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0a1f92e7a3e3bb03e8d91014ce6f486508eb125e | Before coming out as a transgender female, Kellie was better known as international boxing promoter Frank Maloney, who took Lennox Lewis to become the undisputed Heavyweight Champion of the world. Earlier this year she shocked the macho world of boxing by announcing her decision to change her sex and live as a woman. K... | Kellie, 61, had three treatments at Harley Street Clinic .
The two-hour appointment included eyebrow and lip treatments .
Kellie admits semi-permanent make-up will be a great help for her .
She isn't yet an expert at doing her own make-up .
Will have final sex change operation in January . |
0a200d84543cde8dd08c1c4ac1b653e3a5c5e603 | A couple have been given compensation after NHS staff failed to recognise their baby was in distress - leading to her being stillborn. Wendy Pratt, 36, and husband Chris, 46, sued Scarborough Hospital, North Yorkshire, after staff missed vital signs that their daughter was struggling while in the womb. The couple had t... | Wendy Pratt, 36, and husband Chris, 46, sued Scarborough Hospital .
Staff failed to notice their baby was in distress before she was stillborn .
Couple were trying for baby for six years before Mrs Pratt fell pregnant .
Hospital has apologised to couple who settled for undisclosed amount . |
0a2035f3f73b06a5150a6f01cffdf45d027bbbed | By . Katy Winter . Princess Beatrice and Sarah Ferguson enjoyed their second mother–daughter date in a week. The royal pair were seen leaving glamorous 45 Park Lane Hotel restaurant in Mayfair last night, having enjoyed another gourmet dinner. While most of us have to curtail nights out during the week, or risk falling... | Fergie and Beatrice dined at the 45 Park Lane Hotel last night .
Also enjoyed dinner out on Wednesday night with Prince Andrew .
Beatrice flew solo last Friday at meal at A-list hang out . |
0a206cd4530734f9fb332f7b782e712847713cf3 | (Health.com) -- New FDA rules are helping ensure that we get the protection we pay for, and with skin cancer on the rise (one in five Americans will develop skin cancer in the course of a lifetime), these changes can't come soon enough. Key fixes: Sunscreens will be labeled "water resistant" (as opposed to waterproof o... | Labels will say "broad spectrum" only if they protect against UVB and UVA rays .
If you have oily skin use an oil-free mineral block in an ultralight gel or liquid .
Reapply every two hours -- more often if you're in and out of the water . |
0a20b0feaf34c9942d4f9bb7d3e9b0aebe8419d8 | The Post Office has launched its first festive advert in five years in an effort to bring more people in to its stores. The one-minute advert features comedian Robert Webb as the 'minister of Christmas' walking round a Post Office branch explaining their preparations for Christmas, which include longer opening hours an... | Post Office has launched its 'Get Christmas all wrapped up campaign'
Advert features Robert Webb as the 'minister of Christmas' in a store .
Also features celebrities Amanda Holden, Jim Carter and Pixie Lott .
Will make its first TV showing during the X Factor break on ITV on Sunday . |
0a2278bec4a80aec1bc3e9e7a9dac10ac1b6425b | A U.S. Marine is presumed lost at sea after bailing out from a MV-22 Osprey plane after it lost power over the Persian Gulf on Wednesday, the U.S. Navy announced today . The tilt-rotor aircraft - which can take off and land like a helicopter, but fly like a fixed-wig plane - had just taken off from the amphibious assau... | Two Marines bailed out of V-22 when it lost power as it was taking off from the USS Makin Island in the Persian Gulf Wednesday .
Pilot stayed aboard and was able to land the plane on the warship safely .
One Marine was found, the other could not be located after an extensive search involving many ships .
The Makin Isla... |
0a23128a3dc7a202747f1b5eab2fca35fb18d1e5 | The official spokesman of the Islamic State terror group has purportedly issued a chilling message calling on his followers to murder Australians in ghastly ways. In what the Prime Minister's office said was being regarded as a 'genuine threat' by the nation's security agencies, senior IS leader Abu Mohammed al-Adnani ... | Senior Islamic State spokesman specifically names Australia as target in threatening audio message .
Abu Mohammed al-Adnani calls on his supporters to murder U.S. allies in various vile ways .
'Smash his head with a rock, or slaughter him with a knife, or run him over with your car, or throw him down from a high place,... |
0a231dca9825438ed419626f8e0b0ef9667dce4c | (CNN) -- While the rest of the world last week was fixating on the chimney atop the Sistine Chapel, waiting to see whether the smoke would be black or white, it wasn't the smoke that intrigued me. It was the stuff that was making the smoke. The cardinals, after casting their ballots in each round of voting for the new ... | Bob Greene: With advent of digital age, paper use and demand has dropped like rock .
In fact, by 2015 paper use could fall 21% -- and then over 40% more in the 15 years after .
He says new ad campaign (you'll likely read online) makes plaintive case for paper's value .
Greene: One can marvel at, use digital media, but ... |
0a23ba95558bc16e21815b6d1297b60c0e78caaa | PUBLISHED: . 20:42 EST, 2 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:24 EST, 3 August 2013 . Last month, Donna O'Connor received a chilling, late-night text message0 from her 33-year-old daughter who lives in Brooklyn's Greenpoint neighborhood. 'I'm scared,' Dana Bonanno wrote in her text message to her mother. She hasn't been se... | Dana Bonanno was last seen on July 22, in Greenpoint, Brooklyn .
Police didn't declare her missing until five days later, despite repeated calls from her mother asking authorities to investigate her disappearance .
Bonanno was active in the Brooklyn music scene . |
0a242913a0623c84ca60947d2c14fe42d213f66e | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:48 EST, 30 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:50 EST, 30 August 2012 . Human rights activists in Pakistan are demanding the release of a Christian girl accused of burning pages of the Koran, after a bail hearing was adjourned. Religious and secular groups worldwide have protested... | Rimsha Masih reportedly suffers from .
Downs Syndrome .
Hospital report said she was 'about 14' but other media have reported she is 11 .
She was accused by Muslim neighbours of burning .
Islamic religious texts . |
0a24dfac1c0b6fb22de2da968ef9ecc222ad5cd0 | By . Michael Zennie . The first alleged client of a Zumba instructor-turned-prostitute in Maine has ended with the alleged John being acquitted. Former Kennebunk High School hockey coach Don Hill has said he was engaged in a relationship with the woman, Alexis Wright, but he never paid for sex. Justice Roland Cole ende... | Divorced former high school coach Donald Hill was acquitted on Tuesday .
Alexis Wright, 30, who plead guilty, is now going by her married name .
Husband Jason Trowbridge appears to be standing by her and has said her believes her story that she was 'rooting out sexual deviants' |
0a24f30069a9a6ab0f76e5a5d822f0568ce0f0d7 | First daughter Sasha Obama cut a stylish figure in jeans and shades as the Obama girls visited the Great Wall of China today. Michelle Obama, Malia, 15, and Sasha, 12, were left alone to explore the Mutianyu section of the historical landmark in the northern Beijing suburbs though Chinese police officers looked on prot... | The trip to the Great Wall came on the third day of a weeklong visit to China aimed at promoting educational exchanges between the countries .
Mrs Obama, Sasha and Malia were left alone to explore the Mutianyu section of the historical landmark in the northern Beijing suburbs .
Earlier, Mrs Obama discussed the country'... |
0a25cb5b7515cc4feab5bcdab0b32f72c4bd5cb2 | She was the youngest person to win a Gold Logie back in 1988 - and 26 years on Kylie Minogue will perform on stage at the 2014 award ceremony. Not only was Kylie the youngest Gold Logie recipient at the time - and still is today - she was also the first person to win four Logie Awards at one event. The 45-year-old was... | Kylie Minogue to perform at the 2014 Logies in April .
She will perform a song from her new album .
The 45-year-old was, and still is, the youngest ever Gold Logie winner . |
0a26adcf099adbe06eb1443b2ff8a4138e0ec8e3 | (CNN) -- Who walked away with Oscars this year? The following is a complete list of winners at the 81st annual Academy Awards. For more on the stars, the speeches and the spectacle, read the full story. Best picture "The Curious Case of Benjamin Button" "Frost/Nixon" "Milk" "The Reader" WINNER: "Slumdog Millionaire"... | "Slumdog Millionaire" wins eight Oscars, including best picture and director .
Sean Penn's "Milk" role earns him a second best actor Oscar .
Kate Winslet awarded best actress Oscar for "The Reader"
Penelope Cruz and the late Heath Ledger win for supporting roles . |
0a27267deda1388c6c73fffe9cd6ebabaad49e55 | (CNN) -- The eagle eyes of his playing partner's caddie halted Rory McIlroy's charge at the Abu Dhabi Golf Championship. McIlory was poised to finish the day one shot behind leader Craig Lee but instead he was handed a two-stroke penalty after Ricardo Gonzalez's bag man threw doubt over McIlroy's play at the second hol... | Rory McIlroy handed two-stroke penalty at Abu Dhabi Golf Championship .
The punishment drops former world No.1 three shots behind leader .
American Phil Mickelson finds form to move to two shots off the lead .
Scotland's Craig Lee takes 12-under-par lead into final day in the desert . |
0a276f3878f47c60ac264e708e1c6e374352f92f | (CNN) -- Astronaut Scott Carpenter, the second American to orbit Earth, died Thursday, NASA said. He was 88. "We have lost a true pioneer. I shall long remember him not only for his smarts and courage but his incredible humor. He kept us all grounded," said NASA Administrator Charlie Bolden. "We will miss him greatly."... | Carpenter suffered complications after a stroke .
John Glenn is the lone survivor of the Mercury Seven .
"We have lost a true pioneer," says NASA administrator .
Carpenter was the second American to orbit Earth . |
0a291ae4baf4cbaf4255c5cb6c1ffd88634ee050 | (CNN) -- The decisive and positive terms of ETA's response to Monday's "Declaration" in Donostia-San Sebastian by the International Conference group is to be welcomed, as is the response of the Spanish government and others. It has taken many years of patient work to get to this point and every effort must be made to b... | Basque separatist group ETA said Thursday it is laying down its arms .
Gerry Adams says there are key lessons from Ireland's experience with peacemaking .
He says violence usually occurs when people believe there is no alternative .
Adams: Political will, imagination and courage can make peace possible . |
0a2c21f10887cd8b757e45b7143147bd322d474d | Baghdad (CNN) -- Throngs of jubilant Iraqis, some so happy they wept, gathered early Tuesday at Baghdad's al-Shaab Stadium for the country's first international soccer match in years. "I cannot believe my eyes," exclaimed Hussein Jasim, 19. He wept and shouted "Allahu Akbar!" or "God is great!" "I have not seen in my e... | First international soccer match in Baghdad in years brings Iraqis to tears .
"It's my happiest moment!" an Iraqi fan exclaims .
Iraqi Football Association chose to play Syrians, who are caught up in civil war . |
0a2cd8e99fec7ceafa5b3a9b92bc90966b9ed29e | By . Louise Boyle . Father-of-six Eric Garner, 43, died on Thursday after being put in a chokehold by police and pinned to the ground on Staten Island . A father-of-six died on Thursday after being put in a chokehold by an NYPD officer. Eric Garner, a 43-year-old who weighed 400lb and suffered from asthma, can be heard... | Eric Garner, a 43-year-old who weighed 400lb and suffered from asthma, can be heard shouting 'I can't breathe' on cellphone footage .
Moments after officers pin him to the ground, Mr Garner, from Staten Island, appears to be unconscious .
He was taken to Richmond Medical Center where he died following a cardiac arrest.... |
0a2dda82fa33400f270da71f56d57502a2bd429c | By . Leon Watson . A bingo player aged 80 has been arrested for allegedly punching another pensioner in the face. The two women clashed at Riva Bingo, Sutton, south London, as they queued for their lunch on Sunday, according to police. The younger woman, 72, urged the older one to hurry up and called her 'stupid old wo... | Police said two women clashed at Riva Bingo, Sutton, south London .
The younger woman, 72, had 'called the older one a stupid old woman' |
0a2e0deac1de0361f2f14285cddd3b1e558cdacd | Jerusalem (CNN) -- Israel has warned Syria's government that any aggression against Israeli citizens will be met with force, as a roadside bomb attack which injured Israeli troops prompted airstrikes on Syrian targets. Addressing a Cabinet meeting Wednesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Israeli strikes on... | Israel's air force strikes Syrian targets, a day after Israeli troops were attacked .
Syrian military says one soldier was killed, seven injured, according to Syrian state TV .
Benjamin Netanyahu warns: "Our policy is very clear: We attack those who attack us"
Israel's defense minister says Israel holds Syrian Presiden... |
0a3040b6c1bba95efca727158f128a19c44ec8ba | (CNN) -- Two snowy owls injured by the downdraft of jets taking off in Boston have been released in a safer place where the likes of saltmarsh sparrows and piping plovers flutter amid marshes, bogs and beach dunes. The pair were released Monday morning at Parker River National Wildlife Refuge on Plum Island in northeas... | Pair of snowy owls released to wild after rehab at clinic .
They were injured by downdrafts at Logan Airport in Boston .
Birds will head north from a barrier island in northeast Massachusetts . |
0a32056044c705689306e67ce0618cbe93e836d9 | Tripoli, Libya (CNN) -- NATO aircraft targeted warships overnight, striking eight of Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's vessels in Tripoli's seaport, the organization said Friday morning. A Libyan government official said the targets included commercial vessels as well as military ones. "All NATO's targets are military in... | NEW: Libyan spokesman says media is reporting lies .
Libyan official says commercial and military areas were struck .
NATO says its attack struck eight of Gadhafi's warships .
Libyan spokesman calls Obama "delusional" |
0a33dc04ca17936e33963f3aca15e4b82d3a24b2 | (CNN) -- Just when you thought South Korea had milked the global success of "Gangnam Style" rapper Psy for every drop, along comes the unveiling of Seoul's new tourist police force. The connection? The officers' uniforms were created by Korean fashion designer Kim Seo-ryong, who has made costumes for Psy. Naturally, "G... | Uniforms of Seoul's new tourist police force designed by "Gangnam Style" singer Psy's costume designer .
Tourism force, made up of 101 officers, launched to crackdown on overcharging merchants and taxi drivers .
In April, Psy was hired to be South Korea's tourism ambassador . |
0a341e6407a5455f8dfd4834f0aa2758fd845ce4 | (CNN)The fighting in Ukraine may be escalating, but hopes of a decisive breakthrough in talks and a clear and coordinated Western response -- hopes raised by German Chancellor Angela Merkel's visit to Washington on Monday -- have been dashed, at least for now. Intensifying clashes in eastern Ukraine following a new Rus... | Fighting has flared again in eastern Ukraine .
Michael Kofman: Angela Merkel right to oppose sending weapons . |
0a3479b53796863a664c32ca20d8672583335d2a | By . Luke Augustus . Follow @@Luke_Augustus29 . Forget Mad Mario, Italy striker Balotelli wants to be known as the best striker in the world ahead of the Azzurri’s showdown with England in Manaus. The 23-year-old has hit the headlines for various off-the-pitch reasons during his short career to date, but the AC Milan f... | Mario Balotelli wants to be known as an World Cup winner and the best striker in the world not 'Mad Mario'
Balotelli added that some off-the-field headlines about him are not true .
Balotelli expected to start for Italy in the World Cup opener against England .
Balotelli wants Group D opener to be the platform to win a... |
0a3639cb86487e72e2ba084211f99799918aedf8 | By . Matt Blake . PUBLISHED: . 02:50 EST, 29 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:35 EST, 29 June 2012 . A primary school could collect up to £150,000 from the sale of a painting which has hung in its hall for the past 86 years. Captain of the Eleven by Philip . Hermogenes Calderon, which depicts a fresh-faced Victorian boy p... | Captain of the Eleven by Philip Hermogenes Calderon depicts a Victorian boy preparing to defend his wicket .
It became one of the most famous images .
of the late Victorian and Edwardian period .
It was used in an advertising campaign to promote Pears soap .
It has hung in Thames Primary School in Blackpool, Lancs, sin... |
0a37124fe35e31ae9fe8dd7715aeed88002e23e9 | A mother and son died in a fire on New Year’s Eve despite friends’ frantic efforts to save them. Neighbours smashed down the door and even ventured inside to try to help Doreen Nicholl, 86, and her 61-year-old son John. But the former dinner lady and her son were killed as the blaze engulfed their home. The victims hav... | London Fire Brigade were called to the scene in Lewisham at 9.41pm .
More than 20 fire fighters battled for an hour to get the blaze under control .
Two neighbours tried to rescue the victims but were forced to retreat .
Doreen Nicholl, 86, and her son John, 61, died at the scene of the blaze . |
0a375bb7e299e2a109e23053b48c034607a521a8 | The owner of a ladies' clothes shop called Isis has become the victim of a hate campaign after people mistakenly linked it to the jihadist network terrorising the Middle East. Jill Campbell has run the IsisBoutique in Malvern, Worcestershire for seven years but has been forced to issue a statement saying she has no con... | Shop has sold women's clothes in Worcestershire for seven years .
It was named after Egyptian goddess of magic, beauty and femininity .
She gives her name to section of Thames where shop-owner used to live .
Shopkeeper had no trouble until this year when terror group swept Syria .
She has since had people abusing staff... |
0a38bd97ec582cb23ab56e71449db2a300895036 | An empty fridge is the worst thing to come home to after a relaxing holiday or a flight across several time zones. But for those who don't have the energy or time to stop by a supermarket with luggage in tow, a new service is popping up at airports. With an eye on a small but emerging market, retailers are taking advan... | Waitrose has announced plans to offer the service at Gatwick Airport .
Holidaymakers place an order and receive a code via text message .
Finnish grocery store chain HOK-Elanto charges a €5 (£3.90) pickup fee . |
0a39e2c45a9851e357b8b97571c044b65b1939a3 | By . Anthony Hay . Follow @@Anthony_Hay . Every day Sportsmail takes a look at the European papers to see what are the biggest stories creating talking points on the continent. Germany's World Cup win over Argentina is the major talking point in newspapers across the globe after Mario Gotze scored a late extra-time goa... | Germany won the World Cup after beating Argentina 1-0 after extra time .
Madrid-based newspaper Marca reflects on Lionel Messi's performance .
Corriere dello Sport report on Arturo Vidal's proposed move to Man United . |
0a3ac3b4c51a0a73892149accd8bef450f42a517 | To those who say that playing video games is a waste of time, a man from South Korea has proved otherwise. Dong-hwan 'Violet' Kim has earned nearly $100,000 playing games and now he also has a visa that will allow him to live in America as well. Kim has become the first professional StarCraft 2 player to receive a P-1A... | United States elected to allow professional gamers the right to obtain the same visa that a traditionally-recognized athlete would apply for .
Kim is the first StarCraft player to be given a five-year visa to the USA for him to compete in competitions .
His requests to obtain a student visa were denied three times .
Ki... |
0a3ad75d92c5bc2eccf2763df86afe5ddeffed75 | By . Ray Massey, Transport Editor . PUBLISHED: . 10:53 EST, 14 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:07 EST, 14 June 2013 . Motor industry bosses must learn to make cars that women want, says Britain’s leading car executive. Firms are failing to make cars that appeal to females - paying more attention to a car’s horsepower tha... | Firms are failing to make cars that .
appeal to females - paying more attention to a car’s horsepower than to .
the effect of high heels on leg-room .
Dr Andy Palmer, executive vice-president .
of Nissan, said research showed half of all women are unhappy with .
their cars and 75% feel 'misunderstood'
There is a need t... |
0a3b7f6fcfa482750357c34d8f1fd03d1efbbd2b | In a galaxy not so far away, a French inventor has created a replica of Han Solo’s famous spaceship, the Millennium Falcon. The amazing contraption is seen hovering and flying around the ground, complete with the aesthetics and lights inspired by the famous Star Wars ship. It is built around a standard quadcopter drone... | A French inventor has unveiled a Star Wars-inspired quadcopter .
The Millennium Falcon drone is seen taking off and flying around .
It has lights on the back to mimic famous spaceship .
And it also has a shell and design that matches the 1976 original .
The drone itself cost about £750, but the modifications were under... |
0a3bcbacfb0040800aba71a470c0194d0d7c5a62 | By . Ashley Collman . My fight with Bode: Olympic skier Bode Miller's ex-girlfriend Sara McKenna wrote an emotional essay detailing their bitter custody battle over son Sam . When Sara McKenna learned that her boyfriend Bode Miller didn't want to raise their son together, the two went their seperate ways. The Olympic s... | Former-Marine Sara McKenna was working as a firefighter in California when a matchmaker set her up with Olympic skier Bode Miller .
Three months after they started dating she became pregnant, but Miller expressed no intention of being the father .
While Miller went on to marry volleyball player Morgan Beck, McKenna dec... |
0a3f2400ba4e5cdf4b3638ae6fb60fdfa12a2680 | Babies born by Caesarean section may be more likely to develop autism, research shows. Research found the procedure appeared to increase the chances by a quarter – although there is no clear explanation. But academics urge women not be alarmed by the findings as the overall risk of autism remains very small . In Britai... | Britain has seen huge rise in C-sections which now account for 1 in 4 births .
Doctors encourage procedure when there is a possibility of complications .
Expert warns further research is needed to explain the link with autism . |
0a3f567efff9f0748b2758c9e8c17dc66beade04 | By . Julian Gavaghan . PUBLISHED: . 08:40 EST, 21 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:49 EST, 21 May 2012 . Tony Blair was heckled by protesters who branded him a 'war criminal' as he gave a graduation speech at an American college. The former British prime minister, 59, had to break off his his address as he spoke to 400 gra... | Blair branded 'warmonger' during speech at Colby College, Maine .
Such protests are unusual in the states despite his vilification in Britain . |
0a3ff2f0a147c158845afa44d2a012064896566b | By . Lucy Buckland . UPDATED: . 11:57 EST, 16 January 2012 . A father has told a court he was only doing his duty as a Muslim by handing out leaflets calling for gay people to be executed. Kabir . Ahmed, 28, said he handed a leaflet called Death Penalty? to a . policeman and stuffed them through letterboxes across Derb... | Kabir Ahmed, 28, tells court he couldn't 'just stand by and watch somebody commit a sin'
Five men face first prosecution for inciting hatred on the grounds of sexual orientation since law came into force .
Leaflet called Death Penalty? said: 'The death sentence is the only way this immoral crime can be erased from corr... |
0a3fff5779a8f7cfdde5d284a429ab89fd5e85df | A four-month-old baby was starved to death by his parents as his mother repeatedly lied about taking him to see doctors, a jury has found. Amy R. Hockett, 22, was found guilty of murder in the death of Khaiden Hockett, while Joseph L. Pierson, 25, was found guilty of reckless homicide, as he was ruled to be 'mildly men... | Khaiden Hockett was found unresponsive at his home in February 2012 .
As his weight dropped, his mother Amy Hockett, 22, told relatives doctors had taken tests for a variety of diseases - yet he had never been .
Father Joseph Pierson, 25, was also duped by Hockett as he is 'mildly mentally retarded' but did not seek an... |
0a4092bef1801863296777ebcfeceb1aec23c78f | PUBLISHED: . 18:10 EST, 25 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:49 EST, 27 February 2013 . Parents desperate to conceive feel they have no choice but to travel to Mexican clinics to spend thousands of dollars in cash on a controversial and potentially dangerous blood therapy suspended in the United States. Jennifer Benito... | Couples at their wits end hoping to conceive are being encouraged to travel to Mexico to undergo a controversial blood therapy .
Lymphocyte immunization therapy or LIT has been suspended in the United States since 2002 .
Couples are paying thousands of dollars to undergo the therapy - just across the border from Arizon... |
0a41dbe82c5702071754f466c399a939cde8811a | Submerged in deep water, one of the last things a diver may expect to find 90ft below the surface is a river view. But that's exactly what awaits those bold enough to dive in Mexico's Cenote Angelita. The eerie landscape of swirling mist looks like a flowing river in the middle of the cave, complete with trees emerging... | The Cenote Angelita, which translates as 'little angel', reveals what looks like a river winding through a forest to divers .
The swirling mist of the 'river' is actually a cloud of the gas hydrogen sulfide created by the mix of fresh and salt water .
Divers can swim through the cloud, which appears 90ft down, to find ... |
0a421106fb10078b00663df3e88c5ee6f0437a66 | Torrential rains from a tropical storm flooded large swathes of the Philippine capital and outlying provinces today, leaving three dead and displacing tens of thousands. Schools and government offices were shut in Manila as the Fung-Wong storm raged and authorities said thousands were evacuated from severely inundated ... | Schools and government offices were shut in Manila as the Fung-Wong storm raged throughthe region .
Authorities said thousands evacuated from communities where rapidly flowing waters swirled neck-high in places .
Footage shows dogs attempting to take refuge on branches and being swept away in rising floodwaters .
Last... |
0a4230461154984e1925f8ad0fbe1b7c204d0b56 | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 06:15 EST, 12 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:15 EST, 12 March 2013 . The world has gone well and truly pear-shaped - if these pictures are anything to go by. A Russian artist has taken the unremarkable fruit and used it for a new photography series in which pears are pictured in crazy an... | Russian Stanislav Aristov has turned the humble pear into works of art .
He says he spends hours choosing exactly the right fruit for his composition .
The IT specialist said he wants the pictures to be realistic and human-like . |
0a4324d4a5effa420aa95bb058314eab35c73852 | A Brazilian beauty contest ended in chaos when the furious runner-up wrenched the crown off the winner's head, and threw it to the ground moments after the result was announced. As Carolina Toledo, 20, was being crowned Miss Amazon 2015, runner-up Sheislane Hayalla saw red as audience members in Manaus, northern Brazil... | Miss Amazon 2015 runner-up ripped crown of the winning beauty .
Sheislane Hayalla filmed attacking winner Carolina Toledo on stage .
Miss Hayalla claimed her rival had bought her way to the title . |
0a43fa1c464f6bfc04ebe31bc309f31e10c69837 | A shooting sent terrified patrons scrambling from a Miami nightclub early Sunday and left 15 people wounded, including an 11-year-old child, authorities said. When Miami police and rescue crews arrived at a club called The Spot around 1am, they said they found chaos among the large throng of adults and teenagers gather... | The chaotic scene broke out about 1am on Sunday morning, sending terrified patrons scrambling from the Miami nightclub The Spot .
At least 15 people were left injured, including teenagers .
Police are still investigating what led to the shooting — and why there were so many teens at the nightclub . |
0a45dba311ead135de81f1123d6d524460566280 | By . Tom Mctague, Mail Online Deputy Political Editor . Most Britons would be happy to pay more tax to save the NHS, a new poll has found. Some 57 per cent of the public would be prepared to see taxes rise to protect the NHS, according to a new survey. Just over four in 10 voters said they would not. The revelation com... | Almost six in 10 voters prepared to see taxes rise to protect the NHS .
Three in five Tories would pay more tax and two thirds of Labour voters .
Almost 70% of the public don't care if treatment provided by private firms . |
0a465bba1f822a2b0e7bac0f79691b912a8bba70 | A woman has defended her decision to sent $1.4 million to her online lover in Africa - who she has never met. Twice-divorced Sarah met Chris Olsen online 18 months ago. Though the mysterious man's accent has changed over time, and he keeps asking for money to be wired to various different countries, Sarah insists she i... | Twice-divorced Sarah met man named Chris Olsen online 18 months ago .
Said he is from Italy, moved to U.S. 18 years ago, is in Africa for work .
They have never met, he has been in South Africa, Nigeria and Benin .
She has wired him $1.4m for bail, lawyers, lost credit cards, hotel bills .
Sarah told Dr Phil she believ... |
0a471293143e542e3f3ff00265bcadfbc68bda25 | (CNN) -- When 3-year-old Rowan Isaacson darted away from his father and dived into a herd of grazing horses, it easily could have been the end of the small autistic boy. He was babbling under the hooves of a boss mare. Rupert Isaacson says he noticed immediate improvement in his son's language skills when he started ri... | Family travels across Mongolia so autistic son can ride horses, meet shaman .
Experts say riding horses can be effective in gaining access to autistic children .
Rowan Isaacson's language and temper improved with horse/shaman therapy .
His parents never abandoned more orthodox treatments for Rowan's autism . |
0a475a12cf5aa8cd3f16ec8828a2146f5fc0902b | Female cat owners are more likely to suffer mental health problems and commit suicide because they can be infected with a common parasite that can be caught from cat litter, according to a study. Women infected with the Toxoplasma gondii - or T. gondii - parasite, which is spread through contact with cat faeces or eati... | Women infected with Toxoplasma gondii are one-and-a-half times more likely to attempt suicide .
Third of world's population is infected with parasite, which hides in cells in the brain and muscles, often without producing symptoms . |
0a47d5753cef1227d82fbc4290b27b58047d3a4c | By . Sophie Goodchild . Thousands of patients are being denied the choice of life-saving heart drugs by cash-strapped NHS trusts. The UK drugs watchdog gave GPs the green light two years ago to prescribe new-generation blood-thinners for people with irregular heartbeats at risk of suffering strokes. But doctors are de... | New blood-thinners could save lives, but patients are denied them .
Charity says the bodies that deliver NHS treatments restrict drugs . |
0a47dac8558300235aa5dbecb29196351fcb2e3c | (CNN) -- At first glance the Eurovision Song Contest may seem like any old talent show. Singers perform live on TV, the public and special juries vote, and at the end of the night a star is born. But don't call this "X Factor" or "American Idol". This is reality TV on steroids. Every year around 40 nations from Spain t... | The Eurovision Song Contest is one of the most watched non-sporting events in the world .
Every year around 40 nations from Spain to Azerbaijan participate in the competition .
This year tensions over Crimea could spillover into the contest .
In the past officials have disqualified songs with explicit political message... |
0a48c179e30b14f6cbe4d8d0c1d51307b766e036 | DOVER, England (CNN) -- As the ferries dock at the Port of Dover after crossing the English Channel, the trucks pull in at a steady rate. Afghanistan's opium harvest can be traced right back to some of those trucks. Afghanistan is the world's biggest supplier of illegal opium, which is made from the seed pods of poppie... | Port of Dover serves as entry point for much of Afghanistan's opium harvest .
Traffickers hide drugs in trucks, bodies, British drug official says .
"They're one step ahead of us," Steve Coates says .
U.N. report says counter-drug strategies have been ineffective . |
0a48f00e5fde0c2e08ac7bba9f89d2440885d382 | (CNN) -- Roger Federer is "excited" by the return of Rafael Nadal to the ATP Tour, but could face his great Spanish rival in the quarterfinals as he defends his Masters 1000 Series title at Indian Wells. Nadal made his return from seven months out through injury in clay court tournaments in South America, but will be p... | Roger Federer relishes Rafael Nadal's return .
Arch rivals could face off in the quarterfinals at Indian Wells .
No.1 Novak Djokovic favorite for the hard court title .
Victoria Azarenka tops women's seedings . |
0a4a1a3d1ffb20c71b76ac49e34d1437cfa6fd6a | Leeds United captain Stephen Warnock is poised to join Derby County, possibly as early as Monday. Steve McClaren has been in pursuit of a left back to support Craig Forsyth and it is believed Warnock could be allowed to leave Elland Road on a free transfer despite playing 22 times for the club this term. Warnock, 33, i... | Stephen Warnock is out of contract at Leeds at the end of the season .
Derby boss Steve McClaren also close to bringing Raul Albentosa in .
Promotion hopefuls have already signed Aston Villa striker Darren Bent . |
0a4ad3e3bde9940234b0da392687fb6874be1935 | (CNN) -- When Raffi Darrow brought in her two daughters, Wendy and Alice, for their annual back-to-school checkups this week, for the first time in her career as a mom, Darrow decided to be a rebel. Raffi Darrow decided not to get the HPV vaccine for daughters Wendy, left, 11, and Alice, 12. Even though every federal ... | Many parents are debating whether to vaccinate their daughters against HPV .
Some are concerned about side effects, the vaccine's long-term effectiveness .
Others parents think not vaccinating is a missed opportunity to protect the child .
The CDC has Gardasil listed on its vaccination schedule . |
0a4ae7edd0ca7833cb44436bf438a4120c4ee75f | An . Oklahoma missionary who is accused of raping and molesting ten children . at the Kenyan orphanage where he was working claims he was possessed by . a demon named Luke, federal prosecutors say. In . text messages released in court documents, 19-year-old Matthew Lane . Durham talked to a friend about his supposed al... | Matthew Lane Durham, 19, is accused of sexually abusing up to ten children, ages four to ten, while volunteering in Kenya .
His parents stand by him and say they don't believe the allegations .
Officials at the orphanage say he wrote out a confession; his lawyer claims it was coerced .
He faces up to life in prison if ... |
0a4b2d4ea5fb0625e3e747525062f0a85345e4df | By . Pa Reporter . Chris Kirk shot a bogey-free final round to clinch the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston with Rory McIlroy unable to mount a challenge on the final day. The American, who was joint third with McIlroy and Jason Day on 10 under going into the final day, carded five birdies in a final-round 66 to... | Chris Kirk won the Deutsche Bank Championship at TPC Boston .
American now heads FedEx Cup standings after two play-off events .
Rory McIlroy was in contention but faded with poor final round .
Geoff Ogilvy, Billy Horschel and Russell Henley shared second place .
US Ryder Cup wildcards announced on Tuesday . |
0a4ce4b147ab877d4937aa5a34c3b22127ffb912 | Caterham say they are going ahead with preparations to race in Japan this weekend despite bailiffs seizing items from their factory in on Wednesday. The troubled team issued a statement ahead of the race at Suzuka that condemned 'unfounded and unsubstantiated rumours concerning actions against 1MRT, the entrant and o... | Caterham have confirmed they will race at the Japanese GP this weekend .
Formula One team had bailiffs visit their factory in England on Wednesday .
A list of items later appeared on the bailiffs' website to be sold at an auction .
They included a Caterham test car, steering wheels and pit-lane equipment .
Japanese GP ... |
0a4e7367d800c22a42d0608bc3d39ada4249e9b5 | A new portable razor aims to save women from those hairy situations when they realize they missed a spot shaving. Leila Kashani, of Los Angeles, California, has created the Sphynx, a sleek, compact razor that includes soap, two blades and a refillable water container with a spray nozzle. Ms Kashani, 29, has launched a ... | According to creator Leila Kashani's Kickstarter campaign, 94per cent of women report missing a spot when they shave their legs . |
0a4eb84d6ce82960106f5a8531431b0b0cc95ecb | Mistakes by NHS staff are to blame for the death or significant harm of 250 patients a day, figures show. In just six months there were 45,476 errors with such serious consequences, including incorrect diagnosis and patients given the wrong treatment or drug. Of these, 1,958 led to death and 43,518 resulted in signifi... | 45,000 NHS errors with serious consequences recorded in six months .
Of these 1,958 led to death according to figures produced by NHS England .
725,314 safety incidents in six months last year, up nine per cent .
Officials say majority minor and claim increase down to staff honesty . |
0a4ec4d37683347ca62b53982d2c5f4efb86f444 | (CNN) -- Residents living in single-family homes in some parts of coastal Texas face "certain death" if they do not heed orders to evacuate ahead of Hurricane Ike's arrival, the National Weather Service said Thursday night. Texans sit in bumper-to-bumper traffic Thursday on a highway from Galveston County into Houston.... | Life-threatening floods expected in parts of coastal Texas, agency says .
Hurricane Ike could make landfall near Galveston Island as early as Saturday .
About 100,000 evacuated from Houston; 4 million more told to stay .
All of Galveston Island ordered to evacuate; special needs evacuations completed . |
0a501a4a121df0cf8ddf2b6dd77ea57d89c6866d | The Instagram account of the Icelandic Police Force in Reykjavik has become an online hit. Iceland has one of the lowest crime rates in the world, so as well as uphold law and order, the Reykjavik police has time to serve their community in other ways. The account shows snaps of police officers teaching young children ... | The Reykjavik Police's Instagram account has become an online hit .
Reykjavik and Iceland has one of the lowest crime rates in the world .
The Instagram shows police supporting the community in other ways . |
0a502c5da69019b744204426eaf2fe0bf88ca66b | Seoul, South Korea (CNN) -- A much-anticipated meeting Tuesday between military officers of the U.S.-led U.N. Command and North Korea in the demilitarized zone between North and South Korea has been postponed, the command said. A new meeting time was not immediately proposed, the command said. They planned to discuss t... | Officers were to discuss sinking of South Korean warship .
United Nations says meeting could be precursor to higher-level meetings .
North Korea maintains its innocence in the incident . |
0a50865864a332a56d91e2929d8a5cf7a185107d | Better late than never for Ian Poulter, who on Thursday produced what he considers his best round of a dreadful year at the penultimate tournament of the season. A dusted-off putter from better times made the difference, leaving him second in the Turkish Airlines Open after an eight-under-par round. By his own four-let... | Ian Poulter sits second at Turkish Airlines Open after first round .
Miguel Angel Jimenez leads on nine under par, one shot clear of Poulter .
Poulter says he 'is feeling right now' after a year in which he's 'played s***'
Jamie Donaldson's hopes are all but over in Race to Dubai . |
0a50aaed288b397ea5e707968836907db436e6b6 | His turn as brooding Jon Snow in Game of Thrones won him a legion of female fans - and Kit Harington just got even more eligible. The British actor, who has seen his star rapidly rise in the last year, has been snapped up as the face - and feet - of Jimmy Choo's spring/summer 2015 campaign. Kit, 28, who also starred as... | Brooding UK actor, 28, models footwear for the luxury brand .
He stars alongside American model, Ondria Hardin .
Chosen for his 'alluring masculinity' and 'effortless sense of style' |
0a50d58bc0b4bf64be661449b28579c0e77f59e7 | Cover: No Easy Day is scheduled for release on September 4 . The Navy SEAL turned author who was there as Osama bin Laden was killed and promised to 'set the record straight' about the mission that led to his demise has been identified as a soldier who has since retired from service. The book's publisher announced on W... | Pentagon, CIA and White House among the agencies who have not seen the book, written anonymously by a SEAL Team Six member .
Soldier identified as retired Navy SEAL Matt Bissonnette .
Pentagon says release of his name is a security concern .
Bissonnette could face federal charges if classified information is revealed i... |
0a50ffc11fb503fb94b153fd09afb0647d42ea74 | By . Simon Tomlinson . PUBLISHED: . 04:14 EST, 5 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:07 EST, 5 February 2013 . Footage emerged today showing South Korea's first successful satellite launch taken from a video camera fixed to the rocket as it blasted into space. The handout video from the Korea Aerospace Research Institute... | Footage of Wednesday's launch taken from a camera fixed to the rocket .
Satellite successfully made contact with the ground station on Thursday .
Space race comes as North Korea prepares for 'imminent' nuclear test . |
0a5192922e1a3562a19ee993510956e06f645be2 | As Manchester United manager, he didn't always have much luck on the communication front. But David Moyes seems determined to show he has nailed the language barrier at his new place of employment - by reeling off the four most common words in Spanish. Faced with a room of Spanish journalists during a press conference... | David Moyes speaks in Spanish during Real Sociedad press conference .
The former Manchester United boss counts to four to show his new skills .
Comes after he mysteriously yelled 'Stefano!' at players during first match .
Fellow boss Steve McClaren picked up a Dutch accent while in Holland .
Joey Barton was also ridicu... |
0a51bc43fb33d8da710e9969a73c23e031e4630d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:10 EST, 26 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 20:09 EST, 27 January 2014 . Leah Vincent was born into the Yeshivish community, a fundamentalist sect of ultra-Orthodox Judaism. The fifth of 11 children born to a prominent Orthodox rabbi in Pittsburgh. Leah and her ten siblings were ... | At the age of 17, Leah Vincent was sent to live in New York, alone. It was there she learned about life in the real world but not before making a number of mistakes .
Leah was unprepared to navigate the freedoms of secular life. She worked .
as a prostitute, cut herself, and had an affair with a married .
professor .
L... |
0a52b3e112f60f5edeed97bd20748caea42738fb | When Procter & Gamble shut down some access to the Internet this week, it wasn't to keep employees from messing around on Facebook or crafting personal e-mails on company time. Instead, it was to get them to quit sucking up the company's Web bandwidth by listening to music and watching movies. In a memo Tuesday, the co... | Procter & Gamble bans Pandora, Netflix for its 129,000 employees .
Company: Audit showed tens of thousands of minutes on the sites each day .
As mobile and cloud computing expand, bandwidth has grown more precious . |
0a5458d3427b290524a8df11d8503a5b57b32747 | By . Deni Kirkova . PUBLISHED: . 04:54 EST, 31 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:55 EST, 31 December 2013 . New research reveals office workers can save more than £1,300 over the year just by taking in lunch from home each day . The New Year will have many of us making resolutions to save money here and there. And new ... | A third of British office workers spend more than £5 on food a day .
More than half prepare a packed lunch, but...
A fifth say they are hampered by inadequate office kitchens . |
0a54f11827ea3fa8659e607e9fcb8f38d49611db | (CNN) -- The Los Angeles Times and The New York Times were awarded two Pulitzer Prizes each Monday for their outstanding work in journalism. The New York Times' Clifford J. Levy and Ellen Barry won in the international reporting category for their work on the struggling Russian justice system, while the paper's David L... | The papers snag two awards each .
A prize is not given in the breaking news reporting category .
Jennifer Egan's "A Visit from the Goon Squad" wins for fiction . |
0a54f2c1fd1cd9d43b695fe1afd09e17204d548b | Editor's note: Ben Chavis is the co-author with Carey Blakely of "Crazy Like A Fox: One Principal's Triumph in the Inner City." Chavis received his doctorate in education and philosophy from the University of Arizona and served as principal of American Indian Public Charter School for seven years. Chavis has also worke... | Chavis: "All the money in the world" isn't enough to help poorly run schools .
Author: I turned "worst middle school in Oakland" into a top-scoring school .
D.C., Detroit, L.A. produce poor results at extraordinary taxpayer cost, Chavis says .
Obama is right to require accountability in return for reform money, Chavis ... |
0a563a165097702bd5377ca59de8feebaa77a719 | In an embarrassing blow to its perception from an increasingly skeptical public, the Nigerian military Thursday retracted a report that nearly all the 129 school girls kidnapped by suspected Boko Haram militants had been released. Just hours after a parent of an abducted girl claimed the Defense Ministry lied Wednesda... | Parents accuse the military of lying about the number of girls who are free .
One father says it's only 14 of 129; official says at least 30 girls escaped .
Military continues to search forest in northeast Nigeria, official says . |
0a5691b8fe654b6b2cdace5ab87aff2ee4c23577 | Just over a year ago, Sian Clarke weighted just three and a half stone and nearly died of a cardiac arrest. The 20-year-old, from Solihull, was battling anorexia so severe her own mother considered planning her funeral. With a BMI of just nine, she was moved between six hospitals in less than a year – including to a s... | Sian Clarke, 20, developed anorexia at 15 years old after being bullied .
By 19, he teenager had been treated in six different hospitals .
Her mother said the NHS passed her around and 'left her to die'
In June 2013 she suffered a cardiac arrest as her weight was so low .
After receiving a course of treatment she is no... |
0a5706614db11f12c2527bf7070f6fb03221b788 | Billionaire property investor Jeff Greene recently spoke at the World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland, saying he believes people in the United States need to stop aiming so high and start living with less. 'America's lifestyle expectations are far too high and need to be adjusted so we have less things and a small... | Jeff Greene, 60, is a billionaire property investor and entrepreneur .
He made his money betting against subprime mortgages .
At the recent World Economic Forum in Switzerland he said Americans need to lower their lifestyle expectations .
He owns five multi-million dollar properties - three in California, one in Florid... |
0a57c665d1cbd5c52cf05d59c80d4f109be251b6 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 11:03 EST, 5 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:04 EST, 5 December 2013 . One afternoon in October, in the watery no-man's land between Thailand and Myanmar, Muhammad Ismail vanished. Thai immigration officials said he was being deported to Myanmar. In fact, they sold Ismail, 23, ... | Thousands of Rohingya Muslims fleeing Myanmar to escape persecution .
Those captured are transported across southern Thailand and held captive .
Human traffickers are keeping them hidden in brutal jungle camps .
They are hidden near the border with Malaysia until relatives pay thousands of dollars to release them . |
0a597916ed6e684209210094f8104a5131105ad7 | By . Mark Prigg . Researchers have uncovered a hidden world underneath Greenland. Beneath the barren whiteness, researchers say there are a vast series of sculptures the size of skyscrapers. Using ice-penetrating radar, researchers have discovered the ragged blocks of ice as tall as city skyscrapers and as wide as the ... | Giant 'warps' in the ice caused by melting and refreezing .
Structures cover a tenth of northern Greenland .
Blocks of ice are as tall are as city skyscrapers and as wide as the island of Manhattan . |
0a5a31468301d047cce0d086e0e30693934ea294 | A 2-year-old girl was accidentally shot and killed by her 5-year-old brother while he was playing with a child-size rifle given to him as a gift, authorities in Kentucky say. Caroline Starks, a blonde, blue-eyed girl, was fatally shot in the chest by her brother's .22-caliber rifle only minutes after her mother says sh... | Caroline Starks, 2, was fatally shot in the chest after the children's mother stepped outside for a few minutes according to police .
Firearm was a Crickett designed for small kids with slogan 'My First Rifle'
Maker Keystone Sporting Arms produced 60,000 Crickett and .
Chipmunk rifles in 2008 .
Its website contains doz... |
0a5ac35e609c9bbaae98635a2cbe20eec6fda703 | By . James Nye . Cincinnati Reds pitcher Aroldis Chapman suffered a sickening injury on Wednesday night when he was hit by a line drive in Surprise, Arizona during a Spring training game. The closer broke bones above his left eye and nose when the ball which he pitched at 99mph came hurtling back towards his face - th... | Cincinnati Reds closer Aroldis Chapman suffered fractures to bones in his nose and left eye while taking a line drive to the face on Wednesday night .
Chapman was carted off the field and transported by ambulance to hospital .
The game between the Reds and the Kansas City Royals was abandoned .
Reds manager Bryan Price... |
0a5c494f13f21e009f531c2a56543d274a8c5932 | Lynn Bennett (pictured) wanted to get revenge on her ex-boyfriend after claiming she found him in bed with another woman last Sunday . A woman who found her ex-boyfriend in bed with another woman has shamed him by decorating his house with balloons and a sign stating 'I'm a cheat'. Lynn Bennett, from Goole in East York... | Lynn Bennett decided to get revenge on her 'cheating' ex-boyfriend today .
She was suspicious and 'found him in bed with another woman' on Sunday .
The 43-year-old cleaner ended the relationship but returned to house today .
Put up sign saying: 'I AM A CHEATER - I SLEPT WITH ANOTHER WOMAN' |
0a5c928583ffab06810cff61234b3de6fa91c916 | (CNN) -- I stood up and began talking on the floor of the Texas State Senate not long ago because I hoped the Republicans in power would listen to how their latest cruel health care proposal would hurt the women of Texas. Simply put, this bill would take away access to the most fundamental form of health care women nee... | Wendy Davis says her filibuster was to get Republicans to listen to women of Texas .
Davis: Enough to using Texas as a political laboratory for testing far-right ideas.
Davis: Enough to using Texas as a workshop for giving millions to corporations .
She says state politicians have cut health care, education, reproducti... |
0a5d9ecf3dc62f6a708604c2e2aec60092a70b10 | The hospital on Ellis Island where thousands of immigrants had their hopes of reaching the United States cut short by tuberculosis and scarlet fever will open in October for tours and an art installation. 1.2million immigrants entered the hospital between 1901 and 1954, heading into the United States if they were healt... | Immigrants entered the facility for health screening to determine whether they could enter the United States or needed to be sent home .
Opened in 1901, the hospital was the biggest facility constructed under the U.S. Public Health Service . |
0a5de5a1aefba6b21c0ca9163baf46832402d6f8 | Manchester United manager Louis van Gaal will contest the disrepute charge for criticising referee Chris Foy after his team’s FA Cup draw at Cambridge two weeks ago. Van Gaal said it was ‘always the same’ with referees when bigger teams play against smaller clubs, leading the FA to charge him with implying bias on Foy’... | Manchester United were forced into an FA Cup replay by Cambridge United .
Louis van Gaal was charged for comments about the referee after the game .
The United boss stood by his comments and said he was 'disappointed' |
0a5e808a6c671732019a1dc640d3f4c4eee2dfa1 | By . Charlie Skillen . Follow @@charlieskillen . Didier Drogba has completed his dream return to Chelsea. The Ivorian has signed a one-year deal at Stamford Bridge, . having become a legend at the club after being signed by Jose Mourinho for . £24million in 2004. And Drogba revealed he couldn't turn down the opportunit... | Didier Drogba returns to Chelsea .
Ivorian striker reunited with Jose Mourinho after seven years .
Drorgba had spells at Shanghai Shenua and Galatasaray .
Drogba won three Premier Leagues, four FA Cups and the Champions League with Chelsea . |
0a5f6b32e869bae798d81c48d381a5f0384c001a | For something that predicts the future, the software is deceptively simple looking. A map of a city is marked up with small red squares, each indicating a 500-by-500-foot zone where crimes are likely to take place next. A heat-map mode shows even more precisely where cars may be stolen, houses robbed, people mugged. Th... | Predictive analytic software PredPol anticipates future crime based upon past activity.
The program was adapted from similar software meant to predict earthquake aftershocks.
Many police stations still use obsolete technology due to small budgets and aversion to change.
Even so, police depend heavily upon social media ... |
0a5fa44fa4ac623f350cafdb7b80acb3590b172a | (CNN) -- The JetBlue pilot arrested after an apparent midair meltdown last week was ordered held without bond during a brief appearance before a federal judge in Amarillo, Texas, on Monday morning, the U.S. Attorney's Office said. The U.S. magistrate ordered that Clayton Osbon, 49, be held in the Randall County jail un... | NEW: A judge orders JetBlue pilot Clayton Osbon held until a bond hearing Thursday .
Osbon spent the past six days in custody in a hospital .
The captain faces a charge of interfering with a flight crew .
Passengers and crew members subdued Osbon as he screamed and banged on the cockpit door . |
0a5fc67fec892dae1adea2857822da43cd4d2ea2 | We’re nearly a month into the new Football League season so here are five things from outside the Premier League that have caught my eye so far… . 1) Cyrus Christie – the young right back has hit the ground running at Derby County after making the step up from League One Coventry City, his hometown club. He had been wi... | Cyrus Christie has settled in superbly at Derby County .
The 'excellent' Graham Alexander is doing well as Fleetwood manager .
Lee Tomlin is similar to Ross Barkley and could play in Premier League .
Wolves winger Bakary Sako is on his way to the top .
Rotherham midfielder Ben Pringle is a special talent . |
0a628d27e7ad3c0cebf3286fda1d3cd33d534db9 | (CNN) -- Werder Bremen continued their continued their domination of SV Hamburg with a 2-0 win which dents their northern neighbors' hopes of Champions League football next season. A dejected Paolo Guerrero and Ivica Olic walk off after Hamburg's defeat. The defeat leaves Martin Jol's men sixth in the Bundesliga, five... | Werder Bremen beat SV Hamburg 2-0 with Hugo Almeira scoring twice .
Hamburg stay in sixth as defeat wrecks Bundesliga title chances .
Borussia Moenchengladbach beat Schalke 1-0 to boost survival hopes . |
0a62d0b17cefb6de9c3816d56f67e0791f98cbd9 | Bacary Sagna has joined Manchester City on a free transfer from Premier League rivals Arsenal. The defender has signed a three-year deal with the Premier League champions worth £150,000-per-week - inclusive of add-ons and bonuses. As revealed exclusively by Sportsmail in May, the 31-year-old will officially join City ... | Bacary Sagna has joined Manchester City from Arsenal on a free transfer .
Sagna has signed a £150,000-a-week three-year-deal at Manchester City, which is inclusive of add-ons and bonuses .
Sagna is also part of the France squad at the World Cup in Brazil .
Sagna posted a lengthy goodbye note to Arsenal fans on Instagra... |
0a62e4ebeda2bf3b2a8c1b116894e809ca546767 | (CNN) -- Divers are recovering bottles of champagne that have been lying at the bottom of the Baltic Sea for about two centuries, an autonomous Finnish island official said Wednesday. About 70 bottles lie mostly undamaged at 50 meters deep [roughly 164 feet] south of the Aland Islands. "The first bottle was brought to ... | About 70 bottles lie mostly undamaged south of the Aland Island .
"The first bottle was brought to the surface in mid-July," official says .
The champagne is believed to have been aboard the ship between 1800 and 1830 . |
0a62ef39d65382938cf316a887f8a8a573daea59 | With courses on David Beckham, Harry Potter and politicising Beyoncé on offer at prestigious universities, it comes as no surprise that students are now able to learn the art of the perfect 'selfie'. Budding photographers will be taught valuable life skills to prepare them to face an expectant world which could present... | City Lit college in London is offering a course in taking the perfect 'selfie'
The art of self portraiture course will cost you £132 (£106 for seniors)
Budding photographers will be taught about flattering angles and lighting .
There will be an exploration into ideas of 'identity, self-hood and memory' |
0a64e134f8f636a8309af1e9049983a38c4a18bb | A former Apple employee named Sam Sung has raised more than $2,500 for charity by auctioning off his old business card after an initial bid of $80,200 was revealed to be fake. Mr Sung, 25, worked for three years as a specialist at the Pacific Centre Apple store in Vancouver, where customers couldn't help but notice his... | Sam Sung, 25 worked as a specialist at an Apple store in Vancouver .
On leaving his job, he decided to auction off his distinctive badge for charity .
Attracted bids of up to $80,200 on the online auction site eBay .
But the bid turned out to be a fake and it eventually went for $2,500 . |
0a65dc2fbf4fda5e273a84ab36d0409a605f456b | (CNN) -- The 2010 Census is nearly under way, but don't expect an e-mail from the U.S. Census Bureau asking you personal questions in its head count of America. Cyber criminals have information about millions of people, but they don't use it against everyone. If you do get one, it's a scam. "Like most large organizatio... | Cybercriminals have data on many people but can use it only against a finite number .
Most businesses don't really need your Social Security number .
Privacy policies reveal whether a company will share your information with others . |
0a661af9686af6c8f298c8309e8e1a96ef0cc08f | By . Martin Robinson and Sam Greenhill . PUBLISHED: . 04:32 EST, 17 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:38 EST, 17 June 2013 . With a smile and a jaunty wave, Prince Philip left hospital three days early yesterday. He walked unaided from the London Clinic, 11 days after he was admitted for exploratory abdominal surgery. Buck... | Duke had exploratory operation and has been progressing well .
Was allowed to leave three days earlier than expected and is off to Windsor .
The Duke will take a two month 'period of convalescence', Palace says .
The Queen had visited London Clinic on his 92nd birthday last Mondat .
Also visited by William, Harry, Prin... |
0a6790f886a42a76945d4a21ed27c4ebd9ca1025 | Although my work has been in Washington, D.C., my home and heart have always been along the beautiful coastline of the Monterey Peninsula in California. It's a place where I first developed my dedication to public service. And it inspired what would become a lifelong effort to promote responsible stewardship of our oce... | Leon Panetta has worked in Washington, but his beloved California coastline is home .
Ocean Commission 10 years ago found depleted fisheries, polluted rivers and bays .
Panetta: Stewardship of oceans has improved, especially in control of overfishing .
Still ahead: Curbing development, guarding wetlands, dealing with w... |
0a6802873f762054e3f09781c73cb884ee5bab3f | Los Angeles (CNN) -- Lindsay Lohan was released from home confinement at 10:20 a.m. Wednesday, 35 days after she began serving her sentence for misdemeanor theft and probation violation, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County sheriff said Wednesday. The electronic monitoring bracelet was removed from Lohan's ankle abou... | The actress served 35 days in home confinement .
120-day jail sentence was changed to home confinement due to jail overcrowding .
She pleaded guilty in May to a January necklace theft charge .
Lohan must now resume work on 480 hours of community service . |
0a6953feb86f56b0d74415e409f8dddfd9ef50e1 | Jasmine Billington, 8, pictured with her 'twin' Simon - who was born in May last year . These are the amazing twins who were born EIGHT years apart. Jasmine and Simon Billington were conceived at the same time with sperm that was frozen but Jasmine was born in May 2005 and her ‘twin’ brother was born in May last year. ... | Jasmine Billington born in May 2005 and her 'twin' Simon eight years later .
Parents Lisa and Nigel first tried IVF in 2004 after several years of trying .
Doctors put two embryos into Mrs Billington and froze 22 others .
Several years later, couple tried again with a remaining frozen embryo .
Simon was born in May 201... |
0a69907582b1befb7e1ec48a1187bc6b7d43a5f9 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- Social networking, Martin Scorsese and cinema classics on demand: this is the enticing mix on offer at new movie Web site The Auteurs. The Auteurs mastermind Efe Cakarel (center) at Cannes with Celluloid Dreams' Hengameh Panahi (left) and Martin Scorsese. The self-styled "online cinematheque" a... | Scorsese collaborates with Web site The Auteurs to put restored films online free .
The movie masterpieces were restored by Scorsese's World Cinema Foundation .
They include Korean film "The Housemaid" and Moroccan documentary "Transes"
The Auteurs is an innovative mix of social networking and video on demand . |
0a69b17bee613ce2d85cac062724ec4d4e118b20 | By . Jason Groves . PUBLISHED: . 16:50 EST, 2 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:37 EST, 3 October 2013 . John Hirst who has campaigned for prisoners to win the right to vote. He murdered his landlady with an axe . Clamour for Britain to leave the European Court of Human Rights intensified last night, after the only UK j... | Paul Mahoney told politicians killers should 'have a say'
He appeared to refer to John Hirst, who killed his landlady with an axe .
Mahoney claims UK should back down over prisoner votes refusal . |
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