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fdd2a1d8d23c9e8edb79fbefbc1ac4613e53dd0a | Washington (CNN) -- Consider tonight's speech by President Barack Obama to be the antidote to his now-infamous comments two weeks ago that his administration lacks a strategy for combating ISIS in Syria. The beheadings of two Americans -- journalists James Foley and Steven Sotloff -- have propelled ISIS into the center... | Beheadings of two Americans put ISIS into Americans' consciousness .
Obama must explain to public the threat ISIS presents .
The President must also lay out what his strategy is for eliminating the ISIS threat . |
fdd316667333d217c63f7db5a5c6cce8f88d43fb | By . Lucy Waterlow . PUBLISHED: . 12:44 EST, 8 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:52 EST, 8 July 2013 . She spends most of her time dressed down in sportswear in her role as a tennis coach but her son's victory at Wimbledon has given Judy Murray the opportunity to unveil her inner glamour goddess. The 53-year-old wore a gre... | Proud mother joined her champion son at No 10 reception .
She dressed in green leaf print mini dress .
53-year-old said PM David Cameron was 'gorgeous' |
fdd3fd8fa226ebbb866076f644680ffbeceff70b | When it came to booking an affordable getaway this summer, the Spanish sun was beckoning for many Britons. Majorca and Ibiza were revealed as the most popular destinations last season, up 68 per cent and 46 per cent from last year, respectively, according to a survey by UK travel organisation Abta. Celebrity party hots... | Majorca and Ibiza revealed as summer's most popular destinations .
Bookings to the Balearic Islands up by 68% from summer 2013 .
Italy also a popular pick for travellers thanks to 'great-value hotel deals'
Turkey, Greece, Malta and Morocco proved popular choices as well . |
fdd458ff5e98ed80c2f31addf9525a21f71c5290 | A woman has gone missing today from a ferry which set sail from Britain for France. Belongings were discovered in a cabin on board the Brittany Ferries vessel Mont St Michel after it had docked at Caen in northern France having left Portsmouth, Hampshire. A spokesman for the ferry company said that an alert had been ra... | Belongings found in cabin on board Brittany Ferries vessel Mont St Michel .
Docked at Caen in northern France having left Portsmouth, Hampshire .
Coastguard launches search in English Channel for missing passenger . |
fdd4afa0d36ebd6e575465a6543fcac25d2f3047 | (CNN) -- A wildfire jumped a road in central Florida, scorching homes and wiping out trees as it charred more than 1,900 acres, a fire official said Sunday. Some 24 structures in Marion County had been burned by what's being called the Hopkins Prairie Fire, said U.S. Forest Service spokeswoman Susan Blake. Ten of those... | A wildfire burns 24 structures, including 10 homes, in Marion County, authorities say .
Images show some buildings reduced to rubble, beyond their frames or concrete walls .
The blaze prompted the partial closure of State Route 19 in central Florida .
The fire was 80% contained early Sunday evening, a forest service sp... |
fdd4ead930251855a0c5a970a23606a1d0f9ddaa | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 05:51 EST, 12 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:39 EST, 12 April 2013 . It may not be as physical as sports such as American Football and Ice Hockey. However, that didn't stop this enormous brawl from breaking out during a baseball game last night. The huge bench-clearing bust-up took plac... | Brawl involved players from Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres .
Dodgers pitcher Zack Greinke broke his collarbone during the brawl .
Trouble between players also flared in tunnel following game . |
fdd4fb81173b7b05a94cce9e2bcc03397805c640 | By . Tim Shipman . Set back: Cameron now has no hope of passing the legislation for a vote on EU membership before the next Queen's Speech after 245 peers voted to halt it . A bill to enshrine a European referendum in law was described as a ‘dead parrot’ last night after Labour and the Lib Dems united to block it. Near... | Nearly 250 peers voted to halt Bill for 2017 EU membership referendum .
Eurosceptic Bill Cash cited Monty Python sketch to mock PM-backed vote .
Means change will have to go back to Commons for further consideration .
Now no prospect of legislation passing before next Queen's Speech . |
fdd4fcc60f46280e5b9c5f1495f5601f9db1a9a1 | By . Kerry Mcqueeney . PUBLISHED: . 09:28 EST, 23 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:01 EST, 24 August 2012 . Domestic violence campaigners plan to burn copies of the best-selling book Fifty Shades of Grey on a bonfire - because they claim it celebrates abuse. It is feared the themes of sadomasochism in the raunchy trilog... | Campaigners fear book's sadomasochism themes will create a generation of violent men .
Demonstrators plan to burn the books in a bonfire on Guy Fawkes Night . |
fdd5036955b45f107b7f65453a33bdee2fdab824 | Events company Secret Cinema has said it will hold a simultaneous screening of an as-yet unannounced film in London, Rome and San Francisco on Sunday to "protest against censorship." Secret Cinema has not specified what has prompted its move. But its announcement follows the decision by Sony Pictures this week to cance... | Secret Cinema announces a simultaneous screening in London, San Francisco, Rome .
The screening is being held "to "protest against censorship," Secret Cinema says .
Sony canceled plans to release "The Interview" next week after a cyberattack, threats .
Secret Cinema has not yet disclosed what film will be shown . |
fdd54472833e9ff051a42735a589868fe0357df0 | By . Nick Pisa . You wouldn't think hitmen could miss from almost point-blank range, but two would-be assassins on a motorbike made a complete hash of it. Their intended victims cheated death despite the gunmen unleashing a hail of bullets after their guns jammed in a terrifying ambush in the southern Italian city of R... | Intended victims saved by jammed guns as they fled from would-be assassins .
'Wall of silence' by businessmen who refused to cooperate with police .
Police issue CCTV film of attack after two-year probe leads to arrests .
'Footage resembles something from a Playstation game' says officer . |
fdd5524316f4f4fb91464b381b8a13ac05918375 | (CNN) -- President Barack Obama was trying to make a broader point when he uttered "ISIL is not Islamic," but the four-word phrase could still come back to haunt him. Critics on Twitter quickly fired off on the President for making the assertion, with many noting that ISIL in fact stands for the "Islamic State of Iraq ... | President Barack Obama argued that ISIL does not represent Islam .
In his remarks, he said: "ISIL is not Islamic"
But critics pointed out that ISIL stands for 'Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" |
fdd608afbc63b6d5316674ec6661497ba383941d | By . Alasdair Glennie . PUBLISHED: . 09:44 EST, 21 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:08 EST, 21 October 2013 . Celebrity chef Raymond Blanc has been branded an ‘idiot’ for apparently revealing the winner of the Great British Bake Off on Twitter. The 63-year-old Frenchman was criticised by viewers who said he had ‘ruined... | Michelin-starred chef, 63, gave strong clues to winner of hit baking show .
Judge Paul Hollywood and contestant Ruby Tandoh both hit back at him .
One Twitter user replied to Mr Blanc saying: 'You've ruined this for millions'
Later, the contrite Frenchman wrote: 'Sorry, I don't know who has won'
The final of the BBC2 b... |
fdd61aafc980149aa21a324a6a61c6e0cfd26ce2 | Judge Peter Ross has blasted the UK Border Agency for handing out 170 bogus workers . Border chiefs have been blasted for ‘catastrophic’ failures over a £500,000 scam that allowed more than 170 bogus Pakistani workers and their relatives to illegally enter Britain. A senior judge branded it a ‘scandal’ that the discred... | Top judge said number of bogus work permits handed out was a 'scandal'
Judge Peter Ross said Border Agency was guilty of a 'catastrophic failure'
Agency gave work permits to a firm used as a front for an immigration racket . |
fdd665a58e0a6f9e04d5b59877893b000999a9f9 | By . Nazia Parveen . PUBLISHED: . 03:40 EST, 10 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:37 EST, 12 May 2013 . Coronation Street star Michael Le Vell has started dating a South American mother of two as he awaits trial for child rape. Blanca Fouche, 31, from Chile, said she had admired the actor, who plays mechanic Kevin Webster, ... | Blanca Fouche, 31, is dating Michael Le Vell, 48, who plays Kevin Webster .
She lives just a few doors away from him and confirmed they are dating .
Mother-of-two said: 'He's told me not to say anything' |
fdd6da8756a3343c8982fc285c0075dc73abfeda | By . Richard Hartley-parkinson . PUBLISHED: . 10:27 EST, 26 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:52 EST, 26 February 2013 . Patricia Davies was sacked after pupils complained of inappropriate behaviour . A science teacher sacked for performing a lewd act in front of her class has failed in her bid to have her dismissal ov... | Claims she was teaching children about Hooke's Law of Elasticity .
Employment tribunal lasted 24 days before it went to appeal .
Sacked in 2006 for alleged misconduct when she was on a final warning . |
fdd743049055483c843174e71bd1306b5cdc8a7f | This brings new meaning to the term fast food. Frightening footage has surfaced of a fridge toppling off the back of moving ute and skidding across the path of oncoming traffic on a bustling highway in Brisbane. The dash-cam vision, which comes from Ipswich road, begins with traffic moving down a busy thoroughfare on a... | Footage has surfaced of a fridge slipping off the back of moving ute .
The fridge falls into the path of oncoming traffic and skids across the road .
The dash-cam vision was filmed on Ipswich road in Brisbane . |
fdd790da2953ae0c74f72418bd8b231e07efcd79 | (CNN) -- North Korea is one of the world's most mysterious and secretive states, regarded as a political pariah and at bitter loggerheads with its neighbor South Korea. Few people are allowed past its tightly-sealed borders but footballer Ryang Yong-Gi, who was born and raised in Japan by a loyally North Korean family,... | Ryang Yong-Gi is a Japan-born footballer who represents North Korea .
The 31-year-old plays for J-League side Vegalta Sendai .
He led the team to second place in standings last season .
He also aided relief efforts after the 2011 earthquake and tsunami in Japan . |
fdd81dda2e523f8de92026ada9e83a3986e7b36f | By . Damien Gayle . and Sian Boyle . If you packed a cardigan for a day out yesterday, you might be able to leave it behind today. Temperatures are forecast to peak at a rather warm 20C (68F), right on cue for Bank Holiday Monday. Yesterday glorious sunshine sent the average UK temperature creeping up from a cool 12C (... | Britain basks in temperatures reaching the mid-teens and clear skies across the South and East .
Families hit the beaches on bank holiday outings, even as stiff breezes make for lower temperatures by the sea .
Temperatures are forecast to peak at a rather warm 20C (68F), right on cue for Bank Holiday Monday .
However r... |
fdd8dc9327197c8c819986aef79b59d68e00556c | The owners of a run-down Disney-esque theme park are hoping for a fairytale ending in their search for a passionate buyer willing to part with $560,000 to restore the tourist attraction to it's former glory. Shane and Karen Hay put the iconic Fantasy Glades theme park, in Port Macquarie, NSW, on the market after six y... | Port Macquarie's iconic Fantasy Glades is up for sale for $560,000 .
The theme park opened in 1968 and was created by a couple with dwarfism .
Fantasy Glades shut in 2002 after 35 years as a popular tourist destination .
It featured Snow White's cottage, Cinderella's castle, and a dragon cave .
Shane and Karen Hay boug... |
fdd92d215e4569916138b5a5c8235aa9b90e1047 | By . Linda Massarella . PUBLISHED: . 13:27 EST, 12 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:31 EST, 13 June 2012 . Rihanna and Chris Brown are doing little to discourage rumours of a reconciliation. The two pop superstars partied at the same club at the same time for the second time in as many days, leaving within minutes of each... | Video emerged of pair leaving club within minutes of each other .
His rep says Brown is 'very happy in his relationship with Karrueche Tran' |
fdd95d08a9196695fa87f030f6b483dfac4c1d23 | (CNN) -- Miley Cyrus is back on track after a severe allergic reaction put the pop star in the hospital. The 21-year-old is scheduled to resume her previously postponed "Bangerz" tour in August after being forced to hold off on the remaining performances due to her illness. Cyrus' new U.S. lineup features nine stops: s... | Miley Cyrus has rescheduled her postponed U.S. tour .
She's added in two new stops to the calendar .
The performances are set for early August .
She had to postpone April concerts due to an allergic reaction . |
fdd9f115b5bab77f419b10769e011c7af13077a2 | By . Ryan Gorman . and Jessica Jerreat . Baltimore Ravens running back Ray Rice arrived Thursday morning to court holding wife Jenay Palmer's hand and pleaded not guilty to assaulting her earlier this year in an Atlantic City casino. Rice was captured in February on security camera footage dragging his then-fiancée Ja... | The couple arrived for Thursday's court hearing holding hands .
They were married one month ago only hours after Ray Rice was indicted for third-degree aggravated assault .
He is accused of striking and dragging Janay Palmer at Atlantic City hotel earlier this year . |
fdda9cb261dc9907054b224638c0ca0b8f426be9 | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 12:52 EST, 7 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:57 EST, 7 April 2013 . North Korea today released a bizarre video of their military dogs attacking an effigy of an enemy minister and again threatened to attack their neighbours. The animals savage a model of South Korean defence minister Kim Kw... | Dogs maul an effigy of South Korean defence minister Kim Kwan-Jin .
The animals jump through a flaming hole in the latest propaganda video to be released by Pyongyang .
Footage released as US delay missile test next week to avoid further heightening tensions . |
fddad33bc3dc86ba1288bdbda3761f03e89ed84c | By . Jason Groves . PUBLISHED: . 18:41 EST, 14 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:41 EST, 14 September 2012 . David Cameron has issued an appeal for party unity – as a poll revealed his rival Boris Johnson would make a far more popular leader. The Prime Minister used a speech to a private Tory fundraising dinner to war... | PM used a speech to a private Tory fundraising dinner to warn that voters always punished divided parties .
New poll shows the London Mayor is now a far .
more popular choice to lead the country . |
fddb2e6373665fc6cf8632d32370c015cb3691fb | By . Mark Duell . The two people who died after being struck by a freight train at a level crossing in apparent suicide pact were today named as an elderly married couple who lived nearby. Peter Smith, 80, and Betty Evelyn Smith, 79, were killed instantly just before noon yesterday near the Allenby Estates unmanned le... | Peter Smith, 80, and Betty Evelyn Smith, 79, were killed instantly yesterday .
Incident happened close to their home in Cherry Willingham, Lincolnshire .
Couple 'walked onto railway line, straight into the path of the freight train'
Family 'deeply saddened and coming to terms with what has happened'
For confidential .
... |
fddbbdf1c9df594f0b945487af73971e90ff5d83 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . Urgent laws are needed to protect children from online porn, a web regulator has warned. Pornography websites should have to carry out age checks before granting access to video and images, online video regulator Atvod said. The Authority for Television on Demand said la... | Online video regulator Atvod calls for urgent change to the law .
Research found 6% of under-15s had accessed an adult website in a month .
One website alone, Pornhub, was visited by 112,000 boys aged 12-17 . |
fddc131e8686007b5c4fae372d57423c4d9ff6de | (CNN) -- Apple was slow to act against the booming counterfeit industry in China and other Asian countries, according to cables obtained by WikiLeaks. The technology giant eventually organized a team in March 2008 to curtail the explosion of knockoff iPods and iPhones, according to an electronic memo from the Beijing e... | Apple is faced with mounting counterfeiting of its products in China .
The company recruited from Pfizer's security team after its success, U.S. cables say .
Despite efforts, Apple's plans have had limited success . |
fddc1c10546239348a6474f63624b153629da9b4 | It can be tricky to know how much money to save from one month to the next, especially when balancing budgets and having to pay out for unexpected bills. But a new service takes the hassle out of this by securely tracking your spending habits and automatically saving a small amount for you each week. Named Digit, the ... | Digit connects to a US bank account and analyses income and spending .
It uses 256-bit bank-level security and doesn’t store login details .
Digit regularly transfers money from the account to the user’s Digit savings .
This is typically $5 (£3) to $50 (£32) based on what the user can afford .
It does this by tracking ... |
fddcbbce6eccbcff4397f350ceb273be25962a72 | A new Catholic women's initiative rolled out by the Vatican is at the centre of a storm of criticism over a video starring a 'sexy blonde'. The Internet promotional video, featuring blonde Italian actress Nancy Brilli, came under such ridicule that it was quickly taken down, it has been reported. In the clip, the 50-ye... | The women's initiative was rolled out by a Vatican office before Christmas .
Women from around world were asked to send in short video of their lives .
Some were to be used in montage screened at a meeting of cardinals and bishops .
But a clip featuring blonde Italian actress Nancy Brilli was taken down .
It came after... |
fddd3d78135f82e0458fa8c694f07509058944d4 | (Beijing, China) (CNN) -- The mood at the 120th anniversary of Chairman Mao Zedong's birthday is relatively muted, by Chinese standards. No spectacular fireworks, no big parades, as would have been expected during Mao's three-decade rule. But the Chinese remembered Mao properly. In Beijing, a big crowd solemnly gathere... | Mao Zedong's 120th anniversary in China is more muted .
Chinese have mixed feelings on Mao's legacy .
Mao's mistakes have been publicized through books and pronouncements . |
fdde66a045714f0f916c2289d3e1d14e7880992c | By . Daily Mail Reporters . 'Cruel': Lauren Bush, 17, allegedly taunted an autistic boy and filmed it on her cell phone . An autistic boy who allegedly endured months of abuse at the hands of two girls he called his friends said he wants the charges against them dropped. Lauren Bush, 17, and another girl, 15, allegedly... | Lauren Bush, 17 and another unnamed 15-year-old recorded the assaults against the autistic 16-year-old victim on their cell phones .
Footage 'shows them force him to walk on a partially frozen pond and they refuse to help when he falls through the ice several times'
Local sheriff described the harassment as among the m... |
fddec4aa7f286a58cde4238350e79f46636fa383 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Every day, five U.S. soldiers try to kill themselves. Before the Iraq war began, that figure was less than one suicide attempt a day. A U.S. soldier patrols the streets of Baghdad in January. The dramatic increase is revealed in new U.S. Army figures, which show 2,100 soldiers tried to commit suicid... | Average of 5 soldiers per day tried to commit suicide in 2007, Army figures show .
Sen. Jim Webb introduces legislation to improve care for soldiers .
Army psychiatrist says soldiers must overcome stigma of treatment .
Psychiatrist: "We know that soldiers don't want to go seek care" |
fddf4516feff3517d782abbf354172e2a585fc52 | Burlington, Vermont (Travel + Leisure) -- On a recent afternoon along Church Street in Burlington, Vermont, young aspiring actors recited passages from Shakespeare's Henry V as jugglers, break-dancers, and blowers of didgeridoos displayed their skills nearby, creating a visual and aural cacophony. Just another day in a... | If coffee shops define a good college town, Berkeley has the competition beat .
Check out the Carolina Basketball Museum -- also a shrine to Michael Jordan .
Hang out at the Ann Richards/Congress Avenue Bridge, with 1.5 million bats . |
fddf70df9943e250123ae4752146f99ad2cc5ed6 | (Budget Travel) -- For years, Budget Travel has been advising readers to rent short-term apartments whenever they plan to spend more than a few days in expensive cities like Paris and New York. Short-term apartment rentals can help travelers save money on both lodging and meals, while providing a more authentic experie... | Renting a short-term apartment in cities like Paris and New York City can cut back expenses .
Though some cities have passed laws prohibiting short-term rentals, renters face no penalty .
Even with new laws, short-term vacation rental inquiries in New York City increased . |
fde00ab9b9fc235889dc2c4bb5c6c216811ac23f | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 11:44 EST, 23 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:38 EST, 24 October 2012 . Employment minister Mark Hoban vowed to press ahead with resetting benefit claimants . More than half of people claiming Incapacity Benefit have been judged fit for work, ministers said... | Incapacity Benefit is being replaced by Employment and Support Allowance .
54 per cent of claimants for the new ESA were found able to apply for a job . |
fde019a60df92e0fb36f84e45beee97f428c5bf7 | By . Suzannah Hills . and Leon Watson . Preacher: The guide was written by Samir Khan who was killed by U.S. airstrikes in Yemen . A bizarre 'must-read' English language manual for Westerners wanting to become a terrorist has been published by Al Qaeda, it emerged today. The glossy 16-page guide includes rules that rec... | 'Must-read' guide to jihad written by terrorist who died in September 2011 .
Tells recruits to embarrass America by attacking it 'in its backyard'
Gives advice on how to 'bring your wife and kids' to training .
Highlights importance of cleanliness when living in a 'tight room or house' |
fde09210480b0fa0cedaa99f76461b270c4521ff | Four people have been charged with murdering an albino woman in Tanzania and cutting off her legs and an arm for black magic rituals. Zawadi Magindu was killed at Nyamalulu village in the north western Geita region of the African country in November 2008. The four people accused of killing the 22-year-old have pleaded ... | Zawadi Magindu was murdered in Geita region of Tanzania six years ago .
Four people are now going on trial charged with killing the 22-year-old .
The trial in Mwanza city is the first of its kind to be held in the Geita region .
Six albinos killed and three wounded in the region between 2007 and 2012 . |
fde0ad35daf94eb0946898a26c8e8e095a8cd29b | Beijing (CNN) -- A day before the Nobel committee honors an imprisoned Chinese dissident with its peace prize, China ratched up the rhetoric calling the award "an interference" in its internal affairs. "The Nobel committee has to admit they are in the minority," said Chinese foreign ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu on Thu... | China has responded furiously since the peace prize was announced .
It has called the award a Western plot .
Some international news websites are inaccessible in mainland China .
Several nations have said they will not attend Friday's ceremony . |
fde0d0edd5e8069f6baa51a5a04c112a888a2143 | When it comes to choosing what stories we like to click on when browsing news websites it seems we really are drawn in by tales of crime and scandal. According to new research from the University of Bristol, people who read online news websites love to find out about the latest exploits of their favourite celebrities o... | A study by the University of Bristol looked at what makes us click .
It found that celebrity stories were more popular than politics or economics .
Using 'sentimental' or subjective language appears to attract readers . |
fde0e9f9650473737b41fd7260baefd443566aa4 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:52 EST, 25 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:52 EST, 25 December 2012 . A kickabout in the park might leave many dads suffering after their exertions, but it could have deadly consequences for toddlers – according to EU officials. Toy footballs now have to be stamped with a wa... | Balls with circumference of 25in must be marked 'Choking hazard!'
Manufacturer Bellco Sports confirmed it had to comply with the rules . |
fde0fd9f7a9475fc5acbdbabef2206fd6d68fb6b | Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- "Indescribable" violence rippled through the Libyan city of Zawiya on Friday, according to a witness who said pro-government forces gunned down peaceful protesters there. The witness said battalions of forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi attacked protesters with mortars and machine guns as they were... | NEW: "They never were in control" of Zawiya, a rebel soldier says .
A doctor reports casualties in Zawiya; "indescribable" violence, a witness says .
Tear gas and rubber bullets are used in Tripoli, witnesses say .
Forces loyal to Moammar Gadhafi clash with fighters in eastern Libya . |
fde18af8d73618301dcd8cdfe21999a7132ff4a7 | (CNN) -- The U.S. distributor of an Australian film about a group of Aboriginal women soul singers has apologized for a DVD cover which critics have labeled sexist and racist. "The Sapphires," a feel-good hit in Australia, told the story of an all-women Aboriginal soul group in the 1960s who overcome racism at home to ... | The U.S. DVD cover art for an Australian film about Aboriginal soul singers has been criticized .
The image places the Aboriginal actors in the background, while foregrounding the white lead .
The U.S. distributors have apologized for the image .
Some said the criticism was unjustified, as the white actor was the film'... |
fde231e603277440179e7fc30b12914e121ef1c9 | By . Lydia Warren . Last updated at 4:11 PM on 30th January 2012 . A woman who paid legal fees for convicted killer Joran van der . Sloot, calling herself his 'guardian . angel', has resigned from the case. Mary Hamer, from Lake City, Florida, wrote a bizarre resignation letter saying she accepted defeat in the case, w... | Dr Mary Hamer paid $100,000 towards convicted killer's legal fees .
Joran van der Sloot sentenced to 28 years behind bars for murder of Stephany Flores in 2010 .
In letter Hamer says she 'will fight no more' |
fde2d177971987af2f5b841185500cdfe771c83e | By . Jaya Narain . PUBLISHED: . 05:24 EST, 27 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:44 EST, 29 November 2012 . A dentist is facing up to five years in jail after she admitted sending a text message at the wheel as she knocked down and killed a dog-walker. Kay Nolan, 45, had pulled over in a lay-by to compose the message on... | Kay Nolan killed Stuart Mather and his dog, Hamish, in June 2011 .
She admitted death by careless driving and faces up to five years in prison .
Had pulled over to write message but didn't hit send until she was driving . |
fde345eb6f2a96ccd7fc2d84dba616284007bfd7 | By . Claire Bates . PUBLISHED: . 09:21 EST, 17 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:39 EST, 17 December 2012 . A dying toddler who drove down the aisle at his parents' wedding in a remote controlled car has started potentially life-saving treatment - just in time for Christmas. Brave Charlie Harris-Beard was best man for ... | Charlie is suffering from acute myleoid leukaemia. Doctors told his parents last month he only had months to live .
They moved forward their wedding so their son could be best man .
Charlie is now taking part in a drug trial in an attempt to stop cancer growth .
His mother said if the treatment goes well it could give ... |
fde3469bfcaf93746a9e39dbda7a32046afa3bdf | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:11 EST, 20 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:08 EST, 20 August 2013 . Robin Roberts is supposed to be in 'paradise,' taking a little time off from her Good Morning America duties for some rest and relaxation. But the 52-year-old anchor, who is on vacation in Maui, Hawaii, looks ... | Luckily the 52-year-old Good Morning America host perks up for some Twitter pictures . |
fde35306c22d6f6791dfba177191cd1acc5638bb | By . Pa Reporter . Pakistan succumbed to their lowest one-day score in five years as a pathetic 102 all out helped Sri Lanka claim a seven-wicket victory in the series decider in Dambulla. The tourists were badly let down by their batsmen as they were dismissed for their worst total in Sri Lanka in 32.1 overs, with jus... | Sri Lanka defeated Pakistan by seven wickets to win one-day series 2-1 .
Pakistan's paltry 102 was their lowest one-day total for five years .
Thisara Perera took four wickets for Sri Lanka while Tillakaratne Dilshan scored 50 not out .
Fawad Alam was the only Pakistan batsman to reach double figures . |
fde36ac96cbb2c3f72579ae35c42b76056b25757 | Nigel Farage said he blamed a 1988 advert on the high number of youngsters attending university. He added that Britain should look at legalising drugs including heroin . Millions will remember Maureen Lipman’s TV character Beattie praising her grandson when he ‘got an ’ology’. But the TV advert from 1988 has been blame... | BT advert features Maureen Lipman praising grandson on his 'ology'
'We are sending too many youngsters to university,' UKIP leader said .
Farage said that he 'blames' Lipman for 'the whole thing'
Also said Portugal's decriminalisation of heroin may be 'more enlightened'
Suggested UK laws are ineffective and called for ... |
fde3c013511c424a3b1b7199e1cc5664523475b0 | (CNN) -- Kimberley Locke knows a thing or two about singing competitions. "American Idol" finalist Kimberley Locke is the new co-host of "Gospel Dream." Having placed third during season two of "American Idol" -- just behind winner Ruben Studdard and runner-up Clay Aiken -- the singer is back in reality show action as ... | Singer Kimberley Locke finished third during season two of "American Idol"
She is co-hosting the fourth season of the talent competition "Gospel Dream"
Locke has worked steadily since "Idol" as a spokesperson, host and performer .
She says she'd like to appear on "Dancing With the Stars" |
fde47564c646d8e78f93358430dd8c21cc340e71 | In the moments after Liverpool’s 3-2 victory at Norwich last April, Brendan Rodgers crowned Raheem Sterling as the best young player in European football. Sterling had scored twice and laid on another for Luis Suarez in a thrilling win at Carrow Road, increasing Liverpool’s lead over Chelsea to five points and six over... | Raheem Sterling's contract talks have been going on for some time .
He has a 'wonderful' offer on the table, according to Brendan Rodgers .
Sterling's representatives are fighting for the best deal for the 20-year-old .
He has been a Liverpool player since leaving QPR in 2010 .
Luke Shaw at Manchester United is on £120... |
fde522ef7556ed1db2a45bca1e9d13765389728a | (CNN) -- Self-help author and speaker James Arthur Ray announced Thursday that he is postponing all of his scheduled events through the end of the year after the deaths of three people in a sweat lodge session he led. "In the days following the terrible accident, I struggled to respond in the right way," Ray wrote on h... | Three people died after spending time in Arizona sweat lodge this month .
James Ray: "I must dedicate all of my ... energies to helping bring some sort of closure"
He is postponing all scheduled events through end of the year .
Law enforcement officials say homicide investigation has begun . |
fde569c3dbc7aa6cdb8a4095e846edb11e5724a9 | By . Sarah Johnson . PUBLISHED: . 14:09 EST, 24 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:45 EST, 25 September 2012 . A baker who stole 11 tons of flour from his employers and sold it on the cheap has avoided jail. Julian Owen, 46, and his accomplice Gary Beswick, 47, responsible for transporting the £3,569-worth of flour, we... | Julian Owen and his accomplice Gary Beswick were handed suspended sentences .
The pair were discovered after Mr Owen went on holiday and the bakery ran short of flour .
They will have to pay £1,750 in compensation and carry out 300 hours of unpaid work . |
fde5e4179379232421c797d2c374aee7b253ca67 | (CNN) -- Thousands of people across the world railed against corporate power, grinding poverty and government cuts Saturday as the Occupy Wall Street movement spread to the streets of Europe, Asia and Australia -- and took a particularly violent turn in Rome. Firefighters battled a blaze at an Interior Ministry buildin... | 70 are injured in Rome clashes .
The predominantly peaceful protests are inspired by Occupy Wall Street .
Julian Assange addresses the crowd in London .
Calls for the protests began on Facebook and Twitter . |
fde5f42bd7492f5c717fe5213887a1b5ae21d172 | By . Richard Arrowsmith . Former Manchester United goalkeeper Peter Schmeichel claims that nothing less than winning the Premier League will be good enough for incoming manager Louis van Gaal next season. The Dutchman is expected to be confirmed as David Moyes' replacement next week and will be tasked with returning th... | Louis van Gaal will target winning the Premier League in his first season at Manchester United, says Peter Schmeichel .
Dutchman is expected to be confirmed as United's next manager next week .
Former goalkeeper has backed the signings of Germany internationals Mats Hummels and Toni Kroos . |
fde6024f3aea2f00fdb6c6447bbb6a0ced28a285 | CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Key Illinois Democratic legislators are circulating a letter urging support for the impeachment of Gov. Rod Blagojevich, who was arrested this week on federal corruption charges relating in part to the selection of President-elect Barack Obama's successor as a U.S. senator. Barack Obama says ... | Illinois legislators circulate letter to garner support for impeachment .
Barack Obama repeats call for Gov. Rod Blagojevich to step down .
President Bush believes the charges against Blagojevich are "astounding"
Illinois attorney general says resigning is "right thing" for governor to do . |
fde6100e2cf5f01d7836a5154a155582318efeb7 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- Nearly a year after surviving a plane crash in South Carolina, disc jockey Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein was found dead in his New York apartment Friday afternoon, his publicist said. He was 36. Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein was one of two people who survived a 2008 plane crash in South Carolina. "The circumstance... | Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein was found unconscious in his apartment .
There is no criminality suspected at this time," police say in statement .
"The circumstances surrounding his death are unclear," Goldstein's publicist says .
He was one of two survivors of a September plane crash in South Carolina . |
fde67d6c5cd1cbbaf8d0ab3143c2320aa023ca33 | Like mother, like daughter, so the saying goes and Jane and Kristy Lowe are certainly proving it to be true. Thier family, from Sheffield, South Yourkshire, had suffered years of heartbreak but it seems their fortunes are finally changing after both mum and daughter landed modeling contracts on the same day. The pair w... | Mother, Jane, 47 was hit by a bus in 2010 and had face reconstructed .
Family suffered a death and husband diagnosed with throat cancer .
Daughter Kristy, 20, was crowned Miss South Yorkshire .
Immediately offered a top modelling contract .
Jane was then scouted in the crowd and also offered a modelling job .
Kristy is... |
fde6e3d1199b3676416899419567d4719c54ef54 | (CNN) -- In designing modern and sustainable buildings in the United Arab Emirates, architects are taking cues from an ancient Arabic design tradition. A high-tech shading system running up the facade of the Al Bahar Towers in Abu Dhabi was inspired by "mashrabiya," latticed screens commonly seen in Islamic architectur... | In the United Arab Emirates, architects are taking cues from an ancient Arabic design tradition.
A shading system on the facade of the Al Bahar Towers was inspired by latticed screens.
The screens are computer-controlled to respond to the sun's movement.
Doha Tower in Qatar, a striking cylindrical building, was designe... |
fde6f3628a05ceff8bfdbb4a66a4b89b5b08a464 | A 34-year-old Julliard graduate leaped to her death from a 16th floor Manhattan apartment Thursday and in the process very nearly took a man passing by on the street below down with her. Samantha Cohn, who made a living as a Pilates instructor, took her own life around 10am. Seconds earlier, 59-year-old Matt Kovary pas... | Samantha Cohn jumped from a building on Manhattan's Upper West Side on Thursday morning and nearly crushed Matt Kovary .
The Julliard graduate was a Pilates instructor with a love of fashion .
Kovary said she fell 'at his feet' and it sounded like 'a loud explosion' |
fde74237c2a2d896ce038ffba2de5d44d6c34039 | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 10:03 EST, 1 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:01 EST, 1 April 2013 . Grieving daughters have been left distraught after their father's wedding ring was apparently stolen from his dead body while he lay in hospital. Police have launched an investigation into the loss of Clive Thatcher's ring f... | Clive Thatcher, 78, died at Bristol Royal Infirmary in February after a fall .
When undertaker collected body his wedding ring had gone missing .
Police and hospital launch investigation into apparent theft . |
fde74f7491d6f2761227c4949b0dddeb9971ac6e | (CNN) -- A federal judge has stayed what would be the nation's first military execution since 1961, saying the U.S. soldier -- who was convicted of rape and murder two decades ago -- should have more time to pursue a federal appeal. Pvt. Ronald Gray has been on the military's death row at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, sinc... | U.S. soldier should have more time to seek federal appeal, judge says .
Pvt. Ronald Gray has been on death row for 20 years .
He was convicted of two murders and other crimes in North Carolina .
Gray had been scheduled for execution December 10 . |
fde776b3fbcd59393f5e19b7699648de33b69363 | By . Tom Mctague, Mail Online Deputy Political Editor . Beautiful parts of the county are being 'gutted' by second home owners pricing young families out of the area, Nick Clegg claimed today. Mr Clegg said parts of the Lake District and the South West were being 'filleted' by wealthy families who were driving up house... | Deputy PM says South West and Lake District face a 'huge problem'
Says young families are being priced out of their home towns .
Reveals he is looking at measures to limit the number of holiday homes .
Clegg has use of a grace-and-favour country home in Kent as Deputy PM .
Lib Dem leader's family also own a luxury ski ... |
fde7dace4d12d8e8a755d4a85218dae2bba1b4a4 | Olympic champion Ian Thorpe has bared his soul in an interview with British journalist Michael Parkinson. Thorpe, who will be part of Network Ten's Commonwealth Games commentary team this month, recently sat down with Parkinson to discuss his career, family and personal life. Australia's most decorated Olympian has jus... | No question was off limits for Parkinson in the tell all interview .
Thorpe has just overcome an illness that almost cost him his arm .
'He has always been on my list to interview,' Parkinson says .
The swimmer has one bronze, three silver and five gold Olympic medals . |
fde80ab3da0395ab03676603d097c9f8203c9c80 | Director Cameron Crowe's latest star-studded film isn't due out until May and it's already being deemed a flop by Sony Pictures executives, hacked emails reveal. The romantic comedy - which still doesn't have a title - has big Hollywood names attached. It stars Bradley Cooper as a military contractor who falls in love ... | Cameron Crowe's new film is due out in May, but in a hacked email, Sony exec Amy Pascal predicated it would flop .
Pascal's email says the film fared poorly with test audiences .
The as-yet-unnamed romantic comedy stars Bradley Cooper and Emma Stone - but also features Rachel McAdams, Alec Baldwin and Bill Murray . |
fde8933f2f77b66924e13554fe6a6b5e2fc25257 | Alan Pardew has told Arsenal fans to lay off Arsene Wenger and believes they should be grateful for all he has done at the club. The Newcastle boss insists that only Sir Alex Ferguson has achieved more in the Premier League era because Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho ‘hasn’t done enough yet’. Pardew goes so far as to say... | Newcastle boss Pardew says Wenger is the second best manager in Premier League history .
Sir Alex Ferguson gets Pardew's vote as top boss, while Jose Mourinho 'hasn't done enough yet'
Pardew was shocked at the abuse Wenger received from furious fans at Stoke station after Arsenal's loss at the Britannia .
'The incident... |
fde912e8d7f5ec9ecc0e463416e45f27fdb0ecb0 | London (CNN) -- In 2011 the Italian movie Habemus Papam depicted a pope struggling with his own conscience, who takes the outrageous decision of stepping down. The fact that this event took place Monday in Rome went probably well beyond everyone's imagination. Pope Benedict's resignation was unexpected and it struck It... | Tentori says religious tourism is generally characterized by big numbers but low expenditures .
The Pope's resignation was unexpected and struck Italy like a bolt out of the blue, writes Tentori .
The tourism industry, one of the most important assets for Italy, is not immune from the crisis . |
fde91645c9fdc8162c03c7053d4511802673a306 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A drug used as a cancer treatment has been found to slow the progression of a fatal lung disease significantly. Scientists from Southampton General Hospital discovered that nintedanib makes a dramatic difference to idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis (IPF). The condition, which affects mainly men a... | 5,000 people are diagnosed with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis each year .
People diagnosed with IPF have a life expectancy of between three and five years .
Nintedanib has been shown by researchers to slow the disease progression . |
fde918818c29a17e41da92b63ea2e383fecfb993 | By . Nazia Parveen and Rebecca Camber . Last updated at 11:16 PM on 13th February 2012 . Attack: Gary Hindley, 56, leaves Thames Magistrates' Court today after being given a 12-week suspended sentence . The parents of a six-year-old girl who lost her ear when she was savaged by a dog reacted with fury yesterday after i... | Gary Hindley, 56, given a 12-week suspended jail sentence .
Staffordshire Bull Terrier will be destroyed after mauling girl who was visiting park to test out a new telescope .
Parents desperately tried to fight dog off as it attacked child in front of her three-year-old brother . |
fde95e75d88ac9ef90343e5362bd2c48df22660c | By . Richard Spillett for MailOnline . Crowds watched in horror as an escapologist misjudged his act, leaving him dangling upside down by a single burning rope. Antony Britton was wriggling out of a strait-jacket suspended by burning ropes during a performance in Bradford, West Yorkshire when the accident happened. The... | Daredevil Antony Britton planned the risky stunt for a charity event .
He was set to escape from strait-jacket suspended from burning ropes .
But strong winds meant the ropes burned more quickly than expected .
Mr Britton was left with burns and dislocated shoulder but is unfazed . |
fde983f1a51d42199b54b469881673f489808c69 | (CNN) -- The MotoGP race due to be held in Japan next month has been postponed until later in the year in the aftermath of Friday's earthquake and tsunami. The 9.0-magnitude quake caused cracks on the track and damaged spectator seats at the circuit in Motegi, to the north of Tokyo. In a statement on their official we... | After Friday's earthquake and tsunami the MotoGP race in Japan is postponed .
Although not serious, there was some damage to the race track in Motegi .
Second year in a row race has been re-scheduled after volcanic ash crisis in 2010 .
Japanese round of world motorbike championship will now be held on October 2 . |
fde98cbab90dfd1ce204f23fca10f601501b89ce | California users of STD dating site PositiveSingles will receive a total of $16.5 million in damages after the site shared their personal information despite the promise of confidentiality, authorities say. The verdict was rendered in the amount of approximately $15 million in punitive damages and $1.5 million of compe... | PositiveSingles, a dating site marketed toward those with STD's, must pay $16.5 million in damages .
It funneled user information to a single database making it available to almost anyone .
PositiveSingles' parent site, SuccessfulMatch, distributed user information to sites like MeetBlackPOZ, ChristianSafeHaven, AidsDa... |
fde9b21616f14e8a18e01afb97940bfba189f6e4 | (CNN Student News) -- March 23, 2012 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . France . Abu Dhabi . Wisconsin . Click here to access the transcript of today's CNN Student News program. Please note that there may be a delay between the time when the video is available and when the transcript is published. | The daily transcript is a written version of each day's CNN Student News program .
Use this transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary .
Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
fde9b33ff00fe46206cb668de390f2dd17f79fa2 | An environmental advocacy group backed by hedge fund tycoon Tom Steyer is set to unleash a seven-state, $100 million offensive against Republican "science deniers" this year, a no-holds-barred campaign-style push from the green billionaire that could help decide which party controls the Senate and key statehouses come ... | Billionaire's environmental group is targeting Senate, governors' races .
Focus is on races with contrast between pro-environment vs. "anti-science" candidates .
Critics accuse Tom Steyer of hypocrisy, saying he made his money on fossil fuels . |
fdea794d5eff76c9c4af5f535c0ee602a5ef23b0 | Washington (CNN) -- Microsoft and Google are getting help from other tech companies in their fight to release more information about government surveillance orders, which companies say is their First Amendment right to provide. On Monday, Microsoft and Google were joined by Yahoo and Facebook in asking the Foreign Inte... | Microsoft, Google seek OK to tell customers what information NSA has gotten .
Yahoo, Facebook join request before Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court .
Companies say not reporting the information violates First Amendment rights . |
fdeaa52ddbf6ef0f552d3b2e150593428771a862 | Though melanoma and other skin cancers are some of the most common in older people, it is extremely rare to see them in toddlers. But Matt and Michelle Prebble found out the hard way it can still occur, when their two-year-old daughter Frankie was diagnosed with a melanoma. 'Everyone was in shock,' Michelle told Daily... | Frankie Prebble was diagnosed with a melanoma in April of this year .
Her parents took her to the doctor when they noticed a red spot on her arm .
Frankie underwent two surgeries to remove the melanoma .
She now undergoes regularly and rigorous tests and scans .
Matt and Michelle Prebble were shocked by the rare diagno... |
fdeb173b5059f5542e360c1feb315d4d25c34f1c | Everton manager Roberto Martinez hailed Romelu Lukaku as being 'back to his best' after the striker convincingly won his heavyweight contest with Manchester City's £32million defender Eliaquim Mangala on points. Lukaku, criticised this season for some lacklustre performances, was too quick and strong for his rival on a... | Everton drew 1-1 with Manchester City at Goodison Park on Saturday .
Roberto Martinez said that striker Romelu Lukaku was back to his best .
The Belgium international got the better of City defender Eliaquim Mangala .
The pair cost their clubs a combined £60m (Lukaku £28m, Mangala £32m) |
fdeb1ac8be563f2857d152b9ea9d1658b1320654 | HOOVER, Alabama (CNN) -- Nine-year-old Kyle Graddy looked out across a minor league baseball diamond for the first time in his life and pondered the possibility of his own death. Kyle Graddy, who has a peanut allergy, enjoys his first pro baseball game. Exposure to peanuts can be deadly for Kyle, who took advantage of ... | Kids with deadly food allergies enjoy rare peanut-free ballpark .
At least 120 people die each year in the United States from peanut allergies .
Food allergies are becoming more prevalent worldwide, CDC says .
Doctors developing theories to explain increasing prevalence of food allergies . |
fdeb23c8c07d89ea0763992a6e26683c27d99d27 | CCTV images capture the moment a public-spirited van driver pulls over for police motorcyclists - only to face punishment for straying into a bus lane. Daniel Wiggins pulled in to allow five police motorcycle-riders to pass as he drove his Peugeot van through south-west London earlier this year. But he was left stunned... | Daniel Wiggins allowed the cavalcade to pass him in south-west London .
He was fined for driving in the bus lane, but didn't receive letter about action .
Painter-decorator only found out about the issue when he was clamped .
Authorities told him he would have to pay £512 savings to keep his vehicle .
Council finally a... |
fdeb507572aefc3ccff123e5c2d438b3c07c50e9 | (EW.com ) -- Is this the face of a beautiful prima ballerina who burns for her beautiful brother — and yearns for revenge against her equally beautiful mother? Lifetime thinks so. EW can confirm that 26-year-old Rose McIver will star as Cathy in "Petals on the Wind," the network's upcoming sequel to its hit adaptation ... | McIver will star as Cathy in "Petals on the Wind"
The Lifetime film is the sequel to their version of "Flowers in the Attic"
Heather Graham and Ellen Burstyn will return in the sequel . |
fdeb532beaa3d5260fa53fc61290d82cb54e0ce3 | (CNN)Boko Haram's murderous tactics have descended to a new barbaric low. Last Saturday, a bomb strapped to a schoolgirl exploded in the center of Maiduguri in Borno state, killing at least 20 people. Then, on Sunday, two girls simultaneously blew themselves up in a market in Potiskum in Yobe state, killing three and i... | Gordon Brown: Boko Haram's tactics have hit a new barbaric low .
Boko Haram's abuse of children is growing more vicious, he says . |
fdebbd142cd403070f9e7962c90cd6fd5128c99a | (CNN) -- The arrest and strip-search of Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade, accused of visa fraud, has sparked questions about the complex, murky system of diplomatic immunity. "There's a lot of subjectivity on this stuff," says CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin. Khobragade's lawyer, Daniel Arshack, says his client is e... | U.S. authorities accuse Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade of visa fraud .
Her consular immunity does not cover this kind of crime, the U.S. says .
Her attorney argues that she has diplomatic immunity .
There's "a lot of subjectivity" on such matters, CNN legal analyst says . |
fdebc1c87e5ed29a22418d16b6536916c8f2e94e | A football mascot has lost his job after nearly two decades - because he became 'too thin' after losing weight to combat type 2 diabetes. Lenny Berry, 59, has dressed up in character for Bradford City FC since 1994. But after he shed seven stone bosses told him his figure ‘no longer matched the original concept’ of th... | Lenny Berry, 59, has been the mascot 'City Gent' since 1994 .
He dropped from 17 stone to 10 stone after being diagnosed with diabetes .
Was told that he 'no longer matched the original concept' of the mascot known as the 'City Gent' that wears a bowler hat and carries a briefcase .
Was offered a Sumo suit but refused ... |
fdebd3b76b2151473b79bfd5ecb917cc70210d62 | Editor's note: Bryan Batt, who plays the closeted art director Salvatore Romano in the Emmy award-winning cable TV series "Mad Men," has acted in nine Broadway and nine Off-Broadway productions, such as "Sunset Boulevard," "Beauty and the Beast," "Jeffrey" and "Starlight Express." Batt, who is 45, has been acting for 2... | Actor Bryan Batt, who's openly gay, plays a closeted man in TV series "Mad Men"
Homophobia that still exists in Hollywood is based on what will sell, Batt says .
He believes positive, interesting portrayals of gays and lesbians are beneficial . |
fdec36fadc705c047bdf8d98d5bf24e5b6d51012 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 05:25 EST, 30 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:04 EST, 30 July 2013 . Former Labour minister Denis MacShane has had his court case for fiddling his expenses delayed until after his summer holiday, it emerged today. Magistrates said they were 'mystified' by the ... | Former Europe minister has been charged with false accounting .
CPS has decided there was 'sufficient evidence' to proceed against him .
Magistrates left 'mystified' by decision to delay case until September . |
fdec5b4dbe010ba269c9bf0fd61223841c678f6a | Iraqi families have paid as much as £1,200 to secure the safe release of their sons, who were being held captive after ISIS militants decided pigeon breeding was un-Islamic. The militants released a dozen men, aged between 16 and 22, who were taken from their homes in the eastern province of Diyala earlier this week. T... | ISIS militants reportedly captured 15 pigeon breeders in Diyala, Iraq .
Security official claims that three of men - aged 16 to 22 - have been killed .
Families paid ransoms in money and jewellery to secure sons' release .
Extremists said to have taken bird breeders as it is 'against Islamic region' |
fded046ccb5954adf3f332a772d5fc96a2091294 | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 06:53 EST, 28 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:12 EST, 28 November 2013 . When your local pub is refurbished you might expect a few new leather chairs, polished bar and a lick of paint. So former regulars of the Red Lion in Mayfair might be surprised to see it now has an indoor swimming po... | Red Lion pub shut down in 2009 and the whole building was demolished apart from the facade .
It has now been turned into a luxury family home and has gone on the market for £25million .
The house boasts and underground swimming pool and gym and is clad in delicate aluminium leaves . |
fded32ab942ed12a9dc74fa26328e03b0e9160ee | By . Liz Hull, Rosie Taylor and Emily Allen . PUBLISHED: . 12:06 EST, 22 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:04 EST, 24 July 2012 . Dressed in period costume, seven-year-old Karl Doran is pictured at the museum where he was crushed to death. The youngster died after falling from the trailer of a steam-powered traction engine... | Karl Doran, from Darlington, fell from the trailer of a steam powered traction engine at Beamish museum .
He suffered serious head injuries and died at the scene while his father was treated for shock . |
fdeda3b3cce486b52708844299cd7a0ff4820472 | By . Claire Ellicott . PUBLISHED: . 19:12 EST, 11 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:34 EST, 13 February 2013 . Factsheet: The RSPCA has a factsheet advising families to put out scraps of food in the garden to feed hungry foxes. But experts have desccribed the advice as 'irresponsible' Experts have condemned the RSPCA a... | RSPCA leaflet 'Living with foxes' is designed to be printed off the internet .
It says that providing food to foxes 'could give you a chance to watch them'
The advice is available despite a fox attack on a baby in Bromley this week .
Experts have condemned the RSPCA as 'very irresponsible' |
fdedb6e8573118febc381855c50804f8749f4a2d | Two riders have been disqualified from the Vuelta a Espana after an astonishing altercation in which they traded blows from their bikes during an uphill climb. Russian Ivan Rovny and Italian Gianluca Brambilla had been involved in an early breakaway during the pivotal 160.5km stage 16 from San Martin del Rey Aurelio to... | Ivan Rovny and Gianluca Brambilla came to blows from their saddles during the 16th stage of the Vuelta a Espana .
Simmering tensions boiled over on an uphill section with about 40km to go .
Both riders were disqualified from the race .
Alberto Contador won the stage ahead of Briton Chris Froome . |
fdeddc9dccc27c59d7afc2b0756060ba02d3cc9d | (CNN)The suspected Islamist terrorists who had a shootout with police on Thursday in Verviers, Belgium, have ties to ISIS-linked cells in other European countries, a senior Belgian counterterrorism source told CNN on Friday. The two suspects who died in the shootout are believed to have fought with ISIS in Syria, the s... | Officials believe this is a new strategy from ISIS to organize attacks on nations in airstrike coalition .
Counterterrorism official tells CNN that terrorists killed in Belgium raid had ties to ISIS .
U.S. sources tell CNN that they knew of planned attacks and shared information with Belgians . |
fdee129a89a72a8dc6eb4e820a4db22523a7015c | By . Sarah Michael . and Louise Cheer . Melbourne's Crown Casino is chasing a Chinese VIP gambler who lost almost $8 million over two weeks. James Packer-owned Crown has initiated action in the Supreme Court of Victoria to get back its money from Zhao Li, who has allegedly neglected to pay back the millions he splurged... | Melbourne's Crown Casino lawyers filed Supreme Court action on Friday .
Chinese national Zhao Li splurged millions over 13 days in 2011 .
The casino extended his credit by millions of dollars on multiple days .
Court documents say debt has gone unpaid despite 'repeated requests' |
fdee1fda9011a59ecf249ef911635b30f49d120e | Violent crime in the United States fell for the fifth consecutive year in 2011 with murder, rape and robbery all going down, although crime remains a serious problem in many urban areas, the FBI said on Monday. The report of all crimes reported to police nationwide showed slightly more than 1.2 million violent incident... | Crime still falling from 1990s peak but decreasing at slower rate, expert said .
Murder, rape, and robbery decline in 2011, property crime hits nine-year low .
Violent crime remains a problem in many urban areas, according to FBI statistics .
Murders decline slightly year-over-year, but down sharply from a decade ago . |
fdee27e0cdd1f3e58eeb94d1975364018b19eb29 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Defense Secretary Robert Gates said missile strikes in Pakistan will continue in an effort to root out al Qaeda members. Robert Gates testifies Tuesday before a Senate panel. He was wearing bandages from surgery he had on his arm. Gates spoke to the Senate Armed Services Committee in his first comme... | Defense secretary says efforts to root out al Qaeda in Pakistan will continue .
Robert Gates says greatest military challenge is Afghanistan .
Two more brigades planned for Afghanistan by spring, a third by summer, he says .
Gates says military working on range of options for withdrawing troops from Iraq . |
fdee7699ad58f7d24bb9e1a455f078cc5d8570e8 | By . James Salmon . PUBLISHED: . 13:06 EST, 10 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:50 EST, 11 February 2013 . Changes: Barclays boss Antony Jenkins is to scrap the company's tax avoidance unit in a bid to move away from the bank's scandal-hit past . Barclays is to shut down a controversial unit used to slash tax bills in... | Antony Jenkins is to announce the moves on Tuesday .
They are an attempt to move the bank away from its scandal-hit past .
The bank's annual results will also be released . |
fdeeb0f5552821e204466b66d427788b6a44dfcc | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 05:01 EST, 14 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:53 EST, 14 September 2012 . A Good Samaritan who saved a stranger was surprised to find that he had in fact done it before eight years previously. Christopher Manacci had stopped to help Gerald Gronowski and his 15-year-old son with their fl... | Christopher Manacci saved Gerald Gronowski twice in a decade .
Eight years ago the nurse practitioner surgically removed a fishhook from Mr Gronowski's hand .
This time a lucky parking saved both their lives . |
fdef114a36a3dd310f93153aa630488d666544a2 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 05:09 EST, 7 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 05:24 EST, 7 February 2014 . British expats living abroad would get their own MP under Liberal Democrat plans to make the Commons ‘fairer’. Nick Clegg’s party has drawn up proposals for vast overseas constituencies... | Nick Clegg's party to draw up plans for seats like other EU countries .
Lib Dems also want voting at 16 and two people be an MP as a job share . |
fdef39f086f1f0cd03f5930cf7e289b40bcc1261 | A British skier has fallen hundreds of metres to his death in the French Alps. The man in his mid-30s was descending the north face of the Tour Ronde in the French Alps when it's thought he lost one of his ski's and slid down a 'couloir' - a narrow gully with a steep gradient. He was skiing down Mont Blanc - near Chamo... | He allegedly lost one of his skis descending the Tour Ronde's north face .
Dangerous section of Mont Blanc is reserved for most experienced skiers .
He died after sliding down a 'couloir' - a narrow gully with a steep gradient .
Avalanches and other accidents in Alps have killed at least 10 this season . |
fdef56851d5a77f907cb7328ce6b13300b78e7d9 | (CNN) -- Troops in the southern Philippines early Sunday took advantage of martial law to hunt down those believed responsible for last week's killings there. President Gloria Macapagal Arroyo declared martial law in the southern province of Maguindanao after 57 people were killed in politically motivated violence. Maj... | Searchers make arrests, recover arms from a clan implicated in massacre .
Martial law follows killings of 57 last week in Maguindanao province .
Several members of powerful Ampatuan political family detained .
Datu Unsay Mayor Andal Ampatuan Jr. directed killings, authorities say . |
fdf0c29c5bd68f0125289786a114c03b7ea7a48c | (EW.com) -- We're not messing with you: ABC is canceling "Mind Games." Effective immediately, the freshman drama series starring Christian Slater and Steve Zahn as psychologically manipulative problem solvers will be pulled from the network's schedule. Repeats of Sunday night freshman drama "Resurrection" will air the ... | The freshman drama has been pulled .
It has not performed well in the ratings .
It's Slater's fourth show since 2008 . |
fdf10b71b62018e3bf24b8d3bad1a95f444d2592 | (CNN)Grammy-award winning rapper Macklemore and fiancée Tricia Davis are expecting their first child in May, the couple announced Saturday. The couple shared the news in a YouTube video after rumors surfaced Friday of the pregnancy in gossip column Page Six. "Today the media speculated about some big news in our life. ... | Macklemore and fiancée Tricia Davis expecting first child in May .
Video shows personal moments in ultrasound room . |
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