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10383da17fa71bc0e74fe5c70815edab800776bb | A 22-year-old social networking pioneer and Internet privacy advocate who dared to challenge Facebook and Google is dead. Ilya Zhitomirskiy died Saturday after San Francisco police were summoned for a reported suicide, police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said. Mr Zhitomirskiy was one of the founders Diaspora*, a new... | One of four friends from NYU who launched Diaspora* site, meant to protect users' privacy .
Group raised more than $200,000 in donations .
Mark Zuckerberg praised his project . |
1038be2b9615205cd6e85c614756d073d0c484ac | The Bad Santa’s Christmas sack is coming but this year it is not only the usual suspects who are feeling the big chill. By seasonal custom it is the humble basement bosses in the Premier League who check whether their P45s come through the letter box with the greetings cards. Now, if not facing festive dismissal quite ... | Manchester City are bottom of their Champions League group after losing at home to CSKA Moscow .
Liverpool made seven changes and lost 1-0 to holders Real Madrid .
Arsenal threw away a three goal lead against Belgian side Anderlecht . |
103988a453630eca90b0a7fa37eac872c8ef42d9 | By . Jessica Jerreat . PUBLISHED: . 23:05 EST, 12 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 23:16 EST, 12 June 2013 . Bob Tur, the famous news helicopter pilot who filmed a mob beating driver Reginald Denny during the LA Riots, and the O.J. Simpson car chase, has started treatment to become a woman. The 53-year-old from Santa Monica,... | Father-of-two started hormone therapy after years of depression .
Pilot says family and friends are mourning Bob, but support decision . |
103a20cf6f260a6b7f7de699db36ff2add3470b5 | By . Charlie Scott . Follow @@charliefscott . Manchester United target Bruno Martins Indi has signed a four-year deal with Porto after leaving Feyenoord. The Holland international, who was born in Portugal, has joined Porto for a reported fee of £6million after playing in six games at the World Cup for Louis van Gaal's... | Despite being linked with a move to Old Trafford, the imposing Holland international has signed for Porto on a four-year deal .
Martins Indi appeared in six of Holland's seven games at the World Cup .
New United boss Louis van Gaal had been rumoured to be preparing a bid .
Feyenoord announced on their website that the ... |
103a21e38fe074c63ebd7bbec1e4c82db06d6ca2 | (CNN) -- After a series of raids, police made new arrests in the public stoning death of a pregnant Pakistani woman, bringing the total of people in custody to 12. Farzana Parveen, 25, was killed in Lahore last month because she married a man against her family's wishes. The latest arrests include her two brothers and ... | Farzana Parveen, 25, was fatally beaten with bricks .
She was killed after she married a man against her family's wishes .
Her father, ex-husband and brothers are among the latest arrests . |
103a6a5969a4f732325ee2c6191deef6840c3809 | By . Laurie Kamens . PUBLISHED: . 23:22 EST, 1 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:53 EST, 2 June 2013 . Four-year-old Benjie (left) and ten-year-old Alex Vidinhar (right) were stabbed to death by their 15-year-old brother in their Utah home . The boy's mother came home to discover her four-year-old son dead inside the house... | Two boys, Benjie Vidinhar, 4 and Alex Vidinhar, 10, were stabbed to death by their 15-year-old brother .
The boys, described by their family as fun-loving, were found dead by their mother .
The 15-year-old is being held in a juvenile detention center pending charges at the outcome of an ongoing investigation .
The pare... |
103a7444e35685874c6a9f9332d9218f1437a045 | By . Alex Greig . PUBLISHED: . 23:23 EST, 18 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:02 EST, 19 August 2013 . In a move that is being widely condemned, Texas gubernatorial candidate Greg Abbott on Sunday thanked a supporter who tweeted that Democratic State Senator Wendy Davis is a 'retard Barbie'. '@GregAbbott_TX would absolu... | A supporter of Texas Governor General Greg Abbott's tilt at Governor tweeted that Democrat Wendy Davis is a 'retard Barbie'
Abbott thanked the man via Twitter for his support .
State Senator Davis is considering running for the position of Governor next year .
She was recently referred to as 'abortion Barbie' by journa... |
103ab2a7f6dd446687327c7ebaedb98d04c1e90a | The father of a boy of 12 who drowned after being swept out to sea during a family holiday last night relived the desperate battle to rescue his son from the waves. Isaac Nash was swimming off the coast of Anglesey, North Wales, with his brother Xander on Friday when they got into difficulties. Their father Adam was ab... | Isaac Nash was swimming off the Anglesey coast with his brother Xander .
The pair got into difficulties after going further out to look at barnacles .
Their father Adam was able to save Xander, 10, but Isaac was carried away .
A huge wave pulled Isaac from his grandfather's grip as they clung to rocks .
His mother, Zoe... |
103b28bd9673fb971a25f985ceaf331d85b60c36 | Jerusalem (CNN) -- Days after the death of a Palestinian in an Israeli prison, a rocket fired from Gaza landed in southern Israel on Tuesday, the first such attack since a cease-fire took hold in November. Israeli police said they did not receive any reports of injuries from the rocket. The Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a ... | NEW: The IDF sets strictures on two crossings .
Al Aqsa Martyrs Brigades, a Gaza militant group, claims responsibility for the attack .
Militants warned of retaliation if a prisoner died in Israeli custody .
Gaza militants have regularly launched rocket attacks . |
103cad67bc4d771f8beaff49fe77735115c16203 | Stuck: The tabby was found wedged between the steering rack and some gear cables after the car broke down in Malton, North Yorkshire . A two-year-old tabby was found trapped in a car engine when the driver called a mechanic - a week after the cat went for a nap under the bonnet. The cat, which has been renamed Lucky, w... | Tabby was found trapped between the steering rack and gear cables .
Mechanic found the cat after the car broke down in Malton, North Yorkshire .
It is thought the starving animal had been in the engine for a week . |
103d1539cfd85ff6f4669a87479d2d711ea0fb9b | By . Anna Hodgekiss and Chris Brooke . PUBLISHED: . 07:53 EST, 24 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:29 EST, 24 September 2013 . For many mothers-to-be and bashful husbands, they have been a ritual of pregnancy for decades and regarded as a source of invaluable skills. But the digital age and pressure of time is consig... | A drop in women going to classes at York Hospital - currently attended by less than 25 per cent of mothers - has led to a decision to phase them out .
Instead, the same information will be available online .
But critics argue the move will put disadvantaged parents at risk and remove the social element of the classes . |
103d35ecb3e3a16547688b12dde5e74023c5d5be | We can all be guilty of having eyes bigger than our stomachs at Christmas. But this robin has a healthier appetite than most. Perched on the side of a plate and gazing longingly at a Christmas pudding topped with holly, this little bird has been named Bob by grandmother Pat Lowe. Scroll down for video . Bob the Robin i... | Pat Lowe normally fed the birds in the garden of her Glorcestershire home .
But on the day the 77-year-old forgot, Bob the Robin simply let himself in .
Bob's since enjoyed porridge, mealworms and breadcrumbs there .
Robins are territorial and stick to the same spot throughout the seasons . |
103d5e1bba14b16ed3fb6b54dedf41d0cf189145 | By . Julian Robinson . Doctors have removed what is believed to be the world’s largest tumour from a man’s leg – after it grew to more than 17 stone. Yang Jianbin, 37, from Shanxi Province, China was born with a dark birthmark on the right side of his lower back – and noticed it getting larger when he was nine. By the ... | Yang Jianbin noticed birthmark was increasing in size when he was nine .
The 37-year-old checked into Beijing hospital with tumour weighing 17 stone .
Removal surgery was undertaken by team of nine doctors, took 16 hours and required 5,000ml of blood .
WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT . |
103dc406d0e74f2784b8f5675bcbf89934071e58 | (CNN) -- Amanda Sedgmer, mother of five and daughter of coal country, believes that in this presidential election, her way of life is at stake. "If you ask anybody in the coal industry what would happen if Obama is re-elected, they'd say the coal industry is done," said Sedgmer, whose husband, Ryan, is a coal miner and... | Hopedale, Ohio, has a population of 950 and many residents work in coal industry .
Coal plant closures in the U.S. are on the rise; between 10-20% closed in past three years .
The EPA's recent "MACT Rule" requires significantly lower emissions from coal plants .
Mitt Romney says President Obama is anti-coal. Obama says... |
103e31e9497abcf9d0642717e298562252cb514f | Extravagant: Khaled Khawaja and Rasha Said held one of the most expensive weddings in recent history . She first made a name for herself by donating money to the Tory party, just as her controversial billionaire father did in the past. But there was nothing conservative about Rasha Said's multimillion-pound wedding at ... | Robbie Williams played in the Orangery and guests enjoyed a grand banquet .
Wealthy attendees arrived at the sumptuous event on private jets .
It was paid for by Rasha Said's feather Wafic, a prominent Tory donor before he was linked with a shady arms deal . |
103e5b8dd87f266dcd43766056195a841109545c | (CNN) -- There was a time, as she emerged from the rubble of the 2008 campaign, when Sarah Palin was the hottest cultural figure in America. People loved her. People hated her. She had transcended the narrow bounds of politics to become a larger-than-life figure, the woman portrayed by Tina Fey, the mama grizzly from A... | Howard Kurtz: Four years ago, Sarah Palin's name electrified the media .
Fox has dropped Palin as a commentator; she no longer generates buzz, he says .
Palin failed to occupy a major role in news commentary at Fox, Kurtz says .
Kurtz: Palin has talked about broadening audience for her views . |
103e69889054959f6a994955fac7416ab7090e7f | By . Associated Press . Joseph Romano, pictured in 2012, claimed Monday the FBI framed him in a plot to kill a judge and prosecutor . A conman already imprisoned in a collectible coin scam was sentenced to a life term on Monday for a bizarre, behind-bars plot to decapitate a judge and a prosecutor. Joseph Romano, of Le... | Joseph Romano was convicted on Monday of attempting to have the breasts cut off of the prosecutor who put him behind bars .
He also tried to have to have the judge from his previous trial shot .
Romano, who referenced Charles Manson and Moby Dick in a bizarre rant at the trial, claims he's a victim of an undercover FBI... |
103ea9da0d2299255754cd91965538ac328588ba | By . James Daniel . PUBLISHED: . 08:30 EST, 8 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:51 EST, 8 July 2013 . Don't put away those snow plows just yet! A mid-summer thunderstorm dumped more than a foot of hail in the town of Santa Rosa, New Mexico. It meant the fire department had to bring out snow plows to clear streets that were... | More than a foot of hail covered streets after ice the size of golf balls fell .
Storm caused severe damage to many homes, cars and businesses .
Meteorologists say large accumulations of hail are fairly common in northeast New Mexico because of the high elevation . |
103f01f2a2e9469f32b4e32b407024f0b140acc9 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 18:27 EST, 6 March 2012 . Handyman Joseph Gentz, 48, was arraigned for first-degree murder yesterday after police arrested him more than a month after he admitted to killing marketing executive Jane Bashara. Gentz is also facing conspiracy charges, which likely mean authorities bel... | Joe Gentz worked as a handyman for Bob Bashara and claims Mr Bashara hired him to kill his wife .
Confessed murder to police more than a month ago; police claim they didn't have enough evidence to charge him .
Rachel Gillet, 50, claimed to be Bob Bashara's girlfriend; her house was searched today and seven boxes of evi... |
1040029974195fe538f02bbd9dbb3849f1bef1ff | (CNN) -- Staffan de Mistura -- who has been the United Nations' top emissary in Iraq, Afghanistan and other once-volatile locales -- is moving on to Syria, in the hope of turning the tide after years of war there. U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon announced Thursday that de Mistura will take on role as the world body'... | NEW: Opposition official: We hope de Mistura can convince Syrian government to negotiate .
Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon appoints Staffan de Mistura as his Syria envoy .
It's the same position formerly held by Kofi Annan and Lakhdar Brahimi .
De Mistura is a U.N. veteran, having worked in Iraq, Afghanistan and elsewher... |
10407ccd5210dea19402d8d55b45ba1f26912fac | Amman, Jordan (CNN) -- Observers who for the first time were allowed to monitor elections in Jordan said Friday that the vote showed a marked improvement from past polls, but there is still some way to go. An international team fielded by the National Democratic Institute, made up of 50 observers from 29 countries, hig... | NEW: Jordan's King Abdullah says voter participation surpassed expectations .
The election was rigged and not representative, an opposition official says .
Observers say Jordan's election was well run but there is room for improvement .
Systemic changes are needed to shift voting from local and tribal allegiances, they... |
10411ea0101ab7f7a6fa671c17776df22e195706 | A Frenchwoman denied access to her three children by her Mexican former husband, whom she won child custody over, has taken her case to an international panel in Washington. Maude Versini will today ask the Inter-American Human Rights Commission for help to see her children whom she has not seen for two years. 'I am he... | Frenchwoman Maude Versini won custody of her three children when she divorced Mexican Arturo Montiel, a former state governor, in 2007 .
But in 2011 the children never returned to France after visiting their father .
Versini says she's been denied access to her three children for two years .
She claims her husband has ... |
1041805969836a12ec393a93af3ab6fa7145e0b8 | By . Annabel Fenwick Elliott for MailOnline . MTV reality star Diem Brown is out of hospital and has opened up about the shock hysterectomy she underwent ten days ago. Ms Brown, 32, collapsed earlier this month while filming a new reality show and was airlifted to a New York City hospital, where doctors diagnosed her w... | Ms Brown had already lost both ovaries and part of one fallopian tube to ovarian cancer in 2005 and 2012 .
The 32-year-old froze her eggs in hopes that she could one day carry a child .
She was diagnosed with colon cancer August 17 and fitted with a colostomy bag . |
1041cb41ba2f10d924b2ad1bdff6b399ed30ed0c | The amazing mummified remains of a man apparently meditating in the lotus position have been unearthed in Mongolia. A forensic examination is underway on the human relic which is believed to be around 200 years old, after being preserved in animal skin. 'The mummified body sits in a lotus position, as if still meditati... | Remains of a man found in the Songinokhairkhan province of Mongolia .
The 200-year-old human relic was preserved in animal skin, experts say .
Mummified remains found sitting in lotus position 'as if still meditating'
Experts have started a forensic examination in the capital Ulaanbataar . |
10421c364b14afcc615b203c03da57911b58d72e | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 04:36 EST, 11 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:32 EST, 12 June 2013 . An aspiring actress used the internet to track down a man who shot her father dead in the streets 26 years ago. Joselyn Martinez, 36, conducted an online manhunt to find Justo Santos, 43, who was suspected of killing her ... | Joselyn Martinez, 36, managed to track down Justo Santos, 43 .
Santos was suspected of shooting dead her father in 1986 .
Found Santos after paying search websites $70 to find her father . |
104271621fc146a195e3114f272e185439a2b510 | By . Sara Smyth . PUBLISHED: . 15:22 EST, 2 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:54 EST, 2 August 2013 . The luxury yachts in the background might be a bit of a giveaway, but other than that it's the archetypal image of an ordinary doting grandmother surrounded by her smiling grandchildren. But this relaxed holiday snap in ... | Queen Sofia and husband King Juan Carlos have three children and eight grandchildren .
Doting grandmother was pictured this week carrying handbag with pictures of her grandchildren on it .
Former sailor took her clan on lessons while on holiday in Majorca . |
10432318008e2e3a23901be5d3101b51d64b0ef7 | She must agree to star away from 30 Rock star and his pregnant wife . By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 19:05 EST, 14 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:01 EST, 15 February 2013 . Genevieve Sabourin, the actress who claims she spent the night with Alec Baldwin and is accused of then turning stalker, has turned dow... | She must agree to star away from 30 Rock star and his pregnant wife . |
10436005ccbe0551cd13acae52101f57873e9eea | Naoma, West Virginia (CNN) -- Recovery crews worked in a West Virginia coal mine Monday, hoping to bring out by late afternoon the last nine bodies remaining there out of the 29 miners who died in an explosion a week ago, officials said. Authorities redirected airflow in the mine to decrease methane levels that had imp... | NEW: Officials hope to have all bodies removed by late afternoon Monday .
Nine bodies remain in West Virginia coal mine after 13 removed on Sunday .
Explosion has prompted renewed questions about mine safety .
President Obama to meet with safety officials over cause of the mine explosion . |
1043b3cd58e31fe403ccfa28344dee5c8de94d0f | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 07:39 EST, 6 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:10 EST, 6 June 2013 . A Chinese man had to be rescued after workers inspecting power lines found him trapped in an underground pipe. Power plant employees were stunned when they spotted the man's face peering through a small opening in the groun... | Workers spotted the man peering out from the pipe in Sishi .
Fire crews had to dig out the pipe and then break it open to free him .
He referred to himself as the Monkey King, a character in a Chinese novel . |
10446add14f271cea0978573cabd6aa226402192 | Students at a Californian high school are in shock after one of their classmates - a talented track star - jumped to his death from a pedestrian bridge near campus. Some students at Otay Ranch High School in Chula Vista said Steven Liu, 17, had been bullied but friends claimed he suffered low self esteem and could be h... | Steven Liu jumped from a bridge near his Chula Vista school on Friday .
Friends said he suffered low self esteem and could be hard on himself, even though he was a talented runner and artist .
Others said he had been bullied - but school officials disputed this .
For confidential support call the Samaritans on 08457 90... |
1044f36252a9ffa2a08484a3a45c0d410ac91066 | By . Ted Thornhill . PUBLISHED: . 09:07 EST, 23 April 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:09 EST, 23 April 2012 . It was discovered in 1918 near the temple of Dendera on the west bank of the Nile and acquired by the Egyptian Museum in Cairo – but its significance has only just been realised. Now researchers believe that a 33-foot... | The sculpture was overlooked after its discovery in 1918 near the Nile .
It shows Alexander Helios and Cleopatra Selene . |
10453c1a62888034f779ec8633c1cbcfb530e929 | PUBLISHED: . 16:21 EST, 25 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 08:16 EST, 20 December 2012 . Boasting lavishly decorated pens and exotic names like Bleugems Believe-in-me and Peter Purrfect, these are no ordinary moggies. From a majestic feline boasting a lustrous coat of perfectly coiffed fur, to a distinctive sphynx cat w... | The one-day Supreme Championship Cat Show is one of the biggest cat fancies in Europe .
More than 1,000 pampered pets were entered in the 2012 event at Birmingham's NEC . |
1046944b8345e22b6b87460e6bdf723b119b2980 | When shopping for clothes, customers usually check to see if they need a small medium or large. But one Japanese clothing company has ditched traditional size labels in favour for some more literal descriptions. Brand Fatyo offers its products in just four sizes - titch, skinny, fat and jumbo. A T-shirt available on th... | Clothing brand Fatyo are using unconventional size labels for their garments .
Clothes can be bought in size - titch, skinny, fat and jumbo .
Firm say they are trying to make the word 'fat' cool . |
1046cf30b0e8c8d04ffb7617223a72ce8b6c264a | (CNN) -- A surrogate mother gave birth to twin girls for Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick, a publicist for the couple said. Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick are the new parents of twin daughters. "The babies are doing beautifully, and the entire family is over the moon," the publicist said, adding t... | Sarah Jessica Parker and Matthew Broderick have twin daughters .
The babies were born via a surrogate .
Married for 12 years, the couple are also the parents of a 6-year-old boy . |
1049a51c2ffdb80e9dc83a00ef0374858fd53dab | (CNN) -- The hard-nosed stance taken by Mayor Rahm Emanuel in the Chicago teachers' strike dovetails with the education goals of his former boss, President Barack Obama, but observers disagreed Monday over how well it serves the city's schoolchildren. Critics such as Fordham University professor Mark Naison say Emanuel... | The combination of labor, new Democrats and no money called "combustible"
"The big funders love it. Teachers hate it," Fordham University professor says .
"What the Chicago teachers have done is say enough is enough," he adds .
"People are going to lose their jobs ... maybe rightly so," head of charter school network s... |
104a2d5c4fe33c8c98804f6440e4286f167aa838 | By . Luke Augustus . Follow @@Luke_Augustus29 . and Associated Press . Antonio Conte has left as Juventus manager by mutual consent after four years in charge of the club. The 44-year-old leaves the Old Lady after guiding them to three successive Serie A titles. The Italian, who captained the club during his playing ca... | Antonio Conte has left Juventus by mutual consent .
44-year-old guided Juventus to three consecutive Serie A titles .
Juventus went on an astonishing 49 game unbeaten run under Conte .
Conte played over 500 games for Juve, also captaining them as a player . |
104b4872a19ebc5c78a70f668a574e72258df860 | (CNN)On an early February morning almost 25 years ago, a bleeding 12-year-old Melissa Repass somehow summoned the courage and wherewithal to call 911 after she and six others were shot execution-style at a New Mexico bowling alley. Repass and 13-year-old Amy Hauser had arrived at the Las Cruces Bowl early that day to w... | Police hope 25th anniversary of gruesome Las Cruces murders brings new information .
Four people were killed, including three children, authorities say .
Suspects have never been found . |
104b58180268fdde348f1dcfc51f00409be481d0 | Scientists have found a human jawbone that washed up on Mona Vale beach belongs to a skull that was found on the same beach six years earlier. The jawbone appeared on the north Sydney beach last Sunday at 10 am, when a member of the public spotted it on a concrete path. Officers from Northern Beaches local Area Command... | Jawbone was found on a northern Sydney beach on Sunday morning .
Expert forensic anthropologist found it matches a skull found there in 2008 .
Skull found on same beach in 2008 belongs to a child aged between four and five .
Radiocarbon dating found the remains come from 1220AD and 1400AD .
Spokesperson for NSW police ... |
104bc3a19068e4bbca9b6ddc3be0403739a15405 | Pepe Reina will sign his contract at Bayern Munich on Friday after passing his medical at the club. The goalkeeper has passed his medical at the training ground after Liverpool agreed to sell the Spaniard for £2million. Reina had fallen out of favour in recent years at Anfield and spent a year on loan at Napoli last se... | Reina will sign his contract at Bayern Munich on Friday .
Goalkeeper has passed his medical ahead of a £2m switch .
Liverpool well stocked in goal with Simon Mignolet impressing . |
104c69f80cbf20df3c24a35a419020f0a55d1539 | (CNN) -- Launch of the space shuttle Discovery has been delayed at least a week, NASA has announced. Discovery moves atop the crawler transporter in Cape Canaveral, Florida, on January 14. The shuttle will now lift off no earlier than February 19 because of concern over a valve in the main engine. A decision on the la... | Discovery will lift off no earlier than February 19, NASA says .
Space agency concerned about a valve in the main engine .
This will be the shuttle's 28th mission to the international space station .
The mission will deliver the final set of solar arrays for the station . |
104c81d860d8cb0274b2e7b6dd1c21bd2efe59ec | New York (CNN) -- USS Cole Cmdr. Dennis Farrell keeps in his cabin a memento of the last time the storied Navy destroyer cruised into New York Harbor. It was Fleet Week 2000. Sailors stood at the rails under a fluttering American flag. In the background, the Twin Towers soared over a shimmering skyline. "It reminds me ... | Storied Navy destroyer visits New York for first time since 2000 suicide bombing .
Al Qaeda operation killed 17 sailors and wounded 37 more in Yemeni port .
Eleven months later, al Qaeda destroys New York's World Trade Center .
Commander Dennis Farrell: "We stand on the shoulders of those who came before us" |
104cec3f9daa05549cb036029693f1f92665a86a | By . Luke Garratt . PUBLISHED: . 11:44 EST, 11 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:22 EST, 11 March 2014 . These stunning images show the thousands who turned out for the burial of Afghanistan's powerful Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim, who died at the age of 57 of natural causes. Thousands crammed onto the hilltops and... | Vice President Mohammad Qasim Fahim died at age 57, with Local media reported he died of a heart attack .
The funeral procession and burial of the .
influential Vice President was attended by President Hamid Karzai .
President Karzai praised the Vice President's service to the country, and called his death a 'great los... |
104ee09286613a1dbe1d34b6392f96765346d43f | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Washington lobbyist Vicki Iseman has dropped her libel suit against The New York Times, the paper announced Thursday. Lobbyist Vicki Iseman has dropped her libel suit against The New York Times. The Times said the paper did not retract the article and that the lawsuit was settled without payment. In... | Lawsuit was settled without change to story or payment .
New York Times wrote article suggesting Vicki Iseman had affair with John McCain .
A Times' explanation about story will appear in a Note to Readers February 20 .
McCain, advisers said article, unnamed sources showed Times was biased . |
104f37318c03fcd949f67db547344f2c2c3e46c5 | By . Jennifer Smith . George Fessey admitted Grievous Bodily Harm without intent and was sentenced to two years in prison after throwing the teenager to the ground 'like a WWE wrestler' A teenager had to have a titanium plate fitted in his face and be treated for epilepsy after a thug bouncer threw his body to the grou... | Rory Davis was thrown to the ground 'like a rag doll' by 17-stone bouncer .
The 19-year-old was left with a brain haemorrage and hole in his skull .
George Fassey admitted Grievous Bodily Harm without intent in 2012 .
The 25-year-old said was trying to restrain Davis when it 'went horribly wrong' |
104f53c2dd4799c9781236d809aea0714df541c0 | By . Julian Robinson . A city in China is mourning the deaths of three brave firemen after they were buried alive trying to save a worker at a construction site. Images show devastated colleagues mourning the loss of their friends at the site in Xiaogan city in central China's Hubei province. The rescuers gave their li... | Firemen buried alive as they tried to carry a construction worker to safety .
Tragedy happened at a building site in Xiaogan city in China's Hubei province .
Devastated colleagues dug for four hours to find the brave rescuers .
But three firemen and worker were dead by the time they were discovered . |
104fcc606499a14ba24ca267e8503e2894912eaf | In a world first, phone maker LG has confirmed it will start selling flexible screens for smartphones and tablets - and they could be launched as early as next month. The 6-inch display will be made of bendy plastic substrates, rather than glass, and the panel can be attached to any curved device. LG Chem, the South Ko... | Display is made of bendy plastic substrates attached to a curved device .
It is expected to feature on the South Korean firm's upcoming G Flex phone .
The six-inch screen is set to be the world's first flexible OLED display .
LG Chem also set to launch a bendable battery prototype for its devices . |
1050545e8ac2e9ccbb944594205567f19883b1a6 | By . Rosie Taylor . 'Sickening': CCTV shows Piara Purewal repeatedly stamping on the head of unconscious teenager Louis Mousset as the thug's friends Dale Walker and Lance Keating-Hutchinson pin him to the pavement . A thug who stamped on an unconscious teenager’s head ten times while his two friends pinned him face do... | Piara Purewal, 22, captured on camera repeatedly stamping on victim, 18 .
Louis Mousset had innocently walked past a fight when he was attacked .
Attacker's accomplices, aged 21 and 25, also jailed for pinning down Mousset . |
1053ee55ab2dad91d08fb7c673ed5856cf1a5aa6 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 07:40 EST, 23 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:03 EST, 23 October 2012 . To many, William Thomas is a loving father-of-four and a cheery face around the neighborhood. But to police, the 42-year-old was allegedly leading a double life running a string of Manhattan brothels supplyi... | William Thomas, 42, is a loving father and 'very friendly', say neighbors .
But police claim he was leading double life running brothels in New York .
His teenage son also tweets: 'Surreal to hear your dad's name .
on the news'
Thomas 'set up websites selling sex with Asian women for $300 an hour' |
10545089c68d114e566849ed477a98a6d239831d | Through the hotel lobby he goes, to the elevator, up into guest rooms, and back. Jaber lashkari says he hauls around 50 pieces of luggage along this well-worn route every day. But the porter at Tehran's Parsian Azadi Hotel says in the past several months his work has nearly doubled. "Recently we've seen a big increase,... | Iran has experienced a massive increase in tourists coming to country .
Capital Tehran currently only has three large five-star hotels .
Hospitality industry talk of expanding capacity throughout the country . |
10547416183a0b7ade862789ca2445b00164efea | By . Laura Clark and Emine Sinmaz . PUBLISHED: . 09:13 EST, 1 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:25 EST, 1 January 2013 . Mothers with full-time jobs spend four months of the year working to cover their childcare costs, according to research. They must work for 17 weeks to raise enough money to pay the nursery or childmi... | Mothers in the South West work on average 19 weeks a year before the cost of a childcare is covered .
But only 15 weeks on average for those in the West Midlands .
Average spend on a childcare by full-time mothers is £7,127 a year . |
1054b3896ff8ccde57c8833f48467b0d418e0afe | By . Catherine Townsend . PUBLISHED: . 16:09 EST, 26 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:08 EST, 27 March 2013 . There's an old saying that claims behind . every great man is a great woman. According to Xerox CEO Ursula Burns, . the reverse is also true. In fact, she says the 'secret' of her success . was marrying a man 20 ... | Ursula Burns, 54, is the first female African-American CEO and was named 14th most powerful woman in the world by Forbes in 2009 .
CATHERINE TOWNSEND also married an older man, and says he has been instrumental to her success in a way that younger men could not be . |
10551d86c34fb0e7741bfab165d589ef99f0146c | (CNN) -- The daughter of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. has declined the post her father once held as president of the Atlanta-based Southern Christian Leadership Conference, saying she was interested in being more than a "figurehead." The Rev. Bernice A. King was elected to the office in October 2009, but never serve... | NEW: Board wishes the Rev. Bernice A. King "great success"
The daughter of Martin Luther King Jr. says she's devoting her time to ministry, mother's legacy .
She was elected to the office in October 2009, but never served .
The organization has seen a power struggle dating back about a decade . |
1055cd3e3ba2cbba8d66f0551100f6370ef96825 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 18:41 EST, 11 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:52 EST, 11 June 2013 . Rising fast: Cupcakes are growing in popularity among sweet-toothed yet time-poor Brits . Once, no classic afternoon tea was complete without a plump slice of Victoria sponge. These days, you are more likely to fi... | Cupcakes and muffinsare becoming more and more popular .
Meanwhile, big cakes like the Victoria sponge suffers in sales .
More Brits turn to baking thanks to TV shows like Great British Bake Off . |
1056976d2140088d9d5ebd911aef19772fea23e9 | By . Jenny Hope . PUBLISHED: . 18:02 EST, 30 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:50 EST, 1 May 2013 . Hormone replacement therapy could do your muscles a power of good, according to researchers. They found it significantly improves muscle function, right down to the muscle fibre level. A study which put muscle fibres under ... | Those who took HRT had reduced age-related changes and improved muscle function . |
10571304986fed012a54cc7233cfa5c80f9be46e | Since taking the Spanish throne, Queen Letizia has never put a foot wrong in the style stakes. Indeed, her appearance at the Investigation National Awards at the Royal Palace in Madrid today was no different. The mother-of-two looked chic and stylish in a red jacket with scallop edged jacket worn over a fitted matchin... | Royal couple attended Investigation National Awards at the Royal Palace .
Queen, 42, accessorised with dazzling diamond and ruby drop earrings .
On Tuesday, couple attended the Telefonica Ability Awards . |
105780a858604344ef031705a29e66ac1cab8fa3 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 21:46 EST, 11 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:44 EST, 12 August 2013 . In 2008, while earning $40,000 a year as a doorman at a luxury apartment building in Manhattan, Richie Randazzo became the Big Apple's most famous doorman when he won a $5million lottery jackpot, which turned ... | Richie Randazzo's colorful personality landed him on shows like the Howard Stern Show and Fox's Red Eye .
Randazzo started dating a Swedish model after hitting it big with the lottery .
Randazzo has opted to forgo surgery after completing rounds of chemotherapy and radiation treatment . |
10586f3c4c9be1672b9ad271abec75db8e3b958c | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . and Daniel Martin . David Cameron today vowed to 'challenge the extremist narrative' of some Islamic organisations as he ordered an investigation into the Muslim Brotherhood to check whether it is planning attacks in the Middle East from Britain. The Prime Minister said ... | Review will look at the 'philosphy and activities' of the Muslim Brotherhood .
MI6 will assess whether organisation was behind recent attacks in Egypt .
MI5 will look into how many senior leaders of the body are based in the UK .
Concerns that London is being used as a hub for extremist activities .
Some leaders repor... |
1058e855417f1e908fa3cdd6e0bfc8a600600f3b | Havana, Cuba (CNN) -- American government contractor Alan Gross went on trial in Cuba Friday in a case that appears to have derailed a tentative rapprochement between the long-estranged countries. Cuba claims Gross -- a subcontractor for the U.S. Agency for International Development -- imported illegal satellite equipm... | Cuba says Alan Gross imported illegal satellite equipment .
He is charged with acts against Cuba's independence .
The U.S. says Gross was helping the Jewish community improve communications .
He could face up to 20 years in prison if found guilty . |
105a273cde394f80aed7324420557c79265b5571 | Geri Halliwell and other celebrities poured more than £68million into a controversial fund accused of tax avoidance . Celebrities including the Beckhams, Robbie Williams and Geri Halliwell are among investors who poured more than £68million into a controversial fund accused of tax avoidance. The 141 stars and other mem... | Ingenious investment firm is in a legal battle with HM Revenue & Customs .
Encouraged investment in films by allowing investors to claim tax breaks .
Stars could face large bills if HMRC proves the venture was tax avoidance .
Although accounts show how much stars were entitled to claim, it is not know whether they did ... |
105abe681ebfa410e9704d47939e34a6e8183d5f | By . Ted Thornhill . PUBLISHED: . 06:30 EST, 16 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 07:32 EST, 16 January 2014 . It takes more than a cumbersome leg brace to stop the heiress apparent to the Swedish throne from carrying out her duties. Crown Princess Victoria, 36, presented the prestigious Tobias Prize at the Royal Swedish A... | Princess Victoria was injured while skiing in Italy over the New Year .
Doctors in Geneva fitted a leg brace after diagnosing a sprained ankle . |
105bb3c75c7e5729503fddfe5651d932085ddcd4 | Roberto Martinez is confident Everton have finally resolved the hamstring issue that has ruined James McCarthy’s season. The Republic of Ireland midfielder had been Everton’s outstanding performer but he has spent much of the past two months on the sidelines. He missed six games after being injured in a Europa League t... | Everton's James McCarthy has missed six games since November .
Roberto Martinez believes McCarthy's hamstring problems are sorted .
Everton take on Manchester City in the Premier League on Saturday . |
105bd915e119e4f0946c9485853aab8d0306453d | More than 400 migrants were stopped from getting into Britain from Calais this weekend as they used end-of-summer traffic jams to climb on board vehicles queueing for ferries to Dover. Police found 300 stowaways in 69 trucks on Saturday alone, forcing them to divert freight traffic along a ‘secure route’ accompanied by... | Number of hidden migrants crossing into UK set to reach 30,000 this year .
Situation has led to haulage firms advising drivers to bypass Calais .
It means stowaways are now targeting other ports with lower security . |
105bf4606da52f2e854db7b06ef0c6d2f87ea9f7 | By . Kirsty Walker . Last updated at 12:16 PM on 5th August 2011 . Brainchild: PM's aide Steve Hilton . The death penalty, pulling out of Europe and withdrawing from the European Human Rights Act topped the agenda as the public yesterday got the chance to decide what Parliament debates. The Government launched its ‘e-... | Website crashed repeatedly as thousands log on .
6,000 back calls for Parliament to discuss death penalty .
Over 1,000 people a minute visited website on first day . |
105d15c4d8fd106208bca382ea70285cabd50e1a | A little pony with a whole lot of pride in his appearance was a star attraction at the Horse of the Year Show this week. Eight-year-old Luma the Lion, who was groomed to perfection to bring out his wild side, performed in a special display to celebrate the show's 65th anniversary in Birmingham. Creatively disguised as ... | Pony disguised as a lion performs at Horse of the Year Show .
Luma the Lion has been working with trainer since he was three-years-old .
Around 9,500 people watched the pair's unusual display in Birmingham . |
105e5366966f6bf3699fcb4e5ddb526e63637f37 | Tim Cahill's super-strike has been hailed for its brilliant technique that left fans around the world purring and showed that there is nothing better than a sweetly struck volley. But did it rank among the best volleyed efforts of all-time? Sportsmail looks back on the best volleyed goals that rival Cahill's in a list ... | Cahill scored a wondergoal as Australia went down 3-2 to Holland .
His Van Basten-esque volleyed effort ranks among the best of all time . |
105fe2f6586f13ee8daec350ba5803a0e04640ab | (CNN) -- Macedonia is a small landlocked country bordering Albania, Bulgaria, Greece, Kosovo and Serbia. About a quarter of its two million population lives in the capital Skopje, a city on the Vardar River brimming with evidence of a 2,500 year history that has seen it come under Roman, Byzantine, Ottoman and Yugoslav... | Macedonia was the only country to emerge peacefully from the former Yugoslavia .
The country has had a long-running dispute with Greece over its name .
About a quarter of its two million population lives in the capital Skopje on the Vardar River . |
106062756f8a512ad8838f4250637e202f8f0fde | (CNN) -- There is nothing wrong with professional athletes expressing their opinions about social or political issues. Just because you slip on a helmet or swing a racquet doesn't mean you don't have the right to voice an opinion on politics, the economy, faith or any other issue in America. However, Charles Barkley's ... | Charles Barkley weighed in on Ferguson, Garner, racial profiling .
Jason Johnson: Barkley is entitled to his opinions, but hypocrisy is evident .
He says Barkley is insulated from what most black men face . |
106088ddffd6d134f4250591e9e8e90d0b7bba21 | By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . Consider two brothers who are identical twins. If one goes to space and the other does not, are they still genetically identical? That’s what Nasa will be aiming to discover in March 2015 in a ground-breaking experiment that will for the first time study the impact of space travel on the hum... | Nasa will send an identical twin to the International Space Station for a year .
His brother will be kept on Earth as the 'control' in the experiment .
They will be compared before, during and after the mission .
This will enable researchers to study the effects of space travel on humans .
The ground-breaking experimen... |
10617328ea169bbdfd6b5aee92a70c2c6822601c | Gallman, Mississippi (CNN) -- Heartbroken and baffled. That's how friends and relatives of a Mississippi family described themselves the day authorities said they'd found the bodies of Atira Hill, Laterry Smith and Jaidon Hill, 7. The mother, stepfather and boy vanished last week. "We went to bed last night still prayi... | The bodies of Atira Hill, Laterry Smith and Jaidon Hill, 7, were found overnight .
The family was last seen Friday in a car .
That vehicle was later found flipped and on fire .
Authorities have arrested Timothy Burns, 42, on suspicion of arson, a sheriff says . |
1061ad080470cd1005505388edcb619a05802f30 | Britain's Got Talent judge and loyal Evertonian Amanda Holden has stamped her seal of approval on Everton's 2014/15 kit. The TV presenter, and celebrity supporter, has stepped out in the famous blue shirt for Everton fansite www.evertonarentwe.com. Last year, Holden joined a large number of Toffees fans who voted for t... | Amanda Holden poses in 2014/15 Everton shirt .
Britain's Got Talent judge is a big fan of the Merseyside club .
Holden voted for the club's current crest last season . |
1062f38aedf6ee4f92c9c4890be87f214280c20a | The startling accuracy of Leonardo da Vinci's anatomical drawings will be highlighted by a new exhibition that compares the artist's work with modern medical scans. Long praised as one of the finest artists of the Renaissance era and a visionary inventor, da Vinci's work as an anatomist was also well ahead of its time.... | New exhibition will pit the artist's work against the latest MRI and other imaging technologies to show how accurate his insights were .
Da Vinci began his work on anatomy to inform his paintings, but soon developed ambitions to write his own treatise on the body .
Sheets of his anatomical drawings set for display this... |
1063adb3b040d4e17339d5dde2d67b134fc63674 | HARRISBURG, Pennsylvania (CNN) -- Pennsylvania's acting secretary of labor and industry has entered a rehabilitation program for at least two weeks after her arrest on a public drunkenness charge last week. Sandi Vito, Pennsylvania's acting labor secretary, has entered a rehab program, the governor's spokesman says. Ju... | Acting Secretary of Labor Sandi Vito charged with public drunkenness last week .
Vito entering rehab for two weeks, Pennsylvania governor's spokesman says .
The same day as her arrest, Vito backed out of interview with CNN .
Interview was to cover state's use of debit cards for unemployment benefits . |
1063cd49ff2f412660657de882138951629f0eb2 | (CNN) -- If you have ever tried to grab a bargain that appears online, you'll know you have to be quick. The business of high frequency trading -- using algorithms and superfast computers to conduct trades in a fraction of a second -- is a supercharged version of this, with the potential to execute millions of buy and ... | High frequency trading uses algorithms to conduct trades in fractions of a second .
It can cause individual stock prices to spike and dip close to zero, says Neil Johnson .
These "sub-second tsunamis" go unnoticed and are over in the blink of an eye .
Governments need a financial "air traffic control system" to manage ... |
1063df9d3f153121586399ac822791c95f3a0d49 | Council workers were forced to use a chainsaw to hack their way into a property after it had been left to become completely overgrown by its owner. The eyesore in Crewkerne, Somerset, had stood vacant since 2006 before it was seized by South Somerset District Council. The neglected South Street property was visited by ... | Eyesore in Crewkerne, Somerset, has been standing empty since 2006 .
South Somerset District Council seized property after gaining a court order .
Council workers had to hack their way into property using chainsaws .
Found house had graffiti on walls, smashed windows and burnt out sofa .
Council hope home will now be r... |
1063e7200fb3fc0dfc230fba12cd154feeec79f5 | (CNN) -- Vera has found a good man. He loves her and her 16-year-old daughter. His work provides their income and allows her to attend nursing school. They married two years ago and their future was set. Except for one thing. Lucio came to the United States illegally and has been living as an undocumented immigrant. At... | New rule can reduces time U.S. citizens are separated from undocumented relatives .
"I used to have nightmares about Lucio and I separating. I wouldn't know what to do without him"
National Asian Pacific American Women's Forum applauds Obama administration .
"This is clearly a step in the right direction but a lot more... |
1064c47f3d7f0efa03368fe7eb01dd0836017339 | Manchester United are unlikely to pay the £12million Arsenal are demanding for Thomas Vermaelen after their initial bid was rejected. The Belgium international has just one year to run on his deal at the Emirates and United believe the valuation of the centre-back is too high. Their opening offer was thought to be in t... | Belgium defender has just one year to run on his deal at the Emirates .
He has told pals he wants to move to Old Trafford .
Arsenal and United appear some way apart in their valuation of the player .
He injured his knee during Belgium's 1-0 win over Russia on Sunday . |
106550f0aca49e82dc248e2af4f47d619b097ab5 | (CNN) -- A tornado hit the south-central South Dakota town of Wessington Springs on Wednesday evening, briefly trapping some people in their homes. The Jerauld County Sheriff's Office said all have been rescued. "The tornado hit across the street from the hospital -- really just one block away -- and there is stuff and... | People were reported trapped in their homes, but have been rescued .
Spokesman for the governor calls the damage "significant"
Rare twin tornadoes spun through Pilger, Nebraska, this week . |
1065d9884a57cb3efb69d24a644cd3f058e0284b | North Korea sent a fax to South Korea on Thursday, threatening to "strike mercilessly without notice" after protests against the secretive regime this week in Seoul. The message warned that North Korea would strike if "the provocation against our highest dignity is to be repeated in the downtown of Seoul." Earlier this... | North Korea's fax to South Korea: Will "strike mercilessly without notice"
Protests in Seoul were held over Kim Jong Il's second anniversary of death .
North Korea routinely threatens to strike after what it calls "provocations" |
106614717344051600963d2c7ddc0572ec893ea9 | A woman who threatened to pull her suitors' teeth out, trick them into thinking she's pregnant and give them a mermaid tattoo on a fake online dating profile still got inundated with messages from men wanting to sleep with her fabricated persona. Columnist Alli Reed conducted an experiment to test whether the 'worst fa... | LA-based writer Alli Reed conducted an experiment to test whether the 'worst fake dating profile in history' would deter the opposite sex .
But she got more than 150 messages in just 24 hours .
She created the fake OKCupid profile using a picture of her best friend who is a model .
Reed said she hoped 'to prove that th... |
106710776178da2cdbed3e5a847d69b28d842dbf | More than a dozen passengers and crew have reportedly been injured after an American Airlines flight was rocked by severe turbulence over the Pacific Ocean. Passengers were settling into their 12-hour transpacific journey from Seoul to Dallas when the Boeing 777-200 hit turbulent skies east of Japan, sending glass 'fly... | Boeing 777-200 was flying from Seoul, South Korea to Dallas, Texas .
Plane was east of Japan when it turned around and diverted to Tokyo .
Fifteen passengers reportedly suffered injuries shortly after take-off .
Plane was carrying 240 passengers and 15 crew, says airline . |
1067517d2f2c88f4926a0becb4a2559705771c5d | By . Sean Poulter . PUBLISHED: . 10:11 EST, 21 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:48 EST, 21 May 2013 . The bargain boasts of teleshopping TV presenters are to be investigated after a string of bogus claims were exposed. TV regulator Ofcom has launched an inquiry after 27 complaints were upheld against Bid TV and Price Drop ... | Broadcaster Sit-Up Ltd is licensee for Bid TV and Price Drop TV .
Channels breached advertising regulations 27 times .
Said broadcaster has failed to put a stop to misleading claims . |
10683977e6e54553a321a7094455674c848ffa58 | By . Deni Kirkova . PUBLISHED: . 09:08 EST, 21 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:50 EST, 21 May 2013 . With a new cookery book out every day with ever more weird and wacky recipes to excite Britain's budding chefs, we sometimes lose sight of the simple meals we enjoy the most. One no-nonsense we user has gone back to basics... | Simplistic recipe posted on cooking site sparks wave of response .
Recipe posted two years ago now viral on Twitter .
'Put bread in toaster, get out butter and Marmite, get toast out of toaster, spread butter, spread Marmite, serve with bay leaf, eat it'
Ironic comments include: I'm not keen on turkey and was looking f... |
1068493280bc25c00110e3150e55f91d1fa0b3aa | Record numbers of accidents are being caused by drivers illegally speaking or texting on hand-held mobile phones. Crashes in which mobiles have been a contributory factor have soared by 21 per cent in just three years. In the year to 2013 alone, fatalities in which mobiles played a part rose by five – from 17 to 22, an... | Crashes involving a mobile have risen by 20 per cent in the last three years .
Fatalities in which mobiles have played a part have risen by five in a year .
The RAC says mobile phone should be as 'unacceptable as drink-driving'
Using a phone behind the wheel lands drives three points and a £100 fine . |
10695171403241f3acde2244bddc09e2b102fdc3 | Taxpayers paid £1million to a suspected terrorist accused of going to al-Qaeda training camps and planning attacks on American and Jewish targets. Feroz Abbasi was one of 16 men held at Guantanamo Bay who were paid a total of £20million compensation by the UK to settle claims of complicity in their rendition and detent... | Feroz Abbasi was one of 16 who shared £20million Government pay-out .
They claimed UK complicity with rendition, detention and torture by U.S.
New allegations have surfaced claiming Abbasi was working with al-Qaeda .
The claims related to Abu Hamza's ongoing trial in New York . |
10696f72b8e0794543623ad233a6d56d30617963 | A Seattle woman was attacked and dragged 20 feet by a grizzly bear while working for a Canadian mining company in Alaska - but survived with minor only injuries. Julia Stafford, 20, a University of British Columbia student, smartly played dead after the bear knocked her - and a male colleague - over and on to the groun... | Julia Stafford survived the attack with only minor injuries, but will need surgery to repair a broken hand .
The quick-thinking college student played dead after the bear knocked her over .
Sunday attack comes only two days after backpacker Richard White was eaten by a bear in Denali National Park and Preserve . |
106a9f5f06c7e39010d309aef51db3f46395c3e6 | Christina Huffington, the daughter of media mogul Arianna Huffington, has posted pictures of herself happily kissing her new girlfriend. The 24-year-old writer - who has been open about a battle with cocaine that nearly killed her - is believed to be seeing film producer Sophie Watts and has put up a series of picture... | Christina, 24, is the daughter of Huffington Post founder Arianna and her ex husband, former Republican congressman Michael Huffington .
She has been open about a struggle with cocaine addiction that nearly killed her .
She's said to be dating film producer Sophie Watts . |
106abd56f2a64de8695d1c678aadaaa7a491fb12 | Cornelius Gurlitt, 81, who hid a £1bn trove of suspected stolen Nazi art has died in his Munich flat . A museum in Switzerland today said it . has been named the 'unrestricted and unfettered sole heir' of reclusive . art collector Cornelius Gurlitt. The . 81-year-old son of Adolf Hitler's art dealer, whose collection i... | Cornelius Gurlitt, 81, died at apartment in Schawbin, Munich, yesterday .
With no close relatives, the future of his collection had been in doubt .
But a museum in Bern has announced it is sole beneficiary of his estate . |
106bb01b8f970eaabba89d6881315f930306292d | By . Peter Campbell . PUBLISHED: . 17:37 EST, 7 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:23 EST, 8 January 2013 . The boss of an energy giant that has doubled its prices in just seven years could pocket a £13million payoff. Phil Bentley, who is to leave British Gas within months, has presided over above-inflation hikes that ha... | Phil Bentley is boss of British Gas which has doubled its prices in 7 years .
Windfall enough to pay typical family's gas and electric bill for 9,500 years .
Bentley will leave company later this year as part of management overhaul . |
106c76a1c679ac9f9f954903e33683a24758336e | Frankly, I don’t know whether to be mortified or flattered. Returning from a champagne reception hosted by the ship’s captain, I discover my room attendant has lovingly folded my tatty pyjamas into an origami-style dog. It doesn’t stop there. The next morning he knocks on the cabin door and asks if I need anything iron... | The fjords of western Norway are among Europe's most beautiful sights .
The Naeroyfjord is included on the list of UNESCO World Heritage sites .
The fjords can be visited by cruise ships that depart from British waters . |
106d91b562d0be1ba41ac471893e17f4064f9536 | By . Matt Chorley, Mailonline Political Editor . William Hague today dismissed 'ridiculous' criticism of his decision to spend four days with Hollywood star Angelina Jolie while war raged in Iraq. The Foreign Secretary appeared to accuse Radio 4 presenter John Humphrys of not asking intelligent questions about his appe... | Foreign Secretary defends four-day summit on sexual violence in conflict .
Insists he was able to focus on long-term issues and Iraq at same time .
Posed for photographs with Hollywood stars on each day of event .
Appears to accuse R4's John Humphrys of not asking intelligent questions . |
106d9de12008735eac556113806bf22cadde3ca2 | The City of London has postponed its plan to issue the St Paul's anti-capitalist protesters with legal notices requiring them to leave their tent city. The City of London Corporation confirmed it had suspended legal action against demonstrators until the morning, when the situation will be reviewed. A spokesman said: '... | Split at top of the Church could lead to protesters remaining during London Olympics and Queen's Diamond Jubilee celebrations .
Archbishop of Canterbury finally breaks his silence and backs protesters .
Rt Rev Graeme Knowles steps down as a result of handling of protest outside cathedral .
Canon chancellor Giles Fraser... |
106f26f273f420a46805b417991b1173cc0fb8b4 | New York (Cnnmoney.Com) -- Once again, the high-profile Cadillac Escalade SUV is the car that thieves love to steal, according to the Highway Loss Data Institute. Each year, 10.8 out of every 1,000 late-model Escalades get stolen, broken into, or have parts ripped off. That's the highest rate of theft claims of any veh... | The Highway Loss Data Institute calculates the theft rate of recent models .
The Cadillac Escalade SUV tops the list .
The Chevrolet Silverado and the Dodge Charger take second and third . |
106f55c13052d67eda6786d0904160326e0e3880 | By . Graham Smith . Updated: . 07:29 EST, 18 October 2011 . Actress Susan Sarandon has been slammed as 'positively obscene' after calling Pope Benedict XVI a 'Nazi' during a public interview at a New York film festival. The Oscar-winner was speaking in front of an audience at the Hamptons Film Festival on Saturday when... | Catholic League decries Oscar-winner's remark as 'unparalleled ignorance' |
106f94e840c247e3dbe3560a3be50f022480b0bf | (CNN)Iron Man, step aside. Captain America, take a breather. Women are taking over. Tuesday night's premiere of "Marvel's Agent Carter," which drew ecstatic reactions on social media, is just the latest example of more action series and films featuring women. In years past, we had shows such as "Buffy the Vampire Slaye... | "Agent Carter" is the latest action series or film featuring a woman .
The trend of women in big heroic roles can be traced to comic books .
"Wonder Woman" and "Captain Marvel" are set for the big screen . |
106fad2a3f450b3cd777f9f1e083c14bc45df60f | WASHINGTON (CNN) -- He had a name that rang down through generations. Ted Kennedy, far right, with brothers Bobby, center, and Jack in 1948. It was a gilded name in politics, but Ted Kennedy's life was an almost impossible kaleidoscope of outstanding public service, astonishing personal failures and the heavy burden of... | Ted Kennedy became the patriarch of the family at age 36 .
Kennedy had unsuccessful presidential career but found redemption in the Senate .
Even before his death, colleagues mourned his absence in health care debate . |
10711b4f0d96d65f01a6b57b987b2ceedaf17cbd | A state doctor has claimed that the mental condition of a 12-year-old girl accused of brutally stabbing a classmate to impress Slender Man has improved and she is fit to stand trial. Morgan Geyser was ordered to undergo mental health treatment in August after a psychologist testified that she was not fit to stand trial... | Morgan Geyser was deemed unfit to stand trial in August but a doctor said at a hearing on Wednesday that she has improved .
Geyser and a friend, Anissa Weier, are accused of stabbing a classmate 19 times in May to impress the fictional character Slender Man .
The victim, also 12, managed to get help and is recovering .... |
1071982bfca67282989c73e9cd1c669e2a405533 | (CNN) -- A Wyoming man was charged Friday with four counts of first-degree murder after, authorities say, he shot dead three of his children and another relative inside his home. According to the warrant for his arrest, Everett E. Conant III is also charged with attempted first-degree murder, aggravated battery and pos... | NEW: Everett Conant III faces 4 first-degree murder charges, one for attempted murder .
NEW: At Friday's arraignment, a Wyoming magistrate orders him held without bond .
Police first meet his wife outside, who had been shot and said her children had been, too .
After Conant is coaxed from the house, police find the fou... |
1071b14c7fe949d8ba1048c0ea2d88c289c144ca | By . Zoe Szathmary . A former high school student is suing his former science teacher and school district for distress he suffered as a result of a sexual relationship with her -- and says it delayed his plans to join the military. The student, using the pseudonym Mark Smith, claimed in a lawsuit filed on Friday that t... | A student, using the pseudonym Mark Smith to protect his identity, claims teacher Rachelle Heenan took advantage of him during their 2012 relationship .
Engaged in multiple sexual encounters, including at school events, in hotels and her own car .
Met Heenan in her forensic science class as a senior in high school .
Pl... |
1071dd8730a4ef9f747dbb95013c356fa2e542a3 | JERUSALEM (CNN) -- Clashes between Hamas militants and Israeli soldiers raged to the north and east of densely populated Gaza City early Sunday, the 16th day of an Israeli offensive, witnesses and medical sources said. A photo provided by the Israel Defense Forces shows troops in Gaza on Saturday. Heavy gunfire could b... | NEW: Fighting nears densely populated Gaza City, witnesses say .
Sources: Israeli artillery ignites buildings, killing 1 and wounding 49 .
Leader of Gaza City rocket teams is killed, Israel says .
Israeli jets apparently violate Egyptian airspace . |
1071e826dd7ffdb3ba07bd0996eca8dfe572faaa | Independent Melbourne musician Chet Faker didn't just win the top gong for his song, Talk is Cheap, in triple j's Hottest 100 for 2014 - he also scored the seventh and eight position in the top ten. But the real moment every music fan had been waiting for was whether US pop sensation Taylor Swift managed to sneak into ... | Chet Faker won triple j's Hottest 100 for 2014 with his song Talk is Cheap .
Taylor Swift was disqualified from appearing in the annual music poll .
A viral campaign encouraged members of the public to vote for Swift so she could top the Australia Day countdown .
The triple j website crashed a minute after an article e... |
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