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f3bbdd11ca3e39fcdf474e3f9869721f5aba584b | Fort Lauderdale, Florida (CNN) -- A judge put former New York Yankees catcher Jim Leyritz on probation for a year for a wreck that killed a south Florida woman in 2007, but spared the onetime World Series hero jail time. Leyrtiz had faced up to six months in jail after his November conviction for driving under the infl... | NEW: The victim's husband says Leyritz showed "a lack of respect or the lives of others"
The former Yankees catcher could have been sentenced to six months in jail .
Leyritz was acquitted of a more serious manslaughter count in November . |
f3bc14a487a50ceabeb998f3695182abb77211f8 | By . Sean O'hare . PUBLISHED: . 15:12 EST, 10 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:29 EST, 10 March 2013 . Villagers from the birthplace of 19th century painter Gustave Courbet have clubbed together with the French government to raise €4million to buy back one of his paintings. 'The Oak of Flagey', unveiled at the Courbet Mu... | 'The Oak of Flagey' depicts an oak tree from French village of Flagey .
1,500 people contributed to the fund which was topped up by government . |
f3bc7b2bbb97274473e5ccd53129dba56ed403db | (CNN) -- A federal judge ordered the Obama administration Friday to stop temporarily the forced feeding of a detainee at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and provide videotapes of past such feedings. U.S. District Judge Gladys Kessler ordered the administration to preserve and turn over the videotapes of the forced fe... | Judge orders Obama administration to stop temporarily a detainee's forced feeding .
Mohammed Abu Wa'el Dhiab, 42, a Syrian, has been detained since 2002 arrest .
The Guantanamo base is also ordered to turn over videotaped forced feedings .
Dhiab was cleared for release in 2009, but he needs a country to take him, group... |
f3bca15ac1a8e90f58936c25e6a8e9bfc8071288 | Detectives have asked prosecutors to decide whether to charge a man with the murder of Melanie Hall, who was last seen in a Bath nightclub in June 1996 . Detectives have asked prosecutors to consider charging a man with the murder of university graduate Melanie Hall nearly 20 years ago. The 45-year-old, who was arreste... | The 25-year-old nurse was last seen leaving a nightclub in Bath in 1996 .
In 2009 a workman found her remains beside the M5 in Gloucestershire .
Earlier this year police appealed for information about owner of white Golf .
Now police have asked the CPS to authorise charging a 45-year-old man .
The man was arrested on s... |
f3bcfda1aef8a430b0252b39aee3b1f8868ccd35 | (CNN) -- Sen. Hillary Clinton will stop telling an emotional story about a uninsured pregnant woman who died after being denied medical care, Clinton's campaign said. Sen. Hillary Clinton was repeating a story she heard from someone on the campaign trail. A hospital has raised questions over the accuracy of the story, ... | Clinton had been repeating a story she heard about an uninsured pregnant woman .
In the story, the woman was denied treatment, later died from complications .
Hospital says woman had insurance, was never denied care .
Clinton campaign says they had no reason to doubt the accuracy of the story . |
f3bd88b88531259b016346e42912c7dc0cbf9bb8 | By . Associated Press . The four men killed in a fiery plane crash in Ohio were students at Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, including three members of the varsity wrestling team, school officials said Tuesday. The three wrestlers were identified as 20-year-old Lucas Marcelli of Massillon, Ohio, 18-year-ol... | Victims were pilot William Felten, 20, Lucas Marcelli, 20, Abraham Pishevar, 18, and John Hill, 18 .
All four were students at Case Western Reserve University .
Marcelli, Pishevar, and Hill were all part of the school's wrestling team .
The young men were in a Cessna 172R that crashed at about 10 p.m. Monday after taki... |
f3bdbf368a61951faf999b4a07f38323deea6e3d | Former Scottish First Minister Alex Salmond once appeared in an obscure Pakistani soap opera, it emerged today. Mr Salmond, who is standing for Parliament in May, made a brief cameo appearance in 'The Castle' – a 15 part romantic thriller partially filmed in Scotland in 2001. The former SNP leader said he was even give... | Former First Minister made brief cameo appearance in 'The Castle' in 2001 .
He was asked to appear by SNP-supporting film producer Tasmina Sheikh .
Soap was partly filmed partly at Scotland's Wedderburn Castle near Duns .
Salmond plays a ghost guiding an Asian businessman through his troubles . |
f3bed6b6be92162ca95758055f59af6e359e7e92 | London (CNN) -- South African double-amputee sprinter Oscar Pistorius, who made headlines at the Olympics, set a world record on Saturday in London in defense of the first of his three Paralympic titles. On day three of the Games, he ran 21.30 in men's 200m-T44 title in the first round Saturday evening, easily besting ... | NEW: South Africa's Oscar Pistorius sets a world record in a 200-meter semifinal heat .
Several Britons win Paralympic gold, including Richard Whitehead and Sarah Storey .
China's Yin He sets a world record and wins gold in a cycling event .
The UK's Ellie Simmonds edges out Team USA's Victoria Arlen in 400-meter frees... |
f3beec57e3d217debf220e44e117b324760053c5 | By . Lizzie Parry . PUBLISHED: . 12:50 EST, 7 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 02:12 EST, 8 February 2014 . Igor and Marek Marcin offered their unsuspecting victims the promise of a better life in the UK. But for 15 men who travelled from eastern Europe the reality was very different - they were forced to live in cramped... | Igor Marcin and his brother Markek admitted trafficking men into the country .
They promised their victims a better life in the UK, complete with job, accommodation and food .
But the reality was cramped conditions, set meal times, no internet or post access, and no access to the money they earned .
Judge Jonathan Gosl... |
f3bfc78a53ddc7e89a0aa3a870d1fce5ba328328 | The Pentagon's most expensive weapons program ever, the F-35 warplane, is cleared for takeoff again. The limited flight clearance, approved by Navy and Air Force officials Monday, allows the aircraft to fly with an engine inspection regimen and restricted flight envelope following the fleet's grounding after an engine ... | The F-35 won't participate in the Farnborough air show, Pentagon spokesman says .
The return to flight order is a limited flight clearance .
The F-35 fleet was grounded after an engine fire in June .
Pratt & Whitney, Lockheed Martin working with investigators to find cause of fire . |
f3c0451b693ce07cd5cabae536af604225c63f6a | (CNN) -- Martina Hingis is back -- but the five-time grand slam winner says she has no plans to take on the world's best any time soon. The 32-year-old ended her six-year absence from competitive WTA action by playing doubles alongside Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova at the Southern California Open Wednesday. Hingis, who... | Martina Hingis has returned to competitive action for the first time since 2007 .
Five time grand slam winner played at the Southern California Open .
Played alongside Slovakia's Daniela Hantuchova in 6-1 6-1 victory .
Says she has no intention of returning to singles action . |
f3c0533d3a39f602560dae6b0d18dabffb2eb6fb | An eight-year-old girl has died after contracting an E. coli infection but health officials have stressed it is not part of an outbreak. The child was from East Ayrshire in Scotland and had contracted the E. coli O157 strain. She was treated in the Royal Hospital for Sick Children in Glasgow but sadly died. Tragic: Th... | It comes after another case of Legionnaires’ disease has been confirmed in Stoke-on-Trent . |
f3c06f99f6c399d51c75f8b4e8ae1b064c1534c5 | (CNN) -- By the time photographer Luigi Baldelli arrived in Sierra Leone early August, the Ebola epidemic had spread like wildfire. Contagion and death rates grew exponentially during those summer months of seasonal rainstorms while, strangely, an eerie calm prevailed in the capital city of Freetown, he said. That's wh... | Photographer Luigi Baldelli documented the Ebola epidemic in Sierra Leone in early August .
Baldelli was only allowed to shoot no less than a meter away from his subjects .
View high-resolution photos of Baldelli's Ebola in Sierra Leone project . |
f3c0e017949bfa1864bb096019a18b8b88a6ff3d | By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 06:47 EST, 19 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:06 EST, 19 December 2012 . Andrew McGarry deliberately slammed the Vauxhall Zafira into the front of the terraced home early one morning in July . A road safety campaigner deliberately drove his car into the home of his estranged wife -... | Andrew McGarry, 37, admitted causing arson with intent to endanger life .
He ran a 2010 campaign calling .
for drivers to stick to the 30mph speed limit after his daughter was knocked down .
McGarry, who will be sentenced in January, was said to be 'depressed' |
f3c0f4a99aaabe1f7efec76b471fff962cedf091 | Public scandals and White House security breeches have revealed a decline in the Secret Service after the agency spent decades as the gold-standard in law enforcement world. Now, former agents and former leaders charged with overseeing the agency are hitting back - saying the Secret Service has been the victim of dem... | Secret Service protects 27 people now - up from 18 in 2011 .
Budget has been cut from $1.6billion to $1.5billion and staff has been cut by 300 .
Uniform Division, which protects the White House, has 1,320 officers, 100 fewer than needed .
Move from Treasury to Homeland Security means the Secret Service has had to compe... |
f3c1578e200caa13bcbf63efc842e5999cd436e5 | Former head of MI5 Dame Stella Rimington has called for British people to inform security services if they suspect their neighbours maybe extremists . The former head of MI5 Dame Stella Rimington has called for British people to inform security services if they suspect their neighbours maybe extremists. Dame Stella, wh... | Dame Stella Rimington said members of the public have to be the Government's 'eyes and ears'
78-year-old, who spoke at the Hay Festival, was MI5's first female director . |
f3c1c1f16bfa7797462bc2be0057dae0ae2758f1 | By . Ellie Zolfagharifard . This stunning panorama unveils a tapestry of stellar births and deaths spread across 50,000 light years. The dramatic scene was captured by the Hubble telescope and reveals more details about our mysterious nearby spiral galaxy Messier 83 (M83). While astronomers are poring over its features... | Also known as M83, the mysterious galaxy lies 15 million light years away .
Hubble image reveals stellar births and deaths across 50,000 light years .
Image is being used in a citizen science project dubbed STAR DATE: M83 .
Aim is for the public to estimate ages for approximately 3000 star clusters . |
f3c1e03422e1c4cba7443ab499b1f163d90864ba | By . Caroline Mcguire for MailOnline . Running a marathon is a momentous effort for most people - a once-in-a-lifetime event to tick off the bucket list. But for Rob Young, 31, from Richmond, south London, it's a daily occurrence. He gets up at 2.45am every morning to run a whole marathon course around Richmond Park be... | Rob Young, 31, gets up at 2.45am every day to run a marathon before work .
He is hoping to raise £100,000 for the NSPCC and Dreams Come True . |
f3c24f4b417993d4a4dc7ab929fda6d1d22f0547 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:29 EST, 24 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:41 EST, 24 December 2013 . A natural cave discovered near the source of the 2004 Boxing Day tsunami contains the footprints of past gigantic waves dating up to 7,500 years ago. Experts say that the Indonesian cave, which is close to... | Natural discovery provides record of past tsunamis dating 7,500 years .
The cave could also help to predict when next disaster will occur .
'Significant' findings made near the site of 2004's Boxing Day tsunami . |
f3c2b67f04d9c17a1d576cd88921ad8105c3fc9e | Investigators say the student who killed a classmate before taking his own life at a suburban Denver high school described himself in a diary as 'a psychopath with a superiority complex' and indicated he was exacting revenge for being teased in elementary school. In a report released Friday by the Arapahoe County Sheri... | Karl Pierson, 18, wrote that he was a 'psychopath with a superiority complex' in a diary read by police .
Wrote that the attack was planned to start a discussion about elementary school teasing .
Pierson shot and killed 17-year-old classmate Claire Davis before taking his own life in the school library . |
f3c2f59847bb75302dcb60baf2d2a66383d90521 | By . Luke Garratt . PUBLISHED: . 08:39 EST, 1 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:49 EST, 1 March 2014 . Despite warnings of rainstorms for the fourth year in a row, revellers refused to have their spirits dampened at the Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras parade in Sydney. Parade goers gathered from across Australia, as the 114 fl... | The 36th annual parade started as a protest march, and began in 1978 .
It was started as a commemoration of the 1969 Stonewall Riots of New York .
Several of the 114 floats in the parade made fun of Vladmir Putin for conservative views on sexuality .
Sydney police made increased efforts so they didn't repeat last year'... |
f3c3d7799a62dd58b93cf6c889558043bdf61dae | (CNN) -- A front-row seat to potentially witness history Wednesday night at Fenway Park in Boston won't come cheap -- and neither will the tickets for standing-room-only. The last time the Boston Red Sox won a World Series at home, the team featured a 23-year-old ace pitcher named Babe Ruth, who won two games en route ... | Canadian buyer pays more than $12k for seat near home plate at Fenway Park .
Boston Red Sox hope to banish the Curse of the Bambino by winning series at home .
Average price for a Game 6 ticket on one online broker is $2,189 on Tuesday . |
f3c44faf8def826a15ec63463f206fb27ee7d0c9 | Feeling unhappy in your marriage, men? Stop being selfish and focus on your wife's happiness then, dictates new research. Researchers have found that the key to marital bliss is all about women's feelings and the happier they are, the better. The study revealed that the more content the wife is within the marriage, the... | The more content the wife is within the marriage, the happier the husband is .
This also improves his wellbeing and general health .
Study carried out by Dr Deborah Carr of Rutgers University in the US . |
f3c4a3691575b6b03c9948162ab7c0a7e3c9fc5b | By . Hannah Roberts and Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 09:26 EST, 25 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:02 EST, 26 February 2013 . Panic spread through European stock markets yesterday as political paralysis in Italy sent shares tumbling. The FTSE 100 index fell 84.93 points to 6270.44, wiping £21.5billion off the value of Bri... | Euro tumbles over prospect of coalition haggling and new elections .
FTSE 100 closed 1.3% down as Italian stock market fell almost 5% .
More than a quarter of voters backed the renegade Five Star Movement .
Pier Luigi Bersani's left-wing alliance has most seats but no majority .
Disgraced former PM Silvio Berlusconi co... |
f3c4e224011765f22beaed5a859ccbf673e0e500 | By . Alex Greig . A 16-year-old special needs student has drowned during a class field trip in East Los Angeles to the horror of his mother, who rushed to the boy's side. Field trip tragedy: Erick Ortiz drowned while visiting a recreation park on a school trip . Erick Ortiz was pulled from the deep end of the pool at A... | Erick Ortiz, 16, drowned during a field trip to Atlantic Park in East Los Angeles .
He was a special needs student who had a teaching assistant assigned to watch him at all times .
Ortiz's mother was called and she rushed to his side as paramedics performed CPR .
He was transferred to hospital where he died .
He was re... |
f3c59d21728270b1d7997067a7fa480eb6549333 | Wolf Hall, the £7m BBC blockbuster starring Damian Lewis and Mark Rylance, has already become the TV event of the year, exposing the skullduggery and political intrigue at the heart of the Tudor Court. And now a historic west London bakery has given a fascinating new insight into the story behind the love affair that ... | Anne Boleyn served the tarts in the ground of Hampton Court Palace .
The original 500-year-old recipe was passed down through generations .
Newens Tea House in Kew started selling the delicate pastry in 1850 . |
f3c5a29612f7d83b7c9c2fe5502eb8f745581d57 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:44 EST, 13 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:50 EST, 13 August 2013 . A TV science-fiction fan who built what is being described as the 'world's first practical jetpack', has been given permission to carry out manned test-flights. Glenn Martin began building jetpacks in his gara... | New Zealand inventor began building jetpacks in his garage 30 years ago .
His new design has a range of 30km and a total flight time of 30 minutes .
Expected to go on sale next year priced between £97,000 and £160,000 . |
f3c5b9954a5724eeff0b09bd234ca720b6d3f9fb | By . Daily Mail Reporter . The residents of a well-heeled town in Greater Manchester perform more internet searches for payday loans than those living anywhere else. Information released by Google shows that the most search requests came from the predominantly middle-class area of Altrincham. Local economics expert Pet... | Residents of Altrincham searched for 'payday loans' and 'Wonga.com'
Expert said middle-class people needed to 'keep up with the Jonses'
But warned against the dangers of a low credit rating . |
f3c6f8f8ae56f77012128fabd8ba3d53b7bc8144 | By . Tom Worden . PUBLISHED: . 10:57 EST, 28 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:57 EST, 28 January 2013 . Two British holidaymakers have appeared in court after a third died following a brawl by a hotel pool in Spain. George Smith, 41, and Jane McCabe, 35, were arrested on suspicion of manslaughter following the late-nig... | George Smith, 41, and Jane McCabe, 35, arrested on suspicion of manslaughter .
Reports said Alan Atkinson, 48, was struck over the head during a 2.30am bust-up at the hotel . |
f3c71d8ba7a23c58ff302a3b8c003f7ff670bda1 | By . Belinda Robinson . The much-loved Florida manatee could soon be taken off the endangered species list and reclassified as ‘threatened’ according to wildlife officials. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reviewing whether the gentle manatee should be reclassified as a ‘threatened species,’ because they're no lon... | The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is reviewing whether the gentle manatee should be reclassified as a ‘threatened species’
Under a 1967 law, the manatee were given a federal listing as an endangered species, the most protective classification .
But Florida's manatee population has grown from several hundred in 1967 to... |
f3c7b8a740f9bd0a1d388d74d72c10269ecedb4f | An obese and bedraggled cat found abandoned at the roadside is battling his huge bulge using water treadmill treatments. King Leo had severely matted fur and weighed a staggering 30lb when he was found abandoned on the side of the road in Nashville, Tennessee. The ten-year-old Maine Coon cat was heard meowing inside a... | Ten-year-old Maine Coon was found abandoned at the roadside in Nashville .
Leo's new family are hoping treadmill treatments will help shed the pounds .
Bedraggled cat needed to have over 2lbs of the matted fur shaved off . |
f3c7dbcb5b91a418e6417f462e5e53cc8463c4c2 | (CNN) -- A polygamist sect member arrested following last year's raid of a west Texas ranch was sentenced Tuesday to 10 years in prison for sexually assaulting an underage girl, authorities said. Raymond Jessop was found guilty last week of assaulting a girl under 17, with whom he had entered into a "spiritual" marriag... | Raymond Jessop sentenced to 10 years in prison for sexual assault of teen "bride"
Jessop must also pay $8,000 fine .
Girl was one of hundreds seized after 2008 raid at Texas polygamist ranch . |
f3c8560c0845b21bf4f6a80526e7616167f9ecca | Saucy clothing retailer Ann Summers has been forced to apologise after it named its latest range of frilly knickers after an Egyptian godess who happens to share a name with Islamic terror group ISIS. According to the company, they had chosen the name Isis for their latest brand of underwear several months ago, before ... | Ann Summers said they named the ISIS lingerie range 'months' ago .
The company said the range is named after the Egyptian fertility goddess Isis .
Ann Summers said they are totally opposed to violence and terrorism .
The Isis range features thongs, suspenders, bras and a babydoll . |
f3c87e468abdfdae922886e62936a0f7746dd051 | This is the scene of devastation that faced motorists today after a caravan overturned and disintegrated across a busy motorway. Pictures show the four-berth caravan smashed to pieces on the M6 with debris strewn across all three lanes of the carriageway. The crash happened between junctions T6 and T7 on the southbound... | Debris strewn across M6 Toll after caravan is smashed to pieces .
The vehicle overturned near Cannock, Staffordshire this afternoon .
Huge tailbacks on the motorway due to massive clear-up operation .
Witnesses describe scene as 'bomb site' as three lanes covered in debris . |
f3c8852fb37a142ff7cb6edffb7965f4dbe96c4f | (CNN) -- You love making snowmen and sledding. You hate the way the white stuff feels when it creeps into your boots and traps you inside for days. We all have a love-hate relationship with snow. There's even a Facebook page for it: "I have a Love/Hate relationship with snow." More than 43,000 people "like" it. "As a f... | As another storm moves into the Northeast, people voice their love and hate for the snow .
More than 43,000 people "like" a Facebook page for those who love and hate snow .
2010 poll from candy maker: Men prefer shoveling snow, women like making snowmen .
New Yorker Ruth Vesely says she hates snow and has gotten stuck ... |
f3c8f7e3fbe2b59a887ba9fd1c528cdced97d543 | From breathtakingly clear shots of brittle stars and vivid sea sponges, to the intricate, yet delicate skeletons of coral, one photographer has managed to document the beauty of Caribbean reefs in exquisite detail. Massachusetts-based artist and designer Jessica Rosenkratz took the shots during dives off the coasts of ... | The breathtakingly clear and detailed images of marine life were captured during a trip to the Caribbean .
Photographer Jessica Rosenkratz took the shots during dives off the coasts of Windsock beach, Bari Reef and Tolo .
Photos include coral skeletons, brittle stars, poisonous polyps and brightly-coloured sponges .
Ro... |
f3c97f85c7578c995ea4d443fa4ecefc68e6d4f6 | (CNN)Musical maestro Vanessa Mae wants her ban from international skiing competitions lifted. The multi-million selling violin star -- who competed at the 2014 Winter Olympics under the name Vanessa Vanakorn -- has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS). Mae was given a four-year ban by the Inte... | Vanessa Mae is appealing her four year ban from international skiing competitions .
The star violinist competed at the 2014 WInter Olympics using her father's surname Vanakorn .
Mae has lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport .
The 36-year-old was found guilty of involvent in manipulating results at he... |
f3ca655da133befcc3c2b9c8bffa743d51e59f8b | Sam Burgess has been reminded he must serve his union apprenticeship before being considered for England selection. Burgess is poised to make his first appearance for Bath one month ahead of schedule after being named on the bench for Friday night's Aviva Premiership clash with Harlequins at the Recreation Ground. Sam ... | Sam Burgess to make Bath debut from bench vs Harlequins on Friday .
Burgess played rugby league until leaving South Sydney Rabbitohs .
The 25-year-old is hoping to play at next year's World Cup .
England head coach Stuart Lancaster says Burgess must adapt quickly . |
f3ca72c208f6d23d1f152f4909c25ac2a89a7121 | (CNN) -- They carry a bag for a living but these men can bring home six-figure incomes. They often spend more time with their bosses than their wives, and their working "marriages" can end in a messy divorce. Welcome to the world of a caddy -- the golf world's unsung heroes. At the top of the pile is Steve Williams, ar... | Steve Williams, former caddy of Tiger Woods, reveals secrets of being a great golfing bag man .
Williams has helped win 150 tournaments, but retirement looms this year .
Ian Poulter's bag man Terry Mundy only became a caddy after a conversation in a pub .
Mundy says caddies can still sometimes be treated like second-cl... |
f3caa5b92f38892df399ca470c4b7191973a7279 | By . Chris Brooke . PUBLISHED: . 18:04 EST, 12 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:44 EST, 12 June 2012 . In the the dead of night, the Halifax bomber crew were heading for home after a successful mission over Germany. Suddenly the plane burst into flames as it came under enemy fire and the crew were forced to bail out, para... | Briton Richard Yates cannot get ticket for event and can't attend .
Canadian colleague being flown over for ceremony especially by country's government .
Queen expected to unveil £6.5m memorial on June 28 . |
f3cb3a3a3fca6dfb07e39652b766eaef76e5d04e | By . Paul Newman and Lawrence Booth . PUBLISHED: . 02:04 EST, 23 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:51 EST, 23 December 2013 . Australia have pledged to attack Monty Panesar after batsman Steve Smith insisted their decision to attack Graeme Swann had contributed to the England spinner’s mid-series retirement. Panesar is... | Graeme Swann caused controversy after he announced retirement .
Panesar is set to replace Swann in England attack in Melbourne .
Spinner says England team-mates 'loved Swann to bits' |
f3cb3ca3a7958a23c5257998c166660d24474284 | Harriotte Lane, right, with school friend Tegan Carrier, 13, is almost a foot taller than most of the girls in her class . A 13-year-old schoolgirl who set her sights on becoming a model after she suffered cruel taunts about her height after growing to six feet tall has become a beauty pageant queen. Harriotte Lane was... | Harriotte Lane says she was teased and bullied at school for her height .
Teenager was always at least three inches taller than other girls in class .
She has decided to use her height to her advantage and become a model .
Earlier this month she was crowned Junior Miss Tyne and Wear Galaxy .
Doctors says she could cont... |
f3cb4fe1f4329d518c530d37e3126994e23aab1f | Malaysian Airlines flight MH17 was most likely shot down from the ground, says the detective charged with finding those responsible for the crash. The airplane plunged to earth while flying over territory held by pro-Russian rebels in Ukraine on July 17 after taking off from Amsterdam, killing all 298 passengers and c... | Fred Westerbeke said theory was getting 'most attention' as investigation continues .
Finding culprits could take years as conflict in Ukraine continues, he warned .
Flight MH17 plunged from the sky on June 17, killing all 298 on board .
Pro-Russian rebels previously accused of shooting-down aircraft after mistaking it... |
f3cd8c5812194f3fb0b8d0169461ca68f0667116 | By . Harriet Arkell . PUBLISHED: . 12:20 EST, 28 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:20 EST, 28 January 2013 . Mugged outside her own home: Carole Mudie, 68 . A grandmother who 'lived for her family' has died a fortnight after being mugged as she got out of her car in front of her house. Carole Mudie, 68, had her bag snat... | Carole Mudie, 68, was mugged as she got out of car in front of her house .
She had surgery for a broken hip but died of complications a fortnight later .
Mrs Mudie's daughter Carey says 'Our world has been blown apart'
Police in Birmingham say they've launched a manslaughter investigation . |
f3ce068910b1acdc6a9b75c93bd4a4d5c0910add | The working-class labourer who could have been a lover of the poet Oscar Wilde while they were held at Reading Prison has been revealed. Henry Bushnell, a petty thief, was a fellow inmate at the jail where Wilde had been imprisoned for homosexual acts in 1895. Wilde is thought to have indicated his attraction to Bushne... | New research has uncovered new pictures of fellow inmates of the poet .
One shows Henry Bushnell, a working class petty thief and labourer .
Thought to be the man Wilde once described as 'a little dark-eyed chap'
Wilde wrote to friends while in jail saying he was attracted to the man .
The poet was jailed in 1895 and s... |
f3ce081aa7211f1639db2289836696157f1f7ae9 | A beauty stylist who caught a virus whilst pregnant has made an emotional plea to other expectant mothers to watch out for symptoms of the disease. Simone Richardson, 25, lost her daughter Coco when she was just two-days-old after contracting 'slapped cheek syndrome.' The infection, caused by parvovirus B19, gets its n... | Simone Richardson contracted viral infection while pregnant .
Condition is common among children but dangerous for unborn infants .
Symptoms include rash that can cause swelling and reddening of the face .
Daughter Coco died from severe anaemia two days after birth . |
f3ce923193e9773ef2bf7749ee01af2f82a22795 | Nowadays, more than half of children in the UK are born out of wedlock, but five decades ago the outlook for an unmarried mother was bleak. This is the reason that Carol Driscoll was given by her parents in 1965, when they forced her to choose between her boyfriend Ken and her unborn child, who they named Kevin. After ... | Carol Driscoll had to choose between her baby and boyfriend aged 18 .
She picked boyfriend Ken and they married and had six more children .
After decades of searching, they have now been reunited with son David . |
f3ce9722516ec25c234dff286a725fea5c16b088 | (CNN) -- More than 60,000 people have now been infected with cholera in Zimbabwe, according to the World Health Organization (WHO). Tendani Baloyi, 4, gets treated for cholera in Musina, on the border between Zimbabwe and South Africa. Latest figures released Friday from the organization also show that 3,161 people hav... | World Health Organization reveals number of cholera cases is more than 60,000 .
Health experts believe the disease is not under control or slowing .
No sanitation or clean water, piles of garbage help spread disease .
President announced disease down, but numbers belie that statement . |
f3cf2efd09fe643445bd5e1f83d9f957b32b88ab | (CNN) -- Elena Bonner, the wife of late Soviet dissident Andrei Sakharov who gained worldwide acclaim after smuggling her husband's writings out of exile, died Saturday in Boston, her daughter said in a statement. She was 88. Bonner's ashes are be interred at a Moscow cemetery next to her late husband's remains, said h... | European Commission president pays tribute to Bonner's "courage"
Bonner's father, a prominent Communist, had been purged in dictator Joseph Stalin's "Great Terror"
Her mother spent years in a gulag .
Mikhail Gorbachev personally ended Bonner and Sakharov's exile . |
f3cf3dea88e58fabb0a1b5ba03323ccdda7c6187 | Former boxing promoter Kellie Maloney has said she feared that her head would explode after her agonising facial reconstruction surgery went drastically wrong. Maloney, 61, who is around 18 months into her transition period to change gender, reportedly suffered internal bleeding and required emergency surgery after she... | Former boxing promoter underwent surgery at clinic in Antwerp, Belgium .
She had wanted surgery on her nose, eyelids, cheeks and a facelift .
61-year-old hoped the operations would make her appear more feminine .
She had a reaction to the surgery and was left with internal bleeding .
Doctors think problems caused by A... |
f3cf5600407a82f237cb524629d6010351345637 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The FBI is offering a $25,000 reward in the case of a Washington, D.C., man who was last seen with a missing 8-year-old girl and is now wanted in connection with his wife's killing. The FBI released new photos and video surveillance of Kahlil Malik Tatum, 51, and Relisha Tenau Rudd, who disappeared ... | 8-year-old Relisha Tenau Rudd disappeared last week from a homeless shelter .
She was last seen with a man whose wife was later found dead at a Maryland motel .
An arrest warrant was issued for Kahlil Malik Tatum .
Authorities also have issued an Amber Alert for Rudd . |
f3cf7693665b524fa3c441b5791dbc6695f77283 | Tottenham have turned to a familiar face in Gareth Bale to help their Premier League plight... or so it looks like! Spurs have recalled winger Kenny McEvoy from his season-long loan with Peterborough United, the League One club have confirmed. The 20-year-old is a dead-ringer for Bale and plays on the wing too like the... | Kenny McEvoy had scored one goal in eight appearances for Peterborough .
20-year-old is a dead ringer for former Tottenham star Gareth Bale .
Spurs lie 12th in the Premier League after losing 2-1 to Stoke on Sunday . |
f3cfe2b1821eda3cb5b67404389fe55d625a72f1 | Ridiculous: Manitoba mother of two Kristen Bartkiw was shocked when she received a $10 fine from her kids' daycare because they're lunch didn't have any Ritz crackers . A Manitoba mom was slapped with a $10 fine because the lunches she packed for her kids’ lunches didn’t have any Ritz crackers. Kristen Bartkiw sent her... | Manitoba Canada mom Kristen Bartkiw got a note when her kids came home from school that said her kids' lunches weren't balanced as per Canada Food Guide rules .
The rules say that for each item missing from the child's lunch, the parent will be fined $5 . |
f3d01ca0a305b68e0c36221bbf96f9ec7951ac76 | Tokyo, Japan (CNN) -- Four Japanese nationals have been arrested in China, and are being investigated for entering a military zone without authorization and videotaping military targets, Chinese state media said. The arrests come amid the two nations' diplomatic battle over Japan's detainment of a Chinese fishing capta... | One of the four sent their company a text message that said, "Help me"
The four are being investigated for entering a military zone without authorization .
They also may have videotaped military targets, Chinese state media says .
Beijing has made escalating diplomatic threats against Tokyo over a separate arrest . |
f3d088c27b020038fa45474f0261fdb6112900cf | This is certainly one purchase where the buyer should beware. A couple of flatmates are hoping there will be a few brave souls left at the end as they auction a 'haunted' mirror which they claim has brought them nothing but misery. Student Joseph Birch, 20, and painter Sotiris Charalambous, 34, acquired the antique mir... | Painter Sotiris Charalambous says the mirror caused him to wake up screaming with 'stabbing pains' in the night .
Student Joseph Birch, 20, says 'glimpses of black darkness' have appeared in the antique .
Mirror, blamed for restless sleep and nightmares, has not reached reserve . |
f3d0b29b9ce079246f7a735713dcea8945dfa0a4 | Accidental poisonings from squishy laundry detergent packets sometimes mistaken for toys or candy landed more than 700 U.S. children in the hospital in just two years, researchers report. Coma and seizures were among the most serious complications. The cases stem from the more than 17,000 poison center calls about the ... | The capsules are usually brightly colored and wrapped in clear plastic .
Accidental poisonings from the laundry detergent packets landed more than 700 U.S. children in the hospital in just two years .
The consequences of eating them could be fatal without medical attention .
Families have been warned to keep detergent... |
f3d0d2a9cb9469b3c15d5fc895f189951018622b | Palo Alto, California (CNN) -- Facebook is already adept at handling public-relations blunders, but the company is beginning to focus on how it can help with real calamities. About a dozen disaster-relief workers from governments and nonprofit organizations convened this week for a five-hour meeting at Facebook's offic... | Facebook organized a meeting of government and nonprofit groups to talk disasters .
Facebook is considering offering more data or creating an internal think tank .
Representatives from FEMA and the Red Cross were among those in attendance . |
f3d0d718445b167e09a0ead8b9a391c26db925ea | Washington (CNN) -- Thousands of protesters held hands and encircled the White House grounds on Sunday, demanding President Barack Obama reject a proposed oil pipeline that would stretch between Canada and Texas. "Stop the pipeline, yes we can!" the environmental activists chanted about the 1,700-mile Keystone XL proje... | NEW: Thousands of protesters encircle White House grounds, chanting "stop the pipeline"
NEW: They claim jobs created from the project are not worth the environmental costs .
TransCanada claims that the 1,700-mile pipeline will be safe and secure .
Critics say, among other concerns, it might poison water sources in its ... |
f3d1007e0663f802760f17a01b4ca51cb61d425f | (CNN) -- From scavenging for food through garbage and sleeping in the streets, to becoming an international fashion model and a Hollywood A-lister, Djimon Hounsou's journey to stardom has been an astonishing one. The Benin-born actor, one of the most prominent film stars to come out of Africa, has appeared in blockbust... | Djimon Hounsou is a critically acclaimed film star from Benin, West Africa .
He first captured the world's attention with his performance in 1997's 'Amistad'
Before becoming an actor, Hounsou was a successful model in Paris .
Hounsou is also an outspoken campaigner in the fight against climate change . |
f3d10dd87b263bc43f6a5743b4521fa441aebcf3 | Joe Duffy, pictured, was reading the eulogy when everyone was told to 'fasten their seat belts' It could have been mistaken as a sign from the heavens above. But the mysterious voice heard through speakers during a funeral service was in fact a stewardess on a passing plane telling passengers to prepare for landing. Fr... | The funeral of Brendan Duffy took place at St Edward's Church in Windsor .
As his nephew Joe read the eulogy people were told to prepare for landing .
The service was disrupted by radio signals from a passing plane .
The church is directly under the flight path to Heathrow Airport . |
f3d1367d0bb584c86731098ea1175786a8fb8074 | The haunting never-seen-before images of bullet holes and a broken toilet lid in the bathroom of the home previously owned by Oscar Pistorius are a chilling reminder of where the Paralympian shot dead his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp 18 months ago. The interior shots show the eerily empty rooms in the upmarket house in P... | Never-seen-before images of the home Oscar Pistorius lived in with girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in Pretoria .
Steenkamp was shot dead by Pistorius after he says he mistook her for an intruder on February 14 last year .
Bullet holes and a broken toilet lid in the kitchen are a chilling reminder of the fatal night 18 month... |
f3d1da27f14b3a06f2e0e51643db8dcc1d12ce80 | By . Anna Hodgekiss . PUBLISHED: . 06:57 EST, 31 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:56 EST, 31 May 2013 . A dying man was left receiving electric shocks to his heart for several hours from a 'zapper' implant that doctors didn't know how to switch off. Francis Woods, 67, died at home after a short battle with tonsil cancer, b... | Francis Woods, 67, died at home after a short battle with tonsil cancer .
Also had an Implantable Cardioverter Defibrillator to regulate heartbeat .
These can cause painful jolts when left active in dying patients .
Medics who came to Mr Woods' home did not know how to deactivate device . |
f3d210c2eeee0b009bf647b822779f2db9e4046e | By . Ashley Collman . PUBLISHED: . 14:57 EST, 27 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 16:59 EST, 27 February 2014 . A former PR firm employee claims he suffered relentless sexual harassment at the hands of two female co-workers and that his boss refused to intervene. Despite being told he was doing a good job, Joseph Jackson... | Joseph Jackson was fired from New York PR firm Open Communications on February 21 .
Three days later, he filed a lawsuit against he company claiming sexual harassment .
Jackson says he received inappropriate and unwanted sexual harassment from female employees Katie Campisano and Sally O'Dowd .
O'Dowd, the company's co... |
f3d26034814ccb5424b6778528c9a6d3b52c388a | By . Ted Thornhill . PUBLISHED: . 03:16 EST, 29 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:59 EST, 29 March 2012 . For the ‘Sand Flea’ robot, clearly, the only way is up. This is a tiny four-wheeled surveillance machine with an amazing trick up its sleeve – it can spring an incredible 30-feet into the air. Footage of Sand Flea per... | Made by U.S robotics firm Boston Dynamics, the machine has a piston that shoots it skywards . |
f3d2b2360cecc5307af271cc853541050fa0f248 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 05:57 EST, 13 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:30 EST, 13 November 2013 . Britain’s economic recovery has ‘finally taken hold’, Bank of England chief Mark Carney declared today. The upbeat Governor declared that now ‘the glass is half full’ for the economy,... | Upbeat Bank of England increase growth forecast for 2013 to 1.6% .
Record numbers now in work as unemployment rate falls to four-year low .
But 1.4million are in part-time work but want a full-time job, ONS says .
Brighter outlook raises prospect of interest rate rise trigger two years early .
David Cameron says figure... |
f3d2def390412e51f7cd08c46524e671bf1238cf | A Costa coffee customer was left horrified after she found a worker's blood mixed in with her latte. Janine Hughes bought the hot drink from the chain's drive-through store in Swansea, South Wales and thought it tasted strange. The 30-year-old was sickened when she opened the lid and found fresh blood staining the insi... | IT worker visited drive-through store in South Wales and ordered a latte .
When she removed the lid because it tasted strange she found blood inside .
She discovered a worker at chain had cut his hand while making drinks .
While the lid of the coffee had been replaced, blood had got inside the cup .
Cafe boss has apol... |
f3d306aea8e2ba0ace407cc5b463c0e2d92b02cd | Robbie Henshaw will have his first tangible crack at Ireland's vacant 13 shirt on Saturday after being paired alongside Gordon D'Arcy in midfield to face Australia. The post-Brian O'Driscoll era remains yet to launch at full-tilt however, as boss Joe Schmidt still cannot select from midfield strength. So with Jared Pay... | Robbie Henshaw will start alongside Gordon D'Arcy against Australia .
Joe Schmidt is yet to decide on a replacement for Brian O'Driscoll .
Henshaw gets a chance in his natural position after playing at 12 last time . |
f3d3251093b922bf448e459f0902276b0a83cc12 | By . Charlie Scott . Follow @@charliefscott . With rumours circulating in the last week that Alejandro Sabella has lost the support of the Argentina dressing room, striker Ezequiel Lavezzi did not help matters by squirting the coach with water during their win over Nigeria. According to reports the Argentina team rose ... | Lavezzi appeared to squirt Sabella with water on purpose during win .
He replaced the injured Sergio Aguero shortly before half-time .
And in the 71st minute took a break on the touchline to have a drink .
While taking swigs he squirted water over his shoulder and it hit Sabella .
Sabella's tactics have led to reports ... |
f3d345380c0855ef666124479cf1b3e1b8a5a386 | KARACHI, Pakistan (CNN) -- Vowing to help return democracy to Pakistan, former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto ended eight years of self-imposed exile and returned Thursday to her native country, where she was greeted by a massive crowd of supporters. Former Pakistani PM Benazir Bhutto cries upon landing at Karachi Inter... | "Emotionally overwhelmed" Bhutto greeted by thousands on return to Pakistan .
Calls for return to democracy to repair Pakistan's image as terrorist haven .
Bhutto heading for tomb of Pakistan's founder, expected to address crowds .
Reception, said to be one of Pakistan's biggest, comes amid threats to Bhutto . |
f3d34ec05736e1cff919d7a0fb649f75d358263c | American Football may soon have its first openly gay player and he intends to keep playing after coming out. Football has never had a gay active player in its nearly 100-year history, but some have argued that it's time for a change. That change is likely to come sooner rather than later, as a player is reportedly pre... | Player has not been identified, but announcement is said to take place 'within the next few months'
There has never been an openly gay active player in American football's nearly 100-year history .
Debate about gay players in the NFL was reignited after the Manti Te'o 'fake girlfriend' scandal . |
f3d35fb74d1ced88771294c39b157bff18653799 | A white monocled cobra that briefly became a national celebrity after it roamed a Southern California neighborhood for several days in September now has a new name. The San Diego Zoo tells the Los Angeles Times that the cobra will be called Adhira, which in Hindi means lightning. The Times says Adhira came in first in ... | A white monocled cobra briefly became a national celebrity after it roamed a Southern California neighborhood for several days in September .
The San Diego Zoo tells the Los Angeles Times that the cobra will be called Adhira, which in Hindi means lightning .
Adhira came in first in an online poll to find a name for th... |
f3d3f981cc63701d041384650a3bbec6730d031f | (CNN) -- Fresh accusations that the Assad regime has used chemical weapons in the ongoing civil war have led many to renew calls for the world to take stronger actions to stop the growing humanitarian crisis. But recent polls have shown Americans are very reluctant to support military interventions in Syria. In a Huffi... | Experts: Washington selectively engages in humanitarian intervention missions .
Domestic political will is a necessary precondition for intervention missions, they say .
Polls show Americans are very reluctant to support military interventions in Syria . |
f3d44a7f16d4461e8a3e49ea409723a95c090c5e | Let's hope they kept both hands on the wheel! A new survey has found that 11 percent of drivers have had sex while driving. The online questionnaire attempted to discover how much 'living' goes on in people’s cars – whether it be eating, using their phone or having sex. Driving sexy: 11% of U.S. adults participating in... | Survey measures how much 'living' goes on in cars .
11% of U.S. adults participating in the survey admit to having sex in cars .
10% have put on makeup whilst driving and 60% use their cellphone . |
f3d480ff2597c67f9358506a55c51eabd903d0f7 | By . Lauren Paxman . UPDATED: . 13:41 EST, 1 March 2012 . Two brave teenagers who touched the . hearts of the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge during a hospital visit last . year have lost their battles with cancer. Beth Ansell, 19, and Amanda Slann, 17, who were on the same ward at the Royal Marsden hospital, died within... | Amanda Slann's mother said: 'Rubbing shoulders with royalty was the highlight of her life' |
f3d49966f43b167a1693e8919ab2bad5519af31d | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Michael Jackson's personal physician, Dr. Conrad Murray, administered a powerful drug that authorities believe killed the singer, a source with knowledge of the investigation confirmed to CNN on Monday. Dr. Conrad Murray was with Michael Jackson on the day that he died. Murray, a Texas-... | Murray allegedly gave Jackson propofol in 24 hours before death, source says .
Source close to family says doctor administered drug believed to have killed singer .
Dr. Conrad Murray was with Michael Jackson on day that he died .
Police have interviewed Murray twice since Jackson's death . |
f3d4da98555ebed1fe55d2565b95dd1459101bb9 | The NSA has released an e-mail exchange between Edward Snowden and the agency's general counsel's office, countering a claim the former contractor made in an interview this week. Speaking to NBC News in an interview that aired Wednesday, Snowden claimed that he'd reached out to the office while working as an National S... | Edward Snowden calls an e-mail exchange released by the NSA "incomplete"
The NSA says Snowden inquired about training material .
Snowden tells NBC he "reported that there were real problems" with the NSA .
In an e-mail released by the agency, an official invites Snowden to call and discuss further . |
f3d53785e6d88fb176e4cd7d2bd9ae548626cfed | A father of four, who applied for a one-way-ticket to live on Mars, could be looking at a divorce as a result of his extraterrestrial ambition. Ken Sullivan made it the next stage of the Mars One project, which could potentially see him making a new life on Mars – but his wife and children are not happy about the news.... | Father of four Ken Sullivan, who lives in Utah, applied to live on Mars without asking his wife .
He is among 1,058 people who have been selected to go through to the next round of the Mars One project, which is set to colonise the Red Planet .
His children say they will miss their father if he embarks on an extraterre... |
f3d543e3e364ae89b75deb66a2b2f39efa522b9e | By . Daily Mail Reporter . The world's oldest egg - belonging to an extinct ostrich-like bird - is expected to raise a staggering £50,000 at auction. The rare item is over 500 years old and is just one of a handful of undamaged eggs left by the extinct elephant bird, once native to the island of Madagascar. At over a f... | The egg is about one foot long and is the same size of 100 hens' eggs .
The massive egg was laid in Madagascar more than 500 years ago .
It is believed to be the largest ever egg, greater in size than a dinosaur's . |
f3d5ad17f29415231934440e583d5b55a67a8bac | By . Sami Mokbel . Follow @@SamiMokbel81_DM . Crystal Palace caretaker manager Keith Millen insists Tony Pulis' departure has come out of the blue. Pulis walked away from Palace on Thursday night following emergency talks with chairman Steve Parish about their differences over the club's transfer strategy. Millen, who ... | Keith Millen has taken temporary charge of the South London club .
Millen took temporary charge last season after Ian Holloway's departure .
Former manager Tony Pulis left the club on Thursday by mutual consent .
Chairman Steve Parish may appoint Tim Sherwood as Pulis's successor .
Millen says club have discussed a mov... |
f3d5d5c159753606ac892bb2e1766dd143443efe | By . Lee Moran and Victoria Woollaston . UPDATED: . 11:51 EST, 23 May 2013 . Amazon plans to build a trio of 65,000-square foot glass domes in Seattle as parts of its new headquarters to take on Apple's plans for 'spaceship' headquarters in Silicon Valley, San Francisco. The domes will be filled with plants and have be... | The three biospheres will be full of plants that have been specifically designed to survive in the microclimate while still being comfortable for Amazon's employees .
Amazon's domes will cover 65,000-square feet and have five floors with shops, a canteen and office space . |
f3d66c7594b540f76f22d9188fa9319c3a55d99d | By . Kerry Mcqueeney . PUBLISHED: . 11:50 EST, 3 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:40 EST, 4 September 2012 . The number of people unemployed in France has reached 3million for the first time since 1999, bringing the rate up to 10 per cent the country's leaders say. President Francois Hollande is under even more press... | France's Ministry of Employment says the 3million mark was crossed in 1996 and again in 1999 .
President Francois Hollande under more pressure to fix the economy . |
f3d685165298f88213d211fbb7d59947b9b62492 | (CNN) -- The body of a journalist who was hacked to death in southeastern Nepal was cremated Tuesday as businesses and public transportation in the town of Janakpur remained shut for a second day to protest the killing. Uma Singh, who was murdered in Nepal Sunday, had talked about the difficulties of practicing journal... | Nepalese journalist who reported on women's rights hacked to death Sunday .
Uma Singh said before her death: "Things have become very, very difficult for us"
U.N. asks govt. to investigate, prosecute death threats against other journalists .
Journalists group: 284 incidents against journalists in 2008, including 3 dea... |
f3d6d2b18505ce58e2b7b9e47d3e3c7cf5b71326 | By . Associated Press . Police say a 10-year-old girl was asleep in her family's Pennsylvania apartment when she was woken up by the sound of gunshots in the middle of the night, in what may have been an attempted home invasion. Washington County Coroner Tim Warco says Taniyah Thomas was shot in the head at about 3:50 ... | Taniyah Thomas, 10, was shot just before 4am Monday .
She woke up scared after hearing the gunshots and tried running to her mom’s room .
She was a fourth-grader at Washington Park School and loved cheerleadering .
Police do not know who the intruders were targeting . |
f3d722216bb891f729f386e5cbbaca1a7463ff1e | By . John Mcgarry . Ronny Deila's first taste of European football ought to serve as a blow to the solar plexus of anyone who doubts his capacity to make the quantum leap from tiny Stromgodset to Celtic Park. The autumn of 2011 paired the Norwegian minnows with no less a side than Atletico Madrid in the third qualifyin... | Celtic will play Icelandic side KR Reykjavic in the Champions League second qualifying round .
Deila came close to knocking Atletico Madrid out of the Europa League while at Stromgodset .
The recently appointed Bhoys boss is relishing the prospect of playing in Europe's elite club competition . |
f3d786c559db4573d183dbc80d9b9b524e461675 | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 02:43 EST, 30 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:16 EST, 30 September 2013 . Apple has overtaken Coca-Cola to become the world's most valuable brand, according to a report released today. The crowning of the creator of the iPhone as the leading global brand is striking testimony to the incr... | Maker of the iPhone tops global list of valuable brands at $93.3billion .
Coca-Cola falls behind Apple and Google after 13 years at number one .
American technology firms dominate list compiled annually by Interbrand . |
f3d845bb1c5672ffe0c9296e6abd45096953c541 | Paris (CNN) -- Outside France, nobody gave them a prayer. Les Bleus had coughed and spluttered their way to the Rugby World Cup Final, at which point they were expected to be thrashed buy the red-hot favorites and tournament hosts New Zealand. But the French fans didn't care. On Sunday morning they turned out to cheer ... | On Sunday morning the French turned out to cheer at fanzones across the country .
A huge roar went up as the French squad fronted up to the All Blacks' haka .
The soldiers on duty - bristling with machine guns - were glued to the action . |
f3d88770ebb906041f8d153c16179c04aa619735 | (CNN) -- Progress against global diseases is typically slow, incremental and hard-won. But there are moments -- such as Wednesday's release of the World Health Organization's World Malaria Report -- when the cumulative effort of dozens of nations, millions of people and billions of dollars adds up to a true breakthroug... | Martin Edlund: New report finds impressive progress against malaria .
Rate of death among children under 5 has been cut in half, he says .
Edlund says new diagnostic and treatment options are key weapons in the fight .
He says stepped-up American aid, from Bush and Obama, has played a key role . |
f3d89520c9d57336452957a1e286add1ca93dd3f | Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) -- Marketplace Africa launched 100 episodes ago. That¹s one hundred weeks of African business news that brought our global audience a fresh perspective from a continent that has not normally been viewed as an investor-friendly destination. We kicked off the first show by interviewing Do... | Launched 100 weeks ago, Marketplace Africa brings African business news to the global audience.
The show traveled extensively across the continent to deliver news from a fresh perspective.
The show will carry on producing exciting and excellent content about business in Africa. |
f3d8c7f01025d1ff4f2daf302f2162860dd66a8c | By . Rachel Quigley and Beth Stebner . PUBLISHED: . 13:49 EST, 30 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:36 EST, 31 January 2013 . Shooter: Suspected gunman Arthur Douglas Harmon, 70, is accused of firing shots inside an office building . The gunman who allegedly opened fire in a Phoenix office building has been identified a... | Gunman, identified by police as William Arthur Harmon III, 70, still at large .
Police say he targeted victims and had anger management issues .
Had lawsuit against Steve Singer, the CEO of a Fusion Contact Center .
Authorities questioning his wife and adult son over possible motive and whereabouts . |
f3d8cbac2637413ad2f3dd472505b6aa0c813c3e | Washington (CNN) -- Initial legal challenges to the government's sweeping electronic surveillance programs began to emerge with one couple alleging they were singled out for monitoring because they criticized the U.S. military. A $3 billion class-action complaint by Mary Ann and Charles Strange of Philadelphia was beli... | Philadelphia couple, ACLU file lawsuits over surveillance .
Court complaints involve NSA phone monitoring .
Legal challenges expected to be uphill fight in federal courts .
President Barack Obama says surveillance necessary and lawful to fight terror . |
f3d910556eea75c2a5f859b95a78ceb70c4bba82 | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- A 12-year-old girl died Monday after she was struck by a warning shot fired as a vehicle accelerated toward an Iraqi police station, said the U.S.-led military coalition. The incident occurred in Hurriya in Nineveh province, according to a news release from Multi-National Corp-Iraq. A vehicle ac... | Shots were fired at vehicle that accelerated toward Hurriya police station .
12-year-old was standing behind car and was hit by one round .
She died while being transported to the hospital . |
f3da0d25f3e7a4915215969e45516b0df57cccb4 | By . Chris Brooke . PUBLISHED: . 10:34 EST, 18 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:10 EST, 18 December 2012 . Within the privacy of his consulting room at a Doncaster area village surgery, Gousul Islam serially groped teenage girls and young women . A lecherous GP who sexually assaulted women patients during medical exam... | Gousul Islam, 70, abused young women under the pretext of examinations .
GP ran his own practice in Stainforth until 2009; will now be struck off .
Abuse was the 'grossest possible breach of trust' says Judge Simon Lawler . |
f3da804cfec2ba691fb3485317be1b8a4ce49103 | By . MailOnline Reporter . Amy Tatsch thought the worst had already passed when she was rescued off a Florida beach after being bitten by a 6-foot bull shark. But as she soon discovered, her struggle had barely begun. The mother of six, who was boogie boarding in waist-deep waters when she was bitten, says the next 13 ... | Doctors say the ocean's dirty waters can infect bite wounds and lead to pain worse than the bite itself .
Amy Tatsch, a mother of six, talks about her long road to recovery after being attacked off the coast of florida Florida . |
f3dafb08a82cb08f71bce1046f09b2954999ca25 | Police in Saudi Arabia are hunting a gang who stole a tiger, a leopard and a jaguar. The burglars smashed security cameras, disabled the alarm and knocked out the animals with a dart gun at a Riyadh farm where they were being bred. The empty syringes were found lying on the floor of the empty cages, and the big cats ha... | Burglars smashed security cameras and disabled alarm at the Riyadh farm .
Knocked out the animals with a dart gun and empty syringes were found .
Owner Ibrahim Al Osaimi, 54, said the cats were worth more than £100,000 . |
f3db19411bede789b47152ce0d70a63b45c7acfa | By . Lydia Warren and Alex Greig . PUBLISHED: . 17:28 EST, 20 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:23 EST, 21 November 2013 . The massive event held to grant a five-year-old cancer victim his dream of becoming 'Batkid' for the day cost the city of San Francisco $105,000, it has emerged. Last Friday, Miles Scott emerged fr... | Miles Scott, who is in remission after a four-year battle with leukemia, told the Make-A-Wish Foundation that he wanted to be Batkid .
On Friday November 15, San Francisco transformed into Gotham City so he could achieve his dream and fight his fiercest foe .
City did not require more police but the city will pay out $... |
f3db302d5404922117a50c2915b2e3cf8f556a3b | The lead singer of the band believed to be responsible for causing the nightclub fire that killed 234 people in Brazil was arrested as he attended the wake of his bandmate today. Marcelo Santos of the Gurizada Fandangueuira band, was arrested by police at the Santa Maria municipal gymnasium during a collective wake amo... | Gurizada Fandangueira is a band known for its onstage pyrotechnics .
Sparks machine believed to have set alight to roof's insulation foam .
Lead singer Marcelo Santos arrested at wake of bandmate Danilo Jacques .
Mr Jacques had escaped fire but went back in to rescue his accordion .
One of the club owners and another m... |
f3db3683eb6727fe36266fff377781f571d4e6d0 | This is the dramatic moment a motorist with a concealed carry permit got out of his car and aimed his gun at a man who was punching a woman. The unidentified man, hailed by witnesses as a hero, was driving along a road in the city of Southlake near Dallas, Texas, when he saw suspect MacMichael Nwaiwu, 28, attacking the... | The unidentified man was driving in Southlake near Dallas, Texas .
He then saw suspect MacMichael Nwaiwu, 28, hitting his female passenger .
In response he stepped out of his car and pulled out his weapon .
The incident was captured on a cell phone by witnesses parked nearby .
Nwaiwu was arrested on assault charges and... |
f3dba0cd8eaabd38efc82cf4558fdf75f2e64de4 | (CNN) -- For months, the rebels fighting to oust Syrian President Bashar al-Assad were considered by the global community to be unorganized. But that appears to be changing, after the leaders of various fighting units agreed to move forward in lockstep with a uniform military plan. And now France and the United Kingdom... | Britain's foreign secretary voices support for anti-Assad coalition .
France also supports rebels who recently unified .
Iran's Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blasts certain foreign countries for equipping terrorists . |
f3dc5f37961a33a61d1910d59353e32c77b6ac39 | By . Ted Thornhill . PUBLISHED: . 04:59 EST, 21 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 07:57 EST, 22 January 2014 . Crocodiles don’t come with warning stickers – they don’t really need them. But if they did, it’s not unreasonable to imagine that they might say ‘don’t poke with a stick’. One elderly crocodile farm owner in South... | Peter Watson's attempts to move an adult crocodile were caught on camera .
He runs a crocodile farm in South Africa and used a stick to shift a 3m croc .
The 73-year-old was lucky to escape with his life when he grabbed his foot . |
f3dc8d0517f6df0ff07b64a5d4172c53563c4517 | (CNN) -- Their livelihood was being threatened, and they were tired of waiting for government help, so business owners and residents on Hawaii's Kauai island pulled together and completed a $4 million repair job to a state park -- for free. Volunteers bring in a heavy crane for work on a bridge to Polihale State Park o... | Some business owners will be in trouble if park doesn't reopen .
Park closed after floods destroyed access road, facilities .
State didn't have money to make repairs, so residents did it themselves .
Business owner: "Something that took us eight days would have taken them years" |
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