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f73b374aa0fec99513cf59813c121a5a7e709bab | (CNN) -- World soccer's governing body FIFA is to examine a retired footballer's claims spot-fixing was rife in the English Premier League. Former Southampton defender Claus Lundekvam told a Norwegian television channel he and other players in the English top flight had made money out of betting on minor events in a ga... | FIFA will look into claims of spot-fixing in the English Premier League .
Claus Lundekvam claims players made money out of betting on match events .
The former Southampton defender played in the EPL between 1996 and 2005 .
The EPL say the matter is under the remit of the English Football Association . |
f73b3da40c8545d98991493b9e4dba59f4453db2 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Blackwater USA guards have used deadly force weekly in Iraq and have inflicted "significant casualties and property damage," according to a congressional staff report released Monday that cites internal company and State Department documents. Blackwater's contractors fired their weapons 195 times --... | Report: "Vast majority of Blackwater weapons discharges are pre-emptive"
Report is based on Blackwater and State Department internal documents .
Sources: Contractor wrote U.S. "spot report" on September shooting .
State Department: Report is "first-blush account" with "no standing" |
f73b7dc64d6b2a3c94d4103366fc0224b8cd2920 | In October 2004 skeletal remains found on the island of Flores in Indonesia hinted at a previously unknown species of human that existed 15,000 years ago. Called Homo floresiensis, the species was dubbed a ‘hobbit’ as it was smaller than any other known species of human. But reanalysis has revealed that it may not be a... | Reanalysis of bones found in Indonesia suggests they are not from a 'hobbit'
Scientists say finding on Flores Island can be attributed to Down's syndrome .
This counteracts previous claims that the bones belonged to a previously unknown species of human 15,000 years ago .
Researchers say the initial findings were flaw... |
f73b971990a9bc41ec8c37b1c2a3dcfd2003fe9c | Rats scurrying to escape rising floodwaters in New York could spread diseases as they infest new areas, according to a nature expert. A 13ft wall of water caused by the storm surge and high tides have caused severe flooding to subways and road tunnels in the city and torrents of water poured into city streets. The risi... | Rats escaping New York floods could infest homes .
Urban rats carry wide range of diseases, including plague . |
f73ba7e708ceb000514083523f4c4f6da117fefe | By . Katy Winter . There have been many, much applauded steps within the fashion industry to move away from the ultra-thin ideal for women. However, most models and store mannequins are still extremely thin, and now an example has come to light of a store popular with young girls using a dummy resembling a seriously un... | Dummy in Glasgow shop has protruding ribs .
Spotted by concerned shopper Mel Fraser .
Primark have now agreed to change their window display .
Other brands have come under fire in the past for promoting a too thin ideal . |
f73bebbd99fedb912d8fcc21a4e11be47d659888 | Plans to colonise Mars could be dashed by simple biology. A series of experiments suggest that sex and reproduction are affected by changes in gravity and radiation. In 1979, male and female rats were sent up into space by the Russians and refused to mate at all. However, other experiments have shown that animal sperm ... | In 1979, male and female rats were sent into space by Russians and refused to mate at all .
Other experiments have shown animal sperm grow longer tails - and swim faster in zero gravity .
High levels of radiation in space could also damage ovaries and testicles . |
f73c62b5eebc55043f0f1a2b9beb8036d0ae0661 | Racing through the mountain range on horseback, the Kazakh people practice their ancient tradition of hunting with golden eagles. The eagles soar through the air at speeds of up to 200mph as they race to reach their keeper first, during an annual festival celebrating the heritage of the Turkic group. The Golden Eagle f... | The Golden Eagle Festival is held by the Kazakh people each October to celebrate the heritage of the ancient group .
Held in Bayan-Olgii, in western Mongolia, the festival includes a competitive hunt, with the men on horseback .
Pratice of hunting with golden eagles is said to have been started by the nomadic Khitans f... |
f73c9dfb43ff62bc26295f2416e5c9bfb65303af | Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Ukraine opened an investigation into a terrorist threat after Friday's hijack attempt by a Ukrainian man on a Turkish airliner, the country's chief of investigations, Maksym Lenko, told reporters Saturday. The suspect said there was "a bomb on board," Turkish officials said, and he tried to diver... | Ukraine has opened an investigation into a hijack attempt .
A man wanted to divert the plane to Sochi .
Officials say that pilots tricked him and he calmed down .
The suspect is in custody in Turkey . |
f73cf46e685f5d90065193e595c9a84dad579532 | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 16:07 EST, 26 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:13 EST, 26 February 2013 . Russia will ban smoking in many public places under President Vladimir Putin’s plans to make citizens healthier, live longer and help the economy. In the nation with one of the world's highest smoking rates, the law... | The legislation will also restrict cigarette sales and ban advertising of events by tobacco companies .
Some 40 per cent of all Russians smoke regularly and 400,000 die every year .
Foreign tobacco firms, who control 90% of the Russian cigarette market, oppose the ban . |
f73cfc7a17a64faacce8b73ddff27f7e6b629890 | (CNN) -- At this year's International Consumer Electronics Show, the televisions will be bigger, the watches smarter and more attractive, and the homes and cars more connected. CES, which kicks off next week in Las Vegas, is a giant technology trade show that mixes dozens of major tech companies with hundreds of scrapp... | The International Consumer Electronics show starts Monday in Las Vegas .
TVs will get bigger (and curved), and will add more "smart" features .
Tiny sensors will lead to a boom in home and wearable gadgets . |
f73d2a172c584d9bb530193491ede86cfa5ed48a | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 07:55 EST, 1 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:56 EST, 2 February 2013 . With his adorable little face and cute floppy ears, its hard to believe that anybody could be cruel to this young pup. But 10-week-old Staffordshire Bull Terrier Apollo is lucky to be alive after being found abando... | Staffordshire Bull Terrier Apollo was found under a bush in Cambridge . |
f73d5777c41c8d842cafff7ed943dcbafe94e0a3 | A pageant queen and self-ascribed 'beauty guru' has sent shock waves through the internet by posting a startling video in which she addresses her rapist father and threatens him with three guns. Brie Lybrand put up a twelve minute piece in which she explains that her abusive father has recently subscribed to her channe... | Former pageant star Brie Lybrand appears bare-faced and wan unlike in past videos .
Addressing her father as Steven Bressler she explains that he recently subscribed to her YouTube channel .
'Now is the time' she says to speak publicly about the violent sexual abuse she endured for nine years .
In the 12-minute video, ... |
f73d745b176cadd15f5e678409608bc1f3f9221c | Rason, North Korea (CNN) -- When Bernt Johansson crossed the mountainous countryside of North Korea into the city of Rason, the crowds there reminded the Swedish biker of the adulation that greeted his 1976 Olympic gold finish in Montreal. "Street after street was packed with people. When I waved, they cheered. And whe... | Earlier this week, Western cyclists raced from China across the North Korean border .
Thousands of spectators at the North Korean finish line greeted the 40 cyclists .
Comes as Pyongyang gives mixed signals of rapprochement and renewed rancor .
Analyst: "The North Korean government is clearly on a charm and smile offen... |
f73df49886510f6e24e2e148aea465839feafa12 | (Ars Technica) -- Information about a keyboard being included in the "Rock Band 3" package was teased in the "Green Day: Rock Band" demo. We have now been given some exclusive information by our now-famous Mole about what we can expect from "Rock Band 3." Read on to find out what to expect from the instruments in the ... | Ars Technica's "Mole" reports that a keytar-like instrument will be supported .
The keyboard/guitar combination will be the only new instrument .
Instruments and game will be available in several bundles . |
f73dfa7bffa35b489ec824f84859899b340111e9 | For the first time, water ice has been spotted in images of craters on the planet Mercury by Nasa’s Messenger spacecraft. The groundbreaking discovery reveals the shape and size of the ice in the planet’s polar regions. It might also help us discover how water was transported to other planets in the solar system such a... | Scientists have spotted ice in visible image of Mercury for the first time .
The discovery was made in the planet's permanently shadowed craters .
Mercury is the closest planet to the sun and has no atmosphere .
This means its surface can get very hot, melting and evaporating ice .
However at its polar regions some cr... |
f73e5969b9849f094d848a3a343a4340bd18ede7 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 7:34 PM on 2nd November 2011 . 'Like a sprung coil': Mr Allen, shown leaving court in June, was said to have snapped after his wife Melanie deprived him of his dinner . A deputy high court judge who hit his wife during an argument has been sacked for bringing the judiciary int... | Allen also had to pay £5,000 towards prosecution costs .
Wife originally said she had caused injuries to herself .
Doctors said they weren't consistent with self-punching . |
f73f3168ac0e1f02f025cbfd0ad0d94182c2dc7e | By . Harriet Hernando for MailOnline . Every now and again policemen are prepared to drop their helmets and get into the swing of things, as this gyrating bobby in Sweden shows as he dances at a gay pride event. The policeman, dressed in his uniform, can be seen moving energetically with a man in hot-pants while party ... | Swedish policeman dances with a man in hot pants at gay pride event .
Last year British bobbies were caught performing 'rowing boat' routine .
They were filmed at Notting Hill Carnival - taking place next weekend . |
f74147e66c16ae943a412ec9d7708b3dff20e336 | (CNN) -- The death toll from several storms that hit Mexico this week rose to 101, authorities said late Friday. An additional 68 people are still missing after storms ravaged the area, the nation's Interior Ministry said. At one point this week, Mexico seemed to be pummeled from all sides by then-Hurricane Manuel and ... | 68 people are still missing .
Damage is widespread .
Thousands were trapped in Acapulco . |
f7417f7229047f7392c22dce02a04f20a59ea637 | (CNN) -- A surfer was killed Saturday in a shark attack off the coast of Australia, at least the fifth such attack in less than a year. The man had been surfing just south of Wedge Island in Western Australia when he was taken by what is believed to be a great white, the Department of Fisheries said in a statement. The... | NEW: Authorities are still searching for the victim's remains .
His age and identity are not immediately released .
The surfer is believed to have been taken by a great white .
The stretch off Western Australia's southern coast is one of the deadliest for shark attacks . |
f741820335be5f6c3dc8c09029b346a963b43d30 | The new Mike Tyson does not look like the old Mike Tyson. Gennady Golovkin has a baby face unadorned by menacing warrior tattoos but he is a prize-ring assassin just the same. As the real world middleweight champion he is, naturally, smaller than the youngest man ever to win the world heavyweight title. Gennady Golovki... | Gennady Golovkin has a baby face unadorned by menacing warrior tattoos but he is a prize ring assassin just the same as Mike Tyson .
He is also respectful of his opponents and unfailingly polite to all he meets .
Golovkin has 28 knockouts in 31 wins during his professional career . |
f741a32de0c096451d026b7259f23fecc6c3ff2d | (CNN) -- It did not happen when the top job opened up at the International Monetary Fund: Christine Lagarde of France won out over candidates such as Mexico's Central Bank Governor Agustin Carstens, who put up a good fight. It did not happen at the World Bank either: Washington leaned on the members of the developed wo... | Brazil's Roberto Azevedo took the flag after voting becoming its first ever Director General from South America .
Defterios: Brazil is a prime example of how a lack of reforms has undermined the economy.
As the new DG, Azevedo did not overplay the significance of what his backing meant, writes Defterios . |
f741ec1be287668ccf1a13b5b31b6a534876f6f3 | (CNN) -- A new chapter in the fast-food wars was created with Heinz hiring Bernardo Hees, former Burger King CEO, to lead its company. Despite a decades-long relationship, McDonald's terminated its contract with Heinz due to this hiring decision. While Heinz has not publicly addressed its reasons for naming Hees CEO, q... | McDonald's terminated contract with Heinz after hiring former Burger King CEO .
Management expert Lee Salz says hiring former competitors is flawed strategy .
Ignore "industry experience" hiring practice, says Salz . |
f74250f65d678ed11b8416fb9a75f2a99a172803 | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 06:50 EST, 4 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:51 EST, 4 March 2013 . Protesters today held a demonstration against the controversial natural gas extraction process called fracking - on a village green opposite the Chancellor's constituency office. The process of fracking, which extracts... | Fracking involves extracting shale gas deposits from beneath the earth .
Chancellor is one of the main supporters for using shale gas energy .
Many sites have been earmarked for fracking across the British countryside .
Greenpeace set up a fake fracking operation in Knutsford, Tatton, Cheshire .
The 'work site' was vis... |
f74254b7cffb336a81498d5a786d02627c9ef27d | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 10:13 EST, 2 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:32 EST, 2 December 2013 . A town centre Christmas tree has been branded the worst in Britain after it became a laughing stock among residents. The 15ft-tall white 'tree', which looks like a piece of material stretched over a cone, was erecte... | The 15ft-tall white 'tree' was erected in Stockton town centre .
Locals have branded it a 'disgrace' and 'ruddy horrible'
One says it looks like a 'wigwam' while another calls it a 'dunce's hat'
They have opted to go to other towns to watch the lights being turned on .
The council admits some people are unhappy about i... |
f742b18bd03ede8aa79f24d5543b884c1c6d5c66 | (CNN) -- Donald Trump's decision to let Miss California USA Carrie Prejean keep her title convinced Shanna Moakler to quit as head of the pageant's California organization. Shanna Moakler talks with HLN's Mike Galanos about why she resigned as director of Miss California USA. Moakler, a former Miss USA, said she could ... | Shanna Moakler says Carrie Prejean has not taken responsibility for herself .
She says there was "tension" when she met with Prejean and Donald Trump .
Moakler: Prejean has "been exploited and used as a tool"
Prime News airs weeknights at 5-7 p.m. ET on HLN . |
f742f121d5168116a78e6afed512b11da69fa184 | The key with breastfeeding seems to be to stick with it six months or so to see any benefit in terms of weight loss . Looking at pictures of Kate Middleton playing volleyball at Olympic Park, just 89 days after Prince George’s birth was truly mind blowing. Her flat stomach was proudly on display in her J Brand skinny ... | Ashley Pearson has recently given birth to her first child .
Questions the miracle weight-loss properties attributed to breastfeeding .
Many celebrities attribute their fast post-partum slim down to it .
Experts say while it does burn extra calories, may need to continue up to six months to see effects . |
f7440373a47bc089cdcb6948fe823b31de1c84d6 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:06 EST, 5 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:06 EST, 5 September 2012 . The United States came second in the 2012 Web Index, new research measuring technological access to the web, availability of online content and the social impact of the Internet. Sweden topped the list, wi... | Web Index measured technology and social impact of the Internet .
Sweden was #1, U.S. came second and the UK was third . |
f7449c3237ea0cc8edb4ad5c56ca0968a4ec4062 | By . Mark Prigg for MailOnline . The powerful magnitude 6.0 earthquake that rocked California wine country early on Sunday morning woke up almost half of Nearby San Francisco and Oakland residents. Experts studied data from thousands of fitness bands that also track sleep. They found that even in San Francisco and Oakl... | Napa, Sonoma, Vallejo, and Fairfield were less than 15 miles from the epicenter - and 93% of people were woken .
In San Francisco and Oakland, slightly more than half (55%) woke up .
Almost no UP wearers in Modesto and Santa Cruz, 100 miles from the epicenter, woke . |
f744f08786fada8f46c223f3783e9c697f0fe7ee | As I run through the official checklist of the things my ten-year-old daughter Sophie needs for Brownie camp, I notice a handwritten postscript added in a flourish at the bottom of the form. ‘Mummy, whatever you buy, just make sure it’s pink!!!!’ I do my best to fulfil the remit. Pink swimming cap? Tick. Pink torch? Ti... | Daughter Sophie, 10, only wants pink things .
'Experts’ say allowing girls to love pink can damage their prospects .
Sophie's choice of pink is a robust expression of her identity .
Love of pink doesn't stop women having strong careers . |
f7456b80f731423a07f481c349536082b0c546dc | After years of inner struggle, Bruce Jenner has made the life-changing decision to become a woman. And while many in the Kardashian-Jenner clan are slowly getting used to the idea, the former Olympian's his ex-wife Kris still can't believe this is happening. 'Kris is in complete denial about what's going on with Bruce,... | After the initial shock, his family is getting used to Bruce's decision to become a woman and are supporting him .
Kris Jenner still 'in complete denial' over her ex-husband's plan .
Bruce intends to change his name to 'Belinda' |
f7457e44cf7cd46089da6ea38e2f3a2c12492846 | Trevor Hicks today relived the 1989 tragedy which killed his two daughters alongside 94 other football fans . The father of two teenagers who were killed in the Hillsborough disaster has revealed the heart-breaking moment he had to identify his daughter's bodies on the pitch. Trevor Hicks was on the Leppings Lane terra... | Trevor Hicks's two daughters were crushed to death in 1989 tragedy .
Victoria and Sarah Hicks were standing in crowded pen behind goalposts .
Teenagers among 96 fans who died after being crushed against fence .
Parents could see the tragedy unfold from stands on the other side of pitch .
Mr Hicks watched in horror as V... |
f7458b37ceaa154fc85558a571a43de0cbf90ca2 | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 04:05 EST, 9 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:39 EST, 9 January 2014 . Financial downturns and stock market decline could make us ill, several studies have found. The recession appears to have had an impact on our health with both hospital admissions and minor issues increasing during the ... | Google searches for stress-related illnesses rose during the recession .
Queries for stomach ulcer symptoms increased by 228 per cent .
Hospital admissions increase as stock market drops, study finds . |
f745988223725ffa29f1e9edfd3c34055bc46916 | Last week, I stood outside the school gates and had a frantic whispered conversation with my bank manager on my mobile phone. I needed to cancel the £97 due to go out the next day to pay the gas bill or I wouldn’t have enough money to buy food. The reason I was whispering? My seven-year-old son Ed attends an exclusive ... | Vast expenses, including two sets of school fees and a flat in Kensington, leave Mel Fallowfield with little of her husband's £100,000 salary .
Family resorts to eating leftovers and food from bins .
Says she is the victim of economic changes hitting the middle classes .
Constantly in fear her precarious finances will ... |
f7460bfd53eacbf2529ebb51e8f9fee656868f50 | (CNN) -- Men in a civil union will now be allowed to become bishops in the Church of England, but they are not allowed to have sex. Intercourse between two men -- or two women -- remains a sin. "Homosexual genital acts fall short of the Christian ideal and are to be met with a call to repentance and the exercise of com... | The priests in same-sex unions must remain celibate .
The Anglican Church recognizes marriage as being only between a man and a woman .
Sex should be practiced only within a marriage, the church says .
Women may be priests but are not allowed to become bishops . |
f746fc1cc96fc6e02b0fc981bf11e191aa6a2f68 | Everton are to unveil a plaque commemorating the 96 people who died in the Hillsborough disaster ahead of Saturday's derby meeting with Liverpool at Goodison Park. The unveiling will be held at the Park End Stand and conducted by Everton chairman Bill Kenwright and Margaret Aspinall, chair of the Hillsborough Family Su... | Everton and Liverpool meet in the Merseyside derby on Saturday .
The plaque will remember the 96 people who died at Hillsborough in 1989 .
Bill Kenwright and Margaret Aspinall will conduct the unveiling .
The memorial will be at the Park End Stand of Goodison Park . |
f74745e5d1f0d878dfe52651e6ab272552c3c86f | By . Associated Press . and Lydia Warren . A woman watched her boyfriend rape and shout names at the lifeless body of a student she had brought over to be a sex offering, she has revealed in her court testimony. Kathryn McDonough resumed testimony on Wednesday in the murder trial of ex-boyfriend Seth . Mazzaglia, who i... | Kathryn McDonough, 20, testified how she watched Seth Mazzaglia, 31, strangle Lizzi Marriott with a rope in 2012 and then rape her body .
Marriott was killed after she allegedly rebuffed McDonough's advances .
McDonough had brought her over as punishment for failing to find her boyfriend a sex 'slave' before she left h... |
f74799d512c3068e094be31d4f362792bb9601c4 | An Ohio schoolgirl was ordered to cover up her arms at a Valentine's Day dance - because teachers deemed them to be 'sexual objects'. Seventh grader Ari Waters had picked out a pretty yellow dress for a Valentine's Day dance at Mt. Orab Middle School, believing it to be elegant. But she was left mortified when a male ... | Ari Waters ordered to cover up by male teacher at Mt. Orab Middle School .
Had chosen a pretty knee-length dress which she thought was 'elegant'
Mother Gina claims vice principal told her Ari's arms were 'sexual objects'
Schoolgirl says the incident has left her feeling dirty and embarrassed .
School stands by decision... |
f747c7c409b23c1d17640e234b1afe4824ec7bb7 | By . Laura Cox . PUBLISHED: . 08:41 EST, 7 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:41 EST, 7 April 2012 . A single-engine plane crashed in Naples on Friday afternoon killing its pilot, the host of a popular fishing TV show. Spanish Fly presenter Jose Wejebe, of Florida Keys, died when his kit plane plunged into a field near the... | He was alone in the Comp Air 8 plane when it fell from the sky .
Smoke could be seen up to two miles away . |
f747f889b1e87a8a71b5e21821acb272e2710ea5 | (CNN) -- Children play with a worn-out badminton set. Families sip traditional Indian tea known as chai from silver-colored cups and chat as the sun sets in a rose-colored sky. Goats bleat in the distance, water buffaloes chew on hay and the cackles of crows ring through the air. Welcome to the village of Chevuru, in s... | A group of 16 volunteers from Turner Broadcasting goes to India to help build houses .
The people of Chevuru, India, are some of the poorest people in the country .
Helping the families was so rewarding for Miranda Leitsinger that she is planning a return trip . |
f747fad512d07573164bde0f543f6102f29f72f1 | (CNN) -- The last time Ben Affleck played a superhero, the world cried. The year was 2003, and the movie was "Daredevil" -- a Hollywood fail that even Affleck has insinuated he'd rather forget. So is it any wonder that within hours of Warner Bros. announcing the actor was going to play Batman in the upcoming "Man of St... | Casting of Ben Affleck as Batman has sparked immense backlash .
Some industry observers think it's not such a bad move .
He's made a career turnaround since he starred in 2003's "Daredevil" |
f74926d46b03fba933ca5c070965093bffb7975d | By . Rob Waugh . PUBLISHED: . 05:22 EST, 5 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:22 EST, 5 June 2012 . Google's rearguard battle to keep people interested in its Facebook rival Google Plus continues with a $100m purchase of social sharing site Meebo. Meebo's chat toolbar allows for easy sharing of social links - and crucially,... | $100m purchase of chat toolbar site .
Meebo allows for easy chat and social sharing - with built-in adverts . |
f74939bc89854f2259274a9a995323cb9d7395ae | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 12:11 EST, 9 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:17 EST, 9 July 2013 . Designers in Seattle have invented an iPhone docking station that doubles up as a smoke and gas alarm - and they claim it can be more effective than the traditional ceiling-mounted alarms. The Sense+ dock has built-... | Sense+ detector is an iPhone docking station with a built-in smoke sensor .
When the sensor detects smoke or carbon monoxide an alarm is triggered .
If the alarm isn't turned off manually the Sense+ makes an emergency call . |
f7494fe928decc0a17312c2e0686b95a12996712 | By . Aap . The adorable story of how Tiny the dog was rescued by the New Zealand Navy after being stuck on a floating log has been set straight by his owner. Ben Ngawaka, 20, said his pal had, in fact, only been stranded for a few hours on Smokehouse Bay, and not for two days since a storm had hit the area, as previous... | Tiny the dog was not swept out to sea by a storm two days earlier as previously reported .
Tiny had actually jumped onto a floating log while his owner Ben Ngawaka took him on his boat to do some shopping at a nearby town .
Mr Ngawaka did not realise his pal was missing until he reached his destination and returned two... |
f7498406b5e8d8f50e2c04bad2d88eaae192223c | Former Barcelona defender Eric Abidal has backed Lionel Messi to remain at the club for the rest of his career and rejected speculation the Argentina international could soon leave. Rumours surrounding Messi's future at the Catalan side have intensified in recent weeks but with Barcelona set to undergo a transfer ban f... | Lionel Messi has been repeatedly linked with a move away from Barcelona .
But former team-mate Eric Abidal certain Messi is not thinking of leaving .
Barcelona have been banned from buying players in the next two windows . |
f749b463bb4545794e932f9a15c3c74a240103d2 | Homeless thief Nathan Dorsett, 30, stole from Oxford University colleges because it was 'better than burgling people's homes' A serial thief who carried out a string of burglaries at Oxford University colleges because it was 'better than burgling people's homes' has been jailed. Nathan Dorsett broke into the historic c... | Nathan Dorsett launched string of burglaries at Oxford University colleges .
Serial thief broke into historic colleges, stealing wallets and electrical items .
Dorsett, 30, even stole food from a buffet and university canteens .
He admitted burglary, theft and one count of being equipped to steal .
Homeless man was sen... |
f74a2d46cd13ddce2dd1679a43baad276e40cbfe | Click here to read Sami Mokbel's match report from the Emirates . When 5ft 7in Alexis Sanchez hoisted himself above a hulking pair of Burnley defenders to head in the opener and put Arsenal on the path to victory even his own manager was surprised. Arsene Wenger has seen the Chilean’s skill and hunger for goals, confou... | Alexis Sanchez scored twice in Arsenal's 3-0 win over Burnley on Saturday .
Arsene Wenger heaped praise on his forward in the aftermath of the game .
The Arsenal manager described his strike as a 'typical English goal'
Wenger says that previously, he didn't count on Sanchez in the air . |
f74a516ece61c2e7f3ca5aa5565fe8db94caff01 | By . Lucy Laing . PUBLISHED: . 10:32 EST, 17 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:48 EST, 17 November 2012 . When Oscar Cotton was diagnosed with eye cancer, he faced a desperate race against time. His parents had planned their wedding day - and they desperately wanted Oscar to see them get married. He underwent gruelling... | Oscar Cotton was referred to hospital with a squint, only to find he had retinoblastoma, cancer of the eyes, and had tumours in both eyes .
He attended his parents wedding just eight weeks after starting chemotherapy . |
f74ab16d903896f0554b30c1ee7a54be909da407 | A Scottish student has launched a worldwide holidaymaker hunt after he found a camera memory card packed with pictures of a trip across Scotland. Barry Carruthers, 22, a drama student, found a grimy memory card in front of a multi-storey car park in Glasgow. The card still worked and was filled with pictures of a famil... | Barry Carruthers, 22, found the memory card in a city centre car park .
The pictures show a family enjoying the sights of Scotland .
Some people have even contacted Ellen DeGeneres for her help in search . |
f74ac77f434170255995e11a0889b7b78eb1be43 | From Big Ben to the London Eye, you may think that you’ve seen the capital’s landmarks in every light possible. But a team of intrepid free runners wearing specially-made neon suits have been photographed sprinting across bridges and jumping off the capital's monuments to create light displays that show their path. It ... | Free running team 3RUN raced across the Millennium Bridge, Westminster Bridge and the London Eye in London .
The runners travelled at breakneck speeds wearing specially-designed neon suits fitted with strobing lights .
It is the first time that a neon-effect free running performance has been completed in the UK .
The s... |
f74bc1a119e28ab184ff6ba8ae9657b98ff59b72 | All eyes are on Merseyside right now - as two English youngsters are being asked to be the talisman for their team. Ross Barkley is seen as the man to rescue a sub-standard season at Everton and Raheem Sterling is expected to take over from Steven Gerrard as Liverpool's big hope. Hang on, isn't it a bit unfair to be as... | Raheem Sterling and Ross Barkley are hindered by unrealistic expectations .
Barkley should move to Manchester United to develop like Wayne Rooney .
Sterling is expected to replace Steven Gerrard as Liverpool's heartbeat .
But he could become England's first real European superstar at Madrid . |
f74be4752f5a59f8675eab951cd1aed3b290d6c1 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 07:47 EST, 3 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:12 EST, 3 January 2013 . A man is accused of raping his 'sex buddy' after she told him she had started a new relationship and didn't want to cheat on her new boyfriend, a court heard. It's alleged Shahzaman Meah, 28, raped the woman in her f... | Woman allegedly told Shahzaman Meah that she wanted to stop casual sex .
Defendant accused of having sex with her against her will in her home . |
f74c21144591b86fa7ca2bde914b0572285f5e18 | By . Associated Press . School opened in Chicago on Tuesday, with the number of security guards on the city's streets increased from 1,200 to 1,300 to protect students from violence. Another $10 million from the state will mean 600 more workers will be lining the streets within the next several weeks . Children and par... | The state has spent another $10 million to increase the number of guards .
'Safe Passage' workers were hired to keep children from harm on their way to and from school .
The number of safe passage routes will also increase from 93 to 120 . |
f74c73a8777942284912d592bb000921b5634970 | Shocking new pictures reveal the horrifying injuries that the son of legendary former Denver Broncos quarterback John Elway allegedly inflicted on his ex-girlfriend. Prosecutors dropped assault charges against Jack Elway and allowed the 25-year-old to plead guilty to disturbing the peace as part of a plea deal after h... | Jack Elway, 25, allegedly pulled his then-girlfriend out of his car by her hair and then threw her to the ground after an argument in May .
He was allowed to plead guilty to disturbing the peace and was sentenced to a year of probation .
Elway is the son of John Elway, a Hall of Fame former quarterback and general mana... |
f74c94c3a124a98a95698caf49135c7118167aff | (CNN) -- Andrea Pirlo has ended speculation that he will join Chelsea by announcing that he has been taken off the transfer market by AC Milan and hopes to stay with the Serie A side for the rest of his career. Andrea Pirlo hopes to help AC Milan overcome the loss of Paolo Maldini and Kaka this season. The Italy midfie... | Italy midfielder Andrea Pirlo ends speculation that he will join Chelsea .
The 30-year-old says that AC Milan have taken him off the transfer market .
Pirlo has been linked with Chelsea since coach Carlo Ancelotti left Milan .
He says he now wants to end his career at the San Siro . |
f74da7fc147e7c871ae10bd6f46911978d2d8a28 | If you have cash to spare, and are bored with free sites such as Facebook and Twitter, there's a new social network designed specifically for the rich. Called Netropolitan, the network costs $9,000 (£5,500) to join, which includes a $6,000 (£3,600) initiation fee, plus a $3,000 (£1,800) annual fee. Perks include unlimi... | Netropolitan was set up by composer James Touchi-Peters .
It costs $9,000 (£5,500) to join, which includes a $3,000 (£1,800) annual fee .
Perks include unlimited cloud storage and no advertising .
However, the rest of the site resembles free sites such as Facebook . |
f74e2cf1b265dff9bf4c6ac0a11d60de9fb1a9ba | By . William Cook . PUBLISHED: . 06:47 EST, 3 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:02 EST, 4 October 2012 . Call the Doctor! A new smartphone app checks moles for signs of melanoma . Most people with moles know they should check them regularly for signs of skin cancer, but how many of us actually know what we're looking fo... | Smartphone app uses 'augmented reality' to check moles for irregularities .
Can archive and compare data to check for changes over time .
Developed in Australia, which has one of the highest skin cancer rates in the world . |
f74e9b78b5d940fb9a04e0fef9b12f36e9fc8225 | By . Zoe Szathmary . A Florida musician captured a dramatic photograph on Tuesday afternoon that showed a storm parting. Tampa-based Joe Zuniga took the photograph while on I-75, Fox13 reported. 'I was actually on the phone with my sister,' he told the affiliate station. 'It was her birthday. I told her I had to call h... | Tampa-based Joe Zuniga took the photograph while on I-75 on Tuesday afternoon .
Zuniga has said he was 'very surprised at the reaction from people, how inspired they were to see this photo . |
f74ea1907862edb4900e15b9e6c6dc95c6a09774 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- "Teflon Don" rapper Rick Ross crashed his silver Rolls Royce into an apartment building after he heard gunfire along a Fort Lauderdale, Florida, street Monday morning, police said. "The driver of the Rolls Royce attempted to drive away from the direction of the shots being fired and lost control of... | Rapper Rick Ross and a female passenger were not hurt by the wreck or gunshots .
A street gang posted online death threats against Ross in recent months .
Ross, 37, says he's not intimidated by the threats .
A former drug lord accuses Ross of stealing his name and reputation . |
f74eac32e9a4c6dc19bb2ccd2d4ec5067fe34b9e | Mail ordering a bride is an ever growing business where desperate divorcees shell out thousands to fulfill their dreams of having an 'ideal' wife. For the women in countries like Ukraine who sign up to meet a western man, it's an opportunity to escape from poverty in their homeland. But the trade off is a marrying a ma... | Mail ordering a bride is an ever growing business .
Jodie Marsh meets men hoping to find love this way .
They spend thousands on international dating agencies .
Looking for a traditional wife who is 'attentive and appreciative'
Young women sign up looking for chance to escape life of poverty .
Some do find real happine... |
f74eca5d4cbd1576ca899a7c9140eaaa9bfcbbba | (CNN) -- Mark Webber and Red Bull judged their race strategy perfectly to pip Fernando Alonso to the checkered flag during an action packed British Grand Prix at Silverstone. The Australian maneuvered expertly through 52 immensely tactical laps to record his second victory of the season, though Ferrari's Alonso did mai... | Australian Mark Webber wins the Formula One British Grand Prix for Red Bull .
Webber pips Ferrari's Fernando Alonso to the checkered flag at Silverstone .
Defending double world champion Sebastian Vettel finishes race in third .
Alonso retains his lead at the top of the F1 drivers' championship . |
f74fdcd44c719ac9acdc933be0e442d3c86a60bd | A top climate change expert at the Environmental Protection Agency has admitted to defrauding the government out of more than $900,000 by claiming he was an undercover CIA agent so he didn't have to show up for work for months at a time. John C. Beale, 65, was the agency's highest paid employee and reported directly to... | John C. Beale was a high-profile policy advisory at the Environmental Protection Agency .
Reported directly to Administrator Gina McCarthy during most of the 13 years of fraud .
Claimed he was on covert assignments for CIA but really set home reading books or doing chores while earning $206,000 a year .
Assertions that... |
f74fe81a7d1b146dd3423a1ae6f8aabc62fb2ef2 | By . Thea Jourdan . When three-year-old Sophia Lister started complaining that the back of her jaw was hurting, her mother assumed the little girl's adult molars must have started to come through. 'I gave her some Calpol to help her sleep and waited for the pain to go,' says Solveig, 40, who works part-time as a financ... | Sophia Lister, five, had serious decay in her baby teeth and needed root canal work .
Her mother Solveig, 40, from Surrey, was mortified .
She never let her daughter have sweets .
But she regularly drank apple juice .
Seemingly healthy fruit juice is a big culprit in tooth decay .
Dried fruit like raisins can also caus... |
f750aa7389bcaad64a06521fddeff41e5f1e525b | Superstar Katy Perry's preacher dad - who once called her a 'devil child' - has revealed he will be in the Super Bowl crowd on Sunday to cheer her on. Firebrand evangelical minister Keith Hudson declared the I Kissed A Girl singer, best known for her racy costumes and outlandish performances, was in dire need of ‘heali... | Keith Hudson once said his daughter was in need of 'healing'
But he reveals he'll watch her star in Super Bowl halftime show in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday .
However, he hints she may tone things down for the NFL .
The preacher WON'T comment on his daughter's on-off lover John Mayer . |
f751efc32003a8d1e7998e4d27eb5d48448cb7fa | (CNN) -- More than seven months after the death of a luger practicing for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, the Coroners Service of British Columbia has ruled Nodar Kumaritashvili's death an accident caused by multiple blunt force injuries. Kumaritashvili, a 21-year-old from the republic of Georgia, died when his body went ... | Kumaritashvili died during a practice run for the 2010 Vancouver Olympics .
Report: A luging official said the track ran faster than the designer's calculations .
A coroner recommends officials for sliding sports conduct reviews . |
f752723385b04c380fac10bf46e9ea98b02ef0ff | Former Beatle Paul McCartney has left Japan after recovering from a viral infection that forced him to pull out of his Asian concert tour. The 71-year-old left on a charter flight on Monday with Japanese media reporting he had headed for London. McCartney was hit by the mystery bug on May 16 - just one day after he lan... | The 71-year-old left on a charter flight on Monday following hospitalisation .
McCartney was hit by the mystery bug on May 16 - one day after he landed .
Called off his sold-out Japan tour, much to the disappointment of fans . |
f7529d9a08f966dfb3067aaae53558cc0b9a7cd7 | By . Ian Drury, Home Affairs Correspondent . Prisoners should be allowed access to computers and the internet despite the security risks because they are living in a technological ‘dark age’, it was claimed today. Chief inspector of prisons Nick Hardwick sparked controversy by calling for murderers, paedophiles and ter... | Nick Hardwick said prisoners are living in a 'technological dark age'
Argued it would help with reintegration into society and reduce reoffending .
Critics said it was 'barmy' to give inmates access to the internet . |
f752e2757de6d89b5e93bbec562e1db30f970f52 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 23:50 EST, 30 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:38 EST, 31 August 2012 . A large portion of New York City is going to be sprayed with a pesticide in an effort to fight West Nile virus. The announcement that parts of the city's Upper West Side and Central Park will be sprayed comes ... | Parts of the city's Upper West Side and Central Park will be sprayed .
Some of the highest West Nile Virus numbers in past decade .
Spraying will run from 1am to 6am Friday morning . |
f752f46f34edd632d9c63292ff5abf0c35035d7c | (CNN) -- On Sunday, a mystery photograph fluttered from the sky and landed near Leslie Hagelberg's mailbox in West Tulsa, Oklahoma. She soon discovered it had been blown from Shawnee, Oklahoma, some 90 miles away. More random items would rain from the heavens across eastern Oklahoma a day later, when the tornado that r... | Winds from the tornadoes that hit Oklahoma have scattered items hundreds of miles .
Photos, cards and letters have been found after storms hit Shawnee and Moore, Oklahoma .
Facebook pages have been created for people to post items they've found . |
f75325016a65495a3159a882cbac0b98093c67e4 | (CNN)Lighting up a freshly packed pipe is just the kind of afternoon delight iReporter robcat20 likes after dealing with a stressful day at work as an insurance agent. Usually he'll put on a movie from Netflix while enjoying a good smoke from Stella, his pipe. There's just one problem: Smoking marijuana is illegal in h... | Colorado recently became the first state to open recreational pot stores.
More than 55% of Americans say pot should be legalized nationwide, according to poll .
Meet six people who have smoked marijuana recreationally and want it legalized . |
f75357c5afaa026b7a3302d086e4115f0780e36a | One of the more prestigious Sydney properties to go under the hammer this weekend will be the North Shore home of Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove and his wife, Lady Lynne Cosgrove. The couple, who recently moved to their official residences at Kirribilli's Admiralty House and Government House in Canberra, are expec... | Governor-General Sir Peter Cosgrove's Neutral Bay semi will go under the hammer this weekend .
The 'Tuscan inspired' home enjoys sweeping views over North Sydney city and a sun-washed private garden .
Sir Cosgrove was recently appointed Australia's 26th Governor-General and was the first man to be knighted by PM Tony A... |
f7536e51e76df209180e503a7f81fef7b51948de | By . Lydia Warren and Beth Stebner . Last updated at 10:01 PM on 10th January 2012 . Following her husband's win in the 2008 presidential race, Michelle Obama wanted to stay with her daughters in Chicago rather than move to the White House, according to a new book. The Obamas, written by a New York Times journalist and... | New book claims first lady wanted to wait a year to join her husband .
She feared the 'presidential race was potentially a curse upon her children'
Despite appearances, she had an 'unhappy, difficult time in her new role'
Butted heads with Obama's aides, particularly chief of staff Rahm Emanuel . |
f753f0395a3f0a7795e0af345354d393f153c581 | (CNN) -- The Transportation Security Administration stood by its security officers Sunday after a Florida woman complained that her cancer-stricken, 95-year-old mother was patted down and forced to remove her adult diaper while going through security. Reports of the incident took hold in social media, with scores of co... | A 95-year-old woman was held up by TSA officers at a Florida airport, her daughter says .
The agents forced the cancer-stricken woman to take off her adult diaper, she adds .
The TSA insists its officers "acted professionally and according to proper procedure"
The woman's daughter says those procedures should be change... |
f75431575c6782d97ac1e33e3c588f9911859c2b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 07:15 EST, 18 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:04 EST, 18 March 2012 . The FBI has vowed to step in if the Met Police 'drop the ball' in its investigation into illegal activity within the Murdoch empire, it has been revealed. The U.S. Bureau already has access to all the evidence h... | U.S. Bureau already has access to all the evidence handed over by News Corp to Scotland Yard . |
f754a81ceabbdf61c1379ccf4a3e0fb0f4ccd632 | Graduate Liza Fitzpatrick, 36, says she was told to take her degree off her CV as it might help her get a job . After years of hard work, Liza Fitzpatrick was proud to put her degree on her CV. So she was understandably devastated when, she claims, a job centre adviser told her to take it off – because it made her ‘ove... | Liza Fitzpatrick has University of Hull degree in social & community care .
The 36-year-old former carer and shop assistant wanted to 'better herself'
She has applied for more than 200 roles since graduating last summer .
Claims local job adviser told her her degree made her look overqualified . |
f7559d5905511c60831b6b1d0cdddfcff0b45cf8 | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 22:12 EST, 31 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:52 EST, 1 November 2012 . The number of serious water pollution incidents has doubled in a year, the Environment Agency showed today. Pollution incidents in the water industry rose from 65 in 2010 to 120 in 2011 and most occurred within the se... | An Environment Agency report found pollution incidents in the water industry rose from 65 in 2010 to 120 in 2011 .
Most occurred within the sewer and water network .
Overall environmental performance by businesses is improving . |
f755d02c01fe997dd9c0127a3554b8733f7bbc82 | Rail minister Claire Perry has attacked the 'goodies' being offered to Scotland to keep it in the Union . Two-thirds of English MPs want generous subsidies to Scotland to be axed if the country voted to stay in the UK. David Cameron sparked fury among Tory MPs this week by pledging to keep the controversial Barnett for... | Claire Perry attacks the 'financial goody bags' on offer to Edinburgh .
Transport Minister said last ditch offers of more powers was 'appeasement'
Says it is not fair to offer 'raft of goodies paid for by us south of the border'
She expects Parliament to be recalled next week to discuss referendum . |
f755e1a9804f6e51fc7949d65fdd279a57948ec8 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 09:39 EST, 5 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:42 EST, 5 September 2012 . A £100,000 car ploughed into a family's back garden this morning - but when the startled homeowner ran out to tend to the driver, they discovered they had disappeared. The Audi R8 left the road and careered throu... | Expensive Audi ploughed into Hampshire back garden .
Homeowner ran to check on driver but they had disappeared .
Trail of destruction left after crash . |
f756a4417029107d4974363905875fda5a44778b | By . Jason Groves, Political Correspondent . A grieving mother yesterday condemned Nick Clegg for opposing tough new measures to tackle knife crime. Caroline Shearer said the Liberal Democrats appeared to have no understanding of the dangers posed to young people by knives as the furious public backlash against their o... | Nick Clegg has vowed to block 'headline grabbing' crackdown on knife crime .
Tories plan automatic six-month jail term for anyone caught twice with blade .
Mother whose son was stabbed to death aged 17 has blasted Deputy PM .
Caroline Shearer said Lib Dems have no idea of danger from knives . |
f7577d298e681bfebe96840dd1de95534eab5d02 | A mother sobbed in the dock yesterday after she admitted killing her three disabled children at the £2million family home. But Tania Clarence, 42, denied murder, instead accepting the lesser charge of manslaughter by diminished responsibility over the deaths of four-year-old Olivia and three-year-old twins Ben and Max.... | Tania Clarence pleaded guilty to manslaughter of her three disabled children .
Denied murder but admitted killing on grounds of diminished responsibility .
The 42-year-old sobbed in the dock as she entered her plea at Old Bailey .
Bodies of Olivia, four, and three-year-old twins Ben and Max found in April .
All three y... |
f758a0a6dc7c611d0a4fd3e9b6869ada2bd09fc2 | (CNN) -- President Barack Obama has turned off large parts of America through radicalism, incompetence and political ineptness. As my friend Barry Casselman argues, "Obama has the worst political tin ear I've seen at that level. (I realize he thinks he is bringing out his base vote). But he's almost daring most America... | Obama administration marked by radicalism, incompetence: Newt Gingrich .
Polls suggest younger voters are likely to break Republican, he says .
Republicans will gain six to 10 Senate seats in Tuesday's midterms, he says . |
f758ddeec6bee77cbd62f7553d2a671e3b313733 | By . Charlotte Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 19:27 EST, 18 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:28 EST, 18 May 2013 . After a legendary fall-out over food and fitness a year ago, Kate Moss and Gwyneth Paltrow have buried the hatchet – over a slice of pizza. Their argument began at Sir Philip Green's 60th birthday party in Mexico la... | Argument began at Sir Phillip Green's 60th birthday part in Mexico last year .
Gwyneth reportedly said she was jogging so she wouldn't look like Kate . |
f75971911396abc2a855fac48b72b6405d742342 | Tony Blair has said he will ‘never’ reveal the full truth about his relationship with Rupert Murdoch’s ex-wife. The former prime minister made headlines around the world last year following sensational allegations he had an affair with Wendi Deng, which prompted the billionaire media mogul to divorce her. Asked about t... | Affair allegations prompted Rupert Murdoch to divorce Wendi Deng .
Blair refused to comment when asked about the claims directly .
Tells Economist magazine the issue is 'not something I will ever talk about'
Profile piece says Blair then banged cup so loudly into saucer that it spilled .
'A large, dark pool of sweat ha... |
f7598d77c86e6d7921446f0c9152b1147d80479d | (CNN) -- She was trying to get help for her sister. Help for a woman who was distraught and uneven, having driven to Florida to get away from her husband. Who had gone, at her sister's urging, to a hospital only to sign herself out earlier in the day. A woman who was "talking about Jesus and that there's demons in my h... | NEW: Wilkerson's bond is set at $1.2 million, public defender says .
Ebony Wilkerson's sister called 911 asking for a well-being check .
Wilkerson signed herself out of a hospital; her sister worried she wasn't well .
After being stopped by police, Wilkerson drove into the Atlantic with kids in car . |
f75a23a70aa75adba2f04d3fc3e1a8233618d704 | By . John Hall . PUBLISHED: . 12:42 EST, 10 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:51 EST, 10 February 2014 . Scroll down for video . This is the shocking moment an elderly woman sparked mayhem on the roads after driving along a busy dual carriageway at 50mph in the wrong direction. Terrified drivers were forced to take . e... | Elderly woman drove her red Citroen in the wrong direction for 10 miles .
She tore along the busy A11 and A14 roads in Cambridgeshire at 50mph .
She was eventually brought to a halt after police set up a 'huge' road block .
The elderly woman is believed to be suffering from mental health issues .
Officers decided to le... |
f75aa84787fb410ae33b10ac3b5421ce2fa88184 | An elite Tory dining club that enjoys direct access to David Cameron in return for cash has given more than £43million to the party, it can be revealed. The secretive Leader’s Group of major donors is open only to those prepared to give the Conservatives at least £50,000 a year. In return, they are promised regular din... | Leader’s Group of major donors open only to those giving £50,000 a year .
Secrecy surrounding the events will raise suspicions, opponents warn .
Critic: Dining clubs is 'tip of the iceberg' in the world of secret influence .
An earlier version of this article said Alexander Temerko was wanted for fraud in Russia and th... |
f75b3f72fce3890fd84ff026ff1f4453a82d0c27 | Raymond van Barneveld produced one of the performances of the tournament so far as he blitzed Rowby-John Rodriguez in his first-round match at the World Darts Championship. The five-time world champion averaged an astonishing 125.25 and hit three straight 12 darters in the final set of his 3-0 crushing of the young Aus... | Raymond van Barneveld beats Rowby-John Rodriguez in first round .
Dutchman dropped just two legs as he smashed his opponent .
Barney hit three straight 12-darters and averaged 125.25 in the final set .
Michael Smith beats Mensur Suljovic in high-quality contest . |
f75b670af628bcb70e373a12512a4d06d75552d7 | Barack Obama has been accused of being disrespectful after being caught chewing gum during the Republic Day parade in India. A photo of the President removing the gum from his mouth before popping it back in, has been shared across Twitter. At the time, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi appears to be trying to explai... | U.S. President is on a three day relationship-building visit to India .
He was apparently pictured chewing gum during .
It has been suggested Obama was most probably chewing Nicorette .
Kicking the smoking habit is said to be a 'lifelong struggle' for Obama . |
f75b895f5d0ba79a50c49e0da59d5bfff36f5ece | (CNN) -- Malala Yousafzai, the Pakistani teenager whom the Taliban tried to murder, is asking a graduate school not to name its institution after her. Girls were afraid that attending the Malala Yousafzai Post Graduate College for Women in the Taliban-dominated Swat Valley would attract the attention of fighters like t... | Official: Girls at school newly named after the teen said they were afraid .
They fear naming the college after teen shot by Taliban would make them a target .
Malala Yousafzai called official to say her name should be removed .
Malala was attacked on her way to school October 9 by Taliban gunmen . |
f75ca5a73ffe768abd4b3ec954db90f21eaf8751 | By . Mail On Sunday Reporter . Rapid decline: Mother of one Sarah Tinay, 32, died within days of complaining about pain in her arm . A young mother died of a rare flesh-eating disease after a GP mistook her condition for a frozen shoulder. Sarah Tinay, 32, died within days of complaining about the pain in her arm. Her ... | Sarah Tiney, 32, died within days of complaining about pain in her arm .
Her GP had mistaken a rare flesh-eating disease for a frozen shoulder .
Husband Paul, 39, says he does not blame doctor for his wife's death . |
f75cdd6f3b886d5262d934097cdbfdbe4cabcc60 | (CNN) -- Hungry for the comforting food you grew up with? Thanks to some enterprising online retailers, your favorite regional flavors may be just a click away. Cookbook authors Matt and Ted Lee now split their time between New York and their childhood hometown of Charleston, South Carolina. But adjusting to the Big Ap... | Some regional treats are a comforting taste of home if you live elsewhere .
These include boiled peanuts from the South, New Jersey's pork rolls, Ohio's chili .
Some online venders will ship regional favorites to your door . |
f75cf6322fd470094a2984a5804285dfe283100f | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 05:38 EST, 19 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:18 EST, 19 February 2013 . He’s certainly not the type of man you would expect to simply ignore somebody who left him angry. And when Jeremy Clarkson had his Twitter account hacked yesterday morning by someone giving his 1.3million followers... | Top Gear host's Twitter account was hacked by weight-loss spammers .
Posted link to his 1.3millions to one of many acai berry scam websites .
Clarkson said he had 'special set of skills' and would 'find and kill them' |
f75d9dce0267ac13b0a5aef5c969a405959a7866 | (CNN) -- A high-profile defector from Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's regime fled the country because he is outraged over the government's brutality, an activist told CNN. Omar al Muqdad, a Syrian journalist and opposition activist, said he spoke to Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlas on Thursday night during an interview on Skyp... | NEW: Activist says Brig. Gen. Manaf Tlas doesn't plan to join the opposition at present .
Tlas was perhaps the most senior Sunni in Bashar al-Assad's regime, scholar says .
Tlas was disgusted with the killing of Sunnis, a Western official says .
The Tlas family knows "how the place is wired," a Syria expert says . |
f75dd46f7fae950c6a7cd90992fdee15a3f022be | By . Lucy Waterlow . PUBLISHED: . 06:48 EST, 18 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:35 EST, 18 May 2012 . She lives alone on a rural farm and spends her days in the company of sheep and border collies, so it's no wonder shepherdess Emma Gray has admitted she's lonely. The modern day Little Bo Peep rejected 21st century life t... | Emma Gray lives alone on a rural farm in Northumberland with only her animals for company .
The farm has no mains gas or electricity and is a 45-minute drive to the pub .
The shepherdess said she'd love to meet someone to share her life with but admits 'it's hard because it’s not really a job where you meet guys' |
f75df1d2effbc44951e4fefd5409be4fa5c68e04 | (CNN) -- Argentina battled to victory on Wednesday night in the team's first match since Diego Maradona's reign ended, while new France coach Laurent Blanc suffered defeat after dropping all 23 World Cup players. The South Americans' caretaker coach Sergio Batista fielded eight of the players who started in last month'... | Argentina beat Ireland 1-0 in team's first match since Diego Maradona's reign ended .
New France coach Laurent Blanc suffers 2-1 defeat in Norway after axing World Cup 23 .
World champions Spain and runners-up Netherlands held to 1-1 draws .
World Cup hosts South Africa beat quarterfinalists Ghana 1-0 in Johannesburg . |
f75e142201f18d9ed403372a31667f47a630eee7 | By . Emma Innes . PUBLISHED: . 19:03 EST, 20 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:03 EST, 20 November 2013 . About one in five people living with HIV in the UK are unaware they have the virus, figures show . About one in five people living with HIV in the UK are unaware they have the virus, figures show. Some 21,900 peopl... | 21,900 people out of 98,400 with HIV in the UK do not know they have it .
50% of the 6,360 people diagnosed in 2012 were diagnosed at a late stage .
The overall number of new cases was up 1% on the previous year .
45% of new cases were among heterosexuals, accounting for 2,880 cases .
Gay men remain the group most affe... |
f75e5bd9ac1de170fe10ef47383bdfbd48f2dd15 | By . Pete Jenson . Follow @@petejenson . Lionel Messi put pen to paper on a new contract with Barcelona that made him the highest-paid player in world football on £16.3million a year. The Barcelona forward was pictured with club president Josep Maria Bartomeu signing his new deal two days after the Spanish season ended... | Lionel Messi now paid more than Cristiano Ronaldo (£15m a year)
Barcelona forward pictured signing his new contract with club president .
Premier League's highest earner is Wayne Rooney (£15.6m a year)
It's Messi's seventh new deal in 11 years . |
f75e6e3b9cbe93dc110f85df3c319dcd2be639f4 | By . Paul Harris . PUBLISHED: . 13:33 EST, 4 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:30 EST, 4 January 2013 . Daphne Oxenford, former BBC presenter for Listen With Mother, has died at the age of 93. The presenter and actress became the voice behind 15 minutes of magic for a generation of children during the 1950s and 60s. The... | Presenter of legendary show died at the grand old age of 93 .
Daphne Oxenford was the voice behind Listen With Mother on BBC radio .
Iconic show was a children's favourite during the 1950s and 60s . |
f75e7ba6cc4ba730d9d1da564319e62ca50c444b | By . Alex Lazcano For Daily Mail Australia . Australia's first pizza vending machine has landed in Sydney, and the $12 treats have been such a hit the owner is already thinking about rolling more machines out. The brains behind the $40,000 Pizza Gio is George Pompei, who owns Pompei's pizza and pasta restaurant in Bond... | George Pompei has launched Australia's first pizza vending machine .
The machine is located in Westfield Chatswood in Sydney .
Customers can choose from two toppings, hot salami or margarita .
The pizzas take three minutes to bake and have already proven popular . |
f75ea5b13f3b356a822f5aa39a74440d95bb8adb | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:34 EST, 28 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:33 EST, 28 October 2013 . A police marksman shot himself dead after rowing with his girlfriend who had cheated on him with a colleague, an inquest heard today. Colin Smelt, 43, blasted himself in the chest with his police issue Glock... | PC Colin Smelts was a member of elite Special Protection Command .
He shot himself with his police issue Glock pistol at his Camden flat .
PC Smelts attempted suicide after previous relationship failed, inquest told .
Fragile PC had taken weapons home to practice suicide, coroner told .
Coroner Mary Hassell recorded a ... |
f75eace11f74f31358a7e659595135dd8b766b53 | Caterham have raised over £1million in just 48 hours in their controversial bid to make the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix. The cash-strapped team’s administrators revealed a plan on Friday to raise £2.35m in order to make the season finale in a fortnight’s time. The ‘crowdfunding’ scheme calls on fans to contribute a minimum of... | Administrators launched 'crowdfunding' project in bid to help F1 team .
Fans can contribute just £1 in exchange for car parts and merchandise .
Caterham claim they need £2.35m to make final race of season in Abu Dhabi .
And in hours ahead of Brazilian Grand Prix they passed the £1m mark . |
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