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0ebe2a0f878b0c06953b88519bbb32a80e070b08 | (CNN) -- The death of Osama bin Laden does not necessarily mean the death of al Qaeda, the terrorist network he founded, though experts say none of his most likely successors offer the same combination of charisma, cash and credibility among militant Muslims. Bin Laden has long been a prime target for U.S. authorities,... | A U.S. official says they know of "no succession plan" now that bin Laden is dead .
An expert says his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri, is "not popular with colleagues"
Another contender is U.S.-born Anwar al-Alwaki, who is now based in Yemen .
Other possibilities are Abu Yahya al-Libi, from Libya, and Ilyas Kashmiri of Paki... |
0ec01eacb916f1713e5fe046830e84e0954d8f6b | By . Jennifer Newton . A 1920s Spanish castle that spends six months of the year surrounded by water and is only accessible by boat has gone on the market for £2.7million. For the same price as a four-bedroom townhouse at the redeveloped Battersea Power Station in central London, a new owner could snap up the picture p... | Castle in the Valle Iruelas Nature Reserve in Burguillo, central-western Spain is up for sale for £2.7million .
Water surrounds the property for six months of the year meaning it can only be accessed by boat .
Comes complete with numerous sun terraces, a fully equipped gym, a private jetty and a 150-seat banquet hall .... |
0ec024bb01d6afa8a9492e9749947838adc2b983 | This is the emotional moment a man who was wrongly imprisoned for nearly four decades for murder met and forgave the young witness whose false testimony put him behind bars. Ricky Jackson, 57, was exonerated in November after spending a staggering 39 years in prison for a crime he did not commit - the robbing and shoot... | Ricky Jackson, 57, sentenced to death in 1975 for 'murdering salesman'
Conviction was largely based on testimony of Edward Vernon - then 12 .
But in 2013, Vernon went back on his testimony, revealing it was 'all lies'
Jackson, of Ohio, was exonerated and released from prison in November .
Now, he has met Vernon out of ... |
0ec0571f1dbad584946e9bb5c3da0d603bb09475 | By . Dan Wootton . PUBLISHED: . 17:25 EST, 6 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:56 EST, 7 December 2012 . As the Spice Girls prepare to reunite briefly next week for the premiere of their new musical Viva Forever! and a major new TV show, there’s a growing prospect this might not be the final chapter for the world’s mos... | Girl group back together next week for premiere of their new musical Viva Forever! and a major new TV show . |
0ec094b099444774bd1807f1b74293dd623b992b | (Mashable) -- Google announced on Wednesday that it is rolling out a significant redesign for its social networking platform Google+, which will allow users to create a more customized experience on the site. The company said it will introduce a variety of new features to the site in the next few days, from customizing... | Google says it will introduce a variety of new features to its social network in the next few days .
Google Plus boasts more than 170 million users since its June 2011 launch .
A dedicated Hangouts page has also been added to the site so people can have quick access . |
0ec0df1111a345989a7c1b7ff47390d61879a57d | MEXICO CITY, Mexico (CNN) -- The Mexican government has ordered 2,000 troops to the U.S.-Mexico border in response to a wave of drug-related violence that is blamed for 200 deaths since January, officials announced Thursday. Mexico has ordered troops to move near Juarez, shown here with El Paso, Texas, in the distance... | Officials: 2,000 troops to go to border in response to wave of drug violence .
Majority of troops will be near the northern border of Mexico, in Juarez .
Violence has increased in large part to competing drug cartels . |
0ec1910ce9f64617291991d504c5151920de3f38 | By . Jill Reilly . UPDATED: . 04:58 EST, 24 February 2012 . The U.S President and the First Lady . both covered thousands of miles between them yesterday, targeting the . rich during their busy fundraising campaign. Michelle Obama spoke to an audience of 300 supporters at a downtown Cincinnati hotel saying President Ob... | Spoke about poverty about fundraiser before an audience at a Cincinnati hotel who had paid anywhere from $250 to $10,000 for the mid-day event .
Told crowd her husband understands the problems of struggling families 'because .
he has lived them'
President Barack Obama held fundraiser at home of Dallas Mavericks guard V... |
0ec27e8e4314b114f2516cd3a1b1bcda3d6b21ac | By . Lizzie Edmonds . An inquest in to the death of Peaches Geldof will be opened next week - with a cause of death expected to be released . An inquest will be opened into the death of Peaches Geldof next week, it has been confirmed. The 25-year-old mother of two, daughter of Sir Bob Geldof, was found dead at her coun... | Peaches Geldof, 25, found dead at her home in Kent earlier this month .
A post mortem was inconclusive - and blood and tissue samples were sent off to a lab for tests .
Inquest will be opened on May 1 after results were returned to coroner .
Cause of death expected to be announced at 10-minute hearing . |
0ec3bbee0219519f49b470e54ad58ee39e8f48db | London (CNN) -- Argentinian President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner is once again calling on the UK to hand back the Falkland Islands -- known in Argentina as Las Malvinas -- accusing Britain of blatant colonialism. In an open letter to British Prime Minister David Cameron, which was published in the British press, sh... | Argentina says Britain stripped the Falkland Islands away 180 years ago .
The countries went to war over the islands in 1982, when Argentina put troops there .
Argentina, which calls the islands Las Malvinas, wants sovereignty negotiations .
British government says there won't be sovereignty talks unless islanders want... |
0ec4590db94212436cdb84558322a09f54f56e03 | Phylicia Rashad, Cosby's former television wife, was today attacked by a lawyer for his alleged victims after for defending the star. Rashad was reported as saying: 'Forget these women. What you are seeing is the destruction of a legacy and it's a legacy that is so important to the culture.' But fire-brand lawyer Miss ... | Bill Cosby's on-screen wife broke silence to say 'forget these women' after clam after claim he drugged and raped young women .
But today Glora Allred, who represents many of the victims, attacked Rashad and accused her of 'joining Cosby's paid attack dogs'
She spoke at press conference for three more women going publi... |
0ec4829380fbf03836686102adda9cf498b5149c | Los Angeles, California (CNN) -- A claim that several dozen glass plates bought for $45 at a garage sale were negatives from Ansel Adams brought an angry response of disbelief from the man who oversees the famed photographer's trust. Adams' grandson is also unconvinced. Matthew Adams, who runs the Ansel Adams Gallery, ... | NEW: Ansel Adams' trustee says garage sale claim is a "con job"
NEW: The lawyer for the man who found photos calls Adams' trustee an "elitist"
NEW: An appraiser says the controversy is fueling sales of photo prints .
Photographer's grandson wants more tests before he accepts photos as Adams' |
0ec4fb22f189f34e80f4e78812d04f0b40c9c57b | Too young: Audrey Dantzlerward, 22, was found dead in her Princeton University dorm room on Monday. School officials say foul play is not suspected . A Princeton student was found dead on Monday in her dorm room at the Ivy League institution in New Jersey. It's still unknown what caused the death of 22-year-old junior ... | Junior Audrey Dantzlerward was found lifeless in her room in Edwards Hall .
Cause of death is unknown, though school officials said foul play is not suspected .
She was a member of an a cappella ensemble, a women's mentorship program and a Presbyterian group . |
0ec545f674cfb3cb791c052a8546b105c5fa7482 | By . Sam Webb . Resolve: Lord Dannatt says Britain must retain military strength in mainland Europe . Britain must send a strong signal to Russia's aggression in the Ukraine by reversing the cost-cutting decision to remove all troops from Germany. The number of British servicemen will drop from 102,000 to 82,000 by 202... | Lord Dannatt says troops would underpin diplomacy with Russia .
He said the West must not be 'weak in resolve and muscle'
Retaining 3,000 troops in Germany would show Britain is 'serious' |
0ec57541940dd3f00b9ea24c286766978b666fa3 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 23:05 EST, 11 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 13:59 EST, 12 January 2014 . A man who was shot dead in an apparent road rage incident in Pennsylvania last Saturday made multiple calls to 911 as he was pursued by a crazed driver in a dark-colored pickup, police have revealed this wee... | Timothy Davison, 28, was driving from Florida to Maine when another driver began following him .
Davison called 911 multiple times to report the 'aggressive' driver .
Police believed the driver followed Davison for 15 miles before running him off the road and shooting him dead .
Police are searching for the driver of a... |
0ec62e193c5c8b8f379e1b6d9d299497bc9c7c97 | Supporters watching the NRL All Stars take on the Indigenous All Stars got more than they bargained for when a tackle left one player with his shorts round his ankles. Indigenous centre Greg Inglis was making a break during the first half of the clash when he, and his shorts, were brought down by an opposition player. ... | Indigenous All Stars beat NRL All Stars 20-6 on Friday .
Greg Inglis, Will Chambers and Chris Grevsmuhl all scored tries .
Inglis, and his shorts, taken down in a tackle to reveal his underwear . |
0ec6cd9bc704759191eaafc54f78e9a1cd95224a | By . William Turvill . PUBLISHED: . 08:35 EST, 27 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:36 EST, 27 February 2014 . A paedophile posed as pop star Justin Bieber to groom girls as young as seven over the internet. Richard Barlow, 24, from Big Arowry, North Wales, enticed ‘naive’ youngsters by posing as the 19-year-old Americ... | Richard Barlow, 24, from Big Arowry, North Wales, enticed 'naive' youngsters by posing as the star in online chat-rooms and music sites .
Barlow has been jailed for three years after a court heard how he also pretended to be a teenage boy and even a young girl to meet children .
Court heard he encouraged them to strip ... |
0ec7e5d1c41cc93f03837fa15ec4a93ed96641a8 | By . Damien Gayle . Patients in a taxpayer-funded rehab centre were sent rake leaves in one boss's garden and hand wash his wife's knickers and bras, it is claimed. Murray Kaplan, court liaison for the J-CAP programme in Queens, New York, had former junkies over to his Westhampton home to do chores, sources told the Ne... | Lawyer Murray Kaplan had junkies over to his Westhampton home .
New York Office of Alcoholism and Substance Misuse services investigating .
Mr Kaplan denies getting recovering addicts to do his housework .
The only time they came over was for pool parties and picnics, he says . |
0ec8467e456e63d08e795c6992d2e3eb8e061fdd | (CNN) -- Seven-times Tour de France winner Lance Armstrong brought a Scottish town center to a standstill on Tuesday when hundreds of people joined him for a group bike ride. Lance Armstrong's appearance in Paisley, Scotland, saw around 200 people joining him on a bike ride. The seven-times Tour de France winner used s... | Lance Armstrong brought a Scottish town center to a standstill on Tuesday .
The American announced on Twitter that he wanted people to join him on ride .
A group of 200 people gathered in Paisley High Street to ride with Armstrong . |
0ec98ce46a4245dd421f9acab2ab807d68461684 | By . Helen Lawson . PUBLISHED: . 08:01 EST, 10 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:41 EST, 11 August 2012 . Tragic: Scott Bradley was driven to suicide by rumours he was one of James Bulger's killers . A father was driven to suicide by rumours he was one of James Bulger's killers, his distraught mother has claimed. Scott B... | Scott Bradley, 36, was found dead on Sunday after being hounded for months over false rumours that he was the child killer .
James Bulger's mother Denise Fergus says she is 'shocked and upset' to hear of Mr Bradley's death . |
0eca67abceb3ef3a8a4d76f701b674f8d5f0be6a | By . Associated Press . PUBLISHED: . 11:37 EST, 21 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:22 EST, 21 August 2013 . A Canadian extreme sportsman has died during a parachute jump in Italy's Dolomite mountains after he crashed between two rock towers, Italian rescuers said today. Mario Richard, 47, was jumping from a 1,000-meter... | Mario Richard, 47, was jumping from a 1,000 meter (3,300-foot) peak .
He had done three successful jumps from the same peak the previous day . |
0ecab2729f8780c71e7140e239eac8ddd5d127eb | Winning everything suits Paul Pogba. While France now look unrecognisable from the disgraced 2010 World Cup 'team', and regardless of what happens in Friday's quarter-final, will return home to an appreciative welcome, the Juventus ace will probably feel short-changed. That is simply his nature. The 21-year old fears n... | Midfielder scored first goal in France's 2-0 win over Nigeria in the last 16 .
He has flourished at Juventus after being allowed to leave United .
Despite his age he is also one of the first names on France's teamsheet .
He has been one of Les Bleus most impressive players at the World Cup . |
0ecb5df57aadd4db750cf6f869d3155063366362 | Los Angeles (CNN) -- A cache of e-mails believed lost when Michael Jackson's last manager's laptop disappeared could become key evidence in the wrongful death trial against AEG Live. Lawyers for Michael Jackson's mother and three children don't know what they'll find in Frank DiLeo's e-mails, but they are hoping it wil... | Frank DiLeo's laptop couldn't be found after Jackson's lawyers subpoenaed it .
AEG's lawyers represented DiLeo's estate in the fight to stop the subpoena .
Another lawyer kept a copy of the manager's e-mail file .
Jackson lawyers argue AEG forced Michael Jackson to take DiLeo as his manager . |
0ecc4ee1eb0065271e3f32a1bb7b56a19def5b71 | Britain's most pernicious invasive plant, Japanese knotweed, may have finally met its match in a two millimetre-long insect . It has plagued gardeners for decades and affected thousands of house sales because of its ability to grow more than 9ft in just ten weeks. But Britain's most pernicious invasive plant, Japanese ... | Scientists have found an insect which inhibits growth of Japanese knotweed .
Aphalara itadori poses no risk to other species, meaning it could be released .
Scientists were able to keep the insect alive throughout the winter .
This is the first time biological control of a weed has been allowed . |
0ecc95739d6ca84c7a415f363f130500424610eb | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 09:50 EST, 31 August 2011 . Beyonce's bump reveal at the end of her performance at the MTV Video Music Awards sparked a new Twitter record. As Beyonce finished performing Love On Top at 10:35 p.m. EDT on Sunday night, there were 8,868 tweets per second. Twitter said that rate was a... | The previous record of 7,196 tweets pre second was set during the Women's World Cup final . |
0ecd4af9312b07986ce4173f28e89b8b1f222171 | By . Daily Mail Reporter and Ap . PUBLISHED: . 21:07 EST, 30 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 21:08 EST, 30 July 2013 . The ongoing spat over national security spending between Kentucky Sen. Rand Paul and New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie reached a fever pitch on Tuesday, with Paul referring to the plus-sized Christie as 'the k... | Both men are considered to be potential presidential candidates in the 2016 election .
Christie said earlier in the day that Paul brings millions of dollars in 'pork' spending to his home state of Kentucky .
Christie last week criticized Paul’s .
opposition to warrantless federal surveillance programs, saying it .
harm... |
0ecd935b9ef15395d26742b52fc1b585eb7f9601 | PUBLISHED: . 13:31 EST, 2 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:28 EST, 2 December 2013 . A father and son have created their own DIY Stonehenge with seven foot stones on their family farm. The stone arrangement, which includes rocks weighing up to two tonnes, was erected by Tom Mason and his son Richard on their estate in... | Tom Mason and his son Richard have created their own Stonehenge .
They laid out the seven foot stones on their farm in Northumberland .
Passersby have been left baffled by the stone arrangement . |
0ecdd480f6415558bc2ddd4da2c925dd26dd3ddd | By . Andrea Magrath for MailOnline . If you're thinking of taking a UK staycation next year, you'll want to book well in advance for any of these properties. Conde Nast Traveller has released the results its annual Readers’ Travel Awards, naming the top 20 holiday hotels in the country. Chewton Glen in Hampshire climbe... | Chewton Glen in Hampshire climbs five spots to claim top UK hotel .
Le Manoir aux Quat’Saisons drops from first to second spot .
Hotels voted the best in the country by Conde Nast readers . |
0eceb58eb7d31bff7e776af119833eae069d4685 | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 10:49 EST, 10 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:53 EST, 10 January 2013 . Guilty: Majid Hussain is pictured arriving at Exeter Crown Court. Mr Hussain, who was found guilty of falsely claiming at least £35,000 in benefits, was handed a nine month suspended sentence . An Iraqi immigrant wh... | Unemployed Majid Hussain given money by father to spend on his children .
Did not declare bank account because 'under Islamic law money was not his'
Came to Britain as student funded by Saddam Hussein's Iraqi government .
He was handed a nine month sentence suspended for two years . |
0eceb74253cbb01c34167d38fa9845c44b1d3af7 | By . Richard Spillett . TV presenters are prepared to handle all kinds of bizarre events when they broadcast live from an outdoor location. But BBC Breakfast's Carol Kirkwood could have been forgiven for thinking a weather report from a deserted beach in West Sussex would go off without a hitch. The weather presenter w... | BBC weather presenter was broadcasting live from a beach in West Sussex .
Black Labrador appeared in background half way through and relieved itself .
Carol carries on, unaware of view, but hosts erupt into laughter in studio .
Weather presenter then joked: 'Upstaged by a dog, it is the story of my life' |
0ecee0355d7598be0af73f8faa1bbf16b997f184 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:58 EST, 22 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:05 EST, 22 January 2014 . Legal battle: Terry Marley won a Supreme Court ruling today allowing him share of his adoptive parents' fortune . A man won a legal fight over a £70,000 inheritance today when the Supreme Court ruled that a ... | Terry Marley was adopted by Alfred and Maureen Rawlings .
Couple made identical wills bequeathing some of their fortune to Mr Marley .
But each had mistakenly signed the other’s will after an 'oversight'
Their natural sons challenged the validity of the will in 2006 . |
0ecf914ec26f2b0690d61fb48d84a46bd07e791e | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 05:53 EST, 12 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:30 EST, 12 September 2013 . A sickening video captures the moment when a have-a-go hero was hit in the head and face with a machete when he tried to fight off a gang during an attempted robbery. Milton Tharmalingam was beaten with a heavy... | Milton Tharmalingam was beaten with a chain and slashed with a machete .
Shop worker was trying to protect store in Litherland from armed trio .
Hero was thrown to the floor, beaten with chains and slashed with machete .
Co-worker rushed to help by throwing a stepladder at vicious thugs . |
0ecfeafe248b0cbe64f80f8b549ab12b6676de8c | Christopher Pyne has denied 'harassing' senators in order to get them to support his higher education reforms, insisting that he holds an 'excellent relationship' with the Senate's crossbenchers. Palmer United Party Senator Glenn Lazarus accused the Education Minister of pestering him and others in a statement on Tuesd... | Glenn Lazarus accused the Minister of 'harassing' him and other crossbenchers in order to gain their support for higher education reforms .
Mr Pyne defended himself by saying Mr Lazarus was the only crossbencher who had refused to meet with him for discussions, forcing him to text .
The Senator claimed Mr Pyne is 'emba... |
0ed02729e32d3c345c953ba52ecba9fd2dfc73f3 | Country singer Billy Ray Cyrus honored a Nevada teacher killed by a 12-year-old student in a schoolyard shooting last year, calling him a 'true American hero.' Cyrus praised Michael Landsberry and presented a memorial plaque to his widow, Sharon, during a concert Saturday night in Incline Village, a Nevada community on... | Michael Landsberry was fatally shot by a 12-year-old student at Sparks High School in Nevada on October 21, 2013 .
The boy, Jose Reyes, also shot two other students, both of whom survived .
Reyes then turned the gun on himself .
Landsberry was trying to talk Reyes into dropping the gun when he shot him .
The hero teach... |
0ed09f5a01e7482e55dda21d092f2b34a4e32ae4 | Bill Clinton has given an emotional tribute to an eight-and-a-half months pregnant Harvard graduate who worked for his foundation before she was gunned down in the Kenyan mall massacre. Speaking at the Clinton Global Initiative on Tuesday, the former president remembered Dutch-born Elif Yavuz, 33, who was killed with h... | Malaria specialist Elif Yavuz, 33, and her Australian architect boyfriend, Ross Langdon, were gunned down by terrorists in Nairobi .
Ms Yavus, a Harvard graduate, was eight and a half months pregnant and worked for the Clinton Foundation .
Bill Clinton became emotional as he paid tribute to the 'beautiful, brilliant' w... |
0ed0bca54ddd7f41b49d30a594e65e88c85be760 | By . Sally Lee . A 12-year-old girl has survived a 15m from a cliff on Friday in Terrigal, Sydney's north. It is believed the girl bounced against some rocks before she landed in water. She then swam her way out of the water and onto the sand at Terrigal Beach. She suffered a pelvic injury and a fractured wrist, Nine N... | Paramedics were called Terrigal Beach, north of Sydney, before 5pm on Friday .
The girl was taken to hospital as she injured her pelvis and fractured her wrist . |
0ed254f28048d7b9d8e8653ec09544d530a80e60 | (CNN) -- The German blowout over Brazil stunned the world, launched countless memes and set a new Twitter record. Twitter's trending hashtags Germany (insert your verb) #Brazil 7-1 and "BrasilDecimeQuese7" should tell you the whole story. But in case you haven't heard, here's the recap. The pummeling of the Brazilian t... | Twitter says Brazil-Germany game was the most discussed single sports game ever .
Germany's 7-1 win over of Brazilian team results in social media humor .
The result sent shock waves reverberating across the sports world . |
0ed29e62d5a7855aa7b5f9dca7bdece399204e8f | By . Anthony Bond and Arthur Martin . PUBLISHED: . 08:26 EST, 6 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:53 EST, 6 November 2012 . This is the moment six robbers on motorbikes horrified shoppers during a high-speed smash-and-grab. Dressed in black and wearing crash helmets, the robbers raced through a shopping centre on thre... | Four people riding three motorbikes entered Brent Cross Shopping Centre in north London shortly after 10.15am .
Witnesses said the men sped into an upper area of the shopping centre and headed for the Fraser Hart jewellery store .
They are believed to have taken Cartier and Rolex watches as well as other items of jewel... |
0ed4e4b98f93de9a758c457f88b829542b4b0bec | The international players' union wants FIFA to investigate why a Club World Cup match was played on a potentially dangerous rain-soaked field in Morocco. FIFPro says letting the Cruz Azul vs Western Sydney Wanderers quarter-final match continue in Rabat on Saturday 'posed a serious threat to the health and safety of al... | Cruz Azul vs Western Sydney Wanderers in FIFA Club World Cup quarter-final went ahead despite a waterlogged pitch in Rabat, Morocco .
Torrential rain left the pitch covered in large puddles .
The Ivorian referee Noumandiez Doue allowed the match to proceed .
The Mexican side won 3-1, progressing to a semi-final with Re... |
0ed59088f84ea2ee3f3fe0d78ac9eea847c1da6c | (CNN) -- Milan might be most famous as the capital of Italian fashion and finance, but it's an ambitious architectural project that's generating buzz these days in the home of Armani and Alfa Romeo. Porta Nuova is a new 290,000 square meter (3.12 million square feet) site that will encompass office, residential and gre... | Porta Nuova aims to transform Milan's skyline .
Project will feature new skyscrapers and buildings covered with trees .
Some experts believe construction ventures like these could get Italian economy moving . |
0ed6616aa1e18298ba1779769c33e4714ded608b | Harry Redknapp has stunned Queens Park Rangers by quitting the club with the Loftus Road outfit embroiled in a relegation battle. Redknapp, joined QPR in November 2012, but he claims he is ending his managerial tenure to undergo knee replacement surgery. Rangers chairman Tony Fernandes accepted the former Tottenham man... | Harry Redknapp will undergo knee replacement surgery in coming weeks .
Les Ferdinand and Chris Ramsey have been placed in temporary charge .
Tim Sherwood is the early favourite to replace Redknapp on full-time basis .
Redknapp says relationship with Tony Fernandes has been one of the highlights of his career... he than... |
0ed7b0bad52b2393d5586b5c1d5cb8b7d6c95783 | (CNN) -- Besides charting the nature of space and time and penning the bestseller "A Brief History of Time," Stephen Hawking has another distinction: He beat the life-expectancy odds for people with ALS, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Stephen Hawking, shown in Pasadena, California, in March, is hospitalized but said to... | Stephen Hawking is a rare case of someone who has survived decades with ALS .
ALS affects 350,000 people worldwide and as many as 30,000 people in the U.S.
Symptoms vary from person to person; some lose their speech but others do not .
Clinical trials are in progress for a variety of treatments . |
0ed7f79d2c4d9135f8b6cfc6835b034b1350c9ab | (CNN) -- After dealing with porcupine creatures, shape-shifters and planes full of crystallized bodies over five seasons, star John Noble is still having the time of his life on "Fringe." The cult favorite sci-fi series is in the midst of its final season on Fox, and classic episodes premiere Tuesday night on the Scien... | John Noble's cult show "Fringe" is nearing the end of its run .
Noble addressed his sleep disorder treatment, which briefly halted production .
He's not as much of a junk food fan as his character; he recently discovered Twitter .
Noble shared his prediction for the final episode: "A masterpiece" |
0ed81dbeeb11c6b8fa33796faa8d297045e58daa | A woman who alleges an Uber driver raped her in the Indian capital has sued the online taxi service in a U.S. court, accusing it of failing to provide passenger safety. In her lawsuit, the Indian woman accuses Uber of putting profits over safety, calling the American-based company the 'modern day equivalent of electron... | The Indian woman accuses Uber of putting profits over safety, calling the company the 'modern day equivalent of electronic hitchhiking'
Her lawyer, Douglas H. Wigdor, had earlier represented a hotel maid who accused ex-IMF chief Dominique Strauss-Kahn of sexual assault in 2012 .
The San Francisco-based company did not ... |
0ed9bc219e8d337eb15373c9d44276fa5d493fca | One shameful statistic, if that is the right word, lies behind the dawn queues outside the Sunbury Health Centre in Surrey. It is this: the surgery was originally designed for 6,000 patients, but now serves nearly 19,000. Had the building in which the practice is based been a block of flats, say – and not part of the b... | More than 30 patients queued outside The Sunbury Health Centre in Surrey .
Originally designed for some 6,000 patients, it now serves nearly 19,000 .
Doctors say extra demand is result of new housing developments in area . |
0eda5fd3990861e17ada88beb1195bfde52334da | If you've ever fallen in love with a piece of clothing and had trouble tracking it down, new technology being developed by the brains behind music identifying app, Shazam, could be the answer to your prayers. What's more, according to Shazam CEO, Andrew Fisher, the new fashion app isn't far away. 'We have the ability t... | The new app will let you instantly identify clothes worn by strangers .
No release date has yet been set but technology already exists .
Shazam are also working on an interactive TV version of the app . |
0eda7f6fbe2ef1b7802b304631c67c4e1501e4bf | Chelsea Manning, convicted of espionage and imprisoned at Fort Leavenworth, has filed a lawsuit in federal court, claiming she "has been denied access to medically necessary treatment" for her gender disorder. The inmate once known as Bradley Manning announced in August 2013, the day after her court sentencing, that sh... | Manning is serving a 35-year sentence for espionage .
She announced that she is female the day after her sentencing .
Manning is suing to receive hormone treatment "to express her female gender" |
0edb59f3ab175d563c9ced59336750b21a6d8552 | (CNN) -- Matthew Cordle hasn't yet been found liable of killing a man while drinking and driving, but there's not much question about whether he's guilty. It's not because of the the homicide charges that were filed against him on Monday. But it's because Cordle went on YouTube last week and told the world he'd done ju... | Video confession raises questions about social sharing .
Matthew Cordle confessed to drunken driving death in YouTube video .
The viral post, with more than 1 million views, marks new wrinkle in criminal cases .
Some speculate video was an effort to sway judge in the case . |
0edc23d92ddd1647ee2e52c7ddad4a41e8cb1530 | By . Ap . It wasn't so long ago that David Hutchinson spent a month sleeping under a bridge while his wife and young daughter spent their nights at a domestic violence shelter.But this wasn't a case of domestic violence. The couple simply had no choice. There were just no shelters in Phoenix with room for another homel... | The Southwest has been hit particularly hard .
30 percent of New Mexico's children are living in poverty .
Expert: 'There's little doubt that things are getting worse' |
0edca6027c237a4fec42603c15d43ad37eee8d34 | By . David Mccormack . PUBLISHED: . 16:09 EST, 30 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:59 EST, 30 December 2013 . An official portrait of New York mayor Michael Bloomberg was unveiled at City Hall on Monday to commemorate the end of his third and final term in office. The portrait shows Bloomberg standing over his bullpen... | An official portrait of Mayor Bloomberg was unveiled at City Hall on Monday .
He is shown standing over his bullpen - an idea he imported from his time on Wall Street .
Bloomberg had the same-sized desk as everyone else in the open-plan environment .
The painting, which will be displayed outside City Hall's Blue Room, ... |
0edd72fddbc631a199f45dfd10f6efc7aac9c1fa | (CNN) -- A good soldier never publicly contradicts the commander in chief, at least not intentionally, and Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel is a good soldier. A Vietnam War veteran, Hagel provided a robust defense of President Barack Obama's approach to ISIS jihadists in Iraq and Syria when interviewed Wednesday by CNN Na... | Defense Secretary Hagel tells CNN's Jim Sciutto that ISIS must be stopped .
"It's exactly what the President said," Hagel says of ISIS strategy .
No ground invasion of Iraq or war with Russia over Ukraine, he insists .
President Obama has been criticized for not attacking ISIS in Syria . |
0edde295342ebc475ea636903c587d4609050173 | Rubin "Hurricane" Carter, the middleweight boxing contender who spent 19 years in prison after being wrongly convicted of a triple murder, has died in Toronto, according to Win Wahrer, the director of client services for the Association in Defence of the Wrongly Convicted. Carter, 76, died of complications from prostat... | Denzel Washington: God bless Rubin Carter and his tireless fight .
Carter wrote in a 2011 book that he was guilty of other crimes but not murder .
A federal judge said Carter and another man failed to receive fair trials .
Carter lived in Toronto after he was freed from prison . |
0edf83de164102a1a84528841e711d331b39036e | By . Becky Barrow . PUBLISHED: . 17:20 EST, 29 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:20 EST, 29 August 2012 . House prices in London have rocketed to a record high – but in the rest of the country they have plunged by up to 20 per cent since the credit crunch began. The biggest risers are in Kensington and Chelsea, where the... | Average home in Kensington and Chelsea cost over £1m .
Prices in London higher than ever .
Property values in North West drop 19.6 per cent . |
0ee04e3dd910c9cce9fb8793435bece3ad9b62c5 | (CNN) -- An American journalist held in Syria by Islamist rebels for close to two years was released Sunday. Peter Theo Curtis, 45, is believed to have been captured in October 2012 and held by al-Nusra Front, a Syrian rebel group with ties to al Qaeda. "My heart is full at the extraordinary, dedicated, incredible peop... | "Please know that we will be eternally grateful," his mother says .
Peter Theo Curtis is a freelance journalist and author .
He had been held for nearly two years by Islamist militants .
U.N. peacekeepers in the Golan Heights facilitated his handover . |
0ee0835f9ec00fe2d448428ec1615e52f6065609 | By . Caroline Graham . Updated: . 16:59 EST, 31 December 2011 . Mark Kennedy spent eight years posing as eco-warrior Mark 'Flash' Stone . An undercover police officer has defended having sexual relationships with unsuspecting eco-activists, saying they were ‘essential’ to maintaining a convincing cover story. Mark Kenn... | Mark Kennedy spent eight years posing as Mark 'Flash' Stone but his cover was blown a year ago . |
0ee0e813b035610bcb5ae737f496d4ae3da7c8cb | By . Jack Crone for MailOnline . A bank robber accused of raiding more than a dozen banks in New York lost all of his stolen cash playing roulette in Atlantic City. Dorren Singh, 26, of East Harlem, allegedly robbed 12 banks in Manhattan, one in Queens and one in The Bronx during an eight-month crime spree lasting from... | Dorren Singh, 26, robbed 14 banks, 12 of them in Manhattan, in eight months .
Then travelled to Atlantic City where he blew the cash playing roulette .
Caught by cops after being filmed on CCTV ditching disguise in the subway . |
0ee2489489d0fcd96f0faab1684011ac5cf1e20f | Istanbul, Turkey (CNN) -- Turkish authorities have detained American activist and freelance journalist Jake Hess in the southeastern, predominantly Kurdish city of Diyarbakir. At a court appearance Sunday, a prosecutor charged Hess with "taking orders from a terrorist organization" and called for his immediate deportat... | He is charged with taking orders from a terrorist organization .
Turkey often refers to Kurdistan Workers' Party as a terrorist group .
American diplomats say Jake Hess did not want help .
Hess says he is not Kurdistan Workers' Party accomplice . |
0ee3b171efe19c8f242c91a83db5d7ca2b2e58ed | Ithaca, New York (CNN) -- According to a recent report by the Pew Research Center, one of every seven new marriages in 2008 was interracial or interethnic -- the highest percentage in U.S. history. The media and blogosphere have been atwitter. Finally, it seems, we have tangible evidence of America's entry into a new p... | Daniel Lichter: 1 of 7 new 2008 marriages was interracial or interethnic, report says .
Lichter says racial boundaries are firm; vast majority of whites still marry whites .
Marriage patterns among minorities changing, he says, but in complex way .
Complicated statistical story is still unfolding and can be easily dist... |
0ee4715365f2a59272dda0048747c3fc51ece039 | (CNN) -- Chelsea Handler has made a clean break from E!. Or at least we assume it was clean, since Handler's final "Chelsea Lately" episode Tuesday included one of her infamous celebrity-accompanied shower scenes. Over the past seven years of "Chelsea Lately" on the E! network, host Handler has roped two other stars --... | Chelsea Handler said goodbye to E! with the final episode of "Chelsea Lately" Tuesday .
The hourlong episode was star-filled, including a shower with Ellen DeGeneres .
Handler is moving to Netflix next . |
0ee47301cd6f05fd9a7b5f17fc6931b20e892dce | By . Jennifer Newton . Lower Manhattan looks set to be extended into the East River after the scheme to expand a 1.3 mile stretch of land was ruled financially feasible. The proposal, released last month, was dubbed Seaport City and could be built alongside a levee scheme aimed at offering protection from storm surges ... | Plan to expand Manhattan by 500 feet deemed 'financially feasible'
Proposal dubbed 'Seaport City' and could provide two new city blocks .
Could be built alongside a levee scheme to protect area from flooding .
Appears it will run from East 13th Street to Corlears Hook Park . |
0ee5207cc2f7b38cce4fb671cfef3dda5931a456 | By . Joel Christie . Kwasi Enin has a very tough decision to make. On March 27, as tens of thousands of the country's university hopefuls similarly waited patiently at their computers for news - if any - that their applications were successful, the 17-year-old from Long Island, who had already been accepted early into ... | Kwasi Enin, 17, is the son of immigrant nurses from Ghana .
He was a senior at William Floyd High School in Mastic, N.Y, with an SAT score of 2,250 out of 2,400 .
He is a competitive shot-putter and violist .
Kwasi decided to apply to all eight Ivy League universities in the hope that maybe one would accept him .
Brown... |
0ee57426dc693264026b3e1332a8d8fb44b943bb | The heartbroken boyfriend of a young woman found dead in the playground of a primary school said she gave him the 'best seven years of his life,' in an emotional tribute. Blonde Charlotte Christodoulou, 23,was discovered dead at Harlescott Junior School in Shrewsbury, Shropshire. Two men aged 32 and 39 along with a 31-... | Charlotte Christodoulou, 23, was found dead at Harlescott Junior School .
Her death in Shrewsbury, Shropshire, is no longer being treated as murder .
Three people have been arrested on suspicion of obstructing a coroner .
The two men, 32 and 39, and a woman, 31, have been released on bail .
Miss Christodolou's boyfrien... |
0ee68d3447af2cc5a45a18d8322a583982f20d5d | A 23-year-old online poker star has beaten the reigning World Series of Poker Player of the Year in a $1million buy-in charity poker tournament. Holden, Massachusetts, resident Daniel Colman won $15.3million on Tuesday in the Big One for One Drop poker event in Las Vegas. It's the second-largest payout in the series' h... | Daniel Colman beat out 41 other players during the three-day event to win the second-largest payout in the series' history .
The Big One for One Drop poker event, which required a $1million buy-in, raised $4.6million to provide clean water to developing countries .
Canadian Daniel Negreanu, the reigning World Series of... |
0ee81357709ebbe32b8b152932d04a4707974805 | By . Associated Press . and Reuters . U.S. military officials have grounded all F-35s while continuing to investigate a runway fire involving one of the fighter jets at Eglin Air Force Base in Florida. The Pentagon's F-35 program office, Air Force and Navy issued directives on Thursday ordering the suspension of all F-... | Industry officials have not pinpointed the cause of the fire, which occurred as a pilot prepared to takeoff .
The Pentagon's costliest weapons program is the $398 billion F-35 Joint Strike Fighter . |
0ee82e3b94f6ecec4f4374b27c149e6fffb290d5 | Paris continues to be a source of joie de vivre for Warren Gatland as Wales secured a fourth successive victory over France to keep alive their RBS 6 Nations hopes. The local papers identified Leigh Halfpenny as ‘La Menace’ of the Welsh team and the boy from Gorseinon provided the kicks that proved the difference. Gatl... | George North made his return to the Wales side on his 50th cap after three weeks out with concussion .
An edgy first half ended with Wales in a 6-3 lead courtesy of the boot of Leigh Halfpenny with two penalties .
Camille Lopez levelled the scores with a second penalty for France early in the second half .
But Halfpenn... |
0ee9c5a8defc0cf790d3e2fb05d081d9b381b66f | The killer of Daniel Morcombe could get out of prison early due to a email to Queensland's top judge from a child protection worker that a 'smiley face'. Lawyers for Brett Peter Cowan, who was convicted for the murder of 13-year-old schoolboy Daniel Morcombe in 2014, will file an application to have Chief Justice Tim C... | Daniel Morcombe's killer could be freed early because of judge's 'bias'
Lawyer's for Brett Peter Cowan demand chief justice removed from appeal .
Claim judge Tim Carmody had a friendship child protection advocate .
Daniel, 13, went missing in December 2013 after Cowan abducted him .
Cowan was found guilty and sentenced... |
0ee9f981874a0f5928d2acee0cda0167ee3b39f0 | (EW.com) -- The box office had to contend with the World Series, a very early snowstorm in the Northeast, and Halloween festivities across the country this weekend, but audiences still managed to make it to the movies! That being said, grosses for new releases "Puss in Boots," "In Time," and "The Rum Diary," weren't al... | "Puss in Boots" had a $34 million debut .
"Puss in Boots" earned Dreamworks' third-worst debut for a computer animated film .
"Paranormal Activity 3" fell by 65 percent to $18.5 million in its second weekend . |
0eea49ab57f46a9312600f3f8d33f4c8f53961e2 | (CNN) -- For a new parliament, it was an inauspicious beginning. While most new buildings are inaugurated with a ceremonial shovel, a gentle turning of the first sod and possibly a brass band, Georgia turned the earth on its new parliament by demolishing a 46-meter-high Soviet-era war memorial with explosives. The blas... | New parliament building being constructed away from capital Tbilisi .
Structure resembles a huge, glass bubble, cost $83 million .
Critics claim it is an expensive folly in impoverished country .
President defends it as symbol of revitalized nation . |
0eeaffbf4087b74eb2ebb05784e8d67c3ffb0b84 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 06:32 EST, 2 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:33 EST, 2 January 2014 . While most of us were celebrating as the clock struck midnight, some were enduring a very different New Year's Eve experience - among them the parents of the babies born as Big Ben's bongs chimed out. First of... | Gracie Welcome, from Edgbaston in Birmingham, was the first to arrive .
The 7lb 7oz baby girl made her appearance at 10 seconds past midnight .
Other new arrivals included Martin Oglivie from West Lothian .
Edward Sutherland and Lola-Jai Fenton were both born in Coventry . |
0eeb98087cadb30b7bb2241905f09171f0fe7b6f | (CNN) -- The CEO of popular messaging app Snapchat is apologizing after a set of filthy e-mails he wrote several years ago to his fraternity brothers at Stanford University was leaked publicly this week. In the e-mails, acquired by Gawker's Valleywag blog, Evan Spiegel encourages fellow Kappa Sigma members to get soror... | Snapchat's CEO apologizes for crude e-mails he sent while at Stanford .
The messages insult women and encourage getting them drunk for sex .
Evan Spiegel, 23, says he's "mortified" by the e-mails .
Snapchat is a photo-based messaging app with more than 30 million users . |
0eebad1de3a6f8d668973d95fff1778bf4938ee9 | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 07:48 EST, 16 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 07:53 EST, 16 March 2014 . Its . usage has apparently increased by 17,000 per cent over the past 12 . months and it was even named the Oxford Dictionary's word of the year. And it seems . that the power of the 'selfie' - defined as a photograph... | Karl Lagerfeld's new store lets you take selfies and share online .
Burberry has digital chandeliers and mirrors .
Harvey Nichols' has digital mirrors to virtually superimpose makeup . |
0eec5926864110b348394412cf7e9e9a29d8f70d | The cost of the Foreign Secretary using VIP airport suites was more than £100,000 over four years, with William Hague holding the position for most of that time . The Foreign Office has spent more than £2million on VIP airport suites in four years, figures show. Between 2010 and 2014 its total bill for using exclusive ... | Foreign Office bill for VIP airport suites hit £2.4million over four years .
More than £2million was for visiting dignitaries and heads of state .
£100,000 spent on suites for the Foreign Secretary between 2010 and 2014 .
William Hague held the office from May 2010 until July this year . |
0eed37bc7410679750b4f2317787f656e145e10c | Anthony Joshua is convinced he is ready to beat both Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora, and has former world champion David Haye in his sights, too. Joshua, whose next test is against American Kevin Johnson on January 31, insisted he wants a significant step up. And after watching Fury dominate Chisora last weekend, he ech... | Anthony Joshua takes on Kevin Johnson at the O2 on January 31 .
But Joshua believes he is ready to face Tyson Fury and Dereck Chisora .
Joshua also wants to fight former world champion David Haye .
The Olympic champion has won his first 10 fights as a professional . |
0eed4e1f94a7402e4a0b21e78bc33a8977219fdb | (CNN) -- Former football star Deion Sanders and a third person also were cited for misdemeanor assault in an incident this week that resulted in Sanders' estranged wife being arrested and taken into custody, according to a statement Wednesday by the Prosper, Texas, police department. The statement said police responded... | Sanders, his estranged wife and a third person all were cited in the Monday incident .
Only Pilar Sanders was detained by police .
Pilar Sanders was released from custody Tuesday .
The Sanderses are in the middle of a bitter divorce battle . |
0eeda4a1da8427520d579f26cbb3c0e78ba254eb | An underage suspect has confessed to killing a dolphin in the northern Gulf of Mexico by shooting it with a bow and arrow. The dolphin, with a yellow-feathered arrow embedded in itsside, washed ashore on Orange Beach, Alabama, over the weekend,according to a news release from the National Oceanic andAtmospheric Adminis... | WARNING - GRAPHIC IMAGES .
Underage suspect has not been identified by authorities .
A dolphin, with a yellow-feathered arrow embedded in its side, washed ashore on Orange Beach, Alabama, over the weekend .
Animal survived for at least five days before dying of an infection caused by the wound .
There has been a rise i... |
0eeda847050bc80fc2801ed89d6edacad808048e | Foreign investors are a big part of the Australian property market, with their passion to buy down under, especially the Chinese, continuing to grow. But there's been a major push for foreign investors to be exposed to more stringent dealings when snatching up properties. A change.org petition, calling for tougher rule... | change.org petition has more than 29,000 who support tougher rules for foreign investors buying Australian real estate .
Currently foreign investors must notify the government and get prior approval to acquire interest in certain types of real estate .
In 2012/2013 the real estate sector recorded 12,025 foreign invest... |
0eee01a92a2bc312378154ba11f43955d734c0eb | (CNN) -- Los Angeles Lakers star Kobe Bryant could be sidelined for up to nine months after tearing his Achilles tendon, the team said Saturday. The injury happened Friday against the Golden State Warriors. An MRI later confirmed the tear. "Bryant elected to have surgery to repair the torn left Achilles tendon," the te... | NEW: Bryant has "successful" surgery to repair the tendon .
NEW: Recovery time "a minimum of six to nine months"
Bryant has said that next year could be his last in the league .
Lakers have two games left in race for playoffs . |
0eee02cbef99a999253ac64ef2389095b156ee28 | (CNN) -- Australia continued to dominate the Commonwealth Games with another golden haul in India on Friday, as swimmer Alicia Coutts picked up her fourth winner's medal and cyclist Cameron Meyer claimed his third. The country, which hosted the Games four years ago, ended day five of competition with 98 medals overall ... | Australian swimmer Alicia Coutts claims her fourth gold medal of Commonwealth Games .
Cyclist Cameron Meyer wins his third as Australia race ahead in medals table .
Three English swimmers claim second golds, but Australia dominates in the pool .
Hosts India have continued success in shooting and wrestling events . |
0eee288b9d5fba2ae15e1d4e85a9e3303906f2ef | By . Dan Bloom . A politician's wife found dead after she reportedly tweeted that he was having an affair suffered an 'unnatural, sudden death', doctors have revealed. Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor was found by her husband Shashi Tharoor yesterday in New Delhi's five-star Leela Palace hotel after cleaners struggled to open t... | Sunanda Pushkar Tharoor, 52, found dead in New Delhi hotel yesterday .
Doctor examining her said today she suffered 'certain injuries'
But another doctor said those injuries did not contribute to her death .
Wife of Shashi Tharoor had appeared to tweet about 'rip-roaring affair'
Statement later said tweets were unautho... |
0eef1095fff61df4634468a6eebd122a01db668e | (EW.com) -- It was last fall when EW originally broke the news that pop superstar Gloria Estefan would be appearing on "Glee" as Santana's mother, Maribel Lopez. Now, Estefan is finally making her first appearance in the season finale! Sadly, Gleeks, the singer won't be carrying a tune in the episode, fittingly titled ... | Gloria Estefan is finally making her first appearance in the "Glee" season finale .
She will plays Santana's mother Maribel Lopez .
"She's supportive of her daughter," Estefan told EW . |
0eefc1a254c56244f70c5044a592024801a92465 | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 17:00 EST, 4 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 17:01 EST, 4 November 2012 . A man who uses Twitter to encourage people to sign up as organ donors after a double transplant saved his life has been told he didn't deserve his new heart and lungs by cruel internet trolls. Chris Richardson who w... | Chris Richardson, 28, was sent a vicious Twitter message from an American follower .
She callously attacked his weight and said that he is a 'disgrace' to his donor . |
0ef04b1279de453231b66c27bb429537c5d67995 | Claim: WPC Kelly Jones, 33, has launched the health and safety claim against the owner of the station in Thetford, Norfolk, where she tripped on a 6in kerb . A policewoman who answered a midnight call to a suspected burglary is suing the man who dialled 999 – because she tripped over a kerbstone. WPC Kelly Jones is see... | WPC Kelly Jones, 33, tripped on 6in kerb while checking station in Thetford .
Owner had called 999 after alarm went off at Nuns' Bridges Service Station .
Steve Jones received three-page letter from London law firm last week .
Said he is 'incredulous' at being sued by officer whose 'duty is to protect'
He is accused of... |
0ef05097a833685fa3e263f5dd58cf88c97326c0 | By . Craig Hope for the Daily Mail . Manchester City captain Vincent Kompany believes Liverpool could struggle to mount a title challenge like last season given the demands of the Champions League. The Reds were odds-on favourites to win their first English crown in 24 years until a late-season slip allowed City to ous... | Vincent Kompany has played down Liverpool's title hopes this season .
Manchester City captain says Merseyside club will struggle after returning to the Champions League .
Reds came within two points of the Premier League title last season .
City have handed new deals to Kompany, Aguero, Silva and Nasri .
Belgium defend... |
0ef110d45ce71eabf731aff069fb31d5baaf09c1 | Tehran, Iran (CNN) -- Iran's Bushehr nuclear power plant is just weeks from operating at full capacity, the country's top nuclear official said Saturday. Feireidoun Abbasi, the head of Iran's Atomic Energy Organization, also said Tehran has shown its new Iranian-made centrifuges to a representative of the International... | Bushehr plant will reach full capacity of 1,000 megawatts by February 1, IRNA reports .
Iran's nuclear chief claims the centrifuges have been shown to an IAEA representative .
IRNA cites experts who say centrifuges will be able to enrich uranium beyond 5% purity .
Uranium enriched to 93.5% is considered weapons-grade . |
0ef19601ae425f65954f6f8d9e9c97a677e48fd6 | (CNN) -- The legendary rock band KISS becomes the next big act to make an extended stop in Las Vegas. The group, which is in the middle of a summer tour with Def Leppard, will play nine nights in The Joint at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino Las Vegas in November. "What happens in Vegas will not stay in Vegas, not if we ha... | KISS will play 9 nights in November at the Hard Rock in Vegas .
The Vegas miniresidency is a first for KISS, which is celebrating its 40th anniversary .
A growing list of acts, including Olivia Newton John and Britney Spears, is playing Vegas .
"What happens in Vegas will not stay in Vegas," KISS co-founder Gene Simmon... |
0ef1be30e38bb8417b24d3f733a1325075d5b14b | (CNN Student News) -- February 10, 2012 . Media Literacy Question of the Day . Why do you think that news organizations spend more time explaining some topics than others? What kinds of stories require the most explanation? * . * . Know Your News -- The following questions relate to events that were covered this week o... | Use the weekly Newsquiz to test your knowledge of stories you saw on CNN Student News .
Write your answers in the space provided .
Today's Newsquiz includes the Media Literacy Question of the Day . |
0ef1d3814c5331c10241fe2673ab82ecb058924c | (CNN) -- A word to the wise. If you're going to go walking in snow, take big steps. I was knee deep in a Swiss forest pretending to be the adventurer Bear Grylls when I came a cropper and collapsed face first into a snowdrift. Before I could emerge from my embarrassing predicament, a photograph was helpfully plastered ... | Chris Pepper, a "Davos virgin" shares his experience of attending the WEF for the first time .
He is told it'd cost a fortune and would be exhausting, but also that iDavos is nothing like any other event .
He discovers how the color of his ID badge dictates his right to access, food and hospitality . |
0ef2fa4d58f3d6b09b69b98357cff34b1bca3caa | NHS finance boss Paul Baumann (pictured) has warned the service is on a 'knife edge' The NHS is on a ‘knife edge’ and there may be ‘unexpected disasters', a senior boss has said. Paul Baumann, the health service’s finance chief, gave a stark warning after it emerged hospital waiting times are at their worst for six-and... | Senior boss: NHS on a 'knife edge' which may lead to 'unexpected disasters'
Stark warning was issued by the health service's finance chief Paul Baumann .
Comes as it emerged hospital waiting times are at their worst for six years .
No of hospitals needing emergency government bailouts doubles in year .
MPs and health e... |
0ef313016e58710bffca8c80a94bd3f9adfb326d | New York (Financial Times) -- Christie's has become the first international fine art auction house to receive a licence to operate independently in mainland China, giving it an edge in the race among dealers and auctioneers to unlock the potential of the Chinese market. The 247-year-old auction house, with sale rooms i... | Christie's received license to operate independently in mainland China .
Christie's is the first international fine art auction house to receive license .
Chinese art market ranked as world's fastest-growing in past 5 years . |
0ef4d123961a763a11e938520347118069b6e29e | (CNN) -- For the South Korean who picked up the second major title of her career to move up to second in the world rankings, it was a walk in the Park. Inbee Park led the field by three strokes heading into the final day of the Kraft Nabisco Championship, carding a three-under-par final round of 69 to finish 15-under f... | Inbee Park moves to No. 2 in the world rankings with win at Kraft Nabisco Championship .
The win at Mission Hill CC the second major triumph of Park's career .
World No. 1 Stacy Lewis finished 14 shots behind Park .
Park's fellow South Korean Ryu So-Yeon was second on the leaderboard . |
0ef4e102755499a629614d29e90311bd6abb5aba | Eight months after he ordered the destruction of Osama bin Laden's camp in Afghanistan and a suspected chemical weapons facility in the Sudan, President Bill Clinton doubted that the al-Qaeda leader posed a serious threat to the United States, judging from a hand-written note mad public Friday. The William J. Clinton P... | In a hand-written note to his national security adviser, Clinton questioned in 1999 whether bin Laden was behind terror attacks against the U.S.
Sandy Berger, the adviser Clinton wrote to, told MailOnline exclusively that 'we were confident that it was al-Qaeda'
A NY Times reporter had concluded it was hard to prove, s... |
0ef53bb6f8f6413e330c7f48e4962e2804a5bd69 | It's a scene that no-one could have imagined when a Malaysian Airlines jet disappeared more than seven weeks ago - a farewell photo by the men and women who have searched in vain from the sky for the missing plane. They posed with their aircraft in Perth to mark the official end to the huge international air search for... | Aircrews who participated in the search for MH370 have called an official end to their large-scale operation .
They posed for a photo at the Royal Australian Air Force Base Pearce, located north of Perth, on Tuesday .
An underwater search will continue to hunt for the missing Malaysia Airlines jet in the southern India... |
0ef5c715acd7a70f51a9d800c9e01bfe69657bed | By . Stephen Adams . As many as 12,000 people may have died needlessly of heart attacks and strokes because of the Government’s ‘disastrous’ policy on salt, a leading doctor has claimed. Meddling by former Health Secretary Andrew Lansley meant vital salt reduction targets – which should have been introduced four years ... | Prof Graham MacGregor said meddling by ex-Health Secretary Andrew Lansley meant vital salt reduction targets have only just been agreed .
He said the targets should have been introduced four years ago .
People should eat no more than 6g of salt a day, according to the WHO . |
0ef81479272eb98af4cdf0890f632fc51fbe2768 | A Virginia mom has come to believe the ghost of a US Marine who was killed over 30 years ago in a terror attack is somehow now possessing her four-year-old son. Michele Lucas of Virginia Beach claims her son Andrew has been recalling the story of Sgt. Val Lewis, a soldier who died in the 1983 Beirut barracks bombing. L... | Michele Lucas of Virginia Beach claims her son Andrew has been recalling the story of Sgt. Val Lewis .
Sgt. Lewis was one of 241 American servicemen killed in the Beirut barracks bombing in October 1983 .
Andrew has been crying hysterically asking his mom: 'Why did you let me die in the fire?'
She claims he recognizes ... |
0ef8163221f24c7d573c97d06637f0557d90b345 | In 2010, . the action of a friend changed Rachelle Friedman's life when an innocent . push into a pool at her bachelorette party left her a quadriplegic. Now . a wife and an advocate for people with spinal cord injuries, she is . hoping her life will be changed again by the actions of a friend — one . who has agreed to... | Rachelle Friedman, 28, became a quadriplegic four years ago after a bridesmaid playfully pushed her into a pool at her bachelorette party .
Now Friedman and her husband Chris Chapman are starting the process of getting pregnant via a surrogate .
However, Friedman's desire to become a mother has been met with some criti... |
0ef865cdf1a53bce536cc9c73799ed5aa77e2c8f | (CNN) -- Through sports, Scott Strode was able to overcome his addiction to drugs and alcohol. He worked out in a boxing gym, got involved with triathlons and climbing, and made new friends who supported him through his transition. Encouraged by his success, Strode wanted to help others deal with their own addiction. S... | Scott Strode was named one of the top 10 CNN Heroes of 2012 .
His nonprofit uses exercise and sports as a way to help people beat their addictions .
It also provides them with a sober support group: friends who understand their struggle .
Who should be the CNN Hero of the Year? Cast your vote now! |
0ef89976f0d4468ea6e228dcd7d737688e90f107 | So NBC has signed Bill Cosby for a new sitcom. The 76-year-old comedian is slated to play the patriarch of a multigenerational family, NBC told CNN on Wednesday. Bill Cosby to return to NBC in new sitcom . A network representative did not elaborate on anything else involving the show. No doubt, NBC is hoping this versi... | Bill Cosby is set to star in a new NBC sitcom .
"The Cosby Show" was a landmark family sitcom .
Latest family sitcoms feature variety of family structures .
Still, diversity -- of age, wealth, color -- often left out of equation, critics say . |
0ef9dc9c7a54f7d66194ad034642470cc308ac78 | (CNN) -- A Hong Kong man who brought a Filipino maid with his family when they moved to Vancouver -- but then made her work 16 hours a day for 21 months and allowed her one phone-call a month -- has been convicted of human trafficking in a landmark verdict. In the first conviction for human trafficking in Canada, a Bri... | Hong Kong man convicted of human trafficking in landmark case in Vancouver .
Franco Orr Yiu-kwan charged over Filipino maid he brought from Hong Kong .
Court was told how the maid worked 16 hours a day for 21 months without a holiday .
The charge carries a maximum sentence of life in prison and a $1 million fine . |
0ef9f24af07639c4868874a0b97833906f689205 | Washington (CNN) -- Federal civil rights lawyers filed suit Wednesday against Meridian, Mississippi, and other defendants for operating what the government calls a school-to-prison pipeline in which students are denied basic constitutional rights, sent to court and incarcerated for minor school infractions. The lawsuit... | Federal civil rights lawyers sue Meridian, Lauderdale County, agencies .
They say children at Youth Court are denied rights .
Youth Court sees minorities disproportionately, lawsuit says .
Justice Department had warned officials about lawsuit . |
0efb026e61345491e191bc1aff2f1ef4964f5c3d | By . Jennifer Smith . PUBLISHED: . 14:03 EST, 8 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:20 EST, 9 December 2013 . Over 100 homeowners were issued threatening letters telling them their houses were to be bulldozed in a 'breathtaking error' on the part of a local council, it has emerged. The residents, many of whom are elderly... | Letters were mistakenly sent to 150 residents in the village of Stubbington .
Residents were told they had 14 days to respond to legal notice .
Hampshire County Council has apologised for the 'breathtaking error' |
0efd4c4870ac0adef6f0377dbc3d9aff2c05e75c | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 11:36 EST, 14 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:22 EST, 14 November 2013 . An elderly hospital consultant who allegedly fell asleep in an operating theatre during an emergency caesarian has been allowed to return to work. Senior anaesthetist Michael Cowen's behaviour was investigated... | Michael Cowan's suspension lifted because his actions caused no harm .
'His head was slumped on his chest. He didn't even wake up when the surgeon .
asked him to adjust the anaesthesia', source said .
Milton Keynes General Hospital's say they had no complaint from patient . |
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