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08b3feac5825f766af065809e9759687273079e4 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Poland will withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of October, according to a spokesman for the Polish military Thursday. Poland's Prime Minister Donald Tusk, right, paid a surprise visit to Polish soldiers in Diwaniya in December. October 31 will be the last day of the Polish presence in Ira... | NEW: Parked car bomb in Baghdad kills 5, wounds 8 .
NEW: One Iraqi killed in Basra during clash with British troops .
Poland will withdraw its troops from Iraq by the end of October, military says .
There are around 900 Polish troops in the war-torn country, most in Diwaniya . |
08b46544bf8c6aebdccbfbb007393ed74e2d32af | By . Daniel Miller . PUBLISHED: . 06:42 EST, 19 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:43 EST, 19 November 2012 . A man, who was arrested after allegedly attempting to steal a woman's purse while dressed as Spiderman, told police his costume was part of a cunning 'disguise'. Daniel James Bradley, 22, was spotted in the red ... | Daniel Bradley, 22, donned superhero outfit for botched street robbery in Merced, California .
After victim fled in terror he was spotted racing down the street in the red and blue costume . |
08b4b20373bee9de63ee1a322fffbae43c2dfbb3 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 01:57 EST, 31 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:33 EST, 31 December 2012 . An investigation has revealed that BBC staff are being given up to £90,000 to relocate to the broadcaster's new HQ in Salford. A Freedom of Information request found that 850 staff have been given a total of £11 mill... | 850 staff have been given £11m of licence fee payers' money to move north .
Many allowed to keep London homes and given rent and travel allowances .
BBC insists move to Salford is cost-effective . |
08b673228f06adfe4a386a2390bd78731385a98d | New Delhi, India (CNN) -- India accorded a red-carpet welcome Tuesday to the top leader of Myanmar's military junta, currently on a five-day visit aimed at strengthening diplomatic and economic ties between the neighboring countries. Gen. Than Shwe received a ceremonial reception in the sandstone presidential palace in... | Gen. Than Shwe is on a five-day trip to India .
The countries have strong diplomatic and economic ties .
Bilateral trade between India and Myanmar has soared to almost $1 billion .
The junta leader's visit comes after U.S. asks India and other neighbors to push for reform . |
08b735e01ed98942b4bdd4a3e0583722c39a50ee | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 20:25 EST, 25 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 20:26 EST, 25 January 2014 . A spokeswoman for a Texas hospital says it won't say on Saturday whether it plans to appeal a judge's order to take a pregnant brain-dead woman off of life support. J.R. Labbe says John Peter Smith Hospital won... | The hospital and the family agree .
that Marlise Munoz meets the criteria to be considered brain-dead - .
which means she is dead both medically and under Texas law - and that .
the fetus could not be born alive this early in pregnancy .
A judge gave the Fort Worth hospital .
until Monday at 5 p.m. to comply with his r... |
08b81dc9872abb3ac866600928683c50f7b173ca | By . Martin Beckford . PUBLISHED: . 19:06 EST, 22 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 19:07 EST, 22 December 2012 . Changed: Ms Moran's appearance had changed dramatically since the 2010 election when she appeared at a court hearing in September 2011 . The MP who fiddled the largest sum on her expenses will keep more than £... | She was paid 'resettlement grant' given to MPs when they leave Parliament .
Still has property portfolio worth more than £1million . |
08b95726823aa3d2d75f427e419a7765b4b3cba3 | By . Sam Adams . PUBLISHED: . 07:45 EST, 11 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:30 EST, 11 April 2013 . Cyprus has been warned it must sell its excess gold reserves to raise 400million euros needed to help finance its EU bailout. The stark assessment by the European Commission will come as another huge blow for the tiny cou... | Stark assessment by European .
Commission is another blow for country .
Trying to qualify for vital 10billion euro bailout lifeline to save its economy .
Already wound down one bank and slapped losses on uninsured deposits . |
08ba55f11eccb1807dc74c60ef8b0c659c4f7e25 | From pelicans outside a seafood shop to a crocodile roaming through a school hall - these are the unique moments of life from across Australia. The spectacular photos were shared on Instagram as part of a joint Tourism Australia and Art & About Sydney competition calling on people to share their favourite moments using... | Spectacular photos were shared as part of a joint Tourism Australia and Art & About Sydney competition .
People were encouraged to share their favourites moments using the hashtag #AustralianLife .
One winner and five finalists were announced after the judging panel trawled through 30,000 entries .
Winning photo captur... |
08bbd8db6940f0d9947b9db87efaf70ffefc140b | By . Martha De Lacey . PUBLISHED: . 11:17 EST, 11 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:17 EST, 11 July 2012 . High-maintenance trophy wives, physical attractiveness and TOWIE-type party girls are these days being shunned by British men in favour of women personality, wit, brains and sophistication, according to new research. ... | The Duchess of Cambridge is the British man's favourite 'type'
Men least attracted to TOWIE-type party girls, most attracted to brainy ones . |
08bc0b5471511bcdc0afe7a06cbc452d80180160 | Beyoncé's sister has spoken out for the first time since her famous elevator bust with her brother-in-law, Jay-Z . Solange Knowles described the shocking showdown as 'that thing' and insisted that any ill feeling she had to the rap star was forgotten. 'What's important is that my family and I are all good,' Solange sai... | Beyonce's sister called the showdown 'that thing' and insisted there were no ill feelings between her and her brother-in-law .
Surveillance footage emerged in May of Solange attacking Jay-Z in the elevator at the Met Gala - as Beyonce did nothing . |
08bd1bb762916e48f3de8cc4bb243b5ef6c0324a | By . Chris Kitching for MailOnline . Air India’s woes with rodent stowaways appear to be continuing after a rat was reportedly spotted on board a plane in the country’s capital. The plane was taken out of service and fumigated after it landed at New Delhi’s Indira Gandhi International Airport from the city of Ranchi ye... | Rodent was reportedly spotted on a plane that flew in from Ranchi .
It is at least the fourth reported sighting on an Air India aircraft this year .
Rats pose a serious risk because they can chew through wires . |
08be98702e600702b7d73003a2843dd883d9d627 | Leisure time: Shaun Clemens-Cooney, who was behind a £300,000 cannabis factory in Blackburn . A builder converted a newly-built house into a £300,000 cannabis factory - after council planners told him he could only use it as a 'leisure facility.' Shaun Clemens-Cooney, 43, wanted to build the three-bedroomed detached ho... | Clemens-Cooney, 43, had been pressing council for planning permission 'for years'
Told planning officers that house would be used for model railway .
Jailed for three years after police received tip-off which led to raid . |
08bef36b723bb5dffb9c65090fd64db0afe639ad | Three Tottenham Hotspur players were dropped by Belgium manager Marc Wilmots as they beat Russia 1-0 at the World Cup to secure qualification for the last-16. Nacer Chadli, Jan Vertonghen and Mousa Dembele were all replaced in the starting line-up as Russia frustrated the Belgians. Chelsea's Eden Hazard and Romelu Luka... | Belgium beat Russia 1-0 in their second World Cup match .
There were eight Premier League players on show for Belgium .
Three Tottenham players were dropped from the first match .
Nacer Chadli, Jan Vertonghen and Mousa Dembele did not start .
Arsenal's Thomas Vermaelen limped off, replaced by Vertonghen . |
08bfba8820baacfbab3ff83ea20bf0c23cbde42c | The UK economy is being given a much-needed boost - and it's thanks to Middle Eastern visitors who are splashing out on hotel rooms. Middle Eastern visitors are forking out an average 61 per cent more per night for hotel rooms in the UK than the average national rate of £105. Travellers from the region paid an average ... | Visitors from the Middle East spend 61% more than national average .
Mexico comes second in list of international spenders to the UK .
Russians are the most generous Europeans, says study . |
08bfc479193016c16b601ab1a7a6cfbc7e75e968 | This extraordinary looking skeleton looks more suited to a Ridley Scott movie than a Lancashire kitchen. The mysterious remains, which bear more than a passing resemblance to the terrifying creature in the Alien horror film, were discovered under a kitchen cabinet in the Rea family home in Altcar, Lancashire. Former re... | Former record label boss Kevin Rea had taken his kitchen cupboards apart .
Behind one footboard, he found a 'weird nest' with strange six-inch skeleton .
Mr Rea, of Altcar, Lancashire, said: 'I have no idea what it is - it's disgusting'
Said it reminded him of terrifying Alien from 1979 Ridley Scott horror classic .
In... |
08c03684644c4fa989e4c42843d7d228a5ee2d7e | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:46 EST, 7 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 23:20 EST, 7 June 2013 . A 67-year-old woman in Clairemont, California, found herself going for an unexpected swim when she drove her SUV into a backyard pool. At around 2:40 p.m. Janet Walter drove her black 2010 Subaru sports utility vehi... | Janet Walter drove her Subaru through the back of her garage and two fences before nose-diving the vehicle into her neighbor's pool .
Walter's only injury was a cut on her finger . |
08c0bd9039efa18c1d3c98ca92e2ae64214a916c | By . Claire Ellicott . PUBLISHED: . 20:05 EST, 9 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 05:29 EST, 10 January 2014 . Disfigured: Naomi Oni of Dagenham, East London, . was permanently scarred after she was attacked on her way home from work . at Victoria's Secret . A student who allegedly threw acid in her friend’s face said she... | Court hears that Mary Konye told friend she planned to disfigure Naomi Oni .
Omolola Vincent said: 'She told me she had acid. She bought it online'
Konye admits wearing a niqab to follow Miss Oni, but denies attacking her . |
08c3231c984bab8462364ac56a7f32b15c2ec51f | (CNN) -- "Liz and Dick" had nothing on this Lifetime movie. Like that previous Lifetime attempt, viewers on Twitter loved to hate "Aaliyah: The Princess of R&B." Fans of the late singer were none too pleased with it, and it's little wonder that her family reportedly provided no support to it (none of her original songs... | NEW: Producers defended the film .
Lifetime's TV-movie about late singer Aaliyah received widespread disdain on Twitter .
Fans critiqued the casting, which they felt was all wrong .
Aaliyah's family gave no support to the movie . |
08c481188aee4b272fa4345ce9187d362c2aa00c | (CNN) -- Tens of thousands of people have fled their homes as scientists warn the towering Mayon volcano is about to explode in the Philippines, the country's national news agency reported Monday. More than 9,000 families -- a total of 44,394 people -- are being housed in evacuation camps after authorities Sunday raise... | Thousands of people evacuated from base of Mayon volcano in Philippines .
Scientists warn that the volcano is about to explode .
The volcano has already erupted 49 times since 1616 .
Audible booming and rumbling sounds first heard Sunday . |
08c4dcd42f1d19306ef6ad857b88a406f89ce768 | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 13:35 EST, 5 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:34 EST, 5 November 2013 . A man has been found guilty of murdering his girlfriend's three-year daughter because he was jealous that she was getting more attention than him. Lylah Aaron suffered a fatal brain injury and three broken ribs afte... | Lylah Aaron suffered brain injury in 'sustained attack' by Delroy Catwell .
Catwell, 31, had blamed injuries on child's mother Precious Chibanda .
But a jury at Sheffield Crown Court found him guilty of murder today .
He faces life sentence in jail with a minimum term to be decided tomorrow . |
08c4f22ac4da7e2a1369140c52e6f88a4a733977 | By . Ian Ladyman . Follow @@Ian_Ladyman_DM . Are Manchester United right to sack David Moyes . David Moyes will be sacked by Manchester United after the owners, the Glazer family, finally lost patience with the club’s dismal season. United are confident of landing Holland coach Louis van Gaal as his replacement once th... | Moyes will be sacked and could even leave at the end of this week .
Glazer family lose patience after dismal season at home and abroad .
Final straw came in Sunday's miserable 2-0 defeat at old club Everton .
United are seventh in Premier League, 13 points off fourth place .
Giggs will be asked to take over if Moyes is... |
08c510881aa5bf516e1b00f7f0c68163ed904fc4 | By . Stephen Wright . A 'lorry load' of evidence relating to an investigation into alleged police corruption over the Stephen Lawrence murder inquiry was systematically shredded over two days, it was reported today . THE mass shredding of files from a major Scotland Yard corruption inquiry was yesterday branded ‘an out... | Large quantities of evidence relating to possible corruption in the Met Police were destroyed over 48 hour period in 2003, it emerged today .
Barrister Mark Ellison, who reviewed police investigation into murder of black teenager, said hard copies of documents were missing .
A source told the BBC that a 'lorry load' of... |
08c5c18d2006f566ac8519842dbe2c2c5b31a208 | (CNN) -- Inter Milan are once again five points behind rivals AC Milan at the top of the Italian Serie A table after crushing Genoa 5-2 at the San Siro on Sunday. But the defending champions had to come from behind to claim the three points, Genoa leading 1-0 at the break after Rodrigo Palacio fired home following good... | Inter Milan are once again five points behind AC Milan at the top of the Serie A table .
The defending champions come from behind to crush Genoa 5-2 at the San Siro .
Third-placed Napoli lose more ground on the top two after being held 0-0 by Brescia .
Mainz win 4-2 at Hamburg to move above Bayern Munich into fourth in... |
08c64c3678ebc1874ab276da70e019039c27943e | Cincinnati, Ohio (CNN) -- The build-up has been years in the making. From the cartoons that many of us watched as children, we envisioned a world where machines and robots would penetrate every aspect of our lives, where each household would have a Rosie the Robot to cook, clean, and put the kids to bed. Well, for most... | M2M technology allows machines to exchange information with one another .
100 million devices are already connected .
Industry analysts predict there will be two billion M2M-connected devices by 2021 .
Long development periods and adoption of 4G connectivity has held technology back, says John Horn . |
08c69c37faa355ed6266c5b00994728aad962123 | By . Ray Massey . PUBLISHED: . 12:44 EST, 19 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:00 EST, 20 February 2013 . The electric car industry was handed a £37million boost by the taxpayer yesterday – even though only 2,300 were sold last year. Transport Secretary Patrick McLoughlin announced a subsidy for homes and businesses wh... | The Transport Secretary is to provide subsidies encouraging people to install an electric car charge point .
Only 2,237 vehicles were registered for the plug-in car grant in 2012 .
The biggest barrier for potential owners is the lack of charge points . |
08c7750da73ca1b0b0a142fef969e96bc9cb6ea5 | (CNN) -- Two Florida school administrators were due to appear in federal court Thursday to face contempt charges for saying a prayer at a school luncheon. Rep. Mike McIntyre is one of three members of the Congressional Prayer Caucus backing the school officials. Frank Lay, principal of Pace High School in Pace, Florid... | Two Florida school administrators accused of violating consent order on prayer .
If convicted, two could be sentenced to up to six months in prison and fined .
ACLU sued district on behalf of students who alleged prayer held at school events .
Parties agreed to consent decree in January; ACLU not part of criminal proce... |
08c807c75768338ebb963adfe8689abea65135bf | By . Daily Mail Reporter . An inmate in a New York jail costs just as much as four years' tuition at an Ivy League college according to a new report. The city's annual cost per inmate was $167,731 last year or $460 per day. The Department of Corrections (DOC) blames much of the expense on the running costs of the city'... | Inmates at New York City's jails cost $167,731 every year ($460 per day)
The Department of Corrections blame the high costs on the notorious Rikers Island, an expensive operation .
Some $30.3million is spent on transportation alone .
Per inmate Los Angeles spends $128.94 per day, Chicago $145 per day . |
08c8282cc03b92c8a3a80a18adaf0ccbf2bd5ffe | Camilla Kerslake says she and Chris Robshaw (pictured together) are on the 'same page' and plan to get married in the near future . As England's redoubtable rugby captain, it's likely Chris Robshaw will be feeling the pressure when he steps out for this afternoon's Six Nations match in Dublin. But even though the cruci... | Camilla Kerslake says she and Chris Robshaw are on the 'same page'
The couple are 'pre-engaged', meaning he hasn't yet popped the question .
But Kerslake said the couple are planning to marry in the near future .
Robshaw asked for the opera singer's number at a rugby event in 2011 . |
08c8d403ac9307e44f761ac9e4e161abbba1d4ff | A teenage girl who died after injecting herself with insulin may have taken it to try to lose weight. Charlie Dunne, 19, used an insulin pen belonging to her diabetic boyfriend while he was out at a hospital appointment. An inquest heard the trainee hairdresser may have taken the hormone previously after hearing that i... | Charlie Dunne, 19, died after using Terence Rhoden's medication .
Coroner said teenager was prone to mood swings and 'crying for attention'
There were claims Mr Rhoden had previously injected Miss Dunne after hearing insulin could help with weight loss .
However, the coroner said there was no evidence he was involved i... |
08ca27a53609720acf5e95c1327eb18d755c1279 | (CNN) -- Throughout high school, Tevante Clark felt ashamed about being overweight. It wasn't just his hefty size that depressed him, but the distance he felt growing between him and some of his closest friends. Over four years, he watched as his friends steadily left him out of conversations, gave him the cold shoulde... | At 405 pounds, Tevante Clark says he was extremely lonely .
Tired of being overweight, he considered gastric bypass surgery .
He lost the weight naturally and says he's found happiness . |
08ca67133a0e14d675a7072d63f2883727c10091 | (CNN) -- Pope Francis announced Sunday his first trip as pontiff to the Holy Land in May. Speaking during his weekly Sunday blessing in Vatican City, he said he will visit Jerusalem, Bethlehem in the West Bank and the Jordanian capital, Amman. The visit will take place May 24-26. "In the climate of joy, typical of this... | Pope Francis to travel to Middle East May 24-26 .
Pope to visit Jerusalem, Bethlehem and Amman .
Sunday's announcement marks 50 years since significant meeting in Jerusalem . |
08cbaae717965473f3433a5c180b9dc7b5f7895e | Monaco have unveiled their new coach - and Leonardo Jardim must be thrilled at the opportunity to work with Colombian sensation James Rodriguez. Jardim has signed a two-year deal at the principality club and takes over from Claudio Ranieri who was sacked at the end of last season, despite guiding Monaco to second in th... | Jardim has signed a two-year deal to take over from Claudio Ranieri .
He previously managed Sporting Lisbon, Olympiacos and Braga .
Rodriguez cost Monaco £40million in 2013 from Porto .
Colombian striker has scored five goals at the 2014 World Cup . |
08cbc32e5f2e9616a01ec643109407b00182f435 | (CNN Student News) -- October 10, 2013 . CNN Student News goes global to start Thursday's show, covering stories from Egypt, Syria and Brazil. Then, we discuss President Obama's Federal Reserve chair nominee, who would be the first woman to lead the country's central bank if she's confirmed. Plus, we examine the possib... | This page includes the show Transcript, the Daily Curriculum, and Maps .
Use the Transcript to help students with reading comprehension and vocabulary .
The Daily Curriculum offers the Media Literacy Question of the Day, Key Concepts, Fast Facts and Discussion Questions .
At the bottom of the page, please share your fe... |
08cbf52683ea12738c2f138e4466f85a7066164f | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 13:43 EST, 7 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 15:29 EST, 7 February 2014 . A Rwandan woman hacked her husband to death with a machete for fear that he would infect her with HIV, local media reports. Annonciata Kampororo, said to be middle aged, hatched a plot with her son and sister to kill ... | Annonciata Kampororo hatched the murder plot with her son and her sister .
She feared her 48-year-old husband had caught HIV from late brother's wife .
It is a rural Rwandan tradition for men to 'inherit' widows of dead family .
Just over 3 per cent of the country's population live with HIV . |
08cc5ea7c2d5cb18d40dd5620bfde85c184eaaa3 | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 17:15 EST, 18 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:50 EST, 18 April 2013 . A Georgia police sergeant has been accused of pulling a gun on a teen customer ahead of him in a McDonald's drive-thru line after becoming enraged over the wait for food. Detective Sgt Scott... | Detective Sgt Scott Biumi charged with aggravated assault .
Victim Ryan Mash said he had no idea that the man who pulled the gun on him was a police officer . |
08cc85a2057c4f725034d8010c0c83961e01e98f | Los Angeles (CNN) -- The pace of the 2012 race for the White House kicks into high gear Wednesday night, with the first of three Republican presidential debates scheduled over the next 15 days. And while it's the fourth GOP debate so far this cycle, it's the first to include Texas Gov. Rick Perry, who jumped into the r... | Three GOP debates are slated for September .
Texas Gov. Perry is the front runner in several recent polls .
More debates are expected later in the year . |
08cd51d47d5d4a9db211089c4d1fd370e30d81bd | By . Craig Mackenzie . A man confessed to stabbing his girlfriend to death because she did not tell him she was HIV positive before they had sex. 'She killed me, so I killed her', Larry Dunn Jr, 36, told officers in Dallas, Texas, after the body of Cicely Bolden, 28, was found by her two young children returning home f... | Her children find body as they return home from school .
Larry Dunn was 'upset' when his girlfriend told him about the disease . |
08cd7be1120bc8a3fa2725393e3da4e0869f3b08 | Terrified Christians claim Syrian rebels ordered them to convert to Islam on pain of death when they ‘liberated’ their ancient village. Opposition forces, including fighters linked to Al Qaeda, gained temporary control of the Christian village of Maaloula after fighting with regime forces. The reports have reignited fe... | Syrian rebels including al-Qaeda-linked fighters have gained control of a Christian village north-east of the capital Damascus .
Government media has provided a different account suggesting regime forces are winning .
The battle is taking place in Maaloula, a scenic mountain village where people still speak the ancient... |
08cd9c40b43a5f1ea531b90da08326bd546a79e7 | (CNN) -- The body of the managing director of one of the richest investment funds in the world was found Tuesday, four days after he disappeared after a plane crash in Morocco, the official Moroccan news agency reported. Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan had been missing since his glider plane crashed into a lake in th... | Sheikh Ahmed bin Zayed Al Nahyan missing since plane crashed into lake in Morocco .
Sheikh was managing director of the Dhabi Investment Authority .
He also was a brother of the ruler of Abu Dhabi and Forbes' 27th richest person in world . |
08d02b7351f19ec9606f9704c744d270d1666cc7 | (CNN) -- The family of deceased Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi will file a war crimes complaint against NATO with the International Criminal Court, a lawyer representing the family said Thursday. Members of the family believe NATO's actions led to Gadhafi's death last week, said Marcel Ceccaldi. "All of the events th... | NEW: NATO responds that it never targeted specific individuals in the operation .
The Gadhafi family blames NATO for Gadhafi's death, the lawyer says .
The family will file the complaint with the ICC, the lawyer says .
The ICC had a warrant for Gadhafi's arrest . |
08d114133e5745ae844691156c2aee57c435c1ea | By . Ashley Collman . The New Jersey teen who sneaked past a sleeping security guard to reach the roof of the World Trade Center building made his first court appearance Wednesday. Justin Casquejo, 16, was initially charged with trespassing, but now faces actual jail time since the judge slapped him with another charge... | Justin Casquejo, 16, made his first court appearance Wednesday as he faces charges of trespassing .
The Weehawken, New Jersey high school student sneaked to the top of 1 WTC on March 16 .
A judge slapped him with an additional charge of base jumping, a class A misdemeanor which could land him in jail for up to a year .... |
08d11a04a3c7217eac43716fa595d52a447f8b68 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:51 EST, 5 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:33 EST, 6 May 2013 . Travellers were left fearing for their lives after an airplane engine burst into flames thousands of feet above ground . Minutes after the flight took off from a Helsinki airport with 168 people on board, the engine e... | Lufthansa Airbus caught fire in mid-air shortly after takeoff .
Plane left Helsinki airport only to have its left engine explode minutes later . |
08d1680f9b8c1a5da71d7628c3ac1c1f0d52395c | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 09:30 EST, 16 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:50 EST, 16 March 2014 . The Niagara River corridor from Lake Erie to Lake Ontario is renowned as a spectacular winter haven for hundreds of thousands of water birds. But this year's bitterly cold season has made it notable for something e... | 'We've seen a decline in tens of thousands in our weekly waterfowl counts,' said Connie Adams, a biologist .
'It's a hard winter for ducks, like .
everything else,' said Russ Mason, wildlife director with the Michigan .
Department of Natural Resources .
The Great Lakes are usually considered a winter haven for waterfow... |
08d20e5b4e244a2a17f6fabcdb006a2abab18f94 | Moscow, Russia (CNN) -- As Russia reels from the worst drought in nearly 40 years, Prime Minister Vladimir Putin has announced a temporary ban on grain exports. "I think it is expedient to temporarily ban exports of grain and grain products from Russia," Putin said in a government meeting Thursday. Putin spokesman Dmit... | The Russian government has banned grain exports until December 1 .
The drought is the country's worst in nearly 40 years .
Russia is the world's 3rd largest exporter of wheat . |
08d31fc0f2025e9cc80b58bf7722d86fdb76ebf0 | A teenage gymnast who suffered a career-ending spine injury at the age of ten has revealed how she managed to make an unlikely return as one of the sport's top-ranked athletes. Annie Hilton, 14, from Southern California, who is starring in Gatorade's new Win From Within campaign, was working towards earning a place on ... | Annie Hilton was competing as one of America's top young gymnasts when she broke her neck during a tricky routine at the age of ten .
While she was recovering from the injury, doctors discovered she was suffering from dyslastic spondylolisthesis a congenital spine disorder .
The 14-year-old was bedridden for months and... |
08d5c9477a0510abded9e0889772f7bceac4e7cb | By . Daily Mail Reporter . European and African vultures could become extinct within a generation without action to save them, conservationists have warned. The fears over the fate of vultures in Europe and Africa come after populations of the birds, which play an important role as scavengers cleaning up dead wildlife,... | Fears for European and African vulture after drug used to treat livestock devastates bird's Asian population .
Drug is available in Spain and Italy - two strongholds of vultures in Europe .
African vultures are also under threat as they are killed for medicine, poisoned, and are also losing their natural habitat .
Bird... |
08d62c20f70c57f35b95504d3687621d55084752 | Liverpool became only the third team to score more than 4,000 top flight goals at home on Tuesday night. Brendan Rodgers' side took an early lead against Tottenham in the Premier League clash at Anfield when Hugo Lloris failed to keep out Lazar Markovic's scuffed effort after 15 minutes. Liverpool's Merseyside rivals E... | Lazar Markovic's goal against Tottenham was Liverpool's 4,000th top flight goal at home .
Everton and Aston Villa are the only other teams to achieve the feat .
Harry Kane equalised for the visitors as the first half ended level . |
08d77db645f02b96c2a1e063c54ee28b5903330a | By . Jenny Hope and Mark Howarth . PUBLISHED: . 18:50 EST, 26 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:07 EST, 27 August 2013 . Soap operas are to blame for encouraging teenagers to drink, warns a report. Some of the nation’s best-loved programmes including Coronation Street and EastEnders are littered with so many references t... | Research finds drink is a recurring theme every nine minutes on terrestrial channels during the evenings .
Greatest amount of alcohol imagery is between 8 and 9pm .
Alcohol Concern call for appointment of alcohol advertising regulator .
ITV and BBC both say they use fictitious brands in their shows . |
08d80d5ed4b9a271987774b0bc6862e67818712c | By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 13:40 EST, 21 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:44 EST, 21 January 2013 . A former fashion model has become one of the country's first millionaire bailiffs. Julie Green-Jones has raked in £2.7million in the past three years as the head of one of Britain's largest bailiff companies - R... | Julie Green-Jones has raked in £2.7million in the past three years as the head of one of Britain's eight largest bailiff companies .
The companies have seen their combined annual turnover rise to .
£106.7million, breaking the £100million barrier for the first time . |
08d845c78055627eb898cb74bc38274794351b17 | Former England footballer Paul Gascoigne looked down in the dumps as he put his bins out in what is his first public appearance since he was sectioned following an alcohol meltdown. The 47-year-old looked downcast when he was spotted wearing a blue dressing gown, tartan pyjama bottoms and slip-on shoes outside his prop... | Paul Gascoigne spotted for the first time since being sectioned last month .
47-year-old looked downcast as he put the bins out outside home in Poole .
Spotted in blue dressing gown and pyjama bottoms on Thursday afternoon .
Former footballer put on emergency three-day detox in October after binge .
New girlfriend Mand... |
08d8fe080525b943a61ec4dc15f94be838975b9e | By . Lillian Radulova . A 17-year-old boy from the suburb of Beaumaris, Victoria, has died after leaning out of the back door of a moving train. The teenager was with two friends when he opened the door to lean out before striking a fixed object at about 9.20 pm on Friday. The incident occurred only 200 metres from Mal... | The 17-year-old from Beaumaris in Victoria, died on Friday night .
The incident occurred after he opened the back door of the moving train .
He then struck a stationary object, 200 metres from Malvern train station .
Two friends who were with him at the time were uninjured . |
08da1b009b49da772dcf31d821af48ac92002fff | Michael Laudrup has emerged as favourite to replace Harry Redknapp as manager at QPR. Tim Sherwood had been considered the man to take over but those talks have stalled while QPR chairman Tony Fernandes tweeted on Tuesday to say he has found the 'dream' replacement for Redknapp, who resigned last week. 'Think I have go... | Harry Redknapp resigned as QPR manager earlier this month .
Tim Sherwood has been strongly linked with the club's vacant hotseat .
Chris Ramsey is currently the Loftus Road club's caretaker manager .
QPR lost 1-0 at home to Southampton in the Premier League on Saturday .
West London outfit travel to relegation rivals S... |
08db3435f0812a0d80bade6357f4b35cd7710325 | By . Chris Wheeler . Follow @@ChrisWheelerDM . Paul Scholes has claimed that former Manchester United team-mate Wayne Rooney may be past his best and says England must show the strength to drop him if he performs poorly at another World Cup. The Old Trafford legend believes that Rooney, 28, must live up to expectations... | Scholes believes Rooney must perform in Brazil if he wants to be considered as one of the world's top players .
The Old Trafford legend admits he is unlikely to be involved in Louis van Gaal's backroom team .
Scholes reckons United need five or six new players to get near the top of the Premier League again . |
08db568f53396a1b7888c1d8a0d1049c880257ab | By . Ian Garland and Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 14:30 EST, 2 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 05:03 EST, 3 July 2012 . A . used-car salesman has been jailed for life for murdering his estranged wife, . their young son and his father-in-law by setting fire to their family . home after his marriage collapsed. Danai . Muhamm... | Danai Muhammadi and an accomplice used garden spray to start blaze that killed wife, 20, baby son and father-in-law .
Court heard how Iraqi-born killer was fuelled by 'spite, anger and resentment' |
08dc00a954527b08c26cf5faed981c575328b35f | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 09:47 EST, 6 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:04 EST, 6 February 2013 . In court: Brian Copsey lived in one of London's most exclusive mansion flats and was finance chairman of its management board . A resident of one of London’s most exclusive mansion flats has appeared in court accused... | Brian Copsey is charged with plundering cash from a collective .
59-year-old is alleged to have transferred £1m from Marble Arch residents .
He has been bailed to return to court until his next appearance on April 3 . |
08dc868ecb8a4fe1a5747dd85992b241a82fe035 | By . Sarah Griffiths . Stanford researchers have developed adapters (pictured) that enable a smartphone to capture images of the front and back of the eye . Plenty of people put off eye tests because of the expense or the time it takes to see a specialist. But these problems could become a thing of the past as research... | Researchers from Stanford University, California, believe their adapters make it easy for anyone with basic training to take a picture of the eye .
They claim their technology can increase access to eye-care services as well as to improve doctors’ ability to advise on patient care remotely .
First prototypes were made ... |
08dc871f368108384d1d70f565ce83c04b98122b | Schalke 04 attacking midfielder Julian Draxler will be out for the rest of the year after picking up a thigh injury in their 1-0 win over Augsburg on Friday, the club said on Saturday. Germany's talented World Cup winner lasted only 11 seconds from the start of the Bundesliga game, pulling a thigh muscle, with sports d... | Julian Draxler injured his thigh during Schalke's 1-0 win over Augsburg .
The World Cup winner is not expected to return before the new year .
The 21-year-old will miss the three remaining Champions League group games as well as Germany's Euro 2016 qualifier against Gibraltar . |
08dcb6d9b85093d1c54a9fe5437a5356d3981665 | By . Anna Hodgekiss . PUBLISHED: . 10:43 EST, 23 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:21 EST, 23 May 2013 . It is the holy grail that drug manufacturers have clamoured to reach: female Viagra - the cure for a woman's lack of sex drive. Now, experts say one version could be available as soon as 2016 - and it promises to stimula... | Lybridos' manufacturer says the drug will help women with a low sex drive .
Contains testosterone to boost libido and also a 'close cousin' of Viagra medication to boost blood flow to the genitals, enhancing sensation .
30% of women report suffering from a lack of interest in sex but critics say it is often boredom, ra... |
08de6f30e7c884d22384b7f00146f306cf619513 | How would you survive the apocalypse? Stick to conventional weapons? Conserve supplies? Or use light and noise to distract zombies so you can sneak by undetected? In Dead Rising 3, how you stay alive is entirely up to you. But this would not be a true Dead Rising game without the franchise’s delightful zeal for the abs... | Massive amount of customisable weapons and vehicles .
Stunning looks show off the Xbox One's power .
How you survive is left up to you .
SmartGlass and Kinect compatibility . |
08dfdca94a03babc8de15a9d4529cea575569336 | (CNN) -- Roger Federer crashed out of the U.S. Open after a surprise defeat at the hands of Czech sixth seed Tomas Berdych, ending the world No. 1's hopes of winning a record sixth title in the professional era. Berdych won 7-6 (7-1) 6-4 3-6 6-3 in under three hours in Wednesday's evening session to reach the semifinal... | Top seed Roger Federer loses against Tomas Berdych in U.S. Open quarterfinals .
Andy Murray comes from behind to beat Marin Cilic and reach semifinals .
Andy Roddick retires after losing in four sets to Juan Martin Del Potro in fourth round .
Defending champion Novak Djokovic will play Argentine star in quarterfinals . |
08dfe2a9d19b686254e56d1f315236e96693a55e | (CNN) -- Two stories of America -- one about its sometimes perverse capacity for reinvention, the other about the most tragic period in the country's history -- were among the leaders Thursday for the nominations for the 86th Academy Awards. "American Hustle," a story about con artists based loosely on the late 1970s A... | "Gravity," "American Hustle" top all films with 10 Oscar nods .
Divisive "Wolf of Wall Street" has things go its way .
Oprah Winfrey, Robert Redford, Tom Hanks snubbed .
Oscars will take place March 2 . |
08e1341da39d01e740994666f253b423550b6f41 | There was a moment when David Beckham had just joined LA Galaxy that he decided to take a wander into town. An amble around your new surroundings, especially those as glitzy as Los Angeles, would be commonplace for most people. For Beckham, it can potentially cause hysteria. At LA Galaxy they were still unsure, at the ... | Frank Lampard and Steven Gerrard head to the MLS in the summer .
Lampard moves to New York City after his loan spell at Manchester City .
Gerrard announced he will join LA Galaxy at the end of the season .
David Beckam paved the way for the Premier League stars .
Beckham spent five seasons in the MLS with LA Galaxy .
T... |
08e1e07152fba05aa789a5f36664d6531ffb284b | NEW YORK (CNN) -- I like it when I'm right, especially about naked men. Especially about naked cowboys. A federal judge's opinion includes side-by-side photos of the key players in The Naked Cowboy case. When I wrote in April that the lawsuit filed by Robert Burck "may be the end of the era of the "naked" cowboy and pr... | Federal judge rejects M&Ms maker's parody defense .
He notes that The Naked Cowboy, aka Robert Burck, registered his trademark .
Burck is suing Mars Inc., the maker of M&Ms, for copyright infringement .
Case involves guitar-slinging blue M&M in cowboy hat, white underpants . |
08e1ffa639075f4a21791a04dc0edbf680304376 | In the chaos of a burning building, a firefighter's senses are crucial. When smoke clouds the air, picking up on the roar of flames, the creak of collapsing floors, radio calls and cries for help can be the difference between life and death. But one young recruit must do without such signs of danger - as he is deaf and... | Rookie Joseph Ronan, 21, has been unable to hear or speak since birth .
Interpreters helped him through training - now he is teaching his colleagues sign language . |
08e26f10bc604e99bbfad02a56e87cfd1e0e921e | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 10:01 EST, 12 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:24 EST, 12 March 2014 . The smart cat-flap (pictured) keeps animals inside when it detects rain, but keeps them out at pre-programmed times . Cat-flaps can save owners from having to get up at the crack of dawn to let their cat or dog out.... | The PetWALK automatic cat door also claims to be windproof and thermally insulated to keep drafts out .
It works by detecting an animal wearing a small microchip and unlocks when a pet approaches it .
The cat-flap costs £1,282.50 and a larger version for dogs costs £1,417.50 . |
08e2ed70f23937a678d3dcd1d13abc1c1c8b4a88 | (CNN) -- Oscar-winning actor Nicolas Cage went on a drunken tear in New Orleans' French Quarter Friday night that ended with his arrest on several charges, including domestic abuse battery, according to a police spokesman. It began at 11:30 p.m. when Cage, who is in the city to work on a movie, began arguing with his w... | NEW: "Dog the Bounty Hunter" bails Cage out of a New Orleans jail .
The actor charged with domestic abuse, disturbing the peace .
Cage beat on cars after arguing with his wife, police say .
Cage is in New Orleans filming a movie . |
08e34c89a6816e9eaa823081341197b870db4c62 | QPR midfielder Joey Barton believes this current Rangers side is 'poles apart' from the one that finished bottom of the Barclays Premier League two years ago. Barton spent the campaign on loan at Marseille as Rangers finished 15 points adrift of safety in 2013 and paid the price for a lack of cohesion on and off the fi... | Joey Barton spent QPR's 2013 campaign on loan at Marseille .
QPR were relegated that season after finishing 15 points adrift of safety .
Harry Redknapp's side defeated Burnley 2-0 on Saturday .
It was QPR's third win in four game at home .
QPR are out of the bottom three for the first time since September . |
08e388e7af0c88d8b1eced94f2600f309918ca00 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:55 EST, 1 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:07 EST, 1 November 2013 . A sportscaster for an Idaho television station went all out on Halloween and appeared on camera dressed as the main character from the movie, Anchorman: The Legend of Rob Burgundy. Sports director Paul Gerke... | Sports director Paul Gerke of KIVI in Boise, Idaho, went on air in the character of Ron Burgundy from the movie, Anchorman .
His four-minute performance was an attempt to copy actor Will Ferrell who plays a newscaster in the movie .
The 2004 comedy, directed by Judd Apatow, has a cult following .
A sequel, Anchorman: T... |
08e60026e61bdf90cda62a00639e2c7486707c38 | England manager Roy Hodgson named his squad for the start of the Euro 2016 qualifiers but has yet to explain to his employers why the World Cup campaign went so horribly wrong. But pressure from members of the FA board -concerned that such a dire performance would not receive the forensic post mortem it merited -has a... | England set to play glamour friendlies with Germany, Italy, France and Spain .
Michel Platini hosts Europe's powerbrokers in Monaco .
The FA are confident of Euro 2020 semi-final and final will be awarded to Wembley . |
08e69bba4044cceed0fd9c33acb9a722f469e868 | Acting is in the blood: Georgina Baillie, above, as she is today . When Georgina Baillie makes her debut in Harold Pinter's The Homecoming this month, it will be the final chapter in the dramatic transformation from the debauched public image she presented when she embroiled her family in the 'Sachsgate' scandal. It sh... | Georgina Baillie is the granddaughter of 84-year-old actor Andrew Sachs .
Six years ago she embroiled her family in the 'Sachsgate' scandal .
The 29-year-old has now curbed her wild ways and transformed her image .
Next month she will follow her grandfather's footsteps into acting .
But her grandparents still cannot br... |
08e726b3de7ac0bc3ee04dd8501d696de0d0045e | By . Charles Sale . Follow @@charliesale . The appointment of crisis management agency Milltown Partners to help keep Richard Scudamore in a job demonstrates how seriously the Premier League are taking the chief executive’s sexist emails scandal. Milltown Partners, who specialise in discreet reputational work for high-... | Premier League hire Millitown Partners to help Richard Scuadmore through sexism scandal .
Steven Gerrard will be an ITV pundit for Champions League final .
Wigan Warriors chairman will go to FA Cup final, not Super League game .
Matthew Syed a frontrunner for BBC sports editor role . |
08e793d8cb6242392d310adac625d54672e5eff2 | (CNN) -- What was supposed to be a straightforward cash deal to carry a child for desperate parents has turned into an international spat over who said what, and exposed the darker side of a business credited with creating happiness for many couples. At the center of the debate is Gammy, a seven-month-old Down Syndrome... | Australian couple say they were told male twin, Gammy, would die .
Boy is now seven months old and in the care of his Thai surrogate mother .
Couple said they were scared the surrogate would change her mind about the girl .
Surrogate accused couple of abandoning Down Syndrome boy in favor of healthy sister . |
08e7c9f3616a492555ea409e419d98467c6a0ab2 | Rio Ferdinand admits he was ready to turn to a television career and retire from football before Harry Redknapp offered to bring him to QPR this summer. Ferdinand, who turns 36 in November, was allowed to leave Manchester United at the end of last season after 12 successful years at Old Trafford. The defender was a fre... | Ferdinand admits he was read to retire and turn to a television career .
But Harry Redknapp's offer from QPR made him change his mind .
Defender had several different offers before signing for the London club .
35-year-old is excited to work under Harry Redknapp's tutelage again . |
08e826af517e47ff0f304554b2a98492a0b458aa | Former Germany goalkeeper Tim Wiese is on the verge of a sensational career change, after being offered the chance to become a professional WWE wrestler. Wiese retired from football after being released by Hoffenheim in January, and has since focused on bodybuilding, leading to his extraordinary new physique. The Germ... | Tim Wiese says the WWE has approached him about becoming a professional wrestler .
The former German goalkeeper has taken up bodybuilding and now weighs 115kg (18st 1lb)
He says he is considering the offer and 'is not scared'
Wiese played for the likes of Werder Breme and Hoffenheim before retiring in January .
Ex-Port... |
08e904d027e299e32141237e561d01a81845020c | (CNN) -- My favorite part of academic debate has always been the cross-examination period. We got a little piece of that (but not enough) in the Republican presidential debate Tuesday hosted by Bloomberg and the Washington Post. The presidential hopefuls were allowed to ask an opponent one question. Mitt Romney faced s... | Todd Graham: Candidates directed their questions at front-runner Romney .
He says Romney handled the questions deftly .
Graham says Cain seems well prepared while Perry fares poorly .
He says candidates should get to ask each other more questions in the future . |
08e93e00aa8549d64d4ab726a6e8958405ff7a82 | (CNN) -- A couple of hours before President Obama's prime-time speech on ISIS, Republicans Mitt Romney and Chris Christie took the opportunity of the New Jersey governor's birthday party to blast the President on his foreign policy. "The foreign policy he's had has not been good for America, has not been good for our s... | Mitt Romney and Chris Christie blasted President Obama .
Their criticism came just hours before Obama's speech on ISIS .
The two Republicans were speaking at a birthday event for Christie . |
08e95cdf4da5bc1ff42a0888932b78ea2923685e | By . Katy Winter and Nick Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 07:31 EST, 22 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:15 EST, 22 April 2013 . With a slender waist and curves in all the right places, Marilyn Monroe’s physique has long been coveted by women – and admired by men. But it seems the classic hourglass figure that the star epitomis... | Waist size grown from 27 inches 60 years ago to 34 inches now .
38 per cent of women now classed as overweight .
Difference between the bust and hips to the waistline was 10in in 1950s .
In 2013 figures are much flatter at only 4in difference from bust to waistline .
British women weigh 7.5lbs more than in 1951 and are... |
08e9a56420abee2d952b6d89a030f33d45341a3b | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 11:06 EST, 23 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:39 EST, 23 August 2013 . A cage fighter beat his wife so badly after she sent him a text message saying their relationship was over that police thought they had been called to a murder scene. Mother-of-two Charlotte Small, 33, was so scared th... | Gary Marcel shouted 'no one will want you now' as he attacked his partner .
He launched the savage attack on Charlotte Small after she text him to say their relationship was over .
Thug, 46, was jailed for 11 years at Maidstone Crown Court .
Police officer said injuries are the 'most disturbing I have seen in my 10 yea... |
08ea69bc34f98d0bb8362752cfdde6a0ccba02a3 | By . Derek Lawrenson . Click here for the latest Augusta leaderboard . Masters champion Adam Scott opened his defence here at Augusta National on Thursday like a man with no intention of letting anyone rip the jacket off his back. All year the pride he felt in becoming the first Australian to win here was obvious, as ... | Bill Haas leads the Masters after a round of 67 .
Adam Scott, Bubba Watson and Louis Oosthuizen a shot back .
Rory McIlroy on one under par, along with Lee Westwood .
Phil Mickelson, Luke Donald and Justin Rose suffer . |
08eab1fbde26da3bf4cc9345052beff4c647da5d | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 10:47 EST, 11 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:31 EST, 11 October 2012 . Susan Wurtzel owns a Today show . T-shirt and a mug. When the stay-at-home mom and her family visited New . York from their home in Germantown, Maryland, they joined the crowd of fans . outside the NBC morning ... | GMA has 110,000 more viewers each .
day this year than last .
NBC have 437,000 viewers less than last year .
Public ousting of Ann Curry, too much popular culture and Matt Lauer all reasons given by fans for turning over . |
08eb20be0f8af096fe7e99e3c25740fd7b7be2af | (CNN) -- More than 14 months after they fled fighting between rebel and government forces, park rangers who monitor mountain gorillas in war-torn Democratic Republic of Congo have returned to the reserve. Young gorillas play in Congo's Virunga National Park in an undated photograph. It is a welcome sight at Virunga Na... | Fighting forced rangers to flee gorilla reserve in Democratic Republic of Congo .
Some of the rangers fled some 14 months ago .
"Rangers are neutral in this conflict," park official says . |
08eb90e49e0f665fcdad9db2531252887e39832c | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 03:23 EST, 29 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:16 EST, 29 May 2013 . An avenue of oak trees planted at the start of the millennium in the hope they will last 1000 years face being axed after just 13 years due to a new development plans. Members of the Launceston in Bloom Association planted ... | Members of Launceston in Bloom Association planted 100 English oak trees .
Designed to enhance the gateway into the ancient Cornish market .
town .
Plans to build a new supermarket, pub, hotel and scores of homes . |
08ebe6ede64e4364b68b9801c351bcfe2eb821b1 | A megachurch is closing several of its branches after its founder said women were created to give men homes for their penises. The online comments made by Pastor Mark Driscoll are just the latest scandal for the beleaguered Mars Hill, a collection of 15 evangelical churches now facing financial strains and severe staff... | Pastor Mark Driscoll, 43, is the founder of Mars Hill, an evangelical megachurch with branches across five states .
But the pastor has been accused of mishandling church funds, plagiarizing work for a book and paying to get book sales boosted, among other claims .
He also posted anti-feminist and anti-gay remarks onlin... |
08ee67a21c0fff832a920740d79dd44b07987f1c | By . Sam Webb . Fraud: Nicola Daly, 39, has to pay back a nine-year, £100k fraud with £50 a week - which will take her 178 years . A benefits cheat has been given 178 years to pay back the money she swindled from taxpayers. Nicola Daly claimed £100,000 in council tax, housing benefit and income support payments for alm... | Nicola Daly claimed to be a single mother, but actually lived with partner .
Daly, 39, claimed six-figure sum fraudulently over nine years .
She has now been jailed for 16 months at Reading Crown Court . |
08eeddf1f177f87fb0d3fafbf11a1421516ebff4 | A car fanatic was reduced to tears when his beloved Mercedes supercar was 'totally wrecked' after technicians fixing a minor fault crashed during a test drive. John Guest left his unique Mercedes Benz SL65 AMG - which costs £170,000 to buy new - with technicians at a Mercedes dealer near his home in Poole, Dorset, to f... | John Guest from Poole, Dorset, sent his unique Mercedes SL65 AMG to technicians to fix a minor minor computer fault .
The garage called him later that day to say his beloved motor had crashed .
Bought new, the SL65 AMG would cost £170,000 - Mr Guest bought his car in 2010 for £40,000 and has spent £30,000 on maintaini... |
08ef6a127e070707f753ac16b5eb7181a5231626 | By . Louise Boyle . A Good Samaritan was stabbed to after he tried to prevent a gang of men from harassing a homeless man. Married father-of-three Donnie Reed, 40, was killed in the early hours of Sunday outside of a pool hall in Rancho Cucamonga, California. Mr Reed saw a group of men hassling a homeless man and stepp... | Married father-of-three Donnie Reed, 40, .
was killed in the early hours of Sunday outside of a pool hall in Rancho .
Cucamonga, California .
Mr Reed's wife Jenny said: 'It was just Donnie being Donnie, and trying to help somebody who needed help' |
08efd9d2c745064b9addd0c497cc18eb30b3c96d | (CNN) -- In a cold, wet field two hours' drive west of London, there's no mistaking the huddle of ancient shapes that emerge suddenly on the horizon, back-dropped by a distant cluster of leafless trees. Until recently, any first encounter with Stonehenge, that legendary keeper of Neolithic secrets, could prove deeply u... | Overhaul of 4,000-year-old monument cost $44 million and was delayed for decades .
Visitor center opens days before druids and pagans descend for winter solstice .
Reconstructed Neolithic head looks, to at least one observer, weirdly like "Big Lebowski" film star .
Was it UFOs? Origins of Stonehenge remain a mystery . |
08f08f4af54b8ac32f695a2861b92181db23ef01 | By . David Kent . Supermodel Gisele Bundchen will present the World Cup to the winners in Brazil, according to reports. The Boston Globe claim the 33-year-old will replace Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, who has been criticised for spending public money on hosting the tournament. VIDEO Scroll down to watch Supermod... | Supermodel will replace Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff, says the Boston Globe .
FIFA president Sepp Blatter presented trophy to Spain in 2010 . |
08f2b45157d8b0bb84d57f1fe4d21dd81f2a5398 | Pope Francis has once again broken with papal protocol by inviting an old friend for a spin on his famous 'Popemobile' during his weekly audience in St Peter's Square. The Reverend Fabian Baez, a parish priest . in Francis' hometown of Buenos Aires, didn't have a VIP ticket granting . him a seat close to the altar or a... | Pope spotted Reverend Fabien Baez in the crowd at St Peter's Square .
Francis hugged his old friend and invited him to board his famous white car .
Parish priest Baez accompanied Pope during his weekly audience .
Pair met in the 1990s as Baez works in Pope's former Buenos Aires diocese . |
08f2ed64e5bc918e7c8656e5c3db15324083c42e | (EW.com ) -- It's an old accusation, but one that shows no signs of disappearing anytime soon: the Motion Picture Association of America is disproportionately stricter about profanity and sex than it is about violence. Relatively gruesome studio films like The Hunger Games or The Dark Knight Rises frequently win PG-13 ... | Motion Picture Association of America gave film an R rating .
Director says he thinks of movie as PG-13 .
"G.B.F." hits theaters on January 17 . |
08f350ba60a7454bd9a572ce49839359eebe6b41 | The history of television is a history of insults. The idiot box, it's been called. The boob tube. "57 Channels (and Nothin' On)." "Kill your television" says the bumper sticker. In 1961, it was famously deemed a "vast wasteland." After all, there were just three TV networks at the time. Most major cities didn't have p... | In 1961, FCC Chairman Newton Minow deemed TV a "vast wasteland"
Back then, there were three networks and a lot of dumbed-down content .
Today, TV critic Eric Deggans says things have changed for the better .
Even today's formulaic shows don't pander to audience the way '60s shows did, he says . |
08f38abc52b9acb6bda138473a76c278d5c857ff | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 06:44 EST, 21 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:07 EST, 21 October 2013 . A school has shamed a parent by publishing a photograph in its newsletter of her car parked on double-yellow lines outside the gates. Fed-up teachers at Cottesmore St Mary’s Catholic Primary School, in Hove, East Sus... | Cottesmore St Mary's Catholic School published photograph of parent's car .
Teachers say the driver constantly parks on zigzags and double yellow lines .
Rachel Holland is headteacher of the school in East Sussex .
Parking on a zigzag line can result in three points on driving licence . |
08f3f01966014b1e168543ddf3eca91e27c1c2dc | Madame Rosa rose to fame as the matriarch of Paris' Winter Circus by marrying businessman Joseph Bouglione - in a lion's cage - in 1928. Today, at 103, she has outlived her late husband by decades but still has a smile on her face as she reminisces over her extraordinary life. Rosa appears at the circus apartment doorw... | Madame Rosa has 54 grandchildren and great grandchildren .
She has survived two world wars and the Nazi occupation .
The secrets of her eternal youth include hard work, sleeping very little and deadly animals . |
08f4d1b7d31a0dedbe106943c31166004ba31203 | The original Catwoman has officially been outed as bisexual - ending years of speculation by fans. Selina Kyle, Batman's stealthy enemy and love interest, officially came out as bisexual in the latest issue of DC Comics' Catwoman. The leather-clad cat burglar kissed another woman, confirming what many fans had long sus... | Revelation ends years of speculation over Batman's love interest .
Sexuality confirmed in kissing scene with new female character .
Selina Kyle as 'canon bisexual' was something always intended - writer . |
08f4e3e11529b8339848de6db6fea4e02341feea | Like countless Americans, I recently watched the entire second season of hit political drama "House of Cards" in one weekend after U.S. video streaming site Netflix released all 13 nearly hour-long episodes. But the website I logged on was Sohu -- one of the China's biggest online video services -- that purchased exclu... | Chinese online video service Sohu purchased exclusive rights to hit U.S. series .
Second series of political drama features a number of storylines involving China .
China restricts number of foreign movies, authorities censor material from foreign sources .
China columnist: Strong diatribe against political system in t... |
08f5d0e9d3d5c34698a34cf7ca1c91dc65ab6c18 | (CNN) -- A Pennsylvania teen has been charged as an adult for allegedly planning to kill classmates he did not like before turning the gun on himself in a high school shooting spree, a Pennsylvania prosecutor said Tuesday. Richard Yanis allegedly stole three handguns from his father and told police he planned to "shoot... | Richard Yanis charged with attempted murder for alleged high school shooting plot .
Yanis, 15, planned to kill people he didn't like and then himself, prosecutor says .
Teen is charged as adult because of use of gun in alleged plot, prosecutor says .
Teen described as introverted, no history of aggressive behavior . |
08f631fcbdd1434717e6acd8e00836c699ff7230 | By . Amanda Williams . PUBLISHED: . 12:39 EST, 3 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:02 EST, 3 March 2014 . A three-year-old heart patient died following a major delay in getting a key hospital appointment because of a glitch with a new NHS computer booking system, an inquest has heard. Samuel Starr was born with a congenit... | Samuel Starr was born with a heart condition - had surgery at nine months .
He was recovering well and was meant to have regular check-ups .
A computer glitch meant he did not have an appointment for 20 months .
By the time he finally had a scan his condition had deteriorated a lot .
Had more surgery but died a month l... |
08f6aa39c715d599bc296b1840613ad27e4256d5 | (Rolling Stone) -- Nicki Minaj is a purist's nightmare. She doesn't just straddle pop categories, she dumps them in a Cuisinart, whips them to a frothy purée, then trains a guided missile at the whole mess. She is a rapper's rapper, a master of flow and punch lines, with skills to please the most exacting gatekeepers ... | On Nicki Minaj's "Roman Reloaded," the energy never flags .
The beats, by young comers like Hit-Boy and Kenoe, are taut and lively .
The thumping "Starships," "Roman Reloaded" veers into radio pop . |
08f6b48b5cdbc658ba12898206ac89bc1004934e | By . Nick Enoch . Last updated at 3:02 PM on 31st January 2012 . Nathan Kennedy, 35, plundered jewels, computers and a credit card after squeezing through the small hole he made by removing bricks in the wall . A thief burgled his next-door neighbour by knocking a hole . in the attic wall before he crawled through the ... | 'I'd heard banging and drilling and thought he was doing some DIY', said burgled neighbour Neil Barton .
Nathan Kennedy jailed for three-and-a-half years . |
08f7522d0f65ce57d089f217d005086404228b31 | (CNN) -- In the marshland just south of the seaside-resort of Anaklia in Western Georgia, the air is often filled with birdsong and the croak of tiny frogs. But added to nature's chorus is the sound of construction, something difficult to escape along Georgia's Black Sea Coast. Anaklia is still being built and the mars... | Plans to build city for 500,000 on marshland in Georgia .
Called Lazika, government wants it to be economic hub for the region .
Country's economic climate remains difficult with 16% unemployment .
City proposed to be special economic zone and operate under UK law . |
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