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fe10161e5062f3559d057476167ab5f57a408a7f | By . Sam Creighton . Everyone hopes to one day own their dream home but, short of winning the lottery, it an aspiration out of most peoples' grasp. However, one young woman has found an ingenious of overcoming these financial obstacles - by building her perfect home in a garage. Keen designer Stephanie Bertenshaw shell... | Stephanie Bertenshaw, 24, spent £15,000 converting five garages at her parents' Yorkshire home .
The home, where she lives with her boyfriend and two dogs, has now been valued at £150,000 .
The conversion project took two years and friends and family chipped in with the heavy lifting to keep down costs .
It was feature... |
fe1072cc45dd4b7088b7b45477ab2dd74a998539 | Read Martin Samuel's match report from the pulsating Capital One Cup semi-final first leg draw at Anfield . Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho appeared to take a dig at Liverpool for letting Steven Gerrard leave when his contract expires. The Reds stalwart will join MLS outfit LA Galaxy in the summer, bringing the curtain d... | Jose Mourinho wants Steven Gerrard to stay in the Premier League .
The Liverpool midfielder will join LA Galaxy when his contract expires .
Liverpool held Chelsea to a 1-1 draw in Capital One Cup semi-final first leg . |
fe10840b5df7aba96207f1ecb759a2cd37bcd543 | Luis Suarez is back with Uruguay and flashing those gnashers. However, there's no chance of him biting anybody - he is just happy to be with his international team-mates as he prepares for his first proper match since sinking his teeth into Italy's Giorgio Chiellini at the World Cup. The former Liverpool hero posted a ... | Former Liverpool forward set to start against Saudi Arabia .
Suarez still serving ban but is allowed to play in friendly games .
Striker set to make Barcelona debut against Real Madrid later this month . |
fe10a4e675a52906b2253fe5c5668a0ea6ae4bf1 | The couple in Buckinghamshire were investigated after a social worker spotted them holding the hands of their foster children 'too tightly' while crossing the road (picture posed by models) Social workers took two children away from their foster parents after claiming they were holding the children's hands too tightly ... | 68,100 children currently in local authority care according to recent figures .
50,900 of these children have been placed in stable foster homes .
233 children removed from foster homes due to safety concerns .
Foster parents warned against 'hugging' children or physical contact . |
fe11a33eed9d6c8083335707734a5011018029ac | By . Steve Robson . PUBLISHED: . 06:12 EST, 23 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:43 EST, 23 March 2013 . Legal action: Cudicini, 39, is suing Jennifer Bernard for £300,000 after he was injured in a motorbike crash in November 2009 . Millionaire former Tottenham goalkeeper Carlo Cudicini is suing a single mother for £300,0... | Ex-Spurs goalkeeper, 39, suffered broken wrist and pelvis in smash in 2009 .
Suing Jennifer Bernard, 28, alleging injuries were caused by her 'negligence'
Claims crash cost him a Number 1 spot at Tottenham Hotspur .
Left England last year for LA Galaxy - David Beckham's former club . |
fe122b460df74ccb1ed0f3affb401feadc838cd0 | By . Dan Bloom . A pub chef quit his job because he has an all-consuming fear of baked beans. Father-of-one Rob Griffiths said he could no longer face making fry-ups with the 'orange devils', which forced him hide whenever they were on the hob. The 31-year-old said at one point he could not even walk down the tinned go... | Rob Griffiths, 31, from Milton Keynes, flees the room whenever he sees them .
Now his friends mock him by chasing him around with steaming plates .
But he insists his baked bean phobia is a serious psychological disorder .
'At one point I couldn't go down the aisle in Tesco because of the beans' |
fe123053b7823a95c0d96ea4abea74766451404f | Galway, Ireland (CNN) -- One fateful day in October, life changed forever for Praveen Halappanavar. The engineer from India, who had settled in Ireland four years earlier with his wife, Savita, found himself suddenly a widower. Savita, a 31-year-old dentist, had died of blood poisoning after being denied an abortion fo... | Praveen Halappanavar believes notes are missing from his wife's medical records .
She died of blood poisoning after being denied an abortion while miscarrying, he says .
Ireland, a majority Catholic country, has strict laws on abortion .
Health authorities are reviewing the circumstances of Savita Halappanavar's death ... |
fe1263c6af3e5c80c22cbe6475be420856311448 | The Taliban have claimed responsibility for an insider attack by an Afghan soldier that killed three American contractors at a Kabul airport on Thursday. A spokesman for the insurgent group said that the attacker's name was Ehsanullah and that he was from Laghman Province in the east of the country. The Taliban said th... | A fourth American was also wounded in the deadly incident on Thursday .
Victims were all employed as contractors by the US Defense Department .
Reports suggest the gunman was an Afghan soldier in military uniform .
Rate of 'insider attacks' by Afghan security forces has risen since 2008 .
Shooting comes after a surge i... |
fe1351327df6322e8a4d18dddc65ddb58ef952e2 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 07:27 EST, 28 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:05 EST, 29 March 2013 . These dramatic pictures show the extent of the devastation caused after a suspected gas leak caused an explosion that left an elderly man fighting for his life and his wife in hospital. Terrified neighbours reported he... | Couple cried 'get me out' as they were trapped beneath rubble .
Emergency services called to the incident in Callander, Stirling, at 6am .
Gas leak believed to be cause of devastating explosion .
Explosion triggered as husband made his wife a cup of tea . |
fe13702f3ae54e4752dc5c10cb59a62c7c6a5d26 | PUBLISHED: . 19:37 EST, 15 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:31 EST, 16 October 2012 . Amateur astronomers have discovered a new planet that not only orbits two suns but is simultaneously being orbited by two other suns. The incredible four sun solar system, the first of its kind ever discovered, was found as part of th... | Four sun solar system KIC 4862625 is the first of its kind ever found .
Discovered by amateur astronomers as part of Yale University project .
Planet PH1 has been likened to Tatooine from the Star Wars films . |
fe140a127c0e70263e4d7360432f509aa7c09195 | By . Associated Press . New York State Troopers are being given tall, unmarked SUVs to peer down at drivers' hands - to catch people texting while driving. New York has given state police 32 of the SUVs, part of one of the nation's most aggressive attacks on texting while driving that also includes steeper penalties an... | Texting while driving increases the chance of a collision by 23 times .
NY has given state police 32 of the tall SUVs to crack down on texting .
41 states in the US ban text messaging for drivers .
Only 12 states prohibit using hand-held cellphones . |
fe142a8a58ecf99e4f6bdc699e5481eae694def5 | (CNN) -- Ed Nelson, best known for playing a doctor in the 1960s nighttime soap opera "Peyton Place," has died at 85, his family said. Nelson, a New Orleans native, died Saturday at his Greensboro, North Carolina, home from congestive heart failure, daughter-in-law Asta Hansen said. . Nelson's acting resume stretches ... | Ed Nelson is credited with 436 episodes of "Peyton Place" starting in 1964 .
He was in Roger Corman's B movies "Swamp Women" and "Attack of the Crab Monsters"
Nelson was Gov. Neilson in the 1986 comedy "Police Academy 3: Back in Training"
His last role was in "Runaway Jury," a 2003 film starring Dustin Hoffman, John Cu... |
fe145bb5103d75b60bd9933d319125de549a64b9 | By . James Tozer . PUBLISHED: . 07:38 EST, 19 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:35 EST, 19 February 2013 . A man who blew up his house when his . girlfriend left him, killing his neighbours’ two-year-old boy, was . jailed for ten years yesterday. Unemployed joiner Andrew Partington, . 28, sawed through gas pipes then s... | Andrew Partington drunkenly cut two gas pipes in his house .
The explosion obliterated his home and two other neighbouring houses .
Body of toddler Jamie Heaton found in the wreckage in Oldham .
He had been watching television while his mother was doing housework .
Partington survived and was rescued by the emergency s... |
fe15f07ec000c4ca1833387832f3e9ee34782484 | (CNN) -- The Cuban government, long the object of a U.S. economic blockade, is prepared to meet with the Obama administration, Cuba's leader said. Raúl Castro says Cuba is willing "to discuss everything -- human rights, freedom of the press, political prisoners.'' "We've told the North American government, in private ... | Cuba's president responds after President Obama eases some travel restrictions .
Island nation has long been the object of a U.S. economic blockade .
Obama says U.S. is looking for signal of "changes in how Cuba operates"
Cuba-U.S. relations likely will be an issue at the Summit of the Americas . |
fe1691705f3ca069922695a7594140592c81605f | (CNET) -- Meeting the Obama Administration's goal of putting 1 million plug-in electric vehicles on the road by 2015 will only happen with a coordinated set of policies and technology advances, according to an electric vehicle association. Chevrolet hopes the Volt will be the first mass-produced plug-in electric car on... | Electric vehicle association: U.S. must coordinate policy, technological advances .
The EDTA on Tuesday is expected to release a set of policy recommendations .
President Obama hopes to put 1 million plug-in electric vehicles on the road by 2015 .
EDTA members include carmakers, battery companies and electric utilities... |
fe16e85b50f61e0a8fe09ffb3e0b0c76f00b6727 | A huge Wild West-style brawl involving more than 20 people broke out at a pub after a family feud spilled over into violence. A dozen police officers had to be called to break up the fight at the Railway Inn in Newton Abbot, Devon, which was described by the landlord as 'the worst I have ever seen'. During the melee on... | Fight started in pub described online as having 'Wild West saloon feel'
Spokesman for Railway Inn said it was 'the worst I have ever seen'
One woman arrested and one taken to hospital after 12 police attended . |
fe182c89d0de35b6c96c38cf836d3aad04d24066 | By . Helen Pow . PUBLISHED: . 12:32 EST, 17 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:44 EST, 17 December 2013 . Defendant: Steven Orloff, pictured, a former official at a Boston school district is accused of posing as a 14-year-old boy online to lure teenage girls into webcam strip shows and abusing his foster daughter . A fo... | Boston man, Steven Orloff, 48, is in the center of a civil lawsuit alleging he sexually abused and secretly filmed his foster daughter, resulting in child pornography .
He is also charged with posing as a 14-year-old boy called Jason Jaffe to lure girls to strip for him online and send him photos of their genitals .
He... |
fe1835f2a8d6c3660946fd1064854051aa18401a | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 05:05 EST, 18 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:44 EST, 18 October 2013 . A British diver has set a new world record for the longest warm water scuba dive by spending more than two days underwater. Sean McGahern, 38, managed to eat, drink and sleep during his 49 hours and 56 minutes at th... | Sean McGahern spent 49 hours and 56 minutes at the bottom of the Mediterranean off the coast of Malta .
The 38-year-old kept himself busy by cleaning the seabed and managed to drink, eat and sleep while submerged .
He broke the previous world record which was set by Will Goodman in 2010 by more than an hour .
Sean also... |
fe19aaa8cec3cf8295e27a5d196553708a7a0ab7 | A cancer doctor treating five-year-old Ashya King admitted the only treatment available on the NHS would leave him with life-long disabilities, his parents revealed yesterday. Brett and Naghmeh King were told conventional radiotherapy would leave their son with ‘special needs’ which could be avoided if he received pion... | Parents told conventional radiotheraphy would leave son with 'special needs'
NHS doctors 'threatened to have couple's parental rights removed'
Brett and Naghmeh King say they were forced to take Ashya, 5, on the run .
Family has now secured Ashya's treatment in a private clinic .
They say proton beam therapy has alread... |
fe19b0215d18c0ecd45f7b1730026b5aaf6b050a | Max Gradel levelled late on as Ivory Coast snatched a 1-1 draw with Mali in Group D of the African Nations Cup. Bakary Sako gave Mali a seventh minute lead and although Mali more than held their own for large parts of the contest, Ivory Coast levelled late on through substitute Gradel. It was both side's second 1-1 dra... | Max Gradel scores 87th-minute equaliser for Ivory Coast against Mali .
Bakary Sako had opened the scoring after just seven minutes .
Second straight 1-1 draw for both of these sides in Group D . |
fe19bdcb8b4dc130699d9b428546d55ba98c7f2f | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 11:06 EST, 17 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:09 EST, 17 January 2013 . The owner of a run-of-the-mill Toyota wasn’t satisfied with the style and protection the car came with off the belt, and spent £100,000 to add a champagne bar, a widescreen TV and grenade proof armour. The Toyota Sequ... | A £30,000 Toyota was given a £100,000 makeover .
Outside armour can withstand rifle rounds, hand grenades and landmines .
Lavish interior includes a champagne bar, widescreen TV and iPads . |
fe1a6b360944d7e2f3e6b3c47bfbbf59e7a3d5f9 | (CNN) -- The website for London law firm Doughty Street Chambers crashed Tuesday after reports emerged that human rights attorney Amal Alamuddin, who married George Clooney in late September, had changed her name to Amal Clooney, as seen on her professional profile page. Everyone had to see for themselves -- and, predi... | Amal Alamuddin changed her last name to Clooney after she married George .
Peggy Drexler notes Amal was slammed for abandoning her own name for a man's .
Drexler: It's just a name. It was her decision. She doesn't have to prove anything .
Drexler: Successful women can be models of empowerment whatever name they have . |
fe1ab59368dcda12a374a36f924040782f915bd1 | Seth Penalver and Herman Lindsey are no longer on Florida's death row, but they are fighting for those who still are. Penalver and Lindsey, two of Florida's death row exonerees, held a press conference on Wednesday asking Florida Gov. Rick Scott to veto a death penalty bill recently passed by the state legislature. If ... | "Timely Justice Act" limits the appeals process and speeds up state executions .
Freed death row inmates want governor to veto the bill .
They say the bill would have led them to be executed before they had proved innocence . |
fe1b7f88361ecfb4062526f6f7380ecaed52c646 | By . Chris Pleasance . A drugs gang who made more than £2.3million in a massive country-wide heroin racket have been ordered to pay back just £24. Mark Gale, Ivan Wood, Craig Corrigan, John Pogue, Ryan Morgan and Steven Blundell were all found guilty of conspiracy to supply class A drugs in April last year. But at a pr... | Six gangsters jailed for conspiracy to supply class A drugs in April last year .
Gang made £2.3million in country-wide heroin dealing operation .
Steven Blundell, 35, owned a fleet of cars including Porsche and Audi .
But today they were fined £24 after court heard they had spent the cash .
Ryan Morgan, 29, had last £... |
fe1bf11b860e88742eef2a76fc9e96ceaaaa9c54 | The two climbers scaling the 3,000-ft, sheer granite face of El Capitan in Yosemite National Park completed their final push toward the summit on Wednesday,successfully reaching the top in the afternoon. Tommy Caldwell, 36, and Kevin Jorgeson, 30, made 'great . progress' as they became the first to climb El Capitan's .... | Tommy Caldwell, 36, and Kevin Jorgeson, 30, reached the summit of El Capitan on Wednesday afternoon .
On Jorgeson's Twitter account on Wednesday, a message read: 'It's not over till it's over. #DawnWall'
Theyare now the first to climb El Capitan's so-called Dawn Wall without bolts or climbing tools .
Caldwell and Jorge... |
fe1c5a0ff4f6999573dbbdd94dd0306c2ba0ea6a | (CNN) -- Scientifically, can happiness be an advantage? Some people think if you are happy, you are blind to reality. But when we research it, happiness actually raises every single business and educational outcome for the brain. How did we miss this? Why do we have these societal misconceptions about happiness? Becaus... | The greatest advantage in the economy is a happy workforce, argues Shawn Achor .
Achor says if you scan the world for the positive, you start to reap an advantage .
He explains how to train your brain to be positive at work . |
fe1cef1ea0e1b5b34f087f745f8c21a4292e5645 | By . Ruth Styles . PUBLISHED: . 06:19 EST, 6 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:38 EST, 6 February 2013 . Hit Channel 4 show Big Fat Gypsy Weddings is to return for a one-off episode next Monday and features two new traveller brides: Ina and Danielle, both 16. Both are marrying their first loves and are pulling out all ... | My Big Fat Gypsy Valentine is due to be screened on Monday .
The one-off episode follows two young brides - Ina and Danielle, both 16 .
Ina wants a dress made from 'glitter fabric' while Danielle sports a tutu festooned with fairy lights at her hen do .
Groom too scared to hold stag in a pub in case he gets into a figh... |
fe1d592bfc2f7870838329d55dd2e507e0aca6a0 | Washington (CNN) -- Rep. Paul Ryan, R-Wisconsin, delivered the official Republican Party response to President Obama's State of the Union speech on Tuesday night. Here is a transcript of Ryan's speech. Ryan: Good evening. I'm Congressman Paul Ryan from Janesville, Wisconsin, and chairman here at the House Budget Commit... | Rep. Paul Ryan delivers official GOP response to Obama's speech .
Ryan: We want to work with the president to restrain federal spending .
Ryan says U.S. must act now to keep economic problems from mushrooming . |
fe1dd8d13687aec13b8df1dcf2e50f88680492b8 | Colonia Juarez, Mexico (CNN) -- In the rolling hills of northern Mexico, about 180 miles south of the U.S. border, lies a community that stands out for its religious roots. The houses in this community surrounded by peach and apple orchards look more like homes you would find in the American Southwest than in Mexico. O... | Republican Mitt Romney has cousins in Mexico .
They came from Utah to settle in Mexico in the late 1800s .
They are loyal both to their cousin and to Mexico . |
fe1e0eddc060ac4f95a0b0df5a66b32e0237bfdf | You may think hair extensions were created for the feisty, fake-tan bearing women of today – but they were in fact being flaunted by Egyptian women more than 3,000 years ago. The pieces were elaborate creations, with one recently uncovered in an Egyptian coffin made up of 70 elaborate extensions fastened together. The ... | The skull was one of hundreds found in the ancient city of Amarna .
Many had their final hairstyles incredibly well-preserved using fat .
One skull had elaborate extensions made of grey and black hair .
This suggests different people donated their hair for the final piece .
Some skulls had curls around the ear and many... |
fe1e2809a6d3d5be5289ac8033e537742b97f427 | Philippe Senderos will have a medical at Aston Villa on Thursday before flying off to the World Cup to join up with Switzerland. The defender spent the second half of last season on loan at La Liga side Valencia after leaving Fulham. The 29-year-old spent four years at Craven Cottage and previously played for Arsenal, ... | Philippe Senderos was released by Fulham at the end of the season .
The defender will have a medical at Aston Villa before completing a transfer .
Senderos will represent Switzerland at the World Cup this summer .
He has also played for Arsenal and Everton in the Premier League . |
fe1f2915f8aa7fc6352ae59627f79fbd3047cc08 | A healthy adult should be consuming something in the region of 2,000 calories a day, according to the Department of Health. But a new photo series by the New York Times has revealed just what 2,000 calories looks like at some of the UK's favourite fast food chains - and it's often a lot smaller than you might think. At... | Government guidelines say adults should around 2,000 calories a day .
Double Whopper with cheese from Burger King has 1,070 calories alone .
Modest-sized lunch at McDonald's or Pizza Hut will often top daily limit .
While in the U.S. it is possible to eat 2,000 calories in just one dish . |
fe1f2d4469c9c07b52ddfd380e3ca508f99cd60a | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 05:50 EST, 2 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:47 EST, 2 October 2013 . A Good Samaritan haunted by the face of a dying man who had been savagely beaten committed suicide less than 12 hours after trying to save him . Sean Lyons, 24, was so traumatised about witnessing the killing, he han... | Sean Lyons, 24, was traumatised about witnessing a man dying .
Labourer saw 40-year-old Glen Delaney being beaten up in the street .
Tried to revive him while friend called an ambulance - but victim died .
He called police 30 minutes before his death to tell what he witnessed .
His body was later discovered under a foo... |
fe1f6204ef98df3910d1717819cc223cc78193dc | He was the hardman ruler of the Soviet Union's most loyal vassal state who faced off against Nato and commanded an army of a million men... but he couldn't stand to be around his wife. East German leader Erich Honecker was so fed up in his marriage with wife Margot that he even arranged for her to go on separate foreig... | Erich and Margot Honecker fled to Chile after Berlin Wall came down .
He died in 1994 while she still lives in Santiago, aged 84 .
Both had affairs but stayed together 'for the sake of the party' |
fe1fe337493bed71770a2972dba596254997eae7 | (CNN) -- The Avenue Gordon Bennett in France's capital is everything you would expect of a leafy lane in a quintessentially Parisian suburb. The Serres D'Auteuil botanical gardens -- home to a myriad of rare and exotic plants -- sit alongside the center of a Gallic passion that is Roland Garros -- the site of the annu... | French tennis federation want to expand French Open venue Roland Garros .
Plans have met with fierce opposition from environmental campaigners .
Expansion will take over part of an botanical gardens and adjoining sports centers .
Move to one of three alternative sites rejected by federation in vote last month . |
fe201138d82274befc1c91718a734ba66892b585 | By . Lizzie Parry . Beardilizer aims to give folically-challenged men a boost, promising to boost facial hair growth through its mix of nutrients and vitamins . Never mind balding treatments - now there's a 'fertiliser' which promises to boost beard growth. The supplement, called Beardilizer, is aimed at follically-cha... | Dietary supplement Beardilizer claims to promote a 'stronger, fuller beard'
Natural nutrients and vitamins work to stimulate and nourish hair follicles . |
fe20a526fb09697784371cd90dfb3349e9b35842 | (CNN) -- Spain's Dani Pedrosa is on pole position for Sunday's San Marino MotoGP after posting the fastest lap in qualifying at Misano on Saturday. The Honda rider snatched first place on the grid by 0.018 of a second in the dying seconds of qualifying, ahead of compatriot Jorge Lorenzo on the Yamaha and Britain's Cal ... | Spanish rider pips his compatriot Jorge Lorenzo to pole by less that two hundredths of a second .
Britain's Cal Crutchlow will start Sunday's race from third on the grid .
Pedrosa looking to close Lorenzo's 13-point lead at top of championship standings . |
fe2111988df1c3939a5ae4b9968d1b3e28f35633 | Most new fathers feel so clueless when it comes to newborn babies that they are anxious when first handed their own child after birth. Moreover, as many as one in five British fathers admit never having held a baby before their own was placed in their arms - and 30 per cent say they have no idea at all how to hold an i... | Over 30% of fathers say they don't know how to hold a baby .
And 90% wish there was more practical advice available to new parents .
Most fathers begin to bond with babies when doing night feeds .
Former England rugby player Ben Cohen fronting Cuddle Mastery Guide . |
fe2121929f4ec6f02bd604227f9f51388e2c0e40 | (CNN) -- Like a magician in a blue shirt and white socks, James Riddle Hoffa stood outside the Machus Red Fox restaurant in Michigan on July 30, 1975, made a phone call, and vanished. Some people would later say he seemed nervous as he headed to a supposed meeting there with suspected mob bosses. Some would say they sa... | Since Jimmy Hoffa disappeared on July 30, 1975, the mystery has lingered .
Where did he go? What -- and who -- was behind the vanishing act .
The latest search is on a nondescript field in Michigan .
It is just the most recent in a string of searches that stretches across nearly 4 decades . |
fe2181f2a0d241957ed37441dce07c677eb6688f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:56 EST, 14 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 19:18 EST, 14 January 2014 . A West Texas man convicted of killing two people as a teenager in 1993 was released on bond Tuesday while he awaits a new trial ordered by the state. After spending nearly 20 years in prison for the killings... | Daniel Villegas, 35, was convicted in 1995 of gunning down two men in a drive-by shooting .
Villegas recanted his confession, saying that it was obtained by coercion .
There was no physical evidence linking Villegas to the crime .
The murders have since been attributed to two brothers, one of whom has since died . |
fe2184922d79b8b6d85c8ffaba59d7a4fca4c59f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 23:27 EST, 18 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 23:28 EST, 18 October 2013 . Former Vice-President Dick Cheney has revealed he once feared that terrorists could use the electrical device that had been implanted near his heart to kill him. and had his doctor disable its wireless funct... | Vice-President had wireless function on heart device switched off to protect him .
Cheney's doctor says he feared for Cheney's health on 9/11 after medical tests showed he was at risk of another heart attack . |
fe21c0083ad85e97ea9d112c2e7e0abd7fb472db | (CNN) -- Just over 9 percent of the world's urban population lives in a megacity today. By 2025, the number of megacities with a population greater than 10 million will grow from 21 to 29 and account for 10.3 percent of the world's urban population, according to the United Nations. Here we highlight some of the world's... | By 2025 10.3 percent of the world's urban population will live in megacities says the UN .
The most populous megacity is Tokyo in Japan, with 35.2 million inhabitants .
Megacities in countries like India and Brazil will grow fastest over the next 15 years . |
fe2291982771d4579587247ba200e90c72c6c538 | She may have been dead for more than half a century, but Hollywood's most sought-after blonde is still very much in demand. Max Factor has announced that Marilyn Monroe will be the new face of the make-up brand - despite her death in 1962. As the brand's 'global glamour ambassador', she will take the starring role in t... | Silver-screen actress will be 'global glamour ambassador' for the brand .
Campaign will emphasise role make-up played in starlet's transformation .
Blonde actress, real name Norma Jeane Mortenson, died in 1962, aged 36 . |
fe23a0d67f6b28b03aed6c2909044ac9f73cd779 | (CNN) -- Three United Nations peacekeepers were killed in an ambush in a camp for displaced people in Sudan's Darfur region, the global body said Tuesday. Two of the dead were soldiers; the third was a police adviser for the joint U.N. and African Union mission in the troubled region. Another six peacekeepers were inju... | The three peacekeepers were killed in an ambush .
The attack took place in a camp for internally displaced people in North Darfur .
The Darfur region remains a tinderbox . |
fe23bf858e86001f8d8256300a7862041ee8da3c | By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 04:51 EST, 8 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:34 EST, 9 August 2013 . A dog owner whose bull mastiff was one of five dogs to maul his former mother-in-law to death has launched a bid to save his pet from being destroyed. Dylan Mason, 44, is going to court to try to save his dog Ranger... | Dylan Mason is trying to save dog Ranger which savaged Gloria Knowles, 71 .
Five animals pounced on her as she .
went into garden to take down washing .
Three animals have already been destroyed - but two remain in kennels . |
fe24a100081b22fea13a54cc0bf70423251b170e | By . Pete Jenson . Follow @@petejenson . Last August Gareth Bale was in Cardiff on international duty, dodging Spanish journalists on his way to meet up with his Wales team-mates, and still uncertain of his £86million transfer to Real Madrid. One year on, he will be back in Cardiff to play in the European Super Cup for... | A year after his £86m transfer, it's hard to recall a signing who has had a greater impact in his debut season .
Bale is only the third player to score in the final of both the European Cup and the Spanish Cup in the same season - the others are Puskas and Raul .
Welshman has already done all previous Brits to play abr... |
fe2534854799540d38f45eb632245134866e3c20 | By . Tim Shipman . PUBLISHED: . 20:05 EST, 15 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:05 EST, 15 April 2013 . Opposed: Ed Miliband and Labour voted against the benefits cap . Working families would have to earn more than £41,000 a year to get the same as many living on state benefits if the Labour Party was in charge of the wel... | Ed Miliband and Labour voted against limiting benefits to £26,000 a year .
Iain Duncan Smith said days of 'outrageous benefits claims are over' |
fe25407760812e7d701efa9beb45bc8c75037daa | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 03:25 EST, 21 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:19 EST, 21 October 2013 . Robert Jones said that he was grabbed by the arm and that the assault lasted less than half an hour (stock image) A charity worker claims he was sexually abused by a female soap star when he was just 16. Robert Jon... | Robert Jones claims he was sexually assaulted by actress in 1981 .
Alleges she grabbed his arm and pulled him into bedroom .
A Metropolitan Police spokesman said they were considering the allegations . |
fe2587b899e8848413a322958d92e0019d9e14f2 | Bulgarians and Romanians will flock to Britain in far greater numbers than forecast as our economy races ahead of the rest of Europe, a secret report predicts. After immigration controls are lifted this week, Britons could find their jobs are squeezed in some areas – while community tensions could rise as the new wave ... | Bulgarians and Romanians will have the same rights as other EU citizens to live and work throughout Europe, but Britain is likely to be seen as more attractive than other countries struggling to make an economic comeback .
The Home Office-funded review – obtained by The Mail on Sunday – also suggests that the UK could ... |
fe258f5fccc01fd4649e231fedafab447e9b7580 | (CNN) -- Blood found on the scene of a Michigan kidnapping belonged to the victim, police said Thursday. Jessica Heeringa, 25, was abducted late last month from an Exxon station in Norton Shores, where she was working alone, sometime around 11 p.m., police have said. Investigators found "suspicious substances" at the s... | Police say blood found at a North Shores service station belongs to Jessica Heeringa .
She was taken from the station late last month, police say .
Suspect is a white male, 30 to 40 years old, 6 feet tall with wavy hair parted in the middle .
Police also are looking for a silver minivan . |
fe25c71fac5cdf249a73c9ffe9c356967f00dae2 | (CNN) -- If the figures for childhood obesity in the United States were not shocking enough -- prompting First Lady Michelle Obama to set up a nationwide program to tackle the epidemic -- the statistics among the Native American community are yet more sobering. Nearly 50% of indigenous children are classed as obese, an... | Notah Begay is a golfer with a Native American background .
Has four PGA Tour wins and was a Presidents Cup teammate of Tiger Woods .
Promotes foundation for health and wellbeing in Native American community .
Fight against type 2 diabetes and obesity is his priority . |
fe263e2cc16460fca24ece906bfb92e8766d87e0 | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 06:38 EST, 30 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:56 EST, 30 May 2012 . Reunited: Martin Robson Riley with his grandfather's World War One Medal that vanished 30 years ago . A World War One medal that vanished 30 years ago has been reunited with the soldier's grandson after he spotted it on ... | Private Henry Riley awarded Victory Medal for role in The Great War for Civilisation 1914 to 1919 aged 21 .
Medal disappeared from relatives' home in Birmingham but turned up in Cornwall 30 years later .
eBay seller sent medal to grandson Martin Riley for free after hearing his story . |
fe2652a98176cae99742a89699c5e0238e3ede55 | So much for old-fashioned air conditioning: What if you could harness the universe to cool your house? Some Stanford University engineers may have figured out how to do just that. According to a paper in the scientific journal Nature, a team led by Stanford electrical engineer Shanhui Fan has come up with a material th... | Stanford scientists create material that radiates heat into space .
Material is ultrathin and acts as both mirror and infrared radiator .
If applied to building rooftops, could help lower temperature significantly . |
fe26f516fcbc57fb053fe063243c1590f016a4bb | By . David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor . National Security Adviser Susan Rice defended the Obama White House's Taliban prisoner exchange on Sunday morning, telling CNN and ABC audiences that releasing five high-level terror targets to the nation of Qatar in exchange for Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl won't put American nationa... | Obama's national security adviser told CNN that the president pulled the trigger on a hostage exchange after Qatar's emir promised that the five Taliban the US released would not be able to reenter the terror battlefield .
She also rearticulated Obama's pledge to close the Guantanamo Bay detention center, saying its ex... |
fe273c436d5cacb4f87e7a73417a031807e9fd32 | Cairo, Egypt (CNN) -- An Egyptian billionaire was sentenced to 15 years in prison for his part in the murder of Lebanese pop singer Susanne Tamim in 2008, Egypt's Interior Ministry told CNN Tuesday. The man who actually committed the murder got 28 years, the ministry's Alla Mahmoud said. It was the second trial of Egyp... | One of Egypt's richest and most powerful men has now been found guilty twice .
He was sentenced to death after an earlier trial but got a retrial .
The court found he paid another man $2 million to murder Susanne Tamim . |
fe27bea386101d1697662133402afb3936086835 | (CNN) -- The worst-ever outbreak of Ebola virus is stretching the medical capacities of Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone -- the three West African countries hit worst by the virus -- and alarming leaders around the world. The following countries have restrictions in place aimed at keeping Ebola out, according to Intern... | Ebola virus has killed thousands since deadliest ever outbreak began .
Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone are the worst-hit countries .
Countries around the world have implemented travel restrictions related to outbreak . |
fe2874fc90694dd275d278aa83bfccab870ed845 | (CNN) -- The body of Luis Francisco Cuellar Carvajal, governor of the department of Caqueta, Colombia, was discovered Tuesday not far from where he was kidnapped the night before, government spokesperson Wilmer Rua said. Cuellar Carvajal's throat was slit, Colombian President Alvaro Uribe said in an address to the nati... | Governor's body is found by Colombian troops in an area close to his home .
Luis Francisco Cuellar Carvajal was governor of the department or state of Caqueta .
Authorities suspect FARC leftist Colombian rebels responsible for the kidnapping .
It was fifth time governor had been kidnapped; one of his bodyguards was kil... |
fe28a99ad8349e1dd16f88d9875b5af96f9fd516 | Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Thousands of Turks marched through Istanbul in a demonstration calling for improved rights and greater social acceptance for the country's homosexual community. Activists say the annual Turkish Gay Pride Parade, now in its ninth year, is the only march of its kind in a majority-Muslim country.... | Istanbul sees its ninth annual gay pride parade .
"We're everywhere, get used to it," one sign read .
The march is the only one of its kind in a majority-Muslim country . |
fe28aa9763140bf90e2f75a0021b96653fab55a9 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 2:58 PM on 6th August 2011 . Found: A female body found earlier today is Celina Cass . The father of 11-year-old Celina Cass, whose body was found this week, is bedridden with exhaustion and severe heart problems. The unsolved death of Adam Laro's daughter is said to be 'killi... | Adam Laro bedridden with exhaustion and severe heart problems .
Death still being treated as suspicious though no one arrested .
Police seized two vehicles - one belonging to her step father . |
fe28f5ca2f1b0cc06fb5bc9c75c1c76b8f389262 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 03:57 EST, 10 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:59 EST, 10 October 2013 . Police say a four-year-old boy taken from a playground in Baden, Lower Austria, has been found safe and well in the Channel Islands after a three-day search. Caspar Ruggaber had gone missing on Monday when h... | Caspar went missing when British father turned up unexpectedly at the mother's address in Baden, Lower Austria .
Turned up in Guernsey in the Channel Islands three days later .
Father is a well-known businessman on the Channel Island of Sark . |
fe290e75c79299266692ebf5d911cd95de642e87 | (CNN) -- At home I drink from the tap. Not so much because I particularly love the taste, but because the automatic water dispenser on my fridge doesn't work. This, of course, is the primary job of any automatic water dispenser. Not to work. Seriously. Every fridge I've ever owned. Same thing. I'm actually starting to ... | Water bubbling up in a mine in Ontario is between 1 billion and 2.6 billion years old .
Scientist who sipped water says it tastes "terrible"
Researchers are still trying to determine if the water could contain microbes .
One brave scientist tasted horrible prehistoric water so the rest of us didn't have to . |
fe293c6208b098504c1babfadc4fa95310f3af49 | It's back. The greatest prize in club football, the European Champions League, returns for another glorious season on Tuesday and as ever there's so much to look forward to. The biggest teams and the biggest stars going head-to-head in the biggest stadiums for the biggest prize on the continent. There really is nothing... | The Champions League returns this week as group stage gets underway .
Liverpool return to the top table after five years away as Mario Balotelli prepares to lead their line .
Arsenal hope strong British core will guide them to latter stages .
Diego Costa will offer Chelsea extra firepower as they target glory .
Manches... |
fe293d1972124d99f2c75c70a63e934e58941ea9 | By . Paul Sims . Last updated at 12:01 AM on 16th November 2011 . The policeman shot and blinded by crazed killer Raoul Moat last night announced the end of his 20-year marriage. Pc David Rathband, 43, used Twitter to confirm he and his estranged wife Kath, 41, are set to divorce. Clearly heartbroken he wrote: ‘Sad to ... | Pc David Rathband separated from his wife Kath following reports of a domestic incident in August . |
fe299b2f97c2ca51bb4ec53de3432570aeb64487 | Rat Pack crooner Sammy Davis Jr's little black book featuring Hollywood stars like Barbra Streisand and Clint Eastwood offers a rare glimpse into the singer's showbiz life. The late megastar's personal address book dates from the 1980s when his long career was a few decades away from his heyday in the 1950s and 1960s. ... | Names include Michael Jackson, Muhammad Ali and Liz Taylor .
One unusual name is former US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld .
Rumsfeld allegedly had a relationship with Davis Jr's wife Altovise .
Los Angeles auction house Nate D Sanders is selling the spiral-bound book . |
fe2a47367c3cbc20651bd9b21d0552ac3325fa82 | Serie A leaders Juventus are keen on signing Radamel Falcao, Ramires and Miranda even if they choose not to cash in on £70million-rated Paul Pogba. La Gazzetta Sportiva have labelled 2015 'The year of Pogba' as Juventus will have to fight off interest from a selection of the world's best teams. Pogba has been linked wi... | Juventus hope to convince Paul Pogba to stay at the club .
The Serie A giants could make a move for Radamel Falcao if Manchester United do not take up option to sign the Colombian ace .
The Old Lady are also keen on signing Ramires and Miranda .
Galatasaray's Wesley Sneijder is attracting interest from Juventus . |
fe2a584d726fc603010c22194ee8c6557dd9f9fd | (CNN) -- She's been dubbed the Russian "Tsarina," a former circuit-board-equipment seller who happened to sit next to one of the world's richest business moguls on a plane -- and now heads his company. Meet Margarita Louis-Dreyfus, the chairperson of French commodities giant Louis Dreyfus Holdings, with a net worth est... | Margarita Louis-Dreyfus is in the top 200 billionaires on the planet. Why?
Inherited commodities giant Louis Dreyfus Holdings from late husband .
First woman to lead the firm in it's 160-year-history, learned to manage "big egos"
Mother-of-three was an orphan who grew up in Soviet Union . |
fe2a5e12b24dc882cb4d656f486cfab13377fcd7 | Several top members of the Muslim Brotherhood have been asked to leave Qatar, an Egyptian leader of the group said Sunday. The apparent sudden push from Qatar comes amid longstanding pressure against the Brotherhood in the region, which began with its ouster from authority in Egypt several years ago. "We appreciate the... | Leading members of Muslim Brotherhood's political wing say Qatar asked them to move .
Qatar has not publicly addressed the matter .
A Muslim Brotherhood member says online that other members will honor the request . |
fe2a77806c1e80f9276b2ab51f6ff8e23c7f50b2 | (CNN) -- The family of a Florida man who was the first to die in the 2001 anthrax attacks has reached a tentative settlement with the U.S. government over his death, a lawyer for the family said Monday. The family is waiting for word from the Justice Department before a deal is finalized, said Richard Schuler, the lawy... | Robert Stevens was the first of five killed in the 2001 anthrax attacks .
His family sued the government in 2003, accusing it of lax lab security .
The FBI blamed the attacks on a scientist at an Army facility . |
fe2a7cf0e4eea6023389baa643aa6537f1dcc501 | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 14:33 EST, 11 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:23 EST, 12 December 2012 . 'He's making a list, he's checking it twice, he's going to find out who's been naughty or nice' goes the popular Christmas song. But Santa Claus has come to a Canadian town with a difference this Christmas - he's ... | Abbotsford Police Department in British Columbia, Canada, has sent a seasonal greeting to known prolific offenders and gang members .
The Christmas message, part of Operation Resolution, is aimed at making criminals mend their ways in the New Year . |
fe2af2916e298800b06c83b8e36fb56dec731780 | By . Lizzie Parry . PUBLISHED: . 13:40 EST, 13 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 15:58 EST, 13 March 2014 . Tragic: Jamie Edward Capon, 16, died after binge drinking at a friend's birthday party in August last year . A 16-year-old died after a binge drinking session at a friend's birthday party caused him to suffer acute alc... | Jamie Edward Capon died on August 3 last year after passing out at party .
He suffered acute alcohol poisoning, pathologist told an inquest .
A blood test en route to hospital revealed he had 414 milligrams of alcohol per 100 mg of blood - the legal drink-drive limit is 80mg .
Coroner ruled a verdict of death as a resu... |
fe2b10babde9f527a63bcf7b3b3d9538c18c6810 | Chief Coroner dismissed excuse because she'd been there before . Lindsay tweeted that she was 'sorry for confusion' and was stressed . She turned up in an $80,000 Porsche . Lindsay not allowed to turn up at morgue unannounced and will need to ask permission from probation department and/or judge . Went straight to her ... | Chief Coroner dismissed excuse because she'd been there before .
Lindsay tweeted that she was 'sorry for confusion' and was stressed .
She turned up in an $80,000 Porsche .
Lindsay not allowed to turn up at morgue unannounced and will need to ask permission from probation department and/or judge .
Went straight to her ... |
fe2b2966582d43c9e692e435fb4ab28cbb8ea1b6 | An Islamic Society at one of Britain's largest universities has promoted a video claiming the execution of Drummer Lee Rigby in Woolwich was a hoax cooked up by the state, it was revealed today. Hours after the death of the soldier, 25, a Muslim student group at London Metropolitan University (LMU) circulated a YouTube... | Video posted on YouTube by London Metropolitan University group .
Film claims that Lee Rigby's death was a conspiracy and used 'fake blood'
Six-minute video named 'Woolwich false flag b*******' seen by 300,000 people .
LMU considered banning alcohol on campus as it might offend Muslims . |
fe2b68d605ad30921a8435cd812e5b720d0c3971 | (CNN) -- San Francisco police are saying a man they thought was fatally shot by officers actually killed himself. Police earlier said Kenneth Harding was shot by an officer Saturday while trying to run away. But on Thursday, authorities said they found evidence that proved something different. "We believe that the fa... | The fatal shooting occurs in San Francisco .
"We believe that the fatal wound on Mr. Harding was self-inflicted," police say .
Police say the bullet found in the man's head did not match the caliber authorities use . |
fe2b7f081f8860bf8ce4478651029068da0cf300 | When BBC documentary Reinventing the Royals was first listed on TV schedules in Iate December, few paid it much attention. But when claims that Clarence House had refused to release archive footage and had tried to stop it from being aired emerged in the Radio Times, the programme suddenly became front page news. Toni... | Charles was reportedly left fuming over controversy caused by the row .
Clarence House says it never tried to block transmission of the show .
Reinventing the Royals will air on BBC2 tonight at 9pm .
Two part programme opens with the aftermath of Princess Diana's death .
Reinventing the Royals, tonight at 9pm on BBC2 . |
fe2c90a0fc9c1a1baf8d1ef19a1ec9d318fe0d97 | By . Lizzie Edmonds . PUBLISHED: . 11:27 EST, 29 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:13 EST, 29 December 2013 . The bodies of a woman and a young boy have been found in a house. A 29-year-old woman and a two-year-old boy were discovered in Bonnyrigg, Midlothian, at about 8.30pm yesterday. It has been reported today the b... | Woman, 29, and boy, 2, discovered in Bonnyrigg, Midlothian .
Man, 32, taken to hospital with a police presence .
Police say they are not looking for anyone else in connection to deaths . |
fe2cb3b74c5aeb502416bfdc36de1587eb273942 | Carl Froch knocked out bitter rival George Groves with a lethal right hand in the eighth round, then set his sights on a title defence in Las Vegas next. There was talk of Froch hanging up his gloves after this hugely anticipated rematch with Groves, but straight after victory – which put to bed any of the question mar... | 36-year-old Froch said he wants his next fight to be in Las Vegas .
Says it would 'tick a special box' for him .
Froch beat Groves with huge punch in eighth round at Wembley . |
fe2cc128a2c064ce4f057d821539bf3e7bf3fca4 | By . Graham Smith . Last updated at 11:00 AM on 5th November 2011 . Two thousand foreign hikers have been trapped in bad weather on the slopes of a mountain near Mount Everest in a remote corner of Nepal for the past four days, it was revealed last night. The trekkers, who are thought to include a number of Britons, be... | Small town of Lukla has been covered by thick cloud .
Airlines unable to fly to and from the remote region . |
fe2ce9e3fd3fbdacc253406d0ab6f43c7fd0bee9 | By . Nina Golgowski . PUBLISHED: . 02:05 EST, 3 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:05 EST, 3 November 2012 . The ex-boyfriend to the mother of a 15-year-old girl found stabbed to death in a ‘fit of rage’ in her bedroom has confessed to her tragic death . Police say Juan Enrique Torres, 41, submitted a written confession... | Juan Enrique Torres, the ex-boyfriend of the teen's mother, submitted a written confession on Thursday .
Surie Baeza, 15, was found stabbed to death in her bedroom on Tuesday after a 'fit of rage' when she threatened to call police . |
fe2d00173073d32d6b78ef9998a0ce5bd945e5e8 | By . Sophie Borland . Alder Hey Hospital, Liverpool, is being investigated over claims its operating theatres are not safe . One of the country's top hospitals is putting thousands of children at risk by forcing inexperienced nurses to work out of their depth. A damning internal review into Alder Hey Children's NHS Fou... | Damning review tears into Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust .
It warns junior nurses are made to carry out tasks beyond their capabilities .
Alder Hey in Liverpool treats 270,000 .
children a year .
It is now being investigated by the Care Quality Commission . |
fe2d18624cb6ded386d51e851f117d35debb0a58 | A father and son have been arrested and charged with animal cruelty after they viciously beat their neighbor's German shepherd to death. Kimberly Saesee says her beloved dog Kuma somehow got into Sam and Tony Clendenin's yard in Merced, California, on Friday evening. The pair then started hitting the animal with a base... | Kimberly Saesee says her beloved dog Kuma escaped in Merced, California .
It then ran into Sam and Tony Clendenin's yard next door on Friday night .
The pair are then captured hitting the animal with a bat and flashlight .
Sam, 24, said he thought the dog would attack him if he had let him loose . |
fe2d3d69992f713798ded0ad0417f73806780b66 | The Returned Service League Art Union is desperately seeking the missing winner of a $3.3 million mansion on the Gold Coast. The owner of the luxury property, which was drawn in a lottery on Christmas Eve, is known to staff at the RSL but has been uncontactable since the windfall. 'We have his contact phone number, add... | The RSL Art Union is on the hunt for the winner of a $3.3 million property .
The luxury Gold Coast property was won in a Christmas Eve raffle .
The winner is known to the Union but have been unable to contact him .
The Union may have to hire a private investigator to find the winner .
They have missed out on a potentia... |
fe2deaa7253898b189fb628af181ab52a12da1be | (CNN) -- Some observers have been careful not to name the violence in Syria a civil war, lest it become a self-fulfilling prophecy. Well, the child has to be called by its name. The violent turmoil has turned into an asymmetric civil war, where the Syrian military and pro-government militias on one hand and opposition ... | Asher Kaufman: It's time to call turmoil in Syria a civil war, with extreme violence on each side .
But regime's forces are far better equipped and organized than the opposition, he says .
Kaufman: Bashar al-Assad gets heavy-duty support, especially from Russia and China .
Russia and China must be convinced it's not in... |
fe2ed882067645ab73c4b5561b2856bd59094c6b | (CNN) -- U.N. Ambassador Susan Rice withdrew her name from consideration Thursday for secretary of state. Over the past few months, a slew of articles have criticized Rice's personality. The Daily Beast recently ran a piece titled "Susan Rice's Personality Disorder." These articles allege that America's U.N. ambassador... | Susan Rice withdraws her name from consideration for State .
Articles have claimed Rice is undiplomatic and difficult to work for .
Amar Bakshi says those descriptions clashed with the reality of working for Rice .
He says Rice demonstrated openness, honesty and passion as a boss . |
fe2eebf393d243ea2e0c8bb1d9395e7372dec22a | By . Wills Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 08:06 EST, 4 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:09 EST, 4 March 2014 . It was bottled up 235 years ago and has been left to gather dust in a cellar ever since. But this historic collection of rum has become the most expensive in history, after fetching £80,000 at auction. The rare 18th ce... | Bottles were discovered while staff performed inventory of country house .
Were bottled up in 1780 and were initially valued at up to £800 each .
But the spirit sold for up to six-times its pre-sale estimate .
Owners said the country house had historic links to the Caribbean . |
fe2f6d5a4732a27f11b3cddd0107052da74c2eb8 | (CNN) -- Born in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Dikembe Mutombo came to the United States on an academic scholarship to study medicine at Georgetown University. But his career path soon changed after joining the school's basketball team. Mutombo would go on to play in the NBA for 18 years and become one of the leagu... | Former NBA star is committed to helping people in Democratic Republic of Congo .
His foundation helps provide health care and education for many Congolese .
Mutombo has been a part of CNN Heroes since 2007, when he served on the Blue Ribbon Panel . |
fe2fb292e5e3025816556b69e0d1699b315f7b4b | By . Luke Salkeld . PUBLISHED: . 05:17 EST, 27 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:19 EST, 29 March 2012 . A student who posted a series of racist comments on Twitter following footballer Fabrice Muamba’s cardiac arrest has begun a prison sentence of 56 days. Liam Stacey, 21, caused widespread revulsion by reacting to Muamb... | Swansea University student pleaded guilty to a racially-aggravated public order .
offence to incite violence and will spend up to 56 days behind bars .
21-year-old's initial message on Twitter was posted just moments after Muamba had collapsed .
Biology undergraduate .
admitted to police he had sent the tweets after ge... |
fe2fb6ff6f10c08271ca245e6b6da4ff5cbfff80 | By . Stephen Wright . PUBLISHED: . 19:12 EST, 27 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:12 EST, 27 August 2013 . Comedian Freddie Starr has been re-bailed until October by police investigating alleged 'historic' sexual offences . Comedian Freddie Starr faced new agony yesterday after he was re-bailed until October by police i... | 70-year-old was first arrested by detectives from Operation Yewtree .
The inquiry was set up in aftermath of Jimmy Savile scandal in November .
He has consistently denied any wrongdoing and was hoping to clear name . |
fe3085b00f258fdc84e5af5f7144ba347d7282ee | Brendan Rodgers never took his eyes off Jordon Ibe. In Liverpool’s final training session ahead of the Merseyside derby, the manager was about to make a big call and wanted to gauge the reaction. ‘He only found out he was playing on Friday,’ said Rodgers. ‘I was looking at him when I announced it.’ Ibe never flinched. ... | Everton and Liverpool played out a 0-0 draw at Goodison Park on Saturday .
In a dire affair Reds youngster Jordan Ibe gave an impressive showing .
It was only his second-ever competitive start for the club .
Brendan Rogers had no hesitation in starting the 19-year-old . |
fe31f53fb31e79f422751a3a9342112a4cb56d8c | Tony Abbott has admitted he doesn't feel any guilt about the treatment of children in detention centres as heartbreaking drawings were released showing the effect it has on their mental stability. The drawings by young children held inside Australia's detention centres were released as part of a damning report from the... | Tony Abbott admitted during a radio interview that he didn't feel guilty about the treatment of children in detention centre .
It comes after a 10-month long inquiry by the Human Rights Commission .
Report looked into the condition of refugees in mandatory detention .
It reported hundreds of children to have threatene... |
fe32e906a83932ab9af2b71bfa53cb6bc3f843d4 | An octogenarian has brought smiles to her loved ones' faces from beyond the grave by joking in her obituary that she passed away while climbing Mount Kilimanjaro. Norma Brewer, 83, who penned her own death notice before she passed away on January 27, wrote that she likely died from hypothermia after her dog, Mia, ate ... | Norma Brewer, 83, passed away on January 27 following a stroke .
But in her obituary, she wrote about how she was attempting to climb Kilimanjaro when she died from hypothermia after her dog ate her socks .
Her children said it summed up the way she viewed the world: 'While life is serious, it shouldn't be taken all th... |
fe3315f903d8cdc332b30829341962e91441a978 | The Duchess of Cambridge was as elegant as ever today in a claret LK Bennett coat while meeting military supporters, servicemen and women, as part of London Poppy Day. However, the glossy mane that inspired a million Chelsea blow-dries looked rather different: silver roots were clearly visible along the parting of her ... | Kate, 33, showed off a different hairstyle today - plus silver streaks .
Grey hair not directly linked with pregnancy, but can be caused by stress .
Many women find hair feels and looks thinner after having a baby .
Some mothers avoid dyeing hair while pregnant or breastfeeding . |
fe331aa12f42de26ffc8c297a1599b395f022c18 | (CNN) -- Scott Simon, for lack of a better phrase, was live-tweeting his mother's final days. In carefully worded posts, Simon, who has spent years artfully telling stories as host of "Weekend Edition Saturday" on National Public Radio, shared these most intimate moments with strangers and friends alike. On Twitter, hi... | NEW: The mother of NPR host Scott Simon passed away on Monday .
Simon has been tweeting from Patricia Lyons Simon's hospital room .
Reaction has been mostly positive with some dissenters disagreeing with the medium .
Simon's posts offer an intimate look into mother-son relationship and a new use of the media . |
fe33791df6163f9876523287cc6382980f11f379 | (CNN) -- English club Arsenal will be without Robin van Persie and Theo Walcott for their Champions League last-16 second leg with Spanish champions Barcelona, but it is "possible" captain Cesc Fabregas could play. Van Persie injured his knee scoring in Sunday's League Cup final defeat against Birmingham while Walcott ... | Arsenal captain Cesc Fabregas could be fit to face Barcelona in the Champions League .
Fabregas is currently sidelined with a hamstring injury .
Robin van Persie and Theo Walcott definitely out of Arsenal's trip to Spain .
English club lead 2-1 from the first leg in London with the return leg on March 8 . |
fe343a515da88fa58da1d743b5b5e7f32b74b0a3 | Sir Bruce Keogh's Government report has called for tighter laws surrounding cosmetic surgery including the introduction of insurance . The British Association of Plastic Surgeons (BAAPS) is to start offering insurance to patients who undergo plastic surgery with accredited surgeons. Until now, no insurance policy for c... | British Association of Plastic Surgeons offering world-first insurance .
The move comes after Sir Bruce Keogh's Government enquiry into the state of the booming £2.3billion cosmetic surgery sector .
Capsular contracture, an abnormal to breast implants, will also be covered . |
fe3460e5e8bcd064a598266944620a51e0998f87 | By . Graham Smith . UPDATED: . 09:43 EST, 30 December 2011 . A notorious Parisian wife-swapping club said to be a favourite haunt of disgraced ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn faces closure for allegedly allowing prostitutes to operate on its premises. Les Chandelles has been shut down temporarily and police have pl... | Les Chandelles said to be a favourite haunt of disgraced ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn . |
fe35056bd5050fc596216e0afbd7bf890f4bac36 | Roberto Martinez has been left scratching his head by Everton's pre-season form but one shining ray of light has been the emergence of 19-year-old striker Chris Long. Everton's manager is not afraid to give youth its chance and, in Long, he feels there is a young man who could become the latest distinguished graduate f... | Long scored in Everton's 3-1 friendly defeat to Paderborn in Germany .
He has a chance of making the Toffees squad to face Leicester on Saturday .
The 19-year-old joined Everton at the age of five .
He spent part of last season on loan at League One MK Dons .
Long has represented England at Under 16, 17, 18 and 20 leve... |
fe3523a5ccb9f1ed18a94bb74a9afc2b5c9a509d | Levante forward David Barral was told to stop complaining on Saturday despite being on the receiving end of a tackle so bad it left raked stud marks all down his leg. The 31-year-old played the full 90 minutes as his side lost 2-1 at Espanyol, but the former Real Madrid youth player's troubles didn't stop there. Barral... | Levante lost 2-1 in La Liga to Espanyol on Saturday .
David Barral posted a photo of his injuries from the game .
The Levante forward was accused of faking injury by the referee .
The photo proved otherwise with stud marks visible on his leg . |
fe3550b07898abc2452aeb5a38af12f8750357fc | When Southampton waved goodbye to arguably their three best defenders in the summer, no-one would have predicted them becoming the clean sheet kings of the Barclays Premier League by December. Yet the Saints go into Monday night’s match against Manchester United boasting the best defensive record in the English top fli... | Manchester United face Stoke City at St. Mary's on Monday night .
Saints lost Luke Shaw, Dejan Lovren and Calum Chambers in the summer .
Southampton have kept seven Premier League clean sheets this season .
Ronald Koeman's side have also conceded just 10 League goals this term . |
fe35c4cc22a52feba25a9c511dd9748dbd6ea763 | (CNN) -- The newly elected head of Syria's opposition briefed European foreign ministers Monday on the crisis there, European Union foreign affairs representative Catherine Ashton said. Ashton met Monday with Ahmed Moaz al-Khatib and pledged European support ahead of the monthly meeting of European Union foreign minist... | "Those responsible will be held accountable" for use of chemical weapons, EU says .
At least 142 people are killed Monday across Syria, the opposition says .
Syria accuses the United States of setting it up to be framed on chemical weapons . |
fe36513446d6065e41e235b35ff4485d82245ea0 | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 08:33 EST, 9 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:35 EST, 9 August 2013 . We are more accustomed to seeing her stomping down the runway in her sexy Victoria's Secret lingerie, but Lily Aldridge showcases a more demure side in her latest photoshoot. The 27-year-old Angel looks stunning as sh... | Cover girl of this week's net-a-porter digital magazine The Edit .
Says Victoria's Secret has made her a household name .
Wants to launch organic skincare and fashion line .
Has one child with Kings of Leon frontman Caleb Followill . |
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