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f71c7b847bb771efd5aca094e671b5a09ce0070a | A former Disney star has been cast as Ronald Reagan in an upcoming biopic about the 40th President of the United States . David Henrie, who is best known for playing Selena Gomez's older brother on the Disney channel show Wizards Of Waverly Place, will play a young Reagan in the $25 million indie film. Called Reagan, t... | Best known for playing Selena Gomez's older brother on the Disney channel show Wizards Of Waverly Place, Henrie will play a young Reagan .
The movie will be told from the point of view of a KGB officer who was tasked with keeping tabs on Reagan since his days as a Hollywood actor .
Henrie will play Reagan in his teens ... |
f71c9b18dbae688b8d5b370136bfaf62ebc5484c | UFC superstar Jon Jones is undergoing treatment in a drug facility after testing positive for cocaine metabolites. The light-heavyweight champion, who defended his title against Daniel Cormier on Saturday, failed a drug test on December 4. He tested positive for benzoylecgonine in the out-of-competition test but the su... | UFC light-heavyweight champ Jon Jones is being treated at a drug facility .
He tested positive for cocaine metabolite benzoylecgonine on December 4 .
Jones defended his title against Daniel Cormier in main event of UFC 182 . |
f71ce7f4123dafb0d358b47f24c8d9f60b69cad5 | (CNN) -- Tender, loving vampires? Look elsewhere than FX's "The Strain." The new thriller series, produced by Guillermo del Toro, Carlton Cuse and author Chuck Hogan, wants to make bloodsuckers scary again. "The vampire genre has sort of been overrun by romance," Cuse told reporters on a press call. "We had had our fil... | FX's new series "The Strain" is a return to scary vampires .
Series is produced by Guillermo del Toro, Carlton Cuse and Chuck Hogan .
Critics have lauded its debut . |
f71cffec73b543f8e500b4d986f169b047257662 | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 09:31 EST, 16 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:18 EST, 16 December 2012 . While the pain of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting is felt across the nation, the sports world is no different - as several players took part in pregame ceremonies and honorin... | James wrote 'Newtown, CT' in several places on his shoes .
He and other players were joined by their children as they took part in a pre-game moment of silence . |
f71d04b1587f6f336199b0705fdd50c19f8575a9 | (CNN) -- Former House Majority Leader Eric Cantor's new gig on Wall Street will line his pockets, to the tune of more than $1 million per year. And for those who played an instrumental role in his defeat in Virginia's primaries, the justification of their concerns about the former congressman is quite fulfilling. Kevin... | The ex-House majority leader will join Moelis & Co., making more than $1 million per year .
Tea party groups that helped to defeat him say his move justifies their concerns .
Cantor raised more than $3 million from investment banks throughout his career . |
f71d1b068f50c0bcd576823b1e346464582b296b | Sen. Tim Kaine said Wednesday there's no legal authority for the current U.S. mission against ISIS in Iraq and Syria. "We have been engaged in a war -- that is not about imminent defense of the United States -- without legal authority," the Virginia Democrat said at the Wilson Center on Wednesday, ahead of a panel disc... | Democratic Sen. Tim Kaine argues that the fight against ISIS has not been legally authorized .
He wants the White House to come to Congress so the country can have a debate . |
f71d1e8e7068be6b15188deffd7e57da38d7583b | By . Travelmail Reporter . In these days of movie megastars and overly precious pop stars, we have all heard stories of celebrity guests who make outrageous demands of the hotels they frequent. But it seems that many members of the general public can be just as diva-like – and delusional – when it comes to what they ex... | Survey of hotel staff in 49 countries reveals hotel guests' bizarre behaviour .
Requests have included baths full of honey and crocodile soup for dinner .
Guest wanted discount when he was kept awake by his girlfriend's snoring . |
f71d6f56ad8b45ecc95131a6a42f0239e89c83eb | By . Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:26 EST, 13 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:31 EST, 13 December 2013 . A 68-year-old Ohio man convicted of fatally shooting his ailing wife in her hospital bed was sentenced today to six years in prison. John Wise has said he shot his debilitated wife Barbara out of lov... | John Wise, 68, shot dead his wife Barbara, 65, in her Ohio hospital bed last year out of mercy - but mercy is not a defense in Ohio .
Barbara suffered a serious stroke in 2012 .
John planned on shooting himself after his wife, but the gun jammed . |
f71dba8ec4cf3d42431ff1f67a61811d0cff34bb | (CNN) -- Small fish, turtles and other amphibians are being sold in Beijing as mobile phone trinkets and key rings, to the chagrin of animal rights groups. Kept in bags filled with colored, oxygenated water the animals cost around $1.50 each. One vendor selling the animals outside of a Beijing subway station told CNN t... | Turtles sold as live key rings by Beijing street vendors .
Other amphibians and fish sold for around $1.50 each .
Animal rights groups have called for more animal protection laws in China . |
f71e11fa63874d39ad3b6bca03c37c901a806195 | Many men shy away from the yoga studio, dismissing it as 'too feminine and spiritual'. But a new, 'manlier' form of the exercise loved by Miranda Kerr and Rosie Huntington-Whiteley has launched to help men tone up. Yoga for men is being dubbed 'broga' and a photographer has released a photo series showing tattooed an... | Photo series shows tattooed and bearded men practicing spiritual exercise .
Photographer Amy Goalen, 40, from Santa Monica, California, released it .
Called Inside the Warrior and aims to prove that yoga has changed .
Broga creator says its extremely beneficial .
Broga studios opening up all over the UK . |
f71e968a9552928b77617ea6f50cb601143c2146 | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 20:56 EST, 26 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:56 EST, 26 November 2013 . Arrested: Wanted fugitive Brian Thexton, 37, has been detained by police in an isolated rural property in Cumbria . One of Britain's most wanted fugitives who is accused of being involved in a string of robberi... | Brian Thexton, 37, is suspected of being involved in several gang robberies .
He is also due to stand trial for conspiracy to supply cocaine .
Police arrested Thexton at an isolated property in Kirkby Stephen, Cumbria . |
f71ed13584fc5d8da044f97092528010a62ff6f1 | When Staff Sergeant Thomas Baysore, 31, deployed to Afghanistan, he told his son Darren, that he could leave messages to him by talking to the moon. Then, 12 months ago, Staff Sgt Baysore was killed in action, the six-year-old boy said he wanted to leave his porch light on so his father could always see his house. Then... | Thomas Baysore was killed by a terrorist wearing an Afghan army uniform .
He told his son Darren to look at the moon to talk to him before deployment .
Darren, 6, asked his mother Jamie to help him shine a light for his father .
He wanted local people to all shine a light on his father's first anniversary .
Thousands o... |
f71ef39d8edf49dcfdb4b2e8ace033af97541235 | If you've ever needed proof that cutting down on the chocolate biscuits is a quick way to lose pounds, then this is it. Teenager Emma Day, 18, has lost nearly half of her body weight simply by giving up her favourite sweet treats, and now weighs a svelte 8 stone 11lbs. What's more, her diet success has paid off in more... | Teenager Emma Day has lost seven stone by cutting out biscuits .
At 13, she weighed 15 stone and cruel bullies made her life hell .
Mother helped her lose weight and now she's set to become a model . |
f71f741b11b4bc9b21caba1dd8aee3785075e064 | Atlanta (CNN) -- Jonathan Hanson and Katina Wright are determined to give their infant daughter a bright and stable future despite the cloud of uncertainty they face after years without steady work. Once successful real estate agents making six figures, Hanson and Wright are now living on the poverty line. "We made som... | Poverty levels are the highest since 1993, according to the U.S. Census Bureau .
At least one of every five American children is considered poor .
Many families face tough decisions every day on bills and basic necessities .
CNN Hero Sal Dimiceli has helped the working poor for decades in Wisconsin . |
f72048a23154de8699c307e2f41157abbfcae261 | By . Helen Lawson . PUBLISHED: . 09:54 EST, 24 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:25 EST, 24 June 2013 . A Pakistani teenage actress is in a critical condition in hospital after a man threw acid in her face while she was asleep at her family home. Bushra Waiz, 18, was attacked in the early hours of Saturday morning, her bro... | Bushra Waiz, 18, was attacked in the early hours of Saturday morning .
Her family says man threw acid at her when she turned down proposal . |
f72093f50f9a837607fdd4778c2eb43f21b4ee13 | A Detroit family is being ripped apart after immigration officials gave a 40-year-old married mother 24 hours to leave the country despite having no criminal convictions, a husband who has lived here for decades and three U.S.-born children. Cile Precetaj, who came to the States seeking asylum 13 years ago, was ordered... | Cile Precetaj, 40, of Detroit, Michigan, was ordered to report for deportation at Detroit Metro Airport at 10:30 a.m. today for a flight back to Albania .
She received a letter from authorities informing her of her deportation on Monday, a day before her scheduled flight .
However, in a desperate bid to buy time, she d... |
f720e9ec2c35ec38f4c17e9a49bc1d178354c7ba | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 10:14 EST, 9 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:40 EST, 9 May 2012 . Prison: Peter Jee has been jailed for two years for engaging in a sex act with a vulnerable woman he knew had mental health difficulties . A married police officer has been jailed for two years for getting a vulnerable wo... | Peter Jee returned to the victim's house in Rochdale after he knew that his colleagues had left the scene .
The woman had taken a cocktail of drink and drugs and just wanted to go home . |
f721152c1813ee0ac64f4ac347c42afea0533e3f | A shooting gallery is raided for drugs, cars are searched for wanted men and political protesters lie on the streets as they are cuffed and chained up. These astonishing photos from a 1970s study give a fascinating insight into the behind-the-scenes working life of New York City police officers. It was a time when the ... | Photos taken at time when New York City was facing near-bankruptcy and notorious for spiralling crime rates .
Photographer Leonard Freed joined officers on the beat for his project - first pictured in British press in March 1973 .
Exhibition of impressive full collection of photos now on display at the Museum of the Ci... |
f7219948141dca20b23b7e7763297969f7707fca | The daughter of Casey Kasem has written a scathing open letter slamming her step-mom’s bizarre decision to bury her father in Norway. Kerri Kasem said she wants to ‘set the record straight’ about where her dad wanted to be buried and pleads with Norwegian government officials: ‘Do not be fooled into believing his wife,... | Jean Kasem has arranged to have her late husband buried in Oslo .
Casey's daughter Casey has written a scathing open letter slamming her step-mom's bizarre decision .
'Our father has never spoken of any desire to be buried in Norway either to us or to h is friends,' she wrote .
Jean's nephew has admitted that her famil... |
f721a88e156aca9de4ee0b2d7eddf2ad0586f57c | A second Ebola patient to be treated at Nebraska Medical Center in Omaha will arrive there early Monday morning, the center said in a statement. The patient is believed to be an American freelance cameraman who worked for NBC. Ashoka Mukpo was diagnosed with Ebola on Thursday. He left Liberia on a specially-equipped pl... | An ambulance will pick up the patient from a remote part of the airport .
A doctor who once had Ebola tests negative for the disease .
CDC director to brief President Barack Obama on Monday .
Authorities find missing man who is considered at low risk of getting Ebola . |
f721af00e878d17453ab2fdc882318aa00e7da88 | Northern Nigeria (CNN)I didn't want to ask the question. I could already guess the pain behind the answer. "Do you think your husband is dead?" Her mouth twists, contorting her young face, tears welling in her already reddened eyes. "I don't know... I pray to God to give him another chance," she finally manages to stut... | Some military families still don't know what's happened to their husbands, fathers .
The Nigerian military seems under-equipped compared to Boko Haram fighters .
Nigerian soldiers must buy their own uniforms . |
f72215f0b26601479e2dda899f9fee8a4c50a3e8 | Manchester United striker Radamel Falcao scored his first international goal since November 2013 as Colombia eased past El Salvador in New Jersey. Making his first start for his country in 11 months, Falcao, who missed the World Cup in Brazil with a serious knee injury, took just eight minutes to break the deadlock. Th... | Manchester United striker Radamel Falcao scores after eight minutes .
Carlos Bacca scores twice in three minutes to wrap up the win .
Both Bacca's goals from close range as El Salvador defence crumbles . |
f7223e8f4ae7749153cae7ad1ff3ea75ba4c6616 | (CNN) -- A convicted child pornographer in Pennsylvania was sentenced Tuesday to 12 years in federal prison, thanks in part to three girls featured in CNN's Freedom Project who provided information to U.S. authorities. Jeffrey Herschell, 54, of Washington, Pennsylvania, visited an Internet site that showed live sex sho... | A Pennsylvania man gets 12 years in federal prison for child pornography .
He accessed live sex shows of girls in the Philippines on the Internet, investigators say .
Information from girls in a CNN Freedom Project documentary led to his arrest . |
f722aec2254f6d4a3cab391715470cfe7b0ae522 | By . Mark Duell . Last updated at 8:39 PM on 5th December 2011 . This unfortunate motorist may not be amused by the irony of the situation, but his 40mph car crash certainly made for a rather comical picture. Douglas Southard, 21, of Hickory, North Carolina, crashed into the back of a ‘Booze it and Lose it’ drink-drivi... | Douglas Southard crashed 1989 red Camaro on Sunday .
Authorities claim he had been drinking before incident .
21-year-old was also 'driving with a revoked licence'
Crash happened in north Carolina at up to 40mph . |
f722c9fd7c6c49953e805797d28bc6d3f0555814 | (CNN) -- In a sense, Fred Schuster has a permanent reminder of disgraced cyclist Lance Armstrong etched into his skin. But to the 48-year-old New Jersey resident, the Livestrong Foundation bracelet tattooed on his wrist isn't about Armstrong or his long-awaited admission to doping as a professional cyclist. It's a symb... | Livestrong supporters say cancer charity has identity separate from disgraced cyclist .
"Foundation should not be held accountable for his deception," says man with Livestrong tattoo .
Livestrong has distanced itself from Armstrong and forged its own identity, charity expert says .
Many nonprofits look up to Livestrong... |
f722e0a333bb1a3fe2a942fec75cfacdf827d5b5 | AC Milan have renewed their interest in Adel Taarabt after being priced out of a move for Newcastle's Hatem Ben Arfa. Taarabt spent the second half of last season on loan at the San Siro and was hoping to seal a permanent move to Serie A. However, his dreams appeared to be dashed after the Rossoneri were put off by his... | Taarabt spent last season out on loan at Fulham and then AC Milan .
Moroccan hopes of a permanent move to Serie A appeared to be over .
Rossoneri have revisited their interest in the former Spurs forward . |
f723691d9b5d3c39244c91726f7b3af984fc697e | By . Keith Gladdis and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:59 EST, 13 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:05 EST, 13 August 2013 . An anonymous donor has given $150,000 to a campaign aiming to stop a gold ring once owned by beloved novelist Jane Austen from being taken out of the UK by American Idol winner Kelly Clarkson... | Kelly Clarkson bought the ring for five times the estimated price .
A temporary export ban was placed on the gold and turquoise ring .
A mystery donor has given $150,000 to Jane Austen's House Museum to buy back the ring .
The ring is one of only three surviving pieces of jewellery known to have belonged to the Pride a... |
f7236fb9ece892075545f1c4378eeeb527b5fc01 | By . Dan Bloom . No one likes being upstaged at their own party, but for these 95 Chinese 'birthday twins' it was worth grinning and bearing it. They brought more than 2,000 guests to a scenic park for what has been billed as the biggest mass birthday celebration in the country's history - including a 200ft-long cake. ... | Party attended by 95 people who had their birthdays on July 12 or 13 .
They tucked in to a 200ft long cake accompanied by more than 2,000 friends .
Event in Luanchuan, Henan Province, set a national record for China . |
f723cacfee0beece5bc58f1d4fac38eb39417bbf | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 12:16 EST, 16 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 15:51 EST, 16 March 2014 . These dazzling optics were created using nothing more than some homemade torches and a camera. Light artist Ian Hobson waves lights in a formation whilst capturing the movement through time using long exposure photograp... | Ian Hobson creates his pieces by adapting mains powered light sources for portable battery packs .
One was created using blue handheld .
LEDs above prehistoric rock carvings in Northumberland .
The striking results are not photo-manipulated in any way . |
f723e197457c89928cb88e50350e29656f5af8e4 | By . Liam Blackburn, Press Association . Corry Evans wants Blackburn to be sitting top of the Sky Bet Championship on Friday night and hopes that is a position they never deviate far from throughout the season. Rovers entertain Cardiff, who were one of the three sides relegated from the Barclays Premier League last yea... | Corry Evans has set his sights on promotion with Blackburn this season .
Rovers have not played in Premier League since relegation in 2012 .
Blackburn begin their Championship campaign against Cardiff .
Ole Gunnar Solskjaer's Welsh side are favourites to win promotion . |
f72405dfa232dc320e32475481415f1a27326ccd | The U.S. military races to the moon to build a base -- to beat the Russians to the punch. Maybe test a nuclear weapon on the surface. Consider a lunar-based bombing system to target earthbound foes. That was the plan in the 1960s, according to declassified national security documents released this week -- some of them ... | "Project Horizon" proposed a leap beyond the Soviets in the space race .
The U.S. Army said a military base on the moon was a "requirement"
Military officials considered the detonation of a nuclear device near the moon .
The military outpost was to have bulldozers, cabins, nuclear power plants . |
f724238627d5819daf572389ac7e967f6c790248 | (CNN) -- Tamesha Means' water broke early on December 1, 2010. Just 18 weeks pregnant, she called a friend for a ride to Mercy Health Partners, the only hospital in Muskegon County, Michigan. During that visit, and two others the following day, Means was in excruciating pain. She was sent home twice -- given pain medic... | The case centers around directives and a woman named Tamesha Means .
Means was only 18 weeks pregnant when her water broke .
The lawsuit alleges she was not told about treatment options, health risks .
"It's just conceptually hard to get my mind around," the suit, says a law professor . |
f7242d12b289cf591d91a5cee4885e5afc048be2 | Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Myanmar has alarmed Washington and the United Nations after it admitted carrying out airstrikes against rebel fighters in the northern state of Kachin. The conflict between the Myanmar military, which repressively ruled the southeast Asian nation for decades, and the Kachin Independence Army ... | NEW: U.S. photojournalist says he has seen repeated airstrikes and heavy shelling .
Myanmar says it used "air attacks" on Kachin rebels this week .
The conflict in the northern region has intensified recently, rights groups say .
The United States says it is "deeply troubled" by the airstrikes . |
f724baffb4e505e8ef46fd04bbc81a35b2fd2695 | San Francisco, California (CNN) -- Repair work on the San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge will continue nonstop into the weekend and the bridge may reopen Monday, but officials were making no promises Friday. "Commuters are going to need to check back with us over the weekend," said Bart Ney, a spokesman for the Californi... | NEW: "We're going to do everything we can to get the bridge open" Monday .
Pieces of steel from bridge fell onto roadway on Tuesday, forcing closure .
73-year-old bridge spans San Francisco Bay, carries about 280,000 vehicles daily .
BART has been swamped with riders since Bay Bridge closed . |
f724f53d74378cb4eb243f5f86b5551c1e9e5da3 | By . Sarah Dean . and Aap . Tony Abbott's perceived strong response to the Malaysia Airlines disaster has seen him achieve a ratings boost equal to any since the election campaign. But Labor is still the most popular party and rival Bill Shorten has also received a boost in support from voters for the bipartisanship he... | 36 per cent of people are satisfied with the way Mr Abbott is acting as PM .
38 per cent are satisfied with Bill Shorten as Opposition Leader .
Both have seen a rise in popularity after the MH17 tragedy .
In the two-party-preferred stakes, Labor popularity is at 54 per cent while the coalition is at 46 per cent . |
f724fb25d6c4b2b862f41af79620c452a9ad4631 | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 02:47 EST, 22 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:25 EST, 22 October 2013 . Energy giant ScottishPower will pay £8.5million compensation to customers after an investigation by the industry regulator found they had mis-sold gas and electricity. Households were given misleading estimates of ho... | Energy giant misled new customers about how much they would pay if they switched supplier .
ScottishPower will write to 336,000 potentially affected households .
£7.5million will automatically be paid to 140,000 customers by Christmas .
Remaining £1million compensation available for those affected .
Ofgem found mis-sel... |
f7256ff0a0616f2b5f0816d4812af5d1d15a8ada | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 10:47 EST, 4 July 2011 . Avoidable: If patients are moved around and their mattresses turned bedsores can be avoided (posed by model) Bedsores are killing almost as many hospital patients as the deadly superbug MRSA in 'completely avoidable' deaths. And treating sufferers, who deve... | NHS spends four per cent of budget on treating sufferers .
Revealed: The five worst hospitals . |
f726197c9b263d6acebcb6dbe08cafbadf2de527 | By . Sian Boyle . The final survivor of the elite Bletchley Park codebreaking team that cracked Adolf Hitler's secret messages during the Second World War has died aged 93. Raymond 'Jerry' Roberts - who helped crack the system carrying messages between Hitler and his top generals – died at his home in Liphook, Hampshir... | Captain Raymond Roberts was last survivor of crucial codebreaking team .
They succeeded in cracking the German High Command's Tunny code .
Tunny used four times as many encryption wheels as the Enigma machine .
It was used to send messages between Hitler and his top Generals . |
f7263468c28a9c59985ca60912e69930f16fd8c0 | By . James Nye . At least three Boston firefighters were injured, one seriously, on . Wednesday when a fire broke out in a four-story building in the city's . historic Back Bay neighborhood, drawing a large-scale emergency . response, local officials said. EMS spokesman Nick Martin said 18 people were taken to hospita... | Boston firefighters are battling a huge nine-alarm brownstone fire that injured more than a dozen people on Wednesday afternoon .
At least three firefighters have been injured, one seriously according to fire department spokesman Steve MacDonald .
EMS spokesman Nick Martin says 18 people have been taken to hospitals . |
f72694eac3d2d915a503945f0500641a24318a65 | Pope Francis surprised hundreds of commuters when he rode on a train to a Mass in Deajeon, Korea, instead of a helicopter . He has built a reputation for his down-to-earth style and has no patience for pomp. But even so, Pope Francis surprised hundreds of ordinary commuters when he took public transport to celebrate a ... | Pope Francis took train to Daejeon, where he led service at football stadium .
He was seen in fourth car of train in first-class, with 500 other passengers .
Had already refused a Popemobile and arrived from airport in black Kia Soul . |
f726a2766202f75fc4d68640776a85f6d1adfd02 | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 10:55 EST, 10 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:14 EST, 11 June 2013 . A couple admitted they are terrified of entering their bathroom after spotting a rat in the toilet. Margaret, 59, and Keith Woods, 67, of Sutton, south London, now flush their lavatory first and run the taps before going t... | Margaret, 59, and Keith Woods, 67, are now scared of going in bathroom .
Thames Water searched pipes at their Sutton home without success .
Couple flush the toilet first and run the taps before going to the toilet . |
f726a9b09c550030dc035d8542a608af008354a0 | By . Jason Groves and Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 19:11 EST, 1 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:11 EST, 2 February 2013 . Reneged: MPs said the Prime Minister faces a backlash on plans to legalise gay marriage as members resign in mass protest . David Cameron is facing a backlash over his support for gay marriage from ... | Activists are resigning or refusing to renew their membership over issue .
One MP says: 'This is the straw that broke the camel's back'
Many Tories also demanding action on tax break for married couples .
Senior Cabinet ministers have lobbied Mr Cameron to act on the issue . |
f726cd2d59546685e9331373125ad65e90a5d907 | By . Jamie Redknapp . When you look at the players in midfield at Manchester United and Chelsea, it’s hard to see anyone from United making it into Jose Mourinho’s side. They will think that’s a slur but unfortunately for them it’s a fact. Michael Carrick is a very good player and would have made it, but Nemanja Matic ... | Chelsea have spent staggering £229.9m on midfielders since summer 2010 .
David Moyes continues to scout in Europe for recruits .
Adnan Januzaj is a rising star but you would pick Chelsea's in-form Eden Hazard over the Manchester United starlet .
Blues midfielders have scored 26 league goals this season compared to Unit... |
f7270f8a6e1d6d78fa875ba264d12a63dce376f0 | Monégasque royal Princess Stephanie looked thoroughly at home in the company of a friendly elephant this afternoon when she was guest of honour at the International Circus Festival of Monaco. The mother-of-three, who is president of the festival, had no qualms about get up-close and personal with the enormous animal - ... | Stephanie, 49., appeared at the International Circus Festival of Monaco .
The mother-of-three is president of the organisation, set up by her father .
The royal is no stranger to the circus - once ran off with an elephant trainer .
She also dated Portuguese-Spanish trapeze artist, 10 years her junior . |
f72723457c0ed54b506ef9063132b3e7be921cf5 | Selfies, shots of legs on sun loungers, cocktails in the sunset ... social media users can be overwhelmed by a sense of 'déjà vu' while scrolling through other people's holiday photographs. And if your latest photo album contains 127 landscape shots, 45 selfies, five images of strangers and six stray cats, you've had t... | The average British holidaymaker takes 447 images while abroad .
Landscapes and resort shots proved the most popular, followed by selfies .
Camera lens was also trained on wildlife, pools and local landmarks .
Average collection contained five pictures of strangers and six of stray cats .
Just 216 images make it on to ... |
f72744e3ae2b7d50dd39462a59d4d0e8e3d5f4ee | In her last moments before embarking on a 15-month prison sentence for bankruptcy fraud, Teresa Giudice savored a $1.95 hot egg sandwich in a diner near the penitentiary. The Real Housewives of New Jersey star spent her last free hour at Elmer's Diner in Danbury in the early hours of Monday morning, where she spent mos... | Real Housewives of New Jersey star was convicted of bankruptcy fraud .
Had last meal of a $1.95 egg sandwich at a local diner before entering .
Picked up by her lawyer just after midnight in an SUV from $4million home .
Husband Joe did not accompany her - stayed at home with their children .
Reported to a federal priso... |
f727c9aaf9c693876d21bd7260b5085a0b3251d9 | By . Wills Robinson . A park ranger known for his dancing has been fired after a video emerged of him performing an 'R-rated' version of the Macarena. Deryl Nelson from Chattanooga, Tennessee, was captured holding his crouch during the routine, causing parents to cover their childrens' eyes. The 51-year-old had worked ... | Deryl Nelson, 51, was captured at Coolidge Park in Chattanooga, Tennessee .
A visitor failed to see the funny side of his antics, and complained .
Officials accused him of neglecting his duties and 'unbecoming conduct'
He defended actions, saying: 'It's nothing like doing any bumping and grinding' |
f727db18ca9e64345fe98c3aada6bf86bd671ec5 | By . Chris Brooke . PUBLISHED: . 05:01 EST, 25 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:17 EST, 25 September 2013 . A father of the bride suffered a fatal heart attack as he gave his speech at the reception. Alan Bates, 65, had just begun his toast to daughter Charlotte when he collapsed. The horrified bride, 36, was ushered... | Alan Bates, 65, collapsed as he stood to give his speech before dinner .
Bride, new husband and daughter leave Yorkshire hotel to attend hospital .
Charlotte Galbraith, 36, is proud her father walked her down the aisle . |
f728945cc4bb2e658204f5649f64bbb5b9cc2446 | The man wanted by the United States for leaking details of National Security Agency intelligence gathering says journalists have been misled into printing false claims about his legal situation, The Huffington Post reported Thursday. In an e-mailed statement to the news organization, Edward Snowden distanced himself fr... | Edward Snowden emailed a statement to The Huffington Post .
In it, he says his father's legal team does "not possess special knowledge regarding my situation"
"None of them have been or are involved in my current situation," the statement says .
Snowden's statement followed a news report about a rift . |
f728d0f7d018516262ffed9d50678b69b02a198d | By . Richard Spillett . A three-bedroom bungalow on a Thames island once awarded to Admiral Nelson is going up for sale for £700,000. The small isle is known as 'Pharaoh's Island' after it was given to the famous naval commander to celebrate his victory in the Battle of Nile . The bungalow, named Pyramid after the batt... | The exclusive property is on an island once given to Nelson to honour his victory in the Battle of the Nile in 1978 .
All 24 homes on the isle - called 'Pharaoh's Island' - are given names linked to Egypt in memory of the battle .
The bungalow, which is only accessible by water, comes with riverside terrace, boat moori... |
f728f6c76dcbc8629496db68fa822f3dba451d57 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 07:08 EST, 5 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:10 EST, 5 March 2013 . A U.S. emigre, Daniel Pomerantz, on Tuesday launched the first Hebrew language edition of the popular men's magazine. Playboy has been widely available in Israel for years, but this marks the first local edition of the magaz... | Deeply conservative nation gets its own edition of racy magazine .
Faces objections from Jewish and Muslim religious leaders .
It will feature local models and articles from the region's writers . |
f729134ae15c9e153140c225e1f520425c4d385b | (CNN) -- Noted for his versatility and breadth of achievement, American opera singer Thomas Hampson is one of the most respected baritones performing in the world today. The 56-year-old, who hails from Spokane, in Washington, boasts a discography of more than 150 albums, winning him multiple Grammy Awards, two Edison P... | American baritone Thomas Hampson travels to Durban to create musical fusion .
During journey Hampson teams up with South African singers Ladysmith Black Mambazo .
The classically-trained opera singer delves deep into Zulu heritage to find inspiration . |
f7292f0e751c0fae158baf6b11e73553d85fc314 | (CNN) -- Australian authorities on Monday pleaded with hundreds of people who had chosen to remain in a town in the path of rising flood waters to vacate their homes. The level of the Balonne River in the town of St. George, in the eastern state of Queensland, swelled to 13.63 meters at lunchtime on Monday, breaking it... | The Balonne River in the town of St. George reaches record level and is expected to rise further .
The authorities urge hundreds of residents still in the town to leave their homes .
Thirty houses have already been submerged in St. George .
The authorities have been airlifting thousands of residents to safety across Qu... |
f729bc4e69e0f53cbff21b7043e7972c118f8bae | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 04:44 EST, 17 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:08 EST, 17 October 2013 . A controversial Muslim free school is set to be placed in special measures after a damning official report condemned it as 'dysfunctional' and says that it is 'in chaos'. Al-Madinah, a free school in Derby, has repeate... | Al-Madinah school in Derby was closed for Ofsted inspection after reports that bosses segregated students and made staff cover their heads .
Inspectors' report denounces Islamic school as 'dysfunctional'
Damning verdict calls for Al-Madinah to be placed in special measures .
Minister insists Government has taken 'swift... |
f729e5ed8b7ee292e5aa0575965cd20aa4eb36bd | (CNN) -- Michael Brown, Eric Garner and John Crawford all have one thing in common: It's not just that they were unarmed men of color killed by police officers -- it's that the responsibility to investigate each of their deaths fell to a medical examiner. We medical examiners investigate all homicides and violent death... | Judy Melinek: Medical examiners act as quality control over law enforcement agencies .
Melinek: Body diagram of Michael Brown suggests he was facing the officer, leaning forward .
She says as doctors who perform the autopsy, medical examiners speak for the dead .
Melinek: Public should trust medical examiners' report s... |
f729e995a6a863b7e2ecb259ee762200f7b36c03 | By . Eleanor Harding . PUBLISHED: . 13:41 EST, 14 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:33 EST, 14 October 2013 . A critically ill grandmother died after being plunged into the icy North Sea wearing just her night gown in a bungled cruise ship rescue operation. An inquest heard yesterday how Janet Richardson, 72, fell into ... | Janet Richardson was being transferred to a lifeboat on a stretcher when she fell into the freezing water .
An inquest hear how the pensioner was left fighting to stay afloat for up to eight minutes .
Mrs Richardson was pulled to safety but died three weeks after being taken to hospital . |
f729f14005e7e807b4701f601bace3a6b80a65a1 | (CNN) -- An agreement could be reached before week's end between Washington University students and an Illinois nightclub that allegedly barred six African-American students while admitting nearly 200 of their white classmates. Fernando Cutz, senior class president at the university in Missouri, said the aggrieved stud... | Group: Bar kept African-American students out, let white classmates in .
Washington University's senior class was celebrating at the Chicago bar .
Class president: Bar cited dress code violations, but clothing swap didn't help .
Class complains to Illinois attorney general, others; bar hasn't returned CNN's calls . |
f72a4f846de4e095bfb818509c9f8cb06fa24143 | Justice Secretary Chris Grayling said he would make 'no apologies for putting sex offender where they deserve to be' The number of sex attackers behind bars has doubled in only a decade – with eight jails now containing no other type of inmate. The huge increase has in part been fuelled by convictions in historic abuse... | There are 11,150 sex offenders in UK jails, equivalent to one in eight inmates .
Surge fuelled by rise in historic offenders such as Rolf Harris being jailed .
Chris Grayling said he would make 'no apology' for the new statistics . |
f72aa8a604e87aecd4936e3706f161fba2f419c3 | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:35 EST, 14 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:21 EST, 14 November 2013 . A mysterious defendant in a $100 million, cross-country Navy veterans charity fraud case was convicted today of racketeering, theft, money laundering and other charges. The ju... | Harvard-trainer lawyer, John Donald Cody, has been wanted by the FBI since 1987 .
Cody .
practiced law in Sierra Vista, Arizona, in the 1980s, when he was .
accused of stealing money from his clients - but he fell off the grid .
Under .
the alias of Bobby Thompson, he operated a fraudulent charity, raising .
over $100 ... |
f72b0e533191784ce6bb90ca56bede9b83dfa5eb | Protection: Harris has been moved to Stafford prison after being bullied by inmates at HMP Bullingdon . Disgraced entertainer Rolf Harris has been moved to a 'soft' prison after being bullied by inmates. The 84-year-old has been transferred to Stafford jail, which has two separate wings for 'vulnerable' sex offenders, ... | Rolf Harris has been moved to Stafford jail from HMP Bullingdon .
Stafford prison has two separate wings for 'vulnerable' sex offenders .
Disgraced entertainer had been repeatedly targeted by inmates .
He was spat at by a prisoner during a church service which sparked a brawl .
Also angered inmates when he landed the p... |
f72b126f74d4b6870a5b52cbbe0e042c69b188aa | A new cosmetics ad goes against the typical girl-power creed of embracing your natural look by showing how make-up can actually empower women. In two videos for Dermablend, women with different skin conditions explain how they use make-up to present themselves to the world in a way that feels genuine, not as a means of... | The Dermablend ads come as millions of women have been posting no-make-up selfies . |
f72d659ad62d46caa2b34a729f2a0b881658a2e9 | (CNN) -- First it was instant messaging during office hours that gave us the thrill of passing notes in class. Then it was ogling ourselves on Web cams, ranting our minds on blogs, uploading our baby photos on Flickr and poking each other on Facebook. These days, as corporate records show, we choose to spend our lunch ... | Startups offer applications to bring social networking sites to mobile platforms .
VoIP faces challenges on mobile market: competition, distribution, access .
Mobile mission to make seamless space between desktop and handset . |
f72d8a0f393e1d95f22b22bb434524d4d4a0dcb2 | A study has found that a quarter of teenagers in America have received explicit pictures on their cellphones (posed by models) Almost four in ten teenagers in America have received explicit pictures on their cellphones, new research reveals today. The study, by the University of Utah, also found that a fifth of youngst... | Researchers find a quarter of teens have received explicit pictures .
Also found that 20 per cent have also sent intimate pictures to someone else .
University of Utah say practice is more widespread than first thought .
Added they believed the findings would be applicable to most western coutries . |
f72dd291076cc233a1de5f6eeb4559b8d35ffa93 | By . Sarah Harris . PUBLISHED: . 23:00 EST, 22 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:18 EST, 23 October 2012 . Schools must not bar children from their sixth forms just because they are badly behaved, the local government ombudsman has ruled. They are prohibited from ‘taking account of a pupil’s past behaviour’ when allocat... | Local government ombudsman has made ruling over sixth form admissions .
It's despite Michael Gove urging schools to clamp down on troublemakers .
Latymer School in London refused to allow pupil to .
join sixth form following incident . |
f72e1d8cc64007ee3f72865f94fc38379347368c | A British teenager fighting jihad in Syria shoulder-to-shoulder with his brother was allegedly a senior member of a notorious predominantly Muslim gang who carry knives and guns, it emerged today. Aseel Muthana, 17, who followed his older sibling Nasser to join Isis, has been described as a ringleader in the Docks Rive... | Aseel Muthana, 17, joined his brother Nasser, 20, fighting for Isis in Syria .
Teenager was a member of the notorious DRG crew in Cardiff, friends say .
Mainly Muslim group has members as young as ten with 'knives and guns'
'They'd often be in fights, sometimes caused by race. 'They would call some of the white kids "p... |
f72e2493f9bc254a59dfb482965a4036a8568d09 | Scroll down for video . The ex-wife of suspected killer Ron Lee Haskell – who fled her abusive and violent husband after 11 years of marriage - believes she has paid the ‘ultimate price for freedom’, her former divorce lawyer told MailOnline. Al Barker, the lawyer who represented Melanie Lyon in her divorce from Haskel... | Police in Houston, Texas, arrested 33-year-old Haskell Wednesday night after a tense stand-off at a suburban cul-de-sac .
He is charged with shooting dead six members of the same family .
Haskell and his wife Melanie Kaye Haskell were married in 2002 in California .
Melanie feels she's 'paid the ultimate price for free... |
f72e307aed8c034930bbec59d269cf06b031c5c6 | (CNN) -- A glance at some of the Wimbledon semifinalists in 1989 -- such as Chris Evert, Martina Navratilova, John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl -- evokes distant memories of yesteryear but one player from those championships is, remarkably, still playing today: Kimiko Date-Krumm. To illustrate her longevity another way, the ... | Kimiko Date-Krumm becomes oldest player to reach third round at Wimbledon in Open Era .
Japanese earns first meeting with Serena Williams, who beat Carolina Garcia in straight sets .
Fourth seed Agnieszka Radwanska a comfortable winner against Mathilde Johansson . |
f72e588d79ec56349316ef4c8764c4bf1b8d1f10 | By . David Kent . Aston Villa have sounded out Rio Ferdinand over a possible move to Villa Park. However, the 35-year-old free agent is understood to be reluctant to make the move to the Midlands and is weighing up options in London where he has re-located his family, with QPR, Crystal Palace and West Ham showing initi... | Red Devils defender available on free transfer following contract expiry .
Former England defender would favour move to London and Tottenham .
QPR, Crystal Palace and West Ham showing interest .
Galatasaray and LA Galaxy also keen on 35-year-old .
No side outside relegation zone conceded more than Aston Villa last seas... |
f72f166f9c656e7902e72a80adabb675756067ef | (CNN) -- It all started on my second date with Alex. It was 1997 and on a whim we went into Manhattan to see the ball drop on New Year's Eve in Times Square. The closest we could get was 55th Street and Seventh Avenue. That's pretty far away, but we could still see the glittering ball touching the sky. He was 19, I was... | Elizabeth Mayo says she and her husband met in their teens .
She says her dad was outraged to learn she was dating a man who's half-black .
She says she hid romance from dad for years, then confronted him when she planned to wed .
Mayo: Dad finally accepted love of her life, showing change is possible, forgiveness impo... |
f72f4d1fa8a1b153574668c55d556e8acea94838 | By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 11:54 EST, 14 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:21 EST, 14 March 2013 . Police officers in Russia forced three men in a Muslim cafe to cut their beards at gunpoint, it has been claimed. During an inspection of a Muslim cafe in the Russian city of Surgut police officers apparently threat... | Officers forced into Muslim cafe in Russian city of Surgut, it is claimed .
They 'threatened some visitors with automatic weapons and with a lighter'
One man said he was told 'cut it off or I will burn it off' by riot officer .
Police say an internal investigation has now been launched . |
f72f6a2380350bb170d56036cd9bcdc8d667f1f7 | (CNN) -- Can anyone stop Bayern Munich? That's the question following the German side's 2-0 victory over Arsenal Wednesday in the last-16 of the Champions League. Already 16 points clear in the German Bundesliga and unbeaten in 21 league games, Bayern is looking like the team to beat once again. Bayern, which is hoping... | Bayern Munich defeats 10-man Arsenal 2-0 in London .
Toni Kroos and Thomas Muller both on target .
Arsenal missed early penalty and had goalkeeper sent off .
David Alaba also missed spot kick for Bayern . |
f72f75d4ce06bcd5a4345eb7e57ad51e19db1d8a | By . Lawrence Conway . PUBLISHED: . 16:20 EST, 3 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:42 EST, 3 May 2012 . Police have begun removing the last anti-war protest tent outside the Houses of Parliament. The move came after the High Court lifted an injunction leaving Westminster Council free to clear the tent from Parliament Square... | Peace campaigner Maria Gallastegui has been holding a 24-hour vigil in the square since 2006 .
Despite apparent defeat she pledges to go .
to the Court of Appeal and Strasbourg if necessary .
A large box which was the focal point of Ms Gallastegui's site could be auctioned off to benefit an Iraqi orphanage . |
f72f85c41749ba2191f585a3705c2d042b0fc191 | By . Wills Robinson . Fitted with laser-guided bombs and Hellfire missiles, these are the RAF's newest Reaper Drones which are being used in Afghanistan . Their main role is to gather intelligence and carry out surveillance for forces on the ground, but they can also be armed with deadly weapons. Pictures released toda... | Images show aircraft flying from Kandahar to help Afghan and ISAF forces .
They will gather intelligence and carry out surveillance for ground operations .
Its top speed is around 287mph and its maximum altitude is 50,000ft . |
f72f96224e50e3f2a220aa5344992ff2ae1aa2e1 | (CNN) -- If Sebastian Vettel's efficient march towards his fourth Formula One crown left fans of motor racing's premier competition stifling yawns, things in the top class on two wheels are rather different. Last month, the latest in Spain's prodigious production line of motorcycle racers, Marc Marquez, looked to have ... | Marc Marquez seeking to be first rookie to win motorcycling's premier title since 1978 .
The 20-year-old has a 13-point lead over defending MotoGP champion Jorge Lorenzo .
They will battle head-to-head in Sunday's final race of 2013 season at Valencia .
Fellow Spaniard Dani Pedrosa won last season's event at the Circui... |
f72ff8bb8f36f31aff42ab878845048cf4298476 | A couple have been charged in connection to the savage murder of a Minnesota college student whose body bearing 22 knife wounds was found dumped in a field last fall. Shavelle Chavez-Nelson, 32, and Ashley Marie Conrade, 24, were both charged Friday with second-degree intentional murder in the slaying of 20-year-old Un... | Shavelle Chavez-Nelson, 32, and Ashley Conrade, 24, both charged with second-degree intentional murder .
Anarae Schunk, 20, was found dead in a ditch next to a cornfield in rural Minnesota last September a week after she went missing .
Nelson, Schnuk's ex-boyfriend, also faces murder charges in the shooting death of Pa... |
f73049664a69af04e304323f1262a9d9c23b9d9c | A businessman who stabbed to death a cousin of Ranulph Fiennes with a pair of scissors in a crazed attack has denied murder, claiming he was insane at the time. James Fiennes - second cousin of Arctic explorer Sir Ranulph - was having a drink in an upmarket tapas restaurant when a man went 'out of his mind' and repeate... | James Fiennes was stabbed to death by Nicholas Hunter in a tapas bar .
Hunter claims he was insane at the time of the attack and denies murder .
He pleaded not guilty at hearing at the Old Bailey earlier today .
Mr Fiennes was the second cousin of Arctic explorer Sir Ranulph . |
f730ad987cbf3054d44fa9921aae008568cd09d5 | Morgantown, West Virginia (CNN) -- Wealthy Republican businessman John Raese has run three times for statewide office in West Virginia over the past few decades and has never won. It wasn't that long ago that most political observers here and in Washington thought his fourth campaign would be a losing battle too -- a S... | Republican millionaire is making a strong run against a popular governor running for Senate .
John Raese's campaign is his fourth attempt to win statewide office .
Raese says he's more conservative than the Tea Party .
Gov. Joe Manchin calls himself "fiercely independent" |
f730b01695944544717e670d5c3ff2e7dc317db8 | The cheers back in Wales were drowned out by boos around Murrayfield as Warren Gatland’s side secured a controversial victory over Scotland to get their RBS 6 Nations back on track. Following a passionately fought contest, referee Glen Jackson found himself in the firing line after he blew the final whistle with time s... | Wales edged Scotland 26-23 at Murrayfield to recover from their opening game defeat to England in the Six Nations .
Leigh Halfpenny scored four penalties and two conversions for the visitors with an assured kicking display .
Rhys Webb and Jonathan Davies scored the tries for Wales .
Scotland fans felt the final whistle... |
f73177dff3c7f74ca68673c1d391ee6f49ff98e4 | By . Adam Crafton . Follow @@AdamCrafton_ . As Brazil prepare to take on Germany in the World Cup semi-final on Tuesday evening, they do so deprived of the services of their talisman Neymar and shorn of the attacking spark so readily associated with the country’s brand of football. In Neymar,'s absence the burden passe... | Those three Brazil stars plus Pato were all left out by Scolari .
Brazil go into their semi final with Brazil without the usual attacking flair .
Neymar's injury leaves just Fred and Hulk as the hosts' main threats .
Could the Selecao have benefited from those left out? |
f731b9775e1d9aced259ba1ad1e56842908a5a89 | (CNN) -- Authorities have charged a 44-year-old man with attempted murder after an early morning shooting at a bar in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, police said Tuesday. Suspect Nathan Van Wilkins was charged with 17 counts of attempted murder in the shooting, which occurred at 12:30 a.m. Tuesday at the Copper Top bar near the U... | NEW: Police: Nathan Van Wilkins, 44, is in jail with a $2 million bond .
He faces 18 attempted murder charges .
Wilkins taken into custody after turning himself in at business 50 miles away .
Police say 17 people injured, four with critical wounds . |
f7320a9fbc8fa1fe58a78db6d5164869b3a16c93 | Actress Ann B. Davis, an American television legend who held "The Brady Bunch" together in her role as housekeeper Alice Nelson, died Sunday. She was 88. Bishop William Frey, a close friend of Davis, told CNN the actress died at a hospital in San Antonio, Texas, where she was treated after hitting her head in a fall. T... | Florence Henderson: "I am so shocked and sad"
Actress Ann B. Davis, who played Alice on "The Brady Bunch," has died .
She died after falling and hitting her head Saturday morning, a friend says .
Her character anchored the show with witty one-liners and a cheerful attitude . |
f73294f71373c09490f060cc3b200f1293651bc7 | By . Caroline Mcguire for MailOnline . It's a phrase you never stop hearing: the modern woman can have it all. But for one in four women aged 45 or over in Britain, one thing they will never have is a family of their own. Helen Burke, 39, from Basingtoke tried for a baby for 15 years: from the age of 22, all she wanted... | Helen Burke, 39, had been trying for children since she was 22 .
Had put her life on hold to start family, including skipping university .
She is now sharing her story to help others in the same situation .
Comes as R4 programme looks into emotional toll of childlessness . |
f73339d7d3579320a386e1e8a3f771db6204130b | By . Amanda Williams and Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 12:36 EST, 20 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:17 EST, 20 February 2013 . A police special protection officer has been found shot dead at a house in London. The 43 year old PC, from the Specialist Protection Command, was found at the address in Camden yesterday afte... | The 43-year-old was found dead at Camden address .
He worked for Specialist Protection Command .
Death is not being treated as suspicious .
Met Police would not confirm or deny if officer had access to police weapon . |
f7335dde60699a5bfc90072f4c0e02245786f712 | For those who are already married, most would know that organisation is key to planning a wedding and then there is the dreaded cost of a wedding. But a Sydney couple have decided not to worry too much about the big grand plan for their day, instead opting to stage a relatively casual affair with a pop up wedding. It w... | School sweethearts stage pop up wedding in Sydney's CBD .
Annie and Isaac say they didn't book a ceremony location, they just turned up with their guests .
Annie wore a vintage lace gown with iced blue tulle by Atelier Altaari .
Pop up weddings, an increasing trend in Australia . |
f7336cdfcb5ef493376c8b2dbd266336653147f4 | A computer programmer claims he increased his productivity at work by hiring a woman to slap him every time she catches him looking at Facebook. Maneesh Sethi placed an advert on the classified website Craigslist to recruit someone willing to monitor what he was looking at on his laptop. The computer expert and writer,... | Maneesh Sethi placed an advert on the classified website Craigslist to recruit someone willing to monitor what he was looking at on his laptop .
Pays a female employee £5 ($8) an hour to strike him in the face . |
f7341b65f59482c9d46b3349bdb641e8408ea2e1 | A D-Day veteran left for dead on a Normandy battlefield has unearthed a haunting letter that prematurely informed his family of his death. Private Bill Ward's superiors thought he'd been killed when they found him lying unconscious and covered in blood after a mortar bomb exploded and he was peppered with shrapnel. His... | Private Bill Ward was found unconscious following D-Day invasion in 1944 .
His superiors thought he'd been killed and wrote to his family to tell them .
But Private Ward had survived and also wrote home to tell them the news .
He only found the letter at the family home after his mother died . |
f7349f8657e7b3e4c8b900e85f631500a03c3817 | Olivier Giroud is positive he can form a destructive strike partnership with new Arsenal signing Alexis Sanchez this season. Manager Arsene Wenger has talked up the Chilean player's ability to play through the middle as a loan striker as well as from the flanks. But £30 million man Sanchez started out wide in the 3-0 C... | French striker added to goals from Santi Cazorla and Aaron Ramsey as Arsenal beat Manchester City 3-0 in the Community Shield at Wembley .
Giroud thinks he can play up front with new signing Sanchez .
He believes Arsenal are well-placed for a first Premier League title a decade .
Raring to go for league campaign's star... |
f73541e59a7671d1109d8ce7547f87574770960a | (CNN) -- Novak Djokovic was a man in a hurry. The two-time defending champion at the ATP World Tour Finals might have been expected to be tested by the new U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic, in their Group A opener, but it turned in to a one-sided rout Monday. World number one Djokovic broke the giant Croatian no less tha... | Novak Djokovic wins opening match in ATP World Tour Finals .
Beats U.S. Open champion Marin Cilic 6-1 6-1 .
Stanislas Wawrinka thrashes Tomas Berdcyh by same margin .
First day wins for Roger Federer and Kei Nishikori . |
f735cdf6dc1c45112013c3f92c8fe5d806ebad80 | (CNN) -- An off-duty fire department official in Columbus, Ohio, had to be resuscitated Saturday after being struck by lightning, Columbus Fire Battalion Chief Tracy Smith told CNN. The lieutenant with the Columbus Division of Fire went into cardiac arrest after the lightning strike at the Columbus Crew Stadium, Smith ... | Fan at game describes the lightning storm as intense .
Lt. Stu Tudor was struck by lightning at a Columbus Crew charity game .
He is in critical condition, fire official says . |
f73637154a2beee251380ca748b3041ad91ff90d | Manchester City manager Manuel Pellegrini has said it would be 'very good' for Champions League rival Pep Guardiola to manage one day in the Premier League. Pellegrini faces Guardiola on Tuesday night with the Bayern Munich manager tipped in some quarters to be his eventual successor at The Etihad due to his previous w... | Manuel Pellegrini and Pep Guardiola will clash again on Tuesday .
Guardiola has 18 months left on his contract at Bayern Munich and has long been linked with a move to the Premier League .
If Manchester City lose to Bayern they will be out of the Champions League .
City beat Swansea 2-1 on Saturday while Bayern beat Ho... |
f7363d44713f8c3a89de4f90350f05f3adf81d74 | By . James Chapman . PUBLISHED: . 20:14 EST, 3 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:38 EST, 5 June 2013 . Dragon's’ Den entrepreneur James Caan was accused of ‘total hypocrisy’ yesterday after he insisted parents should not help their children get jobs – but failed to mention he has employed both his daughters. On his first d... | Parents should only use influence if children fail to find work after year .
Caan will be appointed as Government's new social mobility tsar this week .
He argued not assisting offspring was actually beneficial . |
f7364ff299abd57c37c6933ebbff43622e3eb9c4 | (AOL Autos) -- Meet today's most powerful production cars. Call your banker: The 2008 Lamborghini Murcielago LP640 costs more than $313,000 . Today, we are experiencing the automobile world's Age of Superlative Speed. During no other decade have so many cars offered so much speed. The secret behind the speed is power, ... | Making a 600+ horsepower engine can cost hundreds of thousands of dollars .
Safety at high speeds requires NASA-quality aerodynamics .
The German-built Bugatti Veyron 16.4 goes 250 mph and costs $1.5 million . |
f736844c84a1a3027f141d94936f04a6ba238996 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:32 EST, 28 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:52 EST, 28 January 2014 . Sun is forecasted for the Super Bowl kickoff this Sunday - but it will still be the coldest on record. The Weather Channel predicts a high of 37F (3C) and a low of 24 F (-4C) on Sunday with sun, a low chance... | Sun and low chances of rain are predicted for New Jersey on Sunday .
Meteorologists predict a high of 37F and a low of 24F - putting the game on course to beat the 1972 record of 39F, set in New Orleans .
Officials will give out hand warmers and warned spectators to wear layers .
Mike Ditka: 'It's stupid holding a game... |
f7373e481210719b71f7b416439a5024fcb12922 | Dubai, United Arab Emirates (CNN) -- Mourners buried a senior Hamas militant Friday after his recent death in Dubai -- a death Hamas calls an "assassination." Mahmoud al-Mabhouh died in Dubai on January 20, said Izzat al Rishq, a Hamas member based in Syria. Al-Mabhouh was a founding member of the military wing of Hama... | Mahmoud al-Mabhouh buried Friday after his death in Dubai on January 20 .
Hamas says al-Mabhouh was assassinated, blames Israel for death .
Official in Dubai told CNN that al-Mabhouh died of natural causes . |
f7380d26acbfd3a959fc574881e07c83049cca68 | SEOUL, South Korea (CNN) -- South Korea will open its market to most U.S. beef, a senior government official said Thursday, according to state media. Thousands of people have taken to the streets of the South Korean capital in protest at the deal . South Korea banned imports of U.S. beef in 2003 amid concerns over a c... | South Korea to open market to most U.S. beef says government official .
Ban began in 2003 amid concerns over a case of mad cow disease in the U.S.
New agreement bans the import of high-risk materials, like tonsils and brains .
Thousands of S. Koreans have regularly staged protests against U.S. beef imports . |
f739281abcbd3cb6bed39f0853b6b656dbd5caec | The Hard Rock Cafe's number one fan has spent more than £30,000 in his quest to visit every one of the rock 'n' roll themed restaurants in the world. Kay Kalkbrenner, aged 28, has made it to 243 of the Cafes on five continents in locations as far flung as Kazakhstan and Cancun. But after years of travelling and tens of... | Kay Kalkbrenner of Frankfurt, Germany has spent years visiting the cafes .
His obsession began in 1997 during a family trip to Hong Kong .
Has spent over £30,000 and countless hours in his quest to travel the world .
So far, he's made it to 243 branches - but there are more opening each day . |
f73995ae59d9ca2fa26de65962689f8547edbb01 | Katy Perry lit up Arizona with a show-stopping performance during the half-time show at the Super Bowl on Sunday night. The 30-year-old Californian provided the entertainment during the interval of the New England Patriots’ clash with the Seattle Seahawks at the University of Phoenix Stadium in Glendale. Perry has had ... | Katy Perry performs at half-time in NFL's showpiece season finale in Glendale, Arizona .
The 30-year-old Californian was joined on stage by Missy Elliott and Lenny Kravitz .
Perry sang some of her No 1 hit singles in a colourful, energetic performance at University of Phoenix Stadium .
New England Patriots beat Seattle... |
f73a984bff84662d59bed58d1df5316f1162c160 | By . John Stevens . PUBLISHED: . 05:26 EST, 5 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:53 EST, 5 June 2013 . A millionaire gave £628,000 to a man who threatened to reveal he had sex with a rent boy, a court heard. The married father of three made payments for nine years in a desperate attempt to stop the secret life of which he w... | The married father-of-three claims he went to police after eight years of being blackmailed .
Anthony Still, 52, from Clacton, Essex, denies the charge . |
f73abd92142710b4778c5707453c7fd7b9426024 | (CNN) -- Just days after he was released from a Louisiana prison for a murder he said he didn't commit, Herman Wallace has died, his legal team said Friday. Wallace -- one of the "Angola 3" inmates who protested what they said were injustices at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola -- died Friday morning at age 7... | Herman Wallace was in solitary confinement in Louisiana for more than 40 years .
A judge ordered him released from prison Tuesday .
Wallace claimed he was wrongly convicted in a prison guard's 1972 death .
Wallace was one of the "Angola 3" inmates who protested conditions at the prison . |
f73adbfff1c75b0b8e9a7af7cd5c5f7638a355bd | Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- If Diana Nyad never realizes her dream of swimming the Florida straits, it won't be for lack of trying. The 64-year-old began her fifth and last bid to swim from Cuba to the United States on Saturday morning. Previous attempts were thwarted by dehydration, ocean currents and excruciating jellyfish... | Her attempts started 35 years ago .
She hopes to swim the 103 miles from Havana to the Florida Keys .
If she's successful, she'll be the first person to do so without a shark cage, flippers or wet suit .
During her long swims, she sings Cuban ballad, "Guantanmera," to herself . |
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