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f3dd1e5f825b69fafdf2ccfc546eca91113f7243 | By . Sara Smyth . PUBLISHED: . 18:02 EST, 24 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:10 EST, 24 May 2013 . Some celebrate their birthday by taking in a show or flying abroad for a city break, but this year the Queen spent hers watching thoroughbred horses being trained. The Queen has been a passionate horse owner and breeder for ... | BBC documentary reveals Queen chose to spend 87th birthday with horses .
Intimate portrait of horse lover who has spent 60 year reign breeding horses behind the scenes .
Queens' first riding lesson believed to have been in 1930, aged three .
Monarch's love for noble creatures described by granddaughter and world-class ... |
f3dd44e84ed2efc537f8ec8f536a1219422374b0 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- British reality TV star Jade Goody married Sunday after being told by doctors last week that her cancer is terminal. Jade Goody, pictured with fiance Jack Tweed Saturday, before Sunday's wedding . Goody, 27 tied the knot with boyfriend Jack Tweed, 21, in Hatfield Heath, Essex, east of London, ... | Publicist: Couple receive standing ovation, lots of tears, laughter, smiles .
British 'Big Brother' star fast-tracked plans to get married after cancer spread .
Shetty says she was invited to ceremony but unable due to film commitments .
Charities report marked increase in public seeking details about condition . |
f3dd6d08451a4db6462677f8dc94b8ee7e7d5142 | (CNN) -- There is a growing belief among many in the West that Europe and the United States provoked President Putin into annexing Crimea. Moscow's reaction to NATO expansion and to the EU's efforts to bring Ukraine into its orbit was, it is said, inevitable. In this view, Western leaders backed Putin into a corner and... | There is a growing view Russia was provoked into annexing Crimea, Robin Niblett says .
This belief is prevalent in Southeast Asia, where China is asserting itself, he says .
But Niblett says China's president recognizes the logic of win-win diplomacy .
Putin's "winner takes all" approach, however, requires a strong res... |
f3de2ca4289505187c15ac8f8b9ba5063831a785 | A gunman who shot and killed a soldier at Canada's national war memorial and then stormed Parliament before he was gunned down had prepared a video recording of himself that reveals his ideological and political motives, police claim. The footage of Michael Zehaf-Bibeau, which is yet to be released, is said to confirm ... | Michael Zehaf-Bibeau shot soldier and stormed parliament on Wednesday .
Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper called it a terrorist attack .
Police have found video he recorded shortly before tirade, said it is 'persuasive evidence that it was politically and ideologically motivated'
Clip of Zehaf-Bibeau, who was shot... |
f3de3735bc2e751272e5a9585157c868fa589ba2 | JPMorgan Chase & Co. says that this summer's cyberattack affected 76 million households and seven million small businesses. Customer information including names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses could have been 'compromised', according to a document sent to the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The ... | Names, addresses, phone numbers and emails may have been compromised .
Firm filed papers outlining issues to Securities and Exchange Commission .
Said the problems were related to a 'previously-disclosed attack'
Denied that account information such as passwords were stolen . |
f3de4b0290ab66aa0674cff9a9f6338d85c35b2a | By . Jennifer Newton . A two-year-old girl died when a fireplace fell on top of her after she tried to swing on the mantelpiece, an inquest has heard. Trinity Liliana Coward, was playing in the living room of the family home in Lakenham in Norwich when she stood on the fireplace and grabbed the mantelpiece, which came ... | Trinity Liliana Coward was playing in the living room of her home in Norwich .
Inquest heard she stood on the fireplace and grabbed the mantelpiece .
Toddler tried to swing on the heavy surround but it fell on top of her .
Two-year-old was taken to hospital but died of fatal head injuries . |
f3df29ce0192d8c3e736318e0a399cb9c9bccce9 | By . Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:59 EST, 29 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:31 EST, 29 June 2012 . The younger brother of disgraced financier Bernard Madoff - the loyal No. 2 at an investment firm that fronted a multibillion-dollar Ponzi scheme - pleaded guilty Friday, agreeing to serve 10 years in prison... | Peter Madoff, 66, taken into custody earlier today and pleaded guilty in court to conspiracy and falsifying records .
Will remain free until October 4 sentencing but agreed to 10 years in prison .
Plea to take place where Bernie Madoff taken away after being condemned to 150 years in prison . |
f3df6202dc97fe6b17e3894fb301fe8b02c21ffa | The United States has asked China for help battling North Korean hacking of American information systems, such as the Sony Pictures incident, a senior administration official told CNN on Saturday. "We have discussed this issue with the Chinese to share information, express our concerns about this attack, and to ask for... | U.S. has asked China to help combat North Korean hacking, official says .
Guardians of Peace mocks the FBI .
U.S. says it's confident North Korea is behind cyberattack .
North Korea warns of "serious consequences" if the U.S. keeps tying it to the attack . |
f3df76038ee1f4d7e1e08907826b316edd647fd8 | (CNN) -- One fateful consequence of President Bashar al-Assad's ferocious crackdown on Syrian protesters is the emergence of the domestic armed resistance, the Free Syrian Army. Forged in neighboring Turkey over the summer by military defectors, the FSA has become a major factor in the opposition to the regime. The gra... | The Free Syrian Army was formed last summer by military defectors .
Coordinating operations is a work in progress, observers say .
Many weapons are purchased from Syrian soldiers .
The FSA sees an Iran and Hezbollah presence in Syria . |
f3e0a9e2b57c9578cee58df5074314acb2bd97ca | (CNN) -- The nonprofit that pushed last month for Venezuelan officials to investigate reports of a massacre in an Amazon indigenous community said Monday that it now believes there was no attack there. "Having received its own testimony from confidential sources, Survival now believes there was no attack by miners on t... | Survival International "now believes there was no attack"
Last month, it urged officials to investigate reports of a massacre .
Venezuelan officials also say there is no evidence that a massacre occurred .
Hearsay fueled a "false report," an official says . |
f3e11ff86977fcfd9e5096550fbb5b8d18660f38 | An escaped bull was shot dead by a sheriff's deputy after sending one man to the hospital with bruised ribs during its hours on the loose. The beast was one of seven bulls that escaped from its pasture near Cornelius, a town west of Portland, Oregon, on Sunday night. Six were recaptured by farmers the same day, but on... | Oregon man Morgan White, 23, locked eyes with bull passing his house .
Mr White knocked down by 'freight train' animal and suffered bruised ribs .
Seven bulls escaped from farm west of Portland after flooding, six returned .
Sheriff's deputy shot bull after butchers failed to kill it . |
f3e2bc0fca9b05798a0447b6db5f5321cf97db34 | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 23:52 EST, 22 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:14 EST, 23 January 2013 . Forgotten man: The work of Alfred Russel Wallace, pictured, dubbed the 'forgotten father' of evolution, is set to be celebrated by the Natural History Museum in London . While his colleague Charles Darwin is revered... | The scientist shared authorship of an article proposing evolution theory .
He may even have coined the phrase 'origin of species'
Wallace's work is to be celebrated at the Natural History Museum .
Series of events at the museum will mark centenary of the scientists death . |
f3e2d3783d47c6c7d65cb36b97e5fd90a9891e2c | A teenager who was devoted to jeans and T-shirts has swapped her tomboy style in favour of dressing like a real-life doll. Sofia Pettersen-Janes, from Harrow, West London used to opt for a more masculine style but her outfits have seen a complete turnaround as she has added petticoats, bonnets and multicoloured wigs to... | Sofia Petterson-Janes swapped masculine style in favour of Lolita fashion .
New clothes cost teen £2,000 and she has taken job as cleaner to fund it .
Sofia says look is so unusual she is approached in the street for pictures . |
f3e33a3cb84e508c020f6475621f7e5011ea2644 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A man has been sentenced to life in prison for beating his girlfriend's two-year-old son to death. Ronald Dimambro Jr., from Washington Township, Michigan, was convicted in June of first-degree murder and first-degree child abuse for breaking Damian Sutton's skull in August last year. Before ... | Ronald Dimambro Jr. was convicted of first-degree murder and child abuse last month and sentenced to life on Thursday .
He beat Damian Sutton at their Michigan home last year, leaving him with a broken skull and blunt force trauma to the head .
The toddler was put in a coma but died six days later .
Damian's parents bo... |
f3e37504daca56e343d3ce5aac1d3c7909889e77 | (CNN) -- A Malaysian court on Friday overturned opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim's acquittal of the charge that he sodomized a former political aide, the latest twist in a long-running legal battle. Anwar was acquitted of sodomy in January 2012. But the Court of Appeal on Friday ruled that he is guilty, state news agenc... | The Court of Appeal rules that Anwar Ibrahim is guilty of sodomizing an aide .
A court had acquitted Anwar of the charge in 2012 .
Anwar has repeatedly insisted he is innocent . |
f3e3b4380e4e47fff905356907ad1d65ea784839 | By . Ryan Gorman . Alaska will soon begin providing free pregnancy tests to women in bar bathrooms. The new program was birthed by Republican Senator Pete Kelly to help fight fetal alcohol syndrome, he said earlier this year – but is against the state providing contraception in a similar manner. The University of Alask... | The effort is meant to combat the state's highest-in-the-nation rate of fetal alcohol syndrome .
Some peg the rate of pregnant women who binge drink in Alaska at 20 per cent .
The state-funded effort does not also include birth control .
Minnesota was the first state to provide pregnancy tests in bar bathrooms . |
f3e4377f2320d7a3351f1ed4ed1db947ef81c4cf | By . Arthur Martin . Victim: PC Blakelock was hacked to death on Tottenham's Broadwater Farm Estate in 1985 . A gang member paid £5,000 for his eye-witness account of Keith Blakelock’s murder told a court yesterday he kicked the officer ten times during the 1985 Tottenham riots. The witness, giving evidence under the p... | PC Blakelock was hacked to death during riots on Tottenham estate in 1985 .
Witness using pseudonym John Brown admits being involved in the attack .
Admitted kicking the officer 10 times while mob set upon him with machetes . |
f3e4888697429cf6c32e003fc547df2856971ac4 | By . Meghan Keneally . Last updated at 10:41 PM on 25th January 2012 . A death row inmate sent a letter to a local North Carolina newspaper boasting about the 'life of leisure' he is living while waiting for his execution. 'Is the public aware that the chances of my lawful murder taking place in the next 20 years if ev... | Danny Hembree, 50, on death row for murder of a 17-year-old girl but also considered the main suspect in the murders of two other women .
Sent a letter boasting of his prison life, which comes equipped with color television, air conditioning, naps whenever he pleases, and free health care . |
f3e48a4d193edb98933989cf54dfb46310ffdd9f | By . Ted Thornhill . PUBLISHED: . 05:04 EST, 18 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:47 EST, 18 November 2013 . Dot-bong, Marijuana Inc, the Green Rush - call it what you will, the burgeoning legal marijuana industry in Washington state is drawing pot prospectors of all stripes. Microsoft veterans and farmers, real estate... | Marijuana was made legal last year in Washington and residents can now apply to run businesses based on its sale .
Colorado is the only other state in the U.S where the drug is legal . |
f3e490b0bff0435b1f3eb8b7726f42505e5c3ef5 | Washington (CNN) -- Thousands of Girl Scouts, former members and supporters swarmed the National Mall on Saturday for the organization's 100-year celebration. With the temperature reaching 90 degrees, 63 people were treated for heat-related incidents and 20 were transported to area hospitals, the District of Columbia F... | Girl Scouts celebrate organization's 100th birthday .
They gathered on National Mall in Washington .
More than 60 people treated for heat-related causes . |
f3e56d00036c361b3609a79a711f55cfce062e76 | By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 07:58 EST, 12 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:22 EST, 12 April 2013 . Microsoft is developing a smaller version of its Surface tablet with a 7inch screen, it has been claimed. The tablet is expected to go on sale later this year, and will go head to head with Apple's iPad Mini, Google's Ne... | Smaller version of the firm's Surface tablet expection to go on sale later this year .
Will have a 7 inch screen, and compete against similar sized tablets from Apple, Google and Amazon .
Could be designed for games and carry the Xbox logo . |
f3e571f7132d11f1be28edb017fa581c5b37e400 | The FBI has warned U.S. businesses to be on the alert for a sophisticated Iranian hacking operation whose targets include defense contractors, energy firms and educational institutions, a confidential agency document reveals. The operation is the same as one flagged last week by cyber security firm Cylance Inc as targe... | Confidential safety document warns businesses to watch out for hack .
FBI identifies two IP addresses in Iran where attack will likely come from .
Comes after report last week found same addresses targeted 50 countries .
Latest document suggests situation is more widespread than they thought . |
f3e701e3b9c9fa44f2956935d7aaf356bd495711 | By . Liz Hull . PUBLISHED: . 06:38 EST, 30 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:30 EST, 30 August 2013 . Aggressive: James Browning 'was jumping up and down like Tarzan, ripping his shirt off and spoiling for a fight,' a court heard . A drunk stockbroker said to be as wild as Tarzan headbutted a taxi driver and slammed his ... | James Browning drank five pints and two cocktails before the incident .
Broker bragged about having a 'c*** night' after taking cocaine, court heard .
26-year-old had fled after not having enough money for the taxi fare .
Cabbie Dean Wendleken caught him but was left needing 16 stitches . |
f3e7e839960daad45fa747a5656722094d63dbec | A 20-year-old self-proclaimed 'pothead princess' from Florida tweeted the words '2 drunk 2 care' just hours before allegedly causing a horrific wrong-way crash that killed two young women. Police say Kayla Mendoza, of Hallandale Beach, was the culprit in the Saturday night accident on Sawgrass Expressway that resulted ... | Kayla Maria Mendoza, 20, sent out dozens of tweets detailing her drug use and alcohol consumption .
Her still-functioning Twitter account is filled with references to 'blunts' and weed, as well of photos of what appear to be marijuana cigarettes .
Mendoza remains in serious condition at a hospital and has not been char... |
f3e7f1723120be420706e1699b3b9b3479e041e5 | Oklahoma City (CNN) -- Second-grade teacher Tammy Glasgow walks around what's left of Briarwood Elementary, struggling to pick out of its wreckage the things that once made a school. "This was the cafeteria." "This is where my desk sat." "This is my classroom door." "That yellow wall that's standing, that's where we we... | NEW: A teacher was impaled by the leg of a desk while protecting her children .
NEW: "Amazingly, by the grace of god, I kept it together," she says .
NEW: Another teacher distracted students with games and songs .
Everyone survived at Briarwood Elementary, which was leveled by Monday's tornado . |
f3e8183244ed4a286559f86954d9d08bb636967f | As one of the most glamorous stars of reality TV, Sam Faiers is well-known for her immaculate sense of style. And while you'll never catch her without a pair of false eyelashes on, it isn't for vanity's sake. In fact, the 23-year-old suffers with Trichotillomania - a disorder which causes her to pull out her real eyela... | Sam, 23, suffers from compulsive eyelash pulling .
Has been wearing false eyelashes for years and has now designed her own .
Three sets designed for daytime and evening wear .
Says Rosie Huntington-Whiteley is her beauty icon .
Is working on her fitness project and more beauty ventures . |
f3e82ab52172f83f49ec77cd77d0fcc122714864 | By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 11:09 EST, 25 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:58 EST, 26 July 2012 . Sean Fitzgerald admitted speeding but was spared a ban after magistrates heard he needed to drive to gigs . The son of singing legend Tony Christie cried as he escaped a driving ban despite having 25 penalty points after ... | Sean Fitzgerald drives 20,000 miles a year for his father and other bands . |
f3e8c26b72ff6f88d8dc4723f8042b6cd0c4d15e | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 05:33 EST, 2 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:47 EST, 2 July 2013 . A British holidaymaker broke down in tears as she told a Spanish court how she was allegedly gang-raped by three men at knife-point who offered her a lift home from a Spanish nightclub. The woman, now 42, said they forced he... | The alleged gang-rape happened in 2001 after the woman became separated from friends in the Costa del Sol resort of Benalmadena .
She says her attackers offered to give her a lift home but took her to remote wasteland where they allegedly drugged and raped her . |
f3e9243018e78192baf92fa67d861f77ae410f2a | A carjacker allegedly threatened to strip a teen of his clothes, burn his belongings and baptize him in Satan's blood. Brandon Morris, 18, was leaving the car park of a motel in Anderson County, South Carolina, when Robert Cheek, 38, allegedly climbed into his car on November 5. Morris told police that Cheek, who was s... | Brandon Morris, 18, was leaving the car park of a motel in Anderson County, South Carolina, when Robert Cheek, 38, allegedly climbed into his car .
Morris told police that Cheek told him to drive or he would kill him .
Claims Cheek told him that he belonged to the Aryan Brotherhood . |
f3e92aac4f90d14edb334e0431cf35eed9e66a38 | Lewis Hamilton, Jenson Button and Wayne Rooney have topped The Times' wealthiest sports people in Britain for 2014. Hamilton has been in inspired Formula One form this season, picking up four wins in a row for Mercedes, collecting a £16million salary and is reportedly worth £68m. The top 10 of the 30-strong list also i... | Lewis Hamilton tops The Times' rich list, with a net worth of £68m .
Britain's wealthiest sports players list also includes Jenson Button and Wayne Rooney, whose Manchester United salary is £300,000-a-week .
Chelsea stars Frank Lampard, John Terry, Ashley Cole and Fernando Torres all feature . |
f3e92d5dabbe35c9c4299e5b4d63513c7c272aeb | Demands: Andrea Leadsom MP is leading a Tory backbench attack on Brussels . Britain should have the power to give a ‘red card’ to EU proposals and existing laws and limit the right to freedom of movement across the Continent, according to the leader of a group of 100 Eurosceptic Tories. Andrea Leadsom, co-founder of th... | Group of Eurosceptics want to limit free movement across continent .
Also want to 'give red card' to EU proposals and existing laws .
Group headed by Andrea Leadsom, who says without change there would be 'overwhelming' calls for Britain to exit EU .
In MailOnline piece, MP outlines what Fresh Start group are pressing ... |
f3e941a4f882be2771053d7b33ee9e684a9d90e8 | Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- Eman al-Obeidy, the woman who alleges rape and abuse by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's security forces, said Thursday she feels defeated and lives in fear that she will be punished gravely for her words. The legal proceedings in her rape case have not gone far, she told CNN. She has not been ab... | Eman al-Obeidy tells CNN she is harassed by authorities, fears retribution and feels defeated .
She says she was raped and beaten by Gadhafi's men .
The world first knew of al-Obeidy when she burst into a Tripoli hotel housing journalists . |
f3e94a9928c4884886c2f47fe2a0f73704ad081e | By . Lizzie Parry . A study by the Food Packaging Forum found 175 chemicals linked to cancer and fertility problems. Stock image . Some food packaging contains hazardous chemicals linked to cancer and fertility, a new study has warned. More than 170 dangerous chemicals are legally used in the production of food packagi... | Food Packaging Forum discovered 175 dangerous chemicals in packaging .
Toxic substances linked to cancer, sperm production, genital malformations as well as disrupting hormone production in the body .
Warned chemicals could end up in the food the packaging contains .
Experts call for tighter regulation of food packagin... |
f3e9c9400cdacecb9c15fd1033f9241c606de9b8 | (CNN) -- For 17-year-old Nathan Stiles, his senior year was supposed to be the best yet. He was a straight-A student and homecoming king at Spring Hill, Kansas, High School, and was the Broncos' star running back. He was a starter on the varsity basketball team and loved to sing at church. He was the son any mother dre... | Nathan Stiles was the youngest reported case of chronic traumatic encephalopathy .
The degenerative disease is found in athletes who get repeated blows to the head .
VA Center for the Study of Traumatic Encephalopathy Brain Bank examines injuries . |
f3e9f5123ad0cb1e6978f22def161bbf1d5dd306 | These terrible estate agent photographs showing homes with wild colour schemes, oddly place furniture and even random animals might make you question how the owner ever made a sale. The genuine online adverts feature a house with a toilet in the utility cupboard and pictures with family pets and even residents in the f... | Andy Donaldson stumbled across a variety of awful estate agent pictures while looking for a flat in London in 2013 .
He decided to set up a blog to share the pictures with friends and after it went viral he decided to turn it into a book .
Pictures include a house with a toilet in the utility cupboard and a bathroom wi... |
f3ec0c1e37e7d71b63bb836b9b45834b919d81f3 | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 06:46 EST, 3 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:13 EST, 4 February 2013 . Plans to give hundreds of millions of pounds in subsidies to European tobacco farmers have been criticised by anti-smoking campaigners. The tobacco growers could get the extra cash as soon as next year after members ... | Tobacco farmers in 12 EU countries were receiving around £260million in subsidies before the old system was phased out in 2010 .
Tobacco farming declined after it stopped receiving huge sums .
Campaigners fear a return to the old system is a step backwards .
Tobacco is responsible for more than 650,000 deaths in the EU... |
f3eceba55af253050751157d5a7364ce9a18e243 | By . Alexandra Klausner . One man from Florida caught an 11-foot-shark weighing 805 pounds that may just break the world record for land-based shark fishing for makos. Last Tuesday night in Joey Polk of Milton, Florida wrestled with the monster mako shark and at times used almost 900 yards of fishing line from his reel... | Joey Polk's cousin Earnie broke the last record for land based shark fishing when he caught a mako that weighed 670 pounds in 209 .
Polk celebrated his catch by cooking the fish and feeding 200 community members .
Polk usually throws fish back after catching them but was unable to revive this mako .
'That's why we deci... |
f3ee2f1b2a66da3121cedea9bf9b7c6d3207d43d | (CNN) -- According to new data released by the U.S. Census Bureau this week, median household incomes adjusted for inflation declined by 2.3% in 2010 over the previous year. The data also showed that 46.2 million Americans lived in poverty in 2010 -- the highest number in the 52 years the Census Bureau has been trackin... | Number of poor highest in 50 years, Sally Kohn says, as the rich get super rich .
Kohn: 25 major corporations last year paid their CEOs more than they paid in taxes .
Keeping taxes low for big business and rich does not create jobs, Kohn writes .
Working families need the money, she says, to spend and stimulate economy... |
f3ee5376d42191f782d7c66c767b0bb6fa4d8332 | Almost 300 people were arrested in Paris as thousands protested against gay marriage, just days ahead of France’s first gay wedding. The arrests followed a city centre rally involving 150,000 on Sunday night. Protesters threw rocks and smoke bombs while police responded with tear gas and baton charges. Journalists were... | French capital marred by second day of protest over gay marriage .
Far-right demonstrators turn violent last night and were tear-gassed .
Police and photographers were attacked by rioting extremists .
French politics polarised after economic woes and high unemployment . |
f3eefcf46baeef26cde0d2fdd5a32484f0e25d69 | By . Tom Goodenough . PUBLISHED: . 06:54 EST, 18 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:51 EST, 18 June 2012 . The campaign trail to the White House is well-known as one of the world's most drawn-out political battles. Usually, by the time the final vote takes place, many voters become fed up with the election. And often the di... | With months still left to go, one of the President's younger family members is reportedly already tiring of the campaign trail .
Mr Romney replied: 'Not yet, hoping to do that' when asked about his election fortunes .
Other grandchildren say their favourite parts of the race are the comfortable couches and peanut sweet... |
f3ef21eded1251506e826a51b1b92327feec7836 | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 12:57 EST, 19 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:33 EST, 19 June 2013 . A Boeing Dreamliner jet has been forced to make an emergency landing shortly after taking off on a flight from Denver to Tokyo. The United Airlines flight was diverted to Seattle as a precaution yesterday when pilots were al... | Flight from Denver to Tokyo diverted to land at Seattle yesterday .
Latest setback for troubled 787 Dreamliner grounded for four months . |
f3ef843afcea65823492800d43f49fcc5e647c4e | The family of an Ethiopian runner who famously won an Olympic marathon barefoot is suing Vibram, the maker of a popular line of minimalist running shoes, saying it used his name without permission. Abebe Bikila, who died in 1973, was a last-minute entrant in the 1960 Olympics in Rome and didn't like the fit of the shoe... | Abebe Bikila won a gold medal in the 1960 Olympics after running marathon barefoot when the shoes he was provided with gave him blisters .
Vibram, a maker of minimalist running shoes, used his name for a line of foot-glove style running shoes and trademarked his name in 2010 .
Bikila's son is suing company, claiming th... |
f3efa2324d40f9708cd899f59abc7c9818a5745d | Police are investigating racist abuse targeted at Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli on Twitter. In a statement Merseyside Police said: 'We can confirm officers are looking into offensive comments made on Twitter about Mario Balotelli earlier today.' Asked if they were launching an investigation, a Merseyside Police spo... | Mario Balotelli received racial abuse to a tweet poking fun at Manchester United following their 5-3 defeat at Leicester .
The Liverpool striker tweeted: 'Man utd... LOL'
His tweet was met by a string of racist messages prompting Merseyside Police to open up an investigation .
Balotelli was in the Liverpool side that l... |
f3efc1984033853a77e15de76e3c7ba8430382c9 | By . Sophie Borland . PUBLISHED: . 19:43 EST, 12 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:28 EST, 13 November 2013 . The report by NHS medical director Professor Sir Bruce Keogh, above, was commissioned by the government in a bid to ward off fears of an A&E crisis . A huge shake-up of health care provision was heralded last n... | Two-tier system will define 'super A&Es' and 'standard A&Es'
GPs are told to provide more same-day appointments for patients .
NHS 111 helpline will have more doctors, nurses and pharmacists . |
f3f02a8eb8c97a777116c88eadb416be8ab7ceec | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 09:22 EST, 24 June 2011 . Hackers: The logo of LulzSec, who Team Poison have threatened to expose the names of its members . A rival hacking group has threatened to name each of the members of LulzSec. TeaMp0ison, (Team Poison) are racing against the police to expose the names of t... | Arizona police are the latest victims of LulzSec . |
f3f049e95ded52b037a0862b69b1f82e2491b0f4 | (CNN) -- An international court cleared the way Tuesday to try a former politician and militia leader for crimes against humanity and war crimes including murder, rape and pillaging. The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, knocked down an appeal by Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, ruling that the cour... | Court rejects appeal by Bemba .
He is accused of leading his militia in attacks on civilians in the CAR for almost five months . |
f3f0be6e8b8e80789a1e413d99209e4fdd02bff6 | Sandy Springs, Georgia (CNN) -- The old Chevrolet paint and body shop was vacant -- 24,000 square feet of metal and concrete surrounded by a sea of asphalt. But when some members of Congregation Or Hadash saw it, they saw a home. Since it was founded in 2003, the conservative Jewish congregation had bounced from locati... | Congregation Or Hadash's synagogue is built from a former auto paint shop .
The Atlanta-area synagogue is an example of adaptive reuse in architecture .
Architect: "We're always trying to break out out of the big box we started with"
Have you helped re-purpose a building? Share your story on CNN iReport . |
f3f116f875e51e4e46445f08734f994b5fd6e9cc | By . Katy Winter . PUBLISHED: . 11:45 EST, 17 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:52 EST, 17 March 2014 . A dog groomer is so obsessed with her own pets she spends a staggering £2,000 a month 'furjazzling' them, complete with manicures and fur extensions. Daniela Forshaw, 37, dedicates her life to her five dogs - Coco and M... | Daniela has her own grooming parlour at home for her five dogs .
Dyes their fur rainbow colours and matches their nails and outfits to hers .
The dog groomer even has a salon at her home .
Daniela and husband decided not to have children as dogs 'are like kids'
Holds birthday parties for pooches and they attend 'red ca... |
f3f17ff667b879b569e0a319264d54b9a5dad10e | Darren Clarke admits he would love to be Europe's Ryder Cup captain. The 46-year-old was in contention to be named captain for this year's contest at Gleneagles before ruling himself out of the running, with Paul McGinley appointed in January 2013. The 2016 Ryder Cup will be held at Hazeltine in Minnesota and Clarke ca... | Darren Clarke reveals he would love to captain Europe in the Ryder Cup .
In contention to take the honours at Gleneagles .
But ruled himself out before Paul McGinley got the gig .
The Northern Irishman has played in five Ryder Cups, winning four and tasting defeat just once .
Compatriot and world no.1 Rory McIlroy back... |
f3f1ee710ced485b722af6e88c15e6b8528f98ff | Ukrainians gave decisive backing for a pro-Western future today as election results showed a massive rejection of parties wanting to cosy up to Moscow. The historic parliamentary poll gave the green light to President Petro Poroshenko to seek membership both of the European Union and NATO and he signaled he wanted to b... | President Petro Poroshenko signaled he wants to begin pro-Western coalition talks immediately .
No voting took place in pro-Moscow areas of Lugansk, Donetsk and Crimea which will hold their own polls .
This is around five million of Ukraine's 36.5 million-strong electorate and means 27 seats will remain empty .
Polls s... |
f3f254985ba759ad02f3e1f17b45cb3fe485965e | By . Liz Hull . PUBLISHED: . 15:27 EST, 23 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:10 EST, 24 August 2012 . Two Ryanair cabin crew have been accused of trying to smuggle £6,000 of cigarettes into Britain in their luggage. Gemma Phillips, 26, and Adam McEvatt, . 28, were stopped by customs at John Lennon Airport, . Liverpool, f... | Two cabin crew members were stopped on way through customs .
They had been on flight from the Canary Islands .
13,800 cigarettes were allegedly found in their baggage . |
f3f25a65f49839a9f2050052696748a4dbd96079 | Washington (CNN) -- Domestic dispute or terror thriller? Carol Anne Laletta Bond's story cannot be both, and now it may be left to the Supreme Court to sort out the dramatic and often confounding facts of this convicted federal felon's appeal. Put simply, we'll call it "The Case of the Poisoned Paramour." At issue is w... | Carol Anne Laletta Bond is challenging her conviction on a federal chemical weapon charge .
She used poisons to try to get back at a woman who had an affair with Bond's husband .
Attorney: "I didn't think that the federal government had any role to be in this case"
Justice Department says Bond's action falls under an i... |
f3f2e6ee96a7009f14d063883c048add96be9a57 | By . Steph Cockroft for MailOnline . How many sofas can you fit in the back of a tiny Skoda? None - as this family eventually found out. This hilarious video shows a determined trio trying to shoehorn a huge sofa into the back of their mid-90s Skoda. The hapless attempts, which went on for more than three minutes, saw ... | Graeme Longden, 44, filmed the scene from his bedroom window in Sheffield .
It shows the family repeatedly trying to shove the sofa into their mid-90s car .
The woman even removes the sofa's cushions - but that doesn't help either .
Mr Longden raced downstairs to carry on filming, but they had disappeared . |
f3f325f1ce45ed726100ef849158e6a2b6acfd9a | Cristiano Ronaldo has warned Angel di Maria that filling the number seven shirt at Manchester United will be 'a big responsibility' but has backed him to rise to the challenge. Di Maria will be following in the footsteps of Ronaldo in playing in that shirt after his £59.7million move from Real Madrid, as well as other ... | Manchester United number seven shirt is 'big responsibility'
That was the warning Cristiano Ronaldo gave to Angel di Maria .
Louis van Gaal's side paid £60million for Di Maria .
Xabi Alonso also looks likely to leave Real Madrid . |
f3f32b635c74389b330fefa336f9beb314bcd601 | Kobani, Syria (CNN)When violence swallows a city as wholly as it has Kobani, as in so many of Syria's mottled cities, the fight becomes about who wins, rather than what is left for the victor. Its streets have been so ground down to the bone, that the prize -- so small but so intensely fought over -- is now unrecogniza... | Weeks of fighting between Kurds and ISIS have devastated the Kurdish city of Kobani .
Some people remain but food and fuel are scarce and mortars rain down .
Female Kurdish fighters are among those battling ISIS in the shell-blasted streets .
"I lost a lot of friends in this war and I resist to avenge their death," say... |
f3f3576c42ff6210bac05b3e2b4e6edec4c18abd | Britain's 'most vulgar' car, a Mercedes CLS 350 encrusted with one million Swarovski crystals has been sold on eBay for more than £150,000. Daria Radionova, a 21-year-old Russian student, listed the car on the online auctioneers after attracting attention in Knightsbridge, her plush west London stomping ground. Bids qu... | Russian student Daria Radionova, 21, listed car on bidding website .
Mercedes CLS 350 attracted attention after driving through Knightsbridge .
Was given the vehicle by her Moldovan parents as an early birthday gift .
Decided to sell it after three weeks and donate proceeds to charity .
A portion of sale will go toward... |
f3f35d16aaebe0b87aa5a625898f954d2933d642 | Smiling in each others' arms, Paul Gascoigne and his new love appear to be the very picture of domestic bliss as they happily pose together in the garden of his new home. But just two days after the new couple embraced at the former England footballer's house in Poole, Dorset, Mandy Thomas was on her way to hospital wh... | The 47-year-old rushed to hospital at 3am on Friday morning from home .
Medics had been called earlier and assessed him and deemed him fine .
His condition worsened and he was sectioned under Mental Health Act .
New girlfriend Mandy Thomas has vowed to stand by him through ordeal .
Couple were seen relaxing at his new ... |
f3f39abae04be1f55037bc40fb8776815c5184fb | Avram Grant is set to be confirmed as the new manager of Ghana on a two-year deal. Grant, the former Chelsea and West Ham manager, will reportedly land a hefty signing-on fee in the region of £130,000, in addition to £30,000-a-month wages. His agreement to take over at the Black Stars, who have been without a permanent... | Grant to land a hefty signing-on fee in the region of £130,000 .
He is set to be appointed after Ghana face Togo on Wednesday .
But Grant, an Israeli, could be refused entry into African countries .
The 59-year-old guided Chelsea to the 2008 Champions League final .
The Blues lost in a penalty shoot-out to Manchester U... |
f3f3b2b70abc7e11fe8f2c1525f892a9a9a2fb2f | By . Jonny Singer . Follow @@Jonny_Singer . Manchester United striker Robin van Persie took to Twitter to thank fans who wished him a happy birthday. The Dutch captain posed with his two children and two balloons showing the number 31, and tweeted the message 'Thanks everybody for all your birthday wishes'. Unlike anot... | Dutch captain turned 31 on Wednesday .
Player was presented with a personalised cake by Manchester United .
Van Persie is back in training but not expected to be fit for first game . |
f3f4809d605f2efe81baa9dbf26ad6017b5d5224 | (CNN) -- Hyperbolic North Korean threats of war are not new. What is new is the intensity and persistence of those threats this time around. Add to that an untested 29-year-old leader who is suddenly a four-star general with lots to prove. How does this end? Consider these three possibilities: . 1. What Kim Jong Un hop... | Michael Green: North Korea more threatening than usual; three scenarios may play out .
1. Nuke threats grow; regime will get U.S. to lift sanctions; regime returns to same tactics .
2. China will turn on North, cut it off; Kim will lose power; North and South reunite sans nukes .
3. Kim will fire on South; U.S. will ge... |
f3f496153df4adb2a09079b5793ce781c7ccfe5d | By . Martin Ziegler, Press Association . UK Sport has rejected appeals against its decision to withdraw funding from Olympics sports basketball, synchronised swimming and women’s water polo. The funding body has also stood by its decision to cut all funds from Paralympics sports goalball, visually-impaired football and... | UK Sport has decided to withdraw funds from Olympic sports basketball, synchronised swimming and women's water polo .
Funding for Paralympic sports goalball, visually impaired football and wheelchair fencing is also cut in full .
UK Sport has reversed its decision to cut funding for women's weightlifting and has awarde... |
f3f5eae87b3d6af4137ca6dbfd2352199922cc67 | To be fair, Natalie Suresch and Joe Felicetti claimed that weekend first. The Philadelphia couple chose Sept. 26 for their wedding and then planned accordingly: They booked their venue, a former factory building in one of the city's most historic neighborhoods. They hired a DJ. Suresch purchased her dress. Then Pope Fr... | The September papal visit to the city of brotherly love has many area couples scrambling to reschedule their nuptials .
Natalie Suresch and Joe Felicetti could find no hotel rooms within 50 miles of the city on that weekend and were forced to reschedule .
The fall visit, part of the World Meeting of Families, will be P... |
f3f60734fe2e5c5ba168e5908bd5d5bc73d98d1f | By . Jennifer Newton . Hawwa Khan, who suffered horrific burns, when she fell on to a gas fire at her home in Bradford . A toddler died when she fell into a gas fire after the fireguard fitted in her home 'wasn't suitable', an inquest heard. Hawwa Khan was just 23 months old when she died from multiple organ failure af... | Hawwa Khan died after suffering 60 per cent burns at her home in Bradford .
Mother Bushra Kauser says guard fitted by council didn't fit fireplace in living room .
Engineer who fitted the guard says he doesn't recall fitting it in the main room .
Coroner gives an accidental death ruling at 23-month-old's inquest . |
f3f62c05ea622ba4643b7fd1a8bdace3c3cb0c7a | With a Taliban fighter looming in his sights half a mile away, the British sniper knew a clean shot would take down his enemy. What he could not have known was that the single bullet he fired would account for five more insurgents. But, incredibly, his rifle round triggered the explosive vest worn by his target, killin... | Record-breaking shot was fired by a Coldstream Guards marksman .
Was on one of the last missions by British troops in Afghanistan .
Sniper, who cannot be named, was intercepting a suicide bomber .
Commanders feared insurgent wanted to blow himself up at a UK base . |
f3f70185948608386fd4fcb706aaa31e75b8c657 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:07 EST, 22 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:07 EST, 22 January 2013 . A family of five desperate to stay warm in the current cold snap accidentally burnt their house to the ground after leaving four stove top burners blazing. Fire consumed the one-storey house on the Southwest... | Four stove top burners were left on in the Indianapolis property housing a family-of-five .
One storey home burned down in blaze which took over the home in 10 minutes .
Blaze did $70,000 worth of damage and one of the family's pet dogs is still missing . |
f3f72285e6d92aa437bfdc215c7e703712a9363f | Germany are strong favourites although it's always dangerous to write off Argentina... but who's got the better players? Sportsmail expert Martin Keown has watched both teams several times during the tournament. Here is his indispensable man-for-man analysis. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Thomas Muller and Philipp Lahm ta... | Germany face Argentina in the 2014 World Cup final on Sunday .
Joachim Low's team are favourites to become first Europeans to win the tournament in South America .
Albiceleste boss Alejandro Sabella will be hoping star man Lionel Messi makes the difference .
Germany have the strongest midfield with the likes of Toni Kr... |
f3f7747535b849b1bd7db36f6654f310be3abce4 | (CNN) -- A line of widely scattered strong storms brought tornadoes to Colorado and Minnesota on Thursday and damaging high winds as far south as Texas. Three tornadoes stuck Minnesota. One hit near rural St. James. Kholby Martin, a storm chaser with KDR Media, said it was a couple of hundred yards wide but it wasn't f... | NEW: Five tornadoes touch down in Colorado and Minnesota .
Storm chaser sees one hit near St. James, Minnesota, but there is no damage .
Storms will hit Arkansas to Indiana on Friday, with rain continuing into Saturday . |
f3f7c43e8eaab4972821f9c343a595c40783ecaa | By . John Drayton . Mohamed Salah's Chelsea career is hanging in the balance as he may be ordered to return to Egypt to complete military service, Egyptian media reported. Salah, who completed a move to Stamford Bridge from Swiss club Basle in January, is allowed to live in England on the basis of his participation in ... | Salah expelled from educational institute and faces return to homeland .
If that happens he will have to do military service in Egypt .
He wouldn't be allowed to go abroad for length of service (one-three years)
Salah joined Chelsea from Basle in January . |
f3f7fe0043e3a490648ddf232e033c8ffd5f99b6 | Greece's radical new Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has vowed the country will no longer 'blindly submit' to the EU as he pledged to ditch austerity and negotiate a better deal for the country. Tsipras used his first cabinet speech to take a swipe at Brussels and the International Monetary Fund by warning that Greece'... | Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras said Greece wouldn't blindly submit to EU .
In his first speech to cabinet he said the country would not default on debt .
But he warned his priority was creating a solution to imposed austerity .
Tsipras claims he will renegotiate a 'fairer' deal with Greece's creditors . |
f3f80ba27254afc887dfa77459ff2df2a92f4d05 | (CNN) -- John Spinello created the game of "Operation" nearly 50 years ago. Since then, millions have attempted to remove small plastic body parts from Cavity Sam without lighting up his red nose and hearing that sweat-inducing BUZZ. In a weird twist of fate, Spinello now needs an operation himself -- one he can't affo... | NEW: Hasbro has offered to purchase John Spinello's original "Operation" prototype .
Spinello, creator of the game, needs a medical procedure .
Spinello is struggling to pay his bills and doesn't have sufficient health insurance, his friends say .
The game inventor was paid $500 for "Operation" decades ago . |
f3f849ae611a5b0bca427594b8570efa427310ae | (CNN) -- As yet another presidential election cycle ends, it's a good time not only to tally wins and losses, but to reflect on the nature of the American political system and why it so often disappoints voters and presidents alike. Think of the extravagant hopes and promises that attended Barack Obama's election in 20... | David Kennedy: Barack Obama's achievements fell short of his aspirations .
Kennedy: American political system often disappoints voters and presidents .
He says the presidency has less power in actuality than folklore has it .
Kennedy: In a second term, Obama faces a divided, bickering government . |
f3f9e75a9cd080f3d55f11b2e2d9630420c98b48 | (CNN) -- What happens when a North Korean architect is given free rein to design what he or she likes? Over the course of the last four years, one Beijing based tour company has sought to answer that question by asking a practicing architect from North Korea to create futuristic designs for sustainable tourism developm... | A tour group asked North Korean designers to come up with their visions of the future .
The results depict a mixture of Soviet style and futuristic technology .
Images are currently on display at the Venice Architecture Biennale . |
f3face074fc18bd4ed7f1219f1f95a5525ea7ffc | By . Kimberly Lavey . and Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 10:39 EST, 11 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:19 EST, 11 November 2013 . You may not be familiar with the name Henry Hate but you will definitely have seen his designs. The tattooist to the stars has inked the likes of Amy Winehouse, Alexander McQueen, Boy George... | Late Amy Winehouse's tattoo artist to design bespoke inked shoes .
Teamed up with British brand Olivier Sweeney .
Tattoo artist Henry Hate also inked Alexander McQueen and Boy George . |
f3faecb6a3a9e193b5fd295ab69334df29ccb93e | Aleppo, Syria (CNN) -- It is impossible to get used to. The roar of a jet overhead, the hum of helicopter blades hovering around your block, the sudden thud of a blast. When you hear it, at least you know you are safe. Yet this has become daily life for residents of Aleppo. People living in rebel held territory, among ... | Pattern of Aleppo attacks appears designed to terrify civilians rather than target rebels .
In one strike rockets collapsed a two-story building with an extended family inside .
Locals pulled 11 bodies from the rubble and one baby survivor .
The baby boy was apparently protected from the blast by his mom as she breastf... |
f3fafbc93fbe3942741b5a06559900dcdb07db30 | (CNN) -- Anne Hathaway will be Tim Burton-ized next month when the eclectic director's "Alice in Wonderland" is released in theaters. In the new issue of InStyle magazine hitting newsstands Friday, the 27-year-old actress said it was Burton who piqued her interest in playing the deliciously cruel White Queen. "When I f... | Anne Hathaway talks with InStyle magazine about her new movie and self-acceptance .
Hathaway wanted to do "Alice in Wonderland" when she heard Tim Burton was directing .
She says she's come to accept what she looks like, says authenticity is more important .
Hathaway doesn't dish on her love life but says she's enjoyin... |
f3fb6ae44ea5f41dd9d849b6ac52468c477623b1 | By . Richard Hartley-parkinson . PUBLISHED: . 03:28 EST, 4 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:18 EST, 4 April 2013 . An elderly couple is believed to have been killed after a house fire in the early hours of this morning. Firefighters have confirmed that two people died in the blaze in Carlton, near Stockton-on-Tees, and n... | Victims believed to be elderly couple who have lived in the village for years .
Fire brigade called out at 5am but it was too late for the pair .
Neighbours described seeing windows blown out to the front and back . |
f3fc112acacc793a415b31c6925f34f37bf8fdb2 | By . James Tozer . PUBLISHED: . 11:13 EST, 20 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:09 EST, 21 August 2012 . Three men have been arrested by police searching for a hit-and-run driver who mowed down a 10-year-old girl and her two-year-old brother. Sabah Saleem and her brother Rayhan . were critically injured when they were hi... | Rayhan Saleem, aged two, and his 10-year-old sister Sabah were knocked down by a Vauxhall Astra in Leeds, at around 5.20pm on Saturday .
Sabam was hurt while trying to save her brother, her family said .
West Yorkshire Police arrest men aged 39, 36, and 26 . |
f3fc23d4c4b1cdee7a1431f5b6615ba0c658a50e | The thug who beat a good Samaritan so savagely his own mother thought he was dead was on a court-ordered curfew at the time - but was not wearing his G4S tag. Brian Ramsay, 25, had been fitted with the electronic tag for previous offences and should have been indoors when he carried out the brutal attack on 18-year-old... | Brian Ramsay, 25, beat 18-year-old Angus Gallacher in savage attack .
Had 13 skull fractures, broken ribs and needed a titanium plate behind eye .
Ramsay was on a court-ordered curfew but was not wearing electronic tag .
He was sentenced to just 18 months in jail last week for the brutal attack .
Petition launched call... |
f3fc60d5eed2244c02ded982d22c900e82e087b0 | (CNN) -- With his heroics at the U.S. Open in New York, Kei Nishikori has blazed a trail through history. Defying injury, an all-night marathon and several of the world's best tennis players, he became the first Asian man to reach a Grand Slam singles final. The 24-year-old dredged up a seismic shock to dispatch world ... | Kei Nishikori will play in his first grand slam inal at the U.S. Open on Monday .
He is the first Japanese male to reach Grand Slam final .
Nishikori is highest ranked Japanese man of Open Era, having broken top 10 .
His exploits have created a surge of interest in tennis back home . |
f3fc780f84875b4c6000f5bf8c2eef1368c9e626 | (CNN) -- Sri Lankan officials rejected a proposed cease-fire from the Tamil Tiger rebels Sunday, warning instead that government troops intended to continue a new offensive until the group surrenders, a senior government official said. Tamil demonstrators call for a cease-fire in Sri Lanka during a rally Saturday in Pa... | Government says it will continue offensive against Tamil Tiger rebels .
Rebels control a dwindling swath of north Sri Lanka .
U.N. agency says 100,000 refugees have fled fighting . |
f3fc7e692700317c655b7bc54ae8ecadf0920d53 | By . Rebecca Evans, Sam Greenhill and Ben Spencer . PUBLISHED: . 17:47 EST, 26 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:43 EST, 27 September 2012 . 'Just a kiss': Shawna Baudet, 25, revealed the truth behind the allegations, denying that she and her boss at MEC Greg Shickle had sex . As one of London’s leading advertising ag... | Employee at a media agency sent leaving speech detailing his grievances with a company manager in email sent to all staff .
He accused Greg Shickle of 'ruining' his working life and claimed he had 'sex with a female colleague in the office'
Email went viral after it was posted on social networking site Twitter, sparkin... |
f3fc9cc4a5c6bb6779718db2aeaad739adc6bf37 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 02:12 EST, 24 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:48 EST, 24 January 2014 . As the FBI charged five alleged members of the New York mafia, including a suspect in the 1978 Lufthansa heist at JFK, an attorney joked about the case's Goodfellas connection. During a brief hearing at a Br... | Vincent Asaro, 78-year-old alleged head of Mob family, denies charges .
Asaro was one of five suspected mobsters arrested in New York this week .
Arrests follow FBI discovery of human remains at a New York property .
Home was once owned by James 'Jimmy the Gent' Burke, who was played by Robert De Niro in Goodfellas .
T... |
f3fca45bc8b26e686282f248e8a3a7307d87ce71 | (CNN) -- Even though the Internet has become a key tool for accessing services, getting an education, finding jobs, getting the news, keeping up with people you know and much more, one in five U.S. adults still does not use the Internet at all, according to a new Pew report. Why? Mostly they're just not interested -- n... | Almost 48% say they don't go online because they don't think the Internet is relevant to them .
Nearly 60% of U.S. adults who never completed high school don't use the internet .
Having broadband Internet access is the best way to get the most use out of the web .
A common reason why people shy away is they think it's ... |
f3fd2b82f7810491864d6149fe5f9acd24050643 | Juventus have made an £2million loan fee offer to Bayern Munich for winger Xherdan Shaqiri with view to a £10m permanent deal. Liverpool and Inter Milan have also shown an interest in the Swiss 23-year-old. Earlier this week, however, former Switzerland international Kubilay Turkyilmaz warned Shaqiri against moving to ... | Xherdan Shaqiri is wanted by Juventus in January .
The Bayern Munich winger has also interested Liverpool .
But Shaqiri has been advised against moving to Anfield . |
f3fe3ae45948c50e3d9dc91a4cefd4c2fb120d76 | (CNN) -- The health care bill's passage has struck such an emotional chord that more than 10,000 people have posted comments and sometimes deeply personal stories about it on CNN.com. Under the bill, which President Obama is expected to sign Tuesday at the earliest, most Americans will now be required to have health in... | Former hospital financial manager says bill "isn't perfect ... but it will save lives"
Navy vet who uses VA system says it would be unfair to force him to pay for health care .
Recent college graduate who's on chemotherapy hopes "this bill will help our situation"
Others worry about cost, potential to cheat system . |
f3ff6e69b1cb2c1aea7aa85901891ba70cc7168a | Kei Nishikori fought back from a set down to beat alternate David Ferrer in his final Group B match at the ATP World Tour Finals in London. Nishikori’s 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 victory over Ferrer means that Andy Murray has to beat Roger Federer in straight sets at the O2 Arena on Thursday night to qualify for the semi-finals. Fe... | Nishikori came from a set down to beat Ferrer 4-6, 6-4, 6-1 .
Murray must now beat Federer in straight sets to go through .
Ferrer was a late replacement for the injured Milos Raonic . |
f3ff9a6874417a9da13a336ba0bbc39db5a9e8eb | HAVANA, Cuba (CNN) -- Hundreds of thousands of people packed a main square in the Cuban capital Sunday to witness a rare and ambitious concert that, despite its nonpolitical theme, drew criticism from some Cuban exiles in the United States. Colombian singer Juanes, creator of the "Peace without Borders" concert, perfor... | Concert appears to be venue's largest staged event since pope's '98 visit .
Some Cuban exiles in U.S. criticized "Peace Without Borders" concert .
Event was attempt by Colombian singer Juanes to connect Cuba, rest of region .
Despite Cuban dissidents' opposition, 36 of them approved, signing a petition . |
f3ffeaf4331df4e92de4b19cd5b8e27b586d785a | (CNN) -- Five years ago, on October 3, 2008, with the economy in a tailspin, President George W. Bush signed the $700 billion Troubled Asset Relief Program into law, giving the government the ability to bail out the big banks to prevent further calamity. A number of factors caused the economic collapse, but one in part... | It's been five years since the government bailed out banks during the economic crisis .
Ben Cohen, Betty Ahrens: Today, Wall Street is still the biggest player in Washington .
In upcoming McCutcheon v. FEC, Supreme Court may give the rich even more power .
Cohen, Ahrens: We need democracy that represents the people, no... |
f3fff5ddfb9b59b61c94e4896cd32361c2ce57b1 | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 11:13 EST, 6 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:43 EST, 7 June 2013 . Microsoft has released a video showcasing all the new features of its upcoming Windows 8.1 software, due to be released later this year. Among changes to apps, tile options and an improved search, Jensen Harris from... | An official Microsoft video shows off the new features of the upcoming update to its Windows 8 software .
Windows 8.1 is due to be released later this year and the 'start' button WILL be making a comeback .
Other features include changes to app sizes and improved search . |
f40070014dbf44db50a4aec67c0415ed003e3fa0 | By . Sophie Jane Evans . PUBLISHED: . 15:58 EST, 13 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:55 EST, 13 January 2014 . Tragic: Sam Boon died in extreme heat during a school expedition to Morocco in July 2012 . A teenager who collapsed in extreme heat during a school expedition to Morocco died as a result of misadventure, a cor... | Samuel Boon, 17, collapsed during five-day trek in Morocco, inquest heard .
Teenager was taken to hospital by minibus, but later pronounced dead .
Coroner Selena Lynch has recorded a verdict of death by misadventure .
Criticised 'inexperienced' trek leaders who were 'lacking local knowledge'
Samuel's parents have also ... |
f400a29004d52a59a3c9e7b75278360fdc6abf5d | By . Mia De Graaf . With a cream chintz sofa, gold-covered drinks table, and oak wood piano, it is one of the nation's favourite living rooms. And now, for a cool £3.5million, it could be yours as Gogglebox's notorious 'posh couple' put their Grade I listed B&B on the market. Steph and Dom Parker have pulled millions o... | Steph and Dom Parker, Gogglebox's 'posh couple' have lured millions to show with tipsy commentary .
Their 16-bedroom home in Sandwich, Kent, designed by Sir Edwin Lutyen is now on the market for £3.5million .
Property boasts 3.5 acres of land, tropical garden, seven reception rooms, numerous outhouses .
News will disap... |
f401c6f2c13025aca7fbb5dbacb64c8552a31eea | By . James Andrew . Follow @@JamesAndrew_ . Port Vale have sacked defender Daniel Jones after he was involved in a training ground bust-up with captain Doug Loft and ruled out for the rest of the season with a broken cheekbone. The incident happened on Thursday last week and neither player featured in weekend’s 4-2 def... | Daniel Jones has been sacked by Port Vale after a training ground bust-up .
Captain Doug Loft has been ruled out for the rest of the season with a broken cheekbone .
The incident happened ahead of Port Vale's match against Notts County on Saturday . |
f401c721b5163c4d4f9342464747e01606d1afd9 | It was love at first sight for a couple who are so enamoured by the English Riviera that they have been on holiday there 170 times over the last 45 years. Alan and June Lazenby first visited the Devon coast in 1969 when they were courting and have since returned for multiple holidays and various landmark occasions incl... | Alan and June Lazenby first visited the Devon coast in 1969 while courting .
Surrey based couple make 170 mile journey there and back 10 times a year .
'When we turn south at Exeter it's like coming home' says Alan . |
f4028b61104820bff504c3c885e373c22e50bb71 | PUBLISHED: . 09:40 EST, 16 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:23 EST, 17 September 2012 . The major high street banks have all been found to be among the worst available when it comes to customer satisfaction, a survey by Which? has found. Santander and Halifax scored the lowest . results with just 46 per cent and 48 p... | Eight worst performing banks have 75 per cent of all UK current accounts .
Santander worst bank for customer satisfaction, First Direct is best . |
f402c7cc5c3cbe1d274e0ba46cbdfaf0e5ae6500 | GLEN BURNIE, Maryland (CNN) -- At his GM dealership in suburban Washington, Maury Wilkins exudes calm as he gears up for an enormous challenge: protecting his decades-old family business. Zero-percent financing is one way Maury Wilkins and other GM dealers are trying to lure new buyers. With General Motors teetering on... | Suburban Washington GM dealer Maury Wilkins trying to lure back customers .
He supports Obama's guarantee: "Everything is confidence and perception"
Wilkins focuses on used-car sales, collision repair, service and parts .
Wilkins says adjustments started paying off in February, one of his best months . |
f40316590af71118f3a7812e7586abfd9cd5500f | Britain could be stripped of even more powers under plans to create a new super-powerful EU president who would not be directly elected by voters. A group of Eurocrats have secretly devised a scheme to merge the jobs currently done by Herman Van Rompuy, president of the European Council, and Jose Manuel Barroso, presid... | Role would be merger of jobs done by presidents of European Council and European Commission .
Lords call on David Cameron to make a stand .
Peer claims it would mean the end of Britain as a nation . |
f4032bd69a6dd144b907c1a0fdb7ffa4d473af2c | London, England (CNN) -- Britain's Queen Elizabeth II is launching a Flickr photostream Monday, Buckingham Palace announced. She's already on YouTube and Twitter. The British Monarchy stream on the photo-sharing website launches with more than 600 historic and current photos of the royal family. The White House has had... | The British queen's photostream officially goes live on Monday .
She's already on YouTube and Twitter .
The Flickr stream includes pictures going back to Victoria and Albert 150 years ago .
Most of the photos show the royal family at public engagements . |
f40330ba90619700f5e7e495da0a25a983534d1f | Gary Glitter is to go on trial on a new charge of trying to rape an eight-year-old girl at his home in the 1970s. A High Court judge has granted permission for the case against the 70-year-old singer to go ahead after a rare request by prosecutors. They took the step as a magistrate had ordered the charge to be stayed,... | Gary Glitter to go to trial on new charge of trying to rape an eight-year-old .
High Court judge grants permission for case against him to go ahead .
Glitter has already been accused of eight charges against two girls . |
f40334bb6ab2c29846707aca859e15fecf197fdf | (CNN) -- An outage of one of Amazon's cloud computing data centers knocked out popular sites like Reddit, Foursquare Pinterest and TMZ for some users on Monday. The outages, which began early afternoon Eastern time, appeared to be gradually improving as the afternoon went on. As of about 5 p.m. ET, Amazon Web Services ... | Outage of Amazon storage center blamed for Reddit, other sites going down for some .
Foursquare, Instagram, Flipboard, AirBnB also impacted . |
f4034dd51faf38cbb8a9d112b5cc9bc5c6d9853b | She won our hearts as Bridget Jones, by committing the unthinkable in Hollywood and gaining enough weight to be both apple-cheeked and pear-shaped. So you can understand why so many fans have expressed dismay at Renee Zellweger’s latest look. This weekend the actress – now size 6 – appeared at a fashion event in New Yo... | Actress appeared at event with chiselled cheekbones and smooth forehead .
Renee, 44, has turned to directing and producing over acting .
She has found love with guitarist Doyle Bramhall . |
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