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ff1947cd9770da36c7196ba456961f4be2221e18 | Brussels, Belgium (CNN) -- NATO's North Atlantic Council on Sunday approved an operations plan that will shift the entire Libyan military mission to alliance command, officials said, easing the burden on the United States and its allies to protect civilians in the war-torn country. NATO ambassadors unanimously approved... | NATO agrees to take on all Libya operations .
Transition to happen in two to three days .
The United States will get the transition it has been pushing for .
NATO to take over no-fly zone by Monday . |
ff198029b6847175e8d3e9b08664d05531008539 | By . Deni Kirkova . A besotted dog owner has spent an astounding £5,000 on a birthday party for her beloved pet. Karen Chamberlain, 52, from Dover splashed out on a glamorous bash for her female bulldog, Lady Lola, to mark the fact she had survived to 10 years old despite being given just five years to live after a dev... | Karen Chamberlain from Dover splashed out on a glam bash for Lady Lola .
Considered it her 100th as bulldogs do not live as long as some breeds .
Venue in Essex cost £1,000, Lola's dress cost £150 and her tiara £100 .
Party featured special decorations, food and entertainment .
Also specially-made throne, a 10-tier cup... |
ff19ca4fe818632a36a368cda07e9ba8a5ce118d | (CNN) -- The last time Arsenal led the English Premier League by as much as five points, it was February 2008. So it's no surprise that Arsene Wenger, whose last silverware came three years before that, is not getting carried away. The veteran manager knows, after all, that a few days is a long time in football. On Tue... | Arsenal leads EPL by five points after beating title rival Liverpool 2-0 Saturday .
Second-placed Chelsea suffers surprise defeat by same score at Newcastle .
Manchester City up to fourth place after thrashing Norwich 7-0 .
Stoke goalkeeper scores after just 13 seconds against Southampton . |
ff1a1bf1f9716e40069ed8ed70611c35d7eec3ba | (CNN) -- For the first time since a reported massacre there, U.N. observers on Saturday entered the Syrian town of Tremseh, where opposition activists say more than 200 people were killed. The violence took place Thursday, on what may have been the single deadliest day in the 16-month crisis. It prompted a fresh round ... | NEW: At least 73 people are killed across Syria on Saturday, opposition activists say .
U.N. monitors arrive in Tremseh and find evidence of an attack .
An opposition group says more than 200 people were killed there Thursday .
The Syrian government blames the Tremseh incident on armed terrorist groups . |
ff1a1f3611e2e222e9d7c813a6aa706d239347c4 | Editor's note: Thomas Levenson is a professor at MIT, where he heads the Graduate Program in Science Writing. He is the author of a new book, "Newton and the Counterfeiter" and an award-winning filmmaker, with 10 documentaries on science broadcast on PBS. Thomas Levenson says Isaac Newton's bad gamble shows financial r... | Thomas Levenson: Isaac Newton was a mathematical, scientific genius .
He says Newton got swept up in the South Sea financial mania .
He says he lost a big part of his fortune when the South Sea bubble burst .
Levenson: Financial regulation crucial to protect investors . |
ff1a5c5af5ca4f312a985ab02335390df1fadc8a | A Toronto illustrator has launched a Twitter campaign that he hopes will draw more attention to the rising number of missing and murdered native Canadian women across the country. Evan Munday, who writes and illustrates picture books, is drawing black-and-white cartoons of the over 1,186 missing indigenous women and t... | Toronto based illustrator and author Evan Munday is sketching cartoons of missing or murder indigenous Canadian by finding photos online .
Starting Monday, he has been tweeting one drawing a day to Prime Minister Stephen Harper .
Harper recently said the issue wasn't 'high on our radar'
Munday said he will continue the... |
ff1ad676cc4513bc3111230d85c3abc1c6eb3a54 | Mikel Arteta may have played his last game for Arsenal after he was sidelined for three months through injury. The Arsenal captain, who is out of contract at the end of the season, has been missing from first-team action since November after he was substituted in the 2-0 Champions League victory over Borussia Dortmund ... | Mikel Arteta had surgery on ankle and faces three months of rehabilitation .
He has not played since November victory over Borussia Dortmund .
The Arsenal captain is out of contract at the end of the season .
Mathieu Debuchy will also miss three months after surgery on his shoulder .
On a positive note for Arsenal fans... |
ff1aff77ef4e9f5e55fcdcd7508ac09c2d1a5b38 | By . Tom McTague, Deputy Political Editor for MailOnline . Fed-up Scottish voters have flocked to a new art exhibition lampooning the warring independence camps, with just two weeks to go before the historic September 18 poll. Glasgow's Veneer Gallery has been taken aback by the public interest in a new show featuring ... | Glasgow's Veneer Gallery taken aback by public interest in a new show .
Paintings inspired by public anger over 'Punch and Judy' referendum debate .
Pop art images feature boys urinating against a wall below Alistair Darling .
Artist Dominic Currie behind the show says exhibition has 'just taken off'
It comes just two ... |
ff1b0e235a0b2a0c76b3fbec6cd1cd18536afdaf | By . Inderdeep Bains . PUBLISHED: . 16:43 EST, 19 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:55 EST, 20 July 2013 . Investigation: Katie Bowman has alleged that the force harassed her after she split with PC Ash . A graduate who claims to be the victim of a police harassment campaign was allowed to access the Police National Comput... | Katie Bowman was 18 when she had access to confidential police data .
Would file reports of cars that had been stopped while she was with PC Ash .
She has alleged that officers at Thames Valley Police harassed her .
Claims she has been targeted because she broke off the relationship when she found out he had a girlfrie... |
ff1b4fedf806ae852e78da05604cc1f62bc5936e | (Rolling Stone) -- The past month has been a time of frenzied activity for Bruce Springsteen and the E Street Band. They taped two TV appearances, played special gigs at the Apollo Theater and SXSW, and launched a world tour in support of Springsteen's new LP, "Wrecking Ball." Late last week, Rolling Stone chatted sepa... | Steven Van Zandt and Nils Lofgren chatted about the new E Street Band .
Van Zandt: "Each tour has its own energy, and the writing is the script for the show"
Lofgren: "[Clarence Clemons is] someone I'll miss the rest of my life" |
ff1c7d7e2d9ed0e24d1ac6078a0a8e5e7a9ed212 | (CNN) -- Before the distressing 911 call even connects, the caller breathes heavily. "I need an ambulance. Oh my God. Please hurry," the caller says. That's the agitated voice of Michael Tuller, the owner of Wild Cat Haven Sanctuary in Clackamas County, Oregon, a private place that houses some 60 big cats. He discovere... | Renee Radziwon-Chapman was killed by a cougar Saturday .
She was the head keeper at a big cat sanctuary in Oregon .
The owner called 911 after finding her body . |
ff1cc805737337ce618d119876aa55476b9ece14 | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 06:17 EST, 18 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:45 EST, 18 June 2013 . A graduate ended up with a 'cat' drawn on her photo cake instead of a 'cap' after an amusing mix-up at a bakery. When Laura Gambrel, 22, of Zionsville, Ind., graduated from Indiana University in May, her mother ordered a ... | Laura Gambrel, 22, of Zionsville graduated from Indiana University in May .
Mother ordered with a picture of her face, a scroll and the school's colors .
The Baker misheard word 'cap' for 'cat' and draw the animal on her head . |
ff1cc991f194de7a5bb628cbe1a2023d8f2a38ec | After hordes of trick-or-treating children enjoyed the hottest Halloween on record at 16C yesterday - Britain is set for a frostier Bonfire Night with temperatures expected to plummet as low as -3C. Yesterday, freak weather saw people sunbathing in Brighton while Gravesend, London and Charlwood, Surrey, both had temper... | Yesterday was UK's hottest Halloween on record hitting staggering 23.5C .
Temperatures in Charlwood, Surrey and London all broke 1968 record .
But Met Office expect temperatures to plummet over the next few days .
Bonfire Night in London may be around 2C - 14C colder than Halloween . |
ff1cf71c534ee927888e27534e057de8b2092155 | By . Stuart Woledge . PUBLISHED: . 04:33 EST, 22 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:08 EST, 22 August 2013 . The unstoppable Duck Dynasty is on course to snatch cable TV's ratings record from The Walking dead after 11.8 million viewers tuned in to watch the start of the new season. The boss of A&E Network's is cautiously ... | Just 600,000 more viewers are needed to snatch the cable TV record .
A&E general manager believes number of fans has not reached the ceiling .
With 'fun episodes coming down the pike' it could topple The Walking Dead .
Duck Dynasty already has the record for reality show ratings . |
ff1d89ab3544f7a67fd96cd965e352c8dc252a41 | (CNN) -- "At the end of six seasons, six beautiful seasons, it's like high school -- time to graduate and go to college," Mike "The Situation" Sorrentino told CNN as he and his cast mates bid farewell to their MTV hit "Jersey Shore" at the New York Television Festival. And just like after high school, it's time for the... | The cast members of "Jersey Shore" are expanding their empires beyond the program .
The "Restore the Shore" special may help bolster their reps as well as their brands .
Snooki, Deena, Pauly D and "The Situation" share their post-"Shore" plans . |
ff1da1cebf8db6d36f0f8645ef50cc4cc6d20318 | It began as a simple expression of grief over the assault on the Paris office of satirical magazine Charlie Hebdo. It is now among the most popular hashtags used on social media. The phrase #JeSuisCharlie has been tweeted over 5 million times, according to visualization tool Twitter Reverb. I Am Charlie: The message of... | The phrase was tweeted over 5 million times .
It was meant to show solidarity with the victims of the attack on Charlie Hebdo, a satirical magazine, as well as a defense of freedom of speech .
AQAP, an al-Qaeda branch, claimed responsibility for the attack and a senior cleric said it taught a lesson about the limits of... |
ff1da98bda7d93506e251eb8a76c51cb010072b7 | By . Ted Thornhill . PUBLISHED: . 08:26 EST, 6 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:32 EST, 6 January 2014 . This photo taken by passenger Steve Murphy early on Monday shows oxygen masks hanging from the ceiling of the Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 . A Singapore Airlines Airbus A380 superjumbo made an emergency landing in... | Passengers endured 18 hours at Baku airport before being flown onwards .
None of the A380 superjumbo's 467 passengers or 27 crew was injured .
Many took to social media to complain of conditions at Baku airport . |
ff1dd7975dd9741dd9598e570aad1feac75555a4 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 22:04 EST, 5 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:45 EST, 6 May 2013 . Unrepentant: Imelda Marcos, widow of the late dictator Ferdinand Marcos, holds two-day-old Zian Jay Rosay during her campaign for re-election . Imelda Marcos, the widow of dictator Ferdinand Marcos known for her extravagant life... | She aims to keep her seat in the nation her husband ruled with an iron fist .
Marcos was seen holding a baby and greeting supporters .
Wife of ousted dictator was first elected to congress in 2010 . |
ff1e003173ce6a69df5ce6d0527f69928745ec12 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 09:10 EST, 2 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:00 EST, 3 January 2013 . A glamour model who has struck up a relationship with a married professional rugby league player has defended herself after receiving a barrage of abuse from Twitter users. Irate people have inundated Holly Henderson... | Warrington Wolves prop Paul Wood 'has moved in with Holly Henderson'
Model says she has been sent 'vile, uneducated Tweets'
His wife left 'in tears' after he visited their two young children on Saturday .
Mother-of-two Henderson, 34, has appeared on porn channel Bluebird TV .
Star needed testicle removed after being kn... |
ff1e215c678744ca4fa83163dfe386f402209738 | By . Gareth Rose . Lottery winners Chris and Colin Weir have bankrolled an astonishing 80 per cent of Yes Scotland’s fight to break up Britain, donating £2.5million to the cause in just 12 months. The full extent of the Weirs’ financial backing was laid bare yesterday when Yes Scotland finally released documents detail... | Ayrshire couple won £161million in Euromillions lottery draw in 2011 .
Chris and Colin Weir have donated £4.5million to SNP and Yes campaign .
Means 80 per cent of £4.9million cost of campaign came from one source . |
ff1e72932addb988e6019155cc32c8a3d2a1768a | At least 28 people died and 55 were wounded Saturday in clashes between protesters and members of a Libyan government-affiliated militia operating in the coastal city of Benghazi, the Libyan state news agency reported. The violence began when protesters attacked the headquarters of the Libyan Shield brigade, demanding ... | Libya's Interior Ministry and the ruling Local Council urge "self-restraint"
Protesters attacked the Benghazi headquarters of a Libyan militia, report says .
Demonstrators were demanding the militia turn over security to the military .
Libyan Shield brigade is made up of former rebel fighters . |
ff1ed5ec0f9ff9554f9469c621b9d28b48a8d8c5 | Severe amnesia: The mystery man has told police he suffers from a disorder called dissociative fugue . A man with severe amnesia who believes his name is David or Tony has been found sleeping on the streets, having forgotten his identity. The mystery man has told police he suffers from a disorder called dissociative fu... | Mystery man tells Lincolnshire police he suffers from dissociative fugue .
It's a condition often connected to some form of traumatic experience .
Believes his name is either David or Tony Thorpe and he is 58 years old .
But thorough search of both police and NHS systems has drawn blanks . |
ff1ef1d452fd4ac0c64d756b4e2df83f4338723b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A deadly leopard stunned tourists by catching and then 'befriending' a frightened impala. The big cat seemed to shelve its predator instincts as it played and licked the young fawn. The rarely seen interaction was caught on camera by game ranger Chad Cocking, 29, in Kruger National Park, Sout... | Game ranger Chad Cocking caught to amazing scene on camera .
Big cat's behaviour stunned tourists in Kruger National Park, South Africa . |
ff204ca848d7dbdd5ac21f750e2df69f53bb12cf | Valencia, Inter Milan and Liverpool have inquired about signing James Milner in the summer. Manchester City remain hopeful Milner will sign a new contract with the club - but fears are growing that the England man may soon be on the move. Following the 1-1 draw at Everton on January 10, manager Manuel Pellegrini said ... | James Milner's Manchester City contract expires at the end of the season .
Arsenal are also known admirers of the England utility man .
Premier League champions are hopeful he will stay at the Etihad .
Click here for LIVE transfer updates . |
ff2077b902e1302afaea0c13e3cf0cb137063239 | Victoria's Secret may be known for its angels, but on Black Friday, it's where angels fear to tread. An all-out melee erupted at the lingerie giant inside a California shopping mall as customers were let in to commence Black Friday shopping. What's worse? Thew whole ordeal at the Roseville Galleria appears to have ste... | Ugly fight began after unruly customers flocked out of Victoria's Secret at the Roseville Galleria mall in California .
Cell phone video captures customers punching, kicking and tackling each other . |
ff20b668dabd50c413ce155982d33c08bedd4079 | They have appeared in countless news articles and are regulars on TV, but now famous faces have been captured using bacteria. Celebrities including Stephen Fry and Carol Vorderman have had their portraits grown using their own bacteria to blur the boundaries between science and art. American microbiologist and photogra... | American microbiologist and photographer .
Zachary Copfer created the portraits using a swab covered in bacteria .
from the celebrities’ armpits .
He used radiation to burn away bacteria in places to let the stars' likeness emerge over 48 hours .
Celebrities took part in the .
experiment to promote The Big Bang UK Youn... |
ff216ab0b56a863ab9bc2f5b6ed04ef11269e178 | Manchester City take a break from their revitalised title challenge to begin their latest FA Cup quest this weekend. The Barclays Premier League champions host Sky Bet Championship side Sheffield Wednesday in the third round of the knockout competition on Sunday. It is the second time City have faced the Owls this seas... | Manchester City host Sheffield Wednesday in the FA Cup third round .
Manuel Pellegrini hoping to go far in the competition .
City were knocked out of Capital One Cup but are challenging for league .
Wednesday will hope to replicate Wigan's heroics last season . |
ff217fb740edff893f4c896971da19a8d5ace682 | For parents sick of having to get up and rock their baby back to sleep, it could be a godsend. Fisher Price has revealed the first app controlled cradle. It allows to parents to automatically set to the cradle rocking and even play music to calm their offspring remotely. Scroll down for video . The $200 SmartSwing can ... | Fisher Price gadget combines swing and rocker .
Uses bluetooth to communicate with iPhone or iPad app . |
ff21f0fe867b88914eac9063ca584963cb634fff | (CareerBuilder.com) -- Some people just aren't hardwired for the traditional workplace. If you get bored easily, have many interests, like to take risks and prefer to make your own rules, then you may be one of them. So what's an unconventional worker like you to do? Well, you can either suffer through decades of being... | M*A*S*H star Wayne Rogers gives advice on how to find success by working for yourself .
Bigger is not better: Fight the urge to make growth and size the overarching goals .
"Pick partners and associates you trust and have them trust you," Rogers says . |
ff221abc86acfd290abb1578a3ff14b58f2888f5 | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 05:21 EST, 12 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:18 EST, 12 March 2013 . Five American military personnel were killed in a helicopter crash in Afghanistan last night on the deadliest day for US forces so far this year. NATO officials said that initial reports suggest that there was no enemy ... | An investigation was launched into the crash outside Kandahar city .
Initial reports suggest no enemy activity at the time in the area .
Two US soldiers were gunned down in a separate incident yesterday . |
ff2224074ec914a5b65b7194d68320d49fa3c066 | Dozens of original artworks by Andy Warhol have been discovered on decaying floppy disks. The artworks were commissioned in 1985 by pioneering home computer company Commodore, who wanted Warhol to demonstrate the graphic capabilities of its new Amiga 1000 as it went head to head with Apple's popular Macintosh series. A... | Original works by the pop artist were found on group of old floppy disks .
They feature Warhol's experiments with computer art from the mid-1980s .
He had been commissioned by Commodore to promote the Amiga 1000 .
Video exists of Warhol creating the art, though actual images were lost .
But researchers eventually track... |
ff2239f90b58f6629b9b861848d0ff2ee7fe956d | By . James Nye . PUBLISHED: . 14:27 EST, 30 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:01 EST, 30 August 2012 . A 13-year-old Washington School boy became suicidal according to his parents after his teacher allegedly bullied him and wrestled him to the floor. The unnamed teen told his parents 'I want to die. I want to kill myself... | Teenager in Gig Harbor, Washington, was grabbed by his fellow eighth-graders, held up by his hands and legs and swung while he let out a high pitch scream .
His teacher, John Rosi, poked him while being held and then engaged in a wrestling match which ended with the boy on the floor .
The boy became withdrawn and told ... |
ff22a5d481502ab952b7027aaf7f4a3cc76a6fcf | (CNN) -- The list of defendants whose cases could be affected by the alleged drug tampering of a former Massachusetts chemist has now grown to over 40,000, Massachusetts Gov. Deval Patrick's administration said Tuesday. The chemist, Annie Dookhan, 34, already is facing a total of 27 counts including obstruction of just... | Annie Dookhan was a state chemist in Massachusetts for nine years .
Her work involved drug testing and evidenc handling .
She was arrested last year and charged with mishandling drug evidence .
Authorities now say cases for more than 40,000 defendants could be affected . |
ff22c3641efcf6ac56788fad9a9353cd4f7a7df4 | Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger believes his rejuvenated squad could yet hunt down Chelsea and Manchester City in the Barclays Premier League title race to emulate the class of 1997/1998. The Gunners - who earlier this week completed the signing of Brazilian defender Gabriel Paulista from Villarreal - host out-of-form As... | Arsenal are fifth in the league and 14 points behind leaders Chelsea .
Wenger's side face out-of-form Aston Villa at the Emirates on Sunday .
The Gunners overcame 12 point deficit to claim league title in 1998 . |
ff23830db25dc48246e51adef1a9315ef76a4159 | It looks more like a rocket than a bicycle. However, this amazing machine aims to become the fastest human powered vehicle in the world. Its Canadian inventors claim it can reach over 87mp/h - with just a single rider. Called Eta, it is being created by a team of students. Scroll down for video . The final design for t... | Canadian inventors claim it can reach over 87mp/h - with just a single rider .
Built of carbon fibre and designed to cut through the air . |
ff2398371d17587d5a3e938b774cd9bedb98c2d7 | (CNN) -- Roads ripped to rubble by floodwaters up to 10 feet deep, rushing at speeds of up to 30 mph. Shattered homes near others still standing upright. One person dead, two others missing. That's the harsh reality police, firefighters and residents were dealing with Saturday in Manitou Springs, a mountain community o... | "It was like a raging river, a black river," a Manitou Springs, Colorado, man says .
The floodwaters there rushed through at a rate of up to 30 mph, a firefighter says .
1 is dead, 2 are unaccounted for in Manitou Springs, officials say .
Flood warnings and watches are in effect for states from Oregon to South Carolina... |
ff23b7aa3271cffb1f1966d42c9c3fcc256fc3cb | Call to action: David Cameron is being urged to help thousands of badly wounded British veterans . David Cameron is being urged to help thousands of badly wounded British veterans who are being forced to use their war pensions to pay for social care. Under the rules, veterans injured on or before April 5, 2005, must ha... | Some veterans must hand over most of weekly pension if they require care .
Rules affect service personnel injured in service on or before April 5, 2005 .
But those wounded after that date are entitled to keep all their payments .
Royal British Legion and MPs are now calling on PM to correct anomaly . |
ff23c355d6d9282d18453cf14f4eed8d03e744f5 | By . Jessica Jerreat . PUBLISHED: . 00:30 EST, 15 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 00:31 EST, 15 June 2013 . The driver of a car that smashed through the front of a branch of Wendy's, coming to a stop at the food counter, has been arrested. As the car smashed through the restaurant's seating area, it narrowly avoided an empl... | Three people taken to hospital after crash near Washington DC .
SUV knocked tables and chairs flying before coming to stop at counter . |
ff23eac00ba7b68e22490861b1179fd9926a4910 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:59 EST, 30 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:07 EST, 30 August 2012 . An Amish woman and her brothers cut the hair of her parents in Ohio to help them get to heaven the woman has claimed while taking the stand at the trial of 16 breakaway Amish members. The woman told jurors ove... | One of 16 Amish members on trial claims she and her siblings cut her parents' hair because they were drifting away from their religion .
Prosecutors say the cutting was motivated by religious disagreement amounting to a hate crime .
Testimony comes as a second woman claims an Amish bishop forced his settlement's women ... |
ff2430df488db54b92e692dabc519793bbf32f9e | By . Dan Bloom . PUBLISHED: . 12:39 EST, 22 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:42 EST, 22 January 2014 . The wife of a prominent Indian . politician died from stress and the wrong medication — not suicide, her . son has said in media reports. The death of Sunanda Pushkar has gotten . front-page coverage since she was fou... | Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor, 52, was found dead in New Delhi hotel room .
Her son, Shiv Menon, has said she was 'too strong' to commit suicide .
Menon claims his parents were 'very much in love, despite differences'
No signs of foul play, according to Mr Tharoor's personal assistant .
Pakistani journalist Mehr Tarar has de... |
ff2432cbdae90e3fdfc4a349777e284d9fa0c949 | (CNN) -- With presents to buy and families to visit, the holiday season can become an endless to-do list. But take some of that vacation time to explore the holiday spirit in action. At these five wonderlands around the country and the world, you'll find the wonder of winter, the wonder of shopping and the wonder of Sa... | White River National Forest in Colorado is the most visited forest in the country .
Callaway Gardens' "Fantasy of Lights" in Georgia features more than eight million lights .
For the global traveler, consider stopping by the "official home of Santa Claus" in Rovaniemi, Finland . |
ff245cc2f964938183ec35faa17f36875909b6f1 | AUSTIN, Texas (CNN) -- CD sales are down. Digital hasn't caught up. Record companies are consolidating. New bands are trying to find their own way. Baltimore-based DJ Blaqstarr, best known for his work with M.I.A., performs at SXSW. Despite all the challenging news, thousands of industry professionals and eager music f... | SXSW is major music and film festival in Austin, Texas .
Festival is showcase for hundreds of artists hoping to move up to next rung .
With challenges to music business, executives trying to keep major labels relevant .
Some see festival as shot for local, unsigned bands; they resent big boys there . |
ff24718217b034bdc388cea3ea894c2d686b8442 | New York (CNN) -- A New York newspaper is offering a $10,000 reward for information leading to the "lowlife" who defaced a statue of Jackie Robinson outside the Brooklyn Cyclones baseball stadium. Vandals marked racial slurs and symbols on the sculpture of Robinson and teammate Pee Wee Reese sometime between the end of... | NEW: New York newspaper offers $10,000 for information leading to arrest and conviction .
Schumer calls act a "dagger in the heart"
Someone wrote the N-word and drew a swastika on the statue .
Robinson was the first African-American player in the major leagues . |
ff24b51bee7d375a6ff45c5c8d80d176b92ce08a | Roger Federer has admitted that he would have found it difficult to continue playing tennis if he had been relegated from the show courts at major events. A very difficult 2013 had seen the 33-year-old written off by many, but a resurgence last season saw him end the year as world No 2, and he is now heading into 2015 ... | Roger Federer admits to doubts he'd still be playing at the highest level if he wasn't playing on the show courts at major events any more .
'I don't know if I would still be playing if they put me on Court 4 every day'
Federer's last Grand Slam title came at Wimbledon in 2012 .
Says success was inspired by likes of Mi... |
ff253b189df3bfab4deb329a80bc06f3bbda1510 | By . John Hall . PUBLISHED: . 09:14 EST, 27 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:43 EST, 27 February 2014 . Spanish police are hunting a driver who posted a video of himself on YouTube overtaking a lorry on a motorway while sitting in the passenger seat of his car. The video begins by showing a man yawning as he films his... | Video posted on YouTube shows man driving while sat in passenger seat .
He initially pretends to be a passenger, before camera moves away from face .
Then revealed that man is alone in the car and stretching to control steering .
Spanish police post message on Twitter saying they are looking for the man .
He removed cl... |
ff25408d258803ac1031d3becb80cb20cd2fea09 | Fans of Gary Glitter (pictured outside Southwark Crown Court where he was convicted of sexual offences) expressed support of singer in Amazon reviews . Amazon is still carrying glowing reviews of Gary Glitter CDs, with fans describing the paedophile as 'not a vile monster' despite his numerous convictions for sexual of... | Dozens of reviews remain under singer's Greatest Hits album on the site .
Fans dismiss convictions claiming 'he would have been bigger than Elvis'
Others described the 70-year-old as 'a genius' who they felt sorry for .
Glitter has been convicted of attacks against children as young as eight .
The paedophile will be se... |
ff256ef7c4dfe69ba9d8c7125371de4b058bcaa3 | (CNN) -- A line of fast-moving storms and possible tornadoes stretching from the Gulf Coast states to Illinois left at least six people dead Friday and caused widespread damage to homes and businesses, as forecasters warned of more potentially severe weather. Three people died in the small northwestern Arkansas town of... | Missouri governor declares a state of emergency following storms .
25 homes were destroyed in Phelps County, Missouri .
Midwest storms have left at least six people dead, officials say .
Storms caused heavy damage in the region surrounding St. Louis . |
ff259a862809b6744def2dd07fc018428c671635 | (CNN) -- A possible workers strike at Belmont Park racetrack on Long Island, New York, could rein in I'll Have Another's chance at the coveted Triple Crown title on Saturday. More than 80 of the racetrack's maintenance workers and starters have threatened to go on strike in the days leading up to the Belmont Stakes, th... | 80 racetrack workers have threatened to go on strike .
Saturday's race could see I'll Have Another win the Triple Crown .
Union voted to authorize strike over wages, health care dispute .
Racing officials call possible strike "extremely self-serving" |
ff267187f5e71fbeea8ce3adf08c7374120c2212 | By . Amanda Jones . and Emma Innes . Amanda Jones, 71, lost her 33-year-old daughter, Rebecca James, to breast cancer 11 years ago. Since then Mrs Jones has been tirelessly campaigning to raise awareness of the disease. She regularly visits prisons and other women’s institutions to educate people about the signs of bre... | As Mother's Day approaches, Amanda Jones pays tribute to Rebecca James .
Miss James found a lump in her breast when she was just 32 years old .
Was diagnosed with breast cancer and had surgery to remove the tumour .
During chemotherapy another lump was found in her breast .
She had a mastectomy but developed secondary ... |
ff268c9c6e0d28ad5111e6050839f9ef55ec539a | Former President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's abrupt fall from grace has taken many in political circles in Iran by surprise, further widening the gap between an increasingly insular and narrow hard-line elite and the rest of the country. It reinforces a trend towards the consolidation of power around Supreme Leader ... | Iranian regime is keen to encourage the public to put the past behind them, Ali Ansari writes .
He points out the consolidation of power around Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei .
Ansari: Khamenei has been able to blame divisions on Ahmadinejad and his "deviant current" |
ff26bfdfc5a01e9ed823f5449aabc268f53f7c15 | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- If a kewpie doll sang in a band and had two kids, she'd be Gwen Stefani. Gwen Stefani was ready to get back with No Doubt after two solo albums and an active home life. The pop star and style icon turns 40 this fall, but she still uses words like "you know" and "like" at least five time... | No Doubt is back together -- but don't call it a reunion .
Band had taken break while having families, Gwen Stefani making solo records .
Stefani plans to have fun; tour is a way of getting recharged . |
ff28356369fc2300795b41258add226d613d450e | Andre Drummond may be a talented center on the court, but you might not trust him behind the wheel. The Detroit Pistons star has apologized for the foolish mistake of not only driving recklessly, but bragging about it with a Snapchatted picture of his speedometer edging up to 97 miles per hour on a highway with a 70 mi... | Center Snapchatted picture of his speedometer edging up to 97 miles per hour on a highway with a 70 mile per hour speed limit .
Called the picture a 'silly mistake'
Pistons coach Stan Van Gundy said he worried about Drummond's safety . |
ff293b64e8958b76268fabca2f2300e9e012741b | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 05:57 EST, 25 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:04 EST, 25 December 2013 . Lying on her hospital bed, Roona Begum almost looks likes any other two-year-old. But her appearance today is a drastic transformation to how the toddler looked just a few months ago after her head swelled to t... | Roona suffers from hydrocephalus - a potentially fatal condition that causes cerebrospinal .
fluid to build up on the brain .
Her condition caused her head to swell .
to a circumference of 94 centimetres .
Roona's skull size has been reduced to 58cms after a series of operations .
Her latest reconstructive surgery was ... |
ff2952da5223178a5509315b984c976b46667e44 | (CNN) -- A Florida father who beat his 11-year-old son's alleged molester unconscious before calling 911 told a CNN affiliate that his son is a hero and that the youngster is the only reason the man is alive. "My immediate feeling was to kill him, so he will never hurt anyone again," the father told CNN affiliate WESH.... | Father says that his son stopped him from killing alleged molester with knife .
Raymond Frolander, 18, is charged with sexual battery on 11-year-old boy .
On 911 call, dad tells dispatcher he beat Frolander, who was in puddle of blood .
Police chief dismayed that dad posted son's photo with request for $1 million . |
ff297eaef90c06e6285b9391068b8904901cb9ea | Former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said on Thursday that the president and his administration should reconsider putting a temporary moratorium on travel into the U.S. from West Africa. 'I think substantive actions need to be taken, and they may involve flight restrictions, they may involve moving all patient... | 'I think substantive actions need to be taken, and they may involve flight restrictions,' former Obama spokesman Jay Carney said today .
Carney's comments came just before a congressional subcommittee met for an emergency hearing on the government's response to Ebola .
More than 42 members of Congress have now called o... |
ff298268ec15c044ba1d2dde7315249c90ce40a3 | Jeremy Clarkson has joined those paying tribute to the former MoS motoring editor . Jeremy Clarkson has joined those paying tribute to former Mail on Sunday motoring editor Frank Page, who has died aged 84. Celebrated as one of the outstanding motoring journalists of his generation, Mr Page died last Saturday from sept... | Jeremy Clarkson in tribute to Frank Page, former MoS motoring editor .
Mr Page died last Saturday aged from septicemia after being taken ill .
Edited MoS from 1982 until 1985 and presented Top Gear from 1980-1990 . |
ff29991ec49024b125ebfd2aa9033b659089f52a | If you’ve suffered from a blocked nose and sinus pain, the chances are that you’ll have reached for a decongestant. But you may not know how the remedy relieves the annoying symptoms. Now, a chemistry teacher from Bournemouth has created an infographic to explain just how the medicine, which typically comes in spray or... | Chemistry Andy Brunning created his inforgraphic to detail the different chemical types of decongestants .
They work by by targeting alpha-adrenergic receptors in the nose and sinuses to constrict blood vessels, which helps to reduce inflammation and the formation of mucus -easing the symptoms of a cold .
The most comm... |
ff29c5ac9c015364d50bf24feed0d6d874b34bbd | (CNN) -- Five purported Amish splinter group members, who are suspected in a string of hair-cutting attacks on Amish men and women in their community, are scheduled to be back in court Wednesday morning for arraignment, said the sheriff of Jefferson County, Ohio. Four separate incidents are being investigated in the ea... | The five Amish men face kidnapping and burglary charges .
The suspects belong to an extremist splinter group, local sheriff says .
Suspects related to splinter group's leader, Bishop Sam Mullet .
Attacks were directed against Amish identity, notably custom of letting hair grow . |
ff2a1344a89f1fba69dcf414d4f7111ccaca2536 | Men who have children by different women should be paid a special allowance by the state for increasing the population, a Russian MP claimed. A new 'Macho Law' was proposed by Valery Seleznev, who believes that marriage for life is outdated. Mr Seleznev said: 'Let's stimulate productive men so they can receive paternit... | Russian MP Valery Seleznev has been married 'multiple times'
And is proposing a state allowance for men with children to different women .
He hopes the Macho Law will help increase Russia's population . |
ff2b48436085194df62dce76925acea0da02ddca | (CNN) -- Schalke moved to within a point of German Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen after winning 2-0 away to fellow title hopefuls Werder Bremen on Saturday night. Kevin Kuranyi and Jan Moravek scored in the second half to put Schalke a point above third-placed Bayern Munich, who earlier crushed lowly Bochum 5-1 to... | Schalke move to within a point of German Bundesliga leaders Bayer Leverkusen .
Kevin Kuranyi and Jan Moravek score in second half of 2-0 win at Werder Bremen .
Fourth-placed Bremen suffer first league defeat since the opening day of the season .
Bayern Munich claim third place, two points behind Leverkusen, after crush... |
ff2bf3236b92ac0b7b6e12e4ab38a569c352d52b | He left his family to train with extremists in Syria. Now British jihadist Nasser Muthana has threatened to use his terror ‘skills’ when he returns to the UK. In a chilling online message, the 20-year-old unveiled a photograph of what is thought to be a collection of improvised explosive devices or IEDs. Underneath the... | Nasser Muthana tweeted: 'UK is afraid I come back with skills I've gained.'
He also posted pictures of bombs and weapons he has made .
Brother Aseel Muthana has also used social media to brag about beheadings .
Aseel says online he is willing to be a 'martyr' and won't return to the UK .
Their father says the brothers ... |
ff2c4a7a207796846b23a86386b831fe5ba5de52 | (CNN) -- For months, Republicans derisively doubted if U.S. President Barack Obama was a true friend of Israel and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, questioning if Americans should re-elect someone who might not be on the same page with the long-time U.S. ally. Now, it's Netanyahu facing political heat in his own coun... | Republicans had criticized Obama over whether he was close enough to Israel .
Now Israeli opposition leaders are saying Netanyahu can't be trusted by Obama .
U.S.-Israeli relations may be a factor in Israel's election, set for January 2013 . |
ff2c7f2aa35176c5bac1a96d0544de05c28cdc93 | By . Chris Spargo For Mailonline . A Wall Street financier has completed the Ice Bucket Challenge in the most luxurious manner yet, filming himself as he jumps into a freezing tub at his $23.6 million penthouse in downtown Manhattan. Richard B. Handler, the chief executive of the investment bank Jefferies Group and its... | Richard B. Handler, the CEO of Jeffries Group, filmed his challenge in the bathroom of his penthouse apartment in downtown Manhattan .
Handler's salary in 2012 was $58 million .
He nominated three other Wall Street execs in his video, and rapper Pitbull . |
ff2d013f191a82b78c44731284dae0f0ccf5df77 | By . Claire Bates . UPDATED: . 10:51 EST, 2 January 2012 . A little girl who has spent her entire life crippled by cerebral palsy has taken her first steps. Since undergoing pioneering surgery in the U.S. Lily Gordon, six, has even managed a few dance steps with the help of a walking frame. Her proud mother, 39-year-o... | Lily started with splints the whole way up her leg but now has small ankle splints .
Her parents watched a TV programme by chance that led them to the treatment . |
ff2d170c85a6f223174195cc46b22d90160a37e2 | By . Emma Glanfield . A hospital patient was refused toast as she recovered on a ward after being told by nurses it was a fire risk. Joan Wigmore, 64, asked for a slice of toast for breakfast as she recovered from complications following an operation at Barnet Hospital, north London. But she was left stunned when nurse... | Joan Wigmore asked for toast as she recovered on ward at Barnet Hospital .
The 64-year-old said nurses refused her request because it was a 'fire risk'
After toast deemed too dangerous, she was offered cereal or bread and jam .
Hospital apologises and claims toasters removed because of smoke alarms . |
ff2d27e208f3d788e2dae2ffd56d0c8ce9d3dc74 | Three of Arsenal's key defensive players showed they are ready for a busy festive period as they joined in with carol singers at the club's training ground. Goalkeeper Wojciech Szczesny, centre back Per Mertesacker and holding midfielder Mathieu Flamini were accosted by the singers as part of BT Sport's new Christmas f... | Gunners stars chanted at by carol singers in new BT Sport advert .
Goalkeeper Szczesny looks surprised, while Mathieu Flamini gives a wave .
Per Mertesacker enjoys being called a 'big festive German'
Players suggest Santi Cazorla as the club's Father Christmas .
Szczesny mocks Spaniard's tendency to put on weight durin... |
ff2d7cea1baf6d307c7b61516c3a0d75ceea30b6 | A friend of classroom murderer Will Cornick has revealed how he is ‘haunted with guilt’ for failing to speak up about the teenager’s threats to kill his teacher. Cornick attacked Spanish teacher Ann Maguire after boasting to classmates at Corpus Christi College in Leeds that he wanted to kill her. Now one of his friend... | Friend of Will Cornick reveals guilt at not alerting school to killer's threats .
Cornick had boasted to classmates that he wanted to to kill Ann Maguire .
But his friend reveals that he believed comments were 'just a sick joke'
Cornick knifed Mrs Maguire to death at Corpus Christie College in Leeds .
The 16-year-old m... |
ff2d8f475f668c43fc7e259475fd78c2e6cbf496 | Manchester City and Arsenal are continuing to monitor Cagliari midfielder Godfred Donsah. The confident 18-year-old has already attracted enquiries from Tottenham last month and can play at centre midfield as a holding player or right-back. Arsenal and City scouts watched him on Monday against Inter Milan in their 2-1 ... | Arsenal and Manchester City sent scouts to watch Godfred Donsah .
Tottenham made enquiries about the 18-year-old in January .
Donsah is a holding midfielder who can also play as a right back .
Cagliari president Thomas Guilini wants to keep him for another season .
CLICK HERE for all the latest Premier League news . |
ff2dfb49651c10e421ecbb7f15f15a062d17aab1 | (CNN) -- Big Ben, arguably the world's most famous clock, celebrates on Sunday 150 years of keeping London on time. The British landmark has lived through war, bad weather and disasters. Big Ben's distinctive bongs have been a part of the London scene for 150 years. Big Ben is the 14-ton bell inside the world's largest... | London's Big Ben turns 150 years old on Sunday .
Last year, Victorian masterpiece was voted Britain's favorite monument .
No one is quite sure where the clock's moniker came from . |
ff2ea7fa487cd769ee7d8a5391013dc951ff3fd6 | Winter finally arrived in parts of Britain yesterday, threatening to put a chill in the tail of the hottest year for more than 350 years. Widespread frosts gave the landscape a Christmas card look while temperatures are forecast to plunge as low as minus 6C (21F) overnight on Saturday, with snow on high ground. But eve... | Frosty scenes across UK this morning after temperatures of -5C overnight, with -6C predicted for the weekend .
But 2014 is set to become the hottest on record after every month except August saw above-average temperatures .
Across the globe warm weather saw the mercury pushed 0.57C above the 14C average, which is also ... |
ff2eefc2e0c8678191d99409b91db31e613b2bbb | These pictures show the appalling living conditions a group of eastern European slaves were forced to endure before being rescued by police. Officers saved 13 Slovakian 'slaves' during a raid at a picture framing factory in Rochdale. They have alleged they were working in terrible conditions and were paid £25 for an 80... | The 13 slaves, all adults, endured physical and verbal abuse, police claim .
They were rescued in a raid on a business park in Rochdale .
Four men, 35, 51, 43 and 40, arrested on labour and trafficking charges . |
ff2f97c885cc1c0e1cd88dfe4a075581f8293f69 | By . David Martosko, U.s. Political Editor . Read my lips: Obama told the AMA four years ago that 'no matter how we reform health care ... If you like your health care plan, you will be able to keep your health care plan. Period. No one will take it away. No matter what.' Between half and three-quarters of Americans wh... | President Obama has promised for 4 years that individual health insurance policies will be 'grandfathered' in so they won't change under Obamacare .
But the IRS wrote in June 2010 that 40 to 67 per cent' of those policies will 'relinquish their grandfather status' anyway .
NBC News found sources close to the Obamacare ... |
ff2fc796f43ea2db3a91c790441106d406241634 | By . Tom Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 12:55 EST, 5 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:48 EST, 5 May 2012 . Bottles, fireworks and smoke bombs were set off as 1,500 officers tried to contain thousands of English Defence League supporters holding a protest march in Luton today. The town centre was flooded with police as tensions mou... | More than 1,500 officers drafted in to prevent EDL members clashing with anti-fascists demonstrators .
Massive police operation estimated to have cost upwards of £1.2million .
Two people arrested on suspicion of public order offences .
Shoppers stay away despite claims Luton would be open as normal . |
ff2fdbaaa6bd776c9b1637eada2279cc8574c16c | PUBLISHED: . 07:36 EST, 31 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:22 EST, 31 October 2012 . A Chinese government think tank has urged the country's leaders to start phasing out its one-child policy immediately and allow two children for every family by 2015. The unpopular restriction - which has been in place since 1980 - ha... | Unpopular birth restrictions introduced in 1980 when population was rapidly expanding .
Has led to huge gender imbalance - as parents favour boys over girls - and contributed to aging workforce .
Proposal to phase out the policy put forward by officials close to the Chinese government .
Two-child policy planned for 201... |
ff2fe6906862256a646c2b7278cc8a986a65f0aa | By . Joshua Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 16:05 EST, 7 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:46 EST, 8 April 2013 . A teenage girl reported missing in February amid fears she’d . been lured into a prostitution ring was found standing in line for a television . shoot in Venice Beach on Friday. Police say the girl, who ran away from h... | 'Everybody can leave me alone' said Raven Cassidy Furlong, who turned 18 while on the missing persons list .
Her family remains convinced she's a 'scared victim of trafficking'
Meanwhile, police say she seemed fine and declined to release her to her pleading Colorado family against her will . |
ff30555b670e1d914a1940feee0bef15dcc3c792 | Liverpool have been dealt a blow in their bid to bring Divock Origi back from Lille after the striker confirmed he will remain in France for the remainder of the season. Brendan Rodgers had given the green light to pay an increase on the £10million fee they agreed with Lille to accelerate Origi’s release in January. Th... | Brendan Rodgers was keen to bring the Belgium striker back to the club .
And Liverpool were prepared to pay an increase on £10million fee .
But Origi has revealed he won't join up with Liverpool until next season .
Liverpool have struggled in front of goal, failing to replace Luis Suarez . |
ff30e1bb720683671ada265514a3a13fa7cdd891 | Success treatment: The 'mini-IVF' has had twice the success rates as the conventional method . A half-price version of IVF that women could have in their lunch-hour has been shown to raise the chances of having a baby drastically. It is particularly effective for those in their late 30s and early 40s and success rates ... | New IVF treatment particularly effective for those aged 35-45 .
Technique uses lower doses of drugs, yet is twice as effective .
Operation lasts only five minutes compared to traditional half-day . |
ff310ad7f169d38cae4596e6533c7f8e3a082e55 | By . Ashley Collman . PUBLISHED: . 00:55 EST, 24 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 00:55 EST, 24 June 2013 . The son of a deacon was fatally shot Sunday morning by police after congregation members got riled up at a meeting. Police were called to the Asia Missionary Baptist Church in Lexington, Mississippi mid-day Sunday afte... | Police responded to calls about an argument that broke out at the Asia Missionary Baptist Church .
Cacedrick White, 26, showed up at the back door of the church with a shot gun and refused to put it down .
White shot off one shot, and police responded with three shots .
White was taken to the hospital where he later di... |
ff3194d999e1528c3fab4866c85f65d516888eb1 | (CNN) -- Federal officials charged 20 people Wednesday in a scheme to recruit illegal immigrants from Russia and Eastern European countries to work as exotic dancers in New York strip clubs, according to Preet Bharara, the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York. Charges against the 20 individuals include r... | The women are from Russia and Eastern European countries .
Prosecutor: defendants wanted the women to be "their personal profit centers"
Charges include extortion and visa and marriage fraud .
Federal agents confiscated files at several clubs in pre-dawn raids . |
ff31e18e54d3205a71f4396f89bbfcbd87247fcc | (CNN) -- In just four days, Chris Picco went from husband and expectant father to a man without a family. His wife Ashley died November 8; their newborn son, delivered by emergency cesarean section, died three days later. In August, Ashley and Chris Picco celebrated their seventh wedding anniversary by posting a photo ... | The baby was born to a dying woman via emergency C-section .
The grieving father plays "Blackbird" for his infant son, Lennon .
The baby died late Tuesday night in his father's arms . |
ff320f6d94f5fcc211870950c64056713b8ad8c7 | Washington (CNN) -- Democrats acting like Republicans. Republicans acting like Democrats. The 2016 presidential contest is shaping up to be the political equivalent of gender-bending. Democrats are coalescing early around a front-runner who certainly will be lavishly funded, Hillary Clinton. She's campaigning on the fa... | David Frum: Democrats could pick 2008 also-ran Hillary Clinton for 2016 .
He says Republican front-runners seem unlikely to measure up .
Despite losses, GOP could pick long shots such as Marco Rubio or Rand Paul, he says .
Frum: One candidate who appeals across party lines is Chris Christie . |
ff32a0db36d705ca4d6a4fc4d58676541551a7d8 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Capitol Police arrested a man Friday after an officer spotted a rifle in his car when he stopped the officer to ask for directions two blocks from the Capitol building. Police inspect the suspect's vehicle in Washington on Friday. Christopher Shelton Timmons, 27, has been charged with carrying a dea... | Police say suspect had AK-47, grenade, pistol, ammunition in car .
Suspect Christopher S. Timmons was recently convicted on weapons charge .
Timmons had stopped officer to ask directions . |
ff32fefe954a3670641f36b19358f1309a8a298a | By . Daily Mail Reporter . An Alabama man has been charged with DUI manslaughter in the hit-and-run death of a popular Oklahoma State University student early Friday morning. Kasey Waychoff, 19, was on spring break in the beach town of Gulf Shores, Alabama, when she was hit by a pickup truck allegedly driven by 29-year... | Kasey Waychoff, 19, was on spring break in Alabama when she was hit by a drunk driver .
Authorities say 29-year-old Justin Lott didn't stop after allegedly hitting the young co-ed .
Lott was stopped by police not far from the scene .
The officer who pulled Lott over says there was front-end damage consistent with hitti... |
ff33c04e31c0fc358558de91ed244603a395dd72 | (CNN) -- The NFL has a simple answer for critics who claim the league should have been able to get videos of Ray Rice knocking out his future wife and dragging her out of an elevator. It would have been illegal, Commissioner Roger Goodell wrote in a memo Wednesday to the top officials of the NFL's 32 teams. "Once a cri... | NJ law prohibits release of certain evidence during legal matters, NFL boss says .
Goodell sends memo to all 32 teams explaining why league hadn't seen video until Monday .
TMZ Sports posted a video online showing Ray Rice punching his future wife .
Critics said the NFL should also have been able to get the video and a... |
ff33c7febcbec58a68d89347f1052382c8b8e3f4 | (CNN) -- Jury selection began Tuesday in the trial of reputed Boston mob boss and longtime fugitive James "Whitey" Bulger on murder and racketeering charges. Bulger was arrested in California in 2011 after 16 years on the run. Now 83, he's charged in the killings of 19 people during his days as the leader of south Bost... | "Whitey" Bulger faces racketeering charges and 19 murder counts .
He was arrested in 2011 after 16 years on the run .
The reputed Boston mob boss had been an FBI informant for years . |
ff33e71e267afaeac179928deaa3147b0e2f4f0e | New York (CNN) -- No "potential human remains" have been found in the Manhattan location where a 9/11 aircraft part was recently discovered, New York's chief medical examiner said Wednesday. The announcement followed an inspection at 51 Park Place, where a piece of one of the planes in the September 11, 2001, terror at... | A Boeing Company technician confirms the piece is from a Boeing 767 .
It was found behind the site of a controversial Muslim community center .
The piece was taken to a property facility in Brooklyn . |
ff3449ac23165ecaa15f1e2d1ae3f94687e7951d | FIFA president Sepp Blatter has accused UEFA of lacking the 'courage' to provide a challenge to his leadership, and called on the European governing body to be 'respectful' of his wish to continue in the role. Blatter will be bidding for a fifth term in office at the election in May, with so far only three candidates -... | FIFA president Sepp Blatter has criticised UEFA's leaders .
The 78-year-old has accused them of lacking courage .
Blatter said they don't have the courage to stand against him in the upcoming presidential election . |
ff34aaada7aa7926be612dc5865cc52661f57abe | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 04:26 EST, 25 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:28 EST, 25 March 2013 . The SS United States is sending out what may be its final distress call unless $500,00 can be found in the next two months to save the transatlantic cruise ship from the scrap heap. A preservation group is leading a ... | Vessel carried more than one million passengers over 400 round .
trips .
Guests included President Kennedy, Salvador Dali and Elizabeth Taylor .
SS United States Conservancy group are campaigning to save the ship . |
ff34fdbcd2e9efadca9e95bbd15e10afa6974804 | (CNN) -- "There's between 100,000 and 300,000 child sex slaves in the United States today," Ashton Kutcher tells CNN's Piers Morgan. "If you don't do something to stop that -- that's when there's something wrong with you." In their first-ever joint prime time interview, actress Demi Moore and actor Ashton Kutcher will ... | The Demi and Ashton Foundation (DNA) raises awareness about child sex slavery .
The couple launched DNA after meeting a girl who was trafficked into the U.S. from Mexico .
Demi Moore: "Most people aren't even aware of what's going on"
Also check out The CNN Freedom Project: Ending Modern-Day Slavery . |
ff352e3f91e253f485dcb8c917a5387b2fcbbba9 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 4:02 PM on 30th January 2012 . About 400 people were arrested in Oakland yesterday during a chaotic day of Occupy protests that saw demonstrators break into City Hall and burn an American flag. Police fired tear gas and used 'flash' grenades to disperse hundreds of people afte... | Protesters break in to City Hall and burn U.S. flag found there .
Mayor urges Occupy movement to 'stop using Oakland as its playground' |
ff35660687c46409445d1c580520b2b6b10a517e | In the wake of the Christchurch office sex romp-which saw a married father caught cheating in a string of viral images-many are questioning how much they can trust their partners. For some, this means enlisting extra support to give them peace of mind, and that’s where Lipstick Investigations come into play. The Sydney... | Lipstick Investigations is Australia's highest profile investigation business .
Investigations are done across a number of fields including the internet .
Jobs include the use of forensic tools, hidden cameras and night-vision .
The company has been inundated with business in the New Year .
The investigations have abou... |
ff35d7a0a2b894f18deeb247a7199ebd4cb8465f | (CNN) -- Russian President Vladimir Putin will meet with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in China next week before international talks are held on Iran's nuclear program in Moscow, Russia's state-run RIA-Novosti news agency reported Sunday. The meeting is aimed at allowing Putin to "feel the heat surrounding the ... | The two leaders will meet next week in China, according to media reports .
An international round of talks on Iran's nuclear program is set for later this month .
World powers are concerned Iran wants to build nuclear weapons .
Tehran insists its nuclear program is for peaceful purposes . |
ff3648d41bb273a5d0533bf0e9c6b1b341aa78dc | Poland wants to lure 2,300 of its doctors to leave the NHS and return home. Witold Sobków, the Polish ambassador to the UK, revealed plans were being drawn up to persuade hundreds of health staff trained in Poland to return, declaring: ‘We want them back.’ He also cast doubt on proposals by Britain to limit access to b... | Ambassador Witold Sobków says 2,300 Polish doctors are in the UK .
Polish government working to 'create conditions' to lure them home .
Dismisses British plans for a clampdown on benefits paid to migrants .
Insists people move to the UK for work not to claim from the welfare state . |
ff36dcce9c2e8abcee22acc9c983fbb27da60e72 | Poet and naturalist Helen Macdonald’s ‘haunting’ book H Is For Hawk has won the Costa Book of the Year Award – the first biography to win in ten years . It describes with ‘searing honesty’ her painful struggle to come to terms with her father’s death, helped by a rather unusual companion – a hawk. Now poet and naturali... | Helen Macdonald’s ‘haunting’ book has won Costa Book of the Year Award .
H Is For Hawk is a part-memoir, part-nature novel 'with emotional honesty'
44-year-old author was praised for 'unique and emotional' book by judges . |
ff36e1bf808bacd1c5c7cf412e93b558810740e8 | (CNN) -- A former U.S. soldier charged with attempting to join a terrorist group was sentenced to seven years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to destroying records that could be used in a terror investigation, federal prosecutors said. U.S. District Judge J. Frederick Motz also sentenced the ex-soldier to five y... | Prosecutor: Craig Baxam dodged government tracing by destroying personal computer .
Baxam, 26, joined Army in 2007, underwent months of cryptology, intelligence training .
He was arrested in Kenya in 2011 on suspicion of terrorism, en route to Somalia .
Prosecutors say Baxam secretly converted to Islam days before leav... |
ff375361612460e1360e51d19e61803677aa1f5b | Louis Zamperini, the Olympic runner and World War II officer who survived a horrific plane crash, a seven-week journey across the Pacific in a raft, near starvation and unspeakable torture in Japanese POW camps, has died. He was 97. The cause of death was pneumonia, his family said in a statement from Universal Picture... | "Farewell to the grandest, most buoyant, most generous soul I ever knew" -- Hillenbrand .
Louis Zamperini is the subject of bestseller and upcoming film "Unbroken"
Zamperini survived plane crash, weeks on raft, Japanese POW camps .
After World War II, he became inspirational speaker . |
ff376e74f43ee7112d3987640b8142f0156b6606 | (CNN) -- Ramiz Rafizadeh was driving past Syria's famous Ummayad Mosque in December when another vehicle abruptly cut him off. Two men got out and shot Rafizadeh to death in front of his deaf daughter, whom he had just picked up from her school in Damascus. "People who live in the neighborhood and witnessed the shootin... | Shiite family in Syria has endured attacks from all sides in civil war .
One cousin was shot dead in front of his daughter; others held hostage .
It's unclear whether attackers were with the Assad regime or the rebels .
Neither the government nor the rebels trust Shiites in Syria . |
ff37a7ff99b8c5f74b865305fce8e18433529c89 | Organisers of the inaugural Tour de Yorkshire are convinced the race has the capability to become the number one short tour on the international cycling calendar. The stages for the three-day event, a direct legacy of last summer's spectacularly successful Tour de France Grand Depart in the county, were revealed at a p... | Yorkshire hosted the first three stages of the 2014 Tour de France .
Thousands turned out in Yorkshire for the Grand Depart last summer .
A three-day short tour is planned for May following the same route . |
ff38602b7362c7ac46761127db01ce786c8c330c | By . Darren Boyle . Former snooker star Stephen Lee, pictured, was fined £1,185 at Swindon Magistrates' Court after he admitted on count of fraud after he failed to send a cue he had sold to one of his fans to the buyer . Disgraced snooker player Stephen Lee is living on benefits after being banned from the sport for m... | Shamed snooker star Stephen Lee agreed to sell the cue to a fan for £1,600 .
After the money arrived, Lee failed to send the cue to a fan in Hong Kong .
Lee claimed he was distracted by 'difficulties relating to his professional life'
Lee said he could not pay a £1,800 fine because he was living on benefits .
Court rul... |
ff38b728a69d3c3db6c4b035644fbddf11e9daee | London (CNN) -- Britain's equivalent to the U.S. National Security Agency, the Government Communications Headquarters, has tapped into many of the world's key international fiber optic cables and is routinely downloading and analyzing vast quantities of Internet and phone traffic, sharing the data with the NSA, The Gua... | NEW: The NSA slams the report as "absolutely false"
The Guardian: The UK agency routinely downloads massive communications data .
The report is based on documents leaked by Edward Snowden .
The British government says it does not comment on intelligence matters . |
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