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f698aeae1143ba6227705eafdead70745924b587 | (EW.com) -- "The Office" ends its nine-season run this month, and rumors have been swirling with respect to how the stories will wrap up and who will return to say goodbye. At the forefront of the rumors is former "Office" star Steve Carell, who led the Dunder Mifflin crew as General Manager Michael Scott for seven sea... | "The Office" will end its nine-season run this month .
Rumors are swirling that former star Steve Carell will return for the finale .
Show creator Greg Daniels has danced around the question .
NBC has yet to comment . |
f69972af89f6d0f95dd45fbc56c3d0220638565d | By . Daniel Miller . PUBLISHED: . 07:51 EST, 12 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:56 EST, 12 June 2013 . A contestant in a 'Birdman' competition has died after he was dragged underwater by the weight of his hang glider in front of hundreds of horrified spectators. Li Weng, 44, had hurled himself from a platform above a lak... | Tragic Li Weng, 44, drowned in a lake in Hangzhou in Zhejiang province .
Metal frame of his home-made hang glider dragged him beneath the surface .
Witnesses said he was underwater for around 10 minutes . |
f69a4b218a8d44fd3d67e3db16341eca710702d2 | While President Barack Obama has relaunched a massive public relations effort for the Affordable Care Act, Republican opponents to the law have also implemented a relaunch of sorts. Absent from their public outcry is any talk of repeal. It is a deliberate and significant shift in strategy for Republicans in the House a... | Republican Party has shifted its strategy on Obamacare away from repealing the law .
GOP launched its own public relations campaign to highlight negative aspects of the law .
The defund strategy has proven counterproductive .
Some on the right still pushing for Republicans to keep repeal efforts moving . |
f69a98d3ca649de3bfa4d4f3b8e6d63206f3a8dd | A career criminal who was the youngest person in Britain to be handed an ASBO when he was 14 will not have to repay £26,000 in drug money following a new arrest after claiming it was stolen. Declan Madigan, now 27, was labelled a 'one-boy crime wave' in 2000 after being arrested 100 times for violent crime, burglary an... | Declan Madigan, now 27, was described as a 'one-boy crime wave' in 2000 .
Teenager had racked up 100 arrests for violent crime, burglary and theft .
He was jailed last year for a drive-by shooting and three drug offences .
Criminal profited almost £50,000 which he kept in the bank and in cash .
Will not repay £26,000 ... |
f69a9d1ed87640e1db899e6ddb6398b683cdf0c7 | After five years in captivity, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl is free. But that's hardly the end of the story. While the Idaho man's friends and family and the Obama administration are hailing his release, the deal that set him free is getting heat from critics who say Bergdahl is a traitor who cost American lives and those who sa... | Feinstein: Lawmakers should've gotten heads-up about prisoner swap .
Rogers: Decision to swap prisoners without telling Congress "doesn't smell right"
Soldier's release generates controversy and questions .
Some say the deal puts Americans at greater risk; others question Bergdahl's disappearance . |
f69b0069305de75c59902e1cbb40450e27e16a63 | (CNN) -- Azerbaijan's capital Baku might have an ancient heart, but it is getting a remarkable modern face. Funded largely by money from oil and gas exports, the city has become one of the most vibrant places on the planet for grand designs, with numerous head-turning projects towering above low-rise Soviet-era apartme... | Baku, capital of Azerbaijan, is undergoing a major face-lift .
Major project called 'White City' is planned for old oil refinery site .
New iconic buildings like Hotel Crescent are also being built .
Infrastructure to make it a regional hub also being improved . |
f69bdc24a230cf62cf999e23deedcafceed94604 | New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie -- a potential 2016 Republican presidential candidate -- finally broke his silence on President Barack Obama's decision to normalize relations with Cuba in a letter to the President issued on Sunday. Christie urged Obama to demand Cuba hand over Joanne Chesimard, an American fugitive who ... | New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said on Sunday he does not support the President's decision to normalize relations with Cuba .
Christie did send a letter to Obama asking he press Cuba to hand over a wanted fugitive, however . |
f69bf3fc7df1d0da62c5525cbadee2af2ffc916e | New Delhi (CNN) -- Indian authorities added murder charges Saturday for suspects in the brutal gang rape that led to the death of a 23-year-old woman and sent outraged protesters to the streets. The suspects already faced rape charges. Six people, including a minor and a bus driver, have been arrested in connection wit... | Victim's body returned to India, cremated .
U.S. Embassy offers its condolences .
Gang rape of a 23-year-old in New Delhi galvanizes the nation .
Human Rights Watch says India has a widespread problem of sexual violence . |
f69c1dabf58649d5e3259f5bdc86ffa1def0690e | (CNN) -- Caroline Wozniacki beat Ana Ivanovic in a battle of former world number one ranked players to reach the semifinals of the $2 million WTA tournament in Dubai Thursday. The Dane, who lost the top spot during the Australian Open earlier this year, won an entertaining encounter 6-3 7-5 in one hour 33 minutes. Form... | Caroline Wozniacki beats Ana Ivanovic 6-3 7-5 in Dubai Open quarterfinals .
Both players have been former world number one ranked .
Agnieszka Radwanska thrashes Sabine Lisicki in their quarterfinal .
Jelena Jankovic beats Sam Stosur to reach the semifinals . |
f69c492964364dd2368033bd62e39bb5118cbff9 | Unhappy customer: Lorraine Fisher and Creme de la Mer's Lifting Contour Serum . They’re the promise of ‘youth in a bottle’ that no woman should be without. Over the past year, you haven’t been able to open a magazine or pass a beauty counter without seeing adverts for facial serums. Almost every cosmetics brand is doin... | Luxury brand Creme de la Mer’s Lifting Contour Serum is £230 for 30ml .
Ingredients include perennial brown algae (dubbed ‘the fountain of youth’)
Lorraine Fisher tried the serum for the recommended two months .
London skin expert Lesley Reynolds to monitored Lorraine's skin .
Lorraine ended up with WORSE skin than bef... |
f69cd21332a5ad4a18260e0f6bb30742b5c157a9 | A couple donned Santa costumes during their wedding ceremony before being waved off in a sleigh. Terminally-ill Harry Paul, 56, and Margaret Steward, 65, were joined by more than 50 guests in fancy dress outfits, including Snow White, elves and snowmen, at their party. The best man was dressed as a Christmas cracker, w... | Terminally-ill Harry Paul and Margaret Steward wed in fancy dress .
Guests also turned out in a range of costumes at the Cambridgeshire event .
The happy couple waved goodbye to guests as they rode off on a sleigh . |
f69d0b47594b33d4df684aaf1b029c4126d27671 | (CNN) -- Running has always been an enigma to me. It seems so simple: Lace up your sneakers, crank up the music and head out the door. It comes so easy to some people, but it never has to me. Growing up, I tried to be a runner. At an early age, I was diagnosed with exercise-induced asthma. This is an inflammation and c... | Pain has stopped Fit Nation teammate Stacy Mantooth from running the past .
Mantooth developed asthma, shin splints, plantar fasciitis .
Excuses are no longer going to stop Mantooth from running, he says . |
f69d15dff3be6ccf959ee01bad89dfabca20a831 | Washington (CNN) -- The Office of the Director of National Intelligence has released approximately 1,800 pages of documents that shed more light on the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The documents indicate that the National Security Agency violated its own internal guidelines relating to phone numbers it can ... | Newly released documents show the National Security Agency violated phone-records rules .
Papers: NSA also submitted incorrect information to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court .
The papers were released to comply with ACLU, Electronic Frontier Foundation requests .
The court required the NSA to seek approval ... |
f69d53a161b7d4c7184ffc779fbe56fc1cb9fe20 | ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Classic pop rock band Chicago and Grammy-Award-winning songwriter Bill Champlin have parted ways after nearly three decades together. Bill Champlin is leaving Chicago. "This music is callin' me," he says of his new solo venture. "Bill Champlin is no longer in Chicago. He was a long-time band m... | Singer-songwriter-keyboardist Champlin joined Chicago in 1981 .
He'll tour in autumn to promote new solo album "No Place Left to Fall"
Grammy-nominated keyboardist Lou Pardini will replace Champlin .
Group formed in 1967 and was named The Big Thing, then Chicago Transit Authority . |
f69dc2e7c8ebd07b86e540aa698c0e775d781d0b | By . Ted Thornhill . Spanish underground train passenger Armand Serrano Maya who discovered his vending machine chocolate bar had been nibbled in the corner did not have far to look for the culprit – a mouse that had infiltrated the equipment. He could see the critter inside the machine where it was continuing to tuck ... | Mouse has been videoed nibbling on snacks in Barcelona vending machine .
Passenger Armand Serrano Maya bought chocolate with nibbled corner .
He said: 'It was really disgusting. I posted the video to warn other people' |
f69dc8dc0317dcbfa2c86ef3e58d111d968322c6 | (CNN) -- The message sent by the military council that rules Egypt was simple: "Don't mess with Egypt's armed forces." The message received by the activists who flooded Tahrir Square 18 months ago: "Egypt's revolution, which began with a bang, is ending with a whimper." With several decrees, the Supreme Council of the ... | Experts: The "constitutional coup" in Egypt has serious implications for democracy there .
Generals neutered civilian authority, gave themselves unprecedented power .
The move called into question whether Tahrir Square uprising really made Egypt more open . |
f69de8c8a342f025466a8ca05e5e274c48bdf24d | People say it’s only the Capital One Cup, but this could be one of the games of the season. There is a Wembley final at stake and the bigger picture to think about. If Chelsea win, they move on and can take a big step towards the title if they beat Man City on Saturday and a Liverpool win could inspire the rest of thei... | Chelsea host Liverpool in their Capital One Cup semi-final second leg .
First leg at Anfield finished 1-1 after Raheem Sterling equaliser .
Sterling could hold the key for the Reds... if Nemanja Matic is occupied .
Lucas Leiva will have a tough job trying to keep Oscar at bay .
Stamford Bridge clash could be one of the... |
f69e9aa488905323f669961242754095cb8af494 | By . Hannah Roberts . An Italian soccer fan, who allegedly cut his wife and . children's throats in a triple murder, tried to use the England-Italy game as . an alibi. The bodies of mother-of-two Cristina Omes, 38, and the . couple's children, five-year-old Giulia and Gabriele, 20 months, were found at . their home in ... | Father, 31, allegedly admits killing his wife and two children .
All three were found their throats slit as well as .
other stab wounds .
Carlo Lissi told police he then watched World Cup game with friends .
IT consultant, from near Milan, has been charged with triple murder . |
f69ea583ac2166638b44ab1c6f09c407fa9495a8 | Police say two brothers stole nearly $500,000 worth of sewer grates from the Philadelphia suburbs and sold them for scrap. Brian and John Vetrulli Jr. were jailed Saturday in Montgomery County on charges of theft, conspiracy and receiving stolen property. The 36-year-old Brian Vetrulli and 38-year-old John Vetrulli Jr.... | Brian and John Vetrulli Jr. were jailed Saturday in Montgomery County on charges of theft, conspiracy and receiving stolen property .
Police say the men stole 13 sewer grates from area parking lots and had receipts showing they'd sold more than 1,000 grates .
Each grate weighs about 100 pounds and costs about $475 but ... |
f69f83bf74487c399e84283a8b1b641e7c86e015 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 10:47 EST, 9 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:46 EST, 9 December 2013 . A creepy man has been caught on camera lying under the seats of a Metro train while he touched women's legs. The terrifying snaps of a man wearing a blue mask and coat were taken on the underground system in Beijing... | Terrifying snaps were taken on underground system in Beijing, China .
Another passenger spotted him lying beneath moulded plastic seats .
Amazingly, none of the woman in question appeared to react . |
f69fd13d435ffb1b9d168d24ab6e9b2f571e00d5 | A skatepark dating back to the sport's 1970s peak has become a protected heritage site in recognition of its cultural importance. With its half-pipe, moguls and special skating pool, the Rom skatepark in Hornchurch, east London, is a far cry from the majority of listed buildings. But as it became the first facility of ... | The Rom skatepark is a far cry from the majority of listed buildings .
The east London site is only the second of its type to be protected .
It was built as the skateboarding craze swept Britain in the 1970s . |
f69fdec9832d75a41c19232fb08077f2c7e2f2a0 | KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, Florida (CNN) -- A bat that apparently had trouble flying instead tried to hitch a ride on the space shuttle Discovery, NASA officials said. The free tail bat was last seen clinging to the space shuttle Discovery's external fuel tank just before launch. The animal was last seen clinging on the fo... | NASA: Bat was last seen clinging on space shuttle Discovery before launch .
Wildlife expert says bat appeared to have broken wing or injured shoulder .
Discovery is on 14-day mission to deliver supplies to International Space Station . |
f69fed1843a9caa14214024526123c10e76f29c4 | Older people with memory problems can boost their brainpower with fish oil supplements, say researchers. Healthy people with mild memory deficits of events in their past life, so-called episodic memory, had improved recall after six months of treatment. A new overview says the omega-3 fatty acid DHA has most benefit fo... | Supplements rich in DHA from fish oils might slow mental decline .
The omega-3 fatty acid helps nerve cells communicate with each other .
It is found in reduced amounts in people with Alzheimer's disease .
Richest source of the nutrient is oily fish such as herring and mackerel .
Just one in three Britons eat the adv... |
f6a019b37ab959c77ba05de586591cdd69e94539 | Abidjan, Ivory Coast (CNN) -- Ten Ivory Coast soldiers have been killed in attacks Sunday and Monday by unidentified gunmen in Abidjan, the economic capital, the defense minister said. The attacks come just before the country celebrates its independence on Tuesday. The first of the attacks occurred before dawn on Sunda... | Five Ivory Coast soldiers are killed by unidentified gunmen Monday, the defense minister says .
A separate attack Sunday killed another five soldiers .
An attack also occurred Sunday in Abengourou but no one was killed, state media reports . |
f6a06ef5ecc30d6384bedbe7f0c78e20037ac2d7 | By . Richard Spillett . Tony Blair's son Nicky, pictured in 2006, has set himself up as a football agent and could make thousands from the Brazil World Cup . The son of former Prime Minister Tony Blair looks set to make thousands off the back of the World Cup after signing up top players to his football agency business... | Ex-PM's son Nicky Blair signed up Mexican footballers to his agency .
He has reportedly already cashed in on transfer deal for Hector Herrera .
The agent could now make more from £10million-rated Marco Fabian .
Fabian's career boosted when brought on in World Cup game yesterday . |
f6a081f99638761c8f323304fb9e11ad0a8ff593 | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 11:50 EST, 30 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:16 EST, 31 May 2013 . It is certainly not a job for those of a nervous disposition. Working hundreds of feet above the ground, these brave power grid workers balance precariously on slender electricity cables. With just a couple of harnesses at... | They balance precariously on slender cables in Fuzhou, China . |
f6a1117b84b2f1afbbda61633f88cfb2a1279956 | By . Joe Bernstein . Former England manager Steve McClaren left Wembley a beaten man again — but this time with his head held high and rightly bemoaning the ‘cruelty’ of football. McClaren lost his job on his last visit to the national stadium after a 3-2 defeat by Croatia cost England a place at Euro 2008. He was vili... | Former England manager a beaten man at the national stadium again .
But this time he left with his head held high .
His Derby side lost the Championship play-off final to a last minute goal .
QPR's Bobby Zamora with the late sucker-punch . |
f6a15c992064531ee2dc012db06f0325120a0763 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 05:01 EST, 18 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:57 EST, 18 June 2013 . Brink of death: Michael Evans (pictured in hospital), 28, suffered serious brain damage and had his life shattered after he was hit in the head by 21-year-old Daniel Brzozowski . A 28-year-old man was left with half a skull ... | Michael Evans nearly died after the brutal and unprovoked attack .
Daniel Brzozowski punched Mr Evans as he walked away from argument .
Victim's parents say the attacker's three year sentence is 'disgusting'
Mr Evans needs constant care as a result of the brain damage .
Mother Linda Etheridge fears he will never work a... |
f6a17d16066efacdcbc6178dc22fbeaa4e8bf25a | A young mother from Essex popped into . the toilet at the medical centre, and after a very short labour had a baby . she did not know she was expecting. Emma O'Doherty, 24, who had not been feeling well for a few days, gave . birth to little Harry in the waiting room toilets at Harold Wood Polyclinic . in Romford last ... | Emma O'Doherty, 24, from Essex, was unwell and went to see her GP .
She gave unexpected birth in the medical centre's toilet after a short labour .
Partner Gary Beechey, 28, got there just in time as the baby came along .
Baby called Harold, or Harry, as a thank you to Harold Wood Polyclinic . |
f6a1881697bafac6212d205a3e4e9331edfe876b | Scientists hope to be able to beat obesity within years by 'rewiring' brains to reduce appetites after researchers made a significant breakthrough. They hope to develop drugs that can control the amount we eat from infancy, or later in life for those who are overweight. It is hoped the findings could lead to a 'permane... | Stem cells in the brain trigger neurons that control our appetites .
Scientists believe they will be able to control the neurons with pills 'within years'
Babies with obese mothers could be given medicine at birth so that they eat less .
Obesity costs the NHS £5billion a year . |
f6a2bf471278dca832b63af9c4f57301d537c32f | The U.S. government has spent $3million on eight inflatable boats that were intended to be used in Afghanistan but never once saw water. The landlocked nature of Afghanistan- not to mention the fact that they have been sitting in a Naval warehouse in Virginia ever since they were purchased in 2010- are two of the bigge... | Eight inflatable boats were ordered in 2010 but have stayed in a Viginia naval warehouse ever since .
Each boat cost more than seven times the standard price of similar boats .
American army officials and NATO leaders deemed the boats unnecessary nine months after they were purchased for $3million .
Just one of a handf... |
f6a3118533e3d4228e960d51741b3c196136a9e8 | Cats and dogs in Venezuela may soon get a taste of the South American country's brand of socialism. President Nicolas Maduro announced plans Sunday to consider controlling pet food prices as part of efforts to help street animals. Price controls have become a staple of Venezuela's economic policies, drawing praise from... | Venezuela's president says the country may control pet food prices .
He announces the possibility as part of a program to help keep animals off the streets .
Price controls have been a staple of Venezuela's economic policies . |
f6a3678a8b2f50f2c9283be130392cc69230be39 | In October 1962, astronaut Wally Schirra took the first recognisable images of Earth from space. He used a Hasselblad camera and Zeiss lens to take the photographs on the Mercury-Atlas 8 (MA-8) mission. More than 50 years later, the unique camera has been sold at auction for $275,000 (£175,985) - more than double its i... | Astronaut Wally Schirra used the camera to take the first recognisable images of Earth from space in 1962 on the Mercury-Atlas 8 mission .
The Hasselblad 500c camera was modified to suit space travel .
Device was auctioned off this week at RR Auction's Boston Gallery .
It sold for $275,000 (£175,985) to an unnamed onli... |
f6a388d2e4ad77083306d4b6ab6baa2bd804893a | It was almost a party to remember for all the wrong reasons. Leaning forward to blow out the candles on her 50th birthday cake, Ohio State coach Urban Meyer's wife Shelley managed to catch her hair on fire. The exact moment was caught on camera by their daughter Nicki, who posted the picture to social media with the he... | Shelley Meyer managed to set her hair on fire during her 50th birthday party this week . |
f6a3d0c94a70e2513afc497de832d750b93a8ada | The world's first motorised lawnmower has been restored to its former glory more than a century after being invented as the ultimate rich man's toy - costing the equivalent of £15,000 today. Andrew Hall, 54, a gardener from Ilminster, Somerset, spent four years working on the 1.25 ton machine that was the forerunner of... | Andrew Hall, 54, from Somerset, spent four years working on the mower .
The 1.25 ton machine was the forerunner to suburban lawns today .
The Ransome driveable mower cost £137 in 1902 - about £15,000 today .
First purchased by Cadbury’s and used in the Bournville village .
It was then bought second-hand by Peugeot Talb... |
f6a55fdd330c62a1aacba657950b5806d2113ca2 | By . Anthony Bond . This is the moment a passenger plane travelling to San Francisco was forced to dump its fuel load over the Irish Sea and return to Heathrow following a loss of cabin pressure. United Airlines flight UA900 was forced to turn around today shortly after passing south of Morecambe Bay - about an hour a... | United Airlines flight UA900 turned around about an hour after take off .
Plane dumped its fuel load over Irish Sea before flying back to London .
'You could feel something was not quite right' said passenger . |
f6a5a75ecbe4e055ebea8cb4478765c1b2196039 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:25 EST, 10 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:51 EST, 10 February 2014 . Violinist turned Olympic skier Vanessa Mae was today pictured getting to grips with conditions in Sochi after telling of the huge challenges she has overcome to qualify for the Winter Olympics. The world r... | Vanessa Mae will compete in the giant slalom event in Sochi .
Musician, 35, started training for the Olympics six months ago .
She became a citizen of Thailand in 2011 in order to compete for them . |
f6a5c0af668fc59efd311f069c7ec9bd6cc59209 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 13:15 EST, 15 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:24 EST, 15 March 2013 . A teenager obsessed with designer labels was given a birthday cake in the shape of a Louis Vuitton handbag after she helped steal £150,000 from a string of bank accounts, a court heard. Aamna Aliani, 18, bought Christia... | Aamna Aliani, 18, from London, went on incredible spending spree .
With two others, she hijacked details of 22 Lloyds TSB customers .
They then blew tens of thousands of pounds in Mayfair shops . |
f6a5c1bfcce8a87bd6b8c16989d2d2606851371b | Astronomers have discovered stars forming in a remote region of the Milky Way not thought possible before. The stars were seen in a cloud of molecular gas 16,000 light-years below the flattened disc of our galaxy - further than any others ever seen. And if any planets were to form around these stars, inhabitants would ... | Brazilian scientists have discovered remote stars forming in the Milky Way .
They are the most distant stars ever to be seen forming in the galaxy .
The stars were spotted in a cloud of dust and gas 16,000 light-years below .
From a planet around one of the stars, the entire spiral structure of the Milky Way would be s... |
f6a6b138e98e6fea9a2309b9a5e2209e1165bf61 | By . Rosie Taylor . PUBLISHED: . 10:53 EST, 16 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:27 EST, 17 May 2013 . An Indian woman was forced into modern-day slavery by two women who locked her indoors and forced her to work 16-hour days. The victim was also raped by the women's accomplice, 54-year-old butcher Enkarta Balapovi. At a se... | The woman was also raped by a butcher who made her sleep on his floor .
Indian victim came to UK to work as nanny but was trapped by group .
She was passed between the homes of three acquaintances . |
f6a6db24abb86664397ff6e0ce6193820f8d80d0 | By . Emma Innes . A mother who was diagnosed with breast cancer during her pregnancy had a mastectomy just 30 minutes after giving birth. Sarah Williams gave birth to her son Joshua by planned C-section before surgeons removed her breast in the same operating theatre. The 40-year-old had already endured five rounds of ... | Sarah Williams noticed changes in her breast when she was pregnant initially putting it down to rounds of IVF treatment .
But at 20 weeks the 40-year-old doctors diagnosed her with cancer .
Mother-of-two had five rounds of chemotherapy while carrying her son .
Half-an-hour after giving birth to Joshua she had her breas... |
f6a6e3ff1c7f4d78fa00962608fea17bd53bec53 | A man and woman who met when they were serving as a ring bearer and a flower girl in a wedding have married – 20 years after their first trip down the aisle as children. Briggs Fussy and Brittney Husbyn, of Mankato, Minnesota, married in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, on January 10, five years after being reunited in a colleg... | Briggs Fussy and Brittney Husbyn married in Coon Rapids, Minnesota, on January 10, five years after the couple reconnected in a college class .
Brittney recognized Briggs from a wedding photo in her family's home . |
f6a709807a79e57bbc1b232bf714438b7d061171 | All 17 of the Nomads bikie gang who had got together at their regular 'church meeting' have been arrested in a pre-emptive raid by NSW Police. Senior members of the gang were among those charged during Friday night's raid on their recently furnished western Sydney clubhouse. Officers executed a search warrant on the pr... | Thirteen Nomads members have been charged with consorting .
Following clubhouse raid, police arrested 13 men as part of ongoing investigation into criminal activity by the outlaw motorcycle gang .
Four of the 13 men arrested have been variously charged with traffic, drug and weapon offences .
As a result of the operati... |
f6a7abe46bae73a3af4b60499d45043f017eaa59 | By . Ellie Zolfagharifard . PUBLISHED: . 12:04 EST, 20 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:40 EST, 20 November 2013 . Frederick Sanger, the ‘father of genomics’ and a two-time Nobel Prize winner, has died at the age of 95. The Gloucestershire-born biochemist is described as ‘one of the greatest scientists of any generati... | Dr Sanger was the only person to have won two Nobel prizes in chemistry .
His methods helped work out the exact sequence of DNA building blocks .
He was also at the forefront of work to uncover the structure of proteins . |
f6a96d8a3ea7a05b73e1c31b76ca0f9e97ca05d4 | By . Larisa Brown . PUBLISHED: . 07:21 EST, 7 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:25 EST, 8 October 2012 . Lavinia Olmazu is able to remain in Britain with her 12-year-old son despite funneling £2.9million in false benefit claims to 172 Romanian gypsies . A Romanian gypsy campaigner jailed for her role in a £10million ben... | Lavinia Olmazu provided false National Insurance numbers to immigrants .
Olmazu should have been deported automatically upon her release .
She was able to persuade judges because she has son, 12, it would be an attack on their human rights if they were to be deported back to Romania .
Home Office appealed against immig... |
f6a9f50ebf365b15310fa36b71c513cce1cb9788 | (CNN) -- Just days after a Boeing 737 flown by Southwest Airlines made an emergency landing with a hole in its fuselage, the Federal Aviation Administration said in a press release Monday that it will mandate operators of about 175 specific older Boeing 737s to conduct inspections for wear and tear. The FAA said the "e... | NEW: Southwest Airlines says as of 3:30 p.m., it had inspected 67 of its 79 grounded jets .
NEW: The joint where the breach opened had been visually, not electromagnetically, inspected in past .
The Federal Aviation Administration says it plans to mandate inspections of certain 737s .
About 175 planes, including about ... |
f6a9f524a7062e1d760a04d114601d29af0364dd | By . John Hall . Inspectors . at Los Angeles International Airport have seized an unusually slimy . package - 67 giant African land snails that are a popular delicacy . across West Africa. The . live snails - which are banned in the U.S. - arrived from Nigeria and . were being sent to a person in San Dimas, California ... | 67 living snails were discovered inside a passenger's luggage at the airport .
Molluscs are banned in the U.S. for carrying parasites harmful to humans .
But they are legal in most of the world - and even a delicacy in West Africa .
After being inspected by federal agents the snails were killed by incineration . |
f6aa03b9ec657554afcae699e226278288ddb59f | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Los Angeles firefighters and city crews worked for several hours Tuesday to rescue one of their own: a 22-ton firetruck that was nearly swallowed by a water-logged sinkhole. Two firefighters crawled out of the truck's windows after it sank Tuesday morning. No one was injured. The incide... | Los Angeles firetruck nearly swallowed by sinkhole Tuesday morning .
Firefighters in truck were responding to flooding call when incident happened .
Two firefighters escaped truck through windows; no injuries reported . |
f6aa2c055e64c86f0176badc3d9affcd6da15098 | The so-called Plaxo co-founder who is charged with murdering his wife's new husband had never worked a day at the groundbreaking social network, founding executives reveal. Minh Nguyen, 38, has spent years claiming he and Napster billionaire Sean Parker jointly founded Plaxo, which was later sold to Comcast for an esti... | Minh Nguyen, 38, sparked national headlines as Plaxo co-founder charged with murdering his ex-wife's husband last Thursday .
He allegedly broke into ex-wife's home and opened fire in front of children .
But former executives of the firm tell DailyMail.com he never worked at Plaxo .
He was a school friend of Napster bil... |
f6aa4d6be46122813e8d23d6a6d7223bda1ae174 | By . Jack Gaughan . PUBLISHED: . 09:47 EST, 4 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:07 EST, 5 September 2013 . Usain Bolt is planning to retire from the sport after the 2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics. The current world record holder in both the 100 and 200 metres, the Jamaican has an exit strategy in place that will cement ... | Jamaican's exit strategy designed to cement him as a sporting legend .
He hopes to win gold at Rio and the Commonwealth and set another 200m world record .
Athlete will turn 30 on the last day of his sporting career - on August 21 - the final day of the Rio 2016 Olympic Games . |
f6aa86baf955d90effd6aa2a31b2d8727419f0a0 | Three teenage boys who went missing from their boarding school have been found safe and well with a relative. Police won't say whether the relative had found them or if the boys were with the relatives since they went missing. William Blake, 15, Troy Klystra, 15, and Mitchell Cattle, 16, went missing from Yanco Agricu... | Teenagers from Yanco Agricultural High School in NSW have been found .
William Blake, Troy Klystra, and Mitchell Cattle went missing on Tuesday .
Their disappearance sparked a large scale search in the area .
Search team was made of local police, dog squads, and volunteers . |
f6ab465a565c23143ef79a30cfe444897221bbfa | A former decorated detective who had sex with a woman at a police station and let her handle his gun will be sentenced on Thursday. Mark Garner had earlier pleaded guilty to two counts of misconduct in office while he was a sergeant on the NSW north coast. His legal team argued on Wednesday that Garner, who appeared be... | Mark Garner will be sentenced for allegedly letting a sex worker play with his gun .
His lawyers say he was suffering mental health issues at the time of the offences .
Garner had previously received courage and bravery awards in the 1990s, but fell to alcoholism .
He also admitted to inappropriately accessing police f... |
f6ab6f7ccf901e7a18245b3671a3d94fb8846f1c | Neil Redfearn has signed a 12-month rolling contract to become the third permanent boss of Leeds United this season. The 49-year-old has been in temporary charge since Darko Milanic was sacked last Saturday after only 32 days at the helm. Redfearn will once again step up from his secure role with the club’s academy wit... | Neil Redfearn was in temporary charge after Darko Milanic was sacked .
Redfearn has been the head of the club's academy .
The 49-year-old has signed a one year rolling contract at Elland Road . |
f6ab964d3166296c55661f371a2679fb5c45e2c3 | (CNN) -- This morning, around 10 a.m., I was 10 years old again. At that hour, the space shuttle Discovery, mounted atop a NASA jetliner, soared over Washington and the Capitol Mall on the way to its permanent home at the National Air and Space Museum's Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center at Dulles International Airport. I had... | Gene Seymour: He'll watch as space shuttle is flown above Capitol .
He says as a boy he was entranced with promise of space travel .
He says U.S. early space progress tracked with civil rights movement .
Seymour: Discovery's exit may signal end of America's capacity to dream . |
f6abbc8dbc52a568ed4b6473dc06093d00872639 | Madrid (CNN) -- Inspired by the deadly Columbine school shooting, a Spanish man purchased more than 300 pounds of explosive materials as part of an alleged plan to massacre university students, authorities said Thursday. Instead, Spanish police, who had been tracking him for five months, descended on his home Wednesday... | Police began investigating man 5 months ago after Internet messages about Columbine .
Police tracked his efforts to acquire explosive materials via the Internet .
Suspect arrested Wednesday as he received the materials at his home, police say .
In his personal diary, "he showed a hatred for society," police say . |
f6abe545e50b2e210ebfb2bc2c20c723e025d208 | Jurors in the rape trial of two former Vanderbilt football players watched dorm surveillance video on Thursday showing their alleged victim being carried inside and dragged out of an elevator. Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey are accused of assaulting the 21-year-old unconscious woman in a dorm room in June 2013. Two ... | Brandon Vandenburg and Cory Batey 'assaulted the unconscious 21-year-old student with two more football players as they egged each other on'
The other two are expected to testify against Vandenburg and Batey .
On Thursday, the jury saw a surveillance video showing a man carrying the woman into the dorm room and draggin... |
f6ac6d6065918cb12d72d168356a295c934b942a | Brad Guzan has hailed Thibaut Courtois as one of the world's best goalkeepers and insists the Belgium international deserves to be Chelsea's number one. The Aston Villa keeper believes Courtois is Chelsea's future ahead of Villa's trip to Stamford Bridge on Saturday. Courtois has replaced Petr Cech between the posts fo... | Chelsea face Aston Villa in Premier League clash on Saturday .
Brad Guzan rates Thibaut Courtois as one of the world's best keepers .
Belgian international has replaced Petr Cech as No 1 at Stamford Bridge . |
f6ad0f5f74b5d92858d10ba1a6415515b25faa8d | They were the two best friends who decided - after finding themselves single at the same time - to date for 40 days to see what happened. But whatever happened to Jessica Walsh, 28, and Timothy Goodman, 34, whose story went viral in 2013 - did they find their happily ever after? Well, Jessica certainly did, only the b... | Close pals Jessica Walsh and Timothy Goodman dated for 40 days .
They blogged about their experience and turned it into a book .
Although Jessica wed another man, they say the experiment was positive . |
f6ad868ebbd57bb27ac3f72f5bf7d875c22e3976 | By . Reuters Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:26 EST, 22 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:28 EST, 22 September 2013 . Grand Theft Auto V has crossed the $1 billion sales mark after three days in stores, a rate faster than any other video game, film or other entertainment product has ever managed, its creator Take Two Inter... | GTA V, the latest installment of the franchise, racked up $800m in its first day alone . |
f6ade0c6813e8289a738b22b0fbbafc6c46d4749 | "This is the house?" my mom asks, turning around. "Yes," says our guide. "This is where your grandmother was born." My mother and I have traveled more than 6,000 miles to explore Candia Canavese, a tiny village outside Torino, Italy, founded in the fifth century. We're here to learn more about our heritage and get a se... | Interest in genealogy is rising, with many choosing to combine travel with family history research .
Websites like Ancestry.com offer access to billions of indexed records .
Librarians, city clerks, museum officers and clergy members can be solid sources of information . |
f6adff1dd9b7a0cbb6c0d69844365358a61d5b2d | (CNN Student News) -- February 22, 2013 . Media Literacy Question of the Day . What methods can news media use to convey the enormity or severity of an event to the audience? * . * . Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week on CNN Student News. Write your answers in the spa... | Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News .
Write your answers in the space provided .
Today's Newsquiz includes the Media Literacy Question of the Day . |
f6ae1ca2593cb29ac17caba3c81ba66861ff6262 | Benjamin Watson, a tight end for the New Orleans Saints, came home Monday night after a tough loss to the Baltimore Ravens. It was late and surely he was worn out. He turned on the television and saw everything that was going on in Ferguson, Missouri, in the wake of the grand jury decision. As he fixated at the screen,... | Benjamin Watson sometimes shares his thoughts about life on his Facebook page .
A post about the emotions he felt on day after Ferguson decision was read by many .
He closed by saying Bible offers hope that we can get past divisiveness .
Watson plays tight end for the New Orleans Saints . |
f6ae81fb47acf897e03dc6b4f5b9fcf3e06d385e | The most chilling place I've ever visited is the former Nazi death camp of Dachau, not far from Munich, Germany. Nobody enters Dachau. It enters you. First as a series of surface impressions: the gate with the infamous sign and heinous lie, "Arbeit Mach Frei" (Work Will Set You Free), the crematorium and gas chambers, ... | Dark tourism is gaining ground as more travelers seek out authentic experiences .
Establishment of the Institute for Dark Tourism Research has given the genre newfound respectability .
Sites in Southeast Asia include Cambodia's Killing Fields, Thailand tsunami memorials, 'haunted' Penang Hill . |
f6aedc64bc3ddb3fce1e6156661fcd91b24384c6 | By . Alex Gore . PUBLISHED: . 05:43 EST, 3 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:41 EST, 4 June 2012 . A shamed prison officer who swapped sexy letters and phone calls with inmates could end up behind bars. A court heard Zanib Khan had 'inappropriate relationships' with three prisoners - thought to include drug dealers - in th... | Court hears of Khan's 'inappropriate relationships' with male prisoners . |
f6af26596e34a1012bcc883fe126892e27277b9c | They are the most loyal of pets, so it is perhaps no surprise that dogs become jealous when we don’t show the same level of devotion. A study found that dogs, like people, can experience envy. Faced to watch their owner pet a potential rival, they snap, jump, paw and push. Scroll down for video . The University of Cali... | The University of California studied 36 dogs in their own homes .
Owners were told to ignore their pet in favour of a stuffed dog or a bucket .
In a third test, the owner was asked to read a musical pop-up book .
Dogs exhibited jealous behaviour such as snapping and pushing when their owner displayed affection for the ... |
f6af7363faaeaddf6362c9785018e695c806d275 | The on-off girlfriend of Kim Kardashian's infamous sex tape partner Ray J has been arrested for allegedly 'beating him to a bloody pulp'. TMZ reports that Princess Love attacked her 34-year-old partner last Wednesday morning around 3am in New Orleans after waiting for him to return to his hotel from a strip club. Ray ... | Princess Love allegedly attacked Ray J, 34, last Wednesday night in New Orleans after waiting for him to return to his hotel from a strip club .
Police confirmed to MailOnline that she was charged with domestic abuse and battery .
Ray reportedly told police that Princess went 'ballistic' before cracking several of his ... |
f6af8770329fac861a262911e4dd84414ecae712 | By . Lucy Waterlow . In 2014 many people will be seeking a date for Valentine's Day via dating websites and smart phone apps. Gone are the days when women had to wait to be asked to dance at a stately hall ball or seek their father's approval on whether a man was rich enough to take their hand in marriage. Back when Ja... | Times and technology have changed since Jane Austen's day .
But some things still remain true when it comes to finding true love . |
f6afcea946f03b2e37f5fef37022db8df72ed534 | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 09:19 EST, 29 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:32 EST, 29 November 2013 . Delayed mail: A love letter written to Muhammed Siddeeq turned up more than 50 years later, long after he had married and then divorced its sender . A love letter intended for a US college student turned up in his... | Muhammed Siddeeq was a student at California University of Pennsylvania in 1958 .
His then girlfriend Vonnie set a letter from Pittsburgh signed 'love forever'
But the note didn't arrive until teacher Siddeeq was in his seventies .
By then the pair had married, had four children and subsequently divorced . |
f6afcf0ffe5541f1db91af91637773f821a8c28b | Police fear a Brisbane father and his two young sons, who haven't been seen in over a week, may be stranded in an isolated part of outback Queensland. Stephen van Lonkhuyzen, 37, and his boys Ethan, 7, and Timothy, 5, vanished after starting out on a 1700km Christmas holiday road trip from Brisbane to Cairns. They left... | Stephen van Lonkhuyzen, 37, and his boys Ethan, 7, and Timothy, 5, left their home at Lota, in Brisbane's east, about midnight on December 11 .
The trio were due to arrive in Cairns on December 15 but never did .
They are travelling in a white Mitsubishi Pajero with registration 426MCZ and towing a trailer .
Police say... |
f6afe7b26400e5425af45f3dc40173464b745ff2 | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 05:05 EST, 21 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:38 EST, 21 May 2013 . A man survived the Moore tornado yesterday by sheltering in a horse stall as the stable he was in was carried more than 100ft in the storm. Lando Hite credits his native knowledge of Oklahoma tornadoes with saving his life.... | Lando Hite hid in stall which collapsed on him as it was battered by winds .
Credits his innate knowledge of Oklahoma tornadoes with saving his life .
Instinctively knew to shelter when storm winds outside dropped .
Said the two-mile wide tornado was 'just like movie Twister' |
f6b0d0ad5ceeef157f834a3d464bb0ea805850c3 | This touching video shows a team of rescuers as they work tirelessly to save a dog after it fell into hot tar in western India. The animal was left unable to move after it slipped into the thick, sticky substance and it cooled - coating its fur in a solid layer of tar. A passer-by spotted the dog as it lay on the groun... | Dog was spotted after it fell into hot tar in Rajasthan, western India .
It was left unable to move after the thick substance cooled, coating its fur .
Team of rescuers worked for two days to free the helpless animal . |
f6b18c2ea0ec76672c714ee461eb370499cab925 | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 07:58 EST, 8 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:58 EST, 8 August 2013 . At first glance they look like ordinary trees - albeit very tall, thin ones. But on closer inspection it becomes clear that the palms, pines and firs are in fact cellphone towers. Phone companies in South Africa have ta... | Dillon Marsh spent six months photographing them for a collection .
Invasive Species series follows relationship between masts and environment .
Phone companies camouflage the masts so they blend in . |
f6b1b1402c8d936908e0f8c0f6ffe13f6141c645 | (CNN) -- Hated by the English Premier League champions, chastised by the UK's Prime Minister and even lampooned by a pizza company -- is Luis Suarez the number one enemy to English football? If the Uruguayan had not already secured his place as the "Enfant Terrible" of the English game then he now has that role all wra... | Luis Suarez hit with 10-game ban for biting by Football Association .
Punishment appears out of proportion with in comparison with past bans .
Pizza company offers customers chance to "bite Suarez's face"
In contention to win top player award voted by his fellow professionals on Sunday . |
f6b3726a14f7a2646b573ee916910ad62abebf43 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A pit bull and a Chihuahua from Georgia proved they were best friends recently when the larger dog carried its small, injured pal to safety - and now they're looking for a loving home together. About a week ago, pit bull Jonie was found carrying her injured friend Chachi inside her mouth, aro... | The Chihuahua's badly infected eye and Jonie was every now and then putting her pal down to lick the wound .
They were discovered in a Savannah, Georgia neighborhood .
The officers then took the cute canines to the vet where Chachi underwent eye surgery .
Though the eye couldn't be saved, he is doing much better and th... |
f6b4d857a186f6eea117f1e3a594aed027e9d91e | New Orleans (CNN) -- The legendary Chaka Khan, dressed in a regal purple and blue blouse and slacks, glides into the CNN Red Chair Interview room. She's wearing stunning, large, hoop earrings crafted by her mother. Her energy, warm and embracing, is big enough to blow out a nearby spotlight. "Did I do that?" she calmly... | Music legend Chaka Khan opens up during a CNN Red Chair interview .
She says many people have named their "best friend" after her .
Chaka calls special moments in her life "God Shots"
She raises money to help children who share her nephew's disease . |
f6b5434174235d55b351bd11a5111bdbc02c3334 | By . Nina Golgowski . PUBLISHED: . 09:18 EST, 12 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:09 EST, 12 October 2012 . A former volunteer firefighter has pleaded guilty to setting a fatal fire in 1986 that killed a Connecticut couple one year before he was dismissed for having a suspicious knack for finding fires. Peter Waraksa, ... | Peter Waraksa, nicknamed 'Pyro Pete' by fellow firefighters, has been sentenced to eight years and eight months in prison .
Waraksa was arrested in 2010 for the 1986 blaze that killed a Connecticut couple in their home .
One year after that fatal fire he was dismissed by the department over suspicions of setting fires ... |
f6b55cebc0d9b4f3325d3fa6e38f9eb4bff0d94f | Orlando, Florida (CNN) -- A whale trainer at SeaWorld died from "multiple traumatic injuries and drowning" after a 12,000-pound killer whale grabbed her ponytail and pulled her underwater in front of shocked onlookers at Shamu Stadium, the Orange County Sheriff's office said Thursday. Dawn Brancheau, 40, was "pulled un... | Whale shows canceled Thursday at SeaWorld .
Trainer Dawn Brancheau, 40, fatally injured by killer whale at SeaWorld Orlando .
The whale, Tilikum grabbed her ponytail, pulled her underwater .
Tilikum has been linked to two other deaths . |
f6b6059be0fb58ea754eb52c3ac7447d4a30e4b3 | Tea, that most ordinary of beverages, was once so highly prized that traders, travelers and seafarers risked their lives to bring the precious cargo from China to the rest of the world. Now, a small but growing band of tea aficionados is traveling across the country in pursuit of tea at its source, fueled by an appreci... | Tea tourism in China is relatively new, but growing in popularity among foreign and domestic travelers .
Like wine, tea's final flavor is influenced heavily by terroir -- the microclimate in which it's grown .
Three top areas for tea lovers are Longjing, Wuyi Mountain and Yunnan . |
f6b641e8f4ef3a361b8316c5ad7b474c5dbdd11c | By . William G. Stewart . The return to TV after an absence of ten years of Fifteen To One — the most intelligent and challenging quiz show of its time, with a daily audience of four million viewers — takes my mind back to its beginnings. In 1986, I had received the letter that was to change my life, although I was so ... | The classic teatime quiz has returned to Channel 4 .
Fans will recognise the same knockout format formula .
Original show ran from 1988 to 2003 and was seen as one of TV's difficult .
It was presented and produced by William G. Stewart . |
f6b64f4d88258ea454cf8263dcb3ac6bd8610158 | A British trawler suspected of illegally dredging scallops was ordered into a French port today and her captain threatened with prison. In the latest round of a maritime dispute between the two nations, the Van Dijck was forced to berth at Ouistreham, Normandy. She was suspected of dredging at least 17 tons of scallops... | Latest round of a bitter maritime ‘war’ between the two countries .
Vessel believed to be in French territorial waters, and so breaking strict fishery laws .
All of the haul had to be thrown back into the sea . |
f6b6f7aaf3b9ff0e89ff154cbcf460d7ae51727a | (CNN) -- Thirteen-year-old Rose Matrie lives in a cracked house. The light that streams through the narrow slit in the concrete wall is an ever-present reminder of the earthquake that struck her home in Haiti in 2010 and devastated the already impoverished country. Still, Rose Matrie has big dreams for her future. "I w... | Rose Matrie is a bright student attending secondary school in Haiti .
Her parents are struggling to pay the fees to keep her and her five siblings enrolled .
Public schools in Haiti only meet about 20 percent of the demand for basic education .
Organizations like Plan are working to provide more access to quality educa... |
f6b70bca338359c9ff9a0d7b303ee6e7902ea791 | By . Chris Greenwood . PUBLISHED: . 17:26 EST, 10 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:37 EST, 11 April 2013 . Anarchists vowed to ‘re-enact’ the poll tax riots last night as they plotted to wreck Baroness Thatcher’s funeral. Die-hard fanatics hope a ‘protest’ in Trafalgar Square on Saturday night will ignite an explosion of... | Plans to hang an effigy of the former prime minister in Trafalgar Square .
Threat to riot if Baroness Thatcher gets a state funeral .
Thugs will protest Saturday night and are rallying others on internet . |
f6b79b548448caaa147b6021e8299f256ec2e596 | By . Hannah Ellis-petersen . PUBLISHED: . 17:25 EST, 1 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:55 EST, 2 June 2013 . To most people, it will sound like a barking mad idea. But inventors have come up with a new range of premium teabags – for dogs. The brew costs 35p a bag – about ten times the price of PG Tips – and is a mixture ... | Inventors come up with new range of premium teabags for dogs .
Brew costs 35p a bag - around ten times the price of PG Tips .
Woof & Brew contains herbs, vitamins and minerals - but no real tea . |
f6b8227b384546bd3e70b4b03c96c91ba27db809 | By . William Cook . PUBLISHED: . 11:25 EST, 1 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:25 EST, 1 October 2012 . A teenager has told a court how a Nigerian man accused of threatening girls with 'black magic' to try and force them into prostitution raped her and said he wanted to marry her. Osezua Elvis Osolase, 42, is alleged t... | Osezua Elvis Osolase, 42, accused of smuggling three children from Nigeria to sell into prostitution .
Alleged to have used African witchcraft to scare girls into obedience .
Teenage girl says Osolase raped her and said he wanted to marry her . |
f6b8504854d58e439e01bac64e163838d084ba6c | By . Helen Lawson . PUBLISHED: . 07:21 EST, 21 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:25 EST, 21 February 2013 . Icy roads spelled trouble on a Chinese highway when two cars skidded to a halt - and caused a 19-car pile-up. The two white cars were travelling along an overpass in Wuxi, in Jiangsu Province, China, earlier this... | Accident was captured on CCTV in Wuxi, Jiangsu Province, China . |
f6b889cfb277633cef23ee65699b3616dd83d052 | By . Harriet Arkell . PUBLISHED: . 06:39 EST, 21 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:16 EST, 21 October 2013 . A teenager who threatened to 'cut up' neighbours with his machete after they dared stand up to him has been evicted from his home after terrorising them for nine months. Reece Huskinson, 19, stood at one pregnant... | Reece Huskinson, 19, intimidated residents of Garrick Grove, Blackpool .
He revved his motorbike late at night, fired a BB gun, and threw dog waste .
One neighbour said he threatened her and her children with a knife .
Another said he fired his pellet gun at her as she took out the rubbish . |
f6b8e3ae993233fec628e4cfa6c1fd6317241676 | By . Simon Tomlinson . PUBLISHED: . 04:00 EST, 31 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:52 EST, 31 May 2012 . A stag party sparked an overnight search operation costing £8,000 after taking boats out on a river for a boozy session. A witness called the coastguard just . after midnight saying he was concerned the 20 men were drun... | Rescue attempt on Cornwall river cost around £8,000 .
Group of 20 men were on fishing weekend in Cornwall .
Witness saw them at midnight 'not in control' of boats .
Search fruitless as they had made it back to their beds . |
f6b9000b55bd0ffd00f59bba3a4dac53d52c4c59 | (CNN) -- Elisabeth Hasselbeck, co-host of "The View" and author of the new book, "The G-Free Diet," spoke Wednesday with Larry King. Elizabeth Hasselbeck, of "The View," says Bristol Palin is an ideal choice to speak about teen abstinence. Hasselbeck offers her thoughts on being the sole conservative on her show, Eliza... | Elisabeth Hasselbeck says "radical leftists" laughing at Bristol Palin's situation .
Hasselbeck calls Miss California USA controversy "a big bullying scheme"
Hasselbeck, who has celiac disease, wrote book on gluten-free lifestyle . |
f6b961cedfb0d5e6f027a2ab63a8705e2a0559d9 | The innovation could provide the vital early warning of sepsis, which is responsible for almost 40,000 hospital deaths each year . Thousands of lives could be saved by a simple test to detect potentially-fatal blood poisoning within a matter of hours. A blood test could provide the vital early warning of sepsis, which ... | Test can detect sepsis much earlier than conventional techniques .
Sepsis currently has a 40 per cent mortality rate .
It could be used by NHS in just a year . |
f6b98f032cc3da4e01ba23ae725cda5b45d016a4 | By . Victoria Woollaston . We’ve had phone cases that double up as tasers, Swiss Army knives and even edible cases made from rice - but the latest design is much more practical, and could save your life. The Wello case, from Indian firm Azoi, has been fitted with monitoring sensors that measure a number of key health v... | The Wello case is due to ship in summer across Europe, Canada and Asia .
It is fitted with four sensors - two on the rear and two on the side .
These sensors measure blood pressure, heart rate, blood oxygen, temperature, lung function and stress levels .
Wello also maps electrical signals from the heart, known as ECG r... |
f6b9de63cbd5667f36ee3a8fe9c17481c727a381 | By . Lizzie Parry . PUBLISHED: . 11:48 EST, 4 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:16 EST, 4 March 2014 . Trapped in a cage and helpless, all this mother bear can do is watch as keepers take her three tiny cubs from her den. Roused from her slumber keepers at the zoo in the Russian town of Lipetsk, south of Moscow, tempted t... | Mother bear is separated from her young at Lipetsk Zoo, south of Moscow .
Keepers coaxed her with food while they slammed a metal cage door shut .
Three male cubs plucked from the den and sold for 20,000 rubles each . |
f6ba7dd73fed3b256cf020607000231287943dc7 | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 07:37 EST, 18 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:42 EST, 18 June 2013 . Charged: Laszlo Csatary was the world's most wanted Nazi for his alleged role in the Holocaust. He is accused of beating jews with his bare hands and a dog whip . A 98-year-old former police officer has been charged toda... | Prosecutors say Laszlo Csatary was the chief of internment camp for Jews .
He is accused of beating them with his bare hands and a dog whip .
Allegedly refused to allow ventilation on railcar crammed with 80 .
Jews .
Csatary has denied the charges . |
f6baa8e35bcd2b0f3311511ec56808d46e8b0d96 | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 03:28 EST, 8 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:45 EST, 8 September 2012 . Forgetting people's names and unsightly sweat patches are among the most common faux pas that leave Britons blushing with embarrassment four times a day. Tripping in public and getting food stuck between teeth are a... | Britons blush with embarrassment four times a day .
A study of 2,000 adults found the top 50 most common embarrassing moments . |
f6baad03fbdac4a9289408d3d6869cc7b51ca6be | (CNN) -- "My friends think just because we live in Hawaii, we live in paradise. We're all just out here sipping mai tais, shaking our hips and catching waves. Are they insane?" While an Oscar-nominated picture requires the kind of conflict that George Clooney's character implies with this line from "The Descendants," y... | Visit the filming sites of five of this year's best picture nominees .
Subtract the drama of "The Descendants" and relax on location in Kauai .
Create a kid-friendly getaway around "Moneyball" and the Oakland A's . |
f6badb37dd20bc89abd026d5854b5ca8df379856 | (CNN) -- The U.S. Agriculture Department cited drought and heat on Wednesday in designating 597 counties in 14 states as primary natural disaster areas. "As drought persists, USDA will continue to partner with producers to see them through longer-term recovery, while taking the swift actions needed to help farmers and ... | NEW: "This is the worst drought I've ever seen," says 62-year-old Missouri farmer .
The designations make farmers eligible for low-interest loans .
Help kicks in automatically after eight consecutive weeks of severe drought .
597 counties in 14 states are designated primary natural disaster areas . |
f6baf1736a121aef77ecc3c4d9b459fae8ecc99e | Arrested: John Michael Dodrill was arrested on suspicion of pulling a gun on a seven-year-old girl scout . A girl scout selling cookies was left traumatised after a customer pulled a gun as he opened the door. The seven-year-old and her father were fundraising on Strawberry Tree Lane in Temecula, California, with a tin... | 7-year-old fundraising around Temecula, California, on Sunday morning .
Man on Strawberry Tree Lane allegedly answered door with hand gun .
John Michael Dodrill, 59, arrested and charged with the offence . |
f6bb57d97456a461d747945deca8ba4b8dd4414b | By . Helen Pow . PUBLISHED: . 09:53 EST, 26 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:53 EST, 26 February 2014 . A 3-year-old boy has been beaten to death and his mother's boyfriend, who fled into nearby woods following the incident, is in custody. Sheriff's deputies were called to a home in Georgia's Forsyth County at about 1... | Sheriff's deputies were called to a home in Georgia's Forsyth County at 11 a.m. Tuesday and found the toddler, identified as 'Wyatt,' unresponsive .
Police said the mom's boyfriend fled into the woods behind the neighborhood after calling the woman to say something was wrong .
More than three dozen deputies used dogs t... |
f6bb822e42b793bb3e0b43f37981b14727bcfec7 | (CNN) -- Three violent deaths in two stores marred the opening of the Christmas shopping season Friday. A Wal-Mart employee at this Long Island location was killed in a rush early Friday morning. In the first, a temporary Wal-Mart employee was trampled to death in a rush of thousands of early morning shoppers as he and... | 34-year-old was unlocking Wal-Mart's doors when he was knocked down .
Crowd had begun forming outside store as early as 9 p.m. Thursday .
In unrelated incident, two men were shot dead in a Toys "R" Us in California .
Officials say toy store shootings unrelated to shopping . |
f6bb8ed81b9506096080406cdde4818d2a0a7b99 | (CNN) -- Ex-Detroit Mayor Kwame Kilpatrick and his former treasurer got more than $125,000 in free travel and entertainment from an investment firm that made $3 million handling city pension funds, federal regulators said Wednesday. A lawsuit filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission accuses Kilpatrick and former... | An SEC lawsuit names Kwame Kilpatrick and his former treasurer .
The suit says they got free trips from a company that wanted to handle Detroit pensions .
Kilpatrick resigned in 2008 and faces federal racketeering charges . |
f6bbbaf0b1c213c2c200b68eaa42b0c6d8e7dcc7 | College tuition fees may have risen by more than 400 per cent since in the last 40 years, but the number of graduates has also increased dramatically. An interactive map uploaded by Metric Maps shows the increase in US citizens obtaining a bachelors degree from 10.7 per cent in 1970 to 28.5 per cent in 2012. Almost h... | Images by Metric Maps show the increase in US citizens studying from 10.7 per cent in 1970 to 28.5 per cent in 2012 .
Forty years ago, only a small number of areas around the country had populations where over a third were graduates .
By 1990, there had been an enormous change with more areas showing an increase in cit... |
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