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118ec0e57332b6e509673cbe84b28c7491860389 | By . Harriet Arkell . PUBLISHED: . 10:21 EST, 26 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:30 EST, 26 June 2013 . A hungry police officer parked his patrol car on double yellow lines in a cycle lane - so he could buy a pork bun. The armed officer pulled over in the narrow road near London's Borough Market in his BMW X5 and left hi... | Officer left his marked BMW X5 parked illegally while he bought a sandwich .
Armed policeman's gun clearly visible as he queued at Borough Market . |
118ef8b74f2745c57b7df05515b5950be6560d40 | For the first time, the United States is publicly accusing China and Russia of being the top offenders in the theft of U.S. economic and technology information, according to an intelligence report released Thursday. The two countries are "trying to build their economies" on American research and development, said Rober... | Bryant hopes the report will spark solutions .
China and Russia are singled out as top offenders in industrial espionage report .
Many cyberattacks are coming from China, report says .
Other countries area also conducting foreign economic espionage against U.S. |
118fb0593eec7df6c4ba8400a4990dc9e8174ec9 | By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 09:15 EST, 21 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:58 EST, 22 August 2013 . To head off unwanted advances, women should avoid an 'upward inflection' when speaking, learn to accept compliments gracefully and imagine their grandmother was in the room during interaction with male colleagues. T... | Features in weekly digest from employment and training service .
Used by Groupon, Google and Ask.com .
Advises women to avoid revealing clothing .
Says 'upward inflection in your voice' will stop women being taken seriously .
No equivalent advice for men on how to treat female colleagues . |
1190281eeebd9c64443a860e81b6b69142909a3e | By . Charlie Mccann . PUBLISHED: . 13:16 EST, 31 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:18 EST, 1 August 2013 . Every year, the fashion world waits with baited breath for Vanity Fair to draw up its famous International Best-Dressed List. And now the wait is finally over as the most fashionable people of 2013 have been declared.... | Kate, a veteran of the List, has been on it four times .
Chinese First Lady included - while Michelle and SamCam aren't .
Beyonce, Dita von Teese and Keith Richards included for the first time . |
1192d2e4a8f83790b884287c8f8669e6d6aa4d54 | By . Hannah Roberts In Rome . PUBLISHED: . 17:32 EST, 1 July 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:33 EST, 2 July 2013 . Form of expression: This gesture is commonly used by Silvio Berlusconi as a sign of disbelief . Waving your hands in the air is as undeniably Italian as buffalo mozzarella, bankruptcy and bunga bunga. But the wel... | Gestures originated in Naples are now internationally recognised .
Complex system of gestures began in 14th century to mark territory .
Best known gesture of pushing fingertips together and cupping palms is used by Silvio Berlusconi . |
11953f92a84792a88a08a09d2659c02481be3064 | Plans by Labour to charge visitors from the US and 55 other countries who don't require a visa to enter the UK have been met with dismay by airlines. Under the proposals, nationals in countries enjoying a 'visa waiver' system of fast-track permission to enter the UK will be hit with a charge of around £10 per visit, wh... | Visitors who benefit from a 'visa waiver' could be charged £10 entry fee .
Labour believe charge will cover cost of 1,000 extra border guards .
Airlines believe charge will mean UK is 'unattractive' in tourism terms . |
11954fc739cd4cd5cb82e7daf6ec21c4b307aad5 | Jerusalem (CNN) -- A controversial Facebook page calling for another Palestinian intifada has been pulled off the social media website, following complaints from the Israeli government that it incited violence against Jews. A statement from Facebook said the group page entitled the "Third Palestinian Intifada" -- which... | NEW: Facebook says it removed the page because it called for violence .
Other pages with the same name have been created on Facebook .
The Israeli government said the page promoted the killing of Jews .
The creators of the page said it promotes the liberation of Palestine . |
11974e7cb01ca0b352fc4c5d06f5c45671727800 | Caught on tape is the shocking moment a crane snapped atop a 65-story luxury building in New York after high storm winds left it dangling precariously over the city. The construction crane was left hanging over the edge of a building on West 57th Street in Midtown Manhattan, while nearby streets and buildings were clea... | City's tallest residential building-to-be, One57, is due to be finished in 2013 .
Upper portion of crane collapsed with winds up to 95mph .
Luxury apartment building was evacuated after collapse prompted fears the crane's boom would crash to the ground .
FDNY responding to call that crane at World Trade Center broken . |
11983bcfff961003d2a208838418e4761917b933 | Queens Park Rangers owner Tony Fernandes has backed Adel Taarabt to prove he is capable of competing at the highest level of English football. Taarabt, who has made two appearances for QPR so far this season, was omitted from Harry Redknapp's pre-season squad for their summer tour of the US - but has since managed to e... | Tony Fernandes is confident QPR can get the best out of Adel Taarabt .
QPR coach Glenn Hoddle is working closely with the Moroccan midfielder .
Fernandes plans to employ a nutritionist to improve Taarabt's diet . |
11985544e10ab6e31b85fa88afc85df7c67afde6 | By . Richard Spillett . Joshua Bryant was given a suspended sentence after attacking a retired couple but went on the rampage weeks later . A retired couple have hit out at the justice system after a thug who brutally attacked them walked free from court - only to attack his own family and two police officers weeks lat... | Joshua Bryant given suspended sentence for attacking couple in their 60s .
But just one month after he walked free he went on another rampage .
This time he attacked his mother and sister and two police officers .
He's now been jailed for two years after admitting catelogue of offences .
Victims of first attack say he ... |
11993ce667131a98e20903bbdb40e7ed914a0f4c | Their faces and torsos smeared with dirt, a handful of Shiite Muslims crawl along desert sand under the watchful nose of their superior's rifles. It is one of many gruelling drills they will endure after joining the Iraqi Army in its fight against bloodthirsty ISIS fanatics wreaking terror across the country. In the Na... | The men are among hundreds to have recently joined the Iraqi Army .
Military is in constant battle with ISIS which controls one third of country .
Crucial swathes of territory in Iraq and Syria regained from fanatics .
A US-led coalition has seen hundreds of air strikes launched in region . |
119973458cdcb915f98c7d01f3854a71dee047a1 | (CNN) -- Detroit Mayor David Bing called Tuesday's 85 fires in the city a "natural disaster" and defended the fire department's response. "I have ultimate confidence in the Detroit Fire Department," he said at a Wednesday afternoon news conference. "I think they've done an outstanding job." Asked whether the department... | He defends fire department response, staffing .
The fire department responded to 140 calls for wires down .
85 fires were reported across Detroit over a four-hour period . |
119a33178560d6d673601ac98323ff07106ed2a5 | By . Associated Press . and Zoe Szathmary for MailOnline . A 40-year-old woman tackled a 20-year-old man fleeing from police in Washington state, then taunted him about being taken down by a grandmother. Becky Powell told The Tri-City Herald she was driving by Wednesday as Joseph Lewis Fry tried to run away from police... | Becky Powell, 40, was driving by Wednesday as Joseph Lewis Fry, 20, tried to run away from police .
She told her husband to drive faster before she got out to confront the man .
There was an outstanding warrant for Fry's arrest . |
119cb82faa578db4a4a6a3b3c49a28e1ff1c02f7 | Michael Carrick was named among the Manchester United substitutes for their trip to West Brom on Monday night after making a quicker than expected recovery from an ankle injury. Sportsmail revealed earlier in the day that the 33-year-old was in Louis van Gaal's side for their Premier League clash at The Hawthorns, alth... | Michael Carrick has not played for Manchester United yet this season .
The holding midfielder started on the bench at The Hawthorns .
Manchester United drew 2-2 with the West Brom .
Manager Louis van Gaal is desperate to have Carrick back in the team .
Adnan Januzaj started for United in Premier League clash against Ba... |
119d45a81aa934ea0a552042f53e0f641a94a73a | (EW.com) -- Last night's results show spanned an exhausting two hours, but luckily Ryan Seacrest was able to keep the telecast as fresh as the yellow rose on Randy Jackson's sweater by trying out various intonations of his favorite term ("the nationwide vote") and one of life's eternal questions, "WHO WILL FILL THESE S... | Jimmy Iovine gave more frank and succinct criticism of the kiddies .
The six wild card contestants had to "sing for their lives"
Against all odds, the blessed Steven Tyler was honest with Brielle Von Hugel . |
119d6e009dbedb3ee8d082173331dd654c7250b7 | For the fifth time this year, ISIS has flaunted its savagery by posting a video about a Westerner's beheading. This time, it was the family of American hostage Peter Kassig that received the horrific news. But the video that purportedly shows the aftermath of Kassig's beheading is different from the other videos -- and... | Analysts say the latest video is aimed partly at local residents .
Some say the video suggests ISIS is feeling the sting of U.S. and coalition airstrikes .
Marks: The video's release was timed to counter coalition claims that it's make strides against ISIS . |
119db2d0acb4aed5c4e91783b70c79b24ac67649 | A Colorado Sheriff is speaking out over the says the death of Harold Henthorn's first wife, Lynn, in 1995, claiming it was not an accident, despite his department reaching that conclusion 20 years ago. 'Based upon the information I've been briefed on up to this date … I do not think it's an accident,' Sheriff Tony Spur... | Harold Henthorn told friends that his wife Toni had slipped while trying to take a photograph during their hike in September 2012 and fell 50ft .
Toni Henthorn had life insurance policies worth $4.5m and two days after her death, a claim was put in for a $1.5m policy, according to reports .
In 1995, Henthorn's first wi... |
119df844688092bf7c153bcef25e7a7183dfcb5c | (CNN) -- Queen Elizabeth and the royal family cost British taxpayers an average of 66 pence ($1.32) per person last year, Buckingham Palace announced Friday in its annual report of royal finances. The Queen and the royal family cost Britons a little bit more in the latest financial year. The total cost of the queen and... | Queen and royal family cost British taxpayers 66p ($1.31) per person last year .
Figure is a 4p (8c) increase on the previous year, according to Palace .
Accounts reveal need for more spending to maintain palaces . |
119f5cc7cc55aae2e4069882648100c88b2915c2 | By . Liz Hull . A woman made four increasingly desperate 999 calls after her husband became ill with chest pains, eventually telling the operator: ‘It’s too late now, he’s gone.’ Fred Pring, 74, died of heart failure while waiting almost an hour for an ambulance after paramedics initially refused to attend because the... | Fred Pring died of heart failure waiting almost an hour for an ambulance .
Retired gardener’s wife Joyce had begged the emergency service for help .
By the time paramedics arrived the 74-year-old had died . |
119ff811948abdb007b8b6a3d18133d72ce29ecf | (CNN) -- As the nation and the world's attention turned to the impending execution of Hank Skinner in Texas before a late stay by a Texas court, one question seemed paramount: "Why the rush?" The answer to that question is buried deep inside the psychology of prosecutors and the culture of Texas. Skinner was scheduled ... | Texas was set to execute man who wanted evidence tested for DNA .
Court stayed his execution Monday over objection of prosecutors .
Mark Osler says prosecutors who try death penalty cases display certainty .
He says courts need to step in to make sure justice is being done . |
11a17ce337606fc1c9ce9a857a24625ecddc1422 | (CNN) -- Farrah Fawcett, whose public battle with anal cancer has brought new attention to a rarely discussed disease, has not been given a timetable from her doctor about how much time she has left, according to her friend Alana Stewart. Farrah Fawcett, seen here in 2006, has waged a very public battle with anal cance... | "Insider" host Lara Spencer says friends, family holding out for a miracle .
Farrah Fawcett has been fighting Stage 4 anal cancer, which has spread .
Doctor who once treated her calls condition "very, very serious"
Another doctor said actress has handled illness with "courage and dignity" |
11a195e87fccbff2720f0abeabfaf87458ba644b | (CNN) -- Iran won't be attending this week's international peace conference on Syria because it won't embrace the framework laid out in a previous conference, U.N. and Iranian officials said Monday. The last-minute invitation to Iran, a leading Syrian ally, had threatened to derail the talks after the leading Syrian op... | Ban is "deeply disappointed" by Iran's statements, his spokesman says .
Iran says it won't attend Geneva talks if it has to accept "preconditions"
Syrian opposition and the United States had called for Iran's invitation to be rescinded .
The goal of talks is to set up a transitional government to end the violence . |
11a257558aebfd536e823b508a7e68f71e9a3a23 | By . Kerry Mcdermott . PUBLISHED: . 05:32 EST, 2 August 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:19 EST, 2 August 2013 . There are fears this brown bear could lose the sight in one eye after cruel thugs flung paint in his face at a zoo in Bulgaria. Staff at Varna Zoo were alerted when a group of children visiting Svoboda in the bear e... | Svoboda doused in paint by unknown visitor at Varna Zoo .
Group of children found him covered in blue paint and alerted staff .
Vets forced to shave away the paint-encrusted fur from around bear's eye . |
11a260a54d257f63c3b5a25aae2bd4e31bdf7d0a | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:18 EST, 1 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:37 EST, 1 October 2013 . Gary Hake, 35, discovered he could dribble tea out of a hole in his chin after cutting it during a game of football . As a keen footballer, it is no surprise that Gary Hake is good at dribbling - but not in qu... | Gary Hake, 35, from Chatham, Kent, cut his chin open in a football match .
As he waited in A&E, he discovered he could dribble tea out of the hole .
The father of two then posted the wince-making footage onto Facebook . |
11a307950859bc8fcfe3e03e95df334d449af6f6 | (CNN) -- Sri Lanka's cricket team returned home to Colombo early Wednesday, as police in Pakistan searched for at least 12 gunmen believed responsible for the attack that left seven people dead. Sri Lankan player Thilan Samaraweera is taken aboard an ambulance Wednesday in Colombo. Police in Lahore on Wednesday confirm... | NEW: Players Tharanga Paranavitana, Thilan Samaraweera in stable condition .
Both were shot in the chest and leg, respectively .
Six other team members were wounded by broken glass and shrapnel .
Police confirm six officers and a driver of a van carrying umpires were killed . |
11a3b9ef972d5a3ac64978ca8a07fc1bfccd61ef | By . Phil Vinter . PUBLISHED: . 15:34 EST, 9 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 00:52 EST, 10 May 2012 . A pair of amateur hot air balloonists died when their craft burst into flames as they attempted a high altitude four-mile ascent. Pilot Lee Pibworth, 42, and his passenger Allan Burnett, 55, were killed after their £20,000 b... | Balloon plummets to ground at more than 60mph .
Tragedy happened on New Year's Day as pair were attempting to reach 19,700ft . |
11a45eba5f4e0e1548c31f8340e0bbd7f257723e | It was supposed to be a class trip to a resort island that's considered the Hawaii of Korea. Instead, a ferry has capsized in the Yellow Sea, and hundreds of people are unaccounted for. The parents of students from a South Korean high school have been clutching their cell phones, waiting for a call from their children ... | High school students left for Jeju Island for school trip .
Numbers reported rescued and missing are fluctuating, leaving parents and families in anguish .
Witnesses tell CNN affiliate that the ship began tilting, which flung people off balance . |
11a45f3465e71a0cd979f8628e24ce37e54d418d | By . Stephen Wright . Two leading officials at the . scandal-hit police union dramatically quit yesterday, just days after it . faced fresh, disturbing questions over its role in the Plebgate affair. Steve . Williams, chairman of the Police Federation, and general secretary Ian . Rennie resigned days after the Daily Ma... | Chairman Steve Williams and General Secretary Ian Rennie will step down .
Follows criticism of lavish spending and drunken excess of officials .
Pair were also aware of £10,000 campaign to oppose coalition reforms .
Tactics had been agreed just weeks before the Plebgate scandal .
The union has invested vast sums in mys... |
11a58792bb05cd081f991edce6a710ffcc85d98b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 12:53 EST, 13 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:55 EST, 13 January 2013 . Tragic: Shepherdess Liz McIntosh was killed in a quad bike accident . A shepherdess has died in a quad bike accident while she worked on the hills. Liz McIntosh, 64, was tending her flock in the Northumberla... | The accident happened on an unnamed road in Northumberland where she looked after a flock of 700 sheep and cattle .
Liz McIntosh, 64, was 'very strong, very tough and enjoyed what she did' |
11a602248c09e09f4ac3cf460e0feecd8b61e26d | The number of people in the UK infected with HIV has reached an all-time high, new figures show. Nearly 110,000 are living with the condition, but around a quarter are unaware they have it. They are therefore at risk of passing on the virus to others through unprotected sex, experts warn. The figures, from Public Healt... | Nearly 110,000 people in the UK are now living with the condition .
6% of sexually active gay men nationwide and 13% in London diagnosed .
Official figures have been released ahead of National HIV Testing Week .
But with 25% of people with the infection undiagnosed, the virus is being passed to others through unprotect... |
11a62040a97e1a233ab06ca921cfd234ba0b281f | By . Jonny Singer . Follow @@Jonny_Singer . Hull manager Steve Bruce kept his counsel over whether summer signings Robert Snodgrass and Tom Ince would make their full debuts in Thursday's Europa League third-round qualifier against AS Trencin. The attacking midfielders, recruited from Norwich and Blackpool respectively... | Hull drew first leg 0-0 with Slovakian minnows AS Trencin .
Ince and Snodgrass could both start for the first time .
Defenders Andrew Robertson and Harry Maguire both ineligible .
All other players are fit ahead of Thursday night's clash . |
11a693dd093a747c60d8794ec07635d8033beff0 | Amir Khan believes he is well placed to fight Floyd Mayweather Jnr - should a bout between the American and Manny Pacquiao fail to materialise. A mega-money fight between Mayweather and Pacquiao appears to be edging closer after the pair met at the half-time interval of the Miami Heat vs Milwaukee Bucks NBA game on Tue... | Floyd Mayweather and Manny Pacquiao are in talks over a £200m fight .
If that fails to materialise Amir Khan hopes to fight Mayweather .
The 28-year-old believes he deserves a world title shot . |
11a7bd017fdf071ffc725333e3aa3aebe93a85c9 | Horses are the latest victims of the obesity crisis as they take the burden of their overweight riders, experts have warned. A study found a third of recreational riders were too obese for their mounts, leaving the animals at risk of health problems such as back pain and lameness. They can also develop behavioural prob... | Only one in 20 riders are within the optimum weight for their horse .
A heavy load can mean back pain, lameness and bad behaviour in horses .
Vet guidelines advise that riders weigh less than 10 per cent of their mount .
Weighing more than 15 per cent of horse's weight poses health risks .
Research is published in the ... |
11a838c1f7e7403b1d09f723f83d89ad6a468313 | By . Allan Hall . UPDATED: . 09:51 EST, 18 January 2012 . The only works of art depicting the horrors of Auschwitz in occupied Poland - made by an inmate and hidden in a bottle - have gone on display for the first time at the camp's museum. Children can be seen being torn from the arms of their mothers and a guard smok... | Drawings of children ripped from arms of mothers and bodies loaded on to lorries .
Jewish artist would have faced certain execution if works had been found . |
11a927fd3d02b3c7f76d2acc129823443aaa8c80 | Ashya King's brain cancer treatment will start next week after a series of successful tests at Prague's Proton Therapy Centre today. The five-year-old's father Brett admitted that his unwell son 'will be scared' but his mother Naghmeh will be there to hold his hand and both have 'every confidence' Czech doctors will cu... | Ashya King arrived with parents in Czech republic yesterday from Malaga .
Now having tests for pioneering treatment to fight his brain tumour .
Parents removed him from British hospital without consent on August 28 .
Fled to Spain where they were held in police custody 72 hours .
They were released and reunited with so... |
11a975590b42adb731cd0427c1007c09370b7450 | The debate over the legalisation of marijuana continues to rage in the US... but it seems a more pressing issue concerns the safety of milk. More Americans support a ban on the sale of unpasteurized milk than they do a ban on the sale of marijuana, according to a survey. While 46 per cent of those surveyed wanted to ou... | Sixty per cent of Americans support bans on the sale of raw milk, Oklahoma State University's Food Demand Survey shows .
While only 46 per cent agree with banning the sale of marijuana .
Survey also shows majority of people support more food labeling . |
11aaff0f9795339306d1dc13697fbab41852f2b4 | By . Mark Duell . PUBLISHED: . 10:25 EST, 14 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:00 EST, 15 February 2013 . Google was today facing the prospect of being forced to remove offending posts on the Blogger website after a judge ‘opened the door’ for the firm being required to monitor what users write. The California-based in... | Google says Blogger is blank wall and it isn't responsible for writings online .
But appeal court hears it's arguable Google is 'publisher' in defamation law .
Legal expert: 'Another court could run with these comments in the future'
Long-running case involves student Payam Tamiz who was vilified online . |
11ab0654fc14de507142c1fed037b78c06327b84 | Kit Symons will be announced as Fulham’s new manager this week, barring any last minute change of heart by Shahid Khan. The Cottagers owner is due to fly back to London on Wednesday night, with his caretaker boss likely to be appointed on Thursday. Symons has overseen five wins from his eight games in charge, leaving K... | Kit Symons has five wins in eight games to pull Fulham from relegation .
Fulham chairman Shahid Khan to fly from America on Wednesday .
Cottagers face Derby in the Capital One Cup on Tuesday . |
11abd28c900c984c18ebb240d3c2939a27b7a640 | Spain's King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia have arrived in Italy for an official visit to mark the fifth month of their reign. Letizia looked elegant in a cream jacket with stitch detail, coupled with a below knee pencil skirt and towering heels as they began the visit with a meeting at the Quirinal Palace with Italian P... | King Felipe VI and wife, Queen Letizia, arrived in Italy on Wednesday .
Visit coincides with the fifth month of the Spanish royal couple's reign .
Couple met Italian President Giorgio Napolitano, 89, and wife Clio Bittoni .
Queen Letizia looked smart and elegant in a cream jacket with stitch detail, coupled with a bel... |
11abe3a991aed4114d193ad4295200a335bfab6d | By . Alex Ward . PUBLISHED: . 11:04 EST, 2 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 02:02 EST, 3 October 2012 . A teenager wants to ‘clear his slate’ after allegedly burgling 278 homes and stealing 60 cars since he was 12. Adam Crampton, 19, has been a ‘prolific’ one man crimewave, especially in the Leicester area where up to 200... | Adam Crampton pleaded guilty to three counts of burglary but asked for a further 278 break-ins and 60 car thefts to be taken into consideration in sentencing .
He revealed the extent of his criminal history to police .
Crampton took officers on four separate tours of Leicester, pointing out homes he targeted .
He will ... |
11ac8fe2e268328f97ec8dcba2c75ec418424f63 | (EW.com) -- For a comedy like "The Change-Up" -- which is to say, a comedy with a message about as deep as a bowl of beer nuts -- familiarity with Shakespeare's disguise plays and Aesop's Fables isn't a prerequisite for getting the picture. On the other hand, familiarity with both body-switch comedies and Judd Apatow l... | The anatomy swappers are Mitch (Ryan Reynolds) and Dave (Jason Bateman)
They switch lives after peeing in a fountain presided over by a statue of a Greek goddess .
Bateman, in particular, is enjoyably nimble and unbuttoned . |
11acaa2f7a533a10f851650427b0001fe34b9b9b | By . Vanessa Allen . PUBLISHED: . 18:44 EST, 22 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 07:29 EST, 23 December 2013 . Nigella Lawson was effectively put on trial without a lawyer, her furious brother claims today. The TV cook was falsely portrayed as 'permanently drug-dazed' and 'addled by narcotics', Dominic Lawson says. The c... | Lawson says TV cook was falsely portrayed as 'permanently drug-dazed'
He adds the court did not let her present evidence to defend herself .
She was treated as an 'object to be paraded and tormented', he claims .
Mr Lawson likens it to the burning of heretics in the Spanish Inquisition . |
11acd527344b5cd7ce41d1474142f6a885a7e9fb | Some of CNN's social media accounts and blogs were compromised Thursday. The affected accounts included CNN's main Facebook account, CNN Politics' Facebook account and the Twitter pages for CNN and CNN's Security Clearance. Blogs for Political Ticker, The Lead, Security Clearance, The Situation Room and Crossfire were ... | CNN's main Facebook account and Twitter page were among those compromised .
Several CNN blogs were also affected .
The posts were deleted within minutes and the accounts have been secured .
Some posts claimed the Syrian Electronic Army was responsible . |
11acfd0e8ab8b4ea983cb38674c44a22e68ddcc5 | By . Alex Greig . PUBLISHED: . 22:16 EST, 20 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 22:16 EST, 20 October 2013 . An accident that resulted in the tragic deaths of two Bay Area Rapid Transit (BART) workers is being investigated by the National Transport Safety Bureau (NTSB). Union officials have named the two deceased as Chris S... | The victims have been named as Chris Sheppard and Larry Daniels .
Sheppard was a union member who had crossed the picket line .
The National Transport Safety Authority has launched an investigation into the accident .
According to BART officials, an 'experienced operator' was at the controls of the train .
Unions worke... |
11ad562c9b1ff0fbeb3c598019238628999c9754 | (CNN) -- Oklahoma City Thunder guard DeAndre Liggins was in jail early Sunday morning on charges of domestic abuse. Liggins, 25, was booked into the Oklahoma County jail Saturday night where he's being held on an $8,000 bond. According to jail records, authorities charged Liggins with domestic abuse in the presence of ... | He is charged with domestic abuse in the presence of a minor child .
He was signed by the Thunder last year . |
11adf0472f74bef19445583ce782f258e7f916b8 | PUBLISHED: . 07:05 EST, 24 July 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:23 EST, 26 July 2012 . Soldiers struggling to cope with the horrors of war are behind a shocking toll of violence back in Britain, a report has found. One in eight service personnel has attacked someone in a rage after returning from the battlefield. Wives and pa... | Study found direct link between combat and violence at home .
A third of victims are family members .
Former soldier Aaron Wilkinson was jailed last month for killing his landlady .
He was found to be suffering Post Traumatic Stress Disorder after returning from Afghanistan . |
11b0120789a6f0ca4e259049bf9a2a6a3a566e5b | They say there's a fine line between genius and insanity and Pizza Hut will have the country divided on which category their new Vegemite crust pizza falls in to. Just in time for the Australia Day weekend, Pizza Hut has launched the quintessential Aussie pizza, combining two of the country's most loved foods - cheese ... | Pizza Hut have released a Vegemite crust pizza in time for Australia Day .
The fast food chain has combined the Aussie favourite with cheese .
Pizza Hut went to a backpackers in Bondi to test it out on non Australians .
Not surprisingly, the backpackers were disgusted with the crust-filler .
Proving it's 'Made for Aust... |
11b0146a69180b3c9adf69ec55e5236d84df4dd9 | A father who strapped his one-month-old baby to a steering wheel, span it around and posted footage of the stunt online has been blasted by children's rights groups. Yong Liao, 39, was at a service station in western Taiwan's Miaoli county when he strapped the baby to the wheel of his car and spinned it back and forth... | Yong Liao strapped baby to steering wheel while at a service station .
The 39-year-old spins the infant round while laughing and singing .
The baby's mother, Xia Lung, filmed the stunt and posted the clip online .
Removed the video after receiving abuse from children's rights groups .
Officials said the video did not s... |
11b05a1a38f902187c0e525b137b4ce303d6ceb6 | By . Steve Nolan . PUBLISHED: . 08:17 EST, 23 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 08:18 EST, 23 October 2013 . It is without doubt one of the most iconic symbols of the American Government - but while it may look good from a distance, it is in desperate need of a makeover. The U.S Capitol dome will be covered in scaffolding ... | The Architect of the Capitol announced the major restoration work today .
It is the first major work on the Dome for more than five decades .
Officials say damage is not due to Washington DC earthquake in 2011 .
Most of the work will be done at night or over weekends, say officials . |
11b143cc2d0ec021a8d03d5006d1f57e10862210 | By . Nick Craven and Jonathan Petre . PUBLISHED: . 17:40 EST, 22 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 18:18 EST, 22 December 2012 . Church leaders have warned that Christmas Day is in danger of becoming a ‘frenzy of bargain hunting’ after Amazon announced it is launching its sale on December 25. Online retailers expect an as... | Online retailers expect £307million of business on Tuesday alone .
Critics have called for the sales to be postponed until Boxing Day .
Retailers are desperate to clear their stock and will unveil sales a day early . |
11b144ea6fcfa2cd0f763fa8d825933e688afd7a | By . Ashley Collman . PUBLISHED: . 20:16 EST, 4 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 04:52 EST, 5 January 2014 . Amazon founder Jeff Bezos is in good humor after being airlifted from a cruise ship in the Galapagos Islands by the Ecuadorian Navy to undergo emergency kidney stone treatment in the U.S. 'Galapagos: five stars. Ki... | The billionaire suffered a kidney stone attack while cruising the Galapagos islands on New Year's Day .
He was airlifted by the Ecuadorian navy back to Baltra Island where his private jet took him back to the U.S. for treatment .
Bezos confirmed the incident in an email to Reuters, writing: 'Galapagos: five stars. Kidn... |
11b18a8d810efaf2aad4b3206ed33dd901422f3c | By . Damian Spellman . Edin Dzeko has insisted Manchester City will take nothing for granted as they attempt to defend their Barclays Premier League title. The reigning champions launched their defence with a hard-fought 2-0 victory at Newcastle on Sunday with an efficient, rather than dazzling, display. Title rivals L... | City opened their title defence with a 2-0 victory away at Newcastle .
Dzeko has won the Premiership twice with Manchester City in 2012 and 2014 .
Manager Manuel Pellegrini has added to his squad with six summer signings . |
11b23c98cc7ee6d263ee5f9fcf5d92c67880d9bc | (CNN) -- Only a few hours had passed after the Boston Marathon bombing, which killed three people and injured hundreds, when this little nugget of inspiration showed up in my Twitter feed: . "Back home. You know what? I'm going for a run. Definitely." That tweet is from Peter Vigneron, a writer who was at the marathon ... | Runners are hitting the road in support of Boston bombing victims .
John Sutter: I'm pledging to run a marathon by April 2014; join me .
Sign up for the CNN iReport challenge: Run for Boston 2014 .
Sutter says the #runforboston hashtag led to the challenge . |
11b351efdb35bb545750e1278b853477a13241fe | (CNN) -- Richard Sherman made several things very evident last Sunday night: . He's confident. Brash. Competitive. A "dogged mentality" helps, too, when it comes to lining up against the other guy. That other guy in the NFC Championship Game was Michael Crabtree, the object of the cornerback's rant after the Seattle Se... | Richard Sherman talks with CNN about his NFL career, growing up .
"I've always been a square, a nerd," athlete says .
He pays tribute to his parents, talks of his neighborhood .
Agent says his image is now more positive than negative . |
11b68770c0e77cb399a4f1862e0073b811024819 | Cancer deaths are soaring in parts of the UK with the highest obesity levels, new figures have revealed. In pockets of the country where vast swathes of the population are overweight, rates of the disease are rocketing. It comes as it emerged the mounting obesity crisis is costing the UK economy a staggering £47 billio... | New figures show death rates have increased 30% in Copeland over 10-year period - where 75% of the population are overweight or obese .
Comes as obesity crisis found to cost UK economy £47 billion every year .
Campaigners warn if action isn't taken death rates will continue to soar .
People in Salford face greatest ris... |
11b68dc22799670fabd5282f88711941d160cd60 | By . Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 14:10 EST, 12 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 17:54 EST, 12 May 2013 . Astronauts making a rare, hastily planned spacewalk replaced a pump outside the International Space Station this weekend in the hopes of plugging a serious ammonia leak. The prospects of success grew as the mi... | Astronauts made the spacewalk to fix a coolant leak today .
Ammonia coolant was leaking from the power system on board the International Space System .
Nasa will monitor the situation in the coming weeks but the team said they were 'happy' with the repair work . |
11bcbf6f39ba30f141a767bb5f1d52a9607fd0d5 | A serial bride who had already married four times before she was 24 and even made a vow never to marry again tied the knot yesterday to her new partner, making it her fifth marriage at just 31. Alison Smith had told her latest husband Matthew Hume, 48, that she was not proud of her previous marriages and would never ma... | Alison tied the knot with fifth husband, Matthew, yesterday .
The mother-of-two hit headlines due to her many, brief, marriages .
Her first husband George had an affair with, and eventually left her, for her mother Pat .
The three have now healed the rift and Pat and George are married .
Alison, who was a bridesmaid at... |
11bd51721ba99d5553f9a04270858d45daa632d8 | (CNN) -- If volunteer work is a requirement, is it really volunteer? Of course not. But that didn't stop Michigan state Sen. Joe Hune from writing a bill that would require certain welfare recipients to do community service in order to receive public assistance. "The whole intention is to make certain folks have some s... | Michigan bill would require some welfare recipients to do community service .
LZ Granderson says working for money is a job, not volunteerism .
LZ: Second bill requires drug testing, even though few recipients abuse drugs .
LZ: Creative ways exist to earn aid that don't exploit or demonize poor people . |
11bee8edd4fc0882ddd97cbf35d7ab390a204d7c | Dawn Aubrey-Ward's stepfather called on RSPCA to 'stop bullying people' The family of an RSPCA whistle-blower who committed suicide have spoken for the first time about her death, launching a blistering attack on the charity and calling on it to ‘stop bullying people’. Animal welfare officer Dawn Aubrey-Ward, 43, took ... | Miss Aubrey-Ward helped The Mail on Sunday reveal the charity destroyed thousands of animals .
Whistleblower's family believe animal charity is partly responsible for her death . |
11bf7ace4f13716bc37ac0ef0d94e15ee5a25cab | By . Anna Edwards . PUBLISHED: . 18:10 EST, 27 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 01:48 EST, 29 April 2013 . The Duchess of Cambridge has given her first ever video message to make an emotional appeal for support for 'inspirational' children's hospices. In the message, aired for the first time today, the Duchess pleaded to pe... | Made an emotional appeal for people to support 'inspirational' hospices .
The Duchess is Royal Patron of East Anglia's Children's Hospices (EACH)
The week, which runs until Friday, is run by UK children's palliative care charity Together for Short Lives . |
11c1fbbf62056077d8c98d8d3cb2f4f9704fa5bf | Legendary photographer Michel du Cille, a 26-year veteran of The Washington Post, unexpectedly died on Thursday while on assignment in Liberia. The Post said du Cille, 58, collapsed "during a strenuous hike on the way back from a village" affected by the African country's Ebola outbreak. He was traveling with Post corr... | Michel du Cille, 58, was a 26-year veteran of The Washington Post .
He died in Libera on assignment covering Ebola outbreak .
He "was one of the people who made the Post the Post," colleague tweets . |
11c29ad7a8bff1d791e4413ab46206353a86771f | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:45 EST, 23 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 11:36 EST, 23 May 2013 . A Florida woman was arrested earlier this week after police say she broke into the home she previously shared with her ex-boyfriend and their three young children and threatened to chop off the childrens' heads with... | Alisa Lynn Williams broke into her former home and threatened her own kids with a machete .
Williams has been arrested on battery charges on at least two prior occasions .
Williams has been 'living in the woods' for the last two weeks because of a drug and alcohol problem . |
11c471581b114bc0b5c0848163c3da8afb083e78 | (CNN) -- After a week in which football's reputation has been dragged through the mud, the ugly spectre of hooliganism raised its head once more after a goalkeeper was subjected to a physical assault during an English Championship game. Chris Kirkland, the goalkeeper of Sheffield Wednesday, was hit in the face by a sup... | Sheffield Wednesday goalkeeper Chris Kirkland attacked on pitch .
Former England keeper knocked to the floor and needed medical attention by his goal .
Game continued after the incident with Kirkland left shaken .
Leeds issue statement condemning actions of fan . |
11c58d31b927992dbe119146aa17686f4b6c33da | Search crews will send a robotic . submarine deep into the Indian Ocean on Monday for the first time to try . to determine whether underwater signals detected by sound-locating . equipment are from the missing Malaysian plane's black boxes, the leader . of the search effort said. The . crew on board the Australian navy... | Search continues - but it is possible plane's black box batteries have failed .
If so, the boxes will no longer be able to release 'pings' used to locate them .
Rescuers have deployed Bluefin 21 submarine to search 5km by 8km zone .
Sub capable of creating 3-D maps of ocean floor to help identify debris .
Authorities b... |
11c5e14320700738830d5e50bff4b6129210843f | If stacking the dishwasher is a chore you dread, help may soon be at hand. British scientists have developed a robot which they are training to complete that very task. The robot - which they have named Boris - is the first to have enough intelligence to work out how to grip any single item put in front of it. Scroll d... | Birmingham University project creates robot that can grab plates and cups .
It can work out how to pick up different objects placed in front of it .
Called 'Boris' it is controlled by three separate computers .
It has thick multi-jointed arms that enable it to pick up objects .
The robot can learn various grips and cos... |
11c609629a52f880818df7017c83fce62e93f1a0 | Hong Kong (CNN) -- A Bollywood star is facing a storm of controversy over the sex of his unborn child. India's Health Ministry has launched an investigation into media reports that the actor Shah Rukh Khan and his wife are expecting a boy through a surrogate mother. Sex determination tests are banned in India, and else... | Health Ministry investigates reports Bollywood star and wife expecting a boy .
Sex determination tests are banned in India due to a traditional preference for sons .
Doctors and parents that break the law face time in jail, expert says .
Sex detection tests are also banned in China and South Korea . |
11c68801bff1c21e04ca83f68e1f5a5a960290dd | Archaeologists are set to excavate the buried remains of a sixth century chapel - which could be Britain's oldest place of Christian worship. St Piran's Oratory near Perranporth, Cornwall, has been encased in a concrete bunker for decades to protect it from the elements. But experts have finally been granted permission... | St Piran's Oratory near Perranporth, .
Cornwall, has been encased in a concrete bunker for three decades to .
protect it from the elements .
According to legend, St Piran, patron saint of tinners, built a chapel and forged a white cross .
in a fire which became the symbol of Cornwall . |
11c6fce875550d2cf85f265efbcb42b6b9550a6f | By . Tara Brady . PUBLISHED: . 04:15 EST, 21 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:39 EST, 21 January 2013 . A French sailor has been rescued from wild seas in a dramatic operation in the Southern Ocean - 500 nautical miles off the coast of Tasmania in Australia. Alain Delord, 63, was taking part in a solo round-the-world v... | Alain Delord was taking part in a solo round-the-world voyage when the mast on his yacht broke in bad weather .
He was rescued amid cheers from passengers aboard a luxury cruise ship which changed course to save him .
The lucky sailor toasted his rescuers with a glass of fine red wine once on board and thanked them for... |
11c8a54937efb295195df47907b6ae86eaaa090a | (CNN) -- The biology professor charged in the shooting deaths Friday of three faculty members at the University of Alabama in Huntsville fatally shot her brother more than 23 years ago, police said Saturday. Amy Bishop Anderson, who was then known as Amy Bishop, was never charged in her brother's death, Braintree, Mass... | NEW: Charged professor killed brother in 1986, Massachusetts police say .
NEW: Anderson was never charged in her brother's death, police chief says .
NEW: Police log of the incident lists it as an accidental shooting, chief says .
Three faculty members at University of Alabama in Huntsville were killed Friday . |
11c9c2ac359107a9c1481639b358ff646628aba4 | Traumatised: Michelle Goodhall, 35, who has just 12 months to live, was targeted by teenage home-raiders twice in three days . A terminally-ill mother has been targeted twice in three days by teenage burglars - who stole £7,000 cash she had been saving to pay for her funeral. Michelle Goodhall, 35, was left traumatised... | Michelle Goodhall, 35, traumatised after teenagers raided home stealing cash .
Just 48 hours later they struck again slamming her head against wall in raid .
Mrs Goodhall has just 12 months to live after unsuccessful lung transplant .
The two culprits, aged between 14 and 16, have not been caught by police . |
11caab1b57cb2bd7c5a7a16ec84f02c4dac32954 | By . Jack Doyle . PUBLISHED: . 19:33 EST, 2 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 12:02 EST, 3 January 2014 . No parole: Ohio kidnapper Ariel Castro enters the courtroom in Cleveland . David Cameron was yesterday accused of planning to 'kow-tow' to European human rights judges and scrap the country's toughest jail sentences.... | So-called 'whole-life' terms could be .
replaced by 100-year terms .
But crucially the new sentences will come with automatic review .
The proposal has infuriated Tory backbenchers . |
11cbb0c7f771f053bd02f9b0e1f21c7917940837 | Mexico City (CNN) -- Mexican authorities were investigating Wednesday after finding the dismembered bodies of 15 people inside two vehicles on a highway in western Mexico, state media reported. Investigators were working to determine the ages, genders and identities of the victims, Jalisco state Attorney General Tomas ... | Prosecutor: Investigators are working to determine victims' ages, genders and IDs .
The incident could be linked to a kidnapping that occurred nearby, a state prosecutor says .
Authorities find 15 dismembered bodies inside two vehicles on a highway .
Five months ago, 26 bodies were found inside vehicles in Guadalajara ... |
11ce7228dd82b417fb6485d161d4083d4806e920 | Banned: Jockey Tom Queally has been disqualified from driving for 22 months after he was arrested twice over the legal alcohol limit . A top jockey caught drink-driving walked free from court yesterday after claiming he was ‘sleep-driving’. Tom Queally, 30, who rode legendary winner Frankel, said he was a habitual slee... | Police found Tom Queally asleep in Shell garage forecourt with engine on .
After being arrested he 'rolled' out of police car and lay on the ground .
Defence lawyer, known as Mr Loophole, claimed he was 'morally innocent'
Added: 'He's completely unaware of what he's doing. He's sleep-driving'
But judge said it is clea... |
11cec2f7ee3c6d378fad06120202675b4f895440 | By . Matt Lawless . Follow @@mattylawless . Laura Robson will be a notable absentee on the court at Wimbledon this year. Twelve months ago she became the first British woman to reach the last 16 at SW19 in 15 years. A longstanding wrist injury disappointingly denies the popular 20-year-old her place in the competition ... | Laura Robson misses Wimbledon this year through injury .
The British No 2 last played in January .
New research shows the average age of a Grand Slam champion is 24 .
Robson will commentate for the BBC during Wimbledon 2014 . |
11d01fa3ce775219509a3dfc12d9fcecb488909b | By . Emily Allen and Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 11:06 EST, 13 August 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:08 EST, 14 August 2012 . Comrades of missing sailor Timmy MacColl left a space on deck where he should have stood as their ship returned to port in the UK yesterday. The 27-year-old father-of-two, originally from Killin, Scot... | Father-of-two Timothy MacColl, 27, has not been seen since May 27 when he got into a taxi after a night out .
There has been no update on the case from the Dubai police for weeks and his family have called on the British police to get involved .
Captain of the ship said he was 'desperately disappointed' to be returning... |
11d10bfefa783e71a8e4c5d63e3efaaee3c021b5 | A garden centre advertising for a cook told applicants who claim benefits that their CV would be put in the bin. A staff member at Hastings Garden Centre in East Sussex posted the advert on Facebook page 'The Bexhill-On-Sea Group' in the hunt for a new chef, but caused outrage with members. It read: 'I need a reliable ... | Staff member at Hastings Garden Centre posted advert on Facebook group .
Advert for new cook threatened to bin applications from those on benefits .
It caused outrage with group's 5,500 members and was quickly removed .
Believed to have been posted by Gavin Oram who stood by comments .
But garden centre apologised and... |
11d138f7573b89116af5914556de6dd197316c1b | The UK will continue to honour Scotland’s huge debts even if it votes for independence, the Treasury said yesterday. In a surprise intervention, Treasury Chief Secretary Danny Alexander said the move was essential to prevent investors being spooked by the independence referendum and charging a 'separation surcharge' fo... | Treasury guarantees all £1.4trillion in debt over fear of interest rise .
Move to reassure bond markets about who will repay what the UK owes .
Alex Salmond insists he will take on a share, but wants to keep the pound . |
11d3effe17e9cd9bba36fd22fc1e5f3b1e286c00 | (CNN) -- Actor Larry Hagman said Friday that he has been diagnosed with cancer, but noted "it is a very common and treatable form" of the disease. Hagman, who turned 80 last month, is best known for his role as J.R. Ewing, the son of a Texas oil tycoon on the primetime television series "Dallas," and as a dashing Flori... | Hagman, 80, says "it is a very common and treatable form" of the disease .
He will receive treatment while working on the upcoming remake of "Dallas"
Hagman underwent a liver transplant in 1995 . |
11d4111050441e11c1e653df4c49bfce6a25e55f | (CNET) -- If you want to consider a difficult computational problem, try thinking of the algorithms required to animate more than 10,000 helium balloons, each with its own string, but each also interdependent on the rest, which are collectively hoisting aloft a small house. The production team at Pixar faced many new t... | Pixar faced many new technological challenges on its film "Up," opening Friday .
The movie is about an old man who flies away on a house lifted by balloons .
Pixar used a programmed physical simulator to animate thousands of balloons .
Studio's goal is to make even the hardest animation problems look simple on screen ... |
11d494256b910a40b45c92afcf80bb6cdc77ddc6 | By . Lillian Radulova . The devastated family of a man who was snatched by a crocodile in Kakadu National Park during a fishing trip last Saturday has been described as a 'hard working family man' who was 'adored by his grandchildren.' Contrary to original reports which said Bill Scott, 62, was leaning over his boat to... | The family of Bill Scot, 62, have released tribute statement through police .
The grandfather-of-four was snatched by a 4.7m long saltwater crocodile .
His remains were found inside the croc which was shot by NT police .
He was on a boat with family who witnessed the horrific attack unfold .
The incident happened aroun... |
11d4e03910071dbfeaf5bf965e8a8a9dc173092f | New York (CNN) -- The ninth and 10th suspects arrested in a series of anti-gay beatings in New York were arraigned in Bronx Criminal Court Tuesday evening. Jose Dominguez, 22, who was arrested early Tuesday morning, was charged with sexual abuse, gang assault in the first and second degree, unlawful imprisonment, crimi... | The ninth and 10 suspects are arraigned .
Vargas-Perez' lawyer says his client is only charged with robbery .
Eight other suspects were arraigned Sunday .
The suspects face charges of abduction, sodomy assault and robbery . |
11d545b5c309ab3ad83411e730a608e3763d5d4b | Furious activists fighting against anti-Semitism have demanded that a French hamlet changes its name from 'Death to Jews'. Anger against the small settlement of La-Mort-aux-Juifs - which has a population of less than 20 and is around 60 miles south of Paris - comes amid increasing claims of anti-Jewish prejudice in Fra... | Small settlement has been named La-Mort-aux-Juifs since the Middle Ages .
Has population of less than 20 and consists of just a farm and two houses .
Name is causing anger amid increasing claims of anti-Semitism in France .
Activists demand village's name is changed, but local deputy mayor refused .
Marie-Elizabeth Sec... |
11d65511463a988ad646a08c0aafa03d50de90cc | (CNN) -- President Barack Obama on Monday will announce Thomas E. Perez, U.S. assistant attorney general heading the Justice Department's civil rights division, as his nominee for the next secretary of the Department of Labor, according to a White House official. A former federal prosecutor and an official in his home ... | Thomas Perez will be the nominee for labor secretary .
In the Justice Department's civil rights division, he had been involved in high-profile cases .
He will replace Hilda Solis, who resigned in January .
He was a prosecutor and elected official in Maryland . |
11d6b721cfcde52bfe65f6cc5e633ba02d228452 | On any other day, she would certainly have stood out from the crowd. But the Queen almost blended into the background at a children’s hospital in Australia yesterday – because the staff’s shocking pink uniforms perfectly matched her Stewart Parvin crepe coat. The monarch couldn’t help smiling when she spotted the co-or... | Hospital workers' uniforms offset HM's Stewart Parvin crepe coat .
The monarch travelled on a tram for first time Queen has since Manchester Commonwealth Games in 2002 .
'Wicked joker' Prince Philip waved his hand and ordered driver to set off .
Visit took place as William and Kate vowed to help victims of famine . |
11d6d31e659bcca3affaeb59e3804eff7eca1a89 | Vice Admiral Simon Lister says the Navy is overly reliant on civilians to repair its craft, which are then left limping back to port for repairs . A serving Admiral has launched a scathing attack on the state of the Royal Navy, claiming it has been reduced to a collection of broken-down ships and ageing submarines whos... | Vice Admiral Simon Lister has attacked Government spending cuts .
Claims they have left Navy with broken-down ships and demoralised crews .
Added that force is overly-reliant on civilians to repair ageing vessels .
On a recent mission, there were not enough sailors able to use the Type 23 Frigate’s towed sonar array – ... |
11d6fa81a54afb7202e4d1dd8e7415adc1ce748d | (CNN) -- At his son's 11th birthday party, just before everyone was about to sing "Happy Birthday" and cut the cake, 46-year-old Dr. Carlos Zayas stepped on to the porch of his Atlanta home to take a call from another doctor about a particularly sick patient. While on the phone, Zayas reached up absent-mindedly and tou... | Near-perfect match needed in bone marrow transplants .
Hispanics have a 33% chance of finding the perfect bone marrow .
Atlanta doctor nearly died from lymphoma .
He's committed to helping other Hispanics such as ill teen find right match . |
11d7708fc2b421269ecfd835c88b4c36762108e4 | (CNN) -- Former world champion Ricky Hatton has had his boxing license revoked after damaging revelations about his personal life. The British Boxing Board of Control took action against the 31-year-old for "bringing the sport into disrepute." They ruled his "current physical condition is such that the Board decided t... | Former world boxing champion Ricky Hatton has his boxing license revoked .
Hatton was filmed allegedly using cocaine in a tabloid newspaper sting .
Hatton lost super fights against Floyd Mayweather Jr. and Manny Pacquiao . |
11d865bea4078802e0df84bc1b3604f6a7b52800 | By . Luke Salkeld . PUBLISHED: . 04:38 EST, 21 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 19:47 EST, 21 October 2013 . Police are investigating the ‘Fagin’ lifestyle of a jobless mother of 11 who claims she only survives thanks to a network of shoplifters. Heather Frost, who has never worked and is reputed to claim up to £60,000 a ... | Heather Frost, 37, has 11 children and gets £900 in benefits every week .
She appears in a new documentary and offers her side of the story .
But she admitted on camera she relied on shoplifters to get cheap goods .
Gloucestershire Police say they have interviewed her over the comments . |
11d908015a6f8ac3cb91ccb349eca57b19646865 | By . Emily Allen . UPDATED: . 08:39 EST, 26 March 2012 . Former New Zealand cricket captain Chris Cairns won £90,000 libel damages today over an accusation of match-fixing which he said turned his achievements to 'dust'. The 41-year-old, who notched up the rare double of 200 wickets and 3,000 runs in his 62 Tests, had ... | Chris Cairns said the accusation turned his achievements to 'dust' and put strain on his marriage .
Former IPL chief Lalit Modi 'singularly failed' to provide evidence that he was involved in match-fixing or spot fixing . |
11d975d1204b168aa41ac5dc64b7dd91d9c4cd1d | A nervous flyer who dashed for the exit door on a Qantas flight forced the plane to return back to Melbourne airport as other passengers feared for their lives. An 18-year-old man become ‘quite fidgety and agitated’ just 15 minutes into a Qantas Link flight to Hobart on Thursday, an airline spokesperson told the ABC. S... | An 18-year-old man reportedly began acting erratically 15 minutes into flight .
Passengers claim he tried to open the emergency exit door .
Pilot decided to turn back to Melbourne airport . |
11da59bacbc2a4bc64f2e5e6a0d6da94832a2ee5 | By . Will Payne . and Sara Malm . The biological family of a little girl taken from her foster parents and returned to her jailbird father have branded her adoptive mom and dad, ‘selfish’ for fighting to get her back and vowed never to give her up again. Sonya, aged nine, had been in the care of Kim and David Hodgin, f... | Sonya McCaul has been 'returned' to an ex-con father she did not know .
Nine-year-old had been living with Kim and David Hodgin since 2006 .
They were given two hours notice before she was removed from their care .
She now lives with her father, jailed for transporting arms, in Nebraska .
Sonya has been calling her ado... |
11db852f8ce2bf718dcbf4ac12321cffda44464e | A teenager has been charged with attempted murder after allegedly hitting a policeman in a stolen Lexus following a two-hour car chase. The 17-year-old, along with two other teenage boys, allegedly stole two cars in Wynnum and Mount Cotton in east Brisbane before driving south to Logan on Wednesday. Video of the police... | Three teens allegedly stole two cars in Wynnum and Mt Cotton in Brisbane .
Video shows one car speed along a road before hitting a policeman .
The alleged driver of a stolen Lexus was charged with attempted murder .
Three 17-year-old males to face Beenleigh Magistrates Court on Thursday . |
11dbf0e48537433d4784422cc560ffb0a2534659 | By . Daniel Martin, Whitehall Correspondent . Nick Clegg has been accused of 'unbelievable hypocrisy' over a spare room subsidy U-turn . Nick Clegg was accused of ‘unbelievable hypocrisy’ last night after withdrawing support for one of the Government’s flagship welfare policies. The Liberal Democrats demanded significa... | Nick Clegg is accused of 'unbelievable hypocisy' over spare room subsidy .
Lib Dems demanded changes to one of Government's key welfare policies .
Change of heart seen as tactic to woo Ed Miliband in run-up to 2015 election . |
11dce16a182e286f0eecc8c8e1a8d57372c63591 | The White House threatened Wednesday to veto a Republican bill to overhaul the widely criticized No Child Left Behind law, calling the effort 'a significant step backwards.' The veto threat came as lawmakers began debate on the measure in the House. A vote is expected on Friday. Republicans say the bill would restore l... | President Bush signed the bipartisan No Child Left Behind law in 2002 .
Republicans say their changes would restore local control in schools and stop top-down education mandates coming from Washington bureaucrats .
The new bill maintains annual federal testing requirements. It would allows public money to follow low-in... |
11dd00fcf793d049aea6b87e743ea245edf04855 | Power giants and airlines were warned last night to pass on plummeting fuel prices to families or face Government sanctions. George Osborne insisted they should quickly follow the lead of petrol retailers and slash their charges. The wholesale price of gas has plunged almost 30 per cent in a year while crude oil has mo... | Chancellor has told Cabinet colleagues firms will be 'watched like hawks'
He has started a Government investigation into whether key sectors are passing on savings .
Airlines and energy firms are among those warned to pass on the savings .
Firms will be told that failure to act could result in possible state action .
B... |
11df27fadd890f940761ef3dee7cc2f9d8f5bf95 | By . Emma Glanfield . Dr David Glowacki, a Research Fellow at the Royal Society, was ejected from the Bristol Old Vic . A leading scientist was kicked out of a classic music concert after trying to crowd surf during a performance of Handel’s Messiah, it has emerged. Dr David Glowacki, a Research Fellow at the Royal Soc... | Dr David Glowacki ejected from Bristol Old Vic after trying to crowd surf .
Theatre's artistic director Tom Morris said professor got 'very overexcited'
Happened during Hallelujah Chorus during Handel's Messiah performance . |
11df467d182b5b023dc78d44eafb0e6a4c3a3a62 | Best-selling author Hilary Mantel has revealed how her fantasies about killing Margaret Thatcher inspired her new short story about her assassination. The 62-year-old has recalled how she once spotted the former Prime Minister standing unguarded near her Windsor flat in 1983 and imagined shooting her. The fantasy was t... | She said former PM was an anti-feminist and a 'psychological transvestite'
She spotted her in a window unguarded in 1983 and imagined shooting her .
Now the 62-year-old author has written a short story about the experience .
It comes a year after she called the Duchess of Cambridge a 'jointed doll' |
11df51322a0185ada380cfba15eb805559016378 | Fruit in Europe may no longer come with sticky labels, now that the European Union has approved the use of iron oxides and hydroxides, hydroxypropyl, methyl cellulose and polysorbates on the skins of fruit. Using these chemicals creates contrast to allow the laser markings to stand out more clearly, and prevent the la... | The EU has approved the use of certain chemicals, enabling producers to brand fruit with lasers .
The technology allows producers to 'tattoo' logos, websites and even QR codes that can be scanned with smart phones onto fruit .
So far, the use of chemicals is allowed only on citrus, melons and pomegranates . |
11dfc0a61d34aa97cf8442fe9a2005bb14fe7188 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- They are the tales of two very different people. Director Danny Boyle's film "Slumdog Millionaire" shines a stark light on poverty in India. One an amoral businessman pouring out his life story to the Chinese Premier, the other a lovelorn teenager appearing on "Kaun Banega Crorepati," the India... | Danny Boyle's "Slumdog Millionaire" shines a light on slum-dwellers in India .
Huge growth means four of top eight billionaires on Forbes rich list are Indian .
But the new wealth has bypassed India's 456 million poor .
Nisha Agrawal of Oxfam says there are: "two Indias, one rich, one impoverished" |
11dfe0ac9fc96b54b5a20a6a39ef0b047e3112e8 | By . Associated Press . Detectives believe a boy charged with stabbing 21 other students and a security guard at his Pittsburgh-area high school threatened two students by phone before the attack, according to a search warrant. Neither was one of the victims. The warrant, obtained from the home of Alex Hribal hours aft... | Alex Hribal, 16, went on a stabbing spree at Franklin Regional High School last Wednesday .
Authorities believe he threatened two students over the phone prior to the attack .
The teen injured 21 of his peers as well as a security guard .
He has since been arrested and is set to be tried as an adult on several counts o... |
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