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1105a326e07624279161a2309e1cf57673e093af | By . Sam Greenhill . PUBLISHED: . 07:16 EST, 7 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:20 EST, 8 May 2013 . Former newspaper owner Eddy Shah repeatedly raped a 14-year-old girl during sex sessions with a prostitute, a court heard yesterday. Shah, founder of the now defunct Today newspaper, raped the teenager on six occasions in t... | Shah, 69, accused of repeatedly raping girl in hotel suites in early 1990s .
Old Bailey hears girl was 'made to strip before he had unprotected sex'
Escort girl Susan Davies, 53, would 'join in sessions with Shah and girl'
She also pimped girl out to lover Anthony Pallant, 53, court heard today .
Shah, Pallant and Davi... |
11063d4a37b2da6ddac8c8d681e9f2d5b9f3189b | Rangers midfielder Lewis Macleod is determined to take all he can from his first experience in the full Scotland squad. The 20-year-old will spend the week training with Gordon Strachan's men ahead of their European Championship qualifier against the Republic of Ireland on Friday night and the friendly with England the... | Lewis Macleod doesn't expect to play for Scotland after first-team call-up .
Rangers star recently named SPFL young player of the month .
Scotland play Republic of Ireland in Euro 2016 qualifier .
Gordon Strachan's team then host England in friendly at Celtic Park . |
11071df65a0a05c54543f29ade35f9cbf97e91df | Thirteen former United Airline employees filed a complaint against the company this week for firing them last year when they refused to fly on a plane that had a 'Bye Bye' message written on it along with a 'devilish' face. According to the complaint filed Tuesday, the words 'BYE BYE' were written in oil residue on the... | Thirteen former United Airline employees filed complaint this week .
Claim they were fired last year when they refused to fly on a plane .
The aircraft had a 'Bye Bye' message written on it's tail along with 'devil face'
The employees were fired on July 14 after their refusal to fly on the plane led to a delay .
The ... |
11077b6cb5e0ec20ed913d30cdc089159895cbbe | A husband whose wife was stabbed to death has spoken of his anguish saying police are still trying to find out a motive and the man responsible for her murder. Nicole Laube, 29, of Washington County was stabbed on August 19 while working at the Commons at Timber Creek apartment complex in Cedar Mill. The mother-of-two ... | Nicole Laube, 29, of Forest Grove, was stabbed on August 1 .
She reportedly described her attacker to a tenant before she collapsed .
Laube had a nine-year-old daughter and a toddler son . |
11087ed3a162e37653b9673566429004bfcebd6f | (CNN) -- From Texas to Tennessee, there's not much relief in sight for people smacked by a frigid winter storm that killed at least four, shut down schools, backed up interstates and left hundreds of thousands without power. The National Weather Service predicted more sleet and subfreezing temperatures in Dallas and Me... | Subfreezing temperatures predicted Saturday in Dallas, Memphis, Little Rock .
About 200,000 customers lose power in Dallas/Fort Worth, 30,000 in Arkansas .
Dallas and Memphis marathons called off .
Weather-related deaths reported in Texas, Arkansas and Oklahoma . |
1108c858f748b7c05ed47ee1c49d8c2fbd2cdd9f | By . Hamish Mackay . New signings Diego Costa ad Filipe Luis were spotted in their Chelsea training gear a they boarded the plane for Austria. The duo both signed from Atletico Madrid this summer after playing significant roles in helping Atletico Madrid win La Liga for the first time since 1996. Costa flew in overnigh... | Diego Costa, Cesc Fabregas and Filipe Luis seen in their training gear .
Picture is first example of Diego Costa in Chelsea kit .
Chelsea heading to Austria for pre-season .
Cesc Fabregas also signed for the west London club this summer .
Jose Mourinho says the club's transfer business is finished . |
11095a40a994a8ad8bbc50a6d460bf8f53cc89cd | (CNN)Passengers in an Oregon-bound flight got a creepy-crawly surprise this weekend: a scorpion. The Alaska Airlines flight headed to Portland returned to Los Angeles on Saturday after a woman reported she was stung by the eight-legged animal. Medical personnel responded and treated the woman, who was stung on the arm... | The Alaska Airlines flight was headed to Portland, Oregon .
It's unclear how the scorpion made its way on the plane . |
1109b46b2225bca337af0c69ac8d68bdcc95d7f5 | By . Claire Elliott . Employment Minister Esther McVey has revealed that she has never had children because she has not found someone to ‘wind up’ her biological clock. The 46-year-old former GMTV presenter, who was promoted to attend the Cabinet last week, said that despite ‘loving’ children, she has not met the right... | Former breakfast TV presenter always assumed she would get married .
Has previously dated Tory MP Ed Vaizey and TV executive Mal Young .
Miss McVey, a privately educated law graduate, 46, comes from Liverpool . |
110a6f03f95dc0a859c9dcb14168af862bb9efc3 | By . Rob Cooper . Updated: . 01:30 EST, 16 January 2012 . Jury trials face the axe in thousands of cases each year under reforms being drawn up to cut the costs of court cases, it was revealed today. The changes could save in excess of £30million per year but will meet fierce opposition from civil liberties campaigners... | Some theft, assault, burglary and drugs offences will have juries axed under proposals .
Magistrates Court hearing hearing costs £900 per day - a case in the Crown Court costs £3,000 .
Reforms could save £30million per year . |
110b9cea121d7022af2a9c844f4c38b9db6aa266 | A genuine European candidate in Dutch football chief Michael van Praag on Monday declared he will stand against Sepp Blatter for the FIFA presidency. Van Praag had been reluctant to put his name forward having witnessed a number of eastern European countries supporting Blatter and voting against UEFA proposals at last ... | Michael van Praag will challenge Sepp Blatter's FIFA presidency .
Van Praag announced the news Monday on Dutch FA's website .
Van Praag believes 'no credible' candidate has emerged to oppose Blatter . |
110c8b4e82ff8af78feb124d4978cdc13348ca21 | London (CNN) -- CNN International was named News Channel of the Year at the Royal Television Society Awards in London late Wednesday, beating off competition from the BBC and Sky News. The network's treatment of stories over the past year -- including the intensifying conflict in the Middle East, elections in the U.S.,... | CNN International wins "News Channel of the Year" at Royal Television Society Awards .
Recognized coverage of year's biggest news stories including Syrian conflict, U.S. election .
Follows earlier recognition at Foreign Press Association awards and EPPY awards . |
110caf85c9e2ba18ac2ded8d310f5ba128734385 | By . Matt West and Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 01:36 EST, 8 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:46 EST, 8 May 2013 . Britain's first pay-as-you-go motorway is proving to be a flop with traffic dropping by 40 percent in just seven years. The head of the region's local transport authority says the M6 toll road which runs through... | M6 is Britain's only privately-run toll road - runs through West Midlands .
Traffic on toll road has fallen 40% since peak of 55,000 vehicles a day in 2006 .
Nine out of 10 lorries now use the original motorway . |
110cc60add4bf7fc3b32694d392473a645a6b50d | By . Paul Bentley . PUBLISHED: . 13:49 EST, 1 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 13:57 EST, 2 November 2012 . Comedian Freddie Starr has been released on bail for a second time today after being questioned by detectives investigating claims he molested a schoolgirl in Jimmy Savile's BBC dressing room. The 69-year-old volun... | Comic, 69, has previously denied scandal in TV appearance with fiancée, 34 .
Starr returned to police station to answer questions after being taken into custody yesterday and released on bail in the early hours of this morning .
He has been bailed again this evening following questioning by detectives .
Swoop on Starr ... |
110cef3ef660f8a98b7244b6980e97703765dcd8 | (CNN) -- A California-based commercial pilot says the Transportation Security Administration retaliated against him after he posted videos online showing what he described as shortcomings in airport security. The series of videos showed scenes from inside the San Francisco International Airport and were narrated by the... | The videos show what he called lax security at the San Francisco airport .
"I was trying to bring up the obvious, ludicrous TSA-type of security," the pilot says .
The TSA suspends him from the Federal Flight Deck Officer program and takes his gun .
TSA says he may have violated a regulation, pilot says . |
110cf421b5dc500fe37589374dd62708e016dc54 | A heavily pregnant woman was forced to undergo a humiliating medical examination on a packed plane to prove that she was fit to fly. Kerry Deane was horrified when staff on the Thomson Holidays flight ordered her to the front of the plane in front of passengers to be checked by two doctors in an area where food is prep... | Kerry Deane, from Glasgow, had been enjoying a holiday with her family .
The 32-year-old was 35 weeks pregnant - within Thomson's 36 week cut-off .
Despite having a doctor's note, she was made to undergo an examination .
The examination took place in the food preparation area of the plane .
Ms Deane, her partner and c... |
110d68becdcee03adc01f1c91a984d3886972b6f | By . Mark Duell . UPDATED: . 08:09 EST, 2 October 2011 . It’s been almost 20 years since Barack and Michelle Obama tied the knot - and they last night celebrated in style at a $150-a-head restaurant. The U.S. President and First Lady visited Restaurant Eve, in Alexandria, Virginia - located just seven miles southwest f... | Barack and Michelle Obama visited Restaurant Eve .
Top Virginia restaurant run by chef Cathal Armstrong .
His prix-fixe tasting menus cost up to $150 . |
110de88fda6f2fd305de4ff0c59de05d4d0dbc65 | By . Matt Chorley, MailOnline Political Editor . Giving schoolchildren hot lunches can be better for their learning than extra English and maths lessons, Nick Clegg claimed today. The Deputy Prime Minister said it was not surprising that children with packed lunches consisting of 'a slice of white bread with some choco... | 1.89million under-sevens to get free school lunches from this week .
Policy for reception, years one and two will save families up to £400 per year .
Clegg argues it will improve health and attainment of all young pupils . |
110eaab2cdc17c7da59a459e7365a2a735e35f80 | A mother was insane when she drove her three children into the ocean and therefore not guilty of child abuse, a Florida judge determined on Friday. Three attempted murder counts were dropped against Ebony Wilkerson who showed little emotion during her appearance in a courtroom today in Daytona Beach, Florida. The 33-ye... | Three attempted murder counts were dropped against Ebony Wilkerson in a Florida court on Friday .
Wilkerson, 33, judged not guilty by reason of insanity; a hearing to be held next week to see if she should be involuntarily hospitalized .
Pregnant at the time of her arrest, she reportedly punched her belly after being t... |
110ec27c18add077a4de1cb1af434d4cda37d39a | A man complaining of chest and back pains was found to have an acupuncture needle that had been lodged in his gut for 40 years. Xu Long, 60, from the city of Jiujiang in south-eastern China's Jiangxi Province, had been treated with acupuncture while serving in the military in 1974 to cure stomach ache. He said: 'The on... | Xu Long, 60, had been given acupuncture for stomach pain in 1974 .
As time went on, he began to suffer from chest and back pain .
Doctors blamed it on old age, but he eventually had scans done .
Revealed a 'foreign' body, which turned out to be an acupuncture needle . |
110f75ff5bd1b8ee0801c1ba21ca59c79bada11a | By . Simon Tomlinson . Last updated at 4:34 PM on 23rd February 2012 . A husband has been forced to issue a grovelling apology to his estranged wife every day for 30 days on Facebook after posting a furious message about her on the social networking site. In leaving the hate-filled rant, Mark Byron breached a court ord... | Mark Byron breached protection order after domestic violence conviction . |
111018c4d035ad64bcf3ed1661d6d15ed12c3d79 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 13:59 EST, 19 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:37 EST, 21 November 2012 . Two men in their mid-twenties and best friends since childhood died together on Saturday night after their boat capsized in rough conditions on the Great Salt Lake in Utah. The bodies of Logan Hardman, 25,... | The bodies of Logan Hardman and Chad Tohinaka, both 25, were pulled from the Great Salt Lake on Saturday night .
They had been firm friends their entire lives and Tohinaka was best man at Hardman's wedding .
Hardman leaves a wife and two young children aged three and one years old .
Tragically his new life insurance po... |
1111e7507ce481a26f091a12fa038c0d7c1d8c92 | Finally: A settlement has been reached over the $300 million estate of late heiress, Huguette Clark . The vicious battle over the $300 million estate of late copper heiress Huguette Clark has been settled out of court at the eleventh hour - leaving her faithful nurse with nothing. The 40-page settlement was signed mome... | Huguette Clark died aged 104 in 2011 and left millions to philanthropic foundations, her nurse, her attorney and accountant in her final will .
But after 19 of her relatives disputed the will, it has now been re-drawn and leaves $43 million to them - even though many never met her .
Her nurse, Hadassah Peri, will no lo... |
1113185eceac2ac3a8bed15a4ae37ca35f3aa704 | New Delhi (CNN) -- He had a primate in his underpants. That's the explanation airport guards at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport gave Sunday for detaining a man from the United Arab Emirates who allegedly had the tiny, big-eyed critter hidden in his underwear. The guards were conducting a routine pat-dow... | Man was going through security at New Delhi's Indira Gandhi International Airport .
The slender loris was hidden in the man's underwear, guards say .
A second loris was found abandoned in a trash can .
Critters were sent to wildlife authorities; three people turned over to customs officials . |
11139131b67464e3a042b7c0ec46d742e01a8200 | By . Leon Watson . PUBLISHED: . 19:02 EST, 17 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:38 EST, 18 November 2013 . At the age of two he shocked the world after being pictured chain-smoking cigarettes. Two years on he's now a normal, cheeky five-year-old - and, while he's managed to kick the habit, he now has another addiction.... | Aldi Rizal was pictured chain-smoking cigarettes aged just two .
Outcry led to Indonesian's government trying to tackle the problem .
Since then Aldi's tried to kick his 40-a-day habit and learn to be normal .
But he's since developed food cravings while quitting smoking .
Now, a new documentary series has revisited th... |
111483310e0828d3c0b9e89884d289030119457a | Dapper in a navy suit, red and blue striped tie and a pair of polished dress shoes, the Duke of Cambridge was every inch the prince as he met well-wishers in Coventry today. But there was one part of his ensemble that wasn't quite so princely - the turquoise and black loom band that peeped out from beneath his cuff. He... | Prince William was seen wearing a loom band on a visit to Coventry .
Accessorised his navy suit with a purple and turquoise bracelet .
Plastic loom bands are this summer's hottest accessory craze .
Were popularised by Duchess of Cambridge after she wore on in April .
Harry Styles and David Beckham are among celebrity f... |
1114e55c5577e7c2e8470d9327ce1bf03267b894 | PUBLISHED: . 11:12 EST, 28 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:27 EST, 28 September 2013 . Glamour: Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva pictured at the Cannes Film Festival . Both sisters would look at home in a . James Bond film - both are wealthy, glamorous, and the daughter of a . central Asian dictator. But . Lola, the 35-year-... | Lola Karimova-Tillyaeva says she hasn't spoken to her elder sister Gulnara in 12 years .
Dictator's younger daughter gives first interview to western media . |
1115028e8f0b359c5fe0d130daf17ee6ca51b4cc | By . Victoria Woollaston for MailOnline . Google Street View lets people explore the world from the comfort of their living room, but it can’t replicate the experience of actually being there. In a bid to make this the mapping service more immersive, designers have created the Sounds of Street View project, which adds ... | Sounds of Street View was created by designers for Manchester-based hearing aid specialists Amplifon UK .
The project adds audio to locations using sound markers in the Google mapping service .
It is still an experimental technology and only three locations are currently mapped using these audio markers .
This includes... |
11166e584394a128ed2e6ba62c5c9b5ed588b8d5 | By . Jill Reilly . PUBLISHED: . 11:08 EST, 14 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:51 EST, 14 May 2012 . The father of a man accused of murdering his girlfriend has admitted paranoia led him to believe a letter he found could have been his son's confession. Leigh Turner, 54, told a jury that he did not read the note from his s... | Elliot Turner, 20, denies the murder of Emily Longley, 17, in his bedroom at the family home in .
Bournemouth, Dorset .
Father Leigh Turner told a jury that he did not read the 'confession' letter from his son Elliot to his mother Anita and he had ripped it up .
Pathologists found injuries on Emily’s body consistent wi... |
1116e776225dc4d69fce7267ef1c7c2bb89720ba | By . Tamara Cohen . PUBLISHED: . 20:17 EST, 19 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 20:17 EST, 19 September 2012 . Towns and villages that oppose the building of wind-farms will be ‘bribed’ into accepting them with an offer of lower energy bills, the Energy Secretary has said. Ed Davey is trying to diffuse a groundswell of ... | Wind farm developers could contribute to 'community funds' to placate campaigners .
Critics accuse Energy Sec Ed Davey of using 'bribes' to split communities and throw planning process . |
1117804ba0957af67447103a7837eaab6594bd1e | Defeat was just a few minutes old and the emotions came . hustling in, wave upon wave. There was disillusion, despair, bewilderment and . weary resignation. On the face of Roy Hodgson, you could read the entire, . distressful history of England at the World Cup. The old ones will recall those expressions flickering acr... | Greenwood, Robson, Hoddle, Eriksson, Capello and now Hodgson have been forced to eat humble pie .
There were many culprits, Steven Gerrard performed like a .
Steven Gerrard tribute act .
One bizarrely popular response was to blame the absence of .
John Terry . |
1117d529e2c18f2231733d048d5d047a611bc261 | (Oprah.com) -- Are you looking forward to the season ahead? With Shivers of anticipation? Or just shivers? Robin Monheit gathered O's best gift buying advice and got even more tips from style experts Jesse Garza and Joe Lupo, authors of Life in Color (Chronicle). We can't reach out and put a finger on the bow, uncork t... | Style experts Jesse Garza and Joe Lupo help you shop like a ninja .
Comparison shop online before you set foot in a store .
Mondays are great for stealth shopping -- they're the quietest shopping day . |
111819188713514fb6f099a4e77573a2b08d58ba | By . Daily Mail Reporters . PUBLISHED: . 22:44 EST, 8 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:44 EST, 8 November 2013 . A 32-year-old undercover cop has been indicted for gang assault and other serious felonies for taking part in a brutal gang bike attack on a family in their SUV. Wojciech Braszczok is one of 11 bikers charg... | Wojciech Braszczok is among 11 bikers formally charged in a 14-count indictment over the September 29 attack on Range Rover driver Alexian Lien .
The 32-year-old faces up to 25 years behind bars .
The undercover cop claimed he was just a witness but police have video allegedly showing him smashing back screen of Lien's... |
11189887b7273e278e47b1184acd2ca35e20bec3 | (CNN) -- New Inter Milan coach Claudio Ranieri suffered his first defeat on Saturday as Joel Obi was sent off in an ill-tempered 3-0 home reverse against new Serie A leaders Napoli. Inter were already annoyed to have a 24th-minute goal by Giampaolo Pazzini ruled out for offside, but tempers flared when Nigeria internat... | Inter Milan beaten 3-0 at home by Napoli as Joel Obi is sent off in first half .
Visitors top Italian league table ahead of Juventus-AC Milan clash on Sunday .
Coach Claudio Ranieri suffers his first defeat in charge of Inter .
Malaga went top in Spain with a last-gasp 3-2 victory at home to Getafe . |
11196eb9b0e5616076c3fe65828a2dff31ef2b85 | By . Martin Robinson . PUBLISHED: . 02:37 EST, 23 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:36 EST, 23 July 2012 . Flop: Engelbert Humperdinck performs 'Love Will Set You Free' during the Eurovision Song Contest in Azerbaijan . BBC bosses have been accused of wasting taxpayers' money after spending £310,000 on entering another dis... | The cash was the entry fee for Engelbert Humperdinck - who came second last in Baku, Azerbaijan in May . |
111a7b91fef5caf68dcd6f9ac3efcc9835de5b0b | By . Oliver Pickup . Last updated at 5:04 PM on 27th October 2011 . Retired headmaster John Regan was told that he would have to wait a day and a half before his complaint about his bins not being collected would be heard . All he wanted was for his rubbish to be taken away so when the binmen were four days late John R... | 'I just want my rubbish collected. What is so difficult about emptying my bin?'
Council: 'We have his case as a missed bin. BIFFA is now going around doing additional collections' |
111a968ed2becea88bf6a8f76f13c39373091661 | By . Sarah Dean . A woman is staging a grass roots protest after the council have ordered her to rip up the $10,000 synthetic lawn she planted on land that belongs to them. Gold Coast City council reportedly claimed the fake grass 'could trap someone wearing stilettos'. But Diane Padbury reckons the man-made lawn she i... | Diane Padbury planted a fake lawn because she never watered the real one .
Lives on Sovereign Island, a very affluent community on the Gold Coast .
Should have asked permission before developing the land, council says . |
111bb00f1591b97dbdb4280755a3d132d8f65811 | Lebanese authorities have arrested a wife of ISIS leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi -- the man spearheading the Islamist terror group's sweeping rampage across Syria and Iraq -- said a source with knowledge of the arrest. The woman is one of al-Baghdadi's two wives. Her arrest came as part of a "planned operation," according... | Woman part of a group freed in exchange for a group of nuns, intelligence source says .
Intelligence source identifies the wife as Saja al-Dulaimi .
Several U.S. sources suggest the person arrested is al-Baghdadi's ex-wife .
Little is known about al-Baghdadi; U.S. offers $10 million for info leading to him . |
111bd8e685583b86576f9e067885a99c9852f42a | Women using donor sperm may be more likely to get pregnant if the man is aged 40 and older rather than younger, say British scientists. The first major study to investigate the effect of male age on fertility treatment using donor sperm found no difference in the rate of live babies born whether the man was in his 40s ... | First major study to investigate the effect of male age on fertility conducted .
British scientists found no difference in the rate of live babies born whether the man was in his 40s or 20s .
Women were slightly more likely to have a baby if the sperm was donated by a middle-aged man rather than a younger donor .
A qua... |
111c6321f716ea7a5b56f439c9bb6be93b625254 | (CNN) -- Italy and the Netherlands sealed their places in the World Cup finals in Brazil next year while England survived an uncomfortable night in Kiev against Ukraine in key qualifying matches Tuesday. Mario Balotelli scored the winner as Italy came from behind to beat the Czech Republic 2-1 to seal Group B, while th... | Italy and Netherlands seal spots in World Cup finals in Brazil .
Mario Balotelli scores the winner as Italy beat Czech Republic .
Robin van Persie double in 2-0 win for the Dutch in Andorra .
England hold Ukraine to a draw in vital Group H qualifier in Kiev . |
111dc39f2d3e37c3d273388bd081b49972781947 | By . Martha De Lacey . PUBLISHED: . 07:56 EST, 6 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 15:15 EST, 6 December 2012 . Turkey, potatoes, Brussels sprouts and a handful of tangerines are on most people's supermarket shopping lists this Christmas. But then chef Ben Spalding isn't most people. On his list this year you'll find dry ... | Cooked by Ben Spalding, dinner available on veryfirstto.com .
Will be delivered to your home on Christmas Day . |
111edc09700f5023e3648748ec15e6ebad9b8ade | By . Emma Reynolds . PUBLISHED: . 06:44 EST, 12 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 21:02 EST, 12 June 2012 . The world's youngest gastric sleeve patient claims having risky weightloss surgery at 12 years old transformed her life. Betsy Sanchez, from Coahuila in Mexico, is delighted to have slimmed down from 15 to ten stone sin... | Betsy Sanchez, 14, has slimmed down from 15st to 10st following operation .
Controversial procedure carried out by her uncle .
Family say losing weight stopped bullies taunting the teenager . |
1120750fa561e9d0347cde9bb83cf80d23d48419 | Amazon wants you to buy its first smartphone, the Fire, which it unveiled Wednesday. But it also wants you to use that phone to buy more stuff ... from Amazon. And one of the device's most distinctive features is designed to make it as easy as possible do just that. It's called Firefly, and it contains image-, text- an... | Firefly is Amazon's recognition tool for the new Fire Phone .
Amazon says Firefly can identify more than 100 million items .
Users can then click to buy an item from Amazon .
Phone is designed to pull you into Amazon's growing universe of services . |
1120abe4a4ba6fc8dab3e07c1e349db4a12ec5ac | KABUL, Afghanistan (CNN) -- Five people connected to an Afghan presidential candidate have been released after being kidnapped the day before, an official with the candidate said. Five of Dr Abdullah Abdullah's campaign workers were kidnapped and later released. The group of five, who worked for Dr. Abdullah Abdullah, ... | Afghan election campaign workers released after 24 hour kidnap .
The group of five were working for presidential candidate Dr. Abdullah Abdullah .
Abdullah seeking to unseat incumbent President Hamid Karzai on August 20 . |
1120bc408d5460e8f16e0164c96a0cacf3466f0e | (CNN) -- It's a day that comes only once every 100 years -- 11/11/11. And in Vegas, that means throngs of lovebirds are flocking to chapels to get hitched Friday. "We're surrounded by hundreds of couples who want to get married on 11/11/11," said the Rev. Charlotte Richards, owner of Little White Wedding Chapel on the ... | Hundreds of couples are scheduled to get married in Vegas chapels .
Couples begin getting hitched at midnight on 11/11/11 .
One chapel will have four weddings every 30 minutes .
Manager: "It will be easy to remember your anniversary" |
11211aeb7c8f3d7a50c960bc6d148c1f168028be | By . Helen Pow . PUBLISHED: . 11:19 EST, 5 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:29 EST, 5 November 2013 . A 13-year veteran with the Oklahoma City Fire Department is accused of raping a 13-year-old girl over a period of months and giving her a secret cell phone so she could send him nude pictures of herself. Corporal Jaso... | Jason Lyle Wood was arrested Friday at the 911 dispatch center within Oklahoma City Fire Department, where he's worked for 13 years .
He has been charged with rape, forcible sodomy and lewd molestation .
The young teen's father initially brought the allegations to a Garvin County sheriff's deputy .
According to police,... |
1122704b29b7cc3034fdf40aae78070b5ec7fd79 | BREMEN, Germany -- Carlos Alberto, who scored in FC Porto's Champions League final victory against Monaco in 2004, has joined Bundesliga club Werder Bremen for a club record fee of 7.8 million euros ($10.7 million). Carlos Alberto enjoyed success at FC Porto under Jose Mourinho. "I'm here to win titles with Werder," t... | Werder Bremen pay a club record $10.7 million for Carlos Alberto .
The Brazilian midfielder won the Champions League with FC Porto in 2004 .
Since January he has been on loan with his first club, Fluminense . |
112594f7d8e669b141b36e09d502a08e8f072f47 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 10:30 EST, 19 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:41 EST, 20 February 2013 . A border guard in Belarus has been jailed for two years for failing to defend the ex-soviet nation from an attack by parachuting teddy bears. Belarus Supreme Court said Monday that the guard has been convicted of fai... | The anonymous guard did not report the stunt by democracy campaigners .
Belarus was embarrassed by the parachuted teddy bears .
The toys bore pro-democracy and free speech slogans . |
1125e1fcd40cc5ee6a2dc418082591f09c34ada1 | By . Associated Press . and Mailonline Reporter . A 19-year-old man has admitted to running a suburban 'stash house' for a Mexican drug cartel after the enterprise came to light when they allegedly kidnapped and tortured two teens. Antonio Navarro, 19, is one of four men accused of kidnapping two Minneapolis . teens wh... | Antonio Navarro pleaded guilty to conspiring to distribute meth - clearing the way for the state to proceed on kidnapping and assault charges .
He was one of four men who 'kidnapped two teenagers at gunpoint after they thought they had stolen drugs from them'
They 'cut of one of the teen's fingers and threatened their ... |
112631274a6c5e6809a5129b12a9d03f4c4ba8ad | A mother who woke up from a coma had lost more than a decade of her memory and thought it was still the 1990s. Candace Emptage had been in a coma for six weeks following a car accident, when she woke up believing she was a 22-year-old woman. In fact she was 40 and was told she was mother to Maddie, then 14. 'They told ... | Candace Emptage was in a car when she crashed into an ambulance .
She was rescued by firefighters in Gateshead and was in coma for 6 weeks .
When she woke she thought it was still the 1990s and Spice Girls were no1 .
But it was actually 2010 and she had lost more than a decade of memories .
Ms Emptage, of County Durham... |
11266db0f0dc19bfda330c444b33d33b4bf2cfb0 | By . Jessica Jerreat . Suspect: Dennis Marx was shot dead as he arrived at court with an assault rifle . A former TSA employee, armed with homemade bombs and an assault rifle, was shot dead on Friday as he tried to enter an Atlanta, Georgia courthouse. Dennis Marx, a self-proclaimed Sovereign Citizen, is believed to ha... | Suspect named as weapons trader Dennis Marx .
Self-confessed 'Sovereign Citizen' had been due in court to face drug and gun charges .
48-year-old planned to take hostages, police say .
Deputy Daniel Rush hailed a hero for stopping Marx despite being shot in the leg .
Bomb-sniffing dogs brought in to search for potentia... |
1126b8594ad7255ccfa4f878597609815aec6dd2 | These pictures may look like an attractive woman in her 20s and her grandmother. But they are said to be the same person – apparently taken just days apart. The young Vietnamese woman at the centre of the improbable medical case, Nguyen Thi Phuong, claims the transformation may have come about because of an extreme all... | Doctors speculate Nguyen Thi Phuong may have entirely new syndrome . |
1127d67a56d93e72b26ea1a12703a2911efba41a | A list of billionaires, bankers and lobbyists who received £12,000-a-table access to David Cameron and other senior Cabinet ministers was published for the first time last night. The documents revealed that almost 450 attendees at last summer’s glittering Tory fundraising dinner had a combined wealth of more than £11bi... | Almost 450 attendees at last summer’s glittering Tory fundraising dinner .
Since the ball, those present have donated £5million to Conservatives .
Table sales raised at least £250,000, with cheaper tickets going for £400 . |
1128738bfc97b27e8370ba08a1b99489e8209879 | By . Tom Gardner . PUBLISHED: . 05:04 EST, 7 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 10:12 EST, 7 June 2012 . A former Marine who murdered his neighbour was twice turned away by police after handing himself in and confessing to the crime, a court heard. Killer Thomas Puxty had to demand an interview after officers refused to believ... | Killer Thomas Puxty has sentence cut when Appeal Court judge hears how he 'effectively solved his own crime'
Officers refused to believe Puxty when he confessed to brutally torturing and killing neighbour Lee Clement . |
1128b76b0323123dd1ccab8b05a8ba1c787bff63 | (CNN) -- Some Syrian writers used to like Bashar al-Assad. Choosing their words carefully, they might say they tolerated him. Those who churned out hugely popular soaps and television shows thought Syria's president, in his mid-30s when he took power in 2000, wanted to be known as a modern leader who defended free expr... | When Bashar al-Assad took power, writers thought he might allow them more freedom .
Unlike most artists of his generation, Khaled Khalifa has voiced support for opposition .
Al-Assad's regime banned Khalifa's epic novel "In Praise of Hatred"
"People at night do not sleep," Khalifa says, describing how Damascus has chan... |
1128da0a54cb2fee19fe2ea39894d6f40191aeb8 | By . Rob Cooper . PUBLISHED: . 04:32 EST, 21 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:34 EST, 21 July 2013 . A grandfather who saw Jill Dando moments before she was shot dead claims police ignored his evidence about the murder. Barry Lindsey said Miss Dando, 37, was confronted by her 'Mediterranean' killer on her doorstep in 1999... | Barry Lindsey claims Miss Dando was confronted by 'Mediterranean' man .
Seconds later she was shot dead on the doorstep of her home .
Father-of-five claims police were only interested in evidence linking Barry George to the murder in Fulham, west London, in 1999 .
Mr George served eight years before being acquitted at ... |
11292bcd2bce8bd05a62f5ae01b12e23e2eba7f9 | By . Sean Poulter and Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 12:16 EST, 14 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 20:13 EST, 14 November 2013 . Sainsbury's epic Christmas TV advert has been praised for its fresh and honest approach to the festivities. However, the store chain probably did not expect that it would be so unvarnished that it ... | Eagle-eyed viewers spot three of Co-operative's own-brand products .
Sainsbury's advert has compilation of Christmas-themed home videos .
Man is filmed next to products talking about a 'Christmas spreadsheet'
Lemon torte, Christmas pudding and Christmas cake all seen in frame . |
1129941a10ad8c41bddb3e7756b6c2f3eb6d1e63 | New Delhi (CNN)India and the United States, the two largest democracies, seem like natural allies. The kinship between their leaders, however, has been a bit of a surprise. There are, of course, the obvious perceptual differences: President Barack Obama studied law at Harvard, relishes golf and prefers his suits sober,... | U.S. President Barack Obama travels to India this weekend .
Ravi Agrawal: Kinship between leaders has been a surprise . |
1129e79128e60eaadf602930bb1323ad6ed848c8 | (CNN) -- Miranda Lynch believes a vegetable garden has the power to revolutionize a community. It's the idea behind of Isipho, the nonprofit organization Lynch conceived when she was just 12 years old. It all started in 2008 when her father, Tom, won a trip to South Africa at an auction. The father-daughter adventure b... | Miranda Lynch started Isipho to fight hunger and poverty in Inzinga, South Africa .
She came up with the idea after visiting the village with her dad when she was 12 .
Isipho provides fencing, seeds and training so schools and families can plant gardens .
You can help Isipho and other organizations fight hunger around ... |
112a0b18ee4e32553339766c16d81add2b12c2ee | Popular Australian label sass & bide returned to British turf on Friday night - and all eyes were on creative director Anthony Cuthbertson as he made his design debut. Taking over from former founders and designers, Sarah-Jane Clarke and Heidi Middleton, Cuthbertson - whose CV includes consulting work for Victoria Beck... | Anthony Cuthbertson made his design debut .
Mojo-Kico was rebellious and effervescent .
Collection's aesthetic has wandered toward an urban theme . |
112a586d595edd9a36c9287b39cfebbfd5f477be | An Australian girl who was kidnapped, beaten and married off to her older cousin by her father’s family in Syria at the age of 13 has spoken out about her horrific five-year ordeal for the first time. Rania Farrah was on what was meant to be a trip of a lifetime to Egypt to visit the pyramids with her older brother but... | Australian Rania Farrah was taken against her will to Syria while on holiday with her older brother in Egypt .
Her father's family turned her into a child bride while she was trapped in the country's capital, Damascus, for five years .
Forced to have a virginity test and was beaten by her father and brother .
Managed t... |
112b64254a63239955b1b6b6ea7acba5dd253671 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . A Florida man who was wanted by cops is now behind bars after he inadvertently asked for a ride from an undercover officer who gladly gave him a lift to jail. Half an hour earlier, Kareem Moore, 24, was on the run having robbed a home and stealing an Audi SUV, before dumping it on the side of... | Karem Moore, 24, drove into oncoming traffic on Interstate 95 in a stolen Audi before jumping over a fence .
He flagged down a passing motorist who was a police officer in an unmarked car .
Moore was taken straight to jail where he is already facing a number of charges . |
112ba9ef50575b1e6bc06b11feaf02f6a20af248 | Andy Carroll has finally been enjoying regular playing time after overcoming his injury problems with Premier League high-flyers West Ham. But away from Upton Park, there are plenty of Twitter users who think he still has a lot of work to do. Carroll, 25, and his pregnant fiancée Billi Mucklow, 26, have been sharing pi... | Footballer and his partner shared photographs of their plush Essex home .
Among its features are mirrored ceilings, zebra-walls and a fuchsia sofa .
Carroll gifted his fiancée a fully-functioning beauty salon in the house .
The couple, who were engaged in November, are expecting their first child . |
112babafa6913493b18b0b084f40d2e58ead76d3 | British children under ten are being turned into 'junior jihadis' as extremists bombard them with dangerous propaganda, London's deputy mayor warned today. Stephen Greenhalgh revealed he and Boris Johnson have both been briefed about radicalised primary school pupils as fears grow extremists are using the capital to sp... | Stephen Greenhalgh said very young children are exposed to 'propaganda'
Threat is 'real, horrendous' and 'with us for the next generation', he said .
He said he and Boris Johnson both briefed on cases of primary pupils .
It came as he met police commissioners from across UK to tackle terror . |
112bc4ab4b6e7d6dd35fc33cd946fbfc4c9356d6 | PUBLISHED: . 11:24 EST, 24 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:33 EST, 24 February 2013 . A good Samaritan braved the freezing waters of Lake Michigan risking his own safety to rescue a confused dog wandering on ice floats. Spotting Pifas, a three-year-old stranded golden retriever mix half-a-mile out on the lake, Dave K... | Kayaker Dave Kehnast rowed out onto freezing Lake Michigan to rescue Pifas, the retriever mix - who had been missing for over a week .
Kehnast managed to coax the confused dog to the shore where he was reunited with his owner that evening . |
112cba932af73adac2d6d78fc0d15a788c3b06c4 | East Lindsey District Council will cover the 30-tonne carcass with sand until they work out how to dispose of it . By . Jill Reilly . Last updated at 5:27 PM on 4th March 2012 . A massive sperm whale carcass is causing a stink after washing up on a Lincolnshire beach. Crowds of interested people gathered to see the 35f... | Animal has large gashes across .
its back and has started to let off .
a pungent smell .
East Lindsey District Council will cover the 30-tonne carcass with sand until they work out how to dispose of it . |
112f4ccd7b0abd11ed525c907945ba0cc151bf20 | By . Lucy Waterlow . PUBLISHED: . 06:46 EST, 15 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:12 EST, 15 February 2013 . A romantic treasure hunter went down on one knee after finding a 19th century ring with both his and his girlfriend's initials on it in a muddy field.Sean Flynn from Birmingham said he thought it was fate he une... | Sean Flynn from Birmingham believes it was fate he found the ring while pursuing his metal detecting hobby .
He immediately popped the question to his long-term girlfriend, Angie Winwood, who was in the muddy field with him at the time .
Angie is allowed to keep the 200 year old piece of jewellery, that is not thought ... |
1130b36a9ba93d8fcbf07a2ac0048d4c281cd57c | Wayne Routledge has signed a one-year contract extension at Swansea, tying him to the club until 2018. The winger has reignited his career since joining the Welsh club in 2011, with Roy Hodgson understood to have had an eye on the 29-year-old when he visited the Liberty Stadium for Swansea's 1-0 defeat against Southamp... | Wayne Routledge has signed a one-year contract extension at Swansea .
The former Crystal Palace, Newcastle and Queens Park Rangers winger will now stay at the Liberty Stadium until 2018 .
Roy Hodgson is understood to have kept track of the 29-year-old when he visited the Liberty for Swansea's 1-0 defeat against Southa... |
1130d1095505ab839216c88ef165095f34a96612 | New Delhi (CNN) -- India's top court Thursday sentenced a leading Bollywood star, Sanjay Dutt, to five years in prison in connection with bomb attacks in Mumbai in 1993. The supreme court in New Delhi upheld his conviction on charges of possessing illegal weapons tied to the bombings, which killed 257 people and wounde... | India's top court sentences Sanjay Dutt to five years in prison .
It upheld his conviction on weapons charges related to bombings in Mumbai in 1993 .
In 2006, Dutt was convicted of illegally possessing an AK-56 rifle and a 9 mm pistol .
In his defense, the actor has said the weapons were meant to protect his family . |
1131c86820c5b5158e95c810ef4ea6ba4a12c316 | Park City, Utah (CNN) -- At its best, driving in Los Angeles is like driving backward into a parade. So, when my lady and I set out for the airport during rush hour, getting choked in traffic was inevitable. Yet, a quarter-mile later, we were still moving at a brisk clip. Which brings me to one of my cardinal rules of... | The after-ski social hour is a true reward for the half-hearted skier .
Park City, Utah, is a picturesque base of après-ski operations .
Prime rib and locally distilled whiskey hit the spot after a day on the slopes . |
11328aa2b4b03fd78d06ef6d7e333d074fc570e8 | By . Leesa Smith for Daily Mail Australia . Perth has been given the unwanted title of Australia's accidental overdose capital while Adelaide comes in at a close second with the rise in the misuse of painkillers labelled as the reason for the increase. Brisbane was next on the dreaded list followed by Sydney and then M... | Perth has more accidental overdoses than the rest of Australia .
While Adelaide has come in at a close second .
Followed by Brisbane, Sydney and then Melbourne .
The increase is believed to be due to the misuse of prescribed painkillers . |
1134c1a554bd5bb4dc9c2190780c404b917a5a4e | By . Gerard Couzens . A man has drowned after jumping off an Ibiza party boat. The Polish holidaymaker leaped off the 60ft catamaran, named locally as Passion Cat, at 7pm last night after dropping something in the sea. The tragedy came hours after a meeting between police and local councillors to discuss the regulation... | Body of Polish man found at 10pm last night near Cala Tarida resort .
Jumped off 60ft party boat 'Passion Cat' after dropping something in sea .
Tragedy came hours after police met to discuss regulation of 'party boats'
Post mortem due today, local government launched police investigation . |
11352628e602740a7a567fd1bc5cb465dc54deeb | A 7-year-old boy attending a New Orleans elementary school has accused a male substitute gym teacher of raping him inside a restroom on campus. Police say they received a call early Monday morning from the child’s mother reporting the assault, which allegedly took place at Mahalia Jackson Elementary School. So far, no ... | Victim's mother called New Orleans police Monday saying her son had been raped at Mahalia Jackson Elementary School .
School officials say he had worked at Mahalia Elementary for three weeks, and that his background check was clean . |
1135a729e0b22783e70f9ab0a1871356d8f2a2b5 | (CNN) -- That was an interesting week! On Wednesday, Google Alerts brought me a piece of startling news: A lawyer speaking to a tribunal of the Supreme Court of Pakistan had accused me of acting as a paid agent of the government of Pakistan. No, seriously, that's what the man said. From Pakistan's Daily Times on May 23... | David Frum: Lawyer in Pakistan accused him of being a paid agent of that country .
He says the lawyer offered no evidence to back up the spurious charge .
Frum says the context of the accusation is Pakistan's "memogate" scandal .
He says the evidence makes it seem likely that "memogate" is a hoax . |
1135f0d32d2577e421c10c7c5658432e88cbf477 | By . Sophie Borland . PUBLISHED: . 20:03 EST, 14 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:09 EST, 15 January 2013 . 'Grim fatalism': Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt says GPs are refusing to send patients for crucial tests to spot dementia because they believe there is no point . GPs are refusing to send patients for crucial tests... | Health Secretary Jeremy Hunt said GPs are refusing to send patients for crucial tests to spot dementia because they believe there is no point .
Figures revealed nearly 400,000 dementia sufferers in Britain have never been given a formal diagnosis . |
11367880f6d0114b57cc9d0e5d17eb965f8d3dde | Steve Bruce is ready to terminate Hatem Ben Arfa’s loan spell at Hull City after dragging him off just 35 minutes into their 3-0 defeat at Manchester United. Bruce is furious with Ben Arfa for his attitude during the clash - the Hull manager’s 700th game in management - at his former club. It is understood that another... | Hatem Ben Arfa is to be kicked out of Hull and sent back to Newcastle .
Hull boss Steve Bruce was furious with Ben Arfa's attitude at Old Trafford .
Issue arose between Bruce and French wideman when the players entered the dressing room . |
1136de721beb08ed9798af7fff963a89bba9498e | By . Amanda Williams . With its fiery river spewing out across a dark, volcanic wasteland, this picture could be straight from the film series The Lord of the Rings. But rather than a scene depicting the evil land of Mordor, this incredible picture has captured a volcanic eruption so powerful it spewed a lava fountain ... | Volcano has been pictured erupting in Kamchatka, far eastern Russia .
Similar to evil land of Mordor depicted in books by J.R.R. Tolkien .
Volcanic eruption so powerful it spewed a lava fountain a kilometre high . |
11379f7da93483d8272126b99db98261b40d28a0 | By . David Mccormack . An 80-year-old Florida woman accidentally swallowed a $5,000 diamond that had been placed in her glass of champagne at an charity event. Miriam Tucker was attending the event organized by the Tampa Women's Club last weekend. As a surprise for the attendees, the organizers filled each of the 400 f... | Miriam Tucker, 80, unwittingly swallowed the diamond which was in her glass of champagne at a charity event .
An x-ray failed to show it in her system, but then her doctor found it in a routine colonoscopy . |
11392fa481a5cda3887c0b798866540052c5b3f2 | By . Simon Jones . AC Milan will hold fresh talks with Adel Taarabt's representative's on Saturday. Milan are willing to offer around £4million for the Morocco international. Taarabt spent six months at the San Siro on loan, but Milan refused to pay the agreed buy-out clause. Back in town: Adel Taarabt has been involve... | Moroccan's representatives to hold fresh talks on Saturday .
Italian giants are willing to pay £4million for the QPR forward .
Taarabt spent six months on loan with the Serie A club . |
11393dea630f1833181c0a810cdb310186ef81d4 | By . Neil Sears . PUBLISHED: . 08:56 EST, 27 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:01 EST, 28 May 2012 . One of the country’s leading jockeys has had 20 of his horses die during or after races in the past five years, it emerged yesterday. Two other top jockeys have suffered the deaths of 17 and 16 horses respectively over the s... | AP McCoy tops ominous chart, losing one horse for every 199 he has ridden since 2007 .
List compiled by animals rights group to show dangers of racing . |
11398f279c4dd6dcd8f59e0144a1766df1260a5b | (CNN) -- The pilot and co-pilot of a small cargo jet were killed when their aircraft crashed short of the runway while landing at an airport in suburban Chicago, Illinois, local authorities said. The Learjet 35A was on its final approach into Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling, Illinois, when it went down about 1:30... | Pilot, co-pilot killed as plane crashes short of runway .
Learjet was on its final approach into Chicago Executive Airport in Wheeling, Illinois .
The flight was operated by Royal Air Cargo; no other people onboard . |
113bc1c570498f5723bf595f8980c30e95711c47 | Beach bums beware: 10% of water samples collected from U.S. beaches failed to meet the government benchmark for swimmer safety, according to a new report. It's an icky thought, especially considering the popularity of several of the failing beaches included in the Natural Resources Defense Council's 24th annual "Testin... | Report: 10% of water samples from U.S. beaches fail standards for swimmer safety .
Thirty-five beaches rated as "superstars" for water quality .
Seventeen beaches labeled as "repeat offenders" for continuous violations . |
113c08533698f1451d32a2472990e791ec89a00d | (CNN Student News) -- World AIDS Day is observed around the globe on December 1. Since the first World AIDS Day in 1988, governments, organizations and charities have worked to raise awareness of the global AIDS pandemic caused by the spread of HIV infection. Use the information in this One-Sheet to provide students wi... | Use this information to provide students with an overview of HIV and AIDS . |
113c17be01f0988d748267f6db394e5ac475428a | Mary Berry, pictured, said people should start preparing for the Christmas dinner by December 1 . Many consider it to be the most emotionally fraught meal of the year. But it doesn’t need to be provided you get ‘that big sheet out’ and start planning on Monday according to Mary Berry. According to the Great British Bak... | Hosts should have a big sheet ready for December 1 to begin planning .
Mary Berry said Christmas dinner is easy - as it is 'only a big roast dinner'
Organised people should already be making the puddings and cakes .
Scroll down for video . |
113d8830da817915f08856e0f62eda5def6b9ad9 | Twitter is suing the U.S. government in an effort to loosen restrictions on what the social media giant can say publicly about the national security-related requests it receives for user data. The company filed a lawsuit against the Justice Department on Monday in a federal court in northern California, arguing that it... | Twitter sues Justice Department for restrictions on what it can say about data requests .
Company says it wants to release more details about scope of U.S. government surveillance . |
113e784f86fb0bc571e7b220c180b143eb7b2a11 | (CNN) -- Japan on Tuesday described an attack on a car carrying the country's ambassador in Beijing as "very regrettable." Ambassador Uichiro Niwa was unhurt in Monday's incident but a man ripped off the Japanese flag flying on the vehicle. "It was very regrettable -- the national flag shows the country's dignity and i... | Japan labels incident "very regrettable"
Envoy unhurt but Japanese flag on the vehicle was snatched .
Relations between two countries tense in recent weeks .
Tension stems from territorial dispute over island chain . |
113ebeb291073680cc8e783a6cb9ce17bbc3bd68 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:32 EST, 19 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 11:52 EST, 19 January 2014 . Empty threats: Police say Michael Hamson walked into a Tampa branch of Bank of America with a makeshift fake bomb and slid the teller a note threatening to blow up the place . A Florida man tried to rob a ba... | Michael Hamson Sr. had recently spent three months in a Tampa, Florida jail following a felony burglary conviction . |
113fcca6d1ebcc2882d34f2e1612e9d4f9628fee | By . Anthony Bond . Absent: Reverend Sara Cliff, pictured, has been labelled the 'invisible woman' after claiming £23,000 for attending just 19 council meetings in three years . A Tory councillor has been labelled the 'invisible woman' after claiming £23,000 for attending just 19 council meetings in three years. Revere... | Lincolnshire county councillor Reverend Sara Cliff is now facing calls for her resignation .
Her ward in inner city Lincoln is one of the most .
deprived areas in the country .
But she lives 119 miles away in the sleepy market town of Soham .
'She is letting the people down' says county council's Labour leader . |
1140f84385d482dd3987635068ef4d0a815a0dd4 | Entrepreneurial Maccas fans have jumped on the frenzy over Big Mac Special Sauce being bottled and started flogging portion sized tubs of the condiment online. A 25ml sized tub is now selling on Ebay for $7.95, following McDonald's announcement that one bottle of its trademark yellow burger sauce will go on sale in Aus... | A 25ml sized tub of Big Mac sauce is now selling on Ebay for $7.95 AU .
Comes after fast food giant put a bottle of the sauce on sale in Australia .
Bids in a charity auction have already exceeded $23,000 AU .
Ad for bottle boasts that it can improve anything - even cupcakes .
The store is stocking Aussie restaurants w... |
114126e6549871d2dd0894ede31673c80ff46a03 | Andrew Faulds, 40, from Greenford, west London, was jailed for 15 years after police found video footage of the horrific act, as well as hundreds of indecent images of children on his phone and laptop . A youth football coach and children's worker who filmed himself raping a 13-year-old girl with severe learning diffic... | Andrew Faulds, 40, raped a 13-year-old girl with severe learning difficulties .
Youth football coach caught after police found video of act on mobile phone .
Officers also seized hundreds of indecent images of children from his laptop .
Children's worker jailed for 15 years after admitting a string of sex offences . |
1143727921f520372286650147f064a1dff23db6 | (EW.com) -- Welcome back to another round of EW.com's "American Idol" Power List -- in which I attempt to predict how America will vote for the finalists and you all disagree with me and post your own ranking, and it's okay because none of us plebes are fortune-tellers and the only being who knows exactly what will hap... | The Top 13 head into tonight's Whitney Houston/Stevie Wonder performance .
Jermaine Jones is ranked 13th on EW.com's "American Idol" Power List .
Jessica Sanchez is ranked 1st on EW.com's "American Idol" Power List . |
114457dd7c72dcf4c0f45c3ac7744b339a3f18e7 | Chris Hughton says that the FA are now serious about increasing the number of black and ethnic minority managers in football – but he wants to see substantive results in terms of appointments rather than good intentions. Hughton, who with Chris Powell and Keith Curle is one of only three black managers in the game, des... | Chris Hughton, Chris Powell and Keith Curle only black managers in game .
Hughton wants to see results in terms of appointments of black managers .
Brighton take on Arsenal in the Fourth Round of the FA Cup on Sunday . |
11455a154d7c325252d6bae065fee2cd189442a0 | By . Claire Ellicott . PUBLISHED: . 18:17 EST, 27 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:04 EST, 28 October 2013 . Expectant mother Zara Phillips has admitted she has been bored since giving up horse-riding – so she has turned to baking instead. The Queen’s granddaughter, who is due to give birth in the new year, was relucta... | Expectant mother Zara Phillips is due to give birth in the new year .
Zara was reluctant to abandon riding when she first announced baby news .
Three-day eventer revealed she is finding lack of activity difficult .
Husband Mike Tindall reveals 32-year-old is a 'very good cook'
Couple have decided not to find out the se... |
114580a202f1880b07ea47f80df5ec5f8b1e3196 | (CNN)After days of turmoil, Yemen's President, Prime Minister and Cabinet have stood down, leaving the troubled Middle Eastern nation without clear leadership and potentially on the brink of armed conflict. President Abdu Rabu Mansour Hadi's resignation Thursday came after Houthi rebels kidnapped his chief of staff, se... | Yemen's President, Prime Minister and Cabinet have resigned, leaving no clear leadership .
Their resignations followed a takeover of Yemen's capital by Houthi rebels .
An analyst says there's a potential for civil conflict without a president to unify factions . |
114586654eeaf34930fb0883f845da745d5762a2 | From a greasy-fry-up and strong coffee to 'hair of the dog' and a dose of painkillers, Britons have long sought after the perfect hangover cure. And now even the NHS has issued official advice on how to combat a hangover ― don't get drunk. Health bosses state the obvious in a 'hangover cures' guide on the taxpayer-fund... | Official NHS guidance says the best way to avoid a hangover is to not drink .
Common sense advice is found on the taxpayer-funded NHS Choices site .
Advice page tells drinkers to have a glass of water before they go to bed .
'Hair of the dog' - drinking more alcohol - will not rid of a hangover, it adds .
But Bouillon ... |
114679d8d5aed634b01128f6436c69c89ea6c32a | (CNN) -- "Like the smell of a brand-new car" were the words of International Space Station astronaut Don Pettit on Saturday after he carefully opened the hatch and entered the Dragon capsule for his first glimpse inside. Dragon connected with the station Friday, making history as the first private capsule to reach the ... | NEW: Astronaut says the interior is roomier than the Soyuz .
NEW: Don Pettit says commercial spaceflight will blossom on its own merits .
Dragon is the first private spacecraft to connect to the International Space Station .
It is carrying cargo including food and computer equipment . |
1146cfc5981ce23511ac1bac5f3957c30bebc7b8 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 12:07 PM on 14th October 2011 . Stacked up against Ikea flatpack furniture, this was the moment nine Albanian stowaways were caught trying to sneak into the country. The foreign nationals spent 14 hours in a tiny hideaway before being discovered in the largest immigration inte... | Biggest interception by immigration officials at a North East port . |
1146f2cf8dcbfe75d11bcf7ffe710cab233dceed | Washington (CNN) -- Emerging from a closed meeting with the heads of foreign militaries, President Obama told reporters the effort to dismantle the terror group ISIS "is going to be a long-term campaign. " "There will be days of progress and there are going to be periods of setback," he said, adding that an influx of f... | Defense chiefs from 22 nations met at air base outside Washington .
President Obama joined the group for the private meeting . |
1147067e66493008de49587d94e80de304842386 | (CNN) -- British TV host Piers Morgan said taking over for retiring Larry King is like replacing Frank Sinatra's Las Vegas show. "How can you follow a legend like that?" Morgan said after news that he will take over Larry King's prime-time hour starting January. "And then you think what a challenge, what an honor to be... | NEW: Morgan says he'd like to have Larry King as his first interview .
Morgan "made his name posing tough questions to public figures," CNN-US chief says .
He has been a judge on "America's Got Talent" and "Britain's Got Talent" |
1148a8e2323e952807fda306513455968bf7de82 | (CNN) -- Cadel Evans secured Australia's first ever Tour de France victory after the 21st and final stage of the historic race culminated on the streets of Paris. Evans, who rides for the BMC team, finished amidst the peleton in the 95km stage, to maintain his 1min 34sec lead over Andy Schleck of Luxembourg. Britain's ... | Cadel Evans secures Australia's first ever Tour de France victory .
Evans wins by 1min 34sec from Andy Schleck of Luxembourg .
Mark Cavendish wins the final stage and takes the green jersey .
Samuel Sanchez takes the polka dot jersey and Pierre Rolland the white jersey . |
1149cdf4c85e580d228323ab5eaf7a10e59e65f2 | Yazoo City, Mississippi (CNN) -- Rescue crews in Mississippi continued to search for survivors Sunday from a powerful tornado that ripped through the state a day earlier, killing 10 people, injuring dozens of others and leveling scores of homes. Two children and a 3-month-old baby were among the victims. Two sisters, 9... | NEW: Tornadoes reported Sunday in Alabama and South Carolina .
In Mississippi, two sisters, 9 and 14, die inside mobile home, coroner says .
Hundreds of homes, buildings flattened by nearly mile-wide twister that traveled 150 miles .
Mississippi Gov. Haley Barbour plans to request emergency federal aid on Monday . |
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