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f7a57183d726948a8432a007c1ac315747bd9acd | Conman: Dr Yilkyes Bala was a conman who led the high life and was chauffeur-driven in a black Bentley . Posing as a member of the Nigerian Royal family, he mingled with diplomats, captains of industry and senior police officers. Dr Yilkyes Bala was chauffeur-driven in a black Bentley and hosted sumptuous dinners at th... | Dr Yilkyes Bala lived the high life and was chauffeur-driven in a Bentley .
But the 'businessman' was a criminal running an immigration racket .
Investigators believe he helped 100 of his countrymen enter the UK illegally .
A corrupt .
Home Office worker sold him refugee .
passports for £1,500 each .
Dr Bala, 55, rece... |
f7a5d399466ce6d9b85e68295436185bce21661b | Life may really be out there. Astronomers have found the first evidence of habitable planets outside our own solar system. The discovery of the shattered remains of an asteroid which once contained huge amounts of water - crucial for life - has left scientists ‘incredibly excited’. It suggests that hundreds of millions... | Shattered remains of asteroid discovered 150 light years away from the Earth .
It is the first time that both water and a rocky surface have been found beyond our solar system .
Scientists believe it is a glimpse into the distant future of our own corner of the universe . |
f7a6325dc7cde88df6082127432c5685731504c0 | Police are hunting this speeding motorist who at first glance seems only to be concerned about the young girl he just ran over, but in reality he was simply threatening the traumatised teenager to not tell anyone. CCTV footage of the incident shows Zara Zaytseva, 13, waiting at traffic lights and beginning to cross whe... | Zara Zaytseva was struck by a car at a crossroads in Ufa, central Russia .
Amazingly she was able to stand up and walk after the shocking incident .
The driver stopped straight away and helped her cross the road .
But, while doing so, he threatened her and told her not to go to the police .
Shocking footage of the hit-... |
f7a67e664dde6fb0ffb625597fd9134b804ff1e9 | Donetsk, Ukraine (CNN) -- The world sees Ukraine in turmoil, a country divided between Russian speakers and Ukrainian nationalists, its towns and cities roiled by occupations, its highways dotted with improvised barricades. The reality is rather different. Only one town in eastern Ukraine -- Slovyansk, is truly held by... | World sees Ukraine in turmoil, but reality is different, writes CNN's Tim Lister .
Lister: Only one town in eastern Ukraine -- Slovyansk, is truly held by pro-Russian protesters .
But most people go about their lives almost oblivious to the upheaval, he writes .
There seem to be more weapons in circulation, compared to... |
f7a68da6defc7ffcdc10f05c52c8f159c2d1df88 | By . Anna Edwards . Braintree District Council took chicken farmer Anthony Block to court after one of the residents neighbouring the farm made a complaint . A magistrate has laughed a council out of court after they hauled a rural farmer to the dock for failing to stop his chickens crowing too loudly. Anthony Block, 5... | Anthony Block was charged with breaching a noise abatement notice .
Braintree District Council had not taken any decibel readings .
Farmer was given conditional discharge and must pay £115 legal costs . |
f7a72400c79b55f21512af6e63e3c4980c163951 | (CNN) -- Manchester City manager Roberto Mancini has said the English FA Cup winners could move for Atletico Madrid's Sergio Aguero. But Mancini suggested any move for the Argentina forward could depend on whether or not his compatriot Carlos Tevez completes a switch to Brazilian outfit Corinthians. The Italian coach s... | Roberto Mancini has suggested Manchester City could move for striker Sergio Aguero .
But Mancini said any move for the 23-year-old could depend on Carlos Tevez .
Tevez is currently the subject of negotiations between City and Corinthians .
Goalkeeper Shay Given has completed his move to Aston Villa on a five-year deal ... |
f7a7376dd887570fa9e597593e4e20854ca21c56 | Hilary Devey has claimed the £1,250 a day she was paid for appearing on Dragons' Den was a 'pittance' Dragons' Den star Hilary Devey has claimed the show paid its dragons a 'pittance' of £1,250 a day and the money was not enough to cover her expenses while working on the programme. Devey was a dragon on the BBC show fr... | Hilary Devey claims she earned a 'pittance' for working on Dragons' Den .
She said the £1,250 a day she was paid didn't even cover her expenses .
But the freight distribution entrepreneur is worth an estimated £100m .
The 57-year-old launched Pall-Ex in 1996 to fund her son's education .
But she admitted she would cons... |
f7a7adae02b0bb2d458ab3c1e1c753e60e3bc70a | By . Claire Bates . PUBLISHED: . 10:31 EST, 8 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:35 EST, 8 November 2012 . A toddler died shortly before his third birthday after a throat infection spread with devastating consequences. Ollie Hiscutt died after a streptococcal throat infection caused tissue damage behind his tonsil and s... | Ollie became ill after developing a step infection. It spread causing a major blood vessel to rupture in his throat .
The toddler was cremated on the day he would have celebrated his third birthday .
His family are raising money on behalf of the children's ward that cared for him at Wythenshawe Hospital . |
f7a802b35b7f753740f7de4aef322967cb842c18 | (CNN) -- Two-time world footballer of the year Ronaldinho has joined Flamengo on a four-year contract, the Brazilian club confirmed on Tuesday. The 30-year-old, whose star has fallen since being named the planet's best player in 2004 and 2005 while with Spanish club Barcelona, has left Italian league leaders AC Milan w... | Flamengo announce the signing of former Brazil international Ronaldinho .
The 30-year-old leaves Italian leaders AC Milan to pen a contract until 2015 .
He had been courted by hometown club Gremio, Palmeiras and Blackburn .
LA Galaxy's David Beckham begins his training stint with English club Tottenham . |
f7a8256155c472b200c727a064257c3347ee2913 | London Collections: Men kicked off with a bang today as Britain's best designers showcased their sartorial offerings for the coming season. And if Topshop Men's catwalk is anything to go by, our men will be wrapping up warm in shaggy sheepskin coats and even donning crop tops come Autumn. Sir Philip Green's Arcadia bra... | Topman Design was the first show of the day .
Sir Philip Green's brand set the agenda for AW15 .
Souped-up scarves, bowler shoes and shaggy coats are in fashion . |
f7a83b95df2312e1e2943178933c773b22968601 | A mother who was too fat for the Nintendo Wii - making her computerised character balloon when she stood on the Wii-Fit board - can now play with her children again after losing an incredible nine stone. Mrs Rose was horrified to be told by the Nintendo Wii that she was too heavy for the board when she went to play the... | The Wii-Fit console told her, that at 22st 6lb, it could not cope with her weight .
After years of battling the bulge, it was the stark wake-up call Deb Rose, 33 needed to lose weight . |
f7a83e0321d552748ce93697139c9a61179f2a5b | Professional footballers have been urged not to sign for clubs in Serbia because there is a good chance they will not get paid. FIFPro, the world players' union, and the Serbian players' union have warned players of severe financial problems in Serbian football, with eight of the 16 teams in the countries SuperLiga una... | World players' union FIFPro are wary of their members moving to Serbia .
Eight of the 16 teams in Serbia are unable to pay their employees .
Players at FK Radnicki 1923 were reportedly threatened by fans . |
f7a897c44b3188aafc4cedf8d83e61f6cafe0101 | Lewis Hamilton has continued to enjoy his time off from Formula One testing as he posted yet another selfie on Instagram - this time with supermodel Naomi Campbell. The reigning F1 champion has spent the last week or so in America, in that time partying with the likes of Kanye West and Jay Z, as well as attending the N... | Lewis Hamilton is currently in America as he enjoys time off during the Formula One off-season .
The 30-year-old posted a selfie of him and Naomi Campbell on Instagram on Tuesday .
Hamilton has spent time with the likes of Kanye West and Jay Z during the past week or so .
The new F1 season begins next month in Melbourn... |
f7a8aeda3344e0077f6884a6894d321eeb1c4542 | Lava from Hawaii's Kilauea volcano continues to move slowly through a vacant lot in a rural subdivision. Hawaii County spokesman Kevin Dayton says it looks like the lava will bypass homes in the Kaohe Homesteads subdivision. He says that as of Tuesday, the lava is about 19 days from reaching Pahoa Village Road. A geolo... | U.S. Geological Survey says the lava could cross a major highway within the next five days .
No evacuations have been ordered, but access to roadways to the community is restricted . |
f7a8c12412972b27c0b45bc3bddc93faaca830b3 | (CNN) -- The shocking scenes that unfolded at Sandy Hook Elementary School on Friday have added another name to the list of respectable but otherwise unremarkable towns forever scarred by tragedy. Communities like Aurora, Columbine and Newtown have found themselves on the front line of a deeply emotional debate about t... | Communities like Aurora, Columbine, Newtown on front line of gun control debate .
The right to bear arms is enshrined in the constitution of the United States .
Gun controls have been tightened across globe after massacres such as Dunblane .
Wave of public revulsion against Port Arthur massacre led to stricter controls... |
f7a92b470718a64dd3364f240349a06329d76322 | BANGKOK, Thailand (CNN) -- A Thai court has found deposed prime minister Thaksin Shinawatra guilty of corruption, and sentenced him in absentia to two years imprisonment. Thaksin Shinawatra lives in self-imposed exile in London. The case stemmed from a Bangkok land deal while Thaksin was in office. He was convicted of ... | Ex-PM Thaksin Shinawatra convicted of corruption, sentenced to jail .
Court rules Thaksin facilitated wife's purchase of Bangkok real estate in 2003 .
Thaksin, who lives in exile in UK, unlikely to serve time in jail . |
f7a949ae8c97a9b258dc68b168bfc97ebb1a8f1e | (CNN) -- Has the world of football bitten back? One of the game's most controversial characters, Luis Suarez, has been left off the 23-man longlist for the prestigious Ballon d'Or for "disgracing himself on the pitch." The award, which is voted for by coaches and captains of national teams and journalists across the wo... | The 23-name longlist for the Ballon d'Or has been revealed .
Cristiano Ronaldo won the title last year .
List will be whittled down to three names by December 1 .
Winner set to be announced on January 12 . |
f7a9c0363312d4e7b2fe12eba110577153925ce2 | By . Simeon Gholam . Follow @@SimGholam . Steven Gerrard has admitted that England shouldn't have pushed for the late winner in their heartbreaking defeat against Uruguay, and instead should have settled for the draw. His Liverpool team-mate Luis Suarez gave the South American side the lead before half time, but a clos... | England should have settled for the draw against Uruguay, admits Gerrard .
Luis Suarez gave Uruguay the lead before Wayne Rooney equaliser .
But Liverpool forward struck late on to break Three Lions' hearts .
If Italy fail to beat Costa Rica on Friday, then England will be eliminated . |
f7a9eb3d7cc16ca200b6cd2a196f460d98833ff1 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 08:57 EST, 5 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:17 EST, 5 August 2013 . A bus driver was sucked from the vehicle's window when he crashed into a truck - after reversing down a motorway because he missed a turning. The horrific smash killed the truck driver, flung ten people from the bus an... | Driver and ten passengers flung from bus in smash on Chinese motorway .
Truck driver killed after bus began reversing down motorway . |
f7aa0f9e53cf80054e91e6fc782bd234583295ca | By . David Mccormack . A 34-year-old mom and reality TV star has been arrested on suspicion of raping a minor. Andrea Clevenger appears in TLC’s Cheer Perfection along with her competitive cheerleader daughter Kylie. Clevenger turned herself in to authorities in Sherwood, Arkansas, on Tuesday morning after two felony ... | Andrea Clevenger, 34, has been arrested on suspicion of raping a minor in Sherwood, Arkansas .
She turned herself in to police on Tuesday after two warrants were issued .
She is accused of rape and of engaging children in sexually explicit conduct for use in a visual or print medium .
The boy's parents contacted local... |
f7aa875981e62b1f4a2d4d7b29090da90c14ff25 | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 11:12 EST, 17 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:15 EST, 17 July 2013 . A man has been arrested after police found 56 skulls and other human skeletal remains which had been stolen from graves in a museum at his home. Police conducted a search of the house in Austria's Burgenland province aft... | 47-year-old .
had tried to sell three of the .
skulls at flea market .
Police conducted a search of the house .
in Austria's Burgenland province .
Man has been charged with 'disturbing the peace of the dead' |
f7aa8b32255052b0d76046daae4dd16b2f7d99b2 | New Delhi (CNN) -- India's parliament on Saturday debated demands by a 74-year-old anti-corruption activist in what an opposition leader called a "historic occasion" for lawmakers to come together in the fight against graft. The discussion came on the 12th day of campaigner Anna Hazare's hunger strike calling for a pow... | Lawmakers debate the demand on the 12th day of Anna Hazare's fast .
Talks with the government hit a roadblock over three of his demands .
Opposition leader says her group agrees with Hazare's outstanding demands .
Hazare's hunger strike has also drawn criticism . |
f7aa8d3b293a56995eef680a232fff4e38a7e017 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Josh Hardy, the cancer-stricken little boy who 'miraculously' recovered after getting an experimental drug, has returned home. His jubilant mother announced the news to her hundreds of followers on social media Wednesday. Josh Hardy from Fredericksburg, . Virginia, who was battling cancer and... | Josh Hardy from Fredericksburg, Virginia, was battling cancer and an accompanying infection .
But after a viral social media campaign he was allowed to be a part of a new clinical trial for brincidofovir, which is being developed by Chimerix .
He is now nearly recovered and has been allowed to return home after six and... |
f7aaa11efae75890e540d647751f25d48dc3a5eb | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . Power firms have been ordered to pay another £3.3million for leave families in the dark at Christmas. Regulator Ofgem said SSE and UK Power Networks (UKPN) must pay the extra compensation - taking the total sum to £8million - after a probe into how they handled power cut... | SSE and UK Power Networks have now been fined a total of £8million .
Almost 16,000 families were left without power for more than 48 hours .
Ofgem says: 'A power cut at Christmas time is the last thing anyone needs'
Minimum compensation for 24-hour power cuts to rise from £27 to £70 . |
f7aab867d52c9c39b2b369d2dd104fb00fc0f566 | Wales prop Aaron Jarvis is expected to be sidelined for 'around six weeks' after suffering a pectoral muscle injury. It is a latest front-row blow for Jarvis' regional team the Ospreys, who are also currently without his fellow props Nicky Smith, Ryan Bevington and Duncan Jones. Jarvis was hurt during Wales' 12-6 victo... | Wales prop Aaron Jarvis picked has suffered a pectoral muscle injury .
Jarvis sustained the injury during Wales' 12-6 victory over South Africa .
The Ospreys are currently without a raft of props .
Nicky Smith, Ryan Bevington and Duncan Jones are all our injured . |
f7aabaec554cd654f6d982f5e26087703bd5c51d | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 03:12 EST, 7 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:17 EST, 7 August 2013 . A computer designed to tell witty one-liners has been criticised for being sexist and un-PC. Scientists at the University of Edinburgh created the software to tell one-line jokes using a simple set of rules in w... | Software creates comedy by finding a connection between pairs of words .
It then produces one-liner jokes based on the comedians nicluding Tommy Cooper .
However some of its jokes have been criticised for being sexist . |
f7aac614888ffc7299dc85563471567816e02948 | Beirut, Lebanon (CNN) -- A car bomb rocked a stronghold of the Lebanese Shiite militant group Hezbollah on Tuesday morning, injuring dozens of people in a southern suburb of the capital. Fifty-three people were hurt in the blast in the Bir El Abed neighborhood, Lebanese Health Minister Ali Hassan Khalil told Hezbollah'... | 53 people are injured, Lebanon's health minister reports .
The blast targets a Hezbollah stronghold in a southern Beirut suburb .
The blast damaged buildings in the Bir El Abed neighborhood . |
f7aad09e25cda0fedb22894e72e6eb53fc7d950e | By . David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 19:03 EST, 18 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:51 EST, 19 July 2013 . Anyone familiar with New York City in the middle of a heat wave will know it can get pretty sticky and uncomfortable, but imagine if the entire city was moved to the bottom of the Grand Canyon. Swiss photographer Gus ... | Swiss photographer Gus Petro was so inspired after visiting two of the nation's most iconic locations for the first time that he decided to juxtapose them.
His collection of stunning images show .
what the bustling metropolis of New York would look like if somehow magically .
relocated into the wide open spaces at the ... |
f7aadd31fd22312f88368947f6de9551ff7037d5 | By . Joanna Corrigan . Last updated at 11:22 AM on 6th September 2011 . Up to 750,000 people could die from famine in East Africa over the next four months, the United Nations has warned. The UN says some 12 million people across the region, and four million in Somalia alone, are in need of food aid. The top humanitari... | 66% more at risk of starving to death than in July .
Four million people in Somalia alone need food aid .
UN official warns: 'It's a race against time' |
f7aae4556483dff8c6bfc0cabd36158937ea2eec | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Building upon the success of the Green Week franchise, CNN International expands its environmental coverage this year with special Earth Day reports on April 22, and plans additional specials in July and October and a series of comprehensive reports around the Copenhagen Climate Conference in D... | CNN International to broadcast series of reports on Earth Day, April 22 .
Additional specials are planned for July and October .
CNN plans in-depth reporting around Copenhagen Climate Conference . |
f7ab0b4d4032fbcfc5f7840c76d2f028b4871ab2 | There isn’t a single country in the world where a woman can earn as much as a man for doing the same job and it is likely to be another 81 years before that gender gap closes, according to a new report by the World Economic Forum. In the U.S., the wage gap between men and women closed by just one percent in the past ye... | U.S. ranked a disappointing 65th among the 142 countries in the WEF report in terms of wage equality .
America did however move up three places to 20th on the overall annual gender equality list .
The annual report looks at factors including health, education and political participation in 142 countries . |
f7ab33cb72fc53fd4dc9660280362cc16cd6ecda | (CNN) -- The MV Rachel Corrie, a cargo ship loaded with humanitarian aid and bound for Gaza in defiance of an Israeli blockade, is on track to arrive there Saturday, according to the Free Gaza Movement. The 19 people aboard the vessel -- which is owned by the Free Gaza Movement -- include activists and crew members who... | NEW: White House encourages activists to go to Ashdod .
Passengers refuse Israeli offer to offload in Israel, Irish minister says .
Ship to arrive Saturday .
Activists vow not to stop until they reach Gaza . |
f7ab4980b937da3ab814a54772570286e268e18d | Passport chiefs are targeting 100 postcode areas for fraud investigations as they tackle the backlog which hit hundreds of thousands of families, it has been revealed. Staff at the Passport Office have been ordered to give extra scrutiny to applications for travel documents for children from districts on the watchlist.... | The move is in a bid to clear delays affecting more than 360,000 people .
More than 40 are in London - many have high ethnic minority population .
Other areas are Manchester, Edinburgh, Birmingham, Nottingham and Leeds .
Critics say innocent people could face delays because of where they live . |
f7ac629b3f69421b9461036ecc0866d95fe1b1e1 | (CNN) -- For Muslims around the world, Eid al-Adha is a time of celebration, marked by visits from far-flung relatives, gift-giving and elaborate feasts. But this year, the joyous occasion Tuesday was marred by bomb blasts and deaths in violence-plagued Afghanistan and Iraq, and in civil war-wracked Syria. In southern ... | ISAF service member killed in southern Afghanistan .
In eastern Afghanistan, a bomb inside a mosque kills a governor .
In Iraq, worshippers are targeted as they leave a prayer service .
In Syria, three children are killed . |
f7ac938e0a3983fb5ace26fa92733a95cd0be2cd | By . Ellie Buchdahl . PUBLISHED: . 08:09 EST, 9 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:40 EST, 9 September 2013 . A grandmother was shot as she tried to break up a fight between two brothers over a mobile phone. Marian Hall, 83, tried to intervene to stop her adult grandsons from hurting one another in an argument, which s... | One brother charged after fight over phone in Miami-Dade, Florida .
Kenneth Smith, 23, allegedly aimed to shoot brother Robert Hill, 28 .
Marian Hall, 83, said to be in stable condition in hospital after bullet hit her in the leg . |
f7acc8189e23811e19889d65369917f618856b06 | A traffic warden has been sacked after he was caught using visitor permits to avoid a parking fine. Nicholas Brzezinski, 64, used the permits on his Nissan Primera while working as a parking warden in Portsmouth. He was investigated when Portsmouth City Council were tipped off that staff were abusing parking rules, an... | Parking warden Nicholas Brzezinski, 64, used visitor permits in Portsmouth .
Mr Brzezinski said he did it so he wouldn't get a parking ticket while at work .
Admitted one count of possessing an item for use in connection with fraud . |
f7ad614fb49a9a94091240aca7da5bcc3b430355 | Cabinet Secretary Sir Jeremy Heywood, pictured, will form part of a three-strong interview panel for the BBC Trust chairman job . Britain's most powerful civil servant will help choose the next chairman of the BBC Trust. Sir Jeremy Heywood will be part of a three-strong interview panel for the £110,000 post, vacated by... | Sir Jeremy Heywood part of three-strong interview panel for £110,000 post .
BBC insiders question why he has been asked to help choose next BBC Trust chairman .
The job description has been tweaked so time commitment is less onerous .
Change could make post more attractive for candidates such as Lord Coe . |
f7ae25006ab8f8e2beeb218acbc5d273376d54ec | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:00 EST, 12 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:57 EST, 12 February 2013 . Self-proclaimed 'party princess' Karlie Tomica had a blood-alcohol content that was three times the legal limit when she allegedly killed South Beach chef Stefano Riccioletti in a hit-and-run. Tomica, a 20... | Karlie Tomica, 20, reportedly heading home from work at high-end bar .
Allegedly struck executive chef Stefano Riccioletti early Monday morning and immediately fled scene .
Good Samaritan who witnessed alleged crime followed Tomica to her apartment while calling 911 .
Tomica arrested for fleeing the scene but later pos... |
f7ae69055bea2af0f8d42b4cfe94a5118b73afe2 | (CNN) -- The strongest earthquake in 25 years in Northern California's Bay Area struck early Sunday, injuring dozens of people, damaging historic buildings in downtown Napa and turning fireplaces into rubble. The 6.0-magnitude quake struck just six miles southwest of Napa, California's famed wine country. "Everything a... | One hospital treats more than 170 people, most suffering bruises and cuts .
Young child in critical condition flown out for treatment, authorities say .
California governor declares state of emergency .
Water main ruptures and fires break out; at least 15,000 people without power . |
f7aebb23b7e5ffcb28db71352b7687a412769ae0 | It's a day when the line between the life and death is blurred. The Day of the Dead is a Latin American tradition that coincides with All Saints Say and All Souls Day on 1 and 2 November. The festival is joyously celebrated in Mexico, with families decorating the graves of departed relatives with marigolds and candles.... | 4,000-year-old festival has its origins in a pre-Hispanic Aztec belief that the dead return to Earth one day each year .
Believers say the line between life and death is blurred during the festival, which coincides with All Souls Day .
In India and Bangladesh, Christian nuns gather at graves whilst in Haiti, people ch... |
f7aed2c4d46fdd1cb8c408c7ef515c91f1fb3a31 | By . Travelmail Reporter . var twitterVia = 'travelmail'; . DM.has('shareLinkTop', 'shareLinks', { . 'id': '2705520', . 'title': 'Passenger thrown off a flight sneaks onto an empty plane', . 'url': 'http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2705520/I-wanted-prove-bad-airport-security-says-passenger-manages-... | Lee Jezard, 22, missed his flight to Ibiza so got drunk in an airport bar .
He crawled through a tunnel behind luggage conveyor belt in the airport .
He then climbed up a flight of stairs against an empty plane on the airfield .
When cleaners found him in the aircraft toilet, he claimed he was the co-pilot . |
f7af385a7d8300da674dd853c10a2da9b78fa201 | By . Harriet Hernando . The US television show Glee may have to change its name when shown in the UK after losing a High Court battle with a Midlands comedy club. A judge ruled that the hit musical stole the name trademarked by British chain The Glee Club, which has venues in Birmingham and Nottingham. Judge Wyand dire... | Mark Tughan trademarked The Glee Club a decade before the show came out .
He argued customers were being put off comedy club because of is association with the teen musical .
Judge ruled that the hit television show infringed the club's copyright .
Fox was ordered to pay £100,000 to Mr Tughan as an interim payment .
Or... |
f7af58f7f664e9fcdda7acad69f2f0441563deb9 | By . Maria Lewis . While Star Wars fans around the world celebrated May the 4th - international Star Wars Day - with screenings and costumes, Los Angeles-based fanatic Dan Steininger did so with a very unique approach. The Lego Master Builder - one of only seven in the world - flew into Australia from the US to break t... | Darth Vader figure was four metres high and made from 250,000 bricks .
Yoda figure was two metres high .
Dan Steininger, from LA, flew from the U.S. to Australia for the display . |
f7b0966046f6fe0e7971e2381cd9df36762ebac9 | By . Corey Charlton . Speculation is mounting that giant panda Tian Tian is pregnant after staff at Edinburgh Zoo confirmed they were 'pretty sure' she is expecting. Tian Tian was artificially inseminated with samples from the zoo’s male panda, Yang Guang, in April, after introductions between the pair were attempted b... | Edinburgh Zoo's giant panda Tian Tian has conceived following artificial insemination using samples from male panda Yang Guang .
However the species' biological trait of 'delayed implantation' means total certainty of pregnancy still not possible .
If successful, a new baby panda could be born as early as next month an... |
f7b0e35e08ad9eb260942814290a5fdc5d191a68 | So full of life: Lanna Hamann, 16, was vacationing with friends in Mexico last week when she went into cardiac arrest after spending a day downing energy drinks on the beach . A 16-year-old girl vacationing in Mexico with her friends suddenly died from a heart attack over the weekend, and her mother believes that energ... | Lanna Hamman, a sophomore from Arizona, passed away in Rocky Point, Mexico, after spending a day on the beach consuming energy drinks .
Friends said the 16-year-old softball star did not drink any water .
Her family are trying to raise $13,000 to bring the teenager's body back to Arizona for burial . |
f7b146073575ccedf141c5f72b001b05b80b48bd | Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- High in the hills above the Haitian capital, artist Levoy Exil paints at his terrace studio. The man who began a career using beets, carrots, tomatoes and black beans for paint creates vibrant abstractions of life and nature. A year ago, he infused a celestial oil painting with hues of p... | Among earthquake's destruction were museums, galleries with artistic treasures .
"They're painting their lives. They're recording their history," expert says of Haiti artists .
Artist sifts through rubble to save artwork in order to preserve history . |
f7b184ae5583a31b368fa48e461af535b06e2200 | Sunday set to usher in cold spell as weather is drawn in from the wintery east . By . Tom Gardner . Last updated at 9:34 AM on 3rd March 2012 . Wild flowers burst into vivid colour as Spring arrived in its full glory across much of the UK. The unusually balmy temperatures also brought sun worshipers flocking to the UK'... | Sunday set to usher in cold spell as weather is drawn in from the wintery east .
February's big freeze ruins Britain's biggest Daffodil Festival after more than £1m of flowers failed to bloom . |
f7b1a0295ada9e0a10ce58870910d326a4639aaf | Nazi dictator Adolf Hitler squirrelled away a massive fortune using cash he had 'earned' from his image rights and personal appearances as well as his refusal to pay £1.75 million in income tax. The Fuhrer even levied a royalty on German stamps featuring his image, with the cash hidden in his secret bank accounts. The ... | Nazi dictator 'refused' to pay tax on the millions he earned from image rights .
Hitler's will tried to cover up any trace of his secret assets .
The secret was discovered by a German Jew working for British Intelligence .
New documentary estimates Hitler could be worth more than £3 billion .
Relatives of Hitler could ... |
f7b3e261b190719647e4c49ae74bf15c82359047 | London (CNN) -- Protesters made "some contact" with Prince Charles' wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, during a demonstration in London last week, Home Secretary Theresa May said Sunday. May, whose responsibilities include domestic security, refused to confirm Camilla was "poked with a stick," as some British media hav... | NEW: 21-year-old arrested for swinging on a flag at war memorial .
The heir to the British throne and his wife drove through protests Thursday .
They were not hurt .
Police release photos of 14 people they want to question over violence at the demonstration . |
f7b470e95100924a429120921303f14b5460147d | American Horror Story actress Jamie Brewer has become the first woman with Down syndrome to walk the runway at New York Fashion Week. The 30-year-old strutted the catwalk in designer Carrie Hammer’s show on Thursday morning wearing a bespoke ensemble which was inspired by her roles on the popular FX horror series. 'You... | American Horror Story star Jamie Brewer took to the catwalk at Carrie Hammer's fashion show on Thursday .
The 30-year-old walked the runway as a part of the designer's Role Models Not Runway Models campaign . |
f7b4d2bb885c61d1f7f24a26d04da2b6562a21ea | Aaron Hernandez -- already accused of first-degree murder -- was indicted Thursday on charges stemming from a jailhouse fight, a district attorney's office in Massachusetts said. A grand jury in Bristol County on Thursday afternoon indicted Hernandez, 24, on charges of assault and battery tied to the February 25 alterc... | District attorney's office: Hernandez is charged with assault and battery tied to fight .
He allegedly punched a fellow inmate in February .
The ex-football star is in jail on a murder charge for Odin Lloyd's death . |
f7b58a1076da69e5538222b970e0d3fcab23290f | Real Madrid 1-0 Liverpool - Click here to read Martin Samuel's match report from the Bernabeu . A glance at the tweets, forum postings and comments coming out of Merseyside would suggest that Brendan Rodgers still has more Liverpool fans for him than against. So the jury is split. To those who say Rodgers ran up the wh... | Brendan Rodgers attracted criticism for fielding a weakened team in Liverpool's 1-0 defeat to Real Madrid on Tuesday night .
Reds boss had one eye on Saturday's Premier League clash with Chelsea .
Rodgers rested seven of his usual first-team starters at the Bernabeu .
Champions League last-16 qualification still hangs ... |
f7b5a08cf08c922519d1fa99ef6fdc293f76e715 | By . Lizzie Edmonds . Mafia mobsters are not all psychopaths despite their reputation for being gangsters who kill, traffic drugs and kidnap, a new study claims. Italian researchers Schimmenti and colleagues, who are based in the birthplace of the mafia Sicily, went to a prison in Palermo to interview 30 convicted mobs... | Italian researchers questioned convicted mobsters in Palermo jail .
Found none of the 30 interviewees showed psychotic characteristics .
Used the Hare Psychopathy Checklist - which tests whether people have a selection of behaviours associated with psychopathy . |
f7b681db2c64d0e0592279818e51ffd7d54cb497 | By . Leon Watson for MailOnline . The North-South divide over the cost of a home has widened even further as new figures show asking prices in London are 42 per cent higher than before the recession. A study by property website Rightmove has found house sellers' asking prices in Cambridgeshire, Berkshire, Surrey and th... | Study by property website Rightmove found gap is widening .
Strongest gains made in London, Cambridgeshire, Berkshire & Surrey .
Biggest falls in Co Durham, Isle of Wight, West Yorks and Teesside . |
f7b6a4cc24174ef682f06a81c9fd97a5a2b38043 | By . Kerry Mcqueeney . UPDATED: . 04:38 EST, 6 March 2012 . A house once lived in by artist Vincent Van Gogh is to go under the hammer for £475,000 - and comes complete with its very own outside toilet. Described by estate agents as a property in need of 'modernisation', the three-storey property has no central heating... | Painter's former house goes on the market for the first time in 65 years .
Dutch artist lived at the home in 1873 after coming to the capital to work . |
f7b6e48e47b5ebd99a6b5a2c48aec362232c13a2 | By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . Vast glaciers in West Antarctica seem to . be locked in an irreversible thaw linked to global warming that may . push up sea levels for centuries, according to scientists. In a few hundred years they say the irreversible melt that has already started could eventually add four to 12 feet (1.2... | New studies say the melting of the West Antarctic ice sheet is unstoppable .
Parts will completely melt in a few centuries and drastically raise sea levels .
Combined with other glaciers it could add four feet to Earth's oceans .
It is occuring faster than predicted and has 'passed the point of no return'
Curbing carbo... |
f7b712c199effe9d704b2b57ead791fe12b6dde9 | A Los Angeles judge has declined a bid from attorneys for Roman Polanski to close the 1977 child sex case against the Oscar-winning director, a court spokeswoman said on Wednesday. The decision by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Brandlin on Tuesday is the latest defeat for the filmmaker in having the case dismis... | There is a warrant for Polanski's arrest in the United States for the 1977 rape of a 13-year-old girl to which he pleaded guilty .
The decision by Los Angeles Superior Court Judge James Brandlin on Tuesday is the latest defeat for the filmmaker who cannot return to the US .
Lawyers for the French director argued that h... |
f7b73b7f7f95c187b2f37a5cbdfa1b45a7821e87 | Auburn, Maine (CNN) -- A quiet lobbying campaign by a low-key man from Maine could determine which party controls the Senate next year. Sen. Angus King, a Maine Independent, is holding private conversations with Independent Senate candidates to urge them against siding with Democrats or Republicans before the election.... | Angus King is urging Independent Senate candidates against siding with either party .
King is talking to Kansas Senate candidate Greg Orman and Larry Pressler of South Dakota .
King won't say which party he'll join next year . |
f7b76e56920f399c50c689963481f1536172eb17 | (CNNMoney.com) -- Is it possible to retire by 50 with an income under $60,000? Ryan and Hope Wells think so. Hope and Ryan Wells, who make a combined $56,000 per year, want to retire early with more than $2 million. Married since 2005, the young Arkansas couple is just starting out. Ryan, 25, works as a used car salesm... | Ryan and Hope Wells hope ambitious financial plan will make them millions .
Their low cost of living helps; credit card debt, student loans pose obstacles .
Expert says they're on their way, but may not be able to retire by 50 . |
f7b7b737570aae27dd1a36f1ddde3ae4fa32c8de | The medical examiner says an unarmed man who intervened in a confrontation between police and a knife-wielding assailant died of a gunshot to the back after police fired shots. NYPD spokesman Stephen Davis says Rafael Laureano was 'inadvertently' struck by a police bullet on Monday in Brooklyn. The assailant, Francisco... | Female bodybuilder Katarzyna Russo's ex-boyfriend Francisco Carvajal invaded her Brooklyn apartment Monday night .
Carvajal brought with him knives and tried to get into a locked bathroom to reach Russo and her two children .
Her boyfriend, Rafael Laureano, tried to help, but died shortly after being stabbed and hit by... |
f7b7d05c35fac79729f582a26002409d2eaad6df | Brain tissue has been made in a laboratory for the first time amid hopes the work could aid research into dementia and head injuries (file picture) Brain tissue has been created in a laboratory for the first time amid hopes the work could aid research into dementia and head injuries. So-called brain 'doughnuts' made fr... | Brain tissue created in laboratory for first time by researchers in America .
Tissue takes form of 'doughnut' made from partitioned nerve cells and fibres .
The work could accelerate research in to head injuries and dementia .
It may also provide alternative to distressing tests conducted on animals . |
f7b7ff0c76ed74a53daa02166efd755ef1afe676 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 23:34 EST, 19 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:16 EST, 20 August 2012 . The wife of a fallen Chinese politician who confessed to killing her lover, British businessman Neil Heywood, has today avoided execution. A Chinese court sentenced Gu Kailai, wife of ousted politician Bo Xilai, to d... | Gu Kailai admitted lacing British businessman's drink with cyanide .
Wife of high ranking Chinese politician will probably spend 14 years in prison .
Poisoning happened after her lover 'threatened her playboy son'
Media denied access to court to hear trial of 'China's Jackie Kennedy' |
f7b875b55325795624fc3afe761d0d2990d68951 | Ponocos cop killer Eric Frein wrote a chilling description of his cold-blooded sniper attack on a Pennsylvania State Police barracks in which he shot dead one trooper and gravely wounded a second. 'Friday, September 12, got a shot around 11pm, he dropped. I was surprised at how quick,' the diary reads. 'I took a follow... | Eric Frein's diary describing his September 12 attack on two Pennsylvania State troopers was found at a campsite in the Poconos .
Frein has evaded a massive police manhunt for nearly a month .
Diary shows he had no connection to either trooper he shot and did not target anyone specifically .
State police released digit... |
f7b87922bf94384dfa37fe615f50d2e2e3cf5e42 | By . Sean Gallagher for MailOnline . Andriy Shevchenko says new Liverpool striker Mario Balotelli can reignite himself as a fantastic player again after a frustrating spell in Italy with AC Milan. The maverick forward struggled for form during his 19-month stint at the Italian giants, but Milan legend Shevchenko believ... | Shevchenko believes Balotelli can come good at new side Liverpool .
The maverick forward joined the Reds for £16million last week .
Balotelli endured a difficult spell in Italy with AC Milan .
Milan legend Shevchenko says the 24-year-old deserves another chance to turn his career around . |
f7b8b8679ac6004ae236c800a19ca8fcdd944304 | For every couple buying their first home together is momentous life event. And with a price tag of £3.6million Euan and Suzanne Blair's new marital home in central London is more than a new couple could ever dream of. But the new Mrs Blair is not the Mrs Blair listed on the property deeds. Land Registry documents have ... | New bride Suzanne Blair is not listed on the deeds of the couple's home .
Euan and his wife tied the knot in September at the Blair's £5.75million mansion in the Buckinghamshire countryside .
But the 30-year-old has bought his new home with mother Cherie Blair .
Six-bedroom Marylebone mansion was purchased for £3,625,... |
f7b8e495da44d39f41d3e25b1b8e6b0b8c8a06c0 | (CNN) -- More than 1 million babies born prematurely die each year before they are a month old, the March of Dimes said Sunday in the first comprehensive global report on premature births. A premature baby rests at a hospital in Kabul, Afghanistan, in October 2007. The organization suggested the situation could worsen ... | March of Dimes: Nearly 10 percent of world's births are premature .
More than 85 percent of premature births are in developing parts of Africa, Asia .
But North America has world's second-highest premature birth rate .
Doctors have yet to identify a reliable remedy to prevent early labor, group says . |
f7b9426883664181ad7b7eb079df0a2275659104 | Imprisoned killer Joran Van der Sloot is now a father after his wife of three months gave birth to a baby girl. The child was born on Sunday in Lima, Peru - far from the remote prison where van der Sloot is serving a 28-year sentence for killing a Peruvian business student in 2010, his attorney Maximo Altez said. The c... | Van der Sloot's daughter was born on Sunday in Lima, Peru and named Dushy by his wife after the killer's grandmother .
He is serving a 28-year prison sentence for killing a Peruvian business student in 2010 .
Van der Sloot married 25-year-old Leidy Figueroa, a trainee Peruvian accountant, in July .
The killer also rema... |
f7b987df207b8df7eb2f4b3d06f202d2b81c5f64 | A grieving father revealed yesterday how hospital staff told him they had saved his daughter after the bomb blast when they had actually treated her friend. Krystle Campbell, 29, was named as the second person to die in the Boston Marathon outrage.She had joined her friend, Karen Rand, near the finishing line to cheer ... | Krystle Campbell was with a friend watching friend's boyfriend run when bomb struck .
Father was told she had survived .
Krystle had been mistaken for her friend because she was carrying her ID .
Devastated dad only learned the truth 12 hours later .
She was 'the daughter that every father dreams to have'
Krystle was l... |
f7b9aee37eb309951bd570377793a8f06799d00a | (CNN) -- Paris St Germain have completed the signing of Barcelona's Brazilian left-back Maxwell on a three-and-a-half year contract for an undisclosed fee. The 30-year-old finalized his move on Thursday after passing a medical and agreeing personal terms with the big-spending French league leaders. Maxwell, who has nev... | Brazilian defender Maxwell has completed his transfer to Paris St Germain .
The 30-year-old left-back joins on a three-and-a-half-year deal from Barcelona .
Maxwell made 57 league appearances for Barcelona, winning 10 trophies in two years . |
f7badc14a02fc2b7c4228af5ec5eeeae0aa2ef3f | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Nadya Suleman says she is so determined to build a future for her 14 young children that she is now willing to act in a porn film, although she would not touch another "human's flesh." "I wouldn't even kiss somebody for money," Suleman told HLN "Showbiz Tonight" correspondent Nischelle Turner. "I w... | NEW: Nadya Suleman files for bankruptcy Monday .
"I wouldn't even kiss somebody for money," she tells "Showbiz Tonight"
Despite house foreclosure, Suleman says she and her 14 children won't be homeless .
She gave birth to octuplets three years ago . |
f7bb5720c02e11b6db1fde7fc40b635f968121f3 | (CNN) -- The nation's aviation security chief on Thursday defended his recent decision to again permit knives aboard commercial flights, despite concerns from major airlines and their flight crews, and sharp criticism from some members of Congress. John Pistole, administrator of the Transportation Security Administrati... | TSA administrator: "I think the decision is solid and it stands"
Congresswoman: "You need to stop this now"
New rules would allow knives with blades up to 2.36 inches long on airlines .
Groups for airlines, screeners, air marshals, flight attendants and pilots have concerns . |
f7bc147daaa9de09d02cc474fac609acf1d33648 | (CNN) -- Wrigley has decided to stop production, sales and marketing of their new caffeinated gum, the Food and Drug Administration announced Wednesday. The company's decision follows meetings with the FDA to discuss the government agency's concerns about the effect the gum has on children and adolescents. Alert Energy... | Wrigley introduced Alert Energy Caffeine Gum earlier this month .
The FDA met with Wrigley to discuss concerns about the product's caffeine content .
A number of caffeinated gums are still on the market . |
f7bc96ba194f5797e971fb5886f62cd13d5f1ffd | Ten thousand scientologists are expected to descend on Clearwater, Florida this weekend for the grand opening of a 'cathedral' which has been under construction for 15 years. The $145million Flag Building is a massive seven-story, 377,000-square-foot complex and the tallest building in Clearwater, which is the 'spiritu... | The Flag Building is the tallest build in Clearwater, Florida and the home to Scientology's 'Super Power' program .
The Super Power program was designed by the religion's founder L Ron Hubbard in the 1970s .
The church broke ground on the building in 1998 but stooped construction for several years .
After 15 years of c... |
f7bc9fa61d1047d467935bfb0d890fa8505de8b3 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:39 EST, 1 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:56 EST, 1 June 2012 . Nancy Reagan appeared to be recovering well as she recently endorsed Mitt Romney after she broke her ribs from a fall weeks ago. The former first lady served the presumptive Republican nominee lemonade and cookies a... | Mrs Reagan said that her 'Ronnie' would have liked Romney's business background and what she calls his 'strong principles' |
f7bca0e2c6b465a96b66b750ed33c26a4fc59206 | By . Helen Pow and David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 09:09 EST, 9 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:30 EST, 9 August 2013 . A stripper was found guilty on Thursday of the attempted murder of her fiance who had drained his 401k supporting her before ending their relationship. Vicky Miller, 44, of Plano, Texas, was sentenced ... | Vicky Miller, 44, has been found guilty of the 2011 attempted murder of Paul Key .
The couple met while Miller was dancing topless at Lipstick Cabaret in Dallas, Texas and he proposed after just 30 minutes .
Key said he drained his 401k and took out a mortgage so he could lavish Miller with gifts including cars but she... |
f7bccfde69414437a31eac2421a0ade9f4e4d326 | A Muslim woman who was turned down for a job by Abercrombie & Fitch after she showed up for an interview wearing a black headscarf is having her employment discrimination claim considered by the Supreme Court. Samantha Elauf was 17 when she interviewed for a 'model' position, as the company calls its sales staff, at an... | Samantha Elauf arrived for an interview for a 'model' position at an Abercrombie store in Tulsa, Oklahoma in 2008 wearing a black headscarf .
At the time, the headscarf conflicted with the company's 'Look Policy'
The interviewer consulted a manager and they decided not to employ the girl because it clashed with the pol... |
f7bd824f2df25ccd4b2963c3bc1e36d8860b6ea2 | By . Nick Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 07:16 EST, 10 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:26 EST, 10 April 2012 . For motorists caught up in last month’s fuel panic, it will be a welcome sight. And while there will be relief simply at the image of a tanker re-stocking a garage, the greater cause for optimism may be the men in un... | Military drivers seen on forecourts in West Midlands and Warwickshire .
Talks aimed at averting industrial action resumed today .
News could prompt panic buying and further chaos at the pumps . |
f7bda0a661d16a71c04009b86fc0dfbc71397be5 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 04:42 EST, 15 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:51 EST, 15 August 2013 . A tiny kitten has been nursed back to health after climbing into a washing machine and surviving a 50-minute cycle at 50C. Poppet, the miracle moggy, came out in the wash after hiding in the laundry when owner... | Mischievous Poppet climbed into the laundry only to endure a full cycle .
Neighbour rushed to give unconscious kitten mouth to mouth .
Vet says miracle moggy is an 'incredibly lucky cat' |
f7bddc3414848e6f1586e6022fe8143cdbecb4c1 | The world’s ‘best’ airport is planning to get even better with a massive glass and steel structure that is being hailed as the terminal of the future. Construction is underway on Singapore’s Jewel Changi Airport, which will boast the world’s tallest indoor waterfall, a large indoor park with native trees and plants, an... | Known as Project Jewel, the £726million terminal is being constructed next to the existing Terminal 1 .
Breathtaking 130-ft ‘Rain Vortex’ is expected to be the world’s tallest indoor waterfall once it is complete .
When it opens in 2018, Jewel will have five storeys above ground and five below ground .
Terminal 1 is un... |
f7be743d1ab6547758973852a5cb7721b864cae9 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:50 EST, 10 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:14 EST, 10 March 2014 . var twitterVia = 'MailOnline'; . DM.has('shareLinkTop', 'shareLinks', { . 'id': '2577818', . 'title': 'Substitute gym teacher and five students \'bullied a disabled boy, 14\'', . 'url': 'http://www.dailymail.co.... | The victim and students involved have not been identified but the 49-year-old substitute teacher has been named as Gregg Mellinger .
Took place inside the gym at Parma High School in suburban Cleveland .
School authorities said the boy was not seriously injured . |
f7be9cc2ce5c4d0cfc74edfe1854911f34923cdc | (CNN) -- "Blade runner" Oscar Pistorius can still dream of landing an Olympic medal after his South African team were awarded a place in Friday's 4x400m relay final despite failing to finish their qualification heat. South Africa's second leg runner Ofentse Mogawane went crashing to the track after tangling with Kenya'... | South Africa awarded place in Friday's 4x400m relay final on appeal .
Their second leg runner in heats fell and dislocated his shoulder .
Double amputee Oscar Pistorius is in the South African team .
U.S. and Bahamas qualify for final joint fastest . |
f7bebcf86e824625239c235a8892c297afee27c4 | London (CNN) -- It's not every day a queen plays a Bond girl. But for the opening of the London Olympic Games last summer, Queen Elizabeth II did just that, in a cameo alongside Daniel Craig as James Bond. With that and decades of support for British film and TV in mind, she was presented Thursday with an honorary BAFT... | Queen Elizabeth's support for British film and television is recognized with an award .
The queen is described as "the most memorable Bond girl yet" for a cameo last year .
She appeared with actor Daniel Craig, as James Bond, for the Olympics opening ceremony .
The queen was given the award at a Windsor Castle receptio... |
f7bebfc9b9459150884d013d1be3f8f8ee4b923b | Roberto Martinez is backing Phil Jagielka to prove he is still one of England’s best defenders and show he is an improved player for his experience at the World Cup. There are question marks over Jagielka’s long-term prospects in the England squad, given he was criticised for his role in the defeats against Italy and U... | Everton boss Roberto Martinez keen for captain Phil Jagielka to show he remains one of England's best defenders .
Jagielka part of Three Lions squad which crashed out of World Cup at group stage .
Toffees begin new Premier League campaign against Leicester . |
f7bf19c2ed38a6cfd5150d8f9ca6ce5ec1358ecc | By . Ryan Gorman . Accused fraudster: Craig Siegel is charged with defrauding 19 people in a rental scheme and dumping urine over the head of a building inspector . A Florida man under investigation for fraud was arrested Monday after throwing a bucket of urine at a building code inspector on his property. The inspecto... | Craig Siegel dumped the urine on a city worker sent to take down an unsanctioned addition to his home .
He faces 19 counts of fraud for a rental scheme and a charge of battery for the urine attack . |
f7bfedd1e9e64ecb3b895e38536b1bbe9dcb7d03 | The father of a suburban Denver girl who tried to sneak into Syria and join ISIS with two others has condemned her actions. He also admitted that she was confused about what her role would be if she had actually made it there. 'She told me they were going to get there and somebody is going to contact them,' said the fa... | The FBI says a 16-year-old and her friends, 15- and 17-year-old sisters, were headed toward Turkey en route to Syria when they were stopped in Germany .
The 16-year-old's father has said he is still troubled by lingering questions about their intentions .
He said that he pulled his daughter out of school and that she h... |
f7c074079225e927c6c791939d0e2e09da7322e5 | (CNN) -- A Swedish truck and bus maker that assembled trucks in Iraq during the Saddam Hussein era has signed "an agreement in principle" with the government to open an assembly plant next year. Swedish truck and bus maker Scania is to reopen a former plant in Iraq. The company, Scania, issued a statement on its Web si... | Swedish truck and bus maker Scania is set to return to Iraq .
Company assembled trucks there during Saddam Hussein era .
500 trucks to be made in same factory it had previously used . |
f7c0c9195c8196893a64cb904f8d28c591bf9470 | More than 1.7 million people have signed a Change.org petition demanding that an investigation into the judging decisions in Thursday night's women's figure skating competition be opened. On Thursday night, Russian 17-year-old Adelina Sotnikova won the figure skating gold medal over reigning Olympic champion Yuna Kim, ... | Russian Adelina Sotnikova beat out favorite South Korean Yuna Kim to the figure skating gold medal .
Many questioned the win and argued Kim skated a winning program .
A petition demanding an investigation into the judging decision has been signed almost 1.8 million times .
Critics say the judging panel is made up mostl... |
f7c1018c4562064adaf5688279aa5b0c1049ae5b | Karen Garner sometimes catches her husband, Jim, crying in the kitchen of their Virginia home. "All I'm good for now is doing the dishes and the laundry," the former Air Force senior master sergeant complains through his tears. "I want to come back to him and say, 'No, that's not true' and rattle off some examples ... ... | More than 35 million people worldwide live with dementia .
Caregivers shoulder a big part of the burden, whether they're professional or family members .
By 2050, the cost of caring for this population in the United States may be $1.2 trillion . |
f7c18bb853536a193931f000d7184590d371d0aa | By . David Mccormack For Mailonline . A kind-hearted employee at a Florida grocery store has won plaudits online after recently going out of his way to help an elderly shopper. The incident happened last week at a Publix store in Ormond Beach when an employee called Gage, his surname hasn't been revealed, generously go... | Gage, an employee at Publix in Ormond Beach, Florida, generously got down and tied the shoelace of an elderly gentleman .
His random act of kindness was spotted by another shopper, Keith Kiel, who took a photo of it .
'I snapped this because it was so unusual to see this in a person,' said Kiel .
Posted on Publix's Fac... |
f7c1c219d0e56c629885d29c40dffb9e4ee7382d | The jewellery of a former Playboy model who called Australia home is set to go under the hammer in a bid to raise funds for charity. Uta Pearson became a well-regarded collector of antiques and jewellery in South Australia after reaching the height of fame when she appeared as a Playboy centrefold in 1974. The German-b... | Australian socialite's jewellery collection will go under the hammer .
Uta Pearson was an international model and Playboy centrefield .
She was a German-born jetsetter who settled in Adelaide in 1966 .
She requested her rare jewellery collection be auctioned when she died .
The proceeds will be donated to an animal con... |
f7c1c4f2fe4c4e4fd62eeb8b557aedaae07e6ab0 | By . Julian Robinson for MailOnline . The water system on a Scottish island has shut down and a branch of Tesco has completely run out of ice thanks to the Ice Bucket Challenge. Demand for water escalated on Colonsay when the charity craze took off on the Inner Hebridean island, which has a population of around 135. Me... | Colonsay left without water when Ice Bucket Challenge spread on island .
System on Inner Hebridean island shuts down automatically to cut wastage .
Engineers had to come out five times in one weekend as challenge took off .
Water bosses confirm system shut down but stored supplies were available .
A branch of Tesco in ... |
f7c1d408d96033792a15e88c0395897b820dae7b | (CNN) -- Separate federal indictments claim that supporters of the Islamic extremist group Al-Shabaab have funneled money for brutal terrorist operations. In one case, two men were indicted in Missouri for allegedly funneling money to the Somali group, the Justice Department said Wednesday. The indictment said Mohamud ... | NEW: Two defendants in San Diego case plead not guilty .
Indictment says money was transferred through legitimate remitting businesses .
The Islamist group Al-Shabaab has been waging war against the Somali government . |
f7c263373f349fe49812c07ea3c2b6c68817276e | By . Sam Adams . PUBLISHED: . 08:25 EST, 13 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:14 EST, 13 May 2013 . A remote controlled car is not the first thing an African lion would expect to come across while hunting. But this lioness decided to take a closer look when the tiny vehicle crossed her path in the wilds of Kenya - even taki... | Photographer Chris Bray, 29, used car to get shots during a safari in Kenya .
One image even shows the inside of a lion's mouth after it took a bite .
Device was almost crushed when it got too close to an elephant . |
f7c2ce5f05799de6596547b4d0d686eae5303687 | A man who shed half of his body weight after being diagnosed with a severe food addiction was at risk of eating himself 'to death' before his mother staged an intervention to try and tackle his eating issues. When he was at his heaviest in September 2011, Jason Brown, 45, from Los Angeles, weighed more than 530 pounds ... | When he was at his heaviest, Jason Brown, 45, was a size XXXXXXXXL .
He now weighs 239lbs and has slimmed down to a size XL .
Doctors told him to 'get on a treadmill' when he said he was depressed .
Jason features in People Magazine's annual 'Half Their Size' issue . |
f7c3258ec74f87709cdeb8bb2f214d3b4e2c8b4f | By . Jack Doyle . Last updated at 10:47 AM on 9th February 2012 . Support: Janis Sharp and Trudie Styler with the book Gang Of One by Gary Mulgrew, one of the Natwest Three, about his time in a U.S. jail following his controversial extradition . Gary McKinnon’s mother marched on 10 Downing Street yesterday to condemn t... | Janis Sharp hands in poetry written by campaigners supporting Briton facing extradition . |
f7c39a7a6a78e6c8d63b6ffa8a6a80c9a4c0a501 | Notorious murderer Kenny Noye (pictured) could walk free within weeks after being granted a parole hearing . One of Britain's most notorious murderers could walk free within weeks after landing a parole hearing, it was reported last night. Gangster Kenny Noye was jailed for life in 2000 after killing 21-year-old Stephe... | Road rage murderer Kenny Noye may be released from prison within weeks .
He was jailed for life after murdering Stephen Cameron on the M25 in Kent .
The 67-year-old stabbed him to death using a 9inch knife he kept in his car .
But he has been granted a parole hearing which could lead to his release .
Mr Cameron's fathe... |
f7c3ba465f4840dc88dd5d1f0f4c3815388813ed | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:19 EST, 3 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:18 EST, 3 January 2014 . A meat-processing firm has breached legislation over the slaughtering of animals at its firm, it was revealed today - the fourth time in a year. Triple J Family Farms in Buffalo Lake, Minnesota has been suspen... | Triple J Family Farms in Buffalo Lake, Minnesota has been suspended by the U.S. Department of Agriculture over its practices . |
f7c3d675f1415da8b44a937d6386bde7399ce721 | There are times when managers tighten up before a big match night and tension fills the air. Brendan Rodgers is no exception. Minutes before the Liverpool coach took training here before their Champions League tie against Basle, the names of Daniel Sturridge and Steven Gerrard were enough to get him going. It was passi... | Brendan Rodgers says criticism of Steven Gerrard is unfounded .
Some say the Liverpool man is 'past it', based on this season's showings .
But Rodgers insists the 34-year-old is still hugely influential .
Rodgers: 'This is a genuine superstar, a world-class player consistently for so many years'
Liverpool are preparing... |
f7c4bd49966602e9c46fa444c2c8a82987f487b0 | By . Ted Thornhill . Regardless of your physical state, many fitness gadgets or apps try and push you that bit further. But one new sports gizmo has a different approach – it’ll pipe up and tell you to sit back and put your feet up if it thinks a workout will result in an injury. Called ‘Check’, by FAM Sports, the devi... | The device sends electric pulses through your nervous system to assess your physical state .
It'll warn you if a workout could potentially result in injury .
The device counts Premier League footballers amongst its fans . |
f7c4d0a56a7b675f521e037da1f267cbf29312a7 | (CNN) -- In March, a young woman talking to a friend on the phone said she heard someone coming in the back door of her Kentucky apartment. She hasn't been heard from since. The NamUs Web site has helped in closing 147 missing persons cases and ID'ing 149 decedents since its launch. Decades earlier, on March 15, 1967, ... | Web site www.namus.gov was launched in January .
Site is intended to help authorities and families unravel mysteries .
An estimated 40,000 dead in the U.S. remain unidentified .
Comprehensive database also can assist in locating missing adults . |
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