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1270fbd8745e1bad4439cfb929dd4c7f485d0214 | By . Larisa Brown . PUBLISHED: . 05:23 EST, 26 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:37 EST, 26 September 2012 . Missing schoolgirl Megan Stammers wrote a bucket list of wishes she wanted to fulfill before she died. In it she included 'fall in love' and 'have someone write a song about me' - both of which had been crossed... | Megan Stammers wrote a list of 50 wishes and had crossed off four of them .
She had not yet crossed off 'live somewhere outside the U.K' or 'trend on Twitter' |
12715ccec34b0a36ddf3808e8d843907b32ce8d4 | (CNN) -- Iran tested a missile-launching system and several types of short- and medium-range missiles Sunday, the state-run Press TV said. A short-range missile is test-launched during war games in Qom, Iran, south of Tehran, on Sunday. Earlier, the country's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps had said it would stage mi... | NEW: Iran test-fires several types of short- and medium-range missiles .
NEW: Tests are code-named "The Great Prophet 4," state-run Press TV says .
Missile tests come days after Iran admits existence of second nuclear facility .
In May, Iran tested surface-to-surface missile capable of reaching parts of Europe . |
12728bfc0300444ac3d666c5aed2f1f17b2648f6 | By . Jill Reilly For Mailonline . A British-born man and his wife have been told by authorities in Iceland they will not renew their 10-year-old daughter's passport on the grounds that she is called Harriet – which is not on a government approved list of names. Tristan Cardew and his Icelandic wife Kristin are appealin... | Reykjavik National Registry's does not recognise 10-year-old's name .
Does not recognise name of Harriet's 12-year-old brother Duncan either .
For parents in Iceland there is list of 1,853 female names and 1,712 male ones . |
12756075d908908d180298dd3d7e4edd1683a343 | By . Ian Drury . and Tim Shipman . David Cameron refused to rule out military action yesterday as he rebuked Argentina over its grab for the Falkland Islands. The Prime Minister vowed the UK would ‘do everything’ to protect the interests of the territory after Buenos Aires demanded he hand power to them. He said the so... | Open letter appears in the Guardian and Independent newspapers .
Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner says UK 'stole' the islands .
Outburst marks the anniversary of the islands becoming British territory . |
127663bb7455a62d2f83a2f9a436953b0aee6c91 | LONDON, England (CNN) -- It is still remembered as one of the worst days in the history of modern sailing. The Fastnet race still remains one of the biggest events in the yachting calendar. Yet the Fastnet tragedy of 1979 in which 15 people were killed and ex-British leader Edward Heath went missing helped to usher in ... | The 1979 Fastnet race ended in tragedy after a freak storm hit competitors .
In all 15 people died and the ex-British leader Edward Heath went missing for a time .
The disaster resulted in a raft of new safety rules introduced into the sport . |
12769d0acec02bafeff735a955214db07d2d322c | A drugs baron jailed for trying to smuggle £35million worth of cocaine into Britain is suing his prison for not giving him kosher food. Orthodox Jew Simon Price, 68, is accusing the prison service of 'institutionalised anti-Semitism' and alleges that both Muslim and vegetarian criminals get more favourable treatment be... | Simon Price, 68, accuses prison service of 'institutionalised anti-Semitism'
Career criminal jailed for smuggling 700kg of cocaine hidden in syrup drums .
He alleges Muslim and vegetarian prisoners get better treatment . |
1277a8a29d54aaffcb9428430bda099ea497d920 | Often overlooked in favour of it's bigger sister Stockholm, Gothenburg, Sweden's second city, is making its mark on the culinary scene with four Michelin star restaurants and a soaring food culture. Keen to sample a different aspect of Swedish life, well-known presenter and DJ Alex Zane visited the city to try some of ... | 35-year-old visited Liseberg amusement park and stayed at Hotel Pigalle .
His favourite restaurant was Sjömagasinet, praised for its 'stunning setting'
Presenter said of city: 'I could have eaten the food there for weeks' |
1278561bb9ea93b9f0582adafa949af8433f7513 | By . Ian Ladyman . PUBLISHED: . 05:15 EST, 20 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 10:50 EST, 20 February 2014 . Wayne Rooney has agreed the fundamental details of his new £300,000-a-week contract at Manchester United but the deal has been held up by haggling over image rights. It is understood that the United striker and hi... | Wayne Rooney agrees fundamental details to £300k-a-week contract .
But deal is being held up by a couple of issues with image rights .
Contract should be signed on Wednesday or Thursday, but may have to wait until after Champions League game with Olympiacos next week . |
127b927174a7d7ae9b6b8e1e2b276a6ac82c4f08 | A dangerous combination of alcohol and gravity played a cruel joke on a Maine artist who fell out of a second-floor window after accidentally breaking into a flower shop while trying to prank a friend. Ronald Podlaski, 29, who goes by the moniker RookSye in Portland's art circles, said he was trying to surprise a frien... | Ronald Podlaski, 29, who goes by RookSye, spent the weekend in Portland, Maine, jail after the stunt .
He used fire escape to break into a Congress Street flower shop thinking it was his friend's building .
Podlaski fell from second-floor window after tripping alarm and stumbling .
Prosecutors decided to drop charges o... |
127c45b58ce802a442a32d8a9a0034283cb9421e | (CNN) -- Triple Formula One world champion Sebastian Vettel has warned his 2013 title rivals that Red Bull are in better shape than this time 12 months ago. Red Bull driver Vettel edged out Ferrari's Fernando Alonso at the final race of the 2012 season to clinch a third successive drivers' title by just three points, w... | Sebastian Vettel is motivated to challenge for a fourth straight F1 world title .
The German has won the drivers' championship in each of the last three seasons .
The Red Bull driver is confident the team are in better shape than this time last year .
The 2013 Formula One season begins with the Australian Grand Prix on... |
127c96f6dd115f87b7b0c5db791621ea717d2ee8 | PUBLISHED: . 15:44 EST, 4 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 05:06 EST, 5 December 2013 . Women's legs have got Lululemon in trouble again after a Maryland store posted a poem in its window rhyming 'apple pies' with 'rubbing thighs.' The controversial display in the yoga-wear brand's Bethesda store comes just weeks after t... | A Maryland store has posted the controversial poem 'Cups of Chai/Apple Pies/Rubbing thighs?' in its window .
Comes just weeks after the yoga-wear brand's founder complained women's fat thighs were responsible for their pants being see-through .
The poem was spotted by an outraged onlooker at a store in Bethesda, who th... |
127ce726eb964ecbbac5c09d2e1f25cba42d272a | Manchester City's huge fine for breaching UEFA's financial fair play rules is to be shared out around the other clubs in the Champions League. City were fined £50million for the FFP breaches but will only have to pay around £20million if they comply with the break-even rules in future seasons. The first tranche of paym... | City fined £50million for breaking financial fair play regulations .
Could be reduced to £20million if they comply with rules in future .
Money will be shared around European clubs who did meet requirements .
Clubs will meet to discuss changes to the rules in October . |
127dc53cd931a701a744d0af219177da352a4471 | Following the Taliban prisoner swap that led to the release of U.S. Army Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, Sen. John McCain, R-Arizona, told Fox News that 30% of the detainees released from the U.S. detention facility at Guantanamo Bay "have already gone back into the fight." It's a figure that has been frequently repeated in recent... | John McCain cites U.S. statistic that 30% of Gitmo released prisoners return to battle .
Peter Bergen: A close study of the record finds only a third of that number are recidivists .
Vast majority of recidivist Gitmo detainees were freed under the Bush administration, he says .
Bergen: Only one prisoner freed under Oba... |
127e433ddcb60f13b7294a5abdddd864e687a5ea | Liverpool midfielder Jordan Henderson has urged his team-mates to use their disappointment at Newcastle as extra motivation for a daunting double. The Merseysiders lost 1-0 at St James' Park on Saturday as their lack of cutting edge without the departed Luis Suarez and the injured Daniel Sturridge was exposed once agai... | Liverpool put in a poor performance to lose 1-0 at Newcastle on Saturday .
Brendan Rodgers' side face Real Madrid in the Champions League on Tuesday before hosting Premier League leaders Chelsea this Saturday .
Jordan Henderson sees the tricky double as motivation to respond .
Liverpool are currently 7th in the league,... |
127eb179a922a12c89add920f500f15bc446fe31 | Days after the Democrats' brutal defeat in the midterm elections, President Obama said Sunday that he takes responsibility for his party's poor performance at the polls. "The buck stops right here at my desk," the President said in an interview on CBS' Face the Nation. "And so whenever -- as the head of the party -- it... | President Obama: "The buck stops right here at my desk"
Obama says he wants to become a better salesman to push policy forward .
Obama says the one message he took away from voters: they're tired of D.C. dysfunction . |
127ec2abcc5690d53f0af8fa3b5a60fe05b926cc | When welcoming a guest to your TV show it is important to get their name right, so have pity on Fox News host Megyn Kelly who managed to slip up while introducing Mike Huckabee. Kelly managed to pronounce his name correctly the first time around, but when it came to reading out the title of his show - named after himse... | Megyn Kelly was introducing Mike Huckabee on her Fox show last night .
When reading the name of his self-titled show, she blurted out 'F***abee'
Former Republican presidential candidate appeared to crack a smile at error . |
127ed91504702d02beab0d36325477a72e675f04 | (CNN) -- While on a television program several years ago, I recounted a story about moving with my family into a new home in the suburbs of Washington. As a black family, we were welcomed to the neighborhood with a shocking sight. My mother and I looked out the kitchen window the morning after we moved in to notice tha... | David Anderson: America sees diversity in many forms .
He says few realize that whites in America will become a minority group in 3 decades .
Anderson says some may react well; others may mourn loss of privileged status .
He says Americans have the choice to extend grace to each other, realizing MLK's dream . |
127ed94e72486b2dcb2fb0cb6b116ab394daf625 | By . Kerry Mcqueeney . PUBLISHED: . 03:40 EST, 17 May 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 04:55 EST, 17 May 2012 . Tragic: Jordan Oliver drowned after jumping off a bridge . An 11-year-old girl who drowned in a pond behind her school is thought to have jumped off a bridge after being dared by her classmates. Jordan Oliver was overhe... | Jordan Oliver was 'overheard telling friends she couldn't swim' before leaping into the water .
Her lifeless body was pulled from the 12 foot-deep pond an hour later . |
127f4b2376168aff7f3dbb523395413c21744bcf | By . Harriet Arkell . PUBLISHED: . 06:25 EST, 11 June 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:18 EST, 11 June 2013 . Police in Bangkok have arrested a pet shop owner after finding a menagerie of illegally imported animals during a swoop on a warehouse outside the city. Thai officers found 14 albino lions from Africa and hundreds of o... | Lions from Africa and leopard in a box found in residential area of Bangkok .
Pet-shop owner Montri Boonprom-on, 41, arrested and could face prison .
Thailand is a hub of the international black market in protected animals . |
127f63088a866dc00e67c043f5a34ba06a9823c6 | Brendan Rodgers knows the names of every Liverpool scholar among the Anfield ranks, the Reds Academy director Alex Inglethorpe has revealed. The Liverpool manager regular speaks with Inglethorpe about the club's philosophy and playing style. Rodgers regularly discusses which youngsters will train with the first-team sq... | Brendan Rodgers regularly discusses playing style and philosophy with the club's academy director .
The Liverpool manager knows the names of all the club's scholars .
Rodgers' backroom staff also keep a close eye on the academy . |
127fb09f72883a6ab0e3369a8fa7b78a696eb6fb | Fast-food restaurants in the United States are 'disproportionately' targeting black children and kids in middle-income and rural areas, according to a newly published study. Researchers at Arizona State University and University of Illinois at Chicago looked at 6,716 fast-food outlets nationwide to check the extent of ... | Researchers at Arizona State University and University of Illinois at Chicago looked at 6,716 fast-food outlets nationwide .
Found U.S. fast food chains 'disproportionately' targeting black children and kids in middle-income and rural areas .
Marketing towards children ranged from free toys to ads featuring sports cele... |
127fe6410d5e5689290ab72e0209c35db48fc9f8 | Inmates at a jail for teenagers represent 48 different gangs, inspectors have discovered, fuelling a 'constant juggling' by prison officers to keep the boys apart. There were high levels of 'unpredictable and reckless' violence among the 240 boys aged 15 to 18 at Feltham Young Offenders' Institution (YOI), a significan... | Feltham Young Offenders' Institution saw violent incidents that were deemed 'very serious', Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Prisons reported .
Around a quarter of boys spent 23 hours a day locked up in their cell .
Others were put on a 'keep apart' list to combat gang violence .
The number of fights and assaults has redu... |
128038b622c181b7238c3a5b25b16d851e618042 | QPR owner Tony Fernandes admitted he wouldn't stand in Harry Redknapp's way if the opportunity to manage England arose. In an interview with the Evening Standard, the 50-year-old insisted he won't wreck his manager's dreams. Redknapp was linked with the national team job in 2012 but the FA appointed Roy Hodgson after F... | Fernandes would reluctantly let Redknapp take on the England job if the opportunity arises .
The QPR boss was reportedly close to taking on the role in 2012 before the FA appointed Roy Hodgson instead .
Fernandes hopes Redknapp stays on to steer the Hoops clear of relegation .
Admits he would 'hate to lose Redknapp'
QP... |
1280706b013262fa699a38ba138cdde56d802d80 | Duchess signed his birthday card and told him he was 'very, very brave' and 'very handsome' By . Bianca London . PUBLISHED: . 05:59 EST, 1 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:44 EST, 1 October 2012 . The Duchess of Cambridge has been left saddened by the death of a teenage cancer patient she met on her recent tour of Mala... | Malaysian Zakwan Anuar passed away last Thursday .
Zakwan Anuar was expected to die within 48 hours of meeting the Duchess but her kindness gave him the strength to battle for two more weeks .
Duchess signed his birthday card and told him he was 'very, very brave' and 'very handsome' |
12808cb5e8265fd52a83805a0649a036bbe888db | Why do their cheap meatballs taste so good? Why are bookshelves named Billy? Why can't store layouts be normal? These questions, and more, will no doubt be posed by the visitors who head to the new IKEA Museum opening next year. Of course, we might need to hammer together our own answers, having wound our way through t... | IKEA Museum will be on site of first store in Älmhult, Sweden .
The 7,000-square-meter museum will also have a museum shop and food for visitors .
Museum expected to draw 200,000 visitors per year . |
1280a0227eba72172002eac714df3f0d0bb2b511 | (CNN) -- As Sens. John McCain and Barack Obama battle over who has the best approach to national security, a new CNN poll finds Americans' concerns about terrorism have hit an all-time low for the post-September 11 era. A poll finds fewer Americans fear an imminent terror attack than at any time since September 11, 200... | CNN/Opinion Research Corp. survey finds fewer Americans think attack imminent .
Percentage who expect attack is lowest since September 11, 2001 .
Survey also finds strong opposition to Iraq war, current troop levels in Iraq .
Numbers could indicate challenge for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign . |
128118811e73f65a278f9b80a6dacc51bf0a97e9 | London (CNN) -- You've answered the call for volunteers, signed up for the Mars trip and you are looking forward to boldly going to space, the final frontier, to explore a strange new world. But wait. Recent evidence from NASA's Curiosity rover mission to the Red Planet has revealed that astronauts on the round-trip wo... | NASA's Curiosity mission to Mars revealed that astronauts on a round-trip would face high radiation levels .
Scientists at the UK's Rutherford Appleton Laboratory are working on a radiation shield for astronauts .
A model has been tested inside a fusion reactor which produces a plasma like that of the solar wind .
The ... |
1282b15aea4757d48a1450d656aa186707dffa7f | By . Rebecca English and Lydia Warren . PUBLISHED: . 10:53 EST, 4 September 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 06:45 EST, 5 September 2012 . It may be her sister who became a Duchess. But Pippa Middleton is the one getting the royal treatment in America. In a trip to New York she has already been whisked out by private plane to the... | Duchess of Cambridge's younger sister arrived in New York this weekend .
Flew to hotelier Andre Blazs' resort at Shelter Island on his luxury seaplane before playing pingpong and dining with the multi-millionaire .
Dined at top NYC seafood restaurant and stayed at exclusive hotel .
In New York for meetings about her up... |
1284f7ddc0ff3f4117f4c0d22131c6f19ba78b9b | Editor's note: Paul Begala, a Democratic strategist and CNN political contributor, was a political consultant for Bill Clinton's presidential campaign in 1992 and was counselor to Clinton in the White House. Begala is not a paid political consultant for any politicians or candidates. Click here for a rival view . Paul... | Begala: McCain's VP choice unqualified to be heartbeat from the presidency .
Choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is "shockingly irresponsible," he says .
Begala says choice makes McCain's age, health, and judgment central issues . |
1286783a20af9af9f4574c90a9fd790b4ad2aeb7 | (CNN) -- The first season of Aaron Sorkin's HBO drama "The Newsroom" bitterly divided viewers: Some embraced its depiction of the fast-paced world of cable news. Others found it overwrought and tuned in to "hate-watch" as the show dramatized current events to reveal the inner workings of the media. "The Newsroom" retur... | Aaron Sorkin's HBO drama "The Newsroom" returns this weekend .
Jeff Daniels says he "owns" his character Will McAvoy this season .
The show will tackle themes like the tea party and fictional news story called Genoa . |
1287b18a6ec1c1124960239285bbf4bda551d892 | Washington (CNN) -- Dennis Apel has been a longtime critic of U.S. military policy and for 17 years has protested around Vandenberg Air Force Base in California. "It's completely immoral what's happening there," he says. "I'm not the threat" to anyone on the government reservation or its mission. "They think what I hav... | Lawyer for U.S. military policy critic calls conviction for "peacefully protesting" invalid .
He's accused of trespassing at base; his defense is that he was on a public road easement .
Supreme Court appears to offer little support for his free speech and jurisdictional claims .
Chief Justice John Roberts: He can be ba... |
1287eff7ba836f36e83f14c5f31b6c439cce7dc4 | A surge in interest in the Greens has taken the party to 11 per cent in a new opinion poll. The new survey by Lord Ashcroft puts the Greens up three points in just a week, ahead of the Lib Dems and just behind Ukip, after their profile was boosted by a row over being excluded from TV debates. The poll and focus group f... | Ashcroft poll puts Greens ahead of Lib Dems and just behind Ukip .
Conservatives narrowly ahead on 29% with Labour stuck on just 28% .
Fears in the Labour party that they are failing to attract ex-Lib Dem voters .
Green leader Natalie Bennett predicts 'political earthquake' at election .
Launches campaign poster challe... |
12882be572019cb93b7fb85750bdf8b69082f45c | (CNN) -- More and more mothers, clutching their rail-thin, malnourished children, are arriving at the packed waiting rooms of the Doctor Without Borders clinics in central Somalia, the aid group said. In fact, the group said it is treating 1,300 children in north and south Galcayo, which is almost half the number of ch... | Group says it's treating 1,300 malnourished children in Galcayo in Somalia .
Rain could eventually ease crisis by bringing down food prices, official says .
Woman says food helping measles-stricken daughter who lost sight . |
1289a354c3a6ce16ce352ba676864c5c40e9d878 | (CNN)He has intercepted passes from both of the Super Bowl quarterbacks, but Tom Brady and Russell Wilson have nothing on Mr. Silva. The NFL just wasn't adding up for Ricardo Silva, so he decided to hang up his shoulder pads and head back to school -- to teach high school geometry. Silva, 26, played two seasons in the ... | Former NFL safety Ricardo Silva is now a high school teacher in Washington, D.C.
He says teaching is more challenging than playing professional football .
Silva's goal is to eventually become a school principal . |
128b00efc080b5295a90ed364db97af680b75f76 | (CNN) -- George Zimmerman says he still gets death threats. He's still accused of racism and he remains a lightning rod for criticism. But in the end, he told CNN, there's only one judge who matters. "God," Zimmerman said in an interview broadcast on CNN's "New Day" on Monday. "I know that ultimately, he's the only jud... | Nearly two years after he killed Trayvon Martin, George Zimmerman speaks to CNN .
He says he hopes to become an attorney "to stop the miscarriage of justice"
With paintings, Zimmerman says he's hoping to "provide a decent lifestyle" for his family .
"I don't watch news anymore," he says when asked about Michael Dunn's ... |
128bf641f6a35a845ecf89dbab736cfadbb4043e | Hong Kong (CNN) -- In the last two months, eight people in Cambodia have died from bird flu, a rare but deadly disease causing concern among health authorities. Six of the victims have been children. The H5N1 virus, known to be highly contagious to poultry, typically resembles the flu when contracted by humans. But it ... | Eight people, mostly children have died in Cambodia from bird flu .
Cambodia has had 19 reported deaths in the last 10 years, before recent oubtreak .
H5N1 is rare among humans, but potentially fatal . |
128c866b80accb95037a5da3e0a947bd677d8779 | (CNN) -- Hours after the inauguration of President Goodluck Jonathan, a bomb blast rocked the northern Nigerian city of Bauchi, a government spokesman said. Yushau Shuaib, a spokesman for Nigeria's National Emergency Management Agency, confirmed that there are several casualties, though he did not give a specific numbe... | NEW: 3 hurt in a blast at a beer hall near Abuja, a government official says .
A more serious explosion occurs in Bauchi, when a bomb detonates .
There are casualties, though no definitive number has been released .
The blasts came hours after Goodluck Jonathan's inauguration as president . |
128c8f2da44f02d6402820c8dbbb0a0b30a81eef | By . Olivia Williams . PUBLISHED: . 03:03 EST, 30 May 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 04:36 EST, 30 May 2013 . Bribery: John Geary has been accused of using his job as welfare worker to get sexual favours . A state welfare worker who allegedly offered extra benefits to a female claimant in exchange for sex has appeared in court.... | Case worker offered claimant extra benefits in return for sexual favours .
John Geary invited victim to smoke crack while his wife was at work .
Geary has worked at Department of Public Welfare for over a decade . |
128f22b3c819b5223bd1cc8ed7ba3d8131d61bd9 | (CNN) -- President Barack Obama has accomplished some extraordinary things but can he really shoot down a fighter jet? The F-22 Raptor is the most expensive jet fighter ever built. The plane is the F-22 Raptor, a supersonic stealth marvel that looks like it's flown straight out of a Hollywood action film. It is being b... | U.S. President Obama faces battle with Congress over new F-22 Raptor .
Obama, Defense Secretary Gates don't want any more of the $350M fighter jets .
Many in Congress see F-22 as way of protecting defense industry jobs .
Obama has threatened to veto legislation ordering more fighter jets . |
12907e5d8ef1598bf206dcb08d2cd0060b432d95 | The Queen asked if it was true that Richard III was really found buried under a car park. A 3D model of the king is pictured . Richard III is to make history by becoming not only the last English king to die in battle, but also the first to have his genetic code sequenced. Scientists want to map the king’s DNA before h... | Scientists want to map the king’s DNA before his remains are reinterred .
They hope it will shed light on .
his ancestry and his links to living people .
It could also provide detail .
about his susceptibility to diseases .
Genome of the king’s living relative, Michael Ibsen, will also be sequenced . |
1291d9e4330f98a1e6709ba8b5b6e79903b40f85 | Washington (CNN) -- Three U.S. Secret Service members will leave the agency because of an alleged prostitution scandal in Colombia, the agency said Wednesday. One of them is a supervisory employee who is being allowed to retire, and another employee has resigned, the agency said. A third agent, another supervisory empl... | NEW: Rep. Peter King, R-New York, says he wants a detailed investigation .
NEW: Official: The Secret Service interviewed hotel maids about reported drugs .
Two Secret Service members have left, another is proposed to be removed .
The alleged prostitutes, the youngest of whom are in their early 20s, signed in at the hot... |
1291e12f13bafe729a24a3adf75e9f588207980c | Roy Hodgson told his young England players in a post-training pep talk on Wednesday that they must seize their big chance at the World Cup. England’s head coach pointedly took Luke Shaw, Raheem Sterling and Ross Barkley aside for individual conversations lasting several minutes at the end of their hour-long session. VI... | All 23 members of Hodgson's squad take part in training in Portugal .
Sterling, Shaw and Barkley given advice by England manager .
Players such as Wayne Rooney stick to personalised training regimes .
Sterling the outstanding player during the session .
Stand-by defender John Stones only player to miss out after tweaki... |
1292b59973cf86a0ddfdbbc9b32fd9ff8d76cc7c | The funeral for a Pennsylvania college student whose body was pulled from a river near his home was held on Friday afternoon. The disappearance of 21-year-old Shane Montgomery in Philadelphia on Thanksgiving Day caused a widespread search and led to a $65,000 reward for information about his whereabouts. On Saturday, v... | The body of Shane Montgomery was recovered from the Schuylkill River in Manayunk, Philadelphia, last Saturday .
On Friday afternoon funeral services took place for the young man .
Keys belonging to the West Chester student were found in the water two weeks earlier .
He was last seen leaving a bar in the early hours of ... |
1293b56eec6054f44db668f5944015dc859fbf20 | By . Katie Davies . PUBLISHED: . 00:34 EST, 30 March 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:56 EST, 30 March 2013 . More than 2,000 people displaced by Superstorm Sandy are still living in hotels five months after the devastating natural disaster destroyed their New York City homes. The Federal Emergency Management Agency is paying ... | Officials say they have no choice but to keep families in hotels across New York City .
Deadline of April 30 to find permanent housing but many victims just can't afford it .
Critics call for better system to help poorest victims of natural disasters in the future . |
1294b6071dd6a0d1056d599246563f41a152591b | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:45 EST, 3 February 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:52 EST, 3 February 2014 . Beleaguered New Jersey Governor Chris Christie just gained a brand new headache Monday when it was revealed a state trooper from his security detail was arrested last month for shoplifting, among other thing... | Trooper William Carvounis, 35, is accused of stealing nearly $300 in merchandise from a Tilden Township, Pennsylvania Cabela's store Jan. 8 .
Police say surveillance footage reveals Carvounis slipped items into his pockets and even tore a price tag from his hat as he tried leaving the store .
According to Tilden Police... |
12951b704b732affb3ef2301dbea25e5ef4341e6 | Washington (CNN) -- Former White House Press Secretary Jay Carney -- a longtime journalist before he joined the Obama administration in its infancy -- is back in the media game as a political analyst for CNN. We caught up with Carney on Wednesday, in the hours before President Obama addresses the nation to outline his ... | Former White House spokesman Jay Carney joins CNN as a political analyst .
CNN's Peter Hamby interviews Carney before President Obama's speech on ISIS .
Carney gives a behind-the-scenes look at speech writing in the White House .
Carney weighs in on the "dumbest" news cycle . |
12956237f3f194054e957a16c873fde6cd15e24f | Wesleyan University officials announced Monday that residential fraternities will be required to accept women and men as full members. The policy change comes after consulting fraternity members, alumni and faculty, university spokesperson Kate Carlisle said. There are nonresidential Greek organizations, including one ... | Wesleyan University ordered fraternities to become co-ed in the next three years .
The Connecticut university has two all-male fraternities on campus .
One fraternity responds there are no facts about how this will improve on-campus safety . |
1296ffbfb691e829741880964f3cbfc2723b1eb2 | By . Ray Massey . PUBLISHED: . 17:09 EST, 26 April 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:46 EST, 1 May 2013 . Ferrari fan: England footballer Frank Lampard with fiancee Christine Bleakley . It is one of the world’s most desirable cars, available only to Ferrari’s ‘most loyal and passionate’ customers. So millionaire England footbal... | Exclusive F12berlinetta Ferrari only available to selected customers .
£252,000 car bought in footballer Frank Lampard's name - by his agent .
Days later, it was available on dealership website with £78,000 mark-up . |
12974451dead51266a720722a4b870488e872d4e | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 08:38 EST, 8 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 09:56 EST, 8 January 2014 . The teenage son of a renowned Boston Globe columnist disappeared on Monday in broad daylight. Caleb Jacoby, 16, vanished around 12.30pm in Brookline, Massachusetts. He was last seen wearing navy chino pants or... | Caleb Jacoby, 16, vanished around 12.30pm in Brookline, Massachusetts on Monday .
Teenage son of conservative columnist Jeff Jacoby and his wife Laura . |
12979467b5935d934a600050ad4d245560401dcb | By . Ashley Collman for MailOnline . A 17-year-old was suspended from school after telling a fellow student 'bless you' after they sneezed. Kendra Turner says a teacher at Dyer County High School in Tennessee has banned her and her classmates from using Church speech in the classroom. But she didn't think it was that b... | 'Godly speaking' was banned by a teacher in the classroom at Dyer County High School in Tennessee .
Kendra Turner spent the rest of the day in in-school suspension after using the phrase . |
12997fc101fba062d243785edfd5928c358251ed | By . Frank Coletta for Daily Mail Australia . The Country Liberal Party in the Northern Territory is a party divided again today with Member for Daly, Gary Higgins, refusing to attend all meetings, after an alleged homophobic slur against his son by Deputy Chief Minister Dave Tollner. Parliamentary colleagues have conf... | Northern Territory Deputy Chief Minister Dave Tollner made the alleged homophobic slurs against the son of his colleague, Gary Higgins .
Mr Higgins' son, Joshua, works for the government for Community Services Minister Bess Price .
The drama unfolded after a draft speech was presented to the NT Cabinet .
NT Chief Minis... |
1299f74c83f0a24e572f786bb8a6d6f7ac97c579 | (CNN) -- Prime Minister Stephen Harper appealed directly to Canadians for support Wednesday, vowing in a nationally televised address on the economy that he will do all he can to halt his opponents from carrying out a no-confidence vote in Parliament -- as planned for Monday -- and forming a coalition government that ... | Opposition parties seek to oust Prime Minister Stephen Harper's government .
Harper's Tories gained seats in Canada's October elections but fell short of majority .
Liberal and New Democratic parties join with Bloc Quebecois to try to unseat Tories .
Harper could buy time by asking governor general to suspend parliamen... |
129b45d5459a4234f7581382afec4688f8ed68ff | BAGHDAD, Iraq (CNN) -- Kuwait's prime minister will be making a trip to Iraq soon, to discuss bilateral ties and debt issues among other things. Kuwaiti Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Sabah will visit Iraq soon. Kuwait Prime Minister Sheikh Nasser al-Mohammed al-Ahmed al-Sabah will visit Baghdad, ... | NEW: Death toll rises to six as bomb kills two Iraqi soldiers in Diyala province .
Visit by Kuwaiti leader comes as Iraq works to improve ties with its Arab neighbors .
Iraq has been asking Gulf states to waive debts from the Saddam Hussein era .
Iraq visit by Jordan's king last month was first by Arab head of state si... |
129d8c55771acd69f456ff85609422e1d52dce7d | (CNN) -- One of the Dallas Cowboys' major donors is a named plaintiff in a class action lawsuit, seeking more than $5 million, over unavailability of seats at Super Bowl XLV, according to documents filed Monday at a U.S. District Court in Texas. The Cowboys, along with team owner Jerry Jones, the National Football Leag... | Class action is filed on behalf of Super Bowl fans who showed up to find they had no seats .
One of the named plaintiffs is one of the Dallas Cowboys' top-paying seat owners .
Suit claims information about problems in finishing construction was concealed .
Plaintiffs say NFL's offers of triple refund, future tickets, t... |
129dc9828dcf7e70de5317b377018c62f5be83c4 | Officials in Japan have opened Fukushima state's first beach to swimmers since last year's nuclear disaster after judging the water to be safe. About 1,000 people yesterday descended on Nakoso beach, about 40miles south of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, where three reactors melted down after the March 11, 2011 e... | About 1,000 people yesterday descended on Nakoso beach, about 40miles south of the Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear plant, where three reactors melted down after the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami . |
129dffba922d21b550dbd18a12b6f6f3fc9a986f | By . Louise Boyle . PUBLISHED: . 09:41 EST, 24 October 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 16:43 EST, 24 October 2012 . Convicted murderer and Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel has been denied parole, a decade after being given a life sentence for beating his teenage neighbor to death with a golf club. Skakel's request was rejected foll... | Michael Skakel, 52, told first hearing of parole board at Connecticut jail: 'I did not commit this crime'
His cousin Robert F Kennedy Jr said Skakel is a model inmate and devoted to God and his son .
Family of 15-year-old murder victim Martha Moxley insist he has shown no remorse and should remain in prison . |
129e386cc2e448d7418587ca732f86b56af903df | Bamako, Mali (CNN) -- Dioncounda Traore, Mali's interim president, was beaten and rushed to a hospital after hundreds of protesters demanding his resignation stormed the presidential palace Monday. Traore was assaulted and hit over the head when protesters found him inside the palace. The president was later taken to t... | Demonstrators storm Mali's presidential palace on Monday .
Interim President Dioncounda Traore is beaten and taken to a hospital .
A spokesman for rebel military officer says 3 people were killed by Traore's bodyguards .
Traore was picked to lead an interim government after a March coup . |
129e4b8977d7c3e2caba007f73ecc587d43f0e04 | NEW YORK (CNN) -- A federal judge on Thursday threw out an author's claims that Jessica Seinfeld, the comedian's wife, plagiarized from her cookbook, but the judge left open claims of defamation against Jerry Seinfeld himself. Jerry and Jessica Seinfeld attend an event in New York City in June. "This is a complete vict... | Cookbook writer alleged that Jessica Seinfeld plagiarized .
All claims against Jessica Seinfeld dismissed by federal judge, lawyer says .
Judge leaves open claims of defamation against Seinfeld's husband, Jerry .
Defamation claims relate to comments Jerry Seinfeld made about author . |
129e65042d736abca8141116ddd94a59a3836728 | By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . The privacy of instant messages has become a hot topic in recent months with the spotlight being shone on popular services like Facebook, Snapchat and WhatsApp. So it’s timely that SRD Wireless has announced the launch of PQChat - an app for iOS devices based on the company’s own ‘Never-The-... | SRD Wireless has launched an app with an advanced encryption algorithm .
The instant messenger known as PQChat promises to be safe and private .
It uses the strongest cryptosystem currently known, called McEliece .
PQChat holds no personal info and users can remotely delete messages .
This means 'nobody can share dodgy... |
129f5871dfe7453fb0197673b99e18581a5a9d3c | By . Ruth Styles . For most of us, family means parents, grandparents, brothers, sisters and cousins. But for one film-maker, family, for many years, meant a sinister cult. Now Paul-Julien Robert has turned his harrowing experiences into a film, My Fathers, My Mother And Me, which tells the story of the 12 years he spe... | Paul-Julien Robert was born into the Friedrichshof commune near Vienna .
Cult run by Otto Mühl who was later jailed for sexually abusing minors .
Made experiences into documentary, My Fathers, My Mother And Me . |
12a02ae33cbd1ad4cdb56985e8e754b7807ad311 | By . Associated Press Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 09:46 EST, 13 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 03:19 EST, 14 January 2013 . An armed mob set out into the Florida Everglades on Saturday to flush out a scaly invader. It sounds like the second act of a sci-fi horror flick but, really, it's pretty much Florida's plan for dealin... | Hundreds sign up to find Burmese pythons in the Florida Everglades during month-long competition .
Snakes can grow to 20 feet in length and recommended killing method is a gunshot to the head . |
12a0803a7422bfeda60978b9e9368bc1a3f2116d | By . Emily Davies . PUBLISHED: . 05:42 EST, 19 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 09:45 EST, 19 February 2013 . Montana's lawmakers have passed a bill allowing people to salvage and eat roadkill in a bid to 'stop good food going to waste'. House Bill 247 creates permits allowing individuals to scrape game animals off the r... | New bill would allow permit holder to keep road-kill if meat is salvageable .
Lawmakers claim Bill will guard against poachers taking advantage . |
12a1e827236b9fcd38c514a53ea604932ec17dde | The study found the more money a person has the happier they are . Whoever said money can't buy happiness was very wrong, new research has found. According to an economic study, the more money a person has, the happier they are. The latest study of 1,014 people contradicts previous research that said the correlation be... | University of Michigan study found the richer people are happier .
Lowest earners more likely to describe themselves as 'not too happy'
Found no 'satiation' point when link between happiness and income changes . |
12a2225b3c1ce4b522a3b6a62144a9acd3148a17 | By . Hugo Gye . PUBLISHED: . 10:10 EST, 13 December 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 07:43 EST, 14 December 2012 . Jailed: Wlodzimierz Umaniec has been sentenced to two years in prison for vandalising a Rothko painting . The self-proclaimed artist who vandalised a Mark Rothko painting in what he said was an act of 'yellowism' was... | Wlodzimierz Umaniec, 26, claimed vandalism was itself a piece of art .
Co-founder of obscure artistic movement of 'yellowism'
Judge said actions were 'wholly and utterly .
unacceptable' |
12a24b1aba082a5fd0687a14015e1e58090ed9c6 | (CNN) -- In a new anti-Israel, anti-U.S. video, an American al Qaeda member makes reference to his Jewish ancestry for the first time in an official al Qaeda message. Adam Yahiye Gadahn, also known as Azzam the American, is seen in an earlier al Qaeda video. In the video, Adam Yahiye Gadahn, also known as Azzam the Ame... | Californian convert to Islam castigates U.S., Israel in al Qaeda video .
Adam Yahiye Gadahn says grandfather was a member of "Zionist hate organizations"
Gadahn criticizes Obama's "deceptive, false and sugarcoated words"
Speaker refers to his American citizenship as "shameful" |
12a2c6215c6cb7b08ff5cc263e6308d411aa521c | Beijing (CNN) -- China says it has had "a frank, in-depth talk" with North Korea about the situation on the Korean Peninsula after Pyongyang's announcement of a planned satellite launch provoked an international outcry. Wu Dawei, China's special representative for the Korean Peninsula, met with Ri Yong Ho, a senior Nor... | North Korea's announcement of a satellite launch has provoked alarm .
China says it held 'frank' talks with Pyongyang on the situation in the region .
Japan says it is considering destroying the launch rocket, if it poses a risk . |
12a2f3e8d55a4abbc443defee8e635c4925a8b85 | While the issue of President Barack Obama's birth has long been settled, and it's a moot point anyway since he's in his second term in office, there remain some people who won't be convinced. Just ask members of Congress, who even this summer are encountering so-called "birthers" at town hall meetings. With Ted Cruz, t... | Possible 2016 presidential candidate Ted Cruz's birth circumstances raise eligibility questions .
Cruz was born in Canada to U.S. citizen mother and Cuban father .
Birther-in-chief Donald Trump raised question of Cruz's eligibility in weekend appearance .
Question hinges on the definition of what is a "natural-born" ci... |
12a61243163b3bace85d772da035eea900e7658c | By . Jonathan O'Callaghan . Seeing the International Space Station from Earth isn’t easy. The football pitch-sized station orbits at a height of 260 miles (420km), appearing as small as a distant star when we gaze at the night sky. But photographer Andy Smith has captured incredible images that show the station’s silho... | Photographer Andy Smith snapped these incredible shots yesterday .
He was trying to get a photo of the so-called 'blood moon' from England .
But instead he found the International Space Station in his images .
The tiny silhouette of the ISS can be seen against the enormity of the moon . |
12a649ab1dfbd84c27aadb745222209c08532a33 | Police have detained a man after Aaron Cook, 16, fell from a bridge over the M6 motorway and was hit by a car . A motorist has been arrested by police investigating the death of a 16-year-old boy who fell from a bridge onto a motorway. The driver was detained after college student Aaron Cook fell about 30 feet into the... | Male, 38, detained by police following the death of teenager Aaron Cook .
Teen fell 30ft from a footbridge onto M6 and was hit by motorist .
Driver, from Stoke-On-Trent, sped off without stopping, police say .
'Guardian angel' Aaron was studying to be a primary school teacher .
Family today paid tribute to teen who wil... |
12a6817ab0e00a49b31cd7ad1830baaee783c26e | (CNN)Want to get a head start on your teen's reading list -- or find new titles to feed your young adult fiction habit? While many recognize the Newbery and Caldecott awards for the year's best children's books, the seventh annual Morris Award celebrates debut books published in 2014 by promising first-time authors in ... | The Morris Award celebrates debut books by first-time authors in young adult literature .
The award committee looks for a distinctive voice .
The five finalists for the 2015 award represent diverse genres . |
12a6befbe4842bd94aa91c1b4446d7a695ae9d0f | By . Charles Sale . Double Grand National-winning jockey Carl Llewellyn is set to face disciplinary action by the British Horseracing Authority for making a racist comment on the eve of the Cheltenham Festival. Llewellyn, now assistant trainer to Nigel Twiston-Davies, can expect to be charged today for conduct prejudic... | Carl Llewellyn set to face disciplinary action for racist comment .
Referee Andre Marriner has escaped censure for breaching media rules .
Sir Alex Ferguson has stopped using the Manchester United gym facilities .
Wayne Rooney to star in Nike's World Cup advertising campaign . |
12a7479e8400c475d0ec89927072be1f8a51d2f6 | By . Jennifer Newton . An Indian official has mocked questions over the gang rape and murder of two teenage girls telling journalists 'What's it to you?' Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Akhilesh Yadav made the comments as police announced they had made a fifth arrest in the case, which saw the two girls attacked and then ... | WARNING: GRAPHIC CONTENT .
Girls, 14 and 16, found hanging from tree in Katra village, Uttar Pradesh .
They were raped and killed after entering field because no toilet at home .
When father went to police, officers abused him for being lowest 'dalit' caste .
A fifth suspect has now been arrested in connection with the... |
12a8be62429696519dd4b267401f52409416d5be | By . Andy Dolan . PUBLISHED: . 07:37 EST, 28 October 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 06:32 EST, 21 November 2013 . Allowances: Idreez Popoola, 34, should have been deported in 2006 after his temporary UK visa expired but he was allowed to continue living and working in Britain . An illegal immigrant who was twice spared deportat... | Idreez Popoola, 34, should have been deported in 2006 after visa expired .
In 2011 he was arrested but told he could stay in UK due to wife and child .
Then last year he brutally attacked and raped a woman in her own home .
He was jailed for seven years by judge at Northampton Crown Court .
He will be automatically dep... |
12a9eb91c2843611a0941e7a16b326781f1e56bc | By . Sara Malm . PUBLISHED: . 10:44 EST, 14 February 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 12:36 EST, 14 February 2013 . The world's most famous disabled piglet, the aptly named Chris P. Bacon, is rearing to get into gear after receiving a custom-built wheelchair. The little pig, born with deformed hind legs, first shot to fame when h... | World's most famous disabled piglet gets a custom made chair .
Chris P. Bacon previously used wheelchair made from children's toys .
YouTube star has thousands of Facebook fans and even tweets . |
12aa30815800f6a01a379ba6b06cfb16d1a4dcd5 | They come from all over the world wearing her apparel or even dressed as her lookalike. It is, after all, the first convention for an icon whose image of irrepressible cuteness can send its worshippers swooning. Hello Kitty is celebrating its 40th year in grand fashion in one of downtown Los Angeles' classiest museums,... | Hello Kitty owner Sanrio sells 25,000 tickets to first 'Hello Kitty Con'
A fan travels from Peru to Los Angeles because "she's my friend, my companion"
Even singer Katy Perry shows up to get a Hello Kitty tattoo on her finger .
Sanrio wants to sell more tickets but "the fire marshal gave us the no, no!" |
12ab4d6bc79ba4657734c18cf4e9b6549d34b44a | (CNET) -- When Facebook Chief Executive Mark Zuckerberg recently announced a "Like" button that publishers could place on their Web pages, he predicted it would make the Web smarter and "more social." What Zuckerberg didn't point out is that widespread use of the Like button allows Facebook to track people as they swi... | Like button allows Facebook to track people as they switch websites .
Facebook's social plugins collect the address of the Web page being visited .
More than 50,000 sites across the Web have implemented social plugins . |
12abdde4cb1b4f8f81b0da720b9462f89b27dc33 | Washington (CNN) -- A member of the U.S. military assigned to the White House Communications Agency is under investigation in connection with alleged misconduct in Colombia, bringing to 12 the total number of military personnel being reviewed, officials said Monday. One Defense Department official said the military mem... | NEW: Panetta says service members must meet the "highest standards of conduct"
NEW: Grassley questions White House counsel's review .
The prostitution scandal has embarrassed the Secret Service and Pentagon .
The White House says there is no indication any of its staff members were involved . |
12aceaa7295b8e824cf2f96dc4163a9997a29af2 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 10:25 EST, 17 January 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 10:46 EST, 17 January 2013 . Baby-snatch: 30-year-old Gabriela Osorio pleaded guilty to trying to murder a new mother and stealing her week-old daughter . A California woman desperate to have a baby who faked pregnancy for nine months a... | Gabriela Osorio, 30, sentenced to 24 years yesterday for attacking 26-year-old new mother in bid to steal her baby .
Osorio told her family she had given birth, after faking her pregnancy for nine months, and the baby was in hospital because of a medical problem .
She befriended an unidentified 26-year-old mother and t... |
12ad0aff912631f2db90f5f4734ee816bf0d01ec | (CNN) -- Everyone -- and we mean everyone -- puts their proverbial best foot forward online. And why shouldn't they? They say that first impressions are everything, and in today's screen-welded-to-your-face age, you may not even be present when someone first makes your acquaintance. A Facebook photo, blog post, or twee... | "Catfish" creators say play it safe when meeting an online acquaintance in real life .
MTV show, based on a documentary, unites online crushes .
People often aren't what they seem from behind a computer screen .
Tips: "Stalk" before meeting, don't meet at your home, bring a friend . |
12ade134845dc27386d7618338c0789b6f14d072 | Is this the the slowest police chase ever? A video of an Auckland man gliding away from for police in a shopping trolley has gone viral, garnering over four million views and over 115,000 likes on Facebook. The 29-second clip shows a man leaning over a trolley and rolling down Queen St in Auckland, before a police car ... | Video of man escaping from police in a shopping trolley has gone viral .
The clip shows a man being pursued by police on Queen St in Auckland .
It does not reveal the identity of the mystery rider nor when it was filmed .
It has garnered over four million views and over 115,000 likes on Facebook .
Auckland police have... |
12ae46b602e806e4fb11e65d0fcece238206db77 | A warehouse worker lost two fingers when his hand was drawn into a giant woodworking machine just days after securing a full time job. Mathew Bell, 28, suffered 'life changing injuries' after he was using a cutting machine while working for Workshop Fabrications in Nottingham. Mr Bell was feeding a piece of wood into t... | Mathew Bell had just secured a job with Worktop Fabrications, Nottingham .
He suffered 'life changing injuries' after his hand got caught in a giant saw .
The company removed a safety guard from the machine in 2008 or 2009 .
Workshop Fabrications admitted one breach of health and safety laws .
Mr Bell said 'It's defini... |
12aeaba3452e6ef4971260f88df58c5a0ba3b80d | (CNN) -- On a recent flight from Atlanta, I was delayed on the tarmac for an hour and a half. The woman seated behind me played two Adele songs on a loop on her iPad. On speaker. For an hour. No one said anything. At one point the woman took a call. "I'm on the plane," I heard her tell the caller. "It's Adele on my iPa... | A string of air rage incidents in the first months of the year highlight air traveler tensions .
Experts point to alcohol as a key ingredient in many instances of in-flight confrontation .
The author only simmered over an offending Adele fan's inconsiderate behavior . |
12aefcb3c69d12569aa85af8f95cc974af1ffd06 | The burning alive of a Muslim man by the self-proclaimed Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS) has jolted the president of the United States into acknowledging publicly that the world's chief terror threat comes from people who 'profess to stand up for Islam but instead betray it.' But that stark conclusion, long mi... | President appeared at annual prayer event attended by 3,600 people from all 50 states and 130 countries .
First head-on presidential attack on ISIS in terms of religion in recent memory .
Obama has been criticized for failing to condemn Middle Eastern terrorists as religious radicals while other world leaders decry 'ra... |
12af45a300318378ae42c8832131a42c8c0ddff2 | During the Ordovician period 470 million years ago life on Earth thrived, but why? It's a question scientists have struggled to answer, but now an ancient meteorite found in a quarry in Sweden could be the missing link that explains what happened. The fossilised space rock is thought to be the remains of one of two ast... | Scientists in Sweden have found a rock that may explain Earth's biodiversity .
The discovery is thought to be one of two asteroids that collided in space .
These asteroids crashed into each other between Jupiter and Mars .
The larger of the two formed L chondrites, the second most common type of meteorite on Earth .
Th... |
12b1727f65f5a7bbdbeb017a47b0e87bd5ad3e60 | Glenn Beck may not want to vote for Hillary Clinton, but he is convinced that she will win the presidency in 2016. Beck, the conservative radio and television host, used part of his radio show on Tuesday to talk about the prospect of Clinton running for president and why, if she does, she "will be the next president of... | Glenn Beck, conservative media host, thinks Hillary Clinton "will be the next president"
"She is going to win," Beck said with confidence .
He argued Clinton can convince Americans she will take the country back to Bill Clinton's administration .
Republicans are too focused on Reagan, Beck said, and will be unable to o... |
12b30f4692289c7b6566844ccc0c3e047c89055e | North Korea has issued a furious statement slamming the United States for imposing sanctions against its government in the wake of Sony's cyberattack. It again denied any role in the breach of tens of thousands of the entertainment firm's confidential emails and business files. An unnamed spokesman of North Korea's for... | US government has placed sanctions on North Korean defense industry .
Came after suggestions the nation was involved in Sony cyberhack .
State TV ran quote from unnamed officials calling the move hostile .
They warned the sanctions will not weaken the nation . |
12b465ad1ad3ab453a0ec3d267d5903903ff87e2 | New York (CNN) -- The first of three surgeries needed to construct the right ear of 9-year-old Aidan Sullivan came one step closer over the weekend after a New York charity donated $7,000 to replace money stolen from child's fund-raiser. Aidan's parents, Tim and Colleen Sullivan, received a call from The Vincent Crotty... | Charity donates $7,000 to replace cash reported stolen from child's medical fund .
Founder said he was touched by Aidan Sullivan's story .
Surgery to replace Aidan's missing right ear is scheduled for March 1 . |
12b4ecec5d3e08227e18a090deb1b14eebc4f4c3 | (CNN) -- On Wednesday, Apple announced a pretty mind-boggling stat: The 25 billionth song had been downloaded on iTunes. That's billion. With a b. Since launching the iPod in 2001, and iTunes in 2003, Apple has been a leader in digital music, virtually defining the space for competitors like Amazon and Google. Here are... | Apple announces that 25 billion songs have been downloaded from iTunes .
"Monkey Drums (Goksel Vancin Remix)," by British house-music DJ Chase Buch, was the tune .
Other milestone downloads: Sinatra, Coldplay, Faith Hill and Johnny Cash . |
12b623b3133ad3dfc60b94ab2135cc09c5153447 | (CNN) -- One year ago, the Republican National Committee completed a four-month period of "self-reflection" and "evaluation" after losing its second straight presidential election and the popular vote in five of the past six presidential elections. The result of that process became popularly known as the GOP "Autopsy R... | A year after the GOP's "self-reflection," Donna Brazile says it doesn't appear they get it .
All the GOP has offered is simply a change in tactics, she says .
Brazile thinks they still don't get women, minorities and push an agenda that divides Americans .
In other words, she argues, the GOP's philosophy hasn't changed... |
12b69791e709ba5c0f14e7750fce6c50d90bd368 | By . Richard Spillett . A top actress has told how she left her baby son at home for the first time since his birth and returned to find him dying in his father's arms. Irish TV star Leigh Arnold spoke at an inquest into the death of her two and a half week old son, Flynn, who is thought to have suffered Sudden Infant ... | Leigh Arnold went out to a restaurant but returned to find her baby dying .
Baby Flynn is thought to have died from Sudden Infant Death Syndrome .
He went to sleep on the sofa with his father and later turned 'grey'
Coroner finds death by natural causes from tragic 'switching off in the sleep' |
12b6bf3b771670c94d4180c5cb0554b3639da1a9 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . Last updated at 9:40 AM on 31st October 2011 . These shocking images of a little boy shot in the head have emerged hours after Syrian president Bashar Assad claimed his army was only targeting terrorists. The boy is from the Bayada neighbourhood of Homs, northeast of the capital, Damascus. He... | Assad said an intervention by the Western world would could end up like Afghanistan .
He claims that Syria is different from Egypt, Tunisia and Yemen .
The president admits that mistakes were made at the start of the uprisings but claims that only terrorists were being targeted .
He talks about why he is so popular wit... |
12b6e76bac5cf9d91e49636fd9c484501942e363 | By . Sam Webb . Keeper of culinary secrets: Nigel Brazier at the The Cook Shop with his cooked faggots - one of the recipes he will sell along with the store . For 125 years The Cook Shop has sold traditional cuisine to food-lovers in the small West Midlands town of Cradley Heath. Much-loved traditional Black Country f... | The Cook Shop has served traditional Black Country fare since 1889 .
Owner Nigel Brazier is selling up and retiring after starting work there at 16 .
The £120,000 asking price includes his family's secret recipes .
Recipe for their famous pastry and the sought-after faggots are among them . |
12b8579afa412b08155fb4ca2c9e0943b0c41de6 | At least 14 people, including a general, were killed Thursday when a Ukrainian military helicopter was shot down by "terrorists" near Slovyansk, acting President Oleksandr Turchynov told Parliament. Turchynov said the chopper, which was carrying soldiers for a troop rotation, was shot down with a Russian rocket-propell... | U.S. official: Tens of thousands of Russian troops along border have been moving back .
Acting president says Russian grenade launcher downed helicopter .
Donetsk governor says he is in talks with separatist leaders, aims to calm situation .
Self-declared separatist mayor of Slovyansk says militants hold 4 missing OSCE... |
12b919b23b7b7fad7170b5b122b57ae681500bd1 | By . Daily Mail Reporter . PUBLISHED: . 17:37 EST, 6 January 2014 . | . UPDATED: . 17:49 EST, 6 January 2014 . A man who gained nationwide celebrity status on social media as 'Kai the hatchet-weilding hitchiker' today pleaded not guilty to a charge of killing a 73-year-old lawyer in the victim's New Jersey home in May.... | Caleb Lawrence McGillvary, 25, was arrested for the May murder of Joseph Galfy Jr, who was found beaten to death in his New Jersey home wearing only underwear .
McGillvary .
wrote on Facebook a day after murder that he woke up in a strange house .
and discovered he was sexually assaulted by a man .
Police allege he kil... |
12b9aa154188749c74414de32ed35b6b14d90a74 | By . Alasdair Glennie . PUBLISHED: . 18:23 EST, 4 December 2013 . | . UPDATED: . 18:23 EST, 4 December 2013 . James Harding, the BBC's new director of news, told the corporation 'we don't punch our weight in current affairs', during his first speech since taking over in August . The BBC does not ‘punch its weight’ in c... | In his first speech James Harding called for a focus on investigative reporting, 'story-getting' and improving the diversity of its presenters .
Former Times editor said handling of the Savile and McAlpine scandals should not cause BBC to shy away from tackling difficult issues .
He questioned whether the 'best news or... |
12b9d30c600b5d4f75668c9d4d78a44896508358 | This is the first picture of the Ukrainian air force pilot alleged by pro-Russian rebels to have been the 'executioner' of the 298 victims on board doomed Malaysian Airlines flight MH17. The Russian Investigative Committee - equivalent of the FBI - is calling for Captain Vladislav Voloshin to take a lie-detector test a... | A picture has emerged of the Ukrainian pilot alleged to have been the 'executioner' of MH17 .
The Russian Investigative Committee is calling for Captain Vladislav Voloshin to take a lie detector test .
A'secret witness' say he took off in a combat jet, armed with missiles .
When he returned he was 'scared' saying MH17... |
12ba0e929aa9c9bd1f3b1bf5d2d83b6737d09c96 | By . Emily Crane for Daily Mail Australia . Mothers are using their newborn babies as an excuse to let themselves go and avoid exercise, according to this tough love personal trainer. Sydney-based trainer Allan Trinh believes new mums prioritise their kids over themselves and they end up missing out health-wise. 'They'... | Allan Trinh believes new mums prioritise their children over themselves .
Sydney-based personal trainer expected to 'cop slack' over his controversial stance on news mums and exercise .
The 24-year-old said mums needed energy and only exercise could help . |
12ba5e295c4afe1e7fd860d975ad93f0ca385d58 | (CNN) -- On the evening of December 3, 2008, John Francis Cahill, a police officer for 19 years, walked up a trail in California's Santa Cruz Mountains. He stopped, took out a .40-caliber Glock semi-automatic handgun and shot himself in the temple. He was 42 years old. He was the father of two daughters. He was my firs... | Brian Cahill became a suicide prevention trainer after his son, a police officer, killed himself .
About 145 cops commit suicide a year, he says. Thousands have PTSD and depression .
Cahill: Cops see traumatic stuff every day. What helps them on the job can harm them at home .
Cahill: Police departments need to teach o... |
12ba651f8a47f1a0aca0d22de3f0497ad7d73e1a | Forget some tinsel and a wreath, this quiet cul-de-sac has gone to town with its Christmas decorations to ensure Santa will have no trouble spotting the festive families from his sleigh. Neighbours have joined forces to transform Greyhound Close, in Hedge End, Hampshire, into a winter wonderland with thousands of light... | A group of residents have transformed a cul-de-sac in Hedge End, Hampshire, with thousands of lights .
With six-foot snowmen and dancing reindeer, the annual display attracts visitors from across the country .
They have raised £38,000 for Naomi House children's hospital in Winchester since starting the spectacle in 200... |
12ba975aff21e3622fc31276a98ea17020af65d3 | By . Damien Gayle . PUBLISHED: . 08:18 EST, 29 November 2012 . | . UPDATED: . 11:42 EST, 29 November 2012 . Houses that rise and fall with the level of groundwater have been touted as the latest solution to the now seemingly annual floods inundating portions of the UK every autumn. Over the past week, days of torrentia... | House is fixed in a dock and designed to rise as waters fill the foundations .
It is just one of a range of solutions being investigated by authorities .
In the recent days more then 900 homes have been flooded in the UK . |
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