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fdf136531c99b7429ab09023a7145a4ae4436cd9 | Former Tottenham star David Ginola is planning to challenge Sepp Blatter for the presidency of football's world governing body FIFA with a campaign launch planned for Friday in London. But whether the 47-year-old Frenchman has any realistic chance of getting the support he needs even to enter the race - let alone becom... | David Ginola set to announce at press conference on Friday that he is entering the race to become FIFA president .
The Frenchman will become the third candidate to announce he is standing after Jerome Champagne and Prince Ali Bin Al Hussein .
Ginloa must now prove to FIFA he has the support of five national association... |
fdf1db2ecdde70bb19773cf9cc0f1c3eb1481212 | By . Helen Pow, Helen Collis and Lydia Warren . PUBLISHED: . 23:51 EST, 19 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:19 EST, 20 September 2013 . A three-year-old boy is among 13 people who were shot after gunmen opened fire on a Chicago park on Thursday night. Shots rang out around 10.15pm and appeared to target a basketball ... | Gunfire broke out around 10.15pm Thursday and apparently targeted a basketball court in the Back of the Yards neighborhood .
13 people between the ages of three and 41 suffered gunshot wounds .
No suspects were in custody on Thursday night but police said they believed the shooting was gang related . |
fdf32638ef6f6839d02790cc81285a031dc12198 | As rage letters go, they don't come much more furious than the epistle sent to an Australian airline by a passenger seated next to a man as big as 'an infant hippopotamus' and who smelled like 'blue cheese' and a 'Mumbai slum'. Traveller Rich Wisken wrote on a blog that he paid an extra $A25 (£13.50) for an exit row se... | Traveller Rich Wisken said he paid an extra $A25 (£13.50) for exit row seat .
He was flying from Perth to Sydney and wanted more room .
But he found himself seated beside an obese man . |
fdf32daade10381b684ed0bfa8833708b4819a53 | A mother-of-two lost nine stone after being told she was too fat to have surgery on her varicose veins. Tracy Cairns, 43, had the bulging veins all over her legs and was desperate to get them removed as they were so painful and unsightly. At over 19 stone, she also suffered several other health problems including diabe... | Tracy Cairns, 43, was desperate to get the painful, unsightly veins removed .
But at 19 stone, doctors said she was too overweight to undergo surgery .
Comment spurred her on to lose weight and she shed 9st over three years .
Says: 'I was oblivious to how big I was - I can't believe I got so fat'
Now a size 10 and has ... |
fdf394107758fb111a62b7a2925120f4dcb88e01 | By . Sean O'hare . PUBLISHED: . 13:12 EST, 23 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:45 EST, 23 November 2012 . These are the amazing models of animals that are so intricate they can sell for up to £2,200 - despite being made of just paper. Bernard Peyton, 62, has been making origami creatures for the last 53 years after be... | Bernard Peyton, 62, has been making origami creatures for last 53 years .
His most expensive work sold for £2,200 . |
fdf3c7361ecad1a0e6e2ba06198ce28b6de8fcdb | By . Stuart Woledge . PUBLISHED: . 12:31 EST, 11 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:25 EST, 11 September 2013 . Tragedy: Rhiannon Priestley was hit by 10 vehicles while trying to get help after a crash . A young woman survived a horror car crash only to be tragically killed when she was hit by up to 10 vehicles while t... | Rhiannon Priestley, 20, lost control of her car on the M4 last October .
She veered off the road and down the verge before crashing into a tree .
Half an hour later she appeared back on the road looking disorientated .
She was struck by two passing cars and run over by at least eight others .
Records show she may have ... |
fdf4d64a309e93c606ea718fff9306b2e39c2f55 | (CNN) -- Mourners flooded social media with messages of grief following the death of Brittany Maynard, who took her own life Saturday in the face of a debilitating brain cancer. "Happy to see that Brittany Maynard ended her journey in the dignified way she'd hoped to. RIP," tweeted Austin Wintory, typical of the majori... | Brittany Maynard, a death-with-dignity advocate, took her own life Saturday .
People mourning Maynard filled social media with expressions of grief .
A woman with a similar brain cancer writes that she'd never consider suicide .
Reddit poster says assisted suicide critics display "ignorance of science and medicine" |
fdf5128ffc1e7cb80887c0224f95e0958312b7bd | By . Charles Sale . West Ham striker Andy Carroll received a bigger shock than his harsh sending off against Swansea when he returned to the Upton Park dressing room...Sky Sports News’ glamorous presenter Charlie Webster was in the ice bath! An exhausted Webster had been given full use of the Hammers physio and treatme... | Andy Carroll walks in on Charlie Webster in an ice bath after getting sent off for West Ham .
Webster had completed a 250-mile charity run for Women's Aid .
Gary Neville writes his final column for Mail on Sunday .
Stuart Lancaster happy to continue with post Six Nations banquets . |
fdf5345feaf7bf6ca7b6f9adb8a7e8c7be62def8 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:41 EST, 12 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 20:33 EST, 12 March 2014 . A federal judge Wednesday dismissed charges against a diplomat whose New York arrest and strip search spurred an international flap. A ruling filed today said Devyani Khobragade, India's former deputy consul-gen... | Devyani Khobragade left the US in January after being charged with visa fraud in trying to obtain a work visa for her NYC housekeeper .
Her husband, a US citizen, and two daughters - aged seven and four - remain in New York .
Federal judge ruled Wednesday that the 39-year-old embassy official had diplomatic immunity at... |
fdf5df8dc84ccb8e34c4e30ab71d4a7259ff748b | A former girlfriend of George Soros had her civil case against the billionaire businessman thrown out after a sudden outburst in court on Thursday. Adriana Ferreyr, 31, had filed a $50million lawsuit against the 84-year-old after the two split in 2011, saying he had given away a $1.9million apartment promised to her to... | Adriana Ferreyr, the ex-girlfriend of billionaire George Soros, had her $50million lawsuit against him throw out in court on Thursday .
This after she 'lunged at his attorney and ripped a file full of court papers out of his hands'
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Debra James called her behavior 'contemptuous' as she di... |
fdf611ccb8f05232148ba9b5b430578eee56c746 | Grateful Dead frontman Jerry Garcia's guitar may help solve a 24-year-old homicide case of an unidentified woman dubbed the 'Tiger Lady' for the signature tattoo on her left leg. New Jersey State Police recently released sketches of the crude tiger tattoo in November, and immediately started receiving a flurry of tips ... | A woman was found dead on the side of a New Jersey road in October 1991, with a tiger tattoo on her left leg .
Police released a sketch of the tattoo last month, and received tips showing the similarity to a design on Jerry Garcia's guitar .
The Grateful Dead were playing a series of nine shows around the time that the... |
fdf65d1a0596d79a938879990a79f04dc831b865 | (CNN) -- Martin Luther King Jr. fought and died so blacks would no longer be viewed as inferior but rather enjoy the same inherent rights given to whites in America. Yet in 2014, 50 years since the passage of the Civil Rights Act, the West View News thinks it's appropriate to publish a story about our first black presi... | Crystal Wright says the use of the n-word to describe the President was reprehensible .
An 86 year-old writer used the term in a recent headline in a New York newspaper .
In 1977, Wright's family was refused admission into an all-white country club . |
fdf6972d17f11f053238a5454e2baf028f8950e4 | A prankster has registered a x-rated website domain in the name of a married Texas Republican congressman. Father-of-two Blake Farenthold is supposedly signed up for the address 'Blow-me.org', according to the internet database Whoisology. The email address and telephone number on the listing links back to the Tea Par... | Blake Farenthold is supposedly signed up for 'Blow-me.org'
Phone number and email address linked to his election campaign .
Has represented Texas' 27th congressional district since 2011 .
In 2010 he was photographed wearing pyjamas next to a lingerie model . |
fdf6f4b1c479bc5a762e17609823d8d27d1e6c03 | By . Emma Glanfield . These incredible pictures reveal the stunning yet stark contrast between the bright lights of London and the peaceful tranquility of the English countryside. Italian-born photographer Alessio Andreani, who now lives in London, has spent weeks capturing iconic images of some of the most famous land... | Italian-born photographer Alessio Andreani, 26, has photographed some of London's most famous landmarks .
Images include the Houses of Parliament, Shard, St Paul's Cathedral, Millennium Bridge and Battersea Power Station .
The landscape photographer, who now lives in London, has also spent time shooting the rugged coas... |
fdf6f6e3496e469a80527b918e3fe10d954a0017 | By . Helen Pow . Charged: Qawmane Wilson, 24, pictured, has been charged with murder and home invasion in the September 2012 death of his mother, Yolanda Holmes, 45, who was a well-known owner of a beauty salon . A Chicago man is accused of plotting his mother's murder to get access to $90,000 of savings and her two li... | Qawmane Wilson, 24, has been charged with murder and home invasion in the September 2012 death of his mother, Yolanda Holmes .
Holmes was a well-known owner of a beauty salon in Uptown Chicago .
Wilson's friends Eugene Spencer, 22, and Loriana Johnson, 23, are also charged in the slaying .
Prosecutors say Spencer kille... |
fdf72382055fb0aa43d23c3b66833948c3d45054 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 04:53 EST, 11 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:56 EST, 11 June 2013 . A teenage girl has been arrested for baring all at a Catholic school to take revenge on the bullies who were 'mean' to her there. Valerie Dodds, 19, decided she wanted to pursue a career in adult entertainment but was moc... | Valerie Dodds, 19, wanted to pursue a career in adult entertainment .
But classmates at her Catholic school in Nebraska made fun of her .
So, Miss Dodds returned to video herself naked wearing just a crucifix . |
fdf73217bbbb427c36cc49016acec377dba82b49 | After Vic Huo graduated from fashion design school in 2007, she landed four jobs as an apparel designer for Chinese brands. The first three jobs, she quit. At her last job, she was fired. Huo's career problems stem largely from the fact that she says her bosses encouraged her to more or less copy international designs ... | China's fashion industry is expanding at a rapid pace .
But for grassroots designers the landscape remains largely difficult .
Many say they struggle to create original concepts that embody modern Chinese style . |
fdf7427541d5cff549f8733a1f21ac152731fb62 | Vicente del Bosque claimed Spain were entering a 'new era' after their first competitive game since a hugely disappointing World Cup. Goals from Sergio Ramos, Pedro, David Silva, Sergio Busquets and debutant Paco Alcacer gave Spain a comfortable 5-1 victory over Macedonia in their opening European Championships qualifi... | Spain beat Macedonia 5-1 in European Championships qualifier .
Vicente del Bosque claims it is the beginning of a new era .
Former Juventus boss Antonio Conte set for competitive debut for Italy . |
fdf79c691e81983ff5624f0135ddfabf26c7c6c2 | (CNN) -- A silver cup presented to the Greek winner of the marathon at the first modern Olympics in Athens in 1896 has sold for a record £541,000 ($860,000) at auction in London. It is the highest price paid for a piece of Olympic memorabilia, with the sale at Christie's over in a matter of minutes with the bids leapin... | A silver cup presented at the first modern Olympic Games has sold for £541,000 .
Sale at Christie's in London sets new record price for a piece of Olympic memorabilia .
Cup was presented to Greek athlete Spyros Louis, who won marathon at 1896 Games .
A Greek foundation wins the auction and cup will go on show in Athens... |
fdf7a6171f1c9b8ffa98842c96e8235f2da19c1f | (CNN) -- A 32-year-old man from Twin Falls, Idaho, has been charged with solicitation of rape and burglary after posting an advertisement on Craigslist seeking a man to enter his home and rape his wife, according to a Twin Falls County Court affidavit. The husband admitted to having sent e-mails to Michael Combs asking... | Ad was posted in the "Casual Encounters" section of Craigslist .
Wife holds alleged would-be rapist at gunpoint .
The husband is being held on $100,000 bond . |
fdf7b3c5f918c7b25e091d8e15bfd9bbe06037e5 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 21:14 EST, 3 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:15 EST, 3 April 2013 . A Montana federal judge who sent a racist email about President Obama and his deceased mother from his work email last year says he will now retire only days after an investigation was ordered. U.S. District Judge... | District Judge Richard Cebull forwarded an .
email in 2012 that contained a joke comparing interracial .
relationships to bestiality .
Cebull had announced he would step down as chief circuit judge and take a .
reduced caseload but now says he will retire days after an investigation was ordered . |
fdf7da24bbfb6800415ad1d2f79133947e2ff762 | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 12:42 EST, 2 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:11 EST, 2 August 2012 . Sliced and diced: Study say takeaway pizzas are not value for money . Britons feel they get the least value for money when purchasing birthday cards, takeaway pizzas and stamps whilst one in four cannot stand having to fo... | Best value for money included milk, kettles and 69p iPhone apps .
Britons feel ripped off by takeaway pizzas, birthday cards and wine and beer in pubs .
Everyday bills such as gas, water and electricity are the most hated 'ways of spending money' |
fdf86156cfe409e4fed4c8c93d6881da2ae526a3 | (CNN) -- Real Madrid head coach Jose Mourinho claims it was in referee Paradas Romero's "nature" to send him to the stands during Wednesday's 5-1 Copa del Rey win over Real Murcia. Mourinho was protesting a 37th-minute yellow card given to Mali midfielder Mahamadou Diarra when Romero adjudged him to have overstepped th... | Jose Mourinho hits back at referee after being sent off during Madrid's win over Murcia .
Coach was dismissed by Paradas Romero after protesting official's decision .
Mourinho says Romero has a history of handing out yellow cards .
First "Clasico" of season between Real and Barcelona moved due to Catalan elections . |
fdf86392d175b068f31fe3cfba312a110e27e597 | She may be taller than the average woman at 5ft 8in but the Duchess of York looked minuscule as she posed for a selfie with two of her biggest fans in New York yesterday. Prince Andrew's former wife was stopped by identical twins Mike and Ray, who rap under the name the Filthy Brothers and The Twin Towers, outside the ... | Duchess stopped by giant fans outside SiriusXM studios in Manhattan .
Despite being 5ft 8in, she looked minuscule beside her two admirers .
She's a regular in New York since daughter Eugenie moved to city last year .
Yesterday, she faced criticism for linking top university to diet plan . |
fdf87aeced555dbaaa70da5adb0633f9c1002f78 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:12 EST, 18 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:20 EST, 18 May 2013 . Newly published research suggests that one of the main reasons people enjoy smoking marijuana is because it helps them combat intense feelings of social exclusion. Rather than simply getting high for the heck of it,... | Tests by researchers at the University of Kentucky found cannabis can act as a buffer against feelings of negative self-worth and poor mental health . |
fdf8b373b69ddf0856e76414bb7adc65cd87e92f | (LifeWire) -- At Sara Champion's previous job as a project engineer for one of the country's top construction firms, visible tattoos for professional staff were against company policy. Sarah Champion's former employer told her that she had to conceal her tattoos while at work. She found this ironic -- not to mention fr... | Report: 24 percent of Americans ages 18 to 50 have at least one tattoo .
Some companies have policies that require employees to conceal body art .
Curious about a company's policy? Visit the parking lot -- see how they dress . |
fdf8bb35daade34fd8cadabb5b207d57803507d7 | By . Claire Bates . A young mother-to-be who developed agonising blisters all over her body was shocked to discover she had a rare allergy to her own baby. Zuleika Closs, 26, developed a burning, itchy rash all over her body when she was 20 weeks pregnant with her son Emmanuel. The mother, from Falmouth, Cornwall, said... | Zuleika developed a burning, itchy rash when she was 20 weeks pregnant .
She was wrongly diagnosed with scabies and prescribed an insecticide .
It wasn't until she gave birth that a locum doctor realised she had an auto-immune pregnancy disorder . |
fdf90399e785e433c1f78798ce8c10c6ac960a05 | By . Chris Hastings . PUBLISHED: . 16:21 EST, 13 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:21 EST, 13 October 2012 . As a Hollywood legend, Shirley MacLaine could have been forgiven for expecting a wardrobe of new tailor-made costumes when she joined Downton Abbey. But the Oscar-winning star made her debut in the hit ITV show i... | The Oscar-winning actress made her debut on ITV's hit show wearing a coat that had already appeared in three other television shows in 20 years . |
fdf9606a6f7b9315ce939d2012d4ddaa240c8040 | Nevada Democrat Harry Reid's party took a beating in the November elections, and now he has the bruises to show it. Reid, who will switch from majority leader to minority leader this weekend, broke some ribs and facial bones on Thursday while he was exercising at his home in the Las Vegas suburb of Henderson. His Senat... | Reid was treated and kept overnight at a Nevada hospital .
'A piece of equipment Senator Reid was using to exercise broke, causing him to fall,' his office said .
Reid dislocated shoulder and bumped his head in a 2011 jogging slip-and-fall when he leaned on a wet car and tumbled to the ground .
Also sustained minor inj... |
fdf995f920f60f4d55f41d917479708b7c8b5e02 | (CNN) -- Unsteady cables and stronger-than-expected winds added drama, but Nik Wallenda's high-wire walk above a Florida highway looked like a walk in the park Tuesday. The 600-foot stroll was on a cable strung 180 feet above U.S. Highway 41 along the Sarasota, Florida, bay front. The 34-year-old, who hails from multip... | NEW: Nik Wallenda was not wearing a safety tether, and no net was below him .
NEW: Thousands watched the 600-foot-long high-wire walk in Sarasota, Florida .
He garnered headlines last year by walking across Niagara Falls .
Wallenda is the first person in recent history to cross over the actual falls . |
fdf9a6e64b9d041a3a0640a28b430e23c11249f6 | Liverpool boss Brendan Rodgers needs to explain his team selection against Real Madrid to the fans, UEFA president Michel Platini said on Wednesday. Rodgers incurred the wrath of some Reds supporters on social media sites when he left Steven Gerrard, Raheem Sterling, Jordan Henderson, Mario Balotelli and Philippe Couti... | Brenda Rodgers rested seven first-team players at the Bernabeu .
Real Madrid beat Liverpool 1-0, a fortnight after winning 3-0 at Anfield .
UEFA rules state that clubs must field their strongest side .
Michel Platini has called on Rodgers to explain his team to the fans . |
fdf9e07b050d4bb1e096f9a902d84bd9a82cb492 | A Coast Guard who shot dead a female fellow officer and severely wounded her wife had become obsessed with his lesbian colleague, friends claim. Adrian Loya, 31, traveled from Virgina before shooting dead Lisa Trubnikova and hospitalizing Anna Trubnikova when he opened fire at their Cape Cod condo on Thursday morning, ... | Lisa Trubnikova, 31, and wife Anna, 30, were shot at Cape Cod home .
Adrian Loya, 31, traveled from base in Virginia for the attack, police say .
Family say he became fixated on Lisa when all three served in Alaska .
Loya set fire to a car to block the only road to the complex, police say .
He also set up homemade devi... |
fdfa525be5c7669cf9b253b35b3c6a7c59306e1d | Editor's note: Below is an excerpt from Nancy Grace's new novel "The Eleventh Victim." published by Hyperion. Nancy anchors "Nancy Grace" on HLN nightly at 8 p.m. and 10 p.m. ET. HLN's Nancy Grace makes her fiction debut with "The Eleventh Victim." A little something. What was it? Something...some detail was wrong. .... | "The Eleventh Victim" is about an Atlanta assistant DA whose fiance is murdered .
The novel's heroine, Hailey Dean, relocates to New York for a fresh start .
She becomes a therapist whose patients begin dying -- they are murdered .
The murders are similar to 11 Atlanta killings and Hailey must solve the case . |
fdfb8c0c9c0973403ca141d692e839cf9ff961bc | Sheffield United have bowed to the wishes of their fans and severed their relationship with convicted rapist Ched Evans. Club officials sparked a public outcry when they accepted a request from the Professional Footballers' Association to let their former striker train with the club following his release after serving ... | Ched Evans served half of a five-year sentence after rape conviction .
Sheffield United had offered to let him train at the club .
Charlie Webster quit as patron of the club in protest .
Paul Heaton also resigned as patron for the club's Community Foundation .
Jessica Ennis-Hill said she wanted her name removed from Br... |
fdfba1bf7609095dece1fcaa79d05b0bc838114e | A foster father who confessed to multiple instances of abuse against his disabled foster child is set to spend years behind bars. Dr. Dennis Sullivan faces a prison sentence of 43 months which was handed down on Friday, Forum News Service reported. The 51-year-old Benedict, Minnesota resident earlier entered a guilty p... | Dr. Dennis Sullivan confessed to multiple instances of abuse against his disabled foster child .
He faces a prison sentence of 43 months and entered a guilty plea on August 25 for attempted first-degree assault .
Sullivan reportedly confessed to covering his 10-year-old foster son's mouth with his hand on June 17 after... |
fdfbf991938ad16e552291303a7549edcd7e3028 | Vulnerable Martin Ryan starved to death in an NHS hospital after 26 days without proper nourishment . As many as 1,165 people starved to death in NHS hospitals over the past four years fuelling claims nurses are too busy to feed their patients. The Department of Health branded the figures 'unacceptable' and said the nu... | For every patient who dies from malnutrition, four more have dehydration mentioned on their death certificate .
In 2011, 43 patients starved to death and 291 died in a state of severe malnutrition .
Department of Health branded the figures 'unacceptable' and said the number of unannounced inspections will increase . |
fdfc1cb734be7a60801c432139987df54dfb15d9 | A man has been caught trying to smuggle a Blackberry mobile phone, a recharger, a pair of earphones and a sim car into a Brazilian prison hidden in his bottom. Jean Ferreira Roque, 19, has said he had been hired by the wife of an inmate to smuggle the Blackberry Curve bundle into the Puraquequara jail in Manaus, northe... | Student Jean Ferreir Roque hid the phone and its bundle in his bottom .
Was caught after passing through an X-ray scan at the Brazilian prison .
Has said it is not the first time he has used the method to smuggle phones . |
fdfc1ef43040b581849849addd92208812290d4b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:32 EST, 27 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 00:27 EST, 28 September 2013 . Murder suspect: Yongfei Ci, 29, a University of Illinois PhD student, has been identified as the man who allegedly killed his ex-girlfriend . A 29-year-old doctoral student from University of Illinois ha... | Suspect identified as Yongfei Ci, 29, a sixth-year student at University of Illinois Champaign-Urbana .
Ci's ex-girlfriend, a 25-year-old fellow UI student, was found in her off-campus apartment in Urbana, Illinois .
Mr Ci is a Chinese citizen who graduated from Oregon State University . |
fdfc7407699777e8baaf2dfeb79ed3d071ddd87f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:37 EST, 9 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:30 EST, 10 July 2012 . Prosecutors have described how South Florida teen Wayne Treacy kicked 15-year-old Josie Ratley's head 'as if it were a soccer ball and stomped on it as if he was putting out a fire' in a shocking 2010 attack that l... | Wayne Treacy cried as prosecutors described the horrific 2010 attack in day one of his attempted murder trial .
Defense told the court the teen couldn't control his actions because he suffered PTSD after his brother committed suicide .
Victim Josie Ratley was left severely brain damaged after the beating . |
fdfce3cc2699058cea3c353dffe51a6cebb71435 | SeaWorld reported a wider loss in its fourth quarter of $25.4 million as attendance to its theme parks continued to fall - due in part to the documentary 'Blackfish,' which criticizes the company's treatment of killer whales. Its shares fell in premarket trading Thursday. SeaWorld has been battling negative publicity a... | SeaWorld reported a wider loss in its fourth quarter of $25.4 million as attendance to its theme parks continued to fall .
SeaWorld has been battling negative publicity after a 2013 documentary, 'Blackfish,' said treatment of animals led to the deaths of trainers .
Attendance to the company’s 11 parks between October ... |
fdfd1206a083c60480c9ec318dc64cb15fd0eb54 | Prince Charles clearly knows how to tell a joke as at a Prince's Trust Event tonight, he had Jerry Hall, and former Spice Girl Mel C in stitches. The royal joshed with celebrities at the annual Prince's Trust Invest In Futures reception at the Savoy Hotel in London, and he was even privy to a few of magician Dynamo's c... | Charles attended Prince's Trust Invest In Futures gala at the Savoy Hotel .
Guests included Gillian Anderson, Jerry Hall, Mel C, and Ronnie Wood .
Prince and Camilla visited Art Workers' Guild and St Bride's church today . |
fdfd178d77d78efc2ef16cd7cf09bfe8e3dc5ea1 | They are just tiny specks in a vast landscape of deep ridges which ripple spectacularly, making North America's lowest, driest, and hottest place look like the surface of the moon or an alien planet. The handful of intrepid walkers are the only signs of life in the baron desert and give a breathtaking sense of scale t... | British photographer snaps breathtaking pictures of walkers in Death Valley, California .
Walkers spotted just five miles from Furnace Creek which holds air temperature record at 56.7C .
Pictures taken in Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America, at 282ft below sea level .
The average annual rainfall in the va... |
fdfd2e7a30220aeaf6021095225616819251bbaf | Actress Skye McCole Bartusiak, who played Mel Gibson's youngest daughter in "The Patriot," died Saturday at her home in Houston, her mother said Sunday. She was 21. "We lost our girl," Helen McCole Bartusiak told CNN. While investigators have not determined a cause of death, Bartusiak had been suffering from epileptic... | Bartusiak, 21, suffered from epileptic seizures in recent days, her mother says .
"We think she had a seizure and choked and nobody was there," her mother says .
Bartusiak played the young daughter of Mel Gibson's "Patriot" character .
Her movie acting career began when she was just 6 . |
fdfd472f9de0f3d07a0758369fbd1f470fc00f54 | The Democratic Party is licking its wounds after losing a special election in Florida that turned into a referendum on Barack Obama, suggesting that the president has become an albatross around the necks of congressional candidates – and spelling election doom for November. Election prognosticator Stuart Rothenberg wro... | David Jolly's win over Alex Sink in Florida's 13th Congressional District may be a bellwether for Democrats' November woes .
The Florida 13th District race was the first real test of how well – or how poorly – Democrats are handling the White House's scandals .
The contest could be seen as a referendum on Obamacare, al... |
fdfd7e210f71dd315876b792014f4f163fe0a44e | PERUGIA, Italy (CNN) -- A judge was considering Monday whether to grant a request for a fresh autopsy on the body of the British student Meredith Kercher, killed in the Italian city of Perugia. Meredith Kercher was found dead in her villa November 2 with a knife wound to her neck. Kercher's corpse is still being held i... | UK exchange student Meredith Kercher killed in Perugia, Italy November 1 .
Lawyers for released suspect Patrick Lumumba demand second autopsy .
Request after another suspect says an unidentified assailant attacked Kercher .
Other suspects include Kercher's U.S. flatmate and flatmate's Italian boyfriend . |
fdfd923a0bb3fdfd2da4ec752a565a331143f8bd | (CNN Student News) -- May 30, 2014 . This Friday on CNN Student News: government, business, technology and altruism. A scandal widens concerning the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, and a concussion summit discusses better treatment of head injuries in school sports. We'll also show you how "swarm robots" could hel... | This page includes the show Transcript and the Daily Curriculum .
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fdfd95e1827302d86c216160739eb6253d5eb88e | The 14-year-old special needs student was allegedly raped after a teacher convinced her to act as bait in a bid to catch a school's sexual predator while have her case heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit. The girl said of the plan; 'I just felt like I was set up by the teachers. They gave me a w... | A special needs student who was raped in Alabama after teachers used her as bait will have her case heard by the U.S. Court of Appeals .
The horrifying plan allegedly took place at Sparkman Middle School in Toney as the boy was suspected of luring girls into bathroom for sex .
However he could not be punished because h... |
fdfe459084ba07f2144ac823fa2952a285a439e2 | Earlier this week astronomers made the groundbreaking announcement that they had found eight new habitable planets using the Kepler space telescope - bringing its total up to 1,000. But will we ever have a chance to glimpse these planets in greater detail, either by telescope or perhaps by visiting them in the future? ... | Dr Mather from Nasa's Goddard Space Flight Center in Maryland said the upcoming James Webb Space Telescope could find habitable planets .
The giant tennis court-sized telescope will be used to scour the universe .
One of its key goals will be to observe worlds in other systems .
In ten to 15 years Dr Mather says we cou... |
fdfe74b5d04118751a2ec9d22c2b437be08ace3d | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 02:53 EST, 12 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:04 EST, 12 August 2013 . The mother of a British businessman murdered in China has urged the Chinese government to make his killer pay £5million in compensation. Gu Kailai, the wife of former top Communist Party politician Bo Xilai, was j... | Businessman, 41, poisoned by wife of top Communist Party figure in 2011 .
His mother says widow and young children left without financial provision .
Family seeking compensation from convicted killer Gu Kailai .
Ann Heywood urged Chinese authorities to show 'compassion'
Said his children, eight and 12, had suffered 'hu... |
fdfeb694ebb641149683b6546357f2d3cb45ff9f | They were billed as Westminster's unlikeliest couple when they were pictured travelling around London together last summer. And now William Hague and Angelina Jolie are back together again as they opened a research centre at the London School of Economics today. The 36-year-old actress founded a campaign to end violenc... | William Hague was pictured hobnobbing with actress in London last year .
Now pair are back together in the capital at London School of Economics .
Centre is part of Ms Jolie's campaign to end female abuse in war zones . |
fdfed3f8497048889b93e1212d38045d34448800 | Louis van Gaal says that he is looking for the ‘perfect game’ from Manchester United – and does not agree with Sir Alex Ferguson that results are all that matter. United are on a run of six straight wins as they prepare to face Aston Villa on Saturday, but the Dutchman is still demanding a better level of performance f... | Manchester United face Aston Villa away on Saturday .
United are looking to extend their winning run to seven matches .
Manager Louis van Gaal says he wants to start winning in style .
He admits his approach is very different from Sir Alex Ferguson . |
fdff4072abad2b752689bb601523501c00da1706 | A man accidentally shot a woman while hunting deer in the woods of LaFayette, Georgia. Now the pair are officially in love. Friends Aubrey Mayo, 24, and Matthew Tyler Webb, 23, were spending time together on the roof of Webb's mothers home at 910 Hillsdale road on November 21 when Webb saw a pack of deer across the str... | Aubrey Mayo and Matthew Webb were friends before the accident but it wasn't till after he shot her that they started dating .
Her leg might have to be amputated if it becomes infected .
They both love the Grateful Dead, and Audrey's family is grateful she's alive . |
fdff6677af6596ec05a1d1fd61f4c5c472debc19 | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 06:04 EST, 28 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:41 EST, 28 November 2012 . An obsessed admirer who was jailed for stalking a beauty queen is behind bars again for breaching his restraining order. Anthony Mantova, 34, was handed an 18-week custodial sentence in July after pleading guil... | Anthony Mantova, 34, was jailed for 18 weeks in July for harassing 'Prestatyn’s Pop Princess' Chloe Hopkins .
But Mantova breached his indefinite restraining order not to contact Ms Hopkins upon his release from prison earlier this month .
Mantova jailed again for 28 days at Prestatyn Magistrates Court . |
fe0048ce7b6ef78b02749492557145bc8bba6bb5 | SEX AND FILM . by Barry Forshaw . (Palgrave Macmillan £19.99) There was breathless excitement when an immensely raunchy, bestselling novel was adapted for the screen, with overwrought cinema-goers queuing in their droves to see it. But this was not Fifty Shades Of Grey. This was The Sheik, in 1921. And it starred Rudol... | The depiction of sex on the big screen has changed hugely over the years .
Censorship in American cinema was notoriously restrictive .
In his new book Barry Forshaw explores Fifty Shades and others . |
fe005ed2c582140a8e5532b6415c3b37c748806d | (CNN) -- Answers to the quiz are in bold. 1. What is the 5-digit number in which the first, third and last digits are the same, the first digit is four less than the second, the last is four less than the fourth and the second and fourth are the same? (Hint: The sum of all the digits is 33.) 59,595 . 2. Boris Smetana a... | See the answers to an informal quiz designed by Mensa .
If you get 9 of the 10 questions right, you may be Mensa material .
Click here for the questions . |
fe00eef328fe8d3d1b1c6282ed2d8b902e7499d2 | Washington (CNN) -- President Barack Obama said Wednesday his administration will respond to new Ebola cases "in a much more aggressive way," taking charge of the issue after a second Texas health care worker was diagnosed with the disease. Obama scrapped plans to attend Democratic fund-raisers in New Jersey and Connec... | President Obama meets with Cabinet members and health officials .
He seeks to reassure Americans that an Ebola outbreak in the United States is unlikely .
Republicans criticize the White House's response and call for travel bans . |
fe013b013f465b21de9a437cdb0047a5bfae7a9e | Christians remain the largest religious group in the world despite their population migrating from Europe to Africa, Asia and the Americas according to a new study. Around one-quarter of the world's Christian's live in Europe today compared to two-thirds a century ago according to a study compiled by the Pew Research F... | Only one-quarter of world's population remain in Europe as followers spread across Asia, Africa and Americas .
Two-thirds of the flock were in Europe 100 years ago . |
fe014387d7dd4efba18e7ca3f7eded82de1a6d13 | The show will go on. Alan Jackson and Kid Rock will kick off SeaWorld's "Bands, Brew & BBQ" this weekend, bucking a trend of artists dropping the show to avoid controversy over how the Orlando, Florida, theme park treats its orcas. The concert event runs Saturdays and Sundays February 1 to March 9. The exodus from SeaW... | Artists have fled from the calendar after CNN broadcast the documentary "Blackfish"
It raises questions about the safety and humaneness of keeping killer whales in captivity .
SeaWorld says the documentary ignores the park's conservation efforts and research . |
fe01dbc24de20830848422e247a3ea5e0d7eb66f | Meet the man who has given up a dead-end job as a computer engineer to earn a living playing corpses in films and TV shows. Chuck Lamb, 56, is 'Dead Body Guy' and regularly spends hours creating gruesome scenarios along with his wife who photographs him playing dead. Mr Lamb, from Ohio, rakes in up to . $1,500 a day fr... | Chuck Lamb used to be an IT engineer but decided in 2005 to play corpses .
Mr Lamb, from Ohio, has appeared on numerous films and TV shows .
He said: 'I really do look like a dead guy - and everybody needs one'
He got his first speaking part in Thankskilling, which has become a cult hit . |
fe027b5ddbb09b104f803727282013182bad3845 | Sean Abbott took two wickets in as many overs for New South Wales on his return to cricket for the first time since the death of Phillip Hughes. The 22-year-old was made to wait until his 10th over before picking up a scalp, but then sent Nathan Reardon and Ben Cutting on their way in back-to-back overs. Abbott also de... | Sean Abbott returns to the field for New South Wales .
22-year-old bowler played against Queensland in Sheffield Shield .
Abbott bowled fatal bouncer to Phillip Hughes a fortnight ago .
Australia and India paid tribute to Hughes before play in Adelaide .
Abbott bowled a bouncer in the fifth ball of his first over .
He ... |
fe02dd0f09c12c050d38748b6c77d29d6dfdf25b | (CNN) -- A U.S. Marine Corps reservist held in a Mexican prison for more than three months on a weapons charge could have been released within days of his detention if not for "missed opportunities" by his original legal counsel, his attorney told CNN. In an exclusive phone interview, Fernando Benitez -- the latest att... | Attorney says Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi's first defenders allowed his case to "simmer"
Fernando Benitez: "Those first 96 hours" in a Mexican criminal case are crucial .
Tahmooressi was detained in March by border officials for firearms in his possession .
"I believe he was denied several basic human rights," Benitez says... |
fe02f22a69612acfda649af09e9ae1f26675a5df | (CNN) -- Luci Baines Johnson was just 16 years old when she approached her father, President Johnson, with what she considered a reasonable request. Luci Baines Johnson, left, and her older sister, Lynda Bird, pose inside the White House in 1963. "I asked my father if we could have the Beatles come to play at the White... | Luci Johnson describes being a first daughter as an "extraordinary privilege"
It was "the best of times and sometimes the worst of times," she says .
First daughters often followed by media for remainder of their lives .
The pressure on first daughters has intensified over the years, historian says . |
fe0337090a68b632a69817b871994a3543c5e025 | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:21 EST, 16 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:35 EST, 16 September 2013 . Tim Lambesis, pictured in court in May, faces nine years in jail if found guilty of hiring a hitman . The frontman of the Grammy-nominated . Christian metal band As I Lay Dy... | Tim Lambesis, 32, is the frontman of Christian metalcore group As I Lay Dying .
He was arrested in May and charged with attempting to hire a hitman to kill his estranged wife Meggan .
On Monday a judge ruled that Lambesis will stand trial next month and if convicted he faces up to nine years in prison .
The singer has ... |
fe039ad5f8d34e97a5150d2adaeff166d1edb895 | By . Gerri Peev . PUBLISHED: . 19:58 EST, 14 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:58 EST, 14 October 2013 . Eric Pickles said the UK should emulate Austria, Belgium and Sweden in rewarding those who dared to build their own homes . Britain should be turned into a 'nation of self-builders' by offering people subsidies for c... | Eric Pickles wants Britain to be turned into a 'nation of self-builders'
Communities Secretary says UK should emulate Austria, Belgium and Sweden in rewarding those who dare to build their own homes .
Suggests too many people see home building as the 'preserve of the elite' |
fe03ad510cf27277a39472c77940850713a2c08c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:15 EST, 9 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:29 EST, 9 December 2013 . A married mother allegedly posted sexually explicit photos and videos of her doctor after they ended their affair, it has emerged. Dolly Beattie, from Amelia, Ohio, claims that before she shared the intimate... | Dolly Beattie and Terrence McCoy started affair in September 2011 .
But after breaking it off, she reported him to the State Medical Board of Ohio and he ultimately lost his license to practice medicine .
He 'called her colleagues and told them information that got her fired'
She then posted explicit images he had sent... |
fe04346a6c71458fdc9cc6e84b6cd171b8bf9a24 | By . Simon Tomlinson . Last updated at 8:02 PM on 10th December 2011 . Britain's high streets and shopping malls finally saw a Christmas retail boom today as shoppers turned out in force to take advantage of early sales. Queues formed outside stores as retailers slashed their prices in the hope of kick-starting the big... | Record numbers seek out cut-price deals at UK's biggest shopping centres .
M&S, French Connection and Barratts entice customers with 50% discounts .
Oxford Street and Regent Street traders to rake in £180m from today alone .
Both streets pedestrianised in bid to attract an estimated 1million shoppers . |
fe05156391946d2202976e88c82aab6fc434356f | A widow whose husband was killed courageously fighting a wildfire in Yarnell, Arizona five weeks ago is being denied the lifetime benefits she was counting on to raise the couple's four young children alone. Juliann Ashcraft's husband, Andrew, was one of 19 Granite Mountain Hotshots firefighters who lost their lives wh... | Andrew Ashcraft, 29, died beside 18 of his 'Hotshot' comrades on June 30 .
He left behind his young wife, Juliann, and their four children, the youngest of whom is 18 months .
Five weeks after the tragedy, Mrs Ashcraft has been denied the full lifetime benefits she was relying on to raise the couple's children .
City o... |
fe056e22238d2ffd99fce0b69de6a113cb367f07 | Renewing a push for paid leave for workers, President Barack Obama on Thursday will call on Congress, states and cities to pass measures to allow millions of workers to earn up to a week of paid sick time a year. He'll also ask Congress for more than $2 billion in new spending to encourage states to create paid family ... | President will propose that Congress pass legislation to give an additional six weeks of paid parental leave to federal workers who are new parents .
That policy plan will extend to men as well as women .
He'll also ask Congress for more than $2 billion in new spending to encourage states to create paid family and medi... |
fe05fd6107d1d47ef27a04db2b4bbe2f4d1b0eab | A ballet dancer is on target to waltz his way to fame with a series of gravity-defying photographs which could well be the ultimate self portraits. Tourists wandering through the cobbled streets of Paris would stand in awe as they saw Mickael Jou performing his dance routines ranging from ballet to more modern moves. S... | Mickael Jou was inspired after tourists stopped to snap pictures as he waltzed through the streets of Paris .
The 30-year-old has been dancing since he was 18 and says he can now combine his love of photos with dance .
Taught himself to take the images after buying a camera and poring over the instruction manual . |
fe0613d1fe531c7c8dfc391da91f95f73cd4bb01 | With domestic labor costs rising, many Asian manufacturing producers are now looking to relocate their factories in other regions of the world. Could Africa replace Asia and/or China as the world's next manufacturing hub? To be sure, Africa has a number of manufacturing advantages that it has yet to realize. Besides lo... | Low labor costs and abundant resources are some of Africa's manufacturing advantages .
Rising costs of land and labor in China have begun to erode Beijing's cost advantage .
African countries can benefit from taking timely measures to develop manufacturing goods .
Manufacturing can help Africa industrialize and create ... |
fe062fd294d4fc06d056c3f6416f0b2168335755 | By . Joe Callaghan . Mats Hummels sounded a warning to the rest of the World Cup as Germany became the first team in history to reach four straight semi-finals. The central defender soared to down feeble France in Rio de Janeiro and grab his second goal of the tournament. And Hummels insisted afterwards that Germany ar... | Germany beat France 1-0 to reach the World Cup semi-finals .
Mats Hummels scored the only goal of the game in the 13th minute .
The defender says his side are playing the right way to win the tournament .
France boss Didier Deschamps believes his side controlled the game . |
fe067e16e639bf10d60e678603855d529e9780bb | By . Kerry Mcqueeney . Last updated at 3:27 PM on 20th December 2011 . Twenty leading businessmen today warned that if Britain does not stay at the heart of Europe, three million jobs could be lost. Virgin boss Sir Richard Branson and . British Telecom chairman Sir Mike Rake were among the leading business . figures wh... | Virgin boss Richard Branson and BT chairman Sir Mike among business figures warning the Government .
Europe's future is 'vital' to Britain's economic interests, they argue . |
fe06a96df782c302eb24f3f0a3a83d0176674702 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- San Diego Mayor Bob Filner, facing a growing tide of sexual harassment allegations, has completed his two-week intensive behavior therapy a week early and will begin outpatient treatment, his lawyer said. But he might not be back at work in his office any time soon. His chief of staff changed the l... | Bob Filner is believed to be back in the city he governs after a stint in rehab .
The mayor said he would start a two-week program on August 5 but started earlier .
A growing tide of women are making sexual harassment allegations against him .
Reports: Mayor's chief of staff changed his office locks to preserve potenti... |
fe0710d54dd1560480de00fa77a49c2f0e0c67ba | Crumpled, grubby bank notes could soon be on their way out in the UK, according to the Bank of England. By 2016, the UK will be switching its £5 and £10 bills to polymer bank notes as they're more durable, harder to forge, and cheaper in the long run. For over 300 years the Bank of England has been printing bank notes,... | By 2016, the Bank of England will be printing polymer £5 and £10 notes .
The plastic notes will help fight counterfeiters and will be more durable .
While the switch to polymer will be expensive, in the long-term it will save millions . |
fe071f6c1f50b000c9519f325d32b0c5dd1a6f5f | (CNN) -- It will cover 2.8 million square feet and have its own power plant inside its massive, gleaming circular design. It will be covered in solar panels and house up to 13,000 people on a daily basis -- not to mention 6,000 trees. It's been compared to a spaceship. And now, as Apple looks to make its innovative new... | Apple is moving forward with "spaceship" campus in Cupertino .
Circular building would house 13,000 employees, be surrounded by greenspace .
The campus was one of last major projects for late CEO Steve Jobs .
Apple plans to begin moving into the campus in 2015 . |
fe074e51be313976fd575026a2d2b58ff28a7c0c | William Gibson's popular science fiction tale "Johnny Mnemonic" foresaw sensitive information being carried by microchips in the brain by 2021. A team of American neuroscientists could be making this fantasy world a reality. Their motivation is different but the outcome would be somewhat similar. Hailed as one of 2013'... | U.S. researchers hoping to start human trials of memory implants in next two years .
Studies focusing on the hippocampus, where short-term memories become long term .
Successful trials already carried out on rats and monkeys .
Implants could help stroke victims and patients with localized brain injuries . |
fe07beead6b11e2f55b9b1fc29819b319e1224ad | A teenage girl who jumped from a road bridge was saved by a man who managed to grab her arm and a probationer police constable who dangled alongside her until help came. PC Dewayne Hamilton was hailed a hero after he vaulted the railings on the bridge over the A40 in Hillingdon, west London, and put his arm around the ... | PC Dewayne Hamilton dangled from bridge over the A40 to save teenager .
The pair hung over the highway for several minutes until they were rescued .
'I am just so glad I was there and able to make a difference,' says hero PC . |
fe087baa92a0051497c8d8636a277a52b1248255 | (Mashable) -- After the rumor that Apple won't announce the next-generation of iPhone in June or July (which was the case with all previous iPhone announcements), comes a report that the new iPhone is actually coming in the fall. While Apple's suppliers will begin production in July this year, the finished product is ... | Reuters reports that Apple's suppliers will begin production in July .
Details are scarce on the features of the next generation device .
Apple has been monolithically silent about the matter, as always . |
fe0912bacc64bdf23ee198db3c388c49d7a62e0e | By . Ted Thornhill . PUBLISHED: . 03:50 EST, 26 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:17 EST, 26 December 2013 . The victims of a deadly San Diego parking lot shooting have been identified as Ilona Flint, 22, and 22-year-old Salvatore Belvedere. The pair were both hit in the head and torso as they sat in a black sedan outs... | The fatal shooting took place in the early hours of Christmas Eve .
The victims were sitting in a car and were both shot in the head and torso .
Ilona Flint dialled 911 before she succumbed to her injuries .
The male victim, Salvatore Belvedere, is critically injured in hospital . |
fe091b3b1a1f43dcef1c62e8f6c7893272e3c02a | Call me chairman! the BBC Trust's first female boss Rona Fairhead starts work today . The first female boss of the BBC Trust insisted on being called chairman not chairwoman as she started work today. Rona Fairhead, who will be paid £110,000 a year for a three day week, has taken over from former cabinet minister Lord ... | Rona Fairhead, who will be paid £110,000 a year, started work today .
Email to all BBC staff confirms that she will be chairman not chairwoman . |
fe098b1d0870c8f3d667d7ed13b902042046f47f | By . Sami Mokbel . Follow @@SamiMokbel81_DM . Roberto Mancini has parted company with Turkish club Galatasaray. The Italian had only been in charge for nine months - penning a three-year deal in October - but will leave with a £3.2million payoff. Galatasaray confirmed on Wednesday that Mancini had left the club by mutu... | Former Manchester City boss had only been in charge since October .
Won the Turkish Cup and finished second in the league .
Reached last 16 of Champions League where they were beaten by Chelsea .
Mancini linked with return to Serie A . |
fe099a80d35b10ba140bce29e6ed753af37fe9fa | Editor's note: Brian Levin is a professor of criminal justice at California State University, San Bernardino and director of the university's Center for the Study of Hate & Extremism. Michael Stoops is executive director of the National Coalition for the Homeless in Washington. Brian Levin says the homeless are exclude... | Levin, Stoops: Homeless aren't protected by hate-crime laws or tolerance lessons .
They say new report documents disturbing level of violence vs. homeless .
They say popular culture leads some to think of hunting homeless as a sport .
Levin, Stoops: Laws must forcefully block violence against homeless . |
fe09bfcfc5b1a9e7a2b8ed9204a1160a6ec5506f | Former Obama administration Pentagon chief Leon Panetta said Sunday that the president overruled nearly his entire national security team and decided not to arm moderate Syrian rebel groups early on, a decision that helped the ISIS terror army gain power. Panetta also said he favored leaving a residual force of U.S. tr... | Panetta said 'we pay the price' because Obama decided to overrule his secretary of state, CIA director and chairman of the Joint Chiefs .
Asked if Obama made a mistake by refusing to arm moderate Syrian rebels early on, Panetta said 'that would've helped'
He also clashed with Obama's Iraq policy, saying that leaving so... |
fe0a52f3799d1c99706ab24d6812761b974bd18e | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 08:59 EST, 12 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:49 EST, 12 March 2013 . A schoolgirl is lucky to be alive after being hit by a car then dragged along the road under a bus in a horrifying incident captured on CCTV. The 12-year-old, who cannot be named, was left with a fractured skull and... | CCTV captures the whole terrible incident on the schoolrun in Gravesend .
Remarkably the girl is going to survive despite horrendous accident .
Left with fractured skull and broken collarbone after incident last week .
Safety campaigner warn pedestrians not to cross between parked cars . |
fe0a9fc5fe518b0fbb1b2db396445b81b0ac0b7f | When one forklift won't quite do the job, the answer really is simple... use two forklifts. While it doesn't look like the safest work practice ever, a video of two removal workers has been posted online using a forklift truck to lift another forklift on to the back of a trailer. The dangerous-looking manoeuvre appears... | Video posted online showing a forklift lifting another forklift on to trailer .
Manoeuvre appears to be used as solution to lift shipping box on to trailer .
Video has been shared online after it was posted to Facebook on July 2 . |
fe0ab84f9019d5dbef9e16c695ff54d01638a0f7 | The first human trial of an experimental Ebola vaccine has produced promising results, U.S. scientists said, raising hopes that protection from the deadly disease may be on the horizon. All 20 healthy adults who received the vaccine in a trial run by researchers from the National Institutes of Health in Maryland produc... | A virologist says the trial is an essential first step and justifies some optimism .
All 20 volunteers in the first clinical trial of the vaccine produced anti-Ebola antibodies .
None of the volunteers suffered serious side effects, the National Institutes of Health says .
The vaccine carries genetic material from the ... |
fe0c8449f579b079c6638a9d95efddd37c606a69 | Debi Marshall has written a book on the The Family Court Murders in Sydney in the 1980s . Investigative journalist Debi Marshall was warned to steer clear of the The Family Court Murders by everyone involved in the unsolved case. However, her gut instinct told her to keep digging regardless of the potential dangers she... | Debi Marshall investigates The Family Court Murders between 1980 - 1985 .
Involving four murders, five bombings and two shootings in Sydney .
Coroner names Leonard Warwick in 2 inquests but case remains unsolved .
Warwick's brother-in-law Stephen Blanchard was murdered in 1980 .
Four months later, Justice David Opas wa... |
fe0cdfe151711023ab2c53ea38f362056bb89873 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 08:31 EST, 28 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:35 EST, 28 February 2013 . Japan's prime minister today quoted former British leader Margaret Thatcher over the importance of sea power as tensions with China mounted over a set of tiny islands. Shinzo Abe used the former Prime Minister's d... | Shinzo Abe used former PM's defiant words on 1982 war with Argentina .
His country is embroiled in a row over rocky islands in East China Sea .
Mr Abe urged urged Japan to seek to become 'No.1' economic power . |
fe0ce3736493a51785dfcb8560cf4c406b82ceeb | By . John Stevens . and Ryan Kisiel . Found: Ella Hysom was missing for three days, but was found yesterday in east London . The parents of a deputy head girl who went missing during treatment for depression told last night of their joy at her being found alive and well. Ella Hysom, 15, was reunited with her family fol... | Teenager was reunited with her relieved mother and father yesterday .
Ella Hysom had last been seen on Monday in Ilford, East London .
The 15-year-old had been treated for depression at a residential clinic .
Police had said they were 'extremely concerned' for the teenager's welfare . |
fe0d1841c4ef6f0a882e9965b0fd09c1387820c1 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Three Chinese nationals accused of importing thousands of counterfeit luxury handbags in the United States have been arrested in the past two days, federal authorities announced Thursday. Shoppers sort through counterfeit brand name luxury bags and wallets on a Hong Kong street. "This was a sophisti... | Authorities call it one of the largest counterfeit operations ever discovered .
Official: Scheme profited "off the backs of legitimate companies"
Counterfeit operation allegedly involved 300,000 high-end bags and wallets .
The alleged leaders are three Chinese citizens living in New York . |
fe0d68acd0409d8f613bb920981011379f5b81c6 | By . Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:26 EST, 25 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:20 EST, 26 August 2012 . A huge explosion rocked Venezuela's biggest oil refinery early on Saturday, killing at least 24 people and injuring more than 50 others in the deadliest disaster in memory for the country's key oil indus... | 10-year-old boy and National Guard troops among the dead .
Explosion occurred when a gas leak created a cloud that ignited .
State officials say the fire is under control . |
fe0da9810f9bf250ba1f45c13b149f812c4ed682 | Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- Korean is considered one of the hardest languages in the world to master, but an elephant in a South Korean zoo is making a good start. Koshik, a 22-year-old Asian elephant has stunned experts and his keepers at Everland Zoo near Seoul by imitating human speech. Koshik can say the Korean wor... | Koshik grabbed interest of elephant vocalization expert in Vienna, Austria .
He was born in captivity in 1990, transferred to Everland zoo a few years later .
The elephant can say Korean words for "hello," "no," "good" |
fe0e29639e37bedf60794518e2eab6f4ffbedfad | By . James Rush for MailOnline . This spectacular photo captured from the International Space Station shows the full extent of the size of Hurricane Marie as it bears down on the West Coast, causing dangerous swells near the beaches of Southern California. While the hurricane was weakening over colder water today, with... | Image taken from International Space Station shows Hurricane Marie as it spins off the coast of Mexico .
Hurricane was weakening, but still caused beach in Southern California to be inundated by surge of rising seawater .
Hurricane's winds had decreased to near 85mph early today from a peak of 160mph on Sunday . |
fe0e3582649d516f71a9c0122461c004b36260d2 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 07:54 EST, 15 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:15 EST, 15 October 2013 . A taxi driver has said he has been left unable to work after his car was badly damaged following a collision with Newcastle United footballer Loic Remy's £100,000 sportscar. Andrew Watson, 36, said he and th... | Andrew Watson said he was left with minor injuries following collision .
He said he was later told by police the other driver was Loic Remy .
Collision took place when footballer's Audi R8 pulled out from a junction . |
fe0e392228dbcb7fcafb80d55d6c932cf4407aa5 | (CNN) -- Just hours after word began to spread about Ed Koch's death Friday morning it was already clear: The brash former New York mayor leaves behind a legacy that crosses generations and geography. It's obvious across the Web, as tweeters and bloggers remember Koch as much more than a politician. A "master showman o... | Ex-New York City Mayor Ed Koch, 88, died Friday, sparking waves of online tributes .
@mayoredkoch Twitter account features touching retweets .
NEW: John Avlon: In the end he was "almost impossible to dislike" which "reflected the city."
Younger Americans may remember Koch best from TV's "People's Court" |
fe0e4a6d9ed7933ea321b27f213eb986c1e5114f | A childhood friend of a Utah doctor charged with killing his ex-wife testified on Wednesday that John Brickman Wall blamed the woman for ruining his life. Klaus Fiebig said he spoke to his old friend several months before her death, and the pediatrician seemed centered around his hate for ex-wife Uta von Schwedler. 'At... | A childhood of friend of John Brickman Wall, who is accused of murdering his ex-wife, testified that Wall blamed her for ruining his life .
Klaus Feibig said his old friend seemed centered around his hate for ex-wife Uta von Schwedler .
Von Schwedler, 49, a cancer researcher, was found dead in a bathtub of cold water w... |
fe0e5c7332f38f72208f78ba69ae0888500d8e5f | By . Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 08:37 EST, 27 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:37 EST, 27 September 2013 . High school security guard Richard Cowser, 54, collapsed and died which trying to break up a fight between two girls at a Chicago school . A security guard has died after trying to break up a fight between two ... | Richard Cowser, 54, 'turned blue' and fell against lockers at the Chicago high school, witnesses said .
Police are awaiting the results of an autopsy being performed today .
Mr Cowser had moved to Chicago from Florida to take care of his elderly parents . |
fe0e7f5029c4a931a1e1ec2f8a709a8521c5513c | By . Martin Robinson . A socialite's predominately pink mansion bought after she split from her tycoon husband following her 11-year affair with a plastic surgeon is on the market for £8.2million. Amanda Eliasch purchased the Cheyne Walk property from the 8th Earl of Cadogan in 2010 after she received a substantial chu... | Amanda Eliasch bought Cheyne Walk home from the 8th Earl of Cadogan in 2010 after divorce from Johan Eliasch .
The Grade-II listed property sits on the Thames in Chelsea, and its rooms are nearly all filled with pink .
It sits on the site of a palace Henry VIII built for his sixth wife Catherine Parr in 1536 .
Under Of... |
fe0fac75d2fb7de03187126a8b885f1b7ff9c292 | With the annual post-Thanksgiving multiplex malaise setting in and just one big new movie (Punisher: War Zone, which I'll get to later ... uh, much later) in theaters, the box office results remarkably resembled those of a week ago. Reese Witherspoon and Vince Vaughn star in "Four Christmases," which stayed at No. 1. S... | Four Christmases maintained its No. 1 spot with an estimated $18.2 million .
Twilight moved back up to the No. 2 spot with a tidy $13.2 million haul .
Australia declined 53 percent to bank $7 million at the No. 4 slot . |
fe0fec897c2f63f71614f9ef467644cd1421f56c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 16:59 EST, 13 February 2012 . Tragic: Dartmouth student Crispin Scott, 20, was found dead in a Barcelona apartment on January 7 while studying abroad in Barcelona . A 41-year-old Spanish landlord was arrested Wednesday in conjunction with the death of Dartmouth student Crispin Scot... | Crispin Scott, 20, found dead on January 7 in Spain .
Authorities originally thought he died of accidental drug overdose .
Now unnamed 41-year-old Ecuadorian landlord in custody, charged with murder and is under investigation for being 'serial rapist' |
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