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f9e5095017058dbd8401ef55da72d218720e77f0 | From incredible devices designed to make humans stronger to clever gadgets that can cut noise pollution and waste from manufacturing processes, engineers have created amazing products designed to make our lives easier. They are fighting it out to win the James Dyson Award, which recognises ideas large and small that ha... | 20 ideas created by engineers and designers across the globe have been shortlisted for the James Dyson Award .
The winner will be announced on November 7 and will receive £30,000. 650 projects were entered by creative scientists from 18 countries .
The ideas include healthcare solutions, gadgets to make everyday life e... |
f9e521776fab27c0694e963cdbddaa5fcc717b7d | By . James White . PUBLISHED: . 05:31 EST, 29 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:22 EST, 30 May 2012 . A great-grandmother who suffered a fractured skull after being beaten as she lay in her own bed died in hospital in the early hours of this morning. Emma Winnall was found unconscious and covered in blood when carers came t... | Great-grandmother Emma Winnall found unconscious and covered in blood .
Woman 56, and man, 28, arrested over attack and released on bail . |
f9e5cd616c589342270bc26e3c31fdcea50e5fa8 | By . Annabel Fenwick Elliott . A new study has revealed the surprising truths behind the primary concerns of newly pregnant women in 20 different countries around the world, based on their most common Google searches. The first things women in the U.S. want to know when they fall pregnant are ‘how to prevent stretch ma... | For expectant mothers in the U.S., how to lose weight and avoid stretch marks are the most common searches .
For South Africans, Nigerians and Indians, it's how to have sex .
Women worldwide worry about food and cravings, but Brazilians are more concerned with whether they can dye their hair . |
f9e5d04baf7fd01046f0b36a39d169e166ed7706 | The majority of Americans do not think President Barack Obama has been aggressive enough with the Islamic State, a poll released on Wednesday revealed. A resounding 74 percent described Obama's actions toward Islamic extremists as 'not tough enough.' And another 52 percent said they'd be in favor of allowing the presid... | A resounding 74 percent described Obama's actions toward Islamic extremists as 'not tough enough'
Another 52 percent said they'd be in favor of allowing the president to use U.S. ground troops to take out ISIS if need be .
Likely voters went a step further and told pollsters they're skeptical Obama's plan to destroy I... |
f9e630a7744b6d7e1eb2bd678cc40425c6d672f8 | What happens when you bring together 40 professional dancers and 40 treadmills? An epic fitness flash mob, of course. The high-energy video was shot on location in Logan, Utah, and was conceptualised by fitness equipment manufacturer, NordicTrack. Forty professional dancers, along with YouTube and Vine stars, came toge... | Shot on location in Utah, video was part of NordicTrack ad campaign .
Features 40 professional dancers, as well as YouTube and Vine stars .
Dancers jogged in place over the course of 12 hours during the shoot . |
f9e6c1061e9092eaf3050a38f302341d5bc29a2c | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 11:01 EST, 9 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:29 EST, 9 July 2013 . This is the incredible moment a new Range Rover Sport went head-to-head against a Spitfire fighter plane in an engineering Battle of Britain. The two technical masterpieces were pitted against each other in a unique off-road... | Unique off-road race at Goodwood Aerodrome, Chichester, West Sussex .
Range Rover Sport immediately sped ahead of the World War Two plane .
But 1945 aircraft reached 80mph and took off before passing off-roader .
After a turn, Spitfire couldn't catch Range Rover which got up to 130mph . |
f9e75f8dc8efc5f4beb14196fcb5f2416edaaea4 | By . Lizzie Parry . Mohamed Dar is on trial at Chesterfield Magistrates' Court accused of stalking two of his neighbours . An Muslim man dressed up like a 'panto' Englishman to taunt his neighbours boasting of his 'joy' over 9/11 and the murder of British soldier Lee Rigby, a court has heard. Mohamed Dar wore costumes,... | Mohamed Dar has denied two counts of stalking his neighbours .
Chesterfield Magistrates' Court heard he boasted of 'joy' over 9/11 attacks .
He made his victim feel she was trapped in her home, ' living in a prison'
52-year-old's trial has been adjourned until May 12 . |
f9e7be02a9dd6c07fce6e31a654a2cb9b500aa45 | (CNN) -- Aaron Douglas, better known as "Chief Tyrol" on "Battlestar Galactica," is a Dragon*Con veteran. Well known for being open with fans and the life of the Dragon*Con party, Douglas made a pit-stop at CNN to answer some of our BSG-fan questions. CNN: Had you seen the original BSG before taking the role? Aaron Dou... | Aaron Douglas auditioned for 2 parts on "Battlestar Galactica" before landing role of Chief Tyrol .
Known for being the life of the party at Dragon*Con, Douglas brings a party with him .
Once upon a time, Douglas thought he would make a good lawyer . |
f9e80dac110d3d01c251e9676c0b1d3dee153e06 | CARACAS, Venezuela (CNN) -- Armed men forced their way into a Caracas synagogue, defacing its administrative offices with anti-Semitic graffiti and vandalizing an interior room where the Torah is kept, officials said. Vandals smashed items in an interior room where the Torah is kept, officials said. About 15 men forced... | About 15 men force their way into synagogue, tie up security guard .
Interior room where Torah is kept is defaced .
Offices are defaced with anti-Semitic graffiti . |
f9e82adb8b1fb6867cefdc89399c52c71152743b | By . David Mccormack . Fox affiliate KDVR shocked presenters and viewers alike on Tuesday morning when it accidentally aired a photo of a man's penis during a broadcast about the helicopter crash in Seattle. The Denver TV station was reporting on the crash when it started showing viewers a bizarre series of unrelated T... | Denver-based KDVR shocked viewers on Tuesday morning when it aired a Twitter picture of a man standing with his genitals exposed .
The camera quickly cut back to the presenters on the Good Day program and captured their variety of shocked expressions .
KDVR's Facebook page was flooded with people demanding an apology o... |
f9e8bd05e20b919e892a5c358e3ef36eed31708c | (CNN) -- A federal judge spent the night in an Atlanta jail after being charged with misdemeanor battery in an alleged domestic violence incident involving his wife. U.S. District Judge Mark Fuller, 55, of Montgomery, Alabama, was charged with battery physical harm-family violence after Atlanta police responded to the ... | NEW: Fuller enters no plea at his Monday bond hearing .
Police responded to Ritz-Carlton hotel, where Mark Fuller's wife said he assaulted her .
Released on a signature bond, Fuller is expected back in court August 22 .
Fuller was confirmed to the U.S. District Court for the Middle District of Alabama in 2002 . |
f9e8f9bb4d4e723d278566bc09e055e174aad3b6 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 11:14 EST, 13 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:17 EST, 13 April 2013 . A family has been branded 'morally repugnant' by a coroner investigating the death of a young mother who sipped 'cannabis fertiliser' from a Sprite bottle in their kitchen. Sarah Moss, 23, of Mottram, Hyde, Greater ... | Sarah Moss drank substance from Sprite bottle at boyfriend's home .
Detectives later found a cannabis farm at Daniel Fairbrother's house .
Coroner said she had 'no doubt' liquid was not intended for fish tank .
Leaving fluid around house was 'stupid, naive and thoughtless' said coroner .
Coroner said young mother, 23 d... |
f9e9b200c8dead1fc12475463face4832a5416d2 | By . Andrea Magrath for MailOnline . Mexico City will quadruple the number of passengers flying in each year to 120 million by 2050 with a new £5.5bn airport. The chosen design, by British architect Lord Norman Foster and Mexico's Fernando Romero, was unveiled on Wednesday. The lightweight membrane roof of the termina... | Foster's designs with Mexico's Fernando Romero chosen for project .
New airport will handle 120m passengers a year, quadruple current capacity .
Three runways will open by 2020, with project set for completion in 2050 . |
f9ea7469feecbb2c4301cc1ac0d87267c8e01108 | Two heterosexual men have tied the knot on Friday morning under New Zealand's liberal marriage laws. Marrying not for love, but for Rugby World Cup Tickets, the two men from Dunedin in the South Island of New Zealand officially said 'I do' in front of 60 family and friends. The ceremony was live broadcast by Edge Radio... | Got engaged for a radio competition to win Rugby tickets .
Married this morning under New Zealand's liberal marriage laws .
Gay rights groups have spoken out against the couple .
Gay host of radio show supports the couple .
Insist life won't change too much now they're married . |
f9ea9659d9f20e00ef70a1be87ac5956034cc4a8 | From the glamour of the roaring '20s to the short skirts and Teddy Boys of the swinging '60s, Cecil Beaton captured it all. Now a new exhibition at Wilton House in Wiltshire is to unveil previously unseen images from his - and Sotheby's - archives. Described . as ‘a worldly Peter Pan who never aged’, Beaton regularly ... | New photos are part of a trove found at Wilton House in Wiltshire .
Beaton's friends, the Earl and Countess of Pembroke, appear .
Heil Cinderella, a pantomime written by Beaton, also features . |
f9eabdb88669f96979fbd3c44ea1d1e2075f8993 | A bride was beaten by her new husband on their wedding night because he couldn’t get her dress off, a court heard. Amy Dawson was hurled to the floor and punched repeatedly by Gavin Golightly, who lost his temper after failing to unfasten the garment. She was left with a cut eyebrow and bruises to her face and chest fo... | Amy Dawson was pinned to the floor of hotel room on her wedding night .
Gavin Golightly beat the 22-year-old because he couldn't undo her dress .
She was saved after escaping the room to call a night porter for help .
Couple had tied knot in County Durham church ceremony hours earlier .
Golightly, 29, was given a two-y... |
f9eb1d242a9a2ef6cc56fc880d390b2565302e46 | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 09:46 EST, 31 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:07 EST, 1 August 2013 . A mother made her neighbours' live hell by having noisy sex in her home, a court heard. Gemma Walker, 31, was also recorded playing loud music, shouting and swearing loudly in her terraced property in Middlesbrough. The s... | Gemma Walker, 31, made her neighbours' live hell in Middlesborough .
Single mother, who is on benefits, is fined a total of £1,300 . |
f9ec1301faed0f0e549f56d21f7f8e05b2960777 | Reeva Steenkamp's parents rejected £21,000 of 'blood money' from Oscar Pistorius after he shot dead their daughter, a court heard on Tuesday. Barry and June Steenkamp also vowed to return 'every cent' of monthly payments - totalling £6,000 - that Pistorius has been depositing into an account since Steenkamp's death. A ... | Oscar Pistorius tried to offer single payment of £21,000 to ease their 'pain'
Parents Barry and June Steenkamp will also return £6,000 in payments .
Paralympian faces sentencing hearing for the manslaughter of girlfriend .
Pistorius could be jailed for 15 years, but may also avoid prison . |
f9ec1b544d30ee8a938f8866e3b05bd3662a17b7 | (CNN) -- One of the Web's basic tenets is that small contributions from lots of people can amount to something powerful in the aggregate. Fans of the Japanese band Sour contributed images to a music video. Now, a growing group of writers, musicians, visual artists and videographers is turning this Wikipedia-era philoso... | Large groups of people are creating collaborative art projects online .
One site wants to re-film "Star Wars" in 15-second clips, submitted by viewers .
Another has a customizable tapestry of 20 musicians, each playing their own tune .
Experts say the art comments on digital society and online connections . |
f9ec5bfa6c2fb0cf963b41efcb09906bc7a6add1 | (CNN)From Liverpool to Los Angeles -- Steven Gerrard's move to California has been confirmed. The former England captain will play Major League Soccer with LA Galaxy after deciding to bring an end to his 17 years at Anfield. "I'm very excited to begin the next chapter of my career in the United States with LA Galaxy," ... | Steven Gerrard to join Los Angeles Galaxy in July .
Liverpool midfielder set to leave Anfield club at end of season .
Gerrard made Liverpool debut in 1998 .
Led club to Champions League title in 2005 . |
f9eccfdc9b891c34367d4e2221e0af168ed93071 | By . Sarah Johnson . PUBLISHED: . 13:06 EST, 18 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:43 EST, 19 March 2013 . A top independent school in Scotland is offering parents a mortgage-style payment scheme for their child's school fees. In a move to make private education more affordable, the Fernhill School in Glasgow has offered p... | Fernhill School in Glasgow is offering parents chance to spread fees over ten years, interest free .
Payment plan could reduce monthly payments by up to 50 per cent . |
f9ecf2bde0ffafec8f4da8790fda45b65202f64c | By . Jessica Jerreat . PUBLISHED: . 12:18 EST, 23 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:19 EST, 23 May 2013 . She may have lost her father in a hit-and-run at the weekend, but five-year-old Tatum Raetz was not alone when she graduated from kindergarten. In a show of solidarity more than 100 of her father's colleagues from the P... | Father killed on duty in a hit-and-run at the weekend Sunday .
Iraq war veteran joined Arizona force six years ago .
Five-year-old given standing ovation during ceremony . |
f9ed7c5fbb952ca836de9272dc90e70640a2d0ff | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Blake Mycoskie founded TOMS Shoes in 2006. The socially responsible company aims to provide impoverished children with shoes in a sustainable way. Blake Mycoskie says he pursued his vision for TOMS Shoes with "reckless ambition." The California-based entrepreneur shares some of the lessons he l... | Blake Mycoskie had launched four other start-ups before creating TOMS .
He ran the shoe company out of his apartment in the early days .
The business has since scaled tremendously and gives away shoes worldwide . |
f9eddcc27ff6bbbde2f7dcf7663adbf846722586 | By . Meghan Keneally . PUBLISHED: . 08:04 EST, 24 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:39 EST, 24 June 2013 . Paula Deen is scheduled to appear on the Today Show Wednesday, less than a week after she cancelled an interview amid the scandal over her use of racial slurs. Following her dismissal from the Food Network, meat produ... | Paula Deen under fire last week when a lawsuit revealed she used racial slurs and wanted a 'plantation-style' wedding .
Deen admits to using 'N-word' and wanting black men dressed as slaves .
Let go by meat producer Smithfield as their spokeswoman .
Comes after a former employee alleged that Deen and her brother regula... |
f9eeef155ead0e3a592d3aafa82c2dad64f0df33 | (CNN) -- Hawaii Gov. Neil Abercrombie signed into law a bill that will legalize civil unions for same-sex couples in the Aloha State. "People have worked long and hard for this day," Abercrombie said at the bill-signing ceremony Wednesday. "This is a prime example of exercising civic courage. It is about doing what is ... | Abercrombie: "People have worked long and hard for this day"
The law will take effect January 1, 2012 .
It extends the same rights to gay couples that spouses in a marriage enjoy .
In July, Hawaii's then-governor vetoed a similar bill . |
f9f04144446637036930678ad8808aee8cd1b742 | For most people the idea of losing friends overtime can leave them fearful of being alone in old age, but new research suggests that having fewer friends can actually make us less lonely. A study that examined the friendships of nearly 400,000 students has shown that while the number of close friends they have on aver... | Modern technology and social network sites like Facebook may be behind the falling levels of loneliness .
Study looked at surveys of nearly 400,000 students over 25 year period .
Students had fewer close friends but also felt less isolated than in 1978 .
However, the study found it did lead to poorer quality friendship... |
f9f0790513d0c55cc0b122ad0fc3f8a12485024d | Cough medicines are waste of money, doctors declared today. Both NHS bosses and leading GPs have dismissed the products - and say traditional home made remedies with lemon or honey to be the best approach. Cough medicines, which usually cost between £3 and £5 for a small bottle, are part of an over-the-counter healthca... | Cough medicines are part of industry worth £3 billion a year .
But NHS Choices says 'little evidence' to suggest medicines actually work .
Adds simplest and cheapest treatment for a short-term cough may be a homemade remedy containing lemon and honey .
Royal College of GPs backed up advice, saying GPs unlikely to presc... |
f9f090611e4bc40c3886c38c7389c0cd2385b5d8 | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 02:46 EST, 1 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:34 EST, 1 October 2012 . He has transported holidaymakers along Great Yarmouth seafront for 25 years, but now a horse-drawn carriage owner faces losing his business because he doesn't have a driving licence. Fred England, 43, has operated on ... | Fred England, 43, has proudly carried visitors along the historic seafront in Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, since 1987 as part of a family tradition .
Great Yarmouth Borough Council suddenly realised because Mr England does not have a car licence he's not authorised to drive four-wheel carriage . |
f9f0fa041c6883a12abe34698046cd796602d8b6 | By . Alexandra Klausner . and Mike Dawes . A sports fan who filed a $10 million defamation lawsuit against ESPN announcers who made comments about him as he slept at a New York Yankees game called the experience 'upsetting' on his Today Show interview with Matt Lauer on Friday. Rector told Matt Lauer he was baffled whe... | Andrew Rector called the experience of being publicly ridiculed 'upsetting' on his Today Show interview with Matt Lauer on Friday .
He said he'd 'possibly' consider an apology and that he and his lawyer are deciding on how to proceed .
Andrew Rector is suing ESPN and commentating duo Dan Shulman and John Kruk after fal... |
f9f0fa3977a952792ba1f5508d022df0b63afe19 | (CNN) -- After Massachusetts teen Philip Chism pleaded not guilty to rape, lawyers on Thursday discussed whether he should be treated as a juvenile on that count or as an adult, as is the case for the murder charge he's facing in his teacher's death. Dressed in a dark sweater over a tie and button-down shirt, the 15-ye... | Philip Chism has a not guilty plea entered on his behalf on the additional rape charge .
It's not clear whether 15-year-old will be treated as a juvenile or adult on this count .
He previously pleaded not guilty to aggravated rape, robbery, murder charges .
Authorities say he killed his math teacher at school, then dis... |
f9f11e3db0fd1f4d463daf9f6b4ae150c59927d5 | Adam Ritchie, a Domino's Pizza manager in Cheyenne, Wyoming, said he'd never received a call like the one he got Monday night. "I need to feed my whole plane," the caller told him. "Lucky me, I hear 160 people. It ended up being like 38 pizzas," Ritchie told CNN. A Frontier Airlines flight from Washington to Denver was... | Flight from Washington to Denver was diverted because of bad weather .
The plane was stuck on the ground in Wyoming for about two hours .
There was no more food aboard, so the pilot decided to order pizza . |
f9f195019a790d0e861979bdf563821c32d38b8d | (CNN)He's accused of plotting with his brother and carrying out an attack near the finish line of the Boston Marathon that killed three people, wounded more than 260 and spurred a massive manhunt that terrorized the city for days. And now, nearly 19 months after the bombings, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's trial is starting. Here... | Jury selection in Dzhokhar Tsarnaev's trial has started .
Federal prosecutors are seeking the death penalty .
His attorney has secured plea deals for past clients . |
f9f1afc43012a1f14c66f1d899fd20ffdc13fac1 | London (CNN) -- A London court heard closing arguments Wednesday in the trial of two men accused of the brutal daylight killing of British soldier Lee Rigby. Judge Nigel Sweeney told jurors at the Old Bailey criminal court he expected them to retire to consider their verdict on Thursday morning. Michael Adebolajo, 29, ... | Defense lawyers give closing arguments .
Judge expects jurors to retire to consider verdicts Thursday .
Killing of soldier Lee Rigby outside barracks in southeast London shocked the nation .
Michael Adebolajo and Michael Adebowale deny murder and attempted murder charges . |
f9f1ba268e49c976e129a6dbc3e038d648d4a0ce | CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Political powerbroker Tony Rezko, whose links to presidential contender Barack Obama dropped him into the national spotlight this year, was convicted of money laundering, fraud and bribery charges by a federal jury Wednesday. Tony Rezko, left, leaves federal court with his family Tuesday duri... | Illinois political power broker Tony Rezko convicted in corruption case .
Rezko was accused of demanding kickbacks for state business contracts .
Rezko made contributions to Obama campaign, sold him land . |
f9f1cdd1c47ac93a2541576e3b33882a9999c739 | For many college students, landing a coveted internship is a feat. But making the most of the internship is the real accomplishment. With countless internship stories -- both dream scenarios and nightmares -- making the news lately, CNN chatted with interns past and present to find out what made their experiences so gr... | In a structured internship program, there's less room for busy work .
Good internship supervisors don't just lead -- they also inspire .
Lauren Berger of InternQueen.com says to keep a list of tasks completed .
Expert: "A great internship is an exploration of what you don't want to do" |
f9f2e5c0cc501be44efaf679a5e14ab5a7c72b19 | Austin, Texas (CNN) -- In her first visit to South by Southwest Interactive, the tech-themed conference underway here, former first daughter Chelsea Clinton devoted the bulk of her prepared talk Tuesday to the admirable work of her family's foundation in improving global health care. But it was her more personal remark... | Chelsea Clinton speaks Tuesday at South by Southwest Interactive conference .
Asked whether she'll run for office: "I don't know"
Clinton is vice chair of her family's foundation .
Her career advice to SXSW attendees: "Focus on what makes you angry" |
f9f331fe7f50ba7b25fb6bf2cb1642e06b85a590 | Born three and a half months premature, baby Ward Miles did not have the easiest start in life but thanks to the love of his parents and endless dedication of doctors and nurses, the . little fighter pulled through. His father, Benjamin Miller who is a photographer that works under the name Benjamin . Scot, captured hi... | Ohio photographer Benjamin Scot made the film in tribute to his wife Lyndsey and all the doctors and nurses who took care of their son . |
f9f36abfde3cfc247297db709fd0c793387ea257 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 05:04 EST, 8 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:06 EST, 8 November 2013 . The BBC is too big and too left wing and should lose some of its licence fee, the Corporation’s former head of TV news has warned. Roger Mosey claimed the BBC had wrongly kept critics o... | Roger Mosey said more of the licence fee should be open to rivals .
BBC has 70% market share for news, squeezing out alternatives .
Corporation-wide policies create the 'right' and 'wrong' way to cover issues . |
f9f36df2d33c112fedf005d4c9bba62bfc5b1b7d | Ex-wrestler Mark Schultz has attacked Bennett Miller, director of the movie 'Foxcatcher,' for the way he is portrayed in the movie, which shows his and his murdered brother Dave's relationship with millionaire John du Pont. A furious Schultz called Miller 'scum' and claimed to hate him in a series of tweets posted on W... | Ex-wrestler Mark Schultz attacked Bennett Miller, director of the movie 'Foxcatcher,' on social media this week .
Schultz called Miller 'scum' and claimed to hate him in a lengthy series of tweets posted Wednesday .
But Schultz told MailOnline in November 'It's a beautiful movie'
'Foxcatcher' is based on the real life... |
f9f4174452b75bbfd778e7fc19a8454173c2c0b2 | New York (CNN) -- A Broadway actor who fell more than 20 feet during an aerial stunt in the musical "Spider-Man: Turn Off the Dark," has been released from a rehabilitation center in New York, a show spokesman said. Christopher Tierney, 31, was released from New York University's Rusk Institute of Rehabilitation Medici... | Christopher Tierney, 31, has been released from a rehabilitation center in New York .
Tierney said he is looking forward to returning and is not concerned about his safety .
The actor suffered several broken bones and a bruised lung in the fall . |
f9f46652f6dcd4254329a50f1c97b4d346089004 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- A 49-year-old woman collapsed and died on the floor of a waiting room at a Brooklyn psychiatric hospital and lay there for more than an hour as employees ignored her, according to the New York Civil Liberties Union, which on Tuesday released surveillance camera video of the incident. Surveillance vid... | Esmin Green was involuntarily admitted June 18 for "agitation and psychosis"
Kings County Hospital Center was target of lawsuit over conditions .
Tape shows Green collapse, convulse and lay still; workers ignore her .
Group says hospital staff falsified records to cover up incident . |
f9f4756f17e1f636384ce17a89f26dd70da32789 | (CNN) -- Josephine Ruckinger had been estranged from family members for about 20 years. She burst back into their lives briefly with deadly consequences. Ruckinger and her husband, Jeffrey, both 43, broke into an Ashville, Pennsylvania, home, where they shot and killed her mother and brother, before being killed by Ruc... | Josephine Ruckinger had been estranged from her family for some 20 years .
Police say she and her husband broke into her parents' home .
Ruckinger allegedly shot her mother; her husband allegedly shot her brother .
Ruckinger's father returned fire, killing his daughter and her husband, police say . |
f9f4e741ff6a5f9ba9cd89e0c4cb915bcef66f68 | By . Inderdeep Bains . PUBLISHED: . 06:53 EST, 3 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:27 EST, 3 April 2013 . A traffic warden has been sacked after he promised to help drivers escape their parking fine if they posed for a photograph. Steven Jarvis convinced hundreds of motorists that he would assist their appeals if they app... | Steven Jarvis, 35, was working for council contractor NSL in Brighton .
Told drivers he could help appeals if they posed in a photo next to car .
Complied 200 shots of bemused motorists and wanted to make a book . |
f9f4ffa48958fffdd68f36984ec7de91ca1ff08c | By . Harriet Arkell . PUBLISHED: . 08:50 EST, 17 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:30 EST, 17 December 2013 . Few situations are more dangerous or terrifying than getting stuck on a level crossing as a train hurtles towards you. But as these astonishing images show, drivers and pedestrians risk their lives every day wi... | Shocking CCTV footage shows pedestrians and drivers risking their lives .
One white van man tries to beat the barrier as it lowers onto his vehicle .
Another car nearly gets stuck there as there's no room on the other side .
Pedestrians run under the barriers as they lower, disregarding the danger .
Footage was shot at... |
f9f5218f2208cf894cb3c9bc8373684234bc2c53 | West Liberty, Kentucky (CNN) -- With dozens dead and scores of buildings reduced to rubble, residents of the Midwest and South on Sunday were assessing the damage that a series of vicious twisters left behind last week. By the time the powerful storm system faded, 39 were dead: 21 in Kentucky, 13 in Indiana, three in O... | NEW: Survivor: "I feel blessed. I think the Lord protected me and let me get out of it alive"
Kentucky's governor says he is requesting a federal disaster declaration .
A toddler who had survived the storm dies in an Indiana hospital .
39 are killed when tornadoes tear through Kentucky, Indiana, Ohio, Alabama and Georg... |
f9f52be881412290320136c3e896ee00bc4a80fa | It is still more than a year away from a big-screen release, but interest in the new Star Wars movie is already seemingly having an impact on our travel plans. Back with a bang: The three big stars of the original Star Wars film will all feature in the latest movie . New travel figures reveal that a film lovers are app... | Scenes for upcoming Star Wars film are currently being shot in the UAE .
Seventh installment in the sci-fi series is due for release in December 2015 .
Desert landscapes in Tunisia were used to dramatic effect in original trilogy . |
f9f56cc05a99cf22cd88332f70a3653083a19ae3 | By . Rob Preece . PUBLISHED: . 04:26 EST, 24 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:39 EST, 24 August 2012 . Rough justice: Oliver Pettman, 12, was shot in with the head with an airgun. When his father took the yob responsible to a police station, he was arrested . A businessman was arrested and held in a cell for seven hours... | Stuart Pettman, 43, frogmarched the youth to a station after his son Oliver was shot three times in a park in Bexley, South London .
But police arrested the businesman on suspicion of assault, after the youth falsely alleged he had been threatened with a hacksaw .
Mr Pettman's 14-year-old daughter had to make her own w... |
f9f5b563e620b63f4340170b5666637fa15abeb9 | A haunted house company in northern California has been forced to change the serial killer theme of one of their attractions after offending families whose loved ones were brutally murdered by the real-life criminal. Scream Park California based one of their haunted houses this year off the 1970s Sacramento murderer Ri... | Scream Park California designed one of their haunted houses this year off real-life serial killer Richard Trenton Chase .
Chase killed six people in the span of a month in the 1970s, and was called the 'Vampire of Sacramento' because he drank his victims' blood .
The haunted house company has now been forced to change ... |
f9f60020c4cfbc1fb371eb986c2afff8eef2800b | Oxford, Mississippi (CNN) -- From a dust mask that tested positive for ricin, to an enigmatic dump of a coffee grinder, to talk of making and mailing "poison," an affidavit unsealed Tuesday shed light on the case against a Mississippi man accused of sending potentially deadly letters to President Barack Obama and other... | NEW: FBI says tae kwon do site is "sealed off" and that a forensic examination is ongoing .
Dutschke, 41, was arrested and accused of sending letters with ricin to Obama, others .
Dust mask and other samples tied to a Mississippi man positive for ricin, an affidavit says .
A witness says Dutschke talked about being abl... |
f9f6795e2f180a06d16fc644651023ee8443a2c0 | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 14:10 EST, 2 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:49 EST, 2 January 2014 . A Saudi court has sentenced a man convicted of defaming a Kuwaiti singer by accusing her on Twitter of adultery to three months in jail and 80 lashes. The Saudi national, apparently a fan of a rival pop star, was sente... | The Saudi national was apparently a fan of a rival pop star .
He accused the Kuwaiti singer Shams of adultery without proof .
Islamic law stipulates flogging for those who accuse others of having affairs without proof .
The man also posted fabricated photos of the singer . |
f9f735d2fd72ba5f409ae8ce1516a7b2413139a5 | By . Jaya Narain . PUBLISHED: . 08:36 EST, 14 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:39 EST, 14 March 2013 . Scandal: MP Sir Cyril Smith, who died in 2010, tried to interfere with an investigation into his child abuse in 1970, new documents revealed today . Sir Cyril Smith tried to bully police after they launched an investiga... | Secret documents reveal he demanded police hand over names of accusers .
Liberal MP should've been prosecuted while alive but police and CPS failed .
Transcript reveals he used 1970 election as excuse for 'interference'
Smith believed to have abused children in care and even Commons staff . |
f9f7584009ccf09c81b8dba8ac88c56891393f70 | The names, which some liken to slurs, spread everywhere -- triggering anger in the United States as well as South Korea. Last week, KTVU, a TV station based in the San Francisco area, aired what it believed were the names of the Asiana Airlines Flight 214 pilots. A National Transportation Safety Board intern confirmed ... | Some question why KTVU's fake pilot names were offensive .
Racial jokes have been made about deadly plane crash that killed 3 .
Advocates decry jokes about Asian driving, Korean culture theories and fake names . |
f9f75869fcd09d6b44d650c715c7eaf81014d9a3 | By . Francesca Infante . PUBLISHED: . 12:31 EST, 20 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:05 EST, 21 October 2013 . Sir Stephen House, Chief Constable for Scotland has provoked mixed reaction from colleagues for his pro-active approach to policing . The most senior police officer in Scotland has been warned against making a... | Sir Stephen House was alone when he flagged down a motorist on the M8 near Glasgow as he was travelling on a police motorcyle .
He is Scotland's most senior officer and known for his hands-on approach .
Some question whether it is the best use of the £208,000-a-year boss's time . |
f9f79309300caff3e78c5ca06062379ca4a983e0 | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 11:01 EST, 3 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:55 EST, 4 September 2013 . The independent retailers of Louth have long known they can count on locals for support. Now there’s something else they can rely on them for – foiling armed robberies. In a remarkable display of ‘people power’, th... | Christopher London and Damion Clark raided Eastgate Jewellers with claw hammers and a kitchen knife .
Meanwhile passers-by gathered and kicked over their getaway motorbike .
Fleeing on foot, both were eventually caught after more resistance from Louth residents .
London was sentenced to four years in prison and Clark f... |
f9f7c0c996bb7d6561e0108d13661117026a929a | Angel Di Maria remains tantalisingly close to swapping Real Madrid for Manchester United as Louis van Gaal looks to break his less-than-impressive Premier League start with a big-money buy. But where will Di Maria fit in Van Gaal's 3-5-2 formation? Is he really worth £75million? Can he become a No 7 at Old Trafford to ... | Angel Di Maria remains on verge of joining Manchester United from Real Madrid in £75million swoop by manager Louis van Gaal .
Di Maria would play as left-sided forward in Van Gaal's 3-5-2 formation .
Argentina star is versatile but £75m is hugely expensive fee .
United are only bidders for Di Maria .
Xabi Alonso tweete... |
f9f8661210203470c500406c9a9e5e2558dc9921 | Day One: Manchester United sign Radamel Falcao, one of the world’s most potent centre-forwards, in a deal worth so many millions nobody seems quite sure exactly how many, but everyone agrees he will play up front. Day Two: Former England and United defender Paul Parker pipes up in an online blog to brand him “awful”, c... | Wayne Rooney new England captain after Steven Gerrard retirement .
Striker netted 68th minute spot-kick to give Three Lions the lead .
Manchester United frontman still has to prove captaincy credentials .
Rooney’s best work came when he dropped deeper towards midfield . |
f9f88372435833b8580e1c6b34da5859399fcc98 | With a demon baby Jesus, skeletal wise men and the carcass of a lamb, a zombie-themed nativity scene caused quite a stir when it was unveiled in Ohio earlier this month. And now its creator, Jasen Dixon, has been ordered to kill the ten-foot by ten-foot structure because it violates local property maintenance codes. Th... | Jasen Dixon came up with his own twist on the classic nativity scene .
Neighbors and his father were not fans of the scary display .
Now the Cincinnati resident has been given until December 26 to dismantle the structure otherwise he will be slapped with a $1,000 fine .
Town officials say it violates local property mai... |
f9f9059780202e255f184b441cfc5c69894a3de5 | Hong Kong (CNN) -- Signs of oil and gas have been found by a Chinese rig that was drilling off a disputed island chain in the South China Seas, according to Chinese state media. The drilling area does have the basic conditions and potential for oil exploration, Wang Zhen, deputy director of CNPC Policy Research Office,... | China completed a drilling operation near the Paracel Islands between May 2 and July 15 .
The area has potential for oil exploration and is contested by China and Vietnam .
China recently deported 13 Vietnamese who were arrested for fishing in Chinese waters . |
f9f910c5d481fd088bda90aedbc8c0d0462f4fbb | Andy Murray further allayed fears about his left shoulder as Great Britain enjoyed a winning start in the Hopman Cup in Perth. Having only arrived in Australia the previous afternoon from Abu Dhabi, the British No 1 teamed up with Heather Watson to defeat France 2-1 in the mixed team exhibition event. After winning his... | Great Britain beat France 2-1 in their Hopman Cup opener in Perth .
Andy Murray beat Benoit Paire in straight sets to put GB one up .
Alize Cornet levelled the tie for France with a win against Heather Watson .
Murray and Watson teamed up to clinch victory in the mixed doubles . |
f9f92441ecf1f634da82240090e121efcef33fdb | The United States and China have the most important bilateral relationship in the world. Whether they can develop a constructive, cooperative relationship or whether they become each others' greatest nightmare has enormous consequences for each country and for the capacity of the international system to manage regiona... | Kenneth Lieberthal: U.S. and China have the most important bilateral relationship in the world .
Although the nations stress cooperation, he says, each side distrusts the other's intentions .
Lieberthal: China believes U.S. wants to stop its rise and change its political system .
Military topics must be discussed in de... |
f9f952b2ae1b671d1b658ca03b9d9768960a080d | (CNN) -- Packaging can change how people see things. And when it comes to sex, it could maybe help save lives too. The Center for African Family Studies (CAFS), a Nairobi-based international NGO, has teamed up with Kenyan artist Michael Soi to create an eye-catching condom line with pop art-inspired packaging to promot... | Kenyan youth face social stigmas purchasing condoms, according to the Center for African Family Studies in Nairobi .
The NGO has launched a crowdfunding campaign to start a line of pop art condoms .
They say putting art on packaging disguises condoms and encourages safe sex . |
f9f9cd1dac50e3128b5eecd747f09f77fd376e48 | Atlanta Falcons head coach Mike Smith feels his team have prepared well for Sunday’s International Series game against the Detroit Lions, but one man is still playing on his mind. Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson is still an injury doubt for the game, and coach Smith knows the importance of being prepared if ‘Megatro... | Atlanta Falcons will face Detroit Lions at Wembley on Sunday .
The Lions wide receiver Calvin Johnson is an injury doubt for the game .
The wide receiver is nursing an ankle injury but could still feature .
Mike Smith said Johnson's inclusion would change his whole game plan .
The Falcons have been training at Arsenal'... |
f9f9fcdc11617edd5150d010334bc301c0849533 | Fears for the fate of more than 200 Nigerian girls turned even more nightmarish Monday when the leader of the Islamist militant group that kidnapped them announced plans to sell them. "I abducted your girls. I will sell them in the market, by Allah," a man claiming to be Boko Haram leader Abubakar Shekau said in a vide... | Nigerian finance minister: Government did not communicate "properly"
"Help us to get these girls back," she says to other nations, international groups .
"Allah says I should sell. He commands me to sell," Boko Haram leader says .
"No group can affect our resolve," a Nigerian government spokesman tells CNN . |
f9fa9b5246e9bbf6d47e8202252a30c544a4c321 | Washington (CNN)Hillary Clinton has sought advice from dozens of people over the past several months in the run up to a likely presidential bid, but one such source stands out from the rest: Sen. Elizabeth Warren. Clinton has reached out to the Massachusetts senator "several times" over the past six months, a source wi... | Hillary Clinton has reached out to Elizabeth Warren "several times" over the past six months, says a source with knowledge .
This relationship included a December meeting and a phone call between the two Democratic leaders . |
f9fb1163429f5a401bfa23f58bab9ddddc74f9ea | By . Lucy Elkins . PUBLISHED: . 19:10 EST, 10 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 19:10 EST, 10 February 2014 . Ann Pascoe's husband Andrew had always been a gentle, mild-mannered man. So . when he was diagnosed with dementia seven years ago, she expected him . to be forgetful and become more dependent - what she was not re... | Ann Pascoe, 67, says her husband Andrew had always been mild-mannered .
Andrew, 65, from from Helmsdale, was then diagnosed with dementia .
Would sometimes get very agitated - and even throw things . |
f9fb4b774b5f6cf07732a6e8beaec98cfb93b479 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 04:49 EST, 28 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:50 EST, 1 March 2013 . Basketball great Michael Jordan has bought another sprawling multi-million dollar estate, this time in his home state of North Carolina. The NBA Hall of Famer is best known for his time with the Chicago Bulls, the bas... | NBA Hall of Famer is buying estate on Lake Norman, North Carolina .
The Brooklyn-born star spent most of his childhood in the state .
The home measures 12,310 sq ft and has eight bathrooms .
It is the second Charlotte area property he has bought in three yearsRead more here: http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2013/02/27/... |
f9fb7fd59a22183906f177b6e0acc5cd34fde372 | By . Matt Blake . PUBLISHED: . 03:55 EST, 1 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:16 EST, 1 May 2012 . Schoolboy Cory Pingeton walks along a corridor to class, minding his own business. The 18-year-old does not see the 'sucker punch' that knocks him to the ground, breaking bones in his eye socket, face and bruising his retina. ... | Cory Pingeton, 18, suffered broken bones in his eye socket and face .
Jeremiah Ramirez, 18, who filmed the attack, has also been charged .
Attacker David Salmon, 17, has been charged with assault after an accomplice posted the video online . |
f9fbbd1485279efd8bbad3265a872dc7633e5cb8 | Max Verstappen will become the youngest ever Formula One driver when the 16-year-old joins Toro Rosso next season. The Dutchman, who is the son of former F1 driver Jos, is 17 next month and will make the step up from Formula Three to replace Jean-Eric Vergne. Verstappen said: ‘Since I was seven years old, Formula One h... | 16-year-old Max Verstappen is joining Toro Rosso for the 2015 season .
Verstappen is the son of former F1 driver Jos and will step up from F3 .
'Since I was seven years old, Formula One has been my career goal, so this opportunity is truly a dream come true,' says the youngster . |
f9fbf2741f05ccd41ba39150e2a4fd43a9608146 | By . Sadie Whitelocks . PUBLISHED: . 08:54 EST, 12 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:26 EST, 13 December 2013 . She might have earned the title 'Fit Mom' with her impeccably toned body post three children. But Maria Kang, 32, from Sacramento, California, finds keeping in shape a constant struggle because she's not gene... | Maria Kang, 32, from California, caused outcry when she posted a photo of her toned post-baby body to Facebook, captioned 'What's your excuse?'
While many of her 256,000 followers cited her as an 'inspiration' some also accused her of being 'insulting', 'obnoxious' and a 'fat shaming bully'
But she says keeping in shap... |
f9fbf94a03221f3d1cc5d8e53e8d1395d4b59aea | Tuwaitha, Iraq (CNN) -- The shell of former Iraqi strongman Saddam Hussein's efforts to produce a nuclear bomb is being slowly dismantled along the banks of the Tigris River, but its radioactive legacy lingers on. The Tuwaitha research complex, about 18 kilometers (11 miles) southeast of Baghdad, was bombed by Israel i... | Complex at the center of Saddam Hussein's nuclear efforts slowly being dismantled .
Cleanup could take decades: Tuwaitha complex has 18 facilities .
Dismantling at Tuwaitha made more difficult because of bombing, looting .
Iraq began attempting to produce enriched uranium during the Iran-Iraq war in the 1980s . |
f9fc9d52f7be130e80e56aed4fd894766c119d83 | Nathan Tinkler will see the majority of his property and racing empire dismantled this week in the country's largest horse sale. The coal investor is reportedly over $40 million in debt to Magic Millions boss Gerry Harvey, who initiated the dispersal sale of Mr Tinkler's Patinack Farm property at his Gold Coast sale ya... | Coal investor Nathan Tinkler will see his racing empire dismantled in Australia's largest horse sale .
The first of four auction days saw over $21 million in horse sales .
The horses up for auction included Hooked, the winner of last week's Newcastle Cameron Handicap.
Property to be sold at auction on October 23rd . |
f9fcdf6aa215cce32ed335c8ae5359c0ba2532dc | By . Lydia Warren . PUBLISHED: . 06:30 EST, 24 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:15 EST, 24 May 2012 . A man has reportedly claimed he lured six-year-old Etan Patz with candy, before stabbing him to death and chopping up his body - nearly 33 years after the boy vanished as he walked to the bus from his Manhattan home. Pedro... | Pedro Hernandez lived just blocks from Etan when he disappeared .
Told investigators he thew Etan's body parts into garbage after slaying .
Police tipped off by relative who said Hernandez had confessed to the crime .
Comes just weeks after the four-day excavation of handyman Othniel Miller's SoHo basement, where polic... |
f9fd025efff4e48d80d2cdd86b834c60733db3e2 | Hong Kong (CNN) -- North Korea's sanction-hit regime has long been accused of drug trafficking as a source of hard currency, but a new report claims drug producers are finding a ready market closer to home and that as many as two-thirds of North Koreans have used methamphetamines. According to a report in the Spring 20... | Report claims North Korean drug producers are finding a ready market closer to home .
North Korea Review says as many as two-thirds of North Koreans have used methamphetamines .
Author says interviewees told her the border regions of North Korea are awash with drugs .
Interviewees say methamphetamines used as a palliat... |
f9fd56fca8566c49764be9d3f0594cc8b359cb8a | A British adventurer has battled treacherous seas capsizing five times to become the first person to paddle solo from Japan to Alaska. Sarah Outen, 28, arrived in Adak in the Aleutian Islands last night . after taking 150 days to row some 3,750 nautical miles in her boat Happy Socks. Ms . Outen, from Rutland, believes ... | Sarah Outen arrived in Adak, Alaska last night after 150 days at sea .
Attempt is part of challenge to loop the globe using human power . |
f9fddb91605a7e4e1ef244fa9e33ba38a1134d62 | An 87-year-old Maryland man has been killed by his pit bull at home as he took down the family Christmas tree, according to police in Frederick County. Police and animal control were called to the home of Eugene Smith on Wednesday last week and found the 84-pound rescue dog still mauling him. They managed to pull the d... | Eugene Smith was fatally attacked by his rescued dog on Wednesday .
Smith, 87, had reportedly brought the stray into his home after finding it .
The milk delivery truck driver was a well known lover of animals . |
f9ff4ebfacdd0e8da29762d13ee3f2b06ffe873a | Outrage: BBC Director General Tony Hall, pictured, pledged to cap payout deals following public anger at the amount spent on redundancy packages . The BBC has paid out more than £10million to staff in golden goodbyes over the last decade before giving them new jobs at the corporation. The cost of the ‘revolving door’ p... | Almost 300 employees made redundant since 2002 were later re-hired .
The full-time staff were given payouts totalling more than £10million .
BBC said it was 'inevitable' that some staff would rejoin the Corporation . |
f9ff710b156e45af8351ca611a87a078ebe283bc | Prince Harry joined crowds of thirsty ale-lovers to attend the Great British Beer festival in London yesterday afternoon. The 29-year-old sported a baseball cap and chinos to attend the event and drifted between stands of cider and craft beers with a group of friends. He was among thousands of beer-enthusiasts at the e... | Prince Harry was seen at the beer festival at Olympia in west London .
The 29-year-old wore a baseball cap and chinos for the low-key outing .
Was seen enjoying pub games with friends at event with over 1,000 beers . |
f9ff7d36829e0bab45405584132e52be8e6db99d | By . Deni Kirkova . PUBLISHED: . 07:54 EST, 1 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:53 EST, 1 February 2013 . People hoping to start a new relationship can generally expect a prospective partner will come with baggage of some kind. But Lisa Smith comes with one of the tallest orders of all - no sex. Ever. Speaking with Rut... | Vegan Lisa, 29, from Buckinghamshire, who doesn't want kids, hopes to find a man who will embrace her asexuality .
Says she wants potential partner to accept cuddling as extent of intimacy .
If the man of her dreams wanted sex she would say no. 'I'd feel like I was compromising myself and I would detest them for it'
Si... |
f9ffad6bdb3d4ffd17ff29523463ec3cae7ddc49 | One year on from when Danica Weeks lost the love of her life, none of her yearning questions have yet been answered. Ms Weeks and her two sons are among the grieving family members who lost loved ones in the tragic and baffling disappearance of Malaysia Airlines flight MH370. In a candid interview airing this Tuesday ... | Paul Weeks disappeared on the Malaysia Airlinesflight MH370 .
Wife Danica Weeks has described the agony of losing her husband .
She's frustrated with Malaysian authorities, claiming they've ignored her .
She found out by a text message that her husband had likely been killed .
She was left to tell her sons the harrowin... |
fa002f7db7bb4fbc456b532e49eeaa9267446717 | If Phil Collins has taught us anything, it is that You Can't Hurry Love - especially when its a love of collecting historical artifacts from a Wild West battle almost 180 years ago. After spending his life scouring the earth for memorabilia from the Battle of the Alamo, the Genesis singer appears to have finally comple... | Collins donated 200-plus pieces related to the 1836 battle to Alamo Museum .
It includes 4 rifles belonging to Davy Crockett and Jim Bowie's famous knife .
In 2012, Collins wrote book, The Alamo and Beyond: A Collector's .
Journey .
Collins says: 'Some people buy Ferraris, others buy houses, I bought old bits of metal ... |
fa00bbb72acbc47d342d6b9c216ef50980ef55f7 | A Far Right group used pictures of former television star Lynda Bellingham to attract visitors to its website. Britain First, a group which promotes fascist views with the slogan ‘Taking our country back’, posted pictures of Mrs Bellingham hours after her death and tricked users to like and share the pictures. Facebook... | Britain First posted pictures of Mrs Bellingham hours after her death .
Facebook users clicking 'like' on images did not know who posted them .
Combined number of likes and shares on post reached more than 7,000 .
Facebook page comments include calls for non-whites to be deported . |
fa00c5bed5f59e9993f03b59a4a0e07464e48f99 | Along with selfie and twerking, contouring was one of 2014's buzzwords - and it's all thanks to Kim Kardashian. The selfie-loving beauty buff well and truly put contouring - a laborious method of applying your make-up to enhance your features - on the map. But is it possible to get Kim's flawless look without a profess... | Rodial unveil their first-ever contouring cosmetics and skincare range .
The brand also opened a 'sculpting' make-up bar in Harvey Nichols .
FEMAIL writers attempted to pull off A-listers' flawless looks . |
fa01dbab5ed2769bce525041ceabc280283391b8 | April 1, 2014 . Could tens of thousands of wind turbines weaken hurricanes? The theory behind the question is explored in this April first edition of CNN Student News. Also in today's show: North Korea and South Korea exchange fire in the waters off the Korean Peninsula, a Japanese whaling program is banned, and we kic... | This page includes the show Transcript and the Daily Curriculum .
Use the Transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary .
The Daily Curriculum offers the Media Literacy Question of the Day, Key Concepts, Fast Facts and Discussion Questions .
At the bottom of the page, please share your feedback ... |
fa020629e41fa51a5738ed246e0667f4d39dd4c9 | By . Ryan Gorman . PUBLISHED: . 16:39 EST, 4 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:27 EST, 4 November 2013 . A Minnesota gnraphic designer who made fun of the NSA has found himself in a legal battle with the agency which is trying to ban his creation. Drawing inspiration from the revelations made this year by Edward Snowde... | The clever shirts were inspired by the Edward Snowden revelations about the NSA's domestic spying .
The spy agency quickly sent him a cease and desist letter, on grounds of intellectual property infringement .
Dan McCann is fighting back, suing the spooks for violating his First Amendment rights . |
fa02b10acc0e6286142c038c5615bcea9a6d37c2 | A university lecturer is claiming to have photographed fairies flying through the air in the British countryside. John Hyatt, 53, says his series of photos which were taken over the past two years prove the tiny winged creatures do exist in the Rossendale Valley, Lancashire. Mr Hyatt, Director of Manchester Institute f... | University lecturer John Hyatt claims he has proof the creatures are real .
He says they are residing in the Rossendale Valley, Lancashire .
Mr Hyatt has now put his photographs on display at a special exhibition . |
fa02c3c6aa7ba7dc76a69359c48a3319efb2a18c | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 05:40 EST, 5 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 08:23 EST, 5 March 2014 . When Krystal Whitesell found out her father was not going to live to see her wedding day, she decided to move it so he could walk her down the aisle. She decided to surprise him by arranging to have the ceremony the hospita... | Krystal Whitesell's father Kenneth is dying of lung cancer .
After finding out he wasn't going to live to her wedding, she moved it .
Krystal married her fiance at the hospital where her father is staying . |
fa033644d38a4a62b741eae8cd265a86ebee3ff9 | By . Martha De Lacey . PUBLISHED: . 11:53 EST, 9 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:35 EST, 9 July 2013 . Fans of the women's surf-wear brand Roxy have expressed their outrage at a new teaser video they feel is demeaning to women, branding it as 'disrespectful' and 'disappointing', and some claiming they feel 'utterly disgu... | Facebook fans angry that brand reduced pro-surfer to sexuality .
Video was teaser to reveal their poster girl for Roxy Pro Biarritz 2013 .
Girl unmasked in later video as Australian pro-surfer Stephanie Gilmore . |
fa038b95ac5cf33dc07ec769a634102e895ccc69 | After driving a tractor the length of Africa, Dutch adventurer Manon ‘Tractor Girl’ Ossevoort is setting out for the South Pole. She hopes to fulfil her decade-long dream of travelling the 2,796 miles from Russia’s Novo base to Antarctica and back. When asked whether people think she’s crazy for attempting such a bizza... | Adventurer Manon 'Tractor Girl' Ossevoort is setting out for the South Pole .
Hopes to fulfill decade-long dream with the help of a French mechanic .
In 2005, she travelled the entire length of Africa on her trusty tractor .
Once she arrives, plans to create a time capsule of 'dreams' in a snowman . |
fa03a7358f17a8566134e2bf9128e66af1404fd6 | Xabi Alonso said goodbye to Real Madrid on Friday and admitted he turned his back on a possible return to the Premier League because he did not want to spoil his Liverpool legacy. The former Spain midfielder, who joins Bayern Munich from Real Madrid after five years at the club, has been linked with a return to England... | Xabi Alonso left Real Madrid for Bayern Munich in a £5 million deal .
Former Spain ace said he wanted to preserve his memories of Liverpool .
The midfielder will link up with compatriot Pep Guardiola in Munich .
German champions have midfield injury crisis with Thiago, Bastian Schweinsteiger and Javi Martinez currently... |
fa0426c6014fc169a022e4b35bf58ebd7d0bfea3 | (CNN) -- On shaky, grainy video recordings, a group of men show off a stash of pills, pop open Budweiser tall boys and shoot dice for stacks of cash. One injects what appears to be heroin; another displays a large-caliber pistol, ejecting four bullets from the chamber to show that it's loaded. Here's the punchline: The... | A 2009 video shows Orleans Parish inmates using drugs in squalid cells .
"Why're we in here?" one inmate asks of the decrepit jail .
The Orleans Parish sheriff says the facility was closed in 2012 .
New Orleans mayor wants the jail put under federal control . |
fa04c61d80ec9741fda587ef1ada787de4740947 | Achievement: Fred Butler, 106, was awarded his honorary diploma on Monday during an emotional ceremony attended by school officials, state lawmakers and Beverly Mayor Bill Scanlon . Fred Butler was married for 65 years, raised five children, served in the Army during World War II and worked for years for the local wate... | Fred Butler from Beverly, Massachusetts, was awarded his honorary diploma on Monday .
Butler dropped out of school before the .
ninth-grade to accept a full-time job at a print shop to support his .
mother and five younger siblings .
He was married for 65 years, raised five .
children, served in the Army during World W... |
fa050d03a040acda9583e0bb0363818d8f3d5def | A former high school football captain has revealed for the first time how being abused by a female teacher shattered his dreams of playing at college level and changed his future. Cameron Clarkson, 22, attended Catholic Cretin-Derham Hall in St Paul, Minnesota for four years where he eventually led the state-title winn... | Cameron Clarkson attended Catholic Cretin-Derham Hall in St Paul, Minnesota for four years and was captain of the football team .
Substitute teacher Gail Gagne, 25, began having sex with him when he was 16 years old - at her parents' home and at a motel .
He was bullied after the liaison was made public at school, he b... |
fa051a2897b1f9bdb76f8d349791cc9221eb3ed2 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Control tower tapes reveal that the pilot of presidential hopeful Barack Obama's plane told air traffic controllers there was an emergency when he made an unscheduled landing last month in St. Louis, Missouri. Barack Obama's plane had to make an unscheduled landing on July 7 in St. Louis, Missouri.... | On tape pilot says he has limited ability to move plane's nose up and down .
ABC obtained audio tape in Freedom of Information Act request .
When incident occurred, officials had said it was not an emergency .
Pilot says on tape he was able to regain control during descent into St. Louis . |
fa05d6bf687c45e2b5a73dc9591892985c11fe3a | By . Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 23:11 EST, 30 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:40 EST, 1 December 2012 . ‘The Amazing Spiderman,’ ‘Taxi Driver’ and ‘The Karate Kid’ are getting some real resolution. The new, restored and rebooted films from Sony Pictures are among the content coming pre-loaded on a video... | Sony is releasing its first ultra-high-definition television, a massive 84-inch set that retails for $25,000 (£15,614) and features nearly four times the resolution of typical high-definition TVs .
Ultra HD is widely regarded as the next evolution in TV technology . |
fa069c8586fc77a5f294ab911315f278cf64ad77 | Farce: 37stone Les Price had to reason with staff who allocated his two seats rows apart . Before he boarded the plane, 37stone Les Price had already been forced to pay for an extra ticket. The airline’s rules for passengers weighing more than 20stone required him to buy two seats for himself. But when he got on board... | Les Price, 43, needed to pay for extra space because he is over 20stone .
His seats were on rows 17 and 19 of the plane flying to south Wales .
He was forced to explain the situation to staff on flight home from Ireland . |
fa07175f9300eaaf97f44567a458a9d9cb3d5470 | (CNN) -- A New Jersey father of a 4-year-old boy who fatally shot a 6-year-old neighbor in the head was arrested Monday night for having unsecured weapons accessible to children, the Atlantic County Prosecutor's Office said. Anthony Senatore, 33, was charged with six counts of endangering the welfare of children and a ... | Brandon Holt, 6, was shot in the head by a 4-year-old playmate on April 8 .
The 4-year-old's father was arrested Monday .
He is charged with six counts of child endangerment . |
fa07abef489757b7b920ce98967539a8e401d274 | Forget the latest It bag or designer outfit, it seems if you really want to grab attention on the awards red carpet, all you need to do is take your child along with you. It's an approach taken by a number of celebrities who took their offspring to last night's Grammy Awards - despite the show taking place past their b... | Nominated rapper Wiz Khalifa took his two-year-old son Sebastian .
'I wanted him to be a part of it,' he told reporters on the red carpet .
Jamie Foxx joined by his five-year-old daughter Annalise Bishop .
She had her picture taken with world's most famous musicians .
Beyonce and Jay Z's daughter Blue Ivy was also at t... |
fa07c60247293a338a828448520b2307117cee53 | Nicky Henderson’s Champion Hurdle runner-up My Tent Or Yours has been ruled out for the season after suffering a tendon injury. The talented gelding had been 7-1 fourth favourite for the hurdling crown at Cheltenham in March, a race in which he was beaten a neck by Jezki last year under champion jockey AP McCoy. Hender... | My Tent Or Yours had been 7-1 fourth favourite for the hurdling crown at Cheltenham in March .
Nicky Henderson had been intending to return the gelding in the Fighting Fifth Hurdle at Newcastle at the end of next month .
Henderson said: 'He’s not lame, he’s not sore, he’s not anything really.'
The New One will make hi... |
fa07c738f90495f147b4ce255cfe0b51aa6635fb | Luis Suarez is now the third most valuable footballer in the world according to an authoritative new report, published today, that rates the Liverpool striker as worth £79million - at least. Only Barcelona’s Lionel Messi, with a ‘starting price’ of £161.5m and Real Madrid’s Cristiano Ronaldo, worth at least £85.2m, are... | Luis Suarez third in the CIES Football Observatory ranking of most valuable players .
Lionel Messi is top of the list, with Cristiano Ronaldo second .
England prospects Raheem Sterling and Ross Barkley are above Daniel Sturridge and Wayne Rooney .
Nine current Premier League players make up the top 20 .
A huge range of... |
fa08315061e46541b09c86a82474be9dae51ecc4 | (CNN) -- Mike McLelland came to the law late in life. He was already around 40 when he started law school at Texas Wesleyan University in Fort Worth, drawn in by his work with the mentally ill, classmate and one-time law partner Michael Burns said. Becoming a district attorney "was what he always wanted to do," Burns s... | "They were the consummate good people," classmate says of slain DA and wife .
Mike McLelland came to the law late in life after training as a psychologist .
"We're looking out the peephole when the doorbell rings now," friend says . |
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