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fef9b70837ff052ee7d0bceceb02475d65ed806d | I've you've ever wanted to spot wild and wonderful creatures on the Galapagos islands, scale Mount Everest or visit Captain Scott's hunt in Antarctica, but don't have the budget, all you need to do is log on. You won't actually feel the snow beneath your feet, or breathe in the air of the Rio Negro, but neither will yo... | Google Street View offers users the chance to see some of the world's most exotic locations at the push of a button .
Be transported from your desk to mangrove swamps, volcanic rock formations or a 13th century salt mine in Poland . |
fef9da1387bafd10cd923ebf8aeb617fed834b6e | (CNN) -- A Disney stunt performer died Monday night after suffering an injury during a rehearsal, company and local officials said. A performer was injured during rehearsal for the Indiana Jones Epic Stunt Spectacular at Hollywood Studios. Walt Disney World spokeswoman Zoraya Suarez said the performer was injured while... | Man hurt while rehearsing for Indiana Jones stunt show at Hollywood Studios .
Two people died after incidents at Orlando, Florida, theme park this summer .
Sheriff's department is investigating death of Anislav Varbanov . |
fef9efc6bb38ccae92f799b0a57f933766a302fb | It's doubtful Kenny McDowall was even aware of the fierce winds buffeting Murray Park yesterday. Every way the Rangers caretaker manager turns just now, a new storm is brewing. Not three weeks into his new role, the former assistant manager must already feel he’s been occupying the chair for a lifetime. Already devoid ... | Financially troubled Rangers in action against Alloa at the weekned .
Caretaker manager Kenny McDowall wants players to ignore speculation .
Rangers have not beaten Alloa in three attempts so far this season . |
fefa2624ec90dd7e8f97d82035f8bfdddd92d767 | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 07:07 EST, 2 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:08 EST, 2 April 2013 . This is the terrifying moment a gunman casually strolled down a road carrying a pistol which he had threatened to shoot two officers with. Armed police swooped on the man in Much Wenlock, Shropshire, after he was seen 'cal... | Boy, eight, ordered to flee by police marksmen as they hunted down the gunman in Much Wenlock, Shropshire .
Police firearms officers shot at the man, aged in his 50s, but missed .
He was later arrested after being tackled by a police dog . |
fefa38cb5513de825e505f3a83885c6a09037e58 | Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal has reported that the club's injury nightmare may be over with news that Ashley Young is the only player currently sidelined. Van Gaal's debut campaign has been one decimated by an alarming number of fitness problems to key players. As a result the 63-year-old has been forced to ch... | Manchester United welcome Southampton to Old Trafford in the Premier League on Sunday .
Goalkeeper Victor Valdes took part in first session after signing 18-month deal with the club .
Daley Blind and Marcos Rojo also back in action following lengthy injury lay-off .
Ashley Young will be out for four weeks after damagin... |
fefa5078872d383d2ea9715a74b19dfd6ad6e705 | (CNN) -- When "Sorcery" was demonstrated during the Sony presentation at the Electronic Entertainment Expo in 2010, it was touted as the quintessential game for the new Move motion controller, showcasing how action can be directed with the new device. Fast forward two years, and "Sorcery" doesn't quite live up to expec... | "Sorcery" showcases the Sony Move's capabilities .
The game is fun, but aiming with the controller is sometimes imprecise .
The game features Finn, a sorcerer's apprentice who must save a princess .
It has fun dialogue but no chance for players to respond . |
fefa7a8f6b26fb893903767f9367ce4c2f350bf7 | Scandal: Ex leader of the Paedophile Information Exchange, Tom O'Carroll, was jailed for child sex offences, and claimed today that 'Harman and co' made no effort to remove him or other members . Fresh questions emerged today about how influential a despised paedophile group were in the civil liberties organisation tha... | Convicted child abuser Tom O'Carroll led PIE and sat on gay rights committee of National Council of Civil Liberties .
He says Harriet Harman and Patricia Hewitt 'didn't even try' to remove him or others from NCCL .
'They didn't want to .
rock the boat because their careers within NCCL depended on them not .
rocking the... |
fefab2606119758f1695faa09524bd1ce71eaf96 | His dramatic post-court speech, in which he announced he had saved Casey Anthony's life, drew gasps almost as loud as those that came when the jury found his client not guilty of murdering her young daughter. It was a rather bold statement to make by defence lawyer of the moment Jose Baez, who has been called 'the luck... | 'I saved a life' says Casey lawyer .
Lawyer Baez took years to reach bar due to 'child support issues'
Casey on decision to take lawyer - 'If he's good, ill take him'
Lawyer up for TV show and other deals after win . |
fefb0302ad8a8106f40a221d5efa2838e580f37f | A day after he was heckled by new New York Police Department officers at an academy graduation ceremony, the city's mayor sat down with union heads in a bid to clear the air between the two sides. Mayor Bill de Blasio was joined by Police Commissioner William Bratton on Tuesday afternoon at the Police Academy in Queens... | The mayor sat down with union heads on Tuesday in a bid to clear the air between the two sides .
De Blasio had requested the meeting with the heads of all five police unions following several displays of disrespect against him .
Union leaders have blamed the mayor for fostering an anti-NYPD atmosphere and said it contr... |
fefba8d5fbccb1ab5edd54a4d4c51b83e65fbfe1 | After a year roaming the surface of Mars, Nasa has failed to find any evidence that its atmosphere is supporting life, it was revealed today. The Curiosity rover currently scanning the Red Planet has not detected any methane, a gas that is produced by living things. Since landing in Gale Crater last year, every morning... | Curiosity rover has found no sign of methane, which is produced by life .
Robot has spent a year on Red Planet scanning its surface and atmosphere .
'If you had life somewhere on Mars, you might see some', NASA says . |
fefbadfd98e20a6896fa8d17e60bc2e964736567 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . Energy prices in Britain will rise unless urgent action is taken to prevent Russia holding countries to ransom by cutting off gas supplies, a minister has warned. Energy Secretary Ed Davey warned aggression from Russian President Vladimir Putin could quickly force up cos... | G7 countries to hold talks on how to improve energy security .
A quarter of Europe's gas supply comes from Russian pipelines .
Energy Secretary Ed Davey warns prices in the UK are vulnerable . |
fefcde14475058e901b9343b53493e599e75e69e | (CNN) -- Greece may have given us the word democracy and many of the principles of civil society. But now it is "the sick man of Europe," and the people of other European democracies are asking whether it's worth saving with billions more dollars of their money. Put crudely, their argument is this: So what if Greece sl... | Greece doesn't sit on oil reservoirs; it relies on agriculture, tourism as money-earners .
Critics question whether Greece has the will or capacity to stay within the eurozone .
Some argue that so long as Greece uses the euro, it will never become competitive . |
fefcf4dbaea0a8f6569e9402e50ddbf2df04395e | (CNN) -- Ask Gavin MacLeod about virtually anybody, and he'll have something nice to say. Cary Grant? "To look like him for 10 minutes." Gregory Peck? "What a gentleman." Frank Sinatra? "One of the great moments of my life, getting to shake that man's hand." Except Bette Davis. Oh, MacLeod's not angry. But in his new m... | Gavin MacLeod has new memoir, "This Is Your Captain Speaking"
MacLeod spent years as character actor before he found TV stardom .
He was originally supposed to play Lou Grant on "The Mary Tyler Moore Show"
"Love Boat's" Capt. Stubing was originally tougher; character later softened . |
fefd1551edd2d395d4c8310b635e8bb1c1bb6d5f | London (CNN) -- "After the storm of a life lived in the heat of political controversy, there is a great calm." And so it seemed inside St. Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday as more than 2,300 guests from 170 countries stilled their quiet chatter and waited, silently, for the coffin of Margaret Thatcher to enter. Those word... | More than 2,300 mourners fill St. Paul's Cathedral for Margaret Thatcher's funeral .
Among them are foreign dignitaries, UK politicians and Queen Elizabeth II .
This is "the place for simple truths which transcend political debate," says Bishop of London .
Thatcher's granddaughter, Amanda, gives one reading, PM David C... |
fefd872ed4fa655424c5d4750ee8d22033b90913 | President Barack Obama slammed the NFL as an 'old boys network' that has so far failed to send a clear message condemning domestic violence in an interview on Friday. He said the league needs a 'wake up call' as it was 'behind the curve' reacting to the footage of Ray Rice punching his then-fiancee, now wife, unconscio... | President Obama said the NFL was 'behind the curve' on Ray Rice .
He warned change in attitude has to started in college football .
'Blind spots' have been rooted and behaviors tolerated, he said .
Obama added that the league should promote women into top positions . |
fefe305e499b1f5b9b0b8e1cfb23f091dfab4285 | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 17:06 EST, 4 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 21:49 EST, 4 June 2012 . Police say a Nebraska mom who disappeared last month with her son strangled the 10-year-old boy before strangling herself in the woods of an Iowa state park. Council Bluffs police said Monday th... | Police said Charlotte Schilling, 41, and her son Owen, 10, were not attacked .
Went missing May 10 and their bodies found ten days later in Iowa park .
For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90 90 90, visit a local Samaritans branch or see www.samaritans.org .
In the U.S. call the National Suicide Preven... |
fefec07c039338fe81c1e0f306ce331a5ef306fc | Nathan Walsh threatened to tell a married woman's husband about their affair and put naked pictures of her on the internet unless she gave him £1,000 . A 22-year-old man threatened to tell a married woman's husband about their one-night stand and put naked pictures of her on the internet unless she gave him more than £... | Nathan Walsh blackmailed a married woman after having sex with her .
Threatened to tell her husband about the affair unless she gave him cash .
He also said he would put explicit pictures of the woman on the internet .
She paid him more than £1,000 before eventually going to the police .
Walsh, 22, fainted in the dock ... |
feff0e0aae65e915c09e254d1348991d949aee71 | Avram Grant has revealed that Prince William asked if he would consider taking the reins at Aston Villa following the departure of Paul Lambert. The former Chelsea boss led Ghana to the Africa Cup of Nations final last week before his side were eventually beaten on penalties by Ivory Coast, and now he seems to be admi... | Avram Grant reveals Prince William asked if he could manage Aston Villa .
Villa are in search of a new boss after Paul Lambert's departure .
Grant insists he is committed to his role as Ghana manager .
READ: Sherwood and Klinsmann lead the way as Villa search for new boss .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Aston Villa new... |
feff65566c05d9b5fdde90ec9b4e525156dbfce0 | (CNN) -- Goran Hadzic, the last Yugoslav war crimes suspect still at large, was captured in Serbia Wednesday, a war crimes tribunal announced. An ex-Croatian Serb rebel leader who has been a fugitive for seven years, Hadzic was wanted for crimes against humanity and war crimes in connection with the wars that followed ... | NEW: The prosecutor calls the capture an "important milestone"
Serbia's president announces that Goran Hadzic is seized .
Hadzic is wanted for war crimes and crimes against humanity .
The announcement comes less than two months after the capture of Ratko Mladic . |
feffc073e43c4affe577f247994a7ce2fc3ad6b7 | (CNN) -- Forget the new black. This is the real black. A British nanotech company has created what it says is the world's darkest material. It is so dark the human eye can't discern its shape and form, creating what has been called a black hole. Vantablack, made out of carbon nanotubes, is designed by Surrey NanoSystem... | A British nanotech company has created what it says is the world's darkest material .
Vantablack is designed by Surrey NanoSystems and absorbs 99.96% of all light that hits it .
It's designed to help air-borne cameras and infrared scanning systems work more efficiently . |
ff0006370c899956af8226f665dd36c12ba93af4 | (CNN) -- Martin Kaymer's victory in last year's U.S. PGA Championship has given him the "belief and motivation" to add to his major tally at this week's British Open at Royal St George's this week. The 26-year-old German burst to prominence with his victory at Whistling Straits and had a brief spell as the world's top... | Martin Kaymer chasing second major title at this week's British Open .
German won last year's U.S. PGA Championship at Whistling Straits .
He signals out good putting as the key to victory at Royal St George's .
Kaymer singles out U.S. Open champion Rory McIlroy as big threat . |
ff01478e07465f6a83a3c0da0b15c62c519c1f5e | These pictures show more than 1,000 cyclists laying across a central London road in protest at dangerous traffic conditions. Dubbed a 'die-in', protesters blocked roads outside the Transport for London headquarters in Southwark as part of a vigil for six cyclists killed in the capital this month. The demonstration saw ... | Thousands took part in the 15-minute 'die-in' in Southwark, central London .
Protestors lay across road outside Transport for London's headquarters .
Part of a vigil for six cyclists killed in the city this month . |
ff0151d496189c50f4ad4ffa13c2c89fc3af9bad | Brendan Rodgers hailed Liverpool’s fighting qualities after they overcame a huge fright to make a winning Champions League return. Steven Gerrard held his nerve to fire in a last-gasp penalty, which secured a 2-1 win against FC Ludogrets, but that was only after Liverpool had conceded a 90th minute equaliser to substit... | Liverpool played first Champions League match since 2009 .
Steven Gerrard's late goal ensured 2-1 win over Ludogorets .
Brendan Rodgers praised fighting spirit .
Manager did say Liverpool would have to improve tactically .
Mario Balotelli scored first goal since moving from AC Milan . |
ff017687864d4bdfcf18548beb52995e3a91134b | If you're planning to enjoy this spring or summer at a national park, you'd better leave your drone at home. On Friday, Yosemite National Park in California turned heads when it announced that drones, the unmanned aircraft increasingly making their way into private hands, aren't welcome in the park, famous for its pict... | The U.S. National Park Service says drones are not welcome .
Yosemite National, in California, said they're being used to shoot video .
Drones make noise and can disrupt delicate wildlife, parks say .
YouTube shows a host of drone videos from Yosemite . |
ff019006b2828b8f21a472af189c478708b400a5 | A penniless Miami mom desperate to feed her hungry family was nearly arrested while trying to steal $300 worth of groceries, but the responding officer decided to help her instead. Officer Vicki Thomas arrived on the scene last month, and when Jessica Robles admitted the food was for her starving family, Thomas sent he... | Instead of hauling Jessica Robles off to jail, Miami-Dade County Officer Vicki Thomas decided to help her out .
'Arresting her wasn't going to solve the problem with her children being hungry,' said Thomas, who instead gave her a misdemeanor citation and bought her $100 worth of groceries .
Since then, the story has in... |
ff01967afec96901ab7da4ab7855f18e6180a723 | For more stats and facts from Selhurst Park, click HERE for our brilliant Match Zone . If Paul Lambert is to quell the growing discontent among Aston Villa supporters, then he'll need Christian Benteke by his side. The Belgium international was on hand to ease the pressure on his manager on Tuesday night, scoring the w... | Aston Villa striker Christian Benteke scored first goal since strike against Stoke on March 23 .
Paul Lambert's side have leaped above Crystal Palace after their win at Selhurst Park .
The away side recorded their first win since 1-0 victory against Liverpool on September 13 .
Villa claimed their first away win against... |
ff01e684e25b722e5a50c69d19e86350f5e1ed9f | The family of a serial party pest could lose their home, after an out-of-control party was shut down by police who were attacked with bottles by upset revellers. Perth Now reported riot police were forced to break up an out-of-control party in Bentley on Saturday night when 200 people spilled out into the streets. West... | Martin Fulton, 16, invited 500 people to an out-of-control party on Saturday night which had to be shut down by police .
30 police officers who moved in to shut down the party were bottled .
Fulton denies he was responsible and says that police are to blame .
As he is a minor, his mother is legally responsible and coul... |
ff024b56cd18510781d2835f8a0c151f7f80ceb7 | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 07:27 EST, 6 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:37 EST, 6 May 2013 . A woman exposed by Panorama for abusing residents at the Winterbourne View care home was beaten up by two men in a vigilante attack, a court heard. Alison Dove, 26, was punched to the ground by Mark Davies and his son Mitchell... | Alison Dove, 26, was punched to the ground by Mark Davies and his son .
She was one of 11 members of staff recorded abusing residents at the home in Bristol .
Dove was filmed squirting shower gel at a mentally disabled woman .
Mark Davies was given a one-year suspended prison sentence and 150 hours of unpaid work .
His... |
ff02950921f83509dc33ee2b2d881601e1dd7e2b | Former U.S. Marine Amir Hekmati has been convicted in Iran by a secret court of "practical collaboration with the U.S. government" and sentenced to 10 years in prison, his sister told CNN on Friday. The news follows a public campaign by Hekmati's family to win his release from Iran, where he has been held for nearly th... | Amir Hekmati's attorney says his client was never told about the trial .
Hekmati has been sentenced to 10 years in prison, his sister says .
Hekmati was convicted of collaborating with the United States .
His death sentence for espionage was overturned in 2011 . |
ff029ff18d2980e63ffd38a11bf3d888747ec3ff | Clearwater, Florida (CNN) -- A Florida judge dismissed a batch of potential jurors in the Casey Anthony murder trial Tuesday because several members had discussed the case in the jury room. The ruling from Orange County Superior Court Chief Judge Belvin Perry Jr. came in the second day of jury selection in the trial of... | NEW: The judge says a witness in the case also was summoned for jury duty .
A Florida judge rejects potential jurors because they discussed the case .
Jury selection was secretly moved to Clearwater, 100 miles from Orlando .
Casey Anthony is accused of killing her 2-year-old daughter, Caylee . |
ff0345888fafc20f762f3a74fac915a137b6a942 | Dhaka, Bangladesh (CNN) -- Angry supporters of a Bangladesh Islamist party leader, given the death penalty for a war crimes conviction, continued clashes with police Friday in different districts, pushing the death toll to 45 since demonstrations began, police said. Dhaka, the capital, was largely peaceful except for s... | Clashes continue in country .
Heavy security evident .
Delwar Hossain Sayedee was convicted of war crimes dating back to 1971 .
His political party says the allegations are part of a smear campaign . |
ff04a247ddef4bf14acf2d594dd5aab0ce372f6f | A woman was shot dead by her estranged boyfriend on Monday before the man then turned the gun on himself. Jacinda Miller, of Sadsbury, Pennsylvania, was leaving her car and heading into her job as a fitness instructor at the YMCA when Dennis Cassel murdered her. He then told a bystander to call 911 and stood by her bod... | Jacinda Miller was gunned down by estranged boyfriend Dennis Cassel as she was heading in to work at the Brandywine Valley YMCA in Pennsylvania .
Cassel then asked a bystander to call 911, and when the first police officer arrived on the scene her shot himself in the head .
Miller was a popular fitness instructor with ... |
ff04a921e5aa8d6150c2c71adf0e33d3f47cf7e5 | By . Suzannah Hills . The first ever gold coin to be struck in the U.S. more than 225 years ago is expected to fetch at least $5 million at auction. The gold doubloon was struck in 1787 and was the fledgling country's first ever coin intended for circulation in America's emerging colonies. Prior to its launch, settlers... | The coin was struck in 1787 by New York goldsmith Ephraim Brasher .
It contains 26.66 grams of gold - worth $16 at the time and $400 today .
Experts predict it could sell for far more than its estimated auction price .
A 1794 one dollar coin sold for $10million in 2013 holds the current record . |
ff04f0e1efad96aff0fffc3eaa6e77e3e0110396 | ALEXANDRIA, Egypt (CNN) -- "Quick, I-V." "Is he breathing?" "Flip him over." "Heart rate? Pulse?" The nurses' commands and questions filled the recovery room at an Egyptian hospital. Adnan Saleh's "after" photo. The tot from Egypt received surgery from Operation Smile to fix a cleft lip. Seven-month-old Adnan Saleh had... | Reporter volunteers for Operation Smile mission in Egypt; meets Saleh family .
Son Adnan has cleft lip; his parents are concerned that new baby will have it, too .
Salehs wait for hours for shot at surgery that would give Adnan a "normal" life .
Operation Smile goes on missions to Third World countries to repair birth ... |
ff052e238787c215e8249965d6d848f39e492ff7 | (CNN) -- The United States should drop charges against an Indian diplomat accused of fraud and making false statements on a visa application for her housekeeper, the country's foreign minister told CNN on Friday. "I imagine yes, if we think the charges are unwarranted, unjustified, then how would we say, 'But you can c... | U.S. should drop charges, India's foreign minister says .
Officials should have referred the situation to Indian officials to handle, Salman Khurshid says .
Prosecutors say diplomat lied about housekeeper's pay on visa application .
She could face up to 15 years in prison . |
ff0558feb36fe91b48d91bb9348fe9a2af4d118f | (CNN) -- Samoa Air has taken the next lunge in the debate on air travel and overweight fliers with a new extra-large seat for extra-wide passengers. "The new seat is like a two-person couch, created from two adjacent seats without an armrest," the airline's CEO Chris Langton told CNN. The new seat will also have 14 inc... | New "couch" will combine two seats and have 14 inches of extra legroom .
Some passengers on Samoa Air weigh up to 210 kilos (460 pounds)
Initiative includes ramp access to seats in place of steps . |
ff05c68f2874e6a4f7e8bc8ec53714257fa6aaf2 | Istanbul (CNN) -- Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan said Friday that he regrets the deaths of 35 civilians in a military airstrike in a Kurdish area on the border with Iraq. Speaking to reporters in Istanbul, he said, "It is an unfortunate outcome. It is a sad outcome." Pledging a full investigation, he said ... | NEW: Turkey's foreign minister says the country does not discriminate between its citizens .
Erdogan says the deaths, many of youths under 20, were "a sad outcome"
The Turkish military airstrike killed 35 people who were smuggling cigarettes .
A Kurdish separatist group member calls for a "settling of accounts" over th... |
ff06019bf301a20a46b10fdb83d7f7d9cd6dab6b | By . Alex Greig . A Kazakh woman left disfigured after undergoing radiation therapy for cancer in her jaw that she never had is undergoing reconstructive surgery at a Kentucky hospital Monday morning. Lessya Kotelevskaya, 30, is receiving the $1 million surgery for free after a doctor at the University of Louisville Ho... | 30-year-old Lessya Kotelevskaya was taken into what is expected to be a 24-hour surgery Monday morning .
She has a gaping hole in her cheek and no jawbone after she was misdiagnosed with cancer and given radiation in her native Kazakhstan .
University of Louisville doctors are performing the million-dollar reconstructi... |
ff06131fa458c668503b42a011361f5381c7b9a1 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Furniture from the rented mansion where pop star Michael Jackson died was being auctioned off Saturday, and among the most expensive items sold were paintings that went for $46,875 and $35,200. Some of the furnishings were made infamous by crime scene photos shown in this year's trial of Michael Ja... | Two paintings sell for thousands of dollars .
Auction is selling 524 items from rented mansion where pop icon died in 2009 .
Some furnishings were shown in photos during trial of Jackson's doctor .
Jackson didn't own the furnishings, but his use of them should raise prices . |
ff06437727029069bd6d5c4d0eb91fe099bf0a39 | Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- From bakery to barber shop, cafe to carpet store, Iranians stroll their capital with a renewed step, uplifted by how their newly elected president seeks something remarkable after decades of cold war-like relations between their country and the West. Iran wants to talk. With the United States. Wit... | Throughout the capital, Iranians sense a new future in the air .
'It's not like I've seen anything, but I feel it,' one retiree says .
The new president's outreach to Western countries resonates .
Optimists express themselves at a CNN open microphone in Tehran, but so do pessimists . |
ff0692b4d7a2a7affaa437e8a7a8c69d77b75ff1 | A minutes silence and a candlelight vigil has been held in Melbourne in honour of the world's leading experts in the battle against HIV who were killed while travelling on Malaysia Airlines flight MH17 en route to an AIDS conference in the city. The tragic loss of researchers who died should be used to push the life-sa... | Joep Lange, a Dutch HIV expert and former president of the International AIDS Society, was en route to AIDS2014 .
Dr Lange was the father of five girls .
Other passengers on the plane include European researchers Martine de Schutter and Pim de Kuijer .
The Melbourne conference will be held from July 20 to 25 .
UN AIDS ... |
ff06bf2aeef92e7a55794961364b357e4450b528 | Charlie Crist's fan isn't allowed on stage under the rules of an October 21 Florida governor's race debate that CNN is hosting in conjunction with Jacksonville affiliate WJXT. The candidates were sent a memo on October 8 outlining the format, rules and logistical information for the debate. Among those rules: No electr... | Rules of an October 21 CNN / WJXT debate prohibit electronic devices, including fans.
Florida's Charlie Crist's use of a fan during a Wednesday debate triggered a bizarre episode.
Crist's opponent, Gov. Rick Scott, was several minutes walking onto the stage. |
ff0704a68a7f99f26dc733cfc4d9a0eb1c1e4d89 | By . Michael Zennie In Cleveland . PUBLISHED: . 21:06 EST, 8 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:09 EST, 9 May 2013 . Gina DeJesus' mother collapsed on the ground and cried out for vengeance when she saw her daughter alive after learning she had been held captive for nine years, a family friend has revealed. 'Matalo!' Nancy R... | Nancy Ruiz fell to the ground and yelled 'Matalo!' - which means 'Kill him' in Spanish .
Gina DeJesus vanished in 2004, and was best friends with the daughter of her alleged abductor - Ariel Castro . |
ff07a814c4560aaaa1d28a25a2cbdf0aca7f09b3 | (CNN) -- Juventus cast aside the disappointment of crashing out in the Champions League group stage, thumping Sassuolo 4-0 in Serie A on Sunday. The three points were much welcomed by Juve, which exited Europe's top club competition in snowy Istanbul, and Carlos Tevez's hat-trick would have pleased the Argentine strike... | Juventus coasts past Sassuolo 4-0 to increase its lead in Italy's Serie A .
Carlos Tevez scores a hat-trick for Juventus, which exited the Champions League last week .
Atletico Madrid beats Valencia to pull level on points with Barcelona in La Liga .
Bayer Leverkusen's title hopes in Germany dwindle following a defeat ... |
ff07aa2c884e4a0c32affee5b52fca8be37c63df | (CNN) -- The Nigerian military said Thursday it killed one of the leaders of the Islamist extremist group, Boko Haram, which has waged an insurgency in the nation for years. Mamadu Bama was the second-in-command, the military said in a statement. He was killed this month along with his father, who was the group's spiri... | Boko Haram has attacked various targets in the nation since 2009 .
Mamadu Bama is second-in-command of the Islamist extremist group, army says .
He was killed along with his father, who was the group's spiritual mentor . |
ff07e464aee66872d8082a815d5d80c347cdb55f | These are the three Christmas miracles - sent from heaven. Anna Mitchell tragically lost four babies and thought she would never be a mum. But when her own mother died, she left Anna some money in her will and she used it to pay for IVF treatment. Amazingly she found she was pregnant with not just one baby - but three.... | Anna Mitchell feared never becoming a mother after losing four babies .
Suffered three ectopic pregnancies and had to have a fallopian tube removed .
Finally gave birth to triplets after conceiving using IVF - paid for using inheritance from her late mother, Nicola, who died of liver cancer .
Anna said her babies were ... |
ff082e2b1b7eb32c68e5111b1221b078680d2747 | 'Myth': Many of the reported benefits of health supplements have no scientific evidence to support the claims . Millions of people who take dietary supplements to ward off cancer may be toying with a ‘two-edged sword’ that might do them harm, experts have warned. People were being misled by ‘messages from supplement ma... | Scientists say claims of the benefits of antioxidents made are largely a 'myth'
beta carotene,vitamins C and E might even promote cancer, according to research . |
ff0832b03417cabd94a7dea29c09e60035ea8836 | Orange, California (CNN) -- Ian Chung is nestled in darkness. Born just 24 weeks into gestation, he weighs scarcely more than a pound. He can hear the faint sounds of the outside world mingling with the soothing sound of his mother's voice. His spindly arms and legs shake as he lets out a warble. "Oh, my love," coos hi... | Fewer than 1% of babies are "micro preemies," a term that varies in definition by hospital .
Small Baby Unit at California hospital mimics womb with soft lighting, low sounds .
Experts say touch can help mitigate pain of medical procedures for preemies . |
ff08341b814498aa43a8068426df3d07aa4e396e | Loic Remy has labelled Liverpool 'dishonest' after the striker's move to Anfield fell through due to a failed medical. The new Chelsea forward was poised to join Liverpool for £8million from Queens Park Rangers, but the Premier League club pulled out of the agreement after Remy's medical tests. The France international... | Loic Remy following his failed medical at Anfield: 'I did not understand Liverpool's decision. It was not very honest from their side'
The Queens Park Rangers striker signed for Premier League rivals Chelsea .
Remy was due to join Liverpool for £8million before his medical tests . |
ff0855ca0f158512548d79c75ccdfcdabbb2247e | (CNN) -- Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey took her final bow in a taped episode that aired Wednesday, marking the end of her 25-year daytime talk show with a tearful goodbye. "You all have been a safe harbor for me," Winfrey told her audience. "My hope is that you will be that safe harbor for someone else." The media mogu... | NEW: "You all have been a safe harbor for me," Winfrey says .
She offers e-mail address by which her fans might contact her .
Fans say Winfrey inspired them to do better in life . |
ff08a870e48e032e1f3da03acee62c76fa61abc1 | By . Colin Young . and Matt Lawton . and John Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 10:56 EST, 3 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 18:52 EST, 3 March 2014 . Should Alan Pardew remain in charge of Newcastle? The seriousness of Alan Pardew’s headbutt was highlighted by the FA when they declared that the offence was a ‘non-standard’ case for ... | Alan Pardew charged with improper conduct for butting David Meyler .
Toon boss escapes criminal action but will face 'non-standard' FA action .
Newcastle could sack Pardew if he is unable to manage in coming weeks .
The former West Ham boss was fined £100,000 after the incident . |
ff08c1873ec9b1731ba5179dc3b156ae9d649c2d | A dinosaur fossil which is the oldest of it’s kind is expected to be snapped up for £350,000 at auction. The seven-foot (2.3 metre) long skeleton of the Ornitholestes, which means 'bird robber', dates back 150 million years to the Jurassic period. It will go under the hammer at Sotheby’s on September 30 and comes less ... | The seven-foot-long skeleton of the .
Ornitholestes, which means 'bird robber', dates back to the Jurassic period .
Despite the creature’s small .
size, its long lower limbs gave it tremendous speed and agility which .
made it a formidable hunter, paleontologists claim . |
ff090d4e217d5d4f3cfe9a81a05705bc9bda5d68 | (CNN)In honor of the Oscars, this story will be 7,633 words long, padded out with flowery phrases and belabored metaphors, leavened with a surprise adjective or two and summed up by a yawning and expected conclusion. Just kidding. Well, at least about the number of words. We can't promise anything about the rest. But t... | The 87th Academy Awards air Sunday night on ABC .
Host will be Neil Patrick Harris, who has proven himself at the Tonys and Emmys .
"Birdman," "Boyhood" are front-runners for best picture . |
ff09871273485e8b040109752532db2718d9d8f7 | By . James Chapman and Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 18:09 EST, 10 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:39 EST, 11 February 2013 . Bills for long-term care in old age are to be capped at £75,000 in England, in a £1billion move to be funded by dragging more people into the inheritance tax net, it was announced today. Health Se... | It means thousands of middle-class families will have to pay 40 per cent tax .
George Osborne had pledged to increase the threshold to £1m in 2007 . |
ff0a36f0e886613a672572a3feba6463086c142c | The owner of this waterlogged camera . must have thought it was gone for ever, along with his precious holiday . pictures, when he dropped it in the ocean. But a year later a diver spotted it . rusting away in the depths and rescued it. Even more astonishingly, he . was able to recover the pictures and post them on Goo... | Wildlife photographer found Canon EOS 1000D while scuba diving .
Posted photos retrieved from memory card on Google+ to track down owner .
Owner identified as firefighter from British Columbia . |
ff0ab3ef858875fb44e230468724e42f23b2f415 | By . Hugo Duncan . PUBLISHED: . 15:19 EST, 31 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:43 EST, 1 January 2014 . The pound hit its highest level for nearly three years yesterday, and shares ended 2013 on the front foot in a vote of confidence for the British economy. The FTSE 100 index of blue-chip companies rose 17.82 points ... | 2013 was the best year for the London stock market .
since 2009 .
Pension pots and investments boosted for .
millions of workers and savers .
Sterling is now at its highest level against the dollar since April 2011 .
Analysts say we have experienced stronger than expected growth .
But many believe the surge in the poun... |
ff0adb7bb4281cba2fea1333fe7b44015f9ad57f | London (CNN) -- What do artificial whiskers and coffee-filled balloons have in common? The answer is that they are both tools on experimental robots -- but they are also being put forward as possible ideas to help future planetary explorations. "Shrewbot" is the latest in a line of robots developed by teams at the UK's... | "Shrewbot" aims to test whether artificial whiskers could help a robot navigate .
Robotics expert Alan Winfield suggests they could be useful for planetary rovers .
He also points to work on soft robotics that could aid space exploration .
So-called 'swarm robots' might be able to adapt to an alien planet's environment... |
ff0af7c87cd71ce57b2d25c2fb63f16d7f8f5886 | Never-before-released Interviews with veteran female CIA officers have given a fascinating insight into women's lives at the heart of the hyper-male and intrinsically secretive world. The four officers, who started as low-ranking typists and ended up in charge of international CIA branches, were asked about what it was... | Interviews with female CIA employees, who joined the lower ranks in the 1960s and 70s, reveal the sexism they endured .
The tapes, released on October 30, were part of an internal review to try to improve women's positions at the agency .
One female agent said she could always tell foreign surveillants when they awkwar... |
ff0ba21e5910c2a267cdad8234891fb15ff3a66c | By . Lizzie Parry For Mailonline . A mother who claims doctors advised she abort her unborn son held her tiny newborn for the first time eight weeks after he defied the odds to survive a rare birth defect. When Vicky Davies was 20 weeks pregnant a routine scan revealed her son had the condition congenital diaphragmatic... | When Vicky Davies was 20 weeks pregnant a scan revealed her son had the condition congenital diaphragmatic hernia .
Doctors gave her unborn baby a 50 per cent chance of survival .
They advised she and her partner Gavin Wilson consider an abortion .
The couple refused and on May 23 baby Samuel was born five weeks early ... |
ff0bbcbfcf1946f47fed2469909c01403af5a486 | It has been 16 years since Hearts and Rangers have arguably played in a match of such magnitude. It’s mere coincidence that the game would also be Ally McCoist’s last appearance as a player in the Light Blue. The Tynecastle club triumphed 2-1 on that occasion, lifting the Scottish Cup to end a 36-year trophy drought. T... | Hearts take on Rangers in Scottish Championship top of the table clash .
Tynecastle club can open a nine-point advantage over Rangers with a win .
Former Maroons defender Gary Naysmith: 'If Hearts win, I don’t see them losing a nine-point lead' |
ff0c18b7c3bdd5d06943c0a4e7655b620ed114c2 | Prince Charles showed his soft side today as he enjoyed a tender moment with a local school girl. The youngster was clearly pleased to see the royal and leaned in for a kiss on his cheek after he and the President of Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, visited La Macarena Church in Colombia. A group of young schoolchildren h... | Prince Charles and President of Colombia visited La Macarena Church .
Received kiss from a youngster during trip .
Visited Cano Cristales, a river that appears to change colour .
Visited Bogota's Centre for Peace, Memory and Reconciliation .
Royals on trip to Colombia and will move to Mexico next week . |
ff0c254794b58b1775ac1fe59cea7c63d51b2e6d | Hayley Parsons, the founder of insurance comparison website GoCompare is to net £44m by selling her stake in the successful business . Eight years ago, Hayley Parsons sat at her kitchen table and sketched out a plan for a price comparison website. Today, the married mother-of-two is £44million richer after selling her ... | Hayley Parsons set up insurance comparison website GoCompare in 2006 .
Insurer esure is to buy the remaining 51 per cent of company for £195m .
The 41-year-old entrepreneur's 23 per cent share is valued at around £44m .
Ms Parsons was awarded an OBE for services to the economy in 2012 . |
ff0d02fc15a59cf9edd18aafe57320dea427baca | (CNN) -- Manny Pacquiao's career will be defined by Floyd Mayweather, even if the Filipino can't give boxing the fight it has long been clamoring to see. That's the view of Sports Illustrated's boxing correspondent, Bryan Armen Graham. He says he is optimistic that Pacquiao and Mayweather can finally reach a deal to se... | Floyd Mayweather will define Manny Pacquiao's career even if fight can't be made, says pundit .
Sports Illustrated's boxing editor Bryan Graham Armen optimistic fight will happen .
Pacquiao poised to announce his next opponent on Friday .
Mayweather due in court in January to answer domestic violence charges . |
ff0d9b787ff9dd276194f6313678e0fd2dc43e05 | By . David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 19:52 EST, 19 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:34 EST, 20 January 2014 . Eating white dirt is an ancient southern tradition that continues to be carried out to this day, mainly by women who crave the chalky white substance. The extraordinary phenomenon, known as geophagy, is the subj... | Eating white dirt is an ancient southern .
tradition that continues to be carried out to this day - mainly by African American women .
The particular rock is .
called kaolin and can be found along the Atlantic Coast Fall Line that .
runs through southern states including Georgia .
A new documentary film, Eat White Dirt... |
ff0d9d36af65dd5f023b0bf52c46704be43de48a | By . Kieran Corcoran . A £3.25million seafront home belonging to a former neighbour of football manager Harry Redknapp has been destroyed in a fire, killing its owner. Graham Cox, 77, died when the first floor of his home on an exclusive street in Poole, Dorset, was engulfed in flame on Wednesday afternoon. Firefighter... | Exclusive home in Poole, Dorset, caught fire on Wednesday afternoon .
Around 40 firefighters fought the first-floor blaze for an hour .
The owner, 77-year-old owner Graham Cox, was killed in the blaze .
Queens Park Ranger manager Harry Redknapp used to be a neighbour .
Dorset Fire and Rescue service have launched a pro... |
ff0dd2704dbbad96552852e22965d8603a825c1c | A baby has been nicknamed Harry thanks to a thick head of hair that makes him look like One Direction heartthrob Harry Styles. Four-month-old Harvey Johnson was born with dark luscious locks, much to the surprise of his parents. Mother and father Lucy Carter, 26, and Ian Johnson, 32, from Hitchin, Herts., were stunned... | Harvey Johnson, four months, was born with thick head of black hair .
Didn't fall out as baby hair usually does and keeps on growing .
One Direction singer is famous for his wild chocolate-coloured mane . |
ff0e12b9044826661afb57ebc997f92fb968a450 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:11 EST, 7 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:23 EST, 7 October 2013 . Dramatic footage has shown the moment that a fearless clerk grabbed a machete and chased a would-be robber from the store after the masked man shot at him. Surveillance cameras inside the Stop & Shop Deli on L... | Would-be thief ran off empty handed after coming face-to-face with the brave store worker on Long Island, New York on September 25 .
Worker was not injured despite gun going off just inches from his face . |
ff0ed84ef597ccba6c85378ba23302df0898d207 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 12:10 EST, 12 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:39 EST, 12 November 2012 . Christmas has never looked as cute as this one-foot-tall mini tree sprouting from a pothole in the snowy streets of London. Other pictures compiled for a quirky book of mini-gardens planted in potholes across Britain... | Gardener Steve Wheen turns potholes into pretty small garden scenes .
He has transformed 150 of London's potholes so far .
'I really enjoy the reactions of people who come across my work,' he said . |
ff0f8dd06edf51b21a0c2d2bc6cc7bfc857d00e5 | (CNN) -- Sticks are the new boxes, at least when it comes to getting the Internet on your television. On Tuesday, Roku released its latest tool for streaming 1080p content directly to a TV. Like the $100 Roku 3 set-top box, the new $50 Roku Streaming Stick has a large selection of apps for streaming content, including ... | Roku's new Streaming Stick is a small device that plugs into a TV .
The $50 device is a direct competitor to Google's $35 Chromecast stick .
The device can be ordered now and will ship in April . |
ff0f94c25f88d9a93fb1b13b1ad82184cc57b6c8 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 06:59 EST, 5 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:44 EST, 5 August 2013 . A teacher who oversaw an art history lesson during which pupils cut themselves with blades has resigned from a £7,500 a year 'alternative' private school. The part-time teacher was suspended after pupils at Ringwood... | Part-time teacher suspended at Ringwood Waldorf School in Hampshire .
School confirmed teacher quit ahead of disciplinary hearing .
Said staff member acted 'independently without our knowledge' |
ff0f9801334d6f97b2b05c390a7313cfc3e64140 | (CNN) -- A federal judge on Tuesday dismissed a lawsuit challenging Alaska Sen. Lisa Murkowski's write-in election victory last month, clearing the way for Murkowski to be sworn in for a second term next week. State officials have scheduled a Thursday morning ceremony to sign the election certification, according to Sh... | NEW: The vote count is to be certified at a Thursday morning ceremony .
NEW: Miller says he is "evaluating the ruling and determining" the next step .
Sen. Murkowski won as a write-in candidate after losing the GOP primary .
Murkowski's campaign says the judge's ruling ends her opponent's legal challenge . |
ff0fecfda9df80672597344a9529d8d3b1f80f5d | She may be a disembodied robot, but Siri -- unmasked Friday by CNN -- has a sense of humor. Since the introduction of the iPhone's personal "assistant" on October 4, 2011, people have used it as much to provoke witticisms as they have to find out the population of Japan or the location of the nearest Japanese restauran... | iPhone's Siri will respond to many questions, sometimes with humor .
Unusual Siri answers are collected on a number of websites .
Sometimes Siri isn't so forthcoming, however . |
ff102cb2ec91c31661083853d16a54dc259c3350 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Former ABC News chief national security correspondent John McWethy died from injuries in a Colorado skiing accident, a coroner said Thursday. John McWethy, right, shares a laugh in 2002 with former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld in Washington. A witness said McWethy, 61, was skiing fast on an int... | Ex-ABC News reporter John McWethy, 61, dies in Colorado ski accident .
McWethy was wearing helmet at time of crash, coroner says .
Reporter died doing "something he truly loved," says ABC president .
"Unflappable" reporter "really did have handle on what life was for," ex-colleague says . |
ff10a38dcbce2eacac1458ce388d847f5dd9f96f | He calls himself Jah'Keem Yisrael on Facebook. But he grew up as Alton Nolen, a good kid raised in a loving home, said a woman who identified herself as the mother of the Oklahoma beheading suspect in an online posting. Nolen, 30, is expected to be formally charged in last week's fatal attack at the Moore, Oklahoma, fo... | Suspect was forthcoming, cooperative, police say .
Charges will include first-degree murder, assault .
Suspect felt oppressed at work, law enforcement source tells CNN .
No indications of link to terror, another source says . |
ff10aaeb34f0d1d31fceafd17633323c1d3f502c | By . Deborah Arthurs . Last updated at 9:22 PM on 18th October 2011 . Imagine if you could find your perfect jeans without the endless trawl around denim stores trying on countless pairs. We've all been there - wrestling on pair after pair of jeans in cramped, overheated changing rooms in an attempt to find the Holy Gr... | First time Bodymetrics scanner has been used in a high street store .
Pods take 100 measurements of customers' bodies in seven seconds .
Advanced technology means compact pods will soon be found across the nation and could transform the way we shop . |
ff10bea6c04bd0aa40f42be2cd7677bce1775e83 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . The woman dubbed the 'poker princess' for her role playing hostess to the rich and famous at high stakes poker games has opened up about her illustrious clientele. A memoir of Molly Bloom's time running the most exclusive poker game in Hollywood entitled Molly's Game, set to be published next... | Molly Bloom, 36, pleaded guilty to illegal gambling last month .
A book about her exploits is set to be published next Tuesday .
Among her clientele were Hollywood heavyweights Ben Affleck, Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire .
Bloom says that Affleck was a smart gambler and 'tall and handsome'
Maguire was a bad loser ... |
ff10e263a67f5ed441e1ced608aada5914618add | London (CNN) -- Significant progress was reportedly made last weekend in Geneva toward a landmark nuclear agreement with Iran. And, as talks concluded on November 10, U.S. Secretary of John Kerry announced that negotiations will start again on November 20. Despite the concerns of regional U.S. allies like Israel and Sa... | Obama administration seeking Iran deal as part of wider Mideast strategy, says Andrew Hammon .
Deal would reportedly see Iran's nuclear capacity capped for six months, opened up to inspection .
Since re-election, Obama has achieved little policy success amid political gridlock - Hammond .
Foreign policy allows Obama po... |
ff11258acc1c60b38622f35f9d7df4d12f29d183 | The Football Association will investigate Manchester United manager David Moyes' latest outburst against referees following Tuesday night's defeat to Sunderland in the Capital One Cup. The 2-1 first leg loss was United's third defeat in a week - the first time this has happened since 1992 - and Moyes claimed afterwards... | United suffer third defeat in a week after losing to Spurs and Swansea .
Moyes rages at penalty decision as Sunderland win first leg .
Despite win Black Cats boss Poyet says United are favourites to progress . |
ff1177f82e7b9dd8020543a65fceab07ecbdae91 | (CNN) -- When world leaders gather in Rio Wednesday they will be hammering out a new set of goals to measure sustainable development. This time it's the SDGs (sustainable development goals) -- goals which will influence a new development framework. But before we rush to embrace another acronym, we need to tackle a basi... | Across the world more than two in five pregnancies are unplanned .
As the world's largest generation ever enters their reproductive lives, the demand for contraception will rise .
World Bank studies have found reproductive healthcare extremely cost-effective . |
ff11bdd1fb15bb254a181252fd5f2431f7304331 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . This is the moment a bin cleaner came within moments of winning £5.5million at York races – only to see his horse miss out on the crucial first place. But Craig Brazier, 39, still managed a smile, having pocketed £1.3million in an earlier gamble. The father-of-two had backed six winners in a ... | Craig Brazier scooped £1.3 million with a Scoob6 bet last weekend .
The 39-year-old bin cleaner was given a free shot at the £5.5 million jackpot .
All the father-of-two had to do was pick one winner at the races in York .
Mr Brazier's selection Tumblewind was leading the race in the final furlong .
But just yards from... |
ff12a10c0b76cca0ffd3eec26085238e8f3dcd8c | Photos reveal the serious injuries London Rene, who appears on the VH1 series 'Mob Wives,' sustained after an incident at a Brooklyn nightclub early on Sunday morning. The right side of Rene's face was sliced from his right ear nearly all the way to his mouth, photos show. Other images capture multiple wounds to his st... | London Rene injured after incident at a Brooklyn nightclub on Sunday .
Rene and his girlfriend Nicole Guercio appear on the VH1 reality program 'Mob Wives'
The man who allegedly attacked Rene, Rodolfy Lopez, turned himself in at a Brooklyn precinct on Tuesday, police said .
Lopez allegedly slashed Rene at nightclub Out... |
ff138dc2ade0b14f5664cf02189195b6d7f64907 | A paedophile teacher filmed himself . abusing girls in the classroom after school bosses failed over 14 . years to act on 30 warnings about his behaviour. Nigel Leat, 51, was described by a judge as a ‘paedophile of the most sickening order’ when he was jailed indefinitely last year for abusing five girls, some as yo... | Nigel Leat was jailed indefinitely for abusing five girls - some as young as six .
Teachers at Hillside First School, in Weston-Super-Mare, complained...
... but managers did nothing about his increasingly sexual behaviour .
The 51-year-old continued to work at the primary school for 15 years .
He was finally arrested ... |
ff13a0714cf5bfe56bf86f7b8b6415ce79a07445 | Selfie fans know that even the best filter action can’t take the place of good lighting. But flipping the camera around on a smartphone means you’re often left in the dark, or squinting against a front-facing flash. Now a new smartphone case, which can illuminate the iPhone 5 and iPhone 5S, means that a flawless selfie... | The LuMee was invented by 57-year-old photographer Allan Shoemake .
Case has LED lights at the front and is powered by its own battery .
It takes around 45 minutes to charge and brightness can be adjusted .
Samsung Galaxy users S6 will be able to buy a LuMee case in October .
A similar case for iPad and other tablets i... |
ff13b1fab585fef4bffae9359f987b747cc03cce | By . Alexandra Klausner . An overachiever who drove a sports car and was on track 'to become CEO of a company one day' was discovered dead an outhouse on April 19 where he was apparently seeking refuge from the cold. Gary Szarek of Grosse Pointe Woods, Michigan quit his job working with computers at West Point Universi... | Gary Szarek, 65, quit his job at West Point University working with computers 30 years ago after he was not promoted .
Szarek became reclusive after being fired and after his house was foreclosed in 2010 he began living on the streets .
Family lost contact whit Szarek and say they believe he suffered from mental illnes... |
ff13c35ea62100a10e57cc8438bb7f30c8448cf0 | Ed Miliband wants to force energy firms to pass on fall wholesale prices . Energy firms should be forced by law to cut bills when the wholesale cost of oil and gas falls, Ed Miliband said yesterday. The Labour leader wants industry regulator Ofgem to have new powers to compel companies to pass on cost savings to househ... | Ofgem to get powers to compel firms to pass on falls in oil and gas prices .
Labour will stage a Commons vote this week to fast-track powers into law .
Plan echoes call at Labour party conference in 2013 to freeze energy prices .
But after the proposal bills started to fall as a result of global conditions . |
ff13ef6a50baeacb8e8f1403fec331c937b7002c | By . Matt Chorley . PUBLISHED: . 05:00 EST, 30 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:56 EST, 1 October 2012 . Ed Miliband's health policy was in chaos today after he took less than 24 hours to abandon his promise to protect the NHS from another costly reorganisation . Ed Miliband’s health policy was in chaos today after h... | Labour leader told voters in Manchester it would not be ’sensible’ and cost £3billion to unpick the coalition’s NHS reforms .
Today Mr Miliband said he WOULD repeal the health and Social Care Act .
Voters say Labour are more trusted on the NHS than the Tories .
The health service has to make £5billion every year in eff... |
ff14085da0fbc0361fb6adda023718ab4f5084c6 | (CNN) -- For those who grew up in the '90s, "Boy Meets World" was definitive pop culture. From 1993-2000, the names Cory, Topanga, Shawn, Eric, and Feeny were synonymous with Friday night, and 14 years since Mr. Feeny uttered the words "class dismissed" on the series finale, nostalgia-addicts still miss the ABC sitcom.... | "Boy Meets World" spinoff "Girl Meets World" makes its long-awaited debut .
Show creator says fans of the '90s original won't be disappointed .
But, they are confident they've made the show modern and relevant for today's kids . |
ff142ac8603660376e21990a8885d761abe69605 | San Diego (CNN) -- President Obama's critics have the right to be upset by his decision to shield from deportation, at least temporarily, some groups of undocumented immigrants. But they don't have the right to twist the facts, use inflammatory language and create confusion. They're the ones who are most confused. They... | Navarrette: Critics can disagree with Obama immigration action, but should get facts right .
He says use of executive power to defer deportations is not "changing" or "canceling" the law .
He says under DACA, and likely DAPA, immigrants turn selves in, risk deportation if rejected .
Navarrette: It's no free ride for im... |
ff14bca1a9ecd94621ba428668d33f7de109efed | Hong Kong (CNN) -- Tam Chi Tat has driven his bright red taxi for 20 years. Born and raised in Hong Kong, he calls himself not Chinese but a "Hong Konger." The distinction is very important to him. "The difference between Hong Kong and the mainland is that we grew up in a relatively free environment," he says. Relative... | Hong Kong governed by China under "one country, two systems" model allows the territory more freedoms than the rest of the country .
The election of Hong Kong's top leader may be by universal suffrage in 2017 .
But will it happen without Beijing screening the candidates?
Hong Kong resident: "I definitely want universal... |
ff14d8b6797f94c3c9b6901061aac923b1d484a3 | By . Tom Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 06:16 EST, 10 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:16 EST, 10 April 2012 . A mother has hit out at school teachers for excluding her teenage son from classes over his Wayne Rooney-style haircut. Billy Davies was told his hairstyle was too ‘extreme’ for the classroom because it is shaved into a... | Billy Davies, 15, has to do work in room by himself until hair grows back .
School says style breaches uniform policy . |
ff162372027b970dc4850a2041af6c0fa65b0ac7 | Husband-to-be: Thomas Williams, the onetime public face of the Legion of Christ, is getting married Saturday to the mother of his love child . The former public face of the discredited Legion of Christ order who left the priesthood after fathering a love child is getting married this weekend to his son’s mother. Former... | Thomas Williams was the public face of Legion of Christ religious order until his resignation last year .
Williams and art historian Elizabeth Lev had a son in secret around 2005 .
Lev's mother is former U.S. ambassador to Holy See and current president of Pontifical Academy for Social Sciences . |
ff169ab899cdeba8e91f71bf632e091d5069e9b6 | Obese and overweight people could be prescribed a fat-busting probiotic bacteria to stop them gaining weight, a new study has revealed. Scientists found a specific bacterial family passed down form generation to generation was more common in the guts of lean individuals. Lab tests showed a strain of that bacteria preve... | Scientists at Cornell University found a specific bacterial family that was more common in the guts of lean individuals .
Breakthrough could lead to personalised probiotic therapies to reduce the risk of obesity-related diseases . |
ff16e26083d9992849301fe301abeb5495bdc6f6 | (CNN) -- Mitchell Guist, a star of the reality TV show "Swamp People," died of "natural causes," a local sheriff in Louisiana said. Assumption Parish Sheriff Mike Waguespack released the preliminary autopsy conclusion Wednesday, although he said final results will not be available for another four or five weeks. Fans p... | NEW: "Natural causes" is the preliminary autopsy finding .
Mitchell Guist died Monday after falling on his boat .
"Swamp People" chronicles the lives of alligator hunters in Louisiana .
"We're thinking about him almost every minute," said "Swamp People" executive producer . |
ff172f27c541e7a22a0befccc8be255d22d41f06 | By . Daniel Martin, Whitehall Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 17:46 EST, 15 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:47 EST, 15 October 2013 . Pressure to secure a better deal for pensioners facing crippling care home costs intensified yesterday. Former minister Stephen Dorrell said a plan to offer loans to pay for care was not d... | Former minister Stephen Dorrell said plan was not delivering 'the objective the government set out'
Fears pensioners could be forced to repay thousands if they inadvertently fail to disclose their assets . |
ff18601978b269baef349e569bc2406aeddced71 | A champagne cork-like device that nurtures fledgling embryos inside a woman’s body could halve the cost of IVF, doctors believe. This would give many more women the chances of fulfilling their dream of motherhood. The clear plastic mini-incubator would also make IVF quicker, easier and more natural, the American Societ... | Doctors believe the new technique could halve the cost of IVF treatment .
The clear plastic mini-incubator also makes it quicker and more natural .
The new technology nutures the embryo inside champagne-cork like device .
It is kept inside the vagina until ready for transfer to the womb like usual .
Conventional IVF r... |
ff187cc75c1c54fe9c561a96ee310e0d18d5b39c | By . Nick Enoch . PUBLISHED: . 07:14 EST, 1 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:52 EST, 1 April 2013 . A triple gold medal-winning cyclist is still riding his tricycle for five miles a week despite turning 100. In 1937, Richard Howard won gold in a 24-hour road race covering 335 miles, a 200-mile race and another 100-mile r... | Richard Howard won three long-distance races in 1937 - all in one month .
Used to cycle to work with young son on the back in 1940s .
Father-of-one, from Bucks, began cycling again after death of wife in 2007 . |
ff18c5e85fad0c7de1d2e1d84491792d903d94a9 | By . Sarah Harris . PUBLISHED: . 19:27 EST, 22 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:19 EST, 23 October 2012 . Michael Gove has written a belated apology to one of his former teachers for indulging in ‘pathetic showing-off’ and coming up with ‘clever-dick’ questions in class. The Education Secretary wrote the extraordinary ... | Wrote letter to Danny Montgomery who he viewed as a 'rookie ripe for ragging' |
ff18c837387c76e01b14970e44886a9f78d43ec8 | A house that was destroyed by fire is set to sell at auction for over $650,000, with the real estate agent describing the home as the 'cheapest' property on the market in Sydney's Inner West. Owner Tom Noicos, 54, is being forced to sell his St Peters home after his housemate allegedly lit it on fire and his insurance ... | Tom Noicos, 54, is being forced to sell his home in St Peters in Sydney .
His housemate allegedly lit it on fire and his insurance company rejected his claim because the fire was allegedly lit deliberately .
The Block's auctioneer Damien Cooley has signed on to draw more interest to the property after he heard the 'sad... |
ff18d60cd4348957f489414895b2a04a5b0d962e | By . Rosie Taylor . PUBLISHED: . 19:49 EST, 29 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:51 EST, 30 January 2013 . Hilary Mantel booked a place in history by becoming the first author to win both the Costa Book Award and the Man Booker Prize in a year . Hilary Mantel made literary history last night by becoming the first author... | The panel of judges said it was a unanimous decision to award Hilary Mantel the prize .
Author picked up the £30,000 prize three months after winning the Man Booker . |
ff18f21e9a846ece75cb30a0c7982eb35671a00d | By . Sophie Borland . PUBLISHED: . 08:31 EST, 19 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:49 EST, 19 November 2013 . Cruelty was allowed to become 'normal' in the NHS at the time of the Stafford hospital scandal and neither staff nor ministers took any notice, Jeremy Hunt said yesterday. The Health Secretary promised to overh... | Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt reveals plans to prevent repeat of Mid-Staffs .
Failing bosses will be struck off and neglect will be a criminal offence .
New website to publish hospital staffing levels and safety for patients .
Hospitals will also be given Ofsted-style quality ratings for care . |
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