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f9882ad955935d4997d1ee78d55af6979b44ae53 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:10 EST, 3 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:19 EST, 3 May 2012 . The wife of a former Minnesota Viking was convicted today of two felonies in a hit-and-run that killed a man. Amy Senser was charged with three felony counts of criminal vehicular homicide in the death of Anousone Pha... | Amy Senser was found guilty of leaving the scene of an accident and failure to report an accident .
Acquitted of gross negligence and misdemeanor careless driving .
Faces up to ten years in jail . |
f9882c2d9561c28fcf7e29c180c7e74088b367b7 | By . James Gordon . PUBLISHED: . 16:45 EST, 23 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:22 EST, 26 November 2013 . An Arizona high school student has been suspended after driving to school with the Confederate flag flying from his truck. Jacob Green, 17, insists he is not a racist person and that flying the flag wasn’t a prob... | Student flew flag from his pick-up truck .
Flag angered other students at his high school resulting in a fight followed by a week-long suspension .
Jacob Green, 17, STILL refuses to remove the flag from his vehicle . |
f988cde3cd5b3472f6342524ee38a9815168d06d | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 07:55 EST, 5 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:25 EST, 5 December 2012 . The story of how one of the first SAS soldiers escaped from a German desert camp during the Second World War has emerged, 30 years after his death, as his medals for bravery are put up for auction. Sergeant Ernest Tho... | SAS Sergeant Bob Lilley's medals set to fetch £50,000 at auction .
Sgt Bob Lilley escaped an enemy camp in Libya during Second World War .
He was unarmed and separated from his group when he was spotted by a guard and forced to strangle him .
Sgt Lilley was awarded the Military Medal in 1942 for his bravery . |
f988fd31b73e4758738903fc2af5adf07d4b9c36 | Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital released a video on Thursday which shows the bittersweet moment Ebola-patient Nina Pham said goodbye to her doctor before leaving Dallas for further treatment in Maryland. The 26-year-old nurse contracted Ebola after volunteering to care for U.S 'patient zero' Thomas Eric Duncan, who ... | Video shows Nina Pham saying goodbye to her doctor before she was transferred to a hospital in Maryland, Thursday evening .
Ms Pham contracted Ebola after volunteering to treat U.S. 'patient zero' Thomas Eric Duncan .
Fellow nurse Amber Vinson has also been diagnosed with the deadly virus.
Ms Vinson, 29, was transporte... |
f9894d7b04ff289e5ab6bfbb1271def088dfcaa0 | He is one of the Gaal-acticos now, a constellation of stars Manchester United’s manager must align to bring the glory days back to Old Trafford. But there have been times in the past eight months when Radamel Falcao feared he might never play at the highest level again. When Falcao, 28, ruptured the anterior cruciate l... | New Manchester United striker Radamel Falcao feared he might never play again at the highest level .
Colombia international ruptured anterior cruciate ligament playing for Monaco in French Cup in January .
Falcao missed this summer's World Cup in Brazil .
Frontman reveals he is now feeling spectacular and ready to show... |
f9896bea74c27901f00771266b5b7bb7a676179e | By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 13:01 EST, 19 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:42 EST, 20 November 2013 . Police have launched an investigation after banknotes worth tens of thousands of pounds were mysteriously found floating down a river. Detectives are liaising with the Bank of England after £60,000 worth of da... | The cash was spotted in South Drove Drain near Spalding town centre .
Detectives are now liaising with Bank of England after notes were seen .
The origin of the money is a mystery - but investigation underway . |
f98a2fae649afc7c7959fc79920249dc49f2d876 | By . Associated Press Reporter . General Motors' safety crisis worsened on Monday when the automaker added 8.2 million vehicles to its ballooning list of cars recalled over faulty ignition switches. The latest recalls involve mainly older midsize cars and bring GM's total this year to 29 million, surpassing the 22 mil... | The automaker has now recalled over 22million vehicles due to the defect .
The announcement came on the same day it was announced GM would pay no less than $1million to the families of those killed by the defect . |
f98acf35f2d44aa62ebe9a9fa7ba8a504696677f | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Let's say you were making a film. Which do you think would be harder? A. Coordinating a mass alien invasion B. Invoking tidal waves and tornadoes C. Telling a prehistoric love story. Roland Emmerich and Steven Strait (D'Leh) discuss a scene shot in Namibia when the young hunter discovers farmin... | Emmerich developed obsession with the weather during filming of "10,000 BC"
Film was shot in New Zealand's South Island, South Africa and Namibia .
Other challenges include creating film's 'terror birds', shark-like predators .
Miniature pyramids, 'God's palace', made in Munich then shipped to Namibia . |
f98b00d9e08923064e540b1b755d86d671911be3 | ANGOLA, Louisiana (CNN) -- He is not a killer, but the state of Louisiana is determined to execute Patrick Kennedy for his crime. Patrick Kennedy, 43, is on Louisiana's death row for the rape of his 8-year-old stepdaughter. The New Orleans native faces that reality as he sits on death row at Louisiana's maximum securit... | Supreme Court hears arguments Wednesday .
Only one state is pursuing capital punishment for crime other than murder .
Patrick Kennedy, 43, convicted of raping stepdaughter, then 8 .
Last execution for rape was in 1964 . |
f98b479166e6fe34eb7c9ac5972717d82ec9f97e | (CNN) -- Seventy-five years later, the innovation and courage of those who designed and built the Golden Gate Bridge shine as brightly as the span's orange towers. The suspension bridge connecting San Francisco and Marin County opened to vehicles on May 28, 1937, a little more than four years after construction began. ... | San Francisco's Golden Gate Bridge opened in May 1937 .
The suspension bridge took just over four years to build .
Daylong festival celebrating the bridge is set for Sunday . |
f98b869f69370ae2ef74089fa654d85022c82392 | Federal law enforcement officials are investigating a former Marine and several active-duty Marines after they allegedly posted threatening and lewd remarks online against President Obama and California Rep. Jackie Speier. The threats were made on one of many Facebook pages that have targeted Speier, a Democrat, since ... | The Secret Service and U.S. Capitol Police are investigating the threats against Obama and California Rep. Jackie Speier .
The threats were made after Speier outed an obscene Facebook page where Marines were posting lewd images of servicewomen .
The investigation comes as the military faces increased scrutiny for incre... |
f98b9cc67d7c4fc25f74337385191057c99dfb9e | By . Sally Lee for Daily Mail Australia . Shocking figures reveal Australia is a binge-drinking nation with more than 700,000 consuming excessive amounts of alcohol at least once a week. Topping the country is Queensland with a total of 72,300 adults enjoying more than 11 standard beverages each week. The breakdown by ... | More than 700,000 Australians binge drink once a week, according to the National Health Survey .
Queensland's North Brisbane has more than 40,000 while the Townsville-Mackay region has more than 32,000 .
Binge drinking equates to 11 alcoholic drinks consumed in a session .
Alcohol causes 81,000 hospitalisations and 3,2... |
f98bc9dbbc199e2f9c67eea3c2a37f9393862f07 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Actor Lee Thompson Young committed suicide in his Los Angeles apartment Monday morning, his manager said. "It is with great sadness that I announce that Lee Thompson Young tragically took his own life this morning," Jonathan Baruch said. Young, 29, is best known for the leading role on Disney's "Th... | NEW: "Lee Thompson Young tragically took his own life this morning," his manager says .
Young, 29, is best known for the leading role on Disney's "The Famous Jett Jackson"
Young's body was found in his home at 8 a.m. Monday, a Los Angeles police spokesman says . |
f98c2c557a1f31edc2fedac634e9d6a8c81ad4f5 | Tottenham are desperate to offload some of their deadwood in order to revamp their squad on transfer deadline day. Mauricio Pochettino's squad is already two senior players over the Premier League's 25-man limit. Spurs are looking at last-minute deals for Danny Welbeck and Montpellier's defensive midfielder Benjamin St... | Tottenham are currently two players over the Premier League 25-player limit .
Manager Mauricio Pochettino is looking to offload players for new deals .
Spurs are looking at Danny Welbeck and Montpellier's Benjamin Stambouli .
Lewis Holtby, Aaron Lennon, Sandro and Zeki Fryers look set to leave . |
f98c4f0cf1c1f72d91509731a60a0666eccda7f6 | By . Mail Foreign Service . UPDATED: . 01:45 EST, 16 August 2011 . The legend of Davy Crockett, the buckskin-clad 'King of the Wild Frontier,' has been cast into doubt by new claims that his fabled last stand at the Alamo may have only lasted 20 minutes. For 175 years, the Battle of the Alamo has been one of America's ... | Americans cut down trying to escape pre-dawn attack .
Diary says Davy Crockett was captured and executed .
James Bowie was 'bayoneted in his bed'
Hostile reception to new historical account in Texas . |
f98c58e111eb77a1c84ad160cec5eea91480b7d3 | Flesh-eating bacteria amputee Aimee Copeland now uses the latest technology in prosthetic hands to chop vegetables, pick up tiny items like Skittles, and comb and iron press her hair. With the bionic hands, Copeland is looking forward to cleaning her house -- she's a neat freak, she tells CNN -- and cooking her own foo... | Aimee Copeland receives bionic hands that cost up to $100,000 each .
"It just mimics so well a natural hand," Copeland says .
The multiple amputee says she's looking forward to cleaning house and cooking .
She will work with amputee children in a summer camp . |
f98c8ccc21afc1dbc807d05b9bbca959aac5418b | Haven't we heard this before? With President Barack Obama weighing possible responses to what the United States calls a major chemical weapons attack in Syria, some are warning of another potential open-ended war if America launches an expected military strike. Obama's options appear to range from limited missile strik... | Obama: U.S. concludes "the Syrian government" carried out chemical attacks .
He tells "PBS NewsHour" that he's "not made a decision" about military action in Syria .
NATO echoes Washington's assessment that the attack poses a security threat .
McCain wants robust action; others warn of an escalating, open-ended conflic... |
f98cb52631c7ec3a18ec269a69fbeada039d58c1 | (CNN) -- Dutch investigators will issue a preliminary report Tuesday on the crash of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17, which was shot down in eastern Ukraine in July. The Dutch Safety Board said its report will be based on the sources available. More investigations will be conducted before a final report is issued, the boar... | The Boeing 777 was shot down in Ukraine in July .
Of the 298 people killed, a majority were Dutch .
Report will be based on the sources available, Dutch Safety Board says . |
f98cc83747e0e0b99db7e0e2c67c329e85dc43f5 | The reputation of music festivals as exhausting, if not exhilarating, events got a shake up this week as Soundwave Music Festival announced it's plan for an over-30's 'comfort zone' for weary revelers. While festivals might traditionally be associated with long days in the baking sun fueled by energy drinks and caffein... | Australian music festival Soundwave has announced new 'comfort zone'
It was initially an 'oldies lounge' after a Twitter user suggested a 35+ area .
The zone will have bean bags, a gelato bar, wine in glasses and massages .
Festival organiser AJ Maddah said it will be an 'oasis' for people to recharge in over the new t... |
f98ce768995b77e66abb5dab48d44d56c93554dc | By . Lizzie Parry . A six-year-old who has endured more than 30 operations has been given a new lease of life, saved by her grandmother who donated a kidney. Ella Chadwick was born with the rare congenital nephrotic syndrome, and had both of her kidneys removed when she was 19 months old. The youngster has had 38 opera... | Ella Chadwick was born with the rare congenital nephrotic syndrome .
It caused both of Ella's kidneys to fail when she was 19 months old .
A transplant from her father Martin Chadwick failed in October 2010 .
Her grandmother Christine Chadwick stepped up offering to be a donor .
Ella is recovering after her operation a... |
f98d132e68a6edee60ddc7b1aa0bf8de80a08642 | By . Sam Creighton . Italians are known for their generous portions at dinnertime but one family restaurant has taken it to a whole other level. La Famiglia Giorgio's Ristorante, an Italian restaurant in Boston, Massachusetts, has seen more than half a million people take on its Lasagne Challenge over the last 23 years... | The lasagne is served up by La Famiglia Giorgio's Ristorante in Boston .
Only 15 people have cleared their plates, out of more than 500,000 attempts .
Winners get the meal for free and a t-shirt .
Restaurant manager Albert Giorgio says it's 'hilarious watching people fail' |
f98d2aaa531aca28218a11060e4ef0c70e7d77e9 | Metallic temporary tattoos have been summer's biggest new beauty hit. From clubbers hitting the coolest bars in Ibiza to teen festival-goers at Glastonbury. Even Beyonce chose to sport the fade-away accessories while posing on her European superyacht. And according to Paris Fashion Week, the temporary trend is here to ... | Dries Van Noten models wore gold lip 'piercings' on the catwalk .
The designer was inspired by the Burning Man festival .
At Anthony Vaccarello make-up artists drew on ear lobes and added glitter .
Beyonce has been wearing temporary tattoo jewellery this summer . |
f98d33446aee2f1572be5e82c9e6e1411fc29460 | ITV Sport are going in a new direction with their football coverage following the appointment of Mark Pougatch as their lead presenter - replacing Adrian Chiles. The decision to replace Chiles, who signed a two-year deal worth around £500,000 a year last summer, with immediate effect has yet to be commented on by the t... | Mark Pougatch will take over from Adrian Chiles as ITV's lead presenter .
Pougatch's debut on ITV will be PSG vs Chelsea next month .
Chiles signed a two-year deal worth around £500,000 a year last summer .
It is understood ITV want to terminate his contract .
Pougatch mainly works for BBC Radio 5 Live . |
f98e0f30a5fd34d38d958b926e79452ffbf8f03c | By . Jade Watkins and Eleanor Gower . PUBLISHED: . 18:50 EST, 6 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:45 EST, 7 August 2013 . Custody: Tameka Raymond, pictured in court last August, has re-launched her bid for full custody . Usher's ex-wife Tameka Raymond has filed for custody of their two children following Monday's pool ac... | Tameka accused her ex of raising their sons in a 'dangerous environment .
Usher V rushed to intensive care after his arm was trapped in a pool drain .
A workman at the house revived him with CPR .
Usher V was in the care of the singer's aunt who Tameka has 'issues' with .
Incident comes a year after Tameka's son Kile, ... |
f98e5095de044fbe530bcf65a8dc709459d50389 | Travellers will be forced to prove they are actually travelling around the country under a new Government crackdown to stop them setting up camps on green belt land. Under new plans, to be announced by the Government next month, travelling communities will be expected to prove that they have moved for two months every ... | Travellers will have to prove they live a 'nomadic lifestyle' under new rules .
Will be expected to show that they have moved for two months every year .
Rules: 'Government believes a traveller should be someone who travels'
It comes after Eric Pickles was found to have 'unlawfully discriminated'
High Court ruled he br... |
f98e6478e9fa950dae69e1389c3035aaf6abf680 | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 11:10 EST, 2 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:16 EST, 2 December 2013 . It seems Google has become a little prudish with its latest Android KitKat operating system - especially when it comes to feminine hygiene and sex. A list of banned phrases has revealed the tech giant will o... | List of words were found in the source code for Android’s KitKat software .
It includes synonyms for sex, genitalia and pregnancy plus the word ‘geek’
If a user types these words, Google doesn't show them in its predictive text .
Controversial allowed words include ‘marijuana’ and ‘bong’ as well as 'Nazi' |
f98e95408bea708216c9b6e3d67e97a380b4e475 | MIAMI, Florida (CNN) -- An illegal immigrant dishwasher who lost $49,000 to the U.S. government as he tried to take it home to Guatemala will get some of the money back, his attorney said Wednesday. Pedro Zapeta, an illegal immigrant, managed to save $59,000 while working as a dishwasher for 11 years. Pedro Zapeta was ... | Pedro Zapeta was stopped in 2005 trying to take $59,000 home to Guatemala .
Zapeta had paid taxes on the money, didn't know he had to declare it, attorney says .
He was fined $49,000 and left U.S. under threat of deportation .
New ruling says judge applied wrong standard and Zapeta should get some back . |
f98f3236ce6c21b1a1529034a60c07c789b50360 | New York (CNN) -- New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie announced Thursday he has reimbursed the state of New Jersey for the cost of using a state police helicopter to travel with his wife to his son's high school baseball game. The Republican has come under fire from opposition lawmakers and the public since he touched down ... | Gov. Chris Christie pays back $2,151 for helicopter flight to son's baseball game .
State GOP pays $919 to cover flight to political event in Princeton after the game .
"I'm governor 24/7, every single day, but I'm also a father," Christie says .
Democratic assemblywoman calls it "outright abuse of taxpayer dollars" |
f98f6e01a3ec7cc7c58fad31877bfe9b5d0ea3bf | Childhood school friends who spent ten years apart have been reunited after one was diagnosed with cancer. Hairdresser Joanna Meadows, 21, from Gloucester, lost contact with best friend Neil Vines, 22, over ten years ago. But after she learned over Facebook that her childhood play mate had been diagnosed with a brain t... | Joanna Meadows, 21, and friend, Neil Vines, 22, lost contact ten years ago .
Miss Meadows learned her over Facebook that her childhood play mate had been diagnosed with a brain tumour and contacted him immediately .
The personal trainer's appearance has been ravaged by extreme treatments .
But Miss Meadows, 21, said... |
f98f75ecf30776737991db5975e6da0470be0fb6 | Kabul, Afghanistan (CNN) -- The Afghan government hopes to hold talks with Taliban representatives in Saudi Arabia in the coming weeks, according to a senior Afghan official, in a move that threatens to cloud already delicate and fragile steps to negotiate an end to the United States' longest war. The senior official, ... | Most details, such as who and when, remain up in the air .
U.S. has held discussions about opening a Taliban office in Qatar .
Move is "not in opposition to the Qatar process," Afghan official says .
U.S. official says move shows that Karzai is not on board with Qatar efforts . |
f98f7b419c6a654f96dac7499c753ddbed5fbb39 | By . Jason Groves . PUBLISHED: . 20:01 EST, 21 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:01 EST, 21 November 2013 . Cutting the green c**p: David Cameron, who once pledged to lead the 'greenest government ever', has publicly promised to 'roll back' green taxes, which add more than £110 a year to average fuel bills . A leading ... | Danny Alexander has reacted furiously to the comments about green levies .
He said the 'c**p' was helping heat the homes of the poor and reduce bills .
Nick Clegg also defended the green levies, saying: ‘It isn’t all c**p.’
The Prime Minister has publicly promised to 'roll back' green taxes . |
f98f944a7eeb70e68113eace2fbabbe218ae3d1b | By . Julian Robinson . An engineer refused to install an electricity meter at a couple's home - after telling them he was not trained to climb step ladders. The worker, from Utility Warehouse, said he was not allowed to use ladders while he was carrying out work at John Stearn's house in Saltburn, Teeside. Instead, the... | Utility Warehouse engineer told a couple he was not allowed to climb ladders .
The worker was at John Stearn's home in Saltburn to install electricity meter .
Company says employee could not use ladder for 'health and safety' reasons . |
f98ff30fa6244fb9985404feb7595a81ac944938 | Cairo (CNN) -- Egyptian forces secured and cleared a Cairo mosque that had become the epicenter of Saturday's confrontations between protesters and the military, interior ministry spokesman Hani Abdel-Latif said. Hundreds of supporters of deposed President Mohamed Morsy had been holed up in the Al-Fateh mosque in centr... | NEW: Al-Fateh mosque has been secured and cleared .
Government: 'We are facing war waged by extreme forces'
More protesters leave mosque as security forces escort a group of women .
State TV reports more than 1,000 Muslim Brotherhood members arrested . |
f9900cc6da5dfe54600e8dcc06554f9a9e8a6fd5 | By . Larisa Brown . PUBLISHED: . 17:48 EST, 31 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:51 EST, 1 April 2013 . If you’ve ever fancied the dress Kate is wearing or the hat Zara Phillips has chosen to complement her attire, then soon you could find it in the click of a button. A mobile marketing company is set to create a revoluti... | Shazam .
shot to fame after designing app that named music track on radio .
New technology will allow shoppers to order clothes worn by screen stars . |
f9902f3b3f00421d0bf3b1c065c77316511879f9 | Killed: Ezell Ford, 25, was shot three times by LAPD officers, including once in the back, on August 11 . The autopsy of a mentally ill black man who was killed by Los Angeles police has revealed that he was shot three times at close range, including once in the back. Ezell Ford, 25, was shot dead during a confrontatio... | Ezell Ford, 25, was killed in a confrontation with LAPD officers in August .
Autopsy found that he had been shot three times, once in the back .
Mentally ill Ford was unarmed when he was shot in South Los Angeles .
His parents say shooting was 'more like an execution than a confrontation'
Ford's parents have filed a $7... |
f99065d8e1b5e40d285eeb61631588c3e4cdf7f7 | Southampton have made a formal enquiry to Burnley as they attempt to launch their rebuilding project with the signing of striker Danny Ings. The England Under 21 international will see his contract expire at the end of next season and Southampton believe that they can secure the forward ahead of the new season. As thin... | Southampton looking to replace Rickie Lambert with Burnley's Danny Ings .
Burnley want £8million for hitman .
Ings scored 26 goals in all competitions last season .
He helped Burnley reach the Premier League .
Southampton sold Lambert to Liverpool .
Also sold England left back Luke Shaw to Manchester United . |
f990c238c83a2cd5e483808d64d554aa98267aec | By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 08:06 EST, 2 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:14 EST, 2 January 2013 . A policeman's dog sparked an emergency of her own after she managed to survive a 120ft drop chasing a seagull off the edge of a cliff. Phil Raymond and wife Michela half-expected their springer spaniel Beau to have die... | Spring spaniel Beau survived a 120ft drop after chasing a seagull off a cliff .
The one-year-old dog had to be rescued by lifeboat after landing in the sea .
Dramatic moment the crews plucked her to safety was captured on camera . |
f99102c44a2723145696eb1a632e595cd8bd3f6a | (CNN) -- Imagine if every time you went to the pharmacy, shopping for medications was a complete guessing game. What if drug makers weren't required to disclose ingredients in their products or prove their safety, leaving you without a way to determine whether what you're buying is safe for you and your family? You wou... | Sen. Frank Lautenberg: Congress needs to fix our outdated toxic chemicals law .
He says ordinary products such as cribs and couches contain dangerous chemicals .
Lautenberg: My Safe Chemicals Act can help reduce the health risks for Americans .
Lobbyists are fighting reform, but we cannot accept inaction any longer, sa... |
f99269980ac1ac263345ae92d6ad2151ff51dbb2 | Anne Mcintosh has been deselected from her safe seat . A senior Tory woman MP became the . first to be axed by the party for almost a decade last night after a . bitter deselection battle. Anne . McIntosh, a former shadow minister who now chairs an influential . Commons committee, was dumped after a secret ballot of me... | MP Anne McIntosh has been lock in a battle with her local constituency . |
f9928308d56a1c02d6ee39f24b284511e0ee4e13 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- All the news that's fit to print -- the motto of The New York Times -- does not necessarily apply to photos. The newspaper published an editor's note Thursday stating that pictures used in a photo essay in its most recent Sunday Magazine were digitally manipulated without the paper's knowledge. The Ti... | New York Times admits pictures in recent photo essay were digitally manipulated .
Editors say photos in Sunday Magazine were changed "for aesthetic reasons"
Photographer Edgar Martins' photo essay showcased real estate bust . |
f99302867288db33255e06b45ae251edc67a9bbb | By . Alex Peake-tomkinson . Found just off the buzzing Kings Road near Sloane Square in Chelsea, No 4 Royal Avenue is a proper ‘Downtown’ address. So it was, perhaps, the perfect home for legendary singer Petula Clark, whose classic chart hit Downtown has become something of a signature tune. Indeed, Petula loved the h... | Singer Petula Clark lived in the Chelsea townhouse in the 1980s .
The street - Royal Avenue - is also the home of fictional spy James Bond .
Five-bedroom Sloane home is now on the market for £5.85million . |
f9938779dc0a1d60defebaf4b5e105b5f9da0f3f | Dozens of Tory MPs are threatening to defy David Cameron by voting against plans for plain cigarette packets . Dozens of Tory MPs are threatening to defy David Cameron by voting against plans for plain cigarette packets. Priti Patel, a member of the Prime Minister’s own policy advisory board, is leading the charge - wa... | Rebels warn move could be 'final nail in the coffin' for newsagents .
Around 40 Conservative backbenchers may vote against what they regard as a nanny state measure .
Fifty MPs have signed a Commons motion against plain packaging .
Rebellion would be another sign of Cameron’s poor grip on party discipline . |
f9941537926d3dbdcf7eb6a2d0294bc23ef72071 | Prince Harry was launched into a new leading role in the royal family last night when he took centre stage at the Olympic closing ceremony. In his most important solo Royal engagement yet, the third in line to the throne was selected as the figurehead for the spectacular farewell to the Games, which the Queen opened tw... | Their appearance was part of a plan to leave the Games to younger Royals .
Kate accompanied Harry as the Duke of Cambridge was at work in Wales . |
f994b65a8ae8fee9178a9f2cffa5d5cdc536d2cf | A man was shot by Baltimore police officers in front of a huge mural remembering slain teenager Trayvon Martin. The incident took place in the 1000 block of North Fremont Avenue during a traffic stop according to The Baltimore Sun. Baltimore Police Department said an officer stopped the suspect's vehicle, then tased hi... | The incident took place in the 1000 block of North Fremont Avenue Maryland .
Officer fired at suspect during a traffic stop according to local reports .
Police department announced on Twitter there had been a shooting .
The suspect is in critical condition and has been taken to an area hospital . |
f9952387f252570163ef1c929300a583623a9510 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 22:49 EST, 5 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:08 EST, 6 November 2013 . Darlene Curley and her 16-year-old daughter were on a walk along Daytona Beach on Sunday morning about 7am - one last stroll on the sand before jumping in the car and heading back to their home in Tennessee ... | Darlene Curley and her daughter saw something floating on the shore while walking along Daytona Beach on vacation .
After retrieving the purse, Mrs Curley, from Etowah, Tennessee, opened it to find bundles of cash inside .
She called police and turned the bag in, worried its owner had drowned .
Police determined the am... |
f9952ee392eb9fcd9f7cfe59abb9514120379b06 | By . Becky Barrow . PUBLISHED: . 18:51 EST, 21 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:43 EST, 22 May 2013 . Boss: Chief executive Moya Greene defended the huge amount of unwanted 'marketing mail' Royal Mail delivers . Although most of it ends up in the bin, postmen should still treat junk mail with ‘utter respect’, the head of t... | Rises in stamp prices and parcel deliveries have also helped Royal Mail .
Chief says firm generated £1.1bn from marketing mail division last year .
Moya Greene insists junk mail is 'very important strategy' for company . |
f99530bc5c5dddb2cf95b56cec28c5db6e026adb | Bones that could belong to King Alfred the Great have been exhumed from a churchyard over fears that they might be stolen or vandalised . It couldbe the year for discovering notorious monarchs. Just weeks after remains found under a car park were confirmed as Richard III, archaeologists now believe they may just have s... | Removed from St Bartholomew's Church in Winchester, on church orders .
Archaeologists carried out the exhumation of the unmarked grave .
Removal to undisclosed location came amid fears they would be stolen . |
f9954cfee42baf73402feb8c361abb6d63bad9b2 | (CNN) -- Rafael Nadal will meet Andy Murray in the quarter-finals of the Australian Open after beating Ivo Karlovic 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-4. The Spaniard faced a tough challenge as Karlovic, known for his big serve, rained down 28 aces during the match, compared to Nadal's two. However, the world No.2 showed his class by only ... | Rafael Nadal to meet Andy Murray in quarter-finals of Australian Open after beating Ivo Karlovic 6-4 4-6 6-4 6-4 .
Roger Federer sets up a last-16 encounter with Lleyton Hewitt at the Australian Open after a routine victory over Albert Montanes .
Fourth seed Juan Martin Del Potro and seventh seed Andy Roddick are also ... |
f995b81a3a2ce6d15cdd1a87b2cde96624d7c5aa | By . Alex Sharp for MailOnline . Manchester City defender Eliaquim Mangala has confessed he was unaware he was part-owned by two investment firms. Both Doyen Sports Investments (DSI) and Robi Plus Ltd (RPL) owned a percentage of Mangala whilst at Porto before his £32million summer transfer to the Etihad. Doyen Sports i... | Manchester City signed Eliaquim Mangala for £32m from Porto this summer .
Mangala is the most expensive defender in the Premier League .
The 23-year-old has yet to make his debut for Manuel Pellegrini's side .
Mangala was unaware he was part-owned by two investment firms at Porto . |
f995bf357271faefe927e61b9f6c7638e7e51ee1 | Nemanja Vidic trained with his new Inter Milan team-mates on Tuesday following his move from Manchester United. The Serie A side are at their training base - in the village of Appiano Gentile, near to Como - for the start of their pre-season training and the Serbian defender looked to have quickly settled in to his new... | Serbian defender looked at ease on the training ground with new team-mates .
Inter signed Vidic on a free after release by Manchester United .
Serie A side preparing for pre-season tour of United States - which includes match with United . |
f995d9c039edf3001fc42a8be772d545c5ef0b71 | Just one year after the Las Vegas mansion of Liberace was purchased for just $500,00 out of foreclosure, the flamboyant pianist's massive estate has been restored to its former glory. British businessman Martyn Ravenhill put in $1million after buying the property in August 2013, and has brought back the opulence and gr... | British business Martyn Ravenhill has restored the Las Vegas mansion of Liberace after purchasing it for just $500,000 out of foreclosure in August 2013 .
Raavenhill has so far spent $1million on the 14,939-square-foot home .
The home features 18 chandeliers, eight marble pillars, multiple stained-glass windows and on... |
f9964da76fa9e925d209b5bb9cd876adaa8d0b7e | More American women have had medical help to have their babies than ever, according to the latest annual report from the Society for Assisted Reproductive Technology. The group represents the greater majority of in vitro fertilization clinics in the United States. Their report showed that doctors at these clinics perfo... | About 2,000 more in vitro fertilization babies were born in 2012 than 2011 .
Since 2007, the U.S. birth rate has been declining steadily .
IVF treatment success rates decline as women age . |
f996922df6bfe39daa4438ebaff48cf6ffb20fcd | Washington (CNN) -- The Justice Department is about to reverse a century of resistance to technology, requiring that federal agents record interviews of most suspects under arrest. It's a policy change that the department, at the behest of agents, has resisted for decades. A memorandum from Deputy Attorney General Jame... | Memo from Deputy Attorney General James Cole reverses a century-old policy .
New policy will apply to FBI, DEA, U.S. Marshals Service and ATF .
Exceptions include national security or intelligence interviews . |
f997ae4965517d732b704abaf13cb7a1cc5feb58 | Country legend Johnny Cash and his enduring musical legacy are being celebrated in the city of Folsom following the grand opening of the first section of the $3.8 million Johnny Cash Trail and Overpass at the weekend. The release of Cash's 1968 album At Folsom Prison firmly established the singer as an international co... | The country music legend famously sung the Folsom Prison Blues, but now the city has opened a trail and overpass in his honor .
The $3.8 million tourist attraction features a pedestrian and bike bridge designed to look like the Folsom State Prison .
'People around the world know Folsom because of that very famous song... |
f997caadc71b056531eea7715685ca3f885648c2 | The U.S. Olympic Committee will try to land the 2024 Olympics and end a 28-year drought without the Summer Games. Which city will it pick? Stay tuned. After hearing presentations from the four candidates Tuesday — Boston, Los Angeles, San Francisco and Washington — USOC board members voted to join the race, but not unt... | The U.S. cities will be up against Hamburg or Berlin, Rome and possibly Paris for the games .
The 2016 Olympics are set for Rio de Janeiro. The 2020 Games, which the United States did not bid for, will be in Tokyo .
The U.S. has not played host to the Olympics since Atlanta hosted the games in 1996 . |
f9984c5c69c0dc5e9fab1e58066b86bcc84f0700 | By . Steve Doughty . Last updated at 7:47 AM on 30th December 2011 . France and Germany are lagging behind Britain on aid spending to poor countries, a report says. Both countries have failed to hit EU targets and have barely increased their spending in recent months. Their reluctance to spend on the Third World contra... | Both countries have failed to hit EU targets and have barely increased their spending in recent months .
David Cameron by contrast raised aid spending by £1.24billion last year to hit international targets for help for poor countries . |
f9987827659dc96b209ef26d76c5d16ce747f5c3 | (CNN) -- The crowdfunding model, in which entrepreneurs seek online pledges to finance their pet projects, appears to be alive and well. Kickstarter, the platform that has helped launch the Pebble smartwatch, the Oculus Rift gaming headset and the upcoming "Veronica Mars" movie, said it surpassed $1 billion in pledges ... | Kickstarter says it surpassed $1 billion in pledges on Monday .
The money helped bankroll 57,000 creative projects .
The crowdfunding site launched in 2009 . |
f998e62196bdc2c84518aaed7bcfc168a59ecc0a | A prominent Republican campaigner is due in court today after five women came forward to say he had raped or sexually assaulted them. Gregory Nathan Peterson, 37, has been accused of attacks going back to April 2010 when one woman said he took her to his remote cabin for lunch and insisted they watch a movie. He then t... | Gregory Nathan Peterson, 37, charged with rape, assault and kidnapping .
5th victim came forward Monday to say he had attacked her at his cabin .
Activist held Republican fundraisers at remote Utah home which were attended by Senator Orrin Hatch, Governor Gary Herbert, Representative Jason Chaffetz and congressional ca... |
f999c07325695249059c1810097a4eee1f4757c7 | When Lay's announced that it would be launching a chocolate-covered potato chip, the reception was divided. But now that the limited-edition snack has gone on sale, Femail has had a chance to put it to the test. Proving the doubters wrong, the reaction to the salted Wavy chips dipped on one side in milk chocolate has b... | One reporter called the salted Wavy chips dipped in milk chocolate 'the best thing since the Cronut'
They are on sale exclusively at Target during the holiday season, retailing for $3.49 per 5oz bag . |
f999ecc2539bb06c73ff735f7693d8952cd44973 | The German newspaper, Süddeutsche Zeitung, has been accused of anti-Semitism after it published a cartoon depicting Mark Zuckerberg as an octopus controlling the world. The cartoon was published in the newspaper last Friday after the announcement that Facebook had purchased Whatsapp. Two versions were published, one wi... | Cartoon in influential German newspaper Süddeutsche Zeitung .
Published after announcement that Facebook had bought Whatsapp .
Zuckerberg resembles caricature of Jewish people used in Nazi propaganda .
Newspaper has apologised and released an updated version of the cartoon .
Süddeutsche Zeitung accused of anti-Semitism... |
f999fb8f103bdaeaea216b3c0fabe3ae2d3328a3 | By . Anna Hodgekiss . Denise Clark, 34, arranged her own funeral and wrote goodbye letters to her two young sons after being told she had terminal cancer . A mother has spoken of the 'absolute hell' she endured after being wrongly told for two years she had terminal cancer. Denise Clark, 34, arranged her own funeral a... | Denise Clarke, 34, underwent treatment for cervical cancer in 2010 .
Had extensive radiotherapy to pelvic area and beat the disease .
But in November 2011 she was told she had huge cancerous mass in pelvis .
Doctors said there was nothing more they could do to treat her .
But after two years and feeling fine, she deman... |
f99a1239ba32d986fdf657b4f72ae55e3ce9c441 | Teenager Nile Wilson narrowly missed out on a medal in the men's horizontal bar on the final day of the World Gymnastics Championships in China. The 18-year-old, forced to withdraw from Friday's all-around finals with a wrist injury, took fourth place on Sunday with a score of 14.766, with Croatia's Marijo Moznik beati... | Epke Zonderland of Holland claimed gold in the horizontal bar at the World Gymnastics Championships in China .
Teenager Nile Watson narrowly missed out on bronze but remained upbeat, despite being forced to withdraw from all-round event with injury .
GB's Max Whitlock stepped in take take silver in the men's all-round ... |
f99ac2083fe0cc89aba191343ea66c5abcc88099 | Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) -- Nobel Laureate and microfinance pioneer Muhammad Yunus faced a new government fight Monday as the Cabinet ordered "legal action" against him for what it called "tax irregularities." The Cabinet meeting, led by Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina, discussed a report prepared by the National Board of ... | The Bangladeshi government accuses Muhammad Yunus of tax irregularities .
Improper tax exemptions on about $6.4 million among the allegations .
Yunus, who won the Nobel Prize in 2006, says he paid all taxes as required .
The government forced Yunus to retire from his Grameen Bank in 2011 . |
f99b032c86b0439be32381de3b0e78d192f54202 | Martin Murray takes his courage in both fists as he enters the ring in Monte Carlo this Saturday night to confront the most concussive pound-for-pound puncher in the world. Gennady Golovkin will greet him with a handshake and a smile, followed by flurries of the blows which have knocked out 28 of the 31 victims in his ... | Martin Murray faces Gennady Golovkin for the WBA middleweight title .
The Kazakh world champion is unbeaten with 28 knockouts from 31 fights .
The St Helens boxer is a 25-1 outsider, despite never being knocked down . |
f99b28efb2bfeb761af3c9902619f4e75c701d76 | Former Cagliari sporting director Nicola Salerno has delivered the clearest indication he will link up with Leeds president Massimo Cellino at Elland Road again. Salerno worked with Cellino during the pair's time at Serie A club Cagliari and turned down an offer to join Palermo following talks with the newly-promoted c... | Nicola Salerno, who worked with Massimo Cellino at Serie A club Cagliari, turned down offer to join newly-promoted Palermo last week .
Salerno said: 'Leeds? It's a life choice, my first experience abroad but with an Italian owner'
Reunion rumoured since Cellino's takeover of Leeds in early April . |
f99bd7c4d74f0e60306b6688c1d33294bf613fd6 | Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- A trio of wildfires burned through Southern California on Tuesday, threatening homes, shutting down roads and prompting some residents to evacuate, officials said. There were no reports of injuries from the three fires in Camarillo, Walnut and at Camp Pendleton. Capt. Ron Oatman of the ... | There are no reports of injuries .
Some homes are under threat in Camarillo, fire official says .
Residents were evacuated in Walnut, fire department says .
Camp Pendleton fire officials expect to contain that blaze by Wednesday . |
f99c166c93e8bb79fad123132d1a6b0150cafd3e | By . Mail Online Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:38 EST, 17 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:53 EST, 17 March 2014 . It is part of the national stereotype that Britons love queuing, but new research has shown that the majority of customers will abandon their shopping if the line is too long. New research by mobile company EE ... | Queuing found to be customers' least favourite part of shopping .
Long queue cost retailers £1billion in lost sales every year .
Asda staff being issued with tablet computers to help cut lines .
Devices will be used so customers can pay without visiting the tills . |
f99c386eb2eca649aca7795a8b6e8568b79cc631 | With the Eiffel Tower standing proudly above decorative European buildings, this looks like a magnificent view of the famous French capital. However, not all is at it seems. Incredibly, this Parisian scene is actually in the middle of China. The Tianducheng development in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, is filled with gra... | Tianducheng development designed to look just like the French capital .
But it has been labelled a 'ghost town' because fewer people than expected have moved in . |
f99c3ae197735a0f9ac87c757e9a9c571130c46a | When I first poked my head inside Virgin Galactic's newest spaceship, I felt a little like I was getting a front-row seat to space history. The company, led by billionaire Richard Branson, allowed CNN unprecedented access to a "SpaceShipTwo, Serial Two" spacecraft which was being carefully assembled by workers at a sec... | Virgin Galactic space tourism flights are scheduled to begin this year .
The company is building a fleet of spaceships for passengers .
700 people have paid hundreds of thousands of dollars each to be passengers .
Stephen Hawking, Justin Bieber, Leonardo DiCaprio and Ashton Kutcher reportedly are on the passenger list ... |
f99ce542ff2a4812f5e73535806219f923d70766 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 02:00 EST, 9 August 2011 . A home-made drone capable of launching airborne cyber attacks and hijacking mobile phone calls has been developed by two computer security experts. The Wireless Aerial Surveillance Platform - or Wasp - was constructed from a former U.S. Army target drone.... | The Wireless Aerial Surveillance Platform can also hijack mobile phone calls .
Drone only cost $6,200 to make . |
f99cfd039a3ebd3243b6eaa7cb3377905af0afa9 | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 05:29 EST, 15 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:38 EST, 15 May 2012 . Television psychic Derek Acorah today denied claiming missing Madeleine McCann was dead and 'has been over in the spirit world for some time' in a newspaper interview. The medium, 62, said he would fly to Portugal to join th... | Psychic says he will visit apartment where she vanished from to 'pick up what spirits say'
TV medium, 62, says if she is dead she will be reincarnated as 'another little girl'
He vows to fly to Portugal to 'lend his expertise' to the hunt . |
f99d5a2d7940267b89098428b643231e4e591fed | (CNN) -- Ireland reached the quarterfinals of the rugby World Cup Sunday with an emphatic 36-6 victory over Italy at the Otago Stadium. Ireland topped Pool C ahead of second-placed Australia, and now play Wales in the knockout phase in Wellington next Saturday. They were 12-6 up as the second half began but put the gam... | Ireland reach quarter-finals of rugby World Cup with emphatic 36-6 victory over Italy .
Ireland top Pool C ahead of second-placed Australia, and now play Wales .
Italy's coach had claimed his team boasted a better front row and would prove it .
Hosts New Zealand shrug off loss of Dan Cartter to thrash Canada 75-19 . |
f99d5bdf34f33ce436e63e4e66900bc4676e08a5 | Tory MP Fiona Bruce is attempting to stop 'femicide' - the termination of pregnancies if the mother finds that she is expecting a girl . MPs will mount a bid tomorrow to make it a criminal offence to abort a child on the grounds of gender. The move, being spearheaded by Tory MP Fiona Bruce, is an attempt to stop ‘femic... | MP Fiona Bruce spearheading attempt to stop 'femicide' of unborn girls .
Tabled an amendment to the Serious Crime Bill to make criminal offence .
Practice is well established in some ethnic minority communities .
Debate is a free vote allowing MPs to follow their consciences . |
f99d7876a8243f16d00bfdfcb8a8fc08747973e1 | Running robots have been inspired by nature’s fastest runners, including the cheetah and the ostrich. But one group of researchers has looked further back in time for their inspiration and created a speedy droid based on the now extinct velociraptor, which lived between 75 and 71 million years ago. The robo-raptor has ... | The robotic dinosaur's top speed is 28.5mph (46km/h)
It was built by engineers at Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology in Daejeon and has two nimble legs and a tail for balance .
It's not quite as fast as Boston Dynamics' record-breaking cheetah bot but could theoretically out-run Olympian Usain Bolt . |
f99dcb575619bdc981c411cc9139eecff74e825f | Kennedy Space Center, Florida (CNN) -- NASA launched its Ares I-X rocket Wednesday, after multiple delays over two days because of bad weather. The 327-foot rocket -- which NASA considers the world's largest -- took off at 11:30 a.m. ET, 30 minutes before a noon deadline for the launch. It rose about 24 miles. About tw... | NEW: "One of the most beautiful rocket launches I've ever seen," says launch director .
Ares l-X rocket heads into space at 11:30 a.m. ET .
Weather delayed launch Tuesday at Kennedy Space Center .
Eventual goal with Ares I-X program is return to the moon . |
f99e26854f3d3e32500dc0d7025856ba2565d392 | Tragedy: Megan White, 11, died after suddenly collapsing at school last year . A healthy 11-year-old girl suddenly collapsed at school and died just 24 hours later after suffering a rare brain haemorrhage, an inquest heard. Popular Megan White, from Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, was 'merry and laughing' with her friends... | Megan White died last year after falling ill at All Saint's Academy, Cheltenham .
She arrived at school 'happier than usual' and was 'laughing' with friends .
But after lunch she suddenly collapsed and died in hospital the next day .
Avon Coroners’ Court near Bristol heard she suffered two fatal brain bleeds .
Her pare... |
f99e5cc7810343c6543bb7022f04fc7d0eb3ae9b | Top gambler: Multi-millionaire Mr Ivey, 36, has been dubbed ¿the Tiger Woods of poker¿ . One of the world’s top gamblers won £7.8 million in a game of chance by ‘reading’ the backs of the cards, claim the owners of Britain’s oldest casino, who are refusing to pay out. Phil Ivey, dubbed ‘the Tiger Woods of poker’, is un... | Phil Ivey is accused of 'reading' the cards in a game based purely on luck .
Mr Ivey’s winnings were withheld by Mayfair casino Crockfords .
He insists he did nothing illegal in a game of punto banco . |
f99e632aa2097a07db30cb0d2c722e19354160ee | Two were arrested on Dick Cheney's lawn as dozens gathered outside the former vice president's home to protest torture on Saturday. The crowd of 20 demonstrators was there to mark the 13th anniversary of the opening of the Guantanamo Bay detention camp and protest the torture of detainees held by the United States. The... | Two were arrested during a protest by Code Pink at the McLean, Virginia, home .
The group also protested at the home of CIA Director John Brennan and called it the Guantanamo Anniversary Weekend Torturers Tour .
Last month, a report from the US Senate detailed torture techniques used against detainees that included 're... |
f99e82ec1e1163ad91ff48b567e5ba6cfe590ea0 | By . Michael Blackley . PUBLISHED: . 06:14 EST, 26 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:14 EST, 26 January 2014 . Bank of England Governor Mark Carney will warn Alex Salmond that a proposed currency union with the UK if his nation votes for independence may not be viable . The head of the Bank of England will this week war... | Mark Carney will speak to Alex Salmond before a speech in Edinburgh .
He is expected to raise concerns over a proposed currency union between England and an independent Scotland .
In an interview Carney compared the union to the crisis-hit Euro . |
f99e963db3a7e0b9d021c14e29caab383c9d77a9 | (CNN) -- Obamacare expands access to health insurance for tens of millions of people come January 1. Dental care for adults, however, is not included, and experts say we've got a potential oral health care crisis coming. Studies show that people who have insurance are more likely to get regular dental care. But only ab... | Only about 2% of older adults have dental insurance .
Emergency room visits due to dental problems more than doubled in the past decade .
Obamacare, Medicare do not cover dental care for adults . |
f99eb6b7bbc2c54a5697478ff403a33417ad5b59 | By . Jessica Jerreat . PUBLISHED: . 19:40 EST, 1 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:39 EST, 2 June 2013 . Love moves in mysterious ways, and that's certainly the case for 81-year-old Cynthia Riggs. The divorced author from Martha's Vineyard became the central character in her own mystery after receiving a love letter writte... | Code sent to Martha's Vineyard writer says 'I never stopped loving you'
Couple who worked at laboratory together 60 years ago finally marry . |
f99f534dded854ad5182dedc3d0d5bf328aafafc | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:46 EST, 31 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:00 EST, 31 August 2013 . A national guard aircraft returning to base from a training mission on Thursday night accidentally dropped a practice bomb over the town of Sudlersville, Maryland. A potential dis... | The plane was returning from a training mission when it dropped the device .
Surveillance video shows stunned patrons looking on as gray smoke billowed .
from the parking lot .
Maryland National Guard believe an electronic failure may have been to blame . |
f99f9106dde4657e2b19a37ddcf550aef18ae7f6 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Lady Gaga struck back at tabloid attacks on her weight, posting photos of herself wearing only a bra and panties on her fan website Tuesday. The singer's blog, titled "A Body Revolution 2013," invites fans to "be brave and celebrate with us your 'perceived flaws,' as society tells us," by posting t... | Lady Gaga tells fans "weight/loss/gain since I was child has tormented me"
The singer challenges fans to "celebrate with us your 'perceived flaws'"
Online publications speculate about Gaga's weight gain in recent months .
"My boyfriend prefers me curvier," Lady Gaga writes . |
f99ff67dd2f6d29d72034df136cf5c5efda97f0e | By . Victoria Wellman . UPDATED: . 10:55 EST, 7 March 2012 . Record-breaking yo-yo dieter Michael Hebranko is used to making headlines but according to his doctors, this may be his last appearance. The 58-year-old has been told that due to congestive heart failure, liver failure and kidney failure, he may not make it t... | Michael Hebranko weighed an astonishing 1,120lbs at his heaviest .
Helped by fitness guru Richard Simmons he then plummeted to a trim 194lbs .
Over 24 years he has fluctuated by over 4,000lbs .
He now suffers from heart, kidney and liver failure . |
f9a025c67fd92c41894e8d5fdeb5291d4d3a9a51 | Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Cuban-state media on Sunday published photos of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro meeting with former Cuban leader Fidel Castro in Havana. Maduro arrived Thursday in Cuba to attend celebrations for the 60th anniversary of the start of the Cuban revolution. Castro wasn't at the ceremony, which wa... | Ex-Cuban leader Fidel Castro greets Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, state media say .
Castro has made infrequent public appearances since illness forced him to step down in 2006 .
Castro dismisses recent controversy of Cuban weapons found on North Korea freighter . |
f9a032387e153f67cadc247c586a6a3b609d7e82 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former South African President Nelson Mandela is to be removed from a U.S. terrorism watch list under a bill President Bush signed Tuesday. Mandela and other members of the African National Congress have been on the list because of their fight against South Africa's apartheid regime, which gave way ... | Nelson Mandela was on list for fighting South Africa's apartheid regime .
He will be removed under a bill President Bush signed Tuesday .
State Department, Homeland Security will waive restrictions .
Mandela spent 27 years in prison for fighting South Africa's racist system . |
f9a0355b933b03834f9a5fee3c96bcefb561939c | The Premier League may only be three weeks old but there have already been plenty of twists and turns. Chelsea have set their stall out early with nine points from nine while Louis van Gaal's Manchester United have stuttered. Here, EA Sports crunch the numbers to reveal the top 10 Premier League performers from the we... | Premier League continued last weekend with Raheem Sterling, Nemanja Matic and Ramires among those putting in the top performances .
EA Sport crunch the numbers to reveal the Player Performance Index chart .
Who ranks highest in the top 10 Premier League stars from the weekend? |
f9a07ff85f305f345b9a2783b764e36e6757bfb2 | Manchester City and England goalkeeper Joe Hart has shown off his skills in a remarkable video with F2 freestylers Billy Wingrove and Jeremy Lynch. Hart was put through his paces by the pair, who had provided a number of challenges for the former Shrewsbury Town stopper. There was no sign of the jitters that saw him qu... | Joe Hart shows off his skills in a freestyle video .
Hart was with F2 freestylers Billy Wingrove and Jeremy Lynch .
The video made Hart look almost superhuman in terms of his ability . |
f9a089554a5b698a95952acb70a4889d1f1b5c95 | A loving pair of otters were captured snoozing while holding hands to stop them floating apart in their slumber. The male and female, named Nellie and Abra, were cuddling up on their waterbed after a playful morning together. And despite the water's chilly temperature, the otters were in no danger of catching a cold as... | Male and female otters, named Nellie and Abra, were pictured cuddling up in Point Defiance Zoo and Aquarium in Tacoma, Washington .
Otters hold hands while they eat and sleep to stop families losing each other . |
f9a0b300c9cf27dc36b044b8ff467b5bf7693b49 | By . Associated Press Reporter . A Samoan woman who acknowledged killing her newborn son at a Washington convent where she was studying to become a nun was sentenced Friday to four years in prison. Sosefina Amoa, 26, has said she didn't know she was pregnant before she gave birth to a baby boy in her room at the Littl... | Sosefina Amoa gave birth in her room at the Little Sisters of the Poor convent in Washington, D.C. on October 10 .
The Samoan woman allegedly covered Joseph's mouth so no-one could hear him cry and discover she had a child .
She and another nun took the baby in a black bag to a local hospital .
Amoa accepted a plea agr... |
f9a0dac9ae62a8604f3c755010374b4e8cc89e3d | The transfer window may have slammed shut after a month of activity, but Premier League clubs will still be in a position to speak to a select group of Europe's elite before the end of the season. There are a raft of players, including Real Madrid's Sami Khedira, Dani Alves of Barcelona, and the Shakhtar Donetsk forwar... | The transfer window has closed, but clubs are allowed to speak to players whose contracts will expire in the summer .
Sami Khedira, Dani Alves and Luiz Adriano all available on free transfers .
Adriano has scored nine goals in the Champions League this season... more than the likes of Lionel Messi and Cristiano Ronaldo... |
f9a1288b51f952da32112a7c7cbae2c4ed8fbf97 | Massive ice floes rose out of a lake in Canada over the . weekend, destroying a dozen homes and damaging fifteen others. Within mere moments, strong winds drove piles of ice onto . the shore from Dauphin Lake on Friday, inundating homes and giving . residents only minutes to flee. 55-mile-per hour winds drove masses of... | High winds cause same ice floe phenomenon 600 miles south in Minnesota over the weekend . |
f9a1e31f2ac9ed9723e80a6dea73b10e86f94198 | Facebook has raked in billions and will make a splash when its stock hits the open market next week. So, what are folks on Wall Street concerned about? Mark Zuckerberg's hoodie, apparently. Michael Pachter, an analyst for Wedbush Securities, told Bloomberg that the Facebook CEO's decision to show up for a meeting with ... | Analyst says Zuckerberg showed "immaturity" by wearing hoodie to New York meetings .
The Facebook CEO has been courting Wall Street investors in casual wear .
The comments suggest a culture clash between Silicon Valley and Wall Street .
Blogger: If hoodies mean billions of dollars, keep wearing them . |
f9a218698a3b9c7bc427e02062ddb7b47463bbd9 | By . Paul Donnelley . Printer Philip Lewis was looking forward to a relaxing drink after work when he stopped at an Esso garage. He was in for a disappointment however. The assistant would not serve Mr Lewis, 58, who has a moustache and receding grey hair because he could not prove his age. Mr Lewis did not have any ph... | Assistant refused to serve printer Philip Lewis of Radstock, Somerset .
Mr Lewis spends £2,000 on petrol and magazines annually at garage .
Esso has words with assistant and offers 'a small gift' as apology . |
f9a232dcfc9646cc501df3392ce864174c163b5a | By . Hayley Dixon . PUBLISHED: . 12:05 EST, 21 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:08 EST, 21 December 2012 . A woman who allowed the death of her two-year-old son at the hands of her murdering boyfriend has been jailed for four years. 'Infatuated' Kirsty Smedley, 24, put her desire to please Daniel Rigby ahead of son Ri... | Kirsty Smedley, 24, put her lover Daniel Rigby ahead of son Rio .
She was jailed for four years for allowing the toddler's death .
Rigby has been jailed for a minimum of 17 years for murder . |
f9a2aba0e6c7516ff4e220d64071871a559b5abe | By . Chris Pleasance . A father accidentally shot his two-year-old son in the head during a domestic row the the boy's mother early yesterday morning, according to police. Officers say Derrice Alexander, 23, killed his son after firing a gun at the outside of of his house in Cleveland, hitting the boy in the head as he... | Police say Derrice Alexander, 23, killed son firing at the outside of his house .
Alexander 'stormed out after argument, firing one shot back at property'
Derrice Alexander Jr, two, hit in the head as he stood on stairs by a window .
Alexander arrested after fleeing to relative's house and 'trying to kill himself'
Poli... |
f9a3356742e1d0773d188b3f0b2ada666d0c5540 | A Thomson flight hit by a 22-hour delay from Cancun, Mexico, to Gatwick, saw passengers celebrating the New Year on the beach instead of in the air. The flight was due to depart from Cancun at 4.10pm local time on New Year's Eve and fly overnight to arrive in London at 7.05 am on New Year's Day. But instead, passengers... | The Maloneys, from Hatfield, Hertfordshire, delayed due to staffing issues .
Cabin crew were apparently stuck in Sweden, so plane grounded in Mexico .
Whisked off to another hotel, and celebrated the New Year on the beach .
Second consecutive year family been hit with Christmas holiday delay . |
f9a34283d46c909c23ed84f72632cc6e0c2ce70b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Couples will be able to marry at any time of the day or night in England and Wales from tomorrow. The round-the-clock ceremonies follow the lifting of a 176-year-old ban on getting hitched outside the hours of 8am-6pm . One of the first venues to embrace the Las Vegas-style weddings will be B... | Blackpool Tower to hold ceremonies at sunset, sunrise and even midnight .
Law changed by Home Office following consultation with the public . |
f9a36f634924de959dd9d4cb148ccf86821b9ff0 | (CNN) -- Calling attention to a logjam of stalled diplomatic nominations in the Senate, Secretary of State John Kerry said the delay is harming U.S. national security. In direct public commentary on an issue crossing politics and diplomacy, Kerry called for swift approval of the nominees, many of whom are career diplom... | Dozens of nominees held up by partisan politics in the Senate .
Many are career diplomats, not political patrons who often get ambassador jobs .
Kerry says some are destined for hotspots where U.S. leadership is needed . |
f9a3836d8ea7ba6a489be8f9603d3856d62b3d90 | ON PUGET SOUND, Washington (CNN) -- When commercial diver Kenny Woodside takes to the depths, he enters a world of murky low light and dangerous currents. Diver Kenny Woodside descends to the murky depths to retrieve an abandoned net. Until recently Woodside and about 100 hundred other divers searched Puget Sound for s... | Worldwide economic downturn has hit fishing industry hard .
Stimulus money is paying fishermen to haul up lost nets in Puget Sound .
Nets kill thousands of marine life, birds, mammals each year .
Some of the nets are longer than a football field . |
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