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fd08e3289a7621977c97e9da26a2fc90b889ad8b | HUNTINGTON, Utah (CNN) -- Rescuers trying to find six miners will begin boring a sixth hole down into Utah's Crandall Canyon mine Friday, and the search will stop if no signs of life are found, the coal mine's co-owner said. Bob Murray, CEO of Murray Energy Corp., says he is hurt by criticism he did not do enough to f... | A sixth and final bore hole will be drilled starting Friday .
Mine co-owner Bob Murray discussing how to honor miners "for perpetuity"
Wednesday rescuers completed boring a fifth hole in the mine . |
fd0912eab608403c7f799bb69366ba3d5ce1e21c | By . Rachel Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 11:22 EST, 29 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:47 EST, 30 May 2013 . Whether listening to the blues or pop, the human brain is wired to make the same music-colour connections wherever we come from, according to a new study. Experts discovered that the colour a person associated with a melo... | Study by UC Berkeley found that people associate uplifting music with yellow and orange hues and sober melodies with greyish blue .
Experts hope that study will shed light on synesthesia, a condition that causes people to associate places, letters and number with colour .
May also have implications for advertising, cre... |
fd091455b9ed6ec71dc4eabf4b59ffb5650ea2fc | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:13 EST, 21 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:45 EST, 21 November 2012 . 'A sham': Accountant Marian Herron, 59, is claiming unfair dismissal from from Land Securities . An accountant was forced out of her job at a major corporation because of her foreign accent, a tribunal hea... | Marian Herron, 59, claims she was let go by Land Securities because of her foreign accent and age .
The FTSE100 firm's portfolio includes some of UK’s largest shopping centres .
The experienced service charge administrator lost her job in a reshuffle which saw her department cut from 22 employees to 12 .
Herron is clai... |
fd0934465be4a4f60385a1a04cdc981e57e94ab6 | (CNN) -- In a matter of days, my phone will start talking back. Given that I already have what you might call a "co-dependent" relationship with my gadgets, this development is perhaps the next natural step. Yet I know that phones are phones, and people are people, and the two must never be confused. The iPhone 4S, whi... | The iPhone 4s features the ability to hold voice conversations with its owner .
The feature, called Siri Personal Assistant, lets new iPhone respond to voice commands .
Tell her about any upcoming event and she'll remind you nearer the time .
Mashable's Pete Cashmore says this feature could be revolutionary . |
fd09e13dbf3f095bac19bfb157481bf634d644cf | A global pandemic is one of the most serious threats to the future of the human race and now scientists have made a video showing how a deadly virus could spread from London’s busy Heathrow airport. German researchers have developed a breakthrough system for predicting how rapidly an outbreak might spread and where. Wh... | German researchers have developed a breakthrough system for predicting how rapidly an outbreak might spread and where .
Theoretical physicists from Humboldt University, Berlin used data from the 2003 SARS outbreak and the 2009 H1N1 pandemic .
They believe contagion travels more quickly between busy airports in differen... |
fd0a0984f9866059a1d05cbf1df678bc6163233e | A Swedish couple were mistaken for Islamic State supporters when passers by mistook the birthday balloons in the window saying '21' as 'IS' - an abbreviation for the terrorist group. They were in the window for Sarah Ericsson's birthday party held at her boyfriend's house last weekend according to Kvalls Posten, who re... | Sarah Ericsson had 21st birthday party at boyfriend's house last weekend .
Passers-by thought they said 'IS' - an abbreviation for Islamic State group .
The police paid a visit to her boyfriend's house in Karlskrona on Monday .
Despite the misunderstanding, couple were asked to remove them anyway . |
fd0a48146aad2b274b07916acb241100762ae71f | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 08:18 EST, 13 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:18 EST, 13 October 2013 . Morale in the Armed Forces has plummeted in the last three years as jobs losses and pay cuts take their toll. New figures show the number of soldiers in the British Army reporting low m... | 30% of soldiers now report having low morale, up from 15% in 2010 .
Ministers admit cuts and restructuring is having 'inevitable' impact .
Labour accuses the Government of breaking promises to the Armed Forces . |
fd0a979f57a480bff585566ccb01097a21ab79eb | Civil rights pioneer Ruby Bridges says America today looks a lot like the world she helped break apart 54 years ago: A nation with segregated schools and racial tension. 'You almost feel like you're back in the '60s,' said Bridges, who is now 60 years old. 'The conversation across the country, and it doesn't leave out ... | Ruby Bridges first attended an all-white elementary school in New Orleans 54 years ago today .
In New Orleans, after integration, whites generally sent their children to private or parochial schools - which still happens today .
Blacks today make up 86 percent of the public school enrollment . |
fd0abdbc04070f7fda1fa7d05f4a4cbffbad579d | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 09:26 EST, 17 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:18 EST, 18 October 2012 . A heavily pregnant cat was found in agony and looking like a ‘walking fossil’ after she was cruelly dropped in a vat of hot tar. The black and white feline, named Lilly, was just two weeks away from giving birth when ... | Pregnant cat Lilly was thrown in a vat of hot tar .
Animal groomers spent three hours removing the tar, solidified on her fur .
She has made a full recovery and it is hoped that she will still give birth to a healthy litter of kittens . |
fd0b658fc1349996f5729cc9e3bdc74d200ff53f | (CNN) -- The fate of a 900-pound statue of Joe Paterno remains unclear as the Penn State community debates the former head football coach's legacy in light of a recent report that said several Penn State officials helped empower Jerry Sandusky in sexually abusing minors. A decision will be made in seven to 10 days on w... | Fate of Joe Paterno statue will be determined in 7 to 10 days .
Sculptor Angelo Di Maria says he will let Penn State officials decide what to do .
He says the statue represents not only Joe Paterno, "but what he stood for" |
fd0b7db6f8e4a01643293f0c41e5ffb02b7bd254 | (CNN) -- Each year around September 11, CNN Hero Jeff Parness and his volunteers go to a disaster-stricken community to help them rebuild. The efforts are part of New York Says Thank You, an organization Parness created to honor the support that other cities provided after the 2001 terrorist attacks. The volunteer grou... | Jeff Parness continues to "pay it forward" through his nonprofit, New York Says Thank You .
The volunteer group helps rebuild communities after a disaster .
It has also become custodians for the National 9/11 Flag, which was damaged at ground zero .
People in all 50 states are helping to stitch the flag back to its ori... |
fd0b8126f21c2ebc00bce71b500e55b6a5f7aef0 | (CNN) -- Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama on Friday called for an economic plan for working families, saying, "We cannot only have a plan for Wall Street. Sen. Barak Obama speaks at a campaign rally in Coral Gables, Florida, Friday. "We must also help Main Street," he said. While "tough new regulati... | NEW: Sen. Obama says any recover plan must help workers and homeowners .
McCain repeats misleading charge against Obama on taxes .
John McCain calls for agency to help weak financial institutions .
McCain blasts Barack Obama for not working to fix Freddie Mae, Freddie Mac . |
fd0c2a45c8f802a2bbfdd127f246c2510e44c551 | These grisly photographs show how a hospital worker found a live maggot crawling on her Nutri-Grain bar she was about to eat for breakfast. Lisa Seymour, of Cambridge, said she was shocked to find the creature ‘wriggling on top’ of the Kellogg’s cereal bar after opening it at the weekend - seconds before she would have... | Lisa Seymour found creature wriggling around Kellogg's cereal bar .
Offered just £4 compensation from company when she complained .
But Kellogg's says it could not have survived heat in manufacturing .
Firm claims any infestation would have happened after bar was made .
Two months ago man from London also found maggot ... |
fd0c95873d244400fde37742deabc531143e2dd3 | He may have shelled out £1.4million on a Hollywood Hills mansion. But self-styled revolutionary Russell Brand decided he was the right man to lead a protest against inflated house prices in a fashionable area of London which he frequents. Dressed as a street urchin, the comedian led his first action against Britain's r... | Russell Brand led his first protest today against wealthy MP and his brother .
Invited people to join a day of 'Dickensian fun' against the 'three Scrooges'
Placed eviction notice on property owned by Richard and Edward Benyon .
Estate residents fear their plan to charge 'market rents' will treble their bills .
Self-s... |
fd0d08f84b84659a708b3be627dee33c9bcff0c9 | Attorney General Eric Holder is endorsing a plan to reduce sentences for certain drug offenses, which he says could reduce the federal prison population by more than 6,500 inmates in five years. Making a rare appearance Thursday before the U.S. Sentencing Commission, Holder plans to endorse the commission's proposed ch... | Attorney General Eric Holder says plan could reduce federal prison population by thousands .
Holder says penalties would still be tough for violent criminals . |
fd0d414d84985b15453b59d7409803997dc95e90 | An Indian domestic worker was repeatedly raped and beaten by her employers who threatened to murder her if she complained, a court heard. The 39-year-old vulnerable and . illiterate mother-of-four was used as a 'sexual toy' and 'general . dogsbody' by an extended family and their friend who forced her to become their s... | Illiterate mother-of-four, 39, was hired as a maid but treated like a slave .
Aleemuddin Mohammed and wife Shamina Yousuf accused of assaulting the victim before forcing her to live with their in-laws .
Partner of Mohammed's mother Enkarta Balapovi then 'raped the woman'
Victim was then taken in by family friend Shashi... |
fd0da1c6411e7e61ee9c9711c6634d08b0958349 | Helge Lund is in line to receive a massive £25million pay package as the new boss of BG Group . Pressure is mounting on the board of one of Britain’s biggest energy firms to scale back a controversial £25million pay package for its new boss. BG Group plans to lavish Norwegian executive Helge Lund with a £12million ‘gol... | BG Group plans to lavish executive Helge Lund with a £12m 'golden hello'
The Norwegian boss will receive it on top of his £13m annual pay package .
Board approving the deal includes Sir David Manning and Baroness Hogg .
Business groups have labelled the deal 'excessive and inflammatory' |
fd0da99248b5550a5a588a9e15d49969e14b16d1 | (CNN) -- Rescue workers rushed Tuesday to get aid into flooded communities in New Jersey and Vermont, where many residents remain stranded in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. Marc Leibowitz, a New Yorker, went to Vermont over the weekend to get married. The wedding went off without a hitch, he said, but now he is stra... | NEW: Floodwaters turn several Vermont towns into tiny, temporary islands .
NEW: More than 1,300 people are in shelters in New Jersey, the governor says .
Irene's death toll is at least 43 in 12 states .
About 2.85 million customers are still without power . |
fd0de160c9fd719b3118b5a1b2baa0e721905c32 | Honolulu (CNN)His weeks-long stay in Hawaii largely uninterrupted by major news, President Barack Obama flies back to a redrawn Washington late Saturday prepared for a renewed economic push he hopes will set up a productive final presidential quarter. He faces an uphill battle: Newly powerful Republicans take control o... | President Barack Obama arrives back in Washington with the Hill under Republican control .
Obama will soon start a three-week preview period for his State of the Union address .
The President will make stops in Detroit, Phoenix and Tennessee next week . |
fd0e95a70fa99a2d40127101fa55ed89c9b89dba | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:38 EST, 5 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:56 EST, 5 September 2013 . After reaching nine and a half stone because of a rich diet of chicken dinners, what Mike the labrador needed was exercise. But as he was too heavy for healthy runs in the park the only option left was ple... | The three-year-old was living on the same hefty chicken dinners as his owner .
Too heavy for healthy runs in the park the only option left was plenty of walkies – in water .
After his previous owner died, three-year-old Mike was struggling to walk 100 metres . |
fd0f4922036d12b7a47f8750c96b59d34245177f | By . Lee Moran . PUBLISHED: . 05:07 EST, 15 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:58 EST, 16 September 2012 . Vow: Cristobal Piñero recovering at hospital . The 59-year-old Spaniard who cheated death after being gored, thrown into the air and then trampled on by a 900kg bull has vowed never to enter the ring again. Terrif... | Terrifying footage emerged earlier this week showing football referee Cristobal Piñero being gored in the town of Monovar .
Revealed how moving his head by just a fraction as the bull bore down on him for a second time 'almost certainly' saved his life .
Suffered fractured shoulder, broken right wrist, two splintered r... |
fd109cf75f13f9f3f8f371ca218720abdc189ef0 | Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israeli security forces halted Palestinian Christians -- joined by a U.N. envoy -- participating a pre-Easter procession Saturday in Jerusalem's Old City, an action the envoy sharply criticized but that an Israeli official dismissed as a "non-event." Robert Serry, the U.N. special coordinator for the... | U.N. envoy Robert Serry, a group of Palestinian Christians proceed through the Old City .
A woman says the group wants to get into church "to pray"; Israeli police block them .
Serry says he's dismayed, urges respect for "religious freedom," no "provocations"
An Israeli official tells a newspaper police were limiting t... |
fd10a75042f6cfa2ba54847f1d379b0e8c7568b4 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:56 EST, 25 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:50 EST, 25 November 2013 . The family of a woman who went missing after saying she was going shopping in her home town have been told by police she has been found in Mexico. But relatives of Sally Hann, 55, have been left worrying i... | Sally Hann's family left worrying if she is safe and planning to come home .
Her husband contacted police on October 25 when she did not come home .
Four days later they were told she had been found safe and well .
But it was not until last week they were told she had flown to Mexico . |
fd11a118cb42b795da2e7a979f8b078c7cdcdc6e | (CNN) -- First of all, of course we'd rather see more original blockbusters created with female leads in mind. Though Hollywood has made strides in recent years toward more gender and racial diversity, success stories like Shonda Rhimes, Mindy Kaling and Tina Fey are still the exceptions, not the rule. There's plenty o... | We asked CNN's Facebook audience which women they'd like to see in male roles .
Zoe Saldana as Harrison Ford in "Indiana Jones"? Why not?
Share your recommendations in the comments . |
fd11e1bf1a82d440e3c7d47de248a9d06a574cde | By . Ellie Zolfagharifard . PUBLISHED: . 12:46 EST, 7 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:54 EST, 7 November 2013 . It sounds like the perfect toy - a robot that you can not only control with your smartphone, but also design and build into any shape you want. And you don’t need to know computer code, advanced robotics or... | Modular Robotics is raising funds for its £37 robot kits named Moss .
Moss robots come as individuals cubes that are designed to snap together .
They use colour-coded blocks, magnetic joints and have no external wires . |
fd1223891fd20d7ad9c1322f94eff146b16679f6 | By . David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 20:36 EST, 29 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:57 EST, 30 September 2013 . The Great Depression of the 1930s was an era of such extreme poverty and dramatic economic decline that it remains permanently etched on our collective psyche. One major reason for the lasting impression mad... | Walker Evans documented the Great Depression through his work for the Farm Security Administration .
Such was the influence of Evans' work .
that he was the subject to the first exhibition devoted to a single photographer at .
the Museum of Modern Art in New York some 75 years ago .
Now to celebrate the 75th anniversar... |
fd12744acab4ddbf6840a900b6af718f5a5bc9b7 | In 2006, Pluto lost its status as a planet when other bodies in the solar system of similar or greater size were found. The decision to demote it to a ‘dwarf planet’ by the International Astronomical Union (IAU) at the time was highly contentious - and it now seems many still want its planet status reinstated. In a deb... | Pluto lost its status as a planet in 2006 when other bodies of a similar size were found in the solar system .
Last week, during a debate at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics, people voted to reinstate its planet status .
Three experts gave their arguments for and against Pluto being a planet .
Audience m... |
fd1275c61bc0c1fe55886d5ffd6c52d59c8b9180 | (CNN) -- The Obama administration likely will succumb to growing pressure to "do something" kinetic and dramatic in Iraq, and when it does, it will most likely be air and missile strikes against ISIS targets. This could relieve the political pressure on the President: His critics continue to blame him for abdicating U.... | Writer: Obama administration will likely yield to pressure to act on ISIS advances in Iraq .
He says it should not. The U.S. could not have prevented crisis. Bad Iraqi governance was key .
He says any success repelling ISIS in Iraq will be short-lived unless U.S. also does so in Syria .
U.S. would need sustained strate... |
fd12d08d7d4e3c9ada8a17910ea22fca53772009 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:28 EST, 6 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:24 EST, 6 March 2014 . A silver tabby cat who fell asleep on top of a warm fuel tank woke up more than 100 miles away after a terrifying journey clinching to a moving coach. The animal, nicknamed Diesel by the National Express workers w... | Silver tabby curled up under the coach in Westward Ho!, Devon .
Was only found after the National Express service stopped in Bristol .
Coach workers coaxed him down and nicknamed him Diesel .
RSPCA is now trying to track down his proper owners . |
fd12fc9d2445ade1f7680364bad8a112aea2ba2e | By . Olivia Williams . PUBLISHED: . 06:08 EST, 22 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:31 EST, 22 August 2013 . French artist Pierre-Auguste Renoir's collection of belongings is described by experts as 'a goldmine' The single largest archive of Pierre-Auguste Renoir's personal property is going on sale, offering a candid lo... | Renoir's personal items will be sold at a New York auction .
The Renoir Estate Collection has an estimated value of $3 million .
Woodcocks, the only painting on sale, was painted the day he died .
Statue 'Large Venus Victorious' is expected to fetch $1 million alone . |
fd1340c0b8a2f0b936921e1884cd770ce204f510 | (CNN) -- Frenchman Thomas Voeckler has taken the yellow jersey from Norway's Thor Hushovd after a dramatic ninth stage of the Tour de France which was marred by a series of crashes which led to two of the race favorites pulling out. Voeckler, who led the race for 10 days in 2004, finished second to Spain's Luis-Leon Sa... | Thomas Voeckler in the yellow jersey after ninth stage of Tour de France .
Voeckler finishes second to Luis-Leon Sanchez after stage of high drama .
Alexander Vinokourov and Juergen Van Den Broeck both crash out of race . |
fd1388b3ed06b834ef7bf574fec4bce182a5ff88 | By . Dan Bloom . Wearing the striped caps designed to turn them from human beings into numbers, these Holocaust survivors wept as they returned to a concentration camp after 69 years. The three Polish men were among those remembering 76,000 people who died at two sites in central Germany - hanged, starved or riddled wi... | Ceremony held 69 years after the Mittelbau-Dora concentration camp in Nordhausen, Germany, was liberated .
Around 60,000 prisoners were forced to make German armaments in terrible conditions. A third of them died .
Service at the camp, now a memorial site, focused on genocide of Hungarian Jews there and at nearby Buche... |
fd138b77752b287bc8673dc7cb9f5c101cc01a33 | Two leading players questioned why there was no ambulance on site after Fabrizio Zanotti was struck on the head by a ball in the KLM Open on Thursday. Zanotti was on the 16th fairway at Kennemer Golf Club when he was hit by an errant drive from France's Alexandre Kaleka on the 14th. According to the European Tour, Zano... | Zanotti struck on the head by Alexandre Kaleka's shot .
Felipe Aguilar and Ricardo Gonzalez withdraw from KLM Open to take their friend to hospital .
Zanotti did not lose consciousness and was treated on course by a doctor .
Incident follows death of caddie Iain McGregor earlier this season .
Molinari questions how it ... |
fd14c670d08c2dcd0f1d13876c2598a1f885c638 | ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- In radio broadcasts and sermons, Taliban militants have been promoting themselves as Islamic Robin Hoods, defending Pakistan's rural poor from a ruling elite that they describe as corrupt and oppressive. Mohammed Daoud, with his son Faisal, is among those who have embraced the Taliban's mes... | Amnesty International: Taliban first targets unpopular landlords, bureaucrats .
Taliban spokesman in Swat Valley calls Pakistani government as "un-Islamic"
Islamabad's Faisal Mosque surrounded by posh villas of Pakistan's ruling elite .
Imran Khan: Battle shaping up as one "between the 'haves' and the 'have-nots' " |
fd15156d97c424e3c2ac50f703fb388a11b3ee04 | (CNN) -- Rory McIlroy held his nerve to maintain the lead on day three of the PGA Championship at the Valhalla Golf Club in Kentucky and will take a slender one shot cushion into Sunday's final round. The Northern Irishman, who is attempting to win his third straight tournament and second major of 2014, carded a round ... | Rory McIlroy takes slim lead into final day of PGA Championship .
British Open winner holds one shot advantage over Austria's Bernd Wiesberger .
Rickie Fowler, Jason Day and Phil Mickelson all in chasing pack . |
fd155716f40b05bb84c1003fa7a64bfd1eb0fa04 | By . Helen Pow . PUBLISHED: . 17:41 EST, 23 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:20 EST, 23 May 2013 . Heartbreak: Friends and family of little Antonia Candelaria, pictured, laid her to rest today as the funerals for victims of Monday's tornado get underway . A nine-year-old girl who 'found the positive, good and joy in everyt... | Antonia Candelaria, 9, was laid to rest on Thursday after she .
was killed in the arms of her best friend during Monday's twister .
Nicknamed 'Ladybug'
little Antonia's funeral was the first of seven children who perished at the .
Plaza Towers Elementary in Moore .
Family and friends braved heavy rain to remember the n... |
fd15df3140a8c651e434f04f5085dcdd56fd2734 | (CNN) -- The increasingly slapstick global steeplechase in pursuit of Edward Snowden, the former American contractor who leaked top-secret details of surveillance programs, looks like a cross between "The Hunt for Red October" and "The Bonfire of the Vanities." Nobody, except perhaps Snowden himself, is coming out of t... | NSA leaker Edward Snowden has hidden in Hong Kong and Moscow airport .
U.S. secretary of state warned China and Russia of "consequences"
Simon Tisdall: L'affaire Snowden has provided a glorious field day for anti-Americans .
Every country has its own experience of U.S. bullying, writes Tisdall . |
fd168414ecc2163a8b0bb16b80d0e5d1a9ccad5a | By . Ap Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:30 EST, 11 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:36 EST, 11 December 2013 . Millennial women in America are more likely to receive pay nearly equal to their male counterparts than any previous generation. A Pew Research study out Wednesday shows that the working women of Generation Y brin... | Pew Research has found that Generation Y women make 93 percent as much as their male counterparts .
Overall, women in America made just 84 percent of what men were paid in 2012 .
The study found that young women are as pessimistic about gender equality as previous generations . |
fd1693f387eeffeda8a599db8e1c1e75a9190550 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:08 EST, 24 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 22:32 EST, 24 May 2012 . Fine time: A total of 6.8million parking tickets were handed out by councils last year - up from 6.5million in 2010 . Motorists are being hit with parking fines every 4.6 seconds as the number of penalties issued to... | Total fines rose by 3.7 per cent last year .
Equivalent to one ticket issued every 4.6 seconds .
More than 4million tickets dished out in London .
Half of motorists don't use high street because of difficulties posed by parking . |
fd16e82ead83ddc46ea31a19ce637feefb24d9bc | By . Jack Doyle . PUBLISHED: . 20:55 EST, 25 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:32 EST, 25 March 2013 . Police chiefs are wasting millions of pounds when buying basic kit because they cannot agree on the details - such as how many pockets a uniform should have. The national spending watchdog found widespread disagreement b... | Disagreed on basic things, such as how many pockets a uniform needs .
Some forces are paying 400% more than others for a hi-vis jacket .
Forces differed on whether they wanted a steel or black finish on handcuffs .
Justice minister Damian Green estimates they will now save £110million . |
fd16f92ee54e817977f5982267d59676a8320c29 | A Little League coach died after he was struck in the head with a baseball as he warmed up with his 12-year-old son's team before a game. Father-of-two Richard Becher, 50, from Holbrook in Long Island, New York, was pitching during batting practice at Baseball Heaven in Yaphank, Suffolk County, on Saturday when the fre... | Richard Becher, 50, was hit at Baseball Heaven in Suffolk County, New York .
Married man was struck as he warmed up with his young son's travel team .
Several people tried to revive him, but he was pronounced dead in hospital .
He was reportedly standing behind a protective screen when he was hit . |
fd16fe64b623a9f21a20d21bedda309d897bf7ee | A couple who made a harrowing video of their baby boy being taken away by social workers at six hours old yesterday backed a senior judge’s call to expose family courts to ‘the glare of publicity’. The parents secretly filmed the moment council staff seized their fourth child after being told they were not capable of l... | Seizure by Staffordshire social workers secretly recorded on webcam .
Shows police and staff telling couple they have to take 'baby J' away .
Film can be shown for first time after landmark ruling . |
fd1708be095b6584075d385fd9f14e2d71cb59fd | Sen. Rand Paul is trying to shed the perception that he's an isolationist and that he thinks the United States should retreat from intervention in other countries' affairs. But members of his own party are making it hard for the Kentucky Republican to escape that image. Sen. John McCain, one of the most hawkish members... | Sen. John McCain insists Sen. Rand Paul is an isolationist .
McCain: Paul has been "doing somersaults" after ISIS beheadings of Westerners .
Dick Cheney also has been critical of Paul on foreign policy .
Paul, a possible 2016 GOP presidential candidate, denies switching foreign policy views . |
fd1889cb22ea3bc3855874b3233c41efb7f63367 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . Crime in England and Wales fell by 15 per cent last year to a new record low since records began. There were 7.5million offences in 2013 according to the British Crime Survey, down from almost 9million in 2012. David Cameron sent congratulations to the police, with the f... | 7.5million offences reported in crime survey in 2013, down 15% on 2012 .
Figures have more than halved from a peak of 19,000 in 1995 .
Ministers say England and Wales are safer now than for decades .
But there was a rise in reports of raud, sexual offences and shoplifting . |
fd1918e32c30b926a8e16644da55f03a90bbebca | Barbara Bowman never thought this day would come. The artist says that when she spoke out three weeks ago, in a Washington Post opinion article, she hoped to give voice to other women who claimed to have been sexually assaulted by legendary comedian Bill Cosby. She says she wanted them to know they were not alone. Sinc... | Three of the at least 17 women who have accused Bill Cosby speak to CNN .
Barbara Bowman says she hoped to encourage others when she spoke out weeks ago .
Victoria Valentino says "women didn't have a voice" in alleged rape cases .
Cosby's camp has consistently, vehemently denied the claims against him . |
fd1995095dd9de77e2dff0698f812274d4601fbf | By . Mike Dawes . PUBLISHED: . 05:35 EST, 1 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:55 EST, 1 August 2013 . He has won numerous champion boxing titles around the world, but following the birth of his third child Ricky Hatton has revealed his greatest achievement - his three children. Announcing the arrival of his daughter Fear... | Hatton, 34, posted pictures of his newborn baby girl Fearne Grace Hatton on Twitter after she was born at 5.45am Wednesday morning .
He also posted image of his two older children meeting their little sister .
Proud father wrote: 'My 3 greatest ever achievements' next to the picture . |
fd19f100f26766fc5d6374a195c66026e8c3b8c5 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 12:32 EST, 17 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:08 EST, 17 November 2012 . This is the lengthy queue that formed at a faulty cashpoint that started spewing out free money. Ecstatic customers flocked to the Bank of Scotland ATM after realising the machine was dispensing extra cash tod... | The cashpoint in Glasgow, Scotland, was reportedly pumping out double the amount requested by customers making withdrawals today .
The Bank of Scotland eventually switched off the ATM remotely after being alerted by police . |
fd1a9aacdf6ea782f2c71d8bfff0d483a0c01e9d | Pam Pope, 65, from Surrey had nine organs removed by surgeons trying to save her life when they diagnosed a very rare form of cancer . A cancer patient underwent a 13-hour operation to remove all the organs she could live without as surgeons battled to remove an aggressive and rare form of cancer from invading her body... | Pam Pope complained of symptoms for 15 months before doctors diagnosed her as suffering irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)
She was referred to specialists and tests revealed abnormal cells .
Doctors revealed she was suffering the appendix cancer pseudomyxoma peritonei - so rare it affects just one in 500,000 people .
Ms P... |
fd1aa0d4c5ef04aeeec6f764ca682bca2787410f | (Mental Floss) -- 1. Da Vinci's clockwork car . A working model of Leonardo Da Vinci's car on display in 2004 at the Museum of the History of Science in Florence, Italy. Leonardo da Vinci is renowned for his forward-thinking sketches and intricate designs, which included blueprints for a bicycle, a submarine, and a hel... | Da Vinci's clockwork car -- first-known concept for a self-propelled vehicle .
Daihatsu Trek looked like really expensive Big Wheel .
KAZ vehicle had eight wheels, each powered by own battery . |
fd1ae2c9102b14982bed0902bf46c96d9fb7584d | By . Emily Sheridan . PUBLISHED: . 15:55 EST, 13 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:53 EST, 14 June 2013 . The new Big Brother housemates are usually made up of regular people who we will come to love or hate over the next few weeks. However, some eagle-eyed celebrity spotters may find one particular housemate looks rather ... | Glamour model, 26, was seen kissing Tom two months ago .
She has a three-year-old daughter who she sees every other week .
Claims to have slept with 'over 70 girls' as well as other celebrities and footballers .
Has earned the nickname 'Sideboob Sallie' thanks to her entrance outfit . |
fd1b41d96109d3ef7a3ab77973e95d7a672b481a | By . Janine Yaqoob . PUBLISHED: . 10:12 EST, 7 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:13 EST, 7 August 2013 . They may be only a few hours old but these newborn pandas are already enjoying life in the spotlight as they wave to cameras. Little Yuan Zai was born to born to giant panda Yuan Yuan at Taipei City Zoo, Taiwan last m... | Little girl Yuan Zai was born at Taipei City Zoo to giant pandas Yuan Yuan and Tuan Tuan .
Red pandas Kitty and Kevyn are proud parents to Kush, who was born at Highlands Wildlife Park in Scotland . |
fd1bc4be734784dfc99d9a9e4600d2f0d66ed1bc | (CNN) -- A flight labeled the "final" certification test of an improved battery system for the grounded Boeing 787 Dreamliner was "straightforward" and "uneventful," the airplane maker said Friday. The test was an important one for Boeing, which has billions of dollars riding on the success of the new airliner. The U.S... | The test is part of Boeing's work on an improved 787 lithium-ion battery system .
50 Dreamliner aircraft have been grounded since January after two battery fires .
Boeing says it will analyze the data from the test and submit material to the FAA . |
fd1da8acd0333c41e4551edc342717ec1be4ada3 | (CNN) -- Two journalists in Thailand have been released on bail in a controversial defamation case that has raised concerns over press freedom in the country. Australian journalist and editor of news website Phuketwan, Alan Morison and his Thai colleague Chutima Sidasathian, appeared in court Thursday over a report con... | Reporters in Thailand formally charged with defamation and granted bail .
The Thai navy accuses them of 'publishing false information and committing slander'
Rights groups fear for media freedom, say the case is an attempt to silence small website .
The journalists will appear in court again May 26 . |
fd1dd8a3c1a39f5bd4baec3f5dfb0de3b580f216 | Former CIA director and retired Army General David Petraeus is urging members of Congress to support President Barack Obama's plan for military intervention in Syria after the country's president is suspected of launching chemical attacks on his own people, killing more than 1,400, including hundreds of children. Petra... | Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton .
and former Secretary of Defense Robert Gates also have publicly .
supported the president's call for military intervention in Syria .
Obama's plan for missile attacks on Syria is not likely to get Congressional support .
Congress will likely vote on Obama's plan this coming w... |
fd1dd8fc8aaf64af4b348f739f030478229b64ab | Watching Home Alone will have most parents believe that a child should never be left alone, but one mother is challenging this idea. Lizzie Heiselt, a mother-of-three living in Brooklyn, New York, told MailOnline that she feels it's important for parents to draw the line between protecting their children and 'keep[ing]... | Mother-of-three Lizzie Heiselt says she occasionally leaves her 'homebody' seven-year-old son at home alone for up to 45 minutes .
She is averse to 'helicopter parenting' - stifling kids by being too involved in their lives - and instead encourages hers to learn and do things on their own . |
fd1e07f4f80d2e8b2563c9240b4328b34f645fda | (CNN) -- Authorities along the central coast of California are searching for a missing boy they believe was snatched from the shelter where he was staying by another resident. Police issued an Amber Alert Friday for 4-year-old Jeremy Guthrie, who is thought to be wearing a camouflage shirt and bright blue underpants. "... | NEW: The suspect and the mother of the missing child reportedly had a disagreement .
The child, Jeremy Guthrie, is 4 years old .
He was abducted Friday morning from a shelter in Atascadero, California .
Police are searching for a suspect who was also staying at the shelter . |
fd1f652a72b7fa997552d3ea1ef36cc2ccddf48f | Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blames the U.S. and 'wicked' British for creating the Islamic State group which has seized control of a swathe of Iraq and Syria . Iran's supreme leader has blamed the U.S. and 'wicked' British for creating the Islamic State terror group which has seized control of a swathe of Iraq and Syria. Aya... | Ayatollah Ali Khamenei says Isis is part of a divide and conquer strategy .
The U.S. helped to train and arm rebels in Syria fighting Bashar Assad .
The group now known as Islamic State emerged from that rebel movement . |
fd1ff0e7cd6527149ced38f91542be075c926e89 | (CNN) -- Phil Mickelson did it the hard way. But the bottom line was that he came away victorious from the Scottish Open to end a 20-year individual drought in Europe. Mickelson beat South Africa's Branden Grace in a playoff on the links course at Castle Stuart in the Scottish Highlands on Sunday for his first win in E... | Phil Mickelson wins the Scottish Open in a playoff over South African Branden Grace .
Mickelson wins his first individual event in Europe in 20 years .
Scandinavians JB Hansen and Henrik Stenson finish two shots behind Mickelson and Grace . |
fd200372ab71a848fea6fe467abe566c36a8e2fb | Stripped down to his underwear in the bitter cold, this man risks his life trying to rescue his dog from a frozen river. Moments later, as he inched along the ice on his hands and knees, he fell into the water – yet fortunately, both dog and owner clambered out unscathed and continued their walk. Paul Wenborne, who too... | Essex fire service said rescue was 'extremely dangerous'
Mercury dipped as low as -15.6C in Lincolnshire this weekend .
Teenager is airlifted to hospital after sledging accident .
Dogs drown in Olympic and Paralympic rowing lake .
Treacherous fog causes pile-up on the M6 in Cumbria .
Much of Europe remains in the grip ... |
fd2024a36a18d4cf80c84b7ee3b246da503f884e | The World Cup is just 16 days away and excitement is building. Each week our man in Brazil, Joe Callaghan, brings us the latest news and views from South America - as well as traveller tips for those heading out there - and provides a flavour of exactly how the World Cup in Brazil is shaping up. 'Yes, [money] is one of... | Brazil boss Phil Scolari is set to walk away from management after the World Cup .
He says there is only one option for Brazil's World Cup fortunes: 'Winning'
The .
Brazilian public is in unison in its dislike of the official World Cup .
song We Are One from Jennifer Lopez, Pitbull and Claudia Leitte .
Brazilian defend... |
fd2055d1a7e7f691a5ed69c33fc40328d1dd13e2 | By . Harriet Cooke . PUBLISHED: . 06:03 EST, 6 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:15 EST, 6 November 2012 . Retired teacher Patrick Gallagher, 64, suffered a heart attack after arguing with neighbours over their loud music . A retired teacher died of a heart attack after neighbours placed a ghetto blaster on his doorste... | Inquest heard how Susan Gallagher found her husband Patrick, 64, lying in a pool of blood .
Minutes earlier a woman had placed a ghetto blaster on their doorstep .
Stress of row over loud music caused the heart attack, doctor said . |
fd20a876ab32c0e2c0ef93db7444c829cfb5211a | By . Craig Hope . Follow @@CraigHope01 . England’s players risk being struck down with sickness ahead of their World Cup opener against Italy having begun a course of medication to prevent malaria. The 23-man squad will take tablets for 12 days in a bid to combat the disease, which is particularly prevalent in the nort... | Three Lions squad began course of medication on Tuesday .
One in 10 people who take Malarone suffer side effects including vomiting and headaches .
There is a high risk of contracting malaria in northern Brazil, which includes Manaus where England face Italy .
Roy Hodgson says he would rather his players were sick than... |
fd20ef45a7d35ad22bbb6444df7ec3dddf3420bb | At first glance, these images might look like something belonging on a film set about paranormal activity. But these mind-blowing photographs are infact the works of a French 'camouflage' artist who uses his paintbrush to make people 'disappear' from pictures. Laurent La Gamba uses crafty techniques to make his models ... | Parisian artist Laurent La Gamba, 47, spends up to two hours intricately painting each person with acrylics .
The father-of-two then photographs the models in front of a range of ordinary and bizarre images, including shelves .
His work, which uses friends and families as models, gives appearance of people 'hovering' ... |
fd21558f41c6d7cc09eb934f9604ca3ad4ed12e5 | (CNN) -- A Canadian porn actor suspected of killing and dismembering a university student in Montreal pleaded not guilty Tuesday to all the charges against him, the prosecution office in Quebec said. Luka Rocco Magnotta, 29, faces first-degree murder and other charges in the death and dismemberment of Jun Lin, a 33-yea... | NEW: Luka Rocco Magnotta denies all the charges against him, Quebec prosecutors say .
He faces first-degree murder and other charges in the death of a Chinese student .
Police believe Magnotta filmed the death and dismemberment of Jun Lin .
Magnotta did not fight extradition from Germany to Canada . |
fd21ac6352a79deaa055b766db98e5ed81c1f6c1 | David Cameron today came under pressure over reports the NHS faces a £2billion financial black hole. The Prime Minister was challenged over reports of a cash shortage in the health service in England which is heaping pressure on staff and putting care at risk. NHS managers warned the service is ‘experiencing some of th... | Prime Minister insists efficiency savings in the health service are on track .
Watchdog Monitor warns of shortfall even when cutbacks are made in NHS .
Labour warns the finances of the NHS are now on a 'knife-edge'
NHS Confederations says it faces the 'most pressured times of its existence' |
fd21f0bdd5f29e96e49c6abbbeb4911f68865036 | By . Daniel Miller . PUBLISHED: . 03:31 EST, 29 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:30 EST, 30 June 2013 . Nelson Mandela wrote a will on a single sheet of A4 paper in which he asked to be buried on a remote hillside in his ancestral home of Qunu, it has emerged. The former South African president, 94, remains in a critical ... | Anti-apartheid leader drew up will in 1996 while still serving as president .
Question of where he is to be buried has sparked a bitter family feud .
Obamas due to meet with Mr Mandela's family members today . |
fd22654a7a3f41d2f8b877a7d8ec9baffd9cf775 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Have at least $68,000 to spare? If so, you may be in the running to join an exclusive group of individuals who have had their complete genome sequenced. Bidding for an eBay auction for whole genome sequencing service begins at $68,000. Starting Friday, the non-profit X Prize Foundation and priv... | Bidding for auction of whole genome sequencing begins at $68,000 .
Launch of auction on Friday coincides with DNA Day .
Personal genomics may transform health care, but costs still prohibitive .
Much more needs to be done to unravel mystery of genome, experts say . |
fd233bf5d4c0852000d2d5306850881764b004c3 | Despite her half-brother, Conor, splitting from Taylor Swift last month, Kick Kennedy has revealed that she is still a big fan of the country music star. The 24-year-old political scion told Town&Country: 'Taylor’s sweet, and so catchy I can’t believe it. I can’t get her songs out of my head.' She was snapped at her fa... | The political scion was photographed at her family's compound in Hyannis Port, Massachusetts, for Town&Country magazine . |
fd249974254786202c92a4ec0133c34859122a2b | West Ham are exploring the possibility of signing Shakhtar Donetsk striker Facundo Ferreyra. The 23-year-old Argentine is unsettled at Shakhtar owing to the growing unrest in Ukraine. Wantaway: Ferreyra (right) is unsettled at Shakhtar owing to the current political climate . London calling: West Ham are closely monito... | West Ham keeping tabs on striker Facundo Ferreyra's situation .
Argentine is unsettled at Shakhtar due to political unrest in Ukraine .
Ferreyra holds an Italian passport so would not need a work permit . |
fd24d17f4f88dcb83d5d47858177567e27c3a92a | Senior Tory MPs mocked a former minister’s striking leopard-print outfit behind her back at Prime Minister’s Questions yesterday. Cheryl Gillan, the former Welsh Secretary, was called to ask David Cameron about plans for the controversial HS2 high-speed rail line, which she bitterly opposes. As she spoke, Keith Simpso... | MPs make claw gestures behind Cheryl Gillan's back as she asks question .
Mockery risks exacerbating claims Tories are prone to apparent sexism .
Ms Gillan's office insists she was 'not bothered' by her colleagues' jibes . |
fd24f2f819af8d218e65273bc73f951f2a42e7f1 | She is always pushing the envelope when it comes to her fashion choices, and Emma Stone certainly cut a cool figure during Sunday's Screen Actors Guild Awards. The 26-year-old looked absolutely striking in a dramatic black gown that featured a long sheer black train that highlighted her lean legs. The actress kept her ... | Birdman wins Outstanding Performance by a Cast in a Motion Picture . |
fd251730b308c12c19e46e2c02e7fe0b6b558e9c | By . Lydia Warren . A decomposed body found off a rural road in upstate New York 30 years ago has finally been identified as belonging to an aspiring model who vanished as she headed to New York City. The body found by a hunter in Shelby, New York in October 1983 has now been identified as Shari Lynne Ball, a 20-year-o... | Shari Lynne Ball, 20, disappeared in 1983 after leaving Boca Raton, Florida and telling her family she was going to New York to be a model .
She called from a truck stop in Virginia - but was never heard from again .
A decomposing body was found in upstate New York 4 months later but could not be identified, so was bur... |
fd251ba331cd462cf318ddaed209dbb94dbec342 | By . Jonny Singer . Follow @@Jonny_Singer . Ronald Koeman saw his Twitter following explode on Monday after being announced as Southampton manager. The 51-year-old, who replaces Mauricio Pochettino on a three-year deal at the club, has seen over 100,000 people follow him in the last three days, the majority of them sin... | Koeman becomes the second tweeting manager in the Premier League .
Sees his followers spike to 300,000 after appointment .
3 days earlier he celebrated passing 200k, and only had 100k last Saturday .
Koeman has replace Mauricio Pochettino on a 3-year deal . |
fd25465e76771371fc99d683aa4e032d19f74bbb | After being slapped with hefty airline fines in the past, savvy travellers are embracing mobile devices to check in for flights. A new report by travel search engine Kayak has found that two in five passengers (42 per cent) have incurred an average of £51 in airline charges because of issues with traditional paper trav... | Two in five UK travellers have had to pay airline fines in the past .
32% say they now prefer to check in using smart devices and airline apps .
Most budget airline charge customers to re-print boarding passes . |
fd257fca7b6a5091d446999e73fca2f0e72ca97a | Editor's note: Simon Johnson, a former International Monetary Fund chief economist, is a professor at MIT Sloan School of Management and a senior fellow at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. Peter Boone is chairman of Effective Intervention, a UK-based charity, and a research associate at the Centre fo... | Johnson, Boone: Stocks are rallying as if economy is out of the woods .
They say that's premature, and we could be in for a long period of stagnation .
Japan's economy suffered for years from similar problems, they say .
Johnson, Boone: We have zombie banks and zombie companies . |
fd258fea9fdfef9a404168596a0114b7ff84a98b | Leon Osman may be a steady, yet unspectacular performer on the field for Everton, but the same can't be said for his rapping skills. The 33-year-old performed his own rendition of Will Smith's 'Boom! Shake the Room' at his testimonial dinner on Saturday night and it proved to be a big hit with the guests in attendance.... | Leon Osman has been at Everton for over 14 years .
The 33-year-old had his testimonial dinner on Saturday night in Liverpool .
Osman produced an impressive rendition of DJ Jazzy Jeff and Will Smith's hit song 'Boom! Shake the Room'
Everton legend Kevin Kilbane was among those in attendance . |
fd259d0d7d18a280b373b4e857a476889d47d218 | (CNN) -- As a Nigerian, and as somebody who has been blessed with a top-tier education, the idea that teenage girls could be snatched from their school in northeastern Nigeria is particularly chilling. I was born and raised in England but spent some of my childhood in Enugu, in the southeastern part of Nigeria. I studi... | Zain Asher: Girls in Nigeria "now have to decide between staying alive and getting an education"
Kidnappings are common throughout Nigeria, from which her parents fled during the Biafra War .
Her uncle was kidnapped three years ago . |
fd2635a5f62a4bb255ed526d98292ecf29b01e05 | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 11:25 EST, 1 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:49 EST, 1 October 2013 . It's a job that's meant to take just four minutes a day, but even that can feel like a drag. Now, one company has made a 3D printed toothbrush tailored to an individual's teeth that promises a thorough clean in ju... | The Blizzident brush contains 400 soft, tapered bristles as well as slits for dental floss designed to fit an individual's teeth .
The device is personalised from impressions of a patient's teeth made by dentists and is then 3D printed and costs over £120 .
It can brush all of an individuals' teeth in just six seconds ... |
fd26f12bf776eb21055ef8af20308d92fe7d75e8 | By . James Nye . For some Republican politicians the real star of Tuesday evenings State of the Union address was not the president but Willie Robertson - star of the hit A&E reality series Duck Dynasty. A whole stream of star-struck GOP house members, including one-time vice-presidential candidate Paul Ryan, seemed t... | Star of controversial reality series Duck Dynasty was greeted at State of the Union by Republican politicians all keen to pose for a picture .
Was invited as a guest to the keynote address by newly elected Louisiana Representative Vance McAllister .
Senator Lindsey Graham invited Robertson's wife Korie too .
Robertson,... |
fd275d54a5bea6cccf371b22afb1f8c53715fa2e | By . Talal Musa . PUBLISHED: . 09:23 EST, 31 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:26 EST, 31 August 2012 . Zombies. They're the 'thing' these days, aren't they? Movies, TV, video games. The walking dead are everywhere. It's no surprise, then, that many modern-day zombie offerings lack that killer suspense...after all, we've... | Use GamePad controller to look through your bag, pick locks and use scanner .
When you die, you die! (and turn into a zombie)
Reportedly features controversial level battling zombies inside Buckingham Palace .
Graphics on the same level as current gen . |
fd2766289e9e2ff27fb3c7a721a6bccb2bf8631e | (CNN) -- Forget planking, it's time to get "Persieing." The latest World Cup craze, currently exploding on social media, pays homage to Netherlands striker Robin van Persie. Photos of the Manchester United forward's acrobatic headed equalizer against world champions Spain in Friday's 5-1 win has gone viral. Van Persie ... | Dutch striker Robin van Persie sparks new social media craze "Perseing"
Man Utd striker's acrobatic opening goal against Spain strikes chord with fans .
Supporters across the globe recreating his acrobatic pose . |
fd27e41ec077ef228c4dc583bc3324834a731da6 | Hot yoga has become the one of the most fashionable forms of exercise, with a celebrity following including Madonna, Gwyneth Paltrow, and Coleen Rooney. Pouring with sweat from contorting their bodies into difficult positions in sweltering heat, it's devotees swear it improves flexibility, aids weight loss and can even... | Gwyneth Paltrow, Coleen Rooney and Andy Murray swear by hot yoga .
Thread vein specialist Dr Peter Finigan says it makes them worse .
This is because in hot temperatures the blood vessels dilate .
Blood flows nearer to the surface of the skin, causing thread veins .
Other unusual causes include washing in very hot or c... |
fd2847a54a06202e21fa21f97d53e3ea71bf9ca6 | Casablanca, Morocco (CNN) -- A moderate Islamist party claimed victory in Morocco's first parliamentary elections since constitutional reforms this summer. The Justice and Development Party (PJD) won 107 of the 395 seats, Interior Minister Taib Cherkaoui said Sunday. The next biggest winner was the Istiqlal Party, also... | The Islamist Justice and Development Party wins more seats than any other party .
Observers call the election transparent .
Hillary Clinton congratulates Morrocans on the "successful" elections .
Constitutional reforms were approved by referendum in July . |
fd28844cbc622a3e0fa571aeac5b0d02525bb303 | (CNN) -- It was a winter weather tale as old as, well, modern time: car vs. the snow plow. "There's our friend and our nemesis, the plow. Ugh," said David Bradley, whose car was buried Wednesday by a plow clearing streets in Toronto. Forty-five minutes later, he was still trying to dig out his car from a fierce snowsto... | A winter storm warning is in effect in portions of Maine and New Hampshire .
Ten inches of snow predicted in the interior regions of Maine, the weather service says .
There are six storm-related deaths in Kansas and one in Oklahoma .
A snow emergency has been declared in Milwaukee . |
fd28fbf68e67a957d0c66ee6aa3525b47c957c56 | By . Mail online Reporter . A Texas father and son were killed Friday when their twin-engine Cessna 414 crashed and caught fire. Authorities have identified the pair as Lawrence Liptack, 51, and son, Landon Liptack, 10. Authorities say the plane crashed near Bowie Municipal Airport in North Texas at about 3:44 p.m., th... | Pair identified as Lawrence Liptack, 51, and Landon Liptack, 10 .
FAA still investigating the cause of the crash .
Duo identified as husband and son of Texas principal Charlotte Liptack . |
fd293fe7e51b57834a68db7e53e67c85739ca240 | By . Matt Chorley and Tim Shipman . PUBLISHED: . 08:58 EST, 18 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:39 EST, 19 November 2012 . Tory MP David Davis today called for two votes two national votes - one to approve a list of powers for the UK to seek to seize back and then an in-out poll once they had been negotiated . David C... | 56 per cent would vote for Britain to leave the European Union in a referendum, opinion poll finds .
Prime .
Minister David Cameron heads to Brussels on Thursday for negotiations on .
new budget, having pledged to use UK's veto if necessary .
Tory minister Ken Clarke says freeze demand is only a 'starting point' for ne... |
fd294093bd9ca253b8bb5bcd1ff14c057a9604aa | Extramarital dating websites expect a 25 per cent surge in traffic today . Christmas strains and Seasonal Affective Disorder are among factors behind the annual outbreak of cheating . One in five Brits suffers from depressive psychological condition S.A.D . By . Ruth Styles . PUBLISHED: . 08:20 EST, 7 January 2013 . | ... | Extramarital dating websites expect a 25 per cent surge in traffic today .
Christmas strains and Seasonal Affective Disorder are among factors behind the annual outbreak of cheating .
One in five Brits suffers from depressive psychological condition S.A.D . |
fd294973f0b2225a6954b2c14049806d3d14db6b | By . Daniel Miller . A British woman who gave birth to a baby girl while awaiting trial in a notorious Pakistani prison has been sentenced to life for attempting to smuggle 63kg of heroin out of the country. Khadija Shah, from Birmingham, was pregnant with her third child, when she was arrested at Islamabad airport in ... | Khadija Shah was pregnant when she was arrested at Islamabad airport .
The 26-year-old gave birth to daughter Malaika while in custody .
Her Lawyer said Malaika, now 16 months old, will remain with her in Prison .
Notorious Adaila jail holds some of Pakistan's most dangerous terrorists . |
fd296bce0a6c7ff23e055290593c0d49ba6e48cb | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 03:43 EST, 12 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:22 EST, 12 May 2013 . A sex offender teacher was spotted acting in EastEnders by his former pupils, it was claimed today. Rob Turner, 39 - a former music teacher who admitted sexual activity with a young girl at Basildon Crown Court in Essex four... | Rob Turner was convicted in 2009 of sexual activity with a young girl .
But 39-year-old Essex actor was on BBC soap as extra in 2011 scene .
EastEnders did not know of his conviction before he was on show . |
fd29c8bb53c70df511cae1111c9fe874610a4789 | (CNN) -- For those craving to look like the young rock star fashionistas lighting up the Billboard charts, copycat fashion blogs may be the cure. As Nicki Minaj sassily questions people trying to steal her style in her popular song, "Saxon," "Did you copy that, copycat?" Female musicians of all genres have long been re... | Musicians like Katy Perry, Lady Gaga, Nicki Minaj, Ke$ha influence fashion trends .
Rock singers often wear clothing that can be purchased at stores like Hot Topic .
Copycat blogs allow you to bring musician-influenced style into your wardrobe . |
fd29e8ead5deab7fa228ffef7c8030db0f6de1b4 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:15 EST, 3 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:12 EST, 3 October 2013 . Speaking the truth: Leah Remini, pictured today, is set to testify against the Church of Scientology . Actress Leah Remini will testify against the leader of the Church of Scientology in a multi-million dollar... | Actress Leah Remini left the Scientology earlier this year .
Referred to the church 'wanting her to fail' on Dancing With The Stars .
The actress's family was investigated by church, sources told New York Post .
Remini joined the Church of Scientology as a young child in the 1970s . |
fd2a4235d3564287c536fdd3082abcd6dfaa09a9 | A retired church worker has revealed how John F Kennedy took her virginity during a debauched 18-month affair while she was a teenage White House intern. Mimi Alford says she felt powerless to resist the late U.S. president as he pulled her into ‘Mrs Kennedy’s room’ and seduced her on his wife’s bed. Other claims in he... | Former White House intern Mimi Alford says JFK 'took her virginity'
Ex-President 'told her to perform sex acts on his friend while he watched'
Claims he made her take drugs, never kissed her and played 'waiting games'
The former church administrator thought she was pregnant with JFK's child . |
fd2a48c2add88dd561a4e2292b5a71430a1d337d | Shark attack: Adam Strange was attacked at Muriwai Beach on Aucklands west coast of New Zealand . Police fired 20 shots at a great white shark as they tried desperately to save a father killed while swimming off a beach yesterday. Adam Strange, 46, an award-winning film and TV director, waved and called for help as th... | Adam Strange, 46, attacked at Muriwai beach near Auckland today .
Shark up to 14ft long pulled him under the water .
More sharks drawn to the attack as police fired shots in rescue attempt . |
fd2b85497c833d0d8f9be159b6f9b709234968c4 | (CNN) -- A week ago, on feel-good Super Bowl Sunday, TV viewers in the U.S. state of Michigan were subjected to a racist campaign ad sponsored by former Representative and now-Senatorial candidate Pete Hoekstra. The ad, which suggests that his opponent, U.S. Senator Debbie Stabenow, spends too much government money, sh... | China -- and connections to it -- have been used to stoke fear in U.S. election, Liu writes .
Two deaths have spurred Asian American lawmakers to demand hearings on hazing in military .
Against all of this, Jeremy Lin has vaulted himself to stardom, Liu writes .
He is the NBA's first U.S.-born player of Chinese or Taiw... |
fd2b884d6d4e9e130ac53c9b80284af01d83df57 | By . Sophie Borland . PUBLISHED: . 20:47 EST, 6 December 2013 . Thousands of cancer patients are being denied urgent tests by their GPs, figures show (file picture) Thousands of cancer patients are being denied urgent tests by their GPs, figures show. Family doctors are typically referring fewer than half of all victim... | Doctors are referring fewer that half of victims for fast-track appointments .
Some bowel cancer patients forced to return to their GP two or three times .
In one practice, only 6 per cent of patients sent for urgent consultations .
Due to an error by the Care Quality Commission, an earlier version of this article mist... |
fd2b9cf00410ae0fa0aedd6fb1ab172f4410c64a | Kenyan Dennis Kimetto has set a new world record by completing the Berlin Marathon in 2 hours, 2 minutes and 57 seconds on Sunday. The 30-year-old knocked 26 seconds off the previous record of 2:03:23 set by his compatriot Wilson Kipsang in the same race last year. Another Kenyan, Emmanuel Mutai, finished second and wa... | Kenyan Dennis Kimetto completed the Berlin Marathon in a new world record of 2 hours, 2 minutes and 57 seconds on Sunday .
The time was 26 seconds quicker than the previous record, set in the same race last year .
Another Kenyan, Emmanuel Mutai was second in 2:03:13 .
Ethiopia's Abera Kuma finished third in 2:05:56 .
O... |
fd2bc769ff8145239a7a8d763bfd026e457ce49d | For Iris Grace Halmshaw, the world was a lonely place. The autistic five-year-old struggles to speak, is unnerved by other children and is frequently thrown into panic by the world around her. She fills her days with painting, and is so talented that her works sell for as much as £1,500. But nothing could quite relieve... | Iris Grace Halmshaw, five, created a buzz in the art world at three years old .
A private collector bought two of her original works for £1,500 each .
Autistic youngster struggled to speak as other children unnerved her .
But her pet cat Thula has relieved her isolation and they are inseparable .
Her parents notice... |
fd2bd8bb4d1d75e9c27f0b7b39f7c5e700448f74 | By . John Drayton . David Baddiel has branded Gary Barlow's new World Cup song 'rubbish' ahead of this summer's tournament in Brazil. The comedian, who released the classic Three Lions with the Lightning Seeds and Frank Skinner back in 1996, isn't keen on Barlow's Greatest Day, which will feature former England striker... | David Baddiel released the classic Three Lions song with Frank Skinner and Lightning Seeds .
Comedian isn't keen on Gary Barlow's Greatest Day which features former England striker Gary Lineker .
Song has been released ahead of this summer's tournament in Brazil . |
fd2c525b19442a039efc95ecc515a5a8ee4ad970 | (CNN) -- Investigators have arrested a third suspect in the killing of a prominent doctor near Houston, Texas. Dr. Jorge Mario Gonzalez was found dead at his ranch last month, police say. The Texas Rangers arrested Misael Sotollo, 18, Tuesday evening in a Houston apartment, the Austin County Sheriff's Office said in a ... | Dr. Jorge Mario Gonzalez found shot to death at his ranch on August 22 .
Police say Gonzalez arrived at the rural home to find suspects already there .
He was able to get his gun from the house but died in ensuing gunfire, police say .
Ranch hand was injured in the attack; the suspects are his brothers and cousin . |
fd2c52a38b18f16a2a0c505ac60a2f166e98b4ad | (CNN Student News) -- December 16, 2010 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . • Washington, D.C. • Boston, Massachusetts . Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We're seniors at Tulare Union High School, and you're watching.... E... | Examine some of the stories making headlines in Washington, D.C.
Find out why TIME Magazine named Facebook's founder the Person of the Year .
Investigate the career advice offered in our latest Career Connection .
Use the Daily Discussion to help students understand today's featured news stories . |
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