id stringlengths 40 40 | article stringlengths 48 15.9k | highlights stringlengths 14 7.39k |
|---|---|---|
f4830e81395e5dbddcd5ad0ff334b7374dda9f4a | (CNN) -- Sen. John McCain stepped up his rhetoric against his Democratic rival on taxes in his weekly radio address Saturday, comparing his plan to "socialist" programs. The remarks were part of a theme McCain has used since the final presidential debate, but his most recent comments were the first time he used the wor... | NEW: McCain compares Obama's tax plan to "socialist" programs .
NEW: Obama: McCain "ignoring the needs of America's middle class"
Police say 100,000 attend Barack Obama's rally in Missouri .
Palin: Obama's "staged photo-op" interrupted by Joe's tax question Saturday . |
f48387b22e8adf81ff3e5d029a6f96801de46201 | (CNN) -- There won't just be a new winner next season on "American Idol." Most everything about the show may be new. Weeks after Randy Jackson announced his departure from Fox's long-running music talent show, two of his fellow judges -- Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj -- followed him out the door Thursday. That leaves on... | NEW: Minaj "is a superstar who brought ... honesty and passion," show's producers say .
Minaj and Mariah Carey both announce their exits from "American Idol" after 1 season .
The two performers had clashed and weren't able to bolster the program's ratings .
Randy Jackson announced he was leaving "American Idol" earlier... |
f483aa6182996169a51df7e0f6a7b12211ddcaff | In a knife fight of a congressional hearing, IRS Commissioner John Koskinen defended his agency, but he sparked an uproar from Republicans by admitting it destroyed a key hard drive wanted in an investigation, and he did not apologize for the data loss. "I don't think an apology is owed, not a single email has been los... | Sparks fly at congressional hearing on lost IRS hard drive .
Agency chief admits IRS destroyed hard drive, but didn't apologize .
Republicans say agency is not to be believed, but Democrats say criticism is political . |
f484789c801aa3be78fdcb02ab2c0a66bb3e27e4 | President Barack Obama sided with open-Internet activists on Monday, urging the Federal Communications . Commission to draft new rules that would reclassify the broadband net to . regulate it more like a public utility. The end result would tie the hands of Internet service providers that want to cut special deals with... | Cruz: 'The Internet should not operate at the speed of government.'
FCC's first 'net neutrality' plan was struck down by a federal court in January .
'This is huge,' said CREDO, a left-wing mobile Internet service provider .
President's announcement was videotaped before his trip to China but released as he was in bed ... |
f484bfc5d8b39ba2a566e755007654de6c5b5b9c | By . Jessica Jerreat and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 21:44 EST, 15 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:44 EST, 15 June 2013 . An army ranger was killed in a freak parachute accident after the cords became wrapped around his neck during a routing training jump in Georgia. Pfc Christopher Dona, 21, was dragged 350... | Christopher Dona was knocked unconscious and dragged on routine jump .
Fellow soldiers cut him free but could not revive him on Georgia airbase .
Accidental death occurred during a training exercise . |
f484dc7f1a85df9c826ede2dbd02a186db7ed0fc | The mysterious world of espionage, top secret missions and adventure has intrigued children for generations. Now MI5 and Blue Peter, the BBC’s long running children’s programme, have teamed up to try to find potential 007s of the future. As part of a unique competition, three lucky youngsters will be offered the chance... | MI5 and Blue Peter team up to launch competition for three lucky children .
Winners will be given a tour of the organisation's secretive headquarters .
Viewers aged between eight and 14 allowed to apply for the competition .
The top eight candidates will be put through gruelling elimination test .
The final three will... |
f4868eecffa212a90385f0d065324c9b393caa98 | By . Simon Tomlinson . UPDATED: . 07:10 EST, 7 April 2012 . The head of the Catholic church in Scotland has added his voice to growing calls for Christians to be allowed to express their beliefs at work. In his Easter Sunday homily, Cardinal Keith O'Brien will urge Christians to 'wear proudly a symbol of the cross of ... | Cardinal Keith O'Brien to deliver defiant Easter message tomorrow . |
f486f38400d16c2da3a88934dc8f91a176bc2190 | By . Mark Prigg . A major row has broken out over the credibility of a groundbreaking experiment to detect what happened in the first billionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a trillionth of a second after the Big Bang. The experiment was hailed as a look at the very brief moment of time at the beginning of everyth... | Using the BICEP2 telescope, scientists looked at specific patterns in light waves within the faint microwave glow left from the Big Bang .
They found pattern which they believe was caused by gravitational waves .
New claims say signal came from another source . |
f48757ba41cc0c7e59d82bf8b5848fe7cb5cc556 | Sao Paulo, Brazil (CNN) -- Brazilian police have arrested three people suspected of killing at least two women, eating parts of their bodies and using their remains to make stuffed meat pies sold in the northeastern town of Garanhuns. The three suspects -- 51-year-old Jorge Beltrao Negroponte, his wife, Cristina da Sil... | The suspects are accused of killing two women and using their remains to make meat pies .
The suspects confessed to the crimes, police tell national TV .
"I did certain things for purification to protect people and deliver them to God," one says . |
f487c3177c7d9890eabefd1bb25d331400c42076 | By . Jason Groves . PUBLISHED: . 18:19 EST, 27 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:27 EST, 28 December 2012 . Herman Van Rompuy said the European Union would fall apart quickly if countries were allowed to pick and choose which powers they wanted to keep . David Cameron will not be allowed to ‘cherry pick’ powers to claw... | Herman Van Rompuy said the EU would fall apart quickly if countries were allowed to pick and choose powers .
He said if UK departed it would ‘see a friend walk off into the desert’
David Cameron is expected to call for .
renegotiation of Britain’s relationship with the EU next month . |
f487c902ca3f618c1a46d77091ba3ca1d1edf484 | It is known as a breeding ground for the biggest names in American comedy. But some of the best slipped through the net. The rejects of Saturday Night Live include Jim Carrey, Kevin Hart, Zach Galifianakis, and Steve Carrell. In something of an apology to those who were rejected but later made it, some of the best audi... | Jim Carrey, Kevin Hart, Stephen Colbert, and Zach Galifianakis lost out .
SNL 40th anniversary show screened their auditions in apology .
Lisa Kudrow, Steve Carell, Kathy Griffin, John Goodman also rejected . |
f487ccb50d95f4434647a645bb920daaa891974a | By . Chris Pleasance . Angela Merkel likes to play it safe in public - and it seems that in private the German chancellor is no different. Mrs Merkel has been pictured on holiday with her rarely-seen husband Joachim Sauer in the same Italian city the couple have been visiting for decades. The pair were spotted browsing... | Angela Merkel and husband Jaochim Sauer travel to Italy for Easter break .
They are staying in the same village they have been visiting for decades .
Sant'Angleo is a small fishing village on the island of D'Ischia, near Naples .
Thought to be staying at spa hotel where rooms cost up to £280 a night .
David Cameron is ... |
f4880157e13d75592e18ebefab09add673c7ec63 | An extremist Libyan militia has captured twelve men who now face mutilation and execution for allegedly being gay. The militia stormed a private party in Ain Zara, a suburb of the capital Tripoli, late on Thursday night and took the men hostage. Pictures of the men with their hands up against the wall and their faces c... | The militia stormed a private party in Tripoli and took the men hostage .
Pictures of men with hands up against wall were posted on Facebook .
Militia states on Facebook page that mission is to rid Libya of gay people . |
f4882368bd549ff325960d41418e33973e7c7569 | By . David Mccormack . and Dan Bloom . Legendary Miami Dolphins quarterback Dan Marino wants to withdraw from a concussion lawsuit filed against the NFL in federal court last week, claiming he had joined the litigation in error. The Hall of Famer and his lawyers are looking into how his name was joined to the lawsuit f... | Former Miami Dolphins star, 52, now wants to withdraw from the concussion lawsuit .
His lawyers have released a statement claiming it was all a big mistake .
He was named on Monday as one of 15 retired players suing the league .
He played with the Dolphins for 17 seasons including the 1984 Super Bowl .
Lawsuit claims p... |
f4883e2618718a3812bee3b75ba79e9af8312e0c | They are all iconic Manchester derby moments stripped down to their simplest form. These goals sent one half of the city into ecstasy and the other half into despair and now graphic designer Rick Hincks has re-told them in their mechanical, purest form with his latest collection of prints. After the success of his coll... | Graphic designer Rick Hincks has released a new set of prints based on classic moments from the Manchester derby down the years .
The artworks strip famous goals down to their mechanics .
Among them are Wayne Rooney's overhead kick and Shaun Goater's famous goal in last derby at Maine Road .
City play United at the Eti... |
f48865930621dc028683353ffe2e931cef8e4494 | By . Dan Bloom . A seven-year-old girl who appeared on national television crossing the U.S. border by herself has been reunited with her mother, it has been reported. The Honduran child - named only as Aimee - put a human face on the crisis of undocumented minors when border guards asked where her mother lived and she... | Found by NBC, Aimee is among countless minors crossing Mexican border .
When officers asked her mother's address, she said simply: 'In the States'
Aimee, found near Mission, Texas, reunited with mother in North Carolina .
It puts a human face on crisis ricocheting at highest levels of government .
Number of lone childr... |
f488a43cfe3146d532a99a3de7ef0315c8785798 | By . Katy Winter . The mother of the UK's biggest family could soon be crowned Britain's best parenting blogger after posts about her brood of 16 kids reached the final. Sue Radford, 38, who has nine sons and seven daughters, set up a blog to capture memories about her children's lives. But after the competition receiv... | Sue and Noel have nine sons and seven daughters, but receive no benefits .
Sue started a blog about family life with her large brood .
The Radford Family Blog is read by more than 100,000 people each month .
As well as daily life, documents tragic miscarriage last year of 17th child .
Blog is one of 75 to reach final o... |
f488cafaa1c8d351fef193ffe958f22b7fa37c2a | (CNN) -- As the world knows, peace can sometimes be fleeting. One-time basketball bad boy Ron Artest, who changed his name to Metta World Peace and said it was meaningful and inspirational, was ejected Sunday from the Los Angeles Lakers-Oklahoma City Thunder game for hitting James Harden in the head with his elbow. Aft... | NEW: The Oklahoma City Thunder says James Harden is undergoing testing .
World Peace of the Los Angeles Lakers knocks down Thunder's Harden .
World Peace, formerly known as Ron Artest, is ejected from the Lakers-Thunder game .
Harden tells ABC he has "a little bit of a headache" |
f488ce767e02d6debd5f23848e76715306d5e4e0 | New York (CNN) -- A male model suspected of killing a prominent Portuguese journalist in his posh Manhattan hotel room was undergoing a psychiatric evaluation Saturday at New York City's Bellevue Hospital, according to an NYPD law enforcement source. Carlos Antonio De Castro, 65, was found dead in his room at the Inter... | NEW: The victim and suspect were staying at the hotel together, police source says .
The victim is identified as Carlos Antonio De Castro, a Portuguese journalist .
He was found bludgeoned and castrated, the source says .
Renato Seabra, a Portuguese model, is suspected in the killing . |
f488ff886cb0a9ec4631a15fe6d4c41908599834 | Auctioneers were stunned last week when a rundown house sitting on a deceased estate in Sydney's eastern suburbs was bought for a whopping $4.31 million. 36 Knox Street, Clovelly, sold for $610,000 above it's reserve, even though the house requires nearly $100,000 worth of renovations. The retro brick house is position... | A Sydney family has spent over $4 million on a rundown deceased estate .
The house is in Clovelly and was offered up for the first time in 70 years .
It sold for $610,000 above it's reserve .
The buyer lives in the area and drives past the house every day .
He intends to renovate the home in due course . |
f489bd9b9181aa499375f8e0cf1bcf16fb95edbf | By . Andrew Cawthorne . Argentina are playing far below their best, are over-reliant on Lionel Messi and must improve if they are to beat Belgium in their World Cup quarter-finals, according to Diego Maradona. 'We still haven't got started,' Maradona, who won the 1986 World Cup with Argentina, said in a withering analy... | Maradona says Argentina are in danger of becoming 'Sporting Messi'
Switzerland were beaten by South Americans in World Cup Second Round .
Maradona claims Switzerland are better watch-makers than they are footballers . |
f489d80725b969c501c7e96d5f0b2c25b10fd9f3 | By . Sophie Borland . PUBLISHED: . 18:10 EST, 17 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:45 EST, 18 September 2013 . Dr Anna Smajdor claims that compassion is 'not a necessary component' of healthcare . Nurses and doctors do not need to treat patients with compassion, a controversial academic has claimed. Dr Anna Smajdor th... | Dr Anna Smajdor claims compassion is 'not a necessary component' of healthcare .
She says medics should be able to work without being kind to patients .
The standard of NHS care is currently under scrutiny after a series of damning reports .
Health secretary Jeremy Hunt has implied such reports are partly down to a lac... |
f48a87d5c07b617fbb7be8e75adca8dcbd44d4ff | By . Martin Robinson . One of Tulisa Contostavlos' friends today admitted supplying cocaine to an undercover reporter as the former X Factor judge went on trial for allegedly setting up the drug deal. Michael Coombs, also known as rapper Mike GLC, pleaded guilty to supplying the Class A drug when he appeared at London'... | Mike GLC admitted selling £860 of the Class A drug to the 'Fake Sheikh'
Tulisa Contostavlos, 26, is accused of brokering deal at the Dorchester Hotel .
GLC will be sentenced at end of Tulisa's trial, which starts tomorrow . |
f48a91d044fab32853102de091c8bf0e4b2b765b | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 10:11 EST, 24 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 16:06 EST, 24 February 2014 . Brody Roybal was born with no legs. But that didn't stop him from trying any number of sports at an early age. His mom, Michelle Roybal, remembers thinking he looked like the Peanuts character Pigpen when he'... | Brody Roybal was born with no legs but found sled hockey was his passion at the age of seven .
By age 12, Roybal was so good that he started playing with an adult team .
Now Roybal is the youngest U.S. Paralympic athlete .
The team is the subject of a PBS documentary called Ice Warriors that begins airing Monday . |
f48b47886a1f87ef6f552a6dfd60d75a0b0988a9 | By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 05:12 EST, 16 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:54 EST, 16 April 2013 . Researchers have revealed further 'concrete hints' of the elusive material called dark matter at an underground laboratory in the US. Though it is believed to make up a quarter of our universe, dark matter has never been... | Discovery made in lab deep inside a US mine in Minnesota .
Researchers say they are 99.8% sure they have traces of dark matter . |
f48ba02f4e45b7aaa73bcea4becac4946afd60d9 | It's the sort of item that you'd more commonly associate with Ancient Egypt, but the sarcophagus is making a comeback as London runs out of burial space. Erith Cemetery, in Bexley, south-east London, opened in 1894 but has been closed to fresh earthen burials for 20 years after it ran out of space. However, it has now ... | Erith Cemetery has been closed to fresh earthen burials for 20 years .
Site had run out of space but it has now opened new memorial terrace .
Construction of a series of stone mausoleums and sarcophagi on slope .
This has created room for 600 new graves in Bexley, south-east London . |
f48ba39d41c486fd36d3111dcfccf922b2cfa834 | By . Alex Greig . PUBLISHED: . 23:21 EST, 14 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:32 EST, 15 December 2013 . A Maryland woman who lost her 15-month-old son last year and whose former fiance has been charged with murder gave birth to a daughter almost one year to the day after the death of her son. Police say Joaquin Shado... | Hera McLeod, 33, gave birth to a daughter, Estela, in October .
McLeod conceived the child via sperm donor .
Last October, her firstborn child, 15-month-old Prince, died after a court-ordered unsupervised visit with his father Joaquin Rams, 40 .
Rams has been charged with his murder .
McLeod has dedicated herself to ca... |
f48bd5d64e478950c60ad480d7e1e4eed0ed8264 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 19:40 EST, 12 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:49 EST, 12 June 2013 . A man was executed on Wednesday for the murder of a guard during a botched 1987 prison van ambush intended to free an imprisoned friend. William Van Poyck, 58, of Florida, was pronounced dead at 7.24 pm, 23 minutes a... | William Van Poyck, 58, of Florida, was pronounced dead at 7.24 pm in Florida State Prison .
Van Poyck and accomplice Frank Valdes ambushed prison van outside a doctor's office in a failed attempt .
to free James O'Brien, a former jailmate .
Poyck declined a last meal and spent time with his sister and spiritual advisor... |
f48c7b5e49d0914865940ba3c438c7588720898c | A video of a six-month-old baby standing up on his proud father’s open hand has become a global viral sensation. Lennox Smith balances perfectly on 32-year-old Sandy’s right hand over a bed in the 44-second video which has been viewed more than two million times. Mother Simone, 32, a make-up artist from Partick, Glasgo... | Lennox Smith balances perfectly on Sandy’s right hand over a bed .
Mother surprised by her son and the reaction to the video she posted .
The 44-second video has been viewed more than two million times . |
f48ca057242a4b75a944995ae4c8aed69e8126d4 | Tornado crews flying over Iraq say their mission is 'personal' as they seek 'some sort of justice' for murdered RAF engineer David Haines. The 44-year-old British aid worker, who served with the force for 12 years, was beheaded by ISIS militants in a shocking propaganda video after being taken hostage in Syria. Now se... | Source said RAF crews in Cyprus hope to stop any more captives suffering .
Said mission was 'not about revenge but perhaps some sort of justice'
British aid worker David Haines, 44, spent 12 years as an RAF engineer .
He was murdered by ISIS militants after being held hostage in Syria .
Just six Tornados have joined th... |
f48ca6719f2ce5c7baa691e67e2a76e7f7e88846 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 07:09 EST, 10 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:09 EST, 10 July 2013 . A wheelchair user diced with death when he hurled himself into the middle of a major road, causing traffic to swerve and brake around him. He was filmed shooting on to New Bridge Street, one of the busiest routes through... | Man was filmed shooting on to busy New Bridge Street, in Newcastle .
Despite being wheelchair-bound, he appeared to be using his legs .
Used his legs to wheel himself across road, forcing cars to swerve . |
f48d477ae9a4ae6a91b0c359eafb32a4ed15e648 | Qantas is set to unveil a new campaign in a heart-felt advertisement, which centres around real people returning home to their loved ones in a bid to boost customer loyalty and rebuild its brand. It comes after the national carrier announced its major overhaul, which included 5000 job cuts, ditch unprofitable internati... | Qantas will unveil its new brand campaign 'Feels like home' from Sunday .
The ad depicts what the national carrier has been doing for almost 100 years – bringing people home .
The campaign was filmed in London, Santiago, Los Angeles, Hong Kong, the Pilbara and Sydney .
It will go air from Sunday 9 November .
It follows... |
f48d4822def59e3ffcfc65dd6a294f6fdda3f89e | A speech to Europe aimed at Russia sounded a lot like President Barack Obama's successful campaign message from 2012, especially when it came to gay rights. The address on Wednesday at the Palais Des Beaux-Arts in Brussels followed talks with European Union and NATO leaders on Russia's military backed annexation of the... | President Obama promotes Western values against Russian intolerance .
Instead of targeting gays and lesbians, use laws to protect their rights, Obama says .
His comments come a day before Obama meets with Pope Francis .
The Pope rejects gay marriage, but has talked about the rationale for civil unions . |
f48da02e45866f1059be43299033bfe59604871a | (CNN) -- With Republicans back in control of the House of Representatives, a new power structure will emerge over the next few weeks. Republicans needed 39 seats to gain the majority, and are projected to gain 60 seats, the biggest shift in more than a half-century. House Republican Leader John Boehner is poised to lea... | House Republican Leader John Boehner is expected to become the new House Speaker .
Virginia's Eric Cantor is expected to become the next majority leader .
Boehner said despite the GOP victory in the House, it's not time for a victory lap . |
f48de4ee3c81daf920a7506ea61b7f6bc3f92cec | The government is taking action against the makers of a portable baby recliner called the Nap Nanny after five infant deaths. The Consumer Product Safety Commission filed an administrative complaint on Wednesday alleging that the new model of the Nap Nanny, called the Chill, and two earlier versions 'pose a substantial... | Baby Matters, who makes Nap Nanny, shuttered a month ago amid the massive product recall .
First and second generations of Nap Nanny linked to four infant deaths. Chill version linked to one .
A total of about 155,000 have been sold .
Designed to mimic the curves of a baby car seat, elevating an infant slightly to help... |
f48e23e2121183627f8e2fb249294513d77400bc | By . Ashley Collman . Olympic hockey star T.J. Oshie and his fiancee Lauren Cosgrove welcomed a daughter on St Patricks Day, but the new mom wasn't able to hold her daughter until more than a week later since Lyla Grace was born with a rare stomach condition. Little Lyla was born with a condition called gastroschisis, ... | TJ Oshie and fiancee Lauren Cosgrove welcomed new daughter Lyla Grace on St Patrick's Day .
Lyla was born with her intestines outside of her stomach, a rare condition known as gastroschisis .
About 1,871 babies in the U.S. are born with the condition every year .
There is a 90 per cent survival rate .
Cosgrove says her... |
f48e5a737365e3acd5ac95cb53a7556d70d4a765 | It is known as one of the most beautiful cities in the world, but it seems St Petersburg is also keen to capitalise on its nightlife. Step in the BarBus Maxi, a converted Ikarus 280 bus that is designed to take groups out for a nocturnal tour of the city, while staging an epic party on board. The former public transpor... | The BarBus Maxi is a converted Ikarus 280 that used to be public transport .
The bus was converted into a party haven by entrepreneur Alexander Berest .
He was inspired by a late-night journey home on a bus with students .
Revellers pay £110 at the weekend to drink and dance while on the move . |
f48e9a2f78747f3a845d70167c5b0d5d32cef6ec | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:55 EST, 12 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:15 EST, 12 May 2013 . Pope Francis today proclaimed hundreds of 15th-century martyrs beheaded for refusing to convert to Islam as saints of the Catholic Church, as he led his first canonization ceremony in a packed St. Peter's Square. Th... | Pope Francis made the sainthoods in his first canonization ceremony today .
The canonisations were approved by his predecessor Benedict XVI .
Vatican seemed at pains not to allow it to be interpreted as anti-Islamic .
The first pontiff from South America also gave Colombia its first saint . |
f48ec3d18d7afe8e4ca5d84b240a07ae4acc81c1 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A 17-year-old skater has died after accidentally stumbling onto train tracks into the path of a train, police said. Tyler Bailey was 'partying' with four friends when he was struck near the Dundas Street underpass in Toronto, Canada about 7pm Monday. The teen's grief-stricken mother said she'... | Tyler Bailey was struck by a GO train in Toronto on Monday evening .
The popular skater was 'partying' with four of friends when he stumbled onto the tracks .
Police said the death was accidental . |
f48ee12324e46b7348ab89d78d2d1302b59db8de | Former Lions and Wales forward Andy Powell once was once dubbed a 'scrumbag' after his wife accused him of cheating, gambling and lying, but the Newport Gwent Dragons No 8 has spoken of his joy as the reunited couple showed off their newborn son. Powell's wife Natasha tweeted his sexually explicit text messages, torch... | Andy Powell became embroiled in a very public split with his wife Natasha last year amid cheating claims .
She spray-painted his car and put his belongings up for sale on eBay .
The couple have since got back together .
Powell won 23 caps for Wales and had stints with Cardiff, Sale Sharks, Wasps and is now playing for ... |
f48ef4ce434f68df3500f3a4425d331a1cb060b2 | A photographer with a passion for capturing cities from above has selected his most spectacular images of London from 2014. Jason Hawkes has been shooting aerial views from helicopters for over 20 years and boasts a portfolio of hundreds of thousands of aerial shots from all over the world and has produced 50 books of ... | Jason Hawkes has been shooting stunning aerial images of London from helicopters for over twenty years .
His photographs include iconic sights such as Oxford Circus by night and poppies at the Tower of London .
Images show London's most iconic new buildings such as the 'Walky Talky' and the 'Cheese Grater' |
f48f4baa80621c0bf41f3cd2b63d501dbced66f6 | 'Not acceptable': Theresa May fears relaxing visa rules for Chinese tourists could open the door to an influx of organised crime gangs . Theresa May has blocked plans to make it easier for Chinese tourists to get visas because she fears it would lead to a rise in organised crime, it has been revealed. The Home Secretar... | Leaked letter reveals Home Secretary's opposition to Cabinet proposals . |
f48f7521aebc6a50053f90f243d13e800b36caa7 | Sunbathers would not let a long winter stop them from hitting the beach in Minnesota even though the lake hasn't even melted yet. The banks of Lake Superior were speckled with barely-clothed sunbathers on Memorial Day just like the lake was sprinkled with mini-icebergs. Even though temperatures were in the 80s this wee... | The area surrounding the lake was in the 80s this weekend but 5% is still frozen over .
Brave beach-goers in Duluth, Minnesota posed for photos on the mini-ice caps during breaks from laying out in the sun . |
f48fecb85fa057753412610ab447365ba3c2ce08 | (EW.com) -- "Battleship" is a special-effects-heavy movie invented to extend the brand of a commercial board game -- suitable for ages 7 and up! -- in which two players move imaginary boats around a simple grid. That part's not newsworthy. The surprise, for this veteran of board games, is that "Battleship" is also the ... | "Battleship" is a rousing, engaging, and emotionally complex action war picture .
There's a nice little scene in which humans have to make a difficult decision .
Taylor Kitsch does an admirable, controlled job of steering his character . |
f4903b5bb4adf3809834b9f93f2ea112b234babe | An invitation to a Christmas Eve slumber party with the Victoria's Secret girls would be many people's idea of the perfect gift. And so, as a festive treat, seven of the lingerie brand's Angels have given classic poem 'Twas The Night Before Christmas' a cute twist. Dressed in printed pyjamas (it's a Christmas miracle t... | Seven 'Angels' star in a new video wearing pyjamas and onesies .
The women take it in turns to read out lines from the Christmas classic .
Video designed to look like a cute Christmas card .
Poem first published in 1823 but remains a festive favourite .
Scroll down for video . |
f490ae860119ec18bcbf75ffb054780b803a2c52 | Kimberley Lindfield, pictured, a former youth volunteer for St John Ambulance, told family and friends she was being verbally abused and felt 'intimidated' by people living next door . A 27-year-old woman who was honoured by Princess Anne for her dedication to charity work was found hanged after complaining she was bei... | Kimberley Lindfield died in Wythenshaw Hospital in July 2012 .
27-year-old had been admitted six days earlier after suspected overdose .
She was branded 'grass' by neighbours after reporting their loud music .
Told family she'd been verbally abused and felt intimidated, inquest heard .
Was honoured by Princess Anne at ... |
f4914c8de3b4c852263c6a790a2825df6d6230cf | Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- A stay of execution for a man scheduled to die by lethal injection Wednesday evening in Georgia has been upheld by the state's Supreme Court. On Tuesday, a lower court delayed the execution of Marcus Ray Johnson, 46, after new evidence in the case surfaced. Johnson's lawyers had filed an emerg... | Marcus Ray Johnson had been scheduled for execution in Georgia Wednesday evening .
A judge issued a stay of execution on Tuesday based on new evidence .
The Georgia Supreme Court upheld the stay, and Johnson will have a hearing in February . |
f491ce10ea8a7fadb5bf755459da50bbe3eb9982 | Festive spending is expected to hit £45,000 a second tomorrow in what is set to be the busiest shopping day in British history. Analysts are predicting consumers will spend a record £3.9 billion over 24 hours in a last-minute surge of present-buying. Spending will average £2.7 million a minute, with the peak coming bet... | Monday is set to be the busiest day in British retail history .
Shoppers set to spend £45,000 every second i last-minute rush .
Peak will be during office lunch hours between 1pm and 2pm . |
f49283b79d0d8a29e423e53909db61ee73abeef1 | Proposals for an NHS card have been sent to Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt . Britons could have to carry an ‘entitlement card’ to access free NHS care as part of a crackdown on health tourists, it emerged yesterday. David Cameron is considering plans to restrict free healthcare for immigrants to those who have lived here... | Care may be restricted to those who have lived in UK more than a year .
MPs say scheme only works if those entitled to free care can prove it . |
f492adf3051924bdbd63a80c2caf23a604ebd67a | Washington (CNN) -- Here is an unofficial list of potential nominees for the Supreme Court if Mitt Romney is elected president in November. This list was compiled from a number of sources, including those serving as informal advisers to the Romney campaign. The Republican nominee has not specified publicly on favorites... | The Republican nominee has not specified publicly on favorites for the court .
Many names are relatively young judges appointed by George W. Bush.
Seven potential candidates are appeals court judges . |
f49331b85a88370a87854fe2a5097ca605411d25 | (CNN) -- The federal government's response manager to the Gulf oil disaster said Sunday that BP has made progress, but cautioned it was too early to call the effort a success. "We're making the right progress. I don't think anyone should be pleased as long as there's oil in the water," Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen said ... | NEW: Mississippi seeing no oil on beaches, but tourists are staying away, governor says .
Frustration grows among Gulf residents .
BP collects 250,000 gallons of oil in first 24 hours of funneling .
Oil mars pristine beaches on Florida Panhandle . |
f49380592a9cf86309828bcae6dfdfb8c179d975 | Jenson Button will be handed a remarkable reprieve when he is named on Thursday as a McLaren race driver for 2015. The 34-year-old Briton had given up all hope of taking his Formula One career into a 16th season as McLaren bosses wanted to plump for their Danish rookie Kevin Magnussen to partner the incoming Fernando A... | McLaren to announce their 2015 line-up in press conference on Thursday .
Jenson Button will partner two-time world champion Fernando Alonso .
Brit helped by support from shareholders and engine makers Honda . |
f493b5bcba41246ec94d2102f0ea44555e9629c9 | By . David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 18:09 EST, 30 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:35 EST, 30 July 2013 . A former pro-football Hall of Famer who developed dementia in his twilight years died a painful and senseless death while in the care of an Atlanta, Georgia assisted-living facility. George McAfee, a former running ba... | George McAfee had been a star running back for the Chicago Bears back in the 1940s .
In his advancing years he suffered dementia and his family put him in an assisted-living facility .
One night he drank detergent he found in an unlocked cupboard .
His family sued Emeritus, who ran the home, and settled out of court af... |
f4949dbc51bffb59a780d8e1fcbb0dbc334c1e67 | By . Mark Duell . Last updated at 4:40 PM on 7th February 2012 . A broken heart, a gun and a bite mark will finally prove a former LAPD detective killed a love rival almost three decades ago in a fit of rage after the woman married her ex-boyfriend, a court heard. Stephanie Lazarus, 51, of Los Angeles, allegedly beat a... | Stephanie Lazarus, 51, on trial in Los Angeles court for 26-year-old murder .
'Beat and shot dead Sherri Rasmussen, 29, after ex-boyfriend married her'
Shocking photos of Rasmussen's battered face shown to jury on Monday . |
f495037f2099d212583afd5636420a824b85c6bc | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 09:11 EST, 23 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:14 EST, 23 July 2013 . One third of 18 to 24-year-old Britons take painkillers on a daily basis, according to a new survey. The study revealed that 33 per cent of young Britons take pain medication every day while 32 per cent would take a painki... | 32% of young Britons take painkillers within 20 minutes of experiencing pain .
The most common cause of pain is a tension headache .
But experts are warning of the danger, with paracetamol linked to liver problems and ibuprofen to stomach ulcers . |
f4953685053b696ef7f1d0a45f7a471380b7934c | By . Jonny Singer . Follow @@Jonny_Singer . Wayne Rooney says he is working hard to impress Louis van Gaal as the former Dutch manager begins life at Manchester United. The England forward told Manchester United's TV channel that the squad were all eager to show their new manager what they were capable of, after a disa... | Van Gaal in charge of United training after successful World Cup campaign .
United have been training in Los Angeles .
Rooney set to compete with Robin van Persie for starting spot and captaincy . |
f49557110eb0d70498234a5249dbd10232f3acef | (CNN) -- Imperfect though it is, journalism plays unique and essential roles in our society and in our democracy. Journalism serves the public and the public interest in important ways different from any other profession. I believe in journalism guided by sound ethical principles and built on competency, commitment and... | Ideological bias is not the major problem that erodes credible journalism, Steele says .
He says the problem is the false premise that most journalists have an ideological position .
CNN takes an unprecedented look at young conservative activist-journalists .
CNN's "Right On The Edge" airs this Saturday and Sunday at 8... |
f49574929c513621d0b3b6b6ad04cc5f2dbc7031 | (CNN) -- Defying threats of arrest or worse, witnesses to protests in Iran are managing to leak reports of violence after the country's disputed presidential elections. Anti-riot police form a barrier against protesters in Iran Tuesday. "Censoring is very bad here and they have reduced Internet speed," two Iranians sai... | Report alleges arrests, beatings, shooting, fire in attack at University of Tehran .
Twitter feed shows people apparently shot in city about 200 miles south of Tehran .
Nurse says police in Shiraz in southwestern Iran have put a damper on protests . |
f495a4b877722b2823623dde768f766146f5a26f | Atlanta (CNN) -- A North Georgia chapter of the Ku Klux Klan has applied to "adopt" a stretch of highway in Union County, Georgia, according to paperwork obtained by CNN on Monday. The application, which would allow the white supremacy group to receive state recognition for cleaning up a one-mile portion of a highway, ... | "We're doing it to keep the mountains beautiful," Ku Klux Klan group official says .
The group has applied to the Georgia Department of Transportation .
State officials are scheduled to discuss the matter Monday .
If approved, the KKK would clean part of Georgia State Route 515 . |
f495b007650f6349b7396ab27ba9d78deabced2a | Thai police have taken the term gun dog to a whole new level - with barking mad results. Not only has this Labrador been trained to serve with the Thailand police force, it has also been entrusted with its very own weapon. The animal was seen carrying the automatic in a holster strapped to its side. Put your paws up! T... | The gun-toting police dog was pictured with an officer at a Pattaya hotel . |
f496568c9db72b9cc3bbe7e13429ef4ef4524586 | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 05:27 EST, 1 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:30 EST, 2 August 2013 . Mobile operator O2 has announced it will launch its superfast 4G network in London, Leeds and Bradford on 29 August, in a bid to rival EE's current offering. A further 10 cities including Birmingham, Newcastle, ... | O2's 4G network will launch in London, Leeds and Bradford on 29 August .
Another 10 cities will be connected by the end of the year .
Superfast speeds are set to rival EE's network that launched in October .
The cheapest tariff on O2 will costs £26 a month . |
f496609fa39cb4bbdc8feadfa57ac792501bc52b | Argentina's President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner became the godmother of a lesbian couple's baby girl in a Roman Catholic ceremony on Saturday - though the Church opposes gay marriage. Baby Umma Azul is just over 2 months old and was baptized as mothers Carina Villarroel and Soledad Ortiz, who were married last yea... | President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner became godmother to baby Umma Azul on Saturday .
Mothers Carina Villarroel and Soledad Ortiz were married last year .
Argentine law allows couples to ask president to be godparent to their seventh child .
President made an exception for Villarroel and Ortiz and sent a representa... |
f4966ff15af51a4a87c1547d8fa1894cc3e34adc | Madrid (CNN) -- Rio de Janeiro will host the next World Youth Day, Pope Benedict XVI announced Sunday to hundreds of thousands of young Roman Catholic pilgrims at the close of this year's event in Madrid. "I am pleased now to announce that the next World Youth Day will be held in 2013, in Rio de Janeiro," the Pope told... | NEW: Pope heads home after World Youth Day .
"From an economic standpoint, it's amazing," Rio de Janeiro's governor says .
Brazil also will host the Summer Olympics in 2016 and the World Cup in 2014 .
Spaniards protest what they say is the high cost of organizing the event this year in Madrid . |
f4975def5f394eb107559763b60fd3b62d850fd4 | (CNN)As the search for AirAsia Flight QZ8501 stretched into its eighth day, the Java Sea continued to slowly give up the remains of the 162 victims aboard the ill-fated flight, as well as wreckage of the aircraft. At least four more bodies were recovered on Sunday, bringing the count to 34. The remains were transferred... | Eighth day of the search for the AirAsia flight has begun .
Official says four large objects have been found underwater using sonar .
34 bodies have been recovered; nine have been identified . |
f49763122c41f0b10d104585c58c7dce55e6ee8b | (CNN) -- After nearly 15 months being held captive by suspected Islamic militants in the southern Philippines, Warren Rodwell is emaciated, exhausted but delighted to be free at last. Philippine authorities found Rodwell, a 54-year-old Australian, early Saturday in the port city of Pagadian on the island of Mindanao. H... | Warren Rodwell was taken hostage in December 2011 .
He was released early Saturday, coming ashore in a Philippine port .
His captors were believed to be the Islamic militant group Abu Sayyaf .
His family express relief after "a very difficult time" |
f49837a80535de121e37c68728e71340bc2730a4 | Allegations of child sex abuse by a Westminster paedophile ring represent only the ‘tip of the iceberg’, Home Secretary Theresa May revealed yesterday. A group of former MPs and VIPs are alleged to have sexually abused children and killed three boys in the Seventies and Eighties. But yesterday Mrs May suggested even wo... | Former MPs alleged to have sexually abused children and killed three boys .
Yesterday Mrs May suggested even worse claims could soon follow .
Said she was determined to ensure that the issues were fully investigated .
Police Commissioner insists Scotland Yard is taking claims seriously .
Around 40 detectives are inves... |
f49860874bcb1979053260a0a605681fefd5622b | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 16:16 EST, 3 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:23 EST, 3 December 2013 . Police are hunting a gang of rustlers who are believed to have shot six pigs with crossbows to try and kill them for meat. Farmer Jimmy Butler, 66, was horrified when he found three of his pregnant sows impaled with 14... | Farmer found his live pigs with crossbow bolts sticking out of their hides .
Two of his pigs were apparently killed and taken from the field .
Owner Jimmy Butler said: 'It is just absolutely horrendous' |
f4987ca1568dd2e98d03926b9b0f785eedb0b02d | By . Rosie Taylor . While many families are worrying about how to afford Christmas this year, one jobless single mother has revealed she receives so much in benefits she has £2,000 to spend on designer gifts, clothes and partying. Mother-of-two Leanna Broderick plans to buy 20 presents for each of her children, includi... | Leanna Broderick plans to give children designer outfits, iPads and jewellery .
The 20-year-old has never worked and claims nearly £15,500 a year .
Claims she is better off on benefits and last year saved £2,500 .
Said there was 'no point' getting minimum wage job and paying for childcare . |
f4989eda55f498b7bd7c4792a035e4ba14b0c1f1 | By . Fiona Macrae . When Helen . the giant tortoise fell ill, her keepers were faced with two big . problems: How to get all 14 stone of her to the vet – and how to . persuade her to take her medicine. With . a little ingenuity, the combined muscle power of four men and a few . sticks of celery, they solved both and He... | The animal, which weighs 14 stone, was treated by vets at Bristol Zoo .
Was given antibiotics after being run down with breathing problems .
She has been at the zoo for 11 years and is described as 'vulnerable' |
f49955de010d89bb6f87cb2c0346229342c4ec0c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:24 EST, 15 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:25 EST, 15 June 2013 . Fired: Top gang prosecutor Deanna Rodriguez has lost her job over allegations of slurs . The head of the gang bureau at Brooklyn's District Attorney has been fired after a series of alleged slurs, including callin... | Deanna Rodriguez loses $160,000 a year job after complaints from staff .
52-year-old worked in district attorney's office at center of new reality show . |
f4996817e85cfa9e9553b45aa0c28b2177da7214 | Jon Corzine has admitted he has no idea where $1.2billion of missing customer’s money has gone since his brokerage firm collapsed. The former chief of MF Global has apologised to customers, employees and investors, saying ‘their plight weighs on my mind every hour’. But politicians and regulators have slammed the forme... | Former N.J. governor's firm went bankrupt in October .
Concerned for customers, employees and investors .
Slammed for operating as if recession never happened . |
f4999af09918b83fc71202866b4081644165d156 | As Hurricane Sandy swept through New York City and emergency crews scrambled to rescue victims, Emily Rahimi was responding to cries for help and offering words of comfort -- all in 140 characters or less. Rahimi runs the New York Fire Department's Twitter account, which proved to be a lifeline of sorts for many strand... | Fire Department handled hundreds of tweets from frightened residents as Sandy struck .
Emily Rahimi runs the FDNY's Twitter account, which proved to be a lifeline for many .
Rahimi: "One couple and their baby had moved to the second floor" due to flooding .
She stayed at her post for more than 30 hours, responding to m... |
f499da109fd32dbc588c5a75a05479e7316cf625 | By . Associated Press Reporter and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:55 EST, 5 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:40 EST, 5 June 2013 . U.S. Sen. Frank Lautenberg's journey from a childhood so poor his family couldn't afford his bar mitzvah to his life as a multimillionaire businessman who served for decades in the Sena... | Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, Vice President Joe Biden, U.S.
Sen. Robert Menendez of New Jersey were set to deliver eulogies .
Lautenberg died at age 89 on Monday from viral pneumonia .
He was the oldest member of the Senate and the last of 115 World War II veterans to serve there . |
f49a5ab41c09373e3e837256d9383d269a7ac774 | (CNN) -- Tuesday marked the last day of the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage that sees over two million Muslim pilgrims journey to Mecca in Saudi Arabia. It is one of the most celebrated events in the Islamic calendar, and one of the world's largest public gatherings. Handling a crowd of that magnitude hasn't always been ea... | Tuesday marked the last day of the Hajj, the annual pilgrimage that draws over two million Muslim pilgrims .
This year there were 180 ambulances, 22,000 health care professionals and 19,000 units of blood on standby .
To safeguard against the possibility of terrorism, officials installed thousands of CCTV cameras throu... |
f49a6c9398bddc431ded3f7caa568ec754f3ab85 | He has launched $500,000 appeal for donations to fund retrial . By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:55 EST, 29 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:07 EST, 29 June 2013 . Raffaele Sollecito has spoken of his passionate relationship with Amanda Knox, . after judges in Italy ordered a retrial into the Meredith Kercher mu... | Sollecito has described re-opening of case as like a 'horror movie'
He said he would like one day to visit Meredith Kercher's grave .
Earlier this week he was reunited with Knox in New York .
He has launched $500,000 appeal for donations to fund retrial . |
f49a7b8ef79e855592e09eda57e4b11e70f43eb3 | Millions of GM mosquitoes created in British laboratories are about to be released into the jungles of Panama to tackle the spread of Dengue Fever to humans. The idea is that the male insects are on a suicide mission which involves mating with wild females before they and their offspring die. This, in theory, will redu... | Male mosquitoes to be sent on suicide mission to mate with wild females .
The theory is the breeding will spread the GM genes in the offspring .
Dengue Fever can cause high temperatures, muscle pains or bleeding . |
f49a7ef8c68323af3039073de9236edf4287165e | One man. One woman. Five hundred and one days in an RV-size space capsule. Will they still be speaking when they return? The Inspiration Mars Foundation is seeking to send two people -- potentially a middle-aged married couple -- to space in a capsule that would pass within 100 miles of Mars. Although no formal applica... | Inspiration Mars Foundation wants to send a man and woman to Mars .
Handling stress well and getting along with other person is important, experts say .
Middle-aged couples were stable in research conducted in Antarctica . |
f49b050f4ade603777c21482be131fd10c35eb21 | Why my brother? Jordan Somers indirectly puts the question to al Qaeda militants in Yemen in a video message, in which he and his mother plead with them to let American Luke Somers go. The Islamists have threatened to kill the photojournalist who fell into their hands in September last year, if Washington doesn't meet ... | A U.S. and Yemeni special forces raid last week freed hostages but not the American .
Luke Somers is a photojournalist who was captured in September 2013 .
Special forces planned the raid, when AQAP militants were seen transferring hostages .
The militants had split the hostages into two groups two days before the raid... |
f49b06d1f87d326196e3e98a54730ec53e4b4e8f | (CNN) -- A snow-covered landscape is one of the classic images showcasing the beauty of weather on Earth. We are awed by the grandeur of white-capped mountains and the almost magical quality of snow-covered trees. We are also frustrated when the tempests of winter reach far and wide, striking as they have done this yea... | Ice and snow storms are crippling some states in the Southeast .
Ian Roulstone: Predicting how much snow will actually accumulate is difficult .
He says the physics of snowfall is complex, involving factors like temperature, moisture .
Roulstone: Making the final call comes down to "seat of the pants" knowledge in the ... |
f49b1be2bd8a98e9809921fd346ca4c875314b65 | By . Jaya Narain . Last updated at 7:59 AM on 16th September 2011 . A taxi driver killed his baby son – apparently in revenge for his ex-partner withholding access – and then committed suicide. Paul McBride, 39, is believed to have smothered six-month-old Ollie before hanging himself. McBride’s body was found at his mo... | Paul McBride, 39, suffocated six-month-old son Ollie .
Blazing rows with mother Michaela Swain days before .
Father and son found dead at grandmother's home . |
f49b229e6bf0dd07f0061552cfcf7f62b0bbffb3 | By . Ben Spencer . PUBLISHED: . 23:41 EST, 25 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:03 EST, 26 December 2012 . They cost £9billion at a time the country could barely afford it, but four out of five Britons say this summer’s Olympics were well worth the expense. Months after the Games ended, the expected Olympic hangover ha... | 78 per cent said the Olympics 'did a valuable job in cheering UK up'
Just 20 per cent thought of Games as 'costly and dangerous distraction' |
f49b34e4570d2d3ec3865774144476eb96073da1 | Acknowledging California's parched new reality, the city of San Diego has embraced a once-toxic idea: turning sewer water into drinking water. The City Council voted unanimously Tuesday to advance a $2.5billion plan to recycle wastewater, the latest example of how California cities are looking for new supplies amid a s... | The City Council voted unanimously on Tuesday to pass a plan to spend $2.5billion on recycling waste water to drinking water .
The entire state of California is experiencing severe drought, but water supplies are especially short at the end of the pipeline in San Diego . |
f49b60e4d76a6142de378643e1d474a03004d166 | By . Associated Press . The body of a U.S. Marine who fell to his death from a military aircraft during a training flight has been found. Spokesman Mike Barton said the body of Stephen Hancock from Coal City, Illinois, was found on Tuesday. Barton said Hancock was a member of the 2nd Marine Aircraft Wing and a crewmemb... | The family of Steven Hancock from Coal City, IL had been notified their son was missing .
The Marine's body was found on Tuesday afternoon after a search was conducted in Bladen County, North Carolina .
Osprey has elements of a helicopter and a turboprop airplane .
No cause has been determined, Marines say . |
f49bda16ce8ac842df3f284b3f451e9bb15fe944 | A new database that was built to map the inter-migration of Americans has shown how the Midwest, above all over areas, has lost the greatest amount of people since the 1950s. With an average of 10 million Americans moving to a different county each year, researchers at the University of Wisconsin, Michigan Technologica... | New database uses Census figures dating back to the 1950's to calculate population trends .
Results show how states like Texas and Nevada have grown exponentially over time .
Clearest consistency is the amount of people who have left the Midwest .
Causes thought to have stemmed from brain drain, white flight and post-i... |
f49c447c5266d9510e26f3af11274e6a8d7ca628 | By . Alex Greig . PUBLISHED: . 20:35 EST, 29 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:19 EST, 29 November 2013 . Police have exhumed more bodies from a mass grave in Mexico, bringing the tally to 62. Mexican law enforcement officers began excavating 28 graves in the town of La Barca in Jalisco earlier this month. The mass bur... | Mexican authorities have uncovered 62 bodies from a mass grave in the western state of Jalisco .
The grave site was discovered earlier this month as investigators searched for two missing police officers .
The bodies are believed to be casualties of a turf war between the Knights Templar and New Generation drug cartels... |
f49cc4f18e2a0723a9a27bddd39f511e19f56706 | The Arctic front sweeping across the United States has got so cold that Hell has literally frozen over. As winter storm Hercules swept across the north of the country, the small town of Hell in Michigan saw temperatures plunge to -13C, with a wind chill of -33C. The sub-zero polar air caused snow several feet deep to f... | Temperatures in the small town of Hell in Michigan yesterday plunged to -13C, with a wind chill of -33C .
The 200 residents of Hell have been cut off by frozen snow and have been helping each other keep warm .
Much of the Midwest and east of the country has been badly hit by the winter storm Hercules .
Several cities h... |
f49d201829556955c2e33712482a1d0a70e122c5 | (CNN) -- While commentators have been impressed by John Kerry's single-mindedness in bringing Israel and the Palestinians back to the negotiating table, most are quite pessimistic about the prospect of reaching an agreement. One strong reason for this pessimism is Benjamin Netanyahu's basic worldview that he has held c... | Many are pessimistic about the outcome of the Mideast peace talks, writes Carlo Strenger .
He says a strong reason is because of Benjamin Netanyahu's "dark world view"
But some of his fears are based on historical precedents, writes Strenger .
Strenger: Odds are low that Israelis and Palestinians are on verge of peace ... |
f49d8dc31a62f101c65563f62357c60655e8511f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:01 EST, 2 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 00:01 EST, 2 December 2013 . From the White House to the Sydney Opera House, famous landmarks around the world have turned red to honor World AIDS Day. The global act of solidarity supports people living with HIV/AIDS, remembers those w... | World AIDS Day is an international effort to raise awareness about HIV/AIDS .
Cities around the world illuminate landmarks in red on December 1 . |
f49e9e2df3d7f1812cdbac563403c7d90928fcb8 | A new documentary about the deadly Trans World Airline Flight 800 featuring interviews with former investigators claims that the official explanation given for the ill-fated flight is wrong. The flight crashed off the coast of Long Island in 1996, killing all 230 people on board in what is the third-deadliest aviation ... | Members of the original investigation team claim their report into the 1996 crash was subject to a government cover-up .
They have submitted a petition calling for the National Transportation Safety Board to re-open the investigation . |
f49ed23451ad2ed8f8e710c480ec1cd698cc21cc | By . Liz Jones . PUBLISHED: . 19:30 EST, 9 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:30 EST, 9 November 2013 . Brother and sister John and Emma Smalley who run Temporary Measures in Keswick . I’m in the rudest cafe in the UK. It is called Temporary Measure, in Keswick. It’s pouring, and cold, I’m hungry, and there are lots of ... | Liz Jones visits Temporary Measures in Keswick, the 'rudest cafe in the UK'
She found the cafe, which has be slated on TripAdvisor to be a 'delight' |
f49ee725a0360aa6881ed1f7999cc531885dd06a | A bride left 'heartbroken' after her handmade £6,000 engagement ring was stolen on her big day is over the moon after a generous jeweller replaced it for free. Caroline Marshall, 32, was tying the knot with James Granshaw, 29, in June at a a secluded village church, when a bridesmaid's handbag was stolen - with the bes... | Caroline Marshall, 32, and James Granshaw, 29, were married in June .
Thief swiped a black handbag containing ring while couple said their vows .
The ring was a sapphire encrusted platinum band worth £6,000 .
It was lovingly designed by James at an ethical London jewellers .
Ashraf Ahmed, a Dubai-based jeweller, offere... |
f49f0c3e83555a6b90e37a70fbd1641035c56812 | By . Lizzie Edmonds . A punk whose dramatic 'make under' was one of the most memorable to feature on BBC show Snog, Marry, Avoid has returned to her previous look - and is now planning her punk-themed wedding to her bodybuilder boyfriend. With her pink mohawk, pierced cheeks and leather outfits, Mel Wildman, 21, was on... | Punk Mel Wildman, 21, appeared on BBC show Snog, Marry, Avoid .
Was unrecognisable after 'make under' in red dress and blonde curly wig .
But she soon reverted back to her punk look, saying she felt 'uncomfortable'
Said new, more conventional look made her 'feel like her mother'
Is now planning her punk-themed wedding ... |
f49f4550f3bff3e818d6cee70367daa72579e39b | By . James Chapman . PUBLISHED: . 18:37 EST, 12 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:28 EST, 13 December 2012 . Baroness Warsi has broken ranks on gay marriage to warn it could have a string of 'unintended consequences' The minister for faith has broken ranks on gay marriage to warn that David Cameron’s controversial legi... | Letter leaked to Daily Mail reveals Baroness Warsi is breaking ranks .
She demands to know how gay marriage will be taught in schools .
Ex-Tory chairman's move will embolden other MPs to oppose bill . |
f49f691e22c6f4dcf6bb339f578687b06de2c26f | By . MailOnline Reporter . Coffee giant Starbucks has been forced once again to deny rumors that the company or its chief executive financially support Israel and its army. 'This is absolutely untrue,' the company said in a statement in response to the swelling hoax that the coffee chain and CEO Howard Schultz donate m... | The company has spent years denying it sends parts of its profits the Israel Defense Forces .
CEO Howard Schultz, whose chain pulled out of Israel in 2003, has been the subject of this hoax for some eight years . |
f49f8253830c00b25bab003320d0768ecdd346de | By . Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 21:23 EST, 7 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:29 EST, 8 August 2012 . A six-year-old boy who died last . summer after falling from the grand staircase at his father's luxurious . mansion was likely assaulted before plunging to his death, a new medical . report claimed. Max Shacknai's dea... | Max Shacknai found on first floor of the palatial home in San Diego .
Independent medical report said child had injuries 'from being beaten' |
f49fe0c5a730a0698e8fe35647b0aa7dd8e5e964 | By . Deni Kirkova . PUBLISHED: . 10:44 EST, 31 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:05 EST, 31 May 2013 . Taking pouting pictures of yourself, running them through a vintage filter and posting them on social media is one of this year's biggest trends. Everyone from Rihanna, Cara Delevingne, Rita Ora Kelly Brook and Miley Cyrus... | New judge Dannii Minogue kicks off Insta-Model competition .
Asking fans to post pictures on Twitter or Instagram of their best #pout .
Almost 1000 entries so far since launch on Monday .
Elle MacPherson will set #fierce and Sky Living the #selfie challenges .
Overall winner goes on show's credits and gets VIP London t... |
f4a00c80db1b14bd94332b5e684f8297896ef2ca | BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- At least 59 people were killed and more than 200 others injured early Thursday after a fire broke out at an upscale Bangkok nightclub where about 1,000 revelers were ringing in the new year, Thai police said. Rescue officials survey the scene of the nightclub fire in Bangkok, Thailand. Most ... | Thai police say that 59 died in nightclub fire, another 226 injured .
Fireworks were used as part of a performance, authorities say .
Most of those who died suffered smoke inhalation or were trampled, authorities say .
Club is located in one of Bangkok's busiest commercial districts . |
f4a01e99893bb317518b57e1afb22f6bfc8ad810 | Apple could be facing fines of more than £1billion today over ‘sweetheart deals’ allegedly made to minimise its tax bills. The European Commission is set to criticise Apple’s tax arrangements following a probe into whether the firm made illegal arrangements with the Irish government. Apple and Starbucks are among a num... | The European Commission is set to criticise Apple's tax arrangements .
Probe looked into whether the firm made illegal deals with Irish government .
Firm paid £11.4m in British corporation tax last year despite sales of £10.5bn .
Apple, Starbucks and Fiat are also under investigation by the EU . |
f4a0690b3a259722bc5f8b418ecb4b9f2c2e4101 | LAFAYETTE, Tennessee (CNN) -- James Kruger was watching election results Tuesday night in Lafayette, Tennessee, when a warning appeared on his TV screen: A tornado was headed straight toward his town. Then the lights went out. James Kruger survived after Tuesday night's storm blew his house away above him in Lafayette,... | NEW: Tennessee man describes diving to the floor as his house blows away .
The tornado death toll in the South stands at 56 .
Tornado outbreak was deadliest in the U.S. in more than 20 years .
Deaths include 32 in Tennessee, 13 in Arkansas, seven in Kentucky, four in Alabama . |
f4a0e23cae2be6f7e3000daf2877cf9562781e6b | If there was the opposite of the 'mile-high club' then this would be it as couples are being given the chance to romance each other inside a luxury hotel built inside a grounded aeroplane. Amorous partners can enjoy a unique runway stay at the Jumbo Stay Hostel, Stockholm, Sweden, and get the chance to play pilot and s... | The Jumbo Stay Hostel is situated on the runway at Stockholm, Arlanda .
There are 27 rooms on board, mixture of dorms and suites .
Top room is the 'cockpit suite' with unrivalled views of the runway .
Room rates start at £100 a night, the cockpit suite is £290 a night . |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.