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f2ddee00fa7ecbfce7712a7d255e88be92d8ba6d | Leeds full-back Zak Hardaker will go into Friday's big Super League clash with Wigan 'in a great frame of mind' despite the threat of an eight-match ban hanging over him. The 22-year-old England international is the subject of an investigation by the Rugby Football League amid allegations that he used a homophobic comm... | Leeds Rhinos' Zak Hardaker says he's mentally prepared for their Super League clash against Wigan on Friday .
Hardaker is under subject of investigation by the Rugby Football League .
22-year-old is alleged that have used a homophobic comment during the Rhinos' 13-12 defeat by St Helens last Friday .
Full-back could b... |
f2de243b668ed3cf9541fadd01f9348469d3635e | The mother of French president Francois Hollande's four children has reacted angrily after her face was used to advertise an adultery website. Segolene Royal is pictured on billboards for the Victoria Milan infidelity website alongside the slogan: 'Give your passion free rein - have an affair'. The 60-year-old former 2... | Segolene Royal pictured by slogan: 'Give passion free rein - have an affair'
Mother of French President's four children calls it a 'violation of the law'
But Victoria Milan website refuses to remove ad and praises her 'courage' |
f2dec09d1f988e5490086a071dee0466c71d5213 | (CNN) -- Once again, the nation is outraged that school bullying has claimed another victim. As news spread about the indictment of nine teens who are accused of relentlessly bullying 15-year-old Phoebe Prince to suicide this year, parents everywhere asked: "How could this have happened? Where were the adults?" I coul... | Jodee Blanco was so bullied at school, she has dedicated her life to stamping it out .
Blanco asks why it takes tragedy like Phoebe Prince's suicide to get attention .
Millions of students are suffering, crying out for help but unheard, she writes .
Blanco says jeers, whispers, shoves hurt someone for life and offers w... |
f2df1dcb1fc526092ee2b4f3d37ed76ee621a6b4 | Birdwatchers everywhere are in a bit of a flap. A photograph of a bird with a visible egg inside its body has been taken for what is believed to be the first time ever. A team of experts had visited a remote Indian Ocean tropical island to study the critically endangered Mascarene Petrel. A photograph of a bird with a ... | Scientist photographed Mascarene Petrel off Reunion Island in Indian Ocean while it was in flight .
Equally remarkable is the fact that unique photo is of a critically endangered bird .
On catching image on camera, photographer exclaimed: 'She has an egg... she has an egg!' |
f2df2baddddb27e136dc8e35076940a0354e23a2 | (CNN) -- Three people were killed and two police officers were injured in a gun fight in Brooklyn Monday evening -- the latest bloodshed in a violent holiday weekend in New York City that saw at least 48 people shot. An exchange of gunfire between two men broke out in Brooklyn's Crown Heights neighborhood around 9 p.m.... | Two men get in a gun fight in Brooklyn .
A woman is hit by a stray bullet and killed .
Two officers rushing to the scene are shot and wounded .
The shootings comes during a weekend marred by gun violence . |
f2df465e18974ffbb30dd54d4152af460bf3be3f | A bus driver taking 34 children on a school trip to Paris was arrested by French police after teachers allegedly spotted him drinking red wine in his cab. Staff from North Durham Academy, in Stanley, County Durham said they challenged the driver after seeing him drinking from a polystyrene cup and demanded he did a bre... | Bus with pupils from North Durham Academy stopped for lunch in Amiens .
Teachers allegedly saw driver drinking red wine out of a polystyrene cup .
Arrested by police on suspicion of driving under the influence of alcohol .
Driver was later released without charge and bus company flew another driver to Paris to complete... |
f2df7bfe2ad58d370d91ca984b4c4c007b5dad2b | Appearing on the cover of Newsweek, Barack Obama looks coy, half-smiling, half-surprised, gracefully clutching his suit jacket slung over his shoulder. It might appear to be some sort of watch advertisement were it not for Niall Ferguson's blazing headline 'Hit the Road, Barack: Why We Need a New President.' The articl... | British writer - who worked for John McCain in 2008 - bashes Barack Obama's years of 'failed' policy .
Calls for new era of Romney/Ryan .
Magazine courts controversy again, leaning right instead of left .
Uses same photographer who snapped 'Wizard Obama' picture . |
f2dfa389f2925d60d02c72980898a805b2c538fb | (CNN)The family of a sword-carrying man who was killed in September has filed a federal civil rights lawsuit against the city of Saratoga Springs, Utah, and the two officers who shot him. Darrien Hunt, 22, was shot to death while carrying a 40-inch samurai-type sword. Prosecutors said that Hunt "lunged" at two officers... | Darrien Hunt was shot to death while brandishing a samurai-type sword .
The family will ask for more than $2 million, says lawyer .
Prosecutors say Hunt lunged at police, but the family says he was shot while running . |
f2dfb2bbd42c28a74f1be813da5092414349adc6 | By MICHAEL MOSLEY . He's the TV doctor famous for putting his body through some of the worst fad diets the industry has to offer, as well as creating a healthy regime of his own: the 5:2 diet. Now Michael Mosley has turned his attention to doctors of a different kind - the incredible men and women who put their lives o... | Emergency vets are funded by World Society for the Protection of Animals .
Vet teams go to the site of disasters to help injured and displaced animals .
Michael Mosley travelled to Philippines in aftermath of Typhoon Haiyan .
Six million animals died in the disaster and many more were injured .
Livestock particularly a... |
f2dfc403b06fbbabd5837f683d388a44c975971d | (CNN) -- The Balkans are enduring the worst floods since records began 120 years ago. The situation is being exacerbated by the risk of landmines from the Bosnia war resurfacing. Already 26 bodies have been recovered, and rescuers expect to find more as flood waters recede. Even though the intense rainfall subsided Mon... | The Balkans are enduring the worst flooding in 120 years, since record keeping began .
26 bodies have been recovered, and rescuers expect to find more as waters recede .
The low pressure system drenching the peninsula is known as a "cutoff low"
Last week, the cutoff low lasted up to four days and dumped two months' wor... |
f2e027b0f51a40e36743f35d7fb85e3dadbe2c39 | As a passionate supporter of women's rights, British actress Thandie Newton jumped at the chance to visit Ghana to support a charity campaign - even though the trip fell just a few months after she had given birth to her son, Booker. The 41-year-old told MailOnline that her trip to the country earlier this year was 'hu... | British actress is keen supporter of women's rights .
She jumped at the chance to campaign for better health care in Ghana .
Supporting Galaxy and (Red) project to prevent spread of HIV .
Infected mothers can take drugs to stop virus being passed to their baby .
Gives hope for an AIDS-free generation in the country .
T... |
f2e085f583e648e6395e8c83d3f9d1cb98027c01 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:58 EST, 6 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:59 EST, 6 December 2013 . The annals of fishing folklore full of tales of the big catch that got away. But for one hapless fisherman a minor technicality meant his genuine claim to catching a record-breaking rainbow trout slipped fro... | Fisherman Mark Clemishire hooked biggest trout ever landed in Missouri .
But hapless angler was denied record catch over a technicality . |
f2e0b5b334e67cde8185d2cb3366dffd342012fa | For most parents a set of Lego, a solid climbing frame and well-stocked bookcase would be considered a satisfactory selection of facilities at their child's nursery, but for parents in London's Clapham, it's more than their child's developmental needs that are being met. At the newly opened Clapham Village Nursery, you... | Clapham Village Nursery in London offers services to help working parents .
Extras include a laundry service and family meal take-away .
The nursery's 'parent hub', has IT suite and a kitchen stocked with pastries .
Yoga, Pilates and boxercise classes also on offer .
The adult supplement costs £100 a month for use of '... |
f2e105518bd72238398aab945fef9c4717c1c4b1 | By . Sam Adams . PUBLISHED: . 04:13 EST, 12 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:00 EST, 12 April 2013 . Warning: Richard Jones, 41, was told he must complete 'work-related activities' or face having his benefits suspended . A man who lost his leg in an accident has been told he has to get a job just weeks after being told ... | Richard Jones, 41, has been on benefits since accident 13 years ago .
Dyslexic father-of-four says disabilities make him unemployable .
Told he must do 'work related-activities' or lose his benefits .
Comes weeks after he was confirmed as unfit to work . |
f2e155bab457bf4a0c3a6e798293a15ba02b8a41 | A Washington State woman whose story was told by Barack Obama last month as evidence the Affordable Care Act is helping Americans now says the insurance exchange made a mistake and she can’t afford a plan. Jessica Sanford was named by the president in a Rose Garden speech regarding Obamacare after she wrote a letter to... | 'I was ecstatic': Washington State woman Jessica Sanford was named by President Obama in a Rose Garden speech about affordable health care last month after she wrote a letter thanking the White House for helping her afford insurance .
'I had a good cry': But last week, Sanford received a letter from the state saying th... |
f2e1d21898bc176aeca0d750f4b84aaf94a694e3 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . The house from the much-loved television programme Gavin and Stacey has been put up for sale for the tidy sum of £125,000. The modest terraced property in the seaside resort of Barry, South Wales, was Stacey’s home in the comedy series. Fans will be familiar with the house in . Trinity Street... | Owner Glenda Kenyon has lived at the two-bedroom property for 30 years .
More than 13,000 fans of show have turned up at the house since success .
Agents will be accepting sealed bids for house in .
Trinity Street, Barry . |
f2e1fc362af8ef7b9ffa10138ed6b74eced3387e | Police say they are looking for a group of 'cowards' who beat a homeless man to death as he slept in an alley in downtown San Francisco. Police spokesman Albie Esparza said Wednesday that Tai Lam's body was found inside a sleeping bag. Esparza tells KGO-TV that the 67-year-old man was 'savagely' beaten by three suspec... | Police spokesman Albie Esparza said Wednesday that Tai Lam's body was found inside a sleeping bag .
The 67-year-old man was 'savagely' beaten by three suspects early on Monday .
'It's a vicious crime and people should be outraged that this homeless person was attacked unprovoked and essentially beaten to death,' Esparz... |
f2e20f65adbba28593266dbbd66c35f616b2f18c | By . Francesca Infante . PUBLISHED: . 20:46 EST, 21 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:59 EST, 22 April 2013 . Margaret Hodge has urged Parliament to extend its hours, saying it feels as if politicians 'are hardly working' A senior MP has urged Parliament to extend its hours, saying it feels as if politicians 'are hardly w... | PAC chairman Margaret Hodge says MPs spend too much time in recess .
The Labour MP also .
warned of a growing 'democratic vacuum'
She said: 'The .
public would be forgiven for thinking MPs are lazy' |
f2e259ad985bac0abcfe191ef05c9dd790edd2bb | (CNN) -- Swedish Crown Princess Victoria gave birth to a baby girl early Thursday, the Royal Court announced. The baby girl is now second in line to the throne of Sweden, as the first grandchild of the king and queen, the court said on its website. Her mother is first. The father, Prince Daniel -- the former personal t... | The child is second in line to the Swedish throne, after her mother .
The baby's name has not been announced yet .
Her father describes the child as "a very cute princess" in an emotional appearance . |
f2e26608f7d68e2713296928be38bf91488db809 | By . Daniel Mills . More than five months after an Aboriginal woman was shot by a police officer armed with a Taser gun, blinding her left eye, Queensland police are yet to reveal the findings of an investigation into the officer who fired it. Sheila Oakley was hit inside her home, in Logan, south of Brisbane, during a... | Sheila Oakley was left blind when Taser lodged in her eye in February .
Incident took place in woman's home in Logan, south of Brisbane .
Officer skilled in taser use claimed self defence when she fired it .
An investigation was launched, and is still running five months on .
Lawyer Terry O'Gorman is scathing of the le... |
f2e323d31b099943cc438f484c0276f2d2ea5a08 | An Australian actress has shared video of the panicked moment she fled from an AirAsia Zest flight that overshot the runway in the Philippines. Natalia Moon, 23, from Brisbane, recorded her dash for safety on her mobile phone as she escaped the Airbus A320-216, which landed at Kalibo Airport in Aklan province. 'Oh my g... | AirAsia passenger plane overshot Kalibo Airport in the Philippines .
Passengers and crew forced to evacuate aircraft using emergency slide .
Panicked Australian passenger shares video of her escape .
Incident was blamed on poor weather caused by tropical storm Seniang .
Nobody hurt, although elderly passengers had bloo... |
f2e32ab459a6fb4f91891622b533f5d10254438a | Now that you have kids, you've probably realized that there was actually some sense behind all that advice your mother gave you. There is a lot of sense behind some of mama's advice, but other adages are not quite right. Maybe you can thank her for your perfect posture (even though it took 4,567 reminders to stand up s... | Clean plates are misleading-- let kids stop eating based on appetite, not plate .
Children can't harm their eyes by sitting close to TV, but can get headaches .
Mom was right about this: Reading in the dark can cause eyestrain . |
f2e33b8ae4291d7acb7c41e533e8464204b06202 | By . Emma Reynolds . UPDATED: . 10:01 EST, 17 September 2012 . Texts sent by the murdered wife of a former NYPD police officer could be used to convict her husband from beyond the grave, it emerged on Monday. Edwin Coello, 38, who has a record of allegedly abusing women, is on trial at Bronx Supreme Court, New York, ac... | Tina Adovasio, 40, exchanged angry texts with Edwin Coello before her death .
In one, she told him that if he wanted to 'live his life as a single guy’ he should 'take his s**t' and get out .
She accused him of cheating and demanded a divorce .
The former NYPD officer allegedly has a history of domestic violence . |
f2e3f235b6c5362e22f5cbfc6663902da21f708f | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Animal rights campaigners were holding a meeting Tuesday with Britain's Ministry of Defence to argue against the use of bearskin in the iconic furry headgear worn by royal guards at Buckingham Palace. A PETA activist in Sofia, Bulgaria earlier this year protests against UK troops wearing bearsk... | Animal rights campaigners oppose UK royal guards wearing furry headgear .
Scheduled to stage meeting with defense ministry in London Tuesday .
Iconic headgear has been worn since the battle of Waterloo in 1815 .
Army expert: Fur comes only from Canadian bears that have died naturally . |
f2e433883d384478f56835d4095e144e9af728b7 | A nursery worker had the shock of her life when she gave birth on her lunch break in the toilet. Hannah Brown, 27, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was just 28 weeks pregnant when she had to deliver her own baby in the loo at work. At three months premature, newborn April, now two months old, was rushed to Gloucester ... | Hannah Brown, 27, from Cheltenham, was just 28 weeks pregnant .
Had shock of her life when she gave birth on her lunch break in the toilet .
2 months later, she and husband Kyle brought their healthy baby girl home . |
f2e44551e4ae9999542aa39be5e4bb01c1ec7418 | Go on Santa, treat yourself. Give the reindeer a break because Mercedes-Benz may have just the perfect present carrying answer — and in festive red to boot. The company's new aerodynamically stylish CLA Shooting Brake, was unveiled at the Los Angeles motor show just in time to make its way onto Christmas wish lists. Ov... | It was unveiled at the Los Angeles motor show .
You'll have to wait for the spring for this sleek mini-estate .
Expect prices from around £25,500 to about £43,000 . |
f2e47c30b39594393798e30372cf78a4435853b7 | (CNN) -- There is a new man in Maria Sharapova's life. No, the Russian hasn't split up with tennis playing boyfriend Grigor Dimitrov. Instead she has hired Sven Groeneveld as her new coach. Sharapova has been without a coach since dumping former No. 1 Jimmy Connors in August -- they lasted one match together. Only a mo... | Maria Sharapova names Sven Groeneveld as her new tennis coach .
Sharapova has been without a coach since a brief spell with Jimmy Connors .
Groeneveld has worked with the likes of Ana Ivanovic, Caroline Wozniacki and Andy Murray .
Sharapova hasn't played since August because of a recurring shoulder injury . |
f2e4d1ba9e5f44c686599ace3be041eee9a07db1 | From Miranda Kerr and Gisele Bundchen to Hilaria Baldwin, celebrity yoga selfies have become as commonplace as controversial tweets and paparazzi upskirt shots. But this new cultural stalwart is drawing ire from the yoga community, which claims that these celebrity yoga snaps are nothing more than a publicity stunt and... | Jennilyn Carson, a New York-based yogi says celebrity yoga photos on social media ‘mock what yoga is’
Hilaria Baldwin argues that such 'harsh judgments' make for the most un-yogic behavior possible . |
f2e50ff06f483e9db123947c8725be776aeb0696 | Sergio Perez was left holding his wing mirror during practice for Sunday's Spanish Grand Prix. The bizarre incident took place on the opening morning of practice with just 20 minutes gone after the Mexican's left wing mirror broke free at turn four. Perez managed to grab the faulty wing mirror after it entered his cock... | Sergio Perez's wing mirror entered his cockpit after it broke loose .
The Force India driver had to drive the remainder of the lap with one hand .
Perez was ninth fastest, 1.6 second adrift of pacesetter Lewis Hamilton . |
f2e51b24f2693f2afeb28422a093e14478e756cc | (CNN) -- In "Happily Divorced" Fran Drescher plays Fran, a Los Angeles florist who is learning to navigate the dating scene after her husband (named Peter) announces he is gay after nearly 20 years of marriage. In real life, Fran was married to her high school sweetheart, Peter Jacobson, for just over two decades and a... | "Happily Divorced" starts its second season Wednesday at 10:30 p.m. ET on TV Land .
Fran Drescher: We're going to go deeper into Fran being a single, middle-aged woman .
Drescher: I don't date while I'm working on the show because it keeps me awfully busy . |
f2e577c6ba9f64700a8d61a17689f0b028914edf | A McLaren supercar worth £250,000 was left almost entirely destroyed after it crumpled following a crash in one of London's most exclusive districts, scattering its expensive parts across the road. The McLaren 650S Spider, which can reach speeds of more than 124mph in less than nine seconds, was badly damaged after a h... | A McLaren 650S Spider was left almost destroyed after crash in London .
Supercar worth £250,000 is capable of reaching more than 200mph .
It collided with a Saab at traffic lights and the front crumpled after impact .
It is believed to have spun on impact, scattering debris across the road .
No one was injured and poli... |
f2e5baa2539535ac025e6391c56b194c945876c7 | Tory grandee Nicholas Soames last night refused to apologise for launching a four-letter tirade of abuse at rebel Conservative MP Adam Afriyie in the Commons Tea Room. Shocked fellow MPs looked on as Mr Soames, grandson of wartime leader Winston Churchill, tore into Windsor MP Mr Afriyie over his plan to force David Ca... | Mr Soames called Windsor MP Adam Afriyie 'a f***ing disgrace to your party, your fellow MPs, your Prime Minister and your country'
Soames, who is the grandson of Winston Churchill, was enraged by Mr Afriyie's plans to force Cameron to hold a referendum on the EU before the next Election .
Last night Mr Soames refused t... |
f2e63e6b23a5bc392643f352f9a1153d7746c207 | A tiny, remote-controlled camera has been lowered into an early Mayan tomb that has been sealed for 1,500 years. Extraordinary footage of the tomb at the Palenque archaeological site in southern Mexico revealed an apparently intact funeral chamber with red frescoes, pottery and pieces of a funerary shroud made of jade ... | Footage of the tomb in southern Mexico revealed an apparently intact funeral chamber still covered in blood-red paint . |
f2e7c088d931f344c91a13bc6e747efa880bbc70 | By . Gerard Brand . Follow @@gedbrand10 . Wayne Rooney nearly scored one of the strangest goals ever seen in Miami on Monday night, slotting home after a mishit long-range cross from Ashley Young despite the ball hitting the stanchion... NOT the crossbar. Just after the hour mark, Rooney . slotted home past Simon Migno... | Confusion in the second-half as Rooney slotted home after the ball seemed to hit the crossbar .
The goal was intially given, but replays clearly showed the ball hit the stanchion and was out of play .
The linesman then instructed referee Mark Geiger to rule out the goal . |
f2e92559d01a0c6de5625a965e1d5a83322ab70d | By . Louise Boyle . Pippa Middleton sat down for her first ever TV interview today to tell the world 'what it is like to be Pippa'. Until now, the 30-year-old magazine columnist has never spoken publicly on her life in the spotlight as sister of the Duchess of Cambridge, Kate Middleton - or that bridesmaid's dress whic... | The 30-year-old magazine columnist has never spoken publicly on life as the sister of the Duchess of Cambridge .
She recently completed a 3,000-mile charity bike ride across the U.S. |
f2ea0589080d7527903ffcb3661f7a3df85e8aba | Amanda Bynes found a soft place to rest amid the turmoil with her parents - a shopping mall couch. The troubled 28-year-old starlet was pictured reclining and apparently asleep on a turquoise, modern-looking loveseat at The Beverly Center in Los Angeles on Thursday. According to TMZ, Amanda was staying with friends las... | Amanda was 'out like a light' on a couch at The Beverly Center in Los Angeles .
She claims she hasn't been getting enough sleep and was so tired .
Amanda has taken to wandering the streets of West Hollywood with no where else to go .
Her parents Rick and Lynn Bynes are packing up their things in LA and preparing to mov... |
f2ea6131edbd8b4345df0d40539a02ac8336eb2b | (CNN) -- Those probably were not UFOs that hovered over China recently, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology analyst said. The images of the UFOs have caused quite a stir in China and on blogs around the world. But many of the images appear to be faked with the software program Photoshop and the ones that were not f... | Some have said they saw UFOs over China recently .
Images of the flying objects have popped up on the Internet .
MIT analysis said many of the images are fake . |
f2eaec7e3fbf6670b7777b473c77d4ef600a432a | A pensioner who has spent years verbally abusing staff at her local Post Office has finally been banned - after she was dubbed the 'rudest woman they have ever met'. Angry Elizabeth Smith, 70, can no longer pick up her pension from her branch after she was barred for life her regular tirades. Workers at the rural Post ... | Elizabeth Smith 70, has been banned for life from the post office in Porthleven, Cornwall .
She's been using the shop since 2007 and regularly complains .
Elizabeth is already banned from four local shops . |
f2ebcc85c9fc3669119831b39c0e5d47d46f009f | By . Graham Smith . UPDATED: . 10:58 EST, 16 October 2012 . A teenage girl who almost died after becoming tangled in a noose at a Halloween haunted house cannot remember how the bizarre accident happened. Jessica Rue, 18, was working as an actress at the Creepyworld attraction in St Louis, Missouri, last October when s... | Jessica Rue, then 17, was working as actress at Creepyworld last October .
She was found unconscious after hanging for between two to ten minutes .
Members of the public walked past her, thinking she was a gory life-size doll .
She spent three days in a coma before she came around . |
f2ebf9c3621e2d7540372033599faacf30f72b7f | Australian F1 driver Daniel Ricciardo has topped the leaderboard as the fastest driver in Top Gear's 'Star in a Reasonably Priced Car' challenge. Dethroning Britain's Lewis Hamilton in the latest episode of the show, host Jeremy Clarkson said Ricciardo made the best time he's ever seen. 'That’s the fastest anybody’s ev... | Red Bull Formula One driver Daniel Ricciardo has topped the leaderboard on Top Gear's 'Star in a Reasonably Priced Car' challenge .
Lewis Hamilton had previously held the record for fastest lap .
2014 F1 world champion set his time two years ago in a Suzuki Liana .
Red Bull drivers Ricciardo and Daniil Kvyat spoke to m... |
f2ec2adb9169b4031515d012b1a63015a38fdeaf | (PEOPLE.com) -- There are a lot of protests going on in New York City these days, but this was unexpected. Call it Occupy Sexy. Announcing themselves from the social-content website BuzzFeed.com, about 15 protesters in Ryan Gosling masks showed up -- in the rain, no less -- outside PEOPLE's headquarters at Manhattan's ... | About 15 protesters in Ryan Gosling masks showed up outside PEOPLE's headquarters Wednesday .
Gosling is in the issue that hits newsstand Friday, along with 123 other hot guys.
"We stand by our man!" says PEOPLE's Executive Editor Liz Sporkin of Bradley Cooper . |
f2ed5d1a97ceb8d4858267f4a05228da66404150 | Taxes on children's flights will be abolished, leading to major holiday savings for families, if a proposal said to be supported by David Cameron is approved. As it stands, Air Passenger Duty adds a minimum of £52 to flights for a family of four to a destination in Europe such as Spain or Italy, with tickets for two ch... | Air Passenger Duty costs an average family of four £52 for a short-haul trip .
The axing on tax on flights for children would reduce that by £26 .
Holiday taxes on kids flights alone to Australia and Indonesia is £194 .
PM David Cameron and 33 MPs back aviation and tourism group's proposal .
Scrap The Tax On Family Fli... |
f2ee172ef1688ebc3f78373689795d740c34c442 | Washington (CNN) -- A Secret Service scandal involving agents who hired prostitutes in Colombia did not harm presidential security, according to an investigation conducted by the acting inspector general for the Department of Homeland Security. "Although we found that these agents engaged in misconduct, our investigati... | Homeland Security acting inspector general issues report .
He looked at prostitution scandal involving Secret Service agents .
Incident did not compromise security, report finds . |
f2ee3434b505f04a8dff0867bd0a954b4a08c84a | Intimate never-before-seen images of Prince Charles and his sister Anne dancing on a beach in Norfolk have been released to mark the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. One snapshot shows the Prince of Wales and his younger sister larking about on the sand with bathing towels wrapped around their waists, while others show Prince ... | Holiday shots from 1957 come from hours of family footage released by the Prince of Wales for television show to mark the Diamond Jubilee .
Never-before-seen images include footage from the Coronation of 1953 and the Queen attending Charles's school sports day .
Jubilee 'gives us the chance .
to celebrate with pride al... |
f2ef31733c360b4326bd692cffffbc342750f01c | A heartbroken mother who lost two sons in the Peshawar school massacre has described the horrifying moment she was forced to identify one of her boys from a minor cut he suffered on his finger. As new images emerged of the pupils just days before the attack, Laleena Ali Shah described how she recognised the body of her... | Laleena Ali Shah found two sons dead in pools of blood at the school .
She was only able to identify one, Hassnain, by a plaster on his finger .
Another mother described how she heard her academically gifted son Ahmad was among the 132 children and 13 members of staff killed .
Now Sumaira Mahfooz has vowed not to send ... |
f2ef6787ff8b798047743d0c97bb13c8b6f14ea0 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:58 EST, 17 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:29 EST, 17 March 2014 . On Sunday night, a South Carolina man was sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of an 8-year-old girl. Ricky Lee Blackwell Sr., 55, reportedly choked Heather Brooke Center and shot her four times in f... | Ricky Lee Blackwell Sr., 55, was sentenced to death for the kidnapping and murder of Heather 'Brooke' Center, 8, in 2009 .
Reportedly killed Center in front of his ex-wife and grandsons .
Was separated from ex-wife Angela Davis at the time, and was dating Brooke's father Bobby Center .
Murder was an act of revenge, pro... |
f2efc06c6bed8b883f260341819f2e7fd6c018f3 | (CNN) -- A series of explosions at an ammunition depot killed 200 people and wounded about 2,000 more in Brazzaville, the capital of Africa's Republic of Congo, Congolese officials said Monday. The explosions occurred shortly after 8 a.m. Sunday (2 a.m. ET) when a fire at the depot set off a cache of tank shells, said ... | Hospitals are overflowing with wounded, an official says .
An electrical short is the suspected cause of the ammo dump blasts .
Congo's government says the explosions killed at least 200 people .
The concussions broke windows across the Congo River in Kinshasa . |
f2f10ae37b07ee40ceafe42d08ac87ae21739aa8 | By . Kate Bevan . PUBLISHED: . 06:14 EST, 5 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:02 EST, 5 December 2012 . Are we alone in the universe? Until now, scientists have thought that our own Earth is the only planet that can support life. But now scientists at Ohio State University who have been studying our 'solar twins' - sta... | Presence of radioactive elements means other planets could support life .
Warmer planets mean scientists could extend a star's 'Goldilocks zone' |
f2f11a8ec764eb3e6654504accb9c0b96bddccd6 | By . Mark Prigg . It is said you should never ask a woman her age - but researcher say that by simply knowing her name, it may actually be possible to work out how old people are. Researchers plotted hundreds of names and their popularity. They then created a series of graphs that reveal when each name hit its peak - s... | Peak year for boys named Joseph was 1914 when 39,000 of were born .
Half of living American Brittanys are between the ages of 19 and 25 . |
f2f1395988f3ea2661203368b2f9df8ea7f41be4 | By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 09:04 EST, 10 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:19 EST, 11 July 2012 . A 13-year-old boy killed himself after being routinely forced to practise his own suicide every day by school bullies, it has been claimed. The teenager leapt to his death from an apartment building in Otsu, central Japan... | Boy's death prompted bomb threats against his Japanese school and local government .
Follows claims his teacher brushed off the alleged abuse as a joke and didn't do enough to stop taunts .
The teenager leapt to his death from an apartment buildings close to his home . |
f2f13b43677450ec630551c3646d2ad724bd4c7f | Lionel Messi seems to be getting a bit carried away in training ahead of the most important match of his life. The Argentina superstar would have been forgiven for taking it easy before Sunday's World Cup final against Germany as his country need him on top form. But, instead, the 27-year-old executed an overhead kick ... | Messi does overhead kick as Argentina train before World Cup final .
His father says Messi has been struggling because he's exhausted .
Argentina face Germany at the Maracana on Sunday . |
f2f153d4f0df89e86862565be9b9f6496ce1ad94 | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 07:08 EST, 15 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:16 EST, 15 July 2013 . The stepdaughter of Pablo Picasso says more than 400 pieces of art by the Spanish master - worth more than £1million - were stolen from her house. Lithographs, sketches and watercolours were taken over two years from thei... | Catherine Hutin-Blay suspects a former handyman took the work .
Lithographs, sketches and watercolours among pieces taken from home . |
f2f193c49debe41a68dd839986e6cebb9cd366c9 | (CNN) -- Germany underlined their impressive credentials ahead of Euro 2012 with a 3-0 thrashing of arch-rivals the Netherlands on Tuesday in Hamburg. The Germans, who will be among the favorites next year in Ukraine and Poland, swept aside the 2010 World Cup runners-up with veteran striker Miroslav Klose inspirational... | Germany beat the Netherlands 3-0 in international friendly in Hamburg .
Spain score two late goals to rescue a 2-2 draw with Costa Rica .
England beat Sweden 1-0 at Wembley for second straight friendly win .
Uruguay edge Italy 1-0 in Olympic Stadium in Rome . |
f2f28b0f6f426142cbda2e078a21f54add6744a6 | If you’re the type of person who drives around looking for a space big enough for your not-quite parallel parking skills, then help may be at hand. A robot named ‘Ray’ has been developed to help spatially-challenged drivers fit into tight spaces by automatically parking their car for them. The technology, currently bei... | The system is currently being used at Düsseldorf Airport in Germany .
It claims to be able to park 60% more vehicles in one area than a human .
A driver leaves their car at a Vehicle Transfer Station to be measured .
Ray then scoops vehicle up by placing its forks under each of its wheel .
Car is then transported to pa... |
f2f330ee76de18502ec821cd48accd5a99b96a70 | By . John Drayton . Claudio Ranieri has received a four million euro pay-off from Monaco following his sacking in May. The 62-year-old Italian was dismissed at the end of last season, despite leading them to second in Ligue 1 and securing a Champions League spot. Ranieri joined the principality club in May 2012 and sec... | Ranieri receives £4m pay-off after being sacked by Monaco in May .
The Italian was sacked despite leading the club to second in Ligue 1 .
Led the club back into the top flight after taking over in 2012 .
Former Sporting Lisbon boss Leonardo Jardim has taken over at the club . |
f2f39c9843cb870676804133f6ecade0d824c2d8 | By . Rachel Spencer . PUBLISHED: . 06:13 EST, 21 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:10 EST, 21 June 2013 . A slimmer has lost a Pharaoh bit of weight using dieting tips from the Ancient Egyptians. Tina Oliver, 44, a hairdresser from Harrogate, was inspired to drop the pounds after seeing a photo of herself weighing 19 stone... | Tina Oliver, 44, from Harrogate went from a 19st size 26 to an 11st size 10 .
Used to eat only junk food and had a dangerously BMI of 43 .
Lost the weight using a slimming aid favoured by Ancient Egyptians .
Malory Band string sits round the waist to remind you not to eat too much .
It will feel tight and pinch if you ... |
f2f4860a6200bcddfa07e56bb2311d95467a6a97 | By . Martha De Lacey . PUBLISHED: . 10:55 EST, 9 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:23 EST, 9 January 2013 . Most people would find juggling two adolescent children, a Harley Street therapy practice and just one relationship time consuming enough. But 38-year-old widow Louise Van der Velde, from Camberley, Surrey, is not... | Louise Van der Velde, 38, is a Harley Street relationship therapist from Camberley, Surrey .
Brands monogamous relationships 'outdated'
Insists she shields children - daughter, 11, and son, 16 - from her sex life .
Believes people who say they are happily married are deluding themselves .
One of her lovers appeared on ... |
f2f4c2a1b4cfb09651cfe419a0fc8ca173ab6792 | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 08:10 EST, 11 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:22 EST, 11 December 2013 . Ryan Gosling won the hearts of women worldwide back in 2004 when he played lovestruck teen Noah in The . Notebook and has kept us enthralled ever since, earning himself a reputation as one of Hollywood's biggest... | Beauty blogger accuses Gosling of having nose job .
Uses before and after pictures to highlight her case .
Harley Street surgeon believes he has had minor changes made . |
f2f4d4719d75410f11177a3cdda25f2f22dd5f4a | KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Hundreds of excited music fans wait in line on the lookout for their favorite singers on a hit television show. Elaha Sorur was the lone female finalist on this season's "Afghan Star," the country's answer to "American Idol." Instead of spending the time outside a New York venue or Hollywood... | "Afghan Star" is Afghanistan's version of "American Idol"
The show, one of Afghanistan's most popular, has completed its fourth season .
Another show, "Koran Star," judges contestants' knowledge of Islam's holy book .
Many observers see TV programming as a culture war inside Afghanistan . |
f2f50729106735384cd44e4b359d1723f825b9bb | (CNN) -- Spain's footballing dominance continues as the country's under-21 team emulated their senior counterparts by winning the European Championship title on Saturday. With Spain having also won the 2010 FIFA World Cup, and top club side Barcelona claiming the 2011 UEFA Champions League, it gives the Iberian nation ... | Spain's under-21 team beat Switzerland 2-0 in European Championship final .
It was Spain's third triumph at the two-yearly event and first since 1998 .
The country also won the 2008 senior tournament and the 2010 FIFA World .
Belarus beat Czech Republic 1-0 in third-place playoff to qualify for 2012 Olympics . |
f2f5648e5babc9ff0d0744d3d0af6b0c68f2d08e | Grand Rapids, Michigan (CNN) -- There is a place for people who enjoy soaking in the beautiful colors of fall and all the other amazing scenes of nature as they drive down the open highway. It's called the right lane. If you're sightseeing or rubbernecking in the left, get your butt over. Why is that rule so freakin' h... | LZ Granderson: With 7 billion people, the world needs some rules .
He says drivers who dawdle in the left lane should move over if they want to enjoy the view .
If you're moving slowly, make space on escalators, staircases for the speedy, he says .
Granderson: Drive the speed you want, but don't infringe on the rights ... |
f2f5a82cd0d602c29187ea5dc35fb133349ba939 | Lagos, Nigeria (CNN) -- Ailing President Umaru Musa Yar'Adua has returned home to Nigeria, though it was not immediately clear whether he was well enough to resume duties. Abdullah Aminchi, Nigeria's ambassador to Saudi Arabia -- where Yar'Adua has been receiving medical treatment since November -- said the president's... | Unclear whether Umaru Musa Yar'Adua will resume duties .
Yar'Adua has been treated for inflammation of tissue around the heart .
His three month absence created a power vacuum in Nigeria . |
f2f5b0fa1149b987e52920737b0b9dda24e5064f | By . Lydia Warren . PUBLISHED: . 07:33 EST, 24 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:35 EST, 24 May 2013 . Tragedy: Gabrielle Molina, 12, took her life after enduring relentless online bullying, family said . A 12-year-old girl who killed herself after relentless online bullying was branded a slut and told she looked like she h... | Gabrielle Molina 'left a note explaining she had been taunted'
Her sister, 15, forced open a bedroom door and found her body .
Classmates teased her over her looks and because she self harmed, and put a video on the internet showing her being beaten up, friends said . |
f2f68544d156dda55fdd4a03d67709b63da92d31 | (CNN) -- Auburn University officials got their first glimmer of hope Friday since they received word that that school's beloved live oak trees had been poisoned with a massive dose of the virulent herbicide Spike 80DF. A task force made up of horticulturists, agronomists and engineers had determined that the area direc... | The 130-year-old live oaks were poisoned with a massive dose of a virulent herbicide .
A task force says the toxin hasn't spread far from the trees, an Auburn spokeswoman says .
The dirt around the tree has been replaced with clean soil and charcoal .
"Now we're just hoping," says the spokeswoman . |
f2f68b0ab0cc3ff319c35f0391c5fc4ea9043425 | By . Louise Cheer . It is thought no more than 200 people have ever laid eyes on the pristine waters of Elizabeth Reef - which is 145km north of Lord Howe Island, off the coast of New South Wales. And it is no wonder why, as it takes 12 hours to get there and only a select handful of vessels will brave the trip to its ... | Elizabeth Reef lies 145km north of Lord Howe Island and about 600km from New South Wales' Coffs Harbour .
It has a sand key which can only be seen between three to six hours per day during the reef's low tide .
A shipwreck, turtles and sharks are some of the up-close and personal sights waiting to be experienced by vis... |
f2f6d616b8362ee2869cfcf3104d6550afc5fc24 | By . Martin Domin and Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 04:48 EST, 6 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:58 EST, 6 November 2012 . A sickening video of an Arsenal fan and his three-year-old son singing a vile song about Robin Van Persie has been posted online. His father films the youngster in his Gunners top and leads him in a s... | In the 38-second clip, the boy refers to Robin Van Persie's arrest over a false rape allegation in 2005 .
Van Persie signed with Manchester United for £24million in August, leaving Arsenal, his team for eight years . |
f2f6f956f7274371dad46062146f164109f7f3e5 | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 10:32 EST, 20 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:42 EST, 20 January 2014 . Jailed: Barman Charles Franklin has been convicted of rape after attacking a woman when she was walking home from a wedding drunk . A barman was today jailed for nine years after raping a woman on the floor of the pub ... | Charles Franklin, 30, bumped into woman on the streets of Bristol while she was walking home from a wedding .
He took advantage of her 'paralytic' drunkenness to attack her in his pub .
Jailed for nine years after being convicted of rape at Bristol Crown Court . |
f2f71b504c78ff49603efe81fae2361d55feaef0 | They are calling him the Mag Slayer in Sunderland now. Scoring goals in Tyne-Wear derby victories affords you a lifetime of acclaim in these parts – do it three times and you’re talking freedom of the city. Adam Johnson – Sunderland-born and a boyhood fan – will never have to buy a drink in town again. Adam Johnson fir... | Sunderland beat Newcastle 1-0 at St James' Park on Sunday .
Adam Johnson scored teh winning goal in the closing stages .
Johnson has scored in his last three games at St James' Park .
It was Sunderland's fourth-straight league win against Newcastle . |
f2f84dddb9844fa73466393932ed9ad4ae2bc433 | The son of boxing champion Muhammad Ali has accused the millionaire's wife of refusing to let him see his ailing father. Muhammad Ali Junior, 41, who says he is forced to survive on food stamps in a rough Chicago neighbourhood, last saw his father on his 71st birthday a year ago. But as the legendary boxer turned 72 on... | Muhammad Ali Junior, 41, is the boxer's son from his second marriage .
His father has a total of nine children - seven daughters, Muhammad Ali Jnr and an adopted son Assaad .
But Muhammad Ali Jnr claims he has been cut off from his father since he married his fourth wife Lonnie .
He tried to call him on his 72nd birthd... |
f2f8642ec0482f74d36799b569d27813ec525c74 | France will continue to evict gypsies who camp illegally, the French interior minister said while visiting Romania. Minister Manuel Valls’ comments today came after French police expelled hundreds of Roma from illegal camps in Parisian suburbs in August and in similarly in Lyon and Lille. The U.N. High Commissioner for... | French interior minister Manuel Valls said police will continue to evict gypsies from illegal camps in France .
His comments were made in Romania, the country of origin for some 15,000-20,000 gypsies living in France .
Romania and France have signed a two-year deal to repatriate Roma families returned to Romania . |
f2f87b23e8f39ee59f6f1e3fdbaee0ddaa6d75f7 | By . Katy Winter . PUBLISHED: . 06:46 EST, 10 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:51 EST, 10 October 2013 . They say yoga is good for your soul, but now it can be good for your love life too. Recognising that fitting both a healthy lifestyle and a dating life can be hard with today’s hectic schedules, a gym in London has ... | Singles Yoga aims to blend exercise with meeting potential dates .
Run in London by yogi and trained acupuncturist Richard Brook .
Classes use lots of couples poses and are followed by a pub trip .
Richard started classes after noticing yoga helped people chat and relax .
'I see a lot of people coming again and again w... |
f2f911ae6dcf0bd35feffbaab59671c28ca42d3c | (InStyle.com) -- The co-star of "27 Dresses" discusses his personal style. "I just feel dirty," says James Marsden. Not to be alarmed: There's nothing indecent going on here. James Marsden talks about his favorite kind of clothes and how his style has changed over the years. The 34-year-old is explaining what it feels ... | In high school Marsden showed off his preppy side .
While it's easy for him to throw on sweats, Marsden likes to dress up .
Actor says he is inspired by Paul Newman .
Marsden: I can shop style for women, but size is a different issue . |
f2f92ac1e4ac5dc833d7e7b58a46e453ebab701c | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 10:06 EST, 16 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:11 EST, 16 May 2013 . A quarter of Britons have not changed their bed sheets for at least six months, a new study claims. Just 17 per cent of people were found to change their bedding every week, while 28 per cent admit they only wash their sheet... | 17 per cent change their bedding every week, 28 per cent once a month .
Women are worse than men when it comes to changing the sheets .
32 per cent of people haven't cleaned their bathroom for six months .
Only 29 per cent of Britons vacuum or sweep their home every week .
62 per cent of people say they would hire a cl... |
f2f92b122293f65cbd812f2d39fb8a3c49b5ceee | Barcelona warmed up for their Champions League tie against Apoel Nicosia at their Ciutat Esportiva training ground on Tuesday, which will be renamed in honour of the club's late manager Tito Vilanova. According to Mundo Deportivo, Barcelona's Board of Directors have approved a proposal to rename Barcelona’s main trai... | Barcelona face Apoel Nicosia in the Champions League on Wednesday .
The Catalan side will honour former manager Tito Vilanova by renaming their main training ground at the Ciutat Esportiva .
The ground will be known as 'Campo de Entrenamiento Tito Vilanova'
The popular coach died in April from throat cancer, aged 45 .... |
f2f92db7c4825a6249333742f4da3ef0745ac17a | Thousands of parents are naming their babies after Downton Abbey characters, new figures have revealed. The TV show's huge popularity has inspired a resurgence of 1920s fashion and hairstyles, and now the old-fashioned names of its characters are also back in vogue. Edith, Cora, Sybil and Elsie are all soaring in popu... | When the TV show began, the monikers were dwindling into obscurity .
Violet, the matriarchal Countess, has now re entered top 100 girls' names .
Edith, Cora, Sybil and Elsie are soaring in popularity among new parents . |
f2f991621d616b95332f15e7d63cd3db81618f66 | By . Simon Tomlinson . Last updated at 12:46 PM on 30th December 2011 . An adopted woman spent her whole life thinking she was an only child unaware she had nine siblings living minutes from her home. Susan Walton had always longed for a brother or sister to play with after being adopted when she was six months old. No... | Susan Walton was 13 years old when told she was adopted...
...but only knew about brothers and sisters 50 years later .
It turns out they have been living in same postcode all this time .
'It was lonely being an only child. It’s been a lovely shock meeting them' |
f2f99b4b281a2774439bc63cbdf4fc3b9ae04d12 | Action hero Mark Wahlberg isn’t taking any chances. With terror threats heating up worldwide, and today being the 13th anniversary of 9/11, the actor made a last minute decision to cancel plans for him and his entourage to fly from Boston to LA on a commercial flight. On September 11th, 2001, the 43-year-old Transforme... | Transformers star Mark Wahlberg was supposed to be on the flight that crashed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center on September 11 .
At the last minute he decided to fly from Boston to Toronto instead of LA .
But he bragged that if he had been on the plane he would have saved the day .
He later apologized to ... |
f2f9b8027934d12abf5dc926375e2e9126d84292 | By . James Nye . PUBLISHED: . 18:50 EST, 1 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:05 EST, 2 April 2013 . An affluent cul-de-sac outside of Charlotte, North Carolina, has been left reeling after a poetry-loving 50-year-old shot dead his neighbors on Friday allegedly over a dispute over trees in his backyard. Anthony Charles Har... | Officials in Harrisburg, North Carolina said 50-year-old Anthony Charles Hardy shot and killed neighbors Daniel .
Thomas Kirchner, 42, and Gary Wade Stocks, 64, in the backyard of .
Kirchner’s house at 7791 Coachman Court .
Cabarrus County sheriff’s deputies said the suspected shooter shot .
himself as deputies and SWA... |
f2fa0c9d046b21b0b8159b41482e9f2f26475488 | By . Laurie Whitwell for MailOnline . Henri Lansbury has penned a new three-year deal at Nottingham Forest after the club put forward fresh terms making him one of their top earners. Burnley were keen on the central midfielder, who was interested by a move to the Premier League, but he has committed his future to Fores... | Henri Lansbury has signed a new three-year deal at Nottingham Forest .
23-year-old is now one of the Championship club's highest earners .
Lansbury was a target for Burnley who had a £3.5million bid rejected .
Premier League side were contemplating a late £4million bid on Thursday . |
f2faaf8633ee36a22b9585b5293982fddf452da0 | By . Emily Andrews, Andrew Levy and Eleanor Harding . PUBLISHED: . 00:57 EST, 15 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:30 EST, 16 October 2012 . A doctor desperately battled to save his wife and four children as they were killed in a suspected arson attack at their family home. At the same time as the house blaze, a neighbo... | Huge blaze at house in Harlow, Essex, began in early hours of Monday .
Dr Abdul Shakoor suffered smoke inhalation as he tried to save his family .
Wife Sabah, sons Sohaib, 11, and Rayan, 6, and daughter Hira, 12, died .
Muneeb, 9, and Maheen, 3, taken to local hospital - but Muneeb later died .
Police still unsure of m... |
f2fb96571d93b39d37eec00b1f8ccfc1c120b31d | By . Sarah Griffiths . Everyone cares about their personal safety, but when queuing to see a World Cup game, or before boarding a plane, lengthy security measures can seem like a drag. A new security checkpoint, which resembles hi-tech honeycomb, promises to speed up this tedious process - and has already proved a succ... | The Qylatron Entry Experience Solution was trialled at the Arena da Baixada stadium in Curitiba, Brazil, which hosted World Cup games .
Machine uses an intelligent algorithm and array of sensors to scan bags in seconds, as well as processing tickets to speed up security queues .
It can spot weapons and chemicals more r... |
f2fc89c2b00702f82ddb8deb5665a855320458f9 | A nine-year-old boy nearly lost his ear after he was mauled by his teacher’s dog during a school trip. Primary school pupil Marshall Gearing was stroking the brown Labrador when it suddenly jumped up and sank its jaws into the side of his head. His right ear was torn so badly it was hanging by a thread of skin and the ... | Marshall Gearing nearly lost his ear when his teacher's dog attacked .
The nine-year-old was bitten during a school trip when he stroked it .
His mother Amy, 23, now wants the Labrador to be put down . |
f2fd317b692ccc8bc083e9e0e51333362cdf6f59 | Former 100 metre world record holder Asafa Powell has asked for his 18-month doping ban to be reduced to three months, arguing that he only committed a minor offence. The Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) said in a statement that it has received an appeal from the Jamaican sprinter, who has been suspended from compe... | Powell wants ban reduced to three months arguing his offence was minor .
Former 100m world record holder before being overtaken by Usain Bolt .
Fellow Jamaican Sherone Simpson was also banned after positive test . |
f2fda153d8021b927b6c03567b228ac36060c271 | By . Adam Crafton . Follow @@AdamCrafton_ . Manchester United legend Paul Scholes believes that the club should be targeting Bayern Munich midfielder Toni Kroos, with the former England international claiming that new signing Ander Herrera isn’t at the same level as the German ace. Scholes, who remains a paid ambassado... | The United legend thinks the club should have targeted Kroos this summer .
Last week the Old Trafford club signed Luke Shaw and Herrera .
Ex-United boss David Moyes was keen on the Bayern Munich midfielder .
But Van Gaal has list of other midfielders for the club to pursue .
Kroos now appears set for a move to La Liga ... |
f2fdd507bd3605d71dc443f6500c3208b189c6ca | A Pennsylvania prosecutor says two boys charged with the murder of a 21-year-old woman boasted about wanting to rob and kill someone for several weeks and thought they were 'some kind of gangstas'. Ryan Hardwick, 15, and Deauntay Dontaz Moye, 16, allegedly orchestrated the 'senseless' killing of Stephanie Waters, of Ro... | Ryan Hardwick, 15, and Deauntay Dontaz Moye, 16, being tried as adults .
Allegedly orchestrated the murder of Stephanie Waters, 21, last week .
Pair met with her to buy marijuana .
They believed they were meeting with her boyfriend .
Moye allegedly twice shot Waters and Hardwick dumped the car .
Pair also killed Waters... |
f2fddd0405f8342ce9a66d6c7c528127a1addbeb | By . Matt Barlow . Follow @@Matt_Barlow_DM . Roy Hodgson has revealed Wayne Rooney has taken physiotherapists on holiday with him this week to ensure he’s in prime condition when his England squad meets up next week. Hodgson has told those players bound for the World Cup in Brazil to take a break this week, to rest and... | Wayne Rooney has been named as part of England squad for the World Cup .
Roy Hodgson announced his 23-man squad for Brazil 2014 on Monday .
Rooney has gone on a one-week break to recharge ahead of the tournament .
Manchester United star has not played since April 26 due to groin strain .
Rooney is under pressure to per... |
f2fec37946d4981235e11a68720c85cbfbeff790 | By . Louise Boyle . Last updated at 2:14 PM on 8th September 2011 . The unsolved murder of Kelso Cochrane has finally been laid to rest after 50 years after the man accused of killing him was named as Patrick Digby. Mr Cochrane, a black immigrant from Antigua, was stabbed to death by a white youth in Notting Hill, west... | A new book claims the identity of the killer had been an 'open secret' since Kelso Cochrane's death .
'Weapon is still under the floorboards in the house where alleged murderer, Patrick Digby, lived with his mother' |
f2fed3b5f339bf5892fb0a1fea10d1175e87454a | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:28 EST, 24 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 16:19 EST, 24 February 2014 . A pilot in Florida is lucky to be alive after a bird smashed through his windshield and struck him in the face, sending shards of glass flying into the cockpit. Robert Weber was flying his Piper Saratoga a... | Rob Weber was 1,000ft above Fort Myers when bird flew into windscreen .
He was flying alone when shards of glass cam hurtling toward him .
Managed to land safely a short time later at Page Field .
Only a few feathers and the webbed foot of the bird were found in the cockpit, and are being used to identify the species . |
f2ff9d8fb20fafbd22d42c41052629cacf35cf1d | The CIA was operating a covert . mission in the U.S. consulate in Libya when it came under attack by al . Qaeda-linked militants on September 11, intelligent chiefs have . admitted. Four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, were . killed in the six-hour, commando-style attack on the US Mission in the . Libyan... | Four Americans, including Ambassador Chris Stevens, were killed in a six-hour, commando-style attack on the US Mission on September 11 .
CIA Director David Petraeus did not attend the ceremony when the coffins arrived back in US to conceal the CIA operation in eastern Libya .
Al Qaeda in North Africa and Islamist milit... |
f2ffb0731bb64a01941e79f26e962a8347fa7fac | By . Suzannah Hills and Kimberley Dadds . PUBLISHED: . 13:51 EST, 26 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:56 EST, 26 January 2013 . It's the day their fans have all been waiting for in the hope Taylor Swift and Harry Styles will reunite once more. And it seems the singers' devotees have got their wish in some way at least.... | Jacob Skelton, 15, has become an overnight internet sensation because of his resemblance to 18-year-old singer Harry Styles .
The schoolboy from Milton Keynes, who hopes to become a professional lookalike, has posed with Taylor Swift's doppelganger .
Former lovers Taylor and Harry are both currently in France due to ap... |
f2ffde11aba3a42037e247290198179748fd1234 | MOSCOW, Russia (CNN) -- Russian authorities are investigating the recent killing of a model-turned-bodyguard. Anna Loginova in a photo shoot for the Russian edition of Maxim magazine. Anna Loginova, a 29-year-old former successful model, ran a private security firm of female bodyguards, highly trained in martial arts,... | Russian model-turned-bodyguard Anna Loginova killed in Moscow during carjacking .
Loginova recently told a magazine that she fought off a car thief four months ago .
For many Russians she was a feminine icon, bridging glamorous and crime world . |
f2ffefacfd00154c2c85000877909625b85e2e28 | Liverpool have moved a step closer to receiving the go-ahead to increase the capacity of Anfield from 44,000 to 54,000 as their proposal has been recommended for approval by council planners. The Premier League club will know if their request to Liverpool City Council has been given the all clear on September 23. Liver... | The Premier League club's proposal has been recommended for approval .
Liverpool hope to begin work on Anfield before the early part of January .
The redevelopment of Anfield is expected to take around 20 months . |
f300aa415228da4262093f1def4e0627acd8c6aa | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 11:08 EST, 2 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:11 EST, 3 January 2013 . Victims of flooding just weeks ago faced further clean-ups today after rivers burst their banks again across the North - but forecasters predict the weather will improve. Thirteen separate flood warnings were issued a... | Thirteen separate flood warnings were issued across the Yorkshire region .
Groundwater levels high in Berks, south Glos and parts of Lincs .
In Oxfordshire, a road is closed after it was torn apart by subsidence .
Many of the communities affected are just get back on their feet after serious localised flooding in Novem... |
f301027b013c508316521ac6d930964914292f8a | By . Chris Pleasance . Gulliver's Travels is a classic novel which has inspired legions of schoolchildren and adults with its imaginative wit and satirical undertones. Less inspiring, however, is the abandoned Japanese theme park based on the 18th century book which was left to rot after closing down in 2001. The eerie... | Gulliver's Kingdom theme park near Mount Fuji opened in 1997 but closed four years later .
The park failed to attract enough visitors, despite housing a 147ft-tall statue of Gulliver himself .
It is located close to Japan's biggest suicide hotspot, perhaps suggesting why few people came .
Since 2001 the park has been l... |
f3011703a4498a21d0e29902e32b682909a05683 | A puppy pit-bull in Florida has suffered a tragic end after a vicious alligator grabbed it from the shores of a lake and took the dog underwater — all while his shocked owner watched. Eric Glover, of Orlando, says the attack happened while he was playing fetch Monday with his 10-month-old King along the shores of a lak... | Dog owner Eric Glover says his 10-month dog didn't even have time to react as the alligator pulled it underwater .
Snatchers spent all day searching for the 11-foot predator but haven't found anything . |
f3011804c9f538d1a0eebc3d8b6c44166be627ae | By . Charlie Eccleshare for MailOnline . Follow @@cdeccleshare . Mario Balotelli has wasted no time in endearing himself to Liverpool fans, by posting a picture of himself as all four members of The Beatles. The Italian striker took to Instagram to share the picture of his head replacing those of four of Liverpool's fa... | Mario Balotelli shared a picture on Instagram of himself as all four members of The Beatles .
The £16million signing renamed the band 'The Balotells'
The Italian striker has attempted to instantly endear himself to Liverpool .
He will likely make his debut against Tottenham on Sunday .
Balotelli is known for his eccen... |
f30174024f46005ac414d8ec4a2d9afa31caafba | London (CNN) -- The British government has rejected requests to hold a public inquiry into the 2006 death of former Russian spy Alexander Litvinenko, a spokesman for the coroner's inquest said Friday. Litvinenko's widow has been pressing for a public inquiry in addition to a basic inquest -- a coroner-led investigation... | NEW: UK officials will tell coroner in writing next week why they said no .
"Everybody is down, because we didn't expect this," says widow of former KGB spy .
Litvinenko, who moved to Britain after becoming whistle-blower, was poisoned in 2006 .
Before dying, he blamed Russian president; Russia denies accusation . |
f3017ff47f83653f5478b57a6e538cb7eec26c83 | While Here Comes Honey Boo Boo star Mama June continues to deny that she's had any recent contact with convicted child molester Mark McDaniel, he has been pictured laying low with a mystery woman. McDaniel, 53, was photographed on Wednesday with the gray haired lady at his home in Decatur, Georgia. It is the first sigh... | While Mama June continues to deny that she's had any contact with convicted child molester Mark McDaniel, he has been pictured laying low with a mystery woman .
McDaniel, 53, was photographed with the gray haired lady at his home in Decatur, Georgia, on Wednesday .
It is the first sighting of the ex-con since news of h... |
f3018db249c90830e78a8c56613e1cec0b569abc | By . Rob Cooper . UPDATED: . 13:27 EST, 24 January 2012 . The Tories' popularity surged to a 22-month high today as they opened up a five-point opinion poll lead over the Labour Party. David Cameron shrugged off battles over welfare reform as figures put the Tories on 40 per cent for the first time since March 2010 - w... | Tories on 40%, Labour on 35% and Lib Dems on 15% .
Figures would put Conservatives on brink of a majority .
59% of Labour voters cannot see Ed Miliband as PM .
Women voters are still less likely to support the Tories: 43% of men say they will vote Conservative but only 40% of women . |
f301d53256e83d97e6f9526685cf31bc751b6ffa | By . Daily Mail Reporter . and Ap . Workers at the Phoenix VA Health Care System — where investigators say veterans' health was jeopardized when employees covered up long wait times for patients in order to receive bonuses for short wait times — received about $10 million in bonuses, newly released records show. Docume... | More than 2,100 employees were given bonuses over a three-year period .
The bonuses were merit-based .
It was revealed earlier this year that VA employees were keeping veterans off a waiting list to make it appear as though the wait time to see a doctor was shorter than it actually was .
It's been alleged that veterans... |
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