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faf934b4f346a5329e05ec0a9be100ca3a5dfa46 | 'As far as me and Diana and the tango . dance that we had, I always say she just wanted some of my . deliciousness,' opponent Augustus joked to reporters . By . Alexandra Klausner . PUBLISHED: . 19:38 EST, 27 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:14 EST, 28 September 2013 . The WNBA playoff game between the Pheonix Mercur... | Both players received personal fouls .
'I was just trying to make sweet love,' Tauarasi said of her kissing her opponent .
'As far as me and Diana and the tango .
dance that we had, I always say she just wanted some of my .
deliciousness,' opponent Augustus joked to reporters . |
faf978626c07616d4d3020220f16a3a26cf4fcc7 | Rolf Harris faced a flood of fresh abuse allegations yesterday as his victims vowed to reduce him to ruin by launching claims on his £11million fortune. A dozen new alleged victims have contacted lawyers seeking compensation payouts which could top £70,000 each, with a High Court civil claim set to be launched in weeks... | Harris believed to have £11million fortune from his art, music and TV careers .
Law firm handling Savile, Clifford and Hall cases may take on Harris victims .
'Up to a dozen' women have contacted Slater & Gordon about compensation .
Harris' money is in companies and trusts, including two set up before arrest .
Child ... |
faf9c86d46702d46aa67c79467f61f5cc656e6cf | By . Mark Nicol . PUBLISHED: . 16:11 EST, 13 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:11 EST, 13 October 2012 . More than 400 serving and retired troops will this week descend on Parliament to confront David Cameron in a protest unprecedented in the history of the British Army. Officers and soldiers from the Royal Regiment ... | Serving soldiers will join march despite being threatened with court martial .
First time soldiers have demonstrated on streets of London since 1649 . |
faf9e2da830d4f0c6e1c250737a21ceec3b6f0b3 | By . Hugo Duncan . Last updated at 7:53 AM on 24th January 2012 . Warning: IMF Christine Lagarde said the global economy faced a 'defining moment' in the battle to avert a rerun of the Great Depression . The world must act now to prevent a ‘1930s moment’ and a ‘downward spiral’ into economic catastrophe, the Internatio... | IMF chief urges Germany to take the lead .
Warns Europe is heading for a double dip recession . |
fafa62770611a66ea8d1876207158a16cbc1ef27 | By . Mark Duell . Last updated at 9:22 PM on 13th December 2011 . A young child has become only the second person in the U.S. to develop a rare form of flu that is usually found in pigs rather than humans. The Minnesota child has developed the H1N2 virus, which does not usually infect humans. The only previous case was... | Young child in Minnesota has developed H1N2 virus .
Only previous case of H1N2 was in 2007 in Michigan .
6,000 people died in U.S. from H1N1 strain in 2009 . |
fafae934eb1e34e10ac4a8a4b77b2e3be26c4aa7 | A macabre directory listing the name, rank and decorations of every SS member is going up for auction decades after it was stolen from Nazi officials by a British spy. The 425-page book contains more than 30,000 entries, detailing every fighter in the Nazi Party's paramilitary arm - with feared leader Heinrich Himmler ... | Book published in 1938 lists 30,000 members of the SS from Himmler down .
It was stolen from Nazi officials by a British SOE agent during the war .
Set to fetch up to £2,000 when it goes up for auction next month .
The SS started as a private Nazi army and ended up as the most feared arm of the German state . |
fafb04980475a133a39d7b7b2fb176524bc7865a | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:38 EST, 31 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:37 EST, 31 July 2013 . Arrest: Idowu Daramola, 48, was allegedly talking on his phone when he caused a deadly crash . The bus driver who lost control of his vehicle, causing it to smash into a lamppost which crushed an eight-month-old g... | Angela Parrera died at the scene in West New York, New Jersey on Tuesday .
Mother Maylin Hogo's desperate screams could be heard by residents of apartment 21 floors above the scene of the bloody accident .
Idowu Daramola's bus crashed into lampposts and parked cars . |
fafb13c9a3c099c1206593eaaa3b83d53fb18582 | By . James Slack . and Chris Greenwood . Police have no idea where he is: Murderer Robert Donovan (above) has been on the run since fleeing an open prison four years ago . Police were under fire last night for . taking four years to warn the public that a dangerous murderer was on . the run from an open prison. Robert ... | Robert Donovan, 57, jailed for life in 1974 after stabbing man to death .
He fled open prison in West Sussex in 2010 while out on day release . |
fafb3852ac4b8d23415c06a25a439a85a5ae6a88 | Spaniard Carlos Velasco Carballo wore the referee's kit, but he wasn't in charge for this quarter final in Fortaleza. The refereeing at this World Cup has been consistently lenient. Teams will have noted that and now know that they have a licence to foul, particularly gifted opponents like James Rodriguez. Time and tim... | 54 fouls were recorded during Brazil's 2-1 World Cup 2014 semi-final victory over Colombia .
James Rodriguez in particular received rough treatment .
The referee Carlos Velasco Carballo remained lenient throughout the tie however . |
fafd53786a8b7bcfe7ad49a894797a7df18cc580 | With his mother's trademark pout on his face, Brooklyn Beckham makes his modelling debut aged 15. The teenager appears on the cover of Man About Town magazine and while he poses just like his mum Victoria - he looks the spitting image of his handsome soccer star dad David in the black and white photo shoot which evokes... | Brooklyn, 15, oldest son of Victoria and David Beckham, is on the cover of Man About Town fashion magazine .
Editor says the shoot celebrates teenage style - and calls Brooklyn 'diligent and relaxed'
Beckhams are 'immensely proud' of kids - and family attended photo shoot . |
fafd76f0a5ec8a9a264fdd7fca8b8fe6df25fb51 | Police in Arkansas announced this morning the arrest of a man named a person of interest in the disappearance of a real estate agent who vanished showing a property to an unknown would-be buyer. Arron Lewis, 33, was apprehended in Little Rock by the local police at around 10am Monday in connection to the case of Beverl... | Arron Lewis, 33, was apprehended Monday morning in Little Rock, Arkansas .
Lewis was spotted by police in a car crash on Sunday .
They took him to hospital but he fled while they waited outside ward .
There is now an arrest warrant for Lewis, facing kidnapping charges .
Beverly Carter, 49, was showing a home in Scott, ... |
fafdadeee0b75569f414621581d28eda2c23bc2b | (CNN) -- It may be the next best thing to owning a piece of the moon. A cloth American flag that was taken to the moon's surface was one of more than 500 aviation and space exploration artifacts sold into private hands at auction this week. "To be honest with you, there's only 12 men who walked on the moon out of 105 b... | A joystick used by Apollo 15 commander to land on the moon sold for over $600,000 .
It was among hundreds of aviation and space exploration artifacts sold at auction this week .
Many items touched the surface of the moon during multiple Apollo missions . |
fafdbe55f64a3e05952bc66185a25dfcc953a449 | By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 04:57 EST, 10 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 21:04 EST, 10 September 2012 . We have already become familiar with the sight of Curiosity on the Martian surface, but Nasa today revealed one of the most human-like images of the rover, showing its 'face' on the surface of the red planet. The... | Engineers reveal they have removed the dust lens from 2 megapixel Mahli camera .
Has been used to photograph 'lucky penny' on the rover's arm to calibrate the camera . |
fafde5f522724c3b50f4402ec5098b00ad3ead91 | London (CNN) -- With her lashings of butter and flirtations with the camera, celebrity chef Nigella Lawson has charmed her many fans by turning everyday cooking into a more sensual experience. As she's licked her fingers while talking viewers through her recipes, she has earned nicknames such as "domestic goddess" and ... | Fans call Nigella Lawson the "domestic goddess" and "queen of food porn"
Trial of ex-assistants gripped media, thanks to disclosure of her drug use and marriage woes .
"I did not have a drug problem, I had a life problem," Lawson told the court .
Her marriage to millionaire Charles Saatchi ended this year . |
fafe8efd7a0692636e51320c33ffa468af98d91d | By . Emma Innes . A mother has credited her baby daughter with saving her life after doctors discovered a deadly heart condition when she went into hospital to give birth. Samantha McRoberts, 29, arrived at hospital for a scheduled Caesarean delivery of her third child, Marley. But she struggled to stay conscious in th... | Samantha McRoberts was very breathless and ill during her pregnancy .
She was told this was normal and that it was related to her asthma .
Marley delivered by C-section but then Ms McRoberts lost consciousness .
Her heart stopped numerous times and a crash team battled to save her .
Tests revealed she had a severely da... |
fafec6b5ed1172ffc7fc45b218429782f5de2680 | A 17-year-old girl has provoked a storm of controversy after she posted a video on Facebook showing her older brother slowing saw the head off a live turtle. Catrina Shears, from West Michigan, posted the 43 second video of the snapping turtle's death to the social media website this week. The clip, filmed on a mobile ... | WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT .
Catrina Shears, of West Michigan, posted the 43 second video on Facebook .
Clip shows the teenager using pliers to pull the turtle's head out from shell .
Elder brother steps on the turtle and saws the head off for 20 seconds .
DNR: 'We are certainly disappointed anyone would post something l... |
faff7bbc19121e7aae24d15458580f45fc384173 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:16 EST, 10 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:48 EST, 10 March 2014 . Tiger Woods has taken refuge on board his yacht with his girlfriend Lindsey Vonn after a tough weekend on the golf course. Woods and Vonn were spotted boarding his boat, called Privacy, on Sunday night in Miami ... | The couple was seen boarding his 155-foot yacht Sunday night in Miami .
She had been on the sidelines with Woods' daughter Sam over the weekend as he played in two tournaments .
He finished the Cadillac Championship with a score of 78- his highest score ever .
Hit two different spectators with stray balls during the ro... |
faff8cc5cb3748d7f4adf265c79e4a2aa1522d9b | Hillary Clinton left her post at the top of the U.S. State Department on Feb. 1, 2013, but the federal government spent more than $55,000 on travel expenses related to her book tour just last month, procurement documents show. The expenses included a $3,668 charge for her to enjoy a single night's lodging in a suite at... | $3,668 hotel suite at the posh Four Seasons George V hotel in Paris .
$5,100 to rent three Mercedes-Benz VIP vans in Berlin, curiously billed to the Homeland Security Department's Office of Inspector General .
State Department paid for nearly $50,000 of the costs even though Mrs. Clinton no longer heads the cabinet age... |
fb00d221664b57975b877a9d6865fbed7677e5fd | By . Emma Glanfield . Princess Diana told how she 'could not help but be deeply moved' after visiting landmine victims in Bosnia in her last official letter . Princess Diana told how she ‘could not help but be deeply moved’ after visiting landmine victims in Bosnia in her last official letter written before her tragic ... | The hand-signed letter was written on Kensington Palace-headed paper .
It was sent to humanitarian campaigner Dilys Cheetham on August 11, 1997 .
Moving letter followed Princess Diana's visit to landmine victims in Bosnia .
She sent it just weeks before her tragic death in a car crash in Paris in 1997 . |
fb00fdf696dfd0ef41b3b5bd40d21f0ffec26bb4 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- House Democrats on Thursday failed to override President Bush's veto of a children's health insurance bill that opponents said was too expensive. Musician Paul Simon, left, joins House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to oppose Bush's veto of the SCHIP bill. By a vote of 273 to 156, the measure fell 13 votes sh... | Bush "pleased" by defeat of "misguided" bill, says White House .
Supporters fail by 13 votes to muster two-thirds majority to override bill .
Supporters wanted $30 billion more than Bush for five years of SCHIP .
SCHIP targets kids in gap between Medicaid, private insurance . |
fb01e757ad96f643cf3e9c7c46ad9ecd50944576 | From the puritanical Victorian standards of beauty in 1910, to the eclectic styles of today, a fascinating new time-lapse video documents how hairstyles have changed over the past century. The video, masterminded by the team at Cut Video, shows how beauty has evolved over 100 years in just one minute. Beginning in 1910... | Video documents changing hairstyles from 1910 to today .
Shows hair inspired by Madonna, Farrah Fawcett and Kim Kardashian .
Reveals styles from 20s bob, Hollwood curls in the 40s and the 60s beehive . |
fb01f208362596c3d32be51515699604e260efea | Italian captain Francesco Schettino returned to the stricken Costa Concordia for the first time since he jumped ship two years ago in a tragedy that claimed 32 lives. Wearing a leather jacket and sunglasses, the disgraced captain fought off a media scrum as he arrived in the tiny port on Giglio Island, donned a life ja... | Francesco Schettino tells media scrum: 'I want to show I'm not a coward'
Schettino faced angry mob, with one local shouting: 'Drown yourself'
His lawyers want to see if any faults with ship contributed to the disaster .
Islanders say they want the stricken vessel removed from their coastline .
Schettino says he fell in... |
fb0258d0595f598a86f87ab62cb864d6c48752b8 | (CNN) -- Iran's parliament on Thursday approved the Cabinet nominations of a suspected terrorist and the first woman minister in the Islamic republic's 30-year history. Iran's first woman minister Marzieh-Vahid Dastjerdi. She will head the health ministry. Lawmakers approved the nomination of Ahmad Vahidi for its defen... | Islamic Republic appoints its first ever woman minister Marzieh-Vahid Dastjerdi .
Lawmakers also approve nomination of Ahmad Vahidi for its defense minister post .
Vahidi, a former leader of the Iranian Revolutionary Guard is a suspected terrorist . |
fb02a01808b612860bddec2e2f300f9a5f3a78ed | Several members of England’s Euro 2012 squad travelled to the Auschwitz death camp yesterday. Wayne Rooney and Joe Hart were among those who toured the gas chambers, while the rest of the squad stayed closer to their Krakow base to visit the enamel factory where Oskar Schindler protected Jews from the SS and Gestapo. ... | Grant asked Hodgson to join the squad's Auschwitz visit to explain to them what happened .
His father buried his parents and siblings during the Holocaust .
Trip was filmed to educate secondary school pupils about the Holocaust .
Captain Steven Gerrard led an additional visit to Oskar Schindler's factory . |
fb02a8634431e58528ce439536b2253db11a1c89 | Cairo (CNN) -- A senior Egyptian general admits that "virginity checks" were performed on women arrested at a demonstration this spring, the first such admission after previous denials by military authorities. The allegations arose in an Amnesty International report, published weeks after the March 9 protest. It claime... | 17 women were arrested at a March 9 protest in Cairo, after Mubarak's ouster .
A senior Egyptian general says some of them were subject to "virginity checks"
He says it was done so that they wouldn't claim later they had been raped .
One woman allegedly targeted had said, "They wanted to teach us a lesson" |
fb0389b2c6a56ae9900cd8305e84e24935f3aaa8 | Tyson Fury’s on-off grudge match with Dereck Chisora will be rescheduled for this autumn even though the giant Mancunian’s initial reaction to Saturday’s chaotic postponement was to wash his fists of the London rival he has defeated once already. Fury’s frustration with Chisora’s breaking of his left hand was understan... | Tyson Fury bout with Dereck Chisora set to be rescheduled for the autumn .
Last Saturday's fight was called off after Chisora withdrew through injury .
Fury then pulled out of replacement fight with Alexander Ustinov .
Gennady Golovkin is making waves in middleweight division .
He has been compared with legendary boxer... |
fb038e9849b64f2d0db7b3795d9c1e6bf577cefa | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- First lady Michelle Obama vowed Monday to "take no prisoners" as she and her husband launch an unprecedented bid for Chicago's 2016 Olympic bid. First lady's attitude about the effort to secure Chicago's bid for the 2016 Olympics: "Take no prisoners." "It's a battle -- we're going to win -- take no... | Michelle Obama to join forces with husband in unprecedented bid to nab Olympics .
The first lady promises "to take no prisoners" during her campaign in Denmark .
She'll be working her own pitch with IOC members while president makes his own .
She's jokingly warned first lady of Brazil "gloves are off" in quest to land ... |
fb0404315d28ba110b75887957465aa6d321f283 | By . Martin Robinson and Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 08:36 EST, 25 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:28 EST, 25 June 2013 . Shamed multi-millionaire art mogul Charles Saatchi made a show of defiance last night when he dined alone at the central London restaurant where he was photographed grabbing wife Nigella Lawson by the ... | Mr Saatchi, 70, returned to dine alone at Scott's in Mayfair last night .
He reiterated claims hours earlier that he and his wife had a 'playful tiff'
'Even domestic goddesses sometimes have a bit of snot' he said .
Mr Saatchi said he was attempting to wipe his wife's nose .
Lord Lawson was photographed visiting daught... |
fb045ea07ed2fc48f5cb72462ad28dca52b01b24 | By . Alex Ward . An assault victim thought he was Barack Obama after an infected bite mark on his cheek caused him to hallucinate and develop 'God-like delusions'. Tatenda Kamasho, 19, was stabbed and bitten on the cheek by Jordace Sinclair, 18, while waiting in a queue at McDonald’s in The Drapery, Northampton. The as... | Jordace Sinclair, 18, attacked Tatenda Kamasho, 19, while in McDonald's .
Mr Kamasho was bitten on the cheek and the wound turned septic .
He suffered hallucinations and his condition deteriorated to such a state he believed he was Mr Obama and had 'God-like delusions'
Sinclair was jailed for five years . |
fb04c24e34210c9375113078e1915fc02666d22f | By . Lydia Warren . and Jessica Jerreat . A Texas teenager whose date died in their hotel room after her senior prom has sent a series of emotional text messages to a friend suggesting she passed away following an overdose. The unidentified date frantically called 911 on Saturday morning after waking up in a North Hous... | Jacqueline Gomez, 17, was not breathing when her boyfriend woke in their hotel room in Houston on Saturday morning .
Text messages the unidentified boyfriend sent one of Gomez's friends apparently reveal that authorities believe she died of an overdose .
He told the friend that Gomez had prescription painkillers but do... |
fb05a2ae6bb6a534d12d022569876fe13a18088d | By . Sara Smyth . PUBLISHED: . 12:02 EST, 24 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:09 EST, 24 August 2013 . Survivor: Phil Woodbridge came through the potentially fatal accident unscathed thanks to his quick reactions and sturdy car . A 25-year-old man has survived a 40 tonne truck falling onto the roof of his car after it s... | Phil Woodbridge jumped out of the passenger door as the lorry fell above his head .
Roof of his four-week-old Audi only gave way slightly under the weight .
34-year-old lorry driver was also unhurt in the potentially fatal crash . |
fb06118598e91f4f3aee9ba30622be108f2fe12e | Beijing (CNN) -- After a deal was hammered out by European Union leaders last week on a joint plan to help bail out Greece and bolster European banks, the world looked to China to help pick up the check. In a historical context, it's a remarkable turn of events for China, which inside a generation has rocketed from iso... | EU leaders are hopeful China will assist in funding the European debt plan .
China has the world's largest currency reserves with more than $3 trillion .
Beijing is reluctant to spend the reserves for fear of public backlash .
"They keep pushing the anti-dumping thing and bullying China, and now we are helping them?" |
fb06bf33173ade74b879ba003b23a48a88cbd026 | By . Simon Tomlinson . PUBLISHED: . 04:49 EST, 2 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:11 EST, 2 December 2013 . She has a crippling condition that is weakening her heart, causing her muscles to seize up and has very recently confined her to a wheelchair. But through her love of music - and with little help from her friend... | Kaitin Windt has rare genetic condition called Freidrich's Ataxia .
Causes her muscles to seize up, heart weakness and diabetes .
Curve in spine got so bad it has confined her to a wheelchair .
But she is determined to keep playing in her high school band .
Band director's daughter has learned routine to push her aroun... |
fb06f2c7ea15c2b8fb02e4bb250c6894315de195 | (CNN) -- Pfc. Bradley Manning, who provided classified government documents to WikiLeaks detailing, among other things, America's undisclosed policies on torture, was found guilty of espionage on Tuesday. The verdict comes on the 235th anniversary of the passage of America's first whistle-blower protection law, approve... | Douglas Rushkoff: Manning found guilty of espionage. Why is whistle-blowing punishable?
He says U.S. government hasn't faced it can't control info in digital age of easy access .
He says Manning exposed objectionable official actions of U.S.--not secrets, but approaches .
Rushkoff: The transparency of a digital age mea... |
fb07a716206bd931c94a0075fe73004677db3199 | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 05:56 EST, 19 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:36 EST, 19 September 2013 . A mother has had two cars written off while parked in the same spot outside her home in the space of just five weeks. Nicola Hawkins, 31, lost her 06-registration Fiat Punto when a motorbike crashed into it in Sw... | Nicola Hawkins, 31, lost her Fiat Punto in the first crash on August 11 .
She bought a £3,000 BMW 3 Series which was written off on September 14 .
Neighbours in Swansea, South Wales, described it as the 'unluckiest parking space in Britain' |
fb07c49808d307b943958dee4dea301903194f70 | By . Dan Ripley . Follow @@Ripley_77 . Didier Drogba's previous game in a Chelsea shirt proved rather more dramatic as his final kick in a Blues jersey resulted in them winning the 2012 Champions League. But there was to be no penalty kick heroics from the Ivorian on his return to the club, as the veteran striker drew ... | Didier Drogba played first Chelsea game after joining on free from Galatasaray .
Ivory Coast striker was second half substitute for Diego Costa in 3-0 defeat by Werder Bremen .
John Terry handed him captaincy later in game, but 36-year-old failed to trouble German side in front of goal . |
fb0882d5ecebce62af6a6a0c5252d2283abd868b | NEW YORK (CNN) -- It is one of the most notorious cold cases in recent memory. A 6-year-old girl, a child of beauty and privilege, was found dead in the basement of her home in Boulder, Colorado, on the day after Christmas 1996. The strangulation of JonBenet Ramsey is also among the coldest of cases. Twelve years have ... | False suspicions, unsecured crime scene plague investigation from start .
Ramsey family spends years under "cloud of suspicion"
New touch DNA test cleared all family members earlier this year .
Anyone with information is asked to call 303-441-1636 . |
fb08949becfb88b26403f5011436216bd5f3b733 | By . Julian Robinson . An Italian pensioner aged 75 has been accused of being 'sex mad' - by his wife who is 50 years younger than him. Elderly Efisio Manfrin appeared in court in Naples accused by his spouse of being a 'maniac that wanted sex all the time'. And she told the court that the constant pressure to get into... | Pensioner, 75, described by wife as 'a maniac that wanted sex all the time'
Italian Efisio Manfrin married his wife Iglesia Guerero, 25, five years ago .
They are in court accusing each other of assault after fight at Naples home .
He said fight started because 'she cared more about money than sex and affection' |
fb089578b7cea0687a540b5d907e5a8997d68ae0 | Boston (CNN) -- James "Whitey" Bulger was one of the most "vicious, violent and calculating criminals to ever walk the streets of Boston," prosecuting attorney Fred Wyshak told the jury Monday as closing arguments began after 35 days of testimony in Bulger's trial. Bulger is accused of 19 killings and 13 counts of exto... | NEW: Both sides make closing arguments in the trial of James "Whitey" Bulger .
NEW: Defense: "All our government cared about -- get the mafia at all costs"
NEW: Prosecution: "It's not about whether or not the FBI in Boston was a mess"
Bulger is accused of 19 killings during a 20-year "reign of terror" |
fb08af39c29b834be982af6a5eb83725db6deac4 | (CNN) -- From supermarkets to the office supply store, it's hard to miss those tiny bottles of 5-hour Energy. The makers of 5-Hour Energy call it a "no-nonsense drink." "It would be easier for me to tell you where we didn't sell them in the U.S. than list all the places we do," said Carl Sperber, spokesman for Living E... | 5-Hour Energy promises energy, alertness without jitters to fatigued Americans .
Each bottle contains caffeine, high doses of B vitamins, and "energy blend"
Expert: No research of how the ingredients react together . |
fb0907d587c5263a5323279f84245bcc93e15005 | By . Lucy Crossley . Three men have been arrested after a shootout with armed officers from the National Crime Agency, police said today. Multiple shots were reportedly fired during the stand-off in Tottenham, north London, with the agency confirming that firearms were discharged by officers. Shots were also allegedly ... | Firearms discharged by officers during stand off in north London .
Two men arrested on suspicion of attempted murder and later charged .
Shooting reported to the Independent Police Complaints Commission . |
fb0975d7f4798edd868e6f78fea0d90b52415e4f | In a sickening video posted on YouTube, soldiers from the Syrian-based group Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) were seen holding up the decapitated head of a soldier they believed was a supporter of President Bashar al-Assad. But, after the footage was made public, the victim was recognised by an extremist as a ... | Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham severed the head of a fighter in Syria .
Believed he was a pro-Assad soldier but turned out to be a fellow rebel .
Group 'misunderstood' comments he made about Shia founding fathers . |
fb0991488a59c58b8b7ab46659d16bceaa434e27 | Killed: Shaaliver Douse, 14, was killed by police early Sunday. Officers say he pointed a gun at them . The shooting of a 14-year-old boy Sunday by a rookie police officer has shocked New York City. The police commissioner concedes that the teen may be the youngest person ever killed by the NYPD. Despite the tragic you... | Shaaliver Douse, 14, was chasing down man and shooting at him when he was encountered by NYPD officers, police say .
Teen raised his gun at police and was shot in the jaw .
Police Commissioner Ray Kelly says he cannot think of a younger person shot and killed by officers in the city .
Boy's family denies gang involveme... |
fb0992ec598af4a88506dbcbceec60310ab4e772 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 19:35 EST, 9 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:58 EST, 10 December 2012 . Some people create man caves in their basement, but Roy Moseman's got a century-old general store, full of brightly colored packages a customer might have found in a general store circa 1900, give or take a fe... | Vietnam vet Roy Moseman created incredible collection of long-gone packaging beneath his home in Athens, Georgia .
Store items include medicine, tobacco, food and drink containers . |
fb09b424314af24c1eb85460f3487b9712df25f5 | United Airlines said on Thursday that it is notifying passengers who were on flights with a man later diagnosed with Ebola and telling them how to contact federal health officials. United said it is also telling passengers that officials at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) believe the man could not ... | United told passengers that the CDC doesn't believe the man could have spread the disease on the flights he took last month .
The planes underwent a rigorous cleaning process, United said Thursday . |
fb09ea47f959362fbce4be94421d3fbf2ccdabef | Set in the backdrop of the beautifully barren Mongolian mountains these photographs show young females breaking into a masculine dominated pasttime, as young men are drawn away from their family homes. Photographer Asher Svidensky chose to focus on the next generation of hunters who are the future of keeping this dying... | Photographer Asher Svidensky chose to .
focus on the next generation of hunters which are now female .
Documented the inner turmoil of daughters breaking into a masculine dominated pasttime . |
fb0a7d8f17f9341c02428f5677044603e2ea0d3f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 04:34 EST, 31 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:10 EST, 31 August 2013 . House prices have leapt almost £500 a month this summer as the market continues to recover and government attempts to kickstart mortgage lending enabled more first-time buyers to get a foot on the property lad... | Average UK house price is £170,514 - up 3.5 per cent from last August .
Mortgage lending is at a five-year high .
Government schemes are credited with kickstarting lending and helping first-time buyers on to property ladder .
But experts warn of another housing bubble . |
fb0a9e386731ab539db70b8f5fd6e3c0bfd1fb15 | Poachers killed 33 elephants recently in remote Congo park . Three poachers died in gun battle with rangers at weekend . Garamba National Park, Congo, a stronghold for LRA . By . Paul Donnelley . The deaths of 33 elephants in a remote park in Congo has led to speculation that the rebel Lord's Resistance Army is poachin... | Poachers killed 33 elephants recently in remote Congo park .
Three poachers died in gun battle with rangers at weekend .
Garamba National Park, Congo, a stronghold for LRA . |
fb0ac13762a04f1bcd4fa07fb90c52f35cadfb91 | By . Beth Stebner . PUBLISHED: . 08:41 EST, 19 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:08 EST, 19 March 2012 . A two-year-old girl has made an astonishing recovery after she was bound in duct tape and left in a cold shower until she lost consciousness. Though Alexis Salaz was initially pronounced brain dead at the hospital, she... | 21-month-old Alexis Salaz was punished by her aunt, Mary Horsley for 'moving and crying'
Horsley will be sentenced to 20 to 48 years for felony child abuse . |
fb0b4cfe6f252ee76fdda4b6a3d909751e9d4474 | (CNN) -- Google says it will spend $5 million on an effort to wipe pictures of child sexual abuse from the Web and another $2 million to research more effective ways to find, report and eradicate the images. "The Internet has been a tremendous force for good -- increasing access to information, improving people's abili... | Google spending a total of $7 million to ramp up fight against child porn .
Search giant's "fingerprinting" helps find images, prosecute those who post them .
Child Protection Technology Fund will look for new tools . |
fb0b4e398d70af2d9e25280f1ff40e706770793d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:36 EST, 7 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:53 EST, 8 November 2012 . Three siblings quarrelling over their late mother's will are risking spending every penny they were about to inherit in the vicious court battle. Julia Hawes claims that there is no evidence that her mother ... | Two sisters and brother in vicious court battle over Daphne Burgess's will .
Peter Burgess claims ill mother did not mean to leave him nothing . |
fb0b62412538395a31d476d044d550b604105762 | It may look like the control panel from a sci-fi spaceship, but this plethora of buttons and futuristic steering wheel is the cockpit of the Bloodhound supersonic car. This is the view that driver Andy Green will see when he aims to become the first person in history to hit 1,000mph (1,609kph) on land. The 51-year-old ... | The cockpit of Bloodhound SSC is made from layers of carbon fibre .
It took 10,000 hours to design and manufacture .
The structure weighs 441lbs (200kg) and has to be strong to withstand forces generated by the front wheels and suspension .
Driver Andy Green will use the controls in a bid to become the first person in ... |
fb0bdf1605b43a77a2a87712ba018a068a021d3a | Aleppo, Syria (CNN) -- In a small village outside of Aleppo where we are hunkered down for the night, our host apologizes profusely. He doesn't have enough blankets for us and it's bitterly cold. He and his family were forced to flee their home in the city to their unfurnished, humble residence in the countryside with ... | Rebel forces control most of Aleppo, Syria's largest city .
There is still sporadic fighting there .
Some residents have returned, others have only retrieved their belongings .
Food is in short supply and, as a result, prices have skyrocketed . |
fb0beea09f9fa17b89b4fdcda70a1b2e6f8ccd2b | It is a tale of tragedy meets election-year politics. As the nation reels from yet another mass murder, in which the killer shot some of his victims before taking his own life, two rival proposals aimed at improving mental health -- and supporters hope curbing mass gun violence by extension -- are before congressional ... | Lawmakers have two bills tackling mental health in aftermath of Santa Barbara shooting .
Such efforts have failed before and political experts doubt there's much political will .
Since Congress has failed to act, states have enacted a number of gun reform laws .
Families of victims, advocates frustrated by lack of fede... |
fb0c01f00b715eb947c8561a792c8cd85ff0f3ba | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:51 EST, 8 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:29 EST, 8 December 2012 . Reckless: Marvin Travon Hicks was arrested after he crashed his car, killing a two-year-old girl, while running away from police . Police have arrested a California man after he led them on a high-speed chas... | Marvin Travon Hicks, 43, was arrested on felony vehicular manslaughter charges .
The victim was two-year-old Madison Ruano, who was considered a 'miracle child' after she survived being born nearly three months premature .
Her mother is in a stable but serious condition . |
fb0c568bd4be7db19690c0dfd5e4ee7060b519a3 | SHANGHAI, China (CNN) -- On Saturday at 10 a.m. it's show time for Brenda Zhang and her subtitle team. They roll out of bed, meet each other online and chat, while their modems download the latest episode of "Prison Break," which just aired half a world away on Friday night in America. Chinese netizens have a growing ... | Online translating teams in China volunteer to translate pirated English media .
Virtual teams compete with one another to translate latest downloaded U.S. shows .
Team member: "We are living in this grey zone ... it is not legal"
Media expert: Groups are unique experiment in social dynamics of virtual groups . |
fb0cdd375206d15011c3ab0709baf1b3fbfd3252 | More than 200 letters written by mass murderer Anders Breivik have been seized to stop him setting up a far-right organisation from within his prison cell. Prison authorities have revealed they seized 220 of his letters because the correspondence showed he was attempting to establish himself as the 'frontman' of an or... | Mass murderer is trying to establish extremist uprising from his prison cell .
Anders Breivik killed 77 people in 2011 after he went on a shooting spree .
Authorities have revealed they have seized more than 200 of his letters .
They claim he is trying to establish himself as a 'frontman' for violence . |
fb0d133829ab26f0488b1c4f286df7802e498d4c | PUBLISHED: . 12:54 EST, 5 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:38 EST, 6 June 2013 . The forgotten logbook of a former Royal Navy diver has revealed fascinating details about a unique World War One submarine that sank over 80 years ago as the result of a simple failure to secure the door. The faded diary of Plymouth-born Albe... | Forgotten diary of Albert ‘Bob’ Smale has been rediscovered by family .
Details salvage operation to raise world’s first underwater aircraft carrier .
Contact with HMS M2 was lost in January 1932 during routine exercise .
All of the vessel’s 60-strong crew lost their lives in the tragedy .
The logbook reveals it was a ... |
fb0d476a7e8d3633b9eca7a168109fbcb6bcde1a | (CNN) -- The International Criminal Court on Wednesday found a Congolese warlord guilty of turning children into killers, marking the war crimes tribunal's first verdict in its decade of operation. Judges convicted Thomas Lubanga of conscripting and enlisting children under age 15 and using them to participate in "host... | The International Criminal Court finds a warlord guilty of conscripting and enlisting children .
Thomas Lubanga is the court's first arrest and conviction .
Lubanga remains in custody pending sentencing . |
fb0d7a4691cd20373476a9ced23714ddf6f0b946 | (CNN) -- Floyd Mayweather Jr. has said he is ready to make the big-money fight with newly crowned WBO welterweight world champion Manny Pacquiao happen. After victory in Las Vegas over Puerto Rico's Miguel Cotto on Saturday, Pacquiao's trainer Freddie Roach said the "whole world" now wanted to see a fight with Mayweath... | Manny Pacquiao is the new WBO welterweight world champion .
Floyd Mayweather Jr. used to hold the WBC title in the division and is undefeated in 40 fights .
Mayweather's fight with Oscar De La Hoya gave a record $77 million payday for fighters .
A Pacquiao bout with Mayweather expected to eclipse this total . |
fb0dbc98de898583ecc61b12ea44a3eab9fcf53a | Frank Lampard is to be offered an ambassadorial role with the FA as part of a strategy to keep former England players involved with the national team. The Manchester City midfielder’s stock has soared since being being forced out of Chelsea in the summer. He signed to play for New York City in Major League Soccer in th... | Frank Lampard to be offered an ambassadorial role as part of a strategy to keep former England players involved with the national team .
He impressed England boss Roy Hodgson and FA officials with the way he mentored the squad's young players in Brazil .
Liverpool midfielder Steven Gerrard is another earmarked for an a... |
fb0dded5f210f2400cfad65d4213c3493f75210d | One of Britain's worst boxers who is so bad he describes himself as a 'human punchbag' is getting back in the ring despite losing his last 50 fights in a row. Robin Deakin, 27, won his first professional bout in 2006 but has lost every bout since then and currently has the worst professional record in the country. He h... | Robin Deakin, 27, won his first fight in 2006 but has lost every one since .
He has been knocked out 12 times as he wracked up 50 defeats .
Deakin has performed so badly he had his boxing licence taken away .
But he hasn't given up the fight and instead got a permit issued in Germany .
He will take on his next opponent... |
fb0e23daa0cf98e42e44ebd0701c0e68764874c1 | By . Tamara Cohen . PUBLISHED: . 18:36 EST, 12 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:36 EST, 12 August 2013 . Charities will receive guidelines on ‘appropriate levels’ of pay in the wake of revelations of chief executives receiving six-figure salaries. An investigation last week found that 14 UK foreign aid charities – inclu... | Investigation found that 14 .
UK foreign aid charities – including Save the Children, the British Red .
Cross and Oxfam – agreed to pay rises .
First code of conduct about pay in the charity sector due to be published next spring .
Charity Commission head: high salaries risked bringing the sector ‘into disrepute' |
fb0e8598f01c01ce71093b0873617e4e319a6f90 | Nigeria defended its response to the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolgirls by the terror group Boko Haram, even as details emerged Tuesday about a second mass abduction, adding to a growing global outrage over the fate of the children. President Goodluck Jonathan has been under fire over accusations the government init... | The father of two missing girls says there has been no sign of Nigerian military .
"We have never seen any military man there," the father says .
Nigeria's President is not "taking this as easy as people all over the world think"
Nigerian village residents say armed men took eight more girls late Sunday . |
fb0f5dc735771cebbb0c9c4bb2b70ef3b212d9b8 | By . Beth Stebner . PUBLISHED: . 10:03 EST, 28 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:24 EST, 28 October 2012 . Horrific: Attorney Maggie Baumer nearly lost her arm after trying to enter her apartment via garbage chute . A New York City lawyer is lucky to have her arm after she tried to enter a garbage chute in attempts to e... | Maggie Baumer had been out late during last night's Halloween festivities .
Tried to enter ground-floor apartment via a garbage chute when her arm was trapped after hydraulic piston was triggered by her motion .
Rescue workers said she was stuck for agonizing 45 minutes . |
fb0fc2cd83143f83c90169ca0b6f389ce3bf40de | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Pope Benedict XVI on Wednesday addressed issues ranging from the sex abuse scandal in the Roman Catholic Church to the easy availability of pornography to the "alarming decrease" in Catholic marriages in the United States. The pope arrives to address U.S. bishops in the Basilica of the National Shri... | NEW: Pope tells bishops abuse of children was "gravely immoral behavior"
Pope, president discuss Middle East, Latin America, says White House .
Six-day, two-city visit to U.S. marks Pope Benedict XVI's first as pope .
Pope will celebrate Mass at stadium Thursday, travel to New York on Friday . |
fb103023f66f6d26d5395298b67e8842977b077c | By . John Drayton . PUBLISHED: . 18:05 EST, 15 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 20:30 EST, 15 February 2014 . Villarreal's La Liga match at home to Celta Vigo was halted shortly before the final whistle and delayed by about half an hour after what appeared to be a tear gas canister was thrown on to the pitch on Saturday.... | Match stopped for half an hour in closing stages at El Madrigal .
Canister thrown on to pitch which produced a thick cloud of smoke .
Fans left the ground in obvious distress .
Celta Vigo ran out 2-0 winners when the match was restarted . |
fb1076884cfa729728baa87339fd92c9e71b5e84 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 08:06 EST, 3 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 05:32 EST, 4 February 2014 . A winter storm dumped several inches of wet, heavy snow on parts of the eastern United States on Monday, snarling commutes and Super Bowl fans' trips home, closing schools and governme... | New York City could was hit with seven inches of snow by 3 p.m. Monday .
Nearly 7,000 flights have been delayed or canceled across the country .
Newark Airport - the closest airport to the Super Bowl stadium - was hit with the brunt of delays and cancellations .
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie declared a state of em... |
fb109b96f66a38092fd5aeaba9ffd896eec840a9 | (CNN) -- The Tanzanian island of Zanzibar began three official days of mourning Sunday, a day after 200 people died when a ferry jammed with passengers and tons of cargo capsized amid strong waves. In addition to Tanzania, South Africa was sending divers and navy forces to help with recovery efforts, said Mohamed Aboud... | NEW: Britain sends helicopters to help with the search efforts, official says .
South Africa is also sending divers and navy forces to help .
"Right now, we are focusing on getting the bodies for the relatives," official says .
Zanzibar is a popular tourist destination . |
fb10bb4cad406e4b59ede699c254f04167ca1a1b | By . Jonathan O'Callaghan for MailOnline . People who use Facebook and Twitter are less likely than others to share their opinions on hot-button issues, even when they are offline. That's according to a survey that challenges the view of social media as a vehicle for debate. The study suggests that sites like Facebook ... | Researchers at the Pew Research Centre in Washington DC and New Jersey say Facebook and Twitter are stifling people's opinions .
In a study they found typical users were afraid to voice their opinions offline .
They call this the 'spiral of silence' phenomenon where people shy away from discussing controversial topics ... |
fb1170913351afbb1753440f513034809448a8e8 | By . Ashley Collman . PUBLISHED: . 12:15 EST, 9 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 20:54 EST, 9 March 2014 . Even in death, legendary American racehorse Native Diver is making moves. The remains of Native Diver are being exhumed at the recently-closed Hollywood Park racetrack to be moved to Del Mar. Native Diver was the seven... | Native Diver was one of the first race horses to earn over a million dollars .
When the thoroughbred died in 1967, it was buried at Hollywood Park .
Hollywood Park closed in December and an archaeology team was brought in to exhume Native Diver's body for reburial in Del Mar . |
fb119de33d4a562d2abd68cc75991166072bfdfa | When Mario Testino compared Cara Delevingne to Kate Moss, it is unlikely he was thinking of the picture on this picture. Nonetheless, the 20-year-old catwalk sensation showed she can match the supermodel in more ways than one. On a mammoth night of 12 hours of partying she managed to take in four top venues and hook up... | Cara Delevingne packed in four top venues on Monday night .
The model met up with stars such as Georgia May Jagger and Harry Styles .
Mario Testino compared the young model to Kate Moss . |
fb11e9bbb908de6d33ad40347d84ebb2fbb42658 | By . James Chapman . PUBLISHED: . 18:00 EST, 10 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:00 EST, 10 May 2013 . Referendum vote: Mr Cameron will allow Ministers a free vote next week when Eurosceptics force a vote on the failure to include legislation on an EU referendum in the Queen's speech . David Cameron is allowing senior Cabi... | Eurosceptic MPs will force vote on EU referendum law next week .
They will condemn Queen's speech for failing to include plans for legislation .
Ed Miliband will say today that Labour will not back in/out referendum . |
fb12330f8b092e3f88cfe19d81a1c31628314502 | A 26-year-old man decided there was more to life and gave up everything so he could travel the world in a converted van. Bored with his conventional life in the UK, systems engineer Mike Hudson, 26, has spent 300 days travelling 10,000 miles in a £2,500 LDV Convoy van. The adventurer, from Sheffield, converted the vehi... | Mike Hudson has spent 300 days travelling 10,000 miles in a £2,500 van .
LDV van has bedroom-lounge-diner, toilet, fridge and gas cooker .
Decided to travel after becoming 'trapped' in his life in Sheffield .
Has crossed the incredible Transfagersan pass in Romania and took part in Hungary's SUN music festival . |
fb1235ab739ae302d18b184210e7d98c65c759d7 | (CNN)Ambitious companies that ignore the imminent rise of Virtual Assistants as the gateway to the Internet run the same risks as those that dismissed the disruptive innovations of Google in 1998. The current generation of VAs are consumer products like Apple Siri, Google Now, Microsoft Cortana. Smaller innovators like... | Virtual assistants are the most significant development of the digital revolution .
Workplaces must adapt and establish working relations with them .
We will be able to use them in every aspect of our personal lives .
Leading players Google, Microsoft and Apple are seeking control of this massive new market . |
fb1237713f1c4b8abc2d7379a5938a75ab425cd4 | PUBLISHED: . 03:37 EST, 25 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:14 EST, 25 November 2013 . Sir Cameron Mackintosh, above, planned the demolition of the former village hall and the erection of retail space for food and drink units . Theatre impresario Sir Cameron Mackintosh's plans to renovate a harbour in his highland vil... | The stage mogul is planning £750,000 harbour development in Mallaig .
Part of the project will include the building of retail food outlets .
Locals say big business arrivals could put their own trade at risk . |
fb1246644173c9cfdbd52aaa0e661eec23457d54 | (CNN)Boston's brutal winter has made its way into the record books. After yet another blizzard last week, the city marked its snowiest month since record-keeping started in 1872, forecasters said Sunday. "It's official, Boston has reached its snowiest month on record with 45.5 total inches," the National Weather Servic... | "There's a little bit of deja vu all over again," says the governor of Massachusetts .
Wind chill warnings are in effect in Massachusetts, New York and elsewhere .
Reports come in of roofs collapsing in New Hampshire . |
fb1322e4d5a3442df08285b93afb0fb51c1b51a1 | By . Lucy Crossley . This is the moment a shirtless suspect was savagely bitten in the neck by a police dog as officers told the man to lie on his stomach during an arrest. The clip, filmed by a shocked passer-by, shows the man lying on his front in the road with one officer behind him and another in front holding the ... | Video clip shows the moment male suspect is bitten by a police dog .
Man seen attempting to lift himself off the ground as dog attacks .
Police say the man was arrested following a fight in Weston-super-Mare .
Force's assistant chief constable describes footage as 'awful'
He was arrested on suspicion of assaulting two ... |
fb1348879f1b66bd24ff44868ef4611ff9506465 | New York (CNN) -- Authorities in New York state are working to identify the remains of an infant found in an upstate river that are believed to be those of a baby missing from Utica since June. Utica Police Sgt. Steve Hauck said a crew of about seven New York State Police divers found the remains in a container in a ve... | New York State Police find the remains of a child in a river based on a tip .
The remains were in a container in "a narrow area" of the river, police say .
Levon Wameling was 10 months old when his father reported him missing in June .
Dad waited 2 weeks to report disappearance, raising questions, police said in June . |
fb13def67136fe8fbbf5998670c359a3fbcfea40 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 00:30 EST, 14 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:11 EST, 17 May 2013 . Chris Hadfield, the singing superstar commander of the International Space Station, has landed safely back on Earth with two other astronauts after a five-month mission - and immediately tweeted it was 'wonderful to smell ... | Soyuz space capsule carrying the Canadian astronaut, American Thomas Marshburn, and Russian Roman Romanenko landed as planned .
in the Steppes of Kazakhstan at 8.31am .
Hadfield captured the hearts of millions of fans back on home through his prolific social media postings .
Tweeted minutes after landing, telling follo... |
fb13e138397be6e2f7e630989fd3046cfe228ae5 | (CNN) -- Vermont's House and Senate voted Tuesday to override the governor's veto of a bill legalizing same-sex marriage in the state. Demonstrators in Iowa celebrate that state's approval of same-sex marriage on Friday. The Senate voted 23-5 to override Gov. Jim Douglas' veto, according to the Senate office. Shortly a... | Vermont House and Senate voted Tuesday to override governor's veto of bill .
Same-sex marriages will become legal in Vermont on September 1 .
Vermont becomes fourth state to legalize same-sex marriage .
Jubilant supporters of the bill throng legislative building after the override votes . |
fb14049b24b08c919d8b7bcd4f507cac0bcbf611 | Investigators probing the racist spray painting last month of the small-town Massachusetts home of an eighth-grade football player are now focusing on the 13-year-old boy's mother. Andrea Brazier, mother of football player Isaac Phillips, is now being investigated as the sole suspect in a crime that shocked the town an... | The family initially blamed fellow football players and complained their son is the victim of hazing by the school football team .
The graffiti read: 'Knights don't need n*****s'
School authorities cancelled the rest of the season after no-one from the team came forward to admit to the hate crime .
Mother Andrea Brazie... |
fb14f77eed0ebc97f1ac7e3515e9b82228a83f9d | By . Louise Eccles . PUBLISHED: . 05:32 EST, 25 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:45 EST, 25 April 2013 . 'Attack': Malcolm Blackman, 45, allegedly twice raped a woman inside the Occupy London protest camp . An anarchist leader twice raped a woman at the infamous protest camp on the steps of St Paul’s Cathedral, the Old B... | Malcolm Blackman, 45, allegedly raped woman twice in her tent in London .
Activist frequently spoke to media during anti-capitalist protest at St Paul's .
He tied woman's hands behind her back with cable ties, Old Bailey hears . |
fb156222122fefbca0383debf4a4948221dae5a3 | There was disappointment for motorists today as fuel duty was frozen rather than reduced, but good news for owners of Reliant Robins, which are now classed as classic cars exempt from road tax. Chancellor George Osborne announced that the planned September fuel duty rise will not take place, but he resisted calls to cu... | The planned September fuel duty rise will not take place, says Chancellor .
AA president says duty freeze is a 'welcome relief' for UK drivers .
But he says a short-term cut would have 'got the UK mobile again'
UK's 37m drivers pay highest proportion of petrol and diesel tax in Europe .
£200m fund to repair potholes al... |
fb1575ee7f69159651040a4f5e9af1f58a3a8e24 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 07:03 EST, 19 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:38 EST, 19 February 2013 . A boy with a rare condition meaning he can't resist eating wall plaster has been given a unique birthday present - an inedible bedroom. Zach Tahir is celebrating his sixth birthday today, and his new bedroom has b... | Zach Tahir, from Salford, suffers from the rare condition Pica .
It causes him to crave inedible objects, including stones, paper and moss . |
fb159630669098a3c9c4590c9cf97c38a2c67288 | (CNN) -- The port-city of Kochi, on India's west coast, isn't known for its arts scene. Nestled amid Kerala's famously stunning backwaters (travel writers have long loved touting the streams that snake through the rural countryside as the quintessential bucket-list endeavor), the city is more readily defined by its bre... | The Indian city of Kochi will host India's first ever international arts festival .
The Kochi-Muziris Biennale will run for three months and display works by Indian and international artists .
Lacking traditional arts spaces, the organizers have commissioned heritage houses throughout Kochi to host the festival . |
fb15c5062c12cc98666b58e632de5d09ec778866 | Roy Keane told Sir Alex Ferguson 'we need f****** more from you' Irishman says he wouldn't have missed a drugs test like Rio Ferdinand . Keane admits he headbutted Peter Schmeichel in an alcohol-fuelled fight . Former Man United midfielder does not regret horror tackle on Alf-Inge Haaland . Keane 'regrets apologising' ... | Roy Keane has lifted the lid on row that ultimately led to him leaving Manchester United in his autobiography 'The Second Half'
The then Manchester United captain criticised his team-mates on the club's own TV channel MUTV after defeat by Middlesbrough in 2005 .
The interview was later pulled by the club and Keane was ... |
fb15d9bff157666a98e09d0e75cb0f05d9998e51 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . The bodies of a South Texas couple who were reported missing in a South Texas lake over the weekend have been recovered. A San Patricio County justice of the peace identified the two as 30-year-old Ronnie Jean Renfro of Corpus Christi and 31-year-old Marshall Shambo of Mathis. Sheriff Leroy M... | The couple was identified as 30-year-old Ronnie Jean Renfro and 31-year-old Marshall Shambo .
Their bodies were discovered Monday afternoon, more than 24 hours after they went in the lake .
Shambo and Renfro jumped in the lake to rescue Shambo's daughter, who was floating away from their disabled boat while wearing a l... |
fb15f32aeb91d29ca7aee5f25fdaa2004d9a6078 | The Atlanta Braves have decided to leave the limits of their namesake city because they got "a terrific deal," Mayor Kasim Reed said -- one that was sweeter than he felt comfortable supporting for fear of hurting his municipal government long-term. "We wanted the Braves to stay in Atlanta, but (there was a) business pr... | Turner Field will be demolished, area will be redeveloped, mayor says .
The Atlanta Braves vow to leave Turner Field in 2017, moving to Cobb County .
County reportedly offers $450 million in public money to move the team 12 miles north .
Mayor: Keeping the franchise may have required $150 million to $250 million in cit... |
fb16403417a2ebaf12c9c7f210957ea12d50c11e | By . Laurie Whitwell . PUBLISHED: . 11:24 EST, 7 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:54 EST, 8 July 2013 . Hero Murray dedicates history win to coach Ivan Lendl . 'Well done, Andy': Stars' Twitter tributes . PICTURE SPECIAL: Relive Murray's glorious Wimbledon campaign . Banish the references to Fred Perry. Throw out the reco... | Andy Murray beats Novak Djokovic in straight sets 6-4, 7-5, 6-4 .
Murray is the first Brit to win Wimbledon men's singles title since 1936 .
The Scottish star is set for a £1.6million windfall after winning the trophy .
Mother Judy was in tears after seeing her son seal the Championship . |
fb16ea90da081ca12e2aa046132e929247b556e4 | (CNN) -- The man who New York police say shot to death three Iranian musicians was kicked out of their indie rock band last year, surviving band members said Wednesday. Ali Akbar Mohammadi Rafie, 29, took his own life Monday after shooting his former band mates in the Brooklyn apartment where they lived and practiced, ... | Police: Ali Akbar Mohammadi Rafie took his own life after shooting former band mates .
"He was not a natural fit within our group of friends," surviving members say .
The Yellow Dogs were featured in a 2009 CNN report about Iran's underground rock scene .
Loss of their fellow musicians left "a gaping hole in our hearts... |
fb1703dca00066b685dcba7e55508932d09b9247 | By . Mark Prigg . Air pollution in China and other Asian countries is causing storms in North America to become stronger and changing weather patterns across the Northern Hemisphere, a new Nasa study has claimed. Researchers found that pollutants are strengthening storms above the Pacific Ocean, which feeds into weathe... | Pollutants are strengthening storms above the Pacific Ocean .
These feed into weather systems in other parts of the world .
Effect was most pronounced during the winter .
Back to Mail Online home .
Back to the page you came from . |
fb170fede2af2f15d95384890689a5b18b8cd1b8 | By . Laura Cox . It's becoming a rather annoying ritual for BBC viewers. You settle down to watch a much-anticipated TV drama – then have to crank up the volume or switch on the subtitles. Just a month after the BBC’s Jamaica Inn was lambasted for its mumbling actors and poor sound quality, the corporation’s latest big... | Dublin-based crime drama had first episode on BBC One at the weekend .
Dozens of viewers took to the internet complaining they could not hear it .
The row is reminiscent of the controversy over period drama Jamaica Inn . |
fb180934e2fc63c7026ff812353d512759c649fd | Scroll down for video . A prosecutor released hundreds of pages of additional documents Saturday from the investigation into the police shooting of Michael Brown, including an interview transcript of a friend who initially asserted that he had seen Brown get shot in the back. St. Louis County Prosecutor Robert McCulloc... | Dorian Johnson was with Michael Brown when he was shot dead by officer Darren Wilson in Ferguson, Missouri, on August 9 .
Johnson's police interview after the shooting now released for the first time .
He told police the same details he did the grand jury investigating Brown's death .
However he admitted he did not see... |
fb1886ec883ec1e75070ea655eb75af45d45f249 | By . James Titcomb . PUBLISHED: . 04:20 EST, 24 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:37 EST, 24 May 2012 . The controversial replacements for the Harrier jump jets may cost taxpayers even more than their £500million asking price - because the heat from take off could melt aircraft carriers' decks. The fumes from the U.S. Joint... | MoD must pay for heat-resistant paint on new warships .
Exhausts from jet takeoff can damage aircraft carriers .
News comes two weeks after £250m U-turn on new jets .
Latest embarrassment in £6.2bn 'omnishambles' |
fb1911ba81e2b903181176aee7785f09a359832b | By . Deni Kirkova . PUBLISHED: . 08:29 EST, 25 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:21 EST, 25 January 2013 . Dr Lucy Glancey has been performing this operation for five years . It is a sexual quixotic quest that has . frustrated couples for decades. The illusive G-Spot has proved an enduring mystery - sparking debate amon... | Procedure involves injecting hyaluronic acid into the G-Spot to 'increase friction'
Essex clinic has seen 50% boom in last two years .
Treatment suitable for 35-50 age group but women in their 20s still inquire . |
fb191562d596a3cf852ce685fe7dbc809403cbd2 | Nice have called on FIFA to use 'sporting logic' and allow Hatem Ben Arfa to play for the club this season. The former Newcastle United forward – released from his contract earlier this month – was prevented from making his debut for the Ligue 1 side after it emerged he has already played for two clubs this season. Nic... | Nice have urged FIFA to let Hatem Ben Arfa play for them this season .
He joined Nice after his contract was terminated by Newcastle United .
FIFA rules state that a player can only play for two clubs in a season .
Ben Arfa played for Newcastle Under-21s and on loan at Hull City last year . |
fb1946aeebc479b87bb0e0c36f84bc46e308d09e | (CNN) -- From the time she was an 11-year-old, blue-eyed, freckle-faced blonde until she was a 29-year-old woman with two children, Jaycee Dugard was kept locked away in a backyard compound of sheds and tarps by a couple who police say abducted her. Jaycee Dugard was locked in a shed tucked under a blue tarp in her all... | Jaycee Dugard locked in soundproof sheds in alleged captor's backyard for 18 years .
Compound of sheds, tarps equipped with makeshift bathroom and shower .
Dugard also had two children with her captor, gave birth and raised them there .
Authorities: "They were kept in complete isolation in this compound" |
fb1976d92d08963f4d210663bf65eaa4dd34439c | By . Associated Press . Jim Rogers, a philanthropist and education advocate who served as chancellor of Nevada's higher education system from 2005 to 2009 without pay, died Saturday evening at his Las Vegas home after a bout with cancer. He was 75. Rogers also was the owner of KSNV-TV, the NBC affiliate in Las Vegas, a... | Jim Rogers said he donated about $275million to universities, including $60 million to schools in Nevada .
He was named among the nation's top 12 philanthropists by Time magazine in 2000 . |
fb19ab2c7041b8fc74d8983826c907cbda198ca1 | Mickey Rooney, whose roller-coaster, nine-decade career in show business included vaudeville, silent films, movies, television and Broadway, died Sunday. He was 93. Rooney died in California, the Los Angeles County Coroner's office said. Rooney's career spanned almost the entire history of motion pictures. He made his ... | Mickey Rooney just finished work on "Night at the Museum 3"
Rooney was the No. 1 box office draw from 1939-41 .
Diminutive star had a famous screen partnership with Judy Garland .
He earned four Oscar nominations and received two statues . |
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