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114a0d4636f88a47a3b7ebc9ee8f3341127e4c73 | (CNN) -- What do you do when your 10-year-old son wakes up in the middle of the night screaming, "There's a 'roo in my room!" Beat Ettlin wrestled a kangaroo out of his house near Canberra after it crashed through a window. If you're Beat Ettlin, you wrest the marsupial into a headlock, drag it down your hallway and to... | Beat Ettlin wrestles with kangaroo that leapt through window into house .
Kangaroo jumped into son's room but Ettlin got it in a headlock .
Wife: "It leaped through the window, this martial-arts figure. It was very Jackie Chan" |
114b38450df4b25d1561e76e9cacf047be7cb1b2 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 20:55 EST, 4 November 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:50 EST, 5 November 2013 . As the beleaguered Motor City searches for help out of its deep economic holes, voters seem prepared to shake things up Tuesday by electing the first white mayor in 40 years. Former healthcare executive Mike... | Over 80 percent black, Detroit has elected only black men to lead its city since Coleman Young's 20 years on the job began in the 1970s .
Duggan made it to the general election after winning the August primary as a write-in candidate by 20,000 votes .
Even New Black Panther Nation leader Malik Shabazz has endorsed Dugg... |
114b3ba87693006dc4c21911d3aa2f87ccd527d2 | By . Suzannah Hills . PUBLISHED: . 02:56 EST, 18 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:19 EST, 18 September 2013 . Prison: Robert McLaughlin, 52, has been jailed for 16 weeks after being caught behind the wheel five times over the limit and dressed as a WPC . A drink driver found slumped behind the wheel while dressed in... | Robert McLaughlin, 52, was found behind the wheel dressed as a WPC .
Tests revealed he was five times over the legal drink drive limit .
McLaughlin was jailed for 16 weeks and banned from driving for four years . |
114b69f6e6ea7063037b5ad99514b296f01068cc | The Indian military has spent six months investigating 'Chinese spy drones' violating its air space - only to discover they were in fact Jupiter and Venus. The planets were apparently mistaken for unidentified flying 'drones' after repeated sightings in the skies above eastern Ladakh near the disputed Himalayan border ... | Military recorded 155 air violations above the disputed Himalayan border it shares with China between April 2012 and February 2013 .
India feared that China was making nighttime incursions into its territory .
But two astronomers confirmed the 'spy drones' were actually planets . |
114d4c352cd6167a164bd4f215d438c4a15437e6 | (EW.com ) -- It's official: Emma Stone will make her Broadway debut in the current Roundabout Theatre Company revival of "Cabaret." The 25-year-old will replace Oscar nominee Michelle Williams, who made her debut in the role of showgirl Sally Bowles when the revival opened at Studio 54 in April. Stone will take over as... | Stone will replace Michelle Williams .
Alan Cumming is extending his run .
Stone's boyfriend, Andrew Garfield, starred in "Death of a Salesman" |
114e0e30cc5ef8e887116cdaa3d9d6a1313bf079 | Cambria Gordon was reaching for a cell phone . By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 1:48 PM on 9th February 2012 . The wife of the creator behind hit TV series 24 pleaded no contest after she hit an 83-year-old grandfather with her car who later died. Cambria Gordon, wife of Howard Gordon, was driving when her ce... | Cambria Gordon was reaching for a cell phone . |
114e0fe4d9f27a058381e12fd3654402de9e1738 | By . Sam Webb . PUBLISHED: . 14:38 EST, 10 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 14:51 EST, 10 October 2013 . A casualty consultant who sent a dying woman home from hospital with painkillers had her written apology to the family literally thrown back in her face at an inquest today. Angry mum Carole Woodward flung the hand-wri... | Carole Woodward's daughter Jayne died from an undiagnosed blood clot .
Mrs Woodward was handed apology by A&E consultant - but flung it back .
Assistant coroner says the incident did not constitute neglect . |
114eaf57bc382c661e64967bbdb847a64e1d9732 | From their hairy bodies to their rippling legs, spiders can strike terror into even the the most seasoned nature lover. Now a new video showing a giant parasitic worm bursting from the body of a huge Australian arachnid may push arachnophobes over the edge. The disgusting spectacle was filmed by YouTube member BaskWit... | Terrifying footage was filmed by YouTube member BaskWith2 in Australia .
Writhing spaghetti-like worm unfurls from the dead arachnid's body .
It appears to be over 15 times the length of the spider's abdomen .
Expert from ZSL London Zoo told MailOnline the parasite is a Mermithid nematode worm, which lives inside arth... |
114f33b80ba38f86fe14bcff65d108cf7cedc59f | A designer dog which became an online sensation and attracted thousands of followers after he was bought for £1,600 has been stolen by burglars. Jamie Green, 29, bought Chow Chow puppy Misiu, which means little bear in Polish, as a surprise for his girlfriend five weeks ago. He said he is 'heartbroken' and feels as tho... | Chow Chow puppy Misiu stolen by burglars who broke into London home .
Owner Jamie Green, 29, believes he was targeted by 'designer dog' thieves .
He bought the dog from a registered breeder five weeks ago for £1,600 .
Photos of the puppy were viewed more than 2.5million times on Imgur . |
114f8399abaaef98c2ab04cfc7df1508dfa5132d | After a busy couple of weeks campaigning for the Democrats in the run up to the midterm elections, Michelle Obama looked happy to be back on safer ground on Monday when she attended several non-political events including an award ceremony for after school programs at the White House. With her husband’s approval ratings... | Following the midterm elections, the first lady has returned to her non-partisan role and attended three separate events on Monday .
In Arlington, Virginia, she spoke at a career development forum for women veterans transitioning to civilian life and encouraged them to be bold .
Back at the White House she presented na... |
11510e9d38c40cb51b527cef61b426259c34f132 | Staff working for NHS England racked up expenses bills of more than £7m on travel and staying in hotels in just 12 months. NHS England was established in 2013 as part of reforms to the health service which aimed to save the NHS money by reducing bureaucracy and consolidating commissioning in one centre. But the move co... | Staff working at NHS England spent £7million on train and plane travel .
Expenses bill equates to £1,334 spent per member of staff at NHS England .
Critics say the spending 'sends the wrong message' when times are tight .
NHS England was set up in 2013 as part of reforms to save NHS money .
But new figures reveal organ... |
115111db0d1991a307e4ea4aa556acd697ebd25c | (CNN) -- As Elizabeth Sullivan stood on the field at Comfort Zone Camp, staring out at the "normal" kids playing ice-breaker games and elbow tag, she realized, "It's OK to have fun." Six months earlier, she lost her father when he collapsed while jogging at night. He died in the ambulance on the way to the hospital. Th... | One in seven Americans lose parent or sibling before age of 20 .
Many people said they would trade one year of their life for one more day with deceased .
59 percent of people who lost parent at young age said it has made them stronger . |
11518338b620b2e7b38ecfeb646b20e99cc41b69 | By . Laurie Whitwell . Follow @@lauriewhitwell . Kenny Jackett sits in a sunlit meeting room at Wolverhampton Wanderers’ training ground explaining how his genial manner hides a clinical disposition. He may be nice, but he can wield a knife. This summer, as he plots a path for the club’s return to the Barclays Premier ... | Manager has opted for youngsters instead of Jamie O'Hara and Kevin Doyle .
Roger Johnson has also been left out in the cold .
Danny Batth and James Henry have impressed at Molineux . |
1151cffe1aa55e51f21dcf14755bcf28ff60237d | Middlesbrough's on-loan FA Cup hero Patrick Bamford can see plenty of his Chelsea boss Jose Mourinho in his current manager Aitor Karanka. Bamford, 21, is enjoying a superb campaign on Teesside, having moved from Stamford Bridge on a season-long deal. The move was given the full blessing of Mourinho, who had Karanka as... | 21-year-old is at Middlesbrough on a season-long loan from Chelsea .
Aitor Karanka was Jose Mourinho's assistant at Real Madrid .
Middlesbrough knocked Manchester City out the FA Cup on Saturday . |
1151e28352e5d92937eeefb9ede8ad63137b9a20 | (CNN) -- When it comes to rebooting Marvel's tale of an adolescent web crawler, Sony seems more than happy to sing the same old song with today's release of "The Amazing Spider-Man." Only 10 years have passed since Tobey Maguire started swinging through the urban jungle in "Spider-Man," and now Andrew Garfield is stepp... | "The Amazing Spider-Man" sings the same old song as its predecessors .
There are some improvements, with the best being Andrew Garfield as Peter Parker .
But none of its positives can dispel the whiff of déjà vu . |
1151ff9c7f0ee56e628465b4a0ed46bfaaa24185 | Dresden, Germany (CNN) -- To understand the full beauty of the ancient Mediterranean city of Rome you have to come to wintry, cold Germany. In the east German city of Dresden, artist Yadegar Asisi has designed a panoramic scene of epic proportions, breathing life into a long-forgotten view of the Italian capital. Using... | German artist Yadegar Asisi specializes in super-sized panorama paintings .
360 degree views of the ancient cities of Rome and Pergamon on display in Dresden and Berlin .
The Rome panorama is 27 meters high, 107 meters long and weighs 750 kilograms .
Each work takes at least a year to create, and is enhanced with light... |
11529057c7d3294c581d4a9f41517ad815b13f4b | Forget planking, get over owling, this is the hot new posing craze sweeping the internet - putting your breasts on things. Mamming as it's known is aimed at both women and men and involves resting your bust on random objects. It's the brainchild of Michelle Jaret and Michelle Lamont who wanted to inspire women to take ... | The phenomenon is the brainchild of New Yorker Michelle Lamont and Michelle Jaret .
The aim of the photos is to inspire women to get a mammogram . |
115320f959adb4573b243ec8b9f84d6e635e7c4d | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 00:00 EST, 1 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:31 EST, 2 January 2013 . Gift: Quiet Manhattan widow Mary McConnell Bailey left $20 million to the New York Public Library and Central Park . A quiet Manhattan widow shocked friends by giving a pair of $10 million checks to the New Yo... | Mary McConnell Bailey lived quiet life in New York before her death in 2011 .
Officials at the New York Public Library and Central Park Conservancy were shocked to receive $10 million checks in her name .
Bailey, whose husband died in World War II, inherited money from her mother . |
115353339610df211ee7a4bcc8d0b90c5260fe93 | (CNN) -- Two Tennessee National Guard members were shot during a fight at a suburban Memphis armory on Thursday, and a third was in custody, authorities reported. The suspected gunman was subdued by others at the armory, said Rita Stanback, the police chief in the northern Memphis suburb of Millington. Each of the vict... | NEW: The suspect was subdued by others at the armory, police chief says .
Two wounded, one in custody at a National Guard armory outside Memphis .
A lockdown at a nearby Navy facility has been lifted . |
11538318610048b33cea9946562fd0222ce77efe | (CNN) -- On that first date, when you bonded over barbecue, the sauce drips on her chin only made her look cuter. You knew it was love when you learned John Donne was his favorite poet, too. What hooked you on the slopes was how she made black diamond runs look easy. These are the romantic moments you'll always remembe... | Wine tastings and waterfront scenery await along Virginia's Chesapeake Bay Wine Trail .
The Biltmore House is likely to wow history buffs with a peek at the high life of another era .
New Orleans is never short on woo-inspiring culinary treats . |
1153a142500daf72a4e6a0f81fd25d7aa373b98f | By . Jessica Jerreat . Charged: Convicted sex offender Kathy Perkins has been accused of kidnapping her stepchildren . A Washington state sex offender has been accused of kidnapping her step-children and trying to disguise them as she started a new life with her boyfriend. Kathy Kay Perkins, who is on the sex offenders... | Kathy Perkins took girls from their home in March last year and created new identities for them .
42-year-old was caught after elementary school staff became suspicious . |
115433982aa0885eccbd181d711fcabccb4fdb69 | Princess Stephanie of Monaco can't keep away from the circus - she spent a third night at the International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo yesterday evening. Wearing a smart long leather jacket, Stephanie, 49, was presented with a bunch of flowers by the a cast of clowns, who all seemed incredibly happy to see her agai... | Princess Stephanie of Monaco spent a third day at the circus yesterday .
She attended the International Circus Festival of Monte-Carlo with daughter .
Stephanie is a patron of the festival and looked happy to see the cast . |
11543a012d692d5ef479108f5bd5dd91b815b1be | By . Simon Tomlinson . PUBLISHED: . 05:12 EST, 14 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:35 EST, 14 December 2012 . An afternoon messing about in a nearby stream ended up taking two bored 11-year-olds on a journey back to prehistoric times when they stumbled across a 13,000-year-old mastodon bone. Eric Stamatin was hunting ... | Eric Stamatin and cousin Andrew Gainariu spotted strange object in stream .
Took it home to Eric's mother who assumed it was probably just cow's bone .
Paleontologist revealed it was vertebrae of woolly mammoth-like mammal . |
1154a968e79e9d78c995913218b7d9cd6ca0bb69 | By . James Chapman . PUBLISHED: . 19:17 EST, 19 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:14 EST, 20 March 2013 . £4.8bn move: The Chancellor George Osborne will agree to unlock billions in child trust funds and allow parents to transfer their investments into more generous junior ISAs . The savings of more than six million child... | Chancellor to unlock £4.8bn in child trust funds in Budget statement .
The move follows a long-running campaign by Money Mail .
George Osborne will extend compensation for Equitable Life policyholders . |
1155ca83a45f4d9a9ede0438d16d0798592c9f98 | Boasts: Jihadists fighting with terror squads in Iraq are using social networking sites to lure young Muslim teenagers from the UK into joining the Islamic State fanatics, such as British IS fighter Reyaad Khan seen posing with a man tied to railings . British jihadists fighting with terror squads in Iraq are using soc... | Extremists posting updates on Twitter, Ask.fm and smartphone apps .
Jihadists informing British 'brothers and sisters' how to get to Iraq .
They claim teens are 'ordered' to defy parents and fight jihad .
Images of beheadings, child soldiers and mass executions uploaded .
Britons known to be among IS terror squads besi... |
1155f5fe7e43ce947ede557841ee9fc9447f594a | O.J. Simpson's lawyers submitted a super-sized appeal to the Nevada Supreme Court, seeking the former football star's release from prison and a new trial in his 2007 Las Vegas armed-robbery case. The lawyers met a midnight on Wednesday deadline to submit a request for them to review Simpson's claim that 2008 trial in L... | Simpson's lawyers claimed on Wednesday that the former sports star's .
2008 trial in Las Vegas was tainted by his fame .
Simpson, 66, was found guilty of leading armed men in a confrontation with two sports .
memorabilia dealers at a Las Vegas casino hotel in 2007 .
The 66-year-old is serving 33 years in a Nevada priso... |
11560905b7c25d5cbb19abc4413e13f347c25b5b | (CNN) -- New Zealand's national airline announced the world's first scheduled route for Boeing's 787-9 Dreamliner on Thursday. As the latest Dreamliner's first customer, Air New Zealand will be flying the launch aircraft from Auckland, where the airline is based, to Perth, in Western Australia starting in October 2014.... | Auckland-Perth scheduled route will begin mid-2014 .
Air New Zealand is the Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner's first customer .
Airline's economy cabins will feature 14 Kiwi-designed Skycouch rows . |
1156b0821cc66f3482dcccee66077e7ba88fff56 | By . Becky Evans . PUBLISHED: . 22:38 EST, 29 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:38 EST, 29 September 2013 . The inhabitants of Easter Island lived off local rats, according to scientists who analysed the teeth of 41 skeletons. The island, also called Rapa Nui, first settled around A.D. 1200, is famous for its more tha... | Researchers compared skeleton teeth with animal bones from island .
Discovered many people used Polynesian rats as source of protein .
Despite living on island, inhabitants rarely appeared to eat fish . |
1156cd642a9a86b5d5298841510ec735a212c83e | Menace: The Tineola bisselliella moth has infected the Olympic village . They came in the dead of night, attracted by a blaze of light so vast it could be seen from miles away. To an inquisitive moth, the Olympic village must have looked like paradise - 9,000 brand new wardrobes, each containing enough clothing to see... | London and south east have seen a big .
increase in moth populations because of unseasonal or prolonged .
spells of cold, wet weather . |
1157a08300c676704c340de28ed5f700be30b6a7 | By . Daniel Martin . It was the policy announcement that really ruffled feathers among Labour’s 47,000 Twitter followers. After a prankster managed to hack into the party press team’s Twitter account yesterday, it seemed that Ed Miliband had come up with his most revolutionary policy so far. ‘Everybody should have his ... | Party accidentally unveils new 'Harry Potter policy' in Twitter message .
Labour quickly deleted the tweet, but not before it was spotted online .
Harry Potter and Florence Nightingale both had pet owls . |
115a59d5c4916cb14b4c408bec36bbc6116043cc | By . Lizzie Edmonds . Hitler's bodyguard, the last surviving member of the Fuhrer’s entourage who was with him in the Berlin bunker on the day he killed himself, has died aged 96. Rochus Misch was a member of the SS and deeply admired Hitler, calling him ‘the Boss’ up until the end of his own life. He was the telephone... | Rochus Misch died after a short illness .
Bodyguard saw Hitler after he had killed himself in .
Führerbunker, Berlin .
Lived in Berlin, only two miles away from the bunker, until his death on Thursday .
Was depicted in several Second World War films including Downfall in 2005 . |
115a69be9c88ca2f0c01034de13135af617bb833 | By . Ian Drury . The 3,500 servicemen now drafted in to bolster security during London 2012 will be forced to camp in disused buildings. Derelict schools, warehouses, factories and hospitals near the Olympic Park could be commandeered to give them somewhere to sleep. Many personnel – some only just back from gruelling ... | Disused schools and warehouses could be commandeered .
Many troops just back from Afghanistan will have to cancel leave . |
115a9f2a41c138bf4f70875f8a1b80729925e731 | By . Emine Sinmaz . PUBLISHED: . 01:28 EST, 2 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:12 EST, 2 August 2012 . A father who allegedly pushed his ex-girlfriend and three-month-old son out of a third-floor window is expected to be charged with murder after the infant died in hospital. After the pair plunged three levels, Frederic... | Frederico Bruno, 19, continued beating his ex-girlfriend and their baby with a table as they lay unconscious on the ground .
The 20-year-old mother remains in a medically-induced coma in hospital . |
115b9eb55e4e9cd982c77970f5d8710cbaeb3b52 | (CNN) -- The adage says "a picture is worth a thousand words," but when Leeann Lewandowski happened upon a photograph of her late mother on Facebook after her home was destroyed in Superstorm Sandy, she was speechless. "The first thing I see on my Timeline is my mother holding my daughter, Katie, on the day that she wa... | Jeannette Van Houten is trying to reunite Superstorm Sandy victims with lost photographs .
Van Houten uploads 2,000 photos to Facebook, hoping people will recognize them .
Similar photo reunion projects were started for Hurricane Katrina and the Holocaust .
"Photography is so common and ubiquitous that we take it for g... |
115d5430e407987d15bf8373dbde7dd753826d39 | Baghdad, Iraq (CNN) -- Laith repeats my question back to me, chuckling. "What is the Iraqi media saying about the US elections?" He pauses, thinking how best to answer. "Man, the situation is so bad now, we only pay attention to staying alive." He laughs again. An Iraqi journalist who works for several international ne... | U.S. troops withdrew last year, but the violence continues in Baghdad .
Republican party still seen as the party of George W. Bush by many in Baghdad .
Many who follow the election see little difference between Democrats, Republicans . |
115d8637cfd5425731c6a3304505038b8371d314 | (CNN) -- Prince Harry -- Capt. Harry Wales, to his mates -- is coming to the U.S. Southwest this week to begin a two-month series of training exercises for British attack helicopter pilots. The Apache crews will train at Naval Air Facility El Centro in California, about 90 miles east of San Diego, officials said. The p... | Prince Harry joins British military exercises in California and Arizona .
As "Captain Wales," he is flying Apache helicopter gunships .
He saw combat in Afghanistan in late 2007 and early 2008 . |
115da4ab28b6fafa6be64c813538b3b70664d738 | By . Martin Robinson and Jaya Narain . PUBLISHED: . 07:27 EST, 3 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 02:38 EST, 4 January 2013 . First came the Tamworth Two, now the Durham Duo. Two little black pigs brought drama to the coastal town of Seaham after escaping from an allotment. Police raced into action as traffic was held up ... | One was found munching on food from a bin but the other is still missing .
Police say the fugitive has been spotted but keeps fleeing the authorities .
Pair launched daring escape in Seaham, County Durham .
Draws comparison to legendary 'Tamworth Two' pigs who fled an abattoir . |
115e0da2973e779c787d64debefd677efad7a5a9 | (CNN) -- France has too many foreigners and is not integrating them properly, President Nicolas Sarkozy said in an interview on French television. "Today we have a problem," Sarkozy said Tuesday night on France 2 TV. "Our system of integration is working worse and worse because we have too many foreigners on our territ... | NEW: France has an influx of about 130,000 people a year .
France is not integrating immigrants well, President Sarkozy says .
He is running for a second term in office and facing a strong challenge .
He says he cannot imagine his rival Francois Hollande as president . |
115e50fa91d77fd5284d604242eff3fb457eee7b | (CNN) -- Three years ago, Phillip Loughlin made a choice he knew would brand him as an outsider with many of his fellow hunters: . He decided to shoot "green" bullets. "It made sense," Loughlin said of his switch to more environmentally friendly ammo, which doesn't contain lead. "I believe that we need to do a little b... | Green bullets are those that don't contain lead, a toxic metal .
Last year, California banned lead bullets in the area where an endangered bird lives .
Copper bullets are the main alternative to lead .
Hunting and gun groups oppose bans on lead bullets, saying they pose no risks . |
115ecbcb0c1ded6fae4a5671ac37203492f98b07 | (CNN) -- Despite President Barack Obama's signing of a law repealing the military's "don't ask, don't tell" policy, Defense Secretary Robert Gates sent a memo to troops warning them that it remains in effect until 60 days after the government certifies that the military is ready for implementation. The Pentagon says it... | President Obama signed into law a repeal of "don't ask, don't tell"
Secretary Gates said that the government must certify that the military is ready .
There is also a 60-day waiting period after that .
In a memo, Gates tells troops to abide by waiting period . |
115f4657695499d475ce8bc70ff347077f2f724b | By . Sean Poulter . PUBLISHED: . 20:59 EST, 13 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:02 EST, 14 June 2013 . Cheap supermarket sausages can give shoppers 'more banger for their buck' compared to big brands costing much more, it is claimed. A study by consumer experts at Which? found the Sainsbury’s Basics range pack of pork sau... | Supermarket's own products contain more meat than big brands'
Burgers and sausages from Tesco and Sainsbury's value for money . |
115f625fb0d91792bcea484249af822a401b88bf | (CNN) -- Former Secretary of State Colin Powell said Monday that he has "no interest" in government service in response to a recently televised suggestion by Pennsylvania Gov. Ed Rendell that President Obama name Powell as White House chief of staff. "I haven't been asked, and I don't expect to be asked," Powell told C... | Colin Powell responds to suggestion he be named White House chief of staff .
"I haven't been asked, and I don't expect to be asked," he says .
He calls midterm election results "a body blow" for President Obama . |
115f861c1e8d8d901c92e94f19b7b28faa16b76a | By . Emily Kent Smith . In a drive to find homes for pets in its care, the RSPCA has launched a campaign pairing its animals up with some unlikely companions - characters from the television series Game of Thrones. Officials at the animal charity have taken shots of some of their lonely pets who they say are doppelgang... | RSPCA has created the unlikely pairings after new figures reveal that it takes average of 42 days to rehome a dog .
Game of Thrones star Emilia Clarke has been matched with a white cat called Sheba .
Animal shelter volunteers factored in personality as well as looks when creating the pairs . |
11607129a380024cd2eaf6526a02bc88ab5bf46f | With their ears pricked up and tails wagging, these excited hounds are raring to go as they bound through the autumn countryside as part of their exercise regime ahead of the new hunting season. With the season traditionally starting on November 1, huntsman Andrew German, of the Cheshire Forest Hunt, made sure the dogs... | The annual hunting season traditionally begins on November 1 .
Hunstman Andrew German of the Cheshire Forest Hunt has been making sure the hounds are ready for the season .
Ban on fox hunting has been in force since 2005, but many supporters are calling for the law to be repealed . |
1160d7b92026f36612f1597f24cfcb5ee314c75b | By . Alexandra Klausner . and Jessica Jerreat . New York is home to many stars, but it's only four times a year that its biggest sets right between the east-west streets of Manhattan's grid and turns almost all who cross its path into a paparazzi. Manhattanhenge, sometimes referred to as the Manhattan Solstice, was sc... | Manhattanhenge happens only four times a year and is when the sunset is perfectly aligned with the New York grid .
Thursday night clouds blocked the spectacle .
Friday night hundreds gathered to capture a photo of the rare occurrence . |
1161226844bd2c824630d301187143bc330f2a1d | (CNN) -- After a student made obscene comments about her on Twitter, a high school teacher in northern Mexico taught a lesson with an online post of her own: a video showing her confronting the girl in class. Now the teacher is on administrative leave. The student has been suspended. The video has gone viral, with hund... | A teacher confronts a student who posted obscene insults on Twitter .
A viral online video shows the classroom confrontation .
Official: The teacher has been temporarily pulled from the classroom . |
1163594b2caab591ba4cb164cd581ec9d7862204 | By . Emily Payne for MailOnline . An airport runway was closed and flights diverted after an unexploded World War II bomb was found next to a highway close to Frankfurt airport. The 500kg device was discovered during construction work on a stretch of the A3 highway near Offenbach. Police shut off a 1,000 metre area of ... | Explosive found next to the busy A3 highway just outside the city .
One runway was closed for landing, causing flight disruption .
The 500kg bomb was disposed of in a controlled explosion after defusing . |
11648f206a871bc4e08d2f46a06993a11f652204 | Top degrees have been awarded to every single student on dozens of British degree courses, a Mail on Sunday investigation into ‘rampant’ grade inflation has found. On more than 50 courses at universities across the country, in subjects ranging from engineering to English, 100 per cent of students were awarded a First o... | More than 50 university courses across UK awarded students a First or 2:1 .
Number achieving 2:1 or above has leapt over five years at some institutions .
Critics say grades have been pushed up as a 'marketing ploy'
Universities said the rises reflected improvements in A-level grades . |
11652f2d48139be71df7aee83a86048cd64222a5 | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 22:32 EST, 4 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 06:33 EST, 5 March 2014 . Leading scientists have given their backing to introducing a 99 per cent accurate Down's Syndrome test on the NHS. Non-invasive prenatal testing (NIPT) can predict whether a baby has Down's Syndrome as early as the 10th we... | Non-invasive prenatal testing predicts if a baby has Down's Syndrome .
It also screens for Edward's syndrome and Patau syndrome .
NIPT is currently only available in private hospitals, costing from £300 .
It is now being considered for use on the NHS following clinical trials . |
1165dcea827428a18b64770a855d497b9965d690 | By . Jack Doyle, Home Affairs Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 19:35 EST, 10 September 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:00 EST, 11 September 2013 . A new smartphone app - nicknamed the iPlod - will allow the public to report crimes directly to the police. Every year hundreds of thousands of crimes - including burglary, theft and v... | Hundreds of thousands of crimes go unreported each year because .
victims can’t be bothered with the ‘hassle’ of calling the police .
But last year half a million calls to the non-emergency 101 number went unanswered because operators were too busy .
The free app, which is named ‘Self Evident’, allows users to report t... |
11668f859da2bfcfbef8661926da669a34407661 | By . Peter Campbell, City Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 18:41 EST, 2 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:58 EST, 2 December 2013 . Chris Train said that in order to receive the 'luxury' of electricity, customers would have to pay for billions of pounds worth of infrastructure . A power boss sparked uproar yesterday by say... | Chris Train, head of National Grid, said electricity was a 'luxury'
Said customers will have to pay billions to upgrade the power network .
At the same time energy firms ruse to rule out more price hikes . |
11670b6fc5c9bd9abea9be3acead8b79bd35bdb4 | By . Emma Glanfield . PUBLISHED: . 07:35 EST, 12 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 14:16 EST, 12 March 2014 . A haul of jewellery worth £110,000 which was seized from the ringleader of a £26million tobacco smuggling operation has gone under the hammer. The collection included a luxurious nine-carat diamond ring valued at £40... | Haul seized from Daniel Harty who smuggled 150 million cigarettes into UK .
Harty, 30, and his eight-man gang evaded paying £26million of duty .
He was jailed for four and a half years for conspiracy to evade excise duty .
Judge said jewellery should be sold to satisfy £330,000 confiscation order .
Items up for auction... |
116859ab0e61bcaf021b1190a1ca7f22d28b7fa1 | (CNN) -- Michelle Obama gave an impassioned speech before the International Olympics Committee. President Obama traveled overseas -- in the middle of debates over health care and Afghanistan -- to make his personal pitch to bring the 2016 Olympics to his hometown. President Obama personally appealed to IOC members for ... | NEW: "I could not be prouder of my hometown of Chicago," Obama says .
"I don't know how this is anything but really embarrassing," GOP strategist says .
Critics had questioned whether Obama should make trip, given his full plate .
Chicago eliminated in first round; Rio de Janeiro wins . |
11685ca47ef887009caa65dba6606bac149195ff | Rangers have agreed an out-of-court settlement with former commercial director Imran Ahmad, who was suing the club for breach of contract. Ahmad last week won the right to arrest £620,000 from the club's bank account pending the court case in light of their ongoing financial difficulties. Rangers were given leave to ap... | The Ibrox side continue to face ongoing financial difficulties .
Imran Ahmad won the right to arrest £620,000 from the club last week .
Rangers were given leave to appeal the Court of Session decision .
Club announced to the London Stock Exchange on Friday morning an end to the case having agreed a deal with Ahmad . |
1168b604eac7c1dcc8ec36132649b60128b50204 | By . John Hall . A school at the centre of the Islamist ‘Trojan Horse’ takeover plot has refused to accept the findings of an Ofsted report that claimed it is failing to do enough to protect children from extremism. The report - made public yesterday but . leaked to the Daily Mail on Monday - revealed Golden Hillock, i... | Golden Hillock school refused to accept 'extremism' claims made by Ofsted .
Education watchdog accused the school of failing to protect its pupils .
Also claimed sex and relationship education is not being taught properly .
School rejected the accusations, saying findings are politically motivated .
Golden Hillock is a... |
116906276b6b6a5aaad78b9122ca660d8bc43784 | (CNN)Jeb Bush will make his first scheduled appearance this year to the critically important state of Iowa next month for the Iowa Agriculture Summit in Des Moines on March 7. Bush's spokeswoman, Kristy Campbell, confirmed Wednesday that Bush will attend the event in the Hawkeye State, which holds the first nominating ... | Former Florida Gov. Jeb Bush will attend an agriculture summit in Iowa next month .
It'll be his first scheduled appearance in the Hawkeye State .
Iowa holds the first nominating contest in presidential election years . |
11696184654cbda7525d6ba04a441a23471b1880 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:57 EST, 30 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 16:00 EST, 30 October 2013 . Horrific: Brett Lee Curtis, 28, kidnapped his ex-girlfriend Elizabeth Hamilton, 26, on Monday night before leading police on a chase and killing himself . A 26-year-old woman abducted by her ex-boyfriend who... | Florida's Brett Lee Curtis, 28, kidnapped his ex-girlfriend from work and killed himself after leading police on a high-speed chase .
Curtis warned officers he would kill Elizabeth Hamilton, 26, if they didn't stop following him about 3am Tuesday .
He told her to get out of the car before killing himself .
Hamilton had... |
116994f5a396a0f2c3f479c25ff4067061c76a14 | This is the dramatic moment a captive golden eagle was knocked out of the skies after straying into the airspace of its wild cousins in Scotland. The 15-year-old trained raptor was hunting in the Grampian mountains with its owner when a pair of wild golden eagles pounced. The aerial battle erupted at 1,500ft and ended ... | Raptor hunting in Scotland's Grampian mountains when it was attacked .
Trained bird had already managed to fend of a male wild golden eagle .
But then a larger female arrived and ruthlessly pursued the captive eagle .
Dramatic photos show 4.5kg bird crashing into the snow as it flees pursuer . |
116a6d4e8a65f7c92be15bfec01042bd2d7b60d3 | Hickory, North Carolina (CNN) -- North Carolina authorities have been in contact with Zahra Baker's biological mother in Australia and have asked for the medical records of the missing 10-year-old girl. "We're in the process of getting medical information from Australia, and we're in the process of getting medical reco... | Police did not specify what kind of records they are seeking .
Zahra, 10, was last seen September 25 .
Police are investigating her disappearance as a homicide . |
116bded692ea4842fb7092373116899a4e7d70c8 | By . Rebecca English, Royal Correspondent . PUBLISHED: . 08:52 EST, 14 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:36 EST, 14 December 2012 . The Queen has been given a collection of 97 original works of art by members of the Royal Academy including David Hockney and Tracey Emin as a Diamond Jubilee gift. Fortunately there are n... | Collection includes works by Anish Kapoor, David Nash and John Maine .
Works, all on paper, given to Royal Collection 'on behalf of .
the nation'
Will be displayed at Queen’s Gallery at Buckingham .
palace next autumn .
Collection thought to be worth a 'small fortune' |
116d6fb538ab1dc41b50a452c4795efd6903ef2f | By . Will Stewart and Emma Reynolds . PUBLISHED: . 10:52 EST, 17 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 12:40 EST, 17 October 2012 . An actress who claimed to have uncovered startling new details about the murder of Princess Michael's 'toyboy' millionaire has been killed in a mysterious Moscow car crash before she could disclos... | Marina Golub was allegedly warned off probing his death any further .
Mikhail Kravchenko was gunned down in his Mercedes in May .
He and the princess were pictured holding hands in Venice in 2006 .
Ms Golub was killed in a car crash after hailing a late-night taxi .
She had apparently told the tycoon's mother she had n... |
116d99fb897fcc4675cfd9e5c5d6ffb2e4a9c76a | Ayaan Hirsi Ali is a Somalia-born writer, activist, and former member of the Dutch Parliament. She is an outspoken advocate for women's rights in Islamic society and a strong critic of Muslim extremism. Outspoken critic of Islam, Ayaan Hirsi Ali . Hirsi Ali fled to the Netherlands in 1992 to escape an arranged marriage... | Hirsi Ali is an outspoken advocate for women's rights in Islamic society .
Somali-born activist went into hiding after death of Dutch filmmaker Theo Van Gogh .
Hirsi Ali served as Dutch lawmaker from 2003 to 2006 .
She was Anamed one of Time Magazine's "100 Most Influential People of 2005 . |
116ef5df4a08fe325ea25045cad85e17fcbbc2c3 | (CNN) -- A wildfire that has burned more than 4,300 acres south of Salt Lake City, Utah, is 25 percent contained, officials said Tuesday. About 400 personnel were in Herriman, Utah, to battle the Machine Gun fire, as the blaze has been dubbed, said fire spokesman Marshall Thompson. Equipment on scene included 35 fire e... | 400 personnel are on scene to fight Machine Gun Fire .
The blaze has burned 4,300 acres south of Salt Lake City .
Utah National Guard acknowledges "mistakes" after fire started from ammunition . |
117050c9ae0877c9e1b5a3d0d874ffcc5d271710 | By . Neil Ashton . PUBLISHED: . 16:40 EST, 28 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 21:13 EST, 28 January 2014 . For Mathieu Flamini it was a moment of madness: he showed his studs and is set for a four-match ban. What a chump. The consequence of his reckless challenge, when he launched himself two-footed at Morgan Schneiderl... | Lallana strike gives Southampton a share of spoils at St Mary's .
Flamini sent off after reckless challenge on Morgan Schneiderlin .
He will miss Crystal Palace, Manchester United and two Liverpool clashes .
Saints took the lead through Jose Fonte's first-half goal .
Gunners hit back through Olivier Giroud and Santi Ca... |
11711aef4a42865c72e9d6637bf0aed24a83e050 | (CNN) -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency investigating drinking water contamination in Pavillion, Wyoming, found benzene and methane in wells and in groundwater, agency officials said. At a community meeting with well owners, EPA officials revealed Tuesday they found low levels of petroleum compounds in 17 of ... | Residents of a Wyoming town became concerned about well water in 2008 .
EPA tests have found various chemical compounds .
Affected well owners have been advised not to drink the water .
Federal officials have not determined the source of the compounds . |
1172406ab9280117ba1c6cda439ff74f273d1386 | Fort Lauderdale, Florida (CNN) -- Sean Cononie bounded out of the back of an ambulance ahead of most of the other volunteers. A bullhorn in his hand, he was, in a sense, the pied piper. "If there's anybody out here, that wants the swine flu vaccine, please come over here," he said. And come they did. Outside Fort Laude... | Volunteers hit streets to offer H1N1 vaccine to homeless in Broward County, Florida .
They travel with a police escort to help with any situation they're not ready to handle .
Lack of sanitary conditions makes it easier for homeless to catch the virus.
"A true blessing," says one of the men who received the shot . |
11741909480ff60de5ef7aa267e3cd0a8a7bc2af | LONDON, England (CNN) -- A series of major international sporting events, a weak currency and its perennially sunny perch on the tip of South Africa are making Cape Town one of the hottest sailing destinations of 2009. Lucky strike: The port city of Cape Town is set to benefit from several major sporting events . The I... | MainSail's 'Port of the Month' is Cape Town, South Africa .
The area is one of South Africa's most popular tourist destinations .
Cape Town is set to benefit from major international sporting events .
The port is the country's second biggest and hosts major yacht races . |
117429e635d713d0805f72ea958211243d5536e8 | (CNN) -- Federal authorities raided the office of a University of Florida professor on Wednesday who, along with his wife, is suspected of defrauding NASA. The FBI searched the school's Innovative Nuclear Space Power and Propulsion Institute, founded by Samim Anghaie, and his office on campus, said university spokesman... | FBI raids office of Florida professor accused of taking money from NASA .
Investigators: Samim Anghaie, family used money for personal gain .
Anghaie has been placed on administrative leave with pay . |
117591b3e7b0a744876fa6af490f49a55af0f980 | (CNN) -- Alain Prost has revealed that he hopes to resurrect the French Grand Prix, a race he won six times during his illustrious Formula One career. The four-time world champion driver is meeting with F1 supremo Bernie Ecclestone about reinstating the event, which was last held in 2008, at Circuit Paul Ricard near Ma... | Alain Prost reveals talks being held over reinstating the French Grand Prix .
The race at the Circuit Paul Ricard was last held in 2007 .
Reports suggest the FIA is to increase entry fees for team for the 2013 season .
Red Bull's Sebastian Vettel sets the fastest time in practice ahead of the Abu Dhabi GP . |
117618989c76a4949be10924a31bb0d1ffed8b3c | (CNN)Just the other day, en route to school, my husband and daughters ended up walking behind a smoker on the street. The three of them immediately talked about how "gross" they think smoking is. My younger daughter, who's 7, asked why someone would start to smoke in the first place, according to my husband. Then, my n... | An anti-smoking music video will capitalize on popularity of dating apps among teens .
A 60-second spot was to be showcased during the Grammys .
Survey: Teen cigarette use down, but teens don't view social smoking as very harmful . |
11768f5494db9c298a704b4a5f70359362e31210 | (PEOPLE.com) -- Pregnancy joy turned to sadness for the stars of TLC's "The Little Couple," as they learned on Tuesday's episode of the successful transfer of an embryo to their surrogate, who later miscarried their unborn child. Dr. Jennifer Arnold and husband Bill Klein, who both have skeletal dysplasia, a bone-growt... | Arnold and Klein both have skeletal dysplasia, a disorder that causes dwarfism .
They used a surrogate to have a baby, because pregnancy could pose problems to her health .
Since filming their happy visit to the doctor, the couple's surrogate lost the pregnancy . |
1176c8a2013646bd50bd0cda0d564055dab724fd | By . Associated Press . Last updated at 9:27 PM on 10th October 2011 . Brand management: Dr Pepper Ten is a 10-calorie soft drink Dr Pepper Snapple Group is rolling out on Monday with a macho ad campaign . Dudes don't drink diet. Or at least that's the idea behind Dr Pepper Ten, a 10-calorie soft drink Dr Pepper Snappl... | Research found men shy away from diet drinks not perceived as 'manly'
Drink is about-turn from Diet Dr Pepper - with calories and sugar included .
Ad campaign features men battling snakes and shooting lasers at each other . |
11776ec820ac75e55bab9616774a114d82185e66 | For anyone who has experienced the brutality of a bully, a blunt-talking mayor in California with a horseshoe mustache now weighs in with this bit of wisdom: "Grow a pair." Looking and talking like an Old West figure, Mayor Cameron Hamilton made his declaration while on the dais of the Porterville City Council last wee... | Mayor is raising his two grandchildren not to be 'whiny'
His daughter died in a wreck 10 years ago .
Mayor Cameron Hamilton is now receiving hate e-mail .
Porterville, California, mayor says at meeting that the bullied should stick up for themselves . |
11784575be376fce4c7df68795ae7e62e08b1c93 | A 'controlling' bigamist has been jailed for life for murdering his wife and hiding her body in the boot of a car. Pierre Legris killed his wife, Rui Li, by hitting her over the head at the home they shared in Bournemouth, Dorset, before driving her body to the garage owned by his other wife, Irene Smith. Ms Li's body ... | Rui Li, 44, was found dead in the boot of a Fiat Punto on May 30 last year .
The Chinese national had been hit over the head with a blunt object .
Her bigamist husband Pierre Legris was found guilty of her murder today .
Couple had massage company and were involved in swinging networks .
Legris is believed to have kill... |
1178f691206cbfad007605c56d9b2e6e358d21f9 | By . Daniel Miller . PUBLISHED: . 07:05 EST, 5 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:24 EST, 5 October 2012 . They stopped short at recreating the famous bongs of Big Ben, but this Russian television news programme seems to have modelled itself almost entirely on ITV's News at 10, using the same music and even copying the m... | RM News uses similar opening sequence with yellow and black graphics .
They have almost identical white desk decorated with yellow square motifs . |
1179092d0b3c99e4c098ec462be9ddf53076d9b3 | PUBLISHED: . 00:01 EST, 3 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 00:01 EST, 3 March 2014 . Colour, music and dancing filled the streets of Badajoz, Spain, on Sunday for the annual and ancient city festival. Members of comparsas, or troupes, dressed in flamboyant costumes and make up entertained the cheering crowds as they perform... | Performers in exotic costumes fill the streets of Badajoz, western Spain, for annual festival .
Adults and children from around the province took part .
Costumes ranged from dragons to ghouls to flamenco dancers .
Festival ends with the burying of a 'sardine', signifying beginning of Lent . |
117999f25e08069e078c4b4b8476eb1032f9c398 | A young driver who crashed her car into a rail and killed her friend after he pulled her bikini top string as she drove at 65mph has been cleared. Brittany Lahm, 24, from Manhattan, crashed on the Thruway, New York, in July 2008, killing Brandon Berman, 19, and injuring several other passengers. Moments before Mr Berma... | Brittany Lahm, 24, .
crashed her Lexus on the Thruway in July 2008 .
Brandon Berman, .
19, died and other passengers were injured .
The teenagers were all heading back from a day at Jersey Shore . |
117bde49eaebf906945a12f87778c685b7c2bd96 | Rockhampton, Australia (CNN) -- River levels were slowly receding in eastern Australia on Friday, but officials warned residents to steer clear of roads damaged by devastating floods. In Rockhampton -- one of the hardest hit cities -- the fast-flowing Fitzroy River remained near its recent peak of 9.2 meters (about 30 ... | "It will be an unprecedented long-term repair job," one official says .
With roads underwater, some residents are still using boats to travel .
Nearly 2,000 people have been evacuated from flood-affected areas in Queensland state .
Police say 10 people have died in flooding since November 30 . |
117bfe4f73f0b73ea9521ad0deff06726661e09e | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:19 EST, 14 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 15:45 EST, 14 January 2013 . A millionaire property developer and his wife, who say they were ruined because of a simple banking error, have lost their High Court claim for more than £3milion in damages. Michael and Carol Ann Gatt are n... | Michael and Carol Ann Gatt were left living in a bungalow on a building site .
They claimed Barclays wrongly told credit agencies Mr Gatt was overdrawn .
Judge rejected claims and Mr Gatt and his wife - who says she has £30 remaining in her account - now face legal bill of £1m . |
117cceead5468de681b370e596c9317dec601daa | Former heavyweight champion Leon Spinks is in a Las Vegas hospital after a second operation for abdominal problems. The 61-year-old boxer, who catapulted to fame by beating Muhammad Ali in 1978, had the second surgery in recent days after complications from the first emergency surgery, his wife said. 'It's going to be ... | 61-year-old boxer hospitalized after undergoing two operations .
Second surgery was brought on by complications from first abdominal surgery .
Wife Brenda Spinks says he has a long road to recovery . |
117dbddeb212ad2b593e7ab0b821d0dfed01864c | CHICAGO, Illinois (CNN) -- Chicago authorities asked Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich to issue a disaster declaration after rainfall Saturday in the Windy City broke a single-day record that had stood for more than two decades. Chicago received more than 6 inches of rain Saturday, breaking a 1987 record. The deluge floode... | Records kept since 1871 say Saturday's rain marks worst in more than century .
Heavy rain more related to Tropical Storm Lowell in Pacific than Gulf Coast's Ike .
Commissioner: Chicago River flowed "down the 5000 block of North Monticello"
Authorities say 90 billion gallons of water fell on the city's water district . |
117e3942b92bbc2875c72d99769bfc2bda54fc07 | By . Katy Winter . Andy Murray is facing rising star Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov in the quarter-finals of Wimbledon today, and while the two tennis titans clash on court, their respective other halves were expected to be cheering them on in the stands. But while devoted Kim Sears arrived at SW19 looking chic and relative... | Kim opted for a bold pink dress for her fifth time at Wimbledon .
Has watched all of Murray's matches so far .
Scot faces Bulgarian Grigor Dimitrov today in quarter finals .
His girlfriend Maria Sharapova was noticeably absent today .
The Russian was herself knocked out of Wimbledon yesterday . |
117e84cc371dc8d6df84b5cebb56e09686a50bd6 | By . Associated Press . A degenerative eye disease slowly robbed Roger Pontz of his vision. Diagnosed with retinitis pigmentosa as a teenager, Pontz has been almost completely blind for years. Now, thanks to a high-tech procedure that involved the surgical implantation of a 'bionic eye,' he's regained enough of his eye... | US patient Roger Pontz has been blind for years .
He has now had some of his vision restored thanks to a bionic eye .
The eye gives those the ability to see shadows and shapes . |
117f312ec75a28ee8c91a6c9695aa541e090c145 | It's been a painfully slow courtship, but the United States may finally have fallen in love with the game it calls soccer. They have been coming to World Cups for decades, but never has their battle cry 'I believe that we will win!' been so fervently sung. It has been adopted as the nation's catchphrase as millions of ... | United States play Belgium in World Cup last-16 in Salvador .
Coach Klinsmann keen to embrace feel-good factor back home .
German confident the US can advance to quarter-finals if they produce best .
Unfancied team emerged from tough group of Germany, Portugal and Ghana . |
117f997f104b3d0b771f0d60925ddd2c43b96f0f | By . Joel Christie . PUBLISHED: . 13:36 EST, 3 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 16:00 EST, 3 March 2014 . He's no stranger to filing lawsuits himself, once successfully stopping Playgirl from publishing some full-frontal naked photos. But now Leonardo DiCaprio has found himself the defendent for producing the 2013 film Out ... | Out Of The Furnace, a drama-thriller starring Christian Bale, Casey Affleck and Woody Harrelson, was released in December .
Plot centers around a ruthless and lawless crime gang set in the Ramapo - or Ramapough - Mountain community of New Jersey .
Eight community members have filed a lawsuit claiming the film and its p... |
118084bec6ab90d4c74ad0c2488f67230fa72427 | By . Leon Watson . The original painting of the Chinese Girl, thought to be the most reproduced print in the world, was bought by billionaire British businessman and jeweller Laurence Graff for nearly £1million today. Mr Graff, chairman of Graff Diamonds International, owns the Delaire Graff Estate near Stellenbosch, S... | Laurence Graff paid nearly double the expected price for the painting .
It will go on public display with the rest of his collection in South Africa . |
1180b6a0249b66d95c2e2df9a11d7c925e23fb83 | By . Claire Bates . PUBLISHED: . 08:22 EST, 29 June 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 09:33 EST, 29 June 2012 . Peaceful: Olivia died in the early hours of Friday morning . A terminally-ill seven-year-old girl who travelled to Mexico for specialist cancer treatment has died two days after returning to Scotland. Olivia Downie died ... | Olivia and mother touched down in Scotland two days ago and taken to the Royal Aberdeen Children's Hospital .
She was diagnosed with rare form of disease in 2009 . |
11817ebe16e17be253121ec277e7dc83467742df | Residents of Dale Farm, the UK's largest illegal travellers' site, lost their High Court battle against eviction today. The travellers, who have vowed to lodge another appeal, said that they will stand their ground and cannot be moved until Monday at the earliest . They attempted to block their removal from the controv... | Travellers vow to appeal again and cannot be evicted until Monday .
Three linked appeals against eviction fail after judicial review .
Legal battle estimated to top £18m including huge bill for Basildon Council .
Judge: 'The criminal law applies equally to all - travellers and others alike'
Ruling by Mr Justice Ouseley... |
1182a87328e3d4966f9cfb9543073f697f018551 | (CNN) -- How many people can play the same video game? Not in the same video game, mind you, but play the exact same game at once? With the help of a social-media robot, more than 80,000 people are currently trying. A version of "Pokemon Red/Blue," a 1990s game for Nintendo's Game Boy, has been streaming on Twitch.tv, ... | "Twitch Plays Pokemon" has drawn tens of thousands of followers .
Game lets crowd control an old Game Boy game through chat commands .
"Social experiment" has spawned Reddit blog, fan art, Twitter feed .
Its creator isn't optimistic about success . |
11845e3aaf00a3cc053e820c0ec748f7ad471c92 | (CNN) -- The English Premier League has rejected a proposal to bring Scottish Premier League sides Celtic and Rangers into English football's top flight. The Glasgow-based sides, who have dominated their own league both competitively and financially in recent years, had hoped to be part of plans submitted by Bolton cha... | The English Premier League have rejected a proposal to bring Celtic and Rangers into English football's top flight .
The Glasgow-based sides had hoped to be part of plans submitted by Bolton chairman Phil Gartside .
Rangers have also been fined by UEFA for the behavior of their fans during their match against Unirea Ur... |
11848762a02d3809ded890d3898e415bbe9cf544 | Andy Carroll hopes to help Sam Allardyce's rejuvenated West Ham challenge European qualification on his return to fitness. The England striker is yet to feature this term due to an ankle injury he suffered in the summer, but is now back in training. In his absence, the Hammers have beaten Liverpool and Manchester City ... | Andy Carroll is back in training after recovering from an ankle injury .
West Ham currently sit fourth in the Premier League after nine games .
Carroll has praised Aaron Cresswell's performances at left-back . |
1184f6e51cf920c9278c1ef735180bdb0e7f84be | By . Daily Mail Reporter . UPDATED: . 11:27 EST, 5 August 2011 . Electricity officials in heatwave-hit Texas have warned of impending rolling blackouts from power shortages as the U.S. state struggles to cope with the relentless scorching temperatures. Texans have turned to air conditioners in huge numbers in a bid to ... | Arkansas and Oklahoma also see record highs as temperatures soar .
Texas woman dies after having air conditioning unit stolen .
'Excessively dry' conditions announced in ten U.S. states . |
11856b24e2be38bb9e21cf4fe9670cb9d8ef6a37 | By . Associated Press . Last updated at 3:54 PM on 19th January 2012 . No remorse: Maksim Gelman listens to relatives of his victims during his sentencing at Supreme Court in New York, Wednesday . A 24-year-old man who pleaded guilty to murder and other crimes in a violent stabbing rampage in New York City last winter ... | Maksim Gelman, 24, pleaded guilty to killing four people and wounding four others in a 28-hour stabbing spree across New York .
Killed his stepfather Aleksandr Kuznetsov, 54, the woman he stalked, Yelena Bulchenko, 20, and her mother, Anna, 56 .
Arrested in February after the rampage that stretched from Brooklyn to Man... |
1185b388ad7aa1e2b0a869b3d577a3e45a5a9f60 | By . Eddie Wrenn . PUBLISHED: . 04:11 EST, 19 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:19 EST, 19 October 2012 . Have you ever had a lovely dinner party ruined when an unwanted, uninvited dinner guest turns up? Well, these angry lions have - they were enjoying a delicious meal of antelope steak on the banks of a river in Zambi... | Dinner party held by the edge of the Nile in Zambia gets an unwanted, crafty guest . |
1188451ccc0e054214cb7f115759cbbed0e98415 | (CNN) -- The media got it wrong when it came to reporting about actor Philip Seymour Hoffman's death, the late Oscar winner's friend said Wednesday in an exclusive broadcast interview on CNN's "New Day." Not only did the reporting inaccurately depict Hoffman as a man in a death spiral, playwright David Bar Katz said th... | NEW: National Enquirer apologizes for story in New York Times ad .
Tabloid claimed playwright was actor Philip Seymour Hoffman's lover .
David Bar Katz says he was stunned by the account .
He will use settlement proceeds to set up an award for playwrights . |
1189fc3053780dfb15066fc34b89608e011bf234 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 16:13 EST, 18 March 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 19:07 EST, 18 March 2014 . It seems that even the world's most talented people faced rejection before they became household names. Letters collected by Mental Floss reveal how Madonna, Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath and even Gertrude Stein wer... | Andy Warhol, Sylvia Plath, U2, Gertrude Stein and Tim Burton were all turned away by their respective industries before they became famous . |
118a6f188df5ddab5c87b742dd53ad5a40862c97 | By . Sophie Jane Evans . This is the moment two robbers beat up a bus conductor - only for a crowd of vigilantes to break into the vehicle and mob them just minutes later. The thugs were captured carrying out the brutal assault on a bus in Jaboatão dos Guararapes in Pernambuco, Brazil, yesterday. They could be seen pun... | Robbers caught on CCTV beating up bus conductor in Pernambuco, Brazil .
Could be seen punching and throttling victim, before trying to steal cash .
But they were stopped when vigilantes broke into bus and mobbed them . |
118cfe16c50e23fe5f38e11c14adbcade8eb1289 | New York (CNN) -- A billboard has sparked controversy in New York after an anti-abortion group erected a sign focused exclusively on African-American abortion rates. The sign -- which was paid for by an organization called Life Always -- reads: "The most dangerous place for an African-American is in the womb." The bill... | A New York billboard focused on exclusively on African-American abortion rates .
The billboard is located roughly a half mile from Planned Parenthood abortion facilities .
Blacks tend to have high abortion rates compared to other groups, research center says . |
118d17dabf30543039d4e951dbe7de408ede23e3 | A committee of MPs is under fire after claiming cuts in Britain's spending on international aid could have contributed to the spread of the Ebola virus. Ministers were accused by the international development committee of undermining £20 million of previous UK-funded work in Liberia by failing to help prevent the gover... | Select committee linked scale of the crisis to international funding cuts .
Blamed ministers and aid agencies for switching to 'higher-profile' places .
International Development Secretary Justine Greening insists UK is acting .
Summit is being held in London to discuss how to contain spread of virus . |
118ebb029d1d09df933258fcb1940741eaed2d45 | A German opera has been cancelled amid a storm of criticism after it featured performers dressed in Nazi uniform, a Jewish family being massacred and a brutal rape scene. Members of the audience began walking out of Burkhard C. Kosminski's interpretation of Wagner's classic 'Tannhaeuser' after only 30 minutes and some ... | Interpretation of Wagner's classic 'Tannhaeuser' sparks furore .
Audience began walking out after 30 minutes and some treated for 'trauma'
Director Kosminksi said he wanted to 'address' anti-Semitism .
Rhine Opera House cancels stage production for remaining dates . |
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