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ff75e00d964bdc9092434b41dee28e31522f5fff | For almost a century, thousands gathered under the roof of this Edwardian pool to celebrate the golden age of public swimming. Now plants, rust and decay adorn the walls of the Moseley Road Baths in Birmingham, which campaigners are fighting to save from destruction. These stunning images of the 1907 gala pool, which s... | Campaigners fighting to save Birmingham's Grade II*-listed Moseley Road Baths after gala pool shut in 2003 .
It has century-old tiling, oak ticket office, 200,000-litre cast iron tank and complete set of pre-war private baths .
Small pool remains open, but council has warned the whole building faces closure amid £24mil... |
ff75f5901e837ef3acdfa5f291a0c109f8289558 | A mother has admitted selling her baby for sex eight times and being in the room for all but one of the meetings. Natisha Hillard, 25, from Gary, Hammond, Indiana, met Christopher M Bour, 39, through a dating service in 2011. A court heard they agreed to meet at her home where Bour allegedly asked her four-month-old ba... | Natisha Hillard, 25, met Christopher M Bour through a dating service .
She 'sold the child to him for sex' because she 'needed the money'
Hillard was arrested when FBI officers allegedly found photo evidence of Bour abusing a child which showed her in the background .
Hillard, from Indiana, has pleaded guilty to one co... |
ff7672f15b344e93c02d0d3b9676b8070a735e93 | New York (CNN) -- Emergency crews on Wednesday rescued two window washers who were trapped on a hanging platform dangling perilously at the 68th floor of the 1,776-foot One World Trade Center building in lower Manhattan. Rescue workers used a diamond saw to tear through three layers of glass panes -- the thickest nearl... | Two window washers rescued from window-washing rig high above Manhattan .
Hanging platform collapsed at One World Trade Center with the workers on it .
The tower is the country's tallest building at 1,776 feet . |
ff770bae3904c624a15fb25e8bd74ad6ee0b8d2c | Up to 40 per cent of road deaths around the world are thought to be caused by alcohol. But one day, cars could detect whether a driver’s voice sounds drunk, to stop them from driving and prevent accidents. Researchers in Germany have created the first library of drunk speech patterns, which could be used to predict dru... | German researchers have created the first library of drunk speech patterns .
Alcohol Language Corpus is based on 162 drunk conversations .
It's been used by scientists to make an algorithm to detect slurred speech .
Software could one day be fitted in cars to stop people drink driving . |
ff7731013004439311e99006975f6ae7895f672c | By . Hamish Mackay for MailOnline . Follow @@H_Mackay . QPR defender Rio Ferdinand revealed that although he loves reality TV, he would never appear on it himself. The 35-year-old said that he loved shows like Gogglebox and The Fried Chicken Shop, but starring in them is another matter altogether. In The Sun’s serialis... | QPR defender Rio Ferdinand revealed he loved reality TV .
But former Manchester Untied man said he didn't want to be on it .
Ferdinand said he would never go on Strictly Come Dancing .
But 35-year-old would consider something like Rio's World Cup Wind-Ups . |
ff777bc3761b99d2951f3098a3701d119227697d | Police have been dragged off the beat to work on the Olympics after dozens of G4S security guards failed to turn up for work, it emerged yesterday. Just four of the 58 staff expected to report for duty at the Hilton Hotel in Gateshead, Tyne and Wear, showed up, one of whom later disappeared. In Salford, Greater Manches... | Nine police forces provide more officers to fill the gaps left by private security firm G4S .
Royal Marines take over security duties at Olympic sailing centre in Dorset .
G4S share price tumbles by 8.6 per cent .
Home Affairs Select Committee chairman Keith Vaz calls for security firm to be barred from bidding for pub... |
ff77bfb0358a3bfc412700da576e9e9128122fad | Bekoji, Ethiopia (CNN) -- It might be many miles away from the usual sporting capitals of the world, but when it comes to long-distance running there's one tiny place that's setting the pace. Nestled amidst rolling farmlands on the green hills of southern central Ethiopia, Bekoji is a sleepy town of less than 20,000 pe... | Ethiopian long-distance runners have won 35 Olympic medals in the last 20 years .
In the small Ethiopian town of Bekoji, coach Sentayehu Eshetu has discovered four gold champions .
His prodigies include star runners Tirunesh Dibaba and Kenenisa Bekele . |
ff781e5a41a16f743cd881274b3da144d3f81e1f | Oregon Governor John Kitzhaber said Friday his fiancée will have no role in his administration for the rest of his fourth term after questions were raised about her consulting work. Visibly nervous as he addressed reporters with a shaky voice, Kitzhaber said Cylvia Hayes would continue her consulting business but would... | Governor John Kitzhaber acknowledges legitimate questions have been raised about her Cylvia Hayes, 47, taxes .
He attempted to explained why Cylvia Hayes was paid thousands from a D.C. energy company .
She was paid an additional $118,000 for consulting while she was advising the governor on the same topics .
Hayes has ... |
ff789d6024e96b303320e01df45ac2bd98769a6f | Hong Kong (CNN) -- Chinese police have arrested nearly 1,000 suspected members of a banned religious group, state media reported. The arrests come months after five members of the group, known as the Church of Almighty God or "Quannengshen", were charged with the brutal killing in May of a woman in a McDonald's restaur... | Almost 1,000 members of a banned religious group arrested in China .
State media says group responsible for suicides and murders .
Arrests come after five members charged with brutal killing in McDonald's restaurant .
Church of Almighty God believes Christ reincarnated as Chinese woman . |
ff78c8071e3ad2159bbc2dedf7f205e39ec97602 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:41 EST, 29 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:05 EST, 30 December 2013 . Former NYPD commissioner Bernard Kerik has accused his former attorney of working with federal agents to put him behind bars in 2010 for taking bribes from mobsters. Kerik, a 9/11 hero, was one of the city... | Former NYPD Commissioner Bernard Kerik plead guilty to accepting $165,000 from a mob-connected family in 2006 .
He spend the last four years in federal prison, serving out his sentence .
On Friday he filed a bar complaint against his former attorney, Joe Tacopina .
He accuses Tacopina of meeting his federal prosecutors... |
ff790f810a793639876caf77224c4f7aa9f639fa | By . Rosie Taylor and David Wilkes . PUBLISHED: . 17:51 EST, 4 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:51 EST, 4 October 2013 . Once they were destined for the slaughterhouse. At least there the end would have been swift. Now it is drawn out and agonising. Dumped without food and water by their owners, thousands of horses whi... | Nemo was found in south Wales with ribs poking through skin .
Eight months on she has made a full recovery thanks to charity .
Watson was less lucky after contracting skin infection while 'flygrazing'
Found with maggots eating his skin and died three days later . |
ff797b5e8d701a02041a6a501c19f06cf84193cf | (CNN) -- Merrill Newman -- the 85-year-old American detained by North Korean authorities earlier this fall -- has been "deported," North Korea's state news agency KCNA reported early Saturday. His son announced late Friday that he is on his way home to the United States. "We are absolutely delighted to confirm that Mer... | NEW: Newman's son confirms that the released American is on his way home .
Video shows Newman smiling as he walks through Beijing's airport .
The 85-year-old was detained in North Korea in October, issued a public apology .
State news reports Newman was released for "humanitarian" reasons . |
ff79ff9a0665e6baad2bfb7c8d39d6f2b1b332e5 | By . Alexandra Klausner . A little girl, 8, suffering from a neurological disorder wrote a heartwarming letter to an injured police offer who was shot in the chest. Abby Holbrook, of Loveland, Colorado sent local police officer Garret Osilka a letter to make him feel better after he was shot during a March traffic stop... | Abby Holbrook suffers from an autoimmune .
condition called transverse myelitis and .
at one point in her sickness was paralyzed from the neck down .
Officer Garret Osilka was shot during a traffic stop in March and Abby felt she could relate .
Holbrook didn't know Osilka personally but after hearing about his injury s... |
ff7a2f10c3e1142f5cd5f7c1a7165bba2385e7f1 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 02:12 EST, 6 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 03:09 EST, 6 November 2012 . An influential astrophysicist hired by DC Comics to pinpoint the location of Superman’s home planet, Krypton, has done just that. The fictional planet Krypton would have orbited a red dwarf star called LHS 2... | Astrophysicist, Neil deGrasse Tyson, determines actual location of Superman’s home planet Krypton .
The fictional planet would have orbited a red dwarf star called LHS 2520, 27.1 light-years from Earth .
The planetary details will be encompassed in a new Superman book titled, ‘Star Light, Star Bright’ |
ff7a7b005ca7cc374328164059a4dae1fec3a7be | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . PUBLISHED: . 08:23 EST, 8 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 07:49 EST, 9 March 2014 . Dealing with Britain’s debts must not be done solely through attacks on public pending and welfare, the Lib Dems said today. In a swipe at the Tories, Chief Secretary to the Treasury Danny Al... | Danny Alexander dismisses Tory plan to slash £25billion in spending .
There is such a thing as society, Lib Dem Treasury minister tells party conference in York .
Signals Lib Dem manifesto will promise to raise income tax threshold will rise to £12,500 . |
ff7a9c191f1e12b90701325d653e99b0b19d102c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:27 EST, 29 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:30 EST, 30 May 2012 . Facebook's stock has fallen below $30 for the first time since its much-awaited public debut this month. The stock continued its noted decrease, finishing the day on Tuesday at $28.84. The public launch of Facebook ... | Facebook insider warned privileged clients before the IPO that revenue would fall short of expectations and that shock price would drop . |
ff7ab87aff90f04fee5626c7f5f4fd3ede224865 | By . John Stevens, Political Reporter . An MP who was suspended from the Liberal Democrats over claims he sexually harassed a vulnerable constituent publicly apologised to her yesterday. Mike Hancock admitted he had ‘crossed the line’ and had an ‘inappropriate and unprofessional’ relationship with the woman after she a... | Former Lib Dem Mike Hancock admitted he had 'crossed the line'
He visited her at home and conducted an 'inappropriate' friendship .
Admitted: 'I made you feel deeply uncomfortable and discriminated against'
Apology part of confidential settlement with woman known as 'Annie' |
ff7b6f056b714f9a18d76588c9a2976448f537bc | Conrad Truman smiles in court on Monday before he was sentenced to life in prison for his wife's murder . A husband sentenced to life in prison for his wife's murder refused to apologize to her family in court on Monday as he insisted that he didn't kill her. Conrad Mark Truman, 32, was given 15 years to life in prison... | Conrad Mark Truman, 32, was sentenced to life in prison for the murder of Heidy Truman, 25, in Provo, Utah on Monday .
Truman told the court: 'I did not kill my wife, I can't say sorry for something I did not do... It's not my fault that she shot herself'
The victim's mother left the courtroom has he rambled for 30 min... |
ff7be370eb526258382634c1728f48c81a621d86 | With gruesome beheadings, mosques being blown up and bloodied corpses strewn across the dusty ground, it has all the hallmarks of the latest Islamic State recruitment video. But this shocking footage has been compiled by the U.S. State Department in a propaganda drive of its own to discourage would-be jihadists from jo... | WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT .
U.S. officials post video on YouTube in bid to discourage would-be jihadists .
Launched as part of social media campaign called 'Think Again, Turn Away'
Shows clips of suicide bombers, executions and bodies thrown off cliffs .
Message says: 'Travel is inexpensive because you won't need return... |
ff7c01e83653853fb70c8b67b2588fc7ad9f5b11 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 21:00 EST, 30 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:06 EST, 1 October 2013 . Nicholas Long stole £450 from Sainsbury's by scanning in his groceries as loose onions at the self-service checkout . As a fraudster with 20 super- market scams under his belt, Nicholas Long should have kno... | Debt-ridden Nicholas Long, 25, used the scam 20 times in three months .
Was caught when a security guard noticed he scanned all items as onions .
Given 180 hours community service at Old Bailey and ordered to pay £250 . |
ff7c25ba9761374de17fe8e3072c730c2874e43c | By . Jill Reilly . A drunken university student stabbed three people to death and injured more than two dozen others on a packed train in Taiwan. The seemingly random attack occurred at about 4 p.m. yesterday at the start of rush hour aboard a train on Taipei's Banqiao line. Taipei Police Chief Chen Kou-en identified t... | Police identified the attacker as a 21-year-old second-year student .
47-year-old woman and two men in 20s and 30s were killed .
The seemingly random attack occurred at about 4 p.m. in Taipei .
Police stopped the man who smelt of alcohol and took him into custody . |
ff7d34b3eb663ac795f9577e432081e4cbfc01c7 | By . Daniel Mills for Daily Mail Australia . Photography was the furthest thing from Holly Spring's mind when daughter Violet was struck down with a debilitating bowel condition that almost cost her her life. Born with just one hand, her right, the new born 'went blue in the face' following surgical complications to co... | Holly Spring took to photography to document memories of her daughter .
Violet, 4, was born without a left hand and a severe bowel disorder .
Her mother cares for her full-time and photographs her when she can .
Mrs Spring said her images show Violet is capable of living a normal life . |
ff7d70f5f4867a9537c0121453cab502f7016165 | Bad tenant: Leesa Wenman set fire to her council flat after two weeks because she 'didn't like the neighbours' A woman faces jail after she set alight her council flat a fortnight after moving in because she 'did not like the neighbours'. Leesa Wenman, 32, has been found guilty of arson after she started two fires in t... | Leesa Wenman, 32, started two fires in her bedroom in Harlow, Essex .
Tenant was 'not happy' with flat and fell out with neighbours within fortnight .
Borrowed a cigarette lighter, started the blaze, then climbed out of window .
Firefighters broke in and put out the fire, which caused £13,000 of damage .
Wenman found ... |
ff7d8fbec590a1115668418d2601558ee336c131 | Newly-obtained police reports have shown that Whitney Houston's daughter was involved in a traffic accident that injured two people days before she was hospitalized. Police in Roswell, Georgia, say Bobbi Kristina Brown was driving a Jeep Liberty on January 27 when she lost control, crossed into oncoming traffic and col... | Car crash in Roswell, Georgia, was on January 27, new police reports show .
Bobbi Kristina lost control of her Jeep and hit another car, police say .
Her passenger and the other car's driver were hospitalized .
She was found unresponsive and face-down in her bathtub on January 31 .
Family have dismissed reports 21-year... |
ff7e7331ed5f686ef731fa93a7e3ff9902a874d2 | By . Rob Waugh . Updated: . 11:52 EST, 1 March 2012 . It is a make-or-break moment for Microsoft that will either propel it back to the forefront of personal computing or see it lag further behind its arch rival Apple. The world's largest software company gave reviewers and the public their first taste of its revolutio... | Touchscreen operating system available free to test .
Will work on tablets as well as PCs .
Tablet users will enjoy Microsoft Office for free .
'Make-or-break' opportunity for ageing tech company .
Demo is downloaded by users in 70 countries .
'Your desktop is dead' - Wired magazine . |
ff7ec3c66958e4fd3f82db78d2d9ba08c76b690d | By . Travelmail Reporter . They are the little darlings who look awfully cute in a photo, or when curled up asleep in a cot – but a lot less appealing at 30,000ft, crying loudly in the seat right next to you. And according to a new survey, almost . seven in ten Britons dislike flying with babies so much that they would... | The majority of British travellers wish to see child-free areas on aircraft .
More than a third of us would pay extra to be on a flight without children .
Drunk passengers and seat-kickers also feature on our flight hate lists . |
ff7ed1724f492b465091225c79001d8bed45733a | (CNN) -- Hopes soared recently when the Nigerian government said it had reached a deal with the terrorist group Boko Haram to free more than 200 girls and young women still missing after a mass abduction in April. But with each passing day, it looks less and less likely that the girls will be freed. In fact, Boko Haram... | Ceasefire between Nigeria and Boko Haram raised hopes for release of kidnapped girls .
Militants have continued their kidnappings even after the deal was reached .
Some experts doubt that the ceasefire will go through .
Others say negotiated release is still possible . |
ff7ef8b48ed31e93b1e157b9a51bbf9d993d9127 | By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 07:41 EST, 4 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:50 EST, 4 May 2013 . Equestrian Paralympian and gold medalist Joanne Pitt has died at the age of 34 . Equestrian Paralympian and gold medalist Joanne Pitt has died at the age of 34, it has been announced today. Ms Pitt, who had right-sided he... | Ms Pitt had right-sided hemiplegic cerebral palsy and died on Thursday .
She represented Great Britain at the Paralympics in Athens in 2004 .
Was hoping to make selection for European Championships in August . |
ff7f5ea3ccf189502a18dfdd8e23eac0109e6c25 | (CNN) -- Like a viper that slithers through the garden -- mostly unseen, menacing, dangerous -- a troubling trend is taking hold in this country, a movement to shake the foundations of what "born in the USA" means. Wendy Ruiz was born in Miami in 1992. She graduated from a Miami public high school in 2010 and applied t... | Charles Garcia: A judge ruled that children of immigrants in Florida deserve in-state tuition .
He says children born in the U.S. are American citizens, shouldn't be treated differently .
Garcia: Give young people a chance at college and they'll boost the economy . |
ff8026dcd34883956c9efe916006375a34f55b7c | Washington (CNN) -- A 5-year-old's birthday party with no cake and candles? Unheard of, except in politics. Monday marked the fifth anniversary of President Barack Obama's signing of the 2009 stimulus bill, the focus of a hyper-partisan debate over the first major legislation of his presidency. By most assessments, the... | White House report says stimulus bill achieved its goal of reversing downturn .
Republicans lambaste the $800-billion-plus measure signed in 2009 .
Five years later, it remains a partisan dispute based on differing political ideologies .
Vice President Biden heads to Illinois on Wednesday to commemorate the bill signin... |
ff80cf3f6aaf03d3d54199f87b27808ad642ac75 | By . Chris Pleasance for MailOnline . Two men in South Africa have been arrested on suspecion of killing a farmworker by throwing oranges at him, police said today. Police Lt. Col. Moatshe Ngoepe said the suspects allegedly began throwing oranges at the victim after an argument broke out. He said: 'They started pelting... | Two men arrested in South Africa after man pelted to death with oranges .
Suspects began throwing fruit after argument broke out on farm . |
ff80d9afddebbd299149eef01c340093f343b18c | New York (CNN) -- Northeast Florida State Attorney Angela Corey has made it clear that she alone will decide whether George Zimmerman will be charged in the shooting death of Trayvon Martin. Zimmerman's attorneys termed as "courageous" her decision not to present evidence to the grand jury that the original prosecutor,... | Sunny Hostin: The state attorney has made it clear that she alone will decide on charges .
She says the public withdrawal by lawyers representing George Zimmerman was strange .
Hostin: Zimmerman's actions may not have been covered by the "stand your ground" law .
She says she believes in the jury system; it makes sense... |
ff80e03d2134de20dfdf3028605d3217977def52 | Diving 27 meters underwater, the light turns a deep, hazy blue. Emerging from the darkness, three ballerinas in white tutus stretch their legs on the deck of a sunken military ship. It's not a ghostly apparition but one of a series of haunting photographs displayed in the only underwater gallery of its kind in the worl... | World's only underwater photo gallery on sunken ship attracts 10,000 divers .
Haunting images aboard sunken WW2 vessel, The Vandenberg .
Mother nature leaves mark on images, now displayed in gallery on land .
Viennese artist launches new underwater photography project in Barbados . |
ff815f0c90c39da48fb3756293b73468587d8cbf | (CNN) -- It took less than 10 seconds to bring a steel, 345-ton relic of the Cold War era crashing to the ground in the Nevada desert Wednesday. The 1,527-foot-tall BREN tower was the tallest free-standing structure west of the Mississippi River. It was also the tallest structure of its kind ever demolished, according ... | BREN was the tallest free-standing structure west of the Mississippi River .
Tower was used to estimate radiation doses received by WWII nuke survivors .
BREN was last used for research in 1999 . |
ff818fe0c6a03987d8656243cd0c2ce42f931603 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 04:04 EST, 5 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:08 EST, 5 September 2013 . Charged: Keelen Armstrong, 24, has been arrested and charged in connection with the shooting of toddler Londyn Samuels . Police in crime-riddled New Orleans have arrested and charged a 24-year-old man in c... | Keelan .
Armstrong, 24, charged with first-degree murder of Londyn Samuels and .
attempted first-degree murder of toddler's 18-year-old baby-sitter .
Minder and 13-month-old Londyn shot in the chest in central New Orleans .
Three children aged between one and five were killed in the area since 2010 .
Crimestoppers had ... |
ff81b631115391db088a24350f95650cebce72af | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 21:40 EST, 30 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:41 EST, 30 September 2013 . Charged: Karen Worley Drake, 51, pictured, was arrested Sunday night after she failed sobriety exercises and refused to adhere to a breath test . A Florida woman has been charged with driving under the i... | Florida woman, Karen Worley Drake, 51, was arrested on Sunday night after she failed sobriety exercises and refused to adhere to a breath test .
Drake's car was parked halfway onto SW 129th Terrace Road in Dunnellon in Marion County just after 10 p.m .
A sheriff's deputy noticed Drake, of Lady Lake, and her dog inside ... |
ff82dcf3fb120fd9f80e95db9159d56c2f46c525 | (CNN) -- A number of sectarian attacks occurred Saturday in Iraq, killing dozens and wounding many more. In northeastern Baghdad, 20 people were killed and 55 others were wounded in a suicide attack that targeted Shiite pilgrims, police said. The bomber, wearing an explosive vest, detonated among Shiite pilgrims near t... | A suicide bomber targets Shiite pilgrims in northeastern Baghdad, killing 20 .
12 people are killed by a car bomb in Balad, which is predominantly Shiite .
A reporter and cameraman working for a pro-Sunni TV station are shot dead . |
ff83477be63018d56dcedc288dd3a587b34300ff | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 05:17 EST, 21 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:19 EST, 21 November 2013 . More than 850 Britons are currently locked up in overseas prisons for drug-related offences and face potential jail sentences of up to 39 years or the death penalty. Offences that may carry cautions in the UK are o... | British citizens facing up to 39 years behind bars for drugs offences .
Drug mules Michaella Connolly and Melissa Reid admitted smuggling £1.5m of cocaine in Peru and face a long spell in prison .
Drugs offences that are only cautionable here have long sentences overseas . |
ff83695c3c0d0d1826b3b7aa046308287e8b5881 | Washington (CNN) -- The United States is quickening the rate at which it is stepping back in Afghanistan. On Friday, President Barack Obama and Afghan President Hamid Karzai agreed to speed up the military transition in that country, meaning Afghan forces will take the lead in combat operations nationwide starting this... | Afghan forces will take the lead in combat missions starting this spring .
The United States will hand over full control of Afghan prisoners .
Karzai signals he could be open to immunity for U.S. forces post-2014 . |
ff8370a9199df1382f4c66b8912941936efa5a40 | By . Hayley Peterson . PUBLISHED: . 08:07 EST, 29 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:13 EST, 29 March 2013 . The daughter of disgraced politician John Edwards has said she maintains a relationship with her 4-year-old half sister, who was conceived out of her father's love affair with his videographer during his bid for the... | Cate Edwards, 31, said she was 'devastated' and 'disappointed' when her father told her about his affair .
John Edwards' affair with Rielle .
Hunter, his videographer, happened during his 2004 bid for the .
Democratic presidential nomination .
Cate tells how her father rushed to her mother Elizabeth's bedside as she wa... |
ff839252e52a58de4016703e1f3dccd8ad8a3a80 | Editor's note: CNN executive producer Suzanne Simons is the author of "Master of War: Blackwater's Erik Prince and the Global Business of War." Private contractor Xe flies military personnel in Afghanistan and helps train Afghan border police. The company formerly known as Blackwater, now called Xe much to its chagrin,... | Blackwater, now Xe, has garnered unwanted attention over the past few years .
Though kicked out of Iraq, Xe does a great deal of business in Afghanistan .
Bottom line: U.S. relies heavily on private military contractors .
The issue is how well U.S. government manages this support force . |
ff83b52b794802b2066dee0b67879b8b3a3684b2 | (CNN) -- Maria Sharapova remains on course to complete a career slam after she set up a French Open semifinal showdown with Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova. The Russian dispatched Kaia Kanepi, from Estonia, 6-2 6-3 and now needs just two more victories to join an exclusive club in the game who have won all four grand ... | Maria Sharapova to meet Wimbledon champion Petra Kvitova in French Open semis .
Sharapova defeats Kaia Kanepi in straight sets to take her place in the final four .
Kvitova wins hard-fought clash with qualifier Yaroslava Shvedova 3-6 6-2 6-4 .
The other semifinal is between No. 6 seed Samantha Stosur and Italian Sara E... |
ff84359e328be3dafe1929aec15864adc5ad1864 | By . Ted Thornhill . Horrific footage has emerged of a cannibal eating the leg of a Muslim slaughtered by a rampaging Christian mob in the Central African Republic. The victim was hauled from a bus, battered and then stabbed before being set on fire in the capital city Bangui, according to the BBC. In the aftermath of ... | The victim was attacked by a militia of around 20 machete-wielding men .
Ouandja Magloire - also known as Mad Dog - reportedly ate part of the man .
Witnesses did not intervene but filmed the attack on their mobile phones .
'The scene made many people vomit and cry out in horror,' one witness said .
Sectarian violence ... |
ff84403d325ca6137ae0c8d460ef4f8c50c2c030 | Police have issued a warning to online daters after a New Zealand woman, 28, was allegedly gang-raped by a group of men on Saturday night in Sydney's south. The New Zealander was on a business trip when she met up with a man from mobile dating app Tinder. The woman told police they met at a restaurant in Kings Cross - ... | A New Zealand woman reported that she was sexually assaulted in Sydney's south on Saturday night .
The 28-year-old was meeting up with a man from a mobile dating app .
They first met at a restaurant at Kings Cross before going to a bar in Martin Place and were later joined by the man's friends .
Police say the woman th... |
ff8441521f15f11db3c60850a1ee551b81661fef | Microsoft is developing a fitness band aimed at computer game fans, it has been revealed. One of the firm's suppliers says a band linked to the firm's hugely successful Xbox One console is set for release next year. It will be linked to games on the console, and is also expected to make use of the Kinect sensors the co... | Firm developing a version of its $199 band for Xbox One owners .
Microsoft Band has sensors that monitor pulse rate, measure calorie burn and track sleep quality to help wearers achieve their fitness goals .
It also works like a smart watch, showing a user's texts, emails and diary appointments on their wrist, among ot... |
ff848fcb5fc0d50da8b5b08bbe69e4d46eab300c | (CNN) -- A South Florida man killed his wife and son with a crossbow, drove 460 miles to try and kill his other son, and then slit his own throat. The violent, long-distance rampage took Pedro Maldonado Sr. from one end of the state to the other. While the Broward County Sheriff's Office continues to piece together a t... | Authorities say Pedro Maldonado killed his wife and son with a crossbow .
He then drove 460 milles to Tallahassee in an attempt to kill his other son .
Maldonado later called a friend, admitting to killing two family members .
He took his life in a Lake City hotel room, authorities say . |
ff84cad241ec294dc1068726505547248cb7a2c7 | How are you feeling today? Chances are, not that great... Because this morning you woke up on what has come to be known as ‘Blue Monday’ - the day of the year on which most of us feel at our lowest ebb. There is indeed not much going for the third Monday of the year. Feeling blue: The third Monday of the year is the da... | Woes include travel chaos, feeling poor after Christmas and lack of daylight .
Major drop in motivation comes from continued winter darkness . |
ff858890a79a0e12fb99825a19c1801e340d9e67 | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 07:11 EST, 25 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:37 EST, 28 February 2013 . She has become 'thinspiration' for women everywhere after shrinking from a size 20 to a svelte size eight. And now former Big Brother winner and Bristol resident Josie Gibson is flaunting the body she has worked... | Big Brother winner from Bristol shrunk from size 20 to size 8 in a year .
Created first line of clothes for online fashion retailer .
Her debut fitness DVD currently at top of exercise video chart .
Has also modelled for risque lingerie shoots . |
ff8624fc068e825c6c0ba602ae8c2aa889ee7abb | (CNN) -- A former Florida middle school principal stabbed four people Friday at a group home for the hearing impaired, killing two of them, then struck five others with a car, the Pinellas County Sheriff's Office said. The suspect -- identified by the sheriff's office as Anthony Giancola -- was taken into police custod... | Anthony Giancola is in custody on 2 first-degree murder counts, with more charges possible .
Witnesses say he stabbed 4 people at a group home for the hearing impaired, a sheriff says .
The suspect is accused of assaulting two others, and hitting five more with a vehicle .
Authorities caught Giancola, then a principal,... |
ff863b80563785d6719fad28e7524714fd2aef7c | The Supreme Court is used to having its decisions publicly criticized, but rarely in R-rated language spouted by a federal judge, who says the justices should just "stfu." The remarks come from Nebraska-based Judge Richard Kopf, who has a reputation for provocative commentary on his personal blog. Kopf, an appointee of... | Federal Judge Richard Kopf wrote a choice expression in his blog .
He was responding to last week's Hobby Lobby decision on Obamacare and birth control .
This isn't the first time Kopf has fired off prococative commentary online . |
ff8646396704b57c9f4743bd366347faae9d8e33 | Barcelona have announced a new global commercial partnership with Beko and have placed a corporate logo onto the sleeve of their kits. The home appliance company Beko has secured the rights to feature their design on the sleeve of both the team’s jersey and the club’s training kit, as Barcelona demonstrate their full i... | Barcelona sign sponsorship deal with home appliance company Beko .
Deal is further sign of Barcelona maximising corporate partnerships .
Nou Camp club did not allow any sponsor names on their shirts until 2006 .
But Beko logo not allowed in Champions League . |
ff86812cb0431dbb5caeabe7e7210fde9d5d183d | By . Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:30 EST, 20 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 02:23 EST, 21 February 2014 . Two men pleaded guilty Thursday to a 2011 beating at Dodger Stadium that left San Francisco Giants fan Bryan Stow brain damaged and severely disabled. They were immediately sentenced by an angry jud... | Bryan Stow was beaten nearly to death by rival fans while attending an LA Dodgers game .
Louie Sanchez and Marvin Norwood pleaded guilty to the attack .
Stow is permanently brain damaged and can no longer care for himself . |
ff86997232b53c55576f614c9e74d61b8207ef9a | (CNN) -- The fledgling International Premier Tennis League suffered a blow when two of the world's most recognized female athletes snubbed the event. Max Eisenbud, the agent of both Maria Sharapova and Li Na, told CNN on Thursday that neither would be appearing in the team tournament that is set to make its debut in As... | Maria Sharapova and Li Na won't be competing in the new IPTL, their agent says .
Sharapova is arguably the biggest name in women's tennis and Li is hugely popular in Asia .
The IPTL is hoping to be as successful as cricket's established IPL .
The official player list is expected to be revealed on Friday . |
ff86a753ef4a053e3d24d769f028b57567cb3d57 | (CNN)Books, filled with prayers for peace, splattered with blood. Sacred vestments shredded by bullets and knives. Lifeless bodies in the sanctuary. The rabbis had gathered to ask God to bestow blessings upon their troubled land. Their prayers were interrupted by two men wielding butcher knives and a gun. An Israeli po... | Killing of rabbis strikes at soul of Jews around the world, Jewish leaders say .
In the U.S., the horror of the attack unifies Jews across the political spectrum .
Something especially heinous about killing people while they pray, leaders say .
Muslims also condemn attack, saying followers of Islam must protect houses ... |
ff8769ad6b58cda1047beb5760935b9e003254a3 | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 13:43 EST, 4 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:34 EST, 5 April 2013 . A motorist caught running red lights and swerving between lanes claimed he was 'under the influence' of drum and bass music. Delivery driver Aaron Cogley, 25, said he was 'high' on the 'intoxicating effects' of his favour... | Aaron Cogley, from Portishead, Bristol, was stopped after running red lights and swerving between lanes .
He passed a breath test for both drink and drugs .
Told police he was 'intoxicated' by the music .
Cogley was banned from driving for 12 months . |
ff87b7cbb3f03da9d7a2f42f8192f62d1a6752d0 | The father arrested at a school board meeting after complaining about a sexually explicit novel on his daughter’s reading list said that his family was ‘violated’, describing the book as 'graphic and violent' and featuring a scene that was 'arguably an instance of date rape'. William Baer lost his temper during the mee... | Attorney William Baer charged with disorderly conduct at meeting in New Hampshire between parents and the school board .
Mr Baer violated his 'two-minute speaking time' while discussing why his daughter should not have been given a book with sexual themes .
Gilford High School made Jodi Picoult's Nineteen Minutes requi... |
ff885f08387febf39f5a29c56b6a04bd4b94117b | India is to send its last ever telegram this weekend, bringing to an end a 162-year-old service originally set up in the heyday of the British Raj. With one final STOP at the end, the Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL), India’s state-run telegram service, will wire its final message to an as yet unknown location on Su... | India's state-run BSNL network is the world's last major telegram service .
It is due to send its final message this weekend .
At its peak in 1985 the service was relaying some 60 million messages a year .
The network was set up in the 1850s during the early years of the Raj .
It proved vital for the British to maintai... |
ff890e401061477c4e7dbb67aa2133045a5eed2c | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 20:53 EST, 30 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 21:10 EST, 30 November 2012 . Accused: Coronation Street bad-boy Andrew Lancel has been charged with five counts of sexually abusing a child, it has emerged. He is pictured with his wife Louise . Coronation Street bad-boy Andrew Lancel has be... | The 42-year-old actor - who played Frank .
Foster in the popular soap - has been accused of indecent assault on a .
victim under the age of 16 .
The alleged offences are believed to date back to when he was a trainee actor called Andrew Watkinson .
Last night he tweeted: 'Your support means the world. Have faith.' |
ff89646f30872d538d626ccb91ce36ef16a59050 | (CNN) -- The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers began explosions Monday night at the Birds Point-New Madrid levee at the confluence of the Ohio and Mississippi rivers. The explosions, near the southern border between Missouri and Illinois, marked the start of a three-stage process to intentionally breach the levee -- and, in... | NEW: The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers begins intentionally breaching the levee .
Water levels near Cairo, Illinois, reach 61.4 feet -- far above the 40-foot flood stage .
Missouri had tried to block the decision, which will flood productive farmland . |
ff89c4cd3777a8dcfff1414d7f2cf39a02f4bcb9 | By . Lee Moran . Last updated at 4:40 PM on 23rd September 2011 . Killer: Robin Ligus has been detained indefinitely at a mental hospital . A convicted murderer who killed a pensioner in 1994 will be detained indefinitely in a secure mental hospital after a cold case probe found him responsible for killing two others i... | Court rules Robin Ligus to be held in a secure mental hospital indefinitely .
Killer too mentally ill to attend his own trial . |
ff8a32be16120500b9011b5c5af14a84d4639963 | Mitt Romney has made millions of dollars through a tax loophole in the Netherlands, it was claimed today. The Republican presidential candidate received the money through his continued involvement with Bain Capital, the private-equity company he established in 1994 before launching his political career. Mr Romney recei... | GOP candidate receives the money through his involvement with Bain Capital, the private-equity company he established in 1994 and left in 1999 . |
ff8a9f3e412d1d689302e631ab788585f5c6c49a | A maths teacher at a £15,000 school is facing jail after being caught with an underage girl hidden under a blanket in the back of his car. Dr John Wunderle, who taught at Bancroft's School in Essex, was already on bail for alleged sexual offences with the same girl when witnesses discovered her hiding in the backseat o... | Dr John Wunderle taught at the £15,000-a-year- Bancroft's School in Essex .
The maths teacher was seen with 15-year-old hiding under blanket in his car .
He was already on bail for sexual offences at the time of the incident .
The 35-year-old pleaded guilty to five charges at Snaresbrooke Crown Court . |
ff8af5815c2b95f9e399751243781beb8a230b1c | Sometimes it takes a disaster to inspire innovation. There is a major drought in California. It's not the first state to face a water shortage recently, and it's definitely not the first time California has had to battle drought, but it could drag on for a decade and have a significant impact on all Americans who rely ... | A major drought has hit California, and new tech is springing up to address water shortages .
Many researchers are focusing on agriculture, which makes up 70% of our water usage .
The U.N. kicks off World Water Day on Sunday to bring more attention to water issues . |
ff8b7882f28fd2efcaf2803c53c0bf5410242faf | The San Diego woman wounded in the terror attack on a shopping mall in Kenya lost two of her friends her father revealed as the first chilling pictures of the heavily armed Al Shabaab extremists who carried out the attack was unearthed today by Kenyan journalists. Pictured staggering away from Saturday's initial onslau... | Elaine Dang, 26, was caught up in the initial attack on Nairobi's Westgate Shopping Centre on Saturday afternoon .
She was pictured staggering away from the scene bloodied and shocked clutching her iPhone .
The restaurant manager lost two of her friends in the attack and is now recovering in hospital in the Kenyan capi... |
ff8bf11f86a94234a0f7afd66d891debfc479825 | By . Tamara Cohen . and Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . Lord Tebbit suggested sales of junk food would be higher in areas where food banks are most popular . People use food banks to get basic items free and spend their remaining cash on junk food, Lord Tebbit claimed yesterday. The former Cabinet minister ... | Former Tory minister says there is a 'near infinite demand' for anything free .
Latest senior Conservative to question rising numbers using food banks .
Britons are among the least hungry in the developed world, report finds .
Only 8.1% reported they couldn't afford food in 2012, it was 9.8% in 2007 .
More than a third... |
ff8c230447550b5ab167a03f7dede9aad001f428 | By . James Nye . PUBLISHED: . 15:22 EST, 6 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:40 EST, 7 November 2012 . An electronic voting machine in Pennsylvania has been removed from service after it changed votes for President Obama into those for Mitt Romney. An 18-second clip posted onto YouTube shows a voter's finger repeatedly... | Voting machine in Pennsylvania has been taken out of commission for trying to change all votes for President Obama to Mitt Romney .
Whistle-blower revealed the footage online recorded today .
Celebrities have been criticised for posting their election choice online for their Twitter and Facebook followers to see .
A mu... |
ff8c7681a99944519b699290f9f579a0c77ca7a6 | The 2014-15 NBA season started on Tuesday in dramatic style as defending champions San Antonio Spurs beat the Dallas Mavericks 101-100 in the Western Conference. The Spurs, overriding favourites to defend their crown having won it in such a convincing manner last term, needed a late three-pointer from Tony Parker - who... | 2014-15 NBA season started with three games in the Western Conference .
Defending champions San Antonio Spurs beat Dallas Mavericks, LA Lakers lost to Houston Rockets and New Orleans Saints beat Orlando Magic .
Spurs' mix of experience and youth makes them favourites to defend their titles in the Western Conference an... |
ff8c7e1cf32e14d00b75745f231c2b4956c9cb92 | Arsenal keeper Wojciech Szczesny has conceded his side were beaten by Chelsea's 'brilliance' on Sunday, but maintains he is satisfied with the Gunners' start to the season. Goals from Eden Hazard and Diego Costa sealed a 2-0 win for the Blues at Stamford Bridge - keeping them five points clear at the top and nine above... | Wojciech Szczesny hails Chelsea after they beat Arsenal 2-0 on Sunday .
The Gunners No 1 admitted that the Blues' took their chances in devastating fashion .
Szczesny remains satisfied with Arsenal's start to the season .
Arsene Wenger's men are nine points adrift of the leaders Chelsea . |
ff8c9c16cf8ef10ddfc21dfc9bb78cd630c0a1a1 | Toronto FC striker Jermain Defoe has not had his faith shattered by his World Cup snub earlier this year and showed it by putting his latest tattoo on Instagram on Tuesday. The 32-year-old former Tottenham and West Ham star has had 'Psalm 91' inked on to his hand to show his support to Christianity. Psalm 91, featured ... | MLS star Jermain Defoe has had 'Psalm 91' inked onto his hand .
Defoe has scored 11 goals in 19 games for Canadian outfit Toronto .
Toronto take on New England on Saturday in final match of league season . |
ff8dbf71a05c826e6931aec0a21a97d3fbed5d6d | A U.S. senator warned on Thursday that ISIS, the militant terror group sweeping across Iraq, aims to destroy an American population center and is working on a plan to do it. 'They're crazy out there and they're rapidly developing a method of blowing up a major U.S. city and people just can't believe that's happening,' ... | Oklahoma senator said Obama needs a plan to crush the terror group .
'They're so bad even al-Qaeda is afraid of them,' Inhofe said .
Another member of Congress said 'they're cutting children's bodies in half. They're shooting them. I've never seen anything like it'
Obama draws a series of red-lines and 'says all these ... |
ff8e3c34c016c32fe522515f0d33d528f7b0683b | (CNN) -- Tokyo faces the possibility of being hit by a massive earthquake within the next four years, according to Japanese researchers. The University of Tokyo's Earthquake Research Institute predicts there is a 70% probability that the capital's metropolitan area will experience a magnitude-7 quake within four years ... | Forty-two million people live in Tokyo metropolitan area .
Institute: Tokyo faces 70% probability of M-7 quake within four years, 98% chance within 30 years .
Government puts 70% probability of magnitude-7 quake in region within 30 years .
March 11 quake and tsunami left more than 15,700 dead, government says . |
ff8ef7c8face9c40f67eff40d1bffe44848d9196 | A grandfather-of-five convicted of dangerous cycling has been left with a £3,000 legal bill for having his dog tethered to his bicycle. Ian Frankland, 54, used an extended dog lead fitted on his bicycle to take his German shepherd Mali for a walk by the river. But he was stopped by police who claimed the dog caused a t... | Ian Frankland convicted of dangerous cycling and left with £3,000 legal bill .
54-year-old used extended lead to take German shepherd, Mali, for a walk .
But was stopped by police when Mali wandered in to middle of the road .
Grandfather-of-five from Clitheroe said the ordeal was 'outrageous'
Said he would give his own... |
ff8f023c139ef6f3dffe2621cfd98b02fb853ef3 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . The average age of new mothers has hit 30 for the first time. Women choosing to delay starting their families until later in life mean the average age when giving birth has risen by four years since the 1970s. Experts said it was a sign of women opting to concentrate on ... | 98,512 births in England and Wales, down by 4.3 per cent since 2012 .
Average age of mothers rises by four years since the mid-1970s .
Over a quarter (26.5%) of live births were to mothers born outside the UK .
Almost half of babies were born outside marriage, says ONS . |
ff8f3c9e7e846887315229377a4baa57551e32a1 | By . Ian Ladyman . Follow @@Ian_Ladyman_DM . David Moyes and his Manchester United squad flew home from Germany to uncertain futures on Thursday as the Barclays Premier League champions faced up to a season that is effectively over with one month left. The United manager ducked out through a side door to avoid camera c... | United's last hope of winning silverware this season ended in Munich .
David Moyes faces a challenge motivating players in the remaining games .
As many as 10 players will be fighting for their Old Trafford futures .
United chiefs remained in Munich to discuss a move for Toni Kroos .
Moyes has a better record in his fi... |
ff8f6da98a9b01e40b6cf3e5983b201c42e85bcf | By . Michael Zennie . Residents of a Chicago suburb say their quiet city is being taken over by thousands of snakes that are finally emerging from hibernation after the long, bitter winter. Dozens of slithering serpents have been spotted in parks, on sidewalks and yards in Naperville, Illinois. One resident, Nancy Quig... | Snakes have begun showing up en masse on sidewalks, in parks and on doorsteps and bushes in sleepy Naperville, Illinois .
The city's animal control department says they are simply harmless garter and water snakes . |
ff8f717647f894d742be9059d54a05442ca5804d | End it like Beckham. One of the most iconic football stars of his generation, David Beckham is to retire at the end of the season to bring down the curtain on a glittering career. As well as winning over 100 caps for his England and lifting 19 trophies in two different continents, it was his ability to maximize the pow... | Former England captain David Beckham retires from football .
The midfielder played 115 times for his country between 1996 and 2009 .
Beckham played for Manchester United, Real Madrid, AC Milan and LA Galaxy .
The 38-year-old most recently played for French champions Paris Saint-Germain . |
ff8f80168a504fba291195c0b2fe53ceffa46a2d | BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (CNN) -- Three hours before the game, the car park outside the rugby stadium in Bloemfontein, seems to be filled with more "braais" (barbecues) than cars. Black players such as Bryan Habana typify the new multiracial Springboks. It is a typical, even iconic, white South African scene. At fir... | In South Africa, rugby union was once symbolic of white domination .
South African rugby team now features seven black players -- the most ever .
Peter de Villiers is South Africa's first black coach .
Rugby fans say they care more about winning than color of players' skins . |
ff8fccd123ba34f7fdaadbe39a1630456ef95ecc | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 08:32 EST, 22 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:56 EST, 22 October 2013 . A unique archive charting the wartime development of the jet engine by the pioneering engineer Sir Frank Whittle is expected to fetch up to £30,000 at auction next month. Sir Frank, a British RAF engineer air of... | Sir Frank Whittle, a British RAF engineer air officer, is credited with inventing the turbojet engine that influenced the course of World War Two .
A collection of 220 drawings and letters that detail the development of the engine will be sold at Bonhams auction house on November 12 .
The archive is contained in a 'spe... |
ff9000fb86b75047d2d61d415e464a69df8c94c3 | Two girls accused of carrying out a robbery posed for a selfie while wearing balaclavas and brandishing a knife. Police arrested the pair and found the picture of them on a mobile phone together in front of a mirror. The girls, who are cousins, are accused of stealing 2,420 kronor (£240) during the robbery at a fast fo... | Girls allegedly threatened fast food restaurant workers with knife .
Thieves fled with £240 following the robbery in Halmstad, Sweden . |
ff901516434edda17d7c0fc2730f35af673ab8de | By . Rose Parker and Ted Thornhill . UPDATED: . 09:14 EST, 2 September 2011 . Thin-haired with a large nose and deep-set eyes, it is the unremarkable face of a man who may be the most notorious murderer in history. Astonishingly, it is also the first time anyone has attempted to put together an e-fit of Carl Feigenbaum... | German merchant seaman, 54, had penchant for mutilating women . |
ff90305b1d4adda4b7baeddccd636b8e8e620136 | By . Toby Harnden . PUBLISHED: . 18:42 EST, 16 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:42 EST, 17 July 2012 . Mitt Romney has attempted to shift attention away from the controversy over when he truly left Bain Capital by accusing Barack Obama of favouring political donors with government contracts in a form of cronyism that ‘sti... | Romney campaign accuses Obama of giving government funds to donors .
Attempt to deflect attention from attacks on candidate's business record .
Calls for Romney to release more details of tax returns . |
ff9059278dab44d2a5402c01e783c9e2a24ca8f0 | By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 13:00 EST, 28 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:25 EST, 28 January 2013 . What could be the site of the largest mass human sacrifice in the bloody history of Mexico's ancient civilisations has been discovered. Archaeologists working at the site near to Mexico City have so far unearthed 1... | Find could challenge the conventional account of Meso-American history .
The 1,100 year old skulls found in an area miles historical cities .
Archaeologists stumble across them while surveying on Google Earth . |
ff90995b74cb3d6dda348e46ac6b18ee1f2a4e29 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 2:42 PM on 9th December 2011 . Plastic manhole covers are being trialled in a drastic move by a local authority after scrap metal thieves stripped an area of the traditional road coverings. Councillors in North Somerset have ordered the trial after scores of the covers were st... | Thieves stripped area in Somerset in under 48 hours .
Plastic costs only £400 and will last three times as long as metal drain covers .
Council testing replacements with motorcyclists . |
ff911d179d4a7624833277685b586de86fac21f9 | Empty shell casings found near the body of a man Aaron Hernandez has been accused of fatally shooting and one removed from a rental car the former NFL star returned were fired from the same weapon, a police officer said in court on Wednesday. Microscopic examinations of the six shells, including five from the crime sce... | The six shells, including five from the crime scene and one from dumpster at a rental car agency, showed to a reasonable degree of ballistic certainty .
They were fired from same unknown .45 caliber Glock handgun . |
ff916b3ff51c2ab62434deb5619d5a5a350c5f73 | By . Sarah Dean for Daily Mail Australia . and Leesa Smith for Daily Mail Australia . Jyah Divall, 12, has been found after he went missing from a Sydney train station more than 24 hours earlier. The boy from Penrith in southwestern Sydney was last seen leaving a train at Redfern Railway Station in Sydney's inner-city ... | Jyah Divall has been found after going missing on Thursday evening .
He was last seen getting off a train at Redfern station at 6.30pm .
The 12-year-old boy was located in neighbouring suburb of Waterloo .
Police said the boy was safe and well . |
ff92a256f337d03a82e4dcfa595c1b6969c7bb61 | Wolfing down an entire box of chocolates is enough to make anyone feel a little full. But for Booster the dog, who was rushed to the vet after eating a tin of Quality Street with the wrappers still on, the binge was just the start of his discomfort. For once taking a peek at the Alaskan Malamute's stomach, vets were sh... | Booster the Alaskan Malamute ate an entire tin of Quality Street chocolates .
His owners found him bloated 'to the size of a cow' and writhing in pain .
After having stomach washed, the eight-year-old animal was still unwell .
X-rays later revealed he had at some point swallowed five rubber balls . |
ff93404b37cd5a0b8602eff03647fa072f40496c | By . Hannah Roberts . PUBLISHED: . 16:18 EST, 6 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 16:25 EST, 6 February 2014 . A British jihadist fighting with the mujahideen in Syria has confessed that he misses Coco Pops and wants to open a milkshake shop after the war. The 19-year-old, who claims that he walked across the border with ... | The 19-year-old Brit was speaking on ask.fm's online livechat .
He incited children as young as 16 to 'put their faith in Allah'
It didn't matter if you are weak and scrawny, he said .
During the chat he also detailed some of the hardships of war . |
ff9346940e3926222007b27849d89abdb2e84e97 | (CNN) -- Dutchman Edgar Davids has lifted the European Champions League trophy, won league titles in Italy and the Netherlands and played in a World Cup semifinal against Brazil in 1998. So why has a soccer star like Davids, who won 74 international caps for the Netherlands between 1994 and 2005, decided to become join... | Edgar Davids becomes joint head coach of English club Barnet .
London-based Barnet are currently bottom of the Fourth Division .
Nicknamed "The Pitbull", Davids has played for AC Milan, Juventus, Barcelona and Inter Milan .
Davids also intends to become a member of Barnet's playing squad . |
ff93b3f02e965ff3f13f5b5069d0bad1fc52c40e | Police have released images of three Chelsea football fans they believe were involved in an allegedly racist incident on a Paris Metro train. The Metropolitan Police are appealing for help to identify the trio, who they think were among a group of Chelsea supporters who pushed a black man off the train and chanted a ra... | Group of Chelsea fans filmed chanting racist songs on the Paris Metro .
The supporters were filmed denying a black man entrance to a train .
Chelsea have suspended another two fans taking number up to five .
The suspensions could become permanent if there is sufficient evidence to prove their involvement in the inciden... |
ff944f6b4055952313ef0656ace068cea4327924 | A Russian military intelligence plane nearly collided with a commercial passenger jet south of Sweden on Friday, the Swedish air force chief said Sunday. The incident in international airspace forced the passenger flight en route from Denmark to Sweden to change course, Maj. Gen. Micael Byden said. But the Russian Defe... | An airline spokesman says reports of danger were "blown out of proportion"
A Swedish air force official says a flight from Denmark to Sweden had to change course .
Russia says its plane was more than 70 kilometers from the path of a passenger jet .
Sweden says Russian plane had its transponders turned off to avoid comm... |
ff9497372de52b36806b8c93acb22aa68ed0c22e | (CNN) -- The Hillsborough County, Florida, sheriff on Wednesday offered a personal apology to a disabled man who was dumped onto the floor from his wheelchair while in deputies' custody. Brian Sterner has been using a wheelchair since a 1994 wrestling accident. "I am personally embarrassed and shocked by the horrific t... | Surveillance footage shows Brian Sterner being dumped from his wheelchair .
Sheriff David Gee: "I am personally embarrassed and shocked"
The deputy seen in the video has been suspended without pay .
Three supervisors who were on duty during the incident have also been suspended . |
ff95cbf06bc9e4b2b0c4bb7b46794e63cacaa834 | (CNN) -- Henrik Stenson's accountant must be grinning from ear to ear after the Swedes's incredible winning streak last year. But the world No. 3 isn't getting carried away. "Like someone said: 'Money is only paper,' right? It's not really going to make you much more happy or extremely sad if you lose a bit," Stenson s... | Henrik Stenson seeking first major title after a spectacular return to form in 2013 .
Swede became first golfer to win FedExCup and Race to Dubai in same season .
Stenson reportedly lost several millions dollars in Allen Stanford Ponzi Scheme .
Two-and-a-half year slump saw 37-year-old drop from world no. 5 to no. 230 ... |
ff9622aaa4997b33c78b7c125c1672a3fe6b67fc | Smoking during pregnancy can affect the growth of a woman’s future grandchildren, a new study has warned. Researchers have found that if a maternal grandmother smoked during pregnancy, her grandsons became heavier than expected during adolescence, . But the study also found those grandsons had better cardiovascular fit... | Smoking in pregnancy can affect growth of future grandchildren, study finds .
Teenager boys heavier when maternal grandmother smoked while pregnant .
But they may also have better cardiovascular fitness, researchers claim .
Girls whose mother and maternal grandmother smoke had reduced height and weight, British scienti... |
ff96a5ae0a9d52f1e92f7a74e7bf759df9e90d76 | Prime Minister Tony Abbott has released the G20's final plan for economic growth, pledging to work with world leaders to deliver real outcomes. In his final address as G20 chair, Mr Abbott on Sunday thanked world leaders for attending the most influential gathering of world leaders in Australian history. He said there ... | The G20 has wrapped up after two days of talks between world leaders .
Tony Abbott has released the G20's final plan for economic growth .
He has pledged to work with world leaders to deliver real outcomes .
Mr Abbott thanked world leaders for attending the most influential gathering of world leaders in Australian hist... |
ff970f0c3ce3438c91e661ae94c3612bb37783ee | (CNN Student News) -- February 4, 2011 . Download PDF maps related to today's show: . • Washington, D.C. • Egypt • China . Transcript . THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED. SHANELL, CNN STUDENT NEWS IREPORTER: Hi! I'm Shanell. AMANDA, CNN STUDENT NEWS IREPORTER: And I'm ... | Witness the power of a winter storm stretching across the U.S.
Explore the role of technology in the political unrest in Egypt .
Consider some potential problems of dating in a digital world .
Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News . |
ff97b21662b03f58759986da5532c554bf36cff8 | President Obama followed through on his threat to 'isolate' Russia for sending troops into the Ukraine against his wishes, suspending all military relations between the two countries on Monday. All scheduled military exercises, meetings and port visits are now cancelled in light of what Mr Obama considers a violation o... | The Pentagon announced Monday the cancellation of all scheduled military exercises with Russia in light of the Federation's incursion on the Ukraine .
In a press conference at the White House, President Obama said Russia was on the wrong side of history for sending troops into Crimea .
Russian President Vladimir Putin ... |
ff989930ed421c80a17de8610c6a8c1e5c1cbb3f | A Brazilian Michael Jackson superfan used acid to lighten his skin and spent about £2,000 on a series of cosmetic procedures to look like his hero. Antonio Gleidson Rodrigues, 32, the self-proclaimed number one Michael Jackson impersonator in Brazil, has had rhinoplasty in order to imitate the King Of Pop and spends ar... | Antonio Gleidson Rodrigues, 32, is the self-proclaimed number one Michael Jackson impersonator in Brazil .
He has had rhinoplasty to imitate the King Of Pop and spends around four hours each day rehearsing his dance moves .
He had his first operation five years ago when he had his nasal septum corrected to allow him to... |
ff98fbd757e661a0e1e22580681b877f3acc1d36 | By . Ray Massey . PUBLISHED: . 14:42 EST, 5 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:43 EST, 7 June 2013 . A popular Jeep off-roader favoured by thousands of British school-run families is at the centre of a major fire safety row after U.S. officials blamed it for more than 50 deaths. Car bosses have refused U.S. government deman... | Car bosses refuse demands to recall nearly three million 4X4s .
Officials say are at risk of a fuel tank fire in a rear-end collision . |
ff9a0c90d769d01144815ad388e194613e73da2f | Zintan, Libya (CNN) -- In all his years in power, Moammar Gadhafi has never been portrayed as anything but regal in paintings and statues scattered throughout Libya. Until now. Six months into Libya's war, some artists in rebel strongholds are arming themselves with fresh paint. Their belief? A brush can be as mighty a... | Political art is springing up in rebel-held areas of Libya .
Artists are expressing their opposition to Moammar Gadhafi .
The paintings show Gadhafi as a ruthless dictator .
"Some people fight. I use a brush," says one artist . |
ff9a7a603d12438b0b884dd46cb197b8075e5265 | By . Chris Brooke . PUBLISHED: . 07:26 EST, 8 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:38 EST, 8 May 2012 . Evil: Clappison, pictured outside Hull Crown Court today, was said by a judge to have 'blighted the lives of her children' A mother who abused her two children and kept them locked in bedrooms that were so cold her son caugh... | Linda Clappison, 46, abused two of her four children and made their lives a 'living hell'
Clappison had claimed her behaviour changed when she fell under the spell of a fortune teller .
She shaved the head of her young daughter to 'stop her looking pretty'
Mother also 'treated children like dogs' during abuse . |
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