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fd8d6d1b2106cb5d18081cec1f83adc69d53c3d1 | By . Tom Mctague, Mail Online Deputy Political Editor . A former French prime minister has angrily called on Britain to leave the European Union - to stop it dying. Michel Rocard said the UK had only joined the EU to help big business - and called on it to leave before it caused further damage. Mr Rocard also accused D... | Socialist pro-European says UK only joined Europe to help banks .
Attacks David Cameron for 'pretending' to want to leave and provoking crisis .
Claims Britain used to be held in high esteem but has lost its 'elegance' |
fd8d83ca01b0492b0972b5e9a4aae71baaa19b58 | By . Chris Greenwood . PUBLISHED: . 06:26 EST, 19 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:31 EST, 20 April 2012 . A gangland gunman who paralysed a five-year-old girl when he botched a hit on a rival was jailed for life today. Nathaniel Grant, 21, was told he will spend at least 17 years behind bars for a shooting that shocked ... | Gunman Nathanial Grant, 21, jailed for 17 years while 'sidekick' Anthony McCalla, 20, and 'enforcer' Kazeem Kolawole, 19, got 14 years .
Thusha Kamaleswaran confined to a wheelchair after being shot while playing in her uncle's shop in Stockwell, south London .
Trio could have been behind bars on day of the shooting . |
fd8dc2925606d8524d4b0379d196477fd1159109 | By . Cindy Tran for Daily Mail Australia . It's been 22 years since she worked with America's legendary musician Jeff Buckley, but photographer Merri Cyr says she's still amazed by the incredible legacy that the music legend has left behind worldwide. With the 20th Anniversary of Buckley's hit album Grace approaching, ... | Merri Cyr, 50, said she was personally selected by the musician himself to shoot his album cover Grace and document his life on and off stage of his tour .
Music fans can now see never before seen pictures of Jeff Buckley at an exhibit in Australia to celebrate 20 years since the release of his album Grace .
A Gallery ... |
fd8e0271e8fce199de3ddc5aefd9816279516dc4 | (CNN) -- The Chinese Super League has seen its global profile skyrocket over the last 12 months with the arrival of several high-profile football stars in big-money deals. The trend continued on Thursday with the announcement that Italy's 2006 World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi will take over the reigns at ambitiou... | Italy's World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippi is the new coach of Guangzhou Evergrande .
Lippi has won five Italian titles and the European Champions League with Juventus .
Former Chelsea striker Nicolas Anelka joined Shanghai Shenhua in January .
The former France international is now Shanghai's player-coach . |
fd8e378096e906461c0fac175140eeaad8948bea | By . Nick Pisa . UPDATED: . 03:39 EST, 5 March 2012 . The captain of the Costa Concordia was not wearing his glasses when the cruise ship crashed into rocks off the Italian coast, leaving more than 30 people dead, it was revealed yesterday. According to leaked prosecution evidence, Ciro Ambrosio, the first officer of ... | A new charge has been brought against Schettino for 'destroying a habitat'
Schettino asked the first officer to set the radar because he couldn't see .
Prosecutors want to investigate the way in which Costa chooses their captains . |
fd8e9405593ba7b7081efaed9ff3079004df1a84 | iPhone trolls are using AirDrop to send images of a Space Sloth to strangers around the world . A photograph of a sloth in a spacesuit is being sent to unsuspecting iPhone users by pranksters who are exploiting a security loophole in Apple's AirDrop service. Owners of Apple's iPhone who have upgraded to its latest iOS... | iPhone owners report receiving sloth pictures from mystery AirDrop users .
Space sloth pictures demonstrate how AirDrop could also be used to send virus software that would allow hackers to eavesdrop on iPhone users .
Prank is thought to have been started by a photographer in San Francisco .
Victims have reported being... |
fd8eb20eeddf6cb329fcf535043d8325be4f25aa | Human activity has caused at least half of climate change in the last half-century, hundreds of scientists say. They are 95% certain of this, the surest they've ever been, says a United Nations report published Friday. That activity? Driving cars, running power plants on coal and oil, torching swathes of forestland and... | Climate change deniers beware, says Secretary of State John Kerry .
There is even more certainty that humans are playing a role .
The report lays out projections for climate change through the end of the century .
The first section of the report is aimed at assisting policymakers . |
fd8edc0b877cbb1631a1479d3034b5120b12bb0b | Andy Murray heads into the US Open next week unperturbed by the fact that he has yet to win a title of any sort since Wimbledon last year. The 27 year-old Scot, who has not made a final since returning from back surgery, remains among the favourites to replicate his Flushing Meadows triumph of two years ago despite the... | Andy Murray has not reached a final since Wimbledon 2013 .
He is seeded eighth for the Grand Slam event, which starts on Monday .
The Scot takes on Robin Haase in the first round .
Britain's No 1 says he is enjoying being coached by Amelie Mauresmo .
Murray won the US Open in 2012 . |
fd8f047e126f0dc1643129853fcfcbd57409c39e | Members of some of the United States' most notorious street gangs have infiltrated shelters housing illegal immigrant minors from Central America and are recruiting them, say Homeland Security sources. An estimated 57,000 minors from Central America have flooded across the border from Mexico to the U.S. in recent month... | Border Control agents have allegedly witnessed gang members recruiting members from among the influx of unaccompanied immigrant minors from Central America .
Shawn Moran of the National Border Control Patrol Council says agents have told him about the enlistment .
Border Control .
agents have allegedly witnessed gang m... |
fd8f14ca143ace1033eb4c32b5c77905c21703c1 | Supermarket Aldi has launched a maternity clothing range - meaning the Duchess of Cambridge could snap up everything she needs for just £50. While it is highly unlikely that Kate will need to watch her budget for baby number two, many expectant mothers will welcome the news. The discount store's cut-price maternity fas... | Budget supermarket Aldi have release first ever maternity range .
Includes leggings, a nursing bra, feeding top and changing bag .
The entire cost of the five items in the collection is just £50.95 .
Retail price of similar items on the high street would come to £110 . |
fd8f911d22f2146b7ea6bb83191eb696d1d4cb1e | Relatives of two Britons murdered on a Thai beach have today come face-to-face for the first time with those accused of killing their loved ones. Court proceedings began today for the case of two Burmese men charged with the murder of David Miller, 24, and Hannah Witheridge, 23, whose badly mutilated bodies were foun... | Court proceedings against Win Zaw Htun and Zaw Lin began today .
The two are accused of murdering Mr Miller, 24, and Ms Witheridge, 23 .
The British pair were found dead on a Thai beach in early September .
An autopsy revealed both had died from head wounds during attack .
The defendants have plead not guilty to charge... |
fd900d75edd5af51807387cf0b09a8776a6d5830 | Canada's Supreme Court has rejected a challenge by three immigrants to ditch its citizenship oath, which requires would-be citizens to pledge allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II . Canada's Supreme Court has rejected a challenge by three immigrants to ditch its citizenship oath, which requires would-be citizens to pledge a... | Three immigrants challenged Canada's citizenship oath at Supreme Court .
As part of Canada's Citizenship Act swear allegiance to Queen Elizabeth II .
Michael McAteer, Simone Topey and Dror Bar-Natan launched appeal .
Judges sitting in Supreme Court refuse to hear trio's appeal . |
fd903f6cfe5a28350c1e54eab55199d0883bf862 | By . Sean Poulter . A hotel price-fixing scam that led to guests being overcharged for rooms on ‘discount’ websites has been brought to an end following an investigation by the consumer watchdog. The Office of Fair Trading probe found some hotel chains had joined forces with booking sites, meaning the ‘cheap’ rates off... | Hotels and websites had agreed to cap discounts, OFT found .
Companies involved sign binding agreement to end the practice . |
fd903ffe24aebb44f5a332a73f8eb4dbfdbdb6ef | Dave Brat, an economics professor and former seminary student, pulled off the biggest political upset of the year by ousting the No. 2 House Republican Eric Cantor in a primary challenge on Tuesday night. "This is the happiest moment, obviously, of my life," Brat told his supporters at a post-election event in Glen All... | Upstart Dave Brat beat heavily favored incumbent Eric Cantor .
Brat raised less than $300,000 compared to Cantor's $5 million .
Challenger's main argument was that Cantor had turned his back on conservative principles . |
fd90427a4824c5629028e494a25998bc0d21e808 | By . Hayley Peterson . PUBLISHED: . 00:00 EST, 8 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:17 EST, 26 November 2012 . 12 days after Superstorm Sandy New York is still struggling to recover with Congressmen asking the military to take the lead in restore power to thousands still left in the dark and dwindling fuel supplies have... | Gas rationing started at 6am in New York City, 5am in Long Island .
Only cars number plates ending with an odd number can fill up Friday, even numbered plates can go to the pumps Saturday .
Taxis, commercial vehicles, emergency vehicles, buses and cars with medical plates are exempt .
Reduced waiting times reported at ... |
fd90470ad568b902a53534a2dc04ce90a3203e84 | The tequila sure looks real, so do the beer taps. Inside the hospital at the National Institutes of Health, researchers are testing a possible new treatment to help heavy drinkers cut back - using a replica of a fully stocked bar. The idea: Sitting in the dimly lit bar-laboratory should cue the volunteers' brains to cr... | Researchers at the National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism hope bar will cue volunteers' crave to drink .
The environment can test whether the experimental drugs are effective . |
fd90a6b3c1d4cddfff2c504007d30cf5259dd669 | Taxpayers paid out more than £2,300 a month for a council chief executive Bryn Parry-Jones to drive around in a luxury Porsche, it was revealed today . Taxpayers paid out more than £2,300 a month for a council chief executive on a £195,000 a year salary to drive around in a luxury Porsche, it was revealed today. Chief ... | Bryn Parry-Jones, 62, was leased Porsche for Pembrokeshire Council role .
It cost £28,000 a year to hire, more than the average £26,500 yearly salary .
He left the position in October with a £280,000 'golden goodbye'
Council had to pay £8,600 to end the hire contract on Porsche Panamera . |
fd90c41874caf9feb26d51f51b2cc98fe2c210a0 | There are more registered sex offenders living in the community in England and Wales than ever before, new figures show. Probation workers are now monitoring 43,664 sexual predators, compared to 32,347 in 2008-2009, according to the latest Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangements (MAPPA) report. The figure has gone ... | There are 43,664 known, convicted sexual predators in England and Wales being monitored by police and probation officers .
This is an increase on the 2008-2009 figure, when there were 32,347, says the report by Multi-Agency Public Protection Arrangments (MAPPA)
Ministry of Justice says the figure has gone up as more ar... |
fd93164c9ef28ab2c9ba19843828b295682638fa | (CNN) -- Some say it's funny, some call it creepy. Either way, a new Old Spice commercial dubbed "Momsong" has the Internet buzzing. The commercial, part of a series called "Smellcome To Manhood," promotes a new line of Old Spice body sprays. The sprays, according to the ad, quickly turns teenage boys into men -- somet... | The commercial is part of series to promote Old Spice body sprays .
The campaign is called "Smellcome To Manhood"
The ad rocketed to viral status Sunday when it was shown during NFL playoff games . |
fd93c7eb53ddeec12e450105c27e14192c78c53c | By . Emma Glanfield . Tracy Johnson, 52, who claimed ££50,000 of disability payments has been jailed . A globe-trotting benefits cheat who travelled the world while claiming she was agoraphobic and housebound has been branded ‘one of the worst benefit fraudsters ever’. Former model Tracy Johnson, 52, claimed she was a ... | Former model Tracy Johnson, 52, claimed she was ‘prisoner in own home’
Said she was so unwell she couldn't walk more than five metres unaided .
But mother, from Somerset, was actually enjoying 'champagne lifestyle'
She travelled the world as she falsely claimed benefits of around £50,000 . |
fd93e05c38c4ed6e0c3c4a7fcebabae5584f659a | By . Tim Shipman . PUBLISHED: . 18:06 EST, 8 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 07:42 EST, 9 January 2014 . David Cameron pledged to crack down on fixed odds betting machines, dubbed the ‘crack cocaine’ of the High street yesterday. The Prime Minister branded the machines, on which punters can lose up to £300 a minute, ‘a p... | David Cameron has branded machines a 'problem'
He has called for cross party support after report in Spring .
Fixed-odds machines allow people to lose up to £300 a hour .
One in three calls to gambling helplines relate to machines . |
fd9531bbc37a7f0bfa766a09ce22cbc44e7de09d | By . Joshua Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 23:06 EST, 8 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:19 EST, 9 September 2013 . Two men dressed as superhoes saved a cat from dying in a burning West Virginia home Saturday. Batman and Captain America, aka John Buckland and Troy Marcum, had been working a children's event nearby when they ... | John Buckland and Troy Marcum dress as superheroes and attend events where they teach children positive values .
The home caught fire as the duo worked at a nearby Milton, West Virginia American Legion . |
fd956263e0706df3cc08fed8284fce6fe92cf0bc | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Two charges against Chris Brown were dropped Tuesday, but the singer is still accused of hit and run after a minor traffic crash. Brown's lawyer entered a not guilty plea on his behalf and a judge ordered him to show up at a sheriff's station within a week to be officially booked on the charge, acc... | Chris Brown must report for booking within a week .
Brown's rep previously said they expected hit and run charge to be dropped .
Traffic charge could mean jail for Brown because of his probation in Rihanna beating .
Brown faces trial to determine whether he violated probation . |
fd95bf097c950225cecbebfdc8a565369254665e | (CNN) -- When the late Sen. Edward Kennedy was growing up, there was a family edict: Kennedy men don't cry. Rep. Patrick Kennedy, left, and Ted Kennedy Jr. appear on "Larry King Live" on Monday evening. On "Larry King Live" Monday night, the senator's sons -- Ted Kennedy Jr. and Rep. Patrick Kennedy -- said times have... | Sons of late Sen. Edward Kennedy say dad learned to embrace emotional side .
They say they don't believe in the so-called "Kennedy curse"
Ted Kennedy Jr. says moment of his father's passing was peaceful, spiritual .
On Chappaquiddick: He accepted responsibility for what happened, sons say . |
fd967271cf05436d34703fecb9dc301c99281fde | Los Angeles (CNN) -- It's official: Ashton Kutcher is filling the gap left by Charlie Sheen on "Two and a Half Men." "I can't wait to get to work with this ridiculously talented 2.5 team and I believe we can fill the stage with laughter that will echo in viewers' homes," Kutcher said Friday in a statement released by C... | NEW: Sheen takes a shot at the executive producer of the show .
Ashton Kutcher will replace Charlie Sheen on "Two and a Half Men"
Sheen is involved in a lawsuit over his dismissal from the hit show .
Kutcher first gained fame on the TV sitcom "That 70s Show" |
fd96973ab11ffc535f02abae84a4e9538eb01c61 | Belfast, Northern Ireland (CNN) -- U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton condemned recent outbreaks of violence in Northern Ireland and urged a continued commitment to peace during meetings Friday with political leaders in Belfast. "There can be no place in Northern Ireland for any violence; the remnants of the past ... | 3 people are arrested Friday and 2 officers injured, police say .
"Violence is never an acceptable response" to disagreements, she says .
Violent disorder broke out in Belfast after a vote on flying the Union flag .
Northern Ireland is the last leg of the secretary of state's European tour . |
fd96dfd4c5ffc747ab3e1db7f60f99a2a47a9231 | By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 19:20 EST, 15 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:51 EST, 16 May 2013 . Groundwater found bubbling up from nearly two miles beneath the surface of Canada may predate the emergence of multicellular life, researchers announced today. A joint British and Canadian team discovered the ancient pocke... | Ancient pockets of water are like 'trapped time capsules' cut off from the surface for nearly three billion years, researchers say .
The similarity between the rocks in the mine and those on Mars raises the hope that similar life-sustaining water could exist there . |
fd96eacd2dd59e5c4de0d51ca39da73492751de6 | Arrested: Devon Coley, 18, was arrested on Monday after posting a threat to police on social media . Police have increased security at some stationhouses and made at least four arrests over threats made since the deadly shootings of two officers last weekend, and the mayor vowed on Wednesday to protect officers. Emerge... | Devon Coley, 18, was arrested on Monday allegedly targeting the 73rd Brooklyn precinct on his Facebook page .
A 16-year-old named Yasin Shearin was also arrested on a charge of making a terrorist threat to police .
As of early this morning NYPD swat team members were stationed 79th and 81st precinct stationhouses follo... |
fd96fae58763c715f933d28aca2697f6d56e1983 | He is no stranger to accusations of being a Communist. And Barack Obama did himself no favours today unveiling a new campaign slogan that critics say has unfortunate similarities to ones used by Chairman Mao and other Communists. The President released his new slogan 'Forward' in a triumphant seven-minute campaign vide... | Barack Obama has moved on from his 2008 'hope and change' campaign with the message that there is still more work to do .
Motto has strong similarities to MSNBC's slogan: 'Lean Forward'
Critics also point to Chinese Communist leader Mao's Great Leap Forward .
Announcement comes before the President's re-election rallie... |
fd977e333e27fbd331d9e4316cd8760cb1aaf4da | Bestseller: Unlikely author, Barbara 'Cutie' Cooper, pictured, is shooting her way up the Amazon bestseller list with a self-help guide to a happy marriage . An unlikely author is shooting her way up the Amazon bestseller list with a self-help guide to a long and happy marriage - and she is very qualified to dish out t... | Los Angeles grandmother Barbara 'Cutie' Cooper was married to husband Harry, who passed away in 2010, for an incredible 73 years .
With the help of her granddaughters, she has jotted down her pearls of wisdom on how to go the distance with your partner .
'Fall in Love for Life: Inspiration from .
a 73-Year Marriage,' p... |
fd9795805689f4a1a7155a5df48788f83b10144d | (CNN) -- Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel are getting their group back together this spring for a reunion tour of Asia and Australia, according to a source close to the group. Art Garfunkel and Paul Simon, here performing at a 2007 gala, are planning to tour this summer. Reunion plans apparently began after Simon and Garfu... | Source: Simon and Garfunkel to tour Asia, Australia this summer .
Award-winning duo has had ups and downs since early-'70s split .
Pair, known for many hits, last toured in 2003 and 2004 . |
fd97971d9a88498d747ae6b83f3bd35e40ca0fb9 | By . Andrew Levy . Taoreed Ogboye has been jailed for five years after returning to a life of burglary . Having admitted to 178 burglaries, and with a previous spell in jail for the same offence to his name, Taoreed Ogboye must have been expecting another stint in prison. Instead, the judge gave him another chance and ... | 'Professional' burglar Taoreed Ogboye pleaded guilty to three burglaries and two attempted break-ins .
Asked for a further 175 burglaries to be taken into consideration .
Defence counsel said making police break-in videos had actually led to him re-offending . |
fd97ecceb34d2bda7d1cc36f431ba2b96bb82e32 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Katy Perry is the "most rewarded digital act" ever, according to the organization that hands out gold and platinum records. Perry fans have bought 72 million singles online, which is 20 million more digital singles than the No. 2 artist, Rihanna, has sold, the Recording Industry Association of Amer... | Her fans have bought 72 million digital singles online .
She has 18 gold, 16 platinum and 56 multiplatinum digital singles awards .
Recording Industry Association of America began awarding gold and platinum digital singles in '04 . |
fd983835de42f7bc1b5fa6fbbf651a762cf805dc | (CNN) -- Rebecca Privitera desperately wanted to lose the excess weight she had carried around her entire life. In 2010, she had the opportunity to do it when her employer organized a company weight loss challenge. But when she lined up to weigh in, Privitera realized the scale wouldn't hold her 381-pound frame. "They ... | Rebecca Privitera lost 211 pounds in just over two years .
At her peak weight, she was 381 pounds; now she weighs 170 .
Her husband, Justin, told her she had to lose weight the old-fashioned way .
Privitera has lost most of her weight by completing in-home exercise DVDs . |
fd984907f58b69b72a0f5f07257ae544059a3911 | A driver is lucky to be alive after his car ploughed into the wall of a Beefeater pub and ended up wedged in the toilets. The red Mazda swerved off the road, in Cannock, Staffordshire, before hitting the wall and smashing into the lavatories at Longford House Beefeater Public House. The driver, a man in his late 30s, w... | The red Mazda swerved off the road, in Cannock, Staffordshire .
It smashed into a wall at Longford House Beefeater Public House .
The driver was trapped for at least 90 minutes . |
fd98524e5a12aac69361100c834d97fbf3c52fc7 | By . James Daniel . PUBLISHED: . 15:28 EST, 7 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:30 EST, 8 October 2013 . A duck-hunting trip turned deadly on Saturday afternoon. 23-year-old Adam Earl Poole, and a friend were hunting in a channel between two lakes in northern Minnesota when they both stood up at the same time to shoot a... | Adam Poole had only been married for one month .
Hunting with his buddy, they stood up at the same time in their boat .
Friend lost his balance and fatally shot his partner . |
fd988dad2b96fe72b74d4f1584c75f095528a76b | Cycling could help ease the symptoms of Parkinson’s disease, scientists believe. The exercise improved connections between brain regions linked to the disease and boosted patients’ co-ordination and balance, research has shown. Exercising on a bike is ‘an effective, low-cost therapy for the disease’, one researcher sai... | Scientists say exercising on a bike is an 'effective, low-cost therapy' for the disease .
US neuroscientist Jay Alberts started research after noticing positive impact it had on partner who suffers from disease .
Scans revealed pedalling boosted connections between brain regions linked to movement . |
fd98b331f4837ec74546e2da7b2c64fae9c15858 | There may never be a British Edward Snowden because GCHQ treats contractors 'as if they are people', the outgoing head of the government's listening post has said. In his first ever print interview today, Sir Iain Lobban revealed he feared Mr Snowden could have been a Brit when his leaks were first reported - before di... | Sir Iain Lobban, 54, is retiring from government's listening post this month .
He gave only ever print interview to former newspaper editor Charles Moore .
Communications chief reveals he feared whistleblower Snowden was a Brit .
The U.S. citizen was a contractor without personal devotion to the NSA .
British agency, h... |
fd9977f51e70069101969ac2004a5997f8414382 | Family, friends and classmates have gathered at the University of Southern California to mourn a Chinese graduate student who was beaten to death near campus in a robbery. Hundreds attended a campus memorial service was held Friday for Xinran Ji. The engineering student was beaten with a baseball bat last week and left... | Students, family and friends gathered at USC’s Newman Hall on Friday to pay tribute to a 25-year-old graduate student .
Services were held in both English and Chinese, making it clear the grief spreads across both continents .
Loved ones praised Ji as popular, hard-working and having a promising futureUSC engineering s... |
fd9a558cbb669d86422e0c9bb35a9908f9c94692 | (CNN) -- Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel looks set to join Ferrari after announcing his shock exit from Red Bull on Saturday. The German, who has spent the past six seasons with Red Bull, is being hotly tipped to join the Italian racing marque from the start of 2015. Vettel broke the news of his departure i... | Sebastian Vettel says his future plans will be revealed "very soon"
Four-time F1 world champion announced Saturday he was leaving Red Bull .
Veteran racer Niki Lauda says Vettel could replace Fernando Alonso at Ferrari .
Alonso tight-lipped on future and has been linked with a return to McLaren . |
fd9a6f6a5cdfacfd8483f87ed60bd254d6fd9985 | Estonia summoned Russia's ambassador on Friday to demand an explanation regarding what it described as the abduction of a security official near its joint border. The news came the same day Russia announced it had detained an Estonia security officer in its northwest Pskov region, where Russian officials allege he was ... | Estonia's foreign minister says unidentified Russia individuals are behind abduction .
"We expect all manner of help and cooperation" from Russia, minister says .
Russia says it detained a security official in its northwest Pskov region .
It identified the official as Eston Kohver . |
fd9a980d59e7bdd38b25518040a19740ec48116c | By . David Mccormack . and Associated Press Reporter . A recently deceased 80-year-old Puerto Rican woman attended her own wake on Monday, just as she had stipulated while she was still alive. The body of Georgina Chervony Lloren took center stage at the ceremony at the Marin Funeral Home in San Juan. Georgina appeare... | Georgina Chervony Llore, 80, of San Juan, Puerto Rico, died on Sunday .
On Monday she attended her own wake just as she had stipulated while still alive .
Georgina sat propped up in her red-cushioned rocking chair .
She wore the gown from her second marriage from 32 years ago . |
fd9b23e171fa4bd4f7247334a53cdcfd01887ccd | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 00:44 EST, 19 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:42 EST, 19 February 2013 . A gorilla born at a South Texas zoo last month is headed to Ohio to be introduced to a troop at a zoo there because the baby's mother has been ignoring her. Officials from the Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville... | Unnamed female gorilla was born at Gladys Porter Zoo in Brownsville, Texas on January 29 . |
fd9c18cdd68a58f2772ed62dc18f01affba2ab87 | One of Britain's most respected car designers has given the classic Jaguar Mark 2 a 21st-century makeover. Ian Callum, who is the design director at Jaguar and the brain behind cars like the Aston Martin DB9, had always wanted one of the sought-after models and bought one just over two years ago with the hope of transf... | The car was a special makeover project for Jaguar's design director .
It now has a 4.3-litre straight-six engine which delivers 275bhp .
The project took 18 months to complete and is a 'very personal statement' |
fd9c660bf7313c0711d8eead89ef8d6324c9df35 | (CNET) -- Coming from a company known more for its plasma HDTVs, the Panasonic TC-32LX85 is a pleasant surprise in the 32-inch LCD category. Attractively designed and well appointed with generous connectivity, it is also a good performer overall, although by no means perfect. I was particularly impressed with the set's... | As a 32-inch LCD TV, the Panasonic TC-32LX85 is a good overall performer .
It's one of the better models at its size in the entry-level, 720p-resolution category .
Model delivers surprisingly impressive HD picture quality for a small-screen LCD .
But standard-def images look softer than normal . |
fd9c99123f933ccb51969d228e7cd4974f5976b2 | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 10:05 EST, 24 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:09 EST, 24 July 2013 . A bank robber handed a cashier a handwritten note reading: '£5,000 now, Shhh!!! or I'll shoot' before fleeing with the money. Detectives hope the photo of the note and CCTV images of the man will help trace the offender af... | Police hope releasing the note and CCTV will help them trace the suspect .
Some of the cash was found nearby after the raider activated a security dye . |
fd9cdc79a8cf994824776fcd990bdc1de562709e | By . Chris Hastings . PUBLISHED: . 19:01 EST, 1 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:02 EST, 1 December 2012 . Hard-up: John Cleese (with fourth wife Jennifer Wade) is going to great lengths to sell his old Bentley Eight . As Basil Fawlty, the irate owner of Britain’s most notorious hotel, he was not known for his love of... | John Cleese is selling his Bentley Eight and set the starting price at £2,500 .
He is also offering to have lunch with the buyer, a handwritten story of some of the car's famous passengers and a signed Fawlty Towers photograph .
The car is in storage in Kent and 'needs some TLC' he said . |
fd9d13b488d51ed548c69399fcccbadb494833af | BEIRUT, Lebanon (CNN) -- The fiery leader of Lebanon's Hezbollah militant movement assured Lebanon on Monday that his movement will cooperate in the country's political life. Supporters carry posters of Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. Hassan Nasrallah said: "We don't want to have control over Lebanon, or to have gove... | Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah says Lebanon needs collaboration of everyone .
Nasrallah praises election of Michel Sleiman as president after six months .
Election comes after Hezbollah and government agreed power-sharing deal .
Sleiman is considered a consensus president in the divided country . |
fd9e1ad4b65bc457093f73588a7ac9ac029bd862 | A giant 18-metre tall Santa Claus that has watched over a capital city each festive season since the 1960s may have seen in his last Christmas. Looking down on busy Queen Street in the city of Auckland on New Zealand's North Island, the huge icon has been deemed unworthy of the $180,000 bill it takes to care for him ea... | The huge Santa Claus figure has looked over Auckland since the 1960s .
He may not see another Christmas because he costs $180K a year .
New Zealand's Prime Minister suggested a working bee to save Father Christmas . |
fd9e3162d543cef2458d52b61f02e06739559c84 | A 911 dispatcher is under investigation after security footage proved she was using her cell phone during an emergency call while the victim lay dying. The call center operator, Shauna Justice, was training a new staff member in Volusia County, Florida, when the call came through on September 4. Bob Hill, 58, had suffe... | Shauna Justice was supervising a trainee at a dispatch office in Volusia County, Florida .
When a call came through about a man having a heart attack, the trainee entered the wrong location .
Security footage also shows Justice looking at her cell phone .
The victim, Bob Hill, died in the 15 minutes it took the ambulan... |
fd9eab9eebbd0f603e8dc62f3e93826afd5d02fb | By . Hayley O'keeffe . PUBLISHED: . 05:28 EST, 2 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:21 EST, 2 November 2013 . The cry of 'it's a girl' is usually a happy surprise after the birth of a new addition. But as 11-week-old Skyla Ratcliffe, from Weymouth, Dorset represents the fifth generation of females in her family, her gen... | Baby Skyla Ratcliffe is the fifth generation of girls in her family .
Great-great-grandma says her family is full of strong women .
All the women live within two miles of each other in Weymouth . |
fd9f19987e1feac80a3139eedb024da5443536b5 | The investigation into the actions of former NFL tight end Aaron Hernandez, who is accused of killing friend Odin Lloyd, has turned to Hernandez's fiancee as law enforcement searches for the .45 caliber gun used in the slaying. Lloyd's bullet-riddled body was found in a Massachusetts industrial park on June 17, Father'... | Search warrant: Aaron Hernandez's fiancee and others have tried "to hide evidence"
Papers: Shayanna Jenkins carried something like "a lock box or safe" from house .
Jenkins has not been charged in connection with Odin Lloyd's June death .
Hernandez has pleaded not guilty to a murder charge in Lloyd's killing . |
fd9f6bb5ca60456a9dddbc75426119e4310be27c | A 35-year-old Detroit mother accused of killing two of her chidlren and stuffing their bodies inside a deep freezer said through her attorney Thursday that she loves her two surviving kids and wants to see them. Prosecutors charged Mitchelle Blair Thursday with felony murder, premeditated murder and torture. Court offi... | Mitchelle Blair, 35, was arraigned Thursday on charges of felony murder, premeditated murder and torture.
The deaths of two of her children Stoni Blair, 13, and Stephen Berry, 9, have been ruled a homicide .
She will undergo a mental health evaluation to determine her competency .
Blair's surviving children were discov... |
fd9f7b8be190e4a124c38eca4371a55ba367d244 | Nashville, Tennessee (CNN) -- Aspiring entrepreneur Abigail Franklin began selling clothes from a truck because she was looking for a way to stay in one place. That might sound odd until you learn she is a wardrobe stylist based in Nashville who tours the world with musical acts. It was 2010, and she had just married h... | Aspiring entrepreneurs launch fashion trucks as cost-effective alternatives to brick and mortar stores .
"We can bring our products to you instead of waiting for you to come to us"
Most mobile retail trucks sell Etsy-type clothing and crafts; some offer shoes, records . |
fda144f28b6d1bcab7ea8fa39f74e2ab3e08e6d4 | By . Sarah Griffiths for MailOnline . A dazzling conjunction of Jupiter and Venus will be visible on Monday morning, shortly before sunrise in the UK. A 2012 conjunction over Canada is pictured . A dazzling conjunction of Jupiter and Venus will provide an impressive light show on Sunday night and Monday morning. The tw... | Jupiter and Venus will form a 'double star' on the north-eastern horizon .
Will be visible before sunrise at around 5am BST (midnight EST) on Monday .
The planets will appear only 0.2 degrees apart - less than half the width of a little finger held out at arm's length .
It will be the closest conjunction of the bright ... |
fda166e3927b16c3a94b902b0ce86611e70b97a9 | Alzheimers affects 800,000 people in the UK - and that number is growing . Carey Mulligan and PM gathered at Downing Street to launch the campaign . By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 05:38 EST, 10 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:08 EST, 10 December 2012 . Spotting the early signs of Alzheimers is essential in helping... | Alzheimers affects 800,000 people in the UK - and that number is growing .
Carey Mulligan and PM gathered at Downing Street to launch the campaign . |
fda183d6109d7ad0ad776d18ba8dabdda81883d9 | By . Snejana Farberov . PUBLISHED: . 13:53 EST, 19 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:17 EST, 19 March 2012 . A relaxing Sunday on California's ski slopes turned deadly when two people were killed and another person was injured in three separate accidents, according to authorities. Tim Cohee, the owner and general manager ... | Man suffocated to death on snow while snowboarding near Fresno .
Skier Yiwei Hu died after falling into a hole in Northern California .
Another skier was hurt in an avalanche at Kirkwood Mountain Resort . |
fda2c93194ee74de0eb912b30ee49ecb70fc919f | (CNN) -- Passenger Jasper Schuringa told CNN that with the aid of the cabin crew, he helped subdue and isolate Umar Farouk Abdulmutallab, who was charged Saturday with trying to destroy a plane. Schuringa of Amsterdam, Netherlands, said he was traveling to Florida to visit friends. The journey aboard Northwest Airlines... | NEW: "I was trying to search his body for any explosives," Dutch passenger says .
NEW: "We had very brave flight attendants that also helped. They are also heroes," he says .
Jasper Schuringa says he became suspicious when man didn't move amid panic .
Heroic account not independently confirmed . |
fda34a869b5b026dce7cfef39d9a70c032e72105 | (CNN) -- The national average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline has increased one tenth of a cent to $3.542, marking the second consecutive increase, the motorist group AAA said Saturday. However, the national average is still down 57.2 cents, or about 13.9%, on the record high of $4.114 reported on July ... | AAA: National average price for a gallon of regular unleaded gasoline up one tenth of a cent .
Highest gas prices are in Hawaii and lowest in South Carolina, says the motorist group .
The price of light sweet crude oil, for September delivery, increased Friday by $0.13 . |
fda3d3dfb90bbc0134a1904d7eb192f9b0526e22 | This is the terrifying moment a trainer was mauled by a tiger at a zoo founded by the late Steve Irwin. David Styles, 30, suffered puncture wounds to the neck and shoulder after the tiger dragged him into the water after becoming 'over excited' at Australia Zoo. He was treated by paramedics before being flown to the Ro... | David Styles, 30, suffered puncture wounds to the neck and shoulder .
Tiger dragged him into the water after becoming 'over excited' after a show .
Airlifted to hospital after being pulled to safety and is in stable condition .
Shocking attack was witnessed by as many as 50 horrified visitors . |
fda3efe7fffc34715d41e9af1cf46b19e53d7869 | By . Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 04:11 EST, 30 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:57 EST, 30 October 2012 . Complaint: District Judge Lonnie Cox, sitting at . Galveston County drug court, Texas, allegedly ripped up court . papers and threw them in the air . A judge screamed swear words at a pregnant defendant and told her... | District Judge Lonnie Cox, sitting at .
Galveston County drug court, Texas, also allegedly ripped up court .
papers and threw them in the air .
Outburst occurred when he discovered the defendant had .
missed probation meetings regarding her drugs conviction . |
fda414bb7d9d18f0558188c26777e881aa8177c5 | (CNN) -- Sizing up the magnitude of Mexico's obesity problem is as simple as visiting a clothing manufacturer. At Arush, a clothing factory in Mexico City, the changing demand has modified production. Buyers, including Mexican giant retailers like Soriana and Liverpool, are increasingly asking for "large" and "extra la... | Diabetes is the No. 1 killer in Mexico, health agency says .
Nearly 70% of the population is overweight or obese .
Mexicans drink more than 42 gallons of soft drinks per person each year . |
fda4b2261088f13fd330cf92d16a88a5c80ee2ea | By . Matt Blake . PUBLISHED: . 06:27 EST, 2 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:18 EST, 3 August 2012 . Not the job in hand: The Missile Defence Agency workers should have been developing rockets like this SM-3 rather than looking at pornography . The Pentagon has ordered staff at its top-secret missile defence unit to sto... | Workers at the Missile Defence Agency .
were caught downloading x-rated material on office computers and sharing .
them with each other via the internal network .
Fears raised that criminals or spies may have hacked agency's mainframe .
Porn sites provide perfect cover for hackers to smuggle spying software past sophis... |
fda4d077c4918034893301d2405f44a714e4a167 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:10 EST, 31 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:44 EST, 31 March 2013 . Costly change: A move to ban councils from putting street lights on electricity poles could cost town halls 'millions of pounds' Villages and towns across the country face reductions in street lighting because o... | For years councils have fixed street lights to poles belonging to electricity firms .
But the practice is now under threat following death of a BT engineer .
National Association for Local Councils is seeking urgent talks with Government . |
fda4ebfedcf2faf5bace7a64ebd2a8c49213a002 | (CNN)It's official -- world football's controversial leader Sepp Blatter is set to enter the enemy's lair just weeks after accusing UEFA of plotting to depose him. The FIFA president is prepared to the risk of public humiliation in Vienna next month as he faces the three men who plan to usurp him with European governin... | Sepp Blatter could face his presidential rivals in Vienna next month .
All four men set to be invited to speak at the UEFA congress .
Luis Figo, Michael van Praag and Prince Ali keen on open debate .
UEFA considers giving each candidate allotted time to speak at its congress . |
fda5062ba61d376088724f37b786d8595b3bb473 | Mario Balotelli failed to impress during his second-half cameo – but the Italian wasn’t too impressed with Sunderland either. As he left the Stadium of Light, the out-of-form frontman sniped: ‘This is the f*****g coldest city I’ve ever f*****g played in.’ Cold and slippy, it seems. For Balotelli, having outwitted John ... | Liverpool beat Sunderland 1-0 at the Stadium of Light on Saturday .
Lazar Markovic scored the only goal of the Premier League clash .
Mario Balotelli came off the bench in the second half .
But the Italian wasn't impressed with the weather in the city . |
fda5180d568599f016c6fea831f474731ba9c328 | Fort Campbell, Kentucky (CNN) -- President Barack Obama met Friday afternoon with members of the military team responsible for conducting the raid on Osama bin Laden's compound, and promised a war-weary nation victory over al Qaeda. "We are ultimately going to defeat al Qaeda," the president told more than 2,300 troops... | NEW: Canine involved in operation at meeting with president .
Obama promises victory over al Qaeda while addressing troops at Fort Campbell .
Obama and Biden met members of the team that raided bin Laden's compound .
Obama awards the Presidential Unit Citation to units involved in the mission . |
fda5719dd518d23e4cf8b110a667d1e09cb81fef | Teenage sensation Martin Odegaard showed why he's being billed as Europe's hottest property by inspiring Stromsgodset to a 2-1 league victory. The 15-year-old, who has been linked with Liverpool and Manchester United, scored both goals against Lillestrom on Sunday. Odegaard opened the scoring with a superb run and shot... | Martin Odegaard came on as substitute in UEFA Euro 2016 qualifier .
At 15 years and 300 days he is the youngest player in competition's history .
He has trained with Manchester United and Liverpool also interested . |
fda5c4d1210015730445f8803d85cda347954a3b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 05:41 EST, 27 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:30 EST, 27 July 2012 . A little girl left critically injured in a car crash was today told the heartbreaking news that her big sister died in the accident. Megan McGrady, five, was left unconscious after the smash which claimed the life... | Megan McGrady was unconscious for three days after the crash which claimed the life of her older sister .
Parents escaped without serious injury .
Little girl woke up and immediately began asking for her sister . |
fda5ca87fed2ccae54e6b6f6317cf816f84fae1b | It's only as I'm inviting my friend to lunch that I realize the prospect might not sound that appetizing. "There will be a murder," I say. "Someone will die." Surprisingly undeterred, he agrees to meet me at London's Victoria Station the following week and it's only once we're standing on the platform amid a rapidly sw... | Murder Mystery Lunch train departs London's Victoria station for a trip around rural Kent .
Guests get a five-course meal but must also find a murderer in their midst .
There's a bottle of champagne for the guest who solves the mystery . |
fda5cfb9f753069ef08e3f60abd6ad75818d2291 | By . Francesca Infante . PUBLISHED: . 07:21 EST, 7 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:42 EST, 7 August 2013 . An animal loving couple who adopted a one legged stray . dog from Romania are trying to raise nearly £4,000 - to buy her a set of . prosthetic limbs. Vanessa Bamkin and her husband Roger have taken in . four-year-... | Vanessa and Roger Bamkin first saw four-year-old Glory on a dog re-homing site on Facebook .
The couple, from Carlisle, Cumbria, were moved to tears when they saw how she only had one working leg .
Glory had been living on the streets in Romania and being fed by a kindly factory worker but when he left town she was vic... |
fda7105327b9d8b808286942911dd3c01f2bef40 | PARIS, France (CNN) -- Hundreds of French workers, angry about proposed layoffs at a Caterpillar factory, were holding executives of the company hostage Tuesday, a spokesman for the workers said. Caterpillar's French staff say they are angry about a lack of negotiations over layoffs. It is at least the third time this ... | NEW: Workers release one of five people being held hostage at Caterpillar factory .
Workers angry that Caterpillar propose cutting more than 700 jobs .
They did not want to harm the executives but get them to negotiate, official says .
A senior Caterpillar executive called the hostage-taking "unhelpful" |
fda79859f124b32532aa79212acfb1e2ea6d3c23 | Airport arrest: Michael Hamlyn has been charged with possession of cocaine and amphetemines . Millionaire film and theatre producer Michael Hamlyn has been charged with possessing cocaine and amphetamines. Hamlyn, who made the Oscar-winning The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert, was held by police at Stanste... | Oscar-winning producer was held by police at Stansted Airport .
Customs officers are believed to have found cocaine and amphetamines .
His firm made music videos for the Rolling Stones and Bruce Springsteen . |
fda7bcd95266f61d82f8d77112ec87bf1a35bac8 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:36 EST, 13 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:36 EST, 13 June 2012 . Mrs Seamons lost her baby in the 37th week of pregnancy. She was not seen by a doctor for six hours after going to hospital suffering from bleeding and was then sent home . A grieving mother blames a hospital’s 'h... | The couple lost their son Edward in the 37th week of pregnancy . |
fda7cd43d44234551025945d45d59d98c7a91989 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:05 EST, 26 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:18 EST, 27 September 2012 . Leaving a simple phone message could help spot the early signs of Parkinson’s years before serious symptoms develop, say scientists. Researchers have discovered they can detect the disease through voice ... | A team at MIT has developed a computer programme that is able to recognise the tremors, breathiness and weakness in the voice .
These symtpoms are thought to be early indicators of the degenerative condition .
Study leader Dr Max Little is building up a database of 10,000 voices to support his project . |
fda8e1189fb153ab5aabeb13b6c57f888068fd65 | These despicable images show four men about to be put to death by ISIS in Iraq, apparently because they are spies. The shocking pictures emerged just hours after campaign group CAGE defended Jihadi John, today unmasked as west London student Mohammed Emwazi, as 'beautiful' and a man who 'wouldn't hurt a fly'. The scarc... | Despicable images show four men about to be put to death by ISIS in Iraq .
They are apparently then shot in the back of the head for being spies .
Orange-clad men reportedly killed in cold blood in Salahuddin province .
Emerged just hours after campaign group CAGE defended Jihadi John .
ISIS figurehead was unmasked as ... |
fda8e6cec904c617b8f8177bbea71c35dbd1fcc0 | Washington (CNN) -- New U.S. military intelligence suggests Iran plans to smuggle new shipments of weapons into Afghanistan in the coming weeks as part of an increased effort to interfere with coalition operations, a senior U.S. Defense Department official said Friday. The information came from an "Iranian source" whos... | Info was from reliable "Iranian source," the Defense Department official said .
"Limited supplies" of weapons won't cause major problems, another official said .
Joint Chiefs chair said this week he was 'taken aback" by news of Iranian arms shipments .
Tehran has consistently denied helping Afghan anti-government force... |
fda92a26be7d5810b9cbda52a5cdaf2c364e6e1d | (CNN) -- It took a lot of effort for Leo Bonten to turn his amputated leg into a fully functional lamp. For starters, he had to break the damn thing in a freak kiddie pool accident. As one does. Seriously. That's how it all started, thus confirming what I've always said: "Kiddie pools are not toys, and should only be u... | Leo Bonten broke his leg in a backyard accident in Rotterdam .
His leg eventually had to be amputated due to infection .
Bonten tried selling his leg on eBay after turning it into a lamp . |
fda9c8bf34d05394f11c2484d2eede3cce9aeeb6 | A scuba diver who found a wedding ring on the sea bed while on holiday in Mexico has launched a Facebook campaign to reunite it with its owner. Daniel Roark from Gloucester, Massachusetts had been diving off the coast of Playa del Carmen, earlier this year when he came across the gold ring. He believes it must be a wed... | Daniel Roark from Massachusetts had been scuba diving in Mexico .
While underwater he came across a gold wedding band on the sea bed .
Ring is engraved with the name Jessica inside and the date of 16/02/13 .
Brought it to the surface to try to reunite it with its rightful owner .
Has started a Facebook campaign so he c... |
fdaafcf53a5a3704125bd03deea0b6b141dda21f | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 09:11 EST, 11 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:08 EST, 11 June 2013 . He may only be holding a button, but this newborn slow loris is so tiny he looks like he is clutching a gigantic steering wheel. The big-eyed animal was born at El Paso Zoo, Texas, alongside his twin sister. The pair are ... | Experts at The El Paso Zoo managed to .
safely breed the pair .
Population of slow lorises has declined over the years .
The twin baby lorises have not yet been named . |
fdab1eb0108163bb62bb2dc5ec5d1e6b7a6d9326 | By . Claire Coleman . PUBLISHED: . 17:21 EST, 7 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:46 EST, 8 July 2013 . Top gloss: Tamara's bouncy blow-dry . From Sloanes to WAGs, no one has gorgeous, flowing manes of hair like very rich women do. And they don't get much richer than Tamara Ecclestone, the perma-tanned, yacht-flitting daug... | The socialite has just released a new line of luxury haircare products .
The packaging is striking - but so is the price tag .
Stylist Stephen Low blind tests the range to see if it's worth it . |
fdabfda3c817ca61066b991b8eb0770e84de1b51 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:45 EST, 23 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:45 EST, 23 January 2013 . The 19-year-old college student accused of poisoning her roommate’s iced tea with bleach has been arrested again for allegedly making contact with the young woman at a bar. Kayla A. Bonkowski, 19, who was ch... | Kayla Ashlyn Bonkowski, 19, charged with felony poisoning in Michigan .
Told police her roommate Emily Joseph, 20, was acting 'mean' |
fdac4318c5d39a98797749f59a64a47a97435421 | Former South Africa leader Nelson Mandela will spend Christmas Day in hospital as he continues to recover from his operation. Mr Mandela's doctors confirmed the news today, the presidency has said in a statement. The anti-apartheid figure was admitted on December 8 to a hospital in Pretoria, the South African capital. ... | Former South African leader is to stay in hospital for Christmas Day .
Mr Mandela is said to be improving and responding to treatment .
President Zuma has said the whole country is behind Mr Mandela . |
fdacc949c5bbdbdecd04b94d2e834334f32f4b3a | (CNN Student News) -- March 7, 2014 . Could part of Ukraine secede from the rest of the country and become part of Russia? That question begins this Friday edition of CNN Student News, which also includes reports about North Korea, the Paralympics, and daylight-saving time. Get ready to spring forward this weekend (and... | This page includes the show Transcript and the Daily Curriculum .
Use the Transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary .
The Daily Curriculum's Newsquiz tests students' knowledge of events in the news .
At the bottom of the page, please share your feedback about our show and curriculum . |
fdad54ae6a8e2bd5276e451c38b9ddfb765ca104 | A 60-mile wide 'no drone zone' will be set up around the Super Bowl on Sunday as part of the stringent security operation. The Federal Aviation Authority is setting up flight restrictions in several circles around Phoenix, Arizona, for the big game and have threatened to prosecute those who ignore the ban. It follows a... | FAA to set up circles of flight restrictions in Phoenix, Arizona, on Sunday .
No aircraft will be allowed within a 10 mile radius of the action at any time .
Up to 1,400 additional flights are expected into the area before the game .
Homeland Security will be trawling social media in a bid to uncover threats .
Policies... |
fdad91d996349e5f275473268e9794d37f3b93fa | Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- Cuban President Raul Castro announced on Monday that the Communist Party will hold a long-delayed congress next April as the country struggles to reshape its Soviet economic model. There hasn't been a congress since 1997. Castro postponed one scheduled for the end of 2009 so the government could f... | Cuba's last Communist Party congress was in 1997 .
The meetings are used to set policy .
The congress also will determine if Fidel Castro will stay on has head of the party .
He renounced all other government titles after stepping down in 2006 . |
fdada1889c1d3b69f4e3d6be301a8eee5d838c66 | Jerusalem (CNN) -- The father of a New Jersey man who went missing while studying in Israel has joined police and hundreds of volunteers searching the forest outside Jerusalem where his son disappeared. Yeshiva student Aaron Sofer, 23, was reported missing Friday by a friend who was hiking with him in the Jerusalem For... | NEW: Search leader: "Hundreds and hundreds of people" are searching for Aaron Sofer .
NEW: Sofer's parents offer 100,000 shekel reward to help find their son .
Sofer, 23, disappeared while hiking in the Jerusalem Forest .
Police are questioning a friend who was with Sofer . |
fdada7076ba73566a1b4832ecf17498d5b429662 | Canada will stop issuing visas to . people from the three West African nations where the Ebola is . widespread, the government said on Friday. The federal citizenship ministry, explaining the move, said . in an official document that 'the introduction or spread of the . disease would pose an imminent and severe risk to... | Canada has stopped issuing visas to people from the West African countries at the heart of the Ebola outbreak .
Authorities said they made the decision because the 'spread of the disease would pose an imminent and severe risk to public health in Canada'
The ban applies to all visas for people who have been in a country... |
fdadfe0358c930264eacc11be47266a67c7232c2 | A gang of murderers may have lured their victim to his death in a Bronx apartment building by using Facebook. Ricardo Romero, 16, believed he was on his way to what he thought was a meeting with a 17-year-old girl identified on Facebook as 'Chiquita Andy' Friday night when he was attacked in the Creston Ave. building i... | Ricardo Romero, 16, believed he was on his way to what he thought was a meeting with a 17-year-old girl identified on Facebook as 'Chiquita Andy'
He traveled to the a Creston Ave. building in Fordham Heights where he was jumped by several men .
He was stabbed in the left of his chest, hit in the head with a bottle, and... |
fdae0e31de3213f98ced76f7c8418ac14b4a9cc5 | Arrest: Verna McClain has been charged with capital murder in the killing of 28-year-old Kala Marie Golden, after she shot her and stole her baby . A mother was shot dead by a nurse who kidnapped her newborn baby. Kayla Golden, 28, was blasted seven times with a handgun when Verna McClain reportedly pulled up alongside... | Kayla Marie Golden, 28, shot dead in Houston suburb of Spring .
Registered nurse Verna Deann McClain, 30, has been arrested .
The mother of three told her sister she was about to adopt a baby .
Baby Keegan Schuchardt driven away as dying mother cried: 'My baby!'
Child found 'alive and well' after SWAT team stormed near... |
fdae465db549bd51b4dd9089daf049a8a13ccaf0 | A make-up artist fears a mystery illness which has caused her to double in size in just six months will soon leave her unable to move. Laura Pell, 34, weighed 9st (126lb/57kg) last summer and kept herself in shape by going to gym three times a week and eating a sensible diet. But after being struck down with a mystery ... | Make-up artist Laura Pell, 34, was a size 8 and weighed 9st last summer .
But she suddenly began to balloon in size, and is now 17st and size 22 .
Says the increase in her weight is due to horrific fluid retention .
Doctors are baffled by her bizarre condition, admitting she is 'difficult case'
Miss Pell already strug... |
fdae5cd4a6938b7f286498b1b1aae2b45370e1d4 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:53 EST, 3 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:29 EST, 4 January 2013 . Several of the horses used on HBO's canceled series 'Luck' were drugged, underweight and sick during production, an animal rights worker who oversaw conditions on the show alleges in a lawsuit. Barbara Casey's... | Barbara Casey claims she was wrongfully fired after complaining about conditions horses faced on the show .
Her lawsuit reveals that four horses, not three as previously reported, died during the show's production .
Luck, starring Dustin Hoffman, was canceled due to series of horse deaths . |
fdae7b5ad812c15ec7e902e832a7d69f7859350a | Jailed: Pakistan-born Atiq Rehman, who was twice refused leave to remain in the UK, was jailed for six years . An illegal immigrant who was twice refused asylum in Britain raped a woman before he could be deported, a court heard yesterday. Atiq Rehman, 20, spotted his 22-year-old victim leaving a club and tricked her i... | Atiq Rehman lured a .
22-year-old woman into the back room of a corner shop and attacked her .
on a mattress laid on the ground .
He led her from outside .
a nightclub before threatening to tie her up with tape while he carried out the .
attack .
When he carried out the rape he was free on the condition he reported reg... |
fdaedc3ded72d0ef7ef6a82839630f0d665463b4 | (CNN) -- I'm in a Las Vegas hotel room, hiding from Christmas. The odds are not in my favor. This is not a war on, jihad against or campaign to counter anyone else's annual allotment of holly jolly joy. If it were up to me, I'd quietly exile myself from the merrymaking so as not to dim others' bliss like a burned-out b... | Many people become sad during the holidays due to depression or past events .
CNN's Kat Kinsman faced overwhelming depression during the season in the past .
Kinsman devised coping methods, such as visiting sunny climes and keeping busy .
Those facing seasonal affective disorder or depression can find resources here. |
fdaf4e7ab55abe4ba8bd1ad5ed77fdc769d1c819 | Washington (CNN) -- President Obama's top economic adviser, Austan Goolsbee, is leaving the administration to return to the University of Chicago, the White House announced Monday night. Goolsbee has been an outspoken defender of Obama's policies as the U.S. economy struggles to find its footing following the steep rec... | Longtime economic adviser Austan Goolsbee headed back to Chicago .
Goolsbee has been an outspoken defender of Obama's policies . |
fdaf4eb7f8b5413b6ce2818cfb4734299c1b65d9 | (CNN) -- Talk about eerie. One of two recent UFO sightings in China occurred almost on the 63rd anniversary of news that a "flying disc" had been found in Roswell, New Mexico. And like in 1947, people either choose to believe or be skeptical that visitors have stopped by from outer space. Nothing has officially been ru... | Two UFO sightings were recently reported in eastern China .
One incident shut down operations at an airport .
Museum in Roswell, New Mexico, gets reports of UFO sightings .
Web site contends purported photos of one incident are not legitimate . |
fdb071d67a08535a598f517418cf971b485ab4d8 | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 06:12 EST, 8 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:16 EST, 8 January 2014 . 'Stabbing': Jacqueline Warren, 52, was rushed to hospital after apparently being stabbed in her home . An 80-year-old man has been charged with the attempted murder by police investigating the stabbing of his daughter ... | Harry Warren 'repeatedly stabbed his daughter Jacqueline Warren'
The mother-of-four posted messages on Facebook proudly talking about her work on the family tree hours before the incident .
Mr Warren, 80, had moved in with his daughter as he struggled with old age . |
fdb1ab635ce7ba461231224d1d24706143dbdd90 | Backs: L Williams (Scarlets), L Halfpenny (Toulon), T Prydie (Newport Gwent Dragons), G North (Northampton), A Cuthbert (Cardiff Blues), H Amos (Newport Gwent Dragons), S Williams (Scarlets), J Davies (Clermont Auvergne), J Roberts (Racing Metro), C Allen (Cardiff Blues), R Priestland (Scarlets), D Biggar (Ospreys), M ... | Wales face Australia, Fiji, New Zealand and South Africa in November .
Head coach Warren Gatland includes uncapped Ospreys prop Nicky Smith in 34-man squad .
Eli Walker, Cardiff Blues hooker Matthew Rees and fly-half Rhys Patchell also fail to make the cut .
France-based players Leigh Halfpenny, Jonathan Davies, Jamie ... |
fdb22c8997039a53544d80d66f397b43151b0735 | Andy Murray has a season-defining fortnight ahead of him; the month of January will certainly go some way to teeing up the rest of the year. It is one of the most important starts to a calendar the Scot's ever encountered - and he's putting in the hard work to make sure he doesn't come up short, although he appears to ... | Andy Murray competing for Great Britain at the Hopman Cup .
Heather Watson partners Scot in the doubles Down Under .
Murray is looking to improve on last year's Australian Open quarter-final . |
fdb25f6ca4bdb359955a7651934307568bfea738 | By . Larisa Brown . PUBLISHED: . 11:46 EST, 20 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:02 EST, 20 November 2012 . It is a blunder that would embarrass even the most brazen of employees. A photograph of a topless young man - albeit with a six-pack - was mistakenly posted on an official supermarket Twitter site. And although h... | Co-op supermarket grabbed opportunity to entice 18,000 followers to deals .
Twitter users branded chain 'fools' and 'total morons' in series of tweets .
Co-operative blamed a 'technical error' for the embarrassing blunder . |
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