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fd6bf7bf72dd13ae19a27aa6de8bde99d2bb8a1b | By . Martin Beckford . PUBLISHED: . 19:55 EST, 20 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:55 EST, 20 April 2013 . A police commissioner is facing an investigation for running a private security firm on the side, prompting accusations of a conflict of interest. Kevin Hurley, an ex-Scotland Yard commander, is still advertising hi... | Police commissioner for Surrey, Kevin Hurley, questioned over dual role .
Controversy raises fresh fears over powers of commissioners .
The former Scotland Yard commander says firm has no crossover with day job . |
fd6c0d0dceea374e0c07b15901ab0a001bdf2520 | Republican supporters led by secretive oil billionaires the Koch brothers have pledged to oust Barack Obama from power - by stumping up a $100million (£63million) war-chest. David and Charles Koch, worth a combined $50billion, have been joined by 300 of America's wealthiest businessmen in promising the cash to stop Oba... | David and Charles Koch worth a combined $50billion .
Tea Party founders joined by 300 of America's most rich and powerful .
Obama returns $200k from casino owner facing drug and fraud charges . |
fd6c7c6836d27c60eaeef170ddd12cac510a46ef | Fishermen can be very protective over their favourite spot as these brown bears showed when they got into a fight over salmon. These images were taken by 15-year-old schoolgirl Elizaveta Tischenko as she watched the animals attempting to catch their dinner in Katmai National Park, in southern Alaska. Elizaveta said on... | Schoolgirl Elizaveta Tischenko, 15, snapped these two brown bears fighting in a nature reserve in southern Alaska .
Scrap broke out as one bear was catching lots of salmon when a challenger appeared and tried to muscle in .
Elizaveta said it did not take long for the original bear to see off his rival, after which he w... |
fd6c9406ff11fad518d53f685d2b6131e7e79ac4 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 04:58 EST, 26 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:55 EST, 26 November 2013 . His career as a powerful Democratic politician was cut short by his loyalty to mobster brother Whitey Bulger. But despite his forced retirement from the upper echelons of Boston life, William Bulger says h... | Former senate president William Bulger visits brother Whitey weekly in jail .
Said he wants to 'try to be a brother' to the convicted murderer .
Forced to resign from high-profile post due to connections with mobster . |
fd6d694a410ee60cfb83c3ad3cf13e43745457bb | (CNN) -- A Rutgers University student commits suicide after being emotionally violated when his sexual encounter with another man is secretly streamed online. Tyler Clementi jumps in the Hudson River, and there is a general outcry accompanied by a superficial soul searching. Why is this happening? Where did this come f... | Jane Velez-Mitchell says recent anti-gay violence and remarks point up surge in homophobia .
But, she says, the "social cancer" of such views is revealed in subtle ways, too .
Gay issues are in the news; people are forced to face their biases. It can get ugly, she says .
Writer: Backlash a stage toward social justice; ... |
fd6da722c20934eec04f455c2c68236c3b8a3390 | Daley Blind admits the high tempo of the Premier League left him feeling 'a little tired' during his first weeks at Manchester United. The 24-year-old midfielder followed his former Holland boss Louis van Gaal to Old Trafford last summer, completing a £14million deal on transfer deadline day. Blind has made 14 appearan... | Daley Blind joined Manchester United from Ajax on transfer deadline day .
Holland midfielder admits the pace of the Premier League is much higher .
The 24-year-old was left feeling 'a little tired' after first few matches .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Manchester United news . |
fd6dcad71ceaa4e24e4bda5db7662dfabc96e3c4 | (CNN) -- Prince William and Kate Middleton have never been the stay-at-home types. A traveler could plan a royal (and royally expensive) getaway just following in their footsteps. The couple has journeyed to some of the world's most luxurious spots. Here are five places to catch the flavor of a royal vacation. Desroche... | You can visit the same places where British royalty has traveled .
A Canadian cottage has at times hosted the Queen, her sister and her mother .
It's possible to rent the manor home where Kate Middleton celebrated Christmas . |
fd6f8bda9c55db8f146a5633dc3b9c2463ca552f | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 11:37 EST, 18 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:38 EST, 18 April 2013 . An inquiry is underway after an NHS van arrived at a garage for repairs with a body in the back. Horrified mechanics discovered the corpse as the specialist mortuary vehicle was taken in for a broken tail light. An NHS ... | Specialist mortuary vehicle was taken in for a broken tail light .
NHS employee suspended and health chiefs have apologised .
Campaigner Margaret Watt said it was 'absolutely horrendous' |
fd701294f858521ec8be157a4143a5c831ccd18a | A Miami woman called Isis Martinez posted a video on YouTube in which she pleads with the media to please stop using her name to refer to the 'shameless excuses for human beings' who have misappropriated her appellation. The 38-year-old, who heads a non-profit in the Florida city, has created a petition urging the medi... | Isis Martinez started a petition on behalf of the 'thousands of others' with the name asking news outlets to use a different term to describe the terrorist group, such as ISIL .
She says her campaign has encouraged many women who are going through the same situation to come forward with their own stories or complain of... |
fd706c214eedb7ac070eaaf69935e79109489624 | By . Joshua Gardner . and Ap . Remarkable: Glen Campbell pictured here in 2012 during the farewell tour . The country music legend known as as the rhinestone cowboy Glen Campbell was honored recently as his children performed following a screening of an upcoming documentary about his farewell tour. The 78-year-old star... | Glen Campbell: I'll Be Me shows the star's miraculous musical acuity in spite of on-stage confusion .
Star's family defended final tour as they announced decision to put Campbell in full-time care in June .
Campbell's son and daughter performed after the screening . |
fd708ed305a4103196df4878040857c0d21c6300 | By . Glen Owen . A £6 million party funded by the EU for 5,000 young people this weekend caused a headache for the Eurocrats: what if it all got out of hand? So, to avoid doubt, the organisers issued an edict – don’t have an orgy without the strict consent of all those involved. The three-day European Youth Event in... | Three-day European Youth Event in Strasbourg designed to teach 'values'
However attendees aged 16 to 30 were given sexual advice in leaflet .
Told not to engage in 'sexual activities' unless all parties consent to it . |
fd70a18e05580440af095baddb0bfd6e9be63489 | It is a view which is bound to make any sports fan set the countdown clock for 2016. These are the first images showing what we can expect from the Rio de Janeiro Olympics in just under three years’ time. Built on a waterfront peninsula in the Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood of the city, it stretches out over 300 acres a... | Olympic Park for Rio Games is being built on a peninsula in the city's Barra da Tijuca neighbourhood .
15 of the Games' 34 venues will be located at the Olympic Park, as well as a village and media centre .
Designed by the same architects behind the London 2012 Olympic Park in Stratford . |
fd711deec3210fd79b74ca279f40ac6129edeffa | (CNN) -- Croatia international Josip Simunic will miss the World Cup after being banned for 10 matches by FIFA for his 'pro-Nazi' chants as he celebrated his country's qualification to the finals in Brazil next year. FIFA's disciplinary committee said Monday that Simunic's chants following Croatia's 2-0 win over Icelan... | Croatia international Josip Simunic handed 10-match ban .
Will miss their 2014 World Cup campaign .
Simunic accused of 'pro-Nazi' chants in qualifying game .
FIFA finds him guilty of discriminatory behavior . |
fd711e46d9dc971a237df3d16fddf2136890dec1 | By . Jaya Narain . Last updated at 12:44 AM on 2nd November 2011 . Her courage melted the heart of Princess Diana and helped inspire fellow paraplegic Superman actor Christopher Reeve to fight back from the depths of despair. Now Gemma Quinn, who was paralysed from the neck down at the age of seven in a horrific car cr... | Gemma, now 27, was unaware she was entitled to free care since 2002 .
She is also now languishing on waiting list for life-saving bladder operation . |
fd71a64340425384294a115d3a42bc8069ac9f67 | (CNN) -- The family of American student Amanda Knox is happy that new DNA analysis has called into question her murder conviction, but won't celebrate "until she walks out of that prison," her mother said Thursday. In an interview with CNN's "Newsroom," Edda Mellas said her daughter is "not taking anything for granted.... | A favorable DNA report was met with "jumping and hugging," Knox's mother says .
Evidence involved in Knox's conviction could have been contaminated, experts say .
Knox and her ex-boyfriend were convicted of killing Knox's roommate, Meredith Kercher .
She was sentenced to 26 years in prison, but is appealing the verdict... |
fd71c64eba9a35e3bf6bf25e5532d627e05d8413 | Big Brother, Towie, The Farm... just when you think you've seen them all, a new reality show turns up as the new kid on the block. This week, it was the turn of The Real Housewives Of Cheshire - a reality show that stars six WAGs from a county famous for footballers and excess. Each of the women had enough sparkle, sla... | Ampika Pickston, 32, came into wealth after marrying a rich older man .
The beautician from Hale now claims she'd never date an unwealthy man .
She says Brits have a stigma of hatred to people who lead luxurious lives . |
fd7247481c835e510c61bd86157684ade59f8642 | New doubts have been cast over Brian Williams' claims he was friendly with the SEAL team responsible for killing Osama Bin Laden during his time in Iraq. The embattled broadcaster claims he received a soldier's knife as a gift and was given a piece of the helicopter used in the 2011 operation which led to the former A... | Broadcaster claimed he was given gifts by the elite military unit .
Told David Letterman in 2012 he flew into Baghdad with the team in 2003 .
Journalist was reporting from Kuwait on the day he claimed to have arrived .
Spoke openly about Team Six the day after the raid on Al Qaeda leader .
Told Letterman he had the 'ho... |
fd727e83bfecc6f2f533ec4155f2e38e3992df5b | A computer hacker who famously stole nude photos from Paris Hilton’s cell phone and posted her contacts online has apologized some nine years after publicly embarrassing the socialite. Cameron Lacroix, now 26, was just a teenager when he cracked Hilton’s T-Mobile account in 2005 in the first example of a celebrity’s ph... | Cameron Lacroix was just a teenager when he cracked Hilton's T-Mobile account in 2005 in the first example of a celebrity's phone being hacked .
He famously posted her nude photos and celebrity contact's phone numbers online .
Lacroix's apology comes just before he begins a four-year sentence in federal prison for nume... |
fd72b9295235165c49d4b45f4371f982fb3c4a92 | By . Leon Watson . A coat owned by Beatles legend John Lennon has sold for more than $30,000 at auction. The blue cropped garment is believed to have been worn on the back cover of the Fab Four icon and Yoko Ono's 1969 album Life With The Lions. Los Angeles-based auctioneers Nate D Sanders sold the historic item, descr... | The blue garment described as 'missing a button, else near fine'
The historic item was sold by LA-based auctioneers Nate D Sanders .
It was given to Andrew B. Harvey by a friend of Lennon in 1978 . |
fd731e4a0ca978b49902e8031dfc9548d0295524 | Spanking and whipping should not be banned in British-made online porn videos, Lib Dem MPs have demanded. Backbench MP Julian Huppert attacked rules revealed last week which ban a host of erotic acts considered 'harmful' by ministers. The new laws aim to bring 'video-on-demand' online porn into line with videos sold in... | Backbench MP Julian Huppert attacked new online porn crackdown .
Rules ban a host of erotic acts considered 'harmful' by ministers .
The acts include spanking, strangulation, whipping and being tied up . |
fd73db2e10ba2578f8fb4bc2a4aa5d4b6bfda740 | It took Graham Hughes nearly four years to cover 201 nations to become the first person to travel the world without flying. Now fans can undertake the same journey in only four minutes without needing to leave the house. The 33-year-old from Liverpool used . buses, taxis, trains and his own two feet to travel 160,000 m... | Graham Hughes, from Liverpool, set off on his travels on January 1, 2009 .
He covered 160,000 miles in 1,426 days on a shoestring $100 a week budget .
Now fans can have a brief taste of his adventure with his four-minute film . |
fd73f57b859c7e96223676a02b6c9f7437482b3e | A Brazilian mathematician claims it is possible to predict the results of a lottery draw by applying complicated maths and probability theories. Renato Gianella has found it is entirely possible to predict numbers which are more likely to appear than others, by following the same behaviour patterns as predicted by the... | Renato Gianella says it is possible to predict winning lottery numbers .
Theory is based on patterns as predicted by Law of Large Numbers .
Brazilian claims not all numbers have equal chance of being drawn .
He's developed website to help people select more favorable combinations .
But users may need more than basic ma... |
fd742b3b1d5aca3a350cf5d99d1cbe72b8d0b184 | (CNN) -- The jarring sounds of war have longed echoed over Mogadishu. Now it's time for music to rock the Somali capital. Armed with powerful songs and bold lyrics, a daring group of hip-hop musicians has defied death threats and violent attacks from militant extremists to spread its message of peace in war-torn Mogadi... | The Somali capital of Mogadishu is set to host its biggest music festival in over two decades .
The Mogadishu Music Festival is aiming to rally would-be fighters to peacefully resist extremism .
The stealth event is put together by Waayaha Cusub, a group of Kenya-based Somali rappers .
The collective is famous for its ... |
fd74a08fc473abefaab04739c3c7a5025c4e582e | Despite countless Whitehall campaigns and initiatives, Britons still don’t really care about the environment, a survey has found. Nearly two thirds admit to being indifferent, and one in ten young people claim not to care about recycling at all. A third of people thought they recycled as much as possible – but only on... | Only one in six bought items because they were made of recycled materials .
Survey of 1,000 showed two thirds admitted to being indifferent .
Average UK home recycles just 250 of 440 bottles every year . |
fd74fac554862ac13045e7356d1e5945b0707920 | Jack Wilshere insists Arsenal will recover after being outclassed by Borussia Dortmund in a disturbing start to their Champions League group campaign. Ciro Immobile and Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang struck in a 2-0 victory for the Bundesliga club, but the winning margin should have been a landslide after the Gunners were o... | The Arsenal midfielder is confident his side will recover from being outclassed in their opening Champions League .
Borussia Dortmund ran out convincing 2-0 winners at the Signal Iduna Park .
Wilshere maintains there are five games to go to make up for the defeat and get through to the last 16 of the Champions League . |
fd75104875bcc5f229eebd65886cfd088f2ff73e | (CNN) -- Norway leads the 2010 list ranking the prosperity of 110 of the world's nations by the London analytical center Legatum Institute. Norway also topped the 2009 rankings. "The Prosperity Index seeks to understand how economic fundamentals, health, freedom, governance, safety, education, entrepreneurial opportuni... | Index is based on economy, government, educator and other factors .
Norway tops the rankings for the 2nd straight year .
The United States is No. 10, down one spot from 2009 . |
fd755374a99f59dfb696a29f24d159f887df6745 | (CNN) -- Before the final whistle at Monday night's game between the Indianapolis Colts and the New York Giants, trumpeter Chris Botti had already won. The Grammy-winning musician was on the field at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New Jersey, to perform the national anthem for November 3's "Monday Night Football."... | Chris Botti's national anthem was breathtaking .
It brought football player Reggie Wayne to tears .
Several viewers have called it one of the best national anthem performances . |
fd75c3e063b131f2e0225cbb7fbbc08656da056b | Three elementary teachers in a New Jersey school district have been caught having a shocking conversation about some of their special needs students, referring to them as 'morons' and 'short bus kids' - and are now set to be fired as a result. The teachers - Tyler Van Pelt, Maria Weber and Maryellen Lechelt - allegedly... | Tyler Van Pelt, Maria Weber and Maryellen Lechelt have been suspended by the Edison School District in New Jersey .
All three are likely to be fired .
Three were at a training program when they started an online chat .
Referred to some students as 'morons' and 'short bus kids'
Also spoke disparagingly about the woman t... |
fd75d2ca2eba86b5386e9d8ee388f4812b696ad6 | By . Maysa Rawi . Updated: . 13:08 EST, 9 December 2011 . The Pakistani model at the centre of the FHM India row says the stress caused by the scandal has aged her. Veena Malik is suing the publishers of the magazine claims cover was doctored to make her appear nude when she actually posed in clothes. But she revealed ... | 'I was wearing hotpants, claims Veena Malik .
Disowned by father, suing magazine for millions . |
fd769009bf63e26d93ba85435963c0c60decc029 | It appears that the job of motivating children to work harder and calm down was as much part of a teacher’s role in Ancient Egypt as it is today. A 1,700-year-old classroom complete with motivational quotations written on its walls by educators has been discovered in Egypt and dates to a time when the Romans controlled... | The building is located in Amheida in the .
Dakhla Oasis, some 200 miles (322km) west of the Nile, which was the .
ancient time of Trimithis .
Quotes from The Odyssey can be seen on the walls of the 1,700-year-old classroom, which later became the room of a lavishly decorated mansion .
Script is written in Greek and ur... |
fd7719f67205a59350b2cb262a2fa1acb4e02c35 | By . Ellie Buchdahl . PUBLISHED: . 08:23 EST, 9 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:30 EST, 11 September 2013 . Thai Airways painted over its logo and name on a plane that crash-landed on a runway in a bid to protect the airline's image. The Airbus 330-300 skidded as it was coming into Bangkok's main airport at around 1... | Airbus 330-300 skids coming into Bangkok's Suvarnabhumi airport on flight from China .
Plane evacuated and 14 people injured .
Workers on crane black out logo on tail and body of aircraft following Star Alliance 'crisis communication rule' |
fd771af209e737dfb74d4702c2a9295da6b47167 | (CNN) -- Two weeks since his last public appearance, presumptive Chinese leader Xi Jinping was pictured attending an event Saturday in Beijing, state media reported. The state-run Xinhua news agency, on both its English- and Chinese-language websites, published a one-line story stating that Xi had arrived Saturday morn... | Xinhua shows Vice President Xi Jinping appearing at a Beijing university .
Media has not reported him being out in public since September 1 .
Xi is seen as a contender to become China's next leader .
His public absence has fueled speculation . |
fd779e4c2f9fd8a36e0d6740e05afb8147f9efd9 | By . Conor Sheils . PUBLISHED: . 14:13 EST, 17 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:31 EST, 17 April 2013 . A pet Jack Russell terrier is set to be given an award after saving her owner's life during a late night house fire by licking her face. Barbie the dog alerted her owner Rosemary Field, 72, to the blaze as she slept at... | Brave dog set to be given RSPCA award for Bristol fire rescue .
House fire could have killed dog's 72-year-old owner Rosemary Field . |
fd77a5200c02a4e8331e7a6280a398d546724a6a | By . Chris Greenwood . Hate preacher Abu Hamza plotted to set up a headquarters for the Taliban at Finsbury Park Mosque, a court was told. The hook-handed cleric wanted to use it as a London base for an operation to send up to 3,000 supporters to Afghanistan. The plan was revealed in a letter to a leader of the extremi... | Hate preacher Hamza wanted to use London mosque as UK base .
Plans revealed in evidence given in New York trial against him .
Abu Hamza faces life in prison if found guilty of terrorism offences . |
fd7815b4dcc12e12fa2aa150fddf8676fcb41559 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- British reality TV celebrity Jade Goody died early Sunday morning following a public battle with cervical cancer, her publicist has announced. Jade Goody married her fiance Jack Tweed weeks before her death. Goody, 27, died in her sleep at home in Essex, east of London, just before 4 a.m. (midn... | Jade Goody dies aged 27 after losing her battle with cervical cancer .
British PM Gordon Brown says he is "deeply saddened" by Goody's death .
British "Big Brother" star fast-tracked plans to get married after cancer spread .
Goody said she needed to keep selling her story to raise money for her boys . |
fd78c53cc898c76e24b94c498aebabebe67134bb | Russia today hinted that Vladimir Putin would grant political asylum to whistleblower Edward Snowden who leaked the American government's monitoring of phone records and the web. 'We will take action based on what actually happens. If we receive such a request, it will be considered,' said the Russian president's offic... | Edward Snowden, a former CIA technical assistant fled to Hong Kong .
Leaked details of Prism, which he says harvests personal data from web .
US government allegedly targeting Google, Facebook, Microsoft and others .
Snowden said he wants to seek asylum in Iceland but has not made contact .
Russian MP Robert Schlegel u... |
fd78cb717ceb0ed4b96a937d55652e297fb8aede | (CNN) -- When the Battle of Gettysburg was over after three days, the Civil War's bloodiest battle had claimed 51,000 casualties. The Union Army of the Potomac clashed with Gen. Robert E. Lee's Confederate Army of Northern Virginia in July 1863. The battle turned against Lee and his invaders on July 3, and Confederate ... | Battle of Gettysburg took place 150 years ago at a site that is now a national military park .
Don't miss a visit to the battlefield, "the reason we're all here," says ranger Caitlin Kostic .
At the dedication of the Soldiers' National Cemetery, Lincoln gave historic Gettysburg Address . |
fd7948c22be8fe5046bd2bb3dea71fa1accec02d | The much-maligned security perimeter at New York’s busiest airport has failed again after two kayakers claim they washed ashore without being detected by police. Anthony Giglio, of suburban Inwood, and Jordan Crooms, of Queens, were kayaking through Jamaica Bay Friday evening when their kayak rolled over and they swam ... | Anthony Giglio and Jordan Crooms, both 21, made their way to shore after their kayak tipped Friday night in Jamaica Bay .
They scrambled onto a pier at the end of a runway at JFK International Airport .
The airport's $100million security system failed to detect them . |
fd79d419004d0956c8aa6c9a96ebe2c3494f0ada | Washington (CNN) -- If you're looking to rub elbows with celebrities in D.C. for the inauguration this weekend, you won't have to look too far. Hollywood movie stars, Grammy award winning musicians and professional athletes will be all over Washington in celebration of the 57th Presidential Inauguration. Here's the lat... | Musicians, actors and athletes will be in Washington, D.C. this weekend for the inauguration .
Beyonce, Jamie Foxx and James Taylor are among those expected .
Eva Longoria serves as a co-chair of the Presidential Inaugural Committee . |
fd79f7914d54d718b780d7f8e5302d63f9499738 | (OPRAH.com) -- Every holiday season we are cursed with the same challenge: to articulate exactly how fond we are of our friends and family in the language of purchasable objects. Appreciate specific virtues of the people you're buying for and connect those qualities to fabulous presents. This begs a couple of questions... | Author decides to buy three gifts under $40 for have-it-all people .
She picks Carla Bruni-Sarkozy, Brad Pitt and ultracouple Jay-Z and Beyoncé .
Author and friends buy six child-size straw porkpie hats for Pitt .
They also buy Jay-Z and Beyonce matching slippers . |
fd7a638990e0931a2f2225a9cb59a6207374f839 | (CNN) -- Kellie Pickler calls them her favorite shows. "When you get up onstage and you look out and you see a sea of soldiers or sea of marines or just a sea of your military in general, it's just so overwhelming, and it just really makes you feel good," Pickler says. The 26-year-old country music star has been singin... | Country singer Kellie Pickler has been on six USO overseas tours .
USO tours help boost the morale of military men and women stationed far from home .
Pickler: They need to know we haven't forgotten about them and what they do . |
fd7b5af122545d5c1fafa7da0f4c167764134a75 | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 05:25 EST, 4 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:49 EST, 4 September 2012 . Off the road: Football icon Patrick Vieira tried to escape a driving ban by claiming he and other Premier League stars living in an upmarket village weren't getting their post. The star is pictured leaving court ... | The former Arsenal and Manchester City .
star was caught doing 61mph in a 50mph zone on the M60 near Stockport in .
his Bentley .
The World Cup winner admitted he had .
been driving the £160,000 supercar at the time .
But he said he did not .
receive the original prosecution notice at his £2.2 million home in .
Alderle... |
fd7ba7dc5145e48a6837ceb27e500988ba220a44 | When Lauren George was shot in the head outside her apartment building in Alabama earlier this year, no one thought she would make it. Five months later, the 20-year-old who has survived against overwhelming odds is learning to speak and walk again. 'I'm glad I'm here, that I'm alive, even though it's been hard,' Georg... | Lauren George, 20, had the left side of her skull shattered by a stray bullet outside her home in Montevallo, Alabama, in January .
She has since regained the ability to speak and is now learning how to walk again .
Police have arrested two 18-year-olds in connection to the robbery and shooting that left George with tw... |
fd7be549c97a514041c2bb3b6f3194ab5eb4aafa | The lawyer representing a Michigan man accused of killing a driver in an apparent road rage incident revealed this week she is planning to mount a defense based on the state's controversial 'stand your ground' law. Martin Zale, 69, has been charged with an open count of murder for shooting Derek Flemming, 43, in the he... | Derek Flemming, 43, was allegedly shot dead by Martin Zale, 69,September 2 .
Flemming and his wife Amy were driving to pick up their two children after their first day of school .
Zale drove so fast down a side street that he almost hit the couple's car .
Derek Flemming got out of his car and asked, 'What's your proble... |
fd7d07085b960464f5c864dae39076d79f55da2f | Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama signed a two-month extension of the payroll tax cut Friday, ending what had been a heated political stalemate and sealing a hard-fought win for Democrats on an issue -- taxes -- that has historically favored the GOP. Earlier in the day, the measure cleared the Democratic-contr... | Obama signs 2-month payroll tax cut extension .
House GOP's defeat raises new questions about Boehner's leadership .
The House and Senate passed the bill by unanimous consent .
The procedural move allowed the measure to pass even though most members have left town . |
fd7d1cc3bc47b7046c6b9e6fc1b2641e6dff0fc5 | Russia's annexation of Crimea, and what many fear is its apparent threat to invade Ukraine, has riveted international attention since the crisis erupted with February's revolution in Kiev. Excitable talk has proliferated as fast as North Korean missiles. Pundits obsess about a new Cold War, a showdown with "mad bad Vla... | Russia's annexation of Crimea, and feared threat to invade Ukraine, has grabbed attention .
Simon Tisdall says Syria, not Crimea, directly affects western security in more basic ways .
Much of northern Syria under control of jihadi groups, united in opposition to West - Tisdall .
Syria is in the process of becoming a b... |
fd7d36708a77358508a9f433f24c286ed948bb5e | By . Damien Gayle . A BBC tennis commentator said sorry to former GB Davis Cup captain David Lloyd after suggesting he could be prevented from leading the Lawn Tennis Association because of alleged 'personal problems' Andrew Castle was forced into the official apology after his comments during a rain delay chat with Su... | Castle, 49, made comments during rain delay with colleague Sue Barker, 57 .
He paid undisclosed damages, legal costs and made apology to Lloyd, 65 .
The apology was made in an official statement on the BBC Sport website . |
fd7d54dd2a6545cafcd1395441edc37750bd0649 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . and Ap . A California firefighter who disappeared two weeks ago after chasing after his dog during a backpacking trip was found dead Friday, authorities said, less than a week after his dog was found alive. The body of Mike Herdman, 36, was found in a rugged cliff area about three-quarters of... | Authorities found Mike Herdman's body on Friday in California's Los Padres National Forest .
His dog, named Duke, was found Sunday in the parking lot where Herdman had parked his car .
Herdman and a friend were camping June 13 when the dog ran off and the 36-year-old chased after the pet barefoot and wearing only short... |
fd7d56455b153c7eedc5178499128216242f2e8f | New York (CNN) -- If President Obama had been forthright last week at the health care summit, he would have opened the meeting by stating: "If you have health coverage, under our reform bills you are going to pay more and get less. If you are one of the 45 million elderly or disabled people on Medicare, you are going t... | Ed Rollins says President Obama should have explained that health bill will cost taxpayers dearly .
He says health care consumes 17 percent of the nation's economy .
He says costs are rising at a rapid rate, and consumers are footing the bill .
Obama's attempt to add some GOP ideas doesn't go nearly far enough, Rollins... |
fd7d87b0b998147881c3c938907f8dc39dbd56f5 | London Irish have announced the signing of New Zealand World Cup winner Ben Franks. Prop Franks, 30, has agreed a three-year deal and will join Irish from the Wellington-based Hurricanes. He has won 42 caps and was part of New Zealand's 2011 World Cup-winning squad. Franks has made more than 100 Super Rugby appearances... | Ben Franks signs for London Irish from Wellington-based club Hurricanes .
The 30-year-old prop has agreed a three-year deal .
Franks was part of New Zealand's World Cup-winning squad in 2011 .
London Irish director Bob Casey describes Franks as a 'world-class player' |
fd7da5044101cca18bbb3cc10a3e92c6de59bb54 | (CNN) -- When it comes to football, the New York-New Jersey divide is a long and complicated one. Both New York-branded NFL teams -- the Jets and the Giants -- share fans from across the tri-state area, blurring state lines and loyalties. And both teams play at Metlife Stadium in New Jersey, where the Super Bowl will b... | New York and New Jersey fight for profits from Super Bowl XLVIII .
Organizers estimate game will generate at least $600 million for the two states .
East Rutherford, New Jersey, where game will be played, hopes to break even . |
fd7e559ea035e4e570d5266c328e9d6ce5e7e756 | Tottenham, Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid have all made enquiries about Everton forward Kevin Mirallas. The Belgian is stalling over discussions on a new contract and that has alerted rival clubs who are keen to see if there is a deal to be done either now or in the summer. Mirallas wants to play Champions Leagu... | Everton forward Kevin Mirallas is attracting interest from a number of clubs .
Tottenham, Borussia Dortmund and Atletico Madrid have all enquired .
Spurs have also opened discussions over a move for Yehven Konoplyanka .
Arsenal have an interest in Villarreal centre-back Gabriel Paulista . |
fd7e70e9c4970eab36efb1e5948aeb89565dcea9 | Tucson, Arizona (CNN) -- U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords on Thursday continued her dramatic recovery from a gunshot wound to the brain by going outside for physical therapy, one of her principal doctors in Tucson, Arizona, told CNN. "Today actually, we were glad to say that we were able to take her outside and she was abl... | Wounded congresswoman does physical therapy on hospital grounds .
Mark Kelly predicts his wife will make a full recovery .
"Every time I interact with her, there's something quite inspiring"
Giffords will be moved to a Texas rehabilitation facility on Friday . |
fd7e8493fc79da6bcd45e88d93ddb579d9232d62 | By . Fiona Macrae . PUBLISHED: . 14:14 EST, 10 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:52 EST, 10 October 2012 . If you must talk to your plants, make sure you do it properly, pet. A ground-breaking experiment has concluded that plants like being spoken to - and are particularly partial to a Geordie accent. Essex and Welsh to... | Plants spoken to in a Geordie accent grew 10 per cent more than others .
The ones spoken to in Chelsea and Mancunian accents struggled . |
fd7f16d418690b2d8e46b055c76962dc6c7f36e4 | (CNN) -- When Tiger Woods won the Players Championship for the first and only time, he was at the peak of his powers. In 2001, the tournament known as golf's unofficial "fifth major" was held the week before the Masters -- and Woods won both events as he became the only modern-day player to hold all four major crowns a... | Tiger Woods is struggling for form ahead of this week's Players Championship .
Former world No. 1 missed the cut at Quail Hollow on return to PGA Tour .
He says the changes he is making to his swing will take time to bear fruit .
Woods will play alongside Quail Hollow victor Rickie Fowler at TPC Sawgrass . |
fd7f97e4a682b7a3dfa6e0c637e53ac6fce7acd4 | The wife of hedge fund billionaire Ken Griffin is demanding $300,000 a month to pay for around-the-clock access to a private jet, according to a recent court filing in their contentious divorce. Even though Griffin says he has already given his wife Anne Dias $35 million as outlined in their pre-nup, she is demanding $... | Kenneth Griffin, 45, CEO of $20 billion Chicago investment firm Citadel LLC, filed for divorce from his wife of 11 years, Anne Dias, last year .
Per a prenup, Dias has no right to anything but a $25 million payout and $1 million for each year they were married .
But she is also demanding $1 million a month for expenses... |
fd7fd3560cfe8f143797c8cdb3c6ced930cf02b0 | By . Rupert Steiner . PUBLISHED: . 19:19 EST, 17 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:44 EST, 18 January 2013 . Primark showed yesterday that it is not all doom and gloom on the high street as it delivered bumper Christmas sales figures. The discount fashion chain was the star performer over the festive period as others ar... | Primark was the star performer over the festive period .
Shoes, scarves .
and ‘onesies’ helped the store to a 9 per cent rise in sales . |
fd8043048b24e683ac9aa57fa3e49ca2d4cd9e7b | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 05:53 EST, 3 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:21 EST, 3 September 2013 . A designer has come up with a handy invention by creating the world's first bike that lets you pedal with your feet and arms. The unique device called Varibike looks like a regular bicycle, with traditiona... | Varibike has foot pedals and arm cranks that are connected to the wheels .
A cyclist can power the bike with both, or either, of these pedals .
The dual-pedal options can increase speed by around 31% .
It weighs 15kg, comes in white, black or gold and costs £4,000 . |
fd80589bed7b381ab8f21b0b5833cbfd1a7d45ab | Hurricane Fly will try to extend his 4-2 advantage in clashes with Jezki when the pair go head to head in Sunday’s BHP Insurances Irish Champion Hurdle at Leopardstown. Hurricane Fly, who boasts an unbeaten nine-race record at Leopardstown, will surpass the record of the great Istrabraq if he can win the Irish Champion... | Hurricane Fly is 4-2 up in head-to-head clashes between him and Jezki .
Fly boasts an unbeaten nine-race record at Leopardstown .
The 11-year-old horse is also chasing a 22nd success at Grade One level . |
fd80b0a85b967e1f27952d7f166a568bfaa9ba4a | A shopper who told a mother to calm down her child during a loud tantrum was assaulted as a result of her polite request. Natalie Bree Hajek-Richardson was at a Nordstrom Rack in Colma, California, when the infant, aged between four and six, started screaming next to her. She turned to the child's mother and asked her ... | Natalie Bree Hajek-Richardson was at a Nordstrom Rack in Colma, California when the child started screaming beside her .
She turned to the child's mother and asked her to try and keep him quiet .
However she replied by saying she shouldn't be telling her son what to do .
After telling the woman to 'go to hell' Hajek-Ri... |
fd80e93912a51f1e4a7604351e0a89fe6b1a907b | By . Louise Boyle . Cleveland house of horrors survivor Michelle Knight revealed today how her captor Ariel Castro would keep her and the other women locked in an upstairs room when guests would come to visit - blocking them in with piles of furniture. Using a model reconstruction of the Ohio home, the 33-year-old, who... | The 33-year-old is now known as Lily Rose Lee, a name she picked because it is her favorite flower .
In an interview with Today, she said: 'Sometimes in life you have a dark past that makes you who you are but doesn't define who you are'
Miss Knight is also attending cooking school and has a memoir coming out on May 6 ... |
fd80fb0fd7ab0f921e7b0714e335e70f963dd8c1 | By . Andrew Levy . Daniel Ubani is confronted by his victim's sons at a medical conference in Lindau, Germany . A foreign doctor who killed a patient while working in Britain was branded ‘grotesque’ yesterday for taking legal action against one of his victim’s sons because he called him an ‘animal’. Daniel Ubani was on... | On first shift in UK Dr Daniel Ubani over-prescribed diamorphine to David Gray, 70, causing his death .
Nigerian-born medic was struck off by the General Medical Council in UK .
German authorities allowed him to continue with a nine-month suspended jail sentence and fine .
Mr Gray's sons confronted Ubani at a medical c... |
fd812a37f001b6ef99c649561e7dae891c795202 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- President Obama mixed policy discussion with personal reflections on his daughters and, yes, a few jokes in an appearance on CBS' "Late Show With David Letterman." President Obama jokes with David Letterman in New York in an interview taped Monday afternoon. It was the first time a sitting president ... | President Obama's visit first time a sitting president has been "Letterman" guest .
Obama says he'll ask "tough questions" before sending more troops to Afghanistan .
President says he doesn't think racism fuels opposition to health care overhaul .
What did daughters Malia and Sasha do this summer? They "goofed off," h... |
fd817c7703f151255c52ae4fa3b5f7541ab22c63 | The debate over the "Redskins" name in sports isn't just at the professional level. Students at an Oklahoma City high school were refusing to go into Capitol Hill High School on Wednesday morning because their mascot no longer has the controversial name, according to CNN affiliate KOCO. Dozens of students stood on the ... | High school students protested over removal of mascot name .
The Capitol Hill High School mascot is no longer the Redskins .
An NFL team has been repeatedly criticized for keeping the name . |
fd817f321476372b560ac64ca646fc35cec17f36 | Britain’s families are set to face a hike in the cost of popular fish and chip meals, according to a new report. Food industry experts are warning that the price of fish and chips are about to go up as cod prices are on the rise as a result of tightening supplies and soaring demand. Commodity analysts Mintec reported y... | Price per tonne for wholesale Norwegian cod has risen to £1,060 .
Cod prices are on the rise due to tightening supplies and soaring demand . |
fd8198c920f20fbefb4195ab9ef3540da421fe87 | A legal high was found being sold on the counter of a petrol station - next to children’s sweets. ‘Poppers’ - a slang term given to the chemical called alkyl nitrites, which is inhaled for recreational purposes - were on sale at a Shell garage in Hoyland Common area of Barnsley, South Yorkshire. They come in small bott... | 'Poppers' found on sale at a Shell garage in Barnsley, South Yorkshire .
It's a slang term given to alkyl nitrites, inhaled for recreational purposes .
Chemicals come in small bottles - often called Liquid Gold or Pure Gold . |
fd819d613053f7b112b27b7a8bc70aef50622e8e | A stowaway fell thousands of feet from a plane on to a quiet suburban street after apparently hiding in the landing gear. The body of the victim, in his thirties and from North Africa, was discovered in an affluent London neighbourhood under the Heathrow flight path. Aviation experts say he was probably dead before he ... | Police say man, believed to be in 30s, could have fallen thousands of feet .
Found on car parked on road in affluent London suburb of Mortlake .
Street is around 10 miles away from Heathrow Airport and on flight path .
Aviation expert believes he froze to death; it appears body fell out of the landing gear .
Man though... |
fd81fb07d0f4b50e184f1a72aed8a068312963a2 | (CNN) -- Popular literature would have it that the vampire's preferred habitat is Transylvania (or, if you're under 15, the slightly less glamorous Forks, Washington). But modern day vampire hunters might better focus their attention on a little-known area of northwestern Poland, where earlier this month a suspected va... | Exhumed skeleton in Poland revealed unusal bural practices .
Some believe medieval burial was connected to fear of vampires .
Vampire folklore strong in the Eastern European country . |
fd820e4cfeaa3a1181c2493a76f5c6d4d544861d | By . Chris Hastings . PUBLISHED: . 18:50 EST, 12 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:44 EST, 13 October 2013 . Greta Scacchi has revealed a film director failed to recognise her as the sexy star of hit films Heat And Dust and White Mischief. The 53-year-old mother of two, once regarded as one of the most beautiful women i... | Star of White Mischief said she had no problems with getting older .
But the 53-year-old said she was mortified with not being recognised .
Actress spoke hours before being awarded Italy's equivalent of a knighthood . |
fd8222e0147b5342369a520945391427077a6e73 | 'Help me, Obi-Wan Kenobi, you're my only hope,' says Princess Leia via a 3D hologram in Star Wars - and that technology has come a step closer to reality today. A human-sized 3D video-conferencing pod has been unveiled on May 4th - known as 'Star Wars Day' because of its similarity to the phrase 'May the force be with... | Six foot glass tubes contain 'holograms' for 3D teleconferencing .
Like 3D communicator in Star Wars .
Created using 3D cameras, 3D projectors and convex mirrors . |
fd825eb08dc9dff15b7073b6c0d8e005d4f5cb9b | Argentinian model Fiorella Castillo claims to have defeated 800 men on Ipanema beach at freestyling, but isn't done putting her opposite sex to shame just yet. The 24-year-old has set her sights on arguably the best player on the planet - Lionel Messi - and wants to show the Argentina and Barcelona maestro her silky sk... | Argentinian beauty Fiorella Castillo claims to have defeated 800 men on Ipanema beach in Brazil at freestyling .
Castillo set sights on Argentina and Barcelona maestro Lionel Messi .
The model previously did keepie uppies - in high heels! |
fd82d7b04d7f2bc2f1309f5fcbfe77365be2131b | By . Kerry Mcqueeney . Last updated at 8:53 AM on 20th October 2011 . Killed: Northampton University student Nabila Nanfuka died in the nightclub . A university student was killed in a nightclub stampede as revellers were told their coaches home were about to leave without them. Nabila Nanfuka, 22, is believed to have... | Police received calls clubbers were trapped in venue in early hours this morning .
Hundreds of youngsters attend Wickedest Wickedest event at nightclub .
Crush happened after 'DJ announced coaches had arrived to take students home'
'There were just too many people', says witness . |
fd83b030397b72101ac2162b10ff6d35e452ad9b | Everton boss Roberto Martinez is busy looking for a new goalkeeper but has played down talk linking him with Cardiff's David Marshall - and emphasised that neither Samuel Eto'o nor Seamus Coleman are about to leave Goodison Park. Martinez has wanted to bring in a shot-stopper since first-choice Tim Howard picked up a c... | Everton goalkeeper Tim Howard picked up an injury on Boxing Day .
He will be out until February and Everton are looking for a new goalkeeper .
Cardiff shot-stopper David Marshall has been linked with the Merseysiders .
Martinez has played down rumours over Marshall, while also emphasising that neither Samuel Eto'o nor ... |
fd83f051020eb206fc12190a017d644e3eb5e398 | Anthea Raymond no longer has to break the law to kayak on the Los Angeles River. This week, the namesake waterway of the nation's second-largest city opened for unrestricted public recreation for the first time since the 1930s -- when devastating floods prompted officials to close public access to the river and pave it... | Since the 1930s, the Los Angeles River has been an off-limits flood control channel .
But this week, officials open a 2.5-mile section of the 51-mile river to the public .
Now kayakers and others can legally paddle past the islands, birds, fish in the river .
For decades, the Los Angeles River had been ridiculed as a b... |
fd83f9c1a14a5883910475d32e2faa62c14ee268 | The number of confirmed dead keeps rising in a Mumbai, India, building-collapse -- a tragedy that may have never happened if the warnings had been heeded months ago. A council had warned that the five-story building was rickety. It was visibly dilapidated and worn. Vacate it, they advised in a notice in April. But whe... | A council urged residents to vacate the building months ago .
It was rickety and dangerous, a notice warned .
The old residential building in southern Mumbai gave way early Friday .
Around 22 apartments were occupied on the building's upper floors, the owner says . |
fd8416026fe2359df5772170cee54e3d804d185a | Admission: Former US Air Force psychologist Dr James Mitchell . The man at the centre of the CIA’s brutal interrogation regime has revealed British agents were present at torture sites around the world where detainees were questioned. The admission by former US Air Force psychologist Dr James Mitchell comes after an ex... | Dr James Mitchell was responsible for devising waterboarding methods .
Said: 'I would see (British) special operations people at sites I would visit'
Comes as other allegations point to British knowledge of CIA programme .
MI6 agent who reported abuse by Americans was ordered not to intervene .
Lord West also said Brit... |
fd8494a0667cfff1e460529b0030ba3f397f49b4 | By . William Turvill . PUBLISHED: . 08:58 EST, 5 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:35 EST, 5 October 2013 . A peckish crook was caught by police after he took a bite out of a cucumber and left it at the scene of the crime. Billy Joe Donnelly, 22, burgled a greenhouse and sampled the owner’s home-grown produce - leaving ... | Billy Joe Donnelly burgled greenhouse and home in August .
Ransacked couple's house and caught after leaving DNA .
Sentenced to two and a half years in jail after pleading guilty . |
fd8595f29d5cc5fa8c1d3522ca69b85a1c126995 | It has been a week of joy for Sonia Kruger after announcing she is expecting her first child with partner Craig McPherson. And the 49-year-old Mornings presenter has opened up about how she has been dealing with the rollercoaster of emotions that come with her exciting news made possible by a close friend offering to b... | Expecting a baby girl due in February .
Travelled to South Africa in 2013 for an egg donor .
Undergone counselling with partner Craig McPherson and close friend . |
fd85bde721ac3b84da9a218452fdb63c759f8376 | (CNN) -- The publisher of a firsthand account of the raid that killed al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden said Tuesday it was moving up its release date by one week to September 4. Dutton, a subsidiary of Penguin Group USA, said the book will come out early because of "overwhelming excitement in the marketplace." The first... | Publication of account moved up to September 4 .
The author uses a pen name, publisher says .
At the request of Pentagon officials, CNN is not naming the SEAL . |
fd85c07f80bf141ece47c00bf7a602a7adbef805 | Washington (CNN) -- Hillary Clinton used her Tuesday appearance in Colorado, where experts see the female vote deciding a number of statewide races, to court women with a personal message about her life and her hopes for the future. Clinton usually targets women voters in her appearances. But in Colorado, the former se... | Hillary Clinton, who regularly pitches female voters, got personal in her plea on Tuesday.
The personal remarks resembled a message Clinton could use should she run for president.
"You have the same right to the American dream that I did," Clinton said Americans should be able to tell children .
This was Clinton's seco... |
fd868e7a0cf9a5dfb3e780d48249bb751fbb94ff | Curitiba, Brazil (CNN) -- More than any single soccer player, the fans took center stage during the World Cup. During the summer, each team's devotees donned their country's colors, painted their faces, shouted their songs, rejoiced in their victories and cried bitter tears of defeat. "Whether you're in a host city or ... | Jon Burns' nonprofit lets soccer fans volunteer in cities that host major tournaments .
He says the love of soccer creates a bond; almost 300 volunteers went to the World Cup .
They're building a complex for a program serving kids from poor areas just outside Curitiba, Brazil . |
fd869694861f16de592668304fd8ab15ea94a13a | Ever wondered if you're akin to the rest of the fans who support your team? Well thanks to a survey from YouGov you can discover if you like the same food, hobbies as well as a lot more. Based on a sample size of 648 fans, below Sportsmail have picked out 12 of the most eye-catching responses from Manchester City suppo... | Results based on a survey from YouGov who asked 648 City fans .
Bizarrely, Yule log came out on top in the food survey .
They enjoy TV shows like Total Wipeout and Family Fortunes . |
fd86e0fd5f77fc14051bc309807870d401fde18f | Millions of Android handsets have been exposed to malware through malicious apps being offered on Google Play. The apps include the Durak card game, along with a history game and IQ test, which combined have been installed more than 15 million times. The apps cause unwanted adverts to display on users' phones and their... | Apps include Durak card game, along with a history game and IQ test .
They will cause unwanted adverts to display on users' Android phones .
Behaviour sometimes doesn't appear until a month after installation .
The scam provokes victims to download apps from untrusted sources .
There is no way of knowing which apps on... |
fd8785ed7a4b2cdbea40ee57d0882cd0bf087fb6 | Former Newcastle United manager Glenn Roeder is a leading candidate to be the new sporting director at Crystal Palace. Chairman Steve Parish has been looking to fill the position since August when Iain Moody left following allegations of misconduct during his time at Cardiff. Roeder has been out of the game officially ... | Former Newcastle boss Roeder leading candidate for Crystal Palace role .
Chairman Steve Parish has been looking to fill position since August .
Crystal Palace lost 1-0 to Manchester United at Old Trafford on Saturday . |
fd878704a91aa0aa6e6c783d86025d66df980256 | Luther Burrell ran in the only try as Northampton crept back to the summit of the Aviva Premiership after labouring to victory over London Irish at the Madejski Stadium. Just hours after Bath had underlined their title credentials with an empathic victory over Saracens, Saints toiled to their fourth win of the season. ... | Northampton beat London Irish 19-12 .
Saints go to the top of the Aviva Premiership table .
Luther Burrell scored only try of the game . |
fd87d3c3464733708beb53bc5f114ef0d6e7a376 | The RSPCA is under pressure to drop its right to bring prosecutions after it spent £22.5 million on prosecutions over two years. The cost includes £10 million for vets fees and taking care of animals during the prosecution process. The rest covers legal fees, administration and expert witness costs. An independent revi... | The RSPCA spent £22.5 million on legal bills over two years .
More than £325,000 was spent on case against the Heythrop hunt .
Barristers hired by the RSPCA were paid £800 to £1,200 a day . |
fd87f886a7fb44a0a82ea328f31eeb40744175b5 | The digital revolution continues to have a huge impact on all aspects of modern life and home cooking is no exception. Cutting edge innovations are transforming our behavior in the kitchen. Here are six technologies and tools that are turning us into smart cooks. Tablets and mobile devices . While we all love the feeli... | Chef Hari Ghotra explores new digital innovations in home cookery .
Tablets and mobile devices are making their way into the kitchen, providing handy recipe hints .
Futuristic saucepans can cook food 40% faster than our traditional utensils . |
fd87fd806c44a6302f04e98ee2ab5867f931e16b | (CNN) -- The director of a battered women's shelter in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico, was being held Wednesday on charges that she forced the women she cared for to commit sex acts with strangers, local authorities told CNN. Authorities were also investigating if children who lived at the shelter -- some as young as 5 years ol... | "The shelter ... had pretty much become a brothel," says a Juarez police spokesman .
One of the women living at the shelter stopped police in the street and asked for help .
A 50-year-old woman heading the shelter is in police custody . |
fd8928b55d9c16785fd479a5757b16a08ba235c7 | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 09:59 EST, 25 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:38 EST, 25 September 2013 . A driver has been jailed for four years after leaving his friend to die at the side of the road after he was thrown from his car in a head-on smash. James Maughan, 20, was driving a Suzuki 4x4 when he failed ... | James Maughan, 20, crashed his Suzuki 4x4 into an oncoming VW Golf .
His friend Travis O'Neil, 19, was thrown from the 4x4 on to the road .
Maughan drove off, leaving his friend who died in hospital later that night .
He admitted causing death by dangerous driving at Sheffield Crown Court .
Maughan was sentenced to fou... |
fd8a5d8dc3dabc536be3dd998eb0675913eff474 | Manchester United have opened negotiations with David de Gea over a new contract. The Spaniard's contract expires next summer and he has been linked with a move to Real Madrid. But the 24-year-old's agent, Jorge Mendes, denied speculation De Gea had agreed a deal to move to the Bernabeu confirmed he has started negotia... | Man United ace David de Gea has been linked with a move to Real Madrid .
However his agent Jorge Mendes insists De Gea is keen to stay at United .
De Gea was in impressive form during 1-1 draw with West Ham . |
fd8aaf16e975e560f2667056d822d453decbc9e8 | By . Harriet Arkell . PUBLISHED: . 04:12 EST, 28 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 19:07 EST, 28 February 2014 . Romanian immigrant Simon Calin, 37, stole 54 bottles of Famous Grouse worth more than £1,000, magistrates were told . A Romanian who stole 54 bottles of . whisky told a court it was his first mistake since he’d... | Simon Calin, 37, from Barrow-in-Furness, stole £1,108 of Famous Grouse .
Pushed trolley out of shop and loaded up car, which was stopped by police .
Calin, who came here from Romania on 2 January, had no job or money .
He admitted theft and failing to surrender and was given curfew and fined .
But the married father of... |
fd8b04b388f1385d5f34f07e2b5fb2205e548abd | Stuart McCall quit as Motherwell boss - two weeks after being talked out of leaving by his employers. The second-longest serving manager in Scottish senior football was, Sportsmail understands, ready to walk after losing 3-1 at home to Dundee a fortnight ago. Convinced to stay on in the hope of turning around a horrifi... | Stuart McCall resigned as Motherwell manager on Sunday .
He was the second longest-serving manager in Scottish football .
Board convinced him to stay two weeks ago but he has now left the club .
McCall described as 'one of the greatest Motherwell managers in history' |
fd8b3bd3b30140c04d421309a624acb2326504d2 | Parts of a sickening video released by Islamic State militants that shows members of the terror group beheading 21 Coptic Christians have been faked, experts have claimed. The footage, which lasts five minutes, shows the Egyptian Christians dressed in jumpsuits being marched one by one along a lonely beach, each held b... | Isis released a video last week showing the murder of 21 Coptic Christians .
The five-minute film showed the men being marched along a beach .
The victims are then shown lined up and beheaded in sequence .
Experts believe the Egyptian victims were not murdered at the beach .
Instead, they were murdered elsewhere with t... |
fd8b4d5ed305e3a535629d76d32067dd270b884f | Two sex therapists have sparked outrage in the Netherlands by calling for 'virtual' child porn to be legalised to relieve the urges of paedophiles. Amsterdam hospital sexologists Rik van Lunsen and Erik van Beek claim allowing perverts to view drawings or computer-generated images of children would 'regulate their desi... | Amsterdam hospital sexologists claim allowing perverts to view drawings or computer-generated images of children would 'regulate their desires'
The Netherlands outlawed all sexual representation of children in 2002 as technology made imaginary images too realistic . |
fd8b6577c119b9773645ea97e2facd3cb2b082c9 | British actor and film director Richard Attenborough, who died at the age of 90 on Saturday, won the imagination of millions over his 60-year career on the screen. In the early years he was best known for his roles in Brighton Rock and The Great Escape, and later for his behind-the-scenes part as director and producer ... | British actor died on Saturday leaving a 60-year cinema legacy behind .
Earlier generation remember him for military roles in The Great Escape .
Youngsters recall a sympathetic grandfather in Jurassic Park . |
fd8bb06a0173c428f0cdc7d13cd29006d7b29abe | By . Rosie Taylor . World record: Bolt produced more than 2,600 watts of power to hit his 100m time of 9.58 seconds . Olympic champion Usain Bolt produced 50 times more energy than that of a speeding bullet during one of his record-breaking 100metre runs, scientists have revealed. Physicists studying the secrets of Bol... | Researchers analysed physics of his record-breaking 2009 race in Berlin .
He produced more than 80kJ of energy but 92 per cent absorbed by drag .
A speeding bullet has around 1.6kJ of energy when it leaves the barrel .
His huge 6' 5" frame means he is less aerodynamic than average human . |
fd8be23b20c6918d4d351ea87262d034201f8f87 | Every artist has their own way of dealing with their critics, but it seems that architect Frank Gehry's is more direct than most. When asked at a press conference how he felt about people calling his buildings a 'spectacle', he stared silently for a few moments before raising his middle finger. He then went on to rant ... | Gehry made crude gesture after being asked what he thought of his critics .
Attacked modern works with 'no sense of design, no respect for humanity'
Later apologised for comments, saying he had been caught in a bad mood . |
fd8c0d0ae3ac0dc066fa9918f9fa58c5cf5f2eb5 | (CNN) -- Local favorite Andy Murray was a man under pressure but it seldom showed as he kept his ATP World Tour Finals bid alive on Tuesday. The Scot knew that anything other than victory against Canadian Milos Raonic would have eliminated him from the prestigious season-ending event in London. After losing his opening... | Andy Murray maintains World Tour bid with straight sets victory over Milos Raonic .
Defeat for the Scot would have spelled early elimination .
Roger Federer rolls back years with vintage display against Kei Nishikori .
All four players in Group B can still qualify for semifinals . |
fd8c4ed368c071246a9bfd70f8ee86e6b6667ce5 | By . Chris Wheeler . Burnley's players have been seeing a psychologist to prepare them for the mental battle of staying in the Premier League. Sean Dyche’s team were promoted against the odds in April and are favourites to go straight back down again ahead of their opening game against Chelsea at Turf Moor on Monday ni... | Burnley squad have been seeing sports psychologist ahead of new season .
Sean Dyche guided Clarets to promotion to Premier League last term .
Burnley kick off new season against Chelsea at Turf Moor on Monday night . |
fd8d34aa7c12756217b4e313c61ad7e9b93a2789 | By . MailOnline Reporter . A young California couple were found dead in their Anaheim Hills home on Friday morning, in a suspected murder-suicide that left their 7-month-old daughter orphaned. The parents of 32-year-old Natalie Rangel-Diaz made the gruesome discovery when they went over to the couple's home around 8:30... | The bodies of Natalie Rangel-Diaz and John Thomas Diaz, both 32, were found at their Anaheim Hills, California home on Friday morning .
Police suspect the couple died in a murder-suicide .
They leave behind a 7-month-old daughter . |
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