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f343f69fe7b1a4310d5334c51ace2802305c0309 | DEUTSCHNEUDORF, Germany (CNN) -- Digging has resumed at a site in the southeastern German town of Deutschneudorf, where treasure hunters believe there are almost 2 tons of Nazi gold and possibly clues to the whereabouts of the legendary Amber Room, a prize taken from a Russian castle during World War II. Treasure hunte... | Digging in search of lost Nazi gold resumed on Tuesday .
Treasure hunters think 2 tons of treasure could be buried in mountainside .
Men behind mission battle doubts: "What if we find nothing again?" |
f3462d8c52a0d3c408b1de263b0ba161192ccf6f | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 04:55 EST, 19 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:34 EST, 19 April 2013 . A police officer has been gunned and a second officer critically injured after a night of chaos in Boston. One officer, whose identity has not been released, was shot after attending a disturbance at Massachusetts Insti... | Gunned down at Massachusetts Institute of Technology campus last night .
Was attending a disturbance on the prestigious campus .
Second police officer has been critically wounded after shoot-out .
Terrorist dubbed 'Suspect 1' killed after gunfire in suburb of Watertown .
Manhunt for 'Suspect 2' is still underway in sur... |
f346b90b282a121078c7992fa9e5d650121beb73 | (CNN) -- It's already capable of carrying more passengers than any other commercial aircraft, but the Airbus A380 could be about to squeeze in a few extra. In a move that adds a dose of economic reality to airline dreams of luxuriously pimped superjumbos, the plane's manufacturer says that next week it will unveil a ne... | Airbus says it will unveil new economy class seating configuration that puts 11 seats in a row of its A380 superjumbo .
Extra seats will be added by partially raising the floor of the cabin to maximize fuselage width .
Analyst says extra seats show economic realities have caught up with luxury plans for the huge aircra... |
f34756e1623e1d46a699eee4fa311d1bacc418ad | Pregnant women at risk of mental health problems will receive extra support after the tragic deaths of a new mother Charlotte Bevan (pictured) and her four-day-old daughter . Pregnant women at risk of mental health problems will receive extra support after the tragic deaths of a new mother and her four-day-old daughter... | At risk women to get extra support at each stage of their pregnancies .
Nice’s updated guideline comes after mother Charlotte Bevan, 30, died .
She vanished from maternity hospital in Bristol with her baby daughter .
Search teams later found their bodies on the Avon Gorge .
Around 12% of women experience depression an... |
f3485d90cd907662595b494f347e1a2b8d78726e | (CNN) -- Tiger Woods probably wishes every tournament could be played on Doral's Blue Monster course and after a second round 65 Friday he is headed for his fourth win at the iconic venue. Taking advantage of benign scoring conditions and just the lightest of breezes, the World No.2 carded eight birdies, including a ru... | Tiger Woods leads at halfway stage of WGC tournament at Doral .
Woods cards a 65 for 131 on the Blue Monster course .
Graeme McDowell two shots behind in second place .
World No.1 Rory McIlroy trails again in Florida . |
f34886d41fc106a710737179a270e8e3427aff86 | A teenager suffered three heart attacks and temporarily 'died' on her bathroom floor after she downed ten high-caffeine Jagerbombs on a 'two-for-one' promotion night. Jayde Dinsdale, 18, was drinking the Jagermeister spirit and energy drink shooter, which cost £2.20 for two, on a night out with friends, in Yeovil, Some... | Jayde Dinsdale, 18, was drinking shots on a two-for-one drinks promotion .
But as alcohol wore off, the high levels of caffeine in her system took control .
Suffered cardiac arrest and was put in coma as medics battled to save her .
She is now campaigning to warn of dangers of high caffeine drinks . |
f348a2bce5eb645f759e3561b6299813576fbff2 | Icon: The Reverend Joseph Lowery said that he believed 'all white people were going to hell' A civil rights icon who gave the benediction at President Obama’s inauguration said that he believed 'all white people were going to hell'. The Reverend Joseph Lowery, 91, was speaking at a rally in Georgia. According to an acc... | Lowery, 91, was speaking at event in Georgia .
Took part in Obama's inauguration ceremony in 2009 . |
f348c802ba61005f3a38cf40c641efb517fddb46 | (CNN) -- Chris Froome retained the yellow jersey on a day of toil and trouble as Ireland's Dan Martin won the ninth stage of the Tour de France. Sky Team rider Froome, who has a one minute and 25 second lead over his closest challenger, was forced to battle on his own as his teammates failed to give him adequate protec... | Ireland's Dan Martin won Sunday's ninth stage .
Team Sky's Chris Froome retains yellow jersey .
Froome left to fend for himself after team failure .
Froome leads field by one minute and 25 seconds . |
f34992974c2771272c70e75bd800f4873b180279 | OXON HILL, Maryland (CNN) -- Crew members of the Maersk Alabama, safely back in the United States after being attacked by pirates last week off Somalia, recounted their ordeal Thursday. Navy personnel recover the lifeboat from which Maersk Alabama Capt. Richard Phillips was rescued Sunday. "They start firing before the... | NEW: Maersk Alabama crew tell about pirates' takeover of ship .
NEW: Crew member says he gained confidence of, tried to kill pirate .
NEW: "I feel great they got killed," crew member says of pirates .
NEW: Crew calls for international effort to secure shipping lanes . |
f3499ded2d95be67bfa6bc39876a297a485277fa | GREENVILLE, Alabama (CNN) -- Willie Thornton is on a rescue mission. One morning in March he set out to save Desmond Dunklin, a 19-year-old who should have graduated last year from Greenville High School in Greenville, Alabama. Willie Thornton, 48, is the dropout prevention coordinator at Greenville High School in rura... | Willie Thornton, 48, runs a dropout prevention program in rural Alabama .
Thornton is trying to lower the school's dropout rate; He mentors 70 at-risk students .
Study: 53 percent of black students, 57 percent Latinos graduate within four years .
Retired Gen. Colin Powell says minority dropout rate is a 'catastrophe' |
f349e0348b759f3f486169c9531852194dc4d97d | Tory donor: James Stunt is pictured with his wife Petra Ecclestone . James Stunt, the son-in law of Formula One mogul Bernie Ecclestone, has joined David Cameron’s elite Tory dining club, it emerged last night. Art collector Mr Stunt, the husband of socialite Petra Ecclestone, is listed alongside oligarchs, bankers, he... | James Stunt is the son-in-law of Formula One mogul Bernie Ecclestone .
The art collector has joined David Cameron's elite Conservative dining club .
Listed alongside oligarchs and bankers in Leader's Group of major party donors .
Members promised regular dinners, lunches and receptions with PM and other senior Tories f... |
f34a6eb1ef4fec4ff6b41d7431cfe61e440c2a4c | The National Trust in England charges its members almost 50 per cent more to join compared with its sister body in Scotland – and almost six times the fee payable in some other countries. Yet, in a glaring loophole, members from other heritage bodies from Zimbabwe to Bermuda are still allowed free entrance to historic ... | Adult membership of the National Trust costs £58 a year in England .
But people who join the equivalent heritage body in Scotland pay £39 .
In a glaring loophole, members from Zimbabwe to Bermuda are still allowed free entrance to NT landmarks in England, Wales and Northern Ireland . |
f34a7ac434d541db3b96fe96c34256d0335c3fb1 | By . Will Stewart . New evidence has emerged of Russian military firepower on the streets of eastern Ukraine in the hands of pro-Moscow separatists, just as the new Ukrainian president has initiated a week long ceasefire. Ukraine's defence minister claimed a . total of ten BM-21 vehicles crossed the border into the han... | Claims new evidence has emerged of Russian military equipment in Kiev .
Two T-64 tanks and armoured personnel carriers pictured entering Lugansk .
Moscow insists troops swelling border is to prevent weapon smuggling .
Minister claims ten BM-21 vehicles crossed border into hands of separatists .
President Poroshenko pla... |
f34ac331b7cd44037226bf2335087826a7c98cf4 | Nigel Pearson has been contacted by the Football Association and asked for his observations following his verbal altercation with a fan that was caught on camera. Film footage postage on social media appeared to show the Leicester manager responding to a foul-mouthed taunt from a supporter during the defeat by Liverpoo... | FA are set to ask Nigel Pearson for his thoughts on his row with a fan .
The Leicester boss got into the argument during the defeat by Liverpool .
Asking his observations is reportedly a routine move by the FA .
Pearson has until 6pm on Wednesday to respond to the governing body .
The Foxes boss hasn't apologised to th... |
f34acd74a9d6fdaecc55a3ce8b3b9c997711a683 | By . Ted Thornhill . It’s often possible to deduce what sort of personality and career someone has from the clothes they wear - and it turns out that facial hair also provides clues about a person’s lifestyle and job. A new study shows that men often sculpt their facial follicles to create an image that matches their c... | A study found that actors and sportsmen prefer to have facial hair .
The UK's CEOs normally opt for a clean-shaven look in the boardroom . |
f34ae0ebda0821edb5e8c79c089a0d0b1512d751 | A new monster species of snake measuring up to 20ft-long is slithering into Florida, wildlife experts say. More than 30 Northern African pythons, also known as rock pythons, have been found in a suburban area west of Miami. It's feared they could they could invade the area quickly if swift action isn't taken. In a bid ... | More than 30 Northern African pythons, also known as rock pythons, have been found in a suburban area west of Miami .
They are non-venomous .
One fatal dog attack by a rock python was confirmed in 2013 .
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission has hired an animal control expert to patrol in a bid to limit... |
f34b03c2228fe344c9d17de5493e58100032a42b | (CNN) -- The Maldives overturned a six-decade-old moratorium on capital punishment with the adoption of a new regulation this week that allows for the death penalty to be used to punish certain crimes. The Maldivian government enacted the regulation, which makes provision for execution by lethal injection, for the crim... | Maldives reinstates the death penalty after 61 years .
Some provisions of the new law mean minors could potentially be executed .
U.N and EU have expressed their opposition to the decision . |
f34b129360dd15ba060ba24b5507c07837d2313e | By . James Chapman . PUBLISHED: . 18:46 EST, 27 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:25 EST, 27 June 2012 . Revolt: Nick Clegg's plans to reform the House of Lords are being threatened by a group of Tory backbenchers . Rebel Conservative MPs are threatening the biggest revolt in the party’s history over Nick Clegg’s plans to ... | Group nicknaming themselves 'The Sensibles', will not accept Nick Clegg's plans to replace Lords with elected second chamber . |
f34b91d20d7e6e1a19eeb546543cc5da9a29809c | It's no secret that a battle has boiled over in the Republican Party. The fight has played out in the policy arena but also on the campaign trail. And since the inception of the tea party in 2009, it seemed like that wing had the upper hand. It slowly made effective inroads into a party many members of the vocal new gr... | Republicans are taking an aggressive stance against intra-party opposition .
One conservative groups called Mississippi Republican incumbent a "liberal"
Establishment trying to prevent candidates who can't win in general election . |
f34b92091f0c5962d9e001fd0ecbf38367767fa0 | Aston Villa decided to take the plunge by dispensing of the services of Paul Lambert in midweek after a poor run of results. Tim Sherwood, Jurgen Klinsmann and Glenn Hoddle are among the names said to be on Aston Villa's potential shortlist to take over the reins at Villa Park. Here, Phil Slater of 90min.com suggests w... | Paul Lambert was sacked on Wednesday after Villa's poor run of form .
Aston Villa have scored just 12 Premier League goals so far this season .
Tim Sherwood and Glenn Hoddle have been linked with Villa Park vacancy .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Aston Villa news . |
f34c10e6cc966f55605295c95d2a1d416582b589 | Nasa has released an incredible image that shows the dizzying array of colours that can be seen emanating from the sun in wavelengths that cannot be seen by the human eye. It was made possible by NASA's Solar Dynamics Observatory, or SDO, using the wide range of wavelengths that the telescope can view. SDO converts the... | Composite picture shows colours emitted by Solar Dynamics Observatory .
The sun is filled with many atoms which give off various wavelengths .
SDO converts these wavelengths into images the human eye can see . |
f34c4bf37098139f352300f56359d098b6391891 | By . Peter Allen . France is facing a multi-million pound bill after ordering 2000 new trains which are 3cm (0.11 inches) too wide for many of its platforms. The incredible mistake means that 1300 stations will have to be upgraded so as to accommodate the trains. Too much too soon: France's new Regiolis TER trains are ... | Red faces in Paris as new fleet of trains causes transport headaches .
Up to 1300 regional stations will need to be upgraded to fit the rolling stock .
'We discovered the problem a bit late' says embarrassed rail spokesman . |
f34c67cd2fe1e5627bd1bce975a5cdcd03cc6a10 | Neymar's agent has revealed Barcelona are keen on extending his client's deal at the Nou Camp until 2020. Sport have confirmed reports suggesting the Brazilian superstar is ready to sign an extension to his current deal, which is due to expire in 2018. His agent has told the Spanish newspaper that Neymar is 'happy in B... | Neymar is expected to sign new Barcelona deal as he is 'happy' at club .
His agent has confirmed the Catalan giants will offer him deal until 2020 .
Inter Milan are interested in signing Arsenal forward Lukas Podolski . |
f34c8ae75d11d65452ba625b25b0e208e772f897 | CDC Director Dr. Thomas Frieden began his grilling Thursday on Capitol Hill with a stark admission that his agency is still searching for ways to combat the Ebola virus as it burrows into the United States. 'We're always open to ideas for what we can do to keep Americans safe,' Frieden said in his opening statement, in... | Congressmen in hearing were hopping mad at CDC screwups and White House promises .
Obama spokesman cast blame at CDC director Thomas Frieden's feet and says he's 'taking responsibility'
Arizona and Pennsylvania congressmen want Frieden fired, along with South Dakota senator and Florida's governor .
He testified along w... |
f34ca4f27b59fee83936535618e9e1da965db9f7 | Baghdad (CNN) -- The United Nations and the United States condemned a wave of bombings in Baghdad and other Iraqi cities that left 15 dead and wounded dozens Sunday. The latest blast hit a coffee shop in a Shiite Muslim district in southeastern Baghdad, killing four people and wounding 10, police said. Another 11 peopl... | NEW: Baghdad coffee shop blast kills 4, wounds 10 .
NEW: U.S., U.N. officials condemn bombings .
Car bombs explode in Mahawil, Mahmoudiya, Kut, Basra and Aziziya .
Roadside bombs also hit busy areas in Nasriya and Basra . |
f34cbc3f96c090b47c4319bddd749a65e7671c27 | (CNN) -- Sports media giant ESPN gave some of its 7,000 employees pink slips on Tuesday, the network said in a statement. The Bristol, Connecticut-based company said it was looking at the financial bottom line. "We are implementing changes across the company to enhance our continued growth while smartly managing costs.... | ESPN didn't comment on the number of employees affected .
It has more than 35 networks around the world .
Rising sports rights fees are affecting the company's bottom line .
Deadspin says many employees in technology division to be let go . |
f34d1ee830b50a3093833b723962dfd9b6df6708 | By . Alex Greig . PUBLISHED: . 09:57 EST, 5 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:57 EST, 5 December 2013 . A Florida teen has had a lucky escape after accidentally swallowing two buckminsterfullerenes or 'Buckyballs' - rare-earth magnets that are incredibly strong and can perforate the stomach and even kill if swallowed. ... | Christin Rivas, 14, swallowed two Buckyballs accidentally .
The tiny, spherical rare-earth magnets can perforate the stomach and are particularly dangerous if more than one is ingested .
Christin Rivas had to undergo surgery after the magnets became stuck in her small intestine .
Doctors also had to remove a portion of... |
f34d5481e19b5dcb96067acd9351a4eba63922e8 | (CNN) -- South Africa have toppled England from the top of the world Test rankings after clinching a 2-0 series victory on the final day at Lord's. The Proteas dominated play on day five to win by 51 runs, having won the opening match of the three-Test series by an innings and 12 runs and drawn the second encounter. Th... | South Africa end England's one-year reign as cricket's top-ranked Test team .
Vernon Philander takes five wickets for 30 runs as England batsmen struggle at Lord's .
England went into match without Kevin Pietesen, who was axed over texting controversy .
Proteas will next travel to Australia in November for a three-Test... |
f34dd923e80b1f3aeb9aa0de6fb5e321a6845de5 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Fifteen crew members of a South African Airways flight spent the night in jail after customs officials found marijuana and cocaine worth nearly half a million dollars hidden aboard a long-distance flight to London, British customs officials said Wednesday. South African Airways said it has a ze... | 10 women and 5 men were detained on arrival from Johannesburg .
London customs officials found marijuana and cocaine in baggage .
Officials: The drugs are estimated to be worth $428,000 .
South African Airways said it launched its own investigation . |
f34e3cd7bba2bd93653b427714d522c1f6825520 | Humans have evolved to look physically different from each other because our eyes play such an important role in social interactions, research suggests. Most animal species use smell or sound to identify each other - but people rely primarily on sight to differentiate individuals. Many animals are visually almost indis... | Researchers from California compared DNA from around the world .
They found that genetic regions controlling facial characteristics were more varied than those influencing other parts of the body .
This was a clear sign that facial variation had an evolutionary advantage .
Experts claim this is because humans rely on s... |
f34e58da2a70f3defcd4079ee0e142c101027fa9 | Leonardo da Vinci's mother may have been a Chinese slave according to new research by an Italian historian and novelist. Angelo Paratico has spent the last 20 years living and working in Hong Kong, researching the links between his homeland and China over the past half a millenium. Mr Paratico said documentation he has... | New research claims Leonardo da Vinci's mother may have been Chinese .
Angelo Paratico has spent the past two years working on the theory .
The historian claims there are strong links between da Vinci and China .
He said authorities should exhume da Vinci's relatives to extract DNA .
Mr Paratico has also written a nove... |
f34ef1b6ec6e90ba18bcd6006309d711abccd02a | Nearly everyone agrees that texting and driving is dangerous. Most people do it anyway. In a new survey, 98per cent of motorists who own cellphones and text regularly said they were aware of the dangers, yet three-quarters of them admitted to texting while driving, despite laws against it in some states. Two-thirds sai... | In a new survey by AT&T Inc. 98per cent of motorists who own cellphones and text regularly said they were aware of the dangers .
Three-quarters of them admitted to texting while driving .
Twenty-eight percent said they are worried about missing out of something important if they don't check their phones right away.
Mor... |
f34ef7c1e8cbe49be6d7d88655f27c1ceca2bc56 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Chris Brown's got a big problem with the prosecutor four years after he attacked Rihanna and earned five years of probation. The singer got an unusual deal when he pleaded guilty to assaulting his pop singer girlfriend. The deal allowed him to complete his court-ordered community service in Virgini... | NEW: Brown's lawyer calls the DA's charges "scurrilous, libelous and defamatory"
The Los Angeles district attorney says Brown's community service paperwork is "at worst fraudulent reporting"
The prosecutor wants Brown to redo his 180 days community service .
Brown is on five years' probation for assaulting girlfriend R... |
f34fa0be3eafd31fe61f91f942e108b7d74fa7a2 | By . Adam Shergold . Follow @@adamjshergold . It was one of the finest goals seen at a World Cup, the perfect combination of audacity and breath-taking technique. Glancing over his shoulder to check the positioning of Uruguay goalkeeper Fernando Muslera, James Rodriguez cushioned the ball expertly on his chest and, in ... | 22-year-old Rodriguez scored goal of the World Cup so far as Colombia beat Uruguay .
Increased tournament goal tally to five, ahead of Neymar and Lionel Messi .
Rodriguez has scored many fine goals for Banfield, Porto and Monaco .
World Cup performances likely to enhance interest from Premier League and La Liga clubs . |
f34fa1efccce71e4b04bd6c446a8525e8638c20a | (CNN) -- Formal trial proceedings against the alleged planners of the 9/11 atrocities have finally begun. Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and four co-defendants were arraigned on capital charges before a military judge in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, on Saturday. The Obama administration claims that its improved military commission ru... | Military trial of the alleged planners of the 9/11 attacks on America began on Saturday .
Douglass Cassel: Trying them in a U.S. military commission will not be seen as credible .
He asks, why not try them before the same civilian courts that try homegrown terrorists?
Cassel: The decision to use a military trial was ma... |
f350805b45c22387df261f9a3af095897f3c189d | (CNN) -- Minnesota Vikings cornerback Chris Cook was arrested and charged with domestic assault Friday night, the Hennepin County, Minnesota, sheriff's office said. According to the sheriff's office, Cook was charged with two counts of domestic assault and was being held without bail. Details of the alleged incident le... | Vikings cornerback Chris Cook was arrested Friday night .
He faces two charges of domestic assault .
Details of the alleged incident were not immediately known . |
f35082851ad8041c75a8ef116a6e7d85961e49bb | (CNN) -- The bullets that killed Colorado prison chief Tom Clements came from the gun found with a former inmate who died in a shootout with Texas police two days later, investigators confirmed Monday. The news came as Colorado held a public memorial service for Clements, the executive director of the state Department ... | Suspect "had an anger and a cruelty" early on, Hickenlooper says .
Ballistics tests match Colorado prison chief's killing with Texas shootout .
Colorado holds memorial for slain official .
Clements oversaw the "darkest of worlds" with the "warmest of hearts," governor says . |
f35181d441cee81ebcd36270df004859df4eaa4d | (CNN) -- John Donohue: Why the NRA fights background checks . A more powerful NRA today is in no mood to follow the slogan of their "be reasonable" ad campaign of 14 years ago. This relatively small group -- the NRA boasts that it has 4.5 million members, which is peanuts compared to the roughly 40 million AARP members... | This week, CNN TV and CNN.com take an in-depth look at the issue of guns in America .
CNN Opinion rounded up a selection of provocative op-eds from both sides of the debate .
John Donohue: It's the gun manufacturers who oppose universal background checks .
Rand Paul: I am compelled to stand up for the Second Amendment ... |
f3520de1f9efe232404a2b86f39ead22a57ce3e3 | By . Stephanie Linning . Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Superman - or Supermen - pulled over in a customised super car while flying down the M42 near Solihull, West Midlands. Officers from the Central Motorway Policing Group - made up of officers and staff from West Midlands, West Mercia and Staffordshire police... | Car pulled over on the M42 near Solihull, West Midlands .
Driver and passenger were dressed in matching Superman costumes .
Red fabric was tied above the car's rear window - making it look like a cape .
Police involved tweeted that 'Even Superman needs insurance' |
f3527ec26002fa1b74f177d6c6b5631a6bf05cfe | London (CNN) -- Foreign Secretary William Hague announced plans Tuesday for the United Kingdom to reopen its embassy in Tehran, Iran, which has been closed since an attack by protesters in 2011 triggered a dramatic breakdown in relations. Hague's announcement to Parliament follows a series of steps taken by both nation... | Foreign Secretary William Hague: "Iran is an important country in a volatile region"
"The circumstances are right to reopen our embassy in Tehran," Hague tells lawmakers .
The embassy in Tehran was closed after an attack on the site by protesters in 2011 .
Britain also shut the Iranian Embassy in London and ordered all... |
f352aa107992b2e7abd9242abe7410a1d5cdfe7e | (CNN Student News ) -- June 4, 2014 . On the 25th anniversary of a crackdown in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, CNN Student News explains why many people in China won't publicly discuss the event. We also look into news events from the Middle East and Europe, and we explore the potential pros and cons of a proposed hike in... | This page includes the show Transcript and the Daily Curriculum .
Use the Transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary .
The Daily Curriculum offers the Media Literacy Question of the Day, Key Concepts, Fast Facts and Discussion Questions .
At the bottom of the page, please share your feedback ... |
f352aed5094a3238d547d370b8854a5eb3d078bf | With its dirty sheets, empty vodka bottles, cigarette butts and discarded underwear, it is the most infamous bed in the world. Having recently sold for more than £2.5million, Tracey Emin’s artwork ‘My Bed’, the product of a chaotic low point in her life when a failed romance resulted in severe depression, must also be ... | Tracey Emin’s artwork ‘My Bed’ is the product of chaotic low point in her .
A leading art expert has cast doubt on whether Miss Emin ever slept in it .
Martin Kemp says each installation of My Bed has major differences . |
f352b5408ffcd611c28e7e59907bf61013cc209b | By . Kerry Mcdermott and Lydia Warren . PUBLISHED: . 07:54 EST, 23 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:34 EST, 23 August 2013 . A father who was sent to prison for 40 years after his nine-year-old daughter falsely accused him of raping her is hoping apologetic letters written by the girl will help secure his release. Navy ... | Daryl Kelly jailed in 1998 after his daughter accused him of rape .
Chaneya Kelly, now 24, said she was forced to make claim by her drug-addict mother who threatened to beat her if she did not accuse father .
Chaneya's letters from 2002 and 2006 to her father show her apologizing .
Mr Kelly is fighting his conviction a... |
f352f55de8d3e2dc00cee2c57c10499fbde2fe50 | By . Associated Press . A serial killer was put to death Thursday in Texas after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his lawyers' demand that the state release information about where it gets its lethal injection drug. Tommy Lynn Sells, 49, was the first inmate to be injected with a dose of newly replenished pentobarbital ... | Tommy Lynn Sells, 49, died Thursday after being injected with pentobarbital .
His lawyers had made a plea to the Supreme Court to delay the execution pending information about the drug's supplier, but it was rejected .
Sells was executed for murdering Kaylene Harris, 13, in 1999, and attempting to murder her friend Kry... |
f352f97b026ef375cdd9002b1b79acdf229a7a26 | (CNN) -- A federal jury ruled Friday that Samsung must pay $119.6 million more to Apple over patent infringements, according to court documents filed by the U.S. District Court of Northern District of California, San Jose division. The ruling is the latest development in the long-running legal battle between the two te... | NEW: Apple says the decision "reinforces ... that Samsung willfully stole our ideas"
A federal jury rules Samsung must pay Apple $119.6 million .
Apple accused Samsung of patent infringement in its smartphone technology .
Apple must also pay Samsung a much smaller amount for infringement claims filed . |
f35339c261496b9bc6db09beb298d668bce12c80 | By . Associated Press . A man imprisoned in New York for killing his son to collect on his life insurance is now charged with murdering his first wife in 1991 for the same reason. The Post-Standard of Syracuse reports that Karl Karlsen was charged in Calaveras County, California, Friday with first-degree murder in the ... | Karl Karlsen, 52, has been charged with the 1991 death of his first wife .
Christina Karlsen, 30, died in the bathroom in a house fire while her husband escaped with their three children .
Days earlier, he'd boarded up the one window out of the room and taken out a $200,000 insurance policy on her .
He is currently ser... |
f353a1ee524abeea0e101557dbfa263df1ddd54a | Just in case you thought you had time to catch your breath from the culture wars, the issue of marriage for gay couples is back at the ballot box this year. On Tuesday, North Carolinians voted 61% to 39% to ban all forms of relationship recognition for same-sex couples. That's right, this amendment doesn't just prohib... | North Carolina approved measure banning same-sex marriage, domestic unions .
Margaret Hoover says there's significant and growing GOP support for gay marriage .
Voters in other states will confront the issue this fall .
Hoover: Many Republicans helped preserve same-sex marriage law in New Hampshire . |
f3541fa115b276a2fe1e28081d8aedfda623257c | A heart-warming new calendar contains a year's worth of adorable pictures of cute hounds wearing hats. The dogs pose in hilarious headpieces, ranging from a bulldog in a bowler hat to a corgi in a crown. Some headgear even matches major events in the months the portraits illustrate, such as a retriever donning a Saint ... | Calendar shows incredibly cute dogs in a variety of wacky get-ups .
Many are matched to a theme specific to the month, such as St Patrick's Day . |
f354af48aad201481c27bac9ecf7b66e61778c1a | (CNN) -- A 65-year-old man's remains were stashed in containers across South Florida, police said Thursday, releasing the victim's identity one day after charging another man in his murder. Police began looking into the case last month after finding body parts strewn around three counties in the southern part of the st... | Fort Lauderdale police say Warren Danzig wasa killed and dismembered .
Jamie Saffran, 51, was with first-degree murder in Danzig's death .
Saffran told police that he'd been friends with the victim for years, an affidavit says .
Danzig's body parts were found in separate containers stashed across South Florida . |
f354c64d4db1dd8b6cfb922ed40d5842e296adc6 | Manchester United have warned Premier League rivals that their £150million summer spending spree is only the beginning of an ongoing bid to snap up the world’s top talent. The Old Trafford outfit lavished an astonishing £150m over the summer on new six recruits, including a British transfer record £60m deal to land Arg... | United broke the British transfer record to sign Angel Di Maria for £60m .
On deadline day they signed Radamel Falcao on loan in a deal worth £20m .
Since last summer they have spent £230m on new players .
Louis van Gaal is expected to make more signings in next transfer window .
United's staggering spending spree is f... |
f354c80ce3b53e6c5ce7330a7fd74b2380c75731 | President Obama will welcome the Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall to the White House when the royal couple visit America next month. Mr Obama will sit down to informal talks with Charles and Camilla in his famous Oval office and will be joined by his vice president Joe Biden. The prince last met the president in... | The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall are to visit the US .
They will spend the whole of the four-day tour in Kentucky and Virginia .
A meeting with President Obama in the Oval Office is on the agenda .
Charles will view the 1297 Magna Carta during visit to National Archives .
Charles and Camilla's first join... |
f355a592f880e9a071f2fbdb360a3ec2d450403a | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 10:14 EST, 6 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:22 EST, 6 June 2013 . A robotic multi-camera system has been developed in Japan that can record a single scene simultaneously from multiple angles. A computer can then stitch the individual images together to create a video clip of that ... | System designed by Japanese broadcaster can capture slow-motion multi-angle images of sporting events .
It is a similar set-up to the one used by the Wachowski brothers during the filming of 1999 film The Matrix .
In the film, main character Neo is shown dodging and stopping bullets which led to the effect being dubbed... |
f3567b5922f413d0385210bd713ef501bf5f8926 | Arsenal are set to beat Chelsea to the signing of Germany midfielder Sami Khedira from Real Madrid with Spanish newspapers reporting that a £23million deal has already been agreed. According to Sport, Khedira will sign a four-year deal at the Emirates Stadium despite the emergence of Chelsea's interest. Contract . talk... | Spanish press report that a deal for Khedira to Arsenal is all but agreed .
Germany midfielder missed World Cup final through injury .
Khedira has been one of Germany's top performers at 2014 World Cup . |
f356a0a09d0789d7161030132208cbc01f28afaa | London (CNN) -- Palace officials slammed the decision of the Irish Daily Star newspaper Saturday to print pictures of Prince William's wife Catherine sunbathing topless on vacation as driven only by greed. The Irish Daily Star's move comes a day after the royal couple launched legal action against the French magazine C... | NEW: Owners of the Irish Daily Star "profoundly dismayed" by its publication of images .
Palace: "There can be no motivation for this action other than greed"
Editor of the Irish Daily Star says Catherine is no different to any other celebrity .
Italy's Chi magazine will run a 26-page special with the topless photos, p... |
f356a9d0a08b331064604bb34bf99c8d8abe45fd | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:32 EST, 12 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:35 EST, 13 December 2012 . A cash-strapped police worker joked that he felt like James Bond as he sent secrets about Royal bodyguards to PR guru Max Clifford, a court heard. Jairo Dos Santos, 29, emailed details of more than 2,700 e... | Jairo Dos Santos emailed details of more than 2,700 expenses claims made by members of the Met's Protection Command to a reporter .
Dos Santos hired PR Guru Max Clifford to spark a bidding war between the Mail on Sunday and News of the World .
He had been sacked from Protection Command's finance department and had over... |
f3573a36c7bfe95f173926816a721f9b8ffcfc0f | Atlanta (CNN) -- You've probably seen the smoke-filled, glass-encased fishbowls that play host to smokers if you've passed through some of the nation's largest airports in recent years. Perhaps you've cast a quick glance in its direction as you walked by, feeling contempt or maybe even a dash of pity for those poor sla... | 7 of nation's 29 large-hub airports allow smoking in designated areas in terminals .
Airports with indoor smoking lounges say they want to accommodate passengers .
Airport smoking policies tend to reflect community values . |
f3579d761c6fa528e3f76933bd3fe6d84bf0ca56 | Rio de Janeiro (CNN) -- As Brazilian authorities work to "pacify" Brazil's slums ahead of two global sporting events, police in Rio de Janeiro captured one of the city's most notorious drug traffickers. Antonio Francisco Bonfim Lopes, alias "Nem," was found hiding Wednesday in the trunk of a car attempting to avoid a p... | Brazil is working to regain control of Rio's slums .
Authorities captured one of Rio's most notorious traffickers .
He was hidden in the trunk of car . |
f357a5b078b1a6a32740a16d731daa6e4b46e813 | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 07:41 EST, 13 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:27 EST, 13 January 2014 . Dozens of videos of teenagers and young people fighting have been posted on a disturbing Facebook page which appears to glorify bare-knuckle bouts. The site boasts that its clips are meant to 'entertain' web users, whi... | 'Fight Central' page advertised 43 amateur videos of brutal fights .
Site was taken down after campaigners spoke out against page claiming it glorified violence .
Residents of areas featured on the page say fights are now commonplace . |
f35812c9d2b14d08b06ea47bccd5ff264a071614 | Aston Villa captain Ron Vlaar has played down talk of a move to Manchester United after claiming they would have contacted him if they were interested. Vlaar was a mainstay in Holland's defence under United manager Louis van Gaal at the World Cup in Brazil, prompting speculation that the pair could be reunited at Old T... | Aston Villa captain has played down talk of a move to Old Trafford .
Holland international claims he has not received any contact from United .
Louis van Gaal still needs defensive reinforcements .
Primary targets such as Mats Hummels unlikely to be available in January . |
f3583737c257072cabc0d0a9b498cfee0bcd1050 | It may only be the end of January, but Saturday's Chelsea versus Manchester City clash is set to have a massive impact on the outcome of the Premier League title race. Jose Mourinho's team have the opportunity to move eight points clear of the defending champions if they claim all three points at Stamford Bridge, a pos... | Chelsea play Manchester City on Saturday in top-of-the-table Premier League showdown at Stamford Bridge .
Jose Mourinho's team currently enjoy a five-point advantage at the top and could extend it to eight with a win .
They are missing key players Diego Costa and Cesc Fabregas through suspension and injury respectively... |
f358680b6c3550bf8db1f2cb23fb72da89c4f2e5 | The magnetic field emitted by our Galaxy has been revealed for the first time in a stunning new image. Taken by ESA’s Planck satellite, it compiled from the first all-sky observations of ‘polarised’ light emitted by interstellar dust in the Milky Way. The astronomical equivalent of looking through polarised sunglasses... | Compiled from the first all-sky observations of ‘polarised’ light emitted by interstellar dust in the Milky Way .
Shows swirls, loops and arches that trace the structure of the magnetic field in our home galaxy . |
f3588df49b8c4ad12b13889f552ce3b2b25ecbba | By . Phil Gradwell for MailOnline . Follow @@GraddersOnline . Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene was carried off the pitch in Colombo on the shoulders of his team-mates as his final Test ended in victory over Pakistan. Rangana Herath took five for 57 in the second innings - and 14 wickets in the match - to propel Sri... | Jayawardene carried off in Colombo on team-mates' shoulders .
The 37-year-old played Tests for 17 years, scoring 11,814 runs .
He will put his cap, which he wore for 15 years, in his trophy cabinet .
Rangana Herath took 14 wickets in match to destroy Pakistan . |
f358bb0c5d013a80b2f81a1a25af02b5385c3dbc | Ice cool Tory MP Sajid Javid does not seem the romantic type. Number crunching is his skill. When his comprehensive school head tried to ban him from taking O-level maths, he kicked up a fuss – and passed with flying colours. It paid off. Javid made a pile in the City, quit by the time he was 40 and last year – just th... | Muslim Sajid Javid was raised in a flat above a shop with five brothers .
A former banker he made a reported £20million before quitting last year .
He helped to draw up the last budget with mentor George Osborne .
Bromsgrove MP seems certain to be promoted in next cabinet reshuffle .
Some even tip Britain's first Briti... |
f358cddca9ff14e9a4a0798730faf80be371eca8 | By . Travelmail Reporter . Floating away on a boat and leaving the world behind is at the top of many holidaymakers' wish list. Well now visitors to England can do just that. A hotel is Surrey is the first outlet in the UK to offer the HotTug; a wood-fired hot tub which allows users to sail on a tug boat while simultan... | Service is on offer at a hotel in Egham, Surrey so you can sail on Thames .
The HotTug has a wood-burning stove to keep the water at 38C .
It is the brainchild of Dutch designer Frank De Bruijnbut . |
f35996b537facb50a44c1765f7e71af10a5a3ee6 | Prince Harry, Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie were among the guests today, as Glasses Direct founder Jamie Murray Wells married his long-term girlfriend, barrister Lottie Fry. The traditional country wedding took place at Dorchester Abbey and saw guests, among them Ben Fogle and his wife Marina, descend on the p... | Prince Harry and Princesses Beatrice and Eugenie were among the guests at the wedding of Jamie Murray Wells .
Mr Murray Wells, 31, is the founder of Glasses Direct and married his long term girlfriend Lottie Fry in Oxfordshire .
Other guests included Ben and Marina Fogle and Harry's rumoured former flame Astrid Harbord... |
f35aaa3bf5fab3711476516e60dcc832eca835dd | Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Hundreds of Islamist militants were among the prisoners freed from a notorious Tripoli prison this week, according to a former Libyan jihadist. The freed militants had been imprisoned in Tripoli's Abu Salim prison by Moammar Gadhafi's regime during the height of the insurgency in Iraq, according... | "This is potentially a very dangerous development," a former Libyan jihadist tells CNN .
Moammar Gadhafi's regime imprisoned thousands of suspected pro-al Qaeda militants .
The former jihadist says the prisoners embrace a puritanical interpretation of Islam . |
f35ae3ecd23ba19a1402a256a1c05394d0f007a9 | For Washington state mother Amanda Skorjanc, her 16-month-old son Duke is more than just her beloved child - he is a daily reminder that miracles do happen. Duke Suddarth was the youngest survivor of the devastating Oso mudslide that killed 43 people in March 2014. Duke, then only 5 months old, was mere seconds away fr... | Amanda Skorjanc's son, Duke Suddarth, was the youngest survivor of Oso mudslide that killed 43 people March 22, 2014 .
Duke was pulled from the rubble by Good Samaritan after suffering skull fracture .
His mother sustained broken bones and other injures when their house was destroyed and their were carried by mudslide ... |
f35b3a26383191e141c9a387ab4b1e12d8731065 | They say pigs can’t fly, well, these pictures show they sure can swim. This family of boars and piglets have set up home in the Bahamas and are rapidly becoming a YouTube sensation thanks to visitors filming themselves taking a dip with the animals. The swine like nothing more than a trot along the beach then a swim in... | Swimming swine of the Caribbean popular with visitors, who upload videos of themselves taking a dip with the pigs .
The animals are believed to have been abandoned in the idyllic spot by sailors, who intended to eat them .
Now a documentary is being made about the pigs, who often swim out to boats to get food from holi... |
f35b5ca6ae7e39bf7a6b2f88f3460af350f14c59 | The Christian mother who was sentenced to death in Sudan for refusing to become a Muslim was today dramatically freed from her latest detention - and could now come to the US. Meriam Ibrahim was let out after 48 hours in jail for problems with her paperwork that stopped her from leaving the African country. She is now ... | Meriam Ibrahim and her husband, US citizen Daniel Wani were held as they tried to fly out of the country on Tuesday .
She was charged with travelling on false documents which carries seven-year sentence .
Reports now suggest she has been freed amid conflicting reports .
Couple and their children, Martin, 21 months and ... |
f35becde0928e51cdd99f634a7987b9d32917e3a | By . Tom Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 03:03 EST, 26 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:04 EST, 26 August 2013 . Seaside piers across Britain are under threat from rising maintenance costs and rocketing insurance bills, new research has claimed. Too many piers are trapped in a cycle of neglectful ownership with only periodic att... | 57 piers across Britain could be closed forever, study finds .
High maintenance costs and insurance bills many owners are allowing them to fall into disrepair, according to report .
More than half of piers are privately owned, 39% in local authority hands and 5% in community ownership .
Community ownership could safegu... |
f35c365faa49c3eebbcc621a1587764e24b244d1 | By . Sean Poulter . PUBLISHED: . 08:00 EST, 6 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:22 EST, 6 September 2013 . Some brands of butter and supposedly ‘healthy’ spreads contain almost as much salt as seawater, a study shows. Because of its high saturated fat content, butter is associated with health risks such as weight gain... | Weight Watchers Dairy Spread contains 2.5g of salt per 100g .
This is the same as the salt content of the Atlantic Ocean .
Just 8% of butter and margarine meet Department of Health’s Salt Targets .
70% of butters get a ‘red traffic light’ for salt as they contain more than 1.5g per 100g . |
f35c3f20540542501253f6cc97564c779cec4407 | Tony Blair yesterday condemned a ‘deeply confrontational’ move by the Palestinian president to ask the United Nations to recognise an independent state for his people. Mr Blair, who is the international community’s Middle East representative, joined Western leaders in opposing the application by Mahmoud Abbas. Mr Abbas... | Israeli PM offers to meet Palestinian leader for talks in New York .
David Cameron has not yet made it clear whether he will oppose the move . |
f35c4fd5ce1bc3b7f2fbac6bb8fbcd8a8a04ab0b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:58 EST, 18 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:49 EST, 19 July 2012 . Britain’s biggest solar farm – covering 224 acres – could be built in the Cornish countryside. Renewable energy firm Good Energy wants to put 135,000 . solar panels on farmland near the village of Week St Mary. It... | Would .
cover an area six times bigger than the UK’s second largest solar power .
project .
Renewable electricity firm has held .
discussions with Cornwall county council . |
f35c8061ad3eaca4948564d5fc40b32f3c380059 | (CNN) -- LeBron James is going home to Cleveland Thursday night wearing a Miami Heat jersey, and no less an authority than the basketball-loving president of the United States predicts a rough night. "It's going to be brutal," Barack Obama told reporters Thursday, hours before tip-off. Just to make sure the court is sa... | NEW: President Obama: "It's going to be brutal"
A local reporter says fans' anger could surface .
LeBron James says the game will be "emotional"
Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert has urged fans to be classy . |
f35cf6316c742bfc1acad6cb3420554f26c0e20b | Germany's players won't be feeling the heat ahead of their quarter final tie with France - their dressing room preparations will provide quite the opposite effect, in fact. Each German player has been providing with a bowl of ice by their peg in the changing rooms at the Estadio Castelao, leaving Mesut Ozil and co to c... | Players will be well equipped to deal with Brazilian heat .
Per Mertesacker drops to the bench for the Germans . |
f35d262adfc6fb23324d39b7e90e15416cfa32df | Click here to find out more from our brilliant Match Zone service - including this heat map from Angel di Maria . Unless he takes drastic action it might prove rather difficult for Alejandro Sabella to stop his players relying too much on Lionel Messi. Dropping him is probably the only solution, such is the impact Arge... | Lionel Messi scores twice to help Argentina defeat Nigeria .
Ahmed Musa also bags a brace during pulsating Group F clash .
Both Argentina and Nigeria have qualified for the last 16 . |
f35dc535a93f150f11f332976550973c9ec158e4 | (CNN) -- No one who works full-time -- in this, one of the wealthiest nations on Earth -- should have to raise a family in poverty. That is the fundamental principle behind our work to increase the national minimum wage. And today, on 10/10, National Minimum Wage Day, we are saying louder than ever that hard work shoul... | Writers: No one who works full-time in the U.S. should have to raise a family in poverty .
They say purchasing power of minimum wage of $7.25 an hour has eroded since 1960s .
Writers: Raising minimum wage would take up to 3.6 million people off food stamp rolls .
They say working people would pump money into their loca... |
f3605f7c24cf1ec84d97799cb1bcd0c4305eb7a8 | By . Paul Donnelley . A former British Airways captain who blew the whistle on a pilot who took off despite having a collision on a runway, has lost his £110,000 claim that he was unfairly forced out by his new employer. Whistle-blower Captain Graham Howard said he was sacked for bringing an ‘unwelcome focus’ on Blink ... | Captain Graham Howard, 63, has 35 years' flying experience .
Capt Howard claimed he was sacked for bringing an ‘unwelcome focus’ on employer Blink Ltd after taking his worries to the Civil Aviation Authority .
Capt Howard told employment tribunal .
in Reading, Berks, that Capt Paul Horrocks flew plane with a .
damaged ... |
f360cd2ff4c8e355f307c20891843bc3d252aea0 | A twisted sadist has been jailed after he bred dogs to hunt down and kill foxes and badgers so he could film it for a sick thrill. Richard Atkins from Newhall in Derbyshire has been sentenced to 24 weeks behind bars after a photo showed him smiling with glee as he held a still live fox by the throat. The 45-year-old, w... | Richard Atkins jailed after admitting nine charges of animal cruelty .
RSPCA say it was 'incredibly malicious and sadistic cruelty to animals.' |
f360d27346be2a491d5ab63adc85dd02c7a0ded1 | X Factor multi-millionaire has made it clear he will look after NY socialite Lauren Silverman and their child - and now the pair are moving in together . They are officially a couple and the striking brunette has told friends that she wants to marry Cowell . By . Sara Nathan . PUBLISHED: . 13:51 EST, 9 August 2013 . | ... | X Factor multi-millionaire has made it clear he will look after NY socialite Lauren Silverman and their child - and now the pair are moving in together .
They are officially a couple and the striking brunette has told friends that she wants to marry Cowell . |
f360da1f0d773fe1c2180a522adf9e3abbd8a7fb | (CNN) -- Switzerland's Lara Gut won the giant slalom as the World Cup season kicked off in Soelden, Austria on Saturday. The 22-year-old's first-ever victory in the discipline was clinched in a combined time of two minutes 25.16 seconds from two runs. Austria's Kathrin Zettel finished second, 0.84 seconds behind Gut wi... | Swiss skier takes first giant slalom title of career in opening race of World Cup season .
Austria's Kathrin Zettel finishes second; Germany's Viktoria Rebensburg is third .
Last year's winner and overall World Cup champion finishes in 18th place . |
f3614119370d0be309f74e68075cd188cff40527 | Some may call it serendipity, others divine intervention. Either way, circumstances prevented two families from boarding doomed AirAsia Flight QZ8501. In one case, it was missed emails. In another, an illness in the family. As a result, 15 people -- seven of them children -- are alive and well. 'Truly a miracle' It was... | It's an act of God that her father got hepatitis, says woman who canceled her family's flight .
Her brother forget to check emails, and it made their family miss the plane, another says .
Seven members of the two families who did not board QZ8501 are children .
Family members break down into tears when they hear the ne... |
f3614de1dc8ac40564a81599507b2f59b3670410 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 07:34 EST, 12 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:58 EST, 12 April 2013 . After a hard day of hunting for molluscs, a weary walrus needs a place to relax. These mammals seen clustered onto a chunk of ice floating in the Chukchi Sea 20 miles off the coast of Alaska seem to have hit on the ... | Images show walruses covering every inch of the iceberg in the Chukchi Sea .
The mammals were spotted huddled together 20 miles off coast of Alaska .
Scores of walruses piled onto the ice as they took a break from hunting . |
f361b1273b05bb3591fe29b2222f71d369a6ec5f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 2:09 PM on 24th October 2011 . Two men, from Manchester, were arrested on June 13 this year close to Joss Stone's home . A man appeared in court today to deny conspiring to murder the soul singer Joss Stone. It was the first time the new charge of conspiracy to murder the 24-y... | Charges follow June arrests close to 24-year-old's Devon home . |
f361dabc1c272dc57f8d21e430e454e07cf69f90 | By . Mario Ledwith . PUBLISHED: . 17:39 EST, 9 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:39 EST, 9 March 2013 . With 27,000 dogs packing themselves into a room for this year's Crufts show, it is rather difficult for our canine friends to make themselves stand out from the crowd. But one canine is doing his utmost to be crowned th... | A record 2,131 dogs have been registered to take part in the annual show .
Kennel Club estimates that 145,000 people will travel to Birmingham's NEC .
Dog owners from 41 countries will travel to event featuring 13 new breeds .
Winner of the coveted Best in Show title will be crowned on Sunday night . |
f361e7d3b50a39ac64332f1b5aad2c1f5e2acf6a | Washington (CNN) -- Evidence is growing that a retired FBI agent who disappeared in Iran four years ago is alive and being held in Asia, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said Thursday. Robert Levinson disappeared during a business trip in March 2007. "We have received recent indications that Bob is being held somewhe... | U.S. has "proof of life," senior diplomatic official says .
Businessman's wife says family is "tremendously encouraged"
Robert Levinson disappeared during a business trip to Iran in 2007 .
The retired FBI agent may be in southwest Asia, U.S. says . |
f3620ae3eb8f064d7f5d43c63d29117a1139bf4e | Crazed man: Alleged suspect Phillip Roberts was arrested for stabbing a woman with a screwdriver . A woman was stabbed from behind with a screwdriver by a crazed man while she was walking on the treadmill at 24 Hour Fitness on Tuesday morning. Officers were first called to the gym in Irving, Texas when witnesses spotte... | Phillip Roberts, 32, allegedly stabbed a woman as she ran on a treadmill .
Witness Justin Harper said the man had a 'glazed-over look in his eyes'
Roberts was acting in a 'suspicious' way and 'carrying a suitcase'
The woman is being treated for non life-threatening injuries . |
f3621468dac093f7537b61267df2466b53be1cc7 | Jonathan Trott's return to the cricketing fold received a welcome endorsement yesterday, when he was named captain of the Lions team that will tour South Africa in the new year. Trott has not played for England since his shock return from Australia in the wake of the first Test in Brisbane last year suffering from what... | Jonathan Trott named England Lions captain for South Africa tour .
The 33-year-old batsman has not represented England since coming home from last winter's disastrous Ashes tour with a stress-related illness .
Sam Robson and Gary Ballance also in England Lions party .
Seven Yorkshiremen have been rewarded with Lions sq... |
f362e7c6f5506c1e5dc73af3e8d214c345459673 | (CNN Student News) -- September 10, 2009 . Quick Guide . Health Care Address - Hear the latest arguments in the debate over U.S. health care reform. Campaign Finance - Review the details of a court case that could impact U.S. elections. Purifying Invention - Find out how one inventor hopes to quench concerns about clea... | Hear the latest arguments in the debate over U.S. health care reform .
Review the details of a court case that could impact U.S. elections .
Find out how one inventor hopes to quench concerns about clean water . |
f3630067f191d6229ccbf5c787fa5d309185e750 | By . Mark Duell . Last updated at 5:57 PM on 13th December 2011 . They allegedly chartered a private jet from California to New York, bought hotel rooms in Times Square and went on a high-end shopping spree. But Alexa Johzen Polar, 34, and Robin Antonella Pabello, 33, funded their high-life by stealing almost $300,000 ... | Alexa Johzen Polar, 34, and Robin Antonella Pabello, 33 .
Charged with forging $19,500 cheque up to $285,000 .
Went on shopping spree to Tiffany & Co and Montblanc . |
f36309ac86476845f70f585e90cd68fead5ab740 | (CNN) -- A few days after my little brother received death threats, he and I jumped on top of la Bestia -- the Beast -- the train heading north, to escape El Salvador. The country that financed the armed forces seeking to kill our friends and family would be our destination for safety. And like the millions of people f... | Pablo Alvarado and little brother escaped El Salvador and death threats to go north .
Alvarado: Scared children at border show immigration is a humanitarian crisis .
He asks: What problems are pushing people north? What hand does U.S. play?
Barriers, soldiers not the answer, he says; we must address underlying problems... |
f3634bf656b6e08952a04ebf764fd0464c24997e | (CNN) -- What is happening in Tunisia? Following a month of largely leaderless popular protests against the government, Tunisia's President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali fled the country on Friday. Fouad Mebazaa, the speaker of parliament, was sworn in the following day as interim president, and new elections are due within ... | The country's longtime president fled on Friday .
Popular protests toppled him after a month .
He'd been in power since 1987 .
Other long-serving leaders in the region will be paying close attention to Tunisia . |
f3639d65f50c5a57be1eb3cf99a0e0ff46399437 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:27 EST, 10 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:05 EST, 10 March 2014 . A man who was dramatically rescued in last September’s epic Colorado floods has filed papers indicating his intention to sue his rescuers. Roy Ortiz from Broomfield was trapped in his submerged vehicle for two h... | Roy Ortiz from Broomfield, Colorado, was trapped in his submerged vehicle for two hours after heavy rains washed it off the road .
He has now filed a notice of intent to sue the local emergency services who rescued him .
Oritz says he has reluctantly filed a notice of intent because he says he needs help .
paying his ... |
f3639de1b8d4dd30fc7ff436b129f05e6ff45a76 | (CNN) -- Soccer and technology don't normally mix; FIFA, the international football body, has long dragged its studded heels over efforts to introduce microchip sensors into match refereeing. So when Japan based its entire World Cup 2022 bid on a dazzling display of computer wizardry that doesn't yet exist, it was taki... | Japan says it will broadcast World Cup 2022 games in "full court" 3D .
Proposal includes real time translators for fans to talk to each other .
Scientists say they are unsure whether ambitious promises could be realized . |
f363a3a147642de134dd4868212c388059558972 | By . Aaron Sharp . PUBLISHED: . 13:54 EST, 28 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:34 EST, 28 September 2013 . 'Repugnant': Andrew Gwndaf Jones, 44, was jailed for perverting the course of justice . A shoplifter who lied about his daughter being killed in a car smash and said he needed bail to attend the funeral has been... | Andrew Gwndaf Jones made up the story to avoid being remanded .
Mother of the girl told police when she read of his release in the paper .
Jones, 44, was sentenced to 10 months jail for lying in court . |
f363a4820399451cb064947bd7d2d131e7ac8a8b | (CNN) -- Stomach for the fight, matched by a stomach for waffles and hash browns. Bubba Watson, the American golfer who has just become a multiple golf winner, showed he had the appetite for both as he secured his second Masters win, adding another green jacket to the one he won in 2012. As he walked down the 18th fair... | Bubba Watson toasts second Masters success with trip to Waffle House .
The American secures a three-shot victory over Jordan Spieth and Jonas Blixt .
Watson wins at Augusta National for the second time after his triumph in 2012 .
"I see myself as a blessed man," Watson told CNN . |
f363ac3496259893b39b7d82bb79a921225f677e | (CNN) -- "I do not use crack cocaine, nor am I an addict of crack cocaine." Those words aren't what might normally be expected from the mayor of Canada's largest city. But little is normal nowadays for Rob Ford. Eight days ago, Gawker and the Toronto Star published stories stating their reporters had seen a cell-phone ... | NEW: Toronto's deputy mayor blasts the news reports, calling one of them "disgusting"
Toronto's mayor speaks at length for first time since being accused of smoking crack .
Gawker, the Toronto Star reporters say they saw video showing Rob Ford doing drugs .
Ford denies using crack cocaine; says he hasn't seen the video... |
f363c0f80b10c02c71cef33c8db6ca25be41c6a4 | By . Alex Greig . Florida police have arrested a bouncer involved in a violent brawl more than a week ago outside a Fort Lauderdale beach bar, after a cell phone video of the fight went viral. Arnald Thomas-Darrah, 30, was charged with felony battery yesterday for his part in the July 28 clash, and another bouncer, Jov... | A bouncer has been arrested for his part in a violent brawl outside Dirty Blondes bar in Fort Lauderdale .
Police initially arrested the victims of the beating after the fight .
A video of the brawl went viral and protesters staged a boycott of Dirty Blondes .
Police arrested Arnald Thomas-Darrah yesterday, more than a... |
f363e42e57fc5d047ffee4884549a3f118da5a97 | This heart-stopping footage shows a Texas cop's brush with death as a suspect appears to surrender - then pulls a gun and fired four shots at him. A split-second firefight then erupts, in which Andra Gibson, an officer with the police department of Hedwig Village, near Houston, downs Emilio Solis with a series of fatal... | Emilio Solis came out of car with hands up, then fired at least four shots .
Officer Andra Gibson, from Hedwig Village, Texas, returned fire .
Gibson's was unharmed after shots hit patrol car and brushed his uniform .
Solis, who was wanted on drug charges and fled from a traggic stop, died .
Confrontation took place in... |
f3648727cb82059bedd754f2f2b5f4e30f49b79b | (CNN) -- The Brazilian military said late Friday it is calling off the search for bodies of passengers and crew from the Air France plane that crashed into the Atlantic earlier this month. Wreckage from Flight 447 spotted by search teams in the Atlantic last week. It was unlikely that any more bodies would be found, t... | Brazilian military: Unlikely that any more bodies would be found .
Search teams have found 51 of the 228 people who died .
Plane wreckage believed to be on Atlantic seabed, around 4,500 meters deep .
Investigators still trying to find flight data recorders for crucial information . |
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