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f4252ab7b6d434266a25f1cc83731068d13ec684 | By . Associated Press . and Daily Mail Reporter . Alaska biologists are once again reminding people not to touch the calves or try to take them home as pets after a string of recent incidents. The state scientists warned that even if the animals seem to have been abandoned by their mothers, people should leave them alo... | Alaska state officials said even if moose calves appear to have been abandoned, their mothers often return .
In recent cases, calves have been tied up with dog leashes or electrical wire by people who think they are helping them . |
f425a554d8e276d5790e281fd0d02768318b7401 | San Antonio, Texas (CNN) -- Melissa Coleman has amazing stories to tell and some family members still can't get enough of the harrowing tales of her 33 days as a prisoner of war during the first Gulf war. Even 20 years after the start of that war, Coleman can captivate an audience. She tells family friends or her daug... | Melissa Coleman spent 33 days as a prisoner of war during the first Gulf war .
Now, Coleman faces another battle: breast cancer .
Coleman: Being POW "helped me keep a positive outlook" |
f425f8a336035d7c5438b41f72c980533deac80c | Moscow (CNN) -- Russia will lift its grain export ban on July 1 this year, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin announced Saturday. Putin made the announcement at his country residence during a meeting with Viktor Zubkov, his deputy in charge of agriculture. The meeting was shown on Russian state TV. The temporary ban... | Russia had poor grain harvests in 2010 .
The outlook looks better this year .
Prime minister announces lifting of export ban . |
f4263714305ab7b5accc574ba76e2f1205261fe1 | By . Daniel Miller . Bitcoin surged to $900 following a Senate hearing to discuss the implications of the growing popularity of virtual currencies. Congress was told that while virtual currencies may give consumers a cheap, efficient and convenient way to move money, those same attributes make them appealing to crimina... | Congress hears how 'digital cash' is increasingly being used by criminals . |
f427ab8ed62f5c7257a66125b2c65147a23720e5 | (CNN) -- David Villa was top goalscorer at Euro 2008 as Spain secured a first major championship in 44 years, but the world champions' all-time leading marksman will not be part of next month's title defense in Poland and Ukraine. Villa, who has scored 51 international goals, has been out of action since December, when... | David Villa is ruled out of Spain's Euro 2012 campaign with a fractured leg .
Barcelona striker has been sidelined since December's Club World Cup .
The 30-year-old is Spain's all-time leading scorer, with 51 international goals .
Fernando Llorente or Fernando Torres could lead Spain's attack in his place . |
f427b6c29ee05f05e98404929ed2826ead222473 | (CNN) -- The first "cup" was used in hockey in 1874 and the first helmet was used in 1974. That means it only took 100 years for men to realize that their brain is also important. That joke's been circulating on the Internet for years. And while it is funny, it's also an embarrassing observation about our past careless... | LZ Granderson: High schools start sports practices before classes even begin .
U.S. students lag behind many other countries in math, science and reading, he says .
Unemployment high, yet population lacks education, skills to fill available jobs, he says .
Granderson: Schools should be making academics, readiness for j... |
f427c808dd55fcfb94cbcd168764cd0abd46fbf2 | Created: . 18:06 EST, 11 July 2014 . University lecturer Rebecca is staggering under the weight of her over-flowing shopping basket. Peeking out are packets of fresh gnocchi and tagliatelle, Scottish mussels, crayfish tails, wafer-thin Parma ham, slabs of holey Emmental cheese and a bottle of Prosecco. With a sleek blo... | Shoppers deserting Sainsbury's, Waitrose and Tesco for Aldi and Lidl .
Lidl now has more than 600 shops in the UK, and Aldi more than 500 .
Both expect to enjoy a turnover of around £7billion this year .
Key to success has been winning over middle class shoppers . |
f42816a3ee9dcb1f1ec32d3cf4269eb1f60ec43b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:26 EST, 9 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:43 EST, 9 August 2013 . A pair of kinky South Florida cops have been arrested and accused of threatening to arrest two women they pulled over for drunk driving if they didn't give them sexual favors. Lauderhill police officer Franklin ... | Officer Thomas Merenda allegedly told the driver that if she didn't to be punch him in the testicles he would arrest her .
Office Franklin Harley is accused of having sex with the passenger .
Officers pulled over the women as they were leaving a South Florida strip club in May 2012 . |
f42890bcc073ac1d760036005dd65cf3eb53bf2a | A former trailblazing model and renowned New York restaurateur was found in Manhattan Wednesday after she went missing in Long island the night before. Barbara 'B' Smith, 65, was last seen in Southampton at around 8pm, according to her husband, Dan Gasby. Gasby told MyFox NY that his wife took a jitney from New York Ci... | Barbara 'B' Smith, 65, was last seen in Southampton, Long Island, at around 8pm Tuesday .
She took a jitney from New York city to Sag Harbor, but got off in about 10 miles from her final destination .
She was found at a Manhattan diner early Wednesday and reunited with her family .
B. Smith opened up about her battle ... |
f4298ade7a8033f78c949ac46742416e0953daff | By . Simon Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 19:45 EST, 12 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:45 EST, 12 October 2013 . Victoria Beckham is set to further cement her career as a fashion designer by opening her own boutique in London’s upmarket Mayfair. After months of negotiations, the 39-year-old former Spice Girl has signed a deal ... | After months of negotiations, 39-year-old has signed deal to open shop .
Located in Dover Street, Victoria will be in the heart of fashion district .
She first hinted at plans to open flagship store in April . |
f4298da63dc3f6441cd2103f3b4412160a4bc49b | (CNN) -- The U.S. Marine Corps has disciplined two Marines over a videotape that showed a Marine throwing a puppy over a cliff, the military said Wednesday. YouTube.com removed the video for violating the Web site's terms of use. Officials did not specify the role that each man played in the incident, which received in... | Lance Cpl. David Motari faces removal; Sgt. Crismarvin Banez Encarnacion punished .
Video surfaced March 3 on YouTube showing a Marine tossing a puppy over a cliff .
The Marines condemned the incident, calling it "shocking and deplorable" |
f429938fa9a20a5d0ac3dbd1166cfeb3a36de2d3 | By . Helen Collis . PUBLISHED: . 03:39 EST, 27 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:05 EST, 27 August 2013 . Two burglars were caught pretending to be asleep in a child's bedroom after neighbours saw them breaking in using wheelie bins. Krzysztof Slowik, 24, and drunk Andrzej Majewski, 34, ransacked a family home emptying o... | Krzysztof Slowik, 24, and drunk Andrzej Majewski, 34, ransacked a family home in Ipswich, Suffolk .
Neighbours raised the alarm after seeing them break in using wheelie bins .
Police found a trail of destruction leading to a child's bedroom .
The pair were found pretending to be asleep in the room and were arrested .
B... |
f4299be8f4f9f180ddc797bfd2618cbc43961b43 | (CNN) -- As families head home after the holidays and children return to school, New York City is on sale for travelers willing to brave the cold temperatures in exchange for lower prices. New York's first-ever Hotel Week will feature discounts for eight city hotels between January 6 and January 15. More basic hotel ro... | New York's first-ever Hotel Week means lower room rates .
Restaurant Week celebrates its 20th anniversary next year .
Theater lovers can score two-for-one tickets during Broadway Week . |
f429ae03989ba5dde6c2a247ea87b36aa6b8b804 | By . Ben Spencer . PUBLISHED: . 21:02 EST, 14 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:57 EST, 16 November 2012 . Fighting strength: General Sir David Richards says the Government wants the same level of operations from a vastly reduced number of service personnel . The head of the Armed Forces has warned that defence cuts ha... | General Sir David Richards says too much is demanded from fewer troops .
Concerned that '£1bn destroyers are fighting Somali pirates in dhows'
Also claims Afghanistan opportunities 'have been lost' |
f42a4e89d3bd2662e9dacd55c09b996b6cd9ac80 | London (CNN) -- The parents of a 17-year-old girl will spend at least 25 years in a British prison for the death of their daughter after the couple's conviction Friday for killing her over her desire to live a Westernized lifestyle and become an attorney, a court spokeswoman said Friday. Chester Crown Court Judge Roder... | NEW: Couple more concerned about shame than their daughter, judge scolds .
Iftikhar and Farzana Ahmed are sentenced to life in prison in their daughter's death .
Prosecutors: Shafilea Ahmed, 17, was killed her because of her Westernized lifestyle .
Her dismembered body was found on a riverbank months after she disappea... |
f42a647ff9cf89114153e65a66d3a5fdd57c1ed1 | The British militant 'Jihadi John' was chosen to execute Americans James Foley and Steven Sotloff because it would make other Westerners feel part of ISIS cause, a fighter who defected from the group has said. The former insurgent, in his 20s and now based in Turkey, said Jihadi John helped to showcase ISIS to Western ... | Ex-insurgent claims 'Jihadi John' acted as killer for promotional purposes .
A Briton killing an American would be a 'showcase' to potential recruits .
Westerners who join ISIS will try to 'carry out attacks' in their homeland .
It's believed at least 500 Britons have joined ISIS ranks in Iraq and Syria .
PM David Came... |
f42ae74a8d3849199331a55086a8a5f251760ac9 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A bigamist married by the Archbishop of York was jailed yesterday over a £150,000 welfare scam. Ugandan Rebecca Muwonge married three times under different identities to remain illegally in the UK and claim benefits. In 1996 John Sentamu, who became archbishop nine years later, married Muwong... | Rebecca Muwonge married three times under different identities to remain illegally in the UK to claim benefits .
Previously jailed in 2011 for immigration offences involving sham marriages .
Muwonge, from Grimsby, admitted false accounting, a benefit offence and obtaining property by deception .
Snaresbrook Crown Court... |
f42b2ccc512360ea6ba70690d30d734345de32ab | By . Kerry Mcqueeney . Last updated at 8:16 PM on 2nd November 2011 . A military guard of honour greeted the Prince of Wales today as he arrived in South Africa for his - and the Duchess of Cornwall's - Commonwealth tour. He was met at the door of his plane by dignitaries and then stopped to greet officials who had lin... | Prince of Wales and Duchess of Cornwall on an eight-day tour of South Africa and Tanzania .
Charles last toured the country in 1997 - and it is Camilla's first visit . |
f42b9599204cef30d82aa59e5f0dac910c4e58ff | Regularly drinking beer could help slow dementia, research suggests. Scientists have discovered an ingredient in hops which they think could slow the progression of degenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's. In laboratory experiments they found that the chemical, called xanthohumol or Xn, could help pro... | A chemical in hops could slow the progression of degenerative diseases .
Scientists claim xanthohumol (Xn) might protect brain cells from damage .
Dr Jianguo Fang's team tested it on rats' cells in laboratory experiments .
He says hops have been used to treat a variety of ailments for centuries . |
f42be0c025fa61a0f2e98dd9d1bf6f190fdd46ff | Secret Service Deputy Director Alvin Smith has been forced out of his position after 29 years in the agency . The Secret Service has forced out its deputy director, who has been with the agency for 29 years, as major house cleaning continues following a series of highly publicized security breaches at the White House.... | Alvin 'A.T.' Smith has been with the agency for 29 years .
Will be allowed to accept another federal job within Homeland Security Dept.
Firing follows an agency purge by acting director Joseph Clancy .
Upper management has lost six out of eight assistant directors this year . |
f42ded2d080e5bd9ea701f3024d67382ab449476 | Click here to see more from our brilliant interactive graphic . Venue: . Sochi Autodrom, Sochi . Circuit length: . 5.853km/3.112miles . Laps: 53 . Race distance: . 310.209km . Number of corners: . 18 (6 left/12 right) Tyre compounds to be used: soft/medium . Bumpiness: smooth . Overtaking chance: low, mainly into turns... | Sochi Circuit will host inaugural Russian Grand Prix .
Third longest track on F1 calendar will host final European race of the year .
Lewis Hamilton hopes to extend championship lead over Nico Rosberg . |
f42e17998b411d040b2d7337073589c3b7e3d8fa | Parents and independent schools should stop being ‘sniffy’ about vocational qualifications and assuming university is the automatic route after A-levels, a leading headteacher has said. Hilary French, the headmistress of Central Newcastle High School, said employers were increasingly demanding skills that were of genui... | Hilary French, headmistress of .
Central Newcastle High School, said employers were .
now demanding more practical skills in the work place .
The president of the Girls’ Schools .
Association predicted a shift away from university as .
the automatic first choice for young people .
Speaking at the organisation's confere... |
f42e22c1df84baecadb325277db282ed7a1b9ea2 | Deciding where to place a Wi-Fi router at home to minimise signal blackspots is a fine art. But a physicist has attempted to tackle the problem by mathematically working out the optimum position for a router. He studied how walls and reflections affected signal strength and concluded that, as common sense might suggest... | Jason Cole at Imperial College London simulated Wi-Fi router locations .
Through complex equations he proved the centre of a home was the best place for optimum connection .
He had been frustrated by blackspots in his flat when accessing the internet .
Walls, doors and corners were found to greatly decrease signal stre... |
f42ec401fe3621611259ec035be723700a0f28e9 | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 10:19 EST, 6 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:20 EST, 6 January 2014 . The average commuter burns 324 calories getting to work and back each day . The average commuter burns 324 calories a day getting to and from work - the equivalent of a jam doughnut or a chocolate bar. The Great Britis... | The average commuter burns 324 calories a day getting to and from work .
On average, commuters spend 57 minutes a day travelling - this includes 20 minutes standing up, climbing 32 steps and walking for 23 minutes .
Commuters in Cardiff burn the most calories - 386 each day .
Those in Sheffield burn the least - just 24... |
f42f8eb41ea8aad28301d496d51c1862f30e58b2 | Mark Cavendish won the seventh and final stage of the Tour de San Luis after beating rival Fernando Gaviria in a frenzied sprint for the finish line. Cavendish went into the last day of the tour way down in 90th place after being pipped to the line by Gaviria in the first and third stages of the race in Argentina. But ... | Mark Cavendish beat Fernando Gaviria for Tour de San Luis seventh stage .
But Cavendish paid tribute to overall winner, Dani Diez of Argentina .
Colombians Rodolfo Torres and Nairo Quintana second and third . |
f42fc60c6368f8a1f24e22e55495e6008f07025b | By . David Kent . One Direction can't seem to make up their mind as to which team they like the most in Spain after Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan paid a visit to the Nou Camp in Barcelona kits. The superstars, who donned Real Madrid kits when they visited Cristiano Ronaldo last year, got to go one step further than t... | One Direction duo visit Nou Camp for a kickabout in Barcelona kits .
Louis Tomlinson and Niall Horan may have some explaining to do to Cristiano Ronaldo... after they wore Real Madrid kits last year in visit .
Horan: 'This is one of the best stadiums in the world, and it was incredible to get the chance to walk out on ... |
f430f7b182a734ec38b17a34e5e5c4a28d4fca78 | An embarrassed local official and an adopted local hero left their unique marks on the Chinese Grand Prix. The identity of the first, a marshal who waved the chequered flag a lap early, was being concealed for his own sanity. The second was Lewis Hamilton, whose name is reverberating ever more profoundly across this Wo... | Lewis Hamilton claims a lights-to-flag finish in dominant Shanghai display .
Race classified two laps early after chequered flag gaffe by marshal .
Nico Rosberg completed Mercedes 1-2 after fighting back through the field .
Fernando Alonso finished on the podium with Daniel Ricciardo 4th .
Sebastian Vettel finished 5th... |
f431516f9ac739c077e97793976089c7278ea190 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:54 EST, 15 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:42 EST, 15 November 2013 . The suffocation death of an 8-year-old boy whose body was found inside an abandoned refrigerator in central Illinois has been ruled a homicide. A Peoria County coroner's jury spent more than 30 minutes del... | Marquail Johnson was last seen alive playing hide and seek with his cousins in Peoria, Illinois, August 14 .
Police found boy's body inside old-model fridge dumped in his aunt's backyard .
Autopsy showed no signs of trauma or sexual abuse to Marquail's body .
Shinta Johnson told police her son was autistic, but no evid... |
f431a449656e554cfaa63a10992eafacfa685c93 | By . Lizzie Parry . A teenager who choked on spaghetti as a child is today so terrified of food that she refuses to eat anything apart from chicken escalopes. Charlotte Snow, from north London, has shunned most other foods since she was three years old, despite her parents' desperate attempts to improve their daughter'... | Charlotte Snow choked on some spaghetti when she was three .
Her mother Carla believes the near-death experience sparked a phobia .
18-year-old will only eat chicken escalopes, crisps, bread and cereal .
She said her phobia makes socialising with friends very difficult . |
f431a8a57f74248a7d0fd4faec22a4e93d31e139 | By . Nick Pisa In Rome . PUBLISHED: . 08:18 EST, 4 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:27 EST, 4 May 2012 . A paedophile priest who plied altar servers with cocaine before sexually abusing them has been jailed for nine and a half years by an Italian court. Father Riccardo Seppia, 51, was arrested by police after they discover... | Italian Father Ricardo Seppia given nine years in prison .
Fellow priest said he warned church chiefs in 1994 .
Father Seppia arrested after gay nightclub investigation .
He sent 'obscene texts' to arrange sex with children .
Case is latest sex scandal to rock Catholic Church . |
f431c11f288bf57218449bbe13617889be5b4c51 | By . Stephanie Linning . Animal rescue workers are seeking the owner of this dog - which was found abandoned in a tent at Glastonbury Festival. The lurcher was found cowering in one of the 5,000 discarded tents during the clean-up of the 1200-acre festival site at Worthy Farm, Somerset. The beautiful white dog was rena... | Lurcher was found in one of the 5,000 tents discarded at Worthy Farm .
Workers discovered her during a clean-up of the 1200-acre festival site .
The dog was renamed 'Dolly' after Glastonbury headliner Dolly Parton . |
f431c1e575fd6eb7dd3cc54276e590b0a6e1eab1 | Brian Klose, alleged leader of the 1st SS Kavallerie Brigade Motorcycle Division, the gang set up and then taken down by undercover agents . Police set up a neo-Nazi motorcycle gang to snare white supremacists and racist bikers, including one who allegedly offered a $1,000 reward to anyone willing to murder a black man... | Authorities say undercover operation toppled two domestic terrorist groups .
Five-year investigation involved setting up Aryan Nations-linked motorcycle gang called 1st SS Kavallerie Brigade Motorcycle Division .
Agents installed covert cameras in gang's clubhouse to record illegal activity .
Second white-supremacist g... |
f431c30eebd7d5ce9d2c84da8b4069e38815ed16 | David Cameron has claimed the fight against Islamist extremism was a 'generational' battle . A shocked David Cameron tonight hit out at the ‘absolutely disgusting, despicable’ murder of US hostage Steven Sotloff, after a video was posted online showing his apparent beheading. It comes just two weeks after an almost ide... | It comes just two weeks after compatriot James Foley was beheaded .
The Prime Minister learnt of the killing after addressing Tory MPs tonight .
It comes just a day after he outlined a fresh crack down on extremists . |
f431e28af6982a9e25b0338ca9f755a3d7cc2ffb | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 00:45 EST, 28 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 00:51 EST, 28 August 2012 . Elizabeth Smart, the Utah woman kidnapped and held captive for nine months when she was 14, told family and friends of a missing West Tennessee nursing student to continue searching for her and not to give up hop... | Smart, 24, kidnapped and held captive for nine months when she was 14 .
Spoke to 1,000 friends and family of missing Holly Bobo, 20, who was seen being led into the woods in Parsons in April 2011 .
'I was just three miles from my family and I was found. Holly could have the very same ending,' Smart said .
Authorities a... |
f43299bbb7da08dfc4f1cd6771180c02d755ee2b | Anthony Wartson stashed a 'criminal arsenal' A man who stored an arsenal of weapons for serious criminals has been jailed after his DNA was found on guns and an exploding bullet. Anthony Wartson operated a virtual safe house for criminals, storing a sawn-off shot gun and other weapons. He had created a 'criminal arsena... | Anthony Wartson jailed for five years for stashing 'small criminal arsenal'
DNA found on triggers and a glove containing a 'dum dum' bullet .
He was branded a 'safe house' for criminals to store their weapons by judge .
Judge rejected Wartson's claims that he thought haul was mobile phones .
Wartson, of Bradford, jaile... |
f432a1a3f59427a606786420e013a485a5361a9a | A jealous wife kicked a woman between the legs in the aisles of a Tesco supermarket when she discovered she had an affair with her husband. Lisa Wheelhouse, 28, was angry after she found out her former workmate Zoe Ford had an affair with her husband. A court heard Wheelhouse took revenge when she saw Miss Ford shoppin... | Lisa Wheelhouse, 28, was angry when she discovered her former workmate, Zoe Ford, had an affair with her husband .
She kicked Miss Ford in the crotch in the aisles of a Tesco supermarket .
The victim's partner had to separate the two women at the shop .
Wheelhouse was given a 12-month conditional discharge today . |
f43386a4fb681c56c1c8053627aada7c43646f33 | British sports car maker Caterham has unveiled its first collection of motorbikes. The iconic firm, which is a favourite of Simon Cowell, launched a rugged motorbike it is calling an SUV on two wheels, alongside a pair of electric bicycles. The firm's aggressive-looking motorbike is named the Brutus 750, and will be go... | British company Caterham launched a motorbike named the Brutus 750 that can be operated as a street bike, off-roader and a snowmobile .
The Classic E-Bike has a retro look and is 'inspired by the golden age of cycling,' while the Carbon E-Bike is based on Caterham’s F1 technology .
On sale next year, the motorbikes are... |
f43389b80158a88f7ce5ea0e3c799f732a08cc09 | (CNN) -- Michael Dunn will have to wait another day -- at least -- to learn his fate. He is charged with first-degree murder in the November 2012 death of 17-year-old Jordan Davis, one of four black teenagers who were in an SUV shot by Dunn -- who is white -- in violence that flared from an argument over loud music. Th... | NEW: Judge dismisses jury for the night; they'll resume deliberations Saturday morning .
Michael Dunn opened fire on 4 teens in an SUV in 2012, killing 17-year-old Jordan Davis .
He's charged with first-degree murder; if convicted, he faces up to life in prison .
Dunn claims that he was acting in self-defense . |
f4338e3802b85ffadfc28ed59eb9451b1244f17a | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Busted: Lewis Ward was arrested for burglary after leaving his footprints in the fresh snow . A bungling burglar led police from the crime scene all the way to his front door with a trail of footprints in the snow. Officers spent an hour and a half following the mile-long trail of Lewis Ward,... | Lewis Ward stole an iPad from house one mile away from his home .
Police caught him after following footprints back to burglar's house . |
f433ccb5952b346f1c2d8753ac53f5db326db5fc | (CNN) -- Two airplanes came too close to one another while attempting to land at a Detroit airport, a federal official said early Saturday, days after another close incident involving three jets at a Washington, D.C. airport. A Delta flight from Phoenix was coming in to land Friday night at the Detroit Metro Airport as... | FAA spokeswoman: A Delta flight from Phoenix was coming in to land Friday night .
A small regional jet was also attempting to land at the time, she says .
They were separated by two horizontal miles .
The standard separation distance is three miles . |
f43409a09c0aa67cb8982d5b75fbcb69d0a62342 | It has long been debated whether humans are responsible for the extinction of the woolly mammoth. Now, a new study suggests that hunting did significantly deplete mammoth populations in Western Europe around 30,000 years ago. By studying the bones of mammoths, horses and reindeer, the experts ruled out climate change ... | Researchers in Germany have found that hunting significantly depleted mammoth populations in Western Europe around 30,000 years ago .
They studied the bones of mammoths, horses and reindeer .
Analysing isotopes ruled out climate change as a cause of population cuts .
All but a few isolated populations died out 20,000 t... |
f4343f49e5fc1a0f6e4fe78f9ba5d20906e306a6 | Farmers have hailed a 'miracle' after a cow at a nursery with no bulls suddenly gave birth to a calf. Harriet the cow has lived a life of celibacy since she moved to Pinewood Nurseries in Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. But owner Liz Robinson was left stunned when the Dexter cow suddenly went into labour and gave birth ... | Cow is among herd living on a farm which doesn't have any bulls .
Owners weren't told she was pregnant and did not suspect anything .
But then the cow suddenly gave birth to a 'miracle calf' - called Petal . |
f434d6a0bd21af065b2f714b70809668e6840273 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 02:48 EST, 20 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:21 EST, 20 December 2013 . Christmas travelers hitting the roads and skies this weekend face tornado warning in the South, severe downpours further north and a thick band of snowy conditions in the Midwest through the weekend. Major... | Severe thunderstorms will hit a chunk of the southern U.S. along with the threat of tornadoes just as millions of travelers take to the roads and air for holiday travel this weekend .
Much of the Southeast is due to be drenched as a warm front moves through the region into Sunday .
The northernmost stretches of the Mid... |
f435347be5ca9f8dc320eac2b2e06a034a27fbc0 | By . Louise Boyle . College students who interned at Taco Bell in the mid-Nineties are the latest contenders to come forward as the 'true' inventors of Doritos taco. Andrea Watt, Mark Rader and Roy Brown were part of a summer internship at Taco Bell in 1995 when they struck on the genius move of making a taco shell fro... | Andrea Watt, Mark Rader and Roy Brown were part of a group who did a summer internship at Taco Bell in 1995 .
The group pitched the idea for a Doritos shell taco to executives as part of a competition for a line of appetizers - and lost .
The former interns don't want money - just recognition for their idea . |
f4353ae998a7c4784db207a11387a8e657fa1f1b | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Bo the Portuguese water dog made his White House debut under cloudy skies Tuesday afternoon, spending several minutes taking his new family on a lively romp over the South Lawn with frequent stops for hearty sniffs at his new surroundings. Malia Obama practices walking Bo as her parents and sister, ... | Portuguese water dog cavorts on South Lawn with Obama family .
6-month-old pup fulfills president's campaign promise to daughters .
Puppy is gift to Obama girls from Sen. Ted Kennedy, who owns several of the dogs . |
f435bf3090d978365c428df316d7049e91730b68 | Britain faces another 10 years of austerity as the government struggles to repair the country’s battered finances, a hard-hitting report warns today. The vast deficit racked up by Labour will not be eliminated until after 2020 and possibly not until 2023, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research. The... | Report by Centre for Economics and Business Research says Britain faces another 10 years of austerity .
It warns that Britain will be stripped of its coveted AAA credit rating as national debt increases . |
f435fce690aa1fc87d818ff0614a11d98fae5e32 | (CNN) -- Football legend Diego Maradona has been officially confirmed as the new coach of the Argentina national side. Maradona will get the chance to test his coaching credentials at the highest level. Julio Grondona, the president of the Argentinian Football Association, made the much-anticipated announcement in Buen... | Diego Maradona appointed coach of Argentina's national team .
Maradona, 48, will be assisted by former coach Carlos Bilardo .
He succeeds Alfio Basile who quit after World Cup qualifying defeat to Chile .
Maradona appoints Javier Mascherano as captain in place of Javier Zanetti. |
f43616b1406881cca708124380cdf2da1a4d3151 | A well-known Russian actor who was also an outspoken critic of president Vladimir Putin has been found dead at his home in Moscow. The body of Alexei Devotchenko was discovered on Wednesday evening in his apartment in the north of the captial, police told Russian news agencies. Some media reports have said that Mr Devo... | Alexei Dovotchenko was discovered dead at his apartment in Moscow .
Some reports say he was found outside by a friend in a pool of blood .
While others say he suffered a heart attack or fell inuring himself while drunk .
The actor was an outspoken critic of the Kremlin and Vladimir Putin .
Handed back a state honour in... |
f436cc8c681f52a4b2812b75d69c5bc02f9856a6 | Australia captain Michael Clarke has lost his race to be fit for Saturday's blockbuster World Cup opener against England. Coach Darren Lehmann confirmed that Clarke would not play at the MCG despite the 33-year-old's quicker-than-expected recovery from hamstring surgery. Clarke pulled on an Australia shirt for the firs... | England take on Australia in their opening World Cup game on Saturday .
Michael Clarke will miss the game as he recovers from a hamstring injury .
Clarke is expected to return for Australia's next game against Bangladesh . |
f436d9ba7fb54ce6a53d3b1338fe152d1026211f | By . Daniel Miller . When former Chinese military man Jian Lin's six-year-old son asked for a tank for his birthday, never in his wildest dreams did he think he would actually get one. But with plenty of time on his hands the youngster's father, a former Navy officer, decided he would grant his son's wishes, by buildin... | Former Navy officer Jian Lin spent £4,000 on son Wang's present .
It is based on a People's Liberation Army Type 63A light tank .
Turret can rotate 360 degrees and the cannon actually fires .
Comes after another Chinese father built his son a replica aircraft carrier . |
f437803b0a528f5ad295379125d8dc16de5e91dc | A drunk who tried to squeeze under the glass wall of an ATM booth instead of using the door had to be rescued by baffled firemen. Passers-by in Zhejiang, an eastern coastal province in China, called the emergency services when they found the man stuck fast and unconscious after a night on the town. ‘We think he got in ... | Firemen had to cut the man free as he was too drunk to follow instructions .
He'd entered using bank card, but ATM took it when he entered wrong PIN .
Passers-by called emergency services when they found him unconscious . |
f4385cdfa5f118dce44caba9d31637417febc1ca | By . Darren Boyle . Former London's Burning star John Alford said his life was destroyed by the Fake Sheikh Mazher Mahmood who promised him a role in a Robert De Niro movie in exchange for drugs. The star, who was earning £120,000-a-year on the hit ITV show, was jailed for nine months in April 1999 after an investigati... | John Alford lost his £120,000-a-year TV job after the 1997 Fake Sheikh sting .
Alford, 41, supplied cocaine and cannabis to Mazher Mahmood at a meeting .
He said Mahmood tricked him with the prospect of working with De Niro .
Alford now believes after Tulisa's court victory he could now be cleared .
He has worked as a ... |
f438c6119bedadf3b46016442bf306189aadd8e1 | Prosecutors say a financial fraudster used backers' money to have his wife's body cryogenically frozen before fleeing New York for South America. That's among allegations in a federal indictment unveiled Friday against Whileon Chay. Manhattan federal prosecutors say the 38-year-old solicited more than $5 million from p... | The cryogenic process cost $150,000 .
Whileon Chay, 38, of Queens, fled to Lima, Peru, in 2011 .
He scammed 19 people between 2007 and 2011 .
Told his clients that he was an expert in foreign exchange, gold and commodities markets . |
f43a71e14a03a95c68d2cca2d6ead70557f00c3b | By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 17:59 EST, 5 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:35 EST, 6 May 2013 . 37 people were killed and hundreds more injured in Bangladesh today in fierce street fighting between police and Islamic hardliners demanding the death penalty for blasphemy. Rioters chanting 'God is greatest!' torched sh... | Thousands of Islamist activists are calling for those who insult the religion to face the death penalty .
Rioters set fire to shops and vehicles, blocked roads and fought with police .
Police fired rubber bullets into crowds armed with rocks .
But sources have claimed officer fired hundreds of live rounds into the mob ... |
f43aaa8edba9b7fc8aca980b8255079dbbb22bb3 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 07:54 EST, 10 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:24 EST, 10 December 2013 . The 'Peru Two' arrested for smuggling drugs in South America are set to spend Christmas in jail after a strike by court staff delayed attempts to get them released. Melissa Reid and fellow smuggler Michaella McCol... | Melissa Reid and Michaella McCollum, both 20, were due in court .
The pair had hoped a plea deal would get them home to Britain .
But they have been warned they face another 5 months behind bars .
They were caught in August smuggling £1.5m of cocaine out of Peru . |
f43b5f15de790ae092cd9626e8bb7de0d8afb320 | (CNN) -- Was 1962 the year classic, post-'50s rock was hatched? Let's make that case. Fifty years ago, the Beatles recorded their first session at London's EMI (later Abbey Road) studios, cutting an early version of "Love Me Do," and Bob Dylan and the Beach Boys released their first albums. And it was exactly 50 years ... | David Browne: Rolling Stones haven't had top hit in 20 years, yet they are enduring presence .
He says the band has been willing to shape-shift to compete in pop marketplace .
He says Jagger, Richards great songwriting team with tense, compelling personal dynamic .
Browne: In Stones' era, rock propelled culture; they d... |
f43b7fd3fe715c88cb8614324f1cdf5415e00c14 | It is what every football-mad child has always dreamed of - waking up holding the FA Cup. Now young Finley Burridge, six, from London, has done it for real and is one of several youngsters who will get the same honour this year. The FA has decided young fans can have the chance to win a sleepover with the historical si... | Finley Burridge, 6, is the first youngster to get the honour .
More children from all over Britain will get the chance before each round of the cup this year . |
f43b81593928a4a8e97b38b020a06d933fd04298 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 10:15 EST, 13 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:18 EST, 13 December 2013 . Christmas in Alaska came early this week to nearly 300 students attending school in the Yup'ik Eskimo village of Kwethluk. Thanks to the volunteer program coordinated by the Alaska National Guard, Santa and M... | Alaska National Guard visits remote villages each year with a special guest delivering presents .
The program has been running ten years so some of the most difficult-to-reach places in the state .
This years visit almost didn't happen after a helicopter broke down and there were no flying reindeer to hand . |
f43c241d06df754c9229683e8e402e445e53a247 | (CNN) -- Augusta National Golf Club opened its exclusive membership to women Monday for the first time in its 80-year history. Former U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice and South Carolina businesswoman Darla Moore will become the first women to join the Augusta, Georgia, club, Chairman Billy Payne said Monday in ... | NEW: Obama says decision was "too long in coming" but "the right thing to do," his spokesman says .
Condoleezza Rice and Darla Moore become Augusta National's first female members .
Opting to admit women marks a "significant and positive time" for the club, its chairman says .
Women's rights activist Martha Burk declar... |
f43c3576021801086e3cd266d1b8f33395b7d624 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:24 EST, 19 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:28 EST, 19 July 2013 . It has been less than two months since the 89-year-old heir to Brooke Astor's fortune was wheeled out of court to begin his prison term, but Anthony Marshall might be on his way home. Marshall was sentenced to one... | Anthony Marshall was ordered to serve prison term for stealing millions of dollars from Astor's estate despite old age and poor health .
His appeal is set for August 19 .
Heir bought himself gifts from mother's estate when she got Alzheimer's . |
f43c4ce50ed484b8c8d905689c29bf8a3f3a1913 | By . Simon Jones . Swansea have revived talks and agreed a fee with Marseille for Dimitri Payet. Marseille are happy to sell for £6.5million but the 27-year-old winger is unsure about the move. The Welsh club are also interested in West Ham target Timothee Kolodziejczak, the Nice left-back. Agreed: Swansea agree a fee ... | Swansea agree £6.5m fee with Marseille for Dimitri Payet .
But the winger remains unsure about moving to the Welsh club .
Jonjo Shelvey is a target for Crystal Palace . |
f43c98a37817ac31b3bee75881159e832dd68b16 | By . Ap . All evacuation orders . were lifted Sunday as firefighters gained the upper hand on the . remaining four of nearly a dozen blazes that tore through Southern . California last week - while the governor warned the state was gearing . up for what could be one of the drought-stricken region's worst wildfire . sea... | Governor Jerry Brown says the state is 'getting ready for the worst'
The state has allocated $600 million to fighting wildfires this year, in what is expected to be a busy year for fire crews .
Firefighters have nearly contained the last of several fires that have been burning in San Diego County . |
f43cd4023bf2608d7d2acb7c743326abe99101cf | KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The death toll from Tuesday's fatal bomb blast in this country's northeast has increased to 75, Afghan officials said Friday. Afghan women weep over the coffins of victims from Tuesday's bomb blast. Zohur Afghan, a spokesman for Afghan Education Ministry, said that after a thorough investiga... | Death toll from Tuesday's sugar factory bomb blast in Afghanistan reaches 75 .
Dead included 59 schoolchildren; 93 schoolchildren also injured in blast .
Attack was deadliest-ever suicide attack since fall of Taliban in 2001 . |
f43ce5195a13ea22f41239ce1bc559ea87ee5f47 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 17:27 EST, 15 May 2012 . Disgraced teacher James Hooker, 42, and his teenage lover made a brief court appearance today for his pretrial hearing on a charge of sexual misconduct with a minor. Jordan Powers, 18, held her former teacher's hand in the Modesto courtroom after being reun... | Jordan Powers, 18, and James Hooker reunited last month . |
f43d4601024c8e27dc7d74e9daa82c7f56fec21b | By . Simon Walters and Glen Owen . PUBLISHED: . 16:05 EST, 28 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:05 EST, 28 September 2013 . Michael Gove has spent a week at an Austrian ‘fat farm’ to help him show off his Tory leadership credentials at this week’s party conference in Manchester. The Education Secretary, tipped as an h... | Mr Gove ballooned to 15st after the Tories won power with the Lib Dems .
Education secretary has lost 2st since visiting the Mayr health resort .
Treatments at the Mayr clinic include colonic irrigation and blood-letting . |
f43d4aa07836f13621ee762d845039b2122e11d6 | (CNN) -- After her crowning in January, Katie Stam, Miss America 2009, went from beauty queen to traveling machine -- within minutes. "The moment they put that crown on my head I started work...literally," she told CNN. Miss America Katie Stam is constantly on the road. The Indiana native will spend a year crisscrossin... | Miss America Katie Stam is spending a year on the road .
She likes to unpack a little as soon as she arrives at her hotel .
Keeping things in the same place helps her stay organized on the road . |
f43d635a2cca651e67c94742f41a46b4e6ba4061 | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 07:33 EST, 3 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:28 EST, 3 December 2013 . If you’ve ever had that sinking feeling you’ve left your cooker, hair straighteners or boiler on when leaving the house, a new app could put your mind at rest. The Smart Power Strip is a multi-plug that can ... | Smart Power Strip is a three-way multi-plug and comes with built-in Wi-Fi .
It connects with Android and iOS apps so users can turn off plugs remotely .
The app can be used to set timers for gadgets and monitor energy use .
The strip will then send notifications if an appliance is left on too long . |
f43d8cc02c309a4b338a0eda3abf89c5354375dc | Israel denied deliberately targeting hospitals in the region as rockets continued to blast the Gaza Strip on the second day of fighting since the collapse of the three-day ceasefire yesterday. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government said that it started targeting 'terror sites across the Gaza Strip' in response ... | Israel denies deliberately targeting hospitals in the Gaza Strip, saying attack is focused on 'terror sites'
Government spokesman said they had struck military targets 'in the vicinity' of hospitals during airstrikes .
Said Hamas should be 'held accountable' for using humanitarian bases as places from which to fire roc... |
f43d9d8afedabfb8f598df23ef462a78483b2186 | Donna Jones from Mikado, Michigan, said she feels rejected by the store as it launches youth-oriented ad campaigns filled with celebrities and same-sex couples . By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:06 EST, 11 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:25 EST, 11 June 2012 . A longtime JCPenney customer is demanding that the ... | Donna Jones from Mikado, Michigan, said she feels rejected by the store as it launches youth-oriented ad campaigns filled with celebrities and same-sex couples . |
f43e7dd2bbed36e3cf07385bf52fbd179fa07c7c | By . Jane Shilling . Being a professional sportsman is a short-lived career. ‘All footballers know that the end is nigh,’ writes The Secret Wag in her mesmerising memoir of the highs and lows of being a top footballer’s wife. In the light of England’s World Cup disaster, it’s a remarkably prescient reflection. She reve... | The Secret WAG says most future WAGS meet their footballing fellas when they're drunk in nightclubs .
Reveals she has suffered from difficulties with her weight, obsessive compulsive disorder and early miscarriage .
Constant public exposure of WAGdom can be draining .
Now she wants to get out of her husband's shadow . |
f43edbdc929c485eff96dc1a5181772c6f9abfa7 | By . Richard Spillett . London could have the highest levels of cocaine use of any city in Europe, a new report suggests. Researchers tested the amount of a number of illegal substances in the waste water of cities across the continent in a bid to assess Europe's drug habits. They found London had the highest levels of... | New study finds UK capital has highest amounts of cocaine in waste water .
Levels of benzoylecgonine, main chemical in cocaine, triple those of Paris .
Charity warns users of health risks, including anxiety and paranoia .
Crime minister plays down research, insisting technique 'unproven'
Study also shows split in Europ... |
f43eee2810fa7fa0bd02a589f22c2e0da73cb3a1 | A man who got off on a manslaughter charge after beating his woe to death has been ordered to pay their daughter millions in damages. Rafael Robb, 64, a highly respected University of Pennsylvania economics professor, admitted to bludgeoning his wife to death as she wrapped presents in their Wayne, Pennsylvania, home b... | Rafael Robb was ordered to pay his daughter Olivia $124million in damages on Wednesday for murdering his wife and her mother in 2006 .
Rafael killed Ellen Robb as she was wrapping Christmas presents in their Wayne, Pennsylvania, home .
After coping a plea, he received just 5 to 10 years in prison on a manslaughter char... |
f43f2c4830203068dfe9df37aeaa047ffe049e37 | Brendan Rodgers has admitted Liverpool’s play has been left ‘a little broken’ by the significant overhaul of their squad this summer. The Liverpool manager, who believes victory in Saturday’s Merseyside derby will belatedly launch a season that has failed to get started, made nine new signings during the last transfer ... | Brendan Rodgers concedes Liverpool are readjusting after the summer .
Luis Suarez left in July and the likes of Mario Balotelli were brought in .
The Reds have lost three of their five Premier League games this season .
Rodgers' side take on Everton in the Merseyside derby on Saturday .
Liverpool are 11th in the Premi... |
f43f7a2f9f8d2fd839b783e9ef672af9a0810198 | Martin Atkinson has been backed for his handling of Chelsea’s incident packed game with Burnley for ALL of his key decisions by the referees’ assessor. Jose Mourinho claimed Atkinson missed a number of key moments in the game and called for called for more technology to help officials. Mourinho felt aggrieved as Chelse... | Referees’ assessor Steve Greaves has backed Martin Atkinson .
Official document shows Greaves agreed with referee on all key decisions .
Jose Mourinho claims Chelsea should have had two penalties and a man sent off in the first half .
Chelsea had Nemanja Matic sent off for pushing Ashley Barnes . |
f43f7c27353e2930e08d492750e70a2e115e768a | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 10:37 EST, 29 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:37 EST, 29 December 2013 . Most Chancellors are accused of disappearing from public gaze, particularly when the economy takes a turn for the worst. George Osborne has admitted retreating to the Treasury last ye... | George Osborne admitted retreating into Treasury when economy was grim .
But as the recovery took hold he decided to get out and meet the people .
Wanted to help all businesses - especially manufacturers of hi-vis jackets . |
f43f8476ed7d5caaa1135ce84097479705203ead | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (CNN) -- The death toll from flooding and mudslides in Brazil continued to climb Thursday, with official reports of at least 181 fatalities. Thousands of people have been left homeless, said the government-run Agencia Brasil news service. The Rio de Janeiro mayor's office placed that figure at 5,... | Death toll climbs to at least 181; thousands left homeless .
Mayor: Record-breaking 11.3 inches (288 millimeters) of rain fell in Rio Tuesday .
200 could be trapped following another mudslide, Brazilian media report . |
f43f9a6f62a1724798fbfa32ad6cbdba67b60eae | By . Mark Duell . Last updated at 4:12 PM on 9th December 2011 . The sprawling estate rented by Barack Obama and his family for the last three summers has been sold for an eye-watering $22million to the globally-renowned British architect Norman Foster. The impressive Blue Heron Farm on the Massachusetts island of Mart... | Lord Foster is behind London's Gherkin and the Hearst Tower in New York .
Massachusetts property sprawls over 29 acres and has two full-size homes .
Also includes tennis court, equestrian facility, apple orchard and golf course .
Obama family had rented property for '$75,000-a-week' in last three summers .
But property... |
f43fc76ed597b003f2d726da8b6caf7bd8b59a0f | Just when you think you've seen it all, the hipsters manage to surprise again. The news yesterday, that an advertising company in east London had launched a range of beard baubles seriously tickled MailOnline readers. And today, a group of men from the capital have gone one better - turning their facial fuzz into festi... | Four men from London have turned their beards into festive works of art .
They attached fairy lights, fake icicles and misteltoe to facial fuzz .
It follows launch of beard baubles by English advertising agency . |
f43fe31bb2bc41c87b75bf4a861e749e862007b8 | Ryan Palmer has felt all year that something special was going to happen. For now, he'll take his lowest round of the season. Palmer took only 21 putts and made birdie on half of his holes on Friday at the TPC Boston, giving him an eight-under-par round of 63 and a two-shot lead over Keegan Bradley after the opening ro... | Ryan Palmer shot an eight-under-par round of 63 to take a two-shot lead .
Keegan Bradley is in second place at the Deutsche Bank Championship .
Final week before Tom Watson decides his three Ryder Cup wildcards .
Webb Simpson and Jason Day are a shot further back than Bradley .
Rory McIlroy shoots one-under-par 70 and ... |
f4403b5a32dc90194daaabd7ae650a7aba3fc825 | (CNN) -- Who could've ever predicted that 140 characters could screw up so many people's lives? But that's exactly what has happened to politicians, executives, government staff and others because of their comments on Twitter. This social media platform has morphed from a fun place to an information hub to a career kil... | Dean Obeidallah: Unwise tweets have ruined careers, reputations .
Obeidallah: PR executive Justine Sacco was fired for her tweet about AIDS and Africa .
He offers 8 ways to help people avoid the pitfalls of tweeting before thinking .
Obeidallah: If you're still in doubt about a tweet, use the "FireMe!" app . |
f4405ea12f9edd49d36781d7baced2a77a2056d2 | By . Vanessa Allen . They have always been the closest of divorcees – and now the Duke and Duchess of York may have rekindled their romance. Friends say Prince Andrew and his ex-wife Sarah, both 53, have found love again, almost two decades after their marriage ended. The . Duchess, who has continued to live at Royal L... | Duke and Duchess of York, both 53, live at Royal Lodge in Windsor together .
Duke of York has financially supported his ex-wife since their divorce in 1996 .
Both have had other partners but are close and raised their daughter Beatrice and Eugenie together .
Revelation comes after Fergie joined her ex-husband on a trip... |
f4409915b3e059664d7ac2924e55c5e994cae72a | (CNN) -- Arsenal's passage through to the knockout stages of the Champions League took a severe knock on Tuesday night as they went down to a shock 0-2 defeat at Braga in Group H. Two late goals from Brazilian striker Matheus mean Arsenal relinquish their place at the top of the table and means Arsene Wenger's team wit... | A late brace from Braga striker Matheus sinks Arsenal in Portugal .
Chelsea come from behind to beat MSK Zilina 2-1 and maintain 100 percent record .
Real Madrid put four past Ajax but have Alonso and Ramos sent off late on .
Roma comeback from two goals down to beat Bayern Munich 3-2 in Rome . |
f440e0038ba504ad941a99d42c7b33bc6b153533 | By . Associated Press . Hundreds of demonstrators are marching across the Brooklyn Bridge to call for tougher gun control laws. Saturday's protest is being underwritten by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, one of the nation's most visible gun control advocates. The marchers include relatives of some of those sla... | Saturday's protest is being underwritten by former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg .
The marchers include relatives of some .
of those slain in the 2012 shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary .
School in Newtown, Connecticut .
Protesters chant 'Not one more' in memory of Christopher Martinez who was shot to death i... |
f44144db51a2ce439ca967f42250ae2116ecb402 | By . Annabel Fenwick Elliott . Legendary Fifties siren Shirely MacLaine has listed her sprawling, 7,450-acre New Mexico ranch for sale at $18m. Her reasoning for the price? Because one plus eight equals nine. And the number nine is significant according to her 'numerology' beliefs, which are based on the 'vibration and... | The Oscar-winning actress was advised by psychics to list the 7,450 acre property for $30m, but ultimately followed her 'numerology' principles instead .
Renowned new-age spiritualist claims to have spotted UFO's at the home and has hosted 'reincarnation seminars' |
f441a74d0521c52673d9915c7c793f3eaf717934 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 15:02 EST, 13 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:12 EST, 13 February 2013 . At least five people were killed when a plane carrying 45 passengers and crew crash-landed in fog in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk late on Wednesday, officials said. The plane overshot the runway at Donetsk A... | Small aircraft overshot runway and crashed at Donetsk Airport .
Five are confirmed dead, one is missing and one is trapped inside the plane .
Tragedy was just hours before Shakhtar Donetsk's Champions League game . |
f441ec6d3e430bdbfe506d2afec2d0dcb64df645 | By . Eleanor Harding and Tom Kelly . PUBLISHED: . 17:37 EST, 7 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:46 EST, 8 July 2013 . She has cheered him on through every game - for better or for worse. But it seems Kim Sears may be waiting a little longer to hear those words at the altar, despite her obvious devotion. Andy Murray yester... | Long speculation as to when Murray might propose to Kim Sears, 25 .
Sears was in sixth form when she met Scot through her father Nigel .
Pair introduced in America and he wooed her with flowers and texts . |
f442336d69102d6023bd11ca7b30568b5ec61a49 | Passengers on board a Malindo Air flight on Monday were left terrified when its oxygen masks deployed and the plane was forced to make an emergency landing in Bangkok. The five-hour flight from New Delhi to Kuala Lumpur was aborted and the plane diverted to Thailand after the cabin began to depressurise as it flew thro... | Malindo Air flight was travelling from New Delhi to Kuala Lumpur .
Pilot alerted to 'slow decompression' in cabin, says airline spokesman .
Oxygen masks deployed as precaution and plane diverted to Bangkok .
Passengers placed on another aircraft to continue journey . |
f442f2fe7f3a128c285f32f78770f48423f91077 | (CNN) -- Actress Sharon Stone said in a statement Saturday that she "could not be more regretful" of her comments this month regarding the earthquake in China, in which she suggested that the quake was an act of "karma." Sharon Stone made the controversial remarks before she hosted a charity auction at the Cannes Film ... | Sharon Stone had suggested that deadly earthquake might be karma .
Actress issues statement "to set the record straight" regarding remark .
Stone says comments were product of "news sensationalism" |
f44309c9aabf0a1e9fa9439562fcc3356b97b94c | By . Matt Barlow and Neil Ashton . PUBLISHED: . 16:27 EST, 24 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:09 EST, 25 January 2013 . Chelsea hope new TV camera angles will help Eden Hazard escape with a three-match ban after his fracas with Swansea ball boy Charlie Morgan. As the FA’s disciplinary chiefs examined the evidence - wi... | 17-year-old is accused of acting .
Chelsea think video will clear Eden Hazard .
Police called in to investigate fracas .
Former Chelsea star Pat Nevin calls Charlie Morgan 'disgraceful'
Morgan is heir to £42m Swansea director's fortune .
Claims ball boys were under orders to help Swansea rubbished by club .
FA investig... |
f4431bddf42940eec8037c69c331332203d429a9 | Households across the country have been warned they could be putting their families at risk this Christmas by hanging old decorations filled with deadly asbestos. Vintage baubles, wreaths and other festive ornaments could be laced with the killer mineral in the form of fake snow which could then spread throughout the ... | Asbestos was used to create fake snow for baubles and wreaths in 1940s .
Experts fear people could still be hanging decorations from that era .
There are more than 2,000 asbestos-related deaths in the UK each year .
People with vintage decorations with fake snow are urged to replace them . |
f4433e145377bcb6f42036e988c8a274f50e5256 | (CNN) -- We had joy. We had fun. We had loathing. In 2006, this website conducted a highly unscientific survey to find the worst song of all time. One year stood out in its bad-song production: 1974. That included two of the top five -- Terry Jacks' "Seasons in the Sun" and the runaway top choice, Paul Anka's "Having M... | 1974 featured some much-maligned pop songs but great movies .
Year was fatiguing, with Nixon, Vietnam finally leaving stage .
Pop was in statis at the time, getting segmented; movies reveled in chaos .
Some patterns still borne out today . |
f44343fbac653567b41a6919ec5dbf7cb45e032c | Tokyo (CNN) -- Six Chinese maritime surveillance ships briefly entered waters around a group of islands at the center of a heated territorial dispute between Tokyo and Beijing, ignoring warnings from the Japanese authorities amid escalating tensions in the region. The Chinese ships arrived near the uninhabited islands ... | NEW: All the Chinese ships have left the area, Japan says .
Tokyo says it has protested the "illegal act" with Chinese authorities .
Tensions between Japan and China are high over a group of disputed islands .
Japan controls the islands, but China claims they are part of its territory . |
f443a9b25cba3e7a6cc3585604b7a9d972372bcd | Plans to force high school girls in Indonesia to pass virginity tests in order to be allowed to graduate were met with fierce criticism by campaign groups and Muslim leaders. The district council in Jember in East Java province was said to be drafting 'good conduct' regulations that would have forced girls at high scho... | District council in East Java proposed virginity tests for high school girls .
Girls would have to prove they had not had sex in order to graduate .
But plans dropped after widespread criticism from public and Muslims .
Indonesian officials recently admitted doing virginity tests on women wanting to join the police or ... |
f443fd4593fc1b48d6c9dd7d70eb022f4437eb7e | The city of Cleveland is hoping to hand over the investigation of a 12-year-old boy's fatal shooting by police to an outside agency, as well as future investigations of all deadly use-of-force cases. Michael McGrath, the city's safety director and its former police chief, has been in talks with Cuyahoga County official... | Tamir Rice, 12, was shot dead by police in Cleveland on November 22 .
Cops believed he had a gun in his waistband but it was a toy gun .
Northeast Ohio Media Group that Cleveland Safety Director Michael McGrath wants the investigation to be external .
The city has been repeatedly criticized for its use of deadly force ... |
f4440717f39c02f01d90a33c67aa6b548e81f790 | Michael Clarke has written an emotional tribute to Phillip Hughes, saying he was ‘a better man for having known him’ and promising 'I will miss you forever, but I will not forget'. Hughes, who died on Thursday after being hit by a bouncer in a domestic match in Sydney two days earlier, would have been 26 on Sunday. Cla... | Michael Clarke wrote an emotional tribute to friend and team-mate Phillip Hughes .
The Australian captain said he was 'a better man for having known him'
Hughes died on Thursday after being hit in the neck by a bouncer .
Hughes would have celebrated his 26th birthday on Sunday . |
f4448d5a25c2bbdcb8acf7d7cf59619f2a3505fb | A peaceful rally over the presumed massacre of 43 missing students ended with violence and destruction in Mexico City, with protesters calling for the president to stand down. Thousands marched along Mexico City's main boulevard, chanting for Enrique Pena Nieto to resign and waving blackened flags of the country in ang... | Thousands marched in Mexico City calling for Enrique Pena Nieto to resign .
Newspapers show president's approval rating dropped to about 40 per cent .
Masked protesters threw firebombs at banks and broke windows of shops .
The 43 students vanished in September after police took them into custody . |
f444a25a465db86e8013c8c8e6b1974d975906e9 | (CNN) -- With the Alps looming large, Norway's Alexander Kristoff took his chance to fulfill a childhood dream and sprint to victory in a stage of the Tour de France Thursday. The powerfully built Kristoff will be off the pace when the road goes upwards on Friday's 13th stage, but on the less taxing 185.5km run from Bo... | Alexander Kristoff wins 12th stage of Tour de France .
Outduels green jersey holder Peter Sagan in sprint finish .
Vincenzo Nibali retains yellow jersey of race leader .
Andrew Talansky pulls out of stage 11 heroics . |
f44527f9304c12f52d2bbcdb799cc6f1ae239ed9 | By . Jack Crone for MailOnline . Britain's worst driver: John Mehmet, 30, was given the unofficial title by a judge who jailed him for four years at Blackfriar's Crown Court today . A motorist was branded Britain's worst driver by a judge after smashing into two motorbikes, driving on the wrong side and flipping his ca... | Wanted John Mehmet, of east London, sped off when police approached .
30-year-old hit two bikers in high-speed pursuit and didn't stop for either .
After losing control, he flipped vehicle near Liverpool Street station .
Judge claims it's 'difficult to imagine worse driving' jailing him for four years . |
f4454c974305c5b09257e77bc728ae463b60195d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:21 EST, 13 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:24 EST, 13 December 2013 . A California man was charged with murder on Friday after authorities said he shot and killed his dementia-stricken wife at their home and his sister in a convalescent home. Lance Anderson, 60, faces two co... | Lance Holger Anderson, 60, has been arrested and charged with murder .
He allegedly killed the two women on Wednesday morning .
Anderson's 68-year-old wife had dementia and was shot at their home .
Sister Lisa Nave, 58, was in a Los Angeles nursing home . |
f445cdbe35faeb8b73bb99e534cff7edb2e24f41 | (CNN) -- An armed group detained 43 U.N. peacekeepers in Syria near the country's only border crossing with the Israeli-occupied Golan Heights early Thursday, a day after militants took the crossing from the Syrian regime, the United Nations said. Those holding the peacekeepers are members of the al Qaeda-linked al-Nus... | News comes a day after rebels took crossing between Syria, Israeli-occupied Golan Heights .
The U.N. says 43 peacekeepers from Fiji detained in area of Quneitra, Syria, near crossing .
An Israeli military official says the al-Nusra Front is detaining the peacekeepers . |
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