id stringlengths 40 40 | article stringlengths 48 15.9k | highlights stringlengths 14 7.39k |
|---|---|---|
f46321a65f22bea10d9a5cc2e5295ec37cef298e | (CNN) -- Amid all the talk about storm clouds gathering over the U.S. economy, it's easy to forget there are other places in the world where the sun is still shining. A shortage of housing is contributing to an inflation rate of almost 14 percent in Qatar . Take Qatar, for example; a small emirate in the Gulf whose eco... | Qatar's economy is booming, but emirate has the highest inflation rate in Gulf .
Two recent cuts in U.S. interest rates putting pressure on Gulf currencies .
Qatari PM says "studying all options" on dollar-peg, GCC consensus ideal .
Members reluctant to drop the dollar-peg despite growing inflationary pressure . |
f46330fb9d1290587e1992333c381a30319efebe | By . Joshua Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 15:57 EST, 20 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:13 EST, 20 August 2013 . An annual list of the richest lawmakers in the U.S. Congress was released today and taking the number one spot is Representative Darrell Issa of California. The Republican earned his estimated $355.4 million throug... | Darrell Issa is worth an estimated $355.4 million thanks to his Viper car alarm company .
'Protected by Viper. Stand back!': In fact, the richest representative was the voice of the once common talking car alarms .
Helping round out the least wealthy Congresspeople are better known Senators Rand Paul and Marco Rubio . |
f464813ea6a75f4cd55a9b7094dd79070f23cc1c | After a 10-year chase taking it billions of miles across the solar system, the Rosetta spacecraft is homing in on its close encounter with a comet. Pictures of the oddly-shaped rock have already been returned but on Wednesday scientists at the European Space Agency, which is leading the project, say they hope to see im... | If successful, the Rosetta mission will be the first to orbit and land on a comet .
Scientists hope to learn more about the composition of comets .
The robotic lander Philae is due to touch down in November .
Could comets have brought water to the Earth? Rosetta may help answer the question . |
f464cfcaad62ca5292f25eaa786aee30f2771fb3 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 11:54 EST, 1 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:02 EST, 1 December 2012 . Christmas Day comes but once a year - but preparations for December 25 take up almost a fortnight, new research has found. The typical family Christmas takes 12 days, 14 hours and 13 minutes to organise, accordi... | Preparations for a typical family Christmas Day take up 12 days, 14 hours and 13 minutes, researchers say .
Parents spend almost two weeks trying to make December 25 as special as possible . |
f464d1e63f5fdb2576076f450f7a61222d6d1cef | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Thousands of dancers jammed a major London train station in a Facebook-driven "flashmob" mimicking an advertisement for a phone company. And the event last Friday evening was so successful that another is planned for next Friday in Trafalgar Square in central London. Plus, a group has been set ... | Thousands take part in silent disco "flashmob" at London's Liverpool Street station .
Event, which imitated phone company advert, was organized over Facebook .
22-year-old organizer now planning a bigger flashmob event in Trafalgar Square . |
f4651457b509b4f6424515e7a782f1e39fea795c | By . Alexandra Williams . Fans of Formula One legend Michael Schumacher have been warned that they will 'never have any good news' concerning his condition. Schumacher, 45, suffered a near-fatal head injury in a skiing accident in Meribel, France, on December 29 last year. It has been two months since the family relaye... | Schumacher, 45, suffered a near-fatal head injury in a skiing accident .
The father of two was skiing in Meribel, France, on December 29 last year .
Former F1 doctor: 'I'm quite afraid we will never have any good news' |
f46599d49492951af798d7a30dd5574f17174f86 | Washington (CNN) -- A new national poll in the battle for the 2016 Democratic and Republican presidential nominations indicates what you would expect: Hillary Clinton is the overwhelming Democratic frontrunner, and there's no real leader among the possible GOP White House hopefuls. But if you get beyond the obvious, th... | Biden distant second to Hillary Clinton in a new poll on 2016 presidential nod .
The poll also indicates no frontrunner for the 2016 GOP nomination at this point .
Seventeen percent of Republicans and GOP-leaning independents likely to support Chris Christie .
But the poll also indicates problems for Christie with cons... |
f4665a673d3048139b9993af0669013bf3472f4c | An outbreak of bubonic plague in Madagascar has now claimed almost 50 victims and is spreading to the island's capital, officials warned today. There have been 138 suspected cases of the disease - similar to the Black Death in medieval Europe - since the start of the year, with the death toll of 47 expected to rise in... | 138 suspected cases this year - and death toll is expected to rise .
Two people infected in capital of Antananarivo, one of them dying .
Health workers mount pest control campaign through slum areas .
Plague mostly affects rats, but humans can contract it from fleas . |
f466b1691d06d21c43fcb3e98e25a6487efbb20e | 'Grim day': Rt Rev Justin Welby, the incoming Archbishop of Canterbury is under pressure to make changes . The heads of the Church of England are under pressure to seek help from outside mediators as anger grows over the vote against women bishops. Justin Welby, the next Archbishop of . Canterbury, also faces calls fro... | Senior bishops want to bring in professionals to sort out the chaos .
Church leaders have warned a fresh vote on the issue may not be possible before 2015, with changes not coming in until 2020 .
Cameron says the Church is at risk of looking dangerously out of touch .
Right Reverend Justin Welby, called it a 'very grim... |
f466c64f6955b167d6f4ede29db535dce97d126f | Valentine’s Day is a day away, but for those looking to find a date, how can you tell if someone is interested? Well, fortunately, researchers have worked out the science of flirting, to find out what people do most often if they are attracted in another person. And the results are in: Starting off being encouraging an... | A University of Kansas study looked at the science of flirting .
102 men and women took part in the study to find what people did when they were attracted to a member of the opposite sex .
Results show that people were encouraging and complimentary - at first .
Towards the end of a conversation, women become more expre... |
f4672dec3a6bb65c4350efdaa612068f1e874c34 | By . Sam Webb . The pressure on under-fire TV presenter Jeremy Clarkson intensified today after it emerged that communications watchdog Ofcom is investigating his motoring show Top Gear to see if a recent episode that sparked a race row breached broadcasting guidelines. The episode, filmed in Burma and Thailand and sho... | Clarkson's controversial comment on show may have breached guidelines .
Broadcasting watchdog Ofcom is investigating potential transgression .
Development comes soon after Clarkson's alleged use of the n-word .
Clarkson also criticised for naming black-haired dog after Ivorian footballer .
He is also reportedly getting... |
f467879e826b18b07783826342c8ebed175093f4 | Leicester have announced that lock Graham Kitchener has agreed a new contract with the Aviva Premiership club. Kitchener, 25, is in his fourth season at the Tigers after joining them from Worcester in 2011. His new deal comes just 24 hours after Leicester confirmed fresh terms at Welford Road for their Welsh fly-half O... | Graham Kitchener has signed a new contract with Leicester Tigers .
The 25-year-old is in his fourth season with Aviva Premiership club .
Leicester confirmed fresh terms on Monday for Owen Williams . |
f4682f444ee82809a7126033cac2292153b29755 | The Penn State football program, which had incurred severe sanctions after the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal, received good news Monday when the NCAA ended the Nittany Lions' postseason ban and scholarship limits. The NCAA said the reward was because of "Penn State University's significant progress toward en... | Penn State received harsh sanctions from the NCAA after an alleged cover-up by officials .
The athletics programs has since been monitored by former Sen. George Mitchell .
A massive fine remains in place and 13 years of wins remain negated .
Penn State says it has worked hard to become stronger after Sandusky scandal . |
f468399589b1195a837b30422d4050f576e0244d | Helen Louise Turnbull, pictured, was confronted by the father of her alleged victim who warned her that he would have punched her had she been a man . A man has told a court how he confronted a teaching assistant in his street after he found out she had been having sex with his teenage son. Teesside Crown Court heard t... | The man challenged Helen Turnbull about the affair she had with his son .
He said she was a paedophile and said if she was a man he would hit her .
The man said she was wearing a 'ridiculously short' dress and high heels .
Ms Turnbull admitted kissing the 16-year-old boy at Teesside Crown Court .
She has denied three o... |
f468728dbb176e38292e204bc14356b575592fc7 | Trainer Willie Mullins says unbeaten Faugheen will arrive at the starting line for the williamhill.com Christmas Hurdle a much fitter horse than the one which extended his unbeaten record to seven races with an easy three and a half length win in the Coral Hurdle at Ascot last month. Ireland’s champion trainer also bel... | Trainer Willie Mullins claims unbeaten Faugheen is in peak condition .
He says Ruby Walsh's mount will have no problem with two-mile test . |
f46995a1dc479a28368aeb5b20fc1cb569915095 | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 07:31 EST, 8 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:44 EST, 9 May 2013 . Council planners have banned a grandfather from selling his flowers outside his village home in aid of a children’s charity - in case the colourful displays distract passing driver. Award-winning gardener Joe Poultney, 69,... | Joe Poultney, 69, donates all proceeds from the sale of the plants to charity .
Stafford Borough Council chiefs said the flower displays may distract drivers .
He will have to pay £385 to apply for planning permission to sell the plants . |
f469c470659b2fc5debf776ec1db92bc381b855e | Crossrail is facing major signal problems which could prevent any trains from being allowed to run when the line's due to open in 2018. The South-East's £15billion new railway is on course for humiliation as engineers admitted the complex signal issues may not be resolved in the next three years. A source inside the pr... | Project is facing humiliation as engineers fail to deal with signal problems .
The 73-mile Berkshire-to-Essex link involves 26 miles under London .
Experts are struggling to create interfaces - so trains can shift between state of the art signal system and conventional one used in central London . |
f469ea8d9679c559edb60ce803d7e6c138941bf3 | By . Sam Adams . PUBLISHED: . 09:22 EST, 11 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:24 EST, 11 January 2013 . These incredible portraits were created . by an artist who fired bullets from a .22 calibre rifle through sheets . of aluminium at point blank range. Walton Creel began using the innovative technique to shoot images o... | Walton Creel paints sheets of aluminium white then fires a rifle at them .
Began by creating images of animals but now shoots portraits of people .
Was inspired to use technique by the 'gun culture' he grew up in . |
f46b3c27fb38e9ab42809437411e6d53084d7178 | (CNN) -- Jacqueline Kennedy was still wearing the blood-stained watermelon pink suit when she got to the White House in the early-morning hours after her husband was shot dead. She had refused to take it off at Parkland Hospital in Dallas or on the flight back to Washington with the body of her husband. Once at the Whi... | The suit was a knockoff of a Coco Chanel design .
Jacqueline Kennedy had worn it on several occasions before Dallas .
It will be stored safely until 2103 under Kennedy family orders .
The whereabouts of the pink pillbox hat remain a mystery . |
f46bac19751834b455cfe5cd9d8c6cbbd7e6659b | (CNN) -- A Saudi Arabian man was arrested after bragging about his sex life on television, local media reported. Mazen Abdul Jawad appeared last week on a show on Lebanese channel LBC, where he went into "graphic details about his sexual conquests," according to Arab News, an English daily. A segment of the show "Red L... | Mazen Abdul Jawad appeared last week on a show on Lebanese channel .
He gives "graphic details about his sexual conquests," reports Arab News .
In deeply conservative Saudi Arabia, pre-marital sex is illegal .
About 100 people have filed a complaint against Abdul Jawad; punishment not clear . |
f46c2d371959732a2ea3305777a43c7d8758ba8c | (CNN) -- Who would have guessed the most arousing music to play during sex is -- . (Fair Warning: Reading any further will cause "Time of my Life" to become stuck your head for the rest of the day.) That's right -- the soundtrack to the hit '80s movie "Dirty Dancing." And the fact that the 25-year-old soundtrack still ... | Study: Listening to "Bohemian Rhapsody," "Dirty Dancing" can be arousing .
Forty percent of respondents said music is more important than touch of a partner .
UK study questioned people between 18 and 91 years old .
Other hot tracks? "Sex on Fire," "Bolero," "Sexual Healing" |
f46cb6089386a3df201efd89ad67cacaa4df6bc7 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:07 EST, 27 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:17 EST, 27 November 2013 . The mother of a photographer who was killed after taking pictures of Justin Bieber's Ferrari in January has claimed that he was hit by two cars - possibly including one from the singer's entourage. Chris G... | Chris Guerra, 29, was killed as he crossed the road after photographing Justin Bieber's Ferrari that had been pulled over in January .
Bieber was not in the car; his friend Lil Twist was driving and had been stopped for 'speeding'
Guerra's mother said a second vehicle hit her son and that its description - a black Rang... |
f46e1b488bf201cd732b7472ecb1842f65b40ccc | (CNN) -- Her name was Alice Guy-Blache, and you've probably never heard of her. That's understandable. Her heyday was a century ago. She was French and spent only a few years in the United States. Her work -- what little of it has survived -- generally lives on in museum collections. But perhaps you should find out who... | Alice Guy-Blache was pioneering female director .
Guy-Blache had her own studio in silent era, directed hundreds of films .
She's now the subject of a Kickstarter campaign to tell her story . |
f46e37c7875041c6cdca06dd492fcc317f531627 | Angel di Maria is set to miss Manchester United's trip to Southampton on Monday as he continues to recover from a hamstring injury. The Manchester United star limped off at Old Trafford just 14 minutes into the 3-0 victory over Hull on Saturday. The £59.7m record signing was replaced by Spanish midfielder Ander Herrera... | Angel di Maria suffered a hamstring tear against Hull on Saturday .
The Argentine limped off at Old Trafford after only 14 minutes of play .
Di Maria sat out United's 2-1 victory over Stoke City on Tuesday night .
Daley Blind could be back in action before the end of the year .
The Dutch star suffered a knee injury on ... |
f46e4d1b3c9ca96339b4f35def01e203a37478fc | President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle are on the lookout for minimum-wage jobs for their teenage daughters so they can give them a feeling of what 'most folks go through every single . day.' 'We are looking for . opportunities for them to feel as if going to work and getting a . paycheck is not always fun, not ... | Obama once scooped ice cream and waited tables, and the first lady worked at a book binding shop .
The president said he wanted his daughters to have to work for a living so they understand what 'most folks go through every single day .
'We are looking for .
opportunities for them to feel as if going to work and getti... |
f46ec974c34d681c4421440bb8cc34e72fd9c144 | Astronomers have revealed hypnotic images of swirls, loops and arches that trace the remarkable structure of our Milky Way’s magnetic field. In what could rival works by Van Gogh, Esa claims that these remarkable images are some of the first to reveal the shape of the our galaxy magnetic barrier. Scientists hope its pa... | The images were created using light polarisation data from the Planck spacecraft taken over 1,500 days .
Esa claims that these images are some of the first to reveal the shape of the Milky Way's magnetic field .
Scientists says there are still 'huge questions' about the purpose of the magnetic field and how it behaves ... |
f46ed238e12a0364c08c4d660223b6c5adc5f24f | The set designer behind the sea of poppies was yesterday forced to defend his work after an art critic used his blog on a Left-wing newspaper’s website to claim it was ‘trite’. Tom Piper, who is acclaimed for his work with the Royal Shakespeare Company, said it was a powerful communal tribute to the vast loss of human ... | Set designer of the Tower of London poppies attacked by Guardian critic .
Jonathan Jones said Tom Piper's WWI poppy installation was 'trite'
Jones said installation was 'too pretty to communicate the reality of war'
Piper responded saying it was a 'powerful communal tribute' to lives lost . |
f46ef7d35be09e642290f80997f1c3efc2a701ff | Ukip leader Nigel Farage has come under criticism from Prime Minister David Cameron . Another Ukip council candidate was facing suspension last night for posting a stream of ‘crackpot’ homophobic and anti-Muslim comments on Twitter and Facebook. Harry Perry, who is standing in Stockport, said ‘Islam is evil,’ claimed h... | Council candidate Harry Perry posted homophobic and anti-Muslim comments on Twitter and Facebook .
Claimed 'Islam is evil' and that David Cameron is a 'gay-loving nutcase'
Came as Prime Minister attacked Ukip as 'discredited' |
f46f03f678cf81b2513fb86290cf58a1c7dfb53d | (CNN) -- Portuguese champions Porto are through to the semfinals of the Europa League after a thumping 5-2 win at Spartak Moscow gave them a 10-3 aggregate victory . Porto went into the match in control of the tie following their 5-1 win in Portugal, and added to that lead when Hulk burst through to score a 28tth-minut... | Portugal have three teams through to the semifinals of the Europa League .
Porto lead the way with a 5-2 thrashing of Spartak Moscow for a 10-3 aggregate win .
Villarreal are the only non-Portuguese side through after they thrashed FC Twente .
Braga and Benfica will face each other in an all-Portuguese semifinal clash ... |
f46f620a8c0e04a68c37810ba5805821558992a2 | Booking a holiday can be a Goliath-worthy financial tussle. With so many variables you can feel quite at sea. How do you know if you've got the best deal? Should you click-to-buy now or wait a few months and hope the price has dropped? To set you on the right tracks, and help you save potentially hundreds on your week ... | TravelSupermarket, Skyscanner and Mr&Mrs Smith experts consulted .
Book flights mid-week, in September and last minute to save up to 50% .
Save up to 40% using apps, book out of season and mix and match airlines . |
f470407022dea011ed43bff064ef658e72bdb32d | McLaren have rejected suggestions Canadian billionaire businessman Lawrence Stroll is poised to take up a shareholding in the Formula One team. Fashion magnate Stroll has recently been linked with investment in Sauber and Marussia as he eyes a position in the sport. A report in Italy this week has claimed Stroll is rea... | Lawrence Stroll has been linked with investments in Formula One .
Canadian billionaire businessman also linked with Sauber and Marussia .
McLaren deny that Canadian billionaire is to take up shares .
Tag part owner Mansour Ojjeh linked with exit from Woking outfit . |
f4704380455899b6f82c43753711073817a54b36 | By . Daniel Miller . PUBLISHED: . 05:28 EST, 29 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:46 EST, 29 January 2013 . This hapless driver had an incredible . escape when his natural gas-powered pick-up truck exploded as he was . filling up at a petrol station. Moments . before the blast, the man is seen standing next to the pump ... | Incredible video captured at filling station in southern Iran .
Force of the blast sends parts of the vehicle flying across forecourt .
Mercifully high-pressure gas does not ignite . |
f4713db15e4623a7bb31d8139bdfdf996b5100ec | Leeds United became the latest club to pay for grappling in the penalty area when Guiseppe Bellusci foolishly conceded a crucial late spot-kick at Elland Road. Bellusci grabbed Charlton defender Tal Ben Haim and pulled him to the floor to stop him reaching a Johnnie Jackson corner. And when his indiscretion was spotted... | Academy product Alex Mowatt scores two stunning strikes for Leeds .
Johann Gudmundsson twice equalised for Charlton .
Second equaliser result of penalty given for holding in the box at set-piece . |
f471555208dfaf92987647377aa829a9bee4caee | The fight is said to have lasted a half-hour and pitted a leopard against a woman armed only with a farm tool in an isolated field in India. Kalama Devi, at 54 years old, won. Devi, a widow and mother of one, has been telling her story from a hospital bed in Srinagar, in Uttarakhand state, where she's being treated for... | Leopard attacked Kalama Devi on Sunday morning in isolated field .
She repeatedly hit it with a sickle for half an hour until she was able to get away .
Exhausted and bleeding, she limped one kilometer to a nearby village for help .
Villagers found the leopard dead at the scene of the reported attack . |
f471d6e90662c637e3022aa627f0e1ec1255ebb6 | A bellboy at an Indonesian hotel testified on Thursday that an American man charged with murdering his girlfriend's mother and stuffing the body into a suitcase refused any help in taking a bag to a taxi outside the hotel. Tommy Schaefer, 21, and Heather Mack, 19, are charged with premeditated murder in the death of Sh... | Heather Mack, 19, is charged with premeditated murder of her socialite mother Sheila von Wiese-Mack .
She allegedly watched as her boyfriend, Tommy Schaefer, hit von Wiese-Mack with a fruit bowl in her room at the St. Regis hotel in Bali last August .
According to the indictment, Mack, who is seven months' pregnant, he... |
f472276dbe472a9a9ec73b683a0ccfddf86d734c | By . Mario Ledwith . PUBLISHED: . 05:18 EST, 15 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:18 EST, 15 January 2013 . Battle: ESPN sports anchor Stuart Scott, pictured, revealed that he is battling cancer again in a series of messages on Twitter . ESPN sports anchor Stuart Scott revealed that he is battling cancer again in a seri... | Stuart Scott said he was 'back in the fight' after 'C reared its head again'
The presenter has previously battled cancer on two occasions .
Went on to present Sportscenter and will continue work around treatment . |
f4726238c70092b56c273082ccf9d56253918fae | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:16 EST, 3 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:09 EST, 3 December 2013 . A police officer has used his Movember moustache to raise even more money for charity after realising he became a deadringer for some of Britain's most famous stars. In the past week sergeant Chris Bethell h... | Sgt Chris Bethell is raising valuable funds using his Movember moustache .
With facial hair and costumes he has posed as Britain's greatest stars .
'This is my way of giving a little back and raising awareness,' he said . |
f4726fd56743cd6e5c053407a7e0903b89851b3c | (CNN) -- Six Americans who were salvaging goods from the bottom of the sea off the coast of Honduras have sat in a jail there for over three weeks as officials have charged them with illegal weapons possession. On May 5, after the ship pulled into port in Puerto Lempira, police came aboard, arrested the crew and confis... | NEW: Detainee reports shots fired in direction of the Americans .
The men work for an undersea salvage company .
Police boarded their ship and arrested them .
A colleague fears that they are not being properly fed . |
f4727c86807497d8d744b54098aed20ea8a81e76 | Lawmakers began a new session of Congress with the mass shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary school in Newtown, Connecticut, still fresh in their minds -- inspiring a new push to pass gun laws that could prevent another tragedy. On Day One, lawmakers in the House of Representatives introduced nearly a dozen bills related ... | Lawmakers in House introduce multiple bills related to gun violence .
Gun-control advocates sponsor bills requiring background checks for all gun sales .
Two GOP freshmen introduce bills to allow more guns around schools .
Fate of proposed laws depends on getting support from both sides of aisle . |
f4727df4d56577c831852f8c2c7fa6945de774a9 | They call him the Iron Tulip, and Louis van Gaal chose a floral reference to describe his first, precarious foray into the third round of the FA Cup at Yeovil. The Manchester United manager has already fallen foul of a League One club in the humiliating 4-0 defeat at MK Dons that dumped his side out of the Capital One ... | Manchester United were thrashed by MK Dons in the Capital One Cup .
Louis van Gaal takes his side to Huish Park to take on Yeovil .
The Dutchman has said it is 'all or nothing' against the Glovers . |
f4729e408f978439cd876c277e9e5b822a17a730 | By . Alex Greig . A Minnesota woman whose lifelong dream is to finish the Boston Marathon is planning to run the race this year, despite being given a terminal cancer diagnosis. Elinor Scott, 50, came close last year but never got to the finish line because of the two bombs that went off, causing three deaths and hundr... | Elinor Scott, 50, was almost at the finish line of the Boston Marathon last year when the bombs went off .
She has recently been given a stage IV pancreatic cancer diagnosis .
Scott intends to compete in this year's marathon to finish what she started . |
f4729e56ee90606a9d955412e836e9ddef9ea29e | (CNN)"When there is a very difficult situation, women are called in to do the work. To sort out the mess." Christine Lagarde is the woman who has been tasked to do just that. She has led the IMF since 2011 amidst the organization being in the center of scandal; regarding its former managing director as well as a global... | Christine Lagarde Managing Director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF)
She is leading the IMF during a period of scandal and global economic crisis .
Evidence is being gathered to prove the importance of women to the economy .
Being the first women to lead the IMF brings responsibility but also hope for women to ... |
f472e6505764b9fb26e64dadbd928bbee361194c | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 09:12 EST, 1 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:25 EST, 3 June 2012 . Planted in a circling spirals, the tobacco fields of Wuning County, in southwest China's Guizhou Province create a stunning view from the air. Since 2010 the local government has encouraged locals to grow tobacco rather tha... | Since 2010 authorities have encouraged locals to grow tobacco rather than traditional crops due to high return .
Wuning County has more than 24,000 hectares of tobacco land with 46,000 households growing it .
There are plans to expand the growth of tobacco further in the next few years to 140,000 hectares, nearly 6 tim... |
f4731f1f40a8f70e5b935e2aa4e2d6207b2d5768 | By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 04:10 EST, 16 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:10 EST, 16 July 2012 . Charges: Mobile phone companies could be making up to £90 million a year by legally using 'hidden' contract clauses . Mobile phone companies could be making up to £90 million a year by legally using 'hidden' contract clau... | 70 per cent of people don't know that providers can increase prices during their contract .
Three, Vodafone, T Mobile and Orange are all rising prices according to Which? |
f47357e7089e1c0289ca49eebb848160aa38ca61 | By . Paul Donnelley . Lenny Henry wants the public to join his campaign to put more ethnic minorities on the screen. The former comedian has been engaged in private discussions with Ed Vaizey, the Culture minister, and senior broadcasting figures, Lord Hall, the BBC Director General and Peter Fincham, the chief executi... | Culture minister hosting a roundtable with TV figures to discuss diversity .
Henry wants black and ethnic minority people to have money ring-fenced to make specialist programmes .
Henry threatens 'conflict' unless industry listens to those who want change . |
f4735dc7d621c1431d1ccabb943781de169e9574 | Plants are slowing the effects of climate change far more than expected, researchers have found. They said the impact of rising CO2 levels on plant growth has been underestimated by 16 per cent, as they thrive with more of the gas in the atmosphere. And as plants absorb CO2, this has led to overestimates of how much of... | Researchers say impact of rising CO2 levels on plant growth has been underestimated by 16 per cent .
Claim this has led to overestimates of how much of the greenhouse gas is left in the atmosphere . |
f4736059a1537588fd76b7116b720130889c168f | (CNN) -- American golfer Webb Simpson made a furious charge Sunday to win the U.S. Open, grabbing his fist major tournament victory. Simpson had started the day four shots back off the lead but carded four birdies in five holes midway through the final round to get to the top of the leaderboard. It gave the U.S. a thir... | Webb Simpson had never won a major championship before Sunday .
Jim Furyk and Graeme McDowell both had chances to tie him on the last hole .
Tiger Woods continued to fade Sunday, finishing in tie for 21st . |
f473615b02a026ae03370e0554afaf006cb8fa6d | Aaron Hernandez smiled and laughed with his attorneys in court this afternoon just feet away from the crying mother of the victim as a judge ruled the trial will ignore bullets found in his apartment. The former New England Patriot has denied shooting to death semi-professional football player Odin Lloyd, who was datin... | Former New England Patriot laughed and joked with legal team in court .
Today a judge agreed to discount bullets and a magazine police found because they did not provide a probable reason for the warrant .
He stands accused of murdering Odin Lloyd in 2013, he pleads not guilty .
Hernandez's defense took blow yesterday ... |
f473ca19641ed941640a4e4b0243b81e659fb9a3 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:12 EST, 8 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:57 EST, 9 December 2012 . While the recent snowfall has proved to be a headache for most, there is at least one exception who seems delighted at the latest flurries. Giant Panda Qing Feng couldn't contain his delight after fresh snow... | Qing Feng and his playmate Hua Ao both made the most of the snow at Yantai Zoo in Shandong Province, China . |
f473d7423b1fcb29d01ee94e999c03dd790d57f3 | The wife of a fraudster who pretended to be in a coma for two years wrote a stream of self-pitying letters claiming her husband was unable to move or speak and even tricked their local MP into intervening in his case. Helen Knight wrote the letters trying to convince people that her husband Alan, 47, was in a coma as h... | Helen Knight wrote the letters to convince people her husband was in coma .
Claimed Alan Knight was unable to move and could only squint his eyes .
At the same time Knight was trying to avoid court after fraud accusations .
Had been scamming a neighbour taking over £40,000 from his bank account .
Mrs Knight tricked loc... |
f474057a31cfd289c43c73a778d26230c94ad324 | Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majeed -- also known as Chemical Ali -- was executed Monday, an Iraqi government spokesman said. He was hanged after having been convicted on 13 counts of killings and genocide, Ali al-Dabagh said. Al-Majeed had been sentenced to death in four separate trial... | NEW: U.S. handed al-Majeed over to Iraqi authorities shortly before execution, official says .
Saddam Hussein's cousin Ali Hassan al-Majeed executed .
Al-Majeed had been sentenced to death in four separate trials .
Execution had been delayed by VP's refusal to OK another defendant's death sentence . |
f474b973678468d922df5a4b45b4989134622940 | For the fourth year in succession Cristiano Ronaldo has made the final three-man shortlist for UEFA's Best Player in Europe Award and this time he is accompanied by Arjen Robben and Manuel Neuer. Real Madrid forward Ronaldo will hope to claim this award for the first time, having been nominated every single year since ... | Ronaldo makes the final-three shortlist for the fourth year in succession .
He has been nominated every single year since its inception but never won .
Real Madrid forward scored a record 17 Champions League goals last year .
Neuer is the first ever goalkeeper to make the final-three shortlist .
His Bayern Munich team-... |
f474dbb4b35147db566dded344766a176eb4d90b | (CNN) -- Kristina Heeger was wounded in her French class nearly two years ago when a gunman killed 30 of her classmates and instructors at Virginia Tech's Norris Hall. Students walk through a passageway connecting Norris Hall to another building at Virginia Tech. Still coping with memories of the massacre, she returned... | About two years after mass shooting, university reopens incident site .
30 students, faculty members died in Norris Hall after gunman killed two in dorm .
The shooter, Seung-Hui Cho, killed himself in Norris Hall after firing spree .
The building now includes the Center for Peace Studies and Violence Prevention . |
f47548743141764e5cdf58117633b51b96f19749 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 10:31 PM on 20th January 2012 . Movie bosses have sparked fury with the placement of an 'incredibly insensitive' advert for a new film about the September 11 attacks just yards from the site where almost 3,000 people lost their lives. The video ad for Extremely Loud & Incredib... | Video advert plays emotional scenes without warning .
40 digital panels, 40 billboards and 500 posters plastered across Manhatten for controversial marketing campaign . |
f476118d526aecac93138baa2dbdbdc136a5813a | York and Leicester, England (CNN) -- A year ago, historians held their breath as archaeologist Jo Appleby painstakingly dusted centuries of dirt and debris from the curved spine and staved-in skull of a skeleton uncovered under a parking lot in the English city of Leicester. The story of the long-lost king buried benea... | Remains of Richard III, last English king to die in battle, excavated exactly a year ago .
Rediscovery of long-lost skeleton was greeted with elation by history enthusiasts .
Battle now raging over where bones will be reburied; Leicester or York are likely sites .
Judge in the case warns sides against waging undignifie... |
f4765e3da37b04b931e9e724ca9f39c29638516b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 22:02 EST, 23 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:02 EST, 23 December 2013 . The men accused of killing a New Jersey man in front of his terrified wife during a carjacking at an upscale mall drove to the alleged crime in a car owned by the mother of one of the suspects, court paper... | Hanif Thompson, Karif Ford, Basim Henry, and Kevin Roberts, face murder and carjacking charges over the murder of Dustin Friedland, who was shot in the head during a carjacking at The Mail in Short Hills on December 15 .
Friedland was closing the door of his Range Rover for his wife at end of shopping trip when he was ... |
f4768c591e073feaaad0489d13e8e83bb9413cf2 | The head of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has warned that Ebola could become a global health catastrophe to rival AIDS. Dr Tom Frieden said: 'In the 30 years I've been working public health, the only thing like this has been AIDS, and we have to work now so that this is not the world's next AIDS.' Sinc... | Speaking at the World Bank conference, CDC director Dr Tom Frieden said: 'We have to work now so that this is not the world's next AIDS'
Sierra Leone President Ernst Bai Koroma appealed for help, calling Ebola 'a tragedy unforeseen in modern times'
The presidents of Guinea and Liberia also made pleas for more aid to fi... |
f476b7643dd7c40ad21503205d8b3837f7be75f2 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:13 EST, 12 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:00 EST, 12 December 2013 . An injured dog has limped to find help for her unconscious owner after they were plowed down by a speeding car while out on a walk. John Miles was on his daily four-mile walk with Lucy, a husky-beagle mix,... | John Miles and Lucy, his husky-beagle mix, were plowed down in Dorchester, Massachuesetts last month .
Lucy managed to limp to a dentist's office and bark for help .
Miles suffered two broken legs, a broken arm and 15 facial structures while Lucy has a torn ACL and leg fractures .
Owners noticed her crying when Miles w... |
f476baeb60c2cf96608323d9ec3cd885da0d580c | Cardiff City have made an ambitious move to take Matt Jarvis from West Ham. The 28-year-old has been limited to just one Premier League start so far this season for the Hammers. Jarvis has appeared a further four times but is way down the pecking order at Upton Park. Matt Jarvis has made just one Premier League start s... | Matt Jarvis is attracting interest from Cardiff City and West Brom .
West Ham winger has been limited to just five appearances all season .
Bluesbirds boss Russell Slade is hoping to sign the 28-year-old . |
f476bf25319928192e6510bc6abf891feabfedd3 | (CNN) -- What is President Obama up to? When it comes to immigration, it's usually no good. After all, this is the same president who ran for re-election packaged as a kinder and gentler alternative to cold-hearted Republicans who wanted illegal immigrants to "self deport" while, back at the ranch, the Department of Ho... | Ruben Navarrette: Immigration reform on Obama agenda, but deportations are his main record .
Obama also allowed deferred action for young people; eased re-entry rules .
Politics over path to citizenship will stall reform again; why not take it out of the mix, he says .
Navarrette: Undocumented immigrants, who help econ... |
f47716a4b5362c2b48e44815b5ad9b61d9024d65 | Survivors of the Sydney siege crisis have shared an emotional moment in Martin Place, paying tribute to their lost friends Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson, whose lives were celebrated at separate memorial services today. Former hostages Selina Win Pe, Joel Herat, Harriette Denny, Elly Chen, Fiona Ma and Bae Jie-un comf... | Survivors of the Sydney siege crisis have shared an emotional moment in Martin Place .
The lives of victims Katrina Dawson and Tori Johnson were celebrated at services today .
Father of Sydney siege hero delivered a touching eulogy at his son Tori's funeral .
Family and friends were joined by other survivors of the Syd... |
f47719a50db94338359bbb69b8c53bdc8760c221 | The five-year-old daughter of British expat Thomas Berry and his ex-wife, former Miss Venezuela Monica Spear Mootz, is unaware that they have been murdered, it emerged today. Mr Berry, 39, and his 29-year-old wife, . who was Miss Venezuela 2004 and is an American citizen, were gunned down by thieves after their car . b... | Thomas Berry and Monica Spear Mootz were stranded after car broke down .
Couple killed in front of five-year-old daughter Maya, who was shot in leg .
She is being cared for by her grandparents, unaware that her parents are dead .
Gang known as 'The Quick Ones', including 'Little Adolfo' among those being questioned .
P... |
f477496543ba2e20104e06645a606bc3c10a6486 | (CNN) -- The U.S. Secretary of Defense says any agreement reached that keeps American troops in Iraq past an end-of-the-year deadline to withdraw must include immunity from Iraqi prosecution. "If they want the benefits of what we can provide, if they want the assistance, if they want the training, if they want the oper... | Defense Secretary Leon Panetta says negotiations to keep U.S. troops in Iraq is ongoing .
Iraq's leadership has agreed to keep American forces in Iraq, but won't grant legal immunity .
Panetta says any agreement must include legal protections for U.S. troops .
Panetta made the comments during a meeting with American sa... |
f478499c7a39053055b9417089d4d1448efb3572 | Saido Berahino has been backed to return to scoring ways by Alan Irvine after five Premier League games without a goal. The 21-year-old striker has not found the net for West Bromwich Albion since converting a late penalty against Crystal Palace in October. Irvine refuted the suggestion the spotlight from Berahino's En... | Berahino has not scored for five Premier League games .
Irvine refuted Berahino's England call-up has contributed .
Berahino is keeping Albion's record signing Brown Ideye out of the team . |
f478ad5a0fb20bd0e1142e45e9e174eee359497a | (CNN) -- The worst might be over on Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano, disaster officials said Thursday. They urged calm in the aftermath of recent eruptions, which started on October 26 and have killed 191 people. "Generally speaking, Mount Merapi has passed its dangerous phase," the National Agency for Disaster Manage... | Generally speaking, Mount Merapi has passed its dangerous phase," the government says .
It cited recent eruptions vs. historic ones and compared magma flow .
Eruptions that started on October 26 and have killed 191 people .
Nearly 344,000 residents have been displaced . |
f478d68896ab68e257ddd6c272ac7b745eb4ce8d | EXCLUSIVE . As the decision over the future of the Olympic Stadium edges ever closer, one of West Ham’s most famous fans has called for the east London club to be named as the anchor tenants of the venue. Hollywood actor Ray Winstone has pleaded for ‘common sense to prevail’ as the Hammers wait to find out who will be ... | Hollywood actor writes exclusively for Sportsmail .
'Common sense must prevail', says The Sweeney star .
London Legacy Development Corporation to decide on Wednesday . |
f479567fe14dab4e8398dedf4c241c0303734bc9 | Hong Kong (CNN) -- Thousands of demonstrators bracing for the possibility of a police crackdown stood their ground in the heart of Hong Kong on Tuesday. Protesters had masks, protective goggles and plastic raincoats on hand as they camped out on the main thoroughfare leading into the city's central business district. "... | NEW: 37 branches or offices of 21 banks are closed Tuesday in Hong Kong .
56 people injured and 89 people arrested since protests started, officials say .
Protesters pack streets wearing masks and protective goggles .
"We had to use force" on protesters, a police official says . |
f479a5103f6799a1e1e5c74b3e967270e30093f9 | (REAL SIMPLE) -- One morning, nearly 20 years ago, I was lying in bed. It was late. I was supposed to be working, but I seemed glued to the mattress. I hated myself for my laziness. To enjoy being idle, you can pretend to meditate, stare at the clouds or lie in a field. And then, by chance, I picked up a collection of ... | Writer Tom Hodgkinson learned to embrace doing nothing .
The first step to being idle is to banish the guilt associated with not being busy .
Hodgkinson also recommends playing the ukulele and pretending to meditate .
Choose the right role models, like Walt Whitman, to help you enjoy being idle . |
f47a02c3208667d488a3a7b20114c62344cb8370 | Washington (CNN) -- In a dramatic slap at congressional authority, a divided Supreme Court has struck down a key part of a law that denies to legally married same-sex couples the same federal benefits provided to heterosexual spouses. The Defense of Marriage Act defines marriage as only between a man and a woman. The v... | NEW: Edith Windsor, who sued the federal government, says she is overjoyed by the ruling .
In a 5-4 decision, the high court says Congress cannot deny equal protection .
"Today's DOMA ruling is a historic step forward," president's twitter account posts .
Justice Antonin Scalia issues a thunderous dissent saying " the ... |
f47a2ee2b835da23f6a8fefaa5c451ceb3f47f1a | A journalist decided to test how safe the streets of Paris are for Jews - by wearing a religious skullcap and filming the public's reaction using a hidden camera. Zvika Klein, a reporter for Jewish news outlet NRG, silently walked in the city for ten hours wearing a kippah - also known as a yarmulke - on his head and a... | Zvika Klein, from Jewish news outlet NRG, silently walked for ten hours .
The NRG reporter wore a kippah on his head and a tzitzit (ritual tassels)
Clip shows antisemitism is rife in city as he is intimidated and even spat at .
Comes as Israeli Prime Minister says Europe is no longer safe for Jews . |
f47a438c860529f7ea1b9e95bf3b10947458c564 | FBI Director Robert Mueller acknowledged the law enforcement agency uses drone aircraft in the United States for surveillance in certain difficult cases. Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that drones are used by the FBI in a "very, very minimal way and very seldom." He did not say how many unmann... | FBI Director Robert Mueller says agency uses drones in certain difficult cases .
Mueller revealed the drone use in testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee .
Sen. Grassley seeks answers from Attorney General Eric Holder on FBI drones .
FAA predicts 10,000 civilian drones will be in use in the U.S. within five ye... |
f47a5862a329009d384e05e03b0dcbc011f14f58 | (CNN) -- Former world No. 3 David Nalbandian has continued his latest comeback from injury by reaching his first semifinal of 2010 at the Legg Mason Classic in Washington, but top seed Tomas Berdych suffered a shock defeat. The Argentine is now ranked a lowly 117th after missing both the French Open and Wimbledon due t... | David Nalbandian to face Croatian fourth seed Marin Cilic in Washington semifinals .
Argentine reaches his first semifinal this year in his return from hamstring problem .
Top seed Tomas Berdych upset by Xavier Malisse in the opening quarterfinal .
Second seed Samantha Stosur misses out on semifinal place in San Diego ... |
f47a7b3407d13f806b94211dc996511fc2909d0a | By . Snejana Farberov, Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 10:32 EST, 29 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:37 EST, 18 September 2013 . The 'Facebook killer' who shot dead his wife then posted a picture of her body on Facebook and declared 'I'm going to prison' has pleaded not guilty to murder charges.... | Derek Medina, 31, is accused of shooting his wife, Jennifer Alfonso, 26, then posting a picture of her dead body on Facebook .
A search warrant reveals new details including that he told detectives that he shot his wife 'six to eight times'
It is thought Medina will claim self-defense . |
f47accf096e8e6d128bcab3fc08be59c5e4fc514 | (CNN) -- One of the drawbacks of Roombas, the robotic floor cleaning devices that automatically scoot around and suck up dirt, is that they are too big to clean what really matters. They fall off of pets, are miserable at dishes and they do very little for tablet and smartphone maintenance. A Japanese company is attemp... | AutoMee is a tiny Roomba-like cleaning device for smartphones and tablets .
It automatically buffs your touchscreen clean using sensors to avoid falling off edges .
The device will be available in Japan at the end of March . |
f47b827fa9c43e49bfb7afc3c6273f48bb5e1c6e | The lawyer for one of James Bulger's murderers today revealed the 'living nightmare' of representing the notorious child killer. Speaking ahead of the 20th anniversary of the toddler's death, Laurence Lee recalled how he was convinced that 'angelic-looking' Jon Venables must be innocent of the brutal crime. He also cla... | Killer's solicitor Laurie Lee gives first interview for over a decade ahead of 20th anniversary of toddler's murder .
Lawyer says he could not believe the 10-year-old was guilty at first .
Blames Robert Thompson for leading his schoolfriend astray . |
f47c62b58d767927f35c4e55c20aa7097f599f7f | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 00:09 EST, 13 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:11 EST, 13 January 2013 . Police have released a trove of chilling photos of beautiful young women they fear may be unidentified victims of a 1970s serial killer who has already been convicted of six murders. The intimate pictures feature wom... | California serial killer Rodney Alcala, 69, jailed in New York for two murders .
Former Dating Game contestant already on death row for previous killings .
Police found hundreds of photos of women taken by Alcala in Seattle locker .
Not all have been identified and it's feared there could be many more victims . |
f47c957b430aa784a72b47dea0142907bf7a24a3 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 04:41 EST, 29 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:43 EST, 29 May 2013 . This mother duck brought traffic to a halt as she set out for a morning swim with her adorable brood in tow. Drivers in Macclesfield could only watch and wait as the mallard waddled along Clarke Lane with her flock of 1... | Drivers hit the brakes as mallard and 13 ducks waddled down road .
Family of ducks were marching towards reservoir in Cheshire for a swim . |
f47cbdfc98e0646b1395cfae94b41936c5ad52f9 | The amount of greenhouse gases in the Earth's atmosphere could be significantly reduced thanks to a membrane created in Japan. The polymer skin filters gases, such as carbon dioxide, out of the atmosphere while allowing oxygen to pass through it. Researchers believe their polymer membrane, known as PIM-1, will play a v... | The PIM-1 membrane was created by researchers from Kyoto University .
Skin ‘sieves’ harmful gases from air while allowing oxygen to pass through .
PIM-1 is embedded with a network of cavities two nanometres in diameter .
These cavities and channels capture gases, such as carbon dioxide . |
f47ccaf90f53c5f0d4543e2c454324c411714df4 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:08 EST, 4 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 15:20 EST, 4 March 2014 . Former US Congressman Mel Reynolds says he is in hiding in South Africa following his deportation from Zimbabwe because he believes his life is in danger. He told The Associated Pr... | Mel Reynolds served two years and 10 months as a Democratic Congressman from Illinois in the 1990s .
He was arrested last month and spent six days in a Zimbabwean prison after police found pornography on his computer and phone .
Claims his life is in danger because he plans to expose Chicago businessmen who are illegal... |
f47d64d6fb8f098cb015f84d5f5a75674bb0a90e | (CNN) -- Somali lawmakers are scheduled to choose the next president Monday, moving the nation a step closer to its first stable central government since the 1991 ouster of a dictator. The new parliament, which was selected last month, will hold a ballot to choose the president from about two dozen candidates. In a let... | A new parliament selected last month will hold a ballot to pick a president .
The ballot comes after years of conflict between militants and government forces .
"It has not been easy getting us to this point," U.N. envoy says . |
f47dc91a36bc6b027abc60cc9438522824a887b3 | Polish goalkeeper Lukasz Fabianski has signed a four-year deal with Swansea after agreeing to leave Arsenal at the end of his contract. The 29-year-old will officially become a Swansea player on July 1 when his deal at the Emirates finishes. Fabianksi, who has won 21 caps for his country, becomes Garry Monk's first sig... | Fabianski has signed a four-year deal at the Liberty Stadium .
Polish keeper spent seven years with Arsenal before agreeing move .
Fabianski is Garry Monk's first signing as Swans boss .
The Polish keeper helped the Gunners win the FA Cup in May . |
f47e6cde46572c9e1684f9ce7ac6296e0c33ed4a | By . Claire Bates . Last updated at 10:36 AM on 19th January 2012 . Tesco today found itself under siege from both sweet-toothed shoppers and horrified anti-obesity experts after slashing the price of chocolate bars to 20p. In a move to win back customers following a Christmas slump, the supermarket chain has slashed t... | Five-packs of Snickers, KitKat Chunky, Twix, Mars and Bounty to sold for .
£1 until end of January . |
f47e962173cafc93d6bec8bda6cd6a6679f72734 | A single father, his two young sons and one of their friends have perished in a small plane crash, leaving their town of just 200 people in south Canada in shock. Darren Spence, an experienced crop duster pilot, took off from Waskada, Manitoba with his sons Gage, 10, and Logan, nine, and nine-year-old Dawson Pentecost... | Darren Spence, 37, took off with his sons Gage, 10, and Logan, 9, and one of their friends on Sunday but crashed into a field shortly afterwards .
First time the boys' friend, Dawson Pentecost, 9, had been on a plane .
Victims were from Waskada, Manitoba, which has just 200 residents . |
f47f6a3e9b1ea4f7546531496e5c8673e8e86a51 | By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 10:55 EST, 1 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:56 EST, 1 March 2013 . Researchers have revealed the surface of Mercury was once covered with a vast ocean of magma. Scientists analysing data from a spacecraft orbiting the plan have been baffled by odd readings that showed unexplained chemical... | Surface believed to have been covered in large magma ocean which remelted several times .
Team recreated Mercury rocks in the lab to test their theory . |
f47f9eb7433d43e63acde47dd137beb660b1a82f | When the simple act of walking up and down the stairs made Caroline Kupfers feel as if she was going to have a heart attack, she knew it was time to do something about her weight. The secretary from Scunthorpe feared that at 19st 13lb she wouldn't live to see her daughter grow up and even considered gastric bypass surg... | A 19st 13lb and size 28, Caroline Kupfers, 33, feared she would die young .
Swapped all her meals for low-calorie shakes and lost 10st in 10 months .
Weight loss has made secretary from Scunthorpe's marriage stronger . |
f47fbf3b748f94d1314c21e7e7f85fb53b2d7275 | This assortment of products would surely make the Dowager Countess recoil in horror. The matriarch at the centre of Downton Abbey would never allow the Crawley name to be used to endorse anything so common as wine, perfume and even furniture. But that is exactly what the makers of the hit period drama are doing as they... | A seven-piece perfume set inspired by the characters is on sale for £152 .
A four-poster bed inspired by Lady Mary's bedroom is on sale for £1,750 .
Wine, soft furnishings, CDs, T-shirts, and jewellery are also available . |
f47fe02143c374e7c6480f28e7111974449239dc | The NHS is to spend £250million to clear a massive backlog of knee, cataract and hip replacement operations. Jeremy Hunt will today announce that the injection of cash will help ensure no one waits more than a year for treatment – unless it is clinically necessary. But the plan will also mean longer waiting times for t... | Almost 600 NHS patients have waited more than a year for their operations .
The money will pay for as many as 100,000 operations in coming months .
Labour calls it a ploy to distract attention from lengthening waiting lists . |
f480a211b8933d11549135cf17a219388096cdc0 | (CNN) -- I was watching yet another annoying political ad produced by some super PAC of which I've never heard, and all I could think was: "Sheesh, it's not even June, and I'm already sick of this stuff. With five months to go until the election, I think a steady diet of this junk will drive me into a mental institutio... | Lewis Beale says he's sick of unending political ads, and we have five months to go .
He says the election system is dysfunctional, but it could be helped .
He says make presidency a single six-year term so that something gets done .
Beale: Ban negative ads, limit polling, spending; at least it's a start . |
f48130ae70103c5778f00b314ca2f6d6e9a7931f | By . Marie-louise Olson . PUBLISHED: . 16:49 EST, 11 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:49 EST, 11 November 2013 . Toronto Mayor Rob Ford is still rejecting calls for his resignation saying on Monday in his first public appearance since he admitted to smoking crack cocaine that he is ‘not going anywhere’. The embattled ... | Mayor Rob Ford made his first public appearance on Monday since he admitted smoking crack cocaine .
His speech at Toronto's Remembrance Day service garnered some heckling from the crowd .
He allegedly told supporters he is 'not going anywhere'
Allegations .
that the Canadian mayor had been caught on camera puffing on a... |
f4814193c329f4724c8247869eeba38d8cea3a75 | NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- Doctors say an encephalitis outbreak has killed 130 people -- mostly children -- in northern India since January. The outbreak of acute encephalitis -- an inflammation of brain tissue -- is mostly concentrated in eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh, said V.S. Nigam, the state's nodal officer for ta... | Encephalitis outbreak has killed 130 people in northern India since January .
Outbreak is mostly concentrated in eastern parts of Uttar Pradesh .
Encephalitis, an inflammation of brain tissue, mostly affecting children under 15 . |
f4816645fa19265848a25c2978b413f4c3e83b00 | (CNN) -- Racist, unfunny, hilarious, confusing, lame. A New York Post cartoon has sparked a debate over race and cartooning this week. Reactions are as varied as they are strong to Tuesday's New York Post cartoon that depicted the police shooting of a chimpanzee. Two police officers, one with a smoking gun, are near th... | NEW: Post apologizes, but also defends its cartoon .
Some say cartoon is racist, others say it's misunderstood .
On 1-10 "danger scale" for cartoons, Dilbert creator calls cartoon a 9 .
Post editor defends cartoon, calls the Rev. Al Sharpton an "opportunist" |
f4816852809cca56f703b970994896b0a4beade5 | Holidaymakers will spend nearly £1,220 on their main break next year and are planning to throw in an additional trip away from home, new research has revealed. With the average Briton planning three trips instead of two in 2015, travellers are expected to spend nine per cent more on their main holiday compared to 2014,... | Travel Supermarket study says average Briton is planning three breaks .
More than 30% of those polled say they are planning a staycation .
Spain remains the most popular destination outside of the UK .
It is followed by the US, France and Italy, according to the study . |
f4818e740fa2c1e0aa558082da60c26621d23886 | By . Anna Hodgekiss . PUBLISHED: . 05:28 EST, 22 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:28 EST, 22 October 2013 . A mother's life was saved after her optician spotted she had a brain tumour during a routine eye test. Jessica Hyde, 31, was suffering severe headaches so went to her optician to get her eyesight checked - and to... | Jessica Hyde, 31, was suffering severe headaches so went to her optician .
Mother-of-two thought she might need an upgraded prescription .
But optician noticed optic nerve was swollen and referred her for MRI scan .
This revealed brain tumour which, left untreated, could have been fatal .
She has now had fluid drained ... |
f4818eb9ca52513694a9dfd409d44a8a86957d3d | By . Matt Blake . and Daily Mail Reporter . Death by stoning for convicted adulterers could be rewritten into Afghan law, 12 years after the barbaric execution method was banished along with the Taliban regime, a senior government official has said. Rohullah Qarizada, who is part of the . sharia Islamic law committee w... | The sentence appears in a draft revision of the country's penal .
code .
If enacted, the sentence can be passed if act is witnessed by four people .
The draft goes on to state that stonings should be carried out in public .
Human Rights Watch brands the revision as 'absolutely shocking'
Comes as two lovers were publicl... |
f481bf38f270ad4f423070d1f283a3f8f2526d63 | There have now been nearly 9,000 confirmed, probable and suspected cases of Ebola virus disease (EVD) across seven affected countries. At least 4,400 people have died so far in this, the worst outbreak of EVD since it emerged in 1976. The World Health Organization (WHO) is warning that weekly cases could reach 10,000 b... | WHO is warning that weekly cases could reach 10,000 by the start of December .
2003 SARS outbreak was the worst global pandemic of the modern era .
SARS, however, was a far less severe infection than Ebola, say Hill-Cawthorne .
Best way to prevent domestic Ebola cases is by pitching in to the global effort in West Afri... |
f481c120827d05542d8a7d779c823bd49cc54cbb | By . Ashley Collman . A 16-year-old girl who was raped and then had pictures of her naked body posted to social media has publicly stepped forward as she seeks charges against her attacker . While most news outlets do not publish the identities of sexual assault victims, the Houston teen identified as Jada chose to for... | The 16-year-old Houston, Texas girl identified as Jada says she was drugged and raped at a friend's party .
After the party, peers started sharing pictures of her body - stripped from the waist down - online .
Houston Police say they are investigating her claims . |
f4822bb742266d826f1c1f9154dad3e6366aa5ec | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:07 EST, 15 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:19 EST, 15 November 2013 . This is the adorable moment three fluffy owlets spotted a photographer taking their picture - and tried to get a closer look. Graham McGeorge had been visiting Okefenokee Swamp in Georgia for two months ho... | Incredible pictures feature in National Geographic 2013 photo contest . |
f48255a1478c59d5dda6d7edd8fcd90813e761d2 | (CNN) -- "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever" had few fans upon its release in 2002. The $70 million movie, starring Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu, was a box office failure, making just $14.3 million domestically and less than $6 million overseas. Antonio Banderas, above, and Lucy Liu starred as dueling secret agents in 2002's ... | RottenTomatoes.com ranked 100 worst films of this decade .
No. 1 on the list was 2002's "Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever"
Not all bad movies are box office duds -- some do quite well .
Critics play useful role, says Rotten Tomatoes editor-in-chief . |
f4828e7f329a1dde8771ee7578b5c12ccc6b87d4 | (CNN) -- For some fans, tailgating is something to do before a football game. For others, a football game is something to do after tailgating. It's a religion at various schools, complete with copious amounts of food, games and flat-screen TVs. Even though the weather is cooling off, tailgating season is still heating ... | Tailgating is a tradition at many colleges, passed down from generation to generation .
Many tailgates include games, food and an entertainment system .
At the University of Washington, fans can tailgate on the water .
Tigers fans -- both Auburn's and LSU's -- invite opposing teams to their tailgates . |
f482ff6dd0edec417f3b290ea4b5b95e4d907a71 | (CNN) -- As royalty from different parts of the world converged on the Netherlands to watch the monarchy change hands, some of the guests there may have been thinking ahead to the day when they get the top job back home. In Europe, most monarchs are getting old and have been on their thrones for years. Their offspring ... | Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands hands over the crown to her son .
Older monarchs are on the thrones in Britain, Spain, Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Belgium .
Some analysts say the younger generation is best suited for the demands of modern monarchies . |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.