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fbefd79d02db0adf213bc9625c58f9a92c747010 | Arsenal goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny's position has been cast into further doubt after it emerged the club are monitoring Fiorentina goalkeeper Norberto Neto. Sportsmail revealed earlier this month that the Gunners will make a new No 1 a summer priority. And club scouts have made checks on Brazil keeper Neto - who is a... | Sportsmail revealed that Arsenal will make signing a new No 1 a priority .
Arsenal are monitoring Fiorentina goalkeeper Norberto Neto .
Wojciech Szczesny has lost his place to David Ospina in recent weeks .
The Pole has not played since the New Year's Day defeat by Southampton . |
fbf0a110d27a277ecd58786573a59ff2588fafa2 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:21 EST, 17 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 16:33 EST, 17 March 2014 . A man from North Dakota had a lucky escape after a drunk driver crashed his car through the wall of his house. Nic Podoll, 28, was treated at a hospital and released after a motorist crashed his pickup truck int... | Crash happened on Sunday afternoon after drunk driver veered off highway .
Nic Podoll and his family were sitting in the next room when the accident occurred .
Incredibly he was only slightly hurt by some flying debris whilst his wife and kid were unscathed .
Driver has been charged with DUI . |
fbf0c37b3a0be3359b0a889e8ba748a150aa29d5 | Despite her adorable appearance, Rieke the one-month-old baby orangutan was tragically rejected by her mother after being born. But the good news is the lovable baby monkey is on the way to the UK where she will be re-homed at a rescue centre. Rieke was born on January 12 at Berlin Zoo and soon afterwards it became cle... | Adorable orangutan called Rieke was born on January 12 at Berlin Zoo .
Monkey is already huge hit online but has been rejected her her mother .
Now keepers have decided to move animal to a rescue centre in Dorset . |
fbf0e822ad49ea9b9192399eaf78f58887054936 | (CNN) -- Liverpool want to avoid playing on the 20th anniversary of the Hillsborough disaster and UEFA president Michel Platini says he will "do his utmost" to make it a reality. Liverpool fans had to be treated on the pitch as the tragedy unfolded at Hillsborough in 1989. The anniversary falls on April 15, one of two... | Liverpool anxious to avoid playing on 20th anniversary of Hillsborough tragedy .
April 15 is one of the two dates nominated for Champions League quarterfinals .
UEFA president Michel Platini personally intervenes to ensure date stays free . |
fbf108fe215dbb9c4a741604704b09e78133a5bd | Poachers in search of ivory in northern Cameroon have slaughtered nearly 300 elephants for their tusks since mid-January, according to the country's minister of forestry and wildlife. Minister Ngole Philip Ngwese backed up a claim by the International Fund for Animal Welfare (IFAW) that an armed gang of Sudanese poache... | Poachers are killing the elephants for their tusks .
The ivory is smuggled to markets in Asia and Europe, an animal welfare official says .
Money from ivory sales buys arms for use in regional conflicts, the official says . |
fbf1550978456da9b41e27609b75dd422bf8f789 | By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 03:34 EST, 1 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:58 EST, 1 June 2013 . A British adventurer bidding to row across the North Pacific Ocean has told of the terrifying moment her boat capsized in the dark, bringing back awful memories of her failed attempt the previous year. Sarah Outen, 28, has s... | Sarah Outen attempting to row from Japan to Canada for the second time .
Her first attempt was cut short after Tropical Storm Mawar hit .
Attempt is part of challenge to loop the globe using human power only . |
fbf19ec35c228df7a5201c4fb05553ef14901bb1 | Shamed former Tory peer Lord Hanningfield is set to be suspended from the House of Lords for claiming more than £3,000 for work he did not do, it was announced today. The former Essex County Council leader was caught turning up at Parliament to 'clock in and out' to claim his daily allowance before leaving minutes late... | Lord Hanningfield claimed daily allowance 11 times without doing any work .
Needed cash to pay 'Bruce' to care for Bernese mountain dog and hens .
But sleaze chief says he should be suspended until the next election .
Archaic rules mean he cannot be kicked out of Lords permanently .
In 2011 he served nine weeks in pris... |
fbf1d9e74de3d19a4ff5714e769db57cacb6f025 | By . Alex Greig . PUBLISHED: . 01:58 EST, 7 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 01:58 EST, 7 March 2014 . Police say they have evidence that two sisters found dead last month in the Pittsburgh home they shared were killed by their next door neighbor. Allen Wade, 43, turned himself in on Wednesday on charges including criminal ... | Sarah and Susan Wolfe were found shot to death in the basement of the home they shared in Pittsburgh on February 7 .
Their neighbor, 43-year-old Allen Darell Wade, turned himself into police on Wednesday and has been charged with murder .
Security footage shows him at a gas station near the sisters' home shortly after ... |
fbf1f1a6f88fc090b3e5ec38ab388a11fbbbf77a | Teenagers down the years have typically rebelled by drinking, smoking and taking drugs – earning themselves a less than favourable reputation. Today they’re more likely to be found in their bedrooms surfing the web and playing video games on their computers, before sitting down to supper with their parents. Meet the ‘l... | 'Laptop generation' of teenagers more likely to surf web and play games .
13-year-olds today are more 'sober and responsible' than 10 years ago .
Rise of social media sites such as Facebook is said to be behind change .
A study by Department for Education found a decline in 'risky behaviour'
Just 32 per cent had tried ... |
fbf1f1ef4102b4869a3a67cd89a1037db890ffff | Stephen Ward’s terror that he would be destroyed by the Establishment for his role in the Profumo scandal is revealed in his own words in newly released papers. The high-society figure, who introduced Minister of War John Profumo to Christine Keeler, a former topless model, made the comments in previously unseen, 50-ye... | Documents show Stephen Ward feared he would be ruined by the Tories .
He introduced Christine Keeler to John Profumo, which lead to MP's affair .
Ward was tried at the Old Bailey for living off Keeler's immoral earnings .
But papers reinforce fears that he was a scapegoat for the MP scandal .
He told police: 'I think t... |
fbf247dd5911f496fe2a4f55382e6436a398ffcc | (CNN)Manchester United's Louis van Gaal and Sunderland's Gus Poyet were the latest managers to criticize the heavy Premier League schedule during the festive period but while the duo lamented their teams playing four games in 13 days, fans in England and around the world continue to enjoy the action on offer. The Premi... | Chelsea dropped five points in its last two games during the festive period .
But Manchester City prospered in the Premier League, taking 10 of 12 points .
Other teams to excel included Harry Kane's Tottenham and Southampton .
Everton, Crystal Palace and West Bromwich Albion all struggled, though . |
fbf291b3b0a99bc94d4a8cef80a95bb088bd54e1 | Allen Lambert, 65, used banned pesticides to kill ten buzzards and a sparrowhawk at the Stody estate near Holt, Norfolk, to protect its pheasants . A judge yesterday warned the rural aristocracy that they must take responsibility for the actions of their employees after a gamekeeper was spared jail for poisoning birds ... | WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT .
Allen Lambert killed ten buzzards at estate near Holt to protect its pheasants .
RSPB described it as 'the worst case of bird poisoning' detected in England .
Judge said rural aristocracy must take responsibility for employees' actions .
Gamekeeper, 65, was given a ten-week sentence, suspende... |
fbf2da7cd0a62f81edec705d48bbe47a9a6db004 | (CNN) -- Five-time champion Serena Williams survived an early injury scare to cruise into the second round of the Australian Open on Tuesday. The American third seed rolled her ankle when 4-0 up in the opening set of her match with Romania's Edina Gallovits-Hall, but retained her composure to seal an emphatic 6-0 6-0 "... | Serena Williams survives injury scare to reach Australian Open second round .
The third seed beat Edina Gallovits-Hall 6-0 6-0 despite rolling her right ankle .
Defending champion Victoria Azarenka battles to victory against Monica Niculescu .
Roger Federer and Andy Murray cruise to first-round wins in men's draw . |
fbf2e490f5ff02e24c9382e540dcdb30f2dcfd0c | (CNN) -- A police officer featured on the TNT reality show "Boston's Finest" apparently took his own life Tuesday, a police source said. Boston Police officials are not publicly revealing details of the death of Officer Pat Rogers, who appeared in several episodes of the first season of the unscripted series about the ... | NEW: "Boston's Finest" producer Donnie Wahlberg: "I am so deeply saddened"
The preliminary investigation suggests it was a suicide, Boston police source tells CNN .
Officer Pat Rogers was a "really nice, well-liked guy," police source says .
The show begins its 2nd season next week . |
fbf2f459627239a99999da81e2b3e02e34cbc438 | By . William Turvill . PUBLISHED: . 10:27 EST, 13 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:17 EST, 13 December 2013 . A father has been refused permission to build an extension so his brain damaged son can get round-the-clock care because councillors say it would spoil the character of an upmarket neighbourhood. Special const... | Father refused permission to extend house in upmarket neighbourhood .
Reece Clarke, 21, suffered devastating brain injuries when he was passenger in police patrol car crash .
Has had to spend more than two years in rehabilitation, and extension was to help him get round-the-clock care at home . |
fbf334d73cf614fed5930c199b17e6355dbd9402 | The young lovers accused of Bali’s ‘body in the suitcase murder' were reunited for a brief moment and pictured kissing and cuddling before being sent to the island’s notorious Kerobokan Prison. Indonesian police said today that their investigation into Heather Mack, 19, who is six months pregnant, and her boyfriend Tom... | Heather Mack and Tommy Schaefer have been taken to Kerobokan Prison .
Police said Mack, who is pregnant, will be under medical observation there .
From her cell, Mack told reporters: 'My baby is a girl, she is fine'
Couple accused of murdering Mack's mother and hiding body in suitcase .
Sheila von Wiese-Mack was found ... |
fbf33ec5f9b833cbd537acf8c317bfefc7e7cfbf | West Ham striker Andy Carroll says manager Sam Allardyce is a grandmaster ready to tactically outclass Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho on Boxing Day. Allardyce believes January's goalless draw at Stamford Bridge - when Mourinho accused the Hammers of playing 'football from the 19th century' - was the turning point last seas... | Andy Carroll says Sam Allardyce can mastermind victory against Chelsea .
The Hammers have suffered just one defeat in their last 11 league games .
West Ham held on to a goalless draw in this fixture in last term's campaign . |
fbf3e5e53fc3e145da61f1bf86fd5e6737b24b84 | By . Mail Foreign Service . PUBLISHED: . 17:18 EST, 29 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:41 EST, 30 October 2012 . Animal rights activists have published shocking pictures and video of hundreds of monkeys they claim were killed because they were too big for testing in British laboratories. The disturbing images show dis... | WARNING: GRAPHIC IMAGES .
The disturbing images show discarded dead monkeys stacked in piles on the floor or dumped in rubbish bins .
Mutilated bodies can also be seen in a .
skip awaiting incineration, according to the British Union for the .
Abolition of Vivisection . |
fbf44bf6568c9a2c8614dd8be06adee357f095c4 | To the families of the victims, Ethan Couch was a killer on the road, a drunken teenage driver who caused a crash that left four people dead. To the defense, the youth is himself a victim -- of "affluenza," according to one psychologist -- the product of wealthy, privileged parents who never set limits for the boy. To ... | Prosecutors had asked for a 20-year sentence for Ethan Couch .
"There needs to be some justice here," says victims' relative .
A defense psychologist reportedly described Couch as a product of "affluenza" |
fbf492d29fb052dbe7c79921c3957f775bc51a9a | By . Stephen Wright . PUBLISHED: . 11:11 EST, 23 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:16 EST, 23 July 2013 . The senior Crown lawyer who played a pivotal role in the conviction of two of Stephen Lawrence’s killers was today named the country’s top prosecutor. Alison Saunders, 52, is to succeed human rights barrister Keir Star... | Mother-of-two Alison Saunders is currently the chief prosecutor in London .
She took the landmark decision to prosecute Gary Dobson and David Norris over the racist murder of Stephen Lawrence .
The 52-year-old will succeed human rights barrister Keir Starmer QC as Director of Public Prosecutions later this year . |
fbf4bdeb49a025fe80c5932ac772aeead6394a2d | A baby in Brazil has been offered for sale for £267 (R$1000) on a website because the parent claims it will not them sleep. Brazilian police have launched an investigation into the advert, which was posted on Tuesday on the OLX classified website. The advert features a baby of only a few months old dressed in a blue ou... | Advert posted under Babies and Children's section of website OLX .
Baby in advert is just a few months old and dressed in blue outfit .
Police said they would make culprit 'answerable for their actions' |
fbf5023b7026a3187bf634e8623ad944c810427d | By . Snejana Farberov . and Associated Press Reporter . New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said that undergoing a weight-loss surgery just over a year ago was a 'life-changing decision.' Appearing on his monthly TownSquare Media radio show Wednesday night, Christie said he works out four days a week and has achieved bette... | Christie, 51, underwent Lap-Band surgery February 16, 2013 .
Experts estimated the 5-foot-11 governor has shed around 100lbs over the past year .
Governor revealed he enjoys riding stationary bike but is not a fan of dumbbells . |
fbf5bd723e4c01a5fa2d0236d6eebe90f6527c2f | (CNN) -- Could wild beach parties fueled by spring break tourism from the United States be in Cuba's future? They might be if Sen. Jeff Flake has anything to say about it. The Arizona Republican weighed in on the issue during Sen. John Kerry's secretary of state confirmation hearing on Thursday. "I've often felt that i... | Sen. Jeff Flake: Dealing with spring break would be "a real get-tough policy" for Cuba .
Travel is "the best way to foster change and progress toward democracy"
Sen. Robert Menendez says the U.S. policy toward Cuba is no laughing matter .
There is an "increasing brutal crackdown on peaceful democracy advocates on the i... |
fbf5d5c3fc2d3ef3a5abc7f8b7c304ec686a19c6 | By . John Lee . PUBLISHED: . 21:17 EST, 16 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:12 EST, 16 February 2013 . For almost 50 years, he has been the very soul of secrecy and reticence, refusing even to admit he was ever a member of the IRA. But in the two weeks since Gerry Adams joined Twitter, the Sinn Féin TD and former MP a... | Gerry Adams joined Twitter two weeks ago and has made 75 posts already .
His posts have revealed him to be an absent-minded 65-year-old man .
So far, Mr Adams has amassed more than 10,000 Twitter followers . |
fbf6ede5b491e444360b05a4e71b8615ea60a66f | By . Emily Allen and Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 05:43 EST, 17 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:06 EST, 17 October 2012 . A mother who vanished with her four children was arrested today after five days on the run following a custody battle with their Spanish father. Jennifer . Jones, 46, had been 'in hiding' with the ... | Jennifer .
Jones had been 'in hiding' with the children, aged between eight and 14, and were found in Gwent this morning .
Spanish .
courts granted Lieutenant Colonel Tomas Palacin Cambra custody of the .
children when his marriage to Ms Jones ended in 2008 . |
fbf7b59dfbbe9dcd9b925fdaeda0b0fb80db29fe | Monmouth, Oregon (CNN) -- Images of destroyed homes, people sleeping in the streets and broken freeways reveal the recent tragedy of Chile. Who would think that after the horror of Port-au-Prince, restless geological plates would so quickly wreak havoc in another nation? The Earth seems at war with itself. But, as many... | John Rector says that unlike Haiti, Chile can rebuild on strong economy .
But existing problems of low-wage jobs, unemployment now made worse, he says .
Incoming president must modify globalization goals, focus on social problems, he says .
Rector: Chile must provide social leadership, not just economic . |
fbf7bd20a997fba5bbaf128a88254cd321c93ded | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 07:49 EST, 7 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:29 EST, 7 November 2012 . The parents of a four-year-old girl raped by a teenage babysitter who was never sent to jail for his crime are in despair after their appeal against his paltry sentence was blocked. The unnamed mother and father... | The teenager blindfolded her with a Hello Kitty apron and used chocolate to lure her into the sex attack .
He was let off with a .
community order as the judge blamed ‘the world and society’ for .
his porn addiction .
The child's parents appealed to the Attorney General, who says a new hearing will not be allowed becau... |
fbf7e049f7a4df7b1d1ffae851156a2b155143b1 | A 16-year-old girl was almost blinded after suffering an extreme allergic reaction to a beauty treatment that she let her friend perform as a 'favour'. Katie Thompson was left with raw, blistered skin after her friend, who was studying beauty therapy, performed an eyelash tint on her last month. The schoolgirl's face w... | Katie Thompson allowed her friend to practise the treatment 'as a favour'
But next day her face was so swollen that she could barely open her eyes .
The eyelash tint left her with raw, blistered skin and burnt her eyebrows .
Doctors said the 16-year-old was lucky not to have lost her eyesight . |
fbf7e18c6f5726fb8664b2a723d29c4deec5b8d3 | A former Power Ranger has been arrested for allegedly murdering his roommate with a sword. Ricardo Medina Jr, the Red Ranger, has been charged with killing Joshua Sutter by stabbing him in the abdomen with the sharp weapon on Saturday afternoon. The 37-year-old, who reportedly called 911 himself, was taken into custody... | Ricardo Medina Jr, 37, allegedly stabbed roommate in abdomen on Saturday .
Actor, who played Red Ranger on TV and then the big screen, was arrested .
Allegedly killed Joshua Sutter after running from an argument .
Sheriffs said Sutter followed, then Medina lashed out with sharp weapon . |
fbf8720bbb42e7abf2193fa188dae9da42630caf | (CNN) -- A U.S. federal grand jury in Texas has indicted the suspected top leaders of Mexico's Sinaloa cartel. Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman Loera and Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada Garcia face murder and conspiracy charges connected with drug trafficking, money laundering and organized crime. The indictment, returned April 11 a... | "It's a reminder that we're right behind ('El Chapo' Guzman)," a prosecutor says .
The Sinaloa cartel's suspected top two leaders face murder and conspiracy charges .
A grand jury also indicts 22 others accused of working for the cartel .
Indictment details two violent crimes, including the kidnapping of American durin... |
fbf8962bc04bc7651e093acd5f4908dcc21472c5 | By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 06:32 EST, 6 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:06 EST, 7 January 2013 . Midsomer may have excluded black faces because 'it wouldn't be an English village with them’, but it seems that Oxford can accept a little more cultural diversity in its fictional crime fighters. Prime-time ITV drama... | Casting comes after controversy over roles for ethnic minorities in ITV crime dramas .
Producer of Midsomer Murders said two years ago he didn't want to see black and Asian faces in his programme .
Babou Ceesay will play Lewis's new sidekick, but says he doesn't think his appointment is political . |
fbf9809bd0e4a414ad48e6c5c6f7d699e944667d | Humans through the ages have wondered what it is like to be a bird but now hi-tech headwear has revealed the complex hunting strategies of falcons. U.S. scientists got a bird’s eye view of falcons’ attack strategies by fixing helmets containing tiny cameras to the heads of the birds, which also wore backpacks to record... | Falcons catch prey in mid-flight by manoeuvring so that their target seems as if it is stationary, allowing them to make targeted attacks on crows .
Researchers from Haverford College, .
Pennsylvania explained that the hunting techniques allow the birds to conserve energy .
They captured the bird's behaviour using tiny... |
fbf983592a63ae04f86315edced910db42459f35 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:40 EST, 25 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:56 EST, 25 September 2013 . Light aircraft carrier HMS Illustrious has obviously been working up a thirst on her latest deployment after she had to be replenished at sea alongside two Royal Fleet Auxilary ships. The 22,000-tonne he... | The ship is currently deployed on Cougar '13 in the Mediterranean and Gulf .
She was receiving fuel from RFA Fort Victoria and stores from a helicopter .
HMS Illustrious is providing escort duties on Cougar '13 programme . |
fbf9c5404e1ed1cacf1ee586f48220588e93558a | By . Sophie Borland . PUBLISHED: . 20:48 EST, 18 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:43 EST, 19 November 2013 . A new blood test for prostate cancer could spare thousands of men unnecessary treatment. The test, which could cost less than £2, could distinguish between cancers that are life-threatening and those which are ... | There are higher levels of the protein NAALADL2 in aggressive tumours .
Doctors can identify tumours that are likely to pose a .
deadly threat .
Currently .
the aggressiveness of a tumour can only be loosely identified .
This means .
some patients have debilitating treatment that is not necessary . |
fbf9f0dc26c4a03871d894231993924ad297f1a5 | By . Alex Greig . PUBLISHED: . 21:03 EST, 30 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:03 EST, 30 November 2013 . A psychology professor accused of masterminding the murder of her alleged rapist in Orange County, California, has spoken out, saying she is the victim of a violent rape and of her abusive ex-boyfriend, who murdere... | Norma Patricia Esparza, 39, is charged in the murder of Gonzalo Ramirez .
She says Ramirez raped her and her then ex-boyfriend Gianni Van and others murdered Ramirez in revenge .
Ramirez was found on the side of an Orange County road hacked to death with a meat cleaver .
Esparza says she was later pressured to marry Va... |
fbfa45a2c1ea66e69774522d03a78c3e8b9f122e | Two friends have circumnavigated the globe in 80 days – recreating the fictional journey made by Phileas Fogg. But Milan Bihlmann and Muammer Yilmaz’s adventure was made even more extraordinary given that they didn’t spend a penny of their own money completing the challenge. After setting off from Paris on September 9,... | Milan Bihlmann and Muammer Yilmaz given freebies by strangers they met .
Businessman bought flights to Bangkok when they were stuck in Calcutta .
Overall, the trip covered nearly 12,500 miles of the globe .
Pair met in 2010 and within three days agreed to do the trip together . |
fbfa74cf14cc8bc1ae08b6362aedd462c8568ae5 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:30 EST, 13 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:45 EST, 13 December 2013 . Covered in bruises, his skin red and smarting, this sobbing eight-year-old has just been stripped to his underwear, tied to a tree and beaten by his father. If that wasn’t shocking enough, many in the siz... | It is legal and common practice for parents to beat their children in China .
Nearly half of girls and three fifths of boys report mild corporal punishment .
Fewer, but still significant numbers, report suffering severe beatings . |
fbfab0575daad26314d2add6cac84558afe94126 | (CNN) -- When Piers Morgan pointed out that "Vicious" Victor Ortiz will be "facing a guy that has beaten just about everyone that's come in front of him," the boxing champ told the CNN host, "Fear doesn't even exist in my dictionary anymore. It was one of those things where my upbringing alone got rid of all that." Mor... | Victor Ortiz and Floyd Mayweather face each other in the ring on September 17 .
The bout will air on HBO Pay-Per-View live from the MGM in Las Vegas .
Boxing legend Oscar de la Hoya is Ortiz's mentor .
Mayweather stands undefeated as a professional boxer . |
fbfc17c0ca4f1f552c9331db60a5408b1e6a0046 | A man wanted over the Sydney police pursuit, which led to the death of a 17-month-old girl, has been formally charged. The 22-year-old had been on the run since he allegedly crashed a stolen Audi through the fence of a Constitution Hill property into a backyard where kids were playing last Thursday night. The toddler w... | A 22-year-old man was charged with the manslaughter on Thursday .
He will appear in Wyong court following his arrest by police on Wednesday .
The man is accused of running over the toddler at Constitution Hill in Sydney's west .
A passenger in the stolen Audi that crashed through the toddler's fence appeared in court .... |
fbfdcf8a141c84cc9a54c067a73ba2e791e85414 | By . Luke Salkeld . Last updated at 5:05 AM on 24th January 2012 . It is a country estate of such beauty that it inspired the composition of one of our best loved hymns. But the mansion behind ‘All Things Bright and Beautiful’ was the subject of an unholy row in court today over its modernised interior. Conservation of... | Mansion was inspiration for hymn 'All Things Bright and Beautiful'
Council made up to 20 visits to inspect building work .
Matter went to court when homeowner Kim Davies refused architectural historian entry to the property .
Court refuses to issue council warrant and awards Mr Davies £500 costs . |
fbfe12a2540dcab5e12e06069f26d71f546db3e4 | London, England (CNN) -- A British oil rig has started drilling off the Falkland Islands in a move likely to stoke further tensions between Argentina and the UK over the disputed South Atlantic territory. In a statement to the London Stock Exchange, British oil and gas exploration company Desire Petroleum said the Ocea... | Argentina and UK at odds over ownership of South Atlantic islands .
Falklands government says it has "every right" to develop hydrocarbons industry .
Drilling company estimates area could contain 3.5 billion barrels of oil .
Argentina passed decree requiring Falklands-bound ships to carry permit . |
fbfe1542292034968d3136ef166995488158e978 | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 17:57 EST, 15 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:10 EST, 15 July 2012 . Police have begun an intense search for a suspect wanted in the shooting deaths of his ex-girlfriend and her sister in southeast Michigan who is believed to be armed and dangerous. Cops said 2... | Lisa Gritzmaker, 24, and Amy Merrill, 34, were found shot to death in Blissfield, Michigan .
Their mother, who was not identified, was also shot - but is expected to recover .
Wanted for questioning in the shooting is 38-year-old Thomas Fritz, the estranged boyfriend of Ms Merrill . |
fbfe51c3d5bd81a3a86812769ab23bb413fb8786 | By . James Nye . Five wolf pups abandoned by their parents during a huge wildfire in Alaska have been rescued and taken to Anchorage Zoo. On Tuesday, firefighters battling the Funny River blaze on the Kenai Peninsula heard small yelps coming from a den and decided to investigate. Inside they discovered five dehydrated... | Alaskan, firefighters on the Kenai Peninsula at Funny River, stopped battling inferno when they heard yelping .
Discovered five dehydrated wolf pups in a den and set about rescuing them . |
fbfff25d5440a30980c650f21455a4055acc10fa | Footage has emerged from deep inside the mysterious crater that has suddenly appeared in Siberia. The crater on the Yamal Peninsula - known as the 'end of the world' to locals - was caused by aliens, a meteorite, a stray missile, or an explosive gas cocktail released due to global warming, according to theories last we... | Enormous crater appeared suddenly in part of Russia, Yamal, where name translates as 'the end of the world'
Some thought the rare and unusual structure, which was up to 300ft (70 metres) deep, was caused by a meteorite .
Andrei Plekhanov from Scientific Research Center of the Arctic says crater was formed due to rising... |
fc0030d92821becf36f41bcce34061207c2b7f00 | CLICK HERE to read the match report on Neymar's quite sensational performance. Brazil routed Japan in Singapore thanks to a quite magnificent individual performance from star striker and captain Neymar. The forward bagged all four of their goals - including a perfect hat-trick - in a 4-0 victory and he was brilliant th... | Neymar rounds the keeper to net after just 18 minutes in Singapore .
The Brazil captain gets his second just two minutes after half-time .
Neymar nets his hat-trick after 77 minutes when he scores a rebound .
Barcelona striker gets his and Brazil's fourth with an 81st-minute header .
BRAZIL XI: Jefferson, Danilo, Miran... |
fc005e389762190344d97f695e22e26f6c89ee35 | By . Freya Noble . The World's Best Airline for 2014 has been crowned, with Cathay Pacific flying past last year's winner Emirates to take out the top spot. Along with the title for the year, the airline also nabbed a record, becoming the only carrier to win the prestigious award four times after claiming the title in ... | Cathay Pacific named the World's Best Airline for 2014 .
Qantas slipped down from tenth in 2013 to 11th this year .
Awards announced annually at the Farnborough International Air Show .
Skytrax conducts survey with more than 19 million passengers worldwide . |
fc008cf3e09c866bee48baf466bd3a97e1f09ea8 | To most of us, Katie Piper is the brave acid attack victim turned M&S model, dedicated philanthropist and, in recent years, something of a national treasure. But to fans of Channel 4 show Bodyshockers, she's also a presenting pro who manages to keep a straight face even when confronted with the most bizarre of body mod... | Katie Piper, 31, presents Bodyshockers, a show about weird surgery .
Tattoos done under the influence and bizarre body modification feature .
Piper says people should be more understanding of those who have them .
Nevertheless, says she doesn't want daughter Belle Elizabeth to get one .
Katie Piper presents Bodyshocker... |
fc010367aa1cac5fed3d1b5aef25049fddd5eb4c | (CNN) -- The end of the Earth. That's how an official Mexican tourism website describes Los Cabos. For 27-year-old Kate Pope, the popular beach travel destination on the southern tip of the Baja California peninsula felt like just that after Hurricane Odile hit Sunday night. "The hotel gates are chained shut and there ... | Military and commercial aircraft have evacuated 18,000 tourists, officials say .
Thousands of tourists were stranded after Odile hit Mexican beach resorts .
"The hotel gates are chained shut," one American trapped in Cabo San Lucas says .
The State Department advises stranded tourists to head to the airport . |
fc01576f2164cf7452a96f18b914c5c4134a4f85 | A North Korean version of the Apple iPad has been developed by the secretive state, it has been revealed. But the slick seven-inch tablet, called the 'Samjiyon', is unlikely to provide a window into life behind the secretive country's border as it can't connect to the internet. Since its announcement in 2012, the compu... | The 'Samjiyon' has been hailed as a 7inch answer to the iPad .
It comes with pre-loaded apps, one of which is Angry Birds .
The tablet can't access the internet, only Korean state sites . |
fc01762e5f64ad876e39ca9bb8c7f67d2ee05b0b | By . Gerri Peev . It emerged that Lib Dems complained that Jo Swinson (pictured with Nick Clegg) became pregnant when a minister . A woman Liberal Democrat who hoped to become an MP was told by her local party not to get pregnant because the electorate did not want to see a ‘baby hanging off your t***’. The shocking re... | Former candidate said she was warned by senior local woman member .
Also emerged politicians complained that business minister Jo Swinson had got pregnant while in a government post .
Lib Dems have fewest female MPs of any main parties with just 12 per cent . |
fc02010900c6012acff37828cef8c1aedd318f63 | The mother of a soldier who committed suicide has bravely decided to allow footage of his lifeless body at a public inquiry into the military's handling of her son's death. Corporal Stuart Langridge's body was found hanging from a chin-up bar in his barracks after the Afghanistan veteran was diagnosed with post traumat... | Cpl Stuart Langridge hanged himself in March 2008 .
Had post traumatic stress disorder after serving in Afghanistan and Bosnia .
His mother say military didn't do enough to treat his condition .
Officials also left his body hanging for four hours while they searched his room .
War veteran attempted suicide SIX times in... |
fc0311c15e620eab236d7c7452a5d7e789de2fb3 | At 35 years old, male model Robert Paulat is practically ancient in the youth-obsessed world of fashion. Yet the Czech hunk, who lives in Prague, is still securing plenty of modelling jobs thanks to 43 beauty procedures which he says keeps him looking young and photogenic. Currently signed with the prestigious Vanity F... | Robert Paulat began modelling at 18 and at 35 has had 43 procedures .
Despite all his work Robert, from Prague, is still unhappy with his looks .
He says clients like that he looks like Barbie's boyfriend . |
fc03ed73065433f39f132c82846429c44e9f0aad | Munich, Germany (CNN) -- A story focused on the care of prison inmates with dementia in U.S. jails has scooped two top prizes at the CNN Journalist Awards ceremony in Munich. Claas Relotius was named CNN Journalist of the Year for the story "Murderers as Carers." The story, first published in Swiss magazine Reportagen,... | Claas Relotius wins CNN Journalist of the Year and Best Print awards .
Report on U.S. inmates learning new skills in order to care for older convicts facing dementia .
CNN host German journalism awards in Munich Thursday night . |
fc03f1d885a07201f6ccdf93bab34f5a87454969 | By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 15:00 EST, 3 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:45 EST, 4 June 2013 . A 'Lovejoy' style gang of antique dealers has admitted conspiring to handle 'historically important' antiques worth £5 million which were stolen from country estates and hidden in their homes. Carl Rutter 46, of Wakefie... | Rare furniture, porcelain and objet d'art was 'irreplaceable'
Carl Rutter, 46, today pleaded guilty to offences at Leeds Crown Court .
Comes after Darren Webster, 45, and Brian Eaton 69, pleaded guilty in 2012 .
All men will be sentenced in about four weeks, police have said . |
fc048b1f6b6230eb62de8673578363cb51f69389 | By . Matt Chorley and Jason Groves . PUBLISHED: . 16:59 EST, 5 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:23 EST, 6 June 2013 . Nick Clegg today claimed Tory childcare reforms which he has vetoed would have increased bills for parents. As the bitter coalition row deepened over Lib Dem opposition to changes, the Deputy Prime Ministe... | Deputy PM blocks move to allow childminders to look after more children .
DfE says the change would have slashed cost of childcare by 28 per cent .
But some parents and nurseries argued that care would have suffered . |
fc04c12772cde27172f75d8c093ba5e0c7bc93e3 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:46 EST, 13 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:52 EST, 13 December 2013 . Tragedy: Mason Timmins, aged seven, pictured on a family holiday, died from meningitis . The parents of a seven-year-old boy made the heartbreaking decision to switch off his life support machine after he ... | Mason Timmins, aged seven, died of a rare form of meningitis .
He young boy had been vaccinated, but not against this strain . |
fc04c12b124d996c9e3d5d9620b0b1fe82f18f00 | A bright green sea slug has been found to have stolen genes from the algae it eats so that it can produce energy from sunlight just like plants. The slug, called the eastern emerald elysia or Elysia chlorotica, has incorporated genes from algae into its own chromosomes enabling it to photosynthesis. This process essent... | Biologists found Elysia chlorotica has hijacked a gene from green algae .
The slug lives in shallow waters off the east coast of the United States .
It uses the gene to maintain chloroplasts it steals from the algae it eats .
The slug uses the chloroplasts to create nutrients from the sun's energy .
Scientists want to ... |
fc04e5499632386a9e260a187c73f6fff9903486 | The newest perk at Laucala Island resort easily makes it onto our list of most outrageous hotel amenities. As of October, the private island property in Fiji became the world's first resort to include a ride in its own submarine -- a futuristic two-seater called DeepFlight Super Falcon -- as part of its all-inclusive p... | Private Laucala Island in Fiji is the first resort to offer a free submarine experience for guests .
DeepFlight Super Falcon is a winged submersible that "flies" underwater .
An hour tour travels from the main beach to "Black Rock" in the island's inner reef . |
fc04ef7c2782e61d3c4240ee5376b80029254344 | By . Alex Finnis for MailOnline . This chilled out brown bear looks like he has all the necessities of life, as he relaxes in the river with a tasty, freshly-caught salmon. The beast looks rather like he is sitting back in a swimming pool with an ice cream cone - and he deserves his rest after a hard day of competing w... | Brown bears snapped fishing for salmon in rough waters at Brook Falls in the Katmai National Park, Alaska .
The huge beasts battled for the best fishing sports before relaxing in the water to enjoy their catches . |
fc0507fecbe7f41ab2752ea5935e8d040bb426d1 | By . Jessica Jerreat . Arrested: Murder suspect Nazira Maria Cross has been caught in Peru . A woman suspected of poisoning her husband in 2008 and burying his body on their Nevada ranch has been caught in Peru after six years on the run. Nazira Maria Cross was arrested at her home by Peruvian police on Wednesday morni... | Nazira Maria Cross fled the U.S. just before being charged with murder .
48-year-old 'buried husband on ranch and drove repeatedly over his grave' |
fc05ca5c262e208450204433edb837e626386ada | (CNN) -- The international governing body for athletics urged caution Friday after reports that the world-champion South African runner Caster Semenya has both male and female organs. The front cover of You magazine shows Semenya after a recent makeover. The Sydney Morning Herald in Australia and The Sun newspaper in B... | South African Sports Minister "shocked and disgusted" at Semenya treatment .
Sydney Morning Herald reports tests have revealed athlete's internal testes .
South Africa team manager maintains Semenya is female .
Semenya won the 800-meters gold at the World Athletics Championships . |
fc05d68c6ae0e97d3a80130a6002ad1c4d1eacc5 | (CNN) -- Inter Milan's faultless record under new coach Leonardo came to an abrupt halt on Sunday as the reigning Serie A champions lost 3-1 to Udinese. Inter were on course for their sixth straight win since the Brazilian took over from Rafa Benitez in December when Dejan Stankovic gave them the lead after a quarter o... | Leonardo suffers first defeat in six games as Inter lose 3-1 to Udinese .
Milan goes four points clear at top of Serie A after a 2-0 win over Cesena .
Napoli move up to second after a 2-0 win at Bari . |
fc07451ccd93e5f852345aed3f5212d6f9e146c2 | By . Deni Kirkova . PUBLISHED: . 12:57 EST, 13 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:15 EST, 13 December 2013 . Laura Bates, 26, from London, founded the anti-sexist initiative in April 2012 . The Everyday Sexism Project has hit 50,000 entries in just over a year and a half. Laura Bates, 26, from London, founded the anti-s... | Laura Bates, 26, from London, founded anti-sexist initiative in April 2012 .
Campaign led to Facebook changing its policy on content endorsing rape . |
fc075b08f5fc2974725e1beb9a2ad1fddb2c81fb | A bigamist was caught by his wife after she saw a photograph of his wedding to a teenager on Facebook. Nicolette Watkinson called the police after discovering Stephen Smith, 52, married Awa Jobarteh, 19, at the same registry office in Africa where they had wed seven years earlier. But Smith has avoided a prison sentenc... | Nicolette Smith disappointed Stephen Smith not jailed for taking new bride .
Three-times-married Smith caught after picture of wedding appeared online .
But he said he was a victim after Awa Jobarteh, 19, left him after 2 days .
Nicolette also married the bigamist in the Gambia, after his divorce . |
fc0774dea79d93ff801e3c86dcc66d87104b7880 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:53 EST, 28 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:26 EST, 28 October 2013 . For Martha McNabb, it was a catch of a lifetime. Taking part in 'the world's richest sportfishing tournament', the Mexican angler managed to snag a 525-pound marlin which earned her team $1.2 million. But d... | Linda Williams caught a 774-pound blue marlin at Bisbee's Black and Blue Marlin Tournament in Mexico on Friday .
She was the competition's first female winner with a catch worth $368,675 .
Martha McNabb caught a 525-pound marlin on Thursday, worth about $1.2 million .
Her payout was bigger than Williams' because her te... |
fc0781eec1a59ecaf3900ab9e94c7593a991490f | Leicester midfielder Andy King celebrated his 26th birthday by signing a new four-year contract at the club. King joined Leicester in 2004 and rose through the youth ranks before making his full debut in 2007. The Wales international, who has played six Barclays Premier League games this season, has penned a new deal u... | Wales international Andy King has committed his future to Leicester .
The midfielder has made six Premier League appearances for the Foxes .
King admits he could see out the rest of his career at the club . |
fc078bf3ce53a3f6153bb8966505924e33b20c7e | Three people died and 13 were injured when a German commuter train collided with a maintenance crane Friday morning, German police said. The collision occurred on the track near the city of Offenbach, outside Frankfurt, police said. The driver and two construction workers were killed. Several of the train's 35 passenge... | The train collided with a maintenance crane on the track, police say .
The collision occurred near the city of Offenbach, close to Frankfurt .
The train driver and two construction workers died, police say . |
fc07df56d7f457386763c08d59564402933d107c | The world's most sophisticated cyber spying tool has been stealing information from government, businesses and individuals for six years. The malware, called 'Regin', is probably run by a western intelligence agency and has mostly affected computers in Russia, Saudi Arabia and Ireland. Once installed on a computer, it ... | Regin may have been created by Western state to spy on governments .
Bug can steal passwords, capture screenshots and restore deleted files .
Computers were infected through fake sites and messenger programs .
Regin is low-key and can be used for years before being noticed .
Ireland, Russia, Saudi Arabia and Mexico hav... |
fc08197c1bfe41d541ffb804c83a6f14eab46b08 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:12 EST, 27 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:30 EST, 27 November 2012 . Veterans aren’t the only ones at risk for post-traumatic stress disorder - man’s best friend can suffer just as much as their human counterparts, experts say. Veterinarians and service dog handlers at Lack... | Dogs serving alongside U.S. soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan exposed to stressful conditions .
Around 10% of dogs serving experience PTSD .
Re-training and medication are effective ways of managing disorder, though dogs are never the same . |
fc083758ff35e7071fbfafb67375d287686e4358 | Tyrone Woods became a Navy SEAL after his mother suggested he join the military. Friday afternoon, Cheryl Croft Bennett attended a ceremony to honor the life of her son, Ty, and grieve his death alongside three other Americans in Tuesday's assault on the U.S. Consulate in the Libyan city of Benghazi. Woods, who had ret... | Security officer's dad remembers dedication .
President Barack Obama: "Chris Stevens was a friend"
Computer expert Sean Smith was renowned in the gamers' universe .
They died in Benghazi with Chris Stevens, the U.S. ambassador to Libya . |
fc084ea9ab2fec8884716f96edf1b91c665349b9 | (CNN) -- The director of Iraq's largest hydroelectric dam shot down reports Monday that it had been seized by the radical Islamic State, saying Kurdish forces fended off an assault. Fighters with the Islamic State, formerly the Islamic State in Iraq and Syria, or ISIS, were pushed back after gaining access to a housing... | NEW: Dam is in the hands of Kurdish forces, not the Islamic State, an official says .
There has been fierce fighting in the Iraqi town of Sinjar, close to Syria, a source says .
Kurdish fighters are engaged in house-to-house battle with Islamic State, source says .
Sinjar fell to ISIS fighters over weekend, police say ... |
fc091e72aa49b2019f53ddc4cb90665da9f6d861 | Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it's Frenchman Stephane Rousson's 'aerosail' above the sea. Rousson and his partners' ambition is to create an innovative, efficient, and silent maritime vehicle, only using the wind as means of propulsion. By the end of October, the adventurer and researcher hopes to have crossed the M... | Stephane Rousson's invention uses only the wind to travel .
Plans to fly from Nice in France to Calvi on island of Corsica .
Uses the same principal as a sailboat, and connected by cables .
Failed in a 2008 mission to cross the English Channel . |
fc0954a56235bd69f5b8904365f59d3b455fdd00 | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 08:17 EST, 6 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:13 EST, 6 January 2014 . The Cat B100 handset, pictured, has been designed to 'withstand the rigours of the real world' Caterpillar is known for its rugged machinery - and now it has rolled out an equally rugged new phone said to be water... | Cat B100 has been designed to ‘withstand the rigours of the real world’
Its maker claims it can be used under water and dropped from 1.8 metres .
The feature phone has large buttons so that it can be used by someone wearing gloves and claims be resistant to dust .
Pricing and availability for the rugged handset are yet... |
fc09a1098e706da4bd4017feefd10491493f9193 | Western Sydney players set off for the FIFA Club World Cup in Morocco on Sunday night but doubts still linger over the A-League side's participation because of a pay dispute. Wanderers players from their weekend loss to Adelaide left Sydney bound for northern Africa after initial suggestions the group may not travel. T... | There's doubt over whether Western Sydney players will participate in the FIFA Club World Cup due to a pay dispute .
Wanderers players took a flight to Morocco Sunday night as a 'sign of good faith'
It stems from the club's offer to pay players just 10% share of the minimum $1.2 million for qualifying .
The footballers... |
fc0a6c9c3c0e48a522029d25b2be09a720976dfc | Keith Cavendish-Coulson (pictured) abused boys at the Terra Nova School, near Holmes Chapel, Cheshire . A former master at a prestigious boarding school who sexually abused boy pupils was allowed to resign rather than face a police inquiry as part of an establishment cover-up, it has emerged. Keith Cavendish-Coulson, n... | Keith Cavendish-Coulson abused boys at Terra Nova School in the 1970s .
Former master was allowed to resign rather than face a police inquiry as part of establishment cover-up, it has emerged .
The teacher was allowed to resign for ‘health reasons’ rather than be sacked .
71-year-old was due to stand trial on Wednesday... |
fc0a9e86bf80c30c3e741988cf9cff9b2494b057 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A bicyclist in Brazil was hit by a passing truck on Monday, but was spared a potentially deadly injury when, unimaginably, a poorly secured mattress fell from the truck that hit him, beat the man to the ground and somehow cushioned his fall. In a twist, the incident just happened to take plac... | The incident happened on Monday afternoon in Brazil .
Video shows the mattress come loose from the truck as the bicyclist is hit .
Miraculously, the mattress landed on the ground first and the bicyclist landed directly on top of it .
The bicyclist was uninjured .
The incident was captured on surveillance footage from a... |
fc0b79bf4ce0d102f37eb5edc31215b4bb331599 | (CNN) -- The host of CBS' "Late Show" may be changing, but the location is staying the same. CBS and New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced Wednesday that "Late Show With Stephen Colbert" will stay in New York City, where it's been for 21 years with David Letterman. "I am pleased to announce that the 'Late Show' will sta... | CBS' "Late Show" to keep Ed Sullivan Theater as home under new host .
Show has been in New York for David Letterman's entire run on CBS .
Stephen Colbert to succeed Letterman in 2015 . |
fc0bb83aab2c41597b14875b4802b11465bf980b | The escalation in recent days of eastern Congo's brutal war demonstrates that unless its root causes are addressed in a broader peace process, violence could intensify and Rwanda could be drawn more directly into the fray, regionalizing the war. Over the past week, Congo's army has nearly militarily defeated the most p... | Authors: Unless root causes are addressed, violence will intensify in Congo .
They say the key is to focus on Rwanda's role in the war .
Agreement that involves Rwanda would go far to bring peace, aid economies, they say . |
fc0c8130bb7bd61312fcff54725bb50393ea56c8 | These vicious scenes show a 17-year-old boy wildly attacking strangers at random in the street - just days before he murdered a man with a single punch. Eden Lomax, of Bolton, was caught on CCTV dealing one-punch knockouts to two innocent men during what he boasted were his personalised ‘bomb’ attacks. As one victim co... | Eden Lomax knocked out two random men, each with a single savage blow .
A few days later he killed a man with one of his 'bomb' attacks .
Simon Mitchell, 43, was speaking to Lomax and hit with surprise attack .
Mr Mitchell's head hit the floor and his skull was fractured . |
fc0c8bb6be1cbf10ed2bf45fd121f4cf91a6837b | A pilot of a private plane was arrested over concerns about the amount of alcohol in his blood yesterday - just two days after another similar incident. Ian Jennings, 47, from Gosport, Hampshire, was arrested at Norwich Airport yesterday afternoon after landing a commercial chartered plane. He has been charged with per... | Ian Jennings, of Hampshire, arrested at Norwich Airport yesterday afternoon .
Police said alcohol in his breath was over the prescribed limited for pilots .
Just two days earlier another 'drunk' pilot was prevented from taking off .
Flybe's Julian Lowden was due to fly from Newquay to London Gatwick . |
fc0cd38b28a303b66dd6c7043a292ebbddaf99ba | A couple whose pet ferrets attacked their newborn daughter and chewed off parts of her face have been charged with child endangerment. Burnie Fraim, 42, and Jessica Benales, 24, each face five counts of endangering the welfare of children. Fraim said earlier he did not believe the Darby couple should face criminal char... | Burnie Fraim, 42, and Jessica Benales, 24, each face five counts of endangering the welfare of children .
Skyy Isabelle Fraime was put in car seat and left on dining room floor .
While parents were upstairs, three pet ferrets escaped from cloth cage .
They attacked infant, sinking teeth into her lips, nose and other ar... |
fc0cf672a57bf825161c855826cbd206e2f9fd2b | A killer who mimicked a torture scene from the notorious horror film Saw by chopping through his victim's spine was jailed for at least 30 years today. Matthew Tinling, 25, knifed former soldier neighbour Richard Hamilton 17 times in the head, neck and legs in a 'savage and prolonged' murder. At the climax of the frenz... | Matthew Tinling murdered Richard Hamilton by stabbing him 17 times .
Old Bailey hears he mimicked scenes from Grisly film Saw VI .
Tinling jailed for at least 30 years for 'savage and obviously prolonged' killing . |
fc0d1db868f5c5df24cc5426d11a16cebdb62a2b | By . Jason Groves . PUBLISHED: . 23:40 EST, 16 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 04:59 EST, 17 January 2014 . Elizabeth Truss, an education minister, has called for an end to 'segregation in toy departments' Toy makers risk damaging girls’ chances at maths and science by marketing certain toys only at boys, an education mi... | Elizabeth Truss has called for an end to 'segregation in toy departments'
Minister for education and childcare gave backing to Let Toys be Toys . |
fc0e2571ed748e5c3e5e0e1ef7a05e541a1ec097 | A 28-year-old medical school student who had planned to auctioning off her virginity on the internet and had received a high bid of $801,000 now says she won't go ahead with her part of the bargain. In a blog post today, the student, who goes buy the name 'Elizabeth Raine,' writes that she won't fulfill the terms of th... | The student, who is using the alias 'Elizabeth Raine,' said she wants to focus on her medical studies instead .
She also wrote that the auction had made a point about 'how society continues to exercise control over female sexuality'
Raine launched her online auction on March 31 and initially hid her face to conceal her... |
fc0ed315dcc97ef1edbc533ea49344fdaa49fff5 | By . Associated Press . President Barack Obama described a surge in unaccompanied immigrant children caught trying to cross the Mexican border as an 'urgent humanitarian situation', on Monday. Obama discussed the issue as the White House asked Congress for an extra $1.4 billion in federal money to cope. The president s... | 90% of those sheltered by the government after crossing are from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador .
The total of child migrants crossing the border is expected to exceed 60,000 this year .
The group also now includes more girls and larger numbers of children younger than 13 .
Children cross because of poverty and to... |
fc0f3fd8764c6d2d0198daaaf7faa8d61241d833 | (CNN) -- The Las Conchas fire in New Mexico swelled to 92,735 acres burned Thursday, and strong winds threatened to be firefighters' greatest challenge moving in to the fifth day battling the flames. "We have seen fire behavior we have never seen before," Fire Chief Doug Tucker told reporters Thursday. Tucker said no f... | NEW: Fire consumes 92,735 acres by Thursday .
National preserve lands begin closing in response to the fires .
Los Alamos lab remains closed through at least Friday . |
fc0f675c841fb6fc18b6fc586a86d69625306639 | Air pollution from oil and gas wells in Utah is being linked to the deaths of 13 infants last year - a rate six times higher than the national average. But the midwife who raised the alarm about the possible link has been targeted by threats and vandalism because drilling has helped the area in question prosper and kep... | Air pollution from oil and gas wells has been linked to 13 deaths last year .
Infant deaths have increased year-on-year in Utah over a four year period .
A midwife who raised the issue has received threats from the public . |
fc0fa59d4e5da5c2595cc3b9f4737599ac09ad13 | By . Tom Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 03:17 EST, 7 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:13 EST, 7 June 2012 . A jobless woman who boasted of spending thousands of pounds of her benefits on a life of luxury - including £4,500 on breast enlargement surgery - has been jailed for persistent shoplifting. Kelly Fannin had managed to esca... | Kelly Fannin admitted stealing cosmetics products worth nearly £3,000 to pay for damage done by her children to their rented home .
Mother-of-five carried out some of the offences with another adult - and others with some of her kids in tow .
Jobless Fannin, 34, told a magazine she used much of her £29,000-a-year benef... |
fc10000d5ea4a1dd41fbaee1f192c071f3a13437 | (CNN) -- Spain striker Fernando Torres faces a race against time to be fit for the start of the World Cup after being ruled out for the rest of the European soccer season. Torres' English club Liverpool announced that the player was to have knee surgery on Sunday night and would be sidelined out for about six weeks. Th... | Fernando Torres ruled out for about six weeks as he needs operation on his knee .
Liverpool striker will miss rest of European season and faces battle for World Cup fitness .
Arsenal's English title hopes suffer big blow with shock 3-2 defeat at Wigan .
Real Madrid close to within a point of Spanish leaders Barcelona, ... |
fc101b3481f384efbed64f5faa78f746479029bb | By . Tim Shipman . PUBLISHED: . 03:41 EST, 6 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:44 EST, 6 October 2013 . Andy Burnham has begun legal proceedings after Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt claimed he tried to ‘cover up’ NHS failings. Labour’s health spokesman called in lawyers after allegations that while he was in power he atte... | Hunt alleged Burnham was involved in suppression of critical report .
Claims of 'cover up' over report into 'failing' hospitals and poor care .
Burnham brings in party's lawyers after Hunt refuses to retract claim .
But Tories say Burnham should apologise to patients for care failures . |
fc1048947babee258ad07a2abdc4569e8d759252 | By . Mark Duell . It was an unprecedented 19-hour operation to wrench a 1,000ft-long liner from its side where it capsized and pull it completely upright. And this minute-long time-lapse video reveals the impressive £500million parbuckling effort to right the Costa Concordia off the Italian island of Giglio. Salvage ex... | Salvage experts started rotation of cruise liner in Italy yesterday at 9am .
Cruise liner finally laid to rest on an underwater mattress today at 4am .
Project now allows for search for two bodies never found from 32 dead . |
fc110b998bf7dc879915f38a6e0c36bdf06341a3 | By . Lydia Warren and Michael Zennie . PUBLISHED: . 14:03 EST, 9 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:03 EST, 10 August 2013 . A California murder suspect and his 16-year-old kidnap victim have been spotted hiking together deep in the wilderness of the Idaho mountains - 1,000 miles from his San Diego County home where the t... | James DiMaggio's car found hidden under brush in Idaho Friday morning .
Horseback riders say they saw DiMaggio and teenage Hanna Anderson hiking through rugged wilderness Wednesday .
Hannah appeared safe and sheriff said it looked as though she 'was not being held against her will'
DiMaggio is suspected of murdering Ha... |
fc113dcc7cda3acd5daff5e6cec2bf4df29e40a4 | Today, April 20, is "420: International Marijuana Day." Festivals and marches are planned around the world. The number 420 reflects the date, but it also represents the term's clandestine origin in the 1970s, brought about by laws that still plague cannabis consumers today. In 1971, a group of high school friends, the ... | This Saturday, April 20, is "420: International Marijuana Day," with festivals worldwide .
Amanda Reiman: In 1971, high school friends invented 420 as code for smoking pot in secret .
Reiman: It's disgraceful so many people are serving time on marijuana charges .
She says 52% of Americans want new policies; 4/20 a good... |
fc115bde88a7c6c4693e30cfb1b0ff107e195704 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- President Obama said his administration will offer a hand of friendship to the Muslim world but will hunt down terrorist organizations that kill innocent civilians. President Obama has taken an early interest in the Middle East peace process. "My job to the Muslim world is to communicate that the Am... | NEW: New U.S. leader hasn't yet won Muslim hearts and minds, analyst says .
President Obama has pledged to improve ties with the Muslim world .
Obama said the U.S. will go after terrorist organizations that kill innocent civilians .
President says America will start by listening, not dictating . |
fc1179660b0d078a293fc5b4f6d8dcab7f944fa9 | Scientists are a step closer to developing a pill to cure dementia. A team in Belgium were able to repair diseased brain cells taken from patients with a common form of the condition, for which there is no cure. They identified a gene variant that prevents neurons from forming properly, and managed to correct it throug... | Scientists were able to repair bran cells taken from patients with dementia .
They had 'frontotemporal dementia' which is common and runs in families .
Frontotemporal dementia occurs as neurons become damaged .
Scientist were able to correct damaged neurons by genetic engineering .
They found a gene variant that preven... |
fc130a03dab02c2c54840af02f0dc5977541b0ed | (CNN) -- FARC rebels in Colombia say they will release French journalist Romeo Langlois on Wednesday, according to a statement posted on a website linked to the armed leftist insurgent group. The France 24 journalist was seized last month in a FARC attack on a Colombian army unit engaged in counter-narcotics operations... | NEW: France 24 journalist Romeo Langlois was wounded when captured, rebels say .
NEW: The war reporter was seized 2 years after he filed a special report on the FARC .
Four people were killed and six were wounded when he was kidnapped .
FARC has been weakened in recent years, but continues to carry out kidnappings . |
fc132a46d13a525fd410a152874c81ecbacea391 | Four topless activists from a women's rights group were arrested today after they carried out a protest in central London. Police were called to City Hall to deal with the protesters, who had accused the Olympics' governing body of having supported 'bloody' Islamist regimes. Pictures showed officers holding women on th... | Demonstration outside City Hall by feminist protest group Femen .
Police break up protest against International Olympic Committee .
Protesters had the slogan 'No Sharia' scrawled on their chests .
Scotland Yard: Four women arrested on suspicion of disorderly behaviour' |
fc133af2747509f296be6eea33ff2fabc940cabe | By . Mia De Graaf . PUBLISHED: . 16:22 EST, 9 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:08 EST, 10 March 2014 . Orson Welles' original working copy of the script for Citizen Kane has sold for almost £100,000. The unique draft was used by the film's star and director to make changes to the dialogue, shaping it into arguably the wo... | Unique draft used by actor/director to make changes to dialogue .
Half script titled The American, second half changed to Citizen Kane .
Now sold at London auction for five times pre-sale estimate price . |
fc135c47e8733578ddb570655511f70cda813c3b | President Barack Obama canceled a campaign trip at the last minute to stay in Washington and spearhead a more aggressive national response after Ebola infected two nurses and frightened Americans with the prospect that their health system is not equipped to handle a catastrophic medical event. Obama said Wednesday that... | Obama wants to see more aggressive approach .
Obama convenes special Cabinet meeting regarding outbreak of Ebola.
Government ramps up response after a second Texas nurse was diagnosed with Ebola .
New CDC "SWAT" teams will be dispatched to any hospital with an infected patient . |
fc13a535f0320da877ec61a87eb7f518086c9d61 | A record 40 per cent of all spending on shoes by women was done online last month . Forget trudging up and down the high street to find that perfect pair of heels. It seems that growing numbers of women would rather avoid the hassle and buy their shoes online. A record 40 per cent of all spending on shoes by women was ... | Growing numbers of women would rather avoid hassle of high street .
Almost a fifth of all shopping in January (except food) was done online .
British Retail Consortium says ‘customer experience is generally a better one than in stores’ |
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