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fbae774859720dbdfbc92e68a654ef9d63852728 | By . Peter Allen . PUBLISHED: . 05:15 EST, 5 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:34 EST, 5 September 2013 . Theory: A hired assassin with military experience may have murdered a British family and a French cyclist in the Alps for just £420 each, a witness has claimed. Engineer Saad al-Hilli, pictured, was killed alongsi... | Iraqi-British .
engineer Saad Al-Hilli, his wife and her mother all shot dead .
The Al-Hilli's daughters, Zainab, .
eight, and Zeena, five, both traumatised .
Claims that a contract for an assassin could be linked to inheritance dispute .
Suggestions the family was targeted by a .
'mercenary' from the Balkans . |
fbaeceb45d675c775ea7106b60cdcf5097d7f7d1 | Introducing the world's highest car showroom. On the 112th floor of the world's tallest building, the Burj Khalifa in Dubai, bosses of the Ford motor company showed off their new model - a yellow Mustang. A team of six engineers travelled with the special Mustang from Ford's world headquarters in Dearborn, Michigan, in... | The car was taken apart and then re-assembled over a 12-hour period atop the giant skyscraper in Dubai .
Burj Khalifa project was started in 2004, and now stands 2,717ft above ground level .
Back in 1965 Ford had placed a car at the then-tallest building in the world - The Empire State Building . |
fbaf467865bad608b3dd481012e42b6efb936d44 | Editor's note: Uwe Reinhardt is James Madison professor of political economy at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. From 1986 to 1995 he served as a commissioner on the Physician Payment Review Committee, established in 1986 by Congress to advise it on issues related to the payment of physicians. Uwe Reinhard... | Uwe Reinhardt: Consider what will happen if health reform fails .
He says health costs have already doubled in a decade .
Reinhardt says dollars spent on health care come out of wages for middle class . |
fbb003243886521a8d4b729915810d079e295dd8 | It might not be the most likely place to find a duchess. But as Sarah Ferguson gathered in a huddle with dozens of schoolchildren around tennis star Novak Djokovic, who was busy planting trees, she looked entirely at ease. The Duchess of York was in the small Serbian town of Kadina Luka, near Ljig, with the tennis cham... | Sarah Ferguson, 53, arrived in Belgrade late last night to open school .
Joined by tennis star Novak Djokovic who is founder of school .
Only 44% of three and a half to five-year-olds in Serbia attend school .
Many children receive no early education and struggle with literacy .
Duchess helped Djokovic open renovated p... |
fbb04544fd13449b5a9d0f337cb985e1256b98c3 | By . Ellie Zolfagharifard . If you like the look of Google Glass, but hate its $1,500 (£1,000) price tag, then this alternative may soon be able to meet your fashion needs. Dubbed the Fun’iki glasses, the $150 (£90) device lights up in different colours to send alerts about new messages, phone calls and app activity. T... | $150 (£90) Fun'iki glasses light up in different colours to send alerts .
These alerts could be a new messages, phone calls or app activity .
The glasses also feature different modes of flashing lighting for different situations ranging from ‘disco’ and ‘party’ to ‘relax’
They are expected to be sold by Tokyo group Mat... |
fbb0541cca0655e73e2a4657820bddcb4f174d69 | Liverpool are sweating on the fitness of key midfielder Lucas Leiva amid fears that he could be set for a month on the sidelines. The Brazil international only lasted 15 minutes of Saturday's 0-0 draw with Everton after damaging his thigh and he will undergo a scan on Monday to discover the full extent of the problem. ... | Lucas picked up an injury during Liverpool's 0-0 draw with Everton .
Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers will know more after a scan on Monday .
Lucas could be out for a month following the injury .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Liverpool news . |
fbb08167c760d382bc620718a341d884961e81ed | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:28 EST, 6 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 22:15 EST, 6 April 2012 . The mother of a 14-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who . weighed 28 pounds when she died has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter . at a court in southwest Ohio. Angela Norman, 42, of Dayton, Ohio, is accu... | Makayla Norman, 14, was riddled with bed sores .
Girl weighed only 28 pounds when she died .
'She was the worst malnourished child this office has ever seen', said coroner . |
fbb13c7db391f60621a9488af955c6dcf452d545 | By . Rob Cooper and Emma Clark . UPDATED: . 05:57 EST, 23 June 2012 . Phil Gannon, 58, pictured arriving at Liverpool Magistrates Court yesterday, was found guilty of two counts of using abusive or insulting words . A Liverpool fan has been found guilty of hurling racist abuse at fans and players during a football matc... | Phil Gannon, 58, was caught on camera hurling racist abuse during a game . |
fbb160ddf443a09dd71285eb05a04d100e6b2d9c | By . Toby Harnden . PUBLISHED: . 15:03 EST, 1 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:58 EST, 1 November 2012 . Barack Obama headed back onto the campaign trail today for the first time after Superstorm Sandy struck and said now is not the time for 'petty differences' between parties, but then went on to attack his rival Mit... | Obama visits swing states after taking tour of storm-hit New Jersey .
First Lady Michelle Obama appears at Florida campaign event .
President: 'When disaster strikes, we see America at its best'
Obama promises change, describes Romeny's policies as a return .
Republican rival Mitt Romney campaigns in Virginia . |
fbb20e57dbe409243cfd347c67091164115734f9 | By . Meghan Keneally . The Sherpa community has threatened to strike if their insurance levels are not doubled and more financial safety nets are put in place after 16 of their colleagues died in the worst accident Mount Everest has ever seen. The Sherpas are the main breadwinners for their families in the extremely po... | Avalanche on Mount Everest killed at least 13 local guides on Friday and the three who remain missing are presumed dead .
Sherpas are collectively bargaining for greater government-mandated life insurance and the creation of a relief fund .
Five of the guides were assisting daredevil wingsuit jumperJoby Ogwyn's climb u... |
fbb27cd71b898685635106209936688a4c28a6ee | Joe Biden added a page to his lengthy book of gaffes on Thursday night, mocking the plight of overlooked vice presidents everywhere by asking a Harvard University audience, 'Isn't it a b**ch?' During a speaking appearance at Harvard's Institute of Politics, senior Sietse Goffard rose to ask a question and first noted t... | Obama's VP spoke to Harvard political student group at the Kennedy School of Government .
'Isn't it a b**ch? I mean – excuse me – the vice president thing?' Biden quipped after a student said he was Harvard's student body VP .
'I’m joking, I’m joking,' Biden quickly insisted, 'best decision I ever made'
One-man gaffe s... |
fbb2e6af9ea4a254de39a85fad9ebb1e85272f9d | Quadruplets born to a Dallas-area minister and his wife already share something with their father. The boy and three girls delivered Monday at Baylor Regional Medical Center at Grapevine arrived on their dad's 36th birthday. Josh Hall, who's a youth pastor at Gateway Church in Fort Worth, said he's 'ecstatic' about his... | Anna and Joshua Hall became proud parents of quadruplets .
Three girls and one boy were born at 32 weeks .
Brooks was first at 3 lb, 11 ounces .
Sisters Sadie at 2 lbs 15 oz; Elle at 3 lbs, 6 ounces; and Ivy at 3 lbs, 5 ounces came next .
Elle and Ivy are identical twins . |
fbb30b5776b00e3b75d3a05d26b97855b0cc05c3 | Sicily, Italy (CNN) -- The Portuguese CASA 295 military plane lifts off from an airstrip in Sicily and roars into the skies above the Mediterranean, scouring the blue seas below for signs of life. The state-of-the-art surveillance aircraft is flying for Frontex, the European Union's border patrol agency. Its mission is... | CNN goes on patrol with EU border agency searching Mediterranean for migrant boats .
Thousands of migrants attempt to enter Europe illegally through Mediterranean each year .
More than 300 migrants died in shipwreck near Italian island of Lampedusa in early October .
Italian Coast Guard says there has been no let-up in... |
fbb37acc3554887770fc027e9a2f0a0d7ee34456 | New Orleans, Louisiana (CNN) -- Three people were shot amid celebrations surrounding the New Orleans Saints' Super Bowl win, police said Monday. The shootings occurred at about midnight, at the intersection of Iberville and Bourbon streets, in the Crescent City's French Quarter, authorities said in a statement. None of... | One man, two women were shot around midnight in French Quarter .
None of the victims had life-threatening injuries .
CNN affiliate WWL-TV reports two people detained in connection with shooting . |
fbb381ce847d2fc79cfcfed67c5b59275f48a3bc | Austerity-hit Britain is spending a larger share of its wealth on foreign aid than any other G8 member nation, despite making huge spending cuts at home, a report revealed yesterday. The G8 'accountability' review showed that between 2011 and 2012 several countries decided to rein in their foreign aid budgets. Japan, I... | Between 2011 and 2012 several countries reined in foreign aid budgets .
But cash-strapped Britain didn't and spends 0.56% of national income .
Britain's aid make us the 'soft touch' of .
the international community . |
fbb436f0dbba9dda4d358dc9464f67f23e15ad5f | (CNN) -- Canadian ski resort gondola cars that were left dangling and swaying with terrified skiers inside failed because ice buildup snapped a supporting tower, the resort said Thursday. One gondola car is suspended above an icy creek at a ski resort near Whistler, British Columbia. In a rare occurrence called ice-jac... | "Ice-jacking" caused a lift at a Canadian ski resort to fail, Whistler resort says .
Water in supporting tower caused it to rupture .
Two gondola cars broke away and hit the ground, one dangled over frozen creek .
Lift tower at Idaho resort suffered similar damage in December 2006 . |
fbb445278eb3dd2e285f4ce678065d931292d08e | Thousands of Eurostar passengers are stranded again for a second day after a power outage was claimed to have brought the Channel Tunnel to a halt. Travellers were hoping to take journeys they abandoned yesterday after the route was shut by a lorry fire, causing chaos and triggering compensation bills running into the... | Trains resumed after all were cancelled yesterday stranding thousands .
But more cancelled today after 'power outage shut tunnel for two hours'
Some Eurostar passengers could face a second night away from home .
Firm faces bill in the millions with those stranded paid up to £250 each .
Eurostar said issue was with oper... |
fbb53b3cbc3bbaf7f1a7a081bbd72826356e4c27 | The Prince of Wales has condemned the Taliban massacre of Pakistani schoolchildren as a 'sickening' example of those who kill in the name of faith. There has been outrage across the world after gunmen from the Pakistani Taliban went from class to class at the Army Public School in the city of Peshawar killing school ch... | Prince of Wales spoke out against massacre of Pakistani schoolchildren .
Made speech at London cathedral of community of Middle East Christians .
Said it was 'horrific reminder' Muslims are themselves victims of extremists . |
fbb587ed2df02aa71945fb14be697fc37273b864 | Fire officials said Darryl Ferguson (pictured during previous arrest), 55, confessed to causing a blaze at an Islamic institute in Houston . A homeless man has been arrested and charged with arson for a fire that destroyed a building at an Islamic institute in Houston, fire officials said on Monday. The blaze early on ... | Fire destroyed a building at the Quba Islamic Institute in Houston on Friday .
Blaze caused $100k worth of damage before it was put out by firefighters .
Drifter Darryl Ferguson, 55, told investigators that he started the fire .
He apparently told investigators that he started the blaze 'by accident'
Ferguson has been ... |
fbb6097883ca2e242684f9598eb9c85d4cb4425e | By . Emine Sinmaz . PUBLISHED: . 19:07 EST, 10 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:04 EST, 11 March 2013 . As heir to the throne, he’s certainly not short of a bob or two to spend on a new coat. But it seems Prince Charles would rather make do and mend when it comes to his trusted old gardening jacket, which he was seen wea... | The royal also spoke of his enjoyment of hedge-laying on BBC's Countryfile .
He guest-edited a special edition of the popular programme aired last night .
The 64-year-old also says walking is like an addiction to him . |
fbb61fffa173d94b78aa33d6cca4c3703afd36aa | Have you ever had that sinking feeling? Well Max Miller, a student from Northeastern University in Illinois, certainly came close to the murky depths as he experienced a titanic kayaking disaster. The amateur oarsman was filmed in a state of wild panic as his watercraft slowly started dipping below the surface of a wee... | Max Miller, a student from Northeastern University in Illinois, was filmed in a state of panic as his watercraft started sinking in a weed-ridden river .
To date the video has been watched more than 1.5million times . |
fbb64167cbe118bbac2b20698b956bcd0c204d0d | By . Sara Malm . Justin Bieber has been accused of abusing a flight attendant on a private jet until she was forced to hide in the cockpit. The troubled teen singer and his entourage were also said to have smoked so much marijuana on the flight between Canada and New Jersey that the pilots were forced to wear oxygen ma... | Justin Bieber took a private jet from Canada to Teterboro, New York City .
Plane 'reeked of pot' and pilots forced to wear gas masks to avoid inhailing .
Bieber and entourage were so offensive to attendant she hid in cockpit .
Jet was searched with sniffer dogs but no unsmoked marijuana was found .
Third incident in 20... |
fbb77bbf172f867dcd563be71acaae6308832f9d | Novak Djokovic and Andy Murray will meet in the semi-finals at the China Open - but second seed Rafael Nadal was a shock quarter-final casualty. Nadal was beaten 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 6-3 by world No 56 Martin Klizan, who will face third seed Tomas Berdych in the second semi in Beijing. One service break apiece in the first ... | Second seed Rafael Nadal is out of the China Open held in Beijing .
Nadal lost 6-7 (7-9), 6-4, 6-3 to world No 56 Martin Klizan .
Klizan will face third seed Tomas Berdych in the semi-finals . |
fbb830ff4169be180afc0fe3d5a80b6b8d2ee067 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:16 EST, 8 March 2012 . UPDATED: . 19:36 EST, 8 March 2012 . A former Los Angeles police detective was found guilty today of the 26-year-old murder of the wife of her former lover in a case that hinged on a single piece of evidence - DNA from a bite mark on the victim's arm. St... | Stephanie Lazarus, 51, tried in Los Angeles court for 26-year-old murder .
'Beat and shot dead Sherri Rasmussen, 29, after ex-boyfriend married her'
Shocking photos of Rasmussen's battered face shown to jury . |
fbb93cccde6abeacca7d700254c43a1b750088f1 | Nothing can keep Karla Sanchez San Martin, one of Mexico's few female bullfighters, from facing off against her bovine opponents. On Tuesday, the ambitious matador-in-training vowed to return to the ring by mid-January, two days after she and several others were gored by what she said was a 'very smart' bull. The 26-ye... | Karla de los Angeles was competing in the world's biggest bullring Sunday .
She was gored twice, suffering cuts to her thigh and backside .
The bull then went on to gore assistant Federico Dominguez .
The 26-year-old matador and young mother plans to return to the ring next month . |
fbb9bf28f051dead7f07f519a0383394efb78e34 | By . Thomas Jacobs . Jack Whitehall is the latest person to poke fun at Roma new boy Ashley Cole by doing his own version of the 'lurking' images photos that have gone viral. The comedian, who received a call up by the Class of 92 for their friendly fixture with Salford City on Thursday, can be seen standing alone awkw... | Comedian Jack Whitehall has poked fun at Ashley Cole by mimicking his 'awkward' photo .
Whitehall can be seen standing awkwardly alone during team photo in Salford .
Whitehall appeared as a second-half substitute during Class of 92's defeat to Salford City . |
fbb9c3efcc6f7587fe01af7c9accb3354c22e9da | After another appearance as an emergency centre back at West Ham in March, Michael Carrick was asked about the role he has filled all too frequently for Manchester United over the years. ‘You have to adapt,’ said the England midfielder. ‘There are different jobs to do in certain games, different formations that you hav... | Michael Carrick could drop back into Manchester United defence .
Carrick came off the bench against Manchester City to fill in at centre back .
Louis van Gaal's defensive problems worsened on Sunday .
Chris Smalling sent off against City as Marco Rojo dislocated shoulder .
United face Crystal Palace at Old Trafford on ... |
fbb9ee0cd46e05461b31205fbd1171008a988d69 | The Duke university student who outed the freshman who pays her tuition by starring in porn films as 'Belle Knox' is facing an online backlash. Thomas Bagley, a Phi Delta Theta pledge who is majoring in computer science and mathematics, recognized Knox after watching her performance on an X-rated website. However, Bag... | Duke freshman Thomas Bagley who outed fellow student Belle Knox as a porn star has also been harassed .
The maths and science major has disabled his Twitter account following the controversy .
Most recently, he's been offered a starring role in his own porn film by porn mogul Mike Kulich .
Bagley reportedly recognized ... |
fbba0f26ed373541f21e1c1f47516e369e435e83 | (CNN) -- Maria Sharapova battled to a three-set victory over American qualifier Alison Riske to reach the final of the WTA tournament in Birmingham on Saturday. The two-time winner at the Edgbastion Priory club will now play top seed Li Na, who was also taken to three sets before beating France's Aravane Rezai 6-1 3-6... | Maria Sharapova into final of WTA Tour event in Birmingham .
Russian superstar will play Li Na of China in Sunday's showdown .
Sharapova taken to three sets by American qualifier Alison Riske . |
fbba314ce61421c4294ebc59042c2365172d6ef1 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:28 EST, 19 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:44 EST, 19 November 2013 . These Alaskan brown bears were clearly not in the mood to share their dinner. The pair got into a vicious fight over fishing rights in the river when one managed to catch a salmon, while the other was left... | Fight between the two brown bears was captured on camera by Tin Man Lee .
Enormous bears wrestled over the salmon in Katmai National Park, Alaska . |
fbba7d4bfd30e8018a2157de7173068667677715 | (CNN) -- Can ideas get you high? My approach to creating content is focused on pulling people out of their intellectual comfort zones. I'm interested in presenting ideas in unique ways that challenge people to question their assumptions. My mode of presentation is short-form video -- basically I create fast cut, impass... | Filmmaker Jason Silva makes short kaleidoscopic videos on how ideas interrelate .
He says he aims to show how technology is expanding our sphere of what is possible .
Silva: Big ideas should instill a sense of wonder in people as if they're high on drugs . |
fbba81960bde94aeacd5bafd37ed5ebaea976db2 | Anchorage, Alaska (CNN) -- It's 3 degrees and snowing outside the Alaska Volcano Observatory in Anchorage, but inside the operations center, things are heating up. Geologist Michelle Coombs monitors the Redoubt volcano from the Alaska Volcano Observatory. "This is kind of the nerve center, if you will," says geologist ... | In the cold Alaskan winter, geologist keeps watch on Mount Redoubt .
Michelle Coombs thinks the volcano will erupt within days or weeks .
The biggest danger could be ash getting in a jetliner's engines .
At Alaska Volcano Observatory, they're getting extra help, monitoring 24/7 . |
fbba922456e1995130f95646a611e8b961c9c629 | (CNN) -- As Florida Republican operatives look past Tuesday's primary, they are clear about what it will take to carry their state in November -- winning swing voters. While the 2012 GOP presidential race has sometimes seemed like a competition among the Republican White House hopefuls over who can appeal to the party'... | "Swing is key," says one Florida GOP insider .
The fight in the fall will not be focused on exciting the base, it will be about winning the middle .
Latino Republicans make up a key block, and Romney seems to have their support .
Most insiders say they'd have a hard time supporting Ron Paul if he were nominated . |
fbbb37ade7605b33afb817b77460bf178d36efeb | A Russian university is planning to create a 'Noah's Ark' consisting of the frozen DNA of every creature that has ever lived. Moscow State University has received the country's largest-ever scientific grant to embark on the project, which is scheduled to be completed by 2018 and will be based in a 430sq km site on camp... | The world's most ambitious DNA bank will be created at Russian University .
Its directors aim to freeze biological matter of every creature to have lived .
The landmark project has received 1billion rubles (£12.6m) in funding .
Nicknamed 'Noah's Ark', it will be used as a 'databank' of cellular materials . |
fbbb4596ad280a5ddc67e3d5d65c5686d8fc79c8 | (CNN) -- Two people accused of killing a man they met through Craigslist pleaded guilty in Pennsylvania. They entered their pleas early Tuesday, according to Trisha Cotner, administrative assistant for the district attorney of Northumberland County District Attorney's Office. Miranda Barbour, 19, and her husband, Elytt... | Miranda Barbour and her husband are charged with murder in Pennsylvania .
Police said they met the man through a Craigslist companionship ad .
Miranda Barbour has claimed to have killed at least 22 people . |
fbbbf4797a28c2c3fcbb8a4ac29b9ac5f611f49b | (CNN) -- Ten years ago this week, then-Secretary of State Colin Powell declared that genocide had been committed in Darfur and that the government of Sudan and the janjaweed bore responsibility for those acts. Even though it did not actually trigger a legal obligation to act, many hoped that using the "g word" meant th... | Ten years ago this week, Colin Powell declared that genocide had been committed in Darfur .
Janjaweed fighters formed the backbone of attack forces unleashed on Darfur, says Akshaya Kumar .
Security Council has voted to keep peacekeepers in Darfur for another 10 months, Kumar says .
But Kumar argues new guidelines over... |
fbbc4b6504ece0c717bb76c2b7e450d952cc7539 | (CNN) -- The International Committee of the Red Cross called on Israel to allow it immediate access to Gaza, saying a trip into Gaza City revealed weak children laying with their dead mothers and other "shocking" scenes. Israeli artillery fires a shell toward Gaza from the Israel-Gaza border on Wednesday. Red Cross wor... | Red Cross: Workers found weak kids with dead mothers during trip into Gaza City .
Team found wounded people, corpses, Red Cross says .
Red Cross official: Israeli military didn't help the wounded .
International Committee of the Red Cross demands access to Gaza . |
fbbc4dbc26dc197b6f09c645487cf60e3d288c99 | The BBC wasted almost £100 million on a failed IT project because senior executives ‘did not have sufficient grip’, an inquiry has found. The Digital Media Initiative was riddled with confusion, delays and inadequate controls, a report by the National Audit Office (NAO) said yesterday. And even though the scheme was ax... | Digital Media Initiative (DMI) was supposed to give staff archive access .
National Audit Office says BBC was slow to act after it ran into trouble . |
fbbcecae507f2f21e45c1b1702ff3860a4b299de | By . Will Stewart . and Chris Pleasance . Police used batons and tear gas to stop Ukrainian demonstrators from storm the main government building in Kiev today. The ugly scenes followed the biggest rally since the Orange Revolution nine years ago as more than 50,000 people demanded closer ties with the European Union. ... | More then 50,000 protesters took to the streets of Kiev today .
They were demanding closer ties with Europe in a pact with EU .
President Viktor Yanukovych was due to sign treaty but made a U-turn .
Opposition leaders claim it was because of pressure from Russia .
Hundreds tried to storm main government building after ... |
fbbd09f2099e3418f098f896d1162dfc310402af | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 08:35 EST, 2 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:13 EST, 2 April 2012 . When a couple became trapped in the upstairs bedroom of their burning home, they no doubt feared the worst. But thanks to the actions of Britain's tallest paramedic - who put his enormous frame to good use - the couple ... | Britain's tallest paramedic managed to lift husband and wife above the flames after arsonists set fire to their home .
The terrified couple scrambled down his shoulders and back before safely reaching the ground . |
fbbd9106147085653645f0ae51fb1a8eac94910d | By . Sam Peters . Kevin Pietersen hit 29 from 27 balls, but was upstaged by big-hitting Jason Roy as Surrey beat Worcestershire by three-wicket in the NatWest t20 Blast quarter-final at the Kia Oval. Roy’s stunning 52 from 23 balls, including three sixes and eight fours, took his run tally to 619 from 14 innings in thi... | Former England international hit 29 from 27 balls but Roy struck three sixes and eight fours to steal the limelight from his Surrey team-mate .
Roy has now racked up 619 runs from 14 innings during this summer .
Surrey beat Worcestershire's run tally of 141 for nine with 3.3 overs left . |
fbbd9fdd5b872606d042f7ec6cdab26f5d5433e4 | North Korea's leader Kim Jong Il demanded $10 billion in cash and half a million tons of food as a precondition of holding a summit with the South . North Korea's former leader Kim Jong Il demanded $10 billion in cash and half a million tons of food in 2009 as a precondition of holding a summit with the South, a former... | Former North Korea leader Kim Jong-Il made demands in return for summit .
List included 400,000 tons of rice, 100,000 of corn and 300,000 of fertilizer .
Also wanted $100 million of asphalt and $10 billion to found a new bank .
Ex-President of South Korea has revealed the list of demands in new book .
Conservative form... |
fbbdc1b7f11cb2d572713829833c778b94ced2ea | Few honeymooners could hope for such a magical moment. But one photographer celebrating his wedding was lucky enough to witness a stretch of beach lit up by bioluminescent phytoplankton. Will Ho stumbled upon the awe-inspiring sight on a windy night in the Maldives. Scroll down for video . The minute creatures are thou... | Taiwanese photographer Will Ho took the pictures on a windy night in the Maldives while on his honeymoon .
The waves are lit up by bioluminescent phytoplankton - tiny organisms that glow like fireflies when they are agitated or stressed . |
fbbdf12a10e1d01e3a7dd01c451dc67e9a6eaa81 | By . Sam Shead . PUBLISHED: . 13:08 EST, 10 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:42 EST, 11 September 2012 . A pub regular who has visited the same boozer every day for 72 years has been honoured with a plaque on his favourite chair - where he has drank a staggering 30,000 pints. Arthur Reid, 90, has popped into The Grif... | A pint of £2.75 Courage bitter every day at 3pm .
30,000 pints equates to £82,500 in today's money .
Manageress gets him to try brews before selling them behind the bar . |
fbbe6457dc2e39beb9794e84464ba7566f4fb120 | Royal Bank of Scotland has apologised for misleading a parliamentary committee over its treatment of small businesses. Sir Philip Hampton, chairman of RBS, admitted evidence given by two executives was wrong – but insisted they made an ‘honest mistake’ when discussing the controversial Global Restructuring Group before... | RBS apologises for misleading MPs over treatment of small businesses .
Chairman Sir Philip Hampton says it was an 'honest mistake'
Latest in series of scandals for RBS since it was bailed out by government . |
fbbeb2a096c0f2b75954647280f3619c33bf8ee8 | By . Tom Mctague, Mail online Deputy Political Editor . UKIP leader attended a dinner hosted by Elton John . Nigel Farage has been rebuffed by music star Sir Elton John after hinting that he could publicly back UKIP. The UKIP leader yesterday revealed he had been invited to a dinner party thrown at the pop star’s home.... | Singer-songwriter hosted a dinner attended by the UKIP leader .
Asked about the dinner Mr Farage said he had a 'big announcement' to make .
But the pop star's spokesman said: 'Elton will not be favouring any party' |
fbbef78c1735808e5ecbbedbd578f6c86628945b | By . Louise Cheer . Almost every single 2013 Holden Commodore and Caprice is being recalled after a potential fault with the front seatbelts was found. The car manufacturer is recalling a total of 42,000 vehicles from the VF Commodore and WN Caprice range - models that went on sale in May last year. A public recall was... | A front seatbelt fault has been discovered in the manufacturer's 2013 fleet .
Holden issued a public recall on Monday, a week after dealers were warned .
Fault lies with the seatbelt pre-tensioner - it could disable during a crash .
Holden said no customers had reported the front seatbelt fault . |
fbbf300d06e9e0a65fb7df9f0dea454d4647c809 | By . Wil Longbottom . Last updated at 4:58 PM on 4th January 2012 . There was double humiliation at Penn State's final football game of the season, after one student dressed up as anti-paedophile mascot 'Paedobear' to protest at the sex scandal cover up at the college. The unknown fan dressed in the provocative outfit ... | Fan dressed in provocative outfit at Penn State's 30-14 defeat in Ticketcity Bowl, Dallas .
Student carried sign saying: 'Keep quiet and don't tell anyone'
Former assistant coach Jerry Sandusky denies more than 50 charges of alleged abuse of young boys .
Two college authorities face charges over cover-up of alleged abu... |
fbbf31c8141cda0ea3380006a0b65b385fc207ae | By . Steve Robson . PUBLISHED: . 10:37 EST, 20 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:35 EST, 21 June 2013 . Jaymin Abdulrahman admitted throwing her six-day-old baby girl down a bin chute but had denied her intention had been to kill her . A mother who threw her newborn baby 40ft down a tower block rubbish chute while sufferin... | Jaymin Abdulrahman, 25, threw six-day old child down chute at block of flats in Wolverhampton last September .
Baby girl survived but suffered severe skull fractures and brain injuries .
Mother, originally from Iraq, was suffering from severe post-natal depression .
Abdulrahman guilty of inflicting GBH but cleared of c... |
fbbfe46046b92b0d707e6f68836b2baf10f8a42c | Wanted: Police killed Donald Hux, the ex-husband of Sandy Carl Huckabee's wife Amy, in a shoot out Sunday night. He was the main suspect in the death of both Amy and her current husband Sandy . Police have killed the man who murdered the cousin of former Arkansas governor Mike Huckabee, and the suspect shot ex-wife dea... | Manhunt for ex-husband ends with headcount as both the suspect, Donald Hux, and his kidnapped ex-wife Amy Huckabee are pronounced dead .
Investigation began when Sandy Carl Huckabee, the cousin of former governor Mike Huckabee, was found dead in his Arkansas home . |
fbc042b5b69c107985dec9026b07ed863230c92f | Atlanta, Georgia (CNN) -- The final runoff of Egypt's first free elections in recent memory has ended and the result is clear: Islamist parties have swept the popular vote. Should the international community worry? In every Arab country where popular uprisings have pushed dictators out of power, Islamist parties have b... | Islamist parties in Egypt swept the popular vote in the latest round of parliamentary elections .
Frida Ghitis asks whether the international community should worry .
Some of the Islamists are still trying to sort out where they stand on many issues .
Ghitis: U.S. can help shape Arab world by promoting democratic ideal... |
fbc04ecde8997affe5d2975ede034716a0e9f0f4 | By . Simon Jones . Sunderland have expressed an interest in signing Crystal Palace goalkeeper Julian Speroni. The Argentinian is a free agent despite Palace holding initial talks over extending his contract. Gus Poyet is interested in Speroni having lost Keiren Westwood and Oscar Ustari, who is looking to return to foo... | Black Cats considering summer swoop for Argentinian keeper .
Speroni available on a free transfer with contract at Palace set to run out .
Eagles lining up Norwich City's John Ruddy as possible replacement . |
fbc0601c7af0ec2d3451028fa4b00806a27e7d6e | (CNN) -- A 12.76-carat pink diamond has been unearthed in an Australian mine, the largest ever found in the country. Christened as the Argyle Pink Jubilee, the diamond was found in mining giant Rio Tinto's Argyle diamond mine in Western Australia's East Kimberly region. The Argyle mine is the world's largest producer o... | A 12.76-carat rough pink diamond was found in a West Australian mine owned by Rio Tinto .
The diamond was the largest rough pink diamond ever found in Australia.
Named the Argyle Pink Jubilee, the polished product will be offered for sale later this year. |
fbc0ad0d88f8c0ecd59dcd3160209376a984f9c9 | No one expected this. Less than a week after he lifted the World Cup trophy in Rio de Janeiro, Germany captain Phillipp Lahm has retired from international football. Yes, there had been the odd report prior to the World Cup. Lahm himself had admitted in February that he would not rule it out as a possibility. But it di... | Phillipp Lahm has retired from international football .
He won 113 caps for Germany, scoring five goals .
Lahm captained his side to victory in the World Cup final this summer .
Midfielder will continue to play for club side Bayern Munich . |
fbc0f4401938996d8e6f2425bf24de00e3894a1a | A mother-of-two has been found stabbed to death at her home - directly opposite the house of a father jailed this week for killing a prostitute after a botched penis enlargement. Company director Emily Munemo's body was discovered just yards from the house of twisted killer Michael Wenham who was yesterday jailed for l... | Emily Munemo found stabbed in he house in Hillingdon, London yesterday .
Mother died just yards from home of prostitute killer Michael Wenham .
Police have arrested a man, 35, and are quizzing him at London station . |
fbc13895cd910e5edccfb18a320b21c4496bde79 | Marseille has become the focus of emergency French government talks after the son of a football boss was gunned down in the street on Thursday in the city's latest gangland killing. Adrien Anigo - whose father, Jose Anigo, is the sporting director of Olympique Marseille - was the second person in a day to be killed in ... | Adrien Anigo, son of Olympique Marseille boss Jose Anigo, gunned down in French city .
Shooting is 15th murder in region since start of this year .
Marseille's mayor and officials call for end to in-fighting to solve gangland crisis in city .
French Prime Minister last month ordered 130 police officers and 24 investiga... |
fbc20dd782b5a5fafaf88a2039bf0a10fe65d393 | It may be almost an entire decade since the Boxing Day tsunami wiped out 230,000 people in southeast Asia, but for Richard Nott it is as raw as if it happened yesterday after the unthinkable loss of his son and daughter-in-law. Richard will never forget the joy he felt when he received a call from his son Christian, an... | Christian and Moi Nott died on Khao Lak, Thailand in Boxing Day tsunami .
Couple were on honeymoon and announced day before she was pregnant .
Richard Nott speaks of devastation of losing his son and daughter-in-law .
He will visit Thailand with his daughter for 10 year anniversary this year .
SBS documentary, After Th... |
fbc23716b6d7622ce1f195196c3ceb01b5bb1bbc | (CNN) -- Former Finnish President Martti Ahtisaari has won the 2008 Nobel Peace Prize, the Norwegian Nobel Committee announced Friday. Former Finland President Martii Ahtisaari twice worked to find a solution in Kosovo. "Ahtisaari is an outstanding international mediator," said Ole Danbolt Mjoes, chairman of the Norweg... | Committee cited Ahtisaari's "significant" part in Namibia's independence .
Worked with others this year to find a peaceful solution in Iraq .
Helped broker a deal in troubled Indonesian province of Aceh in 2005 .
Ahtisaari left office in March 2001 . |
fbc2659599e47c754349d382f0283e0c40216538 | Manchester United travel to the Etihad Stadium on Sunday afternoon searching for redemption after the 4-1 mauling they suffered there last season. But how should Louis van Gaal's side set themselves up tactically? Sportsmail's Martin Keown takes a look. MANCHESTER UNITED . Watching Marouane Fellaini at the World Cup, h... | Louis van Gaal's Manchester United travel to City on Sunday .
Marouane Fellaini has upped his game in a midfield three recently .
Yaya Toure - if fit - needs to takes control of the midfield battleground . |
fbc2bb59bffe80c19924d32b92f13513d78fdf9a | Planes that travel faster than the speed of sound using radical 'hybrid wing body' designs could be the future of travel, according to concepts developed by Nasa. The US space agency has been working with manufacturers to design the next generation of planes that will make travelling around the world faster and more fu... | Nasa's archive of future aircraft concept designs feature needle-like bodies, sleek fuselages and delta wings .
One of the most popular designs is something called the 'hybrid wing body' which improves aerodynamics .
Similarly, the 'double bubble' D8 Series future aircraft design uses a very wide fuselage to provide ex... |
fbc37ccd354cc1c6759292bd7441b3437ecb1ad2 | These days, both violent video games and Congress have come under fire in the media and the court of public opinion, albeit for different reasons. Now, McGraw Hill Education hopes to change the perception of both gaming and the nation's lawmakers with "Government in Action," a 3-D multiplayer game. Designed for the col... | "Government in Action" lets players serve as a member of Congress .
The game from McGraw-Hill is designed to be used in college classrooms .
Player, who's newly elected, is randomly assigned a party and district .
Congressman hopes game will help students understand lawmaking . |
fbc42076a8b5b3ed8d8fb01c25ab2645ea17692e | Washington (CNN) -- Nearly one of every 10 state prisoners is sexually victimized during confinement, according to a Justice Department study released Thursday. The Bureau of Justice Statistics examined data collected in surveys of former prisoners about their time behind bars. The officials found that most of the vict... | The victimization rate, 9.6%, is more than double that of a different 2008 study .
Female prisoners were more than three times as likely to be victims, the study found .
The Justice Department announces new rules aimed at cutting down abuse . |
fbc427e1bc2cf82ac3756c8c7de4249b52e56505 | Speculation surrounding Lukas Podolski's future has intensified after the German forward was left out of Arsenal's squad for their match against Everton. The 29-year-old has been linked with a number of clubs, including Galatasaray and Wolfsburg while the Italian press claim Juventus are close to a deal for the former ... | Lukas Podolski left out of squad to face Everton .
Arsenal could be prepared to sell World Cup winner .
Galatasaray, Wolfsburg and Juventus all keen on 29-year-old . |
fbc44601f5baf606683f0732be48edb91b72af37 | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 23:51 EST, 8 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:37 EST, 9 July 2012 . Posing for a picture on their wedding day, Elber and Con Twomey look every inch the perfect couple, ready to start a new life together and raise a family. In another image, their beautiful son Osin plays with a toy with th... | Eye witnesses claim the Polish driver ploughed into the second car deliberately but police have not commented on the allegation .
He was arrested before being taken to hospital, where he subsequently died .
Family were on holiday from Ireland when crash happened in Torbay, Devon .
Mother and father are in a 'critical l... |
fbc4914c00ef4a4264cc0e6a08cc29613c2a37c3 | (AOL Autos) -- As we're in the midst of a trend that equates green with cool, just about every automaker is showcasing ecologically-minded concepts at the 2008 Detroit Auto Show. (Thank you Lamborghini for bucking the trend ... vehicles in their display are powered by gasoline gulping V10s and V12s.) Explorer America C... | Explorer America concept car turns popular model green .
Has 3.5-liter gasoline Turbo Direct Injection V6 engine .
Body is a lighter-weight unitized design . |
fbc4a2632eb38dbc5d3273b683e1bbf701b1e49a | By . Lucy Waterlow . PUBLISHED: . 07:24 EST, 12 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:05 EST, 14 July 2013 . It has been a year of firsts for luxury accessories brand Symthson in their 126-year history. They unveiled a new flagship store in London in February and then last month opened their first store in Asia. Now the Britis... | British brand will host event in September .
Outing will celebrate their Panama bag .
SamCam was creative director and is still supports company .
She said it's great to see how they have evolved during 126-year history . |
fbc527d9e180bfb6b382dc4037788dfc2ba8ff74 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:03 EST, 3 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:39 EST, 3 September 2013 . A Navy veteran and father-of-two has been shot and killed by armed men who tried to steal his car on Sunday. Erroll Williams, 27, was shot dead during an apparent carjacking in the early hours at a gas sta... | Errol Williams, 27, was shot dead in North Carolina on Sunday .
Police searching for three suspects after serviceman was shot as he tried to escape . |
fbc56db5dde234f47f797d47bd6e4bd7c1f9364b | (RollingStone) -- Just one week after being released from prison, Lil Wayne has already finished a new song and is ready to put it out. "We're trying to put it out, like, tomorrow," Cortez Bryant, Wayne's manager, told Rolling Stone. "We got a crazy song. If not tomorrow, definitely next week." Photos: Lil Wayne return... | "We got a crazy song -- if [it's not out] tomorrow, definitely next week," Wayne's manager says .
Wayne settled into Miami's Hit Factory studio Tuesday for a 15-hour recording session .
The president of Wayne's label, tweeted, "It's official Wayne laid his 1st verse!!!!" |
fbc5863218ae8ef3afc4dfaffd52fb8866404703 | By . Heidi Parker . and James Nye . PUBLISHED: . 17:33 EST, 13 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:16 EST, 14 January 2014 . Kanye West is now a suspect in a battery investigation after the rap star allegedly chased down an 18-year-old boy into a chiropractor's office today and punched him after the teen apparently hurle... | Kanye West 'to be investigated by LA County District Attorney' after allegedly chasing down a teenager who shouted racial abuse at his fiancée Kim Kardashian and punching the 18-year-old .
The alleged fight occurred today in Beverly Hills in a chiropractor therapist center foyer .
The Yeesuz star allegedly had to be pu... |
fbc5a1d79c79cbdbc8741b59dd570c4c7779f1f6 | (CNN) -- The Louisiana State Police said Tuesday that they have joined the FBI in investigating allegations that New Orleans Saints General Manager Mickey Loomis had the ability to eavesdrop on opposing coaches for nearly three seasons. "By placing an investigator with the FBI team, we'll go through the allegations and... | NEW: Interim head coach says the accusations are "ludicrous" and "irresponsible"
ESPN reports that Saints GM Mickey Loomis could eavesdrop on opposing coaches .
The Saints are already in hot water over their bounty program .
A Saints spokesman calls the report "1,000% false" |
fbc5c3727cbe31919b54a0017ade5eaaf1c60c85 | The owner of the St. Louis Rams has announced intentions to build a massive new NFL stadium and entertainment complex in the Los Angeles suburb of Inglewood. Stan Kroenke revealed the grand plan to the LA Times on Monday. In addition to an 80,000-seat stadium, the billionaire and his partners are proposing an adjacent ... | Billionaire developer and St. Louis Rams owner Stan Kroenke announced plans Monday for an 80,000-seat stadium in Inglewood, California .
The Rams played in LA from 1946 to 1994 and St. Louis could lose the team should the city's efforts to negotiate a deal for a new stadium fall through .
Kroenke has teamed up with the... |
fbc6256a71add70ba6cd64e7bc29166ce45e80be | Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal has hinted for the first time that he is keen to bring Roma midfielder Kevin Strootman to the club. Roma coach Rudi Garcia – who faces Van Gaal and United here in America this afternoon – said on Friday that the Dutch international would not be leaving Italy. However, Van Gaal s... | Dutch star Strootman out for at least six months after ligament surgery .
Strootman missed the World Cup through injury .
Roma manager Rudi Garcia has said Strootman will not be leaving the club .
Manchester United take on Roma in a pre-season friendly on Saturday . |
fbc673334bb035f3421d3244c6da26d0b49cc391 | By . Becky Barrow and Rob Davies . PUBLISHED: . 18:22 EST, 16 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:36 EST, 17 July 2012 . Lord Turner arriving to give evidence to the Treasury Select Committee at Portcullis House yesterday . The manipulation of key interest rates by Barclays is just 'the tip of the iceberg', the City's regula... | Lord Turner said other banks may find .
themselves implicated in financial scandal .
Former chief .
operating officer at Barclays said Bob .
Diamond asked him to cut Libor in a phone call . |
fbc69bc9faf070c5bf27bdcbdf3d61a3360a6ecb | By . Ian Drury . PUBLISHED: . 04:21 EST, 29 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:47 EST, 29 July 2013 . The parents of a war hero killed in Afghanistan have spoken of their disgust after his widow sold a medal honouring his sacrifice. Fusilier Simon Annis’s young wife Caroline, 26, listed the Elizabeth Cross on the online not... | Fusilier Simon Annis, 22, killed by a bomb in Helmand in 2009 .
Wife Caroline presented with posthumous Elizabeth Cross as next of kin .
Pete and Ann Annis have bought it back from new owner for £1,757 .
Soldier's widow is in a new relationship and has a young daughter .
Caroline says soldier's parents have not spoken ... |
fbc6e3dcadf9e33de712899bc4423aa41c582791 | Nancy Birtwhistle: She took a controversial shortcut on last night's Great British Bake Off . Great British Bake Off contestants are supposed to pride themselves on home-spun skills and recipes handed down the generations. Now one of them has ditched tradition – in favour of the microwave. Judges Mary Berry and Paul Ho... | Nancy Birtwhistle, 60, popped dough in for five-minute blitz at 10% power .
Idea was to help speed up process of rising sweet dough for plum bread .
Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood left visibly shocked and experts dismayed .
Contestants were given two-and-a-half hours to produce the perfect loaf . |
fbc73e29ea4bf7169d1ed0afabe91c25707c0fc9 | Support: Sarah Palin last night said that if she lived in South Carolina she would vote for Newt Gingrich as Republican presidential candidate . Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin threw her support behind presidential candidate Newt Gingrich last night. But she drew short of backing him, saying that if she lived in Sou... | Former Alaska governor wants Republican primary to continue .
She calls on South Carolinians to vote for Newt Gingrich .
If Mitt Romney wins Saturday's vote, he will become Republican nominee . |
fbc74f98272ef8c429ab02d463519972dbb8a41d | (CNN) -- If not for the hue of their skin or their ethnicity, 24 soldiers who faced death in service to their nation would have received the most prestigious medals for their valor long ago. But they were born and fought in a time when such deeds were not always fairly acknowledged. On Tuesday, the U.S. government corr... | NEW: ''The only thing I could do is fight," honoree Melvin Morris tells CNN .
President Barack Obama honors 24 veterans with the Medal of Honor .
White House says they were passed over for the top medal because of discrimination .
Only three of them are still alive; they served in WWII, Korea and Vietnam . |
fbc77c75967ef6e3226d8855839d1fc1b7bec409 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:55 EST, 8 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:14 EST, 10 December 2013 . American Airlines and US Airways have reached a deal with the government that lets the two form the world's biggest airline . A judge refused to block a merger between American Airlines and US Airways on Sa... | Settlement paves way for world's largest airline .
Merger will harm competition as just four airlines will control more than 80 per cent of air travel in the U.S.
Agreement also opens door for low-cost carriers at several U.S. airports .
Passenger group believes merger will result in higher fares and reduced choices .
... |
fbc7be55e4bf7a61c19317582c945cae3f5af73f | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 08:40 EST, 17 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:12 EST, 17 December 2012 . A desperate woman threw herself 50ft into a river after claiming government planners stole her home. She kept rescuers at bay in Guangzhou, . Guangdong province, China, for two hours as she clung on to the side of... | Woman named as Lia Sun, 31, threw herself into the Zhujiang river but was rescued by police in Guagzhou .
She said her family was paid fraction of the true worth of their land .
Local officials have been instructed to investigate the claim . |
fbc7cc3abbf7b7eacdaf20be8231e7c17fb7a806 | (CNN) -- "Admit it, you're lonely. In the end, whatever you say, you must be so lonely." So said the otherwise obliging radio presenter when he interviewed me about a recent BBC article in which I had defended singledom. Read more: Single? You're not alone . After so often being asked at dinner parties or other social ... | As single man, Jim Friel often faces "innately hostile" question: Why are you single?
He asks: "Why is confirmation of sexuality to be in thrall to tyranny of coupledom?"
He doesn't claim single state to be superior to coupledom -- but it is equally valid . |
fbc83589ae9de6cc86f153e12030782eb3e3656b | By . Katie Amey for MailOnline . Stunning forks of lightning were captured on camera during an electrical storm, which raged above Houston, TX, earlier this week. The sky is completely lit up as two branches of lightning streak through the night sky. Watch as the bolts, which are hotter than the surface of the sun, ext... | Forks of lightning were captured on camera during Texas electrical storm .
Brilliant white-blue bolts completely illuminate the city skyline . |
fbc8b759e79e248ca7193730517db432a9cc88ec | (CNN) -- In January, I brought my 4-year-old daughter to Robinson's Arch, the section of Jerusalem's Western Wall reserved for egalitarian prayer without gender segregation. My husband and I, both Conservative rabbis, explained to her that this sacred space once formed part of the ancient Temple compound, and we helped... | Prayer space at Western Wall may become politicized, Rabbi Jill Jacobs writes .
She says a portion open to both men and women is being ceded to a settler group .
Jacobs says people who want to pray together don't want to be endorsing settlers .
She says Israeli authorities, North American Jews should oppose the move . |
fbc8cb114918bcb207cbae58fde1fcb9d86f7309 | (EW.com) -- Emily Wickersham is joining "NCIS" full-time. The actress, who was cast in the role of NSA analyst Eleanor "Ellie" Bishop back in September, has been promoted to a series regular, CBS announced Monday. Wickersham, who has also appeared on "The Sopranos," was originally slated for three episodes but accordin... | Emily Wickersham's now a series regular on "NCIS"
She was originally supposed to appear in only three episodes .
Her promotion follows the exit of Cote de Pablo . |
fbca3f5213437da623bf68d1331803305242a40c | Cleansing: Mrs Newton-John, pictured last week in Melbourne, Australia, flew in a Catholic priest to carry out an exorcism at her Florida home . Grease star Olivia Newton-John ordered an exorcism at her $5.6million Florida home to expel the spirit of a suicide victim. Mrs Newton-John, 64, flew in a Catholic priest to c... | Mrs Newton-John and her husband John Easterling ordered the ceremony .
They flew in a Catholic priest to their Florida home last week .
He was there to cleanse the property with holy water after Christopher Pariseleti, 41, killed himself with a handgun there last month .
Comedian Rosie O'Donnell, who was set to buy the... |
fbca6a0bc71df2d33210629577f4007c5362d8f9 | Beijing, China (CNN) -- Twenty-five years ago, when tanks and automatic rifles silenced massive political demonstrations in Beijing's Tiananmen Square, I was TIME magazine's correspondent in China. For me, memories of the crackdown start in the early evening of June 3, and end with a mad dash at the wheel of a Toyota s... | Jaime A. FlorCruz was TIME's correspondent in Beijing 25 years ago .
He filed stories from Tiananmen Square and drove hunger strikers to a safe house .
Passengers included later Nobel Laureate Liu Xiaobo and singer Hou Dejian .
FlorCruz saw people surround tanks, soldiers crying and violence . |
fbca752468709d94a64bd4255722f07758e7d83d | Arsenal striker Olivier Giroud dealt with the news he will be out for the rest of 2014 by watching his side qualify for a 17th consecutive Champions League group stage on TV with his left foot elevated on a pile of blankets. The France international striker underwent surgery on Wednesday after picking up an injury late... | Arsene Wenger said Olivier Giroud could be out until early January .
French striker Giroud suffered a fracture in his leg against Everton .
Giroud watched Arsenal qualify for the Champions League on TV .
Stand-in striker Alexis Sanchez scored the winner against Besiktas . |
fbcac13851cc6714961cc8336a9d4f61c7838de1 | Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- Security was tight in Northern Ireland on Saturday for a contentious annual march by a Protestant group. Saturday's march by the Apprentice Boys through the mainly Catholic city of Londonderry is the largest of several they hold during the year, mainly in summer. The march commemorate... | The Protestant march passes through a mainly Catholic city .
Saturday's march is the largest by the Apprentice Boys group .
Smaller marches are also taking place elsewhere Saturday . |
fbcb4f81dbd672aaafa3082c235eed9da3317497 | By . Daily Mail . PUBLISHED: . 17:08 EST, 9 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:28 EST, 9 May 2013 . Youtube joined the paid-content streaming video fray today as it officially outlined its selection of premium channels, many with a decidedly nostalgic bent, starting at $0.99 per month. Roger Corman's campy B movies, children... | Legendary 'Piranha' creator Roger Corman to have his own channel alongside the Jim Henson Company, Ultimate Fighting Championship, and around 30 others . |
fbcb58b9bf6e2ec0423dc0fcd32f6e13bf094518 | By . Paul Thompson . PUBLISHED: . 09:56 EST, 25 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:49 EST, 25 August 2013 . A sex education teacher has been accused of raping a 14-year-old student from her school. Rachelle Gendron is also alleged to have sent the teen photos of herself naked and topless during their affair. Prosecutors s... | Former sex-ed teacher Rachelle Gendron was arraigned in court Friday on charges that she raped a 14-year-old student .
Prosecutors say they have evidence obtained from the victim's phone of Gendron in various states of undress .
They say she had sex with the victim five times .
If convicted, Gendron faces a minimum of ... |
fbcc629d6d52c3bca0e7b1c3723ad1d2257087d9 | By . Margot Peppers . PUBLISHED: . 19:35 EST, 11 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:35 EST, 11 February 2013 . Fashion designer Alfred Fiandaca - who was responsible for many of Ann Romney's campaign trail looks - has passed away at 72 . The fashion designer responsible for many of Ann Romney’s campaign outfits has pass... | Fiandaca was a favorite among political wives including Joan Kennedy, Lady Bird Johnson and Nancy Reagan .
Julie Andrews and Audrey Hepburn also wore his elegant designs . |
fbcc69fb557cfe200d6c799c624e4abcfaa6fb56 | ORLANDO, Florida (CNN) -- Some Florida amusement park visitors may enjoy space-themed roller-coasters, but the first vehicle they board at Orlando International Airport may be the most futuristic ride of their vacation. Four hydrogen shuttle buses are part of the fleet at the Orlando International Airport. The airport ... | Orlando airport tests cleaner hydrogen-powered internal combustion engines .
Smoother, quieter engines require million-dollar fueling stations .
Testers hope to learn more by gathering data from nonstop shuttle usage .
Hydrogen engines cheaper than hydrogen fuel cells, but they use more hydrogen . |
fbcc893497efa57a819ae0b71efcb8783533c11b | Lord Nelson's famous warship HMS Victory may have been painted the wrong colour after historians examining the ship found no evidence of the well known 'bumblebee' design in its original paintwork. Hundreds of fragments of the ship's original paint have been studied, with experts concluding that the hull was mostly bla... | Paint fragments suggest orange and black pattern was a modern addition .
The original HMS Victory is believed to have been black and bare wood .
Analysis may mean Lord Nelson's Battle of Trafalgar flagship is repainted . |
fbcce9d16590a782818c010b48d9c94434372498 | Serial killer Rodney Alcala, known as the ‘Dating Game Killer' due to his appearance on the famous television game show more than 30 years ago, was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison on Monday for murdering two New York women in the 1970s. Alcala, 69, already on death row in California for raping and mutilating f... | Rodney Alcala, known as the ‘Dating .
Game Killer' due to his appearance on the famous television game show in 1968, was sentenced to at least 25 years in prison for murdering two New York women in the 1970s .
Alcala, 69, is already on death row in .
California for raping and mutilating four women and a 12-year-old gir... |
fbcd19386a1a9fb17571ba42137a475abc93e08b | Sportsmail's Martin Keown reflects on England's 3-1 victory over Scotland at Celtic Park on Tuesday. Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain opened the scoring for Roy Hodgson's side before captain Wayne Rooney struck twice in the second half to seal victory over their closest rivals. England celebrated a 3-1 victory over Scotland at ... | England beat Scotland 3-1 at Celtic Park on Tuesday .
Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain opened scoring for England .
Arsenal winger must track back defensively and not go into rest mode .
England must get playmaker Wilshere on the ball more . |
fbce33d26133187a9180ebd5c0a4d4c336c1dcd6 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 15:07 EST, 15 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 16:16 EST, 15 January 2014 . The Little Couple star has released a new picture showing her in a hospital bed as she receives chemotherapy treatment. Jen Arnold, the matriarch of the TLC reality show, has taken the opportunity to thank h... | The 39-year-old was diagnosed with stage 3 cancer of the uterus after bleeding during a trip to adopt her daughter in India .
Is now in the midst of chemotherapy and has decided to wear a wig .
She had fallen pregnant in August but the embryo had no heartbeat and when it was removed, leftover cells led to the cancer .
... |
fbce3676058065ef58d55399466f05f62940d968 | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 05:14 EST, 27 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:22 EST, 27 October 2013 . Swollen stomach: Hayley Barley, 24, suffers with Hirschsprung's disease which regularly causes her abdomen to swell to the point she looks pregnant . A mother-of-four has told of her anguish of constantly having ... | Mother-of-four Hayley Barley, 24, suffers from Hirschsprung's disease .
The serious bowel condition frequently causes her stomach to swell .
She is often asked her due date and offered seats on public transport .
Mrs Barley will now have an operation to remove most of her bowel . |
fbce7267a31be073d5d394811141d5120b5770fd | Reindeer meat may be considered a delicacy in some countries, but 30,000 years ago our European ancestors preferred eating mammoths. Cuts of reindeer were instead saved for their canine companions, according to research at Předmostí, a prehistoric site in the Czech Republic. The Gravettian people used the bones of mor... | Fossils were uncovered at prehistoric Předmostí site in Czech Republic .
Scientists studied nitrogen stable isotopes in human and animal fossils .
They found the culture left behind huge amounts of mammoth carcasses .
Dogs ate reindeer meat, probably discarded by their Gravettian owners .
The study shows how dogs were ... |
fbcf0ea555d16c246697826bbb75e523b33ae30b | An Ohio teen driver and his instructor were killed during a Monday afternoon lesson after the young student drove past a stop sign and was hit by a minivan. Joseph Franks, 16, was reportedly behind the wheel of while 48-year-old Thomas Smith of Key Driving School instructed him, according to The Toledo Blade. Their veh... | Driving student Joseph Franks, 16, and instructor Thomas Smith, 48, were both killed after Franks drove past a stop sign during a Monday afternoon lesson .
Their vehicle was hit by a minivan - causing it to move off of the road, flip over and land in a nearby home's front yard .
Minivan driver Kathleen Woods, 48, was h... |
fbcf0fdf6e5ab75fc1d23cc4d649528a49902b0e | Grant Hanley has withdrawn from the Scotland squad for the 2016 European Championship qualifier against Poland on Tuesday night, the Scottish FA have confirmed. The Blackburn Rovers defender picked up a knee injury in the 1-0 Group D win over Georgia at Ibrox on Saturday. Hanley has struck up a partnership with Norwich... | Grant Hanley picked up knee injury in 1-0 Group D win over Georgia .
Blackburn centre back will miss Scotland's qualifier against Poland .
Tuesday night's opponents Poland sit top of the group after shock win over world champions Germany . |
fbcfc454b04925a126a1bf1282b428058506ecfd | To paraphrase "The Social Network," if Abraham Lincoln had invented Facebook, he would have invented Facebook. But in a tall tale that would have made the Great Emancipator proud, a blog post saying that he did just that was making the rounds Wednesday. And some online media outlets were quick to take the bait. Blogger... | Blog post about Abraham Lincoln and Facebook fools the Web .
Blogger Nate St. Pierre wrote that Lincoln patented a personal newspaper .
The fake paper would feature personal information and "status updates"
He meant it to be a joke, but several news sites reported it as fact . |
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