Now the 26-year-old could be going back to his first club Gremio . |
f23bbe694042f947567b27ba4f79888d6007a837 | (CNN) -- The United Nations is urging countries to invest in green jobs working with "sustainable forest management" to address the growing problem of unemployment worldwide. A deforested area appears in a rain forest in Brazil's Para state in October. At least 10 million such jobs could be created, the U.N. Food and ... | U.N. says countries should invest in green jobs for "sustainable forest management"
Sustainable forestry aims to prevent depletion of forests .
Asia and Africa could benefit the most from such jobs, report co-author says .
Report will be discussed next week at meeting in Italy . |
f23c1f87919164b00e572c8983a3a7773f27d7f6 | Bekaa Valley, Lebanon (CNN) -- In my nine years as a UNICEF ambassador, I've been to camps for people displaced by conflict. Though hardly luxurious, they usually have some kind of structure: a water source, latrines, even schools. In Lebanon, even the most basic services are hard to come by as the small country stagge... | UNICEF Ambassador Lucy Liu visited Syrian refugees in Lebanon .
Each day thousands of Syrians flee into the country, half are children .
UNICEF needs $172 million to provide clean water, schools, health care and nutrition . |
f23c5afafb921b7c1517684e239ef56f18ae0d2f | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 10:04 EST, 19 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:22 EST, 20 June 2013 . A woman who had her eyes gouged out in one of Britain's most horrific domestic assaults has allegedly been attacked again. Mother-of-two Tina Nash, 33, permanently lost her sight in April 2011 when savage Shane Jenkin gouged... | Tina Nash was blinded in appalling 12 hour attack two years ago .
Mother-of-two Miss Nash was allegedly attacked on Sunday .
Her 32-year-old boyfriend has pleaded not guilty to assault . |
f23cb56f27c8919ffc9d596c08f58247599240dd | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 09:59 EST, 21 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:40 EST, 21 March 2012 . The armed forces will be given £100million to repair crumbling accommodation and soldiers will receive 'full' council tax relief while deployed, George Osborne said today. The Chancellor also said the families welfare gr... | Afghanistan war will cost £2.4bn less than expected .
Council tax relief worth around £600 for six-month tour .
Welfare allowance, paid while soldiers are deployed to fund family activities, to be doubled to £4.40 per week . |
f23d61d6c1941a151a483bbeff64379603438ec6 | (CNN) -- A high-ranking al Qaeda leader has called on China's minority Uyghurs to prepare for a holy war against the Chinese government. Security has been increased recently on the streets of Urumqi, Xinjiang's capital. "There is no way for salvation and to lift this oppression and tyranny unless you ... seriously prep... | Uyghurs are Muslims in western China's Xinjiang province .
Abu Yahia Al-Libi's comments a reaction to recent violence in Xinjiang's capital .
Tension between Uyghurs and majority Han Chinese erupted into riots in July .
Al-Libi considered one of al Qaeda's top strategists and most vocal leaders . |
f23db53a0f01e3b98028737f127fb04cb9478dda | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 04:42 EST, 6 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:23 EST, 6 December 2013 . He has promised to lead a healthier liftestyle after admitting taking crack cocaine in a 'drunken stupor' and it appears Rob Ford is keeping to his word as he is pictured leaving the gym following a gruellin... | Mayor Ford fits in gruelling workout during break in committee meeting .
Later pictured gulping tankard of iced water and yawning in City Hall .
He yesterday dismissed latest allegations as an 'outright lie'
Newly-released section of police dossier includes suggestions of heroin .
Has become worldwide media sensation s... |
f23dc857e44ec66bb9a0e972c4f218be276db68d | The Drug Enforcement Administration paid an Amtrak employee hundreds of thousands of dollars over two decades to obtain confidential information it could have gotten for free, according to internal investigators at the railroad. According to a report released Monday by Amtrak's inspector general, the DEA paid an Amtrak... | DEA paid nearly $43k per year for 20 years to an 'informant' who was passing along private passenger data .
Amtrak's own police force would have shared the information with the DEA without cost .
Sen. Chuck Grassley is angry about the unnecessary spending .
The Amtrak secretary who pocketed the DEA's cloak-and-dagger m... |
f23e25dde3de6f39d931fb3a9284a83c28bc73e8 | Devastated by the worst nuclear disaster in history, Chernobyl is now a barren ghost town slowly being forgotten. These astonishing aerial photographs of the former power plant and the neighbouring city of Pripyat show how they are becoming hidden from view as the surrounding forest closes in. Following the disaster - ... | Former power plant and neighbouring city of Pripyat are slowly becoming hidden from view by Red Forest .
Ukrainian government evacuated 350,000 residents from Chernobyl and Pripyat following 1986 disaster . |
f23e2ae67521538a2161f3ff4fed235b9ffeefba | By . Darren Boyle for MailOnline . Gang leader ‘Fat’ Andy Connors was buried yesterday in a gold-plated coffin said to have cost£25,000. Irish police feared there might be an outbreak of violence at the funeral and erected a tight-knit security ring around the Church of the Nativity in Saggart, west Dublin. The funeral... | Gangster 'Fat' Andy Connors was shot dead in front of his family last week .
The Dublin based criminal was the target of a major police operation .
The traveller was buried yesterday in a gold coffin said which cost £25,000 . |
f23e4f520eea7276a420c213720c89bdb928f168 | (CNN Student News) -- October 28, 2011 . Media Literacy Question of the Day . What tools could you use in a news report to put the world's population in perspective? * . * . Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Student News. Write your answers in the space provid... | Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News .
Write your answers in the space provided .
Today's Newsquiz includes the Media Literacy Question of the Day . |
f23e51b3e8a184218d05dbbbdee74115f5a560cf | By . Damien Gayle . The teacher in charge of the hundreds of pupils caught in the South Korean ferry disaster killed himself because 'surviving alone is too painful', according to a note found in his wallet. In his poignant last words, Kang Min-Gyu said he hoped he would become a teacher once again in the afterlife for... | Kang Min-gyu, 52, was found hanging from a tree in Jindo, South Korea .
He was a senior teacher at Danwon High School in Anwan, near Seoul .
His students made up the majority of the 475 ferry passengers . |
f23ec597f65e6be1009f8265cea4c4098f274b2e | (CNN) -- Federal agents can't account for more than 1,400 guns after a widely criticized operation aimed at tracing the flow of weapons to Mexican drug gangs, sources with knowledge of the investigation tell CNN. Of 2,020 guns involved in the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives probe dubbed "Operation ... | "Operation Fast and Furious" involved more than 2,000 guns, sources tell CNN .
Fewer than 600 have been recovered in the United States and Mexico, they say .
The operation has been sharply criticized by members of Congress . |
f23f2707cb566557900dbcdca24255fb59b2eefd | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 09:35 EST, 18 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:48 EST, 18 April 2013 . A sports car driver who had broken down has died after a tipper lorry collided with his vehicle as it stood stricken on the side of the road. The 44-year-old's MGB vehicle had stopped at the side of the A2 in Kent w... | Unnamed 44-year-old man was declared dead at the scene of crash .
Driver had broken down on hard shoulder when a truck hit his vehicle .
Incident led to A2 in Kent being closed for five hours . |
f23f2b9e7dbf919ec6cfb6eda236be0415ac7528 | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 07:34 EST, 16 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:24 EST, 16 October 2013 . A large panel fell off a plane mid-flight leaving a gaping hole in the aircraft while 148 passengers were on board. An investigation has been launched after the panel came away from the fuselage on the Air India 787 ... | An investigation has been launched after the panel came away on Saturday .
Latest in a series of mishaps for the high-tech jet introduced two years ago .
The plane was carrying 148 people and travelling from Delhi to Bangalore .
An entire fleet of Dreamliners were grounded in January for four months . |
f23f512f14b127f32c15d95abd3f6d1b6c4302f4 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 06:27 EST, 24 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:30 EST, 24 May 2013 . UKIP leader Nigel Farage’s son has been given a conditional caution for being drunk and disorderly. City trader Thomas Farage, 21, was arrested at 3am in the Square Mile in April. He appeared a... | City trader Thomas Farage, 21, arrested in Square Mile in April .
City of London Magistrate's Court told he will receive conditional caution .
UKIP leader Nigel Farage refused to comment on the case . |
f23fe702e3fcb1df358de6c4c7696ab2ce0a6f34 | New York (CNN) -- A small plane with apparent engine trouble made a forced landing Saturday on a busy highway in the Bronx, injuring three people, authorities said. The 1966 Piper PA-28-180 aircraft landed about 3:20 p.m near the East 233rd Street exit on the Major Deegan Expressway, authorities said. It appears the si... | Forced landing in the Bronx on major highway .
3 people on board .
No reports of any vehicles struck by the aircraft . |
f24065245937d8acb6c52e062629572db05fc04b | Peter Clarke had food poisoning caused by campylobacter bacteria . Peter . Clarke had invited his 19-year-old grandson, Cai, over for a meal and . had made a special effort with the menu, starting with home-made . vegetable soup, which was followed by roast chicken breast with new . potatoes and peas, then chocolate mo... | Peter Clarke, 79, from Cardiff had a nasty stomach bug in February .
It followed a chicken meal, and kept him housebound for nearly a week .
Contracted a campylobacter infection - common cause of food poisoning .
Thought to have caught it when he washed the chicken before cooking it .
Don't wash raw chicken. There is n... |
f2407dfe1c444de46731e434215b74fb74a93f80 | This is the platinum watch given by Adolf Hitler to his mistress Eva Braun for her 27th birthday. The Eszeha watch was engraved with 'Zum 6.2.1939 herzlichst A. Hitler' (‘On 6 February 1939, most affectionately, A. Hitler’) with a registration code of 86439 and had been hidden in a Munich museum. It was found at the Pi... | Adolf Hitler gave watch to Eva Braun for 27th birthday on February 6, 1939 .
Found by Spiegel researchers at Gallery of the Modern in Munich, Germany .
Braun had secret relationship with Hitler in 1930s and they married in 1945 .
But the couple committed suicide one day later as enemy forces closed in . |
f2409c1ec571a18727cd70c1df3ffbdefed0a216 | By . Mark Prigg . and Jonathan O'Callaghan . It was the DIY project that captured the hearts of space enthusiasts the world over - could a team of scientists really re-gain control of a long-thought dead spacecraft? In late May they wowed us all by making first contact - but now the project has, sadly, come to an end. ... | Virginia-based amateur group successfully fired thrusters on 'dead' probe .
The spacecraft was moved to fly past the moon on 10 August .
Believed to have now run out of fuel - after just one firing of its thrusters .
Set to be abandoned after lunar flypast . |
f241c9bde64abe9f6bdb5eb309c79908aeb10534 | Washington (CNN)Florida Sen. Marco Rubio said in an interview with CNN Wednesday that if the Supreme Court eventually rules that same-sex marriage is constitutional, Americans would have to abide by that ruling. "I wouldn't agree with their ruling, but that would be the law of the land that we would have to follow unti... | Marco Rubio said Americans should "abide" by a Supreme Court decision if it rules gay marriage is constitutional .
Local officials have no choice but to abide by federal courts' decisions to overrule gay marriage bans, he added .
Rubio said Jeb Bush's decision on 2016 won't dissuade him from running . |
f2422e2087913be71a308c4ca23ceac00e67fe3e | (CNN) -- Growing up in rural northeast Pennsylvania, the Philadelphia of my childhood was like the Moscow of Chekhov's "Three Sisters" -- the promised land, an emergency exit from my semi-provincial life in Wilkes-Barre. During school trips to see the Liberty Bell or Constitution Hall or the art museum, Philadelphia un... | As part of our Destination USA series, we pit rival cities and let you vote which is best .
The final city smackdown is a battle of the underdogs: Philadelphia vs. Detroit .
Michael Saba explains why Philly is "more than the sum of its touristy trappings"
Fight for your city! Show us why you think Detroit or Philadelph... |
f2424eb7f7d07eb6d9c1211297f7ee881833fac0 | (CNN) -- In the heat of battle, it's best to have your key allies closest to you and European Ryder Cup captain Paul McGinley has certainly done that by naming two close friends as his vice-captains. His decision was eased by knowing that both Sam Torrance and Des Smyth have previously played major roles in leading Eur... | Scotland's Sam Torrance and Irishman Des Smyth named as first European vice captains .
Captain Paul McGinley says he will wait for team line up before naming remaining vice captains .
Both Torrance and Smyth have won the competition before .
Opening day's play at WGC Championship suspended by dangerous weather . |
f242bd94296ad3399df418eb42b4aa22e05e6055 | By . Steve Robson . PUBLISHED: . 08:41 EST, 26 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:10 EST, 26 December 2012 . [captio . Parents who parked outside their home as they carried their seriously disabled boy to their car were shocked to see they had been given a ticket. Karl Wade, 37, briefly left his Nissan Note people carri... | Karl Wade and Rebecca Harbourne had been fitting special splints to son Devon, four, when warden appeared .
Temporary restrictions had been imposed outside their home .
Birmingham council refused two appeals because their case 'lacks merit' |
f24312eecf16e0a71200ee07e583e63bcf9da3d1 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 07:50 EST, 9 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:17 EST, 9 October 2012 . An advert for a travel company, which tells the story of a father crossing the country after learning to accept his daughter's same-sex marriage, has led to a storm of controversy online. The Expedia advert, which... | Find Your Understanding advert has been watched more than a million times on YouTube .
Poignant advert shows a father travelling across the U.S. to attend his daughter's same-sex wedding .
Some viewers have branded the clip 'sinful' and 'sexually deviant' |
f243813a35e4de8f7b76dd2b89781d5ddb006af4 | The hapless selfie-taking tourist who has become an internet sensation over footage of him being kicked in the head by a Peruvian train driver could be set to earn a substantial fortune from his recent misfortune. Jared Frank, from Regina, Saskatchewan, has been offered thousands of dollars of advertising and licensing... | Jared Frank's video of him being struck in the head by the engineer of a single locomotive car has become an internet sensation .
It has been viewed more than 23 million times since he uploaded it to YouTube last week .
Now he stands to earn a substantial fortune after being approached by companies keen to advertise ag... |
f244080173b64e1a8fd04eea4361ef7764438c13 | Mervyn Kenneth Douglas Bell is on trial accused of murdering and sexually assaulting a baby for about 15 hours in March last year, including inflicting third-degree burns and bruises . A 27-year-old man who faces charges of murdering and sexually assaulting a baby, has told a Perth court that he 'never would have harme... | Mervyn Kenneth Douglas Bell is on trial accused of murdering and sexually assaulting a 10-month-old baby .
Mr Bell denies ever harming the baby because he was looking after him .
He said he found the baby head first in the water and tried to perform CPR before the ambulance came .
The judge-alone trial continues . |
f244fec719275a62feef23864b9e73985fa65aef | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 10:28 EST, 2 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:19 EST, 2 April 2013 . Saudi Arabia has lifted the ban preventing women from riding motorbikes and bicycles, it has emerged. The kingdom's religious police are now allowing women to ride bikes in parks and . recreational areas. However, they h... | Religious police now allowing women to ride bikes in parks and recreational areas .
But they have to be accompanied by male relative and dressed in full Islamic head-to-toe abaya . |
f2451cb32802d1dcfb73245dec0da355de37e3de | (CNN) -- A 12-year-old suicide bomber killed three other people, including a district council head, and armed attackers shot to death two police officers Sunday, the first day of a Taliban spring offensive. The attacks followed a Taliban declaration Saturday that its spring military operations will focus on attacks aga... | A 12-year-old boy detonates a suicide bomb, killing three people .
Two police officers are shot to death .
The Taliban said Saturday that it would not arm civilians in the offensive . |
f245705ff2e8dd736a6048696f56f2c194785c7c | A waitress has claimed that she contracted herpes from a MAC lipstick endorsed by Rihanna at one of the singer's concerts. Starkeema Greenidge, 28, developed mouth sores after a MAC Cosmetics representative applied the 'RiRi Woo' lipstick on her as she attended a show in Brooklyn, New York, she claims in a lawsuit. She... | Starkeema Greenidge 'could not work for weeks, causing a loss of income' |
f2458cc2e978c892e9c329fb414bcbd864054407 | (CNN) -- Actresss Nicole Kidman and country music star Keith Urban revealed Monday that they added a daughter to their family last month. Faith Margaret Kidman Urban is their biological child but she was "born through a gestational carrier" at The Women's Hospital at Centennial in Nashville on December 28, 2010, accord... | Faith Margaret Kidman Urban was born through a surrogate .
Urban and Kidman already have a 2-year-old daughter . |
f245b3a1be4ce2aa727a0263a7dceefd9b1a3844 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Kyle Denton, 27, tried to claim that he had injured his finger falling down a pothole but had actually injured it after he punched someone . A thug broke his finger punching a man then tried to win compensation from his local council telling them he injured it falling down a pothole. Kyle Den... | WARNING: CONTAINS GRAPHIC CONTENT .
Kyle Denton, 27, sent personal injury claim to Wakefield Council in 2012 .
Slipped up after posting picture on Facebook page boasting hitting someone .
Claim was in its early stage and council was yet to pay out any money .
Admitted fraud at Wakefield Magistrates Court and given com... |
f245bfa22e1b4bc74c9dd676ca979587b1ff09bb | (CNN) -- Changes to social studies curricula introduced by conservative members of the Texas State Board of Education were approved Friday after months of ideologically driven debate. Three separate votes on amended guidelines for elementary-, middle- and high-school curricula each resulted in 9-5 splits along party li... | Conservatives on Texas board vote on changes to "balance" curriculum .
Texas textbook requirements often make it into those of other states .
U.S. education secretary says there won't be large "ripple effect" |
f24612b948c56bb6fb19d9084f83ecff42bb0dfe | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:48 EST, 20 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:35 EST, 20 November 2013 . The career of one of the of the U.S. Navy's most experienced pilots may be sunk after his affair with a petty officer was revealed. Captain Jeffrey 'Chilly' Winter was the top pilot aboard the USS Carl Vin... | Captain Jeffrey 'Chilly' Winter was one of the Navy's top pilots - serving as an instructor at the famed TOP GUN fighter pilot school - until an affair with an underling cost him his command post .
The affair was revealed when the wife of a junior officer gained access to files on a portable hard-drive her husband had ... |
f2461f6bbf8b060a257ca505e16b1e32ae764b5b | (CNN) -- Q: I've heard so much about the dangers of drinking soda. Is it really all that bad for you? Or is it just empty calories? You may have heard about a new study published in the May issue of the American Journal of Nutrition that found an increased risk of stroke in people who consumed more than one soda per da... | Sugar sweetened beverage consumption has increased significantly .
Men consume on average 178 calories per day from sugar sweetened beverages .
Soda often displaces more healthful items in the diet . |
f24651da6620182e4754da8c781879c1c642d2a9 | Gerard Pique let the cat out of the bag regarding Cesc Fabregas's transfer to Chelsea. The Barcelona defender was speaking to Spain manager Vicente del Bosque at a promotional event and even though they covered their mouths their voices were picked up by an active microphone. Both TVE and AStv managed to pick up the co... | Gerard Pique and Spain boss Vicente del Bosque blurted out details about Cesc Fabregas' move from Barcelona .
'He told me it's all done. He's going. 33 million [euros] he told me,' said Pique with microphones picking up the clandestine conversation .
'The president isn't going to be happy,' replied Del Bosque. 'You're... |
f246521f440ec90a56e1b4f6512b3271c99f5874 | Ivory Coast defender Serge Aurier was hospitalised after a head injury left him convulsing during his side’s 4-1 African Nations Cup defeat by Cameroon. The PSG full-back knocked his head in a challenge with home captain Stephane Mbia and was then seen convulsing on the ground as both sets of players called for help. T... | Ivory Coast lost 4-1 to Cameroon in African Nations Cup qualifier .
PSG's Serge Aurier taken to hospital after head injury and convulsions .
Vincent Aboubakar and Clinton Njie both scored twice for Cameroon .
Yaya Toure scored consolation for The Elephants .
Manchester City midfielder said they must win all remaining q... |
f2466653fd358c3f4c5b491976ddba3b3244f1bb | 'Tis the season to be a Chelsea supporter. Three points ahead of Manchester City by December 25, and just about every record is backing you to claim a fourth Barclays Premier League title: . Chelsea's Cesc Fabregas shoots to score his team's second goal against Stoke City on Monday night . Fabregas slides in celebratio... | Jose Mourinho's three wise men have been in fine Premier League form .
Cesc Fabregas has created the most chances (54) while Eden Hazard has attempted the most dribbles (134)
Fabregas (188.9km) and Nemanja Matic (186.4km) are in the top five for the most distances covered by players .
Matic has made the joint second-mo... |
f2468289f30cec7f2c5cdbd64fffe8af66e0922f | (CNN) -- For decades, Mike Wallace defined the image of the hard-charging investigative reporter. News of his death at 93 came Sunday and with it a multitude of remembrances and assessments of a complex man. Wallace's longevity and his medium -- the TV network -- put a face on investigative reporting for the public. Hi... | Brant Houston: Mike Wallace, who died Sunday at 93, defined image of hard-charging reporter .
He says Wallace reflected evolution of investigative reporting over decades .
Wallace exemplified the attitude that people in power should be held accountable, he says .
Houston: Wallace spoke openly of corporate interference ... |
f246d7bdb2acf7c9bcbf1b5f4269071968fac944 | A murderer who walked out of an open prison more than 17 years ago remains on the run, police admitted last night. Raymond Lenihan, 57, is one of 24 prisoners who are still missing after absconding from Sudbury Prison. But information about the killer, who was jailed for life in 1977 at Leicester Crown Court for murder... | Raymond Lenihan is one of 24 prisoners still missing after absconding from Sudbury Prison in Derbyshire .
But information about the killer has only just been released .
It is part of a police inquiry into a series of prisoners who had escaped .
Was ordered after the Daily Mail found one killer, David Richards, spent n... |
f246e99000f2c6ae868f276feb87254e3ed0f9cf | By . Andrew Levy . PUBLISHED: . 07:41 EST, 14 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:51 EST, 14 December 2012 . Death: Sarah Carter-Edwards was killed by an asthma attack she suffered in the pub . A ‘lively and vibrant’ student died from an asthma attack triggered by the warm air in a pub. Sarah Carter-Edwards, 21, had walk... | Fashion student Sarah Carter-Edwards died of asthma during night out .
Collapsed after stepping into pub to meet friends in Market Drayton .
Shocked father says 21-year-old was 'wise beyond her years' |
f247448a21154e1c36a4ae3ef7f00c9c6b1f7458 | (CNN) -- What would be the most sensible way for a city to make use of its old and disused metro stations? Maybe they could be given a lick of paint and put back into service. Or how about rebranding them to drag in tourists with ghoulish yarns of haunted catacombs? In the French capital of Paris, one mayoral candidate... | A mayoral candidate in Paris has proposed transforming the city's disused metro stations .
A series of images display subterranean night clubs, swimming pools and restaurants .
There are a total of 16 disused stations beneath the streets of Paris . |
f2474a1b8cf6c9313fe2f2b8cb9436bc80018691 | Speaking at the TED conference model said her job isn't a career path . Has starred in campaigns for Louis Vuitton and walked Chanel catwalk . By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 04:42 EST, 13 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:22 EST, 13 December 2012 . She has walked the catwalk for Chanel, Balmain and Oscar de la Renta... | Speaking at the TED conference model said her job isn't a career path .
Has starred in campaigns for Louis Vuitton and walked Chanel catwalk . |
f24767202df0804b252be8ba5f5854fd780d147b | A collection of manuscripts from caves in Afghanistan has provided the first evidence of Jewish communities living in the devoutly Muslim country 1,000 years ago. The cache of Hebrew documents are thought to have originated from the country's northeast region, a Taliban stronghold. The documents, which include biblical... | Cache thought to have come from caves in northeast area of country .
Israel's National Library purchased documents from antiquities dealers .
Fascinating details about lives of early Jewish communities in Persia . |
f24780178960086337daddfd13d2deff6930f963 | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Coalition forces in Baghdad have killed the man believed to be the mastermind of recent bombings in the Iraqi capital, the U.S. military said. Mahir Ahmad Mahmud Judu al-Zubaydi, also known as Abu Rami and Abu Assad, was believed to be the leader of one of al Qaeda in Iraq's Baghdad networks, the... | Poland ends military presence in Iraq with ceremony Saturday .
U.S. diplomats meet with local officials to discuss Kirkuk sovereignty .
U.S. military: Man suspected in series of Iraqi bombings killed by coalition forces .
Troops acting in self-defense shot Abu Rami and woman, according to military . |
f247b3fe8c9320b5ad38f7551e361cd57d759da9 | Sanford, Florida (CNN) -- George Zimmerman was booked into jail Sunday after surrendering to authorities before an afternoon deadline, the Seminole County sheriff said. Zimmerman met two members of the sheriff's office in a business parking lot about 1:25 p.m. Sunday and was taken into custody, Sheriff Donald Eslinger ... | Man who shot Florida teen met authorities in a parking lot, sheriff says .
He'd been in a "secure, undisclosed location" amid "significant threats against his life"
A Florida judge set a Sunday afternoon deadline for George Zimmerman to surrender .
The judge revoked bail after a ruling that Zimmerman misled the court . |
f2480ec47349e5d16e599b25f82970b8bb805505 | By . Jessica Montoya Coggins . PUBLISHED: . 20:11 EST, 19 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:42 EST, 20 January 2013 . Hundreds gathered in New York City to attend a memorial for tech pioneer Aaron Swartz, where he was remembered for being an icon for the internet era and not a criminal facing numerous felony charges. Ac... | Girlfriend talks about his suicide: 'He was just so weary, I just don't think he could take it another day.'
Finishes her eulogy with the poem 'When Great Trees Fall' by Maya Angelou .
Applause emerged from the crowd about reforming the criminal justice system, 'We must pass Aaron's law.' |
f248da4db7766060ffd2fa6d8cec3a5adc2ed709 | (CNN) -- To say that I am upset by the copycat violent protests spreading around the Arab and Muslim world would be an understatement. I want to protest against the protesters. The mindless and criminal actions of a few in Libya, Egypt, Tunisia, Yemen and elsewhere, which have already led to the deaths of innocents, th... | Salman Shaikh: Violent protests of anti-Islam film have killed people and are pointless .
Shaikh thinks the film, U.S. policy, Iraq war have justifiably angered the Mideast .
But protests bolster worst Muslim stereotypes, he says, detract from issues like Syria .
Shaikh: Anti-democracy elements behind protests; Arab le... |
f248e7dc7088dfb62f41eeff3010fcdafd77d308 | Once associated with extreme fussy eaters and devoted animal rights activists, veganism is now becoming cool thanks to a number of celebrities embracing the diet. Jennifer Lopez credits veganism with helping her stay svelte and looking decades younger than her 45-years. Health guru Gwyneth Paltrow is of course another ... | Veganism is currently an on trend diet .
Beyonce and Jennifer Lopez among celebrities ditching animal products .
Diet expert Lily Simpson has a vegan day once a week .
She claims it helps her feel energised and revitalised . |
f2492213a771ae0278cfadc659442bc4f2b0c5c2 | By . Associated Press . Caught: Orville 'Moe' Fleming has been captured after more than two weeks on the run . A former California fire battalion chief who eluded authorities for more than two weeks has been arrested in the stabbing death of his girlfriend. Orville 'Moe' Fleming had been on the run since the body of hi... | Orville 'Moe' Fleming has been captured after fleeing his Sacramento home where his fiancee was found strangled and stabbed to death .
He was named as main suspect after victim Sarah June Douglas' sister recognized his voice during terrified call from her .
55-year-old had met Douglas through escort website two years a... |
f2498b44d97150672ba371d612c41ae7fb1e1625 | By . Emma Reynolds . PUBLISHED: . 12:07 EST, 23 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:19 EST, 23 June 2012 . Four activists were arrested today after scaling the gates of Buckingham Palace and chaining themselves to the railings. Three men and one woman from the Climate Siren group locked themselves to the south centre gate ju... | Carried banners with quote from Prince of Wales and said the Queen should follow her son's example .
Protest comes after end of Rio+20 conference .
Three men and one woman arrested and detained at London police stations . |
f24a453de9d92dadc306b0fb12680ddc74ba1c00 | By . Ashley Collman . PUBLISHED: . 10:54 EST, 16 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:15 EST, 16 August 2013 . Corrupt? Judge Michael Thornsbury was indicted Thursday for conspiring to imprison the husband of his married mistress after she broke-up with him . A judge in West Virginia was indicted Thursday for conspiring to ... | Mingo County Circuit Court Judge Michael Thornsbury was indicted Thursday for persecuting his ex-lover's husband .
According to the indictment he attempted to frame Robert Woodruff of drug possession, larceny and assault .
Thornsbury was since been suspended without pay and suspended of his law license .
He faces 20 ye... |
f24ab9f2d1e73c0ccf35d18db44241b93d79eb3c | When, on Monday morning, James Taylor reflected on his 90 the day before at the Premadasa, what lingered was not his answers to the inevitable questions about his height or about the patronising dismissal of his talents by one or two. No, it was his frustration. Built like a pole he may not be, but in that moment Taylo... | England face Sri Lanka in fifth ODI in Pallekele on Wednesday .
Captain Alastair Cook returns to the team after one-match ban .
But Cook's return creates problems for England's selectors .
James Taylor and Eoin Morgan flourished in his absence .
James Tredwell deserves spot in team after snub in previous ODIs .
Michael... |
f24adad75f9f74adb6ffd1aae44ee6136b33b54a | (CNN) -- One of China's biggest banks is planning to make the country's biggest foreign bank acquisition to date and has set its sights on potential targets in Europe. China Construction Bank, the second-ranked Chinese bank by assets after Industrial and Commercial Bank of China, could spend as much as $15bn on a deal,... | One of China's biggest banks is planning to make the country's biggest foreign bank acquisition .
Chairman: China Construction Bank could spend as much as $15B for "the right choice"
Wang would not name targets but UK, Germany or France banks are attractive .
Analysts have predicted that Chinese groups could swoop on c... |
f24b5e2957cf8507f2778dd5c2564b009acf7a15 | Education Minister Chris Pyne has been told to ‘man up’ by the Today Show’s Karl Stefanovic, who blasted ‘you can’t even get your policy through your own people’. Stefanovic stuck his teeth into Pyne a day after he grilled Prime Minister Tony Abbott about the axed carbon tax and federal budget, saying: ‘No one is buyin... | Chris Pyne appeared on the Today Show on Wednesday morning .
He announced the government will launch a second attempt to pass education reforms after the senate rejected them on Tuesday .
Glenn Lazarus has accused the Minister of 'harassing' him and other crossbenchers in order to gain their support for higher educatio... |
f24bdbc3c14a48821e01c373fe932275402d2cf6 | Bayern Munich defender Jerome Boateng believes he has the qualities to become Germany's first black captain. When Philipp Lahm retired after winning the World Cup in July, Bastian Schweinsteiger succeeded him as Germany skipper, but Boateng says he wants to lead out the world champions in the future. Boateng, whose fat... | Philipp Lahm retired from international football in the summer .
Bastian Schweinsteiger took over the role as Germany captain .
But his Bayern Munich team-mate Jerome Boateng wants the job .
Boateng believes he has the qualities to be captain in the future .
Germany have never had a permanent black captain before . |
f24be0b4d087137c6ca63da174c0438ff1297295 | Ulrika the mother: With daughter Bo, 13, last year . Trying to discipline your children is a challenge for any parent…especially if your spouse then undermines all your hard work by spoiling them with gifts. But when you have four offspring by four different fathers like Ulrika Jonsson, it seems that agreeing on some b... | The presenter, 47, says it is a 'nightmare' controlling children's web access .
Her daughter Bo, 13, has a mobile phone 'much against my better judgment'
Said her son Cameron, 19, admitted he watched online porn when aged 14 .
Says she welcomes Government scheme to put age ratings on music videos . |
f24be40aa0c7da3b8640bd4e5138b6abc85d5180 | By . Louise Eccles for the Daily Mail . Loyal British Telecom customers face inflation-busting price rises because of the firm’s £1.6billion splurge on football rights, campaigners claimed last night. Line rental, call charges and broadband bills are to jump by at least 6 per cent from December. Charities say the elder... | Line rental, call charges and broadband bills to jump 6% from December .
Elderly who still rely on home phones will be the hardest hit, charities say .
BT paid £897 million for a three-year Champions League deal .
Came after the firm paid £738 million for Premier League games . |
f24c5978e872be47e83ca6a7d0bc27f0e17b72ab | (CNN) -- Bayern Munich's record winning start to the Bundesliga season came to an abrupt end Sunday as they were stunned 2-1 at home by Bayer Leverkusen. Going into the match at the Allianz Arena, Bayern had racked up eight straight wins, but a late own goal by their German international defender Jerome Boateng saw the... | Bayern Munich beaten 2-1 at home by Bayer Leverkusen .
First defeat in Bundesliga after eight straight wins .
Juventus stay top in Italy after 1-0 victory at Catania .
Atletico Madrid draw level on points with Barcelona in Spain . |
f24c5cac0b002b7a2caa1425dfae68bac0086bfe | The famous 'Naked Gardeners' who created their very own Garden of Eden around a country manor are selling up after 'Eve' filed for divorce on the grounds her husband is a 'womanising alcoholic', it was revealed today. Barbara Pollard walked out on husband Ian after five years of marriage, leading to fears the beautiful... | Ian and Barbara Pollard took over Abbey House Gardens in Wiltshire .
Couple then transformed the Malmesbury estate into a nudist attraction .
Couple's dream is set to come to an end after Mrs Pollard filed for divorce .
Mr Pollard says he will be forced to sell the property, prompting fears the gardens may be shut . |
f24cd60b84b671df566f9aa4845a576cbff009a5 | LAGOS, Nigeria (CNN) -- Nigeria's main militant group said Friday it destroyed another oil pipeline owned and operated by a foreign company in the Niger Delta region. File image shows Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta fighters. It is the third reported attack this week by the Movement for the Emancipatio... | Militants claim to have overpowered gunboat and bombed a major pipeline .
Third alleged attack this week by the Emancipation of the Niger Delta (MEND)
Last month the militant group declared an "all-out war" on the government .
Recent violence has limited shipments of crude oil supplies from Nigeria . |
f24cd8eeecb80ea802b9fa2398978853d306036e | (CNN) -- For their extraordinary efforts to help change the world and better the lives of others, 10 everyday people will receive $50,000 and a chance for much more. This select group -- the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2012 -- was revealed Thursday. All the top 10 were nominated by CNN's global audience and profiled earlier t... | The top 10 CNN Heroes of 2012 represent six countries, four continents .
They will be honored at "CNN Heroes: An All-Star Tribute," which airs live December 2 .
Who will be Hero of the Year? Cast your vote now online or through your mobile device . |
f24cfce61c7494dc4007b59540d2584219bc0d80 | (CNN) -- Months after her father's prolonged campaign against President Obama's national security policies, Liz Cheney is spearheading a new organization aimed at organizing conservative opposition to the new administration's foreign policy approach. Liz Cheney formed Keep America Safe with William Kristol and Debra Bu... | Keep America Safe says its goal is providing effective rebuttal to Obama .
Group's founders say it has watched administration with "concern and dismay"
NEW: Democratic Party calls Cheney foreign policy a "sullied legacy"
Keeping focus on national security threats is one of group's goals . |
f24da23e39956a162076e3a6ce23fcb03c5c4bf7 | A woman was bombarded with violent threats from animal lovers on Facebook after allegedly locking her cat in a travel basket and placing it in a half-full bath because it ate her pizza. The woman from Swansea, south Wales, was subject to a torrent of online abuse after telling friends on the social media site she had p... | Woman shared photograph showing cat 'knee-deep in water' in box .
The 22-year-old complained the 'fat' animal had eaten her £15 pizza .
Animal lovers bombarded the woman with abuse on social media site .
RSPCA visited woman in Swansea, south Wales, but animal was unharmed . |
f24db1058fccc80fec2e8e4ad5f63f61929d11bc | For Elle Watmough, it would be an understatement to say the prospect of having a child with the love of her life is exciting. But the 25-year-old, who began trying for a baby through IVF since she became engaged to NRL player Anthony Watmough nearly four years ago, has been enduring years of physical and emotional pain... | Elle Watmough, 25, has been undergoing IVF treatment since she became engaged to NRL player Anthony Watmough .
When her body kept rejecting the medication, causing her much pain, she decided push for answers .
Just three months ago she found out she has endometriosis .
Doctors were shocked that she was going through IV... |
f24e523782a6791829b019185f720601b38bf0c9 | (CNN) -- Sean Kingston is walking around Miami's Jackson Memorial Hospital eight days after he was brought there in critical condition following a personal-watercraft crash, the publicist for Epic Records said Monday. Kingston, 21, has been upgraded to serious condition, publicist Joe Carozza said. "Sean is breathing o... | Sean Kington's condition is upgraded to serious, his publicist says .
The singer walked Monday for the first time since the accident .
Kingston and a woman were injured in a watercraft crash on May 29 in Miami . |
f24fa66fd61e985d9eb8834f258aff465d75e826 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:31 EST, 6 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:56 EST, 6 November 2013 . A prison inmate today testified that a Mormon doctor accused of killing his wife admitted to the crime by telling him: 'I'm getting away with the murder of my wife.' The testimony came as the trial in Provo,... | Jason Poirier, who was in jail with Martin MacNeill in December 2012, claimed doctor said: 'I'm getting away with the murder of my wife'
Comes after other inmates testified MacNeill called his wife a 'b****' and that authorities had no evidence to convict him .
MacNeill is accused of killing his wife Michele in April 2... |
f24fea9f112d92edd89f6a9028a353711e0b3cd6 | Anti-discrimination campaigners Kick It Out have criticised Wigan for appointing Malky Mackay as manager before the Football Association have finished their investigation into his conduct and have called on the governing body to reveal their findings. Sportsmail broke the news that the FA had been handed a dossier of e... | Kick It Out criticised Wigan after Malky Mackay announced as manager .
Sportsmail broke news of alleged offensive text messages exchanged by Malky Mackay and former Cardiff head of recruitment Iain Moody .
Findings of a Football Association investigation yet to be revealed .
Anti-discrimination campaigners Kick It Out ... |
f2501adf32ee7be718ef490dd1671151f478d2c7 | By . Steve Robson and Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 11:55 EST, 27 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:22 EST, 27 August 2013 . Trial: Pc Rohan Scarlett (pictured), 47, was accused of repeatedly punching Andrew Uba in North London . A Metropolitan Police officer was today found guilty of punching a suspect in the face after he ... | Rohan Scarlett, 47, denied assault after 3am incident at Islington station .
Officer said he punched Andrew Uba after he spat at him from close range .
Scarlett arrested by fellow officer Pc David O'Hara at scene in February .
O'Hara allegedly said 'we don't do that' and put colleague in handcuffs . |
f250ca9680697e77cc22075230cab7849cf2cd8d | By . Zoe Szathmary . New York Giants player David Wilson came to the aid of a bird on Thursday. Photographs showed Wilson carrying the bird in his hand while walking on the field in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Another snap revealed Wilson, 23, releasing the bird near a fence as he bent down and looked on to make sure ... | David Wilson reportedly protected a bird during a Thursday practice .
He was later photographed releasing the bird near a fence . |
f250eda66ff9fc0507340c7be8200524c4684dfd | By . Jamie Mcginnes . PUBLISHED: . 10:54 EST, 21 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:56 EST, 21 September 2012 . Argentina has unveiled a coin to commemorate the 30th anniversary of its invasion of the Falklands, inscribed with the year it claims Britain seized the islands. The South American nation's Central Bank will ... | Coin inscribed with dates 1833 - the 'year of the usurpation by Great Britain' - and 1982-2012 .
It marks the latest attempt by the government .
of President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner to stoke controversy . |
f250f9ceec42656305571f97075b6941987f8332 | Tunisia's national assembly approved the country's landmark new constitution -- its first since the ouster of longtime president Zine El-Abidine Ben Ali three years ago. The text was passed with 200 votes, the state news agency TAP reported. Twelve members voted against the measure, and four abstained. Alongside the vo... | Tunisia's national assembly approves a landmark constitution .
It's the first constitution since longtime leader Ben Ali's ouster in 2011 .
The prime minister, a technocrat, also appoints new caretaker government .
The milestones contrast sharply to messy transitions in Libya, Egypt and Yemen . |
f25130931c8cfad6a197c663b323c4e32ad015c9 | (CNN) -- More than three years ago, the outgoing U.S. ambassador in Zimbabwe, Christopher W. Dell, wrote a valedictory note about the government of President Robert Mugabe. It was titled simply "The End is Nigh." His advice to the U.S. State Department: "Stay the course and prepare for change" in the southern African n... | WikiLeaks releases 2007 cable from outgoing U.S. ambassador to Zimbabwe .
Christopher W. Dell likens President Robert Mugabe to a bully, predicts change .
Dell wasn't optimistic about Morgan Tsvangirai and other leadership options .
Inflation and turmoil have plagued the southern African nation for decades . |
f251b41b98239216db4ccceefb30cbc9cf0528d6 | By . Chris Hastings . PUBLISHED: . 18:34 EST, 16 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:08 EST, 17 November 2013 . Taking his time: John Hurt as the weary doctor in The Day Of The Doctor, also starring Billie Piper . Hollywood star John Hurt has revealed that his role in the 50th anniversary episode of TV’s Doctor Who was o... | 73-year-old 'gave his life' to part to understand 'quasi-scientific nonsense'
Hollywood star of Harry Potter dismissed modern television as 'pap'
Revealed he will cut back on work commitments to do more painting .
The Day Of The Doctor will be shown on Saturday on BBC1 at 7.50pm . |
f2522b03025941141ee03050748abbf4b0b52853 | By . Leon Watson . From buildings built by the Nazis to ornate theatres, burnt out hotels and eerie sanatoriums, these are the abandoned buildings that still litter the powerhouse of Europe. Photographer Daniel Barter, 30, from London travelled to the German capital Berlin and the surrounding countryside to capture bui... | Photographer Daniel Barter, 30, from London travelled to Berlin to capture sites .
Deserted music venues and crumbling hospitals are a shadow of their former selves . |
f2526e731e4ad5ea104e60459bcfbc560b21e6f1 | By . Joshua Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 14:44 EST, 28 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:00 EST, 29 April 2013 . A hilarious spoof of political drama ‘House of Cards’ that debuted last night at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner saw Washington big leaguers taking aim at Hollywood heavyweights with the goading hand of star K... | John McCain, Valerie Jarret, and Michael Bloomberg among the politicos willing to take a joke, at least for one night, at the annual 'Nerd Prom,' held April 27 . |
f253050c263544f64a1fa58c38fea65e5f1c743d | There was something quite striking when Joachim Low held up four fingers at Frankfurt airport on the way to the World Cup in Brazil. Germany’s coach, targeting the country’s fourth title in Sunday’s final, either had balls of steel or he was one of the biggest bluffers in the game. On Tuesday, we discovered that German... | Six of Under 21 team who won European Championship in 2009 started against Brazil .
Germany thrashed England 4-0 in the final in Malmo .
James Milner was the only player to make it into Roy Hodgson’s World Cup squad . |
f25316ad3dad00ecc75d9468a3a025cb3a111005 | (CNN) -- Despite the intense scrutiny and heated emotions surrounding his client's case, George Zimmerman's defense attorney says he has no immediate plans to ask for a change of venue or to put his client on the stand. Zimmerman's murder trial will begin with jury selection Monday in Seminole County, Florida -- the sa... | George Zimmerman's murder trial starts Monday with jury selection .
Lawyer: "If we can pick a jury in Seminole County, this is where the case should be decided"
Zimmerman is charged with second-degree murder for shooting Trayvon Martin . |
f25327ed716929ea21e505de9b7d383ad4d38764 | Four classrooms have been destroyed in a suspicious fire at a school in the Blue Mountains, west of Sydney, in New South Wales, on Sunday. More than 25 firefighters are battling a blaze at St Columba's Catholic College in Springwood, Blue Mountains, which is surrounded by extensive bushland. The fire is being treated ... | Emergency services were alerted at 5am on Sunday of fire at a school in NSW Blue Mountains .
The fire engulfed five classrooms .
Four were completely destroyed, the fifth left damaged .
The fire is being treated as arson . |
f2533b7ff07cbf39f31cf67ca6e2b67271bf8036 | By . Ashley Collman . Robert Downey Jr's son Indio was arrested yesterday after cops found him with cocaine, echoing his father's very public struggle with drug addiction in the 90s. The 20-year-old was riding in a car in West Hollywood Sunday afternoon when an L.A. County Sheriff's deputy conducted a search of the veh... | The 20-year-old was riding in a car Sunday afternoon that was pulled over by Los Angeles police .
An L.A. County Sheriff's deputy conducted a search of the vehicle and found Indio with cocaine .
The Iron Man star's son was arrested, and later released on $10,000 bail .
Robert Downey Jr also struggled with substance abu... |
f2537f462d6175a2511d0f8b0f9965feb1375f0e | By . Mia De Graaf . Parents have hit out at a junior school which took pupils as young as nine to an art gallery displaying explicit images of naked women and dead bodies. Children from Hafren Junior School were invited to Oriel Davies Gallery in Newtown in Powys, Wales, to see their own artwork, which had been placed ... | Hafren Junior School pupils taken to see their work on display in gallery .
Exhibition featured 'pornographic' images of dead and naked women .
One shows blood-splattered bed, another has a dead woman on river bank .
Gallery defended images as 'a visual display of human fragility'
School has apologised, said no more ch... |
f253a5913f766cee1e8f10d2306637cc5cb0264b | NEW YORK (CNN) -- In the midst of Wall Street's agonizing slide last week, there was at least one place in Manhattan where the liquor was flowing, the cigar smoke was billowing and the theme of the evening was simple: Work hard. Play hard. "I was a crook," says Jordan Belfort, once a Wall Street fat cat who made $1 mil... | Wall Street elite earned enormous amounts of cash, author says .
Jordan Belfort, known as Wolf of Wall Street, said he was a crook .
Congressional researchers: Lehman Brothers CEO earned nearly $500 million .
"The party is over" for now, according to Fortune managing editor . |
f253fab9518d347ccd6118d00263cfb2945da01a | (CNN) -- Tesla Motors prides itself on promoting a disruptive technology -- electric cars -- but it was Tesla itself that was disrupted recently as New Jersey said it is illegal, effective April 1, to operate factory-direct car sales in the state. New Jersey is not alone. Arizona, Maryland, Texas and Virginia also ban ... | New Jersey's new law makes it illegal for Tesla to sell cars directly to consumers .
John O'Dell: Tesla is not about to upend the franchised dealership system .
He says as selling and servicing cars is an entirely different business from making them .
O'Dell: As Tesla grows, it will also need to use the traditional dea... |
f254064f0c042455ee669c67eae1c9854e3f1206 | The star Ukip candidate accusing one of Nigel Farage's closets allies of being a sex pest was facing further embarrassing revelations tonight - after her claim to have been a teacher was thrown into doubt. Natasha Bolter was introduced to the Ukip conference earlier this year as a Labour defector who had gone into teac... | Natasha Bolter accused Ukip chief executive of being a sex pest .
But it emerged she sent him flirty texts two days after harassment claims .
She was introduced to Ukip conference as Oxford-educated teacher .
But the elite establishment has denied that she ever studied there .
It has also emerged that she was recently ... |
f2542f793ad8d8be3bdf08901860f37d2d8d4e4b | By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 12:51 EST, 11 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:49 EST, 11 July 2013 . Your car could soon monitor your health and even take over driving if you get ill or fall asleep at the wheel, Ford has revealed. The car giant says it is even developing ‘car ambulances’ that contain an array of medical s... | Ford has tested sensors that use body temperature to tell when a driver is having a seizure so the car can steer or park them to safety .
The car giant believes medical sensors will appear in everyday cars in the future and is developing smart seats and steering wheels .
It is testing 'car ambulances' in India that con... |
f25448965a7d16bf980732fe22cf2bc3a6ac3512 | By . Stephen Adams . PUBLISHED: . 21:14 EST, 1 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:14 EST, 1 June 2013 . NHS hospitals are recruiting Spanish and Portuguese nurses in record numbers while British applicants are being refused because places on training courses have been slashed to cut costs. Managers are spending tens of tho... | Nurses from Spain and Portugal rose from 75 to 1,060 in five years .
Meanwhile, more than 5,000 trainee nurse places axed since 2010 . |
f254bf9c47209e6bd271ff5e5107d662dc17c8a2 | By . Associated Press . and Zoe Szathmary . A woman who dumped her boyfriend of three years died Tuesday after he allegedly doused her in gasoline and set her on fire Sunday morning, authorities said. Randy Christian, a spokesman for Alabama's Jefferson County Sheriff's Office, said in a statement the alleged burning t... | Michael Kennedy, 48, was arrested Sunday afternoon on charges of domestic violence and attempted murder .
Kennedy was recently dumped by his girlfriend of three years, authorities said .
A sheriff's department spokesman said Kennedy returned to the victim's house in Midfield and lit her on fire after an argument .
Vict... |
f25541f9feb64985d2adda0b4b765c5f259df23a | JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN) -- Hugh Masekela is the legendary South African musician whose songs were an inspiration in the fight to end apartheid. He tells CNN about growing up under apartheid, why he left South Africa and what is was like to move back to Johannesburg after 30 years away. Hugh Masekela: "The peop... | Hugh Masekela songs were an inspiration in the fight to end apartheid .
He left South Africa to get a musical education and couldn't return for 30 years .
Under apartheid black South Africans were resilient through song, he says .
He says Johannesburg is cosmopolitan and multicultural, like South Africa . |
f25568bb32b290184310299bc60700496b9f69d4 | By . David Mccormack . and Associated Press Reporter . A dim-witted thief appears to have led the cops straight to his door after using the back of a grocery receipt to write a note that he handed over to bank teller during a robbery two weeks ago. The scrap of the receipt, which the robber left at the Home Federal Ba... | Cops used information on the receipt to track down Robert Short, 54 .
He denies carrying out the robbery .
Police also found his DNA on a stocking cap left at the crime scene . |
f2556b3e944047626480c05daaf0f3039b939cea | A Warwickshire pensioner has been left scarred for life following a botched facelift. Pearl Richman was awarded more than £43,000 in compensation after her life was 'almost ruined' by a procedure carried out in 2010. After the operation, the 69-year-old developed necrosis - a form of cell injury which results in the pr... | Pearl developed necrosis after facelift performed by an Italian surgeon .
Condition, where cells die, left her in agony and her face scarred .
Was awarded more than £43,000 in compensation in court .
Has yet to receive a penny as her doctor has returned to Italy .
It is much more expensive and difficult to enforce a j... |
f2569e58ecd12f7fa04f478655e7c251ccadcf07 | (CNN)Here's a roundup of five medical studies published this week that might give you new insights into your health. Remember, correlation is not causation -- so if a study finds a connection between two things, it doesn't mean that one causes the other. Dream on and it'll get weird . At the beginning of your sleep cyc... | Average BMI has stayed the same for Americans, but our waist size is expanding .
Consuming artificial sweeteners make some mice glucose intolerant, leading to diabetes .
Teens are doing fewer illicit drugs, a national survey finds . |
f256eabbaf796a3689d5e636513fa125d2b572cf | By . Alex Greig . PUBLISHED: . 12:29 EST, 21 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:32 EST, 23 December 2013 . Mighty Wings will be returning to a McDonald's near you - though not necessarily due to popular demand. McDonald's began stockpiling chicken wings earlier this year for its Mighty Wings promotion which debuted on S... | McDonald's still have 10 million pounds of chicken wings leftover from its Mighty Wings promotion .
The fast food chain plans to reinstate the promotion to try and sell off the wings .
They original offer ran from September to November but was not popular .
The wings were criticized for being too expensive and too spic... |
f2570918ed144ef238aeb908cb8fdbece940a52b | By . William Turvill . PUBLISHED: . 13:23 EST, 19 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 20:42 EST, 19 March 2014 . Britain's oldest poppy seller, and the country's oldest surviving former Royal Marine, has died at the age of 102. Albert Joyner, who had five grandchildren and three great-grandchildren, raised more than £15,000 fo... | Albert Joyner, Britain's oldest surviving Royal Marine, raised more than £15,000 by selling poppies over 11 years .
Mr Joyner, who was sent to fight on HMS Curacoa at the outbreak of the Second World War, died on Thursday .
His daughter, Pam Ruppe, described Mr Joyner, of Keighley, West Yorkshire, as a family man and a... |
f257172826bbc1efe85402ca44ba35fd24156b04 | Greece has been forced subject itself to a number of austerity measures in order to get a four-month extension to its bailout, despite an election promise not to compromise. Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras and his left-wing Syriza party swept to victory in the general election last month after promising to end the auster... | Greece's list of austerity reforms approved by eurozone creditors .
Country's bailout has now been extended by four months .
PM Alexis Tsipras won election on promises to end austerity .
Last week, PM promised not to compromise on election pledges . |
f25768be19a131f74f8130d8310c0ad61763c972 | (Mashable) -- Microsoft has just announced the 17 games that will be available on launch day with Kinect for Xbox 360, the tech giant's highly anticipated controller-free gaming system. Kinect, which launches on November 4, is Microsoft's answer to the Nintendo Wii's motion controllers, which helped turn that console ... | Microsoft announces the 17 games that will be available on the Kinect launch day .
Kinect is the tech giant's highly anticipated controller-free gaming system .
The system is Microsoft's answer to the Nintendo Wii's motion controllers . |
f25782b4139a63285902d8dec811a49006d4d1e9 | (CNN) -- A 130-year-old photo, billed as the only authenticated picture of legendary outlaw Billy the Kid, sold for $2.3 million at a Denver auction Saturday night. The Kid reportedly paid 25 cents to have the photo taken in Fort Sumner, New Mexico. The Old West Show & Auction had estimated the tintype -- an early phot... | The winning bidder is billionaire William Koch .
Officials had estimated the picture to bring in between $300,00 and $400,000 .
Billy the Kid reportedly paid 25 cents to have the photo taken . |
f257e23dba5b051f90bd37d6a60587267aa1cf62 | Standing loyally by their master's side, tirelessly at work in the fields, or bounding through rivers with all the energy of a puppy, these images capture the very best of Man's Best Friend. The series of pictures were picked from almost 8,000 submissions for the Kennel . Club’s annual Dog Photographer of the Year Comp... | Pictures were picked from 8,000 submissions for Kennel Club's annual Dog Photographer of the Year Competition .
Roger Sjolstad from Norway .
selected as overall winner with dynamic image .
of a young girl and a Great Dane .
Held annually, the contest is open to both professionals and amateurs, young and old, from all a... |
f258369f8a126d49967a855a11016a9c17921ade | (CNN) -- Italy and Spain have become the second and third nations to secure qualification for the Euro 2012 finals after wins over Slovenia and Liechtenstein respectively on Tuesday evening. Germany were the first country to book their tickets for the finals in Poland and Ukraine on Friday. And they have now been joine... | Italy become the second country to qualify for the finals of Euro 2012 .
They defeat Slovenia 1-0 in Florence thanks to Giampaolo Pazzini's goal .
England and Netherlands also both win to edge close to finals next year .
NEW World champions Spain defeat Liechtenstein 6-0 to also book their place . |
f258685f0d026ad67b19899df065e698ba2674f6 | They are the golden couple of British cycling. And two years after starring at the London Olympics in 2012, Laura Trott and Jason Kenny have announced they are getting married. Trott, who won Olympic gold medals in the cycling team pursuit and the six-discipline omnium, announced the engagement on Twitter yesterday. Tw... | Two years after starring at the London Olympics in 2012, Laura Trott and Jason Kenny have announced they are getting married .
Trott, who won Olympic gold medals in the cycling team pursuit and the six-discipline omnium, announced the engagement on Twitter yesterday .
They were spotted kissing behind David Beckham at t... |
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