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f92be50507c2d3d2413bed512c33981db073490a | By . Deni Kirkova . An animal lover met her husband-to-be on a dating site after falling for the online profile picture of his black pet Labrador. Katie Beddo, 31, from Darlington, County Durham, immediately thought 'his owner must be a bit of a laugh to do that', and decided to get in touch. Farmer Richard Craggs, 30,... | Katie Beddo, 31, from Darlington, met Richard Craggs, 30, online .
She thought 'his owner must be a bit of a laugh' after spotting dog picture .
Couple fell in love and married - and Labrador acted as ringbearer . |
f92ce21b0dd11c14555286160ec334ad1bace3bf | Washington (CNN) -- President Obama will award the Medal of Honor, the military's highest award for bravery, to Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger for his valor in saving the lives of three wounded comrades at a then-secret base in Laos in 1968, the White House announced Friday. After Etchberger saved his f... | NEW: The United States did not want to admit it had troops in nominally neutral Laos .
Chief Master Sgt. Richard Etchberger's heroism was hidden for years .
He died after saving three comrades in Laos . |
f92d64f831464a81b4f5c65a2c953de80be37316 | Australia secured their place in the final of the 2014 Four Nations Series - and confirmed England’s exit - with an emphatic 44-18 win over Samoa in Wollongong. Full-back Greg Inglis and scrum-half Cooper Cronk both scored two tries as the Kangaroos set up a showdown with New Zealand in Wellington next Saturday, when t... | Australia will play New Zealand in next week's Four Nations final .
England needed Samoa to beat Australia by less than eight points .
England lost to New Zealand on Saturday in a 16-14 thriller . |
f92d7a26695727d3209c46b8674c81342a24edf7 | (CNN) -- Edgar Hernandez didn't expect to learn that he was pre-diabetic at age 16. When his mother burst into tears at the doctor's office, it hit him hard. He was 370 pounds and couldn't stand to look at himself. It was tough being a fat kid, but things became unbearable in high school. Edgar was seeing a therapist f... | Edgar Hernandez learned he was pre-diabetic at 16 .
The teenager went from a 48-inch waist to a 33-inch waist .
Edgar has lost almost 200 pounds and inspired his brother to drop 70 pounds .
Running is the teen's favorite activity these days . |
f92d9a06301e677e464112657b82bdbc51497784 | (CNN) -- Four-time world soccer player of the year Lionel Messi and his father have paid Spanish authorities $6.6 million after allegedly committing tax fraud between 2007 and 2009. The "reparatory" payment was made on August 14 and includes interest, the High Court said in a statement sent to CNN. It covers the period... | Lionel Messi and his father pay $6.6 million after allegedly committing tax fraud .
It comes more than two months after Messi paid $13 million for a different tax period .
The four-time world soccer player of the year is due to appear in court on September 17 .
Messi has scored five league goals for Barcelona this seas... |
f92e87c613c82c906c3cedfee60b56e469c52052 | (CNN) -- Authorities conducting autopsies on a family of four found dead in in their home in eastern Missouri said preliminary autopsy results showed that the family may have died from carbon monoxide inhalation, police said Friday. The four -- a couple in their late 20s, their 4-year-old son and their 3-year-old daugh... | Police find no indication of foul play .
The man had told family he was feeling sick, police say .
Police: Preliminary autopsy indicates they may have died of carbon monoxide inhalation .
About 500 people a year die of carbon monoxide poisoning in the U.S. |
f92e8c397ccd5b5809396cecf2d3ed432a29138d | (CNN) -- A big Bertha could have really clubbed Puerto Rico, but fortunately for the denizens of that U.S. territory, Tropical Storm Bertha never gained much clout. The tropical storm dumped plenty of rain and forged through the Caribbean island with gale-force winds Saturday afternoon, but according to the National Hu... | NEW: Bertha still has 45 mph winds .
NEW: It is centered 60 miles from Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic .
NEW: Storm left nearly 40,000 people without power in Puerto Rico .
Storm is not expected to hit the continental U.S. |
f92ed1279814cff1e2b52520abdfc182446ef017 | (CNN) -- As the Olympic flame burned above Sochi on Tuesday evening, a scene of mayhem and death exploded a few hundred miles away in the Ukrainian capital, Kiev, where blazes roared and violent clashes erupted along protesters' barricades. At least 100 people were killed just on Thursday and hundreds more hospitalized... | Frida Ghitis: New Russia on display in Sochi, but the old one is showing its face in Ukraine .
Ghitis: Putin has called Ukraine "Little Russia" and wants it to turn away from the West .
Ghitis: Protesters enraged by seeing their leaders' knuckle under Russia's bullying .
As demonstrators refuse to stop, she says, Putin... |
f92f3a03ed43540192df791462d14b820c0d68b0 | One in six people in Britain may have been sexually abused, a government adviser has warned. Graham Wilmer – appointed by Theresa May to the controversial historic sex abuse inquiry – said there could be as many as 11 million victims in the UK. Mr Wilmer, who set up the Lantern Project charity to support victims, said ... | Graham Wilmer said 11.7m people may have been abused in the UK .
He was appointed by Theresa May to the historic sex abuse inquiry .
Mr Wilmer set up the Lantern Project charity to support sex abuse victims . |
f92fa7fcd85ddf70a5a9cc69ab74d930092ae874 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 15:08 EST, 20 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:30 EST, 21 September 2012 . Space shuttle Endeavour returned to its California roots Thursday after a wistful cross-country journey that paid homage to NASA workers and former Arizona Rep. Gabrielle Giffords and her astronaut husband.... | Endeavour Commander Mark Kelly and former Rep Gabrielle Giffords watched shuttle loop over Tucson .
Endeavour was built as a replacement for Challenger, which exploded shortly after takeoff in 1986 .
Logged 123million miles in space and circled Earth nearly 4,700 times .
Modified jumbo jet flew out of Houston this morn... |
f92fb125dbf3a26419ae2c2f75c1bc06f0e41d37 | Whether it's the bound lotus or the half frog, yoga poses can get you into a tangled mess. Now a new mat aims to change that by offering users spoken and visual cues on how to best position their body – without the need for an instructor. Described as the world's first smart yoga mat, the gadget also provides feedback ... | The 'SmartMat' provides spoken and visual cues on yoga positions .
It looks like an ordinary yoga mat and can be rolled up into a gym bag .
But beneath its foam is conductive fabric that is sensitive to pressure .
With the help of software, this allows the mat to know where a user is standing and how much weight is bei... |
f93007801757deee174bf458a11078a7a1ce304d | New York (CNN) -- A 19th-century artwork by French artist Edgar Degas will be handed back to the French government Friday -- nearly four decades after it was stolen. The painting, "Blanchisseuses souffrant des dent" ("Laundry Women with Toothache,") was taken in 1973 from the Malraux Museum in Le Havre, in Normandy, Fr... | 19th-century painting will be returned to France almost four decades after it was stolen .
"Blanchisseuses souffrant des dent" was taken in 1973 from the Malraux Museum .
The painting did not resurface until October when it surfaced on Sotheby's catalog . |
f9300c37146fda73ca68bb4f7389380288ce4ca1 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The top U.S. commander in Afghanistan is expected to ask the Obama administration for additional troops and equipment, according to a senior U.S. military official familiar with Gen. Stanley McChrystal's thinking. Gen. Stanley McChrystal's report on the war's status will be delivered in August, the ... | Gen. Stanley McChrystal also will ask for equipment, source says .
Request will involve intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, source says .
More assets to deal with roadside bombs, explosives sought, source says . |
f930ede9eee7584937f282c83f2a10f33ecdbc99 | Only one in five children eats vegetables every day - instead preferring processed food such as sausages and fish fingers, a survey has revealed. Just 19 per cent of parents said their . child eats vegetables every and of those who don't, over half said their . child, 'simply won't eat them at all'. The worrying findin... | Survey found that 10 per cent of children also totally refuse to eat veg .
82 per cent of parents admitted their child was 'too fussy'
A third of UK primary school students are overweight or obese . |
f9318908fcd24ba290751a394e810c24e147d9a4 | The National Security Agency has monitored the phone conversations of at least 35 world leaders after being given their numbers by an official in another government department, according to a classified document leaked by whistle-blower Edward Snowden. The confidential memo reveals that senior officials in 'customer' d... | A NSA memo requesting contact details from senior foreign officials be provided by other government departments have been leaked .
Senior officials were encouraged to share their 'Rolodexs'
The memo dates from Oct 2006 and was leaked by ex-NSA contractor Edward Snowden .
German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said that U.... |
f932163ea5b119c5a40c1e4cdd68c3d74bbb8e12 | Most wanted: Warwick Spinks, a violent paedophile who was on the run for 15 years, has been arrested at Heathrow Airport after he was found in the Czech Republic . A violent paedophile who was on the run for 15 years has been found in the Czech Republic and arrested after a major international manhunt, a child protecti... | Warwick Spinks, now 48, was caught in the Czech Republic after international manhunt .
Horrifying back catalogue of abuse led .
to his nickname 'the Pied Piper of Paedophiles' after he bragged he could .
arrange sex with young boys for as little as 10p . |
f932b6f51f6ed98cb703b690e92404fe1436e022 | (CNN) -- A double from Klass-Jan Huntelaar saw AC Milan warm up for next week's Champions League clash with Manchester United by defeating Udinese 3-2 at the San Siro, a result that moves them up to second place in the Serie A table. The home side took a seventh minute lead when Dutch international Huntelaar powered ho... | Klass-Jan Huntelaar scored twice as AC Milan beat Udinese 3-2 on Friday .
The result lifts Milan up to second place in the table, eight points behind leaders Inter .
Borussia Moenchengladbach beat Nuremberg 2-1 to move up to 11th in Bundesliga . |
f93306523f7db9ac5f5273a3e81ec90a68c40593 | By . Jessica Jerreat . A California pastor accused of causing the death of a 55-year-old man last year has had a murder charge against him dropped. Rob Lynn Cox was charged with murder several months after an altercation with Link Ellingson in the parking lot of a Las Vegas bar in June last year. At one point, Ellingso... | Rob Cox had $100,000 bail returned by the courts after judge dropped case .
35-year-old was accused of pushing Link Ellingson to the ground outside a Las Vegas bar .
Ellingson, 55, needed brain surgery and was in a coma for months . |
f9332903760fadf225ee2693d5152630d5d435b5 | A car fanatic gave his pet dog away after he was left distraught when she chewed a hole through the wheel arch of his prized £80,000 Aston Martin. Builder Royston Grimstead, 42, was devastated when he came home to find his border collie spaniel cross Luce had chewed through the fibreglass panel of his luxury car - caus... | Royston Grimstead distraught after finding pet had chewed part of car .
Fibre glass wheel arch of £80,000 Aston Martin completely gnawed off .
Border collie spaniel cross Luce was given away following the incident .
But her new owners don't know what she did, admits Mr Grimstead .
Mr Grimstead bought the Aston Martin D... |
f9334e56a91413a39945962743c80d9fb2a598f8 | By . Sophie Borland . Hospitals could be given more money from the Government if patients are happy with their care, according to the new NHS chief. Simon Stevens said in future, a higher proportion of funding given to trusts would be based on patients’ views – as well as the quality of care given and the prevention of... | Funding to be given to trusts based on patients' views, NHS chief says .
Quality of care and prevention of disease also taken in to account, he added .
Simon Stevens promised 'far reaching changes' in care funding . |
f93389181a3d534f5a12fa43e2dc4cd94ebd1912 | By . Associated Press Reporter and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 22:17 EST, 29 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:17 EST, 29 August 2013 . NBC News anchor Brian Williams returns to screens next Tuesday, having been away since undergoing knee replacement surgery on Aug. 6. The network said on Thursday that Willliams w... | NBC Nightly News anchor Brian Williams returns to screens next week .
The newscaster has been recovering from knee surgery carried out earlier this month .
Lester Holt had been filling in while Williams was away . |
f933c88f151cf6d2817b10a7df0a3f5d32711422 | ‘Y’all’ is the Southern American way of saying ‘you all’ or ‘you guys’ and is a much-loved word. It’s charming, useful and down to earth and therefore very American, but controversy has been welling up over a number of decades over its use in the singular. One language expert has described this debate as ‘the Loch Ness... | ‘Y’all’ is the Southern American way of saying ‘you all’ or ‘you guys’
It’s charming, useful and down to earth and therefore very American .
But controversy has been welling up over its use in the singular .
Northerners wrongly think it can be used to mean 'you', one writer argues . |
f933d227d8c5755e324da54f2e83713e1c85cdba | A Pennsylvania doctor is being hailed a hero today after he seriously injured a patient who went on a shooting spree in his office. Dr. Lee Silverman, a psychiatrist, told police that the patient, identified as Richard Plotts, fatally shot a caseworker at their hospital complex before the doctor pulled out his own gun ... | Shots rang out at Mercy Fitgerald Hospital in Darby just at 2pm Thursday .
Dr Lee Silverman 'saved lives' when he pulled out his own gun and fired at the patient, Richard Plotts .
However, the gunman had already shot dead caseworker Theresa Hunt, 53 .
The shooter, reportedly a psychiatric patient at the hospital, is in... |
f93433cfb0d53487e6b13b9bde253a28d16d76da | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 08:17 EST, 18 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:49 EST, 18 December 2013 . Jayde Pitt was so ill that she spent up to 18 hours a day vomiting in her bathroom . A schoolgirl crippled by a rare . condition that saw her vomit up to 40 times a day was sick so often that . doctors were co... | Jayde Pitt spent up to 18 hours a day vomiting in her bathroom .
She was diagnosed with a condition known as Cyclical Vomiting Syndrome .
Having started a course of treatment, Jayde is now only sick when she feels particularly nervous or anxious and can now live a more normal life . |
f934b7c698261e017ae132723eba0be04f4cbae7 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- UK businesses, already hurting from a recession, were counting the cost Monday of the country's worst snowstorm in almost two decades, as a crippled transport system left commuters stranded, offices semi-deserted and airlines grounded. Pedestrians cross the Thames in front of St Paul's Cathedra... | UK crippled by heavy snow; economic cost estimated to reach $1.7 billion .
Around 20 percent of employees failed to make it to work on Monday .
Figure much higher in London, southeast England, where many businesses based .
Up to 3,000 firms could go bust because of the bad weather, analysts warn . |
f9350c8defef809ab7dfc2781237489c1a8c3d6d | Interior designer Iris Apfel, 93, is fast becoming one of the fashion industry's most sought-after models, having just unveiled her second high-profile ad campaign in as many months. Just weeks after featuring alongside teen blogger Tavi Gevinson in jeweler Alexis Bittar's new campaign, Mrs Apfel has been revealed as t... | Mrs Apfel also features alongside blogger turned Broadway star Tavi Gevinson, 18, in jewelry brand Alexis Bittar's Spring 2015 ad . |
f935e2dd7b3c5778f87dbac424ad0b304c33edbb | (CNN) -- The co-pilot of a Northwest Airlines flight that overshot the Minneapolis, Minnesota, airport by 150 miles says he and the pilot weren't asleep and they weren't arguing. However, Richard I. Cole, who spoke to CNN affiliate KGW-TV from his Salem, Oregon, home, wouldn't say much more Friday. He said an investig... | Northwest Airlines co-pilot denies reports of cockpit argument .
Northwest flight overshot Minneapolis by 150 miles .
NTSB investigating 78 minutes of radio silence .
Flight crew cooperative and sober, police report says . |
f9360c834300bbc279320347e5ec96a73bc9838e | Parents know all too well that sickening feeling when they turn around to discover their child has unbuckled their seatbelt but a new invention will now put their minds at ease. With 90 percent of cars not fitted with a seatbelt alert system for the backseats in Australia there is too much potential for parents to not ... | 90 percent of Australian cars don’t have seatbelt alert system for backseats .
99 percent of parents say they restrain their children at beginning of trip .
Wireless seatbelt safety system aptly called, buckle me up, alerts drivers .
Small device mounted to dashboard alerts both visually and with sound . |
f9365a287cbbbe8d0a11432e27f4875e41e071e7 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:07 EST, 23 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:51 EST, 24 May 2013 . A group of students who came up with an electrically conductive paint for an art project using research from Wikipedia are seeing their product take off around the the world. Four years ago the Royal College of Art ... | Royal College of Art students in London created the substance .
It acts as a form of liquid wiring that can be applied to almost any surface . |
f936d8bd2c7551a8c5495a4051df4754e0e2feac | Washington (CNN)President Barack Obama's plan to take the immigration system in his own hands is a daring test of the limits of presidential power. The steps he will lay out tonight in a prime time address will fuel a debate over his use of executive authority to enact change without the agreement of an opposition Cong... | Obama will announce immigration changes tonight .
Obama is making the changes without Congress .
The moves could prompt a legal fight . |
f9374cea6c660bf4039371e16ea3c127987f7f3c | By . Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 17:22 EST, 21 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:24 EST, 21 March 2013 . A boy in the eighth grade shot himself dead in a school bathroom on Thursday, authorities said. The 13-year-old student committed suicide this morning shortly before classes began at Davidson Middle School in Southgate... | Boy found by another student at Davidson Middle School in Southgate, Michigan . |
f93755cc4edb3144484d2c0b7389626a225a66eb | By . Daily Mail Reporter . and Ap Reporter . A Beverly Hills police sergeant is suing the city, claiming he faced retaliation after reporting that a detective made inappropriate remarks about Whitney Houston's body at her death scene. City News Service says Sgt. Brian Weir filed the suit Monday in Los Angeles. Houston... | Whitney Houston was found dead in the bathtub of her room at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on February 11, 2012 .
One detective sergeant investigating the scene, Terry Nuttall, is said to have pulled down a sheet covering the singer's body so it was 'below the pubic region'
He then allegedly remarked: 'Damn, she’s still loo... |
f9389ad73b5c6072bbd4b02bbe8ab83ef89f0436 | (CNN) -- November 27 may be Turkey Day in America, but in the world of politics, every day is turkey day. Former New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer earned his Turkey of the Year recognition for his involvement in a prostitution ring. Turkeys are foolish creatures -- overstuffed, noisy and self-important. A lot like the politi... | CNN's Bill Schneider names the Top 10 Political Turkeys for 2008 .
Turkey No. 10: Former New York mayor makes miscalculation in flamingo country .
Turkey No. 7: No forgiveness for this North Carolina senator when her ad runs afoul .
Turkey No. 5: These Big Three Motor City Turkeys fly -- straight into trouble . |
f9399205369fa1ee01060b79ee0b3985298ba0b5 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 04:08 EST, 1 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:27 EST, 1 October 2013 . Bungling police mistakenly handed lethal firearms back to a man they had charged with illegally possessing them. Officers had stormed John Charlton’s home and seized three deadly weapons and some drugs. Charlton, kno... | John Charlton was charged with illegally possessing three firearms .
Returned to police station and was given weapons back .
Police admit they made an error and are 'learning lessons from it' |
f939bd0c252d21546bd41de66915329717c49beb | While the woman was giving evidence during a criminal court case, her colleagues took her mobile from her coat pocket and sent nude photographs they found on the device to other friends in the force. They then allegedly taunted the 42-year-old victim by sending her pictures of themselves in provocative poses. The embar... | Two are now suing the authority for unfair dismissal and discrimination .
The fellow PCSO claims they took her mobile phone while she was in a court case and shared the intimate photos with other workmates . |
f939e5d3bad5cc09666d7539fb82a76c38bd499b | By . Mark Duell . Retired weaver: Rosemary Carr suffered multiple injuries after leaping from a bridge in Lancashire . An 80-year-old retired weaver with memory loss jumped to her death from a motorway bridge, fearing she was ‘becoming a burden’ to her husband, an inquest has heard. Rosemary Carr, who was a keen walk l... | Rosemary Carr suffered multiple injuries after leaping from an M65 bridge .
Her husband Harry tells inquest he 'would have put up with her forever'
Retired weaver's memory was 'worse than anyone really knew', he says .
For confidential .
support call the Samaritans in the UK on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local .
Samaritan... |
f93a268e9fd0c58076faaa9b30d8ecb581bf33e1 | The teenage sweethearts in the midst of a dramatic crime spree across five southern states have been spotted begging on the streets in Florida, police said. Dalton Hayes, 18, and his 13-year-old girlfriend Cheyenne Phillips, fled their Kentucky home two weeks ago and have evaded the law to apparently make it at least 6... | Dalton Hayes, 18, and Cheyenne Phillips, 13, spotted in a sixth state .
Their spree began in Kentucky two weeks ago, now reportedly in Florida .
Police said they were begging on the street, but would not specify town .
Have allegedly stolen three pickup trucks and two handguns .
Also blazed trail through Tennessee, Nor... |
f93aad2f7fa0ada915317dbd6562f34dee91f6be | PUBLISHED: . 10:43 EST, 26 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:50 EST, 26 July 2013 . A jilted husband, who repeatedly stabbed his estranged wife with knives that were given to them as a wedding present, has been found guilty of her murder. Ty Medland, 26, used one of four knives he concealed on himself to launch a 'frenzied... | Ty Medland stabbed wife after efforts to patch up marriage were rebuffed .
Used knives that had been given to the couple as a wedding present .
Medland unable to deal with his wife's growing closer to another man .
Judge Anthony Scott-Gall said: 'It was really the most ghastly killing' |
f93b33375d74db1046e3fa21f6f0fd075ea8706e | Stuart Kerner, 44, has been accused of having a sexual relationship with a former pupil, but today said the girl had invented the story . An R.E. teacher accused of having an 18-month affair with a former pupil today told a court that the alleged victim is a 'vain stalker' who made the relationship up. Stuart Kerner,... | Stuart Kerner accused of having sexual relationship with a former pupil .
Girl, who cannot be identified, said he took her virginity aged just 16 .
Today Kerner branded her a 'vain stalker' who had invented the tryst .
Said she gathered personal details from office to make fantasy believable .
School librarian calls he... |
f93ba0956aeb6d008d9cda0faa56a33dfb7d9f06 | By . Hannah Roberts . Ruby the Heart-stealer, the underage erotic dancer who was paid by Silvio Berlusconi for sex, has said that she wishes she could ‘go back to being a girl who sold carpets on the beach’. The former Italian premier was sentenced to seven years in jail for paying for sex with Ruby, now 22, when she w... | Silvio Berlusconi was sentenced to seven years in jail for paying for sex with Ruby, now 22, when she was just 17 .
In Italy is illegal to have sex with a prostitute under the age of 18 .
Ex-nightclub dancer claimed her life had been ruined, not by the media mogul, but by those who were .
using her to bring down Berlus... |
f93be9c681435c0bd707c407ba275f16f650da74 | At least 120 people are feared dead and 270 more injured after gunmen and suicide bombers attacked a mosque in northern Nigeria during Friday prayers this afternoon. Witnesses reported three separate explosions and said the gunmen opened fire on worshippers in the assault at the Grand mosque in Kano, in the west Africa... | At least 120 believed dead and 270 injured after attack in the city of Kano .
Hundreds had gathered at Grand Mosque to hear sermon from chief Imam .
First bomb went off after man in car was stopped trying to enter building .
Analysts say attack bore hallmarks of Islamist militant group Boko Haram .
Local Emir last week... |
f93c00599f62bbf7014e7e90be4044f140dfcc4c | By . Steve Robson . PUBLISHED: . 08:15 EST, 12 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:25 EST, 12 March 2013 . A police officer has died after crashing his quad bike into a frozen lake in Sweden. The officer reportedly put the bike into the wrong gear and reversed into a barrier by the quayside at Riddarfjärden lake near the ce... | Officer reportedly put quad bike in the wrong gear and reverse into barrier .
Went into frozen lake and vehicle landed on top of him in central Stockholm .
Pulled from water by fellow officer but later died in hospital from his injuries . |
f93cba3534b13c79147a348ee579dada6dd8f324 | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 07:38 EST, 17 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:39 EST, 17 October 2013 . A benefits fraudster who enlisted a sidekick to pose in a wheelchair and pretend to be his sick and bedbound father in order to scam more than £20,000 from taxpayers has been spared jail. Emilio Brunetti, 54, of Fulh... | Emilio Brunetti paid Martin Rafferty £80 per time to pretend to be his father .
Tried to evade detection by Hammersmith and Fulham Council fraud team .
Son, 54, granted power of attorney for ailing father Antonio in April 2008 .
On housing benefit, council tax benefit and social tenancy in father's name .
Brunetti and ... |
f93cd67f2c11240d1ce19c655866a237f32ebd1b | (CNN) -- FIFA president Sepp Blatter has told CNN he believes there is no on-field racism in football and that players who think they have been abused should simply say "this is a game." The head of world soccer insisted FIFA had been tireless in their efforts to combat the specter of racism in football but suggested a... | Sepp Blatter tells CNN World Sport's Pedro Pinto there is no on-field racism in football .
FIFA president says players who are abused during a match should say "it's a game"
Two high-profile cases involving racism allegations being dealt with in English game .
Blatter underlines the work his organization has done to co... |
f93da3d79ac33777caa01875941539b44b9cc0ab | Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me. Fool me three times? Good grief, no one should ever be fooled three times. But that's exactly what will happen to the Senate Intelligence Committee -- and the American people -- unless President Barack Obama puts a leash on an unchecked CIA. He now must stop it f... | Christopher Anders worries that CIA is trying to slip one past Senate and American people .
A controversial report on torture should be declassified, he argues .
On Thursday, the Senate Intelligence Committee approved release of the report .
Anders says President Obama needs to rein in the troubled agency . |
f93daf9f9ba545caf304a8662c76631146db5ab4 | By . Lydia Warren . Where is she? Mother-of-two Jennifer Huston, 38, vanished as she ran errands in Oregon on July 24, but a new sighting placed her in Washington on Thursday . The search for a missing Oregon mother-of-two has expanded to the San Juan Islands off the coast of Washington state - about 300 miles from whe... | Jennifer Huston went to run errands on July 24 but did not return home .
She was last seen taking out cash from a bank, buying snacks and sleeping pills from a Rite Aid before buying petrol in Newberg .
But her cell phone stopped working shortly after and she has not used her bank cards since .
The search is now expand... |
f93dbb826cab65967eef570961baf47dd69a804d | (CNN) -- Boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s fans and critics will find out Saturday night if he's still "Money" -- his nickname -- and still undefeated, when he takes on WBA super-welterweight champion Miguel Cotto in Las Vegas. The two fighters offer divergent personalities out of the ring, and distinct styles in it. The 31... | Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Miguel Cotto face off in the ring in Las Vegas .
The undefeated Mayweather is the favorite, though Cotto says he's confident .
Mayweather will go to prison on a domestic violence conviction weeks after the fight . |
f93dc0926f124916242d89a2fe1f7d30c443a9a8 | The widow of a Florida police officer killed while escorting . President Barack Obama's motorcade has sued her husband's sheriff's department, . saying it bears some responsibility for her husband's death. Jupiter Police Officer Bruce St. Laurent was killed when his . motorcycle was struck by a pickup truck during a Se... | Bruce St Laurent was killed in a crash ahead of a campaign stop in Florida .
His widow and the mother of his four children is now suing the sheriff's office saying they could have done more to protect him, 55 .
St Laurent was the fourth police fatality connected to the president's motorcade that year . |
f93df513843120a89fdbf5cc8b04bc39b741cd95 | (CNN) -- A day after Syrian forces overran the Homs neighborhood of Baba Amr, opposition groups said Friday that government forces had executed 14 civilians there and the Red Cross said an aid convoy seeking to deliver food and medical care was turned back. "It is unacceptable that people who have been in need of emerg... | NEW: "There is nowhere to go," British journalist says of Baba Amr siege .
Syria victimized by "extremely virulent rhetoric," Ja'afari says .
At least 75 dead in Syria as aid trucks denied entry to besieged neighborhood .
The Syrian regime is committing "appalling crimes," the European Council president says . |
f93eacfde419688eef5e4a81cb758ca14095fc49 | First came Santa hats, then it was Christmas jumpers. Now, there’s a new festive novelty in town for pets…baubles. The must-have fashion accessory of the season is wearable baubles, and so far they’ve been a hit with not only humans but pooches too. Scroll down for video . Dog owners around the world are decking their ... | Dogs around the world decked out in festive baubles for Christmas season as Beard Baubles become latest craze .
Beard Baubles are new accessory and part of the Beard Season initiative - which aims to raise awareness of cancer .
Beard Season encourages men to grow a beard for December to raise the profile of melanoma an... |
f93f1659eb10ec211d04188c9abe82948d17a6ac | Vow: Humza Yousaf, Scotland's Minister for External Affairs, told William Hague action must be taken against Uganda's new 'draconian law' tightening constraints on homosexuals . Scotland has vowed to offer asylum to gay Ugandans facing life-imprisonment under the country's new oppressive set of laws. Humza Yousaf, Scot... | Humza Yousaf, Scotland External Affairs Minister, tells William Hague to act .
New laws criminalise promotion of homosexuality and include lesbians .
President Museveni also printed 'top 200 homosexuals' in newspaper .
Mr Yousaf wrote open letter to Hague blasting 'draconian law' |
f93f45281152ba03b113e05c9b78279382dd5229 | (PEOPLE.com) -- Four years ago, Matthew McConaughey's relationship with Brazilian model Camila Alves was revealed to PEOPLE in a 2007 cover story. "She likes roughing it," a source said at the time. "She doesn't complain when they go hiking for 10 days without clean clothes or a shower." On Christmas Day, McConaughey's... | Matthew McConaughey and Camila Alves met in 2006 .
In early 2008, McConaughey told fans he was starting a family with Alves .
In March, the actor said he was learning Portuguese, Alves's native language . |
f93fbd33dc69120c62dc2a902a6d35b448544118 | By . Sadie Whitelocks . PUBLISHED: . 08:34 EST, 18 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:35 EST, 18 May 2012 . He's conquered the music charts and now Justin Bieber is taking the perfume world by storm. Last night the 18-year-old beat David Beckham and Kim Kardashian as his debut scent Someday was branded Best New Celebrity Fra... | Someday named Best New Celebrity Fragrance 2012 beating scents from David Beckham and Kim Kardashian . |
f94007601d494bb98eb3c64990f5e8890ab0ea2e | She turned 40 this year and is looking better than ever. So what's Kate Moss' secret? The supermodel, who has dominated the industry for 25 years, has revealed that she's the latest in a long line of celebrities to jump on the health bandwagon. Speaking about her virtuous new lifestyle, she said: 'I like juicing as it ... | Kate, 40, loves Elle Macpherson's green supplement .
Adds it to her juices and says it gives her bright eyes and shiny hair .
Elle's £98 supplement claims to help your body function better .
Elle says it's her 'drug' and makes her body hum along . |
f9409c99a652cc69222d4c7b87f7b05b9b0aff58 | CHARLESTON, South Carolina (CNN) -- Tropical storm Cristobal was forecast to move "parallel and very close" to the North Carolina coast Sunday morning, but the storm is not expected to make landfall along the eastern U.S. shores. Satellite image taken at 1:15 p.m. Saturday shows Tropical Storm Cristobal off the coast ... | Tropical Storm Cristobal "very close" to North Carolina coast .
Storm expected to dump three to five inches of rain along coast .
Cristobal evolved Saturday from a tropical depression on Friday . |
f940ce7dac36473ad82601cf16e52d431ec3583e | (CNN) -- One of the most dominant theories of this year's presidential election is that President Barack Obama's re-election prospects have been undermined by high unemployment levels. Yet despite a dismal labor market, which saw a net increase of only 103,000 private-sector jobs for August, the president has been wide... | There's a widespread view that unemployment levels are hurting Obama's re-election chances .
Reihan Salam: It seems Obama has strong support from groups more likely to be jobless .
He says Romney is left in the position of having to appeal to those who have fared better .
Unemployment matters because even those who hav... |
f9410188f103585395661a8843f720a73f015cf0 | By . Ryan Lipman . You could own a slice of Aussie paradise, a sprawling beachfront mansion with the lot: dual-heated pool, tennis court, spa and your very own boathouse. But it will cost you $18 million. That's how much a couple paid for this palatial home in Brighton, in Melbourne's south east, after it was offered f... | A Melbourne home has reportedly sold for $18 million .
Home is just kilomteres from the CBD and overlooks Port Phillip Bay .
It features four bedrooms, five bathrooms, double garage, tennis court, swimming pool, boat house and opens onto a stretch of beach .
Price tag may have smashed the previous suburb record by $2.5... |
f94104c41e6a9b04a51d64e8be4c82ea9acc15b3 | Maoist sect leader Aravindan Balakrishnan (pictured outside court today) has appeared in court charged with 25 offences including false imprisonment, rape and child cruelty . A Maoist sect leader has appeared in court charged with 25 offences including false imprisonment, rape and child cruelty. Aravindan Balakrishnan,... | Aravindan Balakrishnan, 74, was arrested in Lambeth, in November 2013 .
He faces one count of cruelty to a person under the age of 16, one count of false imprisonment, 19 counts of indecent assault and four counts of rape .
Charges relate to three women between January 1980 and October 2013 . |
f9419021475f02efb1619c9d5bee1e13401d0496 | By . Victoria Woollaston . It’s unusual for Apple not to be leading the way when it comes to product design, but new reports claim when it comes to its iWatch the firm is having to play catch up with Motorola. During a trip to Taiwan, a New York tech analyst said an Apple supplier revealed a number of features of the m... | Analyst claims an Apple supplier has revealed a number of design features .
Rumours state the watch will have a round face and come in two versions .
Brian Blair continued the iWatch will go into production from July .
Previous reports suggested it would have a square or curved screen .
The Moto 360 also has a round fa... |
f94197265ff6addd6e550496961596b9f4c8ba88 | By . Rebecca Seales . PUBLISHED: . 07:21 EST, 16 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:57 EST, 16 June 2012 . A schoolgirl who penned a guide to dealing with her mother's epilepsy is celebrating after becoming a published author - aged just seven. Talented Layla Reid wrote her 'Epilepsy Book for Kids' as a guide to help childr... | Written in a single evening, Layla Reid's book advises children on coping with seizures .
Mother Sarah Reid hopes it will reassure children with epileptic parents they aren't alone . |
f9426559b9c81c04cc564fb9fbca9233cb150947 | By . Lucy Crossley . The story of one Scottish mother's struggle after she lost four sons in the First World War has been turned into a book which will be published to coincide with her family's first ever international reunion. Elizabeth Cranston was so devastated when four of her sons were killed and another two seri... | James, John, Adam and Alexander Cranston all died in First World War .
Brothers William and George were also severely injured in battle .
Only Robert, a member of the Flying Corps, survived unscathed .
Mother Elizabeth so devastated she emigrated to Australia to escape past .
Her great-grandson has collaborated with hi... |
f942914b84081f16766b93fdc0f40e7e1e552fce | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 07:09 EST, 24 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:10 EST, 24 June 2013 . A Boeing Dreamliner has been forced to make an emergency landing after experiencing a mechanical problem - the second such incident for the company in a week. The United Airlines flight bound for Denver was divert... | Flight due for Denver returns to Houston after brake indicator issue .
Flight from Denver to Tokyo diverted to land at Seattle last week .
Latest setback for troubled 787 Dreamliner grounded for four months . |
f94328c52566cfafe732ebaef618eec31b95212c | (CNN) -- At least one tornado ripped through central Arkansas Thursday evening, savaging a mobile home park and sending National Weather Service forecasters into a bunker as the storm roared overhead. "There's pretty extensive damage in the Little Rock area," said John Lewis, a senior forecaster with the weather servic... | The storm hit parts of Saline County, about 12 miles west of Little Rock .
More than 50 mobile homes were reported on fire at a large mobile home park .
At least four people were reported injured . |
f9435ab29630285b55b4eae3a656ad7f3c205766 | By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 03:22 EST, 15 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:32 EST, 15 April 2013 . Summer ice is melting 10 times faster in the Antarctic than it was 600 years ago, with the most rapid melt occurring in the past 50 years. Researchers from the Australian National University and the British Antarcti... | Experts found the most rapid melt occurred in the past 50 years .
Tests carried out on ice core on James Ross Island, Antarctic Peninsula .
Temperatures up by 1.6 degrees Celsius over 600 years, they found . |
f9436a10e0de77ab58e1fd132ae2602749ea3614 | Twitter, inevitably, fired the conspiracy that the Italian Grand Prix was fixed for Lewis Hamilton to win. So it was there that Mercedes scotched the idea. They posted: ‘BREAKING NEWS: Dramatic news in the skies over Brackley as #NR6 hands #Italian GP victory to #F1 WDC rival #LH44.’ They illustrated the tweet with a p... | Rosberg missed the chicane on lap 29 which allowed Hamilton to pass .
He made the error on two occasions during Sunday's Italian Grand Prix .
Formula One fans on social media suggesting that race had been rigged .
German now leads Hamilton in the championship by 22 points .
Mercedes posted picture of flying pigs in res... |
f943d68a119b22c34fc8b16c0b262e7be3e3becd | By . Lucy Waterlow . PUBLISHED: . 09:49 EST, 29 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:51 EST, 30 July 2013 . You've read the book, now you can wear the underwear as the official Fifty Shades of Grey lingerie collection is unveiled. The range includes sexy bra and knicker sets for women and Christian Grey inspired boxers for me... | British lingerie company BlueBella debut first collection next week .
Took inspiration from bestselling erotic novels .
Sexy bra and brief sets for women with detachable silk ties .
Christian Grey style cotton boxers for men . |
f9443c01714d48c0d358a46177d0009f995d490e | (CNN) -- The investigation into the controversial shooting death of unarmed teenager Michael Brown by a police officer in a St. Louis suburb has been completed, the St. Louis County prosecutor's office said Wednesday. Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed the 18-year-old in the middle of the day on Augu... | Investigation into police shooting of unarmed teenager Michael Brown is complete, prosecutor's office says .
Ferguson police officer Darren Wilson shot and killed the 18-year-old on August 9 .
A grand jury is expected to decide by the middle of next month whether Wilson will be charged . |
f9443cdbcda9f77bbe33f20bd3b51895881918a1 | Tokyo (CNN) -- Crews resumed spraying water at the quake-damaged Fukushima Daiichi nuclear facility early Monday, Kyodo News reported, one day after the Japanese government slapped restrictions on some food produced around the plant. Workers have begun to see some success in their battle to cool down the reactors, but ... | NEW: Crews resume spraying the damaged plant with water, Kyodo News reports .
Japan bans the sale of raw milk and restricts vegetable sales from Fukushima prefecture .
The power company says electricity is being supplied to reactor No. 2 . |
f94455361f83c200ce43c63e71607de1251007ad | By . Gemma Mullin for MailOnline . A dying father is attempting to raise £500,000 to help save his five-year-old daughter who has beaten cancer twice but could relapse at any time. Tom Attwater, 30, is battling a terminal brain tumour but is ignoring his own health problems and desperately trying to raise the cash need... | Tom Attwater hopes to raise £500,000 to pay for his daughter's treatment .
Kelli, 4, was diagnosed with high-risk childhood cancer at 3-months-old .
Treatment she will need if she relapses is not provided by NHS .
For more details about how to help visit justgiving.com/helpkelli or follow their Facebook page The Kelli ... |
f9447ce01c0d22cf96dbaa9318142974dd284604 | By . Chris Spargo for MailOnline . A single mother with nowhere to turn found help in the most unlikely of places when her nurse agreed to raise her son after she passed away. Tricia Somers, 45, of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, has terminal liver cancer and needed someone to look after her eight-year-old son Wesley after s... | Tricia Somers, who is dying of terminal liver cancer, asked her nurse, Tricia Seaman, if she would raise her son after she passed away .
Seaman, who has four children of her own, said she and her family would be happy to welcome eight-year-old Wesley in .
The Seaman family was planning on adopting another son when they... |
f9448c273c4cd31c4340273d26f377e17b14636f | At first glance, Trina Merry's latest work just looks like a woman riding a red motorcycle. But upon closer inspection, it becomes clear to see that the vehicle itself is made up of five more nude models in body paint, contorting themselves to form the exact replica of a Ducati motorbike. The result is an incredibly re... | Six 'human canvases' make up Brooklyn-based artist Trina Merry's latest work, which is part of her Human Motorcycle Project . |
f944913b001cb41df9e887e9d6fe39efcf442095 | By . Ellie Zolfagharifard . PUBLISHED: . 07:46 EST, 25 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:51 EST, 25 July 2013 . City dwellers could soon propel themselves through rush hour . with just few kicks on a fat-wheeled scooter. Described by the makers as a riding experience similar to . ‘going surfing or snowboarding through the ... | Scrooser can zoom through the streets at 2mph to 15mph .
The design is a cross between a child's scooter, a Segway, and a bike .
One battery charge, which takes three hours, can last around 25 days . |
f944fcfe6388f5ce1a6a37cbb609400d77ca0349 | COLUMBIA, South Carolina (CNN) -- The United States faces a Zimbabwe-style economic collapse if it keeps "spending a bunch of money we don't have," South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford said Wednesday. South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford says he does not want to spend money that his state doesn't have. Sanford, a Republican, h... | South Carolina Gov. Mark Sanford has vowed to refuse some of his state's share .
Sanford casts stimulus as exercise in printing money that doesn't exist to create jobs .
The governor compares it to Zimbabwe's 11 million percent inflation rate .
State legislatures can override governors and take stimulus money anyway . |
f9450c1103d0cd9562d4d79a64a11563c83fec5a | (CNN) -- Get ready to be freaked out, "American Horror Story" fans. Creator Ryan Murphy used his Twitter account to announce that the latest in the anthology series, tweeting simply "AMERICAN HORROR STORY SEASON FOUR" with a picture that read "Freak Show." Entertainment Weekly reports that the show will be set in Jupit... | "American Horror Story" creator tweets about new season .
EW says it will focus on a group of "unusuals"
Fans are already tweeting about the new season . |
f9450c60810279f5e29afaca0c222e51ca5c1556 | The plan to name supermarkets who sell raw chicken with the campylobacter bug was been scrapped . A plan to regularly name and shame supermarkets selling chicken contaminated with the dangerous food poisoning bug campylobacter is set to be killed off following pressure from retailers. The Food Standards Agency (FSA) ha... | Plan would have seen stores selling chicken with campylobacter bug named .
Idea has now been scraped by the FSA following pressure from retailers .
Data on number of contaminated birds will be released without naming retailers .
Supermarket chicken named the biggest cause of food poisoning in the UK . |
f9457ff16435c631a41c29aa5fbfdf4bc5068703 | Ahead of this weekend's Premier League action, Sportsmail will be providing you with all you need to know about every fixture, with team news, provisional squads, betting odds and Opta stats. Here is all the information you need for Crystal Palace's home clash with Tottenham... Crystal Palace vs Tottenham Hotspur (Selh... | Yannick Bolasie and Mile Jedinak both out for Crystal Palace .
Duo are on international duty for DR Congo and Australia respectively .
Marouane Chamakh could return for Eagles at Selhurst Park .
Alan Pardew takes charge of Palace in Premier League for first time .
Ryan Mason and Erik Lamela ruled out for Tottenham Hots... |
f945b712f0e31ca6b7b4b761e59fb334dc9fcb60 | Announcement came after Rebecca Adlington revealed BBC show didn't want her . By . Joanna Crawley . PUBLISHED: . 04:44 EST, 29 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:13 EST, 29 August 2013 . With the new series kicking off next month, Strictly Come Dancing have finally started unveiling the celebs who will be hitting the danc... | Announcement came after Rebecca Adlington revealed BBC show didn't want her . |
f945f8f3f79e550102576da92ffe481844b463ab | A sect leader who raped women in a convent he set up - telling them sex would heal them spiritually - is on the run from Czech officials . Officers have issued an international arrest warrant for self-titled spiritual guru Jaroslav Dobes, 43, who reportedly had sex with more than 350 devotees between setting up his con... | Jaroslav Dobes, 43, told the women sex would heal them spiritually .
But Czech court has found him guilty of eight counts of rape in his absence .
Dobes and his assistant Barbora Plaskova believed to have fled to Asia .
The conman calls himself 'Guru Jara', 'Om' or the 'Uber Alpha Male' |
f9468691e3ad9dc5390fd803fc7b89da04772419 | By . Deni Kirkova . and Bianca London . In the quest to make us slimmer without lifting a finger, an injection has been invented letting us literally pee out our fat. A water solution is injected into stubborn areas around the body, breaking down excess fat cells, allowing us to absorb them into our bloodstream - and t... | Aqualyx injections liquefy fat which is then eliminated when you urinate .
Clinic claim absorbed fat cells DO NOT return and there's no downtime .
Critics say it could spell danger for cholesterol if fat turns to salt in blood . |
f9469ca10e26efbe4dc52a06b4ad52105e8dade2 | (CNN) -- It's been three years since Japan was hit with its worst-ever earthquake, causing serious damage to Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. The 9 magnitude quake and subsequent tsunami sent three of Fukushima's reactors into melt-down, shocking the world. Japan, a fully industrialized country with high safety r... | The Fukushima nuclear disaster changed attitudes towards nuclear power .
Germany shut down its oldest reactors and plans to phase-out nuclear by 2022 .
Emerging markets are investing heavily into nuclear power . |
f946af4ae6b480ab6065168030ae74086edd5bae | Writer Ida Pollock was today hailed the world's oldest romantic novelist as it was revealed she is still producing steamy books at the age of 105. Ida has written 123 novels during her prolific career - many of them tales of virgins, chaste kisses and dashing male heroes. Ida has sold millions of books over nine decade... | Ida has sold millions of books over nine decades .
The 105-year-old has used ten different pseudonyms during her career .
Best-selling book titles include White Heat and Interlude for Love .
Her latest novel The Runaway is due to be published shortly .
No longer uses a typewriter, she dictates her novels to 69-year-old... |
f946e332eb2184755d2bfe423e81ef1877c2b378 | Supporters have raised $20,000 for an Atlanta security guard who became an internet sensation this week after he posted videos online showing his refusal to give in to abuse from troublemakers. Darien Long made headlines earlier this week after a video showing him tasering a violent woman outside Atlanta's Metro Mall s... | Online campaign has so far raised $20,000 for Darien Long a security guard at Atlanta's Metro Mall .
The mall cop shot to worldwide fame this week after a film, which shows him taser an abusive and violent woman, spreads across the internet .
As more videos are released showing his zero tolerance approach, community an... |
f9474cfd291cc4c995c600555861b5c57b2c772d | Touch screen devices may soon become the norm in classrooms as schools are increasingly moving away from traditional learning methods by using tablets instead. A national survey has found that students as young as five from schools across Australia are using devices like iPads to enhance their education. While one expe... | A report shows 45 per cent of children aged eight surpass the recommended two hours of screen time each day .
80 per cent of 15 to 16 year olds also spend more than two hours every day .
A national survey of Australian schools also found 27 per cent have implemented the Bring Your Own Device program in classrooms .
Thi... |
f947a227a83a46f635f82cb8886a96dfcb06f73f | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Forget the Royal Navy and the U.S. Marines -- the 'computer navy' is on its way, and digital media on the high seas are set to make a steaming comeback. New home? Barges like this one could soon play host to Google's massive data centers. It seemed that floating media firms were a thing of the ... | Google has sent a patent application to launch barges to host its data centers .
Wave energy could be used to power and cool the data centers' servers .
The project would save Google money on power bills, rent, and property tax .
Such projects have the potential to boost to the maritime industry . |
f948304efe3ead8692af827c3ef6b0605b7d6002 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:56 EST, 10 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:02 EST, 10 September 2012 . A businessman suspected of gunning down an officer who visited his home trying to help him was found dead on Monday evening after a day-long standoff with police. A search team entered Ricky Coley's home... | Ricky Coley apparently shot dead officer Patrick O'Rourke on Sunday night .
Police found Coley dead in suburban Detroit home after day-long siege .
Businessman was recently divorced and was under legal investigation . |
f9489dba279b1d9d3dc3ab93c2fdffae80121489 | A five-month-old baby who had been on life support since last Monday after being brutally beaten by his mother's boyfriend has died. Andres Bravo, who was admitted to Miami Children's Hospital with brain injuries, a lung contusion, retinal hemorrhaging to both eyes and bruising to his buttocks, was taken off life suppo... | Andres Bravo was taken off life support Saturday after being brutally beaten by his mother's boyfriend, Antwan Sawyer .
The five-month-old was admitted to Miami Children's Hospital last Monday with brain injuries, a lung contusion, and retinal hemorrhaging to both eyes .
Now the boy's father, Adolfo Bravo, is calling f... |
f948bf7807ced882aba048521a38fd8fca07204b | By . Kit Holden . Bayern Munich forward Thomas Muller has sent a crushing blow in the direction of Old Trafford by denying rumours of a potential move to Manchester United. The German international has been heavily linked with United in recent days, as rumours of his discontent under coach Pep Guardiola have grown. But... | Bayern Munich's says he will not leave Bayern Munich this summer .
The Bavarian has been heavily linked with a move to Manchester United .
Muller broke into the Bayern team under former boss Louis van Gaal, who is set to take over at Old Trafford .
The 25-year-old has grown frustrated at Pep Guardiola's rotation system... |
f948fc1d2520751c0ba20ffe9c327f3adda1950e | Walnut Creek, California (CNN) -- Dueling rallies took place Monday involving a former Bay Area Rapid Transit police officer who was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed passenger. Several hundred people gathered in this suburban community, some 25 miles northeast of San Francisc... | NEW: Police Lt. says crowds were vocal but orderly .
No arrests as opposing groups demonstrate over transit killing .
Groups demonstrate about a transit officer who shot and killed an unarmed black man .
Officer was found guilty of involuntary manslaughter in the shooting of Oscar Grant . |
f9495af2b322ca261107e5e510718c28f21b8802 | By . Charlie Skillen . Follow @@charlieskillen . Paris Saint-Germain are back in the full flow of pre-season training, with deadly strike duo Zlatan Ibrahimovic and Edinson Cavani going through their paces. Although Laurent Blanc's men cantered to the French Ligue 1 title last season, they dropped out of the Champions ... | Edinson Cavani takes part in training despite speculation over his future .
PSG are gearing up for their French Super Cup match on August 2 .
Zlatan Ibrahimovic and his PSG team-mates are training in Beijing . |
f949720d10c5e133c21bf4283e3810b614f64be0 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Massachusetts Sen. Edward Kennedy on Wednesday made his first appearance in Congress since being diagnosed with brain cancer nearly two months ago, casting a single vote to help break a Republican filibuster of an important Medicare bill. Colleagues greeted Kennedy with a lengthy standing ovation on... | NEW: Sen. Kennedy returns to Congress on Wednesday .
NEW: Kennedy's vote helps to break GOP filibuster of Medicare bill .
He was diagnosed with a cancerous brain tumor two months ago . |
f949ae9f2a0069fb12ca82cf1188fdaa313d9d27 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:03 EST, 25 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 00:19 EST, 25 May 2013 . A healthy baby gorilla weighing five pounds has been born at the Columbus Zoo and Aquarium in Ohio. The unnamed young male was born May 23, 2013 at 3:22 a.m. and is the first offspring for parents Oliver and Kambera... | The unnamed baby is being raised by animal care experts because mom Kambera's maternal skills are currently lacking . |
f949d992a72fdaf87f395a5c373913862680cc4b | Manchester United will on Tuesday reveal the first definitive figures on the financial cost of missing out on the Champions League. The club have estimated revenues will fall this season by between £38million and £48m - a drop of between 8.77 per cent and 11 per cent on last season's overall revenue figure of £433m - a... | Man Utd release financial results for first quarter of 2014/15 on Tuesday .
Manchester United's revenue is expected to fall by £38million and £48m this campaign .
Failure to reach Champions League will hit Old Trafford side in the pocket . |
f949dae07350e2dc8935da851f6b6305607e32d8 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Almost all British troops in Iraq are being pulled out because the agreement that allows them to be there expires on Friday, the British Ministry of Defence said Tuesday. Nearly all of Britain's troops in Iraq will have left by the week's end. The withdrawal marks the first time since the invas... | Almost all British troops in Iraq are being pulled out .
Agreement that allows them to be there expires on Friday .
Only about dozen British troops will remain to help train Iraqi police . |
f94a73a1a805bdea630997765e8e6767e2f409c1 | Thierry Henry has announced his departure from New York Red Bulls after four-and-a-half years with the Major League Soccer club. The former France striker revealed his decision three days after admitting he would be interested in a return to Arsenal, and changed his Facebook photograph to an image of the Emirates Sta... | Thierry Henry announces he is leaving MLS outfit New York Red Bulls .
Henry changes his Facebook photo to image of Arsenal's Emirates Stadium .
French striker recently admitted he would be interested in return to Arsenal .
The 37-year-old will take 'the next few weeks to reflect and decide on the next chapter of my ca... |
f94a9d7f65e85cb86dc693af40b65bdccada235f | Editor's note: The staff at CNN.com has recently been intrigued by the journalism of VICE, an independent media company and Web site based in Brooklyn, New York. VBS.TV is Vice's broadband television network. The reports, which are produced solely by VICE, reflect a very transparent approach to journalism, where viewer... | Colombian traffickers using homemade submarines to transport drugs .
Drug cartels allocating more resources to development of new smuggling methods .
VBS gets access to a naval base at the forefront of finding and intercepting the vessels . |
f94ac6cbd6859eb6e2bfeb7ec185b6e77ed8e62d | TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- Iran's moderate former president will not challenge President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in the upcoming presidential election, the state-run Fars news agency said Monday. Mohammad Khatami, in a photo from February, will not run for president of Iran, the state news agency says. Mohammad Khatami said las... | Mohammad Khatami reportedly said last month he'd run in June elections .
Now he throws support behind Mir Hossein Moussavi, state news agency reports .
Both are moderates, would like to oust hardline President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad .
Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei still holds the real power in Iran . |
f94ad1bd5d925a6b110ba0a50e030a4ee5a1a9f4 | Britain’s worst mass poisoning of modern times may have left six children from one family with lifelong disabilities. The Matta family live near Camelford, North Cornwall, where a huge quantity of aluminium sulphate poisoned the water supply 26 years ago. And of the seven children in the family, six have disabilities. ... | Matta family live near North Cornwall town hit by aluminium sulphate poison .
Six of seven children disabled, family believe 1988 incident was the cause .
Mother unwittingly drank contaminated water at the age of 10, they reveal . |
f94b207fc451a25d4b3683ce2b34766bd6a839ef | (CNN) -- South Korea will stage its first Formula One grand prix in 2010, motorsport's governing body, the International Automobile Federation (FIA), announced on Monday. Work is in progress at the 5.6km site of the future South Korean Grand Prix in Yeongam county. The 19-race season will open in Bahrain on March 14 a... | South Korea will stage its first Formula One grand prix in 2010, FIA announce .
The Korean Grand Prix is set for October 17 in a 19-race Formula 1 calendar .
Season opens in Bahrain on March 14 and the final race takes place in Brazil . |
f94b4846e369b534cb822642b430fbfaa2b29025 | (CNN) -- Does the best transport technology come from outside the U.S.? That was the question pondered at the FutureCast event last month. Guests from around the world were invited to guarantee that the conversation would not be too Silicon Valley centric. Frost & Sullivan Chairman David Frigstad argued at the debate t... | Countries around the world are innovating to create new modes of transportation .
From car sharing schemes and smart cities to flying cars, many possibilities within reach .
Many progressive ideas come from outside of the U.S. |
f94b8c82df0ffb4bf603881b5066540064758846 | Shake-up: A review ordered by Education Secretary Michael Gove (above) says children should be made to study history and geography to improve standards . Pupils may be forced to study history and geography until they are 16 under plans for a shake-up of the national curriculum. An independent review ordered by Educatio... | Aims to address fears that standards are falling behind rest of the world .
Nearly 160 schools failed to enter a single pupil for GCSE history last year . |
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