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fb5c8c3a0dea57ff2b83c440fd6a309e1c6e5d71 | New York (CNN) -- One person died and at least seven others were injured Sunday after a three-alarm fire broke out in a New York City high-rise, authorities said. Daniel McClung, 27, was remembered by a close friend as a brilliant and beautiful person, inside and out. McClung was a playwright, a deep thinker with incre... | NEW: Fire is ruled accidental, caused by electrical equipment in a power strip .
Daniel McClung died after being trapped in a stairwell, a spokesman says .
Firefighters contained the fire around noon; it broke out on the 20th floor of high-rise .
Seven others had injuries; one of them was sent to a hospital . |
fb5cc15bc8da49674308b7ce350459b7fb4533fd | Two Chinese ships arrived at the coast of Vietnam on Monday to begin efforts to collect thousands of Chinese citizens who are fleeing the country after deadly attacks last week. The chartered ships reached the port of Vung Ang in Ha Tinh, the coastal province where some of the worst violence targeting Chinese facilitie... | Beijing has laid claim to most of the South China Sea .
A Chinese ship sets off with nearly 1,000 evacuees on board, Xinhua says .
Anti-Chinese protests in Vietnam descended into deadly violence last week .
The unrest was provoked by China moving an oil rig into disputed waters . |
fb5cffa674be702d92430aed732ce5eef6f7934e | Hundreds of thousands of families could be risking food poisoning by defrosting their turkeys in an unsuitable place – like the bath or the garden shed. Some 69 per cent of Britons who buy a frozen bird for their Christmas dinner – almost 11 million people – leave it in an unsafe place to thaw out. Just a quarter allow... | Nearly 70% of people opting for a frozen turkey are unsafely defrosting it .
They risk food poisoning at Christmas due to bacteria like campylobacter .
Food Standards Agency recommends defrosting turkey in the fridge .
Has launched 'defrost your turkey day' to encourage cooks to be safe . |
fb5d35e39dc521a521c6c35ec38605f57b86009d | She spent years of 'heartache' and thousands of dollars on IVF in a desperate attempt to conceive. And in 2011, Angel Watts gave birth by a set of twins - followed by another set 16 months ago. Now, the devoted mother-of-four is taking to Facebook in a bid to help another couple to achieve their dream of having childre... | Angel Watts, 45, spent thousands of dollars on IVF in a bid to conceive .
She finally gave birth to two sets of twins, aged three and 16 months old .
Now, she is taking to Facebook to find couple to adopt six extra embryos .
But she will not accept any willing parents - they must adhere to terms .
These include wish f... |
fb5e7ac23a449408dd3b32c0475fba5e86dfa398 | By . Lizzie Parry . PUBLISHED: . 16:31 EST, 11 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:31 EST, 11 November 2013 . When Hope Whispers by Zoleka Mandela reveals a childhood blighted by sexual abuse . A frank memoir by the granddaughter of Nelson Mandela has revealed she was sexually abused as a child. Zoleka Mandela, 33, also ... | Frank memoir When Hope Whispers tells of abuse at the hands of adults who should have been looking after Zoleka Mandela .
33-year-old writes about coming to terms with the death of her 13-year-old daughter Zenani in a car crash during the 2010 World Cup .
Book charts her decade-long battle with addiction and fight agai... |
fb5efd87791ad1b083af40f21dea5c003e741618 | GAALKACYO, Somalia (CNN) -- The U.S. government is delaying "tens of millions" of dollars in crucial humanitarian aid over concerns that the money is being diverted to a notorious militant group, a senior U.N. official said. Al-Shabaab militants ride through Mogadishu, Somalia, after a religious gathering in September... | Washington reviewing claims that money is being diverted to militant group .
U.N. estimates 60 percent of people who need aid live in militant-controlled areas .
Millions could run out of food in the next few weeks, U.N. says . |
fb5f59e9b4db7e726bd1d925eb64c569ab45dedb | By . Daily Mail Reporter . and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:40 EST, 22 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 05:48 EST, 22 February 2014 . A movie crew was working on train . tracks without permission from the railroad when a freight train crashed . into the production team and its equipment, killing one and i... | 27-year-old camera assistant Sarah Jones killed in accident .
Investigators claim the crew had no clearance to work there .
Crew were not expecting freight train as they filmed Gregg Allman movie .
Four people injured by debris as movie props were thrown into the air .
Director Randall Miller fell on the tracks as he t... |
fb5f9416d9bf2bec1bdc57dc03971f08e0ab72f7 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 13:17 EST, 12 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 16:09 EST, 12 March 2014 . A gang that posed as 'King of the Gypsies' Paddy Doherty in a bid to blackmail thousands of pounds from small business owners has been jailed for a total of 31 years. William Adams and Terence Cunningham Snr staged the sop... | The gang threatened business owners with castration and harassment .
When victims refused, they pretended to be reality TV star Paddy Doherty .
They targeted business up and down the country with 'vile' threats . |
fb5fc51f4dc6a663956779b6acb810b57c80e650 | (CNN) -- The hacker group LulzSec has alarmed police in Arizona this week after releasing sensitive information about officers. The group said they posted the information in response to Arizona's controversial immigration law. "We are releasing hundreds of private intelligence bulletins, training manuals, personal emai... | The group says they released the documents in response to Arizona immigration law .
The group releases numerous documents on Thursday .
A law enforcement official says the release put officers and their families in harm's way . |
fb602af85290b4ccb8792f0b40b7035ade000215 | By . Infant Health Expert Dr Pamela Douglas . Dr Pamela Douglas busts the myths about what makes a contented newborn . The first four months of a baby’s life can be a testing time for parents and caregivers. The wide range of confusing, and sometimes conflicting advice available can create even more anxiety at an alrea... | Brisbane GP and infant health expert Dr Pamela Douglas busts top six newborn myths .
Myths include that newborn babies don't need to be taught how to sleep or burped .
Dr Douglas says the first four months are a confusing and testing time for new parents . |
fb60a373df6b3945490fba1c39a3824fe484e35d | By . Ronnie Esplin, Press Association . Scottish flyweight Reece McFadden claimed he looked into the eyes of Charlie Edwards and knew his confident quest for Commonwealth Games gold would continue following their battle at the SECC. The 19-year-old from Forgewood had beaten the world's top amateur flyweight Andrew Selb... | 19-year-old believes he will win the gold on home soil .
He is already confident of win over next opponent Charlie Edwards .
Win over Andrew Selby came in controversial circumstances . |
fb60ba9ca87bd6e45d7d0a11ad3027941407c081 | By . Mark Prigg . PUBLISHED: . 12:25 EST, 11 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:25 EST, 11 October 2012 . Google's Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt says the firms battle with Apple will define the future of technology. The battle between the firms has intensified in recent weeks as Apple dropped Google's maps app from its... | Schmidt predicted a billion gadgets will run Google's Android software within a year .
Claims Apple has learnt 'maps are really hard' |
fb6100fdad8398bc54d44bd4f7ced99d014d4229 | By . Anna Hodgekiss . This is the desperately sad story of the thinnest woman in the world who weighs just four stone after years of extreme dieting. But rather than feel sorry for herself, Valeria Levitin says her emaciated figure should be a severe wake-up call for girls wanting matchstick-thin figures. At 5ft 8in, s... | Valeria Levitin, 39, developed the eating disorder as a teenager after years of her mother weighing her as a child .
Taunted at school about her weight and told she was 'too fat' to be a model .
Says she is horrified by the letters she receives from girls wanting weight loss tips - and that her emaciated figure should ... |
fb610f0636cba9fdcef207d0172baec2bb1846ed | Washington (CNN) -- The following is the prepared transcript of House Speaker John Boehner's speech Monday night on debt reduction talks: . Good evening. I'm John Boehner. I serve as Speaker of the whole House -- of the members of both parties that you elect. These are difficult times in the life of our nation. Million... | Washington's days of spending and piling up debts are over, Boehner said .
Boehner: Country didn't get much good out of President Obama's spending binge .
House will pass a bill this week that can and will get through the Senate, Boehner said . |
fb61ac7a6187ce18fbfa282fbed41f3ee7a3635c | Paul Bagnall, 18, died after he tried to re-enact a Tudor hanging at his family home in Orpington, Kent . An A Level student who died while trying on costumes for a school play had been trying to re-enact a Tudor hanging, an inquest heard today. Banker's son Paul Bagnall, 18, was looking for a costume to wear in his pa... | Paul Bagnall, 18, was found dead at home by his mother, Sandrine, 44 .
He'd been trying on costumes for a school play at home in Orpington, Kent .
The prefect at Darrick Wood School was wearing tights and a ruffled shirt .
Inquest hears he had recently been learning about Tudor history and rituals .
Mother says that Pa... |
fb61b951872b8452948d039df629a87ec4031acc | Carl Froch will have to wait for his big Las Vegas farewell against Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr after the world champion injured his elbow in training last week. Almost all the details had been agreed on a March 28 fight that would have brought an end to Froch’s stellar career. But Sportsmail can reveal that an injury three... | Carl Froch had hoped to finish his career with a fight in Las Vegas .
A deal with Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr was close to being finalised .
But Froch injured his elbow in training last week, delaying the fight .
Froch sparked retirement rumours with a picture of gloves hanging up . |
fb61fc4cdf201683b660888535ffa0b72f2e93cb | By . Mark Prigg . Google's attempt to register the word 'Glass' as s a trademark for its electronic glasses has been stalled by the United States' Trademark Office. The firm is involved in a long-running row over the word, with experts claiming it is too generic to be patented and the USTO rejecting Google's applicatio... | Claims the word glass is too generic to trademark .
Firm wanted to trademark word and its futuristic font .
Google has already registered the term 'Google Glass' as a trademark .
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Back to the page you came from . |
fb625d578ecd3549c6315b851420f9095c367e1f | As pollsters, it's our job to keep a finger on the pulse of the American electorate. As women, we also take an interest in finding out what female voters are actually thinking. It's never as simple as commentators want you to think. We know that Democrats like to reduce women down to single-issue voters. They like to t... | Republican pollsters say Democrats like to simplify issues when it comes to women .
But, they say, reality is a bit more complex .
Jobs and household finances rank at the top for women, according to a GOP poll .
Democrats' appeal to women voters has been "Republicans don't like you," they say . |
fb62f997173038028c390fc6b11e71c0beb3b0b6 | The world's largest clubs keep on splashing the cash as they seek to surpass their rivals and buy the stars to fire them to glory. Despite rulings such as Financial Fair Play coming into effect, the transfer fees keep on rising. Sportsmail has collated the top 10, with La Liga dominating the list with six of the most e... | Four of top 10 signed this summer with Angel di Maria to Manchester United .
La Liga rules the spending with six of the highest transfers in the top 10 .
The Premier League only had one deal in the top 10 .
Most expensive transfer ever saw Gareth Bale sign for Real Madrid last year . |
fb63312f8311bfe35b6f1e37ce183534f90c87c3 | An 11-year-old boy with muscular dystrophy committed suicide by suffocating himself months after being bullied and robbed of an iPhone. Mitchell Wilson, of Pickering in Ontario, Canada, was out walking when his face and teeth were smashed into the pavement by a boy from his school. A 12-year-old was arrested and remove... | Mitchell Wilson, who had muscular dystrophy, became scared to go out .
The boy suffocated himself just months after the assault .
For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or see www.samaritans.org .
In the U.S. call the National Suicide Prevention Line on 1-800-273... |
fb63b7e2ec5174de199fe160f79e28da93eb1765 | (CNN) -- Despite a thrilling victory at the British Grand Prix that saw Mark Webber close the gap on world championship leader Fernando Alonso, Red Bull insist they are in no rush to offer him a new contract. The Australian chalked up his second victory of the season at Silverstone, hunting down the Ferrari of Alonso a... | Red Bull say they are in no rush to discuss a new contract for Mark Webber .
The Australian driver won the British Grand Prix at Silverstone on Sunday .
Webber has been linked with a move to Ferrari to replace Felipe Massa .
The 35-year-old is second in the drivers' championship behind Fernando Alonso . |
fb63f75d7940cca3308a5a099bd566665fbc363b | Washington (CNN) -- Supporters of an Iranian opposition group claimed Thursday they have information about another secret facility tied to the Iranian government's nuclear program. According to Alireza Jafarzadeh, an Iranian-American with ties to the People's Mujahedeen of Iran, the facility is at a site referred to as... | An Iranian-American with ties to the People's Mujahedeen of Iran announces the find .
He says Iran uses the site to make parts for centrifuges used to enrich uranium .
The United States is aware of the facility, a U.S. official tells CNN . |
fb64cdd7813a5e10b78b8fb076acdfe7568bad7f | About two dozen protesters rallied outside Bill Cosby's show in Pueblo Friday night, but the comedian's performance went off without a hitch. The Pueblo Chieftain reports the demonstrators chanted "no means no" and "Colorado believes the women." The 77-year-old comedian is facing sexual assault allegations from more th... | The comedian thanked his 'courageous' fans and before performing in Pueblo on Friday .
He will be performing his show at Denver's Buell Theater on Saturday .
The 77-year-old comedian is facing sexual assault allegations from more than 15 women, with some claims dating back decades .
In the most recent allegation, a mod... |
fb650b93ae9e693e6902a9606a70d63a617476e6 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Despite the fact that some of the effects of climate change are still imperceptible to all but the most highly trained eyes, there can be no doubting the alarming picture painted by glacier melt. The iPhone application includes audio, video, slideshows and a documentary film. As these rivers of... | New iPhone app is helping visitors to Swiss Alps understand glacier melt .
The Jungfrau Climate Guide app uses audio, video and slide shows .
Developed at University of Bern the app examines retreat of Grindelwald glaciers . |
fb6546bd5448b1f2464201a1bf8e963b9d133c56 | Owners of Australia's first Hello Kitty Cafe are in a froth after getting a stern warning from company headquarters in Japan when bosses there noticed they were serving coffees with the bow on the wrong side of the cat-like character. To celebrate the opening of the store in Adelaide, fans were invited to come and samp... | The first Australian Hello Kitty cafe officially opened in Adelaide .
The coffee chain has been slammed for having the bow on wrong side .
More than 1,000 food lovers showed up for the official opening .
The cafe gave out free mousse to people born in November .
Savoury treats may be next on the menu . |
fb658abacd0a5909922d0528f442ad37d8b9005e | As anti-American riots spread to Australia, Al Qaeda urged Muslims to step up protests and kill more U.S. diplomats in Muslim countries in response to the U.S.-made film which mocks the Prophet Mohammed. The terror group made the appeal as riot police clashed . with around 200 protesters at the U.S. Consulate in Sydney... | Al Qaeda in the .
Arabian Peninsula urges all Muslims to step up their protests against the U.S. and to kill American ambassadors .
Anger among the global Islamic community over the movie produced in the U.S. that mocks the Prophet Mohammed spreads across the world .
Police clash with hundreds of protestors in the busy... |
fb658d206b71be5a4c7176d5947650a23c8088d6 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:25 EST, 16 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:25 EST, 16 April 2013 . Carrots could be used in the fight against prostate cancer . Carrots are the new weapon in the war against prostate cancer, scientists have claimed. A study led by Professor Norman Maitland at the University of ... | Acid in Vitamin A can stop cancer spreading to surrounding tissue .
Scientists dub the development as 'exciting' |
fb65f87f48d3269d931db60e67bafad1c2b7be0e | A Royal Marine veteran who single-handedly took out a German machine-gun posts on D-Day has been awarded his second green beret- after he lost his 60 years ago. Frank Cramp, 94, handed the prized headgear back along with the rest of his kit when he left the armed forces in 1954. The ex-corporal only discovered afterwar... | Former commando Frank Cramp landed on Normandy beaches in 1944 .
The one-man surprise mission took out a German machine gun sentry .
He handed back his prized beret when he left the forces in 1954 .
The veteran learned later he was allowed to keep it and regretted mistake .
Navy chiefs decided to present the brave OAP... |
fb661c0fe61dcc5dd5253ecbe49f1a025aa8a80f | The UK's first specialty cereal cafe has just opened its doors in London's Brick Lane and it's already causing quite the stir. The Cereal Killer Cafe is the brainchild of identical twins, Alan and Gary Keely, from Belfast and boasts an impressive offering of the breakfast staple. Along with 120 varieties of cereal, the... | Brick Lane's Cereal Killer Cafe is brainchild of twins Alan and Gary Keely .
Heavy on nostalgia, the cafe displays collectible toys and plays 90s music .
Offerings include: Royal Wedding-themed varieties and Halloween flavours . |
fb662ea6b90d97a2525065e3e93574ea406ccc8b | Radamel Falcao is ready to boost Manchester United’s firepower by returning from injury against Hull City at Old Trafford on Saturday. The Colombia striker’s fitness has been in question since he joined United on loan from Monaco in the summer and he has not played for five weeks because of a calf injury. But manager L... | Man United host Hull City in Premier League on Saturday .
Louis van Gaal confirms Radamel Falcao and Marcos Rojo are in squad .
Luke Shaw will be out for a 'few weeks' with ankle ligament damage .
Man Utd are currently fourth in the table .
But Van Gaal believes United need to improve to finish the season there . |
fb66d13678787c4d84008c9009e96a31acb4cdc5 | (CNN)Being a parent has suddenly become a lot more stressful. At least it has if you live in Taiwan. Lawmakers in the island have outlawed iPads and other electronic gadgets for children under the age of two, and demanded that those under the age of 18 do not use digital media for "a period of time that is not reasonab... | Lawmakers in Taiwan have outlawed iPads and other electronic gadgets for children under the age of two .
They have also demanded that those under the age of 18 do not use digital media for "a period of time that is not reasonable"
The new Taiwanese legislation is important, writes Jake Wallis Simons . |
fb67bb85c50f57a12667469b4907a658a9451eda | Forecasters say spring is just around the corner, and it can’t come soon enough for this little fellow. The lamb was born in Downderry, Cornwall, where shepherd Arthur Phillips, 58, has been working round the clock to make sure that his new arrivals survive the chilly weather. The Met Office’s Calum MacColl said: ‘By t... | Shepherd in Cornwall has been keeping a close eye on this little lamb .
While 100,000 snowdrops in West Sussex offer hope spring is on its way .
Met Office said temperatures will start to get back to normal this week . |
fb6a0b55fc17d92a5f269d7993fc49fb63baa1d6 | As you’ll know by now, Carl Froch’s spring fight with Julio Cesar Chavez Jnr has been put back because Carl has injured his elbow. It’s heartbreaking for Carl because he desperately wants a Las Vegas fight before he hangs up his gloves, but I am already looking at the possibility of rescheduling for a summer fight agai... | Carl Froch will return in the summer and fight Julio Chavez Jnr, Bernard Hopkins or maybe even Gennady Golovkin .
Money will determine his route this year .
It’s 'big balls' time for Amir Khan - how does a winner takes all against Kell Brook sound?
Anthony Joshua will go on April 25 show at O2 Arena, probably against K... |
fb6a2b15a17ce4b54aeaceb7b1aa6c55c09145a3 | Former Washington Mayor Marion Barry is dead, a Washington hospital spokeswoman said early Sunday. He was 78. Barry was elected four times as the city's chief executive and was a council member in the District of Columbia for 15 years. The one-time leader of the city's old Board of Education, Barry was, at one time, re... | Marion Barry was elected four times as Washington's mayor .
Barry was sentenced to six months in prison after a 1990s drug conviction .
Cornell West: Barry "had his flaws" but was a "great freedom fighter" for the poor . |
fb6a55e274a182f07c0a510bbe6cc44fff8053e2 | The quality of the finishing we have seen before. From Luis Suarez it has become what we expect. But what was utterly remarkable about his performance here in Sao Paulo was the fact that he was even on the pitch when he scored what proved a quite brilliant winner for Uruguay. In the end he left the field with cramp, an... | Suarez scores double to put England on the brink of elimination .
Rooney equalised earlier on for Three Lions with first World Cup goal .
Uruguay striker was playing first game after knee surgery . |
fb6a9e5ffcc233eac27464bd5c6c78f73e9874c2 | The Bank of England has come under fire for lavishing staff with pensions ‘beyond the wildest dreams’ of ordinary people. In a withering attack, government adviser Ros Altmann has described the benefits paid to employees at Threadneedle Street as ‘mind boggling’ and the most generous she has seen in the UK. Last night ... | Ros Altmann says Bank's pensions are the most generous she has seen .
Staff in either scheme do not pay a penny towards their pension pots .
Most private employers have shut down their final salary pension schemes . |
fb6aa7e22c12dfd2a3f159088de11e33bf0ac15f | Trekking trip: Mother-of-two Debra Wilding, 49, was with a team of 12 hikers from the UK . The grieving husband of a British woman who died after falling ill during a trekking trip to Everest praised her last night as a ‘lovely’ person who was ‘doing what she wanted to do’. Mother-of-two Debra Wilding was with a team o... | Debra Wilding, 49, had returned from Everest base camp when she fell ill .
Was on a trekking trip with 12 other British hikers including her daughter .
Thought that she started to suffer trouble breathing and went to a hotel .
Later found dead with officials saying she may have had altitude sickness . |
fb6b553148fc002421bdd5ba8ae1f787a4b85dae | Middle aged women who regularly do aerobics, Zumba or step classes are protecting themselves against breast cancer, research shows. Doing half an hour’s vigorous activity a day – including squash or a spinning class – reduces the risk by a fifth. Scientists also found that obese women are over 50 per cent more likely t... | Healthy lifestyle can hugely lower the risk of developing breast cancer .
Around one in eight woman in the UK eventually get the disease .
Researchers spent three years following 126,000 women who had been through the menopause and recorded whether they got breast cancer . |
fb6c25426725f209211b98b86bc4a7029c635b86 | By . Ray Massey . You and I might think potholes are a bad thing – but the roads minister has claimed they are actually the sign of a booming economy. Robert Goodwill said craters are being caused by the recovery, as more people get jobs and use their cars to get to work. He also claimed that streets are suffering mor... | Tory MP Robert Goodwill said craters are being caused by the recovery .
Claimed streets suffer more wear and tear as consumer spending rises . |
fb6c3c78eca464f27c877c51304eb71ae4b27dd0 | Scroll down for video . Residents in the Pocono Mountains were today ordered to stay inside after police reportedly exchanged gunfire with a survivalist fugitive who shot dead a state trooper last week. Donning bulletproof vests, officers have hunkered down in the wooded Canadensis neighborhoood where Eric Frien, one o... | Residents in Pocono Mountains ordered to stay inside following 'gunfire'
Others asked not to travel to the area due to heavy state police activity .
Officers have hunkered down in the neighborhood where Eric Frien lived .
Shots were fired in area around 6:40 p.m. yesterday, said 911 dispatcher .
Frien, one of FBI's mo... |
fb6d562ec1b01d0d55626d8dc1c315b5e0471cc3 | A woman donated her kidney to a total stranger and they are now engaged after he proposed on Christmas Day. Ashley McIntyre, 25, discovered Danny Robinson, 25, was on dialysis treatment and was in need of an organ donor. She turned out to be the the perfect match in more ways than one. Ashley McIntyre and Danny Robinso... | Ashley McIntyre, 25, donated her kidney to stranger Danny Robinson, 25 .
She found out he was on dialysis treatment and needed an organ donor .
Before operation, they chatted on the phone and regularly exchanged texts .
Once complete, they remained close and started romantic relationship .
He proposed on Christmas Day ... |
fb6e164e754ec176031f0ccecdefcbc56810c7e3 | (CNN) -- Townsend Farms is recalling bags of a frozen fruit mix commonly used in smoothies because they could be contaminated with the hepatitis A virus, the company said in a statement. Townsend's Organic Antioxidant Blend is suspected in an outbreak of the virus that has affected five Western states, according to the... | Townsend Farms recalls Organic Antioxidant Blend containing frozen fruit .
Thirty-four cases of hepatitis A are being investigated .
The outbreak has been traced to pomegranate seeds from Turkey .
Hepatitis A inflames the liver and limits its ability to function . |
fb6e2305c46c9c78bd9c355f52da9c8377e9dcc1 | A social worker who falsely accused an innocent father of abusing his six-year-old daughter was allowed to continue working with vulnerable children, it has emerged. Suzi Smith alleged during a custody battle that she had seen Jonathan Coupland, 53, attack his child. The accusation – made while she was ‘really, really ... | Suzi Smith alleged that she saw Jonathan Coupland abuse his daughter .
The claim led to him being thrown in a cell and banned from seeing her .
Mrs Smith later admitted making the accusation up and was sacked .
But for several months until January 2014 she again worked with children . |
fb6f64a9dad913fe0380e537b77109a216c0f9f8 | Mexico City (CNN) -- On the eve of a meeting of Mexico´s top prosecutors and judicial officials in Veracruz state, authorities Wednesday were still trying to determine who left 35 bodies in a busy thoroughfare there -- and why. Investigators said a video may hold clues to how unidentified men managed to drive two open-... | NEW: Analyst: Criminals are sending a message of power, impunity .
NEW: Mexico´s state prosecutors are scheduled to meet nearby .
The attorney general says investigators have a video of the scene .
The bodies were found near a shopping mall in Veracruz state . |
fb6f9962a7d37759aaa96ea30c8b61121ca8b3bb | By . Lizzie Edmonds . Britons can expect high temperatures of up to 19C this Easter weekend - hotter than popular holiday destination Greece. Forecasters at the Met Office say the south east will see dry and settled conditions throughout the week with temperatures hitting highs of 18C on Wednesday. By Easter Sunday, th... | Clear and sunny with highs of 19C on Easter Sunday in the south east .
North will be more unsettled but chances of rain - but still 15C .
Average April temperatures for south is 13C and north 10C .
Athens in Greece will be just 16C on Easter Sunday and Rome, Italy 9C .
Comes as Met Office predicts six-week heat wave in... |
fb7067e92040d116de5a132f2f52a447d5eed544 | The Sandy Hook gunman worshiped the devil and had an online page dedicated to Satan, a former classmate revealed, as his childhood barber recalls Adam Lanza never spoke and would stare at the floor every time he had his hair cut. Lanza's worshiping page had the word 'Devil' written in red, Gothic-style letters against ... | Medical examiner enlists help of geneticist to see if there is a biological reason behind massacre .
Newtown resident raises possibility that Adam Lanza, 20, was angry and may have snapped over mother's possible plans to commit him .
Nancy Lanza, 52, was shot to death in her own bed by her son before the Sandy Hook kil... |
fb707dad1c04d922ce4294a8b3cca25f9a26a024 | By . Ashley Clements . Follow @@Ashley_Clements . Theo Walcott has been putting in some extra hours on the training pitch as the Arsenal winger looks to recover from the knee injury he suffered against Tottenham last season. The 25-year-old has been out of action for for six months, but is targeting a return to Arsene ... | Theo Walcott trains alone in bid to recover from knee injury .
Ruptured anterior cruciate ligament against Tottenham in January .
Arsenal winger takes to Instagram to prove his fitness . |
fb71a9f52e8e4e3600154be8f877f8b93a3b91f0 | A woman who works for Fox Sports has called for a change in the NFL and sports media as a whole in light of how the Ray Rice incident has been handled. Katie Nolan, a digital correspondent who hosts web series No Filter, says in a new video that instead of boycotting the NFL for its delayed reaction to the football pla... | Katie Nolan, the host of Fox Sports web series No Filter, says women have been unjustly left out of the Ray Rice conversation .
She adds that instead of boycotting the NFL for its treatment of the incident, we should 'fight back' |
fb725ba5214f6496401ad96eae09481fd27071ff | By . Sean Poulter . UPDATED: . 07:03 EST, 5 January 2012 . Shopping centres have triggered a Big Brother row after installing equipment that allows them to track customers using their mobile phone signals. The technology has raised privacy concerns after it emerged that major shopping centre owner Land Securities has i... | Technology installed at ten of UK's biggest malls .
Will track movement but not personal information, developers insist .
Tiny yellow sign only warning of 'FootPath' scanners . |
fb729468ada450a1fc22063d950c6a4f1b4ae71d | If being pooped-on from the heavens is a sign of good luck, you could say Sydney artist Emilio Cresciani has had a good run - at least when it comes to a supply of ready-made canvases. The artist says he became fascinated with patterns of bird droppings on city pavements after a family holiday to Venice some years ago.... | Sydney artist Emilio Cresciani sees patterns in the poo on city pavements .
'Natural forms have their own beauty and it's the randomness of the patterns that inspired me', says Cresciani .
His collection of close-up images, Flight Patterns, are on show at Queensland's MARS Gallery . |
fb72ac5b84046d651766dd9f124fa731d464279d | Detectives investigation sexual abuse allegations against Rolf Harris flew to Australia as part of the inquiry, according to a Sydney television network . British police inquiries into sex abuse allegations against entertainer Rolf Harris have stretched to Australia, a Sydney television network claimed today. Channel S... | Two Scotland Yard detectives reportedly flew to the country in late March .
Harris has not been charged and denies allegations of sexual misconduct . |
fb7361b2252868687621e16d988a2959ea29c531 | A new investigation into the death of singer Amy Winehouse found that she died of accidental alcohol poisoning, authorities in London said Tuesday. The conclusion was the same as that of an earlier investigation, which had to be thrown out because the coroner did not have the right qualifications. The Grammy Award-winn... | The new probe finds that Amy Winehouse died of accidental alcohol poisoning .
Earlier probe that found the same was thrown out when coroner credentials questioned .
The 27-year-old singer was found dead at her home in north London in July 2011 .
She had battled with alcohol and drug abuse for several years . |
fb746559c820a446e47bda30886d2a0c8f20efc8 | By . Ben Nagle For Mailonline . Kevin Pietersen is enjoying some time away from cricket, by taking a breathtaking helicopter ride over the capital. The former England cricketer, whose international career finished in February when the ECB decided not to consider him for future selection, posted two pictures on his Inst... | Former England international Kevin Pietersen is currently in cricketing limbo .
He has been 'freelancing' for Surrey, and played in their 20/20 loss last week .
He will travel to play in the Australian Big Bash this winter .
Pietersen posted two pictures on his Instagram account of his flight . |
fb74bbf9afc2ad449e5120df6d23c8fe660ce4dc | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 04:57 EST, 8 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:59 EST, 8 October 2013 . A drug squad uncovered an underground cannabis cave when they raided a remote ten acre farm run by a retired company director. Trevor Winterbottom, 68, had been secretly growing the drug at his luxury £500,000 suburb... | Trevor Winterbottom, 68, had secretly grown the drug at his luxury home .
When crop grew too big, he dug hole underneath farm to house more plants .
Police discovered haul in Greater Manchester after being tipped off .
Recovered cannabis plants had a combined street value of £145,000 .
Retired company director jailed f... |
fb756396b39c7220182d4573b236f7e05a9531ca | Maria Sharapova's boyfriend Grigor Dimitrov showed off his softer side on Sunday when he stopped his Sony Open match to tend to a young ball girl who was struggling with the 90-degree heat in Miami. Dimitrov was in a first set tie-breaker with Kei Nishikori when he walked towards the ball girls asking for a towel. 'Tow... | Grigor Dimitrov stopped his match against Kei Nishikori to help an ill ball girl .
Girl appeared to be suffering in 90-degree heat at Sony Open in Miami .
Dimitrov rushed the girl to paramedics who could treat her .
The Bulgarian is the the boyfriend of tennis star Maria Sharapova .
Dimitrov, who is ranked 16 in the wo... |
fb75cba5a0850b7fed8620a638a8fb26cd8d1ea3 | By . Katy Winter . While it doesn’t require you to spend your days in reflective prayer, the latest diet regime to hit the spotlight does recommend that followers mirror the eating habits of the Greek Orthodox monks of Mount Athos. The religious men eat a Mediterranean diet made up almost exclusively of unprocessed, fr... | The monasteries of Athos are among the world's healthiest communities .
Monks live very long lives, largely free of cancers, cardiovascular disease, diabetes and Alzheimer's .
Also live an average of 10 years longer than the average Greek .
Their Mediterranean diet and fast days also promote weight loss .
New book 'The... |
fb76a6d3785e475cdca288e65204c5eca19b2bfc | (CNN) -- Authorities say a fellow inmate working in the kitchen of a Michigan jail tried to serve a poisoned apple to a serial stabbing suspect after the two had an altercation behind bars. Accused serial stabber Elias Abuelazam never took a bite, Genesee County Sheriff Robert Pickell said Thursday. But Andre Franklin,... | An apple is covered with oven degreaser, the sheriff says .
The inmate faces a charge of attempted poisoning .
The sheriff says accused serial stabber Elias Abuelazam never took a bite . |
fb76b578be6dd8f830574dcef39224e74ca146d1 | (CNN) -- Secretary of State Hillary Clinton arrived in Cape Verde on Friday, the final stop on her seven-nation Africa tour in which she emphasized good governance and urged officials to implement reforms. Hillary Clinton was in Cape Verde on Friday on the final leg of her Africa tour. Clinton is scheduled to meet with... | Secretary of State Hillary Clinton winds up 11-day Africa trip with Cape Verde visit .
Clinton's visit has included stops in Kenya, Liberia and Nigeria .
Clinton has urged African leaders to continue government reforms . |
fb77c9cc66966d53bbe3bf9fbc3860d24127bba6 | By . Jason Groves . PUBLISHED: . 14:59 EST, 22 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:05 EST, 22 March 2013 . The Russian owner of The Independent launched an attack on Government plans to restrict Press freedom, just days after his newspaper gave full support to the proposals. Alexander Lebedev, who also owns the London Eveni... | Alexander Lebedev said that a Royal Charter would be the 'wrong decision'
The owner of the Independent believes there is a better way .
Independent editor Chris Blackhurst supports the government's decision .
He said that while the Charter isn't perfect, it also isn't 'terrible' |
fb782af01fd8f736db07e510a1173e7348dff898 | By . Fiona Macrae . PUBLISHED: . 19:56 EST, 11 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:48 EST, 13 June 2012 . The creation of babies with three genetic parents would be an ‘amazing opportunity’ for families whose lives have been blighted by incurable diseases, say an eminent group of experts on ethics in science. The influential... | Critics caution against opening a 'Pandora's box' which could lead to a trend towards 'designer babies' |
fb784ea50559ccf087521510e7760473038cef2e | Tee-d off: A highly critical documentary about Donald Trump's £750m golf course in Aberdeenshire, Scotland will air on Sunday for the first time . Residents living near Donald Trump’s £750m golf resort in Aberdeenshire have suffered ‘egotistical bullying,’ film-maker Bill Forsyth claims. He compares the living conditio... | Documentary You've Been Trumped will air on British television on Sunday for the first time .
It depicts the sufferings of residents living near Donald Trump's golf resort .
Film-maker Bill Forsyth said the film left him 'dazed and shocked'
Trump has called the documentary's director Anthony Baxter a 'loser' |
fb789043f81f909a713489cdaffb3901bd29b4fc | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Development threatens to engulf Civil War battlefields, a preservationist group said as it released its annual list of endangered battle sites on Wednesday. Civil War reenactors fire a cannon at the Gettysburg, Pennsylavnia, battlefield in 2003. "In town after town, the irreplaceable battlefields th... | Development threatens to destroy historic Civil War sites, group says .
Trash processing center may be built near Maryland battlefield .
Wal-Mart proposes store adjacent to Virginia's Wilderness battlefield .
Sites are "irreplaceable treasures," actor Richard Dreyfuss says . |
fb78bea19cd96beb5e97c3151091d717d48bc5de | By . Mail On Sunday Reporter . 'anti-PDL1' drug is 'big advance' A new drug is showing 'spectacular' results in patients with bladder cancer, which kills 5,000 people in Britain a year. Doctors are hailing the immunotherapy drug - known as an 'anti-PDL1' - as potentially the biggest advance in the treatment of the dise... | 'anti-PDL1', given by intravenous drip, cleared all tumours from two patients . |
fb795f0d8b418b3c3e1d6dc39b787c37ee0444dc | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The United States has designated a Kurdish militant group in Turkey as a terrorist organization, the State Department said. Turkish President Abdullah Gul, left, speaks to reporters with President Bush earlier this week in Washington. The group, the Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, known as TAK, is affili... | U.S. puts Kurdistan Freedom Falcons, or TAK, on list of terrorist groups .
TAK is affiliated with Kurdish separatist group PKK .
PKK has been attacking Turkey from inside Iraq .
Move against TAK comes after Turkish president meets with President Bush . |
fb7973e39c39982620e23e860afd0b07e82052b0 | LA PAZ, Bolivia (CNN) -- An air of anxiety clutches Bolivia this weekend amid high-stakes talks designed to end bloodshed and keep the country whole. Bolivian President Evo Morales says opposition leaders are trying to overthrow the government. The central government of leftist President Evo Morales, Bolivia's first le... | Bolivian leaders plan to hold talks designed to bring peace to country .
Four provinces in Bolivia have declared autonomy from the central government .
At least 30 people have died in September . |
fb7afad17545a88533954feb50743c60a017623c | (CNN) -- German logistics giant Deutsche Post said Monday it was cutting 9,500 jobs as part of a major program to restructure its loss-making DHL delivery service in the United States. DHL's restructuring is expected to result in heavy job losses. Deutsche Post said it would discontinue its U.S. ground and air delivery... | German owners of DHL announce 9,500 job cuts .
Owner Deutsche Post says U.S. air and ground operations to wind up .
Officials in Ohio had hoped to prevent job losses . |
fb7bd32eee2a82f4246525295a8f6738e4e7a4e1 | Keenan Steiner makes his way along Charlotte's secured streets, struggling to put on his tie and manage his monogrammed backpack at the same time. The 27-year-old is on a mission: He's looking for a party. Not just any party. He works with the Sunlight Foundation, a nonpartisan, nonprofit group that advocates for great... | Nonpartisan nonprofit tracks events where politicians, special interests meet .
Group advocates for greater government transparency .
Writer's goal: Crash as many RNC, DNC parties as he can and blog about them . |
fb7bfa15574adab0f957975944911c50af7a0061 | By . Larisa Brown . An elderly cancer victim has died after a police dog savaged her in her own home. Irene Collins, 73, had answered her door to officers searching the neighbourhood for an escaped suspected drug dealer. Just as she showed officers into the back garden of her home, the dog pounced, leaving her screami... | Irene Collins, 73, was attacked by the dog at her home in Middlesbrough .
Cleveland Police were searching for a suspected criminal in her garden .
Dog was withdrawn from operational duty after it bit the pensioner .
Understood she was in poor health and passed away over the weekend .
Matter referred to police watchdog ... |
fb7c0661fa69510bc13311785b93a39f56ed03b5 | A female doctor says she left her comfortable middle class life in Malaysia to join the Islamic State - where she married a jihadi she had never before met and whose language she could not speak. Calling herself Shams, the 26-year-old has since kept an impassioned diary of the time she claims she spent in ISIS-held cit... | 'Shams' claims she is 26-years-old and travelled to Syria from Malaysia .
Regularly updates social media with tales of marriage to ISIS fighter .
Marriage to Morocco-born jihadi named Abu Barra was arranged for her .
Says couple don't have common language and use dictionary to converse .
She claims family approve of th... |
fb7c0ab0c9e0a219d26f4c39f7ff0aee888e7487 | Istanbul (CNN) -- A leader of Turkey's ruling party held out the possibility of a vote on what to do with the Istanbul park where planned razing triggered two weeks of anti-government protests but said demonstrators must leave the park. "The Turkish government will not accept Gezi Park protests to be continued forever,... | NEW: CBC reports two of its journalists have been released .
"Such issues can be settled through dialogue," Turkey's president says .
Ruling party official floats referendum on park's future .
Pro-Erdogan rallies are scheduled in four countries, a news agency reports . |
fb7cb29b3b39dc3dbeab37eb14ce46d29be65309 | Hilary Mantel has laughed off comparisons between her novel Wolf Hall and Prince Charles' household as being an 'exaggeration'. The author made the comments following an investiture ceremony at Buckingham Palace this morning, during which she had a damehood conferred on her by Prince Charles. Charles has endured a torr... | Hilary Mantel was presented with a damehood at Buckingham Palace .
Laughed off comparisons between Clarence House and Wolf Hall .
The lurid claims were made in new biography, Charles: Heart of a King .
Charles has hit back at 'ill-informed speculation' in letter . |
fb7d46b1786b153ec669fbdd0f6d86b164a7a1cc | By . Julian Robinson . This is the dramatic moment a newsagent chased an armed robber out of his shop - by threatening to hit him with a hammer. The raider, who said he was carrying a gun, was caught on CCTV cameras storming into Monica News store, in Birmingham's Small Heath. But just seconds later he can be seen spri... | Gunman demanded cash and threatened to kill newsagent Sajid Hussein .
The 40-year-old then pulled out a hammer and chased after armed robber .
Raider fled empty handed from the store in Small Heath, Birmingham .
Footage of the dramatic incident was captured on in-store CCTV cameras .
Mr Hussein praised for his bravery ... |
fb7d7f4665ef90620ea3cf4d27ae229063b0c591 | Luis Suarez climbed off the bench at half time to spark a dramatic comeback against Almeria leaving Barcelona supporters asking why he wasn’t on the pitch from the kick-off. Barca coach Luis Enrique left more than £150million of talent out of his starting line-up against a struggling team without a home win all season ... | Jordi Alba set up by Luis Suarez for winner after Neymar equalised .
Thievy Bifouma had put Almeria ahead in second half .
Lionel Messi missed chance to equal La Liga scoring record . |
fb7dbfa37f21f6c0ef54a3e11fbfe992e0fa72d5 | By . Mia De Graaf . Tragic: Gertrude Donaldson, 92, died after being struck by a reversing van as she navigated her way across a car park filled with potholes and 'unclear' road markings . The owners of a car park where a great grandmother was killed by a reversing van as she tried to avoid a pothole have been fined £1... | Gertrude Donaldson, 92, was walking around potholes when she was hit .
Died from injuries after van reversed into her in car park in Kendal, Cumbria .
The firm, Jaymar Estates, was warned to carry out repairs a year before .
Great grandmother Mrs Donaldson served as a nurse in Second World War . |
fb7e56655820968b3803a2bb50768c8b7804a3ee | By . Lizzie Edmonds . A call girl has told a court she is 'deeply ashamed' about taking selfies next to the body of a dead teacher who she and her boyfriend are alleged to have injected with a lethal dose of heroin. Kirsty Edmondson, 23, and Christopher Sawyers, 36, are accused of killing 47-year old former history tea... | Kirsty Edmondson, 23, accused of killing Kenneth Chapman, 47 .
Alleged she and Christopher Sawyers, 36, injected victim with heroin .
Pair then allegedly took selfies with his corpse and had sex on his bed .
Lived with his body for a week before stealing his money, court heard .
But in court today, call girl Edmondson ... |
fb7ed18364ddbe113a0a665a45f1a297472d35a7 | (CNN) -- Like thousands of other Iranian women, Parisa took to Tehran's streets this week, her heart brimming with hope. "Change," said the placards around her. Iranian women demonstrate Thursday in the streets of Tehran, the capital city. The young Iranian woman eyed the crowd and pondered the possibility that the re... | Women have been strikingly noticeable in street demonstrations .
Many hope the protests will lead to changes in gender discriminatory laws .
Iranian women have been slowly building a movement for greater rights . |
fb7f3e2e7cf89715ee99e64bf679b36dcd6ee7f1 | The death rate due to cancer has declined in the United States in recent years, largely due to better prevention and treatment. In fact, 650,000 lives were spared from cancer between 1990 to 2005, according to new statistics from the American Cancer Society. Experts say prevention and improved treatment has lowered the... | American Cancer Society estimates 650,000 lives spared from cancer 1990 to 2005 .
Cancer death rate for men dropped by 19.2 percent, in women, 11.4 percent .
Drop in breast cancer attributed to decreased use of hormone replacement therapy . |
fb7f3e94ab76a1e5fc894ff1760774ac56a0ae2c | By . Rebecca English, Royal Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 10:59 EST, 23 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:20 EST, 23 December 2012 . The Queen missed church today after being hit by a nasty bug, but insists she will be well enough to celebrate Christmas. The 86-year-old monarch has been laid low by a illness which a spo... | The monarch missed the service for the first time in living memory .
Other members of the Royal Family were led to church by Prince Philip .
Spokesman describes The Queen's illness as the 'tail end of a cold'
Prince Andrew joined daughters Princess Beatrice and Princess Eugenie .
Prince Edward, Sophie Wessex and Lady ... |
fb7f80868bd6c144928991e56416524984a1b2d0 | (CNN) -- She had nightmares about taking part in the New York City Marathon -- in one she even dreamed she was dead prior to getting to the start line -- but it turns out Caroline Wozniacki need not have worried. For one the tennis ace from Denmark completed the grueling 26.2-mile journey Sunday, which was impressive e... | Caroline Wozniacki completes the New York Marathon in just over three hours, 26 minutes .
She was met at the finish line by one of her best pals, fellow tennis player Serena Williams .
Wozniacki ran for charity after saying it was on her "bucket list" to take part in the race .
Wozniacki was formerly engaged to the wor... |
fb7fdc9efc14281253390d099043eece445ca9d5 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:33 EST, 1 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:48 EST, 2 May 2013 . Mr and Mrs Ghandi has accused the council worker of ripping their front gate off its hinges . A couple has accused a council worker of ripping their padlocked front gate off its hinges so he could check if they were r... | Officer had been sent to question Bharat and Sheila Gandhi .
The couple have accused him of taking the gate off its hinges .
Croydon Council has said it will pay out compensation . |
fb810795bbb799559823f11cd601d42e4581f37f | Under fire: Jamie Oliver has faced stinging criticism since he suggested British workers are lazier than Europeans . Jamie Oliver has received a barrage of criticism after his attack on young British workers branding them lazy compared with his 'tougher' immigrant staff. The 38-year-old celebrity chef sparked outrage y... | Chefs, political groups and public lined up to defend British workers .
'Jamie Oliver is simply wrong,' says Alp Mehmet from MigrationWatch .
'British workers are often better than Europeans,' said fellow celebrity chef Anthony Worrall Thompson .
'I work more than 48 hours a week - don't tar us all,' wrote Sam Carlton,... |
fb812457dc19f9c99843c288418127b4ef9387dd | Gold medals are the pinnacle of achievement for the 26 Olympic sports contested at the Games. Athletes get one shot every four years to make history: but time, dedication, guile and application must combine for the opportunity to be seized. Sometimes, however, even this is not enough to be crowned the world's best. Vis... | Nigeria's 4 x 400m team were awarded victory when Team USA's gold was rescinded .
Antonio Pettigrew, of Team USA, admitted doping during the Sydney Olympics in 2008 .
The Nigerian athletes have still yet to be given their gold medals won in 2000 .
Former 400m runner and member of Nigerian relay team Sunday Bada died in... |
fb8149a228308070be22bce2ceb26b62ea7ba333 | (CNN) -- Mysterious explosions. Unexplained shaking. Something's going on in Clintonville, Wisconsin, but nobody seems to know what it is. The sounds -- variously described as rattling pipes, clanging metal, thunder or firecrackers -- have continued on and off since early Sunday night in just one part of the small town... | NEW: Booming sounds may be mysterious, but not particularly uncommon .
Residents of Wisconsin town began reporting unexplained sounds Sunday night .
Shaking or vibrating sensations accompany the sounds .
City officials say they don't know what's going on . |
fb8149fe014c3fc4e4c6a8b689fd8a518573dcbd | By . Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 07:43 EST, 2 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:24 EST, 2 September 2013 . A determined Boston Marathon bombing survivor, who made the brave decision to have her left foot amputated, has taken the first tentative steps in her beloved high heels with a new prosthetic leg. Heather Abbott,... | Heather Abbott, 39, decided to have her foot amputated after doctors advised that she may be left in chronic pain following two operations .
Ms Abbott, from Rhode Island, was one of 264 people injured in the April 15 attacks which left three dead . |
fb81f068d202563cd8ddbd2db1954d005fb039b6 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:42 EST, 27 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:42 EST, 27 October 2012 . Veterans of the Battle of El Alamein gathered today for a special service to mark the 70th anniversary of the bloody battle. The evensong at Westminster Abbey in . London marked seven decades since the battl... | Evensong at Westminster Abbey in .
London today marked seven decades since the battle in North Africa .
The 14-day battle is hailed as the turning point in the Second World War . |
fb823ee592e71fefeb063bb83a3c90edf98b2822 | By . Fiona Macrae . PUBLISHED: . 09:57 EST, 1 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:31 EST, 1 October 2013 . Chart hits are increasingly glamorising alcohol and could be driving children to drink, researchers have warned. Almost one in five songs in modern top tens contains a reference to booze – twice as many as ten years ... | One in five songs in the UK top ten found to contain references to alcohol .
Since 2001, the number of alcohol-related lyrics has more than doubled .
Experts warn pro-drinking lyrics are a threat to youngsters and fans .
Study claims songs glamourise drinking and ignore the potential risks . |
fb824fa4ce932e860604ac21db4b555c6ad1114e | Neanderthals have been extinct for 33,000 years, but George Church, a genetics professor at Harvard Medical School, believes he can bring them back with the help of a surrogate human mother. They're usually thought of as a brutish, primitive species. So what woman would want to give birth to a Neanderthal baby? Yet thi... | Professor George Church of Harvard Medical School believes he can reconstruct Neanderthal DNA .
His ambitious plan requires a human volunteer willing to allow the DNA to be put into stem cells, then a human embryo . |
fb82e2c7a22ff0d7f84748fd94eb83daf6c3f15d | By . Chris Parsons . Last updated at 12:41 AM on 17th February 2012 . 'Rape': Derek Chartres, 59, is alleged to have carried out the rape on the schoolgirl between 1982 and 1984 . A senior Chamber of Commerce figure and former RAF police officer raped a schoolgirl while his wife lay on the bed watching, a court heard t... | Former RAF police officer Derek Chartres 'performed sex acts with wife in front of schoolgirl'
Alleged offences took place between 1982 and 1984 . |
fb833f9014b62f40de11db879c203c71abc9b6e0 | A Royal Marine known as 'the commando who refused to die' after suffering 100 injuries in an Afghanistan explosion has had a leg removed - so he can play with his children. Corporal Paul Vice, 31, suffered more than 100 significant wounds during an explosion and 'died' twice as he was airlifted back to Camp Bastion in ... | Corporal Paul Vice was injured in an explosion in Afghanistan in 2011 .
More than 400 pieces of shrapnel and stones were removed from his body .
He also suffered a broken neck and severed artery in his throat .
Blast also caused brain injury and partial paralysis down his right side .
He 'died' twice during the emergen... |
fb83465f60aac5414eb32427400c0b47dbd9d0cb | [headerlinks] . Alexander Kristoff of Norway, in a solo show of opportunistic racing, won the 12th stage of the Tour de France in a sprint as Vincenzo Nibali kept the yellow jersey for a 10th day on Thursday. After hitching a ride behind the back wheel of Italian sprinter Matteo Trentin, Kristoff powered out of the bar... | Norwegian rider Kristoff held off challenge from Sagan .
No change at top of overall standings as Nibali retains yellow jersey . |
fb834661d6649d93a48b5f0581cb18aa3c02bbea | Foreign nurses, midwives and dentists will be required to speak a good level of English before they are allowed to work in the NHS, the Government announced today. The clampdown follows concerns that far too many patients are being subjected to poor care on the wards because of communication failings of staff. Nurses ... | New test follows concerns that too many patients are subjected to poor care .
European health workers required to have 'necessary knowledge of English'
Regulators could stop foreign nurses working if they did not speak English . |
fb83627664bda0ec7d9dcb6434e5058f358f280e | (CNN) -- Fernando Alonso could be forgiven for exuding an air of misty-eyed contentment as he sits among his own motorsport memorabilia at Madrid's Canal Art Center. Visitors have been poring over the Spaniard's silverware, cars and kit ever since the exhibition celebrating his near 30-year career opened last December.... | Double F1 world champion talks to CNN about 2014 season, tech changes and Schumacher .
Spaniard says Ferrari's new F14 T is showing "some good signs" but there is "a lot of work to do"
The 32-year-old will race alongside Kimi Raikkonen at Ferrari this season .
Alonso concedes new noses are "ugly" and that cars need to ... |
fb839cc5b56999b11688502cc6a2efebe315afdb | By . Sarah Griffiths . Dozing off at inopportune moments can be at best embarrassing and at worst life-threatening. Now a group of students have come up with a device that tracks a person’s alertness over time and ‘nudges’ them when they are at risk of falling asleep - which could help reduce road accidents if it is wo... | Vigo tracks a person’s alertness over time and ‘nudges’ them when they are at risk of falling asleep .
The device analyses patterns in .
blinks and body movements to alert the wearer of the gadget in realtime .
about when they are getting drowsy .
Students at the University of Pennsylvania claim they have created the f... |
fb83c6e814cdbc5a956c2df83036454a9521cb90 | By . Charlie Scott . Follow @@charliefscott . Arsenal fans that queued outside Puma's flagship store for hours enjoyed their first glimpse of the club's new kits as Santi Cazorla, Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini stepped into the front window of the shop wearing the home, away and cup strips. The Gunners timed their ki... | Arsenal have revealed their new Puma kit for the 2014/15 season .
Santi Cazorla, Mikel Arteta and Mathieu Flamini present new strip in London .
FA Cup holders announced their deal with Puma earlier this year .
It has been announced has the 'biggest deal in Arsenal and Puma's history' |
fb83cf476218a0f868c3654c6f47512ddd998555 | The latest in virtual reality gaming, the Oculus Rift DK2 headset, certainly looks real - at least that's what the security guard's reaction in this video would lead one to believe. Ugandan gaming community GamersNights were recently testing the new product and decided to show a local man exactly what the new wave of g... | Man tested Oculus Rift virtual headset during Ugandan GamersNights filming .
Playing demo Cyber Space, the security guard initially enjoyed his 'ride'
But wound up falling face-first during one particularly immersive experience .
Oculus Rift is still in testing and not yet available to mass market . |
fb84026b021892e243cc5ccfb61691dc4bd95a60 | (CNN) -- It's been sort of a rough week for Google+. Fresh on the heels of reports that activity on Google's social network -- the tech giant's effort to cut into Facebook's empire -- has dropped sharply since its public rollout, a Google engineer accidentally shared a memo calling the site "a knee-jerk reaction" and a... | Google Plus, struggling to catch on as a Facebook competitor, is having a rough week .
Analytics firm says usage of the network has dropped 60% since it became public .
A Google engineer accidentally shared a post calling Google+ "a study in short-term thinking"
Company's top brass has also taken hits for not publicly ... |
fb84a961354194756f9449a452fd5e47734c0167 | The Keystone XL pipeline represents a big step toward true North American energy independence, reducing our reliance on Middle Eastern oil and increasing our access to energy from our own nation and our closest ally, Canada, along with some oil from Mexico -- to 75% of our daily consumption, compared with 70% now. That... | Keystone XL pipeline would take crude oil from Canada through Midwest to Gulf Coast .
John Hoeven: It will create jobs, help lead to North American energy independence .
Hoeven-Lugar-Vitter amendment would allow TransCanada to build the pipeline .
State Department reports it will have little environmental impact, Hoeve... |
fb850ac2ef2950a6014d0c629a3a2f100b5e31ca | The All Blacks have taunted England by claiming their Twickenham performance was a backward step and Stuart Lancaster’s men must play a more attacking game to be world beaters. England lost 24-21 to the world champions, making it four successive defeats following last summer’s 3-0 whitewash, and the final scoreline fla... | New Zealand say England must play a more attacking game .
England lost 24-21 at Twickenham, their fourth straight loss to the All Blacks .
New Zealand No 8 Kieran Read said he saw more from England in June .
Aaron Cruden said he expected England to use the ball more after the break . |
fb85deb5a9ef67a83761d74f1d12fe24cd640b20 | 82% of City workers eat at desks because they have too much work on . 24% eat 'anything they can get their hands on' to help energy levels . 44% blame colleagues for weight gain . City workers who slave away over their lunch break to meet targets and hit bonuses aren't just seeing an increase in their salaries. Accordi... | 82% of City workers eat at desks because they have too much work on .
24% eat 'anything they can get their hands on' to help energy levels .
44% blame colleagues for weight gain . |
fb85eeb476e4dccbce975ab41156b78acab4408d | (CNN) -- Five Royal Marines have been charged with murder for the death of a man in Afghanistan's Helmand province last year, authorities said Sunday. In all, authorities arrested nine Marines in connection with the death, but four were later released without charge, the British defense ministry said. The men were part... | In all, nine Marines were arrested; four have been released .
The ministry offers little detail about the case .
The Independent says the Marines discussed whether to help a wounded Afghan .
The Afghan had attacked their patrol, the paper says . |
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