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f9a394c3d0b2d91749932302a879baa5a7583eb5 | (CNN) -- U.S. Open tennis champion Andy Murray has condemned the handling of the Operation Puerto doping trial by the Spanish authorities, accusing them of the "biggest cover up in sports history." A criminal trial in Spain concluded Tuesday with sports doctor Eufemiano Fuentes given a one-year jail term for supplying ... | Andy Murray condemns outcome of Operation Puerto doping trial .
U.S. Open tennis champion calls it "biggest cover up in sports history" on Twitter .
IOC and WADA also express their disappointment at ruling by Spanish judge .
200 bags of blood and plasma prepared for drugs cheats set to be destroyed . |
f9a3c464307420286d06a80374146d3a4954c5a4 | Almost 80 staff at a city council have been sacked for calling in sick too frequently as the average time taken off by employees rose to two week. Cardiff Council sacked 77 of its employees because of their high rates of sickness absence in the last 12 months. The sickest staff work in the health and environment depa... | Cardiff Council sacked 77 people for calling in sick on too many occasions .
Workers went sick for an average of 10 days, compared to 4.4 nationally .
Health and social care department expected to take 17 days off sick .
Councillors branded statistics 'frightening' and said improvement needed . |
f9a3d09e6d3a96d3440f6313a3f9ae681e2efa13 | By . Simon Walters . PUBLISHED: . 16:47 EST, 12 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:08 EST, 12 October 2013 . A rebel Tory MP’s bid to force David Cameron to bring forward his proposed referendum on Britain’s links with Brussels to next year has won strong public support. More than one in two voters want a referendum in ... | More than one in two voters support Adam Afriyie's call for early referendum .
The backbencher is accused of sabotaging Cameron's pledge for 2017 vote .
Survation interviewed 1,017 people on Friday . |
f9a41617526b8c7132252d7fbd685a6f034a517b | Charged: California man Don Clark, 72, was charged in the triple murder of three Sacramento residents on his property in Chico . A 72-year-old California man was charged for allegedly shooting two teens and a mother before setting their bodies on fire after they wouldn't get off his property earlier this month. Don Cla... | Don Clark, of Chico, was charged with three felony counts of murder and one count of arson on Friday .
Prosecutors said Clark shot Sacramento residents Roland Lowe, 15, his mother Colleen Lowe, 46, and Richard Jones Jr., 17, on June 12 .
Investigators believe Clark dumped their bodies in a car and set fire to it .
Clar... |
f9a4298751be8aba040421999fc5281153204c73 | Three Nobel Peace Prize winners have blasted the decision to give this year’s award to the European Union. In an open letter, Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Northern Ireland’s Mairead Maguire and Adolfo Perez Esquivel from Argentina say that the EU is ‘clearly not one of the “champions of peace” Alfred Nobel had in mind’ whe... | Desmond Tutu has contested the decision to award the prize to the European Union in an open letter to the Nobel Committee .
Fellow Peace Prize laureates Mairead Maguire and Adolfo Perez Esquivel also signed the letter, which insisted the EU was not a 'champion of peace'
The trio said the $1.2million prize money should ... |
f9a4647918c307256499046e189fe0c81c3f2e0a | (CNN) -- Florida neighborhood watch volunteer George Zimmerman was charged with second-degree murder in the death of unarmed 17-year-old Trayvon Martin, a special prosecutor announced Wednesday. Zimmerman, 28, who had been in hiding, turned himself in, his new lawyer told CNN legal analyst Mark NeJame. The suspect was ... | Zimmerman's brother said family "devastated"
George Zimmerman arrives at Seminole County facility .
Trayvon Martin's mother says family simply wanted an arrest .
Special prosecutor charges George Zimmerman with second-degree murder . |
f9a48fc7739f8ff21d33e20d74a1e83a4c8d90c1 | (CNN) -- An unruly passenger aboard a cross-country American Airlines flight forced the plane to make an unscheduled landing in Phoenix, according to police and a passenger on board. American Airlines Flight 1488 left Los Angeles International Airport Thursday heading for Miami. A 21-year-old Hispanic male started beha... | American Airlines Flight 1488 made an unscheduled stop in Phoenix on Thursday .
A passenger was behaving erratically, Phoenix police spokesman says .
"Two guys and a girl, they held the guy down till we got on the ground," witness says .
Unidentified passenger was taken to an area hospital for treatment, police say . |
f9a4de832c22349a8be5db4d0b91d1dd44f4f0a4 | By . Jim Norton . British scientists have developed a forecast model that they claim will be able to predict extreme winter weather with up to 80 per cent accuracy. If accurate, it could strongly influence the economy, with advanced warnings giving airports, councils, insurers and hospitals more information with which... | Scientists developed new model to forecast weather months in advance .
It comes after Met Office was criticised for 'pitiful' forecasts last winter .
Model had 62% accuracy on historic data which could rise to 80% in future . |
f9a5342fc98343e20997b5dd3b85c5b4af4e249b | By . Mia De Graaf . and Deni Kirkova . Selfies usually seem like an exercise in narcissism. But today thousands of women shared striking shots of themselves at their most vulnerable, make-up free. And . joining the campaign, the mother of former Towie star Maria Fowler took . it a step further - by baring her reconstru... | Women post selfies with no make-up to raise cancer awareness .
Mother of Maria Fowler bared all in a bid to give hope to sufferers .
Cancer Research UK have no idea where idea came from but are in support .
Participants can now text BEAT to 70099 to donate . |
f9a54599c58b8d26bb88d9d2130a2f5a802e5d2c | Radamel Falcao arrived in England to much fanfare after completing a loan move to Manchester United during the summer. However, with injury limiting him to just 12 Premier League appearances, Falcao has struggled for form and managed just three goals. United blogger Scott Saunders, who contributes to 90min.com, discus... | Radamel Falcao has struggled for form and fitness at Manchester United .
He has scored three goals since making the move from Monaco .
Falcao has the rest of the season to earn a permanent Old Trafford move . |
f9a546eed574d03c8f335bd40e176d7664092718 | By . Paul Bentley . Gabby Logan, 41, prepared for England's opening World Cup match with yoga and a blow dry . As the hapless men around her face a torrent of abuse, Gabby Logan has emerged as the BBC’s star World Cup performer. And yesterday the sports presenter revealed the key to her cool head – two hours of yoga an... | Mother-of-two Gabby Logan, 41, is presenting World Cup in Brazil for BBC .
The star said she prepared for England's match with yoga and a blow dry .
Sports presenter will travel across Brazil to report on England's games . |
f9a55b40dc751a46e7cceb38bcc7b573ccd7f2f7 | When Richie McCaw leads the All Blacks out for the 100th time on Saturday it will cement his status as one of the greatest sporting captains to have lived. McCaw, who led New Zealand to the 2011 World Cup, has been captain of his country since 2006, and led the All Blacks out on several occasions before being given the... | Richie McCaw captains New Zealand for the 100th time on Saturday .
McCaw's All Blacks take on Wales at the Millennium Stadium .
Veteran flanker captained All Blacks to World Cup glory in 2011 .
Sportsmail lists the 10 greatest sporting captains of all time . |
f9a5626f76a5319aa01b6bb504da298976d4e58e | Think back on your past 24 hours. How much time did you spend on your smartphone? Were you mostly texting, reading news, checking Twitter, or were you actually talking to another human? The answer may vary if you are an Android or an iPhone user. A new study from Experian digs into the details of how people use their p... | iPhone users typically spend more time on their phones than Android users, study finds .
Americans are on their smartphones an average of 58 minutes each day, it says .
People with Android phones spend more time talking and visiting websites . |
f9a5720d5dc6e2f3f13f66602139f3b49b34fbf1 | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 12:40 EST, 18 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:31 EST, 19 August 2013 . Spectators turned out in their droves to enjoy a day at the races in Moffat, Scotland, bet on the winners, cheer at the finish line and analyse the daily form of the champions – several herds of sheep. The annual town-c... | Second annual sheep street racing held in Scotland .
Spectators lined the streets of Moffat to watch the races .
Sheep ran a hurdle track with knitted jockeys on their backs . |
f9a605c976076c6a82702c65ee78d28af3ad6d2e | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Seventy-five former professional football players are suing the National Football League, saying the league knew as early as the 1920s of the harmful effects of concussions on players' brains but concealed the information from players, coaches, trainers and others until June 2010. The players "did ... | NEW: Ex-player Duerson, who killed himself, would approve of the suit, his widow says .
NFL's failure to act has led to the deaths and brain injuries of former players, a lawsuit says .
The lawsuit filed by 75 former NFL players asks for a jury trial and damages .
An NFL spokesman says the league will "vigorously conte... |
f9a649c373478b9bda4ba0ed5d80375edb9b10e4 | Renacimiento, Mexico (CNN) -- As raging floodwaters swept away half of his timber shack, Saturnino Medina climbed to the roof. He pointed Thursday to the place where river waters broke through a container wall and washed away his kitchen. Medina and his family have almost nothing left now, after the wind and rain of Ma... | NEW: In one town, 68 people remain missing after a mudslide .
NEW: Residents complain that government aid has been slow .
NEW: Officials say help is on the way after "historic" rains .
Storms have killed at least 97 people in Mexico . |
f9a674dfe99b229de7f90582496a345bbe697752 | The Mexican top football division the Liga MX is in the early stages of the current campaign but is certainly sparking into life. Morelia forward Yorleys Mena provided a priceless moment in the dying embers of their draw with bottom side Leon by tripping over onto the ball. The 23-year-old tried to catch the Leon defen... | Morelia forward Yorleys Mena could have been the hero in the 0-0 draw .
23-year-old tripped himself up in stoppage time against bottom side Leon .
Santos Laguna striker Diego Gonzlez created a new 'phone' celebration . |
f9a67c0f21be349d63b367a43bb163caf6b18d78 | Each winter, the NHS crisis takes the same form: A&E departments across the country overwhelmed, the target for patients to be seen within four hours broken, operations cancelled. Add to that reports of ambulances being unable to deliver their charges on arrival into casualty departments, and you have the usual sad win... | The health service is facing potentially its worst financial crisis .
By 2020, on current plans, there will be a £30 billion shortfall in its budget .
The causes are also well known as Britain has an ageing population .
Nothing short of a 'revolution' is required to save the NHS from ruin . |
f9a6a8b4e032f9279f4b513f6a334bff4d89f279 | (CNN)The story of his selfless act went viral, but for Raymond Burse it was simply second nature. "I'm not extraordinary," said Burse. "I've assumed that people do those kinds of things all the time." In summer 2014, Burse, who is president of Kentucky State University, gave up $90,000 of his almost $350,000 salary so ... | Raymond Burse volunteers to take a $90K pay cut to give livable wage to 24 workers .
Move by Burse, president of Kentucky State University, gave them a 40% raise .
Burse also has given a shooting victim a scholarship, a football player $2,000 to study abroad . |
f9a71b12ff29c6eac52c6e4576601a3db2fef8c2 | (CNN) -- Philadelphia District Attorney Seth Williams said Monday he will appeal a Superior Court's decision to reverse Monsignor William Lynn's conviction for covering up crimes of offending priests. A three-judge panel ruled Thursday that Lynn -- who had been the first Roman Catholic priest in the United States to be... | Court overturns Monsignor William Lynn's child endangerment conviction .
DA says judges showed disregard for child victims of pedophile priests .
Lynn's bail has been posted . |
f9a740f19542832fd44144aa0076706671752830 | A teenage girl in the same school year as tragic Tallulah Wilson has died in similar horrific circumstances after being struck by a train. Mary Stroman was killed while an inquest was being held into the death of gifted ballerina Tallulah, 15, who killed herself at London’s St Pancras station. The inquest into the deat... | Mary Stroman, 16, died in a similar way to Tallulah Wilson, 15 .
It was today revealed that they both attended the same London school .
Police have not ruled out the possibility the girls were in contact .
For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or go to www.samar... |
f9a784d52e54b6c2aa25e9bf19a39a210cf785fd | By . Stephanie Linning . A vet who was filmed having sex with a horse and a dog has been banned from practising in the UK. Oliver Fraser Lown of Kesgrave, Suffolk, was found guilty of five charges by the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons (RCVS) disciplinary committee at a hearing at their London headquarters. Videos... | Oliver Fraser Lown was found guilty of five charges by Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons .
Videos were found showing him engaging in sexual activity with animals .
He was partly identified in the footage by a green star tattoo on his leg .
'Extreme' images of animals and humans were also found .
Disciplinary committ... |
f9a835408e3e7bb038d664b2612529f24d29baf9 | By . Martin Robinson . Thief: Carol Payne, 31, stole £11,500 from the private school's minibus fund and has now told police she took cash from a church . A mother who stole £11,500 from a private school's minibus fund to pay her child's tuition fees has also admitted to taking cash from a local church, a court heard to... | Carol Payne used role to take cash from Highclare School in Birmingham .
Court heard today she also admitted siphoning off funds from local church . |
f9a85976098d2c36e8efbb0095abc97f8ec3ab24 | Oscar Pistorius's sister left court in tears today after accusing a self-confessed hitman of mouthing abuse at her during her brother's sentencing hearing. Aimee Pistorius claims underworld gun-for-hire Mikey Schultz mouthed 'f*** you' after she expressed discomfort that he was occupying seats normally reserved for the... | Aimee Pistorius claims self-confessed killer Mikey Schultz mouth 'f*** you'
She fled court in tears, prompting her brother to demand police protection .
He claims Pistorius family told him to move from seats 'like he was a dog' |
f9a86b7e055035f0dce36625a30a8e346f266948 | By . Jonny Singer . He may have fallen out with Jose Mourinho, but former Chelsea striker Samuel Eto'o is still extremely popular with fans around the world. The Cameroon captain, who departed Stamford Bridge at the end of the season after his one-year deal expired, hit out at Chelsea boss Mourinho last month over comm... | Former Chelsea striker waves to fans and jokes with teammates in training .
Cameroon arrived in Brazil late after bonus dispute .
Indomitable Lions preparing to take on Mexico on Friday . |
f9a87e3ae75eb03fbae3c10d847a04ac15782334 | A 36-year-old Dane called Morten Storm says he was the man who led the CIA to Anwar al Awlaki, the al Qaeda cleric killed in a U.S. drone strike in Yemen last year. And he says he did it with a computer thumb-drive that secretly contained a tracking device. Among the evidence he's produced: recorded telephone conversat... | A Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten has published details of Storm's story .
U.S. officials maintain a separate intelligence stream led them to Awlaki .
Storm led a life of many parts -- committed jihadist, family man and sports enthusiast .
He says Awlaki was his mentor, but he became a double agent . |
f9a8b29db7926fa48fae64154f6d9311f9bb5120 | (CNN) -- South African Dr. Sonnet Ehlers was on call one night four decades ago when a devastated rape victim walked in. Her eyes were lifeless; she was like a breathing corpse. "She looked at me and said, 'If only I had teeth down there,'" recalled Ehlers, who was a 20-year-old medical researcher at the time. "I promi... | Doctor distributes anti-rape female condom during World Cup .
Jagged rows of teeth-like hooks attach on man's penis .
Device can only be removed by a doctor .
"It hurts, he cannot pee and walk when it's on," doctor says . |
f9a8caea8f77532d801fd3f380350c07230ca3a4 | (CNN) -- More than a week after voters in California, Arizona and Florida passed ballot initiatives outlawing same-sex marriage, thousands of people across the country protested the bans in simultaneous rallies Saturday. Supporters of same-sex marriage rally in San Francisco, California, on Saturday. "What do we want?"... | Same-sex marriage supporters to gather in hundreds of cities across U.S.
They are protesting new bans in California, Arizona and Florida .
Los Angeles organizers expect 40,000 to 100,000 people . |
f9a95d28108e07719a44ca5b4e505d1dbbfd9b28 | Oxford, England (CNN) -- Was last year's financial crisis a chance event? Or was it the product of 35 million years of evolution? Laurie Santos' research suggests that some of the bad choices made on Wall Street and in the mortgage business may have been deeply rooted in the basic nature of the human species. Santos, a... | TED Global speakers focus on ways to overcome faults in human nature, human systems .
Laurie Santos: Humans make same mistakes on risk that monkeys do .
Tim Jackson: We spend money we don't have on things we don't need .
Ethan Zuckerman: Make the web really worldwide . |
f9a97b52046bb4e023adb99e102fb40ed72aafbd | By . Chris Kitching for MailOnline . A homeowner has captured the dramatic moment a waterspout swept through his garden in northern Germany. The awe-inspiring but slightly frightening event occurred on a small lake in Eckwarderhorne. The close-up footage was captured by Michael Fuhrmann, who risked injury to film the a... | Waterspout developed on a small lake in Eckwarderhorne, Germany .
Homeowner risked injury to film the amazing force of nature .
Waterspouts form when a whirlwind occurs over a body of water . |
f9a9ef321308286ed85ec9306c610d4b26bdfbc0 | By . Oliver Todd . Former Arsenal striker Eduardo will sing both Brazil and Croatia's national anthems before the World Cup’s opening game. The Brazilian-born Croatia forward will sing the song of his adopted nation, including the lyrics ‘tell the world that a Croat loves his homeland’ before switching to join in with ... | Ex-Arsenal striker will line up for Croatia in the opening game at Brazil 2014 .
31-year-old born in Brazil but spent much of career in Croatia .
Mother Joelma confirmed her son will sing two anthems before kick-off .
Jurgen Klinsmann will follow suit by singing Germany and USA anthems . |
f9aa321ab0b9dfd84cb8ad9d2a946a9a69f261c8 | Children as young as eight are among dozens of youngsters who have been arrested on suspicion of rape in the past five years - prompting fears that easy access to hard-corn porn is to blame. Police in Greater Manchester have detained a total of 215 children aged 15 or younger on rape allegations since 2009, new figures... | Police in Greater Manchester have detained a total of 215 children since 2009 .
Those detained on rape allegations all aged 15 or under and most were boys .
NSPCC worried access to 'hard-core' porn and rise of 'sexting' is to blame . |
f9aa4f395a68571dd81831f0f517d078f008c872 | Bucharest, Romania (CNN) -- Romanian President Traian Basescu will officially return to office after the country's top court ruled Tuesday that a referendum to remove him was invalid. The nation-wide impeachment effort last month had appeared to be heading for failure because turnout was below 50%. Prime Minister Victo... | President Traian Basescu survives a nation-wide vote to remove him .
The country's top court invalidates the referendum because of low turnout .
The prime minister says the president should consider stepping down anyway . |
f9aa8f6a708b83e558dd4f6f3ac4f25762586bb5 | Malala Yousafzai is donating $50,000 she was awarded after winning the World Children's Prize to rebuild U.N. schools in Gaza . Malala Yousafzai, the schoolgirl shot in the head by the Taliban for championing girls' right to education, is donating $50,000 to help rebuild schools in Gaza. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Mala... | Malala Yousafzai, 17, was handed $50,000 as part of World Children's Prize .
Announced she was donating the cash award to rebuild 83 schools in Gaza .
Dozens of school buildings were destroyed in 50-day war this summer . |
f9aab3dda16ad8c487679f351144b0afaa788692 | (CNN) -- Two mayors and two state legislators are among 11 public officials arrested in New Jersey as part of a corruption investigation, the U.S. attorney's office in Trenton announced Thursday. Passaic Mayor Samuel Rivera is among 11 officials arrested Thursday in a corruption probe. Prosecutors say the state offici... | Official sent text messages about "cake," "green broccoli," complaint says .
U.S. attorney's office says officials accepted bribes of up to $17,500 .
Officials allegedly accepted bribes from insurance, roofing companies .
Two state legislators, Passaic mayor among those arrested . |
f9aaedeeccc83748bc66a8843f66bc046c785221 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 20:54 EST, 12 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:13 EST, 13 March 2013 . A breed of parrot has been shown to be as clever as a child of four when it comes to making long term decisions proving their species don't, as is often assumed, just learn parrot-fashion. Scientists found the captive b... | Captive bred Goffin's cockatoo able to resist temptation of eating .
Discovery shows they can think of long term benefits of waiting .
It mirrors a famous experiment on children in the U.S. 40 years ago . |
f9ab00e854ddde91db3e02c236769de2d5412fa4 | Washington (CNN) -- Several shots have been fired at the National Museum of the Marine Corps building in Virginia, the FBI said Friday. No injuries were reported. It is the second time the Marine Corps museum in Triangle, Virginia, has been fired on in recent days. The Pentagon and a vacant Marine Corps Recruiting Stat... | NEW: The FBI says the shooter probably has grievance against the Marine Corps .
NEW: Federal officials say they want to speak with the shooter about complaints .
It is the second attack on the Marine Corps museum in recent days .
Two other military buildings in the Washington area also have been fired upon . |
f9abd04337752d21a8293875bca62188cd818849 | By . Marie-louise Olson . Furious people took to Facebook to vent their anger over the recent profiling of shoppers in the New York retailer, Barneys. This comes as a fourth person has come forward with similar claims, this time against Macy's - the second in a week. Art Palmer says four plainclothes cops questioned hi... | Art Palmer, 56, of Brooklyn, is the fourth person to claim he has been racially profiled while shopping .
On Sunday he said four plainclothes cops .
questioned him three blocks away from Macy's after he bought .
$320 worth of Polo dress shirts and ties in April .
New York fashion retailer Barneys is coming under a lot ... |
f9ac1707f57f640e350b11741c2c37c95208e2ad | By . Jennifer Newton . The breastfeeding equipment vending machine, which has been installed at the Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore . Instead of offering drinks and snacks, a vending machine thought to be the first of its kind to offer breastfeeding equipment has been installed at a Baltimore hospital. The machine ... | Vending machine in Johns Hopkins Hospital thought to be first of its kind .
Stocks pump accessories, storage bottles and various other equipment .
Took a year to develop and since introduced, has been steady business .
Aimed at helping nursing mothers who want to return to work . |
f9ac7efacdc00ad2b29781d48e365156476ab690 | By . Reuters Reporter and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 13:37 EST, 14 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:39 EST, 14 November 2012 . Shares of Facebook Inc jumped nearly 13 per cent on Wednesday, as investors breathed a sigh of relief that expiring trading restrictions on a huge block of shares failed to trigger an imm... | Shares in social networking giant climb nearly 13 per cent on Wednesday trading .
Today is first day 800 million Facebook shares are eligible for sale by company insiders .
Facebook appears to be gaining some ground after disappointing initial public offering in May . |
f9ad51c4b4c79feee1663b9f852e25448dab2122 | On trial: Bouchra Bagour, 35, leaves court (file photo) A French mother has appeared in court after sending her three-year-old son named Jihad to school in a T-shirt saying 'I am a bomb.' Bouchra Bagour, 35, insisted she had put it on him 'without stopping to think about it' when he wore it to the nursery in Sorgues n... | Bouchra Bagour, 35, charged with 'glorifying crime'
Insisted she had put it on him 'without stopping to think about it'
The back of the T-shirt read Born on 11 September .
At the start of her trial in Avignon, she denied defending terrorism . |
f9ad91bb22efd63bc91f9d11658b4c767882c601 | A pig that weighed in at nearly one ton was publicly slaughtered today after its owner won first prize on a competition held by a Taoist temple in Taiwan. Ten Holy Pigs were force fed to make them grow ten times larger than normal for the contest held by the Sanhsia Tzushih Temple in Yingko, New Taipei City, northern T... | Winning owner awarded a prize of pure gold by the temple in New Taipei City .
But animal activists have called for abolition of generations-old tradition . |
f9ad9960ce5bfd7b59f9b3037cacfc33380209d6 | Louis van Gaal has ordered Manchester United staff to rip up the club's Carrington training ground pitches as he rings the changes at the club. According to the Sun, the new Red Devils boss is keen for the Desso Grass-Master system to be installed ready for when he takes charge after managing Holland in this summer's W... | Van Gaal has ordered Man United officials to rip up Carrington's training pitches .
New Red Devils boss keen for Desso Grass-Master system to be installed .
Dutchman's request has shocked Old Trafford hierarchy who believe the pitches are pristine . |
f9adaa22af5b7d096440eb36b81017d2aa0c2f3b | Singer Michael Franti filmed his now-fiancee Sara Agah for three years in order to create the romantic engagement video he had used to propose to her in Bali. The 48-year-old listed his longtime love's most endearing qualities in the clip featuring his 2013 song Life Is Better With You - which he had written for her. M... | Michael Franti asked Sara Agah to marry him in Bali after showing her the video he made .
The clip features his 2013 song Life Is Better With You - which he had written for her .
The 48-year-old singer announced their engagement Tuesday on Facebook . |
f9adc4d6776cc762e5090f0a58beb2cc1de69e44 | The West must not threaten Russian president Vladimir Putin, above, over a solution to the Ukrainian crisis, the Kremlin warned today; Putin is pictured above speaking before the start of the winter Olympics last week . The West must not threaten Vladimir Putin over a solution to the Ukrainian crisis, the Kremlin warne... | Demand comes as Ukraine accuses Moscow of deploying more troops .
Putin spokesman says no one has ever given Putin an 'ultimatum'
America is considering supplying arms to Kiev to fight Russian separatists .
Germany and France to hold peace talks with Putin and Ukraine this week . |
f9adcbe973f28cb704465fd4e68656ef8c15e797 | (CNN) -- The death of a Georgia man who fell about 85 feet from an upper level of Atlanta's Turner Field has been ruled a suicide, an official said. Ronald Homer, 30, fell during a Braves-Phillies baseball game on August 12. The cause of death is blunt force trauma, according to the Fulton County Medical Examiner's Off... | Ronald Homer, 30, fell during a Braves-Phillies baseball game .
The cause of death is blunt force trauma, medical examiner's office says .
His was the second such death at an Atlanta sporting venue in the last year . |
f9ae1d9c3276e03f431a5c9b6f455bc0533f74a9 | They may not have the rippling muscles and chiseled features of a typical pin-up. But these 12 men are set to become unlikely stars - after being picked for a calendar celebrating Britain's most boring men. A drain spotter, traffic cone enthusiast and brick collector are among the 'boring' Britons who appear in The Dul... | The Dull Men's Club has more than 5,000 male members, who are passionate about everyday mundane things .
A drain spotter, traffic cone enthusiast and brick collector are among the 'boring' Brits who appear .
Also included are a man who photographs roundabouts, a milk bottle fanatic, and an apostrophe obsessive . |
f9ae5932195855f32f0d6044587385a625d65647 | Roy Hodgson claimed Liverpool's poor start to the season was behind Raheem Sterling's decision to pull out of England's starting line-up against Estonia. Sterling was dropped to the bench and replaced by Adam Lallana in England's 1-0 victory over Estonia after admitting he wasn't mentally ready to start the Euro 2016 q... | Liverpool winger Raheem Sterling started Estonia match on the bench .
Sterling told Roy Hodgson he was tired and wasn't in the right mental state .
Hodgson claims Liverpool's poor start and expectations could be a factor .
Sterling eventually came on in the second-half as England won 1-0 . |
f9ae98da9f9f34fcb78d4ac03afad2097645534f | Freed: Terry Borgia, 63, is set to be released from prison following three mistrials over her grandson's murder . A grandmother is on the verge of being freed from prison today, three years after she was accused of drowning her four-year-old grandson in the bath. Terry Borgia, 63, has been in jail since January 2010 fo... | Terry Borgia, 63, jailed in January 2010 for murder of DeAngelo Tobia . |
f9aeaec18e469a52b233e3e6ededec5314173dbb | (CNN) -- Britain's Prince Charles left Afghanistan on Thursday after a previously unannounced two-day visit there, a spokesman said. The heir to the British throne spent a night at Camp Bastion, the main British base in Helmand province, before traveling to Lashkar Gah, the capital of the province. He also visited Kabu... | Heir to British throne spends night at military camp in Afghanistan .
Prince Charles met U.S. Gen. Stanley McChrystal and Afghan officials .
Prince also visited Kabul, but did not meet President Karzai . |
f9af11fb3e5e0f4d1abefcca8cc9d0a5d9ae4c30 | Ambulance delays of up to half an hour, well outside the eight minute benchmark, have seen three people dead in Sydney in the past month. The Sydney Morning Herald reports the NSW ambulance service have blamed surges in demand for the increased waiting times, while frustrated paramedics are being forced to wait to off-... | Three people have died in Sydney in the past month due to ambulance delays of up to half an hour .
The delays been blamed on surge in demand and increased hospital delays .
Brad Jones, 54, died waiting 30 minutes for an ambulance after he choked and suffered and heart attack .
The auditor general also found that 18 amb... |
f9af3e7d8558b6a4056733e1d34445ce739ec9cf | (CNN) -- Iran's lead nuclear negotiator announced a tentative agreement was reached Friday over the implementation of plan that requires Tehran to limit its nuclear program, even as U.S. officials described the talks as ongoing. The conflicting reports came as Iran wrapped up two days of talks in Geneva with the Europe... | Iran's lead negotiator say a plan will be announced within two weeks, state-run media reports .
Announcement comes the end of two days of talks in Geneva between the two sides .
The United States says progress was made, but the talks are ongoing .
The U.S. Senate has moved toward a veto-proof majority to authorize new ... |
f9b00a40bb1443d39a59bcce5a3d7004c43dcceb | By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 13:33 EST, 2 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:25 EST, 3 November 2012 . Looking straight at the camera, Nasa's Curiosity Mars rover seems to be looking almost inquisitively at its own robotic arm in the latest self portrait from the red planet. The image in the latest of a series of self... | Nasa reveals amazing new high resolution self portrait - although was beaten to it by online space fans .
Engineers also reveal the results of Curiosity's first sniff of Martian air - and find little or no trace of methane . |
f9b01e0dc7c3c8ba34d40409a01f3c172e277a46 | Sydney’s renowned fireworks certainly did not disappoint last night, with a kaleidoscope of colours and patterns filling the sky across the city’s harbour and its famous bridge. It was worth the wait for the 1.6 million punters who arrived as early as the morning of New Year's Eve to ensure they had prime position for ... | Both 9pm and midnight fireworks displays featured seven tonnes of fireworks, including 11,000 shells, 25,000 shooting comets and more than 100,000 individual pyrotechnic effects .
Two bright blue seahorses were the stars of the first act of the city's renowned fireworks display .
Following the 9pm display, the Harbour ... |
f9b035712f67da42fb098502decda456181ee70e | By . Steve Nolan and Francesca Infante . PUBLISHED: . 13:33 EST, 20 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:42 EST, 20 March 2013 . The best-selling horror author James Herbert, described as ‘one of the giants of popular fiction’, died yesterday aged 69. Mr Herbert, who wrote horror classic The Rats, died only a week after his ... | Pan Macmillan said that Mr Herbert died at his Sussex home this morning .
He has been described as a 'keystone author' of the 1970s and 1980s .
His books sold more than 54million copies across the globe .
Mr Herbert was awarded the OBE for his work in 2010 .
The writer's 23rd and final book, Ash, was published only las... |
f9b076936a86feb09962dd1646d91d7ce9d7dcd8 | Nigel Farage, the leader of UKIP, today visited the poppies installation at the Tower of London - ignoring pleas from officials for people to stay away because of the problem managing large crowds. More than four million people have already visited the memorial and large crowds are a common sight. On Friday the tens of... | Nigel Farage paid a visit to see the river of poppies at the Tower of London in advance of Remembrance Sunday .
The UKIP leader visited the memorial despite pleas from officials for people to stay away to reduce large crowds .
More than four million people have already visited the poppy installation and tens of thousan... |
f9b08fc1ed3168727a39e17d1e780458cf25ecda | By . Dan Wootton . Face for radio: Chris Moyles, as King Herod in Jesus Christ Superstar, has been axed from Channel 4 . Loudmouth Chris Moyles’s bid to launch a TV career has taken a major blow after Channel 4 axed his show, privately declaring that ‘he just doesn’t work on screen’. Since being dumped by Radio 1’s bre... | Former BBC Radio1 host Chris Moyles's show axed by Channel 4 .
Problem was not the show, but Chris himself, an insider said . |
f9b14fdd174133a88bbd5fbe5fddc574218b9b96 | By . Gerard Couzens . The kidnappers who held Carlos Tevez's father hostage for eight hours told him: 'Your son's our idol but we need the money.' According to Segundo Tevez they were also upset when they heard the former Premier League star had been left out of Argentina's World Cup squad. Detectives were today huntin... | Segundo Tevez was held hostage for eight hours yesterday .
Police are analysing CCTV footage which shows the kidnappers .
Forced Segundo out at gunpoint and kidnapped him on spur of the moment .
They captured him in the Buenos Aires suburb of Moron .
Segundo raised Carlos from the age of five after his mother abandoned... |
f9b1eabc97f6c08cc3b0750c85ab2e12ad877632 | By . Victoria Woollaston . Step aside Virgin, BT and Sky, we could soon be able to buy our internet from websites including Google and Facebook. The online giants have been gradually buying up miles of unused fibre optic cables in a bid to expand their networks and control how much traffic they can send. Reports in the... | Google now owns 100,000 miles of fibre optic cable routes globally .
Facebook also extended its network in Europe by buying unused cables .
By owning the cables, companies can control how much traffic they send .
This stops internet providers from throttling traffic - making services faster .
It also prevents governmen... |
f9b27d0dcc94ab1f2f4111ef89b43b52302b06d1 | By . Meghan Keneally . PUBLISHED: . 00:00 EST, 5 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:32 EST, 5 December 2012 . Retail therapy can cure many an ailment, and though the Romneys are multi-billionaires, they apparently find their source of comfort in the filled aisles of Costco. The former Republican presidential candidate a... | Family have long been fans of the discount bulk shop .
Comes day after Romney re-joined the board of directors of Marriott . |
f9b2d1bf5da220c17cba03ff1160acee6eda9d04 | A teen who was left almost bald after pulling her own hair out has finally been given the golden locks of her dreams. Phoebe Ottomar, from Northampton, who suffers from trichotillomania, spent years tugging at her hair, leaving her with golf ball-sized bald patches. The 19-year-old was left devastated by the consequenc... | Phoebe Ottomar spent years tugging at her hair .
Left with golf ball sized bald patches but GPs didn't know what was wrong .
Mother read about trichotillomania in magazine .
Lucinda Ellery used the Intralace System on her to give her hair of dreams . |
f9b363b247d7c34e4cc0925ddc565e27ee97d8bd | (CNN) -- Foreign ministry officials in Mali said Saturday three people from other countries were kidnapped Friday, while a fellow foreigner who was killed was probably German. The incidents in northern Mali are the latest in a series targeting Westerners in recent days, with France confirming Thursday that one person h... | A foreigner killed in northern Mali Friday was probably a German, officials say .
A Swede and a Dutchman were kidnapped, along with a third person, officials say .
Two French citizens were confirmed kidnapped in central Mali Thursday . |
f9b38cdd5f51d23b1013cd46d7bc9371da12c874 | The judge in the Casey Anthony trial has been branded by a former mistress as big a liar as Casey! Judge Perry was praised for his cool, methodical handling of the controversial Casey trial but a source close to alleged mistress Janis Williamson paints an entirely different picture. The 61-year-jurist was a cheating ca... | He fired me to further his career, says Janis Williamson .
Perry denied the affair before confessing, she claims . |
f9b41566cae32245492301892831b028bbf1e779 | (MentalFloss.com) -- 1. The oldest documented bikinis -- haute, bandeau-style little numbers -- show up in a 1,700 year old Roman mosaic entitled Chamber of the Ten Maidens. A bevy of ancient, bikini-clad babes are depicted playing sports. 2. Earlier this year, Brooklyn-based designer Andrew Schneider invented the firs... | Bikinis first appeared in Roman mosaics, depicted on women playing sports .
The 19th-century version of a bikini was made out of either heavy flannel or wool .
Brian Hyland's 1960 hit single was ode to "Itsy Bitsy Teeny Weeny Yellow Polka Dot Bikini" |
f9b449e89edd2541ef9532f50122db02946a8a8c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:15 EST, 9 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:47 EST, 9 January 2014 . Police in India are hunting a man-eating tiger that is believed to have killed four villagers in 12 days after escaping from an animal reserve. The latest victim was a 40-year-old woman who was attacked on We... | 40-year-old woman was attacked and killed on Wednesday .
Tiger believed to have strayed from the Jim Corbett National Park .
Authorities trying to have it categorised as a 'man-eater' so it can be killed . |
f9b4989e13debd62e25fcbc1693cb7cfb530b94e | The son of the actor Nigel Davenport stalked his ex-girlfriend after she dumped him, a court heard. Hugo Davenport was mourning the death of his father, who starred in Howards’ Way and Chariots of Fire, when Rebecca Jallot ended their 18-month relationship. Unable to accept her decision, the 61-year-old responded by in... | Hugo Davenport, 61, told court he expected more support from his ex .
His girlfriend told police she was left 'anxious, worried' by Davenport .
He was handed an 18-month community order and a restraining order .
The author and journalist comes from a family of actors and actresses .
His half-brother Jack appeared in Pi... |
f9b636e36a0f95df229f2515d552212064d0f688 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:51 EST, 28 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:56 EST, 28 January 2014 . Tragic: Emily Harris, 18, who died in a blaze investigators believe was started by clothing which fire after it was left too close to an electric heater . A teenager burned to death while pet-sitting at her ... | Emily Harris returned home a 'bit tipsy' after a night out last October 17 .
Seven hours later neighbours saw flames shooting from the property .
Just a lock of her hair survived the intense fire intact . |
f9b69ac1280a37c38241b84f0b60cab694cfa3ea | Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson of Nebraska announced Tuesday that he will not run for re-election next year. Nelson, 70, said in a statement that it was time to "step away from elective office, spend more time with my family, and look for ways to serve our state and nation." "Simply put: It is time to move on," Nelson said... | Party officials are reaching out to former Sen. Bob Kerrey regarding Nelson's seat .
Democratic Sen. Ben Nelson announces he will not seek re-election .
Nelson was expected to face a tough Republican challenge next year .
The former Nebraska governor is a conservative Democrat . |
f9b69ed7cf484c08b6b77edeeda05f69e552acd2 | (CNN) -- As the fallout from WikiLeaks continues, the debate over whether or not the alleged leaker is a treasonous villain or a First Amendment hero is being debated in Berkeley, California. There, the City Council was set to vote on a resolution that hails Pfc. Bradley Manning a hero, calls for his immediate release ... | Bob Meola authored a resolution for Berkeley City Council calling Pfc. Bradley Manning a hero .
He says Manning, if he is source for WikiLeaks, deserves thanks for exposing official wrongdoing .
Berkeley City Council member Gordon Wozniak says Manning should have day in court .
He says passing resolution would encourag... |
f9b6d97856c572f0a50555e40c4aa7118958674a | Classroom assistant Rachael Regan (pictured appearing at Bradford Crown Court) was spared jail today after she taped a 7-year-old to her chair and shut her in a storeroom . A classroom assistant who carried out a five-month campaign of bullying against a seven-year-old pupil who was taped to her chair and shut in a sto... | Rachael Regan 'singled out and bullied' the West Yorkshire primary pupil .
The classroom assistant Sellotaped the girl to a chair as 'a bit of fun'
Court heard she was also locked in a storeroom and Post-its stuck on her .
Regan, 43, had been found guilty of child cruelty charges last month .
Judge spared her jail aft... |
f9b6f552021bd0be0b3674e077879609053e4a7e | The daredevil adventurer whose attempt to ‘run’ more than 1,000 miles from South Florida to Bermuda in an inflatable bubble had to be aborted after he got lost is extremely unhappy that his pod wasn’t rescued along with him. Endurance athlete Reza Baluchi, 42, was plucked from the ocean on Saturday morning but his Hydr... | Reza Baluchi was saved from his inflatable bubble on Saturday some 70 miles adrift from St. Augustine, Florida .
He was attempting to 'run' inside his Hydro Pod from Florida to Bermuda .
The coastguard left his inflatable behind and Baluchi is upset as he had left valuable including his Green Card and Passport inside .... |
f9b710698e1922cc46463eae3575738ecf7b0844 | A Hawaiian girl had the birthday surprise of a lifetime last week when her biggest wish came true – to see her mother. Riley Higa, of Wahiawa, who turned 10 on Monday, was missing her mother, Melissa Higa, so much she wrote a letter to President Barack Obama asking if her mother could come home. Her mother is a senior ... | Riley Higa, of Wahiawa, Hawaii, who turned 10 on Monday, wrote a letter to President Obama because she missed her mother, Melissa Higa .
Higa is a senior airman who's been deployed in South Korea for nine months .
She asked Obama to 'call her boss and tell him or her to please let her off so she can come home for my bi... |
f9b773580bce4d984119c1f20b4dea0196548807 | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 12:41 EST, 30 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:53 EST, 31 July 2013 . Ancient 'halls of the dead' pre-dating Stonehenge are being heralded by archaeologists as the first monuments of their kind to be found in the UK. The two earth long barrows were uncovered on top of Dorstone Hill in H... | Manchester archaeologists have found communal halls that were first 'ritually' burned and then covered over with soil to form large barrows .
The buildings were burned down when the head of the family died .
The structures were discovered on top of Dorstone Hill in Herefordshire and are thought to date to about 3,800BC... |
f9b7ce97779c6e3d0a03425caf41825fd961e1d6 | They say you 'Gotta go to Mo's', but it would appear that Mo's gotta go to Dick's! The CEO of Modells, a sporting goods chain who once appeared on the TV show 'Undercover Boss' pretended to be an executive from a rival company in an effort to get confidential information, according to a lawsuit. Dick's Sporting Goods c... | Dick's Sporting Goods chain alleges Mitchell Modell pretended to be an executive from a rival store to obtain secrets .
The visit occurred at the start of February at a store in New Jersey . |
f9b86bb49e2ea2a8aa083e38cde6303a1d54a1d6 | By . Mark Duell and James Salmon . PUBLISHED: . 07:58 EST, 11 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:38 EST, 11 February 2013 . Barclays' shareholders could have been misled over a £3billion investment by the owner of Manchester City F.C., it was alleged today. The bank said in 2008 that Sheikh Mansour had agreed to invest ... | Barclays said in 2008 that Sheikh Mansour had agreed to invest money .
But money had come from Abu Dhabi government, reports BBC Panorama .
Bank will also be closing tax avoidance unit resulting in 2,000 job losses . |
f9b95cfbdcb212e38bfa3f7e9b36163900209226 | A grand mansion linked to Henry VIII has been turned into a block of luxury flats fit for a king - and for under £200,000 each. Preston Hall, a magnificent 55,000 sq.ft. Grade II listed mansion near Aylesford, Kent, was once the country residence of the Culpeper family, ancestors of Queen Catherine Howard, the fifth wi... | Preston Hall, is a magnificent 55,000 sq.ft. Grade II listed renovated mansion near Aylesford, Kent .
It was once the country residence of the Culpeper family, ancestors of Queen Catherine Howard .
House hunters wanting a bit of Wolf Hall or Downton Abbey in their lives can move into the hall from just £195,000 . |
f9b9a28d284a592879b5c49a498457ca42ef5ff0 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 22:44 EST, 10 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:23 EST, 11 December 2012 . Robert F. Kennedy Jr. is reportedly ready to move on after the sad death of his former wife, and marry his actress girlfriend Cheryl Hines. According to Radar Online, the environmental lawyer, 58, is plan... | RFK Jr reportedly ready to make Cheryl Hines his third wife .
Source claims that he 'doesn't want to appear insensitive, .
but he has the right to get on with his life' |
f9b9c147265055214b1485f40afb8c9c15ef6d5c | A 15-year-old girl who has fled Britain and flown out to join jihadis in Syria after being 'brainwashed' online may end up marrying an Islamic terrorist, a counter-extremist has warned. Schoolgirl Yusra Hussien, described as a grade-A pupil who wanted to be a dentist, left her family home in Bristol to join hardline fi... | Yusra Hussien reported missing by her parents from Bristol home last week .
She took a bus to London, met another girl, 17, and flew to Turkey with her .
Fears girls may have crossed the border into Syria to fight with extremists .
Terror expert said she might marry a terrorist and become a 'jihadi bride'
Haras Rafiq s... |
f9b9ea89c139cd03784e75b4ece45d063229db95 | By . Emily Crane . A simple eye test may be able to predict patients with Alzheimer's 20 years before the first symptoms appear, a Perth-based trial has found. Preliminary results from the world-first trial were released on Sunday at the Alzheimer Association's international conference in Copenhagen because Australian ... | Perth scientists are leading a world-first trial to diagnose Alzheimer's before brain damage occurs .
The trial's preliminary results were released on Sunday at the Alzheimer Association's conference in Copenhagen .
Research leader Dr Yogesan Kanagasingam expects to have final results by October . |
f9b9ed996290b343caa5aad108f194d5105602a5 | (CNN) -- Any doubts that Real Madrid's big-name stars will struggle to play together this season were seemingly blown away in a remarkable 8-2 thrashing of Deportivo la Coruna on Saturday. World player of the year Cristiano Ronaldo scored a hat-trick, last year's marquee signing Gareth Bale netted twice and recently-ar... | Cristiano Ronaldo nets a hat-trick as Real Madrid scores eight goals .
Gareth Bale and substitute Javier Hernandez collect two each in 8-2 win .
Colombia star James Rodriguez also scores at Deportivo la Coruna .
Real has struggled in La Liga and could end weekend six points behind Barcelona . |
f9ba7347e7858d1ec210cf0466e2ee6c8b458b6f | By . Kate Lyons . and Richard Shears . Christine Armstrong, 63, was killed by a shark while on a regular morning swim off the coast of New South Wales on Thursday morning . A woman has died after she was taken by a shark while swimming off the coast of New South Wales, Australia. Christine Armstrong, 63, was swimming w... | Christine Armstrong, 63, was killed by a shark while swimming .
She was on a regular early morning swim with a group .
Ms Armstrong was attacked after becoming separated from the others .
This is the first recorded shark attack in the holiday town of Tathra in NSW . |
f9ba7525576dcaeadd634ec616ee99b27d8e95be | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:17 EST, 29 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:17 EST, 29 October 2013 . A second fairground ride called the Vortex left a worker with a broken back, pelvis and leg just days after three people were hospitalized by a separate machine. Anesto Newell, 32, was in intensive care on M... | Anesto Newell, 32, suffered broken back, pelvis and leg when part of a seating section fell on him on Sunday .
Anthony Gorham, 29, Kisha Gorham, 39, .
and a 14-year-old whose name was not released were still in hospital today following accident in Raleigh last Thursday .
Operator of the first Vortex ride Timothy Dwayne... |
f9bab8d207d461313ae16522be93bdd7bcefd66b | By . Sean Gallagher . Darren Fletcher has challenged former Manchester United duo Cristiano Ronaldo and Wes Brown as the next personnel to take part in the Ice Bucket Challenge, after the Manchester United midfielder pledged his support to it in aid of the James McCarthy Foundation. The Manchester United midfielder wa... | Fletcher got two buckets of ice cold water over his head in the #IceBucketChallenge .
He done it to raise money for the James McCarthy Foundation .
McCarthy is a youngster from Manchester who has suffered from on-going health issues since a car crash in 2009 .
Fletcher then nominated former United duo Wes Brown and Cri... |
f9baf0961d233e1ea78633d9f24fd20f335907cd | A German photographer exasperated by the inequalities of the American penal system became fascinated by a late night bus that transports the families of inmates to remote prison facilities to visit their loved ones for just a few hours. 'I was struck by the fact I have lived in the city for 10 years and yet I’d never s... | Photo series 'In Transit' by German photographer Jacobia Dahm shows images of children on their way to visit family members in prison .
'I was struck by the fact I have lived in the city for 10 years and yet I’d never seen a bus or heard about them,' said photographer Jacobia Dahm .
The bus travels to six different pri... |
f9bb109da6d352a7d4848215f6577e06a88b075e | By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . A large hole has been spotted on the middle-right of the six wheels on Nasa’s Mars Curiosity rover. The coin-sized dent caused by a sharp rock has left a gaping hole in the tyre. It is the newest of many bumps and bruises the 1-ton vehicle has experienced since it landed on the red planet in... | Engineers in California have seen a large hole on one of Curiosity's wheels .
The damage is not mission-ending but could grow into a bigger problem .
Curiosity has been quite heavily damaged since landing in August 2012 .
This has surprised engineers and forced them to seek a quick fix .
They are trying to find ways of... |
f9bb41e501cc5e08ebf3422d167e015c09c4d139 | A housewife died cradling her one-month-old baby and three-year-old toddler in her arms after a private jet crashed into three houses in Maryland's Montgomery County on Monday morning. Montgomery County Fire and Rescue spokesman Pete Piringer says the Embraer EMB-500/Phenom 100 twin-engine jet came down around 10.45 am... | Mother and her two children among six dead after a private jet crashes on their Maryland home on Monday morning .
Three others died when the Embraer EMB-500/Phenom 100 twin-engine jet came down in the Washington D.C. suburb .
Huge fire engulfed the cul-de-sac setting three properties on fire before blaze brought under ... |
f9bb8b4163ca5e14414bcfe1394b359d323bd6d8 | Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts has galvanized enough rank-and-file Republican voters to close the gap with independent challenger Greg Orman in one of the nation's hottest races, a new CNN/ORC poll has found. Roberts leads Orman, 49% to 48%, according to the survey of 687 likely voters that was conducted October 2-6. Orman's ... | GOP Sen. Pat Roberts holds a 49-48% lead over independent Greg Orman .
The results suggest Roberts is consolidating support among rank-and-file Republicans .
The race could hinge on how many Republicans turn out to vote . |
f9bb9479726ec7dd3722bdbd50b18e512c25ab3e | Cairo (CNN) -- Clashes erupted between demonstrators and security forces in Egypt on Sunday, leaving 51 people dead and more than 260 injured, state media reported. The violence started early Sunday afternoon as Muslim Brotherhood protesters marched in different neighborhoods in Cairo and across the country. In Egypt's... | NEW: At least 51 people were killed, state media reports .
The Muslim Brotherhood's party says peaceful protesters were slain .
Egypt's Interior Ministry says hundreds of rioters were arrested .
Demonstrators jump into the Nile to escape arrest . |
f9bbd20ea53f8cd4b6bf1e2629bbcacb924be556 | (CNN) -- How do you replace the adrenaline-filled emotion of scoring one of the greatest goals in World Cup history when your football career ends? If you're Michael Owen, you start a multimillion-dollar horse racing business. It's 16 years since a teenage Owen slalomed his way through the Argentina defense to announce... | Michael Owen has moved from professional football to horse racing .
Owen's stables houses around 90 horses .
Wayne Rooney has two horses which are looked after by Owen .
Owen says he has no intention of moving into training any time soon . |
f9bd01ec2d569bb9d72aea0bdb302f205b17258a | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 08:25 EST, 25 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:25 EST, 25 July 2013 . A teenage thug who killed a 'heroic' off-duty police officer with a single punch in an unprovoked attack was today jailed for just three-and-half years. Dale Dixon, 19, attacked Chris Findley, 33, as he was walking home fr... | Dale Dixon, 19, ran after Chris Findlay, 33, and punched him in city centre .
The off-duty police officer was unconscious before he hit the floor .
He died in hospital 10 days later after suffering swelling to his brain .
Friends of officer hit out and say killer will be 'walking the streets of Wolverhampton again' bef... |
f9be56ed115395c068e297ecf93fd2e92f5b72fd | By . Australian Associated Press . David Jones boss Paul Zahra has quit the department store chain and will be replaced by Country Road head Ian Nairn. The move comes just weeks after South African retailer Woolworths finalised its $2.2 billion takeover of David Jones, Australia's oldest department store, and took full... | Paul Zahra has resigned from his position as CEO after four years .
The announcement comes a few weeks after South African retailer Woolworths finalised its $2.2 billion takeover of the department store .
He will be replaced by the head of Country Road, Ian Nairn . |
f9be747db9a4d0a6382f6f02971f5c3a347bbdbc | By . Iona Kirby . PUBLISHED: . 09:24 EST, 25 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:41 EST, 26 July 2012 . Liberty Ross' world was turned upside down when allegations emerged that Kristen Stewart had an affair with her husband Rupert Sanders. And the model and actress, who played 22-year-old Kristen’s mother in . Snow White and... | Liberty Ross, 33, played Kristen Stewart's mother in Snow White and the Huntsman .
Model and actress has two children with the British director .
Kristen issues grovelling public apology to Robert Pattinson .
Rupert follows suit apologises to his 'beautiful wife and heavenly children' |
f9beab889c42f7b9537180fde99f762181181221 | By . Craig Hope . Follow @CraigHope_DM . Newcastle United will complete the loan signing of Shakhtar Donetsk striker Facundo Ferreyra early next week but manager Alan Pardew has concerns at the other end of the pitch. The Magpies were beaten 3-1 by Malaga in Gelsenkirchen on Saturday as an inept first-half defensive di... | Newcastle boss said he should have fielded a stronger team from the start .
Despite labelling his line-up 'too young', the Magpies boss fielded experienced defensive pairing Steven Taylor and Fabricio Coloccini .
Spanish side stormed into a three-goal lead in Gelsenkirchen .
Newcastle were poor at the back throughout t... |
f9bf1feb64d0e1df7465508397170e1a1b69075a | Ebola-stricken NBC cameraman Ashoka Mukpo is still fighting off the dreaded virus, but the 33-year-old was well enough Thursday to poke fun at a congressional hearing about the disease. '"Do dogs spread Ebola?" this hearing is really something else,' Mukpo tweeted as he watched lawmakers grill the CDC chief from his Ne... | Ashoka Mukpo, 33, told congressmen who grilled the CDC chief Thursday to 'calm down' as he recovers in a Nebraska hospital bed .
The journalist caught Ebola while working for NBC and reminded followers that 'health workers and people in west Africa r the ones at risk'
Mukpo returned to social media this week after show... |
f9bfdd067943bee58f98014f956966c18fcce92a | By . Beth Stebner . PUBLISHED: . 16:44 EST, 19 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:48 EST, 20 February 2013 . An Ohio woman is one of 19 people in a single southwestern county who may have heeded the seedy advice to ‘vote early and vote often.’ Melowese Richardson, who lives in Cincinnati, told a local television station... | Melowese Richardson, who has worked in polling for 25 years, said she voted twice in November's election .
Hamilton County Board of Elections is running investigation .
Richardson is one of 19 in the county to undergo scrutiny from board . |
f9c1509d6777226ef3aa3efa80cf3932be4051ff | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 06:10 EST, 10 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:55 EST, 10 October 2012 . Comedian Freddie Starr today said accusations he tried to grope a 14-year-old girl at a Jimmy Savile sex party 40 years ago are killing him. The 69-year-old madcap comic says he wants 'I told you I was innocent'... | Karin Ward says he abused her on Savile’s show 'Clunk Click' in 1974 .
The comic fears he may die from the stress of 'false' allegations .
'If I do have a heart attack and die it will say "I told you I was innocent",' he said .
He also branded Savile 'disgusting' for allegedly abusing at least 30 children . |
f9c1f6c063bb55673a88ae71e04c94dd633e283f | By . Associated Press . and Mail Online Reporter . If you think fall weddings are inconvenient for college football fans, imagine being a coach with a daughter who has her heart set on a Saturday in late September. That was Wagner College coach Walt Hameline's dilemma, when his youngest daughter, Kelly, told him last f... | Wagner College coach Walt Hameline's faced a dilemma when his youngest daughter planned to get married on September 20 .
The devoted football coach knew immediately that the date would fall in the middle of football season .
But with the help of an old friend Hameline was able to reschedule his game .
Hameline is in hi... |
f9c216e3432c0a432f8d90331ecdf56cdd98aadb | By . Tom Mctague, Mail Online Deputy Political Editor . Tory peer Lord Patten has become a spin doctor for the Pope - just two months after stepping down from the BBC for health reasons. The former Cabinet minister will advise the leader of the world's Catholics how to use the internet to get his message across - inclu... | Former Cabinet minister will advise the Vatican on how to use the internet .
Pope Francis wants to reach a wider and younger audience .
Patten stood down as BBC Trust chair in May after heart surgery . |
f9c23bba7903b2e73c8f8ac4267132b41af2ecbe | By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 11:51 EST, 10 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:03 EST, 10 April 2013 . An outrageous £3million Lamborghini launched this year has been named the ugliest car in history. The Lamborghini Veneno is a limited edition supercar which made its world début at the recent Geneva Motor Show. Just th... | Lamborghini will make only three of their very limited Veneno supercars .
'Which is still three too many,' says website which made the judgement .
'It's the worst thing to come out of Italy since fascism,' site adds . |
f9c288bfea3b65b77d67f40f044bcb64f9b817b2 | By . Claire Bates . Hoping for twins? Eating a yam won't make any difference . It is not just children who may be confused about where babies come from. A survey has revealed British couples also hold on to a number of old wives' tales when it comes to getting pregnant. Popular myths include drinking grapefruit juice o... | Women who want to get pregnant should plant a rosemary bush and avoid mints, according to two old wives' tales .
Many people have never been taught the basic facts about their own reproductive cycle, says FPA spokesman .
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