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f94baf62d0bf0723c2e746e6bafb387fdcc0157b | By . Peter Allen . and Arthur Martin . and Nick Fagge . The British girl left for dead after the French Alps massacre only saw one ‘bad man’, police said yesterday. Zainab Al-Hilli, seven, returned to the UK yesterday, eight days after she was shot in the shoulder and beaten around the head. Last night a source close t... | Seven-year-old Zainab Al-Hilli spoke to investigators after being considered well enough to travel back to UK .
She was sent back with two family members an will be kept at a secret location .
Police on the hunt for a black Mitsubishi Pajero with British number plates .
The car was believed to have been seen around Lak... |
f94bb0205c2d353b0ad6d79f81c004067c669ab6 | (CNN) -- Former rebels in the Central African Republic killed almost 1,000 in a two-day rampage earlier this month, Amnesty International said, as together with Human Rights Watch it warned of a surge in sectarian violence. War crimes and crimes against humanity are being committed in the country, Amnesty International... | NEW: Human Rights Watch report documents surge in violence around the northern town of Bossangoa .
Amnesty International says war crimes and crimes against humanity are being committed .
Amnesty International calls for the deployment of a "robust" U.N. peacekeeping force .
The violence is fueling "enormous anger, hosti... |
f94bd04883a296516f4aaf6c3c2ce3ab2f775d09 | A few weeks is nothing in the context of the ancient existence of the Amazon's Awa-Guaja people, but in his short time one photographer managed to capture the everyday life of a tribe considered the most endangered in the world. Daniel Rodrigues created a breathtaking collection of images depicting the beauty and bruta... | The Brazilian Amazon's Awa-Guaja people are under threat from loggers and farmers wanting land .
Photographer Daniel Rodrigues breathtakingly captures their lives in beautiful and confronting images .
Scenes he captures include a snarling red puma while hunting and stunning shots of children at play . |
f94c57bfe31b3c5f0857c7b84143a152fb7fa99f | (CNN) -- Opposition fighters are celebrating success in Syria's north but enduring squalor in and around Damascus, where government forces are cutting off food and medical supplies, a rebel leader said Saturday. Syrian rebels chipped away at President Bashar al-Assad's air power Saturday in Idlib province, where 800 fi... | NEW: At least 79 people killed Saturday, opposition group says .
Rebels go after government air bases one by one in the north .
Syrian troops cut off food, medicine and ammunition to rebels in Damascus .
Al-Assad plans to deliver a speech on Sunday . |
f94c60a77cdec0847a8ced1c111d366f4e48fe2e | By . Simon Tomlinson . PUBLISHED: . 07:22 EST, 11 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:54 EST, 12 March 2013 . Political pawn: Lingerie model Louise Cole (pictured) was unwittingly touted as a 'nurse' on a Lib Dem website boasting tax cuts for 'ordinary workers' A pretty nurse touted as an 'ordinary worker' on a Lib Dem webs... | Louise Cole, 34, shown in nurse's outfit under headline boasting tax cuts for 'every ordinary worker'
Claims picture was taken from a shoot when she modelled as a nurse .
She was unaware it had been used to trumpet Liberal Democrat policies .
Stood in by-election promising to make Westminster 'sexy, not sleazy'
Labour ... |
f94c72ce503c4a2c60cedc43f96bd232bf16d602 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- London's Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew recently opened an attraction that gives visitors the chance to walk among the treetops and examine tree canopies from a new perspective. The walkway at Kew is designed to give visitors a new perspective on trees. The Xstrata Treetop Walkway, which opened... | London's Royal Botanical Gardens at Kew opens treetop walkway .
Visitors afforded bird's eye view of previously unreachable canopy .
Kew hopes new attraction will help people understand need to nurture trees . |
f94c7badb26f7d98d73a67d23e45a587419f40fe | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:54 EST, 17 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 19:56 EST, 17 March 2014 . Train passengers were astonished when the conductor told them to ‘beware of gipsies’ as they pulled in to a station. The London Midland service was stopping in Shropshire on Saturday when the announcer said: ‘No... | London Midland service warned passengers of 'gipsies' in Shropshire .
Conductor also told people 'beware pickpockets' at Telford Central station .
Gipsy Council have branded the comments 'racist' and 'unlawful' |
f94c925ff985d551ab5b4a5d0d53e9cabd36a6a1 | By . James Slack . Serial criminals with more than 100 convictions are routinely escaping with a slap on the wrist, it emerged yesterday. Extraordinary new figures reveal that in the past year alone, 1,079 of the country’s most prolific offenders were spared a jail term by courts. Soft justice is being handed out to cr... | Soft justice is being handed out to criminals guilty of worst crimes .
A burglar being sentenced for his 65th offence was given another chance .
Figures caused alarm in Whitehall and risk tensions inside legal system . |
f94ce06dada290ce7307bf894543da511e9b054e | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . George Osborne's cat Freya has been run over outside the gates of Downing Street. The Chancellor's pet was 'clipped' by a vehicle on Whitehall last night and has been rushed to a vets for treatment, MailOnline understands. The concerned Osborne family are waiting for new... | The Chancellor's pet was injured in an accident on Whitehall last night .
She is being treated by vets but injuries not thought not be life-threatening .
Tabby has a reputation for wandering far and wide in Westminster . |
f94e2264578901b7a3a2119ced858c4b5d4f21f7 | By . Emily Crane . The man convicted of bludgeoning a baby to death in his cot during a home burglary in Victoria two years ago has lodged an appeal against his life sentence. Harley Hicks, 21, was jailed for life last month after he broke into a Bendigo home in June 2012 and brutally bashed 10-month-old Zayden Veal-Wh... | Harley Hicks, 21, was jailed for life last month for killing 10-month-old Zayden Veal-Whitting in June 2012 .
He broke into the Bendigo home and struck the baby 30 times with a baton .
Lawyers for Hicks applied on Wednesday to appeal his life sentence .
In sentencing Hicks, Justice Stephen Kaye described the murder as ... |
f94e93c67b9fcd11cc8eb70b0801eb58a505ff31 | By . Associated Press . Hundreds of Tetris fans had a little fun Saturday with a big version of the classic video game. The Philadelphia skyscraper-sized version created a spectacle against the night sky that organizers hoped inspired onlookers and players to think about the possibilities of technology. The 29-story Ci... | Winners of a special lottery played Tetris on Philadelphia's Cira Centre .
The 29-story Cira Centre was transformed into a gigantic game of Tetris Saturday night .
Competitors used joysticks to play the game .
The 100,000-square-foot 'screen' may could be a world record .
The spectacle kicked of Philly Tech Week and ce... |
f94eb01399cd3d032e9585ce7771be534f258d1f | Manchester United hope to push through the signing of Thomas Vermaelen after the World Cup. Sportsmail understands that wage package has been agreed in principle between Vermaelen and United and the player is believed to be confident that a move will go through this summer. Sources close to the Belgian camp in Brazil i... | Arsenal defender Thomas Vermaelen is set to move to Man Utd after 2014 World Cup .
Vermaelen set to move for a fee of around £11m .
Defender will earn £100,000-a-week at Manchester United .
Belgium international has been instructed by his advisors to not talk about the move publicly .
Arsenal captain lost his place in ... |
f94ed68704323e7af1422573955968e21932dc66 | Washington (CNN) -- Sen. John Cornyn, welcome to the club. The two-term Texas lawmaker is now the seventh Republican Senator up for re-election next year to face a primary challenge from his right. That club also includes the top Republican in the chamber, Minority Leader Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, Lamar Alexander of... | Cornyn is the seventh Republican Senator facing a primary challenge from the right .
Democrats must defend 21 of the 35 Senate seats up for re-election in 2014 .
Strategists say earlier tea party backed challengers have hurt GOP . |
f94ed7cc2a08074577219431f8b52287b49e10d0 | By . Matt Chorley . and Daniel Martin . Controversial: Deputy children's commissioner Sue Berelowitz said the 'model' of Asian men targeting white girls was just one of 'a number of models' The author of report into gang sex abuse today hit back at government criticism of her findings that there was no particular probl... | Fury at result of Deputy children's commissioner Sue Berelowitz's study .
Said figures on Asian gangs weren't enough to conclude particular issue .
NSPCC says there is danger of 'turning a blind eye' to abusers' ethnicity . |
f94f0c511556b3fa5ec30288ea7644e844663c00 | Oussama Assaidi's forgettable spell at Liverpool has ended with a move to Dubai side Al Ahli, the Barclays Premier League club have announced. The 26-year-old signed from Heerenveen in 2012 but made only 12 appearances for the Reds, spending time on loan at Stoke last season and this. The highlight of the Moroccan's Pr... | Oussama Assaidi has ended his time at Liverpool with a move to Al Ahli .
The 26-year-old arrived from Heerenveen but struggled to make an impact .
Reds are yet to receive an offer for Lucas Leiva from Inter Milan . |
f94f5dcd247be9d0cedf561c6652fe50104a3cb1 | Havana, Cuba (CNN)Amid recent rumors of ill health or even possible death, Cuban state media has released 21 photos of former leader Fidel Castro. The photo spread appeared late Monday in the online version of Cuba's state-run newspaper, Granma. In the pictures, the 88-year-old Castro and his wife Dalia Soto del Valle ... | Castro stepped down from power in 2006 .
He led a band of guerrillas who overthrew the island nation's dictatorship in 1959 . |
f94f7287c551b46f43a1601db19df0b633a8bfb5 | Fans of The Darling Buds of May can now follow in the footsteps of the loveable Larkin family – and possibly recreate Charley and Mariette’s idyllic country wedding. The Kent farm where the hit television series was filmed in the early 1990s, kick-starting Catherine Zeta-Jones’ glittering career, has been transformed i... | Darling Buds Farm is located near the villages of Bethersden and Pluckley .
Owner Simon Coulson has converted the oasthouse into guest rooms .
Hit series launched the career of Hollywood actress Catherine Zeta-Jones . |
f94f948ccc3521b2e5210b814074caadf83ab86c | By . David Kent . Arsenal might not have signed any big names this summer yet - but boss Arsene Wenger is certainly doing his best to get the word out about the Gunners. The Frenchman is out in Brazil at the World Cup as a pundit for television in his homeland and has been spotted sporting an array of Arsenal-branded c... | Arsenal manager has been wearing club gear while out in Brazil .
He wore an Arsenal jacket to dinner with Fabio Cannavaro, Christian Vieri and Juan Sebastian Veron and Gunners trousers for TV work .
Wenger is out at the World Cup as a pundit for French television .
FA Cup winners are yet to sign any players in the summ... |
f94fba05d5e10b5239e5435dea8a8ffb75d4bac1 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 06:07 EST, 12 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:35 EST, 12 June 2013 . Support for the UK Independence Party has dropped sharply in the wake of its surprise local elections success. A new opinion poll today showed 12 per cent of people said they were backing Nig... | UKIP poll rating falls from 18% to 12% in just a month .
Support peaked in the wake of local elections when it gained 139 seats . |
f950001a90e0b28e9748c1217f3603cbf1be5456 | A shipwrecked crew have been rescued after becoming stranded in shark-riddled waters during the round-the-world Volvo Ocean Race. The nine-men Team Vestas crew crashed on a remote coral reef before they were picked up and taken to Mauritius. Shore crew chief Neil Cox told the BBC: 'We've had nine guys sitting on a sand... | The Volvo Ocean Race spans 39,379 nautical miles and visits 11 countries .
Team Vesta became stranded on a sand spit after crashing on a coral reef .
Coastguard warned that the area was riddled with 'sharks and barracudas' |
f9509ffd86a39a7b5d2b88a0088454cd01cc72ac | Parents have poured scorn on a Labour MP after she claimed children are no longer interested in Lego. Stella Creasy, 37, said that at Christmas her young nieces and a nephew refused to build a Lego toy of the Death Star from the Star Wars films. Speaking at a conference last week, she said: ‘They weren’t interested. I ... | Stella Creasy said her young nieces and nephew refused to build Lego toy .
She told conference last week 'toys with instructions don't cut it any more'
But Kirstie Allsopp hit back at 'daftest comment' she says she's ever heard .
Last week Lego was named as one of 50 greatest toys of all time in survey . |
f950b67887005c65a57c345cb2642c1ea2b0bd55 | By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 13:55 EST, 19 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:57 EST, 19 April 2012 . Men who said they were kept as slaves on a travellers’ site escaped by jumping into a canal, hiding in a back garden and confiding in a Community Service officer, a jury heard today. The victims were allegedly held in s... | One homeless man 'was picked up in London but fled over a fence after being assaulted'
Another man was allegedly told if he tried to leave he would be murdered .
The same man claimed he was placed in a car boot for 40 minutes . |
f950d5a69366663113a7812e3435d6e33b1b0e68 | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 11:00 EST, 17 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:04 EST, 17 October 2013 . From chipmunks to Mediterranean spiders, animals are evolving to cope with the effects of hotter temperatures, a scientist has claimed. DNA evidence suggests the European wasp spider is evolving into a new form ... | Biologist Michael White of the Washington University School of Medicine said animals that have previously not crossed paths are breeding to adapt .
DNA evidence suggests European wasp spider is evolving and has colonised new areas in Europe as the animals seek cooler climates .
Over 100 years, chipmunks have moved to h... |
f9518b66475a6d19c9b861406d4eaa76043ae650 | This is the moment an ostrich turned into a real life version of Road Runner - when it escaped from its owner and sprinted onto a highway. The six-foot bird ran away from home and onto an expressway at Yiwu in the eastern province of Zhejiang in China. After smashing through a toll booth barrier, it careered down the r... | Six-foot ostrich broke through toll barrier before sprinting on to highway .
Bird careered down the road past baffled drivers in Yiwu, eastern China .
Ostrich was tracked down hours later - but then sprinted after passing lorry .
The domesticated bird had been reported missing from its owner's home . |
f9528cc5f0fb80c166d56c42108030477ac38a22 | She's been branded the new darling of Russia, the Olga Korbut of Sochi 2014. And it hasn't gone unnoticed by her country's president Vladimir Putin. Julia Lipnitskaia is just 15, but she has already taken her mother country by storm with her spellbinding performance yesterday in the Winter Olympics. Just like the gymna... | Julia Lipnitskaia has already taken her mother country by storm .
Ice princess left the crowd gasping with a gold medal-winning routine .
She wore a red coat and skated to the music from Schindler's List .
Teen won Russia's first of the games as part of their ice dance team .
Next up she competes in the singles. Her co... |
f953b83006c433f48b1dfa798677e7f7a4bbfef1 | (CNN) -- Residents of a small Filipino village lined up flowers. Firefighters in Sydney, Australia, climbed stairs to the top of a skyscraper and shed tears. In Madrid, Spain, a crowd of several hundred gathered to plant trees and hold a moment of silence. Around the world on Sunday, people remembered 9/11, marking in ... | Remember "why we fight," a member of the U.S. Air Force in Afghanistan says .
The pope prays for victims and calls on world leaders to reject violence .
Firefighters hold a moment of silence at the top of Sydney Tower .
Residents of a Filipino village bring flowers in memory of a 9/11 victim . |
f953f33f10d6cb052501d071001db54816798578 | By . Emma Robertson . PUBLISHED: . 08:56 EST, 23 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:46 EST, 23 August 2013 . Stress fuels cancer by triggering a 'master switch' gene which allows the disease to spread, according to new research. The 'unexpected' discovery could lead to the development of drugs that target the protein and ... | Study found that stress triggers a 'master switch' gene called ATF3 .
This corrupts the immune system, giving cancer an fast-track around body .
Discovery could help develop drugs to dampen the 'stress gene' |
f95437cc0764bef8a47d5fcfd1a75817f48ce562 | Business Secretary Vince Cable said small companies are being starved of cash by lenders bailed out by British taxpayers . Efforts to force banks to increase lending to struggling small firms have failed, Vince Cable admitted yesterday. In an astonishing attack on one of George Osborne’s flagship policies to boost the ... | Liberal Democrat said efforts to force banks to increase lending have failed .
Comments challenge Chancellor who launched Funding for Lending scheme .
It sees Bank of England give lenders billions in cheap funds to raise lending .
Cable warned 'using big institutions didn't work' and small businesses are given 'bad dea... |
f9546735f484fd03f0887455baf9dd61327d7d7c | An army dog which died of a broken heart hours after his handler was shot dead has been awarded the animal equivalent of the Victoria Cross. Theo, a springer spaniel cross, received the PDSA Dickin Medal for life-saving bravery in Afghanistan. The 22-month-old dog suffered a fatal seizure when his handler, Lance Corpor... | Pair detected a record 14 Taliban roadside bombs and weapons cashes .
Lance Corporal Liam Tasker and his 'best mate' Theo were 'inseparable'
LCpl, from Fife was posthumously honoured with MBE last year .
Theo made the most confirmed operational finds by any arms and explosives search dog in Afghanistan to date . |
f954b9cb727e14e555ffea8a77b58f5a4fb5ffa0 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:46 EST, 10 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 18:52 EST, 10 February 2014 . Newly-single Valerie Trierweiler shows French president Francois Hollande what he is missing as she strips down to a bikini on holiday in Mauritius. The jilted former French First Lady jetted to the sun-dr... | The jilted former First Lady jetted to the isle with two girlfriends .
She laughed with friends as they lazed on a beach, shopped and chatted .
Meanwhile, Hollande is preparing to visit U.S. in first state visit without her . |
f954bd13f7d6650be6e190b29de25cb100ea73d2 | Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) -- Hundreds of hawkers and beggars, quite often seen on Dhaka's major roads and at traffic stops, will be driven out next month ahead of the Cricket World Cup scheduled to begin in mid February, officials said Wednesday. Three South Asian nations ннн-- Bangladesh, India and Sri Lanka -- are join... | Bangladesh is one of three countries hosting the Cricket World Cup .
Officials say hawkers and beggars will be removed from Dhaka .
An estimated 40 percent of Bangladesh's population lives in poverty . |
f954e7a58ce7c60f75dfd0109b437fb2745bc137 | By . Jennifer Smith . Glennis Brierley was stabbed four times by her schizophrenic son . A paranoid schizophrenic stabbed his mother to death after convincing himself his parents were part of a satanic paedophile ring. Matthew Brierley killed his 64-year-old mother the day after he moved back into her home in Littlebor... | Matthew Brierley stabbed his mother in the neck and chest four times .
The 45-year-old became convinced his parents were involved in paedophilia .
Called police from a phone box after attack saying: 'I've just killed somebody'
Brierley admitted manslaughter and will be sentenced tomorrow . |
f9553c60e2542858584b54e73694c1c28f8e4b9d | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 12:00 EST, 28 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:36 EST, 29 October 2013 . A baby girl found naked, lying in her own excrement, and close to death in a car boot may have been hidden there since her birth almost two years ago, a court in France has heard. The baby's Portuguese parents face up... | Portuguese couple in French court on neglect charges .
Baby, believed to be aged between 15 and 23 months, was found in the car by mechanics in French garage doing repairs .
Mother kept the child a secret - even from her husband since - it was claimed .
Prosecutor said girl's condition was stabilised but 'serious'
Pare... |
f9559238e1c1af77ac11a9660bc226426ab45b05 | Roma are weighing up a January move for Petr Cech. Jose Mourinho insists Chelsea have yet to receive any offers for the 32-year-old goalkeeper despite mooted interest from Liverpool, Inter Milan, Arsenal, Paris St Germain and Real Madrid. Cech has played in the Champions League against Maribor and is valued at around £... | Petr Cech has been displaced in the Chelsea team by Thibaut Courtois .
Roma are weighing up making a move for the Chelsea keeper in January .
Cech has also attracted interest from Arsenal, Liverpool and Real Madrid .
The 32-year-old is valued at around £7million . |
f9562ea1386b208ba2246fd44b4625f5e384c984 | A high school teacher from Portland says he was fired because of his religious beliefs and pro-life views. Math teacher Bill Diss had been out of the classroom since March after he was put on paid administrative leave after a teaching career spanning 11 years. He has now been formally fired by Portland Public Schools b... | School says math teacher was fired because of his 'conduct and performance'
Bill Diss believes he was removed from the classroom because of his anti-abortion views .
Teacher banned Planned Parenthood from coming to speak to his class and was abusive towards teachers and students who agreed with their views . |
f9564aea2d72c305da411e1fba8b15407be29343 | By . Riath Al-Samarrai . Follow @@riathalsam . Stoke defender Robert Huth, perhaps sensing the escalation of a recent and curious epidemic, took to Twitter on Monday evening and advocated Luis Suarez starting yet another season under suspension. He wrote: ‘Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a three-... | Robert Huth slammed Luis Suarez on Monday night .
The striker was crying after Liverpool's dramatic 3-3 draw at Crystal Palace .
Huth said: 'Still maintain that crying on the pitch should warrant a ban.' |
f9568c0342d72a432272dde3a1ad2e22bac9c23f | Jack P Shepherd, who plays David Platt in Coronation Street, was forced to apologise after making jokes about the fire at the kennels . Hundreds of Coronation Street fans have called for Jack P Shepherd to be sacked after he made jokes about the Manchester Dogs' Home fire which claimed the lives of 60 animals. The acto... | Jack P Shepherd, 26, said: 'I have a million 'hot dog' jokes' after kennel fire .
He then tweeted: 'You guys need to lighten up. #GetItLightenUp'
The Coronation Street star was forced to issue a grovelling apology .
He will be spoken to by ITV bosses after fans called for him to be fired .
More than £1.36million has be... |
f957ad453db2348f3b239d155d2bae1fd8c2ab74 | By . James Gordon . It's one of the most colorful weekends on the calendar with Gay Pride events taking place around the world, but less than 45 years ago there were few celebrations of the LGBT community at all. There were no openly gay politicians. No TV show had any identifiably gay characters. It was legal to fire ... | The first marches were both serious and fun, and served to inspire the widening activist movement .
More and more annual marches started up in other cities throughout the world .
In Atlanta and New York City and the marches were called 'Gay Liberation Marches'
In Los Angeles and San Francisco they became known as 'Gay ... |
f957d55fcf00969d7da43b1f7fd7102f21e12a5c | By . Corey Charlton . A mother of seven has been found dead in a jail cell halfway through a 48-hour sentence she was serving for her children's absence from school. Eileen DiNino, 55, was found dead at Berks County Prison in Pennsylvania, during a two day sentence that would have erased about $2000 in fines and court ... | Eileen DiNino, 55, serving sentence to erase $2000 in fines and court costs .
The debt had accumulated since 1999 and involved several of her children .
Cause of death not yet known but it is not considered suspicious .
'Didn't need to be here': Judge admits to losing sleep over her death . |
f9580c30024c529da136ee51f88054a58c1a9d17 | Manila, Philippines (CNN) -- The death toll from a tropical storm that pummeled the Philippines rose to at least 447 on Sunday, according to the national chairman of the Philippine Red Cross. The vast majority of the bodies were found in the cities of Iligan and Cagayan de Oro, according to military officials and the N... | NEW: Philippine Red Cross chairman will travel to stricken region Monday .
Emergency officials are distributing food rations, blankets and mosquito nets .
Officials estimate 100,000 are displaced .
They are investigating reports that an entire village was swept away . |
f9581d224d3e5e26449076aa3eb3c6c75ae4f8e1 | (CNN) -- Armored cars patrolled the streets of Zimbabwe's capital and residents flocked to banks Thursday after limits on cash withdrawals were lifted in the inflation-ravaged African nation. With prices rising even more than once a day, shopping is a mathematical proficiency test for Zimbabweans. The Reserve Bank of Z... | Residents flock to banks after limits on cash withdrawals lifted; troops patrol streets .
Central bank caps maximum daily withdrawals at 500,000 Zimbabwean dollars .
Bank last week raise that limit to 100 million dollars ($50 U.S.) per week .
Zimbabwe's inflation rate of 231 million percent is the world's highest . |
f958216be9265de57c6ae55fa9a34e1ee119c660 | (CNN) -- Inside Moore Medical Center's emergency room, Dr. Stephanie Barnhart had been monitoring the weather all afternoon. A tornado watch was in effect, but that was almost commonplace for this time of year in Oklahoma. The first "code black" emergency alert came shortly before 3 p.m. on Monday. The second notified ... | The Moore, Oklahoma, Medical Center was directly in the path of the EF5 tornado .
All of the hospital patients survived thanks to Dr. Stephanie Barnhart's plan .
Barnhart and her team covered the patients with mattresses and blankets . |
f9584ff308c13e00006287c60f0ab199805b31fd | Earlier this week US confectionery giant Hershey's declared legal war on its British counterpart for allegedly making their goods too similar to those favoured by American consumers. If successful, the bid would strip British specialist stores such as Tea & Sympathy and Myers Of Keswick, in New York's West Village, of ... | British standards require that at least a fifth of sweet is cocoa solids .
In America however, only 10 per cent of ingredient is needed in treats .
Geographical differences in cocoa beans contributes to taste differences .
It comes as Hershey's tried to drive Cadbury's goods out of New York . |
f9589dd88b67e072a13601af71ab4958f865406e | (CNN) -- Tim Tebow wants to be an inspiration. As the Denver Broncos quarterback approaches the second round of the NFL playoffs, a documentary offers a detailed look at his quest to convince the teams that he could bring his college success to the pro level. With typical humility, he says he just hopes the film inspir... | Chase Heavener spent four months chronicling quarterback's NFL dreams .
Heavener was friends with Tim Tebow, who gave him unfettered access to his training .
Documentary follows Tebow from last game in college to night he gets drafted .
Heavener says Tebow is the real deal, what you see is how he really is . |
f958a776d4a5117ce05670efa29a78db3e6a293a | (CNN) -- Australia's Marc Leishman and Sergio Garcia of Spain were the leaders after the first day of play at the Masters in Augusta. Garcia hit six birdies in his opening round to finish six under par with a round of 66, a benchmark which Leishman, who had gone out earlier, had already set. Tipped by many to win his f... | Marc Leishman and Sergio Garcia lead the field after first day of play .
Woods shoots a solid two-under 70 to mimic his opening round of previous successes .
History making Guan Tianlang, 14, impresses with a round of one-over par . |
f959116e0606392633e8d8eaeb710664e4532c6c | The son of a 7/7 victim whose mother stole his £50,000 compensation says he has no sympathy for her as she is jailed for 30 months. Adam Gray, who was 11 when his father Richard was killed in the terrorist attack, entrusted the sum to his mother Louise for safe keeping on his 18th birthday. After blowing the money on s... | Adam Gray was 11 years old when father died in London bombings in 2005 .
Following father's death, he was left £50,000 compensation for his future .
On turning 18, he asked mother Louise to look after cash until he was older .
But she spent it on four new cars, jacuzzi, seven dogs and shopping spree .
She was jailed fo... |
f9594e3871f23be8e7f25961f7c6d16509dd5f5b | When in Rome, it is said, one should do as the Romans do. And that is exactly what citizens of the Eternal City did this weekend as they took a step back in time to celebrate the 2,766th birthday of the capital. Each year the streets become a stage for troupes of actors dressed as denizens of the ancient city, as they ... | Each year the streets of the capital become a stage for troupes of actors .
Romans join in re-enactments of ancient Rome as it was in 753 BC .
Natale di Roma festival held in Rome's 'birth place' amid seven hills . |
f95963d84981dad43a3c85691ccc0fa8397a55e5 | By . Richard Shears . PUBLISHED: . 05:10 EST, 1 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:25 EST, 1 November 2013 . The behaviour of accused murderer Simon Gittany in the minutes after his ballerina girlfriend plunged to her death from their 15th-storey Sydney apartment was revealed in CCTV footage shown to a jury today. Dress... | Simon Gittany seen hurrying out of apartment moments after death plunge .
Dressed in pyjamas, he gesticulates as he rides the lift to the ground floor .
Other CCTV seen in court shows girlfriend Lisa Harnum hitting the ground .
Gittany accused of murdering Miss Harnum after she planned to leave him . |
f95972f2cb8e5b1f53225d90b4d7e7d36652b0c4 | By . Wills Robinson . Down under: Heston Blumenthal said his award-winning venue, the Fat Duck, would move to Australia next year, opening in Melbourne in February . Celebrity chef Heston Blumenthal is to move his landmark The Fat Duck restaurant more than 10,000 miles across the world. Billed by the restaurateur as 't... | Move has been billed by restraunteur as 'the furthest migration of a duck'
UK premises in Bray, Berkshire, would temporarily close .
Chef announced venue in Melborne would open in February next year .
A meal for two at the three-Michelin star restaurant can cost around £190 . |
f959bba7730d18b03b146d0cda03f227d865952d | (CNN) -- It's an unreal scene, like one from a horror film. Here's how Tulsa World editor Ziva Branstetter described Oklahoma's botched execution on Tuesday of convicted killer Clayton Lockett: . • 6:28 p.m. Fifty milligrams of midazolam have been injected into each of Lockett's arms to start the process, an attempt to... | Oklahoma botches first of two executions scheduled for Tuesday .
John Sutter: The horrific scene won't change attitudes in the state .
Sutter writes that some locals more or less celebrated the botched execution .
The death penalty still has a "cold grip on Oklahoma," he writes . |
f95a0ca60ff8eee1067b2a66c39bfc68229c0802 | By . Bianca London . It is called labour for a reason, and if you are a woman who has endured the agony of childbirth you may want to look away now. New research claims that the pain of having a football club relegated is the male equivalent to the pain of childbirth (according to a group of football fans). Nearly two-... | Sports fans were polled on behlaf of ITV sitcom Warren United .
Even fans who attended .
only one game in a season agreed .
Fulham fans Daniel Radcliffe and Hugh Grant feeling pain of relegation . |
f95a67106e6af757b6ceb16e49bf877e94ed6cbc | New York (CNN) -- For Muslims living in the United States, the call to prayer requires a response at least five times a day. But when the U.S. Census Bureau comes calling once every 10 years, some Arab-Americans still hesitate to return the survey. "There's a fear factor that this information may be used against you, ... | Arab-Americans fear census information may be used against them, leader says .
"Here is a chance to tell the whole world we exist," Arab-American leader says .
National census return rate is 52 percent as of April 1 . |
f95b6af0605a33ca15007f6e6e7b5bfdefa2db48 | Australian airline Qantas grounded all its aircraft Saturday in response to a labor dispute, in a step that will disrupt travel for thousands of people. Flights in the air will complete those journeys, the airline said in a statement, but there will be no further domestic or international departures worldwide. The indu... | PM Gillard: "We need this dispute to be brought to an end"
Australian pilots' union says Qantas's move is "a maniacal overreaction"
Qantas boss says the unions' "extreme claim" left the airline no choice .
Travelers booked on Qantas flights are advised not to go to the airport . |
f95bf1f634d9f2c5bc25d0f32cdd1f99ff2eee2a | By . Paul Bentley and Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 06:06 EST, 6 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:41 EST, 6 March 2013 . A husband has recalled the moment he returned home on his first day of retirement, only to discover that his wife had been killed in a car crash. Terry Williams had arrived home, laden with champagne and... | Wendy Williams was killed as she pulled out in front of an ambulance in 2009 .
Husband Terry Williams told an inquest of hearing the devastating news .
Kevin Webster was found not guilty of causing death by careless driving . |
f95bffc505e51e0e06d93fc57f21abffda62306d | (CNN) -- All four people found dead inside tennis great James Blake's burning mansion had been shot, investigators said Thursday. Blake was not at the Florida home at the time of the blaze Wednesday and was leasing out the property, Hillsborough County Sheriff's Col. Donna Lusczynski told reporters. The medical examine... | Sheriff's official: The father had bought a large amount of fireworks .
A 911 call reports an explosion, flames at a Tampa home .
A sheriff's colonel says 2 adults, 2 teens were shot; cause of death is being determined .
The home belonged to former pro tennis player James Blake, who was leasing it out . |
f95c75ba5304c5bc604bf1c5f42f65ed070a8f10 | Chelsea have beaten off a dramatic late intervention from Arsenal to secure the £10.5million signing of Loic Remy from West London rivals QPR on a four-year deal. Remy's representatives were already in talks with Chelsea and the deal was in its advanced stages before Arsenal tried to hijack the move. The former Marseil... | Chelsea tie up Loic Remy's signature on Sunday despite Arsenal interest .
The Blues triggered £8m release clause for France international .
But Gunners also met it but were too late to convince Remy to sign .
Remy signs four-year deal with Chelsea .
Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho wanted another striker in his squad .
Fe... |
f95c93f666dd9f351530081bdf5d8e3144093a45 | Indian cricket authorities have been forced to back down after a spokesman made an insensitive remark about cancelling a tour game because of felled batsman Phillip Hughes. A practice tour match between India and Australia was set to be held today and Indian officials initially refused to postpone the match after Hughe... | Practice tour match that was to be held today has been canned out of respect .
Indian team spokesman had said earlier: 'Postponed because of one player? I don't think so'
Picture emerges of beautiful vigil held before local match in Kolkata . |
f95cbc44206f86aa181ad95eaa41a80089adc3eb | Tunis, Tunisia (CNN) -- Official results have yet to be published, but preliminary returns appear to show that the once-banned moderate Islamist party Ennahda has won Tunisia's historic elections, according to several political parties and Tunisian media outlets. On Tuesday night, victory celebrations erupted outside t... | New: Ennahda supporters celebrate their apparent victory .
New: The daughter of Ennahda's leader insists women's rights will be protected .
Preliminary results are announced for five districts .
Ennahda may form a coalition with two other parties . |
f95cd9e1a7ca3dc3c53da01b05658cb2c06925ca | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Ralph Vaughan Williams's The Lark Ascending has risen to the top of the annual Classic FM Hall Of Fame list . The music played during the tearful final moments of Coronation Street's Hayley Cropper has been named the nation's favourite piece of classical music. Ralph Vaughan Williams's The La... | Ralph Vaughan Williams's piece tops Classic FM Hall Of Fame list .
Composition was written in its earliest form exactly a century ago .
It toppled Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No 2, which reigned for three years . |
f95d33393d9bccb64a4b0fc85867b4e223f03da2 | By . Victoria Wellman and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 23:09 EST, 20 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:47 EST, 21 March 2013 . The parents of a star high school athlete who was shot and killed by a neighbor when the 16-year-old crawled into the wrong house in his neighborhood have forgiven the man who killed their s... | Caleb Gordley, a junior at Park View High in Sterling, Virginia was a popular student and star athlete .
Friends say he was drinking at a party and may have mistaken his neighbour's almost identical home for his own .
Long-time resident and neighbour, Donald Wilder, shot and killed Gordley after calling 911 to report a... |
f95d6b9188376ad3b06a9ced3a5f8c33287f321d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:24 EST, 13 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:47 EST, 13 November 2013 . Fraudulent: Linda Rose Gagnon, 59, has been convicted of stealing the retirement money of nuns from the U.S. Province of the Religious of Jesus and Mary in 2011 . A 59-year-old woman has been convicted of ... | Linda Rose Gagnon, 59, scammed Catholic nuns out of $285k .
The California woman convinced the order she was a financial expert and could buy them a retirement home in 2008 .
She spent the money on personal luxuries .
Gagnon faces up to 60 years in prison . |
f95e1c8cf2099c72255ff3dee304e8948515a53f | By . Lizzie Parry . PUBLISHED: . 13:15 EST, 11 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:35 EST, 11 December 2013 . Stephen Brawn celebrates being cleared of rape after having sex with a sleeping woman and posting the footage on Facebook . A man has today been cleared of rape after filming himself having sex with a sleeping wo... | Stephen Brawn admitted filming the encounter and uploading it on the social networking site on May 30 .
He denied raping the woman telling the court she had consented to him having sex with her while she slept 'so she could watch it the next day'
A jury of eight women and four men at Ipswich Crown Court acquitted Mr Br... |
f95f1ad3e04e20ca83a37bbea10e34636c7e9119 | The United States tortured al-Qaeda detainees captured after the 9/11 attacks, President Obama said Friday, in some of his most expansive comments to date about a controversial set of CIA practices that he banned after taking office. 'We tortured some folks,' Obama said at a televised news conference at the White House... | CIA used water boarding, stress positions, sleep deprivation, nudity, humiliation, cold and other tactics against al-Qaeda detainees .
A Senate report is expected to be made public in the coming days outlining the details .
Obama said Americans should not 'feel too sanctimonious in retrospect'
'I understand why it happ... |
f95f69327586dd7ab4a74bec455cc7edb6b866d7 | TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- A well-known Iranian filmmaker has written an open letter calling for the release of journalist Roxana Saberi. In a letter, Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi blames himself for urging Roxana Saberi to stay in Iran. Bahman Ghobadi said he kept quiet about the arrest and conviction of the Iranian-Ame... | Iranian filmmaker Bahman Ghobadi writes letter calling for release of jailed journalist .
Filmmaker says fiancee Roxana Saberi is caught in a "game of politics"
Journalist "is without guilt or reproach," filmmaker's letter says .
"Shame on me! Shame on us!" the letter concludes . |
f95f7360d0f9efcb9bcfe3ab8f7c88305c81c4df | It may not be a fruit that you automatically reach for in the supermarket, but the large and exotic breadfruit is being touted as a wonder food. Known by its Latin name, artocarpus altilis, the fruit has lumpy green flesh and a potato-like texture so that it can be served as part of a main meal or turned into sweets. I... | Breadfruit has lumpy green flesh and a potato-like texture .
It is widely eaten in the Pacific Islands and scientists are encouraging the planting of trees in countries with poor food security .
One breadfruit, which weighs around seven lbs (3kg) provides the carbohydrate portion of a meal for a family of five .
It can... |
f95f8a4df931da085e0fff6fe1b1a685c5a709ed | We’ve all wished someone from the future could send us tomorrow’s lottery ticket numbers. While it may seem wishful thinking, a physicist from Cambridge University believes that, in theory, it could be possible. He argues that if a thin wormhole stays open long enough, people might send messages instantly through time ... | Wormholes are theoretical tunnels that create shortcuts in space-time .
If a message entered a wormhole, it could reach the future or the past .
But wormholes are thought to collapse before a message could get out .
Dr Luke Butcher argues if a wormhole is longer than it is wide, the amount of negative energy inside wou... |
f95f9b1f723fab92392bc0b9e11e743017f0c78a | (CNN) -- The Taliban, one of Osama bin Laden's closest allies, confirmed late Friday that the al Qaeda founder had been killed by U.S. commandos during a raid in Pakistan. The admission by the Taliban comes on the heels of one earlier in the day by al Qaeda, removing any question about whether bin Laden's closest allie... | NEW: Taliban confirms that Osama bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces .
NEW: Taliban says the terror leader has achieved martyrdom .
NEW: Confirmation removes any question on whether his closest allies believe he is dead .
The Taliban statement follows another one by al Qaeda . |
f96048fc44a65333a6b1d7dbfb51b5509a6de15e | Arizona Senator John McCain, himself tortured for years while held captive in a Vietnamese prison, says that an execution that took nearly two hours at an Arizona prison was a form of 'torture.' On Wednesday, convicted murderer Joseph Wood - who gunned down his former girlfriend and her father in 1989 - was put to deat... | Double murderer Joseph Rudolph Wood was pronounced dead at 3.49pm, an hour and 57 minutes after his execution began on Wednesday .
McCain says the nearly two-hour execution amounts to torture .
The execution prompted an immediate backlash from death penalty opponents .
A federal judge suggested that firing squad would ... |
f96054c9a20e19989d09fbac3838704f0d93b470 | As any child of the eighties will tell you, neon is a staple of any after-dark celebration- but two foodies from Melbourne have taken their love of it one step further to create a sweet treat that lights up the night. Steve Felice and Glenn Storey, the pair behind nitrogen ice-cream pop-up 196 Below, have designed glo... | Australia's first neon ice cream has been launched by 196 Below .
The pop-up shop specialises in nitrogen ice cream for festivals and events .
Nitrogen ice-cream cools the dairy sweet quickly, making it creamier .
Co-owner Steve Felice used UV-reactive food dye to create a neon treat .
The dye causes the ice-cream to g... |
f960aedfab8c785a2d97dc11d5581a68282f7f77 | By . Guy Adams . PUBLISHED: . 19:25 EST, 26 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:38 EST, 26 August 2013 . Yesterday was a picture-perfect Bank Holiday in the Berkshire village of Cookham. Hundreds of day-trippers took advantage of the summer sunshine to wander along grassy meadows next to a meandering River Thames. On the H... | Newly opened Cookham tea shop victim of cruel sabotage .
Owners had 50 cockroaches posted through the letterbox . |
f961343385fbc1fb943ea02af144483b1b10e480 | By . Jill Reilly . A postal service worker has been caught on CCTV throwing parcels from truck windows instead of delivering them. The worker was seen chucking parcels - reportedly including a HD Kindle Fire worth around $400 - on to the driveway of a home in Georgetown on Saturday. The owners were perplexed as to why... | Caught on resident's CCTV camera throwing a $400 Kindle in Georgetown .
Complained to local post office, but said the response was not satisfactory . |
f96150bb64ee927b5ab7dc18881a5a339b698e4f | (CNN) -- A room with a view is a perk usually coveted by travelers. So much so that one of the most famous travel romance movies of all time takes that title. But travel is also about shutting the rest of the world out, and nothing does that quite like a room without even a single window to the outside world. Here we l... | Cave hotels, whether deluxe or rustic, make for a unique lodging experience .
In Italy, limestone rock houses several underground hotels .
In the Australian Outback, underground dwellings provide relief from the heat . |
f961523f33505186d04638f16360e6f02683bd78 | (CNN) -- As you can imagine, college life can be very eventful. Balancing classes, internships, and a life away from home is enough to keep anyone busy. As a 20-year-old living with a chronic illness, I have skillfully learned the balancing act of college life. My name is Marquita Gaines, and I have sickle cell disease... | Marquita Gaines is a 20-year-old college student with sickle cell disease .
Sickle cell disease is a genetic blood disorder that can cause severe pain .
Gaines receives a red blood cell exchange transfusion every six weeks .
Each exchange transfusion requires 10 units of red blood cells . |
f96178096a295b4f11398e8c7a9326ef73110d1e | Prince Charles is to demand a total overhaul of the honours system when he becomes king in the belief gongs are handed out for the wrong reasons . Prince Charles will demand a total overhaul of the honours system when he becomes king. The heir to the throne believes gongs are handed out ‘to the wrong people for the wro... | When king, Prince Charles will demand an overhaul of the honours system .
He believes gongs are issued 'to the wrong people for the wrong reasons'
The Prince of Wales is said to want to scrap honours such as the CBE .
A figure close to him said honours ceremonies should be a celebration .
The revelations come just as a... |
f96203825855e41add7658ef05e30d369c071f0d | (CNN) -- For the fourth weekend in a row, The Hunger Games easily led the domestic box office, holding off three new wide releases from the top spot. Lionsgate's $90 million blockbuster adaptation earned $21.5 million over the Friday-to-Sunday period, marking a slim 32 percent drop from last weekend. All told, The Hung... | 'Hunger Games' has dominated the box office since its release .
The film beat out new releases 'The Three Stooges' and 'The Cabin in the Woods'
'Titanic 3D' came in fourth place . |
f962153a729835692871a9b4a6b493b2eab017c4 | (CNN) -- If this weekend's box office battle was a big-screen boxing match, it would have been the original "Rocky": grinning, glamorous Apollo Creed against little-known and less-regarded Rocky Balboa. No one expected that one to go the full 15 rounds, either. In this weekend's showdown, it was the established "Gone G... | "Dracula Untold" was the weekend's top new movie .
But returning champ "Gone Girl" held the title belt .
Family comedy "Alexander" opened at No. 3 . |
f9623e526901fef03399fccc090c6d43e787f5ef | President Barack Obama spoke to an appreciative yet polite audience of about 1,500 young Indians in New Delhi on Tuesday morning, but his White House tech team delivered a 'facepalm' moment to the handful of people who watched online. As he praised India and the United States for a string of technological achievements,... | 'We transformed ourselves into high-tech–' Obama said just before the video signal dropped for ten full seconds .
Feed came back as he was boasting that the US and India were the only two nations 'to have gone to the moon and to Mars'
Signal cut out five more times but few Americans saw it .
At its peak the White House... |
f9624816db12d61f6a7f35d69d478b94df5d0425 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Nearly two out of three Americans approve of the job Barack Obama is doing as president, according to an average of the most recent national polls. President Obama is still being evaluated on how he does his job, CNN's polling director says. In a CNN Poll of Polls compiled Thursday, 64 percent of t... | 64 percent of Americans in various polls approve of Obama's work so far .
Rating is similar to recent predecessors' around 100-day mark .
Approval tends to slip later in the year, CNN polling director says . |
f9625f0fc40a3560b1b1b79032e2369b60da1048 | By . Harriet Arkell . A three year-old boy suffered serious head injuries after a music speaker fell off a Turkish hotel balcony and landed on him as he lay on a sunlounger below. Stanley Burch, from Rainham, Kent, suffered a fractured skull and bleeding to the brain after the incident at the Yasmin Resort in Bodrum. H... | Stanley Burch, from Rainham, Kent, was on family holiday in Bodrum, Turkey .
With sister, Rosie, five, and parents Amy Belcher, 29, and Mitchell Burch, 32 .
Mr Burch said: 'We were on sunloungers when speaker fell onto his head'
Stanley needed surgery after suffering fractured skull and bleeding on brain .
Was in inten... |
f9627cbe00e3d069bbc61cea6a60f6057f975132 | (CNN) -- The Venezuelan oil refinery whose explosions killed 42 people suffers mismanagement, delays in major maintenance and underinvestment, according to analysts and an engineering firm's recent report. The state-run oil company that operates the refinery has been hampered by how Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez use... | Venezuela's state-run oil company under scrutiny after a weekend fire kills 42 people .
An engineer's report in March finds problems in major and routine maintenance .
Oil company faces "severe mismanagement and underinvestment," analyst says .
President Hugo Chavez is up for re-election in October . |
f9629066dc2987b5bc35811387a6d5c12e55f60f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:48 EST, 2 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:38 EST, 2 October 2013 . The animal kingdom is full of intricate mating rituals, from battling bulls to proud peacocks, but this bird's way of attracting a mate is truly 'magnificent'. The male Magnificent Frigatebird spends most of t... | A male Magnificent Frigatebird blows up his chest to attract a mate .
Birds caught roosting at national park in Tampa, Florida . |
f962ad5959cb5d4fdac28676b6ae0ccf0290f8e6 | (CNN) -- The new version of Apple's mobile operating system, iOS 7, was released September 18 to mostly positive reviews. It was the biggest change to iOS since it was introduced six years ago, overhauled to add a slate of new features and a more streamlined, flat, abstract look. But nobody's perfect, right? It's not u... | iMessage not working for some users of Apple's new mobile system .
Some also say they get motion sickness from animation on their iPads and iPhones .
Apple has already fixed a Lock screen bypass .
Fixes or workarounds exist for most glitches . |
f962c5475f19a9970f16490721961a3057241647 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:24 EST, 10 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:51 EST, 10 August 2012 . A dime made in 1873 has cost someone a pretty penny: It sold . for $1.6 million at auction. The rare coin was minted in Carson City, Nev., during a . one-day run of dimes. An anonymous bidder won the pristine ... | The 'No Arrows' Liberty Seated dime was won by anonymous bidder . |
f963329b9de81d5c7860ab60ab299b582f9ee24f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 04:13 EST, 13 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:13 EST, 13 March 2013 . A father has admitted waterboarding four children - including his two sons - after claiming it was a learning experience for them. William Province, 42, pleaded guilty to four misdemeanor counts of endangering t... | William Province admitted using the technique on four boys as young as 9 .
Was given two years' probation after reaching a plea deal with prosecutors .
Province was arrested after his then girlfriend contacted police .
She said he broke her wrist and some fingers as she tried to stop him .
Waterboarding simulates drown... |
f964013b3c3344c126176c534046ad248b9011a5 | (Travel + Leisure) -- Part outsize beach resort, part culture capital, Sydney, Australia, exemplifies the art of relaxed cosmopolitanism. It's urbane but not pretentious; cutting-edge but not stressed-out. Now a handful of players is channeling that Aussie energy into new restaurants, hotels, and boutiques in some oft-... | Sydney exemplifies the art of relaxed cosmopolitanism with its beach options and culture .
New restaurants and hotels are popping up in some oft-overlooked neighborhoods .
The city's fashionable heart is the corner of Oxford Street and Glenmore Road . |
f964201067abb2f8f9de45f27c9857836e29d460 | Rookie IndyCar driver Mikhail Aleshin was rushed to a hospital in serious but stable condition Friday night after a horrifying crash in the final practice session for the series season finale. Aleshin, 27, was airlifted to Loma Linda University Medical Center in California. The Russian driver suffered broken ribs and a... | Mikhail Aleshin, 27, suffered broken ribs, a broken collarbone, a concussion and chest injuries .
The crash took place Friday night at the Fontana, California, track during a practice run . |
f9645545574c72bd33573eba10406220d81ef21f | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 03:51 EST, 27 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:40 EST, 27 August 2013 . The parents of a four-year-old girl who was pictured drinking from a beer bottle have been investigated by the police. The girl was seen sipping from a Heineken bottle in the picture posted on Instagram on Sunday. A c... | Picture was posted on Instagram with caption: 'German beer is gooudd!'
Police in Brevard County tracked parents down after image sent to them .
Parents told officers it was a joke and she was drinking water . |
f9650b28b9c43b431dbfc6a2fd0451571c34bfb7 | By . Emily Allen . Last updated at 5:26 PM on 2nd September 2011 . Casey Anthony will have to give videotaped evidence in the case of a woman who claims Anthony ruined her reputation. Anthony told detectives in 2008 that her two-year-old daughter, Caylee, was kidnapped by a 'Zanny the nanny' Zenaida Fernandez-Gonzalez ... | Anthony's lawyer said she will remain silent .
Judge indicated the videotape could be sealed from public release . |
f96533932b37a1f0125c6855b8de8eb4bd6680f4 | The first winners of the world's biggest lottery payoff have begun to emerge as they share a €2.5billion (£1.96billion) pot of cash to be divided among thousands of Spanish ticketholders. Neighbourhoods in towns and cities across Spain erupted with Champagne-soaked scenes of joy as it dawned on this year's lucky winner... | Unlike lotteries that offer one large jackpot, El Gordo shares among 1,000s .
The top prize for this year's El Gordo (The Fat One) is €400,000 per winner .
A single El Gordo ticket costs €200 (£168), but most are bough in groups .
Tickets are sold only in Spain but anybody is allowed to take part online . |
f96536e91cd2971aa86b008921a9204f7d05f539 | By . Paul Donnelley . To commemorate the centenary of the First World War, the editors of the Oxford English Dictionary have selected 100 words first recorded in, popularised during, or coined as a result of the Great War. Surprisingly, the term First World War was recorded two months before the end of the conflict in ... | Rudyard Kipling was first to use the Urdu word cushy meaning easy .
War effort was coined in Great War as was rationing (1915), propaganda film (1916) and home front (1917)
Term First World War mentioned in a diary in September 1918 .
The 100 Words that Define the First World War can be found in an animated timeline on... |
f96568f36f1c101b3760dfa44d07a1f17aa077c3 | By . Graeme Yorke . Uruguay go into their Group D opener against Costa Rica on Saturday looking to roll back the years and win the World Cup for the second time in Brazil. La Celeste lifted their second and last world crown in 1950 when they pulled off a major upset and defeated hosts Brazil in the final 2-1. Uruguay g... | Galatasaray keeper Muslera goalkeeper says spirit in squad is excellent .
Uruguay last won the World Cup back in 1950 in Brazil .
South Americans face Costa Rica in Group D opener before playing England and Italy . |
f9657472c6bb356a4fd7232de67743dd0f3026b2 | This little pig certainly did cry 'weeee, all the way home' as he went for an unintentional spin on the ice. Ricky Phillip Gindlesberger from Washington, Pennsylvania, captured his pet porker performing the stunt on a frozen stretch of walkway. The animal, named Phinny, is seen scrabbling to stay upright before he slid... | Ricky Phillip Gindlesberger from Washington, Pennsylvania, captured his pet porker performing the stunt on a frozen stretch of walkway .
The animal was later photographed by a heater, warming up . |
f9663c1f193bed93dcb4fc531df5934a640e67d2 | Fulham are weighing up a £3million move for Bournemouth winger Matt Ritchie. The west London club are keen to add quality to their squad in a late push for the play-offs and could soon test the water by making an offer for the 25-year-old, who has scored six times this season. Eddie Howe would be highly resistant to le... | Fulham looking to add some quality to their squad for second half of the season .
Matt Richie would cost Fulham around £3m .
Bournemouth have had two bids for Birmingham's Demarai Gray rejected . |
f96681faf0e28b65a3c826707136758448fcae31 | (CNN) -- As Jews prepare for Passover, our community has been hauled into the violence that plagues our nation. At this moment, we don't know for certain whether the killings Sunday at two Jewish Centers in Overland Park, Kansas, were aimed exclusively at Jews, but it certainly feels that way. In a larger sense, we hav... | Mark Levin: Shootings point to culture of hate-filled violence tolerated in U.S.
He says incident threatens Jews but also shows bolstering support of larger community .
He says wanton hate in U.S. affects many; at least two of those targeted were not Jews .
Levin: Society is guilty; it should address weapons, mental he... |
f966e4184c079c2ba043ea187e2d8275c53bd66d | By . Lizzie Parry . A fleet of Royal Mail vans were left with parking tickets perched under their windscreen wipers after new permits appeared to be late in the post. Ten vans were slapped with fines after they parked in a car park without the correct permit. It is understood the fleet from Shepton Mallet in Somerset h... | Fleet of 10 vans slapped with parking fines in Shepton Mallet, Somerset .
Royal Mail said new permits had been applied for but had yet to arrive . |
f96710e16bd9f354a75a3ab819f60c36be24340d | (CNN)To some, the hijab is a symbol of female oppression and Islamic fundamentalism. But to Nazma Khan, a Muslim who moved from Bangladesh to New York at age 11, the headscarf is a symbol of her religious belief in beauty through modesty. "Modesty is part of our Islamic faith," Khan wrote in an email. "No one should be... | World Hijab Day seeks to raise awareness about modest Muslim dress .
The organizer says many women wear hijabs by choice, not because they're forced to .
The headscarf is a way of expressing modesty, a key tenet of the Muslim faith . |
f967269d22992c302432387e3dfa0d5d13ea2696 | These dramatic pictures show the aftermath of a brazen robbery in which the offenders used a stolen digger to smash their way into a Marks & Spencer store before stealing the cash machine. The thieves left a trail of destruction after removing the ATM from inside the store during the raid at Malvern Retail Park in Worc... | Robbers used stolen JCB-style digger to smash into Marks & Spencer store .
They then completely removed cash machine before fleeing in a different car .
Dramatic pictures show huge hole left in shopfront following overnight raid .
Police have arrested one man on suspicion of theft but are seeking others . |
f96765a8f2caff3ebb7220695af3225ca101b549 | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 11:21 EST, 5 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:04 EST, 5 December 2013 . A university cheerleading club is hoping to boost sales of its naked charity calendar - by offering customers a chance to date one of the cover stars. Around two dozen of the undergraduates from the University of ... | The University of Nottingham Cheerleading Squad - aka The Nottingham Knights - unveiled calendar today .
For 50p on top of the £5 asking price fans can put their name into a raffle for chance to join girls on night out .
One even wins a date with one of the squad .
Raises money for Forget-Me-Notts, which is part of the... |
f96781b93de3a9c08bdb1b1fe4c3aeeddfbf1b87 | Washington (CNN) -- The United States is withholding some of its assistance to Malawi in the wake of claims its government used force against protesters during demonstrations over the government's handling of the economy and other issues, officials said Tuesday. The Millennium Challenge Corporation (MCC), a U.S. govern... | The suspension comes after violence erupted during protests .
Twelve people were killed and dozens injured .
The U.S. condemned the Malawi government's force against protesters . |
f9679da7e1ccb58c0837bed02e11c4f2f4d33af5 | (LifeWire) -- The TV no longer sits on a moving box, but she's still using filing cabinets as end tables. Desiree Jacobsen graduated from college years ago, so why does her apartment resemble a dorm room? It's hard to save for the finer things when you've had to shell out money to be in five weddings in one year, three... | As economy gets tough, more women may reconsider being maid of honor .
Bridezilla expects bridal showers, bachelorette parties, co-ed Jack and Jill party .
Bridal coach: Detail expectations early and if concerns rise, compromise . |
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