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0a6a6f5a063d58a7288994fe82a44015c7f061a1 | An angry Dianne Feinstein, the Senate Intelligence Committee chairwoman, warned again Monday she would investigate why the FBI did not notify oversight committees about its investigation into CIA Director David Petraeus after the bureau determined he was having a secret and risky extramarital affair. "... A decision wa... | Sen. Feinstein is calling for an investigation of the FBI in handling the Petraeus probe .
"A decision was made somewhere not to brief us, which is atypical," she says .
The National Security Act addresses notifying congressional intel committees .
Committees should be "kept fully and currently informed" on intelligenc... |
0a6b2556b0114bd358dee0e045eea8d71b11bdea | James Ward-Prowse has committed his future to Southampton by penning a new five-and-a-half-year deal at St Mary's. A graduate of the club's academy, the 20-year-old has made 77 appearances in all competitions since making his debut in October 2011. Ward-Prowse has become an increasingly important player for Saints and ... | The 20-year-old midfielder signs a five-and-a-half-year deal with club .
James Ward-Prowse is a graduate of the club's impressive academy .
He made his debut against Crystal Palace in the Carling Cup in 2011 .
Youngster has made 77 appearances for the club in a all competitions .
Click here for more Premier League news... |
0a6b76916b200bfe21a7aa0b2254d92dfc8174b1 | Luke Donald maintained his place at the top of the leaderboard after the third round of the Nedbank Golf Challenge, but compatriot Danny Willett was hot on his heels. Donald carded a three-under-par 69 to move on to 13 under for the tournament, but only a birdie at the last prevented him having to settle for a share of... | Luke Donald tops the Nedbank Golf Challenge after the third round .
Countryman Danny Willett is one shot behind after a round of 65 .
Ross Fisher is three shots off the pace at the event in Sun City, S. Africa . |
0a6bb5de0dc52c6121c1a4ac81e226d0dbfd3ac8 | This is the moment a pensioner had to be rescued after 'deliberately' driving into the sea in front of tourists at millionaires' resort Sandbanks. The woman sat motionlessly as the water poured into her Volkswagen Golf off the Dorset coast today. Witnesses described how she wound down both front windows of her car befo... | Witnesses describe how woman drove into the water off Dorset at speed .
Pensioner 'wound down windows' and refused to move as water came in .
Crew from fishing vessel dived in to pull her out shortly before car sank .
VW Golf dropped below the water line and had to be pulled out by crane .
For confidential .
support ca... |
0a6bd8c83f7ad09abd30e234fe615d3d96753689 | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 13:25 EST, 18 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:57 EST, 19 February 2013 . Burger King is grappling with the trials and tribulations of social media after their Twitter account was hacked by a McDonald’s fan. The branding of their Twitter page, which has more than 89,000 followers, has bee... | Burger King's Twitter account has more than 89,000 followers .
Their account's page now features a picture of McDonald's food and their logo and Twitter name have also been changed .
Burger King has suspended their Twitter account and apologised to followers who received the erroneous Tweets .
McDonald's denied on Twit... |
0a6c7cbe5aa6c6de9c9e6ab14adc105da4937e9d | The finger-pointing began almost immediately -- and with good reason. A mere few inches of snow had shut down Atlanta, forcing children to spend the night at schools, stranding drivers on interstates and making the city a laughingstock to the country. Why did this happen? Who's to blame? And, more importantly, could th... | Atlanta doesn't have a diverse transit system .
The city's mayor doesn't call all the shots .
The state, not the city, is responsible for treating interstate roads .
The governor said he was caught off guard by the storm's path . |
0a6d92862f303c30471f3de14e98876b8341dbf8 | (CNN) -- "You are my duchess" was one of the first catcalls Elana Adler wrote down in 2008, after she got into the habit of jotting down the unwanted attention she received from strangers in the streets of New York. Something about it seemed so "dated," she said, and it stuck with her. So would many more of the icky co... | Elana Adler cross-stitched harassing comments into 32 samplers .
The series is called "You are my duchess"
The samplers reduce street harassment into a "simple piece of women's work" |
0a6df9fdd840d9d8540a5980329c731669be5196 | Jerusalem (CNN) -- Rockets coming from Lebanon smashed into northern Israel on Sunday near the town of Kiryat Shmona, the Israel Defense Forces said. Israeli forces fired toward the source of the launch, the IDF said. At least 20 Israeli rockets landed in southern Lebanon, according to the IDF and the Lebanese official... | NEW: Israeli PM says attacking civilians while hiding among population is "double war crime"
No immediate reports of anyone being injured .
Israeli military, Lebanese media say at least 20 rockets fired in retaliation . |
0a6e74e3116ca8246fa2d09929b59746973721f2 | (CNN) -- The co-pilot of a plane that crashed in Buffalo, New York, in February was feeling ill and had considered backing out of the flight, according to a cockpit voice recorder transcript released Monday by the National Transportation Safety Board. First Officer Rebecca Shaw said before takeoff: "You know, we'll see... | Transcripts show that Rebecca Shaw was feeling ill .
Shaw said that if pressure was too much, she could call out the next day .
Colgan Flight 3407 crashed February 12 during approach to Buffalo . |
0a6e78a36db2768430615856e1e5b5b2ccfb3270 | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 02:52 EST, 10 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:06 EST, 10 October 2013 . For millions of students the early . weeks of university are a raucous mix of letting their hair down, . getting to know the local nightlife and making new friends. But . for freshers at Cambridge University in the ... | The book was handed to 17th century students at Trinity College .
It was compiled by Cambridge's English classical tutor James Duport .
Scholars are told not to play football or gossip with fellow students .
As well as behavioural tips, the book even tells students what to wear . |
0a6ecea9a1132a4cf7124cfb0c07efbe4450086c | Ralph Ellis runs you through what we've learned this weekend, from Euro 2016 qualifying action to the lower leagues. This week, there as a win for England over Slovenia at Wembley, a precious point for Wales in Belgium and plenty going on in Leagues One and Two. 1. Jack Wilshere’s man of the match award against Sloveni... | Jack Wilshere was named man of the match in England's win over Slovenia .
James Chester starred in Wales' 0-0 draw against Belgium in Brussels .
Fabio Capello is under even more pressure with Russia after another loss .
Jack Stephens, on loan at Swindon, could be Southampton's next prospect . |
0a6fb03fb874812206db3e5e60f0993005084a77 | United Nations (CNN) -- The United Nations is trying to put sexual violence on the international policy map, telling political and military leaders that wartime mass rape "is no more inevitable than, or acceptable than, mass murder." Rape is being used by armed groups to reignite flames of conflict and to terrorize and... | Wartime rape is "the least condemned and most silenced war crime," U.N. official says .
U.N. initiative aims to put sexual violence in conflicts on international policy map .
U.N. is monitoring five countries because of sexual violence in conflicts .
In Congo, more than 200,000 women have been raped in 12 years of figh... |
0a6fdda3f96f587d57ef4b32cd7bc3d882df8ce6 | Andy Carroll has revealed the shocking state of his knee after major surgery on the injury that will keep him sidelined for the rest of the season. The 26-year-old West Ham striker suffered torn ligaments in his left knee during West Ham's 0-0 draw with Southampton last week and had surgery on Tuesday. After previously... | Andy Carroll tore his knee ligaments against Southampton last week .
The West Ham striker will miss the rest of the season after surgery .
Carroll posted images on Instagram after going under the knife . |
0a70f389a12d879ef7fb1ce76e36f8cbdba075a4 | By . David Kent . Eden Hazard had his very own Ellen DeGeneres moment as a portion of the Belgium World Cup squad posed with the maverick on Tuesday. The Chelsea forward took the picture - which includes a plethora of Premier League stars including Marouane Fellaini, Mousa Dembele, Romelu Lukaku and Adnan Januzaj - tha... | Marc Wilmots' side took the photo after training on Tuesday .
Chelsea striker Lukaku had bagged his first hat-trick for Belgium against Luxembourg on Monday night .
Tottenham's Nacer Chadli and Wolfsburg's Kevin De Bruyne completed rout .
Manchester United's Adnan Januzaj came on for his first Belgium cap .
Vincent Kom... |
0a71a4e31e3d1ac4915c38671d5bab7ac53a6d07 | A debate in the House of Lords is the last place you expect to hear someone fantasise about making love to George Clooney. But it is precisely what cheeky typist-turned-Tory Minister Tina Stowell did when she persuaded fuddy-duddy peers to back gay marriage laws. Lords Leader Baroness Stowell used Clooney to explain ho... | Lords Leader used Clooney to explain how a man who married another man could only sue for adultery if his partner had sex with a woman, not a man .
She is to to extend the gay marriage laws in the next few weeks .
Will allow gay people who took part in civil partnerships before gay marriage was legalised to 'upgrade' i... |
0a71d57a729f09912ede073f3050790d09d4484f | The shortlist for the Society of Biology’s Photographer of the Year reveal has been revealed - and it includes a stunning array of images from across the natural world. In the competition there are two categories, the regular Photographer of the Year and the Young Photographer of the Year. The theme of this year’s comp... | The images are part of the shortlist for the Society of Biology's Photographer of the Year award .
There are nine photos taken by adults competing for a £1,000 prize run by the London-based society .
There were more than 800 entries, with photographs allowed to focus on anything in biology .
The winners will be announc... |
0a71f063b78184b4ca2ffee3c642d48dc27ef91b | Smiling again: Lavern after she had reconstructive surgery to fix her nose a second time . Lavern Barnes booked a cosmetic surgeon to straighten out her ‘bumpy’ nose. But her botched operation left her with even more bumps. She later found he had a record of botched operations and had been temporarily struck off. Beau... | Lavern Barnes, 51, paid £3,400 for a nose job in 2009 to fix her 'bumps'
A week after the surgery she lifted the gauze to discover a broken nose .
The surgeon had previously been struck off, but allowed to return to work . |
0a71f3a41f197b6053252692209beff9c692c4df | Baghdad (CNN) -- Former President George H.W. Bush is getting his old foreign policy team back together on the 20th anniversary of the Gulf War. The reunion is being held on the Texas A&M University campus in College Station, where the Bush presidential library is located. A roundtable discussion by the Bush team is ex... | George H.W. Bush gathers war cabinet at Texas A&M .
Iraq invaded Kuwait in 1990, and the U.S. led a counteroffensive in January 1991 .
Baghdad continues to pay reparations to its neighbor .
About 1,000 people who disappeared have never been found . |
0a72d04b9b36a08f5c014fd8c8ecee670a8fce1b | CLARKSDALE, Mississippi (CNN) -- Pat Davis was just 10 years old when two black men came into his father's barbecue joint in the heart of the Mississippi Delta in 1947. A huge fuss ensued, with four racists shouting every name in the book. Pat Davis operates Abe's BBQ. His father was a Lebanese immigrant in Mississippi... | One of the oldest restaurants in Mississippi defied segregation .
Abe's BBQ in Clarksdale was founded by Lebanese immigrant Abraham Davis .
"We knew how the blacks must've felt," says son Pat Davis .
Long-time worker: Abe's is symbol of great barbecue and the civil rights struggle . |
0a7427c3a6098c2d06a70aee42a97b0d754a06ae | NEW DELHI, India (CNN) -- A government school in southern India has tested pupils' karate skills by running over their outstretched arms with a motorcycle. K. Devarajan, the director of elementary education in Tamil Nadu state, told CNN that the event, held recently, was organized with the consent of parents. State edu... | Indian schoolchildren run over by motorcycle in karate exercise .
Officials says parents approved of test of children's karate skills .
School has been told not to hold such an exercise again . |
0a74ab0ebb290844e61c3630b37fa6fff8cf2213 | Preparing for Christmas is a mammoth task for everyone, but for grandmother Sylvia Pope getting ready for the big day requires three months of hard work. The bauble-loving pensioner is forced to start hanging her decorations in September to make sure they are all up by Christmas Day because it takes so long to attach e... | Grandmother Sylvia Pope spends three months decorating her house in Swansea, South Wales for Christmas .
When the festive display is complete she will have 2061 baubles hanging from the ceiling of her home .
The 72-year-old starts the creation in September and says that she does it for her grandchildren . |
0a75fd8e32d13a20c48f96ddc8a74721f7f930f1 | By . Sarah Griffiths . PUBLISHED: . 11:37 EST, 26 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:38 EST, 26 September 2013 . Athletes such as Usain Bolt (pictured) have distinct genetic codes that give them their explosive and sustained fitness, according to a new study . Scientists have discovered a certain genetic characteristic... | Polish scientists found Usain Bolt and Mo Farah have distinct genetic codes that give them their explosive and sustained fitness .
University of Szczecin researchers said the variety of the AGT gene is two to three times more common in elite power athletes than nonathletic people .
The exact effect the gene had on stre... |
0a76ad8292cf58cd07fbf65ff091d5eaa67245c4 | (CNN) -- Michelle Obama, never one to turn down an opportunity to champion healthy eating, has co-opted a popular tune -- and, in six seconds, created a viral sensation. Here's how it happened. In an #AskTheFirstLady segment, Barack Obama impersonator Imman Crosson, or @AlphaCat, asked Obama, "How many calories do you ... | Her Vine was a response to a question posed by an Obama impersonator .
It's a take on an uber-popular song .
Obama is known for her commitment to health .
This isn't her first foray into pop culture to get us to eat our veggies . |
0a7734e6e5d8d3fe2b472f07659d91fae9f8ba0d | By . Joani Walsh . Having . travelled to The Gambia every year for more than a decade on family . holidays, nurse Victoria Ord knew what precautions to take. Her . vaccinations were up to date and she had packed enough high-factor . sunscreen to protect all of her extended family during their two-week . trip. She also ... | Victoria Ord, 37, knew what precautions to take on a trip to Gambia .
Nurse from Cheshire caught stomach bug and malaria pills stopped working .
Caught severe falciparum malaria and ended up in hospital with organ failure . |
0a77e07a55de5b44271f9487bd2b8b1a80c9e880 | With its £50million price tag, this Grade II listed mansion already sounds like a home for someone with very deep pockets.That’s before you realise that the buyer will have to spend a further £20million restoring it. The run-down property, in Mayfair, is believed to be Britain’s most expensive ‘fixer-upper’ – estate ag... | Home will boast seven palatial bedroom suites, eight state rooms, a leisure complex and private cinema .
Main bedroom suite will be spread across 2,000 sq/ft, which is twice the size of the average new UK home .
There will be an eight person lift, mews home for guests or staff, wine room, office and high security vault... |
0a786778917ba4f6884e2ecc2ee3b848dc7c2179 | A row has broken out after Ryanair pilots accused the airline of putting cost-cutting ahead of passenger safety by forcing crews to fly with limited fuel in order to save money. Speaking anonymously on a Dutch television programme, four pilots said they often found themselves on the brink of making distress calls durin... | Four Ryanair pilots told a Dutch television programme they are being forced to fly with the minimum amount of fuel allowed by law to keep costs down .
They claimed they are regularly on the brink of making distress calls because their planes are so low on fuel .
Ryanair has insisted its pilots are allowed to take as mu... |
0a78dbac48b7c90effc5c8635d81df8d7dd21262 | (CNN) -- After years plagued by injuries and scandal, Tiger Woods pulled away from his competition Sunday to capture his first PGA Tour win since September 2009. Months after capturing the BMW Championship, Woods became a tabloid fixture for his affairs with several women that led to the end of his marriage. His golf g... | NEW: Woods writes on Twitter, "Heading home now and I can't stop smiling"
He won the Arnold Palmer Invitational in Orlando, Florida, by five strokes .
It's the golfer's first PGA Tour victory since September 2009 .
Arnold Palmer didn't congratulate Woods due to a blood pressure problem . |
0a79b6759b353b0209e24307b5b041647d58c316 | A married Premier League footballer who already has three children by his wife and mistress has just taken a second bride in his native Cote'Ivoire. Cheick Tiote, 28, who earns £45,000 a week playing for Newcastle United, reportedly wed Laeticia Doukrou in a traditional ceremony earlier this month, saying taking anothe... | Newcastle United's Cheick Tiote, 28, has taken a second wife in Ivory Coast .
Lives near Newcastle with first wife Madah, 25, by whom he has two children .
The midfielder also has a one-year-old child with mistress Nikki Mpofu .
His agent Jean Musampa said: 'This is nothing unusual - he is a Muslim'
Tiote, who earns £4... |
0a7b0b3999cc3a1604c0ce38524b662862676e79 | By . Jennifer Newton . A senior British military figure has branded the UK's 2003 invasion of Iraq 'a cock-up we will be living with for the next 50 years'. Major General Julian Thompson, who commanded Plymouth-based 3 Commando Brigade during the 1982 Falklands War, spoke out as Isis militants seized three cities in Ir... | Major General says he blames UK politicians for the 'complete mess' in Iraq .
Believes the 2003 invasion of the country was a 'political cock-up'
Says the people of Iraq are not better off since the war in the country .
Warns against UK forces going back into the country again .
Major General led Royal Marines during t... |
0a7b9f1cd08208dbf8a7759ed079df1e2270df0a | (CNN) -- It arrived in Rich Stevens' mailbox a few weeks ago: the notice that Citibank had "rate-jacked" the Visa cards belonging to him and his wife. Some credit card holders have seen their interest rates go up dramatically, a practice called "rate-jacking." "In my case, from 9.5 percent to 16.99," the 54-year-old nu... | One man's rate went from 9.5% to 16.99%: "It almost borders on loan-sharking"
Citigroup, recipient of bailout funds, seems to be the target of most bloggers' ire .
U.S. House passes "bill of rights" for customers, but legislation stalls in Senate .
Citi says anyone unhappy with rate can opt out and close account when c... |
0a7bdb4dd89d415080c6b78914b2f75349a97fc6 | (CNN) -- Funk fans started each Chuck Brown concert with a chant, "Wind me up, Chuck." From there they would be treated to guitar riffs, driving percussion and other rhythm instruments that left them dancing to the beat. Brown, who died Wednesday at 75, was the "Godfather of Go-Go," a genre blending funk, jazz and soul... | Manager speaks about Brown's influence .
Performer Chuck Brown dies at 75 .
He was especially popular in Washington, D.C.
"Go-Go" is a form of funk and soul . |
0a7be0f07c7a10c75f1815263e91e7046b0296c5 | A country barman who spent millions of dollars worth of cash he withdrew from ATMs via a 'loophole' in the system has been arrested. Dan Saunders, from Wangaratta in north-eastern Victoria, lived the high life for about four and a half months in February 2011, spending wildly on expensive escorts, private jets, exclusi... | Dan Saunders, 29, discovered a 'loophole' in his bank's ATM system .
Former barman lived like a millionaire during wild spending spree .
On Thursday he was arrested three and a half years after the con .
He spent thousands on private jets, hookers and gambling .
In just four and a half months he managed to steal more t... |
0a7c15a01b8b7c5fa463386e8167d72973332daa | After most of the world's population is wiped off the map by a wayward meteorite or hail of nuclear missiles, the survival of the human race might just depend on a few thousand people huddled in recreational vehicles deep in the bowels of an eastern Kansas mine. That's the vision of a California man who is creating wha... | Caves will be 'the world's largest private underground survivor shelter'
Kansas caverns are 100-ft to 150-ft below the surface .
Supported by thick limestone pillars six times stronger than concrete .
Will have blast doors built to withstand a one-megaton nuclear explosion . |
0a7c90ad6ebd29d3de72c2ee38cdc43f28fbbcc7 | Supermarket chain Morrisons has been forced to apologise for turning the Angel of the North into a giant advert for French stick. The store, which is desperate to claw back customers from budget competitors Lidl and Aldi, used a projector to beam a 175ft-long baguette onto the famous artwork. But the piece of bread, wh... | Supermarket chain projected 175ft baguette onto the public artwork .
Complaints rolled in that statue in Gateshead, Tyneside, had been 'defiled'
The angel's creator, Anthony Gormley, also condemned the advert .
Gateshead council also revealed the stunt was pulled without permission .
Morrisons later issued an apology, ... |
0a7c9a1a8f20cd3a36f3137b0ac835cf15eed5ba | Alex Zane may be a well-known music-lover, but he is happy to avoid Ibiza's sprawling nightclubs . He may be a well-known music-lover having hosted high-profile shows on MTV, XFM and NME Radio. But Alex Zane reveals he more than happy to shun the masses of Ibiza's hard-partying tourists, booming beats and sprawling nig... | DJ and presenter says the island is the perfect place to 'escape from it all'
'Even in peak season, you can find stunning, empty beaches'
35-year-old says Spanish island has 'two characters' |
0a7d42a1391915c112eb0eab900f7c74b5c770f1 | Traffic wardens have been fining drivers after a council mistakenly fitted a French ticket machine in a car park. Motorists were baffled as to why they were unable to put English money in to the machine at the Ian Clough car park, in Baildon, West Yorkshire, and were being issued with tickets. Bradford Council eventual... | Bradford Council mistakenly fitted a French ticket machine in a car park .
The machine unable to take English money and would only accept Euros .
Motorists - unable to pay - issued with parking fines at the car park . |
0a7d9ae6a0b6794168dabb1ae123281ae4b97878 | (CNN) -- Baku has been a citadel amidst potentially destabilizing forces for centuries, routinely blasted by gale-force winds, seismic activity and positioned near one of the world's largest and most coveted oil reserves. But, having declared independence and with the establishment of a lucrative oil pipeline, Azerbaij... | Texas-born architect Barry Hughes picks the Flame Towers in Baku as his favorite building .
Building towers was a challenge says Hughes and had to be weighted to withstand earthquakes .
Hughes wishes he had designed Notre Dame du Haut, a concrete Catholic chapel in Ronchamp, France .
Designed by Swiss-born architect Le... |
0a7de0f5ef96887137f9d5b00b07e628e1010aff | A massive security flaw that could let hackers listen in on private calls and read text messages has been revealed. The flaw, is in a global telecom network called Signal System 7 that helps phone carriers across the world, including AT&T and Verizon, route calls and texts. The flaws, to be reported at a hacker confere... | Flaws set to be reported at a hacker conference in Hamburg this month .
Are in a system called SS7 that allows the world's cellular carriers to route calls, texts and other services to each other .
Claims security services could be exploiting flaws . |
0a7f6926e4e554149fcf99d81b4839d99c05c2ef | Britons are burning themselves out by not getting enough 'me time', suggests a new study. Researchers found nearly two-thirds of adults (61 per cent) aren't getting enough 'down-time' a week - leading to stress, tiredness and even depression. For the study involving 2,000 adults, 'me time' was defined as taking time-ou... | TV psychologist Linda Papadopoulos warned about the need to relax .
Household chores, thinking about work and hobbies can hit 'me time'
Two-thirds of adults do not take enough time for themselves . |
0a7f6aada6d71dd81d1c2bb33063b88557298dcb | By . Associated Press . and MailOnline Reporter . A man and his mother starved, beat and chained an 11-year-old boy for several hours at a time at a home in southwestern Michigan, authorities charge. Randall Hamilton, 28, and his mother, Peggy Hamilton, 46, are being held on $1 million bond after . being arraigned Wedn... | Randall Hamilton, 28, and his mother, Peggy Hamilton, 46, are charged with torture and child abuse in South Haven, Michigan .
They were arrested after Randall's 11-year-old stepson was found running from home fearing for his safety .
The boy told cops he was often chained to the floor and was barely fed .
Police said h... |
0a7fb96f0b2069e04c9cbc13fd9c9dc1012b2fe9 | By . James Nye . PUBLISHED: . 00:53 EST, 18 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:48 EST, 18 November 2013 . Police in North Carolina described the living conditions at the home where an 11-year-old boy was found handcuffed by his ankles to a post with a dead chicken around his neck as 'an environment you wouldn't want to ... | Wanda Sue Larson and Dorian Lee Harper have been charged with multiple counts of child abuse and imprisonment .
Their 11-year-old foster child was found handcuffed to their front porch with a dead chicken around his neck .
Law enforcement have said the boy was kept from running away each day by being handcuffed to a me... |
0a80f50d4d6ae4a9d8d936d75dd34bbf6791520a | Three masked men broke into a woman's home, bound her hands and feet before carving anti-gay slurs into her body in a vicious hate crime, authorities said. The attackers also spray-painted 'we found you ****' on a wall at the woman's home and tried to set it on fire. Police in Lincoln, Nebraska refused to elaborate on ... | Victim, 33, escaped to neighbor's home in Lincoln, Nebraska .
Attackers tried to set house on fire during hate crime . |
0a8250b682993c54b33bfa0562ca3190423ab417 | By . Liz Thomas . Last updated at 1:38 AM on 14th January 2012 . It was hailed as the next big thing in cinema but it seems Britain’s 3D boom may be over before it really even began. Film fans fed up with inflated prices and disillusioned by the lack of added value from watching many movies in the format, opted to st... | Major cinema groups charge 3D film customers up to 41 per cent more than those seeing standard films .
Research shows large cinema .
firms charge up to £1 per person on top .
of the ticket price to pay for 3D glasses . |
0a82959ee0fb4d8613ac098d76cd14529ffa2934 | (CNN) -- Two fifth-grade boys armed with a stolen semi-automatic gun, ammunition clip and knife plotted to kill a classmate in Washington state but were thwarted when another student informed a school employee, authorities said Thursday. The two boys, who told police they considered the girl rude and annoying, won't be... | Two boys plot to kill a girl outside their Washington state school unravels .
The boys also intended to kill six more students one by one, authorities say .
One boy was going to stab the girl; the other was to use a gun to guard him .
One boy stole the gun from his older brother, who in turn stole it from dead grandfat... |
0a83c82ca6874b60f1c4d4d89bce849ee61074b4 | By . Ryan Gorman . and Ashley Collman . and Paul Thompson . A third student has come forward to accuse a 29-year-old Florida teacher already facing nearly two dozen charges for sex with teens in her school. Jennifer Fichter now faces 34 separate criminal charges for having sexual relationships with at least three stud... | High School English teacher Jennifer Fichter, 29, faces nearly three dozen criminal charges for having sex with underage students .
She was originally arrested in April after a student's mother found illicit text messages on her son's cell phone .
A second student some came forward with accusations after seeing a news ... |
0a8415242903d4a500c97a660431886cf451240c | (CNN) -- In a world where information is plentiful and abundant, traders are always trying to make money by finding that hidden advantage. Many are betting that 140 characters is all it takes to beat the market. Some professionals in the world of high finance are relying on Twitter and other social media to try to get ... | Commodities traders use Twitter to get inside info from farmers .
One fund based all its trades on sentiment analysis of tweets .
EToro is a social network for investing, letting users copy the trading strategies of others . |
0a842d14099d3868d36adfdb269df65d14aa6c47 | By . Rob Preece . PUBLISHED: . 12:18 EST, 20 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:45 EST, 21 August 2012 . Tensions between Japan and China escalated further today after thousands of Chinese protesters took to the streets and overturned Japanese cars. The demonstrations were the latest in an ongoing feud between the two cou... | Demonstrations are the latest in dispute between China and Japan over islands in the East China Sea .
Islands are known as the Diaoyu in China and as the Senkaku in Japan .
Tokyo urges Chinese government to protect Japanese citizens . |
0a84ddb99d2666bee7899a51a3d9476b1b224ab7 | By . Ryan Gorman . Gunned down in his own rectory: Father Gilbert Dasna was shot dead in his church, police believe he may have have been killed by a gunman they shot dead minutes later . A small Canadian town was terrorized Friday by a crazed gunman who is believed to have shot dead a priest inside a church before goi... | Father Gilbert Dasna was shot multiple times in the rectory of his church .
Suspected gunman John Quadros then fled the scene before engaging Royal Canadian Mounted Police .
He took them on a wild chase through the center of St Paul, Alberta .
Quadros rammed at least one squad car and injured multiple Mounties before a... |
0a85cce694017e07c8987b6e9fe61be96141c222 | Senator Al Franken has sent a letter to Apple’s chief executive highlighting ‘substantial’ security concerns about fingerprint recognition technology on its iPhone 5S. The iPhone 5S, which went on sale today, includes a fingerprint sensor that lets users touch the phone's home button with their finger to unlock it, rat... | Touch ID feature allows you to use your fingerprint to unlock the iPhone 5S .
Apple maintains that Touch ID is 'one of the best passwords in the world'
But the Democrat is concerned about hackers getting hold of fingerprints .
'They could use it to impersonate you for the rest of your life,' he said . |
0a860fecac21116cfea9b8763204ec339b7c9a28 | By . Lydia Warren . and Daily Mail Reporters . Bowe Bergdahl has thanked President Obama for saving his life - as his newly-appointed military justice lawyer insists the former POW is 'proud' to be back in uniform. The 28-year-old soldier hired Eugene Fidell to represent him and speak on his behalf six weeks after the ... | Yale Law School professor Eugene Fidell starting working on the former Taliban POW's case on a pro bono basis a week ago .
Bergdahl, who returned to active duty this week, also has an Army lawyer representing him but asked Fidell to assist .
'I think it's important that people, particularly people who have been vilifie... |
0a86914fc0199d7d39521b3a8208e4ceae182576 | (CNN) -- Tonight, as my husband stands in our bedroom, fingers whirling across his smartphone and eyes glued to its tiny screen, I have no idea "where" he is. Is he checking the score of his beloved home team, or dealing with a rant from an indefatigable boss overseas? Is he working or home-ing, or both? This melding o... | Maggie Jackson: We blend home and work because we all use smartphones .
Jackson: We are empowered, yet disturbed by this free-for-all .
She says that in a mobile world, work tends to win out over other parts of life .
Jackson: As much as we try to believe otherwise, it matters what we do, where we are . |
0a879acdaf2a649d9cddaf90c2d3b57965b7e672 | Exeter Chiefs went to the top of the Aviva Premiership for at least 24 hours after a richly deserved 31-15 victory that left Wasps still in pursuit of a first win at Sandy Park. Two tries for England wing Jack Nowell plus one from number eight Tom Waldrom, and 10 points from the boot of fly-half Gareth Steenson, steere... | England winger Jack Nowell scored a brace for the home side .
Number eight Tom Waldrom also powered over for the Chiefs .
Gareth Steenson registered 16 points with the boot .
Waps lost Christian Wade to an ankle injury . |
0a880761c261da483eeda73b3c0bea17b6694dd7 | Yahoo's decision to curtail remote working among its employees has stirred dismay in the technology industry at a time when many companies are innovating new solutions to enable telecommuting. At the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, one of the planet's biggest showcases of new digital technology, numerous manufactur... | Exhibitors at annual Mobile World Congress say Yahoo's ban on remote working ignores need for balance .
Greg Sullivan of Windows Phone says telecommuting improves home life and benefits environment .
Cisco's Marc Musgrove says modern technology can now recreate face-to-face encounters . |
0a88b83292b64b57bd2e789ce833b31aea778098 | (CNN) -- Fernando Alonso has urged Ferrari to improve ahead of the 2013 Formula One season, labeling the Italian team's performance in last year's championship unbefitting of the sport's most successful constructor. Last season two-time world champion Alonso finished just three points behind eventual title winner Sebas... | Fernando Alonso says Ferrari must do better in 2013 Formula One season .
Alonso lost out to 2012 drivers' champion Sebastian Vettel by three points .
The Spaniard drove the new Ferrari F138 for the first time in Jerez on Tuesday .
The 2013 F1 season begins with the Australian Grand Prix on March 17 . |
0a894892114869f441b0f59b337b86b41d1766bf | (CNN) -- European soccer body UEFA has issued a statement after an 11-year-old boy managed to invade the pitch and pose as a member of Chelsea Football Club's entourage following this week's Europa League Final. He follows a (dis)honorable line of other gatecrashers who between them have blagged their way past security... | A boy, 11, posed as a member of the Chelsea entourage at the Europa League Final this week .
He was the latest in a long line of people to gatecrash events from the Olympics to Oscars .
Sports events, royal parties, state dinners and the papal conclave have all been targeted .
Some serial hoaxers have been the inspirat... |
0a8a0cf499018470ecf3ae273b2a94e60b1a84c6 | Washington (CNN) -- The U.S. State Department on Friday ramped up its warnings urging Americans not to join other activists in a flotilla, expected to sail soon, aimed at challenging Israel's maritime blockage of the Gaza strip. According to organizers, the flotilla is meant to commemorate the one-year annivers... | 50 people plan to sail to Gaza to protest Israel's blockage of the Palestinian area .
Last year, 9 were killed after Israeli forces confronted a similar flotilla .
Sec. of State Clinton calls the plan not "useful," urges Americans not to take part .
An activist say the U.S. is giving Israel the "green light" to attack ... |
0a8a17abdfec5b84ecf46907c72621a58bac4d38 | Swedish men are being warned against any inclination for nude swimming after a new species of fish has been discovered in their waters which enjoys biting testicles. A 21cm pacu fish, a relative of the piranha, was found by fisherman in the Oresund Sound off the south coast of the country last week. Known in Papua New ... | Pacu fish found in the Oresund Sound off Sweden's south coast .
Relative of piranha reportedly enjoys biting male genitalia .
Has flatter teeth, similar to humans, which are perfect for crunching . |
0a8badaeac6e14cea6f65f674e902422d5e84bbf | By . Sam Greenhill . PUBLISHED: . 17:22 EST, 4 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:48 EST, 5 September 2013 . Mr Wonderful: Hasnat Khan, the surgeon who stole Princess Diana's heart almost two decades ago pictured leaving his East London home yesterday . Walking out of his pebbledash house with his jacket over one arm, ... | Mr Khan was pictured leaving his East London home yesterday morning .
Friends say that Diana wanted to marry the man she called Mr Wonderful .
But the pair's relationship ended just weeks before the Princess died . |
0a8c1667cd599c6a61a30d62696b2e043e33317a | (CNN) -- Chris Brown pleaded guilty to simple assault Tuesday to settle a case stemming from a sidewalk fight at a Washington hotel last October. "I'm sorry, I am very sorry," Brown told the judge in the brief hearing in a District of Columbia court. The judge sentenced Brown, 25, to time served -- the one day he was l... | Chris Brown entered his guilty plea in a D.C. court Tuesday .
The plea deal includes no jail time or probation for Brown .
The singer has already paid a heavy price for the incident .
Brown's probation for beating singer Rihanna is set to end in January . |
0a8c9a0a1ee8d7bf24cf1f2512e5a4e20fa9bf86 | Tottenham cruised to victory in their Europa League Group C clash thanks to Harry Kane's hat-trick and a double from Erik Lamela. Sportsmail's Gerard Brand picks out the key points at White Hart Lane. Europa League winners will reach the Champions League, but Mauricio Pochettino still mixes it up. He's made on average ... | Harry Kane marks his return to the side with well-taken treble .
Striker ended the game in goal after Hugo Lloris was sent-off .
Erik Lamela scored a screamer during White Hart Lane rout . |
0a8d5fc5bac3b5b71523921a80427571e7157658 | A driver who whizzed across 26 miles of New York City in 24 minutes was convicted on Thursday of reckless endangerment for a stunt trumpeted in dashboard-camera video posted online. Now he's fled the country and is staying in Canada. Adam Tang wasn't in court to hear the verdict, and it wasn't clear at first where he w... | Prosecutors portrayed Tang, 31, as a dangerous daredevil who put lives at risk by circling Manhattan in a BMW Z4 convertible at an average of 69 mph .
Adam Tang wasn't in court to hear his verdict on Saturday because he had fled to Canada .
Tang, known to the YouTube world as 'AfroDuck' was arrested in September 2013, ... |
0a8f30cdcf13b1d00d4670d16ec0c40e2ca1de1c | Steve Bruce insists Hull City must accept they will be one of the teams involved in this season’s relegation scrap. The Tigers enjoyed their first win in 11 at Bruce’s former club Sunderland on Boxing Day to climb out of the drop zone. They now have the chance to put nine points between themselves and bottom club Leice... | Hull City claimed first win in 11 against Sunderland on Boxing Day .
They now welcome relegation rivals Leicester City to the KC Stadium .
Manager Steve Bruce believes game is 'bigger than cup final' last season .
Tiger have chance to put nine points between themselves and Foxes . |
0a931b42b00d60fb5e751642731249b10b34b1a8 | By . Mail On Sunday Reporter . The Archbishop's remarks will fuel criticism of welfare reforms . Families have been left ‘broken and weeping’ by hunger and debt despite the country’s economic recovery, the Archbishop of Canterbury will say in his Easter Sunday sermon today. In outspoken remarks that will refuel attacks... | Comments will fuel criticism of Government's welfare reforms .
He will say food banks and credit unions embody Christian values .
His speech comes shortly after letter to David Cameron from religious leaders declaring rising hunger levels a 'national crisis' |
0a9371b466754719948abc5118a9ce6638d9bacd | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 14:53 EST, 29 March 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:17 EST, 30 March 2012 . A six-year-old girl was given bread and jam instead of a hot school dinner for two days because her mum was just £4 in arrears. Hazel Lebby, 37, says she was shocked to discover her daughter Hannah had twice been denie... | Mother Hazel Lebby is so furious she has threatened to take her child out of the school .
Headteacher said action was needed after parents racked up .
£1,730 in unpaid dinner meals last year . |
0a95281ccd4317e73afcc13bc379c103380df5d5 | By . Chris Greenwood . PUBLISHED: . 16:03 EST, 19 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:31 EST, 20 July 2013 . For richer for poorer, for better for worse, in sickness and in health … . They made their vows a month ago, but Tamara Ecclestone and new husband Jay Rutland could hardly have expected them to be tested so soon. Bare... | Jay Rutland had stopped for petrol in east London, when he was beaten up .
Said he was relieving himself in bushes when he was assaulted and robbed .
He married Tamara Ecclestone in a lavish £7million celebration in Cannes . |
0a97ef01e13b235d5b7271a6933ea62fda554067 | By . Stuart Woledge . PUBLISHED: . 05:52 EST, 30 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:53 EST, 30 August 2013 . Gobsmacked: Jamie O'Connell had to look twice after spotting the obscene hand gesture in the sky . The National Lottery's 'It Could Be You' advertising campaign was one of the most recognisable of its time, where a... | Man who spotted obscene gesture in the clouds 'absolutely gobsmacked'
Jamie O'Connell's picture of the skies above Fort William has gone viral .
He now hopes to spot favourite film character Mufassa from The Lion King . |
0a99f09188cd679df4cd36976d11c87789dd5b8f | By . Paul Donnelley . The Oxford Union was in fresh turmoil last night after its treasurer resigned over the society’s handling of a sex scandal which has seen its president arrested on suspicion of rape. Charles Malton, 20, a history student at Christ Church, Oxford, left four days after the prestigious debating socie... | Charles Malton, 20, disassociated himself from union's handling of scandal .
Mr Malton approved £1,200 legal fees for Ben Sullivan to sue student site .
Sullivan arrested on suspicion of rape and attempted rape . |
0a9d326b859a477b6466525a9afbb0c15c3dd9d8 | A 25-year old Red Star Belgrade fan was stabbed to death during violence before a Euroleague basketball match in Istanbul on Friday. 'It was an act of hostility and a terrible tragedy ... I am distraught,' Zoran Markovic, the Serbian consul in the Turkish capital, told Serbia's state television (RTS). Red Star fans had... | Red Star Belgrade fan was stabbed to death during violence before a Euroleague basketball match .
400 Red Star fans had travelled to Istanbul but were banned from watching the match against Galatasaray .
Serbian consul had warned Turkish authorities of the possibility of trouble . |
0a9dbfea7ca576578b8b03e9a08e39c7e203ab86 | Many comedy sketches in the closing ceremony were meant to get a giggle from the crowd, but one of the funniest moments was completely unrehearsed - with Boris Johnson and David Cameron leaving viewers on stitches with their 'dad dancing' to the Spice Girls. The crowd erupted as the Spice Girls drove into the stadium i... | Prime Minister and the Mayor of London were filmed dancing with their wives Samantha Cameron and Marina Wheeler .
Cameron and Johnson threw some shapes to the Spice Girls performing Spice Up Your Life . |
0a9ecda6671cacfd8c4845e80ec3a96cbfc1697f | By . Lara Gould . PUBLISHED: . 18:14 EST, 1 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:16 EST, 1 June 2013 . No offence: Simon Cowell said it hadn't been his intention for the J-Lo performance to be 'deliberately sleazy' Britain’s Got Talent supremo Simon Cowell has defended Jennifer Lopez’s risqué appearance on the show, blaming a... | Performance in leather leotard and thigh-high boots sparked more than 100 complaints to Ofcom .
Cowell, 53, said intention was not to be 'deliberately sleazy'
'I think the cameraman got a bit carried away,' he said . |
0a9fe2c7f5e1d10b56e63399c596e82369634e7a | One of the deepest mysteries in science - where all the antimatter went after the Big Bang and therefore why there’s matter at all in the universe – is a step closer to being solved, claim CERN researchers. It comes because they’ve reached an important milestone in being able to make precision comparisons between atom... | Milestone in comparing ordinary matter with antimatter has been reached, say experts .
Results helps shed light on where all the antimatter went after the Big Bang . |
0aa0562353120d93357dc00a05ff4d2bc0312715 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor and Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 07:01 EST, 16 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:03 EST, 16 December 2013 . Home Secretary Theresa May said tougher penalties of up to life imprisonment for human traffickers would lead to more prosecutions . Trafficking gang victims w... | New laws mean human traffickers will face up to life in prison .
Victims sent to work in illegal environments will not face prosecution .
Report by Labour MP Frank Field estimates there are 10,000 slaves in UK .
Home Secretary Theresa May says it is difficult to know if it is even higher . |
0aa0c3c8c628e65ec50e71631ba09fde80b72b19 | By . Anthony Bond . PUBLISHED: . 12:56 EST, 7 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 01:37 EST, 8 June 2012 . An internet troll who sent a threatening email to Conservative MP Louise Mensch failed to turn up at court to be sentenced today. Frank Zimmerman had targeted the MP for . Corby, Northamptonshire, last year telling her to ... | Frank Zimmerman was due to be sentenced at Cheltenham Magistrates' Court in Gloucestershire this afternoon .
He targeted the MP for Corby last year telling her to stop using Twitter or face the consequences .
Court issues a warrant .
for his .
arrest . |
0aa0e608581dfaa32896a1436ced85c1a7d84f73 | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 13:27 EST, 28 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 13:46 EST, 28 January 2013 . A paranoid schizophrenic who chopped off his mother’s head because he thought she was a witch has admitted manslaughter today. Daniel Coriat, 44, beat 76-year-old Elizabeth Coriat to death before mutilating and decap... | Daniel Coriat beat his mother Elizabeth to death before mutilating her .
Medical experts said he was suffering a 'psychotic episode' at the time . |
0aa15c2764bf5c015341e6fca89176e7c0a0ac87 | Washington (CNN) -- Some very preliminary talks have been under way "for the past few days" to potentially allow Boston bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev to resume providing investigators with information about the attacks in exchange for having the death penalty taken off the table, two government sources say. The source... | Boston bomb suspect Dzhokhar Tsarnaev is no longer talking with investigators .
Sources: A deal could allow him to avoid the death penalty if he resumes providing information .
The talks are not a sign Tsarnaev's attorneys are ready to make a deal, one source says .
High-profile attorney Judy Clarke has been added to t... |
0aa1dd8b2267ee1f4629c54af6aecb418a2f088b | A city lawyer died at his own 29th birthday party after falling down a disused rubbish chute in a block of flats. Gary O'Donoghue, a solicitor at EMW Law firm, disappeared during a celebration friends had thrown for him at an apartment in Shoreditch, east London, at around 6am. His body lay undiscovered for 24 hours, b... | Gary O'Donoghue, 29, disappeared during party friends had thrown for him .
He is believed to have fallen down disused rubbish chute at block of flats .
The lawyer's body lay undiscovered for 24 hours, but was found by police .
He was a solicitor at EMW Law firm specialising in corporate finance .
Friends and teammates... |
0aa2670a77bbcc4625473194e49e7487bf8aad23 | Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area residents were in a for a chilly Sunday as snow, sleet and hail hit the region. The chilly weather hit areas north and west of Washington, CBS DC reports, along with northern Virginia. Hail was even reported in Montgomery County and parts of northern Virginia on Sunday afternoon. ... | More than an inch of rain hit Washington, D.C.
More than 600 flights were cancelled by Sunday evening with another 5,800 delayed .
Blossom Kite Festival on National Mall also cancelled due to poor weather .
Hail reported in Montgomery County and parts of northern Virginia on Sunday afternoon .
Rain also affected parts ... |
0aa31e7e9af7f6143b7157c0f5a1c7e4191207c2 | London (CNN) -- Before he died last year, Jimmy Savile was viewed as a kind of UK equivalent to American TV icon Dick Clark, gaining fame by bringing music to generations of teens. Savile was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. He now stands accused as a predatory sex offender. The shocking allegations have Britain reeling... | BBC chief calls Jimmy Savile case "a very, very grave matter"
LIke American Dick Clark, Savile hosted teen music show for years .
Police say they have ID'd more than 200 potential victims .
The BBC's handling of the child sex abuse scandal is under scrutiny by lawmakers . |
0aa48e16c877d98f641562017358c31936110448 | A California couple has decided to end their 14-year marriage, not by divorce, but by uncoupling. Clark and Valerie Tate came together on a beach in front of their friends and 10-year old son, Jonah, to end their marriage in an 'uncoupling' ceremony, according to ABC News. Taking a cue from Gwyneth Paltrow and ex-beau ... | Clark and Valerie Tate came together on a beach in front of their friends and 10-year old son, Jonah, to end their 14-year marriage in an 'uncoupling' ceremony .
The two will continue to live in the same house, raise their son and maintain joint assets but will date other people .
The two have established rules for dat... |
0aa4ebcfdea99def3d259236c74a492c5dc9cf14 | By . Emma Innes . A young West Ham striker has died after a three year battle with testicular cancer. Dylan Tombides, 20, passed away today with his family at his bedside. The Australian footballer was first diagnosed with cancer while representing Australia during the 2011 Under 17 World Cup in Mexico. Dylan Tombides,... | Dylan Tombides was diagnosed with testicular cancer in 2011 .
He fought the disease for three years having surgery and chemotherapy .
The Australian footballer died today with his family at his bedside .
Back to Mail Online home .
Back to the page you came from . |
0aa52a11710ee0b17644143a3d21f70e8689ec3c | Brooklyn, New York (CNN)A New York police officer was charged Wednesday with second-degree manslaughter in the shooting death of an unarmed Brooklyn man in November. Officer Peter Liang was arraigned Wednesday in Brooklyn Supreme Court for "recklessly" causing the death of Akai Gurley, according to court documents. In ... | Akai Gurley was taking the unlit stairs at a housing complex when he shot in the chest .
Prosecutors charged the officer involved with second-degree manslaughter, other counts .
District attorney says he believes shooting not intentional, but innocent man was killed . |
0aa577e33ead7f859e537050c3276ea02cb94af0 | A 93-year-old World War II veteran who left high school to enlist in the Army has finally received his diploma. Domenic Giarrusso was honored Thursday with a ceremony and received the qualification he would have received when he quit to join the war effort in 1940. During hid service he worked as an airplane mechanic a... | Domenic Giarrusso was honored Thursday with a ceremony and received the diploma he would have received when he quit high school in 1940 .
During the war, he served as an airplane mechanic. But he didn't have a graduation ceremony .
As his daughter and grandson looked on in the library at Cranston High School West, Giar... |
0aa5f91899b876216d2517a67056e0be5d16f44c | By . Rachel Quigley . PUBLISHED: . 08:35 EST, 20 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:11 EST, 20 August 2013 . A wealthy parking-lot magnate has been accused of giving his model girlfriend herpes after promising her he was clean of all sexually transmitted diseases, it emerged today. The unnamed Soho model is suing William ... | William Lerner owns Imperial Parking Systems - largest garage operator in tristate area .
Unnamed Soho model said she trusted him enough to have unprotected sex with him .
Days later she had a herpes outbreak . |
0aa5fc5f877390e263bac75501497b4d817dcbc0 | By . Sophie Borland, Francesca Infante and Daniel Martin . PUBLISHED: . 18:51 EST, 7 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:13 EST, 8 February 2013 . A healthcare assistant at scandal-hit Stafford Hospital dragged a frail dementia patient around by his pyjamas and called him an ‘animal’, investigators have said. Bonka Kosto... | David Cameron ordered probe into five trusts after Mid Staffordshire scandal .
But expert warns another 21 trusts with high mortality could be added to list .
Solicitors are preparing to act against nine trusts accused of neglecting elderly patients . |
0aa7391eb1ada7b42b60bcdd5f99ca5bba2a4447 | By . Ellie Zolfagharifard . PUBLISHED: . 05:16 EST, 23 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:22 EST, 23 October 2013 . A huge piece of the Chelyabinsk meteorite, which crashed into Russia earlier this year, has gone on display at a local museum. The meteor fireball exploded over the Ural Mountains in February causing a shoc... | Meteor seen over Russia in February while travelling at 41,600 mph .
Rock is believed to be one of the largest pieces to be found .
The chunk was recovered from the bottom of Chebarkul Lake last week .
It is now on display at the Chelyabinsk Regional History Museum . |
0aa8caf16059abf240f1ea25ab9b8a0c91dcdec8 | By . Sean Gallagher for MailOnline . West Ham manager Sam Allardyce says he is not shocked with comparisons made between new signing Cheikhou Kouyate and Patrick Vieira after his impressive debut against Tottenham on Saturday. The 24-year-old, who joined for a reported £7million from Anderlecht earlier this summer, was... | Allardyce is not surprised that Kouyate has drawn comparisons with the former Arsenal midfielder .
Kouyate impessed for West Ham as they lost 1-0 to Tottenham on Saturday .
The West Ham boss was taken aback by Kouyate's fitness levels . |
0aa8e5d4f5759c12738d1239b9f0c6fa57d629f7 | Madrid, Spain (CNN) -- The FBI used a photograph of a Spanish lawmaker as part of a digitally enhanced Osama bin Laden wanted poster, and the U.S. Embassy here has apologized to the angry politician, a spokesman said. "That was not normal procedure. It was completely unintentional and the FBI is looking into it to prev... | FBI used photo of Spanish politician to depict older Osama bin Laden .
U.S. Embassy spokesman has apologized to Gaspar Llamazares for the "completely unintentional" error .
Llamazares' hairline and wrinkles were transposed onto an image of the Al Qaeda leader .
Politician says he hopes it was just a case of "incompeten... |
0aaa411ea0928db7364e398dfc077930ba627bfc | (CNN) -- The Southeast is among the areas of the United States with the highest concentration of cases of HIV and AIDS, according to a new online tool called the National HIV/AIDS Atlas. In this map of AIDS prevalence rates in the Southeast, red represents the highest (0.593 percent or greater). AIDS experts in the reg... | HIV epidemic is not uniformly distributed throughout the U.S.
Disproportionate number of African-Americans have HIV/AIDS .
Atlas is based on data from public health departments from 2006 . |
0aaa6f5cac3b75ad775d4c5160eb3a10c3c4603a | The world's first space conversation between a robot and an astronaut is set to take place later this year. The talking robot called Kirobo - after 'kibo', which means hope in Japanese, and 'robot' - is set to join a Japanese astronaut into space in August. Its developers have gathered in Tokyo to demonstrate the . hum... | Talking robot Kirobo is named after 'kibo' which means hope in Japanese .
Kirobo is very small - measuring just 34cm in height - because it has not been designed to carry out physical activities .
The robot is set to join a Japanese astronaut in August and it is hoped that robots like Kirobo will eventually provide ass... |
0aaa6fd79737d15207b3263093f43beacc25bee8 | MADRID, Spain (CNN) -- The incumbent Basque nationalists won the most seats in Basque regional parliamentary elections on Sunday, but they could lose a 29-year hold on power because three non-nationalist parties won a combined majority for the first time, according to official election results. Socialist candidate Patx... | Elections held for 75-seat regional parliament in Spain's Basque region .
Basque Nationalist Party wins 30 seats, traditional allies win seven more .
Socialist Party and others win a 38-seat majority .
Basque Nationalist Party seeks self-determination for the 2.1 million Basques . |
0aab65c2a4592af55fb60518c455f40971a5d9b0 | Dr Carl Djerassi, the chemist who developed the birth control pill, died aged 91 on Friday . Girls today take it for granted. A rite of passage into adulthood, a hygienic routine, almost a human right. For the great majority, the modern low-dose oral contraceptive arouses little wonder, creates no health anxieties and ... | Dr Carl Djerassi, who developed birth control pill, died aged 91 on Friday .
Chemist's creation sparked a social, as well as a scientific, revolution .
His pharmaceutical company also broke records on Wall Street .
But the pressure to 'do it' anyway grew as the Pill became a norm . |
0aab98af837371d712e43c86f62b04b7e4cef597 | By . Sam Greenhill . Max Clifford's QC has told Southwark Crown Court his trial is 'haunted by the spectre of Jimmy Saville' Max Clifford's trial has been 'haunted by the spectre of Jimmy Savile', jurors were told yesterday. The Top of the Pops presenter's exposure as a paedophile after his 2011 death led to a successi... | Richard Horwell QC said his client's trial must be seen in context of Savile .
In closing speech he said 'the Savile effect cannot be ignored'
Rubbished suggestions that Max Clifford was a 'sexual predator'
Accused Clifford's accusers of making up the allegations .
Said prosecutors portrayed PR guru as 'Olympic-standar... |
0aabc9ecdaaff12f92c65edfdc15c7f344058248 | The two children suffocated by their mother in Spain were not fathered by her paedophile partner, a court heard yesterday. Lianne Smith looked furious when the shock DNA results were read out to the jury and denounced them as 'mistaken'. She has admitted killing Rebecca, five, and 11-month-old Daniel in their hotel bed... | Lianne Smith tells jury in Girona results must be 'mistaken'
Martin Smith hanged himself in January while in prison for child sex crimes .
Mother admits smothering son and daughter at Costa Brava resort .
But her defence lawyer is calling for acquittal on grounds of mental illness .
Psychiatrist says Smith was in a psy... |
0aace03cecb26ef243c5e8dc97a0ad0287325bf0 | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- A proposed health-care compromise by the powerful chairman of the Senate Finance Committee lacks a government-run insurance option favored by Democrats and would tax the most expensive health insurance plans, a source close to the discussions told CNN Monday. Sen. Max Baucus, D-Montana, is the power... | Compromise lacks a government-run insurance option favored by some Democrats .
Max Baucus' proposal to negotiators would allow nonprofit cooperatives instead .
Source says bill would cost less than $900 billion over 10 years .
Some funding would come from new tax on companies with high-end plans . |
0aacf95e048e395ac10bfa01c21c23847bcbdecc | By . Matt Blake . PUBLISHED: . 10:18 EST, 16 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:26 EST, 16 August 2013 . A jilted lover who staged a sit-in protest on an electricity pylon until his girlfriend took him back was killed by a massive shock as he climbed back down. Heartbroken Wan Sun had climbed to the top of the steel pylon... | Jilted Wan Sun had climbed to the top of steel pylon in Changzhou, China .
Standing high above the ground he demanded his girlfriend take him back .
When she came he hurried down but stepped on a steel support strut while he was still holding onto a high voltage cable and burst into flame . |
0ab2c1d0d04904fdc38a81091ddd003012e6a241 | The report suggested that fears of abduction, traffic accidents and bullying are among the factors that explain why parents do not let their children walk to school . Only a quarter of primary school children are allowed to travel to school alone, a study shows. Examining how many pupils walk, cycle or take the bus to ... | In Germany 75 per cent of children travel alone, according to report .
Fears of abduction and bullying are among reasons why parents will not let children walk to school . |
0ab2c343f5fb12fbb47594aeb1843f52480313b7 | (CNN) -- Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was once a student revolutionary himself, perhaps not much different from the thousands of protesters who this week have taken to the streets in Iran. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei became a political activist while a religious scholar studying under Ayatollah Ruhollah Kh... | Post on Islamic Revolutionary Council may have been career-making .
Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was minister of defense, head of Iran's Revolutionary Guards .
Mir Hossein Moussavi was prime minister when Khamenei was president . |
0ab2c6142ec356025ca095b341c8622a2021e994 | By . Emily Payne . Some of Greece's most celebrated beauties are getting a facelift. And after almost 2,500 years it's not surprising they're looking a little weather-beaten. The Caryatid statues, which until the late 1970s propped up a section of the Erechtheion Temple on the Acropolis, are being cleansed of grime ins... | The restoration process began at the Acropolis Museum in Athens in 2011 .
Each larger than life-size figurine takes seven months to clean .
The statues were removed from the Erechtheion Temple in the 1970s .
One, removed in the 19th century, now stands in the British Museum . |
0ab34ea3704178a08dc1223bb10826912c73bd19 | (CNN) -- News of Angelina Jolie's decision to undergo a prophylactic double mastectomy has instantly increased awareness of hereditary forms of cancer caused by mutations in the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes. While the BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes were discovered in the mid-1990s, genetic testing for the genes is increasingly availab... | Everyone has BRCA1 and BRCA2 genes; a mutation can show increased cancer risk .
Not everyone needs to be tested for the gene mutation .
Genetic counselors and other providers can help determine whether to test and when . |
0ab5929d6d3956f5d1a3645fc81adcbe301f1404 | A Mexican family has been jailed for gouging out the eyes of their five-year-old relative with a spoon during a satanic ritual to bring about the end of the world. Fernando Caleb Alvarado Rios was ordered to close his eyes out of respect with his mother, grandparents, aunt and uncles as they danced in a circle and call... | Boy was forced to call on Satan with his mother, aunt, uncles, grandparents .
They ordered him to close his eyes out of respect but he was too scared to .
Mother grabbed a wooden spoon and gouged them out with others' help .
Neighbours in Nezahualcoyotl, Mexico, heard the screams, called police .
His mother, aunt, two ... |
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