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f5b8963075a94f53aa737a8c8cf71cca493b798d | In north London, they perhaps hoped that he would never come back to the Barclays Premier League. At least, if he did, they hoped he would come back home to them at Arsenal. It was never likely, of course. Cesc Fabregas has always craved challenges and those who do so rarely go back, they only look forward. That is why... | Chelsea new boy Cesc Fabregas put in man of the match performance against Burnley .
Blues beat newly-promoted Clarets 3-1 in Premier League opener .
Spaniard set up all three of Jose Mourinho's sides goals . |
f5b8cd48407c0b3c71a242fef9f4d6d1d704523e | By . Wills Robinson . Star Wars actor Mark Hamill has arrived in the Republic of Ireland to film scenes for the upcoming Episode VII sporting his beard and greying hair. The 62-year-old, who played Luke Skywalker in the original series, has grown the facial hair for his return to the series which is currently being fil... | The 62-year-old actor is in Waterville, County Kerry, for filming .
Was pictured outside the Butler Arms Hotel taking a break from shooting .
Hundreds of sci-fi fans have flocked to the area to catch a glimpse of cast .
Hotels and B&Bs near the set are said to be fully booked as a result . |
f5b8eefad433a0a022794588e27f2713e084a2af | Less than 72 hours after retaining his UFC light-heavyweight title, Jon Jones checked himself into a treatment centre having tested positive for cocaine. The failed test, which took place a month before his fight with Daniel Cormier in Las Vegas, will have no impact on his status as champion. Cormier was quick to come ... | Jon Jones failed a drugs test on December 4, testing positive for cocaine .
Jones retained his UFC light-heavyweight title by beating Daniel Cormier .
Jones revealed he has checked himself into a treatment centre .
He has been supported by the UFC and president Dana White . |
f5b8f01741fe9d002000d14f63ca5041cf33f324 | Minneapolis, Minnesota (CNN) -- Ten minutes ago a woman called me and told me she was diagnosed with stage 3 colon cancer. As I'm standing in the garage, writing her story onto the huge canvas with the others, the only audible sound was my sharpie scraping against the paper, but her voice never stopped spinning in my m... | Phil Hansen gave a TED Talk describing how a shake led him to different forms of art .
In new project, people describe their limitations and he writes them onto a huge canvas .
Hansen: A project that began with goal of connecting people is also a portrait of our cultue . |
f5b8ff0a0e231f52872027529c611a3c3000c126 | (CNN) -- Lottery players across the country scrambled to check their tickets late Friday to see if they could be $640 million richer. The winning numbers in the Mega Millions lottery Friday night were 2 4 23 38 46, with a Mega Ball of 23. If there is no winner from Friday, the jackpot would increase to an estimated $97... | NEW: The winning numbers are 46 23 38 4 2, with a Mega Ball of 23 .
Psychologist: "You have about no chance" at winning "but it really gets people excited"
Friday's jackpot is the largest ever that an individual can win .
If there's no winner, the jackpot will rise to about $975 million . |
f5b962572bb68f1c7e3aa85a070c4a5bacc29dd4 | Editor's note: In our Behind the Scenes series, CNN correspondents share their experiences in covering news and analyze the stories behind the events. Here, Anderson Cooper goes to the Congo where he covered the killings of endangered mountain gorillas. Ten mountain gorillas reportedly have been killed in the Democrati... | Conservation organization says 700 mountain gorillas are left in the world .
Ten mountain gorillas have been killed in the Congo in last year, U.N. agency says .
Mountain gorillas weigh as much as 500 pounds . |
f5ba089edf191f520e8c365b33fe4eacdcda818a | By . Mia De Graaf . PUBLISHED: . 16:58 EST, 17 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:03 EST, 17 March 2014 . Channel 5 has been blasted by Ofcom for broadcasting a Big Brother in which a female contestant was grabbed by the throat and threatened by another housemate. In an episode screened last year, Daley Ojuederie grasped H... | Daley Ojuederie pinned Hazel O'Sullivan on bed after a heated argument .
Programme asked Ojuederie to explain but did not condemn actions on air .
Told to leave but Ofcom blasted 'lack of clarity' that it was unacceptable . |
f5bab043bf3ac4a52b8ebb6e710a3a3e8b450216 | At six weeks of age, little Nathan, Mal and their sister who is yet to be named, resemble three kittens purring and napping for the majority of the day. But by the end of the year, Ben Britton, 37, expects his current African lion roommates to weigh up to 40 kilograms each and no longer fit on his couch. As the directo... | Nathan, Mal and their sister who will be named via an online competition, are six-week-old African lions living in Ben Britton's lounge room .
They were abandoned by their mother after birth before being taken on by the director of Wild Animal Encounters .
Lion numbers across the world have dropped from half a million ... |
f5bafcf906c6bc58bf54df38828d7e8a3fe6f90d | By . Richard Spillett . A man flew into a rage and stabbed his wife in the back after he woke up with cold feet because she hogged the bedsheets, a court has heard. Retired engineer Derek Miller, 76, is accused of plunging a 10-inch kitchen knife into Galina Miller's shoulder before telling her: 'You will die now.' Cou... | Derek Miller accused of stabbing wife before claiming: 'She goaded me'
He was angry after Galina got a job and became independent, court hears .
Alleged attack with 10ins knife came after they tried to mend marriage .
Mrs Miller fled seafront house in Portsmouth in dressing gown, court told .
Miller denies attempted mu... |
f5bbe1c1255d3b816a98d3b9d4ac356c1b1662b3 | (CNN) -- Facebook announced Tuesday that it plans to buy virtual reality firm Oculus VR for $2 billion. It's the latest high-profile acquisition during the for the social network giant during its 10-year existence. Some of those near-50 tech startups have been bought for their technology, others for their talent. Here'... | Facebook announced Tuesday that it plans to buy virtual reality firm Oculus VR for $2 billion .
It's the latest high-profile acquisition during the for the social network giant .
Facebook previously bought Instagram, WhatsApp and many other successful startups . |
f5bc77da0ef4e3117412260a9f8c44d7b400283e | By . Emma Innes . This is the touching moment the mother of one of Scotland’s youngest surviving babies got to hold her daughter for the first time. Claire Cressey said cuddling and kissing baby Emily - born at 24 weeks - was ‘the best moment of my life’. Ms Cressey, 34, from Coldstream, in the Scottish Borders, enjoye... | Claire Cressey, 34, held baby Emily for the first time yesterday .
Emily was born on February 27 at 24 weeks and weighing just 1lb 3oz .
For the first month of her life, she was too vulnerable to be held .
She is now a month old, weighs 1lb 10oz and is thriving, say doctors . |
f5bcf91efeb4a95e27261477ff62261290f0ad61 | As chairman and CEO of DuPont since 1999, Charles (Chad) Holliday is the 18th executive to lead the company in the past two centuries since it was founded. Charles (Chad) Holliday, CEO of DuPont since 1999 . After receiving a Bachelor of Science degree in Industrial Engineering from the University of Tennessee, he join... | DuPont's CEO joined company at Old Hickory site in Texas as engineer in 1970 .
He co-authored book on sustainable development and corporate responsibility .
Has moved DuPont from chemicals to science-based products and services . |
f5bd0ed9bd58254b613ba8809d176b9d8a189ffd | A two-timing carpenter who rose to notoriety after building totem poles for a Princess Diana memorial park has admitted that he crushed his wife with one of his creations so he could start a new life with his mistress. Carl Muggli, 51, entered a guilty plea in an International Falls, Minnesota, court yesterday in the N... | Carl Muggli, 51, pleads guilty to murder charges in death of wife Linda, who was crushed to death by a 17-foot totem pole .
He originally claimed that his Linda's death was accidental .
His story unraveled after cops received tips about 'intimate' Facebook messages to mistress in Alabama . |
f5be2b792439b81d59fdee5a7f64c3e196a82a94 | Real Madrid have already sent many records tumbling this season - and the campaign has only just reached December. After surpassing a club record of 15 straight victories by beating Malaga 2-1 in November, Carlo Ancelotti's side have since extended the streak to 18 with a 3-0 triumph over Celta Vigo on Saturday. That r... | Real Madrid can pass Barcelona's record of 18 straight wins if they beat Ludogorets on Tuesday .
Carlo Ancelotti's side have already made it through to the last 16 of the Champions League .
Cristiano Ronaldo, Gareth Bale and Iker Casillas all took part in training before the encounter . |
f5be81afa1e75f8fa187250113d81f7b361b79f9 | (CNN) -- Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard has fought off competition from a clutch of Manchester United players to be named Footballer of the Year in England. Gerrard has proved the driving force for Liverpool this season. The 28-year-old England international topped the poll of journalists ahead of United pair Ryan G... | Liverpool captain Steven Gerrard is named Footballer of the Year in England .
Manchester United pair Ryan Giggs and Wayne Rooney are second and third .
Gerrard has scored 23 goals in Liverpool's English title challenge this season . |
f5bf2b8b8ee0ab8a5d05cbaf348b3faf111fd6ed | By . Cindy Tran For Daily Mail Australia . and Aap . A man has died after plunging from a sixth floor balcony on the NSW Central Coast. Police were called to Crowne Plaza Hotel on Pinetree Lane, Terrigal, after reports of an unconscious man near the pool at 9.30pm on Saturday. The 19-year-old, named as, named as Jarrod... | Police were called to Crowne Plaza hotel after reports of an unconscious man near the pool on Saturday night .
The Blue Mountains man fell while celebrating a birthday for one of his parents .
The 19-year-old, named Jarrod Sampson, had suffered serious head and internal injuries .
He was taken to Gosford Hospital befor... |
f5bf52b2bfc67aca631c184e349c2a9c60614bb9 | (CNN) -- Israel pledged to limit the use of munitions containing white phosphorus and make greater efforts to protect civilians during conflicts, in a report this week to the United Nations. The Israeli military was roundly criticized for firing white phosphorus shells over densely populated areas during the Gaza offen... | White phosphorus is used to create smoke screen for troops .
The element burns when exposed to oxygen and creates an intense burn when it touches the skin .
In promising to limit use of white phosphorus, Israel admitted no wrongdoing . |
f5bf5d4b107332f921f9e8cbc5c67f9372a5ffb6 | By . James Gordon . PUBLISHED: . 09:22 EST, 2 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:58 EST, 2 December 2013 . The Grinch appears to be alive and well in one Californian neighborhood. Residents living in a neighborhood in Orange County are trying to fight off mean-spirited local officials who have demanded they remove their... | Orange county neighborhood have a Christmas tradition where the lights are strung from house to house .
Local officials say the lights are an 'obstruction' and a 'violation of code'
Residents ordered to remove lights that stretch across the street by Wednesday . |
f5bf76db4474df4419795d8f57050b5bb5146d52 | (CNN) -- If I had a nickel each time a white guy e-mails or tweets that I have my job because I'm black, I wouldn't need the job, because I'd be rich. This is at the heart of a little talked about secret regarding affirmative action: A lot of black professionals don't like it either. Not because they think the playing ... | LZ Granderson: A lot of black professionals -- like me -- don't like affirmative action .
Why? Because some whites think we got our jobs solely because of our race, he says .
"Some think the word diversity is a euphemism for 'anything but white,' but I don't," he says .
Granderson: The reasons for affirmative action's ... |
f5bf890f9e7d86efba4ba1cd0bbaff0c83317701 | An Oxford graduate has been jailed for three years in Italy for killing his friend in a 120mph crash while drink-driving. Ryon James Heyn, 26, had sped off from a petrol station without paying shortly before smashing his mother's Mercedes into a truck, killing passenger Stefano Annoni, 35. Pictures of the crash show th... | Ryon James Heyn crashed his mother's Mercedes into truck near Venice .
His friend Stefano Annoni, 35, died in horror smash at speeds of 120mph .
Heyn had taken car without permission from his stepfather earlier in day .
He has been jailed for three years and four months by an Italian court . |
f5c042067fb8fd73a552b5c31a4c55e8402a6bf3 | Drones have been snooping on people and places from the air for some time, but until now they have largely been unable to reveal aquatic goings on. The HexH2o claims to be a commercial waterproof drone that can land on water so its camera can film what is going on below the waves. The drone’s pilot can control the came... | HexH2o claims to be a commercial waterproof drone .
It can take-off and land on calm water to film below the waterline .
Drone's pilot can control a GoPro camera to capture images of fish . |
f5c076e729c30af01addc4e21ff521bd8980fc58 | (CNN) -- There wasn't a cloud in the sky early Friday when Dave Samuels trained his telescopes at the moon, hoping to catch a glimpse of a NASA rocket striking the lunar landscape. The moon, shown shortly before NASA's rockets hit on Friday morning. "We saw nothing," he said. Samuels is vice president of the Fremont Pe... | NASA crashes rockets into the moon on Friday to test for lunar water .
The space agency touts the event as an opportunity for amateur astronomers .
Many say the event was a dud; a woman says she saw nothing on NASA TV .
Man says NASA should be more careful before asking people to wake at 4:30 a.m. |
f5c09d325206860c91ec3de3abb72259240940c9 | (CNN) -- A New Jersey mother is under arrest, accused of keeping her 10-year-old son chained to a radiator in her bedroom for the past two weeks. Florence Pollard, 31, and her boyfriend, Brian Craig, 29, were arrested Monday and charged with endangering the welfare of a child and criminal restraint, the Camden County P... | Florence Pollard, 31, and her boyfriend, Brian Craig, 29, have been arrested in New Jersey .
She's accused of chaining her son, 10, to her bedroom radiator for past two weeks .
Camden County Police chief: "This level of depravity inflicted upon a child is chilling."
Pollard and Craig remain in jail; she has five other ... |
f5c162d3b4d15632df69c7a1d750d8b9816c6c78 | Former prime minister Gordon Brown last night invoked the memory of his late baby daughter to ‘nail the SNP lie’ that Scotland's health service is at risk of privatisation. Mr Brown was close to tears as he made the personal plea, accusing Alex Salmond of misleading people over the issue, which he described as a ‘Troja... | Mr Brown's voice cracked as he spoke about his late baby daughter .
Jennifer, the former PM's first child, died from a brain haemorrhage in 2002 .
SNP claims only way to save Scottish NHS from privatisation is a Yes vote .
Mr Brown said the SNP were the only danger to the NHS, not Westminster . |
f5c1853c49c2364d879766a73ad5161b6433e9a4 | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 12:01 EST, 6 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:14 EST, 6 August 2013 . A little girl has been banned from running around with her friends because a bang to her body could kill her. Simply by tripping and falling to the floor, Lauren Cooper could trigger a huge cyst around her neck to balloo... | Lauren Cooper was born with a cystic hygroma - a huge cyst on her face .
Extended from her cheekbone to her chest and caused her tongue to swell .
She had most of the cyst removed when she was 18-months-old .
The remaining part can swell and become infected if aggravated .
If this happens, it can put pressure on her in... |
f5c2219871c2c90312eccd983d9c927724b8f057 | (CNN)President Barack Obama will renew his push for paid sick days and paid family leave for the millions of American workers who don't have either during a visit to Baltimore on Thursday, according to Valerie Jarrett, senior adviser to the President. Jarrett, who used an unconventional outlet to outline Obama's expect... | President Obama to call on Congress to pass paid sick leave for workers .
The President will also announce programs to help cities and states provide paid family leave .
The White House chose LinkedIn to unveil the President's plans . |
f5c225b770a4caf417b2444fc8202a03c78da67f | By . Claire Ellicott . PUBLISHED: . 04:31 EST, 31 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:45 EST, 1 September 2013 . Winner: Gold medal winner Laura Trott says car drivers aren't always to blame for cyclists being knocked down . In the notoriously vicious car versus cycle debate, you might expect Olympic gold medal winner Laur... | London 2012 star says accidents 'aren't always the cars fault'
Believes law making helmets compulsory should be brought in .
Reveals how her sister's life was saved by wearing one . |
f5c24ee0a587226e16ddabade960de23b48ce038 | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 09:25 EST, 30 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:34 EST, 30 January 2014 . Our teenage years are among the most awkward and self-conscious of our lives, and now scientists may have discovered why. Researchers from Harvard used MRI scans to establish that feelings of embarrassment, ... | Researchers assessed the impact social evaluation has on the brain .
Social evaluation is the process of evaluating people based on set criteria .
Study tracked brain activity when people thought they were being watched .
Activity in the brain was increased and peaked among adolescents .
Researchers believe this height... |
f5c2989a0914fcc1bb4998795fe424e17e1d5989 | (CNN) -- As the death toll from Syria's almost year-long uprising continues to climb, Syrian Foreign Minister Walid Moallem vowed to defend his country's "independence." "We are not happy to see brothers killing each other. But this is our country. But we will defend our sovereignty and independence," he told reporters... | NEW: "We will defend our sovereignty and independence," Foreign Minister Moallem says .
NEW: Four people are killed Tuesday, an opposition network says .
Aid workers not able to evacuate wounded and killed journalists in Baba Amr .
U.S. State Department spokeswoman constitutional referendum as "cynical" |
f5c2f99996e122edffcc2e6cf29d1a95b23137ac | Terror chiefs have instructed militants to target oil tankers passing through the Gibraltar Strait on their way to the west in a bid to wreak havoc on the economy, experts claim. Jihadis have been told to sabotage the journey of thousands of tankers either with explosives or by hijacking cargo ships and run them agroun... | al-Qaeda chiefs have reportedly instructed militants to target Gibraltar Strait .
Thousands of gallons of oil pass through Mediterranean waters every year .
Plot involves blowing up tankers with explosives or running aground cargo .
NATO ships patrol the Strait responsible for 65 per cent of West's oil . |
f5c34bceb3630b2e2c44fc2cebe4bac62395710c | Islamabad (CNN) -- Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf is back in Pakistan after years of self-imposed exile and is facing a hard time from courts in Pakistan amid a range of charges, including claims he illegally placed senior judges under house arrest during a period of emergency rule he imposed in 2007. Lik... | Pakistan's former president Pervez Musharraf recently returned from exile .
Said U.S. given permission to launch drone strikes on 'very few' occasions .
Akbar: Musharraf will be looking to win support from Washington once more .
But the former military chief is barred from standing in May 11 election . |
f5c35477d141624de4a70df25ce56267f83acaae | The daughter of former reality show star Will Hayden, who was arrested last month on child molestation charges, is now claiming that she too was sexually abused as a child by her father. Stephanie Hayden, who also starred in the recently cancelled Discovery reality show ‘Sons Of Guns’, is reportedly set to provide info... | Reality show star Will Hayden was arrested last month and charged with child molestation of his 12-year-old daughter .
Older daughter Stephanie Hayden now claims that she too was sexually abused as a child by her father in Baton Rouge, Louisiana .
When her father with first arrested she had claimed that he was innocent... |
f5c3608f689c01eab54ab1b1f88373f170e56188 | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 11:43 EST, 9 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:00 EST, 9 October 2013 . A teenager accused of planning a repeat of the Columbine massacre 'glorified' the leader of the English Defence League (EDL), a court has heard. The 17-year-old boy, who cannot be named for legal reasons, is on trial ... | Old Bailey told boy, 17, spoke to clothes shop manager's about EDL .
Boy told he was 'experimenting' when police found stockpile of weapons .
Air rifles, knives, a crossbow and a machete found in his bedroom .
Boy on trial accused of stockpiling weapons for a terror attack . |
f5c3638713aa55bbae47e2921d0e15ed006b3742 | By . Tom Leonard . Rise of the machines: Internet giant Google appears to be assembling an army of robots, such as the Terminator-style Atlas . Just imagine a future in which the word ‘Google’ and the internet giant’s ‘Don’t Be Evil’ motto are emblazoned on factory workers, delivery drivers, soldiers, housekeepers and ... | Internet giant has been buying up the world's leading makers of robots .
CEO Larry Page wants technology to free humans from repetitive tasks .
Firm describes its new robotic division as a 'moonshot' |
f5c365940c8b66808357f357aa88b5f5982a76ee | New York (CNN) -- Former International Monetary Fund chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn was granted bail Thursday after being indicted on charges related to the alleged assault of a maid in his New York hotel Saturday. "It's a great relief to the family to be able to have him with them," defense attorney Bill Taylor said to ... | NEW: Strauss-Kahn will spend Thursday night at Rikers Island .
NEW: He is to be released Friday .
The bail conditions include $1 million cash and $5 million bond .
Strauss-Kahn says he felt compelled to resign as chief of the IMF . |
f5c44028cc8c1c0dc4c337beb67f497013e14b55 | (CNN) -- This Friday, Muslims around the world will bid goodbye to a long month of fasting with three days of feasting and festivities. The faithful usher in the holiday, Eid al-Fitr, with joyous community prayers, acts of charity, visits from far-flung relatives, gift-giving and hearty greetings of "Eid Mubarak," or h... | Eid al-Fitr marks the end of Ramadan -- dawn-to-dusk abstinence from food and drinks .
The Quran burning controversy has upset a lot of Muslims this year .
Many, however, say it will not affect the festivities . |
f5c4c153c4fc38db2ebab33520823a957668a3c6 | A group of West Bromwich Albion youngsters were on the receiving end of a cracking practical joke on Friday. First-team duo Ben Foster and Craig Gardner pelted the youth players with eggs as they lined up for a team photo at the training ground. England international Foster and his partner-in-crime Gardner hid from th... | Ben Foster and Craig Gardner threw eggs at youth team players at training .
The England goalkeeper later apologised for the prank on Twitter .
He also praised team-mate Gardner for his accuracy . |
f5c53aa31103e37270d4b716e592081bdf7c0401 | The French Riviera getaway formerly owned by iconic diva extraordinaire Edith Piaf has been put on the market for £4.5million. The four-bedroom getaway in Grasse on the Côte d'Azur, south-eastern France, boasts a two-bedroom guardian's cottage, two reception rooms, a games room and a library. Piaf bought the property i... | Home on the Côte d'Azurm, owned by Edith Piaf, on the market for £4.5million .
The four-bedroom mansion is where Piaf died form liver cancer in 1963, aged 47 .
Mansion boasts a guardian's cottage, two reception rooms, a games room and a library . |
f5c5426866651746ddd3d97daa37eab09f7a1537 | By . Jennifer Smith . A wave of bombings across Iraq have claimed the lives of at least 62 people, it has been confirmed. The coordinated series of blasts included car bombs in Baghdad, an explosion at a market town and a suicide assault in a northern city. The attack took the death toll in the country to 5,000 since A... | String of attacks blasted Shiite regions including parts of Baghdad .
Bombs went off over half an hour killing up to six at a time .
No group is yet to claim responsibility for the attacks .
Planned strikes are normally associated with Al-Qaeda . |
f5c56d1490a403cb0c503a4cf74f2b85373cdc9e | By . Helen Collis . PUBLISHED: . 14:01 EST, 22 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:16 EST, 22 September 2012 . Riding on the wave of a serendipitous chart-topping single of Nick Clegg's apology for raising tuition fees, the Liberal Democrats are now selling memorabilia mugs saying 'I'm sorry'. On the official opening da... | Liberal Democrats waste no time in producing memorabilia off the back of publicity from the Nick Clegg tuition fees apology remix .
The party will attempt to bolster its popularity at its annual conference after a year of declining support . |
f5c58080d6ffbe90e32aed1a48328b83f3d3ac97 | (CNN) -- Washington's governor has unilaterally imposed a moratorium on capital punishment in his state, saying Tuesday there are "too many doubts" and "too many flaws" raised about its application. In a statement, Gov. Jay Inslee said he is suspending executions while he is in office, meaning he will issue reprieves w... | Gov. Jay Inslee says he is suspending executions while he is in office .
Inslee says the death penalty is inconsistently applied in Washington .
State law gives Inslee the authority to stop death warrants from being issued . |
f5c674631f6b3210bf3271838fb000a27e74771b | A Michigan sophomore beamed last night as she faced the bullies who voted her to the homecoming court as a sick joke. After initially planning to skip the celebrations, Whitney Kropp, 16, bravely walked out onto the field during Ogemaw Heights High School's homecoming football game to accept the honour, and more than 1... | Whitney Kropp, 16, elected to homecoming court earlier this month - only to find out it had been a prank by popular students .
Facebook page set up in support of sophomore, and donations pour in for her hair, make-up and a dress for the homecoming dance tonight .
More than 1,000 showed up at homecoming game last night ... |
f5c6d22550504a5a390a39f9e1c0e66389cdef71 | A huge six alarm fire in the Mission Bay neighborhood of San Francisco broke out on Tuesday afternoon - sending a huge plume of smoke skywards visible across the city. The raging inferno started at a nine story apartment at around 5 pm and led a wall of the structure to collapse about an hour later. More than 150 firef... | A major fire broke out in San Francisco’s Mission Bay neighborhood on Tuesday to sent an enormous plume of black smoke high into the sky .
The six-alarm fire began around 5 p.m. in a high-rise building under construction and led a wall of the structure to collapse about an hour later .
More than 150 firefighters were b... |
f5c73c234a75f95eb23a30f9f838ba48f6e58207 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 04:44 EST, 21 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:51 EST, 21 July 2012 . Hundreds of glowing tents have sprung at various sites around the British coast as part of groundbreaking art project for the London 2012 Festival. Peace Camp, which was commissioned by director Deborah Warner in ... | Stunning installation inspired by UN initiative calling on countries to lay down their arms for duration of the Games .
Visitors can wander around the tents to soundscape of poetry and noises from the natural environment .
Event will run until Sunday . |
f5c7831b1a466999d9e0c9061f956d2e45a33775 | A grandmother who woke to find an intruder dressed as the Grim Reaper standing in her bedroom ripped off his mask and discovered the man was her neighbour. Widow Sharron Mayers, 54, was fast asleep when she was woken by mystery man dressed as the Grim Reaper in a white mask and long black cape. Grandmother Mrs Mayers t... | Philip Evans, 35, handed suspended prison sentence for break-in . |
f5c79991187baefd37b90f43fd83ee94280ac636 | By . Associated Press Reporter and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:03 EST, 18 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:47 EST, 18 March 2013 . Prosecutors have opened the murder trial of a Philadelphia abortion provider by telling jurors he routinely forced women who came to him into labor and then killed their babies. Dr.... | Dr. Kermit Gosnell's lawyer accused officials of a 'racist prosecution' against his client 'who gave back to the poor people of Philadelphia'
Gosnell, 72, faces the death penalty if convicted of murdering seven infants 'who were born alive at his clinic' |
f5c7ff26b1ecb5eb8f3daf4d95e1e7bdea756535 | By . John Drayton . Cristiano Ronaldo's four-year-old son still has no idea who his mother is, and his family have no intention of telling him. Ronaldo's sister, Elma, revealed that Cristiano Jnr, sometimes known as Cristianinho, has stopped asking about his mum after they told him she was dead. The Real Madrid star, 2... | Real Madrid star's family told Cristianinho 'she was in Heaven'
Boy's mother's identity unknown, believed to be a surrogate .
Four-year-old is raised by Ronaldo and his mother Dolores . |
f5c86acc77dc2483fff7e64eeaf80a8c7f0170ae | Claire Davis, the 17-year-old high school senior shot by a classmate at their Colorado school, died Saturday at the hospital where she was being treated. "It is with unspeakable sadness that we write and say that Claire has passed away from the gunshot wound she received at Arapahoe High School on December 13," her fam... | Parents of Claire Davis announce her death "with unspeakable sadness"
High school senior was shot December 13 by a classmate, who then killed himself .
Karl Pierson had been seeking revenge against a librarian, police say . |
f5c875a9598df7177ebe676e60aefe85a6387546 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:06 EST, 9 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:08 EST, 9 December 2013 . A headteacher has been criticised after he decided to install CCTV cameras in his secondary school's toilets. Parents have described Neil Houchen's decision to put the cameras in the boys' and girls' toilets... | Parent describes decision to install CCTV cameras in toilets as 'disgusting'
Eastwood Academy has said move was part of a security crackdown .
Headteacher said it was his duty to ensure all areas of the site were safe . |
f5c997af0b69b7aec1b5b33a545f612bb80b21a9 | Charged: Yadina Morales is accused of manslaughter after her baby suffocated . A drunk mother killed her two-month-old daughter at her Maryland home on Saturday morning after passing out while breastfeeding. When the baby's father, Dwayne Bryant, tried to wake his girlfriend, Yadina Morales, he found the lifeless body ... | Yadina Morales was so drunk she didn't realize infant had been rushed to hospital .
22-year-old was three times over the legal limit for drink-driving when her daughter died . |
f5ca1c2c46062455dbb069d375ffd6cebfdd4780 | By . Mark Prigg . A mysterious Twitter user has posted a series of pictures claiming to be the casing of Apple's iPhone 6. They show handset in various states of competition sporting a bigger screen and a slimmed down, curved design. The images were posted to a mystery Twitter account, with no way to know if they are r... | Images claim to show the finished iPhone 6 .
Reveals bigger screen and thinner, curved design .
Latest claims say front camera will be updated to allow for better selfies .
Shows handset in white and gold versions . |
f5ca34df616a8a1909b44760bcf6fbdd63a83587 | PURCELLVILLE, Virginia (CNN) -- When the Army flew home the body of Spc. Stephan Mace from Afghanistan, his mother climbed aboard a small jet with the flag-draped coffin for the last leg of his trip. Vanessa Adelson escorted the body of her son, Stephan Mace, on the final leg of the journey from Afghanistan. Vanessa Ad... | NEW: Soldier laid to rest Monday at Arlington National Cemetery .
Spc. Stephan Mace was one of eight who died in October 3 battle in Afghanistan .
Vanessa Adelson: "It was my responsibility as a mother to bring him home"
Mace gave his St. Christopher medal to fellow soldiers before he died . |
f5ca4e19c9b94d3afb7c3c86f49586ecf128fcf7 | By . Leesa Smith . and Sally Lee for Daily Mail Australia . and Aap . The owner of a Sydney convenience store which caught fire, killing three people, deliberately planned the explosion with a 'complex' set-up of fuel containers so that he could collect on the insurance pay-out, police will allege. Adeel Khan, who was ... | Adeel Khan has been charged with murder at Royal Prince Alfred Hospital in Camperdown, Sydney's south-west, on Tuesday morning .
The 44-year-old was charged with 25 offences, including three counts of murder, two counts of attempted murder, three counts of manslaughter .
Rozelle convenience shop owner was charged with ... |
f5caedd6869bc1e7e2bf318788bddac55c29b097 | Uppers are down and downers are up, according to a new report on American drug use. Between 2006 and 2010, use of cocaine in the U.S. has dropped by half while marijuana use has increased an astonishing 30 per cent. Use of heroin on the other hand has remained fairly stable, while methamphetamine use has been on the de... | The spike in marijuana use and decline of cocaine was noted in a report published by the White House's Office of National Drug Control Policy .
Heroin use remained stable while a spike in meth use at the beginning of the decade was followed by a steady decline .
The study also found that Americans spent $1trillion on i... |
f5caf563ac9191818a7fe0b18cc35c7fa54abb96 | By . Katy Winter . PUBLISHED: . 09:43 EST, 15 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:43 EST, 15 November 2013 . Proving that age really is just a number - and that it is never too late to adopt a healthy lifestyle - a new generation of grannies are pushing their bodies to the limit by undertaking the ultimate endurance run... | Andjelina Andjelic, 77, took up running aged 55 in a bid to be 'healthier'
Has competed in the New York, Rome and London marathons .
To date has run through 100 pairs of trainers and won 35 medals .
Mimi Anderson, 51, from Kent, started running aged 36 .
She has won numerous world records for her endurance feats .
This... |
f5cb3ba966afebbfc481a5e9660fd62442171c0b | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- Pakistan's foreign ministry Wednesday rejected concerns raised by the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief that the country's nuclear weapons "could fall into the hands of an extremist group in Pakistan or in Afghanistan." Mohamed ElBaradei, the U.N. nuclear watchdog chief. fears for Pakistan's nucl... | Pakistan rejects fears its nuclear weapons could fall into the hands of extremists .
Mohamed ElBaradei, U.N. nuclear watchdog chief, voiced his worries Tuesday .
ElBaradei: I fear chaos in this state, which has 30 or 40 nuclear weapons .
Pakistan: Our nuclear weapons as secure as those held by other nuclear states . |
f5cb5366d4df5482d32ae1581b339981b7e39768 | Tourists have been evacuated from one of the most iconic bridges in Paris after it began to crumble under the weight of thousands of 'love locks'. A chunk of the Pont des Arts bridge fell away on Sunday night and the police were called to seal off the area which remains closed today. It is a popular custom for tourists... | Police said it was lucky nobody was injured by the bridge section that fell .
Tourists place padlocks on the bridge to seal their love .
Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick have left padlocks at bridge .
Locals are calling for the practice to be banned to protect the bridge . |
f5cb8acfc6b417af599ce58a9d750da3b410afaf | upwave is Turner Broadcasting's new lifestyle brand designed to entertain the health into you! Visit upwave.com for more information and follow upwave on Twitter, Facebook, YouTube, Pinterest and Instagram @upwave. (upwave.com)For one day a year, nearly everyone becomes a football fan. Whether the Super Bowl's draw is ... | Super Bowl snacks are rarely nutritious, but there are some easy fixes .
Make garlic crab stuffed mushrooms with Greek Yogurt and low-fat string cheese .
Trade regular potatoes for sweet potatoes to keep the beloved skins .
You can make chili using black beans and quinoa . |
f5cbba4a2e719597ff2cea7f494da7f3a2f4da2d | A Knight Rider fan spent 10 years transforming a his run down car into a replica of Kitt - the car driven by David Hasselhoff in the classic 80s TV show. Scott Bainbridge, 30, spent £18,000 converting an unloved Pontiac Firebird into a car that looks - and sounds - like the hi-tech original. The postman, who fell in lo... | Scott Bainbridge spent £18,000 converting 25-year-old car into Kitt replica .
He fell in love with the original when he watched Knight Rider as a child .
Now he spends three nights a week re-creating the car in his garage .
The 30-year-old added new doors and windows and fitted new interior . |
f5cbdbccc14059c9515cf5221a3c61b07fe768b2 | (Rolling Stone) -- Bad news for Black Sabbath fans: Bill Ward will not be playing drums at any of the group's three gigs scheduled this year. In a long message posted on his website, Ward explained that he was simply not able to come to terms with his bandmates. The metal pioneers are playing their first show since 200... | Bill Ward has declined to play at any of the Black Sabbath's three gigs scheduled this year .
Sabbath asked him to play this Saturday's gig for free without any guarantee .
"I'm very, very sorry that it's fallen to this," Ward said in a statement . |
f5cc2c806dc15957d251149441acf1eab08296ce | Jonas Gutierrez could yet be afforded an emotional farewell appearance for Newcastle United after his proposed move to Velez Sarsfield broke down. The 31-year-old – who has twice beaten testicular cancer – returned to Argentina last week for talks with the club where he made his professional debut. But Gutierrez was ba... | Argentinian midfielder was set for move back to first professional club .
But player was unable to agree personal terms with Velez Sarsfield .
Gutierrez, who has twice beaten cancer, set for an emotional farewell .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Newcastle United news . |
f5ccbc22339ad141aa5bcff8ff6c858ca38e8920 | (CNN) -- In their first year at Yale Law School, many of the students who would graduate in 1979 were nervous about raising their hands. They often felt intimidated by their professors and complained to one another outside of class. Sonia Sotomayor is pictured in the 1978-79 yearbook of Yale University Law School. But... | Sonia Sotomayor graduated Yale University Law School in 1979 .
She has been described as outgoing and studious by former classmates .
In the Yale Law Review she wrote about Puerto Rico's potential statehood .
Classmate: Sotomayor is a "born teacher" with an attentiveness to detailed facts . |
f5cce01e02d150ea03790bbc25a342ab64b4091a | (CNN) -- A southwest Illinois man accused of strangling his wife and two young sons appeared in court Wednesday and pleaded not guilty to murder charges, officials said. Christopher Coleman sits in the back of a police car after his arrest Tuesday in the slayings of his wife and two sons. Christopher Coleman, 32, will ... | NEW: Illinois man held without bond on three counts of first-degree murder .
Chris Coleman pleads not guilty to slayings of wife, two children .
Bodies were found in Southern Illinois home on May 5 .
Coleman claimed he left home for gym before slayings, police say . |
f5ccf0f930c216dafb1a962b2f8541bfd51e834c | By . Lydia Warren . PUBLISHED: . 11:18 EST, 30 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:45 EST, 30 April 2013 . A 12-year-old girl who was seriously injured in a car crash that killed her mother as they drove to Thanksgiving celebrations has finally returned home after five months in hospital. Lauren Nevil revealed her amazing r... | Lauren Nevil suffered a traumatic brain injury, a .
broken femur, three broken ribs, a collapsed lung and lost four toes in a car crash last year .
Her mother, Katy Nevil, died when they were hit by a drunk driver .
Lauren's father, brother and the community have rallied around her and celebrated as she finally returne... |
f5cd1ccc87ac262ae5cc3e274eaaa791234e07a2 | The legal high known as ‘hippy crack’ was used by one in 16 young people, according to new figures. The first data to be released on the use of nitrous oxide reveals more than six per cent, or 350,000 people aged 16-24 year used the drug last year. Better known as laughing gas, it is a regular fixture as a legal party... | 1 in 16 16-24 year olds used nitrous oxide last year, Home Office says .
Boom in party and festival drug sold in canisters and balloons . |
f5cd4719e12abcad2ddc68a6ae67bb9d6d6f7e07 | By . Michael Zennie and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 22:39 EST, 7 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:50 EST, 8 July 2013 . Ten people have died after a chartered air taxi crashed and burst into flames at a remote municipal airport in Alaska's Kenai Peninsula. The crash of the single-engine de Havilland DHC-3 Otter air ta... | Single-engine de Havilland DHC-3 Otter air taxi caught fire after crashing at Soldotna Airport .
Crash came 25 hours after Asiana Airlines crash in San Francisco killed two people and injured 180 .
Pilot is said to be Willy Rediske, owner of the company that operated the plane . |
f5cd973f003dba1a4fdc5f29b8c5feac462183b3 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- Two U.S. customs agents were arrested on charges they helped smuggle drugs and other contraband through New York's John F. Kennedy International Airport. The DEA says two customs officials at JFK International Airport helped smuggle drugs and contraband. Customs supervisor Walter Golembiowski and offi... | DEA says two agents regularly accepted and solicited bribes .
They and four others allegedly smuggled illegal contraband and drugs .
Investigation has led to the indictment and prosecution of more than 20 people .
Arrests follow a lengthy investigation by state and federal authorities . |
f5cdf4208acbcf294efdef640e416cb598341988 | By . Emma Reynolds . PUBLISHED: . 10:35 EST, 4 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:24 EST, 4 October 2012 . Glamorous Dubai already boasts palatial hotels, sweeping desert and its very own city of Atlantis complete with dolphins. Now the opulent emirate is about to gain another tourist attraction - and it may look familia... | Taj Arabia will be part of Dubailand - a theme park the size of Birmingham .
The iconic building is to sit alongside other replica wonders of the world including the Great Pyramid and the Great Wall of China . |
f5ce12087fe7963d09ed13683f0a14018dc7591b | Forward Jonathan Walters scored twice and made a late third for Peter Crouch to ease Stoke into the third round of the Capital One Cup as on-loan Chelsea winger Victor Moses enjoyed a promising debut against Portsmouth at the Britannia Stadium. While the prospect of seeing Moses - who had not started a club game since ... | Jonathan Walters scored twice as Stoke booked place in round three of Capital One cup .
Striker Peter Crouch capped victory with injury-time strike .
On-loan Chelsea winger Victor Moses made his debut for Stoke . |
f5ce1dc9bd7f00636cda3ab546d75fa59e17cb41 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:34 EST, 30 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:43 EST, 30 April 2012 . The last wish of dying man has been fulfilled after he was threatened with being kept from his wife of almost 50 years in his final days. Matt Monschein, 71, was told by doctors last month that nothing else coul... | Matt and Pat Monschein have been married for 46 years .
Mr Monschein, 71, has terminal pancreatic cancer while his wife had both legs amputated after complications from diabetes . |
f5ce44d656091baf277a1b4685ce294268c410a2 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- A long line of hospital staff wraps around the corridor outside a small conference room in New York to catch a glimpse of the precious cargo. A worker looks at the mummified skull of King Tut in November 2007. Inside are the three frail bodies in open wooden crates causing all the commotion. Another b... | Radiologists at NY hospital analyze Egyptian mummies .
CT testing allow radiologists to study mummies without doing damaging procedures .
Recent CT scan reveals Egyptian mummy named Lady Hor was actually a man . |
f5cea0207c1468a5a78e11ec97177aa18e67ea18 | By . Paul Donnelley for MailOnline . A prisoner strangled his wife during a visit to the sex cell after she told him that she was leaving him. Ivan Milovanović, 35, is serving three years and ten months in the Penitentiary-Correctional Institution in Niš, southern Serbia for drugs trafficking. He is said to have thrott... | Ivan Milovanović was serving 46 months behind bars for drugs offences .
His estranged wife Bojana Bacević, 29, visited him in the Penitentiary-Correctional Institution in Niš, southern Serbia .
They met for conjugal visits because she felt sorry for him .
He lost his temper when told it was her last visit and strangled... |
f5ceae7ff173353ace677ffd7baf847de1e5ae68 | U.S. airstrikes helped Kurdish and Iraqi forces take control of Mosul Dam on Monday, fighting back ISIS militants who had seized the dam, President Obama told reporters. The stakes were huge for the millions of Iraqis who live downstream from the dam, the largest in the country. "If that dam was breached it could have ... | U.S. airstrikes destroy 90 targets in Mosul dam fight, Pentagon says .
Ridding Iraq of ISIS forces a must for U.S., expert says .
ISIS threatens "America will disappear from map"
Dam battle shows Kurdish, Iraqi forces can take the fight to ISIS, President Obama says . |
f5cec76fa87b07b0925d6e39666909321d1f4f77 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 05:40 EST, 9 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:48 EST, 9 August 2012 . A gold medal-winning Paralympian had his medal hopes at London 2012 ruined when he was knocked down by a hit and run driver while training, a court heard today. Double gold medallist Simon Richardson MBE, 44, wa... | Simon Richardson, 44, suffered life-threatening injuries which ruined his chances of competing .
Driver who hit him, Edward Adams, was allegedly twice over the drink-drive limit and had 'severely impaired' judgement . |
f5cf62551d3ea7a8a5c8865a8a20d73e4e3b6c57 | By . Allan Hall . PUBLISHED: . 10:19 EST, 25 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:26 EST, 25 June 2012 . Arrest: The alleged accomplice of spy Anna Chapman (pictured) was arrested in Holland . An alleged accomplice to former KGB sex-sting spy Anna Chapman has been arrested in Holland after passing on sensitive German governme... | Identified only as Raymond P. aged 60, the man was targetted by the German Federal Prosecutor's Office .
German media reported today he passed on some 450 secret files to a couple linked to Chapman . |
f5d00f523aadafdaade3ab3bfc32b09cbb88fa8e | An Iraqi oil tanker that disappeared from radar off the coast of Texas last week has suddenly reappeared today - and it's still full of $100million in crude. The United Kalavrvta is at the center of a legal and political battle over Iraq's oil wealth between the Kurdish region in the north of the country and the centr... | United Kalavrvta, carrying one million barrels, disappeared in the Gulf of Mexico on Thursday .
It reappeared today in the same spot where it was last seen .
Ship was anchored near Texas in preparation to unload its cargo to U.S. when it went dark .
Legal dispute with Iraq and the semi-autonomous region of Kurdistan me... |
f5d15921756c20b786a8b3fb4aa5781203097478 | By . Lee Moran . PUBLISHED: . 07:34 EST, 13 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:26 EST, 13 December 2012 . Representatives of Radiohead today denied local media reports that the band's guitarist Jonny Greenwood is hiding out in a rural Brazilian hotel to 'wait for the end of the world'. Numerous Brazilian media have clai... | Local media has claimed Jonny Greenwood, 41, is staying in a self-sufficient guest-house near Sao Luiz do Paraitinga in Sao Paulo .
Radiohead agents say the musician is not even in the country .
Some believe the end of the Mayan Calendar on December 21 heralds the end of the world .
City's tourism minister claimed othe... |
f5d199a795417c4668bd06d5ebac3c536592b344 | If you are partial to a sneaky spot of e-tail therapy during office hours, you might be relieved to hear you are not alone. A new survey has revealed that the average British worker spends the equivalent of nine days a year shopping on their work computer. New handbag or more paperwork? Many find the allure of a quick ... | Office workers spend average £1,400 during working hours every year .
The average worker spends 18 minutes using up their wages instead of earning them .
Workers planning to spend the equivalent of two days doing their Christmas shopping while in the office between now and December 25th .
But 36 per cent have been ca... |
f5d1afce5bceec18450874de504041616187cfdb | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Sheriff's deputies who showed up at Elliot Rodger's doorstep last month to check on his mental health hadn't seen online videos in which he threatens suicide and violence even though those recordings were what prompted his parents to call authorities. The officers also failed to check his . a... | Rodger wrote that he was terrified police would derail his homicidal plot .
Authorities were sent to his residence when family members told local mental health services they were concerned .
Police left without searching when they found the cooperative Rodger 'timid'
Rodger had posted videos online fantasising about mu... |
f5d269ea489241b81eb97d19a85dbec844abb85b | By . Tom Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 05:03 EST, 23 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:24 EST, 23 March 2012 . This amazing stunt has probably been performed by thousands of children playing with their Hot Wheels toys on the living room carpet. But the loop-the-loop trick required a great deal more skill and courage when scaled ... | Chinese driver steers car round dizzying 42ft ramp . |
f5d2c6fdd73ff687c04675f6b061011e341313f4 | It seems the message is clear: men should give up control of the wine list, as they are twice as fearful of getting it wrong. Choosing wine is one of the things that makes Britons most anxious – and men are far more uneasy about it than women. One in eight (11.5 per cent) men say what makes them most uncomfortable - ev... | One in eight men say that choosing wine in a restaurant is uncomfortable .
Poll by Naked Wines also revealed that that 16% of us are scared of spiders .
Fear of job interviews ranked the highest in the study . |
f5d2e4861725f3ff6ebaa6a2387932a73ba4a579 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:20 EST, 6 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:49 EST, 7 March 2013 . A Kenyan presidential candidate has accused Britain of meddling in the country's election process. Uhuru Kenyatta - son of Kenya’s founding president, Jomo - accused the British high commissioner of 'shadowy, susp... | Kenya has held its first presidential vote since its disputed election in 2007 .
But winner has still not been announced 48 hours after the polls closed .
Uhuru Kenyatta - son of Kenya’s founding president, Jomo - has accused the British high commissioner of interfering . |
f5d31463d9d0889d27042dc81d9ae0decb3bd8a1 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Britons including Prime Minister Gordon Brown have leapt to the defense of their creaking healthcare service after President Barack Obama's plans for a similar system in the United States were branded "evil" by Republicans. British Prime Minister Gordon Brown issued a heartfelt message of suppo... | Britons leap to defend National Health Service after U.S. criticism .
Prime Minister Gordon Brown among those expressing pride in system .
NHS offers free health care to all UK residents . |
f5d420f77ff7b803ca6d56be55ff48c6348d5e0c | (CNN) -- Congress is back at work. Republicans and Democrats are gauging how much progress the lame duck session will be able to make in the coming weeks. Americans understandably are rolling their eyes, not expecting much from an institution that has been so dysfunctional over the past few years. Will this be like the... | Congress is meeting in lame duck session with some big items to tackle .
Julian Zelizer says past lame duck sessions have proved productive, but this time is different .
He says parties are dug in on major issues and may be reluctant to compromise now .
Zelizer: Congress could get a head start on tax reform that would ... |
f5d42b4d1ed147fc9931453f07658f1e899847e3 | By . Associated Press . Last updated at 6:34 PM on 14th December 2011 . Distinction: Time says its 'Person of the Year' is reshaping global politics . 'The protester' has been named Time magazine's 'Person of the Year' for 2011. The selection was announced today on NBC's Today Show. The magazine cited dissent across th... | Selection by magazine beats out runner-up Admiral William H. McRaven .
Kate Middleton, artist Ali Wei Wei and Wisconsin Rep Paul Ryan also considered . |
f5d491376e75fd4dff687b85641487756233dc2f | Lewis Hamilton has ended a four-year relationship with management company XIX Entertainment. Hamilton signed for Simon Fuller's group at the start of 2011 after almost a year of looking after his own affairs following a difficult split with father Anthony early in 2010. The 29-year-old, currently leading the Formula On... | Lewis Hamilton exits Simon Fuller's company after a four-year relationship .
Fuller played a key role in negotiations to take Hamilton to Mercedes .
Hamilton will decide how he will next be represented at the end of the year . |
f5d49d72501aa18b594207fcd06c88f318c1635f | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Dr. Conrad Murray left the Los Angeles County jail under sheriff's escort, avoiding reporters and Michael Jackson fans waiting for his release early Monday. Murray, who served two years of a four-year sentence for causing Michael Jackson's death, was driven away in a sheriff's car for the "safety a... | NEW: Sheriff gives Dr. Murray an escort to avoid media, fans outside of jail .
NEW: Sheriff spokesman calls Murray an "exemplary" inmate .
The cardiologist can't treat patients since his medical licenses are suspended .
Murray remains unremorseful about his treatment of Michael Jackson . |
f5d549e9a0232bb6e51fa6bbe35ecbe456a6260d | A British tourist's outdoor romp in the Nevada desert ended in disaster after the excitement triggered a heart attack - landing him with a $250,000 medical bill. Peter Cousins, 55, was travelling the world with his partner Dawn Reed when they stopped to work on a cowboy ranch in the middle of the desert. The pair had b... | Peter Cousins, 55, was travelling the world with then-partner Dawn Reed .
They were in the Nevada desert when they had a spot of outdoor passion .
Peter suffered a heart attack and was airlifted to hospital for an operation .
But after a five-day stay he was presented with a $250,000 medical bill .
To make matters wor... |
f5d54d38c082fcc8d4a4ab4ff03c3b0cf2d4ecf0 | By . Simon Tomlinson . Perched imperiously on top of a wooden display cabinet, it looks rather like something brought home from the taxidermist.But this eagle was very much alive, swooping into a living room through a set of open patio doors. The bird, a steppe eagle called Storm, landed on the cabinet and then knocked... | Russian Steppe eagle flew in through patio doors and perched on cabinet .
Shocked homeowner had just settled down to watch French Open tennis .
Her friend tried to lure 18in-tall bird down wearing thick jacket and gloves .
They also put pieces of ham outside in bid to tempt it away, but with no joy .
Bird-of-prey exper... |
f5d5b2353a6b63b73f40dcd082522344c74a5291 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . North Korea has denounced Seth Rogen and James Franco as 'terrorists' in a stern letter to the UN Secretary General over their new comedy which lampoons its leader. The secretive regime lodged a formal protest over The Interview, a farcical story of tabloid journalists hired by the CIA to ass... | North Korea sends letter to Ban Ki Moon accusing U.S. of a 'war action'
It asks for the letter to be made an official document and circulated .
The Interview is a farcical tale of two tabloid journalists' bid to kill Kim . |
f5d5d4ebdc7d6a6d9dfe4872778c425b62151744 | Editor's note: You can follow the Bilsons' progress on CNN American Morning 6 a.m. to 9 a.m. through February 4. Mary Bilson tries to contain her autistic daughter Marissa's tantrum, as Marissa's brother Brendan looks on. Seal Beach, CALIFORNIA (CNN) -- The Bilson family is like many other families: three kids, a cat, ... | CDC: Autism and related disorders affect one out of every 150 children .
Each autistic child is unique in his or her behavior, but there are common threads .
Social skills, communication are common problem areas .
Marissa screams, throws tantrums -- behavior her family hopes to change . |
f5d5f4e80421f3ffaf42a95a15a502a6135fd4c7 | By . Jennifer Newton For Mailonline . With wide smiles and faces full of hope it is hard to believe that these happy people are living in the squalor of a makeshift shanty town. Grinning for the camera, the children of the Manila slums act like any other youngsters by playing in a paddling pool and even tying rubber ba... | Children in the slums of the Philippines have been pictured smiling and happily playing in the squalor of the streets .
Images were captured by Belgian photographer Sebastian Cuvelier on a two-month trip to Manila .
Visited four slums in the city named Divisoria, Payatas, Quiapo and Tondo and Singkamas in Makati City .... |
f5d620f41ee82fb8d48d03b0900421e5554c42d3 | Mike Tyson has a newfound respect for the IRS after revealing that they forgave some of his owed back taxes. The former boxing champ has famously struggled with his finances for years and declared bankruptcy in 2005, stating that he was $23million in debt. He has been working his way back to even with the IRS after fai... | Former boxing legend has been paying the IRS back after failing to pay taxes for years and filed for bankruptcy in 2005 .
Said that he wrote a hefty check to them recently and just had $2million dropped off .
Noted that some of his seven living children are attending Ivy League colleges even though he only got through ... |
f5d691989283988d9c1a9e1907fe8c1326accd63 | At least two people have been killed and dozens injured after a coach carrying more than 50 passengers collided with a height restriction barrier in Tianjin municipality, China today. Without explanation, the 59-seater vehicle had driven into an ordinary bus lane, which has a height restriction of 2.8 metres. After cra... | The coach was carrying more than 50 people when it struck the barrier .
The metal height restriction tore through the coach, almost ripping off roof .
Driver arrested over the incident, which took place in Tianjin municipality . |
f5d72138ce1a3aac3d86fcef8372176769e2e192 | BEIJING, China (CNN) -- When -- after many visits to doctors and hospitals --- Tian Huiping's son was finally diagnosed with autism, the only advice she was given was to make use of a loophole in China's "one-child" policy that allows parents with disabled children to have one more. Tian Huiping considered suicide whe... | China estimates 100,000 people with autism; some say real number is 1-2 million .
Mom considered murder-suicide with autistic son; instead started autism school .
The school helps 3,000 children with autism every day despite no government aid .
"As a mother, I felt so much pain" |
f5d7571a63a55734f70cf86fefaea221bf95193e | A major operation has been launched tracking Santa Claus as he makes is annual delivery of presents to all the children who have been good over the past year. Santa left his top-secret toy factory deep underneath the North Pole several hours ago, with Rudolf leading the reindeer on their trip around the world. Internat... | Santa Claus is travelling almost at the speed of light according to NORAD .
Santa is delivering thousands of presents every second to nice people .
Naughty people face an anxious wait to see if they will receive any gifts .
Pilots have been warned to avoid the North Pole due to 'blinding red lights'
British Airways sai... |
f5d7c1b81e7bd8e2b3ff3af83e84039736bcb536 | A proposed new black and white flag for New Zealand has been compared to one that's flown by Islamic State militants. British comedian John Oliver drew similarities between the new design and the infamous ISIS flag, saying it could lead to future awkward situations for New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key. During his ... | John Oliver says New Zealand's new flag designs could be mistaken for the flag flown by Islamic State militants .
New Zealand Prime Minister John Key hopes to change the current flag as it's often confused with Australia's flag .
The new design has a silver fern which is the same trademark logo for the All Blacks . |
f5d7c7cd46689c47dc85cee1649455dc7e038013 | St. Louis (CNN) -- The funeral of slain Ferguson, Missouri, teenager Michael Brown was a celebration of his life, a search for meaning in his death and a battle cry to change policing in America. The Rev. Al Sharpton delivered one of two eulogies during the service Monday, and he had sharp words for those who looted st... | Don't do violence "in Michael's name" Al Sharpton says at service .
Slain teen's uncle says Brown's death is a call for justice for other victims of violence .
Sharpton: Police should not have aimed rifles at protesters: "We have to ... change this"
Children in Ferguson start school after a week's postponement . |
f5d7eb54c0bfced48cc438fe2530cfc15722a81e | (CNN) -- Tensions magnified among the world's top three economies over China's controversial new air defense zone. The issues range from disagreements on air space as well as disputed islands between China and Japan. On Saturday, China declared the creation of an air defense identification zone in the East China Sea, e... | NEW: U.S. flies 2 B-52s over China's new air defense zone .
China's declaration of air defense zone prompts outcry .
Japan and China's compete with claim for Diaoyu/Senkaku Island . |
f5d803e0542ba410759c0bf4906a1a1cea8976a6 | (CNN) -- It's been a difficult year for the seven time F1 champion, Michael Schumacher. After three years in retirement, Schumacher returned to F1 with the new Mercedes team, but has struggled to make an impact on the race track, finishing this year's season in a disappointing ninth place. It has led many to wonder why... | Michael Schumacher return to F1 racing this year after three years in retirement .
Despite high expectations Schumacher finished the season in ninth place .
Schumacher has won seven F1 world champion titles since his debut in 1991 . |
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