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ffbfbbd188e776f3e2800a71dc9d024e02d7e579 | (CNN) -- Silverstone, the host of the British Grand Prix, has unveiled a multi-million dollar revamp of their pit lane and paddock facilities called "The Wing." The $43m development began after Silverstone secured a 17-year contract to stage the British Grand Prix back in 2009. Part of the agreement stipulated the circ... | Silverstone unveils a revamped multi-million dollar pit lane and paddock complex .
'The Wing' cost $43m and includes 41 garages, a new media center and VIP suites .
Former British champs including Jenson Button and Jackie Stewart were at the launch .
Bernie Ecclestone insisted on the changes when Silverstone was awarde... |
ffbfe12f7604aab96c30dd354fa9b3404e9a5f39 | By . Luke Garratt . PUBLISHED: . 11:34 EST, 27 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:41 EST, 27 February 2014 . Donna Matthews arriving at Blackburn Magistrates Court. She was convicted of using threatening behavior after trying to punch her daughter in the face in a 'drink-fuelled' brawl . A police officer was punched, ki... | Mother and daughter were fighting in pyjamas outside home in Blackburn .
Officer intervened when daughter was trying to 'gouge eyes out'
Mother Donna Matthews smashed daughter's head against step .
Argument was drink fuelled, mother has had problems with alcohol in past .
When police officer intervened, he was set upon... |
ffc039906291dbc1ad923daf591c63b604c55160 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- Nearly 27 years ago, amid a crowd of people in Central Park, Ruth Bendik's wallet was stolen. The culprit is still at large, but the wallet has been found -- in the hollow trunk of a cherry tree. Nearly 27 years ago, amid a crowd of people in Central Park, Ruth Bendik's wallet was stolen. The wallet ... | Ruth Bendik's wallet was snatched in 1982 during the New York marathon .
Worker found wallet while chopping down a black cherry tree in Central Park .
Wallet still contained driver's license and credit cards, but $20 was missing . |
ffc06207756866835e702cf4699b79508aa6c033 | By . Deni Kirkova . PUBLISHED: . 06:04 EST, 10 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:01 EST, 11 January 2013 . A fast food lover who ate takeaways every night has gone from fat to fit after she embarked upon a healthy eating regime and took up regular exercise. Now she is so addicted to working out that she has become a com... | Lola Adeoye, 43, from Grays, Essex, gave up junk food after a humiliating visit to the doctor saw her weigh in at 15st .
Lola swapped sofa surfing for gym visits - now she trains six nights a week .
Took up bodybuilding to add curves to her size 6 frame after weight loss left her feeling skinny . |
ffc0b0231bb653c39ab62677e0b513cdff341d48 | Fat people live longer than their skinny counterparts because their brains get more nourishment under stress, a German obesity expert has claimed. Achim Peters says that overweight people are more suited to the stresses of modern life because their metabolisms are better able deal with it. Professor Peters, of Luebeck ... | People who don't eat when stressed are in danger, warns Achim Peters .
Thin people's brains take nutrients from their muscles and organs .
This is riskier for their health than being fat, and affects life expectancy .
But fat people don't have such risks as they are better nourished . |
ffc0d70b1c1f65a39121ff440756b0ab44deb898 | It seems that life really does begin at 40, if the latest string of celebrity romances is anything to go by. Cameron Diaz, George Clooney and Jennifer Aniston are just a few of the A-listers who have found love after the landmark birthday. Famed singleton Cameron, 42, who is known in the showbiz world as the eternal fe... | Famed bachelorette Cameron tied knot with rocker Benji Madden aged 42 .
Simon Cowell, Jennifer Aniston and George Clooney found love later in life .
Ellen DeGeneres met wife Portia de Rossi aged 44 . |
ffc17beda396da3ff8e7d03e501ada827c0eb8b1 | In the words of one punter, 'Australia needs to get a better national dish'. Organisers of the 2015 Asian Cup put together a collage of each competitor's national meal of choice as part of its promotional efforts this month. Many of them were exotic dishes, such as Oman's Shuwa, Korean Naengmyeon and Saudi Kabsa - but ... | Asian Cup describes meat pie with sauce as Australia's national food .
Social media users mocked it, claiming 'Aussies need to get a better dish'
It was a more basic choice compared to some of the other gourmet foods .
Australian's were complaining the meat pie was an embarrassing choice . |
ffc18f61b1398081a7133601aab5a83d8ef774cb | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 10:05 EST, 1 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:05 EST, 1 July 2013 . An astronaut aboard the International Space Station has become the first person ever to control a robot on earth from space. Flight engineer Chris Cassidy remotely controlled the K10 rover based in California from space... | Chris Cassidy remotely controlled the K10 rover based in California from space to simulate deploying a radio telescope .
The experiment was designed to see how well a person can operate a robot from such a vast distance .
Test could contribute to a proposed mission to place telescope on the moon . |
ffc19c87f8ca7d17915939905f675d24813ff89b | ROME, Italy (CNN) -- When Anna Elisa Fattori arrives at work the first thing she does is to take off her clothes. All of them. For Fattori is a professional nude model working at Rome's art academy. Anna Elisa Fattori: "You are trying to give inspiration to the students." "It is a tough job!" she tells me just before b... | Italy's art models have gone on strike, demanding they get a full-time wage .
Around 300 people do the job, but only about 50 of them are full-time .
During the Italian Renaissance artists mostly used prostitutes and lovers as models .
Priests let prostitutes use churches so it was possible to attract, employ name arti... |
ffc1a31a069f6d1c7f002a3c34d05b0a454714fa | (CNN) -- Hotel guests across the continent are not happy. At least that's the conclusion from a survey released Wednesday by J.D. Power and Associates. Right down the line, the 2012 North America Hotel Guest Satisfaction Index Study ticks off a laundry list of items that are dragging the industry to its lowest satisfac... | Study suggests luxury hotel guests angry about paying for Wi-Fi .
Hotel industry: It's expensive and somebody has to pay for it .
Satisfaction survey: Hotels playing "catch-up" after economic slump .
Check-in/check-out, food/beverage, services/facilities at 6-year low . |
ffc1a6c520a1c1dd4278ee16745bcd877c2244b3 | It will take about 11 trillion gallons of water (42 cubic kilometers) -- around 1.5 times the maximum volume of the largest U.S. reservoir -- to recover from California's continuing drought, according to a new analysis by Nasa. The space agency used satellite data to create an estimate of the water needed to end a drou... | Current short-term drought worse than any previous span of consecutive years of drought without reprieve .
Amount of water is 1.5 times maximum volume of the largest U.S. reservoir .
Experts say there is 'no doubt' we are entering a new era where humans have changed the climate system . |
ffc1b64ab74e7634b57175c09d37c8e0865aa51a | The body of a large man has been found in the boot of a burnt-out car on a quiet road on the outskirts of Melbourne. Firefighters and police were called to a blaze on the secluded Bulla-Diggers Rest Road just after midnight on Friday when motorists passing the burning car alerted authorities. The body was so badly burn... | Victorian firefighters have found badly burnt body in the boot of a car after being called to a blaze on Melbourne's outskirts early Friday morning .
The male body was so badly burnt police have been unable to identify it .
The car is believed to have been stolen and set alight with an accelerant . |
ffc25ddba1d2bf66b5294494922212647f095b5e | (CNN) -- The U.S. Army said Monday it "regrets" an incident in which a U.S. solider was shot after allegedly refusing to stop for South Korean police, leading to a car chase through Seoul late Saturday night. The 23-year-old private first class was shot in the shoulder after midnight on Saturday during the incident, ac... | The U.S. Army said Monday it "regrets" an incident in which a U.S. solider was shot .
Yonhap: Soldier allegedly refused to stop for South Korean police and shot in shoulder .
The solider and two others were involved in a late Saturday car chase through the streets of Seoul . |
ffc2a572d3499d0b36d75e4b6efd295eb2934061 | Australian textbook rental startup Zookal will begin utilizing drones to make its deliveries in Australia next year, with ambitions of bringing the unique, unmanned delivery method to U.S. customers by 2015. The company says this marks the first commercial use of fully automated drones worldwide. It will fulfill delive... | Textbook supplier Zookal will start to use unmanned drones in Australia next year .
Smartphone users in Sydney can order books to be delivered directly to them .
Plans to make service available in U.S. |
ffc3075b7240aaebc40c1fe2a10b523baba20b8e | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 05:53 EST, 4 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:25 EST, 4 March 2013 . She is one of the world's most beautiful and recognisable women, so painting an accurate portrait of the Duchess of Cambridge will never be easy. But one woman has been praised for her 'warm' portrait of Kate - weeks af... | Norren Denzil, 47, was inspired to paint .
her own picture of Kate after official portrait .
by Paul Emsley was branded 'rotten' and 'unflattering'
Hopes to sell for £2,000, with proceeds going to charity of Duchess's choosing .
Denzil's earlier work has been purchased by chief executive of Saatchi . |
ffc34c5e255d106d6ad017fd9cd078e4252735a9 | By . David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 09:14 EST, 26 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:24 EST, 26 July 2013 . Citizens in St. Louis might soon have to get used to drones flying in their skies after the local police chef applied to use the unmanned devices to help fight crime. Police chief Sam Dotson has written to the Federal... | Police chef Sam Dotson has applied to the FAA for approval to use drones over the city of St. Louis .
He claims they are a cost effective alternative to helicopters when it comes to policing car chases and large events .
The American Civil Liberties Union warns that the laws aren't currently in place to protect citizen... |
ffc37e071dfb217201b16c2f9c03a5f280b58c5d | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The star of the show did not appear -- and the film in question was not shown -- but Hillary Clinton's big-screen moment was all the talk Tuesday at the Supreme Court. The Supreme Court is tackling a First Amendment case involving a movie about Hillary Clinton. The justices heard arguments in a free... | Supreme Court takes up First Amendment case involving Hillary Clinton movie .
Justices heard arguments over a 2008 documentary critical of then-candidate Clinton .
Court determining if "Hillary: The Movie" should have faced campaign finance laws .
The decision will determine whether political documentaries can be regul... |
ffc3c4e4bff14f515700fcc8b093656fd8e81446 | They've toured museums, hosted a trade conference and even watched a high tech toilet maker present his newest design, but King Willem-Alexander and Queen Maxima are now on their way home to the Netherlands. Before they boarded the plane, however, the couple attended a farewell supper with their hosts: Japan's Emperor ... | Maxima, 43, was stylish in silver on the final night of the Dutch tour of Japan .
She and Willem-Alexander, 47, have spent three days in the country .
The couple met a high tech toilet maker and visited a design museum .
They bid farewell to Japan's Emperor Akhito, 80, and Empress Michiko, 80 .
Japanese royal couple ha... |
ffc42c09a76d46bb19018d68aa458e575ffb4cd2 | By . Sophie Borland . PUBLISHED: . 16:00 EST, 28 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:55 EST, 28 September 2012 . Out-of-hours GPs are being left to care on their own for up to half a million patients. Cost-cutting NHS chiefs are routinely assigning just one family doctor to districts that stretch over hundreds of square... | A third of primary care trusts have slashed night and weekend spending .
Just one GP left to look after 535,000 patients on some nights in Cornwall .
One doctor in Mid Essex in charge of 370,000 patients from 7pm to 8am .
Patients Association says it's 'incredibly difficult to get a GP out of hours' |
ffc433b894a05d21e519c55c1207ab4ed1915a40 | Editor's note: This story originally appeared on CNN.com on October 20. Barack Obama mentioned Ann Nixon Cooper on Tuesday in his presidential victory speech. Ann Nixon Cooper, 106 years old, lived during a time when blacks and women did not have the right to vote. ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Ann Nixon Cooper, 106 years ... | 106-year-old votes for Barack Obama; "Isn't that something?" she asks .
Ann Cooper remembers an era when women, blacks were not allowed to vote .
Centenarian was socialite, community leader in Atlanta's black society .
Cooper's advice to younger generation: Be cheerful, get out and vote . |
ffc44d9d9be1ae2e3b4007ddc2fecbf2a4afe913 | By . Katy Winter . A Naomi Campbell lookalike who was bullied at school for being 'too tall and nerdy' says she can't walk down the road without being pestered for autographs. Lystra Adams was constantly teased while at school in Montserrat for being taller than everyone else in her school and looking like a geek. The ... | Lystra grew up on Caribbean island of Montserrat .
The devoted student was bullied for her height and being a 'geek'
Her fortunes changed when she moved to UK .
She began being compared to supermodel Naomi Campbell .
Lystra did not even know who the model was when she first arrived .
Now works full time as a lookalike ... |
ffc4587ebe88c7f5c70e261aa5ca068377b18259 | (CNN) -- Fifty-two superheroes are getting a makeover, and comic book fans can't stop talking about it -- even though they've seen this sort of thing before. DC Comics announced Tuesday on its blog, and in exclusive interviews with USA Today, that come September, not only will many of its titles get a more modern look ... | DC Comics will be renumbering 52 of its superhero titles in September .
New comics will be available for download same day they appear in stores .
Fans react with skepticism, hope . |
ffc49b1c3743b2df960ebbe9c6e834b7e4346783 | No matter how hard the likes of Apple, HTC and Samsung try to boost the quality of their handsets’ sound, they are still lacking. The CandyShell Amped case offers a solution by promising to double the volume on the iPhone 5 and 5S without the use of cables, batteries or speakers. Instead, the case’s interior is carved ... | CandyShell Amped case claims to double volume on an iPhone 5 and 5S .
It doesn’t use cables, batteries, Bluetooth or external speakers .
Instead, the case’s interior is carved with a horn-shaped waveguide .
This redirects sound from the speakers on the bottom up to a side grill . |
ffc4f791d0447b769fcf27208653269cffc2090b | Montecito, California (CNN) -- Reality TV star Kim Kardashian is officially hitched. And she wants the whole world to know. Well, make that the world wide web. A headline on Kardashian's website announced "We are officially married" on Saturday. Her representative confirmed to CNN that a People magazine report on her w... | Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries got engaged in May .
The reality couple have their wedding in Montecito, California .
Kardashian is the star of the E! network's "Keeping up with the Kardashians" |
ffc4fb5f348c842c4bd54921afdcff3f71e1c91e | By . Simon Jones . PUBLISHED: . 08:23 EST, 11 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:28 EST, 11 June 2013 . Liverpool striker Luis Suarez has underlined his need to leave Anfield despite his love for the club and accused the media and the FA of driving him out. The Uruguay star is in South America preparing for the Confederatio... | Accuses the media of only focusing on the bad aspects of his game .
Claims The FA did not treat him the same as John Terry in his race case .
Says he'd like to play for Real Madrid but claims no contact has been made . |
ffc57b984cdc2184da5db9266a80a13c0dc1b6eb | The U.S. government agreed to a police request to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, for 12 days in August for safety, but audio recordings show that local authorities privately acknowledged the purpose was to keep away news helicopters during violent street protests. On Aug.... | The U.S. government agreed to a police request to restrict more than 37 square miles of airspace surrounding Ferguson, Missouri, for 12 days .
Audio recordings show that local authorities privately acknowledged the purpose was to keep away news helicopters during violent street protests .
The conversations contradict c... |
ffc5910c0a22cc86daf9c457d94a001e49fe6c06 | A gray wolf killed by a Utah hunter may . have been Echo - a female who attracted national attention . after wandering through several states to become the first of . the protected animals seen at Arizona's Grand Canyon in 70 . years, officials said on Tuesday. The hunter, who was not named by authorities, told Utah . ... | A hunter claimed he accidentally shot and killed a wolf equipped with a radio collar near the Arizona border after mistaking it for a coyote .
Wolves in Utah are protected under the U.S. Endangered Species Act .
Information from radio collar shows the dead wolf was a three-year-old female that was captured and collared... |
ffc5b0038334fe8b08c216e1d095a8fb2de56397 | Each week Sportsmail gathers up the ratings from our team of reporters to provide the best Premier League starting XI of the day. Manchester United slipped up to Swansea while Arsenal were poor in their win against Crystal Palace, so their are several lesser-known gems in this team. Formation: 4-4-1-1 . GK: Hugo Lloris... | Dier scored winning goal for Tottenham against West Ham .
James Chester keeps clean sheet and nets for Hull against QPR .
Craig Gardner and Lee Cattermole unlikely midfield pairing .
Gylfi Sigurdsson summons Manchester United to opening day defeat .
Saido Berahinho only player to score more than once . |
ffc604e7c2573377b25d59e3cae87190270a0d18 | By . Julian Robinson . A retired footballer has been ordered to pay a woman more than £2,500 in damages - after she stubbed her toe on a 'keep off the grass' sign outside his house. Former goalkeeper Malcolm White, 73, has also been hit with a £25,000 legal bill after he was successfully sued by Emma Grady. Miss Grady,... | Malcolm White put sign up next to his home in South Hykeham, Lincolnshire .
Wooden sign said 'Please do not park on the grass' as 'favour' to residents .
Emma Grady injured her toe on sign as she was picking up child from school .
Retired footballer, Mr White, 73, ordered to pay her £2,500 in damages .
He has also been... |
ffc69886695ecdffee83bf051b108a20502f1a3b | Did you ever wonder what happens to your old laptop or cellphone when you throw it away? Chances are some of your old electronic junk will end up in China. According to a recent United Nations report, "China now appears to be the largest e-waste dumping site in the world." E-waste, or electronic waste, consists of ever... | U.N. report: "China now appears to be the largest e-waste dumping site in the world"
Products originally produced in China are now finding their way back as electronic junk .
The small town of Guiyu as been a major hub for the disposal of e-waste .
"When recycling is done in primitive ways ... it is hugely devastating ... |
ffc7a6d76e831848e6aea4e3dde5598c13b64d8b | Bayern Munich fans gathered in their thousands to celebrate their team's 2-0 German Cup win against Borussia Dortmund while getting a glimpse of the double winners. The Bayern players were presented to the fans from the Munich city hall as each squad member took his turn to raise both the Bundesliga shield and the DFB-... | Bayern Munich beat Borussia Dortmund 2-0 to win the German Cup .
Pep Guardiola's team also raced to the quickest ever Bundesliga title in March with seven games to spare .
Bundesliga shield and DFB-Pokal cup domestic double adds to UEFA Super Cup and Club World Cup triumphs in Pep's first season . |
ffc7bcf1275166f1cde882f48893cbaf595c903a | (CNN) -- A big landslide has ripped through a village in a remote area of Papua New Guinea, killing at least 40 people and leaving 20 others missing, authorities said Wednesday. The country's National Disaster Office said that 40 bodies had been recovered from the debris and search and rescue officers were at the site ... | The landslide takes places near one of the country's largest natural gas fields .
The National Disaster Office says the authorities have recovered 40 bodies with 20 people still missing .
The disaster office says earthworks for a liquified gas project may have contributed to the landslide . |
ffc7dc1f0a59b33387d6b3056acade33c4f5a02e | A heartbreaking image shows an eight-year-old boy hugging a purple teddy bear for comfort as he arrives at hospital after losing his parents and baby sister in a horrific car crash. The boy, suffering from head and abdominal injuries, and his other sister - whose third birthday was on the day of Sunday's crash - were o... | A father, mother and their young daughter were killed in the crash .
The mother and baby died at the scene near Lake Mundi, Victoria .
Father, 39, was believed to be the driver and was trapped for two hours .
The boy and another young sister survived the crash .
The boy, 8, suffered injuries while the girl, 3, survived... |
ffc81512bd134759b56cfb0d3582dc6dcbfd0153 | By . Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:08 EST, 1 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:36 EST, 1 May 2013 . One of two brothers from central New York accused of conning a man out of a winning $5 million scratch-off ticket was found guilty today of possessing the stolen ticket, but the pair were acquitted of conspiring... | Andy Ashkar, 35, found guilty of possessing the stolen ticket .
He and brother Nayel acquitted of conspiracy to cheat a man of his ticket .
Andy and Nayel came forward just 11 days before the top prize would have expired .
Andy bought ticket at his parents' store in Syracuse, NY, in 2006 . |
ffc831e0ce75ea61da3cb1c5483d88f45509157c | Half of all NHS hospitals have had to temporarily close their maternity units over the past year, shock figures revealed today. The most common reason for closing down the wards was because of a lack of staff or beds. Figures obtained under the freedom of information showed 62 hospital trusts out of 121 respondents tem... | 62 hospital trusts out of 121 temporarily closed maternity units in 2013 .
Most common reason for closing a ward was a lack of staff or beds .
Women getting 'passed from pillar to post when having a baby' say critics .
Labour say the Government is ignoring warnings over staff shortages .
Royal College of Midwives says ... |
ffc857018ebbaa52d22ffac19aff9e0dd1f5c15d | (CNN) -- The gruesome civil war in Syria has terrorized residents and left world leaders scrambling to stop the carnage that mounts daily. Here are the latest developments in the spiraling 18-month crisis: . On the ground: Explosions, casualties . Fighting and shelling persisted all day Sunday and into Monday morning i... | NEW: State media reports 27 civilians are killed in a car bombing in Aleppo .
An opposition group says a barrel bomb flattens a residential block in that city .
At least 160 people are killed across Syria on Sunday, an opposition group says .
A U.N. envoy will meet officials in Cairo, then head to Syria, Egyptian media... |
ffc91ef912d44c5c98f6fb31e6e1164b0766025f | Chris Froome leads a British team full of options for the Road World Championships in Spain later this month. Froome, the 2013 Tour de France winner and runner-up in the Vuelta a Espana which finished on Sunday, is joined in the nine-man squad by Commonwealth Games champion Geraint Thomas, British champion Pete Kennaug... | The 2013 Tour de France winner is part of the British set-up for the Road World Championships in Spain .
Froome will be joined by the likes of Geraint Thomas and Pete Kennaugh .
Steve Cummings and Luke Rowe also in the squad for the men's road race on September 28 . |
ffca8689daa4358e5738995f09226fa6c8efbbd5 | (CNN) -- Boxing world champion Wladimir Klitschko has told CNN that David Haye will become the 50th knockout victim of his career when the two face-off in July. The IBF, IBO and WBO heavyweight champion is set to face WBA champ Haye in Hamburg, Germany, on July 2 in a bid to unify four of the division's five belts. The... | Wladimir Klitschko tells CNN that David Haye will be his 50th knockout victim .
The two heavyweight boxers face off in Hamburg, Germany on July 2 .
Klitschko holds the IBF, WBO & IBO belts, Haye the WBA version .
The Ukrainian has won 55 of his 58 fights during a 15-year career with 49 via KOs . |
ffca9f94c542f14241ba177b21a3204b4c3bd3b3 | Brendan Rodgers has all but ruled out the prospect of Liverpool signing Divock Origi in January to ease their striker crisis. The Liverpool manager is reeling from the news that Daniel Sturridge is facing another six weeks on the sidelines, having broken down with a thigh problem on Monday. Rodgers says Sturridge is 'a... | Brendan Rodgers plays down the prospect of signing Divock Origi in January .
Liverpool will be without Daniel Sturridge for Crystal Palace trip through injury .
Another setback leaves the England forward with another six weeks on the sidelines .
Rodgers takes his side to face the Eagles at Selhurst Park on Sunday after... |
ffcb22794fbf2635808be84e1933e023fb86c5a4 | (CNN) -- A Maryland man recently died of rabies that he contracted from a tainted kidney he received in a transplant operation a year and a half ago, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Friday. Health care teams are now giving anti-rabies shots to three other patients who received organs from the same d... | A Maryland man who received a tainted organ in 2011 died last month .
Officials determined the organ donor had rabies .
Three other people in Florida, Georgia and Illinois are receiving anti-rabies shots . |
ffcb4f577006201891fc2ce02c2c428a8336fdfc | By . Lucy Waterlow . PUBLISHED: . 06:47 EST, 10 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:52 EST, 10 December 2012 . Authors often base their novels on their own experiences, over-heard conversations or eccentric characters they may have met throughout their lives. But one writer has caused offense by keeping her characters to... | Angela Hargreaves' novel Rotten Row is described as a tale of 'sexual encounters' and the 'complexity of living in close proximity to some neighbours'
The writer's own neighbours in Eccleshall, Staffordshire, are now refusing to speak to her after accusing her of basing the story on their lives .
Hargreaves insists the... |
ffcb8ca79f90cc458c79feef7745f7acd9e19aa3 | A hospital has suspended cancer surgery over fears that five patients died unnecessarily within a year. Keyhole operations on patients with cancer of the oesophagus have been halted with immediate effect, the Maidstone and Tunbridge Wells NHS trust announced yesterday. The hospital had been one of the few areas in the ... | Scandal involves upper gastrointestinal surgery at Maidstone Hospital .
All five patients died within a year following surgery at the hospital .
Upper GI surgery has been suspended and transferred to a London hospital .
Maidstone has now issued apology to families of those concerned . |
ffcb9c9227c961e9b7a922a1f4fed20c8ce862f9 | Things you never expect to see: A Brazilian bartender asking a customer whether it’s five or six. To the opposition. At the time it was just five. To Germany. Later on, it was indeed six. Then seven and – as Mesut Ozil broke clear in the final minute – it could have been more. This was humiliation on an epic scale. To ... | Brazil wakes up to the embarrassment of the 7-1 defeat by Germany .
This was humiliation on an epic scale, after they started to believe in the dream .
One Brazilian newspaper ran the headline 'Go to hell, Big Phil'
Another 'congratulated' the 1950 team for not being as bad asTuesday's .
After their group stage perform... |
ffcbd32f08eb3a28f9d10d56c2b02fa6a981f81e | Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej is recovering from surgery to remove his gallbladder, the palace said Monday. The palace had earlier revealed that the 86-year-old king had been hospitalized at Bangkok's Siriraj Hospital with a high fever and irregular blood pressure Friday evening. The palace statement said the oper... | Thailand's King Bhumibol Adulyadej has undergone surgery to remove his gallbladder .
The palace says the operation went well, and the king is in a satisfactory condition .
His health has declined in recent years, resulting in lengthy hospital stays .
Bhumibol, the world's longest-reigning monarch, is deeply revered in ... |
ffcbe464b2a7bc9d64e5990771490f142bd7fe75 | Hong Kong (CNN)Hong Kong authorities have vowed to conduct an impartial investigation into a video which appears to show several plainclothes police officers beating up a detained pro-democracy demonstrator. The widely circulated video shows officers carrying the man to a dark corner, where he's laid on the ground and ... | Lawyer says alleged assault was "unprovoked and unnecessary"
Hong Kong authorities promise "impartial investigation" into alleged assault video .
Clip shows protester being carried to dark corner, kicked and punched .
Pro-democracy protesters have blocked key streets for more than two weeks . |
ffcc51db54f8ebdf9a00407213c1d8ab859185b3 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Race and politics are a combustible combo that explodes into headlines when an ex-president lights the fuse, as Jimmy Carter did recently. President Obama during the 2008 campaign faced questions over race and politics. "When a radical fringe element of demonstrators and others begin to attack the p... | Former President Carter says criticism of Obama is largely based on race .
Obama doesn't believe criticism is based on color of his skin, spokesman says .
CNN contributor: Carter shouldn't paint such broad strokes on racism .
GOP strategist says all the racism controversy is "absurd" |
ffcc56d1c18bfdcc03ea1d8256e8d001d742ae44 | Chengdu, China (CNN) -- The researcher dressed in blue plastic smock, slippers and gloves is having a tough time getting his work done. Every time Zhang Zhen sets up his camera on a tripod in an effort to document the behavior of one of the panda cubs scattered on a grassy hillside, one particularly frisky baby panda c... | China's panda experts improved breeding pandas in captivity .
12 years ago, Chengdu zoo keeper had only 20 pandas, now center has more than 100 animals .
Challenge is reintroducing captive pandas back into the wild . |
ffcc5e7d5eabf9516aa2e9374fbe1bc77dcef943 | Davos, Switzerland (CNN) -- Despite deep public spending cuts that triggered waves of protests last year, Greece will not default on its debt payment obligations, Prime Minister George Papandreou told CNN. "This is not on the books ... it's not on our road map. And this is why we are talking about these other measures... | Prime Minister Papandreou: Greece will not default on its debt payment obligations .
"Obviously (it will be) difficult, but we have been doing our work"
A recent survey showed about 75% of respondents thought Greece would default .
Papandreou echoed the French president's sentiments that the euro won't fold . |
ffccefdfbff2a9ff760d0274a06bc5d11aa4c480 | By . Dave Wood . and Elliott Bretland . Follow @@EllBretland . and Simon Tomlinson . They may be confident of their starting places in this year's World Cup - but in this new animated advert it's a very different story. Football stars including Wayne Rooney, Portuguese winger Cristiano Ronaldo and Brazilian striker Ney... | Wayne Rooney joins forces with Cristiano Ronaldo against team of clones .
Brazil star Neymar, David Luiz and Andres Iniesta also feature in advert .
Stars take normal jobs after being forced out of game by doppelgangers .
Rooney becomes fisherman while Ronaldo works as shop-window dummy .
They all team up to train in s... |
ffcd1e678d091a396548eea9b4d879fa0d550624 | David Dunn is under consideration to replace James Beattie as manager of Accrington Stanley. The 34-year-old Blackburn midfielder is open to the idea of a player-manager role at the League Two club. Beattie, 36, left Accrington by mutual consent on Friday after 16 months in charge. Blackburn midfielder David Dunn is un... | Dunn under consideration to become new boss of Accrington Stanley .
Beattie left the role by mutual consent after 16 months in charge . |
ffcd2e41eeb095461161c0a2b03986d00e72446e | By . Jack Doyle . Last updated at 12:58 AM on 20th January 2012 . Knifepoint robberies rose by 10 per cent last year, official crime figures have revealed. Police statistics show one victim is held up by a knife-carrying criminal every 35 minutes. Senior officers have warned the attacks are carried out by muggers deter... | Around half of all robberies took place in London .
Common items stolen are smartphones, bags and cash . |
ffcd8baf749b0d6806554d64a2032b22a4f214fd | Airline food is notoriously bad, with most passengers forcing it down because at 30,000 feet, there are simply no other culinary options. So the idea that some would actually want to consume it at ground level - where a huge variety of delicious, fresh, non-mystery meat options are available - is a surprising one. Neve... | Air Food One delivers one plane meal per week to customers for £7.85 .
Collaboration with Lufthansa caterers LSG Sky Chefs .
Meals match those served each week in Business Class . |
ffce25fbbf64a693cd61c5bee7915b0a37a53186 | A JetBlue Airways flight departing from Luis Munoz Marin International Airport in San Juan, Puerto Rico, was evacuated Saturday evening after one of its engines caught fire, according to a Federal Aviation Administration statement. "Passengers and crew used emergency slides to evacuate the aircraft," the statement read... | Emergency slides were deployed .
JetBlue Flight 704 was headed to JFK in New York .
No injuries reported . |
ffce2c6f009f4b3bd077d76d67d220f8ba9b74eb | By . Tara Brady . Brighton College headteacher Richard Cairns said he would like to see a minimum standard introduced for teachers . Top schools are finding it difficult to recruit would-be headteachers because job applications are littered with basic mistakes. Covering letters and CVs are often ‘really badly completed... | Emma Knights is head of the National Governors' Association .
She said CVs and covering letters are often badly completed .
Some candidates fail to correctly spell the names of schools they are applying to .
The head of a top independent school has said some applicants are 'semi-literate' |
ffcf643b964fff12d67c5b413e6cf4c5b1457eda | By . Emma Innes . A woman was left paralysed and unable to feed herself after doctors failed to realise she had an abscess in her neck. Jean Warne, 74, was left partially paralysed and unable to lift her arms shortly before her death in March last year. Her family say by the time doctors realised what was wrong, it was... | Jean Warne, 74, had breast cancer that had spread to her spine .
She was admitted to Colchester General Hospital after having a fall .
She deteriorated rapidly and was soon partially paralysed because of the abscess - by the time doctors diagnosed it, it was too late to operate .
Her family say she was also left in soi... |
ffcf6b0443103c4a84357fff8e87bf16ea914c96 | Brown pelicans with slit throat pouches have been washing up this month in south Florida, triggering community outcry as authorities investigate what they suspect are serial slashings. About 10 birds have died, and another four were injured, according to the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission. The culpri... | 10 birds killed and another four injured by throat slashing attack .
Wildlife officers found the brown pelicans washed up in Florida Keys .
Comes a year after identical attack, perpetrator was never identified . |
ffcfa25972be605796e79e66f4f893a9c7a9361e | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 13:59 EST, 9 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 14:16 EST, 9 August 2012 . A Florida prosecutor hoping to convict George Zimmerman of murder in the Trayvon Martin shooting made a humiliating blunder when her office released a photo of the teen's body. The documents... | Photo accidentally released with documents pertaining to the special prosecutors investigation .
Documents also revealed some of Zimmerman's school records that were supposed to be kept confidential .
Reveals that officers found Martin's blood on a bag of Skittles in his pocket .
George Zimmerman, 28, is out on $1milli... |
ffcfdd57ee77edc262b904ad8cf9b2fb62de312e | (CNN) -- The 28-year-old victim of an acid attack was released Sunday from a Portland, Oregon, hospital, a nursing supervisor said, nearly a week after an unknown assailant threw a cup of the caustic liquid in her face. Bethany Storro was released from Legacy Emanuel Hospital, where she had undergone surgery for her in... | 28-year-old Bethany Storro was released from a Portland, Oregon, hospital Sunday .
An assailant threw a cup of acid in her face last Monday in Vancouver, Washington .
A composite sketch of the suspect has been released .
The attack bears similarities to a 2008 case in London, England . |
ffcfe9056df4ba869fe335d70c4389c0ca3c1e11 | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 04:25 EST, 29 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:16 EST, 29 May 2013 . Most parents would give anything for their teenage son to pick up an iron. But for one teen, pressing his shirts has turned into an extreme hobby. Kevin Krupitzer, 17, has turned the mundane into the insane by taking his i... | Kevin Krupitzer, 17, travels around his hometown of Gilbert, Arizona in search of the weirdest places to 'iron'
Climbed to the top of a 120ft high rock, dubbed the Totem Pole in Queen Creek Canyon, for his hobby .
Despite his bizarre feats, loses interest in ironing once he is at home . |
ffcff3d0e642ed3ce72279372a45e7f002b65255 | By . Anna Sanders . PUBLISHED: . 14:23 EST, 13 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:30 EST, 13 June 2013 . Forget about demolishing that glass ceiling — women in the Senate are finally getting a much-needed update to their bathroom. Female senators have been forced to share a two-stall facility for 20 years, causing lines and... | U.S. Senate now boasts 20 female senators—the most ever .
The women have shared a tiny, two-stall facility just off the Senate floor for years .
New bathroom to be completed after the August recess . |
ffd037dbfd57355e7f0497ed2fa464b0cbeba1fb | By . Tom Mctague, Mail Online Deputy Political Editor . A team of police disaster specialists will be sent to Ukraine to bring back the nine tragic Britons killed in the Ukrainian air disaster, Downing Street announced today. The Scotland Yard experts will join a Dutch-led emergency team after a request from the countr... | Prime Minister orders specialist Metropolitan police team to Ukraine .
Officers will work under Dutch investigation after request to Downing Street .
Crisis UN Security Council meeting called today to get access to crash site .
Cameron has also ordered specialist air investigation team to go to Kiev .
Experts will form... |
ffd0b791f9835c7e5aa1b71aace6a15185f51c94 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:55 EST, 22 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:12 EST, 22 June 2012 . Guests at a luxury Afghan hotel fled in terror as five armed Taliban suicide bombers burst in and sparked a brutal 12-hour gun battle. Eight people were shot dead as scores of hostages were taken at the exclusive ... | Exclusive Spozhmai resort, north of Afghan capital, raided late last night .
Militants used rocket-propelled grenades, suicide vests and machine guns .
Burst into a party and shot dead three guards watching over the venue .
Guests fled by jumping out of windows and swimming across lake .
Four civilians, a policeman and... |
ffd109156fba58ff06a2a1fdd176ba542200f4a1 | (CNN) -- Five-time champion Roger Federer breezed through a potentially testing first round match at the U.S. Open Tuesday to lift some of the pessimism surrounding his latest title bid. The grand slam singles record holder, seeded as low as seventh after an indifferent 2013, had too much know how for Slovenian Grega Z... | Roger Federer wins opener at U.S. Open .
Five-time champion beats Slovenian Grega Zemlja .
Federer lowly seventh seed after indifferent 2013 .
Caroline Wozniacki and Petra Kvitova come through testing matches . |
ffd1364ea27892172af8b96f4c0e7abd16d1bacf | Louis van Gaal has praised Wayne Rooney's 'attitude' upon appointing him Manchester United captain, but has also warned him to manage how he handles himself both on and off the pitch. The Dutchman revealed he'd spoken to Rooney about wearing the armband after Tuesday's friendly against Valencia when he felt the striker... | Van Gaal praises Rooney for his 'attitude' after appointing him captain .
Tells him to 'let it fly' as skipper, but also to keep his nose clean off pitch .
Van Gaal also believes his squad can cope with the absence of Luke Shaw . |
ffd13ba61a858860a37d6815eceb39ffb4d129d8 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 09:20 EST, 17 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:14 EST, 17 November 2012 . A zoo has appointed an unusual artist-in-residence - a five tonne Asian elephant. Karishma uses a tiny paintbrush gripped in its trunk to create colourful canvases at ZSL Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire. Now one... | Asian elephant Karishma grips a tiny brush with its trunk to create colourful artworks at Whipsnade Zoo in Bedfordshire .
One of the 14-year-old female's paintings is being auctioned on eBay for conservation charities . |
ffd13c08be38940fb4ac6dfcc6f1782ace51e43c | By . James Tozer . Last updated at 12:15 AM on 2nd January 2012 . The family of a high-flying lawyer who plunged 100ft to her death from a cliff on a Caribbean island where she lived with her new husband said yesterday they accepted it had been an accident. Sarah Thomas, 46, is said to have been picking herbs from the ... | Sarah Thomas plunged 100ft to her death hours after returning from an all-night party on Christmas Day .
She had been married for five months and quit career as City tax lawyer to move to St Lucia . |
ffd1598f532ff65a268c655650cbbb083353d206 | By . James Rush for MailOnline . They do say two heads are better than one, but workers at a turtle farm in the U.S. had never before seen anything like this. A two-headed snapping turtle has been discovered at the Northeast Ark Turtle Farm, in Amagon, Arkansas, in a shipment of 30,000 of the reptiles shipped from Chin... | Two-headed snapping turtle discovered at turtle farm in Amagon, Arkansas .
Baby turtle is yet to be named, but the farm plans to find it a new home .
Turtle, which arrived from China in shipment of 30,000 of the reptiles, is expected to be sold to a collector . |
ffd1c8e898bef63cbc2ac9783dd18153f235d077 | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 08:35 EST, 12 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:07 EST, 12 October 2013 . Arizona officials say tourists should be able to return to Grand Canyon National Park on Saturday after the state along with several counterparts agreed to a federal government plan.But the Obama administration... | So far Utah, Colorado, South Dakota, Arizona, and New York have agreed to pay to keep parks open .
In New York, Gov. Andrew Cuomo said the .
state will pay $61,600 a day to fully fund Park Service personnel and .
keep the Statue of Liberty open.
In Utah, Herbert estimated the economic impact of the federal government s... |
ffd23daec38863f66951eac44d11def6b6930d7e | By . James Tozer . PUBLISHED: . 05:13 EST, 14 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 18:33 EST, 14 January 2014 . Britain's longest-serving soap actor used his fame to sexually assault starstruck girls after inviting them to his Coronation Street dressing room, a court heard yesterday. William Roache, 81, who has played Ken Bar... | 81-year-old, who has played Ken Barlow for 50 years, denies all charges .
Actor is accused of two counts of rape and five of indecent assault .
The alleged attacks were on girls aged between 11 and 16 .
Court hears abuse was in toilets, in Rolls Royce and in Lancashire house .
Two of alleged victims are sisters, the ot... |
ffd2582e8fdd3896be0fee81b65b7f55be217b35 | (CNN) -- Russian President Dmitry Medvedev said Wednesday that those behind the deadly blast at Moscow's busiest airport were hoping, in part, to prevent him from attending the World Economic Forum. Speaking at the gathering of business and political leaders in Davos, Switzerland, Medvedev said, "Those who committed th... | NEW: Medvedev says the Davos forum was considered in the attack's timing .
The Russian president says transport police were "absolutely passive"
Moscow is observing a day of mourning for the bomb victims .
Thirty-five people died in the bombing of Moscow's busiest airport Monday . |
ffd2819d0d9d97983cee5d0d47b0a160c51b5a1a | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 15:28 EST, 3 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:41 EST, 4 August 2013 . A Chinese immigrant charged with killing her baby by eating rat poison while she was pregnant pleaded guilty Friday to a misdemeanor count of criminal recklessness as part of a deal with prosecutors. Bei Bei Shuai,... | Bei Bei Shuai, 36, pleaded guilty to criminal recklessness in a plea deal .
Charges of murder and feticide against Shuai were dropped .
Shuai ate rat poison at eight months pregnant in a suicide attempt, but her baby died .
The case drew international attention .
Reproductive rights advocates were concerned the case co... |
ffd2a91611c8b2497045b5a8d4d31e6847a85bfd | By . Victoria Woollaston . PUBLISHED: . 04:20 EST, 12 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:30 EST, 12 September 2013 . Apple's shares fell more than 5 per cent on Wednesday, following the launch of its new iPhone 5S and iPhone 5C. The share price ended at a . one-month low of $467.24 at midday after at least three broker... | Shares in Apple ended at $467.7 on Wednesday following the launch of its new iPhones - a drop of 5.4 per cent .
Analysts concerned iPhone 5C is too expensive for emerging markets .
The handset costs more than the average monthly income in China .
Apple's smartphone market share fell to its lowest in three years in June... |
ffd31248d0202b88f22bc969b7007029d4606a42 | (CNN) -- Authorities regained control of a Kentucky prison early Saturday after inmates torched buildings, shattered windows and threw rocks at guards. Inmates set fire to a Kentucky prison on Friday after the warden said he would ease restrictions on a lockdown. Inmates at the medium-security Northpoint Training Cente... | Guards regained control of Kentucky prison early Saturday after inmate uprising .
Prison was placed on lockdown Tuesday after fight among inmates .
Warden planned to ease lockdown when fires broke out in prison . |
ffd3778900e9e8530c0485987a5d0a33bd5ea478 | Romance and flying rarely go together anymore, unless you fall in love 35,000 feet above ground and get engaged in-flight. Alexandra Williams and Arvin Shandiz met on a Delta Air Lines shuttle from New York to Chicago in 2010, CNN affiliate WGN reported. "I was enamored with her from day one and I was like, I'm going t... | Man pops the question on board a flight to New York as passengers look on .
The couple met on a flight and he felt it would only be appropriate to get engaged on a plane .
She said yes; airline treats all passengers on board to champagne . |
ffd40b5f9aad6ab71f5774447971b9399d0bc86e | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- An audio message attributed to Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, the highest ranking former member of Saddam Hussein's regime still at large, salutes the "People of Palestine" and calls on them to fight back against Israel in Gaza. A 1999 file image of Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, who served under Saddam Hussie... | Al-Douri was vice-chairman of Hussein's Revolutionary Command Council .
30-minute recorded message broadcast on al-Raei Iraqi satellite television .
CNN has not been able to independently verify the authenticity of the voice .
U.S. says he has helped finance the insurgency against U.S. troops in Iraq . |
ffd46babe85b851b0c6bb2660ee67b83e255756a | By . Annabel Fenwick Elliott . A 40-year-old mother-of two-has scored herself the prized position of an NFL cheerleader, beating out competitors half her age to join the New Orleans Saintsations. Kriste Lewis, from Hattiesburg, Mississippi, was diagnosed with polycystic kidney disease 14 years ago, and as she approache... | Kriste Lewis joins 35 other women on the New Orleans Saintsations team, some as young as 19, and most in their early to mid-20s .
She is the oldest cheerleader in her team's history, and the second oldest ever to make an NFL squad . |
ffd47ec2e937623fa957eb116c84a6f7aa6ef6a0 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A baby boy has had his life support machine switched off after he failed to recover from the severe head injuries inflicted on him by his mother's boyfriend. Brantley Farmer, who was nine months old, died on Sunday afternoon at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta at Scottish Rite, Georgia. Donal... | Brantley Farmer was taken off life support on Sunday at Children's Healthcare of Atlanta hospital .
Donald Justin Lee, 21, was charged with felony murder on Monday .
Lee, who is not the child's father, is being held without bond . |
ffd4bfc7ba79052f2f6737fc001d2fb89c00f23f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:30 EST, 5 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:02 EST, 5 May 2013 . A runaway mom who went missing for 11 . years before walking into a police station last week did so because . there was an outstanding warrant for her arrest. Brenda Heist, who was eventually . presumed dead by her hu... | Brenda Heist walked into a Florida police station last Friday after being missing for 11 years .
Heist, 53, previously jailed for drug possession .
Her husband and two children were heartbroken to discover she had been secretly living without them and said they wanted nothing to do with her .
Brenda who said she left L... |
ffd4d8baf7119563c70a29fc22a208f72d880c23 | (CNN) -- U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson pulled out this year's British Open Friday because his wife is due to give birth later this month. Simpson was set to fly in next week to the third major of the season at Royal Lytham and St Annes from July 19-22 but has decided against making the trip. A statement issued by tou... | U.S. Open champion Webb Simpson out of British Open .
Simpson's wife in due to give birth later this month .
Phil Mickelson shoots eight-under-par 64 at Scottish Open .
Alexander Noren and Francesco Molinari joint leaders at Castle Stuart . |
ffd4eef889aa874abe38163da97d3a2247d20a56 | A collection of touching letters addressed to best-selling crime novelist Agatha Christie have been published for the first time. The heartfelt notes, many of which date back to the 1950s and 1960s, praise the crime writer for her epic novels and short stories and thank her for helping individuals through hard times. T... | Letters from fans of the best-selling crime writer are published for first time .
The touching notes praise Agatha Christie for her novels and short stories .
Messages have been published to mark 125th anniversary of her birthday . |
ffd53555ae020f8dcfa052039a1b39324a121e92 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 9:04 AM on 28th October 2011 . TV presenter Eamonn Holmes has been criticised for telling a rape victim: 'I hope you take taxis now.' Viewers of ITV's This Morning have reacted with outrage, claiming that Holmes appeared to blame the victim for making herself vulnerable. He ma... | ITV confirm his comments have sparked viewer outrage .
Woman waived her right to anonymity for live TV interview .
Star criticised for 'flippant, dismissive' remark . |
ffd574c8eaeaf1ba8d4382fcc942538249119667 | By . Associated Press Reporter . A New York City minister who was the subject of an investigation about misspent 9/11 and Hurricane Katrina charity funds has agreed to repay $1,231,105 million in restitution. The Rev. Carl Keyes took hundreds of thousands of dollars from his congregation to buy an 18th-century farmhou... | Rev. Carl Keyes to pay $1,231,105 in restitution to Glad Tidings Tabernacle, which includes borrowed money plus interest .
Keyes took hundreds of thousands from his congregation to buy a farmhouse, a BMW and travel around the US and abroad .
Church had loaned money to Keyes' anti-poverty charity that was used by the mi... |
ffd58aa8313d038dd657ecd811c31985ea417b47 | Editor's note: Julian E. Zelizer is a professor of history and public affairs at Princeton University's Woodrow Wilson School. His new book, "Arsenal of Democracy: The Politics of National Security -- From World War II to the War on Terrorism," will be published this fall by Basic Books. Zelizer writes widely about cur... | Julian Zelizer: June has been a difficult month for President Obama .
He says divisions have grown among Democrats on gay rights, health care .
Zelizer says growing concern about deficit could blunt Obama's plans .
He says a new dip in the economy would be blamed on Obama, not Bush . |
ffd616cedd64f3b42c25a29368c1c121c406d2f1 | A mother of two from Massachusetts says a JetBlue flight attendant did nothing to help when her 3-year-old had a bathroom emergency on the plane - and then publicly humiliated her when the child could not hold it in. Jennifer Devereaux, a photographer from West Newton, was returning home from New York Monday when she s... | Jennifer Devereaux was flying from New York to Boston on JetBlue Flight 518 Monday with her two daughters .
Devereaux's daughter Summer, age 3, wanted to use the restroom while the plane was still on the tarmac, by the flight attendant said 'no' |
ffd63dc4e60f2b28e7bbb85041409bd0a7b08035 | By . Chris Brooke . Lydia Bishop died on her first day of nursery . A toddler died on her first day at nursery school when she was left to play alone on a slide known to be dangerous, a court heard yesterday. Lydia Bishop became entangled in a ‘loop’ at the top of the slide. It tightened around her neck and choked he... | Lydia Bishop was found blue and not breathing at York College’s nursery .
It had been toddler's first day of nursery school, Leeds Crown Court heard .
Worker Sophee Redhead denies manslaughter by gross negligence .
York College also denies health and safety breaches - the trial continues . |
ffd6e5cfe809aab192dc0c5c270330f9ecc91764 | By . Suzannah Hills . The British embassy is temporarily withdrawing some of its staff from Libya as political unrest in the country continues to grow. A statement on the British embassy website said it was taking the measure because of concerns over the country's political uncertainty and the risk of clashes between r... | New measure comes just a few hours after bomb blast in Benghazi .
British embassy cited concern over the 'ongoing political uncertainty' as the reason behind the withdrawal . |
ffd6ebdd38acc02eefc063861fc35a3e8fdfc03c | By . Charles Martland . John Terry took to Instagram to post a nostalgic photo of his youth club, Senrab FC. Terry shared the picture to his 158,400 followers of him holding a silver trophy alongside his victorious team-mates, alongside the caption: 'What a team this was back in the day'. The Chelsea captain is alongsi... | John Terry posts picture on Instagram of him playing for Senrab youth club .
Ex-Tottenham captain Ledley King among several future pros in picture .
Terry helped save Senrab from extinction back in 2011 . |
ffd71ff78b7e5923c9257340388984e16bc4ef13 | America has reached a landmark point as, for the first time in its modern history, most of the babies being born there are non-white. White children aged under one are outnumbered by those from ethnic minorities including blacks, Hispanics, Asians and mixed race, US Census Bureau figures show. Of the four million child... | 2011 census data shows 50.4 per cent of births were from ethnic minorities .
Caps decades of immigration growth that is now slowing .
All births down in economic slump, but drop faster for whites .
Minority population continues to rise to 114.1million - 36.6 per cent of total .
Supreme Court considers ruling on state's... |
ffd79e759b94862f5bb33e52054c23b31cff4cb9 | By . Louise Boyle . Three young children have been left without their mother after she was dragged by the driver of an SUV and run over in the street where the family lives. Kristina Purdin Dunn, 28, died in hospital on Monday after a horrific incident which was watched by her eight-year-old daughter Morgan. Mrs Dunn a... | Kristina Purdin Dunn, 28, was run over on the street where she lived . |
ffd8c8555392be44c5f92f55d531003c137b929f | A Chinese blogger who was accused of spreading rumours about the government and celebrities has been jailed for three years for 'rumour mongering'. Marketing employee Qin Zhihui, 30, is believed to be the first person to be jailed since China's authorities announced a crackdown on online writers last August. Authoritie... | Beijing officials claimed marketing employee Qin Zhihui made up stories .
He was accused of slandering famous figures to drive web traffic .
Court jailed him for two years for defamation and another year for affray .
Rumours included that a train crash victim had won £24m compensation .
But campaigners say the law is a... |
ffd922ddbdca675ff72b82a2aed395bb6a8e5113 | A cystic fibrosis sufferer has been struck off the books of his local surgery after posting an ‘offensive tweet’ about the staff. Mathew Cochrane, 26, expressed his frustration on Twitter after he tried to make an appointment and was apparently told the next available slot with his specialist consultant was three weeks... | Mathew Cochrane, 26, has been stuck off the patient list at Stanwell Surgery .
Expressed anger on Twitter when told next appointment was in three weeks .
The cystic fibrosis sufferer has now been told to find a new surgery . |
ffd935616d7b104eb41cd62d248a725793a03639 | By . MailOnline Reporter . Pet lovers across the nation are outraged at a Michigan woman whose dog ate a bag of marijuana — then laughed as the poor pooch got stoned. Laure Milsee said she came home to find that Thor, a 3-year-old pitbull mix, looked lethargic and was drooling. She soon discovered why. 'So my dog Thor ... | Laura Milsee, of Michigan, draws fury for mocking puppy as it struggles .
Thor, a 3-year-old pitbull mix, ate $20 worth of marijuana . |
ffd99713bc252af5531c6465014af9e5e1d9bd9e | Strains of highly antibiotic-resistant bacteria have been found in river water downstream of a sewage treatment plant, scientists have warned. The contamination of the River Sowe, near Coventry, has sparked concern over the growing threat caused by superbugs that are resistant to ‘last resort’ antibiotics. The drug-res... | Strains of highly antibiotic-resistant bacteria found near Coventry .
Provokes concern over superbugs, resistant to 'last resort' antiobiotics .
Bugs were detected in samples taken by scientists at Warwick University . |
ffda64544071414750cd87ec4c1d025f4337ba71 | By . Wills Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 15:44 EST, 26 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:27 EST, 26 November 2013 . Mayoral makeover: Newly-elected Australian mayor Darryn Lyons shows off his ceremonial robes . He is known for his surgically-enhanced six-pack, bright pink Mohawk and unconventional dress sense. But yesterday ... | Darryn Lyons, 48, won the mayoral race in his hometown of Geelong .
Celebrated his first day with a photo shoot in new suit and mayoral robes .
The Liberal party member took 29.79 percent of the primary vote .
His campaign slogan was 'vision, passion and change' |
ffdb2266bfee204f49becc26ecb8ab120782cf3c | By . David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 14:37 EST, 17 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:45 EST, 18 December 2013 . A woman with ties to accused killer Aaron Hernandez has died, less than six months after surviving a car crash that killed her partner who was also a member of the ex-footballer’s social circle in his hometown... | Tabitha Perry, a member of Aaron Hernandez's social circle in Bristol, Connecticut, died on Monday .
She was found unconscious and not breathing at a friend's house .
Perry had an extensive criminal record and had been jailed on several occasions .
Had previously been interviewed by cops in connection with the death of... |
ffdc1796fce660c89e239cafa887cdb71524feb5 | Michael Gove's exams watchdog has been accused of wasting public money by assessing whether the new tests to replace GCSEs will discriminate against Muslims, pregnant schoolgirls or teenagers having sex changes. The ‘equality analysis’, commissioned by Ofqual at a cost of £2,400, has warned that a number of pupils in... | Course work and modular tests that pupils currently undertaken as part of GCSEs will be replaced with more rigorous end-of-course exams .
Some students - such as pregnant girls or fasting Muslims - may be affected by timing of exams . |
ffdc4163e773723fe857bf3ad19eca630824c5c2 | Children from the poorest families start primary school almost two years behind academically, Nick Clegg warned today. The Deputy Prime Minister said the academic gap between toddlers from different backgrounds can impact on them for the rest of their lives. A £50 million fund is being launched to help boost the academ... | Toddlers from low income families struggle with communication skills .
Attainment gap when they start school might never be closed .
New £50million fund to pay for Early Years Pupil Premium .
Cash will be used to fund better quality teaching in nurseries . |
ffdc7bca03f3554731599048f83fa79aa45e8884 | (CNN) -- Southwest of Toronto, in a satellite city called Mississauga, Ma Yansong's vision of a flowing, organic architecture halts the tedium of a relentlessly box-shaped cityscape. His two residential towers are alike in their sinuous curvilinearity -- which enraptured locals nicknamed "Marilyn Monroe" -- but were de... | Chinese architect Ma Yansong's favorite design is the Absolute Towers in Mississauga, Ontario .
Locals have nicknamed the twisting residential towers "Marilyn Monroe" on account of their sinuous curves .
The building he wishes he'd designed is Louis Kahn's Salk Institute in La Jolla, California .
Ma aims to combine hig... |
ffdd362510ffe2725e05e7f645b35d5a1acae2d9 | A parting school of fish allow an exploring snorkeller to swim amongst them. The amazing scene, which was taken in the clear blue waters off the Philippines coastline, shows how fish work in unison. Diver Whitney De Neef delved into the colony while her husband Steve photographed her adventures from above. Stunning sig... | Whitney De Neef dove into a colony while husband Steve snapped photos .
The amazing images were taken in the clear blue waters off the Philippines .
'School of fish opened up every time she would dive down,' husband says . |
ffddd5d92b677b57fae712c77b29a72fb704722a | Alan Pardew insists that the last thing Newcastle and Sunderland supporters should be doing is ‘fighting each other’ – and believes the Malaysian Airlines disaster has brought the rival fans closer together. A fund set up by a Sunderland supporter in memory of the two Newcastle fans killed when flight MH17 was shot dow... | Newcastle host Sunderland on Sunday in the Premier League .
Tyne-wear derby has been heavily policed in recent seasons .
Trouble erupted in 2013 when Newcastle fans clashed with police .
Pardew said the Malaysian Airlines disaster has helped build bridges .
Two Newcastle fans died on their way to watch Newcastle in New... |
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