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087ac92e2ca469b5ca6277950e63b2f0706d0de2 | By . Andrew Levy Education Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:01 EST, 9 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:01 EST, 9 August 2013 . For many they are a rite of passage – a first holiday away from home without the parents. But foreign exchange trips are on the wane, according to school leaders and education experts, with some schoo... | Language learning holidays on the wane - some schools even ban them .
Parents have fears of their children's safety abroad .
Instead pupils swap letters or chat via videolink using Skype . |
087b05a98112135d9fb1c7628fffb72ae2456e9e | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 16:47 EST, 28 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:47 EST, 28 June 2012 . Held: Suspected British paedophile Michael Hunter, pictured, has been arrested in America after allegedly posing as a teenager and staying with a 15-year-old boy and his mother . A suspected British paedophile has been a... | Michael Hunter is being held in jail on suspicion of flying to Florida to carry out illegal acts with a minor .
Hunter, from Birmingham, had met the teenage boy in an internet chat room .
He is understood to have told the family he was 17 years old . |
087b135ee55cfbc9ed6abdcc07eff0aa8caccaf0 | (CNN)Sen. Marco Rubio had only kind words for potential Republican presidential rivals Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney on Wednesday, but he argued if he runs he'll have better credentials to offer than the two former governors. "I believe that the central obligation of the federal government ... is providing for the national ... | Marco Rubio praised Jeb Bush and Mitt Romney, but argued governors don't have the foreign policy chops needed for the White House .
He said he'll choose between running for the White House or reelection .
Rubio might have some clarity on the decision during his weekend confab with donors and strategists . |
087b2a62f52c02ef4a47be84195e296b4b9993f8 | Ashes hero Steve Harmison has been appointed as manager of non-League Ashington. The former Durham and England bowler, who was nicknamed the Ashington Express during his playing career, has taken the surprise move into football management. Harmison took 226 wickets in his England Test career and helped England win the ... | Former cricketer Steve Harmison makes surprise move into football .
Harmison played in 63 Tests for England and helped win the Ashes in 2005 .
Ashington play in Division One of the Ebac Northern League . |
087bb54c84e7a0a8117ea3a103b2228bb4176999 | An altercation at a Texas community college Wednesday afternoon escalated to gunshots and a campus lockdown but no injuries were reported and a suspect was captured, according to officials at Victoria College in Victoria, Texas. College President Tom Butler told CNN that students were playing basketball in the college ... | Gunfire erupts as students play basketball at a Texas community college .
A campus lockdown follows, and a suspect is captured .
No injuries were reported . |
087c6ac267a96a55ac5d044cca6de3aac8957a32 | Two early casts from Auguste Rodin's masterpiece The Gates of Hell have sold for a total of more than $16 million (£10.3m) at a New York City auction. The Thinker sold last night for $15.3 million (£9.8m), a new record for the figure beating a price of $12 million for a casting sold in 2010. There are more than two doz... | The Thinker sold yesterday for $15.3 .
million in New York .
New record for the figure beating a price of $12million in 2010 .
Identity of buyer has not been released . |
087d13b179da74b591586579c37d8806a7aa1bf0 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . John Bishop (pictured with his wife) has become embroiled in an access row at his £2million mansion . Comedian John Bishop has become embroiled in an access row at the grounds of his £2million mansion. Local residents have reportedly complained about being denied access to a route on his land... | Residents say they were previously allowed access .
Comedian's lawyers have said there is 'no access right' to driveway .
John Bishop bought the £2.25million ten-bedroom mansion last year . |
087df93eab430093aab90544c053d4a4a9d7dbdb | By . Lucy Crossley . Armed police and a helicopter were called to a branch of Waitrose after a row broke out between two shoppers and one threatened to return with his two shotguns. Supermarket workers called police after an irate customer announced he would ‘come back with some guns’ during a heated argument with a fe... | Supermarket staff called police after argument between customers .
Shopper announced he would 'come back with some guns' during row .
Police helicopter and armed response unit tracked man as he left store .
65-year-old later arrested at nearby branch of Sainsbury's .
He was taken to a police station and given a caution... |
087dfb82bd3d473633267d4c1aaa34cecb08c4e4 | (CNN) -- The race for line honors in the annual Sydney-Hobart yacht race is developing into a thrilling battle between three giant maxi yachts. Neville Crichton's Alfa Romeo was leading after the fleet emerged from the first night, but less than five nautical miles separated the New Zealand 100-footer from British ent... | Three giant yachts are battling it out for line honors in Sydney-Hobart classic .
New Zealand's Alfa Romeo leads from ICAP Leopard and Wild Oats X!
Wild Oats bidding for fifth straight line honors success in 628 nautical mile test . |
087e5a7cf7a7e5ab642bf5c94af6642e94395b1b | CLICK HERE to read Jeff Powell's exclusive on the night Kell Brook was stabbed . For a man who four months ago had a machete embedded in his left thigh, Kell Brook has no plans to tread slowly now that he has reclaimed his future in boxing. There was certainly an air of impatience around Sheffield’s world champion yest... | Kell Brook defends his IBF welterweight title for the first time on March 28 .
Jo Jo Dan is Brook's opponent in his comeback fight after being stabbed .
Brook was attacked with a machete and suffered a serious leg wound .
The 28-year-old described it as the 'lowest part of his career'
But insists his leg is completely ... |
087e5d198cc0fc0f6a4bff8b6843bb818753faf3 | New York (CNN) -- The gunman who ambushed and killed two unsuspecting firefighters as they battled a blaze in upstate New York couldn't buy his weapons legally so he allegedly got his neighbor's daughter to purchase them for him, said U.S. Attorney William Hochul. Dawn Nguyen of Rochester, New York, faces charges over ... | NEW: The woman was a neighbor of the gunman who ambushed firefighters .
Dawn Nguyen of Rochester, New York, faces charges of filing a falsified business record .
Nguyen's attorney was not immediately available to comment . |
087e6e7be4d149ec7a8e4cbdd3128871837db661 | By . Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 23:10 EST, 12 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 23:38 EST, 12 December 2013 . A woman survived nearly three nights in bitter interior Alaska cold by burning her snowmobile and huddling with her small dog, Alaska State Troopers said on Thursday. Vivian Mayo, 57, of Cantwell, wa... | Vivian Mayo, 57, of Cantwell, Alaska, was found on Wednesday sharing body heat with Elvis, her pet dog who hadn't left her side .
She was severely hypothermic and in need of immediate medical attention .
Vivian's snowmobile broke down after she went to search for her missing husband .
Scott Mayo was found just two to t... |
087f4bd441c0032caec0a1f65a139d336a09d133 | By . Louise Eccles and David Williams . PUBLISHED: . 18:49 EST, 7 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:34 EST, 8 September 2012 . Blade runner Jonnie Peacock is tipped to become Britain’s first Paralympics millionaire after his spectacular gold medal run into sporting history. Six million people tuned in to watch the 19-... | 19-year-old set to make sponsor gold after record win on Thursday .
Jonnie Peacock beat Oscar Pistorius who failed to get a medal . |
087fe8cd8e2183032bd9baa31f6f63c0772c0953 | Socialites Ben and Kate Goldsmith were divorced today in 65 seconds on the grounds of Kate's adultery. The . multi-millionaire couple split last year after Mrs Goldsmith was . believed to have had a passionate affair with American rapper Jay . Electronica - leading to Mr Goldsmith's arrest for assault following a . con... | Multi-millionaire couple embarked on a Twitter war during split .
Ben Goldsmith blamed his behaviour on heartbreak as wife Kate had a 'passionate affair' with American rapper Jay Electronica .
Wealthy financier Ben is now dating film producer Jemima Jones .
The couple have three young children . |
08800f26b9780d6491a5aac0927d6089d793ac71 | A Manhattan judge approved a millionaire investor's request for a restraining order against his 'volatile and unpredictable' younger girlfriend in Family Court on Friday. The motion to grant former hedge fund manager Brad Zipper, 50, a two-year protective order against 29-year-old former flame Nicole Raef was the final... | Former hedge fund executive Brad Zipper, 50, filed a protective order against his girlfriend in November .
Fashion consultant Nicole Raef, 29, had allegedly threatened Zipper with a knife in September, reportedly only one of a series of violent incidents .
It emerged in court that Zipper had tried to break up with Raef... |
088136429e5897504935fbbd8a7b87c92f8cd42e | Tired of trying to tempt your children into a plate of greens? Well one supermarket suggests you try a more colourful approach. Tesco is hoping to give exasperated parents a helping hand in getting their youngsters to eat beetroot with their latest launch, the sweetroot. Beetroots are known to be a superfood packed wit... | Beetroot has often been shunned by the younger generation .
Tesco have launched two new sweeter varieties of the veg .
The Candy Stripe and Golden Beetroot will be launched in store tomorrow . |
0881936706c7e9c2f5bcd7bddc1879323d746492 | Waiting game: David Writebol waited three weeks in quarantine before finally getting the okay to see his beloved wife Nancy, who was infected with Ebola virus while they worked in Liberia . The husband of an American missionary aid worker who contracted Ebola has emerged from 21 days of quarantine. With his three weeks... | David Writebol finally emerged Sunday from required 21 days of quarantine after wife Nancy's Ebola diagnosis .
He soon reunited with his wife Nancy at Emory University, where she's in recovery from the terrifying infection .
Nancy and David Writebol were missionary aid workers in Liberia when Nancy contracted Ebola thr... |
0882695797a02e92f6f0c8f549046ed3e1196fb9 | When Pieter Franken visited Hong Kong one of the first things he did was measure the level of radiation in his hotel room. A Geiger counter is not usually packed by a business traveller, but well as having a banking industry day job Franken is part of a Tokyo-based citizen action group set up to map the radiation level... | Hong Kong's natural background radiation comes from local granite .
Rock aggregate used in cement for local buildings .
Radiation was monitored by Tokyo-based citizen action group .
Levels of radiation in city are not harmful . |
08847756f8e2596dc83630573fccbd526339e057 | Since last week's Boston Marathon bombing, some people have called for placing more surveillance cameras in America's cities. This would be a mistake. It would be dangerous to our civil liberties, and it would be bad policy. I felt last week's tragic events personally -- as a parent of young children, a runner and a gr... | Neil Richards: After Boston terror attack, some call for more surveillance. That's a bad idea .
He says cameras helped ID suspects, but it was the police system that worked .
He says more cameras would be costly, could not stand in for humans .
Richards: Punish those who abuse freedom, hurt others; don't take liberties... |
088505e46ac685cc4007c465365e2f2ce3129512 | Two hundred people including 12 children have been diagnosed with HIV after being treated by an unlicenced doctor in Cambodia. Medic Yem Chrin, who made house calls for nearly two decades in the remote rice farming village of Roka, has been arrested after police say he admitted to reusing needles and syringes. Among th... | Around 200 people infected in poor, remote rice farming village of Roka .
Unlicensed medic Yem Chrin arrested and admits to reusing needles .
Authorities say he made home visits in settlement for the last 20 years .
Villagers stand by him, including head of family where 16 were infected . |
0885612f40ff3b11322d573749fd0fdad1143561 | The heatwave sweeping through Donetsk threatens to affect England's Euro 2012 opener against France tomorrow, but that hasn't dampened England fans' moods. Supporters revelled in the sunshine and enjoyed beers with the locals in the Ukrainian city despite fears that the footballers will be unable to adjust to the soari... | Fans enjoy Donetsk sunshine, but are wary ahead of crucial opening fixture .
FA book plane from Krakow on June 20 - the day after game against Ukraine .
England travel to Ukraine today before tomorrow's match in 32C heat .
Hodgson remains defiant ahead of game and insists England have 'no fear'
France go into game as f... |
0885678110da86e344f552fa0cd856e43ca7cce3 | Click here to read Sportsmail's interview with Blackpool president Valeri Belokon . Blackpool have sacked manager Jose Riga. Riga held talks with chairman Karl Oyston this morning where it was agreed it was time to end the manager’s four-and-a-half month spell in charge at Bloomfield Road. The Belgian’s time at the clu... | Jose Riga has been sacked as manager of Blackpool .
Lee Clark is being sounded out to become the new Blackpool boss .
Riga presided over Blackpool's worst start to a league season . |
0885b2ee40d913fcca24e7810463c568e0f0378f | By . A. Greg . A fixture of New Jersey Republican politics and her husband have been found dead in their home in an apparent murder-suicide. Police have not publicly identified the couple who were found Thursday morning, but the Arden Road home belonged to retired Morris County clerk Joan Bramhall and her husband John ... | A couple were found dead in their New Jersey home Thursday morning .
Police have not confirmed their identities, but the home belonged to Joan Bramhall, 75, and her husband John .
She served as Morris County clerk for 15 years before retiring recently .
Police have said there is no threat to the community .
Joan Bramha... |
0885bb76fe1788c6a63753b4ae4068bdb4e1d3ad | Carl Jenkinson believes West Ham have made a statement of intent by drafting in no fewer than nine new players this summer. The on-loan defender from Arsenal was one of many new faces at Upton Park, including the likes of Alex Song, Enner Valencia, Mauro Zarate and Morgan Amalfitano. And the 22-year-old right back says... | Jenkinson one of nine new faces at Upton Park this summer .
Defender joined on loan from Arsenal for the season .
Alex Song, Mauro Zarate and Enner Valencia among other signings .
Jenkinson hopes to make debut against Hull after injury problems . |
08863d2aade32ff8d79de00a6e751407ba0d71c0 | During the 1990s, financial adviser to the stars Dana Giacchetto lived like the punk-rock prince of New York City who by his own admission, 'flew too close to the sun and spun out of control.' His palace was a mammoth SoHo penthouse where he hosted drug-fueled orgies witnessed by a pair of cockatoos named Angel and Tib... | Investment adviser Dana Giacchetto lived a life of celebrity excess in the late 1990s out of his Manhattan penthouse .
He was best friends with Leonardo DiCaprio - who spent months living with the multi-millionaire investor .
Giacchetto controlled money belonging to Ben Affleck, Cameron Diaz and R.E.M. frontman Michael... |
0886eb0b7e87e6c2f6a7635d127a0a88cf1bc7fe | Wendy Purcell, pictured, was suspended on full pay last summer after she commissioned seven custom-made chairs costing £95,000 . A university chief accused of wasteful spending has been allowed to return to work on her full £250,000 salary despite having her role drastically downgraded. Professor Wendy Purcell was susp... | Wendy Purcell was suspended after she commissioned chairs worth £95k .
She was also criticised over taking business-class flights to Miami .
She also spent £15,000 on first-class rail travel and claimed it on expenses .
Prof Purcell continues to receive £250,000-a-year after her return to work .
She returned to work in... |
08874632336f5d4578170da5e997890e3d62d21c | Los Angeles (CNN)The last hand in the "two thumbs up" film critic team, Roger Ebert, died Thursday, two days after revealing cancer returned to his body. Ebert and Gene Siskel co-hosted the iconic review show "Siskel and Ebert At The Movies" until Siskel's death in 1999 after a battle with a brain tumor. The Chicago Su... | "No struggle, no pain, just a quiet, dignified transition," his wife says .
Ebert told readers Tuesday he planned to slow down because of cancer .
"I'll see you at the movies," were the last word's Ebert wrote to his readers .
He started as the Sun-Times film critic on April 3, 1967 . |
08898f5fcf2d6c87fd3374ffd8657d59177ffb92 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Wine snobs who tell you that champagne must never be stored for long in the fridge are wrong, scientists have discovered. Far from killing its fizz and bouquet, keeping bubbly at 4C prolongs its life. The same applies to prosecco and cava which should not be kept in a cellar at or just below ... | Chilling bubbly stops it developing a browning compound called 5-HMF .
The same applies to other sparkling wines like prosecco and cava . |
088ab5c5b479c6ff7f103e1e34192e7574334f4b | This giant floating egg on the River Beaulieu could well be Hampshire's quirkiest living space. It may look like it comes straight from the set of a low-budget science fiction movie, but the giant wooden pod cost £40,000 to build and will in fact be the home and workspace of artist Stephen Turner, 58, for the next year... | British artist Stephen Turner, 58, will live and work inside £40,000 40ft Exbury Egg for a year .
Structure took six months to build and features in George Clarke's Amazing Spaces on Channel 4 .
Stephen hopes to highlight climate change, study local wildlife and host Q&A sessions there . |
088adc55341e8727b0d2bb1ea370565397f08172 | When scuba diver Will Hood zipped up his wetsuit and secured his mask for a dive off the coast of Cornwall, he was perhaps hoping to see crabs scuttling on the sea bed. What the 6ft 3in teenager did not expect was to find himself overshadowed by a vast, white, barrel jellyfish with a violet fringe and lace-like trailin... | Barrel jellyfish spotted this week by diver off the coast of Cornwall .
Beast is latest sighting of giant jellyfish of the shores of Britain .
Experts believe warming seas and strong winds are to blame for rise . |
088b375e4fc2bbcd2cbbd88e3fd56c595f498517 | San Juan, Puerto Rico (CNN) -- Investigators don't know if the massive fire at a fuel storage facility near San Juan was deliberately started or was an accident, the agent in charge of the FBI's San Juan office said Monday. The blaze, which started with an explosion at the Caribbean Petroleum Corp. facility in Bayamon... | Blaze started with massive explosion early Friday .
Graffiti found in two San Juan tunnels made reference to fires .
Puerto Rico to receive fuel imports to make up for what burned . |
088b440f6b365bb5c5e1ade17045d825e0d0ba21 | (CNN) -- U.N. forces withdrew Monday from the Syrian-controlled side of the Golan Heights, the world body confirmed. The U.N. statement cited the "exceptionally challenging environment" posed by armed rebel groups advancing on peacekeeping positions its observer force has held for close to four decades. The confirmatio... | U.N. peacekeepers withdrawing from Syrian-controlled Golan Heights .
The withdrawal follows the capture of some peacekeepers by Syrian rebels .
The peacekeepers were eventually released; others escaped a militant siege .
U.N. peacekeepers have been in the region since 1974 . |
088ba0a938af2bc80aac722063bd5d01341327bf | Holidaymakers were given a boost today as the pound soared to a seven-year high against the Euro. The pound is now worth just over €1.36 – the highest level since December 2007, just before the economic crash. Sterling was also up against the dollar – rising to under $1.55 – in the wake of yesterday's stock market surg... | The pound is now worth just over €1.36 – highest level since end of 2007 .
Sterling was also up against the US dollar – rising to under $1.55 .
Strengthening pound a major boost for families holidaying in Europe .
Comes after OECD praised 'remarkable' stewardship of economy' in UK .
Bank of England also said interest r... |
088bdae623f9f8bc71c59ebae6465c961532e077 | By . Larisa Brown . PUBLISHED: . 18:53 EST, 4 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:57 EST, 4 October 2013 . After five years of trying for a baby, Julie Cummings was beginning to wonder if it would ever happen. She had taken fertility drugs for two years, to no avail. Eventually, she and her husband David decided to resort... | Julie Cummings, 37, met her husband in 2004 while in the military .
Was diagnosed with polycystic ovary syndrome a year later .
Couple were about to try IVF and visited a nutritionist .
She diagnosed an infection exacerbated by foods containing yeast .
After two months of eating no bread Julie was pregnant .
Gave birth... |
088c67647b41b33198816d13011038da8ead60d2 | (CareerBuilder.com) -- "When the cat's away, the mice will play," is a term most people can relate to. When the manager is gone -- be it on vacation or just away from her desk -- some employees act like a teenager whose parents are out of town. They sneak out early or come in late. They chitchat with co-workers more fr... | Some people like to play at work when the boss is not looking .
One female worker was caught trying on new underwear she'd had delivered to office .
At the market, workers bowled for bottles with frozen turkeys, played laser tag on roof .
Updating the Facebook page, writing own newsletters, seeing private clients . |
088c875bed31c54d7005899f4f690ef90a7dca11 | By . Ian Sparks . PUBLISHED: . 12:42 EST, 30 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:42 EST, 30 October 2012 . French officials will exhume former Palestinian leader Yasser Arafat's remains next month in a bid to discover if he was murdered. A team of medical and forensic experts will arrive in the West Bank city of Ramallah ... | Operation on Arafat, who died in 2004, will take place on November 24 .
Pressure from his widow Suha who believes he was poisoned has forced the issue . |
088e22bf78e39d57c0951cd1d3b7ef9d0b819b57 | London (CNN) -- Something strange is going on in Britain. Some of the biggest TV stars of the 20th century are donning luscious wigs and scaring the wits out of children. And Queen Elizabeth isn't in a position to stop them either -- she's guilty of joining in herself. Overweight men are squeezing themselves into dress... | Cross-dressing, audience participation, dance routines. It's got to be "panto"
Unique British Christmas tradition sees classic fairy tales brought to life onstage .
International stars are getting involved, including Henry Winkler and David Hasselhoff .
Queen Elizabeth II dressed as a prince, in palace production durin... |
088eacf9235173e7271c9dcca0e97c099a6434f0 | By . Nelson Groom for Daily Mail Australia . The Abbott government is preparing to cancel the passports of a number of suspected allies of the Islamic State. Counter terrorism teams are said to be intercepting suspects at Australian airports on a daily basis, after Prime Minister Tony Abbott raised the terror threat i... | Four Australian passports have been seized this month .
55 passports have been cancelled since July 2013 .
Government is preparing to launch new terror laws which will improve their ability to cancel passports .
It comes as the first squadron of Aussie troops have flown to the Middle East to prepare for conflict . |
088ed4a16aa3381636eb3f71338121ebe02ab4e4 | (CNN) -- A home remedy for insomnia shared by Dr. Oz on his TV show left a New Jersey man sick, sore, lame and disabled from third-degree burns, according to a lawsuit filed last week in New York. Dr. Mehmet Oz called it "my night sleep special" on the April 17, 2012, episode of his NBC show titled "Dr. Oz's 24-Hour Ul... | "Knapsack Heated Rice Footsie" caused third-degree burns to feet, lawsuit contends .
Dr. Oz should've warned Frank Dietl about risks to someone with neuropathy, it says .
Neuropathy caused by diabetes lessens sensitivity in lower extremities .
Oz show info is "safe and educational for our viewers," Oz spokesman says . |
088edc3b3f5635f2cad734e5dad71ad946c644d1 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- Madeleine Peyroux has carved out a successful career as an interpreter of songs from greats such as Billie Holiday, Patsy Cline and Leonard Cohen. But on her fourth album, the smoky-voiced singer holds the mirror up to herself. Madeleine Peyroux takes a clear-eyed look at her life and relationships on... | Madeleine Peyroux's new album, "Bare Bones," is unflinching .
Peyroux had alcoholic father, spent time in domestic violence shelter .
Singer with smoky voice wants songs to be universal . |
088fd8de1cdfc596d9b1457f9c46a8d2eb9c433c | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 21:14 EST, 28 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 22:47 EST, 28 May 2012 . A young woman who lost a foot and several fingers to a flesh-eating bacteria could hardly believe it when she was able to speak on Sunday for the first time since she was taken to a Georgia hospital more than three ... | Aimee Copeland has spoken for the first time since being infected after cutting her leg in a zip line accident .
Father described her voice as weak and raspy .
The 24-year-old had hands, left leg and right foot amputated .
Doctors gave her a slim chance of survival . |
0890d34d8e62d927b23e120d99cc20d887fa605d | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 06:21 EST, 9 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:45 EST, 9 August 2013 . Children as young as 11 have been left 'suicidal' because paedophiles have blackmailed them for cash and sexual pictures on a notorious website. A UK cyber-charity says they are getting 15 'desperate' calls a week f... | Children forced to strip or transfer money after threats from paedophiles .
Predators say they'll post images unless they do more pictures or videos .
Charity Cybersmile are getting 15 calls a week from 'suicidal' children . |
089107401b7836a3227462aaad71cad09c512244 | By . Graham Smith . PUBLISHED: . 11:10 EST, 30 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:11 EST, 30 May 2012 . An antioxidant supplement may be an effective therapy for autism, according to scientists. The antioxidant - called N-Acetylcysteine, or NAC - lowers irritability in children with autism and also reduces their repetitive ... | Scientists believe N-Acetylcysteine, or NAC, could be an effective therapy for autistic children . |
0892fc2908f83d76b147c3ba1847af0056a47e9f | LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- Harvey Schwartz spent the past 40 years collecting antiques, art and odd items that he rented to TV and movie studios as props and set decorations. These "aliens" are among the items to be auctioned off by 20th Century Props. During a tour of his huge North Hollywood, California, wareho... | Dramatic decline in Hollywood productions over the past year prompts auction .
Submarine, fake nuclear warhead and Austin Powers' cryogenic chamber to be sold .
Inventory also includes a drill used by Ben Affleck and Bruce Willis in "Armageddon"
Potential bidders have registered from dozens of countries . |
08934b8f00a8741d68e49a4374f2badd61130353 | By . Kieran Gill . Follow @@kie1410 . Jack Colback was promised Newcastle were going places by manager Alan Pardew before he swapped the Stadium of Light for St James' Park, and the midfielder says he made the right call. The 24-year-old left one North East club for the other in June, becoming the first player to cross... | Jack Colback says manager Alan Pardew told him 'about the type of players he wanted and he has practised what he preached'
Colback became first player to sign between North East rivals for 17 years .
Midfielder is one of SIX new signings at St James' Park made by Pardew .
Remy Cabella, Daryl Janmaat, Siem de Jong, Ayoz... |
089351342fd31f6042f971b97e975a8e785131df | A man accused of murdering a Sydney woman whose body was found in an Adelaide hotel room on New Year's Day will apply for bail next week. Chungaung Piao, 27, of Allenby Gardens in Adelaide's west, appeared in the Adelaide Magistrates Court on Monday after being arrested on Saturday. He is charged with murdering sex wor... | Chungaung Piao, 27, has been charged with murder of Ting Fang, 25 .
Body was found at Grand Chancellor Hotel in Adelaide on New Year's Day .
Ting Fang was killed when her neck was slashed severely .
She lived in Sydney and had been in Adelaide for 3-4 days as a sex worker .
Piao is the married father of an eight-month-... |
089353dbfecae05505ab5467216fac24e14109ba | (CNN) -- New Wave rockers The Cars are on the road again, the first time in nearly 25 years. Their mission? To bring their brand of quirky, syncopated pop music to a new generation. The new album "Move Like This" hits shelves, or your favorite download site, Tuesday -- the same day the band begins an 11-city, coast-to-... | The Cars begin an 11-city, coast-to-coast tour Tuesday .
The new album is called "Move Like This"
Bass player and vocalist Ben Orr died from cancer in 2000 .
The band formed in Boston in 1976 . |
0893a2b8c5930b1e9a803a8fefc99c0c375b5b0f | By . Matt Chorley and Tamara Cohen . PUBLISHED: . 03:53 EST, 23 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:06 EST, 24 October 2012 . The controversial badger cull was postponed at the eleventh hour yesterday after ministers said there were too many of the animals for two pilot schemes to be carried out effectively. The Governmen... | Government ordered cull in Somerset and Gloucestershire to tackle TB in cattle herds .
Delays caused by Olympics and legal challenges left just six weeks before the closed season .
Environment Secretary Owen Paterson abandons trade visit to Paris to appear in the Commons . |
0893bd6555fcb9dec9cd97deb9ad1e46e5d94bcc | (CNN) -- A rare working model of the Apple 1, the tech giant's first desktop computer, sold for more than $671,000 over the weekend at an auction in Germany. The computer, along with a letter from Apple co-founder Steve Jobs to its original owner, is believed to be one of only six working Apple 1s and one of only three... | Only 200 Apple 1s were made, and only six are believed to be in working order .
Rare Apple 1 computer sells for $671,000 at auction .
The working Apple 1 was auctioned in Germany to an Asian buyer . |
089635219581c462d50d9503e60c4c6eb82066ec | A three-year-old autistic girl has made a splash in the art world with her extraordinary paintings. Iris Grace Halmshaw began doing art as therapy, but when her parents decided to put the works on sale they began fetching prices of up to £830. And painting has also helped improve the youngster's condition - she is now ... | Iris Grace Halmshaw started painting as part of autism therapy .
When her mother put pictures online they received a rapturous reception . |
0896f3021b1addd9a8f9252d3d647f8ae1753f93 | Peter Greste's family are holding their breath for Egypt's president to deport the jailed Australian journalist after a court ordered a retrial. An Egyptian court has ordered Greste and his two colleagues, Canadian-Egyptian Mohammed Fahmy and Egyptian Baher Mohammed, be retried after more than a year in jail. Greste's ... | Appeals court in Cairo decided the trio would face a retrial .
Mohamed Fahmy, Peter Greste and Baher Mohamed were not bailed .
Al-Jazerra English journalists are serving lengthy prison sentences .
Retrial is expected to take place within a month .
Greste and his colleagues have spent more than a year in jail .
Family h... |
089819f4cfd2e1addd9b82f72f3a9a44de77c069 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A woman named Cameo Crispi tried to set her ex-boyfriend's home on fire by burning a pound of bacon, police have said. The 31-year-old mother from Uintah County, Utah was arrested on March 14 and has been charged with arson. Her arrest came after her ex-boyfriend called Naples police to say t... | Cameo Crispi, 31, 'tried to set fire to her ex's home with a pound of bacon left burning on a gas stove and hot coals on the floor by the stove'
She was stopped by a police officer after her ex called cops to say she was bombarding him with messages and wanted her out of the house .
She has been charged with felony ars... |
08982a4a3ea11e3dba293882ec9728917241979e | By . Toni Jones . PUBLISHED: . 09:28 EST, 19 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:36 EST, 23 July 2012 . Usually city girls wouldn't be seen dead in a pair of wellington boots unless they were glamping at Glastonbury.But thanks to the soggiest summer the UK has seen for years, wellies have broken out from farms and festivals ... | Bargain retailer Shoe Zone is selling 23,000 pairs per week .
Sales up 99% from summer 2011 at Debenhams .
57% of women happy to wear wellies on their morning commutes to work . |
089855a33abec1c3c6989d90a6cc6f9c0b80a136 | By . Mark Duell . Dozens of Mobula Ray fish were mysteriously washed up on the beach in Gaza City yesterday and carted off to market by Palestinian fishermen. It was the first time the fish had been seen on the beach for six years, according to a local video report purporting to show fisherman examining the Rays. The f... | It was the first time the fish had been seen on the beach for six years, according to a local video report .
Reaching up to 17ft in length, Mobulas are of a similar appearance to the more well-known Manta Rays .
They can weigh more than 12 stone and sell for around five shekels (£0.90) per pound in local markets .
Rays... |
089859442288932dc365653a8f7b59000993db82 | Cara Delevingne might be racking up the showbusiness column inches but in the fashion industry there's only one contender for the title of the world's top model and her name is Joan Smalls. The Puerto Rican is ranked number one in the models.com industry hot list of best models thanks to the constant demand for her fro... | Puerto Rican, 25, is ranked number one in the models.com industry hot list .
Latest job is modelling Mario Testino's MATE collection for net-a-porter .
Says she tries to stare out Karlie Kloss on the catwalk and make her laugh . |
0898ab2275210d789298ece2d7eba00c1f1dcc54 | (CNN) -- The United States, along with the United Kingdom and Canada, is refusing to sign a United Nations treaty on telecommunications and the Internet that has been under negotiation for the past two weeks. Terry Kramer, the U.S. Ambassador to the World Conference on International Telecommunications, said Thursday th... | U.S., other countries refuse to sign United Nations treaty on telecommunications and Internet .
Ambassador: "Internet policy should not be determined by member states but by citizens ..."
UN is hosting global communications conference in Dubai .
American delegation argues Internet governance issues are outside conferen... |
08994306032c826c10fb4311e87cedc14bf5138c | Police have arrested a British teenager at Heathrow Airport on suspicion of preparing for acts of terrorism, police revealed today. The 19-year-old man, from Coventry, was seized on British soil as he stepped off a flight from Jordan after landing at the airport. Counter terrorism officers swooped after suspecting the ... | Man, 19, arrested on British soil as he stepped off flight from Jordan .
Counter-terrorism swooped on Thursday after suspecting terror plot .
The suspect is currently being questioned by police in West Midlands . |
089a55b4b1909e9a9a862afaf9bb9654276db73c | London (CNN) -- Even a king can get them. Researchers working with the remains of King Richard III said on Wednesday that he was infected with roundworms in his intestines. They know because they found multiple roundworm eggs in soil samples from around his pelvis, where his intestines would have been, according to a s... | Multiple roundworm eggs are found in samples from where his intestines would've been .
King Richard III's remains were discovered beneath a parking lot in Leicester .
He was killed in 1485, at the Battle of Bosworth Field . |
089a94de6b81069cd555b5a7ec215d3e8887bb34 | After being eliminated from the FA Cup at the hands of Bradford City in January, Chelsea's players have a rare weekend off before returning to action in the Champions League against Paris Saint-Germain on Tuesday. And midfielder Cesc Fabregas, who returned to action after a hamstring problem in the 1-0 win against Ever... | Chelsea are not in FA Cup action after Bradford defeat last month .
Cesc Fabregas returned from injury in Chelsea's game against Everton .
Chelsea's next game is at Paris Saint-Germain in the Champions League . |
089aad6b6022a7652de2df015f31c51eb9f5846b | An incredibly rare coin bearing the head of Edward VIII has sold for a record £516,000, the highest sum ever paid for a British coin. It is one of only two ‘proof’ gold coins that were struck ahead of the production of commemorative sovereign coins to mark the king’s coronation in 1937. But in December 1936 Edward abdi... | Coin is one of two gold 'proofs' struck before planned 1937 coronation .
But it was never properly struck because Edward VIII stepped down in 1936 . |
089beb6d8319eca31f776950a9499295cf043e42 | By . Harriet Hernando . A mystery portrait of an unknown First World War soldier has finally been identified - 100 years after his death. For years the painting of the unknown soldier hung in Carmarthen County Museum in Wales but no one knew his name or if he survived the horror of the trenches. It remained a mystery u... | The picture hung in Carmarthen County Museum in Wales for years .
No-one knew the identity of the soldier in the oil painting .
But a historian posted it on the web and asked for help to uncover the truth .
After scouring war-time archives, they chanced across the soldier's picture .
The soldier is Second Lietenant Pau... |
089d1df6afa60a00b4bf406423cd51fc60740ae6 | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 15:19 EST, 17 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:02 EST, 18 September 2013 . Protests have erupted in France after a decision to charge a jeweller with voluntary homicide because he shot and killed an escaping robber. Stephan Turk, 67, has been held under house arrest after shooting Antho... | Stephan Turk, 67, charged after shooting Anthony Asli, 19, in Nice .
The teenager broke into his shop with an accomplice who got away .
Jewellers in southern France say they are being increasingly targeted .
Officials are calling for justice to be allowed to take its course . |
089df8a91e2d64bba3faaa5540e6fe4ca97dc378 | (CNN) -- Faced with a deluge of opposition that included pressure from lawmakers and internal dissent, one of America's leading breast cancer advocacy groups on Friday reversed itself on a decision that would have cut off funding to some Planned Parenthood projects. "We want to apologize to the American public for rece... | Donors rush to support Planned Parenthood .
Susan G. Komen for the Cure Foundation reverses decision not to renew funding .
Planned Parenthood said Tuesday that the foundation had "succumbed to political pressure"
In Washington, several Senate Democrats signed a letter calling on Komen to reconsider . |
089e3fee77d0cf2ca36df1bcfc483f65bcb2aa8c | (CNN) -- An ice jam on the Yukon River in Alaska sparked flooding in the city of Galena, where some 300 people have been evacuated, authorities said. Most of the people who left their homes were being housed in either Ruby or Fairbanks, said Kerry Seifert, operations section chief at the Alaska Division of Homeland Sec... | A wall of ice got hung up at a steep curve in the Yukon River .
Some 300 people are evacuated .
"We expect the flooding to become worse before the waters start to recede," governor says . |
089ec58e685676decd85f5afd63c103c6a1f78e9 | With 11.9million people tuning in to find out who killed Lucy Beale, last night's episode of EastEnders brought an end to months of speculation. And as 11-year-old Bobby was unmasked as his half-sister's killer, thousands took to social media to express their shock and awe at the plot's outcome. But impatient viewers w... | Elliot Carrington, who plays Bobby Beale, found out his role on Monday .
The 12-year-old was sworn to secrecy as cast mates remained in the dark .
Hettie Bywater, who plays Lucy Beale, learned truth hours before episode .
Producers say the revelation is start of 'even bigger story' for character . |
089f079a0a545a776662ce93f93c804781e44450 | In a 2011 conversation about the Affordable Care Act, MIT economist Jonathan Gruber, one of the architects of the law more commonly known as Obamacare, talked about how the bill would get rid of all tax credits for employer-based health insurance through "mislabeling" what the tax is and who it would hit. In recent day... | MIT economist Jonathan Gruber is considered the architect of Obamacare .
Videos where Gruber insults voters and explains the law have recently emerged .
Opponents of Obamacare see this as evidence of the law's ill will . |
089fd9d3b8e3f84061b8329425e81ef62de7bded | Dejan Lovren says Liverpool cannot afford to defend the way they did against QPR when they face Real Madrid. Liverpool conceded two late goals in a 3-2 win at Loftus Road on Sunday and despite winning the game, QPR had a number of good chances. Brendan Rodgers’ side face Real Madrid in the Champions League on Wednesday... | Liverpool face back to back Champions League games against Real Madrid .
Brendan Rodgers' side's recent defensive performances have been woeful .
Cristiano Ronaldo has scored two more goals this season than Liverpool .
Dejan Lovren and Liverpool conceded two late goals at QPR . |
089fedd06609cf3aaa5204a0cf2895e35dcdcf92 | By . William Cook, Andy Dolan, Nick Fagge, Neil Sears and Paul Bentley . PUBLISHED: . 09:46 EST, 30 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:14 EST, 30 October 2012 . Police are investigating allegations that a BBC radio journalist killed himself after being sexually harassed by a female colleague. Russell Joslin, 50, whose fa... | Russell Joslin, 50, found dead after being admitted to psychiatric hospital following previous suicide attempt .
Family of BBC radio reporter say he was bullied by colleague after spurning her sexual advances .
His father Peter, a former chief constable, asked police to investigate allegations .
Warwickshire Police con... |
08a068ab736e86de5e0a63d92a942fe47c3c66f1 | By . Peter Allen . PUBLISHED: . 11:29 EST, 13 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:29 EST, 13 March 2014 . A key figure in France’s high-tax socialist government kept millions of pounds hidden in Britain, his estranged wife claimed on Thursday. Jerome Cahuzac, 61, was President Francois Hollande’s Budget Minister - meaning h... | Ex-Budget Minister Jerome Cahuzac, 61, accused of having secret nest egg .
Estranged wife said he kept the money in British account to avoid tax .
He was forced to quit French cabinet last year amid claims he also hid money in Singapore and Switzerland .
President Francois Hollande expelled him from ruling Socialist Pa... |
08a0eeba1b8747f9c3fe0c8d91f19fb4566b263e | Just 48 hours before the G20 leader's meeting kicks off, Queensland police said they have not received a request from any foreign security services to carry guns in Australia. Deputy Police Commissioner Ross Barnett said authorities have yet to receive a request from the typically armed to the teeth US Secret Service t... | 'At the moment no formal application has been made,' says Deputy Police Commissioner .
Requests may be made over the next 'twelve, twenty-four, forty-eight hours'
Police commissioner has the 'final say' on who carries weapons in the state .
President Obama's Marine One helicopter buzzed the Brisbane CBD on Monday . |
08a1563bccf8ed7526f2409fef7bd210faabc77e | (CNN) -- A U.S. Air Force B-1 bomber caught fire Friday after a landing at al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar, U.S. military officials said. A sweep-wing B-1 bomber, similar to this one, caught fire after landing Friday in Qatar, the U.S. military says. The crew evacuated safely, the officials said. They said the fire began w... | NEW: Bomber burned after landing at al-Udeid Air Base in Qatar .
NEW: Crew was able to evacuate aircraft safely, military says .
Al-Udeid Air Base has the military's longest runway in the Middle East . |
08a16f7ffb9968774fe4562acfb79aa6a1a59a2b | Overnight trips to Rome could become even more expensive as the Italian capital considers hiking its hotel tax just four months after it was doubled. The proposal calls for the tourist tax to increase to €10 a night (approximately £7.60) at five-star hotels, according to local media, despite fears that it would deter t... | Local media say the tourist tax would increase to €10 at luxury hotels .
Rome doubled the tax to between €3 and €7 last September .
Italian Hotel Association says it is 'concerned' about another increase .
There are fears it would drive tourists away and hurt businesses . |
08a1fd9e0116f4e14b5acd0f4ba8c14fb7b52b36 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 02:23 EST, 10 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:37 EST, 10 May 2013 . A top novelist has asked her fans to redesign classic novels as if they were being marketed at women in protest at the 'girly' imagery publishers use on book covers for women authors. American writer Maureen Johnson claims pu... | Maureen Johnson claims publishers pigeonhole books by women .
She asked fans to 'coverflip' books like On The Road and Shutter Island .
She was inundated with classics with new 'girly' covers . |
08a2df846bfc79279b9f30bc2650bf710ec77139 | A co-founder of the popular frozen yogurt chain Pinkberry has been ordered to stand trial on charges he beat a homeless man with a tire iron in California. A judge on Thursday denied a motion to dismiss the assault with a deadly weapon case against Young Lee. Lee is free on bail and is no longer is affiliated with Pink... | Young Lee, 47, was arrested last month and charged with assault with a deadly weapon .
He allegedly attacked a homeless man for having a sexually-explicit tattoo in June 2011 .
LAPD officers 'found two illegal firearms' in his home . |
08a2e8fd227f9b7d6d7cfb533d4369fe8b12d1bd | If you've ever dreamed of a fairytale tree house, complete with twinkling lights and romantic bridges, it probably looks a lot like this. The Buckland retreat, nestled in pristine woodland in the heart of Atlanta, has now been listed on AirBnB, and it even comes with wifi! Set amid the branches of a 150-year-old Southe... | Peter and Katie Bahouth spent six months designing the perfect woodland retreat in Atlanta, USA .
The Buckland is adorned with fairy lights and has a hammock, rope-bridges, and a deck that seats up to 10 people .
You can book a minimum two-night stay in the tree house on Airbnb . |
08a3b774bc89c84bf7e9a476b7a16d6d68c61106 | A supermarket chain has been forced to apologise after a manager suggested an 89-year-old war veteran selling poppies buy a warmer coat because there was not space for him to set up a stall to sell them inside. Bill Daw, 89, was left standing outside the store in Taunton in Somerset on Saturday morning after he claims ... | Bill Daw, 89 was told to sell poppies outside because there was little space .
Burma war veteran was forced to stand outside Morrisons in the cold .
Pensioner was told 'you can't come in here, you'll need to stand out there'
Veronica Roach came across the 'freezing' pensioner selling poppies outside .
She claims Morris... |
08a40f6bf61b50be943254200ab75fc2c5c6abe6 | Pledging to take the train seemed to be causing quite a strain for Simon Burns yesterday. The Transport Minister looked nonplussed as he waited on the platform for the 5.58am, then almost bemused as he queued to board it. Things only got worse when he found his 2nd class carriage was full and he was forced to stand in ... | Outcry when it was revealed Simon Burns was being driven to work .
Reported that the chauffeur-driven car cost the taxpayer £80,000 a year .
After pressure from commuters he decided to 'adjust' his travel .
Tory MP pictured taking train from Chelmsford to London for third day . |
08a434ffcfdf20aef15d1f45298c0f4682dbdd55 | By . Michael Marot . Spain’s Marc Marquez kept his perfect record intact Sunday by winning his 10th straight MotoGP race and becoming the first back-to-back Indianapolis Grand Prix winner. Marquez beat Jorge Lorenzo of Spain by 1.803 seconds on Indy’s reconfigured 2.591-mile, 16-turn road course. Italy’s Valentino Ross... | Jorge Lorenzo of Spain was beaten by 1.803 on 2.591-mile course .
Italy's Valentino Rossi finished third on 16-turn road .
It is the fourth year straight that Indy's pole winner reached Victory Lane .
Marquez gave up four spots with bad start but rallied to make it back .
He then lost the lead again before allowing nob... |
08a4a5daf141c1308c6757c6eed8eed44eb8d135 | By . John Hall . Components originating from Britain are being used inside North Korean missiles, a UN report has claimed. Temperature gauges, pressure gauges and generic resistors manufactured by unidentified companies based in Britain were found among debris recovered from the sea after a North Korea missile test in ... | British gauges and resistors found among debris of Unha-3 rocket .
The parts entered the country through Taiwan as recently as 2011 .
Components from U.S., Switzerland and China were also discovered . |
08a5ff20e5541ba9e3f6a9b046c8762d4ebd4ed9 | By . James Rush . PUBLISHED: . 00:25 EST, 15 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:24 EST, 15 January 2013 . A piece of glass on display at Swansea University has been identified as a lost fragment of a 3,000-year-old Egyptian vase at Cairo Museum. The fragment is believed to have come from a 15in high vase from the tomb of... | Piece of glass has been identified as part of 3,000-year-old Egyptian vase .
Fragment has been on display at Swansea University's Egypt Centre .
The vase is though to have come from the tomb of queen Tiye . |
08a6a2ea60dabff2a9c52340d585ddfd84bcc3a6 | (CNN) -- By the time Edward Lee Elmore won his freedom at age 53, he had spent 30 years -- most of them on death row -- imprisoned in South Carolina for a crime he says he did not commit. Law enforcement planted evidence and prosecutors manipulated facts to cast Elmore as the only suspect in the 1982 murder of 75-year-... | Edward Lee Elmore was sentenced to death for a murder he says he didn't commit .
Lawyers: Law enforcement planted evidence and manipulated facts to convict him .
Federal appeals court blamed "extreme malfunctions" in the justice system .
To win his freedom, Elmore pleaded guilty to murder while maintaining innocence . |
08a6f9d0fd18214778ce673b2a496780446e1bd4 | (CNN) -- Not even football - or soccer, for those in the U.S. - could stop them. While the Confederations Cup, a warm-up tournament for next year's football World Cup, went on, hundreds of thousands of Brazilians took to the streets of Sao Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, Porto Alegre, Belo Horizonte and many other major cities ... | Simões: Brazil just seemed to have it all. With only one caveat: It did not .
Inflation is a major concern, violent crime is on the rise, cases of corruption fill the press .
Many realized that their lives were not as good as the government claimed, he says . |
08a8a9bb28006e2fd1d32de910300f6313c6fed0 | (CNN) -- Can't wait for the royal wedding? Here's your essential guide to Prince William and Kate Middleton's big day. The couple may be keeping many details under wraps for now, but if it's out there and it's official, we'll post it here to keep you in the know. The couple . Prince William, second in line to the Briti... | Royal Wedding explainer: The essentials for Kate Middleton and Prince William's nuptials .
Everything from ceremony times around the world to a who's who of the wedding party .
Need-to-know guide regularly updated with the latest news from the royal family . |
08a8b2c860462fe076a711012537e885bcc6c1ad | (PEOPLE.com) -- Selena Gomez and Justin Bieber squeezed in some very public displays of affection at a hockey game in Canada on Saturday night, but just one day earlier, they made a decidedly more private outing to a local animal shelter -- and quietly adopted a dog. Winnipeg animal rescue D'Arcy's A.R.C. got a surpris... | Gomez and Bieber quietly adopted a dog .
Gomez is currently on tour .
Gomez and Bieber stopped by for some canine therapy . |
08a983ea959b773f553605203cd712a4700d0107 | Los Angeles Clippers guard Chris Paul has been fined $25,000 for criticizing a female official after a loss at Cleveland. The NBA announced the fine on Saturday. Paul was given a technical by rookie referee Lauren Holtkamp on Thursday night in the third quarter of a 105-94 loss to the Cavaliers, a game that featured fi... | The LA Clippers guard criticized female referee Lauren Holtkamp after the team's loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers last week .
Holtkamp, one of two female referees in the NBA, hit Paul with a technical foul in the third quarter .
After the game, Paul told reporters that refereeing 'might not be for her' |
08ab3bbffdbfd9dfcd91c3775fe83971b20579c0 | (CNN) -- Iran executed a man in a rare public hanging in Tehran on Wednesday morning, local media reported. The man, identified only as "Yaqub," was convicted of stabbing a man to death in broad daylight in October, said the official Islamic Republic News Agency. The public hanging, which was attended by the victims' f... | The man is convicted of stabbing another in broad daylight, news agency says .
Executions are common in Iran; public ones are not .
Amnesty International: Iran trails China in the number of executions worldwide . |
08ab9587f8910d75b70b6b7cd8f2e25718138b94 | Tucson, Arizona (CNN) -- Shot in the head less than a week ago, U.S. Rep. Gabrielle Giffords continues to make positive progress, her husband and doctors told CNN in exclusive interviews on Thursday. The chief of neurosurgery at Tucson's University Medical Center said that Giffords' eye movements suggest the congresswo... | NEW: Surgeon says Giffords responded to request to squeeze his hand before surgery .
Doctor: Giffords' eye movements suggest "glimmers of recognition"
Giffords' husband: "I think she realized the president" visited her Wednesday .
Gabrielle Giffords opens her eyes with friends in the room on Wednesday . |
08ac2ff076a9d987139edd1bfeedb0c173ed44aa | Johannesburg, South Africa (CNN) -- An American aid worker died from a gunshot wound suffered in the southern African nation of Lesotho, the Peace Corps said in a statement. Peace Corps volunteer Thomas Maresco, 24, died in the country's capital, Maseru, on Friday. "The deceased was attending a farewell function at the... | Volunteer Thomas Maresco, 24, was teaching secondary education .
Robbery may have been a motive for the attack .
91 Peace Corps volunteers are in Lesotho . |
08ae1e0f12d64bd99ea222df405f76d2b6853a1a | The former teacher of a 19-year-old track star who killed herself because she could not deal with the pressures of college life is a step closer in his push for new laws to help potentially suicidal students. Edward Modica, 64, who taught Madison Holleran in the fifth grade, launched an online petition for change aft... | Edward Modica began petition after Madison Holleran committed suicide .
Penn track star jumped to her death off parking garage in January 2014 .
Mr Modica declared new laws were needed to deal with college suicides .
Urged institutions to help students deal with 'demands of university life'
Now, he is step closer in ef... |
08aea14a35c05cb93f0f4efd4053403a377a02e3 | Washington (CNN) -- While administrations come and go, and power in Congress teeters between political parties, one thing remains constant in the lives of Washington, D.C.'s, elite: the power lunch. Between noon and 2 p.m., brokers meet to clinch deals, with the emphasis more on power than on lunch. Just steps from Cap... | The power lunch is a constant of Washington's elite .
Executive chef of Charlie Palmer says every member of Congress has been in .
Most presidents since Nixon have dined at The Palm .
The Oval Room, Bombay Club and Old Ebbitt Grille are steps from the White House . |
08aeb3b4b1b00008007b58ee857f52bead9306c1 | (CNN) -- The sister of Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg says there are no hard feelings after a "leaked" family photo raised questions about online etiquette and privacy on the social network. Randi Zuckerberg, Facebook's former marketing chief and producer of the Bravo reality series "Silicon Valley," posted a photo Wedne... | Randi Zuckerberg, former Facebook exec and CEO's sister, in flap over shared photo .
She said a family photo on Facebook was for friends, but it was seen and shared on Twitter .
Some say issue speaks to confusion over Facebook's privacy controls .
Zuckerberg says it's about etiquette, not privacy and that all is well . |
08af4c69dd1daafdd47fb5d9c624105f27e64bbd | Miami (CNN) -- Former teen idol David Cassidy was ordered to serve a year of probation and had his license suspended for six months after pleading no contest Wednesday to a DUI charge in Florida. Among the other terms of the plea, the former star of the TV series "The Partridge Family" must attend DUI school, pay a $50... | Former star of "The Partridge Family" ordered to serve a year of probation .
Cassidy also had his license suspended for six months . |
08afa236214b479e9a0fac95dd31c2f853248f25 | A teenager has been viciously stabbed to death as he tried to flee a gang of youths. The victim, named locally as Danny O'Shea, was chased and had his throat slashed outside his mother's front door in Newham, east London last night. Paramedics fought for 30 minutes to save the 18-year-old's life, but he was pronounced ... | Danny O'Shea chased and knifed outside his mother's front door .
Teenager 'wouldn't hurt a fly' according to friends . |
08b007c013887133bc86d6ed908e341b26ac6734 | A convoy of British diplomats made it safely into Tunisia from Libya despite an attack on its vehicles Sunday, British officials said. "There was an attempted carjacking of a British Embassy convoy this morning," UK Ambassador Michael Aron said in a Twitter posting Sunday. "Shots were fired at our vehicles but all saf... | British diplomats are safe after attack on evacuation convoy .
Germany renews an "urgent call for citizens to leave Libya"
"The situation in Libya is reaching a critical stage," envoys say .
Dozens died in fighting in Benghazi on Saturday, reports say . |
08b0692ce44366a7956a0db76edcba73952e1457 | Suspected Boko Haram militants kidnapped at least 20 young women over the weekend in northeastern Nigeria, 8 kilometers from a town where more than 200 schoolgirls were taken nearly two months ago, local officials said Monday. The incident in the village of Garkin Fulani is the latest in a series of abductions for rans... | One official puts the number of women kidnapped at 40 .
The abduction takes place in broad daylight by suspected militants from Boko Haram .
The group is behind the April kidnapping of more than 200 schoolgirls .
Saturday's kidnapping happens 8 kilometers from where the schoolgirls were taken . |
08b1319d7a00848a21f3f90f8e2ee5e35d0b83cb | (CNN) -- Defending champions Chelsea marched five points clear at the top of the English Premier League on Saturday with a 2-0 victory that left Wolverhampton in the relegation zone. Carlo Ancelotti's team bounced back from last weekend's goalless draw at Aston Villa to put the onus on title rivals Manchester City, Ars... | Chelsea beat lowly Wolverhampton 2-0 to move five points clear of Manchester City .
City host Arsenal on Sunday, when title rivals Manchester United travel to Stoke .
Tottenham move up to third place with a 1-1 draw at home to mid-table Everton .
Promoted West Brom climb up to fourth, also on 15 points, after beating F... |
08b19707d1d0d4b34671a5ccd1e33da017f0ca59 | British embassies are spending hundreds of thousands of pounds to woo foreign visitors at lavish parties around the world. Spending on entertainment and hospitality by British diplomats seems to have increased - with almost £350,000 spent by just five embassies in the last two years. The spending appears to resemble th... | Five embassies spent almost £350,000 entertaining guests at posh soirees .
Spending increased from £137,000 in 2012, to more than £210,000 in 2013 .
Cash was spent by British diplomatic bases in Brazil, Mexico, Bangladesh, Turkey and Holland on parties resembling those in Ferrero Rocher adverts .
Foreign Office said mo... |
08b330a011dc129ada473c0bd6eb087c35f8a6f7 | It has been long admired that cats can always land on their feet but this one feline has the added benefit of an extra six toes to keep her steady. Natasha, the ginger tabby, was a stray on the streets of New York before she was adopted at the age of nine by Shirley Belwood and the pair emigrated to Wimborne in Dorset ... | Tabby Natasha was a stray on streets of New York when she was rescued .
Shirley Belwood took her and emigrated with her to Dorset ten years ago .
Natasha has a rare condition where she has oversized paws and more toes .
The 19-year-old has seven toes on front paws and five on her hind paws .
World record for cat with m... |
08b37e45001966a39dfd0c07b5fa5a756b9381a4 | By . Liz Hull With Mia De Graaf . Fighting: Counter-terrorist teams fear two 16-year-old Muslim girls have joined ISIS fighters in Syria after fleeing their bedrooms in Manchester last week . Twin sisters aged 16 may have travelled to Syria to become jihadi brides, it is claimed. The British citizens crept away from th... | 16-year-olds flew from Manchester International to Istanbul, Turkey .
Parents woke at 8am to find both missing, girls then contacted from Syria .
Family of 11 children 'moved from Somalia to Britain 10 years ago'
Girls are believed to have followed their brother who is an ISIS fighter .
Counter terrorism teams are work... |
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