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f9c318a9217ee28e6bb0b5b42007600e702562fe | (CNN) -- Tropical Storm Chantal was headed for the islands of the eastern Caribbean Sea on Monday, prompting storm warnings from Puerto Rico to Barbados. The storm was well out in the Atlantic Ocean on Monday night, but it was moving swiftly over the open water and was expected to cross into the Caribbean early Tuesday... | NEW: Chantal gains some strength as it heads for the Caribbean .
NEW: Puerto Rico added to tropical storm warnings .
The storm is expected to cross the Lesser Antilles by Tuesday .
Up to 6 inches of rain is expected in some areas . |
f9c377080a90f8dc85834bd89caa96ae89c2c7d6 | Port-au-Prince, Haiti (CNN) -- At least one organization attempting to deliver aid to Haiti continued to be plagued Sunday by delays and logistical problems, but aid was getting to those who need it most, officials said. Doctors Without Borders said Sunday that, despite guarantees from the United Nations and the U.S. D... | Aid beginning to reach those who need it, officials say .
One aid group still experiencing delays in getting aid into country .
Port-au-Prince airport running at maximum capacity, U.S. general says . |
f9c438654780b715a8901ce0e51afb86adc0a6ae | (CNN) -- President Barack Obama is promising a more aggressive approach to containing Ebola in the United States. A second worker with Ebola at Texas Health Presbyterian Hospital is identified as a 29-year-old nurse. The nurse flew on a Frontier Airlines flight Monday, before showing signs of the disease, and the CDC i... | President Obama promises a more intensive response to the Ebola crisis .
New Texas Ebola patient identified as Dallas nurse Amber Vinson .
Vinson flew from Ohio to Texas aboard a commercial flight on Monday .
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is trying to contact passengers . |
f9c445f3360596a5b92787b35b9fa76b07d961cf | The shop assistant who allegedly refused to show Oprah Winfrey a handbag said the billionaire is a liar . The sales assistant who refused to show U.S. talkshow billionaire Oprah Winfrey a luxury handbag costing nearly £25,000 claims the superstar lied about what happened in the luxury Swiss boutique where she works. Sp... | Sale assistant said she feels 'powerless' after the racism accusations .
Oprah Winfrey claimed assistant refused to show her a handbag because it was 'too expensive'
Speaking anonymously, shop worker said claims were 'absurd' |
f9c4598667329e34f7b05d199d687a565af0dcd9 | Scientists have made some of the most precise measurements yet of the remnants of the universe’s oldest light. Known as the cosmic microwave background, researchers found the hidden ‘skeleton’ of the cosmos that first began to see it take shape just 380,000 years after the Big Bang. And mapping the universe in this way... | Research led by University of California studied the early universe .
The Polarbear consortium detected the polarisation of light 380,000 years after the Big Bang using microwave detectors on a telescope in Chile .
It reveals the hidden 'skeleton' of the universe before galaxies formed .
And this finding suggests dark ... |
f9c47d5a5b7fe7be814064bfb126e8cacdd146be | LONDON, England (CNN) -- An eco-friendly French boat is hoping to successfully cross the perilous Arctic sea passage that links the Atlantic Ocean with the Pacific. The old tug-boat, Le Manguier, has been converted into an eco-friendly vessel with three sails and solar panels. "Le Manguier" is attempting to navigate th... | An eco-friendly French boat is attempting to cross the Northern Sea Route .
Six-month voyage hoping to travel Arctic waters above Siberia to get to Japan .
Boats can be trapped in ice for months in temperatures that go as low as -50C .
The tug boat has been modified with three sails and solar panels . |
f9c48d11362f8aba0393be8e5b5a058f9046e97f | A stress-blocking drug can be used as a 'compassion pill' to increase empathy, a new study has found. The research also provides the first evidence that stress can sap the caring instincts of humans, which could explain some of the terrible acts of cruelty which are committed in the heat of conflict. Scientists found t... | Research found that stress can sap the caring instincts of humans .
The study may explain acts of cruelty committed in the heat of conflict .
Metyrapone blocked stress hormone and increased ability to empathise . |
f9c516769cc7508caa1f42134b7579964a4a5466 | Much discussed and a source of endless gossip, The Archers Christmas pantomime has always been a highlight of the Ambridge calendar. So, when this year’s production was cancelled due to poor attendance at auditions, it left loyal listeners aghast. However, rather than admit defeat, the fictional village’s director, Lyn... | Fans will enjoy full-length production of Noel Coward’s Blithe Spirit .
Performed by Archers cast and slotted between normal episodes .
Show will also feature a guest appearance from Julian Rhind-Tutt . |
f9c5263e53c6af7e344990af41056bdac225745e | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:40 EST, 23 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:24 EST, 24 May 2013 . A suicidal man who jumped from an 11th-floor flat killed a five-year-old girl on the pavement below when he landed on her. The 39-year-old man died instantly after he jumped from an apartment in the south-eastern po... | South Korean man jumping off building kills girl after landing on her .
Seven-year-old died after her neighbour's body hit her on the street . |
f9c58024200bed9e803ba499af6f0b1dcfd6a575 | Taylor Armstrong 'dreads' seeing family of suicide husband Russell at memorial service . Family of tragic Real Housewives star pick up his belongings from coroner . By . Mike Larkin . Last updated at 7:03 AM on 24th August 2011 . Russell Armstrong had stopped taking anti-depressant drugs a fortnight before he committed... | Taylor Armstrong 'dreads' seeing family of suicide husband Russell at memorial service .
Family of tragic Real Housewives star pick up his belongings from coroner . |
f9c5f5c099a025889cb467a1754c65528c761f85 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- As the deadline nears for U.S. troops to exit major Iraqi cities, units in Mosul are in the midst of a months-long operation to sweep out extremist fighters. U.S. troops have a deadline of June 30 to exit major Iraqi cities. The decision on whether to keep troops in the restive northern city beyond ... | Parts of restive northern city remain under insurgent control, attacks continue .
Iraq says it will not extend June 30 deadline for U.S. troops to leave cities .
Mosul last major battleground since troop surge forced insurgents out of Baghdad .
Top U.S. commander in Iraq says potential exists for Iraqis to handle missi... |
f9c668565ba313f54cef4baabd149a5ebe232e3b | A group of Texas gun activists have taken to confronting officers on the streets, armed with video cameras - and assault rifles. The 'Cop Block' videos that they shoot and post online are meant to hold police accountable and combat police brutality. The activists say they're well within their rights to do it while open... | Libertarians outside Dallas have taken up the civil rights cause of police brutality and begun filming officers on the streets - while armed .
Several members have been arrested on a variety of charges during the activism .
Police say the group is becoming increasingly confrontational .
Protesters flaunt their rights u... |
f9c677647bfc21bbb21fbd0b57bab83bf4129536 | By . Richard Shears and Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 01:04 EST, 13 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:36 EST, 13 June 2013 . A British oil worker who spent a terrifying 48 hour ordeal at the hands of kidnappers in Indonesia, fought back the tears as he told how his captors let him go because his Indonesian wife could not ... | Malcolm Primrose was being driven to a work site in Aceh, Indonesia .
He was stopped by a group of at least 6 armed men who then kidnapped him .
Group later contacted Mr Primrose's family demanding £320,000 .
Police say that no ransom was paid and Mr Primrose was found in plantation . |
f9c6e0e76c3b231062e7e07aec7c1f5a47a0adcf | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:13 EST, 2 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:13 EST, 2 July 2012 . Women who remain childless after seeking fertility treatment are significantly more at risk of being hospitalised for mental problems, a study has found. Researchers looked at data on 98,737 Danish women investigate... | Childlessness increased the risk of alcohol and substance abuse by 103% and schizophrenia by 47% . |
f9c72220d5ce9748e5e7d96a10c67b8c2ab12268 | (CNN) -- Roland Garros will continue to host the French Open after the country's tennis officials rejected a move to a different part of the capital Paris. Three groups had made bids to host the annual clay-court tournament, one of the four Grand Slams on offer during the season, from 2016 onwards. The iconic Roland Ga... | Roland Garros to remain as host of the French Open tournament .
French Tennis Federation reject three bids to host the Grand Slam competition .
Milos Raonic wins first career title at SAP Open in San Jose .
Raonic becomes first Canadian to win an ATP Tour crown since 1995 . |
f9c78ff400a059f4b454a0b94802b0b38a6b5e03 | (CNN) -- Michael Clarke has big cricketing shoes to fill following the retirement of Ricky Ponting, but the Australia captain has already wiped out one of his predecessor's records. Clarke beat Ponting's leading mark of 1,544 runs scored in a calendar year by an Australian batsman, set in 2003, as he made 106 on day tw... | Australia captain Michael Clarke sets new record for runs scored in calendar year .
Clarke hits 106 against Sri Lanka to pass Ricky Ponting's national milestone of 1,544 .
Home side reach 440-8 on day two, with Mitchell Johnson on 73, for overall lead of 284 .
Clarke scores his first Test century in Melbourne, while Sh... |
f9c861fc35c819022cc01c43cac47f82974c61e4 | (CNN)Get ready for the conspiracy theories if "American Sniper" doesn't snag the Academy Award for best picture on Sunday. Vanity Fair recently gathered a panel of movie experts in Hollywood to chat about the Oscars, and Fandango's Dave Karger offered a theory as to why the critically acclaimed film may not win. "The r... | One critic joked that the film won't win an Oscar because of its fake baby .
The screenwriter tweeted that the original baby got sick .
The fake baby even has a Twitter account . |
f9c93f93c5b400908de6557b508b2e54378d102f | Living alongside Emma Thompson and Imelda Staunton on one of the smartest streets in London, Susanne Willumsen might have thought she couldn’t go too far wrong by sprucing up her home. But when she smoothed away the pebble dash on the front of the house, neighbourly relations quickly turned rocky. The residents’ associ... | Susanne Willumsen, 45, lives in same London street as Emma Thompson .
But neighbours complained her removal of dated front was 'unsympathetic'
After year-long planning row Camden Council has told her to restore it . |
f9c979537da5f28c24d6ea4d3450c89915aa637b | A median income family will pay an average total of $245,340 to raise a child from birth up until the time they graduate from high school. And a large chunk of that sum will be eaten up by childcare. A study by Child Care Aware - a group that provides resources to parents and caregivers - that was published by CNN Mone... | Study by Child Care Aware found people in 30 of the 50 states are paying more in childcare each year than in college tuition .
Families in Massachusetts are spending $16,549 per child, per year .
Cost of raising a child in the state from birth to the end of high school is $282,480 .
On average the figure is $245,340 . |
f9c98f7a21220b2b4a9bdea6fb6ff1eb647d9841 | Johannesburg (CNN) -- "This shouldn't be happening" -- these were the words of a visibly nervous and frustrated sheriff of the court as he rang the outside bell and knocked at the gate belonging to a woman still considered by many in South Africa as the "mother of the nation." Joe Maluleke and two other officials arriv... | Winnie Mandela threatened with having her belongings sold off to pay school fees .
Mandela, ex-wife of South African icon Nelson Mandela, is regarded by many as "mother of the nation"
Commentators say Winnie Mandela increasingly isolated from political and biological families .
Nelson Mandela's family embroiled in lega... |
f9c99544c42cba5211e0587d5e61e6cacfac7a5e | (CNN) -- Pulitzer Prize-winning author, radio host and activist Studs Terkel died in his Chicago, Illinois, home Friday at the age of 96. Pulitzer Prize-winning author Studs Terkel died at his home Friday at the age of 96. Terkel had grown frail since the publication last year of his memoir, "Touch and Go," said Gordon... | Terkel won Pulitzer Prize in 1985 for book about World War II, "The Good War"
Son: "My dad led a long, full, eventful -- sometimes tempestuous -- satisfying life"
Terkel once said death "makes the value of life all the more precious"
Author believed elderly, those "who've borne witness" to life are best storytellers . |
f9c9a3fd7f94759d1bc179166b3ac08300ef8a5c | It looks like Jon Corzine’s love of risk-taking is finally proving to bring him down after his securities fund today filed for bankruptcy protection. Futures brokerage MF Global Holdings filed after a tentative deal with a buyer fell apart, marking a stunning failure for its 64-year-old CEO. His career has taken him to... | MF Global Holdings files for bankruptcy protection .
Corzine is former Goldman CEO and N.J. governor .
He made risky bets on European sovereign debt . |
f9cab6d1056e04fd5524bd091a7142aa89766cda | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 11:09 AM on 23rd January 2012 . A former NYPD officer who was sentenced to three years’ probation last week for tagging his nickname to an overpass in Queens says the latest graffiti isn’t his, though his checkered past says otherwise. Steven Weinberg, a 44-year-old retired of... | Steven Weinberg was prominent graffiti artist in 1980s .
Joined NYPD in 1995 but left in 2001 because of injury .
Fined $700 and put on three-year probation for 2009 tag on Queens overpass he insists he didn't do . |
f9cb8484679a8c40312262fc9674c371049f4c3d | By . Helen Collis . PUBLISHED: . 07:36 EST, 2 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:06 EST, 2 October 2013 . A man whose skull was smashed to bits in a horrific lawnmower accident has had it replaced using an implant created with a 3D printer. Michal Lesiow, 31, from Kutna, Poland, was taken to hospital with grass, mud and ... | Michal Lesiow found in a ditch his skull shattered, full of mud and grass .
Doctors at Lodz hospital, Poland, took a 3D scan of his head .
They then built a polypropylene implant using a state-of-the-art 3D printer .
Mr Lesiow says he has a cracking headache but is grateful to be alive . |
f9cb88856eb402b3b604b6f0f4dbb2e886f0aa1a | (CNN) -- Double explosions of a roadside bomb and then a car bomb killed at least 10 people and wounded 40 others near a Shiite mosque north of Baghdad on Saturday, Tikrit police officials told CNN. Elsewhere in Iraq, at least five people were killed and 18 more wounded when a suicide car bombing hit near a security ch... | NEW: At least five people are killed in a suicide car bombing in Tal-Afar .
NEW: Three people are killed when gunmen attack a southern Mosul checkpoint .
At least 10 people are killed when two bombs explode in Tuz Khurmatu .
Bloodshed rises between Sunnis and Shiites . |
f9cba9ae112e86d8e845f74d8eed2f43a2f10af4 | (CNN) -- The wife of Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama told CNN's Larry King on Wednesday that she is not offended by a much-publicized comment made toward her husband in Tuesday night's debate. Michelle Obama talks about Williams Ayers, Hillary Clinton and her husband's campaign on Larry King Live. In the... | Michelle Obama talks to Larry King in an interview Wednesday night .
She responds to her husband being referred to as "that one" in Tuesday debate .
Michelle Obama: Americans "don't care about the back and forth" |
f9cc737331c65c2e90f1bb3be4b9d0b037d03386 | (CNN) -- Malik Bendjelloul, the acclaimed Swedish director who ran out of cash and finished shooting his Oscar-winning documentary "Searching for Sugar Man" with a smartphone app, died suddenly Tuesday in Stockholm, police said. He was 36. No crime is suspected in the death of the filmmaker, who won the 2013 Academy Aw... | Director Malik Bendjelloul died suddenly in Stockholm, Sweden, police say .
Bendjelloul directed "Searching for Sugar Man," which won a best documentary Oscar .
Police say foul play is not suspected in the filmmaker's death . |
f9ccd598793b75aca0b5cfaeac62f8d72184a71d | Ever since Marty McFly made his getaway on a hoverboard in Back to the Future II, gadget fans have been dreaming of floating along on their own device. Now, Californian architect Greg Henderson has made that dream come true by developing a hoverboard that floats in mid-air just like the 1980s classic film. Dubbed the H... | Hendo Hoverboard was created by Californian architect Greg Henderson .
It has four ‘engines’ which emit magnetic fields pushing against each other .
But they only work if a metal conductor is used in surface underneath .
Mr Henderson is now hoping to raise £155,000 ($250,000) on Kickstarter .
He is also selling technol... |
f9cd250b0920565c56fb4af16d4c0c1e2857ef3e | Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama called Sunday for Americans to perform community service in honor of Nelson Mandela's 92nd birthday. "On behalf of the United States, I wish Nelson Mandela a very happy 92nd birthday," Obama said in White House statement, referring to the former South African president who spe... | President Obama offers birthday wishes to Nelson Mandela .
The former South African president turns 92 on Sunday .
Obama calls on Americans to perform community service in honor of Mandela . |
f9cd278dfd7c20ab0d79dd90dee9b59c917ccdb0 | By . Martha De Lacey . PUBLISHED: . 10:27 EST, 20 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:30 EST, 20 June 2012 . It seems that two famous British Kates - Middleton and Moss - have been influencing the way UK women dress - and, in particular, how much flesh they choose to bare. We may have invented the miniskirt, but these days B... | British women wear longer skirts and less revealing tops than those in France, Italy, Spain, Germany, Scandinavia and Austria .
UK women influenced by Duchess of Cambridge's style and comments from Kate Moss .
Only Luxembourg ladies cover up more than us! |
f9cdd6bb02f2b645fa086a388da7b4fc4d34adb8 | (CNN) -- A tearful Victoria Azarenka retained her Australian Open title and world No. 1 ranking after overcoming crowd favorite Li Na in a dramatic women's final on Saturday. The 23-year-old broke down as she celebrated her second grand slam title, denying her Chinese opponent her second after coming from behind to tri... | World No. 1 Victoria Azarenka wins Australian Open title for the second year in a row .
Belorussian beats crowd favorite and 2011 runner-up Li Na 4-6 6-4 6-3 in Melbourne .
Li needs two medical breaks while final also disrupted by Australia Day fireworks .
Azarenka holds onto the No. 1 ranking, denying Serena Williams ... |
f9cdf8a7efbc6293c285ffc2fe7827cb2ec20224 | (CNN) -- A federal judge on Friday ordered a North Carolina teacher to remain in custody until her trial over an alleged plot to behead witnesses who testified against a would-be terrorist. Nevine Aly Elshiekh was arrested with Shkumbin Sherifi on January 22. Just nine days earlier, the man they were allegedly in collu... | Nevine Aly Elshiekh is held in alleged plot to behead witnesses against would-be terrorist .
She is on leave from position at Montessori school in North Carolina .
Friend says charges don't reflect who she is . |
f9ce213a4910984bc32e866424066c61de0cbe16 | By . Kieran Corcoran . A close friend of the Duke of Cambridge has been banned from the road for a third time after being found guilty of drink-driving in his £90,000 sports car following a visit to one of his exclusive London nightclubs. Guy Pelly was barred from driving for two and a half years and ordered to pay £7,... | Pelly was pulled over in his Audi R8 Coupe last May .
Refused to give roadside breath test and was taken to police station .
Defence claimed signal his iPhone caused breathalyser to malfunction .
But was today found guilty as Westminster Magistrates' Court .
Judge suggested Pelly 'deliberately underplayed' how drunk he... |
f9ce31c119cb63dfdc312856d1e37a63dd1e9f0d | Should FIFA ban Luis Suarez after latest bite storm? Luis Suarez's reputation lies in tatters again after the Liverpool striker appeared to bite Italian defender Giorgio Chiellini during Uruguay’s bad-tempered victory in Natal. With just 12 minutes to go and the scores locked at 0-0 here, Suarez and Chiellini fell to t... | Liverpool striker faces lengthly ban after clash with Italian defender Chiellini .
Suarez was hit with a ten-game suspension for biting Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic in April 2012 .
Uruguay star was issued seven-game ban for a chomp on PSV's Otman Bakkal while playing for Ajax in November 2010 .
Incident marred win in N... |
f9ce5721a3e34c4fe2ac0df3311d45a157326cf1 | (CNN) -- With national polls and polls in many of the battleground states essentially tied just days before November 6, the winner of the presidential election is anybody's guess. So, by the numbers, here's a look at some offbeat predictors of presidential elections: . 62.1 - Percent of sales of the President Obama "Ch... | 60 - Percent of sales received at a Halloween store for the President Barack Obama mask .
40 - Percent of sales received at the same store for the Mitt Romney mask .
59 - Percent of votes Obama has received in the 7-11 contest as of October 31 .
9 - Nuts eaten out of Romney bowl by an election-predicting squirrel vs. 5... |
f9cf18aa65068690f60facba2b8e7f3a5c3686e3 | (CNN) -- Ronaldinho's participation in this summer's World Cup finals now appears in serious doubt after the AC Milan playmaker was not named in Brazil coach Carlos Dunga's 22-man squad for next month's friendly international against Ireland in London. The 29-year-old former Barcelona star has been in outstanding form ... | Ronaldinho left out of Brazil's squad for next month's friendly against Ireland .
There is no place for the playmaker despite his outstanding form for AC Milan .
On-loan Santos forward Robinho has been named in 22-man squad for Emirates Stadium match . |
f9cfe20f532bfe779fc131a0054addc67703f285 | TEHRAN, Iran (CNN) -- The young woman who last weekend emerged as a powerful symbol of opposition to the Iranian government embraced life in many ways, but there was little about her that would have led her friends to predict she would become a martyr, one of them told CNN. Neda Agha-Soltan, 26, enjoyed music and was ... | Neda Agha-Soltan, 26, was the second of three children from middle-class family .
Friend said she was happy, serene, spiritual -- with a quirky sense of humor .
Neda once played the violin but gave it up; she wanted to learn to play the piano .
In her last moments, she's seen observing a protest when single bullet hits... |
f9cff802458e3313aadb30f13720b37ed74f5822 | By . Rob Wildman . England's top prop Dan Cole may not play again for his country until next year's Six Nations Championship. Cole, . who last played in February, needs surgery on a neck problem that . medics hoped would be cured by rest until September. But the . 27-year-old is now set to have surgery next week to cor... | Dan Cole to be out of action until November with a neck injury .
Leicester Tigers and England prop will have surgery next week .
Cole will miss England's summer tour of New Zealand . |
f9d0a795da3b5a28428eaf7c01dbfe9bdcfb5a01 | By . Emma Glanfield . Canoe fraudster John Darwin, 63, pictured leaving Teesside Crown Court, Middlesbrough, has only repaid £122 of the £500,000 he scammed . Canoe fraudster John Darwin has only repaid £122 of the £500,000 he cheated in an insurance scam – and has even been claiming benefits. The 63-year-old, who was ... | Darwin, 63, was jailed for faking his own death for £500,000 insurance payout .
He has only repaid £122 of money he scammed and is even claiming benefits .
CPS has applied for him to repay more cash now his pension has matured . |
f9d1bf274768efd80bfa27aa42bc166ec10988dd | By . Stephen Mcgowan . Livingston were hit with an SPFL transfer embargo on Tuesday night after admitting making undeclared cash payments to players. And the troubled Championship club are also the subject of a fresh SFA investigation – just days after major shareholder Neil Rankine was accused of breaching fit and pro... | Club admitted payments after accountants discovered irregularities .
Livingston blame former chief executive Ged Nixon .
Major shareholder Neil Rankine faces fit and proper person investigation .
Rankine maintains he 'will be astonished if there is any case to answer' |
f9d1fee7843c9ad0da9a1c77686c5e1e9516fe23 | A brave German Shepherd puppy was badly injured after he pushed a boy out of the path of a runaway lorry and took the impact himself. Eight-month-old Geo has been hailed a hero by his adoring family after he averted tragedy on a family walk in Clacton-on-Sea, Essex. Carly Riley and her three sons Charlie,10, Josh, seve... | Boy's mother Carly Riley says pet 'must have sensed' the child's danger .
Family set up Facebook page and PayPal account after £8k vet bill . |
f9d240692e8e63f897531c7632953fc4ddfc2214 | By . James Rush . A 25-year-old Mini has gone up for sale with just 13 miles on the clock, after it was originally bought for the previous owner's sons who were too tall to fit inside. The car was one of 3,000 limited edition vehicles made at Longbridge, Birmingham, to mark the 30th anniversary of Mini production in 19... | Car was one of 3,000 built to mark 30th anniversary of Mini production .
Cheshire-based farmer bought two to give to his sons when they turned 21 .
They were too tall to fit in the car however by the time they were old enough . |
f9d2ce3bf0cc97745fcd7b665f419cd892b6c3cc | TV news helicopter pilot Zoey Tur has completed her sex change to join Inside Edition as America's first transgender reporter. Tur, formerly known as Chopper Bob, became famous for filming a mob beating driver Reginald Denny during the LA Riots, and the O.J. Simpson car chase. Following 14 months of hormone treatment T... | Tur, formerly known as Chopper Bob, became famous for filming mob beating during the LA Riots and O.J. Simpson car chase .
After 14 months of hormone treatment, in June last year, Tur underwent successful sexual reassignment surgery transitioning from male to female .
Will be the program's Special Correspondent for the... |
f9d332084d3c2b769dff443afb16e3c415877ccb | By . Katy Winter . One of the greatest and divisive romances of all time, the relationship between Edward VIII and Wallis Simpson, which saw the newly crowned king give up his throne for the American divorcee, continues to captivate the nation. Now a historic velvet settee where the two started their love affair is to ... | Prince of Wales' then girlfriend Lady Furness introduced him to Simpson .
The trio would sit on the three-seat sofa in her house for hours .
When Lady Thelma found out about their love she cut the sofa in revenge .
Sofa has been restored and is expected to fetch up to £3000 at auction .
After refusing to give Wallis up... |
f9d344165e927a9edf7f14d1c4ed80601f03a48c | President Barack Obama told congressional leaders on Tuesday he has the authority to carry out his planned strategy against ISIS fighters in Iraq and Syria without authorization from legislators, but he asked for their support to show the nation was united. Obama "reiterated his belief that the nation is stronger and o... | "We have to take them out," Sen. Cardin says of ISIS leaders .
Obama tells legislators he has the authority to act against ISIS .
Speaker Boehner says he'll back helping Iraqi forces, targeting ISIS leaders .
Senior legislators say a vote by Congress is unlikely . |
f9d37f136f5ea7c040401ce7e50f68800c5f9014 | By . Helen Pow . PUBLISHED: . 14:15 EST, 17 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:41 EST, 17 December 2013 . Entrepreneur: Fernando Caignet Aguilera, pictured here in a booking photo from 2012, was cited on December 10 for capturing and attempting to sell the alligator . A Florida man has been cited after he tried to trade... | Fernando Caignet Aguilera tried to trade the gator at the Santa Ana Market at 3000 Northwest 12th Avenue in Miami, Florida, on December 10 .
He said he trapped the 4-foot-long animal at a nearby park, where he was sleeping rough, put it in a cardboard box and brought it to the store .
But instead of taking him up on th... |
f9d401033b68058f5a2cb3d5ce67c393e2e19e32 | An inquiry into the way MPs police sleaze in the Commons was branded a whitewash last night. The seven-month review by the Commons standards committee found that MPs should continue to sit in judgment on colleagues accused of breaking parliamentary rules. Critics warned the plans would let MPs continue to ‘mark their o... | Critics warn plans would let MPs continue to ‘mark their own homework’
Report found ‘strong constitutional reasons’ why MPs need final say .
Review came after demand that Maria Miller repay £45,000 was overturned . |
f9d426cb27c2e3a79cf770ceedc38fce6b0e6df0 | (CNN) -- Watching 3-D movies generally means suffering through two things: crappy plotlines that favor spectacle over substance and the need to wear some annoying, dorky glasses. Scientists may have solved one of these frustrations. (You might be able to guess which.) Researchers in South Korea have created a new metho... | South Korean researchers create way to watch 3D movies with no glasses .
Method blocks some light to viewers eyes, creating 3D effect .
Current method, using two projectors, is awkward and expensive . |
f9d46db3cf51d30d0df0bba64d4e1427b901b3f6 | From monkeys swinging in a tree to flying through the air clutching balloons and fishing on a lake, these adorable pictures reveal how these children unleashed their imaginations to create a series of make-believe scenes. The youngsters aged 3-11 had a great time pretending to sit on a school bus, hold a birthday party... | Photographer Jan von Holleben, 37, from Germany, came up with the idea for the project .
Children aged 3-11 spent up to an hour arranging the props for each sketch on the floor .
It took 25 shoots over 10 months to complete series, which Jan hopes to turn into a book . |
f9d47beba11fffad7636868f5224a05f54c4730b | Republican Chris Christie has signed a law barring licensed therapists from trying to turn gay teenagers straight. The New Jersey governor said the health risks of trying to change a child's sexual orientation trumped concerns over the government setting limits on parental choice. His decision yesterday was the latest ... | New Jersey governor said health risks outweighed limiting parental choice .
Advised government to 'tread carefully' and said he signed 'reluctantly'
Third recent 'moderate' decision by the governor, inc. medicinal marijuana .
Some say his moderate stance is to set himself up as presidential candidate . |
f9d4d529996762c9409c6512deb999931fd90e29 | (CNN) -- An eruption may not be imminent after all for Alaska's Mount Redoubt, authorities said Thursday. Fears that Alaska's Mount Redoubt would erupt have diminished. "For the past two weeks or so, the seismic activity at Redoubt volcano has significantly decreased," said Michelle Coombs, a geologist for the Alaska V... | Scientists say it is now less likely that Alaska's Mount Redoubt will erupt .
An eruption at the volcano previously was thought to be eminent .
The 10,197-foot peak is located about 100 miles southwest of Anchorage .
Scientists say an eruption is still possible, but is not certain . |
f9d4dfd1e0e2731c97870dba07d76fd4b2cd6579 | Kiev, Ukraine (CNN) -- Ukraine and Russia plan to approve a road map to improved trade relations on Tuesday, Ukrainian Prime Minister Mykola Azarov said Sunday in a late-night interview on Ukraine's national broadcaster, Inter TV. The announcement comes just hours after a European Union officer said the EU had halted w... | NEW: Ukraine's PM says road map to improved Russia-Ukraine trade relations to be signed .
EU official says Kiev has failed to show "clear commitment"
"Work on hold," EU Commissioner Fule tweets .
"America is with you, I am with you," Sen. McCain tells demonstrators in Kiev . |
f9d5b40193a2c70812b1d6e5a80ea8e317823461 | By . Fiona Macrae . Scientists have developed an anti-ageing cream containing a protein often used to heal the damage caused by a heart attack. Avon’s new Clinical E-Defence deep recovery face cream contains thymosin, which can help to regenerate tissue in damaged human hearts. Women who tested the £20 cream reported f... | Avon's Clincial E-Defence deep recovery face cream contains thymosin .
Protein can help to regenerate tissue in damaged human hearts .
Women who tested £20 cream reported feeling eight years' younger . |
f9d63414b48a9142b4485176bcaacf646de63561 | By . Ian Gallagher and Allan Hall . PUBLISHED: . 18:02 EST, 31 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:02 EST, 31 March 2012 . A former police commander embroiled in an alleged plot to destroy Sky’s biggest rival was once investigated over his links to one of Britain’s most notorious criminals. Ray Adams, who headed a secretive... | Former police chief was investigated over relationships with criminals .
Ray Adams headed Met department before working for media mogul Rupert Murdoch .
He was in charge of security for Murdoch's pay-TV empire . |
f9d67c528dfc102bb66b8ae323d40a84eb810fba | BEIJING, China (CNN) -- China's president has vowed to continue the economic reforms that have transformed the once poverty-riddled nation into an industrial powerhouse. Deng Xiaoping envisioned a modern, prosperous China. Speaking on the 30th anniversary of China's decision to open itself up to the outside world, Pres... | Deng Xiaoping was the architect of the economic reform movement in 1978 .
Reforms opened country up economically to the outside world .
In 30 years China has maintained an average annual growth rate of 9.8 percent .
China is now the world's fourth-largest economy . |
f9d68a639960f382500e0d4fe291eea40d8137ba | (CNN) -- An Australian rugby league star has been sacked from his club in disgrace after a photograph circulated on social media that appeared to show him urinating into his own mouth. The vulgar photograph of Todd Carney, taken at a nightclub urinal, created a storm on social media, prompting the Cronulla Sharks club ... | Australian rugby league star Todd Carney has been sacked by his club over a lewd photo .
The picture appeared to show the player urinating into his own mouth .
Carney's agent says the picture was private and his client has been treated harshly .
Carney has previously been sacked for alcohol-related misbehavior . |
f9d6a0ee489fead3913b7d71e5a5c50936018723 | The husband of the woman named as Fifa president Sepp Blatter's new love today said he had no idea the pair had been romantically linked in press reports. Unfounded rumours have been circulating after mother-of-two Linda Barras, 49, was pictured arriving with Blatter, 77, at an awards ceremony last week. When asked abo... | Linda Barras, 49, pictured with Blatter, 77, at Ballon d'Or awards last week .
Rumours circulating in Swiss press claim the pair are romantically linked .
Christian Barras says: 'I know nothing about this. I'm still married to Linda'
Linda Barras is a family friend whom Fifa say was his 'honoured guest' |
f9d6c7323a0302cf83388f48979fbfaf2c0ef7e8 | (CNN) -- The young upstart upstaged the returning legend as Sebastian Vettel claimed pole position for the season-opening Bahrain Grand Prix while returning Michael Schumacher was back in seventh on the grid for Sunday's race. Red Bull's Vettel finished last season by winning the Abu Dhabi Grand Prix and claiming seco... | Sebastian Vettel claims pole position for Sunday's Bahrain Grand Prix .
Vettel won the final race of last season in Abu Dhabi for Red Bull .
Returning legend Michael Schumacher has to settle for seventh in his Mercedes .
Ferraris of Felipe Massa and Fernando Alonso second and third on grid . |
f9d6e87555b8a9499c733fcbee6a43f55d9d4129 | Living up to his name: Calvin E. W*** 56, was arrested for 'public lewdness' Many parents christen their young ones along the lines of Star, Hero and Destiny, in the hopes that they later aspire to live up to their name – unfortunately some monikers do not exactly encourage greatness. Unfortunately named Calvin E. W***... | 56-year-old was arrested at a Love's Travel Stop in New York .
Truck drivers reported that Mr W*** was 'pleasuring himself' in public .
Mr W***, of Deposit, New York, has been charged with public lewdness . |
f9d6fbc7432a7ee9485561e805f9ab59e62e4252 | (CNN) -- "Innocence" lay for 11 hours in the rubble of a building flattened by an aerial bombing Saturday until neighbors dug her out alive. "What's your name?" a medic asked the teenager while sitting her up straight on the gurney of an underground rebel hospital. It was a miracle that she suffered only some scrapes, ... | A girl and her mother hide in a basement during days of bombardment .
Daraya, Syria, is home to government ministries and an important military airport .
Rebels and Bashar al-Assad's forces are fighting a bitter battle for control of the town .
A bomb hits the girl's building, then everything goes black . |
f9d776089cf89bdc91a7618ac9618e3f7b991e58 | A blood test being developed by a group of Australian scientists could predict Alzheimer's disease two decades before patients show signs of the illness. University of Melbourne researchers, who discovered the test, previously helped identify changes in the brain happened 20 years before people started presenting sympt... | Ongoing research is being carried out by the University of Melbourne .
The blood test has a 91 per cent accuracy rate in predicting Alzheimer's .
A trial group resulted in one in five participants being positive for disease .
This is despite the fact they showed no visible signs of memory loss .
The test could be avail... |
f9d9f101b9d3cc3922e2833974255eb89d18362a | By . Mike Dawes . Shelly Sterling says she has signed a binding contract to sell the Los Angeles Clippers to former Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer for a record-breaking $2 billion (£1.2billion). Sterling confirmed the agreement made between The Sterling Family Trust and Ballmer in a statement issued late on Thursday night... | Steve Ballmer retired in February after 14 years as Microsoft CEO .
Donald Sterling was given a life ban by the NBA for racist remarks .
Shelly Sterling announced on Thursday night she had agreed a deal .
Sale would need to be approved by NBA .
Los Angeles Clippers yet to announce the deal . |
f9da91442d1e121b931cdddd0eb157c50f6b8915 | Sendai, Japan (CNN) -- Long lines at grocery stores and gas stations along with continued aftershocks and power outages greeted many in Japan on Sunday morning, nearly two days after the devastating earthquake and tsunami that left hundreds dead and missing. Supplies of food and gas were running out in Sendai, the nort... | NEW: There are still "quite big aftershocks" in Sendai .
NEW: Helicopters are helping the rescue effort in Sendai .
People are waiting in long lines at grocery stores and gas stations .
Aftershocks are still rattling nerves, nearly two days after the quake . |
f9daf02a60258388f132e8ce2877239712a7257e | Wilfried Bony has been truly outstanding for Swansea City and Manchester City will know they are getting a top-quality player. His £30million move to the Etihad looks like it will be completed soon. City are getting a brilliant striker to add to their already top-notch resources. Here, Martin Keown assesses Bony's stre... | Wilfried Bony is close to moving to Manchester City for £30million .
Swansea City striker is a powerhouse who bounces off defenders .
He moves like Sergio Aguero and can be an ideal stand-in for Argentine .
Bony could also form a magnificent partnership with Aguero for City .
The Ivorian is extremely intelligent and lo... |
f9db3d1e791b5b83b35093b196d17de6cf53e7fb | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:53 EST, 8 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:54 EST, 8 August 2013 . A rioter has been evicted from his council flat exactly two years after he looted a bank during the London violence. It is believed to be the first successful eviction carried out in relation to the riots. Jonat... | Jonathan Mason was evicted from his Roehampton flat by Wandsworth Council .
He had been part of a mob that burgled a HSBC branch in Battersea in 2011 . |
f9dba24f60da33f742c76be0533ab3d356c7570e | A couple had some unexpected wedding crashers this weekend when their big day was over run by Occupy protesters. Thousands were expected to march in downtown Chicago today to the lakeside McCormick Place convention center where President Obama and dozens of other world leaders will meet for the Nato summit. Newlyweds T... | At least 18 arrests made over the weekend in Chicago .
Police in riot gear surround downtown area .
Reverend Jesse Jackson appeals to protesters for 'non-violence' |
f9dbb82589ef94618db94874ae5e69e567d3a536 | Bangkok, Thailand (CNN) -- Military commanders along the turbulent Thai-Cambodian border agreed to a cease-fire on Thursday, a Thai military source told CNN. A border dispute that turned violent over the last week remains volatile, and the hiatus was forged at the unit commander level but not the higher levels of the m... | Unit level commanders worked out the hiatus .
Indonesia has offered to help resolve the crisis .
Ancient temples are at the core of the dispute . |
f9dbbefcf82dbaca83e9d5a02bb4298700079840 | A previously secret document found at Osama bin Laden's compound in Pakistan sets out a detailed al Qaeda strategy for attacking targets in Europe and the United States. The document -- a letter written to bin Laden in March 2010 by a senior operational figure in the terror group -- reveals that tunnels, bridges, dams,... | It was written by Younis al-Mauretani, a senior al Qaeda planner .
He is believed to have been behind an ambitious plan to hit "soft" targets in Europe .
He proposed that al Qaeda recruits take jobs with companies transporting gasoline . |
f9dbe676763174ca5a431a5f271cb9567a67b02f | By . Associated Press . A police raid at an Amsterdam-style cannabis lounge in Denver, Colorado, has triggered a debate over where adults can smoke pot in a state that allows recreational marijuana consumption - but not in public. Denver police showed up last week at Maryjane's Social Club, one of dozens of private pot... | Maryjane's Social Club is one of dozens of private pot-smoking clubs in Colorado operating in a legal grey area .
Three people were cited by police for smoking in public and club owner was ticketed .
Colorado law prohibits recreational pot consumption 'openly and publicly or in a manner that endangers others'
Plainclot... |
f9dc2e758c5894f9c170be068aae861f89493570 | Rising star: Liz Truss is the youngest-ever woman to join a Conservative Cabinet and is already being talked up as the 'next Margaret Thatcher' For the youngest-ever woman to join a Conservative Cabinet — especially one who is already being talked up as the ‘next Margaret Thatcher’ — Liz Truss has some unusual qualific... | Liz Truss, 38, is the youngest-ever woman to join a Conservative Cabinet .
Rising star only became MP for South West Norfolk four years ago .
She once called for the Monarchy's abolition and was a Lib Dem at university .
Truss grew up in Left-wing household and went on CND marches as a child .
Had 18 month affair with ... |
f9dc406603b536655cfb998c9caf7d52d0c63711 | Howard Webb has retired from refereeing after 25 years officiating the beautiful game. The Englishman heads into a new role as technical director of Professional Game Match Officials Limited (PGMOL). Webb was a highly regarded official and took charge of more than 500 Barclays Premier League and Football League matches... | Howard Webb retires after 25 years as a referee at the top level .
Took charge of both Champions League and World Cup finals in 2010 .
Accused online of being biased towards Manchester United over the years . |
f9dc4634735835b57febebe089873bbde0e0489e | As three tugboats towed the disabled Carnival cruise ship Triumph back to port in Mobile, Alabama, things went from bad to worse. The fire that caused the ship to lose power and drift aimlessly on rough Gulf of Mexico swells was just the beginning. Raw sewage seeped into corridors and cabin ways. Food had to be ratione... | David Bartlett: For Carnival, impact of 'cruise from hell' potentially devastating.
Passenger video, media puts Carnival increasingly on the defensive, he says .
He says it must show real concern, lay out plan, go a long way to make amends .
Don't try to justify or explain, he says, but get proactive now about fixing p... |
f9dc7d8819effc34a2f58af65766d14532aee093 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 05:39 EST, 20 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:42 EST, 20 November 2013 . Texas drivers are being pulled over and offered cash in return for DNA blood samples. Police say the national survey is '100 per cent voluntary' but drivers claim they felt trapped and were 'forced off the... | Drivers offered $10 for a cheek swab and $50 for a blood sample .
$8m survey run by National Highway Traffic Safety Administration .
Done over three years in 30 states to see how many people drive drunk .
Questions raised about whether the survey is constitutional . |
f9dc91bfa3d8a7c95fb28b3ce45bc91a5cfaadcb | Lord Tebbit said the Prime Minister will pay a heavy price for breaking a promise to tackle immigration . David Cameron can only hope to win the election if Ukip 'implodes', Tory grandee Lord Tebbit warned today. As the Conservatives launched their first election poster of the campaign, the former party chairman said t... | Former Tory party chairman warns Cameron will pay a high price for error .
In opposition, Cameron promised to cut net migration to tens of thousands .
But number hit 26,000 in the latest figures, with 228,000 from the EU . |
f9dccc19a644baea0d90c317b6f1b655d748b364 | (EW) -- With summer coming to a close, Oscar season is officially in full swing. James Franco, fresh from his Comedy Central Roast, kicks off the first of the "For Your Consideration" ads that appeal to awards-show voters. In a bid to secure a Best Supporting Actor Oscar nomination for his role as Alien in "Spring Brea... | "Spring Breakers" distributor A24 has launched an Oscar campaign for James Franco .
The actor played a rapper/hustler/predator named Alien in the film .
A24's ad is vying for a best supporting actor nomination .
Franco was previously nominated for an Oscar with "127 Hours" |
f9de02f41d5e81dcc745315246f662c49b9866e2 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Updated: . 04:30 EST, 7 January 2012 . There was an icy, some would say, ghostly welcome on the Welsh hillsides for a tourist on a short break to the Valleys. For when holidaymaker Paul Feehan replayed the video from his holiday he was in for what he believes is the supernatural shock of his ... | Caravanner adamant only he and friend were present during filming .
He believes spooky silent figure is a woman wearing Welsh national dress . |
f9de2a99281a248a1e0d89e47076cfba2b1f3b46 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:08 EST, 16 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:30 EST, 16 November 2013 . He might be a 'little more than halfway' to reaching his weight loss goal, but image experts claim New Jersey Governor Chris Christie is still too fat to run for President. The 51-year-old has shed a drama... | New Jersey Governor Chris Christie has lost half his weight loss goal since lap-band surgery in February .
He said he sleeps better and has more energy .
The 51-year-old has never disclosed his weight, but estimated he weighed 334 pounds before surgery .
Image experts say he has more weight to lose to be considered a s... |
f9de646148e49797b530893c02c4a86145e12c29 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:54 EST, 10 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:10 EST, 10 January 2013 . A series of bombings in different parts of Pakistan have killed 115 people today, including 81 who died in a sectarian attack on a bustling billiard hall in the southwest city of Quetta. The blasts punctuate... | Today, which saw the bloody attack in the southwest city of Quetta, has been one of the more deadly in recent years in the country .
The government faces an insurgency by Taliban militants in the northwest and Baluch militants in the southwest .
A U.S. missile strike today killed five .
suspected militants in the seve... |
f9de8f36aa56b57357496be8e9dbf63b3c12e7a5 | Editor's note: The staff at CNN.com has been intrigued by the journalism of VICE, an independent media company and Web site based in Brooklyn, New York. The reports, which are produced solely by VICE, reflect a very transparent approach to journalism, where viewers are taken along on every step of the reporting process... | Russian patrol officer turned self-proclaimed Jesus has following of thousands .
Followers live in a self-sufficient community in a remote region of Siberia .
After years of asking, VICE's request to visit was finally granted last summer . |
f9deb00095673a4024699582013e57d4287719c5 | A university boss is under investigation over claims he ‘kissed’ student reps and sexually harassed female staff. William Taylor, a retired crown court judge, has stepped aside from his role as chairman of Plymouth University while the inquiry goes on. He has denied any wrongdoing and says that he will ‘robustly defend... | William Taylor, a retired crown court judge, has stepped down as chairman of Plymouth University while inquiry goes on .
Allegations are said to concern seven women ranging from recent graduates to senior staff .
Mr Taylor became chairman of the governors in 2012 and denies all claims .
Vice-chancellor Wendy Purcell ‘p... |
f9deb2f2078532b06300bc8d02e70ad4e20dc41f | London (CNN) -- Singer Justin Bieber kept thousands of fans and their tired, outraged parents up way past their bedtime Monday after arriving on stage nearly two hours late for a sold out show at London's O2 Arena. Bieber was greeted by choruses of boos from the sell-out crowd amid scenes of tearful devastation as scor... | Justin Bieber takes stage nearly two hours late at concert in London .
Many young fans were taken home by angry parents before Bieber finally appeared . |
f9dee56738f45866ca8271325a1ae4e374d6dfd4 | Flag row: The Department for Culture, Media and Sport backtracked after telling a town hall they could not fly the Union Flag at half mast (file picture) It was to be a poignant gesture at a vigil to mark 100 years since the start of the First World War. But then a top Whitehall official decided that flying the Union F... | Organisers had been told that permission had to be given by Queen or PM .
But Department for Culture, Media and Sport had to backtrack .
Top official forced to admit the department had no control over flag flying . |
f9df7c455ae6fecd0214e3b707372d77f81dd8b0 | By . Damien Gayle . You might think that as one of the world's top oil producing nations, the United Arab Emirates would have little use for solar energy. But that hasn't stopped the Middle East state from unveiling the largest concentrated solar power plant in operation anywhere in the world. The 100-megawatt solar-th... | 100-megawatt plant will power thousands United Arab Emirates homes .
It is hoped that it will also displace 175,000 tons of CO2 each year .
Plant covers 2.5 sq/km of desert, equivalent to 285 football pitches . |
f9e03782a11a0afb9570cc6e6159816434779bb5 | (CNN) -- Michael Owen scored his first goal for Manchester United, and fellow-striker Wayne Rooney his 100th, as the English Premier League champions returned to winning form with a thumping 5-0 victory at Wigan on Saturday. Michael Owen celebrates his first Manchester United goal as the English champions thumped Wigan... | Michael Owen scores first goal for Manchester United in 5-0 victory at Wigan .
Arsenal make it 10 goals in two games, beating Portsmouth 4-1 to lead table .
Emmanuel Adebayor scores again for Manchester City in 1-0 win over Wolves . |
f9e056c81a6c49f764130efc16b7551736b32b4f | By . Ted Thornhill . Chilling CCTV footage has emerged of a Chinese man armed with a cleaver going on the rampage at a primary school in central China on Tuesday, attacking first and second-graders and leaving eight children injured. The man has been identified as 35-year-old Chen Zuihang. He was detained following the... | A Chinese man with a cleaver attacked first and second-graders at a school .
The suspect has been identified as 35-year-old Chen Zuihang .
Chilling images show the suspect running amok at the school in China .
Eight children were injured in the attack and are being treated in hospital . |
f9e0a3044bc111e9a3575daff05343ce8c52ab82 | By . Meghan Keneally . PUBLISHED: . 09:17 EST, 5 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:49 EST, 5 March 2014 . Hillary Clinton has compared Vladimir Putin's decision to have Russian troops invade Crimea to a tactic used by the Nazis in the lead up to the second World War. The former Secretary of State said that by using the gu... | The former Secretary of State said that Putin is copying Hitler's move of entering neighboring countries under the guise of protecting his citizens .
Russian troops have taken control of Crimea in the Ukraine and many fear that they will try to expand their control across the country .
Sparked immediate international o... |
f9e0edc78621de2fd2fa42f8c4d68cae9b5b06c4 | A conman who defrauded Harrods out of luxury goods worth £245,000 was berated for his expensive tastes by a judge who asked why he didn’t just shop at Marks & Spencer. Philip Buffett used dud cheques to pay for a £216,000 Hublot watch, a second one costing £20,000 and other luxury items. Yesterday the serial fraudst... | Phillip Buffett, 49, described in court as a Walter Mitty-type character .
He used a cheque from a closed bank account to cheat Knightsbridge store .
He swindled a £216,000 designer watch, £20,000 watch, camera and clothes .
Then pawned one watch for £77,000 before jetting off to Monaco Grand Prix .
He previously fleec... |
f9e11fdcfd43ea12bb2ba0cafc587deb57b08da5 | City centres aren’t the most obviously place to go skiing. But for urban skiers Cam Riley and Clayton Villa, buildings, lamp posts and railings are more of a help than a hindrance. In fact, they provide the perfect playground to carry out their breathtaking stunts and tricks. Urban skiers often transform car parks, all... | Urban skiers Cam Riley, 26, and Clayton Villa, 23, among best in the world .
The pair have now filmed a new documentary with survivalist Bear Grylls .
The sport has become increasingly popular since surfacing 15 years ago .
Skiers say that cities offer greater variety than traditional ski resorts . |
f9e1939a15904b252546f24d8b71f1347b405a09 | By . Daniel Mills . A man who complained he didn't get a fair trial because the judge presiding over the case kept falling asleep, will get the chance to appeal his lengthy jail sentence for brutally bashing a man more than a decade ago. The family of Paul Duncan, who was sentenced to 16 years for permanently disabling... | Paul Duncan was jailed for bashing a man in Wollongong on NSW South Coast in 2003 .
He was sentenced to 16 years by Judge Ian Dodd, but is appealing sentence in NSW Court of Criminal Appeal .
Duncan family says Dodd was 'dozing off' during his 2003 trial .
The same judge was also found to be sleeping in trial of drug s... |
f9e23504879741f631169ea7a4c4e4e6ff696661 | By . Morwenna Jones . Morwenna Waters has witnessed first-hand how both men and women fuel sexism at Cambridge University . Scandal-ridden ‘drinking societies’ at Oxford and Cambridge Universities have been around for centuries – but their reputations have never been lower. One study has suggested almost half of female... | Oxford and Cambridge Universities' reputations have never been lower .
Men go 'whaling' - compete to find, bed and 'harpoon' ugliest girl in the bar .
They 'rodeo' fat girls, threaten to rape them and hold on until thrown off .
Female societies include The Harlots, The Ho-Hoes, Gymslips and Slags . |
f9e29ef6066692096f9175d137988fee72f6f61b | Mr O'Leary insisted the erotic movies would be visible only on personal devices, rather than screened on the back of Ryanair plane seats . The boss of budget airline Ryanair wants to launch a pay-per-view pornography service for passengers to watch during flights, it has been claimed. Ryanair chief Michael O'Leary said... | Airline boss: 'Hotels have it, why wouldn't we?'
Service would be provided via passengers' iPads . |
f9e2c1d8283902d613f3ad5fd86b4779e9453aab | By . Lillian Radulova For Daily Mail Australia . Former Labor treasurer, Wayne Swan, has released his new book titled The Good Fight . Former Treasurer Wayne Swan gives a scathing account of working with Kevin Rudd, who he describes as 'quick to anger' and difficult to work for, in an explosive new book that reveals wh... | Wayne Swan's new book, The Good Fight, defends the caucus which led to Kevin Rudd losing his role as prime minister in 2010 .
The book also descibes Mr Rudd as having an 'unstable personality' and describes a number of instances when his temper flared .
Mr Swan claimed the former PM could not make definitive decisions ... |
f9e30546b1a8c6dc8147914eafdf86c31798cc16 | (CNN) -- Are Syrian forces using chemical weapons in their years-long fight to hold on to power? That's what the head of the Israel Defense Forces intelligence research and analysis division said Tuesday, becoming the latest to allege that Damascus was employing weapons banned under international law against its own pe... | NEW: Russia's foreign minister warns of claiming chemical weapon use without proof .
NEW: He accuses some nations of trying to "politicize the issue"
"In all likelihood, they used sarin gas," an Israeli intelligence official says .
The top U.S. diplomat says he has not gotten confirmation of chemical weapon use . |
f9e353f5caf7281b1ab2b61a314af1aa969af836 | By . Mark Prigg . Our brains start to slow down once we hit 24, researchers have discovered. They analysed thousands of played of the hugely popular Starcraft 2 computer game, and saw a universal slowdown far earlier than they expected. They claim that as soon as players hit the ripe old age of 25, they have already re... | Researchers analysed players of Starcraft 2 video game .
Found players reaction speeds began to slow at 24 .
However, older players were found to compensate by altering their strategies and using shortcuts to compete .
Back to Mail Online home .
Back to the page you came from . |
f9e3a31d66e82c2cd48a3bebfe08b4de1c17df8d | (CNN) -- Cape Verde has seen its hopes of qualifying for a first football World Cup dashed after the sport's global governing body FIFA punished the African country for fielding a suspended player. FIFA ruled on Thursday that Cape Verde's Fernando Varela had played in a qualifying match while serving a suspension for u... | Cape Verde will not play in the football World Cup following a FIFA sanction .
Governing body ruled the African country played an ineligible player against Tunisia .
Cape Verde won the match 2-0, but result has been reclassified as 3-0 Tunisia win .
Sanction means Tunisia replace Cape Verde in the African World Cup pla... |
f9e41ab2878cb134c84b3c53493f5b6a5ce25746 | (CNN) -- President Barack Obama on Wednesday announced an initiative he said will give African-American students greater access "to a complete and competitive education from the time they're born all through the time they get a career." Speaking Wednesday night at a National Urban League gathering in New Orleans, Obama... | NEW: Executive order establishes African-American higher education initiative .
NEW: Higher education "is a vital necessity" that should be affordable, Obama says .
NEW: Obama has "disappointed" black Americans on economy, Romney spokeswoman says .
A report says a drop in African-American turnout could cost Obama in th... |
f9e4aedf6405f416e98f441ed295abe270b16c92 | (CNN) -- Each morning of his federal kidnapping trial, Brian David Mitchell sings. In the last few days, he has chosen a holiday theme, with "Silent Night" or "Joy to the World' rising from the defense table as Mitchell closes his eyes and rocks slightly -- lost, it appears, in hymns and psalms. The 12 people weighing ... | Brian Mitchell's attorneys are mounting an insanity defense against rape, kidnap charges .
They must prove he was so mentally ill he did not understand wrongfulness of actions .
Some describe him as isolated; others, as someone with salesman's knack for persuasion . |
f9e4d514e3e88c40fe72de13691fc4a863bf6a1c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:38 EST, 5 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 18:04 EST, 5 March 2014 . A massive search is underway for a 21-year-old college student who vanished on a spring break trip to Panama City, Florida. Reny Jose, a student at Rice University in Texas, was last seen by his friends at 7pm on ... | Reny Jose, a student at Rice University in Texas, was last seen on Monday evening and reported missing by friends on Tuesday morning .
His clothes and belongings, including his phone, were found in a trash can .
A friend told deputies he had taken LSD and talked about harming himself .
Authorities have launched land an... |
f9e4fab8972f18bbf980bf5e43e9b177a4ccd156 | (Mashable) -- Stuart Hughes, the British jeweler known for his expensive remakes of popular gadgets, is at it again, this time with a diamond-clad iPhone 4 with a price tag of 5 million pounds, or roughly $8 million. The handmade bezel contains approximately 500 individual flawless diamonds that total more than 100 car... | Stuart Hughes is known for his expensive remakes of popular gadgets .
Only two of these iPhone 4s will ever be made .
The device has a price tag of 5 million pounds, or roughly $8 million . |
f9e5041098c49458a88ac2b7380bb035beba7cb2 | This shocking photo shows a U.S. Marines team posing in . front of a Nazi SS flag in Afghanistan. The Marine Corps today confirmed one of its scout sniper . teams posed in front of the notorious flag in September 2010 in Sangin province . but insisted the issue has since been addressed internally. Former Marines have b... | Marine Corps confirms incident in September 2010 in Sangin, Afghanistan .
Former Marines outraged and say 'heads need to roll' in investigation .
But military probe found flag was used to identify team as scout snipers . |
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